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It was our pleasure to deliver the ASC summer sports camp schedule to well over 2300 children across the nation over the past six weeks. Without a doubt, participants in all of our sports challenged themselves under the guidance of fantastic coaches and talented elite players. We would like to thank all of the following fantastic elite level players who supported our experienced coaching panels at each camp across the nation:

Basketball

Basketball:

• Jason Cadee
• Corban Wroe
• Amy Lewis
• Lauren Scherf
• Igor Hadziomerovic
• Colleen Planeta
• Sam Mackinnon and
• Alex Moore-Porter

Cricket

Cricket:

• Justin Langer
• Terry Alderman
• Tom Hogan
• Adam Voges
• Geoff Marsh
• Mitch Marsh
• Sam Whiteman
• Andrew Tye
• Joel Paris
• Simon Mackin
• Josh Nicholas
• Travis Dean
• Dean Jones
• Michael Beer
• Ray Bright
• Peter George
• Doug Walters
• Kurtis Patterson

Hockey

Hockey:

• Maartje Goderie
• Kate Hollywood

Netball

Netball:

• Gretel Tippett
• Laura Clemesha
• Kim Ravaillion
• Kaylia Stanton
• Shannon Eagland
• Kate Moloney
• Liz Watson
• Claire O’Brien
• Kristina Brice

Soccer

Soccer:

• Melissa Barbieri
• Massimo Murdocca
• Nina Frausing-Pedersen
• Jack Hingert
• Caitlin Munoz.

We are especially looking forward to releasing details for our Autumn camp schedule! It should be noted, we have forty-nine camps scheduled across the holiday period so we look forward to again bringing high level coaching to you! Who will be coaching you this Easter?

Former ASC guests Stuart Law and Joel Garner appointed Head Coach and Team Manager of the West Indies respectively. The quality of the Australian Sports Camps coaching program continues to be shown at the highest levels of international cricket with the appointment of Stuart Law as Head Coach and Joel Garner as Team Manager of the West Indies. Many participants enjoyed working with Joel Garner in the early 1990’s as he spent some time with Australian Sports Camps. In this video from 1992/1993, found deep in the ASC vault, he can be seen here with ASC at Bendigo.

Joel Garner & ASC 1992/1993

You could arguably count on one hand the amount of fast bowlers of his calibre. Only strike partner Malcolm Marshall has a better bowling average (20.94) than his own (20.97) for those who have taken 200 wickets or more in Test Cricket. His average of 18.84 in One Day Internationals remains the best of all time! for those who have bowled 1000 balls or more. His prowess in the short form of the game was most notably demonstrated in his 5/38 demolition of England. Notably, in the 1979 World Cup Final, which remains the best figures achieved in the showpiece of cricket. Stuart Law’s appointment to guide the West Indies continues his long-term successful career as player and coach. In addition a test and 54 ODI’s for Australia to his name, he was a magnificent player at domestic level with 40,089 runs including 100 tons. He was also a handy option with the ball as well, capturing 175 wickets including a couple of five-wicket hauls. After years of captaincy (including overseeing Queensland’s maiden Sheffield Shield triumph after a long drought), Law turned to coaching gaining high-profile roles for Sri Lanka (interim), Bangladesh, Australia (Batting, Under 19’s), CA Centre of Excellence and the Queensland Bulls/Brisbane Heat. Law is a past guest of ASC where he coached on a daily basis alongside Australian players! including; Andy Bichel and Michael Kasprowicz at the Carl Rackemann Cricket Camp in Queensland. We wish both well in their new roles in the West Indies as they look to gain success for the Caribbean nations.

The Justin Langer Cricket Camp was a marquee occasion each year. Hundreds of eager participants converge on Hale School, Wembley Downs to learn from and work with the great Justin Langer. The resume of ‘JL’ needs little introduction. Without a doubt, he is revered as one of the finest opening batsmen to have ever graced the game, let alone these shores.

Justin Langer Cricket Camp 2016/2017 Action

Justin’s dedication to his camp program delivered a magnificent camp program every year. In particular, a number of talented players treated our 225 participants to daily coaching in 2017! And worked with a panel of magnificent past and present star players. Alongside Justin that year our participants enjoyed meeting and learning from a number of players! Such as;

• Terry Alderman,
• Tom Hogan,
• Kim Hughes,
• Adam Voges,
• Geoff Marsh,
• Mitchell Marsh,
• Sam Whiteman,
• Andrew Tye,
• Joel Paris,
• Simon Mackin,
• Ken Lilly and
• Josh Nicholas.

These players draw from extensive elite-level experience. Their records include: 312 Tests, 384 ODI’s, 12 T20 Internationals, 26189 runs for the Green and Gold including 52 tons, 379 wickets and 18 five wicket bags. At State/County level our group has under their belts: 2912 matches, 110979 runs including 221 hundreds, 2084 wickets with 74 hauls of five or more. Our participants took advantage of this wealth of knowledge and worked hard on their skills whilst having lots of fun. Although over the years we have seen much talent take part in our camps on their way to the top of their respective sports, Australian Sports Camps has always enjoyed providing opportunities for all players to have fun and create life-long habits of participation in sport! Here are a couple of short clips of our participants at work! Some excellent shots and great line-and-length bowling was on display! Keep an eye on Australian Sports Camps on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and our website! www.australiansportscamps.com.au

The glorious Australian Autumn each year is full of sun, sport and sharing good times with friends. For over 35 years Australian Sports Camps has brought autumn camps in different sports! And we are excited to bring over 60 programs across Australia this autumn in multiple sports. We have a HUGE early booking discount offer for our summer participants. Come along with us for some fun times in the sun with your friends, playing your sport. SAVE 25% ON ALL DAY PROGRAMS Book online by 9pm Sunday 17th March 2019 QLD – NSW – ACT – VIC – TAS – SA – WA Our camp programs run for three days with talented coaching panels supported by appearances and coaching from former and current elite talent in their respective fields. Our coaches include World Champions, Olympic Gold Medalists, National Team Captains and elite-level players. With much more talent to be confirmed during the lead up to the programs, we look forward to working with the likes of Callan Ward, Dustin Fletcher, Christian Petracca, Kate Maloney, Kim Ravallion, Brad Ebert, Jack Hingert, Paige Hadley, Abbey McCulloch and Cameron Rayner amongst others to be announced. Enter your camp program today to get a huge Autumn discount!

Congratulations to past Australian Sports Camps guests Chris Heighington (Cronulla-Sutherland), Fletcher Roberts and Josh Dunkley (Western Bulldogs)! Who over the weekend achieved the pinnacle of their sports, collecting NRL and AFL Grand Final winners medals respectively. Chris was part of Cronulla-Sutherland’s first Premiership in their 53 year history with the 14-12 victory over the Melbourne Storm. Conversely, Fletcher and Josh were part of the Western Bulldogs second premiership in their history back to 1925! Ending a premiership drought since 1954 with their gutsy triumph over the Sydney Swans 13.11.89 to 10.7.67. The Bulldogs created history as they became the first club to win the flag from 7th position, eclipsing the previous mark set by the Adelaide Crows who came from 5th to win in 1998. Congratulations to all of the winners.

Justin Langer Cricket Camp: Save the Date – January 4, 5 & 6 2017

Few have done more for cricket and sport in Western Australia than Justin Langer. Australian Sports Camps is thankful to once again have the amazing JL present each day at the camp in January in what will be the 22^nd Justin Langer Cricket Camp, at Hale School, Wembley Downs. Justin is an incredibly busy cricket coach! Having taken temporary charge of the Australian National Team earlier this year along with his ongoing commitments as head coach of Western Australia. Diaries out!

The Justin Langer Cricket Camp 2017

Wednesday 4, Thursday 5 and Friday 6^th January 2017 Hale School, Wembley Downs Justin will be present for all three days of the program and looks forward to working with our fantastic Western Australian participants again alongside a fantastic panel of cricket coaches and talent. Make sure you set aside those dates so you can join us for another amazing cricket program! All of our participants will meet Justin and work under our experienced coaches! Focusing to improve their cricket skills and technique with fellow cricket fanatic friends. The JL camp will be at Hale School in Wembley Downs, Western Australia on Wednesday 4, Thursday 5 and Friday 6^th of January 2017. Langer represented Australia in 105 test matches, amassing 7,696 runs at 45.27 including 23 test centuries over 14 years. His career totalled 28,382 first class runs at 50.23 including 86 centuries. He is the current senior coach of Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers at national level. Renowned for his incredible batting skills Justin is considered one of the most successful top-order batsmen in cricket history and is now forging an outstanding record as arguably Australia’s best coach.

The team at ASC have launched a new logo this winter!

To stay in sync with the expansion of the company, ASC have revamped with a brand new logo. A part of this direction is our recent integration of Tasmanian Sports Camps with Australian Sports Camps. Evolving our brand over a 30 year period ASC’s mission has remained unchanged, to produce high quality sports coaching camps for kids to improve their skills and love of their chosen sport. Our winter sports camps schedule went live today! And we are pleased to offer the biggest and best schedule of programs in our companies history!

View our winter camps and book online here. Book before Sunday 5 June to receive our 30% early booking discount! Call or email us to chat about upcoming sports camps in your area. Phone 1300 914 368 or email admin@australiansportscamps.com.au

   

Bookings are now open for ASC autumn 2016 programs across Australia! With a special 30% early booking discount available until Sunday 6 March! Click here to view camps available in your area and save 30% before it’s too late. School’s back for the year! Which means Australian Sports Camps have wrapped up another successful schedule of camps to lead us into 2016. Many thanks to our panel of coaches, dedicated staff and supportive guest stars for making the summer programs a great experience for all! Our participants showed a huge amount of enthusiasm to improve their game and we look forward to continuing our commitment to ASC camp programs throughout the year.

Justin Langer Cricket Camp

Our hugely popular Justin Langer Cricket Camp returned for the 21st year this summer in Wembley Downs, Western Australia! Over 250 participants gained invaluable tips and inspiration from Langer along with other Perth Scorchers cricket players. A huge thank you to JL for finding time in his busy schedule to support ASC for another summer! Which allowed us to offer a fantastic program for young cricket enthusiasts. In other states, we had guest star appearances from Dean Jones, Rodney Hogg, Michael Beer, Ray Bright, Grant Weir, Rob Quiney, Doug Walters, Kurtis Patterson, Geoff Lawson, Danny Morrison, Jon Holland & Tom Cooper.

Netball

Coming off a great netball season, we we’re fortunate enough to have Australian Diamond squad members and players along to our camps! Without a doubt, all across Australia they brought their knowledge of playing at the highest level of netball to participants! Caitlin Bassett joined the netballers at our camps in WA, Gretel Tippett and Kim Ravaillion in QLD, Khao Watts in SA and former Diamond Bianca Chatfield along with current Melbourne Vixen players Jo Weston, Liz Watson & Kate Maloney in VIC.In Sydney players attending included Amy Somerville and Abbey McCulloch from the Swifts.

What Else Did We Have?!

Soccer enthusiasts gained invaluable tips from Rodrigo Vargas, Dave Williams, Stan Lazaridis, Bruce Djite and Jack Hingert around Australia. Furthermore, Basketball fanatics rubbed shoulders with Andre Moore, Lucas Walker and Iggy Hadziomerovic! Our football troops in VIC and WA enjoyed the company of Dustin Fletcher and Tendai Mzungu. Australian Sports Camps staff members, coaches and guest stars are passionate about supporting players of all ages and abilities to take their game to the next level and aim to better our programs each season. Bookings are now open for the autumn school holidays! Be sure to use our 30% early booking discount available for a limited time only! For questions regarding our camps and all other enquiries please contact us on 1300 914 368 or at admin@australiansportscamps.com.au. We look forward to seeing you at an ASC camp this school holidays.

Justin Langer Cricket Camp: Save the Date – Summer 2016

Back for another summer is the Australian Sports Camps hugely popular Justin Langer cricket camp. Sure to be even more successful and insightful than ever! With the assistance of our expert panel of coaches and dedicated participants. You’ll want to diarise these dates to join us for an unforgettable cricket program celebrating a 21 year partnership between Justin Langer and ASC! Participants will have the chance to meet and emulate Justin while improving skills and technique with fellow cricket fanatic friends. The JL camp will be at Hale School in Wembley Downs, Western Australia on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 of January 2016. Langer represented Australia in 105 test matches including 23 test centuries over 14 years! ‘JL’ is the current senior coach of Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers at national level. Renowned for his incredible batting skills Justin is considered one of the most successful top-order batsmen in cricket history! And is now forging an outstanding record as arguably Australia’s best coach. Justin’s love for the game and passion in the development of junior talent makes the JL cricket camp one that participants will find inspirational and gain vital skills in all aspects of cricket. Bookings are not currently open for the Justin Langer cricket camp. We advise you contact us early November to secure your place! Coming up in spring during the September/October school holidays is the ASC cricket camp at Pat Goodridge Oval in Jolimont. Spots are filling quickly for the camp on the 29, 30 September and 1 October so make sure you register online now or by calling us on 1300 914 368. ASC hope to see you at an upcoming cricket camp!

ASC Update

Spring 2015 — Bookings Open

Bookings are now open on the ASC website for our spring 2015 programs across Australia! All bookings paid in full by 28th August will receive our 30% early booking discount.

ASC winter 2015 recap

What a star-studded line up we had this winter with our guest stars! Our sincerest thanks to our panel of coaches, dedicated staff and guest sports stars for making this winter the biggest and best camps in Australian Sports Camps 33 year history. Without a doubt, it would not be possible without the ongoing support of our participants and commitment to improving their game. This winter saw lucky participants rub shoulders and mingle with some of the best athletes in the business. Without a doubt, a great opportunity for the playing groups to ask questions, gain invaluable tips to take home and have their picture taken with sporting heroes. Our hugely popular Kevin Sheedy Football Camp was back for the first time in three years in Parkville! In celebration of Kevin’s return to Victoria, and the exclusive program was a huge success! Indeed, Sheedy passed on his best advice from 32 years of coaching experience at the highest level of football! And the participants thoroughly enjoyed having the chance to get an autograph from Kevin.

Participants of football camps across Victoria also enjoyed the company and training pointers from Dustin Fletcher of Essendon! Jeff Garlett of Melbourne! And Harry Taylor and Dawson Simpson both from Geelong! Callan Ward of Greater Western Sydney attend our camps in New South Wales, Jed Adcock of the Brisbane Lions in Queensland, Daniel Tahlia of the Adelaide Crows in South Australia and Will Schofield of West Coast Eagles and Tendai Mzungu of Fremantle in Western Australia.

Netball

Our netball program in Queensland was the largest we’ve had thus far with over 150 participants training alongside guest coaches and Firebird team mates Kim Ravaillion and Gretal Tippett coming off their win at the ANZ Championships! We also had expert and recently retired Vixen captain Bianca Chatfield! Along with fellow Vixens Joanna Weston and Kate Moloney at locations around Victoria. New South Wales participants shared their three day camp experience with coaching director Abbey McCulloch of the Swifts, Western Australians mixed with Caitlin Basset, Kate Beveridge and Khao Watts of West Coast Fever and South Australians emulated Kate Shimmin of the Thunderbirds.

Basketball

Basketball players in Victoria, New South Wales, Canberra and Queensland gained court time with Lucas Walker of Melbourne Untied, Louis Timms of the Perth Wildcats, retired NBL player Bruce Bolden and former NBL and NBA team member Andre Moore as coaching director.

Lucas Walker of Melbourne United Soccer troupes developed their technique with Roddy Vargas and Shaun Murphy! Both past Australian team members, Billy Celeski of the Newcastle Jets and Jack Hingert of Brisbane Roar. Rugby enthusiasts learnt from Western Force player Heath Tessman, and QLD Reds great Ed Quirk. Hockey players took away some great tips from Kookaburra International Tim Deavin! Commonwealth gold medallists Andrew Philpot and Olympian Kate Hollywood and ex captain of Pakistan Waseem Ahmad! ASC staff, coaches and guest stars are passionate and eager to support players of all ages and abilities to take their game to the next level. Bookings are now open for the spring school holidays and cricket camps are back! For our senior, elite participants we have a new and exciting program for you to train with other leading players and engage in a higher level of competition. For questions regarding our camps and all other enquiries please contact us online. We look forward to seeing you at another ASC camp in the future!

Australian Sports Camps is ecstatic to welcome back the Kevin Sheedy Football Camp this July 6, 7 and 8! to celebrate Kevin’s return to Melbourne. Sheedy played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Greater Western Sydney Giants as inaugural coach! And later as ambassador Kevin has returned to Melbourne to relink up with his beloved Essendon Bombers in a commercial and ambassadorial context.

This development proudly allows us to schedule the Kevin Sheedy Football Camp at Brens Oval, Royal Park, Parkville. The program has a fantastic history over the years starting back in 1983! And we are excited to be once again working with Kevin in Melbourne! After he was able to help develop our participants in Sydney!

Kevin has few peers in terms of his effect on the game of Australian Football. Success has followed him throughout his career, firstly as a three-time premiership player in his 251 games with Richmond. Coaching soon followed where his alternative coaching methods produced regular success with four premierships across three generations of players including arguably the finest AFL/VFL side of all time in 2000.

Kevin is an inspirational figure whose experience at the highest level of Australian Rules Football is invaluable for the next budding generation of footballers. We look forward to working with Kevin again this July. Our Stars program for 6-12 year olds and Senior program for 13-17 year olds can be booked on our website until May 29! for a huge 30% discount! Do not miss out on this amazing chance to work with one of the greatest coaches ever with Australian Sports Camps! View our four AFL Football Camps across Victoria here!

Australian Sports Camps is ready to begin 50 Autumn sports camp programs across Australia in eight sports! Make sure you book yourself in at our camp pages on our website if you have not already! Take a couple of minutes to see Australian Sports Camps in action! With our short highlights package from our Sunner 2014/2015 camp run!

ASC 2014/2015 Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLYONgKnklA We look forward to seeing you in Autumn and in the future! Come check out our great offers at http://shop.australiansportscamps.com.au/book/ and find the camp right for you!

What a time for Australian Sport! Australia is at the forefront of world-class domestic competitions and international events, both as host and competitor! Australian Sports Camps 2015 schedule includes nine sports! And we have the time to have a quick look at what has been happening in each of our sports! With the Autumn holidays coming up and a 30% discount until March 6 what better time to emulate your heroes!

AFL Football

AFL Football – the new season is only weeks away and the AFL is shaping up for another huge year! Last year the AFL Grand Final was the single largest domestic sports league event by attendance! And the 2014 season was the 4th highest average attended sport league in the world. Australian Sports Camps has 11 football camps this upcoming Autumn school holidays. Check out the programs on our website and see which players are coming to your state!

Netball

Netball – not many teams at international level can boast an undefeated calendar year which is exactly what the Diamonds achieved in 2014. The girls have swept all before them posting 19 wins in a row unbeaten. Our Diamonds have also beaten the world number two New Zealand nine times in a row to underline their domination of world netball. The girls are now preparing for the 2015 World Cup! Which is to be held in Sydney while we prepare for ten Autumn programs at our website!

Rugby League

Rugby League – the NRL season starts next week time and Australia is the epicentre of world Rugby League! The Kangaroos are the World Cup holders and the NRL Grand Final was the highest attended Rugby (League or Union) event worldwide. The NRL is the world’s premier Rugby League competition! and we are excited to offer League programs in both Sydney and Brisbane this April.

Rugby Union

Rugby Union – The Wallabies are in preparation for the upcoming Rugby Union World Cup in England this September/October. Australia will have to be on its game to qualify past hosts England and Wales in Pool A. ASC helps all of our participants in Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane get ready for the big event with camps this Autumn and Winter!

Soccer

Soccer – Australian football is flying! Ange Postecoglou has overcome the doubters after last year’s World Cup with a stunning home Asian Cup victory under great expectations! Australia also holds the continental club competition after the Western Sydney Wanderers incredible victory over Al-Hilal to take home the Asian Champions League! Get your winter season off to a great start aspiring towards these players achievements at a camp program this Autumn!

Hockey

Hockey – 2014 was an amazing year for Australian Hockey! The Kookaburras didn’t just win the World Cup, they crushed the Netherlands 6-1 in their own stadium in the final! The Hockeyroos sit second in the world after their runners up achievement, falling 2-0 to hosts the Netherlands in the final. These super athletes are fantastic Australian sports role models and we are proud to offer hockey programs this Autumn holidays and give our participants the chance to emulate these tireless athletes!

Basketball

Basketball – This NBA season sees the most Australians playing ever with 8 led by Andrew Bogut, Joe Ingles, Dante Exum and Matthew Dellavadova. Australia is the fourth most represented nation behind the US, Canada and France. Tying in with the NBL finals over the next few weeks is our basketball schedule of programs nationwide. Come along and push your game to new heights this March/April!

Tennis

Tennis – The 2015 Australian Open was a fantastic success with the nation captivated by Nick Kyrgios’ quarter final run! We will be back in future camp runs with more camp programs!

Cricket

Cricket – Australia’s sporting summer rolls on after the home test series win against India with the co-hosting of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. Australia started the tournament with a huge win 111 run win over England in front of 84,336 fans at the MCG with ASC guest Aaron Finch hitting a magnificent 135. Our programs restart for cricket in September and we hope to be still celebrating a World Cup win at the program! Our fifty-two camp programs await your bookings on our website. Take advantage of our huge 30% early booking discount until March 6 and get involved with a camp program! Australian sport is flying at the moment, it is a fantastic time to push your game forward! See you at camp!

After a fantastic summer of camps with amazing coaches we have put together an extremely competitive team of our guests that would take on all comers! We feel this team would be winning silverware in various competitions, what do you think?

1. Justin Langer (Captain)

28,322 first class runs at 50.23 including 86 centuries and a FC HS of 342! Not to mention his 7,696 test runs at 45.27 with 23 centuries and a top mark of 250*. An amazing opening batsman and carving out an incredibly successful coaching career, a fantastic player to lead this team.

2. Michael Carberry

Under Justin’s tutelage for the Scorchers this year Carberry has long been a strong opener whose handful of tests for England have been backed by 11,499 first class runs at 43.22 with a top score of 300*.

3. Dean Jones

52 tests averaging 46.55 with 11 hundreds along with over 19000 first class runs and a top score of 324* among 55 centuries make Jones a worthy, aggressive number 3.

4. Doug Walters

A character of cricket who performed best at test level. 15 centuries and 5357 runs at 48.26 making him an impressive contributor in the 60’s and 70’s. With 190 first class wickets also Walters proved to be valuable at all parts of the game.

5. Adam Voges

31 ODI’s averaging 45.78 for Australia as well as almost 10,000 first class runs at 42.90 and a top score of 235*.

6. Sam Whiteman (WK)

An upcoming keeper not yet 23 who has started his first-class career well, averaging 35.61 with the bat and a top score of 174 in his first 26 first class matches.

7. Moises Henriques

having recently played for Australia in all three forms Moises is a great addition to the middle order as an allrounder. With a FC average of 32.41 and almost 100 wickets to his name and some dazzling performances in the public eye recently he would comfortably slot into our ASC team.

8. Yasir Arafat

A Big Bash winner with Justin Langer’s Perth Scorchers, Yasir has an impressive first class record with almost 7000 runs at 27.13 with 5 hundreds and a top score of 170 as well as 773 wickets at an impressive 24.14. His best innings bowling was a day out 9/35.

9. Rodney Hogg

A test fifty elevates him to number 9 but the aggressive fast bowling style gets Hogg into this team. 38 tests with 123 wickets and a first-class bowling average of 24.36 from his 378 wickets.

10. Stuart Clark

Ultra consistent opening bowler who flourished in the late 2000’s with 24 tests which yielded 94 wickets at only 23.86 with best innings figures of 5/32.

11. Terry Alderman

bowling consistent outswingers and off-cutters that yielding 40 wickets twice in England, Alderman enjoyed a long career, resulting in 170 test wickets at 27.15 and an amazing 956 first class wickets at 23.74 over his 19 year spell with best figures of 8/46.

12. Ray Bright

In the ASC team which is a bit light-on for spin, Bright was a left-arm orthodox spinner who took 53 test wickets in 25 matches with best test/first class figures of 7/87. In a 16 year career he took 471 wickets for Australia and Victoria.