On Sunday, the 2011 Youth Girls Presentation Night was attended by over 230 guests at 501 Receptions in Footscray.
Over sixty awards were presented to girls from all over Victoria.
The night featured a fourteen-round vote count for the Western and Geelong Youth Girls Competition.
In Geelong it came down to the very last round as Matthew Flinders rising star Riley Shapter grabbed three votes in a best on ground performance to tie Barwon Heads’ premiership captain Tayla Rhodes on twenty-two votes.
Tayla and Riley shared the award ahead of Leopold graduating player Jaime Woollett who won Runner-Up with eighteen votes.
While in the Western competition Sunbury Captain Hannah De Raad ran away early to an astounding twenty-nine votes, finishing ahead of Victorian team Vice Captain Nicola Stevens of Pascoe Vale on twenty-three.
Best and Fairest Rhodes was also awarded Geelong’s leading goal kicker with 33 goals, while St Albans star Jasmine Garner captured the Western award after setting a Youth Girls record by kicking eighty goals during the 2011 season.
The night opened with AFL Victoria Development team coach Paul Groves announcing St Albans’ Rhiannon Banner as their best team player.
Victorian head coach Andrew Jago announced the second annual Eva-Peers medal, awarded to the best team player of the Victorian team, voted on by their peers and coaches.
Team Captain and All-Star Jessica Dal Pos (pictured) captured the award ahead of fellow team leaders Tayla Zammit & Madeline Keryk.
Altona Junior Football Club were awarded the Western Youth Girls competition Best Conducted Club award with a perfect score. In 2011, they hosted a number of Western home games as well as establishing an under-12s team in the brand new junior girls competition. Team manager Kerrie Murphy announced that in 2012, Altona will be entering a team in the Victorian Women’s’ Football League.
AFL Victoria’s Geelong region development manager John Edsall awarded Geelong Best Conducted Club to Drysdale Football Netball Club. Despite never having won a game, Drysdale set the standard for player, official and spectator behavior and finished five votes clear of second place with a perfect score for the season.
Final leader board for Western & Geelong best & fairest awards.
Western
|
1st
|
Hannah
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De Raad
|
Sunbury
|
29
|
|
2nd
|
Nicola
|
Stevens
|
Pascoe Vale
|
23
|
|
3rd
|
Tayla
|
Rappolt*
|
Wyndham Vale
|
22
|
|
4th
|
Renae
|
McBain
|
Altona
|
19
|
|
5th
|
Jasmine
|
Garner
|
St Albans
|
18
|
|
6th
|
Emily
|
Paterno
|
St Albans
|
14
|
|
Equal 7th
|
Michaela
|
Perceval
|
Melbourne University
|
13
|
|
Equal 7th
|
Alexandra
|
Gittings
|
Melbourne University
|
13
|
|
9th
|
Shae-Lee
|
Murphy-Burke
|
Altona
|
12
|
|
Equal 10th
|
Madeline
|
Keryk
|
St Albans
|
11
|
|
Equal 10th
|
Rachel
|
Gastin
|
Pascoe Vale
|
11
|
|
Equal 12th
|
Alexandra
|
Quigley
|
Sunbury
|
9
|
|
Equal 12th
|
Sian
|
Wilson
|
Melbourne University
|
9
|
|
Equal 12th
|
Kacie
|
Cook
|
Altona
|
9
|
|
Equal 12th
|
Caitlin
|
Pretty
|
Sunbury
|
9
|
*Ineligible
Geelong
|
Equal 1st
|
Tayla
|
Rhodes
|
Barwon Heads
|
22
|
|
Equal 1st
|
Riley
|
Shapter
|
Matthew Flinders
|
22
|
|
3rd
|
Jaime
|
Woollett
|
Leopold
|
18
|
|
4th
|
Maddison
|
Janssen
|
South Barwon
|
17
|
|
Equal 5th
|
Kelsey
|
Houghton
|
Leopold
|
14
|
|
Equal 5th
|
Maddie
|
Boyd
|
Clonard College
|
14
|
|
Equal 7th
|
Vanessa
|
Lewicki
|
Leopold
|
13
|
|
Equal 7th
|
Nyeleak
|
Doap
|
Barwon Heads
|
13
|
|
9th
|
Madisen
|
Maguire
|
Matthew Flinders
|
12
|
|
Equal 10th
|
Caitlin
|
Ross
|
Clonard College
|
11
|
|
Equal 10th
|
Eliza
|
Williamson
|
Sacred Heart
|
11
|
|
12th
|
Sarah
|
Chiavaroli
|
Sacred Heart
|
9
|
|
Equal 13th
|
Hannah
|
Burchell
|
Sacred Heart
|
8
|
|
Equal 13th
|
Maddie
|
Richmond
|
Clonard College
|
8
|
|
15th
|
Lily
|
Mithen
|
Sacred Heart
|
6
|
Also awarded on the night were fifty best team player awards… (See below)
Altona – Kacie Cook
Ballarat – Lori Stepnell
Barwon Heads – Tayla Rhodes
Berwick – Ellie Blackburn
Bulleen Templestowe – Jade Davidson
Chirnside Park – Rebecca Dardengo
Clonard College – Maddie Boyd
Cranbourne – Kirsten McLeod
Darebin – Shannon Egan
Deer Park – Bianca Mahkae
Diamond Creek – Jessica Nash
Drysdale – Paige McDonald
Eaglehawk - Gemma-Lee Allison
East Burwood – Errin Smith
East Malvern - Amber McEwin
Fountain Gate – Jessica Bakker
Golden Point – Jenna Bruton
Hampton Park – Sarah Bishop
Healesville - Marlee Nebauer
Huntly – Lily Campbell
Jacana – Agatha Bedorf
Keon Park - Melissa Morgan
Kew Rovers - Gabrielle Mahoney
Lalor Stars – Sharnni Di Mauro
Leopold – Kelsey Houghton
Marong – Chloe Pantazis
Mooroopna - Paige Baksch
Matthew Flinders College – Riley Shapter
Melbourne University – Kaity Beardmore
Mossgiel Park – Brittany Caruana
Narre South – Cassandra Meads
Narre Warren – Emma Pearce
Noble Park – Catrina Mastroianni
North Bendigo – Emma Lau
Oak Park-St Francis – Stephanie Griffin
Old Westbourne – Ebony Paterno
Park Orchards - Courtney Weeks
Pascoe Vale – Cara Matsa
Redan - Sarah Hawkes
Sacred Heart – Eliza Williamson
Seville - Brooke Slaney
South Barwon – Maddie Janssen
South Morang – Maddison Golledge
St Albans – Jacinta Ganino
St Damian’s – Melisa Prideaux
Sunbury – Kelsie Gill
Warrandyte - Micaela Bumpstead
Whitehorse - Morgan Khan
Williamstown - Kara-Anne Buhagiar
Wyndham Vale – Michelle Forsyth
Photos from the night soon to come…
Last Modified on 24/10/2011 12:29
