by Brad » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:16 pm
BMW won all the medals in each grade in Northern Areas.
A Grade - Lions midfielder Simon George walked off with the A grade Mail medal, polling 20 votes made up of five first preferences, two seconds and a third to finish two votes ahead of runner-up Broughton-Mundoora ruckman Matt Gale who snatched five first preferences and three thirds. Eagle centreman Aaron Wanders, who was one of several pre-count favourites finished third with 16. Rounding out the top eight performers were Jamestown-Peterborough ruckman Scott Mesecke (11) Craig Young (Crystal Brook) and Jason Degabriele (Broughton-Mundoora) each on 10 and Brodie O'Dea (Orroroo) and Greg Fiebig (BMW) each on nine. By club, BMW picked up 66 votes, Broughton-Mundoora 56, Crystal Brook 51, Orroroo 46, Southern Flinders 39 and Jamestown-Peterborough 30.
B Grade - Meanwhile, the B grade was a two-way affair with joint winners Matt Mead (Jamestown-Peterborough) and Noel 'Grievous' Arthur (BMW) equalising on 14 votes.
Crystal Brook pair Andrew Waters and Ben Hook were next with 12, then came Jed Sutter (Jamestown-Peterborough) with 11 and Andrew Kuerschner (Orroroo) and Damien Page (Crystal Brook) both on 10
Senior Colts - BMW's Casey McCallum took the senior colts medal with 17 votes, one in front of Broughton-Mundoora's Nick Hewett (16). Close by were Sam Heinjus (Crystal Brook) 15, Liam O'Dea (Orroroo) 14, Eamon Fetherstonhaugh (BMW) 12, Joseph Slattery (Crystal Brook) and Jamie Davidson (Southern Flinders) each on 11.
Junior Colts - It was yet another tight finish in the junior colts, which was won by BMW's Kieran Borgas with 29 votes from Ben Kupsch (Crystal Brook) 28, George Doran (Jamestown-Peterborough) 22, Thomas George (BMW) 21, Jed Walter (BMW) 19, Jack Coleman (Jamestown-Peterborough) 18 and Russell Srsan (Southern Flinders) 16.