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22 HIGH PERFORMANCE: Coach’s corner Build-up begins for a big year in surf New Zealand coach Scott Bartlett is looking forward to a huge summer of events. He tells Surf Rescue about his plans for world domination next year. THE NEXT 12 MONTHS are going to be massive for surf lifesaving in New Zealand and beyond. With the world championships on our doorstep in Adelaide next year, a lot of the progress our athletes can make on the beach or in the pool this summer will define how well we do at the worlds. It all starts now. We’ve got teams going to the German Cup pool competition and also a couple of beach carnivals in Australia. The German Cup is the strongest pool competition outside of worlds, if not a little bit stronger because of the athlete depth. It’s a long way to go to Europe but we just can’t replicate that sort of competition in the Southern Hemisphere – from that perspective, the value of the German Cup is just massive and it’s also a great opportunity to test our athletes in an international environment. “From the overall High Performance program, I’m really happy because we’ve got a really good tracking system in place now and we’ve also got a lot of good events on offer for them to train and trial for.” SCOTT BARTLETT PHOTO: JAMIE TROUGHTON/DSCRIBE JOURNALISM That’s also the case for our 12 athletes heading to Australia. We would normally have sent a team to the Sanyo Bussan competition in Japan but it was cancelled this year because of the Japanese tsunami. When we looked around, there were a few options available to us. With a bit more research, the Coffs Harbour carnival turned out to be just craft racing which a lot of the Queensland clubs go to. It also coincides with one of the rounds of the Fastest Man on Sand series up in Redcliffe so eight athletes will compete on both Saturday and Sunday in Coffs Harbour, while four will do the first day at Coffs Harbour and then head to the Fastest Man on Sand carnival on the Sunday. From an exposure point of view, the likes of beach sprinters Kodi Harman, Chanel Hickman and Paul Cracroft-Wilson will get a lot of benefit out of it.
23 As we head into a huge season of surf sport, we profile four of our high performance squad members as they chase dreams of representing their country and winning a world title. Athletes like Kev Morrison and Mike Janes were left out of the New Zealand team because of injuries over winter and we didn’t want to put any more pressure on them from a selection point of view but they’re likely to use the Coffs Harbour carnival to see where they are in terms of preparation. After that, we’ve got a full New Zealand trial in Whangamata on December 17, the first of four key beach selection events. All the selectors will be there and we’re encouraging any athletes who aspire to international level to come along. That trial will also see the debut of our new six-round surf series, which is a great concept and something the athletes have been requesting for a while. Next year’s world championships aren’t until November and that gives us a bit of breathing space. We’ll announce the high performance and development squads at the end of nationals, with the Rescue 2012 team to be selected from these. Rescue 2012 organisers may also include an under-20 team competition for the first time, which could mean a fantastic opportunity for younger lifesavers to represent our country. We’ve fully supported this and have committed to sending a team if the event is confirmed. Most of the high performance squad will build their season from May until November - that will be their big six months of base and training. We’ll give the athletes a bit of time off after the trials in early April but the challenge for them is to come back down after our summer so they can build back up. They’ve got to do a fair bit of work with their coaches and the High Performance squad to make sure they can peak twice in a big year. It can be quite difficult. The other aspect involves any of our athletes - particularly the swimmers - who make the London Olympics. We won’t have any access to them until the end of July but that still gives us nearly four months to bring them back into the surf environment. Australia will be in the same boat - they’ve got athletes who could be going to the Olympics, like Megan Nay, an outstanding backstroker and freestyler, who could come into the mix for them. We could have as many as three or four in contention for both the Olympics and Rescue 2012 so there could be a few minor hurdles to jump. Steve Kent One of our current national team members, Steve is the current Commonwealth champion for the 50m manikin carry in the pool and at the recent Australian Pool Championships, Steve walked away with four individual gold medals. The Titahi Bay club member also broke the New Zealand record in the 50m manikin at the same championships, beating Australian arch-rival Andrew Baildon. Steve has been training 12 sessions a week in his bid to qualify for the German Cup and Rescue 2012 teams. Chanel Hickman She’s the current national beach flags champion but Chanel really burst onto the international scene 12 months ago when she beat at star-studded field in both flags and sprint at the Sanyo Bussan Lifesaving Cup in Japan. The South Brighton flyer was then picked for the New Zealand team for the International Surf Challenge, where she won her event in all three tests. Currently training on the Gold Coast, Chanel willl compete at the Fastest Man on the Sand series in Australia, honing her skills in preparation for the summer surf season here in New Zealand, with a clear goal of making the Rescue 2012 team and winning both the sprint and flags golds for New Zealand. Sam Lee Sam is another current national team member, who won two individual silver medals at the last world championships in 2010, plus a gold medal in the 200m obstacle relay. At the recent Australian Pool Championships, she collected two gold medals amid a fast and growing women’s field in the open ranks, while her times in the 200m obstacle race placed her in the top-two performances in the world this season. Sam is currently training in Wellington with the Lyall Bay club, training 10 sessions a week in the pool and two sessions a week in the gym. She’s also eyeing the German Cup Rescue 2012 campaigns with interest. Cory Taylor Rising ironman star Cory Taylor is fast making his presence felt on the international stage, with his recent third-place finish at the junior Coolangatta Gold race in Australia making a lot of people sit up and take notice. The Midway club member has just spent the winter months kayak racing throughout Europe in a bid to transfer this gained power back to his ski paddling and enhance his ironman even more. He’ll test that training with the New Zealand A team in the Coffs Harbour Carnival, alongside Dan Moodie and Chris Moors. He’s a fast swimmer and keen board paddler - this combination could form a potential weapon, which he hopes can one day challenge that of his coach and fellow Midway member, Cory Hutchings, who won 11 national ironman titles in a glittering career. SURF LIFE SAVING | SURF RESCUE | NOV <strong>2011</strong>
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Page 28 and 29: 28 FEATURE: Tolaga Bay “ Our kids
Page 30 and 31: 30 ON THE RISE: THE NEXT GENERATION
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Page 36 and 37: 36 SURF SPORTS: IRB Series TOP CLUB
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