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Itinerary Specially Prepared for

Knox Grammar School ‘Soak it Up’ 100% Pure New Zealand Rugby Tour April 2015

WELCOME It is my pleasure, as Managing Director of Total Rugby, to welcome Head Coach Matt Williams, accompanying staff and the Knox Grammar School players back to New Zealand in 2015. Knox have a long history of touring New Zealand and we hope that this tour will enhance your developing rugby programme. Haere Mai, and enjoy your stay.

INTRODUCTORY NOTES

Weather: April is autumn weather, which means it can be very changeable. Temperatures can fluctuate wildly, from high 20’s / low 30’s to almost single figures. However, the average should be about 16 degrees Celsius.

Grounds: Grounds will be in good condition without the winter rains. If weather is warm they could be very hard. Multi-studded boots should be adequate for backs (no guarantee), but are unlikely to provide adequate traction for tight forwards. Medium length studs recommended

Game protocol: Most schools in New Zealand have their own haka and it is common practice for the host school to perform the haka for overseas visiting teams. This is meant as a challenge and it is up to the visiting team to accept it as they wish. Generally, the team facing the challenge will line up on their own 10m line and ‘front up’. This is seen as the most respectful. Three cheers are performed at the end of the match and players shake hands with the opposition.

Mouthguards: Mouthguards are compulsory at all levels of rugby in New Zealand. The ref will inspect that you have a mouthguard at the start of the game.

Rugby Rules: Crutch binding in the scrums and lifting in the lineout is permitted in New Zealand age group rugby.

After match Arrangements: It is customary in New Zealand rugby to have an after match function for special visiting teams. It is a tradition we are keen to maintain. The after match is generally held at the host’s clubrooms or school. Speeches are made by the MC and respective captains. Often the visiting coach or manager is also invited to speak. There is always an exchange of gifts. This can take the form of a plaque/pendant, club or school ties, player’s jersey, touring booklet, pins/badges, beanies or something else that has been prepared. Food is then served.

Ice: Ice for sideline treatment of injuries is available from nearly all service stations and supermarkets. It is recommended that teams bring an insulated container for storing ice at matches.

First Aid: It is not compulsory to have a first aid officer at every game as it is in Australia. Initial first aid is generally administered by coaching and/or management staff. Emergency services are available for more serious injuries. The emergency number in New Zealand is 111. There are after-hours medical services available in all main centres. Total Rugby will assist with coordinating medical services including physiotherapy. It is expected that tour groups will have their own travel insurance to cover medical expenses. Operators of tourist services have their own policies regarding health and safety and issues arising should be managed directly with them.

Equipment: Total Rugby has a number of training balls available. Please make an early request for other specific equipment if required as it is possible to source a range of gear.

Laundry: Coin operated laundry facilities are available at Goldridge Resort. Laundry available for self use at St Andrews College - staff will provide instructions

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included daily throughout your itinerary. Breakfasts will all be at your accommodation and are continental (typically cereal, toast and spreads, tea/coffee), lunches are packed and are provided at your accommodation to be collected each day as you leave breakfast, dinners are two course (main course and dessert) or buffet style.

Security/valuables: This is your own responsibility. Valuables have been stolen before. Please never assume that it will be okay to leave valuables unattended or gear rooms unlocked. Every attempt will be made to assist you with your own security.

Itinerary Times: All the times shown on this itinerary have been booked and confirmed with the accommodation providers and activity operators. For meal time changes please liaise directly with the hotel. If you wish to change timings for any activities or find you are running behind schedule please contact Total Rugby so that we can inform the operator

Vouchers: On your arrival your tour leader will be given a voucher booklet containing the vouchers you will be required to hand over to our operators for the various activities included in your tour.

Liaison: Total Rugby staff will be available 24 hours. Please use the cell phone numbers on this page. Our staff will not always be with you during your activities but we will check in with you each day, either in the evening to discuss the day’s events and go over the next day, or in the morning.

Luggage: Due to coach luggage capacity it is requested that each person is limited to one suitcase and one carry-on bag. If your luggage is going to exceed this please advise Total Rugby prior to your arrival.

Rugby Boots: New Zealand has very strict biosecurity regulations, during your flight please complete the Passenger Arrival Card supplied by the airline with care and ensure rugby boots are clean prior to your departure.

WEDNESDAY 08 APRIL SYDNEY/QUEENSTOWN

Arrive Queenstown. On completion of customs and immigration formalities you will be met and welcomed by Total Rugby staff who will assist with uplift of your rental vehicle and your coach transfer to your accommodation

Check in to Goldridge Resort where accommodation has been confirmed for 3 nights

Accommodation: Goldridge Resort 594 Frankton Road, Queenstown Tel: 03 442 6500

Located on a stunning 5.5 acres ridge overlooking Lake Wakatipu and views over the Remarkable mountains, Goldridge Resort Queenstown is close enough to town to be easily accessible, yet far enough to give you peace and tranquility.

An optional light run, subject to your arrival time

Dinner at your accommodation this evening

THURSDAY 09 APRIL QUEENSTOWN

0730 Breakfast at your hotel

0900 This morning a short walk to the Queenstown Events Centre where a ground has been booked for a training session to be run by your own staff.

At the foot of the Remarkables mountain range, the Queenstown Events Centre is undoubtedly one of the most scenic rugby grounds and sports venues in the world: international cricket has been played at the ground, and it was a host venue and training ground for Rugby World Cup teams.

1100 Return to Goldridge Resort at the completion of your training session

Late morning depart by coach & rental car for Queenstown’s world famous gondola and its time to head up the mountain

1200 SKYLINE GONDOLA AND LUGE Reputed to be the steepest lift in the Southern Hemisphere, the gondola carries visitors high above Queenstown to the Skyline complex located on Bob's Peak. Numerous observation decks around the complex offer breathtaking views of Coronet Peak & The Remarkables, over Queenstown and across Lake Wakatipu to Cecil and Walter Peaks. Truly magnificent and awe-inspiring. Once you are at the top its time to hit the luge track - the scenery's a blur!

Hurtle down a winding downhill track through the trees. Race through the bends, or pull in for a breather and enjoy the panorama. Burn it up on the advanced track or cruise sedately down the scenic track. Then hop on the chairlift and do it all again. Skyline Luge - it's 800 metres of fast-paced freedom.Once is never enough!

Your package includes gondola, 2 luge rides per person and buffet lunch (booked for 1pm) at the Skyline Restaurant.

Group Leader to present voucher

1530 Return to your accommodation

1630 Late afternoon its back to the Queenstown Event Centre where a ground is confirmed for todays second training session

1900 Dinner tonight at Goldridge Resort

FRIDAY 10 APRIL QUEENSTOWN

0700 Breakfast at your hotel. Please collect your packed lunches as you leave breakfast

0800 Depart by coach and rental car for the nearby Shotover Jet base at Gorge Road, Arthurs Point for “the worlds most exciting jetboat experience”. Wrap up warm – hat, gloves, scarf, sunglasses and a jacket are essential!!

SHOTOVER JET Take a unique breathtaking ride through the dramatic and narrow Canyons, and hold on

tight for Queenstowns’s only exhilarating full 360 degree spins. “Can you handle the Canyons?” with award winning Shotover Jet. The only company permitted to operate in the spectacular Shotover River canyons

Group Leader to present voucher

1000 Depart Shotover by coach and rental car for the Queenstown Events Centre for your final training session (1100 - 1300) to be held there. Then make your own way back to Goldridge Resort

This afternoon is at your leisure to enjoy the adrenalin capital of New Zealand

1830 Dinner at Goldridge Resort

2000 This evening depart by coach and rental car for some ten pin bowling action

STRIKE BOWL Queenstown’s only full size 7 lane ten pin bowling and entertainment centre is located just off the lobby of your hotel. Great for all ages, Strike Bowl brings more than just bowling but also Timezone arcade games, pool ables, air hockey and table soccer. Two games per person Group leader to present voucher

Transfer back to your hotel

SATURDAY 11 JULY QUEENSTOWN/CHRISTCHURCH

0730 Breakfast at your hotel. Please pick up your packed lunches as you leave breakfast.

0900 Check out of Goldridge Resort and depart by coach and rental car for Christchurch. Your journey will take you through the MacKenzie Country and the hydro lakes that produce much of New Zealand’s electricity. On a fine day stop for views of Aoraki Mt Cook - New Zealand’s highest mountain.

Time to enjoy a short visit (one hour) at the hot pools at Tekapo Springs. Swim wear and towels will be required.

Group Leader to present voucher

Arrive Christchurch late afternoon

Check in to St Andrews College Boarding Hostel where accommodation has been confirmed for 5 nights

Accommodation: St Andrews College Boarding Hostel 347 Papanui Road, Christchurch Tel: 03 9402000

1730 Early dinner at the hostel

1830 Depart by coach and rental car for AMI Stadium for tonights Super Rugby clash

1935 CRUSADERS V HIGHLANDERS The Highlanders travel North for what promises to be a thrilling game against the Crusaders. The Crusaders have always lifted for the great Southern Derby, and this match will be no different

Transfer back to Adams House at the conclusion of the match

SUNDAY 12 APRIL CHRISTCHURCH

0800 Breakfast at the hostel. Please pick up your packed lunch at breakfast A light training run at St Andrews College this morning

1130 Early afternoon depart by coach and rental car for Spencerville, just north of Christchurch. Time for some team building fun in the trees!!

ADRENALIN FOREST Adrenalin Forest is a multi-level aerial obstacle course!! It includes 6 pathways from 1.5 to 20 meters high, 100 challenges and is more than 2km long. Group leader to present voucher

1500 Return to St Andrews College late afternoon. 1600 Players meet and depart with billets for overnight stay. Staff remain at St Andrews College

MONDAY 13 APRIL CHRISTCHURCH

1000 Players return from their overnight stay to St Andrews College this morning. Match preparation time.

1130 Depart by coach and rental car for Christchurch Boys High School, venue for todays tour matches

KNOX GRAMMAR SCHOOL V’S CHRISTCHURCH BOYS HIGH (3 MATCHES)

1300 2nd XV and U16 1430 1st XV CBHS is one of the leading rugby schools in New Zealand. This school has produced the second highest number of All Blacks (46) from any school in New Zealand. From the 2011 RWC winning team there were 5 CBHS old boys. Current All Black Old Boys include: Brodie Retallic, Dan Carter, Luke Romano, Colin Slade, Owen Franks.

The matches will be followed by an after match function, supporters and family are invited to attend

Return to the hostel by coach and rental car at the conclusion of the aftermatch

1830 Dinner at the hostel

TUESDAY 14 APRIL CHRISTCHURCH

0800 Breakfast at the hostel. Please pick up your packed lunch at breakfast

0900 Your 2 hour Total Rugby Training Experience will be held this morning conducted by elite Canterbury level coaches. Details will be confirmed nearer tour time

ACTION KARTS RACEWAY 1300 Depart hostel for Action Karts Raceway Action Kart Raceway is New Zealand’s only clay base go kart track. Its awesome fun and something totally different.The track features the drifting experience, tighter more technical corners and long fast sweeping straights. Group leader to present voucher

After Action Karts depart by coach for a Christchurch city tour. You will see a city in recovery following the earthquakes that rocked Canterbury between 2010 and 2012. Most of the demolition of damaged buildings is now completed and the rebuild is underway. The cost of the rebuild is currently estimated at more than $40 billion!! Who can count the most road cones!!!

1830 Dinner at hostel

WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL CHRISTCHURCH

0715 This morning you will be joined for breakfast by a celebrity New Zealand rugby player. Learn about the life of a professional rugby player over breakfast, there will be an opportunity for photographs and autographs. Packed lunches will be available to collect after breakfast Breakfast at the hostel. Please pick up your packed lunch at breakfast

1000 Depart by coach and rental car for Rugby Park, training grounds for the Crusaders

CRUSADERS TRAINING Spend 60 minutes at Rugby Park, home of the Crusaders. This is the most successful rugby franchise in Super Rugby history. Watch the team go through its paces and gain an understanding of what it takes to be amongst the world’s elite players (Subject to confirmation)

1300 Your final training session with own staff is scheduled for this afternoon

1545 The Ko Tane City coach (Red Bus) departs St Andrews College late afternoon for this evenings cultural experience and hangi dinner. As parts of this evenings experience is outdoors please dress warmly.

KO TANE Welcome to Ko Tane Living Maori Village at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve , Christchurch, where maori culture and conservation meet to give a unique glimpse into the way of life of the South Island Ngai Tahu Maori people before the arrival of the Europeans. Experience the thrill of the wero, the traditional challenge to visitors, as you are brought into the sacred precinct of Tane, Maori God of the Forests. Hear the haunting traditional call, the Karanga, performed by a wahine (woman) as the powhiri (ritual of arrival) begins, allowing you to enter our hidden enclave. Listen to a tane (male) explain the customs of the Ngai Tahu tribe as you visit the Living Village and witness an ancient way of life where Maori struggled to survive in the harsh conditions of the most southerly of the Polynesian Pacific Islands. Learn about the coming of the Pakeha (fair-skinned ones), the changes Maori were forced to make from their traditional way of life and how the culture has grown and adapted as a result. Join in the laughter as you take part in a performance of the haka (men) or the poi dance (women), and be entertained by the songs and games performed by the kapa haka (Maori cultural performance) group. Take a guided New Zealand nature tour and get close to kiwi, kea and other native species housed in sensitively purpose-built environments. Enjoy a traditional hangi dinner included in the evening’s activities.

Group leader to present voucher

The coach will return to your accommodation at the conclusion of the evening

THURSDAY 16 APRIL CHRISTCHURCH/SYDNEY

Check out of hostel and transfer by coach and rental car to Christchurch International Airport.

Depart Christchurch - awaiting flight details

Your Tour Arrangements Terminate We wish you a safe journey home