News Summaries up to 2004 |
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Inaugural year for tennis
concludes, 9 December 2004
The Academy held its graduation session for the Tennis Victoria Tennis
Squad, concluding the first year of the sports existence under the Academy’s
umbrella. All ten of the athletes were awarded graduation certificates
...
State award for regional star, Danielle Stott, 9 December 2004 Danielle Stott has capped off an amazing year winning a States school Sports Award for her contribution to Volleyball over the past 12 months ... 14 year old Danielle will be presented with her Victorian Secondary School Sports Association (VSSSA) award at a special function ...
2004 Golf program comes to a close, 20 November 2004 The final training session for the 2004 Golf Program concluded last weekend … All of the athletes in the program successfully graduated ...
Academy athletes impress, 2 November 2004 There were some impressive performances by Athletic Squad members at last weekend’s All Schools Championships … Zac Nelson, Ashlea Lawry, Daniel McKay and Shannon McCurley all won medals … Anthony McKay finished fourth ...
Sporting stars to attend Academy fundraiser, 2 November 2004 Legendary cricketer Sir Richard Hadlee and two times Olympian Tamsyn Lewis are the big name stars that will be attending the Gippsland Sports Academy’s Memorabilia auction dinner ...
Gippsland athletes train with world class squad, 29 October 2004 This week the Academy’s Golf squad travelled to Melbourne for a session with the Victorian Institute of Sports (VIS) Golf squad. The session was conducted at the Melbourne Golf Academy facilities ...
Academy volleyball athletes in Morwell Tournament, 21 October 2004 This weekend the Academy Volleyball Squad will be one of 28 teams participating in the annual Morwell Volleyball Tournament ...
Josh Froud excels at secondary school athletics titles, 21 October 2004 Josh Froud jumped a personal best of 1.95metres at the secondary schools championships, following up on his places the previous week in the All Schools Championships ...
Squash stars return from successful Junior Championships, 13 October 2004 Five talented junior players have recently returned from the Australian Junior Squash Championships with successful results. Simon and Claire Stephens from Moe, Robert and Nicola Templeton from Leongatha, and Haley Wright from Bairnsdale ...
Craig Hasthorpe qualifies for Australian Open, 10 October 2004 Former Gippsland Sports Academy Golf Athlete Craig Hasthorpe has won the Victorian Regional Qualifying round for the Australian Open ... Craig praised the Academy coaches for developing his skills ... Also, Anthony Brown ...
Clarke wins silver and bronze at Athens Paralympic Games, 7 October 2004 Lichelle Clarke surpassed all expectations by winning bronze in the freestyle relay and silver in the 400m freestyle ... She also performed well in other events ...
Academy Athletes for Bairnsdale Clay Classic, 22 September 2004 Ten Academy athletes will compete in the Bairnsdale Tennis Club’s Classic Clay tournament from the 27th of September to the 1st of October ... This week the Academy squad has achieved great results at the Federation Health Junior Tournament ...
Badminton trials to be held, 2nd September 2004 The Academy is excited with the outlook of the program. Murray Hocking has been appointed as the Head Coach and brings a wealth of playing experience and success to the program to supplement his theoretical teaching of the game ...
VSF Academy Program to oversee exciting State Wide Competition, 26 August 2004 The new Victorian Soccer Federation master plan will encourage the development of junior soccer and include a focus on competition throughout the State … Trials for Gippsland junior teams will be held next month ...
Academy Volleyball Trials, 15 August 2004 Trials for their 2004 Volleyball program will be conducted throughout Gippsland over the coming weeks ... This will be the fourth year of the Volleyball program and there will be a range of new components added to the program ... Also of major importance is the appointment of Mr. Neil Boyes as Head Coach ...
Inaugural Coaches Conference a great success, 11 August, 2004 The GSA Coaches Conference provided a valuable opportunity for Academy Programs to integrate and share knowledge with one another ... The Victorian Institute of Sport’s Programs Manager, Peter Spence, and Golf Head Coach, Denis McDade, made stimulating presentations ...
Young squash stars pull on the big "V", 10 August, 2004 Five young, talented Gippsland Squash players will be heading to Canberra in September for the Australian Junior Squash Championships ... Brad Soutar (under 15), Simon Stephens (under 19), Robert Templeton (under 15), Nicola Templeton (under 13) and Haley Wright (under 13) are on the team ...
Alexander and Yeates make State Development Squad, 2 August 2004 Two of Gippsland’s young developing golfers have been selected for the Victorian Young Achievers Squad. Todd Alexander, who is a member of the Mirboo North Golf Club and Warwick Yeates from Bairnsdale have been chosen amongst some of Victoria’s finest young golfers to participate in the Young Achievers Squad ...
Success for State Badminton Star, 21 July 2004 Gippsland Sports Academy athlete, Jessica Lyons has just returned from Launceston ... Her quarter finals finish in the singled earned her an Australian Ranking of 10 ...
Tennis athletes continue great improvement, 12 July 2004 Eight athletes from the Gippsland Sports Academy Tennis Victoria squad competed at the North Ringwood Junior Tennis Tournament in the first week of the school holidays. The squad travelled to North Ringwood under the supervision of Academy Block 2 Coach Graham Charlton ...
Badminton star appointed as Head Coach, 10 July 2004 The Academy is thrilled to announce Mr. Murray Hocking as their 2004 Badminton Head Coach. Mr. Hocking had an Australian number one ranking from 1996 to 1998 ...
2004 Swimming Program Kicks Off, 10 July 2004 This weekend will see the launch of the 2004 Gippsland Sports Academy swimming program in Warragul. The swimming program is arguably the Academies most successful program and with the most difficult selection criteria. Athletes are to achieve National Championship qualification times and also compete at the National Championships ...
Squash Induction Day, 8th July 2004 The induction day was held on the 26th of June included an introduction to Academy personnel, the squash coaching panel, program sponsors and representatives Paul Vear (Executive Officer) and Roger Flynn (Head Coach) from the Victorian Squash Federation (VSF) ...
Great Stott - Danielle off to NZ, 1 July 2004 Gippsland Sport Academy athlete, Danielle Stott has been selected to represent Australia in Volleyball in the upcoming Junior Women’s Trans-Tasman Volleyball Series. The Lakes Entrance volleyballer made the final cut at a recent training camp, held at the Australia Institute of Sport base in Canberra ...
State Selection for Soccer Stars, 21 June 2004 Three young Gippsland soccer stars have recently been selected to represent Country Victoria at the National Championships ... Joe Baldwin, Adam Curwood and Jacob Slottje have been trekking up to Bendigo each weekend for State Squad training ...
Academy coach’s success at Tennis World Championships, 27 May 2004 Gippsland Sports Academy Tennis Coach, Mark Stevens, has recently returned from successfully competing in the World Veterans Championships. After winning the Australian Veterans Championship ...
Squash becomes the Academy’s 8th sport, 21 May, 2004 The new inclusion of Squash into the 2004 program brings great excitement and change for the academy, which has put on 3 new sports in the last 12 months (Tennis, Athletics and now Squash) ... The academy’s squash program is looking to have a squad of 10 to 12 ...
Raff Laurins plans World Junior Championship assault, 17 May 2004 After his successful results ant the National Championships in Sydney in February, Raffael Laurins has been selected in both the shot put and discus for the World Junior Championships ...
Melanie Smith in New Zealand badminton tournament, 29 April 2004 Morwell teenager, Melanie Smith travelled to North Harbour, Auckland to compete in the prestigious June Beavan tournament ... And retired badminton international, Murray Hocking, spent the weekend training and educating the squad members ...
Academy update, 17 April 2004 The Gippsland Sports Academy is entering its seventh year as Gippsland’s premier elite sporting development program. The Academy is a Regional partner of the Victorian Institute of Sport and uses VIS-modelled programs to develop the sports and personal skills of young athletes. This year the Academy has increased the number of sports programs to seven, involving approximately 120 athletes...
End of successful Volleyball Program 2003, 16 March 2004 The Volleyball Program finished on the weekend with the last training session and a graduation barbecue. This year’s program was the largest of the Academy with 33 athletes being involved from all over Gippsland ...
Tennis Victoria Program hits off, 15 March 2004 The Academy’s Tennis Victoria Program training has begun at Maffra. Eight athletes from throughout Gippsland have been selected for the program. Athletes will compete at the Geelong Grasscourt Championship, the North Ringwood Junior Championship, the Classic Clay Junior Open at Bairnsdale and the NTA Victorian School Boys and Girls Championship...
Awards presentations for 2003, 9 March 2004 The Academy’s Annual Award presentations were attended by 250 athletes and family members. Guest speakers were Mrs Lisa Alexander (coach of national netball champions Melbourne Phoenix), Dr Ralph Richards (VIS Regional Academies Manager) and Tim Forsyth (Academy patron and Olympic medallist). Achievements were honoured by award nominations and award presentations ...
Throws star Laurins, set for Nationals and beyond, 17 February 2004 Moe 18-year old Raff Laurins is peaking at the right time in the lead up to the National Athletics Championships. Over the past two weeks Raff has completed in the South Australian State Championships, at the Olympic Park (Melbourne) Telstra A Series Championships, and at the Victorian State Championships. Next weeks Nationals are important for selection in the National Junior team to compete in Grosseto, Italy, in July...
State trials for Gippsland soccer stars, 6 February 2004 Six athletes from last year’s program have been selected to trial for the Victorian Soccer Squads. They are Thomas Ahmadzai, Jamie Dunn, Justin Kosakiewicz, Nathan Pace, and Dean Pyle (all under 16 boys), and Chloe Poole (under 14 girls) ...
Badminton State selection for Melanie Smith, 5 February 2004 Morwell youngster Melanie Smith has recently been selected to represent Victoria in the 10-day Bevan teams tournament in the Under 17 age group. This tournament is conducted annually throughout Australia and New Zealand and this year will be held at North Harbour in New Zealand. Melanie, 14 years old...
McKay and Laurins Country Athletic Champions, 30 January 2004 Outstanding performers in the Country Athletics Championships were 16-year old Daniel McKay (from Drouin), and 18-year old, Raff Lauren’s (Moe). They won their respective age group champion trophies... Other athletes Ashlea Lawry, Hayley Brown, Lara Trevorrow, Justine Hughes, Kylie Mackellin, Hamish Nelson, Josh Froud, and Kane Smith performed outstandingly well...
Athletics camp successful lead up to State Championships, 13 January 2004 The Academy’s Latrobe City Athletics squad conducted a weekend long camp which incorporated educational sessions, performance analysis and training. Invaluable sessions were conducted by Head Coach Mark Ladbrook, Phil Shelley (strength and conditioning), Peter Winter (technique), Alison Caiafa (nutrition), Lisa Stevens (sports psychology) and Carolyne Boothman (athlete career and development) ...
GSA swimmers perform well at State titles, 13 January 2004 At the Victorian Swimming Championships last week and the Academy’s LatrobeFirst Swimmers performed well. Brenton Ford and Jeremy Saunders were awarded Age Group Championships. Sam Ashby, Abbie Stockdale, Melissa Hopley, Caitie Mitchell, Glenn Ferguson and Lichelle Clarke won medals or set records ... The Traralgon Club now has 13 Nationally Qualified swimmers ...
LatrobeFirst swim squad success at Wagga, 16 December 2003 Swimmers from the Latrobe First Swimming Program returned from a competition camp in Wagga Wagga, NSW with a swag of medals. The Academy Squad of 9 National swimmers, competing as a Gippsland team, won 46 medals, broke one out-of-Gippsland record and achieved 3 new National qualifying times ...
Volleyball athletes invited to National Camp, 2 December 2003 Five members of the Academy’s volleyball squad have been invited to participate in the National Junior Camp. The athletes are Courtney Evans, Danielle Stott, Jamie-Lee Pearce, Jemmi Spriggs & Jessica Lloyd. All athletes have displayed great skills and a keen interest in the sport during the Gippsland Academy of Sport Volleyball Programs training sessions this year ...
Gippsland Group Training announced as Soccer Program sponsor, 23 November 2003 Last year the program ran without a Program Sponsor but this year the offerings to the athletes has increased as a result of the additional funding ... Mr. Barry Whitehead of Gippsland Group Training said "We are extremely excited to be associated with the Gippsland Sports Academy and the unique service they provide to the talented young soccer athletes of Gippsland ...
Regional Academy operations and activities growth, 7 November 2003 The Gippsland Sports Academy (GSA) is currently in an exciting phase of substantial growth. This year GSA has added the sports of athletics and tennis to the existing sports of badminton, volleyball, golf, swimming and soccer. The number of athletes in GSA from approximately 110 to approximately 150 ...
Volleyball Program appointments, 21 October 2003 Newborough local Danny Anderson has been appointed as the Head Coach for the 2003/04 Program ... Other appointments news includes Shane Carruthers as the Program Manager ...
Academy volleyball athletes competing in Morwell Tournament, 21 October 2003 The Academy’s Volleyball Squad will be participating in the annual Morwell Volleyball Tournament this weekend. The squad have been in training since early September and have been building up for this tournament ...
Academy athletes star, 14 October 2003 The Gippsland Sports Academy had five athletes from the Latrobe City Athletics program compete at the VSSSA Southern Zone Athletics Championships. All athletes achieved top placings ...
Badminton athletes excel in State Junior Championships, 14 October 2003 The standout performers were Jessica Lyons (Cowwarr), Melanie Smith (Morwell), Jack Burgess (Labertouche), Mitchell McKenzie (Bairnsdale) and Murray Purvis (Darnum). Jessica achieved a first place in the U 19 Girls Singles competition ...
Athletes achieve great results at Schools Championships, 7 October 2003 Three athletes from the Latrobe City Athletics Program in the Gippsland Sports Academy competed at the State Schools Championships at Olympic Park in Melbourne over the weekend. Raff Laurins, Josh Froud and Kathleen Goodwin all achieved terrific results in their respective disciplines ...
Gippsland Academy athletes in State Junior Badminton Championships, 6 October 2003 This weekend the Gippsland Junior Badminton Association will conduct the Victorian State Badminton Championships. The Gippsland Sports Academy will have eleven athletes from the Chris Humphrey Office National program in the Under 13, 15, 17 and 19 Championships ...
Inaugural Athletes Conference Day, 4 October 2003 Approximately 45 athletes and 20 Coaches and Advisory Panel members attended the Conference ... There were four presenters for the day providing educational information for the young Academy athletes in order for them to utilise and implement to improve their performance in their chosen sports ...
School holidays skills day, 25 September 2003 Twelve athletes from the Sports Academy devoted a day of their school holidays to participate in an athlete development activity. recently. As part of the Academy’s program all athletes are provided with a range of educational programs as well as technical skill coaching and physical development ...
Appointment of highly credentialed Badminton Head Coach, 19 September 2003 Alan Hall has been appointed the Head Coach of the program and he comes to the Academy with a highly distinguished and credentialed coaching career ... The Gippsland Sports Academy is also pleased to announce Chris Humphrey Office National as the Badminton Program sponsor for a fifth year ...
Commencement of Athletics Program, 12 September 2003 The Academy has announced the commencement of its Athletics Program, to be sponsored by Latrobe City Council. The Academy is delighted to have attracted high quality coaches and received applications from excellent athletes ...
Tennis Victoria to support the introduction of the Academy’s Tennis Program, 8 August 2003 The Tennis Program will bring the number of sports programs within the Academy to seven. The tennis squad is looking to be divided into two groups; a development squad and an elite advanced group ...
Swimmers shine at Short Course Titles, 10 July 2003 The Academy’s Swimming Squad competed in the Victorian Country Short Course titles and won 22 gold medals. Ashley Delaney and Jeremy Saunders were the stand-out swimmers ... Sam Ashby, Abbie Stockdale, Brenton Ford, Ben Geard, Caitie Mitchell, Sven Eriksson, Stephen Marks, and Karley Cook also won medals ...