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All Blacks celebrate the club’s best

Irish pride: Eoin Fitzgerald, runner-up best and fairest, John Hughes, most valuable player, Heath Smith, reserves coach, Mark McDermott, most valuable player, Thomas Grimes, best finals player and Karl Mullins, best and fairest. Photos: Garry Jones

After a season full of highs and lows the All Blacks celebrated the season that was on Saturday, September 23.

Before the club members could hit the dance floor, the all-important awards were handed out.

The award recipients were as follows:

Seniors

Seniors: Kaare Glass, coaches award, Nich Spencer, senior coach, Jessie Walker, most improved.

Best and fairest — Cody Crawford

Runner-up — Chelton Orchard

Players MVP — Kyle Collisson

Coaches award — Kaare Glass

Most improved — Jesse Walker

A-grade netball

A-grade: Meagan Hausner, best team player, Alara Jones, A-grade coach, Georgia Spencer, best and fairest, Elyse Felstead, best and fairest runner-up, Gertie McCallum, most determined.

Best and fairest — Georgia Spencer

Runner-up — Elyse Felstead

Most determined — Gertie McCallum

Best team player — Meagan Hausner

Reserves

Reserves: Ahren McNab, coaches award, Harry Moran, leading goalkicker, Heath Smith, reserves coach.

Best and fairest — Karl Mullins

Runner-up — Eoin Fitzgerald

Most valuable player — John Hughes and Mark McDermott

Coaches award — Ahren McNab

Goal kicking — Harry Moran

Best finals player — Thomas Grimes

B-grade

B-grade: Sally Burgess, best and fairest, Kellie Holmes, best hustler, Bec Mathieson, come back player.

Best and fairest — Sally Burgess

Runner-up — Gemma Mathieson

Best hustler — Kellie Holmes

Come back player — Bec Mathieson

B-reserve

B-reserve: Jemma Smith, runner-up best and fairest, Melanie Reaper, coaches award.

Best and fairest — Catherine Dennis

Runner-up — Jemma Smith

Coaches award — Melanie Reaper

Most valuable player — Renae Hughes

Under-17s

Under-17s: Lilly Robertson, most accurate shooter, Remi Nicholls, best and fairest, Charlotte Quilliam, runner-up best and fairest.

Best and fairest — Remi Nicholls

Runner-up — Charlotte Quilliam

Most consistent — Indi Nicholls

Most accurate shooter — Lilly Robertson

Coaches award — Emily Baker

Under-15s

Under-15s: Matilda Horne, coaches award, Georgia Levy, best and fairest, Amber Renkin-Seers, runner-up best and fairest, Zellie Nicholls, most consistent.

Best and fairest — Georgia Levy

Runner-up — Amber Renkin-Seers

Most consistent — Zellie Nicholls

Coaches award — Matilda Horne

Club awards

Heart of the club: Tony Barbour, spirit of All Blacks award, and Jemma Smith, club person of the year.

Young female club person — Indi Nicholls

Young male club person — Finn Cherry

Spirit of the All Blacks — Tony Barbour

Club person — Jemma Smith

Club record — Melanie Reaper — 369 Games

Achievement in coaching and services to club — Nich Spencer

Up and coming: Finn Cherry, junior male club person of the year.

Milestones

Alara Jones — 250 club games and 250 A-grade games

Jake Jones — 150 senior games

Ryan Nedeljkovic — 150 club games

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