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Non-selection appeal against Fencing NZ allowed
An appeal against non-selection decision of Fencing NZ has been allowed by the Tribunal. The Tribunal found that there had been a failure by selectors to follow the applicable selection criteria and there was no material on which the decision could reasonably be based. The Tribunal found that the appellant was bound to be selected,…
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Appeal against New Zealand Pony Club Association allowed
An appeal against a disciplinary decision of New Zealand Pony Club Association (NZPCA) has been allowed by the Tribunal. The Tribunal found that there had been a breach of the NZPCA Code of Conduct and Social Media Guidelines but that the penalty imposed had been excessive. The penalty was set aside, with no lesser penalty…
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Appeal against New Zealand Kung-Fu Wushu Federation dismissed
An appeal against a selection decision of New Zealand Kung-Fu Wushu Federation has been dismissed by the Tribunal on the basis that there was no jurisdiction for the Tribunal to hear the appeal. There were no explicit rights of appeal to the Tribunal in the Federation’s constitution or selection criteria. Accordingly, the appeal could not…
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Appeal against Motorcycling NZ allowed
An appeal against a decision of a Judiciary Committee of Motorcycling NZ (MNZ) has been allowed by the Tribunal. The Tribunal noted that the officials had acted in good faith throughout, however MNZ had erred in not providing the appellant with sufficient opportunity to produce additional evidence at the hearing (or an adjourned hearing) which…
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Basketball player suspended for anti-doping rule violation
A basketballer, Tukaha Cooper, has been suspended by the Sports Tribunal for one month for the presence of cannabis, being a prohibited substance. The period of ineligibility represents a reduced sanction due to cannabis being a substance of abuse and it being taken out of competition and unrelated to sports performance. Mr Cooper completed a…
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Boxer suspended for anti-doping rule violations
A boxer, Shannon Drake, has been suspended by the Sports Tribunal for three months for the presence and use of cannabis, being a prohibited substance. The period of ineligibility represents a reduced sanction due to cannabis being a substance of abuse and it being taken out of competition. Mr Drake did not complete an approved…
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Recreational Athlete suspended for anti-doping rule violations
A recreational boxer (name withheld and given the pseudonym “Ms X”) has been suspended by the Sports Tribunal for two years for the presence and use of the prohibited substance Phentermine – being a non-specified substance prohibited in competition only under the 2024 WADA Prohibited List. As Ms X is a “Recreational Athlete”, a status…
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Squash player suspended for anti-doping rule violations
Squash player Anthony Lepper has been suspended by the Sports Tribunal for one month for the presence and use of cocaine, a prohibited substance. The period of ineligibility represents a reduced sanction due to cocaine being a substance of abuse and it being taken out-of-competition and unrelated to sport performance. Mr Lepper completed an approved…
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Athlete suspended for anti-doping rule violations
Morgan Foster, an athlete registered with both Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and Athletics New Zealand, has been suspended by the Sports Tribunal for three years for Possession and Trafficking of prohibited substances (Ipamorelin, Tesamorelin, TB-500 & BPC-157). The Tribunal concluded that Mr Foster’s sanction for multiple violations, with Trafficking being the more severe, should be…
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Appeal against selection decisions of Fencing NZ dismissed
Appeals against the selection decisions of Fencing NZ to not select three youth athletes to attend the Junior Worlds in Wuxi, China have been dismissed by the Tribunal on the basis that the grounds of appeal were not made out and the selectors had acted impartially and properly in applying the selection criteria.
