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South West Sydney Academy of Sport Office: 02 4627 7622
CEO: Gerry Knights 0407 415 847
Sport Program Manager: Catarina Di Ramio 0482 170 545
Sport Operations Manager: Stephen Craig 0421 553 443
Sport Administration Officer: Tahlia Febbo 0420 588 052
Academy Chaplain: Rev. Jim Dayhew 0400 921 109
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South West Sydney Academy of Sport
2/298 Queen St, Campbelltown NSW 2560
PO Box 307
Macarthur Square, NSW 2560
Ph: 02 4627 7622
Email: sport@swsas.org.au
Web: www.swsas.org.au
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Linkedin: @south-west-sydney-academy-of-sport
XPS Network:
On behalf of the Academy’s Board of Management, I would like to welcome you to the South West Sydney Academy of Sport, and as a member of its ever-growing family.
John Boultbee, former Director of the Australian Institute of Sport once stated that, “There are three elements required for an athlete to achieve success – talent, commitment, and opportunity.”
You have been invited to accept an Academy scholarship because you have been identified as having the talent to achieve in your chosen sport.
The Academy offers high-level coaching in a state-based program, and access to services such as sport science testing, career guidance, sport psychology, and personal development programs.
Your natural talents, combined with the opportunity the Academy is offering you, are only as good as the commitment you choose to make to the program. As with any opportunity, it is your choice as to how you will make use of it. Talented athletes are plentiful in Australia. Success in sport, as in life, does not always come to the most talented athlete. Often a highly dedicated athlete will outperform a more naturally gifted athlete.
The focus of all here at the Academy is to help you become the best athlete you can be. Over the next twelve months, the Academy program and its support staff will do all that they possibly can to assist you to achieve your goals. You should consider the Academy as a ‘steppingstone’ to taking on new challenges that will inevitably be a part of your sporting future.
Congratulations on your achievements so far, all the best for your continued success, and welcome to the South West Sydney Academy of Sport.
Mr. Peter Campbell Chairman, Board of Management
South West Sydney Academy of Sport
To be recognised across the South West Sydney region as the leader in quality sports program delivery and to be acknowledged as a progressive, well managed organisation.
To provide high quality, community focused, talented athlete and coach identification and development programs, which assist athletes and coaches to successfully realise their sporting potential.
The land on which the South West Sydney Academy of Sport is located, and where our athletes train and compete is the traditional land of the Dharawal people.
The South West Sydney Academy of Sport acknowledges the Traditional owners of Country and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
At the present time there are eleven regions in NSW that host an Academy of Sport.
The Regional Academies of Sport were developed by regional communities in recognition of the need to provide training and development opportunities for talented young athletes. The first regional Academy was established in the Illawarra region in 1985.
Regional Academies of Sport, together with community sporting clubs, state and national sporting organisations have played an increasingly significant role in supporting the development of talented athletes across NSW.
Regional Academies assist young sports people overcome barriers to technical, educational, and personal development by providing localised programs, access to learning resources and camps and competitions. Regional Academy development programs have a strong and sustained record of producing sporting and community leaders across NSW.
The majority of sporting programs conducted at the South West Sydney Academy of Sport, and at each Regional Academy in NSW, have a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between RASi member Academies and the State Sporting Organisation. (SSO)
This allows a uniformed approach to talent identification and athlete education across the Academies, which in turn allows events such as the ClubsNSW “Your Local Club” Academy Games to be conducted on a level playing field.
The focus of each sport program however is on athlete development, rather than achieving results. Academy coaches strive to assist each individual person to become a well-rounded athlete by developing their sport specific techniques and strategies on and off the field of play.
Established in 1997, the South West Sydney Academy of Sport is a not-for-profit sporting organisation that provides endorsed localised training and development opportunities for talented young athletes, coaches and sport administrators in the South West Sydney region and the local Government Areas of Campbelltown, Camden, Liverpool and Wollondilly.
South West Sydney continues to produce world class sports men and women, and the Academy helps support the next generation of elite sports people to achieve their goals of reaching State, National and International levels of competition.
The Academy emphasises a focus on youth, sport, excellence and community.
At its core, the Academy is an organisation built on athletic excellence and youth, with the support of families and businesses within our South West Sydney community.
Our Why, or reason for existing as an Academy can be found not only in our Vision and Mission statements, but in our principle roles and core values;
Commitment, Opportunity, Respect and Integrity.
Our sport programs are implemented by highquality coaches, sport trainers and support staff; whilst being directed and driven by highquality administration staff; who are in turn supported by strong governance and proactive management.
Academy programs are: Athlete-Centred, and Coach-Assisted.
They exist to help you, the athlete in achieving your goals and dreams not only within sport, but in you local community as well.
The Academy is supportive and gives athletes the opportunity to go far with their sport, but in the long run,
You need to want it yourself.
You need to have the drive and determination to make your dreams come true.
Zoe Bruce
Sport Programs are the back bone of our operation as one of eleven Regional Academy's of Sport within the NSW Sporting landscape.
The Regional Academy's of Sport are recognised as holding a valuable place within the NSW Sporting landscape, providing a crucial and direct link from foundational to Pre-Elite athlete development.
The inclusion in this pathway, is clearly identified by the NSW Office of Sport in the "Future Champions Strategy", and identifies the Regional Academy network as one of the key delivery partners in the implementation of sport programs and high performance success.
Because of this crucial step in the pathway, Regional Academy's operate within the NSW Office of Sport recognised F.T.E.M pathway.
Throughout 2022, the South West Sydney Academy of Sport identified five core components for the holistic development of a member of the Academy. These components form the foundation building blocks for the Academy's sport programs, and in turn, help to identify the South West Sydney Academy of Sport 'Athlete Lifecycle'.
Athletes enter the lifecycle from within our local community, via their respective local club or representative teams, then experience each of the five core components of the lifecycle during their scholarship period.
The Academy’s lifecycle as such, is focused not just on the athletic performance of a person, but their character, identity, and value as a community citizen.
The purpose of this journal is to help build healthy habits in journaling your thoughts.
This journal can be used for both Academy purposes and personal purposes.
Many State and National Sporting Organisations, squads and teams have highlighted the importance and strategy behind athletes understanding and learning how to journal from a young age.
The Academy wants to try to simulate the evolution of the holistic athlete to assist your preparation for progressing within your sports high performance pathway, not only physically, but mentally as well.
Use this page to post or draw pictures that help remind you of your vision, goals and achievements
My Purpose
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Being a champion is about being a good team player, taking care of your team mates and your friends and showing good sportsmanship, building good training habits, looking after your health and
Never giving up.
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Did you achieve your goals?
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'You dont always have to be the best '
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The Academy provides a great opportunity to learn and develop these skills, and build on your strength as an athlete
Without that support, we would never be able to take on the opportunities that we are presented with.
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Do not hesitate when
Hinemoa Boylan
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