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The youngest members of Alex Parnov's Western Australian Institute of Sport pole vault program have made a bright impact after winning respective age titles at the Australian All School Athletics Championships in Hobart last weekend.

The Kookaburras will face England in the quarter finals after a tough 1-0 win over Pakistan in the final pool game at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne.

The Australian Youth men's team has endured a tougher than expected 10-6 victory over neighbours New Zealand in a fierce Group B game at Challenge Stadium, Perth.

The Australian Youth women's team has defeated Uzbekistan 18-1 in their day four Group A clash at Challenge Stadium.

The Kookaburras have played out a 0-0 draw with the Netherlands in the second pool match at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Melbourne.

Australia bounced back from its opening-day, two-goal loss to title favourite Croatia to wear down South Africa and win their Junior World Championship Group B encounter 15-4 in Perth.

The Australian Youth women's team has continued their dominance in Group A with an emphatic 27-2 victory over Indonesia at the Junior World Championships in Perth.

Returning Matildas and WAIS scholarship holders Kate Gill and Collette McCallum were on the score-sheet as Perth Glory were able to exact revenge on Western Sydney Wanderers in a dominant 3-0 win.

The next generation of WAIS track cycling stars gave another glimpse of their future potential with some impressive performances at the Oceania Track Championships in Adelaide.

Swimming Australia will be holding a National Event Camp on the Gold Coast in early 2013 as the long road to Rio begins in earnest.