At their Annual Presentation of Awards Evening held at Gosforth Fields, three
Dronfield RFC players received special awards for top honours in their respective
leagues.

1st XV captain Jake Steade received his award for being the Top Points Scorer in
RFU Midlands Regional Two (North). In league matches during the season he
scored a total of 325 points which included 18 tries. He finished 96 points ahead of
second placed Joel Haigh from Ilkeston RFC. The club was also proud that 1 st XV
winger Reika Mahmid finished the season as the Top Try Scorer in the league. He
scored 24 tries one more than Henry Allen of Newark RFC . Reika needed to score
five tries in the final league match of the season to finish in top place and he did just
that in the home fixture against Tamworth!

Not to be outdone Dronfield Stags ( the club’s 2 nd XV) had the Joint Top Try Scorer in
RFU Counties 3 Midlands East (NW). Luke Nicholson finished on 21 tries ( the same
number of tries as Jordan White of Tupton RFC.

In what had been a very successful season for Dronfield it was difficult to select the
winners of other honours as all four senior teams had shown strength in depth with
many outstanding performances. However, after much deliberation the following
awards were made.

Player of the Season Chosen by the Coaching Team
Will Murray (1 st XV) Will Binder (Stags ) Ryan Grear ( Colts) and Josh Shaw (Bucks
and Greys)

Player of the Season Chosen by the Players
Jake Steade (1 st XV) Jack Crawley (Stags) Joe Webb and George Myhill (Colts) and
Chris Glossop (Bucks and Greys)

Additional Awards
Special Awards – John Kilmartin and Peter Lowry
Chairman’s Award- Craig Myhill
President’s Award- Nick Scheinkonig

All club members eagerly await the start of next season. The 1st XV will be
welcoming two new sides to Gosforth Fields in Stoke on Trent and Sutton Coldfield
and will be hoping to go one better than last season when they finished runners-up
and narrowly missed promotion to the top Midlands Regional League. The Stags
have been involved in a re-structuring of their league and will compete against seven
regional 1 st XV’s in addition to new opponents in Derby, Long Eaton and Melbourne
Second XV’s

Pre-season training commences on Tuesday 1 st July (less than a month away !) at
Gosforth Fields. If you are interested in joining the top-ranked North Derbyshire side
renown for their exciting rugby, why not get in touch with Head Coach Sean on
07462 346380. The club offers free Student Membership that includes many benefits
including a kit package.

You would be more than welcome to join this friendly club as either a player or a
social member. Hope to see you at Gosforth Fields

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