Selwyn_Times: May 17, 2023

Wednesday May 17 2023 Selwyn Times
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SPORT/RACING 23
Her Rules a safe space
to boost sport for girls
THE SELWYN Sports Trust
is starting a new initiative to
help young women develop
their confidence and abilities to
participate in physical activity.
Her Rules is a
new programme
being piloted by
the trust’s wāhine
activator Karysa
Wilkinson in collaboration
with
Karysa
Wilkinson
the SportNZ It’s
My Move campaign.
“For some young females,
physical activity in the school
setting can be quite daunting, so
this programme will give them
the opportunity to design and
participate . . . on their terms,”
she said.
“I wanted to create a safe space
where female tamariki could feel
comfortable and confident to
play without feeling judged, labelled,
or left out. At the Selwyn
Sports Trust we believe that
every girl, regardless of ability or
identity, has a right and deserves
the opportunity to discover their
own passion for physical activity.”
Wilkinson has been in her
role at the trust for two years.
She said primary schools in the
district region do an amazing
job getting young people active
through a variety of play-led
programmes, so Her Rules will
complement this work.
Growing up in the United
States and playing football and
gridiron as a young person,
Wilkinson found boys dominated
the mixed grades and there
was limited access to female-only
teams and competitions.
A special feature of Her Rules
is the element of co-design.
By providing a safe and supportive
environment Her Rules
seeks to grow each participant’s
knowledge, confidence, and
sense of community in order to
best support them in growing
their personal relationship with
play, active recreation and sport.
The Her Rules pilot is
being delivered in Rolleston,
West Rolleston, Clearview,
Lemonwood Grove, Ararira
Springs and Templeton primary
schools.
Looee’s mighty
country cups win
• By Michael Guerin
THE WHIP flourish from
Korbyn Newman said it all.
It may have also earned him
a warning from the stewards
for the 23-year-old horseman’s
expression of sheer joy as he
and one of his favourite horses
Mighty Looee won the $90,000
Hydroflow Country Cups
Championship at Addington on
Friday.
Newman had every reason to
be excited as not only was it the
biggest win of his career, but
also one of the most improbable.
Mighty Looee broke after
starting from his 20m handicap,
and tailed the field before
surging home through the
16-horse field in a brutal 3200m.
The rank outsider paid $73.70
to win.
His 3:58.9 time would have
won plenty of New Zealand
Cups and showed his love of the
OUTSIDER:
Mighty Looee,
driven by Korbyn
Newman, won the
$90,000 Hydroflow
Country Cups
Championship
at Addington.
PHOTO: HRNZ
speed being on all the way in his
races, only this time it wasn’t
Mighty Looee who was forcing
the issue but going as fast as he
could to keep up.
One by one the rivals in front
of him dropped off and in the
last 100m he surged past the
very brave Wheel Of Fortune
and Get Up N Dance, both
of who looked the winner at
different stages of the last
600m.
“To win this race on him is
amazing but to win a big race
for Robert and Johnny and
Jenna means the world to me,”
said Newman.
The race lived up to its buildup,
with Artatac leading early
but no shortage of challenges at
various stages. In the end it was
the Nelson Cup winner who
has spent so much time racing
in open class since who was the
toughest.
– Harness Racing Desk
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