The aim of the Awards is to recognise and reward grassroots clubs, coaches and volunteers across the country who keep the national game alive. Nominees can be from any walk of life and the Westmorland County FA is calling on locals to nominate their unsung heroes who have gone above and beyond in the name of football.

Peter Ducksbury, Chief Executive, Westmorland County FA said “The FA and McDonald’s Community Awards are an absolutely brilliant way to celebrate the selflessness of all those volunteers, clubs and leagues and the innumerable hours they put into supporting grassroots football”.

“This year’s awards shone the spotlight on some incredible individuals and the work they do in Westmorland especially with the season being hugely affected with the flooding we saw in December 2015,
this showed the hard work and commitment of the volunteers and Westmorland County FA would like to thank them for their hard work in getting football back up and running.

I would encourage everyone involved in grassroots football to vote for someone who they think truly deserves an award. It would be great to see hundreds of nominations from Westmorland and perhaps even some national finalists.”

The following awards were presented by President, Tommy Huck:-

Charter Standard Club of the year – Lunesdale United FC

Charter Standard League of the Year – Kent Valley Junior Football League

Charter Standard Volunteer of the year award – Geoff Rowlinson (Kendal United Girls FC)

Charter Standard People’s choice, Outstanding Contribution to Community Football – Tony Jackson (Heathwaite Youth FC & Kent Valley JFL)

Fair Play Awards

Senior Club – Ullswater United FC

Youth Club – Wattsfield Youth FC (Under 13)

On the behalf of the Directors, Officers, Council and Staff – Congratulations to all the award winners - the game survives by the virtue of the outstanding work of this volunteer workforce.