High Performance
2012 OLYMPIC CAMPAIGN
Altitude Camp: 3 week camp at altitude was held in Flagstaff, Arizona from 28 November – 18 December. Updates can be found on the SNZ website under HP News here.
EPIC Swim: 14 - 15 January 2012: 4 swimmers qualified for FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 2012 - Setubal Portugal: Kane Radford, Jonathan Pullon, Cara Baker and Charlotte Webby. Congratulations to you all – we wish you every success.
Victoria State Championships: 14-16 January 2012 – Lauren Boyle won 400m, 800m, 1500m and 3rd place in 200m. Penny Marshall = 2nd 200m back, 6th 400m free and 8th 200m free & Chloe Francis 8th 400m free, 9th 200 & 400 IM and 16th 200m free. This was in training competition 21 days after returning from altitude camp.
The new SNZ Olympic Preparation Subsidy Policy was released on 15 December 2011. The subsidy was implemented to enable potential Olympians to adequately prepare for the London Olympics 2012. Please visit the website for further details here.
Logistics for London Olympics 2012: Flights are being held, departing Auckland 10 July returning 13 August. Belgium Camp (prior to Olympics) is secured 12-23 July 2012 and all logistics are complete. European flights, arrival into London, Accreditation and Teamwear are all still in progress.
NZOC Longlist Workshops are taking place in Auckland, Cambridge, Wellington & Invercargill over February and early March.
HIGH PERFORMANCE GENERAL
2012 PM Scholarships were awarded in December 2011. All 2012 recipients were notified in late December 2011. Congratulations to all those swimmers who received this grant.
National Event Camp: Breaststroke. This was held at the Millennium Institute in January 2012 swimmers and coaches from all over the country took part. The swimmers were exposed to our country’s top Sport Scientists and were tested on Anthropometry, Stroke Efficiency and Step Testing. Exposure to group feedback sessions and gruelling training programmes assembled by experienced coach Mark Regan gave the athletes a chance to develop their breaststroke as well as the coaches to share their experiences and knowledge. All athletes showed great improvements in their test results. Thank you to all who participated. Thank you also to Mark Regan, Philip Rush & Jackie Hutchinson for the successful running of this National Event Camp.
Wellington Regional HPC was opened on 16 January. For further information please visit the website here.
GENERAL
Auckland Office has 2 office moves in the 1st quarter, 2012. 8 February to ground floor and 20 April to AUT lab on 1st floor overlooking the pool.
Bath University Intern Joe Geraerts has accepted the 2012-2013 HP Internship. We look forward to Joe starting with us in September 2012.
SWIMMER UPDATES
Shelby Wilson was awarded Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship 2012 – studying at Waikato University.
Bianca Rowley and Bianca Bradley were awarded Massey University Albany Scholarships 2012.
Lauren Boyle was awarded International University Sports Foundation (FISU) scholarship of $5k. The scholarship was only one of three in the world awarded and Lauren was the first swimmer in the Oceania region to receive the award, based on both sporting and academic excellence.
Congratulations to all our swimmers who received 2012 Scholarships. If we haven’t mentioned you, do contact us – we always want to know your news.
2012 UPCOMING HP EVENTS
NSW Champs: (9-12 Feb). Many clubs attending, all AquaBlacks & HPC swimmers attending.
Auckland Open Championships: (23-26 Feb).
Olympic Workshops coming up in Feb/March: Invercargill, Auckland, Cambridge & Wellington.
NZ Age Group Champs: (6-10 March).
Australian Open Championships: (15-22 Mar). Hayley Palmer, Sophia Batchelor, Daniel Bell attending.
NZ Open Nationals: (25-31 Mar). 2012 AquaBlack camp 1st April – 12-6pm.
Logistics underway for all 2012 International Events: Oceania Champs, FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 2012, AquaBlacks camp in Cairns, US Open, Trans Tasman and Junior Pan Pac’s.
Logistics underway for all 2012 Youth & Age and National camps.
YOUTH & OPEN WATER
Congratulations to everyone who competed in the State Open Water champs. It was a trying day but it made for some fantastic racing.
Thanks to the Swimming New Zealand team and staff who made the event a tremendous success.
All open water team selections are with the selectors and all swimmers will be notified in due course
Well done to all swimmers and coaches who attended the breaststroke camp. Great job Mark, there is always something new to be learnt.
All team selection documents are available on Swimming New Zealand's website here.
