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During 2016 Gymnastics NZ was very focused on gathering insights to support the development of a Programme Framework that will be a guiding document for future programme direction. Insights are gathered from a range of data and information.  The term membership data that clubs supply is uploaded to our central database and allows the analysis of membership to identify trends … Read More

Maintaining and increasing participation rates in sport is a key part of Sport NZ’s Strategic Plan and Community Sport Strategy.  The Sport NZ Insights Team have developed a range of initiatives to support the delivery of their strategy including the development of an interactive online insights tool. (Link to the Insights article in the last regional e-news on how to … Read More

High Performance Sport New Zealand Prime Minister’s Scholarships support athletes, coaches, support team members and officials to gain educational or professional qualifications while continuing in sport. Prime Minister’s Officials’ Scholarships helps judges gain the skills to officiate at pinnacle events. With the revalidation required across all gymnastics codes, Gymnastics NZ was able to successfully apply for a group application to assist … Read More

Club capability development is a crucial part of the Regional Relationship Manager (RRM) role. However, the needs of Clubs vary from Club to Club and region to region. With a small team working across the entire country, Regional Action Plans (RAPs) were developed in 2015 to capture the key National and Regional priorities and to ensure that these sit at … Read More

Every year Gymnastics New Zealand reports back to Sport New Zealand on what we have achieved against their investment. This is one of the reasons why the submission of your membership and participation data is so important to us. Here are some of the other important factors: It shows the size of our regional, and national, membership which is a … Read More

Earlier this year Belinda Randall attended the Schools Sport Health and Safety Sector Reference Group in Wellington. This meeting brought together key people within school sport as well as health and safety leads from 20 different sporting codes. Discussion at the meeting focused firstly on how sports need to be engaging with schools to ensure that they are meeting both … Read More