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NEWS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 7, <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Nth Canty senior rugby team to tour Japan<br />
By LINDSAY KERR<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>’s rugby tour to Japan<br />
at the end of <strong>September</strong>will herald in a<br />
new and ambitious project for the sub<br />
union.<br />
In its 120 year history it has never had<br />
ateam venturesofar away from its base.<br />
Parts of the South Island are usually<br />
the furthestaway fieldsthey have played<br />
on.<br />
The sub union has been successful in<br />
bringing All Blacksthroughits club and<br />
representativeprogrammes, but the<br />
latterhas always been primarily focused<br />
on playing the Ellesmere sub union side<br />
in its annual clash for the Southbridge<br />
Shield.<br />
The representative programmethis<br />
year remained focused on this fixture,<br />
but following its victory last week, all<br />
hands have moved to its forthcoming<br />
Japanesetour which involves 29 players.<br />
The touristhe brain child of <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s own Robbie Deans, now<br />
coachinginJapan,and the playing squad<br />
will base themselves with his club, the<br />
Saitama Wild Knights.<br />
In the truespirit of amateurrugby,the<br />
trip is being entirely selffunded.<br />
This includes the playerswhere each<br />
member of the squad havemade<br />
significant contributions.<br />
The intention of the tripisabout<br />
developingplayers,and offering<br />
meaningful professional player<br />
pathways, without them having to move<br />
away from their clubs and out of the<br />
<strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong> catchment area.<br />
Thereisalso the viewthat this trip will<br />
occur regularly —potentially biannually.<br />
Deanswho is one of agood number of<br />
All Blackstohave come from the local<br />
competition,believesthe benefits to the<br />
players will be significant.<br />
‘‘Thisisagreat opportunity for players<br />
withinthe <strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong> club<br />
competition to experience not only<br />
cultural benefits of touring, but also<br />
immersioninthe Wild Knights rugby<br />
programme,’’ he says.<br />
‘‘From my experience and in my<br />
opinion, this is anolosescenario that<br />
will greatly benefit the individuals who<br />
get outside theircomfort zone and grow,<br />
and subsequently <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
rugby will grow, as they return to their<br />
clubs.<br />
‘‘We lookforward to welcoming<strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> to Kumagaya.’’<br />
The programmewill essentially be to<br />
live like aWild Knight,and all players<br />
and management will train and operate<br />
alongside the professional set up.<br />
The schedule will requireplayers to<br />
attend skills, fitness,team runs, tactics<br />
and strategy sessions along with playing<br />
two games against WildKnightsides.<br />
Kaikōura Whale Run is back in townthis Saturday<br />
Kaikōura SuburbanSchool is hoping for a<br />
whale of atime, afterthe disruptions of<br />
Covid19.<br />
The 17th annual Kaikōura Whale Run<br />
is back as the school’sannual fundraiser<br />
on Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 9, and principal<br />
Delwyn Ridingishoping theevent will be<br />
biggerthaneverafter missingtwo years<br />
due to Covid.<br />
‘‘Wereturned with430 participants last<br />
yearand we’reaiming for500 thisyear,<br />
which would be agood recovery after<br />
Covid,’’ shesays.<br />
Participantstravelfrom as far away as<br />
the<strong>North</strong>Island and Australia, and<br />
sometimesfromfurther afield.<br />
‘‘We getlots of peoplefromBlenheim,<br />
Christchurchand <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> and<br />
we’ve gotpeople comingback timeafter<br />
time,aftertime.<br />
‘‘We getpeople from Cheviot,<br />
Hawarden,Amberleyand all overand it<br />
is agood place to meetupwith old<br />
friends.’’<br />
Thesemirural schoolof56pupils<br />
reliesheavily on support from parents<br />
and thewidercommunity to makethe<br />
event asuccess,Delwyn says.<br />
The courses pass through local<br />
farmland, takinginKaikōura’s<br />
mountainousscenery.<br />
Lastyear thecourse wasaltered, as<br />
differentfarmerscame onboard and<br />
openedtheir farmgates.<br />
‘‘I was driven around the 21kmcourse<br />
the other day to makesure it wasall in<br />
order and the views were lovely,’’ Delwyn<br />
says.<br />
‘‘Wehad agoodlook around to see<br />
wheretoput thewaterstationsand<br />
portaloos.’’<br />
Thereare fourcourses on offer,<br />
including the half marathon (21km),<br />
10km, 5kmand ‘‘marafun’’events,which<br />
makes it ideal for families.<br />
The ‘‘marafun’’isashort course on the<br />
schoolgrounds,aimedatchildrenunder<br />
8yearsand their parents can joininthe<br />
fun.Therewill be a barbecue andgazebo<br />
at the finish line, with live entertainment<br />
and abar included for the first time.<br />
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