SMA MEMBER NEWS SMA MEMBER NEWS 2019 ASICS SMA CONFERENCE: 23 – 26 OCTOBER 2019 Join us at the 2019 ASICS SMA Conference at Twin Waters on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. Earlybird registrations are now available at www.smaconference.org.au ‘Call for Abstracts’ to open in the coming weeks. ALICE SPRINGS MASTERS GAMES NT Thanks to everyone involved in the REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN FOR Sports Medicine Team at the recent VIC STATE SYMPOSIUM Masters Games in Alice Springs. The event was an enormous success thanks Earlybird registrations are now available! Fantastic topics and speakersto all of our hard-working volunteers. including Dr Chris Napier (Canada), Ebonie Rio and 4x Olympian CraigOver the 6 days of competition, the Mottram. Visit sma.org.au/event for full details! team did 412 medical consults with 392 individual athletes. Special thanks to Dr Greg Harris for leading the team. NEW PRESIDENT VIC STATE COUNCIL: MICHELLE BERGERON Following VIC’s State Council election, physiotherapist, Michelle Bergeron was elected as VIC State President. She is joined by Simone Muscat and Dr Luke Nelson who were elected as co-Vice Presidents. Sincere thanks to departing President and Vice President, Dr Liam West and Stephen King for their hard-work. The VIC State Council also welcomes dietitian, Isabella Russo and researcher, Dr Ryan Timmins who were elected to the Council last month. VISIT US ON SOCIAL MEDIA @SMA_News @SMA_Events Search Sports Medicine Australia Search Sports Medicine Australia 36 VOLUME 36 • ISSUE 3 2018