The two students, Nikki Coleman and Ami Dique, appreciated the funding provided for the trip by Thomas Building, and expressed the whole experience as life changing for them as they got an understanding of the poverty and living conditions in which the Cambodian people struggle to survive.

Club Coordinator, Amy had thanked Thomas Building with the following statement:

“Karratha Thunderbolts is very appreciative of the yearly sponsorship we receive from Thomas Building. Karratha Thunderbolts had another successful year this year with 12 teams in the competition, playing in 5 Grand Finals and winning 3 of them. They also had 10 girls represent the North West Region (Kununurra to Karratha) at State Cup in Perth. A huge effort from our club!

With Thomas Building’s sponsorship we provided every team with new playing bibs in both black and yellow to prevent clashes. Coach and umpire development was also supported again this year through Thomas Building’s Sponsorship.

This year one of our Junior Coach was named “Karratha Netball Association Junior Umpire of the Year” and also was selected through a Talent ID process to Umpire at State Cup. We had a number of girls badged as umpires this year and continue to provide the whole association with umpires each week, sometimes up to 25 games a week.

In 2023, we are very excited to be entering the inaugural Thunderbolts Men Side into the new Men’s league competition”

On completion of the trek, Alan spoke of the challenges of the trek and more importantly the insight he gained into struggles and issues of our youth today. The team, through their efforts raised over $50,000 which will go towards funding the training of school-aged children and teenagers with the skills to support their friends when they may be experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, and bullying, self-harm or suicidal thoughts.