Credit must also go to the many other quality nominations which meant the judging panel had some tough decisions to make in several of the categories. Many thanks to all the people who took the time to nominate their club or volunteers within their club for the hard work and dedication they put into grassroots football that often goes unnoticed. The number of nominations received was very high as was the quality of these.
This year sees the first ever FA Community Awards, presented by McDonalds, which builds on McDonald’s continued commitment to improving standards of community football and increasing participation across all aspects of grassroots football through Charter Standard Clubs and Leagues. The awards will recognise and reward the hard work that goes on around the country week in, week out, to provide the best possible experience for those participating in grassroots football
The awards are split into eight categories with a national shortlist being created from the nominations for each category, chosen by a regional judging panel.
The winners for each category will be chosen by a national judging panel and announced at The FA Community Shield at Wembley in August.
The Awards Categories
• Outstanding Contribution to Community Football Award
• The FA Charter Standard Community Club Award
• The FA Charter Standard Development Club Award
• The FA Charter Standard Club Award
• The FA Charter Standard League Award
(Regional & National Awards only)
• Volunteer of the Year Award
• Young Volunteer of the Year Award
• Coach of the Year Award
The Nomination process
The awards call on the support of the County FA’s as well as local clubs, leagues and officials to nominate those in their county that they think worthy of winning an FA Community Award presented by McDonald’s. There will be no county FA Charter Standard League Award winners, only regional and national winners of this category.
Nominations are open from 8 March – 12 April.
Once all nominations have been collected by the County FA, they will be assessed and seven county winners announced.
The seven county winners, plus a maximum of one nominated FA Charter Standard League per County FA will be submitted to a regional judging panel who will decide which of the nominees will be identified as regional winners.
The eight regional winners will be submitted to the national judging panel where 8 national winners will be decided.
The judging panels
The county judging panels will be made up of representatives from the local County FA who will then submit a shortlist for each award to The FA and the regional panel.
The regional panels will be made up of FA Regional Managers, County FA representatives and other guests including McDonald’s representation where possible. The regional winner of each category will go before a national judging panel who will then select the overall eight national category winners.
The national judging panel will be made up of both Senior FA and McDonald’s representatives.
To nominate please complete the relevant nomination form down the right side of this page and return back to Jack Matthews, The Roy West Centre, 220 Inglemire Lane, Hull, HU6 7TS or email to
jack.matthews@eastridingfa.com
For further information on the awards please contact Jack Matthews Football Development Officer on 01482 221158 or email jack.matthews@eastridingfa.com.
The 2009 Charter Standard Awards Winners were as follows:-
Charter Standard Club of the Year – Beverley Whitestar FC
Charter Standard Adult Club of the Year – Easington Utd
Charter Standard Development Club of the Year – Sproatley Juniors
Charter Standard Community Club of the Year – Hessle Rangers
Charter Standard Coach of the Year – Martin Oldroyd (Sproatley Juniors)
Charter Standard Administrator of the Year – John Gibson (Bridlington Rangers)
Congratulations to all the above winners, and thank you to all those who took the time to make nominations and recognise the huge amount of good work that goes on within the clubs in the County.