Coaching & Volunteers

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

** JUST ADDED ** - Volunteer Development Calendar ... Click Here

On this page you will find information on;

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
COACHING

Volunteers are the heart of sport. Without volunteers, sport would not exist in the way it does in our country. At Sport Northland we recognise the effort put in by volunteers and the contribution they make to the sporting sector.

Did you know?

41,000 people are paid to work in sport in New Zealand, but half a million people are involved as volunteers. Without grassroots helpers, sport simply wouldn't happen - and players could never advance to world class level.
Sports volunteers are coaches, umpires, scorers, starters, referees, judges and other officials.
Volunteers in sport also include people who: wash the uniforms, transport the team, cut the oranges, fill the water bottles, clean the clubrooms and give their time in other ways.

Why volunteer?

Here are just some of the many reasons to become a volunteer:

share a skill get to know a community demonstrate commitment to a cause gain leadership skills satisfaction from accomplishment for recognition donate your professional skills have an impact learn something new be challenged	feel proud make new friends explore a career help someone do something different from your job for fun! keep skills alive have an excuse to do what you love feel good be part of a team gain status build your resume

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION

Sport Volunteer Awards 2012

“The Sport Volunteer Awards offer a simple way for Kiwis to recognise not just coaches but all 800,000 volunteers at the heart of New Zealand community sport – referees, administrators, fundraisers, kit-washers, coaches – the lot!

We all know that sport is a huge part of Northland communities and often 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. “

For more information click here

Thank your volunteers – send them an e-card!
We want to make it easy for you to say thanks to all those important people who give up their time and energy to help make your sport happen. This could be your coach, trainer, referee, judges, orange cutters, uniform washer or perhaps someone who just takes you to the game. To send an e-card to your own volunteers and say thanks - click here

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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COACHING

The NZ Coaching Strategy The New Zealand Coaching Strategy commits to creating a world-class coaching environment in New Zealand, with a common purpose and inter-connected parts. This environment will deliver significant coaching benefits to all athletes - regardless of age, race, status or location. The strategy aims to ensure key people in coaching work more collaboratively for athletes' benefit. This will complement the efforts of New Zealand's many committed coaches and successful coaching programmes.
Coach Development and Education Whether you're the volunteer coach of a kids' soccer team or a high performance coach working with elite athletes, there is always more to learn and to pass on. Coaching is about sharing knowledge and experience, making sport fun and helping athletes to reach their potential. Coaches help make sport happen in New Zealand. Workshops
CoachCorp CoachCorp is a sport volunteer recruitment programme that gives employees of companies and business places the opportunity to coach, manage and officiate in community sport. CoachCorp assists in building positive relationships between the business sector and community sport to get more people involved in physical activity and healthy life-styles.
NZ Coach Magazine An online magazine accessible to coaches at all levels of sport across New Zealand keeping you up to date, and providing you with inspiring, useful material on coaching best practice.
Starting Out We have all types of coaches in Northland, from the parent who puts their hand up to take a team in a sport they know nothing about, to the high performance coach who is looking to find that edge for their athlete on the international scene. Here are a few ideas to help you when making the decision about whether to coach and how to go about finding a team that suits you.
Coaching Directory The Coaching Directory is designed for school teachers, sport coordinators and anyone else that works in or is just interested in sport coaching. It provides a list of Northland Coaching Contacts in one handy location.
Information & Resources Find all sorts of useful information for volunteers from presentations to templates.