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NZIHF National Teams
Management Positions Available One Year Appointments (2008) NATIONAL U20 TEAM The National U20 team will attend its World Championships in 2008 and 2009. Applicants for these positions require a desire to create success for this team by providing a well structured development program to achieve this over the next two years. Individual players skill development, team play systems and strong discipline policies will be a priority requirement in this program. The following positions are available to be filled: Manager
Completed Applications Forms to be returned to the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation by August 7th 2007. New Appointments start Sept 1st 2007. Copies of the Application Forms available from the Regional Secretaries. Applications Close AUGUST 7th 2007 Application Form here Send to glass@queenstown.co.nz NZIHF National Teams Coaching and Management Positions Available Two Year Appointments (2007 – 2009) National U18 Team
ICE BLACKS
Completed Applications Forms to be returned to the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation by July 20th 2007. New Appointments start Sept 1st 2007 for 2 years. Copies of the Application Forms available here for Ice Blacks and U18 Applications Close JULY 20th 2007 _________________________________________________________________ News from the President uptd 9 Jun 07 The International
season has ended with the highlight being the Gold
Medal win by our Senior Men’s Team, the Ice Blacks in Ireland.
This was the result we wanted and sees promotion to Division 2 for
2008. The Women and the U20’s both came away with Bronze Medals from
their respective Championships. The Senior Men have slipped one place
in the IIHF Ranking to 39th out of 46 Countries and the
Women are at 29th out of 33. Recently
New Zealand ice hockey received unprecedented international media
coverage. Firstly the Ice Blacks performing the Haka in Ireland was
shown on page three of the “The Hockey News”, the world’s
biggest ice hockey publication. This week New Zealand ice hockey and
the NZIHL gained front page exposure on the NHL website. Both of these
articles are on display on this website. We
also had one on-ice Official representing the NZIHF internationally
this season at the IIHF Championships. Ryan Cairns from Christchurch
was on-ice for the U18 Championships in Hungary. Peter Haxell on a
Prime Ministers Scholarship spent the Nth Hemisphere season gaining
more experience refereeing in Finland and we are now benefiting from
his experience. The
new season is underway in all of the Regions and recently the NZIHL
first Rounds were played in Auckland and Dunedin. In Auckland the
Swarm had 2 wins and in Dunedin the two South Island Teams came out
with a win each, looks like it will be a very competitive season. Recently
I was at the IIHF Congress where the 2008 venues for our Teams were
decided. Senior Men’s
Team in Newcastle, Australia, 6 – 13 April 2008. Where they play
China, Australia, Serbia, Israel and Mexico. U20
Team in Belgrade, Serbia, 12 – 20 January 200. Where they play
Serbia, Australia, Turkey, Bulgaria and South Africa. U18
Team in Mexico City, Mexico, 2 8 March 2008. Where they play Serbia,
Mexico, Iceland, South Africa and a Qualifier from either Turkey,
Bulgaria or Chinese Taipei. Women’s
Team has no venue yet but have South Africa, Romania, Estonia, Iceland
and Turkey in their Division. The
NZIHF currently has a preferred supplier agreement with Ice &
Inline 2000 Ltd of Auckland and as part of that agreement the Gore Ice
Hockey Club recently received Learn to Play Equipment which will be of
huge benefit for their program. Back
in February three of our Coaches took part in the IIHF Level 3 Clinic
in Australia thanks to a grant from the Olympic Solidarity Fund. Dunedin
hosted the successful Friendship Tournament in March with Teams from
Canada, USA, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand competing. A huge
event that went off very well. Our
National Championships this year are being held in Dunedin over the
last weekend in August and first weekend of September. All
the best for the upcoming season. Graeme
Glass _________________________________________________________________ NZIHF National Men's Team - Applications sought for Assistant Coach ICE BLACKS Coaching Position Available Two Year Appointment (2006 - 2008) The Ice Blacks Team will compete in 2007 at the IIHF Division 3 Championship in early April of 2007 in Ireland. Trial and Training weekends will be expected to be held from October 2006 to March 2007 as part of the buildup. Internal International games against touring teams such as the Canadian Moose are also part of the time requirement. Applicants must have the desire and time to commit fully to the advancement of this teams capabilities to improve their IIHF ranking by gaining success over the next two years at the IIHF Senior World Championships. See below for important new information regarding these positions. · NZIHF National Teams Plan · National Team Coach - Position Description The following position is available to be filled:
_________________________________________________________________ New National Senior Team Appointments uptd 15/9
New Information for National Positions The new National Team documents are to be viewed in the following order. The National Teams Plan is the covering document followed by the Managers Guidelines and the Managers Job Description and the Coaches Position Descriptions.
Applications sought for Coaching and Managerial positions for National (Ice Blacks) Team. The term of appointment to this team will be two years (or negotiable), starting 1st September 2006, allowing for continuity in team development and planning. Please note the following: The NZIHF will reserve the right to shorten the term should circumstances require. In exceptional circumstances, an appointed Team Official may resign early after only one year, by written notice to the NZIHF Coaching Director, prior to May 31st of the second year of term. The appointments will be made by the Appointments Sub-Committee and the NZIHF by September 1, 2006. All applicants will be notified by e-mail and/or mail after the appointments have been made. Please find the Application Form to cover all of the Coach and Management positions available. These are to be returned to the Federation by due date. In the case of these 2006 - 2008 teams, this will be August 20th, 2006. This form ideally should be completed and returned to me electronically, or can be filled out, printed and posted to me. Thankyou for your help with this. Yours faithfully, Peter Anderson NZIHF Coaching Director News from the President of the NZIHF uptd 9/7/04 IIHF Tournaments The following is the list of IIHF competitions NZIHF National Teams will be competing at in the 2005 season. These venues and dates were decided at the recent IIHF Congress in May. The Team lists here also show the current IIHF seeding for our Teams. Seniors… The Division 2 World Championship, Group A, is to be held in Zagreb, Croatia, where Korea, Croatia, Australia, Bulgaria, New Zealand and Turkey will play from April 10-16 2005. U20… The Division 3 World Championship is in Mexico City, Mexico where South Africa, Iceland, Mexico, Turkey, Bulgaria and New Zealand will play from January 10-16, 2005. U18… The Division 3 World Championship is to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria where Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Israel and whoever qualifies from either Turkey or Bosnia Herzigovina will play from March 7 - 13, 2005. Women… The Division 4 World Championship will be played in Dunedin New Zealand, from April 1- 4, 2005 where Romania, Korea, New Zealand and Iceland will play. This will be New Zealands first foray into the Womens World Championship and to be hosting at home a great opportunity to promote the Womens game here in New Zealand. Nationals 2004 The NZIHF Nationals for 2004 are to be held in Gore from 28th August - 5tth September. Teams from the 3 Regions will be competing in Senior, Senior Non-Checking, Women, Junior A, Junior U18, Midget and Peewee. Moose Tour 2004 Over recent weeks the Canadian Moose completed their 2004 Tour to New Zealand. This was their 15th Anniversary Tour and they played games in Christchurch, Queenstown and Alexandra. The Moose consisted of 64 players and supporters including a Moose Womens Team. In Christchurch and Queenstown the Moose played a Series of games against the Ice Blacks and the Ice Fernz, the Senior Mens and Womens Teams. The results of these games saw the Mens Series tied and the Womens Series was a win to the Ice Fernz. The games in Queenstown were part of the annual Queenstown Winter Festival. Game results can be seen on the www.iceblacks.com website U16 National Team Currently the NZIHF is looking at options for International competition for this team. In the past they have been involved in the Australian State Championships called the De Fris Cup. That invitation has been withdrawn because the AIHF felt it was disruptive to their State Teams Championship hopes when they had a National team from New Zealand playing in there as well. Peewee Development Camp It is the intention to run a Peewee Development Camp in Christchurch in early November. The plan is to have 3 Regional teams of players involved, along with team mangers, coaches and referees all working together under the Development Plans of the IIHF. Costings and other details for this Camp will be distributed at least by the time of the Nationals in Gore. Graeme Glass NZIHF President 9th July 2004
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