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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NEWS 5<br />
life by combining rugby with reading<br />
THE C PUPS: Charlie St John (left), Mason Boyd, Odin Hanekom, Hoani<br />
Nolan, Leo Anderson and Edward Hanekom. Before training sessions, both<br />
children and parents spend 15 minutes reading.<br />
The programme isn’t just<br />
for the kids – it also connects<br />
parents and caregivers.<br />
Jenna Timoti’s six year-old<br />
son Mason Boyd has played two<br />
seasons for the C Pups. Timoti<br />
said Mason is a very capable<br />
reader, but getting him to read<br />
was a chore. Bread and Butter<br />
helped Mason see reading as<br />
something that’s just part of<br />
training.<br />
Timoti said she has seen a<br />
difference in her son’s behaviour<br />
since he has been coached by<br />
Nolan.<br />
“Mason is someone who is<br />
easily distracted and needs<br />
structure. I can see a difference<br />
in his confidence, he’s so<br />
determined and the values he<br />
has learned have made him<br />
more empathetic. He’s a lot more<br />
caring,” she said.<br />
Similarly, Heathcote Valley<br />
School principal Bruce Ellison<br />
said he has seen a change in<br />
the kids since they have been<br />
coached by Nolan.<br />
“I’ve seen them grow as<br />
people and I’ve seen their<br />
relationships with each other<br />
grow,” said Ellison.<br />
“It’s a no brainer, why haven’t<br />
we been doing something like<br />
this all along?”<br />
Nolan said a programme like<br />
this would have made him look<br />
at rugby differently.<br />
“When I was playing, it was<br />
just about showing up and<br />
playing the game, but I think this<br />
is more of a deeper connection.”<br />
Nolan wants that connection<br />
to be fostered.<br />
“It teaches kids to care for the<br />
area, the grounds, care for the<br />
opposition and each other. It’s<br />
contagious and its something<br />
that needs to be nurtured,” he<br />
said.<br />
Nolan wants to break down<br />
the club versus club mentality,<br />
and connect coaches as well.<br />
Mainland Football interim<br />
chief executive Martin Dodgson<br />
loves the idea of Bread and<br />
Butter and believes most sports<br />
face the same challenges.<br />
“We love the concept and the<br />
story behind it . . . The concept of<br />
giving kids ownership over what<br />
they do,” he said.<br />
Dodgson thinks Bread and<br />
Butter captures the essence of<br />
sport.<br />
“Sport teaches us lessons and<br />
those lessons can be hidden<br />
deep but [Brendan] brings these<br />
lessons to the surface,” he said.<br />
“The scoreboard would suggest<br />
who the winner or loser is, but<br />
this teaches kids what a real<br />
‘winner’ is and what success<br />
looks like.”<br />
Nolan now hopes to take<br />
the coaching programme<br />
Canterbury-wide and has had<br />
positive feedback from clubs and<br />
other sports organisations.<br />
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