Leongatha midfielder Tom Marriott has taken out this year’s Trood Award and Rodda Medal as TRFM Gippsland League senior football best and fairest.
Marriott polled 32 votes, including three votes on eight separate occasions, to finish 11 clear of Maffra onballer Eddie Carr.
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It’s Marriott’s first medal, having finished in the top five for the past two seasons.
Already one of the Parrots’ elite midfielders, Marriott has taken his game to a new level this year and his strength, poise and his ability to win the contested ball has been crucial in Leongatha’s journey to a third straight grand final.
Warragul defender Renee Cook took home the Hutchison Medal as TRFM Gippsland League A-Grade Best and Fairest.
Cook polled 37 votes to win from Leongatha’s Nicola Marriot (22 votes) and 2015 winner Courtney Garth of Morwell (21).
Moe’s James Heslop won the reserves medal with 18 votes, four ahead of last year’s winner Chris Rump of Leongatha.
Traralgon’s Ewan Williams won the Wikinson Medal as under-18 best and fairest with 18 votes from Wonthaggi Power’s Darren Gardiner, who finished with 16.
Luis D'Angelo from Traralgon claimed the Shaw-Carter Medal as under-16 best and fairest with 27 votes, two clear of joint runners up Blake Safstrom (Sale) and Tom Caille (Morwell).
Moe’s Carly Mullen-Bianconi won the Dawn Pearce Medal as B Grade best and fairest with 26 votes from Wonthaggi Power’s Joanne Le Page on 23.
Maffra duo Sarah Edey and Leyla Berry collected the Karen Proctor Medal C Grade and 17-and-under netball awards respectively, while Sale’s Olivia Barnett won the 15-and-under award.
Wonthaggi Power’s Zac Mabilia was a runaway winner of the 13-and-under award with 35 votes.
In other awards, Renee Cook won the Gippsland Cosmetic Laser Clinic A Grade Netball Most Valuable Player Award and Bairnsdale defender Simon Deery claimed the football equivalent.
Chloe Radford (Morwell) and Kim Drew (Warragul) were named the AGA Rookies of the Year for netball and football respectively.
Chris Dunne (Leongatha – 69 goals), Nathan Trotto (Leongatha – 36 goals), Jacob Van Iwaarden (Traralgon – 48goals) and Byron Vickery (Bairnsdale – 44 goals) took home the leading goal-kicker awards for seniors, reserves, thirds and fourths respectively.
Taylin Gourley (Traralgon – A Grade), Melissa Burton (Warragul – B Grade), Anna Gaw (Maffra – C Grade), Patty McInnes (Moe – 17-and-under) and Alahna Arnason (Leongatha 15-and-under) collected their Netball Shooting Star awards.
2018 TRFM GIPPSLAND LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
Trood Award & Rodda Medal (Senior football best and fairest:Tom Marriott (Leongatha) Joe Hutchison Medal (A Grade netball best and fairest:Renee Cook (Warragul) Rex Hartley Medal (Reserves football best and fairest:James Heslop (Moe) Dawn Pearce Medal (B Grade netball best and fairest:Carly Mullen-Bianconi (Moe) Karen Proctor Medal (C Grade netball best and fairest:Sarah Edey (Maffra) Wilkinson Medal (Thirds football best and fairest:Ewan Williams (Traralgon) Shaw-Carter Medal (Fourths football best and fairest:Luis D’Angelo (Traralgon) 17-and-Under best and fairest:Leyla Berry (Maffra) 15-and-Under best and fairest:Olivia Barnett (Sale) 13-and-Under best and fairest:Zac Mabilia (Wonthaggi Power) Senior Football Most Valuable Player Award: Simon Deery (Bairnsdale) Gippsland Cosmetic Laser Clinic A Grade Netball Most Valuable Player Award: Renee Cook (Warragul) JG Lawless Award (Senior leading goal-kicker):Chris Dunne (Leongatha) Reserves leading goal-kicker:Nathan Trotto (Leongatha – 36 goals) Thirds leading goal-kicker:Jacob Van Iwaarden (Traralgon – 48 goals) Fourths leading goal-kicker:Byron Vickery (Bairnsdale – 44 goals) A Grade Shooting Star:Taylin Gourley (Traralgon) B Grade Shooting Star:Melissa Burton (Warragul) C Grade Shooting Star:Anna Gaw (Maffra) 17&Under Shooting Star:Patty McInnes (Moe) 15&Under Shooting Star:Alahna Arnason (Leongatha) AGA Netball Rookie of the Year:Chloe Radford (Morwell) AGA Football Rookie of the Year: Kim Drew (Warragul) Senior Football Team of the Year:FB: Mitchell Stanlake (Moe), Charlie Rieniets (Moe), Sam Pleming (Maffra)HB: Jack Johnstone (Maffra), Simon Deery (Bairnsdale), Jordan Dessent (Sale)C: Russell Cowan (Bairnsdale), Kane Martin (Sale), Haydn Hector (Traralgon)HF: Eddie Morris (Drouin), Brayden Fowler (Warragul), Cade Maskell (Leongatha)FF: Mitchell Bennett (Maffra), Brad Dessent (Sale), Chris Dunne (Leongatha)Ruck: Bob McCallum (Drouin), Tom Marriott (Leongatha), Edward Carr (Maffra)INTER: Nate Paredes (Warragul), Ben Willis (Leongatha), Jacob Wood (Moe), Ryan Tatterson (Morwell), Brayden McCarrey (Bairnsdale), Aiden Lindsay (Wonthaggi Power), Jack Lipman (Sale)Coach: Shane Fyfe (Sale)Captain: Bob McCallum (Drouin) A Grade Team of the Year:GK: Courtney Garth (Morwell)GD: Renee Cook (Warragul)WD: Shannon Freeman (Moe)C: Stacey O’Brien (Traralgon)WA: Rachel Allison (Morwell)GA: Sally Dellar (Bairnsdale)GS: Stacie Gardiner (Drouin)INTER: Caitlan Ponton (Traralgon), Nicola Marriott (Leongatha), Emma Allman (Maffra), Claire Allison (Morwell)Coach: Rachel Allison (Morwell)Captain: Renee Cook (Warragul)
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