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ELYSE VILLANI PATHWAY
1993 Backyard Cricket
1996 Plenty Cricket Club Debut
99-08 VIC U12, U15, U17, U19, 2nd XI team
07/08 VIC Women’s National Cricket League Debut
2009 T20 Debut for Australia
2014 ODI & Test Debut for Australia
15/16 WBBL Debut for Perth Scorchers
Premier Club: Midland Guildford CC (Perth)
Junior Club: Plenty CC and Brunswick Park CC (Melbourne)
The Cricket Australia Underage Female National Championships have been the largest contributor of talent to the National team since their establishment and are a fundamental part of the Australian Cricket Pathway.
There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in cricket and the opportunity to go on and play for your country is within your grasp.
Players such as Lauren Cheatle, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Ashleigh Gardner and Belinda Vakarewa were in your shoes not long ago and are now playing for Australia.
I wish you all the very best over the next 11 days and I look forward to witnessing your development the stars of the future in the seasons to come.
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Welcome to Canberra for the 2017 Under 18 National Championships. We are excited to have you visiting our beautiful city and hope you take the time to take in some of our spectacular attractions. For some inspiration – I recommend you take a look at visitcanberra.com.au.
Representing your state is one of the highest honours for any athlete, and we know you will compete to the best of your ability and take away some incredible memories from this experience. This tournament will showcase some of the best young female talent in the country, and this provides you with the perfect opportunity to test yourselves and hone your skills to ensure you become the best player you can be.
The ACT community is renowned for showing our support of elite women’s sporting events. Only last week the best female cricketers in the country were in Canberra to play the final two matches of the Women’s Ashes series against England at Manuka Oval. We are thrilled to now be hosting the next generation of female cricketers and witness the next Elyse Perry or Meg Lanning in action.
This tournament is one of many exciting fixtures on the CBR summer of cricket calendar, with Manuka Oval hosting a Sydney Thunder BBL/WBBL double header on January 24 and the Prime Ministers XI on February 2nd. If you have never witnessed a cricket match at Manuka Oval before, we encourage you to come back and take in the atmosphere at one of the best boutique venues in Australia.
On behalf of all of us at Cricket ACT, we wish all the players, coaches, volunteers and officials the best of luck for the tournament ahead.
CAMERON FRENCHCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CRICKET ACT
With only one new player coming into the ACT/NSW Country team from last year’s squad, expectations are high for this year’s Championships. The team will be led by NSW Breakers’ players Rachel Trenaman and Tahlia Wilson and includes NSW Emerging Player Squad members Matilda Lugg, Emma Hughes, Elie Dalgarno-Fixter and Claire Murray.
Look out for Claire Lennon and Katelyn Beaumont throughout the Championships as players to watch. Lennon will be a major influence with her medium pace bowling and strong lower order batting while Beaumont’s brilliant early season form with both the bat and ball has given her every opportunity to exhibit her full abilities this year.
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NSW Metro will unleash a very young team with a good mix of experience in their defence of the Betty Butcher Shield.
Fourteen-year old’s Hayley Silver-Holmes and Angie Genford, plus three other 15-year-old’s, will merge with NSW Breakers squad player and Under 18 Captain Saskia Horley in this season’s Championships. Watch talented all-rounder Isabelle Afaras look to step it up even further after a very successful tournament with the CA XI last year. A stylish top-order batter, Afaras is also an orthodox spinner and a leader on the field. Jordann Johnson is another one to look out for, the youngster possessing the ability to bowl good line and length as well as her long hitting in the lower order.
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TALENT WATCH
DOB: 2/03/2000STATE: NSW CLUB TEAM: NEWCASTLE CITY
48 | JORDANN JOHNSON ALLROUNDER RIGHT-HAND BAT / RIGHT-ARM FAST
DOB: 9/07/2001STATE: NSW CLUB TEAM: NORTHERN DISTRICT
33 | ISABELLE AFARAS ALLROUNDER RIGHT-ARM ORTHODOX SPINNER/RIGHT-HAND BAT
35 30/03/01 Right Right Orthodox Universities Women’s
43 11/08/00 Right Right Orthodox
Bankstown Sports Women’s
44 15/06/02 Right Right Fast Universities Women’s
45 23/02/00 Right Right Orthodox Gordon
46 20/10/99 Right Right Wrist Campbelltown-Camden
47 24/09/99 Right Right Fast
Bankstown Sports Women’s
48 2/03/00 Right Right Fast Newcastle City
52 30/08/00 Right Right Wrist
Bankstown Sports Women’s
59 17/09/99 Right Right Wrist Universities Women’s
60 30/10/02 Right Right Fast Bankstown
62 25/01/02 Right Right Medium Campbelltown-Camden
63 18/08/03 Right Right Fast Parramatta Women’s
ISABELLE AFARAS
MADDY DARKE
KATE BARRY
STELLA CAMPBELL
SASKIA HORLEY
YARDLEY POLSEN
PRUDENCE ROEBUCK
JORDANN JOHNSON
MADELINE PENNA
ASHLEY DAY
ANGELINA GENFORD
HANNAH DARLINGTON
HAYLEY SILVER-HOLMES
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COACH: Andy Richards ASSISTANT COACH: Mel Knack
QUEENSLAND@QLDCRICKET
NAME SKILL DOB BATTING BOWLING CURRENT CLUB
01 21/01/00 Right - Western Suburbs
02 14/02/02 Right Right Medium Redlands Tigers
03 27/04/01 Left Right Fast Murgon
04 27/04/01 Right Right Medium Western Suburbs
05 22/01/01 Right Left Medium Murgon
06 2/01/01 Right Right Orthodox Sandgate Gators
07 15/06/00 Right Right Fast Western Suburbs
08 19/07/00 Right Right Wrist Western Suburbs
09 07/01/01 Right Right Wrist Valley
10 28/02/03 Right Right Orthodox Ipswich/Logan
11 25/06/00 Right Right Orthodox Western Suburbs
12 14/05/01 Right Right Medium Norths (TVL)
13 5/08/03 Right Right Orthodox Ipswich/Logan
JOSEPHINE DOOLEY
KATE MCDONALD
COURTNEY SIPPEL
ANNIE WIKMAN
RENEE IRVINE
LILLY MILLS
MAGGIE MURPHY
LILY AWYZIO
NEVE LYNCH
RUTH JOHNSTON
ASHLEIGH SIMS
STACY ROCKLIFF
GEORGIA VOLL
BATTING WICKETKEEPER BOWLING TALENT WATCH
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TALENT WATCH
BOWLING AVERAGE 19.25BEST
BOWLING 4/5DOB: 27/04/2001STATE: QLD CLUB TEAM: MURGON
03 | COURTNEY SIPPEL ALLROUNDER RIGHT ARM FAST BOWLER/ RIGHT HAND BAT
BATTING AVERAGE 17.21 BATTING
AVERAGE 20.11DOB: 21/01/2000STATE: QLD CLUB TEAM: WESTERN SUBURBS
01 | JOSEPHINE DOOLEY (C) BATTER RIGHT-HAND BAT
HIGH SCORE 129 HIGH
SCORE 54
Queensland Fire player Josey Dooley will lead the
squad for the course of this carnival. Dooley, as wicketkeeper and a solid top-order bat, will be
supported by Courtney Sippel and Renee Irvine, who return with an extra
year of experience under their belts.
Sippel has developed into a strong new-ball bowler and a top order bat, while Irvine is also a front-line bowler and
middle-order hitter. Irvine brings a wealth of experience to the side having made her domestic debut for Queensland last summer before capping off a memorable season when she made her debut
for the Brisbane Heat in the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League, all at just 15 years of age. Queensland look to have a nice mix of experience and
youth, with two Under 15 players also named in their side.
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Born in Shepparton in Victoria’s north, Mooney moved to Hervey Bay as a 10-year-old and it wasn’t long before her budding cricket career took off.
Like so many it was an invitation to fill-in for her brother’s cricket team in Victoria that turned into Mooney making regular appearances for Kialla Lakes Cricket Club.
After sitting the first year out in Hervey Bay, Mooney joined her local Hervey Bay team and not long after found herself selected in her first Under 12 Queensland Schoolgirls team.
She naturally progressed through the Under 15, 17 and 18 Queensland state teams, often competing above her years, before remarkably making her domestic debut for the Queensland Fire in the Women’s National Cricket League as a 15-year-old in 2010.
Now a core member of the Australian Women’s Cricket Team, Mooney looks back on the path she has taken and how far it has taken her…
Tell us about some of the memories you have from the National Championships?
I just remember being excited about going away each year because I had made some good friends from the others teams, including Megan Schutt and Molly Strano. My Queensland team was great and I made some really good friends there, but I had also made some strong friendships with players from other teams as well. It’s pretty cool that now we are teammates in the Australian team; Megan and I often talk about how we swapped shirts at one of the carnivals and now we’re good mates and play on the same team representing Australia.
PROUD QUEENSLANDER AND FORMER HERVEY BAY RESIDENT BETH MOONEY KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE.
How much do you think participating in the National Championships helped your development?
It wasn’t an elite environment but it was a step up from the men’s cricket I was playing in Hervey Bay. I could see the road I wanted to take and each year I would set my sights on making a certain team which was going to help me move up to the next team, and so on.
Cricket Australia then started selecting squads for an under 18 talent camp and I wanted to get myself into the Australia setup. I guess I was fortunate enough to play in the Under 15 and Under 17 Championships a couple of times so I was always playing a few age groups above what my actual age was and that presented a good challenge. I just thrived in that environment where I was around people a bit older and stronger than me and I wanted to be the best there.
What opportunities were you presented with that you may not have had if you continued with club cricket in Hervey Bay?
I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to train at the Bupa National Cricket Centre in Brisbane and be exposed to world class facilities and coaches, and wouldn’t have been around people my own age trying to do the same thing as me and achieve the same goals.
I think that was important for me as I always had people a couple of years older than me who were already established in the Queensland Fire squad and that’s what I wanted to do. If I stayed in Hervey Bay and just played men’s cricket, whilst it was good to hone my skills, there weren’t as many people trying to achieve the same goals as me.
What was it like playing in your first representative all girls team?
It was just nice to be the same as everyone else and I made some really good friends in my regional team as well as the Queensland team. It was nice to play with people my own age and not get looked at twice because I was different to everyone else, we were all the same and everyone was just excited to be there and have a great time.
It wasn’t a daunting experience, just a bunch of friends having a good time, enjoying each other’s company and doing something that we loved doing.
If you had one piece of advice for those girls involved in this year’s Championships, what would it be?
Embrace the challenge and the nature of what the tournament is about – and ask lots of questions. One thing I didn’t do at that age was ask questions of people who came in, whether it was Australian players or state players, to engage in conversations and try to further develop my game. Embrace the conversations you have and really get to know your teammates and players in other teams. Who knows, in five years’ time you might be playing together for Australia!
MOONEYQ&A
TALENT WATCH
BATTING AVERAGE 20.35HIGH
SCORE 110
DOB: 6/09/2000 STATE: SA CLUB TEAM: STURT
DOB: 8/08/2001 STATE: SA CLUB TEAM: KENSINGTON
03 | EMMA DE BROUGHE ALLROUNDER RIGHT-HAND BAT / RIGHT-ARM MEDIUM BOWLER
12 | RACHEL CHURCH (C) WICKETKEEPER RIGHT-HAND BAT
HIGH SCORE
BOWLING AVERAGE 16.45BATTING AVERAGE 20.58 68
BEST BOWLING 5/6
South Australia will be pushing to improve their eighth-place finish last year, and with a good mix of new and more experienced players they are well positioned to do so.
Experienced players Rachel Church and Emma de Broughe are just two of the names to watch out for these Championships. Church’s experience and leadership will be a huge asset for South Australia. A dynamic wicketkeeper with exceptional glove work, Church is also an accomplished top order batter who will be looking to guide South Australia to some big scores. Meanwhile de Broughe is a natural athlete who also excels at hockey. An attacking top-order batter and right arm swing bowler, she is an exciting young talent and will play an important role for her side.
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09 31/12/01 Right Right Orthodox Northern Districts
10 15/11/99 Right Right Orthodox Kensington
11 15/03/01 Right Right Fast Northern Districts
12 8/08/01 Right Right Medium Kensington
13 20/09/01 Right Right Fast Kensington
STEPHANIE BEAZLEIGH
SARAH FERRIS
EMMA DE BROUGHE
GEORGIA IANNELLA
LAURA NIEJALKE
KATIE ROWE
SHARNI TANSELL
CAITLIN EDMUNDS
TAYLAH GREGORY
SHAE DALY
SOPHIE ROBERTS
RACHEL CHURCH
BELLA SMITH
COACH: James Treagus ASSISTANT COACH: Neisha Iles
BATTING WICKETKEEPER BOWLING TALENT WATCH
SOUTH AUSTRALIA@SACANEWS
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TASMANIA@CTPATHWAYS
COACH: David Drew ASSISTANT COACH: Matt Geeves
BATTING WICKETKEEPER BOWLING TALENT WATCH
NAME SKILL DOB BATTING BOWLING CURRENT CLUB
01 29/10/00 Right Right Medium South Launceston
02 12/07/02 Right Right Medium
South Hobart Sandy Bay
03 3/07/02 Right Right Wrist New Town
04 12/08/00 Right Right Medium Riverside
05 30/11/99 Right Right Medium South Launceston
06 23/09/01 Right Right Medium University of Tasmania
08 3/03/01 Right Right Medium Riverside
09 13/09/00 Right Left Medium Kingborough
10 30/11/01 Right Right Medium North Hobart
11 13/11/00 Right Right Medium New Town
12 17/08/00 Right Right Medium South Launceston
13 7/11/01 Right Right Medium South Launceston
18 21/06/02 Right Right Medium South Launceston
MEG RADFORD
SARAH BRECKWEG
HANNAH WILSON
EMMA MANIX-GEEVES
COURTNEY WEBB
CLARE SCOTT
SOPHIE PARKIN
BONNIE DAVIES
SAM ROBERTS
EMILY PHILPOTT
ESTHER MAGOR
STACEY NORTON-SMITH
AMY DUGGAN
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TALENT WATCH
HIGH SCORE 91 BATTING
AVERAGE 32.12
HIGH SCORE 119 BATTING
AVERAGE 26.87
DOB: 30/11/1999STATE: TAS CLUB TEAM: SOUTH LAUNCESTON
05 | COURTNEY WEBB (C) ALLROUNDER RIGHT-HAND BAT / RIGHT-ARM MEDIUM BOWLER
BEST BOWLING 5/19 BOWLING
AVERAGE 20.32DOB: 12/08/2000STATE: TAS CLUB TEAM: RIVERSIDE
04 | EMMA MANIX-GEEVES (C) BATTER RIGHT-HAND BAT
The Tasmanian team is a young and enthusiastic group
that is eager to perform on the national stage. The team is solid in
the field and will create pressure with their skills. This will back up some tight
bowling and solid efforts with the bat. They are all looking forward to the challenges
that lay ahead, led by players including Emma Manix-Geeves and Courtney Webb.
Emma Manix-Geeves and Courtney Webb are two players to watch. Manix-Geeves is a wicketkeeper and middle to higher
order batter and Webb is an all-rounder and excellent fielder. Both players participated in the Youth Talent camp and have brought back some very helpful hints for the rest of the group. They are both keen
to build on last years’ very pleasing performances.
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Victoria come to the Championships well prepared after an excellent winter academy program and will field an experienced line up with 10 players returning this season after playing with either Victoria or the CA XI in Hobart at last year’s Championships.
With a strong squad featuring senior Victorian listed players Annabel Sutherland and Nicole Faltum, the Victorians will be looking to repeat their championship win in Canberra from two years ago after finishing fourth last summer. Players to watch for Victoria at this years’ Championships are Annabel Sutherland and Nicole Faltum. Last season, Sutherland became the youngest player in the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League when she made her debut against the Sydney Thunder. Nicole is fresh from making her domestic debut for Victoria debut earlier this year, the wicketkeeper batter will be looking forward to strong Championships before joining the Melbourne Stars for WBBL|03.
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TALENT WATCH
DOB: 17/06/2000STATE: VIC CLUB TEAM: DANDENONG
04 | NICOLE FALTUM (C) WICKETKEEPER / BATTERRIGHT-ARM BAT
DOB: 12/10/2001STATE: VIC CLUB TEAM: PRAHRAN
03 | ANNABEL SUTHERLANDALLROUNDER LEFT-HAND BAT / RIGHT-ARM FAST BOWLER
COACH: Duncan Harrison ASSISTANT COACH: Nicole Martin
BATTING WICKETKEEPER BOWLING TALENT WATCH
TEAGAN BRETT
ANNABEL SUTHERLAND
NICOLE FALTUM
BELLA GIETZMANN
ERIKA QUINN
SOPHIE VAN DE HEUVEL
ZOE GRIFFITHS
JORDAN WATSON
TIANA ATKINSON
ALYSSA HUMPHRIES
OLIVIA DOWNES
MADDISON BAIRD
ISABELLA WEBER
Victoria come to the Championships well prepared after an excellent winter academy program and will field an experienced line up with 10 players returning this season after playing with either Victoria or the CA XI in Hobart at last year’s Championships.
With a strong squad featuring senior Victorian listed players Annabel Sutherland and Nicole Faltum, the Victorians will be looking to repeat their championship win in Canberra from two years ago after finishing fourth last summer. Players to watch for Victoria at this years’ Championships are Annabel Sutherland and Nicole Faltum. Last season, Sutherland became the youngest player in the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League when she made her debut against the Sydney Thunder. Nicole is fresh from making her domestic debut for Victoria debut earlier this year, the wicketkeeper batter will be looking forward to strong Championships before joining the Melbourne Stars for WBBL|03.
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA@WACA_CRICKET
Western Australia’s squad this year contains nine girls
who competed in last season’s Championships. WA will be
looking to compete well in this year’s Championships with a view
to pushing up the rankings.
The squad contains two Western Fury contracted players in Sheldyn Cooper and Rebecca West, as well
as three other girls who have been working in the WACA Female Academy. Rebecca West and Sheldyn Cooper are
two players to keep an eye out for. West is an attacking top order batter, capable of clearing the boundary and had a solid
tournament last season which culminated in a Scorchers Rookie opportunity. She is also a developing off spin bowler, capable of big
spin. Cooper is a right arm new ball or first change bowler who attacks the stumps and swings the ball. She is an agile and effective outfielder and solid middle order batter capable of contributing important runs.
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Western Australia’s squad this year contains nine girls
who competed in last season’s Championships. WA will be
looking to compete well in this year’s Championships with a view
to pushing up the rankings.
The squad contains two Western Fury contracted players in Sheldyn Cooper and Rebecca West, as well
as three other girls who have been working in the WACA Female Academy. Rebecca West and Sheldyn Cooper are
two players to keep an eye out for. West is an attacking top order batter, capable of clearing the boundary and had a solid
tournament last season which culminated in a Scorchers Rookie opportunity. She is also a developing off spin bowler, capable of big
spin. Cooper is a right arm new ball or first change bowler who attacks the stumps and swings the ball. She is an agile and effective outfielder and solid middle order batter capable of contributing important runs.
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TALENT WATCH
HIGH SCORE 76 HIGH
SCORE 56 BATTING AVERAGE 17.33
DOB: 2/05/2000STATE: WA CLUB TEAM: MELVILLE
27 | REBECCA WEST BATTER RIGHT-HAND BAT
BEST BOWLING 6/18 BOWLING
AVERAGE 14.76DOB: 29/07/2000STATE: WA CLUB TEAM: MIDLAND-GUILDFORD
28 | SHELDYN COOPER ALLROUNDER RIGHT-ARM MEDIUM BOWLER / RIGHT-HAND BAT
BATTING AVERAGE 25.62
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Cricket Australia Development Umpire Panel member Claire Polosak will return to the Championships that kick started her national umpiring pathway. Mentoring the group, Polosak will bring a wealth of knowledge to help develop aspiring female umpires across Australian cricket.
Appointed to the Cricket Australia Development Umpire Panel in the 2015/16 season and current member of the ICC Development Panel of Umpires, Polosak has been a ground-breaker throughout her career.
In October 2017, she became the first female to stand in a men’s List-A match as part of the JLT One-Day Cup competition. More recently she was appointed to the One-Day International component of the Commonwealth Bank Women’s Ashes Series. Earlier this year Polosak was appointed to the ICC Women’s World Cup in England throughout June and July, where she stood in four matches and was Reserve Umpire for a further three fixtures.
Last season was busy for Polosak, including appointment to the Women’s Championship fixtures between Australia and South Africa in Canberra and Sydney throughout November. Soon after she was appointed to the WNCL Final in Brisbane between Queensland and New South Wales in December before turning her attention to the WBBL|02. In January Polosak was appointed as TV Umpire in the BBL fixture between Hobart and Adelaide – the first female to officiate at this level.
Polosak travelled to Sri Lanka in February to officiate in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers, with her strong performances culminating in an appointment to the Final between India and South Africa. Returning to Australian shores, Polosak finished her long season in Hobart where she was appointed to the Australia versus Sri Lanka Under 19 men’s series throughout April.
Polosak was first appointed to these Championships in Ballarat in January 2014, and most recently stood in the final last season.
CLAIRE POLOSAKFROM CA UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIPS TO ICC WOMEN’S WORLD CUP