AT the 21st Merriott Youth Football Club presentation evening, club chairman Pascal Szczepanski thanked everyone for coming and asked for a round of applause for the children who had given such great entertainment this season. He also thanked all the parents for supporting their children and getting them to the matches. Pascal then went on to thank the management committee, referees, linesmen, groundsmen and tea ladies, and all were given gifts.

Club secretary Monica Hayden thanked each team's managers and coaches and started the presentation.

Under 7s: Sam Downing, Jack Griffin (Manager's Choice), Mitchell Hooper, Rhys Hughes Williams, Charlie Male, Jack McDougall, Max Mitchell, Sam Payne, William Prichard, Luke Robins (Most Improved), Joe Smith, George Stoodley (Coach's Choice), Finlay.

Under 8s Glovers: Elliott Calvert (Player of the Year), Ben Gongdon, Joseph Downing, Kristian Durrant (Manager's Choice), Declan Gibson, George Gillman (Coach's Choice), Harry Manley (Joint Runner-up Player of the Year), Archie Mitchell, William Newberry (Joint Runner-up Player of the Year), Adam Payne, Ethan Richards, Drew Sanson, Josh White (Most Improved).

Under 8s Wanderers (Runners-up in U-8 Challenge Cup Final): Kit Barker, Alex Eckland, Lewis England, Alfie Harvey (Most Improved), Callum Lacey, Tom Pittard (Runner-up Player of the Year, Manager's Choice), Jack Steer (Player of the Year, Coach's Choice), Matthew Thorne.

Under 9s Lions: Thomas Abery, Robert Doble, Josh Gillingham, William Hallett, Dominic Harris (Most Improved), Kieran Harrison, Jordan Jeffery, Robert Keylock, Georgie King (Joint Runner-up Player of the Year, Manager's Choice), Lucas King, Katy Langdon (Coach's Choice), Dominic Lawrence, Ben Madge (Player of the Year), Jamie Manley, Jake Obern, Brandon Purchase, Ashley Welsh (Joint Runner-up Player of the Year).

Under 9s Tigers (league and cup double winners): Thomas Bending, Robson Brown, Alex Bryant, Daniel Davey, Kieran Dodge (Coach's Choice), Brett Harrison, Eliot Hawkins, Tom Hill, Callum Hooper (Most Improved), Jack Male, Matthew Newberry, Benjamin Paull, Harvey Saunders (Runner-up Player of the Year), Liam Sparks (Player of the Year), Jake Sweet, Jack White (Manager's Choice).

Under 10s Aces (Nigel Broome Cup semi-finalists): Jordan Brocks, Sam Clarke, Blake Doble, Aaron Hole, Tyler Lennox Gordon (Most Improved), Alex Manley (Coach's Choice), Daniel Martin, Mark Spurdle, Jake Symes (Player of the Year, Manager's Choice), Harley Taggart (Runner-up Player of the Year), Brooke White.

Under 10s Battlers: Finn Barker (Coach's Choice), Kieran Bell, Josh Bellew, Rollo Bryant, Tom Clarke, George Cleary (Player of the Year), Bethy Dickinson (Manager's Choice), Sam Jackson, Alex Madge, Kyle Smith (Most Improved), Lorraine Szczepanski, Jamie Turvill (Runner-up Player of the Year), Edward Weston.

Under 10s Dynamos: Kieran Adams, Jordon Chant, Nye Dang, Lewis Fisher (Player of the Year, Manager's Choice), Dean Moore, Alex Parker (Joint Runner-up Player of the Year), George Poole (Joint Runner-up Player of the Year), George Steer, Sam Tabner, Jake Tanner.

Under 11s Gunners: Elliott Barnes, Kieran Barrett, Charlie Bartlett, Sam Blood (Most Improved), Will Carlisle (Player of the Year), James Dudgeon, Ben McDougall, Will Morris, Ben Newberry (Runner-up Player of the Year), Connor O'Keefe, Jack Pittard, Ryan Sweetman (Manager's Choice), Alex Taylor, Dominic Vincent (Coach's Choice), Thomas Willis.

Under 11s Martyrs: David Bryant (Most Improved), Joel Clarke (Manager's Choice), Haron Cooper, Brendon Crofts, Liam Donoghue, Christopher Fone (Sportsmanship Award), Joe Harvey (Player of the Year), Joshua James, Stephen Jennings, Daniel Larcombe, Kane Merchant (Runner-up Player of the Year), Ryan Physick, Travis Sansom (Coach's Choice), Arthur-John Studley-Cooper, Kieran Tanner, Eric Thompson, Ashley Thorne (Sportsmanship Award), Toby Woodward.

Under 12s Boys: Jake Barry, Daniel Bending, Matthew Bridger, Harry Case, Liam Dodge, Bradley Draycott, Alex Duncomb, Jack Ford, Ryan Gaylard (Player of the Year), Matthew Harvey (Coach's Choice), Arran Humphries (Runner-up Player of the Year), Scott Jackson, Joshua Knight (Manager's Choice), Bradley Martin (Most Improved), Greg Merridan, Callum Preston (Top Goalscorer), Jacob Ralph, Travis Sansom, Kieran Tanner.

Under 12s Girls: Kirstie Bailey (Manager's Choice), Imogen Barry, Phoebe Chadwick, Keeley Chapman, Hannah Eglon (Player of the Year), Tori Emm, Catherine Gage (Runner-up Player of the Year), Lucy Hurford (Most Improved), Savanna King, Jessica Martin, Megan Purchase (Coach's Choice, Top Goalscorer), Emma Tilson, Rhianne Webb, Katie Welch, Holly Wyatt, Hannah Zebedee.

Under 13s (Division 2 League Cup Winners): Louis Best (Runner-up Player of the Year), Daniel Blow, Jack Bradford, Charlie Cable, George Gingell, Steven Greenham, Arran Hall (Manager's Choice), Matthew Kingdon (Player of the Year, Coach's Choice), Kris Lyons, James Masters, Kyle Merchant, Jake Neill, Ashley Obern, Daniel Peach, Alex Stevenson (Most Improved), Gavin Tanner, George Tuck, Luke Vincent.

Under 14s A: Matthew Allen (Player of the Year, Manager's Choice), Warren Aplin, Ali Boyer, Martin Chafer, Sam Coombes (Runner-up Player of the Year), Jonathan Dearing, Ben Dickinson (Team Player Award, Top Goalscorer), Darren House, Ashley Lloyd, Ryan Pippard, James Rhodes, Jonathan Rose (Coach's Choice), Sean Rowlands, Richard Wakely, Daniel Waterman, Oliver Yeoman.

Under 14s Mavericks: Luke Abbott, Scott Barry (Runner-up Player of the Year), Jack Blunn, Kieran Davis (Coach's Choice), Ashley Dodge, Aaron Gray (Most Improved), Thomas Grinter, Freddy James, Jack Macklin (Manager's Choice), James Obern (Top Goalscorer), Mark Obern, Scott Pincott, Michael Robertson, Grant Symes (Player of the Year), Piers Szczepanski, Jack Williams.

Under 15s Girls: Demi Agar (Player of the Year), Hazel Barry (Coach's Choice), Hollie Boothman (Most Improved), Leanne Cossins, Joanna Fowler, Heidi Gawen, Natalie Haskett, Gemma Hildred (Runner-up Player of the Year), Kelly Lamport, Megan Leigh (Manager's Choice), Natasha Lysandrou, Katie Martin, Natasha Sansom, Charlotte Summers.

Under 16s (Yeovil Youth Shield quarter finalists): Matt Atkinson (Coach's Choice), Kyle Chubb, Richard Crabb (Top Goalscorer), Josh Dear (Runner-up Player of the Year), Mark Harris, Daniel Harvey (Player of the Year), Chris Hibbert, Arron Hodges (Manager's Choice), Santino James (Most Improved), Dorian Jones, Luke Lazenby, Tom Nixon, Paul Olawuni, Josh Powers, Arran Stevenson, Tom Wallis, Chris Warren, Stephen Welch.

The Dave Hayden President Shield went to Eithen Sweet for refereeing 71 games, and The Elswood Cup went to Dave Hayden for all his hard work at the rec.

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AN APPEAL: We have lost the wooden Player of the Year Shield which has 18 names on it and is part of our history since 1990. If you have it or know where it is, please contact Monica on 01460-74449.