This December two students from Young’s Hennessy Catholic College represented NSW at the 2018 Fiji Soccer Cup.
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Year 11 student Alyssa Armstrong played in the under-17s senior girls NSW International Football Group team and Mitchell Brown, Year 9, competed in the under-16s team.
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The tournament was played in many locations across Fiji. Alyssa played against Fiji West, Fiji South and South Australia and made it through to the grand final where they were beaten by Fiji West.
Mitchell also had a good tournament winning the playoff for third place. Both students agreed that it was an incredibly humbling and eye-opening experience.
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“The highlight was going to a village and meeting and playing with the Fijian children,” Alyssa said.
