Berrigan’s Lochie Conboy has claimed the Picola District Football League senior football best-and-fairest. Photo: Kate Arnold.
The beasts from the north-east have cleaned up at the Picola District Football Netball League’s night of nights.
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Both the senior football and A-grade netball best-and-fairest awards were won by players hailing from NSW clubs, with Berrigan’s Lochie Conboy and Tocumwal’s Rhiannan Matthews saluting in their respective counts.
A healthy crowd gathered at Moama Bowling Club on Monday night to celebrate a bumper season, and in the senior football race, there was no denying Conboy the prestige of securing his maiden Pearce Medal.
The goal scoring midfielder beat out runner-up Bailey Bell, of Katandra, by a single vote with a tally of 25.
It caps a fantastic year for Conboy, who re-joined the club in 2025 and helped lift the Saints from 10th in 2024 to fourth in 2025 as well as a semi-final berth.
Other major award winners were Strathmerton’s Harry Parsons netting the reserves best-and-fairest, Tungamah’s Ned McKeown claiming the leading goal kicking gong while Picola United’s Matthew Jorgensen won the rising star award.
Champion club merits went to Deniliquin Rovers, Waaia’s Mitch Cleeland was named coach of the year and administrator of the year honours went to Shannon Doyle of Tungamah.
Meanwhile, it was a Blood with a nose for league merits who snared the Lukies Medal.
Rhiannon Maxwell secured the Lukies Medal for a sterling year in Tocumwal colours.
Maxwell, who netted the 2023 Murray Netball League A-grade best-and-fairest while plying her trade for Deniliquin, laid claim to the PDFNL equivalent with 29 votes following a standout year for the gun goaler.
It’s the second Lukies Medal collect for Maxwell, who won the award back in 2018 while playing for Blighty.
Like Conboy, Maxwell aided her Tocumwal side to an improved fourth place finish and semi-final appearance.
Katamatite’s Sharni Hazelman rounded out in second in the Lukies Medal count on 25 votes, while Katamatite’s Natalie Lukies, Katunga’s Rachael Howden and Deniliquin Rovers’ Abby Whitehorn won the respective B, C and C-reserve best-and-fairests.
Carissa Bulmer took out the coach of the year title as her Deniliquin Rovers received champion club status, while fellow Rover Hazel Glowrey was bestowed the netball rising star award.
On the junior netball front, the best-and-fairest titles went to Strathmerton’s Ashlee Dyson (17-and-under), Jerilderie’s Ruby Neessen (15-and-under) and Rovers’ Lara Redden (13-and-under).
Last but not least, Tocumwal’s Logan White and Picola United’s Beau Griffiths clinched the respective under-17 and under-14 best-and-fairests, with Dookie United duo Adrian Lakeman and Matthew Kitto named junior coaches of the year.
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