Harriet Gall featured for the Australian under-21 representative side competing in Fiji in 2024.
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Jesse Robertson-Torres
Netball
Already earmarked as one of the Goulburn Valley’s best rising talents, Shepparton Swans’ starlet Harriet Gall has already tasted a high standard of elite netball.
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At just 19, Gall has been referred to as a “student of the game”, and an already sparkling resumé should attest to her inclusion in the Greater Shepparton Sports Hall of Fame Junior Honour Roll.
Gall’s exploits in the GVL saw early opportunities for the dynamic goaler to make her mark, making her A-grade debut in 2022 before being plucked for Netball Victoria’s Pathway’s Program and state under-17 side.
After making a strong impression, Gall continued with a strong showing for the Victorian under-19 state netball side in 2024, and coupled with a Victorian Institute of Sport Scholarship, her on and off-court development kicked into overdrive.
Victorian Netball League honours soon followed, picked for the Bendigo Strikers’ under-23 squad.
That swiftly turned to promotion to the championship squad before earning another important appointment — selection for the Australian Under-21 squad, which toured Fiji in a Rising Stars showcase.
If it sounds like many hats to wear for the young star, it certainly is.
But Gall said she wouldn’t have it any other way as she continues to grasp an opportunity she didn’t expect to have.
“It was good to be in the mix and be recognised (for the Junior Honour Roll), it was quite unexpected.” Gall said.
“It’s good competing against other athletes at that level, and it’s always a good test.
“When I was top age under-17s, I made the Victorian State team, which was good because I didn't think I would probably play at that level.
“There’s a lot of planning, even just to get to training, let alone the extra stuff you’ve got to do outside of training to make sure you’re ready to go and ready to perform.
“You just have to make the most of it when you’re there and put in as much work as you can to get the best out of the programs that you're in.”
Harriet Gall has been one of Shepparton Swans finest talents.
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Megan Fisher
Gall’s early achievement’s paint the picture of a star on the rise, but her character has been tested after a pre-season ACL injury scuppered what was supposed to be a big 2025 campaign.
For Gall, nothing changes as she dutifully continues rehabilitation efforts, doing the hard yards in pursuit of her return to the court.
“(Rehab) is going well,” Gall said.
“I'm about halfway through now, so I’m getting there.
“It is challenging at times watching when you can’t play, but I think just trying to focus on my rehab has been good.
“I just put all my energy to that to get back on court.
“I definitely want to play for an SSN team in the future; obviously next year I'll just have to put a good year of netball together after coming off the year being injured.
“And then, hopefully, a training partner position would be amazing, but just to get back on court would be great.”
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