Win a Trip to NZ to Meet the Super 14 Hurricanes

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Win a Trip to New Zealand to Meet the Super 14 Hurricanes!

A new and exciting competition for Samoan children has today been launched by the British High Commission in New Zealand.

The winners will win a return all expenses paid trip to Wellington, New Zealand. They will spend Thursday 18 February 2010, as a special guest at the training session of the Super 14 Hurricanes Rugby team, along with tickets to their home game at Westpac Stadium on Saturday 20 February.

We are inviting all school children resident in Samoa to take part in our first ever Sports Essay competition. Children will have to write an essay about becoming a sports-star and saving their side by scoring the winning points in the dying seconds of a game that creates a place in British sports history.

There will be two categories:

* 7 -12 years old
* 13 - 16 years old

Children will be able to research information about British Sports through www.britain4pacifickids.org.

The judging will be based on children’s creativity and how well they use their imagination in writing.

The finalists will be judged by George Fergusson, British High Commissioner and the Prizes will be awarded to the top winners in each age group.

The winners will have their work posted on our website for all to see!

The competition is now open and will close on Friday 21 November 2009. Winners will be announced Monday 7 December 2009.

Competition Details:

Background:

Britain - the origin of our most popular sports Britain, home of the first ever football/soccer game played nearly 150 years ago. Since then it has grown to become the most popular sport in the country and the world! But it’s not just about soccer. Britain is also famous for Rugby, Cricket, Netball, Golf and Tennis.

Rugby has its roots in Britain - it was at Rugby School in 1823 that a student playing football first picked the ball up and ran with it, creating the basis of the game we know and love today.

Cricket - one of the oldest games in Britain. A true gentleman’s game, it was originally the game of choice for noblemen and aristocrats, and to this day, players still stop in the middle of a match for afternoon tea. It has become one of Britain’s biggest spectator sports.

Essay Competition:
Go back in time of British Sporting history. You are a team member playing for England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, the sport of your choice in the World Cup Final. There are only minutes left on the board and your team needs a goal, try or runs to win the game. Take on the role of your sporting hero. Write a short story about your experience as being the sportsperson who scored the winning points taking you and your team into British sports history.

Email or post your entry to:

Sports Competition
Communications Section
British High Commission
PO Box 1812
Thorndon
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Email: comps4pacifickids@fco.gov.uk

The Prize:

Winners must have valid passports and relevant documentation for travel between 16-22 February 2010.

The first prize winners from the two separate age categories will win themselves, and a parent/guardian, an all expenses paid return trip to Wellington, New Zealand, where they will attend a Super 14 Hurricanes home game, and personally get to meet the players at a special training session! Students will also win $200 worth of resource material for their school library.

Second and Third Place winners will each receive a British High Commission Goodie Bag and a Hurricanes Goodie Bag.

The British High Commission’s children’s website www.britian4pacifickids.org has been designed specifically for children to enable them to conduct research on-line. For further information about British Sports visit: http://www.britain4pacifickids.org/sport.html

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