Lock Brent Murphy won the 2008 JJ Guthrie Award for First Grade Best and Fairest at the clubrooms on Friday night 5 September after a year of outstanding performance in the premiers' engine room, making a major contribution to the competition's strongest pack. His efforts were rewarded when he was selected to tour Britain with the Western Force and played in some of the toughest matches against top professionals. In the JJ Guthrie, Brent came in ahead of last year's winner, halfback Curtis McLean, newcomer wing Nathan Hunt, and big brother prop Ash Murphy.

Brent Murphy 41
Curtis McLean 32
Nathan Hunt 28
Ashley Murphy 23
Nathan Swayne 22
Sam Moon 21
Mike Murphy 19
Scott Fardy 17
Michael Lee 13
Alema Arthur 13
Jock Stanley 15

Halfback Curtis McLean was the deserving winner of Perth-Bayswater's annual first grade best and fairest award, the J.J.Guthrie Trophy, in the awards ceremony at the clubrooms tonight. Japanese fullback Matsushita Kaoru led the count on 36 points at the half way stage, but was overtaken by McLean into the second half of the year. Late addition to the team, flyhalf Ruki Tipuna, accumulated big points in the later stages but couldn't catch his halfback who finished on 42 points to win the trophy. Locks Brent Murphy and Jock Stanley, and flankers Cameron Stoneley and Gareth Cherrington, were the other outstanding performers recognised in the countdown.

McLean Curtis 42
Matsushita Kaoru 36
Ruki Tipuna 34
Brent Murphy 23
Jock Stanley 23
Cameron Stonely 22
Gareth Cherrington 18

Hard-hitting veteran Perth-Bayswater blindside flanker Eugene Maxwell capped a stellar season for the men in black with a clean sweep of the club's senior awards, including the prestigious JJ Guthrie award for the club's best player. The early flier for the season was Japanese import Yusuke Nakagaki, in the middle of the polling, Jock Stanley and Murphy brothers Brent and Mike looked likely candidates for the prize, but Maxwell's late-season form was too good as he stormed home. A deserving winner, Maxwell was a talisman for the forward pack all season and his bone-crunching tackles unsettled the opposition and rallied Perth-Bayswater morale.

Eugene Maxwell 51
Jonothan Stanley 37
Brent Murphy 35
Mike Murphy 32
Yusuke Nakagaki 23

Elusive-running winger and fullback Dylan Davies was the winner of the JJ Guthrie Award for Perth-Bayswater’s fairest and best player at an award night held at the clubrooms on Friday, August 19. It was soon apparent that Davies would collect the award as he polled particularly well in the early rounds but continued to win votes throughout the season. Although Davies was the clear winner with 48 points, 20 ahead of second-placed Eugene Maxwell, just seven points separated the next five places.

Dylan Davies 48
Eugene Maxwell 28
Cale McCort 27
Ashley Murphy 26
Nathan McCort 25
Mike Murphy 21.

The J.J.Guthrie Award for 2004 was won jointly for the first time, with flyhalf Nathan McCort and flanker Eugene Maxwell sharing the honours. A special mention must go to 2002 winner, Kyle Sproule, who accumulated 19 points halfway through the season before joining Reserve Grade.

Nathan McCort 21
Eugene Maxwell 21
Kyle Sproule 19
Geoff Martin 15
Andrew Harry 14
Mark Hill 14
Toby Dunn 14

The 2003 JJ Guthrie Award was a close-fought affair where the decision was in doubt until the last moment, with halfback Mark Hill pipping lock Tim McLoughlin at the post.

Mark Hill 34
Tim McLoughlin 32

First grade halfback/fullback Kyle Sproule was awarded the J.J.Guthrie Award for 2002 in the points countdown ceremony at the clubrooms on Friday night, 30 August. One of the club's genuine core players over the last few seasons, Kyle accepted the trophy from President Ray Goodall with a few heart-felt words and the prolonged applause of the enthusiastic crowd.

Kyle Sproule 39
Darren Murphy 25
Joel McIvor 22
Dennis McLoughlin 22
Tony Sproule 20
Ash Murphy 20
Dylan davies 20

First grade captain and lock Darren Murphy won the JJ Guthrie Award for the second year when he topped the poll for 2001 after the countdown at the clubrooms following the Annual Maori v The Rest game on 30 September. In a changed points format, Darren led the countdown ahead of fullback Brett Watson and flanker Gareth Cherringon.

Darren Murphy 58
Brett Watson 48
Gareth Cherrington 28
Tony Sproule 31
Ashley Murphy 18
Kyle Sproule 18

Darren Murphy

First grade and State flanker Conrad Kovacs won the JJ Guthrie Award for a record fourth time when he again led lock Mathew "Weta" Robertson by a clear margin in the 1999 countdown.

Conrad Kovacs 153
Mathew Robertson 99
Patu Puawai 87
Tony Sproule 77
Bronsone Te Aute 69

Conrad Kovacs won the 1998 J.J.Guthrie Award. He again opened up a sizeable lead in the early stages and never looked like being caught. Lock Mathew "Weta" Robertson again gave him stiff competition, particularly in the later rounds, but for a record third time it was the local boy who came home to collect the trophy. Conrad paid tribute to the unsung heroes of the team who did the hard work each week which may not be readily obvious from the sideline when Best and Fairest points were alotted.

CONRAD KOVACS 148
Mathew Robertson 89
Trevor Baldwin 87
Dean Hika 77
Eddie Eruini 71

1978 state rep Kevin Thornton, representing the Guthrie family, presented Perth-Bayswater and state flanker Conrad Kovacs with the 1997 JJ Guthrie Award, at the annual presentation night at the clubrooms on Friday August 22 1997.

CONRAD KOVACS 136
Mathew Robertson 106
Ken Angus 95
Graham Muir 94
Aaron Te Huia 94

Winner of the J.J.Guthrie Award in the club's premiership year was blockbusting number eight and captain Graham Muir.

GRAHAM MUIR 124
Everisto Usayiwevu 104
Shannon Apaapa 86
Daniel Kaitapu 82
Craig Barrett 72

Perth-Bayswater first grade lock and Western Australian state rep Ken Angus won the double in 1995, collecting the JJ Guthrie Award and the Westpac Shield at the Annual Dinner for the First Grade Best and Fairest as selected by the First Grade coach.

Ken Angus

KEN ANGUS 212
Paul Kenny 181
Carl Hennings 143
Kane Barrie 131
Richard John 99

Steve Southworth 185
Rob Nicholls 157
Ken Angus 116
Paul Kenny 103

Steve Southworth

1. Conrad Kovacs 158
2. Ken Angus 148
3. Carl Hennings 122
4. Chick Thomas 105
5. Merv Joyce 97

Dean McKillop 145
Peter Hay 142
Steve Ngamanu 114
Dave Brown 96
Doug Peacock 80