Brand Ambassador Program
Our Brand Ambassador Program offers a unique opportunity for local athletes to excel.
Gen Hart
Sport: Rowing
Instagram: @gen.hart
TikTok: @ggen.hart
Gen trains at the Champion Lakes Regatta Centre and hopes to be selected in the Under 23 Australian Rowing Team next year. She has an inspirational goal of one-day winning Olympic gold.
Kurtis Marschall
Sport: Athletics - Pole vault
Instagram: @kurtismarschall
Twitter: @kurtismarschall
TikTok: @kurtismarschall
Achievements: Gold medallist at the Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Kurtis has also competed at the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games.
Upcoming Events: Kurtis is currently training and competing in Europe and will compete at the Paris Olympics in August.
On using VenuesWest facilities:
"As an elite athlete I need to train every day. Having access to a world class facility like WAIS, not just for training but also recovery and meetings, means I'm able to perform at a consistently high level, stay focused and achieve better results for the long term. The WA Athletics Stadium is also set up perfectly for pole vaulting and the more that I can train in a competition-like environment, the better I can perform in real competitions. At these venues, I'm inspired by the people within them and the legacy of the elite athletes who have trained there."
Rhiannon Clarke
Sport: Para Athletics - 100m T38 and 400m T38
Instagram: @rhiannonclarke_
TikTok: @rhiannon.clarke_
Achievements: Rhiannon trains at WA Athletics Stadium and competed at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 in the 100m T38 and 400m T38, earning an Australian record. She also won a bronze medal in the 100m T38 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Upcoming Events: Rhiannon is currently preparing for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Tash Rigby
Sport: Football/Soccer
Instagram: @tashrigby_
Achievements: Tash is captain of the Perth Glory Women's team and has signed on again for the 2023/24 season. This will be her fifth campaign as skipper of her home-state club and she is poised to make her 100th appearance in purple.
Upcoming Events: Tash has goals in the next two years to win an A-League Grand Final and compete for Matilda's selection.
On using VenuesWest facilities:
"Playing at HBF Park recently was one of the most amazing experiences. The facilities are phenomenal, the pitch is incredible and it was very special to play on the same field as some of my favourite players who had just been there for the World Cup Qualifier. The recovery zone in particular at HBF park is really important to us as we’re able to look after our bodies properly during the season. I also had the opportunity to play at the Sam Kerr Football Centre recently which was exciting because of how well equipped it is to host national and international teams."
On being a Brand Ambassador:
"It has been incredible to be a VenuesWest Brand Ambassador because I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many fantastic people that are a part of all the venues in the portfolio. The financial support has helped me to access the equipment I need to train and play, so I’ve been able to take a step back from work and put more focus on my sport, really allowing me to be the best I can be."
Image credit: Perth Glory
Darcee Garbin
Sport: Basketball, Australian National Team - Opals & Australian WNBL - Perth Lynx
Instagram: @darceegarbin
Twitter: @darceegarbin
Achievements: Champion - Australian WNBL 2015/16, 2017/18, MVP - World University Games 2017, Perth Lynx Runner Up WNBL Grand Final 2022, Bronze medal for the Opals at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2023
"It's a huge honour to be selected as a VenuesWest ambassador and throughout both my junior and senior basketball career I have used VenuesWest training facilities. More recently trying to navigate training and competition around the impacts of COVID, I have been able to use multiple VenuesWest facilities to stay focused on my training and work towards my sporting goals. The funding from the program has assisted me in travelling between my home in Perth and Melbourne as I try to make the Opals World Cup team for Sydney 2022. I feel a great sense of pride being a WA athlete representing VenuesWest."
David Bryant
Sport: Para Athletics - Para Triathlon
Instagram: @davidcatalystdietician
Facebook: Catalyst Dietitian - David Bryant
Achievements: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - 7th, Newcastle 2020 OTU Paratriathlon Oceania Championships - 1st, Oceania 2022 Triathlon Para Cup Devenport, 2022 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama - 4th, 2022 World Triathlon Para Series Montreal - 6th, 2022 World Triathlon Para Series Swansea - 4th, 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama - 3rd
"VenuesWest has provided world class training facilities since I first began my triathlon career back in 2007. Fast track to 2021, post Tokyo Paralympics, it is very fitting that I join the team as an ambassador for the wonderful environment VenuesWest provides to produce world class athletes."
Robyn Lambird
Tamsin Cook
Sport: Swimming
Instagram: @tamsincook
Achievements: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Bronze Medalist in the Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (heat swimmer), Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Silver Medalist in the Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle relay)
"Being selected for the VenuesWest Ambassador Program was a huge honour for me, having used VenuesWest facilities for over 10 years and for two Olympic Preparations. Recently, support from the Ambassador Program has allowed me to travel and compete in key domestic meets in preparation for a busy year of international racing with the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, and Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, both taking place in 2022. These competitions are seen as integral steppingstones on the path to Paris 2024. The VenuesWest team truly understands the demands of being an elite athlete and through the Ambassador Program have committed to helping West Australian athletes, like myself, achieve our highest potential. I am incredibly proud to be an Ambassador, and love being able to represent the WA sporting community through my partnership with VenuesWest."