By Dongyun Kwon
Healesville Soccer Club’s junior members touched down on the Sunshine Coast to compete in the Christian Football Federation Association (CFFA) Nationals Tournament.
Club president Suzanne Tyzack said she was very excited to have juniors participating in the tournament this year.
“We had senior representatives in the women’s team and men’s team last year and both of the teams won the competition,” she said.
“But this is the first time in many years Healesville has junior representatives.”
Four of Healesville’s juniors were selected as representatives through a competitive trial process.
“They did three to four trials for each team,” Tyzack said.
“Interested people would go along and trial and there was a group of five to six people who were part of the selection process for each team.”
The club ended up having Will Watson selected for the Under 15 Boys team and Ava Holman, Melita Campbell and Ruby Mann in the Under 17 Girls team.
The four players put their dedication and commitment into being able to compete in the Nationals.
“The players have added additional training sessions to their schedules each week attending a session at either Croydon or Berwick with their Nationals team,” Tyzack said.
Ava and Will have both shown their incredible talent throughout the season winning the Best and Fairest out of the U14 division for the whole VCFA league.
Tyzack added the club was also proud to have two representatives in coaching and managing.
“Maddie Campbell and Leesa Riley were part of the coaching and managing team for the Under 17 Girls team,” she said.
“We acknowledge the commitment of both to further the talent and experience of the players by assisting them to play Nationals.”
The CFFA Nationals tournament kicked off on 29 September and finished on 2 October.
As of 12pm on 2 October, the U15 Boys had secured one win, one draw and two losses while the U17 Girls had played one draw and two losses.
Will Watson scored a goal in the first game.
