Sport
8 September, 2023
Hampden honours top juniors
HAMPDEN Football Netball League honoured its top junior players during its annual presentation evening earlier this week.
South Warrnambool footballer Sam Rhodes took out the prestigious Doug McConnell Medal for the under 16s.
Sam finished on 30 votes, a clear winner ahead of Hamilton’s Hugh Fitzgerald on 19. Charlie Kenna from Terang Mortlake finished equal third on 15 votes with Cobden’s Kurtis Baker.
The top 10 place getters for the award were as follows: Sam Rhodes (South Warrnambool) 30 votes, Hugh Fitzgerald (Hamilton) 19, Charlie Kenna (Terang Mortlake) 15, Kurtis Baker (Cobden) 15, Archie Tepper (Koroit) 14, Kane Killen (Terang Mortlake) 14, Rylee Parsons (Koroit) 14, Xavier Harris (Nth Warrnambool) 14, Des O’Keefe (Koroit) 13, Talor Byrne (Koroit) and Jett Grayland (Koroit) 13.
The under 14 football Stuart Brunt Medal was won by Warrnambool’s Oliver Turner on 28 votes, followed by runner-up Jimmy Stevens of South Warrnambool on 25. Top 10 were: Stuart Brunt, Oliver Turner, Charlie Jellie (North Warrnambool) 23, Harry Mercer (Hamilton) 23, Paddy Hassett (Camperdown) 20, Harry Pollock (Port Fairy) 19, Darnel Nguena (Cobden) 16, Isaac Lehmann (Hamilton) 16, Sam Wareham (Terang Mortlake) 15, Paddy Sell (South Warrnambool) and Tayte McMaster (Terang Mortlake) 13.
In the 17 and under netball, the Rebekah Moroney Memorial Medal was won by Koroit’s Scarlett O’Donnell on 38 votes, with Hamilton’s Ella Sevior runner-up on 32.
The top 10 were: Scarlett O’Donnell, Ella Sevior, Eva Ryan (Warrnambool) 29, Ava Grundy (Terang Mortlake) 27, Kate Smith (Cobden) 26, Alice Suhan (Terang Mortlake) 22, Alice Kain (Terang Mortlake) 18, Matilda Darcy (Cobden) 16, Elsie Adams (Port Fairy) 15, Grace Schrama (South Warrnambool) 15.
The 17 and under reserves best and fairest award was won by Cobden’s Shelby Cameron on 39 votes, ahead of runner-up Paige Kermeen of South Warrnambool on 23.
Top 10 were: Shelby Cameron, Paige Kermeen, Lila Wilkinson (South Warrnambool) 21, Charlotte Bennett (Cobden) 20, Chloe Cameron (Cobden) 18, Amali Lilley (Warrnambool) 16, Maddison Wallace (Terang Mortlake) 16, Maggie Gleeson (Port Fairy) 16, Zara Welsh (Koroit) 13 and Matilda Stevens (South Warrnambool) 12.
Camperdown’s Indiana Cameron was named best and fairest in the 15 and under vote count with 44 votes, with Terang Mortlake’s Lara Clarke runner-up on 29.
Top 10 were: Indiana Cameron, Lara Clarke, Rosie Bowman (Koroit) 27, Addison Conheady (Nth Warrnambool) 25, Kirra Beardsley (Port Fairy) 24, Lila Evans (South Warrnambool) 17, Holly Jones (Terang Mortlake) 16, Lila Bennett (Cobden) 16, Saskia Gould (Hamilton) 16 and Stella Morris (Sth Warrnambool) 15.
In the 15 and under reserves, South Warrnambool’s Stella Patterson topped the leaderboard with 21 votes, one clear of runner-up Warrnambool’s Layla Nicolson.
Camperdown’s Maisie Molan finished equal third with North Warrnambool’s Mia Robinson, both on 17.
The remaining top 10 were: Neve McDonald (Koroit) 16, Lola McCarthy (Warrnambool) 15, Lizzie Dennis (Camperdown) 13, Hollie Whelan (Sth Warrnambool) 10, Ginger Butters (South Warrnambool) 8, Jezzy Langdon (Koroit) 8 and Mikayli Hoffman (Warrnambool) 8.
In the 13 and under vote count, Port Fairy’s Lexie Dwyer and Hamilton’s Molly Sevior were joint winners on 28 votes, with Charlotte Hinds from Camperdown runner-up on 26.
The top 10 also included Maddox Ryan (Hamilton) and Madelyn Clarke (Terang Mortlake) on 24, Charlotte Smedts (Koroit) and Maya Veale (Sth Warrnambool) on 23, Edie Batt (Koroit) 20 and Mads Sanelli (Portland) 16.
The 13 and under reserves was won by South Warrnambool’s Lottie Wilkinson on 30 votes, with Cobden’s Athena Chivell runner-up on 19.
The top 10 included Kara Bell (Camperdown) 14, Rosie Thornton (Sth Warrnambool) 14, Maya Carroll (Hamilton) 13, Sadie Baker (Terang Mortlake) 13, Zoe Benson (Warrnambool) 12, Lylah Hamilton (Port Fairy) 11, Vivienne Smedts (Koroit) 11, Ava Lafferty (Camperdown) 10, Ellie Dobson (Koroit) 10 and Tyler Tuckey (Hamilton) 10.
