Stevens takes silver behind Hackett in great time
Sutherland’s Craig Stevens has taken the silver behind Grant Hackett 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 just short of his personal best (PB) time set in 2001. Stevens also did a PB of 3.46.64 and to qualify for the Olympics.
Photo: Grant Hackett wins 400m from Craig Stevens and Robert Hurley
As there were no semi-finals in the 400m freestyle event there was a B-Final of the fastest 9 to16 qualifiers. This was won by Sutherland’s Ky Hurst.
Photo: Hurley leads Hackett and Stevens on the 400m victory walk
In a promising performance nineteen year old Stephen Parkes came fourth in the final of the 400m individual medley in 4.23.71 which was almost 3 secs better than his seed time to qualify for the event.
Sutherland’s eighteen year old Erin Malone just missed out on a place in the 100m breaststroke final. She was ultimately ranked 12th after both semi finals. In the 200m breaststroke she was ranked 13th after the semi-finals. Six Sydney based players 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 West Sydney Razorbacks Matthew Knight and five Sydney Kings players.
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 Shark’s 13s still lead after tough match against Marconi
Sutherland Sharks 13s had a tough nil all draw against Marconi in the Premier Youth League round on the Easter weekend. In spite of the draw the young Sharks are the only undefeated team after 5 rounds and lead the competition.
The 14s overcame third placed team Marconi 2-1 to remain undefeated. They lie in second spot behind Blacktown who are also undefeated but have played an extra game.
The higher placed Marconi teams were too strong for the Sharks in 15s, 16s and 18s.
Results of all round 5 games between Sutherland Sharks and Marconi were:
Under 13: Sutherland drew nil all
Under 14: Sutherland won 2-1
Under 15: Sutherland lost 3-1
Under 16: Sutherland lost 2-1
Under 18: Sutherland lost 4 nil 2008 Australian Women’s baseball championships
Want to go to see great baseball on the weekend? Go down to Wollongong and you will find it is more than beaches and developers!
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. 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
* Rick 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 Sports grants available
Cathy Gorman-Brown of NSW Sport and Recreation is encouraging sporting clubs and associations to apply for Woolworths Community Sport Grants. The company is offering grants of $5,000 for community sport groups to help primary school aged children become more active and live healthier lives - please see link below for details:
http://www.freshfoodkids.com.au/ More Stories?
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