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	<title>Family Times &#187; Christchurch</title>
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		<title>Learn to swim at Wharenui Pool</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[learn to swim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wharenui Pool’s complex in Riccarton is the perfect place to learn to swim. 
It offers special baby/infant/preschool swimming lessons in its 33degree toddlers’ pool, as well as classes for school children and adults of all ages. 
In early 2010 Wharenui underwent a major systems overhaul and interior refit and it now has a state-of-the-art air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golf for all at Russley</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russley is one of New Zealand’s best known golf courses but it is strongly rooted in the local community around it. 
This is reflected in two outstanding programmes the club offers: 
1. Come and Learn programme. 
This programme introduces novice adult players into the game through a structured regime with 10 one-hour lessons over 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Stripe Tennis adult tennis classes</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/red-stripe-tennis-adult-tennis-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Stripe Tennis has developed a reputation for providing quality tennis coaching for junior players. 
This season it is extending its programme to include four adult sessions each week.   Do you want to play tennis with your children, have fun playing tennis on holidays or to join a club? 
These enjoyable, social classes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Hills Athletics</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/port-hills-athletics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[athletics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hills]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Port Hills Athletics’ summer track and field season commences at the start of term four.&#160; There will be a club night each week on Tuesday at Hillmorton High School.&#160; There is an eight lane 400m track, throwing circles and long jump pits.&#160; 
Port Hills Athletics’ is one of the largest clubs in Christchurch, with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids&#8217; Sports Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ball skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids' sports club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids Sports Club’s Soccer4Tots, launched in Auckland in 2008, has rapidly become New Zealand’s leading ball skills programme for two to five-year-old kiwi kids. 
Now for the first time, it’s available here in Christchurch. 
Soccer4Tots is a high energy, structured play programme that offers boys and girls a variety of enjoyable, challenging ball games, activities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GC Marching</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the benefits of marching as a sport? 
Firstly, the “fun factor”. Don’t knock marching until you try it: the sensation of moving as a team in a single unit is magical. 
Marching has an extensive social network across New Zealand with plenty of regional and national competitions. It&#8217;s big on community &#8211; lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Futsal Futbol Classes</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/futsal-futbol-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Futsal Futbol classes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tournament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next term’s Futsal futbol classes start 10 October, and now is the time to book your child into this fantastic sport. 
La Escuelity Futsal is offering classes for three groups of 12 children (depending on numbers). Ages five to seven-years-old at 9am, ages seven to nine-years-old at 10am, and ages nine to 12-years-old at 11am. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Christchurch Shirley Cricket Club</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/east-christchurch-shirley-cricket-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Astle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[East Christchurch Shirley Cricket Club (ECSCC) caters to all abilities, from beginners to promising Black Caps and White Ferns. 
The club has a fantastic junior club culture and structured coaching programme. 
ECSCC has first class facilities. It has also produced Black Caps and White Ferns, with notable players such as Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan, Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clip&#8217;N Climb</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/clipn-climb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[rock climb]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not a team sports kid? Become a rock star at Clip’N Climb! 
Not all our kids are team sport players, so maybe something more individualistic may be just the thing to keep your child fit, healthy and motivated. 
At Clip’N Climb’s new Rock Stars after school climbing programme, kids from six to nine-years-old can challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canterbury Triathlon Club</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/canterbury-triathlon-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[biking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Triathlon &#8211; it’s not the biggest sport but it is recognised as the fastest growing sport in New Zealand. 
The appeal of triathlon is wide-ranging as it’s across swimming, biking and running. It caters for all types of people from all walks of life. The three disciplines keep training interesting and varied, and the club [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn sailing at Canterbury Sailing School</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/learn-sailing-at-canterbury-sailing-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/learn-sailing-at-canterbury-sailing-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[lake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canterbury Sailing School runs courses all summer to help people get started and to develop sailing, at Lakes Rua and Pegasus. 
Young people gain huge benefits from the experience of sailing. From the early “how to” it gets better as the learning switches to making decisions and then coping with the next situation as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhythmic gymnastics classes</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/rhythmic-gymnastics-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhythmic gymnastics is a fun and challenging sport for girls. Absolute Rhythmic Gymnastics has classes available for girls aged three to 11 years. 
Rhythmic gym increases coordination, flexibility, rhythm and social teamwork. It is a mixture of gymnastics and ballet with hand-held apparatus such as the ribbon, hoop and ball. 
It is fantastic for building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/swimming-new-zealand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[* Fact: 25% of New Zealand children are unable to get across 25m or manage to keep afloat and tread water. (Source: Water Safety New Zealand). 
This disturbing fact shows that learning to swim in New Zealand needs to be a much higher priority. If swimming and water safety skills do not become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Cheeseman</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/mount-cheeseman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids playing near Cheeseman Day Lodge and Snowline Lodge.]]></description>
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		<title>Junior programme at Coringa Golf Club</title>
		<link>http://www.familytimes.co.nz/special-features/junior-programme-at-coringa-golf-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coringa Golf Club is a friendly club, with a spacious and well-cared for course. It’s based down McLeans Island Road &#8211; a short drive from Christchurch city and airport, but a world away from the hustle and bustle of life. 
Coringa Golf Club is committed to encouraging young people into the game of golf with [...]]]></description>
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