2016 FAST Conference - Wrap up!
March 3,
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The 2016 SASMA FAST Conference is over for another year and what an amazing, successful day it was!
With over 140 attendees, and 10 trade displays this was our biggest FAST conference yet. It is always a great showcase event and we love getting you all together in the one venue. A huge thank you goes out to all our dedicated Sports Trainers who attended.
The day was off to a powering start with ex AFL Premiership Player, now Port Adelaide Physiotherapist and Ironman, Michael Wilson presenting the keynote address. Not only were delegates able to tap into the life and challenges of a professional AFL footballer on the field, Michael also gave an interesting, and rare, insight into life off the field also. A big thank you to Michael for offering such knowledge and inspiration to our trainers.
The morning lectures and afternoon workshops were really well received and once again we were lucky enough to have some our very incredibly knowledgeable SASMA members present. A huge thank you to –
Tom Peters
Tim Kreis
Dr Sandy Kleinschmidt
Holly Hicks
Sue Pascoe
Natalie Tyson
Kristian De Pasquale
Tory Toogood
2016 saw us introduce the inaugural Sports Trainer of the Year Awards with winners being presented at the conference. These awards will be an annual event as we say thank you and recognise the efforts, commitment and overall amazing job our trainers do. A special note to not only thank the winners but to all our trainers out there who are doing a great job! Your time and effort does not go unnoticed. A big congratulations to our Inaugural Award winners –
Metropolitan Trainer of the Year
Kylie Doecke
Regional Trainer of the Year
Wendy Fitzgerald
Young Trainer of the Year
Ashlee Lines
Distinguished Service Awards
Viv Bing, David Watkins, Ian Harrison, Hank Middleton
With over 10 trades in attendance, trainers were able to check out the latest products and services from an array of businesses in the field. Please note links to each trades website can be found here -
http://www.sasma.com.au/SportsTrainers/FASTConference/FASTConferenceSponsorsTradeDisplays.aspx
Of course we can't not mention the world class venue, Adelaide Oval. There is not a thing that we can fault - besides the extra calories gained from the delicious foods of course!
Hopefully all attendees have now received their Certificates of Attendance – if you do not have yours please email us
admin@sasma.com.au or call 8234 6369. Workshop and lecture slides will be available online shortly also.
Finally a big thank you to all those who attended on Sunday and your ongoing support of SASMA. Without your support we can’t continue to run the quality of training and services we do, so thank you!