Brand Ambassador Program

Sport: Swimming - 100m & 200m Backstroke

Instagram: @_iona.anderson

Achievements: Born in Scotland, Iona Anderson is one of Australian swimming's rising stars. After transitioning from gymnastics to swimming at the start of high school, Anderson's talent and dedication quickly propelled her to success. Training at Perth HPC, she burst onto the international stage in 2023, earning four medals at the World Junior Championships, including two golds.

Anderson carried her momentum into 2024, capturing a gold and two silver medals at the World Championships in Netanya. Her outstanding performances continued at the Paris Games, where she showcased her versatility in both individual events and relays, bringing home a silver and a bronze medal.

Sport: Track Cycling (Para-Tandem)

Instagram: @kaneperris

Achievements: Born with albinism and its associated vision loss, Perris began his track cycling career through a 2020 talent identification program run by WAIS. His journey in high-performance sport has been far from easy. In 2021, he suffered a serious back injury that sidelined him for 10 months. Then, at the 2024 World Championships, a crash left him with broken ribs and a punctured lung.

Despite these setbacks, Perris worked tirelessly to rebuild his confidence alongside his pilot, Luke Zaccaria, in the lead-up to the Paralympics. Their determination paid off when the pair achieved an incredible fourth -place finish in Paris, breaking the Australian record in the process.

Sport: Athletics - Decathalon

Instagram: @jackrwhiteside

Achievements: Jack Whiteside is a true jack of all trades - fitting for a decathlete, a role that demands mastery across ten disciplines. And master it he does, taking the scene by storm in 2022 when he won the Oceanic Championships.

Making his first senior Australian team in 2024, Whiteside placed 9^th in the decathlon at the Under 20's World Championships in Peru, in a personal best time and a state record. Whiteside has also spent an incredible amount of time giving back to athletics in WA and is well-loved figure in the community.

Sport: Football/Soccer

Instagram: @isobeldalton_

Achievements:  Dalton is the current captain of the Perth Glory women’s team, taking the reins from Tash Rigby, who is a former VenuesWest Brand Ambassador.

After representing Australia eight times at U17 level, she began her professional career as part of the Bristol Academy (Bristol City). She also has stints playing for Napoli in the Serie A, Lewes FC in the second tier of English football and the Brisbane Roar. She joined the Glory in 2023 and was named co-captain in 2024.

Sport: Rowing (Women’s Eight)

Instagram: @giorgiapatten

Achievements: Perth local Giorgia Patten began rowing during high school and quickly rose through the ranks. At just 19, she made her senior international debut in 2018 in a coxless pair, where the duo secured a sixth-place finish. Giorgia competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as the youngest member of the women’s eight crew, finishing fifth in the final.

Over the next four years, she solidified her place in the women’s eight, including making her senior World Rowing Championships debut. Selected for the 2024 Olympic team, Giorgia and the Australian women’s eight made history by finishing fourth, achieving the best Olympic result ever for an Australian Women’s Eight.

Sport: Para-Athletics - F12 Javelin Throw 

Instagram: @jacksonhamiltonn

Achievements:  Jackson Hamilton is a Paralympic Javelin thrower, although Javelin wasn’t his first love. He started his sporting career in basketball, but after his vision deteriorated, he turned to athletics.

Breaking records in long jump, shot put, discus and Javelin – Jackson made his Australian team debut in 2023. In 2024, Hamilton secured his place at the Paris Paralympics by throwing a huge 68.43m. At Paris, he finished 6th after a strong performance. With consistent improvement over his career, Jackson remains one to watch. 

Sport: Swimming - 100m & 200m Breaststroke

Instagram: @joshyong247

Achievements:  Josh and his brother spent their childhood summers in Brunei training with the Casey TigerSharks in Melbourne. His career took off after moving to Perth to train under Mick Palfrey at the West Coast Swimming Club.

He first represented Australia at the 2019 World Junior Championships in breaststroke and medley relay events. At the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, he reached the finals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke. In 2022, he contributed to a world-record gold in the 4x100m medley relay at the Short Course World Championships. Domestically, he earned multiple medals at the Australian Championships. After qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics, he swam personal bests and secured bronze in the 4x100 Medley Relay – swimming the breaststroke leg.

Sport: Netball

Instagram: @scarlettjaunceyy

Achievements:  Jauncey captained WA’s state U17 and U19 teams, and was also selected in national squads at U17, U19 and U21 level. She was recently part of the Australian U21 squad for the Rising Stars Tour, competing against New Zealand, Singapore and Fiji.

A proud Yawuru woman, Jauncey also represented the ‘Black Swans’ at the Australia Pacific Series, alongside her sister Jamacia, in a team featuring Australia’s 12 best Indigenous and Torres Strait netballers. She played for the West Coast Fever reserves in 2024