SRNZ Unveils new Team Members
Following the latest selections, SRNZ is proud to announce the following athletes have been selected to the National Ski Team and National Development Team, these are in addition to the current teams. We would like to wish them all the best for the coming season. We will keep you posted on their progress. Thank you to all athletes who applied but were not selected, it was a tough decision and the selectors look forward to receiving your applications again in 2008.
National Ski Team: Tim Café (Queenstown) joins Mark Bridgwater (Team Hutt), Janelle Miller (Queenstown), Angus Howden (Whakapapa) & Ben Griffin (Whakapapa)
National Development Team: Scott Chapman (Team Hutt), Sophia Jamieson (Wanaka), Ben Jamieson (Wanaka), Finlay Neeson (Turoa), Nick Prebble (Queenstown) & Richard Stevens (Queenstown) join Jamie Prebble (Team Hutt), Nicola Eves (Queenstown), Taylor Rapley (Queenstown), Harriet Miller-Brown (Queenstown), Charlotte Newbold (Queenstown) & Ali McGlinn (Team Hutt)
National Ski Team Heading off
The teams are getting ready to depart for the northern hemisphere, with the first members of the National Ski Team departing this weekend. Mark Bridgwater, together with coaches Nils Coberger and Pete Sandford are heading off early to get some speed work done, they will be joined next week by Ben Griffin, Tim Café, Angus Howden and women’s team member Janelle Miller.
Challenges and Communications
The office is getting set up with many challenges behind me and a plentiful supply ahead. The new landline number is 09 365 1348, feel free to give me a call. Several projects are running a few weeks behind, but progress is being made and the website and this e-news should keep you up to date. However if I have missed something please let me know and I will do my best to help. The website is undergoing an overhaul, however the brand new site will not be launched until next year and this current edition is a work in progress. Your feedback on the site and its content is much appreciated. Soon you will be able to email team members from the site and share photos that you have taken of athletes and events with all our members. The for sale section of the site has been neglected and to those of you who use this regularly I apologise, however it has not been an urgent action item. Please bear with me whilst I make changes to it. Email is the best form of communication for me and you can reach me direct on simon@skiracing.org.nz.
This newsletter will be coming out at the start of each month, so if you have something that you would like communicated to the membership of SRNZ please send it to me by 25th of the previous month.
What’s happening next year?
The Calendar is a work in progress and one of the things that is not quite finished. I hope to have the first drafts completed by the middle of this month and will post it on the site as soon as it is ready. Keep checking the site regularly for updates. If your club or programme have an event that you feel should be included please drop me a line.
New Board Announced
Snowsports New Zealand have announced their new board structure and are currently working through the appointment of a permanent full time CEO. For those of you travelling overseas and needing insurance this summer please make sure you contact Jo Forbes the Operations Manager at Snow Sports on joforbes@xtra.co.nz and she can arrange it all for you. For information on the make up of the Snow Sports board and their news please visit www.snowsports.co.nz. For updates on how Ski Racing New Zealand and Snow Sports NZ will be working together over the coming year please keep checking our website.
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