This week in Sports Construction News – The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will end its surveys on Australian social trends and Measures of Australia’s Progress. Sports Technology International (STI) is relaunching as Polytan STI. Ipswich Council ignored the serious environmental concerns of its own planning officers to rubber-stamp the development of a sports ground earmarked as a…
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This week in Community Sports News – Why aren’t AFL fans attending games? Sportswomen shattering the stereotypes around sexuality. The AIS has developed player tracking technology, which it is making available to Australias national teams for free. 91% of sports fans use social media on a daily basis. Implementing cuts of around $50 million over three years, the Australian Bureau…
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This week in Sports Education News – Why aren’t AFL fans attending games? Sportswomen shattering the stereotypes around sexuality. The AIS has developed player tracking technology, which it is making available to Australias national teams for free. 91% of sports fans use social media on a daily basis. Australian children are exposed to junk food messages for up to three hours…
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This week in sports news – a worrying survey reveals that Australian children are some of the least active in the world; Professor Murray Drummond argues that body image issues are increasingly affecting school age boys; and Ausport outlines a report about future trends in sport. Australian children some of the least active in the…
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This is a great activity to teach dribbling and stick handling skills native to hockey players. Pond Hockey is a fun and simple activity, particularly appropriate for primary students. All you need is 1 x hula hoop, 1 x hockey stick, and 1 x hockey or tennis ball per student. There are four activities that…
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There are some truly terrible sports club names around the world. See some of the worst examples below and add your own in the comments. [hr] EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS Nothing frightens the opposition more than the sight of a small fluffy dog. [fbshare url=”http://grand-slam.com.au/blog/worst-sports-team-names/” type=”button” float=”right”] [twitter style=”horizontal” source=”GrandSlamEquip” related=”@ScottsdaleCC” hashtag=”gochokes” text=”SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FIGHTING…
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This week in School Sports Construction News – Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair John Wylie today welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget announcement on the new Sporting Schools program.How to achieve Sports Integrity? And Members of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team today showed off the uniform they will wear when they march into Celtic Park, Glasgow…
DetailsThis week in Sports Construction News – Tennis ACT plans on installing clay court surfaces to help Australian tennis players dominant, and three architectural firms are announced as to be on the short list for the Melbourne Park redevelopment project. Aussies kiln it thanks to Canberra clay 5/5/14, Chris Dutton – Sydney Morning Herald Tennis…
DetailsThis week in Sports Construction News – THE Bordertown Basketball Stadium extension and refurbishment should be complete before summer this year. Albury-Wodonga tennis court curator Shane Reid has prepared some of the finest surfaces on earth – including one memorable grand slam green-top. And University of Ballarat set of criteria that would enable synthetic turf…
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This week in School Sports Construction News – Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair John Wylie today welcomed the Federal Government’s Budget announcement on the new Sporting Schools program.How to achieve Sports Integrity? And Members of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team today showed off the uniform they will wear when they march into Celtic Park, Glasgow for…
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