Maria commenced with Centrals in U 15s and over the past three years has progressed to U 17s and also played A Grade last year whilst still eligable for U 17s. In 2011 Maria polled 21 votes in the GDFL A Grade MVP Award and also made the League Team of the Year which really showed the ability this young girl has. The club and her family are very proud of her achievements and so they should be.
Well Done Maria.
Maria attended the National Underage Netball Championship recently held in Launceston, Tasmania. Maria was part of the Victorian 17U State Team who began their preparation and training from November 2011 up until end of March 2012, following a gruelling and tough trialling and selection process back in Oct 2011. At the Championship, Victorian 17U competed as one of the 8 territories and states. Victoria has a long standing history of participation as one of the top states in Australia with the last 2 years as reigning champions. The Victorians competed through the rounds well with one loss to NSW. In the semi-finals against Queensland our girls worked hard and pulled away with a strong well earned win and were set to meet NSW in the grand final.
In the grand final, the NSW team was too strong in the end and won the championship with Victoria runners up. Throughout the tournament Australian selectors-Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Netball Coach, State Coaches observed and selected the 17U Australian Team and this was read out during the presentation. Maria and four others from Victoria were selected into the Australian 17 U team that will be travelling to Canberra to undergo intensive training with the top netball coaches in Australia from May 3-May 6. These girls have been nationally identified for development towards someday becoming a Diamond (Australia Netball Team).
This has been such a wonderful opportunity for Maria as she has worked hard over the last 2 years to be nationally identified. This would not be possible if she did not have Centrals support to reach her goals in netball her mother said.
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