Casey Scorpions B & F

[KC from Casey 6,776]

It's a big night for the Casey Scorpions with the club's best and fairest.

I hope to bring you the results later this evening.

[KC from Casey 6,776]

Reserves team acts award Jordan Pollard.

Reserves MVP Award goes to Stefan Baumgartner.

Reserves Coaches award Gus Patti.

Reserves most improved award Jess Bolton.

Reserves runners up best and fairest David Bell.

Reserves Best & Fairest for 2011 Luke Tynan presented by Scorpion legend Snowy Fenton in whose honour the award is named. 

(information from Casey Scorpions twitter)

[KC from Casey 6,776]

The Leader Media Award for 2011 goes to Tim Mohr. Presented with a $1,000.00 cheque.

Tim Mohr, Rian McGough & Michael Stockdale presented with their 50th game awards by former player, current Freo defender Alex Silvagni.

James Wall & Kyle Matthews present the 2011 Captains Award to Luke Tynan.

Brad Gotch congratulated on coaching his 250th VFL match this season.

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Seniors Team Acts award to co-captain James Wall.

Seniors Players MVP award goes to Matthew Bate.

Senior Coaches Award goes to Matthew Warnock.

Seniors Most Improved Award - Will Petropoulos.

The Steve Harrison Rising Star Award - Mitch Gent.

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And I believe we should all give KC an award for his work through out the year. Very much appreciated.

[KC from Casey 6,776]

And I believe we should all give KC an award for his work through out the year. Very much appreciated.

Thanks jcb.

Please send your nomination to the Nobel Committee in Norway.

[KC from Casey 6,776]

Leader board after round 15: 3rd on 51 Bate, 2nd on 56 Wall, 1st on 74 Mohr.

[KC from Casey 6,776]

Round 22 leaders: Bate on 81 & Mohr on 80. This is a tight one!

[KC from Casey 6,776]

Congratulations to Tim Mohr who wins the 2011 Gardner Clark medal with Matthew Bate runner up. Brendan Fevola, who had a late start to the season comes in third.

Leader board when counting finished:

1. Tim Mohr 97

2. Matthew Bate 81

3. Brendan Fevola 69

4. Matthew Warnock 63

5. James Wall 55

6. Max Gawn 49

7. Michael Stockdale 43

8. Tom McNamara 38

9. Addam Maric 34

That's a effort from Bater who missed a couple of games when promoted to the Demons late in the season. 

[KC from Casey 6,776]

The word on the street is that this year's Gardner Clark Medallist for best and fairest player with the Casey Scorpions, Tim Mohr, is set to become a pioneer with the new Greater Western Sydney Giants franchise which enters the AFL next season.

 

Former Tasmanian Mohr, who played seven VFL games for the now defunct Tassie Devils before joining the Scorpions in 2008, capped off a great season by winning the club's major award on Friday night with 97 votes to hold off Matthew Bate by 16 votes in a close finish with full forward Brendan Fevola coming in third on 61 votes.

 

The 195cm 98kg key position player has shrugged off injuries from previous seasons and finally had a consistent year, playing mainly in defence although he was occasionally called on to pinch hit in the ruck.

 

Mohr combines his size with good strength and speed and is noted for his long kicking. He will attend this week's AFL Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium along with many other draft hopefuls who are aiming for places on AFL club lists in 2012.

 

The Giants' head of recruiting Steve Silvagni was just one of the AFL's scouts present at Casey matches this year and Mohr would most certainly have come under notice.

 

The Giants can draft him under the rule that allows the new club to pre list ten uncontracted players not tied to other AFL clubs. Last year Collingwood secured Andrew Krakouer under the same rule after he was listed by Gold Coast and on traded to the Magpies.

 

The fast finishing Bate can count himself unlucky to miss out. After snatching the lead by a single vote late in the count, he missed two rounds playing for the Demons and this enabled Mohr to hit the front again, a lead which he held to the end which came in the form of the club's crushing semi final exit against Werribee.

 

Fevola also had a strong second half year to finish third. He was the club's top goalkicker for the year with 68 and was a narrow runner up for the Frosty Miller medal for the VFL's top goalkicker. He nudged out last year's third placegetter Matthew Warnock who had another great season at full back.

 

Co-captain and a multiple best and fairest winner James Wall finished fifth ahead of future Demon ruck star Max Gawn.

 

Mohr also picked up the Leader Media Award (as voted by club staff) and the $1,000.00 cheque that goes with it and, along with Rian McGough and Michael Stockdale, was presented with his 50th game awards by former player, current Fremantle defender Alex Silvagni. Another former Scorpion with the Dockers is Peter Faulks who recently made his AFL debut with that club.

 

Wall and courageous co-skipper Kyle Matthews presented the 2011 Captains Award to youngster Luke Tynan who was also won the Reserves Best and Fairest  award.

 

Senior coach Brad Gotch was recognised for his achievement on coaching his 250th VFL match this season. By season's end, he was up to 264 games which puts him behind only Bill Faull and Gerard FitzGerald in the number of games coached in VFL/VFA history. Gotch's two-year contract has ended and it is believed the club is weighing up his future.

 

Top vote getters (Gardner-Clark Medal)

 

1. Tim Mohr 97

2. Matthew Bate 81

3. Brendan Fevola 69

4. Matthew Warnock 63

5. James Wall 55

6. Max Gawn 49

7. Michael Stockdale 43

8. Tom McNamara 38

9. Addam Maric 34

Other seniors awards went to:

 

Seniors Team Acts award - James Wall (who won this award last year).

 

Seniors Players MVP  - Matthew Bate.

 

Senior Coaches Award - Matthew Warnock.

 

Seniors Most Improved Award - Will Petropoulos.

 

The Steve Harrison Rising Star Award - Mitch Gent.

 

Trainer Bobbie Lee Blay was best clubperson.

Top vote getters (Gardner-Clark Medal)

 

Luke Tynan won the reserves best and fairest, the Snowy Fenton Medal. He polled 58 votes to win from David Bell (50) with Stefan Baumgatner (30) a distant third.

Other awards to the Reserves included: Team Acts award Jordon Pollard, Players MVP Stefan Baumgartner, Coaches award Gus Patti, Most Improved Jess Bolton.

 

Aaron Purves was the reserves competition's top goal kicker.

 

In other news, it was reported last week that the club might need to recruit hard to replenish its stocks with, in addition to Mohr's likely drafting, defender Michael Stockdale tipped to go interstate or another VFL club and possible moves by northern suburbs residents James Wall and Rian McGough.

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Bate not far off well done.

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1. Tim Mohr 97

2. Matthew Bate 81

3. Brendan Fevola 69

4. Matthew Warnock 63

5. James Wall 55

6. Max Gawn 49

7. Michael Stockdale 43

8. Tom McNamara 38

9. Addam Maric 34

Well done to these guys but is anyone else looking forward to the day when the best players of our VFL team actually have a future in our AFL team. From that list Max is the only one.

Over the last few years Brent MacAffer and Sharrod Wellingham have both dominated VFL for a year where as at Melbourne if your young and promising then a couple of strong VFL performances gets you in the AFL side for the next 10 weeks.

[Demonland 66,956]

Thanks to KC for providing an updated report in post #10.

[KC from Casey 6,776]

Confirmed in the local papers that Michael Stockdale is leaving the Scorpions to join former coach Peter German at Williamstown - He's Mohr or less a star.

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KC -- thanks once again for helping us Demons who can't get to Casey games and events in the loop. It is very much appreciated by us all.

I must say that I too am really very excited about Gawnius Maximus from that whole group - I am really looking forward to him becoming a regular and at very least "serviceable" player at MFC.

[Dr. Mubutu 697]

Thanks again, KC, for all your work through the season to keep us up-to-date with all the latest Scorpions news. Was there a special mention for Matthews? Best footy story of the year. Inspirational.