by Bernice Butlion | Jan 23, 2023 | News
A new partnership between the South West Academy of Sport and Busselton Jetty Swim Committee has opened the door for a Busselton teenager to receive the same high-level of support as other young regional athletes on elite sporting pathways. Seventeen-year-old Finn...
by Bernice Butlion | Nov 27, 2022 | Individual Athlete, News
Bunbury apprentice plumber Meg Eichner has etched her name into the South West Academy of Sport’s history books by becoming the first weightlifter to be selected into the talent development organisation. “I’m excited and hopefully more people get into the sport,”...
by Bernice Butlion | Nov 22, 2022 | Coaching, Events, Netball, News
West Coast Fever Head Coach Dan Ryan was in Bunbury on Saturday November 19 2022 to share the premiership winning team’s keys to success at a special breakfast event organised by the South West Academy of Sport. Ryan was joined at the event by Fever players Emma...
by Bernice Butlion | Nov 22, 2022 | News
Every great sports organisation has a place to call home – and the South West Academy of Sport can now proudly claim 51 Spencer Street as its address. The Academy’s new premises in Bunbury was officially opened on November 8 2022 by Sport and Recreation Minister David...
by Bernice Butlion | Sep 27, 2022 | News
From the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa to the South West of Western Australia, it has been a memorable journey for long-serving South West Academy of Sport leader Bernice Butlion who has helped a long-list of aspiring athletes to succeed on and off the playing...
by Bernice Butlion | Sep 20, 2022 | Individual Athlete, News
What you put into your sport is what you’ll get out of it. That was the clear message delivered to the latest group of aspiring athletes welcomed into the South West Academy of Sport’s Individual Athlete Support Program. The new scholarship holders were treated to...