March 2015
From the Desk of the
Chief Executive Officer
PO Box 3197, Richmond Nelson 7050
142 Saxton Road East, Stoke, 7011
Telephone (03) 546 3330
Email: [email protected]
Web-site: www.marching.co.nz
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In this issue
Volunteers for March
Kids Corner
Championship Calendar
Fundraising Ideas
Technical Corner
NZ Coach Magazine
Coaching
Officials
Boundary View snippet
Calendar of Events
Out n About
Weet-Bix Tryathon
Bouquets an’ Brickbats
MNZ Service Award
Association Notes
Assn Life Membership
NZ Champs Information
Health Tip
10 Pillars
Blast from the Past
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Technical Memo’s
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Len Foster
Marching Wellington
Marching Wellington would like to nominate Len Foster for the Volunteer
of the Month. Len is not only on the Marching Wellington Association
Committee but he is also the Ground Marker at every competition and
has been for many, many years, as well as the Manager for the Glennette
Under 12 Team. Len works tireless for all and is always happy to help
Association Committee, South Island Volunteers,
Carla Johnston & Robyn Powell
Marching Otago
Marching Otago would like to acknowledge and Thank the Members and
Volunteers of Marching Otago who all gave so freely of their time to help
us run a very enjoyable South Island Championships. Without the input
of everyone involved it would be a very hard task indeed to run such an
event. We would also like to Thank Carla Johnson (Southland) who
came and acted as our Chief Marshal for South Islands. Carla your
professionalism and your knack at putting the girls at ease at these
events is appreciated by us all. Many Thanks for giving up your time to
assist us run a great event. Grateful Thanks are also extended to Robyn
Powell who very ably filled in at short notice as our Chief Judge for the
day on the Saturday to enable Katherine to Judge at the North Islands
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NZ MARCHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Volunteer for March
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Association Championships
NZ Championships
EASTER WEEKEND
2015 Horncastle Arena, Christchurch
2016 North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
2017 ??????
Associations are invited to make application to host the 2017
NZ Marching Championships as outlined in ROP NZC1-2.
All applications are to reach the CEO no later than 30th April
2015 for consideration at the May Board meeting.
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KIDS CORNER
A postcard message from
Hi Everyone,
My holiday was awesome and now its back to school
and back to marching practise. At school I have a new
teacher, his name is Mr Jones and we are allowed to
call him Mr JJ. His real name is Jake Jones and that is
why it is Mr JJ. At our first class we had to tell
everyone about ourselves and when I told them I am
going to the marching championships in Christchurch
Mr JJ asked me lots of questions about marching and
asked me to keep a diary to share with the class after.
Kate is my new friend at school and she is going to the
athletics in Wellington and has to keep a diary to
share too. We have been practising hard ready for the
championships especially the display which our coach
changed some moves at the end of it. I am getting
really excited about going to Christchurch and
marching in the big arena.
Marching Molly
To everyone having birthdays in March
HaPPy BiRThdAy
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Waikato
Wellington
NZ
NZ
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Marching New Zealand is very grateful to
SPORT NEW ZEALAND
for their continued investment in our sport
follow us on Face
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MARCHING WORDFIND
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ANSWER NEXT MONTH
ANSWER LAST MONTH – QUICKSTEP
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7th March
8th March
13th March
14th March
Hamilton
Wellington
Christchurch
Christchurch
FUNDRAISING IDEAS
Associations and Teams share your fundraising
ideas, email them to the CEO to add to the list.
How many different ideas can we share during the
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Car wash
Sausage Sizzle
Quiz Nite
March-a-thon
BBQ
Cheese Rolls – Onyx U/16
Assisting at Moro Marathon – Onyx U/16
Grocery Hamper Raffle – Onyx Masters
Selling chocolates - Onyx Under 12/16
Pies – EK Onyx Seniors
‘Scratchies’ and lotto - Excelsior U/12
Delivering Real Estate flyers – Railfreight U12
Catering Judges Lunches – Railfreight U12
Fathers Raffle – Railfreight Open Free Choice
Meat Raffle – Railfreight Open Free Choice
Money Raffle – Marching Wellington
Drag Night – Marching Marlborough
Silent Mystery Auction–Marching Marlborough
Disco – Onyx Militaires Masters Team
Batons Up Evening – Marching Taranaki
Calendars - Onyx Militaries U/12 & U/16
Cake Stall – Marching Bay of Plenty
Garage Sale - Onyx Militaires U/12 & U/16
Selling toilet paper - Onyx Militaires U12 &U16
Movie Night – DASH Seniors
TECHNICAL CORNER
No Technical Memos sent in February
New Zealand Coach Magazine
Mentoring in the 21st century, coaching has
always involved mentoring. Jim Dickin believes
technology can make mentoring more effective and
widespread. Every coach now has the ability to
access and liase with some of the best coaches in the
world. Read more online at
www.sportnz.org.nz/get-into-sport/coaching-guide
COACHING
PRE-COMPETITION MENTAL PREPARATION
Elite sporting performance requires peak levels of
physical and psychological readiness. Athletes must
plan to include mental skills in their training and
practise programme. This means helping athletes
develop strategies which allow them to enter
competition with the proper mindset, and to perform
consistently at their highest level. If athletes are
interested in getting the most out of their sport, they
can no longer treat their performance as a
combination of isolated factors which come together in
some mysterious and unified way on the day of
competition
‘PSYCHING UP’
There is an ‘ideal performance state’ (thoughts,
feelings, bodily responses) typically associated with
peak performance. The ultimate goal of mental skills’
training is for each athlete to consistently achieve the
‘ideal performance state’ at competition time. This will
rarely occur if pre-competition preparation (the ‘psych
up’) and the competition focus are left to chance or if
these are left in the control of others (e.g. coach,
captain, parents). More often than not, individuals do
not have a consistent pattern in readying themselves
for competition (the ‘psych up’ procedures).
Performance is likely to be improved if an individuals
preparation becomes more systematic. We seldom
identify and systematically practise mental preparation
skills. Yet, after the competition the greatest
percentage of excuses are attributed to the mental
and emotional aspects of the event!
MENTAL WARM-UP
The mental preparation of the ‘countdown-tocompetition’ ritual should consist of getting athletes
physically and mentally ready for competition. Athletes
need to develop a ‘mental warm-up’ to go with their
‘physical warm-up’. This means monitoring and
controlling emotions and thoughts so that the energy
and excitement for competition build up slowly,
without the individual becoming so over aroused
(psyched out) that feelings of anxiety and worry rather
than excitement and challenge occur.
ACHIEVING CONSISTENCY IN PERFORMANCE
Any athlete who participates competitively faces
stressful situations and anxious moments hundreds of
times during the course of their competitive career.
For many, regardless of how many times they have
been in that situation, they will still react in a negative
way. Somehow, experience is not always the best
teacher in this case! Individuals who are able to
continue performing with some degree of consistency,
despite their feelings of anxiety, have learned to cope
with this anxiety. Many athletes with superior physical
capabilities have been systematically eliminated from
competitive sports because they could not perform
with any consistency. They might perform beautifully
in practise, but ‘choke’ in competition. Consistent
mental preparation is thus essential for peak
performance. Once an athlete has learned to identify
which mental, emotional and bodily states and
feelings accompany superior performance, they can
learn to ‘programme’ these responses voluntarily in
order to set the stage for another superior
performance. Being psyched up, energised, wired,
activated, aroused or ‘ready’ is an integration of mind,
body, feelings and thoughts which provides the
athletes with feelings of confidence, mastery and
control. Athletes can learn to reach this state
consistently by learning how to regulate their arousal
level before and during competition.
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The Blue Book is no longer…. The Policy
& Operations Manual (Technical) is
no longer in a blue folder, therefore can no
longer be referred to as the “Blue Book” but
will be known in the future as The Policy &
Operations (Technical) Manual or The
Manual
OFFICIALS
Officials are increasingly facing ethical issues,
particularly harassment in sport. As officials are often
placed in the unenviable position of alienating 50% of
the crowd and players at any given time, they can be
subject to criticism, abuse and harassment. Officials
can also have enormous influence over athletes,
coaches and others in a game or event. Issues such
as sportsmanship, injury, cheating, bullying, abuse of
power and harassment have all become a part of
sport.
The duty of the sports official is to act as an impartial
judge of sporting competition and this duty carries with
it an obligation for the official to perform with
accuracy, consistency, objectivity and the highest
sense of integrity. It is essential that officials operate
professionally and with integrity in their relationships
with those who are participating in or associated with
their sport
Appearance
Look the part by wearing the uniform of an official in
your sport and have a neat general appearance
Attitude
Display integrity, honesty and trustworthiness when
performing your role and be professional and
responsible when dealing with coaches,
administrators and others involved with the sport
Timeliness
Be punctual, arriving at the competition with enough
time to prepare to ensure that the competition begins
on time
Preparation
This may include reading through the rule book or
other relevant information for the competition and
check equipment, the playing surface and other
environmental aspects before the start of play
BOUNDARY VIEW
Calender
of Events
March
March1
March1
March 1
March 7
March 8
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 20
Competition
Hawke’s Bay
Local Comp
Wellington
Combined Otago/Sthland Otago
Waikato Championships Waikato
Wellington Championships Wellington
NZ Champs Gala March Christchurch
NZ Champs Qualifying
Christchurch
NZ Championships
Christchurch
Waikato ‘Disco’
Waikato
OUT ‘n ABOUT in..
Marching Bay of Plenty when Madison Blues were
invited to lead teams on to the field at the Baileys
National 7’s held in Rotorua and were shown on Sky
TV. Well done girls – great advertising for our sport.
Marching Wellington when Glennette Under 12’s,
Under 16’s and some of their ‘old girls’ took part in the
Opening Ceremony of the Wellington Sevens on
Friday 6 February and then the Under 16 team took
part in the award ceremonies on the Saturday night.
Marching Southland when Hokonui Militaires and
Hokonui Cadets marched at the Gore A & P Show in
February
Good Luck to all the marchers
taking timeout to do the
Tryathlon
February 2015
In the February issue of the Boundary View Judge
Newsletter – Technical D Judges; “Timing” (I know it’s
not a heading) is very important in our section – when
to glance down to mark sheet and when to be really
watching so that you don’t miss a vital part of a
movement or phase. To be able to do this it is a
matter of really knowing those plans
My Thoughts is contributed by Alana Diver,
Technical B Judge from Marching Canterbury.
Contact your local Chief Judge for your copy of the
Judge Newsletter if it has not arrived in your email InBox.
Otago – Dunedin
Nelson – Nelson
Canterbury – Christchurch
Auckland – North Shore
Wellington – Wellington
Taranaki – New Plymouth
1st March
8th March
15th March
22nd March
29th March
1st April
Win or lose
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A winner is always part of the answer
A loser is part of the problem
A winner always has a programme
A loser has an excuse
A winner says ‘let me help you’
A loser says ‘that’s not my job’
A winner sees an answer for every problem,
A loser sees a problem for every answer
A winner says ‘it my be difficult, but its possible’
A loser says it may be possible but its too difficult
Be a winner
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BOUQUETS
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BRICKBATS
Thanks Marching Auckland for making your
visiting teams feel very welcome today. It was
great to have a full panel of good judges. A day
enjoyed by all. Was lovely to be there to watch
Wy get presented with his Marching NZ Service
award and Life membership to Marching
Auckland, well deserved . Karyne, Jodie and
Railfreight team and supporters
Thank you Marching Auckland & Marching New
Zealand for presenting Dad with a Marching NZ
Service Award and Marching Auckland Life
Membership today. On behalf of our family thank
you, he is feeling very honored to have received
these awards and went home with a smile on his
face. I’m still drying my eyes….. Taiasha Opai
Marching Otago on getting an article on the Otago
TV station on South Island Championships, so well
done on getting that on there. It was very well
received too.
ASSOCIATION
NOTES…..
Association Annual Meeting
Before Notice of your Association Annual Meeting can
be given, the current Committee must decide which
operating structure the Association will be under going
forward. As per Constitution Rule 16.4.2 Association
Committee Composition - you have two structure
options –
Option a)
A President, Secretary, Treasurer, Coaching Coordinator, Chief Judge, Membership/Privacy Officer,
Promotions/Publicity Officer and up to four other
Committee Members
Option b)
A President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Judge,
Coaching Co-ordinator and three Committee Member
Convenors of Sub-Committee for Publicity and
Promotion, Planning and Development and Technical
and Coaching/Judging
Association Committee – New rule passed at
Annual Meeting last year, Any non-member
nominated for an Association Committee position will
be required to become a member (As per Rules 4.1.1.
to 4.1.4. inclusive) prior to the next Association
Committee meeting .(Rule 16.4.2(c)
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Marching Auckland
Whymond Opai
Presented with Life Membership
for Marching Auckland at the
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Marching Auckland Championships on February 15
MNZ Service Award
Whymond Opai
(Marching Auckland)
Marching NZ CEO presented the Service Award
to Whymond at the Auckland Championships on
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15 February. Congratulations and thanks
Whymond for all your work over the many years
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Marching Taranaki
Graeme Lea
Presented with Life Membership for
Marching Taranaki at the
th
Marching Taranaki Championships on February 16
NZ CHAMPIONSHIPS
INFORMATION
HOSTED BY -
DATES – 12/13/14 March 2015
CHAMPIONSHIP & GALA MARCH VENUE –
Horncastle Arena, Jack Hilton Drive, Christchurch
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ENTRIES CLOSED on 31 January 2015. 43 Teams
entered -12 Senior, 10 U/16, 15 U/12, 6 Masters
OFFICIAL HOTEL – The Airport Gateway Motor
Lodge, 45 Roydvale Avenue, Christchurch. (Teams
are requested not to accommodate at Official Hotel)
TIMETABLE OF EVENTS –
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Thursday 12 March – Official Opening, Gala March
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Friday 13 March - Qualifying March for all grades
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Saturday 14 March – Plate/Championship March
MARCHING FORMAT –
Qualifying March is ‘March n Go’ and Coach/Judge
Interviews will be held at the conclusion of the march
(MNZ Rule of Participation NZC13-1) At the
conclusion of Coach/Judge interviews, a copy of the
Contest Draw for the Team Championship, Plate
March will be available from the Director of Coaching.
Results from Qualifying March will determine
allocation into the Championship, Plate March (MNZ
Rule of Participation NZC3-4).
TICKETING –
Teams - FREE to all Marching Events (Two day
Championship & Gala). Entry to the venue will be by
pass only. Teams will be provided with passes for
registered marchers and officials. These must be
worn at all times (or you will be charged) Entry into
the venue will be by pass only. These must be worn
at all times. Under 12 years of age free to all
marching events with a paying adult
DOOR SALES FOR SPECTATORS:
$15.00 – payable per day on entry
PARKING AT THE EVENT ON SATURDAY
Please Note – Marching Canterbury have advised a
traffic management plan will be in place from 2.30pm
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on Saturday 14 March, which means that after that
time anyone arriving for our event will need to arrive
via Wrights Road to access the Arena. This is due to
a rugby game being played at the stadium next to the
one we are using
Gala March – Marching Canterbury welcome you to
‘A Night with the Stars’, and invite you to dress to
impress.
JUDGING PANEL –
Under 12 Grade
Technical A
Mr David Miller (Wellington)
Technical B
Mrs Diane Cox (Canterbury)
Technical C
Mrs Robyn Powell (Southland)
Technical D
Miss Sue Cornelius (Nelson)
Display A
Mrs Brenda Potter (Bay of Plenty)
Display B
Mrs Tessa Conrad (Canterbury)
Under 16 Grade
Technical A
Mrs Kaylene Mokotupu (Canterbury)
Technical B
Ms Margo Jackson (Bay of Plenty)
Technical C
Ms Janine Brandhoj (Bay of Plenty)
Technical D
Mrs Sherryn Palmer (Canterbury)
Display A
Mrs Jill Charlton (Waikato)
Display B
Ms Victoria Yates (Otago)
Senior Grade
Technical A
Mrs Kaylene Mokotupu (Canterbury)
Technical B
Mrs Diane Cox (Canterbury)
Technical C
Ms Janine Brandhoj (Bay of Plenty)
Technical D
Miss Sue Cornelius (Nelson)
Display A
Mrs Jill Charlton (Waikato)
Display B
Ms Victoria Yates (Otago)
Masters Grade
Technical B
Ms Margo Jackson (Bay of Plenty)
Technical C
Mrs Robyn Powell (Southland)
Technical D
Mrs Sherryn Palmer (Canterbury)
Display A
Mrs Brenda Potter (Bay of Plenty)
Display B
Mrs Tessa Conrad (Canterbury)
HEALTH TIP
Keeping our brains engaged
What are often referred to as ‘senior moments’ can
happen to us all and does not always mean there is a
serious memory problem. As people age it can take
longer to learn new things and information is not
always retained as it used to be. Interestingly, science
indicates that some areas of mental ability such as
vocabulary actually improves as we age. Studies also
show that lifestyle factors can assist in helping our
memories and keeping our brains sharp as we age.
Here are some tips that will help keep your brain
engaged.
• Engage in activities that stimulate your brain, e.g.
crosswords, quizzes learning a language, learning a
new skill or hobby. The key is to mix it up and
continue to challenge your brain.
• Ensure you stay physically active. Research show
that what is good for the heart is good for the brain.
Exercise increases blood flow to the brain and can
assist with the brains processing speed, reaction
times and our ability to retain information.
• Eat a healthy diet containing omega-3 fatty acids
(e.g. salmon, walnuts green leafy vegetables).
Wholegrain, nuts and seeds, blueberries and
avocado are also listed among the top foods for
brain power
• Limit stress in your life, balance activity with rest and
aim for quality sleep.
• Stay socially involved with friends, family and the
community. Volunteering is a great way to interact
with others in a meaningful way and has been
known to have real health benefits
10 PILLAR ACTIONS
Blast from
the Past
Copied from QUICK STEP #57 -May 1983
TWP to draw up guidelines for a
simpler process for people to
engage in, make it much easier to
start judging, and provide better
pathways for progress
WORK IN PROGRESS
The Board is to develop a
comprehensive Marketing and
Promotion Plan for the Sport and in
the meantime a Marching
Awareness (an element of the
plan) focus be maintained
WORK IN PROGRESS
CEO to document Job Profiles for
Association Committee members
and have available on MNZ and
Association web-sites together with
desired competencies for each
position.
WORK IN PROGRESS
If we are facing in the right
direction, all we have to do
is keep walking ……..
NZ Championship Results
Midget Grade
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Waitemata Guards
Auckland
1 Uniform
March Past
Kilmarnock
Auckland
rd
Glendair
Wellington
3 Display
nd
Waitemata Guards
Auckland
2 Display
st
Kilmarnock
Auckland
1 Display
rd
Auckland
3 March Plan Waitemata Guards
nd
Wellington
2 March Plan Glendair
st
Auckland
1 March Plan Kilmarnock
rd
Waitemata Guards
Auckland
3 Team
nd
Glendair
Wellington
2 Team
Auckland
Champion Team Kilmarnock
Aggregate
Kilmarnock
Auckland
Champion Instructor
Mrs G Shadbolt
Junior Grade
st
Kilmarnock
1 Uniform
March Past
Kilmarnock
rd
Challenge Hussars
3 Display
nd
Kensington Guards
2 Display
st
Kilmarnock
1 Display
rd
3 March Plan Kensington Guards
nd
2 March Plan Valley Guards
st
1 March Plan Kilmarnock
rd
Kensington Guards
3 Team
nd
Valley Guards
2 Team
Champion Team Kilmarnock
Aggregate
Kilmarnock
Champion Instructor
Mr R Williams
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Wellington
Auckland
Wellington
Wellington
Auckland
Wellington
Wellington
Auckland
Auckland
Senior Grade
st
Buckingham Guards
Auckland
1 Uniform
March Past
Lochiel
Wellington
rd
Continental Guards
Auckland
3 Display
nd
McAlpine Stars
Canterbury
2 Display
st
Acme Pioneers
Canterbury
1 Display
rd
Canterbury
3 March Plan Acme Pioneers
nd
Auckland
2 March Plan Continental Guards
st
Wellington
1 March Plan Lochiel
rd
Avanette UDC
Wellington
3 Team
nd
Continental Guards
Auckland
2 Team
&
Acme Pioneers
Canterbury
Champion Team Lochiel
Wellington
Aggregate
Lochiel
Wellington
Champion Instructor
Mrs C Williamson
Things never happen by themselves. Events
come about because someone selected a
goal, then worked and encouraged others to
make it come about