2023 MLDFC AWARDS | JUNIORS

by Megan Billerwell | Oct 17, 2023 | Feature, General, Juniors

Congratulations to all of our Junior award winners for season 2023!

Our junior teams are all gifted a highly prestigious Lofty Legends Award donated by the Lofty Legends Group.

LOFTY LEGEND AWARD |
The Lofty Legends Group Team Award is a prestigious recognition aimed at supporting the culture of the club within the “One Club – All In” approach.  
Donated by the ‘Lofty Legends Group’ who continue to do an enormous amount of work around the club, including maintaining the premiership boards, organising reunion days, oval preparation during off season, and every week, tidying up the arena, blower vaccing, preparing the fire pit as a very brief example. They make the money for their group and these trophies by things like collecting cans from every home game and taking them to Scouts collection. 
It is presented to a player who, like the LLG, is dedicated to the team and the club and is heavily committed to their own improvement and that of the team and the club. They are also persistent and determined and treat everybody with respect, while respecting all aspects of the club.
It is selected by each team’s coaching panel and is donated by the Lofty Legends Group, which maintains the contact of former players, coaches, volunteers and supporters with the club, while supporting the club in various ways including maintenance and any other tasks required. 
The “Legends” term refers to the wonderful stories of the clubs in the areas which have gone before us – Aldgate, Crafers, Heathfield, Heathfield Aldgate United and Stirling.

U18 BOYS | HFL
Best & Fairest – Raphin Scharpf
Runner Up B&F – Jakkrit Scharpf
Lofty Legends Award – Tom Wilson
Leading Goal Kicker – Hugo Gibson
Finals MVP – Hugo Gibson
Best First Year U18 – Angus Bilsborow
Coaches MVP – Peter Bowen

U17 GIRLS | HFL
Best & Fairest – Phoebe Neck
Runner Up B&F – Lily Smart
Lofty Legends Award – Zoe Beare
Most Photogenic Player – Cecilia Kilkenny-Jones
Most Improved – Rileigh Abbott
Players Player – Airleas Bogdanovic

U16 BOYS | HFL
Best & Fairest – Cooper Borneman
Runner Up B&F – Christian Whitwell 
Lofty Legends Award – James Clarke
Most Improved – Fletcher Griffin
Leading Goal Kicker – Zeke Hemming
Most Consistent– Oliver Glover

U15 GIRLS | SANFL
Best & Fairest – Sienna Bevan
Best & Fairest – Zoe Redin
Runner Up B&F – Georgina Cordes-Harvey
Lofty Legends Award – Farah Watson
Best Personal Effort– Ivy Jordans
Best Team Person – Lucy Paterson
Highest Goal Scorer – Maddi Nuss

U14 BOYS | HFL
Best & Fairest – James Wissell
Runner Up B&F – Daly Olthoff
Lofty Legends Award – James Hage
Most Dedicated – Archie Helgeson
Best First Year Player – Caleb Lamshed
Most Consistent– Thomas Ryan

U13 GIRLS | SANFL
Best & Fairest – Lily Braddock
Runner Up B&F – Lily Sandland
Runner Up B&F – Maggie Robinson
Lofty Legends Award – Kirrilly Borneman
Most Courageous – Chloe Grilli
Most Improved – Lyla Neck
Most Consistent – Lily Exposto

U12 RED | HFL
Best & Fairest – Ben Logan
Runner Up B&F – Samuel Hawkes
Lofty Legends Award – William Wright
Leading Goal Kicker – Lenny Wheatley
Best Defender – Jacob Brumby
R.E.D.S. Award – Johan Turnbull

U12 WHITE | HFL
Best & Fairest – Hayden John
Runner Up B&F – Liam Martin
Lofty Legends Award – Harry Wissell
Al’s MVT – George Walsh
Rising Star – Archie Ellson
Strongest Defender – Ethan Kohler