Six talented junior netballers from the Wimmera have earned the opportunity to participate in the Netball Victoria talent academy trials after some impressing during the 2021 season.
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Ada Binney (Pimpinio) and Jarrah Martin (Kalkee) from the HDFNL and WFNL competitors Eva Manserra (Horsham), Ruby Peters (Stawell), Jorja Clode and Sophie Taylor (both Horsham Saints) were selected for the trials, with AFL Wimmera Mallee sharing the news on Friday October 22.
The invitation to the trials caps off an impressive, if interrupted, year for the young stars, which included interleague representation.
Eva Manserra took home the WFNL Under 15 Netball Best and Fairest award in September with 20 votes, while Jorja Clode (17 votes) and Ruby Peters (16 votes) were not far behind.
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In the HDFNL, Binney and Martin were key components in their sides success, as Pimpinio and Kalkee finished in the top two positions on the ladder at season's end.
Martin received 13 votes at the HDFNL Under 15 netball Best and Fairest vote count, while Binney was just one behind on 12 votes.
Linley Wardle, who coached Manserra, Peters, Clode and Taylor in the WFNL under-15 interleague side at the Golden City tournament, said she was proud of her charges.
"It's really exciting for them; once they've got that foot in the door, it just opens up a whole lot of opportunities for them," she said.
"The competition this year was incredibly even, for the girls to be selected was a feat in itself."
Wardle said it was a pleasant surprise to have so many from the team selected.
"It seems to be quite a lot of the girls from the team; I don't know whether other teams had one player or two or three, but it was nice to see so many of the girls selected from the Wimmera."
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The Wimmera Mallee region falls under the Northern Zone of Netball Victoria TID program, with trials to be held on November 28 at the Bendigo Stadium from 8:30am-4:30pm.
Netball Victoria conducts Talent Identification (TID) during Netball Victoria competitions and tournaments, with talent scouts assessing athletes to be considered for invitation to trial for the Netball Victoria Talent Academy and state 17 and Under and 19 and Under programs.
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Alex Blain
I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.
I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.
