East Geelong’s Sam King has held on to win the Ivan Tansing Medal as GDFNL reserve grade best-and-fairest despite missing the majority of the second half of the season.
Polling 18 votes to Round 11, King was promoted to the Eagles’ senior line-up in Round 12, but then headed overseas for five weeks, returning for the final round clash with Inverleigh, where he didn’t poll.
However, the challengers never seriously came.
Belmont Lions recruit Brooklyn Johnston, who trailed by four when the reading of votes went live at Round 14, spent rounds 10-13 in the seniors, then didn’t play again.
Bannockburn’s Brayden Viccars finished runner-up on 15 votes after polling two votes in Round 18. He finished equal sixth in 2024.
Johnston shared third with East Geelong’s Chris Warwick, who won the goalkicking award in the reserves after finishing with 70 majors.
Werribee Centrals’ Ryan Young and Thomson veteran Chris Scott shared fifth spot with 13 votes apiece.
King is the fourth player from Eastern Suburbs/East Geelong to win the Tansing Medal since it became a reserves award in 1996, joining Denis Peters (1997, 2001), Andrew Ruiter (2003, 2011), and Dale Lappin (2022)
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CLUB-BY-CLUB VOTES
ANAKIE
12 – Hayden Leech
4 – Steven Poynton
3 – Robbie Milne
3 – Steve Topouzakis
2 – Ryan Green
2 – Andrew Muller
2 – Bryce Hall
1 – Jae McGrath
1 – Benjamin Arabit
1 – Riley Woodyard
1 – Mark Pope
1 – Jett Mills
BANNOCKBURN
15 – Brayden Vicars
9 – Dylan Kollegger
7 – Lachlan Battaglia
7 – Joshua Altmann
6 – Patrick Johnstone
5 – Matt Watts
3 – Callum Elliott
2 – Ashton Percy
2 – Toby Osburn
2 – Joel Devlin
1 – Jack Sager
1 – Jack Thompson
1 – Sam Giles
1 – Mitch Cunliffe
BELL POST HILL
9 – Blake Crawford
6 – Lachlan Haines
6 – Lachlan Wilson
5 – Harry McIntyre
3 – Harvey Martin
3 – Tanner Martin
3 – Tyler Edwards
2 – Justin Rodriguez
2 – Matthew Hogan
2 – Liam Meyrich
2 – Sam Harmer
2 – Brodie Hecker
2 – Jayden Ettridge
1 – Joseph Frese
1 – Thomas Verschuren
1 – Beau McNamara
1 – Adam Beath
BELMONT LIONS
14 – Brooklyn Johnston
11 – Riley Somers
5 – Angus Quinn
4 – Jed Evans
4 – Sam Jones
3 – Charlie Steel
3 – Andy Wylie
3 – Baden Selman
3 – Jake Clarke
2 – Liam Morrissy
2 – Jaxon Winsall
2 – Shaun Jubber
2 – Lachlan Dalkin
1 – Matthew Dyster
1 – Daniel Brockett
1 – Scott Michell
1 – Danny Houliston
1 – Zac Moore
CORIO
4 – Chris Laurie
3 – Brady Hercus Quince
2 – Josh Dover
1 – Jay Paley
1 – Brock Cervenka
1 – Dau Mayen
1 – Alex Edwards
1 – Tyler Short
EAST GEELONG
18 – Sam King
14 – Christopher Warwick
11 – Jack Doyle
8 – Patrick Visentin
6 – Coby Eagle
5 – Ross Symonds
4 – Ethan McDonald
3 – Lachlan Zimmer
3 – Jake McLean
3 – Sam Brunt
2 – Jay Skate
2 – Connor McKinnon
2 – Mitch Wright
1 – Noah Charman
GEELONG WEST
7 – Cooper Hardy
6 – Tom Richmund
6 – Benjamin Podger
5 – Abwi Deng
4 – Will Kennedy
4 – Darby Davidson
4 – Matthew Farrell
3 – Benson Miller
3 – Ted Walliss
2 – Matt Gordon
2 – Nate Brislan
2 – Lachlan Frawley
1 – Alex Hann
INVERLEIGH
12 – Tom Stevens
6 – Dylan Scoble
5 – Nic Walsh
3 – Alex Lamb
2 – Daniel Grozdanovski
1 – Adam Muir
1 – Hayden Nicol
NORTH GEELONG
8 – Zackary Baker
7 – Luke Schwennesen
6 – Kyah Henderson
5 – Jorden Bertucci
5 – Flynn Sheldon
5 – Juanito Ramos
5 – Sof Florio
4 – Jhye Kenna
3 – Noah Penny
3 – Ryan Humphries
3 – Joshua Widdison
3 – Billy-Jay O’Toole
2 – Brock Gregg
2 – Luke Parker
2 – Derek Fitzsimmons
2 – Luke Donald
1 – Cooper Pasque
1 – Jordan Purcell
THOMSON
13 – Chris Scott
5 – Caleb Eden
4 – Charlie MacFadyen
3 – Luke Lawrence
3 – Rhys Humpage
3 – Sam Taylor
3 – Ricky Kiss
2 – Joshua Camm
2 – Tim Dahl
1 – Mitchell Simmons
1 – Jayden Spiteri
WINCHELSEA
11 – Bailey Kahle
8 – Sam Creighton
5 – Alex Hackett
4 – Matthew Gillespie
4 – Dustin Baker
3 – Callum Harrison
3 – Jack Sampi
3 – Mitch Thomas
3 – Noah Harvey
3 – Bailey Forssman
3 – Baxter Boddington
2 – Luke Foot
2 – Brayden O’Hanlon
2 – Patrick Dench
2 – Fraser Amos
1 – Oliver Mancke
WERRIBEE CENTRALS
13 – Ryan Young
9 – Luke Cachia
8 – Ethan Gibson
8 – Joshua Stone
6 – Damian Williams
6 – Harrison Snow
5 – Callum O’Malley
5 – Jordan Wilson
5 – Zac Anthony
3 – Bryce Campbell
3 – Zechariah De Leon
3 – Benjamin Leonard
3 – Sam Browne
2 – Fletcher Vesty
2 – Luke Speziale
1 – Justin Porter
1 – Daniel Bray
1 – Darcy Fletcher
