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06 BERWICK LEADER, Monday, April 25, 2016 BLVE01Z01MA - V1
THREE stars from the Bea-consfield Junior Football Club will be among the top fe-male footballers defending Victoria’s title at this year’s AFL Youth Girls National Championships in May.
Georgia Gee, 16, TylaHanks, 16, and Brooke Struy-laart, 15, were among 27 play-ers named last week in the Victoria Metro Youth Girls Squad.
Held from May 2-6, thechampionships will see the most talented Under 18 fe-male footballers from across the country battle it out for the coveted national title.
Beaconsfield Junior Foot-ball Club president Troy Rob-inson said the club has worked hard to ensure there were good opportunities for its female players.
He said Beaconsfield has 24teams in the South East Jun-iors Competition, including two full female teams: the Under 13 junior girls and the Under 18 youth girls. There isalso an open age women’s team in the senior competit-
ion. He said traditionally, girls and boys play in mixed teams until they reach the Under 14s – then girls could no longer play with the boys and effectively had nowhere to go.
“Five years ago, we starteda youth girls’ squad which has been very successful. They have won three prem-ierships out of four (they have played),’’ he said. “These three girls are absol-utely fantastic footballers, great ambassadors for the sport, very polite, very re-spectful and great athletes.”
Georgia Gee, Tyla Hanksand Brooke Struylaart are Berwick Leader junior Sports Star nominees.
BEACONSFIELD
Squad’s eye on stardomNOMINEES HOPE TO DEFEND VICTORIA’S YOUTH AFL TITLE
Tyla Hanks, Georgia Gee and Brooke Struylaart are thrilled they made the AFL Youth GirlsSquad. Picture: EUGENE HYLAND
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