Tim Jerks is an Australian football

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. Jerks was active as coaching development manager at the

New South Wales Institute of Sport The New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) is a high performance sports training institute located in New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales government agency provides world leading coaching, performance support and daily training ...

, before he was appointed in May 2003 as the coach of the

Tuvalu national football team The Tuvalu national football team is the international football team of Tuvalu. Football in Tuvalu is played at the club and international level. The Tuvalu national team draws players from the Tuvalu A-Division and trains at the Tuvalu Sports ...

. The 3–2 win against

Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
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was celebrated as a major achievement for Tuvaluan football as Kiribati is recognised as one of the leading teams in the competition. In the years 2004/05 and 2007/08, Jerks was the chief coach of the

Cook Islands national football team The Cook Islands national football team is the men's football team that represents the Cook Islands in international competition since 1971. It is governed by the Cook Islands Football Association which is part of the Oceania Football Confederat ...

for the FIFA World Cup-qualification. In the

2007 South Pacific Games The 2007 South Pacific Games were held in Apia, Samoa, from 25 August to 8 September 2007. The Games were the thirteenth to be held since the inception of the South Pacific Games in 1963, and included traditional multi-sport event disciplines, su ...

Cook Islands defeated Tuvalu 4–1. In 2010, he was a coach of the Cook Islands, before being replaced from the New Zealander

Shane Rufer Shane Arthur Rufer (born 23 March 1960) is a New Zealand former association football player, who played as a centre forward, midfielder and defender. He represented New Zealand on nineteen occasions between 1979 and 1985, making his debut on 2 ...

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