THE footy-netball awards season has kicked off, with the Heathcote District league announcing its lower grade winners on Wednesday night.
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For the first time the HDFNL has held a pre-count, where the votes for the reserves and under-17 football, and A reserve, B grade, B reserve, under-17 and under-15 netball were counted.
The winners will be presented with their trophies at Sunday’s Cheatley Medal function.
• Pre-count winners:
FOOTBALL:
Reserves – Morgan Medal:
16 – Josh Formosa (Heathcote)
13 – James Brereton (Leitchville-Gunbower)
12 – Shane Murdoch (Colbinabbin)
12 – Taylor Smart (Huntly)
Under-17s – Roulston Medal:
24 – Ricky Walsh (LBU)
19 – Adam Dwyer (White Hills)
18 – Jackson Conforti (Heathcote)
15 – Bailey Boyack (Elmore)
15 – Blake Dye (Leitchville-Gunbower)
15 – Bailey Wingrave (North Bendigo)
NETBALL:
A reserve:
Winner – Meg Dye (Leitchville-Gunbower)
Runner-up – Melanie Harris (Heathcote)
B grade:
Winner: Sarah McDonnell (North Bendigo)
Runner-up – Kate Sloan (Huntly)
B reserve:
Winner – Charlotte Webb (Mount Pleasant)
Runner-up – Ebony Young (White Hills)
17-under:
Winner – Paris Bickley (Mount Pleasant)
Runner-up – Sarah McClusky (Mount Pleasant)
15-under:
Winner – Jenna McNair (LBU)
Runner-up – Bronte Gundry (Leitchville-Gunbower)
Sunday’s Cheatley Medal function will be held at the Bendigo Club.
Following the presentations to Wednesday night’s pre-count winners, the A-grade netball and senior football votes will be counted.
The function will follow Saturday’s HDFNL preliminary finals at Elmore.
Preliminary finals:
Football:
Seniors - Huntly v North Bendigo
Reserves - Huntly v Heathcote
Under-17s - LBU v North Bendigo
Netball:
A grade - Colbinabbin v North Bendigo
A reserve - Colbinabbin v North Bendigo
B grade - White Hills v Huntly
B reserve - White Hills v Huntly
Under-17 - Leitchville-Gunbower v Huntly
Under-15 - LBU v Leitchville-Gunbower