TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT yearbook& annual report 2002-2003 TASMANIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT TASMANIAN IAN RT INSTITUTE OF SPORT AN F SPO TASM INSTITUTE O ISSUE 47 – JUNE 2003 IS SUE 48 – SE PTEMBER 20 ISSUE 46 – MARCH 2003 We are the 03 champions! ier Jim TIS athletes Prem St n and celebrate Baco lth sHea victory number Luke ging five in the Mana tor Penrith Cup at Direc en Lake SMANIAN Colle ann Barrington. McG t TA ent S They are left to pres lth sHea right, Dean Luke of thlete Birtwistle, Sam 2002 TIS A yclist INSTITUTE OF SPORTR ear c Beltz, Shane BE the Y M Broad and E Mark with EC ieson Simon Jam . ward Burgess. 45 – D his a UE ISS Wo rld champio Basketball star ns – Jane Ro after their win binson, Dana Hollie Grima in the wome Faletic, Kerr n’s quad sculls y Hore and Am made a final at the W ber Bradley Five in a row orld Rowing C h whirlwind trip ampionships. home to show TIS rowers find off her World Championship bronze medal ieson takes for coxless four! NIA won its fifth consecutive Pen- pretty special but winning like that (today) gold in Milan TASMA o in tw ation- makes it pretty special too.” Jam ard edals n rith Cup in a thrilling victory at the n m o TA nship amies First-time winner Birtwistle labelled SMANIAN In mpio ar, J al rowing titles at Lake Barrington in May. stitute of Sp cha is ye the win a career highlight. Dana Faletic ort rowers world es th , The lightweight coxless four of Simon and Kerry Ho A b three ciplin ook in the w re are the bes ronze comple t dis er. m N rgess, North Esk’s Deon Birtwistle, “At 500m we were rating 41 or some- orld! t ted Australia’s - ifferen winn list fro ast, Bu In addition, 1 tally. ectac d orthy cyc st Co thing and we tried to keep that up and The pair com 2 of Australia n sp s a w r-old -We f Huon’s Shane Broad and Lindisfarne’s bined with Ja qualified fo ’s 14 crews out tope bee awark wa 8-yea North ear o tried to go harder, it was so hard, but we son and A ne Robin- r next year’s O v e mbe lym ths ha list M The 1 n th ing y nd Sam Beltz nudged out Western Australia r Bradley to equalled o pic Games – mon yc ffield o nd nal a put everything in and got there.” women’s qu win the nly by German st 12 nian c he outsta atio rilling finish. adruple sculls Th y. E pa sma sful near S an de of n in a th Rowing at the World e women’s q TH r Ta cces leted ultitu e. Burgess, 35, said he had one year left Championsh fr uadruple sc st su e omp a m is nam heel, The win took the TIS scholarship hold- the ips in Milan, Ita om start to fin ulls led ular fo ’s mo ed th c , with to h ie W in his career, admitting that he was being first week of S ly, in ish as they en son. tralia nam f cling redits urn by ers one step closer to becoming the first eptember. mans’ unb ded the Ger- Jamie f Aus n was te o cy nal c 002 B perts helped by his younger team-mates – “The win w eaten 12-year ne o ieso stitu rnatio e 2 g ex ior as just amaz finishin run in the eve As o , Jam ian In t a inte f th cyclin Jun crew to win six consecutive Penrith Cup great re ing and was a g in six min nt, clists sman 002 a inner o hed World r Broad, 28, Beltz, 22 and Birtwistle, also ward for all the w utes 46.52 se ior cy Ta r 2 nd W stonis t the afte titles. This win was made even sweeter don hard work we ith Belarus s conds, jun Health ear fo ra son a edal a lgium 22. He said the Olympics could be the e,” Faletic said have econd (6:48.8 ukes f the Y otel G amie er m Be dals . Germans th 7) and the St L te o rt’s H J e silv ips in er me after the Tasmanians dead-heated with perfect stage for retirement. The win by ird. thle oba king th ionsh d silv ips the quadruple The c Sport A t H r 13. thlete ta hamp old an ionsh the crew from WA last year. one of th sculls ended rew is now a inner a embe ior A d C ing g hamp See the rowing article in this newslet- e longest winn Ath iming for gold a ala d Dec d Jun on- Roa winn ck C Burgess, an Olympic silver medallist, rowin ing runs in wo ens Olympic G t the ollie g r on unce top h usly ior Tra e ter for further details on the success of g with the cre rld ames. ancello nno took g previo Jun y th w beating th “We will h Ch eing a also innin orld ted b was jubilant. “Just listening to the crowd Tasmanian rowing which is riding high dominant Germ e once- ave an even s hat a year it’s fter b ieson ear, w o t the W ear. resen alth, ans. next yea tronger squad y e r, s A am of Y s wh a the as p kesH was great, that helped us a lot,” he said. ategy saw 17 Tas- The win a o we will be w Year, J thlete thlete rlier in ard w t Lu after a successful str lso capped o ly ha orking extrem W explosion versus Argentina in the Opals’ of the rall A tar a nces ea p aw f S enal su ff the phenom rd to put ours e- ove t of s rma he to tor o “It was my whole career’s aim to win manians selected in national teams for ccess at - elves in w first match of the tournament after com- rs as a lis perfo 2 T irec e 2 the champion chance for a ith a good ou from ding ast 1 ging D Pag the Penrith Cup and when I won it was world championships. Tasmanian ro ships of n Olympic m ing off the bench. ward utstan the p ana ued wers, who wo said. edal,” Faletic the a ed o eas in M ntin tralia’s six n five of Aus- This was Grima’s second World chiev vers Co medals – two T had a nd o f the silver. gold and thr he medal hau tralia a tory o anian The TIS Bulletin is published quarterly by Corporate Communications Pty Ltd for the Tasmanian ee l for TIS athlete Championship as she was a member of Aus the his lked s at the been for H in . e in d wa td for the Tasm Institute of Sport. If you would like to contribute information, please forward it to: the under-20 women’s side, the Gems. ths t tim ha f ty L On a whirlwind trip home to celebrate mon e firs thlete total o ns P The as th nior a a unicatio ard it to: Denise Hansson, TIS, PO Box 93 Prospect 7250. TIS Bulletin is pu Contin It w t a ju . With Comm forw In blished quarterly ued Page 2 IT’S been a remarkable year for Tasman- with family, Grima said the champi- s tha nours orate lease Telephone:(03) 6336 2202 Facsimile:(03) 6336 2211 stitute of Sport. If y by Corporate Co ward p ho by Corp rmation, p . ou would like mmunications P ian basketball star Hollie Grima. onships had been tough and tiring, but a ith to te info t 7250 1 Email: [email protected] to contribute in ty Ltd for the Tas ay w uarterly tribu pec 6 221 Den formation,please manian The Tasmanian Institute of Sport aw lished q to con 3 Pros 3) 633 Editor: [email protected] ise Hansson,TIS forward it to: rewarding. is pub ld like O Box 9 ile: (0 u. ,PO Box 93 Pros “We played nine games in 13 days ulletin u wou IS,P .gov.a s.gov.au. Telephone:(03) 6 pect 7250. scholarship holder, who is now based in e TIS B sson, T 02 Facsim w.tis.tas For further information on the TIS, check out our website: www.tis.ta 336 2202 Facs Th f Sport. If yo Han 336 22 ov.au ww Email: denise imile:(03) 6336 2 Canberra with an AIS scholarship, won a and even when we did have a day off, we te o Denise 3) 6 tis.tas.g ebsite: [email protected] 211 rld Championship bronze medal and Institu hone: (0 son@ t our w to The Examiner newspaper for the provision of photos for our newsletter. Editor: ste .gov.au Wo were travelling,” Grima said at a media Telep .hans .au ck ou Thank you [email protected] denise .com ,che For furth u returned home as proud as punch in Sep- conference at Launceston College.