The 2017 Community Awards, supported by McDonald’s and the UK’s four home nation football associations, recognise and celebrate grassroots volunteers across the UK who make a real difference to their communities.

The awards offer a chance to all those involved in grassroots football to shout about the person, or team of people that have made a real difference to their experience whilst playing or just being involved in the beautiful game. Winners are awarded at a county, regional and national level so there’s plenty of opportunity for grassroots football heroes across the country to be recognised.

This season Herefordshire FA received a good number of nominations and Winners were selected from an independent judging panel. We would like to express our thanks to everyone who took the time to nominate and recognise a volunteer, club or league in the area and pass our congratulations to all of those who were nominated.

The FA Community 2017 Award winners for Herefordshire FA are as follows:

Groundsman of the Year – John Watkins

Best Inclusive Project of the Year– Hereford Lads Club Inclusion FC

Coach of the Year – Martyn Jones

Charter Standard Club of the Year – Belmont Wanders FC

Charter standard Community Club of the Year– Leominster Town FC

Charter Standard League of the Year – Herefordshire Junior Football League

Outstanding Contribution to Community Football – Jamie Wright

Young Volunteer of the Year – Rhys Cottrell

All the winners will be acknowledged at our Herefordshire FA Community Awards Evening alongside some other award winners in July at Hereford FC