Ashburton Courier: October 14, 2021

CLUB NEWS
28 Ashburton Courier, October 14, 2021
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Altrusa Ashburton
We meet again! Members
attended an International
Night, with Mariana from
Brazil as the speaker. Books on
Wheels has started again with
members working with the
Ashburton Library to deliver
and collect books.
We contributed canned food
for the local foodbank to
remember World Food Day.
The freezer full of preprepared
food, and violas and
toys, donated for the Flood
Appeal, was much appreciated.
The Literacy Committee has
presented the Ashburton
Maternity Ward with bright
ABC cards. They had 500+
entries from 17 local schools for
their Bookmarks competition.
The Spring Garden raffle will
be at the Farmers Market, and
also at other Ashburton sites.
The International Literacy Day
was celebrated at the
Ashburton Public Library with
acolourful detailed display.
The Health Bursary
application process is under
way. Fun Stationery has been
packaged for children visiting
the Hakatere Marae at times of
crisis in the community, such as
the floods.
Ashburton Lions
President Roger Paterson
welcomed Mayor Neil Brown
and wife Judy, prospective
members David and Hilary
Ward, visitors from the Hinds
and County Lions and spouses /
partners of Lions members.
The Lions have paid for the
replacement of the damaged
memorial stone at Community
House. Aletter of
acknowledgement was received
from Lion Mike and Dianne
Hanham to club members who
assisted with the tidy up of
flood damaged fences at their
property.
The three minute speaker
was Lion Bruce Ferriman. Born
in Ashburton, Bruce has two
daughters and six
grandchildren. He attended
Hinds School and Ashburton
College. He did an
apprenticeship in building,
working for avariety of local
builders. Bruce retired in 2014.
He is an active member of the
Ashburton Golf Club and
Ashburton Woodworkers Club.
He also volunteers mowing
lawns at Trotts Gardens.
Our after dinner guest
speaker was Mayor Neil Brown,
who spoke knowledgeably and
passionately about avariety of
local issues. He discussed the
floods that impacted Mid
Canterbury and the Council
response to this. The district
was declared aCivil Defence
emergency –something that
had never occurred in the
district before. There was very
good national media coverage
of the floods.
Neil addressed the Three
Waters Scheme –storm, waste
and drinking water. There are
some issues and reservations to
work through as to whether
ADC will opt in or out of the
scheme. Community
consultation will follow and the
ADC will make adecision after
this. Overall district waste and
drinking water are in good
shape.
The Fairton shunting yard
project is aKiwirail, ADC,
Government partnership.
Costing $14 million, $2 million
will be contributed from
Government. The relocated site
will enable increased potential
for rail. Part of the current
shunting site will potentially be
used as an additional car park.
Council has recently passed
that the location of the second
river bridge development will
be on the end of Chalmers Ave.
The Civic Centre and Library
rebuild will cost $56 million,
including acontingency. The
likely end date is around
February 2023 –adelay of
several months.
Mayor Brown discussed the
current CBD upgrade,
acknowledging disruptions for
shop owners. The main costs
are from underground work ­
water, storm water, phone,
fibre, power systems have all
been upgraded. Raingardens
will capture water run off from
the roads. Keeping East Street
open has been apriority.
Aand PShow gates and the
Playhouse Raffle are upcoming
/current projects for the Club.
These will potentially affected
by Covid levels. The Golf
Tournament is now to be held
on 14 October.
The Club voted to replace the
food trailer deep fryer, oven
and hobs, which were second
hand when the trailer was first
built.
Ashburton Bowling Club
On Thursday the Ladies
Championship Fours got under
way with two matches being
played. Circumstances out of
our control have prevented any
further play of these
championship matches at
present, but hopes are high for
next Thursday.
Also on Thursday Club
Members took to the green with
our fellow bowlers from MSA
and it really was alovely day for
bowling, sunshine with afrisky
breeze! There was quite a
gathering in the Club room
afterwards!
At the MSA Friday Triples –
played at Ashburton –
Ashburton once again figured
with Heather Goodall’s team
(with LSpargo, SMaw) placed
2nd, and RMcGarry as part of a
composite team placed 3rd.
The Saturday Rollover
Triples went ahead this week,
with aslightly reduced number
to last week, but which
included our MSA fellow
bowlers. Our men were playing
Championship triples and fours
which probably had abearing
on the numbers attending the
rollover. In 1st place with 2
wins, 5ends, 14 points were M
Skilling, ABlain, BKellett, A
Gibbs and in 2nd place were R
Mitchell, RKeeling, HGray and
GHurrell with 1win, 7ends.
At Hampstead, also on
Saturday, the Ashburton Pairs
team of GEder and WLee,
reached the last 8ofthe Sub­
Centre pairs. Well done,
gentlemen!
Sunday the 10th saw 60
bowlers –reps from Country/
Mid and South Canterbury –
playing on both of Ashburton’s
greens, with 6ofAshburton’s
men (resplendent in blue and
white) among the number
acting as markers. The greens
and surroundings were acredit
to the groundsmen! The
winners were Canterbury
Country, with South Cant. 2nd
and mid­Cant. 3rd.
Congratulations to our
Ashburton bowlers selected for
the mid­Canterbury men’s and
ladies squads, namely Brentton
Donaldson, Barbara Ewing and
Leonie Spargo.
Ashburton Ladies started
their week by taking part in the
Hefford Shield at Methven on
Monday –two teams playing in
the morning and one in the
afternoon. Results will be
forthcoming.
The postponed Murton Cup
Ladies Fours, originally
scheduled for Monday 4th
October at Rakaia, will now be
played on Monday 1st
November at Rakaia.
Areminder that the Ladies
Chartered Clubs tournament
will be held at Ashburton for 5
days commencing on Monday
morning, 22nd October.
Good bowling everyone! But,
remember the protocols,
because it’s not going away!
Ashburton Dahlia Circle
The first table show and
meeting for the 2020/21 season
of the Ashburton Dahlia Circle
was held with so many beautiful
blooms making it on to the
tables with 102 entries.
John Cuthbertson kindly
judged the blooms, the entries
having held up well in the
recent winds and heat with
some stunning blooms on
display.
Ameeting was held in
conjunction followed by tea/
coffee and nibbles.
The main fundraiser for the
circle is the annual tuber sale
on Saturday October 23 at the
Ashburton Farmers Market
from 9am until noon. It is cash
only.
The Champion Bloom was
awarded to Brian Glassey for
his daffodil ‘Rhonda’.
Our next meeting will be held
on Tuesday October 19 at the
Tinwald Hall at 6.30pm. All
welcome.
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