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PNZ has decided not to send a team to the 2008
World Championships in Senegal.
We will also not be sending teams to the Asian
or Singapore championships this year.
Instead we will focus our energies and (limited)
manpower resources on putting in place a new
coaching and national representation structure
and process that will put petanque in New
Zealand on a firm footing for international
representation from 2009 onwards.
PNZ Coaching and
National Representative Framework 2008 - 2013
The Council made this decision after
considerable debate and by a majority vote.
While acknowledging that it will be a
disappointment to some players, we believe that
it is in the best interests of the majority of
petanque players in New Zealand.
We have chosen to “sacrifice” one year of
attendance at international events in order to
bring a more professional approach to our future
international attendance at world venues. We
need a coaching and representation process that
is fair, objective, transparent and open to all
players, and that will ensure our teams are
properly prepared through the provision of
coaching, training and management support.
Sending teams to international events, even
under the current system, requires a
considerable amount of organisational time and
effort for the National Council and Executive,
which we feel is better directed at getting the
new system up and running in time for 2009.
We do not believe that petanque in New Zealand
will suffer in the short term (many countries,
including Australia, do not send teams to the
World Championships every year), and see only
benefits in the longer term.
PNZ National
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