St John National Youth Festival and Competitions Begin!
Media Alert: St John National Youth Festival and
Competitions Begin!
25 April
2013
Over 250 attendees from around New
Zealand are attending the St John National Youth Festival
and Competitions in Auckland.
The annual
competitions began Thursday 25 April with an ANZAC Day
commemorative service at King’s College
Chapel.
Six months of training and dedication is
put to the test from tomorrow at the North Shore Events
Centre, with communications and drill (marching)
competitions.
As the theme is hauora (health and
wellbeing), a health expo is also being held at the Events
Centre, where Festival participants and members of the
public are invited to learn about employment opportunities
in the health sector.
Expo exhibitors will include
the NZ Army, AUT, Camp America, Camp Quality, UniTec,
Youthline and of course St John.
On Saturday 27 April,
the first aid competitions are being held at the iconic Eden
Park, and spectators and media are warmly invited to attend
(please enter from the Sandringham Road
entrance).
Twelve teams (all aged between 15 and
18) from the St John’s Northern, Central and South Island
regions will be tested as teams and individuals in first
aid, healthcare, leadership, emergency response and team
work.
The scenarios are as realistic as possible,
using props, make up, and ‘patients’ so that the
competitors experience and respond to the situation as if it
were a real accident or incident.
Day
details for Friday 26 April
Event
location: North Shore Event Centre
Time:
from 9.00am
Drill will be held in the
basketball court area. Communications tests will be held in
various locations on site.
The Hauora
Youth Expo will be held at Fairway Lodge (behind the Events
Centre).
To organise an
interview with a St John Festival representative or for
general media enquiries about the Festival, please contact
Ian Henderson, Communications Advisor, on 0274 362 528 or
email ian.henderson@stjohn.org.nz.
Ends