Thor Hammers Home William Leitch Medal Win
The best and fairest players in SFLW have been crowned overnight in the league’s yearly awards night. FULL LEADER BOARD + VOTES >>
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CYGNET’S glorious SFL season has continued with its premiership playing coach Thor Boscott capping off a remarkable season for the Port by taking out the 2021 William Leitch medal to be crowned the SFL’s best and fairest player at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre on Monday night.
Just two weeks ago Boscott and his Cygnet side were crowned SFL premiers with an 18 point win over arch rival Huonville — in a game where Boscott was named best on ground — and now the Premiership coach can add a William Leitch medal to his trophy cabinet.
While Boscott didn’t take out his own clubs best and fairest he did more than enough to catch the eye of the umpires to land himself 23 votes to be the clear winner ahead of Lindisfarne’s Jack Gleeson on 17 votes and Brady Jones of Huonville and Jye Bearman of New Norfolk both polling 16 votes.
Boscott becomes just the second Cygnet player to win the coveted award following Damien Dillon’s win back in 2001.
In the reserve’s competition it was Huonville’s Taylor Campisi who won the George Watt Medal as the league’s best and fairest on 18 votes ahead of New Norfolk’s Torne Tangata on 17 votes, while the Lipscombe Medal for the Colts’ best and fairest was won by Cameron Walter from the Southern Storm with 22 votes ahead of Lindisfarne’s Oliver Holdsworth on 15 votes.
In the women’s awards it was a tie for the top gong in the Divison 1 SFLW competition with Elise Barwick from Glenorchy and Nietta Lynch from Claremont failing to be separated on 12 votes each, while in Division 2 it was Cygnet’s Ellie Doyle who won on 19 votes over Uni’s Olivia Dove on 18 votes. In Divison 3 it was Rani Cavarretta from Hutchins who polled 19 votes to win ahead of Sophie Farrow from New Norfolk on 13 votes.
SFL William Leitch Medal leaderboard
1. Thor Boscott (Cygnet) - 23 votes
2. Jack Gleeson (Lindisfarne) - 17 votes
=3. Brady Jones (Huonville) - 16 votes
=3. Jye Bearman (New Norfolk) - 16 votes
5. Robbie McManus (Dodges Ferry) - 13 votes
=6. Jo Direen (Cygnet) - 12 votes
=6. Jordan Lane (Cygnet) - 12 votes
=8. Bailey Gordon (Cygnet) - 11 votes
=8. Cambell Hooker (Dodges Ferry) - 11 votes
=8. Brody Rundell (Huonville) - 11 votes
=8. Nic Baker (Sorell) - 11 votes
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