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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.
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Academy Co-ordinator -
Niki Urwin :
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Name: |
Niki Urwin |
KartSport ACADEMY
105 Hawkeridge Heights
Bethlehem, Tauraunga
Mob: 021 887 421
Email: nikiurwin@hotmail.com
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| Age: |
29 |
| Nickname: |
Sticky |
| Heroes: |
Ricky Carmichael |
| Favourite
Race: |
Nationals |
| Favourite
Track: |
Wellington |
| Years
Karting: |
4 |
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Best karting tip:
Dale Verall once old me
there is always 2 tenths left in the driver |
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Best racing memory:
Holeshoting and leading my first
SX main in Australia. |
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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
Other
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1994 New Zealand Hobbie Cat Sailing
Championship 2nd
Niki brings a unique
set of skills to his role as Academy Coordinator 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.
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 -
Tony Chambers
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Name: |
Tony
Chambers |
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| Age: |
26 |
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| Nickname: |
T |
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| Heroes: |
My Mum |
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| Favourite
Race: |
2003 Rotax World Finals,
Sharm El Shiek, Egypt |
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| Favourite
Track: |
Gibley Raceway, Sharm El
Shiek, Egypt |
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| Years
Karting: |
17 |
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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 coach.
Titles won
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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
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 17 years of KartSport at the very highest level nationally and
internationally.
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Coach -
Bradley Alexander
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Name: |
Brad Alexander |
| Age: |
20 |
| Nickname: |
None |
| Heroes: |
Still thinking |
| Favourite
Race: |
Any
Superkart meeting, you all should try it |
| Favourite
Track: |
Marlborough |
| Years
Karting: |
14 |
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Best
karting tip: if you don’t know, ask someone who does |
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Best
racing memory: beating the lights at the North Island Roads |
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Titles won
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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

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Coach -
Bradley Tyrrell
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Name: |
Bradley Tyrrell |
| Age: |
20 |
| 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: |
10 |
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Best karting tip: Smooth is Fast |
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Best racing memory: Winning my first ever senior meeting at Round
1 Rotax Challenge |
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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 -
Matthew Hamilton
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Name: |
Matthew
Hamilton |
| Age: |
24 |
| Nickname: |
Matt |
| Heroes: |
My Father |
| Favourite
Race: |
Anything major, ie.
Nationals, Blossoms, Overseas competition |
| Favourite
Track: |
Hamilton |
| Years
Karting: |
16 |
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Best karting tip: If
you fail to prepare be prepared to fail. |
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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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Coach -
Simon McLennan
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Name: |
Simon McLennan |
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| Age: |
20 |
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| Nickname: |
Si |
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| Heroes: |
Peter
Brock |
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| Favourite
Race: |
Any
F100 Race when the engine stays in tact |
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| Favourite
Track: |
Wellington |
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| Years
Karting: |
6 |
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Best
karting tip:
Communication is
key, without it Dad wont know how to make you go faster |
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Best
racing memory: First
time in F100 at CIK New Zealand 2006 |
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What
do you want to improve on in karting: Consistency |
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Simon is
currently studying management at Victoria University in Wellington and has
taken a great interest in sports management. He has been in kartsport for
six years and looks forward to passing on his knowledge of both kartsport,
and what he has learnt about dealing with sports athletes and management at
the ACADEMY training courses.
Kartsport
results :-
Lascom Sprints/Upper Hutt Grand Prix,
1st Rotax Light
WPKA Goldstar Series, Rotax Light, 1st
Kartsport Wellington Championships, Yamaha Light, Rotax Light, 1st
2007 Nationals, Qualified 3rd F100 and 5th Yamaha Light
Simon has had a fair amount of catching up to
do in his short six years of Karting. Learning off some of New Zealand's top
drivers has allowed him to now challenge such drivers, and has enabled him
to pass on what he has learnt to those who are in need of a hand.
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Academy Director -
Graeme Moore :
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Box 37-916 Parnell Auckland 1051
Phone :
027 472 3631
Email :mooregroup@xtra.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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