The Kauri Club was formed in July 2000 by Sport Northland, after a donation to the Trust by the family of the late Garry Frew, the legendary sports editor of the Northern Advocate.

The objective is to support talented young sports people in Northland and give them every encouragement to advance their sporting careers and develop as an athlete and as a person.

Through the generous support of Alan and Jackie Lints in partnership with the Kauri Club, the Kauri Club is now offering annual scholarships over a 12-month period up to the value of $2,000 for athletes aged between 16 – 20 years old.

In following the Balance is Better principles of athlete development, the scholarships aim to assist athletes over a year financially to further their development as an athlete. The scholarship money is to be primarily utilised to invest back into their learning and development with the aim of the athlete growing and applying their learning to their sport and throughout life.

Development services/support could be, for example, a physical trainer (gym/movement), additional coaching support, nutritional support, mental and athlete life support. Each athlete will also be provided support by the Athlete Support Advisor.

Sport Northland Chief Executive, Brent Eastwood says “Sport Northland is delighted to be partnering with Alan and Jackie Lints to provide a number of sporting scholarships to talented young Northlanders, to in turn support these athletes to further develop themselves in their chosen sport. Northland has a significant history in high performance sport, so it is fantastic to be supporting our next generation of sporting talent to continue this tradition.”

The Kauri Club Scholarships are open for application from 16 September to 9 October 2022. To find out more visit https://www.sportnorthland.co.nz/Helping-Sport-Happen-Whakatinana-Hkinakina/Kauri-Club-1.

About Sport Northland

Sport Northland is Northland’s Regional Sports Trust – a charitable trust with a core purpose of ‘enriching lives through play, active recreation and sport’ and a vision of ‘All Northlanders leading better lives through involvement in play, active recreation and sport’.

Sport Northland also has a number of flagship programmes, events, facilities and activities under its umbrella - these include the national award-winning region-wide Run/Walk Series, the national award-winning Top Energy WaterSafe for Life programme and other successes such as Green Prescription, Active Workplaces, BikeReady, Healthy Active Learning, Secondary School events, He Oranga Poutama kaupapa as well as the work of our Community Connectors in a number of communities across the region.

Sport Northland also owns and operates both the McKay Stadium (incorporating Kensington Fitness) and the Northland Sports House and owns (however contracts out the management of) the Whangarei Aquatic Centre.

For further information please contact:

Janine Moy

System Lead

0274 303 085

janinem@sportnorth.co.nz