On August 15, CLAIR Sydney accepted the kind invitation from Wollongong City Council and attended the official reception of the Kawasaki Junior Cultural Prize. This year commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Wollongong-Kawasaki City sister city relationship, and this official reception has been held every year over the past 27 years as a part of the sister city exchange activities conducted between the two cities. Four primary school students who are current recipients of the Kawasaki Junior award attended the reception as Junior Ambassadors, and received commemorative gifts from the Wollongong Lord Mayor, Cr. Gordon Bradbery AM. At the reception, students from Wollongong who are studying Japanese made speeches in Japanese to welcome the Junior Ambassadors. It was a very heartwarming reception and everyone at the reception could see the wonderful sister city relationship Wollongong and Kawasaki have created together over the past 30 years. CLAIR Sydney will continue to support the activities between the two cities so that they can further develop their relationship.
From the 3rd to the 13th of December, eight selected swimmers from the Fukuoka Swimming Association visited NSW, where they participated in joint training sessions with a local school and competed in the 2024-25 Speedo NSW Senior State Age Championships.
