ACHPER QLD Annual Report 2010.pdf

Women in Sport
ACHPER QLD Women in Sport
Breakfast celebrated it’s 20th
Anniversary
Report
Breakfast
On Thursday October 14, ACHPER QLD
celebrated the most successful “Women
in Sport Breakfast” in the highly regarded
event’s 20 year history.
Established by ACHPER QLD to promote sport
as a healthy and positive experience for young
women, 2010 saw the Grand Ballroom of the
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
packed with secondary school students and
teachers.
Channel 7’s Liz Cantor accepted the MC role,
following her overwhelming popularity as
a guest athlete at the 2009 Breakfast. The
2010 guest speaking line-up was developed
with a core theme of “overcoming obstacles
and achieving your goals”. It was headlined
by inspiring beach volleyball Olympic gold
medallist Natalie Cook, who took over
the stage and the audience in her usual
flamboyant style and encouraged the girls to
think positively, and to think for themselves.
Iron woman Hayley Bateup arrived with a
shoulder in a sling, and was able to talk with
confidence and currency about suffering
disappointment and looking for the positives.
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Equally well received were up-and-coming
sports stars Kate McCarthy and Jamie-Lee
Lewis, who talked openly about pursuing the
sports that they love while coping with life
with a pacemaker (in the case of Kate) and life
without hearing (in Jamie-Lee’s case)
1. Natalie Cook
2. MC Liz Cantor (Left) interviews Jamie Lee Lewis
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