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Wednesday 22 January 2014
Taking flight
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Standing the Test of Time
The rise of Wanderers Page 24
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Taylah McCombe, left, from Stoke and Tara Cooney from Belgrove enjoying a day out at the Rodeo. Photo: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport.
Richmond rodeo wows big crowd It’s an event unlike any other on the local event calendar and it didn’t disappoint, with dozens of cowboys making the journey to Richmond Park only for most of them to make another quick trip to the arena’s dirt floor. Hundreds attended the rodeo says organiser Tina Angus Phyn, making it a massive day. “We were absolutely thrilled with the gate takings and we need that to pay the bills, we’re rapt.” She says the crowd really got into the event, especially when the action heated up and the support from competitors was just as strong. “The cowboys have come back to us saying ‘this is awesome, this is the best rodeo, thank you guys’. The feedback has been great.” In the competition Patrick McCarthy won the rope and tie, and he teamed up with Kate Haugh to win the team roping comp. Ross Dowling won the bareback, Wade Marshall won the saddle bronc and Henrietta Purvis won the barrel race and Jimmy Booth won the bull ride. For more photos visit www.shuttersport.co.nz.
‘It’s all positive’ for retail It might be across the car park but Richmond Mall manager Belinda de Clercq “can’t wait” for The Warehouse. The foot traffic count for the Richmond Mall was a record high 606,000 during the month of December, a staggering 60,000 more customers than the same time last year when the Upper Queen development hadn’t opened. Put into context the entire wheelchairs mobility scooters walker/canes electric beds ands hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products
population of Tasman is 47,157. Belinda firmly believes the new Gibbons development parallel to the mall is having huge spinoffs, with more people choosing to shop in other parts of Richmond, including the mall. “I think Kmart has definitely drawn more foot traffic from both Nelson and further,” she says. “People are coming from the car park and they might
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