Patron - Tom Pryde
The Board of Sport Southland is thrilled to announce that Tom Pryde has been appointed as Patron of Sport Southland.
Derek Turnbull left big shoes to fill, but Tom Pryde is about as close a fit as possible.
Tom was a founding trustee of Sport Southland in 1990, serving on the board for nearly ten years.
A former senior rugby player, Tom has been at the forefront of Triathlon, Multisport and Adventure Racing in New Zealand, both as a competitor and as a race organiser.
Tom has served on numerous boards and trusts and was President of Triathlon New Zealand. He successfully orchestrated the bid for, and helped organise the World Triathlon Championships held in Queenstown in December 2003 and the ITU Triathlon World Cup in New Plymouth in 2005. The Queenstown event won a NZ Tourism Award.
Tom is well known in Southland as a Trustee of the Halberg Trust, which has dual aims of recognising sporting excellence through the Westpac Halberg Awards along with assisting young people with a disability participate in sport and active leisure.
Sporting Profile
General
Sport Southland - Founder and Inaugural Trustee from 1992-1997; Appointed Patron in 2007
Southland Sports Administrator of the Year 2003
Surf Lifesaving
Surf Lifesaving
Member Oreti Life Saving Club 1962-2007, Club captain for about eight years, committee member for many years (about 20), president/club coach/competitor/beach patrol for several years. Tom now acts as mentor and honorary solicitor for the club.
Swimming
Committee, Murihiku Swim Club
Secretary, Otago University Swim Club, late 1960s
Member, Foveaux Masters Swim Club for the last 20 years.
Organised, piloted and swam on several Foveaux Strait crossings over 30 years
Organised and competed in the only ever end-to-end Lake Wakatipu swim, 2007
Organised and competed in the inaugural Thirteen Lake Swim Challenge in the Southern Lakes, 2007
Rugby
Rugby
Old Boy’s Rugby Football Club, Senior player in Dunedin and Invercargill 1967-1978, senior team captain 1976-1977, committee member in the 1970s and also 1990s, president for two years in 1990s.
1971-present, Solicitor to Southland Rugby Union
Chaired Southland Rugby Union disciplinary hearings
Trustee, Charlie Saxton Trust (Highlanders’ support) in about 2004
Member, Rugby World Cup 2001, Sothern Regional Committee, 2007
Initiator/trustee, Team Southland 1995-1998. The trust raised over $750,000 to support the Southland Provincial rugby team into he professional era of NPC Division One
Triathlon
Triathlon
Founded Southland Triathlon Club 1983
President, Southland Triathlon Club 1983-1993. Committee member 1983-2003. Life member 1998
Introduced sport of triathlon to both Southland and Central Otago by running the first ever events in 1983
Honorary Solicitor, Triathlon New Zealand 1985-present, board member 1985-2004, vice-president 1995-2000, president 2000-204 (including Olympic Games in Sydney and Athens), life member 2005
VIP guest at Sydney Olympics and Manchester Commonwealth Games, and official at Melbourne Commonwealth Games
Brought World Championships to Queenstown in 2003; World Cups to New Plymouth in 2005, 2006 and 2008; Winter Tri World Cup to Wanaka 2006 and 2007
ITU Constitution committee member 2000-2007
Race director of about 100 races in Southland and Central Otago over the last 25 years
Occasional competitor in triathlon, multisport and adventure races including Coast to Coast 17 times 1982-2007
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