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.
2023/24 season
Player of the Year
Under 7 – Charlie Lindsay / Eli Power / Kyle Dalzell
Under 8 – Jacob Craig / Charlie Herdman
Under 9 – George Cunningham / Brody Uprichard / Hary Geddis
Under 10 – Caleb Oakes / Noah Chestnutt / Ezra Gault / Nemry Walkingshaw
Most Improved Player of the Year
Under 7 – Oll Woods / Christian Creaney / Jonagh Blakely
Under 8 – Spencer Russell / Archie Anderson
Under 9 – Caleb Ferguson / Jude Trainor / Toby Orr
Under 10 – Tanner Rulov / Ethan Gault / Korey Webb
Clubman of the Year
Under 7 – Charlie Savage / Caleb Heasley / Jenson Walker
Under 8 – Jacob Owens / James McGregor
Under 9 – Ruric McGreevy / Alfie Davidson / Adam Gilpin
Under 10 – Shay McCann / Ezra Armstrong / Daniel Wright
Special Award Winners
Academy Player of The Year – Caleb Oakes (U10)
Academy Best Newcomer – Spencer McGladdery (U7)
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