Joint Hepburn Medal winners as the 2024 EDFA League fairest and best, Kaine Buckley from Esperance and Patrick Jannings from Gibson are congratulated by Peter Hepburn.
The Esperance District Football Association night of nights, the Hepburn Medal, saw a close count where only three votes separated the top four placegetters on Saturday.
Kaine Buckley picked up his third Hepburn Medal after wins in 2021 and 2022 as Patrick Jannings collected his second medal to complement his 2019 victory.
Buckley joins Esperance Football Club’s Ryan Neill (2001,07,08) as a three-time Hepburn Medalist.
The pair could not be split after 12 rounds on 25 votes, as Jannings’ team mate Aogan McCallion was one vote away in third place and Tim Bockman from Ports a further two votes behind.
The highlight of the evening was the presentation of EDFA Life Membership to current President Stuart Tholstrup.
Photos: Peter Luberda
Stuart Tholstrup was inducted as a Life Member of the Esperance District Football Association by fellow Life Member Colin McArthur at the Hepburn Medal awards ceremony on Saturday evening.Scott McArthur from Newtown-Condingup is commended by long time Esperance Football Club trainer Frank Murray in winning the medal in his honour for this season’s EDFA A- Reserves fairest and best. It was McArthur’s second Frank Murray Medal win after being Successful in 2022.Alysha Castelli from the Gibson Football Club won this season Crawford Medal for the fairest and best player in the 2024 EDFA Women’s competition.Ports football Luke Maloney won the McArthur Medal as the fairest and best player in the EDFA Colts for season 2024.EDFA Umpires Association President Ash Weckert presents the 2024 Umpire of the Year award to Danny Bertola.The joint winners of the 2024 Kym ‘Freddy’ Curnow Footballer of the Year as voted by the club presidents were Tim Bockman from the Ports Football Club and Patrick Jannings from the Gibson Football Club.Riley Mayfield was awarded the 2024 Tom Quinlivan Medal as the EDFA’s fairest and best player at the Great Southern Colts Carnival.Scott McArthur with Ash Bowman and Callum Maganotti.Alysha Castelli with Hayley Hill and Kathryn Jennings.Keenan Rymers, Luke Maloney and Nate Thomas-Magee.
