Rotorua Team News and Information
This is where we will post news and information relating to taking a team to the National Summer Games in Christchurch, from the 10 -14 December 2025, flying down on Wednesday 10th December and back on Monday 15th December. (Flights not booked yet.) More information will be posted here as it comes to hand. On our Links page, under the Main Menu, is a link to Special Olympics NZ's official NSG 2025 website which has more information about each sport and venue plus the schedule.
Our team was announced at our prizegiving at the end of last year. It included athletes who are non-travelling reserves, meaning they will only be part of the team if they are asked to replace a team member who cannot go. Official entries are due in by July but changes can be made up until October. Usually there is a cut off date in October after which no more changes can be made. We are taking a team of 57. There are 39 athletes and 16 volunteers in five sports.
Update - These are the team members as of March (Amelia has replaced Adrian):
| Team Rotorua Athletes | Volunteers | |||
| Tenpin Bowling | Football | Bocce | Head of Delegation | Athlete Reserves - non travelling |
| Allan Carroll | Bodie Stanley-Hardiman | Anthea Glasgow | Jill Allely HOD | Amelia Reeve |
| Amelia Reeve | Brent George | Emilija Berry | Belinda Herbert - Assistant HOD | Christopher Ramlose |
| Angela Francis | Chris Taylor | Paige Sullivan-Hona | Tenpin Bowling | Lional Boielle |
| Caseylee Raston | Chris Thomas | Tyrone Banfield | Shona Gibbs - Head coach | Montana Taylor |
| Corvette Welsh | Heremaia Hohaia | Kylie Stampa | Reuben Pooley | |
| Delarnie Smith | Jordan Dittmer | Swimming | Maxine Smith | Te Waikura Witoko |
| Esther Miller | Keyarn Pulford | Bailey Dunbar | ? | |
| Gregg Hyde | Lachlan Dawson | Jessica Sherbourne | Football | |
| John Harvey | Leo Coleman | Krystal McLeod | Russell George - Head coach | |
| Kelly Clarkson | Rahul Khatri | Tui Martin | Andrew Dawson | |
| Kris Roguski | Zane Karaka | Kirstin Dawson | ||
| Matthew Gibbs | Bocce | |||
| Maureen McLeod | Indoor Bowls | Chris Brewer - Head coach | ||
| Nadia Ngeru | Conor Allely | Michelle Douthett (1-1) | ||
| Shannon Cooper | Madison Edwards | Indoor bowls | ||
| Simon Gillies | Troy Stampa | Nicholas Van Den Broek - Head coach | ||
| William Hawker | Tegan Stampa (1-1) | |||
| Swimming | ||||
| David Blackmore - Head coach | ||||
| Sonia Sherborne (1-1) | ||||
| Stella McLeod (1-1) |