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Nelson Bay Football Club Awards Day By Sarah STOKES
SATURDAY 17 September saw the Nelson Bay Football Club’s (NBFC) annual awards presentation for the Junior Interdistrict Competition Teams. Twelve teams from U12s to U18s play in the Junior league and of these, four made it through to the grand final - the U12Girls C, U13Cs, U14As and U14Girls B. The U14Girls won their Grand Final 4-1, a wonderful achievement. Winners of the special category awards in the U12s-U17s categories were: U12 Division A. Best and Fairest: Ethan Fairhall Most Reliable: Mitchell Lancaster Rock Solid Defence: Matthew Treharne. U12 Division D. Best and Fairest: Troy Voyzey Leading Goal Scorer: Seamus Jones Rock Solid Defence: Jarod Northey. U13 Division C. Best and Fairest: Conner Freeman Leading Goal Scorer: Juliven Barco Rock Solid Defence: Alexander Gray.
U13 Division D. Best and Fairest: Braith Harvey Leading Goal Scorer: Liam Harvey Rock Solid Defence: Rhys Brownlie.
U14 Division A. Best and Fairest: Sebastian Meagher Leading Goal Scorer: Dylan Baillache Rock Solid Defence: Rhys Schultz
U14 Division B. Best and Fairest: Jaden Pilley Leading Goal Scorer: Kynan Hopkin Rock Solid Defence: Jett Lancaster.
U15 Division B. Best and Fairest: Nick Gray Leading Goal Scorer: Bryce Zerbes Rock Solid Defence: Jack Craven.
U16 Division B. Best and Fairest: Billy Brown Leading Goal Scorer: Kean Thomas Leading Goal Scorer: Oliver Bylart Rock Solid Defence: Callum Donnolley. U17 Division D Best and Fairest: “Team Powers” Leading Goal Scorer: Jett Stewart Rock Solid Defence: Jack Brown.
GIRLS U12Girls Division C Best and Fairest: Aleah Doran Leading Goal Scorer: Chloe Debono Rock Solid Defence: Kiera Pizzuto.
U14Girls Division B. Best and Fairest: Jade Graham Leading Goal Scorer: Grace Hewitt Rock Solid Defence: Emily Freeman.
U16Girls Division B. Best and Fairest: Taylah Smith Leading Goal Scorer: Bridie Hyland Rock Solid Defence: Aimee Zerbes. Special mention goes to the U13 Division
C, U14 Division A and U12 Girls Division C teams who missed winning their Grand Finals on penalty shoot-outs. The girls’ U12 and U14s teams also did well in the Minor Premier category – winning the season. The Nelson Bay FC has over 600 players playing in an impressive 59 teams, from U6s to the Senior teams. The U6s and 7s play locally in the Tomaree area whilst the other teams play in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and across the Hunter. A club spokesperson said that the season had gone very well.
Sports Family, Sports Staff, Sports Power By Mandy ELLIS
q (Back) Trent Chadwick, Nicole Le Grange, Marcel Le Grange, Brie Carter, Sophie Balcombe. (Front) Kobe and Caiden Le Grange. Photo: Square Shoe Photography
Thursday, 6 October, 2016
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ANNIVERSARY time for Marcel and Nicole Le Grange as they celebrate their first year as owners of SportsPower, Salamander Bay. Marcel and Nicole are long term residents of the Bay and are actively involved in the sporting community in a variety of ways. The staff at SportsPower are a talented lot. They have a wealth of knowledge in relation to multiple sporting codes. Sophie Balcombe 19, of Anna Bay, who plays for grand final winners, Nelson Bay Marlins, has just been awarded the Most Outstanding AFL Young Football Player at BDAFL. Sophie has also recently applied for the GWS Draft. Sophie said, “As women’s league progresses and develops I hope to make it a full time career.” Brie Carter 19, of Nelson Bay, plays Oz-Tag with Port Stephen’s Bandits and also Country Bulls at the Australian Titles in Coffs
Harbour in November. This is the third time she has competed with them. Brie said, “I am excited about the growth of local Oz-Tag in both the juniors and seniors.” “It is awesome having more teams being taken away to State comps every year.” Caiden and Kobe Le Grange, 18 and 12 years respectively, are both winners in the Hockey Grand finals this year and play in the Nelson Bay Hockey competition. Marcel has been involved in the local rugby scene for over 25 years as well as touch football and hockey. He has played many disciplines of sport over the years and has a broad range of knowledge. Trent Chadwick, has worked at the store for the past 10 years, has a wealth of sporting knowledge and also plays for Nelson Bay Soccer. “It is important to get kids involved in sports,” Nicole said. “It is an essential part of a child’s development and we are proud to be involved with this.”
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