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State Honours for Lee and Hooppell
By Southern Sports Academy
February 14, 2012
By Southern Sports Academy
February 14, 2012
Two members of the Southern Sports Academy Hockey Squad have both made their presence felt at recent Victorian State trials, with Cassie Lee being confirmed as a member of the Women’s Under 18 State Team and Ben Hooppell gaining selection in the Under 18 Men’s Squad. Both Cassie and Ben have taken part in a series of trials in recent weeks and their respective selections were only confirmed today.
Ben and Cassie have been scholarship holders in the Southern Sports Academy Hockey Program for the past three years and are carrying on the rich tradition of Albury Hockey talent making waves in the sport nationally, following on from current Australian Women’s Squad member and fellow Academy scholarship holder, Jocelyn Bartram.
Cassie is a dynamic midfielder who has pace to burn and as a consequence, is never out of the contest. She is a brilliant reader of the play and a highly valued leader within the Southern Sports Academy squad. Cassie will now travel to Newcastle for the Australian championships, which are being held from 10th April, 2012.
Ben, meanwhile, is a strapping young man who, reminiscent of his former fellow squad member Bartram, performs the unenviable task of Goal Keeping. His work ethic and commitment to the sport are second to none and thoroughly deserves his pace in the Victorian Squad. Ben will gauge if he is in the starting team in approximately three weeks time and if successful, will travel to Brisbane for the Men’s Australian Championships which are also being staged from the 10th April.
Much credit must go the Head Coaches of the Southern Sports Academy program, Paul Oakman (Field) and Nick Tinning (Goal Keeping), who have spent countless hours finetuning the respective skills of the two state representatives, over the past three pre-seasons. Many of the training sessions have been held in stifling heat and bears testament to the commitment levels of both Cassie and Ben.
The Southern Sports Academy has a training session taking place in Albury this Sunday, from 9:30am at the Albury Hockey Centre.
