The Star: February 07, 2019
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Montr<br />
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Caledonian Rd<br />
Colombo St<br />
Sherborne St<br />
Ma<br />
CITY<br />
with Les Mills<br />
2SURF<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>February</strong> 7 <strong>2019</strong> 9<br />
this year’s<br />
in Ashburton and Timaru.<br />
Now, retired from his job as an<br />
english teacher, Roger he has decided<br />
to get back into running.<br />
He enjoys running around the streets<br />
near where he lives and often goes to<br />
Les Mills gym also to stay in shape.<br />
“I like the City2Surf because it is an<br />
easy distances and it’s a popular run to<br />
take part in.”<br />
James Ferguson,<br />
32, Harewood<br />
James will take on<br />
the 14km run in this<br />
year’s City2Surf.<br />
It will be his first<br />
time doing the event<br />
and admits he’s a<br />
“first time runner,” opting to keep fit<br />
through rugby and other sport.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event will help him prepare for<br />
more running later in the year when<br />
he takes on the Buller Gorge halfmarathon<br />
and the Saint Clair Vineyard<br />
half marathon in Blenheim.<br />
He is enjoying his training –<br />
somewhat.<br />
“It’s a fair distance the 14km, but I’ve<br />
got get fit somehow.”<br />
Before and after work a couple of<br />
times a week Mr Ferguson has been<br />
challenging himself run distances<br />
between 10km and 14km.<br />
He will accompanied by a group of<br />
2<br />
CITY2SURF<br />
with Les Mills<br />
friends who will also run in the event<br />
next month.<br />
Pauline De Wit,<br />
66, Woolston<br />
Pauline isn’t keen<br />
to slow down anytime<br />
soon.<br />
Previously, she<br />
has run the 6km in<br />
the City2Surf but<br />
next month she decided to “push the<br />
boat out” and do the 14km run.<br />
“I felt I could have gone further<br />
so I am keen to try the 14km. I<br />
have seen the wonderful sense of<br />
achievement gained from an event<br />
such as this and wanted to be part of<br />
it . . . I am getting older and I want to<br />
achieve something like this before age<br />
takes me over.”<br />
Pauline has been training with her<br />
friend Jill, who she has done the event<br />
with before.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair enjoy after-work walks<br />
around the Burwood Wetlands.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Wetlands takes approximately<br />
40 minutes, plus walks at the weekend<br />
along the Heathcote river. Also due to<br />
the hot weather I have been enjoying<br />
swimming at Corsair Bay, Magazine<br />
Bay and at Sumner.”<br />
On Pauline’s bucket-list of<br />
achievements is the Saint Claire<br />
Vineyard half marathon.<br />
Fun run to benefit charity hospital<br />
HELPING: <strong>The</strong> Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust is<br />
the partner charity for the City2Surf.<br />
SINCE 20<strong>07</strong>, the City2Surf’s<br />
partner charity has been<br />
providing free healthcare to<br />
Cantabrians in need.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Canterbury Charity<br />
Hospital Trust provides free<br />
day surgery, medical treatments,<br />
dentistry, oral surgery<br />
and counselling services.<br />
It has had more than<br />
15,000 patient visits since it<br />
first opened in 20<strong>07</strong>.<br />
Over the years, more than<br />
300 doctors, nurses, dentists,<br />
health professionals and<br />
public-spirited people have<br />
volunteered their time and<br />
services.<br />
Celebrating its 45 th year,<br />
City2Surf is being held on<br />
March 24.<br />
Said Charity Hospital fundraising<br />
co-ordinator Rosie<br />
Graham: “<strong>The</strong> City2Surf is a<br />
great opportunity to not only<br />
increase the profile of the<br />
Charity Hospital as a local<br />
Canterbury charity but also<br />
be involved with a massive<br />
community event which last<br />
year attracted around 12,000<br />
entries.”<br />
“We also like the team<br />
aspect of the event as we are<br />
very much a team-based<br />
charity with over 300 volunteers<br />
all playing a part in providing<br />
our free services. And<br />
we really appreciate that <strong>Star</strong><br />
Media chose us as the charity<br />
for this major event.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> hospital, which is<br />
unique in New Zealand, frequently<br />
updates it’s services,<br />
depending on the need.<br />
This currently includes<br />
include colonoscopy, gynaecology<br />
and women’s health,<br />
general surgery (abdominal,<br />
rectal), oral surgery and<br />
dentistry, counselling<br />
(self-referral), orthopaedics<br />
(upper and lower limb) and<br />
cataracts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trust does not receive<br />
any Government funding<br />
and relies on fundraising<br />
events, donations, charitable<br />
organisations and bequests<br />
to raise the funds required to<br />
run its free services.<br />
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