Pegasus Post: August 20, 2019

8 Tuesday August 20 2019
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Avonside teen races on Olympic waterway
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TALENTED: Avonside Girls’ High School rower Sally Wylaars (front) helped her women’s four to
fifth at the junior world championships in Japan.
PHOTO: ROWING NZ
• By Jacob Page
AVONSIDE GIRLS’ High
rower Sally Wylaars has helped
her New Zealand coxless four
to fifth at the junior world
championships in Tokyo.
The 17-year-old,
who was in the stroke
seat, rowed with Lucy
Burrell, Alison Mills
and Charlotte Darry at
her first international
regatta.
The combination
finished second in their
heat, maintaining that
place throughout the
race and finishing in
6min 46.090sec – 3sec
behind the Italian crew but still
good enough to automatically
make the final.
In the final, the crew made a
strong start and were in second
position at the first 500m mark.
But they were unable to keep up
Sally Wylaars
with China, Italy and Germany,
which took gold, silver and
bronze respectively. Darry, Mills,
Burrell and Wylaars finished the
final in 7min 14.50sec.
Wylaars was recently
named achiever of the year
at the Canterbury
Rowing Awards for her
progression in the sport.
She has been rowing
for four seasons and
won a silver medal at the
under-18 double sculls
with her Avonside Girls’
High teammate Maddy
Thornton earlier this
year.
The course for
the junior world
championships, known as the
Sea Forest Waterway, is a newlyconstructed
venue for the 2020
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Fifty nations took part in the
junior championships and more
than 550 athletes competed.
Run New Brighton hits
the streets to deliver
health and well-being
A NEW running group is
encouraging residents to get
active.
Run New Brighton is a notfor-profit
initiative set up by the
New Brighton Olympic Athletics
Club to get more people running
in the area.
The members meet every
Wednesday at 5.30pm at
the New Brighton Olympic
Clubrooms.
There are pace-specific groups,
which cater for beginner,
intermediate and competitive
runners.
Run New Brighton organiser
Hayden Zervos said the group
allows runners and people of
different ages and backgrounds
to improve their fitness.
He said the group helps
improve the well-being of people
in the area.
“Eastern Christchurch has
reportedly not psychologically
recovered to pre-earthquake
levels,” he said.
“Recreational groups can
play a role in the psychological
recovery of communities in
eastern Christchurch, which
could reduce pressure on local
mental health support services
and potentially reduce smoking
rates and alcohol consumption,
which are often driven by stress
factors.
“Running individually, and
more so with a group of people,
has been proven to deliver
physical and mental health
benefits.
“It can help to address anxiety,
depression, loneliness and raise
self-esteem and confidence.
“I have personally been
running for over eight years
and I credit it with making me a
better person not just physically
but also socially.”
FUN RUN: James Zervos, Hayden Zervos, Nicola Smith,
Phillippa Coppe, Angela Boyson and Richard Young are part
of Run New Brighton.
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