SPARC Volunteer Coach of the Year Awards
The SPARC Volunteer Coach Awards are designed to recognise coaches at a club or school level (not at representative level) for their volunteer, unpaid coaching contributions.
Nominations are being called for the SPARC Volunteer Coach Awards 2010 to help recognise some of the 70,000 parents, grandparents, teachers, and community minded people acting as volunteer coaches throughout New Zealand.
All nominated coaches receive a letter of thanks for being a great coach and go into a draw to win one of 17 $100 Stirling Sports vouchers! Three coaches in each region are also awarded regional titles, receive a generous supply of Watties products and coaching apparel from SPARC. One of the three also wins a coach development opportunity with SPARC.
Recognition Events:
There will be a breakfast session in Nelson on Wednesdy, 13 October to recognise the success of local coaches.
There will be a morning or evening session (TBA) in Blenheim on Friday, 15 October to recognise the success of local coaches.
One winner from the Nelson/Blenheim region will win travel, accommodation and entry to SPARC's national coaching convention (date TBD), where the winners will learn from and mingle with high profile regional and national coaches.
Nominations close 8 September 2010
Nominations can be made online by:
• downloading the nomination form
• visiting the Volunteer Coach Awards 2010 website
• picking up an entry form from our local Regional Sports Trust office at:
Sport Tasman - Sports House at Saxton Field, 142 Saxton Road East, Stoke, Nelson
Sport Marlborough - Stadium 2000, Kinross Street, Blenheim
Categories
Coaches can be nominated in either the Student, General or Lifetime category:
• Student category is open to school aged coaches.
• General category is for all other community coaches.
• Lifetime category is for people who have devoted 25 years or more to coaching.
Previous Winners
Click here for the results from the 2008 SPARC Volunteer Coach Awards.
To find out more, contact:
Steve Mitchell, Senior Advisor - Sport
Sport Tasman
Phone: 03 546 3304 * Email: steve.m@nel.sporttasman.org.nz
or
Julie Price, Advisor - Sport
Sport Tasman
Phone: 03 923 2322 * Email: julie.p@nel.sporttasman.org.nz
Updated 4 August 2010
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