THE best footballers and netballers from the 2019 GOTAFE Goulburn Valley League (GVL) season were celebrated last week at the annual awards night.
The countdown for the Morrison Medal was a nail-biting affair. At the end of the evening, with numbers finally tallied, Rochester football player Nathan Marrone polled the most votes, with 21 for the season. But Marrone’s one-match suspension in round 17 for head-butting made him ineligible to receive the award, meaning the Morrison Medal was awarded instead to Kyabram’s Mick Mattingly, who scored 19 votes in the 2019 season.
Moving down the list of votes for the Morrison Medal, third place was awarded to Echuca coach, Andrew Walker (18 votes), followed by Seymour co-coach, Jason Cole (14 votes), Tatura coach, Jamason Daniels (13 votes) and Benalla player, David Mennen (13 votes).
At the GOTAFE GVL netball best-and-fairest awards, there was one clear winner. Shepparton United goaler, Jessie Barnes-Hill ran rings around the competition, taking home the Wellman Family Award eight votes above second place. With 30 votes, Jessie was the clear winner for 2019, followed by Seymour defender, Meg Grbac (22 votes), Mooroopna youngster, Dayna Williams (21 votes) and Echuca goaler, Claudia Mawson (19 votes).
A full list of all the winners for the 2019 GOTAFE GVL season can be found at their Facebook page @GVLeague.
