Press Release – Ryman Healthcare
Ryman Healthcare’s very own resident Olympian Barry Magee learned some karate moves from Andrea Anacan, announced today as the first New Zealander to ever compete in karate at the Olympic Games.
Olympic medal winner Barry, who is a resident at Ryman’s Murray Halberg Retirement Village in Lynfield, presented Anacan with a fern to formally welcome her to the Olympic team.
While Barry won a bronze medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960 for the marathon event, he was happy to prove that you can still teach an ‘old dog’ new tricks, with Andrea taking him and the residents and media gathered through some basic kata drills.
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 3:03 pm
Ryman Healthcare’s very own resident Olympian Barry
Magee learned some karate moves from Andrea Anacan,
announced today as the first New Zealander to ever compete
in karate at the Olympic Games.
Olympic medal winner
Barry, who is a resident at Ryman’s Murray Halberg
Retirement Village in Lynfield, presented Anacan with a fern
to formally welcome her to the Olympic team.
While
Barry won a bronze medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960 for
the marathon event, he was happy to prove that you can still
teach an ‘old dog’ new tricks, with Andrea taking him
and the residents and media gathered through some basic kata
Sunday, 31 January 2021, 6:16 am
Few athletics venues in the world are as synonymous with
the mile as Cooks Gardens in Whanganui, and Camille Buscomb
and Sam Tanner lived up to that rich tradition by claiming
the New Zealand Mile Championship titles on a historic night
of action at the Cooks Classic.
After a 52-year
absence, both national mile crowns were re-introduced with
the men’s race following the script as the gifted
20-year-old Tanner added the national title over the
‘classic distance’ to the New Zealand 3000m crown he
snared last weekend in Hastings.
Producing a
performance the great, late Sir Peter Snell – who smashed
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
In a year in which international sport was severely disrupted due to Covid-19, the Olympic 49er Champions retained their World Championship title.
Just two months after winning the title in Auckland, Burling and Tuke showed their pedigree in Melbourne in February, winning seven of the 13 races to finish 28-points ahead of their nearest rivals and claim a staggering sixth World Championship title.
NZOC CEO Kereyn Smith says Burling and Tuke are deserved winners of the Lonsdale Cup. Winning six world titles is an amazing feat. A huge amount of dedication, skill and hard-work is required for every campaign and these athletes have proven time and time again that they are a cut above the rest.