New! - Information Guide to the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand

An updated Information Guide to the SportsTribunal is now available (18 December 2009). The Guide provides easy to follow step by step guides on the process for each type of dispute the Tribunal hears, including what you need to do to take a dispute to the Tribunal. It also outlines what to do if anti-doping proceedings or another type of dispute is brought against you.

Download the Information Guide to the Sports Tribunal (369 KB, PDF)
Hard copies of the Information Guide are also available on request from the Tribunal’s Registrar at info@sportstribunal.org.nz

Sports Tribunal Annual Report 2007/08

The 2007/08 Annual Report for the Sports Tribunal has been released.

Download the Sports Tribunal Annual Report 2007/08 (PDF 1.5 MB)

When there's a serious dispute in sport, the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand (the Tribunal) may be able to help. The Tribunal offers an expert panel of members bringing together a comprehensive range of legal, administrative and elite level sporting experience.

This website explains:

• what the Sports Tribunal is
• the sort of disputes it can hear
• the processes to take when bringing a dispute to the Tribunal
• the costs involved.

Decisions

• NEW - Former NBL basketball player suspended for 2 years for cannabis anti-doping violation (decision 18 August 2010)
• NEW - Powerlifter suspended for refusing to supply sample (decision 13 August 2010)
• NZ representative basketball player suspended for cannabis anti-doping violation (decision 21 July 2010)
• Tribunal allows appeal by coach against non-nomination for Youth Olympic Games (decision 13 July 2010)
• Tribunal declines jurisdiction to hear matter as no practical relief Tribunal could give and proceeding further would incur cost and not resolve underlying dispute (decision 9 June 2010)
• Tribunal conducts mediation resulting in four players resolving their disputes with Bowls NZ and withdrawing their appeals against decisions of the Bowls NZ Judicial Committee (media release and other information 19 March 2010)
• NZ boxing champion susepended for 5 months for anti-doping vioaltion involving furosemide (decision 11 March 2010)
• Rugby league player suspended for 10 years for third cannabis anti-doping violation (decision 1 March 2010)
  
  
• Rugby league player suspended for anti-doping violation involving cannabis (decision 8 December 2009; reasons for decision 14 December 2009 )
• Costs decision released (costs decision 14 October 2009)
• Tribunal dismisses appeal by kart driver against race placing (decision 12 October 2009)
• NZ representative marathon runner suspended for EPO anti-doping violation (decision 28 August 2009)
• Tribunal orders it does not have jurisdiction to hear appeal (jurisdiction order 13 August 2009)
• Tribunal allows appeal against decision that kart driver breached race rules (decision 7 August 2009)
• Touch player suspended for 6 weeks for anti-doping violation involving cannabis (decision 22 July 2009)
• NZ representative Softball player suspended for 18 months for second anti-doping violation involving cannabis (decision 12 June 2009)
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• Softball player suspended for 2 months for anti-doping violation involving cannabis (decision 20 April 2009)
• Boxer reprimanded for an anti-doping violation involving probenecid (decision 5 March 2009)
• Costs decision released (decision 26 February 2009)
• Rower suspended for 2 months for an anti-doping violation involving probenecid (reasons for decision 24 February 2009; decision 12 February 2009)
• Rugby league player suspended for 2 years for anti-doping violations involving methamphetamine, amphetamine and cannabis (decision 19 December 2008)
• Sports Tribunal releases further decision over whether suspended motorcycling member resumes status as steward on conclusion of suspension of membership (decision 26 November 2008)
• Tribunal upholds findings that motorcyclist breached rules during race but allows appeal against penalties imposed (decision 21 November 2008)
• Tribunal suspends power lifter for 2 years for anti-doping violation (decision 5 November 2008)
• Tribunal rules that appeal filed out of time (decision 30 October 2008)
• Tribunal allows appeal against suspension of saloon car driver for having an illegal engine - decision (24 September 2008)
  
  

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