BEING named the Northern Mallee Sports Star of the Year has made the travel and training worth it for emerging Robinvale golf star Steph Baker.

Baker, 17, took out the Peter Manolas Trophy at Friday night's awards ceremony, but was unable to be there as she embarks on her first season of Victorian Pennant with Keysborough Golf Club in Melbourne.

"It means a lot, just knowing that all the hard wo...