The Star: June 15, 2017
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18 Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
News<br />
Golden Oldies festival launched in<br />
TWO SOUTH African cricket<br />
legends have been named as<br />
ambassadors for the largest<br />
sporting event in Christchurch<br />
history.<br />
Cricketers<br />
Barry Richards<br />
(left) and Mike<br />
Procter, along<br />
with bowls<br />
maestro Gary<br />
Lawson, will be<br />
ambassadors for<br />
the Christchurch Casino Golden<br />
Oldies Sports Celebration 2018,<br />
which will run throughout April.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will join Sir Graham<br />
Henry (rugby), Sir Bob Charles<br />
(golf), Brendon Pongia (basketball),<br />
Rod Latham (cricket),<br />
Selwyn Maister (hockey), Julie<br />
Seymour (netball), Alan Stroud<br />
(football), Jo Edwards (lawn<br />
bowls), Barry Gardiner (squash),<br />
Todd Blackadder (rugby) and<br />
Cheryl Kemp (softball).<br />
<strong>The</strong> announcement was made<br />
at the event’s Christchurch<br />
launch on Monday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event will be the first time<br />
10 sports are combined into one<br />
Golden Oldies tournament.<br />
Event director Peter McDermott<br />
said they were fortunate to<br />
have an amazing group of sports<br />
advocates join its ambassador<br />
team.<br />
Sir Graham and his wife Lady Raewyn<br />
Henry at the launch on Monday.<br />
Colin Grant, Damion Neri and Sheavoynne<br />
Mouat<br />
“Our initial group of ambassadors<br />
was largely Canterburybased,<br />
recognising the importance<br />
of engaging the local<br />
Alan Stroud and Barry Corbett<br />
Sally Mene, James Daniels and Mene Mene<br />
region first and foremost,” Mr<br />
McDermott said.<br />
“We are now focused on attracting<br />
up to 70 per cent of the<br />
forecast 10,000 participants from<br />
overseas and our new ambassadors,<br />
along with some of the very<br />
high profile Kiwis, will provide<br />
Mike Godinet, Dianne McDermott, Christine<br />
Augsto and Jordan Wareham<br />
strong voices and faces to help us<br />
do so.”<br />
Richards and Procter will both<br />
participate in the Golden Oldies<br />
World Festival of Golf on top of<br />
providing sideline support for<br />
the cricket.<br />
“Other than enjoying a week<br />
of cricket festivities I am excited<br />
at the prospect of playing golf<br />
on what I understand are four<br />
magnificent Christchurch golf<br />
courses and being back in New<br />
Zealand whose people are among<br />
the most friendly and welcoming<br />
it has been my pleasure to meet<br />
in all my travels,” Richards said.<br />
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