Selwyn Times: July 05, 2016

Jon Griffiths
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SELWYN TIMES Tuesday July 5 2016 3
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Event clash backlash
• By Caitlin Miles
THE CLASH of two major
Selwyn events has sparked
disappointment from an
organiser of one of them.
Ellesmere Agricultural
and Pastoral Show president
Paula McIlraith was ‘not very
impressed’ when she found out
Rolleston would be hosting its
150th anniversary celebrations
on the same weekend as the
show.
The A&P show will be held
on October 15, the same day as
several Rolleston anniversary
events.
“I’m pretty disappointed that
this has happened, it’s a shame
because it will affect a lot of
people,” said Ms McIlraith.
The A&P show has been held
on the same weekend every
year for 145 years and this year
won’t be any different.
“It’s always been the weekend
before Labour Day and we
won’t be changing the date,”
she said.
Ms McIlraith said they were
trying to encourage more
Rolleston residents to attend
the show.
“It’s their show, too, and we
are trying to get the Rolleston
community involved as well. If
the anniversary celebrations are
on the same day, that’s going to
have an impact,” she said.
The 150th anniversary will
be held on October 14-16
with numerous different
events happening every
day.
Anniversary committee
chairman and district
councillor Jeff Bland
(right) said they had considered
changing the date.
“We looked at moving it, but
that’s the weekend we actually
turn 150, so we decided against
it,” Cr Bland said.
Cr Bland said the Rolleston
event was a three-day event,
and people could go to both
if they wanted.
“It’s not like we are competing
with them. It’s the
only time we are going to
have this three-day event,
plenty of time for people to
go to both,” he said.
Clearview Primary School is
SHOW DAY: The Ellesmere
A&P show will go ahead
as planned, even though it
clashes with Rolleston’s 150th
anniversary.
also hosting their fundraiser on
the final day of the anniversary.
“They were concerned
we were going to steal their
thunder, but we are ending
our parade at Foster Park so
people can go straight to the
fundraiser. That’s the reason
we decided to finish the event
there,” Cr Bland said.
Ms McIlraith said plans for
the A&P show are well underway
and Cr Bland said the same
thing about the anniversary.
In Brief
EARTHQUAKE PLAQUE
A plaque on Telegraph Rd to
commemorate the September 2010
earthquake has been suggested by
the Malvern Community Board.
The plaque would be placed where
the faultline rupture created a
bend on what had been a straight
stretch of road. Board chairwoman
Judith Pascoe said she had been
approached about the plaque by a
member of the community.​
COMMEMORATION HELD
On July 1, the Sheffield community
commemorated 100 years since
the beginning of the Battle of the
Somme in 1916. Sheffield School
went along to the celebration
along with 60 other people from
the community. The event was
held at the cenotaph in Sheffield.
As part of the celebrations a cross
was unveiled to commemorate
the battle. This commemoration is
one of many the community has
planned to recognise key battles
that took place during World
War 1.
QUILT ON DISPLAY
A quilt depicting different areas
of the Malvern ward made by
Kirwee resident Pauline Sewell
will be displayed at the Darfield
Library. The Malvern Community
Board has agreed to pay $400 for
the quilt, with the money going to
Friends of the Darfield Hospital.
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