Girls Get Active Day - Penrith

Sport NSW and Penrith City Council joined forces to present a Girls Get Active Day on Wednesday, 23 May. The event, designed to encourage more girls to benefit from participation in sport and recreation, took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre and involved 90 girls from local high-schools, four elite female athletes and five different sports.

The Girls Get Active event commences at 9:30am where athletes, Jane Howard (Dragon Boats), Lisa Griffith (Sydney Thunder), Olivia Wilson (Golf NSW) and Penrith City Council Deputy Mayor, Cr Tricia Hitchen engaged in a panel discussion led by Olympian and 2017 NSW Athlete of the Year, Jessica Fox, that aimed to inspire the audience of female high-school students to lead active lives.
 

At the conclusion of the panel discussion, the students had the opportunity to meet the panellists and experience the various sporting activities on offer including cricket, dragon boats, golf, kayaking and touch football.

Sport NSW and Penrith City Council are committed to supporting the future growth and development of sport and active recreation, which in turn sees people enjoy the benefits provided and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Girls Get Active events provide a unique opportunity for young females to engage with women achieving success in the sporting domain and to try a range of sports in a fun and safe environment, with each station facilitated by the panellists and/or staff from the state sporting organisations.

Sport NSW Chief Executive Officer Darren Simpson was thrilled to collaborate with Penrith City Council for the Girls Get Active Day and hopes the event encouraged the female students to participate in sporting activities within their local community. “Sport NSW was delighted to host this event in conjunction with Penrith City Council. I hope the successful young sports women, plus our dual Olympic Medallist MC in Jessica Fox, inspired the girls to explore the pathways available to them and to pursue their own sporting dreams,” Mr Simpson said.