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Shooting Australia awarded Paralympic Pathway Grant
Shooting Australia has received a $141,750 grant from the Australian Institute of Sport to identify and engage a new generation of Para athletes across the pistol and rifle disciplines and provide them with skilled coaching via performance hubs and camps.
The initial two-year grant program covers a three step Pathway Program – Discover, Develop and Deliver.
High Performance Director, Adam Sachs, said the grant will support the identification and development of Para Shooting specific coaches.
“We are immensely grateful for this AIS funding as the grant will support the development and progression of new talent through the Para pathway to the Para National team,” said Mr Sachs.
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One of Australia’s top basketballers, Mitch Creek, has been charged by police with intentionally causing injury and other offences after allegedly assaulting a woman at her Melbourne home.
Mr Creek is a star player and co-captain of the South East Melbourne Phoenix in the National Basketball League, has played in the NBA in the United States, competed in the World Cup and is in the running to represent Australia at this year’s Tokyo Olympics.
Mitch Creek in action for the South East Melbourne Phoenix in their win over the Brisbane Bullets in February.
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Mr Creek, 28, had been charged on summons with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault over an incident in Melbourne’s western suburbs on November 22 last year.
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Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, along with 2022 Commonwealth Games prospects, are amongst the Australian athletes who are stepping up to support.
Westfield Matilda Kyah Simon has been selected as an ambassador for the Australian Institute of Sport’s (AIS) Share a Yarn program.
If sport is a microcosm of life then this program is aiming to start conversations and foster reconciliation on a small scale, so it can be replicated in wider society.