15 July 2019
Photos:
1. Central Zone - 2019 State Country Champions - Mens
2. Southern Districts - 2019 State Country Champions - Womens
3. Central Zone’s Leigh Ryswyk (left) and Scott Mumford receive the trophy from Port Pirie Regional Council Mayor Leon Stephens
4. Southern Districts captain Jamie Norup with coach Kiefvar Zohar.
5. Jay Williams Medalist (EP Best U21) Jackson Murphy, Coach Scott Feltus, Patron Tom Tierney and Peter Beard Medalist (EP Best and Fairest) Xavier Watson
6. 2019 Mens Eyre Peninsula team
7. EP joint Best and Fairest Kendall and Sheridan Howell with Patron - Tom Tierney
8. 2019 Womens Eyre Peninsula team
Congratulations to State Country Champions:
Mens - Central Zone
Womens - Southern Districts Zone
All Sundays Finals matches are available to view. Go to:
STATE COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS 14 JULY 2019 - MATCH VIDEOS
A summary of the carnival follows here:
By ZAC MILBANK
Central Zone claimed its first SA Country Championship since 2013 with a comprehensive win against Northern Zone in the Grand Final on Sunday.
Winning their third title since the Championship’s inception in 1994, the Eagles won by a comfortable margin of 60 points as former North Adelaide star Leigh Ryswyk played his way toward a three-way tie for the Don McSweeny Medal as Player of the Championships.
Ryswyk was joined by Western Zone pair Xavier Watson and Sidney Masters, with the former captaining his side to victory last year and the latter winning the Goalkicking Award with seven for the tournament.
Central Zone coach and former SA Country mentor Steve Lubcke was a fitting recipient of the Bill Murdoch Medal as coach of the carnival while Eastern’s Troy Parker-Boers was recognised as the Best Under-21 Player.
Southern Districts avenged its loss in last year’s Women’s title-decider, this time cruising to a comfortable 33-point win in the Grand Final against Northern.
Coach of the Southern Districts side, Kiefvar Zohar, claimed honours as Women’s Coach of the Championships while Central Zone’s Tegan Nottle was awarded the Player of the Championships crown as well as being selected on the wing in the Women’s Team of the Championships.
MEN'S SCORES AND LADDER
Men's Award Winners
Champion – Central Zone
Final Standings – Central, Northern, Western, Southern Districts, Murray South East, Eastern.
Don McSweeny Medal (3-way tie) – Xavier Watson (Western), Sidney Masters (Western), Leigh Ryswyk (Central)
Bill Murdoch Medal – Steve Lubcke (Central)
Best U21 Player – Troy Parker-Boers (Eastern)
Leading Goalkicker – Sidney Masters (Western) 7 goals
Umpire of the Championships – Nathan Clarke (Central)
Men’s Team of the Championships
F: Tyson Irlam (Central), Sudney Masters (Western), Jackson Murphy (Western)
HF: Dylan Hewett (Northern), Shane Ballantyne (Central), Thomas Phelps (Central)
C: Lukas Kangur (Northern), Leigh Ryswyk (Central), Kriston Thompson (Northern)
HB: Giles Ellis (Central), Jaxen Norton (Western), Jayden Eldridge (Murray South East)
B: Damian Hynes (Central), Bradley Eagle (Northern), Tyson Hoffman (Southern Districts)
R: Justin Schahinger (Central), Xavier Watson (Western), Scott Merrett (Murray South East)
INT: Andrew Wright (Central), Jordan Fuller (Northern), Gary Warren (Northern), Damon Arnold (Southern), Jordan Hind (Western), Sam Pfeiffer (Murray South East), Troy Parker-Boers (Eastern)
Women's Award Winners
Champion – Southern Districts Zone
Final Standings – Southern Districts, Northern, Central, Murray South East, Western, Eastern.
Statewide Super Women’s Player of the Championships – Tegan Nottle (Central)
Coach of the Championships – Kiefvar Zohar (Southern Districts)
Women’s Team of the Championships
F: Layla Rogers (Southern Districts), Sarah-Jane Jameson (Central), Paige Cuy (Northern)
HF: Charlotte Spence (Central), Soriah Moon (Southern Districts), Tahlita Buethke (Southern Districts)
C: Indianna Paull (Northern), Rebecca Deer (Northern), Tegan Nottle (Central)
HB: Britt Tangey (Northern), Jamie Griffith (Southern Districts), Lauren Kenney (Southern Districts)
B: Lauren Smith (Central), Kiara Woodhouse (Central), Scarlett Jarrad (Murray South East)
R: Jamie Norup (Southern Districts), Sheridan Howell (Western), Katrice Turner (Southern Districts)
INT: Kendall Howell (Western), Tracey Long (Murray South East), Caroline Burgess (Eastern), Georgina Shirley (Western), Emmasson Lisley (Murray South East), Tia Rowland-Fox (Eastern)
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