Lauren Bella

2019 STATE TALENT CARNIVAL AFL U14 & U17 GIRLS Welcome MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

On behalf of AFL Queensland I would like to welcome you to Maroochydore for the 2019 AFL Queensland State Talent Carnival, brought to you by Sunshine WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO Coast Regional Council. EMBRACE THE SIMPLE THEME

This year we have once again combined different age OF enjoyment, PARTICIPATION groups into one exciting event on the Sunshine Coast. AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS. We are looking forward to five days of youth football featuring some of the brightest Australian Rules Football prospects in the state. AFL Queensland Youth Girls Talent Pathway Program Partner. Your support of Queensland football is greatly Over the course of the carnival we will see over 600 appreciated. players, as well as talented young umpires from throughout Queensland and PNG, who will compete in To all the officials, umpires and volunteers assisting us in a celebration and display of future talent. These players delivering this year’s carnival, thank you. Without you this are progressing through the Queensland pathway event could not happen. towards future careers in AFL, AFLW and our state and community senior leagues. I wish all the teams competing good luck and all the best for an enjoyable carnival on the beautiful Sunshine We are look forward to seeing some fantastic skills and Coast. ability on display.

Thanks to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, our DEAN WARREN State Talent Carnival partner, and Bond University, our AFL Queensland CEO

A SPECIAL thanks TO OUR PARTNERS FIXTURE GIRLS U14

Game 1 10:00am Country Queensland V South OVAL 2

DAY 1 Game 2 11:30am Brisbane North V OVAL 2

Game 3 1:00pm Moreton Bay V Wide Bay OVAL 2 Friday 20 SEPTEMBER Game 4 2:30pm Gold Coast North V Northern Rivers OVAL 2 Game 5 4:00pm Sunshine Coast V Gold Coast South OVAL 2

Game 1 10:00am Brisbane South V Sunshine Coast OVAL 2

DAY 2 Game 2 11:30am Darling Downs V Gold Coast South OVAL 2 Saturday 21 Game 3 1:00pm Northern Rivers V Moreton Bay OVAL 2 SEPTEMBER Game 4 2:30pm Gold Coast North V Wide Bay OVAL 2 Game 5 4:00pm Brisbane North V Country Queensland OVAL 2

DAY 3 Map-marker-altDUPORTH TAVERN - 5PM Sunday 22 Officials Education All Regions, All Teams SEPTEMBER

Game 1 9:00am Sunshine Coast V Country Queensland OVAL 2

DAY 4 Game 2 10:30am Brisbane South V Darling Downs OVAL 2

Game 3 12:00pm Northern Rivers V Wide Bay OVAL 2 Monday 23 SEPTEMBER Game 4 1:30pm Gold Coast South V Brisbane North OVAL 2 Game 5 3:00pm Moreton Bay V Gold Coast North OVAL 2

U14 GIRLS Map-marker-altNETBALL BUILDING Friday 1:00pm Brisbane North, Darling Downs

Parent Saturday 11:30am Brisbane South, Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay, Wide Bay

INFORMATION Saturday 1:00pm Gold Coast North, Gold Coast South

SESSION Saturday 2:30pm Country Queensland, Northern Rivers FIXTURE GIRLS U17

DAY 1 Game 1 6:00pm Sunshine Coast V North Queensland OVAL 1 Friday 20 SEPTEMBER

Game 1 11:30am Central Queensland V Brisbane South OVAL 3 DAY 2 Game 2 4:00pm North Queensland V Gold Coast South OVAL 3 Saturday 21 Game 4 1:00pm Gold Coast North V Brisbane North OVAL 1 SEPTEMBER Game 5 2:30pm Darling Downs V Northern Rivers OVAL 1

DAY 3 Game 1 11:30am Gold Coast North V Darling Downs OVAL 1 Game 2 1:00pm Brisbane South V Sunshine Coast OVAL 1

Sunday 22 Game 4 2:30pm Central Queensland V Northern Rivers OVAL 1 SEPTEMBER Game 5 2:30pm Gold Coast South V Brisbane North OVAL 3

DAY 4 Game 1 1:30pm North Queensland V Central Queensland OVAL 1 Monday 23 SEPTEMBER

Game 1 11:00am North Queensland V Brisbane South OVAL 1 DAY 5 Game 2 12:30pm Gold Coast South V Sunshine Coast OVAL 1 Tuesday 24 Game 4 11:00am Darling Downs V Brisbane North OVAL 3 SEPTEMBER Game 5 12:30pm Northern Rivers V Gold Coast North OVAL 3

U17 GIRLS Map-marker-altNETBALL BUILDING Saturday 1:00PM Central Queensland, Northern Rivers

Parent Saturday 2:30PM North Queensland, Gold Coast South, Gold Coast North

INFORMATION Sunday 11:30am Brisbane South, Sunshine Coast

SESSION Sunday 1:00pm Brisbane North, Darling Downs MESSAGE FROM THE mayor

2019 AFL Queensland State Talent Carnival To top it off, the climate and natural landscape we Maroochydore Multi-sports Complex are fortunate to have here on the Sunshine Coast is the perfect recipe for living an active and outdoor lifestyle. This is all part of being ’s most sustainable region – healthy, smart, creative. OUR SUNSHINE COAST loves As one of Australia’s leading tourism destination, its sport AND OUR REGION our Sunshine Coast also offers visitors a range of HOSTS A WIDE RANGE OF memorable experiences, with outstanding natural attractions and a wide range of entertainment, arts SPORTING EVENTS and culture options and a vibrant dining scene.

So take the time to enjoy everything that our Sunshine Coast has to offer while you are here. Welcome to our Sunshine Coast for the 2019 AFL Queensland State Talent Championships. On behalf of our Sunshine Coast Council, may I wish all competitors in this event every success. Our Sunshine Coast loves its sport and our region hosts a wide range of sporting events, competitions and training opportunities which enable talented young athletes to grow, develop and compete in a M AYO R safe, friendly environment. MARK JAMIESON Sunshine Coast Council SUNSHINE COAST U17

Coach Shane Dawes Manager Michelle Hurley TEAM

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB Congratulations to the 25 players that have made the team to 1 Charlotte Hersey 02/07/03 162 Kawana Park represent the Sunshine Coast in the 2 Brooke Day 20/08/03 162 Maroochydore State Championship for 2019. I am pleased to say that with the 3 Alana Munro 18/12/03 167 Kawana Park assistance of our line coaches, 4 Courtney Page 23/02/04 167 Glasshouse (Mids), Steve Tindal (Forwards), & Aaron Deckys 5 Mia Woodburn 23/08/03 168 Noosa (Backs) there has been significant 6 Ebony Otto 03/05/03 167 Coolum Beach improvement of the squad and an enhancement of “Footy IQ”. 7 Kate Parkinson 17/06/03 170 Kawana Park 8 Neve Underwood 17/03/04 167 Kawana Park I have been thrilled to get to know the squad and hear about their dreams 9 Jess Ling 04/08/02 168 Rookie of playing at the highest level. 10 Imagen David 21/01/03 170 Maroochydore We have a State Talent Carnival to 11 Teyl Danger 26/09/02 172 Rookie compete in where our collective 12 Emily McGregor 23/03/03 173 Maroochydore focus will be on further development, coming together as a strong 13 Maggie Harmer 12/04/03 169 Maroochydore Sunshine Coast unit and enjoyment 14 Demi Norton 06/04/04 165 Kawana Park of representation. Thank you to the Coaches, our Team 15 Bella Smith 05/10/03 169 Maroochydore Manager Michelle Hurley, our Team 16 Zoe Smith 14/04/03 168 Maroochydore Runner Indie Madin, Specialist Kicking Coach Ivan Franich, Fitness 17 Bethany McKenna 02/08/03 171 Maroochydore Coach Candy and Dayne Frew who 18 Hayley Edgar 29/10/04 171 Maroochydore has supported us from AFLQ. 19 Teesh Fox 07/10/03 172 Noosa 20 Audrey Upston 27/01/03 178 Rookie 21 Holly Thain 01/10/03 174 Kawana Park 22 Grace Pearson-Smith 30/01/04 172 North Shore 23 Loula Bensaci 22/08/02 175 Coorparoo COACH 24 Keeley Duggan 07/01/02 174 Maroochydore Shane Dawes 25 Tahlia Petrie 16/04/03 173 Kawana Park

Moving from the Mornington Peninsula in , with a background of playing and coaching Sharni senior men’s footy, Shane started as a youth coach back in 2016 on the Sunshine Coast. In that time Shane WEBB has become a Level 2 accredited coach through AFLQ, and coaches the Under 16 Boys at Coolum Beach. DOB: 14/07/1991 Recruited from This has been Shane’s first foray Club: into coaching female footy, and over the course of the program with the Originally from Nambour Sharni made her debut in help of assistants Shannon, Aaron Lions colours in round 1 of the first season of AFLW. She and Steve, has seen a measurable has since amassed 20 games playing centre half forward and improvement in all the players. ruck. Sharni is super-competitive in the air and on the ground and can play a variety of roles. Her capacity to fill a hole in any part of the ground makes her a highly Our coaching philosophy is to garner valued member of the Lions squad. improvement through teaching and encouragement while always maintaining enjoyment in the program. 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 32 SUNSHINE COAST U14

Coach Chris Norton Manager Sharon Glover TEAM

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB Congratulations to the 20 girls from Bribie, Kawana, Maroochydore, 1 Ellen McDonald 17/01/06 148 Moreton Bay Glasshouse, North Shore and Noosa who have combined to make the 2 Tahlia Benson 26/05/06 150 Northshore Sunshine Coast Under 14 team. The commitment to teamwork and 3 Brydie Eva 06/04/05 150 Maroochydore personal improvement has impressed all coaches. 4 Amber Swan 17/03/05 156 Maroochydore

5 Jacinta Smart 04/11/05 159 Moreton Bay Attitude has such an influence on success, and we are confident that 6 Tilli Baker 03/07/04 161 Maroochydore the girls selected will persist, assist and apply themselves to ensure they 7 Sophie Peters 12/03/05 162 Maroochydore achieve both individual and team success throughout the carnival. Each 8 Ella Missen 25/12/05 165 Maroochydore and every player has impressed the 9 Lilly Gilliland 17/03/07 155 Kawana Park coaching group with such fantastic determined, smiling and energetic 10 Kaiya Hides 09/02/06 166 Noosa attitudes.

11 Aviva Kelly 27/06/05 167 Glasshouse Training has included some different aspects of AFL to what some girls 12 Lara Swenson 22/02/06 167 Noosa have been used to and the hunger 13 Chantelle Page 05/12/05 168 Glasshouse to learn has been a joy to be a part of: Prep to Play; kicking techniques; 14 Holly Riddle 03/03/06 168 Kawana Park learning new team-mates names via tackling drills; the Milkshake 15 Evie Gilliland 25/06/05 170 Kawana Park Challenge! have all challenged and rewarded the Sunshine Coast girls. 16 Tessa Henderson 08/01/05 174 Maroochydore

17 Zali Bubb 30/10/06 175 Maroochydore

18 Jada Delaney 11/02/06 184 Noosa

19 Arden Quilliam 05/01/05 178 Maroochydore 20 Tamara Lewis 01/02/05 175 Kawana Park COACHES

Chris Norton: After many years as a teacher in the school system, Chris coached junior and England developing teams in Shannon , and AFL. Chris played footy in the Wimmera, Victoria; also holds a Level 2 coaching CAMPBELL certificate, where today he coaches the Kawana Park Under 15 girls.

DOB: 24/09/1996 Kelly Loe: Passionate about growing Recruited from Maroochydore girls AFL, focusing on creating a team Club: Brisbane Lions and playing for each other, she has coached U13’s for 2 years and currently Originally selected by Brisbane in the free agency period, coaching U15’s. Kelly has been Shannon has built a reputation as someone who overcomes awarded Female Coach of the Year 2 adversity and never gives up, is courageous and lionhearted years in a row. resulting in her being awarded the Most Relentless Player for the Brisbane Lions in 2019. A clever intercept mark with an elite kick, Shanon Hill: Currently teaching at Shannon is also tough defender who leads by example. Sunshine Beach State High, Shanon has recently focused on developing female AFL amongst her students at school. Shanon recently received an award for AFL School Ambassador Contribution to Female Participation. 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 33 BRISBANE NORTH U17

Coach John Taylor Manager Jo Price

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Jorja Guyatt 28/05/02 154 Wilston Grange 2 Kalani French 07/08/03 156 Narangba 3 Chelsea Chesterfield 05/02/02 160 Narangba/Maroochydore Brisbane North 17’s is a group of talented female players 4 Abby Hewett 12/04/03 160 Wilston Grange who through hard work and 5 Holly O'Flaherty 20/06/04 160 Wilston Grange dedication are looking to build on previous years. 6 Ava Seton 19/04/04 162 Wests 7 Charlotte Mullins 28/10/04 163 Wilston Grange As a region we are looking at developing future QWAFL and 8 Daisy Carter 07/06/04 164 Sandgate AFLW players. We wish them all 9 Holly Cawthorn 09/12/03 165 Wilston Grange the best in the carnival. 10 Ali Ayre 19/08/02 165 Narangba/Maroochydore 11 Jessica Day 01/11/04 165 Narangba 12 Rebekah Swindells 07/11/02 165 Narangba 13 Tahlia Mead 28/1/02 166 Narangba/Maroochydore 14 Isabella Kotatis 04/11/02 166 Redcliffe 15 Charlize Anderson 07/12/03 168 Coorparoo COACH 16 Elysse McNiven 14/08/03 168 Kedron John Taylor 17 Lucia Liessi 24/06/03 170 Aspley 18 Kadie Fletcher 18/08/04 170 Narangba 19 Lucy Pengelly 04/03/02 172 Aspley John has been coaching Talent Programs for several years in 20 Brianna Cason 19/2/02 172 Narangba/Maroochydore Brisbane. 21 Zoe Gogliardi 04/04/02 173 Sandgate He is passionate about growing 22 Ainsley Rintalta-Apps 10/3/02 177 Aspley the game and more importantly 23 Imogen Stackelberg 23/07/02 179 Wilston Grange developing young aspiring male 24 Morgan Plackett 14/05/02 180 Aspley and female footballers. His experience is outlined below: • 3 years as Under 15 South Sophie Coach • 6 Years as Assistant State CONWAY Coach of the Under 15s, 16s and 17s

• 13 Years as Under 16s and 18s DOB: 6/04/1999 Coach of the Northern Raiders Recruited from Zillmere and Western Taipans Club: Brisbane Lions

Selected with the Lions seventh pick at the 2017 draft • 2017 - Zillmere QWAFL Senior former Brumbie is a medium sized midfielder/ Women’s Coach forward with great evasion skills. Conway played her first game in Lions colours during the 2018 season where she was nominated for an AFLW rising star • 2018 - Assistant Coach of the award following an impressive performance during round 3. Unfortunately, an off-season Brisbane Lions Winter Program ACL injury saw her sit out of the 2019 season however she has stayed very involved in the club throughout the year and will no doubt come back ready to roar again in the 2020 season.

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Coach Lisiti AsiMcDonald Manager Lucy Thompson

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Zimra Hussain 15/11/06 151 Wilston Grange

2 Ashlan Wakelin 19/09/07 153 Aspley Girls numbers across all facets 3 Miriam Thomas 22/08/04 154 Kedron of the business have grown 4 Chayse Strano 10/5/05 155 Rookie steadily within the Brisbane North Region since their 5 Eden Douglas 09/06/06 159 Wests introduction.

6 Maddison Tallis 24/07/05 160 Jindalee Over the last 2 years most of 7 Alysha Nash 29/6/05 164 Kedron these girls have come through our Met North, Met West 8 Edie McCabe 15/08/06 166 Wests and Sunshine Coast school programs which has laid a 9 Ashlee McNiven 02/02/05 166 Kedron wonderful foundation to build 10 Ashleigh Moyle 23/03/06 167 Kedron from.

11 Milla Kemp 26/11/06 168 Kedron

12 Grace Wilkin 09/05/05 168 Aspley

13 Alice Currie 09/12/04 169 Kedron

14 Jasmine Dekker 02/12/05 169 Jindalee 15 Charlotte O’Byrne 16/06/05 170 Kedron COACH 16 Sienna Turnbull 08/05/05 170 Aspley Lisiti AsiMcDonald 17 Alice Baldelli 29/12/04 171 Kedron

18 Finn Davies 22/4/05 172 Wests 2017 - Head Coach of U15 Girls 19 Rania Crozier 18/11/05 173 Wests at Kedron. Mentor for Under 17 Brisbane North team. 20 Lilu Hung 07/06/05 176 Kedron 2018 - Assistant Coach of the Under 17 girls combined team of Sandgate and Kedron. Assistant coach of the Under 14 Brisbane Ally North Girls team. 2019 - Head Coach of All Hallows’ ANDERSON junior AFL team. Assistant Coach of the Kedron Under 13 Girls team.

DOB: 15/08/1996 Recruited from Zillmere Club: Brisbane Lions

Ally was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team in 2017 where she played all eight games in the season. Anderson had a breakout third season in the midfield averaging 21.0 disposals per game, amongst the highest in the competition and five tackles. In three seasons she has played all possible 23 games for the Lions. She was the Lions AFLW Best & Fairest for the 2019 season, 10 days after being named an All Australian for the first time.

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Coach Dee Bloor Manager Sally Young TEAM NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB

1 Shakira Horner 8/4/02 165 Park Ridge It has been an epic journey for 2 Domenica Fox 11/3/02 160 Coorparoo our Brisbane South Under 17 girls. We kicked off the program with 3 Kelsey Crosbie 29/7/02 161 Coorparoo 90 willing participants and with 4 Macie Brown 30/3/02 160 Coorparoo much deliberation and heartache, 5 Elli D'Arcy-Parker 15/6/02 163 Jimboomba the coaching staff have selected a very impressive group of young 6 Olivia Meares 28/5/02 160 Calamvale women to represent the region. 7 Lauren Middleton 26/1/02 160 Calamvale You will see some highly skilled and talented girls on show at the 8 Kayla Milne 23/9/02 162 Victoria Point carnival this year. With 7 clubs 9 Chelsea Winn 21/7/03 168 Coorparoo represented it has been a focus on 10 Ayla Fraser 11/12/02 163 Coorparoo getting the girls to came together for one cause and a unified front. 11 Georgia Carmody 13/4/04 170 Mt Gravatt 12 Uzia Fikiri 24/11/04 170 Jindalee Some of the girls have already 13 Summer Pearce 9/5/03 168 Victoria Point tasted QAFLW football, with many others heading the same way. 14 Caitlin Renner 27/10/03 174 Mt Gravatt They have all commented on what 15 Leah Siertsema 13/7/04 167 Jindalee fantastic relationships have been formed with their new teammates. 16 Kara Stock 10/12/02 169 Victoria Point 17 Eleanor Tuitahi 22/3/03 164 Victoria Point The “Big Sisters” of the Brisbane 18 Montana Wilton 19/2/03 159 Victoria Point South family have committed to showing all at the carnival the 19 Jacinta Ens 30/1/04 178 Calamvale values they want to be known for; 20 Chalahn Morris-Young 3/4/02 175 Coorparoo Accountability, 1 Percenters and Pride. 21 Tahlia Neszpor 18/10/03 184 Victoria Point 22 Kacey Walker 15/8/02 175 Park Ridge 23 Zoe McNamara 1/12/03 170 Victoria Point 25 Lilli Brunton 31/7/02 177 Coorparoo 26 Ella Smith 24/10/02 184 Coorparoo COACH Emily Dee Bloor Dee Bloor is in her fifth year of coaching in the Brisbane South BATES program, and has stepped up to the 17's this year. The inaugural driver of the Brisbane DOB: 10/10/1995 Recruited from Yeronga South Female Program, Dee is a Club: Brisbane Lions wonderful resource that we are extremely lucky to have. After being taken at pick number 2 in the 2016 draft the speedy and energetic midfielder slotted straight into Dee has coached at club level the team and was a prolific ball winner. Amongst her many for many years in youth football achievements are 2017 Lions Players Player award, Lions B&F and and this year the senior women All Australian honours in both 2017 and 2018. Emily leads by example setting high standards space. She has extensive for herself and her teammates. Emily was recently named the QAFLW player knowledge on how to get the best playing with Yeronga. out of a team, with her passion and enthusiasm shining through in the way she educates our 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final future stars. 36 BRISBANE SOUTH U14

Coach Helena McNaught Manager Tasman Myles

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Sharlee Conroy 6/10/05 146 Calamvale

3 Mia Carey 23/2/06 165 Calamvale What an impressive group of 4 Sally Do 3/6/05 150 Calamvale young female footballers we will be showing off in the Brisbane 5 Harriet Knijff 21/11/05 160 Victoria Point South uniform at this year’s 7 Jacinta Baldwick 14/11/05 165 Jindalee carnival. Starting with well over 60 girls in the program, we can’t 8 Clara Cooke 19/9/05 171 Victoria Point wait to see the girls in action to show off the talent in the region. 10 Dahlia Geesu 30/9/05 163 Victoria Point The girls have worked hard on 11 Eliza Haigh 4/8/05 158 Mt Gravatt their kicking, handballing and ground ball skills since joining 12 Ruby Lonsdale 21/1/05 160 Coorparoo the program and are improving 13 Ebony Milne 3/8/05 164 Victoria Point every session we have.

14 Bonita Norman 7/2/05 167 Mt Gravatt Along with the other Brisbane South teams they have built some 15 Charlotte Blacker 23/6/05 166 Morningside team values that focus around 16 Elizabeth Chai 27/9/05 163 Calamvale their brand and their team. Respect, Effort and Relationships 17 Shae Gordon 22/11/05 168 Mt Gravatt were what they committed to 18 Sharni Horner 25/6/05 168 Springfield stand for, and we look forward to seeing them show these 19 Alexis Stevenson 22/4/05 168 Calamvale characteristics throughout the carnival, on and off the field. 21 Kaylah Nunn 28/4/05 165 Springfield

22 Fanolele Tuitahi 24/7/06 156 Victoria Point

23 Leilani Uys 14/4/05 162 Victoria Point

25 Sophie Dunne 4/7/06 170 Jindalee 26 Tiffany O'Keeffe 8/8/06 165 Victoria Point COACH Jordan Helena McNaught Helena has been Coach of Under ZANCHETTA 13 & Under 15 Calamvale Leopards teams for the last 5 years with her teams being Grand Finalists on 3 occasions. She received Female DOB: 18/3/1995 Coach of the Year in her first year Recruited from Yeronga of coaching & has gone on to be Club: Brisbane Lions involved in all aspects of female footy. Jordan Zanchetta was the Lions’ first pick and pick number 7 in the 2017 AFLW Draft. Zanchetta is a quick She is currently Head of Female tenacious mid-fielder who is a two-time U18 AFLW All Australian. Football at Calamvale and will An ACL tear saw Jordan miss the inaugural AFLW season making her long awaited debut at the on 3 February 2018. continue in this role in 2020. She was Assistant Coach of the Brisbane South Under 14 team last year and is looking forward to her new role as Head Coach this year.

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Coach Michael Jordan Manager Greg Walker NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Rose Collins 20/10/03 159 Park Ridge 2 Zakeira Chatfield 29/7/04 158 Labrador Exciting times are coming for 3 Paige Gustafson 27/4/04 166 Southport Female Football on the Gold 4 Ruby Mann 19/2/04 163.5 Jimboomba Coast with the introduction of the Gold Coast Suns team to the 5 Larni Milne 30/4/02 161.3 Southport AFLW in 2020. 6 Marni Balmforth 16/6/02 163 Jimboomba This is the first year that the Gold 7 Jaylee Morris 27/1/02 162 Labrador Coast has been split into North 8 Hayley Milne 30/4/02 161 Jimboomba and South teams, which gives more girls the opportunity to 9 Casey Wynne 8/6/03 171 Southport’ represent the region. 10 Charlee Bone 3/1/02 171 Southport 11 Caitlin Miller 21/7/04 163 Southport The North side has great mix of girls from Southport area all the 12 Aleisha Alford 6/3/03 163 Jimboomba way up to the Jimboomba area. 13 Jesica Draper 8/10/03 173 Jimboomba The North team are looking 14 Phoebe Balmforth 16/6/02 172.4 Jimboomba forward to the challenge and 15 Niamh Grogan 24/3/04 166 Ormeau can’t wait for the Carnival. The 16 Jesica Pang 12/6/03 166 Jimboomba team consists of a great variety of players from Southport, Labrador, 17 Olivia Harmer 17/7/04 168 Park Ridge Ormuea, Beenleigh, Jimboomba 19 Giselle Davies 17/3/03 175.5 Southport and Park Ridge. 20 Maggie O'Connell 30/1/04 169 Southport 21 Hannah McLaughlin 19/6/03 165 Jimboomba 22 Abbie Pluples 10/6/02 164 Southport 23 Fleur Davies 6/5/04 184 Southport 24 Lilly Pearce 31/12/02 183 Jimboomba 25 Elyse Crimmins 9/7/03 173 Beenleigh COACH Jacqui Michael Jordan Michael Jordan has coached in our YORSTON Talent Development for several years now. He started as an Assistant Coach with the U14 boys teams and now takes the step up DOB: 25/10/2000 to the Head Coach role with the Recruited from Brisbane Lions/Yeronga U17 Girls Gold Coast North team. Club: Gold Coast SUNS

The Brisbane Lions Academy product was drafted by Michael is from the Beenleigh Brisbane in 2018 following an outstanding national carnival AFC club where he has filled many where she received All Australian honours. Jacqui is a tough midfielder who has worked on roles, from coaching to Club improving both her strengths and her weaknesses. Yorston was awarded a AFLW Rising Star President nomination in for the Lions in round 6 2019 which saw her land 8 tackles. In 2020 Jacqui will follow her coach and mentor David Lake to the Gold Coast SUNS.

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Coach Manager Nic Liparota NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Freyda Brennan 05/09/05 152 Pacific Pines

2 Zahlia Gurciullo 15/11/06 151.5 Southport

3 Chelase Reilly 08/05/05 161 Jimboomba Congratulations to the 20 players that have made the team to 4 Jorji Collins 01/05/06 161 Calamvale represent the Gold Coast North in the State Championship for 2019. 5 Jordan Donnelly 13/02/06 154 Southport

6 Dakoya Ivanisevic 07/11/05 161 Jimboomba At the State Carnival we are looking to be a competitive team 7 Ashleigh Hodges 04/07/05 153 Jimboomba whilst still developing the players football intelligence. We will Rebecca Mc Adam 26/01/05 163.4 Pacific Pines 8 focus on maintaining possession 9 Darcie Davies 14/06/05 178 Southport and moving the ball effectively.

10 Chloe Slack 09/12/05 160 Pacific Pines Thank you to the Coaches, parents and AFLQ staff members 11 Allira Willman 05/04/05 156.5 Broadbeach who have helped the team in the 12 Aliyah Misa 10/03/06 168.8 Calamvale process already and during the carnival. 13 Alicia Gordon 17/07/06 154 Surfers Paradise

14 Taneka Dhadlie 25/12/05 160 Jimboomba

15 Kialla-Skye Bailey 10/03/05 163 Helensvale SHS

16 Kaitlin Mercer 07/04/06 172 Southport

17 Brea Krummenacher 13/01/05 165 Pacific Pines 18 Ashleigh Maiuri 23/02/05 166 Park Ridge COACH 19 Isla Pearl Talau 15/03/06 166 Ormeau Jamie Stanton 20 Avalon Pearce 17/10/05 176 Jimboomba

Jamie was drafted from Coolangatta AFC in the QWAFL to Brisbane Lions AFLW in 2016. Paige debut in round 1 2017, played for North in 2019 and is now signed with the Gold Coast PARKER Suns for their Inaugural season in 2020.

DOB: 7/05/1995 I am pleased to say that with the Recruited from Brisbane Lions/Coorparoo assistance of our Line Coaches, Club: Gold Coast SUNS Paul Redley (Mids), Tyson Ware (Forwards), & Nic Liparota (Backs) is a duel code athlete who represented there has been significant Australia in the Football while also playing improvement of the squads AFL in a year that saw her named BOG in the QAFLW Grand Final. Paige’s AFLW road has not football knowledge throughout been without it’s challenges being on the Lions train on squad for 2 years, then getting the sessions thus far. her chance on the list only to be delisted at the end of 2019. The Gold Coast SUNS have rewarded the speedster for her good form with a two-year contract.

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Coach Manager Finlay Blacklock

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Piper Phelan 11/11/04 170 Palm Beach Currumbin 2 Shannon Nolan 19/9/03 154 Broadbeach Congratulations to the 23 girls who made our first Under 17s 3 Teagan Levi 14/8/03 165 Broadbeach Gold Coast South list and their 4 Kalsita-Jayne Shiner 7/6/03 172 Broadbeach tremendous efforts in doing this.

5 Keyshia Matenga 7/3/02 157 Coolangatta This is the first year that the Gold 6 Jasmyn Smith 10/5/04 158 Broadbeach Coast has been split into two zones, which gives more girls 7 Isabella Iverach 7/7/04 167.5 Broadbeach the opportunity to represent the 8 Alice Savill 11/1/02 163 Palm Beach Currumbin SHS region.

9 Bridie Laverde 25/9/03 161 Broadbeach With such strong talent coming 10 Caitlin Thorne 29/8/03 169.5 Palm Beach through, the depth on the Gold Coast is unreal. We are super 11 Maddison Levi 27/4/02 173.5 Bond University lucky to be surrounded with such 12 Chloe Martin 27/9/02 156 Jimboomba hard-working individuals with big personalities. I can’t wait to coach 13 Mia Giles 9/12/03 160.5 Burleigh these young ladies in a small part of their journey alongside Taylor 14 Wallis Randell 14/7/01 170 Bond University Smith, Garry Goodman and the 15 Ebony Peterson 3/4/02 163 Coolangatta help of Finlay Blacklock. 16 Emily Braid 3/11/03 170 Broadbeach 17 Elli Boyd 9/3/04 166.5 Burleigh 19 Yasmin Gilfos 7/8/03 169.5 Broadbeach 20 Ella Stuart 21/6/03 170 Broadbeach 21 Ella Moore 16/6/04 173.5 Burleigh COACH 22 Jasmyn Davidson 29/10/02 175 Broadebach Jordan Membrey 23 Lily Wundke 23/2/04 169.5 Burleigh

24 Olivia Marsham 11/12/03 160.5 Palm Beach Currumbin Jordan Membrey is a current Hawthorn VFLW player and has been a part of the Gold Coast Sunsets since the beginning, Molly playing from the first year they started it up. RITSON She previously has coached the Gold Coast U17s to a championship last year, alongside DOB: 12/08/1999 Tim Searl. Recruited from Bond University Club: Gold Coast SUNS Before this, she coached the U14s Sunsets and has been an assistant The 20 year old midfielder has lived on the Gold Coast for with the Gold Coast U18s Girls most of her life and plays in the QAFLW for Bond University. She Academy. was originally signed by Brisbane to play in the 2018 season however injuries forced her out for the entire season only to be de-listed at season end. After impressing the SUNS She has previously captained the through their summer academy and winter series with her football ability, leadership and Gold Coast SUNS Women's Winter professionalism she was offered a contract for the 2020 season. Series last year and played for Collingwood in the previous AFLW season. 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 40 GOLD COAST SOUTH U14

Coach Jarryd Klessens Manager Massimo Piscioneri

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Jasmine Single 24/05/06 149 Burleigh

2 Zali Bettridge 11/02/05 153 Broadbeach Congratulations to all 20 girls 3 Ayva Matthews 02/04/06 150 Palm Beach Currumbin selected for this year's team. Splitting the Gold Coast into two 5 Montana Phelan 17/10/06 162 Burleigh zones this year definitely did not 6 Aleira Usher 10/10/05 159 Palm Beach Currumbin dilute the talent pool and final selections were difficult to make. 7 Matisse Bettridge 11/02/05 166 Rookie Search

8 Molly Foat 22/03/05 159 Broadbeach The dedication of all girls to their training and development at both 9 Nyalli Milne 26/05/06 166 Burleigh personal and team level is to be commended. 10 Stormie Holub-Huttunen 08/06/06 162 Burleigh

11 Taniami Hill 12/09/05 169 Surfers Paradise The girls have taken a ‘one team’ approach to playing together, 12 Georgie Smith 31/03/05 168 Broadbeach putting aside club rivalries, and play with a close knit team unity. 13 Jessica Read 31/03/05 160 Surfers Paradise We are sure the girls will enjoy 14 Ilianan Gelagotis 09/03/05 165 Burleigh their new found friendships and the carnival experience 15 Sienna Loftus 03/06/06 172 Broadbeach whilst continuing to develop and produce a solid brand of football. 16 Ashleigh Russell 14/04/05 154 Broadbeach

17 Kiara Bischa 4/15/05 164 Burleigh

18 Tara Harrington 24/03/06 161 Broadbeach

19 Havana Harris 07/01/06 178 Burleigh 20 Piper Stockwell 01/18/05 176 Broadbeach COACH 21 Evy Reeves 01/01/06 156 Burleigh Jarryd Klessens

Head Coach Jarryd has played AFL on the Arianna Gold Coast for the last 18 years, which include both representative CLARKE teams and club football. The last 8 years he has coached teams from primary school all the way up to Senior Women’s. It is his fourth DOB: 16/08/1999 year coaching the U14 Gold Coast Recruited from Coolangatta Tweed Heads/Broad Beach South representative team. Club: Brisbane Lions

The former Sunset was selected with the Lions second pick in the 2017 draft. Clarke plays as either a key defender Kelly Hardy or medium sized on-baller and has a penetrating kick, is sure overhead and wins contested ball. The lure of returning to the Gold Assistant Coach Coast wasn’t enough to sway this loyal Lions player and she will once again pull on the Kelly established the U11s & U13s number 21 guernsey for the Lions in 2020. girls at Pac Power in 2017 as well as being Head Coach for the U13 girls. She was named 2017 Gold Coast Juniors Female Coach of the Year as well as 2019 Gold Coast Juniors Coach of the Year. 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 41 NORTHERN RIVERS U17

Coach Sally Carter Manager Lesley Freeman

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Zoe O'Reilly 17/5/03 158 Lismore 2 Hayley O'Neil 23/12/02 168 Palm Beach Currumbin The Northern Rivers are a young but extremely talented group, this small 3 Imogen Evans 05/02/04 163 Tweed Coolangatta running and skilful playing group 4 Zoey Cutts 20/02/04 162 Tweed Coolangatta has shown glimpses of brilliance in preparation for the carnival and are 5 Amy Fulton 21/09/04 168 Tweed Coast likely to demonstrate an exciting brand 6 Ella Beck 14/11/04 168 Tweed Coolangatta of footy when they put their best on display at Maroochydore. The team 7 Lana Lee-Johnson 07/07/03 164 Tweed Coolangatta features a large number of girls that have been part of the U14 Northern 8 Sally Evans 05/11/03 163 Tweed Coolangatta Rivers program previously and this 9 Kinta Munro 05/01/03 164 Palm Beach Currumbin experience should hold them in good stead. 10 Georgia Johnson 18/03/03 163 Tweed Coolangatta 11 Kaedah Winch-Drury 30/05/04 166 Broadbeach The team features a couple of young up and coming stars, one of which 12 Ally Wightley 24/07/03 158 Tweed Coolangatta is Imogen Evans who has had an 13 Chelsea Davis 09/11/04 160 Broadbeach outstanding season being selected in the U15 All Australian School Girls Team 14 Cloe Coombes 01/12/04 160 Tweed Coolangatta and is sure to be among the best at this carnival. This team prides themselves 15 Jordan Diehm 26/08/02 160 Tweed Coolangatta on their defensive pressure which has 16 Georgia Hutton 30/09/03 170 Tweed Coolangatta been a trademark of the Northern Rivers Girls teams in previous years. They will 17 Pearl Perkins 30/6/02 176 Lismore be well led by the more experienced 18 Lexie Johnston-Smith 04/10/02 174 Palm Beach Currumbin players of Sally Evans, Georgia Hutton, Pearl Perkins and Eliza O’toole all of 19 Abbey Bevan 19/06/04 174 Tweed Coolangatta which have had success at this carnival 20 Gabrielle Avery 08/11/03 175 Palm Beach Currumbin in Maroochydore in the past. 21 Eliza O’Toole 29/11/03 179 Lismore 22 Grace Johnson 21/02/02 175 Tweed Coolangatta 23 Mollie Osborne 05/12/03 170 Lismore 24 Doreen Tokiong 10/10/04 155 PNG - Gordons COACH Sally Carter

Sally embarks on her second year Jamie as a coach with the Northern Rivers Talent Programs and has stepped up to STANTON lead the U17 age group this year after helping guide the U14 Northern Rivers Girls to a very successful carnival in 2018. DOB: 7/11/1995 Recruited from North Melbourne/Coolangatta Tweed Sally is an outstanding communicator Club: Gold Coast SUNS and brings a broad range of coaching experience having switched over from Jamie was recruited by Brisbane in the 2016 draft after . This year Sally guided which she played two seasons with the Lions before moving the U13 Tweed Coast Tigers girls to a to North Melbourne in 2019. In 2020 she will return home to the Gold Coast where her Grand Final appearance and will be professionalism, work rate and experience will lead the way at the SUNS. Jamie is a former hoping to continue that success with junior Matilda who has made the successful transition to be a tough inside midfielder. the U17 Northern Rivers Girls at the Maroochydore carnival. Sally is well supported by Nicola Breward and also Steve Foreman who is attending his fourth State Academy Carnival as a 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final coach with the Northern Rivers teams. 42 NORTHERN RIVERS U14

Coach Brett Sekac Manager Lesley Freeman

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Evie Emmett 01/09/06 151 Tweed Coolangatta

2 Nakeisha Drew-Perkiss 04/07/06 157 Tweed Coast There is a genuine level of 3 Kirra Lee-Johnson 28/03/05 163 Tweed Coolangatta excitement about the future of this young playing group. The team 4 Sunny Hewett 27/09/05 160 Tweed Coolangatta consists of some exciting young footballers some of whom have 5 Paris Lucas 13/2/06 158 Tweed Coolangatta already excelled through the ranks of representative football and 6 Allira Palmucci 12/08/06 162 Tweed Coast others who have shown enormous 7 Charlotte Yette 30/03/06 165 Tweed Coast potential during their recent introduction to the game. A large 8 Lily Alford 10/11/06 164 Tweed Coolangatta portion of the team hails from the Tweed Coolangatta JAFC and as 9 Emma Evans 22/06/05 161 Tweed Coolangatta a result of being familiar with one another they have shown early signs 10 Jade Rettenmaier 01/09/05 163 Byron of being a united group that are extremely coachable and destined 11 Keeley Parker 23/07/05 166 Tweed Coolangatta for success. 12 Makayla Sekac 05/04/05 162 Tweed Coolangatta Players to look out for include – Tobi 13 Mia Salisbury 27/06/06 165 Tweed Coolangatta Chapman, Mia Salisbury,

14 Grace Emmett 08/07/05 171 Tweed Coolangatta

15 Ruby Cummins 09/11/05 176 Murwillumbah

16 Shae Saunders 07/06/06 165 Tweed Coolangatta 17 Chelsi Forbes 22/11/05 170 Tweed Coolangatta COACH 18 Tobi Chapman 28/10/05 175 Tweed Coolangatta Brett Sekac 19 Molly Fergusson 10/01/05 1.57 Tweed Coolangatta

20 Charlie Kirkwood 22/09/05 170 Tweed Coolangatta Brett has been a long-time contributor to the development of players in the Northern Rivers region having been involved in both the Tori Boys and Girls talent programs for the last 4 years. He continues in the role as U14 Girls coach after a very GROVES- successful campaign at this carnival last year and his experience will be invaluable when trying to get the LITTLE best out of this extremely talented group of girls.

Brett has been involved with the U15 DOB: 13/10/2000 Girls team at Tweed Coolangatta this Recruited from Brisbane Lions/Beenleigh year and will be looking for many Club: Gold Coast SUNS of his Coolangatta girls to put their best foot forward when counts in At just 17 Tori Groves-Little was awarded the 2018 B&F award in Maroochydore. He is well supported the QALFW in her first year of senior football. She is able to play in a variety of positions by Rob Yette from the Tweed Coast but seems to most at home on the wing or off half back where she is able to showcase Tigers JAFC and Craig Salisbury. her exceptional speed. After being picked up by the Brisbane Lions in the 2018 draft Tori Craig brings a wealth of coaching played 2 games during the 2019 AFLW season. 2020 will see Tori coming home to the Gold experience to this young group and Coast where she will suit up for the SUNS where she was an academy product. was a premiership winning coach this year with the U13 Girls team at Tweed Coolangatta JAFC.

1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 43 DARLING DOWNS U17

Coach Dan Fraser Manager Jana Anderson NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Emily Le Nguy 21/11/03 156 The Glennie School 2 Christina Ash 01/09/04 165 University 3 Sarah Browne 28/10/04 185 South The Outlook Eye Centre Darling Downs Demons boast more 4 Courtney Browne 28/10/04 164 South Toowoomba than 12 players from the 5 Holly Mills 8/7/04 168 Toowoomba region’s powerhouse female clubs, the University Cougars 6 Shelby Dann 28/6/02 175 The Glennie School and Toowoomba Tigers. This 7 Apajok Deng 30/9/03 175 University connection has ensured a lot of synergy amongst the group. 8 Zimmorlei Farquharson 27/4/02 175 Yeronga South Brisbane

9 Tiarna Jericho 8/10/02 172 Toowoomba Seven girls are 15 years old and with four State representative 10 Nyengela Mwajuma 19/7/02 160 University players, this team is youthful 11 Coda Stanmore 4/10/03 157 South Toowoomba and have plenty of X-factor. 12 Miranda Broadfoot 24/9/03 164 Toowoomba State Under 18 player Zimmorlei Farquharson is a player to watch 13 Chloe Cocks 13/6/03 170 Toowoomba as are the regions joint Under 17 14 Taylor Hohn 31/1/04 172 Toowoomba Girls competition Best & Fairest winners, Nyengela Mwajuma & 15 Monica Mach 11/12/02 163 University Elisa Niki. 16 Georgia Thomson 12/4/03 168 Downlands 17 Gracie Paynter 22/5/03 168 Jindalee 18 Anjelani Kibombo 12/2/02 168 University 19 Celeste Accoom 18/10/02 172 Downlands 20 Charlotte Collins 28/10/04 169 South Toowoomba 21 Molly Fraser 27/11/03 168 Toowoomba 22 Zali Hobson 3/5/02 172 Downlands 23 Brittany Ladu 4/9/04 170 University 24 Elisa Niki 16/4/03 173 Downlands COACH Natalie Dan Fraser In his second year in charge of GRIDER the Under 17 girls’ program, the Toowoomba Tigers very own Dan Fraser will lead team at the State DOB: 10/10/2000 Talent Carnival this year. Dan has Recruited from University of Queensland/Jindalee a wealth coaching experience Club: Brisbane Lions which includes four premierships with the Downlands College Nat Grider, a Hyundai Help for Kids Lions Academy product, Under 17 club team. was an Under 18 All Australian in 2018 after captaining Queensland at the Under 18 National Championships. One of the regions finest School The 18-year-old can play at half-back or in the midfield and is athletic with strong Ambassadors, Dan’s ability to marking skills. balance teaching and coaching the players is first class, an upcoming future high level coach.

1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 44 DARLING DOWNS U14

Coach Harry Claydon Manager Nat Fraser

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Mia Coetzee 03/06/05 163 Toowoomba

2 Skye Elliott 13/05/05 160 Warwick

3 Rhianna Webb 30/01/06 159 Toowoomba The Outlook Eye Centre Darling Downs team have players 4 Cheyenne Zirbel 10/07/06 155 Rookie from Chinchilla to Kingaroy, Goondiwindi and Toowoomba, 5 Sienna Wilson 18/12/07 154 Toowoomba this team is truly a well- 6 Elexis Towers 27/03/06 160 Dalby represented Darling Downs outfit.

7 Darcie Seng 26/02/07 165 Dalby They have been working hard since the July school holidays 8 Jarni Parker 23/04/05 151 University and have come together as a 9 Lara Paget 23/02/05 167 Chinchilla cohesive and strong unit. A very well-balanced line up, that is 10 Jasmine Hollonds 08/03/05 168 South Toowoomba ready to hit the carnival with a 11 Caitlin Hill 12/01/05 164 South Toowoomba bang.

12 Jessica Grutt 09/11/05 165 University This year’s team boasts many rookies and experienced 13 Lauren Fraser 13/01/05 165 Toowoomba campaigners, including the very 14 Millicent Flanagan 01/06/05 165 University talented Lauren Fraser. At just 14 years old, Lauren was adjudged 15 Breanna Burrowes 28/08/06 165 Dalby best on ground in the AFLDD U17 Girls Grand Final. 16 Carla Carroll 31/05/05 165 Rookie

17 Indiana Ranford 04/09/06 160 Rookie

18 Imogen Saal 25/01/05 172 Toowoomba

19 Adok Angui 07/06/05 181 Toowoomba

20 Liana Niki 19/01/05 171 Downlands College

Kate COACH LUTKINS Harry Claydon

Taking on the top job is the DOB: 31/05/1988 impressive coach Harry Claydon Recruited from Wilston Grange from Coolaroo Football Club. Club: Brisbane Lions Harry is a teacher first, coach second and has done an Kate was recruited by the Brisbane Lions with pick number 79 outstanding job in the lead up to in the 2016 draft. Since then she has cemented her place in the team the championships. and is known as one of the toughest players in the league. Her accolades include 2017 Most Courageous Player, 2018 Club Best and Fairest, 2018 All Australian. Kate is a genuine star of the game and a match winner. His ability to engage and inspire the girls will be on show for all to see at the upcoming State Academy Championships.

1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 45 NORTH QLD U17

Coach Bev Crimmins Manager Jo Butland NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Jennifer Jackson 19/4/03 155 Hawks 2 Nesia Burgess 26/7/04 155 South Cairns 3 Margaret Dau 3/9/04 158 Cape York North Queensland Under 17 girls bring a mixture of pace and skills. 4 Angelina Brim-Saylor 2/2/02 162 Centrals Trinity Beach Made up from Cairns and Cape 5 Seaniqua Unwin 22/1/04 165 Cape York York, the girls are a mix of tall and athletic and strong and tough. 6 Maria Wuruki 4/1/03 165 Cape York 7 Nearell Gabori 9/2/03 165 Cairns City The Motlap Twins, Litonya and Laquoiya will bring smarts and 8 Shanique Bamaga 9/12/03 165 Northern Peninsula Area great skills. Margaret Dau is one 9 Laquoiya Motlap 8/4/03 167 Cairns City of the girls from AFL Cape York House and with a nice left boot 10 Litonya Motlap 8/4/03 167 Cairns City will try to take the game on. With 11 Caitlin Sansom 18/5/04 167 Centrals Trinity Beach several girls being exposed to 12 Mya Cozzuol 9/9/03 168 Centrals Trinity Beach AFL Cairns Women competition this year we are hopeful and 13 Regina McGee 16/1/04 169 Centrals Trinity Beach confident the step to the State 14 Tennille Morris 27/9/02 169 South Cairns Carnival will not be too big. 15 Aretha Bani 11/4/03 170 Centrals Trinity Beach 16 Jessica Frape 27/5/04 170 South Cairns 17 Lily Munro 5/7/02 171 Cairns Saints 18 Daysia Creed-Wray 14/2/02 172 Cairns City 19 Carleah Flinders 12/10/01 173 Cairns City 20 Jennifer Wren 10/20/03 173 Cairns Hawks 21 Ruth Nelliman 24/6/05 173 Tagai College COACH 22 Grace Johnson 6/2/04 180 Cairns City Bev Crimmins 23 Nardia Amini 1/3/02 181 Cairns City 24 Bathsheba Iwi 17/09/02 156 PNG - Dockers 25 Marie Ila-Upa 17/12/03 152 PNG - Koboni Bev “Speedy” Crimmins Speedy is taking the reins for the 3rd Successive years after a great result in last year’s carnival. Kitara Speedy brings enthusiasm and a willingness to get the best out of the girls. In 2019 Speedy coached WHAP-FARRAR the Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs into a Youth Girls Grand Final appearance which is the 3rd DOB: 28/03/2001 successive appearance for the Recruited from Bond University/South Cairns Bulldogs. Club: Gold Coast SUNS Speedy will be assisted by Jo Having dominated the AFL Cairns league in recent years Kitara Butland and Gold Coast SUNS relocated in the Gold Coast at the start of 2019 in order to give herself the AFLW listed player and former best change at an AFLW career. The move paid off when she was selected as one of the first North Queensland Kookaburra players signed by the SUNS along side fellow Academy members Charlotte Hammans and Kitara Whap-Farrar. Ellie Hampson. Kitara is a rebounding defender who loves to run and carry the ball.

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Coach Jen Ritchie Manager Vanessa Creeley NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Rebecca Collins 30/01/04 163 Garbutt 2 Brooke Sheriden 08/09/04 162 Boyne Island Tannum Sands 3 Jessica Richards 09/06/04 164 Northern Beaches The Central Queensland 4 Alana Gee 20/04/04 165 North Mackay team was selected after the 5 Katrice Forster 10/04/04 164 Garbutt Under 17 Central Queensland Championships held in Mackay in 6 Indiana Brough 15/07/04 171 Bakers Creek early August. The three regions 7 Ella Williams 23/05/04 165 Hermit Park took part in games against each other as well as training and 8 Kirralee Castelloe 18/03/02 162 Rockhampton Panthers education sessions over the 9 Stella Abbott 09/09/03 167 Hermit Park weekend. 10 Cordell O’Meara 15/01/03 165 Glenmore It is relatively new looking squad 11 Domeka Wilson 21/09/04 170 Garbutt Bombers with several girls graduating 12 Sarah Jane O'Grady 27/12/01 173 Brothers out of the 2018 program 13 Gabrielle Fitzgerald 14/01/02 162 Rockhampton Panthers but Queensland Under 18 representatives Lily Tarlington 14 Elizabeth Cahill 05/9/03 170 Mackay Magpies and Sarah Jane O’Grady add 15 Amber McGrath 03/07/02 165 North Mackay leadership and experience to a very exciting squad. 16 Grace Dowling 02/09/03 170 Bakers Creek 17 Sophie Ure 11/12/02 186 Boyne Island Tannum Sands 18 Jacqueline Knight 15/09/02 175 Thuringowa 19 Alexandra Mellross 15/08/03 181 Bakers Creek 20 Brooke Rowlands 18/10/02 179 Mackay City 21 Lily Tarlington 22/01/02 182 Mackay City 22 Zali Ronald 18/06/03 187 Bakers Creek 23 Tarname Jeffries 08/02/04 167 Garbutt Breanna COACH KOENEN Jen Ritchie Jen is currently a Gold Coast SUNS Academy coach in Mackay and has DOB: 31/12/1994 also previously coached Mackay Recruited from University of Queensland/Whitsundays City Hawks and the Moranbah Club: Brisbane Lions Bulldogs in the AFL Mackay Originally from Magnetic Island off the coast of , women’s league. Breanna excelled in the AFL Townsville junior mixed competition. When she could no longer play with the boys, she travelled the 8 hour Jen has graduated from coaching round trip to Cairns to play in the AFL Cairns Women’s league. the Under 14 Country team in 2018 to this year take on the Under 17 Koenen was recruited by the Brisbane Lions with the number 50 pick in the 2016 AFLW Draft Central Queensland team. Jen is and went on to make her debut in Brisbane’s first game against Melbourne at on enthusiastic and intelligent coach 5 February 2017. Breanna is known for her elite game sense allowing her to read the play and who will guide the girls in the take intercept marks making her an invaluable member of the backline. While 2019 was an right way. injury interrupted season, Breanna spent some of her time rotating through the mid-field.

1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 47 MORETON BAY U14

Coach Anthony Baxter Manager Fiona Baxter

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Renee Williams 05/01/07 140 Moreton Bay

2 Lataya De Pauw 06/05/07 152 Moreton Bay

3 Vianne Stillman 26/01/06 153 Sandgate The Moreton Bay Region is one of the fastest growing in the State. 4 Mackinley Silvester 05/04/06 155 North Lakes We are capturing the next 5 Lilli Waters 29/12/05 155 Redcliffe generation through our 6 Brooklyn Ayre 15/04/06 156 Narangba continued work in the primary school sector, which has led to 7 Taneasha Pollard 22/07/05 158 Aspley good trial numbers (50+ players). 8 Alissa Smith 24/5/05 160 Moreton Bay From this we hope to really have an influence in developing 9 Aroha Mellalieu 5/9/06 160 Moreton Bay tomorrow’s senior players.

10 Teleah Hennah 21/09/06 161 North Lakes

11 Olivia Wenck 01/11/06 162 Narangba

12 Chloe Rogers 18/07/07 162 North Lakes

13 Isabella McDonough 13/02/06 162 North Lakes

14 Caitlin Gunn 29/03/05 164 Sandgate

15 Monarina Hunt 01/06/05 165 Rookie

16 Grace Filipo 28/02/06 167 North Lakes

17 Evie Long 22/08/05 168 Sandgate 18 Caitlin Brooks 28/07/06 169 Moreton Bay COACH 19 Helena Frost 02/11/05 170 Sandgate

20 Daisee Bishop 23/01/06 176 Narangba Anthony Baxter

Tony is a Level 2 coach with 6 years coaching experience Gabby across juniors and youth at Moreton Bay. Tony is also a passionate player of the game COLLINGWOOD and enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with the next generation of up and coming footballers. DOB: 15/01/1999 Recruited from University of Queensland /Jindalee Club: Brisbane Lions Tony was Assistant Coach for Brisbane North Under 17 team in Gabby was a stalwart of the Queensland youth girls team having 2017 and 2018 and is honoured first represented Queensland as a 14-year-old. Originally picked by to be Coach of the Moreton Bay Brisbane as a rookie, Collingwood made her debut against Adelaide in Under 14 team in 2019. round 1 of the 2018 season. She is clean and clever by foot and hand and is a manager around stoppages. She is exceptional at reading the play and makes good decisions when under pressure in heavy traffic.

1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Final 48 COUNTRY QLD U14

Coach Rachel Broad Manager Shelby Grant

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Deon Canendo 22/2/06 160 Cairns Hawks

2 Lauren Davon 22/7/06 166 Cairns Hawks To select the team all Country 3 Lotti Sagigi 7/9/05 162 Cairns Saints Queensland regions competed in the Country Championships 4 Denisha Chilman 2/12/05 159 South Cairns held in Townsville back in July. All regions had players selected in 5 Neive Ryan 15/7/06 160 Townsville the team with Cape York leading 6 Tierney Burke 3/3/05 162 Gladstone the way with 7, Townsville 4, Cairns & Mackay both having 3 7 Kristol Harold 15/1/05 167 Cape York and two from the Capricornia region. 8 Shakaya Costello 28/6/05 164 Whitsunday

9 Hilder Kellermeier 21/1/06 164 Cape York Gladstone midfielder Tierney Burke will play at her third 10 Deakoda Costello 28/6/05 164 Whitsunday state Championships having 11 Madeline Benson 8/3/05 165 Mackay been selected every year since the inception. Siohbon Ross 12 Portia Foley 10/3/05 170 Rockhampton had an outstanding Country Carnival representing Townsville 13 Charlize Barrett 3/8/05 177 Garbutt displaying great ruckwork and 14 Anna Toby 10/8/06 175 Cape York marking ability.

15 Ashlee Manantan 5/12/05 166 Cape York

16 Siobahn Ross 16/3/06 176 Townsville

17 Nikayla Mansfield 1/2/05 167 Townsville

18 T'Chihana Connelly 5/11/04 172 Pyramid Power

19 Teayahna Bond 16/10/06 174 Cape York 20 Delphina Day 21/09/06 162 Cairns Saints COACH Rachel Broad

Lauren Rachel takes the reins of our Under 14 Girls team for the first BELLA time in 2019 having had coaching and playing experience in both Townsville & Cairns. DOB: 12/09/2000 Recruited from Brisbane Lions/Sarina Demons Rachel has come through the Club: Gold Coast SUNS Country Queensland Youth Girls program firstly as player Bella spent her junior years in Sarina representing representing the this team at Mackay and the Gold Coast SUNS Academy where she was these championships in 2014 selected in the U18 AFLW All Australian team two years in a row. and then coached the Townsville She made the move South to pursue her AFL dream and was selected with pick 45 in the Eagles and the Cairns Lions in the 2018 draft by Brisbane and played 3 games in the 2019 season. In 2019 Lauren will be an past two seasons. integral member of the inaugural Gold Coast SUNS AFLW team. Lauren is dominant in the ruck and has developed her game to be a physical presence on the field

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WIDE BAY U14

Coach Mick Gay Manager Shaun Stone

NO. NAME SURNAME DOB HT CLUB TEAM 1 Holly Stone 12/07/04 164 Shalom College

2 Alice Sephton 20/11/05 159 Across the Waves The second year in this program, 3 Bella Thom 24/10/05 163 Bay Power we have girls from across the 4 Kiarna Smith 13/10/06 154 Bay Power Wide Bay region. With the girls playing club football against the 5 Bridget Johnstone 27/12/06 160 Hervey Bay Boys all year at local level they are very much looking forward 6 Hayley Spivey 8/11/06 160 Maroochydore to playing against the other girls 7 Josie Baker 30/05/06 161 Across the Waves from other regions across the state. 8 Shannae Van der Vlis 4/09/06 152 Maroochydore

9 Chloe Grant 20/07/06 160 Bribie Island We thank the girls from the Sunshine Coast who will play 10 Jasmin Smith 11/11/06 161 Across the Waves for Wide Bay and we wish all the girls the best of luck during the 11 Monica Hung 15/07/05 161 Across the Waves carnival and hope they enjoy the 12 Matilda Ferguson 25/05/06 163 Maroochydore experience and have learnt a heap along the way. 13 Abby Smith 28/08/05 163 Maroochydore

14 Kasey Stone 12/07/04 167 Across the Waves

15 Kartika Sims 14/02/04 159 Bay Power

16 Lana Morden 28/01/04 163 Across the Waves

17 Hannah Horton 18/01/05 171 Bay Power

18 Chloe Morgan 4/05/06 172 Bay Power 19 Indiana Williams 12/06/05 174 Hervey Bay COACH 20 Chloe Sells 28/03/06 170 Hervey Bay Mick Gay

Mick is a valuable member of the Emma AFL Wide Bay community, having been involved in junior, youth and ZIELKE senior football for a long time. He has a great ability to teach and has a passion for helping footballers of all ages improve and develop DOB: 19/4/1988 their game. Recruited from University of Queensland Club: Brisbane Lions Mick has more recently taken on Born in Bundaberg Emma Zielke is one of the most a new challenge in coaching the experienced players in the AFL having played in an exhibition local Bay Power Women’s team match in 2010 between Melbourne and Collingwood. She was the and is now using his knowledge Brisbane Lions inaugural captain in 2017 continuing in the role in 2018. to help the young up and coming Zielke is a tough inside midfielder who excels in contested situations and can Youth Girls across the region. also move forward to kick goals.

She was the driving force behind the establishment of the Coorparoo Women’s team in 2013 and was a member of their victorious QAFLW team in 2019.

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