Kurri girl Hannah Bourke has spent the past four days at the Australian Institute of Sport as part of an elite training camp for the under-16 women’s national football team.
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The camp was held in preparation for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Championships Qualifying Tournament, and included 24 female soccer players from across Australia.
The team chosen to compete in the championships will be decided at the conclusion of training, which will wrap up today.
The qualifying tournament will take place in Melaka, Malaysia in October this year and consist of 21 teams from all over Asia.
Bourke, who is only 14 and part of the Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) Emerging Jets team, said that she was nervous but excited at the prospect of competing overseas but that it would bring her one step closer to her dream of one day playing for the Matildas.
