WA Football congratulates Junior Umpire Awards Nights winnersTuesday, September 23, 2025 - 3:38 PM

WA Football Would like to congratulate the award winners at the 2025 Junior Umpire Awards Nights held earlier in the month. 

WA’s most talented junior umpires from each of the WAFL zones were recognised at the special event.

The awards range from peer-voted cultural honours to those recognising outstanding parental support.

The awards also feature the most improved and best umpires in various disciplines such as field, boundary and goal umpiring within their junior umpiring club. 

WA Football’s Umpiring Clubs Specialist Courtney Gibson said she was incredibly proud of the hard work put in by the umpires and volunteers across the season.

"I’m incredibly proud of the work of our volunteers and umpires,” Gibson said.

“This year we’ve focused on making umpiring clubs safe and supportive environments, and it’s been wonderful to see that effort reflected in our growing numbers and in the positive feedback from umpires, coaches, and committees throughout the season.

"I’m so proud of the efforts of our umpires and their clubs. it’s no easy task for a group of young volunteers to coach, mentor, and appoint children and young adults to every junior football game across the metro region, yet they continue to rise to the challenge."

 

2025 Junior Umpire Award Winners

Claremont District Junior Football Umpires Association

Modifieds Awards

Most Dedicated: Jack Smith

Most Improved: Freya Hollingsworth

Best First Year: Oliver Swann

Youth’s Awards

Most Dedicated: Sam Dallin

Most Improved: Phoenix Trott

Best First Year: Jake Carlson

Goal/Boundary

Best Goal Umpire: Toby Lamplough

Best Boundary Umpire: Oliver Cladingboel 

Perpetual

Norm Brown Best Clubman: Oliver Evelegh

Stanton-Dyer Best Umpire: Harry Hankinson

Association

Golden Whistle: Jett Patterson

Life Membership: Andrew O’Brien, Rohan Bernacki, Jordy Pearce

RDC Community Engagement Award

Male: Pat Hillery

Female: Grace Young

 

Demons District Football Umpires Association

Modified Rules Awards

Coaches Award: Aidan Sullivan

Encouragement Award: Joel Harwood

Most Improved Umpire Award: Addison Astbury

Most Valuable Umpire: Thomas Sutton

Open Rules Awards

Coaches Award: Asher Noonan

Encouragement Award: Vaughn Keys

Most Improved Umpire Award: Nic Marron

Rising Star Award: Harry Archibald

Goal/Boundary 

Boundary Umpire Encouragement Award: Xavier Smith

Goal Umpire Encouragement Award: Patrick Newman

Harry Partington Memorial Trophy: Viktor Eszenyi

Margetts and Rosebury Trophy: Ronan Bubrzycki

Golden Whistle: Connor Hall

RDC Community Engagement Awards: Addison Astbury & Dylan Easther

Red & Black Medal: Riley Wilson

Umpire Of The Year Award: Aidan Brennan

 

EFUA - East Fremantle Umpires Association

Golden Whistle: Isaac Pavy

Max Freeman Shield: Cooper Hawley

Goal Umpire of the Year: Isabel Della-Marta

Boundary Umpire of the Year: Hamish Preston

Best First Year Modified Rules Umpire: Coen Brown

President's Award: Sarah Jackson

Association Award: Tyler Anderson

Jeff Dalgleish Shield: Alex Fabbris

RDC Community Engagement Awards: Henry King and Bailey Achurch

 

East Perth Junior Football Umpires Association 

Goals

Umpire of the Year: Jamison Hehir

Most Dedicated: Drew Pustkuchen

Most Improved: Sam Rybarczyk

Best First Year: Jonah Marshall

Open Rules

Golden Whistle: Declan Kennett

Most Dedicated: Lauchlan Biddle

Most Improved: Jarrod Clark

Best First Year: Eamonn Murray

Coaches Award: Henry Bairstow

Modified Rules

Umpire of the Year: Jett Mann

Most Dedicated: Calvin Rivalland

Most Improved: William Buckley

Best First Year: Hamish Jenkins

Coaches Award: Tom Cutri

John Kaciuba Best Clubman Award: Cody Kennett

 

Lions District Umpires Association

Youth Awards

Best First Year: Josh Brandli

Most Improved: Scarlett Holton

Umpire Of The Year: Cruze Jones

Modified Rules Awards

Best First Year: Charley Willison

Most Improved: Isaiah Lee

Richard Powell Award: Rosemary Goodin

Golden Whistle: Kristian Pugh

RDC Community Engagement Award: Alex Banducci And Rosemary Goodin

 

Peel Juniors

Junior: Louie Labrow

Youth (Stuart Froggatt Golden Whistle): Zeke Mitchell

RDC Community Engagement Award: Cohen Ribbans and Summer Loisel

 

South Fremantle Junior Umpires Association

The Forsyth Manson First Year Coach’s Award: Theodore Prentice

The Matt Adams Best First Year Umpire: Grace Campbell

The Procter Howard Most Improved Umpire: Euan Dawson

The Camporeale Hooper Open Rules Coach’s Award: Jaxon Hobbs

The Bailey Foulk Boundary Umpire Of The Year: Hamish Burleigh (Inaugural Recipient)

Goal Umpire Of The Year: Emily Davey (Inaugural Recipient)

The Metro South RDC Community Umpire Engagement Awards: Emily Davey & Koby Perkins

The Golden Whistle: Connor Pearse

The Tavinor Shield: Bryce Grey (Inaugural Recipient)

Inaugural Life Members:

Bailey Foulk

Brett Forsyth

Callum Tavinor

Craig Procter

Don Camporeale

Malcolm Hooper

Matt Adams

Stewart Manson

Tim Howard

 

Swan Districts Junior Football Umpires Association

Most Improved Award: Noah Wilson 

Kevin Williams Mentor Of The Year Awards: Wayne Taylor 

Coaches Award: Brayden Ginn

Best First Year Umpire: Emily Haddock 

Junior Football Umpire Of The Year: Aiden Kellock 

Junior Football Encouragement Award: Millie Heavens

Boundary Umpire Encouragement Award: Kane Booth 

Best Boundary Umpire: Asia Booth 

Hinchcliffe Goal Umpire: Cooper Myers 

Female Rising Star Award: Asia Booth 

Dale Donnes Umpire Of The Year: Nick Italiano 

Goal Umpire Of The Year: Jack Roney 

Sav Borg Clubman Of The Year: Deklan Burns 

RDC Community Engagement Awards: Michelle Dunstall and Travis Walters 

 

 West Perth District Umpires Association:

 Best First Year Umpire: Drew Davies

 Most Improved Umpire: Aaron Ilich

Rookie Umpire Of The Year: Adam Hassan-Mccallum

Player-Umpire Of The Year: Lachie Cooperwhite

Mark Vivian Encouragement Award: Molly Nolan

Dave “Dicko” Dickson Association Award: Ethan Davies

Jordy Wright Coaches Award: Aaron Woodhead

Golden Whistle: Jacob Short

Merigan Medal For Umpire Of The Year: Kavanagh Wild

Boundary Umpire Of The Year: Lauchie Clayton

Goal Umpire Of The Year: Reid Mcloughlin

RDC Community Engagement Awards: Jacob Elek and Maya Briggs