This year was a mixed bag for the Yass Magpies.
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Out of five senior teams, the Katrina Fanning side won the premiership, the league tag and Under 19s made the finals, and the two senior men's teams fell short of finals.
"Having five teams in and three out of five make the [finals] is good," club secretary Lisa Wylie said.
On September 27, the Magpies held their annual presentation to officially sign off from the 2019 season.
The night saw most of the club players and members turn out, for what was a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
"It was a really good night," Wylie said.
"It was just unfortunate the Raiders were playing their prelim on the TV [which distracted everyone]. It was well-attended, I think nearly all of our winners were there bar one or two who were away."
After the men's first grade team missed out on finals for the second year running, Wylie said that the club is hoping to introduce some consistency in the 2020 season through coach Cameron Hardy.
Hardy, Wylie said, has now had time to settle into the job, knows the structure of the club, and is already looking at the potential makeup of the side for next season.
"Cam's such a great asset to the club, we're really lucky to have him," she said.
Cam's such a great asset to the club, we're really lucky to have him.
- Lisa Wylie
The awards throughout the night were relatively evenly spread, with Tijana Zvadrevska (Club Leading Try Scorer and League Tag Players' Player) and Billy Beck (Minor League Award winner and Best Reserve Grade Back) the only players to pick up multiple accolades.
Pre-season training will begin for the Magpies on November 14. The full pre-season schedule is available on the club's Facebook page.
Award winners
Coach's Award
Under 19s: Hayden Puckett
League Tag: Lisa Rimoni
Open Women: Logan Davis
Reserve Grade: Jacob Basalama
First Grade: Mitch Edwards
Most Improved
Under 19s: Jack Hall
League Tag: Kristey Huey
Open Women: Em Banks
Reserve Grade: Dylan Percival
First Grade: Brendon Housden
Best Back
Under 19s: Richard Maher
Open Women: Jenna Cooke
Reserve Grade: Billy Beck
First Grade: David Faatete
Best Forward
Under 19s: Blake Watson
Open Women: Jacinta Murphy
Reserve Grade: Brad Wylie
First Grade: Mitch Turner
Most Consistent
Under 19s: Tyler Waters
League Tag: Sam Afele
Open Women: Victoria Alley
Reserve Grade: Tom Warner
First Grade:Jessie McDonald
Rookie of the Year
Women's: Lucy Prosser
Men's: Charlie Shepherd
Players' Player
Under 19s: Josh Davy
League Tag: Tijana Zvadrevska
Open Women: Shannon Wright
Reserve Grade: Matt Oldfield
First Grade: Noa Vanisi
Best and Fairest
Under 19s: Will Goode
League Tag: Jessica Crowe
Open Women: Hollie Massey
Reserve Grade: Rueben Olah
First Grade: Ben Davis
Minor League Award: Billy Beck
Sports Writers Award: Shaun Davis
Club Leading Try-Scorer: Tijana Zvadrevska
Club Leading Point-Scorer: Chris Rawlinson
Club Person of the Year: Greg Percival