BFL: Edwards claims fourth Henderson Medal

REDAN'S Jarrod Edwards is the Ballarat Football League best and fairest for a fourth consecutive year.He polled 22 votes to capture an unprecedented fourth Henderson Medal tonight.He was six votes clear of Ben Taylor from Lake Wendouree and East Ballarat's Tom Blackford.Earlier in the evening, Edwards was also named The Courier player of the year.FINAL LEADERS' BOARD22 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)16 Ben Taylor (Lake Wendouree)16 Tom Blackford* (East Point)15 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)13 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)12 Brendan Peace (Redan)11 Jason Delaney (East Point)11 Kirk Doyle (Darley)ROUND-BY-ROUND VOTINGROUND 1Ballarat v Lake Wendouree3 N. Pring (LW)2 C. Thornton (B)1 R. Gregg (LW)Darley v Melton South3 J. Clark (D)2 B.Robbins (D)1 D. Antonowicz (MS)East Point v North Ballarat City 3 T. Blackford (EP)2 D. Jordan (EP)1 A. Clarke (NBC)Sebastopol v Redan3 M. Hyden ( R)2 J. Edwards ( R)1 A. Barker ( R)Sunbury v Bacchus Marsh3 M. O'Reilly (S)2 R. Sleight (S)1 B. Chambers (S)ROUND 2Bacchus Marsh v Darley3 B. Robbins (D)2 T. Shea (BM)1 G. Miller (D)Lake Wendouree v East Point3 Daniel McMahon (LW)2 S. Kitchen (EP)1 J. Delaney (EP)Melton South v Melton3 M. Sullivan (MS)2 Mathew Sutton (MS)1 A. Webber (M) North Ballarat City v Sebastopol3 A. Bird (NBC)2 D. Ross-Smith (NBC)1 Cam Richardson (NBC)Redan v Ballarat3 B. Anderson (B)2 R. Allan (B)1 Tristan May (B)ROUND 3Melton v Bacchus Marsh3 C. Gordon (M)2 John Prudek (M)1 T. Bray (BM)Sebastopol v Lake Wendouree3 Chris McGuigan (LW)2 Matt Battistello (LW)1 Nathan Pring (LW)North Ballarat City v Redan 3 R. Waight ( R)2 A. Bird (NBC)1 S. Giblett* ( R)East Point v Ballarat3 J. Delaney (EP)2 M. Phelps (EP)1 T. Netherway (EP)Darley v Sunbury3 McGill (D)2 K. Doyle (D)1 L. James (S)ROUND 4Ballarat v Sebastopol3 S. Harkin (B)2 C. Grills (B)1 A. Brennan (B)Bacchus Marsh v Melton South3 D. Antowicz (MS)2 T. Shea (BM)1 M. Sutton (MS)Lake Wendouree v North Ballarat City 3 B. Taylor (LW)2 D. Weymouth (LW)1 M. Batitstello (LW)Sunbury v Melton3 M. O'Reilly (S) 2 R. Sleight (S)1 L. James (S)East Point v Redan3 T. Blackford* (EP)2 M. Phelps (EP)1 R. Waight (R) ROUND 5Ballarat v North Ballarat City 3 A. Sewell (B)2 S. Cameron (B)1 A. Brennan (B)Melton South v Sunbury3 J. Lobb (S)2 D. Sahlberg (S)1 M. Sutton (MS)Sebastopol v East Point3 G. Phelps (EP)2 J. Fraser (EP)1 D. Jordan (EP)Melton v Darley3 K. Doyle (D)2 B. Porter (M)1 T. Stephenson (D)ROUND 6Darley v Sebastopol3 B. Miller (D)2 G. Miller (D)1 S. Carlton (D)Melton v East Point3 C. Banwell (EP)2. X. Bourke (EP)1 D. Jordan (EP)North Ballarat City v Melton South3 M. Sutton (MS)2 A. Christofaro (MS)1. A. Richardson (NBC) Redan v Lake Wendouree3 J. Edwards (R) 2 M. Pitt (R) 1 M. Foster (LW)Sunbury v Ballarat3 J. Lobb (S)2 P. Caris (S)1 J. Elliott (S)PROGRESSIVE LEADERSAFTER SIX ROUNDS7 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)6 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)6 Mark O'Reilly (Sunbury)6 Tom Blackford* (East Point)5 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)ROUND 7Melton South v Sebastopol3 M. Sutton (MS)2 B. Peters (MS)1 D. Hunter (MS)North Ballarat City v Bacchus Marsh3 D. Tanti (BM)2 T. Bray (BM)1 A. Bird (NBC)Redan v Darley3 C. Urch* (D)2 K. Doyle (D)1 R. Cheevers (D)Lake Wendouree v Melton3 M. Foster (LW)2 B. Taylor (LW)1 D. Weymouth (LW)East Point v Sunbury3 D. Sahlberg (S)2 T. Blackford* (EP)1 J. Discher (EP)ROUND 8Ballarat v Darley3 S. Cameron (B)2 S. Newton (D) 21 A. Sewell (B)Bacchus Marsh v Redan3 J. Edwards (R) 2 I. Smith (R) 1 N. Blomeley (R) Melton South v East Point3 D. Jordan (EP)2 A. Jennings (EP)1 S. Kitchen (EP)Sebastopol v Melton3 D. Stanley (M)2 C. Cooper (S)1 C. Searle (M)Sunbury v Lake Wendouree3 J. Lobb (S)2 B. Taylor (LW)1 S. Driscoll (LW)ROUND 9Darley v North Ballarat City 3 S. Newton (D)2 C. Urch* (D)1 M. Doyle (NBC)Melton v Ballarat3 B. Porter (M)2 S. Grenfell (M) 1 T. May (B)Lake Wendouree v Melton South3 M. Battistello (LW)2 B. Taylor (LW)1 C. McGuigan (LW)Redan v Sunbury3 S. Nicholson (R) 2 M. Pitt (R) 1 B. Peace (R) Sebastopol v Bacchus Marsh3 M. Porter (S)2 B. Dean (S)1 J. Holt (BM)ROUND 10Ballarat v Melton South3 T. May (B)2 M. Sutton (MS)1 N. Garner (B)Darley v Lake Wendouree3 B. Taylor (LW)2 R. Gregg (LW)1 M. Battistello (LW)East Point v Bacchus Marsh3 J. Fraser (EP)2 J. Delaney (EP)1 T. Peterson (EP)Melton v Redan3 B. Dickinson (R) 2 B. Peace (R) 1 J. Edwards (R) Sunbury v North Ballarat City 3 J. Petran (S)2 B. Chambers (S)1 J. Elliott (S)ROUND 11Bacchus Marsh v Ballarat3 A. Sewell (B)2 C. Grills (B)1 M. Nunn (B)East Point v Darley3 T. Blackford* (EP)2 R. Cheevers (D)1 J. Discher (D)Melton South v Redan3 J. Edwards (R) 2 B. Peace (R) 1 M. Pitt (R) Sunbury v Sebastopol3 B. Chambers (Sun)2 M. Powell (Seb)1 M. Porter (Seb)North Ballarat City v Melton3 H. Rueben (NBC)2 J. McDermott (NBC)1 A. Kickett (NBC)ROUND 12Melton v Sunbury3 D. Sahlberg (S)2 J. Elliott (S)1 R. Sleight (S)Lake Wendouree v Bacchus Marsh3 H. Pyke (LW)2.C. McGuigan (LW)1 T. Shea (BM)Sebastopol v North Ballarat City 3 M. Porter (S)2 T. Eltringham (NBC)1 M. Doyle (NBC)Darley v Ballarat3 J. Edwards (D)2 B. Robbins (D)1 A. Sewel (B)Melton South v Lake Wendouree3 B. Taylor (LW)2 R. Grigg (LW)1 M. Battistello (LW)Redan v East Point3 J. Edwards (R) 2 M. Pitt (R) 1 S. Kitchen (EP)PROGRESSIVE LEADERSAFTER 12 ROUNDS15 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)15 Ben Taylor (Redan)12 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)11 Tom Blackford* (East Point)9 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)ROUND 13Ballarat v East Point3 A. Jennings (EP)2 D. Thompson (B)1 A. Sewell (B)Bacchus Marsh v Melton3 D. Hall (BM)2 T. Shea (BM)1 G. Ryan (BM)Lake Wendouree v Sebastopol3 A. Ebery (LW)2 C. McGuigan (LW)1 S. Williamson (LW)North Ballarat City v Sunbury3. J. Lobb (S)2 R Hurst (S)1 K. Wood (NBC)ROUND 14Darley v Melton3 R. Cheevers (D) 32 K. Doyle (D) 1 C. Gordon (M)East Point v Sebastopol3 J. Delaney (EP)2 T. Blackford* (EP)1 S. Jenkins (S)Sunbury v Melton South3 J. Petran (S)2 D. Sahlberg (S)1 C. Senerrick (MS)Redan v North Ballarat City 3 J. Edwards (R) 2 B. Peace (R) 1 A. Barker (R) ROUND 15Lake Wendouree v Sunbury3 B. Anderson (LW)2 B. Sutherland (S)1 B. Olszewski (LW)Melton v Melton South3 C. Gordon (M)2 B. Peters (MS) 1M. Sutton (MS)Redan v Bacchus Marsh3 B. Peace (R) 2 J. Edwards (R) 1 M. Pitt (R) Sebastopol v Darley3 B. Whelan (D)2 K. Doyle (D)1 R. Cheevers (D)North Ballarat City v Ballarat3 A. Richardson (NBC)2 T. May (B)1 A. Bird (NBC)PROGRESSIVE LEADERSAFTER 15 ROUNDS20 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)15 Ben Taylor (Lake Wendouree)13 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)13 Tom Blackford* (East Point)12 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)ROUND 16Lake Wendouree v Redan3 N. Pring (LW)2 B. Peace (R) 1 B. Taylor (LW)Melton South v Darley3 J. Edwards (D)2 A. Leggett (MS)1 B. Dryden (D)Sebastopol v Ballarat3 S. Jenkins (S) 2 B. Walsh (B)1 J. Porter (S)Bacchus Marsh v East Point3 T. Blackford* (EP)2 D. Jordan (EP)1 C. Banwell (EP)PROGRESSIVE LEADERSAFTER 16 ROUNDS20 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)16 Ben Taylor (Lake Wendouree)16 Tom Blackford* (East Point)13 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)12 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)12 Brendan Peace (Redan)ROUND 17Ballarat v Melton3 J. Hill (B)2 C. Grills (B)1 R. Allan (B)Darley v Bacchus Marsh3 S. Newton (D)2 T. Shea (BM)1 C. Urch* (D)Melton South v North Ballarat City 3 B. Peters (MS)2 D. Grenfell (MS)1 S. White (MS) Redan v Sebastopol3 M. Hydon (R) 2 J. Edwards (R) 1 L. Ryall (R) Sunbury v East Point3 B. Chambers (S)2 L. James (S)1 J. Petran (S)PROGRESSIVE LEADERSAFTER 17 ROUNDS22 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)16 Ben Taylor (Lake Wendouree)16 Tom Blackford* (East Point)13 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)12 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)12 Brendan Peace (Redan)ROUND 18Ballarat v Redan3 L. Smith (R) 2 D. Horbury (R) 1 S. Giblett (R) Bacchus Marsh v Sunbury3 J. Lobb (S)2 B. Sutherland (S)1 L. James (S)East Point v Melton SouthS. Kitchen (EP)2 J. Delaney (EP)C. Banwell (EP)Melton v Lake Wendouree3 C. Gordon (M)2 H. Cartledge (LW)1 A. Hunter (M) North Ballarat City v Darley3 R. Cheevers (D)2 B. Robbins (D)1 A. Bird (NBC)* ineligibleFINAL LEADERS' BOARD22 Jarrod Edwards (Redan)16 Ben Taylor (Lake Wendouree)16 Tom Blackford* (East Point)15 Jamie Lobb (Sunbury)13 Mathew Sutton (Melton South)12 Brendan Peace (Redan)11 Jason Delaney (East Point)11 Kirk Doyle (Darley)OTHER BEST AND FAIRESTSSENIORSNETBALL BALLARAT'S Pam Virgo is the BFL senior netball best and fairest.She polled 28 votes to win by just two from Lake Wendouree’s Kate Slattery.Virgo and Slattery went head and head for the closing rounds.Virgo, who is not at the count, led by just one after 15 rounds and it stayed this way after each was judged best-on-court in the next round.Then with one round to go, it was Virgo by three votes.She did not figure among the votes in the last game against Redan, but Slattery could only manage one vote.Sam Den Ouden, of Lake Wendouree was the leading goalscorer and was also honoured for having the highest tally for a game. FINAL LEADERS’ BOARD28 Pam Virgo (Ballarat)26 Kate Slattery (Lake Wendouree)21 Emma Henry (Redan)21 Jaclyn Verbeek (Darley)19 Meg Gilbert (East Point)19 Ebony Place (East Point)17 Bronwyn Coffey (Darley)15 Lauren Gilchrist (Sunbury)RESERVESFOOTBALLMelton South veteran Tim Wood has won his second George King Medal for the best and fairest player in the reserves.Wood first took out the award in 2007.He was a runaway winner with 23 votes.FINAL LEADERS’ BOARD23 Tim Wood (Melton South)15 Jason Clarke (Darley)14 Joel Dodd (East Point)10 Kiernan McCunnie (Redan)10 Shane Undy (Melton)10 Drew Layton (East Point)NETBALLREDAN’S Steph Burns has clinched the reserves netball best and fairest with two votes in the last home and away round.Casey Gilbert, of East Point, led by one going into the last game.However, she did not poll.Burns finished on 25 votes – one ahead of Gilbert.FINAL LEADERS’ BOARD25 Steph Burns (Redan)24 Casey Gilbert (East Point)20 Mel Gale (Lake Wendouree)18 Sarah Reymen (Ballarat)17 Cassie Shinners (Ballarat)15 Megan Canaway (North Ballarat City)16 Karissa Buttigieg (Darley)16 Melaea Fonua (Bacchus Marsh)UNDER-18.5FOOTBALLLAKE Wendouree’s Alec Wiltshire is the under-18.5 best and fairest.He received 18 votes.Mark Freeth (Sunbury) and Sam Howard (North Ballarat City) were joint runners-up on 15 votes.FINAL LEADERS’ BOARD18 Alec Wiltshire (Lake Wendouree)15 Mark Freeth (Sunbury)15 Sam Howard (North Ballarat City)14 Ryan Pompe (East Point)13 Jesse Dundon (Redan)11 Levi Cox (North Ballarat City)NETBALLUNDER-18.5LAKE Wendouree’s Gina McCartin and Sophie Caldow from Ballarat have shared the under-18.5 best and fairest.Each received 27 votes in tonight’s count.With three rounds to go, just three votes separated six players, with McCartin leading by one.McCartin and Caldow then each received three votes stay one apart.The battle hotted up as each had 24 votes with the one game to go.The pair then finished on highs with three votes apiece.FINAL LEADERS’ BOARD27 Gina McCartin (Lake Wendouree)27 Sophie Caldow (Ballarat)22 A. Draffin (Sebastopol)21 A. Vagg (Redan)18 J. Baboth (Sunbury)18 M. O’Brien (Ballarat)17 B. Smith (North Ballarat City) 15 E. Cahir (Redan)THE COURIER BEST PLAYER AWARDThree-time Henderson Medallist Jarrod Edwards, of Redan, was named The Courier player of the year.CHAMPION CLUBEast Point