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2008 GRIFFITH AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL CLUB AWARDS
Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Griffith Ex-Servicemen's Club
Major Sponsor: Griffith Ex-Servicemen's Club
FOOTBALL
Senior grade
Best & Fairest: Craig Conlan
Runner-up: Michael Duncan
Most Consistent: Brett Owen
Most Improved: James Smith
Best Utility (Fergie King Memorial): Jason Bertacco
Most Goals Kicked: Craig Conlan
Coach’s Award: Simon Spiers
Reserve grade
Best & Fairest: Chris McGann
Runner-up: Graham Foley
Most Consistent: Rhys Best
Most Improved: Luke Catanzariti
Best Utility: Mitch McDonell
Most Goals Kicked: Daniel Keenan
Coach’s Award: Cameron Harrison
Under 18's
Best & Fairest: Dylan Bruce
Runner-up: Hayden Shaw
Most Consistent: Sam Wood
Most Improved: Brock Hutchinson
Best Utility: Oliver Delves
Most Goals Kicked (Brian Files Memorial): Hayden Heath, Glen Snaidero & Jack Tyrell
Most Promising Player (Ronnie Williams Memorial): Glen Snaidero
Encouragement Award (Fred Owen Memorial Shield): Bill Tyrell
Coach’s Award: Jack Tyrell
NETBALL
A grade
Best & Fairest: Diane White
Players’ Player: Karen Conlan
Coach’s Award: Lani Houston
B grade
Best & Fairest: Alison Ward
Players’ Player: Louise Martin
Coach’s Award: Louise Martin
C grade
Best & Fairest: Kim Savage
Players’ Player: Katrina West
Coach’s Award: Hannah Toscan
Juniors
Best & Fairest: Peta Larkin
Players’ Player: Ellen John
Coach’s Award: Michelle Polkinghorne
SPECIAL AWARDS
Most Conscientious Player/Clubperson (Joan Hicks Memorial): Richelle Turner
Club Person of the Year (Bill Simmons Memorial): Norm Campbell
AFL Volunteer Recognition - 10 years' service: George & Donna Duncan, Damien & Leanne Scott
150 senior games milestone: Myles Bunn & Michael Duncan
100 senior games milestone: Craig Conlan & Simon Spiers
Life Membership: Karen Conlan (200 netball games) & Ernie Wade.
Swans recognise their top players at presentation night
The Griffith Swans held their annual presentation night, with several prestigious awards handed out during a night celebrating good efforts on the football field and the netball courts. Top of the list of awards was a life membership awarded to Karen Conlan. Conlan is the only female to have played more than 200 games for the club. Ernie Wade also received a life membership and was joined on the stage by other special awarded recipients, including Norm Campbell, Rishelle Turner and Di White.
Club president George Duncan thanked all the club's sponsors for the past season, saying without them they wouldn't not to able to run the club as well as what they have in the past 12 months. After a year of rebuilding senior player stocks from local juniors, the club has already recruited a couple of key position players to add onto the young list including defender Matt Noonan from Wagga Tigers as a joint assistant coach and Aaron Cocks a full forward / mid fielder from the Golden Rivers League who is looking forward to next season. The Area News - Wednesday, October 29, 2008
