The Wimmera league will host its ‘night of nights’ on Monday evening at Horsham’s Maydale Pavilion.

The winners of the senior football Toohey Medal and A Grade netball Hatcher Medal will be crowned, along with a slew of other individual awards.

Senior coaches have Ararat co-coach Tom Williamson as hot favourite to take out the Toohey Medal – named after former league administrator PJ Toohey.

The former Carlton-listed player accumulated the most votes last year but was ineligible due to suspension.

This season, stepping into a co-coaching role, Williamson has showed his elite ability in one of the competition’s top teams.

His co-coach Tom Mills, Nhill coach Jake McQueen and last year’s winner, Stawell coach Tom Eckel, have all tipped Williamson to win.

Southern Mallee Thunder coach Kieran Delahunty has tipped his team mate Coleman Schache or McQueen to win, while Horsham coach Jordyn Burke said his side’s Tyler Blake and Brody Pope would poll well but from the opposition, Eckel was a standout.

In the netball, three A Grade netball coaches tipped Horsham’s Georgie Carberry, the 2022 winner, as a favourite to win this season’s Heather Hatcher Medal.

Southern Mallee Thunder playing coach Steph Thomson has been a standout this season, while Saints shooter Jorja Clode and last year’s runner-up, Nhill’s centre Ellen Bennett are also tipped to poll well.

Although the Demons and the Saints have dominated this season and their high-performing players will rack up plenty of votes, it could be a matter of them taking votes off each other.

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