The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's 66-hectare (163-acre) headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), part of the Australian Government under the Department of Health and Aged Care.
The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the pre-eminent professional women's basketball league in Australia. It is currently composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball League (NBL). Several WNBL teams have NBL counterparts. The Adelaide Lightning, Melbourne Boomers, Perth Lynx, Southside Flyers and Sydney Uni Flames are the current WNBL teams sharing a market with an NBL team. The current league champions are the Townsville Fire, who won their fourth title in 2023.
The FFA Centre of Excellence was a soccer talent identification and player development program run by Football Federation Australia (FFA) and was based at the Australian Institute of Sport, in Canberra. The Centre of Excellence ran this program for men: the program was one of the eight founding sports of the AIS in 1981. The FFA announced that the centre would close at the end of 2017.
Brenda De Blaes is an Australian softball player. She resides in Canberra where she plays club softball and represents the territory in national competitions. She is a member of the Australia women's national softball team and has competed at the 2009 World Cup and the 2010 World Cup of Softball. She is vying for a spot on the team that will compete at the 2012 ISF XIII Women's World Championships.
Mary Renetta Hawton was a tennis player from Australia. Her career ranged from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) was opened in 1981. AIS Sports Star of the Year was first established in 1983/84 with the first winner being swimmer Karen Phillips. In 1995, AIS Junior Athlete of the Year was established. Other major awards include AIS Team of The Year, AIS Coach of the Year and AIS Program of the Year. Other awards included: Sport Achievement Awards, Vocation Awards and Education Awards. There were several memorial scholarship awards that recognise the contribution of deceased AIS athletes, coaches and administrators - Brent Harding Memorial Award for Swimming, Nathan Meade Memorial Award for Diving, Gary Knoke Memorial Award for Athletics, Darren Smith Memorial Award for Road Cycling, Ben Mitchell Medal for AFL and Bob Staunton Memorial Award for Basketball.
Annette "Dolly" Gulley is an Australian tennis player who won the Swedish Open in 1984.
Amanda Tobin, now known as Amanda Chaplin, is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She also competed as Amanda Tobin-Evans and Amanda Tobin-Dingwall.
Nerida Gregory is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Mary Sawyer is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Brenda Remilton-Ward is an Australian former professional tennis player. She competed as Brenda Remilton, then Brenda Remilton-Ward after marriage.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1980 Australian Open.
Michelle Turk is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Sally McCann is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Adam Anderson is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Carl Turich is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Jamie Harty is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Stephen Thomas Maloney was an Australian professional tennis player.
Miranda Yates-Steg is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Mark Hartnett is an Australian former professional tennis player.
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