❓ Ms Davies asks about the outcomes of the 2013-14 Country Athlete Scholarship Program and how it supports regional athletes. The Minister outlines the program's history, funding, and the number of scholarships awarded across various regions, highlighting the support for female athletes.
AnsweredQoN 835Legislative Assembly
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COUNTRY ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
835. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for
Sport and Recreation:
As the minister knows, I am strongly
supportive of the government's effort to encourage community athletic
and sporting participation. With this in mind, can the minister please outline
to the house the outcomes of the 2013–14 round of funding for the
country athlete scholarship program and how this program supports our talented
regional athletes?
835. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for
Sport and Recreation:
As the minister knows, I am strongly
supportive of the government's effort to encourage community athletic
and sporting participation. With this in mind, can the minister please outline
to the house the outcomes of the 2013–14 round of funding for the
country athlete scholarship program and how this program supports our talented
regional athletes?
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I thank the member for her question
and for her great support of this program. This really is a fantastic program.
The country athlete scholarship program used to be supported by Healthway. This
program has been supporting regional athletes since 1995. In that time,
approximately 3 200 athletes have been assisted through these scholarships.
This represents a total investment of $2.5 million. It helps those athletes in
their pursuit of state and national selection, and particularly with their
access to training et cetera. The program provides a great opportunity for
sub-elite athletes to access training, competitions, development camps, coaches
and facilities to improve their performance, help them advance their sporting
talents and go on to represent Western Australia and, hopefully, Australia.
These scholarships are now supported as part of the $3.6 million statewide
regional talent development program that is funded through royalties for
regions. I thank the Minister for Regional Development for his great support of
this program and other sporting programs, because they really are important not
just in country WA, but also right across WA. In some of those areas in country
WA, that extra support enables those youngsters to have the same opportunities.
For the information of members, in the 2013–14 round,
there were 242 applications across 37 state sporting associations. We have a
state review panel that makes the selections. It recommended 233 for
scholarships, which is an increase on the 192 scholarships the year before.
Only nine were ineligible. I want to thank our regional offices and the
regional office managers out there who work through this process. We are doing
it really well. In total, $260 000 has been provided for these 233
scholarships. I will give a couple of examples. The member for Albany is not in
the chamber, but 18 scholarships, totalling $12 600, were awarded across the
great southern. For the information of the members for Dawesville and Mandurah,
there were 39 scholarships, totalling $37 300, in the Peel region. There were
117 scholarships, totalling $114 800, in the south west, and 20 scholarships
across the midwest, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Kimberley areas.
What I am really delighted about, Mr Speaker and members, is
the number of scholarships being awarded to girls. There were 131 in total to
girls and 102 to the guys. It is good that women's sport and young
girls coming through are getting these opportunities. The breadth of sports
covered is also really wide and includes basketball, cricket, hockey, netball,
squash, surfing and tennis. It is a great program. It is very well supported
and greatly appreciated in country WA, and it gives those kids that
opportunity.
and for her great support of this program. This really is a fantastic program.
The country athlete scholarship program used to be supported by Healthway. This
program has been supporting regional athletes since 1995. In that time,
approximately 3 200 athletes have been assisted through these scholarships.
This represents a total investment of $2.5 million. It helps those athletes in
their pursuit of state and national selection, and particularly with their
access to training et cetera. The program provides a great opportunity for
sub-elite athletes to access training, competitions, development camps, coaches
and facilities to improve their performance, help them advance their sporting
talents and go on to represent Western Australia and, hopefully, Australia.
These scholarships are now supported as part of the $3.6 million statewide
regional talent development program that is funded through royalties for
regions. I thank the Minister for Regional Development for his great support of
this program and other sporting programs, because they really are important not
just in country WA, but also right across WA. In some of those areas in country
WA, that extra support enables those youngsters to have the same opportunities.
For the information of members, in the 2013–14 round,
there were 242 applications across 37 state sporting associations. We have a
state review panel that makes the selections. It recommended 233 for
scholarships, which is an increase on the 192 scholarships the year before.
Only nine were ineligible. I want to thank our regional offices and the
regional office managers out there who work through this process. We are doing
it really well. In total, $260 000 has been provided for these 233
scholarships. I will give a couple of examples. The member for Albany is not in
the chamber, but 18 scholarships, totalling $12 600, were awarded across the
great southern. For the information of the members for Dawesville and Mandurah,
there were 39 scholarships, totalling $37 300, in the Peel region. There were
117 scholarships, totalling $114 800, in the south west, and 20 scholarships
across the midwest, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Kimberley areas.
What I am really delighted about, Mr Speaker and members, is
the number of scholarships being awarded to girls. There were 131 in total to
girls and 102 to the guys. It is good that women's sport and young
girls coming through are getting these opportunities. The breadth of sports
covered is also really wide and includes basketball, cricket, hockey, netball,
squash, surfing and tennis. It is a great program. It is very well supported
and greatly appreciated in country WA, and it gives those kids that
opportunity.
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