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Yes the Ching is back once again.
In 2016, the Premiership year of greatness the Bont won both Senior and Pup awards. The last player to win both Senior and Pup awards in an unprecedented bark to bark for both categories was Tom Liberatore back in 2013 & 2014.
Can the great Bont go back to back again this year or will we see another young Bulldog rise to the levels of Ching greatness?
As part of the BigFooty tradition for the Western Bulldogs forum we again continue with the Ching award, which you have the opportunity to vote for who you think were the best bulldogs players of the match for the week. The scoring for the Ching award is calculated on a weekly basis as an aggregate score over the season for which player accumulates the highest overall votes in the Senior and Pup category.
How the scoring works:
At the conclusion of each game a weekly Ching vote thread will be created and a call for votes for who you think were the better/best players on the day. Everyone can vote for the 2 categories of players that we have which are Seniors and Pups.
How do you vote?
Seniors - your top 5 players for that game
5 (your BOG) -4 -3 -2 -1
Pups - your top 3 kids for that game
3 (your BOG pup)-2-1
What is a Senior player and what is a Pup player?
Seniors is anyone off of the list who played that day, Pups is restricted to voting for the junior players who are 21 or under at the start of the season. They can turn 22 during the season but must be 21 when it commences.
Each week the Ching vote thread will include the eligible Pup players for the game.
What is the "Ching" award
William 'Ching' Harris
The redoubtable William 'Ching' Harris was one of the greatest defenders of his time, and gave Footscray service of the highest order for almost twenty years. Always impeccably turned out, Harris was a great favourite among the Tricolours' female supporters, with his Chinese moustache and fringe conveying just the right intimation of exotic intrigue, besides giving rise to the 'Ching' nickname.
Harris made his VFA debut with Footscray in 1896, the last season before the VFL schism. The following year he was joined on the last line of defence by the equally talented 'Paddy' Hinch, and over the course of the next dozen years the pair developed an acute mutual understanding, providing the Tricolours with the best defensive partnership in the Association in the process. The familiar sight of 'Ching' Harris careering out of the backlines while Hinch dropped back to provide cover was one of which the Footscray supporters never tired; neither did they mind it when Harris, as was his wont, elected to 'mix it' with the opposition - football, after all, was a man's game. Nevertheless, Harris sometimes took his liking for a stoush too far, and on one occasion in 1903 he ended up in court charged with assaulting a Richmond opponent. Two years later he was rubbed out for the entire season after repeatedly falling foul of the umpires.
Somewhat ironically, given the often acrimonious nature of his dealings with officialdom, William Harris maintained his involvement in football after the Great War by serving as a VFL goal umpire.
William ‘Ching’ Harris
Fullback who played nearly 300 games over a record 20 seasons, including five premierships.
Inducted: 2010
Games: 296+ (1896–1904, 1906–15) Goals: 32+
Premierships: 1898, 1899, 1900, 1908, 1913
Pioneers - Footscray-Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame
From the club’s beginnings and its first game in the VFA (1886), through nine VFA premierships and the establishment of the club’s red, white and blue colours and the hooped jumper, this era ended with the victory over Essendon in the 1924 Championship of Victoria game, paving the way for entry into the VFL.
Ching Harris was inducted as a member of the Thirteen ‘Pioneers’ which were inducted at the inaugural Hall of Fame in 2010, for contributions made from the club’s inception to the end of its time in the VFA.
In honor of William "Ching" Harris, we have dedicated the award in his name to Western Bulldogs players since 2002
Ching Honour Board
2002 - Luke Darcy
2003 - Scott West
2004 - Scott West
2005 - Scott West
2006 - Scott West
2007 - Matthew Boyd
2008 - Adam Cooney
2009 - Matthew Boyd
2010 - Ryan Griffen/Brian Lake
2011 - Ryan Griffen
2012 - Matthew Boyd
2013 - Thomas Liberatore
2014 - Thomas Liberatore
2015 - Mitch Wallis
2016 - Marcus Bontempelli
2017 - Jackson Macrae
Pups
2002 - Robert Murphy
2003 - Robert Murphy & Mitch Hahn
2004 - Adam Cooney
2005 - Daniel Cross
2006 - Adam Cooney
2007 - Adam Cooney
2008 - Ryan Griffen
2009 - Jarrod Harbrow
2010 - Jarrod Harbrow
2011 - Callan Ward
2012 - Mitch Wallis
2013 - Thomas Liberatore
2014 - Thomas Liberatore
2015 - Marcus Bontempelli
2016 - Marcus Bontempelli
2017 - Marcus Bontempelli
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2017 Eligible Pup list
4 Bontempelli, Marcus 21yr 3mth 24 Nov 1995
17 Boyd, Thomas 21yr 7mth 22 Aug 1995
32 Collins, Kieran 19yr 3mth 14 Dec 1997
12 Cordy, Zaine 20yr 4mth 27 Oct 1996
31 Dale, Bailey 20yr 8mth 22 Jul 1996
35 Daniel, Caleb 20yr 8mth 7 Jul 1996
20 Dunkley, Josh 20yr 2mth 9 Jan 1997
44 English, Timothy 19yr 7mth 10 Aug 1997
30 Greene, Fergus 19yr 3mth 20 Dec 1997
27 Lipinski, Patrick 18yr 8mth 17 Jul 1998
36 Lynch, Bradley 19yr 8mth 11 Jul 1997
16 McLean, Toby 21yr 1mth 31 Jan 1996
40 Mullenger-McHugh, Nathan 19yr 9mth 29 May 1997
37 Smith, Roarke 20yr 6mth 11 Sep 1996
45 Tweedie, Tristan 18yr 9mth 11 Jun 1998
34 Williams, Bailey 19yr 5mth 10 Oct 1997
33 Young, Lewis 18yr 3mth 20 Dec 1998
In 2016, the Premiership year of greatness the Bont won both Senior and Pup awards. The last player to win both Senior and Pup awards in an unprecedented bark to bark for both categories was Tom Liberatore back in 2013 & 2014.
Can the great Bont go back to back again this year or will we see another young Bulldog rise to the levels of Ching greatness?
As part of the BigFooty tradition for the Western Bulldogs forum we again continue with the Ching award, which you have the opportunity to vote for who you think were the best bulldogs players of the match for the week. The scoring for the Ching award is calculated on a weekly basis as an aggregate score over the season for which player accumulates the highest overall votes in the Senior and Pup category.
How the scoring works:
At the conclusion of each game a weekly Ching vote thread will be created and a call for votes for who you think were the better/best players on the day. Everyone can vote for the 2 categories of players that we have which are Seniors and Pups.
How do you vote?
Seniors - your top 5 players for that game
5 (your BOG) -4 -3 -2 -1
Pups - your top 3 kids for that game
3 (your BOG pup)-2-1
What is a Senior player and what is a Pup player?
Seniors is anyone off of the list who played that day, Pups is restricted to voting for the junior players who are 21 or under at the start of the season. They can turn 22 during the season but must be 21 when it commences.
Each week the Ching vote thread will include the eligible Pup players for the game.
What is the "Ching" award
William 'Ching' Harris
The redoubtable William 'Ching' Harris was one of the greatest defenders of his time, and gave Footscray service of the highest order for almost twenty years. Always impeccably turned out, Harris was a great favourite among the Tricolours' female supporters, with his Chinese moustache and fringe conveying just the right intimation of exotic intrigue, besides giving rise to the 'Ching' nickname.
Harris made his VFA debut with Footscray in 1896, the last season before the VFL schism. The following year he was joined on the last line of defence by the equally talented 'Paddy' Hinch, and over the course of the next dozen years the pair developed an acute mutual understanding, providing the Tricolours with the best defensive partnership in the Association in the process. The familiar sight of 'Ching' Harris careering out of the backlines while Hinch dropped back to provide cover was one of which the Footscray supporters never tired; neither did they mind it when Harris, as was his wont, elected to 'mix it' with the opposition - football, after all, was a man's game. Nevertheless, Harris sometimes took his liking for a stoush too far, and on one occasion in 1903 he ended up in court charged with assaulting a Richmond opponent. Two years later he was rubbed out for the entire season after repeatedly falling foul of the umpires.
Somewhat ironically, given the often acrimonious nature of his dealings with officialdom, William Harris maintained his involvement in football after the Great War by serving as a VFL goal umpire.
William ‘Ching’ Harris
Fullback who played nearly 300 games over a record 20 seasons, including five premierships.
Inducted: 2010
Games: 296+ (1896–1904, 1906–15) Goals: 32+
Premierships: 1898, 1899, 1900, 1908, 1913
Pioneers - Footscray-Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame
From the club’s beginnings and its first game in the VFA (1886), through nine VFA premierships and the establishment of the club’s red, white and blue colours and the hooped jumper, this era ended with the victory over Essendon in the 1924 Championship of Victoria game, paving the way for entry into the VFL.
Ching Harris was inducted as a member of the Thirteen ‘Pioneers’ which were inducted at the inaugural Hall of Fame in 2010, for contributions made from the club’s inception to the end of its time in the VFA.
In honor of William "Ching" Harris, we have dedicated the award in his name to Western Bulldogs players since 2002
Ching Honour Board
2002 - Luke Darcy
2003 - Scott West
2004 - Scott West
2005 - Scott West
2006 - Scott West
2007 - Matthew Boyd
2008 - Adam Cooney
2009 - Matthew Boyd
2010 - Ryan Griffen/Brian Lake
2011 - Ryan Griffen
2012 - Matthew Boyd
2013 - Thomas Liberatore
2014 - Thomas Liberatore
2015 - Mitch Wallis
2016 - Marcus Bontempelli
2017 - Jackson Macrae
Pups
2002 - Robert Murphy
2003 - Robert Murphy & Mitch Hahn
2004 - Adam Cooney
2005 - Daniel Cross
2006 - Adam Cooney
2007 - Adam Cooney
2008 - Ryan Griffen
2009 - Jarrod Harbrow
2010 - Jarrod Harbrow
2011 - Callan Ward
2012 - Mitch Wallis
2013 - Thomas Liberatore
2014 - Thomas Liberatore
2015 - Marcus Bontempelli
2016 - Marcus Bontempelli
2017 - Marcus Bontempelli
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2017 Eligible Pup list
4 Bontempelli, Marcus 21yr 3mth 24 Nov 1995
17 Boyd, Thomas 21yr 7mth 22 Aug 1995
32 Collins, Kieran 19yr 3mth 14 Dec 1997
12 Cordy, Zaine 20yr 4mth 27 Oct 1996
31 Dale, Bailey 20yr 8mth 22 Jul 1996
35 Daniel, Caleb 20yr 8mth 7 Jul 1996
20 Dunkley, Josh 20yr 2mth 9 Jan 1997
44 English, Timothy 19yr 7mth 10 Aug 1997
30 Greene, Fergus 19yr 3mth 20 Dec 1997
27 Lipinski, Patrick 18yr 8mth 17 Jul 1998
36 Lynch, Bradley 19yr 8mth 11 Jul 1997
16 McLean, Toby 21yr 1mth 31 Jan 1996
40 Mullenger-McHugh, Nathan 19yr 9mth 29 May 1997
37 Smith, Roarke 20yr 6mth 11 Sep 1996
45 Tweedie, Tristan 18yr 9mth 11 Jun 1998
34 Williams, Bailey 19yr 5mth 10 Oct 1997
33 Young, Lewis 18yr 3mth 20 Dec 1998
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