DIVISION 2 MEDAL COUNT LIVE BLOG

Division 2 Live Blog for the J. FULLERTON MEDAL:
Congratulation to David West who wins the J. Fullerton Medal as the best and fairest player in Division 2 on 21 votes in an unbelievably close count. West secured the three votes in the last round of the season to win by one from Seb Mahoney on 20 votes. Last years Division 3 medallist James Musster was third with 19 votes. 
West polled in 10 games of the season with the other place getters all polling in 8 games. Interestingly Jarrod Egglestone also polled in 10 matches but didn’t have the big three votes games like West did. 
Here is the top 20 at the end of the count:
21 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
20 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
19 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
18 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
18 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
18 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
17 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
17 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
15 Matthew Fletcher Monash Gryphons    
15 Sean Miller Old Paradians    
14 Daniel Mahony Old Paradians    
14 Paul Donahoo Prahran Assumption    
12 Steven Aquilina South Melbourne Districts    
11 Angelo Rendina Old Paradians    
11 David Boundy Old Paradians    
10 Samuel Whiteside Old Eltham Collegians    
10 Paul FLORANCE Bulleen Templestowe    
10 Clint Mackie Monash Gryphons    
9 Nathan Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
8 Adam Sleight Prahran Assumption    
8 Sabastian Ciavola Old Eltham Collegians
Round 17: Seb Mahoney takes BOG honours from his match against Monash Gryphons to storm to the top of the leader board with five votes from his past two rounds. Four players can still win outright going in to the final round with six others a chance to tie Mahoney on 20 votes. Could we have a seven-way tie? The seven players in contention are all from different clubs!
20 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
19 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
18 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
18 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
17 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
17 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
17 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons  
With just two rounds to go we have eight players within three votes of the lead. The top three didn’t poll that round but 2 votes to Seb Mahoney of South Melbourne Districts and a maximum three to Kye Cherian of Monash Gryphons has them both in contention now on 17 votes, just two votes off out leader James Musster.
19 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
18 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
18 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
17 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
17 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
17 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
16 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians  

Round 15 a couple of two vote games from James Musster has the reigning Peter Hutchinson Medallist in the box seat to claim back to back medals in different sections. Will he add the Fullerton to his trophy room? He’ll have a tougher battle than last year when he streaked the field to win by 11 votes. Paul Baranello collects one vote to be within striking distance, just 2 votes off the pace. Sam Richardson can’t score 
19 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
18 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
18 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
17 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
16 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
15 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons  
Round 14 and former J. Fullerton medallist (2009) Paul Barranello secures another three votes for Emmaus St Leo’s, could he win a second Fullerton? He is just two votes off the lead on a tight leader board.  There are six players within 2 votes of the lead. Both Cherbakof and West get two votes to be joint leaders on 18 votes. 
18 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
18 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
17 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
16 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
16 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
13 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
12 Paul Donahoo Prahran Assumption    
12 Steven Aquilina South Melbourne Districts

We now have a four-way tie! This is incredibly close as Cherbakof collects a couple of votes from Bulleen Templestowe’s win against St Mary’s Salesian to join Eggleston and Richardson on top. Taking the three from that game was David West. He also joins the leaders on 16 votes at the end of round 13.
16 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
16 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
16 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
15 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
13 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos

We now have a four-way tie! This is incredibly close as Cherbakof collects a couple of votes from Bulleen Templestowe’s win against St Mary’s Salesian to join Eggleston and Richardson on top. Taking the three from that game was David West. He also joins the leaders on 16 votes at the end of round 13.
16 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
16 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
16 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
15 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
13 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos
Jarrod Egglestone from Therry Penola has picked up the three votes to share the lead after 12 rounds. He is of course the reigning Fullerton Medal winner. He won last year with 29 votes, he would need to turn it on to reach that number now. Egglestone shares the lead with Samuel Richardson who didn’t poll in that round.
16 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
15 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
14 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
13 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
13 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos  
At the end of Round 11 Sam Richardson takes a one vote lead over James Musster. St Mary’s Salesian’s David West collects three votes to move within four votes of the lead. 
16 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
15 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
14 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons   
13 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
13 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
12 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
12 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts  

Round 10 is complete and James Musster with two votes moves to equal first. Can he win back-to-back competition best and fairests? He won last year in Prahran Assumptions perfect season in Division 3. Paul Baranello polls three votes against Therry Penola.
15 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
15 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
14 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
14 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
13 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
13 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
12 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
9 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
8 Angelo Rendina Old Paradians    
8 Paul Donahoo Prahran Assumption  

Some incredibly high scoring games from players early as our top six all are in double figures. However is Old Eltham’s Samuel Richardson who leads the way on 15 votes at present. He has polled in 6 of the first nine games of the season and has a one vote lead over Kristian Cherbakof of Bulleen Templestowe. 
Here is the top 15 after the first 9 rounds of the season. 
15 Samuel Richardson Old Eltham Collegians    
14 Kristian Cherbakof Bulleen Templestowe    
13 James Musster Prahran Assumption    
12 Jarrod Egglestone Therry Penola    
12 Sebastian Mahoney South Melbourne Districts    
10 Paul Baranello Emmaus St Leos    
9 David West St Mary’s Salesian    
8 Paul Donahoo Prahran Assumption    
8 Kye Cherian Monash Gryphons    
7 Paul FLORANCE Bulleen Templestowe    
7 Steven Aquilina South Melbourne Districts    
6 Angelo Rendina Old Paradians    
6 Daniel Mahony Old Paradians    
5 Brenton Egglestone Therry Penola    
5 Jack McMeel La Trobe University  

Thank you for joining us on this live blog of the Division 2 vote count for the Fullerton Medal. The Division 2 count will start just after 9.00pm
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