High Performance
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).
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.
SNZ Performance and Pathways team
General Manager Performance & Pathways - Jan Cameron jan@swimmingnz.org.nz
Head Coach - Mark Regan mregan@swimmingnz.org.nz
Performance & Pathways Manager - Byron Thomas byron@swimmingnz.org.nz
High Performance Coach - Thomas Ansorg thomas@swimmingnz.org.nz
Youth & Age Programme Manager - Trevor Nicholls trevor@swimmingnz.org.nz
Youth & Age Logistics Manager - Lisa Conroy lisa@swimmingnz.org.nz
Coaching Development Manager - Arjun Haszard arjun@swimmingnz.org.nz
Open Water Head Coach & Programme Manager - Philip Rush philip@swimmingnz.org.nz
Programme Visits
Programme visits are made by the GM Performance and Pathways (Jan Cameron) to individual high performance swimmers, Squad swimmers, Clubs and Regions upon request and availability.
