Sgarbi crowned with maiden league best and fairest medal

Danielle Sgarbi, the captain of Geelong Amateurs, has brilliantly culminated an outstanding team season by securing victory in the 2023 Division 1 Senior Female Football Best and Fairest accolade. Sgarbi's triumph was resounding, as she maintained an unassailable lead heading into the final round, ultimately fending off the determined efforts of her eventual runner-up, Taiya Morrow of Lara. Sgarbi's individual achievements reached a pinnacle that evening, as she also earned her spot in the esteemed 2023 Female Football Coaches Team of the Year.

In Division 2, Daisy Wilson, a midfielder from South Barwon, demonstrated remarkable prowess to outshine Oliver Ritchie of Anglesea and claim the coveted medal.

Tara Smith of Drysdale Hawks solidified her status as a two-time Senior Female Football medallist in Division 3 with an emphatic victory during the count. The second-place position was shared between Faith Qoon of North Geelong and Phoebe Cobb of St Albans.

Adding to the array of accolades for the night, Taiya Morrow of Lara was honoured with the Female Football Rookie of the Year Award, while Annie Haigh of St Mary's secured the Geelong Advertiser Senior Female Division 1 Award.

 

The list of the all-award winners can be found below.

Senior Female Division 1 Best & Fairest Award – Danielle Sgarbi (Geelong Amateurs)

Senior Female Division 1 Runner Up Best & Fairest Award – Taiya Morrow (Lara)

 

Senior Female Division 2 Best & Fairest Award – Daisy Wilson (South Barwon)

Senior Female Division 2 Runner Up Best & Fairest Award – Olivia Ritchie (Anglesea)

 

Senior Female Division 3 Best & Fairest Award – Tara Smith (Drysdale)

Senior Female Division 3 Runner Up Best & Fairest Award – Faith Qoon (North Geelong) & Phoebe Cobb (St Albans)

 

Under 19 Best & Fairest Award – Rebecca Clottey (St Mary’s)

Under 19 Runner Up Best & Fairest Award – Bella Gilham (St Joseph’s) & Sophie Mahar (Torquay)

 

Senior Female Division 1 Goal Kicking Award – Kara Stacey (Lara) – 25 goals

Senior Female Division 2 Goal Kicking Award – Emily Kenshole (Thomson) – 33 goals

Senior Female Division 3 Goal Kicking Award – Rebecca Madden (North Geelong) – 25 goals

U19 Female Goal Kicking Award – Bella Gilham (St Joseph’s) – 22 goals 

 

Female Football Rookie of the Year Award – Taiya Morrow  (Lara)

Geelong Advertiser Senior Female Division 1 Award – Annie Haigh (St Mary’s)

 

2023 Female Football Coaches Team of the Year Awards

Coaches – Neville Daffy & Francesca Hocking

 

Forwards

Kara Stacey        Lara      

Lucy Were          Geelong Amateur

Taiya Morrow    Lara

Laura Roberts    Barwon Heads

Gilda Incigneri   St Joseph's

 Keeley Hardingham        St Joseph's

 

Midfield                  

Danielle Sgarbi  Geelong Amateur

Charlotte Simpson          St Joseph's

Zoe Cowan         Grovedale

Poppy Schaap    Geelong Amateur

Jessie Christiaans            Barwon Heads

Annie Haigh       St Mary's

 

Defenders

Prue Harvey       Barwon Heads                   

Lauren French    Grovedale

Emily Worpel     Grovedale

Stephanie Glover            St Mary's

Sophie Dineen   Barwon Heads

Francesca Hocking          Geelong Amateur

 

Interchange

Janessa Fitzgerald           Grovedale

Alana Tully         Grovedale

Laura Ryan         Geelong Amateur

Mia Fuller           Lara

 

Club by Club Leaderboards

2023 Senior Female Division 1 Epworth Cup

Barwon Heads

Jessie Christiaans (13 votes)
Ally Duff (5 votes)
Georgia Watson (4 votes)
Isabella Farchione (3 votes)
Laura Roberts (3 votes)
Prue Harvey (3 votes)
Demi King (2 votes)
Sophie Dinneen (2 votes)
Stella Bridgewater (2 votes)
Grace Synnott (1 vote)
Johanna Sunderland (1 vote)

Geelong Amateurs

Danielle Sgarbi (19 votes)
Mardi Dangerfield (10 votes)
Poppy Schaap (9 votes)
Francesca Hocking (7 votes)
Bianca Zeinstra (5 votes)
Amelia Jarvis (4 votes)
Lucy Were (4 votes)
Laura Ryan (2 votes)
Sophie Milsome (2 votes)
Ava McKeegan (1 vote)
Georgia Irvine (1 vote)
Grace Wright-Janocha (1 vote)
Olivia Stewart (1 vote)

Grovedale

Janessa FitzGerald (10 votes)
Zoe Cowan (9 votes)
Lauren French (7 votes)
Alana Tully (6 votes)
Taylah Hassett (5 votes)
Aliesha McLean (3 votes)
Chloe Adams (3 votes)
Claire Macgill (3 votes)
Ruby Bowers (3 votes)
Cathy Sheather (2 votes)
Emily Worpel (2 votes)
Meg Courtney (2 votes)
Natalie Worpel (2 votes)
Tanika Brunalli (1 vote)

Lara

Taiya Morrow (16 votes)
Mia Fuller (14 votes)
Kara Stacey (6 votes)
Charlee Morrow (2 votes)
Filomena Iannuzzi (2 votes)
Eliza Wilson-Macdonald (1 vote)
Ella Beekmans (1 vote)
Maddie Newitt (1 vote)
Nadine Merriman (1 vote)
Olivia Mairos (1 vote)

St Joseph’s

Keeley Hardingham (13 votes)
Charlotte Simpson (12 votes)
Gilda Incigneri (4 votes)
Jessica Mapapalangi (2 votes)
Olivia Makowski (2 votes)
Tamika Lewis (2 votes)
Emmalyn Nekrep (1 vote)
Zoe Penno (1 vote)

St Mary’s

Isabelle Kidd (7 votes)
Varlee Nihill (6 votes)
Stephanie Glover (5 votes)
Annie Haigh (4 votes)
Elise Vella (4 votes)
Emma Allen (4 votes)
Breanna Beckley (3 votes)
Cecilia Lowrey (3 votes)
Paige Glover (3 votes)
Bianca Cheever (2 votes)
Indya Kirby (2 votes)
Ayrlea Clark (1 vote)
Danielle Stewart (1 vote)
Lucy Della Monica (1 vote)

 

2023 Senior Female Division 2 Epworth Cup

Anglesea

Olivia Ritchie (19 votes)
Ellie Koiker (9 votes)
Phoebe Lingam (8 votes)
Scarlett Menhenett (5 votes)
Remi Krenkels (4 votes)
Kristin Prosser (2 votes)
Madeleine Slingo (2 votes)
Nadia Mccristal (2 votes)
Ruby Manson (1 vote)

Geelong Amateurs

Grace Wright-Janocha (5 votes)
Lara Reeves (4 votes)
Edwina Hinds (2 votes)
Emma Gilligan (2 votes)
Sharni Malcolm (2 votes)
Amber Towart (1 vote)
Dharnae Couzens (1 vote)
Sherise Scicluna (1 vote)

Geelong West Giants

Rory Phibbs (18 votes)
Danielle Rhodes (17 votes)
Kelsea Gray (5 votes)
Kiara Woods (4 votes)
Rhianan Woods (3 votes)
Caitlin Bottomley (2 votes)
Tara Robinson (2 votes)
Bonnie-Jayde Cross (1 vote)
Kasey Conor (1 vote)
Kirra Robinson (1 vote)
Ciera Major (1 vote)

Newtown & Chilwell

Maddison Jannsen (17 votes)
Abby Favell (10 votes)
Mekah Morrissy (10 votes)
Laura Taylor (4 votes)
Emily Dixon (3 votes)
Sarah Perrott (3 votes)
Brooke Wells (1 vote)
Emma Gallagher (1 vote)
Zoe Monkman (1 vote)

South Barwon

Daisy Wilson (21 votes)
Maggie Caudullo (16 votes)
Chloe Cox (11 votes)
Ayesha Nicholson (4 votes)
Emily Van Doren (1 vote)

St Mary's

Rebecca Clottey (8 votes)
Laura Sheehan (6 votes)
Meg Alsop (4 votes)
Elizabeth Host (3 votes)
Heidi Stansfield (3 votes)
Susie Worthington (3 votes)
Grace McCann (2 votes)
Riley Oborne (2 votes)
Stephanie Padgham (2 votes)
Tahlitha Samkakai (2 votes)
Olivie Verlaan (1 vote)
Tayla Ryan (1 vote)

Thomson

Teagan Tatlock (16 votes)
Ailish Tyrrell (11 votes)
Belle Murphy-Bowen (9 votes)
Emily Kenshole (5 votes)
Kariah Koehler (2 votes)
Oli Mitton (2 votes)

Torquay

Kate Ryan (9 votes)
Ruby Williams (4 votes)
Bryoni Butler (2 votes)
Lucy Montebello (2 votes)
Maddy Macreadie-Smith (2 votes)
Sophie O’Meara (2 votes)
Riley Timms (1 vote)
Sharon Briggs (1 vote)

 

2023 Senior Female Division 3 Epworth Cup

Bannockburn

Tayla Sanford (4 votes)
Andrea Wellington (2 votes)
Dallas Conolan (2 votes)
Ashlee Richardson (1 vote)
Ebony Callus (1 vote)
Jacinta Maloney (1 vote)

Barwon Heads

Molly O’Sullivan (7 votes)
Bern Downey (5 votes)
Erinlee Huggard (4 votes)
Kim Neilson (4 votes)
Alessia Colombo (3 votes)
Lily Harris (3 votes)
Tilli Hopkins (3 votes)
Claudia Beattie (2 votes)
Zarly Smith (2 votes)
Georgia Mckinnon (2 votes)
Madeline Searle (1 vote)
Nicole Bacely (1 vote)
Toni Alexandrow (1 vote)

Drysdale

Tara Smith (28 votes)
Caitlin Pickett (5 votes)
Eliesha Montgomery (5 votes)
Jessie Morrow (4 votes)
Bianca Deckker (3 votes)
Caitlin Redmond (2 votes)
Mia Wilson (2 votes)
Nicole Wakefield (2 votes)
Emily Allan (1 vote)
Natalie Meade (1 vote)

Modewarre

Clodagh Newton (14 votes)
Jorja Kirsopp-Cole (8 votes)
Tamykah Brown (7 votes)
Ebony Lilico (5 votes)
Maddison Quilliam (3 votes)
Sophie McCartney (3 votes)
Monique Martin (2 votes)
Natalie Amalfi (1 vote)

North Geelong

Faith Qoon (20 votes)
Amy Scheitner (10 votes)
Cody Dixon (9 votes)
Jasmine Coleman (9 votes)
Kaitlyn Bonney (4 votes)
Madeleine Rentsch (3 votes)
Brodie Clingan (2 votes)
Rebecca Madden (2 votes)
Zara Bailey (2 votes)

St Albans

Phoebe Cobb (20 votes)
Hannah Harrison (13 votes)
Amber Kelly (2 votes)
Gracie Navarro (2 votes)
Zoe Saunders (2 votes)
Sheridan Kelly (1 vote)

 

2023 Under 19 Female Epworth Cup

Barwon Heads

Johanna Sunderland (3 votes)
Michaela Payne (3 votes)
Mackenzie Brown (2 votes)
Maggie Edwards (2 votes)
Violet McGregor (2 votes)
Summer Don (1 vote)

Geelong Amateurs

Amber Towart (3 votes)
Tash Wilson (2 votes)

South Tigers

Elara Dillon (12 votes)
Catherine Gandolfo (9 votes)
Chloe Adams (3 votes)
Lucy Marescuk (2 votes)
Hayley Peck (1 vote)

St Joseph’s

Bella Gilham (13 votes)
Georgia Tyrell (8 votes)
Isabella Jordan (6 votes)
Chloe Bryant (3 votes)
Olivia Bryant (3 votes)
Theresa De Grandi (3 votes)
Meyah Fursland (2 votes)
Sachi Henderson (2 votes)
Ella Rayson (1 vote)
Marli Van Den Ham (1 vote)
Stephanie Collins-Morrison (1 vote)

St Mary's

Rebecca Clottey (15 votes)
Seisia White (12 votes)
Ava Bilyk (6 votes)
Sienna Carlini (6 votes)
Stephanie O’Kane (4 votes)
Kate O’Brien (2 votes)
Sharni Adams (2 votes)

Torquay

Sophie Mahar (13 votes)
Grace O’Kane (6 votes)
Lila Richard (6 votes)
Leila Owens (4 votes)
Mia Barnard (3 votes)
Stella Huxtable (3 votes)
Laura McAsey (2 votes)
Lila Burns (2 votes)