Sport & Health

18,785+ Total student engagements

The Sport and Health portfolio provides students with sport, physical activity, and health education opportunities, with a focus on enjoyment, accessibility, and participation. It aims to break down barriers and promote the mindset of ‘anyone can improve on their physical health’ and ‘the best kind of physical activity is the one that you enjoy’.

Sport began with a difficult start to 2022 with COVID-19 lock downs, heavy rain and flooding all impacting the start for many clubs, events, and competitions. Despite this, when students were able to play, they came in droves to return to the arenas of their choice and were highly grateful to do so. Social Sport competition numbers recovered quickly to remain steady with 1,125 unique individuals competing for the year. With many playing multiple sports, seasons, and rounds this equated to 2,256 registrations and an impressive estimate of 15,792 times a player took to a court, field, or pool over the average 7 weeks of competitions. Come and Try events also grew after their inaugural year to grow attendance by 56%, which represented 390 students coming to try a new sport and meet new friends, as a pathway to gaining confidence to join a team for the full season.

One of the major highlights of the year in sport was the return to UniSport Nationals after the event had been cancelled due to COVID-19 the year prior. This was not without difficulty as the host venue had already been committed to being Perth, contributing to higher than usual costs and great uncertainty as Western Australia faced prolonged COVID-19 lock downs and restrictions. Despite this, the Student Guild coordinated 55 Griffith Gold Coast students who represented Griffith. Along with Unisport Nationals, Griffith Gold Coast Students also took part in five standalone Nationals events including athletics, Indigenous Nationals, League of Legends, surfing, and snow competitions. Across all events, Griffith students reached the podium 16 times including 4 gold medals which has provided great momentum set to continue into 2023.

Beyond sport, the portfolio continued to develop wider health and active lifestyle services and a highlight was building out nutritional services to distribute 1,551 healthy produce food packs. Online how to cook resources were also developed in partnership with Griffith nutrition students, to provide easy, cost effective, and healthy eating options. Further work was completed throughout the year to plan for broadening active lifestyle opportunities and launching a new volunteer program to encourage students to be more active at all levels.

24-30 SEPTEMBER | PERTH, WA

Come & Try

390 attendees

2,256 total registrations

7 games (per person average)

1,225 players

15,792 times a player took to a field/court

390 end of season presentations

55 Gold Coast students represented Griffith

Mens Beach Volleyball Pairs

3rd place

Kane Bailey & Arron Robinson

27th place overall

Womens Beach Volleyball Pairs

3rd place

Sarah Grove & Kayla Scott

Standalone Nationals Events

5 events

25 Gold Coast students represented Griffith

Athletics

19-21 April | Gold Coast Performance Centre, QLD

2nd (overall)

Mens 8th (overall)

Womens Sport

Indigenous Nationals

26 – 30 June | Brisbane, QLD

Netball, Touch, Basketball & Volleyball

4th (overall)

League of Legends

July | Online

6th (overall)

Surfing Nationals

13-14 July | Coolum Beach, QLD

7th (overall)

Medal Winners

Mens Bodyboard 2nd Kyle Maslen

Mens Shortboard 2nd Brock Cooper

Teams challenge 2nd -

Snow Nationals

5-8 September | Mt Buller, VIC

7th

(overall)

Medal Winner

Snowboard Giant Slalom, Snowboard Super G, & Boardercross

3rd Georgia Brose