​NZAFF Online Shop Fundraising Platform Trial
 
NZAFF have been looking for some time at ways to assist Clubs and teams to raise funds for trips, equipment and other costs. After looking at several options, we have today launched a trial running an NZAFF online shop where people can purchase NZ American Football branded T-Shirts, Hoodies and mini American Footballs.
 
For the trial, all profits from the sale of items will go towards the upcoming U19 DownUnderBowl team travelling to the Gold Coast in Australia in July.
 
When making a purchase, people can select to support the team as a whole or a particular player. We are trialling this option as an incentive for the Players themselves to really push the fundraiser hard knowing they will directly benefit from the proceeds.
 
Should the trial prove successful, the idea is NZAFF member Clubs and Regions will be able to run their own fundraisers using the platform, with NZAFF helping around print set-up, gear sourcing and fulfilment.
 
NZAFF is not making any profit out of the online store fundraising platform - all funds, apart from the costs of the gear, shipping and the EFTPOS/Credit Card/Shopify fees, will be made available to the members.
 
The online shop can be viewed here.
 
If you are interested in using the online store in the future, feel free to register your interest with Russell McConnochie gm@nzaff.co.nz

The next phase of the Flag National Team Campaign is the appointment of the Assistant Coaches and the Team Manager.  

There will be two positions available for the Assistant coaches – Offensive Coordinator and Defensive Coordinator.
 
The position vacancy documents can be found in the public directory on the NZAFF web site or through direct links here:

• Team Manager (link here)
• Assistant Coaches (link here)

 
The applications closing date will be the 31st May so members that are interested in the positions will need to attend to the application quickly.
 
Once the appointments are made the campaign plan will be communicated to those players that have indicated interest in trialing for the team.
 
At this stage we do not have a confirmed date from IFAF for the Flag World Championships in Korea but expect that it will be in the June/July/August time frame in 2020.
 
If you have any questions please contact Russell McConnochie, gm@nzaff.co.nz.

​It was great day with everyone having a good time and the weather held out for us.
 
Early in the round robin the Tamaki Lightning and the Turangi Titans showed that they were the teams to beat.  The South Auckland Raiders and the two Hamilton teams, the Phoenix and the Hornets battled it out with some interesting results for the remaining places.  Unfortunately we were running out of time so the last game in the round robin was not played and we moved onto the 3rd & 4th and the 1st and 2nd final games.
 
The winners were the Tamaki Lightning who took home the inaugural Hamilton Flag Tournament Shield. 
 
The runners up were the Turangi Titans with the South Auckland Raiders coming in third.
 
A big thanks to the teams who participated and the referees that gave up their Saturday to come down to Hamilton to help out.

In 2017 we asked members to help to define the way froward for the sport of American Football in New Zealand. The NZAFF Board then used that feedback to define the current strategy.

We are now inviting members to complete the survey again so that we can get feedback on how you feel the Sport is progressing, and also a revised sense of what is important to our members as our strategy will change and adjust over time.

Any member of NZAFF can complete the form which will be open until Friday the 7th of June.

You can find the survey here.