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Scott Wilson v New Zealand Shooting Federation (ST 05/15) and Paul Wilson v New Zealand Shooting Federation (ST 06/14) – Substantive Appeals
Appeal against decision of NSO, 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 – Scott Wilson and Paul Wilson lodged separate appeals against decisions of the New Zealand Shooting Federation (NZSF) not to nominate them to compete in the Double Trap (Clay Target) and Skeet events respectively at the 2014 Commonwealth Games — nomination criteria requires shooters to meet a Minimum Qualifying Score…
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Joy Williams v Judo New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, 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 Judo New Zealand (JNZ) not to nominate her for 2014 Commonwealth Games – appealed that: JNZ didn’t properly follow or implement the nomination criteria; she wasn’t given a reasonable opportunity to satisfy criteria; and no material on which the decision could reasonably be based…
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Ryan Taylor v New Zealand Olympic Committee
Appeal against decision of NZOC, Appeal rights, Jurisdiction, Non-selection for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal by shooter (T) against his non-selection by NZOC for London Olympic Games – quota place had been won for Olympics in women’s air rifle but no shooters in that category achieved qualifying standards – NZ Shooting Federation (NZSF) requested NZOC agree to reallocation of quota to Men’s 50m Prone Rifle and nominated T for…
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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…
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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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Garth Shillito v Fencing New Zealand
Appeal against decision of NSO, Bias, Non-selection for NZ team, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal against decision of NSO – non selection for NZ team – S appealed decision of Fencing NZ (FNZ) not to select him for NZ Men’s Open Sabre Team to compete in Commonwealth Fencing Championships 2010 – whether selection process followed and selection criteria properly applied – S pointed to his NZ ranking of 3rd…
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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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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…
