The diminutive 17-year-old teamed up with Raymond Terrace’s Sarah Vesenjak to claim the Australian Junior Girls Pairs title then along with Kenita Monks and Rebecca Ramsay narrowly missed another title in the girls fours when beaten by three shots in the final by Queensland.

Despite the hiccup in the fours, the NSW girls were able to claim the girls’ overall trophy and combine with the consistently performed NSW boys team to win the title of Champion State for 2009.

In all, NSW claimed seven medals, two gold and two silver in the girls’ disciplines (singles, pairs, triples and fours) and two silver and a bronze in the boys.

This represents the best result NSW has ever had in the championships with Queensland winning the overall trophy for seven of the previous eight years.

NSW coach, Jack Hawkins was justifiably proud of his charges saying they were a credit to the game.

“Nine of the 10 players had never played in the Australian Championships before but they all handled themselves like veterans,” he said.

“Although the boys didn’t win a gold medal, they were consistent throughout and that’s what wins you tournaments like these.

“What can I say about the girls, they were terrific, something special.

“The two Sarahs, at times they were just simply awesome.”

Boddington, who has had a remarkable year in pairs competition said she was over the moon at winning the National Pairs title.

“I was pretty disappointed losing the State Junior Girls Pairs final by one shot and in just failing to get to the Women’s State Pairs final with Meg McClure but this has more than made up for it,” she said shortly after defeating the Queenslanders.

“They were the hot favourites and nearly everyone expected them to win,” she said.

“But Sarah and I knew we could do it, so we just went out there and gave it our best shot.”