Communications student at Manukau Institute of Technology, Gemma Provan, is putting her writing skills to use. While browsing one of her favourite sites on the internet, Auckland Rugby, she saw an advertisement for students like her that have an interest in rugby to write post match reports for rugby games within the Auckland region.
“When I saw the advertisement I applied for it straight away. I sent an email to Libby, the person who it said to contact, and I waited for a reply,” She said.
Gemma has had a passion for rugby since she moved to Howick from Scotland in 2006 so when she received an email back from Libby three days later, she was ecstatic. However, she claimed it to be “the longest three days of my life”. The excitement when a game goes down to the last minute is what she loves about rugby the most.
Libby asked Gemma to write a post match report on the Auckland Blues game that was coming up that weekend. It was the first match report Gemma had ever written and she was putting everything she had into it.
Two weeks later and Gemma found out that she had got the role of writing for Auckland Rugby. Libby was impressed with her writing and said that she was excited to take her on board. She is now writing a match report for club teams every weekend for the Auckland Rugby website, the first being last weekend for the Pakuranga V College Rifles match.
“Although it’s only work experience and not a permanent position with Auckland Rugby, it’s still great to have on my CV for my future,” said Gemma.
However, writing notes during the game takes the enjoyment out of the game but it is a sacrifice she is willing to take as she has always been interested in journalism. She finds it harder to write for club team games than professional teams because she does not know the players too well. Although, she likes writing for club teams better because she would not get a chance to get into the game because she is continually writing notes every step of the match.
Gemma claims that since she has started writing match reports, she notices parts of the games more easily than she did before she started writing. “I seem to pay more attention than I would normally because if a phase of game is getting boring and lasts too long, I turn off a little but with having to write notes, I notice things more easily.”
Her main goal out of this is for her to write every weekend until the end of the rugby season and achieve a permanent paid job at the end of it. As a student she is living her dream of journalism and rugby at the same time.
Amanda Provan
“When I saw the advertisement I applied for it straight away. I sent an email to Libby, the person who it said to contact, and I waited for a reply,” She said.
Gemma has had a passion for rugby since she moved to Howick from Scotland in 2006 so when she received an email back from Libby three days later, she was ecstatic. However, she claimed it to be “the longest three days of my life”. The excitement when a game goes down to the last minute is what she loves about rugby the most.
Libby asked Gemma to write a post match report on the Auckland Blues game that was coming up that weekend. It was the first match report Gemma had ever written and she was putting everything she had into it.
Two weeks later and Gemma found out that she had got the role of writing for Auckland Rugby. Libby was impressed with her writing and said that she was excited to take her on board. She is now writing a match report for club teams every weekend for the Auckland Rugby website, the first being last weekend for the Pakuranga V College Rifles match.
“Although it’s only work experience and not a permanent position with Auckland Rugby, it’s still great to have on my CV for my future,” said Gemma.
However, writing notes during the game takes the enjoyment out of the game but it is a sacrifice she is willing to take as she has always been interested in journalism. She finds it harder to write for club team games than professional teams because she does not know the players too well. Although, she likes writing for club teams better because she would not get a chance to get into the game because she is continually writing notes every step of the match.
Gemma claims that since she has started writing match reports, she notices parts of the games more easily than she did before she started writing. “I seem to pay more attention than I would normally because if a phase of game is getting boring and lasts too long, I turn off a little but with having to write notes, I notice things more easily.”
Her main goal out of this is for her to write every weekend until the end of the rugby season and achieve a permanent paid job at the end of it. As a student she is living her dream of journalism and rugby at the same time.
Amanda Provan
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