Junior Sports Star of the Year for 2015

         

Junior
Sports Star of the Year
2015



Conor McLoughlin

Athletics

 

Runner Up: Ellie Bowyer (Athletics)
(Sponsored by Audi Centre Toowoomba)

Junior Rookie: Demi Hayes (Rugby 7s and Touch)
(Sponsored by Toowoomba Chronicle)

Junior Chase Your Dreams: Brandon Spain (Muay Thai Kick Boxing)
(Sponsored by The Athletes Foot)

Primary School of the Year: Toowoomba Grammar - Junior
Secondary School of the Year: Harristown State High School
(Sponsored by Clive Berghofer Land Sales)

   
         

Junior Monthly Award Winners for 2015

         
   

January
Ellie Bowyer
Athletics
 
February
Brandon Spain
Muay Thai Kick Boxing
 
March
Conor McLoughlin
Athletics

Ellie won gold medals in the Under 16 Girls Hammer, Discus and Javelin and a silver in the Shotput at the Queensland Junior Athletics Championships held in Brisbane. She also competed in the Under 18 Womens Javelin event not only winning the gold medal but smashing the Australian record with a throw of 49.31m at just 14 years of age. At the Australian Junior Athletics Championships held in Sydney Ellie won gold medals in the Under 16 & Under 17 Womens Javelin, taking out the Under 16 Womens Australian record and a silver in the Under 16 Discus event.
 
So far this year Brandon has won the title of WKBF Australian 6okg Champion as well as claiming the 63kg Siam Cup Challenger Australian Championship Belt. Winning these two titles within 15 days of each other and with three fights is a great accomplishment.
 
At the Queensland Junior Athletics Championships Conor won gold medals in the Under 17 Mens Discus and Hammer. Following on this performance he competed at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships where he also won the gold medals in the Under 17 Discus & Hammer. From these performances Conor has been invited into the 2015 National Under 17 AIS Development Squad.
         
   

April
Emily Bass
Athletics and Rugby 7s
 
May
Shaleise Fisher
AFL
 
June
Dylan Stevens
Swimming

Emily won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the Oceania Athletics Championships, breaking the Under 18 record with a time of 64.68sec. She also won gold in the 4 x 100m relay and bronze in the 100m hurdles. In the sport of Rugby 7s Emily was a member of the Australian Rugby 7s Junior Team who travelled to Amsterdam, Holland where they placed 3rd in this International Competition.
 
Shaleise has been selected in the Queensland Under 18 Women’s AFL Team, as well as the Australian Women’s AFL Team for 2015.
 
At the Australian Age Swimming Championships Dylan won a bronze medal in the 15 years boys 200m Freestyle with a time of 1:55.81. From his performances during this season Dylan has bee selected in the Queensland Schools Swimming Team to compete at the 2015 Pacific School Games.
         
   

July
Cory Paix
Rugby League
 
August
Demi Hayes
Rugby 7s and Touch
 
September
Abbey Hughes
Weightlifting and Archery

Cory was a member of the Queensland Under 15 Schoolboys team which won the final against NSW at the National Rugby League Championships. From his performance at these championships, he was selected as five-eighth in the Australian Schoolboys team.
 
Demi was a member of the Australian Youth Rugby 7s team which won the gold medal at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Samoa. She was also a member of the Queensland Schoolgirls Touch team which won the gold medal at the National Youth Touch Championships held at Kawana.
 
At the Australian Weightlifting Youth Championships, Abbey came 1st in the 69kg category with lifts of 61kg in the snatch and 74kg in the clean and jerk. In the sport of archery, Abbey placed 1st in the ABA (paper targets) category and 1st in the 3D (3 dimensional targets) category at the Australian Field Archery Championships held in Wagga Wagga.
         
   

October
Mia Stower
Netball
 
November
Jacob Whale
Swimming
 
December
Emma Meyer
Athletics

Mia was Captain of the Queensland team which came 2nd at the Australian U/15 Schoolgirls Netball Championships. She has been selected in the Australian U/15 Schoolgirls team to tour New Zealand in 2016.
 
At the School Sport Australia Pacific School Games, Jacob won a Gold medal in the 16 Years Boys 200m Individual Medley, Silver in the 16 Years 100m & 200m Butterfly and Bronze in the 16 Years 50m Butterfly. He also won Gold in the 200m & 400m 16 Years Freestyle Relay, Silver in the 19 Years Boys 600m Freestyle 12 x 50m Relay and Bronze in the 16 years 400m Individual Medley Relay.
 
At the Australian Junior Athletics Championships, Emma won a Silver medal in the Girls U/18 High Jump. At the Queensland Junior Athletics Championships she won Gold in the U/18 High Jump and Bronze in the Long Jump.