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2 Wednesday April 15 2020 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz SELWYN TIMES Farm machinery ready to work the land on Tramway Rd, Kirwee. More lockdown photos from the district on pages 4 & 5. PGA golfers pine for the Easter Bunny get in touch GENERAL INQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 Star Media, a division of Allied Press Ltd PO Box 1467, Christchurch starmedia.kiwi •Send your lockdown photos to newsroom@ starmedia.kiwi and we may publish them on starnews.co.nz NEWS Devon Bolger Ph: 021 914 742 devon.bolger@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Lynette Evans Ph: 364 7434 lynette.evans@starmedia.kiwi THERE WILL be a number of golfers pining in their bubbles over missing out on the annual Easter Bunny. It’s one of many annual tournaments, traditionally played on the day before Easter Friday, by a group aptly named Press Golfing Academy (PGA), formed a long time ago by a handful of us who worked at The Press at the time. The group has seen many changes, retirements, career curtailing injuries, untimely and tragic deaths, and others like myself who rarely get out now on the regular weekday tournaments because of work. The Easter Bunny is one of our four majors on the PGA calendar and for all but three or four of the tournaments it has been at Waimakariri Gorge. We’ve played in all conditions from howling nor’westers to snow – where free drops were given and it was wise to use a coloured ball. There’s a hole-in-one trophy named after one of our late members who holed in on the 17th one year. No one has yet matched the feat. But the late Message in a bubble Read it also on starnews.co.nz member is always remembered at that spot. Then there’s the after-match and prize-giving, an Easter Bunny going to the winner. The PGA comprises golfers who cover the wide spectrum of handicaps. The group’s founder, who will go unnamed would be one of the most prolific golfers in Canterbury. He is also an amazing stats man who has kept all of the scores, high points, low points, birdies, albatrosses, hole-in-ones and every other detail over the decades from the hundreds of tournaments, match-plays and other one-off fixtures that have been played. Message in a bubble will be a regular lockdown journey with Star Media editor in chief Barry Clarke His own playing stats are impressive – 169 18-hole rounds in 2019 (plus three part rounds) on 38 different New Zealand courses, mostly in Canterbury, (plus four in Australia). This year, he played a phenomenal 51 rounds up until the day before lockdown. In the last 12 months he’s played 170 full rounds, “none of them memorable for their quality,” he chipped in. And of missing the Easter Bunny? He’s missing it, but he has set up a chipping area on his back lawn. The golf just might get better. Firewood & Coal Coal 20 kg bags or 500kg bulk bags Firewood Pick up or deliver (delivery charges apply) Free delivery to Darfield township when 3 cubic metres or more is ordered. Landscape Products Now Available! • Forest Mulch • Bark Mulch • Bark Nuggets (10/20mm) • Premium Organic Compost • Screened Soil • Landscape Rocks • Paparoa Red Rock available in 3 grades • Railway Sleepers (2.1 Lengths) • Kindling Wood • Unscreened Bark Delivery fees apply. 417 Creyke Road, Darfield Phone 03 975 4502 Eftpos now available Open Monday to Friday 6am-6pm, Saturday 8am-1pm or after hours by appointment
SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Wednesday April 15 2020 3 News ‘Initially I was a bit panicked’ • From page 1 “I’m getting used to waking up at 9am and 10am and I’m less stressed and feeling good in that sense. “I’m also learning how to cook since mum usually does that for me, so she felt it was a good time for me to learn that.” Bates said she missed the routine, even its less glamorous parts. “I’m a very structured person so when I first heard about going into isolation initially I was a bit panicked. “I knew there would be no swimming so I just had to grab some gym gear and put a plan in place.” Bates had planned to compete in the New Zealand open swim championships in Auckland at TRAINING: Selwyn’s Hannah Bates is not used to being without a swimming pool. the end of March which was postponed. That meet was meant to act as the qualifiers for the Oceania Championships which are now also on hold. “I was really worried about how this was going to affect my season. “I’m someone who really likes structure, routine and goals and now I’m not sure what this year is going to look like. “I’ve started doing some yoga and meditation and I find that is really helping me.” Bates said everyone is in the same boat and it was up to her to make the most of the situation. Her next scheduled event is the New Zealand short course event in October. Options being considered for support package • From page 1 “It’s not that people don’t want to pay it is just that they probably need a bit of help right now, so in my opinion it would be a great move for the council to approve a zero per cent rates rise.” Prebbleton resident and Christchurch business owner Hamish Prebble said: “A rates freeze is a great idea for those who need it. I mean any assistance is going to be great at this time. Nobody knows what’s around the corner,” he said. Residents were expecting an average 3.5 per cent increase in rates. It will all be considered during the consultation process for the Draft Annual Plan. Some of the options being considered for the support package are: •Extending rates payment for the 2019/20 financial year, due in June and September, until December 15 for ratepayers that enter into a direct debit payment plan. •Businesses that have received the wage subsidy and ratepayers that have lost their jobs or lost 20 per cent or more of their income from all sources could be eligible for a six-month deferral on rate payments for the 2020/21 financial year. Storage King Rolleston owner Chris O’Brien said a six-month referral for payments would be helpful. “That is because six months now we’ll be fully operational and ideally business has gone back in the right direction. It gives you a super short-term relief,” he said. It follows the Christchurch City Council’s announcement it would grant struggling businesses a six-month extension on rates payments. They would need to show a 30 per cent decline in actual or predicted revenue over the course of a month compared to the same period last year due to the virus. Individuals who have suffered a loss of employment or have qualified for the Government’s wage subsidy will also be eligible for the six-month extension. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT If you or a loved one are living with a prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment there is an established support network in Selwyn ready to help navigate your journey. Co-ordinators Chris & Dianne Ward Phone: 027 437 1254 Email: selwyn@prostate.org.nz Seeking advice, information or just someone to listen? We are here to help, we understand, we’ve been there too. For more information call 0800 477 678 Organised by the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand www.prostate.org.nz 3 TRUCKS 3 CARS 3 LUBES 3 SERVICING 3 FLEET WORK 3 BOATS 3 DIESEL INJECTOR & PUMP SERVICING 3 ENGINE TUNING Mon-Fri 7am-5pm Sat 8am-12pm (WOFs only) 3 BRAKES 3 MAXXIS TYRES 3 WHEEL ALIGNMENTS 3 BATTERIES 3 WOFs 3 CAMBELTS AND MUCH MORE! 839 Jones Road, Rolleston P.O. Box 16 Rolleston Phone Simon on 347 7110 or Mobile 027 272 9213
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