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Adam Edwards wins Fairest &
Best and
Frank Rossi awarded Life
Membership
October 8:
Adam Edwards
has underlined his status as one of the Club's greatest
players by winning his second Fairest & Best at the Club's
annual Fairest
 &
Best function last night.
In one of the closest finishes to
voting in many years, Adam polled 100 votes to finish five votes
clear of club captain (and his brother) Joel Edwards on 95
votes, and seven votes clear of last year's F&B, Frank Rossi, on
93 votes. Daniel Stimpson (45 votes) and Damien Lloyd (44
votes) rounded out the top five.
League coach Kingsley Hunter paid
special tribute to Adam's strength of character and his
commitment to training during the pre-season to turn around a
disappointing season in 2010. It is the second time that
Adam has won the F&B, having previously won the award in 2008.
In the lower grades, Adam 'Doc'
Manera won the De Cinque Trophy for the Reserves Fairest &
Best, Neill Madeira won the Thirds Fairest & Best, and
Matthew Turner won the Jack Freind Medal for the Colts
Fairest & Best.
 It
was also announced last night that Frank Rossi had been
awarded Life Membership, after more than a decade of service to
the Club.
Frank joined the Club as a 16-year
old in 2000, playing Colts and Reserves in his first two
seasons. Frank made his League Debut vs North Beach in
Round 8, 2002 at the age of 18 yrs 266 days.
Frank became a regular League
player in 2003, switching to his now trademark number 10
guernsey and finished third in the F&B count in that year.
Frank won the F&B in 2004 and
2010, was runner-up F&B in 2005 and 2006 and third in 2003 and
2011.
Frank was also Club captain in
2008 and in 2011 became the first player to play more than
200 Club games for the Stirling Saints (excluding games for the
previous Osborne Park and Balcatta Football Clubs). He is
also one of only two players to have played more than 150 League
games for the Saints (the other being Michael Franceschini).
In addition to his on-field achievements, Frank also became a club
sponsor in 2009, adding further weight to his merit as a Life
Member.
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