Events funding boosts sport and recreation to keep WA moving

Dec 4, 2024, 14:45 PM

A cycling super challenge, wakeboarding tournament and ocean swim are just some of the events communities across Western Australia will be able to enjoy by participating or watching, made possible through WA Government sport and recreation funding.

A total of 27 local, state and national sport and active recreation organisations have received $915,290 in grants from the 2024–25 round of the Sport and Recreation Events Funding Program.

Administered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC), the program aids sport and active recreation organisations in planning, securing and delivering sport and mass participation events across WA.

With most recipients delivering events from January to July 2025, sports enthusiasts will be able to engage in various activities such as swimming, running, cycling, paddling, Gaelic football, volleyball, football, rugby, rowing, yachting, bouldering, bowling, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, water polo, softball, hockey and windsurfing.

The Gaelic Athletic Association of WA Inc received funding to host the Australasia Féile 2025, a first for WA, and the National Rugby League Western Australia successfully hosted the 2024 WA Harmony Cup, bringing together more than 1400 participants from multicultural backgrounds.

Program funding aids organisations in creating strategic event plans or tender proposals, however, most applicants primarily use the support to back significant local, national, or international events, or large-scale mass participation activities.

In regional WA, this funding facilitates the hosting of premier competitions at state, national, or international levels or with various initiatives beyond Perth.

The recipients of the 2024/25 Sport and Recreation Events Funding Program are:

ARLC WA — $20,000 for the NRL WA Harmony Cup 2024
Softball WA —$28,500 towards the Australian U16 Girls and U16 Boys Softball Championships
AusCycling — $50,000 for the 2025 AusCycling Road National Championships
Water Polo Australia — $50,000 for the 2025 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships
Bunbury Runners Club — $15,000 for the Bunbury 3 Waters Running Festival
WA Marathon Club — $25,000 for the 2025 Rottnest Running Festival
Sport Climbing Australia — $13,500 for the International Bouldering Competition Bid Development
WA Clay Target Association — $47,455 for the 2025 ACTA Skeet and DTL Nationals
Artistic Swimming WA — $50,000 for the WestralAsian Cup
Australian Blind Bowlers Association — $17,020 for the 44^th Annual Australian Blind Bowlers Association National Championships
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club — $30,000 for the 2025 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta
Swimming WA — $28,000 for Geraldton’s Big Ocean Community Swim
Midland Cycle Club — $16,800 for the Stan Gurney V.C. Memorial Road Race
Rowing WA — $16,000 for the Coastal Rowing Beach Sprints
Gaelic Athletic Association of WA — $50,000 for the Australasia Féile 2025
WestCycle — $46,000 for the Brigadoon Super Challenge
RugbyWA — $37,000 for the WA 7’s Championship
Kiteboarding WA — $49,900 for the Summer of the Pond 2025
Triathlon WA — $50,000 for the Busselton Festival of Triathlon
Paddle WA — $41,900 for the 2025 Paddle Australia Canoe Marathon Championships
Swimming Mermaids — $49,700 for the Margaret River Ocean Swim
Busselton Allsports — $50,000 for the Busselton Jetty Swim 2025
Football West — $30,000 for the Bunbury and South West Regional Festival of Football 2025
WA Hockey Association — $30,000 for the Goldfields Festival of Hockey – Hockey WA Premier League
WA Volleyball Association — $30,000 for the WA Volleyball League – Regional Round
West Oz Wakeboarding — $28,650 for the National Pro Wakeboard Tournament 2025
Windsurfing WA — $14,865 for the Oceania Youth Wave Titles & Junior Windsurf Camp