Castlemaine District Netball Association (CDNA) is thrilled to announce that three local netballers have been selected to represent the North Central region at the upcoming Netball Victoria State Championships at the State Netball Centre in Melbourne in October.
Eliza Oxley and Megan Wilson have been selected in the 17 and Under squad and up and coming young talent Eden Clifford has been selected in the 15 and Under squad. Local coach Vanessa Saunders has also been selected as Assistant Coach of the North Central 15 and Under side.
The trio told the Mail they were thrilled to make the cut for the state event.
Eliza and Megan said this is the second time they have made the squad but unfortunately covid put paid to the 2021 event and they were never able to represent the region. This is the first time Eden has been selected for states.
The netballers have undertaken a gruelling regime of trials to reach this point and will have plenty more training sessions with their new look teams across Central Victoria in the lead up to the October 1-2 competition.
Former CDNA Junior Development Squad member Eliza Oxley is currently enjoying her second year with the Sandhurst 17 and Under side and is a strong Goal Shooter and Goal Attack. She expects to predominately fill a Goal Shooter role for her North Central squad.
Megan Wilson is enjoying her first season with the Castlemaine Magpie 17 and Under side and impressing selectors as a Goal Defence and Goal Keeper.
Eden Clifford was a late comer to the sport first picking up a netball at 11, but has come along in leaps and bounds over the last few years. She has been an integral member of the CDNA Junior Development Squads and is currently enjoying her first season with South Bendigo 17 and Under where she is also coached by Vanessa Saunders.
“Vanessa has coached me at Development Squad level, the Bloods and now North Central. It’s been great to have her as a mentor on my netball journey,” Eden said.
Eden has been playing in the roles of Goal Defence, Goal Keeper and Centre and is sure to be an asset to her North Central side when they line up against netballers from 18 other country and metro regions at the state event.
Best of luck to our local netballers and their North Central squads at the state event!