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Val Hall, Administration
09 623 7900,

WATTIES VOLUNTEER COACH OF THE YEAR 2010

Sport Auckland encourages everyone who plays sport in Auckland to consider nominating their coach for recognition in the annual “Wattie’s Volunteer Coach of the year” awards.  What better way is there to thank your coach and have them recognized in this way?  

All nominated coaches receive a letter of thanks for being a great coach and go into a draw to  win one of 17 $100 sports vouchers.   Three coaches from our region (one in each category; student coach, general coach, lifetime coach) are also awarded regional titles and receive a generous supply of Wattie’s products and coaching apparel from SPARC.  One of these three also wins a coach development opportunity with SPARC.

So thank your coach in a truly memorable manner by nominating them today.
Enter on line-CLICK HERE or fill out an entry form obtainable from your club or from Sport Auckland who can be contacted on 623 7900.

Nominations close on 8 September
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KIWISPORT

The Board of Sport Auckland has approved the following Business Case applications for investment from the Kiwisport Regional Partnership Fund (RPF).

   Tennis Auckland for the Grasshoppers tennis programme.
   Watersafe Auckland for fundamental aquatic skills programme.
   Auckland Orienteering Club for Kiwi orienteering programme.
   Tri Star Gymnastic Club for the MoveMprove foundation skills programme.
   Baseball NZ for school baseball programme.
   AFL NZ  for Kiwikick programme.
   Auckland Netball Centre for skills based programme and coaching coaches and umpires.

These programmes will be delivered, in the first instance, to 25 primary and intermediate schools in the Tamaki and South West clusters in Auckland.   The delivery into these schools will be coordinated by two newly appointed Sport Auckland Community Sports Coordinators, Shaun Campbell in the Tamaki Cluster and Katie Tahana in the South West cluster.

In all, these programmes will deliver over 150,000 sports opportunities to over 18,000 children in the next year.

Sport Auckland congratulates these successful organisations and recognises the tremendous effort put in by all the applicant organisations.   There will be a further round of applications called for in a few months time.

Sport Auckland Board has approved the following applications for the Secondary School Contestable fund July 2010:

Applicant: Waiheke High School
Project Name: Waiheke Baseball
Brief Description:  Waiheke High School aims to develop baseball in the school students will be able to participate in the local school competition and compete in the Kohimarama Club competition. Coaching development will also be set up to support teachers and volunteers.

Applicant:  Mt Roskill High School
Project Name:  Junior Sports Academy
Brief Description:  Focusing on three sports to offer Yr 5 – Y10, Hockey, Football and Netball. Targeting Mt Roskill Primary and Mt Roskill Intermediate. The aim is to provide the younger students with quality coaching, targeting existing players and new players so the level of skill can improve across the board and the number of students participating at a senior level increases over time.

Applicant: St Paul’s College
Project Name:  In Schools Sports Hub
Brief Description:  Senior students will be trained to run lunchtime sports programmes targeting the students in Yr 7 – 13 who aren’t engaged in sport currently. It will provide pathways for students into competitive sport. Types of sport the programme will offer are: Cricket, Touch, AFL, Football and KiwiTag. RSOs support the school to up skill the senior students who will be running the programmes. The programmes will run before school, lunchtime or afterschool.

Applicant: St Paul’s College
Project Name: Inner City Sports Hub
Brief Description: St Paul’s College will provide an afterschool competition for 4 local primary schools. The senior students will go into the primary schools before the competition starts to run taster sessions on the sport that will be running eg AFL, Cricket, Football, T/Ball. The RSOs will go in with the senior students to support them with their delivery. Four Primary schools in the area have already supported the programme in writing. Senior students will be trained so they are able to run the afterschool programme.

Applicant:  Auckland Girls Grammar, ACG Parnell, ACG Senior College, Baradene College
Project Name: Touch
Brief Description:  All four of the schools are partnering with Touch NZ the aim is to increase participation and increase the skill level of the students. The partnership will enable a Turbo Touch to be introduce to the 4 schools. By partnering with Touch NZ will enable the schools to receive professional development in coaching.

Applicant: Auckland Girls Grammar, ACG Parnell, ACG Senior College, Baradene College
Project Name:  Waterpolo
Brief Description:  Partnering with Marist Waterpolo club and the Water Polo Institute will enable the four schools to work out sustainable pathways for coaching development. With the four schools partnering together for trainings is going to reduce the cost for the participants and enable similar year levels to train at the same time. Partnering with Marist Club also introduces the players to a club for transition after school.

Applicant:  Auckland Girls Grammar, ACG Parnell, ACG Senior College, Baradene College
Project Name: Volleyball
Brief Description: Sparta Volleyball club will run pre season training camps targeting existing and new players for Junior and Senior players. The club will also provide umpiring and coaching courses for the students and coaches to attend. With the schools clustering together enables them to share their facilities as two of the schools do not have gym space. With Sparta running the programme provides a link to a local club for the students which can provide the senior players with further opportunities to play.

Applicant:  Marist College
Project Name:  Physical Skills and Leadership Mentoring (Netball and Badminton)
Brief Description: Partnering with Netball Waitakere and Auckland Badminton will allow the school to upskill coaches parent / teachers. The school has a high demand of students wanting to play badminton but they don’t have the coaches available. For Netball there are a lot of students coaching netball so the aim is to set up a roster of parents who are qualified who will mentor the current student coaches so the student coaches always have a parent there to support them. In the long run the school would like to offer two days a week where the students could compete in badminton and the aim for netball is to set up a netball academy to start targeting students at Yr 7.

Applicant:  Glendowie College
Project Name: Community Connections
Brief Description: This investment will provide opportunities for upskilling coaches and officials they will be linking with local clubs and RSOs during this process. The coaches that become up skilled will then become mentors for new coaches coming on board. Having a support system set up for coaches the schools aims to get more willing coaches on board who will then be qualified to develop better skilled players.





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