	{"id":108514,"date":"2025-10-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=108514"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:36:57","slug":"kirby-and-koalas-get-shot-at-deaflympics-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/kirby-and-koalas-get-shot-at-deaflympics-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby and Koalas get shot at Deaflympics glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELLA Kirby is ready to put her best foot forward in green and gold at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old, who was born deaf and has two cochlear implants, has been selected to play for her country in the Australian Women&#8217;s Deaf Football team.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the third time she has represented the Deaf Koalas.<\/p>\n<p>She debuted last year against the United States deaf women&#8217;s team in Denver, Colorado, and followed up against Japan in Sydney last December.<\/p>\n<p>The 22nd capped player in Deaf Koalas history, Kirby has the number proudly tattooed behind one of her years.<\/p>\n<p>While she had less than two months&#8217; notice of her debut on US soil, Kirby is better prepared this time around, with the Deaflympics having been on the agenda for almost 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The USA game just came up out of the blue, only about a month or two before hand,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a really great experience, getting a taste of that professional life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played before the US women&#8217;s team against Japan and it was televised. It was a real honour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The clash against the USA marked the Deaf Koalas&#8217; first international match in 18 years following the team&#8217;s reformation.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Bendigo, Kirby has been playing soccer since she was eight years old.<\/p>\n<p>Her first foray into the sport came alongside the boys at Strathdale, before joining the under-13 girls at Heidelberg United a few years later and a stint at Calder United SC.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, she was part of the Spring Gully team which won all three Central Victorian Women&#8217;s League 1 titles, securing the Championship, League Cup, and Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p>She headed back to Melbourne this year, playing for Williamstown in the State League 2 competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Koalas will vie with host nation Japan, Brazil, Great Britain, Kenya and USA for the gold medal in Japan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/10\/197bd344-c398-4dbb-9_85948.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ella Kirby makes her debut for the Australian Koalas against the USA in Denver last year. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Kirby feel she is better prepared, but she is also confident the Australian team is better equipped for success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have got a strong squad going over; a very young squad,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a lot of these girls, it will be their first time going overseas or being away from family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s a very close-knit team, which will help with the transition from being away from family and doing something completely different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Deaflympics (15 to 26 November) is an international multi-sport event for deaf athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Held every four years, it uses visual communication.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify, an athlete&#8217;s best ear must register at 55 decibels or below.<\/p>\n<p>Players compete with no hearing devices to create an even playing field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That creates a challenge in itself, when players can&#8217;t communicate verbally,&#8221; Kirby said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to use sign language and gestures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big adjustment going from being able to use my hearing aids in a normal game, to not having them at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to be very self-aware and looking at your teammates or looking at the ref because you can&#8217;t hear the whistle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Australia will be represented in athletics, basketball, golf, swimming table tennis, tennis, as well as soccer in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby admits she is still pinching herself at getting another opportunity to don the Australian green and gold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s such a hard thing to describe, that feeling of walking out and representing your country and having all these people looking up to you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The younger girls on the team and even young people watching from the sidelines, there&#8217;s a real sense of pride in it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing you&#8217;ve done all the work, gone through all the setbacks of coaches saying you are not good enough, but realising, hey, I am good enough to represent my country in the sport I love and with the people I love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a pretty cool feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With athletes having to contribute to their own accommodation, flights and other costs, the Deaf Koalas have launched a fundraising campaign to get the team to Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>To help, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/deaf-koalas-deaflympics.raiselysite.com\/ella-kirby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deaf-koalas-deaflympics.raiselysite.com\/ella-kirby<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELLA Kirby is ready to put her best foot forward in green and gold at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo. 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