Quartet dominate paper's awards!

By David Watters

Fans of Darlington, Salford City, Skelmersdale United and Rugby Town won't want to miss out on The Non-League Paper this Sunday after the quartet of EVO-STIK Northern Premier League clubs were honoured at the 2016 National Game Awards.

Darlington's Nathan Cartman, Skelmersdale's Mark Lund and Rugby Town's former manager Dale Belford were all at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge to collect their accolades, along with EVO-STIK NPL chairman Mark Harris who picked up Salford's award on behalf of the absent top flight's play-off winners.

Ex-Valley boss Belford was at the prestigious event to collect The PFA Fair Play Award after his side topped the paper's fair play tables last season, run in conjunction with the Football Association.

Quakers star Cartman beat off stiff competition from across the country to walk away with the SK Kits Steps 3 & 4 Player of Year accolade and is pictured collecting his honour from the sponsor's owner, EVO-STIK NPL legend and current Altrincham goalkeeping coach Ian Senior.

Not many EVO-STIK NPL clubs are unaware of the community work undertaken by Skelmersdale's Lund who was honoured with the SCL Unsung Hero award.

His son Alfie suffers from a rare genetic disorder known as MECP2 Duplication Syndrome. Since Alfie's diagnosis he has won national acclaim for raising awareness of the condition by taking donations from fans of shirts, scarves and flags. When tied together at the grounds he visited last season for his charitable campaign, his impressive collection now stretches to three miles!

Witton Albion and EVO-STIK NPL chairman Harris, a guest of honour at Wednesday's awards in London, is pictured after he was called into action to collect Salford's Acerbis Cup Run of the Year gong for their heroics in the FA Cup.

To read the full stories behind the honours for all four clubs, pick up The NLP's special NGA edition on Sunday!

Images courtesy of www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com

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