e e e e the Adelaide footy League strengthening communities through footy the count for the 2024 kith Sims medal begins in 5 minutes w he the Adelaide footy League strengthening communities through footy hey he the count for the 2024 Keith Sims medal begins in 2 minutes he the count for the 2024 kith Sims medal begins in 1 minute the count for the 2024 kid Sims medal begins in 30 seconds the adade footy League strengthening communities through footing good evening everyone and welcome to the 2024 Keith Sims medal acknowledging our men's League champion a life member since 1978 Keith Sims was awarded the oam in 2003 for his service to sport particularly through the South Australian amateur Football League the medal is awarded to the best and fairest player in the Adelaide footy League Division 1 competition as determined by umpires just a reminder that any player with an asterisk by their name has been found guilty of an offense and is ineligible for the award of course we're in the 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foundation and before we begin the count for the 2024 Keith Sims midal let's take a look at the leaderboard to the end of round five so plenty of star at the top of the leaderboard after five rounds Abe Davis the 2023 winner from glenunga on nine votes alongside Sacred Hearts Cameron Ranken they're both won ahead of Jake Pitman from Golden Grove on eight votes my word Golden Grove haven't they had an amazing run over the last four or five years Joey Hayes the boy from South Adelaide now with Port District on six he's alongside Matthew nun the fourward Norwood Skipper now with pain of Norwood Union also on six votes we'll flip over to the second page of the leaderboard there's a group of three players on five votes Anthony gianini Noah Hyde and Seb Kish and then one back on four Sam gray the export Adelaide boy now with Port District on four votes alongside Brody laam Ricky Oland johncock and Jed Spence they round out our leader board round six live Camp not far away but first of all let's take a look at some highlights from round 6 to 10 [Music] [Music] [Music] rebound Loi a little push play on the out corner [Music] the I tell you what the with Robinson Johnson it comes [Music] one two from Russell has a Bounce ined by person off has two approaches 40 m has a shot at goal it's coming back it's through great goal let's get into the live count this is round six Golden Grove versus glenunga one vote glenunga C PRM two votes glenunga a Davis three votes Golden Grove Jay Pitman T Tre gy versus Prince Alfred old Collegian one vote T Tre Gully B Penney two votes T Tre Gully C Howard three votes T Tre Gully C Olsen St Peter's old collegians versus Brighton bombers one vote St Peter's old collegians H Stewart ratray two votes St Peter's old collegians Jay Reid three votes St Peter's old collegians a Edward Sacred Heart o collegians versus Port district one vote Port District P 2 Collins two votes Port District C Gaffney three votes Port District s lyset Pam Norwood Union versus Broadview one vote Pam Norwood Union M none two votes Broadview T Hill three votes Broadview s Jackson round seven Broadview versus St peters's o collegiance one vote St Peter's o collegiance h Stewart rat Ray two votes St Peter's old collegiance T Bedford three votes St Peter's old collegians Jay rodos Port District versus Pam Norwood Union One vote Pam Norwood Union a gianini two votes Pam Norwood Union B Dodson three votes Pam Norwood Union B McKenzie Brighton bombers V T Tre gy one vote Brighton bombers Jay Francis two votes Brighton bombers T Murphy three votes Brighton bombers r o loan John glenunga versus Sacred Heart old collegians one vote sacred hard all collegians e Moore two votes sacred hard all collegians C Ranken three votes glenunga C PRM Prince Alfred old collegians versus Golden Grove one vote Prince Alfred collegians o Clark two votes Golden Grove l Johnson three votes Prince Alfred old collegians L McNamara round eight Port District versus Brighton bombers one vote Port District M Rose two votes Port District J Haynes three votes Brighton bombers o karthy Golden Grove versus sacred Hardo collegians one vote sacred hard all collegians h mcauliff two votes sacred hard collegians s Kish three votes Golden Grove J Pitman Prince Alfred o collegians versus pum and norward Union One vote Prince Alfred o collegians o Clark two votes Pam Norwood Union M nun three votes Prince Alfred Old collegians El McNamara tgy versus Broadview one vote T gy B Lam two votes T Tre gy C Olsen three votes T Tre gy T West glenunga versus St Peter's old collegians one vote St Peter's old collegians M cars two votes glenunga T Butterworth three votes glenunga a Davis round nine tetri gy versus Golden Grove one vote Golden Grove J Pitman two votes T Trey B Penney three votes Golden Grove Jay Glenn Sacred Heart All collegians versus Prince Alfred all collegians one vote Prince Alfred all collegians C pit two votes Sacred Heart All collegians B jewhurst three votes Sacred Heart old collegians e Moore St peters's old collegians versus Port district one vote Port District Jay Haynes two votes St pet old collegians T Newman three votes St peters's old collegians H Stewart rat Ray Pam Norwood Union versus glenunga one vote glenunga T Bilby two votes glenunga Jay West three votes glenunga a Davis Brighton bombers versus Broadview one vote Brighton bombers o karthy two votes Brighton bombers J plent three votes broad viiew s Danielle round 10 Port District versus Broadview one vote Port District s liet two votes Port District L shared three votes Broadview s Danielle glenunga versus Brighton bombers one vote glener Jay West two votes Brighton bombers T welsby three votes glenunga s prows Golden Grove versus Pam Norwood Union One vote Golden Grove J Pitman two votes Pam Norwood Union Jay Shirley three votes Pam Norwood Union M nun Prince Alfred old collegiance versus St peters's old collegiance one vote Prince Alfred old collegiance C pit two votes Prince Alfred O collegians J Tran three votes Prince Alfred old collegians El McNamara T Trey versus Sacred Heart old collegians one vote Sacred Heart old collegians s Kish two votes sacred hard old collegians C Ranken three votes sacred hard old collegians B Noble and that concludes the voting to round 10 so plenty of moves made on the leader board as we sneak just past the halfway point of the count a Davis holds the lead by one Jake Pitman has been polling Reg he sits just one behind 17 votes to Davis 16 votes to Pitman cam Ranken he also moved he's on 13 votes in third position Matty nun at ptam newwood Union he's just won back in fourth place Lan mcnamar rounds out the front page of our leader board he seven votes back on 10 votes there the boy from Prince Alfred old collegians we'll jump across the page two of the lead board Joey Haynes from Port District on nine picked up a couple of votes there but has lost touch with the leaders a little bit Seb Kish on eight and a couple of players on seven Ricky oand John Co and Christopher Olen Sam Danielle he pulled really well last year and he's picked up a couple of three-pointers recently there for Broadview Anthony janini Ethan Moore and Bradley Noble all on six votes as well they round out our leaderboard to the end of round 10 we'll return to the count shortly but here are some highlights from rounds 11 to 15 [Music] [Music] well be number two KCK seven again L leaders glenunga so plenty of hot players today to keep an eye on as they get a clearance from theer and nobody in particular go get that if you can hand great tackle the left running through cutting back again with a quick snap away beautifully kicked the spinning of that one was a bit like which always helps money to the clubs having a Fant might be on his way to taken in the Square but gets a quick hand out RI Dan around Danes around the all RI and that [Music] isic St just up two steps makes it look easy lovely left foot kick Jes it's a tough kick for a left footer the forward big lead oh Mar great Mark promise Carter in north kick looks pretty good off the boat beautiful let's return to the count this is round 11 round 11 Brighton bombers versus Prince Alfred old collegians one vote Brighton bombers o karthy two votes Brighton bombers Jay tker three votes Brighton bombers D Lang Pam Norwood Union versus Sacred Heart colian one vote Sacred Heart old collegians J glias two votes Sacred Heart old collegians T mcdermit three votes Sacred Heart old collegians s Kish Port District versus T Tre gy one vote Port District s McCay two votes Port District s gray three votes Port District M Rose Broadview versus glenunga one vote glenunga a Davis two votes glenunga T kennet three votes glenunga C PRM St Peters old Collegian versus Golden Grove one vote Golden Grove J Glenn two votes s Peter's old collegians n McGill three votes Golden Grove El Pasco round 12 T Tre gy versus Pam Norwood Union one vote Pam Norwood Union J Spence two votes tetri gly C Olsen three votes Pam Norwood Union B Dodson Sacred Heart old collegians versus St Peters o collegiance one vote Sacred Heart old collegiance s Kish two votes St peters's old collegians jave rodos three votes Sacred Heart old collegians B Noble Prince Alfred old collegians versus Broadview one vote Broadview C anang two votes Broadview J Hart Kelly three votes Broadview C oy Golden Grove versus Brighton bombers one vote Golden Grove Jay Glenn two votes Brighton bombers D Lang three votes Golden Grove C shenton glenunga versus Port district one vote Port District M Rose two votes Port District l shered three votes glenunga C PRM round 13 Port District versus Prince Alfred old collegians one vote Prince Alfred Old collegians El McCauley two votes Port District S liet three votes Port District n haes Brighton bombers versus Sacred Heart old collegians one vote Sacred Heart old collegians s two votes Brighton bom W Rivers free votes Sacred Heart old collegians B Noble St Peters old collegians versus PanAm Norwood Union One vote Pam Norwood Union J Spence two votes St Peters old collegians c dwire three votes pum Norwood Union M nun glenunga versus T tree Galley one vote glenunga J West two votes glenunga M mcmah three votes glenunga a Davis Broadview versus Golden Grove one vote Broadview K Flanigan two votes Golden Grove a thatcher three votes Golden Grove Jay Pitman round 14 T Trey versus St Peter old collegiance one vote T Trey B Penney two votes Tre g b aam three votes St Peters old collegians M KS Sacred Heart old collegians versus Broadview one vote Sacred Heart All collegians El bonut two votes Broadview E Smith three votes Sacred Heart all collegians be Noble Pam Norwood Union versus Brighton bombers one vote Pam Norwood Union a ganini two votes Brighton bombers D Lang three votes Pam Norwood Union J Spence Prince Alfred o Legions versus glenunga one vote glenunga D Fay two votes glenunga T kennet three votes glenunga J West Golden Grove versus Port district one vote Golden Grove a thatcher two votes Golden Grove Jay Pitman three votes Golden Grove j h round 15 Port District versus sacred Hardo collegiance one vote Port District s gray two votes sacred Hardo collegiance B Noble three votes Port District s liet Brighton bombers versus St Peters o collegians one vote Brighton bombers R Lan johncock two votes Brighton bombers C Perry three votes Brighton bombers J tker Broadview versus Pam Norwood Union One vote Pam Norwood Union a gianini two votes Broadview J White three votes Pam Norwood Union M none Prince Alfred old collegians versus T Trey one vote T Trey B Penney two votes Prince Alfred o collegians c pit three votes Prince Alfred o collegians El McNamara glenunga versus Golden Grove one vote glenunga s Parsons two votes glenunga Jay West three votes glenunga a Davis and that concludes the voting to the end of round 15 let's take a look at the leader board well with three rounds to go we are in the middle of an absolutely wonderful count Jake Pitman tied the scores at 21 a piece at the end of round four 14 but in the last round there AB Davis does it once again three votes for glenunga to go three ahead he's on 24 Jake Pitman three back on 21 Matty n another three back from payam Norwood Union on 18 and then rounding out our leader board on the top page Bradley Noble from sacred Hardo collegians on 17 his teammate the early leader cam ranking on 13 votes 11 votes back between first and fifth so you can see the way the top end of town is really made their move in the last couple of rounds let's go across to the second page of the leaderboard now Lan McNamara also there on 13 votes from Prince afal Legions said Kish on 12 Charlie PRM from glener on 10 always do well to take votes off a Davis when you're at the glenunga footy Club Joey Haynes on nine alongside Chris Olson at T Tre gy Jed Spence on nine Scott lyset on nine Jordan West on nine and then the final two on our leader board with eight Vates Anthony janini from Pam Norwood Union and the Brighton boner Ricky oin John coock here are some highlights from round 16 back to Johnston driving ball towards Center Wing blad is out the back dishes off great kick forward inside 450 that's what [Music] [Applause] [Music] to play on now the sare and there they go that's the on the [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] bo round 16 some Peters old collegians versus bro one vote St Peters o collegiance j Reed two votes Broadview s Danielle three votes St Peters old cion e Allen T Tre gy versus Brighton bombers one vote T Tre gy B penny two votes Brighton bombers C Perry three votes Brighton bombers D Lang Pam Norwood Union versus Port district one vote Port District Sly set two votes Port District T heenen three votes Port District a dhof Golden Grove versus Prince Alfred o Legends one vote Golden Grove Jay Pittman two votes Golden Grove Jay Glenn three votes Golden Grove El Pasco sacred hard all collegians versus glenunga one vote glenunga C PRM two votes glenunga Jay West three votes glenunga a Davis that concludes the voting for round 16 let's return to the leaderboard so two rounds remaining Davis has pushed his lead out to five and there's only six votes left on the table oh what a move it was from Ab Davis The Big Three voter in round 16 Pitman picked up one he can stay in touch but he's going to need to be perfect from here on in incredibly no one else in the top eight picked up a vote in round 16 mat nun stays where he is on 18 he's too far back now as is everyone else Brad Noble on 17 locky mcnamar on 13 alongside cam ranking Seb Kish on 12 Charlie Pitman Jordan West on 11 Dylan Lang and the bigport Adelaide Ruckman Scott lyset there on 10 and then it goes down to nine Joey Haynes Chris Olen Jed Spence and on eight votes to R Us out is Sam Danielle Anthony gianini and Ricky Olan John Co we're going to take a short break from the count for the Keith Sims medal because it is time to present the Drew litster medal named in recognition of Drew litster a champion for forward for Ross Trevor old collegians he booted 1241 goals across his 15-year career twice he booted 100 goals in a season and on eight occasions he was the leading goal kick in division one and it's a massive congratulations to Brody leam from T Tre gy who was taking out the Drew litster midal this year he kicked 45 goals for the G congratulations to Brody lak here are some highlights from round 17 [Music] [Music] down and the she get a slicer Down the Line pass go on cavalaro Smart kick the work off the ground by cavalaro this be the St of the year is this the of the [Music] to give it back stey there it is out big West it that wi picking it up was James Higgins he goes bang and kicks a go and there's theone [Music] St Peters have knocked over the undefeated L you would not read about it what a great win by the spot boys round 17 Broadview versus T3 gley one vote Broadview K Flanigan two votes T Tre gy T Martin three votes T Tre gy C Olsen bright and bombers versus Port district one vote Port District s gray two votes port distri District J Hayes three votes Port District s liet Pam Norwood Union versus Prince Alfred old collegiance one vote Pam Norwood Union J Chris danig two votes Pam Norwood Union M nun three votes Prince Alfred old collegians C pit St Peter's old collegians versus glenunga one vote glenunga h prer two votes St Peter's old collegiance T Bedford three votes St Peter's old collegians a Edward Sacred Heart All collegians versus Golden Grove one vote Sacred Heart All collegiance C Ranken two votes Golden Grove Jay Glenn three votes Golden Grove Jay Pitman that concludes the voting for round 17 let's return our attention to the leaderboard and the race is still alive James Pitman from Golden Grove he picks up the maximum three votes my word he need them to stay alive and stay alive he has he comes within two of a Davis our leader from glener on 27 everyone else is out Matty Nan Pam Norwood Union on 20 Bradley Noble from sacred o c Legions on 17 he's three ahead of Cameron Rankin on 14 couple on 13 luy magnamar of Prince Alfred and Scotty lyset from Port District Seb Kish on 12 from Sacred Heart Al Legions alongside Chris olon from T Tre galy Port District's Joey Haynes on 11 he's alongside Charlie PR and Jordan West r out our leader board Edward Allen from St Peters on 10 alongside Dyan Lang from Brighton bombers but it's at the top of the leader board where it all matters a Davis leads by two from James Pitman one round to come let's take a look at the highlights for round [Music] 18 com the left leg the left leg swing right on the L good the are the [Music] elimin final it be out the Rock and towards go that is a fantastic finish inside 50 now and that's over the back going to land in wi go 45 out 45 the 50 out to the left gives it a nice looking kick has he has he oh 33 goals coming to this one the kick comes along nicely straight through the [Music] middle [Applause] Crusher got it Big Tap St rray over the top to George good hands hurry kick forward reads there oh got in good position but he's scking it off the ground is it the last chance for T trick they got a really good chance here Le has these for [Music] breakfast round 18 Prince Alfred o collegians versus Sacred Heart o collegians one vote Sacred Heart old collegians e mo two votes Sacred Heart old colion C Ranken three votes Sacred Heart o collegians b McCrae Broadview versus Brighton bombers one vote Broadview T Hill two votes Broadview n little three votes Broadview s Daniel Port District versus St Peters o cion one vote Port District s set two votes Port District L shered three votes Port District s gray Golden Grove versus te tree gy one vote golden Groove l Johnson two votes T Tre gy C Olsen three votes Golden Grove Jay Glenn glenunga versus Pam Norwood Union One vote Pam Norwood Union B Dodson two votes glenunga Jay West three votes glenunga a Davis that concludes the voting in the Keith Sims medal I can confirm after 18 rounds the winner with 30 votes from the glenunga football club is Abe [Music] Davis so let's take a look at the final leader board in the keth city medal it's a Davis by five he goes back to back what an outstanding couple of years he has had in this competition Jake Hitman outstanding season from the boy from Golden Grove he finishes five back on 25 boats after giving a real sight with one round to come m n from Pam newwood union he has been an established star in South Australian football for a number of years he finishes with the bronze medal in an olympic year on 20 votes Bradley Noble on 17 one ahead of his teammate at Sacred Heart on 16 votes Scott Li well his uh move from the elite level of football to community footy has been extremely successful 14 votes from Port District Chris olon alongside of him on 14 Loy mcnamar from PRS Alford o Legion and Jordan West from banga both on 13 votes and Josh Glen on 12 votes who uh picked up some votes in the final couple of games didn't he he finishes on 12 votes alongside Seb Kish from Sacred Heart Al Legions and then there are three players on 11 Sam gray Joey Haynes and Charlie PRM they ran out our leader board but our winner with 30 votes is AB Davis of Lena we're going to be joining him at web o very shortly in the meantime let's take a look at some highlights from the 2024 Keith SS medalist a Davis pretty good stri just up two steps makes it look easy beautiful goal too long West good work goes out the back to Davis should have no trouble here's got one [Music] p goes down to the stus PES out the back for here it is it's Davis back to back to his opponent off one then takes his time he does well gets round onep it in big Davis there being held oh too strong the big fell up a beautiful KCK of the football we know there's a lot of numbers tell you what Davis down there setting so Davis and he comes it's pretty good he gets the ball goes forward Davis there one out little oh oh just brute [Music] string through the middle the man [Music] up forward what can Davis do picks it up little right foot check side bang there's the first one for GL Scrolls in straight through the middle he loves it so a Davis has got his second nah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] n [Applause] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] theide footy Le strengthening communities through footing ah the footy League strengthening communities through footy begins in five minutes w thank you for joining us here at web oval for the presentation of the 2024 Keith Sims medal for the second year running our winner from the glenunga Rams football club Abe Davis glenunga fans let's hear it for a W popular winner here at the glenunga footy Club a popular winner right across the competition as well Tom Edwards is the president of the glena football club I'll invite you to place the jacket on your star Captain Nathan grer Nathan grer the coach of the ranga football club Nathan if you would like to present the key Sims medal to a Davis i' congratulations um back-to-back winner just the fourth in the history of the competition goes back to 1911 this medal uh whether you like it or not it stamps you as one of the greats of this competition how do you feel uh on the back of what's been an emphatic couple of years of football for you um yeah I think it's a lot of it for me just comes back to I've just been really enjoying my footy really enjoying the club and all the people around it um yeah I think we had to change we lost some guys and we brought some guys in this year which kept things fresh and uh it was a different Dynamic which was um good to good to get um get a little bit more comfortable with which was good but yeah I think it just comes back to I've just been really enjoying my footy uh let's go back 11 and a half months now of such a dis appointment in that Grand Final how proud of you of what the club has done to reassert yourself at the top of this competition yeah really proud I think the uh the basis of the club was yeah obviously very disappointing result but um the people that we've got in the club that are really driving it um I knew that we were going to bounce back um better and stronger uh yeah didn't quite go the way we wanted to but so proud of um the club and not just you know the a grade the bees of seas and the entire community of glenunga it's it's just it's a really good place to be enjoyed the week off very much so very much so body was sore and um yeah certainly uh enjoyed the most of that um week off 30 votes incredible 25 last year so five more votes that you've earned this year um the most interesting fact is you did play all 18 games you're 28 so you're not old but you're not young either how do you stay physically in shape to keep running up each week oh I reckon uh I reckon there's a couple of Bs behind me that have a very funny answer for that one um I think it's yeah you you've got to put in the work over the off you've got to you've got to put in the work over the offseason and being someone like myself that's just an elite two-way Runner and no I think I think it's uh the fact that I can go on rest forward and I really don't do that much I just sit in inside the stoppage and bully people so it's pretty easy for me came from the swans of course everyone knows your story some time uh in the snfl with South Adelaide uh then with sturt um look we understand this is community footy but are you playing as good as you ever have right now to be just so in control of this competition um yeah I think this is certainly some of the best footy I've played um I think if you look at the the guys and some of the names that have come back um patis has brought in Matt Rose Scott Lett Joey Haynes uh Matt nun running around Brad McKenzie you know these types of guys Josh Glenn Louis Johnson cam sh L goes on Jake Pitman um it is a really really strong competition so if you're not uh if you're not ready to go and at your best then it's it's going to show you mentioned some names from Port District you got a date with them on the weekend looking forward to that yeah uh very much so it's I enjoy playing against the best teams and um yeah the higher the stakes the more I enjoy it so I watched them on the weekend they were um they were ferocious at the contest and the the heat they brought early was really impressive so we're going to have to be up for it but um I'm sure ready to go Incredible family your father Graham played NBL basketball for the Sydney Kings your brother Ben of course an AFL footballer with Adela crows a couple of years ago um you've got some arguments over who's the star Sports person of the family I would have thought um yeah it's uh I think Ben Ben's probably Ben's probably got me there he's um he's actually willing to put in the work so that's probably what um the difference between us but yeah it's yeah we're really blessed with the um on the genetic side of it um MK will be the first one to tell you that he should have been playing professional golf but there would have been a knee injury or a shoulder injury or something that let him down but yeah um not just that but I'm really lucky that I've got my mom who played high level sport herself but uh she certainly critiques all my performances and let me know what I'm doing right what I'm doing wrong so yeah to have those guys in my corner is uh certainly a big asset for me your heritage is torist straight Islander I think Thursday Island specifically is where your ancestry is from your brother Ben designed one of the crows IND ous geries I think in 2021 it featured the family totem the hammerhead shark just I think it was something that you took a little bit of uh time to embrace but just describe uh what your heritage and your ancestry means to you now yeah it's it certainly did um especially where I grew up it was it wasn't around a lot of indigenous people indigenous culture um and us being our culture we don't tend to just you know bump into or have connections with uh toist people unless they're family so it did take me a little bit of a a while to wrap my head around it and start to learn and things like that um but once I did it was it was certainly something that I've kept diving into um this year we were lucky enough that my brother actually designed our indigenous gy and that was probably one of the proudest days of my life being able to run out there not only showing off my culture but being able to play in a gy that my brother designed was very very special for not only me but my family as well let's uh bring in the coach uh Nathan grommer who's dressed for the occasion congratulations mate you're you're an old hat at this just uh firstly uh the fell on my right what does he meant uh to your football team and to your football club no he's yeah he's been great for the club it's just it is a great environment you know BC and a grade it's just somewhere where you can be and and be yourself and we definitely see a lot of that in a being himself and um he's a great leader even the way he speaks you know tonight every time you interview him you know he speaks well he says the right things he he's been excellent but even the guys behind him tonight you know like you bring in guys to the club Charlie PRM had out standing here Westy de lay T kenet they allow Abe to do what he does which is you know he is the most dominant player in the competition I believe but um yeah I think he's very well supported by the other 39 guys that played a grade 40 for Club this year and also a quick shout out to Tommy Bon who got a runner up in the in the B gra medal as well so well done to him talking about your bgrade um they're still thriving in the final series nice to have uh both A's and B's up there and still fighting in September yeah absolutely Sam Abel who's been a club Legend played in all seven divisions which will never be done again he took on the b-grade job and been a player coach in and out of the A's early in the year they're a great young group you know and even in our a grade this year we've got six or seven guys that will play this week that played in our losing bgrade Grand Final last year we've created a really strong environment where you know a lot of these guys hopefully here long after I leave and become either really good a grade players or just continue to to build a culture where it's okay to play B orc grade you know our c won more games this year than they ever have previously and uh you know the club's in a really really good spot and you know it' be great to go one better in both grades this year which would obviously mean getting some silverware for the club um really tense tough game between Sacred Heart and Port District on the weekend uh looking forward to the date out here with Port yeah yeah we've you know we generally fun up pretty well we've won about our last 20 on this ground that's never really been the challenge for us cuz it's small you can really play a tight defensive game and I know that it will be a great game again on the weekend and you know without looking too far ahead the challenge for us has always been getting it done in the biggest day and we have uh we've come up short twice we lost a few guys last year you know Mike wony retired Sam wonkey moved in state Sam Smith went back to glenell in the S Darcy Mitchell who's been a great player for us went back to his home Club you know that's four big guys we used it as a great opportunity to bring in as we said some younger guys Jordi West obviously as a as an older guy that hadn't played for two years been outstanding in the rck the best Ruck in the comp I believe and some young guys but it's just created opportunity for our young guys to thrive and um you know to see Tommy Butterworth and speno PR and a few of those guys even pull votes tonight um it just shows how well the just shows the position the club's in but um yeah try to keep it relaxed I'm pretty highly strung dude and um you know trying to let these guys enjoy the next few weeks and um get them ready to try and win a win a Premiership together you touched on Sam Abel um played in all seven divisions it's an amazing story this club was in division s in 2010 and here we are 14 years later on the verge of something pretty special what would it mean for the footy Club to do the ultimate and go from division 7 to PR in 14 years yeah I I think um you know obviously we've never won a div one flag in our 70 year history it is our 70th year I think we've had it pretty easy the last couple of years of you know going that last step from div two to one we've got great resources we've got a great group of off field coaches you know medical team I think the the real heroes were the guys that did the hard work in div s div 6 div five when they're getting poached to play elsewhere they could have walked away and we had a past Players Club day here recently and to hear some of the stories from these guys like we're very well supported uh I think you know we actually ow it to these guys to to make that next step step up when it matters man up on the day and and try and and and bring home some silverware that these guys can be proud of for the rest of the the rest of the club's history so Nathan thank you all the best on the weekend all the best for the next couple of weeks and what's ahead for you I to wrap things up I'm going to hand you the microphone mate um I'm sure there's some people you'd like to thank oh don't do that to me um yeah I first and foremost to the club um love to Rattle off the sponsors but not going to do that um thank you to the club to to n all the assistant coaches coaching staff um to all the players that yeah that let me do my thing and go about it especially uh Westy big fellow thanks for putting it down me throat um yeah and then to Mom and to my brother um for yeah Mom that watches all my games gives me all my uh critiques and to my brother who just usually just pots me after most of my performance but but that's all right thanks for watching um yeah thank you very much Well Done big round of applause to I Davis our back to back Keith Sims medalist it is an incredible achievement just four back-to-back winners of the kid Sims medal in the history that goes right back to 1911 congratulations to a once again what a massive weekend of div fo0 it's going to be of course glena here against Port District at web oval uh in the second semifinal and then we'll find that it is Sacred Heart old collegiance and Pam Norwood Union who are fighting for survival of course that game will be played at Sacred Heart all the best for everyone over the finals weekend and wants to come but congratulate once again at 2024 Keith Sims medalist Abe Davis [Music] than e e for