FSC 2018 MEN'S PREMIERSHIP GALA AWARDS NIGHT
The Men's Premiership Gala Awards was held at the Villa D'Oro Function Centre on Friday night with close to 300 people in attendance. Wollongong Olympic's Yusuke Ueda took out the top honour - the prestigious George Naylor Medal.
Ueda edged out fellow countryman Kazuto Kushida for the award and the striker also picked up his golden boot for his record 31-goal haul in the regular season.
Bulli had a prosperous evening claiming four individual awards including Matthew Bailey winning the Coach of the Year and Yuya Kuwata winning the Golden Glove - both becoming back-to-back winners of the respective honours.
In the WGC Cranes District League, Bellambi's Tim O'Brien won the Neville Arrowsmith Medal, 17 years after winning the equivalent award with University.
Coniston's Rod Williams picked up the Coach of the Year while University shot-stopper Suguru Ieda claimed the second division's Golden Glove.
On the match officials front, Nick Ryan took out Referee of the Year after becoming the youngest referee to take charge of an Illawarra Mercury Premier League First Grade Grand Final.
Full list of awards
Illawarra Mercury Premier League
George Naylor Medal — Yusuke Ueda (Wollongong Olympic)
Coach of the Year — Matt Bailey (Bulli)
Golden Glove — Yuya Kuwata (Bulli)
Edmen Sharp Shooter — Yusuke Ueda with 31 goals (Wollongong Olympic)
Player of the Year (Under 23s) — Blake Hewson (Bulli)
Edmen Sharp Shooter (Under 23s) — Nicholas High with 22 goals (Cringila)
Player of the Year (Youth Grade) — Luca Gaudiosi (Bulli)
Edmen Sharp Shooter (Youth Grade) — Robert Liberante with 19 goals (Cringila)
Fair Play Award - Fernhill
WGC Cranes District League
Neville Arrowsmith Medal — Tim O’Brien (Bellambi)
Coach of the Year — Rod Williams (Coniston)
Golden Glove — Suguru Ieda (University)
Edmen Sharp Shooter — Dinko Terzic with 35 goals (Coniston)
Player of the year (Youth Grade) — Matthew Poposki (Coniston)
Edmen Sharp Shooter(Youth Grade) — Lachlan Cole with 22 goals (Bellambi)
Edmen Sharp Shooter (Reserve Grade) — Oscar Pruks with 26 goals (Thirroul)
Fair Play Award - Helensburgh
Referees
Referee of the year — Nick Ryan
Photo by Pedro Garcia
Full album to be posted on Football South Coast Match Centre on Facebook over the next week.
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