Maskell Medal 2024: Liam Hoy

Koroit footballer Liam Hoy speaks after being crowned joint winner of the Hampden league's 2024 Maskell Medal.

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00:00I'm joined by Liam Hoy, joint Masculine Medalist this year. Liam, how are you feeling mate?

00:05Yeah, very overwhelmed. Like I said up there, I was coming here just to enjoy the day and

00:10support Dallas Moody with his live membership but yeah, very honoured to take it out alongside

00:16Jet who's a great lad and he's obviously won it before, great footballer but I think being

00:22a better bloke would mean more to him and hopefully he has a bit of luck this Saturday.

00:27And yeah, you've sort of done it all now, you must be pretty happy to add that to your resume?

00:32Yeah, like I said, it's a reflection of your team's success and what you drive for as an

00:39individual is to be a part of a team and that's all I drive for and you know, you want a Premiership

00:43as well but you can't win it every year and I just hope that the club can enjoy this as

00:51a whole, it's not just my award, we're in it together.

00:54And how did you find the season? It was still a very good season from your younger sort of side?

00:59Yeah, it was. We're a young team, we learn every week, we're guided by a great coach

01:04in Chris and hopefully that holds us in good stead for next year.

01:08Yeah, I'm sure you'll be hungry for another Premiership in the not-too-distant future?

01:11Yep, absolutely. It's what we play for and you know, falling short of that is always a disappointment.

01:18And yeah, as you mentioned on stage, you love being a part of Karoi, you came there

01:23after your teenage years or as a teenager and you've enjoyed every moment of it?

01:27Yeah, I have. Just a culture that is so inclusive, one that is a great thing to be a part of.

01:36We've had success, success breeds success and hopefully it's just the start of another

01:41era going forward. We've laid a platform with some young kids, we've got a great junior

01:46program, we've won the last two under-16 grand finals, so the talent's there.

01:50Hopefully we can just continue it on.