Kelly O'Dwyer (Higgins, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

(   Today, I am delighted to rise to congratulate the recipients of the Local Sporting Champions grants in my electorate of Higgins. These recipients have displayed excellence in their chosen discipline by representing their club, state or Australia at a national or international competition.

Athletes in my electorate who received these grants include: Chynea Lang , for her participation in the 2013 Taekwondo World Championships ; Sarah Papadimitriou , who participated in the School Sport Australian under - 17 softball exchange ; Monique Beckwith , who is a member of the Australian Deaflympics swimming team ; Olivia Keppell , for her excellence in canoeing displayed by her particip ation in the Olympic Hopes tour; Anna Philip , for her participation in the under - 21 Laser Radial World Championships where she came 38th out of 91 participants ; Noam Tidhar , who participated in the National Judo Championships where he came second in the junior men category ; Lachlan Webster and George Richards , who were members of the Australian junior boys eight who represented Australia in the Junior World Rowing Championships where their crew placed fif th overall 2 ; Olivia Zargo, Rachael Engel and Pepita Hosking , who also represented Australia in the Junior World Rowing Championships as members of the Australian junior girls eight where they won the B -f inal , placing their crew seven th overall; Nicholas Hallam , who as a member of the Melbourne Collegians team participated in the Australian schoolboys under - 17 water polo competition where they came four th ; Karina Schiller , who participated in the Australian Gymnastics Championships where her team placed fir st overall in their division ; and Jessica Harley , who represented Victoria in the under - 16 Victorian Metro Women team who won the 2013 under - 16 national title—the 14th consecutive title for the Victorian team at the at the under- 16 National Championships . (Time expired)