Friday October 11 was the culmination of at least 46 years of hard work, as roughly 260 of us celebrated our Premier Grade flag winners in the Men’s and Women’s Seniors in style at the spectacularly presented Hawthorn Town Hall. Highlights of the night included Kate Tassiopoulos and Steph Allen winning our prestigious Best Clubman Trophies (The off-field Bryan Gibbs and on-filed John Anderson respectively), Premiership winning coaches Mark Gnatt and Dean Anderson holding court on stage for a joyous period of flag recognition and we toasted our senior and all other teams trophy winners.
We also gave thanks to our departing 3rds coach Alex van Ryn, to Lachie Fraser-Smith for exhorting us all to give more $ in a wonderful club auction and definitely give thanks to Scotch College principal Dr Scott Marsh for joining us on the night. And last of all, Kate Tassiopoloulos gives thanks to all night revellers finally departing her home just before dawn at the end of the extended after parties.
A night to remember with possibly the biggest moment of all being the two premiership teams joining together on stage for a group photo.
……… now onto 2025.
Club Awards
Best Club Person Off-Field (Bryan Gibbs Distinguished Service Award) – Kate Tassiopoulos
Best Club Person On-Field (John Anderson Distinguished Service Award) – Stephanie Allen
Club Leading Goalkicker (Bill Pearson Award) – Ryan Valentine: 38
Men’s 1st XVIII
1st Best and Fairest – Charlie Cormack
2nd Best and Fairest – James Tarrant
3rd Best and Fairest – Isaac Conway
Coaches Award – Ryan Valentine
Best Finals Player Award – Charlie Cormack
Encouragement Award (Ian McKinley Trophy) – Will Clark
Sacrificial Acts Award (Manson Russel Award) – Andrew Jelbart
Team Player of the Year Award (Ewen Davidson Award) – Jack Brown
Top Ten
1st – Charlie Cormack
2nd – James Tarrant
3rd – Isaac Conway
4th – Aidan Franetic
5th – Jack Brown
Eq 6th – Will Clark
Eq 6th – Andrew Jelbart
8th – Ben Hays
9th – Ryan Valentine
10th – Brodie Easton
Women’s 1st XVIII
1st Best and Fairest – Mia Caffry
2nd Best and Fairest – Bella Gray
3rd Best and Fairest – Katie Hunter-Scott
Coaches Award – Millie Fraser-Smith
Best Finals Player Award – Jordan Mifsud
Encouragement Award – Ella Sciberras
Leading Goalkicker – Eloise Defina
Top Ten
1st – Mia Caffry
2nd – Bella Gray
3rd – Katie Hunter-Scott
4th – Eloise Defina
5th – Millie Fraser-Smith
6th – Maggie Wilson
7th – Georgie Fraser-Smith
8th – Jade Wise
9th – Maxine Wells
10th – Ella Sciberras
Men’s 2nd XVIII
1st Best and Fairest – Charlie Schilling
2nd Best and Fairest – Robbie Beckworth
3rd Best and Fairest – Michael Tassiopoulos
Coaches Award – Angus Halse
Best Finals Player – Robbie Beckworth
Top Ten
1st – Charlie Schilling
2nd – Robbie Beckworth
3rd – Michael Tassiopoulos
4th – Angus Halse
5th – Jack Polkinghorne
Eq 6th – Connor Goodison
Eq 6th – Ryan Walsh
Eq 8th – Matt Bennett
Eq 8th – Hugh Byrne-Jones
Eq 8th – Lachie Harker
Women’s 2nd XVIII
1st Best and Fairest – Georgie Kerr
2nd Best and Fairest – Isabella Tuttle
3rd Best and Fairest – Zara Fodor
Coaches Award – Abbie Connor
Best Finals Player – Grace Johnson
Top Ten
1st – Georgie Kerr
2nd – Isabella Tuttle
3rd – Zara Fodor
4th – Emma Rosenow
5th – Lantie Stubbings
6th – Grace Johnson
7th – Zara Moore
8th – Liv Arundel
9th – Anna Vrsecky
10th – Anna Boreham
Men’s Under 19
1st Best and Fairest – Jake Phillips
2nd Best and Fairest – Henry Long
3rd Best and Fairest – Matthew Mayes
Coaches Award – Hamish Jones
Gus Taylor – Most Promising Player Award – Aiden Brien
Best Finals Player – Ned Maginness
Top Ten
1st – Jake Phillips
2nd – Henry Long
3rd – Matthew Mayes
4th – Will Hucker
5th – Aiden Brien
6th – Finn Nankervis
7th – James Davies
8th – Sammy Vidor
Eq 9th – Aiden Johnson
Eq 9th – Hamish Jones
Eq 9th – Elliot Power
Men’s 3rd XVIII
1st Best and Fairest – John Stavris
Eq 2nd Best and Fairest – James Broderick
Eq 2nd Best and Fairest – Will Steventon
Coaches Award – Sam Townsend
Best Finals Player – Charlie Dixon
Top Ten
1st – John Stavris
Eq 2nd – James Broderick
Eq 2nd – Will Steventon
Eq 4th – Alex Townsend
Eq 4th – Sam Townsend
Eq 6th – Jack Beilby
Eq 6th – Tom Fish
8th – Tom Kelly
Eq 9th – Ciaran Loel
Eq 9th – James Townsend
Men’s Sharks
1st Best and Fairest – Oscar Kyriacou
2nd Best and Fairest – Sam Martin
3rd Best and Fairest – Ryan Higgins
Coaches Award – Ed Findlay
Top Ten
1st – Oscar Kyriacou
2nd – Sam Martin
3rd – Ryan Higgins
4th – Angus McPherson
5th – Ned Crummy
6th – Ben Crummy
7th – Alex Bouyoukas
8th – Corey Sewell
Eq 9th – Nick Luth
Eq 9th – Josh Smith
