HALEBANKS TROPHIES

HALEBANKS TROPHIES

ALAN CORN TROPHY

THE ALAN CORN MEMORIAL TROPHY

THIS TROPHY WAS INAUGURATED IN 2003 AND IS VERY HIGHLY VALUED BY THE CLUB.

ALAN CORN WAS A PLAYER OF SOME QUALITY AND SERVED HALEBANK FOR SEVERAL SEASONS AS DID HIS FATHER MEL.

IN JULY 2003, HE WAS SADLY TAKEN FROM US IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AND HALEBANK ALMOST IMMEDIATLEY SET UP THE TROPHY AS A PRE SEASON FRIENDLY COMPETITON.

SEVERAL FORMATS WERE TRIED VETERANS V PRESENT TEAM, 7-A-SIDE COMPS AND ONE OFF FRIENDLYS, BUT NONE OF THESE GAVE TRUE VALUE TO THE TROPHY.

THEN IN 2006 THE HALEBANK CARNIVAL TOOK PLACE AND AS HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY A CHARITY MATCH FOR ALAN CORN TROPHY, TOOK PLACE IN AID OF THE HARRY WHITLEY FUND AND ALDERHEY HOSPITAL.

OUR OPPONENTS WERE THE MERSEY TV TEAM OF HOLLYOAKS, THIS WAS PLAYED BEFORE A CROWD OF APPROX 1200 AND WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND HALEBANK LIFTED THE ALAN CORN TROPHY.

THAT WAS A VERY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW AND NOT UNTIL 2008 DID WE FIND PERMANENT BERTH FOR THE TROPHY, THIS WAS IN THE HALE VILLAGE CARNIVAL AGAINST A HALE SELECT TEAM.

THIS TIME IN AID OF THE CHARITY HEADWAY, ANOTHER BUMPER CROWD SAW HALEBANK RETAIN THE TROPHY.

WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE FOUND A WAY OF GIVING REAL VALUE TO THE TROPHY AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT BECOMING PART OF THE ANNUAL CALENDAR OF THE HALE AND HALEBANK CLUBS.

THE DAVID HALE TROPHY WAS INAUGURATED IN 1980, AWARDED TO THE PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR THE RESERVES. ALL RESERVE PLAYERS CAST THEIR VOTES IN A SECRET BALLOT TO DECIDE THE PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

THE TROPHY WAS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID, A FORMER PLAYER AND SUPPORTER OF THE HALEBANK CLUB. DAVID WAS A MEMBER OF THE DOUBLE WINNING SQUAD OF 1968-69 AND ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE HALEBANK ATHLETIC CLUB.

THE CASTAWAYS TROPHY WAS INAUGURATED IN 1978, IT IS AWARDED TO THE PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR THE FIRST TEAM. ALL MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TEAM SQUAD, VOTE IN A SECRET BALLOT TO SELECT THE WINNER.

ORIGINALLY SPONSORED BY MR JACK PHILLIPS OF THE CASTAWAYS CLUB. WHEN THE THEN CASTAWAYS WAS CLOSED WE DECIDED TO KEEP IT AS THE NAME OF THE TROPHY, DUE TO THE CASTAWAYS CLUB'S CLOSE LINK WITH HALEBANK AND OUR CLUB.

FIRST AND RESERVES TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR SHEILDS.

THESE IDENTICAL TROPHIES WERE INAUGURATED IN 1973, THE CRITEREA FOR WINNING THESE AWARDS HAS BEEN ONE OF THREE METHODS, FIRSTLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS IT WAS SELECTED BY THE REFEREE OF EACH GAME, THEN THE OPPOSING TEAM MANAGERS SELECTED OUR BEST PLAYER AND THEN IT FOUND ITS PRESENT STATUS OF BEING SELECTED BY THE TEAM MANAGERS OF FIRSTS AND RESERVES RESPECTIVELY.

EVERY WINNERS NAME IS ENSCRIBED ON THE SHEILDS AND THEY ARE RETURNED EACH YEAR IN TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION EVENING, WHEN IT WILL BE AWARDED TO THE NEW WINNERS. THOUGH OF COURSE EACH WINNER RECEIVES A TROPHY THEY KEEP.

THE TROPHIES AWARDED FOR OUR PLAYER PRIZES IN 1979