Charlie Clark received the under-18 best and fairest award for Lancaster among other sporting honours in a successful 2025. Photo: Supplied.
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Seventeen-year-old Kyabramite Charlie Clark had a year full of success, development and achievements in 2025, setting him up for an equally prosperous journey in the new year.
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Charlie has been touted as a strong prospect in swimming for some time and in 2025, dominated the rest of the competition in the region in his age group.
He was the Kyabram Swimming Club under-17 age champion as well as the Kyabram P-12 College under-17 age champion and fastest swimmer at the school overall.
He progressed to the Campapse Region Secondary Swimming Carnival in Echuca, where he was once again named under-17 age champion.
Charlie’s sporting exploits extend out of the pool, where he was named Lancaster Football Netball Club’s under-18 football best-and-fairest in 2025 and made his debut in the senior side in round 14 against Girgarre, nailing a goal with his first kick in senior football.
Charlie enjoys fishing and has been an active participant in the Kyabram Anglers Club with his father, Lynden Clark, and was named Junior Club Person of the Year for 2025.
He also received his second dan black belt in martial arts, the culmination of 11 years of training.
Receiving the second dan black belt signifies intermediate mastery in martial arts, more time, advanced techniques and leadership skills.
Charlie’s successes in 2025 weren’t just in the sporting realm, establishing himself within the community as an upstanding individual.
He was awarded the 2025 VET Building and Construction award at Kyabram P-12 College awards in early December, and was also awarded the VET in Schools Excellence Award shortly after.
It wasn’t just sporting honours that Clark received in 2025, picking up a couple of VET awards in building and construction.
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Through these accolades and his hard work throughout the year, he was offered and accepted a building apprenticeship with CDT Carpentry in Kyabram.
Charlie’s mother, Jen, highlighted her pride in seeing her son achieve, and pointed to the strong moral values the whole Clark family had as the reason for his success.
“We’re just super proud of him,” she said.
“He just finds time to do everything, he comes to the gym with me, he goes and helps his grandparents a lot, farming, and they live five hours away.
“He doesn't have much downtime, he likes to keep going, he’s very family oriented, loves to help his family and the community.”
Charlie and his siblings Thomas and Jazmin have been highly successful in their respective endeavours, with Jen expressing her joy at seeing her children prosper.
“I’m super proud of all my kids, the whole three of them all went through the swimming club and did really well, Charlie's just the last one that's there,” she said.
“The other two are a little bit older, so he's just followed through, and they’ve all really achieved very well at everything they do.
“It’s always nice to hear people say good things about your kids and your family, it’s all been very positive and pleasing.”
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