Higham and Kear take out top awards

Leigh captain Mick Higham has been named as the Championship Player of the Year and Batley coach John Kear has been awarded Championship Coach of the Year.

Leigh won Championship Club of the Year and Toulouse were awarded League 1 Club of the Year.

The League 1 Coach of the Year gong went to Toulouse’s Sylvain Houles while Toulouse’s Jonathan Ford won League 1 Player of the year.

Rochdale’s Danny Yates received the League 1 Young Player of the Year award and London’s James Cunningham won Championship Young Player of the Year.

The 2016 Kingstone Press Championship and League 1 award winners in full are as follows:

Championship Player of the Year: Micky Higham (Leigh Centurions)
Championship Young Player of the Year: James Cunningham (London Broncos)
Championship Coach of the Year: John Kear (Batley Bulldogs)
League 1 Player of the Year: Johnathon Ford (Toulouse Olympique XIII)
League 1 Young Player of the Year: Danny Yates (Rochdale Hornets)
League 1 Coach of the Year: Sylvain Houles (Toulouse Olympique XIII)
Championship Club of the Year: Leigh Centurions
League 1 Club of the Year: Toulouse Olympique XIII
Championship Project of the Year: London Broncos
League 1 Project of the Year: Doncaster RLFC
Foundation of the Year: Bradford Bulls
Supporters Direct Community Champion: Dave Naylor