Fraser House claims first Les Ganzer Medal as the best and fairest player in OFA after thrilling vote count

Gnowangerup star Fraser House won his first Les Ganzer Medal as the Ongerup Football Association’s best and fairest player in the league competition, prevailing in a thrilling vote count on Sunday night. The vote count was held at Borden on Sunday, with House polling well in the 15-round regular season to claim his maiden honour. House returned to the family farm last year and helped the Bulldogs win the premiership, finishing second in the Ganzer Medal count in 2020. He has been instrumental in the Bulldogs’ undefeated run this season. The classy midfielder finished with 27 votes from his 11 matches in a 5-4-3-2-1 voting system awarded by the umpires, and became the third Bulldog since 1963 to win the top award. House defeated tough midfielder and teammate Scott Anderson on 26 votes. Bulldogs’ new recruit Elliot Jaeschke was third with 25 votes. Newdegate big man Dean Rintoul (24 votes) and Boxwood Hill veteran Matt Campbell (20) rounded out the top five. Star forward Timm House won the leading goal kicker award for the second straight year, booting a remarkable 78 goals from just nine matches. Jerramungup’s Tate Barrett was rookie of the year, Brian Lee was umpire of the year, goal umpire of the year was Allan Shaddick, and Jarrod King was volunteer of the year. Gnowangerup’s Phil Rumble won the Kelly O’Neill trophy as the best player in the reserves, and Mitchell Pike (Jerramungup) and Sorren Humphries (Newdegate) were joint winners of the juniors’ best and fairest.