Southern league medals: Horton-Milne wins Division 1 best and fairest
Noble Park-bound Chris Horton-Milne signed off from Dingley by clinching the league best and fairest. See the votes from all grades.
Southern
Don't miss out on the headlines from Southern. Followed categories will be added to My News.
Chris Horton-Milne leaves Dingley on a league-medal high.
The left-footer last night won the Southern Football Netball League Division 1 best and fairest, the Ellis Medal, polling 17 votes to defeat Port Melbourne Colts champion Kwame McHarg by one.
St Kilda City spearhead Aaron Edwards was third with 13 votes.
Horton-Milne joined Dingley from Noble Park ahead of the 2016 season, and he’s decided to return to Noble next year.
The 27-year-old said he had a sense of “unfinished business’’ at the Bulls.
“It’s the right time to go back and have a crack at Eastern footy again. I’m not going any younger,’’ he said this morning.
“It was a hard decision to leave Dingley. I’ve got a lot of great mates there and it’s a tight-knit club and we’ve had a lot of success together. But the club’s in a good spot.’’
As for the vote count, Horton-Milne said he had never polled well in league medals but this year he kicked a few goals to go with his possessions.
“I expected to do a little bit better, but not that much better,’’ he said, adding it was an honour to join a distinguished list of Ellis Medal winners.
Dingoes coach Danny Ades said Horton-Milne returned to Noble Park with the club’s best wishes.
“I think he thinks he’s got a bit of a point to prove there,’’ Ades said.
“We more or less got him because he wasn’t really cracking into the senior team (at Noble Park) and he’s always had an eye on going back and showing he can play at the level, always wanted to scratch that itch.
“He definitely can play at the level.
“He goes with my blessing. We wish him all the best and hope he goes well. We want him to show that comp how good he really is.’’
Horton-Milne’s league best and fairest can go with three premierships, two club championships, five team-of-the-year jumpers and two best-afield medals in grand finals.
He was also on Sandringham’s VFL list for the 2020 season that never went ahead; Ades said the midfielder counted as one of Southern’s most decorated players in the past few years.
In Division 2, ace Springvale Districts forward Matt Wetering polled two votes in the final game to clinch the Bennett Medal.
He finished on 18 votes, nosing out East Brighton top-liner Kai Love-Linay (15).
Wetering – who also won the Division 2 best and fairest in 2019 – is expected to play in the VFL next year.
Narre South Saints veteran Danny Brewster streaked away with the Division 3 medal and Carrum Patterson Lakes coach Rohan Bleeker and Alex Wilson shared the Division 4 award.
DIVISION 1
Christopher Horton-Milne, Dingley, 18
Kwame McHarg, Port Melbourne Colts, 17
Aaron Edwards, St Kilda City, 13
Luke Duffy, East Malvern, 12
Kieran Knox, St Paul’s McKinnon, 12
Jackson Peet, Dingley, 10
Dylan Weickhardt, Cheltenham, 9
Ben Timms, East Malvern, 9
Austin Johnson, Cheltenham, 8
Justin Taylor, Port Melbourne Colts, 8
Sam Hayes, Cheltenham, 7
David Marguglio, Mordialloc, 7
Joseph Colaciello, Bentleigh, 7
DIVISION 2
Matt Wetering, Springvale Districts, 18
Kai Love-Linay, East Brighton, 15
Daniel Riazah-Kesheh, East Brighton, 11
Adam Read, Springvale Districts, 10
Jacob Buggy, Caulfield Bears, 10
Jordan Peryman, Chelsea Heights, 10
DIVISION 3
Danny Brewster, Narre South Saints, 21
Christopher Morrison, Clayton, 12
George Lithotomos, Ashwood, 12
Patrick Carroll, Ashwood, 12
Byron Hoe, Clayton, 12
Joshua Cardamone, Ashwood, 11
Nick Gay, Endeavour Hills, 11
Michael Spohn, Black Rock, 10
DIVISION 4
Rohan Bleeker, Carrum Patterson Lakes, 14
Alex Wilson, Carrum Patterson Lakes, 14
Charlie Gardiner, Lyndhurst, 13
Mackenzie Vraca, Carrum Patterson Lakes, 12
Rory McIvor, Hallam, 11
Scott Stegehuis, Frankston Dolphins, 10
DIVISION 1 RESERVES
Benjamin Smith, Port Melbourne Colts, 18
Arlyn Hagiwara, Port Melbourne Colts, 11
Daniel Quinn, Mordialloc, 10
Jarryd Cox, St Paul’s McKinnon, 9
Adam Lloyd, Dingley, 9
DIVISION 2 RESERVES
Cameron Gates, Chelsea Heights, 18
Jamie Nguyen, Springvale Districts, 9
Bradley Dyer, Skye, 9
DIVISION 3 RESERVES
Alex Jong, Ashwood, 13
Nathan Ramea, Narre South Saints, 12
Andrew Phelps, Black Rock, 10
DIVISION 4 RESERVES
Joshua Howe, Frankston Dolphins, 10
Rhys Graham, Carrum Patterson Lakes, 9
William Kruss, Carrum Patterson Lakes, 7
Christian Sebire, Lyndale, 7
THIRDS
Sam Frawley, Sandown, 18
Daniel Courts, Carrum Patterson Lakes, 16
Jean Bezzene, Skye, 10
Jarryd Guganovic, Skye, 9
UNDER 19 DIVISION 1
Joshua O’Neill, Dingley, 14
Harry Kilfoyle, Mordialloc, 8
Joseph Ziino, Bentleigh Red, 8
UNDER 19 DIVISION 2
Daniel Porter, Bentleigh Blue, 12
Tysen Nguyen, Murrumbeena, 12
Alan Alexander, Frankston Dolphins, 7
Jordan Keen, Bentleigh Blue, 7
WOMEN’S DIVISION 1
Shaneece Stratton, Lyndale, 16
Mahalia Brown, Casey Thunder, 15
Harmony Thomas, Endeavour Hills, 14
Chanelle Slater, Lyndale, 10
WOMEN’S DIVISION 2
Eden Tone, Casey Thunder 15
Ally Williams, Murrumbeena, 11
Melissa Millar, Skye, 9
MORE LOCAL FOOTBALL
Vampires fill coaching ‘holes’ in finals push
East Brighton has pinpointed the gaps that kept it from the Southern league Division 1 finals and has addressed them off the field.
The ultimate SFNL Division 1 GF guide
The history, coaches verdicts, big questions, expert tips and the players who will shape the game. Here’s everything you need to know about the Southern league Division 1 grand final.