Indigenous Talent Showcase Skills In Bid to Win Sports Academy Scholarship
Some of the region’s most talented junior indigenous athletes made the most of an exciting opportunity in Wagga on Tuesday.
Southern Sports Academy hosted the UAA Indigenous Talent Identification Day at Wagga’s PCYC Stadium.
Sixty athletes registered to put their best foot forward in a bid to land an opportunity to win a Southern Sports Academy scholarship.
Southern Sports Academy, combined with Underwriting Agencies Australia and Riverina Water, hosted the event to provide a free opportunity for athletes in the region to showcase their talent.
“Athletes identified as having the potential to achieve higher honours in their chosen sport, or those simply seeking entry into a new pre-elite sporting pathway, were given the opportunity to show their talent in a program that is designed to identify people with specific skills, personal qualities and physical attributes that can lead to becoming a high-performance athlete,” Southern Sports Academy chief executive Mark Calverley said.
Following the session, Southern Sports Academy offer select athletes the opportunity to join an extension program with further development opportunities around high-performance preparation, performance support and indigenous culture.
From there, athletes receive an invitation to trial for the Southern Sports Academy programs as a scholarship athlete.
