Andrew Kennedy, 16, from North Cronulla Aquatic Swim Club won five gold medals and a bronze at the NSW Age Championships. He won the 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke and 100m backstroke and finished third in the 200m backstroke.

Lucy Glanville, 15, finished the Australian ski season as the top- ranked junior Australian in both distance and sprint cross-country skiing. Glanville won a number of races including the 10km Australian Junior Pursuit, 5km Australian Junior Freestyle, 15km Australian Junior Freestyle, ACT Classic Sprint Race and Australian Junior Team Sprint Race.

Stevan Ilic, 15, played a part in the Australian Joeys football teams under-16 side, that qualified for the Asian Football Confederation under-16 championships next year.

Jaimie Stack, 17, in the School Sport Australia Championships won nine medals from nine swimming events, including two individual gold and two individual silver. He set a new national schools record for the 100m butterfly in the 17+ age group.

William Berrigan, 12, won both singles and doubles junior tennis crowns at the tightly contested Medibank Age Championships held in Sydney. The win pushed the Sydney Grammar School Student's ranking to No. 3 in NSW.

Jarrod Geddes, of Gymea High School, performed well at the Sydney East Regional High School Athletics winning three events in the 15-years category. He took out the 200m hurdles, long jump and triple jump events. At the Combined High Schools State Athletics carnival he finished first in long jump and second in the 200m sprint, 200m hurdles and triple jump.

Lauren Parsons of Kirrawee High won an individual CHS gold at the All Schools Championships in the 16 Years Division, qualifying for the Australian Championships.

Jake Hammond, 17, of Heathcote High, competed in the CHS State Athletics Carnival and took out the 100m and 200m sprint double. In the 200m final Jake broke the record which had stood for 19 years. His time of 21.15 seconds is the first of two World Junior Qualifiers he needs to run to secure a spot in the team to compete in Canada next year.

Samantha Geddes , of Caringbah High competed in the 12 years at the Sydney East Regional High School Athletics finishing first in five events (80m hurdles, 100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay). She was also named Sydney East Age Champion. Samantha then competed at the CHS Athletics where she won gold in the 80m hurdles and long jump events.

Elly Graf, 17, of Port Hacking High, performed well at the NSW CHS athletics titles. She won three gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. Elly also travelled to Osaka, Japan as part of the Australian under-21 Surf Life Saving team to compete in the Sanyo Busson Cup Invitational against South Africa, America, England and Japanese teams.

Kirsty Mills was a member of the under-17 women NSW cycling team that competed in the Australian Junior Road Cycling Championships. Kirsty placed 10th in the individual time trial, fifth in the road race and won a bronze in the criteruim.

Joel Walker competed in the Schools Sports Australia Swimming Championships in Perth and won gold in the 11-years 200m medley and 50m backstroke. He was a member of the NSW 4x50m medley and 4x50m freestyle relay teams which also won gold. Joel also won the prestigious School Sports Australia Sporstmanship Award.

Guy Edmonds, 16, represented Australia at the 2009 World Youth Baseball Championships in Tawian. Edmonds hit a home run against Russia, a grand slam against Chinese Taipei and was awarded No.1 catcher in the world series. The Aquinas College student finished as his country's second biggest home run scorer, second in hits and third in runs batted in.

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Joanne Hunter , of Gymea Bowling Club, won the Australian Multi-Disability Lawn Bowls Women's singles in Brisbane and the Gymea Club Championships for the second year in a row.

Michael Auprince, 16, returned from the Australian Paralympic Youth Games in Melbourne with four swimming gold medals. He was also part of the NSW wheelchair basketball team that won bronze.

Evan Fragiadakis, 13, competed in the Australian Paralympic Youth Games in Melbourne and finished with a bronze medal representing NSW in the wheelchair basketball team. Evan has cerebral palsy affecting predominantly his right side.

MASTERS

Mick Maroney, 43, of Engadine, won the World Aquathlon Championships (40-44 years) on the Gold Coast, in legs of a 2.5km run, a 1km swim and a 2.5km run. He then backed up to win the World Sprint Distance Triathlon Championships: a 750m swim, 20km cycle leg and a 5km run.

Belinda Sozsyn, a Cronulla Triathlon Club member, became World Champion in the 55-59 aged sprint triathlon and in the Aquathlon. She was second in the Olympic distance triathlon.

Jonathan Blake, 44, finished second at the Commonwealth Ultra Running Championships in the 24-hour race and was a member of the gold medal-winning Australian team. He ran 249.1km, which ranks him third in the world.

Nadine Ellis, 43, competed in five swimming events at the World Masters Games. She hadn't swum competitively for six years but decided to train in May. Her results included a third in the 200m individual medley and fourth in the 50m backstroke.

Frank Scorzelli, 62, won the 8km cross-country event at the World Masters Games. He also finished third in the 10km road race and fourth in the half marathon.

Stephen Griffiths, 46, won gold at the World Masters Games in the criterium cycling event.

David Willmott, 50, won three gold medals in track cycling in the 50-54 age group at the Worlds Masters Games.

ALL SCHOOLS TEAM

Kirrawee High's 12 years Girls Cross Country Team won a CHS gold at the All Schools Championships. The team was Lace Temana, Christie Picken, Brooke Davey and Alysha Hindle.

Woolooware High School 4x50m freestyle relay team broke the NSW CHS record by more than two seconds. The boys Matt Spence, Sam Flint, Matt Iredale and Jake Little then went on to win the same event at the All Schools competition.

JUN IOR TEAM

Bexley North under-16 football team won the prestigious NSW Champion of Champions competition played at ANZ Stadium. They came from behind to win 3-1. This capped off a remarkable season for the girls who also won the St George premiership and finished second in the Football NSW State Cup competition.

Lil li Pilli under-14 football team claimed the knock-out NSW Champion of Champions competition at ANZ Stadium.

The girls cruised into the final with victories against NWS Women (3-0), Macquarie United (2-1) and Culburra (2-1), before facing Central Coast's Kincumber Roos in the final. Lilli Pilli won 1-0.

SENIOR TEAM

St George Illawarra Dragons won the club's first minor premiership since 1985 in dramatic fashion. Their final regular season 37-0 win against Parramatta in front of a packed crowd at Jubilee Stadium gave the joint-venture their first ever minor premiership.

Tar en Point Lawn Bowls won the $40,000 national five-a-side tournament at Gold Coast.

SPORTS CLUB

Cronulla Sutherland Kayak Club Team won 123 medals at the World Masters Games. The team of 36 paddlers aged 30 to 75, won 67 gold, 35 silver and 21 bronze medals.