Kyneton District Soccer Club’s Sian Hooppell has had a big 2024 soccer season.
Sian played in both the Division 1 and Division 2 Women’s teams for KDSC this year and was awarded Best and Fairest and Leading Goal Scorer for both teams at the club’s presentation night.
“Sian has had an outstanding soccer season and achieved in one season what most cannot earn in an entire soccer career,” club president Ron Cole said.
The Bendigo Amateur Soccer League awarded Sian the Sarah Poyser Young Female Player of the Year, which is decided by the highest tallied under 21 years best and fairest votes for Division 1 Women’s and was jointly shared with two other young players.
Sian was also awarded Bendigo Amateur Soccer League Women’s Division 2 Best and Fairest, and League Division 2 Leading Goal Scorer. She was also named in the Bendigo Amateur Soccer League Women’s 2024 All Star Team.
Sian started at KDSC in 2017 in the MiniRoos Program. Through the years, she has fallen in love with the great sport of soccer. Her athleticism, technical ability and raw talent has been nurtured through the coaching offered to her throughout her time at the club.
“The club is very proud of Sian’s achievements,” Cole said.
Sian is one of many talented players developed from the knowledgeable, passionate and commited coaching team at the club.
“We have some wonderful coaches at our club, who are hard-working volunteers passionate about developing all our players,” Cole said.
“We are a community club proud to be growing the female game.”
Sian’s mother Simone Hooppell started as a player at KDSC in 2007.
Cole was Simone’s coach when she first came to the club. Simone has since introduced her daughters Sian and Zara (and son Leonard) to soccer and the club. Simone and others have coached and nurtured the female soccer talent at the club.
Cole is now the Senior Women’s coach to Simone, Sian and Zara who all play together in the same Division 1 Women’s team.
“Coaching Simone and her girls is one of the highlights of my coaching career,” Cole said.
“It is a real celebration to see a mum and her daughters playing competitively together, and very rare.
“They are influencing the female game in Kyneton and more broadly across the league.”
This year the club is excited to be offering its MiniRoos program again.
The program is aimed towards children between four and eight years, with a focus on building foundation skills while having a whole heap of fun.
Registrations are essential. Details at www.kynetonsoccer.com
