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Debbie and
Robert Lubke of Wizz Realty were keen to support junior
sport in Bundaberg and the idea of the “Wizz Kids” evolved. Each
week a “Wizz Kid” will be featured on the site with one of the
youngsters each month receiving a $50.00 open order at
Sportspower.
This time next year the “Wizz Kid of the Year” will receive a
$500.00 open order at Sportspower. The “Wizz Kid of the Year"
will be one of the approximately 52 juniors featured as a “Wizz
Kid”.
Running the “Wizz Kid” of the Year over a twelve month period
will ensure that participants from all sports will be
considered.
I thank Debbie and Robert for their involvement.
Bob Brisbane
Ameliaranne Wells
For a youngster Ameliaranne Wells has
achieved a lot in her chosen sport of Netball. The ATW div 1
player has been a shadow player for the Australian under 15’s,
represented Queensland under 17’s for the past two years as well
as Queensland under 19 Schoolgirls, also for the last two years.
She has also played for the Wide Bay Eels in the Ergon Energy
Cup. Ameliaranne was a member of the Queensland Academy of Sport
squad in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
A talented athlete Ameliaranne the St. Luke sports captain has
also represented at Athletics with high jump and discus her
favoured events.
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Nathan McGill
Nathan McGill has been playing hockey with All-Blacks since he
was six years old and has certainly taken to the game. He first
represented Queensland at Primary School level in Year 7 and has
donned the Queensland strip in u/13 and most recently u/15s in
Perth this year where he was chosen as a shadow player for the
Queensland u/18 Mens team.
Nathan attributes his success to lots of hard work and training,
good coaching and great team mates. Typical of his attitude to
his sport, Nathan helps with the coaching of the u/11 boys team
and hopes he can share his love and knowledge of the game with
the young ones coming through.
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Ryley Parter
Eleven year old Woongarra State School student Ryley Parter has
recently returned from Cairns, where he was the only Bundaberg
player selected in the Wide Bay contesting the State
Championships. An opening bowler Ryley was the Wide Bay vice
captain.
Ryley has been invited to an emerging players clinic in Hervey
Bay for indigenous kids which he hopes will develop his game.
The Andrew Symonds. fan enjoys all aspects of the game and loves
to get out there and play with his team-mates.
Apart from cricket, Ryley has represented both Bundaberg and
Wide Bay Schoolboys in Touch Football and Rugby League. He
follows the NQ Cowboys and is a big fan of Mat Bowen.
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Zac Keune
Fifteen years old Bundaberg Christian College student Zac Keune
enjoys Cricket, Volleyball and Athletics and recently
represented Queensland in the 15 Years Schoolboys Cricket Team.
Zac is captain of the Wide Bay U/16 Club Cricket Team as well as
a member of the U/17 Team. The Ricky Ponting fan has
played with ATW since 1998 and has been named Across the Waves
Junior Sportsman of the Year, Across the Waves Junior Cricketer
of the Year as well as receiving the Bundaberg Junior Cricketer
of the Year Award.
Zac has represented Bundaberg in Athletics winning the 100
metres and High Jump at the Bundaberg Trials and is the 2006,
2007 Junior Secondary Sportsman of the Year at Bundaberg
Christian College where he was named the 2007 Pierre de
Coubertin awardee.
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Billy Moorehead
Sixteen year old Shalom student Billy Moorehead is a true all
round sportsman having performed at a high level in a number os
sports including AFL, Table Tennis and Touch. The Brothers
Bulldogs youngster was a consistent performer for the Queensland
Scorpions as they won all three matches at the AFL U/16 National
Championships to take out the Division 2 Title in 2007.
Billy who has represented Bundaberg in Touch Football will
represent Queensland at the Australian National Junior Table
Tennis Championships being held at Gawler in South Australia
from the 30th September.
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Sarah Pohlmann
Sarah Pohlmann, Li’l Bear to her team mates
is reaching for the stars and hopes one day to represent
Australia in her chosen sport. Twelve year old Sarah, a year 7
student at Walkervale State School, has played in goal for All
Blacks Hockey Club for the past three years, following her
brother Mitchell in to the sport.
She has been selected to represent Queensland at the 2007 School
Sport Australian 12 years and under Hockey Exchange in Adelaide
in August and has attended clinics conducted by Kim Ireland
(past Ladies Australian Goalkeeper) and Steven Lambert (current
Men’s Australian Goalkeeper).
Apart from Hockey, Sarah loves reading, animals and listening to
music and also plays softball for the Western Suburbs Softball
Club.
Sarah is the inaugural "Wizz Kid".
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Matt Craven
Fourteen year old Matt Craven has been
playing Golf for just over 12 months and now has an AGU Golf
Handicap of 19. A year 10 student at Shalom College, Matt was
team captain of the Shalom Under 15 Golf Team which won the
Under 15 Golf title in BDSSS Summer Finals.
A keen all round sportsman Matt also plays rugby league
(Brothers since 1998) and touch football, representing Wide Bay
under 15 Schoolboys in touch football in 2006 and 2007. Matt was
quick to name Darren Lockyer as his favourite sportsperson, with
Tiger Woods his favourite golfer.
Matt Craven is the second of the "Wizz Kids"
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Sally Thurston
Thirteen year old Sally Thurston is the third
"Wizz Kid".
It
has been a big year for Sally having been selected as keeper for
the Queensland u15 girls football team as well as the Qld U19
Open school girls football team which competed in Darwin
recently. At this carnival she was selected as as a shadow
player for the Australian U19 school girls team. Locally Sally
plays for ATW U15 Hammers (in the mixed or Boys comp) and they
are undefeated so far this season and are red hot favourites for
the Premiership.
Not only is Sally an outstanding goalkeeper she has represented
Wide Bay school girls in cricket for the past two years.
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Martin Bannister
Martin Bannister excels in a number of sports though he has a
leaning towards Cycling. Cycling competitively for 2 years he
has competed at both State Road and Track Titles. He has been
consistently placed in the top 5 in under 17 state wide races
with most finishes being in the top 2 or 3.
Martin will compete at the State Cross Country Championships
this year and has broken regional records in Javelin. He
also excels at triathlon and won gold at the national teams in
2007 and won silver at the state triathlon in 2007.
Martin joins younger sister Kristina as a Wizz Kid.
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Charlotte Kelly
Fifteen year old St. Lukes student Charlotte Kelly is a member
of the Queensland Hockey Development Squad and has represented
Wide Bay and Queensland schoolgirls. Charlotte plays Futsal in
the summer and also plays Softball at school.
She has many interests away from her chosen sport and is fully
committed to attaining thr Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze
Level) in the near future. Charlotte also plays Clarinet and
named swimmer Libby Trickett as her favourite sportsperson
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Cody Miller.
It has been a busy Athletics season for 11 year old Cody Miller.
He was named the Bob Jane T Mart Junior track champion and age
champion for the Bundaberg West Athletics Club. Cody won a
bronze medal for the 400 m at the State Little Athletics titles
in Brisbane last month.
With the athletics season over Cody will concentrate on Hockey
with Cities. The Bundaberg East Primary School school captain,
who has represented at Hockey is a Parramatta Eels fan and named
Asafa Powell (running) and Jamie Dwyer (hockey) as his sporting
heroes
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Rebecca Hollindale
Fourteen year old Shalom student Rebecca Hollindale has just
been selected for the Queensland Cricket Association under 15
girls cricket team for the second year running.
As an opening batsman for Queensland, she helped steer her side
to victory in the national championships played in Newcastle
last year. She is about to travel to Adelaide for this year's
championships in mid-December. The technically correct batsman
hopes to continue to represent her State in the future and
possibly one day play for the Queensland women's "Fire" team.
She has played with the ATW club for the last 3 years and has
been nominated for the ATW Junior Sportsperson award for the
last two seasons.
During winter she plays football for ATW in the under 14's and
under 17"s. She successfully captained the under 14 side to
their second straight premiership this year and has also
represented the under 19 Wide Bay schoolgirls for the past two
years.
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Kristina Bannister
Twelve year old Kristina Bannister plays a number of sports
including Athletics and Hockey, and went to the Under 15 State
Hockey Championships this year. The Elliott Heads Primary School
student however has excelled at Cycling, having an outstanding
2007 season. The Coral Isle Cyclist Club junior won six medals
(two gold, two silver, two bronze) at the Queensland
Championships this year.
Kristina won Gold in both the Road Race and the Criterium as
well as silver in the Individual Time Trial at the Queensland
State Road Championships in Rockhampton in June. Earlier in the
year she scored Silver in the 2,000m Scratch Race along with
Bronze in both the Flying 200 and 500m Individual Time Trial at
Queensland State Track Championships in Brisbane.
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Tyrell Priestley
Twelve year old North Bundaberg Primary School student Tyrell
Priestley will head to the national capital Canberra in November
as a member of the Queensland Primary School Softball team. The
Bundaberg pitcher along with Carlin Anderson from Gympie were
the two Wide Bay players named in the Queensland side after the
recent State Titles in Mount Isa.
Tyrell a Cowboys supporter and Jonathon Thurston fan plays
League for Brothers in the local competition and has represented
Bundaberg.
Tyrell is a worthy addition to the “Wizz Kids”
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Rhiannon Turner
Rhiannon and Fantasy
Rhiannon Turner competes on her horse GS Fantasy, who was bred
and trained by the family. Fantasy’s mother was the horse
Rhiannon’s mother, Jacqui took to Pony Club.
Rhiannon has excelled in Equestrian competition in Queensland
this year, working extremely hard to keep her horse and herself
in peak condition. and along with her family have travelled many
kilometres for her to obtain this success. Rhiannon and Fantasy
have attended many training schools, as well as doing many hours
of ‘homework’.
Rhiannon’s achievements in 2007 include:
Overall winner QLD State Show Jumping Championships 12 & under
age group. Selected as a member of the QLD Show Jumping Team.
Overall winner QLD State One Day Event Championships 12 & under
age group. Selected as a member of the QLD One Day Event Team.
Overall winner Musgrave Pony Club’s Official Showjumping Day
February 2007. Winner Robin Burns Memorial Show Jump Bundaberg
Show 2007 Winner Calliope One Day Event 12 & under group Gympie
Teams Challenge – highest individual point scorer 12 & under
Musgrave
Pony Club
Alanna Gear
Alanna Gear will represent the Wide Bay Primary Schools at the
softball state titles being held in Toowoomba in early October.
It will be the second time that the ten year old West Primary
School student has represented Wide Bay in the sport.
A keen athlete, Alanna has also represented Bundaberg in discus.
She also shares the family love of greyhounds with Betty aka
Angelistic her favourite and helps dad David with the dogs.
Allana was disappointed with the demise of the Broncos this year
and named Darren Lockyer as her favourite player.
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Felise Kaufusi
Felise Kafusi has had a stellar year on and
off the football field. He was selected in the Wide Bay U/15
Schoolboys team to compete at the State Titles. After 2 strong
games and his name in the forefront of the selectors minds,
injury cut short his championship and with it a state jumper.
He was also a shinning light in Shalom College’s Confraternity
Carnival success in Ipswich recently. Felise was also a member
of Shalom’s U/15 Championship team and also a member of their
Open team.
His efforts did not go unnoticed with a couple of NRL clubs
wanting to secure his signature. But it was the NRL’s top team,
Melbourne Storm that secured his services recently and the club
is excited about the prospects of Felise following in the
footsteps of his older brother, Antonio.
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