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6 Thursday November 14 2024 Summerset Prebbleton Market Day Summerset Prebbleton is hosting a Market Day to showcase the wonderful talent in our community, and you’re invited! Get ready for an evening of fun, food, and festive shopping! Explore over 20 stalls showcasing local vendors and food trucks. Discover delicious treats like cherry juice, pickles, and ice cream, along with handmade crafts and unique gifts. It’s the perfect opportunity to get a head start on your Christmas shopping while supporting our community. We look forward to seeing you there. Love the life you choose. Summerset Prebbleton Market Day Thursday 21 November, 4pm - 7pm Summerset Prebbleton 578 Springs Road, Prebbleton 31 353 6312 | summerset.co.nz/prebbleton SUM8220_FP
Thursday November 14 2024 7 ‘I wanted so much to be able to stand on that dais’ •From page 1 Three weeks before Chamberlain’s 18th birthday, a work colleague started training at Technical Athletic Club. “I thought: ‘Well, if she is going to run, then I am too’,” Chamberlain told Steve Landells from Athletics New Zealand. On her first day of training at the track on Ensors Rd, she met Latvian-born Valdy Briedis, her coach and mentor. Briedis told the New Zealand Olympic Committee “at a time when athletes were expected to pay their way everywhere, Chamberlain went to a masseur three times a week and paid for that, which took a big chunk out of her typist’s pay.” Chamberlain said she was incredibly nervous during the Tokyo games. “Once the heats began I felt a bit better. I finished second, just behind the Frenchwoman, Dupureur, and we qualified easily. “In the semi-final, I ran very well. Dr Grigor, our team doctor, let me ring Valdy back in Christchurch each night as a reward for running so well. “Talking to Valdy was reassuring. But even so, I had a terrible night before the final. I must have run that race 20 times in my head. I wouldn’t be surprised if I never had a moment of sleep all night. “I felt really bad in the warm-up before the final. I’d never felt so weak. The more people said ‘good luck’ the weaker I felt. “On the starting line I was in lane seven between the two Brits, Ann Packer and Anne Smith. All their supporters were just across the track cheering for them. It was very intimidating,” she said. “When the race began I found myself near the back and then the German, Antje Gleichfeld, elbowed me really hard. I almost fell off the track and would have but for a pair of hands behind me catching me and pushing me back. • By Barbara Crooks YEAR 8 pupils from Te Waka Unua School took part in the Puharakekenui Styx Freshwater Improvement Fund Project to better understand the outdoors, biodiversity and the environment. Forty-eight pupils, teachers and parents, and two members of Ferrymead Rotary enjoyed the day’s activities at the Styx, with transport funded by Ferrymead Rotary. Styx Living Laboratory Trust education programme manager Courtney Reid organised the day’s activities. The pupils were divided into four groups to view and participate in different activities, under the guidance of Māori elders. It included viewing and calculating the water quality of the Styx River catchment, observing medicinal native plants, learning about predator control, and Māori arts and crafts. The favourite activity was flax weaving, and all went home with a putiputi, a flower woven from flax. FAST: Marise Chamberlain ran for the Crichton Cobbers Club then Technical Athletic Club. PHOTO: ATHLETICS NZ “I think it was Ann Packer. I didn’t know Gleichfeld was known for those sorts of tactics. I’d never been in that sort of race before. “I could never describe how happy I felt afterwards. I wanted so much to be able to stand on that dais at an Olympics. “When I stepped up, I thought about all those years of sweat and grime and dirt, the terrible conditions, my parents holding meals for me for all those years, all the help I’d got from so many people . . . I burst into tears and cried and cried.” Chamberlain’s 800m national record on a grass track in 1962 stood for 34 years. She was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit eight years later. – RNZ Excursion to Styx hands-on learning ON SITE: Brayden Earney learning about water clarity. The overall emphasis of the handson programme is the importance of conservation by caring for and looking after the land. • To learn more about Ferrymead Rotary visit www.ferrymeadrotary. org.nz or contact the Secretary on 021 0242 3859. Enviro Master helping Cantabrians Enviro Master has been helping Cantabrians get the balance right when it comes to choosing the perfect heat pump or air conditioning system for their home or office since 2002. Their team of expert sales people, qualified electricians, heating and refrigeration engineers, help to supply and install one of Christchurch’s widest range of heat pumps including Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin and Fujitsu. Because they have no affiliation with any one brand, you can be assured their advice on the benefits and differences between each product is unbiased. 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The subsidy is part of the Warmer Kiwi Homes initiative and is available to Home owner/occupiers with a Community Services Card, a SuperGold combo card or who live in a low-income area as determined by deciles 8-10 on the New Zealand Deprivation Index. spring specials 80% SubSidy Warmer KiWi HomeS Programme *Eligibility criteria apply • We will offer you the best quality brands and option of heat pump for your home/business • Providing Heat Pump solutions for over 20 years to Cantabrians • We personally guarantee all our products & installs for 5 years (Providing maintenance has been completed by us) PHonE uS ToDAy foR youR free consultation & quote “A local team for local people” advertorial The applicant’s home must also have been built before 2008, have insulation up to code (insulation subsidies also available) and have no fixed heating in any living area, such as an existing operational heat pump or fireplace. 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