The Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League is excited to announce the winners of the 2018 Berry Powell and Nalder Tracey Trophy Medal Best and Fairest night at the Maryborough Highlands Society on Monday, September 10.

Please see the full list of winners below –

FOOTBALL
Seniors
Berry Powell Memorial Medal
Winner: Matthew Bilton (Carisbrook FNC) – 22 votes
Runner-up: Hayden Kelly (Maldon FNC) – 20 votes
3rd: Jay Anderson (Royal Park FNC) – 19 votes

Reserve Football Best & Fairest
Winner: Luke Robinson (Carisbrook FNC) – 18 votes
Runner-up: Jason Hunt (Avoca FNC) – 16 votes
Equal 3rd: Nick Lovell (Maldon FNC) & Lloyd Bennett (Lexton FNC) – 15 votes

Rookie of the Year
Winner: Harrison Butler (Carisbrook FNC) – 17 votes
Runner-up: Zac Mortlock (Natte Bealiba FNC) – 14 votes
3rd: Lochlan Pett (Lexton FNC) – 13 votes
4th: Daniel Howell (Avoca FNC) – 12 votes

Senior Leading Goal Kicker – Joe Parker Medal
Winner: Ash Munari (Carisbrook FNC) – 95 goals
Runner-up: Liam Cunningham (Carisbrook FNC) – 67 goals
3rd: Luke Whitehouse (Trentham FNC) – 52 goals

MCDFNL Reserves Leading Goal kicker
Winner: Jamie Cox (Maldon FNC) – 110 goals
Runner-up: Corey Fothergill (Carisbrook FNC) – 67 goals
3rd: Josh Murphy (Trentham FNC) – 63 goals

NETBALL
A Grade
Nalder Tracey Trophy – A Grade Netball Best & Fairest
Winner: Laura Hurse (Carisbrook FNC) – 34 votes
Runner-up: Maddy Egan (Avoca FNC) – 27 votes
3rd: Megan Bagnell (Maldon FNC) – 22 votes

B Grade Netball Best & Fairest
Winner: Lisa Britt (Newstead FNC) – 30 votes
Equal Runner-up: Julia Boatman (Natte Bealiba FNC) and Suzie Rinaldi (Harcourt FNC) – 24 votes
3rd: Amanda Cox (Carisbrook FNC) – 20 votes

C Grade Netball Best & Fairest
Winner: Kodie Smith (Royal Park FNC) – 27 votes
Runner-up: Krystal Parker (Maryborough Rovers FNC) – 24 votes
3rd: Bec Gerrard (Lexton FNC) – 22 votes

Rookie of the Year
Winner: Elise Mottram (Carisbrook FNC) – 20 votes
Runner-up: Sharna Ford (Trentham FNC) – 14 votes
3rd: Lydia Jordan (Talbot FNC) – 12 votes
4th: Shannae Mills (Natte Bealiba FNC) – 9 votes

MISCELLANEOUS
Presentation of Club Championship Perpetual Trophy
Winner: Carisbrook FNC – 528 points
Runner-up: Trentham FNC – 460 points
3rd: Lexton FNC – 452 points
4th: Maryborough Rovers FNC – 418 points
5th: Avoca FNC – 392 points
6th: Maldon FNC – 366 points

Max Martin – Administrator of the Year Award
Winner – Carlene Dowie (Carisbrook FNC)

AFL Goldfields Coaches Association – Coach of the Year Awards
Winner – Jarrod Bateson (Natte Bealiba FNC)

Maryborough Advertiser Lyal Eales Stores Footballer of the Year
Winner: Hayden Kelly (Maldon FNC) and Lachlan Cameron (Natte Bealiba FNC) – 34 votes
Runner-up: Jorde Bux (Talbot FNC) – 33 votes

Maryborough Advertiser Funky Fitness Netballer of the Year
Winner: Peggy Shellard (Trentham FNC) – 22 votes|
Runner-up: Laura Hurse (Carisbrook FNC) – 21 votes
3rd: Jess Lord (Harcourt FNC) – 20 votes

Presentation of MCDFNL Life Membership
TREVOR FIELD from the Avoca Football Netball Club

Trevor’s contribution at the Avoca Football Netball Club is considered to be an amazing achievement as he has just played his 600th game for the Club. He has played for 36 years since way back in 1982 and does not look like stopping anytime soon.

Trevor has accumulated many awards and premierships along the journey, including the Lexton Plains Senior League Best & Fairest in 2001 and the MCDFNL Reserves Best & Fairest in 2010.

While the majority of his games we played in the LFL and LPFL, he has played 213 games for Avoca in the MCDFNL since their inception in 2005. Trevor is also a life member of the Avoca FNC.

Trevor has also serves the junior section at Avoca FNC as well; often umpiring and being the club runner or water carrier whilst he watched his son Nathan come up through the ranks. Trevor has also coached at senior level and served on the club’s committee.

Trevor is held in such high esteem at the Avoca FNC, that their Senior Football Best & Fairest award has been names the “Trevor Field Medal” to honour his contribution to the Club.

KELVIN STEVENS from the Campbells Creek Football Netball Club

Kelvin Stevens has been an active member of the Campbells Creek Football Netball Club since he began playing in the U17s competition, back in 1987, over 30 years ago. He has filled most roles within the club, including player, coach, umpire, groundsman, parent and committee member, and is the current Junior Vice President, a role which he has fulfilled for the last four years.

Back in 2001, Kelvin achieved the milestone of 200 senior games. During his playing time at Campbells Creek, Kelvin has achieved many awards, including:
• U17s B & F winner; 1987
• Senior B & F winner; 1988
• Represented MCDFL u21s Interleague: 1991
• Blue Ribbon trophy; 2002
• Countless B & F runners up for seniors and reserves
• Reserves B & F winner; 2017

While these accolades have been great achievements in Kelvin’s football career, the real highlight for him, has been his involvement in junior development.

At the end of 2014, Kelvin was approached by members of the executive committee, to see if he would be interested in getting an U17s team up and going again, after not been able to field one that season. Kelvin set about ringing every kid and family he knew, who would be the right age for that age group. After a lot of hard work, he mustered up a team and coached them in their first year back, in 2015.

Having such an involvement in a sports club, takes a huge amount of dedication and commitment, not to mention hours of personal time. Kelvin is a firm believer that you get out what you put in and he has been rewarded tenfold by seeing the joy on a youngster’s face as they put a Campbells Creek jumper on; and wear it with as much pride as he has for the last 30 plus years.