{"id":7733,"date":"2022-09-14T03:45:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackfriars.sa.edu.au\/australian-honours-for-blackfriars-sporting-star\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T21:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:25:51","slug":"australian-honours-for-blackfriars-sporting-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackfriars.sa.edu.au\/australian-honours-for-blackfriars-sporting-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian honours for Blackfriars sporting star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Jordan Deutrom offered to fill in for his school\u2019s netball team as a Year 6 student, he never dreamt it would one day lead to Australian representation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blackfriars Year 11 student has recently returned from New Zealand, where he was a member of Australia\u2019s U17 men\u2019s netball team.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Year 11 student Jordan Deutrom has represented Australia in netball.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The tournament, in Christchurch, capped an incredible few years on the netball court for Jordan, who was one of only two South Australians on the National U17 team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe girls (at primary school) didn\u2019t have enough players for their team,\u201d Jordan says of his initial foray into the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy mum was friends with the coach. They (the girls) were helping out with our soccer team, so my brother and I just signed up to play with the netball team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was one of those things that I loved from the beginning.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The following year, he earned a spot in SA School Sport history, as the first boy to ever play in the SAPSASA netball competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was very cool. It was all girls, but me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just loved the whole experience. I never thought I would be able to do that (play SAPSASA). I have to credit my PE teacher; he did a lot of work behind the scenes to be able to let me play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, he joined the newly formed Junior M League<\/a> \u2013 comprising four teams of under-16 boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen, in 2020, I was invited to join the (state) team for under-17s. I was 14, 13 at the time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, covid derailed the 2020 and 2021 seasons, so it was not until this April year that he made his debut at the Australian Championships, where he was vice-captain of the SA team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His stellar performance at that tournament \u2013 the SA boys came second – led to his Australian team selection.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jordan in action for South Australia at the Australian Championships. Picture: Facebook\/ClusterPix Photography<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI thought I was good enough (for the Australian side), but I was telling myself I wouldn\u2019t make it,\u201d he says. \u201cI was the first SA boy to be called up. My heart was in my throat. I was just so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian U17 men competed in an U23 competition in New Zealand, winning all but their final game, in which they went down by a solitary goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m obviously really proud to represent my country,\u201d says Jordan, who also plays in Netball SA\u2019s Premier Men\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI look back at the video of me playing and I think, \u2018wow, I did that\u2019. Even those moments on the bench, when you\u2019re watching it all play out, you\u2019re thinking, \u2018look at us go, we\u2019re playing on the Australian team\u2019.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jordan, who predominantly plays wing attack and goal shooter, with some time in centre, trains every day to maintain his fitness. Off the court, his routine includes running, interval training, weights and some swimming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He hopes to one day make the Open Australian side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a big commitment \u2026 but hopefully, in the next five or six years, I\u2019m at that level,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve got a long way to go, but I\u2019m not afraid of hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And his advice for other young boys who want to play netball? \u201cIf you enjoy it, you should go after it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jordan (back right) with fellow members of the Australian U17 team.<\/sub> Picture: Renee McCleish<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good that there are more options now,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not fair to say, \u2018look, you\u2019re a boy, play football, you\u2019re a girl, play netball\u2019. I think a lot of people see it (netball) as a soft sport. But it\u2019s so quick, so physical. Maybe if people saw that product of netball they wouldn\u2019t be consumed in that old, soft mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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