GUN goal keeper Charlotte Sexton is the September winner in the 60th edition of Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year awards.<\/p>\n
Sexton played a crucial role as Australia claimed the World Netball Youth Cup for a fifth time.<\/p>\n
Australia’s rising stars in netball scored a 63-48 win against New Zealand in the final in Gibraltar.<\/p>\n
It was Sexton’s second international series after touring Fiji in 2024.<\/p>\n
The Cup win followed an outstanding season for Bendigo Strikers where Sexton earnt the championship team’s best and fairest award.<\/p>\n
In just its second season, the Bendigo Strikers made their way to the VNL championship and 23-under finals.<\/p>\n
Sexton is also with the Vixens Academy and also starred for Sandhurst in the Bendigo FNL.<\/p>\n
Being a Sports Star finalist puts Sexton among an outstanding group of netballers from the central Victoria region.<\/p>\n
The first netballer to claim gold as Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year was Noela Routley in 1970-71.<\/p>\n
Bamawm-raised Sharelle McMahon is an elite group of athletes to have earnt Sports Star of the Year gold in consecutive years.<\/p>\n
The brilliant goal attack and goal shooter did so in 1998-99 and again in 1999-2000.<\/p>\n
The Basil Ashman Hall of Fame, which is at Red Energy Arena in West Bendigo, includes Sharelle McMahon, Caitlin Thwaites and long-time coach and administrator Betty Thompson.<\/p>\n
Another young star on the court, Molly Beasley, is the latest scholarship recipient in Sports Star.<\/p>\n
It’s been a brilliant year on the basketball and netball court for Beasley.<\/p>\n
The teenager has earnt selection in Basketball Australia’s National Performance Program for the second year running.<\/p>\n
She was one of two Victorian girls in last year’s program.<\/p>\n
Beasley represented Victoria Country at this year’s national under-16 basketball championships.<\/p>\n
She has won a national netball schools championships and two state championships in the past month.<\/p>\n
The 60th presentation of Bendigo Sports Star of the Year will be next February at the All Seasons Hotel in Bendigo.<\/p>\n
The lead-up to the gala night will include the announcement of the newest Hall of Fame inductee\/s and Lucas Herbert Golf Scholarship recipients on 6 November at Red Energy Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GUN goal keeper Charlotte Sexton is the September winner in the 60th edition of Bendigo’s Sports Star of the Year awards. Sexton played a crucial role as Australia claimed the World Netball Youth Cup for a fifth time. Australia’s rising stars in netball scored a 63-48 win against New Zealand in the final in Gibraltar. […]<\/p>\n