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Liza Hunter-Galvan v Athletics New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Natural justice, Non-nomination for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether material on which could reasonably be based, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implemented, Selection/nomination criteria: whether reasonable opportunity to satisfyOverview: Appeal against non-nomination for Olympics – marathon runner Liza Hunter-Galvan appealed her non nomination for the Olympics in the marathon event – in 2007 she ran in the Amsterdam marathon in a time more than two minutes faster than the New Zealand performance standard to qualify for Olympics which was a pointer to nomination –…
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Richard Hearn v New Zealand Shooting Federation
Appeal against decision of NSO, Non-nomination for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal against non-nomination for Olympics – shooter appealed his non-nomination for Olympics in men’s prone event – another shooter nominated ahead of him in this event and he did not appeal this – NSO had one unused transfer quota available and nominated competitor (W) in another event (air pistol) – both appellant and W had…
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Te Rina Taite v Swimming New Zealand Inc
Appeal against decision of NSO, Jurisdiction, Non-nomination for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implemented, Selection/nomination criteria: whether reasonable opportunity to satisfyOverview: Appeal against non-nomination for Olympics – relay swimmer’s team was not nominated – she appealed her non-nomination – appeal heard under urgency – jurisdiction – which rules or agreements applied as to when appeal against non-nomination needed to be filed – SNZ’s constitution did not set out time frame for filing non-nomination appeal and so…
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Noel Curr v Motorcycling New Zealand Inc (19/07)
Appeal against decision of NSO, Appeal against penalty, Costs, Disciplinary appeals, Natural justiceOverview: Appeal against decision of national sporting organisation – member of Motorcycling New Zealand (MNZ), who was the president of one of the affiliated clubs, was suspended by MNZ for 3 years and fined for a course of conduct bringing the sport into disrepute – included making allegedly defamatory comments about senior MNZ members in e-mails…
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Kane Radford v Swimming New Zealand Inc
Appeal against decision of NSO, Jurisdiction, Natural justice, Non-nomination for Olympics, Non-selection for NZ team, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether material on which could reasonably be based, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal against non-selection for world championships and non-nomination for Olympics – swimmer appealed not being selected for open water world championships event – needed to compete in that event in order to have a chance to qualify for Olympics – jurisdiction – interpretation – rule in Swimming NZ (SNZ) constitution only gave jurisdiction to Tribunal…
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Glen Williams v Triathlon New Zealand Inc
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – jurisdiction – appellant complaining about a decision affecting him that was made by an overseas organisation (WTC) – appellant asked Triathlon New Zealand (Tri NZ) to censure WTC and use their influence to get the decision of WTC changed – when Tri NZ refused to do so, he brought…
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Case ST 05/07 – Resolved by agreement in mediation
Overview: The Tribunal provided mediation assistance to the parties in case ST 05/07. As a result of the mediation, the parties resolved their differences by agreement and the appeal to the Tribunal was withdrawn. All details relating to this case are confidential.
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Peter Craven and Simon Wallace v Table Tennis New Zealand
Overview: Appeals against decisions of a national sports organisation – academic scholarships – jurisdiction – whether “sports related” – two athletes appealed against not being nominated by Table Tennis NZ (TTNZ) for Prime Minister’s Athlete Scholarships – Zhu decision (SDT 15/06) considered – Zhu decided on a different point – under Tribunal’s Rules the jurisdiction of…
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Melony Wealleans v Basketball New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of national sporting organisation – natural justice, bias and ultra vires – national league basketball referee appealed against not being selected by Basketball NZ (BBNZ) for international referees’ clinic – Tribunal held it had jurisdiction to hear such appeals under constitution of BBNZ – appeal out of time – Tribunal prepared to…
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Daisy Thomas v Surfing New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Costs, Non-selection for NZ team, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether material on which could reasonably be based, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implemented, Selection/nomination criteria: whether reasonable opportunity to satisfyOverview: Appeal against non-selection for NZ junior surfing team – whether selection criteria properly followed – whether appellant offered reasonable opportunity to satisfy selection criteria – whether bias (one of the selectors had coached rival selected ahead of appellant) – whether material on which the selection decision could be based – deficiencies in SNZ’s processes but…
