 COMMANDING LEAD: Emma Hawes has shone in the opening seven weeks of the league. With the Newcastle Dodgeball League reaching the half-way point of the season, it's time to stop and take a look at how the race for the competition's Most Valuable Player is shaping up. While in the past the half point often sees tiebreakers come into play to determine who is currently leading the pack, Season 11 has a clear front-runner for season's best - Bar Beach's Emma Hawes has proven crucial for the entrant team in their first campaign, collecting three of a possible seven MVP votes across the first half of the season. While Hawes currently has control of the top spot by a single point, four players remain hot on her heels seven weeks in, including Team of Season 10 recipients Peter Goldthorpe and Alexander McIntyre, who both have retained their winter series form to collect 5 points in the opening seven fixtures. They are joined by two rookie players, Isaac Davis and Hannah Trypas, and Molly Walker, who has enjoyed a red-hot start to Season 11 for Waratah.  Kotara's Isaac Davis has been another rookie player that has entered the league with a bang. The half-point of the league also gives a look in to a potential end-of-season standout team, with the players that have currently collected either five or six point hauls making it into the squad.
 Season 10 MVP Peter Goldthorpe sits just one outside the top spot half through the season. Goldthorpe is currently chasing history - no NDL player has ever been named MVP twice. 6 MVP POINTS- Emma Hawes, Bar Beach 5 MVP POINTS- Isaac Davis, Kotara - Peter Goldthorpe, Raymond Terrace - Alexander McIntyre, Hamilton - Hannah Trypas, Shortland - Molly Walker, Waratah 4 MVP POINTS- Luke Deacon, Shortland - Zac Gardner, Cooks Hill - Harry Gibson, Hamilton - Dylan Hunt, Waratah - Liam Janzuk, Belmont - Dan Jenkinson, Raymond Terrace - Tom Loosemore, Shortland - Jakub Lunarzewski, Waratah - Jacinta Mantle, Kotara 3 MVP POINTS- Callum Foot, Bar Beach - Rynell Williams, Raymond Terrace 2 MVP POINTS- James Billingham, Shortland - Jaimi Bubb, Belmont - Doug Byrne, Hamilton - Lachlan Craig, Hamilton - Lucas Fowler, Bar Beach - David Franklin, Raymond Terrace - Keagan Jones, Belmont - Maddie Jordan, Belmont - Heath Kepreotes, Raymond Terrace - Luke Mallet, Kotara - Thomas McCallum, Hamilton - Benjamin McIntyre, Hamilton - Zac Oke, Kotara - Nic Price, Belmont - Gracie Salter, Bar Beach 1 MVP POINT- Eva Bailey, Waratah - Laura Bailey, Kotara - Andrew De Souza, Waratah - Lewis Foot, Bar Beach - Georgia Graham, Waratah - Gordon Murray, Raymond Terrace  RED-HOT: Waratah's Molly Walker has enjoyed an up-swing in form, guiding the Cobras to an equal best record in the league after seven weeks with her catches and control. Follow the race for the Most Valuable Player throughout the season here.
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