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PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>17</strong> 20<strong>17</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Team NZ boosts rebuild fund<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
ABOUT $25,000 was raised for<br />
the rebuild of Pleasant Point<br />
Yacht Club on Saturday night.<br />
The event called An Evening<br />
with Emirates Team New Zealand<br />
ran smoothly, said Pleasant<br />
Point Yacht Club spokesman<br />
Nigel Humphreys. The club rebuild<br />
is planned for South New<br />
Brighton Park.<br />
Life member of the club, Bob<br />
Scott, 97, was given to a lot of<br />
attention by Team New Zealand<br />
member Joe Sullivan. The formerly<br />
“very competitive” yachtie<br />
joined the club in 1936 and is the<br />
oldest living member.<br />
He was club commodore in<br />
the 1950s and club captain for<br />
many years.<br />
Mr Scott’s daughter, Carol<br />
Scott, said they had a fantastic<br />
evening and her father particularly<br />
enjoyed the team’s presentation<br />
which included footage on<br />
the water.<br />
Ms Scott said Mr Sullivan<br />
made a fuss of her father. The<br />
two men have mutual friends<br />
including New Zealand sailor<br />
and broadcaster Peter Lester’s<br />
father, who Mr Scott went to<br />
school with.<br />
Mr Sullivan organised members<br />
of the Team New Zealand<br />
PRESENTATION: Pleasant Point Yacht Club commodore<br />
Alastair Burgess addressing the audience of more than 400<br />
people with the members of Emirates Team New Zealand<br />
on stage.<br />
to sign a plaque commemorating<br />
Canterbury’s only challenge<br />
in the Little America’s Cup<br />
challenge in the 1974, which<br />
Mr Scott brought along on the<br />
night. The Little Americas Cup,<br />
now known as the International<br />
Catamaran Challenge Trophy,<br />
is a race between C class catamarans.<br />
More than 400 people attended<br />
on Saturday night. A<br />
pre-event gathering took place at<br />
6pm with VIP guests and sponsors<br />
given the opportunity to<br />
meet Team New Zealand members<br />
before the main event began<br />
at 7pm. Guests were treated to a<br />
presentation on the big screen by<br />
Team New Zealand members.<br />
The presentation showed the<br />
team’s background, philosophy,<br />
future goals and other specifics<br />
like how they stay focussed and<br />
deal with challenging events.<br />
Several prizes were auctioned<br />
including a helicopter ride to a<br />
mystery destination piloted by<br />
Richie McCaw, a horsepower<br />
experience in a dual sulky<br />
behind Monkey King, New<br />
Zealand’s top-earning harness<br />
racer, a hot lap around Mike<br />
Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna,<br />
and a signed framed Emirates<br />
Team New Zealand shirt.<br />
Proceeds from the auction<br />
totalled more than $<strong>17</strong>,000. The<br />
vintage 1995 Team New Zealand<br />
shirt is still up for auction on<br />
Galabid until the end of the<br />
month.<br />
A wide range of people<br />
attending the event including<br />
die-hard yacties, members of the<br />
public and a lot of families, said<br />
Mr Humphreys.<br />
Team New Zealand members<br />
took the opportunity to get<br />
to know those who attended,<br />
coming down on to the floor<br />
and mingling with guests and<br />
getting photos with them and<br />
the cup.<br />
Team members who attended<br />
include Joseph Sullivan, Richard<br />
Meacham, Sean Regan, Chris<br />
Salthouse, Nick Hutchins,<br />
Hamish Hooper, Harry Lynsky,<br />
Norman Newton (cup security)<br />
and Aaron Young (Royal New<br />
Zealand Yacht Squadron).<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
SPEAKER THIEF TAKES DIVE<br />
A horn speaker was stolen from<br />
outside the Rawhiti School office<br />
during the school holidays.<br />
CCTV footage caught the masked<br />
offenders attempting to pull down<br />
the speaker before one thief fell<br />
face first onto the concrete. The<br />
four alleged offenders eventually<br />
detached the speaker and ran off.<br />
The incident was the second to<br />
occur in a month with St Albans<br />
School having 20 outdoor speakers<br />
stolen. View the video at star.kiwi.<br />
BREAD FOR FREE FRIDGE<br />
The New Brighton Community<br />
Fridge will receive some of<br />
the 2283 loaves left over from<br />
a pyramid being created at<br />
Canterbury University on<br />
Wednesday to highlight food<br />
wastage in New Zealand.<br />
Engineering students will create a<br />
2.5 x 2.5m pyramid with the bread,<br />
the amount thrown away by New<br />
Zealanders every year.<br />
MARINE PDE RECYCLING<br />
A concerned resident has called for<br />
public recycling bins along Marine<br />
Pde. The resident submitted a letter<br />
of request to the Coastal-Burwood<br />
Community Board. All rubbish<br />
collected on Marine Pde currently<br />
goes to the land fill. The board<br />
plans to put the suggestion forward<br />
to the city council.<br />
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