Awards for swimmer Tarah and boom athlete Alyssa
Alyssa Lowe (pictured below, courtesy of The Northern District Times 12 April 2016)
Ryde Sports Foundation host Ryde Business Forum at North Ryde RSL Club
The Weekly Times 7 February 2017: AUSTRALIAN Olympic water polo driver Aidan Roach and former Test cricketer Greg Matthews were special guests at the Ryde Business Forum hosted by the Ryde Sports Foundation at North Ryde RSL Community Club on Monday 6 February 2017. Both Roach and Matthews are former TWT Ryde Sports Foundation Sports…
December 2016 Award
L–R: Gladesville Sporties Director, Tracey Mitchell, Ryde Sports Foundation Secretary, Kim Clayton, North Ryde RSL Community Club President, Barry Herbert, Gladesville RSL Club Director, Lindsay Cornwell, Ernie Speed, Chairman, Jim Hull, and Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club Director, Dennis Petkovich. Australian Masters Squash champion, Ernie Speed, was awarded the December 2016 TWT/Club 6 Ryde Sports Foundation…
October 2016 Awards
Milne, a bronze medallist in the Men’s Compound-bow Singles for Seated (wheelchair) Athletes at 2016’s Paralympic Games in Rio, was the recipient of a Royal Rehab Return2Sport Achievement Award while young gun, Scott, 13, collected his $300 Sports Star of the Month Award for top displays at the School Sports Australia All Schools National Cricket…
Horrie wins silver
Erik Horrie, former Royal Rehab Achievement Awardee, won the silver medal in the Men’s Single Sculls—ASM1x, at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. This is the second time Erik has won silver at the Paralympics, his first being at the London Paralympics.
RIP Norman May
Sadly Norman Alfred May passed away on 11 September 2016 aged 88. Norman had been living for a long period in a nursing home in Sydney. He was the voice of the Olympic Games for generations of Australians, yet his support for the Ryde Sports Foundation is testimony to his passion for encouraging and challenging…