2023 NFNL Junior Best and Fairest Awards

All the results from the 2023 NFNL Junior Presentation Night.

Kilmore Junior Football Club was rewarded for a great year on and off the field, winning the NFNL Junior Club of the Year award, ahead of finalists Diamond Creek and Yarrambat.

The NFNL football representative awards were won by Kobi Gibson (Under-14B Boys), Jack Schembri (Under-14A Boys), Ayva Humphreys (Under-15B Girls), Grace Farah (Under-15A Girls), Jack Tranquilli (Under-15B Boys) and Chas Woodward (Under-15A Boys).

Meanwhile our inaugural NFNL netball representative awards were won by Abbey Luttick (15 & Under) and Jessica Boek (17 & Under).

Caleb Turnbull was named the Junior Umpire of the Year with Zoe Paulo (Yarrambat) receiving the 2023 Lew Hall Award

Photos from the 2023 Best and Fairest night can be purchased by clicking here.

Continue below for the vote winners from each junior football and netball competition:

* denotes illegibility

Under-13 Green Best and Fairest
1st – Billy Brundell (Wallan) 22 votes
2nd – Owen Burchfield (Whittlesea) and Sebastian Gigliotti Sevas (Epping) 16 votes
4th – Nathan Long (Kilmore) and Jordan Rubera (Epping) 11 votes

Under-13 Red Best and Fairest
1st – Samuel Saccone (West Preston-Lakeside) 26 votes
2nd – Campbell Parker (Diamond Creek) 22 votes
3rd – Owen Wise (Research) 19 votes
4th – Taj Sigley (Greensborough) 18 votes
5th – Hayden Cotter (Laurimar) 16 votes

Under-13 Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Deon Luttrell (South Morang) 29 votes
2nd – Elias Samie (Montmorency) 22 votes
3rd – Archer Richards (Montmorency) 16 votes
4th – Jakobi Smith-Laycock (Mernda) 15 votes
5th – Kai Bunyard (Yarrambat) 14 votes

14 & Under Netball Best and Fairest
1st – Aisha Bohan (Greensborough) and Amelia O’Neill (Epping) 15 votes
3rd – Shelby Spriggs-Harrison (Fitzroy Stars) 14 votes
4th – Scarlett Oke (Heat) 13 votes
5th – Charlotte Loy (Greensborough) 12 votes
6th – Rebekah Liddle (Fitzroy Stars) 11 votes
7th – Scarlett Crowe (Keon Park) and Sienna Kolwalewski (Greensborough) 8 votes

Under-14 Girls Red Best and Fairest
1st – Addison Fitzpatrick (Eltham) 26 votes
2nd – Kiah McKinnon (Laurimar) 23 votes
3rd – Millie Maher (Darebin) 13 votes
4th – Natasha Penn (South Morang) 12 votes
5th – Lexi Dean (South Morang) and Matilda Johnson (Eltham) 10 votes

Under-14 Girls Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Chloe Hicks (Montmorency) 22 votes
2nd – Hannah Gibson (Kilmore) 19 votes
3rd – Deena Gerges (Yarrambat) 18 votes
4th – Macy Alward (Mernda) 17 votes
5th – Georgia Graham (Yarrambat) 16 votes

Under-14 Green Best and Fairest
1st – Brodie Hall (Wallan) 20 votes
2nd – Finnbar O’Kane (Hurstbridge) 17 votes
3rd – Leroy Cooper-Powell (West Ivanhoe) and Benjamin Hull-Brown (West Ivanhoe) 16 votes
5th – Richie Rode (Wallan) 11 votes

Under-14 Red Best and Fairest
1st – Campbell Rooks (Montmorency) 30 votes
2nd – Max Tabain (Diamond Creek) 24 votes
3rd – Noah Traianou (South Morang) 17 votes
4th – Jyi Wallington (Diamond Creek) 14 votes
5th – Sebastian Tawadros (South Morang), Liam Taylor (Epping), Xavier Eastham (Diamond Creek) and Marcus Turco (Greensborough) 10 votes

Under-14 Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Campbell White (Kilmore) 28 votes
2nd – Darcy Corr (Yarrambat) 20 votes
3rd – Lucas Rizio (Yarrambat) 15 votes
4th – Lucas Chesswas (Kilmore) and Aidan Kenny (Eltham) 14 votes

Under-15 Red Best and Fairest
1st – Jasper Tucker (South Morang) 32 votes
2nd – Jack Schembri (Keon Park/Mernda) 16 votes
3rd – Banjo Walsh (Greensborough) 15 votes
4th – Jack Wunderlich (Whittlesea) 13 votes
5th – James Gomez (Laurimar) 12 votes

Under-15 Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Lachlan Galletly (Montmorency) 17 votes
2nd – Dylan McLaughlan (Yarrambat) 16 votes
3rd – Logan Shepherd (Eltham) 15 votes and Lewis Houndsome* (Yarrambat) 15 votes
5th – Michael Bellissimo (Mill Park) 11 votes
6th – Sjouke Eyre (Montmorency) 10 votes and Harrison McMahon (Yarrambat) 10 votes

Under-16 Girls Red Best and Fairest
1st – Scarlett Fitzpatrick (Eltham) 26 votes
2nd – Poppy O’Loughlin (Darebin) 24 votes
3rd – Lily Butterfield (Diamond Creek Women’s) 13 votes
4th – Mabel-Jean Flannery (Wallan) and Scarlett Johnson (Eltham) 12 votes

Under-16 Girls Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Grace Farah (Epping/Diamond Creek Women’s) 26 votes
2nd – Emma Hendrie (Laurimar) 24 votes
3rd – Maddison Meagher (Diamond Creek Women’s) 13 votes
4th – Siera Filippone (Diamond Creek Women’s) and Isabella Turner (Research) 11 votes

Under-16 Red Best and Fairest
1st – Jack Cornwell (Laurimar) 17 votes
2nd – David Aherne (Epping)* 16 votes
3rd – Jordan Tarpkos (South Morang)* 14 votes
4th – Joshua Northey (Research) 13 votes
5th – Joshua Bawden (Epping) 11 votes
6th – Charlie Klaster (Research) and Jonathan Ianni (Laurimar) 10 votes

Under-16 Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Sebastian Murphy (Montmorency) 19 votes
2nd – Luke Cassar (Yarrambat) 17 votes
3rd – Milun Fernando (Yarrambat) 13 votes
4th – Blake Morley (Whittlesea) 12 votes
5th – Tyson Gresham (South Morang) 11 votes

Under-17.5 Red Best and Fairest
1st – Jesse John Christidis (South Morang) 29 votes
2nd – Tristan Lilburn (Kilmore) and Josh Shepherd (Research) 13 votes
4th – Lachlan Clark (Greensborough) 11 votes
5th – Thomas Wardley (Kilmore) 11 votes

Under-17.5 Blue Best and Fairest
1st – Carter McCall (Laurimar) and Jackson Smith (Eltham) 21 votes
3rd – Jack Morley (Whittlesea) 15 votes
4th – Dylan Costantin (Montmorency) 13 votes
5th – Nicholas Bott (Diamond Creek), Kieran Keating (Montmorency) and Levi McCormack (Yarrambat)* 12 votes

Under-18 Girls Best and Fairest
1st – Hailey Cordova (South Morang) and Remy Moore (Yarrambat) 13 votes
3rd – Stephanie Rozario (Diamond Creek Women’s) 12 votes
4th – Tahlia Pyle (Whittlesea) 11 votes
5th – Ava Klaic (Eltham) 9 votes

Lew Hall Award
Zoe Paulo (Yarrambat)

Junior Club of the Year
Kilmore Junior Football Club