Western News: January 21, 2020

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Tributes for club member
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
NETBALL OFFICIALS have
made glowing tributes to one of
the stalwarts of the sport.
After a short battle with
cancer, Hornby Netball Club
member Lorraine Salter died on
Tuesday.
Fondly known as the “queen of
cheese roll making” Mrs Salter
was a valued member of the club
for about two years.
The club’s president and
founder Lynlea Willan described
her as an “absolutely lovely lady”
with a big heart.
“She was straight up, she
called it how she saw it. You
always knew where she stood.
She was black and white,
there was no grey matter,” she
said.
During her time at the club,
she was behind the major cheese
roll fundraising efforts for the
club.
Last year she raised nearly
$4000 for the club over two
weekends through making the
rolls.
Mrs Salter also managed
the senior B netball team for
two years as well as helped out
with jobs such as washing the
uniforms.
In September at the club’s
prize-giving, Mrs Salter was
awarded the Founders Trophy
for her community spirit, dedication
and encouragement to the
club.
Mrs Willan said “without a
question,” Mrs Salter was going
to receive the award and she
embodied what the trophy stood
for.
“The last three years has been
awesome, she was a larger than
life person with a big heart who
gave everything of herself to
everyone that she knew,” she
said.
Mrs Salter’s daughter Aimee
has also played with the club for
about two years.
Mrs Willian said Saturday netball
games will not be the same
without Mrs Salter.
“She would always greet me
with a coffee, she knew what I
liked. Mid-week she would come
and see me, she would bring me
a coffee . . . I am going to miss
her calling in to see me.”
Before joining the Hornby
netball club, Mrs Salter was
SPECIAL:
Lorraine
Salter was
awarded with
the Founders
Trophy for her
community spirit,
dedication and
encouragement
to the club. ​
involved in the Halswell Netball
Club for about nine years.
She was initially on the committee
before becoming the
club’s treasurer.
Halswell club president Kristina
Newton said Mrs Salter was
an “approachable person” and
made for the smooth running of
the club.
“At the same time, she told you
how it was. You could always
have a joke with her.”
Hornby resident Marc Duff
said he knew of Mrs Salter
through the club and described
her as an all-round nice person.
“I know she made a bloody
good cheese roll . . . it is very
sad,” he said.
Mrs Salter is survived by her
husband, son and daughter.
Sports hub to get
indoor training space
AN INDOOR training facility
will be built at Ngā Puna Wai
Sports Hub to help current and
budding throwing sports stars
hone their skills and improve
their strength.
Ngā Puna Wai already
provides a 32-hectare outdoor
sports hub with facilities for
athletics, hockey, rugby league,
tennis and other recreation and
sporting activities.
The city council and Athletics
New Zealand signed an agreement
earlier this week to develop
a new 20m by 30m Indoor
Throwing and Strength Training
Facility on the site, a feature
which is in line with the original
concept for Ngā Puna Wai.
It is designed for training in
disciplines such as shot put,
discus and hammer throw, and
will also house strength and
conditioning equipment that all
Ngā Puna Wai sports people will
be able to use.
The facility will be located
within the current athletics zone
at the sports hub and is expected
to open later this year.
Athletics NZ and its partners
are investing the total capital
cost of $686,000 and will also
pay for all operational and running
costs for the facility.
Additional toilets planned for
Ngā Puna Wai will be installed
by the city council in the new
facility.
Athletics New Zealand chief
executive Peter Pfitzinger said
its vision is for New Zealand to
become the leading throwing
sports nation in the world.
“We are delighted to be
working in partnership with
Christchurch City Council to
develop the Indoor Throwing
and Strength Training Facility at
Ngā Puna Wai.
“We are truly grateful to Sport
NZ and High Performance Sport
NZ for funding construction
of this facility, which will support
the training of Canterbury
throwers, including Olympic
medallist Tom Walsh, who is
based in Christchurch.”
The facility will cater to elite
athletes with dreams of following
in the footsteps of shot
putter Walsh, as well as younger
sports people who are still developing
their skills, he said.
Council Recreation and Sports
Services Manager David Bailey
said the new training area will
be a fantastic addition to the
already popular hub.
Ngā Puna Wai’s venues and
grounds were developed as a
partnership project between
Athletics Canterbury, Canterbury
Hockey, Canterbury Rugby
League, Tennis Canterbury,
Sport Canterbury, and Christchurch
City Council.
Located next to the Canterbury
Agricultural Park in Wigram,
Ngā Puna Wai opened in
stages from late 2018 and has
become the new home for the
four sporting codes, as well as
providing community playing
fields.
Bus tour for community board members
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
A BUS trip to show newlyelected
community board
members what issues are
plaguing the western suburbs is
planned for later this month.
The Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board
will embark on a trip across the
western area on January 28.
The tour will start and finish
at the Rārākau: Riccarton Centre,
beginning at 4pm.
The bus will travel to areas of
key issues including Kyle Park,
where the new Hornby Library,
Service Centre and South West
Pool will be built, the proposed
Fulton Hogan quarry in Templeton
and areas of intensification
in Riccarton.
Community board chairman
Mike Mora said it has a practice
of doing the bus tour at the
beginning of each new term.
He said it is important the
board does this as each member
will make decisions on the
entire western area – not just
the individual wards they
represent.
Hearings and council support
manager Megan Pearce said the
cost for the bus will be $360 and
will seat 20 people.
She most community boards
across the city are planning to
undertake a similar activity.
Board member Helen
Broughton said she wants
the bus to travel to Colligan
St, Riccarton, where parking
restrictions are planned for the
cul-de-sac.
The restrictions are planned
because the weekly rubbish
collection vehicles are having
difficulty turning due to parked
cars.
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