Competition

The High Performance Programme (HPP) delivers strategic plans and guidance to aspiring swimmers and coaches throughout New Zealand. Led by the SNZ High Performance Team the HPP is funded largely from Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) and its High Performance “arm”, the New Zealand Academy of Sport (NZAS).

The HP Team comprises High Performance Programmes Director Clive Rushton, High Performance Coaching Director Jan Cameron, High Performance Coach Thomas Ansorg, Youth Programmes Manager Clive Power, Age Group Programmes Manager, Trevor Nicholls and NZSCAT President Brett Naylor.

Funding is broken into four main areas; “core funding” which underpins the majority of HPP activites, a sport science and sport medicine service agreement with NZAS which allows “carded” swimmers to access free services, “at risk” funding which is conditional on meeting national team targets at annually agreed “PINNACLE” events (Olympic and Commonwealth Games and World Championships), and Performance Enhancement Grants (PEGs) which are paid to swimmers who are successful at Pinnacle events to help them prepare for the following year’s Pinnacle event.

For the comprehensive overview of the SNZ HP Plan to 2012 - 'Mining for Gold' click here. 

High Performance Centres

The SNZ High Performance Centre at the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health has been confirmed through to December 2008. Following the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 the HPC programme will be reviewed.

Programme Visits

Programme visits are made by the High Performance Director to individual high performance swimmers, Squad swimmers, clubs and Region upon request and availability.