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MAC 1st XV dominates against Co-ed team The MAC First XV team secured their place in the Premiership division with a dominant 30 -10 win against the Combined Co-ed team last weekend. MAC showed their intent from the kick off by dominating possession and Lock Harry Gilbertson soon found a way over the line to open up the scoring at 5-0 to MAC. The dominance continued throughout the half with tries to Olie Haines and Thomas Evans which saw MAC go into half time leading 15-0 Tries to Stian Langvik-Owen and another to Thomas Evans saw the lead extend to 25-0 before MAC let their intensity slip and the Combined team were able to get on the scoreboard with 2 tries in succession to take the score to 25 -10. That was as good as it got for the Combined team however and another MAC try by Dane Bowler put the result beyond doubt, sealing the win 30 points to 10. The competition is about to get a lot more difficult for MAC as this weekend they travel to Dunedin to take on the competition leaders King High School. – By Clint Hughes
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Thomas Evans (MAC) on his way to the try line.
Disappointing loss to Wānaka Premiers
PHOTO: Aliena Seitz
The free wellness event ran simultaneous workshops from 2 pm until the early hours of the evening.
Local event makes yoga more accessible Daisy Watford
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PHOTO: South City Royals
Royals Will Turner about to score the opening goal as Wānaka players look on.
Wānaka hosted newly crowned ODT Southern Premier League Champions South City Royals in round 3 of the ISPS Chatham Cup at the Wānaka Rec Centre last Saturday. This was the fifth encounter of the season between the two sides and with Wānaka winning the last game 2-1 the Royals no doubt had a point to prove against the lower placed Wānaka. The Royals early on showed a sharp and direct approach to their play that had Wānaka on the back foot and in the 20th minute a free kick which was deflected off the Wānaka wall and fell kindly to Will Turner who fired a low shot into the Wānaka net to give the Royals the early lead. Wānaka then created their best chance of the half when a long ball found Brandon Dickson who fed Steve Pleskun who cut in from the right and looked to shoot but passed to Toa Roode. Roode looked to shoot but one touch too many
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led to the Royals defence robbing him of the ball. In the countering attack Wānaka Captain Thomas Van Hees intercepted the ball but lost possession and the Royals broke quickly to eventually score through their captain Conner Neil. 2 -0 to the Royals. This passage of play showed the difference between the two teams as the table topping Royals were clinical in key moments at both ends of the pitch while Wānaka lacked the cutting edge when it was needed most. With the final 10 minutes of the half winding down Royals scored twice when Will Turner hit a rasping volley on the turn after a missed place clearance from a Wānaka defender. Then Ryan Fleming finished from a similar position after Callan Rothmets crossed from the left wing and found the striker un marked at the far post. Wānaka’s defending of both these goals was poor to say the least.
Half time 4-0. The second half was an even affair as the Royals looked to see out the game and Wānaka had the unenviable task of trying to score 5 goals to win the one off cup game. Wānaka continued a direct style of play approach but the Royals defence thwarted them and when Wānaka’s captain Van hees joined the attack for the last 25 minutes it was the Royals who looked dangerous on the counter attack . Full time 4-0 to the Royals. With the Chatham Cup run over Wānaka turn their attention to the ODT Premier league when they host Roslyn Waikari this Saturday 2.45pm kick off at the Wānaka Rec Center. With just two rounds to play before the top 3 teams go in to a south island league and the bottom 5 play a new format the Wānaka team are looking to re group and get back to winning ways. – By WAFC
THURSDAY 24.06.21 - WEDNESDAY 30.06.21
Over 100 people attended the Lake Wānaka Centre on Sunday 20 June, with their yoga mats in tow, for a free large-scale wellness event that aims to make yoga more accessible to the wider community. The event, which coincided with the International Day of Yoga, consisted of a series of workshops led by local instructors and wellness practitioners. Event organiser and Soul Yoga instructor, Keity Garcia, said that the event was a "huge success" with an unprecedented turnout. "We closed the registrations the day before, with 125 people registered and six workshops fully booked," she said. The event welcomed people of all levels to take part in a series of yoga and wellness classes. Garcia hopes that the annual event, alongside weekly community classes, will make Yoga more accessible. "Wellness is a profitable business but Wānaka's community is lucky to have several options of weekly koha yoga classes." "Sadly, we don't have a venue where we can teach free classes
year round, which makes it more difficult for us to provide this service completely free of charge," she said. According to Garcia, this was the first time that Wānaka has held a wellness event in this format. "This year, we offered more gentle classes and a couple of meditation sessions, bringing more calm and peace, counterbalancing our rushed daily lives," Garcia said. Six local teachers, two osteopathic doctors, and five volunteers helped organise the event. The team also raised money for St John and the Cancer Society. The aim of the event was to bring people together "and create a sense of community." The event encouraged people to feel better about themselves in a calm and stress free environment in order to improve both mental and physical health. "Lastly, it helps to show and educate the community that yoga is not only about the physical activity," Garcia said. Garcia is already looking ahead to next year's event, which is set to be even bigger.
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