The men’s and women’s NSW Pride hockey teams have taken out the national championship series while NSWIS individual scholarship finishes fifth in the teams trampoline event at the world championships.

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NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship holders were instrumental in securing the men’s and women’s national hockey championships for the NSW Pride.

NSWIS scholarship holder Ky Willott delivered a world class tomahawk goal to guide NSW Pride to a 2-0 win against the Perth Thundersticks while a Jocelyn Bartram penalty shootout masterclass guided the women’s team to their maiden title in a captivating final against defending champions Brisbane Blaze in Bendigo.

Jessica Finishes Fifth In Teams Trampoline

NSWIS scholarship holder Jessica Pickering has finished fifth in the team trampoline final and 14th in the individual women’s event at the 36th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

 

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Athletes Nominated for AIS Awards

Seven NSWIS athletes and staff have been announced as finalists for the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs), which return this December to celebrate the incredible achievements of Australian high performance athletes and sports in 2022.

Congratulations to Jakara Anthony (female), Ben Tudhope (male Para), Ryley Blatt (male Para), Tim Hodge (male Para), Alex Stewart and Peter McNiel and Kate Blamey (coach) on their nominations.

Windy Conditions Perplex Sailors

It was a tough day of racing in Gold Fleet for the Australian ILCA 7 Squad on the first day of finals at the ILCA European Championships in Hyeres, France, with the wind conditions continuing to mystify both sailors and the Race Committee.

NSWIS scholarship holder Finn Alexander explained that it was a pretty strange direction for this location, and joked about how this is a classic regatta myth, that the conditions are never what you expect. The young sailor from Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is still minimising points where he can and shot up 12 places in the standings today into 21st overall.

“For me today was about saving the day, you had to be in the right spot at the start, and in both races, I found myself deep and having to claw back from the trenches.  For me two 13ths feels pretty solid, it could have easily been a lot worse.”

Conditions are expected to persist in the off-shore direction over the coming days with two more days of racing ahead of them.

Cornish Cycling in Berlin

NSWIS scholarship holder Tom Cornish is on his way to Berlin for round two of the UCI Track Champions League.

 

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