Best & Fairest: Senior Female Football Division 1
Geelong Ammos midfielder Bella Hill has made history by taking out the 2026 Senior Female Division 1 Epworth Cup Best & Fairest.
Hill - a previous Division 1 winner in 2021 while playing for Grovedale, became the first player in Female Division 1 history to win the award twice by claiming this year's honour.
Hill, a former Geelong VFLW player, stepped away from football during the 2023 and 2024 seasons before making a return last year with Ammos.
Hill’s 2026 season saw her named in the best nine times while also finding the goals consistently with 17 goals in her 11 games.
She took out the award after finishing the season on 24 votes.
This saw her finish 11 votes clear of the runners up who finished tied on 13 votes in a competitive leaderboard.
Geelong Ammos teammate Cheryl De Groot was one of those three players to finish tied on 13 votes.
Alongside De Groot on 13 votes was Grovedale’s Emily Worpel who was joined by St Mary’s Rebecca Clottey.
Coming in at fifth was St Joseph’s Bella Gilham on 12 votes.
The top 10 had an even spread of Division 1 clubs with five of the eight teams represented.
The top 10 leaderboard and a full list of award winners can be found below.
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Senior Female Division 1 Leaderboard |
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Bella Hill |
Geelong Ammos Senior Female 1 |
24 |
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Cheryl de Groot |
Geelong Ammos Senior Female 1 |
13 |
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Emily Worpel |
Grovedale Senior Female |
13 |
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Rebecca Clottey |
St Mary's Senior Female 1 |
13 |
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Bella Gilham |
St Joseph's Senior Female |
12 |
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Lucy Massie |
Grovedale Senior Female |
11 |
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Brydi Lewis |
St Mary's Senior Female 1 |
10 |
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Danielle Rhodes |
St Joseph's Senior Female |
10 |
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Catherine Gandolfo |
South Barwon Senior Female |
9 |
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Emily Ramsay |
Geelong Ammos Senior Female 1 |
9 |
Leading Goalkicker: Bella Gilham (St Joseph's) 50 goals
Times News Group Rising Star: Juliet Muscroft (Torquay)
Female Football Coach of the Year: Chris Hickey (St Joseph's)
P&R Food Services Coaches Player of the Year: Emily Ramsay (Geelong Amateur)
Club by Club Leaderboards
| Barwon Heads | |
| Molly OSullivan | 7 |
| Michelle Fedele | 4 |
| Elsa Mangan | 3 |
| Grace McLean | 3 |
| Johanna Sunderland | 3 |
| Tayla Campbell | 2 |
| Grace Synnott | 1 |
| Natasha Phipps | 1 |
| Tannah Andrews | 1 |
| Geelong Ammos | |
| Bella Hill | 24 |
| Cheryl de Groot | 13 |
| Emily Ramsay | 9 |
| lillee Barendsen | 6 |
| Sachi Degiacomi | 3 |
| Laura Ryan | 2 |
| Olivia Millar | 2 |
| Danielle Sgarbi | 2 |
| Cleo Schaap | 2 |
| Kate Knight | 2 |
| Maddison Milikins | 1 |
| Geelong West | |
| Kiya Conor | 6 |
| Ayla Flynn | 4 |
| Neave Dickson | 3 |
| Alyssa Cross | 2 |
| Shae Conor | 2 |
| Bonnie-Jayde Cross | 2 |
| Ciera Major | 2 |
| Grovedale | |
| Emily Worpel | 13 |
| Lucy Massie | 11 |
| Olivia Wolter | 7 |
| Chloe Leonard | 7 |
| Taylah Hassett | 4 |
| Ellie Koiker | 3 |
| Olivia Leonard | 3 |
| Erin Gow | 3 |
| Leila Owens | 2 |
| Jorja Kirsopp-Cole | 2 |
| Brook Ward | 2 |
| Janessa FitzGerald | 1 |
| Portarlington | |
| Belle Fletcher | 8 |
| Temikka Beeston | 2 |
| Evie Perez | 1 |
| South Barwon | |
| Catherine Gandolfo | 9 |
| Elara Dillon | 6 |
| Francesca Hocking | 4 |
| Jemma Oliver | 3 |
| Chloe Cox | 3 |
| Arabella Taylor | 3 |
| lindsay Newton | 2 |
| Poppy Radnay | 2 |
| Chloe Landwehr | 2 |
| Destinee Torbet | 2 |
| Emily Brennan | 1 |
| St Joseph's | |
| Bella Gilham | 12 |
| Danielle Rhodes | 10 |
| Kate Martin | 8 |
| Jayde Morrissy | 6 |
| Charlotte Simpson | 6 |
| Chloe Bryant | 5 |
| Jaimie Castledine | 4 |
| Therese De Grandi | 3 |
| Zoe Penno | 3 |
| Montanna Darmanin | 2 |
| Jayda Richardson | 2 |
| Paris Stokes | 1 |
| Hannah Scott | 1 |
| Danielle Sgarbi | 1 |
| Holly Alexander | 1 |
| Katherine Kvant | 1 |
| St Marys | |
| Rebecca Clottey | 13 |
| Brydi Lewis | 10 |
| Abbey Barber | 3 |
| Aaleyah Tolar | 3 |
| Annie Haigh | 2 |
| Ella Firth | 2 |
| Xenia Allen | 1 |
