And the 2007 Gavin Brown/Nick's BB Medal goes to...

[David]

Well, we've had the Brownlow, we've had the Copeland, now, let us present the only award that really counts - The Gavin Brown/Nick's BB Medal!

This is the medal voted for BY the fans! This is the medal that has a lot of words in it! This is the medal that doesn't really exist!

Thanks everybody who voted this year. I've counted up all the votes, allocating a 3-2-1 for every round.

Good to see that 22 of the 37 players who represented us this year picked up at least one vote, it shows how even this side was this year.

Well, without further ado, here are the votes from each round:

R.1 v Kangaroos
3. James Clement
2. Heath Shaw
1. Dale Thomas

R.2 v West Coast
3. Heath Shaw
2. Anthony Rocca
1. Scott Pendlebury

R.3 v Richmond
3. Tarkyn Lockyer
2. Scott Burns
1. Dane Swan

R.4 v Port Adelaide
3. Rhyce Shaw
2. Dale Thomas
1. Scott Burns

R.5 v Essendon
3. Heath Shaw
2. Scott Burns
1. Harry O'Brien

R.6 v Adelaide
3. Tarkyn Lockyer
2. Rhyce Shaw
1. Scott Burns

R.7 v Carlton
3. Dane Swan
2. Josh Fraser
1. Scott Pendlebury

R.8 v Bulldogs
3. Harry O'Brien
2. Scott Pendlebury
1. Tarkyn Lockyer

R.9 v Brisbane
3. Tarkyn Lockyer
2. Scott Pendlebury
1. Scott Burns

R.10 v Fremantle
3. Dane Swan
2. Anthony Rocca
1. Leon Davis

R.11 v Melbourne
3. Ben Johnson
2. Heath Shaw
1. Travis Cloke

R.12 v Sydney
3. Dale Thomas
2. Shane Wakelin
1. Travis Cloke

R.13 v Hawthorn
3. Dane Swan
2. Marty Clarke
1. Heath Shaw

R.14 v St. Kilda
3. Dale Thomas
2. Josh Fraser
1. Dane Swan

R.15 v Geelong
3. Travis Cloke
2. Tarkyn Lockyer
1. Tyson Goldsack

R.16 v Essendon
3. Tarkyn Lockyer
2. Travis Cloke
1. Leon Davis

R.17 v Brisbane
3. Nick Maxwell
2. Heath Shaw
1. Shane O'Bree

R.18 v Carlton
3. Tarkyn Lockyer
2. Travis Cloke
1. Scott Burns

R.19 v Richmond
3. Tarkyn Lockyer
2. Dale Thomas
1. Paul Medhurst

R.20 v Melbourne
3. Scott Burns
2. Paul Medhurst
1. Heath Shaw

R.21 v Sydney
3. Tyson Goldsack
2. Sean Rusling
1. Scott Pendlebury

R.22 v Adelaide
3. Scott Pendlebury
2. Heath Shaw
1. Tarkyn Lockyer

Elimination Final v Sydney
3. Anthony Rocca
2. Scott Pendlebury
1. Travis Cloke

Semi Final v West Coast
3. Alan Didak
2. Dane Swan
1. Scott Pendlebury

Preliminary Final v Geelong
3. Travis Cloke
2. Nick Maxwell
1. Marty Clarke





EQUAL 3RD
Scoring 13 votes each: our highest Brownlow vote-getter Dane Swan (who managed 3 BOGs); our rising star Scott Pendlebury; and our Best and Fairest Travis Cloke all finish equal 3rd.




RUNNER-UP
The runner-up prize goes to the man who may be our next captain - Heath Shaw. Well done to Heater, who picked up 16 votes and 2 Best On Grounds.


And, THE WINNER OF THE 2007 GAVIN BROWN/NICK'S BB MEDAL goes to a player who managed 22 votes for the season, being voted best on ground on an incredible 6 occasions, and polling in an impressive 9 matches in total. That man is...




Tarkyn Lockyer!




Congratulations, Tarks



Here are the final stats:

Top 10:
1. Tarkyn Lockyer 22
2. Heath Shaw 16
3. Dane Swan 13
Scott Pendlebury 13
Travis Cloke 13
6. Dale Thomas 11
Scott Burns 11
8. Anthony Rocca 7
9. Rhyce Shaw 5
Nick Maxwell 5

Best first-year player:
Tyson Goldsack, with 4 votes (Marty Clarke got 3 for the year)

Together with Goldsack, O'Brien and Fraser finished with 4 votes each; Clement, Johnson, Didak, Medhurst and Clarke 3 apiece; Wakelin, Rusling and Davis 2; and Shane O'Bree polled one vote for the year.

Thanks again everybody for participating (and cheers to J#26 for giving me the go ahead), and keep on hoping for that premiership in 2008.

Once again, congratulations to Tarkyn Lockyer, winner of the 2007 Gavin Brown/Nick's BB Medal!

[ktszyu1]

Very nice.

LOL at Rusling polling higher than Obree... bit unfair.

[David]

yeah, I also thought O'Bree was a bit unrecognized this year - he's a lot better than the vote tally suggests.

Oops, I left this out: best finals player goes to Travis Cloke with 4 votes, including best on ground in the Preliminary Final.

[favourites 2008]

Obree is just consistantly the 4th or 5th best players, nothing wrong with that lol.

Finally Tarks has won something, well done mate, deserved it great year!

[Kingswood]

can i just ask, (as a newbie)

how long has this award been running for? who has won previous years

congrats to tarks though, definately in my opinion has been our best this year.

young tarkyn lockyer was always my favourite player, i always touted him as the next bucks (i know i know)

it was heartbreaking to see him miss all those games

glad to see him finally reaching his explosive potential. a workhorse, a tough player and a touch of class about him.

well done tockyer

[Johnson#26]

Ran last year (Swanny won), and we did, apparantly the Supporter's Choice Awards in 2000, 2001 and 2002, I believe.

[HAL]

Can we get back to business?

[skaman]

Well done Tarks. How about a response?????

....SPEACH.....SPEACH !!!!!!!!

[HAL]

The ALICE chat robot can follow many things, like our discussion about a response. Try being more or less specific. We have never talked about it before.

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

well done Tarks, a well deserved win. you'd been all but written off at the end of last season and you came back and PROVED that you were one of our best. Love your work - may it continue unabated.

well done as well Dave for the onerous task of collating all the votes.

Cheers,

Ru

[Captain_MyCaptain]

Well deserved Tarks.
Pitty he doesn't get some kind of prize from all of us here at Nicks.

Good job Dave.
Bring on 08.

[HAL]

Interesting. Are you really a "it"? Do you still it?

[35forever]

Well Done Tarks! You earned it. And being the bet player in our best season for (IMHO) exactly 30 years is no small feat. Lets get him a car!

We can pick up a nice Datsun 120Y for about $85

Commiserations to Cheesy. 1 vote is utterly ridiculous, look at the stats! The tackles, The clearances, The improvement. Very harsh!

Also to Bucks who should've polled at least 20 just for being in the box, providing massive inspiration.


Well Done Dave,
another big effort coming of the bench (well, chair really, but still!)

[David]

Cheers guys, enjoyed doing it

Shame we can't do anything for Tarks, but I guess it wouldn't be easy to find an appropriate award and get a chance to present it.... unless we went for one of those little kids trophies you got at auskick

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Well done Tarks.

I'm baffled as to how Cheesy finished so low, thought he had a pretty consistent year. Could be that he was 4th or 5th best on many occasions, just missing out on the votes.

Which leads me to my next suggestion. How about voting for 5 players instead of 3 and rate their performance out of 10? That would give us a better indication of the best players imo and also eliminate any anomalies such as Cheesy finishing so low