Triathlon New Zealand CEO Dave Beeche was honoured this week with the Leadership Award at the annual SPARC Sector Awards Evening – one he accepted on behalf of his all stakeholders in the sport of triathlon.
SPARC is the government agency charged with promoting, encouraging and supporting sport and physical recreation in New Zealand.
It was a proud Beeche who accepted the award from Minister of Sport Murray McCully, and he was quick to acknowledge the team at Tri NZ and the wider triathlon community.
“I am incredibly honoured and humbled by this award and would like to say thanks to SPARC for the effort they have put into recognising various achievements in the sport sector. In my view, leadership is about surrounding yourself with good people and I have been very lucky to have such a supportive and helpful chair and Board, as well as an inspirational and passionate team to work with.
“Triathlon is on a journey and I feel like while we have come a long way in the past 4 years, however we still have a long way to go to realise the full potential of our exciting sport.”
Tri NZ President Garry Boon was delighted for Beeche, and also saw the award as recognition for the incredible growth triathlon has fostered in recent years. Boon added, “Dave has been a tireless worker for this sport and all who take part in it. He has overseen an amazing four years of huge change and rapid growth, at all times steering the ship on the right course and on a few occasions taking the lead in changing that course for the better.
“Dave talks about his wonderful team at Tri NZ and the incredible support the sport receives from a dedicated volunteer and participant community, all of which is true. But as CEO he has set the tone, he has indeed shown great leadership to position triathlon as one of the SPARC recognised high performance sports but also the country’s fastest growing participation sports, we are proud to have him as our CEO.”
