Oakman scoops awards treble

The accomplished young goalkeeper scooped the first team player of the year, players' player and supporters' player awards at The Polegrove.

Oakman is currently being trailed by several Football League clubs, including Queens Park Rangers and Leyton Orient. He trained with Rangers last week and has been invited back for pre-season next month, while Bexhill have had contact with Orient this week.

Winners: first team player of the year - Ben Oakman; first team players' player - Ben Oakman; supporters' player - Ben Oakman; reserve team player of the year - George Aston; reserve team players' player - Dan Cruikshank; young player - Gordon Cuddington; Pat Norton Shield - Tracy Aston; Dane Cup - Phil Rhodes; Chairman's Trophy - Gerard Moyse/Andy Wilson; top goalscorer - James Doswell; goal of the season - Jethro Warren (v Dorking Wanderers); supporters of the year - Steve Parsons, "Old Man" Mote, "Old Tom".

It has been a hugely successful season for Bexhill with the first team winning promotion back to Division Two of the Sussex County League, the seconds showing an improvement in Reserve Section (East) and a new under-18 side performing creditably in the East Division of the Sussex County Youth League, not to mention the 50,000 windfall from The People's Lottery which will bring floodlights to The Polegrove in September.

The full article and more photos will appear in tomorrow's Bexhill Observer.