Ashburton Courier: September 24, 2020

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NEWS 16 Ashburton Courier, September 24, 2020 Care seminar Ashburton Hospital gerontology nurse specialist CarolHamilton will speak about areas relatedtoresidential careatapublic seminar in Ashburton next month. PromotedbyDementia Canterbury, the seminar will lookatthe process of accessing funded home support and will explain the InterRai Assessment. It willalso look at factors to help you know when it might be time to consider residential care. The October 15 seminar runs from 10.30am until noonand will be held in St Stephen’s Church hallonPark Street. Registrations can be made by calling 0800 444 776. GREAT RATES PC Repairs, Set-up and Tutoring Icome to youday or evening! •PCRepairs/Sales •Networks/Servers •Firewalls/Security •Spyware Clean-up •Training 20 YearsExperience Microso Cerfied Professional NETWORKS FIREWALLS AND PCS LTD Robin Johnstone 67 Aitken Street, Ashburton P: 03 308 1440 C: 027 768 4058 robinbj@xtra.co.nz Megan Hands Rangitata E:megan.hands@national.org.nz W:meganhands.national.org.nz FB:@MeganHandsforRangitata Authorised by Megan Hands, 115 PagesRd, Ashburton. NewPCs and Laptops forsale 2281999 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz CharRees vineyard sells TONI.WILLIAMS @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Charlie andEsmaHill have sold their beloved boutique vineyard business, CharRees. It's abittersweet momentasthe sale was fasttracked due to Mr Hill’s ongoing health issues. He was advised to slow down andstop heavy lifting work. They have enjoyed some wonderful friendships metthrough visitors to the vineyard, and on their market travels. Meeting people arethe thing we will miss most, Mr Hill said. ‘‘It's beenanexperience. We have had some very supportive clients ... and people in thewine industry,’’ he said, including horticulturist, and mentor, Jim Grierson and winemaker Kirk Bray. ‘‘We are going to miss it, no two ways about it,’’ hesaid, of the vineyard. The residential lifestyle property which spans 9.5 hectaresonLaings Road, is on the outskirts of Tinwald. The vineyard was establishedin1999 with 3500 pinot noir and 4000 pinot gris vines, followed by 1800 riesling in 2008. The Hillshaveafewcasesofwine left for sale; mostly Riesling and bottles of their Sparkling Pearl. They areplanning aclosingdown sale on October 18,with wine anda range of household items up for sale. While they have no set plans yet, they are planning on retiring to Ashburton and willtakeabreather from making any immediate plans. The vineyard has been sold to Victoria Johnson, of Mayfield, who plans to keep thevines and expand the venue. She takes over on November 2. Esma and Charlie Hill are celebrating the sale of their beloved vineyard CharRees and will now enjoy retirement. Drill win for brigade team Ajunior team from Ashburton has won the Canterbury Boys Brigade DrillCompetition and a secondteam has placedthird in the senior competition. The juniors, all Year 8 students, wonatrophy and certificate for their effortsat therecent event heldat Lincoln. The samegroup came third lastyear and is led by Nathan Steer. Ittookoverall top honours in uniforminspection, drill and marching sections. The purpose of thedrill is to promote positive habits likediscipline,selfrespect, selfcontroland concentration. It also promotes positive physicalbearing, helps develop leadership and encourages pride in aunit. The Ashburtonunit practicesdrills in the The winning Ashburton Boys Brigade junior team (from left) Tristin Wills, Gideon Kuipers, Nathan Steer ,James Clark, Joshua Holland and Makai Heke. PHOTO SUPPLIED Tancred Street sports hall on Friday nights. The Boys Brigadebegan in 1883and combines christian valueswithideas from the military, such as drills, outdoor education andan award system. Activity funding available Mid Canterbury clubs and groups associated with play, active recreation and sport are being encouraged to apply to anew Sport NZ fund that has been set up to help with programme or service delivery costs. CalledTuManawa Aotearoa,the fund is aimed at community based programmesand projects targeting activity for childrenand young people. Nearly $1.5 million is available in the Canterbury and West Coast regiontobe usedover the next next12 months. The fundisbeing administered by Sport Canterbury. Jan Cochranefrom Sport Mid Canterbury saidthe fundoffered supportfor transport,venue and equipment hire costs,and also the costofofficials and coordinators. Mid Canterbury had ‘‘done verywell’’ from the Government’s sports resilience fundingpackages offeredearlier this year, but the new fundwas aimed at a wider group. Mrs Cochranesaid the first round of applications had justclosed and therehad beenagoodresponseand a second round opened on October12, closing on December4. She expected aquick turnaroundofapplications. Applications can be made through the sportcanterbury. org.nz website. Contact JanCochrane on 027 221 8023 for more information.
NEWS Ashburton Courier, September 24, 2020 17 New timelines for Lake Hood campus Workiscontinuing behind the scenesonthe ambitious Southern Parallel Sports Campus project to be located at Lake Hood. The $50million sports campusisproposed by APT Sports Academy Ltd, supported by Aonghus NZ Ltd, WestburyInvestment Group USA, investment partners, the Allied Forces Foundation,and through alliances with New Zealand and North American universities. The fullservice campus will deliver targeted resilience training, academic and business education programmes catering specifically to high performance athletes, disabledathletes and woundedservice menand women’sphysical, mental, selfesteem and education needs. Catherine Stuart, managing partnerof Aonghus, said the project was absolutely going ahead and although it had been quietfor awhile, workwas progressing to ensure it did happen. The project had agrowing ‘‘Kiwi’’ team of investors, advisers, educationalliances and service providers anda significant international support basewhose commitments wouldensure the success of the project. Aggressive project timelinesfor the project havenow been pushed back by around 12 months. Instead of the original opening date of mid 2021, the complex is now scheduled to openbyJuly 2022. Construction is earmarked to start in May nextyear and will follow on from work finalising investments, grants,plans and consents. Golf resort goes under hammer, sells for $6.6m Terrace DownsGolfResort has sold under the hammer for $6.6million followingthe deathofits former owner from Covid19. Competitionatthe CBRE auction for thegolf resort in theCanterbury highcountry was high, with the property attracting strong interest from buyers. The course was put on the market afterthe death of multimillionaire Japanese investor Hiroshi Hasegawa, who purchased it in 2012 after approval from the OverseasInvestment Office. Hasegawa was 59 when he died in April. He had turned the resort into aglobally recognised luxury golf andadventure destination. Tim Rookes, managing directorofCBRE Christchurch, and Warren Hutt, seniordirectorof capital markets, CBRE Auckland, whomarketed the property on behalf of Hasegawa's estate,said the property was boughtbya private investor. “We’redelighted to get such afantastic result for this stunning property. The level of interest demonstrates that investors have ongoing appetite for highquality assets,” said Mr Rookes. “As golf courses don’tcome to the market very often, this is atrophy asset for the new ownerand we wish them all the verybest,” added Mr Hutt. TerraceDowns was The Terrace Downs Golf Resort has sold. recently ranked by New Zealand Golf magazine as one of thecountry's top five courses. The par 72 course is 6406m longand is describedas havingaScottishhighland feel. It offers achoiceoffour tees on each hole and incorporates10lakes and over 60 bunkers. It wasdesignedbythe late SidPuddicombe, a celebrated Canadian golf course architect. On the northern side of the Rakaia River,the resort features extensive landscaping, with tussock plantings, lakesand stands of woodland andbush. Along, 1.8km riverfront boundary borders the river, withterracedlawns providing excellentviews of famouswaterway. Panoramic views of Mt Hutt and surrounding mountains are astrongfeature throughoutthe property. Sealedroads provide accessto78privatelyowned residential sites; including a cluster of 52 apartments and 26 freestandingchaletstyle homes scattered throughout the property. Aportionofland at the property’s southern end, known as The Peaks, was previously consentedfor subdivisioninto20large luxury home sites, however this consent haslapsed. Mr Rookes told OneRoof that therewas agenuine desire amonglocals in Canterbury to see Terrace Downs succeed.‘‘It's really heartening to see that support. There's an emotionalconnectiontothe resort in Canterbury people want to seeitcontinue.’’ Trust approves grants Community Trust of Mid & South Canterbury has approved grants totalling $98,799 to 16 organisations in its latest funding round. Ashburton district grants wenttoRakaia Memorial Hall ($9,180 to replace seating), Methven Golf Club ($7,000 towards amotorised trailer), Allenton Sports Club ($8,550 towards amower), Rakaia PonyClub ($10,000 for new fencing) and Ashburton Community Alcohol &Drug Service ($2,808 for updating technology). In Geraldine, the Orari EquestrianCentre was give $1783to helpdevelop a Health &Safety Policy and a Fire Evacuation Planfor the Orari Racecourse grounds. Other funding wentto Dementia Canterbury ($5000), Parkinson’s NZ Ct ($10,000), CCS Disability Action ($5000), Stroke Foundation of NZ ($5000)and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People NZ ($10,000). Community Trust of Mid& South Canterbury will hold its annualmeeting at Hotel Ashburtonat 10.30am on October 12.
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