Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Football guru bags another award!

A Tower Hamlets football guru netted his second sporting trophy for helping football flourish in the borough.

Senior Football Development Officer at Tower Hamlets Council, Derek Bennett, attended the London Football Association 4th Annual Awards Night at Leyton Orient Football Club, where he received the Special Partners Award.

Derek was praised by the London FA for his work to support clubs to achieve the Charter Standard – the footballing benchmark of excellence, and for encouraging women's and girls football within the borough, offering advice, supporting grass roots football initiatives and generally raising awareness and participation. Derek's passion and 100 per cent dedication to the game was also acknowledged and praised by the regional governing body.

Derek, said: “It was a great honour and surprise to receive an award for the second year running. It gives me pride to serve the people of Tower Hamlets in my role promoting the world's greatest sport. The borough has a rich football tradition and the community although faced with many challenges are very passionate about the game.

There is never a dull moment because of all the dynamics that make this such an exciting borough to work for. Although this award was for me, I feel it also belongs to Tower Hamlets for the great strides we have made."

The awards are organised to pay tribute to those who have made a major input to the expansion of football in London. The night included presentations to Charter Standard clubs for a variety of awards including Development Club of the Year, Administrator and Coach of the year.

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