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.
