Melton’s Jordyn Cotter and Diggers Rest’s Christopher Lawton took out the Riddell District Netball Football League’s under-16 best and fairest counts last Wednesday night.
Cotter took out the under-16 Turner senior award with 17 votes from Sunbury Lions’ Lachlan Bramble and Melton’s Connor Griffiths (both 14).
Lawton won the under-16 Beatson award with 22 votes. Melton’s Julian Campbell won the under-16 Turner reserves award with 12 votes.
In the under-14s, Woodend players took out both the reserves and senior awards. Campbell Barton won the senior gong with 21 votes, while Tristyn Nicholls won the reserves after polling 19. Riddells Creek’s Nathan Croft polled 27 votes to win the under-14 Beatson award ahead of Lancefield’s Stephen Cusack (22).
There was a Gisborne Rookies one-two finish in the under-12 Watson count, with Rookies Blues’ Baillie Tatt winning on 18 votes from Rookies Red’s Daniel de Ruiter on 12.
Melton South’s Paul Curtis polled 20 votes to take home the under-12 Turner senior award. Sunbury Lions’ Thomas Belleville and Melton’s Dylan Millard tied for second with 17.
The netball best and fairest winners were Woodend’s Charlotte Crook, Melton South’s Ahlyss Williams-Otutaha, Sunbury Kangaroos’ Chedelle Niki, Macedon’s April Sims and Melton Centrals’ Rebecca Russell.
