Meet DAWN
Entrepreneur, OLYMPIC LEVEL ATHLETE, sports and talent leadership, professional mentoring, coach
Born in London to Scottish and Greek Zimbawean Parents.
Raised in Zimbabwe, oldest out of 3 siblings, attended Hellenic Junior and the Dominican Convent High School in Harare. As a Junior, Dawn swam competitively, played provincial baseball and hockey, laying the foundation blocks for the future. Full Sporting Colours for Excellence (National Country Representation) were awarded at the Convent.
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Selected for U18 and U21 National Team for Zimbabwe
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Club hockey was played with OH (Old Hararians)
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Zimbabwe Women's National Team training squad.
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Scottish Midlands U21
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Club Hockey European A Champions Menzieshill
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In 2000 Olympic Hockey Trials were held in Athens, for elite level athletes of Greek descent. Dawn was subsequently drafted to play in the Greek Olympic Field Hockey Squad in preparation for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. Dawn represented OBO Goalkeeping as a sponsored player over this period.
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Between 2000-2004 most of the time was spent on the road, in the air , training and playing on the European Hockey Circuit.
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Dawn completed both HNC and HND in Sports Coaching and Sports Development at Dundee College before moving onto Cardiff to complete BSc(HONS) Sports Coaching Degree 2005. Whilst at university Dawn represented Welsh Students in waterpolo and played club hockey at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Sophia Gardens for Howardians.
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After the Games, Dawn moved to London to pursue a career in private coaching and recreation management. Opportunity presented itself to move to the Gulf in 2008 and over the last 15 years created and cemented a top rate coaching brand for women by women. Recently Dawn has moved to Saudi Arabia and initated youth , women and paralympic swimming setups.
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To date Coach Sport has mentored and created careers for over 50 women who wish to develop their sports coaching acumen. 2023 -2024 sees the embarkment on new sports development pathway into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the next chapter.
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Ambition is the first step to success, the second step is Action.
Dawn Venturas
REPRESENTATION
1993 MASHONALAND LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL | 1998 ZIMBABWE U18A CAPE TOWN ALL AFRICA TOURNAMENT | DCHS GOLDEN GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1998 |
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LIEVEN FRANCE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 | 2000 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS SICILY , ITALY | 2002 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS WOMENS FIELD HOCKEY - DUBLIN IRELAND |
2004 WELSH UNIVERSITY WATERPOLO | 2011 MIDDLE EAST SOFTBALL TEAM DUBAI | DUBAI 2012 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS TEAM RAMROD |
DUBAI SOFTBALL 2012 MIDDLE EAST SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS | 2013 OMAN / DUBAI HOCKEY CLUB TOUR | 2019 GOALKEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT HONG KONG 6S |
2018 KEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT HONG KONG 6s | 2019 DHC WOMENS HOCKEY HONG KONG TOUR | DHC HONG KONG 6s 2018 |
SOFTBALL ROUGHNECKS 2019 | 2019 HONG KONG 6s BEST TEAM CHAMPIONS TEAM M7 FROM AUSTRALIA EX KOOKABURRAS | AL QADSIAH FOOTBALL CLUB 2023 |