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FEATURE<br />
24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
1MAY UNTIL<br />
16 MAY <strong>2021</strong><br />
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WEEK 1PROGRAMME<br />
1MAY UNTIL<br />
16 MAY <strong>2021</strong><br />
DON’TMISSTHESE<br />
GREATEVENTS!<br />
Saturday 1st May <strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Vintage Car Club Swap Meet: 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald. 7.30 am –2.30 pm. Acollection of<br />
stalls including all things motoring and awide range ofbric-a-brac. $5.00 per person entry (Children U15<br />
free with paying adult); Sites $25.00. (Includes1-person entry). Contact: Bookings, KarenBell 0210243 1955<br />
Convener, NoelBatty308 4003<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Speedway Assn: (2 days of racing) Day 1, Adult Ministock NZ title, Six Shooter CTRA South<br />
Island Title plus great support fields. Seafield Road adjacent to the Airport. From 12.00 pm. $15.00 adult,<br />
$25.00 for atwo-day pass, Gold Card holders $10.00/day, under 14 free (mustbeaccompaniedbyanadult).<br />
Contact: Graham Ackroyd 0274 555387<br />
Americar Rod &CustomClub Car Show -Americar’sClubrooms,MaronanRd, 11am -4pm.<br />
Displays and Rocker cover racing, car balancing and competitions. Gold coin entry, children free. Display<br />
vehiclesfree. Contact –MurrayGreen 0212764209.<br />
The Plains Railway &Historical Museum Complex, Maronan Road, Tinwald: 11am -4pm. Train Rides,<br />
VintageMachinery, Museum Villageopen, HandCraft Display. Browsethrough the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire Museum,<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Woodworkers and Lynn Woodworking Museum -take aminiature Train Ride with the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Steam&Model Engineers. FindusonFacebook.<br />
OriginalsMotorcycleShow and Shine: Devon Tavern, 116Victoria Street <strong>Ashburton</strong>, 11.30 am –4.00 pm.<br />
Open to all makes and modelstobe on site by 11.00am. Entry $10.00 per bike, prizes for top10bikes.Gold<br />
coin entry, moneyraisedgoes to charity.Contact: Contact, Gerald McKenzie,+64 21 2594761.<br />
Sunday 2nd May<br />
Rotary Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Plains Classic Car Run, Registration: 9am –10.00 am at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Show<br />
Grounds Depart from <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10.30am. Note that everybody is welcome to participate with any car to<br />
finish in Tinwald.Cost, $20 pervehicle.Light lunchesavailable or you can takeapicnic lunch. Forany further<br />
informationpleasecontacteither: OwenMoore –owen@moorepark.net.nz ,03308 3442 or 0274 344797,<br />
Alan Sim –sim.family@xtra.co.nz ,03308 8835, Clayton Howardmountclive@gmail.com03307 0124<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> SpeedwayAssn: Day 2of the Adult Ministock NZ Title, plussecondday ofthe Six Shooter CTRA<br />
South IslandTitle, plusexcellentsupport fields. SeafieldRoad adjacent to theAirport.From12.00 pm. $15.00<br />
adult, $25.00 for atwo-day pass, Gold Card holders$10.00/day, under 14 free (must be accompanied by an<br />
adult).Contact: Graham Ackroyd 0274555 387<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Motorcycle ClubTT: Will be on the corner of Somerton Road &Methven Barrhill Road, Rakaia.<br />
Competitors to pay entry fee. Vintage MX &Club TT. Moredetails on Facebook page and My Rides. Contact<br />
Morgan Taylor,morgantaylor1@hotmail.co.nz<br />
Mountain Bike <strong>Ashburton</strong>: 6-hour relayrace for solo/teams on 10km MTBRiver Trail Loop.Race village at<br />
Allenton Rugby Rooms, Melrose Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Registration 8.00am –9.30am. Race 10.00am –4.00pm.<br />
Food and drink available. Information and entries www.mountainbikeashburton.co.nz Contact 6hour@<br />
mountainbikeashburton.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Aviation Museum: Thiswonderfulcollection willbeopen for viewing from 1.00pm until 4.00pm<br />
Seafield Road.Entry$10 adult,children free. Contact OwenMooreon03-308 3442or0274344797.<br />
Tuesday 4th May<br />
Mid Canterbury Connector: New service providing low-costreturn tripto<strong>Ashburton</strong>from smaller townsor<br />
ruralareas. Tuesday run is from Mt SomersorMethven to <strong>Ashburton</strong>and back,and Wednesday runisfrom<br />
Rakaia/Hinds/Fairton/Maraeto<strong>Ashburton</strong> and back.Trips are FREE during WheelsWeek. Bookingrequired.<br />
To bookatripcall 03 308 1395ext 225.<br />
Wednesday 5th May<br />
Mid Canterbury Connector: New service providing low-costreturntrip to <strong>Ashburton</strong> from smaller townsor<br />
ruralareas. Tuesday run is from Mt SomersorMethven to <strong>Ashburton</strong>and back,and Wednesday runisfrom<br />
Rakaia/Hinds/Fairton/Maraeto<strong>Ashburton</strong> and back.Trips are FREE during WheelsWeek. Bookingrequired.<br />
To bookatripcall 03 308 1395ext 225.<br />
Friday 7th May<br />
Drive-in Cinema: <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain picnic area, entry from Elizabeth Street only. Will be sign posted on<br />
the night. Entry from 5pm,Moviestarts 6pm food vendorswillbeonsite from 5pm for food. Price: $30 per<br />
vehicle up to 6people per vehicle. Tickets available at www.fireflycinemas.co.nz or on the night. Further<br />
details including movie titles etc available on Facebook “firefly cinemas” oratwww.fireflycinemas.co.nz<br />
Contact details: john@fireflycinemas.co.nz<br />
Saturday 8th May<br />
Shayne Adams Memorial Street Sprint, supported by AutoSparks: Riverside Industrial Estate 8.30 am.<br />
Watch one car atatime as they race against the clock, down toatwo-car run offonSunday. Entrance<br />
fee by donation. Entry Robinson Street past Roscos. Contact: Contact: Malcolm Lovett 0274 301 065 or<br />
DanielTew 0272276 637 admin@ashburtoncarclub.org.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Forks Garden Railway: Model trains running around an established garden &static displays.<br />
Small scale model railway also on display, something for all ages. Starting 10am -4pm Saturday 8th and<br />
Sunday 9th, 132 Melcombe St, Tinwald. $4.00 Adults, $2.00 Child, proceeds toBalamban Primary School,<br />
Philippines. Contact Kerry 027 2389936, www.ashrail.com<br />
Drive-in Cinema: <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain picnic area, entry from Elizabeth Streetonly. Will be sign-posted on<br />
the night. Entry from5pm,Moviestarts 6pm foodvendors will be on-site from 5pm for food. Price:$30 per<br />
vehicle up to 6people per vehicle. Tickets available at www.fireflycinemas.co.nz or on the night. Further<br />
details including movie titles etc. available on Facebook “firefly cinemas” or at www.fireflycinemas.co.nz<br />
Contact details: john@fireflycinemas.co.nz<br />
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Swap Meet on<br />
They come from far<br />
and wide selling<br />
wares of all variety to<br />
abroad range of<br />
people.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Vintage Car Club<br />
swap meet kicks off<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s annual<br />
Wheels Week Plus<br />
celebrations this<br />
Saturday.<br />
The annual event is<br />
sponsored by Greg<br />
Donaldson<br />
Contracting Ltd.<br />
In the past the swap<br />
meet has had more<br />
than 300 stalls with<br />
sellers who have<br />
come from across the<br />
South Island to sell<br />
products ranging<br />
from car parts and motoring bits,<br />
to bricabrac and preservatives.<br />
There promises to be<br />
something for everyone <br />
whether it be elderly people to<br />
young people with prams.<br />
There is also eftpos facilities<br />
available.<br />
Anumber of newvehicles<br />
arenow equipped with<br />
ADAS including:<br />
MALCOLM LOVETT AUTOMOTIVE<br />
<strong>29</strong>9 Havelock Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
(03) 308 9109<br />
adas@malcolmlovett.co.nz<br />
Stallholders will be on site<br />
from 7am setting up, but the<br />
gates to the public open at<br />
7.30am. It runs until 2.30pm.<br />
Entry is $5 per person.<br />
Children under 15yrs free with<br />
paying adult. There is on site<br />
parking.<br />
Wheelies basketball<br />
The Canterbury<br />
Wheelies<br />
wheelchair<br />
basketball team is<br />
back in town and will<br />
take on an<br />
‘<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Celebrity’ team on<br />
May 15.<br />
Held as part of the<br />
Wheels Week Plus<br />
programme, the<br />
friendly encounter<br />
has been held for a<br />
number of years and<br />
showcases the sport<br />
of wheelchair<br />
basketball.<br />
The Canterbury<br />
Wheelies team is<br />
made up of former<br />
New Zealand and<br />
Canterbury<br />
representative<br />
players from both<br />
junior and senior<br />
levels.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
team will be made<br />
up of communityminded<br />
people and<br />
will be named next<br />
week.<br />
It will be held at<br />
the Mid Canterbury<br />
Basketball Stadium,<br />
Oxford Street, from<br />
3pm.<br />
Spectators are<br />
welcome to come<br />
along and to cheer<br />
on players.<br />
NOW AVAILABLE<br />
• Forward collision warning<br />
• Automatic emergencybraking<br />
• Adaptivecruise control • Lane departurewarning<br />
• Lanekeeping assist ...and more<br />
MidCanterburyCalibration Specialists<br />
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