October 2024 Issue No. 14
Kia ora koutou ngā matanga nō te ao hākinakina, tēnā kotuou.
Welcome to the latest 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 Craig Kirkwood, coach of both Hayden Wilde and Sam Tanner and Paralympic Equestrian coach Andrea Raves.
Andy Longley presents article ten in his series “The art of neuroscience of high-performance coaching”. In this article the focus is on Coaching for Optimal Athlete Growth.
We have had two changes to our board. We farewell Mike Hesson who has stepped down following many years of involvement formerly in the High-Performance Coach Advisory Group and more recently Te Korowai. I would
like to pass on a massive thank you Mike for your service
to coaching. I know we can continue to rely on your future support and input on an ad hoc basis. All the best with your current and future coaching and life endeavours!
It is my pleasure to welcome Andrew Leete to our board. Andrew is a lawyer and avid sport supporter from Christchurch who joins our board to help provide legal expertise to complement our existing skillsets. Great to have you onboard Andrew!
Our focus of the next few months, is building our funding base, as we have a goal of being a fully independent sustainable representative body. A key element is building a strong and vibrant Membership.
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The annual membership fee is $360.00, or you can establish a 12-month automatic payment plan and pay monthly ($30).
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Ngā mihi,
Tom Willmott
Chair
We would like to extend a warm welcome to the following new Te Korowai members.
| Tim Brazier | Triathlon | Jon Andrews | Cycling |
| Shea McAleese | Hockey | Greg Nicol | Hockey |
Craig Kirkwood
Eleven years after taking a leap of faith, there’s been no looking back for Craig Kirkwood, his expertise in helping two rookies, in particular, transition from aspirants to world-class athletes rubber-stamping his decision.
Taking a circuitous route before making the plunge into fulltime coaching, Kirkwood had a wide-ranging resume across many facets of track, triathlon and endurance running over many years before redundancy forced the issue, resulting in the birth of CK Coaching.
Andrea Raves
A deep-seated passion for horses, coupled with a thirst
for knowledge and a fondness for problem-solving, has helped propel Andrea Raves to the top echelon of dressage coaching in New Zealand.
Assisting the late Julie Brougham to the Rio 2016 Olympics and World Equestrian Games in Tryon 2018 was one of Andrea’s career highlights. While more recently she has revealed her impressive versatility by coaching Louise Duncan, in sync with her horse Showcase BC, to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Andrew Longley
Coaching for Optimal Athlete Growth coachup.academy: The art and neuroscience of high- performance coaching
Article 10 in the Series of 12
Andy is a team performance expert with a background in psychology & applied neuroscience, who will, over the coming months, share insights into the art and neuroscience of high-performance coaching. Each article will share a little of the latest applied neuroscience plus give simple tips on how to practically bring it to life in your own coaching.
Coach Recognition – October 2024
Cycling – Mountain Bike World Championships, Andorra
- Christof Stauser coached Sam Gaze to 12th Cross Country Short Course
- Sam Thompson coached Sammie Maxwell to 13th Cross Country Short Course and 11th Cross Country Olympic.
Athletics – ROME DIAMOND LEAGUE, ROME, ITALY
- Scott Simpson coached Eliza McCartney to 6th in the Pole Vault
Rowing – WORLD UNDER 23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Mark Stallard coached the Men’s U23 Coxless Pair (Oliver Welch & Josh Vodanovich)to 1st & Oscar Ruston to 4th in the Men’s U23 Single
- Calvin Ferguson coached the Women’s U23 Coxed Four ( Orla Fitzgerald, Charlotte Darry, Jane Schellekens, Isobel Eliadis-Watson & Oliver Duncan to 1st.
- Fiona Bourke coached the Women’s U23 Coxless Four (Lucy Burrell, Rebecca Leigh, Madeleine Parke & Alice Fahey) to 2nd.
Athletics – Copenhagen Athletics Games, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
- Scott Simpson coached Imogen Ayris to 1st
Triathlon – Super Tri, London (3 times through 300m Swim, 4km Bike, 1.6km Run)
- Craig Kirkwood coached Hayden Wilde to 1st in the Elite Men.
Triathlon – World Triathlon Cup, Karlovy Vary (Olympic Distance)
- Bruce Hunter coached Brea Roderick to 8th in the Elite Women.
Snow Sports – Winter Games (FIS World Cup), Wanaka
- Murray Buchan coached Cam Melville-Ives to 1st in the Freeski Halfpipe, Cam Melville-Ives to 4th in the Snowboard Slopestyle
- AJ Jamieson coached Rocco Jameison to 3rd in the Snowboard Slopestyle.
- Mitch Brown coached Dane Menzies to 6th in the Snowboard Slopestyle.
- Lucas Ball – 2nd Freeski Slopestyle.
- Sean Thompson coached Zoi Sadowski-Synott to 8th in the Snowboard Slopestyle.
Athletics – DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- Mike Schofield coached Maddie Wesche to 4th in the Shot Put
Triathlon – 2024 World Triathlon Championship Series, 27th September, Weihai, China (Olympic Distance)
- Craig Kirkwood coached Hayden Wilde to 7th in the Elite Men
- John Hellemans coached Dylan McCullough to 8th in the Elite Men
Cycling – UCI Road and Para Road World Championships, Zurich, Switzerland
- Vicki Wade coached Eltje Malzbender to 3rd in the T1 Road Race & 3rd in the T1 Time Trial.