Ashburton Courier: January 30, 2020

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Page 10, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 30 January 2020 Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Family Notices DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS HOLMES Neville Charles, passed away peacefully at Radius Millstream, Ashburton on Saturday 25 January 2020, aged 84 years, Loved husband of Dawn for 59yrs, 11mths. Loved father and father in law of Ellie Soal (Ashburton), Marg and John Atkin (Auckland), Robyn and Mark Manuel (Melbourne) and Rachel (Melbourne). Loved grandfather of Melissa Soal and fiancé Brendon, Thomas Soal, Jimmy Atkin, and Laura Atkin. Messages to the Holmes family c/- POBox 472, Ashburton 7740. Special thanksforthecarefromRadius Millstream nurses and carers, also special thanks to the team at Ashburton Hospital who gave such caretoNeville in July 2019. Donations to Dementia Canterbury in memory ofNeville would be much appreciated and may be leftatthe service. Aservice to celebrate Neville’s life will be held at Our Chapel, cnr East &Cox Streets, Ashburton on Thursday January 30, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 KELLAND, Graham Thomas: Peacefully after a brave battle with illness at Parkstone Retirement Village, Christchurch on January 25, 2020 in his 79th year.Graham was the beloved son of the late Jean and Clarrie Kelland, aloved brother of Merle and the late Eion Banks, Shona and Geoff Taylor and Fay, loved uncle and great uncle of his nieces and nephews. A special thank you to the Christchurch Nephrology team and Parkstone Retirement Village staff. Messages to: The Kelland Family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A service to celebrate Graham’s life will be held at the Doris Linton Lounge of the Ashburton RSA, Cox Street, Ashburton on Thursday, January 30 at 1.30pm followed by private cremation. 0800 2MEMORY 027 637 1229 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LINTON, Les: Les’ family wish to thank family and friends for the love and supportextended to them at Les’ sudden passing. Special thanks to the Methven Police, Fire Brigade and St John Ambulance, the Methven Golf Club, April and Eric, and to all who attended his service. To Wendy Millichamp for the great service and Paterson’s Funeral Services for a job well done. Supporting the community 96 Tancred Street,Ashburton. Phone 307 8317 Complete Local Care Since 1982 LOVETT Timothy James (Tim) on January 24, 2020. Suddenly taken from us at Seaview Lovett Farm, Ashburton, aged 41 years. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Caroline. Much loved Dad of Chloe, and Dylan. Dearly loved son of Lynette and the late Rod, much loved brother and brother in law of his twin, Rachael and Ben Robinson, and Phillip and Anna. Much loved son in law of Geoff and Eunice Wells. Much loved brother in law ofErnie and Kirsty, and David Wells. (UK). Much loved uncle of Blake, and George Robinson, Angus, Flynn, Hamish, and Ella; Martha, and Dixie Wells and all the extended family in the UK. Messages to the Lovett family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A celebration of Tim’s life will be held at Seaview Lovett Farm, 343 Dawsons Road, RD 4 Ashburton on Friday January 31, commencing at 11.00am. Followedbyprivate interment atthe Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Paterson’s Ashburton FDANZ 03 3077433 LREA2008 MCRE Farmers staff, including store manager Grant Moffitt, handed over the proceeds of their hospice fundraiser to Nurse Maude Canterbury manager Jane Rollings and Mid Canterbury Hospice manager Christine Wilson this week. Store proceeds go to Nurse Maude, hospice Speed shear raises hundreds Pendarves Young Farmers, Farmstrong and Rakaia’s Railway Tavern raised hundreds of dollars for Farmstrong, hosting aYoung Farmers Speed Shear event atthe tavern last weekend. Farmstrong is an initiative designed to give farmers the skills and resources to live well, farm well and get the most out of life. The total figure raised is yet to be finalised but Pendarves Young Farmers president David Bell said ‘‘it was aripper’’. There was an impressive figure raised bydonations on door entry alone, hesaid. Money was raised through door entry, through an on site auction, abucket collection during the night and generously from apercentage of the bar takings on the night. Mr Bell said 18 shearers got involved helping to raise money for the organisationand making it an enjoyable event for all involved. They were mostly experienced shearers who took to the stands in one of three competition categories SAMANTHA ROSE FLOWERS FLOWERS +WEDDINGS +GIFTWARE SAME DAY DELIVERY IN ASHBURTON WWW.SAMANTHAROSEFLOWERS.CO.NZ 03 307 4020 Family owned, locally owned 22 MooreStreet, Ashburton 0800 2636679 2196498 2227763 Farmers Ashburton staff were proud to hand over $4047 to Nurse Maude and Mid Canterbury Hospice recently, the result of some special pre Christmas sales. Farmers stores around the country sold hospice baubles and took donations, and put memorial cards on adedicated remembrance tree, raising $739,349. The Ashburton store proceeds will be split between Nurse Maude, which provides clinical services to terminallyill patientsinthe district, and Mid Canterbury Hospice which provides other support. Mid Canterbury Hospice manager Christine Wilson said they were grateful for the support and the money would bewell used. Nurse Maude Canterbury manager Jane Rollings said the project not only raised money for hospice, but helped start conversations about hospice work. ‘‘It is not only about the money but the community understanding what hospice is all about. What you have raised isincredible for a small store,’’ she told Farmers staff. She said the money raised locally would go directly to supporting patients and families. Store manager Grant Moffitt said the hospice baubles had been selling for five years and staff embraced the project annually. Many had family members who had used hospice services. ‘‘Understanding makesiteasier for us to ask for donations. We can explain what happens and demystify hospice abit.’’ (clean, won by Tes Paewai; senior, won by Izaac Duckmanton; open,won by HemiPower) but acouple of firsttimers were keen togive it agoand no doubt alittle fazedbeing watched by aWorld Blade Shearing Champion at the event. The Pendarves Young Farmers were joined by all the youngfarmers clubs in the districtatthe beginning of the nighttotake part in aboot challenge. It was won by the Pendarves club. Also attending on the night were agroup from the Waimakariri Young Farmers, as well asshearers from Rangiora along with some international shearers from Wales. Farmstrong events encourage farmers to get offfarm for afew hours and have achat to people or just simply get off farm for abeer and abreak. The speed shear event ticked all those boxes. Mentalwellbeingoffarmers is becoming avery large issue in our rural communities with all of the external pressures that are being placed on them such as national policies, weather events, market prices. Arts meeting The Ashburton Society of Arts will be holding a special meeting before its monthly meeting on February 10 to approve last year’s financial statements. President Kay Begg said it was a formality following the annual general meeting and normal monthly business would follow. The meeting starts Magic show Young comedy magician Brendan Dooley will bring his family friendly show to Ashburton on March 13. The show combines a blend of nontraditional magic, stunts, original at 5.15pm. The society is already in the early planning of its annual exhibition in July. The exhibition will be its 56th annual event. ‘‘For asmall town that is pretty good, running a successful exhibition for that length of time.’’ The exhibition usually attracts 400 entries, from all over New Zealand. quickwitted comedy and cheeky pickpocketing capers. Tickets for the Event Centre show are available from the venue or ticketrocket.co.nz.
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 30 January 2020, Page 11 Motus physiotherapist Bridget Sheed will be competing in the Coast to Coast for the first time. Physio’s epic challenge Despite spending the past four years treating Coast to Coast athletes for knee and ankle injuries, physiotherapist Bridget Sheed is lining up for the multisport herself this year. She has spent 12 months training up to 15 hours aweek running, cycling or getting to grips with the technical aspects of kayaking. ‘‘I watched it last year and decided Iwas going to do it.’’ And she has given up unhealthy food, alcohol and nearly all of her free time to get there. The race includes road cycling, a 30km mountain run and a70km kayak leg on the unpredictable Waimakariri River. Bridget said she knew competitors suffered lot of knee and ankle injuries so she had not shirked strength training in her preparation. Also key for the firsttimer doing the twoday event has been training with the big group of Mid Canterbury athletes taking part. Being able to tap into their collective knowledge has been helpful. Methven schoolboys Alex Roderick, Jack Miers and Adam Shears have been tapping into the experience of ninetime men’s champion Steve Gurney. The trio were the recipients last year of the Kathmandu Academy pack, which supports young people getting into the outdoors; the pack included avisit from the champion. “It was great to get some tips from him,” Adam said. “We got the chance to learn afew things about what to do and some, what not todos.’’ Adam will start his team on the first bike leg from Kumara Beach to Aitkins Corner and riding his team home on the final leg from the Waimakariri Gorge to New Brighton Beach and he has been clocking up the kilometres in training. Classmate Alex is looking forward to the Goat Pass mountain run. “Training has been hard, but fun as well, seeing my improvement go up and up has been great.” Alex has been running four times a week, with runs up to 45 minutes each, along with one run around two hours long each week as well. Jack recently has been completing his grade two kayak certificate and getting to know the Rakaia River well in training. Jarrod Coutts, who runs the outdoor education department at Mt Hutt College, said he hoped the boys’ efforts could motivate the next batch of multisporters at the school. Speak up on speed limits, says road safety advocate Roadsafetyadvocate John SkevingtonisurgingLake Hood’s community and others in Mid Canterburytoget cracking and let the Ashburton DistrictCouncilknow what they think of proposed speed limit changes in their communities. The proposedchanges are not set in stone,MrSkevington said. He does not agree with lowering speedlimitsto30kmh in LakeHood subdivisions, where he lives,nor with raising the speed limitfrom70kmhto 80kmhatthe startofHuntingdon Avenue. He says 40kmh might be more appropriate andpractical in the subdivisions. Council is currently consulting on the speed limit changes and says a national pushtoreduce crash injuries plus growth in someMid Canterbury urbanareas has brought about the needfor change. Mr Skevington said there had been several crashes on Huntingdon Avenue andthe current70kmh was alreadytrickyfor somedrivers, given the cornersand camber of the road. He said while Lochlea, with a greater number of olderdrivers, might be suitable for a30kmh limit, other subdivisions would be better at 40kmh.Heencouragedresidents in other communities to thinkabout what was rightfor them and make a submission. ‘‘It doesn’t have to be aonesize fits all.’’ Council last reviewed speedlimits in 2012. Ashburton DistrictMayor Neil Brown said since that time,the districthad seen significant growth and expansion, particularlyonthe outskirts of many urban communities. ‘‘Thecouncil is constantly Multisporters click in new kayak club The biggest contingent of Mid Canterbury multisporters for some years will head to Kumara for the start of the iconic Coast to Coast this year. The 243km challenge from one side of the South Island to the other on February 7and 8will test their cycling, mountain running and kayaking skills in the most gruelling and adventurous way. The athletes choose one or twoday options, and compete as individuals or in teams. Many of the Mid Canterbury crew have been training as abig group with weekly kayak outings on Lake Hood, as well as cycle sessions and races and offroad runs. Sam ClementsStewart, who will compete in the oneday event, set up agroup page on Facebook ayear ago and has been surprised by the following it has generated the outcome has been anew kayak club. ‘‘We thought we might get acouple on the lake over winter, but we had up to 10, and then we’ve had 2030 people at different times after daylight savings.’’ He said the group had nearly 60 men and women, of mixed ability, age and experience and had been a great sharing ground for people new to multisports. ‘‘It’s been good for connecting people and agood way to assessing the physicalaspects of our expansive roading network to ensure it is safe for all users. ‘‘Sometimes, this means road improvementsthat help improve safety under the current speed limit, but insome instances it means lowering the speed limit to ensure thatthe roads have safetravel speeds. ‘‘We want to make sure that everyone who uses ourroads gets to their destinationsafely.’’ Researchshowsthat apedestrian struckbyavehicle at 40kmh has a70 per centchance of survival. A find training buddies.’’ The new club even held championships recently, with Eddie Hobson the overall male champ and Rachel Reid the female champ. Fastest man was Gerard Morrison and the fastest female Rachel Schmack. Sam said he was aware of 24 locals competing in this year’s Coast to Coast, including nine in the oneday event. ‘‘I doubt Ashburton has ever had close to this before.’’ One of the hardest trainers has been Matt Amos, who will line up as part of the elite oneday field. Sam, who is in the oneday event, said the athletes were tapering off from big weeks of training in preparation for the event. He was hoping for fine, calm weather and aback wind on the cycle into Christchurch. It will be Sam’s third Coast to Coast and he said he got into multisport after moving from Auckland to Ashburton. He met Cameron Harcourt in apub after a game of rugby and started mountain running; that quickly led to other sports. Kayak races will continue at Lake Hood after the big race and all abilities are welcome. People start arriving from 5pm with racing starting from 5.45pm. Ashburton Kayak Club members have been training for the Coast to Coast at Lake Hood. Photo Megan Ellis pedestrian struck by avehicle at 45kmh has a50per centchance of survival. In additiontogrowing urban areas, councilhas also received several speed limit suggestions from residents in the pasteight yearsand these ideas havehelped to formulate the proposals being put forward. Mr Brownsaid although speed changes are not proposed for all roads, residents were welcometo includetheir suggestions for any roads aroundthe district. The consultation willbeopen until March 8. 171 ALFORD FOREST RD, ASHBURTON 3080006 WE HAVE SOME NEWEQUIPMENT WESTSIDE westsidehire.co.nz Chippers Generators Access Gear Trailers Excavators Toilets Forklifts Mowers &more 2249658
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