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 16 year-old pole vaulter, Paris McCathrion has continued to improve her performance in competition.
Paris, sponsored by Jalna Dairy Foods Pty Ltd, had a record-breaking summer season of pole vaulting in 2010/11, competing in Australian Junior Championships in Sydney. Paris also won Victorian State and also the Victorian Open Championship.
She competed in the Australian senior tour in Brisbane, beating Commonwealth gold medalist Alana Boyd and finished 3rd to senior women. Paris also finished ninth in her final of the IAAF World Youth Athletics Championshipsin Lille, France in July.
She recently acquired some lovely new poles, and in November 2011 won the Victorian All Schools competition. She competed in Brisbane, winning the Australian All Schools Championships.
As it is early in the season she is only jumping off a short 8 steps, but jumped 4m in the Devenport Carnival in Tasmania in December, beating her personal best of 3.95m.
 In January 2012 Paris won the Women’s Pole Vault competition at the Victorian Country Athletics Championships at Bendigo also reaching 4m, qualifying her to compete in the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain, in July. Her coach expects she will jump around 4.35m this year, so fingers crossed she will do well.
Paris has also been in Tasmania on training camps, and Brisbane on a camp with Olympian Steve Hooker and Alana Boyd, so lots of travel involved and lots of training.
We’re hoping her new poles will enable her to soar to new heights: according to Paris “pole vaulting isn’t a passion, it’s an obsession!” Paris' success has been written up in the Wittlesea Leader and the Advocate newspaper in Tasmania. You can see more pictures of Paris in action here.
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Jalna Dairy Foods is a Major Partner with Australia’s leading professional nutrition-focused body, Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA).
For the last few year Jalna Dairy Foods has proudly sponsored the Big Bay Swim. This 3.2km swim is held from Port Melbourne to Williamstown in Victoria. Swimmers conclude the race with Jalna yoghourt to aid their recovery. In 2012 the event is on Sunday, 26th February starting at 9am. See their website for more information: 
Jalna Dairy Foods is a Platinum sponsor of the West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Football Club, one of the largest amateur football clubs in New South Wales. The club values strong family ties and provides opportunities for members to play and develop their football skills in a competitive and supportive team environment, underpinned by fair play and sportsmanship principles.
Jalna Dairy Foods has sponsored the Melton Wind Symphony for the past two years. This major community initiative in the western suburbs of Melbourne has grown each year, with membership currently at over 50. The Melton Symphony is dressed courtesy of Jalna Dairy Foods Pty Ltd. 
Because Jalna Dairy Foods is committed to providing healthy food to Australians, it supports organizations which value wellbeing and natural food, and consequently Jalna now sponsors the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Victoria. This important new Centre will combine international cancer research and medical treatment with wellness care, to help treat the whole person - body, mind and spirit. The Centre will build on 127 years of cancer-care expertise at the Austin Hospital in Victoria and will be home to the largest clinical research site world-wide of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. 
Jalna Dairy Foods has supported the local F.C Eltham Panthers football team in Melbourne for two years. The Eltham Football Club President, Steve Merkel thanked Jalna for its continuing sponsorship and said he was pleased to report the Panthers have continued to improve each year. See their website for more information: