Dungog 10-year-old Patrick Innes has had a soccer season to remember.
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The goalkeeper has been selected to play for Hunter Valley Football in the 11 years team at the 2018 Telstra State Championships for boys to be held in Coffs Harbour in June.
This comes on top of Pat’s selection to play for the Hunter Valley Hawks as part of their Skills Acquisition Program (SAP) throughout the regular season.
The SAP competition is made up of the best 10 to 12 year old players from across Northern NSW . This is Pat’s third season playing at this level.
The Year 5 Dungog Public School student started playing soccer for Dungog Soccer Club in the under 6s. He trains with both the Hawks and the Hunter Valley State Championships team three nights a week at in Cessnock and trains on a fourth night with local teenager Max Hampton (Under 18s Keeper for Maitland FC NPL side).
In January of this year Pat also represented Northern NSW at the 2018 National Futsal Championships and is currently a member of Northern NSW Futsal’s invitation only “GOL Brazil” futsal training program.