Play Your Way

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Alexandra Park was abuzz with junior sport as part of our 'Play Your Way' Come and Try event held on Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Thanks to funding received from the Australian Sports Commission under the Play Well Participation grant program, grade 3 and 4 students from across Portland, Narrawong, Bolwarra and Heywood were able try out soccer, hockey, netball, cricket and AFL football.

Thank you to all the local sporting groups, state sporting associations and various volunteers who provided activities on the day and ensured that the event was a huge success! The ‘Play Your Way’ project aims to increase participation by offering assistance to students to register and participate for FREE* in one of the sports offered at the Come and Try event. For further details about the Play Your Way project please visit our YourSay Glenelg website.

The Play Well - Australia’s Sport Participation Strategy is designed to change the way participation in sport is connected, delivered and supported across Australian communities - with the overall aim to ensure everyone has a place in sport!

*conditions apply

Visit our Active Your Way Glenelg facebook page for recent posts including photos from the 'Come and Try event' held on Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Children in the Glenelg Shire have learned how to bat, bowl, handball, pass, kick and more as part of a unique ‘come and try’ sports day held at Alexandra Park.

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The Play Your Way project will provide an opportunity for approximately 350 students within grades 3-4 (aged between 8-10) across Portland, Narrawong, Bolwarra and Heywood to try different organised sports in a safe, welcoming, fun and inclusive environment.

‘Play Your Way’ officially kicks off at Alexandra Park, Portland, with a Come and Try event on Tuesday 26 November 2024 across the following two sessions:

Morning Session 9:20am-11:40am:

- All Saints Parish Primary

- Portland North Primary

- Portland South Primary

- Portland Bay School

Afternoon Session 12:20pm-2:40pm:

- Heywood Consolidated

- Portland Primary

- St Johns Primary

- Narrawong District Primary

- Bolwarra Primary

5 sports will be offered as part of the Come and Try event including soccer, hockey, netball, cricket and AFL football.

The project aims to increase participation by offering assistance to students to register and participate in one of the sports offered at the Come and Try event.

This project has been funded under the Australian Sports Commission Play Well Participation grant program, which is one of the first initiatives to be delivered from Play Well - Australia’s Sport Participation Strategy, which aims to ensure everyone has a place in sport.

The Play Well - Australia’s Sport Participation Strategy is designed to change the way participation in sport is connected, delivered and supported across Australian communities.

For further details about the Play Your Way project please visit our YourSay Glenelg website.

Glenelg Shire Council is excited to have received a Play Well Participation Grant from the Australian Sports Commission.

The $12,858 grant will be used to deliver the ‘Play Your Way’ Glenelg project, which will provide an opportunity for about 300-350 students within grades 3-4 (aged between 8-10) across Portland, Narrawong, Bolwarra and Heywood to try different organised sports in a safe, welcoming, fun and inclusive environment.

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