Team presentation

2013 Genesis Energy
Secondary Schools Hillary Challenge
TEAM PRESENTATION
(MONDAY NIGHT)
As part of the challenge event each team is required to give a presentation. The topic is
detailed in the box on the following page. The presentation will last no more than 5 minutes
and may be presented in any format, using any means of communication, through any
medium. You have one extra minute for preparations or set up time.
The presentation will be scored by a panel of 5 judges, made up of OPC management staff,
trustees and sponsors under the following criteria - originality, information, group involvement,
inspiration and entertainment. Presentations with elements of live performance will receive a
higher point score over media presentations alone.
To make the transition between presentations fast and efficient please bring any multi-media
presentations on either a USB memory stick or DVD to be used on our computer. You will need
to ensure any music or sound components are embedded in the file (and not stored
somewhere else on your computer) to ensure they play. We also recommend a back-up
copy of any music to be used on CD. We have a data projector, laptop, DVD player and a
stereo available for your use.


Topic
Trends indicate that New Zealand’s population is becoming increasingly
inactive and obese.
2012 research from The University of Auckland puts the cost of overweight
and obesity in New Zealand between NZ$722 million and NZ$849 million a
year in health care costs and lost productivity.
In New Zealand an estimated 35 percent of the population aged over 15 are
overweight, while 25.4 percent are obese.
Your team has a job to come up with an original,
creative presentation, designed to inspire young
people to get into the great outdoors as a way of
helping to encourage healthy lifestyle change.

Senior Dinner

Hi Guys,
On the Sunday the 10th of March we are wanting to have a dinner at the Houbas House form 5.30 onwards.    It would be great to see you all there, plus at least one parent, as we are going to be discussing the plan for the next few months. It is a potluck dinner and family are more than welcome to come. There is a pool at the Houbas so bring your togs. For those of you that are keen to head down to the MTB race we will be back around 5pm.

Liv

Events WARTS should be at!!!

Hi WARTS:
Over the next two months there is plenty of opportunity to up skill and spend time practising your orienteering skills. Not only is Thursday night nav up and running, but we have also been offered the opportunity to have some coaching, which would be silly to turn down. The dates listed below, unless stated otherwise, are for all WARTS, and I just ask that you give me an indication of whether you will be attending.
I will be attending some of these events, however others you will need to arrange transport to. The events in Auckland are always worthwhile, and I would encourage you to attend at least one.
Further information can be found at Maptalk, go into their events page and scroll down to the date that you are interested in.


Dates:
4th March: 4 pm at WGHS nav training with Tom Reynolds
9th March: NMOC nav training in Aucklandd
10th March: OY Mountain Bike at Woodhill http://www.maptalk.co.nz/events/event.cfm?e=3952
17th March: OY in Auckland/Woodhill
3rd April: After school training with Tom (location tbc)
6-7th of April Riverhead MTB rogaine http://www.maptalk.co.nz/events/event.cfm?e=3972
15th of April: After school training with Tom
24th or 25th of April: Training with Tom (Seniors Only)
30th of April: MTB training with Tom (Seniors Only)
2nd week of the holidays is being set up as training camp for the Hillary Team (please keep it free)

ARC Update

So we are all entered and ready to go

Teams are as follows:

WARTS 1 (8 Hour)
Taylor
Mackenzie
Emma
Bella
Parent: Chris

WARTS 2 (12 hour non kayak)

Bridget
Anna
Eloise
Darcy G
Parent: Ian

WARTS 3 (8 hour)
Callum
William
Flynn
Matt
Parent: Chris

WARTS 4 (12 hour non kayak)
Luke
Ryan
James
Shaan
Parent: Steve

WARTS 5 (12 hour non kayak)
Elliot
Rob
Parent: Houbas

Family WARTS (8 hour)
Me
Claudia


Please read the gear list carefully and if you need gear please let me know via text of email, before Wednesday next week. Get your bikes checked this week.

I will be getting in touch with parents that are coming to ARC on Sunday. As the 8 hour is based at the campsite, I have put the same parent on for all the 8 hour teams. Karen if you want to come you are more than welcome and there is definitely enough room, just let me know what you want to do.

Also you should all be watching that ARC website as they put up information all the time such as:

Strong performance in Adventure Races can be put down to handful of key attributes, one of which is good planning. So to help you in your planning we are going to suggest three things:

1. Make sure you all have your compulsory gear - there will be a random check on the course and penalties will be given for missing gear. See race update 3 for full list of gear.
2. Practice joining your rope together - this will be critical for some of you - find the right knot to use
3. Bone up on your world geography, the history of adventure racing and multisport, explorers and acts of bravery.

The reason for number 3 is that in this years race we will be measuring teams intelligence and general knowledge. There will be a quiz incorporated in the race. Not trivia, but real important stuff! The winning team in the quiz will get to keep an Insomniac double kayak for a year.