Winners announced in the London Rugby League Community Club Awards

Jake Watson • 8 November 2024

Winners announced in the London Rugby League Community Club Awards 


Congratulations to all the Award Winners in the London Rugby League Community Club Awards 2024! 


The Awards were announced and presented last night by London Broncos Captain, Will Lovell, at a Celebration of Community Rugby League in London & South-East. The event also helped raise significant funds for the London Rugby League Foundation to support Community Clubs across the region.


Congratulations also to all those who were both nominated and short-listed for the awards. There were nearly 80 nominees from 18 different clubs, which is a new record and shows the strength of the Community Game in the area. Award winners were selected from the Nominations by a panel from the London Rugby League Foundation, the London Broncos, the London Junior League, the RFL and a representative from the broader Community Game.


Please see below the Award Winners, and find attached the full list of nominees and short-lists. 


Adult Coach - VInce Spurr, Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Primary Children's Coach - Jamie Impey, Brentwood Eels

Junior Children's Coach - Rosie Cairns, Elmbridge Eagles

Men's Player - Joel Strasser, Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Women's Player - Nicole Kennedy, London Broncos Ladies

Master's Player - Ernie Lang, Medway Dragons

Wheelchair Player - Mason Billington, Brentwood Eels & London Roosters

Match Official - Henry Winnard

Services to Rugby League - Kieran O'Shea, Southern RL Referees Society

Volunteer of the Year - Pablo Bawdekar, Brixton Bulls

Club of the Year - Wests Warriors


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    Special guest Will Lovell

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    Nicole Kennedy is named Women's Player of the Year

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The full list of the nominees:


Adult Coach of the Year – Vince Spurr, Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Short List:

Colin Baker – London Broncos Ladies

Tom Coyd – London Roosters


Other Nominations:

Josh Burke – Brixton Bulls

Kimbo Parkinson – Wests Warriors

Lee Stuart – Anglian Vipers

Mark Roughsedge – Scotland RL

Mike Hart – Hemel Stags

Tony Musgrave – Canvey Knights


Children’s Coach of the Year

Primaries – Jamie Impey, Brentwood Eels

Juniors – Rosie Cairns, Elmbridge Eagles


Short List:

John Muir – Elmbridge Eagles

Kieran Robertson – Brixton Bulls

Mark Jessop – Hemel Stags

Wayne Perry – Brentwood Eels


Other Nominations:

Nash Cohen – London Broncos Development

Pablo Bawdekar – Brixton Bulls

Philippa Robson – Brixton Bulls

Rick Jones – Brixton Bulls

John Stawpert – Brixton Bulls


Men’s Player of the Year – Joel Strasser, Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Short List:

Jack Payne – Wests Warriors

Tommy Beale – Brixton Bulls


Other Nominations:

Alfie Justice – Canvey Knights

Charlie Milner – Brixton Bulls

Euan Tiernan – Brentwood Eels

Jack Ryan – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Jackson Poule – Hammersmith Hill Hoists

Joe Coyd – Medway Dragons

Keanu Laumatia Paki – Wests Warriors

Louis Robinson – Wests Warriors

Matt Beasley – Wests Warriors

Neil Thorman – Wests Warriors

Tamati Gribble – Wests Warriors


Women’s Player of the Year – Nicole Kennedy, London Broncos

Short List:

Stacey Hargrave-Walker – Anglian Vipers


Other Nominations:

Gracie Mae Hiscocks – Brentwood Eels

Kathryn Salter – London Broncos Ladies

Lauren Lingwood – Anglian Vipers


Master’s Player of the Year – Ernie Lang, Medway Dragons

Short List:

Tom Sumner – Brixton Bulls


Other Nominations:

Paul McCarthy – Brixton Bulls

Steve Cook – Brixton Bulls


Wheelchair Player of the Year –Mason Billington, Brentwood Eels & London Roosters 

Short-list: 

Mark Pengelly – Brentwood Eels

Nicole Benjamin – Gravesend Dynamite


Other Nominations:

Jason Owen – London Roosters

Lewis King – London Roosters


Match Official of the Year – Henry Winnard

Short List:

Chris Lawson


Other Nominations:

Cameron Gray

Gareth Winnard

Seb Abbate

Services to Rugby League – Kieran O’Shea, SRLRS

Short List:

Jason Owen – Gravesend Dynamite

Kimbo Parkinson – Wests Warriors

Mark Baker – Brentwood Eels


Other Nominations:

Anthony Sherwood – Brentwood Eels

Colin Baker – London Broncos Ladies

David O’Connor – London Chargers

Pete Lemarquand – Eastern Rhinos

Philippa Robson – Brixton Bulls

Rick Jones – Brixton Bulls

Rob Humphries – Anglian Vipers

Sophie Messem – London Broncos Ladies

Stephen Lowrie – Aldershot & Fleet Masters


Volunteer of the Year – Pablo Bawdekar, Brixton Bulls

Short List: 

Jack Kneeshaw – Eastern Rhinos

Lee Stuart – Anglian Vipers


Other Nominations:

Bill Haswell – Gravesend Dynamite

Chris Williams – Wests Warriors

Giovanni Cinque – Colostomy UK

Greg Bailey – Brixton Bulls

Jamie Impey – Brentwood Eels

Kieran O’Shea – Southern RL Referee’s Society

Matt Crisp – Hammersmith Hill Hoists


Club of the Year – Wests Warriors

Short List:

Anglian Vipers

Gravesend Dynamite

Hammersmith Hill Hoists


Other Nominations:

Brentwood Eels

Brixton Bulls

Canvey Knights

Hemel Stags

London Broncos Ladies


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    Nicole Kennedy

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