For the third and last time, the Southern Sports Academy (SSA) welcomed the 2024 Your Local Club Academy Games from Friday, April 12th, to Sunday, April 14th. More than 1,200 athletes and their families from 11 Regional Academies across NSW converged on Wagga Wagga to vie for victory in this exciting tournament. Check out the results below:
Basketball
Boys:
1st – CCAS
2nd – SSA
3rd – IAS
Girls:
1st – SSA
2nd – CCAS
3rd – SESA
All Stars Team:
Boys
Logan Tupaea – Central Coast Academy of Sport
Rory Milross-Rose – Illawarra Academy of Sport
William Dobbins – Hunter Academy of Sport
Chase Te Nana – Illawarra Academy of Sport
Callum Brown – Western Region Academy of Sport
Cohen Weir – Western Region Academy of Sport
Gabriel Busuttil – Southern Sports Academy
Benji Ralston – Northern Inland Academy of Sport
Jack Rumble – North Coast Academy of Sport
Jez Lashbrook – Southern Sports Academy
Girls
Darcy Wade – Hunter Academy of Sport
Hayley De Friskborn – Hunter Academy of Sport
Tully Pickering – Western Region Academy of Sport
Jazzy Gordon – Western Region Academy of Sport
Samantha Kerr – Southern Sports Academy
Charlotte Roder – Central Coast Academy of Sport
Elley Hawken – Central Coast Academy of Sport
Bree Gillespie – Southern Sports Academy
Emma Kerr – North Coast Academy of Sport
Imogen Norris – South East Sports Academy
Cycling
Saturday Road Race:
JW15
1st – Jenna Gallagher
2nd – Hallie Allen
3rd – Ruby Sauvage
JW17
1st – Lucy Allen
2nd – Isobel Price
3rd – Alexis Phillips
JW19
1st -Caitlin Rose
2nd – Chelsea Gillanders
JM15
1st – Luka Collins
2nd – Joshua Moore
3rd – Boston Gillanders
JM17
1st – Sydney Chittenden
2nd – Patrick Macrae
3rd – Hunter Behnke
JM19
1st – Liam Campbell
Sunday Criterium:
JW15
1st Jenna Gallagher – WRAS
2nd Hallie Allen – WRAS
3rd Ruby Savage – HAS
JM15
1st Luka Collins – IAS
2nd Joshua Moore – WSAS
3rd Boston Gillanders – HAS
JW17
1st Lucy Allen – IAS
2nd Isobel Prince – WSAS
3rd Alexis Phillips – SSA
JM17
1st Sydney Chittendon – SSA
2nd Patrick McRae – SSA
3rd Hunter Benke – SSA
JW19
1st Caitlin Rose – HAS
2nd Chelsea Gillanders – HAS
JM19
1st Liam Campbell – IAS
Team Championships
Top 4 athletes combined scores across each academy.
1st – Illawarra 40 points
2nd – Hunter 37 points
3rd – Southern 30 points
Golf
Friday/Saturday Individual:
Girls Scratch Winner – Savannah Webb (WSAS)
Girls Scratch Runner Up – Sage Laird (IAS)
Girls Nett Winner – Lucy Bowyer (SWSAS)
Girls Nett Runner Up – Priya Singh (SWSAS)
Boys Scratch Winner – Oliver Nelson (SSA)
Boys Scratch Runner Up – Lachlan Lawson (HAS)
Boys Nett Winner– Ethan Russell (WRAS)
Boys Nett Runner Up – Finn Whitelock (SESA)
Sunday:
Div 1
1st WRAS
2nd SSA
3rd Metro Sth
4th SESA
Div 2
1st Metro Nth
2nd Hunter
3rd Illawarra
4th WSAS
Div 3
1st CCAS/NIAS
2nd SWSA
Hockey
Boys:
1st – SSA
2nd – HAS
3rd – Sydney Metro
Girls:
1st – NIAS
2nd – HAS
3rd – IAS
Indoor Volleyball
Boys
1st – SWSAS
2nd – NCAS 1
3rd – IAS
Girls
1st –SWSAS 1
2nd – NCAS 1
3rd – HAS
Netball
An MVP from each team was announced, as follows:
Pool A: Sienna Liva (HAS 1), Anna Steven (IAS 1), Alliera James (NCAS 1), Ava Charles (SNA Blue), Scarlette Duddle (SNA Yellow), Saige Tautalafua (SWSAS), Hannah Knobbs (WSAS 1).
Pool B: Jemma Wooden (CCAS 1), Emma Cooke (HAS 2), Rowina Mataiti (SWSAS 2), Maya Caulfield (SNA Red), Clodaugh Carroll (SNA White), Evie Henley (SSA 1), Ava Francisco (WRAS 1), Winny Lual (WSAS 2)
Pool C: Gemma Rooke (CCAS 2), Sienna Marchant (FWAS), Giselle De Jonge (IAS 2), Delika Boney (NIAS), Torrez Attwood (SESA 1), Tali Fellows (SSA), Laila Hickling (NCAS 2), Mikayla Smith (WRAS 2).
The umpire coaching staff have selected the following umpire to be acknowledged following the Games:
Rising Star Netball Umpire Award: Keeliah Ridley – HAS
The following umpires were also badged:
C Badges
Aisling Kennedy – SESA
Kiara Hedger – HAS
Mariana Calligaro – SESA
B Badges
Keeliah Ridley – HAS
Monique Sturt – WSAS
Lucinda Chen – SNA
Samantha Hoad – WSAS
Cobie Truscott – NCAS
Riley Chanter – SNA
Triathlon
A Boys Final
1st – Ben Devries
2nd – Alex Eason
3rd – Grady Platt
A Girls Final
1st – Charli Lehmann
2nd – Madeline Platt
3rd – Petra Fransen
B Boys Final
1st – Jethro Gosson
2nd – Phoenix Jackson
3rd – Benjamin Hiusman
B Girls Final
1st – Emily Rice
2nd – Ria Havlicek
3rd – Annika Ingwersen
C Boys Final
1st – Leif Ingwersen
2nd – Isiah Ryan
3rd – Lucas Doherty
C Girls Final
1st – Halle Potter
2nd – Tia Hart
3rd – Annika Huisman
Junior Team Relay
1st – HAS Junior 1 (Lucas Doherty, Zara Campbell, Grady Platt)
2nd – ROSTA/ACT Jnr (Ben Devries, Annika Ingwersen, Austin Crump, Ash Watts)
3rd – Mixed Orange Jnr (Sam Bayada, Halle Potter, Will Robinson, Zoe Bruce)
Youth Team Relay
1st – ROSTA Youth Fluro (Phoenix Rostron, Charli Lehmann, Leif Ingwersen)
2nd – Youth Mixed White (Alex Mackie, Ria Havlicek, Alex Eason)
3rd – Youth Mixed Lime (Bryson Norris, Ariella Northery, Zac Green)
The 2024 Your Local Club Academy Games is proudly supported by Your local club, the NSW Government, Wagga Wagga City Council, Active Health Riverina, Southern Cross Austereo, Regional Academies of Sport and Southern Sports Academy. Full results from the tournament can be found on www.academygames.com.au