North Canterbury News: August 10, 2023
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NEWS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>10</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
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The<br />
Widest<br />
Music<br />
Variety<br />
Tune in nowtolistenon<strong>10</strong>4.9 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
and<strong>10</strong>3.7 Hanmer Springs andKaikoura<br />
New gear welcomed ... Handing over the new sports vests and tops for Woodend School<br />
were owner of Generation Homes Nadja Beker (left), Board of Trustees chairperson Mark<br />
Paterson with RJ Moana, aged 12, construction manager Mike Sands, sales controller<br />
Nathan Graham, Quentyn Brown (13), general manager Generation Homes <strong>North</strong> Marcel<br />
Fekkes and Woodend School principal Andrew Retallick.<br />
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />
Sports teams take on<br />
acolourful new look<br />
By JOHN COSGROVE<br />
Woodend School’s sports teamsfaced<br />
a big problemlast year.<br />
With over450 pupils, every time the<br />
teams ran out on to a playing field or<br />
court to compete,the children wore<br />
manydifferent variations of the<br />
school's official sports uniform.<br />
PrincipalAndrew Retallick says<br />
manypupils hadoutgrown or worn out<br />
their sports vests or tops, and they<br />
needed an update.<br />
‘‘The school is growingrapidly and<br />
we found we didn't haveenough tops<br />
for our basketball and football teams<br />
during termsthreeand four last year.<br />
‘‘Children werewearing all sorts of<br />
versions of school sports tops or none<br />
at all,even using their school<br />
uniforms, so we decidedto do<br />
something about it.’’<br />
Because of the initial high cost<br />
associated withoutfitting the<br />
children, Andrew wenttothe<br />
communityand askedlocal businesses<br />
to consider sponsoring <strong>10</strong>0 basketball<br />
vests and <strong>10</strong>0 jerseys.<br />
Mr Retallick saysthey were a bit<br />
overwhelmed by the responsefrom<br />
businesses in their community.<br />
‘‘It wasamazing the response we<br />
received.’’<br />
He says13local businesses replied<br />
❛It was amazing the response<br />
we received.❜<br />
—Andrew Retallick,Woodend School principal<br />
and one business,Generation Home,<br />
offered to sponsor the $9000 project as<br />
a major sponsor.<br />
‘‘Our parents would have had to<br />
undertake a lot of sausages sizzles and<br />
raffles to raise the amountneeded, so<br />
we are extremelygrateful to<br />
Generation Homesfor sponsoring the<br />
lot.’’<br />
Generation Homes ownerNadja<br />
Beker says the companyhas strong ties<br />
with the school and they were proud to<br />
supportthe community in Woodend.”<br />
‘‘Now we can kit out all ourstudents<br />
and teams,’’ says Mr Retallick.<br />
At the school assembly last Friday<br />
morning, senior pupils modelled the<br />
new uniformsfor all to see.<br />
‘‘Welooked at threedifferent<br />
designsbefore selecting one that best<br />
displayed the culturalnarrative of our<br />
school.’’<br />
Mr Retallick says all thechildren<br />
knowabout theschools cultural<br />
journey fromthe lagoons to the<br />
mountains, andthis new design<br />
reflected it well.<br />
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