Olympians to visit the Christchurch community
22 August 2012
Olympians to visit the Christchurch community
A total of 88 athletes will be at the ANZ New Zealand Olympic Team Welcome Home event being held on Friday 24 August. Of the team’s 27 medallists, 23 will be attending.
The ANZ New Zealand Olympic Team Welcome
Home Event
Noon – 1.30pm
Pioneer Recreation and
Sport Centre (and Centennial Park)
75 Lyttelton Street,
Spreydon
After the ceremony, the following Olympians will depart Centennial Park for the following community engagement activities, arriving at approximately 12.50pm. Interested media can be allocated to each venue.
Merrin
School, 41 Merrin Street, Avonhead
Medallist: Sarah
Walker
Other team members: Tim Myers, Neil Emblen, Seamus
Marten, Kevin Marr, Shane Archibold, Nathan
Handley
Richmond New Zealand Trust Limited, 115 Grange
Street, Hillsborough
Medallists: Nathan Cohen, Joseph
Sullivan
Other team members: Shane McLeod, Michael Arms,
Rebecca Scown
Anthony Wilding Retirement Village, 5
Corbett Crescent, Halswell
Medallist: Caroline
Powell
Other team members: Luuka Jones, Annalie Longo,
Richie Patterson, Adam Storey
Ronald McDonald House, 33
Cashel Street, Christchurch Central
Medallists: Peter
Burling, Blair Tuke
Other team members: Robbie Manson,
Caroline Brisbois
Christchurch Hospital – Children's
Ward
Meet in the activity room by the Children’s
Ward
Medallists: Aaron Gate, Westley Gough
Other team
members: Fiona O'Connor, Jan Taylor
Christchurch
Hospital – Women's Hospital
Meet in the reception
area on the ground floor
Medallists: Jonelle
Richards
Other team members: Chris Leslie, Sara
Winther
Daffodil House, 91 Papanui Road,
Merivale
Media are asked to be mindful of the reasons
that patients are staying at Daffodil House, and Daffodil
House would appreciate any publicity, as Daffodil Day falls
on Friday 31 August.
Medallists: Eric Murray, Hamish
Bond
Other team members: Paul Snow-Hansen
Te Kura
Whakapumua (Ngai Tahu school), 45 Hassals Lane,
Waltham
Medallists: Storm Uru, Peter Taylor
Other
team members: Jade Uru, Louise Ayling, Jason Saunders, Clint
Knox
IHC Vocational Services, 101 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton
Medallists: Juliette Haig, Rebecca
Sown
Other team members: Scott Creswell, Jim
Turner
Olympians not attending these engagement activities will remain in Centennial Park to interact with fans. They include:
Medallists: Lisa Carrington, Mahe Drysdale, Mark
Todd
Other team members: Cameron Howieson, James Musa,
Jenny Bindon, Rebecca Rolls, Darryl Fitzgerald, Lauren
Ellis, Jamie Neilson, Stephen Jenness, Debbie Balme, Kyle
Pontifex, Melody Cooper, Hayley Palmer, Melissa Ingram,
Steven Kent, Brent Newdick, Emma Twigg, Matthew Trott, Ali
Shanks, Natasha Hansen, Rushlee Buchanan, Alexis Pritchard,
Cameron Todd, Lauren Boyle, Logan Campbell, JP Tobin, John
Storey, Sarah Gray, Sussanah Pyatt, Mike Roger, Seah
Taylor.
ENDS