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The Casey Scorpions will hold their Presentation Night where the 2010 Gardner Clark Medallist will be presented on Friday, September 24th, at Casey Fields VFL Function room.

The Gardner Clark Medal is awarded to the best and fairest player for the club and an exciting finish is expected.

On my reckoning it's a battle between three players who had outstanding seasons for the Scorpions - defender Michael Stockdale, utility James Wall and forward Brad Miller.

In his second season at the club after being recruited from the Gippsland Power, Stockdale was outstanding as a running defender and fought his way into the VFL representative side which thrashed the WAFL in midseason. He was leading the count in the VFLs J J Liston Trophy at the half way mark of the season and, despite suffering a season ending knee injury in Round 12, he finished fifth in the final voting.

Acting skipper Wall won the last two Gardner Clark Medals and is considered a good chance to make it three in a row. Wall has been an inspirational leader in the absence of the injured Kyle Matthews and has played just about everywhere from wing to key back and key forward posts during the season.

Millers season was shared between the Demons and the Scorpions but when it was announced he would be delisted at seasons ended and offered a farewell match with Melbourne, he chose to stick with Casey rather than let his teammates down in their first final. Miller played 15 games and was the clubs top goal kicker with 42 for the season including a bag of ten against the Gold Coast when his heroics in front of goal inspired a magnificent come from behind victory.

So will it be one of the above trio or someone like Ben MacReadie or Kyle Cheney?

The major award is named after two former club champion ruckmen in Ian Gardner and Simon Clark. Each played in premierships and each won five Best and Fairest awards at the club. Gardner in the 60s and Clark in the 90's

You can find out by following the action at the clubs Presentation Night - see Casey Scorpions website.

 

Wall would have to be odds on- a smokie for me is Danny Nicholls.

 

will Pia be there? I might head down to casey for a look see....might be the last time we see her for a while :(

will Pia be there? I might head down to casey for a look see....might be the last time we see her for a while :(

If the story about Miller taking a job at the club are true, you'll still have the opportunity to see plenty of her.

Correction ... you'll have the opportunity to see her plenty more times. :wub:


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The winner of this year's Gardner-Clark Medal for best and fairest player with the Casey Scorpions is forward Brad Miller who polled 86 votes to head off runner up Kyle Cheney by the slender margin of three votes.

Defender Matthew Warnock finished third with 62 votes while first year player Danny Nicholls polled the most votes among the Casey listed players.

Unluckiest player was Michael Stockdale who missed the final six games plus two finals and still managed to finish in sixth place.

Miller was also the club's leading goal kicker with 42 including that match winning ten goal haul against Gold Coast late in the season.

Winner of the club's most improved award was Michael Riseley who played some exciting football after being promoted to play the last three senior games of the season (including two finals) while Ricky Plummer is the club's Rising Star.

The Alarah/Leader Award went to Kyle Cheney (seniors) and David Bell (reserves).

Other seniors awards went to:

Brad Miller - Respect, Passion, Mateship

James Wall - Team Acts

Matt Fieldsend - Coach's Award

Evan Panozza - Captain's Award

Top votegetters (Gardner-Clark Medal)

86 Brad Miller

83 Kyle Cheney

62 Matthew Warnock

60 Danny Nicholls

55 Paul Johnson

53 Michael Stockdale

52 Ben Macreadie

48 James Wall

46 Evan Panozza

Reserves Award winners were:

Mark Weekes - Best & Fairest

Gus Patti & David Bell - Equal runners up Best & Fairest

Will Petropolous - Most Improved

Ricky Plummer - Respect, Passion, Mateship and Team Acts

Dean Cleven - Coach's Award

did you hear anything whether the dees would be inviting any casey players down for a pre season for a chance on the rookie list?

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