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Elite track cyclist Cameron Meyer has become the first athlete to win three WAIS Athlete of the Year titles after he claimed the 2017 prize at Thursday's WAIS Awards night at the Pan Pacific Perth.

The Wally Foreman Foundation announced its 2017 scholarship recipients, awarding three grants to athletes working towards international success.

The Hockeyroos have opened their Test Series against Japan with success, claiming a 5-1 win in Adelaide on Wednesday night.

The Kookaburras have followed up their recent Oceania Cup victory with a win at the International Festival of Hockey last Sunday, beating New Zealand 2-1 in the gold medal match.

Australia's best up-and-coming sailors will head to Melbourne later this month where they will compete in Sail Melbourne prior to flying to Sanya, China for the 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships from the 9th to the 16th of December.

A student of Danny Green and her boxing coach "Fox", five time Australian Boxing Champion Caitlin Parker is well on her way to a Commonwealth Games debut in 2018 on the Gold Coast.

After playing the sport for nearly 14 years and representing Australia 40 times, Western Australian lawn bowler Kristina Krstic is looking to take it one step further and qualify for the Commonwealth Games in 2018.

The Kookaburras are off to a flying start following a significant win over Argentina in their opening match of the Melbourne leg of the International Festival of Hockey on Wednesday, whilst the Hockeyroos have fallen just short losing 2-0 to world number one, the Netherlands.

As an elite athlete it can often be difficult to balance school or study commitments with training and travel demands.

This week we've caught up with 2017 WAIS Junior Athlete of the Year nominee Matt Richardson to find out how he got into track cycling whilst we also learnt about his earlier sporting life as an elite gymnast.