10 November 2020 at 6-7pm (Canberra/Sydney/Melbourne, AEDT) 

AFL Indigenous Games Record Holder & Current Oldest Player - How Shaun Burgoyne Uses Nutrition 

This webinar is brought to you by the DA Education Centre (2020) and is part of our NAIDOC Week celebration. 

In this exciting session, Shaun will be discussing many aspects of his personal life and nutrition, including: 

• Where he is from, where he grew up, and how he teaches his family about Indigenous culture
• Challenges that Indigenous athletes may face (e.g. nutritional knowledge)
• Nutritional considerations for Indigenous people (e.g. food availability, increased incidence of lactose intolerance, body composition difference and challenges as an elite athlete)
• Family perceptions, cultural differences that dietitians should consider
• How he has kept his body able to compete at the elite level for so long
• How he has used nutrition for performance 

Speakers:

Shaun Burgonye is like a fine wine. As the years roll on, he only appears to gain more time, space and composure with the ball in hand. The now-37-year-old finished the year on 379 games - surpassing the previous record by an Indigenous player - and is the oldest active AFL player. Hawthorn's Mr Fix It, Burgoyne was typically thrust into an array of different positions across the course of the 2019 season, regularly demonstrating his silky skills while averaging 16 disposals a game at 78 per cent efficiency. The question on everyone's lips now; will he make it to 400? While the feat is unlikely to occur in season 2020, incredible things tend to happen when Shaun Burgoyne is involved. 

Simone Austin is the author of 2019 published book 'Eat Like An Athlete.' She has a proven track record of success as an Advanced Sports Dietitian working for the last 12 years with Hawthorn AFL Football club and other elite teams. She has been the president of Sports Dietitians Australia for the past five years and has been awarded the inaugural prize for advocacy for the profession in 2019. She has worked in private practice for 25 years and in the corporate worked part time at Swisse Wellness, currently consulting to Rokeby Farms and the Australia Almonds Board. She is regularly on radio, television, social and print media having been a Dietitians Australia media spokesperson many years. It is important to Simone to lead the profession hence her latest adventures, running careers seminars and workshops for the dietetic profession, and joining the Dietitians Australia team as senior dietetic advisor in the Policy and Advocacy team. 

To prioritize your questions for Shaun Burgoyne, please submit them here and we will endeavor to answer them at the live event.

This event is worth 1 CPD hour. 

Webinar access details will be sent out via email on 9 November 2020. This webinar will be recorded and emailed to registrants in the days following the live event.