West Kimberley Football League awards close out 2025 season

With Cable Beach’s grand final win over the Broome Towns bringing another sensational West Kimberley Football League season to a close, the league has announced its season award winners.

Cable Beach players Christopher “CJ” Oakley and Lyeesha Mongoo was awarded the Bullen Medal for fairest and best over the course of the season at the awards on Saturday, August 23 at the Mangrove Hotel.

Oakley was also awarded the McMahon Medal for best on ground in the grand final, while fellow Cable Beach player Joanne Dick won the female McMahon Medal for best on ground in the women’s grand final. The grand final awards were given out on the day of the match — Saturday, September 6.

The leading goal kicker medal was awarded to Cable Beach’s Rohan Maher, who kicked 27 goals over the course of the season, and Katherine Dann, also from Cable Beach, won the female leading goal kicker medal with 19 goals.

The Looma Eagles’ Lewis Buck was awarded the Kane Medal for outstanding first year player, and Peninsula Bombers’ Suraniah Bellou received the women’s Kane Medal.

Buck and Bellou were also named winners of the male and female rising star medals.

The umpire of the year award went to Peter Heal, while Charles Burnham was named the rookie umpire of the year and the service and volunteer award went to Winston Pindan.