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NEWS
The 2014 Goalball Nationals were held in Auckland, 27-29 September 2014. The tournament results are now available.
2014 AGM The 2014 Goalball New Zealand Annual General Meeting will be held at 6pm, Friday 26 September in the cafeteria at Awhina House (Blind Foundation), 4 Maunsell Road, Parnell, Auckland. As it will be after hours, access cannot be gained via the front of the building. All access will be through the rec centre at the rear of the building (Titoki Street entrance).
The 2013 Goalball Nationals will be at Napier Boy's High School. Find tournament results under the tournament link.
The 2012 National Championships are to be held October 12 - 14 at
Christchurch Boy's High School. Full details of the tournament can be
found at the above link.
GNZ sent a men's development team to the Australian Nationals in 2010
and though the results on paper did not look that good the team had
great moments on court and got very close at times to giving them
Aussies a real surprise. Troy Ramsay has provided a summary of the trip to the Aussie Nationals - read at the above link.
Another great nationals held down in Christchurch 2010 and you can read a summary of the games and results at the above link.
Good Luck all you Goalballers for the 2010 Year
World champs this year and good luck to all participants.
Here in NZ our nationals will be held September / October and details will be available in the next couple of months.
Good luck at club level to everyone and keep promoting the game to the
young and young at heart, new members are always welcome and help to
keep the sport lively and refreshing.
Troy Ramsay
kindly supplied a great summary of the 2009 year of goalball at the
national and international level at the above link - so close and yet so far...
We would be glad to hear from and link with other goalballers and
their web resources, so if you are not in our links
page, then let us know and we will gladly add you to the
list.
Block well and see you on court.
January 2006
Read a message from our President at the above link describing many events undertaken over
the last six months of this year. Wow! what a busy Goalball year it has
been!
14 November 2004
The upcoming Nationals at the Onehunga Working Men's Club is going to be the biggest and probably the best so far. The press release publicising the weekend is at the above link.
29 July 2004
The following is a summary of last nights goalball evening hosted by the
Auckland Blind Sports and Recreation Club (ABSRC). Charles Tauhore reports on a successful and fun evening at the link above.
16 June 2004
Fine Performance in First Goalball Tests
On June 12 2004 The men's and women's New Zealand Goalball teams took
part in their first international test, and though both teams lost can
be duly proud of the games played and the final results against a very
strong opposition. Full press release here.
1 June 2004
New Zealand Goalball In First International Test
On June 12 2004 The men's and women's New Zealand Goalball teams will take on Australia in their first international test. The GNZ Press release found here has full details.
27 May 2004
Pulse Data International has become the proud sponsor of the New Zealand Goalball teams. You can read their Press Release at the link above.
GNZ would like to thank Pulse Data for their generous on going support
of our sport, a game they see as valuable to the blind and visually
impaired community as we do.
15 May 2004
The teams that will be attending the Australian State Championships
have been selected. The team lists, coaches and the like can be found above.
4 May 2004
Over the weekend of May 1st and 2nd a training camp was held in
Auckland to select the teams for the Australian State competition as
well as general training and skills improvement. Read more about the weekend at the link above.
1 March 2004
The vision statement for goalball that was put together last
year by the board and approved at the AGM last November can be read at the link above.
Comments are welcome and can be emailed to the board at any time.
12 November 2003
Twenty-five goalballers got together last weekend
for and excellent 2 days of goalball. Click on the link above for more.
27 September 2003
Wellington travelled to Christchurch as
part of the Clash of the Provinces recently.
17
July 2003 Central Auckland Meets For The First Time Dennis Wells reports on a Goalball evening in the Central Auckland area.On Thursday 17 July approximately 12 people assembled at the Onehunga
RSA for an introduction to goalball.
There were 4 female players and 6 male players with an additional 2 who
decided to just watch the proceedings.
The evening took the form of a short discussion on goalball, its origins
and rules. Then a chance for everyone to get orientated to the court
dimensions. After this a short warm-up was held and then some teaching
of the defensive aspects of the game.
After everyone got confident with the block and defence positions a
couple of gentle paced games were had.
Everyone said that they enjoyed the evening and were keen to have
another go when the Auckland Blind Sport and Recreation Club held
another evening. The session finished with the group retiring to the
restaurant for a well earnt meal and social gathering.
It was a great evening and hopefully another one will follow soon.
There is sufficient interest to get a female team together and a male
team for any competitions that may be held.
16 June 2003
GNZ takes on Australian State Teams
New Zealand Goalball recently traveled to Canberra to take part
in the Australian National championships held in Canberra.
Press Release and Photographs
10 June 2003
Sulphur City Sports Weekend
Over Queens Birthday weekend Rotorua hosted a very successful
sports weekend that included goalball and cricket. Dennis Wells
has provided a report on the very popular event.
Full Report
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