NZSSAA Team to the Australian Track and Field Championships, Sydney March 21-24, 2020

3 October 2019 3:00pm

Expressions of interest are required for selection for the NZSS Athletics team to compete at the Australian Athletics Champs in Sydney, Australia from 21-24 March 2020.

• Further Information
• EOI Form

Child Protection in Sport E-Learning Course

28 September 2019 9:20am

Safe Guarding Children have recently launched a Child Protection in Sport eLearning course.

The Child Protection in Sport course has been developed for all sporting codes and organisations from professionals to volunteers. The course includes information directly relevant to the sporting sector such as professional standards and side-line behaviour and has sport-related quizzes and videos. Safe Guarding Children worked with child protection in sport specialist Leanne Couch (formerly Sport Manawatu and Sport England) to develop the content and ensure it would resonate with and engage a sporting audience.

With New Zealand having one of the highest participation rates for children in sport in the world, adults involved in sport have a special and hugely important role to play in creating safe environments and recognising and responding to potential child abuse and neglect.

Safeguarding Children also deliver seminars and workshops, Child Protection Policy development and consultancy work if you are interested.

• Upcoming public courses
• Flyer

California Track & Field Tour 2020

20 September 2019 10:15am

Applications are now being accepted for the 10th Annual California Track & Field Tour. Athletes in all disciplines will compete on three weekends in Southern California meets – including the Arcadia Invitational, one of the most prestigious high school meets in the world.

This year’s tour dates are April 7-25. Athletes will be based in Orange County and have access to practice facilities at our host track. Athletes on past tours, especially in 2019, have achieved many personal bests against top competition in an ideal climate conducive to top performances.

To learn more about the tour and to apply, go to californiatour.co.nz or contact Greg Lautenslager, Athletics Nelson Head Coach and California Track & Field Tour Director at (O) 03 923-2321 or (M) 027 343-5521 or via e-mail: coach@nzrunningacademy.co.nz.

NZSSAA Cross Country Team Results at the Australian Cross Country Championships

25 August 2019 2:00pm

Congratulations to the athletes who competed at the Australian Cross Country Championships held at Kembla Joggers Cross Country Park, Wollongong 24 August 2019.

• Results

ISF World Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships Slovakia 2020

12 August 2019 12:47pm

Congratulations to the schools and athletes selected to represent NZSSAA at the ISF World Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships in Slovakia in April 2020.

• ISF Team

Cross Country Team for Australian Champs

18 July 2019 8:30pm

Congratulations to our athletes who have been selected to represent the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association at the Australian Open and Australian Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships at Kembla Grange, NSW, August 24-26, 2019.

• Cross Country Team for Australian Champs

ISF World Secondary Cross Country Championships Slovakia 2020

22 June 2019 10:00am

• Information
• Individual Application Form
• Team Application Form

2020 Venues and Dates

21 June 2019 9:00am

• NZSSAA Cross Country and Cross Country Relay Championships, June 20/21, Hawera
• North Island Secondary Schools Championships, April 4/5, Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
• South Island Secondary Schools Championships, April 4/5, Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub, Christchurch
• NZSSAA Track, Field and Road Race Championships, December 4/5/6, Tauranga Domain, Tauranga

Cross Country Results

15 June 2019 9:00am

Results

• Individual Results
• 3 Person Team Results
• 6 Person Team Results
• Relay Results

• Selected Team
• Track, Field, Road Race and Cross Country Paper Team Application Form

• Report by Murray McKinnon Athletics New Zealand Correspondent

Certificates: If there were any mistakes on the original certificate please email timarucc2019@gmail.com before Friday June 21st so these can be corrected.

• Live Stream

Cross Country Championships

12 June 2019 8:00pm

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Pool Party Tickets

Online orders for pool party tickets have now closed. Additional tickets will be available on Saturday at the Administration Tent.

Official Photographer

The official photographer for the event is Karyn Geary. You can contact Karyn at karyngeary@gmail.com or on 0276889008 to book in a time for a team photograph between 9am and 10.25am on Saturday morning or after the conclusion of the Senior Boys race. Karyn will also be taking action shots of the athletes and these will be available to view and buy after the event at her website (https://www.karyngearyphotography.com/)

World Secondary Schools' Cross Country Championships 2020

6 June 2019 8:00am

NZSSAA intend to take a full team to the ISF World Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs in Slovakia, April 18-23 2020.

• More information

Further Race Distance Survey at Timaru

4 June 2019 9:00pm

The Executive of the NZSSAA has been surveying all interested parties over the last year to decide whether the distances of some events at the NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country should be changed.

They have decided to further poll the following events in Timaru to get more athlete feedback.

This will be done by athletes putting their timing chip into one of two buckets as they leave the post-race marshalling area beyond the finish line.

Please let your athletes in these events know about the survey and get them to think about which way they will vote prior to the race.

Events surveyed and distance choices:
Junior Girls – 3k (status quo) or increase to 4k
Senior Girls – 4k (status quo) or increase to 5k
Senior Boys – 6k (status quo) or decrease to 5k