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June
2003 - Newsletter
Australian
Athletes with a Disability
The Australian Sports Commission has announced Athletics, Swimming, Basketball, Yachting, Tennis and Tenpin as sports successful in obtaining Project CONNECT funding for 2003-2004.
NSW Wheelchair Sports Association (NSWWSA) has appointed champion wheelchair racer, Louise Sauvage as the charity sporting organisation's patron. Sauvage was chosen for this role due to her high public profile within Australian sport and her role model status among many Australians. Sauvage will be
the official "face" of the organisation and will assist in
increasing public awareness of NSW Wheelchair Sports Association. NSWWSA
and Sauvage hope to use her popular public profile to educate the community
of the activities NSWWSA undertakes in providing sporting opportunities
to people in wheelchairs as well as campaigning to have wheelchair sport
made more visible and as accepted as able bodied sport. Western Australia Wheelchair Sports Association The Western Australia Wheelchair Sports Association (WAWSA) has announced their Annual Dinner will be held on 7th November 2003 at Observation City, Scarborough. For further information contact WAWSA on phone 08 9443 4833. Wheelchair Sports
Victoria Australian Paralympic Committee The APC has been making some fundamental changes to the way in which it operates. The Australian Paralympic Committee has made a commitment to work with National Sporting Organisations (NSO's) to facilitate the mainstreaming of the Paralympic program for each sport into the organisation's overall high performance activities. The aim of this process is to establish a commitment from NSO's to deliver performance outcomes across Paralympic as well as their established Olympic programs.
SPORTS NEWS AthleticsEarlier this month running at the Utah Summer Games Marlon Shirley became the first leg amputee to officially run 100 metres in under 11 seconds. Congratulations Marlon! Basketball NWBL - Noel Rowsell reports the Wentworthville Leagues Wheelkings have experienced a forgettable weekend in round two of the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) competition, losing both games of a very tough double-header. The Wheelkings, which were missing two key players in Dutch Paralympian Koen Jansens and Australian Paralympian Liesl Tesch, lost 92-57 to the West Sydney Razorbacks and 85-55 to the Brisbane Spinning Bullets. The weekend's competition could not have been much tougher for the under-strength Wheelkings, who faced up to two of the most highly-ranked players in the world in the respective games. Saturday night's clash against the Razorbacks featured Australia's number one male wheelchair basketball player Troy Sachs, who showed off some of his best form with the Razorbacks to collect 50 points, 23 boards and 9 assists to lead his team to an easy win. Sunday's game featured the world's number-one ranked player, Canadian Paralympian Patrick Anderson, who also showed vintage form with the Bullets to grab 46 points, including eight three-pointers, to lead his team to an easy win. Wheelkings new signing David Gould played his heart out in both games, returning 14 points in each, while back-court duo of Kylie Gauci and David Selby played inspirational roles for the losing team. WNWBL - Round two of the NRMA Insurance National League will be held this weekend in Brisbane, for further information contact info@sports.org.au. It has been announced the 2003 Avon National Club Championships will be held 1-2 November at the Shellharbour Stadium, Wollongong. Contact Usfor entry details. Juniors - The NSW
Wheelchair Sports Association, host of the 2004 Junior Basketball Nationals,
has announced the venue for these Championships will now be the Penrith
Sports Stadium, Herbert St, Cambridge Park from 17th- 24th April 2004. The next meeting of the Wheelchair Sports Australia Junior Committee will be held 19-21 July in Melbourne. With the formation of AAWD changes to the current committee structure will be discussed at the meeting, to be attended by state delegates and Jane Milner, Executive Officer, Australian Athletes with a Disability. Swimming Nineteen Excell squad members will be attending a strength and conditioning training camp in Melbourne this coming weekend conducted by John Ornsby and Bruce Power. Table Tennis Hall who finished the 2002 year as the World No. 1 giving him his fourth World Champion crown (1995, 1998, 2000 & 2002) has retained the title and added the Doubles World No. 1 ranking to his international status. There was a strong Australian presence at the international dinner with tennis legend Fred Stolle compering the proceedings and Lleyton Hewitt being crowned Men's Singles World Champion. Hall was presented with the unique trophy by Mr Francesco Ricci Bitti, President of the International Tennis Federation. "This really is a great occasion. To have two Australians on stage and recognised as the World Champions in the same year is something very special and a great honour to be part of" said Hall in Paris. Wheelchair RugbyTwo rounds of the Astra Tech National Wheelchair Rugby League have been conducted, with round three in Brisbane during July and the finals in Sydney during August. At this point in time South Australia looks like the team to beat. For further information including game results visit www.quadrugbyaustralia.com
4-6 Swimming Excell
Training Camp Melbourne, VIC
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