Markham Irish Award Winners
List of members who have won club awards
Most Valuable Player
1955 – Shawn Cameron
1957 – Roy Williamson
1958 – Lew Hilditch
1959 – Bert Reid
1960 – Paddy Allen
1961 – John Cherry
1962 – Carl Moore
1963 – Frank Nelson
1964 – Trevor Hawkes
1965 – George Carson
1966 – Tom O’Morchoe
1967 – Eamonn Browner
1968 – Tony Gleeson
1969 – D. Morgan, A. Owen, C. Winter, T. Stokes
1970 – Sean Lynch
1971 – Alan Maxwell
1972 – Trevor Jones
1973 – Graham Street
1974 – Alan Kignhan
1975 – Pearse Higgins
1976 – Michael Ameli
1977 – Geoff Ellwand
1978 – Fraser Cattell, Mark Moroney
1979 – John Tosney
1980 – Sean Cryan
1981 – Sean McInerney
1982 – Dereck Bailey
1983 – Tom Litwiller
1984 – J. Baldcock
1985 – Tom Kennelly
1986 – David Haynes
1987 – John Moore
1988 – Derek Bailey
1989 – Russell Crawford
1990 – Patrick Craig
1991 – Ivan Munday
1992 – Derek Bailey
1993 – Russell Crawford
1994 – Ian Graham
1995 – Gary Waugh
1996 – Sebastian Orsi
1997 – Sebastian Orsi
1998 – Dale Burleigh
1999 – Johnathan Ashley
2000 – Dale Burleigh
2001 – George Azar
2002 – Kyler Petrie
2003 – George Azar
2004 – Rodrigo Lacassie (Men), Christine Ford (Women)
2005 – David McCully (Men), Jane Segal (Women)
2006 – Jason Verstraten (Men), Jackie Scott (Women)
2007 – Barry Ward (Men), Jessica Belchos (Women)
2008 – Darryl Snider (Men), Kendra Kryszak (Women)
2009 – Mark Thompson (Men), Gillian Pegg (Women)
2010 – Mark Thompson (Men’s 1st XV), Steve Orchard (Men’s 1st XV); Jessica Belchos (Women’s 1st XV); Adam Howe (Men’s 2nd XV); Danielle Chitussi (Women’s 2nd XV); Chris Li Cheong Man (Men’s 3rd XV), Mike Calderone (Men’s 3rd XV); Alex Kopple (Men’s 4th XV), Brad Raybould (Men’s 4th XV), Chris Scott (Men’s 4th XV); Connor Fitzsimmons (U20 Men); Jon West (U18 Boys); Melody Clarke (U18 Girls)
2016 – Cheyenne De Luca (Women), Misha Maric (Women); Brandon Black (Men's 1st XV), Jordan Lofthouse (Men's 2nd XV), Nicholas Bandura (Men's 3rd XV); Rhys Patterson (U14 Boys), Tye Wallace (U16 Boys), Tristan Roy (U16 Boys), Vivienne Chang (U16 Girls), Keely Patterson (U18 Girls), Kate McLellan (U18 Girls), Tremaine Shorter (U18 Boys)
2017 – Kareece McGregor (Women), Gavin Howe (Men’s 1st XV), Mike Sheridan (Men’s 2nd XV)
2018 – Jason “JC” Chuck (Men’s 1st XV), Josh In (Men’s 2nd XV)
2019 – Misha Maric (Women), Johnny Sheridan (Men’s 1st XV) Jordan Ford (Men’s 2nd XV)
Most Improved Player
1963 – Alfie Parke
1964 – Paul Maher
1965 – George Hall
1966 – Trevor Jones
1967 – M. Baines
1968 – W. Jaine
1971 – Brain Dixon
1973 – Brain McConnell
1974 – Glen Jones
1975 – David Haynes
1977 – Paul Tonner
1978 – Mike Wohlfeldt
1979 – Neil Owens
1980 – Jack Rogers
1981 – Tom Kennelly
1982 – Ian Buchanan
1984 – Chris Gambin
1985 – Dave O’Connor
1986 – Craig Miller
1987 – Jim Murphy
1988 – Tim Kennelly
1989 – Anthony Reid
1990 – Charles McKissik
1991 – Kevin Kursi
1992 – Bruce Maxwell
1993 – Robert Chesney
1994 – Andrew Desson
1995 – Frank Attaie
1996 – James Berry
1997 – Oren Smith
1998 – George Azar
1999 – Oren Smith
2000 – Rob Galbraith
2001 – Ryan Carr
2002 – Barry Ward
2003 – Leonard Jen-Pierre
2004 – Kip Wotherspoon (Men), Jackie Scott (Women’s 1st XV) Cheryl Morris (Women’s 2nd XV)
2005 – Najeeb Obaidi (Men), Cathrine Scott (Women’s 1st XV), Karen Dillane (Women’s 2nd XV)
2006 – Adam Moody (Men), Beth Rideout (Women's 1st XV), Becki Lee (Women’s 2nd XV)
2007 – Spencer Cameron (Men), Kayla Ellefsen (Women’s 1st XV), Lesley Gorman (Women’s 2nd XV)
2008 – Jason Contois (Men), Claragh Pegg (Women's 1st XV), Kristen McAlpine (Women’s 2nd XV)
2009 – Luther Munzara (Men), Abbus Pajooman (Men) Miranda Elliott (Women’s 1st XV), Jessie Anne Gibson (Women’s 2nd XV)
2010 - Chris Boake (Men), Alex Grant (Women)
2016 – Dennis Bott (Men), Vanessa Santolin (Women), Steve Giacometti (U16 Boys), Nicholas Hubbard (U16 Boys), Paige Hallett (U16 Girls), Sophie Campanella (U16 Girls), Kathryn Warburton (U18 Girls), Thomas Croupis (U18 Boys)
2017 – Kate McLellan (Women), Deandra Medford (Women), Ryan Anderson (Men)
2018 – Zach Shalovsky (Men)
2019 - Jeremy Brownridge (Men's 1st XV), Charl Smith (Men's 2nd XV) Sarah Bonear (Women)
Most Valuable Member
1979 – Pat Hodgins
1980 – Eamonn Walsh
1981 – Norm McNaughton
1982 – Ken Brown
1983 – Les Morrow
1984 – Shane Carson
1985 – Mark Winokur
1986 – Eamonn Browner
1987 – Stephen Parke
1988 – Stephen Parke
1989 – Bobby O’Connor
1990 – Dean Ross
1991 – Ken Smith
1992 – Dean Ross
1993 – Mark Winokur
1994 – John Dixon
1995 – John Dixon
1996 – John Kilouras
1997 – John Dixon
1998 – Martin Summer
1999 – Geoff Ellwand
2000 – Eamonn Browner
2001 – Ken Smith
2002 – John Dixon
2003 – Neil Maxwell
2004 – Rodin “Koko” Lozada, Dean MacLean, Sebastian Orsi
2005 – George Azar
2006 – Karen Lozada
2007 – Mike Calderon
2008 – Steve Orchard
2009 – Pat & Frances Hodgins
2010 – Marlon Shorter
2016 – Michael Thorne, Martin Coe
2017 – Pat Hodgins
2019 – Christina Paolini
Rookie of the Year
2001 - Tim Matthews
2002 – Simon Dunne
2003 – Ryan Ellement
2004 – Raf Kaczmarek (Men), Karen Dillaine (Women)
2005 – Ken Van Allen (Men), Jessica Penzer (Women)
2006 - Simone Akai (Women)
2007 – Ken McCartney (Men), Paige Churchill (Women), Tabitha Stavrou (Women)
2008 – Kevin Feheley (Men), Aidan McKinnon (Women)
2009 – Richard Huff (Men), Janie McKay (Women)
2010 – Gavin Howe (Men), Brittney Benn (Women)
2016 - Audrey McMullen (Women), Mark Jordan (Men), Andrew Seed (U18 Boys), Shaunte Andrew (U18 Girls), Lauren Blais (U16 Girls), Ethan Callaway (U14 Boys), Cameron Sikich (U14 Boys)
2017 – Anna Horner (Women), Tye Wallace (Men)
2018 – Owen Schimpl (Men)
2019 - Danielle Phal (Women) Masson Sarris (Men)
President's Award
2008 – Jim Eckersall
2009 – Trevor Jones
2010 – Pat Hodgins, Doug Robinson & Chris Serpanchy
2016 – Jordan Ford
2017 – Fabian Rayne
2019 - Nicole Kovacs & Michael Thorne
Coach's Award
2009 - Chris Li Cheong Man (Men)
2016 – Thomas Khajeh (U14 Boys), Ben Veitch (U14 Boys), Joe Walker (U14 Boys), Ethan Moreton (U16 Boys), Alex Perzan (U16 Boys), Peter Popalis (U16 Boys), Kyle Juhasz (U16 Boys), Gabrielle McCarron (U16 Girls), Denise Laghayi (U18 Girls), Mitchell Hoyt (U18 Boys), Dean Rayner (U18 Boys)
2017 – Tye Wallace (U18 Boys)
Spirit of Rugby
2019 - Raquel McGee
Iron Man Award
2019 - Brain Duncan
Most Dedicated Player
2016 - Luke De Luca (U14 Boys)
Leadership Award
2016 - David Horner (U14 Boys)
We are missing info on award winners if you have won awards from either Irish Canadians or Markham RFC/Irish please contact us