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Sara Winther v Yachting New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Appeal rights, Bias, 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 decision of NSO – non-nomination – Both W and K appealed decision of Yachting New Zealand (YNZ) to not nominate either to NZOC to compete as the New Zealand representative for the Women’s Laser Radial and Women’s RS:X Windsurfing classes respectively at the 2016 Rio Olympics – sufficient similarities in issues to hear…
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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 –…
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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…
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Samantha Michael v New Zealand Federation of Roller Sports
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, 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 team by NSO – no skaters selected for junior women’s team to compete in world championships – NSO acknowledged appellant best junior female speed skater in NZ but didn’t consider she was internationally competitive – selectors considered she hadn’t reached potential and had fitness problems – achieved top 10…
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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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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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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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Nicolo Riosa v Canoe Racing New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Jurisdiction, 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 again non-selection for NZ team – appellant not selected for Men’s Open K1 Marathon team to compete at International Canoe Federation Marathon Championships – although appellant not selected for Men’s open team he had been selected for NZ Masters team – whether Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear appeal – NSO argued that as appellant…
