It was time to celebrate for the senior, Youth, and Junior Spartans teams at their annual Awards Evening on Saturday 15th September.
The event, held at Essex County Cricket Club, was a great success and saw players, coaches, fans, family, and friends come together to celebrate the achievements of the organisation over the past 12 months.
The senior team saw new awards this year for Offensive Back of the Year, Defensive Back of the Year, Linebacker of the Year, and Receiver of the Year, and two players took home hat-tricks of awards – Academy graduate Teddy Geddis claiming Wide Receiver of the Year, Special Teams MVP, and Offensive Rookie of the Year, with Nick Walter matching the haul with Offensive Back of the Year, Offensive MVP, and overall Team MVP.
Daniel Adeyemi took home Youth Offensive MVP and Players’ Player of the Year, with Dylan Sparks collecting Overall Team MVP. Adam Ridgewell took home the Junior Team MVP, with Flynn Downing taking an awards double with Junior Rookie of the Year and Junior Players’ Player of the Year.
Full list of 2018 winners
TONY PALMER MAN OF THE YEAR: Conner Heiden
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Youth): Joshua Baisden
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Junior): Flynn Downing
OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Teddy Geddis
DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Adem Adem
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (Youth): Charlie Mills
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (Junior): Joshua Pells
DEFENSIVE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (Seniors): Ollie Brooks
OFFENSIVE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER (Seniors): Ben Rudd
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Kieron Goymer
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Festus Olu
LINEBACKER OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Tom Kitchen
DEFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Ollie Brooks
OFFENSIVE BACK OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Nick Walter
RECEIVER OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Teddy Geddis
COACHES’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Youth): Sam Johns
COACHES’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Junior): Hamzah Mahmud
COACHES’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Seniors): Scott Smallman
PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Youth): Daniel Adeyemi
PLAYERS’ PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Junior): Flynn Downing
MVPs
DEFENSIVE MVP (Youth): Vincent Maxfield
OFFENSIVE MVP (Youth): Daniel Adeyemi
OVERALL TEAM MVP (Youth): Dylan Sparks
DEFENSIVE MVP (Junior): James Cross
OFFENSIVE MVP (Junior): John Rawlings
OVERALL TEAM MVP (Junior): Adam Ridgewell
DEFENSIVE MVP (Seniors): Festus Olu
OFFENSIVE MVP (Seniors): Nick Walter
SPECIAL TEAMS MVP (Seniors): Teddy Geddis
OVERALL TEAM MVP (Seniors): Nick Walter
