MORE than 75 grassroots volunteers were invited to the annual Cornwall FA Community Awards in Bodmin.

The Cornwall FA Community Awards are part of the National FA Community Awards in which volunteers across the Country are nominated by their peers in nine different categories.

The awards, sponsored by McDonalds, are designed to celebrate and recognise the hard work, commitment and achievements of grassroots football in each County FA. Winners from each County are then nominated into a Regional Category and then Regional winners feed into the National Awards.

Over the years we have had a number of National Winners including Bodmin Youth (Club of the Year 2014) and Liam Dart (Coach of the Year 2012) highlighting the great work that happens in Cornwall.

Last night was the first year in which three nominees per category were invited to attend the ceremony, with the winners being announced on the night.

All nominees received a framed certificate and a gift as a token of thanks for their continued hard work and support for football in their community. This years nominees and winners were:

Club of the Year:

WINNER- Bodmin Dragons Ability Counts FC

RUNNER UP- Gwinear Churchtown FC

RUNNER UP- Sticker FC

Development Club of the Year:

WINNER- Charlestown FC

RUNNER UP- St Mawgan FC

RUNNER UP- Ludgvan Lions FC

Community Club of the Year

WINNER- RNAS Culdrose FC

RUNNER UP- Bodmin FC

RUNNER UP-Penzance AFC

League of the Year

WINNER- Trelawny League

RUNNER UP- Kernow Youth League

RUNNER UP- East Cornwall Premier League

Young Volunteer of the Year

WINNER- Eloise Schutte (Wadebridge Girls/ Football Futures)

RUNNER UP- Jaydan Kempthorne (Newquay Youth/ Football Futures)

RUNNER UP- Charlotte Collier (St Agnes Dynamos/ Football Futures)

Volunteer of the Year

WINNER- Andrew Plenty (Scooby)- Culdrose FC/ Trelawny League

RUNNER UP- Laura Park- Liskeard Juniors

RUNNER UP- Dave Bartlam (New Inn Titans)

Sportivate Volunteer of the Year

WINNER- Andy Fugler

Club Administrator of the Year

WINNER- Hilary Kent (Camelford FC)

RUNNER UP- Allan Web (Grampound FC)

RUNNER UP- Tracy Banfield (St Dennis AFC)

Outstanding Contribution to Community Football

WINNER- Jim Hilton (St Mawgan FC)

RUNNER UP- Christian Merrin (Looe Town FC)

RUNNER UP- Jody Marles (Troon FC)

Read more at http://www.cornwallfa.com/news/2016/jun/community-awards-celebrates-grassroots-heros#uTYBC0H8YpyTqdfY.99