Presentation Evening Cements Thame Football Partnership

THE growing relationship between Thame United FC and Thame United Social FC, was further built on last weekend, when they held a joint presentation evening at Racquets in Thame.
With over sixty people attending, chairman of Thame Boys and Girls FC, Tim Green, introduced the evening and along with Jake Collinge, Chairman of Thame United FC, outlined the work carried out by the Thame Football Partnership over the last year in relation to the creation of a sustainable Community Football Club on a single 20-acre site in the town.

In a presentation of awards that followed, Nathan Jack, who had scored over 20 goals for Thame United this season, picked up both the Players Player and the Managers Player of the Year awards. Matt Higgs, who joined the Club at the same time as manager Mark West in late January, was named Most Improved Player for his performances at Centre Back, whilst defender Matt Graves picked up the coveted Supporters Player of the Year award.

A special mention was given to Club stalwart, Fred Saulsbury who, after many years as Football Secretary for both Thame United FC and Thame United Social FC, stood down at the end of the season to concentrate on his business interests. Thanks were also given to manager Mark West and assistant Steve Meredith for their hard work during the latter half of the season.

The awards for the Thame United Reserve team, which was set up this year to provide a footballing outlet for the youngsters progressing from Thame Boys and Girls, were presented by manager Marcus Walker. Sam Cowan and Marc Bell, both of whom also played a number of games for the first team across the season, received the Players Player and Managers Player of the year award respectively. Mike Gibbs received the award for the Most Committed Player of the Year.

Matt Leach received the awards of Managers Player and Top Goalscorer for Thame United Social FC, who play in Division 2 of the High Wycombe Sunday Combination. The awards for Most Committed Player and Players Player of the Year went to Chris Morbey and Steve Clarke respectively, with a special award to Club Man of the Year, Steve Wallington.

Club Chairman, Jake Collinge, said: “The evening was well attended and represented a further step in the joint working between the footballing interests in the town as they strive to create the Community Football Club that Thame richly deserves.”