Bulletin

Issue: October 2004

News

Games round off a sporting year

'Let the Games Begin' may be only a memory in Athens - but not at La Trobe University which is about to play a key role in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bendigo late this year.

And the University has also just finished hosting the Malaysian Students' Council of Australia Games on its Bundoora campus.

La Trobe is the first Official Partner of the Bendigo 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. Its campus will be used for the athletes' village, media centre, and will serve as the venue for the weightlifting competition.

The University will help cater for more than 1,000 athletes and officials from 24 countries competing in ten sports from November 30 to December 4.

It will also run a polyclinic for the games, staffed by La Trobe physiotherapists and podiatrists who will supervise a team of some 20 senior students as part of their clinical placements.

Bendigo City Councillor, Cr Alan Besley, Chair of the Games Organising Committee, welcomed La Trobe as an Official Games Partner.

He said the University was an important part of the Bendigo community. 'The contribution La Trobe will make to the Games is fantastic and I am looking forward to working with it in order to put on a fantastic event.'

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Bendigo), Professor Peter Sullivan, said La Trobe was eager to support the Games. 'As a University committed to this region, we are immensely happy to see an event of this stature come to Central Victoria and look forward to providing support.'

The University also hosted and served as 'Gold Sponsor' for the Malaysian Students' Council of Australia Games and Conference held on La Trobe's main Melbourne campus at Bundoora from 27 to 29 September.

The event was attended by more then 300 students from seven states. Seven sports were featured in the games - from soccer and basketball to badminton and table tennis. Organiser, Belinda Lim, said the event promoted the spirit of Malaysia among Malaysian students and the wider Australian community.

The conference theme was: Melbourne 2004: Community, Diversity and Unity. Dignitaries at the presentation night included the Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia, Mr Hussin Nayan, and the Director of the Malaysian Students' Department in Australia, Mr Musa Mansor.

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