BayTrust Athlete Scholarships: Sport BOP

BayTrust Athlete Scholarships:

Alice Bain (Bethlehem) – Beach Volleyball
After two seasons as New Zealand Beach Volleyball Tour Champions with Julia Tilley, Alice is
heading off on an Asian Tour representing New Zealand, followed by the World Beach
Volleyball University Games in Germany.

Patrick Baylis (Rotorua) – Swimming
Paddy has been selected for the NZ Open Swim Team to attend the Oceania Champs in
Papua New Guinea this June, and is also training hard to qualify for the Junior Pan Pacifics
the following month. Due to his talents in and out of the pool, Paddy was recruited, and
obtained a scholarship, to attend Pomona College in the USA. He will start his Liberal Arts
Degree there in September 2018, while continuing to train hard to make the 2020 Olympics.

                                   Charlie Bell (Te Puna) – Canoe Slalom
                                   After attending the Australian Open and Oceania
                                   Champs as part of the C1 U18 Men’s NZ Canoe Slalom
                                   Development Squad, Charlie has been selected to
                                   represent NZ at the ICF Canoe Slalom Junior World
                                   Champs in Italy this July. He is excited to join the New
                                   Zealand contingent, and in the future wants to progress
                                   from the juniors to U23s and onto the Olympics in 2024.

David Boles (Rotorua) – Swimming
David, a Year 13 John Paul College Student, has had an impressive swim season. As the
Swimming New Zealand (SNZ) Open Water Champ for his age group in the 5km and 10km
events, and a bronze medallist in two events at the SNZ National Champs, David will be
representing his country at the Oceania Open Water Champs in Papua New Guinea this
June.

Jack Dangen (Te Puna) – Canoe Slalom
After leaving canoe slalom to work in Auckland, Jack has returned to the Bay of Plenty and
paddling K1 with a passion. With placings at the Oceania Champs this year and first senior
man at the NZ selections, Jack and the NZ Canoe Slalom K1 team will be racing at the Senior
World Cup, which is held across four months in different parts of Europe. And, in the middle
of this gruelling schedule, he will attend the U23 World Championships held in Italy.

Bae Fountain (Papamoa) – Water Polo
Bae has been training with both NZ Men’s and NZ Youth
Men’s Water Polo teams and is currently awaiting
confirmation of his selection in the NZ Men’s Water Polo
team to attend the Commonwealth Championship in
Malta in September and, selection in the NZ Youth Men’s
Water Polo team to attend the FINA Worlds in Hungary in
August.

Lachlan Haycock (Tauranga) – Triathlon
                                 Lachlan’s accolades are extensive within a number of
                                 sports, including athletics, duathlon, triathlon, multisport
                                 cycling and mountain biking to name a few. He will be able
                                 to utilise all these skills when he races for NZ at the ITU
                                 World Championships 15 - 19 age group in Australia in
                                 September.

Tayla Hudson (Kawerau) – Touch Rugby
At Nationals as a Bay of Plenty U18 Mixed Touch Representative, Tayla was identified and
invited to trial for the Touch NZ U18 Youth World Cup team. If successful, she will travel to
Kuala Lumpur with the NZ team in August. She is also known for her talents on the netball
and volleyball courts, being a Trident High School Senior Team member of the winning 2017
A Grade National Secondary School Volleyball team and 2017 Eastern Bay of Plenty U17
Netball Representative.

Hayley Mackey (Whakatane) – Judo
Hayley is currently competing at the Oceania Judo Championship in New Caledonia and
awaiting confirmation of her qualification to attend the Junior Olympics in Argentina in
October. Her Judo CV is impressive for a 16-year-old including Waikato Bay of Plenty Junior
Champ, NZ National Champ and Oceania Champ for her cadet weight class.

Riley Martin (Rotorua) – Crossfit
Crossfit runs in the family, with Riley (16) following his brother Bayley to attend the 2018
Reebok Crossfit World games in Wisconsin, USA. Riley has been selected after a five-week
worldwide competition to compete in the 16 - 17 year age group and is building towards his
2019 dream to obtain the Fittest Teen title.

Kyra Mita (Rotorua) – Waka Ama / White Water Rafting
With a number of impressive performances in the waka at NZ
Sprint Nationals, Kyra qualified to represent NZ at the IVF World
Champs in Tahiti in June. Her ongoing performances not only
impressed selectors for Waka Ama, but she was selected to join
the U23 Okere Women’s White Water Rafting team to paddle
at the World Champs in Argentina in November.

Sam Munday (Rotorua) – Sport Climbing
                        It appears that even a fear of heights couldn’t stop this climber
                        from pursuing his dreams. Sam is representing NZ in China in Open
                        Bouldering / Open Speed May 2018 and has just qualified for the
                        World Youth Climbing Championships in Russia in August. He is
                        passionate about his sport, and accredits his success to an amazing
                        coach and mentor.

Phoenix Paniora (Kawerau) – Volleyball
This young Eastern Bay of Plenty talent with a ‘never give up attitude’
has many achievements in sport and school, being named Trident
High School’s 2017 Senior Girls MVP and Sports Women of the Year,
obtaining her NCEA Level 1 and 2, and representing Bay of Plenty and
NZ in volleyball.
Phoenix is currently awaiting confirmed selection in the NZ U19
Junior Women’s Volleyball team to compete in Vietnam in July.

Briana Perry (Pyes Pa) – Indoor Cricket
Briana plays cricket and hockey, but her international debut for NZ awaits her this year with
selection being sought for the Indoor Cricket NZ Under 17 Girls’ to attend the Junior Indoor
Cricket World Cup being hosted by New Zealand in Christchurch in September. Briana looks
forward to a future of cricket, playing at a domestic senior level and the White Ferns one
day.

Caelan Potts (Matua) – Tennis
As the Otumoetai Tennis Club Senior Men’s Champ, the Tauranga Boys’ College School
Champ two years running, the TBC Super 8 Schools tennis Champ and the NZ Mixed Doubles
U16’s Champ, Caelan is excited about his first Junior ITF tournament in New Caledonia this
year. He is part of the Tennis NZ Youth team competing there in June.

Mia Pugh, (Welcome Bay) – Open Water Swimming
Mia has been selected for the NZ National Swim team to compete at the Oceania Swimming
Champs to be held in Papua New Guinea in June. Though she began swimming in a pool, she
prefers the open water, allowing her to ‘go and go’, which is evidenced by her first placings
in a number of 5km events for her age group and open women swims. Her goals for the
future are to further her international racing experience and obtain the NZ 10km Open
Swim title.

Sarah Stratton, (Bethlehem) – Volleyball
                      Having only started volleyball two years ago, Sarah is very excited to
                      have made the NZ Women’s Youth team to compete at the Asian
                      Champs in Thailand in May. As the Bay of Plenty High Jump champion
                      for the past five years, you can envisage what skills she brings to the
                      volleyball and netball court. If not playing sport, Sarah is also a zone
                      qualified netball umpire and Year 12 student at Bethlehem College
                      balancing NCEA studies.

Elin Tawharu (Mount Maunganui) - Surfing.
Elin, a 17-year-old Mount Maunganui College student, continues
to achieve on the national and international surfing circuit,
having recently won the NZ U18 Girls’ National Surfing
Championship title and placing third in the Open Women’s
National Competition.
She is currently awaiting confirmation of her selection in the NZ
Junior Surfing Team to attend the ISA World Junior Surfing
Championship and the NZ Open Surfing Team to attend the ISA
World Surfing Championship in Japan, both events this year.

                    Glenn Templeton (Katikati) – Squash
                    To date, Glenn has had success in squash playing for his school, his club,
                    for the Bay of Plenty region and for New Zealand. This has seen him in
                    contention to be selected for the New Zealand Secondary School team
                    to compete against Australia in a Tri Series in August, and for the NZ
                    Squash Team to compete at the World Junior Championship in India in
                    July.

Damian Torwick (Tauriko) – Canoe Slalom
Not only a Year 13 Academic Captain at Tauranga Boys’ College,
Damian is again representing NZ in the Canoe Slalom Junior team
to compete at the Canoe Slalom Junior World Championships being
held in Italy. After an impressive 2017 season, he continue to
paddle strongly in the K1 class.

Hayden Wilde (Whakatane) - Triathlon
Hayden was publicly voted The Hits People's Choice Award, ahead of the 2017 Bay of Plenty
Sports Awards, where he then won the coveted 2017 Vodafone Junior Sportsman of the
Year Award. His continued success in Triathlon sees him represent NZ at the Oceania
Championships in Melbourne this year, then on to compete at the Triathlon World Cup in
China the month following.

BayTrust Coach and Officials Scholarships:

The following coaches and official working within judo, taekwondo, squash, golf and surf life
saving have received scholarships to support their ongoing development.

From obtaining formal qualifications, attending workshops and upskilling themselves with
mentoring opportunities, they will be able to make a significant impact on their respective
sporting communities.

Coach Ashleigh Dunston, Welcome Bay
Coach Christine Young, Tauranga
Official Joanne Miller, Papamoa
Coach Kim Kingsley, Mount Maunganui
Coach Michael Dunston, Welcome Bay
Coach Neisha Brooking, Whakatane
Coach Nicholas Davey, Papamoa