October 2011 NEWSLETTER 8th Edition

Welcome once again to our 8th edition of the Tournament Water Ski Australia Newsletter, our

season has just commenced here in Australia, however many exciting events took place over the

winter months, here and overseas as you will read in this current edition of the TWSA Newsletter!

KENNY WATERSPORTS

DARWIN SKI SCHOOL ANOTHER SUCCESS!

Tournament Water Ski Australia held its second Australian ski school in sunny Darwin during July

where the temperature was a consistent 30+ degrees, while most of the country had to endure

freezing weather. The ski school was represented by 33 students from six Australian States and

Territories, all receiving quality coaching from two of Australia’s elite coaches Jason Stone and

Bruce Cockburn.

SUNDAY, RELAXING AT THE LOCAL WATERFALLS

DARWIN SKI SCHOOL UPDATE CONTINUED....

During the two weeks we were spoilt with first class meals, perfect water and temperature

conditions which all culminated into great skiing with all students achieving their goals. Two of

the most outstanding students Amy Wheeler and Brianna McGrady each received a $500 ski

merchandise package, kindly donated by Kenny Water Sports.

PAINFUL LEGWAXING, TYCE LOSES BET TO GIRLS!

During the week we treated everyone to a trip on the Adelaide River to see the jumping crocodiles

in action and a night out in Darwin for dinner at the Ski Club overlooking the beach followed by a

trip to the famous Mindil night markets and on the weekend we conducted a Come & Try day

followed by a Slalom Tournament for the locals with 28 skiers attending. Antoinette and I would

sincerely like to thank our coaches Jason & Bruce and also our adult crew of Leanne Collicoat, Dan

& Trish McGrady , Marty Purcell and Josie Christie who all contributed in making this one of the

best ski schools in the country.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWO WEEK SKI SCHOOL THE KIDS HAVE A MUCK UP!

OPEN WORLDS DUBNA OPEN WORLDS DUBNA OPEN WORLDS DUBNA OPEN WORLDS DUBNA

RUSSIARUSSIARUSSIARUSSIA

Australia Narrowly Misses Out on Bronze Medal!

Our Australian Team of Ryan Green, Michale Briant, Karina Nowlan, Timothy Bradstreet, Jacinta

Carroll and Cathryn Humphrey did Australia proud at the recent World Championships where 37

countries competed on the Volga River in Dubna Russia. Our Team was beaten by the USA in the

nail crunching final by only 31 points, giving the US a Bronze medal and Australia a very respectful

fourth. Congratulations must go to our two young stars Jacinta Carroll and Timothy Bradstreet

who both earned the respect of the World with silver medals in the Jump event. Tim gave all his

competitors something to think about when he went out in the final and jumped 67.5meters on

the 1.65 ramp and it was only Freddy Krueger the master and multiple World Champion that was

able to pip Tim for the Gold medal on the 1.8 meter ramp with a jump of 69.5.Jacinta Carroll only

needed 0.5 centimetres to win gold narrowly missing out to Natalia Berdnikava but without doubt

Jacinta will have her day and will be crowned World Champion, watch this space!

After coming back from surgery our Team captain Ryan Green showed what a true champion he is

taking out the Overall Bronze Medal, in what was a magnificent performance! All our skiers placed

in the top 10 in one of their chosen disciplines with Ryan having two top 10 placements.

U21 World Team Hits Gold!

TEAM AUSSIE COLLECTS THREE GOLD MEDALS AT THE WORLD TITLES IN MEUZAC, FRANCE:

Timothy Bradstreet achieved two individual Gold Medals, one in Jump with another consistent

distance of 67.3 meters and the other in Overall, whilst Jacinta Carroll jumped an U21 World

Record distance of 54.6 meters to win Gold and a Silver Medal in Overall. Our other Team

Members of Joshua Briant and Nicholas Wrenn did an amazing job to help Australia win the Team

Bronze medal and only narrowly missing out on Silver by 4o points and Gold by 144 points.

With these Team members and others coming through the ranks Australia will be the Team to

watch in the future.

TWSA JUNIOR SKI SCHOOL

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

The TWSA wish to announce that private funding has been sourced to establish a Junior Ski School

Scholarship, open to all Junior skiers across the country. Each State Tournament Division is to

select up to two worthy skiers that they feel qualify for such a scholarship and submit a brief on

why they believe the nominated skier is a worthy candidate. The scholarship is for an amount of up

to $1,000 for the candidate to participate in an Australian Ski School (other than the January

Australian Ski School, unless otherwise selected). The scholarship monies are to be paid directly to

the Ski School organisers upon receipt of an invoice or notification that payment is due.

Selection of the Scholarship candidates will be announced at the Nationals Presentation Night

each year and one or more candidates maybe selected as TWSA Scholarship recipients.

State Presidents to submit briefs to Stafford Scott on or before March 15th 2012

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT CANBERRA

The TWSA has established an initiative designed for our Junior World and Junior Development

Squad Members to participate in an organised Institute of Sport Program in Canberra which will

take part in January 2012, arriving Tuesday 10th with seminars and programs scheduled for

Wednesday and Thursday, departing on Friday13th. For more information Contact Stafford Scott

INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTTOURNAMENTTOURNAMENTTOURNAMENT

COMING TO AUSTRALIA!COMING TO AUSTRALIA!COMING TO AUSTRALIA!COMING TO AUSTRALIA!

@USTR@L@SI@N CH@MPIONSHIPS PERTH@USTR@L@SI@N CH@MPIONSHIPS PERTH@USTR@L@SI@N CH@MPIONSHIPS PERTH@USTR@L@SI@N CH@MPIONSHIPS PERTH

FEBRU@RY 10th / 11th / FEBRU@RY 10th / 11th / FEBRU@RY 10th / 11th / FEBRU@RY 10th / 11th / 12th12th12th12th

The TWSA in partnership with the Perth Tournament Division are proud to announce an

International 3 day event to be hosted at the famous Bonney's Lakes in February 2012. The

invitation has been opened to all our Asian neighbours with the intent of hosting these

Championships each year. The Perth Tournament Division are very professional in their approach

to hosting large tournaments which many of us have witnessed over the past two Nationals held in

Perth.

A Welcome night and Presentation Night are planned at the Function Centre on the banks of the

Swan River overlooking the picturesque city skyline. Be apart of this inaugural L Class International

event. Nomination Forms will be emailed out in due course.

View from the picturesque banks of the Perth Function Centre

TWSA COACHINGTWSA COACHINGTWSA COACHINGTWSA COACHING

DIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORYDIRECTORY

The TWSA has developed a Coaches data base on the website for all members to access. The

information contains coaches profiles throughout Australia and allows States, Clubs or individuals

to access when looking for suitable coaches to instruct at ski clinics or camps.

For a Coach to qualify to be endorsed by the TWSA, four levels of criteria must be met:

1) To be a current AWWF member.

2) To have a current Australian Sports Commission Accreditation.

3)To have a current Working with Children Police check.

4) To have a current TWSA recognised First Aid Certificate, to qualify the TWSA requires a

minimum one day course.

Currently these are the fully endorsed TWSA Coaches:

Ryan Green: Sarah Green: Jason Stone: Bruce Cockburn: Emma Sheers

Chelsea Scott: Rick Habermann: Richard Crisp: Tim Bradstreet:

Jodie Skipper: Jacinta Carroll:

THE GIRLS HAVE SOME FUN AFTER A WEEK OF DEDICATED TRAINING!

AT THE KENNY WATER SPORTS AUSTRALIAN SKI SCHOOL DARWIN

Working with Children Working with Children Working with Children Working with Children

Police CheckPolice CheckPolice CheckPolice Check

To all TWSA members, please note that each State has laws governing sporting organisations who

are involved with children and to this extent the TWSA recommends that all adult members

familiarise themselves with their State Law:

J@NU@RY @USTR@LI@N JUNIOR SKI SCHOOLJ@NU@RY @USTR@LI@N JUNIOR SKI SCHOOLJ@NU@RY @USTR@LI@N JUNIOR SKI SCHOOLJ@NU@RY @USTR@LI@N JUNIOR SKI SCHOOL

OPENS UP TO INCLUDE 7OPENS UP TO INCLUDE 7OPENS UP TO INCLUDE 7OPENS UP TO INCLUDE 7 MORE SKIERS!MORE SKIERS!MORE SKIERS!MORE SKIERS!

Tournament Water Ski Australia wish to announce that all future Australian Junior Ski Schools

held in January will now include 7 subbies who will partake in a special Trick Clinic. To be eligible a

student must be U10 at the prior Nationals and will be selected by the Junior Selectors and ski

school coordinator. This ski school will now accommodate 35 students hosted by Stafford &

Antoinette Scott and Australia's elite coaches who will be on hand to give them all expert

guidance.

KENNY WATER SPORTS MILDURA

AUSTRALIAN SKI SCHOOL

FULL IN LESS THAN 24 Hrs!

48 STUDENTS !!!

Within the first 24 hours of being advertised the Mildura Ski School was filled with all 32 positions

taken by students eager to attend this quality ski school, with many more students registering on a

waitlist. It was with this overwhelming support that it was decided to organise an extra boat,

coach, and accommodation to open the ski school to accommodate a further 16 students which

also filled in record time. A special thank you must be extended to the Mildura Club who helped by

making this all possible, their support an enthusiasm is a credit to the City of Mildura and

Tournament Water Skiing in Australia.

AWWF ANNOUNCEMENTAWWF ANNOUNCEMENTAWWF ANNOUNCEMENTAWWF ANNOUNCEMENT

IMPORTANT NOTICEIMPORTANT NOTICEIMPORTANT NOTICEIMPORTANT NOTICE

NEW RULENEW RULENEW RULENEW RULE

YOUR TOURNAMENTYOUR TOURNAMENTYOUR TOURNAMENTYOUR TOURNAMENT

OR SKI SCHOOL WILL OR SKI SCHOOL WILL OR SKI SCHOOL WILL OR SKI SCHOOL WILL

NO LONGER HAVE INSURANCENO LONGER HAVE INSURANCENO LONGER HAVE INSURANCENO LONGER HAVE INSURANCE

UNLESSUNLESSUNLESSUNLESS............

The AWWF continues to work with our Insurers in reducing our overall Insurance costs and to

comply the AWWF has strict new guidelines in place to ensure compliance with the Sanctioning of

all water ski activities from all Divisions of the AWWF.

The key changes to the policy are as listed:

1) Every Water Ski event, must be sanctioned using the AWWF Sanction form on the AWWF web

site (Top Yellow Tab under Insurance) This year we have introduced a "match day"checklist for

officials to ensure the site is hazard free as close to the event as possible.

2) Events listed on the Tournament Calendar are NOT automatically sanctioned unless a sanction

form is received in the AWWF office.

3) A list of sanctioned events will be listed on the AWWF website on a regular basis.

This procedure will be formally introduced into the 2011 - 2012 season:

For detailed information please refer to the AWWF Policy Book item 8.2

PROPROPROPROFEFEFEFESSSSSION@L INDEMNITY INSUR@NCE SION@L INDEMNITY INSUR@NCE SION@L INDEMNITY INSUR@NCE SION@L INDEMNITY INSUR@NCE

FOR @CCREDITED CO@CHESFOR @CCREDITED CO@CHESFOR @CCREDITED CO@CHESFOR @CCREDITED CO@CHES The AWWF in conjunction with their Insurance Brokers are providing insurance to cover

Professional Indemnity Insurance for Ski Coaches who participate in ski clinics at private non

Divisional or State training sites. This will not cover permanent ski schools, eg Stoney Park. For

further detailed information log onto the AWWF website and click on the Yellow Tab at the top of

the page titled Insurance.

NEWS FLASH! The TWSA has confirmed it will comply with World Rules to allow,

commencing this season, radio communication between the skier

and his or her coach at tournaments.

Headzone headsets are the leading company in Australia for this

technology and has been used successfully in training at Stoney Park.

Hey all you Over 21 Skiers here's your opportunity to be

apart of the Tournament Water Ski Australia and Stoney

Park Ski Clinic. This year was a blast and I'm sure next

years event will be even bigger and better! So no excuses!!!

Ever wanted to ski or learn to ski but too self conscious for whatever the reason?

Or wanted to ski but never any time left after the rest of the clan have skied?

Ever just wanted to “have a go” but fear someone might giggle?

Or even maybe tired of sitting in the office watching others?

How about just get away with the girls for the weekend?

Then book your baby sitter!! Because this is the camp for you

Where we make the rules as we go...second thoughts, we don’t HAVE to have rules!!!

• Villa Accommodation (no running to the amenities block for a pee in the middle of the

night...argh!! plus we wont all be in the one villa… let’s face it, us girls need space ☺)

• Pizza & Karaoke (Definitely no cooking allowed, wait! Is cheese & crackers classed as cooking? We

may as well be shot for a sheep as a lamb, and sing our little hearts out to songs we’re all too embarrassed to admit we

know let alone all the words…)

• Skiing Sat & Sun (after which & during ☺ we settle back on the dock with a drink & nibblies,

compare notes & scores? Haha just kidding. No strict 15 minute time frame, we ski or learn to ski when we feel like it...

take the time we need!!!

• Additional little surprises on and off the water... do we need a reason? (Just because we can)

Total cost only $360 includes all meals, skiing, accommodation & extras ☺ ($100 deposit payable on booking)

Limited spots available... Book now before my boss reads this and changes it to a “man camp”

Due to popularity, November’s camp is totally booked! But don’t despair! We have another!

Fri evening 3rd

Feb to Sun afternoon 5th

Feb

Phone Kim on 02 65 85 0080 – or email – info@stoneypark.com.au

www.stoneypark.com.au

If you’re over 21, and

can’t ski past the mini

course, or even a

complete beginner

FREE SERVICE TO ALL TWSA MEMBERS

DO YOU HAVE SKI EQUIPMENT YOU WISH TO SELL

PUT IT ON OUR TWSA WEBSITE!

The TWSA wish to announce that as a free service to all our members, we are offering to place

advertisements on our web site selling water ski equipment and boats that members wish to sell.

Please set up your advertisement the way you wish for it to be displayed and we will ensure it is

placed in the FOR SALE section of the TWSA website!

Forward all information to Stafford Scott at swscott@tournamentski.com

TWSA & NTWSA HOST THE FIRST TOURNAMENT IN DARWIN

IN 20 YEARS WITH 28 SKIERS CARVING UP THE PICTURE

PERFECT LAKES OF THE LAKES RESORT. THIS WILL NO

DOUBT BE THE CATALYST OF DARWINS RETURN TO

TOURNAMENT SKIING, WATCH THIS SPACE AUSTRALIA!

Darwin’s Tournament Crew, July 2011

DARWIN'S JUMPIN CROCK'S ARE A HIT!

WANTED

Trick Ski 42" Please contact Megan Barrass on 0410434470

Jump Skis 80-84" Please contact Gabe Church on 0438180583

Tournament Water Ski Australia car & boat stickers will be posted

out to each member this year with your TWSA membership

renewal, please accept these on behalf of the TWSA. (External sponsorship was attained for the TWSA stickers)

Thank you once again for taking the time to read our eighth edition of the TWSA Newsletter and

please remember if you wish to view any of our news items or just catch up on the latest in

Australian Tournament Skiing, then click on to our website at AWWF / Tournament Skiing. In the

meantime I wish you all a successful season ahead.

Until Next Time

Yours sincerely Stafford Scott

Chairman TWSA

Email: swscott@tournamentski.com

Mob: 0418841511