Bellarine Football Netball League

Bellarine Football Netball League

Formerly	Bellarine & District Football League (1971–1985) Bellarine Football League (1986–2010)
Sport	Australian rules football Netball
Founded	1971;53 years ago (1971)
No. of teams	10
Country	Australia
Headquarters	Highton, Victoria, Australia
Confederation	AFL Barwon
Sponsor(s)	Dow Chemical Company
Related competitions	Geelong FNL Geelong & District FNL Polwarth FL
Official website	aflbarwon.com.au/bfnl

The Bellarine Football Netball League (BFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bellarine Peninsula region of Victoria, Australia. Established in 1971 as the Bellarine & District Football League, the competition was formed out of the ashes of the Polwarth Football League, which had six of its former teams join.

The competition was renamed the Bellarine Football League in 1986, and finally the Bellarine Football Netball League in 2011 when the local netball competition was administratively aligned with the football competition for the first time. Prior to 2011, netball clubs competed in a competition overseen by the Bellarine District Netball Association.

The BFNL forms the second tier of football in the Geelong area, along with the Geelong Football Netball League (GFNL) and the Geelong & District Football League.

In March 2024, following extensive consultation ^[1] AFL Barwon detailed a plan for expanding the BFNL to 12 teams from 2025 with a path for a team to accept an invitation for promotion to the GFNL, replacing a club that would then be relegated from the GNFL. ^[2]

Clubs

Current clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Est.	Former league	Years in BFNL	BFNL premierships
							Football		Netball
							Total	Most recent	Total	Most recent
Anglesea		Roos	Ellimatta Reserve, Anglesea	1963	GDFL	1973-	3	1999	1	2012
Barwon Heads		Seagulls	Howard Harmer Reserve, Barwon Heads	1922	GDFL	1971-	6	2022	0	—
Drysdale		Hawks	Drysdale Recreational Reserve, Drysdale	1879	GDFL	1971-	5	2010	0	—
Geelong Amateur		Ammos, Pegasus	Queens Park, Highton	1926	GDFL	1995-	5	2016	3	2022
Modewarre		Warriors	Mt Moriac Recreation Reserve, Mount Moriac	1879	GDFL	1996-	1	2018	3	2018
Newcomb		Power	Grinter Reserve, Moolap	1975	—	1976-	6	2007	0	—
Ocean Grove		Grubbers	Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove	1964	PFL	1971-	8	2003	2	2024
Portarlington		Demons	Portarlington Recreation Reserve, Portarlington	1874	PFL	1971-	2	1992	0	—
Queenscliff		Coutas	Queenscliff Recreation Reserve, Queenscliff	1884	PFL	1971-	4	2013	0	—
Torquay		Tigers	Spring Creek Reserve,Torquay	1952	PFL	1971-	10	2024	3	2019

8km
5miles

Torquay

Queenscliff

Portarlington

Ocean Grove

Newcomb

Modewarre

Geelong Amateur

Drysdale

Barwon Heads

Anglesea

  

Future clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home Ground	Entry Date
Surf Coast		Suns	Banyul-Warri Fields Sporting Precinct, Torquay	2026

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Est.	Former league	Years in BFNL	BFNL premierships		Fate
							Total	Most recent
Leopold		Lions	Leopold Memorial Park, Leopold	1955	PFL	1971-1991	2	1990	Moved to Geelong FNL in 1992
St Leonards		Saints	St Leonards Lake Reserve, St Leonards	1985	—	1985-1991	0	—	Moved to Geelong & District FNL in 1992
Winchelsea		Blues	Eastern Reserve, Winchelsea	1876	PFL	1971-1982	0	—	Moved to Colac & District FL in 1983

Premiers

Senior football

+	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
^	Player also won the Les Ash Medal as the best and fairest in the league

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on ground	Ref.
1971	Torquay	Queenscliff	18.5 (113) d. 6.15 (51)	Ocean Grove Memorial Reserve	Graham Muncey (Torquay)	[3] [4]
1972	Barwon Heads +	Ocean Grove	18.20 (128) d. 15.9 (99)	Leopold Memorial Park	Garry Hamer (Barwon Heads)	[3] [4]
1973	Barwon Heads +(2)	Winchelsea	19.11 (125) d. 11.9 (75)	Spring Creek Reserve	Brian Marshman (Barwon Heads)	[3] [4]
1974	Barwon Heads +(3)	Ocean Grove	13.14 (92) d. 11.13 (79)	Spring Creek Reserve	Geoff Fry^ (Barwon Heads)	[3] [4]
1975	Queenscliff +	Drysdale	14.16 (100) d. 11.10 (76)	Leopold Memorial Park	Peter Growney (Queenscliff)	[3] [4]
1976	Drysdale	Torquay	23.10 (148) d. 19.13 (127)	Leopold Memorial Park	Greg Scott (Drysdale)	[3] [4]
1977	Drysdale (2)	Queenscliff	12.10 (82) d. 11.12 (78)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	David Hall (Drysdale)	[3] [4]
1978	Portarlington	Drysdale	12.19 (91) d. 5.14 (44)	Howard Harmer Reserve	Vincent Guiffe (Portarlington)	[3] [4]
1979	Leopold	Newcomb	18.12 (120) d. 17.9 (111)	Spring Creek Reserve	Peter Lewis (Leopold)	[3] [4]
1980	Newcomb	Portarlington	13.17 (95) d. 9.12 (66)	Leopold Memorial Park	Greg Herbet (Newcomb)	[3] [4]
1981	Newcomb +(2)	Torquay	17.10 (112) d. 12.9 (81)	Howard Harmer Reserve	John Fagan^ (Newcomb)	[3] [4]
1982	Newcomb (3)	Torquay	19.15 (129) d. 8.9 (57)	Leopold Memorial Park	John Fagan (2) (Newcomb)	[3] [4]
1983	Anglesea	Torquay	14.14 (98) d. 13.6 (84)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	Brian O’Keefe (Anglesea)	[3] [4]
1984	Torquay (2)	Drysdale	19.11 (125) d. 19.10 (124)	Leopold Memorial Park	Alan Lynch (Drysdale)	[3] [4]
1985	Drysdale (3)	Leopold	20.26 (146) d. 11.6 (72)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	Darren Wilson (Drysdale)	[3] [4]
Bellarine Football League name adopted
1986	Torquay +(3)	Newcomb	21.21 (147) d. 4.12 (36)	Howard Harmer Reserve	Shane Jacobsen (Torquay)	[3] [4]
1987	Torquay +(4)	Leopold	13.16 (94) d. 10.14 (74)	Leopold Memorial Park	Dale Lewis (Torquay)	[3] [4]
1988	Newcomb (4)	Drysdale	14.7 (91) d. 11.12 (78)	Leopold Memorial Park	Ross Gibson (Newcomb)	[3] [4]
1989	Torquay +(5)	Drysdale	11.15 (81) d. 9.18 (72)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	John McMahon (Torquay)	[3] [4]
1990	Leopold +(2)	Anglesea	17.5 (107) d. 11.13 (79)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Peter Lange (Leopold)	[3] [4]
1991	Anglesea +(2)	Leopold	10.15 (75) d. 5.7 (37)	Portarlington Recreation Reserve	Darren Fraser (Anglesea)	[3] [4]
1992	Portarlington +(2)	Drysdale	10.6 (66) d. 4.11 (35)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Brian Canny (Portarlington)	[3] [4]
1993	Barwon Heads +(4)	Ocean Grove	19.17 (131) d. 10.16 (76)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Antony Callan (Barwon Heads)	[3] [4]
1994	Ocean Grove +	Portarlington	16.6 (102) d. 5.12 (42)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Dean Gills (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
1995	Ocean Grove +(2)	Anglesea	17.12 (114) d. 11.11 (77)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Matthew McTaggart (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
1996	Ocean Grove +(3)	Anglesea	12.12 (84) d. 7.12 (54)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Steven Sherwell (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
1997	Ocean Grove +(4)	Anglesea	11.10 (76) d. 4.2 (26)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Will McTaggart (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
1998	Torquay +(6)	Ocean Grove	9.8 (62) d. 6.7 (43)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	George Arnold^ (Torquay)	[3] [4]
1999	Anglesea +(3)	Ocean Grove	13.16 (94) d. 12.12 (84)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Ian Benny (Anglesea)	[3] [4]
2000	Ocean Grove +(5)	Anglesea	16.13 (109) d. 7.12 (54)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Mathew Payne^ (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
2001	Ocean Grove +(6)	Drysdale	23.16 (154) d. 12.8 (80)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Kane Montgomery (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
2002	Ocean Grove (7)	Drysdale	12.23 (95) d. 6.7 (43)	Spring Creek Reserve	James Dalton (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
2003	Ocean Grove (8)	Geelong Amateur	12.9 (81) d. 10.12 (72)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Liam Rock (Ocean Grove)	[3] [4]
2004	Geelong Amateur +	Ocean Grove	18.9 (117) d. 11.5 (71)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Haami Williams (Geelong Amateur)	[3] [4]
2005	Newcomb +(5)	Torquay	15.18 (108) d. 11.9 (75)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Luke McLean (Newcomb)	[3] [4]
2006	Torquay (7)	Newcomb	15.9 (99) d. 13.11 (89)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Andrew Wesley (Torquay)	[3] [4]
2007	Newcomb (6)	Ocean Grove	25.15 (165) d. 17.9 (111)	Spring Creek Reserve	Mark Stewart (Newcomb)	[3] [4]
2008	Geelong Amateur +(2)	Torquay	28.11 (179) d. 14.19 (103)	Spring Creek Reserve	Nathan Reid (Geelong Amateur)	[3] [4]
2009	Drysdale (4)	Geelong Amateur	15.18 (108) d. 13.12 (90)	Spring Creek Reserve	Brett Dowie (Drysdale)	[3] [4]
2010	Drysdale +(5)	Geelong Amateur	13.13 (91) d. 11.17 (83)	Spring Creek Reserve	Mitch Scott (Drysdale)	[3] [4]
Bellarine Football Netball League name adopted
2011	Queenscliff (2)	Geelong Amateur	17.22 (124) d. 13.7 (85)	Spring Creek Reserve	Daniel Gibbs (Queenscliff)	[3] [4] [5]
2012	Queenscliff +(3)	Torquay	16.14 (110) d. 12.8 (80)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Daniel Gibbs (2) (Queenscliff)	[3] [4]
2013	Queenscliff +(4)	Drysdale	14.16 (100) d. 6.11 (47)	Spring Creek Reserve	Brad Ridings (Queenscliff)	[3] [4]
2014	Geelong Amateur +(3)	Ocean Grove	22.16 (148) d. 8.9 (57)	Spring Creek Reserve	Kane Smith (Geelong Amateur)	[3] [4]
2015	Geelong Amateur (4)	Torquay	16.16 (112) d. 11.14 (80)	Spring Creek Reserve	Peter Street (Geelong Amateur)	[3] [4]
2016	Geelong Amateur +(5)	Modewarre	18.16 (124) d. 11.11 (77)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Brad King (Geelong Amateur)	[3] [4]
2017	Torquay +(8)	Geelong Amateur	17.9 (111) d. 7.18 (60)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Billy Henderson (Torquay)	[3] [4]
2018	Modewarre	Barwon Heads	14.9 (93) d. 5.16 (46)	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	John Meesen (Modewarre)	[3] [4]
2019	Barwon Heads (5)	Torquay	13.7 (85) d. 10.11 (71)	Spring Creek Reserve	Zach Walter (Barwon Heads)	[3] [4] [6]
2020	Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic					[7]
2021	Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria					[8]
2022	Barwon Heads (6)	Torquay	12.12 (84) d. 3.11 (29)	Grinter Reserve	Sammy Baker (Barwon Heads)	[9]
2023	Torquay (9)	Drysdale	16.14 (110) d. 12.6 (78)	Grinter Reserve	Nathan Mifsud (Torquay)	[10]
2024	Torquay (10)	Anglesea	16.17 (113) d. 7.9 (51)	Leopold Memorial Park	Chase Loftus (Torquay)	[11]

A Grade netball

+	Team also won the minor premiership for finishing on top of the ladder
^	Player also won the league best and fairest award

Season	Premiers	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Best on court	Ref.
2011	Modewarre	Anglesea	41–37	Kardinia Park	Christine Graham (Modewarre)	[12] [13]
2012	Anglesea +	Modewarre	62–39	Banyul-Warri Fields	Elle Rice (Anglesea)	[12] [14]
2013	Torquay	Modewarre	49–37	Kardinia Park	Courtney Cuolahan (Torquay)	[12] [15]
2014	Geelong Amateur +	Torquay	33–30	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Jenni Gardner (Geelong Amateur)	[12] [16]
2015	Geelong Amateur (2)	Torquay	36–29	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Keisha Guilmartin (Geelong Amateur)	[12] [17]
2016	Torquay (2)	Geelong Amateur	31–30	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Jessica Standfield (Torquay)	[12] [18]
2017	Modewarre (2)	Geelong Amateur	43–27	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Kim Martin (Modewarre)	[12] [19]
2018	Modewarre +(3)	Geelong Amateur	34–30	Drysdale Recreation Reserve	Jessica Kelly (Modewarre)	[12] [20]
2019	Torquay (3)	Geelong Amateur	38–25	Spring Creek Reserve	Courtney Cuolahan (2) (Torquay)	[12] [21]
2020	Season cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic					[7]
2021	Season curtailed due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria					[8]
2022	Geelong Amateur (3)	Ocean Grove	60–48	Grinter Reserve	Keisha Guilmartin (2) (Geelong Amateur)	[22] [23]
2023	Ocean Grove	Geelong Amateur	53–45	Grinter Reserve	Ashton O'Brien (Ocean Grove)	[24] [25]
2024	Ocean Grove (2)	Geelong Amateur	53–48	Leopold Memorial Park	Emily Moroney (Ocean Grove)	[26]

Individual awards

Senior football

Les Ash Medal

The Les Ash Medal, named after the late longtime Bellarine football administrator, is presented to the league's best and fairest player at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. It was first named after Ash in 1989; previously it was known simply as the best and fairest medal. Two players have won the award on four occasions – Modewarre's Josh Finch, whose honours spanned seven seasons throughout the 2010s, and Torquay's James Darke, whose period of success overlapped with Finch to claim the award across nine seasons. Both Finch and Darke are also members of a group of five players who have won the award in consecutive seasons.

^	Player also won the Leading Goalkicker Award

Table of recipients

Season	Player	Club	Votes	Ref.
1971	Stewart Mathieson	Winchelsea	[ ? ]	[27]
1972	Gary Renfrey	Portarlington	[ ? ]	[27]
1973	Dennis Johnson	Barwon Heads	[ ? ]	[27]
1974	Geoff Fry	Barwon Heads	[ ? ]	[27]
1975	Dennis Johnson (2)	Barwon Heads	[ ? ]	[27]
1976	Robert Warren	Queenscliff	[ ? ]	[27]
1977	Mike Birrell	Queenscliff	[ ? ]	[27]
1978	Mike Birrell (2)	Queenscliff	[ ? ]	[27]
1979	David Roe	Portarlington	[ ? ]	[27]
1980	Phil Stringer	Ocean Grove	[ ? ]	[27]
1981	John Fagan	Newcomb	[ ? ]	[27]
1982	David Roe (2)	Portarlington	[ ? ]	[27]
1983	Greg Scott	Drysdale	[ ? ]	[27]
1984	Greg Young	Anglesea	[ ? ]	[27]
1985	Phil Dennis	Portarlington	[ ? ]	[27]
1986	Mark Browne^	Torquay	[ ? ]	[27]
1987	Brian O'Keefe	Anglesea	[ ? ]	[27]
1988	Dean McNeil	Queenscliff	[ ? ]	[27]
Award renamed to Les Ash Medal
1989	Chris Taylor	Drysdale	[ ? ]	[27]
1990	Chris Haddock	Torquay	[ ? ]	[27]
1991	Chris Haddock (2)	Torquay	[ ? ]	[27]
1992	Matt Walter	Barwon Heads	[ ? ]	[27]
1993	Jamie Dalton	Queenscliff	[ ? ]	[27]
	Paul Hudson	Newcomb	[ ? ]	[27]
1994	Geoff Taylor	Barwon Heads	[ ? ]	[27]
1995	Trevor Tucker	Ocean Grove	[ ? ]	[27]
1996	Paul Hudson (2)	Newcomb	[ ? ]	[27]
1997	Paul Hudson (3)	Newcomb	[ ? ]	[27]
1998	George Arnold	Torquay	[ ? ]	[27]
1999	Damian Clark	Ocean Grove	[ ? ]	[27]
2000	Mathew Payne	Ocean Grove	[ ? ]	[27]
2001	Mark Trevaskis	Geelong Amateur	[ ? ]	[27]
2002	Mark Hildebrandt	Barwon Heads	[ ? ]	[27]
2003	Matthew Primmer	Queenscliff	[ ? ]	[27]
2004	Simon Nelis	Drysdale	[ ? ]	[27]
2005	Russell Whiteford	Anglesea	[ ? ]	[27]
2006	James Dalton	Ocean Grove	[ ? ]	[27]
2007	Ricky O'Toole	Newcomb	[ ? ]	[27]
2008	Christian Robertson	Anglesea	[ ? ]	[27]
2009	Lindsay Smith	Geelong Amateur	[ ? ]	[27]
2010	Josh Finch	Modewarre	18	[28]
2011	Dylan Chaplin-Burch	Queenscliff	21	[29]
2012	Josh Finch (2)	Modewarre	24	[30]
2013	Josh Finch (3)	Modewarre	30	[31]
2014	James Darke	Torquay	23	[32]
2015	Mitch Day^	Geelong Amateur	24	[33]
2016	Josh Finch (4)	Modewarre	22	[34]
2017	James Darke (2)	Torquay	31	[35]
2018	Jackson Bews	Anglesea	17	[36]
	Mat Dyer	Barwon Heads	17	[36]
2019	Dom Gleeson	Torquay	22	[37]
	John Meesen	Modewarre	22	[37]
2020	Not awarded			[7]
2021	James Darke (3)	Torquay	20 [a]	[38]
2022	James Darke (4)	Torquay	27	[39]
2023	Luke Davis	Barwon Heads	20 [b]	[40]
2024	Matt Boag	Torquay	26	[41]

Leading Goalkicker Award

The Leading Goalkicker Award is presented to the player who has kicked the most goals at the conclusion of the home-and-away season. Barwon Heads' Stephen "Chooka" Piec, described as "a poster boy for the Bellarine in its formative years", holds the record for the most titles (four). The magical century-mark of goals has been reached 14 times throughout the regular season. Dominant Torquay forward Wayne Tyquin's three-year run of 349 cumulative goals from 1997 to 1999 capped off a five-year consecutive period where the league had at least one centurion. Overlap between the Leading Goalkicker Award and the Les Ash Medal is rare; only two players (Torquay's Mark Browne in 1986 and Geelong Amateur's Mitch Day in 2015) have collected both honours in the same season.

^	Player also won the Les Ash Medal as the best and fairest in the league

Table of recipients

Season	Player	Club	Goals	Ref.
1971	Peter Harrison	Portarlington	51	[42]
1972	Stephen "Chooka" Piec	Barwon Heads	90	[42]
1973	Stephen "Chooka" Piec (2)	Barwon Heads	77	[42]
1974	Stephen "Chooka" Piec (3)	Barwon Heads	57	[42]
1975	Ray King	Portarlington	83	[42]
1976	Stephen "Chooka" Piec (4)	Barwon Heads	68	[42]
1977	Randell Whitten	Drysdale	114	[42]
1978	Randell Whitten (2)	Drysdale	110	[42]
1979	Tony Sudale	Newcomb	85	[42]
1980	Gary Harriott	Anglesea	93	[42]
1981	Tony Sudale (2)	Newcomb	77	[42]
1982	Darrell Bissett	Portarlington	111	[42]
1983	Gary Harriott (2)	Anglesea	91	[42]
1984	Kevin Madden	Torquay	82	[42]
1985	Mike Birrell	Queenscliff	114	[42]
1986	Mark Browne^	Torquay	83	[42]
1987	Jim Kelly	Anglesea	100	[42]
1988	Darrell Bissett (2)	Portarlington	59	[42]
1989	Sean Kennedy	Drysdale	81	[42]
1990	Phil Tagliabue	Leopold	66	[42]
1991	Russell Mitchell	Drysdale	62	[42]
1992	Greg Mighall	Portarlington	73	[42]
1993	Darren Evans	Queenscliff	63	[42]
1994	Stephen Smith	Anglesea	67	[42]
1995	Adam Richardson	Ocean Grove	121	[42]
1996	David Masek	Drysdale	108	[42]
1997	Wayne Tyquin	Torquay	111	[42]
1998	Wayne Tyquin (2)	Torquay	120	[42]
1999	Wayne Tyquin (3)	Torquay	118	[42]
2000	Luke Winter	Anglesea	75	[42]
2001	Jamie Gladman	Queenscliff	78	[42]
2002	Stuart Craven	Drysdale	63	[42]
2003	Adam Richardson	Drysdale	110	[42]
2004	Jamie Gladman	Queenscliff	78	[42]
2005	Adam Skrobalak	Torquay	68	[42]
2006	Adam Skrobalak (2)	Torquay	95	[42]
2007	Sam Clark	Geelong Amateur	58	[42]
2008	Lucas Murphy	Barwon Heads	102	[42]
2009	Lucas Murphy (2)	Barwon Heads	92	[42]
2010	Jason Tom	Geelong Amateur	67	[42]
2011	Jason Tom (2)	Geelong Amateur	108	[42]
2012	Scott Hughes	Torquay	91	[42]
2013	Scott Hughes (2)	Torquay	97	[42]
2014	Daniel DeGois	Queenscliff	95	[43]
2015	Mitch Day^	Geelong Amateur	106	[44]
2016	Mitch Day (2)	Geelong Amateur	82	[45]
2017	Mitch Day (3)	Geelong Amateur	70	[46]
2018	Jordan Erskine	Anglesea	83	[47]
2019	Jordan Erskine (2)	Anglesea	94	[48]
2020	Not awarded			[7]
2021	Lucas Anderson	Torquay	56 [a]	[49]
2022	Mat Hebbard	Drysdale	87	[50]
2023	Lucas Anderson (2)	Torquay	74	[51]
2024	Jack Duke	Newcomb	71	[52]

A Grade netball

Best & Fairest Award

Table of recipients

Season	Player	Club	Votes	Ref.
2011	Nikki Cooke	Drysdale	24	[53] [54]
2012	Sarah O'Connor	Modewarre	27	[53] [55]
2013	Rochelle Godfrey	Queenscliff	28	[56]
2014	Ashlea Salter	Geelong Amateur	27	[43] [57]
2015	Sarah Gunning	Modewarre	23	[44] [58]
2016	Hannah Kennedy	Drysdale	28	[45] [59]
2017	Olivia Wilson	Barwon Heads	29	[46] [60]
2018	Kelsey Ollis	Ocean Grove	27	[47] [61]
2019	Ashlea Salter (2)	Geelong Amateur	36	[48] [62]
2020	Not awarded			[7]
2021	Jessica Standfield	Torquay	12 [a]	[63]
2022	Kaitlin Gladman	Queenscliff	32	[64]
2023	Kaitlin Gladman (2)	Queenscliff	35	[65]
2024	Kiralee Collings	Torquay	27	[66]
	Jess Duke	Newcomb	27	[66]

Hot Shot Award

Table of recipients

Season	Player	Club	Goals	Ref.
2011	Errin Schaeffer	Newcomb	621	[67]
2012	Elle Rice	Anglesea	660	[68]
2013	Candice Bull	Portarlington	651	[56]
2014	Candice Bull (2)	Portarlington	[ ? ]	[43]
2015	Amy Vogels	Torquay	589	[44]
2016	Monique Adams	Barwon Heads	452	[45]
2017	Kim Martin	Modewarre	629	[46]
2018	Monique Adams (2)	Barwon Heads	594	[47] [69]
2019	Rebecca Scott	Ocean Grove	697	[48] [70]
2020	Not awarded			[7]
2021	Ruby Watson	Geelong Amateur	531 [a]	[49]
2022	Rebecca O'Neill (2)	Ocean Grove	831	[64]
2023	Ruby Watson (2)	Geelong Amateur	1,064	[71]
2024	Ruby Watson (3)	Geelong Amateur	852	[66] [71]

Bibliography

• Cat Country – History of Football In The Geelong Region – John Stoward – ISBN   9780957751583

Notes

1. Only 12 games were played due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Drysdale's Ben Fennell polled 22 votes to lead the count, but was ruled ineligible due to a reprimand he received for an incident in the Hawks' round 17 match against Torquay.

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