{"id":107350,"date":"2025-08-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=107350"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:45:48","slug":"defenders-reign-supreme-in-strikers-best-and-fairest-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/defenders-reign-supreme-in-strikers-best-and-fairest-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Defenders reign supreme in Strikers best and fairest awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YOUNG gun defender Charlotte Sexton capped a massive month by taking out the Bendigo Strikers&#8217; championship best and fairest for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Sexton, a BFNL Rising Star award winner with Sandhurst in 2023, claimed the club&#8217;s top individual award by polling 42 votes.<\/p>\n<p>It was two out for two the defenders in the upper-echelon of the VNL, with Eliza Mooney upstaging league MVP Shae Clifford to win the 23-and-under best and fairest award in her debut season for the Strikers.<\/p>\n<p>Sexton &#8211; the club&#8217;s inaugural championship best and fairest in 2024 &#8211; finished five votes clear of vice-captain Zoe Davies and goal attack Teal Hocking, who tied as joint runners-up.<\/p>\n<p>Goal shooter Gabe Richards &#8211; who shared the best player in finals award with goaling partner Hocking &#8211; Milly Wicks and Ruby Turner rounded out the top six.<\/p>\n<p>Her second Strikers best and fairest award was the third of three major honours during August for Sexton, a training partner with Suncorp Super Netball premier Melbourne Vixens this season.<\/p>\n<p>She was among six of the club&#8217;s players named in VNL teams of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours later, Sexton was selected in the 12-player Australian team for the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar this September.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting her second Strikers best and fairest, the 21-year-old praised the support of her teammates and coaches, the Strikers board and her parents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 589px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/08\/533178466_1222756089_21336.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"393\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strikers 23-and-under best and fairest Eliza Mooney (centre) with joint runners-up Mia McCrann-Peters and Shae Clifford on awards night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had an amazing season this year; we really pushed ourselves,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was amazing to see what we can put out there on the court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sexton said back-to-back Strikers best and fairests was an achievement of which she was immensely proud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t expecting it at all, but I am very grateful,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was definitely a stronger team this year than the first season, with all the recruits we had.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really like where the club is heading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A share of the runner-up award gave Hocking, also named in the VNL team of the year, consecutive top two finishes in the championship best and fairest.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Chelsea Sartori and fellow midcourter Ash Ryan shared the players&#8217; player award.<\/p>\n<p>Named in this year&#8217;s VNL 23-and-under team of the year, Mooney polled 44 votes to win the club best and fairest award.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-and-under vote count also produced joint runners-up, with league MVP Clifford and goal attack Mia McCrann-Peters tying on 32 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The same two players finished first and second in last year&#8217;s best and fairest count, won by Clifford.<\/p>\n<p>A big season for Mooney, who travels each week from Wodonga to train in Bendigo and play in Melbourne, included representing Victoria at 19-and-under level at the national championships in Sydney during April.<\/p>\n<p>After making a successful leap from a development player in 2024 to a 23-and-under standout this season, Jorja Clode was voted best in finals for her 42-goal (at 95.45 per cent) performance in the team&#8217;s first final against Geelong Cougars.<\/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\/24\/2025\/08\/535773775_1222756098_21937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1013\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strikers VNL Reserves best and fairest winner Claire McKee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vice-captain Elsie Boyer and Mackenzie O&#8217;Dwyer (third last year) were voted joint winners of the players&#8217; 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