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

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.

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.

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

The WAIS Program of the Year will be unveiled at the Institute's Awards night held at the Pan Pacific in Perth next Thursday, November 16.

Fresh from winning the London Six Day in their last start, WA cyclist Cameron Meyer and his track partner Callum Scotson continued their Madison success with a storming victory in 120-lap race at the Poland Track World Cup.

The fate of WA mountain biker Reece Tucknott's Commonwealth Games hopes will hinge on a crucial selection race in January 2018.