North Canterbury News: May 27, 2021
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NEWS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>May</strong> <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Ateam of Average Joes pull off the big one<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Agroup of mainlyIrish friends<br />
calling themselvesthe Average Joes<br />
won the $1000 Trophy Pull at the<br />
Sefton Tug Of War last Sunday.<br />
The Average Joeswere hot<br />
favourites to win the event at Sefton<br />
School aftersuccess in earlier<br />
years.<br />
Team captain Mike Mullery<br />
attributed their success to Guiness,<br />
the famous Irishstout whichisa<br />
favourite tipple within the group.<br />
Mike said the friends,which<br />
include some Kiwis and a<br />
Scotswoman, decided to call<br />
themselves the Average Joes<br />
because theydidn’tthink they were<br />
very good.<br />
‘‘We didn’t know we were goingto<br />
be goodand we are still pretty<br />
average, to be fair,’’hesaid.<br />
Tug of war events are popularin<br />
Ireland and, although some of the<br />
Irishteam membersare now based<br />
in Christchurch, others travelled<br />
from Aucklandand Dunedin for<br />
Sunday’s event.<br />
‘‘We loveit,’’ Mikesaid.‘‘It is a<br />
good day out and we enjoy it.’’<br />
The other bigtrophyonthe day,<br />
the $1000 Mixed Pull,was won by<br />
the Snap Fitnessteam, with<br />
Tuahiwi Tuturu winning the Year<br />
7/8 School Pull and Tuahiwi<br />
Manawa Titi winning the Year 5/6<br />
School Pull.<br />
The day is SeftonSchool’s big<br />
annual fundraiser.<br />
Colourful oldies ... Members of the Very Old Farts team hold their organiser, Barb Sherriff, in between heats at the the annual Sefton Tug of<br />
War last Sunday.<br />
PHOTOS: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Busy role ... ChrisRowe, of Sefton,<br />
was masterofceremoniesfor the day.<br />
Cheered on ... The<br />
Amberley Anchors get<br />
some encouragement<br />
from the crowd during<br />
one of their pulls.<br />
Working hard ... Dameyn Brunt, of Sefton, a<br />
member of the Grownups team, gives his all.<br />
Honest work ... Members of the Truthful Trevs dig deep.<br />
Competition favourites ... The inform Average Joes compete.<br />
Hot chip<br />
factory ...<br />
From left,<br />
Whaea<br />
Rowena,<br />
Ella Fong<br />
and Jane<br />
Fong had a<br />
busy day<br />
selling hot<br />
food.<br />
School work ...<br />
Members of the Sefton School staff team during one of the pulls.
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