Janice Crosswhite OAM // PART ONE - a lifetime of involvement in sport, a woman who has changed sport in Australia

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Janice Crosswhite – a passionate advocate for community and women’s involvement in sport. Janice started her sporting journey off as a participant in many sports and then went on to physical education teaching.
Janice has always been passionate about improving access to sports and was awarded the order of Australia medal (OAM) in 2001 for her efforts.

Because of Janice’s vast knowledge and experiences, this conversation will be split into two parts, with part two released in a few days.

In this episode Janice take’s us through her early years of participating in sport, and how she fell in love with Basketball. The studies she completed as well as meeting her husband, who was an Olympic basketballer himself and the experience of going to the Olympics as a supporter.

We also hear about the project that lead to Janice being awarded an Order of Australia medal and the benefit participating in sport throughout her whole life has provided her.

Janice and I know each other as she is a Labrador breeder – and we got both our beautiful boys Harry and Dozer from her – so you may hear a reference or two about that. If you follow the Instagram page, you’d see a few pics of the dogs pop up here and there.

As we recorded remotely the audio quality is a bit patchy in some places, but push past this because you don’t want to miss out on any of Janice’s wise words.