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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
15<br />
News<br />
Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
Charity rally that follows road rules<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
• By Anan Zaki<br />
MOTORISTS WILL have<br />
a chance to show off their<br />
driving skills for a rally on<br />
Sunday.<br />
It is organised by Countdown<br />
Church Corner, to raise money<br />
for Christchurch Hospital’s<br />
children’s ward.<br />
The rally is the brainchild of<br />
the store’s produce manager<br />
Murray Young, who came up<br />
with a concept of a car rally that<br />
follows road rules.<br />
Mr Young said the rally has<br />
been running for seven years.<br />
“We had to come up with ideas<br />
for fundraising and I’ve always<br />
had an interest for cars.<br />
“So it was natural for me to<br />
suggest a car rally or car trial,”<br />
Mr Young said.<br />
The rally begins at The Princess<br />
Margaret Hospital car park and<br />
participants are given a series of<br />
questions.<br />
The answers give drivers a clue<br />
as to what route the drivers have<br />
to follow.<br />
“We take note of the time when<br />
the driver leaves, their mileage<br />
when they start off and the mileage<br />
when they finish,” Mr Young<br />
said.<br />
“Who answers the questions<br />
READY: Countdown Church<br />
Corner produce manager<br />
Murray Young with his 1975<br />
Rover 3500.<br />
correctly, who has the correct<br />
mileage at the end and who<br />
finishes within the required time,<br />
gets a prize” he said.<br />
Mr Young stressed that it was<br />
not a race, instead it was about<br />
finding the right route.<br />
Last year, the rally attracted<br />
20 cars and raised $500 for<br />
Christchurch Hospital’s children’s<br />
ward.<br />
Each car can have co-drivers<br />
or passengers helping the drivers<br />
answer the questions and find the<br />
correct route.<br />
A barbecue will be held after<br />
rally.<br />
•Entry costs $20 per car,<br />
and people who want to join<br />
should meet at the Princess<br />
Margaret Hospital car park at<br />
1pm on Sunday.<br />
SUCCESS: Cathedral<br />
Grammar has won the<br />
National Junior Theatre<br />
RoboCup Championship.<br />
The boys, Rian, Sam,<br />
Cameron and Conor, who<br />
range from year 4 to year 8<br />
recently competed in the<br />
championships in Dunedin.<br />
The win was a first for<br />
the school’s innovative<br />
and successful Robotics<br />
Club, which encompasses<br />
engineering and IT skills,<br />
and extends across the<br />
school curriculum.<br />
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