The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is an initiative of the Queensland Government aimed at supporting the State’s elite and identified developing athletes.
 

Officially launched in May 1991, the Academy’s goal is to ensure that Queensland remains at the forefront of domestic and international sport. To achieve this, the QAS provides assistance to Queensland’s talented athletes and coaches as they strive for excellence within their sport following a philosophy of being “athlete centred, coach driven and service supported”.

 

The QAS has grown significantly since its initial beginnings now boasting more than 600 athletes across 22 different sports and individual scholarship places. A number of Australia’s greatest sporting icons have progressed through the QAS such as Susie O’Neill, Kieren Perkins and Vicki Wilson and the Academy continues to support top sporting heroes.

 

The QAS squad programs cover a range of Olympic, Paralympic and non-Olympic sports, supporting young athletes who demonstrate the potential to excel in their chosen sport to elite level athletes who are world champions or Olympic, Paralympic medallists. The Academy employs more than 20 of the country’s most highly accredited coaches to head up each of the sport programs.

 

QAS scholarship holders have access to world-class coaching and support services including sport science, strength and conditioning, medical and career and education in addition to financial support, for competition and training costs, depending on the level of their scholarship

 

​For more information on the program please contact the head coach.

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Head Coach : Tom Westgarth   
Mobile : 0421 082 294
Email : westgartht@gmail.com

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QAS Rowing is a medal potential program catering for Queensland’s elite rowers. The goal of the program is to provide coaching and support services to rowers as they strive for selection on national teams for the World Championships at the Senior and Under-23 level as well as the Olympic Games. The program selects the most promising young athletes who come through school rowing or Rowing Queensland’s underpinning programs.

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QAS Rowing Program

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Head Coach : Tom Westgarth ​

 

The Head Coach is responsible for overall management of the QAS Rowing program and the coaching of senior scholarship athletes.
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​Assistant Coach : Ben Southwell

The Assistant Coach provides support to the Head Coach with program management and QAS athlete coaching.

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2015 QAS Scholarship Athletes
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Total current scholarship holders : 11