Pegasus Post: October 07, 2021

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021
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Surf lifesavers’ recognised
for passion and long service
A combined century is
a long time to give to
any sport but for two
veteran lifesavers, it was
all part of their love for
the sport, a passion
recognised with national
awards. Reporter John
Cosgrove talks to
Roger Smith and Steve
Johnston about their
life-long passion for surf
lifesaving
THE ONLY TIME veteran North
Beach surf lifesaver Roger Smith
ever feared for his life was when
another club’s surf boat crashed
into his during a surf carnival.
“We were in big, big waves at
the nationals and while our boat
was in a good spot for speed
between two waves, I watched as
another boat tried to come in over
the top of us.
“Those boats were big and
heavy and required a lot of skill
to use them, especially in rough
surf.
“If they dumped you out, you
hoped like hell you came out of it
alive,” he said.
• Turn to page 4
THAT’S ME: Roger Smith points to himself on an old photo taken during a surf carnival.
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE ​
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Biketober Bicycle Parts Sales
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As part of Biketober 2021, Sustain
South Brighton in partnership with
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parts sales and swap meet on Sunday
October 10. The community is
encouraged to go along, haggle and
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to chat to key people in the industry,
get tips and ideas for their bikes. Free
Brighten Up Brighton –
Community Clean-up Day
Sunday, 10am to noon
Brighton Mall
Meeting at the Our Bright Town
mural, the two hour long Brighten
Up Brighton - community clean-up
day will tackle a variety of issues
the area. The event is led by New
Brighton Project and New Brighton
Residents Association with support
from many community organisations.
Admission free.
A full family history open day
Saturday, 10am to 4pm
Parkview Community Centre, 75
Queenspark Drive, Parklands
As part of the Christchurch Heritage
Festival, Christchurch Libraries are
inviting you to spend a day learning
where to start with your family
history journey from or discover
ways to take it further. Catering for
ages five to 105. Phone NZ Society of
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New Brighton Seaside Market, New Brighton Pedestrian Mall,
Saturday 10am–2pm. Every Saturday, New Brighton’s pedestrian mall is
filled with colour and creativity. Come down to the seaside and enjoy, live
entertainment, great food, fresh produce, arts, crafts, jewellery and more.
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Big turn out for clean up
• By John Cosgrove
MORE THAN 100 people will
turn up on Sunday to give New
Brighton mall a spruce up.
The annual Brighten Up
community clean-up event has
been swamped with so many
volunteers that organisers
have had to
open a second
registration site.
Coastal-
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Community
Board deputy
chairwoman
Jo Zervos was
impressed with
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the response, with more than 100
volunteers keen to help clean up
the areas surrounding the mall
for two hours on Sunday.
“There are so many coming
that we have to divide the mall
up into sections to cater for
Covid level 2 restrictions.
“It sounds really promising
that we will make a good impact
on getting many of the small jobs
done,” she said.
Since the event was publicised
in Pegasus Post two weeks ago,
Zervos said other groups had
been in touch and will take on a
number of smaller side projects
in the community.
“They are joining a large
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UNTIDY: More than 100 volunteers have so far put their hands up to help clean up New
Brighton on Sunday.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
number of community groups
and people who are contributing
to the success of the day,
especially City Care and the
graffiti programme, who I have
done the majority of the work
with in putting this all together.
“We have the New Brighton
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Residents’ Association, New
Brighton Project, New Brighton
Volunteer Fire Brigade,
PEEEP Trust, Keep Christchurch
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Archery, Union Church,
Coastal Time Bank, New
Brighton Lions Club, New
Brighton Community Gardens,
Eastern Community Sports and
Recreation and quite a few more
all coming along.”
The registration sites at the
Bright Town Mural and Hawke
St car park will open before the
10am start.
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Dramatic introduction to water leads
• By John Cosgrove
IN SPITE OF almost drowning
during his first encounter
with the surf, Steve Johnston
eventually developed a deep love
for surf lifesaving.
A passion for service and a
very impressive rescue tally of
more than 112 rescues saw him
presented with his 50-year medal
at the recent Surf Life Saving
New Zealand national awards.
As a young boy his dramatic
introduction to the power of
waves came courtesy of his
older brothers who pushed him
into the surf one day at Taylors
Mistake.
“It was brutal, the waves
demolished me but I survived,
it put me off the ocean for a few
years but I eventually started going
along to Waimairi Surf Club
later in my teens.
“At that time my life revolved
around playing rugby, swimming
and royal lifesaving.
“Once I started at the club in
1970 I was quickly pushed into
instructing and then I became a
paid lifeguard during my university
years,” he said.
Johnston, 68, trained as a
teacher working at several
schools in Christchurch, Wanganui,
Tonga and eventually
50 YEARS: Waimairi Surf Lifesaving Club member Steve Johnston reflects on his service in
the club’s Waimairi beach trophy room.
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE ​
many years at Burnside High
School.
He also took an active part in
the surf lifesaving competitions
held nationally earning several
national titles.
Behind the scenes he worked
for the club committees reaching
club captain and club president
status during his illustrious
career.
But his passion is saving lives
and he had done a few of those.
“When I was a paid guard
there were only one of us on any
beach at any time so you had to
be vigilant all the time.
“On sunny hot days there
could be 200 people on the beach
so I always found the worst part
of the beach and stood there
ready to go.
“We had to be bossy, most
people were compliant but just as
I teach young people today, you
had to use your voice and learn
to read the tides.
“Outgoing tides were the
worst as they brought on the
rips, if you saw anything that
might be happening you had
to run like stink to get to the
people, even if it was a false
alarm you couldn’t afford to
waste time wondering what was
happening.”
Some of his most fondest
memories of surf lifesaving
are also the most dramatic
and life-threatening rescues
he undertook, often singlehandedly.
“I was instructing one day
and saw these two girls suddenly
dragged off by a rip, I just
grabbed a rescue tube and took
off after them. It was very rough
seas and it took me over 30min
to get them back to the beach, I
was so exhausted that I literally
had to drag them both up on the
beach, one by her arm with the
other wedged under my arm, it
was then I found we were half
way to North Beach.
‘I often saw the odd shark or two out there’
• From page 1
Fortunately, the other boat
went under Roger’s boat and all
aboard were safe.
For the former businessman,
to be awarded a 50-year badge
at the recent Surf Lifesaving
New Zealand national awards
of excellence, was a humbling
experience.
“I was surprised to be named
as a recipient, I’m not finished
yet as I still think I have much to
offer the sport,” he said.
Since he was a teenager Smith
(now 67) has been heavily involved
in both surf lifesaving and
rugby.
A former past president at both
the North Beach Surf Lifesaving
Club and the Shirley Rugby
Club, Smith said he still helps out
where he can on both club committees.
“I love working behind the
scenes, and do what I can for the
good of the clubs. I feel it’s good
for any sporting club to have a
few old heads in the mix bringing
their experience to the club.”
Smith was 18 when he trained
for his first season as a lifeguard
at North Beach.
“It was a magnificent time back
then, a wonderful way to be part
of something that helped the
community.
“Back then it was the amateur
era and membership at surf clubs
was very strong.
“There were surf carnivals
everywhere and we used to travel
far and wide to get to the whole
day affairs.”
He recalls many great trips, as
all the clubs seem to always be
on the same ferries at the same
time, so there were many stories
he said he could tell, but they
wouldn’t be suitable for readers.
However, he did recall one trip
to the nationals aboard the TEV
Maori interisland ferry: “Some
members partied too hard on the
day sailing to Wellington so they
decided to sleep it off in their car
but woke the next morning to
find they were back at Lyttelton,
wharfies had left their car aboard
and they had done a round trip
overnight.
“North Beach was a wonderful
place to spend every weekend
during the summer, my family
grew up around me on those
beaches.”
His sons Dan and Ryan followed
him into the sport.
“In those days we did a lot a
fundraising every weekend in the
Brighton Mall, and we felt we had
ownership of the club.”
In the 1970s all rescues were
undertaken by four-man belt and
line teams, they also used surf
skis, canoes and big heavy surf
boats.
“You would be rostered on
a patrol team of five to six
members and on days when the
beaches were crowded you not
only watched what was happening
between the flags but also
around the edges.”
He said patrolling is more
about preventative actions rather
SKILLS:
Roger Smith,
second
from left,
loves the
camaraderie
of surf
lifesaving,
than actual rescues.
“You had to concentrate, look
for the telltale signs that swimmers
were starting to get into
trouble by drifting outside the
flags, or out of their depth in
the waves, and then go and help
them out.
“We tried to stop things happening
before they got worse.”
Rips were the cause of many
callouts and he still remembers
his first big rescue.
“One day a rip just developed
out of nowhere, one minute the
surf was okay then suddenly
seven to eight people were being
whisked away, everybody jumped
in to help out and we quickly got
everyone out safely.”
He said it’s only natural that
people panic when a rip grabs.
“They should remember that
all the sea is doing is going out
along a ditch, just as quickly as
it appears and drags you out it
also quickly deposits you on a
sandbank behind the breakers,
but sadly people panic and panic
kills.”
His advice – just float with the
rip and hold your hand up.
“Usually we would only swim
about 100 to 200m out beyond
the surf but on the boats, I often
saw the odd shark or two out
there.
“People would be surprised
that there is more wildlife than
they think out there beyond the
surf.”
His fondest memories of his
time spent guarding at North
Beach and Lyall Bay in Wellington
were about the comradeship
and being part of a close-knit
team “that’s what made it all so
special,” he said.
Smith experienced the many
different technological changes
the sport went through, from the
introduction of the inflatable rescue
boat which revolutionised the
speed of rescues and capabilities
of clubs, to handheld radios aiding
the communication between
crews and shore.
He said the recent crop of
reality surf programmes have
helped raise awareness of water
safety, but he reminds people to
always swim between the flags
and watch the surf conditions.

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leads to 50 years of saving lives
Another from early in his
career was one that could have
been tragic.
“I saw a guy in trouble in the
surf.
“I started to bring him back
when he asked if I had seen his
wife, so I got him ashore and
then raced back into the surf
which smashed me about a bit.
I really had no idea where she
was or where to look until I
surfaced again after being hit
by yet another big wave to find
her right beside me. It was a
real wake-up call about being
vigilant on duty,” he said.
“They are great memories
because they were successful,”
he said.
His other treasure trove
of experiences are about the
camaraderie of the teams he
worked with, the sense of family
and purpose he found at the
club and all the friends he has
made over the years.
In amongst those yarns is
the odd gem like when down
cleaning out the club rooms
early one winter’s day he and
several others heard a faint call
for help.
“It was a still winter’s day and
the sea fog was very thick, we
all heard this faint voice calling
for help, so we launched a boat
and headed out into the fog following
the voice.
“Eventually we were able to
reach two blokes in a small fishing
boat about 200m off shore.
“They were lost, drifting
along out of fuel and didn’t
know where they were. One of
them had hypothermia so we
got him to safety. We then took
out some more fuel and called
the other clubs along the beach
to keep an eye out for the owner
who remained on board.”
“I love what I do here at
the club, I’m still active even
though I gave up competitions
in 2008, and there is much I
can still teach to the younger
new members. It’s a great place
to be, I even met my first wife
there.”
His advice to young life
guards is to always remember
to be vigilant, and be quick to
respond.
RUNNING MAN: Ever
since he started at the
Waimairi Surf Lifesaving
Club back in 1970 Steve
Johnston has been an
active competitor even
after he retired.
Russell
Connor
Michelle
Moyle
At the recent Surf Lifesaving
New Zealand national awards
of excellence 2021 function,
service awards were presented to
members of eastern surf lifesaving
clubs:
Russell Connor, North Beach
Emma Derrick, North Beach
Scott McAlister, South Brighton
Mark Drabble, South Brighton
Steven Drabble, South Brighton
Scott McAlister, South Brighton
Michelle Moyle, Waimairi
The service awards are
presented to club members who
via a national points system,
analyses the key roles that
person had in the club, their
performance, how many years of
service they did and what roles
they held at regional or national
level plus any extra achievements
attained.
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League player heading to school of hard knocks
• By Chris Barclay
BRONSON REUBEN faces a
steep learning curve on, and
off, the field next year when the
talented rugby league player
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NRL dream.
Not only will the 15-year-old,
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code’s ultimate school of hard
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contract with the Canterbury
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Fortunately, his mother and
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“It’s a bit of an upheaval really.
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BULLDOGS PUP: Promising rugby league player Bronson high school friends when making
Reuben heads to Sydney next year after securing a the transition.
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Bronson started playing rugby
league as a six-year-old at the
Kaiapoi-based Northern Bulldogs,
following in father Kyle’s
sprigmarks – a former New Zealand
age group and Canterbury
representative.
“It’ll be a big learning curve
but like anything, if you want to
excel at a sport you should probably
fish where the fish are,” said
Kirsten, the Northern Bulldogs
club secretary.
“You go where they’ve got good
programmes, they just do it properly
over there. We couldn’t really
not do it.”
The Northern Bulldogs under-
16s player of the year for 2021,
Bronson, who has represented
Canterbury since he was nine,
will play in the same grade next
year.
His favourite player is retired
Kangaroos, Queensland and
North Queensland halfback
Johnathan Thurston, who started
his illustrious career at the Bulldogs
in 2002.
Bronson is the second player
from St Bede’s to join the
Canterbury Bulldogs, following
year 13 student and Halswell
Hornets back rower Tanner
Stowers-Smith, who signed a twoyear
deal last December.
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New Brighton’s
Seaside Market
back in action
New Brighton’s Seaside Market is a true
community affair, with a variety of stalls
offering handmade crafts, local produce,
and lots of yummy food. The market is
held every Saturday from 10am-2pm at the
Brighton Mall.
Enjoy the environment or take a
stroll along the beach, visit the Beachside
Playground, or sit up on the Level
One balcony and take in the market
atmosphere from above.
***Important information
regarding COVID-19 Delta level 2
and the Seaside Market***
The market will be making a
few changes to comply with level 2
requirements and continue to provide a
healthy and safe environment for all. This
will include no public kai tables.
Food vendors can only offer takeaway
service during level 2.
The bouncy castle and face-painting are
on hold until Level 1.
It is important to the market that they
continue to provide a space so their stall
holders can trade. Just as important is that
the market is committed to delivering a
safe environment where their customers
can continue to support their local sellers.
Remember to sign in using the QR code
which will be placed around the market or
manually at the info site.
While at the market:
Please wear your mask and practice
2m social distancing from people you
don’t know. There will be hand sanitiser
available at the info site.
If you are feeling unwell, they ask that
you DO NOT visit the Market.
Safety first is their motto, and they
appreciate your patience and kindness
extended to others.
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Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 10am – 2pm
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Please note this event will only go
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Devils and Angels take to the field
• By John Cosgrove
THE BIG HITS were flying all
around Halswell Domain as the
Parklands Christchurch United
men’s and women’s softball
teams put in some good batting
practice during the weekend.
The Devils and Angels teams
took part in the two-day preseason
Halswell Fastball45
tournament.
Five women’s and seven men’s
teams lined up for the fast-paced
round robin event.
Each game starts with two
runners already on bases and
lasts 45min, or four innings,
which ever comes first.
While fast-paced, the game is
also tactical with a lot of bunts,
hits and runs, and squeeze plays
called by the coaches.
PCU Angels manager Donna
Hamilton said it was a good
opening hit out for her young
team.
“They are a young, up-andcoming
premier side and are
always ready to play the long
game to get to the top.
“When I reflect on last season,
I’m happy the team really
found their feet and started to
play fearlessly when coming
up against the top teams in the
premier women’s grade.
“We’ve started our season
with the Fastball45 tournament,
scoring two wins and two losses,
but we were still able to secure
ourselves a spot in the southern
qualifier to be held on Sky Sport
in November.
“We have a talented side,
especially when you consider the
average age of the girls is just 20,
which really highlights the talent
within our squad.”
Hamilton said they are looking
to build as a team during their
pre-Christmas games as they
aim for the post-Christmas
Canterbury championship.
“It’s a goal we can definitely
achieve and then we hope to
end our season competing at
the New Zealand women’s open
EYE ON THE BALL: Angels’
batter Caitlin Davidson
has a bunt.
STRIKE ONE: Madisyn
Dysart pitches against the
Kaiapoi Queens.
HOMER: Trinity Mackley has
a big swing.
PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE
club nationals in Lower Hutt,”
Hamilton said.
The PCU Devils were on the
winning side of the action at the
end of the two-days, taking the
outright title after a close fought
final against Papanui.
With the final score tied at 7-7,
the Devils won on a count back,
beating Papanui in the first three
count back criteria of double
plays, squeeze play runs and
power play runs.
The Kaiapoi Queens premier
women took out the women’s
trophy, while tournament
runners-up Sydenham Kereru
women and the Papanui men
kept them honest all the way to
the end in both matches.
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continuing education
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offering a new course at Risingholme in
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THE BEST PLACE TO SELL YOUR STAMPS, COINS,
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