$50k in sports grants awarded

Pegasus Bay School near Christchurch will receive a $10,000 sports grant. Another four schools around New Zealand – Miramar North School, Beachlands School, Hingaia Peninsula School, and Chelsea Primary School − will each receive $5000 in grants; another 20 schools will receive $1000 grants.

Principal of Pegasus Bay School Roger Hornblow said its $10,000 grant would help students maintain their activity levels beyond the end of the Healthiest Schools Challenge.

“We plan to spend the sports grant on outside sports equipment for the Junior Syndicate as they were the ones who took part in the Challenge.  We have had a ‘wish list’ for this area for some time now and it is wonderful to finally be able to purchase the equipment.

“We are blown away to have won a $10,000 sports grant from AIA and Sovereign - thank you so much!  Our tamariki were thrilled to take part in the Challenge, and really enjoyed seeing how many steps they'd done each day - they actually got quite competitive about it."