The SBA are pleased to finally release our award winners for the 2021 VJBL season. Even though we’ve had another COVID interrupted season, we managed to get enough VJBL games away earlier in the season to be able to recognise award winners for 2021.
Unfortunately for the second year in a row, our Sabres Presentation Day needed to be cancelled. We will be contacting team managers and parents about how to collect trophies once we are back inside the stadium.
Our awards announcement includes:
– Team MVPs and Coaches Awards for all of our Junior Sabres (voted on weekly by our Sabres coaches);
– Roger Morris Coaches of the Year Awards for our VC teams and our VJBL teams;
– Rob Lunardon Players of the Year Awards for our VC teams and our VJBL teams;
– Sabres Victorian Championship Referee of the Year 2021;
– Judy Barlow Volunteer Award 2021;
Our Player of the Year Awards are named for Sabres player Rob Lunardon who passed away tragically. More information on Rob’s story and the beginnings of the award can be found here:
https://www.southernbasketball.com.au/about-sba/history/
We are also pleased to be able to continue with our “Sabres for Life” initiative which recognises players that have given at least seven years of consecutive service to the Sabres program. Players receive a commemorative hoodie and their photo on the Sabres for Life wall on court 1. We will be contacting award winners with details on how to collect once we are back inside the stadium.
Congratulations to all of our award winners!
SABRES PROGRAM AWARD WINNERS – 2021 VJBL SEASON
Sabres Special Award winners:
| Special Awards | ||
| Roger Morris – VJL Boys Coach of the Year 2021 | Mark Findlay – 18.4 Boys | |
| Roger Morris – VJL Girls Coach of the Year 2021 | Tim Barber – 12.2 Girls | |
| Roger Morris – VC Boys Coach of the Year 2021 | Michael McIness – 12.1 Boys | |
| Roger Morris – VC Girls Coach of the Year 2021 | Cal Charge – 12.1 Girls | |
| Sabres Victorian Championship Referee of the Year 2021 | Paige Gilchrist | |
| Robert Lunardon Award – VJL Boys Player of the Year 2021 | Michael Aminov – 18.2 Boys | |
| Robert Lunardon Award – VJL Girls Player of the Year 2021 | Mila Delaney – 12.2 Girls | |
| Robert Lunardon Award – VC Boys Player of the Year 2021 | Oscar Humble – 16.1 Boys | |
| Robert Lunardon Award – VC Girls Player of the Year 2021 | Isla Airey – 16.1 Girls | |
| Judy Barlow Volunteer Award 2021 | Lisa Blogg – TM VYC Men | |
Sabres VJBL Team MVP and Coaches Award winners:
| TEAM | DIV | M.V.P. | Coaches Award |
| U12-1 Girls | VC | Holly Kearney | Rachael Verwoert |
| U12-1 Boys | VC | Henry Darker | Jacob Murphy |
| U12-2 Girls | VJL 1 | Mila Delaney | Eadie Gersbach |
| U12-2 Boys | VJL 2 | Tex Robertson | Jack Smith |
| U12-3 Girls | VJL 2 | Olivia Renkin | Zara Long |
| U12-3 Boys | VJL 2 | Lachlan Smith | Tate Onley |
| U12-4 Girls | VJL 3 | Eliza Oliver | Lucy Watterson |
| U12-4 Boys | VJL 3 | Joshua Mooney | Harrison Lonsdale Coates |
| U12.5 Boys | VJL 6 | Piotr Madziala | Toby Cooke |
| U12.6 Boys | VJL 6 | Joseph Eaton | Oscar Van Kouwen |
| U14-1 Girls | VC | Ella Wickstrom | Maddie Angus |
| U14-1 Boys | VJL 1 | Joshua Blaikie | Kobe Donovan |
| U14-2 Girls | VJL 3 | Jess Comas | Grace Marinelli |
| U14-2 Boys | VJL 4 | Hamish Beazley | Joshua Lewis |
| U14-3 Girls | VJL 3 | Charli Whitaker | Taya Woolhouse |
| U14-3 Boys | VJL 7 | Lincoln Sharpe | Edward Humphrey |
| U14-4 Girls | VJL 5 | Sienna Widger | Evie Taylor |
| U14-4 Boys | VJL 7 | Darcy Harwood | Oscar Luxmoore |
| U14.5 Girls | VJL 7 | Pippa Cameron | Mila Verbec |
| U14-5 Boys | VJL 9 | Aiden Taylor | Benjamin McDonald |
| U14-6 Boys | VJL 9 | Gilbert Etienne | Ryder Davis |
| U16-1 Girls | VC | Isla Airey | Sierra Woolhouse |
| U16-1 Boys | VC | Oscar Humble | Luca Cavarra |
| U16-2 Girls | VJL 4 | Josephine Friend | Emily Zallmann |
| U16-2 Boys | VJL 3 | Gus Dowling | Max Curtin |
| U16-3 Girls | VJL 4 | Phoebe Pratt | Amelie Naffine |
| U16-3 Boys | VJL 4 | Thomas Astl | Robert Tuohey |
| U16-4 Girls | VJL 4 | Cassie Whitaker | Ruby Brabner |
| U16-4 Boys | VJL 5 | Oliver Moodie | William Finch |
| U16.5 Girls | VJL 6 | Jorja Stahlhut | Georgia Kapetanas |
| U16.5 Boys | VJL 8 | Tom Hutchison | Nathan Page |
| U18-1 Girls | VC | Jaida Reid | Katie Ritchie |
| U18-1 Boys | VC | Jensen Bradtke | Wilson Amos |
| U18-2 Girls | VJL 3 | Ashley Robinson | Keely Coyne |
| U18-2 Boys | VJL 2 | Michael Aminov | Elliot Brown |
| U18-3 Girls | VJL 4 | Mia Callow | Alyssa Welsh |
| U18-3 Boys | VJL 3 | Hayden Whitaker | Jack Scalzi |
| U18-4 Boys | VJL 6 | Josh Clark | Declan Johns |
| U18-5 Boys | VJL 8 | Josh Clarke | Matthew Young |
Sabres for Life 2021 Inductees:
| Sabres Girls Program | Singlet # | Years of Service |
| Katie Ritchie | 24 | 2014-2021 |
| Maya Dear | 12 | 2014-2021 |
| Jemima O’Toole | 22 | 2014-2021 |
| Alannah Jackson | 42 | 2014-2021 |
| Chloe Arbuckle | 10 | 2015-2021 |
| Sabres Boys Program | Singlet # | Years of Service |
| William Brown | 52 | 2014-2021 |
| Hugo Garrow | 20 | 2014-2021 |
| Thomas Nash | 8 | 2015-2021 |
| Jack Carter | 34 | 2015-2021 |
| Hayden Whitaker | 30 | 2015-2021 |
| Jack Weir | 5 | 2015-2021 |
| James Hilford | 10 | 2015-2021 |
| Flynn Gaywood | 44 | 2015-2021 |
| Josh Cotton | 18 | 2014-2021 |
| Sam Ralph | 8 | 2014-2021 |
| Mason Cartwright | 22 | 2014-2021 |
| Earl Delahunty | 2 | 2015-2021 |