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Annual Report 2007-08 (PDF) Tasmanian Institute of Sport Tasmanian ANNUAL REPORT / YEARBOOK 2007-08 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT PO Box 93 (55 Oakden Road) PROSPECT TAS 7250 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 3 6336 2202 Fax: +61 3 6336 2211 www.tis.tas.gov.au 2 [email protected] contents ISSUE 64 – SEPTEMBER 2007 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Page Minister’s Foreword 4 Chairman’s Report 5 Eddie Ockenden, left, and Matthew Wells contributed to the Kookaburras’ 9-0 victory over Director’s Report 6 China in the final of the Good Luck Beijing Olympic test event. Three stake claim for Olympic qualifier TIS hockey scholarship holders Matthew Wells, Key Performance Indicators 7 David Guest and Eddie Ockenden are under HOCKEY consideration for selection in the Australian men’s hockey team to compete in the Oceania Cup in September. China 9-0 in the final. Ockenden scored a goal This Olympic qualifying event is obviously in the final and Wells was listed in Australia’s important for the three players as they work best. towards the ultimate goal of selection in the Guest also enjoyed a good tournament with Kookaburras team for the 2008 Olympic feedback received indicating he was a good Games. player throughout and his general field play was All three played a part in the Kookaburras a real area of improvement. recent success at the Good Luck Beijing Guest’s selection in the team for the qualify- Olympic test event when the team defeated Continued Page 4 Administration 8 The TIS Bulletin is published quarterly by Corporate Communications Pty Ltd for the Tasmanian Institute of Sport, a division of Sport and Recreation Tasmania. If you would like to contribute information, please forward it to: Jeanne Pennington, TIS, PO Box 93 Prospect 7250. Telephone: (03) 6336 4404 Facsimile: (03) 6336 2211 Email: [email protected] Editor: [email protected] For further information on the TIS, check out our website: www.tis.tas.gov.au. Thank you to The Examiner and The Mercury newspapers for the provision of photos for our newsletter. TIS Olympic Athlete Honour Roll 11 ISSUE 65 – DECEMBER 2007 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Corporate Partnerships 12 Sports Performance 14 Talent Search 17 Some of the 133 athletes representing 27 sports who received TIS scholarships for 2008. 133 scholarships in 27 sports awarded Athlete Career & Education 18 TIS scholarships for 2007 have been awarded Elite Development Squads for canoe (four), to 133 athletes representing 27 sports. cricket (four), diving (five), netball (12) swimming Announced by the Minister for Community (six) and tennis (four). Development, Michelle O’Byrne, at Wrest Point Ms O’Byrne said the scholarships would in Hobart, the intake includes 11 athletes who provide vital assistance to the athletes, particu- have won world championships at either junior larly those striving for selection in the 2008 Aus- or senior level. tralian Olympic team. TIS Director Paul Austen said the 2008 “Next year is an important time for Tasman- intake also included 50 athletes receiving a ian athletes, with selection events taking place scholarship for the first time. for Beijing 2008,” Ms O’Byrne said. “Our youngest scholarship holder is 10 and “The Tasmanian Government is committed our oldest is 47,” he said. to supporting sport and recreation in Tasmania Of the 63 female and 70 male athletes grant- and we have provided $1.6 million in funding to Scholarship Programs 20 ed scholarships in 2008, 17 have received indi- help the state’s most promising athletes vidual scholarships while 83 athletes will partic- achieve their potential. ipate in National Training Centre programs in “TIS scholarships play an important role in hockey (10), football (15 men and 13 women) helping athletes to achieve success on the cycling (12), rowing (15), track and field (10) and international sporting stage. basketball (eight). “Through access to training programs, facil- Thirty-five athletes have been selected in the Continued Page 6 The TIS Bulletin is published quarterly by Corporate Communications Pty Ltd for the Tasmanian Institute of Sport, a division of Sport and Recreation Tasmania. If you would like to contribute information, please forward it to: Jeanne Pennington, TIS, PO Box 93 Prospect 7250. Telephone: (03) 6336 4404 Facsimile: (03) 6336 2211 NTC Programs 21 Email: [email protected] Editor: [email protected] For further information on the TIS, check out our website: www.tis.tas.gov.au. Thank you to The Examiner and The Mercury newspapers for the provision of photos for our newsletter. ISSUE 66 – MARCH 2008 Elite Development Squads 42 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Individual Scholarships 47 2007-2008 Scholarship Holders 49 Minister for Sport and Recreation Michelle O'Byrne with TIS male and female Athletes of the Year Dominic Monypenny and Donna MacFarlane. Champion athletes 2005-2009 Corporate Plan 51 of 2007 honoured STEEPLECHASER Donna MacFarlane and the first that combined Sport and Recreation twice world champion rower (adaptive) Dominic Tasmania's Sports Star Awards and the TIS Monypenny took home the prestigious TIS Athlete Awards in one event, with over 500 Female and Male Athlete of the Year awards at guests in attendance. the recent 2007 Tasmanian Sports Awards din- Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting was ner at Wrest Point. announced 2007 Athlete of the Year. His out- Board of Management 52 MacFarlane was presented with the award standing 2007 included leading Australia to its after she won 3000m steeplechase races at a fourth World Cup, his second as captain. grand prix meeting in Sweden and in Qatar, a Earlier in the evening Tim Coyle was named 1500m race in Switzerland and the 3000m Coach of the Year for taking the Tasmanian steeplechase at the Australian championships. Tigers to the Pura Cup cricket title. Monypenny has booked a berth in the Para- Minister for Sport and Recreation Michelle lympics team for Beijing after finishing second O'Byrne said combining the Sports Star in the world championships in Germany and Awards and the TIS Athlete Awards allowed the winning his second national championship. recognition of elite athletes and support crews Cyclist Wesley Sulzberger was named the TIS in a single, high-profile evening. Junior Athlete of the Year after he finished sec- “The awards are crucial in recognising all ond in the Under 23 world road race champi- areas of achievement in sport and recreation, from the grass-roots level to the elite,” she said. Staff 53 onship and won the Under 23 Australian event. The 2007 Tasmanian Sports Awards were Continued Page 4 The TIS Bulletin is published quarterly by Corporate Communications Pty Ltd for the Tasmanian Institute of Sport, a division of Sport and Recreation Tasmania. If you would like to contribute information, please forward it to: Jeanne Pennington, TIS, PO Box 93 Prospect 7250. Telephone: (03) 6336 4404 Facsimile: (03) 6336 2211 Email: [email protected] Editor: [email protected] For further information on the TIS, check out our website: www.tis.tas.gov.au. Thank you to The Examiner and The Mercury newspapers for the provision of photos for our newsletter. Financial Report 54 ISSUE 67 – JUNE 2008 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT FOUR OUT OF FIVE: Wildwater canoeist Dan Hall is currently in Europe with Stewart Bennett, Ben Maynard and Mathew French competing in the bi-annual World Championships. See Athlete Update, Page 6. Exciting Olympic year for our rowers TASMANIAN rowers are set to represent Australia at peak events this year, with the focus being the ROWING 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. A number of Tasmanian athletes have just Olympic preparation at Murwillumbah, NSW. competed in World Cup regattas in Munich, Ger- Brendan Long will be joined by four interstate many, and Lucerne, Switzerland where Australia athletes who will compete in the Olympic class enjoyed some outstanding results. In the women’s eight, Kate Hornsey was in the heavyweight quad and single scull. The quad six seat of the gold medal-winning team in Ger- recently finished a creditable fifth place at many before winning silver in the eight in the sec- Munich. This is a new crew from last year that will ond regatta in Switzeralnd. Kate will prepare for train on the Huon River, based in Franklin, under Beijing by racing in Penrith, NSW. John Driessen. This is very exciting for Tasmanian Scott Brennan and his partner, David Crawshay, rowing having Olympic-class boats preparing in of Victoria, finished with a bronze medal in the Tasmania for the 2008 Olympic Games. men’s heavyweight double scull in both Munich Kerry Hore recently finished fifth in the Munich and in Lucerne. This crew will be coached by Rhett World Cup in the women’s quad scull. Kerry, who Ayliffe and based in Hobart before finishing their Continued Page 2 Front cover: Carly Cottam training on Tasmania’s Tamar River The TIS Bulletin is published quarterly by Corporate Communications Pty Ltd for the Tasmanian Institute of Sport, a division of Sport and Recreation Tasmania. If you would like to contribute information, please forward it to: Jeanne Pennington, TIS, PO Box 93 Prospect 7250. Telephone: (03) 6336 4404 Facsimile: (03) 6336 2211 Email: [email protected] Editor: [email protected] in the early morning For further information on the TIS, check out our website: www.tis.tas.gov.au. Thank you to The Examiner and The Mercury newspapers for the provision of photos for our newsletter. 3 minister’s foreword I congratulate the Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TIS) on a wonderful year that has seen Tasmanian athletes further establish their cre- dentials on the world sporting stage.
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