Many have put their hands up as some of the best performers in their age group across Australia.

We had competitors taking to the world stage in droves, not just representing their country but even taking home gold.

Oceania Track Championships gold was the highlight for the talented cyclist who also picked up two silver medals and personal best times against the continent’s top riders for her age group.

Bennett capped off a wonderful year by taking out the women’s open wheelrace at the Sydney Cup On Wheels.

Bunt went into another Australian Hockey League campaign trying to end the Queensland and Victorian stranglehold in the competition, finally doing so in the last edition of the tournament in its current format.

Earlier in the year Bunt made her Indoor Hockey World Cup debut with the Australian side and progressed through to the quarter-finals at Berlin.

It’s hard to believe the Bathurst Bushrangers star was playing her first ever season of Australian rules with the way she was playing in 2018.

Delahunty took at the Central West AFL player of the year award having never touched at football prior to her debut performance.

Flood’s consistent performance across the School Sport Australia Secondary Basketball Championships saw her earn a place in the Australian Merit Team.

Flood hit 11 points in the 68-62 grand final success over Victoria, helping NSW get their revenge for a loss during the pool stage.

Fulmer became the World Boxing Federation Women’s Intercontinental Super Bantamweight world champion following her victory over Mexico’s Dulce Galaviz.

Fulmer had to cut some five kilograms for the fight in a testing preparation but it worth the effort as she won with a technical knockout.

The veteran triathlete booked her place at the International Triathlon Union’s World Grand Finals where she represented Australia in style.

Grady covered the 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run in under three hours to sit just outside the top 50 in the 55-59 years category against the world’s best.

The strike bowler made a successful start to a new Women’s Big Bash League season by taking her first wicket in the national competition.

After an eight year absence Griffith also made a return to the Women’s National Cricket League, where she top scored for the NSW Breakers in her first game back with 44 runs.

Johnston capped off her maiden season in the Netball NSW Premier League under 20s in the best possible fashion, claiming the MVP for her side Panthers.

The award was a big shock for Johnston who didn’t even expect to make the side after trialling earlier in the year.

Kennedy played in the inaugural NRLW grand final for the Sydney Roosters in their 34-12 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

The breakthrough moment for Kennedy came in round three of the competition where she made her debut against the St George Illawarra Dragons.

There’s been plenty of basketball and Australian rules achievements already for Lepaio but 2018 was one full of rugby league highlights for the Bathurst sporting star.

Lepaio had a positive impact from the bench when representing Southern in their high-level exhibition contest with NSW rivals Northern.

The Gold Coast called for Martin after qualifying for the International Triathlon Union’s World Grand Finals.

Martin completed the 750 metres swim, 20 kilometre cycle and 5km run in one hour and 13 seconds to place 22^nd in her age group.

Miller was the star of the Australian team when earning a pair of coveted rainbow jerseys at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Maniago, Italy.

As the sole competitor in her women’s H1 classification, Miller won both her time trial and road race at the championships but unlike a year earlier this time the UCI recognised Miller’s efforts with both gold medals

Moana-Veale finished her European racing season by helping her Krefelder Kanu Triathlon team to an outright podium finish in the Bundesliga series.

After enjoying success in Europe through the year Moana-Veale also took out the elite women’s race in the opening round of the 2018-19 2XU Triathlon Series to add a home soil victory to her name.

Central West may not have been able to clinch the NSW Country Rugby Union Women’s Championship title but Bathurst Bulldog Marita Shoulders still finished with the major honour of being named player of the tournament.

The talented number 8 was also a crucial part of the Bulldogs side who claimed the Westfund Ferguson Cup title in a thumping grand final win over CSU.

Somers enjoyed a premiership double with the St Pat’s Group 10 league tag and Premier League Hockey sides.

She was named player of the game in the Saints’ league tag grand final victory, which helped the club cap off a rare undefeated season, and helped the blue and white end their five wait for the hockey title.

What a year it was for the talented sevens star who enjoyed senior game time at a successful Oceania Sevens Championships campaign in Fiji and was one of the standout players during the AON Sevens.

On top of those honours Whitfeld was named WRAS Athlete of the Year, came up just short of Oceania 18s glory and just last month claimed gold at the World School Sevens tournament.

It didn’t take long for Woolmington to make an impression on the rugby union scene.

For her efforts in helping CSU reach the Westfund Ferguson Cup grand final she was named player of the season, she scored multiple tries for the NSW Country Corellas against the Sydney Rays and was Greater West Rugby Sevens player of the game in the plate final.