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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