Rugby club’s end of season awards

Warminster Rugby Club hosted the 2024/2025 end of season presentation evening on Saturday 31st May. 

The evening was opened by the club chairman, Robert Rowbotham, who gave a speech thanking all of the members and players who have supported the club over the past year. 

Awards went to: Connor Hayward for Players’ Player; James Grant for Most Improved; Mikee Selmes as Top Try Scorer; Lewis Treloar for Coaches’ Player and Alex Wadge who received the Craig Hill (Fish Award) for the Most Memorable Moment.

Scott Blaszkiw received The Eve Jenkins Award (Vice President’s player of the season); Haydn Tryhorn was Top Points Scorer; and Louise Hawkins was named Club Person of the Year. 

A special thanks was given to some of the members and staff who are not always recognised with a trophy during the presentation evening. Robert personally thanked the vice chairman, Tommy Sprangle, secretary, Daniel Harris, accountant, Barry Bryant and the club captain, Haydn Tryhorn as well as all of the coaches.  

A special thank you was issued to all of the girls who have worked the bar, Tonya, Emma, Helen and Barry and Toni Rowbotham for providing the food for over 40 very hungry rugby players on a weekly basis throughout the season. 

Robert went on to mention the ongoing support given to the club by all of the sponsors who have given unwavering support to the club in recent years. 

“The club has seen a lot of changes over the past year and has fought hard to recover from a difficult end to last season,” said Rob. “The club lost a whole team at the end of last season due to injury, players moving on and our military team members being deployed overseas. We have started the rebuilding process with only one team and it is to their credit that we managed to finish third in the league.” 

“There were also some awards for players that have contributed to some enthusiastic happenings at the club throughout the year but I am not sure they would achieve a PG rating,” added Rob. 

Sponsors for the evening included, trophies sponsored by Creo Design and Build Ltd; Stone Daisy Brewery provided a beer pack for all trophy winners; Howdens Insurance provided a bag of small gifts for each winner; and Lilly’s Cider provided a box of cider for each winner. 

The evening continued with a hog roast dinner followed by a disco for everyone to enjoy and dance the night away. 

“This was a fantastic evening for the club and it was great to see so many members and players show their support for this great club,” said Rob. “We now look forward to pre-season training in preparation for another stab at the restructured league for 2025/2026.” 

Pictured: Connor Haywood receiving the Player’s Player award from Haydn Tryhorn.