Ashburton Courier: November 25, 2021
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NEWS<br />
8 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Charity garage sale<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pakeke Lions is after good<br />
quality donateditemsforits annualcharity<br />
garage sale.<br />
They are after surplus itemsincluding<br />
furniture,garden equipment, household,<br />
workshop and othersellable items.<br />
Donations shouldnot include old<br />
televisions, heaters or computers.<br />
The garagesalewillbeheld January29<br />
and30atthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> Racecourse and<br />
will includeawiderange of salesitems, as<br />
well as cake, produce and craft stalls.<br />
For more information and collection<br />
contact Clarrie (308 9629), Dave(3074349)or<br />
John(3076629).<br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
David Fisher has been involved in local hockey for over two<br />
decades.<br />
Hockey award<br />
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Mid Canterbury Hockey’s<br />
treasurer David Fisher was<br />
awarded the Hockey NZ Gold<br />
Service Award at the club’s<br />
AGM on Tuesday.<br />
Recipients of the award have<br />
contributed more than <strong>25</strong> years<br />
of service to hockey in avariety<br />
of ways.<br />
Mid Canterbury Hockey<br />
nominated David for the award<br />
in recognition of his valuable<br />
contribution to hockey.<br />
In aletter announcing the<br />
award, Hockey NZ chief<br />
executive Anthony Crummy said<br />
‘‘We at Hockey New Zealand<br />
very much appreciate the<br />
service David has given to our<br />
sport.’’<br />
David has had over 50 years<br />
involvement with hockey, first<br />
picking up astick when he was<br />
10yearsold in Gisborne. He<br />
moved around with his family<br />
living in the West Coast, Timaru<br />
and University in Christchurch<br />
before settling in <strong>Ashburton</strong> in<br />
1983.<br />
David has since held positions<br />
on the <strong>Ashburton</strong> hockey<br />
executive, and in 1993 he took<br />
on the role of treasurer and has<br />
been in that role for 27 years.<br />
The biggest change in hockey<br />
David has witnessed over the<br />
years is the switch from grass to<br />
turf when <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s hockey<br />
turf was built in 1987.<br />
‘‘The turf was abig one for me,<br />
it became afaster game, amore<br />
skilful game, it’s just so quick,’’<br />
he said.<br />
There had been adrop in club<br />
membership because of covid,<br />
but numbers are on the increase<br />
again.<br />
To help get the sport more<br />
exposure in the community, the<br />
club is looking for anew<br />
coaching and development<br />
officer, after the previous<br />
person left around ayear ago.<br />
‘‘It’snot afulltime job, but we<br />
are looking at getting some<br />
funding to make the position<br />
full time, and that gets the sport<br />
into the schools and helps<br />
representative coaches.’’<br />
This season the senior mens<br />
team competed in the<br />
Christchurch competition,<br />
holding their own against stiff<br />
opposition and making it to the<br />
final.<br />
‘‘We did well, we punch above<br />
our weight,’’ David said.<br />
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