sports - 2026-06-23

Sea Eagles expand Brookvale sports academy with national online leadership diploma

Source: www.seaeagles.com.au

The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are expanding their Brookvale-based Sports Business Academy with a new online leadership course that will allow students around Australia to study through the club from August 2026. For Northern Beaches locals, it marks the next step in turning the academy launched at the club’s Penn Centre of Excellence into a broader education offering tied to the Sea Eagles’ home base.

The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are expanding their Brookvale-based Sports Business Academy with a new online leadership course that will allow students around Australia to study through the club from August 2026. For Northern Beaches locals, it marks the next step in turning the academy launched at the club’s Penn Centre of Excellence into a broader education offering tied to the Sea Eagles’ home base. The new program is a nationally recognised Diploma of Leadership and Management, formally listed as BSB50420. It builds on the Sports Business Academy model introduced in 2025, when the club launched a face-to-face dual diploma program delivered from Brookvale. Under the expanded arrangement, students will study online two nights a week while still having direct contact with the Sea Eagles organisation. The club said that contact will include digital touchpoints, industry projects and guest speaker sessions designed to connect the coursework to a professional sporting environment. The online model is aimed at professionals who want to build leadership and management skills without attending classes in person at Brookvale. The club said the format is intended to offer more...