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2 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Brains in gear for bike track<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Berms, asee saw, triplejumps and a<br />
pump trackare some of the features<br />
planned forapupilled biketrack on<br />
thegrounds of Hinds School.<br />
The pupils have been fundraising<br />
forthe projectsince the start of the<br />
year.Itwill cost around $20,000and<br />
they are over halfwayintheir<br />
fundraising efforts.<br />
Year 7pupil Charlie Pickford, 12,<br />
said the rural school was mostly<br />
surrounded by 100km roading zones,<br />
so many of the pupilsdid not have<br />
safe areas to ride abike. He lives on<br />
theeast sideofHinds andcrosses<br />
State Highway 1toget to and from<br />
school, so biking to school was not<br />
ideal.<br />
The pupils were compelled to do<br />
something after having awheelsday<br />
atthe school and wanting to ride all<br />
thetime. Charlie and his school<br />
mates banded together to getaschool<br />
bike track.<br />
The seniorclass, Piwakawaka, put<br />
together acasestudy, made aclay<br />
tabletop model of their design ideas<br />
andlearned skills from school<br />
parents such as Kate Moorheadwho<br />
spoke to thechildren about<br />
approaching businessesand<br />
organisations for sponsorship.<br />
Other fundraising ideas have<br />
included iceblocks sales, sausage<br />
sizzlesand an adventure raceevent.<br />
Preloved clothing will also be sold<br />
at the school’s Country Dayevent.<br />
Once completed, the track will<br />
wind 620 metresaround an unused<br />
areas of the school grounds.<br />
Oftenused areas of the field have<br />
been built into the design and will not<br />
beaffected.<br />
The track will have weavingand log<br />
Hinds School classmates (from left) Maisie Hancox, Charlie Pickford and<br />
Morgan Harbutt show some of the planned bike track features on amodel.<br />
sections as well as bypasses around<br />
someofthe tricky spots.<br />
The projecthas had the experience<br />
of bike track engineer Cam Bisset,<br />
who helped tweakand polish the<br />
children’s original design into a3D<br />
model. The 3D model is used by the<br />
children to show prospective<br />
sponsors, with differing levels of<br />
sponsorship available in bronze,<br />
silver or gold.<br />
The childrenare also looking to<br />
have ashipping container on site to<br />
store sparebikes that children<br />
without bikes can use.<br />
The container will include asmall<br />
workshop where children, using<br />
parentsorbikeshop owners, canbe<br />
taughtbasicrepairs and<br />
maintenanceonthe bikes.<br />
So far there has been great<br />
community support including gold<br />
sponsorship from rural companies<br />
such as Rylib, Align, Rural Transport,<br />
Phillip Wareing Transport and<br />
Rangitata Dairies but the children<br />
are stillseeking more to complete the<br />
project.<br />
They arehopeful it will be done by<br />
the end of the yearsodeparting<br />
pupils can enjoy the track before they<br />
leave.<br />
New food, retail hub under way<br />
FromPage 1<br />
RiverCrossingprojectmanager<br />
RebeccaThompson said it would be a<br />
straightforward development, with<br />
known good operators seeingbeyond<br />
the immediate impact of covid.<br />
‘‘You have to planpositively for the<br />
future.People want to shopand buy<br />
food and drink. They aredoing it for<br />
the community and it will bring real<br />
benefitfor <strong>Ashburton</strong>.’’<br />
Tricroft general manager Tony<br />
Gilbertsaid it was great to startthe<br />
complex after 10 yearsinthe<br />
planning.‘‘We are veryexcited. It has<br />
beenalongtime in the making.’’<br />
He saidKmart andthe other stores<br />
would broaden the retail offering<br />
available to people of the district and<br />
stop retail leakageaspeople headed<br />
outoftownto shop. AMarket<br />
Economicsreport in March this year<br />
found nearly athird of retail spend by<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> residents wasoutside the<br />
district.<br />
Kmart’s New Zealand country<br />
Left: Kmart’s Jason Picard and Jeff<br />
Broomfield.<br />
manager Jason Picard said the brand<br />
was agoodfit for the community and<br />
the store wouldbeopenfrom8am to<br />
midnight, sevendays aweek.<br />
Recruitingfor staffwould begin<br />
three monthsaheadofopening.<br />
Kmart is also planning four more<br />
regional stores.<br />
Coffee Culture’s Mike King and<br />
MaeganAttwoodsaidthey were<br />
excited to be coming to <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
after looking for aspotfor several<br />
years. LanceCouplandsaid<br />
Couplands would move to the new<br />
development as the buildingit<br />
currently leased needed<br />
strengthening.<br />
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