Juniors

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL wishes to advise that Junior & BFLW Interleague training tonight is cancelled due to the current and forecasted weather conditions.

Scheduled training for all junior & BFLW age groups for next week onwards will remain as originally planned.

We appreciate your understanding as this has been a difficult decision to make.

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The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to release the 2021 Junior Fixtures for the upcoming season.

The League is excited to see a return of football and netball across the region and our junior communities getting back together.

2021 will showcase a 16-round season, commencing Sunday 18^th April with the grand final for all junior football and netball to again be played at Ballarat’s premier venue, Mars Stadium on Sunday 12^th September.

This year’s fixture has been separated into two parts to accommodate Ballarat Storm and can be separated as follows:

1. BFNL Standard Junior Fixture – All netball grades, Under 13 and Under 11 football
2. BFNL Modified Junior Fixture – Under 15 and Under 17 football

Further clarity will also be provided to clubs on the use of premier ovals in conjunction with the City of Ballarat and the structure of the BFLW fixture.

Dual gate games are yet to be determined with COVID protocols unclear at this stage. With further clarification and updates, the league will be working clubs to schedule dual gate games where possible.

The League is also delighted to announce that the Western Bulldogs Under 9 competition will again be a feature of the 2021 season and a fixture for this competition will be released in the coming weeks.

Further highlights of the 2021 junior season include:

• Competition breaks will again take place for Queens Birthday and the middle week of school holidays in July.
• Junior interleague talks continue with the Bendigo JFL, in the hope that the tradition of the Goldfields Trophy will return in 2021.

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The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to provide an update to the 2021 Junior Interleague program. Following this week’s Interleague training sessions, coaches have made updates to squad lists ahead of the final week of training and matches on Saturday 26^th June.

For those that have unfortunately missed out on the opportunity to continue with the program, we thank you for your involvement and wish you all the best for the remainder of the season. Should you wish to follow up for any feedback from coaches, please email your questions to Scott Carey at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please see below details for next weeks training sessions and the players required to attend across each age group:

Squad Updates

• Under 16 Youth Girls – no change, all squad members are required to attend next week’s training.
• Under 18 Youth Girls - no change, all squad members are required to attend next week’s training.
• U13, U14, U15 & U16.5 Boys – please see the attachment (below) for squad updates and players required to attend training next week.

Training Schedule

Note: Under 16.5 Boys have moved from Wednesday to Monday night.

Required Equipment

• All players must bring their own drink bottles to training.
• Mouthguards are requested for all players and age groups.
• Players to wear club jumpers to training.

FINAL SQUAD Presentation & Payment

Final squads will be announced by coaches at each grade's final training session. For those that make the final squads, a reminder that jumper presentations will be held on Friday 25^th June at Saxon House, 1431 Mair Street Ballarat and at the following times:

Player Cost - The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to be able to provide opportunities to our junior clubs and players to participate in representative programs and pathways, however, these opportunities do come at a significant cost to the League.  

Given the current circumstances, the League will be subsidising a part of this cost and will require players and parents to contribute to the remaining costs associated with uniform, equipment and services provided by the League.

The cost for this year’s program per player named in the final squad of each age group will be $70.00 inc. GST. This amount will be payable to the league on Friday 25^th June. Eftpos payment will be available.

The BFNL has a coaching opportunity for a suitably qualified candidate with the junior 15 and Under representative team for the 2021 season.

Note: These appointments will be for a term of 1 year and all interleague coaching positions will be assessed at the completion of the 2021 season.

Key Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Minimum certification of Foundation level coaching qualification
• Plan, attend and run all training sessions
• Current Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• Passion for junior development and ability to build strong training programs and game plans that focus on competitive player development
• Demonstrated ability to build positive working relationships with participants of junior sport, to foster the optimal sporting potential of individuals
• Attend all representative lead up events (dress presentation, team photos as required)

In 2021 the BFNL interleague sides will compete at, but not limited to, the following Interleague/tournaments:

Association Championships 27^th of June 2021

Please forward all applications outlining your skills and qualifications that address the criteria outlined above to:

Gemma Murphy

Netball Manager - BFNL

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Congratulations to all the winners of the 2021 McDelivery BFLW Awards.

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to announce award winners following the 2021 McDelivery BFLW Presentation Night held online this evening.

The Ballarat FNL would like to thank the players coaches, parents, clubs and other volunteers for their support of the BFLW competition this season.

Award winners from the night are as follows:

League Awards

2021 McDelivery BFLW Coach of the Year

• Dylan Sexton – Sebastopol FNC

2021 McDelivery BFLW Coordiantor of the Year

• Renae Kinnane – Lake Wendouree FNC

Goal Kicking Awards

2021 McDelivery Under 14 Junior Girls Leading Goal Kicker

• Olivia Dilges - Bacchus Marsh: 19 Goals

2021 McDelivery Under 16 Youth Girls Leading Goal Kickers

• Kylah Thompson - North Ballarat: 12 Goals
• Elise Cook - Bacchus Marsh: 12 Goals

2021 McDelivery Under 18 Youth Girls Leading Goal Kicker

• Jenna Burke – Ballarat: 14 Goals

2021 McDelivery Women’s Leading Goal Kicker

• Kim Bessell – Darley: 35 Goals

2021 McDelivery Under 14 Junior Girls Awards

Best & Fairest

• Freya Palmer – Redan

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Meg Stowe - Ballarat Swans

Rising Star

• Alyssah Whearem - Darley

2021 McDelivery Under 16 Youth Girls Awards

Best & Fairest

• Elise Cook – Bacchus Marsh

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Tyla Crabtree - Redan

Rookie of the Year Award

• Matilda Myers – Redan
• Charley Gartlan – Ballarat Storm

2021 McDelivery Under 18 Youth Girls Awards

Best & Fairest

• Charlotte Hill – North Ballarat

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Delta Greenhalgh – East Point

Rookie of the Year Award

• Ruby Lovel – North Ballarat

2021 McDelivery Women’s Awards

Best & Fairest

• Jaye Dalgleish - Sebastopol

Best & Fairest Runner Up

• Kali Joyce - Melton

BFLW Club-by-Club Votes

A full list of club votes can be found attached here:

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to release the 2021 Western Bulldogs Under 9 fixture for the upcoming season.

After a successful launch of the competition in 2019, the League is pleased to again partner with the Western Bulldogs and see a return of Under 9 football competitions.

The partnership with the Western Bulldogs highlights the club’s commitment to the Ballarat region and development of the future stars of the Ballarat FNL.

Beginning on Friday 23^rd April, the Western Bulldogs Under 9 competition will again be showcased on a Friday night and run for 10 weeks in line with the term 2 school period, with all clubs to play each other once. No games will be held over the Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Modified rules will again be a feature of the competition with clubs hosting games played on four smaller ovals under lights.

This year also sees a growth in the competition with the Woady Yaloak Warriors entering sides for the first time.

The Ballarat FNL and Western Bulldogs encourage new families, boys, and girls to participate in this exciting competition and be part of a wonderful family atmosphere! Find your local club by visiting https://play.afl/

The fixture for the 2021 Western Bulldogs Under 9’s is attached to this release.

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This week's squad updates for the 2022 McDonald's Ballarat FNL Junior Interleague Training Squads.

Updates have been made to the 2022 McDonald’s Ballarat FNL Junior Interleague Training Squads. Following this week’s Interleague training sessions, coaches have made updates to squad lists ahead of next week's training sessions on Monday 16^th May.

• For all Junior Boys age groups please see the attachment below for squad updates and players required to attend training next week
• Youth Girls Squads will be announced via selection letters provided to clubs today

Training this week is as follows:

Monday 16th May         

• Under 13             Alfredton Village Green                                5:00pm - 6:30pm
• Under 15             Alfredton Village Green                                6:30pm - 8:00pm
• Under 14             Alfredton Recreation Reserve                     5:00pm - 6:30pm
• Under 16             Alfredton Recreation Reserve                     6:30pm - 8:00pm
• Under 16 Girls    Marty Busch Recreation Reserve               5:00pm - 6:30pm

Friday 20th May             

• Under 18 Girls    Marty Busch Recreation Reserve               6:30pm - 8:00pm

Required Equipment

• All players must bring their own drink bottles to training.
• Mouthguards are requested for all players and age groups.
• Players to wear club jumpers with playing numbers to training.

For those that have unfortunately missed out on the opportunity to continue with the interleague program, we thank you for your involvement and wish you all the best for the remainder of the season.

Should you wish to follow up for any feedback from coaches, please direct any queries through your club's Junior Coordinator.

The McDonald's Ballarat FNL is proud to announce our 2022 Junior Netball Representative Coaches.

Every year the Ballarat Football Netball League run a Junior Netball Representative Program. This program provides our junior athletes an opportunity to train, develop and compete in a crucial part of the Netball Victoria Pathway. 

We have completed our recruitment process for the 2022 Junior Netball Representative Coaches.

It is with great pleasure that the following people will be coaching in the 2022 Representative program:

Prue Douglass and Damien Mullane – 17 & Under Representative Team 

Dianne McCormack – 15 & Under Representative Team 

Kate McMahon – 13 & Under Representative Team 

We are really excited to have these coaches on board. The knowledge and experience that they all bring to the program will be amazing. 

Nominations are now open for 2022 BFNL Representative Team Players. Please fill in the attached form to submit your nomination.

The Redan Football Netball Club has coaching opportunities in the female football program for 2022.

Applications are now open:

The Redan Football Netball Club run a strong, vibrant and successful Female Football program.

The club's on-field female football success has been complemented by the transition of many of our female footballers to higher levels of competition, including the GWV Rebels program, and the VFLW and AFLW competitions. 

Opportunities have arisen for new coaches/assistant coaches to join our program and play key roles in contributing to our family-based club culture focussing on skills development and continuing to provide our female footballers the best opportunities to progress as far as they desire in their chosen sport. Prospective coaches/assistant coaches are invited to apply for roles with the following teams: 

 Open Age Women 

 Youth Girls Under 16 

 Junior Girls Under 14 

Applications in writing should be emailed to Tracey Boyce at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and should address the following points: 

 Role you are applying for 

 Reason for applying for this role 

 What you believe you will bring to the role 

 Previous coaching experience and qualifications 

Closing date for applications is Friday, December 24th, 2021 

It is anticipated that interviews will be held in the first week of January 

Please note: 

 All coaches/assistant coaches should hold (as a minimum) Level 1 Coaching Accreditation, or be prepared to attain this prior to the start of the 2022 season. 

 All coaches/assistant coaches will need to hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) 

Any questions may be directed to Tracey Boyce (Vice President - 0419-947-590) or Garry Goyne (President - 0417-390-250). 

The McDonald's Ballarat FNL is excited to announce finals venues for all competitions to complete the 2022 season.

With finals not being held since 2019, excitement is building towards our finals series that will see Grand Finals being played at Mars Stadium. 

Three finals series will be held over four weeks each, commencing with the McDelivery BFLWomen's Finals Series from Sunday 14thAugust through to the Carlton Draft 2022 Senior Men's Grand Final at Mars Stadium on Saturday 3rdSeptember. 

The Ballarat Toyota 2022 Junior Football and Netball finals series will kick off on Saturday 20thAugust, with the Grand Finals again at Mars Stadium on Sunday 11thSeptember. 

A competitive senior football and netball finals series will commence on Saturday 27thAugust and culminate with the Grand Finals at Mars Stadium on Saturday 17thSeptember. 

Highlights of the finals series include: 

• 21 finals events across six weeks 
• Seven different finals venues in Ballarat and Melton 
• Macpherson Park, Melton to host finals for the first time in 2022 
• 189 games of finals football and netball 
• The first ever BFLW finals series 
• More than 50,000 people expected to attend across all competitions during the finals series. 

Through the ongoing support of the City of Ballarat, Mars Stadium will host three grand finals for the premier football and netball competitions in the region in consecutive weeks. 

Through the support of McDonald's Ballarat and finals naming partners Ballarat Toyota, Carlton Draught and McDelivery, the Ballarat FNL can present top-level football and netball from the highest level across the region. 

The McDonald's Ballarat Football Netball League Junior Fixture for 2022 has been released, with a 16-round season of junior football and netball to commence on Sunday 10th April.

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to release the 2022 Junior Fixture for the upcoming season.

The League is hopeful to see a full uninterrupted season of football and netball across the region.

2022 will showcase a 16-round season, commencing Sunday 10th April with the grand final for all junior football and netball to again be played at Ballarat’s premier venue, Mars Stadium on Sunday 11th September.

This year’s fixture will again be required to break into several components to accommodate our growing competitions. The first fixture release includes the following fixtures:

• BFNL Standard Junior Fixture – All netball grades, Under 11 Senior, Under 13 Senior & Reserve and Under 15 Reserve football.
• BFNL Under 15 Senior & Under 17 Fixtures – Under 15 Senior Under 17 Reserve and Senior football

Following this initial release, a modified fixture for the Under 11 Reserves will be provided to clubs with the introduction of Woady Yaloak into this grade of football.

The popular Western Bulldogs Under 9 competitions will again be a feature of the 2022 season and a fixture for this competition will be released in the coming weeks.

All junior matches have been scheduled for Sunday’s and dual gate games have not been scheduled at this point. The League still supports the dual gate concept and will manage potential opportunities with clubs on a case-by-case basis, alongside the City of Ballarat.

Further highlights of the 2022 junior season include:

• Competition breaks will again take place for the Easter Holidays, Queens Birthday weekend and the middle week of school holidays in July.
• Junior interleague against the Bendigo JFL, continuing the tradition of the Goldfields Trophy. Matches to be played in Ballarat, likely early June.

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to announce the appointment of our Junior and BFLW Interleague coaches for this year’s program.

The appointments follow several quality applications received by the league from coaches across both the junior and BFLW competitions. The League is pleased that all appointed coaches bring a wealth of knowledge and in particular, experience in the development of junior players to the Ballarat FNL.

We are pleased to announce the following coaches for each of our age groups:

• Under 13 – Scott Petrie & Simon Geljon
• Under 14 – Michael Dwyer
• Under 15 – Timothy Beacham
• Under 16 – Simon Remington
• Under 16 Youth Girls – Emmerson Hitch & Chris Brown
• Under 18 Youth Girls – Katie McAloon

The League is happy to provide some consistency to our coaching appointments from last year's program, as well as seeing some new coaches become involved with Simon Remington and Chris Brown stepping into their respective roles.

Some of the involvement and experience in which the selected coaches bring to the BFNL includes:

• Current BFNL Junior & BFLW coaches/players
• Previous interleague coaches
• AFL Goldfields Academy Coaches
• V/Line Coaches
• Western Bulldogs and St. Kilda Academy coaches.
• GWV Rebels Development Coaches
• Next Gen Academy Development Coaching
• VFLW playing experience

The BFNL will take on the Bendigo JFL on Saturday 4^th June in Ballarat. Selected squads and further information will be released to clubs and players over the next week.

The extraordinary talent of our junior footballers and netballers across the McDonald's Ballarat FNL was on show last night at the 2022 Robert Allan Medal Awards presentation.

The McDonald’s Ballarat Football Netball League held its 2022 Robert Allan Medal Presentation Night at the North Ballarat Sports Club last night. With all clubs in attendance, around 300 people celebrated the 2022 BFNL Junior Football & Netball home-and-away season. 

Congratulations to all the winners on the night, which are listed below: 

Buxton Ballarat Junior Football Goal Kicking Awards 

2022 McDonald's Ballarat Under 13 Seniors 

• Winner:Emerton Hooper, Ballarat Storm FNC - 31 Goals 

2022 Harmac Homes Under 15 Seniors 

• Winner:Lincoln Koliba, Lake Wendouree FNC - 40 Goals 

2022 McCafé Under 17 Seniors 

• Winner:Strahan Robinson, East Point JFNC - 47 Goals 

Best & Fairest Awards

 13 & Under Senior Netball Best & Fairest 

• Runner Up:Makayla Wright (Sebastopol) - 25 votes 
• Winner:Jasmine Matthews (Darley) - 30 votes 

Under 13 Football Best & Fairest – The Lloyd Sims Trophy 

• Runners Up:James Sheehan (Storm) - 22 votes 
• Winner:Emerton Hooper (Storm) - 23 votes 

15 & Under Senior Netball Best & Fairest 

• Runners Up:Mia Hayes (Darley) - 20 votes 
• Winners:Charlotte Cross (Ballarat) - 23 votes 

Under 15 Football Best & Fairest – The Keith Rawle Memorial Trophy 

• Runner Up:Harley Hicks (Lake Wendouree) - 25 votes 
• Winner:Baxter Horsburgh (North Ballarat) - 30 votes

17 & Under Senior Netball B & F 

• Runner Up:Jane McKinnis (Redan) - 22 votes 
• Winner:Addison Wright (Darley) - 24 votes 

Under 17 Senior Football Best & Fairest - The Gordon Wise Memorial Trophy 

• Runner Up:Jack Kovacevic (Bacchus Marsh) - 16 votes 
• Winner:Joshua Huxtable (Bacchus Marsh) - 20 votes 

Robert Allan Medals and Netball MVP Presentations 

13 & Under Senior Netball – Most Valuable Player Award 

• Winner:Audrey Murnane (North Ballarat) – 8 Votes 

Under 13 Senior Robert Allan Medal 

• Winner:Emerton Hooper (Storm) – 28 Votes 

15 & Under Senior Netball – Most Valuable Player Award 

• Winners:Ella Litras (Redan) & Maggie Harris (East Point) – 9 Votes 

Under 15 Senior Robert Allan Medal 

• Winner:Harley Hicks (Lake Wendouree) – 22 Votes 

17 & Under Senior Netball – Most Valuable Player Award 

• Winner:Laila Lappin (Redan) – 8 Votes 

Under 17 Senior Robert Allan Medal 

• Winner:Khy Jess (Redan) – 14 Votes 

Coordinator of The Year Awards 

Junior Football Coordinator of The Year Award: 

Shannon Closter – Darley Junior FNC 

Junior Netball Coordinator of The Year Award: 

Jill James - Lake Wendouree FNC 

Coach of The Year Awards 

Junior Football Coach of the Year Award: 

Simon Geljon – East Point Junior FNC 

Junior Netball Coach of the Year Award: 

Meg Porter – North Ballarat FNC 

Ballarat FNL Interleague & Representative Coach Recognition 

Football Interleague Coaches 

• U/13 Coach – Scott Petrie & Simon Geljon 
• U/14 Coach – Michael Dwyer 
• U/15 Coach – Tim Beacham 
• U/16 Coach – Simon Remington 

Netball Representative Coaches 

• 13 & Under Coach – Kate McMahon 
• 15 & Under Coach – Di McCormack 
• 17 & Under Coach – Prue Douglass & Damien Mullane 

The Merv & Mary Howard Memorial Junior Club Championship 

• Winner:Redan JFNC 

Special Presentation to Junior Footballers & Netballers 

2022 NAB AFL National Development Championships - U16 Boys 

• Oliver Hannaford - East Point 
• Archie Caldow - East Point 
• Samuel Lalor - Bacchus Marsh 
• Jonty Faull - Redan 
• Lucca Grego - Bacchus Marsh 
• Jack Ough - East Point 

2022 Victorian Under 15 School Sports Team 

• Dylan Hiscock - East Point 

See all the votes for your club from the 2022 McDonald's Ballarat FNL Junior Netball and Football Best & Fairest.

13 & Under Senior Netball Best & Fairest 

• Runner Up:Makayla Wright (Sebastopol) - 25 votes 
• Winner:Jasmine Matthews (Darley) - 30 votes 

Under 13 Football Best & Fairest – The Lloyd Sims Trophy 

• Runners Up:James Sheehan (Storm) - 22 votes 
• Winner:Emerton Hooper (Storm) - 23 votes 

15 & Under Senior Netball Best & Fairest 

• Runners Up:Mia Hayes (Darley) - 20 votes 
• Winners:Charlotte Cross (Ballarat) - 23 votes 

Under 15 Football Best & Fairest – The Keith Rawle Memorial Trophy 

• Runner Up:Harley Hicks (Lake Wendouree) - 25 votes 
• Winner:Baxter Horsburgh (North Ballarat) - 30 votes 

17 & Under Senior Netball Best & Fairest 

• Runner Up:Jane McKinnis (Redan) - 22 votes 
• Winner:Addison Wright (Darley) - 24 votes 

Under 17 Senior Football Best & Fairest - The Gordon Wise Memorial Trophy 

• Runner Up:Jack Kovacevic (Bacchus Marsh) - 16 votes 
• Winner:Joshua Huxtable (Bacchus Marsh) - 20 votes 

The McDonald’s Ballarat FNL is pleased to release the 2022 Western Bulldogs Under 9 football fixtures, as well as the BFNL 9 & Under Go Netball fixture for the upcoming season.

We are pleased to again partner with the Western Bulldogs and hope to see a full year of competition for our Under 9 football competitions.

The partnership with the Western Bulldogs highlights the club’s commitment to the Ballarat region and development of the future stars of the Ballarat FNL.

Beginning on Friday 29^th April, the Western Bulldogs Under 9 competition will again be showcased on a Friday night and run for 9 weeks in line with the term 2 school period, with all clubs to play each other once.

Modified rules will again be a feature of the competition with clubs hosting games played on four smaller ovals under lights.

This year also sees a growth in our under 9 competitions with the introduction of the BFNL 9 and Under Go Competition. Designed to tie in with the Net Set Go Netball program, players will participate in a modified version of netball.

Both clubs and the League recognised a gap in participation from Net Set Go programs to our junior competitions, and hope that the program will strengthen the retention of our younger players into official club competitions.

Where possible, football and netball will be hosted alongside each other, further cementing the League’s and Western Bulldogs philosophy for families of both boys and girls to participate in a competition built around fun, inclusiveness, and a wonderful family atmosphere!

Find your local club by visiting: https://play.afl/  

Photo by Leigh Monk / courtesy AFL Victoria

21 BFNL junior boys and 18 BFLW girls have been named in the GWV Rebels V/Line Cup squad for 2022. Representing the quality and development of the Ballarat FNL as the peak junior competition in the region.

The AFL Commissions of Goldfields, Western District & Wimmera Mallee, in conjunction with the GWV Rebels are delighted to announce the girls and boys squads to be considered to compete in the 2022 VLine Cup in Shepparton.

The VLine Cup will take place between Monday 19^th Sept and Tuesday 20^th Sept 2022 in Shepparton. The GWV Rebels VLine Cup squad was selected from club, representative and trial games held across all 3 regions.

The coaches of both the girls and boys squads are very excited with the assembled talented players that have been selected in the initial squads.

Training sessions will occur Monday 29^th August, Monday 5^th & 12^th September at Alexandra Oval in Ararat.

See the squads:

Congratulations to all the athletes that have made the BFNL 2023 Junior Representative Netball 17 & Under Squad.

[Pictured: 2022 BFNL 17 & Under Junior Netball Representative Team]

17 & Under Representative Team

Georgia Bodey - North Ballarat

Addison Wright - Darley

Ella Closter - Darley

Bridgette O'Brien - Redan

Ella Litras - Redan

Arna Howard - Redan

Ava Richardson - Ballarat

Olivia Ashby - East Point

Alice Kain - North Ballarat

Matilda Myers - Redan

Emily Davies - Redan

Eva Manserra

Coaches: Prue Douglass and Damien Mullane

Congratulations to all the athletes that have made the BFNL Junior Representative Netball 15 & Under Squads. Tomorrow we will announce the 17 & Under Squads.

[Pictured: 2022 BFNL 15 & Under Junior Netball Representative Team]

15 & Under Development Team

Brydee Craig-Peters – Redan

Mia Price - Redan

Lyla Sheehan – Lake Wendouree

Charli Ferguson – North Ballarat

Georgie Popple – Bacchus Marsh

Emmy Holloway – Lake Wendouree

Alexandra Harris – Darley

Milly Vallance – Mount Clear

Eleanor Justin – East Point

Allie Kirby – East Point

Emily Mihaljevic – East Point

Emma McConchie – Ballarat

Coach: Lisa Strudwick

15 & Under Championship Team

Ebony Porter – North Ballarat

Maia Murphy – Ballarat

Kate Aikman – North Ballarat

Abby Kinnersly – East Point

Zarli Brudenall – Redan

Amarli Minster – Sebastopol

Eliza Ashby – Ballarat

Audrey Murnane – North Ballarat

Grace Jackson – Ballarat

Keira McDonald - Ballarat

Coaches: Meg Porter & Di McCormack

The BFNL junior competition celebrated its night of nights as we crowned all the amazing achievements of our junior footballers and netballers from the 2023 season. See below for a full list of winners and recipients from the night.

UNDER 13 SENIORS LEADING GOAL KICKER

Tyler Borg (Bacchus Marsh) - 36 goals

UNDER 15 SENIORS LEADING GOAL KICKER

Cooper Beseler (North Ballarat) - 34 goals

UNDER 17 SENIORS LEADING GOAL KICKER

Nic Salter (East Point) - 44 goals

13 & UNDER SENIOR NETBALL BEST & FAIREST

Winner: Tessa Wilson (Mount Clear) - 34 votes

Runners-Up: Lucy Phyland (Bacchus Marsh) and Lotti McDonald (Redan) - 28 votes

UNDER 13 FOOTBALL BEST & FAIREST – THE LLOYD SIMS TROPHY

Winners: John Lang (Redan) and Freddie Young (Lake Wendouree) - 26 votes

Runners-Up: Tyler Borg (Bacchus Marsh) and Harry Metcher (Bacchus Marsh) - 19 votes

15 & UNDER SENIOR NETBALL BEST & FAIREST

Winner: Ebony Porter (North Ballarat) - 29 votes

Runner-Up: Eliza Ashby (Ballarat) - 21 votes

UNDER 15 FOOTBALL BEST & FAIREST – THE KEITH RAWLE MEMORIAL TROPHY

Winners: Jake Abrams (North Ballarat) and Emerson Vallance (Mount Clear) - 21 votes

Runner-Up: Armi Wakefield (Bacchus Marsh) - 19 votes

17 & UNDER SENIOR NETBALL BEST & FAIREST

Winner: Ella Litras (Redan) - 27 votes

Runner-Up: Olivia Ashby (East Point) - 24 votes

UNDER 17 SENIOR FOOTBALL BEST & FAIREST - THE GORDON WISE MEMORIAL TROPHY

Winner: Jacob Britt (East Point) - 21 votes 

Runner-Up: Baxter Horsburgh (North Ballarat) - 20 votes

13 & UNDER SENIOR NETBALL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Winner: Taylor Young (North Ballarat) - 10 votes

UNDER 13 SENIOR ROBERT ALLAN MEDAL

Winner: Freddie Young (Lake Wendouree) - 24 votes

15 & UNDER SENIOR NETBALL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Winner: Ebony Porter (North Ballarat) - 15 votes

UNDER 15 SENIOR ROBERT ALLAN MEDAL

Winner: Ethan Kuchel (Mount Clear) - 20 votes

17 & UNDER SENIOR NETBALL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

Winner: Ella Closter (Darley) - 14 votes

UNDER 17 SENIOR ROBERT ALLAN MEDAL

Winner: Archie Caldow (East Point) - 19 votes

JUNIOR FOOTBALL COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR

Winner: Ash Phillips (Storm)

JUNIOR NETBALL COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR

Winners: Siobhan Gosney & Kim Lane (Mount Clear)

BALLARAT FNL JUNIOR FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR

Winner: Darren Leech (Lake Wendouree)

BALLARAT FNL JUNIOR NETBALL COACH OF THE YEAR

Winner: Sascha Veldhuis (East Point)

Merv & Mary Howard Memorial Junior Club Championship

East Point FNC