The Gippsland Sports Academy develops the sports skills, and personal skills, of talented young athletes through its sports programs.
Our pages provide information about these young athletes and their sports. We also acknowledge the individuals and sponsoring organisations whose support has enabled their high achievements.
19 July 2010 - Table Tennis titles – terrific!
Michaela Campbell won the girls' under-13 doubles at Victorian Junior Open Championships on the weekend. Michaela and her partner defeated her Academy team mate, Darcie Morton in the final.
Darcie, this time with a different partner, was also runner up in the under-15 girls' doubles.
Also runners up were Brendan Harbridge and his Melbourne partner in the under-18 mixed doubles.
Adam Hislop was a quarter finalist in the under-15 boys' doubles.
Thomas Curtis achieved the best singles result, in the highly competitive Division 5, where he made the semi-finals but lost after a close match.
All of the Academy's boys played in Division 5 with most of them going through to the last or second last elimination round which, against some of the state's best, is an encouraging show of depth in the Acadmey's Table Tennis Squad.
19 July 2010 - Ex-Academy swimmers go well
Former Academy swimmers asserted themselves at the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships which have just concluded.
Ashley Delaney re-established himself as Australia's premier backstroker with wins in the 100- and 200-metre events, and a second place in the 50-metre sprint.
Jeremy Meyer finished fourth in the 200-metre breaststroke, Andrew Cameron was seventh in the 200-metre butterfly and Sam Ashby eighth in the 200-metre individual medley.
Both Delaney and Meyer have forthcoming commitments in overseas events.
16 July 2010 - Stephanie returns from Internationals
The Academy's top badminton player, Stephanie Treloar recently played in the Australian Junior International Championships and the CP Maddern Trophy in Tasmania.
Under-19 players from all states and New Zealand competed for individual and regional honours in the respective events.
In the individual doubles championship Stephanie and her regular partner Melissa Pearce made the quarter finals.
In the singles, Stephanie met one of the top seeds in the first round and was eliminated. However, in the singles consolation plate Stephanie advanced to the semi-finals before going down in three sets.
During the CP Maddern teams event Stephanie won all her doubles matches but lost one singles and one mixed event.
However, Stephanie's team, Victoria 1, finished fourth in overall standings behind Northern New Zealand, New South Wales and Queensland.
16 July 2010 - A holiday serving of tennis
Mitchell Allman won the Victorian 14 years singles and doubles Clay Court Championships.
David Hough returned to Brisbane for the Optus 12-years Winter Nationals where he finished with a place in the consolation singles.
Josh Charlton (12), was a semi-finalist in the Glen Iris doubles and, the next week, a quarter finalist in the singles consolation at the Clay Court Championships.
Rebecca Ingram and Shayla Marsh were both impressive in defeat in the Clay Court (12-years) singles elimination rounds.
Annual Gippstars honour region's highest achievers
Top World Championship results earned BMX racer Tom Siinmaa the Gippstar Senior Award for 2010.
The Junior Gippstar Award was shared between two talented young sportswomen, basketballer Alex Sheedy and lawn bowler Lisa Phillips.
For all three Gippstar champions the Awards recognise their ventures and achievements in national and international sport.
The Gippstar Awards also acknowledged a number of individuals who had made significant contributions to their sports.
John Bryant (motor sports), Cyril Metcalf (football), Jenny Mills (netball) and Howard Williams (volleyball) were all recipients of the Gippstar Special Achiever Awards.
In another tied Award the Lakes Entrance senior women's surf boat team and Maffra Fire Brigade Juniors won the Teams Award.
Help for injured athletes
Dr Karen Holzer, an experienced Melbourne sports medicine specialist, also visits Gippsland centres. She rotates each Monday between Leongatha, Korumburra and Traralgon hospitals.
Her contact number is 98279362.
Dr Holzer was a member of the official medical team at the Beijing Olympics.