New Zealand Rowing Race Officials Association Inc
Welcome
NZRROA was formed as an Affiliate member of RNZ following the 2007 Rowing New Zealand AGM. The Association is entrusted with responsibility for the education, training and qualification of all licensed race officials (LRO) in New Zealand. Rowing New Zealand retains the rights to issue a Race Officials’ Licences to those who qualify. NZRROA maintains an ongoing communication with all its members on all aspects of rowing related to race officiating.
Amongst the Objectives as recorded in the NZRROA Constitution are requirements to
· To promote the utilisation of NZRROA members as Race Officials by RNZ and its member Local Associations
· To liaise with RNZ and its Local Associations on the appointment of Race Officials
· To develop and disseminate training materials to, and to conduct training courses for those seeking to become Licensed Race Officials
· To set National Standards and examinations for the evaluation of trainees
· To establish liaison with similar bodies in other countries and in particular Australia with the aim of establishing best practice for New Zealand
· To encourage the regular interchange of New Zealand Race Officials with those from other countries and in particular Australia
· To establish programmes to enable LROs to prepare for and sit FISA examinations
· To advise RNZ on the Rules of Racing and on their consistency with the FISA Rules of Racing
As at December 2008 the inaugural Executive Committee is pleased to record that substantial progress has been made in virtually all these areas.
The Executive Committee comprises representatives from each Local Association as defined by the RNZ Constitution. Those representatives and their contact phone numbers are –
Auckland Lesley Milne (Mrs) 575 6266 021 636605
Bay of Plenty John Hatwell 571 3069 027 6839701
Waikato Lee Spear 856 6177 021 432616
East Coast Hewitt Harrison 378 0693 027 4307717
Wanganui Leslie Saywood [06] 347 8931
Wellington Colin Shields 565 1050 027 4635055
Marlborough Michaela Rush 520 8476 021 491815
Canterbury Markus Molly 322 1186 021 02750096
Otago Trevor Wilson 437 0908 021 1341073
Southland Cliff Buchanan 249 8404
The current Chairperson is Mrs Lesley Milne (Auckland) and the Secretary/Treasurer is Hewitt Harrison (East Coast).
Enquiries regarding membership and/or becoming a LRO may in the first instance be directed to the appropriate Executive members from your Local Association. Alternatively enquiries on such matters or on any other matter may be directed to the Secretary/Treasurer at –
15 Tankersley Street, Lansdowne, Masterton 5810
or by email to
Phone contact numbers are found above.
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