23 February 2011

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Teresa Hattan Richmond is set to become party central this September. The Richmond Festival is being run on three consecutive days and will feature a Tasman Sevens Invitational tournament, a Richmond Fare Block Party and a Tailgate Party from September 25 to 27. The festival coincides with the crème de le crème of rugby, the Rugby World Cup. Contributions have been received from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board festival lottery fund, which was established to support public events and activities associated with the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The Tasman District Council applied for funding and received $20,700 to go towards the three events being run by Ant Holder, Richmond Unlimited and the A&P Association. Judene Edgar, Richmond Unlimited committee member and Tasman District councillor, says Richmond has unofficially adopted America for the duration of the Rugby World Cup. “It gives us that opportunity to actually bring a bit of the red, white and blue to the Tasman area, Richmond in particular, and gives us an opportunity to have a bit of fun out of this,” she says. The sevens tournament is being run on September 25 and will kick the Richmond Festival off. This event is being run by Ant Holder, who used to play rugby in America. Despite it only being February, Ant says lots of planning has already been done.

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SUN SHADE: Wakefield’s Meg Latham and Brightwater’s Trudi McGlashen made sure they were sun smart by purchasing parasails at the annual Brightwater Wine and Food Festival on Sunday. Photo: Teresa Hattan.

Sun shines on Brightwater’s festival... again The sun shone brightly as another successful Brightwater Wine and Food festival was held over the weekend. The annual event is organised by Rotary Club Richmond and is held each year at the winery on Bryant Rd. Chairman of the organising committee Ken McDonald, says they are unsure of how many people passed through the gates, but it appeared to be about the same as last year – around 4,000. The committee were also unsure of how much money had been raised for the Summit Rescue Helicopter, but the average amount raised over the past seven years has been $30,000.

“We’ve already had some wonderful feedback. It has been centred around how well it was run,” says Ken. Ken says it was also great to see everyone being sun smart. “It was lovely to see all the colours of the umbrellas, everyone was observing the slip, slop, slap and wrap campaign.” What made the festival so great was the atmosphere according to Ken. “One couple from Christchurch said they even scheduled their holidays around the festival.” Ken says it was great to see so many families enjoying the day out at the festival and Rotary are looking forward to hosting the event next year.

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