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Norths Juniors Represent Australia at Children's Games in Birmingham

Published on: October 2022

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-127788

Norths Juniors Represent Australia at Children's Games in Birmingham

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—Speaker, I recognise the incredibly talented young locals who represented Australia at the fifty-fifth International Children's Games in Birmingham as part of the North Sydney Team. They competed in three-by-three basketball and are all currently playing for the Northern Suburbs Basketball Association. The International Children's Games had over fifteen hundred athletes participating from sixty cities around the world. I congratulate Erika Finney from Cammeraygal High, Georgia Ell from Loreto Kirribilli, Porsha Paredes and Cassidy Thomas from Monte Sant' Angelo. Congratulations to Kody Warrington and Ed Johnston from Scots, and Nick Riley and Oscar d'Almeida from Shore School. All players have represented NSW at junior levels but were relatively new to the three-by-three format and were excited to get into the fast‑paced game. I would also like to acknowledge their Sydney Supersonics coaches Mike Golding and Ben Killen, both highly ranked three-by-three players. They all represented themselves and our local community proudly.