Ashburton Courier: December 12, 2019
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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>12</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2019</strong>, Page 53<br />
Playhouse winner ecstatic<br />
Delivering the playhouse to raffle winner Judy Mitchell are <strong>Ashburton</strong> Lions president Roger<br />
Paterson, left, and project convener Jeff King.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Lions have delivered their annual playhouseraffle<br />
prize and the winner couldn’t be happier.<br />
The giant playhouse was won by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
resident Judy Mitchell and is an early Christmas<br />
present for her extended family.<br />
Mrs Mitchell said she had bought playhouse raffle<br />
tickets for many years, always hoping she might win.<br />
‘‘I was over the moon when they told methe news<br />
I’d won and Iknew straight away where I’d put it.<br />
‘‘It will get plenty of use, including from my<br />
granddaughter who is special needs and will use it for<br />
abit of ‘time out’,’’<br />
The playhouse was built by Lions president Roger<br />
Paterson and has been afundraiser for 18 years.<br />
Netball stalwarts honoured<br />
Two Mid Canterbury<br />
women who have encouraged<br />
hundreds of netball<br />
players and umpires were<br />
made life members of<br />
Mid Canterbury Netball<br />
last week.<br />
Volunteers Natalie<br />
Bateman and Jan Lee<br />
were both made life<br />
members at the organisation’s<br />
AGM. Mrs Bateman<br />
has given 20 years to<br />
the sport while Mrs Lee<br />
has been umpiring since<br />
2004.<br />
Both women were presented<br />
with their awards<br />
by Mid Canterbury Netball<br />
president Audrey<br />
Leath.<br />
Mrs Bateman has coached<br />
club and representative<br />
teams and<br />
taken netball into<br />
schools.<br />
She was on the Mid<br />
Canterbury Netball junior<br />
committee, coaching<br />
committee, competition<br />
committee and was coaching<br />
convener. She has<br />
spent many hours courtside,<br />
helping players and<br />
teams and administrating<br />
the sport.<br />
She is currently secretary<br />
for the Hampstead<br />
Netball Club and was the<br />
club’s coach of the year<br />
Natalie Bateman (left) and Jan Lee were both<br />
recognised for their good netball work recently.<br />
in 2017.<br />
Mrs Lee passed her<br />
Netball New Zealand<br />
Part A theory with the<br />
highest mark in the country<br />
in 2004 and the following<br />
year gained her<br />
regional qualifying<br />
umpire practical exam.<br />
Since then she has<br />
umpired at senior and<br />
representative level, coached<br />
and tested fellow<br />
umpires, generally helping<br />
to train new umpires<br />
and upskill others.<br />
Community trust grants<br />
In its latest funding round the Community<br />
Trust of Mid &South Canterbury has<br />
approved grants totalling $626,056 to25<br />
organisations from around the region<br />
supporting a range of outcomes for<br />
health, community, education, welfare<br />
and recreational groups.<br />
Locally, Community House Mid Canterbury<br />
receives $14,290 for anew air<br />
conditioning system and Hakatere Ceramics<br />
&Pottery group receives $17,000<br />
towards anew potter’s wheel and other<br />
equipment.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Golf Club gets $5,500 for<br />
clubhouse heating, Rakaia Golf Club<br />
$5,000 towards anew mower amd there<br />
is also $7500 for Hakatere Multicultural<br />
Council.<br />
Seasons<br />
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MerryChristmas and<br />
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