Amelia McGuiness Foundation Marks the 10th Anniversary

On Monday 19 August, the 10^th Anniversary of the Amelia McGuiness Australian Snowsports Development Foundation (AMASDF) was celebrated with fundraising events held at Perisher. 350 participants competed in the Alpine, Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross, Cross Country and Alpine Masters event.

The McGuiness family were there to present medals and lucky bib donated prizes.

Amelia was an advanced and much-loved skier from Barker College when she passed away in a tragic ski accident in 2009. Despite the enormous pain of their personal loss, her parents Cath and Sam McGuiness, developed the foundation so her legacy could live on. And thus in 2010, the 1^st Amelia McGuiness Memorial Time Trial occurred, and a small team of volunteers came together to form a Committee for the foundation. In the first year, the foundation raised $27,000. Over the past 10 years including this year, the oundation has now raised $210,240.00 in total.

Scholarships have been distributed to a very significant and impressive list of young “rising stars” in snowsports, across the wider snowsports community looking to live and experience their own personal dream. This has included many athletes who have gone on to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. 

There has been a long list of sponsors and supporters over the past 10 years and we thank them all enormously for assisting the foundation to develop into a very significant snowsports community event.

CLICK HERE to make a donation to the Foundation through the Australian Sports Foundation.