Update January 5, 2014

Team New Zealand Israel

NZ'ers and ex-NZ'ers Running in the Jerusalem Marathon to raise money for Hadassah Hospital's Project Rozana 75 days To the Big Day (24/3) and Counting Down - 15 days to the end of regular registration (20/1) at special group rate (e.g 10k for 120 ₪) - 6 Kiwis booking flights and packing bags, 5 locals confirmed. HOW 'BOUT YOU?? Register now and help us make the "10 local participants" cut off limit for qualifying as a group. (If plans change cancellations can be made until February 20, 2014 at 11:59 PM by fax or email for a handling fee of just 20 ₪.) The marathon will take place on Friday March 21, 2014 - participants can choose between the full marathon (42k), the half marathon (21k) or the 10k or 4.2k public race. So if there's a chance you'll run, please register!! How? 1. Follow the link https://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/marathon/login.asp?IdEvent=12 2. Register as ::‫ שם משתמש קבוצה‬12 (user name)) ‫סיסמת קבוצה‬- 80A483 - (password) 3. Don't forget to enter" Team New Zealand Israel" in the box titled ‫מועדון‬

The Mayor the Merrier: Hadassah Wellington has updated local Mayor, Celia Wade –Brown about the project and it looks like she will be tipping off her Jerusalem counterpart about the Kiwi mini-invasion. Hopefully this will give the NZ-Israel connection some much needed positive publicity. Help us make it happen!

First steps for First Time Runners Still a bit wary about running in an organized run for the first time? Check out these links for advice to beginners Just 10k please? http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/beginners/your-first-10k-five-easy-steps/6843.html….. Make mine a half? http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/racing/beginner-half-marathon-training-schedule/9832.html For more ideas, local tips and inspiration try "Blogs and Training" Tab at http://www.jerusalem-marathon.com/

You Don't Have to Run to Be Part of the Fun: OK, you've got legitimate reasons not to leg-it-mate. You can still be part of the fun and cheer on the brave few who've come all this way to go all the way. Join up with Team New Zealand Israel, and receive updates on the event, the team, registration details, tips for participants and details of activities planned around the event. Several Options: - Sign up to the Google Group go to https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/team-new-zealandisrael and click on the "Apply to Join " button - Send us your details – fill in the form at i https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sz4tcsMYx3dMqxSQapTbDmSq_1tM_r9V68BmfYd3EQ/viewform

Project Rozana Update: Hadassah Hospital’s Project Rozana, is an Australian initiative which has been adopted by Hadassah New Zealand (see article Hadassah Hospital’s project Rozana). Yitzhak Triester and Michael Kutner met recently with representatives of Hadassah and heard more about the project (see article

Hadassah New Zealand fund-raising).

Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested. Itzhak Triester [email protected] Hanoch Ganor (aka Henry Fliegner) [email protected]