Spring Sports Bring Big Awards

22 April 2025

The football and netball season came to a close at the end of the Spring Term with an end of season football dinner for our senior boys, in addition to award ceremonies for pupils in Lower School, Year 9, and Year 10. For our senior girls, they will have their annual Gilson Sports Dinner on Wednesday 30 April where they will celebrate their achievements in hockey, football, and netball.

The ceremonies gave everyone the opportunity to celebrate the fantastic achievements across the year groups, with awards and colours handed out at each level.

These included:

Player of the Season - Awarded by the coaches to the outstanding contributor in their team. The players' contribution during matches and training will have been exemplary and they have been a role model to their peers.
Players’ Player of the Season - Voted by the players for the player they feel deserves recognition for their efforts throughout the season.
Most Improved Player – This player has worked hard to improve their football and has been ‘sponge-like' at training. They have then translated this into improved performance during matches.
Clubman of the Year - Awarded to the player who may not be the best performer, but they love all things Shiplake football. They absorb everything at training and have embraced everything we have tried to do this year with a positive attitude.
Colours - Awarded to those who have made a significant contribution towards their respective ‘A’ team with consistent evidence of an outstanding attitude towards performances and training throughout the season.
Senior Blazers – For outstanding achievement, contribution and attitude throughout the season along with multiple seasons of integral contribution to the 1st XI. These will be awarded the Prize Giving Ceremony at the end of the Summer Term.

Congratulations to the following players who received the awards below:

Lower School Girls’ Netball

Year 7

Coaches’ Players: P Holmes and Eva Walton
Players’ Players: Mabel Reed Ryan and Vasylysa Nistratova
Team Players: Poppy White and Lily Amos Yeo

Year 8

Coaches’ Players: Daisy Crisford and L Hourd
Players’ Players: Ella Campbell and M Shanmuganathan
Team Players: Pfeiffer Peterson and Amelia Woodward

Boys’ Football

U18s

1st XI Player of the Season – James Lucking
1st XI Most Improved – Christopher Kirkwood
1st XI Players’ Player of the Season – Angus Mullens
1st XI Blazer – Jaden Laing-Buck and James Lucking
2nd XI Player of the Season – Freddie Fisher
2nd XI Most Improved – O Palmer-Page
2nd XI Players’ Player of the Season – Rory O’Boyle
3rd XI Player of the Season – Kits Tanner
3rd XI Most Improved – Jakob Hinton
3rd XI Players’ Player of the Season – Stanley Massie
4th XI Player of the Season – Kit Marsh
4th XI Most Improved – Noah Bertenshaw
4th XI Players’ Player of the Season – Ethan Chalfont

Colours were awarded to the following senior players: Lunn Spence, James Lucking, Jaden Laing-Buck, Henry Kerrison, Archie Siveter, and Ben Stokes.