Mark Coulton (Parkes, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

During the winter break, I had the pleasure of meeting some of the successful recipients of Local Sporting Champions grants. I think this is one of the better proposals that the government, and also the previous government, undertook to encourage young people in their sporting endeavours.

The Parkes electorate received a large number of applicants from right across the one-third of New South Wales that is my electorate. It was a very competitive process, and I understand that there were far more applicants than there were successful recipients, but I would like to congratulate the following people: Jordy Andriske, swimming; Jacana Powell, athletics; Tristan Sulter, swimming; Georgia Goodhew, netball; Blake Greaves, athletics; Darcy Carroll, golf—I might say that Darcy Carroll at Moree plays off scratch, for those of you who are golfers; Wilmie Van Schalkwyk and Louisa Van Schalkwyk, netball; Macy Morley, swimming; Nicholas Tomlinson, swimming; Richard Knight from Coonabarabran, equestrian; Amelia Raidaveta, basketball; Ben Griffiths, soccer; Izayah Swan, touch football—a young lad from Moree High School; Madelon Griffiths, swimming; Eloisa Purtell, hockey; and Jacob Clarke, athletics.