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NEWS<br />
12 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Mullet shave for agood cause<br />
Hampstead Bowling Club<br />
members Dayle Prichard,<br />
ReganBroker,Steve Gamble,<br />
Craig Kellettand Dale<br />
Frampton have shaved off<br />
their mullets andraised<br />
nearly$2000andcounting for<br />
GumbootFriday.<br />
SixyearoldHunter Gamble,<br />
son of Steve,also joinedthe<br />
cause andgot his mullet<br />
removedtoo.<br />
Dayle,Reganand Stevehad<br />
been growingmullets since<br />
last year’s Queenstown<br />
marathon.<br />
They intended keeping them<br />
forthisyear’sevent, butwith<br />
themarathon delayeduntil<br />
next year duetocovid,they<br />
decided to cut themoff with<br />
thehelp of barbers Belinda<br />
andCarla,ofB’s Barber shop.<br />
Newclub member Natalia<br />
Scott ayouth support worker<br />
and the partner of fellow<br />
mullet growerDaleFrampton,<br />
suggested supporting Gumboot<br />
Friday and theguysjumpedon<br />
board.<br />
Gumboot Fridaywas setup<br />
by New Zealandmental health<br />
advocateMikeKing’s IAm<br />
Hope organisation.<br />
It is afun wayfor Kiwi’s to<br />
raise money for kids’ mental<br />
health.<br />
But also joininthe mental<br />
healthconversationwhile<br />
raising moneytoprovide free<br />
andtimely counselling forany<br />
young person in need.<br />
The bowlers have setupthe<br />
Bowling the Mullets<br />
Hampstead Bowling Club<br />
Givealittle page and donations<br />
canbemadethrough until<br />
February 1, 2022.<br />
All of the donationsmadeto<br />
thecausewillgoto<br />
counsellingfor youngpeople<br />
with registeredmental health<br />
practitioners.<br />
Hampstead Bowling Club<br />
willcelebrate their 75th<br />
Photos: left top; Bowling the<br />
Mullets Hampstead Bowling<br />
Club crew from left, Natalia<br />
Scott, Dayle Prichard, Steve<br />
Gamble, Regan Broker, Dale<br />
Frampton and, front, barbers<br />
Carla and Belinda, with Hunter<br />
Gamble, 6, and Craig Kellett,<br />
left bottom; Dayle Prichard,<br />
Regan Broker, Dale Frampton,<br />
Hunter Gamble, 6, Steve<br />
Gamble and Craig Kellett ahead<br />
of their Gumboot Friday hair<br />
cuts, and above; father and son<br />
duo Steve Gamble and Hunter,<br />
6, get their mullets chopped for<br />
agood cause from Carla and<br />
Belinda, of B's Barbers.<br />
PHOTOS SUPPLIED<br />
jubilee on December18and all<br />
past andcurrentmembers are<br />
invited to jointhe celebrations<br />
at the club.<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
TRUST FUNDS<br />
Methven Playcentrehas received<br />
$4000 forasail shadeand Mount<br />
HuttCollege $9650for travel costs,<br />
playing shortsand singletsinthe<br />
latest funding round from the New<br />
Zealand Community Trust(NZCT).<br />
Gamingvenues runatanumber<br />
of locations, including Methven’s<br />
Brown andBluepubs, enables<br />
NZCTtofund grantdistributions to<br />
sports, community andcultural<br />
groups.<br />
HIGHWAYDEATH<br />
Policeare investigating the death of<br />
aperson followingacrashonState<br />
HighwayOne,nearRakaia, on<br />
Saturday morning. Thecrash,<br />
involvingavehicle and a<br />
pedestrian,occurredataround<br />
6:30am between ChertseyLine<br />
Roadand PendarvesRakaia Road.<br />
TheSerious Crash Unit examined<br />
the scene and an investigation into<br />
the circumstances of thecrash<br />
continues.<br />
GUILTY PLEA MADE<br />
The teenagedriver accusedof<br />
killingsisters Tayla andSunmara<br />
Alexanderwhen his car crashed on<br />
Christchurch's Port Hills pleaded<br />
guiltyonday threeofhis trial this<br />
weekatthe Christchurch District<br />
Court. LeviPhillip Fiddymont, now<br />
21, was chargedwith two counts of<br />
dangerous driving causingdeath,<br />
as well as dangerous driving<br />
causing injury anddriving without<br />
the appropriate licencewhen his<br />
car, whichthe sisters were travelling<br />
in, wentover abank andburst into<br />
flames on Summit Rd,about<strong>11</strong>pm<br />
on <strong>November</strong> 27, 2019. Ateenage<br />
boy,also apassenger, suffered<br />
seriousinjuriesand survived.<br />
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