The Star: March 07, 2019

More documents

Recommendations

Info

1 36 Thursday March 7 2019 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star 2 CITY2SURF with Les Mills Sunday It’s our 45th Anniversary Year! Year! 24 March 14km, 6km Community Fun Run Event #Areyouupforit? www.city2surf.co.nz CITY 2 SURF TRAINING PROGRAMME WEEK 8: 3 weeks to go You are now nearing the peak of your preparation. Congratulations if you are still following the programme and you have been able to do most of the sessions. This means that it is more likely that you will make it to the start line in good condition. If you have not been able to follow the programme or if you have only followed it half-heartedly you need to adjust your goals and be prepared to jog-walk the event all the way at an easy pace. You will get there but it will take a bit longer. Over the next couple of weeks, you need to become comfortable with your training pace. Get a good feel for it because that is the pace you will need to do for the event if you want to finish comfortably. If you go faster than your LEVEL THURS OR FRI SUN TUE WED Beginner 14KM jog/Run Intermediate 14KM 45mins jog continuously Z1-2 60min jog Z1-2 50min jog 75min jog Z1-2 50 mins easy jog with 6x3 min Z2-3 alternated by 2min Z1 in the middle 60min jog Z2 50min jog as per Thurs / Fri 75min jog Z1-2 6KM Jog/Run 45min jog continuously 45min jog 50min walk or 30min jog 50 -60min jog 6KM/ 14KM Walk 6KM 25mins 14KM 70mins (warm up, then every 5mins walking at vigorous intensity between lamp posts) 6KM 35mins 14KM 70mins (both moderate intensity) 6KM 70mins alternate, 5mins easy 5mins mod 14KM 120mins alternate, 5mins light,5mins mod training pace you risk injury or you will struggle over the last few kilometres. The weekend run is close to the time you will be on your feet on the day of the event. This is a key session. Try not to miss any of the sessions over the coming 2 weeks or do at least 3 sessions per week. If you do only 1 or 2 you might lose some of your hard gained fitness and be a little underprepared. 6KM 30mins 14KM 50mins (both light intensity) Free Training series night Join us 6th March 6.15pm! See city2surf.co.nz for more info TIP OF THE WEEK If your feet are sore and aching roll your feet over a frozen drink bottle after your run, it can do wonders. If your shoes are worn this is the time to replace them so you can still “run them in”. If the shoes feel good stick to the same brand and model. Most specialised sport shoe shops have personnel trained in advising people on the right shoe wear. You can also ask a podiatrist. SportsMed have a great team of experienced podiatrists who can help. On behalf of the team at Sportsmed (www.sportsmed.co.nz) Dr John Hellemans, Sportsmedicine Practitioner/Coach This programme and accompanying information are written as a guide only. If you are concerned about your health at any stage please undergo a health check with your GP. SINGAPORE AIRLINES BRAND GUIDELINES SUMMARY Proud Sponsors
The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday March 7 2019 37 Sport local sport Proudly brought to you by... Tower JuncTion Phone: 348 6020 Open 7 days 11am to late www.speightstowerjunction.co.nz in brief Waimairi v Cashmere interclub tennis final Waimairi will look to end Cashmere’s dominance in the Canterbury interclub tennis competition when they host the five-time defending champions in Saturday’s final. Waimairi have been unbeaten in the competition to date. The final, which will be contested over two doubles and four singles matches, begins at 2.30pm. Mainland Premier League kicking off Cashmere Technical begin their defence of the Mainland Premier League when the competition kicks off at the weekend. The opening round on Saturday will see Ferrymead Bays host Cashmere Technical, Selwyn United host Nomads United, FC Twenty 11 host Coastal Spirit and Nelson Suburbs host Western AFC. Canty’s chance to climb four-day cricket table Canterbury will go into their four-day Plunket Shield match against Auckland on Saturday with a chance to move into second in the competition. Following their nine-wicket win over Wellington at Hagley Oval over the weekend, Canterbury are now just one point behind Auckland and 13 behind competition leaders Central Districts. The match will be at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora. Tall Blacks guard joins Rams NBL roster The Canterbury Rams have signed Tall Blacks guard Luke Aston for the NBL season. Aston played for the Southland Sharks in the last two NBL seasons after a stint playing college basketball in the United States at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. In 2017, he played for the Tall Blacks at the FIBA Asia Cup where the team finished fourth. Read announces he will leave New Zealand to play in Japan ALL BLACKS captain and Crusaders centurion Kieran Read has confirmed this will be his swansong year in New Zealand rugby. The 33-year-old will join Japanese club Toyota Verblitz next year after 13 seasons of professional rugby in New Zealand. Original Crusader mentors young stars • By Gordon Findlater SINCE PLAYING in the Crusaders first ever match, former hooker Matt Sexton has never stepped away from the sport he loves. The 48-year-old currently works for the New Zealand Rugby Union, overseeing the next generation of All Blacks in his role as high performance player development manager. Sexton (right) played in the Crusaders first Super Rugby match – a 26-27 loss to the Chiefs in Hamilton on March 3, 1996. The team recorded just two wins in their opening campaign and finished dead last. “We call ourselves the forgotten Crusaders team. I don’t think we even had a team photo that year,” said Sexton. “We learnt from our mistakes, we made a lot of them. We probably didn’t adapt as quickly as other teams and we had a horrific run of injuries in that first year.” He went on to make 36 appearances for the franchise and was part of the Super Rugby three-peat from 1998-2000. “I think self-belief was a big thing for the group . . . in terms of the talent in the team, we weren’t the best, but we had really good character and also had really good characters,” said Sexton. He pinpointed Norm Maxwell, Norm Berryman and Afato So’oalo, the latter of which was somewhat lucky to have survived a trip to South Africa. “We nearly lost (So’oalo) in Bloemfontein. We were at a “Every young rugby player in New Zealand dreams of the opportunities I have had to represent the All Blacks and the Crusaders, and I know I’ll look back at the end of the year with a great deal of pride to have worn those jerseys for as long as I have,” Read said yesterday. cheetah sanctuary and he had got the ‘dick of the day’ award, which meant he was wearing a Crusaders cape. The cheetah was being walked past after everyone gave it a pat and all of a sudden the wind blew the cape and the cheetah launched itself with claws at Afato. Luckily for him, he was pretty quick off the mark and managed to get a metre away before the claws came through the back of the cape,” said Sexton. “It took about 5min for them to unpick the cheetah’s claws from the cape while he was standing there . . . it would have taken his calf off.” Before his professional rugby career, Sexton trained as a teacher at Canterbury University and took a position at Marian “My family and I are looking forward to an overseas experience and Japan presents an awesome opportunity to immerse ourselves in Japanese culture as part of the Toyota club.” Said Crusaders coach Scott Robertson: “His contribution to the Crusaders over the past •Over the Super Rugby season, The Star will look back each week at some of the identities who graced the Crusaders jersey in the past and discover where they are now College. While playing for the Crusaders, he was involved in drug and alcohol education work in secondary schools. “It was quite cool. I worked with people like Margaret Foster, Pat Lam and Tania Dalton,” he said. Sexton also held a role at High Performance Sport New Zealand before departing to Ireland following the 2001 Super Rugby season. He played three seasons for Ulster in the Heineken Cup. “I was ready for a change. I was 31 when I left and had tried pretty hard to get into the All Blacks, but I was up against some pretty stiff competition and never got an opportunity,” he said. Sexton got his fix of international rugby while in Europe. He played several matches for the Barbarians, which included two wins over England. “My last ever professional game was against England on Twickenham. Myself, Mark Andrews and Jason Leonard got marched off in front of a packed house. It was a really nice finish to what was a pretty cool career as a rugby player,” said Sexton. When he returned to New Zealand in 2004, he started the Tasman Rugby Union academy, 145 games goes without saying, but it’s Reado’s influence as a member of our leadership group that will be a huge part of the legacy he leaves here.” Read has won three Super Rugby titles with the Crusaders since 2007 and played 118 tests for the All Blacks. then went back to Christchurch the following year to manage the Canterbury rugby academy for seven years. In 2012, he took up a role as head coach of the former South African Super Rugby franchise, the Southern Kings. He was joined at the Kings by current Crusaders assistant coach Brad Mooar. The Christchurch pair had just three wins with the Kings in 2013, which saw the team relegated. “We knew it was going to be a tough assignment but we were up for the challenge . . . when I look back on the results and reflect, we did better than any new Super Rugby team has done in their first year,” said Sexton. Following his stint in South Africa, Sexton was offered his current role at the NZRU. It involves overseeing academies and development programmes around the country, as well as managing the Maori All Blacks and New Zealand Schools teams. Sexton is also involved with coaching at Hutt International Boys’ School. He enjoys helping young players. However, he hasn’t given up on the idea of coaching again at a high level. He also believes it’s no coincidence the Crusaders’ squads of the late 1990s have produced so many top coaches. “We were in front of some exceptional coaches, including the likes of Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith, guys who really knew the game and imparted their knowledge to the players . . . that’s something that gave us a great opportunity in the game going forward.” 3 issues $20 • 6 issues $44.50 • 10 issues $65 rugbynews.co.nz 0800 77 77 10
Page 1 and 2: Circulation 92,573 Thursday, March
Page 3 and 4: The Star 3 News Local News Now Seco
Page 5 and 6: The Star Latest Christchurch news a
Page 13 and 14: Montre Dur Caledonian Rd Colombo St
Page 33 and 34: $7.90 incl. GST The Star 33 Gardeni
Page 35: The Star Latest Christchurch news a

The Star: March 07, 2019

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?