Registrations are now open for the Oceania Coaching MasterClass Series 2024! Featuring 6 sessions throughout November and December, this MasterClass is open for coaches of all levels from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
After a challenging year, our Junior Squad wrapped up their season with an amazing trip to the Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru. Their journey was a testament to resilience and adaptability which was later highlighted by their successful performance.
While the world's attention is focused on the Paris Olympics, Australia's Junior Artistic Swimming squad is hard at work preparing for the Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru.
It's been a whirlwind few months here at the Artistic Swimming Australia pathway program, and we're not slowing down anytime soon! We've been working hard to prepare our athletes for upcoming competitions and development opportunities.
Stay tuned for further updates on these exciting events and the continued development of our talented Artistic Swimming athletes!
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Hancock Prospecting Artistic Swimming Australia National Head Coach, Paula Klamburg Roque, has signed a four-year extension, which will see her remain in charge of the team until at least the end of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. The position also doubles as the Head Coach of the Hancock Prospecting Artistic Swimming Australian National Centre of Excellence, based in Perth.
Congratulations to coach Hannah, who has been accepted into the AIS coach development program and will join the Australian Junior Squad in Lima, Peru, at The Junior World Championship as part of the coach's team.
Olympian Rose Stackpole is one of the successful female Olympians, Paralympians, and World Champions that have been announced as part of 2024 AIS Accelerate, a program designed to retain the experience and knowledge of retiring female athletes in sport.
Team Australia has won two silver medals and a bronze medal in the team events following outstanding performances during the first leg of the World Aquatics Cup in Beijing! They also reached new personal best scores showing significant improvements from their recent performance during the World Aquatics Championships in Doha in February.
The Hancock Prospecting Artistic Swimming Australia Team excelled during the World Aquatics Championships in Doha this month, delivering an impressive performance that led to a new personal best score in multiple events and two finals for the Technical and Free Team events.
Artistic Swimmers had a busy start to the year. The Youth & Junior Squad had the first camp for the season in the Ais Campus, Canberra. The Going for Green & Gold Talent Identification camp had its first camp in Brisbane, and the next is coming in Perth (2-3 February). At the same time, the Senior Team is preparing for the World Championship and had a competition simulation last weekend in Perth.
The Going For Green & Gold Camp, held at the Sleeman Aquatics Centre in Brisbane from January 19 to 21, was a major success.
Over three days, twenty-four, thirteen, and under athletes enjoyed world-class coaching and support from Krisztina Szedlak, Olympian Bianca Palmer, Ellen McIlwain, and Nicole Furst (junior coach).
Our 2024 High Performance Programs have hit the ground running with our First Junior and Youth National Team camps underway at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).