GAMES REPORT/// START EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The second 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games has ended with its place in the world of My thanks, as chairman, go to those financial supporters and to Snow Sports NZ, the Federation winter sports firmly established. We cannot have hoped for better so early in the development Internationale du Ski, Ticket to Ride (TTR), the Association of Free Ski Professionals (AFP), the of the event. Our international reputation is built on high quality organisation, world-class International Paralympics Committee (IPC), the World Curling Federation, the International venues, ideal training opportunities and a high level of competition. Our relaxed Kiwi Triathlon Union and the Ice Skating Union for their critical support in delivering high-quality environment makes Winter Games unique in the world of winter sports. athlete-focused competitions. Importantly, the Winter Games are helping to further develop strong alliances with our winter Finally my thanks goes to the many volunteers who help deliver the Winter Games events, sports friends in Asia and North America. The IOC decision to allocate the Winter Olympics to sometimes in very trying conditions and at unsociable times of the day or night. Their names Korea is very welcome and is an exciting opportunity to grow the profile of winter sports in the have been included in this report in recognition. A special acknowledgement goes to Board region. We can now look forward to building a close relationship with Pyeongchang 2018 over member Chris Doig, who passed away after the Winter Games. His contribution to the Games the next seven years. was deeply valued by us all. For 2011 we added the sports of winter triathlon, adaptive snowboard cross and short track Now let us focus on 2013 when the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games will be held just speed skating, and Mt Hutt and Methven township hosted the alpine ski racing Super G and six months prior to the Sochi Winter Olympics – an opportunity for the world to come, train, a Big Air. Another innovation was adding an extensive festival programme in Queenstown, compete, and push the boundaries once again. Wanaka and Methven, that built a significant off-mountain Games atmosphere. Particularly successful was moving the awards ceremonies downtown to ensure a greater involvement and visibility within the local communities. Once again we received a high level of international media interest. Fifteen television programmes were distributed internationally, media uptake of Games images was double that of 2009 and our own social media marketing came of age. We do, though, still have some work Sir Eion Edgar. to do within New Zealand to increase media understanding and interest in snow and ice sports. Chairman Winter Games NZ Trust We continue to receive excellent support from our commercial sponsors, the New Zealand Government, the regional tourism organisations and the many Trusts that provided grants. In the current international economic climate it is encouraging that our partners continued to support the Games and helped ensure that we remain financially strong. THE 100% EVENT RESULTS: ALPINE SKIING One thousand world stars of Slalom, Giant Slalom, Snowboard, Freeski, Cross Country, Winter Triathlon, FIS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CUP Curling, Figure Skating, Ice Hockey, Speed Skating and more gave it 100% at the hottest elite event on the Michael Hill Watches Giant Slalom ladies 1 Veronika Zuzulova SVK Michael Hill Watches Adaptive GS sitting men 1 Jong Seork Park KOR international circuit – Winter Games NZ! It doesn’t get any better than this –100% unmissable snow action by 2 Annie Winquist NOR 2 Stephen Lawler USA 3 Celina Hangl SUI 3 Mark Soyer AUS day and 100% party action by night – and it all happened here in our beautiful Southern Alps. Michael Hill Watches Giant Slalom men 1 Warner Nickerson USA Michael Hill Watches Adaptive GS standing men 1 Cameron Rahles-Rahbula AUS 2 Marcel Mathis AUT 2 Ralph Green USA 3 Colby Granstrom USA 3 Patrick Parnell USA Michael Hill Watches Slalom ladies 1 Veronika Zuzulova SVK Michael Hill Watches Adaptive Slalom standing men 1 Adam Hall NZL 2 Kristine Gjersten Haugen NOR 2 Cameron Rahles -Rahbula AUS 3 Priska Nufer SUI 3 Ralph Green USA Michael Hill Watches Slalom men 1 Will Brandenburg USA Michael Hill Watches Adaptive Slalom sitting men 1 Jong Seork Park KOR 2 Rainer Schoenfelder AUT 2 Heath Calhoun USA 3 Lars Elton Myhre NOR 3 Peter Dunning GBR Michael Hill Watches Super G ladies 1 Taylor Rapley NZL Michael Hill Watches Adaptive Slalom visually impaired women 1 Melissa Perrine AUS 2 Lucie Tait - Jamieson NZL 2 Jae Rim Yang KOR 3 Rikke Gasmann - Brott NOR Michael Hill Watches Adaptive Super G standing men 1 Cameron Rahles -Rambula AUS Michael Hill Watches Super G men 1 Daniel Ericsson SWE 2 Hiraku Misawa JPN 2 Calle Lindh SWE 3 Ralph Green USA 3 Doglas Hedin SWE Michael Hill Watches Adaptive Super G sitting men 1 Heath Calhoun USA 2 Jong Seork Park KOR IPC ALPINE SKIING 3 Mark Soyer AUS Michael Hill Watches Adaptive GS visual impaired ladies 1 Melissa Perrine AUS Michael Hill Watches Adaptive Super G visually impaired women 1 Melissa Perrine AUS 2 Kelly Gallagher GBR 2 Kelly Gallagher GBR 3 Jae Rim Yang KOR 3 Jae Rim Yang KOR RESULTS: CROSS COUNTRY SKIING The FIS and adaptive freestyle cross country races on Tuesday the 16th were cancelled due to bad weather FIS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CUP IPC CROSS COUNTRY SKIING 15 km Classic men 1 Kris Freeman USA 10 km Classic ladies- standing 1 Shoko Ota JPN 2 Andrew Newell USA 2 Momoko Dekijima JPN 3 Alex Harvey CAN 3 Yurika Abe JPN 10 km Classic ladies 1 Justyna Kowalczyk POL 15 km Classic men standing 1 Yoshihiro Nitta JPN 2 Sumiko Shigaki JPN 2 Hoon O Sung KOR 3 Seul-Gi Nam KOR 10 km Classic ladies - sitting 1 Colette Bourgonje CAN Sprint men 1 Andrew Newell USA 2 Vo-Ra-Mi Seo KOR 2 Kris Freeman USA 3 Sarah Edwards USA 3 Simeon Hamilton USA 15 km Classic men - sitting 1 Chris Klebl CAN Sprint ladies 1 Natalia Korosteleva RUS 2 Justyna Kowalczyk POL Sprint ladies- standing 1 Shoko Ota JPN 3 Maria Davydenkova RUS 2 Momoko Dekijima JPN 3 Abe Yurika JPN Sprint men standing 1 Yoshihiro Nitta JPN 2 Hoon O Sung KOR Sprint ladies - sitting 1 Vo-Ra-Mi Seo KOR FIS SUPER CONTINENTAL CUP AND AFP SILVER * LEVEL FIS CONTINENTAL CUP AND TTR 3 * LEVEL FREE SKIING & SNOWBOARD Air New Zealand Free Ski Slopestyle ladies 1 Devin Logan USA Air New Zealand Snowboard Slopestyle ladies 1 Jamie Anderson USA RESULTS: 2 Kim Lamarre CAN 2 Charlotte van Gils NED 3 Dara Howell CAN 3 Rebecca Torr NZL Air New Zealand Free Ski Slopestyle men Gus Kenworthy USA 1 Air New Zealand Snowboard Slopestyle men 1 Torgeir Bergrem NOR Jossiah Wells NZL 2 2 Antoine Truchon CAN Nicholas Goepper USA 3 3 Maxence Parrot CAN Halfpipe ladies Free Ski 1 Devin Logan USA 2 Jen Hudak USA Big Air ladies Snowboard 1 Silvia Muttenmiller GER 3 Maddie Bowman USA 2 Abby Lockhart NZL 3 Shelly Gotlieb NZL Halfpipe men Free Ski 1 Gus Kenworthy USA 2 Jossiah Wells NZL Big Air men Snowboard 1 Maxence Parrot CAN 3 David Wise USA 2 Antoine Truchon CAN 3 Milu Multhaup-Appleton NZL Big Air ladies Free Ski 1 Devin Logan USA 2 Jen Hudak USA FIS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CONTINENTAL CUP 3 Rose Battersby NZL Jucy Snowboard Cross ladies 1 Belle Brockhoff AUS Big Air men Free Ski 1 Joss Christensen USA 2 Alexandra Lockie AUS 2 Kai Mahler SUI 3 Karen Iwadare JPN 3 Jossiah Wells NZL Jucy Snowboard Cross Men 1 Alex Pullin AUS FIS SUPER AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CONTINENTAL CUP 2 Cameron Bolton AUS Jucy Ski Cross ladies 1 Fanny Smith SUI 3 Chris Mahaney USA 2 Katya Crema AUS 3 Mitchelle Greig NZL WSF Para- Snowboard World Cup Ladies 1 Amy Purdy USA 2 Nicole Roundy USA Jucy Ski Cross Men Scott Kneller AUS 1 3 Cristina Albert USA 2 Anton Grimus AUS Kevin Amacker SUI 3 WSF Para- Snowboard World Cup Men 1 Evan Strong USA 2 Carl Murphy NZL FIS WORLD CUP HALF PIPE 3 Keith Gabel USA LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Half pipe ladies 1 Xuetong Cai CHN 2 Holly Crawford AUS 3 Ursina Haller SUI LG Snowboard FIS World Cup Half pipe Men 1 Janne Korpi FIN 2 Yiwei Zhang CHN 3 Dimi De Jong NED RESULTS: WINTER TRIatHLON SHORT TRACK SPEED SkatING NEW ZEALAND & OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP ISU SANCTIONED Open men 1 Andy Pohl NZL Kia 500m Senior Men 1 Dong-Hwan Lee KOR 2 Gavin Mason NZL 2 Yi-Ra Seo KOR 3 Axel Reiser NZL 3 Ronnie Caldecutt AUS Open Ladies 1 Justyna Kowalczyk POL Kia 500m Senior Ladies 1 Eun Ja Jung KOR 2 Joanna Williams IRL 2 Ba-Ra Jung KOR 3 Jessica Simpson NZL 3 Deanna Lockett AUS CURLING Kia 1000m Senior Men 1 Ae-Hoon Kim KOR WCF SANCTIONED 2 Dong-Hwan Lee KOR 3 Yi-Ra Seo KOR Fours Tournament Fours men 1 Korea Kia 1000m Senior Ladies 1 Eun-Ja Jung KOR 2 China 2 Ba-Ra Jung KOR 3 Australia 3 Deanna Lockett AUS Fours Ladies 1 Korea Kia 1500m Senior Men 1 Yi-Ra Seo KOR 2 China 2 Se- Yong Park KOR 3 Japan 3 Dong-Hwan Lee KOR Mixed Double Tournament 1 Hungary FIGURE SkatING Kia 1500m Senior Ladies 1 Ba-Ra Jung KOR 2 Japan ISU SANCTIONED 2 Eun-Ja Jung KOR 3 Deanna Lockett AUS 3 New Zealand Kia Senior men 1 Nicholas Fernandez AUS Maria Davydenkova RUS 3 2 Cameron Hems NZL Kia Senior Mens Relay 1 Korea 3 Andrew Dodds AUS 2 Australia KIA ICE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 3 New Zealand 1 Australia Kia Senior Ladies 1 Min Jeong Kwak KOR 2 New Zealand 2 Morgan Figgins NZL Kia Senior Ladies Relay 1 Korea 3 China 3 Zara Pasfield AUS 2 Australia COUNTRIES Australia China France Japan New Zealand Slovenia Austria Chinese Taipei United Kingdom Korea Norway Slovakia Belgium Czech Republic Germany Latvia Peru Spain British Virgin Islands Denmark Hungary Malaysia Poland Sweden Canada Spain Ireland Monaco Russia Switzerland Cayman Islands Finland Italy Netherlands Singapore United States of America COMPETITORS & TEAM MANAGEMENT Competitors Management Snowboard 198 65 Adaptive snowboard cross 16 5 Alpine Ski Racing 251 104 Adaptive ski racing 25 15 Cross country skiing 46 17 Adaptive cross country skiing 9 4 Freeskiing 103 32 Winter triathlon 20 1 Curling 70 25 Ice Hockey 68 15 Figure skating 39 25 Short track speed skating 42 25 887 333 MEDIA: ONLINE COVERAGE The above snapshot shows the diversity of coverage received and that it was not restricted to specialist winter sports sites only.