Community Coach of the Month
The purpose of this award is to recognise the valuable work provided by coaches at all levels in our sporting community. The award is open to all coaches.
Rules and Conditions of Entry
- Nominations to be received by 5pm on the 25th of each month. Send entries to Mike Walsh, Sport Wellington Region, PO Box 24 148 Manners St, Wellington or fax to 04) 801 8976 or by entering online.
- The winner will receive a Coaches Pack supplied by Sport Wellington Region. All nominees will be "thanked" for their services as a coach by Sport Wellington Region.
- Any coach in the Wellington Region is eligible.
- The winner will be selected by a panel of three sporting experts. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Nomination Form
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Previous Winners
Congratulations to Sharon Patterson who coaches netball at Maoribank Primary school. Apart from coaching her school team she assists and supports other school coaches and imparts her knowledge of the value of netball training, "positional" play and the rules of the sport.
Sharon sends appropriate information of team contacts, competition draws, uniforms and equipment to all the school teams.
May 2008
Congratulations to Phil Jones who coaches Track and Field, in particular throwing events. Phil has had an exceptional season with senior and college athletes being successful in the Wellington Championships, New Zealand Secondary Schools, North Island Secondary Schools Championships and McEvedy Shield.
April 2008
Congratulations to Moana Pointon who coached the Wellington East Girls College softball team to winning the National Secondary School championships in Christchurch. Her commitment, dedication and natural ability paid off after three years of attempting to win this event. She selected athletes with potential and turned them into winners. This volunteer coach has a huge passions for her sport which is contagious and has rubbed off on these college students.
March 2008
Congratulations to Trevor Woodward, the March Coach of the Month. Trevor is the Mountain Bike coach for Samara Sheppard who is the 2008 New Zealand and Oceania under 19 Mountain Bike Champion. Trevor develops her training programmes as well as mentoring her to achieve her sport goals.
February 2008
Congratulations to Janice McKenna who has been involved in coaching at club, Wellington Representative and New Zealand levels. She has been instrumental in conjunction with the Wellington selectors in introducing high performance culture to the Wellington teams. Her most recent achievements have been with the New Zealand World Bowls Team as an Assistant Coach.
New Zealand being the best team at the World Championships and winning 6 medals from 8 events.
January 2008
Congratulations to Tony Nixon who coached the Hutt Valley Representative Men's team to win the 2008 National Provincial Championship. He had limited preparation and the bare minimum of players available to participate in the event. His organisation and commitment to the team has been remarkable as he jelled everyone into a focused, self believing group who overcame numerous barriers and at times seemingly losing situations to claim the national title.
December 2007
Congratulations to Johnny Lomax, who coaches the Wainuiomata Rugby League club team. He accepted the position when they had no coach and only limited players at pre-season training. With his expertise Johnny turned the team around against all odds by winning the Wellington Rugby League championship and then shocked everyone by winning the inaugral National Club championship undefeated. Johnny and the team "returned pride to Wainui" and the local community through an outstanding performance and limited resources.