- More
than $1 million goes towards local, national and international sport and
recreation events
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local events will benefit from Sport and Recreation Events Funding 2024/25
- Community
sport and recreation events keep WA active and engaged
From a run in Chittering called Chitty Chitty Run Run to Scarborough's
Groundswell Festival, local sport and recreation events have received more than
$1 million in funding.
Thirty-five local events have received a boost totalling $1,193,119 in
the 2024-25 round of the Sport and Recreation Events Funding Program.
Administered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural
Industries, the program supports sport and active recreation organisations to
plan, secure and deliver sport and mass participation events in Western
Australia.
The recipients are staging events which involve a varied mix of
activities and sports such as running, swimming, surfing, skating, wrestling,
water polo, tenpin bowling, kiteboarding, badminton, and cycling. The
Australian Deaf Sports Federation also received funding to create a business
case for hosting the Australian Deaf Games in WA and Pride Western Australia
received funding to produce a bid book for Perth's application to host the Gay
Games.
Funding in this program can be used towards helping organisations
develop a strategic event plan or an event tender bid, but most applicants use
the grants to support running a local, national or international pinnacle event,
or a mass public participation event. In regional Western Australia, the
funding can provide support to conduct high level event competition at a state,
national or international level or sporting initiatives outside of Perth.
The recipients of the 2024/25 Sport and Recreation Events Funding are:
- AusCycling
- $50,000 towards the 2024 AusCycling BMX National Championships
- Golf
Western Australia - $50,000 towards the 2024 WA Open Golf Championship
- Mundaring
Sporting Club - $50,000 towards the WFDF 2024 World Team Disc Golf Championship
- Shire
of Chapman Valley - $50,000 towards 2024 Backroads: Fields of Gold
- Shire
of Gnowangerup - $50,000 for Great Southern Gravel
- Shire
of Murray Dwellingup - $50,000 for Shire of Murray Dwellingup 100 and Mighty
Jarrah Trail Run
- Swimming
Mermaids - $49,300 for Swim Taalinup Goorbilyup - Blackwood River Augusta
- Beach
Tennis West - $46,153 for ITF Beach Tennis World Tour BT100
- WestCycle
- $45,000 for Incorporated Bike It to Ballidu Gravel
- Sport
Climbing Australia - $42,750 for 2024 National Boulder Championships
- Table
Tennis Western Australia - $38,300 for 2024 Table Tennis National Championships
- AFL
Masters WA - $35,000 for AFL Masters National Carnival
- Surfing
Western Australia - $35,000 for WA Pro Surf Series
- Western
Australian Figure Skating Club - $33,400 for Swan Trophy International 2024 and
Swan Trophy 2024 (National)
- Wrestling
Western Australia - $30,780 for 2024 National Youth Championships &
Development Camp
- Kiteboarding
Western Australia - $30,000 for Augusta Big Air Nationals 2024/25
- Professional
Golfers Association of Australia - $30,000 for WA PGA Championship
- University
of Western Australia Water Polo Club - $30,000 for Regional Expansion Program
into the Mid West
- Albany
Motorcycle Club - $29,205 for Hard N Fast Moto X
- Western
Australian Rogaining Association - $28,810 for 2024 Australasian Rogaine
Championships
- Badminton
Australia - $25,000 for Yonex U15/U19 National Championships
- Royal
Freshwater Bay Yacht Club - $24,776 for International Dragon Class 2025
Australasian Championship
- Australian
Deaf Sports Federation - $15,000 for a business case for hosting Australian
Deaf Games in WA
- Exceed
Triathlon Club - $15,000 for EXSS X-Tri Off Road Triathlon
- Pride
Western Australia - $15,000 to produce bid book for Perth's application to host
Gay Games
- Shire
of Carnarvon - $15,000 for a sports events plan
- Shire
of Chittering - $15,000 for the Chitty Chitty Run Run
- Town
of Port Hedland - $12,500 for Ship to Shore
- Australian
Tenpin Bowling Seniors Organisation - $11,445 for 2024 ATBSO National Challenge
- Perth
Frontrunners - $10,700 for Pride Run & Walk 2024
- Western
Australian Fencing Association - $10,000 for the Australian Fencing Circuit
Event 1
- Athletics
West - $50,000 for Perth Track Classic (Australian Athletics Super League)
- Northam's
Avon Descent Association - $100,000 for Avon Descent Festival
- Scarborough
Beach Association - $50,000 for Groundswell Festival
- Squash
WA - $20,000 for 2024 WA Open International - PSA Challenger 6
For more information on the Sport and Recreation Events Funding Program:
https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/sport-and-recreation-funding/sport-and-recreation-events-funding-program/sport-and-recreation-events-funding-program-guidelines/1000
Comments attributed to Sport and Recreation
Minister David Templeman:
"I
am delighted to announce more than $1 million towards local, national and
international sport and recreation events.
"Sport
is great for fostering community wellbeing, as well as individual mental health
and I am committed to supporting as many sporting events as possible."
