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WAIS athletes Cameron Meyer and Luke Durbridge have helped Australia claim bragging rights over Great Britain in the team pursuit at the Melbourne round of the UCI Track World Cup with a newly minted quartet winning gold in an Australian All-comers record time.

Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Blair Evans has received an early Christmas present after winning a set of >

WAIS World Champion Cameron Meyer and Team Jayco sprinter Scott Sunderland have given Australia a strong start to the UCI Track World Cup event in Melbourne.

The West Coast Fever has secured the services of WAIS pair Ash Neal and Sarah Ebbott to finalize their 2010 playing roster.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport has welcomed the release of the Crawford Report into the direction of Australian sport, with Executive Director Steve Lawrence saying WAIS is well placed for the future.

The Western Australian Institute of Sport has earned eight nominations for the Jayco 2009 Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards after another stellar year of performances on road, track and BMX.

World and Olympic pole vault champion and captain of the Australian Flame Steve Hooker has been named alongside Usain Bolt (JAM) as one of the top five male athletes in world athletics according to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Kookaburras coach Ric Charlesworth has given two young players an opportunity of a life time by selecting WAIS scholarship holder Brent Dancer and Matthew Swann (QLD) in the Australian squad to compete at the ABN AMRO Hockey Champions Trophy tournament.

Five Western Australian Institute of Sport cyclists have been selected for the UCI Track World Cup event to be held in Melbourne on November 19-21.

WAIS cycling world champions Josie Tomic and Cameron Meyer headlined the 2009 Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix on Saturday night at the Midvale SpeedDome in front of 2000 people.