Ipswich Basketball gathered on mass on Saturday as the whole programme, from the U12s, to the Senior Men and Women, as well as parents, sponsors and members of the media, attended attended the clubs annual ‘End of Season Dinner and Awards Evening’ at Manor Farm in Henley.
The evening is always a fantastic celebration of the season and an emotional night, as stories and achievements are shared from across the club.
On the night, there were several highlights. Most notably was a tribute for the departing Amy Linton. Coach Drane spoke about Amy’s amazing journey from her first season at the club right though to leading the women’s team to their historic treble last season. The video tribute can be seen below.
Coach Kevin Manning also spoke about his U14 girls team, and their amazing season that saw them go undefeated all the way until the national final. Elsewhere, there were some touching moments – Cameron Hawes was with the club via ‘facetime’ to be awarded Senior Men’s MVP, while Harriet Welham’s heroics with the senior women this season brought the room to their feet.
Club Treasurer, Dan Fisk, was named the winner of the ‘Bernard Ball Award’ for his work behind the scenes, helping to keep the club stay afloat financially, while building and maintaining the clubs new website. Olivia Manning was presented with the ‘Kathryn James Award’ while Troy Huggins took home the ‘Tomcat of the Year’ trophy.
A full list of award winners can be seen below.
Club Awards
Bernard Ball Award: Dan Fisk
Tomcat of the Year: Troy Huggins
Kathryn James Award: Olivia Manning
Senior Team Awards
Senior Men:
MVP: Cameron Hawes
COACHES: Blake Read
MIP: Veron Eze
Senior Women:
MVP: Harriet Welham
COACHES: Danielle Cazey
MIP: Cameron Taylor-Willis
Academy Awards
Academy Men:
MVP: Ethan Price
COACHES: Ben Winter
MIP: Jacob Morgan
Academy Women:
MVP: Esther Little
COACHES: Phoebe Colton
MIP: Ella Pearson
Junior Awards
U18 Men:
MVP: Emmanuel Onwuka
COACHES: Matt Spurling
MIP: Matthew Broadley-Naylor
U16 Boys:
MVP: Harry Syrett
COACHES: Tom Hindley
MIP: Seb Mobee
U16 Girls:
MVP: Abbie Yorke
COACHES: Makenna Williams
MIP: Megan Owen
U14 Boys:
MVP: Harrison Gregg
COACHES: Luke Da Silva
MIP: Isaac Holland
U14 Girls:
MVP: Yasmine Edwards
COACHES: Eva Asemota
MIP: Lauren Liddamore
U12 Boys:
MVP: Matthew Liddamore
COACHES: Okeri Hambira
MIP: Noa Vince
U12 Girls:
MVP: Maia Wiseman
COACHES: Cerys Leach
MIP: Emily Pettit
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