South Australia

Inspirational Athletes – 24

When it comes to the question of who was the first Aboriginal to play cricket for Australia the answer is often carefully phrased. Many will say the first known Aboriginal to play for Australia was Jason Gillespie. The reason being

Finding Fans the Old Fashioned Way

How many sports are trying to build on unstable foundations? In today’s ultra-competitive sporting world it is not just athletes vying for exposure and their share of the money. It is also sporting clubs and sporting associations vying for exposure

Can You Put A Price on History?

Sport has always been a place for differences of opinion on and off the pitch. In the modern era we are constantly seeing management and administrators making changes to what has been the norm. Sometimes those changes are for the

A State of Indifference?

Western Australia has a proud footballing history. Fifty years ago this year the State became the first Australian representative team to compete in an Asian tournament, the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia. The Socceroos had been invited but had to decline,

What’s Best For The Kids.

Change can sometimes be challenging. Change can also be confronting. Change may be happening quicker today than in years gone by, and many may be more open to change, but change can still be destabilising. For years the Australian sporting