New Zealand Rugby Foundation, 2018 Competition

Round 1 – Christchurch, May 12 & 13 Round 2 – Manawatu, June 16 & 17

Entry Package

Contents

Introduction ...... 2

Team List...... 3

Tournament Draw ...... 5

Tournament Officials...... 7

Introduction

NZWR welcome athletes, officials and supporters to the 2018 Wheelchair Rugby Championships (WRC).

This year we will see eight teams battle out for national pride over two rounds, split between Christchurch and Manawatu respectively.

We want to extend an extra welcome to the 8th team - NZDF Invictus will be participating in the WRC rounds. The Invictus Games are hosted in Sydney later this year. We hope that by the team participating in the WRC’s, gaining extra team play time in a competitive environment, that they will gain a competitive edge in October at the Invictus Games.

We wish the participating teams the best of luck and know that players, officials, supporters and spectators will enjoy some great wheelchair rugby over the next few months.

Thank you Southern Trust for supporting our volunteer Officials to attend and run both WRC rounds. Thank you to our sponsor, Travel Prefab, who is NZWR’s preferred travel provider. On behalf of the whole NZWR family we would like to acknowledge and thank all of the sponsors and volunteers, who allow this competition to take place.

Yvonne Mackie New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby Competition Coordinator

Team Lists

Auckland Players Grade Staff Role Hayden Barton-Cootes 3.0 Jeremy Phillips Coach Steve Smith 3.0 Steve Smith Manager Lui Te'o 2.5 Albert Utia Mechanic Maia Amai 2.5 F Clayton Utia Assistant Coach Clayton Utia 2.0 Juliana Carvalho 1.0 SF Marinda Jones 1.5 SF Martin Payne 0.5

BOP Steam Rollers Players Grade Staff Role Hunter Wingfield 4.0 Neil Cudby Coach Scott McDonald 4.0 Amanda Lowry Manager Paul Hale 3.0 R Steve Hughes Mechanic Nafi Lefono 2.0 John Sligo Assistant Coach Dave Fountaine 1.5 S Kevin Hoeboegen 1.5 S Amanda Lowry 1.5 Jordon Tito 1.0 Glen McDonald 0.5 S Rob Wilson 0.5 David Tai 0.5 Neil Cudby 0.5

Canterbury – Black Chargers Players Grade Staff Role Paul Taylor 4.5 Cherie Porter Manager Willie Harris 3.5S Cathy Tinker Staff Sholto Taylor 2.0 Sholto Taylor Coach Cody Everson 1.0 Alex Reilly 1.5* Gilly Hart 0.0 Donald Corkill 1.0

Canterbury – Red Chargers Players Grade Staff Role Greg Mitchell 4.5 Cherie Porter Manager Bevin Clouston-Julius 4.5 Cathy Tinker Staff Mike Todd 2.0 Greg Mitchell Coach Maia O’Keefe 3.5* Dilion Maydon 1.0* Gareth Lynch 1.0 Ian Simpson 0.5

DG Sport Waikato Stampede Players Grade Staff Role Calvin Hewitt 4.5 Peter Klinkhamer Mechanic 3.0 David Klinkhamer Coach Robert Verner 3.0 Blair Whittaker 2.0 Robbie Hewitt 2.0 David Klinkhamer 1.5 Chris Moore 0.5 Tim Young 0.5 Mitchell Simpson 1.0

NZDF Invictus Player Grade Staff Role Allister Baker 3 Gareth Farmer Manager Matt Vangioni 3 Sarah Roberts Nurse Kelly Whittle 3 Allister Baker Coach Bart Couprie 3 Jackie Frisbie-Moir Nurse Peter Harimate 3 Tiny Graham 3 Vanessa Bawden 3 Jason Pore 2 Nu Filo 2 George Nepata 1

Manawatu Player Grade Staff Role Michael Manville 4.0 Brenda Manville Manager Dan Buckingham 3.0 Henry Matthews Coach Jeff Merwood 2.5 S Earlwyn Uncles Mechanic Brendan Uncles 2.5 S Antonio Vecchio 2.0 Phil Kelly 1.0 Nat Manville 0.5 Henry Matthews 0.5 Selwyn Jensen 0.5 S

Wheelington Players Grade Staff Role Alan Signal 4.0 Gavin Rolton Coach Tyler Jennings 3.0 Alan Signal Manager Chris Barry 1.5 S Julia Thorn Support Michael Barry 2.0 S Sarah Barry Support Rose Vaea 1.0 SF Gavin Rolton 0.5

Tournament Draw Teams:

Auckland = AUK NZDF Invictus = IVN BOP Steamers = BOP Canterbury – Red Chargers = Cant R Canterbury – Black Chargers = CANT B DG Sport Waikato Stampede = Wai Manawatu = MAN Wheelington = WLN

Canterbury Saturday 12th Time Game Court 1 Game Court 2 9:00 1 BOP vs MAN 2 WLN vs CANT B 10:30 3 WAI vs BOP 4 INV vs CANT B 12:30 5 MAN vs AUK 6 WLN vs CANT R 2:00 7 BOP vs INV 8 WAI vs CANT B 3:30 9 MAN vs CANT R 10 WLN vs AUK

Sunday 13th 9:00 11 INV vs CANT R 12 WAI vs AUK 10:30 13 BOP vs CANT B 14 MAN vs WLN 12:30 15 WAI vs INV 16 AUK vs CANT R 2:00 17 BOP vs WLN 18 WAI vs CANT R 3:30 19 MAN vs CANT B 20 INV vs AUK

Manawatu Saturday 16th Time Game Game 9:00 21 WAI vs MAN 22 BOP vs CANT R 11:00 23 INV vs WLN 24 AUK vs CANT B 1:00 25 BOP vs AUK 26 MAN vs INV 3:00 27 WAI vs WLN 28 CANT R vs CANT B

Sunday 17th 9:00 30 1 v 4 31 2 v 3 10:30 32 7 v 8 33 5 v 6 12:30 34 1 v 2 35 3 v 4

Tournament Officials

Championship Protest Panel Yvonne Mackie Neil Cudby Andy Chittock

Referees WRC 1 & 2 Scott Clouston Julius (Head Ref) WRC 1 & 2 Phil and Bec Washbourne WRC 1 & 2 Kelly Chittock WRC 1 & 2 Vonnie Phillps WRC 1 & 2 Renske Van Deukeren WRC 1 Lloyd Whyte (Australia) WRC 1 Quentin Fleishfresser (Australia) WRC 2 Darryl Manville

Classifiers Binnie O’Dwyer (Head Classifier) Kate Truman Brendan Vercoe Sara Edwards

Bench Bevin Jenkinson (Head Bench)

Note: All teams and players are required to have a classification card.