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Nominations Announced in the London Rugby League Community Club Awards!

Jake Watson • 31 October 2024

Congratulations to the Nominees in the London Rugby League Community Club Awards 2024! There are nearly 70 Nominees across 18 different clubs, showing the strength of the Community Game in London and South-East.

Award Winners will be determined by a Panel from the London Rugby League Foundation, the London Broncos, the London Junior League, the RFL and a representative from the wider Community Game.

Awards Winners will be Announced and Presented at a Celebration of Community Rugby League in London & South-East at Brewdog in Wandsworth on 7th Nov. Tickets are only £10, with only a limited number remaining - please contact Rick Jones at londonrugbyleaguefoundationorg@gmail.com if you would like to attend. The evening will also raise much needed funds for the London Rugby League Foundation to support the Community Clubs across the region.

Nominations for London Rugby League Community Club Awards 2024

Adult Coach of the Year

Colin Baker – London Broncos Ladies

Josh Burke – Brixton Bulls

Kimbo Parkinson – Wests Warriors

Lee Stuart – Anglia Vipers

Mark Roughsedge – Scotland RL

Tom Coyd – London Roosters

Tony Musgrave – Canvey Knights

Vince Spurr – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Children’s Coach of the Year

Jamie Impey – Brentwood Eels

John Muir – Elmbridge Eagles

John Stawpert – Brixton Bulls

Kieran Robertson – Brixton Bulls

Mike Hart – Hemel Stags

Nash Cohen – London Broncos Development

Pablo Bawdekar – Brixton Bulls

Philippa Robson – Brixton Bulls

Rick Jones – Brixton Bulls

Rosie Cairns – Elmbridge Eagles

Wayne Perry – Brentwood Eels

Men’s Player of the Year

Alfie Justice – Canvey Knights

Charlie Milner – Brixton Bulls

Euan Tiernan – Brentwood Eels

Jack Payne – Wests Warriors

Jack Ryan – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Jackson Poule – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Joe Coyd – Medway Dragons

Joe Strasser – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Keanu Laumatia Paki – Wests Warriors

Louis Robinson – Wests Warriors

Matt Beasley – Wests Warriors

Neil Thorman – Wests Warriors

Tamati Gribble – Wests Warriors

Tommy Beale – Brixton Bulls

Women’s Player of the Year

Gracie Mae Hiscocks – Brentwood Eels

Kathryn Salter – London Broncos Ladies

Lauren Lingwood – Anglia Vipers

Nicole Kennedy – London Broncos Ladies

Stacey Hargrave-Walker – Anglia Vipers

Master’s Player of the Year

Ernie Lang – Medway Dragons

Paul McCarthy – Brixton Bulls

Steve Cook – Brixton Bulls

Tom Sumner – Brixton Bulls

Wheelchair Player of the Year

Jason Owen – London Roosters

Lewis King – London Roosters

Mark Pengelly – Brentwood Eels

Mason Billington – London Roosters

Nicole Benjamin – Gravesend Dynamite

Match Official of the Year

Cameron Gray

Chris Lawson

Gareth Winnard

Henry Winnard

Seb Abbate

Services to Rugby League

Anthony Sherwood – Brentwood Eels

Colin Baker – London Broncos Ladies

David O’Connor – London Chargers

Jason Owen – Gravesend Dynamite

Kieran O’Shea – Southern RL Referee’s Society

Kimbo Parkinson – Wests Warriors

Mark Baker – Brentwood Eels

Pete Lemarquand – Eastern Rhinos

Philippa Robson – Brixton Bulls

Rick Jones – Brixton Bulls

Rob Humphries – Anglia Vipers

Sophie Messem – London Broncos Ladies

Stephen Lowrie – Aldershot & Fleet Masters

Volunteer of the Year

Bill Haswell – Gravesend Dynamite

Chris Williams – Wests Warriors

Giovanni Cinque – Colostomy UK

Greg Bailey – Brixton Bulls

Jack Kneeshaw – Eastern Rhinos

Jamie Impey – Brentwood Eels

Kieran O’Shea – Southern RL Referee’s Society

Lee Stuart – Anglia Vipers

Matt Crisp – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Pablo Bawdekar – Brixton Bulls

Club of the Year

Anglia Vipers

Brentwood Eels

Brixton Bulls

Canvey Knights

Gravesend Dynamite

Hammersmith Hill Hoists

London Broncos Ladies

Wests Warriors

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