Junior Sports Star of the Year for 2014

         

Junior
Sports Star of the Year
2014



Nicole Maynard

Athletics

 

Runner Up: Shenae Ciesiolka and Dominique du Toit (shared)
(Sponsored by Audi Centre Toowoomba)

Junior Rookie: Ellie Bowyer
(Sponsored by Toowoomba Chronicle)

Junior Chase Your Dreams: Conor McLoughlin
(Sponsored by The Athletes Foot)

Primary School of the Year: Applethorpe State School
Secondary School of the Year: Fairholme College
(Sponsored by Clive Berghofer Land Sales)

   
         

Junior Monthly Award Winners for 2014

         
   

January
Ellie Bowyer
Athletics
 
February
Shenae Ciesiolka
Touch & Rugby 7s
 
March
Jessica Street
AWD Athletics

At the National Junior Athletics Championships held in Sydney Ellie won a gold medal in the U/15 Womens Javelin setting a new Australian record of 44.06 metres & silver in the discus and shotput. She also competed up two age levels and won a silver medal in the U/17 Womens Javelin with a throw of 44.96 metres.
 
In the sport of Rugby 7’s Shenae has been selected in the Queensland Womens Sevens Academy, a squad of the top 25 players in the state with focus on players with the potential to become Australian Women’s Sevens representatives. In the sport of Touch Shenae has been selected in the State of Origin 2014 Women’s Open Touch Football squad.
 
Jessica won gold medals in the U/18 Years 400m & 1500m, silver in the 200m & 800m and bronze in the 100m at the National Junior Athletics Championships held in Sydney.
         
   

April
Nicole Maynard
Athletics
 
May
Sam Neale
Cricket
 
June
Kahn Asgill
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

In April Nicole won dual gold in the Under 18 Heptathlon at the Australian Combined Events Championships and Oceania Championships held in Melbourne. From this performance Nicole is now ranked No.1 in World Rankings for Womens Under 18 Heptathlon.
 
Sam captained the Queensland Primary Schools Cricket Team to a win in the National Championships held in Darwin. Sam hit the winning runs to guide his team to a nail biting 1 wicket win against NSW.
 
Kahn travelled to Abu Dhabi to compete in the World Professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships where he came home with a silver medal after a nail biting battle in the last 10 seconds of the match.
         
   

July
Dominique du Toit
Rugby 7s
 
August
Teketel Tyson
Cross Country
 
September
Christopher Brackin
Boxing

Dominique was a member of the Australian Rugby 7’s team, which won the gold medal at the Nanjing Youth Olympics in China, Dominique scoring a hat trick of tries in the final.
 
At the Australian Cross Country Championships in Albany WA, Teketel won the individual gold medal in the 13 Years Boys, as well as a gold in the teams event. He has now become one of a very few to win this title three years in a row.
 
Christopher is the 2014 Australian Golden Gloves Champion. This is a back to back win as he also won this title in 2013.
         
   

October
Conor McLoughlin
Athletics
 
November
Rochelle Vidler
Athletics
 
December
Jade Emblem
Hockey

Conor won gold medals in the Under 16 Years Boys Hammer and Discus at the Queensland Secondary Schools Championships and then went on to win the gold medal in the Under 16 Years Boys Hammer and Discus at the National All Schools Championships held in Adelaide in December.
 
At the Queensland Secondary Schools Championships Rochelle won the gold medal in the Under 14 years discus and silver in the javelin. At the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships held in Adelaide she won the gold medal in the hammer throw breaking the Australian record by over 7.5 metres with a throw of 47.99 metres and a silver in the discus with a throw of 39.63 metres.
 
Jade was a member of the Queensland Women’s Country team which won at the Australian Country Championships held in Toowoomba. From her performance at these championships, and at only 16 years of age, Jade has been selected in the Hockey Australia Under 21 Womens Squad to compete in the Oceania Pacific Cup in Fiji in December 2014.