News

Our SWAS Tennis athletes Patrick Drake, Eloise Swarbrick and Harry Boyd competed at The Quest Bendigo International Pro Tour on November 7^th and walked away with amazing results.

Patrick Drake won the 16s Final 6-3 and 6-2 against the 9th seed Andy Caruana. These results follow from the excellent form at the previous Bendigo tournament back at the end of September and then followed up with a win in the 16u tournament at Altona at the start of October.

Eloise Swarbrick was the runner up in the 16 & under girls and took the win in the the AMT Woman’s Doubles.

Harry Boyd and Patrick Drake competed in the AMT Men’s Doubles and made it to the quarter finals.

Willow Sainsbury & Tom Gedye also competed at the International Pro Tour with great results in both singles and doubles.

Congratulations on these great results and keep up the hard work and training!

 

***Tennis Trials for our 2018 SWAS Tennis Program are being held Sunday 3^rd December, 4pm @ Warrnambool Lawn Tennis Club, Pertobe Road, Warrnambool.

 

SWAS athletics athletes Jacob Mibus and Caytlyn Sharp had outstanding results at the 2017 Victorian All Schools Track and Field Championships Friday 5^th-7^th November taking home 7 golds and 1 silver.

Results:

Jacob Mibus:

-Gold in the 100m

-Gold in the 200m

-Silver in long jump.

Jacob achieved PBs in all of these events as an U18 para athlete running for the Hamilton & Alexandra College.

Next up for Jacob is Nationals in Sydney, March 2018.

 

Caytlyn sharp:

-Gold in the 100m para with a time of 14:26sec

-Gold in the 200m para with a time of 30:01sec

-Gold in Shot put with a distance of 8.70m

-Gold in Discuss with a distance of 20.48m

-Gold in Long jump with a jump of 4.24m

Next up for Caytlyn is the All Schools National Championships In Adelaide and the Athletics Australia Junior Championships in Sydney, March 2018.

 

Warrnambool – Grade 3 Sporting Award

Applications are invited from suitably experienced persons for the part-time, 28 hours per fortnight administrative role with the South West Academy of Sport.

The Administration and Athlete Liaison Officer will undertake a wide variety of duties related to the effective running of the South West Academy of Sport.

The successful applicant will be required to demonstrate that they:

• Possess well-developed Microsoft Office suite knowledge
• Have the ability to work independently
• Possess well-developed written and verbal communication skills
• Have strong administration skills
• Have a general working knowledge of website and application management
• Possess well-developed organisational and time management skills
• Hold a valid driver’s licence for the state of Victoria

A position description can be found here: SWAS AAL Officer Position description June 2017

For specific enquiries regarding the role, please contact Nic Kaiser (CEO – South West Academy of Sport) on telephone (03) 5564 8567 or email nic.kaiser@swtafe.vic.edu.au

The successful applicant will be required to consent to and undergo a Police Record Check and Working With Children’s Check in line with South West Academy of Sport’s Policy.

Applications are to be submitted by email to nic.kaiser@swtafe.vic.edu.au and need to include: an application letter addressing the selection criteria, a CV outlining qualifications and experience; together with the names of two (2) referees by Wednesday 26 July 2017. Other documents you feel are relevant may also be attached.

Nationals

Sara Kosch, Harry Clark and Jordain Patterson achieved their National 50 tgt Break Badge and Daniel Demassi achieved his National 50, 75 & 100 tgt Break Badges.

Daniel Hawtin

• 1st C Grade 50 tgt Double Barrel
• 2nd  C Grade 100 tgt Points Score

Harry Clark

• 2nd A Grade 100 tgt Points Score

Daniel Demassi

• 2nd Sub Junior 75  tgt Champion of Champions
• 3rd Sub Junior 50 pair (100 tgt) Double Rise

Penny Smith   

• 3rd Handicap off 24m
• 1st AA Grade Double Barrel – score 366/366 which made her also 2nd overall
• 1st Overall Women’s Double Barrel
• Member of Women’s Mackintosh Team
• Team B Women’s World Championship member

Sara Kosch

• Olympic Endeavour Award : An award given to the best U18 female shooter in the Double, Single Barrel and Points Score events.

March

Colac March Monthly Shoot

Sara Kosch

• 50 tgt Point Score 1st A grade 150/150, Double Barrel 50/50  – Perfect score for the day 200/200  –  Overall Junior High Gun Sash, Overall Ladies High Gun Sash , Overall A Grade High Gun Sash and Overall High Gun for the day

April

Werribee Monthly Sunday Shoot

Sara Kosch

• 1st AA Grade Victorian State Single Barrel Continental (she beat her father and another Noorat member in a shoot off)

Hay Easter Shoot

Ethan Domney  

• 100 & 150 target Break Badges

Myamin Easter Monday Shoot

Jordain Paterson

• Overall Double Barrel

Sara Kosch

• 2nd AA Grade Double Barrel

SWZ 100 target Ball Trap

Daniel Demasi

• 1st B Grade

Ethan Domney

• 2nd C Grade

Daniel Damassi was selected to represent the South West Zone later in the year as part of a 5 person team.

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Applications for the first round of 2017 of the Athlete Pathway Travel Grants Program are now open and close on Thursday 22 September 2016. Applications are to be made online at www.sport.vic.gov.au/grants-and-programs/athlete-pathway-travel-grants-program

Applications are also open for the Local Sporting Champions Program and close on the 31 October 2016. www.ausport.gov.au/participating/local_sporting_champions