The MWFRA honours its best referees each year by awarding prestigious annual awards in eleven different categories.
Four awards are named in honour of people who played significant on- and off-field roles in the MWFRA before their untimely deaths:
- the Referee of the Year receives the Syd Russell Memorial Award;
- the Under 18 Referee of the Year receives the Shirley Bones Memorial Award;
- the FFA Level Three Referee of the Year receives the Peter Clay Memorial Award; and
- the Senior Referee of the Year receives the Sean Morgan-Smith Memorial Award (inaugurated 2015).
The Senior Referee of the Year Award is awarded to the best referee over 55 years of age.
The FFA Level Three Referee of the Year Award is awarded to the best referee between 26 and 55 years of age who also holds the FFA Level Three referee accreditation.
The Vice President Juniors Achievement Award (VPJAA) is awarded to a junior referee for outstanding achievement in all endeavours of refereeing throughout the season.
| Year | Referee | Assistant | Senior | Level Three | Under 25 | Under 21 | Under 18 | Third Year | Second Year | Rookie | VPJAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A Best | J Mackie | W Plant | D Bury | T Williams | I Covic | A Llana | B Giufridda | J O'Brien | J Boon | E Robb |
| 2017 | J Martins | J Mackie | G Lenihan | D Bury | T Williams | J Courts | J Hill | J Gallagher | H Armstrong | G Peterson | A Giles |
| 2016 | S Brennan | R Senior | G Lenihan | D Turner | A Smith | J Morales | J Courts | B Giufridda | J Gallagher | ||
| 2015 | S Brennan | I Covic | K Lewis | L Peterson | A Smith | J Morales | J Courts | E Michell | J Hill | ||
| 2014 | S Brennan | J Courts | G Lenihan | J Martins | A Smith | J Morales | A Iles | A Zhou | R Mackie | ||
| 2013 | J Martins | R Senior | G Lenihan | D Le Ban | S Brennan | N Barrett | J Morales | I Covic | |||
| 2012 | J Martins | J Hepworth | S Logue | Not Awarded | S Brennan | J Ward | T Williams | L Power | |||
| 2011 | J Martins | C Jones | K Stewart | A Whitford | B Downie | S Brennan | N Barrett | J Pierre | |||
| 2010 | J Martins | T Egger | F Best | C Grant | B Downie | A Smith | N Barrett | A Powers | |||
| 2009 | R Shepheard | T Lee | K Lewis | C Grant | B Downie | A Smith | M Collins | H Jewell | |||
| 2008 | J Raphael | T Lee | F Best | P Respicio | B Duke | S Steindl | A Smith | N Barrett | |||
| 2007 | R Shepheard | T Lee | N-O Mathisen | E Penny | M Gillett | B Duke | A Trevor | A Wallis | |||
| 2006 | A Vale | C Ramsay | P Robson | C Grant | M Gillett | B Duke | A Trevor | J Jackson | |||
| 2005 | R Shepheard | D Torevell | P Clift | M Gillett | B Duke | H Louis | |||||
| 2004 | R Shepheard | J Cuttle | M Gillett | P Clift | M Gillett | B Duke | |||||
| 2003 | L Hudson | C Grant | M Gillett | P Clift | B Duke | ||||||
| 2002 | A Vale | R Cant | R Shepheard | M Gillett | A Best | ||||||
| 2001 | A Vale | R Cant | R Shepheard | M Gillett | A Best | ||||||
| 2000 | G Wilks | G Courts | R Shepheard | A Carratt | M Gillett | ||||||
| 1999 | A Vale | G Courts | R Shepheard | L Ventress | A Carratt | ||||||
| 1998 | C Stocks | G Kellow | N Dracakis | M Higgs | T Simonsen | ||||||
| 1997 | L Hudson | C Stocks | R Shepheard | M Higgs | |||||||
| 1996 | L Hudson | C Stocks | R Shepheard | A Jordan | |||||||
| 1995 | A Rathbone | A Vale | C Parratt | R Shepheard | |||||||
| 1994 | A Rathbone | A Vale | M Dine | M Jordan | |||||||
| 1993 | A Rathbone | A Vale | M Dine | R Ashover | |||||||
| 1992 | A Rathbone | G Coupland | S Bendall | M Dine | |||||||
| 1991 | A Rathbone | A Vale | G Coupland | D Goodwin | |||||||
| 1990 | S Russell | A Hill | J Humphrey | ||||||||
| 1989 | C Coupland | G Coupland | D Heffernan | ||||||||
| 1988 | S Russell | A Hill | G Coupland | ||||||||
| 1987 | D Hill | P Blackwood | G Coupland | ||||||||
| 1986 | S Russell | A Eason | T Haerland | ||||||||
| 1985 | J Geeves | A Lax | O Gonzales | ||||||||
| 1984 | G Geeves Jnr | K Artuso | |||||||||
| 1983 | A Bartlett | M Connor | |||||||||
| 1982 | J Geeves | ||||||||||
| 1981 | A Rathbone |