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Drunk youths put top event in ‘jeopardy’ Underage drinking near Richmond’s biggest festival could have put the whole event in jeopardy, say organisers. There has been reports of teenage drinking near of the Last of the Summer Fare on Friday night, although organisers insist it did not come from stall holders. Dave Barrett, co owner of Sprig & Fern, says the Last of the Summer Fare on Friday night was a great event. However, he had heard that there were issues with teenagers loitering around the Richmond Mall car park and that alcohol could have been involved. Sprig & Fern were the major sponsors of the event and had a tent serving beer and wine. Spirits were not sold at the event and Dave believes the young people had access to “alco-pops” prior to the event. “We were taking our re-
sponsibility seriously when serving alcohol,” says Dave. Dave says as far as he was aware the young people didn’t cause trouble in Sundial Square but he had heard that a kid had to have their stomach pumped. St John Nelson operations team leader Gary Tobin says the work load for his staff at Last of the Summer Fare was normal and there were no issues but his staff had passed on to him that there were a large number of teenagers present at the event. “Two teenagers were treated with altered levels of consciousness due to alcohol sourced elsewhere,” he says. However, Pauline Farley, one of the organisers of the event, says a 15 yearold was taken to hospital unconscious and even though the teenagers involved in the incident were not involved in the
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APPLE BOB: Waimea College junior leaders Hollie Scott, 14, and Chelcie Phillips, 14, were in charge of the apple bobbing game at the Sprig & Fern Last of the Summer Fare in the Sundial Square on Friday night. Photo: Teresa Hattan.
Summer Fare attracts massive crowd to Richmond Despite problems with teenage drinking close to the action, organisers of the Sprig & Fern Last of the Summer Fare say the event was a success. Pauline Jennings of Drycrust, who had the tender to organise the event for Richmond Unlimited, says although there
were issues with young people drinking, they did not source their drink from the festival. Medieval games kept the children amused on Friday evening while music, food and beer and wine were on hand to please the rest of the 3000 locals who attended.
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