National League Awards 2004

[bartman]

LHF Healthplan National League Awards
Tuesday 5 October, Queen's Hotel Leeds.

Player of the Year
NL1: Sam Obst (Whitehaven)
NL2: Darren Holt (Barrow)
NL3: Adrian Veamatahau (Coventry Bears)

Young Player of the Year
NL1: Michael Platt (Rochdale)
NL2: Austin Buchanan (Knights)
NL3: Mick Jones (Birmingham Bulldogs)

GMB RLPA Players' Player of the Year
Sam Obst (Whitehaven)

All Stars Teams of the Year

NL1: Jon Goddard (Oldham), Rikki Sheriffe (Halifax), Mick Nanyn (Whitehaven), Matt Foster (Keighley), Matt Wray (Featherstone), Tommy Martyn (Leigh), Sam Obst (Whitehaven),
Makali Aizue (Hull KR), Paul Rowley (Leigh), Tommy Hodgkinson (Rochdale), Howard Hill (Whitehaven), Andy Spink (Batley), Craig Walsh (Whitehaven).

NL2: Wayne English (Swinton), Austin Buchanan (Knights), Chris Langley
(Knights), Chris Maye (Swinton), George Rayner (Hunslet), Scott Rhodes
(Knights), Darren Holt (Barrow),
Rubert Jonker (London Skolars), Jonny Limmer (Workington), Ian Parry (Chorley), Andy Raleigh (Sheffield), James King (Barrow), Steven Bradley (Gateshead Thunder).

NL3: Mark Roughneen (Warrington-Woolston), Mike Jones (Birmingham Bulldogs), Adrian Veamatahau (Coventry Bears), Tom Armstrong (Carlisle Centurions), Phil Aiken (Hemel Stags), Adam Cawley (Birmingham), Bryn Evans (Sheffield Hillsboro Hawks),
Gareth Barron (Gateshead Storm), Liam Brentley (Bradford Dudley Hill), James Ellershaw (Hemel Stags), Paul Rice (South London Storm), Steve Warburton (Warrington-Woolston), Adam Cox (St Albans).

Coach of the Year
NL1: Steve McCormack (Whitehaven)
NL2: Peter Roe (Barrow)
NL3: Ken Roberts (Hemel Stags)

Match Official Achiever of the Year (The Neil Whittaker Trophy)
Paul Stockman

Referee of the Year
Ronnie Laughton (Barnsley)

Best Community Programme
York City Knights

Club of the Year
Whitehaven

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Sam Obst? where have i heard that name before? :?

 

[lolesi]

Played for Roosters didnt he?

 

[bartman]

Yep, zippy little halfback, relocated to Whitehaven in the Cumbria (North West) district. If they win their Grand Final, he'll be in 2005 Superleague.

 

[Rich]

Town will take 3rd place prize money and to only have Limmer recognised is pretty poor. The omission of Ged Stokes in the coach of the year category who has transformed the club and Lusi Sione at full back is shocking.

Who picks these things?

 

[bartman]

Yeah, even though they got thumped last weekend (ouch), WTown's season achievements in the second half warranted some better recognition.

 

[Rich]

Did you go (assuming you live in York)?!

 

[bartman]

Yep, live in York and went. Best players for Town were halfbacdk Manihera (kept trying all game), prop John Tuimauakuga (one big lad), and Luisi Sione.

And about to duck off and catch the final on TV, have the parents opver from Australia so couldn't do the trip to Widnes.