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About Us
The Gippsland Sports Academy is a community-based organisation providing developmental opportunities for young athletes within their own region. The Gippsland Sports Academy covers the full extent of Gippsland, from the south-eastern fringe of Melbourne through to the New South Wales border, including the mountain communities of the Great Dividing Range, and the diverse areas of South Gippsland. What do we offer? Since its launch 1997 the Academy has progressively built up the number of sports it supports. Programs currently facilitated by the Academy are swimming, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, tennis, football and golf. Our staff are generously accommodated by GippsTAFE and based at the Yallourn campus in Newborough, however, program sessions are held in as many areas of Gippsland as possible. All programs are directed by a head coach and depending on the requirements of the sport there may be many coaches and other support staff under the direction of the head coach.
Administration of the Academy is headed by a Chief Executive Officer and overseen by a board of management whose members are drawn from a range of professional backgrounds. All have had extensive competition and sports administration experience. The Academy and its programs are heavily supported by sponsors throughout Gippsland, and they contribute financial and in kind support to the Academy or to specific sports programs. Our patron, Tim Forsyth, and ambassadors Tim Matthews and Don Elgin, are all former international athletes who have provided support and encouragement for the Academy's programs and the Academy has recently appointed former Academy athlete and Olympic swimmer, Ashley Delaney as the Morwell Bowling Club Swim Program Patron. Further information about the Academy's operations are available in the 2010-11 Annual Report (PDF format, 3.2 MB). The Academy's contact details are: Mail address - PO Box 282, Newborough, Vic, 3825. Phone - 03 5127 0223 Fax - 03 5127 0119 email - judib@gippstafe.edu.au
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