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technical
report
The Technical and Volunteer area of the sport continues to grow with Triathlon
New Zealand Sanctioning 18 and Endorsing 43 events in the 2009/2010 season,
26 new people completing the NZ Level 1 Technical Course, 10 current Level
1 Officials progressing through the pathway to become Level 2 Officials, and 8
of our International Technical Officials being awarded a SPARC Prime Minister
scholarship to officiate at International Events.
As the sport of Triathlon continues to grow, it is
imperative that we support all levels of events, from
the fun participation based events right through to elite
level, making sure we deliver these events to the highest
possible standard. Tri NZ’s sanctioning and endorsement
programme is in place to ensure that all events that are
sanctioned or endorsed are conducted in a fair, safe
and professional manner in regards to the Tri NZ rules,
while also making sure that the athletes have fun and are
inspired to keep participating. The sanctioning side of
the programme is going well with some of New Zealand’s
highest calibre events continuing to sanction their events
year after year, while endorsed event promoters and clubs
see great value in endorsing new events, although we do
see the need to review the value of the programme for
experienced event promoters and clubs.
Below is a list of the Tri NZ Sanctioned and Endorsed
events for the 2009/2010 season:
Sanctioned Events
Contact Tri Series – 7 Events
South Island Half Ironman
Taupo Half Ironman
Port of Tauranga Half Ironman
Challenge Wanaka
Auckland Secondary School Tri Series – 4 Events
Ironman New Zealand
ITU Triathlon Oceania Cup
Contact National School Tri Champs
Contact Duathlon Series
Endorsed Events
Tinman Triathlon
Contact TriWoman Series – 10 Events
Triaction by Triumph Women’s Triathlon
Weet-Bix Tryathlon Series – 12 Events
Grid Kids Duathlon Series – 7 Events
SPARC REAL Womens Duathlon Series – 10 Events
Kapiti Womens Triathlon & Duathlon
Life Pharmacy Bayfair Triathlon
With the growing number of participants and number of
events in NZ, we need to be continually growing not only
our database of officials, but also their knowledge. So
far this season Tri NZ has facilitated two Level 1 Technical
Courses, one in Auckland and another in Feilding, with
26 individuals completing the course and four more Level
1 courses planned throughout NZ in the next couple of
months.
It is vital that our current officials progress through the
Technical Pathway, so we created the Level 2 Technical
Officials exam and invited officials that had a minimum of
2 years experience officiating in every role at 10 or more
events. Below are the people who completed the exam
with a 98% pass mark or more:
Brent Hussey
Cathi Davey
Claire Hannan
Gail Hussey
Georgina Workman
Without Tri NZ’s Technical Officials we would not be able to
succeed in delivering safe, fun and fair events. So I would
like to say a huge thank you to all of the officials who gave
up their time to officiate at various events around NZ.
Below are the individuals who volunteered at one or more
events this season:
Aaron Hobbs
Adair Craik
Angela Campbell
Bob Davison
Bruce Chambers
Bruce Mclean
Bryan Dunphy
Christene Brown
Claire Attwood
Claire Jennings
Clare Davey
David Plew
Geoff Martin
Glen Yule
Ian Paulin
Jo Knight
Julie Pitch
Kellie Manning
Ken O’Rourke
Kerstin Fahrenschon
Kevin Symes
Jane Loughnan
Julie Pitch
Marguerite Christophers
Mel Warmerdam
Tony Sangster
Kyle Davey
Marguerite Christophers
Mel Saltiel
Michelle Hosemann
Paul Scotter
Phil Morreau
Pilar Kruger
Raewyn Bell
Richard Swan
Ross Allen
Shane Reed
Shanelle Barrett
Shirley McCallum
Ted Pearce
Terry Sheldrake
Tony Jackson
Tony Sangster
Tony Sparkes
Verna Jackson
Wayne Doughty
Year in Review