Presentation Evening Review

On Friday May 22nd, Last Line Goalkeeping School celebrated the end of another highly successful season with its annual Presentation Evening. Attended by 42 budding goalkeepers and their families, the event proved to be as popular as ever with the enthusiastic young people who have worked so hard throughout the 2008-09 season with us.



Guest of Honour for the awards night was Hibernian legend, Pat Stanton, who happily handed out participation medals, trophies and certificates to all 42 boys present - gladly posing for commemorative photographs with each and every one. Last Line are grateful for the photographic services of Lee Laird, who has processed fabulous professional complimentary prints for each of our keepers.



The coaches found this the hardest season ever in terms of selecting winners in each of our main categories. Such is the standard of goalkeeper at the school, it was an almost impossible task. Last Line currently has National Squad goalkeepers at Under 15, Under 16 and Under 17 level. A significant clutch of our keepers are with senior clubs such as Hearts, Dunfermline and Aberdeen. We also have the pleasure of working with the SE Scotland Regional Squad goalkeepers at Under 14, Under 15, Under 16 and Under 17 level. All this before we even begin to consider a wide range of talented shot stoppers playing with boys clubs across the SERYFA...




Awards, as ever, are presented to those keepers who have demonstrated the attitude that underpins all that Last Line strives for. We have four age groups: Seniors, Juniors, Kids Gloves, First Gloves. These are broadly determined by age but also allow for differentiation based on individual ability and progress. Each age group has three awards : Goalkeeper of the Year, Technical Merit Award and Most Improved Goalkeeper. Careful consideration is given to the merits of all our boys and the winner of the first two awards, without question, are expected to demonstrate both excellent technical ability and unstinting attitude. The winners of the Most Improved Award can be of a wide range of abilities but must have made significant progress in their development across the season.

This season we were delighted to present the following awards to these worthy winners:

Senior Goalkeeper of the Year Stuart Laird
Senior Technical Merit Award Chris Binnie
Senior Most Improved Liam Taylor

Junior Goalkeeper of the Year Connor Lunn
Junior Technical Merit Award Connar Easton
Junior Most Improved Rian McDermott

Kids Gloves Goalkeeper of the Year Jamie Sneddon
Kids Gloves Technical Merit Award Matthew Graham
Kids Gloves Most Improved Sean Adams

First Gloves Goalkeeper of the Year Darren Lindsay
First Gloves Technical Merit Award Ross Connelly
First Gloves Most Improved Lewis Gill



We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our goalkeepers on their successful season. All have been a joy to work with and we are already looking forward to getting back to training in August.