Who was Ashley Whitaker? Sometimes you don't have to have been a star player or a tireless worker behind the scenes to have a trophy named in your honour. Sometimes you just have to be important to those who are important to us. As the only son of Club Life Member Mark 'Whits' Whitaker, Ashley Whitaker died at a young age. Yet, to this day and beyond he is honoured by the Club's award for the Most Improved Player - The Ashley Whitaker Memorial Trophy. What is this awarded for? Awarded to the player, selected by the Management Committee, as having made the most improvement in his/her game during the past Season.
Past Winners
1985/86 S Rogerson 1986/87 R Trebilcock 1987/88 M Taylor 1988/89 Jason Watts 1989/90 Andrew Spittle 1990/91 A Evans 1991/92 D Evans 1992/93 Matthew Rooks 1993/94 Malcolm Moyes 1994/95 Nathan McFarlane 1995/96 Dale John 1996/97 Joel Cordwell 1997/98 Kieran Crowe 1998/99 Anthony Bird 1999/2000 Steve Kirwan 2000/01 Simon Huppatz 2000/01 Simon Huppatz 2001/02 Jarrad Campbell 2002/03 Marcus Canterford 2003/04 Haydn Moyes 2004/05 Michael Halligan 2005/06 Anthony Baker 2006/07 Scott Nelson 2007/08 Brendan Moore 2008/09 Liam Barker 2009/10 Luke Scott
2010/11 Jason Sharp 2011/12 Troy Anderton 2012/13 Scott Turner 2013/14 Andrew Dilley 2014/15 Lloyd Brown 2015/16 Scott Nelson 2016/17 Scott Pantlin 2017/18 Matthew Nelson 2018/19 Luke Johnson/Brandon Ryan 2019/20 Daniel Hughes 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Brandon Ryan
Most Improved Ashley Whitaker Award
Who was Ashley Whitaker? Sometimes you don't have to have been a star player or a tireless worker behind the scenes to have a trophy named in your honour. Sometimes you just have to be important to those who are important to us. As the only son of Club Life Member Mark 'Whits' Whitaker, Ashley Whitaker died at a young age. Yet, to this day and beyond he is honoured by the Club's award for the Most Improved Player - The Ashley Whitaker Memorial Trophy. What is this awarded for? Awarded to the player, selected by the Management Committee, as having made the most improvement in his/her game during the past Season.
Past Winners
1985/86 S Rogerson 1986/87 R Trebilcock 1987/88 M Taylor 1988/89 Jason Watts 1989/90 Andrew Spittle 1990/91 A Evans 1991/92 D Evans 1992/93 Matthew Rooks 1993/94 Malcolm Moyes 1994/95 Nathan McFarlane 1995/96 Dale John 1996/97 Joel Cordwell 1997/98 Kieran Crowe 1998/99 Anthony Bird 1999/2000 Steve Kirwan 2000/01 Simon Huppatz 2000/01 Simon Huppatz 2001/02 Jarrad Campbell 2002/03 Marcus Canterford 2003/04 Haydn Moyes 2004/05 Michael Halligan 2005/06 Anthony Baker 2006/07 Scott Nelson 2007/08 Brendan Moore 2008/09 Liam Barker 2009/10 Luke Scott 2010/11 Jason Sharp 2011/12 Troy Anderton 2012/13 Scott Turner 2013/14 Andrew Dilley 2014/15 Lloyd Brown 2015/16 Scott Nelson 2016/17 Scott Pantlin 2017/18 Matthew Nelson 2018/19 Luke Johnson/Brandon Ryan 2019/20 Daniel Hughes 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Brandon Ryan