Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday at the Formby Gild Hall

Formby Junior Sports Club held its Annual Presentation Evening on Friday 10th May at the Formby Gild Hall.  There were three ceremonies on the night. The first was for all club members in Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 .  The middle session was for those in Year 4 and Year 5. The final session was for Years 6, 7, 8 and 9. On the final Inter Clubthis Saturday 18th May there will be a short ceremony for the four year olds and Reception.  

Master of Ceremonies, FJSC Chairman Frank Rourke said that the club was now 65 Years old which is quite an achievement and at present has a club membership of 250 members.  There had been 20 Representative teams this season and the club’s Inter Club Section was as always open to all children regardless of ability from four year old to fourteen year olds.

Executive Committee members John Warrenand Keith Jones were thanked for all their hard work throughout the year and presented every FJSC member with an end of season medalwhich was inscribed with the words FJSC 65 Years 1959-2024 to congratulate each individual for their wonderful efforts during the year.  Trophies were also presentedthroughout the evening.

Also thanked were Ray Highton, the club’s hard working Hon Secretary for the Representative teams, and Marg Rourke for her unbelievable amount of work for the club behind the scenes with club administration, membership, club finance and the FJSCwebsite.  Inter Club Coaches Jordan Parker and Tom Ringham were also thanked for coaching every Inter Club member each Saturday throughout the season.

As well as receiving an end of season club medal the following members were alsopresented with trophies.  

INTER CLUB AWARDS FOR 2023 -2024

Year 1 Luca Sheehan-Selby, Year 2 Matthew Rathbone, Year 3 Daniel MacArthur, Year 4 William Gledhill and Owen Edney, Year 5Brett McKeown, Year 6 Ephraim Sutton, Year 7 Evan McKeown and Lucas Lewis and Year 8 Ethan Tucker.

INTER CLUB TOP SCORERS

Year 1 – Archie Parrish

Year 2 – Maxwell Rathbone

Year 3 – Charlie Ormesher

Year 4 – Adam Tyler-Holland

Year 5 – Tom Murphy

Year 6 – Zac Hooson- Jones 

Year 7 - Ben Harris

Year 8 – Ethan Murphy

FJSC REPRESENTATIVE TEAM AWARDS FOR 2023-24

SPECIAL AWARDS

Under 6 White – Cormac Nice

Under 6 Black – Thomas Mitchell

Under 7 White – Franklin Chignell

Under 8 White – Charlie Vernon

Under 8 Black – Alfie Madigan

Under 9 White Saturday -Walter Ramsdale

Under 9 White Sunday – James Smith

Under 9 Black – Jackson Ebo

Under 9 Red – Isaac Ignatowicz

Under 10 White Saturday -Zac McHugh

Under 10 White Sunday -Jaiden Crosby

Under 10 Black - Oliver Hall-Gleeson

Under 10 Red – Brett McKeown

Under 10 Red -Tom Murphy

Under 11 White – Noah Lace

Under 11 Black - Alex Barr

Under 12 White -William Madutlela

Under 13 Black -Josh Kearney

Under 14 Saturday -Isaac Loxham-Keenan

Under 14 Sunday – Archie Ogden

PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Under 6 White – Noah Ignatowicz

Under 6 Black – Ollie Jones

Under 7 White – Luke Clarke

Under 8 White – Charlie Ormesher

Under 8 Black -  Jack Brown

Under 9 White Saturday- Jack Haggart

Under 9 White Sunday – Henry Williamson

Under 9 Black – Noah Underwood

Under 9 Red – Josh Robinson

Under 10 White Saturday -Zack Cooper

Under 10 White Sunday – Josh Halpin

Under 10 Black – Harley Evans

Under 10 Red- Tommy Collins

Under 11 White – Gregory Houghton

Under 11 Black – Oscar Phillips

Under 12 White -Ben Harris

Under 13 Black – Ethan Richmond

Under 14 Saturday -Dylan Madeley

Under 14 Sunday- Hugo Jamieson

THE GLYN MASON MEMORIAL AWARDS FOR 2023-24

These two very prestigious awards were presented by members of Glyn’s family – Cathy ( Glyn’s mum) , Lara ( Glyn’s sister) and Joe (Glyn’s nephew). 

FJSC GLYN MASON TEAM OF THE YEAR

FJSC UNDER 9 WHITES SUNDAY TEAM

The Glyn Mason Trophy was presented to Team Captain on the night Isaac Ade who received a medal  together with all the squad of – Jack Haggart, Sebastian Hodgson,IsaacHiggins, Henry Williamson, James Smith, Finley Cregeen, Walter Ramsdale, Theo White and Sean O’Melia.   Also presented with a trophy were Manager Tom Williamson and Assistant Manager Stephen Higgins.

The FJSC Under 9 Whites Sunday team won every league match in Craven Minor League and also reached the cup final. 

FJSC GLYN MASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

RILEY HIGGS

Riley Higgs the FJSC Under 13 Blacks goalkeeper had a wonderful season helping his team to win the Championship League title.  Riley attended Inter Club very regularly andhas put everything into the Saturday morninggoalkeeper coaching sessions.  Riley has improved his level of skill and has produced some outstanding performances for his team.   He has encouraged the younger goalkeepers and has become a good role model.

.A BIG THANK YOU TO TEAM MANAGERS AND ASSISTANTS

Phil Higgins, Mark Jones, Chris Jones, Mark Parrish, Stephen Brown, Michael Follett,Thomas Williamson, Stephen Higgins, Steven Bohan, Rob Stinson, Simon Ignatowicz, Zen Omar, Andy Halpin, Sean McDerby, George Gaddes, Chris Murphy, Sam Todd, Colin Crutchley, Simon Walker, Mark O’Connor,Jarlath O’Hara, Clive Lewis, Kevin Uttley, Mark Hughes,  Gary Garvey and Paul Jones. 

THANKS TO THE INTER CLUB VOLUNTARY HELPERS

Frank Rourke, John Warren, Keith Jones and Clive Lewis. 

Also the help of a number of parents to referee matches has been much appreciated as well as those who have helped dismantle goals at the end of the morning’s matches.  

All the boys were congratulated for their efforts during the season.

Finally all the parents were thanked for their support of the club.  A special thanks went to the very kind sponsors who have helped FJSC enormously by providing kit for many of the teams

REPRESENTATIVE TEAM MATCHES

FJSC Under 13 Blacks have become  Craven Minor League Under 13Championship Division Champions.  It was a thrilling end of season for the boys. In midweek FJSC Under 13 Blacks defeated league leaders TQ Football Academy 5-3 with two goals each from Ethan Murphy and Ethan Richmond and one from Patrick Fleming to close the gap on the leaders.  On Sunday FJSC Under 13 Blacks in their final match of the season needed to win away at third in the league Southport Hesketh Blues to become League Champions.  

The Under 13’s produced a disciplined performance and gained the necessary three points with a 3-1 victory.   Top scorer Ethan Richmond was once again on the scoresheet.  Congratulations to the entire squad who have come along way over the last few years and well done to manager Kevin Uttley and Assistant Manager Mark Hughes on this achievement. See photo above.

FJSC Under 10 Whites played Muniflex in the Cup Final.  At full time the score was level at 2-2. The match went to a penalty shoot out but unfortunately FJSC lost.  It is always a cruel way for a team to lose.  However it has been a wonderful season for the boys.  The team won the Spring Championship and came runners-up in the Premier Division as well as being cup finalists.

FJSC Under 11 Blacks started this game wellagainst Ormskirk FC and took control of the match with some strong midfield play from Sylvan O’Hara and Ben Webster. With the defensive partnership of Louis O’Connor and Alex Barr back together, Ormskirk struggled to create anything to test Oscar Phillips in goal. Midway through the first half, Louis O’Connor brought the ball out of defence and made a bursting run forward, after passing wide to Caden Walker who hit the wing, Caden then passed the ball inside the Ormskirk box to Charlie Richardson who made a lovely lay off to Louis who had continued his run onto the edge of the box and coolly slotted into the bottom corner to make it 1 nil.  

FJSC continued their good performance in the first half and if it was not for the new Ormskirk keeper pulling off some brilliant saves, the score would have been much greater. Just before half time the pressure told and a FJSC corner which was won by the non-stop running of Luke Millington was converted by Sylvan O’Hara to make the score 2-0 at half time.

In the second half the game continued in the same fashion with Isaac Jones and Charlie Richardson’s non-stop running and battling up front giving the Ormskirk defence no rest with the Ormskirk goal keeper pulling off save after save. Leo Fagan came on to help protect the defence as Ormskirk threw caution to the wind to look for a goal. FJSC looked solid until just before full time when Ormskirk managed to pull one goal back from a corner to make the final score 2-1. Man of the Match Louis O’Connor for his best defensive performance of the season.

FJSC Under 14 Blacks Saturday team played in the semi-final against Fazakerley Rangers and won 5-3.  Man of the Match Archie Ogden scored four goals after Luca Massey had opened the scoring.  Daniel Hill, Charlie Garvey, Freddie Garvey and Lucas Bowles all made assists.  The final takes place onTuesday 14th May 7.15pm.

FJSC Under 6 Blacks played Netherton and continued their fine form with another very good result.  Top scorer Thomas Mitchell added to his scoring record and Ollie Jones also scored a hat trick.  Max Healey, Tayo Popoola and Theo Thomas also played well.   Man of the Match was Ollie Jones and the Referee’s Player of the Match was Thomas Mitchell.

INTER CLUB SECTION

At last we had sunshine at Deansgate Lane for Inter Club.  New boys came along and enjoyed the sessions and another pleasing aspect was to see three very keen girls attending the four year old coaching.

Scoring some of the goals on Saturday were  Eddie Atici, Edison Foy, Michael Short, Luca Turner, Ellie Skelton, Archie Jones, Ben Donnelly, Charlie Ormesher, Tom Gledhill, Luke Madutlela, Evan Meehan, Ben Harris, Ephraim Sutton, Ethan Tucker, Josh Kearney, Riley Higgs and Ethan Donegan.

INTER CLUB ARRANGEMENTS

At Deansgate Lane Playing Fields on Saturday 18th May 2024 on the pitches nearest to the FJSC Clubhouse.  

It will be the last Inter Club session of the season.  Although a large number of Saturdayshad to be cancelled during the season because of bad weather and unfit pitches we still managed to have twenty-five sessions.

TIMES

Goalkeepers.     9.00 am – 9.30 am  

Years 6/7.           9.30 am - 10.45 am

Years 8/9.           9.45 am - 11.00 am

4’s & Reception 10.45 am - 11.45am

Years 1/2.          10.45 am -11.45 am

Years 3, 4 & 5 .  11.15 am - 12.15pm

NEW MEMBERS IN ALL AGE GROUPS ARE VERY WELCOME.

For more information contact Frank Rourke at stellathecat4@gmail.com 

TASTER SESSIONS FOR NEW FOUR YEAR OLDS AND RECEPTION

There will be free TASTER SESSIONS from 10.45 -11.45 am.  This is ideal for those who wish to give football a try.  The session includes coaching and then a match.

RECEPTION AND FOUR YEAR OLDS

Reception and four year old members will have a very short awards ceremony on Saturday 18th May at the end of their match.

CLUB NEWS

All present club members should have received information about  next season.  2024-25 Membership forms can now be downloaded from the Documents Section which can be found on the FJSC website formbyjuniorsportsclub.co.uk 

New members are very welcome to join the club for next season.  Saturday morning Inter Club football will start at the beginning of September and will be open to children from four year olds up to and including Year 9’s.