Since the Conference did not eventuate we have been working on an alternative for both the coaches and the officials.

We have the opportunity to bring Paul Manera over on the weekend of the 14th September to run a Coaching Development Seminar.

The sessions are open to coaches, officials and players.

The focus of the seminar will be Player Safety and Safe Tackle Techniques.
We believe that all coaches should attend this session as the safety aspect of our sport remains a high priority.

The target date is either Friday evening the 13th September or Saturday morning the 14th December.  
The Friday evening session is in response to clubs having training sessions on Saturdays. 
If the interest was split over the two days we could hold two sessions.

The venue is TBA and there is no cost to attend.

Please respond to this by Next Tuesday 27th August
We only have a limited time to get this organised given Paul's commitments. 

This is a link to the form (here) to register your interest in attending.

 ​The Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand American Football Federation will be held on:
Date:     Sunday, 20th October, 2019
Time:    12.00 pm
Venue:  Holiday Inn, Auckland Airport              
              2 Ascot Rd, Mangere, Auckland
​
All members are welcome to attend however only Delegates representing fully affiliated clubs and who are Members registered with NZAFF may speak or vote at the AGM.

In accordance with the New Zealand American Football Federation Constitution we are calling for Nominations and submissions for:

1. Board Members
2. Patron
3. Other Items:

          Notices of Motions re the Constitution.
          Any other business for consideration or discussion at the AGM.

Further details can be found here.

If you have any questions please contact Russell McConnochie (gm@nzaff.co.nz).

Men’s National Contact Team
Auckland, 2020
Information on the potential campaign
Coach Selection and Player Expression of Interest

NZAFF is currently assessing an opportunity for a Men’s National Contact team to play a visiting Australian State Team from Victoria in Auckland, around March 2020. The Victoria State team are looking to travel to play as part of their build up for the Australian National Championships.
 
Whilst this opportunity is still being assessed, our initial step is to ask for expressions of interest from players and Coaches around being involved in a National Men’s team to play this game. It is likely trials and selections will happen during the upcoming season, with a squad being selected in early 2020.
 
This campaign will be primarily self-funded and even thought costs will be minimised due to hosting, there will still be some costs around equipment, training camps etc so players should be aware of this.
 
The information below is for the initial phase of the campaign and covers the coach selection process and the expression of interest for players who want to be considered for selection into a training squad.
 
Please note that the final approval of the NZAFF Board is required for the campaign to proceed.  The process for approval is in the National Teams Process document (here).  This document should be read by both groups so that everyone understands the process and the requirements in order to be considered and the initial requirements that lead to final approval of the campaign by the NZAFF Board.
 
Players
The time frame for the expression of interest will be:
Registrations open today: 29 July 2019.
Registrations close on Sunday 18th August 2019.
 
If the Campaign is confirmed the Campaign trials and training dates will be agreed with the successful Head Coach and will be advised to players who have registered as soon as those dates are finalised.
 
The registration of interest for players can be found here.
 
Coach
The appointment of the Head Coach will only be made if there is enough interest in the campaign from the players, the arrangements with the Victorian Team are confirmed and the Board approves the campaign details.
 
The time frame will be:
Applications open today: 29 July 2019
Applications close on Sunday 18th August 2019.
 
Applicants should make sure that they have made time to be available for an interview (if required) either by skype or dial-in voice conference.
 
Applications will be considered by a panel made up of members of the NZAFF Board with assistance from senior players and/or independent coaches who are not involved in the process.
 
The Selection Panel will determine which applicants will get an invitation to an interview.
 
A template that can be used for the application can be found with the Position Vacancy document.  We encourage applicants to use this template in order to make it easy for the Panel to evaluate applications.  Applicants can add an additional document on the registration form if they wish.  All documents should be loaded into the application form not emailed.
 
Preference will be given to Coaches living in New Zealand.
 
Assistant Coach and Manager Positions will be appointed at a later date after the Board has approved the campaign.
 
A Position Vacant document is available (here) with an Application Template section.
​The application form for Head Coaches can be found here.
 
 If you have any questions please contact:
Russell McConnochie
gm@nzaff.co.nz

Unfortunately there were too few registrations for the Conference by the cut-off date to warrant holding the event so we have reluctantly decided to cancel the event.
 
NZAFF remain committed to development and will be looking at delivering alternatives to the Conference to continue the development of both the coaches and the officials.
 
We will be announcing alternative activities when we have finalised arrangements.

Hopefully more people will be available to take part in these future opportunities.