 Welcome to the Virtual Wanderers Medal 2020. We are your hosts, Tatiana, and Turner from WSW Live. Tat, it's fantastic to be with you again. Thank you. It is great to be here. You clean up very nicely. Thank you. And I must say, Tat, you look stunning tonight. Thank you very much. It is Metal Night. It is Metal Night and we have dressed for the occasion. Yeah. What a year. What a season. What a year. I mean, the fact that we're doing this online live to allow wonderful members at home and, of course, a very unprecedented year. Yeah, strange. We've had floods. We've had fires. We've had a pandemic. But I mean, if we're looking at good news, our W League did make their first final series. They made history for the Western City Wanderers. It's a fantastic season and I believe Heff wants to go one better. Absolutely. We're always looking to go one better. That's right. The A League, of course, won two Sydney Derby. So there's the positives there. And of course, we drew the third. We did see departure of Marcus Babel, but with JP DeMarini coming in, we had a bit of a mid-season resurgence. We just couldn't get enough points. We needed during the hub to make the finals, unfortunately. Yeah. But look, today we are celebrating some good and positives of the season. Let's start. Let's go straight into Golden Boot winners. Let's do it. All right. So our first award of the night is going to celebrate our goal scorers this year. What do we have? Well, this season, I think it goes without saying our Heel and Eye A League Golden Boot winner was our recently departed Captain Fantastic, the Duke of Western Sydney, Mitch Duke. Duke was fourth overall in all the goalscoring charts this season for the League and a clear winner of the club's Golden Boot, with 14 goals from his 26 appearances. Tats, I must say, looking at some of this vision on your screens right now. It's bringing back some good memories of the season. Absolutely. Look, Mitch or Duke, the captain always came to deliver for us. That Adelaide game, what a match that was. Fantastic. And of course, the Sydney Derbies as well. He scored two in that Adelaide game, but of course, he scored in both Sydney Derbies at the start of the season. Both. Yeah, yeah, he did, actually, yeah. That's right. Yeah. Fantastic footage from the captain. Congratulations. Once again, let's go and look at our W League Golden Boot winner. This season, we have Kristen Hamilton. Of course, Kristen Hamilton was fantastic for us with seven goals this season, and it also secured her a joint W League actually, goal scoring title. Great season for her, I must say. Hopefully that can spark the girls on to having another fantastic season next year. Yeah, absolutely. She was a real game changer for us this season. Tats, let's talk a little bit about the importance of volunteers at this club. We are a community club after all. We pride ourselves in that and we love to reward our volunteers. Obviously, they love to show their passion. They put their time and effort into this and makes a fantastic game day experience for us. I believe you have the first envelope of the night for me. I do. Look at that. All right, I'll give it to you. Thank you. Now, the first award for us, of course, is our Centuria Wander Crew Volunteer of the Year, and the winner is Linda Serone. Congratulations, Linda. Congratulations, Linda. Thank you for all your help. Now, Linda is the general manager of Nippeen FC and has contributed a huge amount to the club since its inception. Linda was the Wanderer's Centuria Wander Crew, who coordinated this season and made an important contribution connecting with the club to help manage its 80-strong Wander Crew Group that assists the club across A-League, W-League and NYL matches. Congratulations, Linda. All right, let's look at our Y-League team. Now, we've had some great seasons. We've had some finals appearances, a title as well, and we've had mixed results this season, of course, but it was a great opportunity to see some of our younger players come through, having a look at our academy system and some of our young players coming through there. And I believe I get to open an envelope for you. You do get the next envelope, Tats. Thank you very much. So, let's have a look at our Y-League player of this season. It is Moe Altay. Congratulations, Moe. Congratulations, Moe. The 20-year-old was this season called up to the Wanderer's first team for training and is a star of the future, a defensive midfielder who is currently captaining our MPL team who recorded their first win of the season over the weekend against the previously undefeated Rockdale. Congratulations, Moe. All right, so let's take a look at our PowerChair team. What a group of special players we've got for our team, for our club. A fantastic group and all very passionate as well. They are very passionate on the court. That's right. Yeah, do I get one? You do get one. Fantastic, I get another one. Alrighty, so this year's PowerChair player of the season is Luke David. Congratulations, Luke. An excellent showing this season to be the player of the season for the PowerChair team. And thanks also to Aruma and Northcott, our PowerChair sponsors. Right, Tana, let's look at our member's player of the year this season. Now, this is really important. It's voted by our members, of course. And a big thank you, of course, to our members. It hasn't been the easiest season, of course. With a lot of the games unable to attend. But thank you all for tuning into the matches and, of course, checking out WSW live on match. They hopefully will see more of you guys in the stands next season. But let's talk about the positives. I mean, well, to me, I think our Wanderers Academy is fantastic. Oh, it's amazing. We've just completed stage four, of course, which is a little bit of a grandstand. So, potentially, we'll be able to check out some of the future red and black in the flesh at our very own centre of excellence. Speaking of that junior team, Patrick Svansweig. He's taken control of his first MPL one match against Rockdown 3-1 on the weekend. We mentioned that before. But I believe they say, hashtag no grozoss, no party. And this season? We had two of them, both of them got on the score sheet. So that's pretty exciting. Is our first season playing in the MPL one as well, which is a great achievement for our MPL side and, of course, the future of the Wanderers. But there is apparently another big crop of top tier players coming in. The under-16s, they're apparently playing really well. So have a look out for those ones. Tats, I'm sure you're excited to see them on the field. I am very excited, looking to see what our future might look like. That's right. And speaking of future, next season, of course, the W League, Dean Effon, and he's recruited quite well. He has now, like we said before, he's looking to go one better. We've got Georgie Yeomindale coming back. I have to say, fantastic to see her back. I think it was 18 months she was out with injury and she's come back. She's playing MPL football this year, and we'll see her for the red and black this season. Caitlin Cooper, a long time stalwart for the red and black. She has re-signed as well. Yes, very excited to see her back now. Speaking of W League, should we announce some winners? I think we do. We've got the Westfield W League members player of the year. And I think it comes as no surprise. Our first Julie Dolan medal winner and a Golden Boot winner, Kristen Hamilton. Yes, let's have a look at some of the stuff she's done for us this season. Robert Skidz to the byline. And the hell... Williamson Hamilton, it's two. A touch of water speed by Kristen Hamilton. Kristen Hamilton, what a hand trick. That is a bullet for this byline. That was great to see. Definitely reminded me of some good times in our W League season. Some great highlights and tats, I believe. I'll have to give you the envelope for the next award. Another one. Wow, I'm very excited. So this is the members player of the year for the A League. And I have a feeling I might know who this is. I think you might. It is our captain, Mitchell Duke. The Duke of Western Sydney, congratulations again. I think, you know, we've said all we can about him. He's had a fantastic season. And he's now since left us, of course, but we can reminisce on some excellent times with him. He'll be enjoying, I'm sure, this video package of his highlights from a pool in Saudi Arabia somewhere in the heat. So if you're watching, Mitch, congratulations again. Our final awards for tonight are the two big ones. Tats, we've got the big envelopes here in front of us, our W League and A League players of the season. First up, we have our finals, debutants, the Wonder Women. Yes, now this is really important because it's actually, it's voted by players. It is, it is voted by the playing group. Let's have a look, am I gonna give you, I think I've got the winner. You think you've guessed the winner? No, I think I've got the winner for you. Okay, all right, okay. Well, the Wanderers medal for W League player of the year 2020. The winner is Courtney Nevin, a fantastic season for future Matilda. She's re-signed for another season. So congratulations, Courtney, fantastic season. Very bright future for the youngster. And a big honour as well to be voted by your peers for this illustrious award. So congratulations again. Absolutely. I just want to shout out to the coaching squad. They did an amazing job this year with Dean Hefner from Catherine Canooly, Michael Beecham as well, right down to the players. They were fantastic this season for us. I think you get that extra goal in there, it is. That just all comes from Courtney Nevin, attacking play there. Amazing stuff from the 18 year old there. I believe she left us a message to let us know how she feels about this award. Hey everyone, I hope you're well. I'm very honoured in receiving this award. I couldn't have done it without all my teammates, the coaching staff and the support for my family. Thanks again. Now to our final award of the show, our A League player of the season. Some top contenders this season. Again, this is selected by the playing group on a three to one vote system. This award acknowledges the club's best players for the 2019-20 season. Tats, I believe. You get the honours. Alrighty, let's have a look. So this year's player of the year for the A League is very deserving, I would say, our captain, Mitchell Duke. Let's have a look. Congratulations again to the Duke of Western Sydney. Again, wherever you are, whichever pool you're sitting next to. Enjoying the hot sun. Congratulations again. Yeah, look, his time here at the wonder is at the moment has come to an end. He was fantastic for the club. Sad to see him go, but hopefully we'll have him back. Hopefully we'll have him back. You're always welcome here in Western Sydney. Obviously we had a great season and you're a big part of the club and everyone at the club obviously talks very highly of you. So hope to have you back. Yeah, thank you very much. I believe our captain also has a message for us for tonight. Hey, everyone back home. I miss you guys being over here now in Saudi for the last two weeks, melting. But my Wanderers family, I just wanted to say I'm very happy and thankful for the award, from the fans, players, all the staff, everyone involved at the Wanderers. I'm very thankful. I wanted to say again, just thanks for my time there. It was one of my proudest moments being a captain. I've not just a professional football club, but I've Western Sydney Wanderers and they're representing from where I'm from. So again, thank you, miss you guys and I'll always be supporting you guys and keeping tabs on your season for the future and I'll see you guys again soon. Cheers. We'd also like to give a big thank you to our partners. Of course, A-League co-major partners, Centuria and JD Sports, W-League major partner Intermain and club sponsors Mitsubishi Electric, Peppa Money, Nike, Herbalife Nutrition, Westfield EISS Super, McDonald's and Blacktown City Council. I believe that, unfortunately, brings us to the end of the night. It does, it brings us to the end of this season. I say that will conclude us. That's right. That's right. Well, thank you everyone for tuning in, of course, and checking out these wonderful achievements and of course, letting us talk to you about what's happening in the future for the Wanderers. Lots to look up for. Next season should be a big one for the W-League and the A-League as well. Yeah, absolutely. So hopefully you can join us back at one land next season. Tenor, will you be joining me? I will certainly be joining you and I will hopefully catch you guys at a match next season. Of course, checking out WSW Live. Thank you for tuning in.