Final Newsletter New Zealand Trampoline Championships October 2017

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1 2017 New Zealand Trampoline Championships October 2017 Final Newsletter LOCATION Pioneer Stadium, 75 Lyttelton Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024h EVENT MANAGER Rebecca Weber EVENT ORGANISERS Gymsports in Canterbury Charitable Trust Jane Clark Nigel Humphreys WELCOME We welcome our provinces -Aorangi, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Gymsport Manukau, Harbour, Hawkes Bay/Poverty Bay, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Top of the South, Waikato, Wanganui Manawatu and Wellington. This year we are joined by a team from Australia. We hope you have great achievements and make wonderful memories and we look forward to seeing you competing again in Good luck every one! WIFI There will be no public Wifi available at the venue. STAY CONNECTED The Gymnastics NZ Championships Facebook page is live click here to stay up to date as we count down to the Trampoline event of the year.

2 STADIUM ENTRY FEE Day passes: Adults $10, school children and gold card holders $5, under 5 years FREE. You can stay and watch all sessions or leave and come back. TEAM MANAGERS Team Managers meeting will be held at 5pm Wednesday October 11th in the upstairs viewing area. Team managers information trays will be on the mezzanine floor, please check often. MERCHANDISE Check it out on line. / trampolining.myshopify.com/ The website is also on GNZ's Facebook page. The cut off for delivery prior to the Championships for Hoodies and T Shirts has closed, how ever you can still get the merchandise delivered after the event. We will have plenty of pins, but only a limited stock of drink bottles, hoodies, t.shirts and singlet's will be available to purchase at the venue. Merchandise will be available at the venue on Wednesday 11th October. TROPHIES Don t forget to bring these with you! These need to be handed in on WEDNES- DAY 11th October polished, engraved and repaired if required. If you forget to bring them, you will need to have them couriered to us by the morning of the Thursday 12th October. OPENING CEREMONY Will take place on Thursday 12th October at 11.45am. Gymnastics New Zealand invites all coaches, judges, spectators and volunteers to attend the Opening Ceremony. Athletes are required to attend the opening ceremony and will march on in provincial teams. Provincial tracksuits are to be worn. Marshalling will be in the warm up arena from 11.30am CLOSING CEREMONY Will take place Saturday 14th October at 6.15pm. The closing ceremony will include presentations for Gymnast of the Year, International categories and Coaches medals. WITHDRAWAL FORMS If you are unable to compete in the 2017 New Zealand Trampoline Championships provincial see your provincial co-ordinator for the required form to be completed. A refund will only be considered if a medical certificate is provided. Refunds are 80% of the entry fee and judges fee. Your Manager/Coordinator must submit the completed request for withdrawal form and the athlete s medical certificate to Gymnastics New Zealand. No refunds will be given for other costs/fees related to entering Gymnastics New Zealand Championships.

3 CONTROL JUDGE Vicki Humphreys JUDGES TRAVEL, MEETINGS, ACCOMMODATION & FOOD We would like to thank you for judging at the 2017 NZ Gymnastics Championships for us this year. The Judges meeting will be held at 11.00am on Thursday the 12th October in the upstairs viewing area. TRAVEL- If you have paid for your airfare, The Gymsports in Canterbury Trust will reimburse you if you judge more than 50% of the sessions. Reimbursement will be equivalent to the value of other judges fares booked and paid for by The Gymsports in Canterbury Trust. ACCOMMODATION - The Econo Lodge, 140 Lincoln Rd,Addington and its handy to the stadium. As we have booked and paid for Judges accommodation we are unable to reimburse you if you chose to stay elsewhere. However if we have a surplus after payment of airfares from the travel fund, we will be happy to reimburse what we can if you judge for more than 50% of the sessions. FOOD - All meals will be at the stadium from the evening of Wednesday 11th until the afternoon of the Saturday the 13th October. This will include breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner. Any meals taken outside the stadium will be at your own cost. OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS WINE AND CHEESE Officials function will take place on Thursday 12th October 7.00pm-7.45pm upstairs in the function area. Entry via stairs from stadium or via lift. We extend an invitation to all judges, team officials and coaches. TECHNICAL FORUM Thursday 12th October 7.45pm onwards in the function area. All welcome. SPOTTERS The seasoned trampoline community will know that we cannot run the competition without spotters. Each region has been allocated a session to provide spotters. Please go the GNZ website, for the form, download print complete and return to Jane Clark Due Thank you for your help. Spotters perform an important and compulsory job during Trampoline competitions and we cannot run these events without them. ST JOHNS AMBULANCE There will be a St Johns Ambulance and crew on standby at the stadium from Wednesday afternoon until competition closes on Saturday.

4 PHOTOGRAPHER Grant Harris Photography will be taking photographs from Thursday afternoon until end of competition Saturday. See his ad for details. To view any of Grant s latest work check out Facebook Harris-Photography or Instagram: grant_harris_photography SPOTTERS REQUEST Spotters perform an important and compulsory part during Trampoline competitions and we cannot run these events without you. Please note: There will be a safety briefing 15 minutes prior to the start of each session. You will be given a volunteer s vest to wear while you are spotting. If possible please wear black pants with a plain white or black top. Footwear should be white soled sneakers this is to protect the floor surfaces at the stadium. Spotters are not required to pay an entry fee on the day of volunteering. Refreshments will be available for you in the volunteers room at the conclusion of your session. Team Managers- please return spotters NAMES, S and MOBILE NUMBERS no later than Friday the 22/9/2017 to maree@olympia.org.nz. See GNZ website for Spotters request form please. Should there be an emergency where you are unable perform your volunteer role we ask that you notify your Team Manager to appoint a replacement.

5 We thank our supporters who are making this championship possible:- Gymnastics New Zealand Level 2, 6 Arena Street Grafton, Auckland