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Fun Sports For All Ages

Aug 2025·3 min read

Call me old school, but I love reading our local community paper, and this page brought a smile to my face. The entire page focused on women and girls playing sport.

Not only that, but the article also emphasised "fun" and "all ages" - messages that need to be embraced by sport everywhere to ensure participants return again and again.

In times where traditional media outlets are under severe pressure and local stories are becoming fewer and fewer, this was just great to see. Fun Sports for All Ages - now there's a thought.

Originally published on rslc.nz.

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