Eric Hutchinson (Lyons, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I want to congratulate two young women in my electorate of Lyons—both, as it happens, from the town of Evandale in the Northern Midlands. Firstly, I congratulate Meg Phillips, who is 19 years of age. Meg is the first female recipient of the Adam Gilchrist Cricket Scholarship, funded by the Lord's Taverners. The scholarship funds have enabled Meg to travel and play cricket in England. She is a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. Last season, one of her highlights was hitting 68 runs off 109 balls. She is currently playing county cricket in England, building her experience and skills.

Secondly, I would like to congratulate Jordyn Becker, who is 16 years of age and also from Evandale, for the inspiring effort that she has made to support her community netball club, the Generation Netball Club. She has arranged a world-record-breaking attempt with assistance of fellow team member Sarah Stuart to raise money for her club to by new uniforms. She received national coverage. She is still at high school, with the pressures of her TCE, yet managed to coordinate such a large event, where her netball team played for 72 hours and five minutes nonstop—beating the past record of 61 hours.

My congratulations to both of these inspiring young women.

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