VOTE each week for best on ground in the Troy Luff Medal (TLM) - late starters ok

[Danzar]

The annual Troy Luff Medal is the RWO fan vote for the Sydney Swans' best and fairest. Please us this thread to vote each week. To cast your vote, click on the link in the nav above or click here (http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/?pageid=tlm).

Some history on the award:
In 2002, the Troy Luff Medal began informally, with people nominating their top 3 or 5 players each week after the match. The idea grew more and more popular and it was decided to instigate the fans� Best and Fairest award.

The winners of the Troy Luff Medal have also been the Swans Best and Fairest winners up until 2007, and have consistently polled well in media awards and the Brownlow Medal, some even winning it.

The organisers decided to name the award the Troy Luff Medal in recognition of Troy�s service to the Club and his support for the RWO - RedAndWhiteOnline.com (www.redandwhiteonline.com) website and because of his 110% effort always when playing for the Swans.

The award is for the best player throughout the year, as judged by those fans who participate in the RWO - RedAndWhiteOnline.com (www.redandwhiteonline.com) community. Each week, fans awarded 3, 2, 1 votes. These votes are tallied and points allocated to the top 5 players each week.

Voting is secret. The top five players in contention are revealed each week with the number of votes for each unknown (players are listed in surname order). The overall winner is revealed at the end of the season.

The winner receives a presentation of the years voting.

To ensure a representative award, it is important that as many people as possible vote consistently every week. If you miss a round, it won't taint your vote, but it will reduce its impact for that round. Round by round summaries below.

You don't have to be in it from Round One either.

[liz]

In alphabetical order, the top five on the leader board after round 1 (which were - coincidentally - the top five vote getters for round 1:wink:) are:

Lance Franklin
Kieran Jack
Jake Lloyd
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker

36 RWO members voted in the round, which is an encouraging start. 10 different players were the recipient of one or more votes.

Round 2 is now open for voting.

[liz]

Round 3 is now open for voting.

Round 2 attracted an impressive 43 voters. 11 players in total attracted votes.

The top six on the leader board after round 2 are (in no particular order)

Callum Sinclair
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett
Jake Lloyd
Kieran Jack

[Danzar]

Round 4 is now open for voting.

Round 3 was our strongest yet with 45 members participating. 12 of the 22 players got a vote.

Here is the the leader board after round 3 in alphabetical order:

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

[Danzar]

Round 5 is now open for voting.

Round 4 attracted 33 votes, with nine players polling. Here is the the leader board after round 4 (in alphabetical order):

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

[Danzar]

Round 6 is open for voting.

Round 5 had 47 members voting, our biggest turnout so far. 14 players polled, with our backline doing really well in the votes. Here is the leaderboard after round 5 (in alphabetical order).

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

[Danzar]

Round 7 is open for voting.

Round 6 had 42 members voting; another good turnout. 13 players polled this round. Here is the leaderboard after round 6 (in alphabetical order).

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

There are three other players within striking distance of the top five. Will be interesting to see what happens with this week's vote. There's a fair chance of a change in the leaderboard.

[Danzar]

Sorry about the delay - Round 8 is open for voting.

Round 7 had 36 members voting. Just 8 players polled this round.

We have a change in the top five, with Tom Mitchell coming out and Isaac Heeney coming in. Here is the leaderboard after round 7 (in alphabetical order).

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Isaac Heeney
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

[Danzar]

Round 8 had 28 members voting, pretty low, and probably because we lost. 10 players polled this round.

Here is the leaderboard after round 8 (in alphabetical order).

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Isaac Heeney
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

[Danzar]

Round 9 had 41 members voting, with just nine players polling - clearly we all were of similar mind on who our best were this round. The battle for BoG was close this week too.

Here is the leaderboard after round 9 (in alphabetical order).

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Isaac Heeney
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

Dan

[Danzar]

Round ten closed folks. Check in later tonight to vote in Round 11. Go Swans!

[Danzar]

Alrighty, excuse the delay this week. I ended up missing the game and had to wait until I watched the replay.

Round 10 had 36 members voting, with ten players polling. It's no surprise that Mitchell secured BoG and storms back into the leaderboard, replacing Isaac Heeney.

Here is the leaderboard after round 10 (in alphabetical order).

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

Dan

[ScottH]

The Cat is away, so it is left to the mice to run this thing.

Round 11 had 34 members vote.
The top 5 had no change after round 11.

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

Vote away for Round 12.

[Danzar]

Hi folks, here are the results for Round 12.

27 members voted this round. 12 players polled.

No change to the leaderboard:

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

Voting for Round 13 will close soon.

[ScottH]

Hi folks, here are the results for Round 15.

22 members voted this round. 7 players polled.

No change to the leaderboard:

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Tom Mitchell
Luke Parker
Kurt Tippett

Voting for Round 15 is open.

[Danzar]

Round 17 is open for voting

[ScottH]

Round 17 is open for voting

I hope #freekickhawthorn is available on there?!?!?!

[Untamed Snark]

I hope # is available on there?!?!?!

I just started a new twitter handle as freekickhawthorn, no idea what I will do with it yet..

[ScottH]

Round 18 Voting is now open.

[ScottH]

Hi folks, here are the results for Round 17.

27 members voted this round. 13 players polled.

No change to the leaderboard:

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dne Rampe
Kurt Tippett

Voting for Round 18 is open.

[RogueSwan]

Surprising to see Tippett still in there.

[Danzar]

Round 21 is open for voting.

[Danzar]

Right, here are the results for rounds 18, 19 and 20. Round 21 (Swans vs Saints) is still open for voting until Saturday.

Round 18, Swans vs Blues

27 members voted, nine players polled.

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round:

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe
Kurt Tippett

Round 19, Swans vs Dockers

36 members voted, 13 players polled. Big round - Tippett drops out of the leaderboard after some weeks out with injury.

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round:

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe

Round 20, Swans vs Power

29 members voted, 12 players polled.

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round (no change):

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe

[Danzar]

Results for Round 21, Swans vs Saints

35 members voted, 13 players polled.

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round (no change):

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe

Get your votes in for Round 22!

Dan

[RogueSwan]

a bit easier to pick three this week than I thought it would be

[Danzar]

I agonised over whether to give Mills three or two.

[Untamed Snark]

I agonised over whether to give Mills three or two.

I did try voting for him twice...

[Danzar]

I did try voting for him twice...

Why didn't I think of that!

[Danzar]

Round 23 is open for voting.

[Danzar]

Qualifying Final vs GWS is open for voting.

[Danzar]

Results for Round 22, Swans vs North

33 members voted, 11 players polled.

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round (no change this round):

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe

...and then:

Results for Round 23, Swans vs Tigers

26 members voted, 14 players polled.

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round (no change this round):

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe

This is in no way the final five. Players can drop out and the final position can change, with one final done but not counted, and hopefully three more to play.

Even though we weren't our best against the Giants on Saturday, please get your votes in.

[Danzar]

TLM voting is open for the Semi Final vs the Crows!

[Danzar]

Hello everyone, please get your votes in for the Grand Final. I'll be doing the tally this weekend, with the final result to be revealed on Monday.

[ScottH]

Hello everyone, please get your votes in for the Grand Final. I'll be doing the tally this weekend, with the final result to be revealed on Monday.

I couldn't find these names to vote for?
Matt Stevic
Simon Meredith
Scott Jeffery

[Danzar]

It would have been unfair to include them as they would have won guaranteed


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[Meg]

Hello everyone, please get your votes in for the Grand Final. I'll be doing the tally this weekend, with the final result to be revealed on Monday.

Hi Dan, don't mean to nag but for the TLM to have relevance it would be best for the result to be know ASAP.

My suggestion is to forget about write-ups on matches etc. - just count up the votes and put out the final vote tally.

If you want to leave us agog for a bit longer you might want to report starting from the lowest working up to the winner.

[Meg]

Leaderboard in alphabetical order at the end of this round (Round 23)

Lance Franklin
Dan Hannebery
Josh Kennedy
Luke Parker
Dane Rampe


Today is the 1st December. Our minds are now firmly on next season. I (for one) would really like to know which player finished the 2016 season as the RWO Troy Luff Medal winner.

The five players listed above were the top five (not necessarily in the above order) at the end of the H&A season. It just requires someone to count the votes from the four finals matches, add them to the votes already tallied for the minor rounds, and announce the winner.

No match reports required, just the top five place-getters and the overall winner is all we need.

Dan? Liz? Anyone who has access to the votes??

Personally I can't see the point of running this count in future years if we can't get the results out within two weeks (preferably one) of the Swans' last match of the season.

[Danzar]

Meg, you're right and that's my fault. I'll do the count tomorrow and post by Tuesday.