Football is a family game for Whitney Hepburn who started playing aged 5. A provincial and national rep player since she was 10, Whitney was just 11 when she competed at the Australian National champs in the U14. At 14 she was selected for the Mainland Pride team helping them to two titles. Whitney was the only Cantabrian in the NZ U17 2014 World Cup team competing in USA and Costa Rica. This Grant will support Whitney to compete with the NZ Secondary Schools Team in Thailand.