Activity Hanmer News

School Mountain Bike Events
Represent your school in the Hanmer Springs Mountain Bike Events and take on the challenge. Activity Hanmer in conjunction with Hanmer Events have sponsored new categories in the 4 hour MTB Race in April and the Duathlon in October. Special categories for School pupils and school teams. [more]
Monday 8 March 2010

Steve completes the Corsair Bay 2.8Km Swim.
Congratulations to Steve who completed the 2.8 km swim last week. He is now a proud member of the Hanmer Sardines Swim Club. [more]
Saturday 6 March 2010

Hanmer Thermal Pools Staff take on the Mission Impossible Challenge
Used to the early morning starts the Hanmer Thermal Pools staff took part in Mission Impossible at 7.00am on Monday. Split into 3 teams with a mixture of lifeguards, cash , management and operations staff the competition was fierce. A great way to get to know each other better and improve teamwork ! [more]
Wednesday 9 December 2009

Congratulations to Amy on her Bush 1 qualification
Amy Devlin completed her Bush 1 assesment last weekend. The staff at Activity Hanmer send their congratulations to her. She has worked hard to achieve this and is a credit to the team ! [more]
Tuesday 10 November 2009

Molesworth Muster 2009 Steve and Ashleigh super stars !
A great achievement for the old man and Asleigh, 80k of gravel and a strong headwind. Steve did well and had a great time sub 5. But the hero of the day was definitely Ashleigh who had 2 punctures, a broken chain and stopped to help others - a real star, well done. [more]
Tuesday 10 November 2009

Rangiora United Netball Team take up the Forest Challenge
Ladies of the Rangiora United netball teams stayed in Hanmer for their end of season breakup and took part in the Forest Challenge. The resounding comment was "Great Fun!". They have set the score to beat.... [more]
Monday 2 November 2009

Rangi Ruru School Leadership Camp October 2009
The Rangi Ruru annual leadership camp has just finished and was blessed with beautiful weather. The camp was an amazing sucess and we were blow away by the enthusiasm and energy of the girls. A special mention of thanks to the girls for the conservation work at Squirrel Lake where a huge area of broom was cleared from the wetlands and forest. [more]
Thursday 15 October 2009

“Weedbusters and Activity Hanmer join forces”
Visiting schools are being asked to take part in some Weedbusting as part of their outdoor programs whilst on school camp in Hanmer. Lets get stuck into the broom around Squirrel Lake first. Watch this space [more] [www.weedbusters.co.nz]
Thursday 1 October 2009