| Briefings - 27 August 2008
Contents:
- Olympic Team welcomed home
- Awards Nominations Deadline
- Nominations for YNZ’s Board Directors
- Board Nominee: Richard Gladwell
- Board Nominee: Graeme Robinson
- Board Nominee: John Robert Street MNZM, ACA
- More PHRF info online
- Open KORC Meeting Agenda
- Auckland Regional Council - Marina Fees Petition
- NZCT Regional Support Officer Positions: Central Region and Otago / Southland Region
- NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team - Guidelines for Nomination & Selection
- Shipping to Australia
- St Johns Rotary CORK Scholarship
- Upcoming Coaching Courses
- Other courses on offer: RYA Powerboat & Marine Medic
- Coaching Update Newsletter
- Coaching Positions Available
Olympic Team welcomed home
 This morning the New Zealand Olympic Team, including our new Olympic Champion Tom Ashley, arrived into Auckland airport to a huge welcoming crowd.
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Awards Nominations Deadline
Nominations for 2008 Yachting Excellence Awards have been open now for around six weeks… the final deadline is Friday 5th September.
Award categories include…
Sailor of the Year
Young Sailor of the Year
Merit Awards
Honour Awards
Cruising Awards
Criteria for the award categories, including who is eligible to make nominations and the nomination form is available from the Yachting New Zealand website (link below), or by contacting Michelle Mclean at Yachting New Zealand.
The Awards dinner and presentation ceremony is set for Friday November 28th, to be held at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland.
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Nominations for YNZ’s Board Directors
Nominations received by due date for the two available places on the Board are as follows:
Richard Gladwell
Graeme Robinson
John Street MNZM
The resumes of the candidates as supplied by them (with minor editting) are below. Voting papers and other material for the Annual General Meeting will be sent to members of Yachting New Zealand next week.
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Board Nominee: Richard Gladwell
Competitive Racing Record
* Competitive sailor for 43 years
* National Champion in Soling (1) and Int. Contender (3)
* Represented New Zealand six times at World Championship level in Soling and Int. Contender
* Campaigned in England, Holland, Germany and Australia
* NZ Team member 1983 Admirals Cup and 1985 Southern Cross Cup
* Competitor NZ Olympic Trials 1980 (FD) and 1984 (Soling)
Rules and Umpiring
* ISAF: International Judge (1991 – Present); International Umpire (1993 –1999)
* YNZ: Member Appeals Panel (as are all NZL IJ's)
* International Jury member - 1992 Laser Worlds; 1992 Laser Masters Worlds; 1994 OK Worlds; 1995 Europe Worlds, 1996 International Catamaran Challenge Trophy (Melbourne), 1998 Dart Worlds (Noumea); 1999 49er World Championships (Melbourne), 2002 Int Contender Worlds (Melbourne), 2002- Sail Melbourne, 2003 Presidents Cup (Fiji); 2005 Int 14 Worlds; 2005 Int 14 Team Racing Worlds (Takapuna); 2007 420 Worlds (Takapuna); 2007 505 Worlds (Adelaide) (Chairman), 2008 Tornado Worlds
Race Management , Administration and Coaching
* Director/Board Member, Yachting New Zealand (elected 2004, re-elected 2006), member of YNZ Olympic Committee,
* Commodore of Takapuna Boating Club (1979-1981). Organising committee of four World Championships (1973-80)
* Commodore of Wakatere Boating Club (1998 – 2000) & Vice Commodore (1997)
* Chairman, International Contender Assoc (1979-1980) - the world governing body for the class
* Chief Measurer and Executive Committee member, Young 88 Association. (1987- 1989)
* YNZ: Selection panel member for "YNZ Sailor of the Year" (1999 – Present)
* Evaluated 1992 Olympic class options; Media relations – "Women Medallists Tour" & "NZ Sailor".
* Secretary NZ 49er Association (1998-1999), Co-ordinator NZ 29er Association (1999)
* Committee member and Secretary for TGS Rowing (2001 – 2004)
Media and Other:
* NZ Editor – www.sail-world.com US Editor – www.rowing-world.com/usa (Circulation 15,000 and 12,000 respectively per edition. Sail-World sites receive in excess of 100,000 unique visitors per month Editor, Sail-World America's Cup newsletter (50 editions to a readership of 40,000 per edition). Editor, Takapuna Worlds 2008 websites (Four Olympic class world championships)
* Racing Editor, Contributor and Columnist - "Sailing NZ", "Boating New Zealand" magazine
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Board Nominee: Graeme Robinson
Background of relevant experience:
* Graeme Robinson only discovered sailing in his early thirties, but has since made up for lost time.
* As a member of Napier Sailing Club, Graeme has been Racing Secretary since 1988, except for a five year stint as Commodore, and he has been recognised with Life membership of the Club.
* He has mainly competed in the Flying Fifteen class, where he has won a national championship and represented New Zealand at a string of World Championships. He has qualified to compete in Melbourne in January 2009.
* Graeme is on the International Council and the Technical Committee of the Flying Fifteen class; he is a class measurer and is the New Zealand Registrar.
* He is a National Judge, with national and international experience.
* In 1986, Graeme established his own consulting civil engineering practice in Napier. He is a qualified and experienced environmental engineer, and has represented Clubs on resource management issues relating to coastal and inland waters in Hawke's Bay.
* He is passionate about yachting and sailing and wants to see increased and ongoing participation in all forms of activities, from cruising, through programmes to introduce people of all ages to sailing, up to the highest levels of competitive sport.
* From 1997 to 2006, Graeme was the East Coast North Island Regional Representative on the Council of Yachting New Zealand.
* In 2006, he was elected to the Board of Yachting New Zealand. Graeme has served as the Board representative on the Junior Classes Committee and he actively participated in the 2007 Commodore's Conference.
* Graeme is keen to serve a second term on the Board, to further his work in the best interests of all members of Clubs that are affiliated to Yachting New Zealand.
Member Yacht Club: Napier Sailing Club (Inc)
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Board Nominee: John Robert Street MNZM, ACA
Offers a lifetime of financial management plus a lifetime involvement in the marine and waterfront industries.
1960 - Joined family business — A Foster & Co Ltd
1975 - Took over from father as Managing Director of A Foster & Co Ltd
2006 - Sold Fosters to American Principals — Harken International USA
2006 - Appointed Chairman of Directors Harken NZ Ltd
1998/2000 - Appointed a Director of America's Cup Village Ltd, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the ARC Trust, later to be renamed Infrastructure Auckland
Marine Industry and Governance Activities
Trustee of NZ National Maritime Museum for 8 years.
Director of joint venture company Foster McDell Ltd - builders of the MRX Match Racing yachts.
Trustee and immediate Past Chairman of the NZ International Yachting Trust, which assists with financial funding for Olympic yachting.
Past committee member of MAREX (now NZ Marine)
Past president and committee member of Boating Industry.
Past president and committee member of Boating Industry Assn (now Marine Industry Assn).
Past member of the general committee and finance committee of the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron.
Past member of YNZ High Performance Committee - approving grants for top Olympic yachtsmen 'women.
Past President Tongariro National Parks Board – Member 2 years
Awards
NZ Yachting Federation - Honour Award 1994
Member of the NZ Order of Merit - MNZM - June 1996 Yachting New Zealand - Life Member 2002/3
Sailor of the Year (YNZ) 2003/4
Life Member of RNZYS (1996)
Sporting Interests & Involvement
Cricket - Parnell Cricket Club 1950-1962 - Past Treasurer
Skiing - Tongariro Ski Club - Past Treasurer for 15/16 years
Sailing - RNZYS Member since 1978
Golf - Member Akarana Golf Club 1952-62
Member: Whitford Park Country Club 1960-70s
Member: Middlemore Golf Club 1980-90s
Sailing Experience
1940's Learnt to sail - P class at Orakei Basin
1950's Zeddie - recreation sailing only from Okahu Bay
Late 1950's Idle Along - raced with fleet at Hobsonville 1960's-1970's owned & raced Paper Tiger class
1980's-2008 owned & raced Tiger Shark locally in Kawau Bay
1980's-2006 co-owner Farr 38 - Magic Dragon Yacht Charters:
Whitsundays, Australia - 41 ft keeler
Vavau, Tonga - 52 ft keeler
Bora Bora, Tahiti - 46 ft keeler
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More PHRF info online
Information on PHRF (Performance Handicap Racing Fleet) on the Yachting New Zealand website has been updated. A page of Frequently Asked Questions has been added with answers providing more background information.
If you want to know the answers to questions like…
How is the PHRF TCF first derived?
How is the PHRF TCF changed?
What if I do not like my PHRF TCF?
Can I request a review of my PHRF?
Who else races under PHRF and what is their handicap?
Do Class boats have the same PHRF?
And more… visit the website through the link below and read through the newly published information. If you have anymore questions on PHRF or keelboat and multihull matters contact the KORC Administrator – Jude Eades - at jude@yachtingnz.org.nz
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Open KORC Meeting Agenda
A reminder that an open meeting of the KORC Committee will be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 9th September 2008. The meeting will be held upstairs at Yachting New Zealand at 85 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina, Auckland.
The agenda includes the following…
1. IRC
a) IRC Nationals, (Format, Venue, Presentation by RPNYC)
b) IRC Owners Assn
2. PHRF
a) How does PHRF work?
b) Walk through Questions and Answers
c) Quality Assurance of PHRF
d) Free Software available to clubs
e) Any other questions
3. Regatta Sponsorship Confirmation
4. South Pacific Cup
5. Ocean Racing
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Auckland Regional Council - Marina Fees Petition
Boaties at a number of Auckland marinas have some serious and justifiable concerns about the sea-bed charges made by the Auckland Regional Council (ARC). Those affected are:
* Half Moon Bay / Buckland’s Beach Yacht Club
* West Park Marina
* Pine Harbour Marina
A petition has been organised to protest the high level of fees that boaties are required to pay at these marinas to the ARC, while other marinas in Auckland do not sustain such charges. These fees are not the same as the Coastal Occupational Charges proposed under Section 64A of the Resource Management Act 1991.
While the ARC and a number of other regional councils have decided not to proceed with Coastal Occupational Charges (at least for now) it cannot be assumed that these taxes on our sport and recreation will not re-appear in the future. Coastal Occupation Charges are a fee that is paid by any person benefiting from occupying the Coastal Marine Area to the exclusion of the public. It is a form of compensation to the community for the loss of access to that space.
It is Yachting New Zealand’s view that sailing clubs – which are ‘Not for Profit’ organisations – should be treated no differently to land based sports clubs or indeed churches with respect to council fees and levies. Remember the principle is ‘compensation for the community loss of access to that space’.
It is relevant to note that Ports of Auckland is 100% owned by Auckland Regional Holdings, a statutory investment entity accountable to the Auckland Regional Council. To what extent are or will port companies be charged to compensate the community for its loss of access to that space? All we ask for is equitable treatment of water based sports and their recreational facilities.
If you wish to support the petition with respect to the marinas please contact either Geoff Burgess (geoff.burgess@woosh.co.nz) or Bob Ogilvie (elbo@xtra.co.nz) for a copy of the petition.
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NZCT Regional Support Officer Positions: Central Region and Otago / Southland Region
Yachting New Zealand has four NZCT Regional Support Officers servicing regions across the country. Following three terms of operating in the two regions above, these positions are being re-advertised. Current NZCT RSO’s are welcome to apply, as are others with appropriate skills and an interest in sailing.
The NZCT Regional Support Officer (RSO) programme is a programme to support clubs and regions in their growth and development, and with the promotion of sailing and regional initiatives. The RSO’s report to the National Programmes Manager.
The position involves working closely with Regional Yachting Associations, yacht clubs and schools and requires travelling throughout the region. Knowledge of yachting and club / regional structure would be an advantage. Hours of work will need to be flexible to suit weekend and evening work.
Information on the role including a Job Description is available from the Yachting New Zealand website through the link below.
Applications by email should go to dianne@yachtingnz.org.nz or by post to Att: Dianne Logan, Yachting New Zealand, Box 91209, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142. Any queries can be directed to Andrew Clouston at andrew@yachtingnz.org.nz or (09) 361 4021.
Applications close on September 30th.
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NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team - Guidelines for Nomination & Selection
The 2009 ISAF Youth Worlds will be held in the city of Armecao de Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil between the 9th & 18th of July.
The 2009 event will see the return of the 420 as the double-handed discipline for the Boys and the Girls. The Hobie 16 will also re-emerge as the Open Multihull equipment. But perhaps the most talked about equipment change will be the move to use the Laser Radial for both the Boys & the Girls Single handed divisions.
As a response to this the Laser Radial is outlined in the policy as the selection class for this year’s team. Further to this there has been a proposed change to include the 8.5 rig for both the New Zealand RS:X Nationals as well as the Youthsail regatta, where previously boys have sailed the 9.5 Rig in the first of the selection events in years past.
Yachting New Zealand intends to announce the final draft of the Guidelines for nomination and selection around the end of September 2008, but has released a draft document in the meantime, to outline proposed changes and the parameters of the selection policy with a view to fielding issues around the selection process, events and classes. The draft guidelines can be downloaded from the YNZ website through the link below.
The final draft will be announced in the Briefings Newsletter and will be available on the Yachting New Zealand website. In the meantime matters that you wish to raise about selection for the NZL Yachting Trust Youth Team for 2009 can be emailed to marty@yachtingnz.org.nz before the 16th of September 2008.
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Shipping to Australia
Planning is underway for shipping Olympic class yachts to Australia this year for SIRS and Sail Melbourne regattas.
If you are interested in booking space please complete the advance notice form available on the YNZ website through the link below and send back to Leslie prior to Friday September 5, 2008.
Any queries contact Leslie: leslie@yachtingnz.org.nz
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St Johns Rotary CORK Scholarship
Congratulations to Jason Saunders who recently returned from the CORK Regatta in Kingston, Ontario Canada. Jason was this year’s recipient of the St Johns Rotary, Youth Sailing Scholarship.
While light fickle winds taunted the Race Officials and competitors in Beijing, a similar struggle was going on for the organizers of the CORK Youth Fest Regatta. When racing finally got underway for the regatta it was Jason Saunders who was able to overcome the fleet of Canadian and US sailors to take the gun in the first and only race of the series.
Jason stayed in Kingston then to compete in the CORK Olympic Classes Regatta and placed a creditable 5th, in the open Gold fleet, ahead of Canada’s ISAF Youth Worlds representative Robert Davis.
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Upcoming Coaching Courses
During the month of September, Yachting New Zealand Coaching Courses will be run in Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga and Christchurch. The new Race Coach course is on offer in all of these venues except in Napier where the Regatta Coach course will be run.
The Christchurch course has been kindly funded by SPARC as this is Yachting New Zealand's pilot course for the new Race Coach (Learn to Race) course. The Wellington Yachting Association has done a magnificent job of gaining funding for their coaches to attend the above course for free.
Visit the Upcoming Courses webpage for dates, who will be running and the courses, which clubs are hosting and the application form to attend. If you require any more information contact Andrew Brown andrewb@yachtingnz.org.nz
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Other courses on offer: RYA Powerboat & Marine Medic
RYA POWERBOAT LEVEL 2
Yachting New Zealand is running an RYA Powerboat Level 2 course for coaches and supporters. This will be a three hour course with an option on either of two dates; one mid week and one course on a weekend. The dates are Monday October 6th or Sunday November 2nd. If you pass the course you will be become a qualified RYA Level 2 Powerboat driver.
This is an important informal development opportunity for coaches and supporters, especially for those coaches coaching at overseas regattas as it is REQUIRED to have a Powerboat Drivers license. It is also handy for your liability as a coach.
Yachting New Zealand has organised a reduced rate for this course of $75 per participant but with limited numbers allowable for the course. Therefore the course is available on a first come, first served basis.
Click the link below for more details and to download the application form to attend. Be in quick!
MARINE MEDIC FIRST AID
A specialised eight hour Marine Medic First Aid course for coaches and sailors will be held in Auckland on the evening of the 3rd and 4th of September 2008. The location will be advised.
This Marine Medic Course will be NZQA certified and covers:
Trauma Identification and Assessment
Medical Emergencies
Evacuation and Medical Assistance
Casualty Resuscitation – including an introduction to Defibrillation
Managing Shock
Treating Internal & External Bleeding
Managing Torso Injuries
Managing Burns Emergencies
Managing Fractures
Managing Soft Tissue Injuries
Head, Neck, Spinal Injury Stabilisation
Managing Environmental Injuries
Managing Minor Wounds
Managing Minor Ear and Eye Injuries
This course is partially subsided by Yachting New Zealand and is only $100 to attend – the normal course cost is $225. The Certificate is valid for a period of two years.
Click the link below for more details and to download the application form to attend. For more information contact Andrew Brown andrewb@yachtingnz.org.nz
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Coaching Update Newsletter
Next week the Coaching Update for September edition is due out.
This newsletter will give coaches views of the Olympics, Youth Worlds and also a lowdown on Weymouth the next Olympic venue. There will be a report on the latest Yachting New Zealand Facilitators workshop, plus much more!
To sign up to receive the coaching update, click the link below and tick the Coaching Update box.
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Coaching Positions Available
Coach Wanted: Diocesan School
Diocesan School are looking for two coaches for Saturday Mornings at Wakatere with one Optimist coach and one Starling coach needed. For more information please contact: Nick Eady neady@attglobal.net
Coach wanted: Sailability
Sailability are looking for a pool of coaches for both Saturday and Sunday (learn to sail and ready to race) as well as a couple of evenings a week when daylight saving kicks in. SailAbility are putting in a big effort as they are getting ready for the singlehanded IFDS Worlds being held in Auckland in January 2009! For more information please contact: Brendan Tourelle btourelle@gmail.com
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