Sport
14 November, 2024
Dekota’s Jackaroo dream
Lowood Plovers Bowls player, Dekota Brindle, is just two steps away from fulfilling her dream to play for the Australian Bowls squad.
The 18-year-old was recently selected into the 2025 QLD State based Jackaroo Academy, which puts her on the pathway to one day play professionally for Australia.
“It’s a training program to move forward to become a Jackaroo,” Dekota said.
“I am two steps away from being a Jackaroo who is someone who plays for Australia.
“Next step before this is an emerging Jackaroo.”
Dekota said she was thrilled to be selected into this prestigious academy.
“I am so proud and excited to be with such great players,” she said.
“It’s going to be hard with work and my studies as a vet nurse to do all the training but I just have to find the time.”
Dekota has had a very successful year in bowls, starting in January when she won bronze in her fours team at the Queensland Junior Titles.
“It was my last time competing for the juniors, and that meant I received at least a medal every year I competed in the junior titles,” she said.
“Then in February I played in a competition running over eight weeks and our Lowood Plovers side finished on top in the Brisbane sections.
“We also got runners up in the Brisbane section for the Sunshine Coast playoffs.”
She also got selected for a number of development teams this year, which helped improve her game.
“I got selected in the QLD High performance side which was a lot of training through the year and helped my game dramatically,” Dekota said.
“Then I got selected in the Queensland U25 girls team to go to Sydney and compete in the Queensland vs New South Wales game.
“We came away with the trophy with two wins and a loss.”
Her mum, Lacey and dad, Michael, said they were very proud of their daughter.
