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Originally Posted by Chubb
It is good to see Kiwis going into winter sports because I feel New Zealand should be better at them than they are, particularly skiing. I have heard ski conditions in the Southern Alps are pretty good.
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Our winter athletes tend to opt for the creative side of things - the Wells boys,
Jossi in particular, are performing reasonably well internationally
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Also, they ought to get some rugby players involved in bobsled.
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They did undertake a nationwide search and actually got one provincial player involved, Otago winger Karne Hesketh, but his rugby contract meant he had to pull out.
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The bobsleigh team of Sam Higgie, Chris Donaldson, Tom Davie and leader Alan Henderson was formed earlier in the year after a nationwide talent identification programme trained promising strong New Zealand athletes in bobsleigh push techniques guided by international bobsleigh coach Gerd Grimme.
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0811/S00029.htm
Donaldson is a former Olympic sprinter, while Tom Davie is a young athlete from Otago as well. I'm guessing Henderson is the experienced bobsled driver...