Champion player: Nathalia’s Brodie Ross claimed the O’Dwyer Medal after a standout 2022 season.
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Megan Fisher
The stars of Murray Football Netball League were out in force at Moama Bowling Club on Sunday evening as it recognised its top performers in an enthralling presentation night.
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Headlining proceedings was a thrilling O’Dwyer Medal count, which recognises the champion senior footballer of the season, with Nathalia’s Brodie Ross and Tongala’s Nick Jamieson sharing the honour after finishing on 25 votes.
Jamieson found himself two votes clear of Ross and Mulwala’s Jackson Gash leading into the final round, and polled one vote in the Blues’ big win over Finley.
Before a best-on-ground performance by Ross in Nathalia’s round 18 victory over Rumbalara had him equal Jamieson’s tally and take a share of the prized O’Dwyer Medal.
Sharing the honours: Tongala's Nick Jamieson is an O’Dwyer medallist after leading the 2022 vote count alongside Nathalia’s Brodie Ross.
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Steve Huntley
Gash would finish as the third on 22 votes, while the Les Mogg Cup for the competition’s leading goal-kicker award went to Congupna’s Daniel Campbell (64 goals) and Rising Star to Numurkah young gun Kade O’Dwyer.
In the A-grade netball, Nathalia would produce another best-and-fairest with defender Tegan Sutton taking out the league medal after a fantastic season.
Champion netballer: Nathalia's Tegan Sutton took out the A-grade best-and-fairest.
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Steve Huntley
In what was another thrilling count, Sutton’s tally of 23 votes would see her one clear of Congupna’s Morgan Zotti.
Mulwala’s Steph Hammond was recognised with the league’s Most Valuable Player award and Deniliquin youngster Annie Harvey took home the Wendy Brooks Rookie of the Year Award.
In the other football awards, Deniliquin’s Aiden Free took home the Damien Jones Medal as the champion reserves footballer ahead of joint runners-up Todd Van Roy (Tongala) and Logan Ives (Deniliquin).
Cobram’s Lucas Roberts was victorious in the under-17 best-and-fairest count, edging out Deniliquin’s Logan Leiper by six votes.
And in the under-14s, Cobram would yield another winner, with Mikael Corso taking home the best-and-fairest ahead of Rumbalara’s Tanner Armstrong.
On the netball side of things, Nathalia’s Jessi Hicks and Mulwala’s Nat Ferguson were joint best-and-fairest winners in the B-grade.
Barooga’s Breanna Anthony took home the C-grade gong, with Echuca United’s Kate Donehue finishing runner-up.
The top gong in the C-reserve went to Finley’s Peta Gowans, with teammate Paula Gowans claiming the runner-up prize.
While in the underage categories, Numurkah’s Nieve O’Dwyer (17-and-under), Deniliquin’s Ava Richards (15-and-under) and Rumbalara’s Zioni Garling Mathyssen (13-and-under) rounded out the best-and-fairest winners.
Moama took the mantle as the champion club for 2022.
