Buderim teenager dreams of representing Australia
AFTER co-captaining Queensland's under-16 side to victory at the Junior Indoor Netball National Championships in Brisbane, talented teenager Chelsea Macklin-Shaw has set her sights on representing her country at the Commonwealth Games.
The Buderim 16-year-old was one of five Queensland players selected for a national under-16 merit side after the championships.
"We were actually undefeated," Macklin-Shaw said.
"We had a very strong team and all the girls did really well."
The goal defender/keeper did remarkably well just to make it to the championships after suffering a leg injury while training in the lead-up to the event.
"I actually tore some ligaments in my ankle a few weeks before I left, so I was on crutches and I didn't think I was going to be able to play," she said.
"(But) I went to physio Kurt Lisle and he pretty much got me off my crutches within a week, which was good because I was supposed to be on them for two weeks.
"So it was really good.
"I was pretty proud of myself with what I achieved, considering I didn't think I was going to be able to play."
Co-captain of Queensland indoor netball teams for the past two years, Macklin-Shaw dreams of eventually representing Australia at the Commonwealth Games.
She also has plans to earn a berth in the Queensland Firebirds squad, but her main target for next year is completing her schooling at Mountain Creek State High.
