THE first award of the North Ayrshire Community Sports Awards went to Paul Kellington for his work with Irvine Meadow 2006s football team.
On learning he had won the Community Coach of the Year he said he was "very happy."
The audience learned he had grown the team to a group of 21 boys, who now compete in tournaments across the country.
Paul, who uses non traditional methods such as 'Box Soccer', 'ball mastery' and Muay Thai training, said: "They have done very well."
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