New Zealand Academy Of Sport Selects Official Supplier - Nutrition Supplements

Integria Healthcare (New Zealand) Ltd (formerly known as Thompson Nutrition Limited) is pleased to announce that the company has been selected by the New Zealand Academy of Sport as their Official Supplier – Nutrition Supplements. The new agreement will give New Zealand’s elite athletes access to nutrition products in the Integria group of brands including Thompson’s and Red 8, as well as the wider range of independent brands distributed by Integria.

“Thompson’s and Red 8 have been sponsoring some of New Zealand’s top athletes for many years, and this new relationship with the New Zealand Academy of Sport takes that involvement with our best sports people to a new level”, says Malcolm Stobie, Integria’s General Manager, “and as a New Zealand business we are intensely proud to play a role in helping New Zealanders to be their best on the world’s sporting stage”. Stobie continues, “It is a fantastic vote of confidence by the Academy of Sport in our products and we feel a huge sense of responsibility to ensure our athletes get the best products and great service”.

Peter Pfitzinger, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Academy of Sport North Island is upbeat about the new commercial relationship. “Integria’s proposal was compelling and will deliver excellent added value to New Zealand’s elite athletes”, he says. “As well as gaining access to a vast range of existing nutrition products, the arrangement will facilitate development of specific nutrition products for our teams and individuals. It is great to have a Kiwi business right behind New Zealand’s best sports people, and that commitment will also be reflected in a financial contribution to our high performance support from New Zealand sales of Red 8 Just Whey protein products”.
Senior Performance Nutritionist at the Academy, Daniel Healey is enthusiastic about this partnership, “Sports supplements offer genuine advantages to athletic performance. In a very real sense they can be the difference between winning or not winning a medal. Some of New Zealand’s top athletes are already using Thompson’s and Red 8 products, for example elite rowers Hamish Bond and Nathan Cohen. Feedback from our athletes played an important part in our decision to choose Integria”.

The initial term of the agreement between Integria Healthcare (New Zealand) Ltd and the New Zealand Academy of Sport will be through to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.