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                            Driven to inspire







                                 FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, TOYOTA HAS PARTNERED

                                    WITH WOMEN’S HEALTH TO CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA’S MOST
                                   INSPIRING ATHLETES AT THE 2019 WOMEN IN SPORT AWARDS





                                                                       Local champion Lucy inspires
     Lucy Grills –
     ‘Toyota Local
     Sporting                                                          Lucy Grills is a multi-award-         and healthiest versions of
     Champion’                                                         winning Australian                    themselves. The workshop
                                                                       Polocrosse champion, but              covers mental health,
                                                                       it’s her work at a local level        body image, social media,
                                                                       that earned her the Local             physical health, nutrition,
                                                                       Sporting Champion award               sports psychology,
                                                                       sponsored by Toyota at the            confidence and specialised
                                                                       Women in Sport Awards.                Polocrosse coaching,
                                                                                                             including video analysis.
                                                                       ENRICHING LIVES
                                                                       Lucy played in the 2019               INSPIRING BY EXAMPLE
                                                                       World Cup-winning                     Lucy’s commitment to
                                                                       Australian Polocrosse Team            supporting girls in her sport
                                                                       and won overall champion              in such a positive way truly
                                                                       female player. Despite a              embodies the Toyota
                                                                       gruelling training schedule,          platform, ‘Inspiring Progress’,
                                                                       a family farm to help run             which celebrates inclusiveness
                                                                       and a full-time job, last year        and perseverance – as
                                                                       Lucy also launched Girl Talk,         evidenced by their support
                                                                       a three-day Polocrosse                of the awards since 2016.
                                                                       workshop for girls aged 12-16,        As Lucy herself says, “the
                                                                       to help enrich girls’ lives           more women we see playing
                                                                       and develop their skills              and competing, the better it
                                                                       to become the happiest                is for all of us.”



             “I love hearing the
                                                         Lucy Grills
             word ‘impossible’.                          on stage

             It ignites a

             challenge inside


             me to prove I can

             achieve it. ”


             - LUCY GRILLS

















                                                                                                                                 Lucy Grills and Toyota
                                                                                                                                 Ambassador Ellie Cole
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