Pegasus Post: March 06, 2018

4 Tuesday March 6 2018
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Fitness fanatic councillors back on their bikes
CITY COUNCILLORS Mike
Davidson and Glenn Livingstone are
gearing up for a cycling duel in Le
Race on March 24, as part their 2018
sporting three-peat.
The two councillors have been cycling
partners for some time and last
year competed in Le Petit, the 50km
shorter version of Le Race.
This year they are hoping to lead
by example to promote healthy living
among Christchurch residents, by
completing the Coast-to-Coast, Le
Race and the Christchurch Marathon.
“I have done Le Race before, but
because of all this training, I am fitter
than any previous year,” said Cr
Davidson.
“This year I hope to finish Le
Race under four hours, but most
importantly I want to smash Glenn,”
he said.
Cr Livingstone isn’t too concerned.
“I just hope that I don’t embarrass
Mike,” he said.
Three weeks ago, both men
completed the two-day individual
event of the Coast-to-Coast.
FRIENDLY RIVALRY: City
councillors Mike Davidson and
Glenn Livingstone are competing
in Le Race.
Celebration of surfing
THE THIRD annual
week-long celebration of surfing
in New Brighton and the visit of
legendary Hawaiian surfer Duke
Kahanamoku opens on Sunday.
The Ray White New Brighton
Duke Festival of Surfing is
organised by the New Brighton
Pier and Foreshore Promotion
Society and is the largest and
most varied surfing event in New
Zealand.
It celebrates Kahanamoku,
who is said to have introduced
surfing to New Zealand and
surfed in New Brighton in
1915.
What’s happening:
Sunday – The Boardroom
exhibition
The festival will launch with
The Boardroom exhibition in
New Brighton Mall, a display of
more than 100 surfboards.
The display is a time line
exhibition of loaned surfboards
over the past 70 years.
It will showcase varying
types, different designs and
materials used, as well as
historical displays of surfing
photographs with a focus on
New Brighton.
COMPETITION: North Wai Boardriders Club’s Estella Hungerford will be a top contender in the age group events.
Wednesday, March 14 – The
Stoke Art Exhibition 2018
This exhibition pulls together
creative people who find
common ground in surfing and
will explore what it is about
surfing that causes creative
drive, whether it is a physical,
emotional, visual, procedural or
metaphysical response, or
simply coincidence. It will be
shown in Fiksate Gallery and
will feature a range of emerging
and established artists from
both New Zealand and
overseas.
Friday, March 16 – outdoor
movie night
There will be two films shown
at the New Brighton amphitheatre.
The children’s movie is
Disney’s Moana and the second
is supported by the Aotearoa
Surf Film Festival with a feature
film Fish People and two short
surf films.
Friday, March 16, and
Saturday, March 17 – surfing
competition
The surfing competition begins
with the age group shortboard
events. Surfers from around
New Zealand and Australia
have confirmed entries. Age
groups include under-12 all the
way through to under-20 and
will feature a number of local
surfers such as Ava Henderson,
Estella Hungerford and Myka
Black. Ava and Estella recently
won their events at the Billabong
contest in Whangamata.
On Saturday, the longboard
events will begin with a range of
top competitors in all age groups
from the open premier sections
through to the over-40 women’s
and over-60 men’s.
There will also be open men’s
and women’s logger events,
which will provide some old
school surfing styles with more
traditional moves on heavier
single-fin longboards.
Saturday, March 17 – concert
There will be a smorgasbord
meal at the New Brighton Club
followed by a rock concert
featuring Soaked Oats, a South
Island band with a growing
reputation, and local band
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