contents ISSUE 60 – SEPTEMBER 2006 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Page Minister’s Foreword 4 Chairman’s Report 5 Hanny Allston receives her gold medal from Crown Prince Frederick, of Denmark. Director’s Report 6 Photo courtesy Eric Borg Hanny’s success is an inspiration By TIS Director PAUL AUSTEN Hanny’s win marks not only Australia’s first WHILE all athletes training and competing at the World Champion in the sport of orienteering, but elite level face challenges, these can be greater our first ever medal at the World Orienteering Administration 8 if you are participating in a sport that might not Championships. enjoy the high profile of the more popular or This result is an achievement in itself, made Olympic sports within Australia. even more spectacular when you consider that In some ways, the ability to achieve excel- it is the first time that the gold medal has been lence on a world stage in some of the lesser- won by an orienteer from outside Europe – the known sports is a fine testament to an athlete’s ‘home turf’ of orienteering! will and determination. Hanny also won gold and silver at the Junior A prime example of this is the recent out- World Orienteering Championships in July, standing success achieved by orienteer Hanny making history by being the first person to win Allston. At the tender age of 20, Hanny recently junior and senior titles in the same year. won gold in the sprint event at the World Orien- For those who don’t know Hanny, she’s also teering Championships in Denmark. Continued Page 5 Corporate Partnerships 12 The TIS Bulletin is published quarterly by Corporate Communications Pty Ltd for the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. If you would like to contribute information, please forward it to: Jeanne Pennington, TIS, PO Box 93 Prospect 7250. Telephone: (03) 6336 2202 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. Sports Performance 14 ISSUE 61 – DECEMBER 2006 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Talent Search 17 Athlete Career & Education 19 TIS Chairman Denis Rogers and Premier Paul Lennon with Junior and joint Female Athlete of the Year Hanny Alston, fellow joint Female Athlete of the Year Kate Hornsey and Male Athlete of the Year Matthew Goss. Physical Preparation 21 Hanny named 2006 TIS Athlete of Year ORIENTEERING World Champion Hanny All- senior world titles in Denmark and Lithuania less ston capped off a remarkable year by taking than a month apart. home three of the 2006 Tasmanian Institute of The TIS used the occasion to induct its first Scholarship Programs 22 Sport (TIS) awards announced at Wrest Point 10 members of the TIS Champions Club. Those recently. inducted were Darren Balmforth, Justin Hanny was named the 2006 Athlete of the Boocock, Simon Burgess, Melissa Carlton, Year, Junior Athlete of the Year and joint Female Daniel Collins, Stephen Hawkins, Bianca Lang- Athlete of the Year with Australian Opals bas- ham-Pritchard, Daniel Sproule, Nick Rogers ketball gold medallist Hollie Grima and World and Paul Wiggins. Champion rower and bronze medallist Kate Nearly 340 guests, including current and for- Hornsey. mer TIS athletes, staff and Board members, The TIS Male Athlete of the Year award was attended the dinner that celebrated the TIS’s won by cyclist Matthew Goss who had an out- 21st anniversary and were taken on a walk standing year, winning gold at the World Track down memory lane, courtesy of a specially Championships in the 4000m team pursuit commissioned DVD and photographs. event. MC Tim Lane did an outstanding job to bring NTC Programs 23 He also secured a silver medal in the same out the best in winning athletes with his inves- event at the Commonwealth Games and put in tigative interview techniques and vast knowl- a number of significant performances in presti- edge of elite sport. gious road races in Europe. Comedian Ben Price engaged the crowd Hanny enjoyed an exceptional 2006, being with his excellent impersonations of some of the first Australian athlete to win a world orien- our most loved sporting personalities and stars teering championship, securing both junior and of stage and screen. 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 2202 Facsimile: (03) 6336 4404 NITC Program 35 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 62 – MARCH 2007 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Elite Development Squads 38 Individual Scholarships 42 Coaching Scholarships 44 Scholarship holders and Target Squad members prepared for the 2007 season at a cycling training camp at Seven Mile Beach. Cyclists on the road 2006-2007 Scholarship Holders 45 to impressive year TIS cycling scholarship holders and Target Squad members began preparation for the CYCLING 2007 season with a five-day training camp at Seven Mile Beach. supported by In addition to the 20-plus hours on the bike, the camp covered areas including media train- ing, psychology, nutrition, physiology, strength Another former TIS Rowing Olympian, Dana 2005-2009 Corporate Plan 47 and conditioning and Australian Sports Anti- Faletic, placed 11th in the same event for the Doping Authority (ASADA) presentations. women. Following her silver medal in the Australian Wes Sulzberger went one better in 2007 win- Women’s Criterium Championship in Brisbane ning the National Under 23 Road Race in con- and coming off the Tasmanian Christmas Carni- vincing style while TIS Target Squad member val series, Belinda Goss competed in the Bay Nathan Earle finished sixth fresh out of Under Criterium series in Melbourne winning race two 19 Junior ranks. and finishing second overall after consistently Karl Menzies capped off the week, demon- featuring on the podium throughout the week. strating his potential by placing third in the Elite After a pre-Nationals training camp in Bal- Men’s Road Race. larat, Tasmania had a very successful week at With Ron Bryan as Team Manager, Tasman- the Australian Open Road Championships with ian Under 19 Juniors and TIS Target Squad former TIS Rowing Olympian Cameron Wurf members Tom Robinson and Ben Grenda per- Board of Management 48 placing fourth in the Elite Men’s Time Trial and Mark Jamieson fifth. Continued Page 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 2202 Facsimile: (03) 6336 4404 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. Staff 49 ISSUE 63 – JUNE 2007 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT Financial Report 50 Left to right, Hugh Greenwood, Ryan Williams, Olivia Howard, Cam Witt, Brian Goorjian, Joss Mooney, Bree Russell, Catherine Guest and Jessie Humphries. Basketballers treated to view from the top TIS basketball athletes enjoyed a great oppor- tunity recently to enhance their national profile BASKETBALL when Brian Goorjian, Head Coach of the Aus- tralian senior men’s basketball team, the Olivia Howard, Catherine Guest, TIS Support Boomers, visited Launceston. Coach Chris Taylor and NITCP Manager Grant Brian, well known as a great coach, teacher Mitchell attended a Basketball Australia Nation- of the game and motivator, also spoke with TIS al Development Camp, at the AIS. staff about forming cultures within team groups The camp, attended by 50 athletes from and the challenges of working with athletes in a around Australia who have been identified as decentralised program. potential 2009 or 2010 Australian players, NITCP coaches and athletes were also worked through a program set by National ITCP given the chance to work with Brian as he ran Head Coach Patrick Hunt which covered inter- open coaches’ clinics as well as practice ses- national trends in basketball. sions for NITCP athletes, which were also avail- In addition to on-court sessions over three able to coaches to view. Athletes Joss Mooney, Hugh Greenwood, Continued Page 6 Front cover: Dan Hall on his way to silver at 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. World Cup #5 in Italy. Thank you to The Examiner and The Mercury newspapers for the provision of photos for our newsletter. 3 minister’s foreword The Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TlS) has enjoyed a year where, again, TIS athlete performances have been world class. A total of six world champions were crowned during the year, which is a spectacular result.