The Poverty Bay Rugby Union is proud to be hosting the Namibian Rugby team between Friday 3rd September and Tuesday 20th September 2011.
Below is a wide range of information around the teams stay here in Gisborne.
Should you have any questions please contact:
Mark Weatherall, CEO - Poverty Bay Rugby Union
mark@povertybayrugby.co.nz or 027 231 5022
Key Dates:
- Sunday 4th September - First Open Training Session - Rugby Park, 3pm-5pm
- Monday 5th September - Open Training Session - Rugby Park, 3pm-5pm
- Thursday 8th September - Namibian Team leave for Rotorua - 11.30am
- Saturday 10th September - Namibia vs Fiji - Rotorua - 3.30pm
- Wednesday 14th September - Namibia vs Samoa - Rotorua - 2.30pm
- Thursday 15th September - Namibian Team arrive back in Gisborne - 11.15am
- Saturday 17th September - Public Training Session - 11am -12.30pm
- Tuesday 20th September - Namibian Team depart for Auckland - 8.30am
Click here for photographs of the teams stay in Gisborne
Namibian Team Draw and Results:
| Game |
Date |
Venue
|
Result |
| Namibai vs Fiji |
Saturday 10th September |
Rotorua |
Fii 49 - Namibia 15 |
| Namibia vs Samoa |
Wednesday 14th September |
Rotorua |
Samoa 49 - Namibia 12 |
| Namibia vs South Africa |
Thursday 22nd September |
North Shore |
SA 87 - Namibia 0 |
| Namibia vs Wales |
Saturday 24th September |
New Plymouth |
Wales 81 - Namibia 7 |
Recent Media Release's:
1. Volunteers Ready - 25th August 2011
2. Uniform ready to be handed out - 28th August 2011
3. Namibian team training times annouced - 29th August 2011
4. All Blacks to come to Gisborne - 30th August 2011
5. Namibian Welcome Wrap - 4th Septmber 2011
6. Namibian Team enjoy day off in Gisborne - 6th September 2011
7.Namibian Team named to play Fiji - 7th September 2011
8. Gizzy Locals encouraged to support the Namibian Team - 8th September 2011
9. Namibia Team Back on home turf - 15th September 2011
10. Namibian Team Farewelled - 20th September 2011
Local Information:
1. History
Captain Cook first stepped ashore in New Zealand on Kaiti Beach in Gisborne on 9th October 1769. The first meeting between Maori and European.
Earliest Maori explorers came to Eastland region in the 1300s. Tairawhiti Museum has Maori artefacts that are carbon dated from the 1300s.
2. Maori people and culture
The Gisborne region has the highest per capita Maori population in New Zealand. Fifty percent Maori, fifty percent European/other. Maori is widely spoken, in some communities as a first language and Maori immersion schools. The Gisborne region is well regarded for Maori art, including kapa haka (performing art), visual art and ta moko (Maori tattoo).
3. Gisborne is the first city in the world to see the sunrise
Gisborne is the most easterly city in the world. As you watch the sunrise out of the Pacific Ocean you can be certain that you are one of the first people in the world to greet the new day.
4. Surf Capital of New Zealand
Gisborne is renowned for long, white beaches and beautiful weather, with some of the highest sunshine hours in New Zealand.
As part of the New Zealand Coastal Policy there are 19 protected surf breaks throughout the country, six of these in Gisborne, which is the most in any one location.