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Rory McGuigan (right), aged 10, Chris Danrell, aged 10, and Simon Ellis (left), aged nine, all of Avonhead Primary School, demonstrate their soccer techniques to their instructor, a trainee teacher, Neil Davis, at a Kiwisport Festival held at the Christchurch Teachers College yesterday. The Kiwisport programme encompasses 16 leading sports, modifying them to suit the capabilities of nine to 12-year-olds. Its aim is to involve more children in physical recreation and teach them the basic techniques so they can progress later to the fully-fledged games they choose. Kiwisport is supported by the Hillary Commission and endorsed by 16 national sports associations. About 450 childern attended the festival at the Teachers College. -Photograph By JULIANNE MYERS-POULSEN.

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Press, 15 September 1988, Page 48

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Rory McGuigan (right), aged 10, Chris Danrell, aged 10, and Simon Ellis (left), aged nine, all of Avonhead Primary School, demonstrate their soccer techniques to their instructor, a trainee teacher, Neil Davis, at a Kiwisport Festival held at the Christchurch Teachers College yesterday. The Kiwisport programme encompasses 16 leading sports, modifying them to suit the capabilities of nine to 12-year-olds. Its aim is to involve more children in physical recreation and teach them the basic techniques so they can progress later to the fully-fledged games they choose. Kiwisport is supported by the Hillary Commission and endorsed by 16 national sports associations. About 450 childern attended the festival at the Teachers College. -Photograph By JULIANNE MYERS-POULSEN. Press, 15 September 1988, Page 48

Rory McGuigan (right), aged 10, Chris Danrell, aged 10, and Simon Ellis (left), aged nine, all of Avonhead Primary School, demonstrate their soccer techniques to their instructor, a trainee teacher, Neil Davis, at a Kiwisport Festival held at the Christchurch Teachers College yesterday. The Kiwisport programme encompasses 16 leading sports, modifying them to suit the capabilities of nine to 12-year-olds. Its aim is to involve more children in physical recreation and teach them the basic techniques so they can progress later to the fully-fledged games they choose. Kiwisport is supported by the Hillary Commission and endorsed by 16 national sports associations. About 450 childern attended the festival at the Teachers College. -Photograph By JULIANNE MYERS-POULSEN. Press, 15 September 1988, Page 48