Carlos Tuimavave has been crowned Hull FC’s Atropa Pharmacy Player of the Year for 2020 during tonight’s virtual awards ceremony, brought to you in association with CCT Infotech.
The centre, who enjoyed a stellar season in the Betfred Super League with the Black & Whites, picked up three of the five performance-related awards on-offer, also claiming the Jacuzzi® Players Player of the Year award and the SS Testing Try of the Season award for his effort against St Helens in February.
Hull’s top appearance maker and top try-scorer in 2020, the Samoan found himself to be one of the most consistent performers across the first-team squad through a disjointed season, celebrating his success with a new four-year deal last month which will keep him at the club until the end of the 2024 season.
Tuimavave picked up the big award of the night, the Atropa Pharmacy Player of the Year award , having been selected by the coaching staff, while also impressing his peers by claiming the Players Player award too.
Over 1,500 votes were cast for the SS Testing Try of the Season award, with Tuimavave battling off competition from the likes of Ratu Naulago and Jordan Lane to bag a hat-trick of awards.
It was also a memorable night for young loose-forward Joe Cator, who claimed two awards on the night following an impressive debut season with his boyhood club.
Cator was named the BigVits Young Player of the Year in association with Hull FC Vice Presidents, as well as receiving the recognition of the Hull supporters being crowned the HI Commercial Supporters Player of the Year in assocation with FC Voices also.
The Young Player of the Year Award is voted for by the Hull FC Vice Presidents following nominations from the club
Close to 2000 votes were cast by fans in the HI Commercial Supporters Player of the Year vote, with Cator coming up trumps with 31% of the vote.
The 22-year old was one of the stand-out players in the Hull squad, making his debut in the final weeks before lockdown, and maintaining his spot at loose-forward for the remainder of the season following the restart in August.
Clocking over 50 tackles a game regularly, the boyhood Hull fan became a real fans-favourite throughout the season with his passionate and desire for the Black & White jersey clear to see to fans at home.
Off the field, Hull FC Communtiy Foundation coach Liam Welham was named the Martin Merrikin Clubman of the Year, sponsored by Drapers, for his outstanding efforts in the local community throughout 2020.
As well as delivering hundreds of food parcels to local vulnerable residents who were shielding during the first national lockdown, the Coventry Bears player has also completed several fundraising challenges for various charitable campaigns, including a bike ride from Hull tom Coventry, a hike from Newcastle to Hull, and a wheelchair marathon across East Yorkshire!
Meanwhile, long-serving Club Historian Bill Dalton was named the club’s Volunteer of the Year, sponsored by Jane Brooks Law.
Dalton provided large amounts of historical content throughout the national lockdown to the club’s Media & Marketing team, helping keep Black & White supporters informed as to major anniversaries and historical dates throughout the year, including some key assistance with the club’s #JW90 celebrations recently, marking Johnny Whiteley’s 90th birthday.
The full list of award winners can be found below:
- Atropa Pharmacy Player of the Year – Carlos Tuimavave
- BigVits Young Player of the Year, in association with Hull FC Vice Presidents – Joe Cator
- Jacuzzi® Players Player of the Year – Carlos Tuimavave
- HI Commercial Supporters Player of the Year, in association with FC Voices – Joe Cator
- SS Testing Try of the Year – Carlos Tuimavave vs St Helens
- Martin Merrikin Clubman Award, sponsored by Drapers – Liam Welham (Hull FC Community Foundation)
- Volunteer of the Year Award, sponsored by Jane Brooks Law – Bill Dalton (Club Historian)
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