Bay Harbour: January 22, 2020

Wednesday January 22 2020
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BAY HARBOUR
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Good weather attracts large
crowds to Little River A&P Show
APPRECIATION: Kevin Lawrence and Roriana Tini present
ribbons to equestrian competitors.
THE SUN was beaming down
during the 108th Banks Peninsula
A&P Show at Little River on
Saturday.
About 2000 people turned out
to enjoy crafts, food, plants, animals
and to compete in a range of
events at Awa-iti domain.
The show is the highlight of
the year for many local farmers,
growers and producers.
It gives them the chance to showcase
what Banks Peninsula has to
offer to the community, as well as
the hundreds who attendfrom the
rest of Canterbury and beyond.
Banks Peninsula A&P Association
committee member
Sheryl Stanbury said the show ran
smoothly.
“The weather was fantastic, it
was good for the animals and
good for the humans.”
PHOTOS: COLIN MONTEATH
CRITIQUE: Dave Carr judges the wool competition with farmer
Giles Foley.
BEAUTY: Bright colours filled the tables during the flower
competition.
BOUNDING: Pickett attempts
the dog high jump while
owner, Berny Schapiro, stands
on top of the hay bales.
ELEGANCE: Show patron Ted
Patten presenting the Supreme
Champion Animal of the Show
Award to Meg Feming, for her
horse Bewitched of Flaxmill.
IMPRESSIVE: Pete Wright won
the local farmer speed shear.
Award honours farmer’s long service
• By David Hill
BANKS PENINSULA
farmer Paul de Latour
was surprised to receive
the Duvauchelle A&P
Show’s highest honour.
The show stalwart
received the Banks
Peninsula Recognition
Award at the 151st
Paul de Latour
annual show at the Duvauchelle
Showgrounds
in the Akaroa Harbour
area on January 11.
‘‘It was a surprise. I
thought when [show
president] Tania [Kiely]
rang me she was
ringing to talk about
doing the announcing,’’
he said.
Mr de Latour and his wife
Frances were once again at the
show, in the announcer’s box
where they have served for more
than a decade.
Over the years Mr de Latour
has been an exhibitor, volunteer,
committee member, show president
in 1981 and then supervising
marshal in the jumping ring
for 21 years until 2005.
The de Latours farmed 1115ha
at Lavericks Bay on Banks Peninsula,
farming up to 4500 sheep
and 950 head of cattle.
On February 22, 2011, the day
of the Christchurch earthquake,
the de Latours downsized, moving
to the 148ha Lynhurst farm
at Okains Bay, where they breed
200 Angus and Angus-cross
cattle.
The couple’s daughter and
son-in-law, Harriet and Lloyd
Chapman, have taken over the
Lavericks Bay farm.
Mr de Latour has been active
in the community over the
years including with the Le
Bons Bay Cricket Club, the
Banks Peninsula Racing Club,
the Akaroa Community Health
Trust, and more.
Winston waters his
plants, not his lawn
He knows lawns go green again in Autumn
Water like Winnie.
Water like you oughta.
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