Stars of the Central West celebrated: AFL CW Presentation Night

AFL Central West’s night of nights was held Friday evening. Commemorated on the evening were the Best & Fairest winners in addition to the volunteer awards. Below is a recap of the winners:
Best and Fairest:
Under-12s:
- Harvey Shepherd (Orange Tigers) – 19 votes
- Aaron Hall (Cowra Blues) – 12
- Archer Ryan (Bathurst Giants Ward) – 11
Under-14s:
- Will Chamberlain (Orange Tigers) – 14 votes
- Jake Roberts (Cowra Blues) – 12
- Matthew Brown (Orange Tigers) – 10
Under-17s:
- Zac Yandle (Bathurst Giants) – 5 votes
- Angus Easey (Orange Tigers) – 4
- Max Bylsma (Orange Tigers) – 3
Youth Girls:
- Teagan Germech (Bathurst Giants) – 13 votes
- Rhiani Rozga (Bathurst Giants) – 6
- Anna Macpherson (Orange Tigers), Elizabeth Gibson (Orange Tigers), Dakota Nugent (Bathurst Giants) – 4
Senior Women’s:
- Matilda Flood (Bathurst Giants) – 14 votes
- Erin Naden (Orange Tigers) – 11
- Bethanie Durham (Bathurst Bushrangers) – 10
Senior Men’s:
- Bill Watterson (Bathurst Bushrangers Rebels) – 14
- Harry Bowden (Bathurst Bushrangers Rebels) – 12
- Paul Jenkins (Bathurst Giants), Ben Horn (Bushrangers Outlaws), Peter Grundy (Bushrangers Outlaws), Bevan Charlton-White – 10
Outstanding on-field achievements:
- Eloise Hiller-Stanbrook (Parkes Panthers) – Selection in Eastern Allies side for the 2019 AFLW Under-18s National Championships, selection to attend the AFLW Draft Combine
- Scott Brown (Bathurst Bushrangers Rebels) – GWS Academy, debuted for the GWS Giants NEAFL side, GWS GIANTS Academy Carbine Club Scholarship recipient, selection in AFL NSW/ACT Rams Under-17s team
Leading Goal-kicker:
Senior Women’s:
Danita Lane (Bathurst Giants – 23
Senior Men’s
Paul Jenkins (Bathurst Giants) – 44
Volunteer awards:
Coach of the Year:
Junior Coach:
Michael Sloan (Bathurst Giants)
Senior Coach:
Ben Rodin (Cowra Blues)
Umpire of the Year:
Junior Umpire:
Jayden Waddell (Bathurst Bushrangers)
Senior Umpire:
Geoff Day (Cowra Blues)
Volunteer of the Year:
Merinda Roll (Dubbo Junior AFL) – AFL CW winner, AFL NSW/ACT state winner
Club Merit Awards:
Michael Sloan (Bathurst Giants)
Frank Bright (Cowra Blues)
AFL NSW/ACT Merit Award:
Michael Sloan (Bathurst Giants) – outstanding service to AFL in the Central West over 20+ seasons.
Congratulations to all the award winners from the 2019 AFL Central West season.
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- Cowra Blues enjoying the festivities
- Orange Tigers ladies celebrating presentation night
- Orange Tigers ladies celebrating presentation night
- Bathurst Bushrangers having a great night out with two award winners
- Bill Watterson: AFL CW Senior Men’s Best & Fairest
- GWS GIANTS Development Squad
- Mick Sloan: Club and State Merit award winner
- Paul Jenkins accepting his award for leading goalkicker
- Graeme Grundy announcing the Men’s Awards
- Bathurst Giants Paul Jenkins: Senior Men’s Leading Goalkicker and Giants Danita Lane: Senior Women’s Leading Goalkicker
- Senior Coach of the Year nominees: Liz Kennedy (Giants), and Ben Rodin (Blues) with Life Member Tony Lewis
- Junior Coach of the Year nominees: Ben Rodin (on behalf of Marc Hyland), Mick Sloan, Jason Molkentin, and Nathan Totten
- Chris and Sarah Day accepting the Senior Umpire of the Year on behalf of Geoff Day
- Jayden Waddell: Junior Umpire of the Year
- Teagan Germech: Youth Girls Best & Fairest
- A large crowd gathered for the 2019 AFL CW Presentation Evening
- Harvey Shephard: Under-12s Best & Fairest
- Will Chamberlain: Under-14s Best & Fairest
- Teagan Germech accepting her medal as Youth Girls Best & Fairest
- Zac Yandle: Under-17s Best & Fairest
- All smiles early: Bathurst Bushrangers President Alex Sparks with his club awaiting the start of the 2019 AFL CW Presentation Evening