World Championships

Pressure of a Different Kind

It was 2009 when an eighteen year old athlete from South Africa won the 800m World title at her first international meet, and within days the whole world was talking about her; Regrettably not because of her athletic achievement, but

Going Soft is Hard

It is not just in Australia that the impact of a sport being dropped from the Olympic Games is far reaching. The Great Britain women’s fast pitch softball team looks like missing the World Championships in Canada because they cannot

The Real Karate Kid

India Roberts from Cornwall in the UK is one tough nut. The eleven year old won a gold medal at the World karate Championships in Germany in the under 12 Kata category, despite having a broken arm. She took part

Champions One and All

WAIS held its Champions Breakfast this morning and once again it was a privilege to be in the room with so many talented young athletes. Lachlan Cooke took out the WAIS Career and Education Excellence Award. This is one remarkable

Embarrsing Exclusion

One other thing that was disappointing at the WAIS Athlete of the year awards was the fact that Wheelchair Sports WA Junior Athlete of the year Madison de Rozario was not included in the list of nominees for WAIS Junior