Wednesday, September 13, 2023

2023 NPL, NPL Under-21s and Women's Super League award winners

Photo:  Nick Morton (right) with Football Tasmania president Bob Gordon at Saturday's awards night at the Crowne Plaza. [PlessPix] 

Nick Morton of South Hobart won the 2023 NPL Tasmania Best-and-Fairest Player Award.

The award is selected by the referees on the basis of 3-2-1 voting after each game.

Morton has had a very good two years as last year he was awarded the NPL Player’s Player-of-the-Year Award.

Photo:  Multiple award winner Roberto Fernandez Garrido (left) with Football Tasmania board member James Brooks. [PlessPix] 

This year, that prestigious award went to Devonport Strikers’ Spanish import, striker Roberto Fernandez Garrido.

Garrido also took out the NPL Golden Boot Award as the league’s leading marksman with 28 goals in 21 matches.  He also won this award last season.

He was also presented with the 2023 Walter Pless Media Award, and after Devonport’s game on Saturday, collected the Ibro Cahut Memorial Trophy as the NPL’s leading scorer, a trophy he also received last season.

Photo:  Clarence City mayor Brendan Blomeley (left) presents the Golden Glove Award to Glenorchy Knights goalkeeper, Canadian import Jackson Gardner. [PlessPix] 

The NPL Golden Glove Award for the best goalkeeper was won by Glenorchy Knights’ Canadian import, Jackson Gardner.

James Sherman of Glenorchy Knights won the NPL Coach-of-the-Year Award.

Rowan Pitt of Glenorchy Knights took out the Rising Star Award to make it a great evening for Glenorchy Knights, who finished in third place on the NPL standings.

The NPL Referee-of-the-Year Award went to Brenton Kopra for the second consecutive year.

Photo:  Glenorchy Knights coach James Sherman receives his award from Tasmania's Leader of the Opposition, Rebecca White. [PlessPix]

 

Photo:  Rowan Pitt of Glenorchy Knights (right) receives his Rising Star Award from Luke Edmunds MLC. [PlessPix]

Photo:  Ian Colhoun (left) presents Brenton Kopra with his award, which he has now won two years in a row. [PlessPix]

 The Women’s Super League Best-and-Fairest Award and the Golden Boot Award went to Devonport Strikers’ Jazmin White for the second year in a row.

The Golden Glove Award went to Jenna Farrow, goalkeeper of the WSL champions, South Hobart.

Team-mate Pishon Choi, a midfielder, took out the WSL Players’ Player-of-the-Year award and the WSL Media Award.

Karne Wills of Taroona won the WSL Coach-of-the-Year award.

Photo:  Devonport's Jazmin White dominated the Women's Super League Awards for the second year running.  Here she makes her acceptance speech beside the MC for the night, Mark Thomas, who did a splendid and professional job in sometimes difficult circumstances. [PlessPix] 

Photo:  South Hobart's WSL goalkeeper Jenna Farrow after being presented with her Golden Glove Award by Clarence City mayor Brendon Blomeley. [PlessPix]

 

Photo:  Rebecca White presents Karen Wills with her award. [PlessPix]

Photo:  Luke Edmunds MLC presents Graciella Baez with her award. [PlessPix]

Photo:  Ian Colhoun presents the WSL Referee-of-the-Year Award to Elliana Beeston. [PlessPix] 

Graciella Baez of Clarence Zebras was selected as the Rising Star, while Elliana Beeston was the WSL Referee-of-the-Year.

In the NPL Under-21s, Daniel Arnaiz of South Hobart scooped the pool with a hat-trick of awards.

Photo:  Daniel Arnaiz receives one of his awards from Football Tasmania board member James Brooks. [PlessPix] 

He won the Best-and-Fairest Award, the Golden Boot, and the Players’ Player-of-the-Year Award.

The Golden Glove goalkeeping award went to Launceston City’s Noah Curtis.

The NPL Under-21 competition’s Referee-of-the-Year Award was presented to Joshua Berry.

Photo:  Clarence City mayor Brendan Blomeley presents the Under-21s Gold Glove Award to Noah Curtis of Launceston City. [PlessPix]

 

Photo:  Mary Collins presents Joshua Berry with the Sean Collins Referee-of-the-Year Award for the NPL Under-21 competition. [PlessPix]

Photo:  Geoff Brown, coach of South Hobart's Under-21 title-winning team, received   a trophy from Rebecca White. [PlessPix]

 

Photo:  Geoff Brown and his South Hobart Under-21 captain with their league trophy. [PlessPix]

Photo:  Devonport coazch Tom Ballantyne and skipper Kieran Mulraney with the NPL League Trophy. [PlessPix]

Photo:  South Hobart's WSL coach Alastair Russell and captain Sophie Westwood (centre) holding the WSL League Champions trophy. [PlessPix]

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all winners on a wonderful season.

Special mention to NIck Morton picking up the B&F award. He’s always been an ex city player to watch. But this year has been a standout in terms of his maturity and leadership of the team. Well deserved.

Anonymous said...

Great job by all
Question please what are the criteria for coaches awards ?
Surely Devenport coach had to win the award
James hasn’t really improved his side or achieved anything from previous season
A big congrats to Ken Norton again for all the results south have achieved this year
Won basically all the juniors including 21s and again introduced and developed some young lads into the npl squad
As always he guides his other coaches really well

Anonymous said...

The NPL coaches choose

Anonymous said...

Danny Arnaiz either better be playing NPL regularly next year or get picked up by a club on the mainland because he is wasted in the U21s competition. He is a super talent and it'd be shame if his potential isn't realised

Anonymous said...

Fellow NPL coaches choose coach of the year. So Ballantyne will have to ask them why he didn't get voted in. I assume its for the same reason why Nick Morton did not win Player's Player

Anonymous said...

It’s a shame it’s a popularity contest and not judge on merit with sone kind of criteria and overseen by FT

Anonymous said...

Almost every year the NPL Coach of the Year is a complete head scratcher. If the coaches vote for it, that explains it. Clearly just voting for who they like. A new method to determine the winner is obviously required.

Anonymous said...

It could be that coaches see more then just the wins

Anonymous said...

Why just because a Devonport person didn't win

Anonymous said...

Agree that Danny Arnaiz is a standout player with amazing foot skills. Super talented and delightful to watch him carve up the field,

Anonymous said...

How does a coach who finishes 3rd win coach of the year? Considering the funding$. I’d think it’s underperforming

Anonymous said...

Are we still on this knights are the only people that pay story cos riverside spent money so did city we know Devonport do as do Clarence and kingborough oh yes and south the coaches voted they watch all the games