The Timaru Courier
TBHS fields first rugby league side
History was made last week as Timaru Boys’ High School fielded its first rugby league side. TBHS First XIII went up against St Thomas of Canterbury College at School Park. Battling tough weather conditions, the new side went on to pick up a...
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Umpire reaches highest level
A South Canterburybased hockey umpire has reached the pinnacle of the position. Earlier this month Ben Grant was promoted to the FIH (International Hockey Federation) leading panel, the highest level in international umpiring. Grant said he began...
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Museum pack up begins
The moving boxes have started to fill at the South Canterbury Museum on Perth St as next year’s big shift draws nearer. Museum staff have begun packing up and and cataloguing the upstairs (mezzanine floor) exhibitions ahead of the scheduled move to...
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Shield sought to start season
South Canterbury’s senior women representative netball team is aiming to begin the season with silverware this weekend. In the first of three major tournaments in quick succession, the side will be looking to retain the Hanan Shield for the fourth...
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Game gives ‘sense of belonging’
A football programme in South Canterbury is proving that sport is a universal language. Football For All is a New Zealandwide community inclusion programme that helps tamariki and rangatahi take part in football by removing barriers that prevent...
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