Regional Academies Shine at 2021 Academy Games

The Hunter Academy of Sport (HAS) played host for the third and final time to the 2021 Your Local Club Academy Games over the weekend of Friday 16^th April to Sunday 18^th April. Over 1 400 athletes and their families travelled from 11 Regional Academies throughout NSW to compete in the tournament throughout the Hunter Region. See results below:

Netball

An MVP from each team was announced, as follows:

Div 1: Mia Blackett (NCAS), Eliza English (WRAS), Makenzee Ryan (CCAS), Tess Henley (SSA), Charlee Belcher (HAS), Gabby Eaton (IAS), Isabella Degei (WSAS), Lilyana Talanoa (SWSAS), Bria Wineti (NIAS), Marae Moeke (SNA), Bella Lieberman (SNA).

Div 2: Cassidy Pieren (NCAS), Taliyaha Chatfield (WRAS), Gabrielle Nicholls (CCAS), Tahlia Quinn (SSA), Paulini-Fi Davis Dates (HAS), Haley Manning (IAS), Olivia Harris (WSAS), Eliana Sapone (SWSAS), Tamee Ingram (NIAS), Claire Robinson, (SESA), Araiterangi Karaitiana (FWAS)

The umpire coaching staff have selected the following umpire to be acknowledged following the Games:

Breakthrough Umpire Award: Zara Morris – North Coast Academy of Sport.

Golf

Gross 

1st Boys – Hamish Ellison (HAS) 55/69 -5

1st Girls – Amy Squires (HAS) 75/74 +2

2nd Boys – Vidur (WSAS) c/b 59/70 E

2nd Girls – Robyn Keen (Syd) 80/79 +12

Nett 

1st Boys – Finlay Taylor (CCAS) 51/65

1st Girls – Kiara Connolly-Jackson (CCAS) 74/78 +5

2nd Boys – Harry Daniels (WSAS) 57/76

2nd Girls – Bella Rose Pond (IAS) 77/77 +7

Teams 

1st – WSAS -2 Vidur, Coby Carruthers, Harry Daniels, Blake Hodges

2nd \ – HAS +1 Amy Squires, Hamish Ellison, Owen Evans, Lachlan McDonald (2)

NB: Round 1 on Saturday was reduced to 14 holes due to wet weather

 

Hockey

MVP – Boys Aiden Chong (METRO), Flynn Thompson (HAS 1), Kai Kabayama (HAS 2), Sam Griffith (NIAS), Noah Needham (CCAS), Oliver Hawker (IAS), Thomas Moreton (NCAS), Samuel Giumelli, Jack Laurent (SSA).

MVP – Girls Sienna Da Silva (METRO), Sylvia Knott (HAS), Chloe Scicluna (NIAS), Charlotte Tarleton (CCAS), Mia Vorster (IAS), Sabrina Payne (NCAS), Addison Chapman (WRAS 1), Amy Cook (WRAS 2), Hannah Ellis (SSA)

Boys: 1^st – Metro Sydney

2^nd – NIAS

3^rd – HAS 1

Girls:

1^st – Sydney Metro

2^nd – WRAS

3^rd – HAS

 

Basketball

U16 Boys:

1^st –  HAS

2^nd – IAS

U14 Boys:

1^st – HAS

2^nd – IAS

U16 Girls:

1^st – SSA

2^nd CCAS

U14 Girls:

1^st – ACT

2^nd IAS

 

Triathlon

Saturday Race Results

Female Youth:

1st: Montana Doubell

2nd: Hannah Roots

3rd: Morgan Charlton

Male Youth:

1st: Zane Bowen

2nd: Sean Williams

3rd: Wade Barr

Female Junior:

1st: Sophie Martin

2nd: Kailin Pople

3rd: Ella-Kate Hussein

Male Junior:

1st: Mitch Blackbourn

2nd: Casper Larkin

3rd: Rohan Barnes

Sunday Mixed Relay Results

Youth – Triathlon Australia Mixed Team Relay Youth National Championships

1^st QLD Maroon Aspen Anderson, Bowen Bamford, Mia Wooldridge, Ben Rudd

2^nd  Property Development Insights NSW Youth Hannah Roots (WSAS), Wade Barr (CCAS), Morgan Charlton (CCAS), Kade Zavetsanos (ROSTA)

3^rd QLD / VIC Team Riley Wingad (QLD), Oscar Wooton (Vic), Chloe Denning (QLD), Leo Worsam (Vic)

Youth – RASI Mixed Team Relay Championships

1^st Property Development Insights NSW Youth Hannah Roots (WSAS), Wade Barr (CCAS), Morgan Charlton (CCAS), Kade Zavetsanos (ROSTA)

2^nd ROSTA Yellow Amelia Thornthwaite (ROSTA), Angus Sampson (ROSTA), Bianca Hoare (ROSTA), Xane Bowen (ROSTA)

3^rd IAS Youth A Montana Doubell (IAS), Callum Burge (IAS), Alexis Bell (IAS), Harry Fraser (IAS)

Junior – RASi Mixed Team Relay Championships

1^st ROSTA Yellow Kailin Pople (ROSTA), Jasper Sumsky (ROSTA), Sophie Martin (ROSTA), Hugh Thornhill (ROSTA)

2^nd HAS /CCAS 1 Hallie Boucher (HAS), Will Apps (HAS), Stella Norris (CCAS), Rohan Barnes (HAS)

3rd WSAS Blue Ella-Kate Hussein (WSAS), Jackson Connell (WSAS), Leila Dickson (WSAS), Kyle Farrier (WSAS)

 

Aussie Rules Football

Exhibition Match – Boys

U12: Hunter Academy of Sport def. Central Coast Academy of Sport

U13: Hunter Academy of Sport def. Central Coast Academy of Sport

U16 Girls 1^st – SESA 2^nd – HAS

U18 Girls 1^st – SESA 2^nd – HAS

 

The 2021 Your Local Club Academy Games is proudly supported by Your local club, the NSW Government, Newcastle City Council, Lake Macquarie City Council, NBN News, Regional Academies of Sport and the Hunter Academy of Sport.

Full results from the tournament can be found on www.academygames.com.au

A full catalogue of photographs can be found on http://www.kevinbullphotography.com/academy-games-2021/