2009 : News Centre : Australian Sports Commission

Australia on track to qualify skeleton athletes for the Winter Games
18 Dec 2009
Emma Lincoln-Smith records three top-ten finishes in 2009–10 World Cup series

Australian Institute of Sport race walkers named in 2010 World Cup team
17 Dec 2009
Institute walkers have sights set on next year’s World Cup

Australian Institute of Sport year in review
16 Dec 2009
Highlights for Institute athletes and teams in 2009.

Australian Institute of Sport swimmers lend support to Camp Quality
09 Dec 2009
Institute swimmers supporting Camp Quality trip

Australian Kookaburras win tenth Champions Trophy
08 Dec 2009
Australian Kookaburras defeat Germany 5–3 in claiming the Champions Trophy.

Tippett named in AIS Women's Basketball program
02 Dec 2009
2010 program taking shape

Talented golfer Matt Griffin awarded Rookie of the Year
30 Nov 2009
AIS golfer Matt Griffin recognised for superb performances in 2009.

New talented athletes join the AIS Women’s Basketball program
30 Nov 2009
Eight talented women’s basketballers named in 2010 AIS program.

Australian Institute of Sport recognised for enhancing Canberra tourism
27 Nov 2009
The Australian Institute of Sport Tours program wins tourism award

Big wins for AIS swimmers at 2009 Speedo International meet
27 Nov 2009
AIS swimmers claim trifecta in 50-metre men’s freestyle event.

AIS Swim School recognised by national award
26 Nov 2009
Australian Institute of Sport Swim School program recognised for excellence in water safety.

Volleyballers Palmer and Bawden recognised for outstanding performances
25 Nov 2009
Bacchara Palmer and Louise Bawden receive prestigious FIVB international awards

Meares claims triple gold at track cycling World Cup
24 Nov 2009
Australia tops track World Cup medal tally with eight gold, two silver and two bronze

New scholarship holders entering the 2010 AIS netball program
24 Nov 2009
Coach Simone McKinnis looks forward to working with next intake of AIS netballers

2009 Speedo AIS International meet draws top quality swimmers
23 Nov 2009
Former world champion Eamon Sullivan will compete at the 2009 Speedo AIS International meet.

AIS athletes competing in the Australian road walking championships
20 Nov 2009
Jared Tallent, Luke Adams and Adam Rutter line up for Australian 50km Road Walking Championships.

AIS Rugby League program scores 16–13 win over French under-18 team
20 Nov 2009
AIS Rugby League program tackles France’s under-18 and under-19 team.

Australian cyclists gear up for UCI Track World Cup event in Melbourne
18 Nov 2009
AIS track cyclists competing at the 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics.

Australian athletes prepare for Winter Olympic qualifiers
17 Nov 2009
Winter athletes in training for Olympic qualifying events.

Amy Steel and Jack Bobridge share AIS Junior Athletes of Year award
16 Nov 2009
Netballer Amy Steel and cyclist Jack Bobridge named AIS Junior Athletes of the Year

Outteridge and Jensen win AIS Team of the Year
16 Nov 2009
AIS sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen awarded AIS Team of the Year award

Craig Walton named AIS Coach of the Year
16 Nov 2009
AIS triathlon coach Craig Walton announced AIS Coach of the Year.

Under-23 Track Endurance/Road Cycling named AIS Program of the Year
16 Nov 2009
Under-23 Track Endurance/Road Cycling program recognised for excellence.

Moffatt and Rickard are AIS Athletes of the Year
16 Nov 2009
Triathlete Emma Moffatt and swimmer Brenton Rickard named AIS Athletes of the Year.

Elite sports leaders converge on Canberra
10 Nov 2009
NESC Forum helping to maintain Australia’s sporting edge.

Athletes and coaches prepare for 2009 AIS Awards
10 Nov 2009
Moffatt, Rickard and Wallace finalists for 2009 AIS Athlete of the Year award.

Keeping track of bike settings for high performance cycling
09 Nov 2009
AIS Biomechanics devises new web-based system for monitoring bike settings.

Ex-Geelong premiership player Tom Harley to join AIS/AFL Academy
09 Nov 2009
Former Geelong captain appointed assistant coach

Double World Cup gold for Australian track cyclists
04 Nov 2009
Anna Meares, Belinda Goss and Kaarle McCulloch triumph in UCI Track Cycling World Cup.

Hamill brought into Young Socceroos squad
02 Nov 2009
AIS defender joins squad for AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers

Talented Institute boxers competing on the world stage
02 Nov 2009
AIS/NTID boxers in great shape for 2009 Presidents Cup

AIS Athlete of the Year finalists named
30 Oct 2009
Moffatt, Rickard and Wallace finalists for 2009 AIS Athlete of the Year award

Australia's best junior tennis players tested at the AIS
28 Oct 2009
The AIS hosts the first national tennis draft camp to identify talented prospects.

AIS Director Peter Fricker honoured for services to sports medicine
27 Oct 2009
Peter Fricker awarded for service to sports medicine and the Australasian College of Sports Physicians

Talented AIS cyclists join Australian track team
26 Oct 2009
Australian track cycling team announced for world championships

Developing talented rugby league prospects
22 Oct 2009
Ex-AIS athletes make transition to the Australian Rugby League competition

London calling our Aussie gymnasts
13 Oct 2009
Rizzo back in Australian team

Five ex-AIS athletes honoured in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
09 Oct 2009
Former AIS athletes inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame

New basketball talent in AIS program
09 Oct 2009
Institute adds four new basketballers to 2010–11 program

AIS men’s football team travel to Central Coast
09 Oct 2009
Institute in search of first win

Rickard wins Swimming Australia's golden moment of the year award
08 Oct 2009
AIS swimmer Brenton Rickard wins major award for world record in the 100-metre breaststroke.

Three former AIS scholarship holders line up in NRL decider
01 Oct 2009
Reddy, Mortimer and Anderson ready for NRL’s biggest day

Ex-AFL stars Lloyd and O'Loughlin to help guide emerging talent
30 Sep 2009
Matthew Lloyd and Michael O’Loughlin appointed as assistant coaches of the AIS/AFL Academy

Evans triumphs in road cycling world championships
30 Sep 2009
Ex-AIS athlete Cadel Evans becomes first Australian to win men’s elite world championship race.

Australian skeleton athletes on track for 2010 Winter Olympics
29 Sep 2009
AIS skeleton athletes at end of intense pre-qualification training camp.

Bobridge wins under-23 men’s time trial world title
25 Sep 2009
AIS cyclist Jack Bobridge wins gold in under-23 time trial at world championships.