Sport
1 August, 2024
League award for talented Blood
TALENTED Terang Mortlake footballer Tayla Bell has finished runner-up in the Western Victoria Female Football League under 18 best and fairest vote count.
Bell finished the count on a creditable 12 votes, just four behind award winner Leayla Pohl from Cavendish.
Bell was presented with her award during a special vote count presentation afternoon in Warrnambool last weekend.
The top 10 players in the under 18 award also included Charmaine Lockwood (Horsham), Ruby Walters-McCosker (South Warrnambool), Sophie Curran (Terang Mortlake), Ella Guest (Portland), Lidia Thomas (Portland), Lila Evans (South), Tahlia Vesey (South) and Lara Purchase (Horsham).
North Warrnambool footballer Lily Shand won the Deakin University Under 15 girls’ best and fairest award.
Shand topped the leaderboard with 21 votes, just one ahead of runner-up Annika Baker from Portland.
Hamilton’s Tatum Bell finished third on 12 points, followed by North Warrnambool’s Tahlia Vesey in fourth on 10.
Lottie McCosh (South Warrnambool), Zarah Timpson (North Warrnambool), Tamara Rodda (South), Arlie Kelson (North) and Charlie Jago (South) rounded out the top 10.
The senior women’s best and fairest award was won by Horsham’s Vanilla Ika on 17 votes, from runner-up Ebony Stiles (Tyrendarra) on 12.
Rounding out the top 10 were Holly Nuske (Horsham), Emily Pitts (Hamilton), MaiseyWaayers (South), Michaela Leris (South), Hannah Utri (Warrnambool), Crystal Summers (Horsham), Mimi Chun (Hamilton) and Rosie Pickles (South).