Nothing could separate the top two contenders in Friday night’s Barry Maney Group Limestone Coast Premier League Senior Men’s best and fairest count – with the end result being a tie.

After stand out seasons both Gambier Centrals’ Sam Shoemark and International’s Dan Allwright finished the count with 23 votes, meaning the award was shared.

The women’s award was taken out by Blue Lake’s Jasmine White after a terrific season for the Rangers.

Shoemark and Allwright finished four votes clear of International’s Christian Cella who was runner up on 19 votes.

Allwright offered nothing but praise for the runner up and his captain Cella.

“Christian’s resilience and ability to uplift us in moments we were hit hard is a testament to his leadership,” he said.

“To have polled just higher than him is an achievement on its own.”

Allwright’s win capped off an incredible season which included 20 goals with two of them coming in International’s grand final win, with Allwright being named best on ground for his remarkable performance.

Allwright is of the belief that his achievement would be in no way possible without the support from his coaches and teammates.

“It goes without saying that this individual achievement would not be possible without the collective efforts of my team and coaches,” he said.

“Each game I was surrounded by the quality each player brings to the team and it was this type of foundation the coaches built all pre-season that allowed me, and others, to perform well each game.”

Allwright believes International’s talent was shown in the spread of the voting.

“The talent we have in our team is evident when it comes to the votes, as each year we usually take votes from each other as opposed to one player standing out all year,” he said.

“To be lucky enough to win the League Player of the Year amongst a team such as mine, with the depth of quality of my teammates, it’s an honour.”

Allwright was happy to be sharing the award with Shoemark, offering big praise to his on-field opponent.

“A big congratulations to my good friend Sam at Centrals, who I’m happy to be sharing the achievement with,” he said.

“His work rate is second to none at Centrals and it’s always an anxious moment when he has the ball at his feet.”

Shoemark was also pleased to be sharing the award with Allwright.

“I’m pretty happy obviously, it’s nice to get an accolade and to share with a good friend like Dan, I can definitely say he’s had a good season and so have I in a way,” he said.

“I’m very happy for him to win that and the league, which is obviously what you strive for more than the individual awards.”

For Shoemark it is the first time he has won the seniors’ best and fairest coming off the back of a standout season for Centrals which included an impressive 29 goals.

Shoemark and Centrals will now look to next season with hopes of returning to glory after winning back-to-back premierships in 2021 and 2022.

“Winning the league is the aim, we won it two years in a row previously and this year was unfortunate, but hopefully we can return to being the more dominant team which we are striving for,” Shoemark said.

Jasmine White’s season was deserving of the Barry Maney Group Limestone Coast Premier League Senior Women’s best and fairest.

White proved herself an incredibly dangerous player throughout the year netting the equal most goals during the year tied with Apollo’s Deni Atkin on 20.

White always looked dangerous with the ball at her feet but was somewhat surprised to win the award.

“I’m pretty over the moon really, pretty surprised and shocked,” she said.

“I knew I had a good season but I did not know to that extent, so yeah it’s good to win the unexpected awards.”

White finished on 24 votes beating runner up Naracoorte’s Lauren Mather by only one vote.

“I knew I had some good games but I did not think I’d be taking out the award,” White said.

Despite falling just short of its third grand final appearance in as many years White was pleased with how her side faired this season.

“The amount of core players we lost from the premiership side last year, I think we worked out there was eight all up, to come back and finish second overall is really impressive and credit to all the girls.

“I’m just happy I could do my part and contribute.”

White will be leaving the club next season but has promised to cheer the Ranges on from afar.

“I’ll be cheering them on from Adelaide, this is definitely a nice way to end my time at Blue Lake till I eventually come back,” she said.

White also offered her appreciation to the people behind the scenes who keep the league going.

“Massive thanks to everyone who runs the league and I cannot wait to be a part of it again in the future,” she said.