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Story and photo by Cathie Bell Jasmine Baker has just completed a Spirit of New Zealand course, thanks to the Marlborough Royal New Zealand Navy Association. She was meant to do it last year, but the trip was delayed after a required medical check found a hole in her heart and she needed urgent surgery. Continued on page 2 Jasmine Baker who won a Spirit of New Zealand scholarship from the Royal New Zealand Navy Association with Marlborough president Barry Rolton and coordinator Jeremy Hall.

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Teen completes sailing after heart repair Continued from page 1 Jazz as she prefers to be called was studying at Queen Charlotte College last year when she was selected for the Spirit of New Zealand course. She had a pre-voyage medical check as part of the process and that was when the hole in her heart was found. Jazz went to Auckland for urgent keyhole surgery but the hole was too large to fix that way, and a week later, she was able to have the open surgery. Then, there was 12 weeks of bed rest to recover, which she says was ‘a pretty boring time’ but the looking forward to being able to do the course later was something positive. “Thankfully they had the funding and I still got to go on the course… It was really nice to have that there to look forward to and to have

something to be thankful about. “I’m so grateful for the trip. Without it, I wouldn’t have found out about the heart and got it fixed. I would have just gone downhill without knowing.” Now fully recovered and studying outdoor education on the West Coast, Jazz completed her voyage last week, and was still buzzing when The Sun caught up with her. “We circumnavigated Great Barrier Island, they don’t often get to do that, it was quite special.” Her favourite part of the voyage was the early morning cold water swims. “So many on my voyage didn’t want to get up out of bed, they didn’t want to do the swims, but I couldn’t wait to get up and do it.” The Marlborough Royal New Zealand Navy Association’s scholarship is a good thing, Jazz says,

bringing with it the funding to do the course. She encourages other school students to consider applying for the scholarship. “I hope to inspire others to have a go, it’s really worthwhile.” Jeremy Hall coordinates the scholarship programme for the Marlborough Royal New Zealand Navy Association, and Barry is the Marlborough branch president. Barry says the association tries to offer the scholarship each year, and it is promoted through churches and the three colleges during the year before the August 1 deadline for applications. Selection is held in late August, timed with the association’s annual meeting. They say the association tries to select people ‘who could do with Jazz Baker, up the rigging of the Spirit of New Zealand. Photo provided. the challenge’.

Rally gathers 160 to reject child abuse Story and photo by Cathie Bell About 160 people gathered in Seymour Square on Monday as part of a nation-wide protest against child abuse and neglect. Organised by Blenheim woman Nikki Dinnimore, the rally was to protest the manslaughter convictions of the people who killed three year-old Moko Rangitoheriri and to encourage people to act against those who abuse or neglect children. “We need to stand up and address this issue.” Marlborough mayor Alistair Sowman spoke to the protesters, thanking them for making

a stand. “Throughout the country today, people are protesting. I say protest, because this is what it is – a protest for Moko, a protest about what is happening right across our country.” The solutions don’t rely solely on the agencies, he says, but on a community responsibility. “We want to see an end to these terrible events…It’s all our responsibility. “We can’t change the past, but we can all change the future. It’s not OK to hurt our kids. Get up, extend a hand, make a phone call, talk to the schools, talks to the agencies, but above all,

People gathered to hear Nikki Dinnimore, mayor Alistair Sowman, and Ruth Baker speak at the rally against child abuse.

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Theatre funding crunch Story and photo by Cathie Bell The Marlborough District Council has already chosen to support the theatre trust, Marlborough mayor Alistair Sowman says, the issue is now what shape that support will take. He vows any loan repayments will not come from rates ‘as long as I’m mayor’. Councillors decide tomorrow whether to pay off the ASB Civic Theatre Trust’s $5m debts in a meeting to bail the trust out and make it economically viable. Already, the battlelines are drawn, with the The Blenheim Residents and Ratepayers Association saying the council must seize ownership of the new theatre building and control of the trust in return for the funds and former mayor Gerald Hope saying there is no alternative to paying the debts off. Three options are to be put to councillors – the status quo, which would see the building unfinished and the trust calling on the council’s loans guarantee; paying the trust’s $5m loans from the ASB Bank and Rata Foundation and keeping the operating grant at $200,000 a year; or paying back the trust’s $5m loans and increasing the operating grant to $390,000 a year. In return, the council will review the trust’s finances again and its chief financial officer will attend trust meetings. Alistair says the theatre is at ‘the point of no return’ and whatever decision is made, there will be costs for the council. The council needs to work on ways to make sure that it costs ratepayers as little as possible, he says, including the sale of council’s commercial property in Blenheim and special dividends from the fully-owned port com-

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Corey Hebberd from the Blenheim Residents and Ratepayers Association, which has a petition for the council to seize the theatre building.

pany and airport. “We are not proposing to fund this from rates. It won’t come out of rates as long as I’m mayor.” It is time to put aside politics and to focus on the issues, treating the theatre as other organisations are, and ensuring its future for Marlborough, Alistair says. “We bought Lansdowne Park for $4.5m and there was hardly a murmur…We have a different attitude in this town between sport and culture.” He has backed the theatre project because ‘if the mayor doesn’t back social infrastructure projects, they don’t happen’, he says. That was how the Giesen Centre in Renwick, the aquatic centre at the stadium, and Endeavour Park Pavilion in Picton were built. The Blenheim Residents and Ratepayers Association has started an online petition calling on the council to take control of the theatre project. Association spokesman Corey

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Hebberd says the theatre is not economically or financially viable without further council support. “Without a doubt, this project has the potential to unlock incredible potential for the Marlborough region, but enough is enough. “It is time for Council to take over the project, take ownership of the building and complete the work so the region can capitalize on the value of the project.” Former Mayor and council chairman Gerald Hope supports council clearing the debt of $5m

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Show with message Review by Cathie Bell Tonight will be the nerve-wracking premiere of the combined colleges’ junior production, Stop the Chop, and the young cast have been practising hard out. At Monday’s technical rehearsal, the students of Marlborough Boys’ and Marlborough Girls’ Colleges ran through the tale of a group of students taking on dodgy developers and corrupt council officials trying to bulldoze a forest of native bush for a housing subdivision. Tied into that is a love story about two sole parents. It even has a guest appearance by

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Rangitane celebrate Matariki on cold dawn Story and photo by Keelan Walker About 40 Rangitane members braved the cold weather to gather at the Wairau Bar last weekend to catch a glimpse of Matariki. Although there was a thin layer of cloud that threatened to disappoint the group, at 6.17 am the constellation slowly emerged in the early morning sky. A traditional Matariki karanga and karakia welcomed in the new year, followed by a short talk from Judith MacDonald about the traditional history of several prominent landmarks in the area, such as Kapara Te Hau (Lake Grassmere) and Parawhiti-O-Nui (White Bluffs). Matariki appears toward the north-eastern sky sometime around the shortest day of the year, and is thought to determine how successful the harvest crop will be in the coming season. It is said that the brighter the stars appear,

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Sun readers have their say... with the WORD on the Street. Q: Should open fires be banned in Blenheim to improve air quality?

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I love an open fire but it affects my asthma. So I am on the fence with this one.

No, as the cost to upgrade is too hard on already struggling families. Perhaps monitoring firewood sales to ensure dry wood is being sold is a better idea?

Tough one as the environment really is suffering from carbon emissions. Maybe if the cost of heating and adequate insulation was reduced folks might find it easier to swallow?

No, wood smoke is natural and non toxic, cigarettes are proven to kill yet they’re legal. It would be a big price to pay for a few still winter nights!

Air quality is important. Open fires are about 25% efficient, replacing it with a new insert fire into the old cavity will increase it to at least 65% efficiency.

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St Mary’s School disco Students, teachers and parents got together to show off their dancing moves, including the Running Man, at a fundraising disco on Friday night.

 Kayla Parker, Tayla Adams, Tia McCutcheon, and Alex Phelps were there.  Siu Fine and Capri Riri enjoyed themselves.  Gina Hunter and her daughter Hannah show off their moves.

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Quilters to pour into town for SewMarlborough Story and photo by Cathie Bell More than 250 people will be pouring into Blenheim in less than three weeks’ time to pore over quilts, material, and other fabric art essentials. SewMarlborough is a ‘mini symposium’ being hosted by Marlborough Quilters for four days from July 14. Sponsored by Bernina, represented in Marlborough by the Sewing Store, the conference will have exhibitions and a ‘merchant’s mall’ of special fabric and other goodies. Fifty sewing machines are available for use during the event, donated by Bernina. Organiser Clare Crosswell says mini symposiums are gatherings of quilters from around New Zealand held every two years, with national-level tutors attending to hold classes. National symposiums have internationallevel tutors, and the next one of those is next

year in Christchurch. This mini symposium has 260 people registered, from all over New Zealand as well as a few from Australia. Organiser Sharyn Simpson says they thought if they got 250 registrations, they would be doing well. “We got it.” Organiser and guest exhibitor Jean McLean says the mini symposiums are great events, highly social and ‘not intimidating’. Members of the public should feel free to register for classes, she says, with a few places left in some classes. There will also be lots of exhibits, with three challenges on at SewMarlborough. These are the SewMarlborough challenge “Vintage”, with the only requirement a ‘smidgeon’ of purple in the quilt; the Hoffman challenge, which are all irregular shapes; and the Aotearoa Quilters’ challenge

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GRAY, Heather Dale (nee Carley): Passed away, peacefully at Ashwood Park Retirement Village, on Saturday June 25 2016. Aged 82 years. Mother and mother-in-law of Laurie and Pam, the late Rosemary, and Raymond, the late Trevor, and Steven and Fiona. Loved Nanna of her grandchildren. The family wish to thank Heather’s family at Ashwood Park for all the care, love and support over the past 20 odd years. Messages may be sent to the Gray family, c/- P O Box 110, Blenheim 7240. A funeral service for Heather will be held at the Church of the Nativity, Alfred Street, at 11am TODAY Wednesday June 29, followed by private cremation at the Sowman Crematorium. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

Our Advocates will take up your cause to ensure your rights are respected, listen to your concerns and support you in the actions you want to take to gain resolution. Ph 579 5304 or call at Level 2, Aorere House, 54 Scott St.

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You are not alone! Spend time with others who St Christopher’s Goodwill understand. Meets Bread of Life, 14B Stephenson Friday 1st July, 9AM - Noon at the Church Hall St, Thurs 1pm-2.30pm. Ph Barb: 0277372403. Redwoodtown. Usual bargains, good used clothing, household goods and books.

Family/Whanau for information/ St John Community Shop advocacy/support Springlands. Buzz on in to buy beds, bric’a’brac, For families living with mental illness/addictions please contact Supporting Families Marlborough - Lyn, Karina or Nikki ph 577 5491 or visit us at 4 Scott Street.

Housie Thursday 7pm, Blenheim Bowling Club, 40 housies, 2 supers, raffles and meals available. Proceeds to Te Rerenga O Te Ra.

community services Marlborough After Hours GP Services: Wairau Hospital campus, after 6pm. Reception 520 6377. Office 520 9980. Ambulance: Urgent 111. Non urgent 579 4870. After Hours Chemists: Springlands Pharmacy 9am-6pm, 7 days. Ph 5782271. Community Care Pharmacy: Within the Blenheim Warehouse, open 7 days 9am-8pm. Only closed Christmas Day. Diabetes Marlborough Inc: Office hours 9am3pm Mon-Thu 5775549. Reg. Nurse 1pm-5pm Wed, 8.30am-5pm Thu & Fri 5206200 (Mary). Lifeline Marlborough: 0800 543354, 24hr helpline. Marlborough Women's Refuge, Rape and Sexual Abuse Resource Centre: Crisis line, phone Wairau Hospital 520 9999, for Women's Refuge contact numbers. Overeaters Anonymous: For more information. Ph 570 5137 Alcoholics Anonymous: Rose 5777651, Harvey 578 8125. Citizens Advice Bureau - Free, friendly, confidential advice. Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4pm. Phone 578 4272.

HOPKINS, Alan: Passed away, peacefully at Wairau Hospital, on Wednesday June 22 2016. In his 88th year. Dearly loved husband of Lorraine. Loved father of Roger, Sandra, Robyn, and the late Geoffrey. Loved Grandfather of all his grandchildren. Messages may be sent to the Hopkins family c/- PO Box 110, Blenheim 7201. A service for Alan has been held. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

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McMASTER, Colin, JP: On Monday June 27 2016, died peacefully at Ashwood Park Retirement Village. Aged 87 years. Beloved husband of Lois, loved father and father-in-law of Jane and Ralph, Kate and Guy, Mike and Gayle, Simon and Mick, Hamish and Rachel. Treasured grandfather and great grandfather. Special thanks to the wonderful staff at Ashwood Park Retirement Village for the care of Colin. Messages may be sent to 43A Hutcheson Street, Blenheim 7201. In lieu of flowers, a donation to Marlborough Multiple Sclerosis & Parkinson’s Society would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to P O Box 31, Blenheim 7240. A service to celebrate Colin’s life will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Henry Street, at 11am Friday July 1, followed by interment at Fairhall Cemetery. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz McSKIMMING, Frederick Robert (Bob): On Thursday June 23 2016, peacefully, at Maxwell Care Home. In his 86th year. Dearly loved husband of Dorothy. Loved Dad of Howard, Ross (deceased), Michele and Mark, and Rowena and Brent. Cherished Pop of Nicholas and Anita, Joshua, Samuel and Sarah, Jaz, and Eilish, and Great-Great Pop of Slade. Messages may be sent to the McSkimming family, 8 Dawkins Place, Blenheim 7201. At Bob’s request, a private cremation has taken place. GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719 www.sowmans.co.nz

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IDEA Services provides support services for people with intellectual disabilities. Our mission is to empower people to live, learn, work and enjoy life in the community. We currently have a permanent full-time position available in our Residential/Vocational Service for a Senior Support Worker in Blenheim. This is a busy hands-on role where you will be the senior staff member working alongside, guiding and mentoring a team of Support Workers. Reporting to a Service Manager, you will advocate for and support people to learn new skills, become more independent, achieve and maintain their health and wellbeing, and generally to lead an enjoyable life both at home and when out and about in their communities. Here’s what we are looking for: • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to provide cover and backup for the service manager and provide high quality support services • Ability to work effectively and supportively as part of a team • Good level of computer literacy and excellent organisation and administration skills • Integrity, sound judgement/decision making and capacity to problem solve • Ability to calmly deal with stressful situations if they occur To be considered, you will have:

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Literacy Marlborough Manager Permanent part time position of 20 hours min. Need to be self-motivated, able to work with minimum supervision, manage people, promote & market LM, use the intranet, social media & Xero and work for a bicultural organisation. For a job description email; lizcollyns@gmail.com Applications close 8 July 2106 at 5pm.

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The Richmond View School orchestra will be one of the highlights of this Friday’s Tempo concert. Photo by Hayley Foote.

Multi Skilled Machinery Operator We require a reliable, enthusiastic person with good health & safety ethics to join our small but friendly team. This is a full time position of 40 hours per week, but extended hours would be required during busy periods such as grape harvest and spreading. The position would involve spreading, truck driving, grape harvester driving, tractor work, and also occasional hands on vineyard work. Preference would be given to a person who also has mechanical and welding skills for general workshop repairs of machinery. Ideally the applicant will have experience driving heavy machinery, a class 5 licence & W endorsement. Finding the right person to fit our team is important & ongoing training will be given – therefore we are also interested in people that do not meet all the above requirements but have had farm machinery/tractor experience & are keen to learn new skills. If this sounds like you, please forward your cv and covering letter to: roseag@xtra.co.nz or PO Box 23, Blenheim 7240. Please phone Tracy on 5786580 or 0274441404 if you require further information. Applications close 5pm 6th July 2016.

Full-Time Window Cleaner Due to one of our valued team members heading away we have a vacancy for two full-time window cleaners 35-40 hrs per week Monday – Friday with occasional Saturdays

Part-Time Experienced Cleaner We also require an experienced, part-time cleaner 15-20 hours per week (includes evenings & weekends) All applicants must have a mature attitude, be well presented and able to work un-supervised Driving licence is essential Previous applicants need not apply If you would like to join an energetic, hardworking and friendly team call Christian on 5796349

Apprentice Beekeeper Blenheim

Do you have a passion for the outdoors? Are you ready for an exciting new career? Interested in working for one of New Zealand’s most progressive honey businesses? Taylor Pass Honey Co. is the largest vertically integrated honey operation in the South Island. While Marlborough is our home, we have a number of beekeeping hubs throughout the South Island which service over 9000 hives. Our premium honey is extracted and packed in our Blenheim based, state of the art processing facilities and exported around the world. The company is in significant growth mode and as such is expanding its team of people. We now wish to appoint an Apprentice Beekeeper in this newly created position based in Blenheim. In this role you will be: • Working with the team to manage our hives and honey crop • Working across multiple locations throughout Marlborough, from the Sounds to remote high country stations To be successful in this role, you will: • Be keen to work as part of an innovative and enthusiastic team • Be ready to learn all aspects of the industry • Hold a current, clean drivers licence • Be physically fit and able to lift heavy honey boxes • Be able to work extended hours over peak periods What we can offer you: • Full training • A career path with development opportunities • Interesting and varied work • The opportunity to experience the latest technology and modern techniques in beekeeping • A strong safety focus and excellent working conditions This permanent role is a great opportunity to join our team and we would welcome people ready for a change of career or a fresh start. If this sounds like you, then send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@taylorpasshoney.co.nz Applications close Sunday, 10 July 2016.

Music, smiles and plenty of talent A lot of practice, tuning and last minute tweaks have gone into a special performance that will hit the stage this Friday as part of Tempo’s Ensemble Night concert. Richmond View School’s orchestra is the only youth orchestra in Blenheim and will be delighting the audience with its performance. The orchestra’s performance will be one of

many on the night, as well as plenty of duets, ensembles and bands. Asked what they were looking forward to most, the students say; “Getting to play the songs we have worked really hard on to an audience.” The concert will be held at 7pm at the Wesley Centre. Entry costs $3 per person or $10 per family.

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Students at Riverlands School were given apples on Friday as part of St John Day.

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By Cathie Bell Friday was national St John Day and Blenheim St John staff went with ambulances and apples provided by Marlborough New World to have morning tea at Riverlands School. Marlborough St John area executive officer Anne Parker says St John Day this year celebrates the organisation’s connection to local communities and is a chance for St John to ‘give back’ for the valued support provided by the community. This year, Blenheim St John decided to focus on schools and to draw the name of a local school from a hat to visit and celebrate all that is good and kind, she says. Riverlands School was the winner of the draw and an ambulance visited the school where local members of the St John

team gave out apples – kindly donated by Blenheim New World - to the students and a ‘goodies bag’ of balloons and stickers to teachers to share with their classes. The team arrived at Riverlands School at 10.20am on Friday and about 200 children ‘descended on us’. “The apples went down a treat, with even the teachers queuing up for one. We gave the apples from the back of an Ambulance, lights going, the kids loved it.” Anne says the students were able to look through the ambulance and ambulance officers answered their many questions on equipment and the service. St John wishes to say a big thank you for the generosity of Blenheim New World, she says.

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Hospice marathon done By Cathie Bell It was a gruesome race, but Bohally Intermediate teacher Phillip Johnson managed to complete his marathon run to raise money for the Marlborough Hospice. Phillip signed up to run the Christchurch marathon during Queen’s Birthday weekend last month, to complete a New Year’s resolution, and used the event to raise money for the hospice, in recognition of the work it has done with some family friends. Official race records show he came in at 4:57:51, ranking 153rd in the men’s 20 to 39 years category. Phillip says he got a really bad stomach bug during the last week before the race.

“I didn’t eat for five days prior.” However, he made it to the start line ‘undernourished but keen to go’, he says. “I got halfway when the cramp kicked in, but I gutsed it out, finishing just under five hours… It was tough going and I was totally spent at the end. “If I wasn’t running for charity I wouldn’t have done it.” Two weekends later, after getting his appetite back and feeling 100 per cent again, he entered the Monaco Marathon in Nelson. “I shaved off 25 minutes and finished really strongly – they were very contrasting races.” He managed to raise $1300 for the hospice.

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Racing cancelled

Rain was the only winner on the second day of the Marlborough Harness Racing Club’s meeting which was abandoned due to surface flooding on the track. Sunday’s first race was set to go at 11.45am but the meeting was canned shortly before 11am due to track conditions. The possibility of racing on Monday was investigated by the club and the RIU but the costs would have been high and there was no guarantee conditions would have been fit for racing. There is no replacement date.

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Renwick Club calling for new members four-years up, and one for people wanting to get back into marching, but without the pressure of having to be at every training or competition.

Right: Team coach Kat McGruddy with Lily Pontague, Piper Alexander and Lucy Stevens.

This year’s challenge takes you to 10 great walkways around Marlborough you won’t want to miss. The aim is to gather answers to clues along the way while enjoying Marlborough’s great walking network. Simply register online to receive the clue sheet, follow the directions to find the answers to questions at each site, and submit your answers to be in the draw for great spot prizes. To qualify explorers must visit at least five of the 10 sites and correctly answer three quiz questions at each. Correct entries will qualify individuals and/or family or team members to go into the spot prize draw.

Great games all-round Central Pirates had the closest game of the weekend drawing 1-1 with Blenheim Valley Masters which means Masters are no longer in the title hunt for the Mens Division One Football league. Shane Evans put Pirates ahead but Ben Clarke clawed one back. There were big wins for leaders Blenheim Valley United and Central. United beating club mates Blenheim Valley Cobras 6-3 while Woodbourne suffered a 6-0 loss to an organized Central

Zac back early

Former All Blacks winger Zac Guildford has left the New South Wales’ Waratahs, cutting short his Super Rugby season. Guildford has headed back to New Zealand, where he will play for the Tasman Makos in the National Provincial Championships, after the Waratahs secured the return of giant Wallabies winger Taqele Naiyaravoro as they attempt to clinch a finals berth.

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Winter Explorer back for third year Sport Tasman wants you to keep active outdoors this winter. The Sport Tasman Winter Explorer aims to get people exploring Marlborough’s walkways and reserves at their own pace and when it suits. Now in its third year, the Winter Explorer challenges people to stay active in the winter months by exploring the best outdoor spots Marlborough has to offer. “This is an excellent opportunity for the Community of Marlborough to get out and get active over winter. In the last few years more than 1000 Marlburians have taken up the challenge” says Sport Tasman’s Braden Prideaux.

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New marching season ahead The Renwick Marching Club has not long farewelled the 2015/2016 season, but already is looking forward to welcoming new members to the club. A muster event was held recently but the club is still interested in hearing from anyone wanting to learn more about marching. There are teams for different age groups, including from age

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Completing all 10 sites will get you two entries in the draw. To register simply visit www.sporttasman. org.nz/winterexplorer to receive a map and clue sheet. You can also enter the best ‘selfie’ competition by uploading a photo of you or your team at one of the sites. Simply upload the photo within your online registration or email it to braden.p@ sporttasman.org.nz. This is a free event and all ages can enter. All final answers must be submitted by the end of winter – August 31.

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