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ACT Academy of Sport

The ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) was formed in 1989 as the high performance arm of Sport and Recreation Services (SRS). Since then ACTAS has assisted over 1,900 high performance ACT athletes from a wide variety of sports in reaching their potential. This includes 61 Olympic representatives and 29 Paralympians who have achieved a total of 45 medals.

ACTAS is an endorsed Official Olympic and Paralympic Training Centre and a key part of the National Elite Sports Council (NESC). Membership of NESC comprises the eight Australian state and territory institutes and academies of sport, the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), as well as observer representatives from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA).

The mission of ACTAS is to support the development of ACTAS athletes and enable them to gain national team selection for their sport, through a commitment to the long term athlete development, health and wellbeing. ACTAS aims to assist local and nationally identified athletes in gaining national team selection through embracing an athletic performance development model which allows athletes to mature as individuals through a competency based system.

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2012 Cycling Australia/ACT Academy of Sport Cycling Program - Scholarships and selection guideline document.

The new national scholarship and selection process is driven by Cycling Australia and the advertised selection criteria is being used by all the State Institutes and State Academy programs around Australia to ensure a streamlined approach.

Please contact the ACTAS Head Coach on (02) 6207 4394 with any questions about selections.