That’s a wrap on 2022. Officially. The Berkshire Football Awards is over for another year and what an evening it was.
It was great to see so many people come and help us sell out Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading and contribute to a brilliant evening.
Tom White – our host – was on top form as ever and we got to present 16 fantastic awards as well as medals to all those short-listed.
I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed themselves on the night, we’ll be doing it again in 2023 for absolute certain. You can now watch the whole thing below or scroll down for all the winners.
More on the 2022 Berkshire Football Awards: Hall of Fame | What the editor said | In Memoriam
Best Ground
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Ascot United
Shortlisted: Hungerford Town & Tadley Calleva
Supporter of the Season
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Ian Dawson (Windsor)
Shortlisted: Tony Gilbert (Fish) (Bracknell Town), Steve Witty (Bracknell Town), Scott McNeish (Windsor Royals)
Volunteer of the Season
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Anne-Louise Doe (Wokingham & Emmbrook)
Shortlisted: Yvonne Mattos (Burghfield), Cathy Mason (Reeves Rangers), Sarah Pyne (Eversley & California)
Best Individual Photo or Media
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Richard Milam (Eversley & California)
Shortlisted: Neil Graham, Cameron Howard (Wallingford Town), Darren Woolley (Maidenhead United)
Goal of the Season
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Sam Barratt (Maidenhead United)
Shortlisted: Jenyo Balogun (Reading City), Danny Horscroft (Windsor), Ben Anderson (Woodley United)
Best Website or Blog
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Ascot United
Shortlisted: Lowther Lip (Wokingham & Emmbrook), Hype Train
Best Content Creator
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Caversham United
Shortlisted: Chloe Streak (Binfield), Ryan Sheehan (Reading City), Jay Harvey and Aidan Walters (Holyport)
Best Community Campaign or Content
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Binfield Soccer School
Shortlisted: Thames Valley Premier League, Caversham United (Balls to Cancer), ABC Kick
Outstanding Contribution to Local Football
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Andrew Batt
Shortlisted: Ron Tarry (Hungerford Town), Roy Merryweather (Wokingham & Emmbrook), Ellis Woods (Berks County)
Manager of the Season
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Bobby Wilkinson (Bracknell Town)
Shortlisted: Danny Robinson (Hungerford Town), Simon Johnson (Reading City), John Swallow (Ascot United Ladies)
Referee of the Season
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Matthew Barrett
Shortlisted: Ollie Kaya, Steve McMahon, Kieron Brown
Young Player of the Season (Female)
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Gemma Harvey (Maidenhead United)
Shortlisted: Cailtin Levy (Caversham United), Emma Harries (Reading FC Women), Clodagh Farrell (Ascot United)
Young Player of the Season (Male)
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Alfonso Tenconi (Slough Town)
Shortlisted: Joe Pilling (Reading City), Kickie Dzimba (Holyport), Daniel Harris (Wokingham & Emmbrook)
Player of the Season (Female)
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Alicia Povey (Reading Royals Futsal Club)
Shortlisted: Lisa Phillips (Ascot United), Nicole Barrett (Maidenhead United), Holly Swan (Caversham United)
Player of the Season (Male)
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Seb Bowerman (Bracknell Town)
Shortlisted: Ryan Seager (Hungerford Town), Temi Eweka (Bracknell Town), George Lock (Bracknell Rangers / Ascot United)
The Darrell Freeland Award for Service to the Local Game
Bob Bacon
Bob retired this year after over a decade of service in grassroots football as Binfield FC chairman. Bob has steadily lead the Moles to build bit by bit – supported and helped to run the Soccer School which also picked up an award tonight, and the club is at a point where they’ve played at Wembley and are now at the highest level the club has ever been in the Isthmian League.
Behind the scenes Bob has lead a dedicated team of volunteers and seen facilities at the club improve year on year. Since retiring, Bob has agreed to become the Chairman of Football in Berkshire and will continue to keep us on the straight and narrow, promoting local football.
