MEDIA RELEASE
23 January 2015
Registrations Open for Disability Surf Day at Sumner Beach
Registrations are now open for a surf day at Sumner Beach, Christchurch onSunday 22 February for physically disabled people hosted by the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation as part of the Flight Centre Foundation Halberg Surf Programme.
The ‘Flight Centre Foundation Halberg Surf Programme’ was launched in August 2014 as a partnership between disability sport charity the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation
and the charity arm of New Zealand’s leading travel retailer, Flight Centre. The programme will give physically disabled
young New Zealanders the opportunity to experience the thrill of surfing at a series of beach events around the country
this summer.
The Sumner Beach surf day will give people with a physical disability the opportunity to have a go at surfing. The event
will take place between 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and include an opportunity to have a go at surfing, beach games and
activities and a sausage sizzle for participants and volunteers.
The Halberg Disability Sport Foundation is working in partnership with Surfing New Zealand and the local Sumner
Longboarders surf club to deliver the day. Volunteers from those organisations, Flight Centre staff and local community
members will all receive ‘No Exceptions Training (NET)’ from the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation. The training will
give them the skills and confidence to support the participants at the event.
On the day the Flight Centre Foundation will also donate an adjustable beach wheelchair to the Sumner Longboarders who
will gift it to the Canterbury Sports Equipment Library to ensure physically disabled young Kiwis interested in surfing
can continue to participate. This equipment will enable wheelchair users to be able to traverse beaches and roll
straight into the water.
To register as a participant or volunteer for the Flight Centre Foundation Halberg Surf Day at Sumner Beach, Christchurch contact
Halberg Disability Sport Adviser Justin Muschamp on justin@halberg.co.nz or 03 373 5050 or 027 224 8123 by February 13 or go to www.halbergallsports.co.nz.
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