Teeing Up with Her Idol

One of our Year 11 students, Alice, had a unique opportunity to train with her sporting idol, global number 3 golfer, Mingjee Lee on Friday 10 February. As part of Perth College’s partnership with Athlete Alliance, there is an opportunity for world class athletes to train and use our gym facilities and in turn, for our students to meet and observe these athletes do what they do best.

As a talented golfer herself, Alice was not only keen to meet Mingjee but also to see what she could learn from her training session and adopt for herself. When asked about how spending time with Mingjee and observing her training influenced her own training and sports goals, Alice said that seeing Mingjee’s work ethic and commitment to strength and conditioning was obvious, and that it was clear that as an athlete she goes that extra mile which Alice plans to emulate herself.

Mingjee is also a Perth native and seeing how far and how much she has achieved in her golfing career has given Alice inspiration for her own sporting dreams. Alice has just competed in the Australian Amateur Championship in March as well as the

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Australian Junior Amateur Championship in April which took place in Hobart. Later in the year, she also hopes to play some tournaments in New South Wales and Queensland. Her favourite thing about playing golf is that it gives her “the chance to travel to cool places in Australia and maybe one day the world!”

Keep an eye out for an update on where golfing may take Alice next, we are keen to watch her soar!