Braedyn Crowley and Adriana Konjarski were the big winners at the 2022 Jennings Medal on Friday night.
Football Australia Chair Chris Nikou was among the crowd of more than 400 people who made their way to Newcastle Exhibition and Convention Centre for Northern NSW Football’s night of nights, with another brilliant season on the pitch across NNSWF’s premier competitions to celebrate.
Crowley and Konjarski signed off their eerily similar seasons with the NPL Men’s NNSW and NPL Women’s NNSW Player of the Year awards respectively.
Both had earlier been presented their Golden Boot awards after the pair blew away the competition as highest goal scorers, with Crowley notching 27 and Konjarski 38 goals this season.
The pair were also named as strikers in the NPL Men’s NNSW and NPL Women’s NNSW Teams of the Year. But Crowley and Konjarski also enjoyed team success as well as the personal accolades.
They won NPL Men’s NNSW and NPL Women’s NNSW premierships with Maitland FC and Warners Bay FC respectively, with Konjarski’s Panthers going on to complete the premiership-championship double with their grand final victory over Newcastle Olympic.
While Crowley’s Magpies missed out on the championship when they fell to Lambton Jaffas in the grand final, there were still more honours for the 25-year-old. Crowley was also recognised by his peers as the Players’ Player of the Year and received the Media Player of the Year Award.
It was also a big night for the HIT106.9 Northern League One competition, with Belmont Swansea United’s Cameron Lodge named Player of the Year.
NNSWF CEO David Eland congratulated the winners and thanked everyone for an outstanding season.
“Braedyn and Adriana were extremely deserving winners of the Player of the Year awards,” Eland said.
“Braedyn dominated the NPL Men’s NNSW competition, with the evidence being him taking home almost every individual award. While Adriana did brilliantly to lead Warners Bay to success in our inaugural NPL Women’s NNSW competition, scoring an incredible number of goals and being almost unplayable at times.
“It was a big year for our premier competitions with an 11th team joining the NPL Men’s NNSW competition and our inaugural NPL Women’s NNSW competition being such a success. And Northern League One was an incredibly close and exciting competition this season as well.
“I’d like to thank all the volunteers across our premier clubs for making the season what it was this year. And congratulations to all the recipients of awards for their success.”
2022 Jennings Medal Award Winners
Player of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW Graham Jennings Medal: Braedyn Crowley – Maitland FC
NPL Women’s NNSW: Adriana Konjarski – Warners Bay FC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Cameron Lodge – Belmont Swansea United
Coach of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW: Michael Bolch – Maitland FC
NPL Women’s NNSW: Craig Atkins – Warners Bay FC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Jarrad Hiles – Toronto Awaba FC
Young Player of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW: Jared Muller – Newcastle Olympic
NPL Women’s NNSW: Ellen Hughes – Adamstown Rosebud JFC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Angus Hall – Wallsend FC
Players’ Player of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW: Braedyn Crowley – Maitland FC
NPL Women’s NNSW: Cassidy Davis – Warners Bay FC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Kane Woolston – Belmont Swansea United
Media Player of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW: Braedyn Crowley – Maitland FC
NPL Women’s NNSW: Cassidy Davis – Warners Bay FC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Fletcher Davis – New Lambton FC
Golden Boot
NPL Men’s NNSW: Braedyn Crowley – Maitland FC 27 goals
NPL Women’s NNSW: Adriana Konjarski – Warners Bay FC 38 goals
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Kane Woolston – Belmont Swansea United 15 goals
Referee of the Year
Male Referee of the Year – Mark Carter
Female Referee of the Year – Samantha Newell
Young Referee of the Year – Lewis Rooney
Zone League Referee of the Year – Mike King
Goalkeeper of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW Bill Mahoney Award: Nathan Archbold – Charlestown Azzurri
NPL Women’s NNSW: Alison Logue – Broadmeadow Magic
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Ethan Gunther – Cessnock City FC
Club of the Year
NPL Men’s NNSW: Lambton Jaffas
NPL Women’s NNSW: Newcastle Olympic
HIT106.9 Northern League One: New Lambton FC
Fair Play Award
NPL Men’s NNSW: Weston Workers FC
NPL Women’s NNSW: Mid Coast FC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Thornton Redbacks FC
Club Championship Awards
NPL Men’s NNSW: Broadmeadow Magic
NPL Women’s NNSW: Broadmeadow Magic
HIT106.9 Northern League One: New Lambton FC
Premiership
NPL Men’s NNSW: Maitland FC
NPL Women’s NNSW: Warners Bay FC
HIT106.9 Northern League: New Lambton FC
Championship
NPL Men’s NNSW: Lambton Jaffas
NPL Women’s NNSW: Warners Bay FC
HIT106.9 Northern League One: Belmont Swansea United
Women’s State Cup
Charlestown Azzurri
Australia Cup National Representatives
Broadmeadow Magic
Newcastle Olympic
Bill Turner Award for Services to Football
Stephen Pichaloff
Local Champion Awards
Team of the Year: Hallidays Point Sports Club All Age Women
Referee of the Year: Matthew Hall NNSWF – Northern Inland
Volunteer of the Year: Tim Shackell – Pottsville Beach FC
Coach of the Year: Zandalea Foster – Toronto Awaba Junior FC
Player of the Year: Keeley Gardner – Coffs City United FC
Club of the Year: Southern Lakes United
