AXV: Manila Folders

[Colliwobblers]

Best and Fairest Top 10:
1. Dane Swan
2. Travis Cloke
3. Will Minson
4. Brendon Goddard
5. Chirs Mayne
6. Nick Dal Santo
7. Brock McLean
8. Andrew Mackie
9. Ryan Bastinac
10. Dayne Zorko

Best Clubman: Will Minson

Best Young Player: Ryan Bastinac

Most Consistent: Brendon Goddard

this is pretty good

but most consistent Dane Swan

minson above cloke  bastinac 6th

[BB67th]

Alright then, let's get this underway.

Welcome to the Manila Folders Best & Fairest count for 2013. Tonight we will be going through the count, and giving out the rest of our club awards, as well as presenting the team of the year.

[BB67th]

The players are all set at their tables, starting to enjoy a nice meal. It seems that Hayden Ballantyne is doing all he can already to be a serial pest, stealing big man Will Minson's drink, with big Wilbur not quick enough to catch the small man. Craig Bird also seems to think it is game day and has the urge to put a hard tag on someone. Swanny might be in for a rough night.....

Head coach BB67th gets up to address the crowd. "Good evening everyone, thanks for coming along tonight. I'm sure that we are in for a good night of awards and celebration, so let's get things started with the votes from the first 7 rounds of the season.

[BB67th]

Round 1 - Win v Australian Ales

5 votes: Andrew Mackie
4 votes: Chris Mayne
3 votes: Dane Swan
2 votes: Travis Cloke
1 vote: Nick Dal Santo

Round 2 - Win v Tibetan Llamas

5 votes: Ryan Bastinac
4 votes: Brendon Goddard
3 votes: Dane Swan
2 votes: Will Minson
1 vote: Dayne Zorko

Round 3 - Win v KL Crocodiles

5 votes: Travis Cloke
4 votes: Brock McLean
3 votes: Brendon Goddard
2 votes: Dane Swan
1 vote: Chris Mayne

Round 4 - Win v Bangladesh Bears

5 votes: Travis Cloke
4 votes: Dane Swan
3 votes: Brendon Goddard
2 votes: Brock McLean
1 vote: Chris Mayne

Round 5 - Win v Laos Elephants

5 votes: Dayne Zorko
4 votes: Dane Swan
3 votes: Brock McLean
2 votes: Brendon Goddard
1 vote: Michael Johnson

Round 6 - Loss v Vietnam Vipers

5 votes: Travis Cloke
4 votes: Brendon Goddard
3 votes: Dane Swan
2 votes: Chris Mayne
1 vote: Ryan Bastinac

Round 7 - Win v Mongolian Lambs

5 votes: Brent Reilly
4 votes: Dane Swan
3 votes: Brendon Goddard
2 votes: Chris Mayne
1 vote: Dayne Zorko

[BB67th]

Round 7 Leader Board
1. Dane Swan  23 votes
2. Brendon Goddard  19 votes
3. Travis Cloke  17 votes
4. Chris Mayne  10 votes
5. Brock McLean  9 votes
6. Dayne Zorko  7 votes
7. Ryan Bastinac  6 votes
8. Andrew Mackie/Brent Reilly  5 votes
10. Will Minson  2 votes
11. Nick Dal Santo/Michael Johnson  1 vote

So an interesting start to the count there. Swan was prominent, polling 23 votes and taking poll position after the first 7 rounds. Goddard is close behind him. Cloke had 3 BOG performances, but was unable to back those up, with only 2 more votes in the other 4 games. Chris Mayne and Brock McLean both accumulated nicely to start.

[nrich102]

*Nrich gets up on to the stage*

Thank you BB67th. It is my pleasure to announce the inaugural Best Young Player Award. This award goes to the Best Player 22 years or Under. The inaugural Best Young Player Award is...

Ryan Bastinac!


Ryan has had an outstanding year this year, and has defied many's expectations. He has held an average of 113 PPG, the 3rd Highest at the club!

Please Join me in congratulating Ryan.

[Colliwobblers]

pretty consistent i'd say :)

[BB67th]

Now on with the count, picking it up from round 8.

Round 8  Loss v Turkey Gazelles

5 votes: Dayne Zorko
4 votes: Andrew Mackie
3 votes: Will Minson
2 votes: Brendon Goddard
1 vote: Michael Johnson

Round 9  Win v Kathmandu Eskimos

5 votes: Brendon Goddard
4 votes: Chris Mayne
3 votes: Hayden Ballantyne
2 votes: Michael Johnson
1 vote: Bernie Vince

Round 10  Win v Bangkok Crabs

5 votes: Dane Swan
4 votes: Will Minson
3 votes: Brock McLean
2 votes: Ryan Bastianc
1 vote: Brendon Goddard

Round 11  Win v Sri Lanka Strikers

5 votes: Travis Cloke
4 votes: Dane Swan
3 votes: Brock McLean
2 votes: Bernie Vince
1 vote: Craig Bird

Round 12  Win v UAE Tigers

5 votes: Brendon Goddard
4 votes: Travis Cloke
3 votes: Dane Swan
2 votes: Michael Johnson
1 vote: Brock McLean

Round 13  Win v Taiwan Dolphins

5 votes: Michael Johnson
4 votes: Matthew Lobbe
3 votes: Ryan Bastinac
2 votes: Andrew Mackie
1 vote: Dayne Zorko

Round 14  Loss V Hong Kong Dongs

5 votes: Nick Dal Santo
4 votes: Will Minson
3 votes: Nathan Foley
2 votes: Brendon Goddard
1 vote: Andrew Mackie

[BB67th]

Round 14 Leader Board

1. Dane Swan  35 votes
2. Brendon Goddard  34 votes
3. Travis Cloke  26 votes
4. Brock McLean  16 votes
5. Chris Mayne  14 votes
6. Dayne Zorko/Will Minson  13 votes
8. Andrew Mackie  12 votes
9. Ryan Bastinac/Michael Johnson  11 votes
11. Nick Dal Santo  6 votes
12. Brent Reilly  5 votes
13. Matthew Lobbe  4 votes
14. Hayden Ballantyne/Bernie Vince/Nathan Foley  3 votes
17. Craig Bird  1 vote

Not much change in the top 5, with McLean and Mayne swapping spaces, but Brendon Goddard is closing in on Dane Swan, now only 1 vote behind him. Cloke also has some big games to come in the last third of the season, so it will be interesting to see how close he can get. Zorko and Minson also had a few big games to get themselves up the leader board, as did Andrew Mackie.

Would love to hear everyone's predictions as to who wins from here! ;)

[nrich102]

Thanks Again BB.

I am very happy to announce the inaugural winner of the Best Clubman award, which is given to the player, who's efforts often go unrecognised. The inaugural winner of the Best Clubman award is a man who plays the Saxophone, speaks fluent German and has a surprisingly high IQ. The winner is none other than...

Will Minson


Big Will has been our main ruck man all year, and without his efforts in the middle, we could never have made it to the Grand Final. Will has been very underrated this season, although he has maintained an average of 110ppg!

Now For the Most Consistent Award. As the name says, this award is given to the most consistent player on the team. While there aren't quite as many interesting things to say about this guy than Will Minson, he did not drop below 100 once this season. With an Average of 140, the winner is...

Brendon Goddard


Brendon has been our Vice Captain all year, and has not disappointed. He has played an important role off half back and sometimes through the midfield.

Please join me in congratulating Brendon and Will!

[Jroo]

Best Clubman: Will Minson

Best Young Player: Ryan Bastinac

Most Consistent: Brendon Goddard

8) 8) 8)
Nice work with the B&F so far BB  8)

[BB67th]

Thanks for those awards nrich.

Now let me try to post what I was trying to before, damn copy and paste issues :P

Before we go on with the count, I'd just like to recognise our best XV for the year, with the Manila Folders team of the Year for 2013.

Manila Team of the Year

DEF: Brendon Goddard (VC) / Andrew Mackie / Michael Johnson / Brent Reilly
MID: Dane Swan (C) / Brock McLean / Nick Dal Santo / Ryan Bastinac
RUC: Will Minson
FWD: Travis Cloke / Chris Mayne / Dayne Zorko / Hayden Ballantyne
UTI: Bernie Vince / Nathan Foley

Also here are the awards that the club and its players won across the whole AXV.

AXV Awards

AXV Team of the Year Representatives: Dane Swan (VC), Brendon Goddard, Travis Cloke
Golden Dragon: Score of 2286 v PNG Head Hunters Rd15 (Away)
Golden Tater: Aidan Corr

[Adamant]

Nailed it JRoo.

Swanny will bring it home from here, he has a few huge games coming up.

[BB67th]

Best Clubman: Will Minson

Best Young Player: Ryan Bastinac

Most Consistent: Brendon Goddard

8) 8) 8)
Nice work with the B&F so far BB  8)

Nice predictions there JROO.

Notice that big Wilbur is also a good sprinter. As soon as he collected the best clubman award, he ran his way over to Docklands to appear on the Footy Show tonight. Hopefully we will be hearing an acceptance speech to the whole country later on.

[nrich102]

Best Clubman: Will Minson

Best Young Player: Ryan Bastinac

Most Consistent: Brendon Goddard

8) 8) 8)
Nice work with the B&F so far BB  8)

:o Great work JRoo