Photos of the Winners of the 2009 NZ Sport and Recreation Sector Awards
Monday 27 April, 2009
Winners of the Innovation Award - Bowls New Zealand for its Mates in Bowls campaign T...
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Kerry Clark Chief Executive Bowls New Zealand - Winner Leadership Excellence Award
Tuesday 28 April, 2009
Bowls New Zealand (Bowls NZ) is the national not-for-profit governing body for the sport of lawn bowls. There are 650 bowls clubs nationwide with over 90,000 participants and members. Bowls as a sport is changing. It is shrugging-off the image of a spo...
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Mates in Bowls, Bowls New Zealand - Winner Innovation Award
Tuesday 28 April, 2009
Bowls NZ represents and leads over 650 lawn bowls clubs operating in 27 regional centres. Mates In Bowls (MIB) is Bowls NZ’s nationally-branded social summer league. With its tagline ‘ Can You Handle the Jandal? , MIB gives non-bowlers the opportunity...
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Big Wall Expedition Sets Off In Two Weeks
Tuesday 02 June, 2009
Members of the New Zealand Himalayan Big Wall Expedition have just airmailed off 200kgs of mountain food and equipment ahead of their trip to the Charakusa Valley in northern Pakistan. The four-man team leaves for Pakistan in two weeks. The team’s aim ...
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Sir Terry McLean Sports Journalist of the Year Award Shared
Monday 07 December, 2009
New Zealand’s top sports journalists and photographers were recognised at the 2009 Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards Dinner in Auckland on Friday night (December 4). For only the second time in the 30 year history of the Sir Terry McLe...
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Steps taken to grow our own high-flying coaches
Wednesday 02 December, 2009
SPARC, the New Zealand Academy of Sport and New Zealand sports organisations are working together to develop our own world class coaches. Two cricket coaches are among a group of six who have been selected for the second intake of the intensive Coach...
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1959 Sporting Heroes to Feature at 2009 SPARC TP McLean National Sports Journalism Awards
Wednesday 02 December, 2009
Some of the biggest names in New Zealand sport will be the special guests at the 2009 SPARC Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards dinner in Auckland on Friday (December 4). As in recent years the New Zealand Sports Journalists Association...
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Superb images from TP McLean Awards Photography Finalists
Monday 23 November, 2009
Six of New Zealand’s finest sport and recreation photographers feature in the finalists of this year’s Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards. SPARC is proud to support the photography awards which recognise the class and expertise of New...
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FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, New Zealand Football - Winner Event Excellence Award
Tuesday 28 April, 2009
The FIFA U17 Women's World Cup was held from 28 October to 16 November 2008 and involved 16 countries playing a total of 32 games shared between QEII Park, and North Harbour, Waikato and Westpac Stadiums . It was the first tournament of its kind, creat...
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SPARC ramps up high performance investment to new level
Monday 16 November, 2009
SPARC is investing a record $6.3 million in 19 national sport organisations’ high performance programmes and projects following the 2010 contestable investment round. This is the largest amount since the contestabl...
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