North West Crowned 2024/25 Junior Inter-Region Sides Champions
North West has been crowned Champion Region at the 2024/25 Junior Inter-Region Sides Championships at Club Dubbo. A gold medal in the fours, silver in the singles, and a sixth-place finish in the pairs saw them finish on top of the leaderboard with 49 points.
The Illawarra composite side finished runners-up on 42 points, earning gold in the singles, bronze in the pairs, and 11th in the fours.
Travis Moran was in fine form, taking gold in the singles with a 21-14 win over North West’s Tim Thorning. Central Coast’s Sam Griffiths secured the bronze with a 21-11 victory over Hunter Valley’s Cooper Appleby.
In the pairs, Metro South-West’s Arianni Winter and Chanel Chakouch claimed gold with a dominant 22-10 win over South East’s Coby Sheppeard and Charlie McCudden. In a thrilling bronze medal battle, that went to an extra end, the Illawarra duo of Blake Perry and Zach Moran defeated Noah Jedrzejczyk and Sam Rich of Metro North-West.
North West’s fours team of Jaiden Elliott, Coen Schroeder, Kyne Allen and Jacob Martin staged a remarkable comeback, overturning an early 8-0 deficit to defeat ACT’s Sam McGuigan, Alex Penyu, Jordan Sturgiss and Logan Waters 25-12. Metro North-West’s team of Peytan Bunn, Lily Kirk, Sophie Payne and Annabelle Teague secured bronze with a 16-8 win over Riverina Murray’s Shakiya Murray, Will Crampton, Steven Willem Houting and Nate Adams.
Congratulations to all the medallist and well done to all juniors who competed.
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Overall Leaderboard
| Singles | Pairs | Fours | Total | |
| North West | 18 | 11 | 20 | 49 |
| Illawarra Composite | 20 | 16 | 6 | 42 |
| ACT | 11 | 6 | 18 | 35 |
| Metro South-West | 12 | 20 | 3 | 35 |
| South East | 8 | 18 | 8 | 34 |
| Metro North-West | 4 | 14 | 16 | 34 |
| Central Coast | 16 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| Mid West | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 |
| Northern NSW Composite | 6 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| Riverina Murray | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| Greater Newcastle | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| Metro South-East | 10 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| Hunter Valley | 14 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| Nepean Highlanders | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
