North Canterbury News: August 19, 2021

Menz shed creates daffodils
The Amberley Menz Shed members have
created 15 large daffodils on standsfor
the Cancer Society NorthCanterbury
Centre.
The daffodils will be displayedatsome
of the North Canterbury collectionsitesin
Kaikoura, Cheviot, Amberley,Kaiapoi,
Rangiora and Oxford duringDaffodil Day
SPORTS RESULTS
Rangiora BridgeClub
Oxford Pairs North/South: Des Steere/
JudyHayton 1, MargaretFraser/David
McRae 2, Cath Costello/Robyn Dawson 3.
East/West: Gaynor Hurford/Jenny Shore
1, DawnSimpson/Veronica Hall 2,
Margaret Pickering/Janice Pickering3.
Crockford Challenge: Colleen Adam/
Helen Paterson 1, DavidPrice/Richard
Williams 2, TomRose Rona/ Maslowski
3. RataPairs: N/S: Moody Shokry/
Colleen Adam 1, RichardLuisetti/Judith
Driver 2, Fern McRae/David McRae and
Andrew Findlay/Dave Tocker equal 3.
E/W Pauline Miller/Bunty Marshall 1.
Sue Solomons/Jan Roose 2. Kereen
McKay/Janice Pickering 3.
Junior Evening: N/S:Annette Caldwell/
GailDunlop 1, Anne Bagrie/Kate
Whitehead 2, AlisonHowie/Marilyn
Eliet 3. E/W:Stuart Atkinson/Wayne
Hutchings 1, Penny Fisher/Bernie
Lukken 2, TrishWarnes/Diane Graham
3. Plate Pairs: N/S:Dave Tocker/Liz
Duke1,JudyBruerton/Joyce Gray 2,
AnneAnderson/Joy Hayward 3. E/W:
JanicePickering/Maggie Johnson1,
Colin Dick/ElizabethAlabaster 2,
Shirley Symns/Dawn Simpson 3.
Rangiora Golf Club
9Hole competition:Stroke /Club
Championship Qualifying Round 1:
Ladies: PatRoberts 35,Janet Maguire
36, RitaMoore 37c/b, ColeenWhite 37c/b,
on Fridayand Saturday, August27and 28.
CancerSociety North Canterbury
Centrefundraising and events officer
Tiffany Wafersays the daffodilswill
provide an ‘‘enhanced presence’’ for
collectors and people giving adonation.
‘‘Theyare bright and fun and abit of a
talking point.’’
Catherine Boddy37. Men:John Gardner
34, Clifford Boddy 38 c/b, Ross McQueen
38 c/b,Bruce Pugh 38.
Amberley Bridge Club
August 9: North/South: Shula Guseand
Jan Roose 1, JillCoberger andPaddy
Macfarlane 2, Jim Knight and Kevin
Moore 3. East/West:FayePattinson &
Ian Pettigrew 1, Jenny andBruce Yates
2, Caryl Brown&JanHaley 3. August 12:
N/S:MaryWarren and IreneCarson 1,
JudithDriver andJan Roose 2, Denise
Langand May Milne3.E/W: Mary Bain
and Helen Thornburgh 1, Nell McKellow
and Sally Egden2,Pippa Graham and
Douschka Saunders 3.
Amberley Golf
Mid Week Men:JByrne 39,BYates 35,B
Fitzgerald 35, RKeith 34,MBruner34, K
Rayner34, AGenet34.9Holers: Ladies:
HAstell 21, LEdwards19. Men: M
Carpenter 17, DPercy 17.
Waimakariri Gorge Women’s Golf
Rosebowl Stableford: 18 Holes: J
Pottinger 39, 1; MRobertson 36, 2; L
Patton 36,3;LAnderson 35, 4; LSmith
24, 5; MTeAwa 32,6;LScott 31, 7; N
Weavers 31, 8; SMardon 30. 9; JBlatch
30, 10. 9Holes: SMcDonald 16, 1; S
Farrar 15, 2.
AmberleySmallboreRifleClub
KBrown99.8,DQuigley 99.6, MBlack
98.7,KQuigley 97.5,IFrazer96.4, P
Wisheart 96.3, GHeaven93.1,OMitchell
92.1,BCraigie90.0,MParker 87.2, C
Rhodes86.2, WParker 86.0,ARoxburgh
72.0,GJennings 63.1. Everyonewelcome
with gear supplied.
NEWS
The North Canterbury News, August 19, 2021
Loss for NC rugby
RUGBY
By LINDSAY KERR
A14­3 losstoaCanterburyMaori sidemight
not seemanideal build up forNorth
Canterbury’s annualrugby fixture against
Ellesmere.
But the game was closerthan the
scoreboard indicatedand it alsogave the
selectors the opportunitytotry different
player combinations from that which ran
out theweek before againstBuller.
Two tries to the Maori, one three minutes
into the firsthalf and the other with halftime
beckoningproved the difference.
The first of these tries resulted from an
opportunisticintercept whenNorth
Canterburywas hot on attackand lookingto
score.
The North Canterbury performance in
the first half was loaded with errorsand
lost opportunities. The forwards struggled
25
up front and gaps regularly appeared in the
backline.
The secondhalf produced an improved
performance, withastiffened defence line
and aforward pack that refused to be
outmuscled.
North Canterbury was well lead by
captainJosh Maynard fromnumbereight
and standout performancescamefrom
lockAlex Kennedy and blind side loosie
Jessie Houston.
Brook Retallick’s positionalkicking was
accurate and he kicked apenalty.
Fullback Digby Heard looked for work at
every opportunity.
In addition to the gameagainst
Ellesmere, North Canterburywill also play
aCantabriansXVthis Saturday and Otago
Country at Cromwell on September 4, a
gamethat had beenarrangedfor
Canterbury Country but was subsequently
scrapped.
Ellesmere, comingalosstoMid
Canterbury, was swamped45­22 by the
Cantabrians XV lastSaturday.
Volunteer drivers needed
TheNorth Canterbury MiniBus Trust
needsmore volunteer driverstocontinue
providingits communitytransport service.
Thetrust is anot­for­profitorganisation
co­ordinated, managedand runby
volunteers to provide alternative,
accessible transport forNorth
Cantabrians aged60yearsorolder, or
thosewith adisability.
Drivers must have apleasant,patient
personality andhaveaClass1driver’s
licence. They must alsobeabletopassa
medical fitness test,whichwillbepaidfor
by thetrust,and apolice test, whichwillbe
arrangedbythe trust.
North Canterbury Mini BusTrust
trusteeGreg Wright says thetrust’s
vehiclesprovide transportat``very
nominalrates’’, with pick­up andreturn
forRangiora’s PresbyterianSupport's
TotaraClub during the week, plus a
Rangiora shoppers’ bus onTuesday and
Thursday.
There arealsoplans to possibly provide
aweeklyKaiapoiserviceifthe demand is
there.
The vehicles,which includeawheelchair
hoist, arealsoavailablefor selfdrive,
short­term hire andare considered
idealfor family outings. Thoseinterested
in volunteering to be amini­bus driver,
learning more about the trust, or
interested in hiringone of thevehicles,
cancall Roni Jordanon(03)2612889.
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