WA Sports Events Secures financing for more activity

• More than $1 million goes to local, national and international sporting and recreational events
• 35 local events will benefit from the 2024/25 Sports and Recreation Events funding
• Community sporting and recreational events keep WA active and engaged

From a run in Chittering called Chitty Chitty Run Run to Scarborough’s Groundswell Festival, local sporting and recreational events have received more than $1 million in funding.

Thirty-five local events have received a boost totaling $1,193,119 in the 2024-25 round of the Sports and Recreation Events Funding Program.

Administered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, the program supports sporting and active recreation organizations in planning, securing and delivering sporting and mass participation events in Western Australia.

The recipients organize events with a varied mix of activities and sports, such as running, swimming, surfing, skating, wrestling, water polo, bowling, kiteboarding, badminton and cycling. The Australian Deaf Sports Federation also received funding to create a business case for hosting the Australian Deaf Games in WA and Pride Western Australia received funding to prepare a bid book for Perth’s application to host the Gay Games to organize.

The funding in this program can be used to help organizations develop a strategic event plan or event tender, but most applicants use the grants to support organizing a local, national or international highlight event, or an event with massive public participation. In regional Western Australia, the funding can support the delivery of high-level events at state, national or international level or for sporting initiatives outside of Perth.

The recipients of the 2024/25 Sports and Recreation Events funding are:

• AusCycling – $50,000 for the 2024 AusCycling BMX National Championships
• Golf Western Australia – $50,000 for the 2024 WA Open Golf Championship
• Mundaring Sporting Club – $50,000 for the WFDF 2024 World Team Disc Golf Championship
• Shire of Chapman Valley – $50,000 towards 2024 Backroads: Fields of Gold
• Shire of Gnowangerup – $50,000 for Great Southern Gravel
• Shire of Murray Dwellingup – $50,000 for Shire of Murray Dwellingup 100 and Mighty Jarrah Trail Run
• Swimming Mermaids – $49,300 for Swim Taalinup Goorbilyup – Blackwood River Augusta
• Beach Tennis West – $46,153 for ITF Beach Tennis World Tour BT100
• WestCycle – $45,000 for integrated Bike It to Ballidu Gravel
• Sport Climbing Australia – $42,750 for the 2024 National Bouldering Championships
• Western Australia Table Tennis – $38,300 for the 2024 National Table Tennis Championships
• AFL Masters WA – $35,000 for AFL Masters National Carnival
• Surfing in Western Australia – $35,000 for WA Pro Surf Series
• Western Australian Figure Skating Club – $33,400 for Swan Trophy International 2024 and Swan Trophy 2024 (National)
• Western Australia Wrestling – $30,780 for 2024 National Youth Championships and Development Camp
• Kiteboarding Western Australia – $30,000 for Augusta Big Air Nationals 2024/25
• Professional Golfers Association of Australia – $30,000 for WA PGA Championship
• University of Western Australia Water Polo Club – $30,000 for regional expansion program into the Mid-West
• Albany Motorcycle Club – $29,205 for Hard N Fast Moto
• Western Australian Rogaining Association – $28,810 for the 2024 Australasian Rogaine Championships
• Badminton Australia – $25,000 for Yonex U15/U19 National Championships
• Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club – $24,776 for International Dragon Class 2025 Australasian Championship
• Australian Deaf Sports Federation – $15,000 for a business case to host Australian Deaf Games in WA
• Outperform Triathlon Club – $15,000 for EXSS X-Tri Off Road Triathlon
• Pride Western Australia – $15,000 to prepare a bid book for Perth’s application to host Gay Games
• Shire of Carnarvon – $15,000 for a sporting events plan
• Shire of Chittering – $15,000 for the Chitty Chitty Run Run
• City of Port Hedland – $12,500 for ship to shore
• Australian Tenpin Bowling Seniors Organization – $11,445 for the 2024 ATBSO National Challenge
• Perth Frontrunners – $10,700 for Pride Run & Walk 2024
• Western Australian Fencing Association – $10,000 for the Australian Fencing Circuit Event 1
• Athletics West – $50,000 for Perth Track Classic (Australian Athletics Super League)
• Northam’s Avon Descent Association – $100,000 for Avon Descent Festival
• Scarborough Beach Association – $50,000 for Groundswell Festival
• Squash WA – $20,000 for 2024 WA Open International – PSA Challenger 6

For more information about the Sports and Recreation Events Funding Program: https://www.dlgsc.wa.gov.au/funding/sport-and-recreation-funding/sport-and-recreation-events-funding-program/ sport and recreation events funding program guidelines/1000

As Minister for Sport and Recreation David Templeman stated:

“I am excited to announce over $1 million for local, national and international sporting and recreational events.

“Sport is great for promoting community wellbeing, as well as individual mental health, and I am committed to supporting as many sporting events as possible.”