From start to finish - His story

Steven “Stoofa” was a very good athlete with his biggest win coming in the TXU 800 Metres Handicap at the 2003 Australia Post Stawell Gift Carnival. He continues in athletics coaching. He now works at Northern Bay College (NBC) and runs the Sports Empowerment Education Development (SEED) program that was developed with teacher Ben Lowery. It is based at the college’s Goldsworthy campus, where new facilities have been developed for soccer, basketball, netball, tennis, volleyball and cricket.

Steve ‘Stoofa’ Lewry is no stranger to the Goldsworthy campus. He attended the former Corio Technical School as a teenager and is now one of Geelong’s best-known personal trainers, motivational speakers and coaches. “There are so many benefits of being involved in sport and we hope it will help engage kids and keep them at school. The new facilities here are first-class and this program is a natural progression to make the most of them.”  “This program is unique to the needs of students at Northern Bay College, and the goal is fitness, participation and motivation for sport and school,” Stoofa said. “It’s about giving them new experiences.”