Welcome to the nominee’s page for our first ever BPA Junior Volunteers Evening,
celebrating the great people that drive this club forward.
A huge congratulations to those who have been nominated. Your support is greatly
appreciated.
Below we have a list of different awards and nominees, vote now by clicking here!
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Performance Centre Volunteer of the Year
NOMINATIONS
Andrew Jardine
Andy is one of our performance center volunteers who leads the
goalkeeper training. He has also helped during performance camps,
leading games and sessions and being involved in our academy 100
club.
Mia Thorpe
Mia is our girls’ performance centre’s newest coach. At 15 years of age,
she has just recently started with our foundation group with the girls.
She has started fantastically and built a good rapport with all our girls.
Mia is wise beyond her years and has done a fantastic job so far during
her time and is consistently improving as she continues to coach.
Gabriel Steel
Gabriel is the lead u9s performance center coach who started out as
a university placement student. Through his hard work he has been
given the lead on a group and is really thriving alongside the group. A
young, exciting coach who is developing massively as each week
goes by. Gabe has also helped support on performance camps and
with the performance center u13s-u16s groups
Kevin Dale
Kevin is one of our longest standing volunteers and has been
volunteering ever since the start of the performance center back in
He has helped everywhere he possibly could including the
foundation, development and our girl’s section. Kev now helps lead
the girl’s performance center and supports the u13s or the u15s every
Wednesday evening.
Scholar Coach of the Year
NOMINATIONS
Sam Sutcliffe
Sam is one of our u8 coaches and does a superb job helping Gary and
his team coaches’ week in, week out. Sam is one of our top referees
helping officiate all age groups every Sunday morning. He is also a
great help on match-days and when putting on events. Sam is also
great for helping on Performance camps and finds time to do all this
on top of his studies.
Joe Bingham Carroll
Joe commits every Saturday morning to help coach our u6 team,
doing an unbelievable job with our youngest players. Joe also
referees weekly and he is always there on matchday to help create a
great experience for young fans.
Max Whitehead
Max is an enthusiastic young coach who is consistently aiming to
become better. Max is our u11s assistant coach. He is always on
hand to help with anything he can. Max completed his FA level 1 at
Bradford Park Avenue and got into a local university to continue his
sports coaching studies.
Lucas Shaw
Over the past few years Lucas has assisted with our u7s and
our u13s grassroots training. He has also worked tirelessly in
the café on a Saturday and Sunday morning ensuring the café
stays open at times. Lucas is a great help on match days and
when setting up events.
Harry Wright
Harry is a superb helper when asked in a multitude of areas. He helps
support the u6s training, he offers his help in the cafe nonstop and
alongside this whenever there is an event that requires help running,
he is always on hand to help.
Harry Spiby
Another one of the u8s coaching team, Harry is a fantastic volunteer
that is there each week at training. Harry also supports Bradford Park
Avenue events and is always helping around the club.
Young Volunteer of the Year
NOMINATIONS
Harrison Clay
Harrison started coaching with the u7s this year as part of his Duke
of Edinburgh. Since the beginning he has become a crucial part of Joe
and his team helping with their huge squad. Harrison is at training
each week, helping where he can. At Easter Harrison treated his team
to an Easter Egg each out of his own pocket. Harrison is an extremely
mature young man who encompasses what we are trying to achieve
at Bradford Park Avenue. He also often offers to help on matchdays,
creating fantastic experiences for fans.
Sam Sutcliffe
Sam is one of our u8 coaches and does a superb job helping Gary and
his team coaches’ week in, week out. Sam is one of our top referees
helping officiate all age groups every Sunday morning. He is also a
great help on match-days and when putting on events. Sam is also
great for helping on Performance camps and finds time to do all this
on top of his studies.
Savannah Cleary
Savannah has been volunteering at the cafe since its opening. She
has created this community feel alongside the other volunteers. She
is constantly looking at ways to improve it and make it a better place
for all of us at Park Avenue. She is there every Wednesday and
Saturday to ensure we all have a good experience.
Mia Thorpe
Mia is our girls’ performance centre’s newest coach. At 15 years of age,
she has just recently started with our foundation group with the girls.
She has started fantastically and built a good rapport with all our girls.
Mia is wise beyond her years and has done a fantastic job so far during
her time and is consistently improving as she continues to coach. Mia
is also completing her referee’s course and finds herself down at
Horsfall on Sundays refereeing our juniors each week.
Joe Bingham Carroll
Joe commits every Saturday morning to help coach our u6 team,
doing an unbelievable job with our youngest players. Joe also
referees weekly and he is always there on matchday to help create a
great experience for young fans.
Team of the Year
NOMINATIONS
U7’S
On the u7s first season as a full team this group has thrived
massively. They have won multiple cups, had multiple visits to
professional clubs, with many players scouted by pro clubs. They
have entered and played in the beach tournament and attended
match day activities weekly.
U8’S
Our u8s have had a fantastic season and managed to win the West
Riding Tournament with only 4 players on each team. Every
matchday the café and entertainment are provided by the parents
of the players, and they are our greatest group for event and cafe
support. This group often attends match day events, alongside
other events such as Whitby away and the Wetherby Races
supporting Ronnie the Ram.
U9’S
Our u9s managed to raise the highest funds out of any of our
teams on the matchday draw. They have also taken a team to
the Garforth league finals day and attended the Manchester
International Cup. They also had a fantastic experience
playing at Fleetwood Town FC recently
U15G’S
In our u15s first season they have managed to win the
Garforth league 2nd Division. An incredible feat, especially
with a brand-new team, they managed to win the league by
12 points. Gary Ratnik’s team had a fantastic season coming
close in the cup as well. They have also attended match day
activities and events. This group were also our first group to
complete the match day drawer.
U14G’S
The u14s were also a brand-new team this season who
managed to do superbly in the league. Adam Brian’s men
finished 2nd in Division 2 which gained them promotion. After
some unfortunate news to one of their players mid-season,
the u14gs coaching staff managed to help raise £5000 to help
support their player and his family.
Grassroots Coach of the Year
NOMINATIONS
Joe Brown
Joe has had a fantastic season developing our youngest grassroots
aged teams. He has built a huge squad which he has organized and
trained effectively all season long. He has now managed to create 3
teams in this age group who are all doing successfully. Joe also
developed the Ronnie the Ram cup in his spare time to recruit new
players whilst offering superb experiences to children at our stadium.
Ross Wilson
Ross joined Park Avenue at the beginning of the season taking on a
struggling u12s team. A team struggling for players and consistency
over the years. A massive change in the group dynamics helped by
assistant Kieran Williams has helped this group develop massively
over the season. The group has grown in numbers with now up to 20
children training each week, which is improving consistently. Ross
has also taken a team to represent Bradford Park Avenue in the Valley
Parade Memorial Tournament. He has also been a massive help throughout the year helping
set up events.
Simon Webster
Simon has had a difficult season losing his 2 assistant coaches and
often completing his coaching with any support. However, the
experiences he has created for his team have been fantastic, his
team has been to a final’s day this season. He has also taken them to
the Manchester International Cup and offered the children the
experience of a lifetime getting to play on Fleetwood Towns pitch. He
has also helped his team raise the highest funds on the matchday
draw.
Richard Pearson
Richard has had a fantastic couple of years here at Bradford
Park Avenue. Last season his team were promoted 2 divisions
and this year they have smashed it again finishing 2nd in the
league and achieving another promotion. Richard helps around
the club where he can and is also involved in the Academy 100
Club.
Adam Brian
Adam set up a brand new u14s team at the beginning of last season.
They managed to finish 2nd in Division 2 gaining promotion to the top
division for the next season. Adam, amongst some of his other
coaches, took it upon themself to raise money for one of their players
after they received some unfortunate news about him. They managed
to raise £5000 and raised awareness by walking from Valley Parade to
Horsfall Stadium. Adam rounded up his group fantastically to organize
this all so quickly to help the struggling family.
Grassroots Volunteer Award
NOMINATIONS
Tina Ratnik
Tina has been instrumental to the Ave Café and without her the café
still would not be open and providing hot food and drinks every
Sunday morning for us all. She is also forever offering her time up to
help whenever and wherever she can. She was a massive help at
Avey-Fest and at every event we put on throughout the year. She is
also involved in the Academy 100 club.
Mick Frost
For the past year Mick has been the club’s welfare officer for the
juniors and the men’s first team. He has also been pivotal in the
academy cafes growth through going to collect food each week and
helping in there whenever he can. He also helped out loads in the
academy café when making it. Mick is one of our u14s coaches and
part of our Academy 100 Club.
Matt Harrison
Matt is our u14s Manager and has done a fantastic job over the past
few years coaching this team. Matt supports our grassroots
consistently and also helps out with the academy café whenever
possible. Matt also flaunts about as Ronnie the Ram each week on
matchday, including going to Whitby away and Wetherby races where
Matt raced dressed as Ronnie. He has been fantastic in his role as
club mascot, creating an incredible experience for our young fans.
Matt is also involved in the Academy 100 club.
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