All sports notices and updates.

ENTRIES DUE

6 November  - Otago Primary Schools athletic champs (Dunedin) 

SPORTS RESULTS

Karate

MAC year 7 student, Ryan Enoka, won both of the Premier Gold medals in the Southland Otago karate championships in Queenstown which was held over Labour weekend.
He competed in the 12-13 year old boys premier division taking out Kata and Kumite with convincing wins.
The Otago Southland competition is the last tournament of the year with athletes from throughout the South Island competing.

2019 CALENDAR 

Term 4

5 November - Central Otago SS junior touch (Cromwell)                   

15-16 November - Otago SS junior volleyball (Dunedin)

19 November - Otago Primary School athletic champs (Dunedin)

20-21 November - Junior sports week - touch (Dunedin)

6-8 December - NZSS athletics champs (Wellington)

8 December - Gore Pony Club’s inter-schools show jumping (Gore)

SPORT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Sport Central is hosting a range of sport development opportunities leading up to Christmas to support coaches, groups, and organisations in the Wanaka area.

Getting Started in Coaching
Wednesday 6 November | 7.30 – 8.45pm | Wanaka Recreation Centre
An opportunity to give those new to coaching some support and tips. Grant Milne, Coach Lead from Sport Otago will be presenting this course. As an accomplished coach, Grant will cover topics such as; Why people participate in sport; Game Sense Approach; Safety; Planning; Coaching Practical; and Sideline Behaviour.

Leadership in Sport
Wednesday 13 & 20 November, 4 & 11 December | 7.00-9.00pm | Wanaka Recreation Centre
The success of sport and recreation in New Zealand depends on great leadership and better collaboration within the sporting sector. Puna - the Sport and Recreation Leadership Framework - offers a range of resources including workbooks that provide ideas and inspiration, reflective questions, and practical ideas and suggestions to help develop leadership capability. These sessions will be working through the framework with attendees, as a group.

Coaches Club – Teaching a Skill
Thursday 21 November | 7.00-8.30pm | Wanaka Recreation Centre
Presented by Cameron Stanley, Head Coach from the Wanaka Swim Club, this session focuses on how to teach sport skills effectively and draws on Cameron’s experience in both sport and music, and the similarities of both. There will be a presentation followed by a practical observation session at the Wanaka Pool.

All sessions are free. Please register three days prior with Tiny Carruthers at Sport Central tiny@sportotago.co.nz For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/SportCentralNZ or contact

Tiny Carruthers
Sport Central
Wanaka Recreation Centre
tiny@sportotago.co.nz
027 212 4290

THE GALLAWAY COOK ALLAN SPORT SPEAKER SERIES 
THE TIPPING POINT - FINDING BALANCE 

Tuesday 26 November, 2019 - 7PM - 8:30PM
Lake Wanaka Centre - Armstrong Room tickets: $10 Adults, $5 Children/Students
Available online from Eventfinda
SAVE THE DATE! Speaker Series #1 SOLD OUT 2 DAYS BEFORE

Following on from the highly successful first speaker series held in September the second Gallaway Cook Allan Sports Speaker Series Presented by the Upper Clutha Sports Community Trust is based on the feedback we received from the audience of our first event. The second series topic is : "The Tipping Point – Finding Balance"

Speakers:

• Val Burke (Exercise Physiologist & Endurance Coach,
• Ashley Light (High Performance Director & Sports Psychologist),
• Third Speaker TBC but will be nutrition based.

Topic: Our speakers will discuss how to find balance in all aspects of your sport; training, nutritional and mental skills. Whether you are a recreational sports person, the parent of an athlete, a coach or a high performance athlete yourself our speakers will share valuable knowledge that can be applied across both your sporting life and your everyday life.

October 2019 Update from Upper Clutha Sports Community Trust

As we head towards the end of year, we've got some great talks and sporting events coming up in Wanaka and beyond.

In this update:

• Tuesday 26 November - 7PM - "The Tipping Point - Finding Balance" - the second seminar in the Gallaway Cook Allan Sports Speaker Series
• UCSC AGM - Elected Trustees & Advocacy for additional Sports Grounds in Wanaka
• Wednesday 30th October 10am until 2pm - Volunteer Engagement
• 31 October - 1 November - Common Injuries in Young Female Athletes: Keynote Speaker -Dr Kathryn Ackerman
• 7 November - Wanaka Funding Clinic
• Nov/ Dec - Sport Otago - Sport Development Opportunities
• 11 -12 November- High Performance Sport Symposium Keynote Speaker - Noeline Taurua
• Sport Otago Wanaka Rainbow Run report