NZ eventing big winner in high-performance funding
Eventing is the alone equestrian sport to create goodness inwards the latest circular of funding announced yesteryear High Performance Sport New Zealand, next on from the bronze medal success of the nation’s squad at the London Olympics.
The funding is specifically for the eventing high surgical operation programme, alongside the investment reflecting the potential for the champaign of report to add together farther medals at the 2016 Olympics inwards Rio de Janiero.
However, the dressage, jumping as well as para-equestrian disciplines convey failed to attract whatsoever funding inwards the round, despite detailed applications submitted yesteryear Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ).
The motion would look to reverberate the funding body’s persuasion that New Zealand stood picayune prospect of producing medal-winning Olympic performances inwards these disciplines.
But it is a real dissimilar storey for the ascent prospects of the nation’s eventing team, which outperformed several strong equestrian nations to claim the bronze inwards London.
ESNZ was granted the largest increment of whatsoever sport as well as volition have $1.8m per twelvemonth for the side yesteryear side iv years leading upward to Rio; a sum of $7.2m compared to $3.2m inwards the previous four-year cycle.
This potential is highlighted inwards the latest FEI footing rankings, which lists 3 Kiwis (Andrew Nicholson 1st, Jonathan Paget quaternary as well as Mark Todd 6th) inwards the transcend half dozen inwards the footing at the destination of the 2012 northern hemisphere season.
ESNZ said piece the word was disappointing for the dressage, jumping as well as para-equestrian disciplines, it was dedicated to seeking both internal as well as external fiscal support, including commercial partnerships, for these programmes to ensure that surgical operation targets tin live on met at both the World Equestrian Games inwards Normandy inwards 2014 as well as the Rio Olympics.
ESNZ did non submit a funding application for endurance every bit its non-Olympic condition requires higher electrical flow surgical operation standards to attract investment. It is hoped that a strong surgical operation at World Equestrian Games inwards 2014 volition enable ESNZ to apply for endurance programme investment from 2015.
ESNZ volition also have $275,000 a twelvemonth inwards surgical operation enhancement grants, which are targeted towards high-performance eventing riders’ private surgical operation plans.
In making the funding announcements, High Performance Sport New Zealand principal executive Alex Baumann described 2012 every bit an particular twelvemonth for New Zealand sport, alongside Kiwi athletes winning xiii medals at the London Olympics as well as 17 medals at the Paralympic Games, piece many other Kiwi athletes as well as teams won on the footing stage.
“These results educate a novel benchmark. We’re announcing today how nosotros volition target our resources to back upward sports to the podium at targeted footing championships, the Winter Olympic as well as Winter Paralympic Games inwards 2014, as well as the Olympic as well as Paralympic Games inwards Rio de Janeiro inwards 2016 as well as beyond.
“We’re targeting 1 or to a greater extent than medals at the Olympic Winter Games inwards Sochi, ii or to a greater extent than gilt medals at the Paralympic Winter Games, fourteen or to a greater extent than medals at the Rio Olympics, as well as 8 to 12 gilt medals at the Rio Paralympic Games, as well as we’re investing inwards the sports nosotros believe tin deliver them.
“We convey … significantly increased our investment inwards equestrian eventing, canoe racing as well as the Black Sticks women’s hockey programme, because nosotros believe they tin deliver podium results inwards 2016,” he said.
He continued: “New Zealand doesn’t convey the resources that other larger nations have, exactly nosotros are confident that yesteryear continuing the targeted investment approach that’s been inwards house since 2006, nosotros tin maintain to deliver the results New Zealanders desire to see.
“New Zealand’s side yesteryear side medal as well as footing entitle winners volition come upward from the sports nosotros are investing inwards today.”
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