Jack Hellier captained the Victorians to a clean sweep in the U23 AAFC Carnival held in Adelaide over the Queen’s Birthday weekend and in the process swept the pool of awards incuding Carnival Best and Fairest, Grand Final BOG and Spirit of the Big V awards. Dan Garside and Hiwad Shakaib also impressed with the Hiwad joining Jack in being named as All Australians.

VICTORIA – CHAMPIONS OF AUSTRALIA 2011

Jack Hellier (c) Dan Garside, Hiwad Shakaib (St Bede’s/Mentone Tigers); Jonno Nash (vc) Sam Dunell(Old Melburnians); Harry Croft (vc) (Collegians); Dean Scheetz, Tom O’Sullivan (Caulfield Grammarians) Mark Collins,Jake Gotch, Sam Williams (De La Salle); Trent Carlson (Marcellin); Dion Lucas (Oakleigh); Luke Crozier, Cam Jones (Old Carey); Adrian Delmonte (Old Ivanhoe); Thomas McKinley, Scott Sherwen (Old Scotch); Luke Pacconi (Old Trinity); Karl Wissell (St Kevin’s);Alastair Austin,Jeremy Mugavin, Charles Shaw (University Blues); Matthew Dean (Werribee Districts)

COACH: Mick Dwyer ASSISTANTS: Greg Siwes/Luke Beveridge/Jeremy Bourke TEAM MANAGER: John Raffle TRAINER: Rachael Cowdell RUNNER: Luke Wintle DOCTOR: George Janko PHYSIOS Neeraj Kochhar/Michael Basley DIRECTOR OF REP FOOTBALL: Michael Hazell TIMEKEEPER John Robinso

AWARDS:

Carnival Best and Fairest: Jack Hellier

Grand Final BOG: Jack Hellier

Spirit of the Big V: Jack Hellier

All-Australians: (Quota of 7) Jack Hellier (capt), Jonno Nash, Cam Jones, Harry Croft, Mark Collins, Sam Dunell, Hiwad Shakaib.

Umpire of the Carnival: Russell Davidson