Funding boost for NZ Sevens
The New Zealand women’s Sevens programme has been handed a boost with the awarding of $800.000 worth of funding for the next two years.
Published by Scrum Queens, December 18th, 2012
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The investment is from High Performance New Zealand (HPSNZ), the Government-funded agency who invest in elite athletes.
The funding commitment comes just weeks after New Zealand won the first ever leg of the IRB Womens World Sevens Series their first official outing in some years.
"We're really excited to be part of the Olympic team for 2016 and this investment is a great boost to our plans to win two golds," said NZRU Chief Executive Steve Tew.
"The investment underlines the confidence HPSNZ has in our plans. The financial support, along with HPSNZ's considerable Olympic experience and the quality of its people will go a long way to helping us realise our goals.
"There is still a long way to go (to Rio), but we are right where we expect to be at this stage in our plans and are really pleased with how the men's and women's teams have performed so far this season."