Tuesday, 20 December 2016

WA Ultimate hosted the 2016 WAFDA Awards Sunday 18th December at the North Fremantle Bowls Club. The Awards ceremony was hosted by the newly appointed Executive Committee; Annie Jessop (President), Rhiannon Coad (Secretary), and Caitlin Bartholomaeus (Treasurer). Several of this years big winners are UWA Students or Alumni, and members of the UWA Ultimate Club! Congratulations to all this years recipients.

Club of the Year - Esperance Ultimate Club
Coach of the Year – Kyal Oh – UWA Alumni
Tournament of the Year - Winter Crowns
Administrator of the Year - Kirsten Chick – UWA Student
Team of the Year - UWA Women's Uni Game Team
Outstanding Service Award - Annie Jessop – UWA Student
Female Rookie of the Year – Tessa Poot
Male Rookie of the Year - Brendan Canzirri
Female Youth of the Year - Sage Lovell
Male Youth of the Year - Seth Lovell
Female Player of the Year – Jodie Palmer – UWA Students
Male Player of the Year - Kyal Oh – UWA Alumni

Coach and Player of the Year - Kyal Oh – UWA Alumni and Coach of the 2016 AUG Men’s Team

Kyal has been playing Ultimate since 2009. After his first Australian nationals’ season in 2012 with Sublime Ultimate Club, he has excelled within the sport and is a leader within the Perth ultimate community. In addition to his amazing contribution as a coach over the past year, Kyal has also dominated on the field as a player.

Team of the Year - UWA Women's Team

The UWA Women's club began their season with open training's and tryouts in April. Stemming from UWA's social competition of over 30 teams, these training's and tryouts were a huge success with 27 girls vying for positions on the WUG and AUGs team. In the lead up to unigames the team fostered team spirit and identity through participating in many external competitions including Perth single gender league and the UWA Open. The team went undefeated at AUG, coming home with a gold medal and three received green and gold awards. Further, testament to the development of all players, 8 of the 15 eligible girls were selected to represent WA at an U22 level.

Outstanding Service Award - Annie Jessop – UWA Alumni and coach of the 2016 AUG Women’s Team

Administrator of the Year - Kirsten Chick – UWA Student and member of 2016 AUG Women’s Team

Female Player of the Year - Jodie Palmer UWA Student, 2016 green and gold recipient and winner of the 2016 UWA Sport Convocation Bursary,

Since moving to Perth at the start of 2016 Jodie has made her mark on the Perth Ultimate Scene. Jodie's notable playing achievements in 2016 include:

  • Selected to represent Firetails at WUGC
  • Selected in Sisko Divsion 1 team
  • Selected (and captained) UWA Womens team (who were undefeated)
  • Green and gold recipient

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Mia Herriman

UWA Sport

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