Game On!

19 Dec 2024

We are getting our game on with Darryl Davenport (DanceSport), Serena Bonnell (Bowling), Ivan O’Mahoney (Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story)

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We are getting our game on with Darryl Davenport (DanceSport), Serena Bonnell (Bowling), Ivan O’Mahoney (Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story)

Welcome to Game On! JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport every Wednesday from 6-7pm across summer where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community!

On the show this week we are joined by Darryl Davenport, registered Professional Coach and Adjudicator with DanceSport Australia, Principal Ballroom Fit and Chairman of Para and Ability Dance Western Australia (WA) – a not-for-profit supporting dancers living with a disability to talk DanceSport, Para-DanceSport and how you can become a dance coach! Check out facebook DanceSport Australia Disability Training. (Starts 4mins)

Serena Bonnell, Para Jackaroo – Bowls Australia will be encouraging us to take up bowls! It’s a sport she loves and she is thriving recently winning the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete Community Engagement Award! Serena shares the societal limitations people with a disability face and is working to challenge these prejudices as well as being a trail blazer as an ally being part of the AIS Thrive With Pride Ambassador program (Starts 17mins 5 secs)

The confronting documentary Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story has hit our screens. The film explores Jelena Dokic’s refugee experience, rise to world No 4 in tennis, and her tumultuous relationship with her abusive father Damir Dokic. We hear from Director and writer Ivan O’Mahoney, In Films about the making of this powerful film which carries the message that there is away out of domestic violence and that by speaking up and having the conversation this can challenge stigma, shame and judgement. (Starts 34mins 19secs)

A big thank you to our guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on!

And thank you for being a part of Team Game On!