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Wednesday 17 June 2020
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Beacons to thank for quick and cheap rescue Matt McCrorie Reporter
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Two recent rescue operations from Kahurangi national park over the last month could not have had more different outcomes, due to a personal locator beacon. Dion Reynolds and Jessica O’Connor became lost and injured last month, and without a locator beacon, waited, cold and hungry, as search and rescue teams scoured the bush for 10 days. Another group of trampers went into that same national park last weekend, but there was one key difference. Armed with 3 locator beacons between four people, it took less than an hour for the group to be found once they got into trouble. One of that group, Simon, a Wellington resident, was unable to walk after he fell several metres, not far from Venus Hut in Kahurangi National
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Former sports students give back Jacob Page Waimea College will have some familiar former faces coaching some of their teams. Lucy Ingham and Kalyssa Rasmussen are coaching junior netball while Hannah Taylor is coaching basket-
Park last Saturday. “It wasn’t a big fall, but as soon as I feel I felt something twist and I thought ‘this isn’t good.” Simon says that he found himself with a leg similar injury to Dion. “That injury stops you moving,” Simon said. “We had a few days to go, and I just knew I wasn’t going to make it out of there on that leg.” That was on Saturday night. By the time Simon woke up on Sunday morning, he could hardly walk. Paired with a decent cut on his hand which looked like it could get infected, Simon knew the only option was to set off his beacon. “You feel a bit guilty because you think ‘oh its not life or death’ but with my leg there was no way out of there for me.” Simon set off his emergency beacon at 7am on Sunday morning. By 8am, the rescue helicopter was there, and by 9am he was in Nelson Hospital.
ball. All three represented Waimea successfully for their given sports and now as exstudents are now giving back. Waimea also have Andy Laing coaching volleyball, current Nelson Giant Tom Ingham and netballer Georgia Canning all coaching teams.
The school also has a number of current students coaching netball and basketball for junior or social teams. Hannah says the basketball programme gave her a lot as a player and she wanted to give
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Hannah Taylor, Lucy Ingham and Kalyssa Rasmussen are all former Waimea College students who are volunteering their time as coaches. Photo: Matt McCrorie.
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