{"id":108262,"date":"2025-10-04T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=108262"},"modified":"2025-10-01T21:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:29:02","slug":"frost-holmes-metcalf-headline-hawks-honours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/frost-holmes-metcalf-headline-hawks-honours\/","title":{"rendered":"Frost, Holmes, Metcalf headline Hawks honours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A KEY influence in Eaglehawk&#8217;s rise to BFNL premiers in 2025, ruckman Brayden Frost has been crowned the Hawks&#8217; senior football best and fairest.<\/p>\n<p>Frost, one of the Hawks&#8217; best in their grand final win over Sandhurst, claimed the George Isley Medal ahead of a host of big names.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Michelesen Medal winner Billy Evans missed out on a place in the top two, with Ben Thompson finishing as the runner-up to Frost, who finished fourth in the league best and fairest.<\/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\/10\/148A8382_98904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CVWFL star Molly Metcalf has won Eaglehawk&#8217;s senior women&#8217;s best and fairest award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thompson finished equal seventh in the Michelsen count.<\/p>\n<p>In A-grade netball, Allira Holmes capped a brilliant return to Canterbury Park by winning the best and fairest.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced defender previously coached the Hawks in 2019 and the cancelled 2020 season, before joining Heathcote District club Elmore as a playing coach, winning a pair of premierships.<\/p>\n<p>Versatile midcourter Gracie Berryman finished as runner-up to Holmes, with Eden Clifford claiming the coaches award in her first season with the Hawks.<\/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\/10\/148A1544_01538.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allira Holmes put an exclamation mark on her return to Eaglehawk this season by winning the A-grade netball best and fairest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A star of the CVWFL competition, Molly Metcalf won the Hawks&#8217; senior football best and fairest ahead of Lexi Moss.<\/p>\n<p>Moss was awarded the Hawks&#8217; best in finals.<\/p>\n<p>In the under-18s football, Cahal Blandthorn added to the Symons Medal he won as the league&#8217;s joint best and fairest by claiming the club best and fairest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A KEY influence in Eaglehawk&#8217;s rise to BFNL premiers in 2025, ruckman Brayden Frost has been crowned the Hawks&#8217; senior football best and fairest. 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