THE 11-YEAR-OLD GOLFER SET TO BE STAR Meet Camilla Kim. See pages 60-61.
Teens court success at Champs NATHAN TAYLOR
T Isabella Degei will be on court at the 2022 National Netball Championships.
Jayla Dicker is heading to Hobart in April.
wo local teenagers from the Penrith District Netball Association will descend on the Tasmanian capital city of Hobart in April for the biggest tournament of their young sporting careers. Talented netballers Isabella Degei and Jayla Dicker will take to the court at the 2022 National Netball Championships after they were selected in the NSW U17 team. The pair were among 12 players picked after a rigorous selection process, which brought the best of metro and regional talent together. It’s been a huge year already for Isabella, who was recently named the 2021 Penrith Valley Sports Foundation Junior Sports Star of the Year, while Jayla has been a valuable member of several representative teams over the years for both the indoor and outdoor formats of the game. Penrith District Netball Association’s Joy Gillett said she was immensely proud of the duo’s recent selection in the U17 State team. “Penrith Netball is extremely proud of Isabella and Jayla, both
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Penrith juniors who excelled in Penrith representative teams as juniors. Competing in one of the few netball competitions completed last year, Senior State Titles, Penrith won the major division and were named 15 years Champions. Both athletes have an enormous talent but also work very hard to achieve their goals,” she told the Weekender. “Jayla has been selected to play in the Panthers Premier League U23 team in 2022 and we look forward to seeing her on the court in that competition as well as the NSW team at the National Championships. “Our congratulations to both – it is a wonderful achievement for Penrith Netball to have these players selected into State teams.” Meanwhile, Netball NSW also selected a U17 Train-On Squad. The squad of 15 athletes will train each Sunday for the next 11 weeks with a focus of individual growth and maximising readiness to progress on the Netball NSW Pathway. Penrith’s Katarina Sincek, who was chosen in the Train-On Squad, will have the opportunity to be part of the Metro Emerging team in a competition planned for later this year.
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