Category: News

KWA President, Walt Missingham, has confirmed the appointment of Robert Williams as the first High Performance Coach for Sanda.   Walt commented “Rob’s successes and commitment to the development of Sanda have been unswerving and exemplary, he is worthy recipient of this appointment which will only enhance our already strong presence on the international sanda Read More

Applications for Individual Athlete Scholarships are invited from Victorian athletes with outstanding performance records at national and/or international level in sports that are currently not a VIS Tier 1 Program. The VIS currently has Tier 1 programs in the following sports: Aerial Skiing, Athletics (including AWD athletes), Cycling, Diving, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rowing, Sailing, Read More

Under ‘Section IV – 1, 2 & 3′ of the KWA Team Selection Policy KWA President, Walt Missingham has asked that all taolu athletes who wish to be considered for selection to be part of the 2015 World Wushu Championships Australian representative team to please formally advise the Head Coach, Dr Kee Lee Tan, of Read More

A hundred thousand dollar scholarship fund for KWA members wishing to be qualified for State and National administration roles has today been announced. The fund has been made possible by a personal donation by KWA National President Walt Missingham. Walt has commented: “Recently, as many will be aware, I was the recipient of a sizable Read More

The IWUF Secretariat has announced that Wushu will be added as an official sport of the World University Games ‘Universiade’ The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a combination of the words “University” and “olympiad”. The Universiade is often referred to in English as Read More