The Goulburn Rugby Club finished off season 2019 in style with a well-attended presentation night at the Goulburn Workers Club.
Players, past players and supporters joined together to celebrate a season in which three of the club’s four teams playing in ACT competitions were grand finalists.
President Peter Greaves thanked everyone for the impressive season that saw the club’s first ever women’s competition team go on to win their premiership, and also saw the club’s combined U13 team with Yass become the club’s first premiers in a junior ACT competition.
Greaves also congratulated the men’s teams, pointing out that first grade were only a converted try away from a premiership and congratulating second grade side for ushering in a wealth of new players, many of which were called up to the top grade at times.
Coaches Ben Pearson, Abram Kara, Rob Sheekey and Ash Mewburn each thanked their players, the committee and all of the support crew that contributed to one of the club’s most successful seasons in many years.
The Team of the Decade for the period 2010-1019 was also named on the night (listed here).
For the first season in the club’s 147 year history, there were joint male and female winners named in many of the Club Awards.
The full list of winners is as follows:
WOMEN’S AWARDS
Most Improved Player: Emily Adam
Best and Fairest Player: Isabella Sheen
Players’ Player: Kathryn Cudaj
Coaches Award: Pearl Rakete
MEN’S SECOND GRADE AWARDS
Most Improved Player: Peter Ward
Best and Fairest Player: Grant Mooney
Players’ Player: Michael McKillop
MEN’S FIRST GRADE AWARDS
Most Improved Player: Jordan Lees
Best and Fairest Player: Mikael Webber
Players’ Player: Ben Cheetham
CLUB AWARDS
Kevin “Bubby” Fitzsimmons Encouragement Award;
Women’s winner: Chloe Waddell
Men’s winner: Peter Ward
John Osmond Most Dedicated Player Award:
Women’s winner: Jordan Brooker
Men’s winner: Hamish McCormack
Mark Longhurst Most Outstanding Prospect Award:
Women’s winner: Isabella Sheen
Men’s Winner: Lew Davies
Bruce Bailey Most Outstanding Achievement Award (Donated by Rick Buckley and Joe Fitzgibbon):
Paige Penning
Matt Klem Club Person of the Year Award (Donated by Chris Browne):
Abram Kara and Henry Rowley
Geoff Richardson Best Back Award:
Women’s winner: Ashley Mewburn
Men’s winner: Alec Palmer
Simon Poidevin Best Forward Award:
Women’s winner: Isabella Sheen
Men’s winner: Jordan Wilcox
NOVELTY AWARDS
Village Idiot: Henry Cooper
Yabbie of the Year: Henry Cooper
Animal of the Year: Nick Tabner
El Meato Butchered Try of the Year: Brad Clements
Biggest Sinner (Most Sin Bins): Michael McKillop
Dummy Spit of the Year: Mikael Webber
Pooey Pooey Moi Moi Award: Corbie Yeo
