Sports Guidelines
- individual amateur sports clubs or similar organisations at a local or regional level whose members participate in amateur sport.
- regional or national amateur sports organisations to which individual amateur local sports clubs or similar organisations are affiliated or otherwise formally aligned.
- local, regional or national organisations which facilitate the active participation in New Zealand amateur sports through the provision of, for example, sports facilities, sports tuition or match or competition refereeing or umpiring.
- other regional or national organisations which facilitate the active participation in New Zealand amateur sports by providing general coordination and oversight of, or other assistance to, one or more sports and/or all clubs or organisations participating in one or more sports.
- for all categories (1-4), it is a registered New Zealand charity and/or is registered as an incorporated society or as another legal entity.
- in the case of a club or organisation referred to in (1), its membership is open to the members of the public.
- In the case of an organisation referred to in (2-4), its facilities or services benefit persons who are members of the public or who are members of clubs or organisations which are open to members of the public.
- in the case of a club or organisation referred to in (1, 2 or 4), it is directly or indirectly affiliated with a sports organisation referred to on the Sport New Zealand website.
- for all categories (1-4), the relevant sport has standards and/or rules which have been established by a national body or an international body and which are applicable to those who participate in the sport in New Zealand, and
- for all categories (1-4), there are significant New Zealand regional and/or national competitions for the relevant sport.
Introduction
TAB New Zealand (trading as the Bobby Foundation) will mainly apply (at least 80%) Class 4 Net Proceeds under the Racing Authorised Purposes to support the New Zealand Racing Industry through the Promotion, Control and Conduct of Race Meetings (as defined within the Racing Industry Act 2020).
Additionally, the Bobby Foundation will also distribute (‘up to’ 20%) of class 4 net proceeds to the wider community, via sporting grants in accordance with the Sports Authorised Purpose to support and encourage participation in amateur sport across New Zealand.
The following guidelines relate only to the distribution of net proceeds under the Sports Authorised Purpose.
Net Proceeds Committee
The Net Proceeds Committee (NPC) has been established to make decisions on the return of net proceeds and will compose of at least three members nominated by the Board of TAB New Zealand.
The NPC will meet at least six times per year to make decisions on the distribution of net proceeds under the Sports Authorised Purposes (subject to funds being available).
A list of dates for when the NPC will meet is maintained on the Bobby Foundation website.
Annual Review of Policies
All criteria, methods, systems and policies used for the application and distribution of net proceeds will be reviewed at least annually.
Sports Authorised Purpose
To encourage active participation in New Zealand amateur sports (being sports listed on the Sport New Zealand website) by assisting the following categories of bona fide New Zealand clubs and organisations:
Such assistance to amateur sports clubs and organisations may be provided to a club or organisation for an individual team or teams or for more general purposes and may take the form of the funding of all or part of the actual and reasonable cost of items such as (but not limited to) sports equipment, playing uniforms, refereeing/umpiring uniforms and ground hire and all or part of the actual and reasonable expenses of individual teams participating in tournaments with kindred groups.
To be eligible for consideration for assistance an amateur sports club or organisation must meet those of the following requirements that apply to the relevant category of club or organisation:
TAB NZ Net Proceeds Committee
TAB NZ has established a ‘Net Proceeds Committee’ (NPC), to make decisions on the return of net proceeds, and will compose of at least three members nominated by the Board of TAB New Zealand.
The NPC will meet at least six times per year to make decisions on the distribution of net proceeds under the ‘Sports’ Authorised Purposes (subject to funds being available.
A list of dates for when the NPC will meet is maintained on TAB NZ’s corporate website, under the ‘Gaming Grants Information’ tab.
Annual Review of Policies
TAB NZ will review its criteria, methods, systems and policies for the application and distribution of net proceeds at least annually.
Criteria for Assessing Applications
Please refer to the ‘TAB NZ Eligibility and Prioritisation Policy for Distribution of Class 4 Net Proceeds’ document on our website.
Complaints
Should you have a complaint about the handling of an application for net proceeds, the complaint should be made in writing and emailed to grants@bobby.org.nz or posted to:
Attention:
The Chief Executive
TAB New Zealand/Bobby Foundation
PO Box 618, Wellington 6140
We will acknowledge receipt of your complaint by email (or mail if you do not provide an email address) and will investigate your complaint promptly and will advise you of it’s decision within 20 business days of your complaint being received.