Vita Risk Solutions Manager of the Month Awards, February 2026

In conjunction with our friends at Vita Risk we honour our best Pitching In Isthmian managers of the shortest (and hopefully the dampest) month of the year
Here are the latest Vita Risk Solutions Managers of the Month- a quartet of very deserved winners.
Premier Division
Gary McCann has had his fair share of Performance of the Month Awards, but this is the first one that has come his way since he took over at St Albans City. February found the Saints in fine form, delivering an unbeaten month, three clean sheets, and three victories. City defeated Burgess Hill Town and Hashtag United on the road, and, on their own patch, they saw off Gary’s former club Billericay Town, ending a long unbeaten run for the Blues.
Draws on the road to Welling United and Cheshunt completed the month, although we’re about to give it an even better end. Many congratulations to Gary and his heavenly band.
North Division
We’re off to the home of the finest jockeys on the planet, delivering an award to Newmarket Town. Our North Division clubs would perhaps have been better off being submariners rather than horsemen during February, but the Jockeys somehow managed to play four times and recorded three fine victories. The last of those was perhaps the finest of the set, a three-nil win against promotion-chasing Stanway Rovers, but that followed victories against Mildenhall Town and Brantham Athletic as the Jockeys ended the month with three wins in a row.
Many congratulations go to Town boss Michael Shinn, who has a trophy heading his way.
South Central Division
We’re off to Earlsmead, where we are delivering our February prize to Wayne Carter.
Harrow Borough have had a fair collection of memorable moments this season, but February saw them climb to seventh place in the table after three wins- and a draw- from four matches. South Park Reigate, Littlehampton Town and Fareham Town were vanquished, the first two to nil, and a point at Bedfont Sports rounds up an entertaining quartet of fixtures. Wayne can place our trophy into the cabinet alongside the Performance of the Month Award his side picked up in November- many congratulations.
South East Division
Everyone likes a hat trick, so it’s rather fitting that we’re off to a club where hat tricks have become rather common, Three Bridges.
Bridges boss Jamie Crellin won this award in September and December, so this- as you’ll have worked out- will be his third of the campaign (sadly we don’t present a signed match ball to go with it). February brought four matches and four wins, Herne Bay, Crowborough Athletic, Hastings United and Erith Town defeated, three of them to nil (well done to the Crows, who might not have got any points but made our leaders work!).
Congratulations, again, go to Jamie (and commiserations go to Deal Town, who would probably have emerged victorious any other month and only lost out on goal difference).
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