Tom Carter and Jake Gordon collected the major player awards at Sydney University Football Club’s annual presentation night.
First Grade inside-centre Carter was named the Club’s Best and Fairest player for 2016, while halfback Gordon was awarded the Michael Griffin Cup as the Players’ Player.
Should Carter retire, as has been mooted, he’ll put away the boots with 198 First Grade games behind him and 223 overall club games for SUFC. He’s scored 134 club tries, including 98 in First Grade.
The other major awards on the night included Jake Stafford being named Player of the Finals, Harry Johnson-Holmes being awarded the Steve Anthony Trophy as the Best and Fairest Colt, and Colts First Grade being named Team of the Year.
Christian Yassmin was the highest tryscorer and highest pointscorer for 2016.
Other awards included:
Grade Team Awards
4th Grade Best Back – Nick Burden
4th Grade Best Forward – Max Hughes
3rd Grade Best Back – Eddie L’Estrange
3rd Grade Best Forward – Byron Wicken
2nd Grade Best Back – Christian Kagiassis
2nd Grade Best Forward – Mitchell Whiteley
1st Grade Best Back – Jake Gordon
1st Grade Best Forward – Jake Wainwright
1st Grade Highest Try Scorer – Jake Gordon
1st Grade Highest Points Scorer – Angus Roberts
Most Improved Grade Player – Jake Wainwright
Most Promising Grade Player – Jake Gordon
Craig Fear Grade Encouragement Award – Ben Carolan
Colts Team Awards
3rd Colts Best Back – Daniel Poletto
3rd Colts Best Forward – Sean O’Byrne
2nd Colts Best Back – Tim McCutcheon
2nd Colts Best Forward – Tim Hingano
1st Colts Best Back – Theo Strang
1st Colts Best Forward – Nick Champion De Crespigny
1st Colts Best Fresher – Harry Johnson-Holmes
Most Promising Colts Player – Lachlan Swinton
Most Improve Colts Player – Sam Renton
Wehbe Family Colts Encouragement Award – Patrick O’Doherty
Club Awards
Colts Clubman of the Year – Connor and Patrick O’Doherty
Clubman of the Year – Mitchell Whiteley and Jordan Sukkar
Volunteer of the Year – Lou Lou Stanley
