The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance is a cutting edge, world-class facility for the nation’s best athletes.
The Centre contains all the essential elements required to service elite athletes and prepare them for competitions on the world stage. It is equipped with the very latest in sports science and research capability. A full suite of sports treatment services is also provided within the centre, including physiotherapy, massage and podiatry.
ADAMS CENTRE
The Centre provides all the essential elements, equipment and services required to prepare elite athletes for competitions on the world stage.
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ADAMS ACADEMY
The Adams Academy offers an exclusive membership for local athletes with high performance potential and includes a wide range of support services.
BACKGROUND
What is now a state-of-the-art centre of sporting excellence was once an old, vacant building – formerly the home to the Mount Cosmopolitan Club. The window of opportunity to transform the building was realised by Bay Venues and Tauranga City Council.
It has become a multi-stakeholder project that grew to include The University of Waikato as the key strategic partner. That partnership has taken the centre from being the country’s largest high performance gym to also being a leading provider of testing and research into sport science and human performance.
VISION
The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance will:
Put Tauranga on the map as a destination for high performance sport;
Attract, and retain, world class athletes (in the past high-potential athletes have relocated to other centres due to inadequate training facilities);
Be used to implement and promote community sport and develop initiatives;
Build community pride through the attraction of high performance athletes and sports teams; and
Be the epicentre of cutting edge sport science, research and technology capabilities thanks to the strategic partnership with The University of Waikato.
Body in Motion
Some of the Bay of Plenty’s finest Sports Physiotherapists can be found
at Body in Motion’s High Performance Sport clinic. The company operates a
sports medicine clinic at the centre, with a focus on providing high
quality sports physiotherapy and rehabilitation services, second to none
in New Zealand.
Body in Motion has a long-standing relationship as the preferred
physiotherapy provider to the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union and its flagship
team the Bay of Plenty Steamers. This is an enduring relationship based
on clinical excellence and professionalism.
CONTACT 07 927 3330
Pip Charlton
Pip Charlton is a Remedial Massage Therapist (Massage New Zealand), holds a Bachelor degree in Physical Education (Otago) and is the High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) massage advisor and approved massage provider in the Bay of Plenty. She works with the Body In Motion team.
Pip specialises in several types of massage therapy, including relaxation massage, sports massage and remedial massage therapy to help with injuries. She has a special interest in, plus experience and success with, providing massage therapy to chronic pain sufferers, people with sedentary lifestyles and poor posture.
Pip also offers lymphatic enhancement technology (LET), an approach to lymphatic drainage that incorporates both traditional manual techniques and new age technology. This can be used to help treat a wide range of health conditions including sinusitis, neuralgia, acute sports injuries and digestive issues.
Pip has more than 20 years experience working with elite, competitive and social athletes from a variety of sports, including the Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the Beijing Olympic games as a massage therapist with the NZ team. Pip welcomes clients from all walks of life: young to not so young, active to inactive and is a strong advocate for everybody to use a proactive approach to health and well-being.
CONTACT 07 576 36 06
Foot Mechanics
In providing sports health services, Body in Motion Physiotherapy also taps into the talents offered by Foot Mechanics. Foot Mechanics Podiatry are experienced in dealing with elite sportspeople and use leading technology to help diagnose and treat foot, ankle, shin, knee, hip and lower back pains.
CONTACT 0800 436 686
Summit Sports Medicine (Dr Mark Muller)
Sports Physicians are medically trained doctors who have done specialist training in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Dr Mark Muller can provide expert clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of all sport and exercise related injuries. ACC consultations are free on referral from an appropriate allied health professional.
CONTACT 07 929 7575
Join the epicentre of cutting edge sport science, research and technology
Tauranga is rapidly becoming a destination for high performance sport due to the establishment of the University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance, the natural advantages our location offers for training and recovery, and our accessibility to world class fields and courts. These include the Trustpower Arena, the Bay Oval and the Sir Gordon Tietjens Field.
The Centre is home to Bay of Plenty Rugby Union and New Zealand Rugby All Blacks Sevens and Black Ferns Sevens. Emerging developing athletes who represent their sport at regional level or above are also welcome to the Centre through the Adams Academy.
The University of Waikato Adams Centre for High Performance opened its doors in 2016, thanks to innovative thinking and collaboration between Tauranga City Council, Bay Venues and the University of Waikato. It is the catalyst in transforming Tauranga City into a centre of excellence for high performance sport.
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FACILITIES
Due to a strategic partnership with the University of Waikato, the centre is equipped with the very latest in sports science and research capability. The University of Waikato laboratory comes complete with an environmental chamber capable of controlling heat, humidity and altitude which is used for performance testing, research and recovery as well as acclimatising athletes for international conditions.
The centre’s state-of-the-art facilities include:
HIGH PERFORMANCE GYM & RECOVERY POOLS
A 650m2 gym packed with top-of-the-line equipment and a three lane sprint track. Hot and cold plunge pools to speed up recovery for training athletes.
SPORTS SCIENCE RESEARCH
A cutting-edge sports science laboratory incorporating an environmental chamber capable of controlling heat, humidity and altitude.
University of Waikato Lab Testing Services
Contact: Steven Finlayson
SPORTS MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
Athlete support services provided on site by Body in Motion High Performance Sport, including physiotherapy, massage and podiatry.
LOCATION
This hub of sporting excellence is located at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui – Tauranga’s premier sporting precinct.
PHONE
07 577 8575
EMAIL
[email protected]
ADDRESS
52 Miro Street
Mount Maunganui
Tauranga 3116