IT was a year to remember for South Morang’s Hailey Cordova, who dominated the Northern Football Netball League’s night of nights at the Frank Rosbrook Medal with a clean sweep of the division two awards.
The Lions’ midfield dynamo was a runaway winner of the division two best and fairest, polling 23 votes to win by 10 votes from Kilmore’s Chiara Nardo.
Cordova was also the winner of the coaches MVP award for the same division, polling 60 votes from the coaches to win by three from Fitzroy Stars’ Medika Bonney.
Each of the City of Whittlesea’s teams had much to celebrate throughout the awards ceremony.
In the division three reserves competition, it was a 1-2 for Mernda as Jake Bruni polled 14 votes to win the award, while pocket rocket Aidan Black finished equal second with 13 votes.
Laurimar was also successful in winning individual football awards, with Tyler Thomas claiming the division two under 19.5 competition best and fairest by polling 19 votes, two clear of South Morang’s Rocco Grillo.
In the netball competition best and fairest, Abbie Barnes and Chloe Gray took away joint third for Whittlesea in section one, each polling 13 votes, while Amy Goodwin and Shanae Watson both finished on the podium in section three, with the Eagles’ duo polling 18 and 17 votes respectively.
Laurimar’s Tully Carr took the section 11 best and fairest in a landslide, polling 27 votes, while Tori Williams finished third in section 12 for the Power, finishing on 11 votes.
Patrick Fitzgerald claimed his leading goalkicker trophy after kicking 79 goals for the season, while South Morang’s Ben Peterson scored the division one reserves title with 58 goals. There was a tie in division two, with Whittlesea’s Caden Allen and Laurimar’s Hayden Trim kicking 43 goals apiece.
The star shooters competition saw Matilda McDougall take the section eight title with 203 goals, while South Morang’s Dempsey West shared the section 14 title with Fitzroy Stars’ Paige Nelson on 224 goals.
Each club was well represented on the leaderboards throughout the best and fairest counts.
In the women’s division three competition, Lily Borg finished strong for Wallan, scoring 13 votes to claim fifth place. Stephanie Crook polled seven votes to lead the way for Laurimar, while Tahlia Brander was sixth in the count for Whittlesea, polling 12 votes in a season which saw North Heidelberg’s Remi Moore win the count.
The men’s division three competition saw Mernda’s Billy Morrison poll strongly, despite only playing eight games, finishing equal fourth with 14 votes, nine behind joint winners, Kinglake’s Bailey Robinson and Ivanhoe’s Kane Veliou. Fitzgerald polled the most votes for Laurimar, with 13.
Jaron Murphy and Taidhg Bland’s strong seasons were recognised in the division two men’s count, with both Eagles finishing in the top five. Murphy polled 19 votes to finish fourth, while Bland was one vote behind in fifth. The count was won by Diamond Creek young gun Taj Logan.
South Morang may have struggled in division one, but big man Nathan Stefanile can hold his head up high, polling the most votes for the Lions with six.
