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SELWYN TIMES Tuesday <strong>February</strong> 28 <strong>2017</strong> 15<br />
Top softball honours<br />
• By Tom Doudney<br />
TWO SELWYN teenagers<br />
have been chosen in the<br />
New Zealand under 17<br />
softball squad.<br />
Lincoln’s Josh Brown,<br />
15, and Rolleston’s Caleb<br />
Stewart, 15, will attend<br />
training camps in April,<br />
September and a third yet<br />
to be determined date.<br />
Competitive games are yet<br />
to be scheduled.<br />
They were selected<br />
after representing the<br />
Canterbury under 17<br />
team at a tournament in<br />
Auckland last month.<br />
Josh, who plays for the<br />
Halswell club, has also<br />
represented Canterbury in<br />
baseball and touch rugby.<br />
Last season he was also<br />
short-listed for the New<br />
Zealand under 15 softball<br />
and baseball squads but<br />
had to withdraw from<br />
both due to the time and<br />
In Brief<br />
Josh<br />
Brown<br />
IRONMAN EVENT<br />
Tai Tapu’s Shirley Rolston, Ladbrooks’<br />
Simon Huntley and Rolleston’s Brett<br />
Bothma will compete in the 33rd Kellogg’s<br />
Nutri-Grain Ironman New Zealand event<br />
in Taupo on Saturday. The field is expected<br />
to include more than 1200 competitors<br />
from more than 40 countries. They will<br />
race for a prize purse of $115,000, split<br />
evenly between men and women.<br />
Caleb<br />
Stewart<br />
financial commitments<br />
being too much.<br />
Caleb, who plays for<br />
the Albion club, was<br />
vice-captain of the under<br />
15 New Zealand softball<br />
side which played in<br />
Australia’s Queensland<br />
State Championships last<br />
year, finishing second. He<br />
SPORTS<br />
was also shortlisted for<br />
the New Zealand under 15<br />
baseball squad last year but<br />
pulled out due to softball<br />
commitments.<br />
Both Josh and Caleb<br />
come from single-parent<br />
families and meeting<br />
the costs associated with<br />
travelling and other<br />
aspects of being part of<br />
the team is expected to be<br />
difficult.<br />
Josh and Caleb’s parents<br />
are hoping to attract<br />
sponsorship or donations.<br />
They are looking into<br />
holding a fundraising<br />
event and setting up an<br />
online page for donations.<br />
In the interim anyone<br />
wishing to help can email<br />
Josh’s mother Vicky Brown<br />
at brownies3@xtra.co.nz<br />
WAIKIRIKIRI SPORT<br />
The newly-formed Waikirikiri Sport club<br />
will hold a public information meeting on<br />
Thursday, 7-8pm, at the Rolleston Community<br />
Centre Lounge. The club has been<br />
set up to foster hockey in eastern <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
initially, although it will eventually focus<br />
on a wider range of sports. It has had more<br />
than 100 people complete registrations of<br />
interest.<br />
EDENDALE CAFE<br />
Community<br />
event for café<br />
A Gala Day will be held at Edendale on<br />
Sunday, 19th March from 10am to 5pm,<br />
with many activities including a Talent<br />
Quest.<br />
Edendale Café will also be open for<br />
a cuppa, snack, brunch or lunch with<br />
nutritious options on the menu.<br />
Innovators, Peter Stafford and daughter,<br />
Deborah have transformed the former<br />
winery site on highway 73, into a unique<br />
café offering healthy alternatives, a<br />
relaxed haven where children can<br />
play safely, and a place for community<br />
events. These include: weekly car boot<br />
sales, concerts, community fun days/<br />
fundraisers, sports challenges, family<br />
events, and regular business networking<br />
breakfasts.<br />
Peter Stafford developed Edendale<br />
sub-division and more recently<br />
purchased the land opposite.<br />
Eighteen months<br />
ago, Deborah took<br />
up the reins for<br />
Edendale Café, adding<br />
healthy Keto dietary<br />
based options to the<br />
menu. These include<br />
delicious Seafood<br />
Chowder, Ketokai<br />
Low Carb Pizza and<br />
Smoked Salmon with<br />
Keto salad, along with a<br />
good selection of cabinet food, original low<br />
carb gluten free sweet treats, and healthy<br />
beverages like Keto coffee, refreshing Fixx<br />
shakes and energiser drinks.<br />
Edendale Café is open seven days;<br />
888 Sandy Knolls Road, West Melton.<br />
To make a booking for a Gala Day site,<br />
call 027 <strong>21</strong>7 2393 or email jovialstrobe@<br />
yahoo.com.<br />
EDENDALE GALA<br />
Boot Sale – Garage Sale – Stalls<br />
SUN 19 TH MARCH <strong>2017</strong><br />
10am-5pm<br />
A GREAT DAY FOR FUNDRAISING FOR NON-PROFIT<br />
ORGANISATIONS OR A WORTHY CAUSE!<br />
Work & Income NZ Superannuation<br />
is coming to <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
Ken Stevens, a case manager from the Ministry of Social Development, will be<br />
visiting <strong>Selwyn</strong> to answer questions on payments, entitlement, and any other<br />
matters regarding superannuation.<br />
Visits are by PRIOR appointment – to book an appointment please phone<br />
(03) 961 9170. Ken will be visiting these locations:<br />
Tuesday <strong>21</strong> March 10am-2.30pm Leeston Library & Service Centre<br />
Tuesday 28 March 10am-2.30pm Darfield Library & Service Centre<br />
Tuesday 4 April 10am-2.30pm Lincoln Event Centre<br />
PERFORMING lIvE “JOHN DIERCkx”<br />
lOOkING FOR lOCAl TAlENT TO PERFORM<br />
CARBOOT SITES $10 AND 3x3M SITES<br />
$25 AvAIlABlE lIMITED SITES.<br />
Music • Bouncy castles • tuG of War<br />
kIDS ACTIvITIES & FUN<br />
sausaGe sizzle • Plant & Produce<br />
art & craft • HealtH & education<br />
Please put your name forward email below if you would<br />
like to perform, exhibit live art, interactive education or<br />
represent some form of holistic health.<br />
To make a booking for<br />
a Gala Day site call 027 <strong>21</strong>7 2393<br />
or email jovialstrobe@yahoo.com<br />
If wet the gala will be the following Sunday. Cancellation will be posted on Facebook.
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