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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NEWS 7<br />
Boy racers wreak havoc,<br />
caught on camera<br />
• By Daniel Alvey<br />
RESIDENTS IN a quiet street<br />
are fed up with boy racers using<br />
a reserve as their personal<br />
playground.<br />
A man who lives in Liffeyfields<br />
Dr, Lincoln, told <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
cars had been doing skids on the<br />
reserve at least three times in the<br />
last month.<br />
Last Monday the resident was<br />
putting out his bins at about<br />
10pm when he saw two cars in<br />
Duncan Reserve doing skids.<br />
Thinking quickly, he pulled<br />
out his phone and started filming<br />
them. Shortly after he pressed<br />
record, the two cars sped up the<br />
bank and back onto Liffeyfields<br />
Dr, speeding off into the night.<br />
“The theory being in the world<br />
of idiots that race around in cars<br />
at night, it probably got a bit of a<br />
reputation of a place to play,” the<br />
resident said. “It’s our ratepayers’<br />
money that is used to fix it up.”<br />
The resident said he reported<br />
the vehicles to police via the 105<br />
number, and was told police in<br />
the area would be on the lookout.<br />
A police spokesperson said<br />
they have been unable to locate<br />
either of the vehicles.<br />
The resident now wants the<br />
DAMAGE: An aerial<br />
shot of the damage<br />
left behind by the<br />
drivers, who made<br />
a quick escape<br />
once they spotted<br />
the resident filming<br />
them.<br />
council to put a form of bollard<br />
or concrete block to stop vehicles<br />
driving onto the grass.<br />
A council spokesperson<br />
confirmed they received three<br />
reports of the incident on the<br />
Snap Send Solve app.<br />
“We are looking into it and<br />
• Watch the video<br />
on starnews.co.nz<br />
what the options are for preventing<br />
future incidents.<br />
“We would encourage people<br />
if they do see people driving<br />
dangerously or vandalising<br />
a reserve to call the police<br />
and then to let us know,” the<br />
spokesperson said.<br />
FINISH LINE: A group of volunteer firefighters walked<br />
from Southbridge to Dunsandel to raise money for the<br />
Movember Foundation.<br />
Firefighters move<br />
for Movember<br />
• By Daniel Alvey<br />
A GROUP of firefighters walked<br />
from Southbridge to Leeston to<br />
raise money for men’s mental<br />
health on Saturday.<br />
Leading the group were senior<br />
Dunsandel firefighter Matt<br />
McIntyre and Leeston firefighter<br />
James Eckersley.<br />
For McIntyre, this was his<br />
18th year of raising money for<br />
the Movember Foundation.<br />
The group started at<br />
Southbridge at 8am, passing<br />
through Leeston, with a halfway<br />
break at Killinchy. They finished<br />
at Dunsandel fire station by<br />
2.30pm.<br />
McIntyre said it is all about<br />
removing the stigma and the<br />
“she’ll be right” attitude.<br />
“There was a lot of good<br />
conversations had about mental<br />
health . . . and raising awareness<br />
about Movember,” McIntyre<br />
said.<br />
So far, the pair have raised a<br />
total of $6614 for Movember.<br />
• Donations are still<br />
open – to donate to either<br />
McIntyre or Eckersley’s<br />
fundraisers head to<br />
nz.movember.com/donate<br />
and search their names<br />
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Help us pick the right path at<br />
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