The first of our annual club awards is the Mike Stephen award that is presented to an individual within the club that has been with our club for a number of years and has made an outstanding contribution during that time.
We are so lucky to have the number of volunteers that we have in the club that make a difference, and this year the recipient of this award is one of our longest standing members who has held several different roles so it was great to see her fellow volunteers recognise her for her contribution.
She has been with the club for over 12 years and all 3 of her children have been and still are TUYFC players so it is no surprise that she got roped in all those years ago.
Parent Helper, Group Rep, Committee Member are just a number of roles she has had and for the last few years one of our office bearers being Club Secretary.
We have seen our club grow over the last few years, and we now have 17 groups and over 20 teams in both our boys’ and girls’ pathways. That is over 430 kids and coaches that we need to make sure are signed, registered and all the boxes ticked with the different associations to ensure they can play every week.
This is a huge job without even thinking about all the other responsibilities the role of secretary has to take on. The number of hours that this person puts in behind the scenes are nothing short of a full time job and we sometimes forget that.
Let’s not forget the support that she offers both the 2008’s as group rep and the U12 girls as parent helper. I don’t think there is any day of the week that she is not involved with something to do with the club.
I also personally want to say a huge thanks for the support that she has given to myself and the other office bearers in her role as secretary , we are lucky to have her.
The single biggest achievement for our club has been achieving our charity status and if it wasn’t for the hard work and commitment shown by her and our treasurer Audrey then we would not have achieved this fantastic result, securing a positive future for TUYFC.
We say every year that our club could not run without our volunteers and this years winner has certainly helped us achieve where we are today by giving up the last 12 years so congratulations and well done.
We are delighted to announce that this year, the winner of The Mike Stephen award is our Club Secretary Julie Gray.