Hurley takes bronze behind Hackett and Stevens
Wollongong’s Robert Hurley has taken the bronze behind Grant Hackett and Craig Stevens in the 400 metre freestyle event at the Australian swimming championships. In a very fast event Hackett won in a time of 3.43.15, his best time since 2001, while Stevens did a personal best (PB) of 3.46.64 and also qualify for the Olympics.
Photo: Grant Hackett wins the 400m from Craig Stevens and Robert Hurley
Hurley’s time for third place was also a personal best of 3.49.48. This time was under the qualifying time for the Olympics but only the top two swimmers are selected for the event.
Photo: Robert Hurley followed by Grant Hackett and Craig Stevens do the winners’ walk
In the 100m backstroke, Hurley came 5th in the final which was won by training partner Ashley Delaney. He still has the 200m backstroke event later on in the week in which he still has a chance to qualify for the Olympics.
Wolves under 15s remain on top after 5 rounds
The Wolves Premier Youth League under 15s continued on their winning way last weekend. They had a convincing 4 nil win over fourth placed Blacktown. As a result the Wolves have equal points with Marconi on top of the ladder but are ahead on goal difference.
The 16s had a nil all draw while the 18s did not have a game
Both the under 13s and under 14s lost to Blacktown City 2 nil.
Saville in 2008 Boomers Squad
Basketball Australia has announced the athletes selected to represent the Australia Post Boomers in the lead up to Beijing. The 33 man squad was announced recently at Rosehill Public School in Sydney’s west, where classes are named after Olympic teams and the first grade class is called ‘The Boomers’.
The squad includes former Wollongong Hawks player, Glen Saville, who is now playing with the Sydney Kings. He joins four other Sydney Kings players in the squad.
Photo: Glen Saville tries to find a way through (from www.photoexcellence.com.au)
The athletes will be put through a rigorous schedule of training camps and international practice games before the names of the final 12 players are a provided to the AOC in early July.
“The first step was to get everybody to put their hand up for selection and we got everyone we wanted with the exception of Stephen Black, who made himself unavailable due to injury” Goorjian said.
“We’ve got a strong squad and some very good players will miss the cut.”
The full squad of players selected from both NBL and international clubs can be found on: www.parramatta.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=2820
Wollongong hosts 2008 Australian women’s baseball championships
Months of preparation work by Illawarra Baseball officials have come to fruition with the 2008 Australian Women’s Baseball Championships getting under way in Wollongong.
The eight days’ event is being played at Fred Finch Park situated in the southern lakeside suburb of Berkeley. It began with first round of games on Saturday March 22 and will conclude on March 29.
The Championships feature six teams representing New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Victorian Provincial, Western Australia and host Country New South Wales.
Titleholders Victoria started as favourites having won the title on seven of the nine previous occasions including the first four. New South Wales won in 2003 and 2006.
All teams play each twice in a round robin format over the first four days before being reseeded into two pools separating the top and bottom three teams.
The Finals are scheduled for March 29. The playoff for 3 vs. 4 will be played at 9.30am while 5 vs. 6 play at 10.30. The Championship decider commences at 1.30pm. All games are played for seven innings duration.
Cricket Coaching Course - Illawarra/South Coast
On 25 May and 1 June, 2008, Cricket NSW in conjunction with local cricket associations will be conducting a Level 1 Coaching Course for new or experienced coaches looking to gain their coaching accreditation.
The course, conducted by Cricket NSW High Performance staff, is directed towards coaches involved at under-age and community cricket level who wish to broaden their knowledge of the technical skills of the game, understand appropriate and effective ways to conduct training sessions and to gain awareness of the factors motivating young people to play and enjoy cricket.
Details: Sunday 25 May and Sunday 1 June, 2008 from 9.00am - 3.00pm (both days compulsory) at Shellharbour City Stadium, Croome Rd, Albion Park
Course Registration is completed 'on-line'. To register follow these steps:
• Log on to Cricket NSW website www.cricketnsw.com.au;
• Click the "Community Cricket" link at the top of the page;
• Click the "Coach Education" menu item;
• Scroll down to the Course Detail and Booking Form.
• Complete the Booking Form and return to Donna Little at Cricket NSW (details are on booking form). Phone enquiries/ bookings on 93390961
Managing Sport Teams and Clubs
NSW Sport and Recreation are currently piloting 2 new programs:
• Orientation to Managing Sport Teams, and
• Managing Clubs and Senior Teams
Orientation to Managing Sports Teams workshop details are: Wednesday 30th April 2008, 6:30pm till 10:30pm; COST: $66 (Includes GST) per person.
COURSE COVERS:
* Roles and responsibilities of a sports team manager
* The junior sports environment
* Understanding child protection and anti harassment policies
* Codes of behaviour in sport
* Understanding and working with athletes
* Being organised and the team manager's toolkit
* Working with people and organisations
* Athlete Nutrition
Managing Clubs and Senior Teams workshop details are: Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May 2008; Saturday 9:30am till 4:30pm; Sunday 9:30am till 2:30pm; COST: $260 (Includes GST) per person.
COURSE COVERS:
* Roles and responsibilities of a sports team manager
* Understanding and managing the team life cycle
* Keeping accurate records
* Team finances
* Risk Management
* Code of behaviour and discipline
* Leading and working with people
* Competition
* Uniforms
* Team Equipment
* Travel and touring
* Team Health and well-being
* Team recognition and rewards
* Evaluation and report
For more information or to register please contact Kelly Brown of NSW Sport and Recreation on 13 13 02 or 0411 205 114; kelly.brown@dsr.nsw.gov.au; www.dsr.nsw.gov.au
Both courses are at NSW Sport and Recreation in Olympic Park Sydney
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