South West JFNL ends season on high
The South West JFNL held its annual presentation night at the Temora Golf Club last week to celebrate the outstanding contribution of volunteers and players over the 2012 season.
The annual presentation was held after the completion of the preliminary final matches and attracted more than 200 people from all the clubs involved in the competition.
Awards were presented to footballers in the Under 11s, 13s and 15s competitions and the netballers in the under 11s and 13s competitions.
Griffith Giants took out the 2012 Club Championship and Robert Kelly from the club also picked up the Coach of the Year award on the night.
Volunteer of the Year winner Andrew Corbett (GGGM) thanked his fellow club members for their “tremendous support” throughout the season. As part of his prize Corbett received a copy of the Tom Wills biography by Greg De Moore and encouraged everyone to read the book to get “a great insight into how our great game started.”
Voting for the Best and Fairest awards was extremely close, and in some cases there was only one point separating first and second.
Geoff Walker from the Northern Jets was named Auskick Coordinator of the Year, and will go into the running to be named the national winner and receive an all expenses paid trip to the 2012 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
Temora umpire Dallas McKelvie took out the Umpire of the Year award for his excellent efforts officiating during the season.
Congratulations to all the players, coaches and volunteers from the netball and football clubs for a fantastic season.
Photo: Robert Kelly proudly displays his trophy for Coach of the Year.
Auskick Coordinator of the Year: Geoff Walker (Northern Jets)
Umpire of the Year: Dallas McKelvie (Temora)
Coach of the Year: Robert Kelly (Griffith Giants)
Club Championship: Griffith Giants
Volunteer of the Year Nominees
Andrew Corbett – GGGM (WINNER)
Paul Griffith – Northern Jets
Jenny McRae – Temora
David Meline – Leeton Whitton
Brendan & Sandy Scott – Griffith Swans/Griffith Giants
Kim Mannes – Coleambally
Player Awards
Under 11’s Netball: Brianna Hatty (GGGM)
Under 11’s R/U: Kacy Bell (Northern Jets)
Under 11’s Football: Will Reinhold (Temora)
Under 11’s Football R/U: Lucas Conlan (Griffith Swans)
Under 13’s Netball: Hannah Buchanan (Coleambally) & Keira Argus (Griffith Swans)– Equal First
Under 13’s Netball R/U: Chelsea Leary (Temora)
Under 13’s Football: James Lyell (Coleambally)
Under 13’s Football R/U: Jacob Conlan (Griffith Swans)
Under 15’s Football: Mitchell Maguire (Northern Jets)
Under 15’s Football R/U: Dillon Evans (Griffith Giants)
Under 11’s Netball:
34 votes – Brianna Hatty (GGGM)
28 votes – Kacy Bell (Northern Jets)
19 votes – Abbey Young (Coleambally)
17 votes – Jessica Conlan (Griffith Swans)
15 votes – Abby Favell (Griffith Swans)
15 votes – Imogen Jones (Narrandera
Under 13’s Netball:
27 votes – Hannah Buchanan (Coleambally)
27 votes – Keira Argus (Griffith Swans)
21 votes – Chelsea Leary (Temora)
20 votes – Georgia Quinn (GGGM)
13 votes – Maggie Johnstone (Northern Jets)
Under 11’s Football:
31 Votes – Will Reinhold (Temora)
28 Votes – Lucas Conlan (Griffith Swans)
26 Votes – Joe Ryall (Northern Jets)
19 Votes – Kyle Pete (Leeton Whitton)
18 Votes – Jason Roach (Griffith Giants)
Under 13’s Football:
22 Votes – James Lyell (Coleambally)
21 Votes – Jacob Conlan (Griffith Swans)
20 Votes – Riley Corbett (GGGM)
18 Votes – Cooper Maher (Narrandera)
15 Votes – Hamish Gaynor (Temora)
Under 15’s Football:
32 Votes – Mitchell Maguire (Northern Jets)
24 Votes – Dillon Evans (Griffith Giants)
21 Votes – Mitchell Hardie (Leeton Whitton)
21 Votes – Jack Irvine (Temora)
15 Votes – Shaun Light (Narrandera)
