15/10/2025
From Bel:
I do have a small announcement to make! 😊
A couple of weeks ago I was selected for the Australian team to play boccia at the Challenger event in Canberra in a few weeks!
It’s been an incredible ride this year, playing in my first event, playing my first National Titles for Victoria and now making the Australian team!
I still think of the little girl who used to take oranges out to the Phillip Island Netball Team at half time, to the pre-teen who studied the netball rule book hoping she could umpire (only to find out she would just get in the way). Then to the teenager who enrolled in a commerce degree in the hope she would be selected in the second year to do the sports management major. I was selected, but it really only led to acting, which is a whole other story!
I never thought I would get to play sport, let alone play it for Australia. I thought the only way to be involved with sport was through the business side of things. There’s still lots of work to do and many hours of training to be done, but my first international event (albeit in Australia) is just around the corner.
Big things to come from myself and Lex Avilla, no matter how this event goes for us!
To my fellow Sirens, can't wait for you all to join me on this team!!
