AFL Sydney Juniors Presentation Night 2024

AFL Sydney Juniors hosted the 2024 AFL Sydney Juniors Presentation Night on Monday night at a jam packed Liverpool Catholic Club. Over 550 club volunteers, players, families, umpires and AFL NSW/ACT staff from all across Sydney filled the room as the league crowned the Best & Fairest for all age groups from Under 13 to Under 17.  

The night recognised the Best and Fairest award winners as well as the efforts of all of the wonderful umpires, clubs, coaches and volunteers who all put in so much work and excelled throughout the 2024 junior AFL season. 

In all, 113 awards were given out to the top three players from all of the age groups, volunteers, coaches, Auskick coordinators and umpires as AFL Sydney Juniors celebrated the season that was 2024. 

The evening was capped off with the announcements of Jessica Roberston from the Cronulla Sharks winning the Under 17 Youth Girls Division 1 Best and Fairest, and Ricky Meyrick from the Maroubra Saints winning the Kieren Jack medal for the Under 17 Division 1 Best and Fairest as well as the Pennant Hills Demons formally announced as the 2024 Club of the Year. 

Thank you to everyone who came along to the awards night and made it such a wonderful evening. 

Please see the list of winners below. Congratulations and see you next year! 

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BEST & FAIREST AWARDS

U13 Youth Girls Division 1 

First Place – Amy Badolato (Miranda Bombers) 

Runner Up – Matilda Rinder (Moore Park Tigers) 

Third Place – Kira Allen (Maroubra Saints) 

U13 Youth Girls Division 2 Blue 

First Place – Isla Pittendrigh (Baulkham Hills Hawks) 

Runner Up – Sarah Davidson (Forest Lions) 

Third Place – Isla Bealby (Lane Cove Cats) 

U13 Youth Girls Division 2 Red 

First Place – Camilla Menem (Ramsgate Rams) 

Runner Up – Anika Mumberson (Camden Cats) 

Third Place – Hannah Anderson (Newtown Swans) 

U13 Youth Girls Division 3 

First Place – Scarlett McBurney (Penrith Giants) 

Runner Up – Isabella Rogers (Manly Bombers) 

Third Place – 

  • Elizabeth Brandon-Bravo (East Sydney Bulldogs) 
  • Tasmyn Cummins (Cronulla Sharks) 
  • Bella Evans (North West Lightning) 

U15 Youth Girls Division 1 

First Place – Ashleigh Lestrange (Miranda Bombers) 

Runner Up – Nikki McNeil (Manly Bombers) 

Third Place – Lilly Twigden (South West Sydney) 

U15 Youth Girls Division 2 

First Place – Madison McCarthy (Glebe Greyhounds) 

Runner Up –  

  • Frankie Hurley (Penshurst Panthers) 
  • Sienna Omondi (Willoughby/Mosman) 

Third Place – Sofia Ehnbom (Forest Lions) 

U15 Youth Girls Division 3 Blue 

First Place – Leora Fensom (Maroubra Saints) 

Runner Up – Charli Singleton (Balgowlah Suns) 

Third Place – Jessie Campbell (East Sydney Bulldogs) 

U15 Youth Girls Division 3 Red 

First Place – Ruby Kernaghan (Baulkham Hills Hawks) 

Runner Up – Ellen Gray (St Ives Saints) 

Third Place – 

  • Elizabeth Coughlin (Western Suburbs Magpies) 
  • Madison James (St Ives Saints) 

U17 Youth Girls Division 1 

First Place – Jessica Robertson (Cronulla Sharks) 

Runner Up – Willow Orsini (Willoughby/Mosman) 

Third Place –  

  • Leah Crook (Cronulla Sharks) 
  • Emma Haley (Maroubra Saints) 
  • Sienna Merry (Forest Lions) 

U17 Youth Girls Division 2 

First Place – Frances Walsh (Glebe Greyhounds) 

Runner Up – Caitlin Wilson (St Ives Saints) 

Third Place – Amelia Smith (Balgowlah Suns) 

U17 Youth Girls Division 3 

First Place – Annabel Lynch (Manly Bombers) 

Runner Up – Arianna Theivendram (Western Suburbs Magpies) 

Third Place –  

  • Jessica Grose (North West Lightning) 
  • Araminta Johnston (East Sydney Bulldogs) 
  • Maddison Kernaghan (Parramatta Goannas) 

U13 Division 1 

First Place – Deacon Pallpratt (Forest Lions) 

Runner Up – Cooper Willis (Glebe Greyhounds) 

Third Place –  

  • Rio Eguiguren (Cronulla Sharks) 
  • Ari Soste (East Sydney Bulldogs) 

U13 Division 2 

First Place – Aiden Donovan (Miranda Bombers) 

Runner Up – Luke Brown (Western Sydney Alliance) 

Third Place – Jonty Chan (Western Suburbs Magpies) 

U13 Division 3 Blue 

First Place – Thomas McIntosh (Pennant Hills/Westbrook) 

Runner Up – William Ogilvy (St Ives Saints) 

Third Place – Railey Khyrie Lopez (North Shore Swans) 

U13 Division 3 Red 

First Place – Flynn Aston (Cronulla Sharks) 

Runner Up – Dexter Olsen (Ramsgate Rams) 

Third Place –  

  • Carter Moses (Heathcote Hawks) 
  • Sonny Woolfe (Heathcote Hawks) 

U14 Division 1 

First Place – Zach Yerbury (North Shore Swans) 

Runner Up – Spencer Millington (Cronulla Sharks) 

Third Place – Joshua Tancred (East Sydney Bulldogs) 

U14 Division 2 

First Place –  

  • Liam Seymour (Glebe Greyhounds) 
  • Ioanni Titmuss (Glebe Greyhounds) 

Runner Up – Apollo Mangos (Manly Bombers) 

Third Place –  

  • Hamza Abdulatif (South West Sydney/Camden) 
  • Mannix Flower (Pittwater Tigers) 

U14 Division 3 Blue 

First Place – Austin Lau (East Sydney Bulldogs) 

Runner Up – Hugo Bragg  (North Shore Swans) 

Third Place – Tyler Hollyoak (Manly Bombers) 

U14 Division 3 Red 

First Place –  

  • Xayde Grundy (Western Sydney Alliance) 
  • Byron Higgins (Baulkham Hills Hawks) 
  • Eshaan Sharma (Pennant Hills/Westbrook) 
  • Oliver Guest (Hornsby Berowra Eagles) 

U15 Division 1 

First Place –  

  • Sullivan O’Dwyer (South West Sydney) 
  • Dashiel Delaney-Fielding (Team Name) 

Runner Up –  

  • Sebastian Mok (Glebe Greyhounds) 
  • Muhammad Tehfe (Maroubra Saints) 

U15 Division 2 

First Place – Noah Golds (Parramatta Goannas) 

Runner Up – William Elagha (Penshurst Panthers) 

Third Place –  

  • Coby Bright (Parramatta Goannas) 
  • Lucas Camin (Cronulla Sharks) 
  • Brandon Spencer (Manly Bombers) 

U15 Division 3 Blue 

First Place – Darcy McCann (St Ives/Hornsby) 

Runner Up –  

  • Dilshaan Sra (Pennant Hills/Westbrook) 
  • Oscar Greasby (Kellyville/Rouse Hill Magpies) 

Third Place – Archer Fleay (Baulkham Hills Hawks) 

U15 Division 3 Red 

First Place – Oscar Lillyman (Wollondilly Knights) 

Runner Up – Wilkie Goodman (Newtown Swans) 

Third Place – Jagger Swartz (East Sydney Bulldogs) 

U17 Division 1 

First Place – Ricky Meyrick (Maroubra Saints) 

Runner Up –  

  • Connor Shields (Glebe Greyhounds) 
  • Cooper Smith (Pennant Hills/Westbrook) 

Third Place – Charles Gilpin (Glebe Greyhounds) 

U17 Division 2 

First Place – Ryan Shipard (Wollondilly Knights) 

Runner Up – Cave McKnight (Bangor/Heathcote/Miranda) 

Third Place – Thomas Beveridge (Camden Cats) 

U17 Division 3 Blue 

First Place –  

  • Austin Hall (Canada Bay Cannons) 
  • Yoshi Miller (Canada Bay Cannons) 
  • William Kellett (North Ryde Dockers) 

Runner Up – Declan Baskett (Canada Bay Cannons) 

U17 Division 3 Red 

First Place – Alexander McBurney (Western Sydney) 

Runner Up – Austin Snell (Bangor/Heathcote/Miranda) 

Third Place – Lachlan Williamson (Mountain Lions)

VOLUNTEER AWARDS

Sydney Harbour Auskick Coordinator of the Year 

  • Lisa Sheinberg (Cronulla Auskick Centre) 

Western Sydney Auskick Coordinator of the Year 

  • Hatalie Harrison (Baulkham Hills Auskick Centre) 

Sydney Harbour Trev Byrne Volunteer of the Year 

  • Mark Wilson (Cronulla Sharks) 

Western Sydney Volunteer of the Year 

  • Matthew Roberts (Kellyville/Rouse Hill Magpies) 

Young Leader of the Year 

  • Nikki O’Neill (North West Lightning) 

Sydney Harbour Junior Coach of the Year 

  • Seren White (St Ives Saints) 

Western Sydney Juniors Coach of the Year 

  • Phillip Lam (Penrith Giants) 

Kevin Sheedy Youth Coach of the Year 

  • Hayley Kirk (Maroubra Saints) 

AFL Sydney Juniors Club of the Year 

Pennant Hills Demons Junior AFL Club

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UMPIRE AWARDS

Most Improved Umpire 

  • Sam Dworkin 

Most Dedicated Umpire 

  • Riley Tait 

Golden Whistle 

  • Jackson Brunt 

Rob Phillis Memorial Award 

  • AFL Sydney Juniors Umpire Head Coaches