BENDIGO Acadamy of Sport will have 20 athletes and three coaches representing Victoria in the 2017 Australian Junior Volleyball Championships in Queensland next week.
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The championships, to be staged at Coomera, will run from September 24-30.
BAS head men’s volleyball coach Todd Broadbent said all the athletes and coaches had been training weekly in Melbourne or through camp-based training sessions for the last three months.
“They have all been working and training hard in preparation for the championships,” he said.
“It is a fantastic achievement to represent Victoria and I am sure they will do very well.
“The Bendigo Academy of Sport volleyball program is very proud of all the athletes and coaches, and having so many athletes throughout the age groups and teams is once again an outstanding result for the BAS Program.
“It is also a fantastic opportunity for the coaches to continue to develop and learn and bring it back further knowledge and skills to the academy.
“They will be competing against many states and territories – Queensland, Western Australia, NSW, SA, ACT and even New Zealand and Samoa are competing.”
Athletes
Under-15 boys west: Scott Johnson, Jakob De Salvo, Rye Penny;
Under-17 boys blue: Elliot Beks, Jay Penny;
Under-17 boys west: Jack Sides.
Under-17 girls blue: Lauren Cox.
Under-17 girls west: Lucia Bowles, Holly Eason, Tara Lourie, Matilda Opie, Elana Penny, Stephanie Phillips, Ellex Sinner, Kilby Todd, Susie Godfrey;
Under-19 boys blue: Dillon Gauci;
Under-19 boys white: Lachlan Hill, Matt Poulter;
Under-19 girls white: Georgia Eason.
Coaches
Under-17 blue assistant coach: Laura Roberts;
Under-17 west assistant coach: Gavin Penny;
Under-19 white head coach: Jimmy Shelton.
The selections continue the excellent results for the BAS after athletes Lewis Roberts, Bailey Keck, Lauren Cox and coaches Todd Broadbent, Mark Jensen, Gel Klein-Boonschate and Scott Ross won silver medals at the Under 16 Australian Volleyball Championships for Victoria in both the boys’ and girls’ events.