er 16 won 10 of 15 before a preliminary final. Under 18 beat Eltham 12-9, then lost the grand final by a goal, 10-11 to Footscray. Congratulations to our award winners 👏 🔵 UNDER 16 COACHES AWARD · XAVIER REYNOLDS 13 games this season and five seasons at the club. Brought up 50 junior games in Round 15. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER · LEO WOOD Seven seasons and 79 junior games, going back to 2018. A Victorian Under 14/15 representative in 2025. BEST & FAIREST · FINLEY ORR 62 goals and 20 assists from 14 games. Eight seasons at this club, 353 career goals and 132 assists. Passed 300 goals in Round 2 and played his 100th junior game in the preliminary final. A third junior best and fairest after the Under 13/14 awards in 2024 and 2025. 🔵 UNDER 18 MOST IMPROVED · ETHAN MAHER 11 goals and 6 assists from 13 games, and 32 junior games at the club. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER · TYLER SMITH 14 games for the 18s while already holding down a spot in the seniors, where he has 41 games and 60 goals. Six junior seasons, 86 junior games, 133 goals. A Victorian representative in 2023 and 2024. BEST & FAIREST · MAXWELL MARQUARD 44 goals and 15 assists from 13 games, well clear as the leading Under 18 goalkicker. Eight seasons, 87 junior games, 209 goals and 116 assists, with his 200th goal coming in the preliminary final. Nine senior games already. A Victorian representative in 2023 and 2024, and a junior best and fairest back in 2019. 💙 WILLIAMSTOWN WANDERER AWARD (KEN SPEAKMAN) · WILLIAM ELLIOTT The club award, and it went to an Under 14. 13 games across Gold and Blue, three seasons, 38 junior games. Wherever the club needed a player, he went. 📊 LEADING GOALKICKERS U16: Finley Orr 62, Rafferty Sullivan 21 U18: Maxwell Marquard 44, Lucas Newbery 20, Ry Cordell Garnsworthy 18 Thank you to the coaches, managers, parents and volunteers in both age groups. #GOTOWN #WILLYLAX

l over Footscray. Under 14 Blue went through 2026 without losing a game, and they got to the big one by beating our own Gold side 17-1 in the preliminary final. Gold finished 4th after a 7-7-1 season. Thirty one players, 419 goals and 256 assists between them. Congratulations to our Under 14 award winners 👏 🔵 UNDER 14 BLUE BEST FIRST YEAR PLAYER · TOA ROORDINK 21 assists in his first season of lacrosse, and 17 games in a premiership side. Not a bad way to start. BEST TEAM PLAYER · HARVEY NINNIS 17 games across Blue and Gold, wherever he was needed. Five seasons, 45 junior games and 120 career goals. BEST & FAIREST · ALBY STEPHENSON 73 goals and 46 assists from 17 games, the leading goalkicker and the leading assist man in the age group. Six seasons, 83 junior games, 183 goals, 104 assists. His third junior best and fairest after back to back Under 11/12 awards in 2022 and 2023. 🔵 UNDER 14 GOLD SPIRIT AWARD · THOMAS TOKARUA 11 games this season and four seasons at the club, 40 junior games all up. MOST CONSISTENT · OLIVER REES 16 games, 15 of them for Gold. Three seasons, 27 junior games. BEST & FAIREST · KYUS BUTSON 21 goals and 13 assists from 16 games. Five seasons, 62 junior games, 214 career goals, and a third straight junior best and fairest after the 2024 and 2025 Under 11/12 awards. 🔵 UNDER 14 OVERALL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER · TOBY SMITH 67 goals and 24 assists from 17 games, second only to Alby for goals. Six seasons, 66 junior games and 215 career goals, with his 200th coming in Round 14. 📊 LEADING THE SEASON Goals: Alby Stephenson 73, Toby Smith 67, Huxley Jennings 38 Assists: Alby Stephenson 46, Oscar Crawford 32, Louis Northover 29 Thank you to the Under 14 coaches, managers and parents. A premiership and a preliminary final between your two sides is some season. #GOTOWN #willylax

his season, every one of them. Three seasons and 38 junior games at the club. BEST TEAM PLAYER · JACK SAMARAS 18 games, 9 goals. Two seasons in and already 27 junior games. BEST & FAIREST · THOMAS AIRTH 17 games, 24 goals. Three seasons, 31 junior games, 36 career goals. 🔵 UNDER 12 FEARONS SPIRIT AWARD · TEDDY CAREY 35 goals and 8 assists from 17 games, and the most assists of any Under 12 at the club. Passed 50 career goals in Round 7. BEST TEAM PLAYER · REEVE WILKINSON 17 games, 15 goals, 4 assists. Three seasons and 39 junior games, more than anyone else in the age group. BEST & FAIREST · MACK SULLIVAN The leading Under 12 goalkicker with 42 from 18 games. Brought up 50 junior games in Round 13 and 50 career goals in Round 9, in his fourth season at the club. 📊 LEADING THE SEASON Goals: Mack Sullivan 42, Teddy Carey 35, Thomas Airth 24 Assists: Teddy Carey 8, Mack Sullivan 6, Reeve Wilkinson 4 Thank you to the Under 12 coaches, managers and parents. Rain, cold mornings and all of it, you got them there every week. #GOTOWN #WILLYLAX

are.link/u/nBCI8cJp 🏆 OUTBOUND BUSES 🚌 Bus 1 — 10:45AM SLR Players + Spectators 🚌 Bus 2 — 12:15PM SL Players + Spectators 🔙 RETURN BUSES Both buses depart at 5:00PM 🚌 Bus 1 — Players 🚌 Bus 2 — Spectators Get on board and #GoTown as we head into Grand Final day! 💙💛🏆

entation is this Sunday! Join us for lunch from 12 noon, with the Senior Presentation kicking off at 1pm. Bring the family, grab some lunch and come together to celebrate another fantastic season with the Willy Lax family. 💙💛 We’d love to see you there! #GoTown #WillyLax #WLCFamily

24–5 Malvern — WIN CHAMPS — 🏆 Grand Final — WLC 19–2 Footscray — PREMIERS 🏆 U18 — 🏆 Grand Final — WLC 10–11 Footscray — RUNNERS-UP U14 — 🏆 Grand Final — WLC Blue 19–2 Footscray — PREMIERS 🏆 🔥 NEXT WEEK — GRAND FINALS 🏆 SLR — WLC vs Footscray — 12:45PM — Malvern Town Hall 🏆 SL — WLC vs Malvern — 2:45PM — Malvern Town Hall ONE WEEK TO GO. TWO TEAMS. ONE GOAL. 💙💛