Sport Thought

New Appointment
Sport Northland is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Tamara Heremaia to the role of Northland Secondary School Events Coordinator. Tamara comes most recently from Whangarei Netball where she has been Netball Coach and Leadership Development Coordinator. Through this role she has had contact in schools with teachers and sport coordinators and is looking forward to the new challenges the secondary school events role presents. Tamara begins her role on June 4th.

The Planning of Ruakaka School’s Sports Programme to Impact Club Membership
Ruakaka Primary School is situated 30km south of Whangarei, it has a roll of approximately 148 children and service a farming community.
Being on the fringe Whangarei, coordinating a variety of sports to visit and work with staff and students can be challenging. Linking the school with these opportunities is essential to encourage the continued involvement in sport... more

Top Town in Pouto
Pouto is a primary school 60km out of Dargaville. Given the school’s isolation it was determined to run a Top Town type of day where the students could demonstrate their developing skills through a range of fun activities... more

1200 Run & Walk in Paihia
Sunday 12 May was a picture perfect day for the Jennian Homes Mother's Day Run/Walk in Paihia. Who can you spot in the photos... here

Sport Thought with Brent Eastwood
Sport Northland's Involvement with the Whangarei Aquatic Centre... more

Junior Cricket Back in the Bay.
This season the Far North Cricket Association ran a junior competition in the Bay of Islands for the first time in a number of years. Starting in November the competition ran for several weeks at Kerikeri Primary before the Christmas break and resumed in the New Year. Practices have been held every Wednesday evening at both Kerikeri and Riverview primary schools with close to 50 children in years 3-6 participating over the season... more

Sport Thought

Nominate your volunteer now

posted: 25 June 2012

Sport Thought with Brent Eastwood

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about sports volunteer recognition – specifically about the Queen’s Birthday honour that Sport Northland Chairman Richie Guy recently received.

And while it is not possible to give every sports volunteer a Queen’s Birthday honour (but there’s a thought though!), Sport NZ and Sport Northland are once again giving all Northland organisations who operate with sports volunteers the opportunity to recognise the fantastic work they do.

The 2012 Sport Volunteer Awards offer a simple way for Kiwis to recognise not just coaches, but all 20,000 volunteers at the heart of Northland community sport – referees, administrators, fundraisers, kit-washers, coaches – the lot!

We all know that sport is a huge part of Northland communities and plays an important role in many people’s lives. For those that don’t do much to say thanks (or even those that do!), the awards provide a great opportunity to say ‘thanks’ for all that our sport volunteers do to make sport happen.

There are also some great prizes to be won, including a $250 petrol voucher prize which is up for grabs for the school or club who gets in behind the awards the best. They need to show how they’re getting in behind the awards by promoting and getting nominations and they go in the draw.

Nominations are now open to any member of the public simply by going to www.sportnz.org.nz/volunteers or by visiting the ASB Northland Sports House.

With each nomination, a thank-you e-card is created which goes directly to the nominee. It will include a personal message from the person who nominated them.

Nominations close midnight, 28 August 2012, with three overall Northland winners being announced following that.

So often our hard working sports volunteers go unrecognised in this fast paced world – in any sports club we all know who they are, so don’t let this great opportunity go without putting in a nomination. Both you and the nominee could win some fantastic prizes – but at the very least, even by nominating them I’m sure you will be making their day and helping them stay involved in sport.

Sport Thought with Brent Eastwood

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