Friday, 7 May 2021, 3:04 pm
Julian
Bowden - the new ESNZ chief
executive.
Equestrian Sports New
Zealand’s new chief executive brings plenty of sports
acumen coupled with commercial business experience to the
national body.
Julian Bowden, who is currently chief
executive of Mainland Football, will take up his new role in
early June, replacing Dana Kirkpatrick who stepped down in
March.
And while his life for the past six years has
been very much focused on the round ball, he actually
represented New Zealand at the Inter Pacific Games in Hong
Kong at 18, riding alongside multi Olympian Bruce Goodin and
current ESNZ Jumping board chair Mandy Illston. Over the
Football Ferns 2019 World Cup
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
FIFA has confirmed that Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin and five Australian cities will host the 32-team tournament.
The original proposal had Eden Park, Waikato Stadium, Wellington Stadium, Christchurch Stadium and Dunedin Stadium hosting games along with Adelaide, Brisbane, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Sydney.
Launceston and Newcastle have also missed out.
While Christchurch stadium hosted games during the 2015 men s under-20 FIFA tournament, a multi-million dollar upgrade of the temporary ground was needed.
New Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell said it just was not up to scratch. The standards for a tier one FIFA event, one of their biggest events, are very high and they re well aware that the stadium is temporary so in that regards it s a fairly cut and dried case.
Photo: RNZ
Leading All Blacks and Black Ferns are at loggerheads with New Zealand Rugby over the pending deal with US investment firm Silver Lake.
New Zealand Rugby says the $465 million dollar deal is transformational while the players are concerned about potential cultural misappropriation.
Do they have a point or are they holding the governing body to ransom?
Join Brenton Vannisselroy on
Extra Time as he discusses the impasse with former Black Fern Louisa Wall, RNZ rugby reporter Joe Porter and sports commentator Hamish Bidwell.
We also hear from head of Mainland Football after Christchurch was snubbed as a host city for the 2023 Women s World Cup and it s all fast and furious for rising New Zealand motorsport star Liam Lawson following his winning start in Formula 2.
In a newsletter emailed to players, CNC board chairwoman Anna Galvan said she did not know when the review would be completed, but reiterated the board was committed to the “exciting project”. The board’s unanimous decision to conduct a review was made so it could take into account the Covid-19 impact and “possible scenarios going forward”, Galvan said. The Netsal Sports Centre was designed to become a home for netball and futsal (a variation of indoor football) and would see netball end its 100-year association with Hagley Park. Christchurch City Council decided in June to buy the netball centre building, car park and courts and turn it into a multicultural centre – if a price could be agreed upon.