Kevin Sullivan Medal

The Kevin Sullivan Medal is named in honour of the former Woodend and GDCA opening batsman, GDCA Hall of Fame Legend, Life Member, and Treasurer for over 40 years from 1980/81 to 2022/23.

The award is given to the best player in the McIntyre Cup 1sts competition, as adjudged by the umpires, who cast their 3,2,1 votes after every game.

The medal was inaugurated in 2000/01 and winners of the award are as follows:

Kevin Sullivan Medallists

Year	Player	Club
2000/01	Steven Paterson	Gisborne
2001/02	Matthew Loughnane	Woodend
2002/03	Sean Huddle	Bacchus Marsh
2003/04	Steven Paterson	Riddell
	Tim McCaskill	Gisborne
2004/05	Steven Paterson	Riddell
2005/06	Michael Graham	Riddell
	Matthew Loughnane	Woodend
	Adrian Chew	Woodend
2006/07	Sean Huddle	Bacchus Marsh
2007/08	Steven Grey	Sunbury United
2008/09	Simon Harman	Gisborne
2009/10	James Hughes	Sunbury United
2010/11	James Hughes	Sunbury United
	Denis O'Loughlin	Bacchus Marsh
2011/12	Warren Else	Woodend
2012/13	Heath Wadden	Riddell
2013/14	Jason McGann	Sunbury
2014/15	Peter Manser	Woodend
2015/16	Rhys Berry	Diggers Rest/Bulla
	Jason McGann	Sunbury
	Ben Way	Romsey
2016/17	Chris Burkett	Romsey
2017/18	Matthew Livingstone	Riddell
	Ben Way	Romsey
2018/19	Madushanka Ekanayaka	Bacchus Marsh
	Tarlor Stevenson	Romsey
2019/20	Michael Allen	Gisborne
2020/21	Dilan Chandima	Sunbury United
2021/22	Damien Edwards	Sunbury United
2022/23	Jarryd Vernon	Gisborne
2023/24	Ben Way	Romsey