MAN v FAT members from up and down the country descended on London on Saturday night to celebrate some remarkable men in the MAN v FAT community.
This year, we were in the shadows of West Ham’s stadium at Riverside East, as the MAN v FAT Awards headed to the capital for the first time.
There were some familiar faces in attendance, with many of those who had participated in the Amazing Losers fixture 24 hours earlier also enjoying the Awards ceremony.
There were also some familiar names on the silverware too, with MAN v FAT Bridgend continuing their successes both as a club and individually at the Awards for a second year and Yeovil’s Aaron Knight also claiming another silver salver – this time for Most Active Player.
There were several new clubs represented among the winners this year, with Blackpool, Bury, Guildford, Kidderminster, Oldbury, Slough, Sutton, Weymouth and Wimbledon among those claiming victory in 2025.
Over the years, MAN v FAT has become much more than just weight loss and, fittingly on a night supported by our friends at JAAQ, the consistent thread was around wellbeing and how MAN v FAT has taken men from difficult places in their life mentally and physically to much more positive outcomes.
Congratulations to all of our winners – your stories are truly inspiring and you act as role models for men like you around the country.
Winner: Dylan Painter – Bridgend
(Also shortlisted: Reece Currie – Colchester, Harry Spacagna – Eastleigh, Maximilian Shearer – Weymouth, Michael Holroyd – Warrington, Ray Richardson – IOW Cowes
Assistant Coach of the Year
Winner: David Wright – Kidderminster
(Also shortlisted: Ashley Powell – Oldbury, Anthony Bowbanks – Havant, Jamie Hannath – Scunthorpe, Kian Tracey – Clacton, Jean-Luc Howe – Bridgend)
Best New Club
Winner: Bury
(Also shortlisted: Aintree, Ashford, Broward, Leicester Rugby, Tampa Bay)
Club of the Year
Winner: Sutton
(Also nominated: Aldershot, Warrington)
Winner: Callum Nicholls – Oldbury/Kidderminster
(Also nominated: Andy Waters – Tonbridge, Aaron Waywell – Crewe, Mark Durose – Fox Hollies/Redditch/Birmingham Rugby, Vicky Healy – Chester, Karlee Holt – Eastbourne)
Community Club – sponsored by Androlabs
Winner: Guildford
(Also shortlisted: Bridgend, Eastbourne)
Winner: Dave Hughes – Bridgend
(Also shortlisted: Darren Coleman – Romford, Kian Tracey – Clacton, Stuart Skinner – Margate, Aaron Waywell – Crewe, Steve Emery/Anthony Bowbanks – Havant)
Winner: Andrew Falconer – Blackpool
(Also shortlisted: 23MPH Podcast – Bournemouth, Ciaran Cusack – Bury, Danny Dowling – Warrington, James Moore – Bath, Tim Sadler – Gloucester)
Media Mogul
Winner: David Moore – Merthyr
(Also shortlisted: Ben Harrall – Margate, Lose 2 Win Podcast – Bournemouth, 23MPH Podcast – Bournemouth, Carl Norton – Hull, Alex Peach – Bridgwater)
Most Active
Winner: Aaron Knight – Yeovil
(Also shortlisted: Connor Steptoe – Margate, Matt Daly – Scunthorpe, Sam Coates – Maidstone, Carl Mansfield – Darlington, Andrew Dalgetty – Leicester)
Winner: Maximilian Shearer – Weymouth
(Also shortlisted: Dylan Painter – Bridgend, Dean Drury – Yeovil, Ray Richardson – IOW Cowes, Terry Smith – Bury, Dave Higgins – Guildford)
Referee of the Year
Winner: George Hepburn – Wimbledon
(Also shortlisted: Mitchell Peck – Bridgend, Eamonn Doherty – Kidderminster, Ryan Ferris – Paisley, Ollie Parkes – Nuneaton, Craig Scriven – Bridgwater)
Winner: KFC Scoffenheim – Bridgend
(Also shortlisted: Donnercaster Rovers – Margate, Double Decker Red – Scunthorpe, Fat & Furious – Clacton, L’Argentina – Romford, Harlequinoas – Leicester Rugby)
XIs Manager Of The Year
Winner: Stuart Murphy – Slough
(Also shortlisted: Stuart Skinner – Margate, Chris Money – Boston, John McNamara – Preston, Mark Cronin – Oldbury, Damo Stevens – Maidstone)
XIs Player Of The Year
Winner: Harrison Devine – Warrington
(Also nominated: Matt Burgess – Margate, Chris Cornish – Crewe, Oliver Secomb – Margate, Andrew Barton – Maidstone, Lewis Jones – Wirral)
