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"Good Sports"
The Good Sports program is an initiative of
the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) to develop safer and
healthier communities. The program helps sporting clubs manage
alcohol responsibly and reduce alcohol related problems such as
binge and underage drinking.
Displaying the Good Sports logo sends an
important message to club members and the community. It confirms
that the club promotes a responsible attitude towards alcohol
and that it provides a safe environment for players, members,
families and supporters.
Alcohol and sport form
a powerful partnership. Most major sporting competitions promote
and advertise alcohol consumption. Heavy drinking is a tradition
in many sports and for most clubs, alcohol is a major source of
revenue. However, sporting clubs today are facing new pressures
from other sports and increased responsibility for the care of
their players, members and supporters.
Good Sports, a programme aimed at assisting clubs to manage
alcohol responsibly, is holding a forum in Bundaberg on
Wednesday night to explain how clubs can learn more about
individual and club responsibilities with regard to alcohol
management and liquor licenses. Speakers will include Good
Sports Regional Manager Lachlan Sherrington, Detective Senior
Constable Matthew Steinhardt and Bundaberg Regional Council
Sports and Recreation Officer Dave Field.
Good Sports Project Officer Cathy Heidrich said the forum would
provide an opportunity for sporting club representatives to
speak with industry experts and help clubs to create a safer
environment, reduce the risk of litigation and build a family
friendly club culture.
The forum will be held on Wednesday, February 17 at the Civic
Centre supper room beginning at 6 p.m.
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Football Club are good sports
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Cathy Heidrich
Over the past 27 years, Cathy Heidrich has
worked within the local media industry, both as a print and
radio news journalist, working for the Bundaberg NewsMail, ABC
Radio News and the Isis Town & Country newspaper.
Cathy has been involved with numerous community based sporting
clubs (touch, rugby league, pony club) and has a great deal of
experience in the promotion, organization and affiliation
processes and understands and appreciates the vital role which
volunteers play within many sporting groups.
As a selected community member of the Building Safer Communities
Action Team (BSCAT), Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF),
Bundaberg Health Council, Brisbane Catholic Education’s
Education Advisory Committee and Shalom College Board, Cathy has
made a strong contribution to the development of the regional
community in a variety of roles.
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Contacts
Wide Bay Region
(Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Bundaberg):
Cathy Heidrich: 0417638407 heidrich4@bigpond.com
Sunshine Coast Region
(includes Caboolture):
Lyn Bollen: 0409395 372
lyn.bollen@bigpond.com
Gold Coast Region
(includes Beaudesert):
Katherine Walsh 0427884064
goodsportsGC@hotmail.com
Central West Region:
(Longreach, Barcaldine, Winton & Blackall)
Sharlene Hamblin: 0401 665 318 and dsh.99@bigpond.com
South West Region:
(Roma, Surat, Mitchell and St George)
Justine Miller: 0400726652
goodsports_southwest@hotmail.com
Rockhampton Region
(Gladstone, Rockhampton, Yeppoon):
John Fitzgerald: 0401 953 589 and
fossil_09@hotmail.com
Brisbane Region
(Brisbane South, Logan, Redlands, Ipswich)
Michael Chettle: 0448487621
michaelchettle@hotmail.com
(Brisbane North, Pine Rivers, Redcliffe)
Ryan Foster: 0409 518 172 ryan.foster@brisbane.qld.gov.au
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