Thunder’s 2010 Presentation Night took place at the Holiday Inn, The Esplanade last night seeing Cameron Ilett secure his second consecutive Club Champion title.
The night began with Thunder junior awards from the U15 Long Medal going to Jarrod Stokes right through to the McCasker Medal being awarded to Shannon Rioli.
The senior awards began with Di & Jeff Borella being awarded the St John Ambulance Club Person of the Year for their dedication and hard work to the Club behind the scenes. The clubs skipper Jarred Ilett once again took out the NT Government Most Professional Award while Centralian Matthew Rosier was named the Doug Yuen Elders Insurance Most Courageous Player.
Amongst other awards the night was capped off with the Club Champion award where 2010 recruit Brett Goodes made a late charge to secure Runner Up with 179.
Following yet another stellar year with Thunder, Cameron Ilett capped off a year that included highlights of state representation and the QAFL Syd Guilford Trophy taking out his second consecutive Club Champion award on 211 votes.
See below for details of all the 2010 NT Thunder Presentation Night award winners.
CLUB CHAMPION:
1st Cameron Ilett (211)
2nd Brett Goodes (179)
3rd Kenrick Tyrrell (108)
4th Jake Dignan (92)
5th Darren Ewing (91)
6th Cameron Roberts (81)
7th Zephi Skinner (79)
8th Jarred Ilett (77)
9th Matthew Rosier (56)
10th Shannon Rusca (54)
Club Champion votes were awarded each game on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis by each member of the NTFC match committee. The maximum votes that can be awarded to a player for any given game is 25 votes.
OTHER AWARDS:
Southern Cross Television MOST IMPROVED – Dean Staunton
Cazalys Palmerston Club LEADING GOAL KICKER – Darren Ewing
Fosters Brewing COACHES AWARD – Bradley Palipuaminni
Doug Yuen Elders Insurance MOST COURAGEOUS – Matthew Rosier
NT Government MOST PROFESSIONAL – Jarred Ilett
ERA BEST YOUNG TALENT – Zephaniah Skinner
INPEX BEST U23 AWARD – Darren Ewing
St John Ambulance CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR – Di and Jeff Borella
Total Steel of Australia PLAYERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Cameron Ilett
For the Players Player award votes are allocated after each Round, the 22 players involved in the game voted their best players on a 3-2-1 basis. The maximum votes for any one player for a game is 66.
JUNIOR AWARDS:
U15 LONG Medal – Jarrod Stokes
U16 MCADAM Medal – Jed Anderson
U18 MCLEAN Medal – Steven May
NT NEWS Leadership Award – Steven May
JOHNSTON FAMILY Rising Star – Shaun Edwards
McCASKER MEDAL – Shannon Rioli