March 2025 Issue No. 19
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Welcome to the 19th edition of Coaches Kōrero.
The Coaches Kōrero has been established to
recognise and celebrate our Performance Coaching
community in New Zealand. Over the last 19 months
we have celebrated 38 coaches across 21 sports.
In this issue we profile Kirsten Hellier ONZN, NZ’s
most decorated female athletics coach and Darren
Bazeley the current All Whites coach.
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Ngā mihi,
Tom Willmott
Chair
Kirsten Hellier
The coach within always lurked close to the surface in the
make-up of Kirsten Hellier who seamlessly combined self-coaching with being a trailblazer in the competitive arena of women’s javelin in the 1990s.
Once her decorated career as an athlete was over, Hellier
quickly found her niche in the coaching ranks in a variety of roles, most notably as coach of champion shot putter Dame Valerie Adams from 1998 – 2010. The dynamic partnership went on to achieve greatness on the world stage at both junior and senior level with gold medals across several Olympic, Commonwealth Games and world indoor and outdoor championship campaigns.
Darren Bazeley
Immersed in the round ball game from a young age All
Whites Head Coach, Darren Bazeley, still lives and breathes football.
“I grew up in England where football is everything and
developed a love for the game which I still have today.”
The Month that Was-Feb 2025
SNOW SPORTS – FIS PARK & PIPE WORLD CUP, ASPEN, USA
- Sean Thompson coached Zoi Sadowski-Synnott to 1st in the Snowboard Slopestyle.
- Mitch Brown coached Dane Menzies to 4th in the Snowboard Slopestyle & Cam Melville Ives to 9th in the Snowboard Halfpipe
- AJ Jamieson coached Rocco Jamieson to 12th in the Snowboard Slopestyle.
- Murray Buchan coached Luke Harrold to 5th in the Freeski Halfpipe & Fin Melville Ives to 6th in the Freeski
Halfpipe - Cam Melville Ives – 9th Snowboard Halfpipe. Coach: Mitch Brown
- Hamish McDougall coached Luca Harrington to10thin the Freeski Slopestyle & Ben Barclay – 11th Freeski
Slopestyle
ATHLETICS – John Thomas Terrier Classic, Boston, USA
- Ray Treacy coached Kimberley May to 4th in the 3000m – #2 NZ All-time
ATHLETICS – PERCH’XTREM, CAEN, FRANCE
- Scott Simpson coached Imogen Ayris to 2nd in the Pole Vault – New PB 4.66m
ATHLETICS – Meeting de l’eure. val-da-reuil, France
- Scott Simpson coached Imogen Ayris to 1st in the Pole Vault – New PB 4.67m & Oliva McTaggart to 4th
SNOW SPORTS – FIS PARK & PIPE WORLD CUP. ASPEN, USA
- Sean Thompson coached Zoi Sadowski-Synnott to 1st in the Snowboard Big Air.
- Hamish McDougall coached Luca Harrington to 2nd in the Freeski Big Air.
SNOW SPORTS – FIS ALPINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. SAALBACH, AUSTRIA
- Nils Coberger & Tim Cafe coached Alice Robinson to 11th in the Super G.
ATHLETICS – MILLROSE GAMES. NEW YORK, USA
- Dathan Ritzenhein coached Maia Ramsden to 7th in the Mile
- James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 6th in the 60m
ATHLETICS – SIR GRAEME DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL. AUCKLAND, NZ
- Dale Stevenson coached Jacko Gill to 1st in the Shot Put
- Hayden Hall coached Tom Walsh to 2nd in the Shot Put.
- Angus Ross coached Tiaan Whelpton to 1st in the 100m – PB 10.10
- Mike Jacobs coached Anna Grimaldi to 7th in the Open 100m – PB 12.53 PB.
- Sonia Waddell coached Madeleine Waddell – to 3rd in the 400m – National U20 record & PB 53.16
- Nuree Greenhalgh coached Lex Revell-Lewis to 3rd in the 400m.
- James Sandilands coached Will Stedman to 3rd in the Para 100m – PB 12.57.
ATHLETICS – BRUCE LEHANE INVITATIONAL. BOSTON, USA
- Craig Kirkwood coached Sam Tanner to 2nd in the Mile.
SNOW SPORTS – FIS ALPINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. SAALBACH, AUSTRIA
- Nils Coberger & Tim Cafe coached Alice Robinson to 2nd in the Giant Slalom – NZ’s first Alpine World
Champs medal.
SNOW SPORTS – FIS PARK & PIPE WORLD CUP. CALGARY, CANADA
- Murray Buchan coached Fin Melville Ives to1st on the Freeski Halfpipe & Luke Harrold to 4th in the Freeski
Halfpipe
ATHLETICS – THE KEELY KLASSIC. BIRMINGHAM, UK
- Scott Simpson coached Oliva McTaggart to 2nd in the Pole Vault & Imogen Ayris to 3rd in the Pole Vault
ATHLETICS – EAGLE ELITE INVITE. BOSTON, USA
- Craig Kirkwood coached Sam Tanner to 2nd in the Mile.
CYCLING – Highlights from UCI Track Cycling Oceania Championships, Brisbane
- Paul Manning coached Bryony Botha to 1ST in the 4000m Individual Pursuit – new world record (4:30.72).
- Jon Andrews coached Ellesse Andrews to 1st in the 1000m Time Trial – new world record (1:04.697).
SNOW SPORTS – FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP. SESTRIERE, ITALY
- Nils Coberger & Tim Cafe coached Alice Robinson to 2nd & 3rd in the Giant Slalom.
SNOW SPORTS – FIS PARK & PIPE WORLD CUP.STONEHAM, CANADA
- Hamish McDougall coached Luca Harrington to 2nd in the Freeski Slopestyle, Ben Barclay to 3rd in the
Freeski Slopestyle & Ruby Andrews to 7th in the Freeski Slopestyle.
SNOW SPORTS – FIS PARK & PIPE WORLD CUP. CALGARY, CANADA
- Mitch Brown coached Cam Melville Ives to 4th in the Snowboard Halfpipe.
ATHLETICS – INTERNATIONAL TRACK MEET. CHRISTCHURCH
- James Sandilands coached Hamish Kerr to 1st in the High Jump
- Hayden Hall coached Tom Walsh to 1st in the Shot Put.
- James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 1st in the 100m
ATHLETICS – BOSTON UNIVERSITY DMR CHALLENGE. BOSTON, USA
- Craig Kirkwood coached Sam Tanner to 1st in the Mile
IFSC Oceania Cup – Speed Climbing, Mount Maunganui.
- Rob Moore coached Julian David to 1st in the Elite Men – a new PB of 5.16s & Sarah Tetzlaff to 1st in the Elite
Women – a new PB of Sarah 8.32s
World Triathlon Cup – Napier, Sprint Distance.
- Ben Renzal coached Tayler Reid to 7th in the Elite Men
- Chris Willett coached Ainsley Thorpe to 3rd in the Elite Women &Eva Goodisson to 5th