Ashburton Courier: June 25, 2020

Love Sarah
Reviewed byRowena Hart
Determined to fulfill her late mother’s dream of
opening abakeryinLondon’s charming Notting Hill,
19-year-old Clarissa enlists the help of her mother’s
best friend Isabella and her eccentric estranged
grandmother Mimi. These three generations of
women will need to overcome grief, doubts and
differences to honor the memory oftheir beloved
Sarah while embarking on ajourney to establish a
London bakery.
As they areneartoopening thereisthe worrythat
no one will turn uptobuy their treats. This must
always be the worry when establishing a new
business!
Celia Imrie asalways, bristles with talent asMimi
the grandmother. Full of expression and alittle
bit saucy, she’s the saving grace of the movie as
she goes from being worn out to blossoming and
perhaps even finding herself apotential late-inlife
love with the bakery’s neighbour, aneccentric
inventor?
It all combines together to make for adeliciously
sweet movie.
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NEWS
4 Ashburton Courier, June 25, 2020
Ballers buzzingbackoncourt
LINDA.CLARKE
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Mid Canterbury
basketballers have been
back on the courtsthis
week, their regular
competitionsdelayed and
altered by Covid­19.
Ashburton College’s
senior teams were in action
in their WhelanTrophy
andThompson’s Trophy
contests on Tuesday, the
girls’ game against Papanui
deferred and the boys
losing to Burnside 66­91 in
afeisty affair.
Senior boys’ coach Brian
Kerrhad just named his
squad when thecountry
went into lockdownon
March 26. He says they are
fizzing to be back.
TheSouth Island
secondaryschools
tournaments that are a
highlight of thecalendar
have been cannedsothe
Christchurch­based
contest is now their main
focus.
Kerr said he had acoreof
six playersreturning from
last year and they began
training twice aweekas
soonasCovid­19
restrictions allowed.
Ashburton College senior boys’ basketball coach Brian
Kerr has aword with his players at quarter­time during a
pre­season game against Waitaki Boys’ High School.
“We are getting stuckin
andtrying to getinto shape
as farasour offence and
defence is concerned. It is
all new to afew,but they
are comingonreallywell.”
Hesaidthe side had good
speedand good height,
withthe confidence to use
it.
That was tested on
Sunday with atraining run
against aside from Waitaki
Boys High School. Ashcoll
lost75­60.
Kerr said the aim was to
try combinations,thougha
winwould have been nice.
“Wewanted to run our
patterns anddefence and
mix it up abit andgive
everyone somedecent
minutes.They have been
fizzing at practice.
‘‘There’salot of energy
there.”
Senior players Kambell
Stills and Thomas
Pattersonwill lead the
side, which also includes a
number of Year 11sabout
to experience the calibreof
the flagshipsecondary
school competition
THIS WEEK’SSPECIALS
developedbyCanterbury
Basketball overthe past
few years.
Other players in the
squad areWillieJoyce,
Jacob Swan, LiamSullivan,
Kalen Tait, Riley Sa,
CharlieBanks, Henry
Hobbs, Jamie Reid,Jacob
Tallentire andBrad
Douglas.
Several of theyounger
players also travel to
ChristchurchonaSaturday
with coach Roasty Douglas
to play in an under 17
competition.
The boys’ Thompson
Trophy division one is split
into two pools of six,
leadingtoagrandfinal on
September 23.The senior
girls areone of eightteams
contesting the Whelan
Trophy,with agrand final
also on September 23.
Basketball Mid
Canterbury’s senior men’s
competitionisdue to start
on July 1, with games at the
OxfordStreet stadium on
Wednesday nights.
The five teamsentered
includedefending
champions TeamDonkey,
Nomads, Newlands,
Wildlife and Ashburton
College.
MenzShed crackonwith projects
MICK.JENSEN
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
AshburtonMenzShed members are
gettingbackuptospeed on avariety
of wood and metal working projects
after the forced lockdown.
Personal, commercialand
community projectsare all on the go
again.
They includeapairofhefty, metal
gates destined for the main entrance
of Trott’s Garden.
The gates havebeen rescued,
extended andrevamped and will
form an impressive, ornate 4.5m
barrierwhen fixedonsite soon.
Other projects being crafted at the
shed includevermin trapsand bird
nestingplatformsfor the Department
of Conservation in Geraldine,
hundreds of woodenboxingand
edgingstakesfor Mitre10and
smaller jobs like the repair and
restorationoftablesand garden
benches.
Ashburton Menz Shed member
Dalvyn Burrowes (left) and president
Jim Armstrong.
PHOTO: MICK JENSEN
Membersare alsotacklingtheir
own personalprojectsand making
use of some of the wide selection of
tools and machinery available at the
spacious, multi room venue.
Ashburton Menz Shed president
Jim Armstrong said theshedwas a
busy place again andthe
camaraderie was good.
Members had been back alittle
over three weeksand between 14 and
18 men were comingalong on shed
open days on Tuesday,Wednesday
and Thursday.
Theshed has amembership of 75
and is oneofthe biggest and most
productive in the South Island.
Jobs often camethe way of the
shed,rather than shed members
lookingfor work.
‘‘Wehaveafew income streams
and the money that is generatedis
criticalfor helping to keep us afloat.’’
He said shed members had alot of
knowledge and skills and enjoyed
sharing ideas and advice with each
other.
Projects were often tackled in
groups and anumber of
collaborations had benefited the
community over the past few years.
Jobs to be done and projects on the
go are listed on agiantwhite board
and the list is building again.
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