2023-24 VJBL Presentation Awards

On Sunday 8th of September, the awards ceremony for the 2023-24 VJBL Melbourne Tigers took place with 57 teams in attendance. The ceremony started with the announcement of the new award structure marking the inaugural year of both girls and boys programs under the one Melbourne Tigers banner. The awards recognise families that have made a significant contribution to the club and honour the members of the families by naming awards after them.

Player Awards:

Team Player Award: Gaze Award (awarded once per team across entire program)

Girls MVP: Harrower Award (awarded once per team across girls program)

Boys MVP: Giddey Award (awarded once per team across boys program)

Coaches Awards:

Girls Coach of the Year: Tomlinson Award

Boys Coach of the Year: Watson Award

Other Awards:

Volunteer of the Year: Simpson Award

Congratulations to the following award winners for the 2023-24 VJBL season!

Gaze Award (Team Player Award):

Elliott Klemis – U12 Boys 1

Ayce Emery – U12 Boys 2

Hugo Kvid – U12 Boys 3

Quentin Cao – U12 Boys 4

Steven Karras – U12 Boys 5

Lennox Saunders – U12 Boys 6

Yisen Xu – U12 Boys 7

Heidi Magnanini – U12 Girls 1

Eva Eggleston – U12 Girls 2

Thalia Resurreccion – U12 Girls 3

Evie Lambis – U12 Girls 4

Sienna Kelada – U12 Girls 5

Noah Ferris – U14 Boys 1

Oyvind Nkyekyer – U14 Boys 2

Aiden Cortese – U14 Boys 3

Boston Brandi – U14 Boys 4

Jerome Khoman – U14 Boys 5

Arden Muscat – U14 Boys 6

Michael Su – U14 Boys 7

Smith Gale – U14 Boys 8

Zak D’Herville – U14 Boys 9

Finn Clipperton – U14 Boys 10

Olivia Stambolziev – U14 Girls 1

Ayla Kryskow – U14 Girls 2

Annabelle Hennessy – U14 Girls 3

Elita Bruns – U14 Girls 4

Alexa Marsden – U14 Girls 5

Ella Breen – U14 Girls 6

Adriana Sweeney – U14 Girls 7

Cohen Haynes – U16 Boys 1

Kalan Thomas – U16 Boys 2

Edward Sheil – U16 Boys 3

Billy Saris – U16 Boys 4

Robert Lawrence – U16 Boys 5

Konor Marais – U16 Boys 6

Lachlan Dong – U16 Boys 7

Lewis Grant – U16 Boys 8

Mateo Yanes – U16 Boys 9

Lewis Castel Avitabile – U16 Boys 10

Harper Kelly – U16 Girls 1

Abbey Seath – U16 Girls 2

Lilli Bridger – U16 Girls 3

Sophie Stivala – U16 Girls 4

Luca Laird – U18 Boys 1

Gio Hellier – U18 Boys 2

Christopher Meath – U18 Boys 3

Jordan Rivera – U18 Boys 4

Vladimir Grishanov – U18 Boys 5

Callum Campbell – U18 Boys 6

Robbie Jeruzalski – U18 Boys 7

Arda Sipaloglu – U18 Boys 8

Josie Agnew – U18 Girls 1

Louizeana Tauelangi – U18 Girls 2

Chloe Kounadis – U18 Girls 3

Winston Hall – U20 Boys 1

Stefan Desovski – U20 Boys 2

Zara Fargher – U20 Girls 1

Harrower: Award (Girls MVP)

Kiara Sikivou – U12 Girls 1

Amelia Sorbera – U12 Girls 2

Lily Boyd – U12 Girls 3

Gracelynn Nkyekyer – U12 Girls 4

Lara Balci – U12 Girls 5

Georgia Kaskani – U14 Girls 1

Maya Pribicevic – U14 Girls 2

Felicity Lachal – U14 Girls 3

Eve Hutchison – U14 Girls 4

Carys Dreaver – U14 Girls 5

Lily Lyttleton – U14 Girls 6

Liliana Hamilton – U14 Girls 7

Laura Seiz – U16 Girls 1

Sienna Katsis – U16 Girls 2

Jordyn Middleton – U16 Girls 3

Mackaylah De Groot – U16 Girls 4

Tayli Dimarco – U18 Girls 1

Luaipou Walshe – U18 Girls 2

Annabel Kelly – U18 Girls 3

Chloe Kamberis – U20 Girls 1

Giddey Award (Boys MVP):

Oliver Haddrell – U12 Boys 1

Oliver Newbold – U12 Boys 2

Sid Clarke – U12 Boys 3

Ari Morphou – U12 Boys 4

Rupert Owen – U12 Boys 5

Edward Calvert – U12 Boys 6

Jeffery Chen – U12 Boys 7

Harper Brown – U14 Boys 1

Lachlan Gaylor – U14 Boys 10

Lucas Oliver – U14 Boys 2

Matthew Middleton – U14 Boys 3

Ayush Banerjee – U14 Boys 4

Dylan Smyth – U14 Boys 5

Oliver Muscat – U14 Boys 6

Samuel Menagh – U14 Boys 7

Fox Thompson – U14 Boys 8

Hunter Mack – U14 Boys 9

Hamish Gordon – U16 Boys 1

Baxter Chan – U16 Boys 10

Myron Dexler Handoko – U16 Boys 2

Loukas Tzikas – U16 Boys 3

Jay Westerbeek – U16 Boys 4

Jack McGauchie – U16 Boys 5

Ethan Burgess – U16 Boys 6

George Kotzakozidis – U16 Boys 7

Sam Nicholson – U16 Boys 8

Alexander San Jose – U16 Boys 9

Isaiah Marie – U18 Boys 1

Henry Cumming – U18 Boys 2

Tom Harrison – U18 Boys 3

Thomas Plummer – U18 Boys 4

Edouard Dromey – U18 Boys 5

Liam Gatti – U18 Boys 6

Ethan Ruiz – U18 Boys 7

Micah Kitchin – U18 Boys 8

Vasileios Delichristos – U20 Boys 1

Mitchell Seiz – U20 Boys 2

Tomlinson Award (Girls Coach of the Year):

Grant Francis – U18 Girls 1

Watson Award (Boys Coach of the Year):

Mason Gaze – U14 Boys 1

Simpson Award (Volunteer of the Year):

Sonya Karras

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