Some of Bermuda’s most talented footballers are hoping to be honoured as the Bermuda Football Association hosts its annual awards ceremony on Saturday.

Split into two sessions, the youth awards will be handed out at Pier 6 in Hamilton at 1.30pm, with the senior players waiting until 7pm on Saturday night to find out who will walk away with the prestigious player of the year trophy.

Devonshire Cougars forward Domico Coddington and PHC's Taznae Fubler picked up top honours last year, with the men’s award this time around likely to be dominated for by players from North Village, who won the double this season.

Calvin “Patches” Dill Jr, the Village coach, is favourite to pick up the Premier Division coach of the year award after taking the reins from Kenny Thompson early in the season and guiding the team to glory.

But history has produced some surprises.

Ray Jones was overlooked for the First Division coach of the year honour in 2023-2024 despite leading an unbeaten Devonshire Colts to the title, while Antwan Russell claimed he was “robbed” of the same trophy at the end of the 2022-23 season. Russell was not selected after Paget Lions won the league and Shield double and also made it to the FA Cup semi-final.

The youth ceremony is often the first step in discovering the next generation of footballers to represent the island, with male and female players spanning the under-13 to under-18 age groups eligible to pick up awards,

In the oldest age division, Tomas Mello (FC Bascome), Jayden Symonds (PHC) and Isaiah Trott (North Village) are nominated for the male goalkeeper of the year, with Machari Tear Deleon (Somerset), Saezjhor Dent (North Village), Grant Reese (FC Bascome) and Alexander Rymon-Lipinski (Warwick Football Academy) battling it out for defender of the year.

The Most Valuable Player award is contested by Sami Carolo (Warwick Football Academy), Khari Sharrieff (FC Bascome) and Somerset’s Jaire Shields with the under-18 coach of the year to come from Mark Mills (FC Bascome), Richard Todd (WFA), Reeve Young (North Village) and PHC’s Roderick Lewis.

Ethan Adderley (FC Bascome), Jasper Herrick (Vasco) and Curtis Jackson are fighting it out to be named goalkeeper of the year at under-15 level, with Deacon Wade (Somerset), Reese and Azai Dyer (Dandy Town) competing to be named defender of the year.

Reese in also on the three-person shortlist for under-15 MVP alongside Zydon-Lightbourne-Furbert (Somerset), who recently competed for Bermuda at the Carifta Games, and North Village’s Amir Brangman-Johnson. The coach of the year at this level will be decided between Danvers Seymour Jr (Somerset), Young and Mills.

The under-13 A division goalkeeper of the year award is between Dunstan De Sa (PHC), Xavier Thomas-Bassett (FC Bascome Blue) and Somerset’s Henrik Mcintosh, with the defender of the year award at that level coming down to a choice between De’Ari Trott (FC Bascome Blue), Somerset’s Ryley Martin and Stephen Astwood (PHC).

T’Nuri Darrell-Virgil (PHC), Adam Barritt (FC Bascome Blue) and Ja’Zahri Ingham (WFA) are the talented youngsters in the running for MVP honours, with Vashun Blanchette (Somerset), Robert Bean (PHC) and FC Bascome Blue’s Tyrrell Burgess vying for coach of the year honours.

In the under-13 B division, the final three in the running for goalkeeper of the year are Samuel Valles (X-Roads), Styles Furbert (Devonshire Colts) and Giovanni Araujo (North Village).

Jahkari Burgess-Samuels (North Village), Caden Burgess (Vasco) and Mathis Stevens (X-Roads) are up for defender of the year, while the MVP award will be won by either Jaaziah Astwood (Devonshire Colts), Chaz Edmead (North Village) or Remi Furbert (X-Roads).

The coach of the year title will go to Tarik Smith (North Village), Thaaqib Talbot (X-Roads) or Quinton Jones (Devonshire Colts).

C’Leisha Spence (Dandy Stars), Alex Jones (WFA) and Semai Baisden-Scott are the nominees for goalkeeper of the year in the girls 15-17 category, with Saony Trott (Dandy Stars) Amiya James (WFA) and Jashay Trott (PHC) hoping to pick up the defender of the year award.

Daley Outerbridge (Dandy Stars), Nila Samuels (WFA) and Cayli Dowling (PHC) will be hoping to take home the trophy as that age group’s MVP, with Jenay Edness-Gomes (Dandy Stars), Richard Todd (WFA) and Corey Dowling (PHC) fighting it out for coach of the year.

In the under-13 girls division, Sydney Denkins (Dandy Stars), Kyra Simmons (BFLA Reds) and Phoenix Williams (BFLA Blacks) will look to be named goalkeeper of the year, with Leyana Williams (PHC), Stella Simpson (BFLA Reds), Marli Robinson (St David’s) and Shannon Fisher (BFLA Blacks) hoping to be called best defender.

The MVP winner will come from Priya Dill (PHC), Denkins and Avery Taylor (BFLA BLacks) with coach of the year going to one of Karl Roberts (BFLA Reds), Shawnette Perrott (Dandy Stars) or Mamus Emosivwe (BFLA Blacks).

Victor Montagliani, president of Concacaf and a Fifa vice-president, will be a special guest.