Local guide recovering Harris Mountains Heliski (HMH) guide Mark Sedon is home in Hawea recovering from injuries he received when a Helicopter Line Squirrel AS350 B2 crashed on the north face of Mount Alta near Wanaka on Saturday. PAGE 2
Let’s talk about ice A Wanaka-based man is proposing setting up a committee to investigate building ice-skating rinks in the Wanaka area. PAGE 4
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Local boys Lucas Schafer, 11, Louis Jones, 14, Campbell Wright, 11, Ben McNabb, 11 and Angus Cagney, 11, were pictured on the start line of the 7km Straggle Muster at the 20th Merino Muster held at Snow Farm.
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Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Hawea resident Frances Ray has admitted stalking on the internet. She stalks males and females, dogs that is, on the Mobility Dogs website. Frances was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2001 and has just been told her application for a mobility dog had been accepted. She will be the first person to have one in the Queenstown Lakes District. “I’m so excited I’ve started stalking dogs on the website trying to see which one I’m going to get,” Frances said. “They do personality tests on
you and the dogs to decide which one would suit you best. It’s called matching.” Frances is not new to dogs. She has had three pet West Highland white terriers and was devastated when the last one died earlier this year. Visiting a friend in Auckland with MS, who already has a mobility dog, inspired her to apply for one. “One of the main things mobility dogs do for us is pick things up,” Frances said. “We drop stuff and it’s hard to bend down. And they’re trained to stand rigid so they can help us get up if we fall over. Getting a dog will bring back so much
independence.” Mobility dogs are also trained to fetch the phone in an emergency, open and close doors and cupboards, take shoes and socks off, load and unload washing machines, pay for shopping and carry things. “I’m so glad I’m getting my dog while I’m still active and mobile because I’ll need it more and more as the MS progresses,” Frances said. “I hope I’ll be able to take it to visit schools and Elmslie House and give talks about MS and mobility dogs.” Meanwhile she is on tenterhooks waiting. She has been told she will get a dog within the next few
months. It will come with mobility dog trainer Grant Reid who lives in Arrowtown. Grant will stay with Frances and her dog for a two week settling-in period, and then Frances has a month when she can’t let any of her friends or neighbours interact with the dog. “That’s going to be hard, but it’s part of the training,” she said. “The dog will always wear a special coat when it’s working. That’s when it can only respond to me. When its coat is off, it can play around like a normal dog.” Story continues page 2...
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Curling at Altitude tournament Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun Nearly 100 curlers from throughout Otago gathered on the Pisa Range on Sunday for a “Curling at Altitude” tournament. The competition host - the Cardrona Curling Club – had the slight problem of a watery rink, so the Southern Hemisphere Proving Ground came to the rescue by allowing the club to use the sheet of ice it maintains for testing the performance of vehicles on ice. It is at 1600m above sea level. The club’s secretary and treasurer, Roger Gardiner, said the bluebird conditions were perfect for the tournament. It involved clubs from Tekapo, Arrowtown, Lowburn, Becks, Chatto Creek, Manorburn and Dunedin, as well as Cardrona, and was won
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by Dunedin Country, skipped by Charlie McLeod. The Cardrona club – the country’s newest curling club – has two rinks and a clubhouse near the Waiorau Homestead bed and breakfast accommodation.
Roger said the club had not been in Mother Nature’s favour so far this winter, with the rinks having insufficient ice to curl on. Pictured curling at the event was Rob Swale from Arrowtown Curling Club.
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Keeping mobile Continued from page 1... It takes about two years for a mobility dog to be trained. A lot of the training is done by volunteers, including some people in prison, under the supervision of experienced mobility dog trainers. Since the Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust was established in 2003 it has placed 50 trained dogs with people who have long-term disabilities, and has a further 25 in training, one of which will go to Frances. Training each dog costs
about $50,000, however people needing dogs aren’t expected to raise that much. Frances has been asked to come up with $5,500. While she has recently taught herself to sew (despite limited feeling in her hands), and now makes bags to order, she doesn’t have enough saved to pay for a dog, so has applied to local foundations and charities for assistance. Frances used to be the administrator of her late sister’s dessert manufacturing company. She then studied design at Christchurch Polytechnic.
That was some years before she established her handmade bag business. “I use recycled materials or fabric remnants,” Frances said. “It’s great to be creative, and to earn some money.” However, her latest bag (pictured) is not for sale. It has been especially designed to carry things for her new dog (“water bottle, harness, food”) and fit on the back of her wheelchair. Now all she needs is a dog. See classifieds for details
Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Harris Mountains Heliski (HMH) guide Mark Sedon is home in Hawea recovering from injuries he received when a Helicopter Line Squirrel AS350 B2 crashed on the north face of Mount Alta near Wanaka on Saturday. There were five clients on the HMH heli-skiing trip withMarkandQueenstown pilot Dave Matthews when the accident occurred. Witnesses said the helicopter tipped over while attempting to land and rolled down the mountain for about 1000m. One client was killed.
He was Jerome Box, 52, from Grey Lynn, Auckland. Jerome Box was heli-skiing with four friends from St Paul’s Church in Auckland. HMH and Helicopter Line director Mark Quickfall said the company had seven helicopters in the field on Saturday. When pilot Dave Matthews failed to check in at an agreed time another HMH helicopter scouted the location and discovered the crash. Other helicopters immediate flew to the site to assist with the rescue. Two of the clients were treated at the Wanaka Lakes Health Centre for minor injuries and discharged. The remaining two injured clients, the
pilot, and local guide Mark Sedon were flown to Dunedin hospital. None had life threatening injuries and three were discharged on Sunday, with Mark discharged on Monday. Mark’s friend Mark Thomas posted on Facebook that Mark had four broken ribs and two broken lumbar vertebrae, and should make a full recovery after several weeks’ rest. Mark is well known locally as both a climbing and ski guide and as the director of the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival which is held annually in Wanaka. An inquiry into the accident is being
undertaken by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Investigators were on site with LandSAR support during Sunday and Monday. They have also been interviewing witnesses and other people involved. TAIC Investigation Support manager Peter Northcote said the helicopter wreckage is being taken to the TAIC technical facility in Wellington for further examination. TAIC said the accident report was unlikely to be completed before February 2016.
Rockfall almost fatal Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun An Auckland holidaymaker feels lucky not to have lost his wife when a “massive” rockfall (pictured) hit the road in front of them when they were driving to Treble Cone on Sunday morning. “I just slammed on the brakes and steered off the road,” Paul Bradshaw said. “A rock hit the back of the car on the passenger side. If it had come through the window it would have killed my wife [Charlotte]. I was okay but Charlotte was a bit upset for a while. “The operations manager and nurse from TC were just behind us. All they saw was a cloud
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of dust.” Paul was driving a rental car. “Fortunately I had paid an extra $17 a day for peace of mind insurance,” he said. “You can’t be too careful on mountain roads.” Paul said they carried
on and had a good day’s skiing. The rockfall occurred on the Mount Aspiring Road at Hospital Flat between the Motatapu Bridge and Treble Cone. Council engineers closed one lane of the road and expect it will stay that way for the
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rest of the week. Acting Chief Engineer Richard Hilliard said the rocks can’t be safely moved until a technical assessment of the hillside is completed. Meanwhile, signage is in place to guide motorists through the site.
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Local electioneering heating up Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Political parties appear to be taking the Queenstown Lakes District seriously this election. The only public debate in the country involving candidates from parties large and small is taking place over the hill next week, and both Labour and the Greens are bringing Members of Parliament and local candidates to Wanaka for public meetings during the week. Labour’s Deputy Leader and Spokesperson on Finance, David Parker, is speaking on sustainable economic growth tonight (August 21, 6.30pm) at the Presbyterian Community Church Centre. He will talk about supporting regional development, sustainable economic growth and protecting the environment. David will be accompanied by Waitaki electorate Labour candidate Glenda Alexander. Green party co-leader Russel Norman (pictured) will outline the Greens key policies at a public meeting on Tuesday
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(August 26) at 1.30pm at the Lake Wanaka Centre. His vision for New Zealand includes world class innovation, sustainable economics, closing the social inequality gap and protecting the environment. Waitaki electorate Greens candidate (and Hawea Flat resident) Sue Coutts will be with Russel for the meeting, and a visit to Te Kakano, before he heads to Queenstown to take part in a multi-party debate on economics that evening. The ASB Great Debate on Economics will be
adjudicated by political journalist Duncan Garner. Finance spokespeople taking part include Bill English (National), David Parker (Labour), Russel Norman (Green), Jamie Whyte (Act) and Colin Craig (Conservative). The debate will be broadcast on RadioLive. Queenstown Chamber of Commerce CEO Ann Lockhart said the debate is key to the election. “As the elections tend to focus on the economy, this finance debate will be an important forum,” she said. “With the various scenarios under New
Zealand’s MMP voting system, the election could go any way and it is vital for voters to have all the facts at hand.” The current Waitaki electorate MP is Jacqui Dean (National). Labour MP David Parker was the Otago electorate MP (2002) until electorate boundaries were changed and the Waitaki electorate was created. The Upper Clutha is in the Waitaki electorate and Queenstown is in Clutha-Southland electorate which currently has Bill English as its MP.
Groundwater meetings coming up Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Otago Regional Council is seeking local knowledge of groundwater resources, ahead of setting limits on how much groundwater can be taken. It is holding two workshops in the Upper
Clutha, at which its water management policy will also be explained by council staff. A workshop on the Hawea Basin aquifers will be held at the Hawea Community Centre next Wednesday, August 27, from 7pm until 9pm. The Pisa and Luggate-Queensberry
groundwater zones will be discussed at a meeting at the Lowburn Community Hall the following day, Thursday, August 28, from 11am to 12.30pm. Workshops were also being held in Ranfurly and Roxburgh. The council’s policy, planning and resource
management director, Fraser McRae, said council scientists would be studying the region’s groundwater resources in the near future, and gaining local knowledge from the outset would help inform decisions on how to best manage groundwater resources.
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Losing locks for charity Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Hair to Help campaign organiser Bevin Young and Wanaka Sun coowner Nikki Heath (pictured) both had the chop for charity on Tuesday. Bevin had 53cm of hair cut off, and Nikki had 30cm trimmed. They are part of a group of about eight Wanaka people (including at
least one man) who are donating their hair to a charity which makes wigs for women who have lost their hair during chemotherapy. The ponytails will be collected from hairdressers around town at the end of the week and sent off to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. While Bevin and Nikki both said they initially felt naked without their locks, they were glad to donate their hair to women
with cancer. “It took me five years to grow it that long and I’m very happy to be able to give it to someone who needs it more than me,” Bevin said. Nikki has had long hair all her life, except after she was accidentally scalped in a go-karting accident when she was 13. “It feels weird to have short hair, but it’s great to help someone out,” Nikki said.
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Let’s talk about ice Jessica Maddock Wanaka Sun A Wanaka-based man is proposing setting up a committee to investigate building ice-skating rinks in the Wanaka area. Roy Kewish, who played Masters ice hockey in Christchurch before moving south, believed an ice complex would make a significant contribution to the local economy. While he dreamed of a complex housing four rinks – for ice hockey, speed skating, curling and the public – plus a concrete rink on which skaters could train using roller blades, a gym, rehabilitation facilities and hot and cold recovery pools, he accepted a smaller facility which had space to grow was a realistic starting point. However, he believed a complete complex would lead to international ice hockey teams, speed and figure skaters and curlers coming to Wanaka to train, as skiers and snowboarders did. The complex would be the only one of its kind in the country and also provide a base for New Zealand ice sport athletes wanting to reach a high level. There were already ice hockey players in Wanaka who travelled to the Queenstown and Alexandra rinks to compete and there was a “vibrant ice hockey culture” in Tekapo, Alexandra and Gore. The complex would provide another tourist attraction and be popular
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on days when the ski fields were closed, Roy said. He believed funding could be available through ice sport organisations and having both hot pools and ice rinks would create energy-generating opportunities. The complex could be built at Three Parks, where the Queenstown Lakes District Council had proposed building a multisport facility. Roy (pictured) was not the first ice sport enthusiast to suggest building a rink in Wanaka. Cardrona Curling Club secretary/treasurer, Roger Gardiner, asked the Wanaka Sports Facility Steering Group
to consider factoring a future ice rink into its plans, during public consultation in February. He told the Wanaka Sun this week he believed it would be short-sighted of the council not to ensure there was space for future ice facilities at the sport centre site. “I’m worried they’ll jam an aquatic centre into Three Parks and the opportunity to introduce an ice rink down the track – as Gore and Alexandra have done – will be lost. “Even if funding doesn’t allow for it to happen now, they could set aside the equivalent of two or three tennis courts for future-proofing.” The council should also ensure that, if a new
aquatic centre was built, it was set up in a way which enabled an ice rink to be added and the water heating and cooling energy generation opportunities harnessed. “This is the best opportunity we’ve ever had,” Roger said. The Cardrona Curling Club had 60 members, despite its limited facilities, and he believed ice sports would become as popular as swimming, if there was a rink. While he supported people with vision, Roger believed the ice complex, if realised, should be a community facility for residents and holiday home owners. He was concerned an expensive facility built as a training ground for international athletes could end up a white elephant if they chose to train elsewhere. Sports facility steering group chairperson, Duncan Good, declined to comment on the suggestion ahead of a council meeting in Wanaka on Thursday next week, at which a decision on whether to upgrade the existing swimming pool, which has been found to be susceptible to earthquake damage, or bring forward construction of two new pools as part of the sports facility, is to be made. People interested in Roy Kewish’s idea of forming a committee to discuss a potential ice facility could contact him by email: queball@ xtra.co.nz.
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Pool decision next week Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Queenstown Lakes District councillors expect to make a decision on longterm swimming facilities in Wanaka at the council meeting in Wanaka next Thursday (August 28). Options range from refurbishing the existing community pool and adding a learners’ pool, to bringing forward the construction of a new 25m pool and learners’ pool as part of the Wanaka Sports Facility to be built at Three Parks.
Second barrier fence underway Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Installation of the posts for the second rockfall barrier fence across the Diana Falls slip face on State Highway 6, between Makarora and Haast township, have begun. The first of the five 6m-high, 720kg posts were lifted onto site and into place on Monday. The NZ Transport Agency’s Senior Network Manager Mark Pinner said all the posts for the second fence, being built about 150m up the slip face, are expected to be installed within the next week. Work will then
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begin hanging the five tonnes of high-tensile steel mesh that will be draped between the posts across the slip. “When the three
rockfall barrier fences are completed at the end of next month, there will be more than 30 tonnes of steel mesh on the hillside in what will be the most complex rockfall protection system ever to be installed in Australasia,” he said. “Each fence will have the capacity to stop a boulder weighing up to 16 tonnes which is travelling down the hillside at a speed in excess of 90kph.” Weather permitting, work on the slip will be completed by the end of the month, which would allow SH6 to be opened to two-way, 24/7 traffic.
Arma Del Amor album winner The free download of Arma Del Amor’s new album was won by Jacqueline McGraw. Jacqueline entered the draw by emailing the names of both members of Arma Del Amor to the Wanaka Sun. They were Martine Harding and Danny Fairley.
Governor General signs writ The Governor General, Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae, has signed the writ directing the Electoral Commission to conduct the General Election on September 20. This is the formal authority to run the 2014 election, and enables candidate nominations to open today. Candidate nominations close at 12 noon on Monday for bulk nominations of electorate candidates by registered political parties direct to the Electoral Commission; at 12 noon on Tuesday for party list candidates by registered political parties direct to the Electoral Commission; and at 12 noon on Tuesday for individual nominations to the Returning Officer for the electorate. A full list of parties and candidates is expected to be publicly available from the elections website by 2pm next Wednesday.
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Council is currently spending $115,000 on temporary strengthening of the existing pool building, to bring it up to the minimum earthquake standard so it can reopen by the end of September. Spending another $55,000 would extend the life of the pool by five years. QLDC Mayor Vanessa van Uden said council has asked for an estimate of the total cost of adding a 25m pool and learners’ pool to the proposed Wanaka Sports Facility. “That will include capital costs, potential operating models and rating implications,” she said.
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Firefighters take on Chillfactor Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Six teams of firefighters from Auckland, Queenstown, Wanaka and Frankton will be skiing or snowboarding down the Coronet Peak slopes with a 30m-long, 20kg fire hose tomorrow to raise money for the Bruce Grant Youth Trust. The Firefighter Chillfactor Challenge is organised by Auckland Airport firefighter Tony Scott, who together with co-ordinator Bobby Lamont organise the annual firefighter Sky Tower Challenge. Over a two-hour period from 8am to 10am, teams of four travel up the Coronet Express chairlift as often as they can, skiing or snowboarding down together while all holding onto the hose. “That’s trickier than
Cycle trails affected by rain Heavy rain this month has taken a toll on cycle trails in the Wakatipu and Upper Clutha. A geotechnical engineer would start assessing tracks today. One section of the Clutha River Track, near the Albert Town Bridge, has been temporarily closed so a full assessment can be made. An alternative route is available along the terrace above the river track. Mike Weaver, QLDC’s Manager of Parks and Commercial Operations, said contractors were placing cones and signs on areas where users needed to be particularly careful because of slumping or slips. Other affected areas include two stretches of the Twin Rivers trail: between Lake Hayes Estate and Old School Road, and between Lake Hayes Estate and Morven Ferry Road. The Arrowtown Track near Whitechapel is also affected.
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you might think,” Tony said. “We have to have a few practice runs the afternoon before because if you don’t get the timing right, the person on the end of the hose gets flung off like it’s a slingshot.” The event has raised about $22,000 since it started three years ago,
and the organisers hope to raise $10,000 this year. “Queenstown’s the defending champion and Wanaka wants to win it really, really badly, while our Auckland Airport team is always out to beat the team from Queenstown Airport,” Tony said.
The Trust provides funding for young people looking to further themselves in the arts, sports or cultural fields, in memory of Queenstown mountaineer Bruce Grant who died on K2 in 1995. Pictured: firefighters competing in last year’s challenge.
The art of conversation Laura Williamson Wanaka Sun It was a full house at Bistro Gentil on Saturday night for the launch of artist Rangi Kipa’s pop-up exhibition at the restaurant. The evening opened with a free talk by the artist, who discussed his background and training in formal Maori carving, his use of unconventional material such as corian (a type of faux marble often used in kitchen countertops), indigeneity in Aotearoa and beyond, as well as the role of art in effecting change. This was followed by a degustation dinner,
where, in a unique fusion of food, creativity and conversation, art lovers got the chance to sit down for a meal with Rangi. Known as one of New Zealand’s top carvers, Rangi’s work is on display at museums around New Zealand, including Te Papa in Wellington, and shot putter Valerie Adams wore one of his carved taonga (treasures) when she served as flag bearer at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The Rangi Kipa exhibition runs until September 16. Pictured are Bistro Gentil owner Luc Bohyn and Rangi Kipa. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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New club for Wanaka Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Members of the recently formed Wanaka Leo Club spent time sorting money on Sunday for their first project. The coins and notes - old decimal and predecimal New Zealand currency and foreign currency - are being collected in the Wanaka branches of ANZ and BNZ, and the i-Site as part of the Lions Clubs of New Zealand’s
ongoing campaign Heads Up for Kids. The obsolete and foreign cash is then redeemed for New Zealand dollars and used to fund education programmes for young New Zealanders who would otherwise not get the opportunity. Wanaka Leo Club is a community-based youth club for young people aged 12 to 18. The club had its first meeting on August 6. The charter members of the club
are, pictured from left: Veron Pittaway, Louis Hughes, Nicole Price, Tomas Winder, Raven Pittaway, Claudia Wilkinson, Samantha Wilkinson and president Niamh Schmack; (front) Anika Fouchee, Albie Haynes and Kilita Fouchee. Upcoming projects for the club include Odd Shoe Day, which raises money for Camp Quality, in September and Diabetes Onesie Day in November.
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Course for gifted kids Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun There are 15 places available in the one-daya-week STAR programme for gifted children next year. The programme is open to nine to 11year-olds in the Upper Clutha and is facilitated by Danielle Nicholson. “It’s extremely challenging to be gifted,” she said. “The STAR programme helps them better understand themselves. It increases their self-confidence and they learn to understand their emotional reactions to things and their individual learning styles. They love it.”
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five percent. They are not necessarily top of the class at school, but they can use what they learn to create something new
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and original.” Danielle has been teaching gifted children for eight years. “I feel like I’m doing what I went into teaching to do,” she said. “I teach a child, not a programme. They’re great kids and it’s wonderful watching them develop.” STAR is subsided by CO REAP and Central Lakes Trust but still costs families about $1000 per child. Applications should be made to Kathi Maclean at CO REAP by the end of August. Pictured: gifted student Caitlin O’Brien “creating her own optical illusion”.
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Fast chef coming to town Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun The Food Truck television chef Mike van de Elzen (pictured) is coming to Wanaka next month to promote his new book, Fast. It’s an interesting name for a cookbook, which fortunately is not about fasting, but is about cooking fast, as in quickly. Mike said the inspiration for the book, and the title, was becoming a father. “It’s amazing how your focus shifts after having a family,” he told the Wanaka Sun. “My wife is a cook too and the book is a compilation of both our home cooking. We have a whole section on kids’ food with recipes they can cook themselves.” Mike said he was impressed during a summer holiday at a beach house where he saw children not much older than his daughters, who are one and three, cooking family dinners. “We’ve shown kids how to grow food, now we want to show them how to cook it.” Mike said home cooking should be fast and fun, creating healthy food which appeals to children, using seasonal ingredients. “I’m good at hiding vegetables,” he said. “I like to give kids what they know, things like meatballs
and sausage rolls, but make them healthy.” Examples he says are winners with his daughters include chicken
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and courgette sausage rolls, pumpkin and pork meatballs, and a fried rice dish which uses quinoa, broccoli and black sesame seeds.
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Mike also said creating inexpensive heathy food was important. “My wife Belinda goes to the Avondale market every Sunday morning and buys all the fruit and vegetables we need for the week without ever spending more than $40,” he said. “The more I look at the average diet, the more I realise how much, as a nation, we choose the easier option of purchasing highly processed foods. Being out and about around New Zealand, speaking and cooking at schools and community events, I see that junk food is no longer a treat but rather a regular part of school lunches, dinners and even breakfasts.” Mike hopes his latest book will help change that. As well as hosting two television series Mike has opened two restaurants. His first called Molten, won both Metro and Cuisine Restaurant of the Year awards. Two weeks ago he opened a chicken restaurant called Boy and Bird. “I was brought up on a chicken farm and this restaurant was a childhood dream,” he said. Fast is Mike’s fourth cookbook. He will be talking during a fundraising lunch at Edgewater on September 6. See classifieds for details
crimescene Uninvited guest, feuding skateboarders Police attended an incident on August 11 in which an unknown intoxicated male was found in a Hedditch Street address asleep on the settee. On August 15 police arrested two local 17-year-old males for disorderly behaviour at the skate park after a fight broke out between the pair over money owed. Police attended a vehicle collision on August 16. A car ran into a vehicle and a power pole at the corner of Dungarvon and Helwick streets. A hospital blood sample was taken from the injured driver to determine his level of intoxication. On the same day police received a report of theft of sheep from a station in the Cardrona Valley. Police have asked farmers to check their stock and report any cases of stock theft. Police attended a report of wilful damage to a large window next to the Westpac door on Sunday.
For non-emergency advice or assistance from Wanaka Police call 443 7272. You can also find us on Facebook. In an emergency always dial 111. To provide information anonymously, call the organisation CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 111
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Good habits for spring Gina Dempster Last week I read the “7 habits of highly effective people”. Actually I only managed to read about the first three habits, before I had to drop it off to the library because it was overdue. (I’m pretty sure that having overdue library books disqualifies me immediately from any claims to effectiveness). The basic theme of the book was that if you want to change your life, change your habits. And it made me think about how easy it is to let good habits slip. This winter I turned into a person who didn’t exercise. Without our old dog to get me out of bed on frosty mornings it was easy to be lazy. That was until I agreed
to be the ring-in for a Spring Challenge team. Don’t tell my teammates but I’m not that confident of my ability to keep moving forwards for seven hours. Still there’s nothing like looming public humiliation to get you motivated, so my mission now is to fit in as much exercise as I can between now and the end of September. And once I got back in the habit, I remembered how much better I feel about everything when I exercise regularly. It’s easy to let your environmental habits slip too. Sitting up at Treble Cone recently, I was busted by a friend handing out individually wrapped Picnic bars to my kids. I felt like a real
fraud. My downfall started in the school holidays when my kids fell on their cousin’s individually wrapped chocolate bars like starving puppies. That led to a moment of weakness in the supermarket. And let’s face it, once you have one moment of weakness, it’s easy to have another one. But my motivation was instantly returned, so sorry Jem and Quinn, it’s back to the squares of chocolate in a little ziplock bag in your pocket. Less packaging (not to mention cheaper). Wouldn’t it be great if there was a spring environment challenge which motivated us to get back into any positive habits we’ve let slip? In the meantime, I’ll have to rely on my friends.
inbrief Quit in Stoptober Local health worker Sarah Berger is encouraging smokers to start thinking about Stoptober now so they can set October 1 as the day they stop smoking. People ready to stop smoking can sign up now at the Stoptober website. The goal of the challenge is to get everyone to stop smoking together on October 1, to stay smoke free throughout October and beyond. Stoptober will be the first nationwide mass quitting attempt. The website will provide free daily text and email support and a free Stoptober App. It will also direct people to face-to-face, online or phone support, as well as stop-smoking medicines. “Evidence shows that smokers who manage to stop smoking for a month are five times more likely to quit, and smokers who use support to stop smoking are much more likely to stay smoke free.” Smokefree Central Otago & Wakatipu Coalition representative, Sarah Berger, said. “Stoptober is an excellent opportunity to quit for good with the increased support and knowing that you’re not on your own.” Wanaka also has free Quit Smoking Support every Thursday 10am-2pm at Community Networks.
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Saints of the Shadow Bible Saints of the Shadow Bible is the latest offering from the prodigious and widely admired Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin. After a short hiatus writing about Malcolm Fox in police corrections, Rankin has hauled detective John Rebus out of an unhappy retirement and back into the fray of the CID (where he belongs). Although now working under his former protégée Siobhan Clarke, Rebus remains as gnarly and mesmeric as ever, still prone to breaking the rules, drinking at lunch time and cultivating a vast network of dodgy and low-life contacts. The story opens with Clarke and Rebus investigating a seemingly straight-forward car crash, which quickly spirals into the death of the Scottish Justice Minister whose son has drug links and secrets to hide. Running concurrent to the main story is the reopening of a 30-year-old murder case that Rebus worked on as a young officer when stationed at the infamously crooked Summerhall CID. The officers of Summerhall called themselves The Saints of the Shadow Bible, and although still distantly friendly with his colleagues from that time,
Rebus is not sure he can trust them. Now on his 20th outing, Rebus only improves with age. He is a lonesome maverick – a classic example of the old-school, hardboiled literary detective. Just as engaging are Rankin’s descriptions of Edinburgh – as much of a character in his work as Clarke or Rebus – and he deftly captures the schizophrenic
By Ian Rankin tension of the city – the dark, grungy underbelly jostling with the glitzy business boom. One of the joys of reading a Rebus novel is imagining yourself by his side as he troops around the dark streets of Edinburgh. Drinking a few pints at The Oxford Bar, having a curry on Great King Street, and listening to records in his sloppy apartment – I enjoy these scenes just as much as the cliff-hangers or denouement. As much as crime is a feature of Rankin’s books, so too are the evolving personalities of his main characters, their relationships with each other, and their peppery conversations. Regular readers are also hooked on the slow burn sexual tension between Clarke and Rebus, which must be among the longest will-they-won’t-they in modern literary history. Thrillers get a bad rap, but Rankin is at the top of his game. He writes well (if not imaginatively), can sustain plausible plots full of suspense, and has the gift of making us care about a flawed, singular character who still thinks the Stones are the height of cool. - Eleanor Ainge Roy
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Poetry day celebrations Caroline Harker Wanaka Sun Wanaka Library’s poet-tree is decorated with 270 poems, ready for tomorrow’s celebrations. August 22 is National Poetry Day and the library is hosting a popup poetry café. There will be free tea or coffee and sweet treats for
people to enjoy while listening to local poets. These include Jan Kelly, Gwenda Rowlands and Annabel Wilson. Liz Breslin is taking a free poetry writing workshop and Mount Aspiring College students will recite poems from 3pm. Finalists and winners of the children’s poetry competition will be announced at 4pm.
The event has been organised by library assistant Eve MarshallLea, pictured with Sam Soper, 7, whose entry is below:
Black is… Like the sound of thunder - boom! Like the taste of liquorice Like the smell of rubber burning Like the feel of blackboard paint.
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Bodkin Shield contested Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun Wanaka Gun Club hosted the first shoot of the three-day Bodkin Shield competition on Friday August 15 with teams from Amberley south in attendance. The results of the round one, 20-target handicap were: Possible 20, B S Gardiner, Shane Sanders, Lachlan Woods, Ben Robertson, Jesse Day, Harry Russell, Dylan Crawford,
Mike Duncan, Lindsay Phillips, Rex Smart, Jack Simpson, Tim Craig, Graeme Hughes, Hamish Robertson, Stephen Diack. The round two, 20-target handicap results were: Possible 20, Micheal Gould, Shane Sanders, Shea Plaisted, Lachland Woods, Craig Pilcher, Allan Wilson, Peter Sanders, Jason Bromell, Andrew Black, Lindon Sanders, Garth Sanders, Brian Thurlow, Trevor Appleby,
Donald Taylor, A J Crosbie, Ray Anderson. The results of the round three, 20-target handicap were: Possible 20, David Eckhoff, Kade Bellaney, Donald Dow, Warren Darling, Craig Pilcher, Sam Wright, Zane Laing, Trevor Bellaney, Russell Diack, Leonard Smith, Jason Bromell, Dale Robertson, Andrew Black, Malcom Smart, Mike Duncan, Peter Williams, Lindon Sanders, Rex Smart,
Tim Craig, Peter Wright, Graeme Hughes, Donald Taylor, Neil Johnstone. Shooters who scored 40 targets over rounds two and three shot off on a “first miss and you are out” basis for the five trophies on offer. After 77 targets, Andrew C Black from Amberley was placed first, Jason Bromell was second, Lindon Sanders third, Craig Pilcher fourth and Donald Taylor fifth. The Cotsford Burdon
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Memorial cup, scored over 60 targets for the day’s shooting, was contested by six shooters who scored 59 out of 60 targets as nobody managed to shoot the perfect score of 60/60. Andrew C Black from Amberley won the cup after a 75-target shoot off, Tim Craig was placed second, Jason Bromell third, Donald Taylor fourth, Shane Sanders fifth and Lindon Sanders was in sixth place.
The Scots now league leaders Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Ballstars took on the Mishits in the first game of round four in the futsal League of Champions. Although the football was respectable, the game remained nil-all until the final minutes. The Ballstars scored first, and with seconds on the clock the Mishits claimed an equaliser to finish the game 1-1.
The second game was between unbeaten first-placed Independent Scotland and unbeaten second-placed Dribble Squad. Both teams were right up for it and the game started at a fierce pace. The Scots put in four goals without response and it was down to late call up, “Big Al”, to muster the youthful Squad with a fine drive to get them on the score sheet. Fifteen goals were scored but it was
the Scots who came away victorious, 11-4 the final score. Notinyourmum’s Forest took on Wanaka Poker Club next. Neither team lacked in any department, with shots, tackles and goals aplenty but WPC had the edge, winning 7-4. The New Team and the Misfits wrapped up the night. Both of these teams have yet to record any points this season, but that had to change in the “Battle for the Bottom”. The
Misfits have the unenviable record of not winning a match in their four years of competing. Captain Mikey Bopp scored his first competitive goal to put the Misfits in the lead but the New Team responded and put the game out the reach, 4-1 the final score. Ne xt w e e k the Leag u e of Champions will take a break as the semi-finals of the Wanaka Futsal Cup is contested.
First Worldloppet event hosted in NZ Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The 20th Merino Muster was held in perfect conditions on Saturday, with 161 cross country skiers competing in the three distances. Sixtyone international skiers from 18 countries joined the New Zealanders for the first New Zealand Worldloppet race. Polish skiers Maciej Kreczmer and Justyna Kowalczyk won the men’s and women’s 42km
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Merino Muster. Noah Hoffman (USA) and Brian McKeever (Canada) filled out the men’s podium,
while Sylwia Jaskowiec (Poland) was placed second and Wanaka’s Joanna Williamson
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was placed third in the women’s race. The 21km Snow Rake men’s event was won by Kiwi Tristan McKenzie, followed by Wanaka’s Paul Wright in second and Alex Ferneyhough (USA) in third. Norwegian Birgitte Okland won the women’s event, with Brittany Hudak (Canada) second and Yorika Abe (Japan) third. The 7km Straggle Muster titles were won by Cirque Gammelon (USA) and Wanaka’s Ella Maluschnig. Wanaka’s Louis Jones and
Campbell Wright rounded out the men’s podium, while Wanaka’s Sam Burke finished second and Claudia Basti (Germany) was placed third in the women’s race. Pictured are Ellen and Angus Cagney after finishing their first Merino Muster races. Ellen, 14, placed first in under-16 female division of the 21km race and Angus, 11, placed third in the under-14 male category of the 7km race.
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Netball magic Holy Family Catholic School hosted the second annual Tititea netball tournament for players in Year 3 and Year 4 from the Wanaka region on Saturday. The tournament was started last year to showcase Year 3 and 4 netball talent and to help raise funds for netball equipment. Eight teams played four games each, with Wanaka Steel winning the Year 4 competition and the Wanaka Magic winning the Year 3 competition. The Bridget O’Brien Award for positive attitude and determination were awarded to Evie Pendlebury, Annie Wells, Bonnie MacGregor, Saffron Millar, Georgie Gillespie, Anise McLean and Annalise Millar. Jack East, Millie East and Isabella Soper won the goal shooting competitions in their categories. Pictured is Wanaka Magic coached by Maree McElrea (at rear): Millie East, Eva Gilbertson, Kaia McElrea, Sara Ambrose, (front) Amelia Loudon and Evie Pendlebury.
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Junior rugby prize-giving Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The Upper Clutha junior rugby prize-giving ceremonies were held over the weekend. The under-14 and under-16 prize-giving was held on Friday with guest speakers former All Black Simon Maling and former Highlanders’ winger and New Zealand Seven Buxton Popoalii at the event. Junior Advisory Board president John Watherston was the guest speaker at the under-7 to Open Grade prize-giving on Saturday (pictured). The season’s Best All Round Player trophies were awarded to: Lucas
Parry (under-7 Gold), Louie Hose (under-7 Rams), Victor Edwards (under-7 Black), Jojo King (under-7 Stags), Jacob Toomey (under-7 Merinos), Myles Nichol (under-8 Gold), Henry Bowering (under-8 Gold), Roman Alty (under-9 Black), Benji Pujol (under-9 Gold), Jack Timu (under-10 Black), Eligh Hollegien (under-10 Gold), Zach Smith (under-11), Nico Bowering (Open Grade Black), Fergus Read (Open Grade Gold), Henry Hardaker (under-14) and Layne Opetaia (under-16). The season’s Most Improved Player trophies were awarded to: Kezik Magill (under-7 Gold),
Max Bretherton (under-7 Rams), Joe Rowley (under-7 Black), Archie Bruce (under-7 Stags), Magnus Pinfold (under-7 Merinos), James Docherty (under-8 Gold), Jonty Keenan (under-8 Gold), Jandre Fouchee (under-9 Black), Bradley Gendall (under-9 Gold), Will Collins (under-10 Black), Rory Read (under-10 Gold), Oscar Humphreys (under-11), Tom Roberts (Open Grade Black), Rhys Hughes (Open Grade Gold), Adam Breen (under-14) and Jack Porter (under-16). The under-16 team also awarded the Most Supportive Player Trophy which went to Levi Vink.
Representative winners The 7A Upper Clutha Netball Representative team won their division at the Alexandra tournament on Sunday. Pictured (back) Kirsten Blackley, Krystal McCutcheon, Annie Timu, Meg Breen, Shanae Sanders and coach Margo Beattie; (front) Rata Horan, Jodi Chisholm and Jessica Ecroyd. (Absent: Josie Plimmer). PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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EDITORIAL There are only three weeks to go until the first part of the Gigatown competition ends and it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the benefits of winning this competition. Ultrafast broadband could create a more diversified economy, which means a healthy and sustainable Wanaka. Faster broadband enables the high-speed transfer of data which in turn leads to opportunities in the film and television industries, online marketing and retail, and in software development, all while maintaining the small town look and feel of Wanaka. The benefits would be extended to many sectors. Using technology in the education sector gives access to national resources. In the health sector new technologies make remote diagnosis and health monitoring a possibility. Management applications and analysis tools could save time and resources in the farming sector. And in small business, utilising digital economy would see communications and network savings, as well as the ability to connect with a larger consumer base. We already know what a wonderful place Wanaka is to live, how about making it equally attractive to conduct and develop business here? GigatownWanaka supporters have already logged more than 4.3 million gigapoints. Let’s keep the momentum going.
Secrets of Wanaka We certainly do get our down times due to the loss of our loved ones. Sometimes these periods are not hard to occur, a disappointment. It happened months past. It was just one of those days. A busy day, venturing out into the cold but beautiful sunny day. Finishing the pruning of the fruit trees, picking up the prunings warmed me up. Heaped ready for burning…yes I will get to the point. I decided to walk along Waterfall Creek – good for the soul, thinking. Time for coffee and chips, my favourite comfort food. On the way back to the car two wonderful incidents that tipped my doldrums. A familiar good friend came by and his dog greeted me by running up and giving me a loving lick. All pleased to see each other. And four ladies sitting by the lake enjoying a local wine. I called out “those bottles look interesting”. They said “come and join us”, so I did and we talked and laughed. I went home and put on some happy music. Thank you all who helped brighten my day. One of the precious secrets of Wanaka. Sussex Pete C
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BEAUTIFUL CHINA tea cup bird feeders, great for attracting wax eyes and bell birds to your garden. Makes the perfect present. $25 ph or txt 021 680 110
TO THE wee Scotty dog on Trevathan Place, please pick up your poop from the kiddies play ground, seen him deposit there 3 times now and nobody has collected it, not nice!
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FREE BUDGET ADVICE available at Community Networks by appointment. Call 4437799 or email info@communitynetworks.co.nz JP SERVICES at Community Networks Tuesdays1pm and Fridays 10.30.For appointments call 4437799 FENCER AVALIABLE. Rabbit netting, sheep wire, waratah fences. 0275545678 WILSON’S PEST control & Window cleaning. Spider & Fly treatments. Do it once, do it well. Licensed & Accredited. Call anytime 03 443 6652 or www.wilsonservices.co.nz WANAKA DISTRICTS Club, for affordable family dining and great bar prices. Join for just $20 per year. NEED A babysitter? Text Katie on 02102988747 WANAKA PHARMACY is your local pharmacy. We’re the big pharmacy at the top of Helwick Streetopen until 7pm every single day. Ph 443 8000 WANTED
AYURVEDIC SPRING CLEANSE Guided cleansing protocols for winter/ spring transition IT’S ALMOST that time again!! 02102216409 enquire with carmen PREGNANCY YOGA. Fri @ 10. With carmen. 02102215409 enquiries. PREGNANCY YOGA new session begin with carmen on mon@ 6:30 pm. Beginning sept 02102215409 enquiries. AYURVEDA ARTS =Therapies Consultation Massage Nutrition & Seasonal Wellness Plans.Natures Wisdom for Daily Health. 0210318288 YOGA FOR CANCER support, recovery for patients & caregivers--& ALL desiring a gentle, restoring class. Noon Thursdays St. Johns Rooms. Jennifer 0220974596 GENTLE YOGA connecting movement with breath, & You. 9:30 EA WEDS. 557 Aubrey Rd. $12 classes. Mats available. Jennifer 0220974596 QUARTZ CRYSTAL singing bowl and toning sessions for deep relaxation/energy balancing available by appointment. 181 Cemetery Rd HAWEA Jennifer 022 097 4596 YOGA IN HAWEA! Gentle movement with the breath. 181 Cemetery Rd ea Tues & Thurs at 9:30AM $12. Jen 022 097 4596 LOCALS SPECIAL - Your first massage is just $45 at The Body Garage. To book in call or text 0212078486 PREGNANCY PILATES - suitable for 2nd/3rd trimester. Stay strong, flexible and healthy throughout your pregnancy. For details ring/ text 0212078486 MASSAGE THERAPY. Sports-,Deep tissue,Relaxation-,Pregnancy massage. Effective and rejuvenating. Ursula Krebs, Dip. Massage Therapist CH/NZ. Phone: 027 6602271. HOMEOPATH AND Wellness Specialist available at Wanaka Wellness Centre. Over 20 years experience. Call Linda Baker on 0211468041 or visit www.intelligenthealth. com for a refreshing approach to your wellness concerns. ASPIRING MASSAGE WANAKA. Est 2004. Trevor Bailey. Full time massage since 1994 USA/NZ. Ph 4432993 or 0274222455. www. aspiringmassagewanaka.co.nz HOT QIGONG at Hot Yoga Fusion. Come and enjoy deep relaxation for body and mind rejuvenation. Friday 7.15pm. Contact: James 027 528 0396 wanakaqi@gmail.com YOGA FOR your wellbeing, small classes in a warm peaceful environment, to suit all levels. Contact Jill at jillmidgley@gmail.com, 4437655 or 0220685434. WANAKA TAEKWONDO club offering first week lesson free. Than weekly only $20 ,Mon 6.30-7.30Pm, Thu 6-7Pm, Sun 9-10Am at 80 Ballantyne Rd. 02040152714 Lax BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU classes now available in Wanaka, all levels, call Alex on 0211440254 facebook.com/carlsongraciewanaka
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VASECTOMYS AVAILABLE here in Wanaka with Dr Simon Brebner at Aspiring Medical Centre. Ph 443 0725 for an appointment to discuss. DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR ADDICTION PROBLEMS? Robyn Cousins from SF Central is at Community Networks, 73 Brownston Street Tuesdays 11am-2pm for free confidential advice.
SYLVANIAN FAMILIES NEW NURSERY RANGE in store now at your biggest local toy shop, Wanaka’s own National Transport & Toy Museum, SH 6, open 7 days!
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BUSINESS NETWORKING International. The Wanaka chapter of BNI meets weekly at 7am Tuesday morning. Great networking opportunity to grow your business. Contact Jake for information 021 404 641 WANAKA GREENWASTE and Landscape Supplies. Open Hours Monday to Friday 10am-3pm, Saturday Sunday 10am-4pm. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday in July & August. OP SHOP open 12 midday to 4pm at Wanaka Primary School. Use Koru Way entrance, off Totara Terrace, alongside the steps. CUSTOMER LOYALTY Cards – ask about these cards on your next visit to the Salvation Army Family Store WANAKA SALVATION Army Family Store Opening Hours - Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm. We look forward to seeing you there! SPORTS FUNDING seminars are free, and anyone interested in attending is asked to register their interest with Bill Godsall on (03) 445 1142 or 021 442 626, or by emailing him at bgodsall@sportotago.co.nz WANAKA PHARMACY’S extended winter hours this ski season - 8.30am until 7pm, Monday to Sunday. HOMEOWNER? LIKE to make some extra $ this summer? Rent your house over New Years. Kiwiana Accommodation www. kiwianaaccommodation.com, for info email iloveit@kiwianainc.com SUPER FRESH fruit and vege. We put quality first. organicexpress.co.nz
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TREBLE TONES is a women’s acappella group in Wanaka. We are looking for interested, experienced Alto I and Alto IIs. Kirsty 0272005111
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LET’S TALK about ice: People interested in Roy Kewish’s idea of forming a committee to discuss a potential ice facility could contact him by email: queball@xtra.co.nz.
WANTED: RIDE SHARE TO AIRPORT from Albert Town. 25/08 - 01/09. Flight student can contribute to travel costs. Ph 03 4436463, 021 1102160
SEWING REPAIRS an alterations. Helpful economic service. Phone Sue 4432008 or 0272472181
ARE YOU OVER 60 and need help with laptop or smartphone? Contact Community Networks 4435712 for a free session with a MAC student.
ART CLASSES at The Artist’s Corner. Bring a friend and get 50% off! www.theArtistsCorner.co.nz or 022 350 7313 for bookings
BOAT STORAGE needed for 18ft boat Dec to march. Farmshed or similar? Dunedin holidayers! PH 021919837
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Hope, Margaret Barrow 2: Kerry Suckling, Richie Muir, Jon Barron 3: George Cameron, Neil Robertson, Alison Stretch. Tuesday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Dave Minson and Jude Davey 2: John Maddison and Madeleine Wilson 3: Kevin Davey and Yvonne Gale. Wednesday Afternoon Triples 1: B Smyth. Joan Smith, I. Urquhart 2: W Hodge, C Keiweit, M Firman 3: D Studholme, A Turnbull, K Mitchell Wednesday Evening Trades Competition 1 Trail Enders 2: G+T 3: Haggis Thursday Afternoon 2x4x2 Pairs 1: Henry Thayer and Trevor Tovey 2: John Barrow and Neville Young 3: Geoff Thomas and Mel Campbell Thursday Evening Trades Competition 1: P Studholme, M Wight, S Hur-
ley 2: R McNeilly, L Allison, R Muir 3: A Haig, G Dowdall, N Walker Friday Afternoon Progressive Skips:1: Betty Russell 2: Coleen Landsborough 3: Don McLeay 2nds: 1:Iain Fletcher 2: Graeme Walker 3: Lyn Jarvie Saturday Studholme Memorial 1: Mt Albert 5: Bremner Park 2: Beacon Point 6: Pembroke 3:Scurr Heights 7: Meadowstone 4: Rippon Lea 8: Hawea LAKE HAWEA GOLF RESULTS African Stablefords. 1st. Dick Sullivan + Chris Morrow. 104. 2nd. Gerry Browne + Ashley Hale. 84. 3rd. Brian Burgess + Tim Cotter. 73. Nearest pin no 1. Tim Cotter, no 5. Ashley Hale. Two’s. Tim Cotter, Ashley Hale.
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Two titles for Piera Staff Reporter Wanaka Sun The New Zealand Alpine National Championships and Coronet Cup took place on Sunday at Coronet Peak. The National Championship Giant Slalom (GS) was the first event on the four-day schedule with the course set on the Outwide run. Piera Hudson (Hawke’s Bay/Wanaka) was the first New Zealander to take to the course. She described her first run as “so-so”, but finished run one the fastest of the New Zealand women. Piera (pictured) finished her second run with the national title in an overall time of 1:43.13s. “I’m really happy to take the national title,” she said. “In the past I’ve been too focused o n wi n n i n g and it hasn’t paid off. Today I just treated it like any other race, just focused on my skiing and trusted that the results would come.” E l i z a G r i g g (Canterbury) was second for New Zealand and Elizabeth Reid (Invercargill) was third. The men’s national championship title went to Willis Feasey
sportbrief Annual banked slalom
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Treble Cone hosted the annual DB Export Banked Slalom snowboard event on Saturday, with the natural halfpipe Shooter set as the course. The female division was won by Winter Olympian Christy Prior, ahead of second placed Ash Cowper and Hannah Orchard in third place. In the male event, local rider and Rookie Academy coach Richie Johnston (pictured) won the open division. Volker Blepp was in second place and Keith Stubbs in third place.
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(Twizel) in a time of 1:39.46s. Adam Barwood (Queenstown) was the second placed New Zealander. Nick Prebble (Christchurch) rounded out the New Zealand men’s podium with third place. The New Zealand Alpine National Slalom Championships was held at Coronet Peak on Tuesday, with Piera aiming to claim her second national championship title for the season. Slalom is a two-run event with racers only
able to start the second run after successfully completing the first. Piera’s first run time of 50.14s put her in first place among the New Zealand women. In ski racing the skiers with the fastest 30 times in run one start first in reverse order. Piera was the last NZ woman to take the course and just snatched the national championship title with her overall time of 1:39.48s, Elizabeth Reid was behind her in 1:39.60s. Eliza Grigg was the third placed
NZ woman with a time of 1:40.25s. Olympian Adam Barwood was looking to defend the men’s national title which he has held since 2012. His first run time of 47.21s put him in first place amongst the NZ field. Adam had a convincing second run, finishing in a time of 1:38.32s to claim the national title with Nick Prebble second and Willis Feasey third. “It was a solid run and I’m really happy to win the national title,” Adam said.
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Upper Clutha juniors selected Eighteen Upper Clutha junior rugby players have been selected to play for representative central Otago, Otago Country and Otago teams. More players than before have been selected from the club for representative teams, president Dean Millar said. Mitchell Evans, Hugo Cochrane, Jimmy Gillespie and Lachie Moore were named on the Central Otago under-38kg and Otago Country under-38kg squads. Fergus Read, Josh Hasler, Matthew Wilson, Sam Knight, Ethan Kerr and Oscar Cochrane were selected for the Central Otago under-48kg team. Maysn Opetaia, Sam Knight, Sam Pearce, Ethan Kerr and Oscar Cochrane were named on the Otago Country under-13 squad. Nico Bowering, Tait Scurr, Jack East, Hamish Robinson, Olly Holloway and Ryan Schmack were selected for the Central Otago under-65kg squad. One more player than last year was selected for the Otago team. Upper Clutha is represented by Nico Bowering, Olly Holloway, Jack East, Hamish Robinson and Fergus Read.
Preparations going well The Findlay & Co MAC A netball team competed in the South Island Secondary School Southland Preparation Mini Tournament Gore on Sunday in preparation for this year’s SISS tournament, which will be held in Invercargill from September 1-4. MAC was ranked 17th in the B Grade for the tournament. They gave a good performance against A Grade ranked teams, winning against Verdon College (23-21) and Dunstan High School (21-15), and losing to Wakatipu High School (16-25). The team (pictured) are (back) Jaimie Vial, Kenzie Findlay, Billie Scurr, Beth Jopson, Tahlia Blundell, Emily Lawson, (front) Brynee Wilson, Sam Morgan and Lillian Cotter. (Absent: Holly Bailey). The team will play in the semi-finals of the Netball Upper Clutha senior competition tomorrow. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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