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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 As a result of the mediation, the parties resolved their differences by agreement and the appeal to the Tribunal was withdrawn.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…
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Timothy Madgwick v Mountain Bike New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, 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 NZ Team – appellant chosen for NZ squad but not subsequently selected for NZ team for world champs – selection criteria contain both objective and subjective factors – selectors required to pick strongest team – selection criteria based on domestic and international results with international results given preference – appellant chose…
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Katrine Lawton v Mountain Bike New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, 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 NZ Team – appellant selected for NZ squad but not subsequently selected for NZ team for world champs – selectors required to pick strongest team – selection criteria based on domestic and international results with international results given preference – appellant in strong position compared to some rivals at time squad…
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Binbin Zhu v Table Tennis New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of a national sports organisation – athlete appealed against not being nominated in December 2005 by Table Tennis NZ (TTNZ) for one of five Prime Minister’s Athlete Scholarships allocated to TTNZ – after considerable correspondence with TTNZ, athlete appealed to Tribunal in May 2006 – jurisdiction to hear appeal – whether Tribunal…
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Matthew Claridge v New Zealand Water Polo Association
Overview: Appeal against decision of a national sports organisation – water polo player appealed against a disciplinary decision banning him from 5 matches for biting – parties reaching agreement before hearing and sought orders from Tribunal implementing agreement – Tribunal made such orders – 2 matches remaining out of original 5 match ban – ban on…
