Warrior, Tiger tie for Cole – Lui From The Radio

Lui Zacher
August 18, 2022 / 8:50 pm

AFTER finishing runner-up to his cousin last year, Modewarre veteran Leigh Anderson has gone one better to claim the Don Cole Medal as Bellarine reserve grade best-and-fairest.

Anderson, tied for second to cousin Troy Anderson in 2021, polled 18 votes to share the award with Torquay’s Nick Garner.

Garner, who polled two votes in the final round to tie with Anderson, was also on last year’s leaderboard, finishing tied for fourth.

Drysdale’s Tyler Bonner and Barwon Heads’ Tyson Windus were four votes back in equal third.

Seagulls Luke Potiriadis rounded out the top five on 11 votes.

Anderson, who confirmed his retirement during the medal presentation, is the third consecutive Warrior to win the award, following his cousin last year and Robert Armstrong, who shared the medal with Hawk Daniel Tester in 2019.

CLUB BY CLUB VOTING

ANGLESEA

6 – Jack Elliott
6 – Zac Wills
5 – Chris Kennedy
5 – Matthew Brown
4 – James Moverley
3 – Dylan Taylor
3 – Joe Darby
3 – Tom Presnell
2 – Darcy Cooper
2 – Josh King
2 – Simon Umbers
1 – David Royle
1 – Dylan Pettingill
1 – Gabriel de Lima
1 – Nathan Rivalland
1 – Stefan Callea

BARWON HEADS

12 – Tyson Windus
11 – Luke Potiriadis
5 – Jake Barlow
4 – Harrison Middleton
4 – Peter Swinton
4 – Trent Pocock
3 – Darcy Pierce
3 – Jake Ballagh
3 – Leighton Driscoll
3 – Toby Ryan
2 – Bailey Graham
2 – Luca Vella
2 – Maddison Hardiman
2 – Nick Avery
1 – Joel Heil
1 – Koban Treweek

DRYSDALE

12 – Taylor Bonner
8 – Mason Davis
7 – Darcy Mullen
5 – Lachie Edwards
5 – Mitch O’Dowd
4 – Brent Taylor
3 – Billy Collins
3 – Charlie Woodford
3 – George Christofi
3 – Jacob Wilson
3 – Jake Hargreaves
3 – Josh Hopgood
3 – Tom Randone
2 – Bailey Sykes
2 – Ben Henderson
2 – Daniel Tester
2 – Declan Redfern
2 – Fletcher Sharrock
2 – Lachie Inglis
2 – Peter Kilpatrick
2 – Rhys Humpage
2 – Toby Wiffen

GEELONG AMATEUR

8 – Matt Kellett
6 – Liam Boyle
4 – Hunter Merryfull
3 – Angus Bock
3 – Daniel Lovick
3 – Jordan Toll
2 – Charlie McFadyen
2 – Chris Lever
2 – Darby Edwards
2 – Darcy Kiss
2 – Max Garratt
2 – William Hutchison
1 – David McNeel
1 – Jack Kennett
1 – Jake Peachey
1 – Luke McCoy
1 – Matthew Ellison
1 – Tristan Kollegger

MODEWARRE

18 – Leigh Anderson
10 – Michael Harper
8 – Lachie Bath
5 – Jeremy Smith
3 – Dion Robertson
2 – Callum Bourke
2 – Lewis Overman
2 – William Fraser
2 – William Koopman
1 – Brad Fuller
1 – Joseph Peck
1 – Mitch Whelan
1 – Nicholas Waugh

NEWCOMB

9 – Tom Smith
6 – Sam Cole
5 – Caleb Law
5 – Coby Eagle
4 – Jean-Paul Dumont
4 – Nicholas Brown
3 – Bailey Glascott
3 – Colin Holt
3 – Darcy Huntly-Mitchell
3 – Darcy Nolan
3 – Finn Spence
3 – Matt Walson
3 – Pat McGinley
2 – Oliver Marshall
1 – Mason Andrews
1 – Will Farrow

OCEAN GROVE

10 – Bryn D’Arcy
10- Matt Di-Guisto
6 – Jack Rawlings
5 – Lachlan Slater
5 – Nick Chapman
4 – Cory Connor
4 – Jack Brew
3 – Andrew Todorov
3 – Cam Marchbank
3 – Connor Pickett
3 – Hamish Cunningham
3 – Harrison Dolley
2 – Ed Dayman
2 – Lachlan Bedendo
1 – Cheyne Kelly
1 – Fletcher Long
1 – Phoenix Bowers

PORTARLINGTON

4 – Sam Roberts
1 – Liam Vagg

QUEENSCLIFF

7 – Justin Maher
7 – Matt Gibbs
3 – Brayden Anwyl
3 – Michael Randone
3 – Tom Dickinson
2 – Lachie Kidd
2 – Chris Turner
2 – Luke Lawrence
1 – Cade Knight
1 – Jordan Wilson
1 – Mitch Keane
1 – Nicholas Fry
1 – Oscar Courtney

TORQUAY

18 – Nick Garner
9 – Hugh Darke
6 – Sam Caruso
5 – Max Rampling
5 – Oscar Lewis
5 – Tom Diamond
3 – Chase Loftus
3 – Connor Williamson
3 – Jamie Reilly
3 – Jesse Dawson
3 – Lachie Bonney
3 – Nick O’Farrell
3 – Oliver Reed
3 – Seamus Doyle
3 – Tom Grace
2 – Mark Robb
2 – Tom Hooper
1 – Ed McCoy
1 – Jack Heathcote
1 – Paul Burchell

Image: Torquay’s Nick Garner has shared the Don Cole Medal with Modewarre’s Leigh Anderson. (Sports Media Image/Marcel Berens)