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NEWS


AIS Scholarships announced

20 AIS Canoe/Kayak scholarships were announced last week for the scholarship period December 2008 - October 2009.  Five SASI scholarship holders were named in the AIS squad, Hannah Davis, Anna Haymes, Luke Morrison, Chad Alston and Matthew Goble.

SASI host of the National AIS Men’s Training Camp

16 of the Nations top male athletes will converge on Adelaide to undertake 2 weeks of intensive training under the guidance of SASI Head Coach David Foureur and Ken Wallace's Olympic Gold medal winning coach Jimmy Owens from Queensland.

Athletes will be training at West Lakes and Murray Bridge over the 2 weeks and using the SASI gym and recovery centre.  SASI Sports Science service providers’ physiologist Greg Rowsell, strength and conditioning coach Leigh Smith and performance analyst Luke Gallagher will also be providing valuable support during the training camp.

The last 3 days of the camp will see all athletes competing in the first National Grand Prix regatta also to be held at West Lakes 12-14 December.  The GP regatta will be the first competition for Olympic Bronze medalist Hannah Davis since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

 Australian Canoeing Annual Awards Dinner

At the recent Australian Canoeing Annual Awards Dinner in Sydney SASI athlete Hannah Davis along with her bronze medal winning K4 crewmembers from the Beijing Olympics were awarded Australian Canoeing Team of the year for 2008.

NEWS ARCHIVE

Highlights 2008 (267kb)
Highlights 2007 (108kb)
Highlights 2006 (99kb)
Highlights 2005 (152kb)

HEAD COACH

David Foureur

David Foureur was appointed SASI Head Coach November 1994. David is currently National Head Coach and in 2004 was an Olympic coach at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where he coached Daniel Collins and David Rhodes to 4th place in the K2 1000m event and also coached the Australian Ladies K4 500m crew which included SASI athlete Kate Barclay to 6th place (Australia’s best result ever in this event at the Olympic Games)

QUALIFICATIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

Level 2 Coach Canoeing – Flatwater.

Level 2 Coach Canoeing – Sprint.

Level 1 Coach Strength and Conditioning

2007 National Team Coach
2006 National Head Coach
2005 National Team Head Coach
2005 SASI Coach of the year
2004 Olympic Team Coach K2 1000m, LK4 500m
  National Women’s Head Coach Australian Senior    Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
  SASI, Program of the year.
2003 Head Coach of the Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team. 
  Australian Junior Kayak Team Head Coach - Australian Youth Olympics
2002 SASI, Program of the year award for 2001.
  Australian Junior and Senior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
2001 Head Coach of the Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
1999 Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
1998 Australian Senior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
1996 Australian Junior Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team coach.
1991 Selected in the Australian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team - Athlete
  The News - Caltex Sports Star of athe Year Awards, Finalist
1994 - 1996 State Team coach, South Australian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.
1985 - 1993 State Team member, South Australian Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team.

 

STAFF - COACHING & SUPPORT

Bennett Maxwell - Network Coach

Peter Petho - Network Coach

Matt McGregor - Psychology
Greg Rowsell - Physiology
Leigh Smith - Strength and Conditioning

Tim Rawlins - Performance Analysis
Brendan Tammo - ACE

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The SASI canoe/kayak program caters for sprint canoe/kayak athletes who are aspiring to junior and senior national team representation.

NATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE PROGRAM

The SASI Canoe/Kayak Program is a partnership program funded and supported by the South Australian government through SASI in partnership with both National and State Sporting Organisation. A key partner in the program is Australian Canoeing who contributes funding support to the program as part of its National High Performance Plan. The NTC endorsement of the program recognises the status of the program in the sports National High Performance Pathway and also the indirect funding contribution to the SASI program by the Australian Sports Commission through Australian Canoeing.

ATHLETE PATHWAY

Download Athlete Pathway (420kb)

Scholarships are granted under the conditions stated in the 2005/2006 Selection Policy document (80kb PDF)

To apply for a scholarship please use the Scholarship Application Form (56kb PDF)

HIGHLIGHTS
RESULTS

COMPETITION PROGRAM

TRAINING PROGRAM

TRAINING VENUES

West Lakes
SASI

CURRENT ATHLETES

The following athletes will be offered scholarships in the categories as listed for the 2008 domestic and international seasons

GOLD BRONZE
Luke Morrison Ben Gallard (Junior)
Hannah Davis Glen Rypp (Junior)
Justin Needham  
  ASSOCIATE
SILVER Mieke Boerema
Chad Alston Anna Haymes
  Luke Haniford (Junior)
BRONZE  
Chris Alagich  
Sarah Dehey  
Rhys French  
Matthew Goble  
Michael Knauer  
Dale Thompson  

 

PAST ATHLETES

HALL OF FAME

LINKS

Australian Canoe: www.canoe.org.au
Canoe SA: www.sa.canoe.org.au

GALLERY (PHOTOS)

 

 

 
 
 
   
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