 In 2003, he was named in "The Advertiser" SANFL team of the year.He is also a talented basketball player, making State Under-18 level before deciding to pursue football.In 2007, Skipworth played in the Victorian Football League with Bendigo Bombers, where he ruptured the patellar tendon in his knee after landing awkwardly after a marking contest during the first quarter of the Bendigo Bombers' loss to Port Melbourne at TEAC Oval.