Bay Harbour: March 09, 2022

Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 9 2022
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Running event for
all ages to go ahead
THE BRAD Richards Building
Sea2Sky Challenge is set to go
ahead on Sunday.
The triathlon, duathlon and
trail running event for all ages
and abilities is confirmed for
Sunday at Scarborough
Beach. Event organisers said
they are confident in their ability
to host under the Covid-19
protection framework red light
setting.
This confidence comes from
having delivered the past
two events safely under strict
guidelines and gaining positive
feedback.
Now into it’s seventh year, the
Brad Richards Building Sea2Sky
Challenge is thriving and with
the support of local businessman
Brad Richards it continues to
grow.
Richards lives in Redcliffs
and his building company has
many of their projects in the
harbour-bays area in which the
event is set. He is a recreational
runner, mountain biker and can
be found catching waves at Scarborough,
when he isn’t training
for long distance running races
and the Coast to Coast.
Richards’ daughter Willow has
competed in the event alongside
his nephew and niece. Plus, he
will compete in the trail run
event at the Sea2Sky Challenge
this year for a second time, having
finished 15th overall in 2021.
“It’s great to be able to support
a local event that utilises the
beautiful area we live in with the
challenging hills and stunning
trails,” Richards said.
“My hope is the event continues
to grow year on year,” he
said.
The Sea2Sky Challenge has a
triathlon, duathlon and trail run
options for juniors (five years and
up) through to Masters of 80+
years. It is considered one of the
most beautiful races of the kiwi
circuit and competitors will find
it a unique course.
Event director John Newsom
said they have made changes
such having 15 athletes start
every 30 seconds and standing
2m apart and limiting numbers
as well as a range of other safety
measures.
Memorial futsal
tournament planned
WHILE THERE will be no
public remembrance services for
the anniversary of the mosque
attacks, a Lyttelton group has
organised a memorial futsal
tournament to bring together
local families.
Sow A Lyttel Seed joined
together with the Sakinah
Community Trust, Lyttelton
Recreation Centre and Mainland
Football to have a memorial
futsal tournament next week.
Lyttelton resident Noraini
Milne’s 14-year-old son Sayyad,
was killed at Masjid An-nur
(also known as the Al Noor
Mosque).
Milne and her friends Cathy
Lum-Webb and Crile set up Sow
A Lyttel Seed, a group that gives
grieving families opportunities
for growth, healing and well-being
in and around Lyttelton.
They have organised an
invite-only tournament is to celebrate
young shuhadas (Arabic
term for martyrs).
“It’s to remember our young
shuhadas and to inspire the
youth, sport is a great way of
expressing yourself,” Lum-Webb
said.
While Covid restrictions have
made things more difficult,
the event is still able to go
forward with changes and safety
Taken in early 2019, Sayyad
Milne (second from the left
standing) and his futsal
team from Cashmere High
School.
measures in place.
Mainland Football is supporting
the event through funding
they got from New Zealand
Cricket to support the families
affected by March 15.
“Futsal was a connection that
these kids had so we want to
support the families in any way
we can,” Mainland Football
ethnic and diversity inclusion
programme manager Hussain
Hanif said.
The event is also in conjunction
with Unity Week,
co-ordinated by the Sakinah
Community Trust.
Unity Week will be held in
Christchurch from March 15
to 22 to harness and build on
the sense of unity that emerged
in the city and the rest of New
Zealand after the mosque
attacks.
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