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Fairest & Best Winners

Harris Medal
The Harris Medal is awarded annually to the club’s Fairest & Best player in the League grade. Life member Mr Tom Harris inaugurated the medal in 1946 in memory of his brothers “Barley” and George. The three brothers played in the club’s 1938 premiership side.

Panizza Medal
The Panizza Medal is awarded annually to the club’s Fairest & Best player in the Reserves grade. The medal was formerly named The Wallis Memorial Medal but was changed in 1993 when the Panizza family became the medal donors.

Barrett Medal
The Barrett Medal is awarded annually to the club’s Fairest & Best player in the Colts grade. The medal was formerly named The Barbetti Medal but was changed in 1996 when the Barrett family became the medal donors.

Waters Medal
The Barrett Medal is awarded annually to the club’s Fairest & Best player in the SWFL Womens grade. The medal was first presented in 2017 and is named after Club Life Members Arthur ‘Bill’ Waters and his wife Betsy.

  Harris Medal   Panizza Medal   Barrett Medal   Waters Medal
Year Winner Votes   Winner Votes   Winner Votes   Winner Votes
1946 Reg Hayes                    
1947 Peter Barrett                    
1948 Ted Denton                    
1949 Ray Teede                    
1950 Ray Teede                    
1951 Ray Teede                    
1952 John Ellis                    
1953 John Ellis                    
1954 John Ellis                    
1955 Merv Platts                    
1956 A. Henderson                    
1957 A. Henderson                    
1958 T. Carlson                    
1959 Brian Fare                    
1960 Roy Powell                    
1961 Bill Warburton                    
1962 Roy Powell                    
1963 John Martinson     Brian Richards              
1964 Robbie Nielsen           Norm Bazzo        
1965 Ashley August                    
1966 Robbie Hawthorn     Adrian Thackrah     “No competition”        
1967 Trevor Smith           “No competition”        
1968 Neil Myles           “No competition”        
1969 Errol Barrett           “No competition”        
1970 Errol Barrett     N. Jones     “No competition”        
1971 Neil Lloyd     Max Tapper     “No competition”        
1972 John Panizza           “No competition”        
1973 John Panizza     Kevin Dye     “No competition”        
1974 Greg Kelly           “No competition”        
1975 Neil Lloyd     Bill Tapper     “No competition”        
1976 John Panizza     Anthony White     “No competition”        
1977 Lawrie Bennett     Murray Morgan     Peter Malatesta        
1978 John Panizza     Anthony White     Bill Hill        
1979 Kevin Dye 55   Ken Hayward 35   Steven Sharp 56      
1980 John Cormack 54   John Hart 27   Terry O’Donoghue 46      
1981 Anthony White 90   Jerry Stelmach 70   Rick Harris 146      
1982 John Cormack 100   Darryl Pugh 136   Rory King 89      
1983 Shaun O’Callaghan 120   Steven Panizza 53   Barry Ugle 109      
1984 Shaun O’Callaghan 105   Michael Spadaccini 88   Larry Patane 133      
1985 Shaun O’Callaghan 117   Brian Pittendreigh 73   Larry Patane 156      
1986 Leigh Wright 153   Andrew DeCampo 143   Lloyd Garlett 99      
1987 Kurnutt Thorne 117   John Baggetta 104   Michael Hastie 203      
1988 Keith Narkle 122   Lloyd Garlett 194   Jason Mortimer 97      
1989 Shaun O’Callaghan 122   Geoff Spencer 101   Josh Gallop 138      
1990 Joshua Gallop 101   Jeremy Barnard 89   Shane Jones 85      
1991 Sean Widdeson 139   Lloyd Garlett 123   Jy King 122      
1992 Stan Willis (Jnr) 142   Lloyd Garlett 130   Jason Pritchard 106      
1993 Shaun O’Callaghan 77   Lloyd Garlett 131   David Barbour 131      
1994 Hank Yarran 86   Glen Gibson 62   Brendan Barnard 88      
1995 Sean Widdeson 122   Andrew DeCampo 80   Beau Manton 105      
1996 Stan Willis (Jnr) 186   Dean Brooks 71   Clint Stewart 119      
1997 Shane Jones 95   Rhys Chapman 81   Corey Stidworthy 119      
1998 Stan Willis (Jnr) 128   Lloyd Garlett 102   Mark Olsen 86      
1999 Stan Willis (Jnr) 33   Chris Peel 29   Bradley Andrews 35      
2000 Garrod Delfs 94   Will Andrews 50   Mohammed Artie 54      
2001 Shane Sikora 73   Rhys Chapman 49   Anthony Wilkinson 64      
2002 Rhys Croxford 54   Matt Turpin 74   Brendan Lane 61      
2003 Rhys Croxford 90   Justin Ciallella 69   Shannon Spadaccini 69      
2004 Rhys Croxford 127   Matthew Campbell 56   James Cooke 92      
2005 Chris Denney 81   Jay Woolhead 66   Ernie Taylor 66      
2006 Travis Edmonds 101   Daniel Sawtell 69   Donald Stirling 57      
2007 Travis Edmonds 100   Matthew Campbell 40   Tristan McMillan 77      
2008 Justin Wilson 93   Corey Stidworthy 69   Glen Garlett 90      
2009 Michael Finn 93   Corey Stidworthy 100   Jake Klein 64      
2010 Domenic Foster 84   Corey Stidworthy 94   Brayden Lawler 69      
2011 Trent Denardi 84   Sheldon Pickett 75   Brandon Jetta 77      
2012 Scott Roche 79   Shaun O’Connor 85   Matthew Lancaster 67      
2013 Brayden Lawler 74   Michael McGarry 98   Gia Nguyen 76      
2014 Brayden Lawler 109   Chris McMillan 55   Josh Bradbury 59      
2015 Graham Jetta 105   Chris McMillan 89   Josh Bradbury 88      
2016 Chris McMillan 100   Jai Grantham 94   Colin Jetta 106      
2017 Jamahl Mulholland 78   Jayden Smith 103   Paul Schilling 71   Jessie Gallop 57
2018 Jaxon Bell 71   Aiden DeCampo 70   Sheldon Hough 66   Karinda Farrant 90
2019 Rory O’Brien 106   Cody Bell 69   Noah Carpanoni 101   Beth Schilling 82
2020 Ryan Maldenis 55   Sheldon Hough 30   Judd Churcher 45   Karinda Farrant 48
2021 Ethan Maguire 92   Coen Winmar 56   Lockie Emmott 70   Kandice Hart 63
2022 Bailey Taylor 85   Blake Helgeland 96   Reece Payne 58   Kandice Hart 76