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Australian sailors have built on their strong starts to the fifth round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup with a >

Injured Australian Kookaburras and WA Smokefree Thundersticks defender Graeme Begbie has spent almost nine months on the sidelines after undergoing a complete knee reconstruction, but as the AIS-WAIS scholarship holder explains to Inside WAIS, he is ready for a return.

A squad of 23 players heads into selection camp at the Australian Institute of Sport on Friday as a first step in the Australian Diamonds' quest to defend their World Championship title in Singapore in July.

WA has endured a difficult weekend in round two of the women's Australian Hockey League after a 2-0 defeat against >

WAIS IASP athlete Clayton Fredericks has marked a successful weekend campaign by winning the Saumur CCI*** event in France with his mount Bendigo.

With the Australian National Water Polo season wrapped up, attention has turned to the International arena, with WAIS athletes featuring prominently in both the men's and women's World League Final squads.

WAIS-AIS kayaker Alana Nicholls has won her maiden World Cup gold medal in the women's K1 500m final in Racice, Czech Republic at World Cup 2.

WAIS-AIS cyclist Luke Durbridge overcame compatriot and Team Jayco-AIS teammate Michael Hepburn by a few tenths of a second to take the opening prologue stagae of the Royal Smilde Olympia's Tour in the Netherlands.

The future of Australian netball will get their first taste of international competition with a 19/U team selected to take on the Samoan national team ahead of the 2011 World Netball Championships.

Two athletes on the WAIS Individual Athlete Support Program scholarship system have enjoyed some success in the past week, with Olympian Clayton Fredericks and Paralympian Darren Gardiner both in action in their respective sports.