The GIANTS’ AFLW club champion award is 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.
Former 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 upon the club champion award being named in Trainor’s honour.
“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
2024
Rebecca Beeson
Kaitlyn Srhoj
Cambridge McCormick and Tarni Evans
Georgia Garnett
Kaitlyn Srhoj
Rebecca Beeson