Following on from this term's tennis sporting focus, room 15 Ngukurr School students will look towards participating in this year's National Indigenous Tennis Carnival.
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For the first time in the school's history, 10 students will be selected to participate in the Darwin-hosted carnival in August.
Room 15 teacher, Aimee O'Connor introduced her students to the sport this term, sharing her passion of tennis with Greg Dickson, Yugul Mangi Development Aboriginal Corporation employee and Katherine Tennis Club president, who has been instrumental in the teachings.
"There are a couple of things. Firstly, a lot of credit needs to be given to Aimee for looking at providing her class with a variety of sporting experiences," Ngukurr School principal, Peter White said.
"The second point is that Greg has chimed in and supported Aimee. He has a great depth of knowledge and his assistance has been infectious, he's engendered a great deal of enthusiasm."
Ms O'Connor said the tennis lessons have been valuable for her students given the sport is something the children are less experienced at.
"My class just love sport anyway, any sport we do they love," she said.
"This has been really good for them because it's not normally a sport that they would be exposed to.
"It's easy for them to forget there are all these other sports out there, so the more they can try, the more skills they can develop and realise what they can do in different areas."
The students are looking forward to attending the national carnival with a mix of excitement and nervousness.
"I think some are excited and others a bit nervous about going away, Darwin is a huge city in comparison to Ngukurr," Ms O'Connor said.
"It's just part of the broader sweet of opportunities that we are trying to expose the kids too," Mr White said.
"It helps broaden the kids' horizons in terms of what's available and what they can do through sport.
"With Greg, we'll keep an eye out for any kids who may have a particular talent and if there's further opportunities, I'm happy to see how we can engage in those programs."
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