University of Western Australia
The 2023 Sports Council Executive has been elected to lead the representative student group for sport at UWA.
Aiming to provide opportunities for students to be involved in governance within the UWA sporting community, the UWA Sports Council comprises student representatives from each of the 29 UWA-affiliated clubs.
In 2023, the President of the UWA Sports Council is Emma Bond of the UWA West Coast Swimming Club. Emma has previously represented the UWA West Coast Swimming Club on the Sports Council, was a member of the 2021 UBL team, and has worked with Swimming WA to establish an Athlete Advisory Group for the sport. In her role as President, Emma will support Sports Council representatives in their roles, and to act as a voice for the student opinion to UWA Sport and to other University bodies.
UWA Outdoor Club representative Taneesha Stallbaum will assume the role of Secretary. Taneesha has been part of the Outdoor Club and an active committee member as the current Vice President for several years. Taneesha sees the value of sport at UWA as aiding inclusion, confidence building and a sense of community. Taneesha has also previously been employed by UWA Sport in 2022 as the Inclusion Graduate Officer.
UWA Rugby Club representative April Htun will assume the role of Treasurer. In her time at UWA, April has been President of the Science Union in 2020, and has been involved in the UWA Student Guild as President of the Education Council in 2021, and Co-Director of PROSH in 2022. April has also been awarded a Half Blue for her performance at UniSport Nationals and contribution to her club.
The Sports Council executive will be joined by representatives from all UWA Sport Affiliated Clubs to contribute to the direction of sport at UWA.