The ClubsNSW Academy Games was announced as the Sporting Event of the Year at the recently-held Central Coast Sports’ Awards.
The event host, the Central Coast Academy of Sport, was acknowledged amongst a fi eld of strong fi nalists, including the Gosford Basketball Association, Central Coast Rugby League, Central Coast Sevens and Central Coast Oz Tag. The ClubsNSW Academy Games was held at venues across the South and North of the Central Coast. Northern venues and events included: Golf at Shelly Beach, the Springs and Magenta Shores courses over three days of competition; Hockey at Wyong; Triathlon at Summerland Point; and, Surfing at Soldiers Beach.
Basketball and Netball were played in the south. Games director and the Academy’s Sport Event Manager, Ms Emily Burgess-Moore, said: “It is really pleasing to win such a coveted award, we have a small staff at the Academy and to be recognised with this award shows how well received the event is for the region, and how well we were able to manage the event. “We are already working on the operational elements for another successful games in April 2017,” Ms Burgess-Moore said.
Media release, Dec 14, 2016 Paul Blain, Central Coast Academy of Sport