Dally M Medal Dally M Medal was awarded by the "Daily Mirror" newspaper. After each game, rugby league sports commentators vote to award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player, and one vote to the third-best player. Additionally, a player will lose three votes for each week of suspension that he incurs during the season. The votes for each round are made public up to Round 16 (26-round season), then are kept secret; this allows the final winner to be kept secret until the Dally M Awards ceremony. The Rothmans Medal was the first official player-of-the-year award to
Sport in Ottawa last decade. Minor players have played at the Continental Youth Championships in the USA. Australian Rules Football started in 2008 when the Ottawa Swans joined the Ontario Australian Football League (OAFL). Ottawa has one of the world's largest ultimate frisbee communities dating back to the founding of the Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association in 1986. Ottawa has hosted the Canadian Ultimate Championships five times, most recently in 2011. Ottawa has a hall of fame honouring local athletes. There are also the "Ottawa Sports Awards" awarded annually to the top athletes in the city. Sport in Ottawa Sport in Ottawa, Canada's capital, has