NZWR National Championship Auckland 1st – 2nd Sept 2018 Tournament Programme Introduction NZWR welcome athletes, officials and supporters to the 2018 New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby National Championships. We wish the participating teams the best of luck and know that players, officials, supporters and spectators will enjoy some great rugby over the weekend. 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. Contacts Tournament contacts Yvonne Mackie [email protected] 027-2399243 Jo O'Callaghan [email protected] 027 433 9404 Classification Binnie O’Dwyer [email protected] Tournament Rules IWRF rules apply for all competition aspects of the tournament. If you have any queries relating to this please contact the Competition Coordinator, Yvonne Mackie - [email protected] Venue Allen Brewster Leisure Centre Phone: 09 262 5965 Tavern Lane, Papatoetoe Accommodation Hotel: Novotel & Ibis Address: 72-112 Greenlane East, Ellerslie, Auckland Telephone: 09 529 9090 Email: [email protected] Contact: Winnie Lam The Novotel & Ibis are the chosen tournament accommodation. The hotel is approximately 25 minutes from the airport and 14 minutes to the venue. Recommended check in day is Friday 31st August, check out Sunday 2nd September. Accommodation and meals are not included in the Team Registration fee, and are required to be paid by each individual player or their Club. Transport As per previous years, transport will be organised by the host. Pick-ups from the Auckland Airport to Hotel will be organised for all who provided flight details. Drop-offs for airport departures will be provided on the Sunday. Transport will be provided from the hotel to the stadium and back, for regions and Officials identified as requiring this. Tournament Officials Head Official: Phil Washbourne Head Bench Official Bevin Jenkinson Tournament Co-Ordinator Yvonne Mackie Championship protest panel Yvonne Mackie Neil Cudby Referees Phil Washbourn Rebecca Washbourn Vonnie Phillips Tony Dinnington Darrell Manville Classifiers Brendan Vercoe Sara Edwards Binnie O’Dwyer Team Lists Auckland Players Grade Staff Role Haydon Barton-Cootes 3.0 Jeremy Phillips Coach Lui Te’o 2.5 Albert Utia Mechanic Maia Amai 2.5(F) Marinda Jones 2.0(F) Clayton Utia 2 Henry Matthews 0.5 Nat Manville 0.5 Peter Dixon Bay of Plenty Players Grade Staff Role Paul Hale 3.0 Neil Cudby Coach/Manager Tyler Jennings 3.0 John Sligo Assistant Coach Kevin Hoebergen 2.0 Amanda Lowry 1.5(F) Jordan Tito 1.0 Glenn McDonald 1.0 Counties Manukau Has Beens Players Grade Staff Role Dan Buckingham 3.0 Grant Sharman Facilitor Steve Smith 3.0 Amanda Roberton Water girl Tim Johnson 2.0 Sam Jukes Mechanic Nafi Lefono 2.0 Dan Buckingham Coach Phil Spring 1.0 Helen Johnson Manager Jai Waite 1.0 Canterbury Chargers Players Grade Staff Role Sholto Taylor 2.0 Cherie Porter Manager Mike Todd 2.0 Paul Taylor Mechanic Alex Reilly 1.0 Cathy Tinker Support Cody Everson 0.5 Waikato Players Grade Staff Role Cameron Leslie 3.0 Peter Klinkhamer Mechanic Andrew Harrison 2.0 Calvin Hewitt Manager Robbie Hewitt 2.0 Robert Verner Assistant Manager Blair Whitaker 2.0 David Klinkhamer 1.5 Gareth Lynch 1.0 Mitchell Simpson 1.0 Tim Young 0.5 Chris Moore 0.5 Tournament Draw Teams: Auckland Counties Manukau Has Been’s Canterbury Chargers BOP Waikato Saturday 1st September 2018 Time Game Court 1 Game Court 2 9.00 1 Auck v Cant 2 Wai v Manukau 11.00am 3 Auck v Manukau 4 Cant v BOP 12.15pm NZWR AGM 1.30 pm 5 Wai v Auck 6 Manukau v BOP 3.30pm 7 Wai v Cant 8 BOP v Auck Sunday 2nd September 2018 Time Game Court 1 Game Court 2 09.30am 9 Wai v BOP 10 Manukau v Cant 11.30 11 Bronze Medal Game 3rd v 4th 12.00 12 Gold Medal Game 1st v 2nd Prize Giving .