South Barwon teammates Matt Caldow and Fraser Fort have shared the Mathieson Medal for the best player in the Geelong Football League.
Fort held a two-vote lead over his South Barwon captain going into the final round, with Caldow polling two votes in the final round to tie it up on 22 votes each.
Colac’s Bailey Scott was next with 19 votes with Leopold star Logan Wagener and Grovedale big man Ryan Abbott on 17.
In the A Grade Netball, St Joseph’s goaler Emma Buwalda won from last year’s winner Ellen Doyle to win her first medal.
Buwalda polled 34 votes, seven clear of Doyle with Geelong West’s Karina Martin, Bell Park’s Emma Hawker and Newtown & Chilwell defender Ruby Pekin-Schlicht all tied on 18.
The Jim and Bill Allthorpe medal for the reserves football was a tie with Newtown & Chilwell’s Archie Lazzaro and Leopold’s Kyle Bumpstead each polling 17 votes with Colac’s Lochlan Veale and St Mary’s Ty Williams next on 15.
In B Grade netball, Bell Park’s Ebony Cappock won with 20 votes from Colac’s Monika Hammond on 18.
Abbey Chapman of Geelong West won C Grade with 21 votes from Candice Bull (Leopold) and Cassidy Moore (Newtown & Chilwell) next on 20.
In D Grade, St Joseph’s Sophie King was a runaway winner with a huge 41 votes from Jessica Geary (Newtown & Chilwell) on 23.
Lara’s Joanne Greagan won E Grade with 21 votes from Elsa Rauter (St Mary’s) and Peta Nicholls(Grovedale) on 18.
