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Wanaka-based big mountain skier Janina Kuzma (pictured) was the highest placed kiwi in yesterday’s World Cup half pipe at Cardrona. Janina, 31, came fourth with a score of 76.6 for her two runs, six points shy of the winner and world number one ranked freeskier, Devin Logan of the USA. Jossi Wells and his brother Byron placed seventh and 12th respectively in the men’s event which was won by another American, Torin Yater-Wallace. The snowboard world cup event takes place today. The competition is the first qualifying event for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

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A survey has found more than half the cars travelling on Camphill Road passed Hawea Flat School are breaking the speed limit.

“Of the 294 vehicles passing the school 170 were speeding,” QLDC transport manager Dennis Mander said. The week long council survey showed 58 percent of cars on the road between 2pm and 3pm were going over 50kph. Another 25 percent were going more than 62kph.

Last week Constable Philip Vink and QLDC school travel plan coordinator Kirsty Barr were at the school teaching students about the dangers and consequences of speeding.

The children and their teachers were shocked to see how long it takes a car going 60kph to stop, compared to a car going 50kph. “We were all amazed,” Isla Heath Dyer, 9, said. A car going 60kph travels 42m before it can stop –whereas a car travelling at 50kph can stop in less than 30m.

“That difference could mean a child gets hit or killed,” Isla said.

Principal Sue Heath wants to get

the message out that speeding around the school is dangerous. “The fact that it’s happening at peak school and commuter times is a big concern for us,” she said. “The speed limit of 50kph is the maximum people should go. Often travelling at 50kph is way too fast for the conditions, especially just before and after school.”

Isla suggested the limit should be 40kph all around the school. “At the moment most people go 60 in the 50k zone, so if the limit was 40, most people would go 50,” she said.

The council has proposed changes to speed limits on many local roads around Wanaka and Cardrona as well as Hawea, and is calling for submissions

from the public. “Most of our proposed changes are spearheaded by residents,” Dennis Mander said.

Constable Vink said it’s common for people to underestimate the risks of speeding.

“Children can be unpredictable and by the time drivers react, it can be too late if they’re travelling too fast.”

Council staff have suggested parents and all drivers look at a video on the Tasman District Council website which shows what happens when cars travelling at different speeds try to stop to avoid hitting pedestrians.

Roads affected by the proposed speed limit changes include Camphill Road in Hawea Flat and Esplanade Reserve in Hawea, Old Racecourse Road and Ewing Place in Albert Town, Cardrona Valley Road, most of the roads in Mt Barker and Aubrey Road, Outlet Road, Orchard Road, Studholme Road, and Ballantyne Road in Wanaka.

Constable Philip Vink (pictured) teaches Hawea Flat Year 5 pupils (from left) Annika Gibson, Eamon Green, Isla Heath Dyer, Indigo Hemingway and Astelia Aubrey how to use a speed laser gun.

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Templeton family honoured

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Gift from the Guild Last Friday the Wanaka Community Toy Library received a gift from the Upper Clutha Woodcraft Guild. Jim Bohm presented toy library president Barbara Macandrew with seven new wooden toys made by the guild.

“Wooden toys are so hard to find nowadays and they last so much longer,” Barbara said. Like with all community groups, the toy library’s budget is always a bit stretched and the Woodcraft Guild’s toy-making efforts help to make that budget go further. Barbara said the toy library really appreciated receiving the gift.

Two reserves in Wanaka and one in Albert Town have been named, with the name of another in Albert Town still being discussed by the locals.

Albert Town residents are keen to name reserves after local personalities, whereas the new Wanaka reserves names are simply taken from adjacent streets.

The long strip of reserve at the western edge of the Peninsula Bay subdivision is being named Minaret Reserve and a new reserve in the proposed subdivision north east of Mount Iron Drive will be called Bevan Place Reserve.

The land on the banks of the Clutha River opposite the

Cardrona River mouth(beyond Wicklow Terrace) in Albert Town has been named Templeton Reserve after Charlie Templeton. He lived in Albert Town for most of his life (1885- 1973) and the business he set up, first in Wanaka, and moved to Albert Town in1913, is the oldest business in the Upper Clutha. The Templeton and Sons Engineering workshop and the Templeton residences (known as Ferryman’s Cottage and Ivy Cottage), one hotel (now demolished) and the Gunn residence in Alison Avenue were the only buildings in Albert Town until the 1940s. Charlie’s father James was the first man paid to take passengers across the Clutha on

a punt.

Two of Charlie’s siblings, Susie and Bryce lived in Albert Town all their lives.

Susie was a well known community nurse and midwife.

The engineering workshop has always been well used by people from the district and was pivotal to the early survival of the settlement.

It is still run by the Templeton family.

Names for the reserve in Albert Town off Sherwin Avenue are still being considered.

Wanaka Community Board member and Albert Town resident Brian Lloyd told the board at its meeting this week the name Pittaway Reserve was being considered.

Rogaine fundraiser A rogaine event to raise funds for local athletics will be part of an early season event held in the hills around Tarras next month. Along with a 12 hour and a six hour event, a family fundraiser lasting three hours will be held by Highland Events with all proceeds going to Aspiring Athletics.

Rogaining is a cross-country team event of two to five people with checkpoints testing navigational strategy and fitness.

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Safe school travel Holy Family and Wanaka Primary School parents will be surveyed about their children’s travel choices as part of the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s schools’ travel plan programme.

“We’re interested in what barriers there might be for safe walking, cycling, and busing but we also want to hear from parents who drive,” QLDC asset

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management engineer Andrew Edgar said. “It’s not until we’ve heard from all parents that we can look at the bigger road safety picture.”

The survey will help guide infrastructure priorities and help identify safe routes to school, or safe drop off areas. Surveying begins at Wanaka schools on Monday September 17.

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Tim Brewster It may have been a mild winter so far but Wanaka’s resident Salvation Army social worker, Jo Shaw, is still getting an average of five referrals a week to help families and individuals needing assistance. “We can help with transport costs, food, medical bills and other living expenses and also offer advocacy services, such as dealing with the Justice Department or power companies for overdue bills,” she said. Not

20 or 30 hours a week, it’s easy to get behind. I’ve had young ones living in their car, a couple of boys lived in a garage or just dossing with mates.”

The Salvation Army works closely with the Community Networks organisation next door, sharing the foodbank and often both working to help the same families. Jo has been a social worker for more than 30 years and combines her role here with her other job as the senior services coordinator.

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We can help with transport costs, food, medical bills and other living expenses. having a Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) office here makes things difficult, but the organisation can arrange for interviews. “ We also have community ministry funds for deserving children whose parents can’t afford certain items which we do on a case by case basis.” The reality for a lot of young people who come here for the ski season is that often there isn’t enough service work until the season starts properly and by that time, people are already behind on their bills she said. “It can cost $2000 to get set up in a flat, if you’re only getting

Christchurch earthquakes she was involved in welfare work in affected areas there.

When she moved down to Wanaka she was dealing with up to 35 families who had come from Christchurch and still has ongoing contact with two or three of them she said. “From a casework perspective we get an overview of their situation and provide a management plan, especially with people who have lost their job.

We can also provide emergency accommodation and unexpected expenses.

If a family is struggling they are best to come and see us.”

Jet boat drivers licenced The launch of the jet boat driver licencing programme was held in Queenstown on Friday. Drivers from ten operators, including local operators Wanaka River Journeys and Clutha River Jet, were presented with the new licences by Associate Transport Minister Simon Bridges and Maritime New Zealand deputy director Lindsay Sturt.

The new Maritime Rule Part 82: Commercial Jet Boat Operations – River requires all commercial jet boat drivers working on rivers to have the relevant licence.

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Local cadet wins Caroline Harker St John Youth member Hannah Gerard (pictured), 16, won District Cadet of the Year at the Central Otago regional competitions at the weekend. Wanaka had 22 cadets competing against teams from Alexandra, Roxburgh, Ranfurly and Wakatipu. Hannah gave a speech and was interviewed by the judges before she was awarded the top prize.

She qualified for the South Island regional final where she will compete against eight cadets. The winner will go to the nationals and Hannah hopes it will be her. Hannah’s favourite St John Youth activity is drill. “It’s marching and formal ceremonies,” she said.

Team manager Don McMillan said the youth section in Wanaka was started nearly three years ago. “When we demonstrated all our activities the parents said their kids wouldn’t want to drill, but as soon as the kids joined that was the first thing they asked to do.” Most schools don’t have children marching into the classrooms any more, and Don said they love the marching.

Wanaka St John Youth has 50 members and a waiting list. “They’re a fine group of young people,” Don said. “They’re going from strength to strength.”

As well as drill the youth groups learn first aid, health care, life skills and leadership.

Youth area manager Tina Simmonds said besides Hannah, other stars in the group include Abbey Swift, Sean Dickey and the Junior Youth team who have all qualified for more competitions. There is also a younger Penguins group (6-9 year olds) run

by Shelley Collins.

Don said St John received more than $5000 in the recent appeal. “Let’s not forget St John is a

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a third ambulance for the season.

St John also offers a Caring Caller service where they make daily phone calls to all sorts of people, from those who have just come out of hospital to anyone who might be lonely. “At the moment we haven’t got anyone to call, but we would be happy to have suggestions,” area executive office Barbara Roxburgh said. “But it’s

Monster birthday bash Whitianga five-year-old Connor Carss had a Wanaka birthday he’ll remember for years to come courtesy of Make-A-Wish New Zealand. Connor’s dream of a ride in a monster truck was realised last weekend at the Cardrona Adventure Park and his mother Rebecca said it was a fantastic experience for her

little petrolhead son. “He’s been asking every day for months. He loves it,” she said. Connor has been diagnosed with congenital heart disease and was chosen some time ago as recipient of a wish from the New Zealand charity. He flew down to Wanaka with his brother, Caleb, 6, his stepfather Damen, mother,

and grandparents Steve and Joy. Rebecca said the whole experience meant a great deal to the family, with the staff at the adventure park extremely helpful. “We all got a drive of the truck including Connor which he loved,” she said. After the truck drive the family also had a ride on quadbikes.

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charity, and any money given locally stays locally,” he said.

Last month Wanaka St John ambulances had 128 patients, 73 of whom came from the ski fields.

Winter is the busiest time of year and they have

good to know there’s more of a network of people looking after each other here than in the cities.”

The St John AGM is being held on September 12.

Weeping willow hazard Two weeping willow trees on the lake shore beside the Rotary playground have been indentified as hazardous.

“The trees are hollow in the middle and have lots of dead wood which poses a risk to people using the foreshore,” QLDC parks manager Gordon Bailey said.

The trees will be felled from Monday August 27 to Wednesday August 29 with replacement planting scheduled for next winter.

Good turnover, tough year Despite the loss of the kerbside recycling contract, Wanaka Wastebusters general manager Sue Coutts said end of the financial year accounts showed the community enterprise has remained a major employer in Wanaka.

Wastebusters now employs 25 people, including some with special needs, and put 76 percent of its $1.61million turnover back into the

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Wanaka economy last year. “Part of our vision is to provide meaningful

employees,” Sue said.

However it was a “real blow that the loss of the

Part of our vision is to provide meaningful jobs for people in our community. jobs for people in our community. It was one of the biggest positives in a challenging year that we managed to keep on nearly all our permanent

contract meant that we had to let go four of our permanent staff.”

The Chair of the Wanaka Wastebusters Executive Committee,

Russell McGeorge, said they had achieved a surplus, despite a financially difficult year.

“The result achieved was as budgeted, demonstrating the strength of our financial management systems.

These systems will stand us in good stead as we make the most of the opportunities coming our way in the next year.”

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Skinning along Towers Ridge from left are Raewyn Calhaem, Anna Cook, Rachel Cassaidy and Ella Walters.

Excellence awarded Local property management company Housemart won a number of awards at the 2012 Awards for Excellence in Residential Property Management.

For the past two years it has been a finalist for property management agency of the year, but this year they brought the title home. “It’s good to finally be the bride and not the bridesmaid,” Housemart director Hayley Stevenson said.

Staff from both the Wanaka and Queenstown branches picked up prizes at the annual event.

Property manager Katrina Roberts won residential property manager of the year with colleague Colleen Topping taking the runner-up position and Andrea Bono was named residential property management support staff person of the year.

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Specialised nurses

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Southland and Otago cancer patients will have three dedicated cancer coordination nurses to support them throughout their treatment. During the next four years, Southern DHB will receive $960,000 for the initiative to fund the two full time and one part time nurses.

“These specialist nurses will act as a single point of contact so patients and their families no longer have to contact multiple people from different parts of the health service to find out about their care,” Health Minister Tony Ryall said. “Better care coordination means patients will receive a more personalised service, reduce delays and have a less stressful experience.”

The first ski touring course for women ever held in the Southern Alps finished on Saturday with 17 happy participants after a day in the backcountry.

Organised by local woman Jo Guest, the three day course began at the Snow Farm a month ago, with day two at Cardrona and the last day at Treble Cone. A weekend at Mount Olympus is an optional extra. This was the tenth

event for women run

by Jo. “It’s not an anti-male thing, but I believe some women learn in a different way from men,” Jo said.

“They like to be in a supportive environment where they can ask lots of questions and don’t feel rushed. Guys often take the approach of ‘just do it’ and learn that way. I’m trying to create an environment where women can try new things, step outside their comfort zone, and

meet like-minded people.”

Another attraction for many women on the course was a day out without their children and/or men.

“Men go on boys trips, this was a girls trip,” one of the women said.

Before each ski touring day there was an evening with talks by mountain guides Anna Cook and Laetitia Campe. The women learnt about avalanche awareness, map reading, weather, route planning and general

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backcountry safety. Days on the snow including lots of time travelling on skins, exercises in finding avalanche transceivers and checking out the snow pack.

The highlight of the course was skiing out the back of Treble Cone. Many of the women had some backcountry experience, but wanted to hone skills to make decisions themselves, rather than relying on other people, Jo said.

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Auditions for festival play Caroline Harker Aspiring thespians wanting to be in a “very famous play with a New Zealand twist” will get a chance to audition in November.

Sara Brodie, who directed a local cast in Riverside Drive for the last Festival of Colour, will be seeking local talent for her 2013 festival production. While the actual play remains a secret until the festival AGM next month, the venue is not. “Sara wanted somewhere which wasn’t

a theatre or a hall,” festival general manager Lindsey Schofield said. “She looked at woolsheds and local

the cast.

The draft programme for the 2013 festival has been presented to the board and

She looked at woolsheds and local museums and all sorts of places before deciding on Puzzling World. museums and all sorts of places before deciding on Puzzling World.” Once again Sara will include MAC students and local adults in

the hunt for sponsorship is on. This year Lindsey sent a survey to all 1900 people on her mailing list, asking what they think of various

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companies, including builders, real estate agents, vehicle retailers and financial institutions.

“When we approach potential sponsors it gives us some clout if we can say 40 percent of respondents deal with your company,” she said.

Festival director Philip Tremewen has been to the the Edinburgh Festival to look for potential performers for 2013. Two international acts are already on the programme.

Poker on the cards Tim Brewster LocalpokerchampionWill Widdeson is getting ready to take on New Zealand’s top players this weekend after winning a seat at the national championships in Christchurch. The Lake Hawea bricklayer has only been playing for two years, mainly with friends, but said he is “pretty confident” of his chances playing against the 80 players from around the country entered in the tournament. Will has been the most consistent winner over 14 weeks in the Lake Hawea Hotel poker league and received a $1650 entry ticket put up as a prize by the hotel last week. Despite not winning on the final night, luck was with him thanks to

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the generosity of another player Dean Martin who won the entry ticket but was unable to attend and gifted it to Will. Last year’s

first prize of $37,000 at the national champions, with cash prizes for the top 12 places.

The poker league has

20 players who turn up regularly to play, with a tournament in September offering a $500 first prize.

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Aussie pride took a battering yet again following their lower than expected medal yield at the Olympics.

A regrettable transTasman wager with his WHK coworker, Peter Millar, resulted in Wanaka based tennis coach and trainee

accountant Perry Crockett having to wear the sheep costume (pictured) for a day in the office.

Originally from Queensland, Perry couldn’t resist talking up the Australian prospects prior to the Olympics and the two made a bet on the medal haul on a per capita basis. Early

on Perry sensed things weren’t going to plan and wearing the wool was on the cards. “Once the swimming was done, I knew it was over.” The sheep suit was gleefully ordered by Peter and on Monday staff at the office rewarded Perry’s appearance at his desk with a number of sheep related observations.

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inbrief Bar up for award Wanaka venue the Mint Bar has been selected as a finalist in the best music entertainment category at this year’s Hospitality New Zealand awards for excellence.

Mint is up against the Agenda Restaurant and Nightclub, Hamilton, Studio the Venue, Auckland and the Riverhead, Auckland. The winner will be announced on September 26 at Hospitality NZ’s national conference.

Wanaka stoat hunters Bill Brooker and Geoff Wilson were among a Forest and Bird Society party that retrieved ten stoats from a trapline in the Haast Pass area with an additional 22 of the pests trapped in the Makarora area.

Society member Andrew Penniket who took this photo said the traps are inspected on a monthly basis and the numbers are considered unusually high for winter.

“Most unusually two of the stoats were white. Pictured are Bill and Geoff displaying part of our haul. As a reward we saw two mohua in the canopy. We also got two dirty rats - not those in the picture,” he said.

Local shakes Two earthquakes were centred within 5km of Cromwell, and 30km south-west of Tarras, on Saturday. According to GeoNet, the modern geological hazard monitoring system in New Zealand, a 3.2 Richter magnitude earthquake was recorded at 5.29am at a focal depth of 6 km and was felt in Central Otago. A 2.1 Richter magnitude was recorded at 10.31pm at a focal depth of 5km and was felt in Cromwell.

Low rates increase The QLDC average rates increase was one of the lowest in the country, according to the council communications manager Meaghan Miller.

Rates in the district for the 2012 – 2013 year will increase by an average of 2.78 percent, not 3.78 percent as stated in the Wanaka Sun last week.

In the 10 Year Plan the figure was estimated at 2.68 percent. “In other words four years ago in the 10 Year Plan we estimated the increase would be 0.1 percent less than the final figure,” Meaghan said.

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Mud, sweat and fun After weeks of preparation, class 8WT set out on Monday July 23 to Berwick for their annual camp. They got wet, muddy and cold. “But had tons of fun and had a wonderful time,” a student said.

After a three hour drive to Berwick, the class walked into camp. They then unpacked, settled in, learnt the routines such as bathroom duties, then ended the day with some get to know each other games.

Tuesday morning started off with a team challenge which required teamwork, thinking and problem solving. The class then spilt off into groups for separate activities such as abseiling, push karts, target shooting and flying fox.

When we asked MAC students how they felt about the camp they replied: “I found it exciting and a valuable experience”; “Awesome experience - really got to know each other”; “Challenging but fun.”

The week went faster than the class had hoped. Some of

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Overall, it has been an amazing camp. I just love my class. It was great fun. the highlights were the ‘solo’, and ‘SAR’ (search and rescue - a difficult activity where the students had to use all their abilities in team work, first aid and the use of radios).

Have you ever tried pulling out a 4WD that’s in a muddy lake with only manpower and a rope? Well, 8WT passed with flying colours. Not only did 8WT partake in day activities they also

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did night ones: including ‘night line’, where the class had to walk through a dark forest, having only a rope to guide them. Parents were positioned in the forest and did a great job of scaring the students and their teacher.

On returning to Wanaka, 8WT teacher Jane Watson Taylor said: “Overall, it has been an amazing camp. I just love my class. It was great fun.”

A shower, plenty of conditioner, a hair brush and a weekend of sleep was much needed by all the students (and their teacher) when they arrived home, plus lots of washing for the parents.

Pictured during the push kart / mud run activity (from back): Tony Wellman (parent);students Shawnah Godden and Kiera McLeod, Katherine Richards (parent), Jane Watson-Taylor (teacher); students Jack Goodsell, Ryan Summerell, Jesse Mulqueen, Joel Roberts; Olivia Ray. - Olivia Ray and Joel Roberts (MAC 8WT students)

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crimescene Drink related issues Several people were dealt with for drink related behaviour. On Thursday a 26-year-old local male was apprehended for excess breath alcohol after blowing 910mg. A 23-year-old local female, who blew 572mg, was apprehended on Friday for excess breath alcohol. A 23-year-old Picton male was apprehended for excess breath alcohol. He blew 855mg on Saturday.

A 33-year-old Australian male was taken into custody for detoxification on Friday.

Offensive behaviour A 20-year-old male from England was arrested for trespassing after he refused to leave the Top Ten Holiday Park where he and his associates had damaged a cabin.

Police received a report of a road rage incident on Cemetery Road at Hawea. There was a report of wilful damage to the Armourguard vehicle.

Enquires are continuing into a complaint of offensive telephone calls to a female victim. An 18-year-old seasonal ski field worker was arrested for assault after an incident at an Anderson Road address in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police are also dealing with a report of physical assault on a 16year-old female by a family member.

Theft There were two reports of theft last week from Oakridge Resort. A pair of shoes was stolen from the spa on Monday and a camera was taken from the pool complex on Friday.

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The Year 10 Mount Aspiring College band “Oddity” is looking for supporters after winning the Central Otago’s people’s choice award in the regional final of Smokefree Rockquest.

The band now goes into the national people’s choice competition which is based on a text voting system.

The winning band will be the opening act at the national finals in Hamilton on September 22. Oddity’s members are from left, Florence Collins Caballero on bass and violin, Connor Moore as lead vocalist and

acoustic guitar, drummer John Steven, Bronnie Ormandy on lead guitar and vocals, and Nell Varney on keyboard.

Band manager Rob Ormandy said the band members have a strong music background with most of them learning musical instruments from an early age. Music, and playing together as Oddity, is a major part of their lives, both as a creative outlet and to have a great time. They try to make the most of any musical opportunities in Wanaka

and have entered the past two Rockquests, played a number of live performances and attended music workshops, recordings and competitions. If they get enough votes, they will be the only Wanaka band at the competition.

“The band would love to be on the stage again opening the final in Hamilton so we need your text vote to make this happen,” Florence said.

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U18 rugby triumph Upper Clutha’s under 18 rugby team is the title holder for the fourth consecutive year in the Otago countrywide competition. After their final game against Telford Polytechnic was cancelled due to a flu epidemic last week, the Upper Clutha team finished the season nine competition points ahead of their closest opposition.

Coached by Alex Dickson, the team lost only one game during the competition. photo: supplied

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Extreme day gets results

Extreme day gets results Skier Jacqui Edgerly (USA) and locally based snowboarder Will Jackways took the top x-factor awards at the World Heli Challenge last week. In a first for the event, skiers and snowboarders competed together for the top spots with only one male and one female winning the award which came with a prize of a week’s heliskiing in Alaska.

Jacqui and Will were chosen based on their overall aggressive performance and not necessarily on points earned during the competition. “Jaqui took the prize to Alaska for her determination and amazing line

choice pushing her limits,” head ski judge Dion Newport said.

“Showing why she was invited to the WHC by skiing a line on the extreme day that had a lot of exposure and risk. Not landing her run put her back in second position but her amazing show for the cameras and viewers earned her the x-factor award.”

“Will stood out during both days of competition,” head snowboard judge, Mike Hygemann said. “He had an amazing first run in the freestyle day where he showed great control and use of terrain pulling off 360 spins, a tail

grab air, a method air and an indy…an excellent run from the kiwi. The extreme day saw him taking a very challenging line which he executed with aggression and style.”

In addition to competitor awards for best performances on the snow, the best images and cinematography from the event were also screened and announced at the Lake Wanaka Centre last week.

Local photographer Antony Hansen won the Extreme day shot, with a photograph of Sam Smoothy in action.

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Netball semi finals The Upper Clutha Netball semi-finals for premier reserve, premier grade and B-grade kick off tonight with games starting from 6pm. The competition continues tomorrow at 6pm with a further three games determining the final spots.

Good muster Snow Farm had sunny weather and good snow for the field of 160 participants at its 17th Merino Muster crosscountry ski event. Some of the world’s leading athletes competed, as did families, high school teams, first timers and locals in the 7km,

21km and 42km races.

Under five-year-olds were also catered for in a mini distance 200m dash.

In the marathon distance race Maciej Kreczmer from Poland came in first place, while Andzey Smolyanin from Russia battled to beat

Canada’s Brian McKeever for second place. Olympic champion and double world champion Justyna Kowalyczyk, who calls Snow Farm home for the winter months, won the women’s first place medal while Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzima placed second.

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It was finals night in front of a vocal crowd for Wanaka basketball teams on Saturday.

Team In Balance (pictured) won the Women’s A grade basketball competition after a close battle with long term rivals Ecco Landscape.

Both teams displayed some solid defence in the low scoring first half, with In Balance maintaining a slim lead. Mid-way through the second half In Balance established a ten point lead with the help of the game’s most valuable player Jenny Ferguson. Ecco Landscape rallied with two minutes to go to close the gap but was unable to snatch the win. The final score was In Balance 40, Ecco Escape 34.

Also playing on Saturday were Base City Rollers and Torque Marine in the Men’s A grade final. Base City Rollers played a strong game from the start and maintained the lead from the first half.

Most valuable player was BCR’s Ray Peat. Base City Rollers won 62 - 32 against Torque Marine.

The Wanaka Gun Club hosted the Central Otago Bodkin Memorial tournament in perfect weather on Saturday August 18. The event was attended by 161 shooters, some from as far north as Darfield. The competition consisted of three 20target trophy matches on handicap, and the actual Bodkin shield teams shoot which consists of six shooters from the same club shooting 15 targets each from a common mark of 15m, to give a total score of 90 points. The Wanaka Gun Club has held this shield for the past two years, but was out-shot by the Southland team: Wanaka shot 87 and Southland won with 88.

The Cotty Burdon Memorial trophy over the 60 targets went to Jack Mansfield of the Waimate Oamaru Gun Club with the only possible 60/60.

The trophy shoot over match two and four was also won by Jack with the only possible 40/40.

After all the competitors on 39/40 had a shoot off (on a first miss and you are out basis), Brendon Richardson was second, Greg Hayes was third, George Reid was fourth, Jess Sutherland was fifth, Daryl Middlemass was sixth, Hann Matsinger was seventh and Alexandra president Jim Marshall placed eighth.

Wanaka, the highest scoring club from Central Otago, will again host the Bodkin tournament in August 2013.

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editorial Speed may be your friend on a racecourse but if you’re running late for work or wanting a few more runs on the slopes, it can be area real hazard to everyone’s well being. Being overtaken around blind corners or as part of a long line of traffic coming down the hill seems to be a daily occurrence. But as the children at Hawea Flat school found, it’s not just visitors trying to make

Hats off to mac students for great articles in last weeks paper. Keep up the good work

the most of their ski holiday, it is often their neighbours

The butchered trees in Meadowstone didn’t need `cared for more` by council! The trees were growing just fine now they are hideous. Thank you council for addressing this illegal pruning.

What’s wrong with a few good sounds on a Sunday I’m ashamed to say the council has been referred to as the “Fun police” after stopping the young adults building jumps now this i must agree, get a grip council it’s not just you who live here or are these decisions coming from Queenstown?

If you get arrested on the street for fighting then why aren’t you arrested on a rugby paddock maybe police could walk the side lines. Club rugby needs to sort the violence it’s happened for decades and before you think we over react, work in a&e it may change your thinking.

who seem to be in a rush. Thanks to a laser speed gun courtesy of the local police, it was recently discovered more than half the vehicles passing by their school were over the 50kph limit. As part of the exercise, the children were also educated on safe stopping distances at different speeds. It has been estimated a vehicle travelling 50kph takes 29 metres to stop while at 60kph the distance stretches out to 42 metres.

While the information is a good incentive to stop them playing on the road, knowing that half the local drivers passing the school think it is okay to speed can’t be reassuring.

The nerve of these Dani tribesmen, actually demanding cash on the spot, instead of waiting for the huge economic “trickle-down” effect, which will rocket them into the first world.

Shame on them It’s official. Skiers don’t know how to drive cars.

Slow down.

Just a reminder people beacon point rd is 50km per hr!!

I only drive a short distance 2 work in that time 4 people talking on cell phones and totally distracted come on get with the times it is illegal now No cellphones while driving...so does that apply to non helmet skate boarders?...

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Thanks for the great tip last week. It was great to see that lovely photo of the birds attracted by fruit in the trees so I tried that trick myself. I was super surprised when it attracted lots of birds, almost instantaneously! All I need now is a bird book so I know who is visiting my garden! I know next winter I will help these little wonders out during the cold weather as they are just a delight to watch!

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It is absolutely important to change the speed limits in this town, and further afield. Council should have suggested a change to this bylaw a long time ago. Stand out on any street and observe the driving – high speed (well, certainly not the required speed) driving, driving while talking on the phone, driving while applying mascara (who does that!!!), driving like there is some umbilical cord joining you to the car in front (a little more distance would be nice).

It seems to me that none of us in Wanaka need to get anywhere fast when everything really is just minutes away.

If you want to go fast get on your bike and peddle. If you want to wear mascara get out of bed a bit earlier. If you really want to get that close to me I suggest we exchange insurance details first. As for talking on the phone while driving…

Great that council is doing something about this now. It would be even better if drivers policed themselves and a little responsibility was involved in the act of driving.

Ria Hudson Luggate

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Silver Division. North/South:-Lynne Fegan, Maggie Stratford 63.27% 1. Helen Cornwell, Boyd Ottrey 58.08% 2. Mary Gibson Collings, Deirdre Lynch 55.58% 3. East/ West:- Andy Goodall, Mark Harry 62.88% 1. John & Jan Lyness 57.50% 2. Sherril Harries, Nan Ottrey 56.35% 3. Bronze Division: North/South:- Kirsty & Peter Hewitt 63.69% 1. Bridget Rennie, Judy Unwin 55.95% 2.

Annette Clements, Sue Orbell 50.89% 3.

East/West:- Judy Muir, Heather Wellman 55.65% 1. Trevor Buchanan, Neil Robinson 55.06% 2. Suzanne Ewing, Helen Mathewson 54.17% 3 Friday Bridge 17 August.

North/South:- Lynne Fegan, Maggie Stratford 75.21% 1. Margaret Hunt, Ena Leckie 55.88% 2. Karolyn Macandrew, Jenny Turnbull 52.61% 3. East/West:- Bridget Rennie, Betty Swift 53.78% 1. Jan Anderson, Barbara Waterworth 53.36% 2. Lynda Hodge, Fran Holmes 52.94% 3. Thursday Bridge.

16 August: North/South:- Jenny & Ken Muir 56.03% 1. Nan Ottrey, Linda Sutton 53.02% 2. Marion Furneaux, Margaret Hunt 52.00% 3. East/West:- B. Cook, Devon Hotop 59.00% 1. James & Grant Fyfe 55.17% 2.

Ann & Richard Freeman 53.45% 3.

Wanaka Golf Club: Tuesday Ladies Medal & Putting Div1 1 Anne McKenzie 70, 2 Nora Hastings 71 ocb, 3 Suzanne Ewing 71. Div2 1 Carmel Hyndman 64, 2 Loris King 69, 3 Beverley De Beer-Lamont 70. Div3 1 Julie Mulholland 69, 2 Kay Ross 72, 3 Annabel Spiers (Tarras) 78. Div4 1 Alison Stretch 70, 2 Lynn Howson 74, 3 Gwenda Ross 76.

Wednesday Men Stbfd Div1 1 Vittorio Guglietta 39, 2 Bill Grigor 38 ocb, 3 Carl Hamlin 38, Div2 1 Ross Rainsford 41, 2 Phil Thirkell 40, 3 Bill Coupland 39, Thursday 9 Hole Ladies 1 Sunny Ecroyd 21, 2 Stephanie Still 17, 3 Gerarda Herlihy, Daille Rogers & Jo Barclay 16. Nearest to Pin - Lynley Charteris. Saturday Ladies Stbfd & Nett. Medal 1 Helen Thirkell, 2 Carolyn Wallace STBFD 1 Chris Willson, 2 Ann Brown, 3 Sue Collinson and Lesley Boyd. Saturday Men Lifers Trophy 4BBB 1 A Wavish and M Studholme 57, 2 B Sutton and W Sutton 58, R Leary and V Guglietta 58, 4 G Ballard and T Greenwood 59, P Child and B Anderson 59, E Rogers and G Begg 59, T Donoghue and L Harris 59, K Gwilliam and T Harwood 59.

Lake Hawea Golf Results 19-8-12 4BBB B Burgess & N Roberts bt R John-

ston & K Vincent 4&2, Stableford 1 N Matchett 38, 2 J Cotter 37, 3 T Cotter 36 on c/b P Hart 36. Nearest the Pin N Roberts. Twos B Burgess no.4 J Cotter no.5 D Sullivan no.18 Birdies/Net Eagles no.14 JACKPOT. Tarras Golf results: Men’s 4BBB Stableford Drawn Partners-Richard Timpany and Bonar Rowley 50, Tom Moore and Robert Gibson 49, Jonny and Dave Trevathan 45, Ken Galloway and Doug Wilson 44. Best individual scores-Robert Gibson 43, Bonar Rowley 40, Craig Still 40, Jonny Trevathan 40. Two’s-Robert Gibson and Ken Galloway. Women’s 2nd Round Eclectic-Maire McElrea 110-38-72, Gilly Taylor 115-41-74, Ann Saunders 106-31-75. Eclectic WinnerGilly Taylor. Tarras Country Coffee Shop Voucher-Maire McElrea.

Wanaka Bowls Results Week ending 18:08:12 Monday Edgewater Trophy 1 W Turnbull, R Morrish, N Dippie, 2 D Urquhart, B Holmes, A Turnbull, 3 D Martin, M McElrea, G McCarthy. Tuesday Pairs 1 R Davey & M Wilson, 2 G Russell

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Wednesday Triples 1 W Turnbull, C Leckie, R Templeton, 2 G Cross, L Pannett, I James, 3 K Suckling, B McCormack, M Wilson Friday Progressive Skips 1 G Russell 2 K Chartres 3 W Hodge 3rd 1 Tovey 2 C Landsborough 3 K Hodge Leads 1 O Verbiest 2 G Ferguson 3 N Dippie. Saturday Studholme Memorial Finals (to be played 25 Aug) 1 & 2 Meadowstone v Bremner Park 3 & 4 Scurr Heights v Rippon Lea 5 & 6 Mt Albert v Hawea 7 & 8 Beacon Point v Pembroke. Business House Competition Tuesday 1 4 M’s 2 B

Thursday 23 August to Wednesday 29 August 2012

N B 3 Placemakers. Thursday 1 P Davidson, B Pringle, A Chalmers 2 E King, M Ives, K Curtis 3 A Haig, G Dowdall, N Walker.

Wanaka Netball Results Premier Reserve Grade Macgregors Pioneer 40Broken Shed 16, Lake Hawea Holiday Park 47-Cromwell 2 27, Alice 27-Edgewater Rebels 19, Wanaka New World Gals 32-MAC Black 30. B Grade MAC Green 32-MAC Marine 16, Silver Threads 29-Treble Cone Pioneer 20, Lake Hawea Hotel 19-MAC Yellow13.

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More then 50 riders and their mounts from various branches of the Central Otago Pony Club converged on Cromwell at the weekend for the annual two-day camp. The equestrian centre facilities were put to good use with the majority of riders and their parents camping in the amenities building and horses yarded or paddocked over night. The riders, aged from six to 21 years, were split into ten groups according to their abilities and received two full days of tuition from seven national and three local instructors. They covered a range of

disciplines including dressage, show jumping, cross country jumping, horseman ship, games, time trials and jumping course design. It is one of the largest pony club camps of this type in New Zealand and is a highlight on the calendar.

Above, Central Otago Pony club president Graham Barkman gave a horsemanship lesson to the youngest riders at camp: they discussed and named the pony’s body parts using stickers.

On Saturday evening Dave Forsyth from Clyde gave a talk and slide show about his trip to the UK

last year with a team of senior pony club riders from Otago. The team spent seven weeks based in Warwickshire competing on borrowed horses in the British Pony Club Championships where they represented New Zealand successfully. Otago riders hope to organise an ongoing exchange with Warwickshire riders visiting Central Otago and another Otago team travelling to the UK. Pictured from left are: Fiona Hunt, Graham Barkman, Alice Jones, Jack Willson, Billie Willson, and Sophia Haviid.

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Wanaka’s K kids fly Tim Brewster The future of Wanaka based ski racers looks strong after 14 podium results by the Cardrona alpine ski team at the K category national age group championships last weekend. The team raced in three disciplines across three days at Mt Hutt; slalom, giant slalom and super G. “The kids are so motivated. We have great terrain to train on and a really

good team with the coaches working hard with the kids and we have some amazing talent even though we’re not the biggest team,” head coach Adi Bernasconi said.

Notable results included Ben Richards winning all three disciplines in his age group (K1), Eden McKay coming second in every discipline in hers (K1) and Elizabeth Reid taking two firsts and a second in the

K2 category. Conrad Barry also put up a fast enough time to win the youth series super G, which ran additional to the national champion races. The team were awarded the Southern Cross Cup, pictured here, for the second year in a row, as the most successful team at the races.

The K age group is for athletes born between 1997-2000, with this being further split

into two categories K1 (1999, 2000) and K2 (1997, 1998).

Pictured are back row from left: Lane Henry, Matt Sweet, Sam Richards, Fiona Schuler, Jemima Reid, Elizabeth Reid, Tom Knowls, Ben Richards, Eden McKay, Emile Coote, Conrad Barry and Sam Tweedie.

K group lead coach Mike Jachacy, Adi Bernasconi, team coaches David Peer and Silvano Stadler. photo: justin reid

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Makarora Tourist Centre, Sailz Lake Hawea and Tarras Country Store.