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Quiz Night Fundraiser Success

On a chilly winters evening earlier this week a group of amazing people turned up to the Ferry Ale House in Ferrymead to put themselves up to the ultimate quiz challenge, fighting to become the 2016 Canoe Polo Quiz Masters.

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2016 World Champs on Newshub TV3

Last night TV3 featured a story about Canoe Polo and our upcoming trip to the Canoe Polo World Championships. Have a look here:

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Some Photos of the Trip

Here are some photos from our trip so far…

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Menin Gate Last Post

Hello everyone, Had an amazingly moving experience at the Menin Gate Last Post ceremony last night. The entire NZ squad (40 of us) were asked to come forward to stand and watch the ceremony. During it the Last Post was

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Breizh Cup

The weekend just been we were in a small town called Acigne in France playing at a competition called the Breizh Cup. The competition was made up of Canada Women and Canada U21 Women, some french club teams and our

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One week down

Hello! Apologies for the lack of updates, it’s been proving harder than one would think to get wifi. So here’s a catch up on what we’ve done so far. Wednesday 3 September: We arrived into Schipol airport in Amsterdam after

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Europe Bound

It’s been a frantic few days of packing, but the moment is finally here! After a lovely birthday/farewell breakfast this morning with my family the 7 Christchurch representatives headed to Auckland to join the whole squad. After a few issues

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Gym Session Time Lapse

  I‘ve been training solidly now for over 8 months and I’m sooo excited to finally be heading away to Europe in exactly a week! I was thinking this morning I’ll have to look back at my training diary and count  just

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Hilarious Video About Being an Elite Athlete

This is a hilarious video about being an elite athlete! Just substitute “Iron man” for “Canoe Polo Player” and “Bike” for “Kayak” and you’ve hit the jackpot on what my life has been for the past 9 months training for

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THANK YOU Foodstuffs Community Trust & New World St Martins

A massive big thank you to the Foodstuffs Community Trust and New World St Martins for rewarding me with a grant of $1025 to go towards my New Zealand Uniform. Here’s a couple of photos of me receiving my cheque from the

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Please Support Olivia

Please Support Olivia

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