A GOAL FOR LIFE

SINCE she was five years old, Phoebe Russell has been involved in field hockey and her list of achievements over 13 years is longer than you could poke a stick at.

The Year 11 St Catherine’s student has played for the Victorian state team for six years, come second at the 2018 National’s tournament and won the player of the tournament in the same year, won three consecutive grand finals from 2017 to 2019 in her previous open women’s club in regional Victoria, made this year’s U18 Victorian women’s first team, and received the Hawthorn Premier League reserves open women’s best and fairest player as the youngest player in the team in 2019.

Originally from a farm near Balmoral in western Victoria, Phoebe hopes to make the U21 Victorian state team this year and her long-term goal is to be selected in the U18
Australian futures squad and eventually the Jillaroos and Australian teams.

“Hockey is a source of determination and resilience and is so important to me because it shows me what I can do when I put my mind to something,” she says.