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November 2019
Sports Awa Team of the Year – Box Hill United Soccer Club Under 14 National Premier League
The annual Whitehorse Sports Awards recognise the important contribution local sporting clubs and sportspeople make to the Whitehorse community.
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This young team has already scaled the heights of international soccer by becoming the first ever Australian team to the make the finals in the 2019 Gothia Cup. Playing in the world’s largest international youth soccer tournament and competing against more than 65 countries, the Box Hill United Soccer Club Under 14 Team were runners-up in a close final played in China.
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Image: Guest speaker Bianca Chatfield with Peter and Blake from Box Hill United Soccer Club and Cr Andrew Davenport
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Chair’s Award – Britney Gutknecht from Box Hill Senior Secondary College Britney’s significant achievements make her a role model for younger girls in the AFLW program at Box Hill Senior Secondary College. She is captain of the Box Hill Senior Secondary College AFLW team and vice-captain of the NAB League Under 18 Northern Knights. Britney was also selected to play in Carlton’s VFLW team, the 2019 AFLW Academy and NAB League 2019 Team of the Year. Britney has now realised her dream, having recently been drafted to the Western Bulldogs AFLW side for 2020. Image: Cr Andrew Munroe, Bianca Chatfield, Britney Gutknecht, and Kate Yeowart from Whitehorse Sports and Recreation Network.
School of the Year – Antonio Park Primary School Over the past few years, Antonio Park Primary School has revamped its physical education and sports program and now leads the way in the Whitehorse and wider Eastern region. Some key highlights for the school include being the School Sports Victoria District Competition premiers in tennis and boys cricket, as well as the overall aggregate winners for the Ringwood North District Athletics. The Antonio Park Girls Basketball team were runners up in the Schools Sports Victoria Regional Championship
and the Boys T20 Blast Cricket team were School Sports Victoria Division premiers. The school has also actively developed partnerships with a number of local sports clubs to give its students the best opportunity to participate and increase their skills in a range of sports. Image: Bianca Chatfield with Ben Clark representing Antonio Park Primary School and Professor David Shilbury from Deakin University.
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Volunteer of the Year – Ritchie Toomey from Surrey Park Lacrosse Club As a life member of the Surrey Park Lacrosse Club, Ritchie has given more than 30 years’ service to the lacrosse community. He has served as club president for the past 10 years, coached the senior men’s team and under 17 team and also refereed games. Ritchie is also actively involved in state level lacrosse and has coached representative Victorian teams. Ritchie is a strong advocate for lacrosse and increasing the participation of women and children in the club. He was involved in the development of a program that has reached 1000 primary school aged children. Image: Ritchie Tomey with Cr Tina Liu.