Junior Sports Star of the Year for 2022
Sienna Deurloo
Winner 2022
Sienna Deurloo
Swimming
Runner Up: Geordie Cowdroy (Athletics)
(Sponsored by Toowoomba Land Rover)
Junior Rising Star: Chloe Denning (Triathlon)
(Sponsored by Holmes Smash Repairs)
Junior Chase Your Dreams: Lucy Dyson (Athletics)
(Sponsored by The Athletes Foot)
Junior Para Athlete of the Year: Taylah Chapman (Athletics)
(Sponsored by Heron Eyecare)
Primary School of the Year: The Glennie School
Secondary School of the Year: Downlands College
(Sponsored by Clive Berghofer Land Sales)
Runner-Up 2022
Geordie Cowdroy
Athletics
Junior Monthly Award Winners for 2022
January
Sienna Deurloo
Swimming
At the Australian Open Water Swimming Championships held at Brighton Beach, Adelaide Sienna won the gold medal in the Girls 17 years 5km event and from this performance has been selected in the Swimming Queensland Silver Squad for the 2021/2022 season. She has also qualified for 11 events for the Australian Age Swimming Championships from the 50m freestyle to the 1500m freestyle, including backstroke and individual medley. Sienna has also qualified for the Commonwealth Games Trials in the 400m and 800m freestyle events.
February
William Ready
Hockey
William has been selected in the Queensland Under 18 Men’s Hockey Team to compete at the Australian Under 18 Men’s Hockey Championships in Cairns in April. He has also been selected in the 2022 Australian Men’s Indoor Hockey National Emerging Squad.
March
Xanthee Watts
Athletics
At the Australian Track & Field Championships held in Sydney where she qualified for the 100m, 400m, discus, shotput, javelin and triple jump, Xanthee won the gold medal in the Under 14 400m with a time of 58.84 secs and in doing so became the national champion. At the Queensland Athletics Championships Xanthee won the silver medal in the Under 14 shotput and triple jump.
April
Porter White
Track Cycling
At the Junior National Track Cycling Championships held at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane, Porter won the gold medal in the Under 15 boys Individual Pursuit and the silver medal in the Under 15 Boys Points Race.
May
Jessica Rowe
Athletics
Jessica competed at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney, where she won the gold medal in the Women’s Under 18 hammer throw. This result qualified her to compete in the Australian team at the Oceania Championships later this year.
June
Tom Campbell
Hockey
Tom was selected and competed in the Queensland Under 18 Men’s Hockey team at the Australian Championships. From his performance at these championships, he has been selected in the Australian Futures Under 18 Men’s Hockey Squad 2022.
July
Blaise Prendergast
Touch
Blaise was selected in the Under 18 Queensland Schoolboys Touch Team to compete at the National Youth Championships in September. He was also selected in the Open Men’s South West Queensland Team to compete at the National Touch League and the Under 20 Men’s State of Origin Team. From his performances at these championships, he has also been selected in the Under 18 Australian Youth Touch Squad.
August
Matt Hawthorne
Hockey
Matt was a member of the Queensland Under 16 Boys Hockey Team which finished with the silver medal at the National Under 16 Championships. He was awarded Player of the Tournament, Queensland players’ player and also selected in the Australian Under 16 Hockey team.
September
Chloe Denning
Triathlon
At the Queensland Schools Triathlon Championships held in Hervey Bay Chloe won the silver medal in the Girls 16 years. She has followed this up with a silver medal at the Australian Schools Triathlon Championships held again in Hervey Bay in September.
October
Geordie Cowdroy
Athletics
At the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships, Geordie won the gold medal in the Under 15 boys high jump, clearing an impressive height of 2.01m. Geordie also competed for Queensland in the Heptathlon event. Georgie has consistently broken Queensland meet records in the events of high jump, discus and 100m hurdles throughout the 2022 season.
November
Lucy Dyson
Athletics & Futsal
At the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships, Lucy won the gold medal in the Girls U/15 4 x 100m relay and the silver medal in the Girls U/15 100m. She also won the bronze medal in the 200m and came 5th in the 400m event. In the sport of futsal, Lucy has been selected in the Australian U15 Futsal Team to travel to Brazil in 2023.
December
Edward Beverland
Swimming
At the National School Championships Eddy won the Gold Medal in the mixed 200m medley where the team broke the National Record. Eddy backed this up with silver medals in the 50m freestyle, 50 and 100m backstroke and the 200m backstroke and 200m medley relays. Eddy was the Queensland Schools 11 years age champion for the second year in a row with 8 medals at the State Championships, which included 4 gold medals. Eddy broke three records at the Darling Downs Swimming Trials and finished the meet with 9 gold medals.