2017 Gala Awards
Women's and Men's Gold Medal recipients - Pine Hills FC's Laura Dunne and Eastern Suburbs Jordan Farina.
Monday night saw the gathering of Brisbane’s football community for the annual night of nights with the 2017 Football Brisbane Gala Awards; honouring clubs, players, officials and volunteers for their efforts and successes throughout the 2017 season. Held at the Royal International Convention Centre, close to 500 guests got to mingle and celebrate the 2017 season. The two major awards of the season were presented towards the end of the night with the announcement of the Mt Franklin Women’s Premier League and Flight Centre Premier League Players of the Year. In a very tight points tally, Pine Hills FC’s Laura Dunne was presented with the Women’s Gold Medal as the Pythons made it back to back Gold Medal winners following Fern Doyle’s award in 2016. The Men’s Gold Medal was awarded to Eastern Suburbs striker and captain Jordan Farina. Despite an up and down season for the Tigers, Farina has been one of the most consistent players throughout the Flight Centre Premier League this year and this was reflected in the votes received from the coach and captains from each of the clubs during each round of competition. The President’s Award was presented to highly respected local icon Ian Dalzell who received a standing ovation from the room upon announcement of his name from Football Brisbane President, Brendon Boss. Here are all the awards winners from the night, in order of presentation: Capital League 4 Player of the Year: Kevin Barraclough - Springfield Utd Overall Capital League’s Golden Boot: James Gorrie - Annerley Women’s Capital League Golden Boot: Alexis Ball - North Pine Mt Franklin Women’s Premier League Golden Boot: Jamie MacFarlane - Mitchelton Flight Centre Premier League Golden Boot: Tynan Diaz - Lions FC Skins Goal of the Year: Royce Brownlie - Albany Creek Volunteer of the Year: Simon Boegheim - Centenary Stormers Club Champions: Capital League 4: Samford Rangers Capital League 3: Caboolture Sports FC Capital League 2: Virginia Utd Capital League 1: Brisbane Knights Mt Franklin Women’s Premier League: Capalaba Flight Centre Premier League: Lions FC Club of the Year: Mitchelton Capital League 3 Player of the Year: Jamie Hilliar - Redcliffe PCYC Capital League 2 Player of the Year: Joey Kleibo - Centenary Stormers President’s Award: Ian Dalzell Women’s Capital League Player of the Year: Alexis Ball - North Pine; Jessica Barnes - Park Ridge and Jemma Moore - Holland Park Hawks Capital League 1 Player of the Year: Omar Hamid - Taringa Rovers and Jay Reid - Brisbane Knights uhlsport Save of the Year: Jack Hulme - Logan Village Referee of the Year: Alex King Mt Franklin Women’s Premier League Player of the Year Gold Medal: Laura Dunne - Pine Hills Flight Centre Premier League Player of the Year Gold Medal: Jordan Farina - Eastern Suburbs Also revealed during the night were the Football Brisbane Women’s and Men’s Select Teams. Football Brisbane Women’s Select Team:
Football Brisbane Men’s Select Team:
Each year the awards night is a prelude to the Grand Finals weekend with Capital Leagues 1-4, Women's Capital League, Mt Franklin Women's Premier League and the Flight Centre Premier League seasons reaching their conclusion for 2017.
