Seymour’s most talented footballers and netballers have been celebrated at the Seymour Lions Football Netball Club awards night.

The Lions held their presentation night at Kings Park on Thursday, September 26, celebrating the achievements of players and volunteers throughout the 2024 Goulburn Valley League season.

Club president Gerard O’Sullivan congratulated players for their on-field achievements during the season.

“We had all our senior netball teams and two of our football teams playing finals, which is a fantastic achievement,” O’Sullivan said.

“Our B-reserve girls were undoubtedly the stars of the show, going through the season undefeated and claiming the premiership.

O’Sullivan also thanked volunteers who ensured the club was able to perform to the best of its abilities every weekend.

“While we are incredibly proud of our players, in many ways presentation night is also about the wonderful volunteers who keep our club running,” he said.

Alongside the seasonal awards, Ellie Fuhrmeister was recognised for bringing up her 200 A-grade game milestone during the season.

Furhmeister has stepped down from A-grade coaching duties, with Casey Adamson to take over from 2025.

Undoubtabley the biggest news of the night was the announcement the senior best-and-fairest award had been renamed the Gary Brown medal, recognising Brown’s decades of service to the club as secretary, with Nathan Beattie the inaugural winner.

“It was fantastic to be able to award the Gary Brown medal for the very first time, with Nathan Beattie a deserving winner after an incredible season,” O’Sullivan said.

Awards

Leading goal-kickers:

Under-18s: Heath Lane (33 goals)

Reserves: Julian Morgan (56 goals)

Seniors: Riley Mason (72 goals)

Club awards:

Netball appreciation award: Kelly Smith

Lenny Brown best netball club person award: Gen Pearce

Lions pride: Paul Lewis

Best club person: Clint Rose

Eamonn O’Connor award: Nathan Fowler

Life membership: Ellie Fuhrmeister

FOOTBALL

Under-18s:

Team coaches award: Angus Nash

Most improved: Jesse Brock

Best finals player: Dylan Davis

Third best-and-fairest: Wil Le Deux

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Josh Porter

Best-and-fairest: Tom Wardley

Reserves

Team coaches award: Ishaq Ali

Most improved: N/A

Best finals player: Tayte Lewis

Third best-and-fairest: Sam Fuhrmeister

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Clayton Salmon

Reserves best-and-fairest: Julian Morgan

Seniors

Team coaches award: Nick Dundon

Most improved: Jack Murphy

Best finals player: N/A

Third best-and-fairest: Riley Mason

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Jack Murphy

Best-and-fairest: Nathan Beattie

NETBALL

A-grade

Coaches award: Ruby Martin

Most improved: N/A

Best finals player: N/A

Best-and-fairest: Ellie Fuhrmeister

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Sarah Szczykulski

B-grade

Coaches award: Georgia Engel

Most improved: N/A

Best finals player: N/A

Best-and-fairest: Andrea McKenzie

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Ashlyn Webster

B-reserve

Team coaches award: Shona Gesler

Most improved: N/A

Best finals player: Shona Gesler

Best-and-fairest: Casey Drummond

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Shona Gesler

Under-17s

Team coaches award: Remy Hare

Most improved: N/A

Best finals player: N/A

Best-and-fairest: Chloe Munro

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Chloe Butterworth

Under-15s

Team coaches award: Matilda Barry

Most improved: Eden Webster

Best finals player: N/A

Best-and-fairest: Sophie Butterworth

Runner-up best-and-fairest: Ivy Watson

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