SPARC Volunteer Coach of the Year Awards
Nominations Welcomed for SPARC Volunteer Coach of the Year 2009
Nominations were called for the SPARC Volunteer Coach of the Year Awards 2009 to help recognise some of the 70,000 parents, grandparents, teachers, and community minded people acting as volunteer coaches throughout New Zealand.
One winner from each region will win travel, accommodation and entry to SPARC’s national coaching convention in May 2010, where the winners will learn from and mingle with high profile regional and national coaches.
Winning coaches from each region will also receive coaching apparel from SPARC and a generous supply of Wattie’s products.
The names of everyone who nominates a coach will also go in to a draw to win one of 34 $100 sport vouchers.
Coaches can be nominated in either the student, general or lifetime category. The student category is open to school aged coaches, while the lifetime category is for people who have devoted 25 years or more to coaching. The general category is for all other community coaches.
SPARC chief executive Peter Miskimmin says SPARC’s Active NZ survey found that one in four adult New Zealanders volunteer in sport and recreation and a large percentage of these people are volunteering as coaches.
"Literally hundreds of thousands of hours are donated each year by volunteer coaches and SPARC’s Volunteer Coach of the Year awards are a way of showing our appreciation."
"Every single one of our top athletes will have a story to tell about the contribution their earlier coaches made to their career. Volunteer coaches -- including parents, grandparents, teachers, club members and those involved in school sport -- pass on invaluable skills, and ensure our young people enjoy their involvement in sport and recreation to the max."
The SPARC Volunteer Coach of the Year awards are open to all non-paid, volunteer coaches including club coaches, school coaches and anyone coaching at a non-representative level.
For further information, please contact Ross Bond, SPARC, on 04 472 8058 ext 3890 or 021 493 181 or by emailing ross.bond@sparc.org.nz.
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Updated | 07 Sep 2009.
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