JUNE NEWSLETTER 2019 MASTERS GAMES THE JETS ARE IN TOWN The 2019 Masters Games are fast approaching and will celebrate The Jets franchise have been working with Sport Whanganui, its 30th anniversary in Whanganui! Sport lovers from all over the the Whanganui District Council and Whanganui and Partners to world will be invited to join thousands of locals to celebrate this organise and promote three NBL games in Whanganui. The first milestone! game was held on Thursday, 21 June against the Nelson Giants with the Giants taking the win 90 - 71. Up next The Jets face the Sport Whanganui have formalised a partnership with the Canterbury Rams on Saturday, June 30 followed by the 2017 Whanganui District Council to support our community in the lead champions – Wellington Saints on Saturday, 7 July. Each game up to the 2019 Whanganui Masters Games. Over the past few will be held at Springvale Stadium in Whanganui at 7.00pm. months we have been holding meetings with local sports codes to gain some insight into what support is needed and how we can The Jets are excited about holding these games in Whanganui help in order to run a smooth and successful event. Contracts are and hope they can make the games annual events in the now being finalised and signed off in order for the codes to Whanganui sporting calendar. Having a team playing at NBL register for the games in August. level in Whanganui is a great opportunity for young players to On Friday, 6 July the Masters Games launch will be held at Cooks watch and ignite the passion and motivation for them to Gardens Events Centre. The launch will be a great chance for progress in their own game. clubs to get together and discuss the event! Kids $5 | Adults $10 | Springvale Stadium | Tickets available at For more information on the Masters Games please contact Ross Sport Whanganui office (cash only) or I-Site Information Centre Cronshaw at [email protected] 0226412043 or (eftpos available) Jimmy Hildreth at [email protected] 0297701235. MANAWATU JETS VS NELSON GIANTS NEXT UP! JETS VS CANTERBURY RAMS THIS SATURDAY, 30 JUNE! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FROM SPORT WHANGANUI (CASH ONLY) OR THE WHANGANUI I SITE CENTRE!!! KIDS $5 ADULTS $10 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TERM 2 WHANGANUI SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS WHANGANUI SCHOOLS MOUNTAIN BIKE CHAMPIONSHIPS A big thank you to all schools that attended the Whanganui Schools Mountain Bike Champs on Friday, 22 June held at Araheke Mountain Bike park. It was a fantastic day overall! A total of 141 riders, from 19 different schools competed on the day, double the numbers we had last year so we are extremely happy with that! Congratulations to all participants that competed on the day. A special mention to the Palmerston North Schools (PNBHS and St Peters College) for coming over again this year, it definitely adds to the excitement and competition! Thank you to Greg Brodie, Glenn Haden and Brent Bismark for their expertise and help on the day and to Sarah Gibson for taking photos! We hope to attract more riders next year! Check out the results on the Sport Whanganui website: https:// Cameron Russell (WHS) sportwhanganui.co.nz/results/ Year 7 & 8 Boys Lily McIntyre (Westmere) WCS riders WSS CROSS COUNTRY The Tawhero Golf Course was a fantastic venue to host the Whanganui Secondary Schools Cross Country on Thursday, 24 May. Predictably Liam Back (WCS) led from start to finish to win the senior title carving out the 4.25km race in 13 minutes and 7 seconds. This was no mean feat over the soggy conditions on the excellent and demanding Tawhero course. The New Zealand Schools international competitor (Liam) Back won by almost a minute competing against highly promising 15-year-old team mate Zach Bellamy. Rebecca Baker (WHS) impressed in taking line honours for the second consecutive year. Last year she took the Intermediate title heading the leading senior runner. This year she held off a Girls grades on the start stern challenge from Collegiate Captain Sarah Lambert. Sarah line Mathews (WCS) confirmed her progress by taking third place in the senior grade crossing the line fifth in the combined race. Ashleigh Alabaster (WCS) was third across the line to take the junior title confirming her outstanding potential. Adelaide Roper (Nga Tawa) also impressed finishing second (4th across the line) with Lucy Brown (WCS) taking the remaining junior girl's podium position. In the Junior Boys grade, Riley Zimmerman (WCC) won by 20 seconds from Blair Gowan (WHS) and Thomas Pease (WCS) coming in third place. Zimmerman's time over the 4.25km was 15 minutes 44 seconds. Nat Kirk (WHS) who had performed so well on the track, including taking the North Island Schools 800 metre title, predictably won the Year 9 boys title by 11 seconds from Harvey Meyer (WCS), with Elliot Jones (WCS) in third place. Kirk's winning time over the 3km was 11 minutes 9 seconds. Josephine Perkins (WCS) ran well to take her maiden title crossing the line in a highly creditable 10th place in the Nathan Kirk (WHS) combined race. She completed the 3km race in 12 minutes 48 seconds, 23 seconds ahead of Emma Fergusson (Nga Tawa) in second with Charlotte Baker (WHS), sister of senior winner Rebecca, taking the remaining podium place just 2 seconds behind Fergusson. WCS was particularly strong in the Senior Boys where possibly for the first time in the events history taking the first six places. Joseph Sinclair following his brother followed by Ben Conder and Ethan Gillespie. WHS took the six-to-score title in the Junior Boys and also the Year 9 Girls. There was a similarly narrow three point margin in the junior three-to-score with WCS heading off the WHS challenge. Nga Tawa was second in the Junior Girls three-to-score and was also second in the six-to-score in the same grade. The excellent course, last used for New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship back in 1991, proved to be an outstanding venue and Sport Whanganui and Whanganui Secondary Schools Paige Cromarty (WGC) & are fulsome in their praise of the venue and the management of Charlotte Baker (WHS) the Tawhero Golf Course. PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHATS HAPPENING IN THE It has been an exciting term in the primary school space with 680 REGIONS! year three and four children and over 26 classes receiving our Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) delivery programme It has been an exciting and rewarding start to term 2 in the which focuses on body movement and locomotion. regions! We have now introduced the Foundations Programme to Early Childhood Centres. The programme is designed for 3-4 This year a major focus of the programme is sustainability, year old children and their teachers to support and provide therefore upskilling teachers is crucial in order for them to lead resources to encourage physical activity and development, the sessions once the progamme is finished. This has been well bridging the gap from early years learning to school based received. learning. We have introduced this new initiative to four centres within the Feedback from teachers includes feeling more confident in Ruapehu and Rangitikei district and the feedback has been teaching students skills that we have shown them, where in the extremely positive. The new programme involves upskilling of past they may have not been comfortable demonstrating. staff members allowing growth and capability to sustain a focus Another highlight was providing 13 primary schools from the around physical development. Whanganui and Ruapehu region with sports equipment funded by Kiwisport. The schools that took part in the programme received sports equipment tailored to their needs, enabling them to continue to learn and practice what we have taught during the sessions. Our Young People Administrator, Angela Watson has really enjoyed being able to go to the school assemblies to present the equipment. Seeing the excitement and smiles on the kids’ faces has been extremely rewarding! Children participating in the Foundations Programme Jodie Brunger and Ross Kinnerley delivering sports equipment to Upokongaro School Angela Watson delivering sports equipment to Kaitoke School TABLE TENNIS Table Tennis Wanganui is calling all students to come along to their regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday sessions during the school holidays! Sessions run from 9 – 12pm at Jubilee Stadium, $3 per session. For further enquiries please phone Jenny Brader on 343 7461. BADMINTON Badminton Wanganui are calling junior badminton players to join in on the Tuesday evening sessions! The sessions are held from 6pm—7pm at the Springvale Stadium, ideal for Year 4 to Year 8 children. LOCAL AND LOYAL APP Cost is $4 per session and rackets will be provided! WELCOME ROBYN MATTHEWS Registration is still open to get your club listed in the directory. The sports directory is one portal where all local sporting bodies and clubs can be reached. Get your club visible to potential members, players, supporters, and volunteers. Click here to fill out a registration form: https:// form.jotformpro.com/72042275857965 WHANGANUI SQUASH CLUB We would like to welcome Robyn Matthews to her new role as Operations Manager at Hockey Wanganui. Hockey is July school holiday programme! currently thriving in Whanganui and that is largely due to the Week 1 & 2 wonderful coaches, volunteers and players involved in the game. Robyn had a great time catching up with everyone at the Week 1: Tuesday to Friday 9am - 11am $120/week AGM on Wednesday and looks forward to working with the Week 2: Monday - Friday 9am - 11am $150/week community and sharing her passion for Hockey. *Limited vacancies, contact details to register below.