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Jon Tanner Appointed to Board of NZ Hockey for Three Year Term. |
1st April 2008
Congratulations
to Jon Tanner on his three year appointment to the Board of New Zealand
Hockey.
Jon is a Senior Advisor at ABN AMRO Craigs in Hamilton and has 25 years
experience in the financial services industry.
An ex-NZ player and Midlands Coach, he is currently on the Board of
Midlands Hockey.
Jon
Tanner has been involved in Waikato Hockey for over 20 years.
Contributions have included creating Team Waikato to
lift the profile and performance of the mens representative team, (including
winning a National men’s title), developing WHA planning strategies,
developing various support structures while all the time maintaining a
passionate interest in playing and coaching.
His quest for excellence and endeavours to help Waikato achieve it have
been invaluable to our hockey growth. In recent years he has combined
off field contributions with extensive coaching at primary and secondary
school levels and age group representative teams.
In
2006 he coached the U13 Waikato Girls team to win the Collier
Trophy from Canterbury for the first time in 40 years;
an achievement not equalled by Auckland or Wellington at the
time.
He is the proud father of Waikato Hockey Representative's, Ben(U21 Rep)
and Kim Tanner(U18 Rep).
"Ka takaro tahi te whanau, ka noho tahi"