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Congratulations to Active Health client Aaron Barclay for his fantastic triathlon performances at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore Read more...
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Good luck to the New Zealand Team currently competing in the world cup at QEII stadium Read more...
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The countdown has started, its only 6 weeks until the 2010 Commonwealth Games begin. Mark Hollands will be there as Physiotherapist for the NZ cycling team. Here is the latest update from Delhi...
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Congratulations to Hannah Newbould who was 8th in the 3000m with a personal best time and Angie Smit who finished 14th in the 800m a great effort at the World junior Athletic champs in Moncton Canada Read more...
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Congratulations to Guy and Nicola who welcomed a new addition to their family on 15th June, Liam weighing in at 9lb 14oz Read more...
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Mike a recent addition to our chiropractic team completed this gruelling mulitsport event. Read more...
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Congratulations to Aaron Clapham of Canterbury United Football, who was part of the undefeated All Whites World Cup team Read more...
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Last week saw Active Health sadly farewell two of our staff members Read more...
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Congratulations to Mark ( Physio) and Michelle on the birth of Makayla Ann Hollands on Thursday 28th April. A brand new sister for Katie and Nicole. Read more...
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The Canterbury United Dragons thrashed defending champions Auckland City in the NZFC semi-final to qualify for their first national league grand final in four years. Elaine, the team’s Physio, said it was a stunning win, with the team in great shape... Read more...
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She's done it again, taken out a podium finish at the Xterra Nationals! Competing this year in the Professional division - the Xterra premier event - Becs (Physio) was pipped at the post by NZ representative Mountain Biker Nic Leary.
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New Zealand completed their most successful ever campaign when Lauren Ellis won a silver in the points race on the final night of the UCI Wold Track Cycling championships in Copenhagen.
Ellis followed her bronze medal in the team pursuit with a brilliant ride to win the final sprint in the 25km points race. This capped a superb week for the New ... Read more...
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Congratulations to Anthony as the winner of the Silvester Motor Company Tour of Canterbury, a 3-day 5 stage cycle tour. Anthony blitzed the competition from the start of Stage 1 and then wrapped it up in the Time Trial and Final stage to take Podium honours.
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Feilding's Jesse Sergent won silver following a brilliant morning qualifying ride, finishing second to defending champion Taylor Phinney (USA) in the 4000m individual pursuit.
The 21-year-old was not able to back it up in the ride off for the gold medal where outstanding young American Phinney retained his rainbow jersey in 4:16.600 with Sergent ... Read more...
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The women's trio of Alison Shanks, Lauren Ellis and Rushlee Buchanan may have won Bronze in the 3000m team pursuit on Day 2 at the World Champs in Copenhagen, but also scooped the World Record!
Ali Shanks said they had planned the ride down to each lap and that the World Record was a result of keeping focused on that plan. "It was fantastic. ... Read more...
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It all came together on the day for Becs (Physio) in the weekend's Le Race coming in 4th place in the women's section with a time of 3 hours 11 minutes. There will be a little more road cycling on the cards for Becs as she joins the Carbon Zero team... Read more...
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Congratulations to Chris (Physio) on his marriage to Mel. It was a fairytale event, despite the torrential rain. Check out the staff photo. The happy couple are now honeymooning at a secret (presumably off-shore) destination. Chris returns to work M... Read more...
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Mark Hollands (Physio) is now in Copenhagen (check out his updates on Facebook) as part of the New Zealand cycling team competing at the UCI World Trac... Read more...
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Congratulations to Active Health regulars Mark Drabble and Alex Fort who featured prominently, amongst other locals, in the medal table at the recent National Champs. The NZCT Surf Life Saving Championships is the pinnacle of surf sports in the country with 1400 athletes compete over a 4 day period.
Competing in the Under 19 Division, Mark opene... Read more...
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With the close of Winter Olympics in Vancouver we congratulate all our Kiwi athletes who competed against the world’s best. Our best results include:
• Ben Sandford placing 11th in the Men’s Individual Skeleton
• Tionette Stoddard placing 14th in the Women's Individual Skeleton
• Kendall Brown placing 15th (with a dislocated shoulder!) in the... Read more...
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Anthony took out 3rd place in the Points Race at the weekends National Track Championships! Congratulations on a top effort! Read more...
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Blake placed a very credible 5th in his heat for the Short Track 1500m speed skating.
He has been a regular athlete at our clinic for the past 4 years so we are very proud to see Blake competing as part of the NZ Olympic team. He will also be racing in the 1000m and 500m later in the week. We will keep you posted on the results.
Blake first c... Read more...
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Congratulations to Glen Robertson, previously our Sports Scientist and PT extraordinaire, on his graduation to Police Constable late last year. Look out for him at your nearest checkpoint! Further congratulations to Glen, his wife Deb and son Connor on the arrival of daughter Brooke while Glen was still at Police College (although he did make it ho... Read more...
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We are currently undergoing a complete renovation but WE ARE STILL OPEN!
All services are still available but may be in temporary locations whilst we complete a 3-stage revamp. Please bear with us, as it can be a little dusty and noisy at times, as we plan to have completed the entire clinic by the end of January. We thank you for your patience. Read more...
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Liesel Geertsema (our sports physician) has been named as a Team Doctor for our New Zealand Commonwealth Games Team heading to Delhi in October 2010. Liesel will be part of the medical team looking after some 300 athletes for the duration of the Games.
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ACTIVE HEALTH QEII
Active Health has experienced medical specialists to treat all sports injuries, to provide injury prevention programmes and to advise you how to improve performance for any sport. It advises on personal training, strengthening and conditioning programmes as well as nutrition and menus to enable you to meet your goals.
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12 Sep 10: Challenge yourself on this half marathon or 10 km that will take you on a unique journey though the forestry roads of Ashley Forest.
Entries close Friday 3 September 2010. Late entries accepted bu...
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19 Sep 10: The Oxford Country Classic is a fun run and walk over the following distances; half marathon, 12km and 7km.
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