Highlights & Results from the 2025 Your Local Club Academy Games in Tamworth

For the first year of a three-year tenure, the Northern Inland Academy of Sport (NIAS) proudly hosted the 2025 Your Local Club Academy Games in Tamworth from Friday, April 11th, to Sunday, April 13th. The event saw over 1,500 athletes and their families from 11 Regional Academies across NSW gather in Tamworth to compete in the tournament. Check out the results below:

Basketball

Boys

1^st – Central Coast Academy of Sport

2^nd – Illawarra Academy of Sport

Girls

1^st – Central Coast Academy of Sport

2^nd – Hunter Academy of Sport

All Star Five Girls

Mia Richardson – Western Region Academy of Sport
Addison Kirby – Hunter Academy of Sport
Zali Heffernan – Central Coast Academy of Sport
Natalie Nawuai – North Coast Academy of Sport
Grace Garwood – Central Coast Academy of Sport

All Star Five Boys

Oscar Hurley – Hunter Academy of Sport
Nash Wood – Illawarra Academy of Sport
Logan Tupaea – Central Coast Academy of Sport
Ben Romer – North Coast Academy of Sport
Rasmus Borg – Central Coast Academy of Sport

Cycling (MTB)

Saturday (Mt Borah)

Junior Male U15

1^st – Taj Thornton – Hunter Academy of Sport

2^nd – Lucas Mcdonald – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

3^rd – Finn Burgin – Hunter Academy of Sport

Junior Male U17

1^st – Harper Nelmes – Hunter Academy of Sport

2^nd – Tyler Phillips – Northern Inland

3^rd – Dylan Coxon – Hunter Academy of Sport

Junior Male U19

1^st – Harrison Crowley – invited athlete

2^nd – Harry Vincent – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

Sunday – Tamworth BMX

Junior Male U15

1^st – Lucas McDonald – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

2^nd – Declan Northcott – Hunter Academy of Sport

Junior Male U17

1^st – Benjamin Shaw – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

2^nd – Jock Barwick – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

3^rd – Tyler Phillips – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

Junior Male U19

1^st – Cameron McDonald – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

2rd – Harry Vincent – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

Junior Female U15

1^st – Sylvia Dagg – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

Golf

Saturday

Boys

1^st – Jaidon Kyriacou – Illawarra Academy of Sport

2^nd – Max Neal – North Coast Academy of Sport

T3rd – Oliver Nelson – Southern Sports Academy of Sport

T3rd – Zach France – Metro North

Girls

1^st – Ava Prince – Central Coast Academy of Sport

2^nd – Savannah Webb – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

3^rd – Sage Laird – Illawarra Academy of Sport

Sunday – Teams Event

Div 1

1^st – Southern Sports Academy

Div 2

1^st – North Coast Academy of Sport

Div 3

1^st – Illawarra Academy of Sport

Hockey

U16 Boys

1^st – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

2^nd – Hunter Academy of Sport

U18 Boys

1^st – Illawarra Academy of Sport

2^nd – South West Sydney/Western Sydney Academy of Sport

U16 Girls

1^st – North Coast Academy of Sport

2^nd – South East/Northern Inland Academy of Sport

U18 Girls

1^st – Hunter Academy of Sport

2^nd – Northern Inland/South West Sydney Academy of Sport

Volleyball

Boys

1^st – South West Sydney Academy of Sport

2^nd– Illawarra Academy of Sport

Girls

1^st – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

2^nd – South West Sydney Academy of Sport

Netball

Div 1

1^st – Hunter Academy of Sport

2^nd – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

Div 2

1^st – Hunter Academy of Sport

2^nd – Sydney Netball Academy Teal

Div 1 MVPs

Ella Webster – South West Sydney Academy of Sport 1
Mia Harris – Central Coast Academy of Sport 1
Molly Brownell – Hunter Academy of Sport 1
Izzy Christian – Illawarra Academy of Sport 1
Matilda Newton – North Coast Academy of Sport 1
Abbey Hunt – Southern Sports Academy 1
Ava Francisco – Western Region Academy of Sport 1
Alyssa Atkinson – Western Sydney Academy of Sport 1
Halle White – Sydney Netball Academy Teal
Clodagh Carrol – Sydney Netball Academy Green
Charlotte Williams – Northern Inland Academy of Sport

Div 2 MVPs

Anah-lee Moli – South West Sydney Academy of Sport 2
Ava Maher – Central Coast Academy of Sport 2
Isla Walsh – Hunter Academy of Sport 2
Lucy Christian – Illawarra Academy of Sport 2
Asha Ledingham – North Coast Academy of Sport 2
Ella Richens – Southern Sports Academy 2
Brianna Watton – Western Region Academy of Sport 2
Lileyanna Spragg – Western Region Academy of Sport 2
Khyla Foai-Sakaria – Sydney Netball Academy Yellow
Harriet Murphy – Sydney Netball Academy Blue
Zahlee Fernando – Far West Academy of Sport
Remy Gleeson – South East Sports Academy

Breakthrough Netball Umpire Award

Talina Seisun – South West Sydney Academy of Sport

Softball

Boys

1^st – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

2^nd – South West Sydney Academy of Sport

Girls

1^st – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

2^nd – Southern Metro

Triathlon

Saturday

Junior Male

1st – Grady Platt – Hunter Academy of Sport

2nd – Trent Alley – North Coast Academy of Sport

3rd – Zac Green – Western Sydney Academy of Sport

Junior Female

1st – Zara Campbell – Hunter Academy of Sport

2nd – Maddie Platt – Hunter Academy of Sport

3^rd – Tessa Paxton – Rest of State Academy

Youth Male

1st – Lachlan Targett – Rest of State Academy

2nd – Thomas Rice – Central Coast Academy of Sport

3rd – Hamish Kirkman – Hunter Academy of Sport

Youth Female

1st – Ria Havlicek – Rest of State Academy

2nd – Audrey Russell – Hunter Academy of Sport

3rd – Ania Cole – Western Region Academy of Sport

Sunday

Junior

1^st – Hunter Academy of Sport/Northern Inland Academy of Sport (Zara Campbell, Grady Platt, Samuel Ferguson)

2^nd – Rest of State Academy (Tessa Paxton, Dylan Fleischer, Ryder OGrady)

3^rd – Hunter Academy of Sport (Maddie Platt, Jethro Gosson, Ben Cowan)

Youth

1^st – Rest of State Academy (Ria Havleck, Lachlan Targett, Harrison Beukes)

2^nd – Hunter Academy of Sport (Audrey Russell, Joey Lim, Hamish Kirkman)

3^rd – Central Coast Academy of Sport (Skye Dowey, Thomas Rice, Ezra Dowey)

The success of the 2025 Your Local Club Academy Games is made possible through the generous support of major sponsors, whose collective commitment to youth sport and regional development is instrumental in bringing this event to Tamworth and ensuring a lasting legacy for the athletes and the community. We would like to thank Clubs NSW (Your local club) who are celebrating 20 years of supporting this event, NSW Office of Sport, Tamworth Regional Council, Regional Australia Bank, The University of New England, Wests Entertainment Group, Tamworth Toyota, as well as our media partners NBN News and the Super Radio Network (2TM AM, 92.9 FM). Full results from the tournament can be found on www.academygames.com.au

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