Saturday night saw supporters, players and staff join together for the annual Centenary Club Player of the Year Awards night at the Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline.
Supporters clubs got the chance to hand out their awards with representatives from The Dunfermline Athletic Supporters Club, Dunfermline Athletic Disabled Supporters Club, Pars Supporters Trust, 1885 Business Club and Section North West. Chris Hamilton, Ewan Otoo and Josh Edwards picking up the awards across various categories.
A new award was added to the line up, the Living True Sportsmanship Award, for the player who exhibited key actions in the pillars of Determination, Accountability, Fairness and Community.
We were also pleased to host the annual induction to the Dunfermline Athletic Hall of Fame. Previous inductees Stewart Petrie and Ian Westwater welcomed Ivo Den Bieman and Greg Shields.
Both Greg and Ivo spoke of their pride of induction and had their families in attendance to share in the special moment. Read the full report on the inductees courtesy of the Dunfermline Athletic Heritage Trust. Click here.
Our continued thanks go to Chris Wishart and The DAFC Former Players’ Association for their sponsorship and support of the Hall of Fame.
Our full list of winners Centenary Club winners:
Living True Sportsmanship Award – Kyle Benedictus
Management Academy Player of the Year – Sponsored by Centenary Club – Ewan McLeod
Management Player of the Year – Sponsored by Kwikco Supplies – Josh Edwards
Goal of the Season – Sponsored by St Michaels Tippers, St Andrews – Lewis McCann v Queen’s Park
Gary Riddell Players’ Player of the Year – Chris Hamilton
Joe Nelson Young Player of the Year – Sponsored by Joe Nelson Family – Ewan Otoo
DAFC Player of the Year – Sponsored by Ian Baker of Dynamic Hair, St Andrews – Chris Hamilton
Centenary Club Chair, Karyn Rennie, commented: “It was another great evening to celebrate the annual Player of the Year Awards. Hosted by Steven Mill, the evening started with presentations from DAFC groups such as DASC, PST, Section North West, 1885 Business Club and Disabled Supporters Club. There were two special inductees to the DAFC Hall of Fame; Ivo den Beiman and Greg Shields. Both gentleman spoke fondly about their time at Dunfermline.
On behalf of the Centenary Club, we would like to thank the players, management and guests for a fantastic evening. Thank you to our sponsors, Steven Mill, Alister Burn and Craig Brown for all their support. Well done to all the award winners. We will see you again next year!”
