Junior Sports Star of the Year for 2024


Junior Monthly Award Winners for 2024

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January Bailey Harm Swimming		February Tiffany Ham Volley Ball		March Dusty Schroder BMX Racing
At the Queensland Swimming Sprint Championships Bailey won the gold medal in the Boys15 years, 50m Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke. At the School Sport Australia National Championships Bailey won the gold medal in the Boys 16 years 100m Freestyle with a time of 52:63secs, silver in the 16 years 50m Freestyle and bronze in the 16 years 50m Backstroke and Breaststroke.		Tiffany has been selected in the Volleyball Australia Indoor Youth National Squad and will train at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra in preparation for selection in the Australian Team to compete at the U18 Women’s Asian Championships in Thailand.		In the sport of BMX Racing, Dusty is the current Girls 12 years Oceania, Australian and Queensland Champion on the 20 inch bike and cruiser bike. She is currently ranked No. 4 in the world in the Girls 12 years division on the cruiser bike and No. 6 on the 20 inch bike. From these performances Dusty has automatic qualification to represent Australia at the BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 2025.


April Porter White Track Cycling		May Stella Suey Hockey		June Simone Botha Netball
Porter came 1st in the Men’s Under 17 division at the Queensland Time Trial Championships and 1st at the Queensland Individual Time Trial Series. At the Australian Junior Track Championships Porter won the gold medal in the Men’s U17 team pursuit and bronze in the U17 scratch race.		Stella was vice-captain of the Queensland U16 Girls Maroon Hockey team which competed at the National U16 Championships. This team went through the competition undefeated and ultimately won the Championship. Stella was also selected as a member of the Queensland U18 Women’s Hockey team to compete at the National Championships, and has also been selected in the Australian Joeys Development Squad which will tour Europe in 2025.		From her performance as a member of Queensland Under 17 Girls Netball team which competed at the National Netball Championships, Simone was selected in the Australian U17 Women’s squad and the Queensland Firebirds Future Academy. Simone was also selected as a member of the Queensland U19 Schoolgirls Netball team.


July Mackenzie Grimes Swimming		August Bryce Krause Swimming		September Lucinda Barnes Cross Country
At the National Age Swimming Championships, Mackenzie won the gold medal in the Girls 15 years 50m Backstroke and silver in the 200m Backstroke. At the Australian Schools Swimming Championships, Mackenzie won the gold medal in the 100m Backstroke, silver in the 200m and bronze in the 50m Backstroke. At these championships she was also a member of the Mixed Medley Relay team and Girls Medley Relay team winning the gold medal in both of these events.		Bryce competed at the Australian Schools Swimming Championships where he won the gold medal in the Boys U14 years, 50m Backstroke with a new Australian record of 27:81secs & gold in the 100m Backstroke. At the Queensland Short Course Swimming Championships Bryce won the gold medal in the Boys 13years 50m backstroke with a time of 26:33secs., breaking the Queensland & Australian record set back in 2018. Bryce broke another record at the Queensland Swimming Championships.		Lucy won the gold medal in the Girls U12 years 3km and 5 x 1km relay at the Queensland School Sport Cross Country Championships. At the School Sport Australia Cross Country Championships Lucy won the silver in the Girls Under 13 years, 3km event and she also won the silver medal in the U13 Girls, 3km event at the Australian Cross Country Championships.


October Lilli Hamilton Cricket		November Cedar Johnson Athletics		December Scarlett Sippel Touch Football
Lilli has been selected in the Australian U19 Women’s Cricket squad to play in a One Day Tri Series between Australia, New Zealand & Sri Lanka. She has also been named in the Brisbane Heat Women’s team to play in the Cricket Australia T20 Spring Challenge.		At the Australian Junior Athletics Championships, Cedar won the bronze medal in the Boys U/15 1500m. He has followed this up with the gold medal in the 3000m, breaking the national record, and gold in the 2000m steeplechase at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.		Scarlett co-captained the Queensland 13-15 years Girls Touch Football team to a gold medal win at the Australian School Sport Touch Football Championships. From her performance at these championships, she has been named in the Australian School Sport Touch Football Merit team. Scarlett has also been selected in the Australian Emus U18 Women’s Squad.