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The Hungry Games – Kate Starre

Here is the second episode of our series on Western Australian Olympians filmed in coffee shops, bars and restaurants around Perth and Fremantle. In this episode we catch up with double gold medalist with the Hockeyroos, Kate Starre. We sat

Australia’s Hockey Grail – On Sale

Every four years the Kookaburras head off to the Olympic Games expected to return with a gold medal. The expectation is possibly warranted as they have been ranked in the top four men’s hockey teams in the world for the

More than a Numbers Game

Pakistan has never been a powerhouse Olympic nation. It has won just ten Olympic medals since first competing at the 1948 Games in London. Pakistan’s first medal came in field hockey at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 when it

Lessons Not Learned

Why is it that some administrators continue to make rods for their own backs? A year ago Basketball Australia went against its own Governance processes and changed the National Wheelchair Basketeball League competition to a seven team competition and re-issued

Podcast #14 – Olympic Expectations and How Hard Gold is To Win

Our apologies that it has been a while between shows but we have had poor internet connections in India and bush fires in Perth to contend with, but finally John and Ashley were able to sit down and mull over