Southern View: March 17, 2020

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Tuesday March 17 2020 3
News
Big turnout likely for
Run or walk
for a
good cause
THE 46TH running of the Les
Mills City2Surf will be held on
Sunday and this year’s event
looks set to be one of the biggest
in recent times.
Runners, joggers and walkers
of all fitness levels will take on
either the 14km or 6km options,
both finishing at Ferrymead
Playing Fields.
Event organiser Jon Holmes
says entries are up on last year’s
event which attracted close to
8000 participants.
“It doesn’t matter if you
haven’t trained. Either distance
can be walked. It’s just about
getting out on a Sunday morning,
getting a breath of fresh
air and doing something that
gets the heart pumping,” said
Holmes.
The 14km event starts at 9am
at Pioneer Stadium, and the
6km event starts at 10am at
Hansens Park, all culminating
for a massive finish at Ferrymead
where there will be
plenty of entertainment and
prizes on offer.
Participants will also have free
entry into Ferrymead Historic
Park.
“We’re going fizzy-free again
this year. We’ve also changed
from a free Powerade to a
free Pump at the finish line.
That’s another step in the right
direction for health,” said
Holmes.
This year’s partner charity is
the Prostate Cancer Foundation
of New Zealand. If you wish to
run for a wonderful cause then
visit everdayhero.co.nz/event/
city2surf2020
“You can also go and visit
GET SET:
The Les Mills
City2Surf will
be held on
Sunday. ​
them at the finish line where
you’ll be able to learn a bit more
about prostate cancer and what
the foundation does. It has
been at all of our training series
supporting what we do.
It’s been a really good
partnership this year and
something that is important to
talk about.”
•For entries and more
information visit
city2surf.co.nz or refer
to the outside wrap of
this newspaper.
In Brief
FIZZY DRINK SCARE
A fizzy drink can found in the
letterbox in Halswell on Tuesday
prompted a response from police.
When a Halswell resident checked
their letterbox, they found the
spray-painted can with a note next
to it reading “pp juice, open for
some fun.” Police were then called
to the address on Brenda Pl and
are investigating but at this stage,
it appears to have been a prank.
BOARD PRIORITIES
The city council has provided
Southern View with the number
of submissions received during a
public consultation on priorities
set out by community boards.
Twenty-eight people had their say
online on the Spreydon-Cashmere
Community Board’s priorities for
the next three years. The submissions
are not publicly available.
CORRECTION
In last week’s story on page 1
about Amber Gazzard’s
concerns over the state of
Rutherford St (Woolston)
Cemetery, it should have said
Ms Gazzard’s great grandfather
Edward Kynaston and great
grandmother Annie Hester
Kynaston are buried at Rutherford
St (Woolston) Cemetery instead
of “Ms Gazzard’s grandfather
Edward Kynaston and great
grandparents Annie and Hester
Kynaston are buried at Rutherford
St (Woolston) Cemetery.”
Recognise
a community
volunteer
Community Service Awards
nominations open now
until 17 April 2020
Big Bargain
Book Sale
Friday 27 March, 9am–7pm
Saturday 28 March, 9am–4pm
Pioneer Recreation and
Sport Centre
75 Lyttelton Street | Spreydon
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Apply at
ccc.govt.nz/csa