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Declaration of New Zealand sporting events

Declaration of New Zealand sporting events

Sport NZ declared these events on 30 November 2020
  • Athletics

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • Potts Classic - Saturday 23 January 2021
    • Cooks Classic - Saturday 30 January 2021
    • International Track Meet - Saturday 6 February 2021
    • Porrit Classic - Saturday 13 February 2021
    • Capital Classic - Saturday 20 February 2021
    • Sir Graeme Douglas International - Saturday 26 February 2021
    • NZ Track & Field Championships - 5-7 March 2021


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • All youth specific events under the age of 19.


    Contact: Peter Pfitzinger peter@athletics.org.nz

  • Baseball

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • United Airlines Men’s National Championship


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • United Airlines U19 National Championships


    Contact: John Fellet john.fellet@baseballnewzealand.com

  • Basketball

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • Men’s National Basketball League (NZNBL)
    • Women’s National Basketball League (Tauihi)
    • Rapid League (NZNBL & Tauihi)
    • National 3x3 Cup
    • NZ National Teams Games (5x5 and 3x3) – FIBA and non-FIBA (Tall Blacks / Tall Ferns)
    • NZ Breakers (NZ based games)
    • Quest 3x3 National Tour
    • Tertiary Nationals – 5x5 and 3x3
    • Wheelchair National Championships
    • 3x3 EXE series


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • Secondary School National Champs (5x5 and 3x3) and all qualification events leading to them;
    • All age group events - under 15, under 17, under 19 and under 23 national Champs

     

    Contact: Dillon Boucher dillon@nz.basketball

  • Cricket

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    International

    • BLACKCAPS matches
    • WHITE FERNS matches


    Domestic

    • Super smash - Men
    • Super Smash - Women
    • Ford Trophy - Men
    • Plunket Shield - Men
    • Hallyburton Johnstone Shield – Women


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • National Under 19 tournaments – men and women
    • National Under 17 tournaments – men and women
    • Gillette Cup
    • Venus Cup


    Contact: Chris Smith chris.smith@nzc.nz

  • Football

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • Men’s and Women’s senior International games
    • Men’s and Women’s age group international games
    • National League Championship Men’s & Women’s
    • Ford Futsal Superleague
    • 2023 Women’s Football World Cup
    • Chatham Cup
    • Kate Sheppard Cup
    • National League
    • Northern Regional League
    • Central Regional League
    • Southern Regional League


    Contact: James Wear James.Wear@nzfootball.co.nz

  • Golf

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • NZ Open Championship
    • The Charles Tour x 6
      • Muriwai Charles Tour
      • Tauranga Charles Tour
      • Akarana Charles Tour
      • Taranaki Charles Tour
      • Manawatu Charles Tour
      • Mt Maunganui Charles Tour
      • The NZ Women’s Open (should it return to the calendar)


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • All youth specific events under the age of 19.


    Contact: Dean Murphy Dean@nzgolf.org.nz

  • Netball

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • Silver Ferns Matches
    • NZ U21 matches
    • NZ Men’s matches
    • Any other matches played under a national banner or as part of a series featuring the Silver
      Ferns (that is, NZ All Stars, NZ A etc)
    • National Elite League (ANZ Premiership) matches
    • National Netball League (Beko Netball League) matches
    • Any matches between international teams played in NZ
    • World Series Fast5 matches
    • NZ Open Championships
    • Any other national competitions run by NNZ or its members
    • Netball Super Club


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • NZ Secondary Schools team matches
    • NZ Secondary School Championship
    • NZ Under 18 Championship


    Contact: David Cooper davidc@netballnz.co.nz

  • Rugby

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • All Blacks matches
    • Black Ferns matches
    • All Blacks Sevens matches
    • Black Ferns Sevens matches
    • All Blacks XV matches
    • Māori All Blacks matches
    • Super Rugby Pacific
    • Super Rugby Aupiki
    • Bunnings Warehouse NPC
    • Farah Palmer Cup
    • Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship
    • International representative teams in matches against teams that participates in Super Rugby Pacific, Super Rugby Aupiki, Bunnings Warehouse NPC or Farah Palmer Cup in New Zealand


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • New Zealand Secondary Schools team matches
    • Condor Sevens
    • Age grade rugby matches


    Contact: Fiona Martin
    Fiona.martin@nzrugby.co.nz

  • Rugby League

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • All matches involving Kiwis and Kiwi Fern’s or any other NZ team played in NZ
    • All other national or international matches played in NZ
    • All international rugby league – men’s and women’s played in NZ
    • All national competitions played in NZ


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • All youth specific events under the age of 19.


    Contact: Greg Peters greg.peters@nzrl.co.nz

  • Sailing

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • Americas Cup held in New Zealand
    • All sailing Class National Championships
    • JJ Giltinan 18ft skiff championship
    • Women’s Keelboat National Championships
    • Men’s Keelboat National Championships
    • Open Keelboat National Championships
    • Match Racing National Championships
    • Nacra 17, 49er and 49er Fx and Laser National Championships
    • The Coastal Classic


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • All youth specific events under the age of 19.


    Contact: Dave Abercrombie dabercrombie@yachtingnz.org.nz

  • Tennis
    • ASB Classic – Women’s
    • ASB Classic – Men’s
    • NZ Tennis Championships/Wellington Open
    • Te Anau Invitational
    • Davis Cup Events
    • Billie Jean King Cup events (previously known as Fed Cup until October 2020)
    • World Tennis Tour Pro Circuit Events
    • Caro Bowl Events and Matches
    • Kiwi Money Tour Events


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • World Tennis Tour Junior Circuit Events held in New Zealand


    Contact: Julie Patterson julie@tennis.kiwi

  • Volleyball

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • NZ Club Champs Division 1
    • The NZ Beach Tour events
    • IPC event held in NZ, open grade


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • NZ secondary school champs
    • North island and South island junior champs
    • All IPC grades outside of the open senior grade
    • All club champs divisions outside of division one


    Contact: Dave Keelty development@volleyballnz.org.nz

  • Waterpolo

    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of attracting an information use charge:

    • New Zealand Water Polo Premier League
    • New Zealand Water Polo National League
    • New Zealand Water Polo National Interclub Championship


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • New Zealand Tertiary Championship
    • New Zealand Secondary School Boy’s and Girl’s Championship
    • New Zealand 21 and Under Championship
    • New Zealand 18 and Under Championship
    • Pan Pacific Youth Festival


    Contact: Chris Wilson ceo@waterpolo.org.nz

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