NZ Academy of Sport Newsletter - November 2002

New Zealand Academy of Sport

Keeping you in touch with the New Zealand Academy of Sport system, bringing you sporting results from carded sports and carded athletes, the latest news and upcoming events.

NATIONAL NEWS

NZAS Workshop for Performance Sports

New Zealand Academy of Sport is hosting the ‘Delivering a world class integrated support programme’ workshop on Auckland on 5 & 6 December in order to assist performance sports with the development of their support programmes. The aim is to use the expertise and experiences of our leading coaches and providers to broaden the thinking on how best to deliver a world class support programme.

There are a number of successful models in use currently, and there are a number of innovations being made across a number of sports. By different sports sharing their experiences about the coordination of networks, communication systems and delivery mechanisms Performance Sports will gain insight into areas for future development. Also presenting will be an ex-pat Kiwi Darlene Harrison from the UK Sports Institute. Darlene is an expert in IT and coaching with a particular interest in global communication and a web based system for developing a knowledge base.

The workshop will be held at the Ibis/Novotel complex next to Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland. It commences at 3pm on Thursday 5 December and will conclude at 3pm on Friday 6 December. NZAS Performance Directors will liaise with their sports regarding registrations.

Quarterly Newsletter

The New Zealand Academy of Sport National Office is launching a new quarterly publication this month. The publication will profile coaches and athletes and keep you updated on the what is happening in the New Zealand Academy of Sport.

Carded Coach Pilot

75 coaches from over 20 sports will take part in a pilot programme for carded coaches. Most of the coaches have now attended an introduction to the "Carded Coach" pilot. These introduction meetings were completed in Auckland, Hamilton, Napier, Wellington and Christchurch. The pilot is the first step towards introducing a scheme that will provide New Zealand's best coaches - and those heading towards that status - with exciting new levels of support and services.

Service Update

Nearly 8,500 services have been provided to carded athletes by the Network in the first quarter of 2002 (July-September).

ACE (Athlete Career and Education) National Conference

Last week, the ASI hosted the second annual conference of ACE advisors in Christchurch. Key sessions focussed on career planning, peer mentoring and developing the ACE programme.

The broad definition of the word career was exemplified with the wide range of planning tools and techniques available. Advisors had opportunities to test run the latest options in computer-based career analysis programmes.

Glenys Kerr, ACE advisor and career counsellor with AUT, introduced a peer mentoring technique that facilitates professional development of ACE advisors.

With the ACE programme now two years old, it was time to think about how to mature the programme. Using a ‘world café’ approach, the advisors generated the foundations of the next wave of ACE developments. Watch out for closer and more tailored relationships with sports, as well as ACE integrating its services more closely with sports medicine and sports science.

Prime Minsiter's Sports Scholarships

Recognising that it is not always feasible or desirable for athletes to pursue studies while training and competing at the highest level the NZAS is introducing a "Deferred Prime Ministers Scholarship" available from December 2002. This change in policy is to assist athletes by allowing them to complete or commence study programmes once their sporting career has drawn to a close. To be eligible for a deferred scholarship an athlete must have been carded at Level 1 for a minimum of 2 years, and scholarships must be taken up within 18 months of the individual being de-carded. Further details are available through the NZAS Network PM's Scholarship Coordinators.

Prime Minister's Sport Scholarship Application Deadlines are:

Prime Ministers High Performance Coaching Scholarships

2003 will be the second year of the Prime Minister's High Performance Coach Scholarships. National Sports Organisations will receive guidelines for applying for scholarships by the end of November. All coaches interested in applying for a scholarship should contact their national sports organisation.

ROUND THE REGIONS

NORTH ...

Graeme Robson, former National Badminton Coach has joined the NZ Academy of Sport North Coach Support Team after being seconded from Unisports on a part-time basis. Graeme will provide those selected for the pilot national carded coach programme with support on the integration of the sport support services into coaching programmes and assisting coaches to make use of scientific data and information in coaching. Graeme will work alongside former National Gymnastics Coach Lyn Johnston on the coach support programme.

For more information on what is happening in the North call (09) 367 7165 or email academy@nzas-n.org.nz or check out http://www.nzas-n.org.nz/

CENTRAL ...

In the Central region, the Pilates course held at the Academy moves into its final week. Athletes have been attending a six week practical course which has taught them about this movement technique. Also in the Central region in November are ACE seminars on’ Dealing with the Media’ in Wellington and Palmerston North.

For more information call 0800 465 363 or email office@nzas-c.org.nz

SOUTH ISLAND ...

The coaching programme is really starting to develop some momentum across the South Island. Last month Canterbury Coaches were treated to an insightful session by champion Crusader and Assistant All Black coach Robbie Deans. In Southland a hands on technlogy session was held for approx 20 coaches of carded athletes, involving working with the equipment installed in the newly opened coach resource cente at Sport Southland. (digital cameras, Silicon Coach, Game Breaker etc)

The ASIs mobile unit has been clocking up the miles across the South Island. The unit - a specially fitted out van - with technlogy and equipment support is proving a hit as a support vehicle for training camps and day to day sports science, video and testing support. It has provided support for a number sports specific camps, (netball, basketball, skiing, cricket) endurance events, sports science and medical visits to the Nelson, Marlborough, Southland, and South Canterbury by ASI providers/staff, and next week will feature as a suport vehicle in the Tour of Southland.

For more information call (03) 477 4410 or email info@asi.org.nz

CARDED ATHLETES AND CARDED SPORTS

ATHLETICS ... New Zealand marathon runner Allison Roe's achievement in sport were honoured with an international award in New York at the weekend. The award is for her outstanding contribution to the sport of long distance running and to the city of New York. Alison Roe won the New York marathon in 1981.

The Oceania Athletic Championships are to be held at QE2 Park in Christchurch. The Champs are drawing very strong entries from the 20 Federations throughout the Pacific. Over 300 hundred athletes have indicated that they will be in Christchurch for the event from the 12th to 14th December.

1984 Olympic Champion Joaquim Cruz will stage a series of coaching clinics for New Zealand athletics during 10 – 17 December. Cruz is well renown for his powerful performances over 800 metres through the eighties and early nineties, will visit 5 main centres during his visit primarily aimed to provide a stimulus for future development of middle distance events for New Zealand athletes and coaches alike.

Athletics New Zealand has appointed Tony Rogers as Performance Manager, after nearly five years as Competitions Manager for the sport. For full stories and news click on http://www.athletics.org.nz/

BASKETBALL ... Hot on the heels of the Burger King Tall Blacks' success at the Fiba men's world basketball championship comes the prospect of the New Zealand women's side also contesting the 2004 Olympic tournament. While the Tall Blacks' fourth-place finish in Indianapolis earned Oceania a second berth in the draw at Athens, the Australian women went one better, finishing third at their championships and earning the region another spot in the women's field.

While the summer is traditionally a quiet time for Basketball New Zealand, the organisation will this year use that period to prepare for an expected influx of players following the world championship euphoria. Last month, more than 80 coaches from around the country attended a seminar hosted by Baldwin, Tall Ferns coach Tracy Carpenter and Australian development manager Pat Hunt in Wellington. For full results click on http://www.bbnz.org.nz/ for more.

BOWLS ... Young lawn bowlers Jamie Hill from Auckland and Northland’s Manu Timoti were named by Bowls NZ to head to the under 25 world indoor singles champs in Belfast. Current international pairing Russell Meyer and Paul Girdler, both now professionals with Australian clubs, will compete in the prestigious Hong Kong Pairs at the end of November. For more news click on http://www.bowlsnz.co.nz/ for more.

CYCLING ... Rotorua's Julian Dean has recorded the best place finish by a New Zealander at a professional world road race championship for over a decade. Dean finished 10th in the 256 kilometre race that was won by Italian Mario Cipollini and has added 27 valuable points to his UCI rankings. Dean climbs 72 places above our next best, Gordon McCauley of Wellington the national road champion. For more news check out http://www.cyclingnz.org.nz/

HOCKEY ... The Black Sticks are gearing up for the tri-series with Argentina and Japan over the weekend of 15-17 November. The team will then travel to Perth for the world cup starting November. For more hockey news click on http://www.nzhockey.org.nz/

NETBALL ... The Silver Ferns beat South Africa in a two match series played last weekend. The Silver Ferns, captained by Anna Rowberry, won the matches 71-33 and 86-37. Avondale College took out the national secondary school champs. More netball news at http://www.netballnz.co.nz/

PARALYMPICS ... . New Zealand picked up 10 medals at the IPC World Athletics Champs in France recently. Peter Martin won 2 golds in shot put and javelin and Wellington's Tim Predergast won gold in the 800 metres. Other results were David McCalman (silver in both Shot Put and Javelin), Matthew Slade (silver in javelin and bronze in the 100 meters) and Peter Martin (silver in the discus). These Championships were the largest IPC competition after the ParalympicSummer Games. This year, approximately 1,200 athletes from around 75 nations competed in France.

A team of 22 athletes has departed for the FESPIC Games in Busan, Korea. FESPIC stands for Far East South Pacific International Committee and is a multi sport event held every four years for athletes with disabilities.

RUGBY ... The All Blacks lost 28-31 to England at Twickenham over the weekend. The new look All Black line up has caused plenty of comment and opinions from the media. For full details click on http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/

RUGBY LEAGUE ... The Kiwis beat Great Britain 30-16 over the weekend after sending a loud and clear warning to the Great Britain test team by beating Wales 50-22 in Cardiff in their build up. The Kiwis unbeaten run also includes wins against Hull (28-11), St Helens (38-26) and England A (34-12). Follow the team on tour at http://www.nzrl.co.nz/

SOCCER ... Bryan Robson, former Manchester United and England Captain will be the special guest at the celebration of soccer gala evening in Christchurch on 20 November. The dinner will launch the Christchurch City International Cup, a major international U20 soccer tournament. The tournament will be played in Christchurch from 24-30 November 2002. Paul Smalley has been appointed Director of Football. 35 year-old Smalley hails from Nottingham in England and has a long association in the game as a professional player and Education and Training Officer. Recently Smalley has been involved with the English FA in the areas of coach education and player development.

Coach Ricki Herbert named 26 young hopefuls in the U17 squad to attend a training camp in December. Their goal is the Oceania qualifying series in February next year. For the full story and more soccer news click on http://www.soccernz.co.nz/

SOFTBALL ... Across the country last weekend the children’s softball season was opened with the help of the sports elite players. Members of both the Bartercard White Sox and the Bartercard Black Sox visited associations throughout the country and ran coaching sessions, met children and played in celebrity games. For more softball news click on http://www.softball.org.nz/

SQUASH ... Carol Owens, Sarah Cook and Shelley Kitchen finished a creditable third at the World Women's Team Championships. The NZ team to compete in the World Junior Men's teams championships was named at the NZ Junior Nationals. The team is Shaun Sansom, Oliver Johnston, Josh Greenfield, and Martin Knight. The Championships will consist of an individual and teams event and will be held in Chennai, India in December.

As Susie Simcock's reign came to an end as President of World Squash, another New Zealander, Neven Barbour, was appointed as vice President of World Squash. The World Squash AGM was held in Malaysia on 26 October. For more squash news click on http://www.nzsquash.co.nz/.

TENNIS ... Shelley Stephen was runner-up at two consecutive US$10,000 ITF Women's tournaments in Italy. Last week Mark Nielsen and his Australian doubles partner Jaymon Crabb won the doubles at the US$75,000 Samsung Securities Cup in Seoul. James Shortall and his doubles partner Josh Goffi of America qualified for the main doubles draw of a US$50,000 Challenger event in Fresno, California, USA. They won their first round but were defeatred in the second.

In the juniors GD Jones has recently returned from Japan and Hong Kong with some great results. In the Grade A Osaka Mayor's Cup he advanced into the quarterfinals before he was beaten and then in Hong Kong he continued his winning way and advanced through to the semifinals of the Grade 2 Hong Kong Junior Open.

Young Aucklander Marina Erakovic is quickly moving up the ITF junior ranking after a fortnight of tennis in Asia. Last week Erakovic was admitted into the main draw of the Thailand Junior Championships as the lucky loser after she was defeated in the final round of qualifying. Erakovic repaid the organisers faith in her and made it into the semifinals before being defeated.swimming news click on http://www.tennis.org.nz/

TRIATHLON ... Thorough preparation has gone into the buildup for the Cancun, Mexico World Champs in early November. The New Zealand team is currently in Florida for their final buildup before moving to Cancun. Both Heather Evans and Evelyn Williamson will not be racing this years Worlds but the male contingent should again be a force. Junior triahtlete Terenzo Bozzone won the junior title in the triathlon world champs in Cancun, Mexico over the weekend. New Zealand also won a second medal when North Harbour triathlete Lynne Pattle took out silver in her age group. For more triathlon news click on http://www.triathlon.org.nz/.

WOMENS GOLF ... Australian Melanie Holmes-Smith (pictured) took advantage of the windy conditions to claim the Lion Foundation New Zealand Amateur women’s golf title in Nelson. New Zealand amateur Brenda Ormsby returned a two-under par in the final round of the 2002 Evian Ladies European Tour qualifying school in Grenoble to finish in 12th place and qualify for a full exemption card for the 2003 Ladies European Tour. Pam Sowden also gained her tour card finishing one stroke behind Ormsby to tie for 13th. More golf news on www.womensgolf.org.nz http://www.womensgolf.org.nz/

YACHTING ... The Etchell Worlds have been going on all week with 98 boats sailing in blustery conditions off Gulf Harbour Yacht Club. I headed out on the water yesterday for a few hours with Dianne and what a sight. With a start line 1km long competitors really had to make sure they got at the right end of the line. If you get a chance to go out and have a look over the weekend, it is well worth it. With legends like Dennis Conner and John Bertrand racing just to name a few its a tough event. After 5 races the top kiwi skipper is Lindsay Kennedy with 4 races to go. For more results click on www.etchells.org.nz

Congratulations to... Thomas Ashley for winning an Air New Zealand travel scholarship to assist him in travelling to international regattas Andrew Brown who is getting married this weekend! Auckland yachties Simon Cooke and Miranda Powrie who have been named as finalists in the Sport Auckland Awards. For more yachting news and more results click on http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz/

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Equestrian 7-10 November, Adelaide 3 Day Eventing CCI****, Australia
Golf - 13-15 November, Asia Pacific seniors, Mount Maunganui
Hockey 15 November, NZ v. Japan, Auckland
Hockey 16 November, NZ v. Argentina, Auckland
Hockey 17 November, Argentina v. Japan, Auckland
Hockey 26 November - 3 December, Women's World Cup, Perth
Rugby League- 10 November, Kiwis v. Great Britain, Ewood Park
Rugby League- 13 November, Kiwis v. Lancashire Origin, England
Rugby League- 17 November, Kiwis v. Super League Club, England
Rugby League- 23 November, Kiwis v. Great Britain, Reebock Stadium
Rugby League- 30 November, Kiwis v. Great Britain, JJB Stadium
Rugby Union- 9 November, All Blacks v. England, London
Rugby Union- 16 November, All Blacks v. France, Paris
Rugby Union- 23 November, All Blacks v. Wales, Cardiff
Soccer - 19-29 November, OFC women's World Cup qualifying Tournament, Australia
Triathlon - 10 November, IYU World Champs, Cancun, Mexico
Volleyball - 11-16 November, Oceania indoor championships, Manukau

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The New Zealand Academy of Sport provides a comprehensive network of world-class expertise, services and facilities for New Zealand’s best athletes, our promising young athletes and their coaches.

Nationally the New Zealand Academy of Sport provides technical support and targeted financial resources for national sports organisations' high performance programmes. At the regional level the Academy provides a range of essential support services in sports science, sports medicine and Athlete and Career Education to carded national sports organisations, athletes and coaches.

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