Monash awarded 'Best Sports Development Initiative'
Tuesday 27 October
Monash Sport’s (SHEP) Student Health and Education Program has won the prestigious ‘Best Sports Development Initiative’ award at the Victorian Sport Awards.
The Victorian Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth Affairs, James Merlino was in attendance and the night and attracted more than 200 representatives from the sport, recreation and health sectors in Victoria.
The Victorian Sport Awards are designed to recognize more than just sporting prowess by rewarding those in the sporting industry who play a significant role that benefits the wider sporting community.
Monash Sport’s SHEP program aims to recognise and develop sporting talent in junior and high school aged children and by the end of this year will have seen over 2000 children come through the doors at Monash Sport.
The program aims to assess, educate and talent ID students, enabling students to improve their health and exercise knowledge whilst potential high performance athletes can be identified at all levels of sporting ability.
Beginning with health and basic fitness testing, then leading through to more specific detailed testing of potential elite athletes as a pathway to elite levels and a possible career in Sport.
The program also provides coaches/educators/parents with extensive, individual reports on each student athlete and results, which are compared to each of the student athletes at a national & international standard.
Nicole Schmidt, Sports Programs Project Officer said on accepting the award, “It is a great honour to be recognised alongside such great names tonight, the SHEP program is discovering and unearthing more and more talent at junior levels, we would hope that this program will lead to some of those names being recognised at awards ceremonies such as this in the future.”
Minister Merlino said it’s the amazing passion; commitment; determination; and team leadership qualities shared by all of tonight’s award recipients that have seen them stand out from an elite field of nominees.
“Most importantly, their outstanding performances throughout the year have helped to encourage others to get active and involved in sport,” Mr Merlino said.
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