Junior netballers are set to gain valuable experience when the Western Association Championships get underway at The Arc on Sunday.
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Hamilton Kangaroos' Keely Burland, who will play in the Hampden league's under 13s team, said she was excited to play with and against different girls in the tournament.
"Yes, I'm pretty pumped," she said.
South Warrnambool's Mia Mills, who plays wing attack and wing defence, will also represent the Hampden league.
"It will be good to see how we go against the stronger teams," she said.
"We've trained hard and we've prepared for it."
The Arc will be full of energy on Sunday as 37 teams from three age divisions compete at the championships.
The top two sides will earn the right to represent the western zone at the association championship finals, to be held in Frankston on June 23.
The Warrnambool and District league, Warrnambool City Netball Association, South West District league and Mininera and District Netball Association will also compete in the tournament.
Matches consist of two eight-minute halves in a round robin.
The Hampden league's under 13s side will be guided by two legends of south-west netball - Danielle McInerney and Dot Jenkins.
McInerney, who played at Koroit and Merrivale, coaches Koroit's division one team as well as the under 15s.
Jenkins, a Hampden league life member, is a former North Warrnambool Eagles' open grade mentor and now coaches its under 15s team.
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The netball legend, who also played and coached at Mortlake, has been at the Eagles for almost 20 years.
A great irony is that McInerney and Jenkins will coach against each other on Saturday when the Saints meet the Eagles at Bushfield.
Both coaches agreed teaching the girls how to play specific positions on the court was a real focus of interleague.
Mills said it was good to experience the expectations of each position from her interleague mentors.
"It's been awesome for us to learn more about our positions and game," she said.
McInerney, a Saints life member, said interleague was also a great opportunity for girls to play against strong opposition and hear from different coaches. She said the championships were unique.
"It's a quicker game, it's more dynamic, it's do or die," she said. "It's different to a four-quarter game of netball, where we get time to critique and time to teach."
But she said the short and sharp format was "thrilling".
"That's the exciting part about it because decisions are more crucial," she said.
Jenkins agreed it was a format players and coaches had to adapt to.
"On a Saturday, you are building a team to develop for a goal at the end of the year or to make finals and go from there," she said. "This is about making decisions quickly."
Under 17s Hampden league coach Leah Sinnott will welcome Krystal Baker (Camperdown), Zahli Adams (Koroit) and Inika Tobin-Salzman (South Warrnambool) into her interleague team for Sunday.
Those three players were unavailable for the Geelong-based interleague tournament held a fortnight ago.
The championships start at 9am on Sunday at The Arc.
2019 Hampden league junior representative teams
Under 17s: Zahli Adams, Emma Stacey, Inika Tobin-Salzman, Ava Pierce, Isabelle Rea, Ashley Evans, Madeline Casey, Isabella Baker, Tara Elliot, Krystal Baker, Vanessa McLaren, coach Leah Sinnott.
Under 15s: Gretta Gleeson, Hollie Phillips, May Suhan, Catie Ragg, Maddison Chesshire, Lara Taylor, Tahni Porter, Mayley Cross, Millie Jennings, Madeline Green, Montana Wallace, coach Stacey O'Sullivan.
Under 13s: Alice Suhan, Scarlett O'Donnell, Macey Bowie, Mia Mills, Ella Sevior, Abbey Mack, Matilda Sewell, Keely Burland, Ava Grundy, Sophie Conheady, Molly McLaren, Kimora Calloway, coaches Danielle McInerney and Dot Jenkins.
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