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STAR PLAYER | STAR SEARCH<br />
YOUNGSTERS TO VIE FOR COCA-COLA<br />
STAR SEARCH AWARD<br />
For the 2008 season the<br />
SANFL will again offer the<br />
Coca-Cola Star Search Award.<br />
Established in 2007, the<br />
award is designed to<br />
recognise talented<br />
youngsters making their<br />
mark in League ranks, and is<br />
open to all players aged 21<br />
or under (as at January 1,<br />
2008) who have not played<br />
more than eight senior<br />
SANFL matches leading into<br />
the season.<br />
AFL rookies are eligible for<br />
the award unless promoted to<br />
the senior list of their club,<br />
while players who are<br />
suspended by the tribunal<br />
during the 2008 season are<br />
ineligible to win.<br />
Port Adelaide Magpies<br />
livewire Steven Summerton<br />
was last season’s inaugural<br />
winner, edging out other<br />
exciting youngsters Daniel<br />
Havelberg (Central) and Nick<br />
Salter (Eagles).<br />
Clubs will nominate a player<br />
at the completion of every<br />
home-and-away game, with a<br />
SANFL review panel then<br />
selecting the Coca-Cola Star<br />
Search Award nominee for<br />
that particular round.<br />
The SANFL review panel<br />
will consist of Glen Rosser<br />
(General Manager – State<br />
League Competition), David<br />
Hutton (General Manager –<br />
Game Development), Daniel<br />
Thomas (SANFL Football<br />
Services Manager) and<br />
Brenton Phillips (SANFL<br />
Talent Manager).<br />
On completion of the minor<br />
round, the SANFL review<br />
panel will then select one<br />
young player from the group<br />
of nominees to receive<br />
the Coca-Cola Star Search<br />
Award and a $2000<br />
winner’s purse.<br />
A Coca-Cola representative<br />
will present the award at the<br />
Magarey Medal Presentation<br />
Dinner.<br />
Be Active Star Player<br />
of the Year & R.O.<br />
Shearman Medal<br />
The ‘be active’ Star Player of<br />
the Year & R.O. Shearman<br />
Medal will again be awarded<br />
in 2008 to acknowledge the<br />
League’s best player.<br />
Judged by members of the<br />
SANFL’s 200 Club on a 5-4-3-<br />
2-1 basis for every minor<br />
round match, the award carries<br />
with it a $3000 first prize.<br />
Once again this year, three<br />
‘Mystery <strong>Round</strong>s’ have been<br />
allocated where voting results<br />
will be kept secret until the<br />
end of the season.<br />
Voting begins this weekend,<br />
with the first series of votes to<br />
be published in next<br />
weekend’s Budget.<br />
James Allan.<br />
2000 – Gavin Colville (Eagles)<br />
2001 – Ryan O’Connor (Port)<br />
2002 – Jade Sheedy (Sturt)<br />
2003 – Brett Backwell (Glenelg)<br />
Marco Bello (Central)<br />
2007 Coca-Cola Star Search winner Steven Summerton received his award from Coca-<br />
Cola State Manager Peter Carey.<br />
Last year’s Be Active<br />
Star Player of the year &<br />
R.O. Shearman Medallist<br />
was James Allan.<br />
Star Player of the Year and R.O. Shearman Medallists<br />
2004 – Salim Hassan (West)<br />
2005 – Jeremy Clayton (Port)<br />
2006 – Justin Cicolella (Eagles)<br />
2007 – James Allan (North)<br />
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