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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:

      • New Zealand Open
      • New Zealand Women’s Open (should it return to the calendar)
      • New Zealand PGA Championship
      • The Charles Tour
      • Race to Tieke
      • Super 6’s
      • New Zealand Strokeplay Championship
      • Muriwai Open
      • Mount Open
      • Tauranga Open
      • Clearwater Open
      • Taranaki Open


    Events considered for declaration for the purpose of restricting betting:

    • All youth specific events under the age of 19.


    Contact: Chae Blewitt chae.blewitt@golfnz.org

  • Hockey

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

    International

    • BLACK STICKS Men’s Matches
    • Black Sticks Women’s Matches 
    • Senior A Men & Women’s Matches 

    Domestic  

    • Premier Hockey League (PHL) Men & Women 
    • National Hockey Championships (NHC) Men & Women 
    • North Vs South Tournament Men & Women
    • National Master Tournament Men & Women


    Contact: Marisa Carter marisa.carter@hockeynz.co.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 (Synergy Hair Netball League) matches
    • Any matches between international teams played in NZ
    • World Series Fast5 matches
    • 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
    • NZ Open Championships


    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

    • Hilux NPC (Name change from Bunnings Warehouse NPC)

    • Hilux Heartland Championship (Name change from Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship)

    • International matches held in New Zealand as part of British and Irish Lions tours


    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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