The Cooma Cats Cup is a pre-season tournament that the Cats run which in the past has incorporated Men's and Women's AFL teams of Junior, Senior and Masters levels.
A key part of the Cooma Cats Cup is the acknowledgement of the stand-out players in the competition. In order to provide this acknowledgement, the Cooma Cats give the following awards:
- Illiada King Medal – Best player (Women). Illiiad King who was the Cooma Cats club president from 2005-2007;
- Jackson-Hore Medal – Best player (Men). Kevin Jackson is past president and committee man for many years, while Maurie Hore is a former South Melbourne Reserve player and former full-forward and coach of the Cooma Cats;
- Eric Newell Medal – Best player (Cats). Eric “Chinny” Newell – played over 400 games for the Cats and is a former coach.
- Dave Paterson Medal - Best Player Masters Cup. Dave was president from 2008-2012 and was instrumental in founding the Cooma Cats Cup in 2010 and the Masters Cup in 2012.
Cooma Cats Cup - 2013
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Winner
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Tathra
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Jackson-Hore Medal - Best player (Mens)
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Jason Ainsworth (Tathra)
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Eric Newell Medal - Best player (Cats)
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Brendan Neagle (Cooma)
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Masters Cup
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ACT
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Dave Paterson Medal – Best players (Masters)
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Mathew Murphy (ACT)
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Cooma Cats Cup – 2012
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Winner
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Tathra
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Jackson-Hore Medal - Best player (Mens)
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Unknown (Tathra)
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Eric Newell Medal - Best player (Cats)
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Unknown (Cats)
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Masters Cup
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Cooma
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Cooma Cats Cup 2011
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Winner - Men's Division
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Belconnen
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Jackson-Hore Medal - Best player (Men)
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Unknown (Belconnen)
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Eric Newell Medal - Best player (Cats)
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Unknown (Cooma)
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Cooma Cats Cup – 2010
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Winner -Men's Division
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Tathra
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Winner - Women's Division
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Belconnen
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Jackson-Hore Medal – Best player (Men)
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Ric Thatcher (Tathra)
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Illiada King Medal – Best player (Women)
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Claire Gough (Belconnen)
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Eric Newell Medal – Best player (Cats)
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Darren Turner (Cooma)
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