{"id":116211,"date":"2025-10-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=116211"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:34:22","slug":"oconnell-goes-back-to-back-cheesman-claims-top-netball-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/sport\/oconnell-goes-back-to-back-cheesman-claims-top-netball-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Connell goes back-to-back; Cheesman claims top netball honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SENIOR captain Joel O&#8217;Connell and midcourter Sadie Cheesman have taken out Lake Wendouree&#8217;s top football and netball honours for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connell made it back-to-back wins of the senior football best and fairest award, named after his father and club legend Peter O&#8217;Connell.<\/p>\n<p>The versatile Jaydo Wright capped a consistent season as the runner-up behind O&#8217;Connell, while Kynan Raven was awarded the most consistent trophy.<\/p>\n<p>In a season heavily focused on promoting youth, Angus O&#8217;Keefe stood tall as the Rising Star award.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Shearer claimed the Terry Simpson Anchor Award.<\/p>\n<p>Chosen in the BFNL&#8217;s netball team of the year at centre, Cheesman was a deserving winner of the Sally McLean best and fairest award in A-grade.<\/p>\n<p>The star midcourter is firmly established as one of the league&#8217;s most consistent midcourt performers.<\/p>\n<p>In a promising sign for the future, teenage defender Audrey Dommaile finished as the runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Versatile midcourter Kara Hart was recognised with the Trademark award.<\/p>\n<p>In major club awards, Jordan McKay claimed the Holloway Award as best club person and Natalee McKay was awarded life membership.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most popular and sentimental wins on awards, footballer Isaac Torpy was unveiled as the winner of the Dale Shorter Memorial Award as the most courageous club person.<\/p>\n<p>Torpy made his senior football debut in round 11 against North Ballarat, only days before undergoing a life-altering foot amputation, following the diagnosis of a rare and aggressive cancer.<\/p>\n<p>His first senior game coincided with his 150th game for the Lakers, where he started as a junior in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Torpy had played 26 games with the club&#8217;s reserves before his senior debut, including 10 this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/10\/554837987_1403744381_30974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"667\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New life member Nat McKay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senior football<\/p>\n<p>Peter O&#8217;Connell best and fairest award: Joel O&#8217;Connell<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Jaydo Wright<\/p>\n<p>Most consistent: Kynan Raven<\/p>\n<p>Leigh Williams Rising Star Award: Angus O&#8217;Keefe<\/p>\n<p>Terry Simpson Anchor Award: Noah Shearer<\/p>\n<p>Reserves football<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Liam Holmes<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Sam Canny<\/p>\n<p>Most consistent: Sean O&#8217;Connell<\/p>\n<p>Roger Eatts Memorial Anchor Award: Tom Floyd<\/p>\n<p>Under-18.5 football<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Rawdon Rodgers<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Manny Thorne<\/p>\n<p>Coaches award: Thomas Bibby<\/p>\n<p>Most consistent: Archie Todd, Joseph Dowling<\/p>\n<p>Anchor award: James Parkinson<\/p>\n<p>A-grade netball<\/p>\n<p>Sally McLean best and fairest award: Sadie Cheesman<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Audrey Domaille<\/p>\n<p>Trademark award: Kara Hart<\/p>\n<p>B-grade netball<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Emma Gill<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Talia Hurdsfield<\/p>\n<p>Trademark award: Abby Boyle<\/p>\n<p>C-grade netball<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Paris Shrive<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Emma Hobbs<\/p>\n<p>Trademark award: Dakoda Emery<\/p>\n<p>D-grade netball<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Annie Maddison<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Holly McSparron<\/p>\n<p>Trademark award: Annie Maddison<\/p>\n<p>E-grade netball<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Molly Clifton-Larkin<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: Lexia McNaughton<\/p>\n<p>Trademark award: Polly Thompson<\/p>\n<p>Under-19 netball<\/p>\n<p>Best and fairest: Eden James<\/p>\n<p>Runners-up: Milla Moore, Ruby Adams<\/p>\n<p>Club awards<\/p>\n<p>Holloway Award &#8211; best club person: Jordan McKay<\/p>\n<p>Life member inductee: Natalee McKay<\/p>\n<p>Dale Shorter Memorial Award &#8211; most courageous club person: Isaac Torpy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENIOR captain Joel O&#8217;Connell and midcourter Sadie Cheesman have taken out Lake Wendouree&#8217;s top football and netball honours for 2025. 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