Surf world champion Layne Beachley back in the spotlight to win Swoop Play of the Week

YOU won’t see her on the world tour anymore but Layne Beachley continues to create waves out of the water. She has also won Swoop Play of the Week.

Anna Meares and Layne Beachley, both award winners this week.

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YOU won’t see her on the world tour anymore but Layne Beachley continues to create waves out of the water.

The seven-time wold surfing champion, who still hits the water daily, has become a powerful advocate for the encouragement of women in sport.

And as she puts its herself, Beachley puts money where her mouth is via personal mentoring and her Aim for the Stars program which offers girls and women the chance to apply for a $4000 grant plus mentoring and training to help them on their way to success.

Layne Beachley in action when she ruled the waves as a seven-time world champion.

She also works tirelessly in her sport as chairman of Surfing Australia and conceived, and then ran for seven years, the richest women’s surfing event in the world.

Beachley has earned the Swoop Play of the Week after being honoured for both her stellar surfing career and post-athletic feats when named as this year’s Hall of Famer in the Women’s Health I Support Women in Sport Awards.

Layne Beachley in her Funkita Swimwear.

Beachley joins the likes of the Southern Stars, the Australian Paralympic team, netballers Caitlin Bassett and Madi Robinson, new WBBL cricketer Renee Straumietis and Olympic track cyclist Anna Meares as a winner of a Swoop Play of the Day, Play of the Week or Play of the Weekend.

On a night designed to celebrate the extraordinary feat of women in sport, Australian rower Kim Brennan was named Sportswoman of the Year and the rugby sevens as Team of the Year.

Others honoured include Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne, Chloe Esposito and former Matildas Moya Dodd.

I Support Women in Sport Award winners:

Hall of Fame — Layne Beachley AO, former professional surfer

Sportswoman of the Year — Kim Brennan, rowing

Moment of the Year — Chloe Esposito, pentathlon

Moment of the Year (Readers’ Choice) — Michelle Payne, horseracing

A-Team of the Year — Australian women’s sevens, rugby

Leadership Legend — Anna Meares, cycling

Fair Fighter — Liesl Tesch, Paralympic sailing and Ruan Sims, rugby

Local Heroine — Josie Janz-Dawson, netball

One to Watch — Ella Nelson, athletics

Person of Sporting Influence — Moya Dodd, FFA and FIFA official

Australian Federal Government Award for Outstanding Woman in Sport — Michelle Payne.