August 2025 Issue No. 24
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Welcome to the August 2025 edition of Coaches Kōrero.
Coaches Kōrero was established to create a forumto connect, support and celebrate our Performance Coaching Community in New Zealand.
In this issue we profile Olympic Gold Medal winning cycling coach Jon Andrews and Football coach Natalie Lawrence.
Our Insurance Advisory partners Penberthy have provided an article on why medical insurance matters more than ever for coaches. As a coach you develop and lead athletes to perform at their best. When it comes to your own health are you walking the talk? Check out the article and learn more.
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Ngā mihi,
Tom Willmott
Chair
Jon Andrews
A now or never moment led Jon Andrews on the greatest ride of his career and following seven exhilarating days at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome in Paris he became New Zealand’s most successful Olympic cycling coach.
Natalie Lawrence
Like many sports fans, Natalie Lawrence has ‘the moment’ – a play which drew her in to football, capturing her imagination, then her heart, setting her on a path which would take her around the world.
Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne, EURO ’96 versus Scotland.
Time to Back Yourself:
Why Medical Insurance Matters More Than Ever for Coaches
You coach others to perform at their best. But when it comes to your own health, are you walking the talk?
The Month that Was – July 2025
EQUESTRIAN EVENTING – CHIO AACHEN. AACHEN, GERMANY.
- Jock Paget coached the Eventing Team to 1st.
JUDO – IJF EUROPEAN OPEN. TALLIN, ESTONIA.
- Luke Preston coached Sydnee Andrews to 1st.
GYMNASTICS – COIMBRA TRAMPOLINE WORLD CUP. COIMBRA, PORTUGAL.
- Alexandr Nilov coached Dylan Schmidt to 2nd in the Men’s Individual Finals.
ATHLETICS – DIAMOND LEAGUE. EUGENE, USA.
- Mike Jacobs coached Anna Grimaldi to 3rd in the Women’s 100m Mixed Class.
- Michael Schofield coached Maddison-Lee Wesche to 4th in the Women’s Shot Put.
- Craig Kirkwood coached Samuel Tanner to 6th in the Men’s 1 mile.
- Nick Cowan coached Mitchell Joynt to 7th in the Men’s 200m T62/T64.
- Hayden Hall coached Tom Walsh to 8th in the Men’s Shot Put.
CYCLING – UCI Mountain Bike World Series. Pal Arinsal, Andorra.
- Sam Thompson coached Sammie Maxwell to 1st,.
SOFTBALL – WBSC Softball World Cup. Prince Albert, Canada.
- Thomas Makea coached the Men’s Black Sox to Silver at the World Cup
ATHLETICS – World Athletics Diamond League. Monaco.
- James Mortimer coached Zoe Hobbs to 3rd in the 100m.
- James Sandilands coached Hamish Kerr to 6th in the High Jump
ATHLETICS – Guldensporenmeeting. Kortjik, Belgium.
- Mike Beable coached Shay Veitch to 1st in the Long Jump.
ATHLETICS – Meeting Internacional Ciutat De Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.
- Evan Cooper coached James Preston to 10th in the 800m.
TRIATHLON – World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships. Hamburg, Germany.
- Stephen Sheldrake coached the Mixed Team Relay to 9th.
ATHLETICS – World Athletics Diamond League. London, U.K.
- Scott Simpson coached Olivia McTaggart to1st in the Pole Vault.
ATHLETICS – Spitzen Leichtathletik. Luzern, Switzerland.
- Scott Simpson coached Olivia McTaggart – 2nd Pole Vault
ATHLETICS – Madrid Meeting. Madrid, Spain.
- Wikus Olivier coached Ethan Olivier to 6th in the Triple Jump.
ATHLETICS – Kreissparkassen Cup. Biberach, Germany
- Hayden Hall coached Nick Palmer to 1st in the Shot Put
ROWING – World U23 Rowing Championships. Poznan, Poland
- Mark Stallard coached the Women’s Coxless Four (Meg Flanagan, Madeleine Parker, Zola Kemp, Nicole Campbell) to Bronze
- Calvin Ferguson coached the Men’s Eight (Fred Vavasour, Henry Kirk, Ben Shortt, Harry Fitzpatrick, Cody Johnson, Matthew Waddell, Nicholas Bryan, Edward Lopas, Oliver Duncan) to Silver.
