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Trophies OWFC has four major trophies that are presented each year at the Club Dinner, the Fran Sale Clubman of the Year Trophy, the Aidan Hopkins Trophy, the Mark Rankin Trophy and the Ric Parsonage Trophy. These trophies were initiated to commemorate the contributions the particular individuals made to the Club. They were all outstanding Old Wokingians who died at an early age. |
The
Fran Sale Clubman of the Year Trophy is awarded to someone who
is considered to have made a significant contribution to the Club in the
previous season. The contribution may be on the field of play or in administration
or in a combination of the two. |
The
Aidan Hopkins Trophy is awarded to someone who has made a significant
contribution to the Club by continuing to play football for many years
in teams at the higher end of the Club. |
The
Mark Rankin Trophy is awarded to
someone who has made a significant contribution to the Club by continuing
to play football for many years in teams at the lower end of the Club.
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The
Ric Parsonage Trophy is awarded to the player selected by the
OWFC committee from the Players of the Year chosen by each team. |
Fran
Sale, a centre forward and prolific goal scorer, joined the Club
in 1961. He was Club Captain
from 1962 to 1968 during which time the first team climbed from Division
One South of the OBFL to third place in the Premier Division. He died
in a car accident in 1972 at the age of 31, at which time he had just
become chairman of the Club. His enthusiasm and dedication was a major
reason for the Club's rapid growth in the sixties. |
Aidan
Hopkins, played in goal for the Club for well over twenty years.
For some years he played in the reserves but his dedication and determination
took him ultimately into the firsts where he held his place for well over
a decade. He was jealous of his first team spot and never gave the Club
an excuse to drop him. He was available every week, never dropped out
and for several years travelled each weekend from Manchester to play.
In his mid-thirties
he contracted cancer. Such was his love of football that he continued
to make himself available and played for the reserves though clearly unwell.
He died at the age of 38. |
Mark Rankin, joined the Club in 1979 and played for over 25 years. He was an uncompromising full back and that earned him the name of "Killer", although a more kind and gentle person you could not wish to meet. It was always a pleasure to have him in your team. He always gave 100% and his friendliness and nature earned him the respect of all who knew him. Away from football Mark was a renowned parasitologist (studies bugs) at the VLA. He died from cancer in 2008, aged 51. |
Ric
Parsonage joined the staff of Woking Grammar school in 1971 and
started playing for the club in 1972. His skill and tremendous stamina
resulted in him playing in the first team for many years. He finally stopped
playing at the age of fifty. Ricky also played cricket with distinction
for several years with Westfield. He was also a keen golfer with a single
figure handicap. Ricky was diagnosed to have contracted amyloidosis in
May 2002, and fought the disease with enormous determination and dignity
until he passed away in Woking Hospice on May 12th 2004, aged 56. |
Fran
Sale Trophy winners |
Aidan Hopkins Trophy winners | Mark Rankin Trophy winners | Ric Parsonage Trophy winners |
1972
Bill Munday |
1991 Sam Youl | 2008 Simon Williamson | 2004 Mark Rankin |
1973
Ian Osborne |
1992 Ric Parsonage | 2009
Warren Smith |
2005 Richie Gallagher |
1974
John Billing |
1993 John Stent | 2010 Ray Kearney | 2006 Todd McGrail |
1975 Don Stewart | 1994 Dave Smith | 2011 John Stent | 2007 Richard Woods |
1976
Mike Bennison |
1995 Brian White | 2012 Paul Hewitt | 2008 James Freeland |
1977
Roger Cobley |
1996 Simon Melville | 2013 Daryl Duthie | 2009 Terry Rickeard |
1978
Trevor Dell |
1997 Steve Godman | 2014 Graham Payne | 2010 Steve Godman |
1979
Geoff Hobbs |
1998 Mark Rudland | 2015 Mike Edis |
2011 Steve Pearse |
1980
Terry Chandler |
1999 Paul Mills | 2016 Martin Dunkley | 2012 Chris Astbury |
1981
Adie Usher |
2000 Andy Russel | 2017 Spencer Davern | 2013 Neill Johnstone |
1982
Brian White |
2001 Richie Gallagher | 2018 Liam Hockham | 2014 Dave Lane |
1983 Ken Chivers | 2002 Paul Rush | 2019 Kevin Rollins | 2015 Richard Martin |
1984
Peter Kewish |
2003 Matt Bailey | 2020
SamThompson |
2016 Jake Knight |
1985
Ric Parsonage |
2004 Chris Norton | 2021 Ed Dam | 2017 Chris North |
1986
Colin Bayford |
2005 Cliff Liddle | 2018 Adrian Stacey | |
1987 John Randle | 2006 Todd Mcgrail | 2019 Sam Edis | |
1988
Aidan Hopkins |
2007 Tom Jones | 2020
Kev Rollins |
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1989
Paul & Debbie Hewitt |
2008 Duncan Scott | ||
1990
Mark Rudland |
2009 Rory Hopkins | ||
1991
Geoff Bourne |
2010 Richard Woods | ||
1992
Alan Watson |
2011 Liam Champion |
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1993 Warren Smith |
2012 Steve Godman |
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1994 John Billing |
2013 Matt Lane | ||
1995
Mick Knight |
2014 Stuart Graham | ||
1996
Mark Piercy |
2015 Rob Beeson | ||
1997
Eddie Tipping |
2016 Chris North | ||
1998
Stuart Murphy |
2017 Dave Lane | ||
1999
Paul Mills |
2018 Jack Farrelly | ||
2000
Dave Birkby |
2019 Tom Severn | ||
2001
Chris Norton & Dave Dixon |
2020 Ross Fleming | ||
2002
Charlie Hickman |
2021 Matt Bobbett | ||
2003
Steve Godman |
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2004
Warren Smith |
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2005
Mark Kimberling |
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2006 Neill Johnstone | |||
2007 Paul Ives |
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2008 Stuart Murphy |
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2009 Howard King | |||
2010 Richard Woods | |||
2011 Steve Ramlakhan |
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2012 Mark Trinder |
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2013
Dan Blackwell |
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2014
Matt Lane |
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2015 Paul Hewitt |
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2016 Dean Somers | |||
2017 Mike Edis | |||
2018 Dave Lane | |||
2019 Jake Knight | |||
2020 Rich Martin | |||
2021
Andrew Douthwaite |