Windfall for regional

talent Junior Sports Assistance Fund helps finance eight athletes

The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund continues to support local sports people competing at State level or higher. With state and national events resuming, eight local athletes secured assistance for national events at which they competed earlier this year.

RECIPIENTS:

• Lucy Dening (pictured below) from the Mount Gambier Swimming Club was selected for the state swimming team to compete at the Australian Age & MC Age Championships held in the Gold Coast in April 2023.
• Bree Ridding from the Mount Gambier and District Baseball League was selected for the state team to compete at the Australian Youth Women’s Championships held in Altona in April 2023
• Joshua Cameron from the Mount Gambier and District Little Athletics was selected for the state team to attend the Australian Track and Field Championships held in Brisbane in April 2023.
• Clare Hopgood (pictured above) from the Lower South East Hockey Association was selected in the state under 15 team to compete in the Australian National Hockey Championships held in Darwin in April 2023.
• Jamison Buckley from the Mount Gambier Cycling Club was selected in the state track team to compete in the Junior Track National Championships held in Brisbane in April 2023.
• Neil van Niekerk from the Mount Gambier Cycling Club was selected in the junior state track team to compete in the AusCycling Junior Track National Championships held in Brisbane in March 2023.