The AFL Women’s Club Champion award is named the Gabrielle Trainor Medal.

The award recognises one of the club’s most influential figures and a pioneer for the development of female football in New South Wales. 

Ms Trainor was an inaugural GIANTS board member as well as a member of the Team GWS advisory committee before joining the AFL Commission in 2016. 

Prior to joining the GIANTS, Ms Trainor also served on the AFL NSW/ACT Commission for 10 years. She worked to support the then-fledgling Sydney Women’s AFL in its development and its relationship with the Commission. 

GIANTS Chairman Tony Shepherd said Ms Trainor had been instrumental in the development of the GIANTS and the game more broadly in New South Wales.

“As someone who has worked with Gabrielle for a number of years, I’m immensely proud to have our premier AFL Women’s award called the Gabrielle Trainor Medal,” Mr Shepherd said.

“We’re delighted to recognise Gabrielle’s work within both the GIANTS and the AFL - it’s a natural fit for someone who has contributed so much to the game and the development of women’s football.”

Ms Trainor’s links to Australian Football go well beyond the time she served on the AFL NSW/ACT Commission with both her father and grandfather serving as President of the North Melbourne Football Club and delegates to the governing body, then the VFL.

Year	Gabrielle Trainor Medallist	Rising Star	Community Award	Coaches Award	Members' Choice Award	Jacinda Barclay Fearless Award
2017	Jessica Dal Pos	Erin McKinnon	Amanda Farrugia	Britt Tully	Amanda Farrugia
2018	Alicia Eva	Elle Bennetts	Erin McKinnon	Britt Tully	Courtney Gum
2019	Rebecca Beeson	Alyce Parker	Nicola Barr	Emma Swanson	Amanda Farrugia
2020	Alyce Parker	Lisa Steane	Nicola Barr	Cora Staunton	Alyce Parker
2021	Alyce Parker	Georgia Garnett	Georgia Garnett	Britt Tully	Alyce Parker	Tait Mackrill
2022	Alyce Parker	Emily Pease	Nicola Barr	Haneen Zreika	Alyce Parker	Cora Staunton
2022 (S7)	Alyce Parker	Madison Brazendale	Ally Dallaway	Katherine Smith	Alyce Parker	Georgia Garnett
2023	Zarlie Goldsworthy	Zarlie Goldsworthy	Chloe Dalton	Haneen Zreika	Zarlie Goldsworthy	Zarlie Goldsworthy