YOUNG goalkeeper Molly Klix has been selected for the 2022 Australian Country under-twenty-one hockey team.<\/p>\n
The Ballarat High School year 12 student plays for Altona in the Victorian Premier League, remains a member of the Ducks Hockey Club, and has been part of the Hockey Victoria Under-18 Academy.<\/p>\n
Recently competing for Victorian Country at the Australian Country Championships in Western Australia where her team placed third, Klix\u2019 selection became public.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we were doing the medal ceremony, they announced the Australian under-21 country sides… and I was lucky enough to have my name called out on the under-21 women\u2019s team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting it because I\u2019m young, only 17, and have only played for a few years. I was very happy, but shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of that team, Klix will travel to Indonesia on a hockey tour in January of 2023, playing various national teams from across the world.<\/p>\n
She first got into school hockey at BHS in 2018. Originally set to be a field player, her interest quickly shifted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw the person with all the gear on, and I thought, that looks pretty cool. I decided to try it out, I liked it, continued on with it, and here we are,\u201d Klix said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the community around hockey. It\u2019s very inclusive, and I enjoy the social and competitive sides to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Ballarat High School students Kahlua Smart and Lachie Hansford are also involved in national-level hockey.<\/p>\n
Smart will join Klix on the under-21 team, Hansford has made the men\u2019s under-21 side, and Tammy Hansford is on the coaching team of the senior women\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YOUNG goalkeeper Molly Klix has been selected for the 2022 Australian Country under-twenty-one hockey team. The Ballarat High School year 12 student plays for Altona in the Victorian Premier League, remains a member of the Ducks Hockey Club, and has been part of the Hockey Victoria Under-18 Academy. Recently competing for Victorian Country at the […]<\/p>\n