Performance Coaches

Coaches Korero – June 2025


June 2025 Issue No. 22

Koutou ngā matanga nō te ao hākinakina, tēnā kotuou

Welcome to the June 2025 edition of Coaches Kōrero.

Coaches Kōrero was established to create a forum to
connect, support and celebrate our Performance Coaching
Community in New Zealand.

In this issue we profile our most successful Black Caps
coach Gary Stead and cycling coach Elyse Fraser.

This month we hold our online AGM on Monday, June

If you are keen to join, please contact Andrew on
[email protected] and he can send an
invite.

We have now completed our first twelve months of
our membership offering. We currently have 57 paid up
members. Thank you to those who have joined. We value
and appreciate your support! This is a great start and
we need to continue to grow this so we can become a
sustainable organization. We all know the power of a
personal recommendation, if there is a coach out there
you know that you think would benefit from joining – please suggest it to them. If you are reading this and you are not yet a member, to join please click on the attached link and complete the membership form – https://tekorowai.org.nz/membership/#gform_wrapper_1

Last month we held our second regional connect in
Christchurch where we had Jared Higby from Taverndale +
Partners give an informative presentation on legal matters
that a coach should consider and be aware of.

If you would like more information about Te Korowai or
support services you can contact Andrew Gaze us on
[email protected] or 021 443 523

Ngā mihi,


Tom Willmott


Chair

Gary Stead


For someone who didn’t set out to become a coach,
Scotsman Murray Buchan is now well and truly ensconced,
his destined career path eventually landing him in New
Zealand and into a veritable field of dreams.


Plying his trade initially for Snowsport Scotland and GB
(Great Britain) Snowsport, Buchan has quickly added his
lustre to New Zealand’s continuing strong reputation on the
international freeskiing circuit.

Read the full article

Elyse Fraser

When Jenny Armstrong was three days old her parents
brought a boat for the family and named it “Jenny”.


What began was a life of sailing that has taken Armstrong all over the world and back to her beloved Dunedin where she now lives with her family.

Read the full article

The Month that Was – May 2025

ATHLETICS – WORLD ATHLETICS DIAMOND LEAGUE. SHANGHAI, CHINA

  • Wikus Olivier coached Ethan Olivier to 6th in the Triple Jump.
  • Mike Schofield coached Maddie Wesche to 6th in the Shot Put.
  • Kirsten Hellier coached Tori Moorby to 7th in the Javelin.

WEIGHTLIFTING – IWF JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. LIMA, PERU

  • Simon Kent coached Olivia Selemaia to 2nd in 71kg category.

CYCLING – UCI PARA ROAD CYCLING WORLD CUP. OSTEND, BELGIUM

  • Matt Shallcrass coached Rory Mead to 3rd in the Men’s H2 Road Race and 4th Men’s H2 Time Trial.
  • Brendon Cameron coached Nicole Murray to 5th in the Women’s C5 Road Race and 5th Women’s C5 Time Trial.

RUGBY SEVENS – HSBC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. LOS ANGELES, USA

  • Cory Sweeny coached the Black Ferns Sevens to 1st.
  • Tomasi Cama coached the All Blacks Sevens to 3rd.

TRIATHLON – 2025 WORLD TRIATHLON CUP (OLYMPIC DISTANCE). CHENGDU, CHINA

  • Bruce Hunter coached Ainsley Thorpe 7th in the Elite Women.

    ATHLETICS – WORLD ATHLETICS DIAMOND LEAGUE. DOHA, QATAR

    • James Sandilands coached Hamish Kerr to 2nd= in the High Jump.
    • James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 7th in the 100m 11.27.

    CANOE RACING – ICF WORLD CUP 1. SZEGED, HUNGARY

    • Gordon Walker coached (Alicia Hoskin, Tara Vaughan, Olivia Brett, Lucy Matehaere)

    ATHLETICS – WORLD ATHLETICS DIAMOND LEAGUE. RABAT, MOROCCO.

    • James Sandilands coached Hamish Kerr to1st in the High Jump.
    • James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 5th in the 100m.
    • Hayden Hall coached Tom Walsh to 6th.
    • Scott Simpson coached Imogen Ayris to 4th & Olivia McTaggart to 9th Pole Vault.
    • Craig Kirkwood coached Sam Tanner to 13th in the 1500m.

    ATHLETICS – SOUND RUNNING TRACK FEST. RABAT, MOROCCO.

    • Dathan Ritzenhein coached George Beamish to 7th in the 5000m.

    ATHLETICS – 75TH MEMORIAL HANZEKOVIC MEET. ZAGREB, CROATIA.

    • Kirsten Hellier coached Tori Moorby to 1st.
    • Hayden Hall coached Tom Walsh to 2nd.

    CANOE RACING – ICF WORLD CUP 2. POZNAN, POLAND

    • Gordon Walker coached Alicia Hoskin, Tara Vaughan, Olivia Brett, Lucy Matehaere to 4th in the K4 500.

    CYCLING – UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD SERIES, NOVÉ MĚSTO NA MORAVĚ.

    • Sam Thompson coached Sammie Maxwell to 2nd in the Cross Country Olympic.
    • Christian Stauser coached Sam Gaze to 9th in the Cross-Country Short Course.