Sports and Recreation

Just like last year, this year, the Sports & Recreation - S&R program has continued its commitment to living up to its mottos “Get Moving” and “Get Fit” delivering a range of S&R activities to Vietnamese and CALD children, youth and adults.

In this financial year 2009-2010, AVWA has had to keep funding the S & R activities out of its own resources, and it is uncertain how long it can continue doing so. We are actively seeking funding to continue the good work.

In addition to running sports and recreation activities,we have actively promoted the benefit of sports to the Vietnamese community via articles published in AVWA newsletters (Ban tin), magazine (Phu Nu Viet), website (www.avwa.org.au), Vietnamese newspapers and radio networks 3ZZZ and SBS to increase participation in sports and recreational activities. This has been proven successful as evidenced in the dramatic increase not only in the number of participants in our tournaments and training activities, but also in the number of volunteers.

Without volunteers, it would not be possible to continue running some sports activities such as:

  • Badminton training group I for Vietnamese young men/ women at Braybrook S.C. gym every Sunday morning (supported by Badminton Victoria and volunteer helpers)
  • Badminton training group II and group III for Vietnamese young men/ women at Gilmore Girls’ College gym organised every Friday evening and Sunday afternoon (supported by Badminton Victoria and volunteer helpers)
  • Table tennis training for Vietnamese and other CALD young people at St Albans Scout Hall every Friday (volunteer coach trainer)
  • Volleyball training organised every Sunday afternoon (volunteer helpers)
  • Bike ride for Vietnamese families organised every Sunday morning (volunteer helpers)
  • Junior and senior soccer teams for Vietnamese/CALD young boys/ men at Footscray Park organised every Tuesday, Thursday evening and Sunday morning (volunteer helpers)

Last, but not least we want to express our deepest appreciation to our volunteers for their energy and commitment. Without our dedicated volunteers, it would not have been possible to sustain our wide range of sports activities.

JIMMY-HUNG LY

Sports & Recreation Coordinator