Five under 18 players from the Big River Hawks have been invited to try out for NT representative teams.
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Sarah Assmus, Madison Hohn, Connie Maxwell, Ayesha Kay and Lasharn Dean have been invited to try out.
In the under 16s team, we have two players - Silvana Goldbach-Eggert and Jaimie Bryant who have been invited.
Invitations have now been sent to young female players to train for a chance to represent the NT as part of the 2019 NT Thunder Women's Academy.
Depending on where the player is based their invite will see them join the Under 18/Under 16 Top End or Pinktails Women’s Academy, based in Darwin and Alice Springs respectively.
Both academies will be filled with talent and will also include players from Katherine and remote communities.
This year is the first time that there will be a Territory-based program for the Under 16s Women’s Academy.
The squad will play intra-Territory matches and participate in camps, with the date of these to be advised in due course on the Women’s Under 16s page.
NT Thunder Women’s Academy manager Heidi Thompson is thrilled to be part of this new pathway for the Territory’s future female footy stars.
“It’s a unique time for women’s football in the NT with talent pathways not only in the Under 18s space but also for the first time we will be naming an Under 16 Women’s Academy.
"I am extremely excited to be managing both academies, allowing me to oversee the most talented youth girls in the Territory,” Thompson said.
AFLNT Manager of Talent and Pathways Wally Gallio said it’s great that the female pathway now matches that on the male side.
“This will provide talented female players with a clear pathway all the way up to the elite high performance programs in the Thunder VFLW program and the AFLW.
"These academies will be developed and delivered in conjunction with the National Academy Curriculum and Guidelines, therefore, providing NT players with the best chance to compete at the highest level,” Gallio said.
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