West Kimberley Football League awards close out 2025 season

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

Cable Beach players Chrisopher “CJ” Oakley awarded the Bullen Medal - Fairest & Best and Lyeesha Mongoo Women’s Fairest and Best over the course of the season.

Oakley was also awarded the Father McMahon Medal for best on ground in the grand final while fellow Cable Beach player Joanne Dick won the female Father McMahon Medal for best on ground in the women’s grand final.

The Leading Goal Kicker medal was awarded to Cable Beach’s Rohan Maher who kicked an impressive 27 goals over the course of the season, alongside Katherine Dann also from Cable Beach who won the female Leading Goal Kicker medal with 19 goals.

The Looma Eagles’ Lewis Buck was awarded the Brian Kane Medal for most Outstanding First Year Player. Peninsula Bombers player Suraniah Bellou was awarded the Women’s Rising Star Award and from Bidgydanga Eagles Jevahnis Badal the 2025 Men’s Rising Star.

The Umpire of the Year award went to Peter Heal while the Rookie Umpire of the Year went to Charles Burnham and the Volunteer of the Year Award went to Winston Pindan from Looma Eagles

An extremely important part of the evening was the appointment of life member Eunice Yu.

Ms Yu was awarded life member for her contribution to the league for many years and makes history as the first even female life member to be appointed.