After nearly two years of planning and preparation, AFL Victoria is very pleased to announce the first ever Victorian Country Youth Girls U18 State team that will contest the 2013 AFL National Championships in Shepparton from May 5-10.
Over sixty girls from all over Victoria, including Warrnambool, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Wodonga, Mt Beauty, Bairnsdale, Warragul, Horsham, Shepparton and Kerang, attended the four day-long sessions held over the past eight weeks, with some brilliant football on display.
The selected team includes former Victorian and All-Australian players, as well as girls aged 13-18 years of age. Many of the selected girls are the product of Worksafe AFL Victoria Country junior football leagues, having played amongst the boys for their formative years. Their selection gives tremendous recognition to those clubs who have invested in junior female footballers.
In addition, girls from Tasmania have been included for the second consecutive year in an effort to assist with the development of a Tasmanian U18 State team in 2015.
AFL Victoria has fielded two teams at the AFL National Championships since their inception in 2010, with a Victorian team and a Development team. The tremendous growth in Youth Girls football in country Victoria has enabled AFL Victoria to emulate the male high performance pathway by establishing a Victorian Country and Victorian Metro team at this year’s Championships. The 2013 Victorian Metro State team will be announced later this week.
Congratulations to all Country girls on their efforts over the past two months, and to the girls below who will represent Victoria Country in May.
SELECTED TEAM
First Name
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Surname
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Club
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Region
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Shannon
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Alexander
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Ballarat
|
Ballarat
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Maddie
|
Atkins
|
Burnie
|
Tasmania
|
Isabel
|
Ayre
|
Echuca
|
Bendigo
|
Paige
|
Baksh
|
Mooroopna
|
Shepparton
|
Tamika
|
Beeston
|
Leopold
|
Geelong
|
Jenna
|
Bruton
|
Golden Point
|
Ballarat
|
Grace
|
Campbell
|
North Bendigo
|
Bendigo
|
Abby
|
Cummins
|
Ballarat
|
Ballarat
|
Cheryl
|
de Groot
|
Leopold
|
Geelong
|
Lucy
|
de Groot
|
Leopold
|
Geelong
|
Georgia
|
Eade
|
Burnie
|
Tasmania
|
Ellyse
|
Gamble
|
Burnie
|
Tasmania
|
Breanna
|
Gaylor
|
Huntly
|
Bendigo
|
Maddie
|
Janssen
|
South Barwon
|
Geelong
|
Vanessa
|
Lewicki
|
Leopold
|
Geelong
|
Emma
|
Lynch
|
Ballarat
|
Ballarat
|
Zabreena
|
Manjerovic
|
Lauderdale
|
Tasmania
|
Lily
|
Mithen
|
Newtown & Chilwell
|
Geelong
|
Alexandra
|
Mulcahy
|
Kyabram
|
Shepparton
|
Brodi
|
Pedretti
|
Bairnsdale
|
East Gippsland
|
Teleigha
|
Saunders
|
Bairnsdale
|
East Gippsland
|
Eliza
|
Shannon
|
Geelong Amateurs
|
Geelong
|
Riley
|
Shapter
|
Modewarre
|
Geelong
|
Shannon
|
Simpson
|
Ballarat
|
Ballarat
|
Maddie
|
Smith
|
Clarence
|
Tasmania
|
Lori
|
Stepnell
|
Ballarat
|
Ballarat
|
Georgia
|
Watson
|
Warrnambool
|
Hampden
|
EMERGENCIES
First Name
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Surname
|
Club
|
Region
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Eve
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Aulsebrook
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Warrnambool
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Hampden
|
Laura
|
Case
|
Mooroopna
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Geelong
|
Simone
|
McKneight
|
Golden Point
|
Ballarat
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Last Modified on 04/04/2013 12:03