Term 2

HI everyone

Good to see all the students back in School. This term's major event is the Cross Country. Well done to those students who have been putting in some training - You had better watch out for Mitch in Room 9!

NC. basketball are holding trials for U13 and U15 rep teams.

North Canterbury Junior Basketball Ass.

U13 and U15 Junior Invitiational Tournament Trials

Sunday May 8^th

 U13 Girls – 2 – 3.30pm @ WoodendU13 Boys – 4 – 5.30pm @ AMI
U15 Girls – 5.30 – 7pm @ AMIU15 Boys – 7 – 8.30pm @ AMI

(U13 = Born in or after 1999. U15 = Born in 1998 or 1997)

Be sure to keep your eye on the website for any changes or updates.

Make www.northcanterburybasketball.org.nz your first stop for NCJBA Information.

 The NC U19 boys and girls teams have qualified for Nationals in 5 weeks time!

They came 3rd in the South Island Championships over the weekend.

Fernside achieves highly at Canterbury Sports and check out the netball offer below

Rugby parents             

Does your child play rugby? SOme of our year 4 - 6 students are keen to attend a Rugby Fun Day. To do this they have to be accompanied by an adult who has attended a small black course.

If you are keen to support your child in School rugby, as a coach or manager then get along to one of these courses.

On the followings dates and times there will be Small Black Training courses in the North Canterbury district.

Lee Goulding from Canterbury Rugby Football Union will run these.  I encourage any of your teachers or parents involved in coaching school rugby teams to get along to one of these courses.

Glenmark RFC , Wednesday 27^th April, 7:00pm

Ohoka RFC, Tuesday 3^rd May, 7:00pm

Culverden RFC, Thursday 5^th May, 5;30pm

Kaiapoi RFC, Monday 9^th May, 7:00pm

Woodend , Wednesday 11^th May, 7:00pm

Saracens RFC ( Southbrook Pk) , Thursday 12^th May, 7 ;00pm

Canterbury Rugby Football Union
            P O Box 755. Christchurch
            Phone +64(3)379 8300
            Fax +64(3)365 3565
            Website: www.crfu.co.nn

Small Blacks Coaching Process for

Canterbury Primary Schools Sports Association Winter Rugby Teams

It is a New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) requirement for all Small Blacks coaches to have an NZRU Small Blacks accreditation applicable to the grade level they will be coaching. To gain the required Small Blacks accreditation coaches must attend a Beginning Rugby Under 6-7 years, Learning Rugby Under8-10 years or Playing Rugby Under 11-13 years Small Blacks courses, depending on the grade level they will be coaching. The following courses will be held at the locations as indicated;

Activity	Date	Time	Location	Activity Details	Contact Person
Small Blacks “Learning U8-U10 & Playing U11-U13 Coaching Course	Thu 5Th May	3:30- 5:00pm	Chisnallwood Intermediate Hall	For coaches of Under 8, 9 & 10 & U11- U13 teams,	Brent Frew
Small Blacks “Learning U8-U10 & Playing U11-U13 Coaching Course	Tue 10th May	3:30- 5:00pm	Cobham Intermediate Hall	For coaches of Under 8, 9 & 10 & U11- U13 teams,	Brent Frew

If you are unable to attend the CPSSA courses, the Small Blacks course will be held at the below detailed location;

Activity	Date	Time	Location	Activity Details	Contact Person
Beginning Rugby	18th Apr	6:30pm	Belfast RFC	For Coaches of Under 6 and 7 teams	Brent Frew
Learning & Playing Rugby	20th Apr	6:30pm	Belfast RFC	For coaches of Under 8, 9 & 10 & U11- U13 teams,	Brent Frew

Brent Frew

Rugby and Coach Development Officer

Canterbury Rugby Football Union

Ph            (W)            3798300 Ext 717

(C)          0274327123

E-mail            brent.frew@crfu.co.nz

Canterbury Swimming Results

Sporting Achievement

Last Thursday 6 children from Fernside School represented the Rakahuri Zone at The Canterbury Primary Swimming Championships held at Wharenui Pool.

 They achieved some stunning results. Jack Henderson placed 2^nd in breaststroke and 3^rd in the backstroke, Erika Dickson placed 2^nd in the 11 girls freestyle and 6^th in the backstroke, Saskia Lane was placed 4^th in backstroke and 7^th in breaststroke, Zac Lane 8^th in backstroke, Nic Van Royen 8^th in freestyle.

AND the 12 year mixed relay team of Jack, Saskia, Nic, and Kendal Highet finished  1.04 seconds behind Halswell to finish 2^nd!

It is worth mentioning that the best finish for a Fernside relay team at the Canterbury Swimming Event is 2^nd  - and in that team to finish 2^nd , 3 years in a row were Jack and Saskia. Saskia and Jack have got off to a flying start to the sporting year achieving top ten Canterbury finishes in both swimming and duathalon.

Check this out >

Jump Rope with a world champion!

Back by popular demand, seven-time world skipping champion Peter Nestler is all set to jump rope on his New Zealand tour in May this year. The tour takes in 22 venues covering the length and breadth of the country and with places strictly limited Fernside will be represented!

Watch Peter on You Tube - how does one skip while sitting down? How does one do what he does? He is amazingly talented so check out his moves and get ready for Jump Rope in Term 3.

MERCURY ENERGY TACTIX

SPECIAL OFFER TO SCHOOLS THROUGH SPORT CANTERBURY ONLY

$5.OO TICKET PER PERSON

HOME GAMES at CBS Arena

Monday 18 April        Mercury Energy Tactix v Central Pulse                   7.40pm

Saturday 30 April       Mercury Energy Tactix v Queensland Firebirds       4.20pm

Please notify Trudy or Louise at SPORT CANTERBURY by email on trudy@sportcanterbury.org.nz. or louisem@sportcanterbury.org.nz of the number of tickets required for both games by noon on Thursday, 14 April, no orders will be taken after this time. We will drop the tickets off to your school and collect the money from you. The school then distributes the tickets to students.

Swimming comes to an end and cross country running begins

It is the beginning of the Winter Sports season so get involved and sign up for a club - if you aren't part of any club why don't you try table tennis? I think there is a club in Southbrook and there is a social league at Fernside Hall for adults too.


Do you have a swiss ball or moon hopper at home that is cluttering up the shed? Perhaps you want to donate it to the School?


Cross Country training will be more pleasant in the cooler days so please wear sports' shoes laced up well (Skatey shoes do not support your feet in activities which involve running. They do not give your ankles and heels the support you require, especially in the years of huge growth. You need shoes to fit snugly so you can dodge and change direction quickly.
Distances for the School cross country vary from 1 - 3km. These are not difficult distances for years 4 - 8 and will be easier still if you are prepared. Get walking on a daily basis, then run some of it, building up to the distance your age group will run.
Getting the firewood split and stacked is my next activity!

Canterbury Duathlons in March and April

Here is an alternative to the Weetbix Triathlon - There is a youth Duathlon being held in South Hagley Park on Sunday April 3rd. The Chch Rotary are running the event. For more details and entry forms visit
www.mcdonaldsduathlon.co.nz
Give it a go - this will be great preparation for the upcoming cross country season!

Fernside School was represented at the modified "triathlon" by 6 gutsy athletes!

Congratulations to Saskia Lane, Jack Henderson, Sam Kershaw, Emma Collins, Ella Miles, Tom Davidson for qualifying. Kendal, who has been with us for a month also participated but for STAC.
Thanks to Gill for being our official marshal and to Graeme and Jeff for transporting and supporting the students. Results are up on the Canterbury web site.
 Saskia came 3rd in the 12 girls, and Jack was placed 9th! Fantastic results.

We look forward to the Canterbury Swimming Sports on the 7th April.
We have 2 teams playing in the Friday night NCJBA Basketball competition this term, the Fernside Seniors and Fernside Juniors. Thanks to Trent and Olivia for coaching.

Canterbury Events proceed

The Canterbury Primary Sports Assn. have been thinking laterally to get the championship events relocated from QE11.
So the same dates apply but at different venues and with changed formats, which is great news for our talented athletes.
The Swimming will be held at Wharenui Pool. All events will be timed and winners named from those times instead of heats and finals. Congratulations to Saskia, Jack, Nic, Kendall, Zac, and Erika who have qualified for them.

The triathlon will now be a duathlon held at Ruapuna Race Way in Templeton. The athletes will run 2 km, bike and run another 1km.

17 of our swimmers were placed in the top 3 of at least one event.
A fantastic result for those hours spent in the pool!

Results of NCPSSA Rakahuri Zone Swimming Championships 2011

Jack Henderson 12yrs   1^st relay, 1^st backstroke, 1st breaststroke, 2ndbutterfly

Saskia Lane 12yrs1^st relay, 2^nd backstroke, 1^st breaststroke, 3^rd butterfly

Nicolaas Van Royen 12 yrs             1^st relay, 2nd freestyle, 3rd backstroke

Kendall Highet 12 yrs  1^st relay, 3^rd backstroke, 2^nd butterfly

Brad May 12 yrs  3^rd breaststroke

Erika Dickson 11yrs            2^nd relay, 3^rd freestyle, ^2nd backstroke

Samuel Kershaw 11 yrs   2^nd relay, 3^rd backstroke                                               

Harrison Seaward 11yrs  2^nd relay

Imogen Eglesfield 11 yrs    2^nd relay

Zac Lane 10 yrs   2^nd relay, 1^st backstroke

Mikayla Calley 10yrs 2^nd relay

Noor Nolten 10yrs   2^nd relay

Angus Mitchell 10yrs 2^nd relay

Caleb Taplin 10 yrs   1^st breaststroke

Scott Read 10yrs   3^rd breaststroke

                       

Ben Hampton 9yrs   3^rd backstroke

Tom Davidson 9yrs 2^nd breaststroke

12 students competed in our tough Cant. Tri Trial yesterday displaying an amazing can-do attitiude. Congratulations to Saskia, Jack, Cam, Fergus, Sam, Imogen, Ben, Angus, Emma, Ella, Bailey, and Tom.

Swimming Sports

Charity Golf Tournament

Friday 18^th March at Pegasus Golf course, 12pm tee off

All funds raised go towards our Primary School coaching programmes

Please phone Kymm at the AMI Sport Centre 03 311 8881 ext 0 for more information.

Swimming Sports at Fernside
Thanks for the relaxed and entertaining afternoons! Being outside in the sun was pleasant so we were lucky with the weather. The House relays have never been as well organised so well done to the year 8 leaders! Kahurangi took out both the length and width relays!
Thanks to Evelyn, Louise, Jackie, Sophie, Neisha, Cath, Janet, Hanni, and Denise.
And on the Friday thanks to Hayley, Sophie, Janet, Jen, Cam, and Bryn.

The X-treme events were hilarious, it was impressive to see the students taking one for the team in the body slams!

The notice for the Swimmers who have qualified for the Rakahuri Zone Sports next Friday has been sent home with the students and is also included on the page  to the right of this blog.

Changes to Swimming and Triathlon

Due to recent events we are unable to hold our senior Swimming Sports at Kaiapoi Pool, and unable to get a booking at Dudley. We still wish to celebrate our aquatic skills, whether they be in freestyle competing against the clock or making the biggest splash in our "x-treme" events.

So the Fernside 2011 Senior Swimming sports will be held at School from 1pm on both Thursday 3rd for championship events and House Relays, and from 1pm on Friday for non-championship and "X-treme" events!

Bleachers would be a blessing! We look forward to fine weather and House colours!

The Senior School Canterbury Triathlon will occur next Wednesday at midday.