The Edmund Rice Centre in Mirrabooka is looking for young migrants and refugees aged 18–13 years old to join a new AFL football team – the Edmund Rice Centre Lions.

They came from across the state – from the Pilbara, Gascoyne, South West, Peel, Wheatbelt and Great Southern – to gather at the Woodman Point Recreation Camp in Munster. Here they would get an insight into achieving the ultimate in their sport, and tips on how to make the transition into competing at the elite level themselves. They are the 34 athletes who participated in the January 2010 Gifted Athlete Program (GAP).

Applications are now open for the February 2010/11 funding round of the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) Small Grants.

It will play a vital role in keeping Indigenous netball players on the court and provide opportunities to help them reach new heights in the sport, and it needs your help.

The doors have opened on the latest round of small grants under the Department of Sport and Recreation’s (DSR) Community Sport and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF), and if you want to see what the grants can do then look no further than the last round’s successful recipients.

A ‘green’ approach to officiating is resulting in a growing respect for officials and the vital role they play in sport and recreation.

The new look Wyndham Memorial Swimming Pool was officially opened on 22 January 2010, with about 60 people attending a ceremony led by Shire of Wyndham/East Kimberley CEO Gary Gaffney and attended by councillors and community workers who have been involved with the project.

Federal Sport and Recreation Minister Kate Ellis speaks out about ‘the other competition’ faced by women in sport – the battle for media coverage – in this article featured on ‘The Punch’ website.

There were some huffs and puffs but they were still able to bring the house down, they were the past and future giants of WA basketball who took to the court for a Legends Basketball Spectacular to mark the opening of the new WA Basketball Centre.

Community and state level basketball in Western Australia will be the major beneficiaries of the new Western Australian Basketball Centre.

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