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Twins make their mark
Posted by elise.mosley in Latest News on March 3rd, 2010
BASKETBALL
ELIZA and Bernadette Barden have won bronze and gained national selection at the Ivor Burge National Basketball Championships on the weekend.
The dynamic Orange duo represented NSW Country at the championships, beating South Australia in the bronze medal match.
The 17-year-old twins, who attend The Canobolas Rural Technology High School, have been regulars in the national side and head coach Carmen Skidmore says they both shone in the tournament.
“Eliza was the top scorer in just about every match she played in and Bernie was never far behind her,” Skidmore said.
Keelan Crawford and former WRAS squad member Mitchell Mavrak represented NSW Country at the Tournament.
Source: Central Western Daily Newspaper
WRAS Combined Camp 2010 – Sponsored by Delta Electricity
Posted by Brett in Latest News on February 4th, 2010
Over 120 WRAS athletes and squad staff will be converging on Wallerawang this weekend for a three day camp. Participants from the basketball, golf, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, officiating, and members of the lone star squad will participate in a variety of development and education sessions in Portland, Wallerawang and Lithgow.
Important notes on Athlete & Coach Arrival/ Pick up
Athletes will be required to arrive at Black Gold Country Cabins in Wallerawang between 7 and 7.30pm on Friday night. Coaches, we’ll see you between 6.30 and 7pm. Please eat a good healthy dinner before hand!
We’ll be rounding up at 12.30pm on Sunday with pickup from the following locations -
Basketball & Netball – Wallerawang Indoor Sports Centre (near the primary school)
Hockey – Lithgow Hockey Fields
Lawn Bowls – Lithgow Bowling Club
Lone Star & Officiating – Black Gold Country Cabins
Golf – Lithgow Golf Club
Accommodation and Drop off Location
Type in your address to get directions to Black Gold Country Cabins in Wallerawang.
Please note: pick up may be at a different location – check the program!!
WRAS Launches New Website
Posted by Penny in Latest News on January 19th, 2010
The Western Region Academy of Sport (WRAS) has launched a new website for 2010. We are aiming towards an athlete and coach focused communication tool and interactive experience, as well as a showcase of what WRAS offers our young athletes.
The new features
There will be links to WRAS Email and the Athlete’s Strength and Conditioning spaces, as well as a frequently updated news section and a revamped Wramblings newsletter that will be sent out and available on the website. WRAS Photos are now directly available from the website. Just click on the Photos Tab and you’ll get our Photostream (the latest photos) and Photosets (albums of specific events).
Keeping up to date – get notifications when there’s something new
For those people who would like to receive updates when the website has something new to see you can become a fan of WRAS Facebook, follow WRAS on Twitter or add the WRAS RSS Feed to your Feedreader. Don’t know what any of that means? Just come to www.wras.org.au and read the latest news! Throughout the year, the website will introduce new features such as video and audio, athlete profiles and feature articles from some very well known people!
Can I contribute to WRAS stories and posts?
The WRAS website belongs to our Athletes and Coaches – if you have some exciting sports related news, let us know. Contact Brett or Nancy in the WRAS office by email, phone or using the online contact form. Send us your WRAS related videos, photos and stories. We’d love to share them!
WRAS Netballers arrive in New Zealand
Posted by Nancy in Latest News on January 17th, 2010
This is the 6th year of the Trans-Tasman exchange, with the Bay of Plenty Netballers visiting our region last year. The tour will be a great opportunity for the squad to test their skills against some of the best netball players from NZ.
Just a note for the families and friends of the Netball girls and Tour squad – the girls have arrived safely and are enjoying training and their meet and greet activities with our hosts – It’s so great to see our Bay of Plenty guests from last year!
We’ll be adding photos to the WRAS Website Photo Gallery during the tour (click on the Photo Tabs at the top!). You can also become a fan of WRAS on facebook or follow WRAS on twitter to receive updates on how the girls are doing and what we’ve been up to.
WRAS commences program for talented western region officials
Posted by Flick in Latest News on September 25th, 2009
The Western Region Academy of Sport is proud to announce the inclusion of officiating as a new program for 2009/2010.
Officials are the forgotten backbone of the sporting world. Officials often work very hard at their sport but are only drawn to our attention when a mistake is made. Without referees and officials sport as we know it would cease to exist. This is why WRAS has taken the initiative and introduced a program to train and nurture young and talented officials from the western region.
Officials were selected on the basis of recommendations from State Sporting Organisations. The officials from around the western region that were selected for the program are:
Aminta Barby (netball), Emily Brady (hockey), Andrew Brown (hockey), Ben Castlehouse (basketball), Laura Dickenson (hockey), Tye Evans (basketball), Shaun Hildebrandt ( football ), Chloe Potts (hockey), Danielle van Kemenade (netball) and Saan Williamson (netball).
Coordinator of the officiating program is National Basketball Association referee Peter Wright. Peter regularly officiates in the NBL and also the WNBL. Peter recently received the 2009 award for Waratah Australian Basketball League Referee of the year, the award came on the back of his performance in the National Basketball Association grand final
Nathan Pearce and Tony Wilds from Bathurst have been appointed as the two satellite coaches. Nathan has been officiating ruby union since 1998, and has refereed 70 first grade matches, including super 14 games, NSW 1st grade games, and two international test matches. Nathan is up for selection for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Tony is currently president of the Bathurst Football Referees Association, and has refereed football from local level up to State League Division One. Tony is also a State Graded Touch Football referee and an active member of the Sydney Cricket Association 1st grade panel.
2010 WRAS Head Coaches Announced
Posted by Brett in Latest News, Media Releases on September 20th, 2009
The Western Region Academy of Sport have announced the head coaching positions for the 2010 squads.
Nancy Haslop (Lithgow) will lead the WRAS basketball squad, Wayne Gaynor (Lithgow) is once again in charge of hockey and Cate Gardner (Grenfell) will head up the netball program.
The Academy is pleased to welcome new head coaches Ross Hunter (Grenfell) for Lawn Bowls, and Golf (Town) for Golf to the WRAS team. Both local coaches have extensive experience in their respective sports and will be invaluable to their WRAS program and athletes.
Program coordinators have also been announced for the 2010 High Performance, Officiating and Triathlon squads. Anna Coughlan (Bathurst) will be in charge of the High Performance and Lone Star programs, local NBL referee Peter Wright (Bathurst) will head up the officiating program and Karen Pellow (Dubbo) will oversee the triathlon program.
WRAS Sports Development Manager Felicity James said “the Academy is very excited with the calibre of this year’s coaching staff in charge of the WRAS sports programs. These local coaches are volunteers and give up their own free time to share their wealth of knowledge with the regions talented athletes. We greatly appreciate their support and look forward to working with them all.”
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Sporting Spirit 21 August 2009
Posted by Nancy in Latest News on August 21st, 2009
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