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In this Issue:

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS REPORT
News from Barry Switzer

NEWS
Thankyou Volunteer Program - GippSport link with Monash University - GippSport Program Coordinator vacancy, Bairnsdale - Local volunteer recognised - Outstanding athletes win March Gippstar Awards - Newsletter Evaluation & Club Contact Form

CLUB SUCCESS STORIES IN GIPPSLAND
Gippsland swimmer makes Olympic Team

CLUB RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Emergency planning for sporting clubs - Smartplay sports injury prevention fact sheets

GRANTS AND CLUB FINANCES
VicHealth Active Club grant winners - Vic Talent and Country Action Grants - Woolworths/Safeway Community Grants - Come to the Intensive Winning Grants Workshop - Come to the Intensive Winning Grants Workshop - Victalent - Smart Water Funds - Apply for your share of $400,000 - Funding opportunities to look out for

GOOD SPORTS UPDATE
Club News -- Responsible Servicing of Alcohol Training

SEMINARS AND TRAINING
Dual recognition coaching course postponed - AUSTSWIM Teacher Adults Course

SPECIAL EVENTS/PROGRAMS
Streetwise skateboarding program rolls in - Access for All Abilities (AAA) Football - Working with children check information sessions

TENNIS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER PROGRAM
Club resources and information

FEEDBACK
Club tip for this month -- Newsletter sharing

GIPPSPORT CONTACTS

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS REPORT

Sporting clubs are faced with many challenges at the present time and are being encouraged to develop policies on a wide range of topics. The creation and implementation of these policies will hopefully make the club more inclusive and welcoming. It will also assist greatly in encouraging increased membership and sustainability.

Those clubs who are fortunate enough to have inspirational leaders and strong committees can usually manage most of these matters very capably. These clubs share the workload and do not leave everything to one or two people. They also make sure that the policies are not just developed and left on the shelf, they actually become part of the fabric of the club.

GippSport believes that to become an Inclusive and Welcoming Club you need to promote your club to everyone in the community. It involves offering an equal opportunity for all. There should be no discrimination based on income, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ability or educational background.

By adopting an access for all policy at your club, you will be providing many people with a fantastic opportunity to follow a sport of passion. Potential benefits to new participants include the development of new friendships, engagement in physical activity, feelings of respect and increase in self esteem.

We are currently developing an “INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING CLUBS PROGRAM” which we hope will assist clubs to tackle some of these issues. GippSport staff based around Gippsland will also be available to provide support and advice. We will keep clubs informed on our progress and look forward to many Gippsland sporting and recreation clubs embracing this concept.

Barry Switzer - Executive Officer

NEWS

Thankyou Volunteer Program

The GippSport staff would like to announce that the Thankyou Volunteer Program will be launched on 7 May in Mirboo North. Look out for further information and registration flyers being sent out to all clubs in the coming weeks.

For further information contact GippSport on 51358335 or www.gippsport.com.au

GippSport link with Monash University

VicHealth is working with a number of organisations across the state of Victoria to increase participation in physical activity. In 2007, VicHealth funded a total of 61 projects across the state through the Participation In Community Sport and Active Recreation Scheme (PICSAR) and the Active Participation Grants (APG). Of these 61 projects, 22 have been selected to participate in an in depth evaluation developed by Monash University and VicHealth. Four of these projects are involved with GippSport.

GippSport's overarching program “Active Gippsland” has been selected as part of the PICSAR scheme evaluation and three APGs across Gippsland have also been selected. The PICSAR program is funded for a four year period and works towards increasing participation in sport and active recreation, providing opportunities to upskill volunteers and linking organisations within the community as a means of fostering partnerships to address community health and well being.

The APG projects are funded for a period of three years and involve a range of groups including people with a disability, remote/rural communities and Indigenous communities. The projects are Kids Onside (Warragul), Activity Supermarket (Buchan, Cann River, Swifts Creek) and Physically Active Koori Kids (Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance).

GippSport Program Coordinator vacancy - Bairnsdale

GippSport (Regional Sports Assembly) is a leading agency in the Gippsland Region aiming to encourage and foster participation in sport and physical activity.

GippSport has a vacancy for a highly motivated person to be employed full time to service East Gippsland.

The successful applicant will be required to have a wide range of management and interpersonal skills. An understanding of the principles of community development and inclusive practices is essential. A detailed knowledge of the sport and recreation industry and of the structure and operations of grass roots sporting clubs would be an advantage. Considerable travel and some evening and weekend work will definitely be required.

It is intended that the successful applicant will be based at Bairnsdale on an initial 3 year contract with a three-month probationary period offered. Applicants should have an appropriate tertiary qualification in Health Promotion/Community Development/Sports Management or substantial relevant experience.

Applicants must address the Key Selection Criteria outlined in the position description which is available for download at www.gippsport.com.au or by calling 03 51358335.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE AT 5.00 P.M. ON FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2008

Local volunteer recognised

Joy Martin started playing netball with the Glengarry Netball Club in 1967. It was called Women's Basketball at that time. Games were played on a variety of surfaces including grass, asphalt and sandy gravel. Joy was the secretary/treasurer of the club in 1974. However, it has been her long-time commitment to umpiring and coaching at the club that shows her passion for the club and the game. Joy continued to play with Glengarry for many years having only stepped down from being a player in the last couple of years.

She started umpiring early in her netball career and continues to umpire each week in Traralgon and for Glengarry on match days. She has been a successful coach with the club at various times in her forty-year involvement with the club.

Joy took up the coaching role mid season in 2007, as the coach at the time was unable to continue in the role. She is coaching again this season. Joy has also been a delegate for the club to the North Gippsland Football Netball league and a committee member at the Glengarry Football Netball Club and Glengarry Recreation Reserve.

Congratulations to Joy for being a great volunteer for her club.

Outstanding athletes win March Gippstar Awards

Charlotte McShane

Triathlete Charlotte McShane won the March Senior Gippstar Award after an outstanding performance in the Australian Long Distance Championships at Jervis Bay in February where she won the under 20s female title.

Charlotte competed against top Australian and overseas professionals, all much more experienced, and finished 5th female overall. She covered the 2 km swim, 83 km cycle and 20 km run in just 4 hours 17 min, despite hot conditions.

Subsequent to her award nomination Charlotte has also won the Victorian U20 Olympic Distance Championship.

The Gippstar Junior Award winner was high jumper Cameron Hughes, who won the Victorian U18 championship. Cameron's winning jump was 2.00 metres, a personal improvement of 5 cm.

Cameron convincingly won the Championship, well clear of second the place-getter who cleared 1.90 metres.

Gippstar Awards are awarded each month to a junior and senior Gippsland resident who has achieved great sporting success that month. More information, and details on making nominations, is available at www.sportgippsland.org.au

Newsletter Evaluation & Club Contact Form

Look out for the GippSport Newsletter Evaluation Survey and the Club Contact Update Form which will be arriving in your sporting club's mail box across Gippsland in the coming weeks.

If you would like to complete the Newsletter survey online you can link directly to it.

You can also provide us with an on line update of your club contact details by a separate direct link.

We would appreciate your responses to both.

CLUB SUCCESS STORIES IN GIPPSLAND

Gippsland swimmer makes Olympic Team

Congratulations to former Sale and Traralgon Swimming Club member and ex Gippsland Academy swimmer Ashley Delaney who won the 100m backstroke final at the Australian Swimming Championships last week.

Not only did he break Matt Welsh's Australian record to win in a time of 53.68 but the win has secured Ashley a spot on the Australian Olympic team.  Ashley will be swimming the 100m and 200m backstroke individual events as well as the backstroke leg in the 4 x 100m Medley Relay team, which are in with a medal chance at the Beijing Olympics in August.

CLUB RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

Emergency planning for sporting clubs

Attention all clubs! What is considered an emergency? Would your club know how to deal with an emergency and are you currently equipped to deal with a crisis?

All sporting clubs should have an emergency plan in place to cover all types of emergency and ensure a safe environment for all.

Smartplay has developed a sample emergency plan for you to download. Simply visit www.smartplay.com.au for the Emergency Planning for Sporting Clubs Fact Sheet.

Smartplay sports injury prevention fact sheets

Smartplay has recently updated three sport-specific preventing injuries fact sheets.

If you participate in Hockey, Squash or Tennis or know of someone who may find this information relevant to their chosen sport contact Smartplay and download these new fact sheets by visiting www.smartplay.com.au

For hard copies contact Smartplay on phone 03 9674 8777 or email smartplay@vic.sma.org.au .  

GRANTS AND CLUB FINANCES

VicHealth Active Club grant winners

Congratulations to the following clubs and organisations on receiving a VicHealth Active Club Grant. You will receive your cheque from GippSport at a compulsory training session in June 2008. These will be held across Gippsland.

Bass Coast Shire
Bass Coast Boardriders Club, Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club, Inverloch Konwak Football Netball Club, Phillip Island Bowls Club, Wonthaggi Cricket Club.

Baw Baw Shire
Baw Baw Hockey Club, Colts Junior Football Club, Drouin Hawks Netball Club, Gippsland Storm Netball Club, Hill End & Grove Rovers Junior Football Club, Rawson Cricket Club, Thorpdale & District Bowling Club, Trafalgar Bowls Club, Trafalgar Women's Cricket Club, Warragul Amateur Swimming Club, Warragul & District Indoor Netball, Warragul Football Netball Club, Warragul Riding for the Disabled, Western Park Cricket Club, Yarragon Cricket Club.

East Gippsland Shire
Bairnsdale & District Table Tennis Association, Bairnsdale & Riviera Cycle Club, Bairnsdale Archery Club, Bairnsdale Volleyball Association, Lakes Entrance Croquet Club, Lakes Entrance Junior Football Club, Lakes Entrance Tennis Club, Lindenow Bowling Club, Orbost Bowls Club, Surf Life Saving Club Lakes Entrance, Swifts Creek Football Netball Club.

Latrobe City
Churchill Cricket Club, Churchill Indoor Junior Netball Association, Gippsland Car Club, Gippsland Soccer League, Gippsland Sporting Wheelies, Glengarry Junior Football Club, Gormandale Cricket Club, Latrobe Valley Volleyball, Moe Bowling Club, Morwell Tigers Junior Football Club, Pax Hill Junior Football Club, Traralgon Olympians Soccer Club, Traralgon Police Boys Junior Football Club, Traralgon Rovers Hockey Club.

South Gippsland Shire
Korumburra Croquet Club, Leongatha Little Athletics Club, Leongatha Table Tennis Club, South Coast Athletics, Toora Football Club, Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club, Welshpool Golf Club.

Wellington Shire
Boisdale-Briagolong Football Netball Club, Devon Cricket Club, Gippsland Police Fishing Club, Golden Beach Surf life Saving Club, Golden Paradise Beach Bowls Club, Gormandale Football Netball Club, Gormandale Tennis Club, Maffra Gymnastics Club - Swan Campus, Maffra Scout Group, Rosedale Neighbourhood House, Sale Field & Game Association, Sale Maffra Junior Badminton Association, Sale Pony Club, Sale Rifle Club, Sale Small Bore Rifle Club, Sale United Football Club, Southern Hyland Archers, Stradbroke Cricket Club, Stratford, Maffra Rifle Club, Yarram Football Club, Yarram Netball Club.

Successful clubs will be required to attend an Active Club workshop within their local government areas to receive their funds.

Vic Talent and Country Action Grants

Congratulations to the following organisations for being successful with a Vic talent or Country Action Grant. Vic Talent grants go to clubs for specified athletes.

Phillip Island Boardriders Club, Wonthaggi Life Saving Club, Buln Buln Netball Club, Neerim Neerim South Football Netball Club, West Gippsland Hockey Association, Bairnsdale Tennis Club, Cann River Community Centre, East Gippsland Water Dragons Swim Team, Boolarra Football Netball Club, Gippsland Athletics, Latrobe Valley Baseball Association, Moe Newborough Baseball Club, Morwell Baseball Club, Traralgon Harriers Athletic Club, Traralgon Table Tennis Association, Leongatha Cycling Club, Basketball For All, Korumburra Basketball Association, Poowong Amateur Basketball Association, Rosedale Neighbourhood House, Sale Swimming Club, Sale Maffra Badminton Association, Seaspray Surf Life Saving Club.

Woolworths/Safeway Community Grants

Grants of up to $5,000 to local community groups for projects (includes playground equipment and sporting goods) that help primary school aged children lead healthier and more active lives.

For further information and funding specifications, please visit Woolworth's web site at www.freshfoodkids.com.au . Applications close 25 April 2008.

Come to the Intensive Winning Grants Workshop

Are you frustrated at putting time and effort into grants submissions only to be rejected again and again? Are you looking for grants to support your new projects or to extend tried and true programs? Do you want to reduce the time taken in writing applications?

It's the answer to all your grant seeking questions. Learn the nuts and bolts and the top 50 secrets for easily winning more grants for your community organisation. Find out how to drastically increase the number of grants you can apply for without pushing yourself (and your community organisation) into an early grave.

The workshop will be held in Melbourne on 18 April, at the William Angliss Conference Centre, 555 La Trobe Street. It runs 9:30am to 1 pm. Cost is $95.00, including all course notes.

For further details contact Our Community on 03 9320 6800 or email service@ourcommunity.com.au .

Country Action Grants Scheme

The Country Action Grants Scheme (CAGS) aims to increase the capacity of community sport and recreation organisations in rural Victoria. Grants of up to $5,000 are available for three project types: Improving Organisations, Enhancing Skills and Including Everyone.

The program is open for applications until 18 April for projects commencing in the second half of the year. Applications for projects in the first half of 2009 open mid-April and close on 17 October 2008.

Directly link to grant information, or go to www.grants.dvc.vic.gov.au and use the Grant Finder link to find details.

Victalent

The Victalent Grant Scheme provides financial assistance to grassroots sport and recreation organisations in regional and rural Victoria to support developing athletes, coaches, officials and teams who travel extensively to train and compete.

The program is open for applications until 18 April for projects commencing in the second half of the year. Applications for projects in the first half of 2009 open mid-April and close on 17 October 2008.

Directly link to grant information, or go to www.grants.dvc.vic.gov.au and use the Grant Finder link to find the details.

Eligible clubs and organisations may apply for one grant of up to $5,000 under CAGS, and they may also apply for up to two $500 Victalent travel assistance grants.

Smart Water Funds

The grants aim to encourage individuals, community groups, businesses and industry in the development of innovative ideas that will make a difference to the way we use our water resources. The total pool of funds is $5,000,000.

The fund is open to everyone — individuals, community groups, business, research and development organisations and industry.

Further information at www.smartwater.com.au email advisory@smartwater.com.au or Freecall 1800 882 432

Apply for your share of $400,000

Are you a leader in sport? The Sport Leadership Grants for Women provide funding and support for women to seek accredited training and education in coaching, officiating, governance and management.

Grants of up to $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for organisations are available in five categories: high performance coaching and officiating; Indigenous sport; disability sport; culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; and general sport leadership

For further information contact the Australian Sports Commission or visit ausport.gov.au Phone: (02) 6214 7994 Email: leadershipgrants@ausport.gov.au

Funding opportunities to look out for

State Government grants in Victoria, visit: www.grants.dvc.vic.gov.au

Federal Government funding, visit: www.grantslink.gov.au

Victorian Department of Sport and Recreation grants, visit: www.sport.vic.gov.au

For a list of funding sources, visit: www.ausport.gov.au/funding/supporting/funding

Consolidated grants information in the Easy Grants newsletter. Your club will need to subscribe to this newsletter at: www.ourcommunity.com.au

GOOD SPORTS UPDATE

Club News

New Registrations: Longwarry Football Club and St Vincent's Cricket Club.

Congratulations to the following clubs in moving to their next level: Drouin Cricket Club - Level 1, Inverloch Cricket Club - Level 2, Inverloch Kongwak Football Netball Club - Level 2, Mirboo North Cricket Club - Level 1, Orbost Snowy Rovers Football Club - Level 3, Paynesville Cricket Club - Level , Paynesville Football Club - Level 2, Wy Yung Cricket Club - Level 1.

Responsible Servicing of Alcohol Training

Training dates are:

•  3 April - Morwell Football Club
•  1 May - Warragul Football Club

If you wish to attend please contact Kim on 5135 8335 to register. For a Good Sports registered club, the cost is $25.00 per person and $40.00 per person otherwise.

If your club would like to host an RSA course or want more information please contact Kim at GippSport on 51 358335 or email

SEMINARS AND TRAINING

Dual recognition coaching course - postponed

The level 1 coaching course for Cricket Victoria & AFL Victoria has been postponed. The course was to be at Bairnsdale 5-6 April but has been postponed due to lack of registrations.

We expect to have set new dates for the course in late June 2008 - so watch this space for further information.

AUSTSWIM Teacher Adults Course

New to Aquatic & Recreation Victoria's professional development program is the AUSTSWIM Teacher of Adults.  The course provides candidates with the essential competencies to teach the adult swimmer, from beginner to the more advanced.

The course consists of approximately 14 contact hours (theory and practical), plus practical observation, supervised teaching hours and assessment around teaching adults to swim, understanding of adult swimmers, health issues and injury prevention. 

The course will be held at Kemp Aquatics, Maffra, Saturday and Sunday 3 - 4 May.

For more information, contact Aquatics & Recreation Victoria on 8843 2000 or email info@aquarecvic.org.au

SPECIAL EVENTS/PROGRAMS

Streetwise skateboarding program rolls in

GippSport, The East Gippsland Shire and Skateboarding Australia are pleased to announce that registrations for the Streetwise Skateboard clinics are now open. The Streetwise program is rolling into East Gippsland for the first time in an effort to increase participation in physical activity and to provide locals with the opportunity to participate and enjoy freestyle sports in a fun, safe and professionally managed environment.

The sessions will take place at the skateparks in Lakes Entrance on Thursday 3 April and Bairnsdale on Friday 4 April.

Last opportunity to register for the Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale sessions: Registrations are on a “first in best dressed” basis and registration forms are available from the following venues: Surf Shack - Lakes Entrance and Cactus Black - Bairnsdale. You can also register by contacting Morgan Cameron at GippSport on 51531745 TODAY!!

Access for All Abilities (AAA) Football

The AAA Football competition is planned to commence at the end of May with six matches to be held.

Anyone interested in playing or registering their interest to assist can contact Elke Timm on 51358335 or 0447358339 or email:

Working with children check - information sessions

The Department of Justice is conducting free information sessions across Gippsland on the following dates.

• Monday 28 April - Bairnsdale - East Gippsland Institute of TAFE, 48 Main St
• Tuesday 29 April - Sale - Sale Memorial Hall & Civic Centre, Macalister St
• Wednesday 30 April - Morwell - Kernot Hall, cnr Monash Way and Princes Hwy
• Thursday 1 May - Wonthaggi - Cricket Clubrooms, Recreation Reserve, Korumburra Rd, Wonthaggi

Afternoon session commences at 2pm Evening session commences at 7pm

(each session will run for approximately 2 hours)

Staff from the Working with Children (WWC) Check Unit will present general information about the Working with Children Check covering topics including:

• What is a WWC Check?
• Who needs to apply?
• How do you apply?
• Legislative obligations for employer/volunteer organisations, staff and volunteers

There are limited seating numbers. To reserve your seat, email your preferred session, stating the location to workingwithchildren@justice.vic.gov.au

TENNIS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER PROGRAM

Club resources and information

We are developing a resources page that will provide some specific tennis information for clubs. Clubs will also have a direct link to the existing resources on the GippSport page at www.gippsport.com.au/clubdev.php

One of the resource documents refers to the Court lifecycle and replacement costs , including ancillaries such as lighting. (Note that the costings were made in 2006). This document outlines the cost of the different court surfaces used for tennis, annual costs to maintain and a guide to how much a club needs to plan to have for replacement in the future. This is a great resource for any tennis club to have.

FEEDBACK

Club tip for this month

Holding a Membership Drive

A simple flyer is a great example of the sort of marketing tool community groups can employ at low cost but with the potential for very high rewards.

Instead of waiting for new members to come to you, take your club to them!

Create a flyer using the following guidelines:

• Who you are
• Who you're targeting for membership
• The benefits of membership
• Where you meet
• How people can find out more about your group (provide a web address)
• How people can get in contact with your group (provide phone numbers).

Throw in some simple graphics and a photo or two to break up the text, tap a business supporter on the shoulder to provide you with paper and a photocopier, sign up some volunteers to do some pavement pounding and voila - you've got a membership drive up and running.

For further information visit www.ourcommunity.com.au

Newsletter sharing

GippSport would like to encourage clubs to share our newsletter with their members.

Please place the newsletter on a notice board or table so others can also share the information.

Additional copies are available from the GippSport web site (www.gippsport.com.au).

We also welcome any comments that you might have about about this edition and the information in it.

GippSport CONTACTS

This newsletter contains general information which should not be relied upon as a substitute for specific professional advice and only be used as a guide on issues. No responsibility can be accepted by GippSport or the authors for loss as a result of materials in this publication.