Nor'West News: May 01, 2018

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Mr Inglis said the group started
a conversation three years ago
with local sporting and community
groups.
“There’s been a really positive
response to it. A lot of sports are
competing for court space at the
moment.”
Mr Inglis said the facility would
be similar to the Edgar Centre in
Dunedin.
“You will find around the country,
particularly in Wellington,
Auckland and in Dunedin with
the Edgar Centre, the participation
and growth rates in the sport
are far higher . . . in sports such
as netball, futsal and basketball
when you have indoor facilities.”
Mr Inglis said the facility would
“complement” the proposed
Metro Sports Facility planned for
the central city.
“We see this as complementary
to MSF, as a community-based
sports centre. It’s also decentralised.
We will have 450 car parks in
the Papanui area, which I think it
is a lot easier to manage than 400
car parks in the centre of the city.”
He believes even with the development
nine indoor courts for
MSF, there will still be “a shortfall
in the capacity for indoor courts.”
“Our understanding is that
from netball alone, there is a need
for 18-20 indoor courts.”
AT 10-YEARS-OLD Finnian
Chan-Allan ran 6km in the Star
Media City2Surf.
The Merivale resident started
with a goal of raising $300 for
the Canterbury Bowel and Liver
Trust.
Finnian said: “I thought it was
a lot. I achieved this in a couple
of days, so Mum suggested I try
for $1000, 100 times my age – I
was like, what?”
But when he crossed the line,
Finnian had raised $1568 for
the trust. He said he was “really
happy” with the total.
“By doing this I have learnt
that you can do things for charity,
I feel proud that I raised all
that money and I learnt that people
were happy to help me raise
money for charity. I am confident
now in running 6km and I
am more confident in speaking
to people,” he said.
Finnian has already decided
next year he will do the 14km
run and is hoping to inspire his
whole classroom to join him.
Last year Leanne Corby was
sick when she entered the event,
her husband walked with a
wheelchair “just in case.”
She’d had to put off her wedding
three times because of a
crippling illness. However, she
married her partner of more
than eight years, Craig Corby,
in a wedding almost completely
organised by the Canterbury
Bowel and Liver Trust.
This year Mrs Corby walked
without a wheelchair and with
a group of supporters. Between
Mrs Corby and Finnian, they
raised $8500.
The Bowel and Liver Trust is
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Trust receives further $8500
FUN RUN: Bowel and Liver Trust general manager Margaret Fitzgerald receiving the $8500
raised by Finnian Chan-Allan and Leanne Corby during the City2Surf.
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a supporter of the City2Surf, it
helps with community fitness
and provides a great event for
people to get behind and support
a local charity.
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