Selwyn Times: November 07, 2018

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Time for young bird breeders to step up
• By David Hill
FILM STAR Doug Bain is keen
for the next generation to step
up.
The Pecking Order star
planned to step down as poultry
convener after the New Zealand
Agricultural Show on November
14-16, after bowing out from the
equivalent role at the Selwyn
Spring Show last month.
The Dunsandel farmer was
presented with the Ellesmere
A&P Association’s personality
of the show trophy in recognition
of decades of service and
his newfound celebrity status,
nearly 18 months on from the
release of Pecking Order.
He was the second chook
breeder to win the trophy after
former poultry convener Ted
Slattery won the inaugural event
in 1998.
Mr Bain was the Christchurch
Poultry, Pigeon and Bantam
Club president during the filming,
before being unceremoniously
ousted in a coup.
The film told the story of
members of the Christchurch
club as they prepared for the
2015 national show, which was
held in Oamaru.
“I walk down the street in
Leeston and Christchurch and
people will still come up and
congratulate me.
“Of course, one scene is never
forgotten.’’
He said the film had given
poultry shows throughout the
South Island a major boost.
“After the film came, Brian
Glassey and I, as two of the
stars, were both at the show in
Dunedin and people were queuing
up to congratulate us and
take photos.’’
However, he acknowledged
that fame had taken a bit of getting
used to.
“I’m a boy from out in the
tussocks and I don’t like a lot of
attention.’’
The Selwyn show featured in
Pecking Order, the 2014 show at
the beginning of the film and
the 2015 show at the end.
While the main events for
chook breeders were the various
poultry shows held during the
winter months, Mr Bain said
AWARDS:
Dunsandel’s Doug
Bain (left) is keen
to encourage
young people to
get into poultry
breeding, including
Shaun Prangley, of
Dunsandel.
PHOTO: DAVID HILL
having a presence at the spring
A&P shows, such as Leeston,
Rangiora, Kirwee and Christchurch,
was good promotion.
He said he was keen to
encourage the next generation,
including 10-year-old Shaun
Prangley, of Dunsandel, who
won the W. L. Gobbe Cup for
best junior (under-16) at the
Selwyn show, after acquiring
some white leghorn bantams
from Mr Bain earlier this year.
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News
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Fire rages, homes at risk
Church bell
still missing
• By Louis Day
ST MARY’S churchgoers
in Springston were left
dumbfounded after they found
their bell had been stolen.
Spokesman Neville Benny said
the 150-year-old cast iron bell was
likely to have been stolen between
late September and early October.
“We had our last church service
on the fourth Sunday of September
and we weren’t back there
until October 14.”
Mr Benny said no one could
believe it until they saw the bell
had gone.
“The chap that usually rings
the bell came in and said the bell
was gone, so we all walked out
the door and we were all dumbfounded
really.”
Mr Benny suspected it was Lincoln
University students ahead of
the infamous garden party.
“If it was college students, they
could probably drop it off back
outside the door no questions
asked.”
Mr Benny estimated that the
bell would cost at least $1000 to
replace.
Mr Benny said he had notified
the police as well as scrap metal
dealers across the country but had
not heard anything.
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