The Junior Club award is a special award given to someone aged 17 years and under, that shows sportsmanship, has a positive attitude , respects all committee members, players, coaches, umpires, officials and represents our club by coaching and or playing.
We ask our club members to send in nominations and reasons as to why they think someone should receive this award.
Once the Committee receives the nominations, we then make a decision on who our finalists are and then our winner.
I would like to announce of finalists and ask them to come forward to the stage: Holly Bridges, Avalon Philpin, Sarah Ames & Zara Davie
Congratulations to you all on your nominations.
Past winners of this award are:- Erin Dick, Ainsley Ben, Georgia Cardillo, Taylah Hunter-Gerber, Emily Cilberti, Evie Pettigrove, Claire Newcombe, Helena Mitchell, Georgia Lovell, Jessica Mackenzie, Morgan Philpin and last years winner Hannah Mackenzie.
Tonight, we have a new winner, although this year was very hard as our 4 finalists are all deserving of this award.
Our winner has been a member of Sanctuary Lakes since October 2017. During this time, we have seen her grow from a shy little under 11s player into a very committed 17s under player.
She has represented our club as a player, coach and as an umpire and has now been involved in more than 355 games for our club.
Outside of Sanctuary Lakes she has been an Altona Representative and a Wyndham Representative. She has also been a very committed umpire for the Altona Netball Association.
Over the past few years l have witnessed her grow in confidence and is adored by the players that she coaches. She is also very helpful around the club, always volunteering to help with training when other coaches are away.
We are truly grateful for her commitment and dedication to Sanctuary Lakes Netball Association.
So on behalf of the committee and everyone here tonight l would like to announce our 2024 Junior Club award Recipient is:-
AVALON PHILPIN
CONGRATULATIONS AVALON