Supporting young achievers in our community
One of the wonderful 'perks' of being a community board member is to be able to to support the aspirations of many of our young achievers of our community.
In the past 6 months, I have had a unique opportunity to learn about some of the things our young members are participating in. Many of these were on international stage, and some at the national level.
I share some of these with you through this piece. This is my first attempt at sharing these aspects of Community Board work with you.
1. A year 8 Cobham Intermediate student participated in International Ice Hockey Competition at Minnesota.
2. Five 12~15 year old students participated in different Gymnastics tournaments / training camps at Texas, England and Melbourne.
3. A 2nd year UC student participated in under-23 Rowing championships in Bulgaria, as part of New Zealand U-23 team.
4. A year 12 student from Avonhead will soon be participating in Softball international friendship series at Brisbane.
5. A year 9 Burnside High student from Avonhead will soon be participating in Kanga Cup football tournament in Canberra, as part of a Halswell team.
6. A 22 year old UC student participated in national bowls championship while another 16 year old from Bishopdale went to swimming nationals.
In the coming 6 months, the community board will get to hear their first-hand experiences from many of these achievers. I have no doubt that we will be interacting with some future medal hopes for New Zealand!
This part covers sports.
There are other achievers in other disciplines too, which I will like to share based on how members on this forum react to this post.
I welcome your feedback, either as a reply here or as a private message. Thanks
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