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Swans take out remarkable Mathieson Medal double

20 September 2023

South Barwon big men, Fraser Fort and Matt Caldow have tied in a Mathieson Medal coup for the Grand Finalists. It is second time in Mathieson Medal history that two players had tied for the award, with the other being in 1995 with North Shore Jason McGowan and Glenn Keast sharing a 4-way tie.

Fort held a two-vote lead over his teammate coming into the last round, with Caldow polling the two votes he required to tie the award.

In the A Grade Netball, St Joseph's goaler, Emma Buwalda held off last year's winner Ellen Doyle to win her first medal. Buwalda stormed home in the count to win by 7 votes. The count was a role reversal to 2022 where Doyle took out the medal with Buwalda finishing runner up.

The Jim and Bill Allthorpe medal was also a tie with Newtown & Chilwell's Archie Lazzaro and Leopold's Kyle Bumpstead taking home the medal.

The full list of award winners and full leaderboards can be found below.

 

Football

Blood Toyota Senior Cup

Mathieson Medal - Fraser Fort (South Barwon)

Mathieson Medal - Matt Caldow (South Barwon)

Geelong Advertiser Player of the Year Award - Ryan Abbott (Grovedale)

Leading Goal Kicker - Sam Dobson (St Mary's)

Rookie of The Year - Hunter Lewis (St Josephs)

K rock Player of the year - Paddy De Grandi (St Josephs)

Full Leaderboards

 

Buckley's Reserves Cup

Allthorpe Medal - Archie Lazzaro (Newtown & Chilwell)

Allthorpe Medal - Kyle Bumpstead (Leopold)

Leading Goal Kicker - Sam Hosking (St Mary's)

Full Leaderboards

 

Club Awards

Football Club Champion - St Marys

Overall Club Champion - Newtown & Chilwell

 

K rock Team of the Year

Backs

Jack Driver (South Barwon)

Jack Melican (Colac)

Tevan Nofi (Leopold)

 

Half Backs

Daniel Weigl (Lara)

Jarryn McCormack (Colac)

Alex Hickey (St Joseph's)

 

Centre

Bailey Scott (Colac)

Marcus Thompson (Leopold)

Darcy Lang (Colac)

 

Half Forwards

Mitch Chafer (Grovedale)

Matt Caldow (South Barwon)

Phillip Moimoi (GWG)

 

Forwards

Adam Garner (Colac)

Sam Dobson (St Mary's)

Paddy De Grandi (St Joseph's)

 

Rucks

Zachary Zdybel (Colac)

Jarryd Garner (St Marys)

Lachlan Patten (Bell Park)

 

Interchange

Fraser Fort (South Barwon)

Tanner Lovell (GWG)

Logan Wagener (Leopold)

Ryan Abbott (Grovedale)

 

Netball

GFNL A Grade Cup

Best & Fairest - Emma Buwalda (St Joseph's)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Ellen Doyle (South Barwon)

Hotshots - Ellen Doyle (South Barwon)

Full Leaderboards

 

Buckley's B Grade Cup

Best & Fairest - Ebony Coppock (Bell Park)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Monika Hammond (Colac)

Hotshots - Yolande Miller (South Barwon)

Full Leaderboards

 

Blood Toyota C Grade Cup

Best & Fairest - Abbey Chapman (GWG)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Candice Bull (Leopold)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Cassidy Moore (Newtown & Chilwell)

Hotshots - Candice Bull (Leopold)

Full Leaderboards

 

Epworth D Grade Cup

Best & Fairest - Sophie King (St Joseph's)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Jessica Geary (Newtown & Chilwell)

Hotshots - Tracey Hall (Lara)

Full Leaderboards

 

gforce E Grade Cup

Best & Fairest - Joanne Greagan (Lara)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Elsa Rauter (St Mary’s)

Runner Up Best & Fairest - Peta Nicholls (Grovedale)

Hotshots - Peta Nicholls (Grovedale)

Full Leaderboards

 

Club Awards

Rookie of the Year - Chantelle Brundall (St Albans)

Netball Club Champion - South Barwon

 

Team of the Year

Goalers

Emma Buwalda (St Joseph's)

Ellen Doyle (South Barwon)

Uneeq Palavi (Newtown & Chilwell)

 

Mid Court

Elli Leydin (St Joseph's)

Zara Walters (Colac)

Alahria Smith (Geelong West Giants)

Kiahna Fallon (South Barwon)

 

Defenders

Brooke Allan (Colac)

Tori Honner (St Joseph's)

Indya Forde (Colac)

 

Coach

Courtney Cuolahan (Colac)