THE STATE OF PLAY | NEWSLETTER # 29

Hello friends,

Club Respect was on the road this month, participating in the True Sport conference at Optus Stadium in Perth. 

As part of our ongoing partnership with True Sport’s Sideline Behaviour initiative, Club Respect's A.W.E.S.O.M.E. framework was proudly on display around the venue. 

Speaking in a panel session, I emphasised the importance of safety when calling out poor sideline behaviour and highlighted the untapped power of parents collectively taking action.

Well done to the SportWest team, a great event and opportunity to connect with the Western Australian sports community.  

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Last week we released Part 1 of the Q & A between Patrick Skene and Cameron Tradell, who leads the Coaching and Officiating team at the Australian Sports Commission. 

Today we're releasing Part 2 of A line in the sand for match officials: Q&A with Cameron Tradell. Big thank you to Patrick and Cameron for this brilliant discussion and shining the spotlight on Match Officials. 

Tarik Bayrakli
Manager, Club Respect

CONFERENCES AND GUEST SPEAKING

2024 True Sport Conference | SportWest

Good one, SportWest x True Sport!

🎤 Speakers from the Sideline Behaviour panel session (from left to right):

• Abid Iman - Facilitator (Football West)
• Tarik Bayrakli (Club Respect)
• Troy Kirkham (West Australian Football Commission - recently announced CEO SportWest)
• Jonelle Morley (Basketball WA)
• Sue Gliddon (Archery Australia/Water Polo WA) 

📷 Marketforce and SportWest

CR JOURNAL - MATCH OFFICIAL RESPECT

A line in the sand for match officials: Q&A with Cameron Tradell (Part 2)
By Patrick Skene

Digging deeper into the unrealistic standard of perfection, learning from the best outside of Australia and the link between coaches and officiating...

Check out the second half, Part 2, of Club Respect’s chat between Patrick Skene and Cameron Tradell (Australian Sports Commission). 

“The fact is sport is predicated on someone making a mistake. It’s interesting in cricket, when an umpire makes a mistake people blow up, yet for a game to finish in cricket there needs 20 wickets or 20 mistakes. (40 in a test match). So, players are making mistakes all the time, but umpires are supposed to be held above that standard.” – Cameron Tradell 

Brilliant discussion and great leadership by Cameron Tradell, Brooke Kneebush and the team at Australian Sports Commission for shining the spotlight on Match Officials.

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Jackson Katz x Victorian Women's Trust

We recently hosted Jackson Katz, Ph.D, a gender equality and violence prevention activist at the Victorian Women's Trust (VWT) office for a conversation with close contacts of VWT and Club Respect.

Jackson presented at the launch of a VWT program called Be The Hero (a violence prevention program for young men) in 2012 at Melbourne Town Hall. This program was the inspiration which led to the development of Club Respect. Was great to have Jackson back in Melbourne. 

If you're keen, check out some of Jackson's most notable work:

• The TEDx talk, "Violence Against Women: It's a Men's Issue" where Jackson emphasises that addressing violence against women is not solely a women's issue - it's a collective responsibility.
• The book "The Macho Paradox" (revised/updated version) where Jackson explores masculinity, cultural norms, and the impact of stereotypes. 

📸 Jackson Katz, Mary Crooks AO (Executive Director, VWT), Alana Johnson AM (Chair, VWT), Tarik Bayrakli

FIRST NATIONS INCLUSION & RECONCILIATION

Game On: Reconciliation in action through sports | Club Respect
By Chelsey Taylor

Sporting clubs and associations have many ways to contribute to reconciliation efforts, by challenging the norms we’ve previously accepted in our sporting environments and taking action towards change.

By encouraging community sports clubs to transition from being mere allies to becoming active accomplices, we can collectively contribute to a more inclusive and equitable sporting culture.

CLUB DEVELOPMENT & KNOWLEDGE

Conflict Resolution and Mediation in Sport | Sport Integrity Australia

This webinar is essential viewing for club committees, national sporting organisations and state sporting organisations. You’ll learn strategies to effectively manage disputes and mediate complaints and how to find the right processes and approaches to manage and achieve an appropriate resolution.

Date: 27 June 2024
Time: 7:30pm (AEST)
Location: Online

Survey: Enhancing the Capacity of Victorian Sport to Promote Anti-Racism | Victoria University, Monash University, and the University of Melbourne

Funded by VicHealth and is being conducted in partnership with CMSport & the Koorie Heritage Trust. 

This survey aims to understand how racism impacts community sport and what can be done to help address it.

Anyone over the age of 18 who is or has been involved in playing or the delivery of community sport to complete the survey. 

We respectfully acknowledge the wisdom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their custodianship of the lands and waterways.