Close to 130 regional coaches, administrators and staff came together at Mingara Recreation Club, Tumbi Umbi, on May 8th for the inaugural 2022 Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) Coaches Conference. This event was delivered as a ‘first’ for the RAS network, an opportunity to upskill the coaches across NSW but also a chance to acknowledge…
The Southern Sports Academy (SSA) played host for the first time to the 2022 Your Local Club Academy Games over the weekend of Friday 8th April to Sunday 10th April. Over 1 300 athletes and their families travelled from 11 Regional Academies throughout NSW to compete in the tournament throughout Wagga Wagga. See results below:…
In what can only be described as a major boost to young regional NSW athletes, the Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) have signed an exciting and beneficial partnership which will assist the development of close to 3000 young Academy athletes and 500 coaches across the NSW each year. Steadfast Group have signed with the RAS…
Some of the state’s finest young athletes will arrive in the Wagga Wagga Region from Friday, 8th April for the 2022 Your Local Club Academy Games. Hosted by the Southern Sports Academy (SSA), the event will be held across various venues throughout the Wagga Wagga region from Friday, April 8th to Sunday, April 10th.…
The 2022 Your Local Club Academy Games has officially kick started its campaign with a Media Launch held on Thursday, March 17th at Wagga Wagga Country Club. Some of the states finest young athletes will arrive in the Wagga Wagga region in 4 weeks’ time for the 2022 Your Local Club Academy Games.…
(Nicola McDermott after jumping 2.02m – an Australian record & her personal best) See RAS Athletes Set to Shine in Tokyo for full list of RAS representatives. On behalf of all the staff, coaches, managers, consultants, athletes, and their families we would like to congratulate the following Regional Academy of Sport alumni on their…
The Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) are excited about last week’s announcement of Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games. After six years of planning, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) supported the Queensland city to host the event, with 72 votes to 5. The RAS is made up of nine member Academies including Central…
The 29th Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame will be inducting seventeen Hunter athletes on Thursday, 5th August at Belmont Golf Club. The Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame is made up of over 350 top athletes who have represented Australia or competed in an international tournament and were born and/or played in the Hunter region at the junior…
(Image: Mariah Williams in action for HAS in 2011) The Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) will be represented by 30 past and present athletes this month when the world unites for the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The Australian Olympic Committee has announced a Team of 472 athletes to compete in Tokyo, consisting of…
The Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) are in preparation for a growth strategy meeting between the many State Sporting Organisations (SSO’s), the NSW state government and the Office of Sport. In what promises to be a critical meeting for the state’s future sporting star’s in NSW, the RAS network is facilitating a meeting where the…