Selwyn Times: December 18, 2019

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Dickson gets naked
to celebrate milestone
WEST MELTON’S Sam
Dickson celebrated his 50th
tournament for the All Blacks
sevens side in style by replicating
the naked celebration photo
which went viral after their
World Cup success last year.
This time it was Dickson going
starkers, with Kurt Baker - the
player who had the honour for
the original photo - holding
him aloft after the team’s 7-5
win over South Africa to win
the World Rugby Sevens Series
tournament in Cape Town.
The 30-year-old has been
an integral part of the New
Zealand sevens set up for a
number of years, part of the side
that claimed silver at the Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow
in 2014, going one better to win
gold on the Gold Coast last year.
He was also a member of the
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New Zealand side that took part
in the Rio Olympics in 2016.
Dickson played his junior
rugby for West Melton before
playing first XV rugby for St
Thomas of Canterbury College.
After secondary school he
returned for West Melton and
played for a number of Ellesmere
and Canterbury Country rep
sides.
NAKED: Celebrating his
50th tournament for the All
Blacks sevens, and a win in
the latest South African leg
of the World Rugby Sevens
Series, West Melton’s Sam
Dickson sits naked on the
shoulders of Kurt Baker,
replicating the viral photo
(below) originally created
by Baker himself.
BATTLE: Wards
Rd resident
Grant Prescott
has now taken
his fight to the
Ombudsman’s
office.
Road fight goes to Ombudsman
• By Devon Bolger
THE DARFIELD man battling
the district council over his
unsealed road has now taken his
fight to the Ombudsman’s office.
Grant Prescott represents 14
residents on Wards Rd who have
been lobbying for the road to be
sealed between Charing Cross
and Greendale Rd.
In his complaint, he said the
district council needs guidance
on the complaints process and
disciplinary action should be
taken against some staff.
Selwyn Times reported Mr
Prescott’s claims against the district
council last month.
It came after a report into
Wards Rd said its condition is
“average” and there were no
Canterbury’s fastest selling
new subdivision
potholes.
Mr Prescott said that statement
and data is “misleading” and
“incorrect.”
“It appears to be a selective partial
report which is abhorrent,”
he said.
Selwyn Times asked the district
council to respond to Mr
Prescott’s claims.
Team leader transportation
Mark Chamberlain said the information
in the report was from
an assessment that was carried
out by an experienced contractor
in September.
“On the day he assessed
the road he did not note any
potholes. On another day there
may have been potholes, because
of the changing of the condition
of unsealed roads” he said.
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