Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

On Tuesday 25 August the Shortland electorate sporting champions presentation took place in my office. We had phenomenal athletes who attended. I commence by thanking Dive Pasco, Clive Mart and John Jenkins for their work on the committee that selected those successful athletes, and my staff member Melanie Field, who promotes this within the electorate and also organised the presentation on the 25th.

The winners this quarter were Chloe Arens, 18 years old, from Mount Hutton, for netball, the Netball NSW State Championships; Lawson Christiansen from Swansea Heads for surf lifesaving, the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships; Zoe Cooksey from Eleebana for gymnastics, the Australian Gymnastics Championships; Lucy Coon from Charlestown for water polo, the under-16 girls water polo nationals; Lachlan Davis from Dudley for swimming, the New South Wales combined high schools state swimming championships; Ethan Dawber from Valentine for basketball; Maja Deans from Kahibah for New South Wales cross country; Chloe Eather from Caves Beach for the Netball NSW State Age Championships; Samuel Forsberg from Charlestown for volleyball, the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships; Connor Freeman from Gateshead for lawn bowls, and it is great to see a young person doing lawn bowls; Maya Freeman from Valentine for the Australian Gymnastics Championships; Michael Jones from Charlestown for the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships; Meggan Lovett from Jewells for the Netball NSW State Age Championships; Bella Niarros from Warners Bay for the Australian Swimming Championships; Joel Rauch from Belmont for the under-18s Australian junior basketball championships; Josie Robson from Belmont North for the Pacific School Games basketball; Jackson Ryan from Eleebana for the New South Wales combined high schools state swimming championships; Callum Sanderson from Windale for the New South Wales combined high Schools state swimming championships; Isaac Smith from Eleebana for the Primary Schools Sports Association under-12 national hockey championships; and Dylan Moore from Chain Valley who represented at the State Subaru Golf Championship.

These are all fine athletes and they are all great young people. They know how to set goals and they know how to work towards their goal. They not only excel in their sport but they also excel in their schoolwork and within the community.

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