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Rob Woodhouse Reveals Bold Plans For Revitalised Australian Swimming League <\/strong><\/p>\n

Swimming Australia CEO Rob Woodhouse<\/strong> has revealed his plans for a National League as he spearheads the push for a world class Aquatic Centre for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics and a new Headquarters for Australia’s most successful Olympic sport.<\/p>\n

Woodhouse, the two-time Olympian from Los Angeles and Seoul, is \u00a0leading a public charge that would see Brisbane become a true jewel in swimming’s global crown.<\/p>\n

Saying that any decision to set up his governing body\u2019s move into the 2032 Olympic City, would largely depend on the development of the National Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n

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POOL OF EXPERIENCE: Rob Woodhouse perfect man for the job. Photo Courtesy Rob Woodhouse Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

Woodhouse has outlined his thoughts on the Courier Mail’s \u00a0Toward The Games<\/em> podcast with Swimming Australia revisiting an opportunity for a team-based swimming league for Australian and international athletes \u2013 after a similar League failed to get off the ground in 2021.<\/p>\n

Woodhouse has only been in the sport\u2019s top job 12 months this week and has wasted no time in getting the sport very much back in the fast lane. Swimming Australia\u2019s Major Coup<\/a><\/p>\n

The 1984 Olympic bronze medallist in the 400IM was instrumental in various roles in the successful International Swimming League (ISL) between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n

He used the Toward the Games<\/em> podcast to reveal the proposed team-based domestic league he said would keep fans engaged outside of the cycle of major championships, Olympic and Paralympic events.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s in the pipeline … it\u2019ll be a team-based event similar to the ISL,\u201d Woodhouse told podcast hosts David Lutteral and Courier Mail<\/em> editor Chris Jones<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething that is made for TV and something that\u2019s exciting and having the Australians race … and we\u2019re not just talking about the Olympians we\u2019re talking about the Paralympians as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be an integrated event and integrated teams with some internationals \u2013 starting off mostly with domestic athletes \u2013 but starting to bring the internationals in particularly as we get closer to the Brisbane Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn these new concepts that we\u2019re looking at, we bring the brands in, we bring the fans in and away we go.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlobally, I think swimming is on the rise not just from a performance point of view where world records are constantly being broken, but there\u2019s far greater engagement from a greater number of countries in the sport of swimming.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwenty or 30 years ago, athletics dominated in terms of the number of the countries that actually participated in Olympics or world championships but now swimming is right up there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The ISL created huge excitement. Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

A team-based swimming league for Australian and global athletes to battle in made-for-entertainment races is being developed as the sport\u2019s answer to Australian cricket\u2019s explosive and successful Big Bash 20 over competition.<\/p>\n

The concept is aimed at growing swimming\u2019s mainstream appeal and boosting the profile of superstar athletes in the lead-up to Brisbane\u2019s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games \u2013 and coming hot on the heals of Swimming Australia\u2019s 10-year broadcast deal with Channel 9s Wide World Of Sports.<\/p>\n

Early detail suggests the League would be similar to the highly successful ISL \u2013 but featuring both Olympic and Paralympic athletes.<\/p>\n

The rebel ISL was founded in 2019 by Ukrainian energy tycoon Konstantin Grigorishin and held three successful seasons before being paused indefinitely in 2022 following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

National Aquatic Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile Woodhouse continues to push bold proposal to create a $650m, five-pool National Aquatic Centre for swimming, water polo, diving and artistic swimming that was handed to Queensland\u2019s 100-day infrastructure review last month.<\/p>\n

Part of the new centre at Centenary Pool would include a new head office for Swimming Australia, which is currently located in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Woodhouse told the\u00a0Toward the Games\u00a0<\/a><\/em>podcast<\/a>\u00a0his organisation would review plans to relocate if the National Aquatics Centre is not built.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould we (Swimming Australia) move up (to Brisbane)? I think that would be unlikely, but we\u2019d review all that, obviously, after we find out whether it will be part of the plan or not,\u201d Woodhouse said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a head office based here in Melbourne. We have satellite offices in Brisbane and in Sydney as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Diving and water polo are based in Brisbane while artistic swimming is headquartered in Perth).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do anticipate growing a sport and growing a spectator base, the fan base, and bringing more fans in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Proposed National Aquatic Centre in Brisbane. Image supplied.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019ve got a bigger venue we will fill it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodhouse cited the 8500-seat sellout of the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships that saw Ian Thorpe headline one of the most successful non-Olympic meets in Australia\u2019s storied swimming history.<\/p>\n

A meet that saw 11 world records broken in eight days \u2013with the finals broadcast live in prime time on Channel Nine, that recorded record ratings, creating the perfect platform leading into the Sydney 2000 Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we have a stadium big enough, we can sell it out at the big events that we create,\u201d Woodhouse said.<\/p>\n

Olympic and Paralympic swimming was slated to be held at a drop-in venue at Brisbane Arena during the 2032 Games.<\/p>\n

It will follow Los Angeles 2028, which will use SoFi stadium to temporarily deliver the world\u2019s largest swimming stadium.<\/p>\n

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