Longo nabs Mainland prize
Football Ferns star Annalie Longo and former Canterbury United striker Michael White have won Mainland Football’s player of the year awards.
Longo, 24, won the women’s midfielder of the year award, and lead Coastal Spirit to another Mainland premier league and Reta Fitzpatrick Memorial Cup double.
She has won 81 international caps and is one of the few Football Ferns first-team regulars playing club football in New Zealand.
White, a 28-year-old former A-League player, shattered the Mainland Premier League goal scoring record with 24 strikes for Ferrymead Bays to win the Golden Boot and men’s striker of the year awards.
Cashmere Technical scooped the team awards in the men’s section, winning the Mainland Premier League, the South Island Championship, Hurley Shield and English Cup and the McFarlane Cup for the highest ranked Canterbury Chatham Cup team.
Their captain Tom Schwarz won the defender of the year. Nelson Suburbs’ Coey Turipa was goalkeeper of the year with his clubmate Atkins Kaua won the youth player and top midfielder categories.
Universities team-mates Holly Pascoe and Lee Maoate-Cox won the youth and defender of the year awards, respectively. Hannah Hegarty from FC Twenty 11 was goalkeeper of the year and Cashmere Technical’s Monique Barker was the top scorer. TEAM AWARDS Women: Mainland Premier League: Coastal Spirit. Hawkey Shield: Coastal Spirit. McFarlane Cup: Coastal Spirit. Reta Fitzpatrick Cup: Coastal Spirit. Women’s Team of the Year: Coastal Spirit.
Men: Mainland Premier League and Hurley Shield: Cashmere Technical. McFarlane Cup: Cashmere Technical. South Island Championship: Cashmere Technical. English Cup: Cashmere Technical. Men’s Team of the Year: Cashmere Technical. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Referee: Isaac Trevis. Eileen Langridge Administrator of the Year: Erna Rogers (Ferrymead Bays).
Women: Youth player: Holly Pascoe (Universities). Goalkeeper: Hannah Hegarty (FC Twenty 20 11). Defender: Lee Maoate-Cox (Universities). Midfielder: Annalie Longo (Coastal Spirit). Striker: Monique Barker (Cashmere Technical).
Men: Youth: Atkins Kaua (Nelson Suburbs). Goalkeeper: Coey Turipa (Nelson Suburbs). Defender: Tom Schwarz (Cashmere Technical).
Midfielder: Atkins Kaua. Striker: Michael White (Ferrymead Bays). Golden Boot (top scorer): Michael White.
Women’s Coach of the Year: Alana Gunn (Coastal Spirit). Men’s Coach of the Year: John Brown (Cashmere Technical).
Women’s Player of the Year: Annalie Longo (Coastal Spirit). Men’s Player of the Year: Michael White (Ferrymead Bays).