Benson takes the lead in Coaches Award | Round 7 & 8 GFNL Football Geelong Advertiser Coaches Votes
St Mary's midfielder Hary Benson has surged into the lead of the GFNL Geelong Advertiser Coaches Award, after the votes from Round 7 and 8 have been tallied.
There were four maximum vote games in Round 7 which saw Bell Park's Ben Worme, Grovedale's nathan Deans, Colac's Aaron Hawker and St Joseph's Alex Hickey all get the 10 votes from the coaches.
Emerging talls in St Mary's Lachlan Peck and St Joseph's Oscar Morrison both recieved perfect games in Round 10 from the coaches.
The match votes and leaderboard after Round 8 can be found below.
Round 7
Bell Park v Leopold
10 Ben Worme (Bell Park)
8 Hamish Lucas (Bell Park)
4 Matthew Jones (Bell Park)
3 Issac Wareham (Bell Park)
3 Tevan Nofi (Leopold)
2 Marcus Thompson (Leopold)
Geelong West v Newtown & Chilwell
7 Braden Hocking (Newtown & Chilwell)
7 Tanner Lewis (Geelong West)
6 Ned Harris (Newtown & Chilwell)
4 Matthew McMahon (Newtown & Chilwell)
3 Lachlan Taylor (Geelong West)
3 David Handley (Geelong West)
Grovedale v St Albans
10 Nathan Deans (Grovedale)
8 Nicholas Hau (Grovedale)
3 Brock McDonald (St Albans)
3 Nathan McHugh (Grovedale)
2 Ryan Abbott (Grovedale)
2 Brady Ferguson (Grovedale)
1 Ethan Guida (St Albans)
1 Samuel Radcliffe (Grovedale)
Lara v Colac
10 Aaron Hawker (Colac)
8 Chaise Murray (Colac)
5 Josh Garner (Colac)
3 Mitchell Day (Lara)
2 Zach Zdybel (Colac)
1 Aaron Stone (Lara)
1 Tobyn Murray (Colac)
South Barwon v North Shore
8 Patrick Kelly (South Barwon)
7 Ben Kellett (South Barwon)
6 Doyle Madigan (South Barwon)
4 Taylor Mulraney (South Barwon)
2 Lachie Noble (South Barwon)
2 Cam Anderson (North Shore)
1 Todd White (South Barwon)
St Joseph's v St Mary's
10 Alex Hickey (St Joseph's)
8 Harry Benson (St Mary's)
3 Lachlan Peck (St Mary's)
3 Josh Nurnaitis (St Joseph's)
3 Harrison Smith (St Joseph's)
2 Sam Dobson (St Mary's)
1 Oliver Northam (St Joseph's)
Round 8
Bell Park v Grovedale
8 Issac Wareham (Bell Park)
6 Mitch Chafer (Grovedale)
5 Tyler Pidgeon (Bell Park)
5 Ben Worme (Bell Park)
3 Ryan Abbott (Grovedale)
2 Harley McCarthy (Grovedale)
1 Tom Gillett (Grovedale)
Colac v Geelong West
9 Tobyn Murray (Colac)
5 Dustin Walters (Colac)
4 Zachary Zdybel (Colac)
4 Chaise Murray (Colac)
4 Adam Garner (Colac)
2 Ryan Monaghan (Colac)
2 Jonathon Simpkin (Colac)
Newtown & Chilwell v South Barwon
8 Harry Cunningham (South Barwon)
8 Jonty Broughton (South Barwon)
5 Max Mawson (South Barwon)
3 Braden Hocking (Newtown & Chilwell)
2 Rowan Gough (South Barwon)
2 Ned Harris (Newtown & Chilwell)
1 Lachie Noble (South Barwon)
1 Matt Caldow (South Barwon)
North Shore v Leopold
8 Connor Giddings (Leopold)
7 Tevan Nofi (Leopold)
5 Brock Williamson (Leopold)
4 Nathan Arbon (North Shore)
4 Marcus Thompson (Leopold)
2 Billy Ritchie (Leopold)
St Albans v St Mary's
10 Lachlan Peck (St Mary's)
8 Jarryd Garner (St Mary's)
6 Harry Benson (St Mary's)
3 Brayden Ham (St Mary's)
2 Christopher Jansen (St Mary's)
2 Jack Blood (St Mary's)
St Joseph's v Lara
10 Oscar Morrison
5 Paddy DeGrandi
4 Hunter Lewis
3 Oliver Northam
3 Ben Clark
2 Connor Linehan-Cunningham (Lara)
2 Liam Betson
1 James Gow
Round 8 Leaderboard
43 Harry Benson (St Mary's)
The Geelong Advertiser Coaches Player of the Year is an award voted by each Senior coach on a 5,4,3,2,1 basis after each home and away game, acknowledging outstanding effort by an individual player in a season.
There are individual awards for the Bellarine FNL Seniors, Geelong FNL Seniors, and the Division 1 Senior Female Football competitions.
