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The Australian Athletics Tour roadshow continues on Saturday night, as Australia's best athletes and a bounty of international stars head west to entertain a new contingent of fans at the Go for 2&5 Perth Track Classic.

WAIS junior pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has won the U18 national title in Perth with a massive clearance of 4.31m to earn selection for this year's World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

AIS-WAIS athlete Trent Mitton scored for the Kookaburras in a 1-1 draw with hosts Malaysia at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh.

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.