Sport and recreation clubs in Hedland have a new supporter with the appointment of a Club Development Officer (CDO) based in the Town of Port Hedland.

The Pilbara Basketball Challenge was recently held in Wickham with 350 people attending the event, and 32 teams consisting of men, women and children participating in the challenge.

The Department of Sport and Recreation’s (DSR) Great Southern office has congratulated the Shire of Katanning on a well deserved double award win at the recent Sport and Recreation Industry Awards 2009.

The Town of Port Hedland will receive $75,000 in funding under the inaugural Small Grants round of the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund (CSRFF) to install overhead lights at Gratwick Aquatic Centre.

Congratulations to our South West Healthway Smarter than Smoking Country Sport Scholarship Recipients for 2009. Sixty-eight South West athletes involved in 20 different sports competing at national and international level were awarded scholarships this year from a pool of over 200 applicants state-wide.