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Tips on getting noticed (Part 3)


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By Silvergale - 13 Sep 2010 3:20 PM

Hi All

I did part 1 & 2 awhile back. Part 3 blog was delayed as the plan went a bit astray this year with a major injury but I didnt want to just disappear into the background so here is an update. I know there was a couple of members following this so here you go

Refresh -
Part 1 - Living in rural QLD (Mackay) with a Daughter who had some decent potential but couldnt get passed the Brisbane based selectors. So in Parts 1, I asked how do you get noticed and the majority if not all said "Move to a bigger city"

Part 2 -
I advised everyone that we where moving to Newcastle and if she was good enough things would work out. Was it an over zealous father or was it living in a rural location???

So for part 3
We moved and the year started well.
1) She trialled for the Womens team that won last years grand final in the Womens premier league in Newcastle and was successful. She was 15.
2) Got selected for Hunter Sports High School without trialling due to her past acheivements
3) After only being in town for just under two months she got a shadow spot in the Hunter U19 School girls team. Not that great but not bad for just arriving in town with no one knowing you.
4)Got invited to attend U17 Northern NSW selection camp for the Nationals. This is by invitation only.

Unfortunately this is when our year went pear shaped.

Before getting to attend the NNSW selection camp the regular season started and less than 10 minutes into the second game of the year she got studded on the foot which tore the tendon on the inside of her big toe and badly bruised the bone on the outside of her foot. Would have been better breaking it as the injury was season ending. She took the field in a couple of games right at the end but still injured. She toughed it out due to player shortages.

So part 3 was supposed to prove me right that Mackay is backwards and Brisbane selectors biased (and also all of you who said to move) but part 3 will now become part 4 next season.

I look forward to giving you the update next year even if she gets know where. All I can say for now is that given an injury free year things could have worked out a lot better.

Cheers Silver:)
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