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Collaboration Delivers New Hockey Turf

Sunday 5 June 2016, 3:54PM

By RedPR

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New Hockey Turf From The Air
New Hockey Turf From The Air Credit: Supplied

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A new artificial hockey turf at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School will be officially dedicated this coming week.

Board of Governors Chair, Mr Stuart Nattrass says a collaboration with Canterbury Hockey has enabled the turf to be installed which has mutual benefits for both the school and Canterbury Hockey.

“We have always had an excellent relationship with Canterbury Hockey, as we do with a number of regional sports organisations and in this case, we were able to negotiate an interest free loan from Canterbury Hockey which enables Rangi Ruru to complete this world class facility while providing access to the turf for our local sportsmen and women,” says Mr Nattrass.

Three Black Sticks will showcase their skills on the new turf, running through drills with current national champions, the first XI Rangi Ruru hockey team, with sports broadcaster and former New Zealand double international rep (cricket and hockey), Lesley Murdoch (ONZM, MBE) also in attendance.

Costing just over $1m, the half-size surface, is part of Stage 2 of the Project Blue Sky Rangi Ruru campus redevelopment project which began in 2012.

Christchurch club HSOB/Burnside, Canterbury hockey’s affiliated club, will use the hockey turf for training. Canterbury Hockey will use the facilities for weekend junior hockey and representative training.

Note: Here is the dropbox link to drone video and stills that show the location of the turf and the entire campus as it looks now at the completion of Stage 2 of Project Blue Sky: 

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Rangi%20Ruru%20Aerial%20Footage

 

Event details: Wednesday June 8th

12.00 noon: On turf activities with Black Sticks Gemma Flynn, Jordan Grant and Rachel McCann.

12.50pm: Formal opening by Lesley Murdoch (ONZM, MBE)

Where: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School (Rossall Street entrance opposite Holmwood Road shops)

Speakers – Stuart Nattrass (Board Chair), Dr Sandra Hastie (Principal), Lesley Murdoch (sports broadcaster and former New Zealand double international rep (cricket and hockey)), Alice Luxton (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School Student Head of Sport, 2016).

Rangi Ruru would like to also acknowledge the contribution of the donors and sponsors who contributed to the fundraising efforts for this project through the Market Day in 2014 and other individual contributions.