Blacktown Olympic Park Sydney
HEAD OFFICE PO
Box 63, Blacktown, NSW 2148 Australia Ph. +61 (02) 9839 6591Fax +61(02) 9832 2378 EDITOR Rosalyn Nicholas
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www.blacktownolympicpark.com.auAPRIL 2006
Blacktown Olympic Park & Blacktown Leisure Centre, Stanhope
For more information, please contact Blacktown Olympic Park on 9839 6591 or visit www.blacktownolympicpark.com.au
CEO’S MESSAGEAFL TRAINEES
Welcome to the latest edition of the Blacktown Olympic Park Newsletter for 2006.
What a busy time it is at Blacktown Olympic Park !
March has seen some outstanding Softball talent on the diamond with more action to come in April with the Women’s Grand Prix 3 and Australia V Chinese Taipei International Series.
The NSW Baseball Under 23 Invitational Tournament will run over the Easter long weekend with the Blacktown City ‘Super Sports’ Clinics getting underway on April 18.
Don’t miss the opportunity to get out to Blacktown Olympic Park this month and experience all that is on offer.
Kevin Jones
Chief Executive Officer
As part of AFL NSW/ACT & Blacktown City Council’s Community Partnership Program, Mitchell, Trent & Brett have commenced their 12 month traineeships.
The trainees will be involved in a variety of AFL & Blacktown City events during their traineeship including the Paul Kelly Cup, AFL Auskick Clinic, Super Sports Clinics & The Blacktown City Family Sportsfest.
Welcome Aboard!
SPECIAL OLYMPICS STATE CARNIVAL
Blacktown Olympic Park proudly hosted the Sydney West Special Olympics State Athletics Carnival on Saturday 8th April.
The "Flame Of Hope’’ Torch Relay was an inspiring start to the carnival with Councillor Leo Kelly, OAM Mayor Of Blacktown City officially opening the event at 9am.
Over 60 competitors from across NSW participated in the event at the world class Athletics facility. Track & Field events included sprints, walking, shot-put, discus and javelin events. A selection of these competitors will now go onto the National Games in Brisbane, a week-long event with over 800 athletes competing across Australia to be held in October.
The carnival was an outstanding success with all athletes enjoying the opportunity to compete and challenge themselves to achieve their goals.
TOP SOFTBALL ACTION
Australia’s best female softballers return to the diamonds for their home states in the Softball Australia Grand Prix 3 over the Easter Long weekend at Blacktown Olympic Park.
From April 14 – 17, reigning champions the NSW Institute of Sport Blues will go head to head with the Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Under 19 Squad, Queensland Academy of Sport Heatwave, Victorian Institute of Sport, Western Arrow (Western Australian Institute of Sport) and Chinese Taipei in a competition that overflows with softball talent.
But the action doesn’t end there!
The best of the New South Wales Men will contest the Blacktown Invitational Fastball from April 14 – 16 at Blacktown Olympic Park. ACT Team, Upstarts will face tough competition from Dolphins (Campbelltown), UWS United (Penrith), Demons (Liverpool) and Trident (NSW) to retain their 2005 title.
To culminate a fantastic week of softball at Blacktown Olympic Park, Australia will take on the International Challenge of Chinese Taipei in the Blacktown International Softball Challenge from April 18 – 20.
SURVIVE THE RIDE EASTER EGG RIDE
The roar of bikes rang out through Blacktown Olympic Park on Sunday March 13 with over 350 motorcyclists arriving to experience the second ‘Survive The Ride’ Easter Egg Ride.
‘Survive The Ride’ is a motorcycle road safety campaign started in 2002, to encourage riders to be safe on the roads. This year’s event saw riders depart form Blacktown Olympic Park to raise funds and put a smile on the faces of the kids and staff at The Children’s Hospital Westmead including Survive the Ride Patron and keen Motorcyclist Tim Webster.
"I congratulate the team of Road Safety Officers from Auburn, Blacktown City, Holroyd and Parramatta & Strathfield Councils, and the Children’s Hospital Westmead, for their efforts in the event" said Cr Leo Kelly, OAM, Mayor of Blacktown City.
Organisers have declared the event a huge success with preparations underway for next year.
EVENTS CALENDAR
PROUD PARTNERS OF BLACKTOWN OLYMPIC PARK
April
14th – 17th Softball Australia Women’s Grand Prix 3
14th – 16th Blacktown Invitational Fastball – Men’s Softball
18th – 20th Australia V Chinese Taipei International Softball Series
18th – 21st Blacktown City ‘Super Sports’ Clinics
26th – 28th Blacktown City ‘Super Sports’ Clinics
May
9th Disability Games
June
4th Blacktown City Fun Runs
10th & 11th NSW Masters Softball Competition
17th & 18th NSW Under 16 Women’s Softball Camp
24th & 25th NSW Under 16 Men’s Softball Camp
For more information on events listed please contact Blacktown Olympic Park
on 9839 6591 or visit www.blacktownolympicpark.com.au
