Wendron United first-team manager Jack Greenwood said he was "chuffed" to be named Clubman of the Year at the club's end-of-season awards night on Friday.

Greenwood, who is the first first-team manager to win the award, received the prize for juggling looking after two unwell family members with leading the first team in what has been a difficult season for several reasons.

Club chairman Peter Thorne, who presented the award to Greenwood during the club's pre-recorded awards ceremony broadcast on Friday night, said: "[He] doesn't just deal with family life – which he has had difficulties with at the moment – he's had to move house, he's had a new pet, but he's also got to deal with about 15-20 different players each week, and this season has been so difficult.

"We have had to arrange games, cancel games, arrange them, and he's been so patient, he's not made any fuss.

"Basically all the time he's there for this club and I would really like to thank him very much."

With the awards ceremony being pre-recorded amid the current coronavirus pandemic, Greenwood, like everyone else, discovered that he had won the award while watching the 'live-stream' of the ceremony on Facebook on Friday.

He said: "I wasn't paying as much attention as I would normally have done because Pete normally slates me and I was just so not expecting anything that my ears only started to prick up when he said he doesn't answer his phone that often!

"He said some lovely words and that was really kind of him and I was chuffed with that, I really wasn't expecting it and I'm really pleased to have got it."

He added: It's nice to be recognised and I suppose in that I don't play it's about the best award I could win!"

Ben Ringrose and Dan Tarrant made it a first-team clean sweep of the three main awards, with Ringrose winning the President's Cup and Tarrant winning Best Newcomer.

On Ringrose, Greenwood said: "I might be biased but he's got to be up there with the best midfielders in the league and those teams that watch us play or know anything about us know how highly we regard him – and if they haven't worked it out by the first half normally by the second half he finds he's got an extra man on him."

On Tarrant, Greenwood said: "Dan's been nothing but superb for us since he's come in. One thing you can't fault Dan for is his commitment and his passion, and to have played for all four [of Wendron's adult] teams is testament to his character."

Greenwood praised Kian Thomas, who won the first team's Most Improved award after working hard on and off the pitch to force his way into the first-team just before the end of the 2019/20 season.

He said: "I'm really pleased for him getting the awards he got because the biggest thing he has improved on this year is that he had improved that side of things. he has been very patient with us."

Greenwood also paid tribute to Finn Robinson, who won the Trainer's award, saying: "Finn's a bit of an unsung hero for us. He's very reliable and often goes under the radar because he always gives everything.

"He would literally run through a brick wall for you as the lads would testify and he's a popular member of the team."

Among those that did not win an award, Greenwood praised Dan Stedman for having to train across the south west in the week before playing for Wendron at the weekend, Ryan Tresidder for travelling from Paignton for games and Hayden Fuller for his help with the under-15s training sessions.

"Those players that have stayed and have given us everything every single game, that's not lost on Mike and me, we do fully appreciate that," Greenwood said.

Greenwood also hailed Thorne's idea to pre-record the awards ceremony and stream it on Facebook in light of the current coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

"The players have still given their all for the time that it's been required of them, so it's right that they do get an awards do," he said. "It was a nice idea and that was one of Pete's best ideas. It was good, I'm glad it went ahead and it was a success."