Elliott-Davey Award Winners 2021

The Board and League have announced the Award winners for the 2021 season. With such an interrupted and difficult season, the Board announced that some awards for 2021 should be awarded and include rounds one through to nine, just prior to the Greater Sydney lockdown that had such an impact on our competitions.

The minor premiers were announced, and as of round 9, the minor premiers for 2021 were:

Black Diamond Cup Men’s – Terrigal Avoca
Black Diamond Cup Women’s – Cardiff
Black Diamond Plate Men’s – Terrigal Avoca
Black Diamond Plate Women’s – Cardiff
Black Diamond Shield – Warners Bay

The leading goal kickers for each competition were:

The Maurice Goolagong Trophy – the Black Diamond Cup Men’s Leading goal kicker award

The winner of the Maurice Goolagong Trophy was Mitchell Crawford from Newcastle City with 31 goals.

The top 5 for this award was:

Mitchell Crawford	Newcastle City	31
Brandon Lloyd	Killarney Vale	27
Harrison Pitt	Terrigal Avoca	27
Angus Quail	Terrigal Avoca	18
Michael Roach	Terrigal Avoca	16
Lachlan Henderson	Gosford	14

 The Black Diamond Cup Women’s Leading Goal kicker award

This year’s winner was Emily Conlan from Cardiff on 21 goals.

The top 5 for this award was:

Emily Conlan	Cardiff	21
Emma-Jayne Howe	Lake Macquarie	18
Willow Smith	Newcastle City	18
Tayla Gregory	Cardiff	17
Luarna Greentree	Wyong Lakes	14

The Black Diamond Plate Men’s Leading Goal kicker award

This year’s winner was Justin McPhan from Wyong Lakes with 33 goals.

The top 5 for this award was:

Justin McPhan	Wyong lakes	33
Ethan Formby	Terrigal Avoca	29
David Graan	Cardiff	24
Andrew Walker	Cardiff	23
Scott Reed	The Entrance Bateau Bay	18

The Black Diamond Plate Women’s Leading Goal kicker award

This year’s winner was Kyah McBride from Singleton with 10 goals.

The top 5 for this award was:

Kyah McBride	Singleton	10
Claire Walsh	Gosford	8
Erin Bradshaw	Cardiff	7
Jazlen Hooke	Wallsend West Newcastle	7
Sarah Livesey	Wallsend West Newcastle	7

The Black Diamond Shield Leading Goal kicker award

This year’s winner was James Drury from Newcastle City with 24 goals.

The top 5 for this award was:

James Drury	Newcastle City	24
Matthew Weaver	Killarney Vale	22
Ryan Clarke	Warners Bay	21
Zach Symons	Warners Bay	9
Richy Lyons	Killarney Vale	8

In 2021 we were able to get the Senior Representative football games in prior to lockdown, with the two teams and the selected HCC umpires, all travelling down to Wollongong to take on the South Coast. The HCC Women’s were able to get the win, with the HCC men’s team getting pipped in the last 5 minutes of the game with the South Coast getting the win.

Our Representative players of the year for 2021 are Ashleigh Page from Killarney Vale and Aaron Duncan from Killarney Vale.

Thank you to all our coaches, players and umpires for their efforts in ensuring the representative teams got up and running for 2021.

The Umpire awards were a little different in 2021, with the Board deciding to have a Field, Boundary and Goal umpire of the year announced.

The Goal Umpire of the year nominees were:
Anthony Everson
Cameron Moore
Janelle Biden
Shane Lowndes
Andy Baldwin

With Cameron Moore the 2021 winner.

The Boundary Umpire of the year nominees were:
Stuart Chellis
Lachlan Chellis
Jonah Finlay
Jack Bruce
Xavier Thomas

With Jonah Finlay the 2021 winner.

The Field Umpire of the year nominees were:
Nathan Slater
Tomas Stewart
Darrel Luck
Sam Parkinson
David Parsons

With David Parsons the 2021 winner.

Thank you to our Umpiring group for all their dedication and hard work during this season, we would not be able to play this great game if it wasn’t for your commitment.

The Volunteer of the Year is awarded the James J Arnold Clubperson on the Year award. Our volunteers are the heart and soul of our clubs and put so much hard work and effort to ensure that footy can get on the park each week. We would love to be able to award this to all nominees as they all work so hard.

The nominees for 2021 were:
Peter Risby – Cardiff
Brad McKaig – Gosford
Corey Shackleton – Killarney Vale
Michael Smith – Killarney Vale
Jodie Janissen – Lake Macquarie
Colin Carroll – Maitland
Megan Kropp – Muswellbrook
Samantha Paterson – Muswellbrook
Christine Burrows – NCCUA
Madison Young – Nelson Bay
Abraham Gibson – Newcastle City
Josie Johnson – Port Stephens
Nadene McBride – Singleton
Ryan Weber – Terrigal Avoca
Julie Williams – The Entrance Bateau Bay
Alison Hamilton – Wallsend West Newcastle
Elizabeth Brown – Warners Bay
Josh Lawler – Wyong Lakes

In 2021 the League and Board found it such a difficult task to find a winner, in 2021 the James J Arnold Clubperson of the Year award was decided to have a joint winner, with Nadene McBride from Singleton and Corey Shackleton from Killarney Vale taking out the honours.

Best and Fairest Awards

The Chris Arnold Medal is awarded to the Best and Fairest player in the Black Diamond Shield competition. The 2021 winner was Sam Rumball from Warners Bay on 11 votes.

The top vote getters in the Chris Arnold Medal are:

Sam	Rumball	Warners Bay	11
Liam	Banfield	Killarney Vale	6
Jarrod	Anderson	Newcastle City Blues	5
Lachlan	Francis	Warners Bay	5
James	Kidd	Killarney Vale	4
Michael	Studdert	Gosford	4

 

In the Black Diamon Plate Women’s competition, we award the AFL HCC Black Diamond Plate Women’s Best and Fairest. This year we had joint winners with Kate Booth from Wallsend West Newcastle on 15 votes and Elise Garlick from Muswellbrook also on 15 votes.

The top vote getters for the AFL HCC Black Diamond Plate Women’s Best and Fairest are:

Kate	Booth	Wallsend – West Newcastle	15
Elise	Garlick	Muswellbrook	15
Jessica	Bond	Gosford	10
Nikki	Robson	Singleton	8
Tori	Cowburn	Singleton	7
Iesha	Veness	Wallsend – West Newcastle	7
Lara	Simpson	Newcastle City	6
Lenore	Kennedy	Terrigal Avoca	6
Kyah	McBride	Singleton	6

 

The winner from the Black Diamond Plate men’s competition wins The Granland Medal. This year’s recipients were David Graan from Cardiff on 13 votes and Lee Moore from Wyong Lakes on 13 votes.

The top vote getters for The Granland Medal are:

David	Graan	Cardiff	13
Lee	Moore	Wyong Lakes	13
Kenneth	Szaladzinski	The Entrance Bateau Bay	7
Scott	Reed	The Entrance Bateau Bay	6
Ethan	Formby	Terrigal Avoca	6
Branden	Ferris	Terrigal Avoca	6
Justin	McPhan	Wyong Lakes	5
Michael	Besley	The Entrance Bateau Bay	5
Brayden	Tos	Wyong Lakes	5

 

In 2021 The AFL HCC Black Diamond Cup Women’s Best and Fairest award went to Clare Cummings from Cardiff with 15 votes.

The top vote getters for The AFL HCC Black Diamond Cup Women’s Best and Fairest are:

Clare	Cummings	Cardiff	15
Danika	Spamer	Cardiff	12
Carla	Hill	Lake Macquarie	9
Rebecca	Ives	Wyong Lakes	8
Karina	Brown	Terrigal Avoca	7
Taylor	Joyce	Newcastle City	7
Meaghan	MacDonald	Newcastle City	7
Sarah	Ball	Wyong Lakes	6
Isabella	Jennings	Lake Macquarie	5
Ashleigh	Page	Killarney Vale	5
Tayla	Gregory	Cardiff	5

 

The Black Diamond Cup men’s best and fairest is awarded the Elliott-Davey Medal, this years winner was Jack Grimmond from Terrigal Avoca on 13 votes.

The top vote getters for The Elliott-Davey medal are:

Jack	Grimmond	Terrigal Avoca	13
Matthew	Spinks	Warners Bay	12
Jason	Roach	Terrigal Avoca	8
Adam	Miller	Gosford	8
Joshua	Mifsud	Killarney Vale	7
Jye	Boby	Killarney Vale	7
Conor	Haswell	Newcastle City	7
Marcus	DeLeur	Cardiff	6
Aaron	Duncan	Killarney Vale	6
Jed	Ellis-Cluff	Singleton	6

Congratulations to all our award winners for the 2021 season.

We would like to thank all of our club volunteers, players, umpires and club families for all your hard work and commitment to the 2021 season. The season didn’t end the way we would have liked it to, so we hope to see everyone in 2022 for what we hope can be a more complete season.