Club News
Updates from Athletics Wellington 10 Jun 2015.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR OUR CLUB MEMBERS
Cross Country and Road Selection Policy - and Expression of Interest:
for those wanting to represent Wellington at the North Island Cross Country Champs, the Athletics NZ Cross Country Champs and/or the Athletics NZ Road Champs.
Please make sure you complete the Expression of Interest form - details at this link:
Coaching Courses - please register now and/or pass this info to those within your club who should take up these opportunities
We have a full range of coaching courses on offer over the coming months. For those want to register for the full IAAF Level 2 Coaching Course you need to do this before Friday 12 June (so the end of this week). If you only want to do some of the modules from the Level 2 IAAF Course that's fine too, but if you're thinking you'll end up doing them all you MUST register for the full course at the start otherwise you won't receive the qualification.
For full details on all our coaching courses including Run Jump Throw, and IAAF Kids Athletics please go to this link. We would encourage you to register for all courses now rather than leaving it till the last minute. This helps with our planning too:
http://athleticswellington.org.nz/Coaching-courses
You can register for all of these courses online.
Dorne Cup this Saturday 13 June
The next cross country interclub on the calendar is the Dorne Cup this Saturday 13 June. This is hosted by the Hutt Valley Harrier Club and is held at Trentham Memorial Park in Upper Hutt. You must have a timing chip and be registered AND financial in your club's IMG/Clubnet system for this timing chip to work. So if you're planning to race and you can't find your timing chip or it's damaged, or you haven't signed up and paid yet you MUST do this by tomorrow (Wednesday). For info on the Dorne Cup including race times and distances please go to http://hvh.org.nz/dornecup2015/
New Points System for Interclubs this year
This year we are trialling a points system for the following four cross country and road interclubs:
Vosseler Shield - Saturday 23 May at Mt Victoria
Dorne Cup - Saturday 13 June at Trentham Memorial Park
Wellington Cross Country Champs - Saturday 18 July at Waikanae
Wellington Road Running Champs - Saturday 22 August at Wainuiomata
For more info go to this link:
http://athleticswellington.org.nz/News/new-points-system-for-interclubs-this-year-1
Congratulations to the athletes who have been named on the Athletics Wellington Athlete Development Squad (AWAD Squad)
We are excited about this new development as it will give our top young athletes tools to help them achieve their goals and bridge the gap between where they are now, and what they want to achieve in the future. The programme will focus on individual performance plans, goal setting, athlete life, nutrition, sports psychology and strength and conditioning. To see who has been named in the AWAD Squad go to this link:
http://athleticswellington.org.nz/News/athletics-wellington-athlete-development-squad-named
Workshop Opportunity for Coaches and Parents:
Sport Wellington has a workshop on the Complexities of Developing Ability which is being run by Wayne Goldsmith, a world renowned expert on developing talent. This workshop is being held at Sport Wellington on Friday 26 June, but you must register and pay the $15 by 23 June. For more info go to this link:
http://athleticswellington.org.nz/News/workshop-opportunity-for-parents-and-coaches
If you have any questions after reading through the above info please let me know.
Cheers
Jo Murray
Sport Development Manager
Athletics Wellington
Mb: 021 976116
jo@athleticswellington.org.nz