{"id":356216,"date":"2024-12-18T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=356216"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:30:30","slug":"girls-enjoy-lightning-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/12\/18\/girls-enjoy-lightning-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Enjoy Lightning Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_356218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356218\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356218\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lightning players with the Cherbourg students and the artwork they made with artist Zartisha Davis (Photo: Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 18, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sunshine Coast Lightning netball club recently hosted a group of\u00a0young girls from Cherbourg State School at the club&#8217;s home ground, UniSC Arena at Sippy Downs.<\/p>\n<p>The visit was made possible through Lightning\u2019s partnership with the Confident Girls Foundation which aims to deliver programs and experiences to empower young women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>The young students were part of the school\u2019s Juwunus program for girls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twelve girls from the Juwunus program were immersed into the Lightning environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players shared stories and formed connections with the students over morning tea, followed by a training session led by Steph Fretwell, Leesa Mi Mi and Mahalia Cassidy.<\/p>\n<p>The group also shared lunch together before First Nations artist Zartisha Davis worked with the students in a cultural art workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Each student took home a piece of individual artwork inspired by Zartisha\u2019s incredible work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356219\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356219\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218netball2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lightning player Steph Fretwell on court with two of the Cherbourg State School students (Photo: Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.com.au\/nanango\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" title=\"communitynews\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/core\/communitynews3.jpg\" alt=\"Community News\" width=\"740\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunshine Coast Lightning netball club recently hosted a group of\u00a0young girls from Cherbourg State School at the club&#8217;s home ground, UniSC Arena at Sippy Downs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":356218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[402,3,91,395,6],"tags":[1135,1141,35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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