2019 NZ Gymnastics Championships With only a few weeks left until Nationals, all involved will be furiously busy with last-minute preparations.As a reminder, we rely on an amazing team of volunteers to help make the event a success and this year we have the added incentive of entry into a draw to win passes to the Pacific Rim Championships (April … Read More
Education Update – August 2019
Coaching Advisor Get TogetherAt the end of June the Coaching Advisors from each of the code technical committees, along with a representative from the Gym for All Sport Development Committee got together. It was a good opportunity to get everyone up-to-date with the current coaching framework and online coaching resources as well as a discussion of projects which the different … Read More
Industry Updates – August 2019
FIGPromoting Gender Equality in sport is becoming increasingly important around the world and is one of the main goals of the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020. FIG has made significant steps towards gender equality including: • FIG Rules for the makeup of executive and committee positions that ensure fair gender representation. • Establishing the FIG Women in Gymnastics Commission • FIG … Read More
Athlete Well-Being
The Athlete Well-Being Project was initiated through Project 2020 and athlete well-being will now be a regular feature in Clubland. For Athlete well-being to become integrated into the mind-set of all of those involved with athletes – coaches, parents and administrators, then the starting point to implement change is where the policy and decisions are made. We will update you … Read More
Women and Girls Strategy
Last year the NZ Government released its Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation Strategy. The Government’s vision is to enable women and girls to realise their potential in and through sport and active recreation. The Strategy has three priority areas: leadership, participation, and value and visibility. Above all the Strategy aims to ensure that all women and girls, … Read More
Health and Safety – August 2019
Relationship Managers have been working closely with many clubs around the country this year and it is great to see a lot of progress being made with Club Health and Safety (H&S). There is an increasing understanding of what H&S is, what clubs need to be doing and why it’s so important.Key documents for all clubs working on H&S: GNZ … Read More
Training and Development Opportunities – August 2019
Sport NZ Women + Girls Summit 2019 – registrations open The inaugural Sport NZ Women + Girls Summit is now open for registrations, get your tickets today for the one-day event taking place on 7 October 2019 at Te Papa, Wellington. Don’t miss hearing from expert keynote speakers and panellists on the topics of leadership, participation, value and visibility and … Read More
Our new Team members
For those of you who have not yet met our new team members, we would like to introduce you to them now. We have welcomed Penny Metcalfe as she takes up the National Support Administrator position. Penny is the first point of contact for general inquiries whilst managing the base administrative functions involving accounts, product orders and Board liaison. Penny … Read More
2019 AGM and Conference
The AGM and Club Conference is always an excellent opportunity for clubs to come together, learn something new about current topics, connect with other clubs and come away with new ideas to put into practice. This year conference topics included Member Protection and Leadership. Membership Protection was broken into four sections: Member protection – Leanne Olsen (GNZ) Sport Integrity – … Read More
Project 2020 Update – June 2019
As you will hopefully be aware, the transition towards 2020 and the changes that this entails is broken into a series of projects covering a wide range of aspects. These are covered in the Club Support Plan that was released last year – definitely worth a read if you haven’t had a chance yet. Below is a summary of progress … Read More