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Welcome to your first Sport Connector for 2020! This month we have a focus on participation.
We explore how to use gamification to increase engagement and participation in your sport, (gamification is the method of using video game concepts in recreational activities to make a new engaging activity), and we share the Sport and Active Recreation Organisations' (SARO) survey summary results. This gives a clear picture of the challenges in the sport and recreation sector for our region and provides insights on how Sport Wellington can offer support, build capability, and advocate on behalf of the sector.
If you have time, take a couple of minutes to view our highlight video from the Brendan Foot Supersite Round the Bays last month, a great example of mass participation, and lastly, our CEO Phil Gibbons is currently doing the Aotearoa Tour. See where he is in the live tracker linked in this newsletter.
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In this issue:
(8min read) Sport Wellington's Sport and Active Recreation Organisations' Survey results
(website) Keep Up With The Play
(3min read) Youth Sport Development: a summary of the initiatives
(2min read) Introducing our Healthy Active Learning team
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Sport Wellington's Sport and Active Recreation Organisations' survey results
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Last week we released the Sport and Active Recreation Organisations' survey results based on data from a range of sport and active recreation organisations (SAROs) in the Wellington region. The results showcase invaluable information on how the sector helps provide a better understanding of the challenges that sport and recreation organisations face.
8 min read
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Keep up with the play is a public awareness campaign targeted at those delivering youth sport, parents, coaches and administrators, to raise awareness of why we’re losing young people from sport and what can be done about it. The campaign launched on 25 February and is driven by the collective action and commitment by five of the largest participation sports in New Zealand (Rugby, Cricket, Football, Netball, and Hockey) with support from Sport NZ.
Sport Wellington will be meeting with sport leaders at a forum later this month to discuss how we can all take action to support youth sport. If you have any ideas on what you might like to do; we would love to hear from you.
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Youth sport development: how all the initiatives work
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It is an exciting time for youth sport development with a real sense of momentum building towards change.You'll be hearing terms such as Balance is Better, Statement of Intent, Keep Up with the Play, and Good Sports, but how do all of these initiatives work and fit together?
3 min read
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Meet our Healthy Active Learning team
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Healthy Active Learning (HAL) is a collaborative joint agency wellbeing initiative between Sport New Zealand and the Ministries of Health and Education. In the Wellington region, it is being delivered in partnership by Sport Wellington and Regional Public Health. Healthy Active Learning supports schools and kura across Aotearoa to improve the wellbeing of tamariki and rangatahi through healthy eating and drinking, and quality physical activity.
(From left to right) meet Apa, Darren, Jazz, and Zak who, along with Pembroke as Lead, will be implementing the initiative across the Wellington region.
2 min read
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Building engagement in sporting practices through gamification
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While some sports struggle to find enough players for teams, the video game industry does not seem to have the same issue. So what is it video games do to entice participation that traditional sport could learn from? Sport Wellington's Community Coach Advisor Tim Mannix brings the concepts of video games on to the field, including adding elements like powerups, the ability to pause, and even change the "settings". Read the full article to see how you can apply some of these concepts to your next coaching session.
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Thousands get active around Wellington's waterfront
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Brendan Foot Supersite Round the Bays 2020 was a great day for participation as 13,657 participants turned up to run the bays of our beautiful city. And over 600 turned up dressed as a fruit or vegetable. Check out our highlights video and maybe we will see you there next year!
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Phil Gibbons tackles the Aotearoa Tour 2020
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Our CEO Phil Gibbons is currently taking on the Aotearoa Tour for 2020, this is a trek of 3,000 km from Cape Reinga to Bluff by bike. Participants have 30 days to travel the length of the country. Check out how Phil is going and maybe even cheer him on when he passes through Wellington this Friday!
Phil is riding to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation, if you would like to make a donation you can do so on Phil's page.
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Applications now open for Athlete Scholarships
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Applications are now open to join the 2020 Athlete Development Scholarship Programme. This is a holistic programme for young athletes across all sporting codes in the Greater Wellington Region. It is built on the foundation principles of character, movement, wellness, and sporting performance.
Applications close 10 March
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Have a story you'd like us to share? Send it through to comms@sportwellington.org.nz and you might see it on our website, across our Facebook pages, or even in the next edition of Sport Connector.
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