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Swimming WA’s Nights of Nights…a night to celebrate!!
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.
More than 30 records broken in Kimberley Open Short Course event
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.”
Netball Australia & Australian diamonds formal welcome to Hancock Prospecting
We admire your commitment to the growth and development of Australian sporting talent, which spans over three decades. Thank you for your investment in the Australian Diamonds, and your valuable contribution to the success of netball in Australia. Your support is integral to the future of the Australian diamonds. Both Hancock Prospecting and the Australian Diamonds are aligned in our successes and values.
Gina Rinehart invests heavily in broke Netball Australia through company Hancock Prospecting
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.
