Congratulations to the following awards winners at the 2008 Presentation Night, held on Saturday 11 October at the City Tattersalls Club.
Presentation Night Award Winners 2008 (PDF)
Golden Whistle (Field Umpire of the Year) – Matthew Gestier
Peter Hampshire Award (Boundary Umpire of the Year) – Adam McDonald
Michael Heinrichs Award (Goal Umpire of the Year) – Sergio Villagra
Umpires’ Umpire Award – Sean Richardson
President’s Award – Jeff Milne
A. W. St Clair Award (Best All Rounder) – Robert Taylor
Spirit of Umpiring Award (Outstanding Commitment to Umpiring) – Jeremy Boland, Alison Stevens
AFL Award (Most Promising Umpire) – Michael Saunders
Mark Rendell Shield (Best First Year Umpire) – Stephen Thurston
John Swensen Trophy – Field (Most Improved Field Umpire) – Danny Deigan
John Swensen Trophy – Boundary (Most Improved Boundary Umpire) – Angus Heritage
John Swensen Trophy – Goal (Most Improved Goal Umpire) - Emma Polette
Trainers Award – Sean Richardson
100m Sprint Cup – 1st: Ashley Symons, 2nd: Andrew Rutherford, 3rd: Sean Richardson
Emma Polette was the lucky winner of the raffle, receiving a voucher for a night at the Intercontinental Hotel (kindly donated by Adam McDonald). Robert Taylor won the Funniest Home Video Award for his Round 1 tumble, Sean Hunter won the Oscar Award for his bus.train.ferry promotion cameo, and Matthew Gestier, Robert Taylor and Kevin Morrison won the Gold, SIlver and Bronze Logies respectively.
Photos from the evening will be available in the gallery shortly.