Whitsunday Sea Eagles Celebrate

Saturday saw the Whitsunday Sea Eagles hold their 2022 Season Club Presentations celebrating a brilliant year on what was a superb day.

2022 saw Sea Eagles Under 17s and Under 12s play in Grand Finals doing a great job for the Club against stronger opposition.

Senior Men and Under 14s made Preliminary Finals, coming third in their respective grades, while Senior Women celebrated their growing skill development with a few more wins on the board.

Young Sea Eagle Aidan Allen-Fancke went back-to-back in the Under 17s AFLQ Mackay League Best & Fairest, and Sea Eagles look forward to seeing what he can do with his talented future.

Remaining teams saw many votes across the League to end a year of achievements for a relatively small but growing Whitsunday Australian Football Club.

Whitsunday Sea Eagles Senior Men’s Best and Fairest went to Brent Downie who consistently works hard around the ground. Runner up was Ryan Lee, who had another skilful year until injury took him out of the running through the season, whilst Leading goalkicker Sam Keating was a reliable set of hands in front of goals for the second year running.

Senior Women Best and Fairest was taken out by Cleo Dickie, who also scored some votes in the League Best and Fairest. Runner up was the ever-reliable Grace Bell.

Under 17s Best and Fairest Aidan Allen-Fancke once again doubled up from the League medal in what was another stunning year for the young gun. Runner up was Jordan Daniels, who was outstanding around the ground, and Leading goalkicker with 33 goals went to Brodan Cornwall.

Under 14s Best and Fairest went to Zavier Goswell with Runner up Blake Hanks. Under 14s Female Player of the Year went to Charlotte Fleming, while leading goalkicker with a whopping 38 was Cody Love.

Under 12s Best and Fairest was so close votes could not separate them, shared between Lochlan Jeffries and Tyson Fowler. Not far behind was runner up Reef Weller with these top three also tying for the Players Player award. Leading goalkicker Sterling Rogan-Hamilton managed 13 for the season.

The perpetual Cody Gibbs Memorial Trophy was unveiled to be awarded to a Club member who showed they were Resilient, Courageous, Selfless and Respectful. The deserving recipient of the Cody Gibbs Memorial Trophy this year for resilience and courage throughout ongoing injuries, loyal support of the Club and support to Cody throughout his battle, was Oxsen Prosser.

Sea Eagles would like to thank their Sponsors and the community for their amazing support this year for AFL in the Whitsundays and look forward to seeing you for AFL Mackay Preseason Carnival in March 2023.

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