Tassie Medal Top 30 named
AFL Tasmania has released the names of the top 30 vote getters in the Wrest Point State League’s Tassie Medal, the competitions best and fairest award.
Nine of the ten Wrest Point State League clubs are represented on the list this year, with the Burnie, Clarence and Lauderdale Football clubs leading the way with six players each.
Glenorchy has the next most representatives with three, including RACT Insurance player of the year runner –up Jaye Bowden.
Four clubs - Devonport, Launceston, South Launceston and North Hobart – each have two players in the Top 30 while North Launceston has one in the running for the competition’s highest individual honour.
The top 30 includes TSL household names such Bowden, Jason Laycock, Ben Reynolds, Michael Cassidy, Alan Clements, Cameron Thurley, Allan O’Sign, and reigning RACT Insurance player of the year Luke Shackleton, to name a few.
Next week the list will be reduced to 20 before finally being cut to ten leading into the 2012 Wrest Point State League Grand Final.
The winner will join past recipients Kurt Heazlewood (2009), Brett Geappen (2010) and Tim Bristow (2011).
TSL General Manager, Shaun Young, says the spread of representation is important.
“It is a great effort by the Burnie, Clarence and Lauderdale Football Clubs to have six players each in the top 30. But having nine of the clubs represented in the top 30 is another great endorsement for the competition”.
The name “Tassie Medal” was first used by the Australian National Football Council and was awarded to the best and fairest player at Australian National Carnivals contested between 1908 and 1988. The original ‘Tassie Medal’ was named in honour of an Australian Football administrator, Eric Tassie.
“The TSL version of the Tassie Medal is not named in honour of any individual; but is rather used as the common colloquial name for our great state,” Young said.
Wrest Point State League 2012 Tassie Medal Top 30
Rudy Barrett – Burnie Football Club
Jason Laycock – Burnie Football Club
Trent McCrossen – Burnie Football Club
Nick McKenna – Burnie Football Club
Kade Munday – Burnie Football Club
Luke Shackleton – Burnie Football Club
Ryan Bailey – Clarence Football Club
Jake Cox – Clarence Football Club
Aaron French – Clarence Football Club
Brady Jones – Clarence Football Club
Brennan Savage – Clarence Football Club
Cameron Thurley – Clarence Football Club
Alan Clements – Devonport Football Club
Jeremy Soden – Devonport Football Club
Jaye Bowden – Glenorchy Football Club
Ben Brown – Glenorchy Football Club
Ben Reynolds – Glenorchy Football Club
Darren Garth – Lauderdale Football Club
Damon Smith – Lauderdale Football Club
Matthew Smith – Lauderdale Football Club
Michael Cassidy – Lauderdale Football Club
Kaine Waller – Lauderdale Football Club
Bryce Walsh – Lauderdale Football Club
Jordan Harris – Launceston Football Club
Kurt McCabe – Launceston Football Club
Zane Murphy – North Hobart Football Club
Caden Wilson – North Hobart Football Club
Allan O’Sign – North Launceston Football Club
Daniel Johncock – South Launceston Football Club
Michael Musicka – South Launceston Football Club
Last Modified on 09/01/2013 11:45