2022 NFNL Junior Best and Fairest Awards


Published on Thursday, August 18, 2022

All the results from the 2022 NFNL Junior Presentation Night.

West Ivanhoe Sporting Club was rewarded for a great year on and off the field, winning the NFNL Junior Club of the Year award, ahead of finalists Hurstbridge, Kinglake, Panton Hill and Research.

The NFNL representative awards were won by Tyson Gresham (Under-15A Boys), Justin Chambers-Jones (Under-15B Boys), Katelyn Busuttil (Under-15A Girls), Rylee Mountney (Under-15B Girls), Matthew D’Amico (Under-14A Boys) and Joshua Fitzgerald (Under-14B Boys).

Grace Antoniou was named the Junior Umpire of the Year.

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Continue below for the top-three vote winners from each junior football competition:

Under-13 Blue
1st – Caylin Ingram (Kilmore) and Campbell White (Kilmore) – 18 votes
2nd – Zayne Broderick (Laurimar) and Jaxson Meyer (Whittlesea) – 9 votes
3rd – Lachlan Peggie (Kilmore), Andrew Sevas (Mernda) and Albi Williams (Eltham) – 8 votes

Under-13 Red
1st – Campbell Rooks (Montmorency) – 19 votes
2nd – Max Lehner (Wallan) – 15 votes
3rd – Carlo Baggio (Research) and Max Tabain (Diamond Creek) – 14 votes

Under-13 Green
1st – Nate Tsobanopoulos (Greensborough) – 17 votes
2nd – Xavier Delbridge (West Ivanhoe) and Benjamin Hull-Brown (West Ivanhoe) – 14 votes
3rd – Benjamin Hodgson (Hurstbridge) – 12 votes

Under-14 Blue
1st – Matthew D’Amico (Eltham) – 27 votes
2nd – Lachlan Galletly (Montmorency) – 23 votes
3rd – Lewis Houndsome (Yarrambat) – 22 votes

Under-14 Red
1st – Robert Marchant (Kilmore) – 27 votes
2nd – Banjo Walsh (Greensborough) – 21 votes
3rd – Ethan Hardman (Diamond Creek) – 13 votes

Under-14 Green
1st – Jack Schembri (Keon Park) – 27 votes
2nd – Michael Bellissimo (Keon Park) and Taj Trevenen (Mernda) – 14 votes
3rd – Jonathan Yacoub (Mill Park) – 10 votes

Under-14 Girls Blue
1st – Deena Gerges (Epping) – 30 votes
2nd – Maddison Meagher (Diamond Creek Women’s) – 29 votes
3rd – Somer McCormack (Yarrambat) – 20 votes

Under-14 Girls Red
1st – Mietta Datson (Wallan) – 26 votes
2nd – Lana Carroll (Kilmore) – 17 votes
3rd – Chloe Hicks (Montmorency) – 13 votes

Under-15 Blue
1st – Daen Brown (South Morang) – 22 votes
2nd – Seth Hudson-Joseph (Epping) – 16 votes
3rd – Sebastian Murphy (Montmorency) – 15 votes

Under-15 Red
1st – Jackson Mansfield (Kilmore) – 19 votes
2nd – Jack Cornwell (Laurimar ) – 13 votes
3rd – Jacob Genis (Eltham), Oliver Jephson (Diamond Creek) and Darcy Kinash (Mernda) – 12 votes

Under-16 Blue
1st – Jesse Callaway (Yarrambat) – 17 votes
2nd – Cooper Herbert (Laurimar) – 15 votes
3rd – Taj Logan (Diamond Creek) – 14 votes

Under-16 Red
1st – Jesse John Christidis (South Morang) – 14 votes
2nd – Izak Fyffe (South Morang) – 13 votes
3rd – Jake Bohan (Bundoora Park) and Harvey Hempenstall (Whittlesea) – 12 votes

Under-16 Girls Blue
1st – Abbey Vaughan (Eltham) – 30 votes
2nd – Jade Mclay (Diamond Creek Women’s) – 28 votes
3rd – Brianna Cowley (Diamond Creek Women’s) – 17 votes

Under-16 Girls Red
1st – Katelyn Busuttil (Mill Park) – 35 votes
2nd – Isabel Villarreal (Montmorency) – 25 votes
3rd – Poppy O’Loughlin (Darebin Falcons) – 16 votes

Under-17 Blue
1st – Dean De Propertis (South Morang) – 18 votes
2nd – Zane Anderson (Whittlesea) and Levi McCormack (Yarrambat) – 17 votes
3rd – Thomas Indian (Whittlesea) and Connor Lidgerwood (DIamond Creek) – 12 votes

Under-17 Red
1st – Ethan Parkinson (Greensborough) – 21 votes
2nd – Takudzwa Chitima (Eltham) – 17 votes
3rd – James Tasiyan (West Preston-Lakeside) – 13 votes

Under-18 Girls
1st – April Woodward (Montmorency) – 20 votes
2nd – Grace Robinson (Montmorency) – 15 votes
3rd – Matilda Fitzgerald (Rangers) and Tiana Richmond (Diamond Creek Women’s) – 10 votes

Junior Club of the Year
West Ivanhoe Sporting Club

NFNL Representative Award – Under 14B Boys
Joshua Fitzgerald

NFNL Representative Award – Under 14A Boys
Matthew D’Amico

NFNL Representative Award – Under 15B Girls
Rylee Mountney

NFNL Representative Award – Under 15A Girls
Katelyn Busuttil

NFNL Representative Award – Under 15B Boys
Justin Chambers-Jones

NFNL Representative Award – Under 15A Boys
Tyson Gresham

Junior Umpire of the Year
Grace Antoniou

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