Recent additions:
It is pleasing to see an increasing number of NZ schools and students competing on the world stage in events hosted by the International School Sport Federation (ISF).
At the recent World Schools Cross Country held in Slovakia some fantastic results were achieved by the schools and select teams representing NZ. These included:
School Teams Boys: Auckland Grammar School 2nd in a field of schools representing 21 countries
Girls: Wanganui Collegiate 4th in a field of schools representing 18 countries
Select Teams Boys: NZ 4th
Girls: NZ 2nd
NZSSSC congratulates the schools, the athletes and their team management on these great international results.
Schools wishing to find out more about ISF events can contact nzsssc@xtra.co.nz
AGM of NZSSSC
The minutes for the 7th AGM of New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council held at Miramar Golf Club on 30th April 2010 can be found HERE
Sir Edmund Hillary Newsletter
The University of Waikato have awarded 50 new Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarships, so there are approximately 130 Hillary Scholars at the University in 2010. New sports include swimming and surfing.
Click Here for the March 2010 Sir Edmund Hillary Newsletter
Professional Development Opportunity:
Run by Auckland RSDs, the ACTIVATE Conference is back in 2010 with a large number of motivational & key note speakers. Put it in your diary now as this is a professional development opportunity for anyone involved in secondary school sport
ACTIVATE Conference: Monday 28th - Tuesday 29th JUNE 2010 UNITEC, AUCKLAND.
In August 2009 NZSSSC carried out an on-line survey of Sport Coordinators in New Zealand Secondary Schools. The survey sought information regarding profile, remuneration, conditions of employment and qualifications.
For a summary of the results based on 389 responses, CLICK HERE
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SportSCID2010, SportSCID2010 (Practice) and the updated manual are available for downloading.
Please select the item you want to download [you should take all but it's up to you in which order you do it]; right click on mouse; select 'save target as' or 'save link as'; select a name and location and save each file to your computer.
SportSCID2010 [.xls format, 1,435KB]
SportSCID2010(Practice) [.xls format, 1,575 KB]
SportSCID2010 Manual Part 1 (pdf format)
SportSCID2010 Manual Part 2 (pdf format)
SportSCID2010 Manual Part 3 (pdf format)
Please note that the 2010 versions import from and export to the C: Drive, [Local Disk Drive] only. There are no floppy [A:] or network drive options. If you are uncertain about this or find difficulties in gaining access to C: Drive please talk nicely to the school's IT person.
Tournament week dates 2011
In response to Ministry of Education changes to term dates in 2011 to accommodate the Rugby World Cup, the board has altered the dates of Winter tournament week.
2011 Summer Tournament Week Week Starting Monday 28th March
Winter Tournament Week Week Starting Monday 22nd August
From time to time NZSSSC confers a Service to Sport Award which is "presented to people who, as volunteers, have made contributions to secondary school sport that are deemed to be exceptional.” A nominee would be expected to have contributed to secondary school sport beyond simply a local level, at perhaps regional, island or national level over a long period. Nominations can be made by any person, school or sporting group to the Executive Director at any time.
Previous Recipients of Service to Sport Awards are:
| Chris Hayward (Waterpolo) |
Glenda Mann (Netball) |
Fred Strachan (Rowing) |
| Jean Lunny (Equestrian) |
Keri Thomas (Weightlifting) |
Jim Murdoch (Yachting) |
| Garry Carr-Smith (Rowing) |
Ron Bragg (Condor 7's) |
Phil Parrie (Canoe Polo) |
| Tristan Reynard (Underwater hockey) |
Barrie Truman (Football)
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Malcolm Cowie (Football) |
| Bruce Dawe (Cycling) |
Kathy Seaward (Football) |
Sue Rodgers (Athletics) |
| Andrea de Jager (Cycling) |
Grant Jarvis (Football) |
Robyn Broughton (Netball) |
| John Young (Cycling) |
Steve Kissick (Rugby Union) |
Marilyn Milne (Netball) |
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Lyndsey Leask (Softball)
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Raewyn Judson (Softball) |
Phil Gayton (Volleyball) |
| Ted Pearce (Triathlon) |
Grant Feist (Badminton) |
Dudley Storey (Rowing) |
| Nancee Linney (Swimming) |
Derry Godbert (Yachting) |
Jock Murley (Volleyball) |
| Kate Leebody (Netball) |
Ross Sutherland (Yachting) |
Drugs and sports don’t belong together! Thousands of young Kiwi’s have pledged their support to clean sports by signing a drug free pledge alongside our Olympians and world champion athletes – and wearing green armbands to show they have signed. Check out the list of athletes that have signed the pledge, here what they have to say about doping in sport, download free stuff, check out event photos from National Secondary School Events and more at www.unitedbythepledge.co.nz.
In recognition that younger and younger sports stars, particularly in Rugby, are receiving approaches to join the semi professional ranks, the NZRPA has developed answers to a list of Frequently Asked Questions to help educate players on Agents, the role they play, services they perform and what to consider when engaging one.
The NZRPA has also developed the NZRPA Agent Charter. The Charter is designed to assist players to access Agents who have agreed to be bound by certain standards of knowledge, integrity, competence and professionalism and who have been selected by the NZRPA as NZRPA Accredited Agents.
The information can be accessed on their website click here. We encourage every player (and their parents) considering appointing an Agent to read the supporting educational material (and in particular the FAQ’s and NZRPA Agents Charter) within this website
The facility to manage the school's sports programme within MUSAC's Classroom Manager AND to produce the NZSSSC Census report is now available.
Sports Co-ordinators in schools that use MUSAC are advised that they should seriously consider delaying using SportSCID until they assess what MUSAC can offer. SportSCID2009 is still available [below] but we are convinced that the MUSAC option will be better for most sports co-ordinators' needs.
A Manual has been produced to guide you through the process of working with MUSAC. Download here - .
MUSAC Manual
Some schools will ask students to register for all of their sports at the start of the season, or even the start of the year. They will then want to be able to take a student and allocate all of the sports choices for that student. This is not possible directly in MUSAC but it can be easily managed by using MUSAC & SportSCID together. The instructions are here:
MUSAC & SportSCID: Instructions for allocating sports to students as distinct from allocating students to sports.
In consultation with NZEI, NZSSSC has prepared a series of exemplars of job descriptions with an explanatory statement.
NZSSSC STATEMENT