Reg Nichols

Ms JENNY AITCHISON (Maitland—Minister for Regional Transport and Roads)—Congratulations to Maitland Grossmann High School's Reg Nichols whose talent and skills were honoured at The Hunter Sports Awards in Williamtown in December. Reg Nichols, a star of the Maitland Redbacks received his award for his outstanding work in Touch Football. Reg also plays for the Hunter Hornets and has recently been selected into the NSW emerging Blues program. The program saw players come from across the state for a camp at the NSW Rugby League's Centre of Excellence in November last year. Like in rugby league, the touch emerging camp is a program designed to introduce young players to a high performance setup in the hope they will represent NSW in the State of Origin series, which began back in 1995. Reg won selection after playing at the National Youth Championships on the Sunshine Coast last September playing for NSW Combined High Schools, who finished 2nd to Queensland. Congratulations Reg on your award.