Your Local Club Academy Games - 27th-29th April

Some of the states finest young athletes will arrive in the Hunter Region this weekend for the 2018 Your Local Club Academy Games. Hosted by the Hunter Academy of Sport, the event will be held across the region from Friday April 27th to Sunday April 29th.

The Games features the emerging talent of 1,300 athletes across eight (8) sports including Basketball, Golf, Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Softball, AFL and Surfing.

The Games will be bringing together athletes, staff, families and supporters from all 11 Regional Academies of Sport (RAS) across New South Wales. The competing Academies include Central Coast, Far West, Illawarra, Hunter, North Coast, Northern Inland, South East, South West Sydney, Southern, Western Region and Western Sydney Academies of Sport. The Games will also highlight guest Academies, including ACT, Sydney Netball, Albury, Sydney North and Sydney East.

North Coast Academy of Sport Executive Director, John Kincade expressed his excitement for the event, ‘The Your Local Club Academy Games has become a keystone event for Regional Academies of Sport and in 2018 we couldn’t be prouder of the athletes and coaches who will be representing the North Coast [on the] weekend.’

‘The Your Local Club Academy Games is a brilliant opportunity for all Regional Academies of Sport to celebrate individual achievements of athletes from all corners of regional NSW.’

The NSW Government, through the Office of Sport, also provides strong support for the Games.

The 2018 Your Local Club Academy Games will begin on Friday, 27th April with an Opening Ceremony to be held at Newcastle Basketball Stadium at 5pm. Sport NSW sends congratulations to all athletes and Regional Academies competing and wish all participants the best of luck!

For more information, to download the official games program and to follow the results over the weekend – visit http://www.hunteracademy.org.au/academygames