Palm Beach Currumbin junior Piper Phelan has scooped the pool at the 2017 AFL Gold Coast Juniors Awards night, claiming the Under 13 Girls Best and Fairest, EXIMM Junior Club Person of the Year award and Troy Clarke Player of the Year award for most votes polled in any competition (34).
Over 400 players, parents and volunteers turned out for the event at Southport Sharks, with special guests including AFL Queensland CEO Dean Warren and Councilor Peter Young
The evening included a Q&A with Gold Coast SUNS Academy Manager Andrew Raines and 2017 Brisbane Lions AFLW players Selina Goodman and Jordan Membrey. Gold Coast Suns players Mackenzie Willis, Josh Schoenfeld and Will Brodie served as medal presenters for the evening.
Best and fairest medals were handed out across all nine divisions and awards were handed out to the league’s top umpires, coaches and volunteers
Coaching awards went to Dan Nimmo – Mudgeeraba Spartans’ (Junior), Shane Nicholls – Southport Sharks (Youth) and Kelly Hardy – Pacific Pines Power (Female)
Jeff Bell from Southport Sharks received the Volunteer of the Year award and Tweed Coolangatta Blues was named Club of the Year.
2017 AFL GOLD COAST JUNIORS AWARD WINNERS
| DIVISION | AWARD WINNER | Club |
| Under 12 Div 1 | Best & Fairest | |
| Jed Walter | Palm Beach Currumbin | |
| Under 12 Div 2 | Best & Fairest | |
| Liam Jack | Southport Sharks | |
| Under 14 Div 1 | Best & Fairest | |
| Jed Foggo | Tweed Coolangatta Blues | |
| Under 14 Div 2 | Best & Fairest | |
| Oliver Churchill | Tweed Coolangatta Blues | |
| Under 16 Div 1 | Best & Fairest | |
| Billy Birch | Broadbeach Cats | |
| Under 16 Div 2 | Best & Fairest | |
| Jamie Whitehead | Carrara Saints | |
| Under 13 Girls | Best & Fairest | |
| Piper Phelan | Palm Beach Currumbin Lions | |
| Under 15 Girls | Best & Fairest | |
| Jesse Stephenson | Burleigh Bombers | |
| Under 17 Girls | Best & Fairest | |
| Emily Stewart | Southport Sharks | |
| Volunteer of the Year | Jeff Bell | Southport Sharks |
| EXIMM Player of The Year | Piper Phelan | Palm Beach Currumbin |
| Coaching Co-Ordinator | Travis Winch | Burleigh Bombers |
| Coach – Junior | Dan Nimmo | Mudgereeba Saints |
| Coach – Youth | Shayne Nicholls | Southport Sharks |
| Coach – Female | Kelly Hardy | Pacific Pines Power |
| Umpires | Junior | |
| Jay Wren | Surfers Paradise Eagles | |
| Youth | ||
| Riley Engles | N/A | |
| Club of the year | Tweed Coolangatta Blues | |
| Player of the year | Piper Phelan | Palm Beach Currumbin |
| Medals | 150 games | 200 games |
| Ethan Pyatt | Riley McDowell | |
| Mitchell Roberts | ||
| Max Masters | ||
| Lachlan Allen | ||
| Thomas Hofert | ||
| Luke Adams | ||
| Jordan Baker | ||
| Hayden Randall | ||
| Billy Evers | ||
| Billy Sheehy | ||
| Angus Phelan | ||
| Harrison Day | ||
| Finn Brown | ||
| Nathan Hill | ||
| Sam Rowbotham | ||
| Mitchell Jones | ||
| Keenan Faulkner | ||
| Joel Faulkner | ||
| Blake Eggins | ||
| Max Pescud | ||
| Tyson Edwards |
