The Sydney Swans Club Champion Dinner takes place this Friday night, October 5 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, and there are a number of Swans players in contention for the prestigious Bob Skilton Medal after phenomenal seasons, highlighted by claiming the ultimate prize - the 2012 AFL premiership.

With just over 24 hours to go until the count, sydneyswans.com.au takes a look at those players who put themselves forward with eye-catching performance over the 25 matches in 2012.

The voting system rewards consistency. Each week the five coaches (John Longmire, John Blakey, Leigh Tudor, Stuart Dew and Henry Playfair) can reward as many players as they like a vote out of 10.

After a third-place finish in 2010 and a second-place finish in 2011, the logical place for Swans midfield maestro Josh Kennedy to finish in 2012 is with the Bob Skilton Medal around his neck.

Kennedy burst out of the blocks early in 2012, picking up best-on-ground medals against GWS in round 1, Port Adelaide in round 3, and Hawthorn in round 5.

The 24-year-old, who capped off a stellar year with All-Australian selection and a top-10 finish in the Brownlow Medal, led the league in contested possessions and clearances and collected a career-best 40 disposals in the round 20 loss against Collingwood.

Having won the award in 2010, Kieren Jack has a history of polling well in the Club Champion count. After a 2011 season marred by injuries, Jack was back to his scintillating best in 2012, adding outside run to his in-and-under hardness and kicking a career-best 27 goals.

Jack made the initial 40-man All-Australian squad and led the AFL in goal assists with 26 for the season.

Lewis Jetta finished the season as the Sydney Swans leading goalkicker with 45, including ten games where he kicked three goals or more.

The speedster made the most of the hard work he put in over pre-season, lighting up stadiums across Australia with his run-and-carry and freak goals, including a barnstorming run along the Great Southern Stand wing in the Grand Final, leaving Hawthorn’s Cyril Rioli in his wake.

Fresh from adding a Norm Smith Medal and a 2012 premiership medallion to his sizeable medal collection - which also includes the 2009 Bob Skilton Medal - Ryan O’Keefe is another midfielder who had an impressive 2012.

O’Keefe was at his absolute best against West Coast at Patersons Stadium in round 16, with the midfielder collecting 39 disposal, nine tackles and was named best on ground.

In the Swans second last match of the home and away season, O’Keefe was dominant again, notching up 30 disposals and kicking two important goals against Hawthorn at the SCG in round 22.

O’Keefe also finished the 2012 season as the Swans leading tackler, with 156 for the season, including an amazing 15 in the Grand Final.

After receiving After the Bounce’s famed Golden Fist trophy at Lakeside Stadium on Sunday morning, Ted Richards’ week could be capped-off with a strong showing in the Club Champion count.

The All-Australian centre-half back was a key cog in the Swans premiership winning defence, and claimed a number of scalps playing on some of the competition’s leading forwards.

Richards’ finals series began with a dominant display on Adelaide’s Taylor Walker, before fighting back from an ankle injury early in the Preliminary Final to successfully play on Collingwood’s Chris Dawes, and on Lance Franklin in the Grand Final.

The 29-year-old finished the season as the Swans’ leading marker with 125, including two tell grabs in the Grand Final.

Rhyce Shaw has a history of polling well in the count, after finishing tied for second last year and also coming runner-up to Ryan O’Keefe in 2009.

After missing the round 1 win over GWS, Shaw played the remaining 24 games for the season and played a number of key roles as a rebounding defender or a shut-down run-with player. Shaw saved his best form for the finals where he picked 27 possessions in both the Qualifying Final and Preliminary Final, and was responsible for plenty of run and some of the crucial kick-out duties in the Grand Final.

While Adam Goodes might struggle to defend his Bob Skilton Medal after missing five games through injury and one through suspension, fellow co-captain Jarrad McVeigh had an ultra-consistent year averaging just under 25 disposals per game, and registered a career-high 37 disposals against GWS in round 14.

Dan Hannebery is another who could be in contention after a stellar year where he finished with the third most Brownlow Medal votes amongst Sydney Swans players. The 21-year-old was unlucky to miss out on best-on-ground honours in round 3 against Port Adelaide (36 disposals), round 5 against Hawthorn (30 disposals, one goal), round 16 against West Coast (42 disposals) and the Grand Final (29 disposals, one goal).

Find out who takes home the 2012 Bob Skilton Medal by watching SwansTV's live feed from the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from 7pm on Friday, October 5. Click here for more details.