Tyler de la Bertouche received two player awards at the Presentation Evening (Photo by Emilia Roberts Photography)
The Deeside D1
Dragons team drew a line under their highly successful season with their End Of
Season Awards Evening that was held at the Connah’s Quay Civic Hall.
The annual event is always very popular with
fans and players alike as it enables everybody involved with the club to come
together in a relaxed environment and there was much to be pleased about as
they were able to celebrate finishing as runners up in the NIHL Moralee
Division – their highest league finish since they won the Laidler Division
title back in 2016 - runners up in the Moralee Division playoffs and winning
the Moralee Cup for the first time.
The
Player awards were:
- Top Points – Jake Witkowski
- Players’ Player Of The Season – Colin Cromie
- Coaches’ Player Of The Season – Ethan Mayoh
- Young Player of the Season – Tyler de la Bertouche
- Supporters’ Player of the Season – Tyler de la Bertouche
Two
new awards were introduced for this season:
The
Marc Lovell Trophy – awarded to the best “team player” – went to Ross Kennedy
and
the Peter Sheffield Memorial Shield - in memory of the long term Dragons
photographer and media man who tragically died in November 2024 - for the
unsung hero of the year, and this was awarded to team captain Jared Dickinson.
Jared Dickinson receives the inaugural Peter Sheffield Memorial Shield
(Photo by Emilia Roberts Photography)
A
special “Man Of Steel” award was presented to the 4 players who had taken part
in all 49 of the Dragons games over the course of the season (36 Moralee
Division, 2 preseason challenge, 2 Welsh Cup, 4 Moralee Cup knockout, 4 Moralee
Play Off knockout, 1 Moralee Play Off final) and these went to Ethan Mayoh,
Jake Witkowski, Colin Cromie and Ross Kennedy.
Supporters
also received the “own and loan” playing shirts that they had sponsored during
the season and were able to take photos with their favourite players.
Somewhat belatedly, Rhys Edwards was also presented with the Deeside Dragons Player of the Month Award for March.
