Victorian Champion’s League participants were honoured on Saturday 10 March at AAMI Park with the VCL Gold Medal Presentations.

The members of each winning team received a medal, with individual awards also being presented along with the boys and girls All Star teams as well as the coveted Zone of the Year award, won by Loddon Mallee Lightning.

Hundreds of VCL participants and supporters attended the event and helped celebrate the many great achievements of the 2011/12 VCL season.

Instead of naming an All Star team for each age group as was the case in previous years, there was instead only two teams this year, with players selected from any age group.

Following presentations, guests took in the thrilling A-League match played by Melbourne Heart and Wellington Phoenix, with the match ending in a 1-1 draw.

Football Federation Victoria CEO Mark Rendell said that the Gold Medal Presentations were a fitting end to a successful season.

“The Victorian Champions League is our premier summer competition and we are honoured to come together to recognise the achievements of people who have made the season so special,” said Mr Rendell.

“To have so many members of our VCL community attend the awards at AAMI Park and show their support for the competition is great to see.”

Please see the full list of awards below:

Referee of the Year: Liam Parry

Young Referee of the Year: Adam Bavcar

Boys Coach of the Year: Adrian Mazzarella (U13 Boys North East Diamonds)

Girls Coach of the Year: Heath Trathen (U15 Girls Loddon Mallee Lightning)

Volunteer of the Year: Lou Bavcar (North West Wanderers)

Zone Administrator of the Year: Fiona Brown (Loddon Mallee Lightning)

Zone of the Year: Loddon Mallee Lightning

Boys All Star Team: James Delianov (Northern All Stars), Jayden
Anderson (North West Wanderers), Jordan Ross (Loddon Mallee
Lightning), Oliver Paterno (South East Cougars), Brad Lauder (Western
Wolves), Dennis Genreau (Central City), Patrick Karras (Wimmera South
Coast Eagles), Thomas Lakic (Southern Bluetongues), Jerry Jahau
(Eastern FC), Sebastian Pasquali (Rivers FC), Samuel Antoniadis (North
East Diamonds).

Girls All Star Team: Bethany Mason Jones (Eastern FC), Isabella Scott
(Gippsland Knights), Lily O'Brien (Central City), Melindaj Barbieri
(Western Wolves), Olivia Cornall (Rivers FC), Annalyse Vamvalis (North
East Diamonds), Nikolina Bucalo (Southern Bluetongues), Katherine
Fotopoulos (Eastern FC), Jessica Au (North West Wanderers), Amy Silver
(South East Cougars), Annabel Martin (Loddon Mallee Lightning).

Football Federation Victoria would like to acknowledge the efforts of everyone who helped make the 2011/12 Victorian Champions League season such a success, and we hope to see most them back for the 2012/13 season.