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Tanisha Stanton
From Newcastle, NSW, Tanisha Stanton is the true definition of an “all-rounder”. After excelling in hockey then athletics, at just 15 years of age, Tanisha has played at the state and national level in both Netball and Touch Football, and has just been named in the U18 Australian women’s touch football team. Oh, and she’s […]
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A Fighting Inspiration
Boxer, artist and mother of four, Noby Clay can well remember her life before boxing. Living in the North Queensland community of Palm Island, just off the coast of the city of Townsville, Noby says she was drinking too much and getting into strife with the police, but after taking an interest in the sport […]
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Game, Set & Match
Australian and international tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley was honoured at the 17th Deadly Awards with the Ella Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport. Accepting her award from the Ella family, Gary, Mark, Glen and Marcia, Evonne recalled her humble beginnings in Barellan, NSW. As a child, she used the […]
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FEMALE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR
KYAH SIMON Kyah made her international debut playing for the Young Matildas against Hong Kong in an Olympic qualifier in August 2007. After signing with W-League club Central Coast Mariners, Kyah capped off a marvellous debut season by being named the Female U20 Footballer of theYear at the 2008 Australian Football Awards. In 2009, Kyah […]
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Cathy Freeman running again
Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman is back in running mode as part of the Cathy Freeman Foundation Team who are participating in this Sunday’s Melbourne Marathon (9 October). The team are running to raise urgently needed funds to support the education of children living on Palm Island, Australia’s fourth most disadvantaged community. “I’m so excited […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Most Promising New Talent in Sport
Tahj Minniecon One of the bright young stars of Australian soccer, and a former member of the Young Socceroos, Tahj began his A-League career with the Brisbane Roar in 2007 after a stint at the AIS. In the 2009/10 season Tahj’s last-minute goal in the National Youth League Grand Final secured a famous 2-1 victory, […]
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Deadlys Nominees 2011: Female Sportsperson of the Year
Kirby Bentley A former State and National rep player in netball, after switching to Australian Rules football in 2009, Kirby has twice played at the national titles, and in June 2011, was awarded the Debbie Lee Medal as the Best and Fairest player in Australian women’s football, following the AFL Women’s National Championships in Adelaide. […]
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Josie Janz
Stats Height: 185cmWeight: 82kgAge: 21Mob: Torres Straight Islander (Thursday Island)Position/s: GD (Goal Defence) and GK (Goal Keeper)Nickname: Josie, JJ, or JosePets: None at the moment, but I had a pet rabbit once called Benny. Brothers and sisters: I have an older brother, Michael, and a younger sister, Alicia. How long have you played netball for? […]
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FFA launch Indig soccer plan
Australian soccer powerbrokers have set an ambitious 10 year-target to boost the numbers of Indigenous players in the sport. With the AFL and NRL both making significant strides forward in Indigenous player numbers of late, Football Federation Australia plans on following suite and wants Indigenous players to comprise at least five per cent of players […]
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Samantha Hinton – Following Faith’s Path
New hope in the long stretch between innings for our Australian women cricketers It’s more than 50 years since an Indigenous woman played cricket for Australia. Talented left-hander batter Samantha Hinton is looking forward to taking up the challenge. Samantha Hinton, from Wellington in central NSW, is being hailed as Australia’s next emerging female Indigenous […]
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Beachley joins Indigenous surfing project
Layne Beachley, the greatest female surfer of all time, has become the newest member of the Laureus Friends & Ambassadors programme. The announcement was made by Laureus World Sports Academy members Cathy Freeman, Robby Naish, Daley Thompson and Steve Waugh, who were attending the Indigenous Sports Program surfing-based project at Jan Juc, near Geelong, in […]
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First timer Tahlia makes history
TAHLIA Rotumah admits she is “flavour of the month” among her proud friends and family at home in Tweed Heads. But her popularity is likely to last longer than a month. At just 16 years of age, Rotumah, a sprinter with cerebral palsy, has made history as the first Indigenous woman to compete at the […]
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Football Injuries
Football is one of Australia’s most-loved sports. Being such a high-contact sport, football brings with it many player injuries. Injuries commonly associated with football occur to the head and the upper and lower limbs, as well as over-use injuries. Injuries common in rugby league and rugby union include those to the lower and upper limbs, […]
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Amber Mercy
Deadly Vibe Issue 85 March 2004 Gold Coast surfer Amber Mercy had her scariest moment in the water in Tonga this summer. ” My leg rope broke and I lost my board,” the bubbly 19-year-old says. “It happened just as a set came through, and I got my butt kicked, basically. I was pretty scared. […]
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Michelle Musselwhite
Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 She shoots, she scores This year’s Deadly awards were so jam-packed with talented Indigenous people that in just about every category it was a struggle to predict the winner. One of the hardest categories to judge was Female Sportsperson of the Year, as four sublime female athletes – touch […]
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Alexis Turner
Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June 2004 Jumping for joy When she still just a little girl, Alexis Turner found a place that made her happy – the athletics track. At 19 years of age, Alexis Turner is already an old hand at athletics – she’s been competing since she was five years old, when she […]
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