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The Australian Sailing Team for 2013 has been named with six athletes listed in the Australian Sailing Team squad, and a further six included in the Australian Youth Bridging squad.

The fast, powerful and unforgiving rapids of Bradys Lake in the heart of Tasmania hosted the third senior canoe slalom selection event on the weekend with WAIS athlete Robin Jeffery securing his selection onto the 2013 Australian team.

WAIS athlete Kim Mickle has made a perfect start to her 2013 athletics campaign, registering an A-Qualifying 62.53m in winning the women's javelin at the weekend Sydney Athletics Tour event.

Australia has won its first match at the 2013 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, edging India 4-3.

Australia's junior hockey teams have qualified for the women's and men's Junior World Cups after over coming New Zealand in the Oceania qualification tournament held on the Gold Coast.

AIS-WAIS scholarship holder and Kookaburras representative Trent Mitton, has taken out this year's AFL SportsReady WA HostPLUS Trainee of the Year award at a special graduation ceremony at Paterson's Stadium recently.

The inaugural Sydney International Rowing Regatta (SIRR) has attracted record number of athletes for the open national championships, which includes the 2013 Australian Open Rowing Championships, the Australian Open Schools Rowing Championships as well as the King's and Queen's Cups Interstate Regatta. Entries for these events closed this week.

The battle for senior selection will take place this weekend at Bradys Lake when the nation's best slalom paddlers fight it out at Selection Events 3 and 4 for a place on this year's senior team.

The Australian Junior Track Cycling Championships were held at Adelaide's Superdrome recently, with some of WA's brightest emerging talents winning >

Athletes from across the country and the world have begun their migration to Sydney for the first leg of the Qantas Australian Athletics Tour this Saturday 9 March.