The VAFA would like to congratulate all the 2024 League Best & Fairest winners announced on Thursday night’s VAFA Awards Show. Listen to the full show below, featuring interviews with all of the award winners.
VAFA Umpires voted 3-2-1 for the League Best & Fairest Award after every match across the season and the Top 5 vote-getters in each section were tallied as follows.
SENIOR MEN’S LEAGUE BEST & FAIREST TOP 5s
PREMIER B
1. BILLY MURPHY (Old Ivanhoe) 26 votes
2. Christian Algeri (De La Salle) 23
3. James Allen (Old Camberwell) 22
4. Jordan Busuttil (Williamstown CYMS) 20
5. Jack Sheridan (Old Geelong) 15
PREMIER C
1. MATTHEW FEWINGS (Mazenod) 28 votes
2. Christian Carnovale (Hampton Rovers) 26
3. Max Coughlin (Hampton Rovers) 18
4. Mitch Brown (Parkdale Vultures) 17
5. Will Green (Glen Eira/Old McKinnon) 15
DIVISION 1 MEN’s
1. SHAUN CHAPMAN (Prahran) 20 votes
2. Rory Brodie (Prahran) 16
Benedict Douglas (Parkside) 16
4. Jackson Hille (Ormond) 15
Harrison Kennedy (UHS-VU) 15
Kurt Thiele (Old Peninsula) 15
DIVISION 2 MEN’s
1. JUSTIN RAITI (Hawthorn AFC) 20 votes
2. Max Warrick (Whitefriars) 17
3. Charlie Boots (Hawthorn AFC) 16
4. Sam Kieseker (Whitefriars) 13
Marlon Simbolon (Whitefriars) 13
DIVISION 3 MEN’s
1. FLETCHER BANFIELD (Nth Brunswick) 29 votes
2. Benjamin Circosta (Power House) 21
3. Luke Stubbs (Power House) 20
4. Timothy Werner (St John’s) 19
5. Daniel Abou-Karroum (St John’s) 18
MECWACARE MASTERS
1. STEVE CRAPPER (Marcellin) 8 votes
2. Adam Lancaster (Preston) 7
3. Simon Abrahams (Marcellin) 3
Daniel Close (De La Salle) 3
Dustin Cracknell (Marcellin) 3
Jackson Manning (De La Salle) 3
Timothy Montagna (Marcellin) 3
Jason Wood (Marcellin) 3
HOLMESGLEN UNDER 19 PREMIER MEN’s
1. LUCA DI LALLO (University Blues) 17 votes
SACHA DIMACHKI (St Bede’s/Mentone Tigers) 17
3. Mason Szonyi (Old Brighton) 16
4. Carl Ziebarth (University Blues) 14
5. Jake Phillips (Old Scotch) 12
HOLMESGLEN UNDER 19 DIVISION 1 MEN’s
1. CHARLIE KILBURN (Hampton Rovers) 24 votes
2. Archer Simpson (Old Carey) 20
3. Neziah Mora-McDonald (St Bernard’s) 16
4. Seb Suarez (Fitzroy) 15
5. Kai Carrigan (Hampton Rovers) 14
Jasper Waldren (Glen Eira/Old McKinnon) 14
HOLMESGLEN UNDER 19 DIVISION 2 MEN’s
1. SAM WOODS (Old Camberwell) 28 votes
2. Lachlan Webber (Parkside) 14
3. Jonah Guergues (Oakleigh) 13
4. Josh Davidson (Old Camberwell) 12
5. Freddie Askew (Old Camberwell) 11
Ben Carlisle (Old Camberwell) 11
HOLMESGLEN UNDER 19 DIVISION 3 MEN’s
1. Joshua Hine (Ormond) 20 votes
2. Jack Bell (Preston Bullants) 16 votes
Luke Hazeldine (Kew) 16 votes
4. Nick Perizzolo (Preston Bullants) 13 votes
5. Alexander Gebert (Collegians) 12 votes
Ryan Meeuw (Kew) 12 votes
HOLMESGLEN UNDER 19 DIVISION 4 MEN’s
1. Daniel Di Qual (Therry Penola) 11 votes
2. Jude Dannaoui (St Mary’s Salesian) 10 votes
Angus Kenny (St Mary’s Salesian) 10 votes
4. Patrick Gerrand (De La Salle) 8 votes
Liam Greening (St Mary’s Salesian) 8 votes
Samuel Lewis (Beaumaris) 8 votes
Saxon McLennan (Beaumaris) 8 votes
WOMEN’S LEAGUE BEST & FAIREST TOP 5s
PREMIER B
1. BROOKE McKAY (Old Geelong) 28 votes
2. Sarah Thomas (Williamstown CYMS) 17
3. Paris Xerri (St Bede’s/Mentone Tigers) 16
4. Jaime Nelson (Fitzroy) 14
Maddi Wilson (St Bede’s/Mentone Tigers) 14
DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S
1. ALANA PANE (Marcellin) 27 votes
2. Lily Tait (Old Brighton) 23
3. Zoe Glascott (Marcellin) 20
4. Lucy Burgess (Parkdale) 14
Sienna Courtney (Old Brighton) 14
DIVISION 2 WOMEN’S
1. CLARE FERNANDES (Whitefriars) 36 votes
2. Emogen Johnson (Hawthorn AFC) 26
3. Ruby Ford (Oakleigh) 25
4. Sarah Fitzpatrick (Glen Eira/Old McKinnon) 15
5. Anna Jones (Power House) 14
Cecilia McIntosh (Glen Eira/Old McKinnon) 14
DIVISION 3 WOMEN’S
1. ELIZA GERMAN (Therry Penola) 43 votes
2. Poppy Palma (De La Salle) 20
3. Ashton Billing (Wattle Park) 19
Makayla D’Angelo (La Trobe University) 19
5. Lilly Griffiths (Box Hill North) 16
DIVISION 4 WOMEN’S
1. JOHANNAH GRIFFIN (Albert Park) 24 votes
2. Holly Wilson (St Mary’s Salesian) 16
3. Nikki Berto (Elsternwick) 15
Hollie Brodribb (MCC) 15
5. Charlotte Lupson (St Kevin’s) 11
Claudia Piggott (West Brunswick) 11
Alexandra Stranger (MCC) 11
Sophie Ulcoq (Nth Brunswick) 11
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