OPENDAY Sunday, December 6 10am -3pm 70 Havelock Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 2333785
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz CLUB NEWS <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2020</strong> 23 Mid Canterbury Ladies FriendshipClub Val Johnson presidedover the <strong>November</strong> meetingofthe Mid Canterbury Ladies Friendship Club. Birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated. Ronald McDonald House thanked us for the donationssent to them. Next timeitemsfor the Foodbankare requested for distribution to local charities before Christmas. Members Julie and Jan entertained us with somewittysayings before morning tea was served. Julie Beggthenintroducedthe main speaker, April Breading, gardening guru. April told us alittle of herself and said she had attended MasseyUniversity, then learnt the practicalities of horticulture when in Auckland. She learnt thewhy andhow from manual tasks, andwent to Canadaonanexchange programme, where she met her husbandwho was from Rakaia. She realised there was more to learn when living downhere. Shespeaks to some schoolsand triestoinstill in children the love of gardening.The children are responsiveespecially when growing something to eat. April then showeduslots of different products thatwere recommended –product to get rid of caterpillars, insect control, grow tunnelwith net cover, raised bed set, seaweed andsoon. Aprilwas thanked for her address by Heather. There will be aChristmas mealafter the December meeting. Themeeting was closedwith the thought forthe month: ‘‘If the mind goes blank,remember to turn off the sound.’’ <strong>Ashburton</strong> DahliaCircle Last week the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Dahlia Circlehad their Christmas function before taking amonth off until the New Year. An exceptional attendanceof 20 members and partners with six apologies enjoyed asit downmealinthe Tinwald Hall. Special thank youtoAlisonand Sheenawho had spent the afternoon setting up the tables and supplying all thecrockery, cutleryand glasses, along with tabledecoration. Everyonecontributed hot andcold fare, Jackie cookedthe meatsand Alison the steamed pudding. The meal commenced withGrace by Patron Graham Gunn, and mealenjoyed by all. Our guest judge Pauline O’Leary joined us in themeal Nine year old bowler Flynn Whittaker, of Lauriston grade 5, winds up past nonfacing Allenton batter Ryan Hastie during play last Saturday in the junior cricket league. beforejudging the Rose Show. This was exhibitedwhen the hall opened andjudged during our regular meeting time. The roses andcut flowerswereof high standard and the overall winningrose Hamilton Gardens, wasdisplayed be Monica BrugerRanson. President welcomed to our new members attending and accepted the apologies. Great to be in ahealthy position, fortunate to havesuchan interest in growing dahlias. Plans are progressing in applying to host the South Island Nationalin2022 with support of Canterbury to assist in forming acommittee to manage this. The eveningconcluded with Christmas cake andacup of tea. Thank you to all for making it special. The year will adjourn now until January 10 when we will have garden walks at Brian, Alison,Joyce and Graham’s gardensbefore meeting up at Jackie’s for afingerfood tea from 4pm. Have asafe Christmas with family and friendsand enjoy following the dahlias growth andburstinginto bloom for another great season. Allenton Bowling Club Avery mixed weekofevents for our ladies startingtheweek with thefirst day of the Sub Centre Sevensat the endofthe day three clubwere tied, so it will make for averyinteresting second day next week. Tuesdaywas our usual club day withmorechampionship games being played, really starting to gettowards the finals nowand theoutcomeof these games has been interesting to saythe least. Wednesdaythe rain came, with Div oneagreeing to delay this match until December 16 againstKaiapoi/Riverside. Div threeplayedCanterbury 2017 while the pairs lost the fours had awin. Div 5defaulted. However onwards andupwards. Thursday the finalofthe women’s fours was played,this was always going to be agreat gamebetween SandraKeith’s team of RachelDavies, Melva Middleton and Annette Sargisson andRosemary Bennett’s team of Wendy Watson, SandraHoldom and AnneReid. Rosemary’s team played exceptionally well and gotoff to flying start which they heldon to, to win1910.Well done ladies. Friday was our Charene Tournament which everyone really enjoys, sales table, raffles and good bowls then delicious food to finish off with. Sylvia Mellish won the ditch to ditch. 1st in tournament R. Bennett, W. Watson, S. Doig, S. Holdom, 2ndDVanderweg,M Lloyd,SThomas, CTyson, 3rd K. Manning, P. Parker,M. Davey, S. Hammond,4th A. Sargisson, R. Davies, R. Johnston, M. Knox. Well done girls and many thankstoAndrew from Heartland bank forsponsoring thistournament. Saturday andthegreens were busy with the pennants. Ladies played Elmwood in the 2x4sbig wininone gameand abigloss in the other. Under 5s drew with Belfast. Men’s games; Allenton2won against Burnside. Allenton 3 lostathome to Rangiora.3 x4s away to Morrison Avehad three wins. Very well played. 2x4 played at homeagainst Burnside withonewin and one loss, in among all the bowls we had somenatives from Hawaii arrive to enjoy their end of year function and BBQ.Great times to be had. It has been one crazybusy week but so, so enjoyable. Keep up the great bowls Allenton.Good bowling everyoneandkeep having fun. <strong>Ashburton</strong> GolfClub Another lovely weekend at the Brandon andtwo great trophies decided on Saturday. First off we were all shown a very informative displayon what to do, if,heavenforbid, someonetakes aturn for the worseonthe golf course. Ithink everyonewho was therewillbemuchmore confidentdoing CPR and using the AED. Manythanksto Shayne from St John and Murrayfor organising this. Hopefully this is something we canall store, but never needtouse. To the golf,John Richards led the way in the Sante Marie trophy with averygood net 69, which could well have been a coupleofshots better. IknowthisasIwas in the same fourand on the wrong side of a6and 5hiding. One shot behind him was Blair Snowball,whose net 70 got him thetop score of all the RMF Silva finalists andgave him 23 points to go with his <strong>26</strong> for afinal total of 49. He then had to sit back and hopethe leading 5players did not have good days. Four of them helped himout, but Mr Consistent Steve McCloy shot averysteady 71 to take second best score of 14 points to put himontop with 55. Thereforethe final top three is 3rd Gav Douglas,2nd Blair Snowball, and Champion Steve McCloy. Steve willreceive afree sub for 2021 thanks to our great friends at RMF Silva andBlair will pick up anew golf bag thanks to Matt at Sega Golf, and wewill see if we canscrape enoughcash together to getGav afree coffee. Attention this weekturnsto closing day and the Smallbone Trophy,this is amixedpairs CanadianFoursome. Ithink HeatherRobertson’s phone will be ringing hot thisweek, with fellas tryingtoget their name on atrophy. If shecan wintrophies with Paddy and Knocker, think what she could scorewith areal golfer. Start timethis Saturday is slightly earlier11am meet for 11.30 teeoff. This is so everyone can play then go home, get their glad rags on and returnfor the presentationeveningstarting at 6pm. Ithink we still have afew tickets left, but you will need to contact the club ASAP. Games on thehorizon, Matt is holdingone of hisgreat pro shopdays next week, then we havethe RadiusCare Xmas salvers, which also kicks off the Shootout qualifying. This year’s shootoutisagain kindly sponsored by the great gangatProperty Brokers. We will look more at the Shootout dates next week. Ithink it’s going to be avery busyDecember and New year aroundthe Brandon. Come along andjointhefun. Good golfing Black Friday. Agreat daytoget aTVwith blacker blacks. Samsung 50”TU7000 4K SmartTV The Crystal displayofthis 4K SmartTVoptimisescolour,gives greater contrast,and makes the blacksblacker.Which makes it the perfect Black Friday purchase. Especially at this price. $946 less than $11 perweekfor 24 months interest free* Limited Stock 9064379 Offers validuntil Tuesday1st December <strong>2020</strong>, while stockslast, unless otherwise stated. Some productsondisplayinselected storesonly–pleasecall0800 764 847tocheck availability.Personalshoppers only. *Apple, selectedcomputers, game consoles,giftcards,clearance items and some promotionalitems arenot availableinconjunction withinterestfreeoffers. Flooring available on amaximum of 18 monthsinterestfree. Exclusions, fees, terms, conditions, and credit criteriaapply.Available in-store only.Equal instalmentamounts includeone-off booking feeof$45.00, annual fees of $45.00p.a. and securityregistration feeof$8.05,and exclude insurance.Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to anyunpaid balance afterexpiryof(any) interest free period.See in-store or visitsmithscity.co.nz/interest-freefor details. SCWK31AC3
Change language