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Page 44, <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s The <strong>Courier</strong>, Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Methven golfers enjoy good form<br />
Methvengolfers have<br />
enjoyed some good<br />
results recently,<br />
including winning the<br />
ColeridgeCup for the<br />
first time in 10 years.<br />
The cup is played<br />
annually between<br />
Methven, Hororata,<br />
Waimak and Greendale<br />
and is a20players<br />
stableford competition.<br />
Methvenwon thisyear<br />
with655pts,Greendale<br />
was second with 631pts<br />
and Waimak third with<br />
624pts.<br />
Other recent<br />
highlights for Methven<br />
GolfClub members<br />
include Steve Schwass<br />
and Greg Overall<br />
winningatwoday<br />
tournament at Tinwald<br />
lastmonth, Schwass and<br />
Members of Methven Golf Club’s winning Coleridge Cup team. (Photo<br />
supplied)<br />
GrahamGunn finishing<br />
first and runner up<br />
respectively at the fourday<br />
West Coast<br />
Challenge, and afifth<br />
place for Methven at the<br />
14 club Bristol Cup<br />
tournamentheld at the<br />
Timaru Golf Club.<br />
Local news at www.starnews.co.nz<br />
13 clubs at Rakaia tourney<br />
Astrong field with 58 players from 13<br />
different clubs (Canterbury and Aorangi<br />
golf) enjoyed asunny day at the Rakaia<br />
Golf course recently and handed in<br />
some sharp scores.<br />
Men Gross Mike Markillie (Methven)<br />
46, best nett Gordon Clinton<br />
(<strong>Ashburton</strong>) 31, r/u nett Donald Neutze<br />
(Charteris Bay) 33, putting Alister<br />
Goodwin (Methven) 15, r/u putting John<br />
Barwell (Methven) 16 by lot from Paul<br />
Baird (<strong>Ashburton</strong>), closest to the pin #8<br />
Paul Baird.<br />
Ladies grade 1Gross Tonee Hurley<br />
(<strong>Ashburton</strong>) 49, best nett Barbara May<br />
(Greendale) 35, r/u nett Gill Taylor<br />
(Ellesmere) 38 by lot from Jill Ludemann<br />
(Mayfield), putting Sue Lamb<br />
(<strong>Ashburton</strong>) 15 r/u putting Jill Ludemann<br />
16, closest to the pin #8 Maaike<br />
Kikstra (Greendale).<br />
Ladies grade 2 Gross Val Bell<br />
(Rakaia) 52, best nett Adrienne<br />
Goodwin (Methven) 32, r/u nett Lillian<br />
O’Hanlon (Rakaia) 36, 3rd nett Angela<br />
Williams (Tai Tapu) 37 by lot from Ann<br />
Fleming (<strong>Ashburton</strong>), putting Sharon<br />
Golfers on the Rakaia Golf Course.<br />
Smith (Timaru) 14, r/u putting Alycen<br />
Cournane (Pleasant Point) by lot from<br />
Jan Chisholm (Geraldine) and Avis<br />
Sutherland (Greendale), 2nd shot to the<br />
pin #6 Adrienne Goodwin.<br />
Ladies grade 3 Gross Judith<br />
McDonald (Tai Tapu) 56, best nett<br />
Susan Johnstone (Tai Tapu) 35, r/u nett<br />
Beverley McHugh (Tai Tapu) 35, putting<br />
Nancy Costin (Tinwald) 14, 2nd<br />
shot to the pin #6 Diane Gebbie (Tai<br />
Tapu).<br />
Zonta art winners chosen<br />
A brightly coloured, glazed porcelain<br />
piece called Totter has been<br />
chosen as the winning artwork of<br />
the <strong>2020</strong> Zonta <strong>Ashburton</strong> Female<br />
Art Award.<br />
The piece was created by<br />
Christchurchbased Janna van Hasselt.<br />
Judges Sarah McClintock,<br />
Cheryl Lucas and Lydia Baxendell<br />
noted the “honesty, energy, tension,<br />
joy and the immense skill”<br />
that the artwork displayed, saying<br />
“it was incredibly memorable” for<br />
each of them.<br />
Along with a cash prize of<br />
$3,500, van Hasselt has also won<br />
the invaluable opportunity to create<br />
asolo exhibition at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Art Gallery in 2021.<br />
Her winning work was one of 41<br />
created by artists for the annual<br />
awards exhibition.<br />
The Young Generation Award<br />
this year went to Catherine Anderson<br />
for her photographic entry<br />
Power over Forest.<br />
The Zonta <strong>Ashburton</strong> Female<br />
Art Awards exhibition will be on<br />
display until April 12. Visitors to<br />
the gallery are encouraged to<br />
choose their favourite artwork for<br />
the People’s Choice award.<br />
Zonta <strong>Ashburton</strong> Female Art Award winner (from left) Janna van<br />
Hasselt, Zonta <strong>Ashburton</strong> president Judith Early and Young<br />
Generation Award winner Catherine Anderson. (Photo: Emmily<br />
Harmer/<strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery)<br />
Students try out the new school playground at Longbeach School.<br />
New playgroundat<br />
Longbeach School<br />
An impressive new playground has<br />
been added atLongbeach School, but<br />
it’s been three years in the funding.<br />
The new playground islocated near<br />
the school tennis courts and has been<br />
funded through proceeds from the<br />
Longbeach Challenge, which the<br />
schoolhelps run,and from aLotteries<br />
Commission grant of $24,000.<br />
School principal Neil Simons said<br />
the new playground had cost around<br />
$51,000.<br />
Part of the school’s proceeds from<br />
the LongbeachChallenge over the last<br />
three years had been put aside and<br />
used topart fund the project.<br />
Installation had been relatively<br />
quick and some 75m3 of bark chip had<br />
been put down.<br />
Over the years, proceeds from the<br />
Longbeach Challenge had enabled<br />
the school to purchase audiovisual<br />
equipment and ahitting wall, and had<br />
also helped with staffing costs, pool<br />
maintenance and IT equipment.<br />
The new school playground is<br />
aimed at students aged eightyears and<br />
older.<br />
Swimmers at Sunday’s open water swim event.<br />
Open water swimmers mix<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Master Swimmers group has hosted<br />
another successful open water swim event.<br />
Held in apond on Coldstream Road, Hinds, the<br />
gathering featured 18 swimmers, with locals joined<br />
by a good contingent from the Christchurch QE<br />
Masters group.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Master Swimmers group secretary<br />
Helen Argyle said the water was flat and not too<br />
cold.<br />
Swimmers had enjoyed the eventand the area and<br />
were keen to return.<br />
Swim distances ranged from 1km to 3km and<br />
featured anumber of age group categories.<br />
The fastest 1km swim was 14m:25s, while EA<br />
Networks Centre manager Steve Prescott powered<br />
home in atime of 42m:30s in the 3km race.
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