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Wednesday 8 October 2014
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Fight 4 Victory moves to Saxton
XOBLOOT RELAED EDIR EHT TUOBA S’TI
Andrew Board
DEALER TOOLBOX IT’S ABOUT THE RIDE
Fight 4 Victory organisers Barry Galbraith, left, and Paul Hampton, outside the new home for the Fight 4 Victory, Saxton Stadium. Photo: Andrew Board.
It’s the event that saw local business people, cops, sportsmen and even the mayor get punched in the head and after a one year hiatus, the Fight 4 Victory is back. The charity boxing event will be held on April 4 next year at Saxton Stadium, announced organisers this week. It will again see local personalities thrown in the ring for three rounds of boxing, with 12 weeks of training behind them and a noisy crowd cheering them on. All money raised will once again go to Victory Boxing.
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Police target restricted drivers Young drivers are breaching the conditions of their restricted licences so often that Nelson police are going out to the region’s secondary schools to discuss the issue with the students. Nelson police school community officer, senior constable John O’Donovan has already spoken to year 12 and 13 students at Nelson College, Nelson College for Girls and Nayland College as part of a “proactive educational campaign” to reduce the number of breaches.
Senior constable Evan Garland is planning to talk to year 11 and 12 students at Waimea College in week one and two of next term and the key message police will be delivering is that the “consequences of making a bad decision can be devastating”. “Young drivers are not insured when they breach the conditions of their restricted licence and the financial costs of an accident can be devastating for the young person and their family,” John says. John says the campaign was launched in
response to the “substantial” number of tickets being issued to drivers for breaching the conditions their graduated licences. “So we are trying to tackle it proactively with an education component. It’s far better that we have young people come on board with these messages rather than us just going out there and issuing tickets.” John says the biggest concern is restricted licence holders carrying passengers because young drivers are so easily distracted.
Police are also sending a letter to parents of students asking for their support in the campaign. The letter states “we are asking that you are aware of your sons’ and daughters’ licence conditions and assist us in reinforcing the key safety measures”. “The parents are our allies in this which is why we have included them. They often have control over the family car so we’d like them to help us out rather than us having to issue tickets - we have to solve this problem together.”
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