Annual Society Dinner 2024 with Inaugural Awards

Andrew MacNeaney hosted our Annual Dinner with special guests Wayne Barnes and David Flatman

This year we had over 160 tickets sold which is one of the largest to date. The annual society dinner marked the inauguration of two awards for outstanding service to the society and the wider refereeing community.

The John Raywood Award for outstanding off pitch service was awarded to the one man dynasty that is Bob Ockenden for his decades of committed service to recruiting, training and mentoring 100s of referees.

The Wayne Barnes OBE Award for extraordinary on pitch service was awarded to the sage of the North region, Gary Marchant for his dedication to the whistle over the past decades since his debut in the 70s!

These two stalwarts of LSRFUR have set the standard for their respective awards and we look forward to celebrating them and following recipients in the years to come!

None of this would have been possible with our members who showed everyone how to have a good time.

We are already looking forward to planning the dinner for November 2025.

Thanks to all of you for attending and helping make this a fun night. Below are some photos of the night that have been sent in.

ENJOY and THANKS Again