Ashburton Courier: May 12, 2022

CLUB NEWS
40 Ashburton Courier, May 12, 2022
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Ashburton Petanque Club
Overthe weekend several of
our players competed in the
Otago TriplesinMosgiel with
Jan Guilford, Marion Harrison
and their Caversham partner
runners up in the
ChampionshipTrophy.These
three were chuffed being the
only all women’s team to finish
in the top six. Richard Browne,
Neville andKaren Bensdorp
won the Consolation.
Congratulationstoyou all.Our
members continuetolearn
from Adeyls and his wife Lani,
with coaching last Thursday
and on Saturday. Thishas to fit
in with shift work so will not be
aweekly event, but we all really
appreciate themboth giving
their time. Saturday afternoon
play is proving popular withthe
members especially with the
lovely weatherwehavebeen
experiencing. Two newbies
joined us last week.The next
event is South Canterbury
Doubles in Timaru this
Saturday to which several of
our players are going. On the
last Sunday thismonth we hold
the ClubDrawnDoubleswhich
will prove to be another
popularevent where wecan put
the new skills we arelearning
into practice.
We held our AGM last
Thursday with thesame
committee being re­elected.
PresidentKaren Bensdorp
reflected on the busy and
successfulyear we have had
and is pleased with the growth
in the Club. We have several
promotional items on the go
which you will soon see. There
Some 186 cars took part in the Rotary Club of Ashburton’s recent
classic car rally. Held as part of the Wheels Week Plus programme,
the rally started at the Ashburton Showgrounds and finished at
Mount Somers Station.
PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS
was onechange on the Match
Committee, thank you to
Bernice foryour time,and
welcome to Adair. Remember
you aremost welcome to join us
anyTuesday, Thursday or
Saturday at 1pm,at115
Racecourse Road. Equipment
andtuitionisavailable.
Ashburton Dahlia Circle
The recent mini flower show
was held in April with agreat
turnoutofmembers and we
welcomed2new members to
the circle.This month’s show
saw an impressive number of
dahliabloomswith the
wonderfulweather that we’ve
been havingitalso included
Fuchsia, Chrysanthemum,
Hydrangea, Pansies, autumn
foliage, fruitandvegetables to
nameafew,animpressive108
entries across21classes.
Overall results, 1st place ­
Brian Glassey ­stunning white
Chrysanthemum “Dorridge
Lady”, 2nd place ­Graham
Gunn ­Dahlia “Coralie”,3rd
place­Joyce Read­Rose“Gold
Medal”.
Themeeting was held and
discussionwas around the
National DahliaShowthat the
circle is organising for 2023 this
willbehostedinAshburton,a
spectacularshowso something
to look forward too nextyear.
Current topic ­Whatdo we do
with our Dahlias now? An
excellent write up is on ourFB
page if anyone would like to
read that information. Our next
meeting is our AGM andweare
looking forward to alovely
dinner and presentationof
trophy’s to celebrate the past
season of dahlia growing. Get
excited and plan your spaces
for planting more dahliasin
your garden,our annual tuber
salewill be coming up again,
Labour weekendatthe
Ashburton Farmers Market.
Ashburton Astronomy Group
The AshburtonAstronomy
Group met on the 26th of June.
It was great to see 5new people
at our meeting. Greg Hay gave
us atalk on Matariki. Greg
explained why it was so
importanttothe Maoris. Their
existence actually depended on
the rise of Matariki. Ross
Hawthorne then gaveusatalk
on Deep Space1.Itwas a
pioneeringspace craft
programmethat paved the way
for futurespace exploration.
Ross showed us the new
development for Deep Space1
suchasion propulsion as
opposed to chemical burning
rockets andthe auto nav which
enabled the craft to navigate
itself millions of kilometres and
passingclose to asmall
asteroid andpassingthrough
the tail of acomet.
We had agreat public turnout
for theplanetary alignmentand
also forour public Observatory
night thoughonFriday night
there was thin cloud which
partly blocked our viewing. We
will be showingthepublic
Matariki again this yearbut the
dates arestill to be decided.
For furtherinformation
about the Group or what's going
on up above contact Ken308
9203 or Alistair308 9219.
Winchmore Rural Women
All meninthe districtare
invited to attend aMen’s
Dinner to be held on the 25th
May 2022 at theWinchmore
Hall at 6.00 p.m. The costis$30
for refreshments and ameal.
TheguestspeakerisHamish
Riach who will speak on his
involvement in Canterbury
rugby (if inclined you maywear
arugby jersey).
Please registeryour interest
by the 20thMay to: Ben Streeter
0276143374, Chris Curd
0272498844, Steph Butchard
3024848 or TimParsons
0273024218.
Ashburton Writers’ Group
Julie Fechney welcomed
members to the April meeting
held recently.Stacey
Broadbent gave aquotation­
“Reading is likebreathing in,
Writingislikebreathing out”.
Theassignmentwas “Liar, Liar,
Pants on Fire”. Members wrote
of defamation case,diamond
ring,argument, informers,
NYPD,literary assignment,
best­seller andpoem about a
cow. The instant exercise was
“Asachild, whatwas your
dream job and how successful
didyou imagineyou’d be”.
Members spoke of school
teaching,journalist, travel
agent, working with animals,
dancer as Madonna’s back­up,
veterinarysurgeon, work in a
shop and sell lollies, air hostess
andhairdresser.The May
assignment is “Diaryentering
Day52onaDeserted Island”.
Visitors arewelcome, please
phone Raeat3088927.
NEW
The latest
devices,
with price
guide!
New Zealand’s only independent
guide featuring the latest hearing
tech from top brands.
CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE COPY
0800 45 45 49