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Phillip Rollo Water restrictions have number. Jeff says people been implemented in should only water at night Waimea due to the constant time so they are not losing dry weather in the region. water to evaporation. FurStage one of the dry weath- ther instructions will be er task force is now in place imposed if the drought carafter water on the top parts ries on and the restrictions of Richmond ran out over may mean hand watering the weekend, with con- only, depending how long it sumption exceeding what stays dry. can be proJeff says TDC vided. is “very likely” R e s t r i c t i on s to go to stage more com- The Waimea River is two of the monly oc- already very low, and restrictions, cur in later there is no meaning- and there has December or been an indiful rain in sight. early January, cation stage but Tasman – Jeff Cuthbertson, TDC. three might District Counbe in place becil Utilities Asset Manager fore Christmas. Stage three Jeff Cuthbertson admits re- would require a 50 percent strictions should have been decrease in usage and reimposed as early as Novem- quire industries as well as ber. “The Waimea River is people at home to have realready very low, and there strictions in order to bring is no meaningful rain in the volume of consumption sight. So there’s not much down. we can do except restrict- With the Lee Valley damn ing,” he says. just an idea, there is no long The restrictions are down term solution to this probto handheld hosing only, lem. odd and even days of the “We just have to live with week depending on street what we have today.”
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Waimea Intermediate Girls first-XI cricket team from left; Nicole Riky, Claudia Green, Catherine Evaga, Sarah Brophy, Geena Irvine, Olivia Lester (captain), Courtney Brown, Hannah Davenhill, Sami Jordan, Hannah Taylor, Tayla Brown, Absent Olivia Glass. Photo: Phillip Rollo
Waimea girls finish third in NZ Phillip Rollo The Waimea Intermediate girls firstXI are the third best cricket team in the country. A five-for from star bowler Claudia Green and a quick fire opening partnership from twins Courtney and Tayla Brown sealed Waimea Intermediate’s fate against Berkley Normal Middle School in the third/ fourth playoff. The girls competed at the Milo Shield final in Palmerston North for the top
four teams from around the country, after winning South Islands’. After a heavy eight-wicket defeat to Tawa Intermediate in the semi final, the girls fought back in the tournament to beat Berkley by 27 runs. Batting first Waimea reached 107/8. Hannah Davenhill admitted to being nervous, but says once they were out of final contention, the pressure was off and the rest of the girls rose to the occasion.
“Our first game was pretty hard against Tawa. We only got 40 runs, and they got over 120. We were all out in 10 overs. So we were pretty down,” she says. The girls all want to continue cricket on through college and hope to play for the White Ferns one day. With the White Ferns playing Australia at Saxton Oval later in the year, all the team is excited to watch their idols.