Only New Zealand’s very best coaches have been selected for the KartSport ACADEMY. Professionally trained by full time Motorcross and KartSport coaching advisor Niki Urwin, the team is ready to share their skills and passion with you through intensive training sessions for drivers and crew.
     
Academy Head Coach:  Coaches:  
Tony Chambers Niki Urwin Bradley Alexander
  Karl Wilson Bradley Tyrrell   
Academy Director:  Joshua Hart Gary Wilson
Graeme Moore Ryan Urban Matthew Hamilton
     


Academy Head Coach - Tony Chambers :

Name: Tony Chambers  
Age: 29  
Nickname: T  
Heroes: My Mum  
Favourite Race: 2003 Rotax World Finals, Sharm El Shiek, Egypt  
Favourite Track: Gibley Raceway, Sharm El Shiek, Egypt  
Years Karting: 20  

Originally from Hamilton and now based in Auckland, Mt Wellington has for the past 4 years been Tony's 'home' club. Tony is proprietor of Right Karts and during the time working at the shop has helped a lot of drivers at Rotax World Finals and other CIK events in Australia, Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong and the UK as well as assisting many karters locally, both customers and his opposition. Tony will in fact go out of his way to help any other karter and was a natural selection for ACADEMY head coach.

Titles won :-
1997 NZ Junior Yamaha National champion
2001 North Island Rotax Max Light Sit-Up Road Race Champion
2002 North Island Rotax Light Champion
2006 NZ Rotax Max Light Champion 
2010 NZ Open Champion

Overseas results :- 
2000 Rotax World Finals Purto-Rico 9th
2002 Ford Australia Rotax Kartstars series 17th
2003 Rotax World Finals Egypt 7th
2005 Thailand 24 hour international race, Kiwi team 4th

Tony is really enjoying coaching at the Explore and Learn days and looking forward to future courses where he can  pass on a lot of the valuable things he has learnt in 20 years of KartSport at the very highest level nationally and internationally.

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Coach - Niki Urwin

Name: Niki Urwin  
Age: 32
Nickname: Sticky
Heroes: Ricky Carmichael
Favourite Race: Nationals
Favourite Track: Wellington
Years Karting: 7

 
Best karting tip:  Dale Verall once old me there is always 2 tenths left in the driver
Best racing memory:  Holeshoting and leading my first SX main in Australia.
What I'd most like to improve on in karting:  qualifying laps!


Coaching :-

Current coach of Katherine Prumm- 2006, 2007 world womens motocross champion. 6 times NZ womens champion Vanessa Quin- 2004 world downhill mountain bike champion, 7 time NZ champion Nathan Rankin- 5 times nz downhill mountain bike champion.
 

Motocross :-
19 years racing motocross, two as a professional competing in Australia, Asia and Europe.
2001 New Zealand Supercross Champion.
2002 Australian Motocross Championship 4th.
6 New Zealand Motocross titles.
In 2002 I suffered a career ending accident at 23 years old. I was left a paraplegic.
 

Kartsport :-
In 2003 I was the first paraplegic to be given a Kartsport license.
2004 New Zealand Kartsport Nationals Rotax Light 6th
2004 North Island Championship Rotax Light Qualified on pole
2005 Rotax Max Challenge 4th
2005 New Zealand Kartsport Nationals Rotax Light 10th

2010 Competing as a member of the NZ team to Rotax Max Grand Finals in Italy
 

Other :-
1994 New Zealand Hobbie Cat Sailing Championship 2nd

Niki brings a unique set of skills to his role as Academy Coach being both a competitor and an experienced coach, the latter the result of work he did with Motorcycling New Zealand's coaching programme between 1997 and 2005.  On top of which Niki of course is the man who kick started the ACADEMY as Head Coach and has set such a fine foundation of programs we can all benefit from. he remains as a key coach in our Development program and mentor while he spends more time with his International coaching duties for MX

As Niki says: "As a former professional motocross rider I understand the demands placed on athletes in the modern age. I have a real talent for working out the needs of individual athletes, and helping them to meet these through  practice, preparation and skill development."

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Coach - Bradley Alexander

Name: Brad Alexander
Age: 23
Nickname: None
Heroes: Still thinking
Favourite Race: Any Superkart meeting, you all should try it
Favourite Track: Marlborough
Years Karting: 17
   
Best karting tip: if you don’t know, ask someone who does  
Best racing memory: beating the lights at the North Island Roads  

Titles won :-
2005 North Island Sprint Rotax Heavy Champion
2004 & 2005 North Island Superkart Rotax Heavy Champion
2003, 2004, 2005 Top Half Rotax Heavy Champion
2004, 2005 Rotax Heavy Series Champion

2004 2nd Rotax Heavy Nationals

Current coach of local guys and girls, nothing to serious but been getting some good results.

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Coach - Karl Wilson  

Name: Karl Wilson
Age: 27
Nickname:  
Heroes: Ayrton Senna
Favourite Race: Rotax World Finals 2003, South Africa 
Favourite Track: Macau, Hong Kong
Years Karting: 17
     

I am looking forward to the remainder of 2011 and the events I have ahead. Looking at competing in selected rounds of the 2011 CIK Stars of Karting in Australia. I think the Kartsport Academy is a great initiative by Kartsport NZ and should be utilised by all at every level.

KartSport Results:

2011 - 1st CIK Trophy KZ2, 1st NZ Superkart Nationals & NZ GP.
2010 - 3rd CIK Trophy KZ2

2009 - 2nd CIK Trophy KZ2
2008 - 1st NZ sprint champs Yamaha Light
2007 - 1st North Island sprint champs Yamaha Light, 1st North Island sprint champs F100
2007 - 2nd NZ Rotax Max Challenge
2003 - 3rd NZ Rotax Max Challenge
2002 - 1st NZ Rotax Max Challenge
7th overall Rotax Max World Finals, South Africa and 3rd also in the Nations cup.

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Coach - Bradley Tyrrell 

Name: Bradley Tyrrell
Age: 23
Nickname: Someone please give me one !!
Heroes: Fernando Alonso
Favourite Race: Any Street Race
Favourite Track: Te Puke - Bay of Plenty Kart Club
Years Karting: 13
     
Best karting tip: Smooth is Fast

Best racing memory: Winning my first ever senior meeting at Round 1 Rotax Challenge

What I'd most like to improve on in karting: Qualfying 


Kartsport results:

1st National Schools Champs 2003 Rotax Light
1st Yamaha Light and Rotax Overall 2005 Top Half, backed up with 2006 Yamaha Light Overall Title
4th Australia Rotax Nationals
3rd NZ Nationals
4th Overall Redbull Kartstars Series
3rd Queensland State Titles
Won City of Sails 3 times in various classes
3rd twice in New Zealand Rotax Challenge.

Bradley has lived in Tokoroa for 17 years and it's not surprising that he calls Tokoroa his home track despite now living in Hamilton where he and his business partner have started a Kart Shop called Pacific Kartsport NZ.

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Coach - Joshua Hart

   

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Coach - Gary Wilson

   

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Coach - Ryan Urban

Name: Ryan Urban
Age: 28
Nickname: Ry
Heroes: Wayne Rainey
Favourite Race: 2006 Superstars of Superkarts Laguna Seca
Favourite Track: La Conca (Italy)
Years Karting: 20
     
Best karting tip: A clean kart is a fast kart
Best racing memory: 93 NZ Champs Blenheim in Midgets

Kartsport results: 6X NZ sprint titles, Multiple NI sprint champ

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Coach - Matthew Hamilton

Name: Matthew Hamilton
Age: 27
Nickname: Matt
Heroes: My Father
Favourite Race: Anything major, ie. Nationals, Blossoms, Overseas competition
Favourite Track: Hamilton
Years Karting: 19
     
Best karting tip: If you fail to prepare be prepared to fail.
Best racing memory: Winning the Lady Wigram trophy.

Kartsport results:

2007 NZ Rotax Max Champion

2006 NZ Yamaha Light Champion

9 times NZ champion in various classes

Other motorsport:

Competed in Formula Fords, Toyota Racing Series and Indy Pro Series.

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Academy Director - Graeme Moore :

Box 37-916 Parnell Auckland 1051
Phone :
027 472 3631
Email :
graeme@mooregroup.co.nz

Graeme is a member of the KartSport New Zealand Executive and has a wide range of managerial experience, most recently in the travel industry.


Under a charter developed by Graeme the mission of the Academy is to; 'develop a suite of professional training programs and support material to attract and retain new entrants to the sport, and provide a development path which supports these members to whatever success level they aspire to, from consistent Junior to international success.'


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