This is the night when players dress up a little bit fancy, with some wearing their finest on this night of nights.
The venue will be the NSW Bowling Club in York St near the Queen Victoria Building on Saturday, 18 September.
SWAFL has plenty of awards to present including:
1) SWAFL Rookie of the Year
This award will go to a player in their first year of senior football in Australia. With two new teams in Macquarie University and Wollongong Saints, there are plenty of candidates who could poll well. Or maybe our winner will come from one of the established seven other teams. Last year's winner was Una McKay (Shamrocks) who now plays for Sydney University.
2) Golden Whistle Umpiring Award
This is an award given to the best umpire that is voted by coaches and captains and was first awarded in 2009. Last year's winner is this year's umpires coordinator John Van Den Ham.
3) Golden Boot Award
This is awarded to the player who has kicked the most goals in the home and away season. Last year winner was a three-way tie between Marie Keating (Shamrocks) who now plays for Sydney University, Bec Burridge (Newtown Breakaways) who occasionally pulled the boots back on and Belinda Pride (Balmain Dockers).
4) Yvette Andrews Players Player Award
This award is decided by all the members of the opposition team after each match. Being the only peer voted award, it is a very prestigious award. Named after Yvette Andrews (Wests) who was one of the founders of the league, league secretary/premiership player/premiership coach/state player. Last year's winners was a tie between Roxy McGee (Newtown) and Cynthia Dufaut (Western Wolves).
5) SWAFL Best and Fairest Player Award
The Best and Fairest player is determined by the umpires in charge at
the conclusion of each match voting on a 3 (best) - 2 - 1 basis. Any player
who is deemed to be ineligible by a tribunal due to a conviction that is
sustained at a hearing is ineligible to win but still can receive votes
from the umpires.
Could it be the exciting midfielder who gets
her hands on the ball many times or maybe it's the champion full-forward or
center half-forward who pulls the contested marks and lifts a team when
they kick the subsequent goal. Or it may have been the tireless
fullback who had her hands full all day with her direct opponent and
kept her opposition player quiet all day. Historically to win you had to be a standout player in a team that wasn't doing great or being part of a very dominant team.
Last year's winner was midfielder Natasha Devlin (Newtown Breakaways).
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