MORE pieces of silverware are settling in Stawell, after one of the town's netballers clinched yet another league best and fairest award in the 2021 season.
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After a dominant season through the midcourt, the Warriors' Jessie Cowen claimed inaugural WFNL C Reserve best and fairest on Monday, September 20.
Cowen finished with 17 votes, almost two-times as many as her nearest rival, with Sherri Hicks from the Horsham Saints polling nine votes to finish runner-up and Emma Byron from the Warrack Eagles scoring seven votes for third place.
From the comfort of the couch, Cowen said she was shocked and surprised to win the award.
"I was planning on watching the count, but I was already in my pajamas, but I got told to put on some proper clothes," she said.
"We watched it and when the halfway leaderboard came up, I didn't think I was on there, but then it showed I was on top.
"From there it went so quick, and then I had won.
"I was just in shock to be honest.
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"I just cried and was in shock. I have never won a club vote count, so to win a league vote count, I was incredibly surprised.
"I was really shocked and didn't expect it at all.
"I had no expectations at all."
2021 was Cowen's first season back on the court since she stopped playing five years ago, when she left Stawell.
After receiving the award, she thanked her team for their successful season and said the award would do wonders for her confidence.
"I am the type of person who isn't very confident and so to see this shows I play better than I think," she said.
"It is huge for my confidence.
"Our team was amazing and it was the first year of the C Reserve competition, which is pretty exciting.
"I think having such a good team and such a good support system definitely helped."
Cowen said she was ready to return to the court in 2021, with extra work off the court helping her claim the award.
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"My fitness, I think, also helped me," she said.
"I do a lot of training in the gym and outside of netball and I think that really helped me run out games better than other people did."
Looking ahead to 2022, Cowen said she will definitely will be on the court again and wants to keep having fun with the game.
"I am definitely going to be playing for Stawell and play again next year," she said.
"I don't care what grade I play for, as long as I get to play and have a good team, that is the main thing.
"This award will give me a lot of confidence going into next season and so I think it will help me believe that I am better than I sometimes think.
"I'd like to thank my team, my family and Koby (Stewart) for their constant support through out my whole sporting career."
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