Mitch Conn and Amanda Tessari have taken out the 2025 Club champion awards at the Noosa Tigers Annual presentation night last Saturday at the RACV resort. Conn has actually gone back to back in the men’s best and fairest award after another stunning season by the Star onballer. Conn also took home his second media award and was named in the QAFL team of the year for the second year in a row also. His ball winning ability and silky skills to match make Conn one of the best players in the State League and his performances over his first two years at Noosa have just been outstanding. A more than well deserved winner. Conn beat outgoing skipper Jono Freeman who again provided a strong physical target in 2025 up forward booting near on 50 goals.
As expected Amanda Tessari comfortably won the Senior Womens best and fairest after a fantastic first year with the Division one finalists. Like her male counterpart, Tessari ball winning ability around stoppage made her one of the best players in the competition. Her consistency just at an elite level the entire season. Other trophy winners included Ragen Mills, skipper Kellie Barker, Eliza Trompf and teenagers Ayla Aidrie and Maya Bovalino.
As predicted Rhys Tarling won his second Reserve grade medal after another very consistent year by the local product and young gun excitement machine capped off a superb flag winning year by being named the colts best and fairest, a super achievement by a definite star of the future.
After 20 years as the resident time keeper, Bruce Isles received a life membership to sit alongside his son Cubby who was a champion player for the Noosa Tigers.
Long time sponsor and volunteer Mitch Tupper also received the coveted life membership after tireless contribution at all levels over the past decade and a half. Whilst ex President and Inclusion founder Rob Purvis also received a life membership for the amazing amount of voluntary service he has given to the club for well over the past decade, in particular the inclusion space where the Tigers were this year named inclusion club of the year once again.
All three recipients are more than qualified and deserving of this great honour!
Junior Director Erin Green took home the Clubperson of the year award and rightly so. Her work in running the Junior part of the club which has grown to almost 400 in numbers was just amazing, helped beautifully by husband Matt, who himself deserves mention on the amount of volunteer service he gives the club.
That’s it for 2025, with our new Senior Mens Coach Darren Winter up here this week with a ‘meet the coach’ day set for this Thursday 23rd at the club and Friday the 24th at the surf club from 5pm.
See you all there.
