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West Australian swimmers, swimmer’s family members, volunteers, coaches, and the wider WA swimming family came together at the Ritz Carlton for their annual awards to celebrate Swimming W A and our states’ dedicated swimmers. This year, the award was given to Alex Saffy for his Bronze at the S10 100M Butterfly at the World Para Championships and Silver at the Commonwealth Games. As a dedicated sponsor of swimming in West Australia for over thirty years, Hancock Prospecting and Patron Mrs Gina Rinehart wish all involved with our state’s outstanding swimmers well, and huge thanks to the many parents, family members and volunteers who contribute to West Australian Swimming.

In September a team of seven junior swimmers attended the Hancock Propecting Junior Short Course State Championships also at HBF Stadium. “Again our swimmers represented the club beautifully with many new personal bests and top eight placings,” Ms Grant said. “All swimmers swam excellently and achieved many new personal best times.”

1 October 2022.

Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has been announced as the principal partner for the Australian team until the end of 2025, with the undisclosed amount of money going directly into the high-performance program. It is a massive boost to Netball Australia, which has lost $7.2m over the past two years and is needing to pay $4m in debts at the end of 2022 after a going concern notice was issued. “This is a major investment for our sport, and is a huge contribution towards the ongoing success of the Diamonds,” Netball Australia chief executive Kelly Ryan said. “We are incredibly grateful to this leading Australian private company, Hancock Prospecting, for its significant support and partnership. Rinehart has been investing in several sports in recent years, backing swimming, volleyball, synchronised swimming and rowing.

Netball Australia’s precarious financial position has eased with billionaire Gina Rinehart backing the Diamonds in a lucrative sponsorship deal. Rinehart’s company, Hancock Prospecting, will support the Diamonds until the end of 2025, with the money to go towards the team’s high performance program. Earlier this year the sport’s cash crisis was revealed, with the COVID-19 pandemic contributing to losses of more than $7 million over the past two years. “We are incredibly grateful to this leading Australian private company, Hancock Prospecting, for its significant support and partnership.”

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has thrown Netball Australia a multimillion-dollar financial boost by backing in the national team the Diamonds with a blockbuster sponsorship. Mrs Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting has joined with the Diamonds until the end of 2025, with the money to go ­directly into the team’s high-­performance program. Netball Australia chief executive Kelly Ryan said the code was “incredibly grateful” for Mrs Rinehart’s timely support.“This is a major investment for our sport and is a huge contribution towards the ongoing success of the Diamonds,” Ms Ryan said. “We are incredibly grateful to this leading Australian private company, Hancock Prospecting, for its significant support and partnership. “Hancock Prospecting is investing directly into the ­Diamonds high-performance program, allowing Netball Australia to maintain its position as the cornerstone of women’s sport in Australia. It’s the fifth Australian sport Mrs Rinehart has supported, in an effort to bolster their international success.