North Canterbury News: November 24, 2022
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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
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with Scott Base<br />
Making asplash ... The start of racing during the 2020 Oxman held at Geoff and Rochelle<br />
Spark's Eyrewell dairy farm near Oxford.<br />
PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Kayaking inOxman<br />
Fridge<br />
$1563<br />
30L<br />
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Fridge<br />
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40L<br />
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By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Kayaking will be included for the first<br />
time in the annual Oxman multisport<br />
event in Eyrewell, near Oxford.<br />
The event this Sunday, <strong>November</strong> 27,<br />
is alongcourse triathlon incorporating<br />
arange of race options to suit athletes of<br />
all ages and abilities, event director<br />
John <strong>News</strong>om says.<br />
‘‘As well as our longcourse triathlon/<br />
duathlon/aquabike (swim/bike) we have<br />
amini OxMan, ajunior OxMan for 1016<br />
year olds, akids duathlon for 59 year<br />
olds and runonly options over 21km and<br />
7km distances for teams and<br />
individuals.’’<br />
Kayaking, which is limited to 25<br />
competitors, will provide yet another<br />
option and can also be done by<br />
individuals or teams.<br />
It is being trialled but the hope is, it<br />
will provide agood training option for<br />
people preparing for the CoasttoCoast<br />
multisport challenge from Kumara to<br />
Christchurch on February 11 next year.<br />
OxMan has been held annually at<br />
Geoff and Rochelle Spark’s dairy farm<br />
on South Eyre Rd, since 2019.<br />
It has previously been held during the<br />
second weekend of December, but this<br />
year it is on two weeks earlier to avoid a<br />
clash with December 10’s Iron Man New<br />
Zealand which was postponed earlier<br />
this year because of the Covid19<br />
pandemic.<br />
Entries are slightly down on previous<br />
years and John says this could be due to<br />
John <strong>News</strong>om<br />
‘‘Covid concerns, the credit crunch and<br />
so many other events going on.’’<br />
However, it is once again receiving a<br />
lot of support from the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
community.<br />
Oxford Lions are helping out with a<br />
food truck on the day, and local schools<br />
will be doing marshalling work.<br />
Although some of the big name<br />
national athletes will not be competing<br />
at OxMan this year ‘‘all the local elite<br />
athletes will be there’’, John says.<br />
Farmstrong, aprogramme launched in<br />
2015 to help farmers, growers and their<br />
families, will benefit from this Sunday’s<br />
OxMan with asmall part of the entry fees<br />
going towards the scheme.<br />
Swag Bag Sleeping Bag<br />
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Double Swag $799<br />
Winch Kit<br />
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Small Recovery Kit<br />
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Single Ridgepole<br />
Swag $585<br />
Reco-Traks<br />
(other colours available)<br />
$350<br />
Apron Strings launch<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
The history of the Hawarden<br />
Waikari districtisbeing kept alive<br />
by agroup of enthusiasts.<br />
Acommittee of the Waipara<br />
Country Historical Society will<br />
launch asequel to the popular book<br />
Our Apron Strings,detailing the<br />
stories of women in the district born<br />
from 1920to1940.<br />
ApronStrings II includes the<br />
stories of about 155 women, and will<br />
be unveiled on Saturday, December<br />
3, at the Hawarden Hall from 2pm.<br />
Around 200 women wereinvited by<br />
the committeetocontribute their<br />
stories, with 155 responding.<br />
The book also includes some<br />
stories that were not published in<br />
the first Apron Strings edition,<br />
whichcovered those bornupto 1920.<br />
The cost of the bookis$50 (cash on<br />
the day) —the sameprice as the first<br />
book. For booksneeding postedthe<br />
price is $50 +$8.20 packaging and<br />
postage, or afurther $4.80 if posted<br />
to Rural Delivery.<br />
The committee chose thelaunch<br />
date as theyfelt the book will be a<br />
great Christmas presenttotuck into<br />
stockings.<br />
The previous book, written by Doc<br />
Sidey,was wellreceived, providing<br />
an excellent insight intothe history<br />
of the Hawarden,Waikari districts,<br />
and those who contributed muchto<br />
the success of the area.<br />
After four reprints, 740 copies<br />
were sold.<br />
Proceeds from the saleofApron<br />
Strings II,willbedonated to the<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> WestCoast Westpac<br />
RescueHelicopter service.<br />
There will be lightrefreshments<br />
available at the launch.<br />
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