Gold for Victoria at Aus Youth Champs
Published Mon 23 Sep 2024
Volleyball Victoria’s Youth State Team program has now concluded in Bendigo, Victoria at the 2024 Mahindra Australian Youth Championships with an impressive 7 teams returning home last night with medals.
After finishing with 10 points in the President’s Cup rankings at 2023’s tournament and an honourable third place, Victoria lifted to second place with an almighty 16 points, the most points Victoria has ever received. Queensland were once again awarded the President’s Cup with 25 points.
Volleyball Victoria would like to thank all athletes involved, all coaches both within the State Team program and those who have supported athletes in their own club or school system, to all referees who continue to be the unsung heroes of the tournament, to all families and supporters of the Victorian State Team program, and to all volunteers and organisations that go above and beyond to support this program, thank you.
Congratulations to Volleyball Australia on yet another successful and impressive Youth Championships and congratulations to all competing States and Territories who attended, marking the first time since 1997 that all eight States and Territories held representative teams in the championship.
Gold Medalists
U14 Girls Blue - Finals MVP – Ellie Mellings
U14 Boys Blue – Finals MVP – Ethan Hosking-Mani
U16 Girls Blue – Finals MVP – Denise Chan
U17 Girls Blue – Finals MVP – Zipporah Ioane
Silver Medalists
U16 Boys Blue
Bronze Medalists
U15 Boys Blue
U18 Boys Blue
Final Placings
U14 Girls White – 7th place
U14 Boys White – 6th place
U15 Girls Blue – 4th place
U15 Girls White – 5th place
U15 Boys White – 8th place
U16 Girls White – 7th place
U16 Boys White – 6th place
U17 Boys Blue – 7th place
U18 Girls Blue – 5th place
Volleyball Victoria would also like to congratulate Philippa Hannagan who was awarded the Victorian Coach of the Year award and also to Isadora Van Unen-Smith who was awarded the Junior Referee of the Tournament Award.
Thank you to Bendigo Volleyball Association for playing hosts of the championships for the past 3 years. We look forward to the announcement of the next State to host the championships in the coming weeks.
