Media coverage Timaru

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/local/6983473/Begg-back-coaching-best

 Main back page sports story today.

Justine tells me OJ was on the local radio today & his highlight of the sports awards was my speech.

So obviously I impressed a few from outside our sport as Bob Pringle the Aoraki secondary schools sports award co-ordinator will speak about skating & me at around 8.10 am this Saturday the 26th May on Mike Richards sports show on Classic hits on 94.7 FM, he was inspired by my words also.

WIC INCHEON KOREA Finish

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Club Members in World Team

24 May 2012

Speed Sports Committee

2012 WORLD SPEED TEAM

The Board has ratified the following to contest the 2012 World Speed Skating Championships:

Tem Manager                                    Gary Challis

Team Coach                                       Bill Begg

Assistant Team Manager              Heather van der Heyden

Senior Men

Scot Arlidge

Kalon Dobbin

Peter Michael

Antony Nalder

Dale Christofferson

Senior Ladies

Samantha Michael

Junior Men

Kierryn Hughes

Ollie Jones

Josh Whyte

Junior Ladies

Stephanie Challis

Emily van der Heyden

Barbara Colville

NZFRS President

Sports Awards South Canterbury

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/6888554/Young-talent-vie-for-top-award

Five South Canterbury Club members will be in The South Canterbury 2012 Sports award titles to be held at the SBS stadium on Friday the 11th. The article goes through the Junior nominations where Emily van der Heyden & Guy McDonald are the nominees. Nicole Begg still features in the senior awards with her World Cup victory, while Mark Lowen Administration & Bill Begg Coaching are the other nominations.
 The club had a memorable year with having the new Zealand track & road champs in Timaru, as well as the artistic champs, the Club winning the Trohy for the Overall top speed club & the overall Combined trophy, the first time for Timaru & the first time for a South Island club for 26 years.

 13 Club skaters were selected for the Oceania championship team, with 3 winning Individual titles, Samantha Michael Senior, Guy McDonald & Analiese Le Roy winning Cadet titles. Emily van der Heyden, Finley O'cconor & Michael Clarkson winning Relay golds. others to join the Podium were Cailee Autridge Patrick, Cassidy Oldfied, Tyler Smith & Sophie Lowen & Dahna Penty.

Skaters in N.Z. Team.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/sport/6689115/Timaru-makes-up-a-third-of-skating-team Timaru will be well represzented & the club can nbe very proud of its progress, since a serious revival 3 years ago. To win the overall speed trophy & overall combined points trohpy for the first time in26 years it has come to the South Island & to have so man representatives in a N.Z. team is great & will set the club up for the future, on the International front.

World Champ Hits Town.

The Current world 15,000 elimination champion & World recordholder Peter Michael has arrived & the excitement mounting, as he hit the training track tonight, after arriving straight off the plane 3 hours earlier, after a long trip from Colombia, where he has been based for the last 6 months.

Highly favoured to take out Many of the Oceania Titles, it will be a big test For a much improved Antony Nalder, and the fast Indonesian Allan Chandra, to check out there form, it will be interesting to see how the Australian senior men shape up, against these top speedsters.

Peter was impressed with the new track & thought it was made to measure for him, a thouyght a number of top skaters have said about the new Timaru track.

Who would have thought?

One year ago the Finster could hardly stand on his feet & his big goal was to keep up with his younger sister, that he has a relay N.Z. Gold Medal & a collection, but now is a genuine contendor for Oceana Cadet Individual medals & a title contendor.

Only last year 3 young girls from Temuka started out, two that new to the sport, that they did not get to skate on the old Bank track. That the same 3 would pick up N.Z. championship medals & just scape into the N.Z. Cadet team for Oceania champs & now genuine contendors.

That Judah Kelly would be the outright favourite for the Cadet 300 Time Trial with a fastest time on the track of 31.065, then the others getting closer all contesting the medals, Analiese Le Roy 32.587, Cassidy Oldfield 32.776, Laura Kuepper at last comming back to form, but racing for Germany with 33.065, Cailee Autridge Patrick 33.082, Analise, Cassidy, Laura & Cailee, are half a second quicker than the others to date & along with Olyvia Mayhew, should be the time trial medal contendors.

In a highly technical sport it is excellent that within a year both Cailee & Cassidy, could be in a position to be amongst the favourites for the 300 T/T.

Analiese Le Roy is favoured in the long events but Tyla Smith the other first year skater & along with Leah McDonald & Olyvia Mayhew the youngest in the grade, has really been performing in the longer events & Sophie Lowen should be suited also to the longer races.