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The 2021 Academy Challenge is scheduled to return this year in Orange on 18th – 20th September 2021. An event program will be published when it becomes available. The full list of 2019 winners and individual achievements are listed below; Division Winners Division 1 (Blue): Sydney Netball Academy 1st – Western Sydney Academy of Sport…
WRAS Orientation was held over the November 14th and 15th weekend, with approximately 110 athletes from the AFL, Basketball, Golf, Hockey, Lone Star and Para Sports programs attending. The Orientation weekend provides the opportunity for WRAS athletes, squad staff and parents to undertake a thorough induction into WRAS procedures and learn about their upcoming season…
Each year two WRAS athletes are invited to NSW Parliament House to attend the NSW Regional Academies of Sport Parliament Reception. The Parliament Function sees over 100 guests including Academy athletes, Members of Parliament, Local Government, corporate supporters, family members, media and other Academy representatives gather to recognise the Academies achievements during the year. It…
On Friday as part of the RAS strategy, a number of RAS Executive Staff met in Tamworth with the NSW Premier the HON Gladys Berijiklian, Deputy Premier the HON John Barilaro and Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation and a long time support of the RAS network and the Northern Inland Academy of Sport the…
Basketball NSW (BNSW) and Regional Academies of Sport (RASi) are pleased to announce an extension to its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see both organisations work together in the delivery of basketball programs that will provide improved pathway opportunities for regionally based athletes across NSW. The two-year MOU agreement will see BNSW support the…
Lilli Mooney and her UTS Sparks under 23s team mates are four quarters away from claiming the Origin Energy Premier League title. Trailing for most of their semi-final, the Sparks produced a monumental effort in perseverance, team work and focus to claim a 51-47 victory over the Central Coast Heart. But for Mooney who shot…
After an interrupted 2020 Greater Bank Netball program, the squad were provided a unique opportunity in the final sessions to develop their skills. Greater Bank, the programs principal partner, teamed up with Sam Poolman a defensive gun who plays for the GWS Giants in the Suncorp Super Netball competition and founder of the ASPIRE Netball…
The Western Region Academy of Sport (WRAS) is excited to announce a 15 member Women’s AFL Squad. The program is in its fourth year of running and has grown each year. The program is fortunate to have brought on Jayarna Kay as Head Coach, with Emma Clark and Erin Naden stepping into the assistant coach…
In an exciting step for 2021, the Western Region Academy of Sport (WRAS) has selected its Hockey squad for the upcoming program. A strong squad has been picked with 19 female athletes and 7 male athletes selected. Following the trials at the Bathurst hockey Complex, Head Coach of the WRAS hockey program Kent Bestwick said…
WRAS cycling is primed for a tremendous 2021 with an exciting seven member squad eager to make up for lost time. The squad will feature five returning athletes with Xavier Bland, Cameron and Patrick Crump, Isabelle Russell, Cadel Lovett and Ebony Robinson. They will be joined by first year WRAS athletes Lachlan Crump and Oscar…
