-
Sloan Frost v Motorcycling New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – F appealed against decisions of the Motorcycling New Zealand Judiciary Committee in relation to appeals brought by Tony and Mitchell Rees – the outcome of the appeals brought by Tony and Mitchell Rees changed the corrected results of Rounds Three and Four of the New Zealand Superbike Championship resulting…
-
Martin Hunt v Target Shooting New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – appeal by M against a decision of Target Shooting New Zealand (TSNZ) over who won the 2015 New Zealand International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Men’s 50m prone championship – M had top score in final of the national ISSF men’s 50m prone championship and anticipated receiving the winner’s medal…
-
Kate Henderson v New Zealand Water Polo
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Natural justice, 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 decision of NSO – non-selection – H appealed decision of New Zealand Water Polo (NZWP) to not select her for the NZ Women’s Under 20 World Championship team – H in squad of 14, from which a final team of 11 was selected – H was one of those not selected –…
-
Darryl Fitzgerald v New Zealand Canoe Racing
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Natural justice, Non-selection for NZ team, 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 decision of NSO – non-selection – D appealed against a decision of Canoe Racing New Zealand (CRNZ) to not send a men’s K2 1000 team to the 2015 World Cup series regattas – heard under urgency – CRNZ chose D and F as the crew for a Men’s K2 boat to compete…
-
Sarah Her-Lee v Table Tennis New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Natural justice, Non-nomination for Commonwealth Games, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implemented, Selection/nomination criteria: whether reasonable opportunity to satisfyOverview: Appeal against decision of NSO – athlete appealed against decision by Table Tennis New Zealand (TTNZ) not to nominate her as member of the women’s table tennis team for selection for the 2014 Commonwealth Games – 5 other players nominated instead – whether nomination criteria properly followed or implemented – S appealed that selectors didn’t…
-
Scott Manson v KartSport New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – Junior kart driver (S) finished first in final race at event but was disqualified for having an unmarked carburettor, contrary to the relevant rules, at inspection after final – event part of a series and winner of series represents New Zealand overseas – disqualification ultimately meant he was second…
-
Rex Jenkins v Boxing New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Natural justice, Non-nomination for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal against decision of NSO – Boxing NZ (BNZ) Executive nominated appellant (J) as coach for boxer at Youth Olympic Games – J attended NZOC workshop and thought he had been appointed by NZOC when had not – NZOC raised issue with BNZ of reconsidering their nomination as thought boxer’s personal coach may be more…
-
Wayne Gear v Table Tennis New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Natural justice, Non-nomination for Olympics, Selection/nomination appealsOverview: Appeal against decision of an NSO – natural justice – table tennis coach G appealed his non-nomination by Table Tennis New Zealand as coach for Youth Olympic Games – Tribunal rejected argument that nomination of coach is not a selection decision for purposes of Tribunal Rules – TTNZ high performance team panel consisting of 2…
-
Christopher Cox v KartSport New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of national sporting organisation (KartSport) that junior kart driver breached rules during race by overtaking after a yellow flag was shown – field of play – Tribunal cannot question in these circumstances whether yellow flag should have been shown or not – however this did not dispose of issue of whether was…
-
Noel Curr v Motorcycling New Zealand Inc (ST 19/07)
Appeal against decision of NSO, Application for rehearing, Disciplinary appeals, Natural justice, New evidenceOverview: Appeal against decision of national sporting organisation – stewardship and relationship with membership – Motorcycling New Zealand (MNZ) suspended appellant’s membership and also terminated his status as a steward as the result of disciplinary proceedings – in 11 April 2008 decision, Sports Tribunal upheld findings against appellant but reduced suspension imposed and expressly reserved jurisdiction…
