Academy Award Winners

Since 2007, the Lurgan Town Academy has been producing quality players. These players have been rewarded with their own end of the season awards night to recognise their achievement. Looking through the awards brings up quite a list of impressive achievements and a sign of some great talents to come.

2022/23 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Ezra McGreevy / Joel Bond

Under 8 – Zac McKeown / Jacob Mardell / Nicholas Zaichyk / Alfie Davidson

Under 9 –  Caleb Oakes / Daniel Hamill / Josiah Wylie

Under 10 –  Oscar Philson / Riley Williamson / Joshua Hall

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Tobin Oakes / Mason King

Under 8 – Jack Freeburn / Ruric McGreevy / Jake McNally 

Under 9 –  Alex Harkness / Ezra Armstrong / Henry Walkingshaw

Under 10 –  Michael Askew / Zak Hegarty / Ilya McCullough / Kevin Zuchonski

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 – Cian Christie / Jack Frizzel 

Under 8 –  Harley Hughes / Max Gordon / Oliver Hylands / Cody Jackson

Under 9 – Isaac Overend / Samuel Brown / Brandon Elliott 

Under 10 –  Fionn Wilson / Henry Burnett / George Watson

Special Award Winners

Academy Player of The Year – Cameron Fitzsimmons (U10)

Academy Best Newcomer – Jacob Owens (U7)

2021/22 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Max Watson / Thomas Potter

Under 8 – Archie Gardiner / Daniel Potter / Daniel Wright

Under 9 –  Oscar Philson / Fionn Wilson / Cameron Fitzsimmons 

Under 10 –  Lucas Moore / Elijah Preston / Michael Conlon 

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Jack Freeburn / Nathan Hynes

Under 8 –  Luke Philson / Ethan Gault / Micah Parks

Under 9 –  Zac Stokes / Noah Gorman

Under 10 –  Samuel Lutton / James Handley / Eddie Wilson / Kelvin Smith Silva / Luke Fisher

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 –  Oliver Hylands / Ruric McGreevy

Under 8 –  Alfie Guy / Samuel Brown / Isaac Wethers

Under 9 –  Will Russell / Riley Wilkinson

Under 10 –  Cody Greszta / Charlie Woods / Zak Hassan

Special Award Winners

Academy Player of The Year – Lucas Moore (U10)

McCracken Cup - Faith Glenn (U9)

Academy Best Newcomer – Alex Harkness (U8)

2020/21 season

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, awards were not handed out for the 2020/21 season.

2019/20 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Will Russell / Fionn Wilson

Under 8 – Lucas Moore / Cody Greszta / Jamie McKernan / Henry Harrison

Under 9 –  Thomas Hamill / George Campbell

Under 10 –  Dylan McGrath / Joel McConnell

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Harry Tate / Noah Budde

Under 8 –  Noah Hutchinson / Josiah Hawthorne / Elijah Preston

Under 9 –  Samuel Woods / Patrick Mullan

Under 10 –  Jack Metcalfe / James Macklin / Jadon Turner

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 –  Faith Glenn / Ollie Quinn

Under 8 –  James Handley / Eli Hawthorne / Nelson Periera

Under 9 –  Darragh Heaney / Eoin Galway

Under 10 –  Liam Connolly / Adam Ellis

Special Award Winners

Academy Player of The Year – Ollie McRobb

Challenge Cup – N/A

Academy Best Newcomer – Faith Glenn

2018/19 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Cody Greszta / Lucas Moore / James Handley

Under 8 –  Luke Wells / Max Wilson

Under 9 –  Tom Kerr / Jack Green /

Under 10 –  Lewis Goodbarn / Isaac Bell / Harry Underwood / Noah Davison

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Isaac Bell / Daniel Dawson

Under 8 –  Harry Sutton / Sam Guiney

Under 9 –  Ollie McRobb / Joel McConnell

Under 10 –  Matthew McAdam / Ben McKeown / Daniel Roderick

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 –  Ben Massey / Samuel Lutton

Under 8 –  Eric Mrazik / Darragh Heaney

Under 9 –  Oliver Steele / Ben McShane

Under 10 –  Eve Adair / Ronan MacDonald / Tyler Herron

Special Award Winners

Academy Player of The Year – Matthew McAdam

Challenge Cup – Oliver Wakeling

Academy Best Newcomer – Harley McConville

2017/18 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 – Luke Wells / Faris Moushine

Under 8 – Owen Connolly / Carson Stewart / Kai McCartney

Under 9 –  Jacob Neill / Scarlett Jasztal / Archie Knott

Under 10 –  Eran Loughran / Corey Hylands / Cooper Irwin

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 –  Jordan Gibson / Cody Haughey

Under 8 –  Oliver Osmanowski / Dylan McGrath / Micah McMullan

Under 9 –  Jake Dawason / Joshua Dawson / Nathan Lewis / Isaac Bell

Under 10 –  Aaron Barrett / Max Kirkland / Caleb Thompson

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 –  Max Wilson / Alfie MeNeely

Under 8 –  Tom Kerr / James Taylor / Ben McShane

Under 9 –  Alfie Overend / Leo Tandy / Hayden Calvert

Under 10 –  James Kennedy / Charlie Stone / Elias O’Neill

Special Award Winners

Academy Player of The Year – Charlie Gault / Rhys McCreanor

Challenge Cup – Michael Robinson

Academy Best Newcomer – Jack Savage

McCracken Cup – Alfie Meneely

2016/17 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 – Alfie Truesdale / Isaac Bell

Under 8 – Patryk Jedrol / Michael Emerson / Nathan Lewis

Under 9 – Rhys McCreanor / Matthew Hamilton / Jamie Pedlow

Under 10 – Jamie Trainor / Daniel Balfour / Darragh Smyth / Marcus Clarke / Lewis Crooks

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 – Oliver Steele / Carson Stewart

Under 8 – Matthew McAdam / Warren Bogle / Eve Adair

Under 9 – Jack Hollis / Jay Thompson / Aaron Barrett

Under 10 – Oskar Dobrowolski / Ronan Cassidy / Dillon Carville / Dylan Crooks

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 – Jack Metcalfe / Tom Kerr

Under 8 – Will Cunningham / Austin Gault / Dylan Carlin

Under 9 – Eran Loughran / David Lawson / Ross Higginson / Oliver Crawford

Under 10 – Owen Mercer / Daniel Maguire / Jamie Whiteside

Special Awards

Academy Player of The Year – Adam McKee

Challenge Cup – Lewis Crooks

Academy Best Newcomer – Oliver Osmanowski

2015/16 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 – Jayden Harker / Austin Gault

Under 8 – Toby Lyness / Ruari Campbell / Charlie Gault

Under 9 – Charlie McCafferty / Luke Adair

Under 10 – David Ward / Sean McCartan / Jessie Turner / Aaron Kerr

Players Player of the Year

Under 10 – Christopher Heasley

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 – Hayden Calvert / Heidi Curran

Under 8 – Ross Emerson / Jay Thompson / Matthew Lyttle

Under 9 – Stefan Timmons / Jaime Trainor

Under 10 – Corey Nelson / Daire Young / Josh Martin

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 – Alfie Pollock / Jacob Neil

Under 8 – Matthew Hamilton / Alex Johnston / Cooper Irwin

Under 9 – Dale McKay / Aiden Brady

Under 10 – Dean Bradbury / Tom Mawhinney / Finn Campbell

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Jesse Turner

McCracken Achievement Cup – Darragh Mulligan

Challenge Cup – Matthew McAdam

Best Newcomer – Oisin McConville

2014/15 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 – Rhys McCreanor / Charlie Gault

Under 8 – Adam McKee / Oliver Wade

Under 9 – Ryan-Lee Brown / Adam Furphy

Under 10 – Kane McMahon / James Wright / Matthew McKee

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 – Daire McConville / Eran Loughran

Under 8 – David Ward / Jamie Trainor

Under 9 – Charlie Givans / Liam Carroll / Callum Carson

Under 10 – Craig Hibble / Josh Martin / Andrew Orr

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 – Dale Allen / Jack Hollis

Under 8 – Harry Hutchinson / Reuben Wallace

Under 9 – Luke McCambley / Daryl Houston

Under 10 – Jake McMurray and Joey McDonald / Ben Hendron / Shea Murphy / Jamie Stringer

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Daniel Dillon

McCracken Achievement Cup – Kristian Cassells

Challenge Cup – Conan Moore

Best Newcomer – Hayden Calvert

2013/14 season

Player of the Year

Under 7 – Cillian Skelton / Adam McKee

Under 8  – Cohen Henderson / Christopher Heasley / Aaron Kerr

Under 9 Cobras – Jamie Stringer / Matthew McKee / Conan Moore

Under 10 Cobras – Lee Murphy / Harry Norton / James Maguire

Clubman of the Year

Under 7 Vapors – Harry Hutchinson / Tom Hawthorne

Under 8 Cobras – Ben Hogg / Jesse Turner / Charlie Givans

Under 9 Cobras – Dylan Alexander / Daniel Dillon / Jack Brannigan

Under 10 Cobras – Luke Cairns / Tom Leathem / Luke Harrison

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 7 – Noah Davison / Oliver Wade

Under 8 – James Wright / Matthew Hughes / Aodhan McConville

Under 9 – Patryk Suchonski / Bobby Harvey / Daniel Graham

Under 10 – Ashley Martin / Dylan Stewart / Tom Turbitt

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Jack Harvey

McCracken Achievement Cup – Jamie Devlin / Dylan Emerson

Challenge Cup – Ben Cullen

Best Newcomer – Charlie Gault

2012/13 season

Player of the Year

Under 8 – Adhamh Towe / Joshua Martin

Under 9 – Jack Harvey / Matthew Ramm

Under 10 – Sam Cunningham / Sean McNally

Players Player of the Year

Under 9 – Isaac Baird

Clubman of the Year

Under 8 – Ben Hendron / Kristian Cassells

Under 9 – Dylan Stewart / Ben Hampton

Under 10 – Craig McCorry / Jamie Gillis / Konrad Sobczak

Goalscorer of the Year

Under 10 – Rhys Emerson / Ethan Sands

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 8 – Adam McKee / Stefan King

Under 9 – Tom Leathem / Jake Turner

Under 10 – Jamie Elliott / Niall Dumigan

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Nathan Bell

McCracken Achievement Cup – Caleb Russell / Lewis McKinley

Challenge Cup – John Patience

Merit Shield – Aodhan McConville

Best Newcomer – Adam Furphy

2011/12 season

Player of the Year

Under 8 – Isaac Baird

Under 9 – John Prentice / Dylan McKerr / Niall Dummigan

Under 10 – Jack Doyle / James McCoy

Clubman of the Year

Under 8 – Odhran Skelton

Under 9 – Daneil Pepper / Rhys Emerson / Callum Maxwell / Sean McNally / David McNally

Under 10 – Jamie McCorry / Adam Bonis

Goalscorer of the Year

Under 10 – Jack Doyle / Jay Dickson

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 8 – Harry Norton

Under 9 – Reece Herron / Corey Campbell / Luke Kerr

Under 10 – Will Stewart / Riley Grimason

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Jacob Collins

McCracken Achievement Cup – Shane Adamson

Challenge Cup – Ryan Cullen

Best Newcomer – Adhamh Towe

2010/11 season

Player of the Year

Under 8 – Ross Hawthorne / Jamie McKeown

Under 9 – Alex Archer / Jacob Collins

Under 10 – Ryan Irvine / Conor Weir

Clubman of the Year

Under 8 – Carson Coldwell / Jamie Gillis

Under 9 – Adam Brown / Finbar Berry

Under 10 – Cia McDowell / Simon Wilson

Goalscorer of the Year

Under 10 – Ryan Irvine / Callum Ferris

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 8 – Craig McCorry / Nathan Bell

Under 9 – James McCoy / Oliver Millar

Under 10 – Michael Newton / Nicholas Brownlee

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Ewan Buchanan

McCracken Achievement Cup – Eoin Casey

Challenge Cup – Jesse Carson

Best Newcomer – Odhran Skelton

2009/10 season

Player of the Year

Under 8 – Jesse Carson

Under 9 – Ewan Buchanan / Ross Ewing

Under 10 – Josiah Burgess / Joshua Millar

Players Player of the Year

Under 10 – Josiah Burgess

Clubman of the Year

Under 8 – William Stewart

Under 9 – Cia McDowell / Ryan Irvine

Under 10 – John Lee McAfee / Timmy Millen

Goalscorer of the Year

Under 10 – Rhys Jones / Josh Wells

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 8 – Jacob Collins

Under 9 – Matthew Strain / James Humphries

Under 10 – Sean Toman / Tom Glynn

2009 / 2010 Season – Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Josiah Burgess

McCracken Achievement Cup – Joshua Jones

Challenge Cup – Cahal McGinty

Best Newcomer – John Patience

2008/09 season

Player of the Year

Under 8 – Conor Weir / Ewan Buchanan

Under 9 – Cahal McGinty  / Timmy Millen

Under 10 – Taylor Tipping / Kurt Jenkinson

Clubman of the Year

Under 8 – Adam Leathem

Under 9 – Harry Lockhart

Under 10 – Mark Hutchinson

Goalscorer of the Year

Under 10 – Jordan Walker

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 8 – Simon Wilson

Under 9 – Jack Malcolmson / Lewis McKinley / Joshua Millar

Under 10 – Matthew Russell / Callum Carley

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Elliott Rea

McCracken Achievement Cup – John-Lee McAfee

Challenge Cup – Lewis McKinley

2007/08 season

Player of the Year

Under 8 – Cahal McGinty

Under 9 – Elliott Rea

Under 10 – Kevin McAlinden

Clubman of the Year

Under 8 – John-Lee McAfee

Under 9 – Cameron Buchannan

Under 10 – Owen Cairns

Goalscorer of the Year

Under 10 – Jordan Wilson

Most Improved Player of the Year

Under 8 – Jay Martin

Under 9 – Kealan Thompson

Under 10 – Andrew Davidson

Special Awards

Academy Player of the Year – Elliott Rea

McCracken Achievement Cup – Matthew Smylie

Challenge Cup – Elliott Rea