1/38Alberton: There was a draw for the Ron Tibballs Memorial Trophy and Peter Moore Medal in 2016 between Kilcunda-Bass’ Chris Endres (pictured, left) and Fish Creek’s Tom Cameron. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
Country football best-and-fairest
BEACONSFIELD’S Scott Meyer has won his third Norm Walker Medal, plus the other league best-and-fairest winners across country Victorian football.
2/38Bellarine: Modewarre playing coach Josh Finch became the first four-time winner of the Les Ash Medal in 2016, following wins in 2010, 2012 and 2013. Picture: Peter Ristevski
3/38Bendigo: Sandhurst’s Kristan Height, pictured while representing Vic Country, won the Michelsen Medal in 2016. He is the first person to win the Michelsen Medal, the Ovens and Murray league’s Morris Medal, and the Goulburn Valley league’s Morrison Medal.
4/38Central Highlands: The Geoff Taylor Medal winner for 2016 was Bungaree ruckman David Benson (left). Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
5/38Colac and District: Alvie’s Liam McGuane won the Jack Mahoney Medal this season. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
6/38East Gippsland: Luke Dyer from Lindenow Football Club won the Stewart Wren Medal for 2016. He also won in 2009 and 2010, and has spent the past five years playing with Bairnsdale in the Gippsland League. Picture: Supplied
7/38Ellinbank and District: Warragul Industrials’ Tye Holland won the Alf Walton Medal for 2016 by five votes from Neerim-Neerim South’s Chris Urie. Picture Yuri Kouzmin
8/38Geelong: The 2016 Mathieson Medal went to Grovedale’s Nathan Deans by one vote from Leopold’s Jai Thompson. Picture: Cormac Hanrahan
9/38Geelong and District: Thomson’s Brent Macleod was the Whitley Medal winner and league leading goal-kicker with 90 goals for 2016. Picture: Mitch Bear
10/38Gippsland: Warragul’s Bradley Scalzo polled three votes in the final round to win the Trood Award and Rodda Medal count by two votes from teammate Nathaniel Paredes, Picture Yuri Kouzmin
11/38Golden Rivers: Fresh off his team winning through to the grand final, Murrabit’s Bryden Morison took out the EG Hunt Medal.
12/38Hampden: In 2016 Cobden ruckman Levi Dare became just the third player in league history to win three Maskell Medals. He was a joint winner in both 2010 and 2012.
13/38Heathcote District: Huntly’s Ryan Semmel (pictured marking the ball) won his second Cheatley Medal in 2016 to go alongside his win in 2013. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
14/38Horsham and District: In 2016 Shannon Argall became Laharum’s first Dellar Medal winner since 1999.
15/38Kyabram District: Avenel’s Kasey Duncan, pictured firing off a handball while representing the league this year, was the runaway winner of the 2016 McNamara Medal. Picture: Aaron Cook
16/38Loddon Valley: Bridgewater’s Zeb Broadbent took out the Frank Harding Medal for 2016. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
17/38Maryborough Castlemaine District: Navarre’s Josh Fowkes, pictured right of his brother Jayden, won the Berry Powell Memorial Medal. He is the second Navarre player to win the medal after Daniel Parkin’s victory in 2011. Picture Yuri Kouzmin
18/38Mid Gippsland: Morwell East ruckman Andrew Brown won the Elder-Berwick Medal, polling 21 votes to win by two votes from Yinnar’s Jamie Aitken. Picture: Deb Coady
19/38Mininera and District: Brad Keilar, pictured being chaired off the ground in his 300th game for Wickliffe-Lake Bolac, won his third WJ Lewis Medal in 2016. However this year he shared the honour with Hawkesdale-Macarthur’s Brady Purcell. Photo: Tracey Kruger
20/38Murray: Finley’s Ned Morrison (left) won the 2016 O’Dwyer Medal. He is pictured with his grandfather, legendary AFL Collingwood footballer, Lou Richards. and nephew Jack Nicholls, who won an award with East Malvern Knights under-8s the same week. Picture:Tony Gough
21/38Nepean: Frankston Bombers’ Sam Fox won the George Osborne Medal in 2016 by two votes ahead of his teammate, Dale Sutton. Picture: Chris Eastman
22/38North Central: Boort ruckman James Orr (centre) was the runaway winner of the Feeny Medal by 11 votes from his nearest rival. Picture: Allan Fawcett
23/38North Gippsland: Cel Burley Medal winner Chris Williams from Churchill. The Cougars’ captain is pictured with Burley’s granddaughter, Danielle Dickins. Picture: Supplied
24/38Omeo and District: Nathan Pollard from Lindenow South won the Omeo and District Football League’s best-and-fairest award for 2016. He was also named best-on-ground in the Swampies’ premiership win. Picture: Supplied
25/38Ovens and King: Bonnie Doon’s Kaine Herbert (right) won the Clyde Baker Medal in 2016. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
26/38Ovens and Murray: Yarrawonga’s Tyler Bonat, pictured representing the league in 2014, and Wodonga’s Matt Seiter drew for the 2016 Morris Medal with 23 votes each. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
27/38Peninsula: Bonbeach’s Shane McDonald won the 2016 EV Shade Medal by one vote from Pines’ Paul Scanlon. Picture: Jason Sammon
28/38Picola and District (North West): There was a draw for the Pearce Medal in the North West division between Picola United’s David Daniel (pictured at the back of the marking contest) and Deniliquin Rovers’ Andrew May. May also won the medal in 2009 and 2014. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
29/38Picola and District (South East): The Peace Medal was shared three ways in the South East division in 2016. Shepparton East’s Matt Rendina (pictured right while playing for Shepparton United), Katunga’s Eamon Reeves and Waaia’s Matt McCarty shared the honour. Picture: Yuri Kouzmiin
30/38Riddell District: Rupertswood’s Brent Swallow won the Bowen Medal in 2016, edging out Diggers Rest’s Taylor Hine by one vote. Picture: Kylie Else
31/38South East: Beaconsfield’s Scott Meyer won the 2016 Norm Walker Medal, which he also took home in 2013 and 2014. Picture: Derrick den Hollander
32/38Sunraysia: There was a three-way tie in 2016 for the McLeod Medal for the first time since 1979. Wentworth’s Derek Smith (pictured, right), Irymple’s Nathan Hamence and Merbein’s Ash Rowe polled 15 votes each to draw for the league’s top individual honour. Picture: Glenn Milne
33/38Tallangatta and District: Rutherglen’s Jared Farwell and Thurgoona’s Jayden Kotzur shared the Barton Medal,
34/38Warrnambool and District: Kolora-Noorat captain Joey Conheady took out the JA Esam Medal in 2016 after finishing joint runner-up in 2015. Picture: Simone Smith
35/38Wimmera: Horsham Saints’ Sam Clyne (pictured, left) won the Toohey Medal. Picture: Greg Scullin
36/38AFL Yarra Ranges: Woori Yallock’s Jordan Williams won the Harold Ramage Medal in Division 1. It was a three-way tie for the Division 2 Jim Wandin Medal between Alexandra’s Stephen Steiner and Yarra Glen’s Daniel Hurley and Lachlan Telford. Picture: Eugene Hyland
37/38Decided: League senior best-and-fairest awards have also been won in 2016 by Dartmoor ruckman Korrey Smith (South West District), Federal’s Brent Ohlin (who also won the Upper Murray’s best-and-fairest in 2015) and South Gambier’s Brett O’Neil (who also won the Western Border’s Brian Hennessy Medal in 2015). Picture: Andy Rogers
38/38Prize: League best-and-fairest medals in 2016 also went to Lake Wendouree’s Ben Taylor (Ballarat Football League’s WL Henderson Medal), Swan Hill’s Matt Wade (Central Murray’s Jack Betts Medal), Echuca’s Simon Buckley (Goulburn Valley’s Morrison Medal) and Gol Gol coach Sam Curran (Millewa’s McDonald Medal). Picture: Andy Rogers
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