Short shrift for sport in crowded curriculum

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated August 23 2012 - 12:10pm, first published August 7 2012 - 10:01am
William Micallef and Chris Chiam (right) play soccer at Mackellar Primary in Delahey – a school that meets the targets for hours of sport per week.
William Micallef and Chris Chiam (right) play soccer at Mackellar Primary in Delahey – a school that meets the targets for hours of sport per week.

TECHNICALLY Olympic chief John Coates got it wrong when he blamed Australia's lacklustre Olympics performance on the failure to make sport compulsory in schools.

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