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Chan’s big rise

Friendship ties at primary school helped forge a budding volleyball career that has already seen this month’s Don Deeble Sports Star play for Australia. Denise Chan only started her volleyball career in 2021 because her school friends enjoyed playing. I tried many different sports including…

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