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16 Wednesday November 21 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi SELWYN TIMES Lincoln Club in its 50th year President’s long-time service to club Lynn Townsend has been re-elected president of the Lincoln Club as it enters its 50th year. Karen Pasco talks to him and looks back on the club’s history YOU COULD say volunteering is in Lynn Townsend’s blood. He has been involved with the Lincoln Club since it started out as the Ellesmere Country Club in 1969, and his family’s association with Lincoln rugby spans about 40 years. “My mother was heavily involved in the community centre back in the days of the old hall and my dad was involved with the RSA,” he said. So it comes as no surprise when, as a young man, his hand went up to help different organisations within the community. “I think that it was just all part of a community spirit back in those early days. It was a very small community. Most people knew everybody in Lincoln, so everybody had some involvement in something,” he said. “For me, it was the (Ellesmere Country) club and the rugby HELPING OUT: Lynn Townsend has been re-elected as Lincoln Club president and fits in his community duties around a successful seed producing and exporting business. club, for others it was the fire brigade or any other of the services and social activities – everybody chipped in and did their bit.” He joined the Ellesmere Country Club as a 23-year-old, and was then elected on to the committee. Half a century later, he is still there, but now it’s called the Lincoln Club. Between 1982 and 1986 he was president, was an advisory trustee in 1987 and was reelected president in 2003, a position he has held for the past 15 years. He has seen the ups and downs that go hand-in-hand with clubs. There were great times in the club’s heyday in the 1970s and when the doors of The Famous Grouse “club in the pub” opened again after it was badly damaged in the September 4, 2010, earthquake. But he has also seen the tough times, like when the Ellesmere Country Club closed with debt and an uncertain future. “At times, it’s been a strain on the wife (Carol) and family a bit, but I’ve learned a lot through being involved. The people you meet and the type of business that it is, you learn things that you’re not going to learn in normal everyday life. It’s helped me with my own business, I believe. Still now, I don’t think I ever stop learning.” Mr Townsend is the founder, owner and director of Townsend Seeds International, which produces and supplies vegetable seeds, forage and pasture seeds internationally. He started out working for Pyne Gould Guinness about 40 years ago in its seed division but got fed up with the corporate culture and constant meetings so founded his own company. “I decided that it was a more constructive way of doing business.” He is also the owner of the Hammer Hardware stores in Lincoln and Rolleston. Owning his own businesses has also given him the flexibility to spend time on his community duties. “It just means I have to work at night for a bit longer,” he says. SPRING HEAT PUMP TIME FOR A SPRING CLEAN! Want year-round comfort? Three to Four Bedroom Ducted Solution Unobtrusive Ceiling Installation $12,999 * Year-round Heating and Cooling Whisper Quiet Energy Efficient Optional Wi-Fi Control PEAD71 Ducted Heat Pump System 8.0kW Heating | 7.1kW Cooling from $7,499 * *Includes basic installation. Conditions apply. 0800 324 678 www.dcis.co.nz $13,999 * HEAT PUMPS • AIR CONDITIONING • ELECTRICAL Community Recycling Drop-Off Day* Garden waste | Scrap metal | Tyres | Child car seats | E-Waste Saturday 24 November, 10am–4pm, Cemetery Pit, Southbridge Leeston Road *Charges apply for some materials. Cash only. www.selwyn.govt.nz
SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Wednesday November 21 2018 17 Turning tough times into success IT’S IRONIC the “club in the pub” is now housed in The Famous Grouse. It was actually a group of disgruntled regulars of that very pub who set up the Ellesmere Country Club (now Lincoln Club) back in 1969. “A meeting was held to see if they could form a premise of their own. Somehow I was elected on to the committee,” says Lincoln Club president Lynn Townsend. Mr Townsend, who was 23 at the time, vividly remembers there was angst at the very first meeting. “There was trouble . . . as to whether it would be a working men’s club or whether it would be mixed membership with women involved. Most of the clubs back in those days were working men’s, however, there was a movement starting for females to be involved so that was discussed,” he recalled. It eventually went to the vote and it was decided the organisation would be called the Ellesmere Country Club with women to be included as members. “At that point, a number of men walked away from the meeting,” he said. Membership fundraising saw them able to raise enough funds to buy the property on Millpond Lane – the land which currently houses the Lincoln Primary School junior campus. Then the task was set to raise funds to build their own club. Chocolate wheels were run at the Ellesmere A&P Show. Members also used the club’s land to grow potatoes and sell them. “We also took debentures from members,” Mr Townsend says. Eventually, there was enough money in the coffers to enable them to get a loan from the BNZ. The club building, which won an award for its architectural design, was opened with great fanfare on November 30, 1974. •Turn to page 18 Lincoln Club committee President – Lynn Townsend Vice president – Steve McLennan Secretary – Natalie Townsend Committee – Brian Humm, Jeremy Brown, Janet Hope, Ian Baylis, Steve Murray, Garry Birch, Sam Newton, Leroy Brown, Murray Hobbs, Chris Smith CLUB IN THE PUB: The Famous Grouse Hotel. Below – The Ellesmere Country Club in 1996. AN AFFORDABLE BLOWER THAT WON’T SUCK IN A YEAR’S TIME. Grab a Spring Special on Pool Chemicals! Come in to your local Paramount Pools Store with a water sample for FREE ANALYSIS and EXPERT ADVICE FROM ONLY $325 10kg Aqua Chlorine Granules wAS $99 NOW $69 10kg Premium HTH Chlorine Granules wAS $124 NOW $109 10pk Tri-Chlor Slow Dissolving Tablets wAS $47 NOW $39 STS0166 STIHL SHOP Northwood Store Details here 554 Main North Road, Belfast, Christchurch Ph: 03-974-2469 Store Details here STIHL Store SHOP Details Rangiora here Corner Store Lineside Detailsand here Station Road, Rangiora Ph: 03-313-3398 STIHL SHOP Fosters 559 Blenheim Road, Sockburn, Christchurch Ph: 03-343-6339 www.stihlshopchristchurch.co.nz LOVE YOUR LAND LOVE YOUR LAND 75 Blenheim Road, Christchurch Freephone: 0800 POOL QUIP Phone: 03 343 3441 Email: paramount.chc@xtra.co.nz Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm and Saturday 9am-1pm Paramount Pools and Poolquip NZ www.paramountpools.co.nz
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