Anytime Fitness Rising Star Nominee: Round 10

The VAFA congratulates up-and-coming Beaumaris star, Sienna Tedde, who has been named the Round 10 Anytime Fitness Rising Star nominee following her two goals and best-on-ground performance in the Sharks’ upset win over Scotch Stars.

What the club said:

“Sienna’s football journey commenced with a chance meeting in 2013 with a mutual friend who suggested to her she should try her hand in the newly created U/12s girls team. With two older brothers already playing at Beaumaris, the choice was simple.

Fast forward to the current day and Sienna is relishing her opportunity to play with the Beaumaris Senior Women’s Team. A tenacious, hard-running utility, Sienna goes to school at Sacré Cœur in Glen Iris, the alma mater of former Collingwood, now GWS vice-captain, Alicia Eva. Juggling school commitments, her TAC Cup involvement with Sandringham Dragons this year, with the Beaumaris U/18 Team, not to mention the odd game with the senior women, Sienna is certainly a busy girl. Yet that’s the way she likes it.

By her own admission, Sienna still has a lot to learn about the game but is heartened by the way the senior women have welcomed her into the fold this season.

“I first met the girls at the pre-season lightning premiership out at the Mentone Grammar Playing Fields,” she said.

“I was really nervous meeting them all, but once we started the warm ups and got into the games, they were all so nice and encouraging towards me – plus we ended up winning the final which was awesome!”.

Sienna was selected into the Sandringham Dragons in 2018 and is keen to have another crack at the TAC Cup in 2019.

“I played two futures games but couldn’t break into the main team. Whilst it was great that, after round one we kept winning, it didn’t really help me and the other girls who were waiting for our chance, but that’s ok, it was a really fun experience.”

A keen Geelong supporter, Sienna grew up idolising Joel Corey, a player who, by no coincidence, demonstrated the same attributes as the Beaumaris youngster: unheralded, resilient and uncompromising with her attack on the ball or the player with the ball.”

– Beaumaris FC