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Alcohol damages young brains One night’s heavy drinking continues to affect a teenager’s brain for up to a month, whereas an adult brain is “back to normal” after 48 hours. This is just one piece of information Brainwave Trust Director Nathan Mikaere-Wills relayed on Monday in Wanaka. PAGE 3

Snowboard slopestyle in Sochi Three New Zealand snowboarders, including Wanaka’s Stefi Luxton, were among 12 riders contesting the semifinal rounds of the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi on Sunday. PAGE 16 THUR 13.02.14 - WED 19.02.14

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Two houses placed first equal in the Mount Aspiring College beginning of the year House Day tug of war on Friday. They were Iron (red) and Pisa (yellow), with Barker (green) coming second and Roy (blue) third.It was a close competition with only one point separating the top three teams before the last “tug”.

Pictured in their house colours on the school sports field are: (back): Eva Hofman, Jessie Fothergill, Maelle Darby, Georgia Budd, Sofia Fitzgerald with staff members Carol Bradley and Lesley Baynes, and (front): Regan Mitchell, Henry Hardaker, Cole McIntyre, Satya Ellis, Monty Nolet. More pictures page 10.

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Pool conversation continues Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun As the debate about the composition and location of a new sports centre in Wanaka enters its tenth year, some residents are continuing to push for upgraded swimming facilities on the existing pool site.

Maurice Duckmanton, who managed the pool in the early 1990s, said he was one of many people who lodged submissions with the

Queenstown Lakes District Council in 2009. They were in favour of extending the existing pool complex, as opposed to building a new one.

Those people continued to support this proposal, he said, believing the pool needed to be close to schools.

The council instead planned to build an aquatic centre at the Three Parks development, as part of a multi-sport facility. Three Parks was to the south-east of Wanaka and bordered by the Wanaka-

Luggate Highway, Riverbank and Ballantyne roads.

Maurice recalled Wanaka Primary School pupils “lost out” on swimming lessons in the early 1990s, because bussing them to the Plantation Road pool, from the school’s former Tenby Street site, and back took too much class time.

The new primary school on Ironside Drive, the Holy Family Catholic School on Aubrey Road and Mount Aspiring College on Plantation Road

were now all close to the pool.

“If they go to Three Parks, we’re going to lose a possible 1500 pupils learning to swim properly.”

Maurice, who received an MBE for services to swimming and water safety in 1980, said the site housing the existing pool was 6441 square metres and could easily accommodate additional pools and car parks.

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Pool conversation continues ... Continued from page 1 He believed a 25m-long, eight-lane pool, plus a learners’ pool, was needed, in addition to the existing 25m-long, six-lane pool.

He did not think hydro-slides and other “water experiences” were practical, as more staff would be needed to monitor them, which would substantially increase operating costs.

Other people and organisations had called for the new aquatic centre to be built on Kelly’s Flat, on Aubrey Road, or at the showgrounds, bordered by Ardmore and McDougall streets.

Wanaka Sport Facility Steering Group Chairperson, Duncan Good, said, at this stage, a new aquatic centre in Wanaka was not on the council’s agenda until after 2021.

This was despite consultation in 2011 identifying it as the local sporting community’s highest priority, followed by indoor courts, grass sports fields, outdoor courts and an artificial turf.

Duncan said the community’s views on whether an aquatic centre was still the main priority would be sought during this month’s new round of consultation.

The opportunity to include an aquatic centre in stage one of the Wanaka Sport Facility was not entirely lost, he said, but it would be at the expense

of other facilities.

If construction of an aquatic centre was not brought forward and included in stage one as a result of the current public consultation - the steering group would recommend the council upgraded the existing swimming facilities to meet the community’s short-term needs.

But the ultimate intention was to build a new aquatic centre at Three Parks, Duncan said.

The steering group was meeting sports and community groups individually this month, to see whether the needs and priorities they had signalled during earlier consultation had changed.

The entire community could also give its views

on what facilities should be included in stage one, by completing a survey on the council’s website this month. There would also be an opportunity to drop into the Lake Wanaka Centre from 7pm on February 27 to discuss the plans.

The council had budgeted nearly $17 million, including land acquisition, for stage one of the sport facility at Three Parks. It had planned to fund it through development contributions, rates and grants from funding agencies. The latest cost estimate indicated the sport facility would require a district-wide annual charge of $55.01 per rateable property.

However, the council’s

ability to use development contributions for the facility was now in doubt. The Government had proposed restricting the purposes for which councils could use development contributions.

The council would consult the public on how stage one of the sport facility should be funded, if the Government’s proposal was adopted, during this year’s annual plan submission period. The public would be asked whether any funding gap should be met by a larger rates increase, reduced sports facilities, or a combination of both.

Construction of the facility was expected to begin later this year and be completed by the end of 2016.

Stage one – what’s in it: It is proposed stage one of the Wanaka Sport Facility at Three Parks include: - a sports hall with three netball/basketball courts, with room to expand to five courts and space for retractable seating to be added in the future - two football fields with floodlights. One would be artificial turf and the other grass, which could be changed to artificial turf in the future - a grass area available to the public at all times, possibly with floodlights - a playground available to the public at all times - an outdoor paved court available to the public at all times - a sand-filled artificial turf for hockey, netball, tennis and Futsal football, which could also be used for senior football and rugby training - the option of a perimeter track which would connect with existing cycle tracks and walkways and could include a fitness trail - a two-level concourse, housing reception, a clubroom, meeting rooms, storage and changing rooms. The concourse would provide access to future extensions, such as the aquatic centre, a health and fitness centre and a centre of excellence for sport.

The council said it intended to provide a facility which would meet the needs of the Upper Clutha community for the next ten to 15 years.

Before and after: scouts clean-up Scout Leaders Martin Roberts and Matt Dyer led a troop of 18 scouts and parents in a five-hour clean-up effort the day after the tenth Rippon festival.

For a donation, which will go towards purchasing new tramping tents, the scout troop assisted Wanaka Wastebusters, who were contracted as the recycling and rubbish crew for the February 1 event.

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Big crowds expected

Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun

Cowboys, cockies, townies and triathletes will flock to Wanaka early next month when three major events will be staged over the same weekend.

The Wanaka Rodeo Club will host the national rodeo finals on the evening of Saturday March 8 and the afternoon of Sunday March 9, at its new, purposebuilt arena near Albert Town.

It has been 13 years since the national finals were held in Wanaka.

Sixty-four cowboys and girls will compete in the finals which mark the end of the national rodeo circuit – before an estimated crowd of 4000.

The eight competitive events include open bareback, rope and tie, saddle bronc, barrel racing, steer wrestling, team roping and bull riding.

Timaru band Double Talk will perform at the arena on the Saturday night.

The two-day Wanaka A and P Show will get underway on Friday March 7 and continue on Saturday March 8. The show, which is in its 77th year, usually attracts about 400 competitors, 400 trade exhibitors and a crowd of 30,000 people over the

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two days.

The show’s livestock secretary, Fe Howie, said the number of entries was strong at this stage.

Interest in the equestrian competitions was particularly high, probably due to the timing of the 2014 Horse of the Year show. In the past it had coincided with the Wanaka A and P Show which had affected equestrian entry levels. But, this year, the Horse of the Year show was taking place from March 18 to 23 in Hastings, which gave people time to travel between the two shows, Fe said.

The number of Boer goats entered in the show was also up and the Royal Agricultural Society

of New Zealand’s Southern District Medal for Excellence in Agriculture would be awarded at the Wanaka show, to the supreme Boer goat.

In response to the show’s support of the SPCA, the charity had this year donated a wide sash for the supreme in-hand equestrian exhibit. Fe said the Upper Clutha A and P Society had donated the entry fees for two equestrian jumping classes to the SPCA last year and hoped to make it an annual contribution.

In another new attraction this year, an approximately sixminute film about wool would be shown continuously in the wool room. It showed the process

of growing wool, from a high country farm to the woolshed and through to judging of the final product.

Wanaka Rodeo Club President Lyal Cocks (pictured with Wanaka A and P Show Co-ordinator Jane Stalker) said the national rodeo finals and the show slotted in together perfectly, because as the show wound down on the Saturday, the rodeo would just be getting going.

The other big event happening in Wanaka during the second week of March is the Motatapu Adventure Race, from Glendhu Bay to Arrowtown. The tenth annual event has a record number of entries this year.

It includes five races - the 47km mountain bike, the off-road marathon, the 15km miners’ trail, the triathlon and the 49km team adventure run.

Race Director Gemma Boyle said entries were “coming in thick and fast” yesterday, which was the final registration day. She estimated nearly 4000 people would be taking part in the five events, about 200 more than last year.

Several high-profile Wanaka athletes would be among them, including Simone Maier, Gavin Mason, Dougal Allan and Nicky Samuels.

Bag limits unchanged The Otago Fish and Game Council has resolved to keep the bag limits and hunting methods for the 2014 game-bird hunting season the same. The council approved staff recommendations for the season, noting that, according to aerial surveys, there had been a slight increase in the number of paradise ducks and black swan in Otago. No changes were planned for shotgun magazine capacity, motorised decoy use or the length of the three-month season. The summer weather had, so far, suited duck rearing and councillors noted, based on the number of crop depredation complaints, there appeared to be many more birds around than last season.

The season is due to start on May 3.

Alcohol damages young brains Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun One night’s heavy drinking continues to affect a teenager’s brain for up to a month, whereas an adult brain is “back to normal” after 48 hours. This is just one piece of information Brainwave Trust director Nathan MikaereWills relayed on Monday in Wanaka. Nathan was here as a guest of the Wanaka Alcohol Group (WAG) and others, and gave several different talks for students, parents and teachers.

WAG member Kathy Dedo said well over 100 people attended the parents’ talk; Alcohol and

the Teenage Brain.

“It was a great mixture of information, humour and experience,” she said. “He showed

been on a big drinking session was very dark, the next day and weeks later. It was amazing.”

Kathy said an important part of

The scan of the one who hadn’t been drinking was all bright and sparkly.

The one who had been on a big drinking session was very dark, the next day and weeks later. It was amazing. us brain scans of 15-year-olds.

The scan of the one who hadn’t been drinking was all bright and sparkly. The one who had

Nathan’s work is to get teenagers to understand about alcohol and their brains, so they could make intelligent decisions about their

own drinking. “He also had lots of tips for parents about how to negotiate with their kids,” she said. This included role-playing various scenarios, such as being pressured to drink more by peers.

Nathan said scientists used to think the brain stopped growing at around the age of 12 years, when the head stops, but now know it keeps developing until the age of 25, on average.

“Which makes what happens in adolescence all the more important,” Kathy said.

WAG is planning to hold several more talks for parents in Wanaka this year under the “On the Same Wavelength” series.

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Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun

Bike to work day Adam Hall bikes to work regularly and Go By Bike Day (yesterday) was no different for the Wanaka Sun graphic designer. February is Bike Wise Month, New Zealand’s annual celebration of cycling. Led by the NZ Transport Agency, the Bike Wise programme aims to encourage more people to get on their bikes safely.

Robyn van Reenen wants to hear from anyone interested in gospel singing whether they are able to commit to a five-day workshop.

Robyn runs the Autumn Art School and this year one of the leaders in the Australasian a cappella movement is taking a class called Sing Your Heart Out. About 15 people from all over New Zealand have already enrolled for the full workshop, however, tutor Tony Backhouse is happy to include extra students who can’t make all five days, but would like to attend for some of them.

Locals who have been to his workshops in the past say

singing in a large group is quite an experience. “Harmonising with lots of people is incredible,” one participant said. “It really lifts the roof off.”

Tony will be focussing on spirituals, gospel songs and other a cappella traditions.

The workshops are open to all and music-reading skills are not necessary.

Now living in Napier, where he runs a community choir with his wife Marianne, Tony has spent most of his musical career across the ditch. He founded a gospel choir there called Café of the Gate of Salvation in 1986, and directed it for 21 years. He has run more than 2000 vocal workshops throughout the world and has been taking annual

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gospel tours to the United States since 1995.

Other Autumn Art School

classes which still have places available include local man Simon King’s Introduction to Fine Cabinet Making and Alan Dove’s Portrait Photography.

“It would be nice to see Simon’s class fill up because it’s the first time in the art school’s 25-year history we’ve had a tutor from Wanaka,” Upper Clutha Community Arts Council committee member Susan Manson said. “We’ve also got places in Fly Tying and Fly Fishing but they always fill up in the end.”

Robyn said most classes already have waiting lists. “And our new classes are very well supported this year,” she said. The Autumn Art School runs from April 28 to May 2.

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Talk on Alzheimer’s A world renowned expert on Alzheimer’s is giving a talk on the disease in Wanaka tomorrow (February 14). It is titled: Alzheimer’s disease: Is there any good news?

“Alzheimer’s disease is well known to be highly prevalent in the ageing population,” University of Otago’s Brain Health Research Centre Director, Professor Cliff Abraham, said. “The high incidence and prolonged nature of this progressive dementia makes it one of the greatest worries in the life of adult individuals, and a significant burden to their families, the healthcare system and the economy.

Unfortunately, there is no cure and drugs offer only symptomatic relief.”

He will discuss some of the current research on the disease during his talk. Cliff is speaking at 6pm at the Presbyterian Community Centre in Tenby Street.

His visit is organised by the Wanaka Royal Society.

The society’s next talk will be by University of Otago Chemistry Professor Jim McQuillan on Friday May 2.

Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun A free house concert at the Nook raised $500 in donations for Bella Wright and her Hawea family on Friday. Bella is a pre-schooler who was recently diagnosed with leukaemia and is currently in Ronald McDonald House in Christchurch with her parents. The concert at the Nook featured singersongwriter Anna Van Riel and guitarist Robert Glen. Singer Jenn Shelton accompanied them on several numbers.

Anna has had free house concerts before, and asks people to make donations if they want to. She was also selling copies of her new album Whistle and Hum, and she gave both donations and proceeds from CD sales to the Wrights.

“It was nothing in the scheme of things,” Anna said. She and her husband Locky Urquhart have also had a very sick child.

Their daughter Matilda is currently well and turns three in April. She was born with a giant omphalocele (an abdominal wall defect where some of her major organs formed in a sac on the outside of her body) and spent months in hospital. “I know exactly what the Wright

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family are going through,” Anna said. “It’s a very difficult situation.”

When Anna and Locky brought Matilda home from hospital two years ago, they held a family fun day at the Nook to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald house in Christchurch. “It’s amazing how many local families need it,”

she said. Anna is on the Hawea Playgroup committee along with Kelly Wright, Emily Sancha, Tina Gillies and others. Playgroup members decorated a box early this week which was made into a care package for the Wright family. A bank account has also been opened for donations.

The playgroup is planning its regular fundraiser day on March

30. “We’ll probably give that money to Ronald McDonald House too,” Anna said.

The house concert was held in the garden at the Nook.

People brought picnics and during the evening children played and hula-hooped in front of the shed Anna had set up as a stage for the evening (pictured).

Special licence deadline When the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 came into force in December the process for obtaining a special licence changed. Event organisers need to apply early for special licences as the new law requires all applications to be made at least 20 working days before the event.

Queenstown Lakes District Council Regulatory Manager Lee Webster said his staff was making contact with the organisers of events that they were aware of, but he said anyone who were thinking of a function involving alcohol should get in touch with the QLDC. Applications for Easter events need to be lodged by 21 February.

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Vacancies in Japan Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Five students from Sosei High School in Japan are taking part in the annual exchange with Mount Aspiring College this week.

However, organisers (MAC International Language Centre and exchange coordinator Ashlea King) are frustrated because no Wanaka students have taken up the opportunity of going on the exchange for about five years. This is partly due to Japanese no longer being offered at the college, but Ashlea said they don’t need to be able to speak any Japanese to go on the exchange. “The Japanese are always very keen to practise English,” she said. Another factor which had put Wanaka students off was that the exchange was during the summer holiday period, but required them to go to school in Japan.

“They didn’t want to go to school over there when they could be on holiday at home,”Ashlea said.

“But that’s changed. Now

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they can go at any time of the year.”

Sosei High School is in the city of Sapporo which is in Hokkaido – a popular skiing and snowboarding destination. Ashlea said students have to raise money for the airfare, but once they arrive in Japan they are schooled and hosted for free, particularly if their family

back home has hosted a Japanese student.

Of the five Sosei students here this week, three are here for a ten-day visit and the other two are here for the whole term. As well as attending school they have been horse riding, boating on Lake Wanaka and to Dunedin to visit the albatross colony and the museum, among

other attractions.

Asked what their highlight was so far, four of the five said it was the boat trip.

“They just adored the trip downLakeWanaka,”Ashlea said. “They’ve never seen scenery like ours and they loved going to Mou Waho Island and walking to the top to see the little lake up there.”

New chair elected to board Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Wanaka police officer Mike Thomas has been elected as the new chairman of the Wanaka Primary School’s Board of Trustees. He was first elected to the board last year.

An Education Ministryappointed consultant was currently overseeing staff and employment at the school, and advising the board on governance, communication and processes.

Cleave Hay, a

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governance facilitator and mediator from Dunedin, told the Wanaka

Sun last month he was appointed following relationship breakdowns between trustees and the principal, and between board members.

In a resignation letter to the board in December, former chairman Richard Cubie, who remained a trustee, said the poor way in which parents with concerns or complaints had been treated was one of the reasons behind his resignation.

Principal Wendy Bamford told the Wanaka Sun the issues were with

the board, which she said did not adhere to governance processes and protocols.

A code of conduct stipulating only a board chairperson could speak on behalf of trustees has prevented the board from responding to the claims.

Mike Thomas said yesterday Cleave Hay remained the board spokesperson, despite the appointment of a new chairperson.

Cleave Hay could not be contacted yesterday.

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A Luggate mum has restarted the community playgroup and would like to see more parents and children enjoying the Saturday sessions.

“We’ve having it on Saturday mornings so dads and older siblings come along too,” mother of two Jo Jago said. The next session is this

Saturday (February 15) from 10am until noon in the Luggate Hall. “It’s been great for our family,” Jo said. “My six-year-old didn’t like going on the school bus, but now she’s met more local kids and she’s happy to catch the bus with them.” Jo said another local woman, Cec Anderson, told her she had lived in Luggate for 42 years and seen playgroups come and go. “At the

moment we’re getting up to ten families each week,” Jo said. “Everyone’s welcome – even if they don’t have children. It’s about socialising with the locals.”

Playgroup activities include painting, singing, play-dough, trips to the park and nature walks.

Jo is pictured with her husband Steve and daughters Abby, 6, and Tori, 4.

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Sumo fundraiser Former All Black Andrew Hore will take on Wanaka resident and former All Black, John Timu, in a sumo wrestling match in Wanaka this month.

The event is a fundraiser for junior Upper Clutha rugby players to travel to Australia this year.

Other wrestling matches will see real estate agents Duncan Good and Kelly Gooch go head-to-head, along with rugby club members and entrants in the Perfect Woman competition.

The event is being held on February 22.

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Fish and Game agenda Otago Fish and Game Councillors have re-elected chairman Monty Wright for another term. Also re-elected to the Executive Committee were Dan Rae, Adrian McIntyre, Dave Witherow, Dr John Jillett and Vicky Whyte.

Monty said the major focus this year was on minimum and residual river flow issues across Otago, increasing demand for irrigation water, and the transition from mining privileges to RMA consents as the legal basis for water allocation for out-of-stream uses. Mining privileges, which were originally granted during Otago’s gold rush without consideration for river flow requirements for fisheries or amenity values, lapse in 2021.

Otago Regional Council has a programme of water plan changes for rivers including the Lindis, Cardrona and Manuherikia to establish minimum flows. Monty said it was “vitally important” communities got involved in public processes for the setting of minimum river flows, as many rivers were presently over-allocated and river values and public enjoyment of them suffered as a result.

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Locals love libraries Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun People all across the lakes district would like their library services retained or expanded, and for libraries to reflect the character of the individual communities, according to Queenstown Lakes District Council Senior Communications Advisor Michele Poole.

“There is a solid core in every community who like the libraries the way they are – offering a good choice of books, with the ability to borrow from other collections,” she said.

Forums were held in Wanaka, Hawea, Queenstown, Arrowtown and Kingston last week and one is being held in Glenorchy tonight.

“The response from both Wanaka and Hawea was very consistent with what has been said at the other forums,” Michele said. Each meeting was invited to consider three

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questions: what are some of the ways to increase library use; what do communities value most about their libraries; and what will the libraries of the future look like.

“Many groups noted the importance of making libraries relevant to the needs and preferences of children and young people, who will be the new generation of

library users,” Michele said. “The impact of technology was often commented on – both as an opportunity for libraries to expand their services, and as a reason why patronage might drop.”

She said many people commented that if opening hours were extended the libraries would attract more users.

Hawea Community

Association Chairman Dennis Hughes said a number of parents with young children, who had been unable to attend the forum due to the time it was held (7pm), were regular users and wanted to participate.

He suggested they sign on to the online forum on the council’s website to make any comments.

The forum will remain open until Sunday (February 16.)

Gigatown info kiosk Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun GigatownWanaka’s Project Coordinator Gemma Studhome is based in the Lake Wanaka Tourism kiosk this week giving people information about #Gigatown Wanaka.

The kiosk is on the corner of Helwick

and Admore streets.

Gemma (pictured with Pete Marshall) is helping people set up accounts and showing them how to support the campaign.

She said while many of the visitors were tourists looking for regular i-site information, they were often interested

in Gigatown and keen to sign up to support Wanaka.

Next Tuesday (February 18) there is a free Twitter Education Day at Café Lago. There will be one-hour sessions at 8am, noon and 3pm, or people can call in with questions anytime during the day.

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Wilderness in the garden A lot of gardens in the district are “manicured and manipulated” as we try and replicate anything from Zen minimalist to French couture.

These gardens can look fantastic, but often take a lot of upkeep with preening and pruning and zapping. They have the look of serenity about them and, yes, we will often find peace and visual pleasure in them.

What I’m getting at is we don’t need to apply the same principles to our vege gardens.

Yes it can be a whole lot more productive growing crops in rows and blocks, but we need to mimic nature above and below the ground.

I’m not suggesting you change your gardening style, but asking where is the wilderness in your garden?

If you look at a forest, either on its edge or deep inside, you very rarely find disease and pests. The system has found equilibrium and, if an imbalance should occur, it isn’t long before the system takes care of itself and balance is restored.

How do we create a wilderness in our own gardens? Well many of you have already, with mass native/non-native plantings.

These areas are fantastic at attracting birds and insects.

You only have to look at all the beneficial insects hovering around a manuka tree in flower.

We also need space to plant wild flowers, herbs and plants from the Apiaceae family fennel, dill, parsley, parsnip, Queen Anne’s lace) to name a few.

These spaces can get unruly.

Let them. Let plants go to flower and seed. Let these areas do their thing. Now and again a bit of intervention might be required to stop one plant dominating, allow some weeds to grow.

Dandelions are fantastic, their roots mining deep down, creating soil, and bringing nutrients to the surface. These spaces become homes for skinks, frogs and attract loads of friendly insects; all potential warriors ready for a call to arms when invaders attack.

If space is at a premium, sprinkle these plants in amongst your veges or at the end of a bed. The more diversity in the garden the closer you are to creating a balanced system.

Under the ground is often forgotten when thinking of

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the wild, but the earth under our feet is full of humungous amounts of living organisms that help grow our food and amenity plants. Bacteria and fungi make the world go round, but they are sorely forgotten about in most modern farming techniques and often our back gardens.

designed to kill “unwanted” plants and insects. If you want to embrace diversity and wilderness in your soil and above ground, keep them away from vege gardens and preferably anywhere in your garden.

These little bits of wilderness are here to assist any imbalances that might occur. So next time

A Mizuna flower bringing in the bees.

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Assisting the underworld can be as simple as tilling your soil less. You don’t have to go no-dig necessarily, but look at less soil disturbance. Every time you turn the soil over you are breaking up biological relationships in the soil and fungal activity is being destroyed. This would be fine if we’re trying to grow food in the middle of an old forest, but in these parts we have bacteria dominated soils, so we want some fungal activity Herbicides and pesticides are

you have an aphid or white fly epidemic, by all means try some non-toxic solutions, but how about seeing if your miniecosystem has enough going for it to correct itself. It may take a few weeks for nature to catch up, but it surely will. It’s good to remember most plant diseases and insect maulings are nature’s way of removing the weak, unhealthy and diseased plants.

The soil is key, and having it balanced with biology and

minerals is integral to plant health. A slight imbalance is all it takes for invaders to attack.

The healthier your soil the less problems in your plants. How do we look after our soils? Compost is a good place to start.

In the garden this month Summer has finally arrived, crops will start to boom or wilt with the extra heat upon us. Keep up the watering and creating a few shade options for delicate crops can pay dividends down the road.

Lettuces hate the heat, tuck them in next to bigger plants or build little portable shade boxes for them. Even a bit of old wind break or frost cloth draped over the top will make a huge difference.

Get sowing autumn and winter crops now. Who knows what the weather roulette will bring us, so just keep on sowing. Look at shading your heat-tender varieties to stop them bolting (most brassicas eg broccoli, pak choi, mizuna) Create some ‘“mini” compost heaps directly on your beds.

Pile on the weeds and anything else that’s going crazy. Cover with an old bit of carpet; let the worms and soil do the rest.

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inbrief Free concert in community centre Renowned German organist, Hans U. Hielscher, will be performing in Wanaka in March. Hans has been the organist at Wiesbaden Marktkirche, Lutheran Cathedral, in Wiesbaden, Germany, since 1979 and was the municipal organist at Kurhaus Concert Hall in Wiesbaden from 1987 to 2004. He studied at Detmold State Academy of Music, Germany, in Paris/Rouen, France, and at The Nederlandse Beiaardschool in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

He will perform a free concert in the Wanaka Presbyterian Community Church Centre on Tuesday, March 11 at 7pm. The programme includes Rondo in G (John Bull), Renaissance Dance Suite (Claude Gervaise) and Alexandre Guilmant’s Prière et Berceuse (prayer and lullaby) and Offertory on “O filii et filiae”.

The Wanaka Community Choir will sing during the break.

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Mt Iron cairn a gift to Wanaka Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun About 20 years ago a Cockney man from East London made Wanaka his home.

Ray O’Brien was a humble man who loved the outdoors and lived frugally, renting a small house on Warren Street and scrimping for a few years for a season’s pass to the Snow Farm.

When he died, his friends learnt he had saved some money and left instructions for a cairn to be built atop Mount Iron. He also left instructions that he did not want a plaque in memory of him attached to the cairn.

But nearly two decades on, one of those friends, Ken Bragan, of Wanaka, decided it was time to tell the story behind the cairn.

“He asked for little and gave a lot,” Ken said of Ray. He grew up in East London, a member of a poor family which endured the terrifying attacks on the city during World War II. “He must have known little other than poverty, pollution and bombing,” Ken said.

Ray travelled overseas as a member of the British Army.

Catching the travel bug, he eventually landed in New Zealand where he worked in a hut on the Milford track. In those days the track was run by the Government’s Tourism Hotel Corporation and horses were used to transport goods to the huts.

Ray became very attached to the horses and when the decision was made to take them off the track, he also left, another Wanaka friend, Grant Gordon, recalled. (Grant and his wife Lyn are pictured here with Ray, right, in the mid1990s) Ray then went to Mount Ruapehu, where he ended up spending most of his working life in New Zealand as a track guide.

He retired to Wanaka in the early to mid-1990s and Ken Bragan recalled meeting him through the

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“He was much respected. He was available to help anyone who needed it. He carried a big pack that contained anything that may be required in an emergency, including a canvas stretcher.”

Ray never married and was considered by his new Wanaka friends to be “very much a loner. He was not a great conversationalist, but people liked him,” Ken said.

Ray lived thriftily, with his small Warren Street rental containing just “a few sticks of furniture.

“He did not like to waste anything. I learned that if there was more hot water in the electric jug than he needed, he put the excess into a flask.”

He told Ken coming to New Zealand was such a joy that he did not need anything else. After he had been in Wanaka for a few years, Ray had saved enough money for a season’s pass to the Snow Farm. It was at this time he started to suffer from stomach pain. After delaying going to the doctor, he was told he had cancer, for which he declined treatment.

And then “something remarkable happened,” Ken said. “This man who we thought was a loner was… visited by people from all over the place. A nurse came over from Australia and stayed with him for a week. Many others came to see him too. These were people he’d met on the mountain tracks.

“I was amazed at his fortitude – lying on a mattress on the floor and not complaining about anything.”

Ray died on Anzac Day in 2006.

“As my wife and I walked home after going to see his body, we heard the Last Post being sounded and it seemed to us that the world had stopped for Ray. All that he left went to the building of the cairn. Thank you Ray.” The schist cairn (pictured), organised by the Wanaka Walking Group, of which Ray was a member, was built in the late-1990s.

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Town thwarted by country Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The Hawea district’s annual Town and Country Challenge was well attended by the locals again this year, although apparently some of the townies were a little disgruntled that the country side won (again).

Activities started with a quiz night on February 5.

Normally proceeds go to Hawea Flat School for classroom

resources, however, Principal Sue Heath had said the school would like the money to go to the Crotty family whose son George suffered a head injury during the holidays. A large crowd turned up to support them and more than $3500 was raised for the family from the quiz, raffles and an auction.

Waitangi Day saw a full programme of events for the challenge including a trolley derby, golf, petanque,

volleyball, netball, cricket and bowls. There was also a bike jump (off the Lake Hawea jetty), a water slide and disc golf.

Later in the afternoon, the Top Town Challenge was held, featuring several tugs of war, a spud gun battle and a lolly scramble from a small plane.

The day was rounded off with a community barbecue.

“It was a great day all around and a good way to celebrate

Waitangi Day,” self-described gofer Doug Brenssell said.

“All the accolades must go to Colleen Carr because she organised everything. We’ve told her that next year we’ll organise a committee to help.”

Pictured are the lolly scramble on Peter Fraser Park (above left) and a heat in the trolley derby featuring12-yearolds Ollie Williams-Holloway and Nicholas Rumore (above right).

Local poets attract praise Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Wanaka’s Outspoken Festival of Words and Storytelling is now attracting full houses with the last two performances selling out. Organiser Liz Breslin expects next Tuesday’s show to attract a good crowd too. It features poetry slam champions Ali Jacs and Tourettes.

Last week Wanaka poets impressed their visiting counterparts again. Earlier in the festival Sue Wootton, of Dunedin, praised Hawea Flat poet Liz Breslin, and last week The Lyttleton Poets were full of compliments for the locals who performed before them. “They were genuinely gobsmacked by the local talent,” Liz said. They made particular mention of 15 year olds Acacia Murray and Helena Crawford.

Helena’s poem referred to adults as ‘diluted teenagers’. Other locals performing included Ellie Greenwood; Liz Maluschnig; teachers Emily McRae and Annabel Wilson; members of Flat Out Productions; and (pictured) Ceilidh Johnston, 18, Kasper Humphry, 17, Jan Kelly and Dylan Rimmer, 10. Ceididh and Kasper recited a poem they wrote together called “Dear Society”

On February 4, an incident in Ardmore Street involving a dispute over rent money was resolved without arrests.

A group of youths damaged a Honda car parked outside a McLeod Avenue address on February 5. A number of them are being dealt with by Youth Aid. A fence was damaged on February 6 when a party in Minaret Road got out of hand.

On February 7, a wedding was disrupted when the brother of the groom became intoxicated and assaulted his father who was attempting to calm the situation. A police car window was damaged by the brother, resulting in charges being laid. On the same evening the occupant of a white van driven on Lakeside Drive threw a bottle at a pedestrian, causing cuts to his face.

On Sunday, fence palings outside a Tenby Street address were smashed in the early hours. Between 2am and 3am a blue and silver Trek 4300 MTB was taken from outside Opium Bar on Ardmore Street.

Senior Constable Ian Henderson, who has recently returned to Wanaka after a stint in Dunedin, also advised people who wear headphones while walking or jogging to remember to look both ways before crossing the road.

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which they had performed at the college prize-giving at the end of last year.

This week’s performance was a fundraiser for the Wanaka Hospice. It was held at Bistro Gentil and starred Nelson poet, publisher, journalist, columnist

and jug band musician Mark Rafills, and ‘the godfather of geriatric rap’ John Carr. John won the Auckland Readers and Writers Festival Poetry Idol in 2009 and is also a stand-up comedian and a cartoonist for farming magazine Straight

Furrow. He performed at both the Holy Family and Hawea schools and was delighted when two students asked him to sign their rugby jerseys.

“That’s never happened to me before,” he said. “I felt like a rock star.”

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Super saloons Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun On Friday, super saloon driver and current 2NZ Ian Burson became the second driver to win four titles in four years, winning the South Island Super Saloon Championship.

Cromwell Speedway’s Jason Scott (pictured) created the New Zealand speedway record by winning the South Island Sprintcar Championship for the fourth consecutive season two weeks ago.

Both Jason and Ian are also competing in

speedway series with Jason currently on top of the leader board of the Tyre General War of the Wings, 75 points clear of Christchurch’s Ray Baughan. There are two rounds to go before

the final in Cromwell on Good Friday. The next speedway event at the Central Motor Speedway is the Super Saloon Stampede on Saturday, March 22.

Mount Aspiring College house day Students taking part in the Mount Aspiring College house day included Adam Hewson giving the tug of war everything he’s got for Pisa (pictured bottom right). Proudly wearing their Barker house colour are Ella Maluschnig, Caitlin Sanders and Mackenzie Ayres (below). Bonding on the beach (above) are Roy house members Adelaide Shotwell, Freedom Holloway, Grayson Swift, Olivia Pearce, Jordyn McDonald, Teegan Danielson, Ian McNabb (staff), Matthew Wilson, Elle Russell, Danielle Molloy, Zoe Andrews, Dougal Stalker, Maye Hall, Steven Morris and James Suddaby.

Giving sailing a go Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Fifty-four new sailors took to the water on Waitangi Day during the Wanaka Yacht Club’s give it a go session.

“A hot calm day with 5 knots of wind was just about ideal,” Club Commodore Quentin Smith said.

Organiser, former Commodore Geoff Dickey, said it was especially pleasing that about 20 yacht club volunteers, many of them youth sailors, gave up their time to share their passion.

“Anyone wishing to get involved more permanently, race on Thursday evenings, or

learn how to sail, please google Wanaka Yacht Club,” Quentin said. “We have a lot of surprisingly affordable fun and we want to share it.”

The Year 7 and 8 children of Holy Family Catholic School’s Mount Aspiring Class (pictured) took part in sessions on Wednesday and Friday.

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EDITORIAL Wanaka’s Outspoken Festival of Words and Storytelling may have slipped under the radar for many, but those who have attended have been impressed with the calibre of performances, from both locals and visitors.

A stand-out feature has been the accessibility of the work. Many punters who dragged along reluctant children, partners or friends have commented on the pleasure of seeing “the light go on” as first-timelisteners were charmed by Sam Hunt, amused by local lyricists or gobsmacked by powerful stories from South Auckland poets.

So next time you hear someone say “I don’t like poetry” ask them if they saw any of the Outspoken performances. Anyone who did is very unlikely to say such a thing.

We don’t get a lot of live performances in Wanaka, be they poetic, dramatic or musical. Those we do get are nearly always of high calibre and enjoyed by those who go along. If we want more arts in town, beyond the wonderful (but biennial) Festival of Colour, then we need to patronise what comes.

There’s one more Outspoken event on Tuesday, and the following week Adam Page is doing three shows in the Upper Clutha. In March we’ve got In Flagrante and a performance by Mel Parsons. There’s certainly something for all tastes in that list – it’s just a case of tearing yourself away from the beach, the bike or the telly. Go on, treat yourself.

Room for pool When submissions for the new Wanaka Sports Facility were called for in 2009, I, along with many other people, submitted that we believed for obvious, logical reasons e.g. the proximity to Mount Aspiring College, Wanaka Primary School and The Holy Family School, the aquatic centre should be located on the present site of the Wanaka Pool.

My view has not changed, but I wonder if the public at large know the site the existing pool is on is a recreational reserve with an area of 6441 square metres vested in the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

What an opportunity we have to plan for the future by providing a staged aquatic centre on Plantation Road, where space constraints would not be an issue, and building a modern sports facility at Three Parks, where outdoor and indoor codes could be accommodated, as well as providing a high class training base for local athletes, and those who come to Wanaka to train for both winter and summer codes.

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With respect to the Ballantyne Road/Riverbank Road intersection: Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell is of course right that the cause of the many accidents (and who knows how many unreported near misses?) is driver error.

But as driving standards are unlikely to improve rapidly in the near future, the only immediate solution is new road engineering.

It is a hazardous intersection - despite the undeniable presence of stop signs a disturbing number of drivers just want to sail on through. I wonder: how many accidents/fatalities will occur at this intersection before “driver error” is no longer the verdict, and a pragmatic engineering solution is required?

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Masters’ gold for Kim Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Hawea Flat’s Kim Coll, competing in her first masters’ games, won gold in all round gymnastics, placing first on floor, first in conditioning and first in vault in the 30-39 year age group. Kim,

who is a coach at Aspiring Gymsports Gymnastic Club (AGGC) in Wanaka, is pictured with her children Dean and Skyla, on the podium at the New Zealand Masters’ Games Dunedin 2014.

Kim and another AGGC coach, Rae Paterson, worked

together before the games choreographing a floor routine and mastering the bar and vault skills.

The annual games alternate between Wanganui and Dunedin. “We are aiming to send more than one gymnast in 2016,” Rae said.

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Medal haul for rowers Five masters’ rowers from Wanaka Rowing Club travelled to Dunedin for the New Zealand Masters’ Games Dunedin 2014 last weekend. It was the first time the club was represented by men’s masters’ crews in doubles and quad races. The team of Jill Austin, Jamie Hutter, Mark Simmonds, Sean PHOTO: SUPPLIED O’Connell and Shane Gibson (pictured) returned with four gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals.

Jill Austin won gold in the single scull, gold in women’s double scull (rowing with Dunstan Rowing Club) and gold in the women’s four (rowing with Otago Rowing Club). Sean O’Connell and Shane Gibson won gold in the men’s double.

Jamie Hutter, competing in the indoor rowing event, won silver in the 2km race.

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VASECTOMYS AVAILABLE here in Wanaka with Dr Simon Brebner at Aspiring Medical Centre.Ph 443 1226 for an appointment to discuss.

WANAKA LIQUOR Centre still open 10 am to 9pm. 7 Days. Big on being local.

A HUGE thank you Tui for your “go the xtra mile” eyecare

FRIDGE FREEZER (F&P) small top freezer. 630 mm W, 650 D, 1680 H. 406 L. $80. Ph 4436463, 021 1101160

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CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE restoration – for all motorcycle maintenance. Tyres, oil, batteries, chains and brakes. Top brands, top service, pick-up and delivery. Contact John Holgate 0274322917

SPEAK WITH Confidence, public speaking course, beginning february 20th. Contact Lee for details: 443 1447/027 333 4909 or leeball40@gmail.com :-)

ORGANIC EXPRESS. Wanaka’s online fruit and vege store. organicexpress.co.nz

E2 DIGITAL of Christchurch servicing the Southern Lakes district. For all your website, eCommerce, channel manager, SEO, social media, Google and full service advertising needs please contact Eddie on 03 974 7580 (local call).

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SHED FOR sale. 1.8x2.6 containing shower, wc, tub and califont. Insulated. $3800. Ph 021963050 or 4289380 evenings.

LOOKING AFTER YOUR WELLBEING. Workshop for NFP organisations. Wednesday 12 March. To register call Community Networks 034437799

BIRTHDAY PARTIES!! Hawea Playgroup is available 2 hire, only $30/4hrs. Great location with sandpit, trikes n toys galore. Call/txt Tina 021 021 45117.

GOLDEN LEMON butter from Pirate Pickles at the Wanaka farmers market, 3-6PM every Thursday Pembroke Park

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PERCEPTION EVENING each Wed 7PM at Wanaka Wellness Centre. Always something cool on exploring consciousness and connection! $5 donation.

CONGRATULATIONS TO the NZ Olympic #blacksnow team from all of us at MTOutdoors. Making Wanaka Proud.

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ROOF PAINTING new repaints,coloursteel.all with guarantee painting in wanaka for 35 years call Wayne 4431715,0272240662

THE SUNDAY Craft Market is on this week come on down to Pembroke Park, for great handmade N.Z arts and crafts.

DR COMPOST Winter Harvest vegetable gardening workshop. Tuesday 18th Feb, 6-8pm, Aspiring Beginnings, Warren St. Gold coin donation.

SUMO “FUN”RAISER EVENT at the Lake Wanaka Centre on February 22, featuring national and local personalities. Raising money for junior Upper Clutha rugby players to travel to Australia this year. Tickets $70 including a cocktail and nibbles. Available at Gifted or by calling 027 612 9817 or 443 8304, or emailing barrykyliea@vodafone.co.nz.

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sport results LAKE HAWEA GOLF RESULTS 9.2.14.MEDAL, LGU & RINGERS. Men 0-16. 1st. Ashley Hale.

76.12.64. c/b 2nd. Gerry Browne.

80.16.64. 17+ 1st Red Stevenson 80.18.62. 2nd Hamish Watt 85.19.66 c/b Ian Brown 90.24.66.

Ladies 1st. Maire McElrea 102.40.62. Two’s no 1. Tim Cotter.

Nearest pin. no 1 Tim Cotter. No 5 Tyler Hale.

WANAKA BOWLS RESULTS w/e 07:02:14 Friday Progressive Skip 1st George Russell 2nd Betty Russell 3rd Don McLeay Third 1st Iain Fletcher 2nd John Maddison 3rd Neville Dippie Lead 1st Dennis Schofield 2nd Pat Gray 3rd Sandy Morris

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BRIDGE RESULTS: Championship Pairs 2. Silver Division. North/ South:- Gerarda Herlihy, Deirdre Lynch 61.06% 1. Andy Goodall, Mark Harry 57.41% 2. Lois Mills, Jo Wallis 55.06% 3. East/West:Marion Furneaux, Jenny Pryde 72.89%1. Josey McKenzie, Barbara Waterworth 60.29% 2. Jenny Barratt, Ena Leckie 57.48% 3. Bronze Division. North/South:- Noeline Goldsbrough, Heather Wellman 57.54 1. Elaine Herbert, Shona Watt 57.14% 2. Wendy & Alan Cruden 53.17% 3. East/West:Lawrie & Margaret Stenhouse and Pauline Davidson, Jane Hamilton 55.95 1= . Morag Chisholm, Neil Robinson 54.76% 3. Friday Bridge 7 February. North/South:- Ena Leckie, Boyd Ottrey 59.47%1.

Shona Johnstone, Pam Miller 58.71% 2. Barbara Waterworth, Deirdre Lynch 57.95% 3. East/ West:- Beaton Marr, Tony Pryce 62.88% 1. Daphne Stewart, Jenny Turnbull 61 17% 2. Gordon & Gail Freeman 60.80%3. Clutha Pairs 1.

5 February. North/ South:- Peter Hart, Pauline Davidson 54.92% 1. Jason, Beaton, Lynne Fegan 54.08% 2. Lawrie & Margaret Stenhouse 51.25% 3. East/West:- Alan & Wendy Cruden 62.83% 1. Blair & Ruth Coghill 59.75% 2. Alan & Denise Bunn 57.33% 3.

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Snowboard slopestyle in Sochi sportbrief Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Three New Zealand snowboarders, including Wanaka’s Stefi Luxton, were among 12 riders contesting the semi-final rounds of the women’s snowboard slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi on Sunday.

The most experienced of the three, Shelly Gotlieb, scored 63.25 in a good first run which included cab five and backside three tricks. She was clean on the top rail section on her second run, but, going for the backside 720, crashed out on the second jump (scoring 33.75).

The second kiwi to compete

was Stefi Luxton, who had a brief sit-down on landing a frontside 360, scored 18.25 for the first run. On her second run she scored 60.25 in “a personal

her first run and opted to go big on her second run but a mistake on the first jump left her with a score of 32.5.

The final results for the team

To get there when the pressure was on, right on the very last run of semi-finals was great. stand out performance of the day” according to her coach Tom Willmott.

“To get there when the pressure was on, right on the very last run of semi-finals was great,” Tom said.

Rebecca “Possum” Torr posted a score of 27.25 on

were Shelly Gotlieb seventh, Stefi Luxton eighth and Rebecca Torr tenth, putting them out of the finals competition.

Their team mate Christy Prior withdrew from competition after a nasty crash in practice.

American Jamie Anderson won the competition with

her second run score of 95.25.

Meanwhile at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Rebecca Sinclair competed in the women’s snowboard halfpipe last night. Today, Jossi Wells and Beau-James Wells compete in freeski slopestyle today and skeleton racer Katharine Eustace will take to the track.

Tom said the brothers are in good shape for the competition.

“They’ve had plenty of training on the course. Jossi got his run together and Beau is looking very good. Both have got a session in hand to feel things out again, maybe push it a bit more,” he said. “They’re enjoying themselves, which is when they perform their best.”

Number two in top ten Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Speight’s Coast to Coast organiser Robin J udkins’ a n n u a l top ten predictions names two Wanaka multisporters, defending champion Braden Currie and Jess Simson, in the number two spots of the male and female categories.

Robin predicts Richard and Elina Ussher will take the top spots in this weekend’s event. “[Richard’s] a five-time champion and he’s the most experienced contender,” Robin said. “Braden beat him last year, but that will have only made Richard more determined to win again.”

Braden’s elder

brother, Glen Currie, who finished third in 2011 behind Richard’s fourth win, is tipped to come third.

Elina Ussher is the

third place.

The 243km race starts on Kumara Beach, midway between Hokitika and Greymouth, and finishes on

The Koford Cup The Albion senior cricket team lead the Koford Cup competition. The seniors beat the Maniototo side on Saturday at Luggate. Chasing 198, an outstanding effort by Joe Cotter (116) and Tim Cotter (43 no) made easy work of the target.

The senior and senior reserve teams have two matches before the finals, but do not have a match this weekend.

Family fishing classic The annual Hawea family fishing competition is being held on Saturday February 23.

There are five classes: child (under 12), junior (12-17 years), adult, female angler and family.

People can enter on Friday evening (February 21) at the Lake Hawea Hotel or on the day at the Lake Hawea Holiday Park boat ramp, between 7am and 9am.

The weigh-in will be held from 2pm to 4.30pm on competition day at the marquee near the Lake Hawea boat ramp. The prize giving will be held from 6.30pm at the Lake Hawea Hotel and the net proceeds will go to local community groups.

The competition is being organised by Geoff Hewson and others.

Braden beat him last year, but that will have only made Richard more determined to win again. most experienced female contender, with five top-five placings and two championships (2010 and 2012).

In her first time competing in the event, Jess dominated last year’s Two Day race and broke the Two Day record. Louise Mark, of Auckland, is tipped to come in

Sumner Beach in Christchurch. The Two Day race starts tomorrow (Friday) with the cycle and mountain run, and concludes on Saturday with the cycle, kayak and cycle sections.

The event, now in its 32nd year, has attracted almost 600 entrants.

Mount Aspiring College swimming sports were held yesterday (February 12) with every competitor earning points for their house – regardless of whether they won a place or not. Races included breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle and backstroke, with the House relays being the highlight of the day for many students.

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