14 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi NOR’WEST NEWS Special medal for successful golfer WINNER: Waimairi Beach golfer, Allison Doell will be presented with the Coronation Medal after she won the national links competition for <strong>2018</strong>. • By Jacob Page HAREWOOD resident Allison Doell was surprised as anyone when she won the Coronation Medal. The medal was presented to the New Zealand Ladies Golf Union by the Ladies Golf Union in 19<strong>07</strong> to commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VII. The medal, first played for in 1908, is a silver division award in the national home links competition. It is played for by women Phen Day Dhargyey Ling (Tibetan) - ‘A Centre for the Source of Benefit and Happiness’ is the meaning of the name given by the esteemed lama Lhagon Rinpoche. The Christchurch people have the wonderful opportunity to engage in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and tradition with the local resident spiritual ‘friend’, as he likes to be referred as, Venerable Geshe Nyima Dorje (Geshe-la). The Christchurch Centre was started due to requests made to have a highly qualified authentic Tibetan Buddhist teacher residing in the city and carrying out weekly teachings, meditation classes and retreats. Fulfilling this request Geshe-la now teaches every Tuesday night and Sunday morning. • Geshe-la graduated from the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the world, Sera Monastic University in South India. His main teachers included His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the late Venerable Khensur Urgyen Tseten, Venerable Khensur Kangurwa Lobsang Thupten and Venerable Khenpo Lobsang Palden. • Geshe-la arrived in New Zealand in 2008 teaching originally in Dunedin then through requests moved to Christchurch 2011, ever since proving to be lively and entertaining, fresh and eloquent. Certainly he is very experienced, having taught younger monks in the monastery, in his home region of Tibet and for 3 years in the traditionally Tibetan-Buddhist country of Mongolia. Having Geshela to teach in Christchurch therefore, is quite a wonderful opportunity for people to make a deep connection with age-old teachings. • At the Centre Geshe-la’s classes focus on understanding the mind, mind training and meditation practices. Tuesday Night 7pm Buddhist philosophy and study classes Sundays 10am Meditation and Mind Training classes Introduction to Buddhism Starting <strong>August</strong>, register now www.tibetanbuddhistcentre.org.nz christchurch.dhargyey@gmail.com Ph. 021 062 1092 ADVERTORIAL Meditation & Mind Training; • How to generate love, compassion, generosity and patience. The purpose is to create a peaceful mind. When our mind is disturbed it lacks love, compassion and patience. If we know how to generate these qualities we can create a more peaceful mind. We have accustomed our minds more to disturbances. We know that as we can see how easy it is to become angry and how much effort is needed to remain patient. Familiarisation is the key. Also if we apply our understanding to our own situation; we need to be loved and if we need this then it is fair to say others also want to be loved. If we generate this to others then we gain the benefits, as we then receive love and compassion. ‘Others’ mean all beings, if we have this mental expansion there are enormous benefits. • As long as we have strong compassion we have more patience, from this we don’t get angry as quickly or as easily then we have peace of mind. • The Mind Training constitutes these kinds of practices, learning and practicing how to become acquainted with these qualities of mind, so that arises spontaneously, or at least are generated more easily. • By Jacob Page A FAMILY visit to England has earned former Christchurch Boys’ High School squash player, Joe Williams a national callup. The 22-year-old will represent New Zealand for the first time at the World University Squash Championships in Birmingham, England, in September. Williams will be one of four Kiwi players at the event and the only one from the South Island. He took up squash when he started boarding at Christchurch Boys’ High School and now plays for the Lincoln University club where he has just completed studying. It was a far cry from the sheep and beef farm he grew up on a sheep and beef farm in Little Akaloa and is hoping to one day run it himself. “At home the nearest squash court was over an hour away,” he said. “CBHS was also very good at squash during the time I was there with Paul Coll (current world No 10), the head boy at Adam’s House where I boarded when I first started.” Both his parents played squash socially and that motivated him to give it a go. “I wasn’t much of a fan of football or rugby,” he said. “I quickly fell in love with the sport and after a few low level junior tournaments and I started to take it more seriously when Paul McFadzien offered to coach me. “My first memory of SPORTS with a handicap between 0-18. The competition is a compilation of national club results where women’s golfers play on their home turf, and their score is adjusted to account for their playing handicap before being compared to other players, both in the district and nationally. Doell’s Waimairi Beach Golf Club played its Coronation Medal round in April and she shot 81, which was adjusted to a 63 nett. Now that all other participating clubs have played their round, Doell was crowned the winner, something she was elated about. “To be honest I’d forgotten about it and when I saw the email come through I thought it was an award the whole club had won and it wasn’t until I received another email I read that it was for me,” she said. “It’s an amazing feeling, like winning lotto.” Doell, who plays off an eight handicap when on form, will be presented with the medal later this year at the end of the season. Doell, who lives in Harewood has been playing at the Waimairi Beach club for more than 35 years after she moved to Christchurch from Cheviot to work in the city. She said while she only gets to play once a week, she said it was a privilege to play a good or bad round. “I don’t practice often,” she said. “When I have squash would have to be playing against my family at Squashways, particularly playing my Dad who beat me easily,” he said. “I have never beaten him as he gave up before I could.” A trip England to visit relatives offered him the chance to pull on the silver fern. “In finishing my B.Ag, I decided that I would like to go overseas to England to visit my mother’s half of the family and experience the high level of squash played in England. “New Zealand Squash time to play that’s what I love to do. “When I shot that round of 81, I couldn’t wait to get back out on the course and play again,” she said. “Even when it’s not going well, I’m still grateful for the chance to have some exercise and walk in the sun and I often think of all the ladies I used to play with who can’t play golf any more and I think I’m lucky.” Doell said while there were many closer golf courses to her home, she would always remain loyal to Waimairi Beach. “The club has been good to me and even through the earthquakes we still have a very nice course out there with great people,” she said. “It’s a very technical course and one that requires a lot of thought and skill and that’s what I like.” Chance call-up for squash player NZ REP: Former CBHS squash player Joe Williams will represent New Zealand at the World University Squash Championships in Birmingham, England in September. advertised about these championships being on in Birmingham and I was more than keen to play as I may never get a chance to play in a world event again.” Williams had no expectation on how he will go in the event. “Since I do not know the standard of people playing in the event I can not say, although being able to play squash in Yorkshire has already started to improve my game and fitness, so I’m hoping I can surprise myself by doing quite well,” he said.
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