Awards Night Rundown November 28th, 2007
Mario accepting his 'Rookie of the Year' award
The Broadview Hawks held their highly exclusive Awards Night on Friday night. All the big names were in attendance: Phyland, Mintz, Palin, Vos, Noone, Hodd and even a Pope, just to name a few. It was harder to get into than the Oscars and, with new sponsor Grace O'Malley's hosting, the night was set to go off with a bang. Amongst the excitement that was the red carpet, questions were asked of whom would walk away with the much coveted Best and Fairest award. The competition would be fierce with previous winner John "No show" McGrath being the favorite, followed by Stefan "Unusually white" Leyhane, Forbes "I refuse to be social" Gemmell and Dan "One man party" Walker being the dark horses (well, except for Stefan, he is far too white).
With the masses seated and the meals ordered, Kevin "VP Graphics" Bridgman treated the crowed to a surprise highlight video. The eight minute video was chock full of goals, big hits, great plays and Bardo running into an open goal and missing. Overall the video brought out the best that the Hawks could have been through the year and was a great start to the night.
Andrew "I can get a laugh in a morgue" Ackles entertained the crowd during the first of the awards to be handed out, and to break the ice, the 'Anyone But Smitty' Award — the winner being the entire Hawks starting lineup with the exception of Smitty. The next was a tussle between pretty boys Ian "So hot right now" Graham, Luke "Only one in a suit" Walker, and younger brother Dan "Gee I was in that highlight video a lot" Walker over the 'Pink Eye for the Straight Guy' Award. In the end the brothers Walker couldn't compete and in a landslide win that would rival a natural disaster, aptly named Metro, walked away with the mirror.
Due to his utter lack of social skills and his willing attendance of a baby shower early in the year, Forbes made it a one horse race and won the 'Gone Fishin'' Award. In an interview later on in the night Forbes, overrun with emotion, thanked his teammates. "Thanks guys, I really deserve this" he said. It was a close call for the next award but there was no argument in presenting the 'Wives Hospitality' Award to Jules, Erin, Ya Jian and Bardo for letting the team into their homes and lowering their property values.
As the night started to hit full swing, Marty "Monkey eye" Walter thought it was as good a time as any to get up and present the 'Coach's Award'. Giving a speech that was set on the motto of the never ending story, Marty finally got to the point and handed the award to Luke Walker. Not to be outdone, Dan "Super boot" Walker received the 'Leading Goalkicker' Award, only to have it fall into the possession of Mark "I'll win an award even if I have to steal one" Magierowicz. To finish of an impressive year, Mario "Fighting = fun" Pareja walked away with both the 'Rookie of the Year' Award and the 'That Look in his Eye' Award. Stepping into some big shoes left by Paul "Suspension, what's that?" Zuccato and filling the part nicely was this year's 'Most Improved' Kevin Bridgman.
With all the other awards out of the way, it was time for the big one, the 'Best and Fairest'. The shock in JD's eye was quite tragic when his name wasn't called and John McGrath was announced as the winner. With Jmac out of town, the award was passed onto Ashley who was the closest at the time, despite objection from Dan, who was convinced that he should win on the basis of default as he was next in line.
When the dust settled and the awards handed out, the party kicked into overdrive and it got a little hazy for this reporter. There was a lot of banter and drunken "No man, I love YOU" but it can be safely said that the night was a complete success. The Broadview Hawks would like to thank its sponsors Ironbark and CCIC and host Grace O'Malley's and the players thank all the wives and girlfriends for being so tolerant throughout the year.
The Broadview Hawks will be back next year bigger and stronger than ever.
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