{"id":21191,"date":"2024-09-30T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T05:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/?p=21191"},"modified":"2024-09-30T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T05:38:50","slug":"big-ruckman-takes-bowen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/sports\/2024\/09\/30\/big-ruckman-takes-bowen\/","title":{"rendered":"Big ruckman takes Bowen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Woodend-Hesket&#8217;s dynamic on-baller Daniel Toman was a hot favourite to win the Riddell League&#8217;s Bowen Medal for the second year in succession, but he had to share second place with Kyneton&#8217;s versatile Caleb Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The winner with 21 votes was giant Wallan ruckman Chris Stewart, a 37-year-old who may well be the oldest player to ever claim the prestigious best and fairest award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Stewart was generally rated as &#8216;recruit of the year&#8217; and with 11 premierships behind him, added a new dimension to the league as Wallan unsuccessfully tried to break a premiership drought of 32 seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The league&#8217;s end-of-season&#8217;s vote counts and presentations took place at Melton on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Last season Toman won the Bowen with 21 votes, one ahead of Riddell&#8217;s Dylan Tarczon, and this season he received 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>&#8220;Toman probably had his best season yet, but not winning more matches was probably detrimental to his prospects,&#8221; Hawks&#8217; president Paul Podbury said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The trio of Stewart, Toman and Fisher were named as the formidable ruck\/on ballers in the RDFNL Team of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Toman was also chosen as the Most Valuable Player by opposition sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each team played 16 home and away matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bowen-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"21182\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bowen-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/midlandexpress.com.au\/bowen-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-21182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bowen-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bowen-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centralvic.com\/midlandexpress.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bowen-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Woodend-Hesket&#8217;s Daniel Toman and Kyneton&#8217;s Caleb Fisher shared second place.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Macedon&#8217;s Al Meldrum was named Coach of the Year, and the Macedon club also had Damian Slater as coach of the senior women&#8217;s football team, and Katie Clarke in charge of the netball Team of the Year. 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