Juniors crowned for stellar season

South Barwon's Lily Sherman won the GNL 17 & Under Division 1 best and fairest. (AFL Barwon)

Bellarine Netball League junior best and fairests have been announced.

Queenscliff’s Eden Henderson-Craig took out the 17 & Under Division 1 award from Emily Quinten (Ocean Grove), Grace Boland (Portarlington) and Tae McGillivray (Anglesea), who all tied for runner-up.

In 17 & Under Division 2 Drysdale’s Kailee Fisher (Drysdale) won from Bella O’Dwyer (Torquay) and Louise Shaw (Geelong Amateur).

Olivia Bradshaw of Torquay took home the 15 & Under Division 1 medal from Drysdale’s Adele Mills while in Division 2 Phoebe Vaughan (Torquay) won from Newcomb’s Zoey Davis.

Anglesea’s Scarlotte Benney won 13 & Under Division 1 from Remy Sliwa (Torquay) and Stella Peters (Geelong Amateur) and Portarlington’s Ayla Winspear won Division 2 from Barwon Heads’ Skye Quirk.

Ocean Grove’s Georgia Collett and Amelia Stanic were awarded the Junior Coach Encouragement Award while the Junior Trainee Umpire Encouragement Award went to Emily Totton (Geelong Amateur).

Philippa Norgard (Ocean Grove) received the DOW Junior Educational Scholarship and Stephanie Reade (Torquay) took home the DOW Tertiary Educational Scholarship.

In the Geelong Netball League, Colac’s Abby Hay won 17 & Under Division 1 from equal runners-up Amahni Harrison (Colac) and Mia Aitken (St Mary’s) while Annette Flaherty (Colac) won Division 2 from South Barwon’s Shakira Dymke.

In 15 & Under Division 1 Newtown & Chilwell’s Ayisha Balogun won from South Barwon’s Emily McCormick and South Barwon’s Riley Miles won Division 2 from Grovedale’s Lylah Rickard.

Lily Sherman (South Barwon) took out the 13 & Under Division 1 award from Grovedale’s Lyla Irvine and in Division 2, Stevie Mooney (Newtown & Chilwell) fought off some fierce competition from six runners-up – Ashlyn Brookes (South Barwon), Eloise Butcher (St Mary’s), Isla Walter (Grovedale), Paetyn Diamond (Bell Park), Stella Foley (Colac) and Lyla Irvine (Grovedale).