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December 2002New Zealand Police Association NewsletterPolice Council of SportSPORTS NEWSTo contact the Police Council of Sport, call Linda Duncan at the RNZPC. Ph: (04) 238 31392002 NZ Police Association Police Mountain Bike ChampsThe 2002 Police Mountain BikeChampionships, sponsored by the NZPolice Association and the PoliceCouncil of Sport, were held atRotorua on 25 October 2002.The course selected this year was a6-kilometre lap comprising 90%twisty single track, plenty ofclimbing, and little opportunity forrecovery. Open Men raced for 4 laps,most other grades three laps, whilethe Master Women and cruiser gradescompleted two laps. WeatherResultsOpen Men: (4 Laps)1. Vaughan Smith New Plymouth 1hr 20:082. Tony Brownrigg New Plymouth 1hr 25:513. Scott Pitkethley Gisborne 1hr 26:184. Dave Donaldson Rotorua 1hr 28:515. Dave Hamilton Rotorua 1hr 32:406. Ali Methven Hamilton 1hr 38:587. Rod Carpinter Auckland 1hr 39:248. Brent Kearney Auckland 1hr 40:089. Steve Allpress Rotorua 1hr 41:1810. Mike Whyte Rotorua 1hr 41:1911. Mark Farrell Papamoa 1hr 45:1312. Dave Plunkett Auckland 1hr 55:32Open Women: (3 Laps)1. Karen Chambers Wanganui 1hr 24:362. Paula Morice Waitakere 1hr 28:273. Leah Morgan Hamilton 1hr 39:53Master 1 Men (35-44 yrs) (3 Laps)1. Stephen Peat Auckland 1hr 06:402. Richie Williams Auckland 1hr 09:133. Matt Prendergast New Plymouth 1hr 13:404. Dean Furminger Henderson 1hr 15:145. Neal Fray Hamilton 1hr 15:546. Tony Greig Wanganui 1hr 16:137. Ziggy Bruu (True) Blenheim 1hr 16:228. Tim Anderson Cambridge 1hr 18:449. Neil Warren Cambridge 1hr 21:4010. Andrew Skelton DNF11. Matt Stoddard Manurewa DNSMaster 2 Men (45+) (3 Laps)1. Peter Halligan Blenheim 1hr 12:512. Nigel Escott Rotorua 1hr 19:25Master Women (30+) (2 Laps)1. Kate Pirovano Levin 49:342. Nicki Seager Auckland 50:26174preceding race day was brilliant but,as forecast, race-day dawned wet.Light rain actually improved hookupin many sections of the course,while under dense canopy of trees itremained dusty, but by the end ofthe race some sections of the coursewere becoming quite slippery andtree roots became fairly treacherous.Injuries were limited to minorsprains and bruising and competitionwas fierce across all categories.The NZ Police titleholder for 2002 inthe Open Women is Karen Chambers,and the Open Men title was takenout by Vaughan Smith, turning thetables on his Taranaki counterpartTony Brownrigg this year.There was talk of the event beingheld in Blenheim next year, whichwould give the Mainlanders a betteropportunity of taking it to NorthernDistricts. The sentiment from northof the Bombays was “See you there -bring it on!” Should make for somegood competition.Kate Pirovano (left) winner of the Master Women’s in the2002 Police Mountain Bike Championship in Rotorua.Right: Competitors climb up the start of the mountainbike course.Sports history milestoneA couple of retired cops got together the other day and eachtwisted the top off a stubby to mark a significant milestone.Former inspector Joe Franklin of Raumati had just delivered a bigfat manuscript on the history of sport in the Police to retiredsenior constable Ray Read of Waikanae.They had good cause to celebrate. The 183,000-word manuscriptrepresents 16 years of toil between the two. Way back in 1991, athis retirement function at the police college, Ray was invited byCouncil of Sport president Chief Inspector Dave Smith to researchand write the council’s history. Ray had the requisite knowledgehaving chalked up 21 years as council secretary. He acceptedthe challenge but it was harder done than said. There were manytimes over the next few years that Ray regretted thecommitment and intrusion into his retirement years.But he persevered and had a first draft written by 1997 andasked Joe Franklin to ‘have a look at it’. Joe had been thenational media unit manager at Police National Headquarters(now OoC) and had a strong writing, editing and sportingbackground. Joe was amazed at the extent of the research.“It contains a huge amount of information, thousands of namesand as many scores, results and performances from hundreds ofcontests in 38 sports up until Police involvement in interserviceContinued on page 175Visit www.policeassn.org.nz for updated contact details for thePolice Council of Sport management committee, District Sports Officers and the latest schedule of events.
New Zealand Police Association NewsletterDecember 2002Demand sees another Holiday Home for WellingtonThe existing Wellington holiday home’s occupancy has exceeded allexpectations since opening in March 2002. Currently, there are only 2 daysavailable between now and March 2003 and no weekends available untilmid 2003. As a result of this demand, Police Welfare Fund has purchased asecond home in the same complex, which became available for theChristmas ballots 2002/2003 period.The new home pictured is a slightly smaller 2 bedroom unit, which willsleep five and has a large courtyard where members can enjoy Wellington’sfine weather.Before the home was open to bookings, any members on the waiting listfor the existing unit, including those who submitted unsuccessful ballotsfor the currently available Wellington holiday home, were given firstopportunity and were contacted directly. Bookings can now be made for dates from 25 January 2002.HOLIDAY HOME AVAILABILITY – for bookings see www.policeassn.org.nzDecember 2002 February 2003 March 2003Paihia 1, 10-12, 26-27 4, 11, 27 10-16, 18-20, 23-27Stanmore Bay 1-4, 8, 15-20, 22 1-7, 9-14, 16, 19, 27 2-13, 16-27, 30-31Whangamata 1, 4-6, 8, 2-3, 12-13, 23 8-9, 24-25, 29-31Mt Maunganui 3, 11 8, 22 5, 13, 18-21, 23-31Ohope 1-5, 8-12, 19 1 5-6, 10-13, 16-31Rotorua 1-3, 5, 8-15, 17 1, 3-4, 9-12, 16-17, 24-27 2, 6, 10-31Taupo 1-4, 8-10, 17-19 2, 4-5, 9, 12-18 3-6, 11-13, 17-20, 23-31Turangi 1-5, 8, 15-27 1-6, 9-13, 16-26 2-31Napier 2-5, 8-10, 20-23 3-4, 17-18, 26-27 2, 6, 9-14, 16-20, 22-31Paraparaumu 15-18 4-6, 9, 16-17, 26-27 10-12, 14-18, 31Wellington No Dates Available No Dates Available 17, 19-20Nelson 2-3, 9-17 2, 20 2, 19, 25Hanmer Springs 11 6-7, 17 2-3, 9-10, 12-13, 16-18, 20, 24-27Christchurch 3, 18 4-5, 10, 19-20, 24, 26-27 4, 17, 19, 22, 28-31Tekapo 18-21 5, 23 6, 27Wanaka 12 3, 11-12, 23 2, 8-10, 12, 16, 19-20, 24-26, 29-31Cromwell 1-10, 16 3-5, 9-10 4, 18-25, 28-31Queenstown No Dates Available 10, 24, 26 16-17, 24Te Anau 1-4, 9, 20 4, 7-9, 11, 16, 19-20 2, 9-13, 16-17, 21-31Continued from page 174Council of Sport Life Members Ray Read and Joe Franklin(left) with copies of the finished Police in Sport manuscript.sport ended in 1996,” said Joe. “Appendices list Life Members,delegates, councillors, office bearers, premier award recipients,New Zealand representatives, and a forty-page list of all whohave represented the NZ Police and NZ Combined Services arefeatured.”There are also fascinating accounts of Police sportingachievements earlier in the 20th Century, the birth of thecouncil in April 1961, its growth into the largest voluntaryemployee sports organisation in the country, Police admittanceto interservice sport from 1961, the sorry saga of their eventualexclusion, then the struggle to survive the restructuring andfunding cuts of the late 1990s.Joe says the work was every bit as important as the other Policehistories and needed to be published. However, the manuscriptstill needed a lot of work and he spent five years and at least1,000 computer hours editing and adding material, as well asperipheral administration, phone calls, discussions and checking.Joe had personal knowledge of many of the people and eventsthe book covers, as well as active involvement as a sportsmanand administrator. He was also called back from retirement tobecome the council’s national secretary from 1998 to 2001 so hewas able to add considerably to Ray’s original material especiallyabout Harriers and also the fight to survive funding cuts. “So itbecame a joint work and one, which Ray and I have becomejustifiably proud,” he says.They draw great satisfaction in knowing the history is nowcomplete, photocopied and spine-bound with some 300photographs selected, captioned and ready to be included. Theirnext hurdle is to find underwriters to cover publishing costs. “Weare confident the book is important enough to attract backersand hope to have it published by June next year,” Joe says.(In the absence of a better idea, the manuscript’s interim title isPolice in Sport. (including the history of the Council of Sport).Joe and Ray would welcome ideas from readers for a better name.Joe can be contacted on joef@xtra.co.nz or (04) 902 2495.)175
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