Lalor’s Shane Jacobs and Epping’s Daniel Moore were among the big winners at the Northern Football League best and fairest night last Monday, winning their divisions’ B&F awards.
The Bloods’ Jacobs won the division 2 gong with 26 votes, four votes ahead of Fitzroy Stars’ Peter Hood.
Jacobs played every game, including his side’s grand final loss, and polled in eight of the last nine games of the regular season.
The midfielder kicked 22 goals for the year on his way to becoming only the Bloods’ second competition best and fairest winner.
Jacobs was also named the coaches’ player of the year in division 2.
He was one of five Bloods named in the division 2 team of the year, Todd Hughes, Scott Dowell, Harley Ryan and Jarrod King being the others.
Whittlesea’s Dale Saddington, Matt Dornauf, Andrew Fairchild and Jordan Ormerod, Thomastown’s Matthew Ferraro and Mernda’s Les Adams also made the composite team.
In division 3, Epping co-captain Moore won the best and fairest award on 15 votes, three votes clear of Watsonia’s Jarryd Allan.
Due to a knee injury, Moore played only 12 games in the regular season, three less than Allan.
He kicked 25 goals for the year, including four in the Pingers’ grand final loss to Reservoir.
It is Moore’s second B&F award, having previously won the league’s division 2 award in 2009,
Moore and Pingers teammates Leigh Judd, Shane Wood, Josh Stavely and Chris Chilcott were named in the division 3 team of the year,
South Morang trio Aaron D’Angelo, Wayne Pavitt and Luke Shelton also made the team.
Bundoora’s Ned McKeown finished third in the Frank Rosebrook Medal, the best and fairest award for division 1.
Lower Plenty’s Matthew Vasilesvki won the award for a second straight year, winning with 24 votes.
McKeown finished on 17 votes with teammate Matthew Dennis fourth on 14.
Both Dennis and McKeown were named in the division 1 team of the year.
In other awards, Whittlesea’s Ashley Foxwell won the division 2 reserves best and fairest; Bundoora’s Mark Pavlovski took home the under-19 division 1 B&F; and Whittlesea’s Matthew Langford won the under-19 division 2 B&F.
In the netball awards, Epping’s Stephanie Oakford won the section 4 best and fairest award and South Morang’s Tamara Howlett won the section 8 B&F.
