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VOLUNTEER OF THE SEASON
Sponsor Supporters Trust at Reading
Natasha Pantony (nee Elcox) is up for a Berkshire Football Award in the category of Clive McNelly Volunteer of the Season sponsored by Supporters Trust at Reading.
Nominated by her club mates at Eversley & California, ‘Tash’ was a player for the sides women’s team but has certainly had her hands full off the pitch this season.
One nomination for the award said: “Tash is an unbelievable volunteer for the club. Having no budget or funds spare as a club, she does so much for us. Social media, setting up the VEO, washing kits for all three men’s teams and they’re all there ready and set up for every game. She’s at every match day to help things run smoothly. She does all of the admin for our first team and under 23s on matchdays to help out. She helps with the post-match food in the clubhouse all while being a young mother! She’s definitely someone whose devotion and commitment needs to be recognised. She would fully deserve this award.”
Another added: “Natasha is a voluntary helper at Eversley & California Football Club and without her help we would struggle on Saturdays. This season she’s been pregnant and has given birth to her first child but still helped out where she could. She does so much for the club behind the scenes to make the games go ahead that isn’t noticed. She washes all of the kit for match days, cooks and cleans on match days and just her whole involvement with the club is fantastic.”
Agree that Natasha Elcox should be up for the Volunteer of the Season award? Or do you have someone else in mind? Let us know in the nomination form below:
Yes! The awards are taking place at the marvellous Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading and we’ll have food available. Tickets will be limited but on sale from 28th May. If you’d like to know when, so you don’t miss out, make sure you’ve signed up to our email newsletter here.
Scroll down to the bottom of this article for the nomination form. Before you do that though, here’s what the judging panel are looking for when choosing the shortlist.
What’s the story? Tell us exactly why the person or place should be considered. We hate to get all ‘X Factor journey’ on you but the more detail you can include, the better we can argue for your nominee for the short list.
The sort of details we love to see include things like player awards, goals, clean sheets and any other significant contributions to the footballing community – obviously within the 2024/25 season.
We’ll publish all the nominees for the Berkshire Football Awards as we receive them.
You can view all the 2025 nominees so far here.
Want to know who’s previously won what at the Berkshire Football Awards? There’s a big long page with all the previous winners here.
Nominations will be open until midday on Monday 26th May 2025.
The Long List will be published on Wednesday 28th May and the Short List on Friday 30th May.
Once the nomination window has closed, the nominations in each category will be put before a panel of judges for a decision, the top four announced online and the winners at the awards night on Wednesday 18th June.
We will accept nominations for people out of area, the only prerequisite is that the reason for nomination is that it must be because of an affiliation with a club we cover on Football in Berkshire (a full list is at the bottom of this page). We will present certificates and a trophy to the winners.
What’s next? Look out for the Long List of all the nominations which will be published here and across all our channels by midday on Wednesday 28th May 2025.
The Short List for each category will then be published at 2pm on Friday 30th May 2025. At that point, tickets will be made available to attend the awards night at Double-Barrelled Brewery in Reading on the evening of Wednesday 18th June 2025. If you’d like notification of when tickets are available, sign up to our newsletter here.
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