The nominees for this seasons North East Rugby League Awards have been announced, after a hugely successful season, Crusaders figure well in the awards and hopefully will round off a great season with some awards.

The Award Night takes place on Friday evening at Kingston Park and promises to be a gala evening of celebration. The full list of nominees is as follows;

U12's Player of the Year nominees:

Adam Rogers (Cramlington Rockets) Jordan Webster (Cramlington Rockets) JEREMY CIVIL (Catterick Crusaders) WILLIAM GROVES (Catterick Crusaders)
Thomas Burton (East Cumbria Crusaders) Vegas Liddell (Whitley Bay Barbarians)
Ryan Crossley (Gateshead Storm) Arron Moore (Gateshead Storm)

U14's Shield Player of the Year nominees:

Tyler Hepple (Gateshead Storm) Cameron Sneddon (Gateshead Storm)
Jack Cregan (Cramlington Rockets) Matthew Peggie (Cramlington Rockets) George Hubb (Whitley Bay Barbarians) Owen Foster (Whitley Bay Barbarians)

U14's Championship Player of the Year nominees:

Alex Donaghy (Cramlington Rockets) Fergus Simpson (Cramlington Rockets) Mark Roberts (Cramlington Rockets) Jonny Grey (Durham Tigers) Morgan Jobling (Durham Tigers) OSCAR BUTTERILL (Catterick Crusaders)

U16's Shield Player of the year nominees:

Shane Ivey (Peterlee Pumas) Aiden Wells (Peterlee Pumas) COLE POTTS (Catterick Crusaders) Dean Carling (Cramlington Rockets) CALLUM PIERT (Catterick Crusaders) Cameron Taylor (Cramlington Rockets) Dean Carling (Cramlington Rockets)

U16's Championship Player of the Year nominees:

Elliot Blain (Cramlington Rockets), Harry Cable (Cramlington Rockets) Tom Wilcox (Cramlington Rockets) Tyler Walton (Wallsend Eagles) Rory Nettleton (Jarrow Vikings)
Reece Amir (Jarrow Vikings)

Junior Coach of the year nominees:

Danny Gilroy (Cramlington Rockets U16's) JASON BATEY & STEVE O'REILLY (Catterick Crusaders U14's) Paul Gray & Andy Taylor (Durham Tigers U14's) Zach Adey (Gateshead Storm U14's) Neil Emmerson (Gateshead Storm U10's)

Junior Match official of the year nominees:
Lewis Davey, Deb Senior, Nicky Beaty

Men's Match official of the year nominees:

Derick Pocklington, Adam Houston, Baz Smart

Men's Coach of the year nominees:

George Taylor (Jarrow Vikings), JASON GRANT (Catterick Crusaders) Chris Hood, Steven Bradley & Stephen Rutherford (Wallsend Eagles)

Young player of the year nominees:

TOM GARDINER (Catterick Crusaders) Jonah Mcintyre (Jarrow Vikings) Joe Morris (Cramlington Rockets) Jack Inglis (Gateshead Storm) Sam Brookes (Whitley Bay Barbarians)

Player of the year nominees:

Kai Downey (Wallsend Eagles) Liam Scott (Wallsend Eagles) Derick Worthington (Jarrow Vikings) Michael Mitchell (Cramlington Rockets) Brad Green (Peterlee Pumas)

Spirit of the Community Award nominees:

Adam Snowdon (Cramlington Rockets) Robert Jones (Gateshead Storm) Steve Beaty Jnr (Cramlington Rockets)

Volunteer of the year nominees:

Stephen Lamb (Cramlington Rockets) JASON GRANT (Catterick Crusaders) Geoff & Michelle Hurst (Gateshead Storm)

Good luck to all nominees on the evening, it should be a great event, regardless.