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sport connector September 2014
Cricket Wellington CoachForce Impact Cricket Wellington has delivered its first Kilbirnie Sports Junior & Future Blaze Academy which involved over forty athletes and ten coaches. These academies aim to not only provide specific skill training to the players, but also to mentor and work with community coaches who are active with girls teams throughout the coming season. Blaze captain and White Fern Sophie Devine led a team which included some of the regions most qualified coaches who were able to demonstrate exciting, active and inclusive methods to the players and community coaches. Click here to read the full story.
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New Role for Sport Wellington’s Kevin Wilson At the beginning of September Kevin Wilson moved into a new role, Leadership and Governance – Senior Advisor. Kevin has been with Sport Wellington since 2007 in his previous role and has done a fantastic job of leading the Sport Development team. The purpose of Kevin’s new role is to provide support, advice and leadership to improve the capability and performance of targeted sport and recreation organisations within the Greater Wellington region. Kevin will predominately be working with our targeted organisations.
The role will allow Kevin to: •
Focus on high level strategic advice and support to targeted projects and organisations
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Establish leadership programmes to deliver to targeted sector leaders to increase networking, sector intelligence and capability building
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Lead the development and delivery of needs determined workshops, forums and networking opportunities
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Provide advice, support and resource to assist and influence targeted organisations in their senior appointments
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Assist in advocating the benefits of sport and active recreation to partners and decision makers
We are delighted to see Kevin appointed in the new role and are excited by his enthusiasm to take on a new venture.
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DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Wellington City Council Sports Talent Development Programme The 2015 funding round for the Wellington City Council Talent Development Programme is now open and Sport Wellington is calling for expressions of interest to be lodged by 17 October 2014. Funding is available to sporting bodies or individuals within your organisation to provide support for aspects of your talent development programme. Wellington City Council allocates funding to support the transition of gifted sports people into the high performance environment. The programme will support a number of talent development projects aligned to their national sporting organisations (NSO) and/or regional sporting organisations (RSO) talent development programmes.
Funding allocated to sports is typically used, in consultation with High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ), for athlete and coach development in a range of areas such as planning, strength and conditioning, mental skills, coaching workshops and athlete development. Expressions of interest are open for the 2015 WCC Talent Development Programme. To discuss the application process please contact Mark Watson, Sport Wellington Performance Hub – Senior Advisor on (04) 380 2070 ext 223 or
[email protected]. For more information on the WCC Talent Development Programme visit our website.
Sport Wellington
Thursday 2nd October 2014 (Postponement 9th October)
The Dell, Botanic Gardens
Big Annual Walk
Glenmore Street, WELLINGTON
It’s that time of year again when hundreds of buggies flock to the Botanic Gardens for Sport Wellington’s Big Annual Buggy Walk.
Entertainment and Caffe L’affare coffee from 9.45am BUGGY WALK BEGINS AT 10.30am
Participants are invited to enjoy hot coffee and a BBQ, as well as heaps of entertainment, competitions, spot prizes and giveaways. Gather your friends and family, come along and join in the FREE event that is more than just a walk in the park!
Spot prizes and giveaways
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www.fpsportsville.org.nz Fraser Park Sportsville was launched in September 2009 from a project led by Hutt City Council and supported by Sport NZ, Sport Wellington, NZ Community Trust & Pelorus Trust. The six founding organisations under the direction of a Board and General Manager have now led the organisation to the first stage of the facility redevelopment. Mark Heissenbuttel, Chairman of the Fraser Park Sportsville
Board says, “to reach this stage is a result of years of hard work from the founding sports clubs and associations.” “It is extremely satisfying, and we are excited at the opportunities the developments are going to provide to all our sports clubs, and all users of Fraser Park.” Stage one is set to be complete by April 2015 and a launch event will be held at that time.
Sport NZ Facilities Framework Sport NZ identified a need for better decision making about sporting facilities and have developed the New Zealand Sporting Facilities Framework. The framework provides a way of thinking about the provision and management of sport and recreation facilities that will benefit everyone involved in the sector. Sport NZ are confident that if there are more of the sporting facilities New Zealand needs, then more New Zealanders will be enabled and encouraged to take part in sport. For more information on the framework click here.
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The latest Sport NZ ‘Relay’ Newsletter includes truck loads of research and in-depth analysis relating to sport and recreation. Click here to view the latest Wellington City Council Parks, Sports and Recreation Noticeboard newsletter For employment opportunities in the sport and recreation sector in New Zealand go to Sport NZ or www.snafflejobs.co.nz
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