Hampden Park was the venue for the Scottish FA South West Region’s annual Quality Mark awards evening. Kilwinning Community Sports Club were among over 100 representatives from clubs and schools that have achieved Quality Mark status came together to recognize the latest recipients. Seventeen different organisations were presented their awards by Scotland ’s greatest ever player Kenny Dalglish!

It was an evening of mutual admiration. The attendees all marveled at a montage of Kenny’s goals and achievements while Kenny was genuinely blown away by the dedication and hard work of the grassroots volunteers. These are the people that make our game possible for the 99% of all players who are not part of the professional game.

Kilwinning Community Sports Club were recognized for achieving top standards in five different sections, Management, Administration, Player and Coach Development, Planning and of course, Welfare.

The South West Region’s Club Development Manager John Brown commented:

“We at the Scottish FA are delighted by the ongoing work undertaken by Kilwinning Community Sports Club and with people like Jim Hodge & Jim McCubbin taking things forward, football in the local area is in good hands!”

Kenny Dalglish spoke about the Quality Mark programme and thanked the Scottish FA, Big Lottery and sponsors McDonalds for making it possible. Kenny then enthused about the effort and dedication that everyone had shown for football in the community.

Kenny received a standing ovation after he took questions from the floor about his playing career, football development and topical issues.

A great night was had by all and everyone left with renewed enthusiasm and focus for delivering the best quality experience for our players of the future.