THERE were 79 netballers who earned votes in the race for this season’s Betty Thompson Medal awarded to fairest and best in the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football Netball League’s A-grade competition.
Gisborne star Madeline Stewart polled 29 votes to win the prestigious award for a second time.
Runner-up was Kangaroo Flat’s Chelsea Sartori, 26 votes, as Sandhurst’s Meg Williams was third on 24.
Eight players who will feature in this Saturday’s A-grade grand final between Sandhurst and Kangaroo Flat were in the top 10 of the vote count.
Those to star for Sandhurst in its quest for a fourth consecutive premiership included Ruby Turner, 16 votes; Rebecca Smith, 15; and Kelsey Meade, 12.
Leading vote-winners for the Roos included Ashley Ryan, 22; Milly Wicks, 15; Abbey Ryan, 13.
Other players to feature prominently in the award were South Bendigo’s Chloe Gray and Stephanie Goode, 15 and 13 votes; Maryborough’s Keely Hare and Christine James, 14 and 10; Eaglehawk’s Gracie Berryman, 13; Kyneton’s Brooke Mangan, 12; Gisborne’s Claudia Mawson, 12; and Castlemaine’s Fiona Fowler, 12.
Votes for this season’s Betty Thompson Medal:
Round 1
Kangaroo Flat v Maryborough
3 Milly Wicks (KF)
2 Tori Chandler (Mb)
1 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
South Bendigo v Golden Square
3 Stephanie Goode (SB)
2 Chloe Gray (SB)
1 Olivia Mason (SB)
Strathfieldsaye v Eaglehawk
3 Ella Henry (S’saye)
2 Jasmin Gallagher (Eh)
1 Makayle Dole (S’saye)
Gisborne v Sandhurst
3 Meg Williams (Sh)
2 Sophie Shoebridge (Sh)
1 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
Castlemaine v Kyneton
3 Jane O’Dohohue (Cm)
2 Bridie Semmens (Cm)
1 Caitlin Richardson (Cm)
Round 2
Eaglehawk v South Bendigo
3 Gracie Berryman (Eh)
2 Stephanie Goode (SB)
1 Emily Cossar (SB)
Sandhurst v Strathfieldsaye
3 Imogen Sexton (Sh)
2 Sophie Shoebridge (Sh)
1 Kelsey Meade (Sh)
Maryborough v Castlemaine
3 Caitlin Richardson (Cm)
2 Jordan Macilwain (Mb)
1 Jane O’Donohue (Cm)
Kyneton v Gisborne
3 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
2 Rylee Connell (Gis.)
1 Claire Oakley (Kyn.)
Golden Square v Kangaroo Flat
3 Ashley Ryan (KF)
2 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
1 Milly Wicks (KF)
Round 3
Kangaroo Flat v Eaglehawk
3 Abbey Ryan (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Laura McDonald (KF)
South Bendigo v Sandhurst
3 Meg Williams (Sh)
2 Ruby Turner (Sh)
1 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
Strathfieldsaye v Kyneton
3 Brooke Mangan (Kyn.)
2 Jessica Mangan (Kyn.)
1 Tilly Shepherd (Kyn.)
Gisborne v Castlemaine
3 Claudia Mawson (Gis.)
2 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
1 Jane O’Donohue (Cm)
Golden Square v Maryborough
3 Eliza Roughead (Mb)
2 Jayne Norton (GS)
1 Christine James (Mb)
Round 4
Sandhurst v Kangaroo Flat
3 Ruby Turner (Sh)
2 Milly Wicks (KF)
1 Ashley Ryan (KF)
Kyneton v South Bendigo
3 Chloe Gray (SB)
2 Rachelle Mangan (Kyn.)
1 Ella Flavell (SB)
Castlemaine v Strathfieldsaye
3 Bridie Semmens (Cm)
2 Emma Webb (Cm)
1 Ella Henry (S’saye)
Maryborough v Gisborne
3 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
2 Amanda Cox (Mb)
1 Claudia Mawson (Gis.)
Eaglehawk v Golden Square
3 Jasmin Gallagher (Eh)
2 Kate Clow (Eh)
1 Gracie Berryman (Eh)
Round 5
Kangaroo Flat v Kyneton
3 Carly Van Den Heuvel (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Milly Wicks (KF)
South Bendigo v Castlemaine
3 Emily Cossar (SB)
2 Shannon Blackman (Cm)
1 Olivia Mason (SB)
Strathfieldsaye v Gisborne
3 Jordan Cransberg (Gis.)
2 Eliza Hynes (S’saye)
1 Makayle Dole (S’saye)
Golden Square v Sandhurst
3 Ruby Turner (Sh)
2 Meg Williams (Sh)
1 Darcy Williams (Sh)
Maryborough v Eaglehawk
3 Keely Hare (Mb)
2 Maggie Tranter (Mb)
1 Morgan Keating (Eh)
Round 6
Castlemaine v Kangaroo Flat
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Madeline Carter (Cm)
Gisborne v South Bendigo
3 Claudia Mawson (Gis.)
2 Jordan Cransberg (Gis.)
1 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
Strathfieldsaye v Maryborough
3 Christine James (Mb)
2 Ella Henry (S’saye)
1 Maggie Tranter (Mb)
Kyneton v Golden Square
3 Maddy Keighran (GS)
2 Brooke Mangan (Kyn.)
1 Rachelle Mangan (Kyn.)
Sandhurst v Eaglehawk
3 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
2 Shae Clifford (Sh)
1 Ruby Turner (Sh)
Round 7
Kangaroo Flat v Gisborne
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
South Bendigo v Strathfieldsaye
3 Chloe Gray (SB)
2 Stephanie Goode (SB)
1 Chloe Langley (SB)
Golden Square v Castlemaine
3 Emma Winfield (Cm)
2 Maddison Alvino (GS)
1 Georgie Rodger (Cm)
Eaglehawk v Kyneton
3 Gracie Berryman (Eh)
2 Dezyre Paiti (Kyn.)
1 Jasmin Gallagher (Eh)
Maryborough v Sandhurst
3 Meg Williams (Sh)
2 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
1 Eliza Roughead (Mb)
Round 8
Strathfieldsaye v Kangaroo Flat
3 Milly Wicks (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
South Bendigo v Maryborough
3 Keiarah Brooks (SB)
2 Keely Hare (Mb)
1 Stephanie Goode (SB)
Gisborne v Golden Square
3 Kiralee Collings (Gis.)
2 Eloise Rodda (Gis.)
1 Claudia Mawson (Gis.)
Castlemaine v Eaglehawk
3 Emma Webb (Cm)
2 Madeline Carter (Cm)
1 Kate Clow (Eh)
Kyneton v Sandhurst
3 Meg Williams (Sh)
2 Brooke Mangan (Kyn.)
1 Ruby Turner (Sh)
Round 9
Kangaroo Flat v South Bendigo
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Stephanie Goode (SB)
Golden Square v Strathfieldsaye
3 Ava Hamilton (S’saye)
2 Makayle Dole (S’saye)
1 Keeley Jones (S’saye)
Eaglehawk v Gisborne
3 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
2 Kirby Elliott (Gis.)
1 Claudia Mawson (Gis.)
Sandhurst v Castlemaine
3 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
2 Meg Williams (Sh)
1 Mikaela Vaughan (Cm)
Maryborough v Kyneton
3 Tori Chandler (Mb)
2 Tilly Shepherd (Kyn.)
2 Rachelle Mangan (Kyn.)
Round 10
Maryborough v Kangaroo Flat
3 Abbey Ryan (KF)
2 Milly Wicks (KF)
1 Keely Hare (Mb)
Golden Square v South Bendigo
3 Chloe Langley (SB)
2 Amy Morrissey (SB)
1 Keiarah Brooks (SB)
Eaglehawk v Strathfieldsaye
3 Charlotte Edlin (Eh)
2 Arriah Keogh (Eh)
1 Jasmin Gallagher (Eh)
Sandhurst v Gisborne
3 Kelsey Meade (Sh)
2 Sophie Shoebridge (Sh)
1 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
Kyneton v Castlemaine
3 Madeline Carter (Cm)
2 Michelle Fletcher (Kyn.)
1 Georgie Rodger (Cn)
Round 11
Kangaroo Flat v Golden Square
3 Abbey Ryan (KF)
2 Lou Dupuy (KF)
1 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
South Bendigo v Eaglehawk
3 Chloe Gray (SB)
2 Stephanie Goode (SB)
1 Chloe Langley (SB)
Strathfieldsaye v Sandhurst
3 Kelsey Meade (Sh)
2 Ruby Turner (Sh)
1 Meg Williams (KF)
Gisborne v Kyneton
3 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
2 Brooke Mangan (Kyn.)
1 Kirby Elliott (Gis.)
Castlemaine v Maryborough
3 Emma Webb (Cm)
2 Maggie Tranter (Mb)
1 Fiona Fowler (Cm)
Round 12
Eaglehawk v Kangaroo Flat
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Abbey Ryan (KF)
Sandhurst v South Bendigo
3 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
2 Kelsey Meade (Sh)
1 Imogen Sexton (Sh)
Kyneton v Strathfieldsaye
3 Rebecca Ingleton (Kyn.)
2 Claire Oakley (Kyn.)
1 Ava Hamilton (S’saye)
Castlemaine v Gisborne
3 Jordan Cransberg (Gis.)
2 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
1 Mikaela Vaughan (Cm)
Maryborough v Golden Square
3 Christine James (Mb)
2 Keely Hare (Mb)
1 Lana Marsh (GS)
Round 13
Kangaroo Flat v Sandhurst
3 Milly Wicks (KF)
2 Lou Dupuy (KF)
1 Ingrid Hopkins (KF)
South Bendigo v Kyneton
3 Chloe Gray (SB)
2 Keiarah Brooks (SB)
1 Jessica Mangan (Kyn.)
Strathfieldsaye v Castlemaine
3 Eliza Hynes (S’saye)
2 Fiona Fowler (Cm)
1 Ava Hamilton (S’saye)
Gisborne v Maryborough
3 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
2 Polly-Anna Salter (Gis.)
1 Keely Hare (Mb)
Golden Square v Eaglehawk
3 Gracie Berryman (Eh)
2 Kate Clow (Eh)
1 Millie Donegan (GS)
Round 14
Kyneton v Kangaroo Flat
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Tilly Shepherd (Kyn.)
Castlemaine v South Bendigo
3 Fiona Fowler (Cm)
2 Madeline Carter (Cm)
1 Chloe Gray (SB)
Gisborne v Strathfieldsaye
3 Claudia Mawson (Gis.)
2 Polly-Anna Salter (Gis.)
1 Rylee Connell (Gis.)
Sandhurst v Golden Square
3 Shae Clifford (Sh)
2 Rebecca Smith (Sh)
1 Ruby Turner (Sh)
Eaglehawk v Maryborough
3 Gracie Berryman (Eh)
2 Eliza Roughead (Mb)
1 Elley Lawton (Eh)
Round 15
Golden Square v Kyneton
3 Jessica Mangan (Kyn.)
2 Manaia Vanderlie (Kyn.)
1 Cassidy Humphrey (GS)
Maryborough v Strathfieldsaye
3 Christine James (Mb)
2 Caitlyn Hamilton (S’saye)
1 Keely Hare (Mb)
Eaglehawk v Sandhurst
3 Kelsey Meade (Sh)
2 Sophie Shoebridge (Sh)
1 Shae Clifford (Sh)
Kangaroo Flat v Castlemaine
3 Ingrid Hopkins (KF)
2 Ashley Ryan (KF)
1 Carly Van Den Heuvel (KF)
South Bendigo v Gisborne
3 Olivia Mason (SB)
2 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
1 Kirby Elliott (Gis.)
Round 16
Castlemaine v Golden Square
3 Jane O’Donohue (Cm)
2 Georgie Rodger (Cm)
1 Fiona Fowler (Cm)
Kyneton v Eaglehawk
3 Brooke Mangan (Kyn.)
2 Jessica Mangan (Kyn.)
1 Arriah Keogh (Eh)
Strathfieldsaye v South Bendigo
3 Olivia Mason (SB)
2 Stephanie Goode (SB)
1 Ella Henry (S’saye)
Sandhurst v Maryborough
3 Meg Williams (Sh)
2 Ruby Turner (Sh)
1 Sophie Shoebridge (Sh)
Gisborne v Kangaroo Flat
3 Kirby Elliott (Gis.)
2 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
1 Ingrid Hopkins (KF)
Round 17
Eaglehawk v Castlemaine
3 Emma Winfield (Cm)
2 Fiona Fowler (Cm)
1 Bridie Semmens (Cm)
Maryborough v South Bendigo
3 Keiarah Brooks (SB)
2 Keely Hare (Mb)
1 Olivia Mason (SB)
Sandhurst v Kyneton
3 Shae Clifford (Sh)
2 Meg Williams (Sh)
1 Ruby Turner (Sh)
Kangaroo Flat v Strathfieldsaye
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Carly Van Den Heuvel (KF)
1 Makayle Dole (S’saye)
Golden Square v Gisborne
3 Kiralee Collings (Gis.)
2 Rylee Connell (Gis.)
1 Millie Donegan (GS)
Round 18
Kyneton v Maryborough
3 Tilly Shepherd (Kyn.)
2 Keely Hare (Mb)
1 Lauren Anglin (Kyn.)
Strathfieldsaye v Golden Square
3 Ava Hamilton (S’saye)
2 Brylee Wilson (S’saye)
1 Millie Donegan (GS)
Castlemaine v Sandhurst
3 Fiona Fowler (Cm)
2 Meg Williams (Sh)
1 Mikaela Vaughan (Cm)
South Bendigo v Kangaroo Flat
3 Chelsea Sartori (KF)
2 Abbey Ryan (KF)
1 Ingrid Hopkins (KF)
Gisborne v Eaglehawk
3 Madeline Stewart (Gis.)
2 Kirby Elliott (Gis.)
1 Rylee Connell (Gis.).