On Saturday, the 2023 MWFA Presentation Night was held at the Manly Pacific Hotel. Hosted by Stephanie Brantz (Deputy Chair of the Football NSW Board), the event was a wonderful occasion and a great chance to honour the highest achievers in our Women’s Premier League, Men’s Premier League, WAL1 and AL1 competitions.
There was also a special presentation to members of the legendary Seasiders Women’s team, who won 13 MWFA Championships, 6 All Age Women’s Champion of Champion titles and 3 All Age Women’s State Cups.
Manly Warringah Football Association would like to thank Stephanie Brantz, Michael Regan (Member for Wakehurst), Simmone Linay (Bendigo Bank Freshwater) and Sue Heins (Mayor of Northern Beaches Council) for attending the 2023 MWFA Presentation Night.
Champions
WPL: Seaforth
MPL: Pittwater RSL
WAL1: Brookvale
AL1: Forest Killarney
Player of the Year
WPL: Julia Murphy (Seaforth)
MPL (Lorna Gale Award): Tomas Pospisil (Narrabeen)
WAL1: Sarah Jackson (Brookvale)
AL1: Darragh Reynor (Forest Killarney)
Goalkeeper of the Year
WPL: Kierly Wiggins (Seaforth)
MPL: Josh Dijkstra (Pittwater RSL)
WAL1: Sam Menzies (Narrabeen)
AL1: Richard Beauchamp (Wakehurst)
Golden Boot
WPL: Nicole Saldern (Beacon Hill) & Chloe Higgins (Manly Vale) – 21 goals
MPL: Jordan Devries (CC Strikers) & Will Hodgson (Mosman) – 17 goals
WAL1: Sarah Jackson (Brookvale) – 19 goals
AL1: Darragh Reynor (Forest Killarney) & Matthew Brewster (St Augustine’s) – 21 goals
Rookie of the Year
Women: Piper Turton (Manly Allambie United)
Men: Wilson Sarkies (Wakehurst)
Coach of the Year
WPL: David Laime (Beacon Hill)
MPL: Luke Tinker (Mosman)
WAL1: Danny Panetta (Wakehurst)
AL1: Paul O’Shaughnessy (Forest Killarney)
Clubperson of the Year
Women: Mikayla Natoli & Jayda Bouveng (Pittwater)
Men: Ryan McLean (St Augustine’s)
Referee Awards
Referee of the Year (Syd Russell Memorial Award): Alex Cowdery
FFA Level 3 Referee (Peter Clay Memorial Award): Ryan Berlee
Senior Referee (Sean Morgan-Smith Memorial Award): Frank Maiuolo
Under-25 Referee: Jackson Mackie
Under-21 Referee: Callum Eason
Best & Fairest Awards
WPL (Judy Head Award): Manly Allambie United
MPL (Ron Savell Award): CC Strikers
WAL1: Avalon & Beacon Hill
AL1 (Trent Patton Award): Avalon
