Ken Casellas, Excellence Over A Career

The West Australian Football Commission and WA Football Media Guild hosted the annual WA Football Media Awards at Patersons Stadium last night to recognise the season’s high achievers both on and off the field.

This included awards for online, print, radio and television media, WAFL and AFL players and coaches, as well as special awards for outstanding service.

Claremont Football Club Director and all round club media guru Ken Casellas was awarded with the Dennis Cometti Award For Excellence Over A Career.

The nights various other award winners were as follows:

DENNIS COMETTI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE OVER A CAREER

Ken Casellas (ABC Radio & The West Australian)

WAFC AWARDS:

GAME DEVELOPMENT MEDIA AWARD

Belinda Cipriano (Community News)

UMPIRING MEDIA AWARD

Tim Edmunds (Albany Advertiser)

WA AMATEUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE MEDIA AWARD

Mark Hooper (thewest.com.au)

WA COUNTRY FOOTBALL LEAGUE MEDIA AWARD

Riley Stuart (South Western Times)

FOOTBALL AWARDS:

PETER KYLE MEMORIAL STATE PLAYER AWARD

Wade Twomey (Swan Districts)

WAFL GOAL KICKING AWARD

Josh Smith (East Perth)

WAFL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Paul Johnson (East Perth)

WAFL PLAYER OF THE FUTURE

Rory Lobb (Swan Districts)

AFL EMERGING PLAYER

Cameron Sutcliffe (Fremantle)

WEST COAST PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Eric Mackenzie

FREMANTLE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nathan Fyfe

AFL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)

COACH OF THE YEAR

Ross Lyon (Fremantle)

RADIO AWARDS:

TIM FLYNN BEST COMMENTATOR

Adam Papalia (6PR)

BRIAN THIRLEY BEST EXPERT COMMENTATOR

Brad Hardie (6PR)

DICK BUCHANAN BEST NEWS STORY

Brad Hardie & Adam Papalia (6PR) – West Coast Eagles coaching appointment

BEST WAFL COVERAGE

Sport FM 91.3fm

PRINT AWARDS:

ALAN NEWMAN BEST FEATURE STORY

Mark Duffield (The West Australian) – Essendon supplements scandal

JACK LEE BEST NEWS STORY

Nick Rynne (The West Australian) – Michael Walters “I thought my career was over”

ROSS ELLIOTT BEST MATCH REPORT

Braden Quartermaine (The Sunday Times) – Fremantle v Sydney Preliminary Final

BERNIE KIRWAN-WARD BEST WAFL STORY

John Townsend (The West Australian) – Matt Guadagnin “Long road to 150-games”

ONLINE AWARDS

BEST ONLINE STORY

Nick Rynne (The West Australian) – Murray Newman walks out of WAFL game

BEST OVERALL ONLINE PERFORMER

thewest.com.au (Steve Butler, Kate Ferguson and Clarissa Phillips)

PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDS:

ROD LOCKE BEST WAFL PHOTOGRAPH

Daniel Wilkins (The Sunday Times) – Tanner Smith diving mark

MAURIE HAMMOND BEST AFL PHOTOGRAPH

Paul Kane (Getty) – Beau Waters diving spoil

TODGE CAMPBELL BEST AFL NEWS OR FEATURE PHOTO

Daniel Wilkins (The Sunday Times) – Josh Simpson in Yalgoo

TELEVISION AWARDS:

BEST MATCH REPORT/PACKAGE

Ryan Daniels (Channel 7) – Fremantle v Geelong Qualifying Final

MICK CRONIN BEST FEATURE STORY/PROGRAM

Lachy Reid (Network 10) – Ryan Crowley interview

BEST WAFL STORY

David de Vos (ABC TV) – Frank Cooper interview

BEST NEWS PRESENTATION

Adam Papalia (Fox Sports News) – Anthony Morabito knee injury

FRANK SPARROW BEST MATCH CALLER

Dennis Cometti (Channel 7)

SPECIAL AWARDS

EMERGING MEDIA TALENT

Bridget Lacy (The West Australian)

GEORGE GRLJUSICH AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL NEWS STORY 2013

Brad Hardie & Adam Papalia (6PR) – West Coast Eagles coaching appointment

GEOFF CHRISTIAN MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN SEASON 2013

Tim Gossage (Network 10 & 6PR)

DENNIS COMETTI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE OVER A CAREER

Ken Casellas (ABC Radio & The West Australian)