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36 NT NEWS. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. www.ntnews.com.au PUB: NT NEWS DATE: 1-OCT-2013 PAGE: 36 COLOR: C M Y K Sports Extra LOCAL COMPS PROFILES WINNERS LOSERS A bias for our teens to shine LAWN BOWLS Northern Territory under- 18 team at the nationals in Perth. Back row (from left) Tristan Chambers, Jackson Clayfield, Owen Short. Front row (from left): Kodi Blair, Marcus Simpson, Shae Smith NORTHERN Territory will field a team for just the second time at this week’s Australian Lawn Bowls Under-18 Championships in Western Australia. The Territory team jetted to Perth on Saturday and open- ed its campaign against the hosts yesterday at the Sorren- to Bowls Club. The eight-member squad features six players from Darwin in Owen Short, Kodi Blair, Jackson Clayfield, Shae Smith, Marcus Simpson and Tristan Chambers, and two players from Katherine in Skye Woodhouse and Lauren Kingsley. The Territory features in a pool alongside Western Aust- ralia, New South Wales — who they play today — and the ACT, with the NT team hoping to win the battle of the Territorians on Wednesday. The structure of the cham- pionships sees teams play each other in singles, pairs, triples and fours. Arjen an All-Star on the rise in Victoria BASKETBALL All-Star Arjen Smit DARWIN basketball ex- port Arjen Smit has received a major honour by being named in the Vic- torian Youth Champion- ship’s All-Star Five. The 21-year-old forward, who stands 201cm (6ft 7in), joined his Kilsyth Cobras teammate Kyle Adnam in the team of the year for the highly-regarded under- 23 competition. Smit averaged 10.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and an assist per game during his 25 appearances this season which culminated with an 86-72 grand final triumph over Diamond Valley Eagles in August. He gained attention as a dangerous shooter from outside the arc, hitting the second-highest threes in the competition. A Territory and Darwin representative player be- fore moving south, Smit first played basketball as a six-year-old and debuted for Ansett at DBA League level when he was 16. Following a stellar per- formance at the under-18 national championships, Territory coach Timmy Duggan organised for Smit to trial with Kilsyth, a team based in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Smit first played in the under-20 side as a 17-year- old before graduating to the under-23 line-up. The Cobras are coached by Rod Popp, who was the inaugural coach of the Cairns Taipans when they joined the NBL in the 1999-2000 season. Smit is now trialling with the Kilsyth SEABL team in the hope of join- ing the senior roster for season 2014. — GREGOR MACTAGGART Michael on track to net goal-den future Young soccer star Michael Mummery, 13, with his best and fairest trophy from Darwin Olympic Picture: ELISE DERWIN SOCCER By DAMIEN McCARTNEY A BUDDING soccer star with barely a handful of years ex- perience has taken the Terri- tory scene by storm. Michael Mummery, 13, started playing with Darwin Olympic just four years ago, but last week took out player of the series for the Territory at the Australian under-16 nationals in Brisbane. He scored three goals — two in winning games against the ACT and South Australia, and one against Queensland. Although they were the Territory’s only two wins of the competition, the future Archie Thompson said beat- ing the South Australians was a big deal. ‘‘It felt pretty good,’’ he said. ‘‘To score against them as well was pretty good, too.’’ Mummery, a midfielder said he was proud of his and his team’s achievements. ‘‘They were all pretty close matches,’’ he said. ‘‘We all did a lot of training and went in hard for the ball.’’ He said one of the hardest parts of the competition to come to terms with was the different style of football played by the southern states. ‘‘They pass the ball a lot more, so we’re always chas- ing them,’’ he said. The other was the weather. ‘‘It was cold and raining sometimes, we don’t play in the rain very often here,’’ he said. ‘‘It was hard to control the ball once it got wet.’’ During the season for Olympic, Mummery made regular appearances on the scorecard, and took out the team’s best and fairest award. On top of his football prow- ess, Mummery is also a keen boxer — a hobby he said can help in soccer, for all the right reasons. ‘‘It helps me to stand my ground a bit more, I can stay on my feet easier and I’m a bit more nimble,’’ he said. The Year 8 student at San- derson Middle School said despite the fact the soccer season was over and school holidays had come about, he had no plans to take a break. He said he is now playing Aussie rules.
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