Woodbridge Cup best and fairest night to go ahead at Canowindra Services Club

The Woodbridge Cup will host its annual presentation night on November 12 at the Canowindra Services Club, president Andrew Pull confirming the major awards night will go ahead now that COVID-198 restrictions have lifted across the region.

It was those COVID-19 regulations that shelved the 2021 competition, with Petrie's Rhinos ending the season on top of the ladder.

Petrie is one of seven players named as contenders for the Cup's Alex Armstrong Medal - the competition's best and fairest award.

Petrie is the lone Rhino in the hunt, with Canowindra bookends Ron Lawrence and Nathan Whatman rewarded for stellar seasons with the Tigers while Eugowra duo Brad McMillan and Ricky Whitton are joined by Trundle pair Brad Watts and Blake Ridges as the other players in the running.

Pull said the three-two-one race was too close to call, but said staging the event despite the season being cut short was important for everyone involved with Woodbridge.

"We were keen to have this dinner. It's an important to chance to recognise these players," Pull added.

The competition will also honour leading players in its lower grades too.

Heidi Regan and Molly Hoswell (Cargo), Alicia White and Zoe Gavin (Grenfell), Ellie Russell (Trundle), Katie Fulwood (Molong) and Jess Fisher, Caitlin Dixon and Hayley White (Canowindra) are hopefuls in the league tag player of the year race.

Jackson Southwell (Canowindra), Tyler Byron (Canowindra), Jack Thomas (Molong) and Michael Smith (Grenfell) head the youth league's top player list.

Adam Hall is the last winner of the Adam Armstrong medal in 2019, while Jayden Brown won back-to-back best and fairests while at the Tigers in 2018 and 2017.

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