Amy Hunter…
CRICKET
BLUEY’S FORESIGHT
JOHN FORSYTH
Tableland junior cricketer Amy Hunter
has come a long way since her first
venture into cricket just three years
ago, aged 9. Her PE teacher, Graeme
Lamperd, encouraged her to take
up the sport, when he spotted her
enthusiasm at school matches.
She joined the Atherton Junior Cricket
Club and was immediately accepted
by the boys. Amy’s father, Lee, felt to
help his daughter he needed to learn
more about the game, so he signed up
for an entry-level cricket course, along
with other club volunteers.
Amy, a right-hand fast bowler, was
announced to represent Cricket Far
North in the Under 12 Boys team at
the 2017 Queensland Cricket State
Titles in Rockhampton. Here, she
captured five wickets in addition to
an unassisted run out and helped the
team finish in third place.
Amy was then selected to co-captain
the Queensland Country President’s XI
team at the Queensland School Sports
Girls State Carnival held in Mackay in
October. During the 4-day carnival,
Amy took an impressive nine wickets,
four catches and three unassisted
runouts, to help her team fourth place
overall.
Whilst in Mackay, Amy was selected
for the U13 Queensland Girls State
cricket team to play at the National
Tournament in January 2018.
A week before the Nationals, Amy
travelled to Brisbane to attend a
training camp with her Queensland
team mates. This was also the first
time most of the girls had actually met
each other. When Amy was presented
THE WIN WAS
HISTORIC AS NO
STATE HAS EVER
WON CONSECUTIVE
GIRLS U13
CHAMPIONSHIPS
UNTIL NOW
with her Queensland baggy cap, she
admits feeling proud and excited.
What a wave of emotions for a young
girl who turned 12 just weeks earlier!
However more excitement loomed, as in
January 2018, the team headed to New
South Wales to represent Queensland
at the National Championships. The
maroons made it through undefeated
to meet New South Wales in the grand
final. With the game beginning to slip
away from the Queensland girls well
into the second innings, Amy took a
catch at short cover to dismiss the
top opener from New South Wales.
That catch proved crucial as the New
South Wales team fell apart after that
dismissal and Queensland went on to
victory.
The win was historic as no state
has ever won consecutive girls U13
Championships until now.
Amy attributes much of her success
to the support Tony Potts, Graeme
Lamperd and more recently Dan
Weston, Director of Cricket Far North.
I have a feeling Amy Hunter will be
a name we will hear more of in the
future, as she is also well regarded in
Athletics, Netball and Touch Footy.
Well done Amy … HOWZAT!
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