Current and former junior girls and boys players and parents acknowledged award recipients and celebrated the 2016 season recently.

A summary of the final placings for the girls and boys teams is available in the article ‘Success: how did you team finish in 2016?‘

Club awards

  • Ron Roberts Medal (Best Clubman) – Laurence Quarisa (Under 14 Boys)
  • The Anne Sergeant Medal (Best Clubwoman) – Keeley Menz (Under 15 Girls)

Boys awards

2016 Boys Award Winners
Pictured are boys award winners, left to right, AUSC Junior Coordinator Kevin Holohan, Henry Moseley (B&F Under 12 Reece Jones Medal), Jack Bolongaita (B&F Under 13 George Tan Medal), Helmut Kopp. Neil Mazumdar (B&F Under 14 Helmut Kopp Medal), Ron Roberts, Aidan Banks (B&F Under 16 Dom Rinaldo Medal), Dom Rinaldo, Jack Duxbury (B&F Under 15 Rodney Marks Medal) and Rodney Marks.

Under 9 Miniroos

  • Best & Fairest – Tom Rose
  • Runner-up – Luca Bosio
  • Most Improved – Samuel Jackson
  • Coaches Award – Yusef Ahmed

Under 12 Boys

  • Best & Fairest The Reece Jones Medal – Henry Moseley
  • Runner-up B&F – Bongani Mhlanga
  • Most Improved – Levi Wilson
  • Golden Boot – Henry Moseley (43)

Under 13 Boys

  • Best & Fairest ‘The George Tan Medal’ – Jack Bolongaita
  • Runner-up B&F – Jem Ziersch-O’Connor
  • Most Improved – Joseph Neate
  • Golden Boot – Jeremy Hanin

Under 14 Boys

  • Best & Fairest ‘The Helmut Kopp Medal’ – Neil Mazumdar
  • Runner up B&F – Ethan Schwerdt
  • Most Improved – Will Steen
  • Golden Boot – Ethan Schwerdt

Under 15 Boys

  • Best & Fairest ‘The Rodney Marks Medal’ – Julian Barbosa

Under 16 Boys

  • Best & Fairest ‘The Dom Rinaldo Medal’ – Christopher Adams
  • Runner-up B&F – Aidan Banks

Girls awards

2016 Girls Award Winners
Pictured are girls award winners, left to right, Ella Thomas (Emi Soulio Medal winner B&F U13s), Ellie Bills, Georgina Toome (Ellie Bills Medal Winner U17s B&F), Deva Kljajic and Piper Cosgrove (U11s Deva Kljajic Medal B&F u11 girls)

Under 11 Girls

  • Deva Kljajic Best & Fairest Medal – Piper Cosgrove
  • Runner-up B&F – Kahlia Netz
  • Most Improved – Carla Campagnolo/Sasha Obushak

Under 13 Girls A

  • Best & Fairest ‘The Emi Soulio Medal’ – Ella Thomas
  • R/Up B& F – Chloe Slee
  • Most Improved – Adena Langos
  • Golden Boot – Talisha Croucher

Under 13 Girls B

  • Best & Fairest – Isabella Iasiello/Chiara Barone
  • Most Improved – Leia Vlahos
  • Golden Boot – Natasha Tu

Under 15 Girls

  • Best & Fairest ‘The Gaby Bentley Medal’ – Eliza Lee
  • Runner-up B&F – Bethany Harms
  • Most Improved – Rebecca Alexander
  • Golden Boot – Bethany Harms

Under 17 Girls A

  • Best & Fairest ‘The Ellie Bills Medal’ – Georgina Toome
  • Runner-up B&F – Caitlin Iuliano
  • Golden Boot – Parris Drakopoulos
  • Players’ Player – Lily Bentley
  • Coaches Award – Grace Bresolin

Under 17 Girls B

  • Best & Fairest – Julia Cupkovic
  • Runner up B&F – Zoe Witkowski
  • Golden Boot – Anna White