NSW v QLD as young stars shine for their states

By Krista Schade

Archie kicks off in NSW team

Hay Lions star Archie Houston (above, pictured with dad Rowan) has taken his place in the Under 15s AFL team, to compete at the School Sport Australia Games 2024.

Houston is part of the New South Wales team, competing on the Gold Coast all week.

The School Sport Australia Games will see over 2,000 student-athletes from eight jurisdictions plus Cook Islands and Fiji compete in an 11-day long multi-sport competition.

Students will compete in AFL, basketball, hockey, netball, softball and Swimming.

Full NSW AFL results next week.

Corinne captains QLD team to victory

Corinne Stallan, (above) daughter of former Hayite Katerina Lewis, has been named player of the series, in the recent women’s under-25 lawn bowls contest against New South Wales.

18-year-old Stallan – who has quickly risen in the sport – captained the Queensland team, who posted a 2 to 1 test series win, at the championships played in Sydney.

The Queensland team won the first two games 45-42 and 41-27 to clinch the series. New South Wales claimed the final game 50-38.

Stallan has played the sport for five or six years and has travelled extensively to vye for selections, which certainly paid off for her. She lives in Cooktown, but self-funded the trip to the Gold Coast, where she was selected for the Queensland team.

“I just went along one day playing social bowls and decided I liked it, and a coach took me under his wing and it went from there,” she told her local newspaper.

“I like the teamwork and playing in a team with my mates.”