The 2012 nib Hunter Festival of Sport is shaping up to be a fantastic sporting event with over 45 sports involved and 150 activities to choose from.

The purpose of the Festival is to provide both children and adults with opportunities to try new sports via come and try days, further develop their skills via coaching clinics or compete in sporting competitions.  The Festival is conducted at a wide variety of sporting venues throughout the Hunter Region and will take place from the 30th June to the 15th July 2012.

This year the Festival has introduced an Olympic Sports Clinic where children can participate in 5 different sports throughout the day. The clinic will take place at Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium, Newcastle PCYC and Newcastle Tennis Centre which are all located within very close proximity to each other.  Children will experience Basketball, Tennis, Mult-Sports, Fencing and Judo as part of the day which will include specialist coaching (see news section of the website for further details and booking information).

The Festival has also expanded to include lots of opportunities for people with a disability to try including wheelchair rugby, boccia, netball, lawn bowls, sailing and swimming. There is so much happening in disability sport in the region at present and it is wonderful to provide opportunities for the disabled to try new sports (see news section of the website for further details).

This year the inaugural "Accelerate Sports Clinic" will take place as part of the Festival. Accelerate is designed for the passionate sports person who would like to make the next step and find out what it takes to perform at a higher level.  The clinic is perfect for young sports people who strive to one day become an Academy squad member. Participants will experience firsthand some of the physical testing, educational presentations and training that Hunter Academy of Sport squad members have access to as part of their program - regardless of which sport(s) you participate in (see news section of this website for further details and booking information).

Although the majority of the Festival activities will take place in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas, activities will also be run in  Maitland, Cessnock and Taree (see news section of this website for further details).

The Festival will once again offer its regular come and try days and coaching clinics in Basketball, Netball, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi, AFL, Hockey, Rowing, Indoor Rock Climbing and so much more.  The official program will be available on this website under the program section as of the 4th June 2012.

For further information contact Tanya Brunckhorst at the Hunter Academy of Sport 

(02) 4926 4892 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it