2023 NFNL Best and Fairest Awards

All the results from the 2023 Rosbrook Medal Night.

Heidelberg midfielder Lachlan Wilson claimed the Frank Rosbrook Medal as the best and fairest player in Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1.

It’s the second time he’s won the award and is now the first Heidelberg player to win multiple Division 1 best and fairest’s.

The award adds to an impressive list of accolades for the 24-year-old which includes two premierships and three Division 1 Team of the Year appearances; and he will be looking to add to those two accomplishments by the end of the week.

Tane Cotter became the first best and fairest winner from St Mary’s after claiming the MC Labour Division 2 best and fairest in 2023. Cotter polled in nine of 18 games this year, three of those being three-vote games, which proved to be enough to sneak past Eltham ruck Thomas Goodwin in the final round of the season.

Meanwhile Heidelberg West ruck Lachlan Evans dominated the Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 best and fairest vote count to claim the award by four votes ahead of Mernda’s Billy Morrison. He had seven three-vote games in a brilliant campaign with the Hawks.

Diamond Creek Women’s star Maykaylah Appleby won the Heidelberg Golf Club Division 1 Women’s best and fairest in a tight vote count. She had five three-vote games to go past Emily Beanland in the final round to win the award.

After winning the Division 3 best and fairest last year, Gulia Ceravolo stepped it up to win the Cleaning Melbourne Division 2 best and fairest, while Wallan premiership captain Kelly Lennox took home the NFNL Division 3 women’s best and fairest.

An incredibly close Section 1 leaderboard saw Heat’s Tahnysha Salanoa finish as the competition’s best and fairest for 2023. She polled in four of the last six games of the season, with her three votes in the last match proving to be the winning votes, as the top 10 players were split by just four votes.

Other netball best and fairest award winners were Casey Lashford (Section 2); Dakota Lister (Section 3); Jessica Kerr (Section 4), Leah Seeto (Section 5), Diandra Mponda (Section 6), Christie Moore (Section 7), Ella Stoward (Section 8), Bianca Clamp (Section 9), Tara Wright (Section 10), Emily Timani (Section 11), Arielle Earps (Section 12) and Kayla Borthwick and Taylah Curavic (Section 13).

Montmorency’s Marcus Lentini picked up the Division 1 Coaches MVP with Tyrone Leonardis winning the Division 2 award and Luke Wilson recieving the Division 3 award.

Meanwhile Emily Beanland claimed the Division 1 women’s Coaches MVP Award with Emmison Zealley and Chloe Rowan winning the Division 2 and 3 awards respectively.

Bundoora’s Ashlee Hansen finished as the NFNL Netball Representative MVP.

Old Eltham Collegians were named the 2023 Senior Club of the Year, Russell Yin was awarded Field Umpire of the Year, Shane Purss the Netball Umpire of the Year, while Banyule’s Bruce Ryan was named the Volunteer of the Year.

Below is the full list of award winners from the 2023 Northern Football Netball League best and fairest awards.

For the full football and netball best and fairest vote listings, as well as the Coaches MVP votes listings, please click on the links below.

DOWNLOAD: 2023 NFNL Football Best and Fairest Vote Listings

DOWNLOAD: 2023 NFNL Netball Best and Fairest Vote Listings

DOWNLOAD: 2023 NFNL Coaches MVP Vote Listings

2023 MEN’S FOOTBALL BEST AND FAIREST RESULTS

Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 – Frank Rosbrook Medal
1st – Lachlan Wilson (Heidelberg) – 23 votes
2nd – Marcus Lentini (Montmorency) and Liam Wale-Buxton (Montmorency) – 20 votes
3rd – Hamish Shepheard (Bundoora) – 16 votes

MC Labour Division 2
1st – Tane Cotter (St Mary’s) – 21 votes
2nd – Thomas Goodwin (Eltham) – 20 votes
3rd – Lachlan Potter (South Morang) and Nathan Searl (Diamond Creek) – 16 votes

Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3
1st – Lachlan Evans (Heidelberg West) – 31 votes
2nd – Billy Morrison (Mernda) – 27 votes
3rd – Luke Wilson (Laurimar) – 17 votes

Division 1 Reserves
1st – Michael Finn (Heidelberg) – 28 votes
2nd – Luke Vincitorio (West Preston-Lakeside) – 16 votes
3rd – Kane Veliou (Heidelberg) – 13 votes

Division 2 Reserves
1st – Jack Larkin (Watsonia) – 21 votes
2nd – Kane Murfett (Diamond Creek) and Benjamin Smith (Eltham) – 11 votes
3rd – Joshua Sims (Diamond Creek) – 10 votes

Division 3 Reserves
1st – Jarod Coco (Laurimar) – 18 votes
2nd – Tom Kimpton (Heidelberg West) – 13 votes
3rd – Luke Furci (Mernda) – 11 votes

Marbuilt Division 1 Under-19.5
1st – Dante Colosimo (West Preston-Lakeside) – 21 votes
2nd – Sebastian La Greca (West Preston-Lakeside) – 14 votes
3rd – Brody Glenn (Greensborough) – 13 votes

Marbuilt Division 2 Under-19.5
1st – Joshua Fry (St Mary’s) – 18 votes
2nd – Jad Assaad (South Morang) – 12 votes
3rd – Bradyn Thomsett (Diamond Creek) – 11 votes

Marbuilt Division 3 Under-19.5
1st – Aidan Black (Mernda) – 18 votes
2nd – Billy Loustas (Hurstbridge) – 16 votes
3rd – Liam Karakaltchev (Hurstbridge) – 15 votes

2023 WOMEN’S FOOTBALL BEST AND FAIREST RESULTS

Heidelberg Golf Club Division 1 Women’s
1st – Maykaylah Appleby (Diamond Creek Women’s) – 18 votes
2nd – Emily Beanland (Montmorency) – 17 votes
3rd – Alannah Murray (Eltham), Jessica Nursey (Montmorency) and Chiara Scuderi (Montmorency) – 12 votes

Cleaning Melbourne Division 2 Women’s
1st – Gulia Ceravolo (Mernda) – 18 votes
2nd – Megan Girolami (St Mary’s) – 15 votes
3rd – Stephanie Briggs (Fitzroy Stars), Emily De Sando (Heidelberg) and Emmison Zealley (Greensborough) – 11 votes

NFNL Division 3 Women’s
1st – Kelly Lennox (Wallan) – 20 votes
2nd – Molly Reinke (Heidelberg West) – 18 votes
3rd – Crystal Grech (Heidelberg West) – 17 votes

2023 NETBALL BEST AND FAIREST RESULTS

Netball Section 1
1st – Tahnysha Salanoa (Heat) – 13 votes
2nd – Olivia Ellis (North Heidelberg) and Chloe Lambert (North Heidelberg) – 12 votes
3rd – Madeline Ellis (North Heidelberg) – 11 votes

Netball Section 2
1st – Casey Lashford (Hurstbridge) – 18 votes
2nd – Kendra Vann (Hurstbridge) – 16 votes
3rd – Georgia Alexander (North Heidelberg) – 14 votes

Netball Section 3
1st – Dakota Lister (Hume) – 24 votes
2nd – Stephanie Jones (North Heidelberg) – 19 votes
3rd – Zoe Lagoulis (Lalor) and Shannon McCracken (Greensborough) – 12 votes

Netball Section 4
1st – Jessica Kerr (Heat) – 21 votes
2nd – Lauren Watson (Kinglake) – 17 votes
3rd – Rebekah Konstantopoulos (Epping) – 16 votes

Netball Section 5
1st – Leah Seeto (Fitzroy Stars) – 23 votes
2nd – Amy Ilic (Bundoora) – 16 votes
3rd – Brooklyn Fonua (Thomastown), Chrystalla McIntyre (Kilmore) and Angela Sanderson (Heat) – 12 votes

Netball Section 6
1st – Diandra Mponda (Epping) – 21 votes
2nd – Claire Nicholls (St Mary’s) and Sarah Webster-Spratt (Epping) – 19 votes
3rd – Crystal Grech (Heidelberg West) – 17 votes

Netball Section 7
1st – Christie Moore (Hurstbridge) – 15 votes
2nd – Rebecca Gould (Montmorency) and Tahlia Ryan (La Trobe) – 13 votes
3rd – Karen Oke (Heat), Olivia Richards (La Trobe) and Alice Treloar (La Trobe) – 12 votes

Netball Section 8
1st – Ella Stoward (Kilmore) – 30 votes
2nd – Afua Ampen-Lassen (Bundoora) – 15 votes
3rd – Malaika Baya (Montmorency) – 14 votes

Netball Section 9
1st – Bianca Clamp (Lower Plenty) – 24 votes
2nd – Paije Kearney (Epping) – 19 votes
3rd – Lucinda Groppi (Lower Plenty) and Deanna Tuppen (Kilmore) – 14 votes

Netball Section 10
1st – Tara Wright (Hurstbridge) – 20 votes
2nd – Natasha Ravalli (South Morang) – 18 votes
3rd – Jasmine Adams (Lalor) – 17 votes

Netball Section 11
1st – Emily Timani (Epping) – 23 votes
2nd – Talia Howden (Epping) – 18 votes
3rd – Sinead Wilby (La Trobe) – 17 votes

Netball Section 12
1st – Arielle Earps (Hurstbridge) – 20 votes
2nd – Chloe Talbot (Whittlesea) – 19 votes
3rd – Laura Damba (Hazel Glen) and Rubi Zahra (Hurstbridge) – 16 votes

Netball Section 13
1st – Kayla Borthwick (South Morang) and Taylah Curavic (South Morang) – 16 votes
2nd – Samantha Hyman (Heat) – 15 votes
3rd – Madison Ditel (Bundoora), Olivia McNab (Heat) and Tameka Wright (Hazel Glen) – 12 votes

COACHES MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 – Marcus Lentini (Montmorency)
MC Labour Division 2 – Tyrone Leonardis (Thomastown)
Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 – Luke Wilson (Laurimar)
Heidelberg Golf Club Division 1 Women’s – Emily Beanland (Montmorency)
Cleaning Melbourne Division 2 Women’s – Emmison Zealley (Greensborough)
NFNL Division 3 Women’s – Chloe Rowan (Heidelberg West)

LEADING GOAL KICKERS

Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1: Patrick Fitzgerald (Montmorency) 72 goals
MC Labour Division 2: James Lucente (Watsonia) 59 goals
Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3: Matthew Williamson (Old Eltham Collegians) 63 goals
Heidelberg Golf Club Division 1 Women’s: Linda Thorp (Diamond Creek Women’s) 29 goals
Cleaning Melbourne Division 2 Women’s: Megan Girolami (St Mary’s) 32 goals
NFNL Division 3 Women’s: Ashleigh Riley (Heidelberg West) 16 goals
Division 1 Reserves: Trent Barbero (Hurtsbridge) 64 goals
Division 2 Reserves: Jozeph Thatcher-Brener (Eltham) 84 goals
Division 3 Reserves: Marcus Webb (Kilmore) 43 goals
Marbuilt Division 1 Under-19s: Dante Colosimo (West Preston-Lakeside) 55 goals
Marbuilt Division 2 Under-19s: Nicholas Storer (Laurimar) 47 goals
Marbuilt Division 3 Under-19s: Jordan Nguyen (Thomastown) 60 goals

STAR SHOOTERS

Section 1 – Kate Ditcham (North Heidelberg) 438 goals
Section 2 – Lauren Pendlebury (Bundoora) 302 goals
Section 3 – Zoe Lagoulis (Lalor) 314 goals
Section 4 – Mia Sannholm (Greensborough) 253 goals
Section 5 – Chrystalla McIntyre (Kilmore) 194 goals
Section 6 – Sarah Webster-Spratt (Kilmore) 301 goals
Section 7 – Olivia Richards (La Trobe) & Alice Treloar (La Trobe) 172 goals
Section 8 – Sarah Craker (Whittlesea) 175 goals
Section 9 – Morgan Appleby (Lower Plenty) 231 goals
Section 10 – Emma Murray (Heat) 246 goals
Section 11 – Katherine Reid (Watsonia) 247 goals
Section 12 – Rubi Zahra (Hurstbridge) 137 goals
Section 13 – Samantha Hyman (Heat) 289 goals