May 2024 Issue No. 11
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Welcome to the eleventh edition of Coaches Kōrero.
Coaches Kōrero has been established to recognise and celebrate our Performance Coaching community in New Zealand.
In this issue, we profile Rob Moore, HP Director and head coach for the speed programme at Climbing NZ, who will coach two athletes at the Paris Olympics, and Angela Winstanley-Smith, who coaches the NZ Women’s Water Polo team.
Te-Korowai Membership
We also launched our Membership Programme last month, and we are delighted to say we already have 17 paid-up members, with plenty more on the horizon.
To be an independent, sustainable representative body that offers value-adding services, we need to build our own revenue streams. A key element will be the membership model, so I encourage you to sign up and join!
The annual membership fee is $360.00 per year ($30 per month or $1 per day)—basically a coffee a week!
In return for becoming a member, you will immediately join a special community and gain access to a range of advisory services, including the bespoke well-being programme tailored especially for us. Andy Longley, who is leading this programme, provides further details in the newsletter.
We believe we are building a compelling, value-adding membership programme, and we encourage you to sign up.
If you have queries, you can contact us at
[email protected]
Again, we congratulate those coaches who have helped athletes achieve selection for the games and empathise with athletes and coaches who have not gained selection.
I wish you all the very best with the final preparations for Paris 2024. Be sure to look after yourselves to support peak coaching/performance when it counts!
Ngā mihi,
Tom Willmott
Chair
We would like to extend a warm welcome to the following new Te Korowai members.
| Raylene Bates | Athletics | Gabi Peach | Weightlifting |
| Kirsten Hellier | Athletics | Jay Carter | Golf |
| Craig Philpott | Rugby | Adrian Hegyvary | Cycling |
| Tom Willmott | Snow Sport | Paul Manning | Cycling |
| Yvette McCausland-Durie | Netball | Neeraj Cawla | Cricket |
| Melodie Bosman | Rugby Union | Nuree Greenhalgh | Athletics |
| James Kuegler | Athletics | Carl Gordon | Swimming |
| Richard Smith | Rugby | Graeme Rees | Bowls |
| Kevin Smith | Para-Lawn Bowls |
Te Korowai have your back
Te Korowai recognize that taking care of our wellbeing is vitally important as coaches. After all, it’s a stressful job with performance pressures, time away from our friends and family, media scrutiny, and sometimes a lack of job security. As coaches, we regularly think about our athletes before
we think about ourselves because that’s why we got into coaching in the first place – to help our athletes and teams. It’s what drives us. However, sometimes this comes at a cost to our own wellbeing which we can neglect. How can we expect to create an optimal environment for our athletes and teams if we’re not performing optimally ourselves?
This is why coach wellbeing is such an important aspect of high-performance sport. For this reason, Te Korowai has your back!
Rob Moore
Rob Moore has coaching down to a science, in a sport where milliseconds and millimetres count.
Moore is the head coach of the speed programme at Climbing NZ, as well as the company’s high performance director, and has almost 30 years experience in coaching climbing.
His passion for the sport is clear, and matches his immense knowledge.
He’ll be going to the Paris Olympics with two of his athletes after committing to coaching the discipline of speed climbing after the Tokyo Games.
Angela Winstanley-Smith
If someone tells Angela Winstanley-Smith that she can’t do something, she takes it as a challenge.
And after being two goals short of the Paris Olympics, her drive is bigger than ever to take her team to an Olympic Games.
The head coach of the New Zealand women’s water polo team since 2017, Winstanley-Smith used to be the only female head coach of the sport in the world, but that wasn’t necessarily her plan.
A former player herself, Winstanley-Smith grew up in the UK, and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
Coach Recognition – April 2024
PARA ATHLETICS – WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, KOBE, JAPAN
- Alan McDonald coached Danielle Aitchison to 1st T36 200m 27.47 (World Record) & to 2nd T36 100m 13.48 (+0.7 m/s).
CANOE SLALOM – WORLD CUP 1 AUSBURG, GERMANY
- Aaron Osborne coached Finn Butcher to 2nd in the Men’s K1 & 3rd in the Men’s Kayak Cross.
- Michel Smolen coached Luuka Jones to 4th in theWomen’s Kayak Cross.
RUGBY SEVENS – 2024 GRAND FINAL TOURNAMENT, MADRID, SPAIN
- Cory Sweeney coached the Black Fern 7’s to 3rd.
- Tomasi Cama coached All Black 7’s to 4th.
ATHLETICS – STOCKHOLM DIAMOND LEAGUE, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- Dathan Ritzenhein coached Geordie Beamish to 6th in the 3000m Steeplechase.
ATHLETICS – TOUCH THE CLOUDS FESTIVAL, GRAFELFING, GERMANY
- Scott Simpson coached Olivia McTaggart to 1st & Imogen Ayris to 5th in the Pole Vault.
ATHLETICS – OSTRAVA GOLDEN SPIKE, OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Hayden Hall coached Tom Walsh to 5th in the Shot Put.
- Scott Simpson coached Imogen Ayris to 6th in the Pole Vault.
NZ FOOTBALL FERNS – INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES, SPAIN
- Michael Mayne coached the Football Ferns in their series with Japan.
HOCKEY BLACK STICKS MEN – NATIONS CUP 2024, POLAND
- Greg Nichol coached the Black Sticks Men who won the Nations Cup.
HOCKEY NZ BLACK STICKS WOMEN – NATIONS CUP 2024, SPAIN
- Phil Burrows coached the Blacks Sticks Women to
- Ray Treacy coached Kimberley May to 3rd in the 1500m.
ATHLETICS – FOLKSAM GRAND PRIX, SOLLENTUNA, SWEDEN
- Kirsten Hellier coached Connor Bell to 5th in the Discus.
CANOE SLALOM ICF WORLD CUP – KRAKOW, POLAND
- Michel Smollen coached Luuka Jones to 6th in the Women’s K1
- Aaron Osborne coached Finn Butcher to 6th in the Men’s Kayak Cross
CYCLING – MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES, Val di Sol
- Christof Stauser coached Sam Gaze to1ST in the Cross Country Short Course.
2024 EUROPE TRIATHLON CUP – KITZBUHEL, AUSTRIA, Eliminator Super Sprint Format
- Bruce Hunter coached Brea Roderick to 5TH in the Elite Women.
ROWING – WORLD CUP III REGATTA, POZNAN, POLAND
- James Coote coached Women’s Lightweight Double Scull pair of Jackie Kiddle & Shannon Cox to 1st in the A Final.
- Tom Stannard coached the Women’s Coxless Four of Jackie Gowler, Davina Waddy, Kerri Williams & Phoebe Spoors to 1st in the A Final.
- Nick Barton coached the Women’s Double Scull pair of Kathryn Glen &Isabella Carter to 5th in the A Final.
- Gary Roberts coached Men’s Single Scull Tom Mackintosh to 1st in the A Final & Men’s Double Scullers Robbie Manson & Jordan Parry to 3rd in the A Final.
- Malcolm McIntyre coached Men’s Coxless Pair of Dan Williamson & Phillip Wilson to 3rd in a the A Final & Reserve Men’s Coxless Pair of Ben Taylor & Campbell Crouch to 4th in the A Final.
- Mike Rodger coached the Men’s Coxless Four of Matt Macdonald, Tom Murray, Logan Ullrich & Oliver Maclean to 1st in the A Final.
ATHLETICS – MOTONET GP. KUORTANE, FINLAND
- Scott Simpson coached Olivia McTaggart to 1st in 4th in the Nationals Cup. the Pole Vault.
ATHLETICS – NCAA INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BOSTON, USA
- Alex Gibby coached Maia Ramsden to 1st in the 1500m 4:06.62 (Meet Record)
- Ray Treacy coached Kimberley May to 2nd in the 1500m. ATHLETICS – NEW YORK GRAND PRIX, NEW YORK, USA
- James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 8th in the 100m’s.
ATHLETICS – HARRY JEROME CLASSIC, VANCOUVER, CANADA
- Alex Gibby coached Maia Ramsden to 1st in
- Wickus Olivier coached Ethan Olivier to 1st in the Triple Jump.
ATHLETICS – IRENA SZEWIŃSKA MEMORIAL. BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
- James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 1st in the 100m.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL – ASIAN CONTINENTAL OLYMPIC QUALIFIER, CHINA.
Jason Lockhead coached Shaunna Polley and Alice Ziemann to the emi-final of the Olympic qualification tournament against China 21-23, 24–22, 13–15. Unfortunately means the team did not qualify for Paris.