Snow Sports New Zealand is pleased to announce the selection of the following teams:
Freeski & Snowboard
Over the past few months Snow Sports NZ has been reviewing the Freeski and Snowboard team structures and athlete pathways. The new structures will provide alignment with the regional coaches and programmes to develop up and coming skier and snowboarders, provide development opportunities for those on the cusp of international success and provide support for the national team.
For more information on the structure and selection of the National Team and Development Programmes please click on the links below:
Freeski Team
This year’s selection sees four new additions to the National Team. The National Team has not seen any new additions for over five years so it is great to welcome Beau-James Wells, Rose Battersby, Anna Willcox-Silfverberg and Charlie Lyons.
National Team Athletes:
Janina Kuzma National Team
Lyndon Sheehan National Team
Sam Smoothy National Team
Jossi Wells National Team
Byron Wells National Team
Beau-James Wells National Team
Rose Battersby National Team
Anna Willcox-Silfverberg National Team
Charlie Lyons National Team
Development Programme Athletes:
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected for the Freeski Development Programme:
Taylor King High Performance Development
Hamish McDougall High Performance Development
Harry Pettit High Performance Development
Ryan Read High Performance Development
Nick Rapley High Performance Development
Neil Williman High Performance Development
Sam Lee High Performance Development
George Pengelly High Performance Development
Finn Bilous Talent Development
Hank Bilous Talent Development
Jackson Wells Talent Development
Miguel Porteous Talent Development
Toby Dickson Talent Development
Jacob Tapper-Norris Talent Development
Manu Barnard Talent Development
Nico Porteous Talent Development
Alex Savery Talent Development
Craig Murray Talent Development
Snowboard Team
After great results over the past 12 months both Christy Prior and Stef Zeestraten have been added to the National Snowboard Team.
National Team Athletes:
Shelly Gotlieb National Team
Carl Murphy National Team
Rebecca Sinclair National Team
Maria Kuzma National Team
Rebecca Torr National Team
Stefi Luxton National Team
Stef Zeestraten National Team
Christy Prior National Team
Development Programme Athletes:
Congratulations to all the Development Programme riders below and in particular to Hamish Bagley and Tim Herbert who have both stepped up to the High Performance Programme.
Ben Comber High Performance Development
Milu Multhaup-Appleton High Performance Development
Cody Logan High Performance Development
Mitch Brown High Performance Development
Tim Herbert High Performance Development
Hamish Bagley High Performance Development
Rauri Macfarlane High Performance Development
Duncan Campbell Talent Development
JJ Rayward Talent Development
Kristal Roberts Talent Development
Seb Judge Talent Development
Sam Christie Talent Development
Carlos Knight Talent Development
Lyon Farrell Talent Development
Freeman Andrews Talent Development
Adaptive
National Team - Ski
Adam Hall has been selected to the Adaptive Snow Sports National Team as he has achieved Elite High Performance status due to the results he has achieved on the World Cup circuit and at the World Championships in La Molina, Spain, where he placed third in the Slalom. He has consistently placed in the top six in the world in his chosen disciplines and is on track to podium at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Adam is ranked third in the world in Super-G and seventh in the world in Slalom.
National Team – Snowboard
Carl Murphy has been selected to the Adaptive Snow Sports National Team as he has achieved Elite High Performance status due to the results he has achieved on the Snowboarding World Cup tour. Carl placed first in the World Cup event in Sochi Russia, which also doubled as a test event for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Carl also gained a first and a second placing in the Canadian World Cup. Carl holds a joint number one world ranking for adaptive snowboarding.
National Development Programme
Corey Peters has been selected to the High Performance Development Programme. Corey has performed exceptionally for a skier who is in the early stages of development. Corey’s best result of the season was a 10th place in the World Championships in GS in La Molina, Spain. He performed well in Nor-Am races and finished off his Northern Hemisphere season with a second place in the GS in Sun Peaks, Canada and a third in the Slalom.
For more information on the structure and selection of the National Team and Development Programmes please click on the links below:
Adaptive Snow Sports Team Selection
Alpine
The following athletes have met the FIS point criteria for pre-selection to the National Team. Full selection will be confirmed in late October/November 2013.
Ben Griffin Alpine B Team
Nick Prebble Alpine C Team
Willis Feasey Alpine C Team
Adam Barwood Alpine C Team
Piera Hudson Alpine C Team
Harriet Miller-Brown Alpine D Team
Finlay Neeson Alpine D Team
Jamie Prebble Skier Cross
Taylor Rapley and Emily Wright are pursuing other interests and will not be named to any of the ski teams. Although they have stated they are not available for selection, they would still like to compete in some of the planned 2013 competitions.
Finlay Neeson has also advised he will be returning to the USA in August to start with a full scholarship at the Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe. Finlay will be a full member of the College ski team and will continue his racing career at college FIS events, FIS and Nor-Am events.
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