Sport

Victorian Under 15 Champion Mia

By Yarrawonga Chronicle

Dec 5, 2023

Mia and Luca Macheda after competing in the open snooker championship at the Brunswick Club in Melbourne.

Aspiring young snooker player, 13-year-old Mia Macheda from Yarrawonga won her first major open snooker championship on November 25 and 26 at the Victorian Championships at the Brunswick Club in Melbourne.

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Mia had twenty games in one day which equalled 11 hours of playing with only one break of fifteen minutes to grab a cold drink and snack.

Mia and her 11-year-old brother Luca both did well in the tournament. Luca came runner-up in the Under 12s and Mia also achieved runner-up in the Women’s Under 18s.

The pair are students of Yarrawonga College P-12, local players at ClubMulwala Snooker Club and have both been playing snooker since they were able to reach the table.

It was also a long day for their family watching the two, who were often playing on different sides of the room.

The two siblings are children of Samantha Ridley, and niece and nephew of Adrian Ridley who are both well-known in the community for winning snooker titles.

To her delight, Mia was able to wear the same gold shirt that her mother had worn when she won her first Australian Championship at 15 years old.

“The shirt worked,” Mia said after winning and will continue wearing it to tournaments as “a lucky shirt.”

Mia and Luca will represent Victoria in the Australian Junior Championships and the state team, which will be held next January at the Commercial Club in Albury.

By Yarrawonga Chronicle

Yarrawonga Chronicle