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Club marks milestones<br />
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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The Waimakariri UnitedFootball Club<br />
celebratedsignificant milestones<br />
achievedbyfive of its players with abig<br />
win in front of alarge crowdatKendall<br />
ParkinKaiapoi on June 26.<br />
It has been abig seasonfor Brad<br />
Stewart and Kane Fraser, withboth<br />
players notchinguptheir 200th gamefor<br />
the club, while MitchellQuigley,Luke<br />
Fraser and LucasClark have all played<br />
their100th game.<br />
The club’s senior men’s firstteam,<br />
playing in MainlandFootball's<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> ChampionshipLeague<br />
competition honoured their achievement<br />
last Saturdaybywinning their game<br />
against ParklandsUnited 60,with all<br />
goalsscored by DannyLoney.<br />
At arecognition ceremony after<br />
Saturday’s gamethe club’sgeneral<br />
manager, AmyPawson,said the game<br />
was acelebration match for the five<br />
players.<br />
‘‘Congratulations to Brad and Kane for<br />
reachingtheir 200th milestone and<br />
Mitchell, Luke and Lucasonreaching<br />
their100th milestone,’’ she said.<br />
‘‘Thesenior men's first team played a<br />
fantastic gameinfrontofalarge home<br />
crowdatKendall Park.<br />
‘‘They haveput in atremendous effort<br />
this season to get themselves to where<br />
they arenow,sitting at the top of the<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Championshipleaguetable.<br />
We are extremely proudofthe whole<br />
team and wish them all the best for the<br />
rest of the season.’’<br />
Clubvicechairperson Sabrina Ilett<br />
thanked the players for providing great<br />
role models for youngerclub members.<br />
‘‘ Thisisnot just about talent but<br />
creating aclub culturethatjuniorand<br />
youthplayers are proud and passionate<br />
about playing forour senior teams, both<br />
at social and competitive level,’’ she said.<br />
Bradjoined the clubasateenager,<br />
after his familyemigratedfrom the<br />
United Kingdomand by the age of 15 he<br />
wasplaying seniorfootball.<br />
He played for manyseasonsbefore<br />
taking asixyearbreak and rejoined the<br />
teamthis season.<br />
He canplay in midfield and defence,<br />
hasahigh workrate andhas been agreat<br />
voice of experience for the squad this<br />
year.<br />
Kanebeganplaying football as afouryearoldwith<br />
RangioraAFC,beforethe<br />
mergerofthe formerthreeWaimakariri<br />
football clubs to formthe Waimakariri<br />
United Football Club in 20<strong>08</strong>.<br />
Apart frombriefstints away, Kane has<br />
playedseniorfootball for the clubsince<br />
he was 15 and is awell respectedsenior<br />
player.<br />
Mitchell alsobeganhis football career<br />
withRangiora AFC, and apart fromone<br />
season off,hehas only everplayed for the<br />
Waimakariri UnitedFootball Club.<br />
He is anononsense defender, with<br />
tremendous aerialability.<br />
Lucasisanother oneclubman,having<br />
started with Rangiora AFC,before the<br />
merger.<br />
He is ahard running leftsidedefender<br />
whohas developed hisattacking game<br />
during recent seasonsand has scored<br />
somespectacular goals.<br />
Lukebeganplaying football with<br />
Kaiapoi TownAFC at age four.<br />
Apart from ashort stintinthe<br />
Mainland PremierLeague with FC<br />
Twenty, Luke has played senior football<br />
for theWaimakariri United Football<br />
Clubsincehewas 16. He is an attacking<br />
midfielder.<br />
Splash for Cash champion<br />
Raewyn Bishop, of Total Realty<br />
Rangiora, has been named the ‘‘Splash<br />
for Cash’’ champion trophy winner from<br />
the Charles Upham Rangiora Big Splash<br />
held last month.<br />
She raised awhopping $3,502 for the<br />
Rangiora Stroke Club for the Big Splash<br />
held at the Rangiora RSA.<br />
‘‘Raewyn took fundraising to the next<br />
level and blew us away with her<br />
fundraising ideas and the amount she<br />
raised for the Rangiora Stroke Club,’’<br />
Rangiora Promotions says.<br />
For her efforts, a$250 donation will be<br />
made to Raewyn’s chosen charity,<br />
Conductive Education <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
In second place in the ‘‘Splash for<br />
Cash’’ was Scott Murray, of ANZ, who<br />
raised $3,214. Adonation will be made to<br />
his chosen charity, Learning Needs<br />
Library Inc. (aka Christchurch Special<br />
Needs Library).<br />
Marea McLennan, of Unichem Medical<br />
Corner Pharmacy Rangiora, raised $2100<br />
to take third place, with adonation to be<br />
Splash for Cash ... Raewyn Bishop (left) is<br />
presented with the ‘‘Splash for Cash’’<br />
champion trophy by Rangiora Promotions<br />
business liaison officer Karen Dugdale.<br />
PHOTO: RANGIORA PROMOTIONS<br />
made to her chosen charity, St John<br />
Rangiora.<br />
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