Gibbney Reserve becomes the hub for all things women's soccer and hosts the Open National Women’s Soccer Championships for the first time, opened by State Premier Carmen Lawrence and attended by WSWA Patron, Alannah MacTiernan. During that week women’s football is announced as a full medal sport for the 1996 Los Angeles Olympics and Sydney is announced as the host of the 2000 Olympics. Newspaper clipping by Mel Moffat The West Australian- Diana Reeves and Rachel Mander in WA State Team.