Lee takes out Football West Gold Medal Award

The 2005 Football West McInerney Ford Gold Medal Award was won by Mark Lee of Bayswater City.

The 26 year old midfielder who was transferred to Bayswater from the Western Knights on the transfer deadline day won by one vote from Perth SC’s Robert Puca, and in third place was Inglewood United’s Shaun Kilkelly. For Lee it was a reward for his hard work and dedication on and off the field.

“Yes I’m delighted to win this award. It was very frustrating not getting regular starting football at the Knights and Bayswater came along and I jumped at the chance.”

Lee added, “I’ve been very fortunate to have won with every team I’ve been involved with, the Boral Cup for Swan IC in 2003, the league title with the Knights in 2004 and to finish 2005 with this award with Bayswater is fantastic. I really enjoy playing in the middle of the park and Sal and the coaching staff have given me the opportunity to play there and I can’t thank them enough.”

It was fantastic night at the Grand Ballroom at the Burswood International Resort Casino with nearly 500 players, officials and dignitaries coming together to celebrate the 44th annual state league Gold Medal night, the first under the new Football West regime and the MC for the night was Peter Vlahos from radio 6PR. Michelle Phillips the CEO of Football West announced before the presentations began of a state government inject of $700,000 to help the game at all levels in the state, which received a round of applause.

A list of the night’s winners;
“Gold Medal Award” – Mark Lee (Bayswater City)

“Gold Whistle Award” – Referee Stephen Muldoon
“Kelme Goalkeeper of the Year” – Cory Hugo (Swan IC) & Gareth Deeg (Perth SC)

“The Troy Bernard Awards”
Premier League Youth - Philip Arnold (ECU Joondalup)
Division One – Christian Paschkewitz (Mandurah City)
Division One Youth – Kyle Mitsopoulos (Queens Park)

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Football West Gold Medal Awards night (Tues Oct 18)

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