Gympie Diggers Football Club honour young rising stars of 2022 | Gallery

The future of Gympie Diggers football looks bright after its end of season awards shone a spotlight on its rising stars and dedicated players. Check out 150 smiling faces in the gallery.

The future of Gympie Diggers football was in the spotlight on Thursday when more than 100 of its young players celebrated the end of season 2022 break-up, with several players taking out top awards.

Players, parents, club members and volunteers spent the afternoon commemorating the efforts to ensure the season went ahead, once again impacted and shortened by the lingering Covid pandemic now in its second year.

The Diggers’ main awards were also announced, with five of the region’s rising stars taking out Lachlan Nicholls Award, the Morton-Allen Family Shield, the Neil Jones Award, and the U11 and U12 Player’s Player awards.

These are the winners for the 2022 season.

Hamish McLaughlin

Hamish McLaughlin.

Gympie Diggers Football Club Lachlan Nicholls Award winner

Mackenzie Walker

Mackenzie Walker.

Gympie Diggers Football Club Morton-Allen Family Shield winner

Matthew Stiller

Matthew Stiller.

Gympie Diggers Football Neil Jones Memorial Award winner

Raymond Summerville

Raymond Summerville.

Gympie Diggers Football Club U11 Player’s Player winner

Slater Mason

Slater Mason.

Gympie Diggers U12 Player’s Player winner

These five rising stars were not the only on field talent celebrated at the event.

Young players from across Diggers received their team trophies as well, prompting dozens of broad smiles and toothy grins from those assembled who had spent countless hours on Gympie’s fields this year and were clearly enjoying their time in the spotlight.

Check out some of the pictures below. Names players on the Diggers teams have been included where available.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Full team list (in no order): Noah Cleary, Hamilton Lewin,Willa Goodhew, Elke Goodhew, Meira Brown, Hudson Grogan

Full team list (in no order): Carter Pascoe, Emily Gailer Castellanos, Romii-Lee Brown, Carter Hutton, Hugo Barnes

Full team list (in no order): Kobi Palmer, Corbin Devlin, Max Palmer, Ethan Lumby, Dexter Kay, James Cantrill

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Full team list (in no order): Jacob Ashton, Jett Nelson, Jayden Pascoe, Oliver Boyd, Alex Hughes, Stanley Summerville, Jacobe Lee, Christes Binu, Jai Ingram, Trayvaan La Bertaudiere.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Full team list (in no order): Matilda Darlow, Zeke Brown, Austin Mandavy, Cody Catchpole, Emmett Summerville, Zac Payne, Tully Wintle, Brock Beeton.

Full team list (in no order): Renee Albrecht (coach, back), Cohen Albrecht, Ronen Brown, Jack Williams, Izaak Walker, Bailey Cumner, Lucas O'Sullivan, Jack Hose, Alec Hoffman, Connor Cumner, Kaden Armstrong

Full team list (in no order):) Luke Cockburn, Angus O'Keefe, Xavier Morrison, Ryder Brady, Brax Lindsay, Jaxon Brett, Bond Palmer, Makita Morris, Hudson Crutcher, Christiaan-Loew Van Der Berg.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Full team list (in no order): Henry Walker (coach), Reuben Samuel, Zac Stiller, Ryan Waddington, Deakin Williams, Cody Bryan, Zeke Cock, Jaya Wood, Cheyanne La Bertaudiere, Mackenzie Walker, Ryker James, Hamish McLaughlin.

Gympie Diggers end of season break-up celebrations.

Full team list (in no order): Lewis Easton, Daniel Williamson, Saxon Walker-White, Wesly Crutcher, Blake Sunderland, Zane Mills, Archie Akers, Saxon Munro, Slater Mason, Jack Hesketh, Matthew Stiller, Zahrie Taylor.

Full team list (in no order): Leighton Summerville, Cameron Henricks, Thomas Mellish, Alexander Morrison, Aidan Kroenert, Taij Cahill.