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By Dave CramptonThere was tough competition for local

swimmers at the New Zealand Short Course swimming championships at the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie last week, but Wellingtonians still broke both world and national records.

There were about 4000 event entries from 88 competing swimming clubs nationwide.

Tawa College student Ben Walsh, 16, grabbed a national open title, an open Wellington record, and a New Zealand age group record in the 100m breast-stroke with a time of 1:01.05, beating his own New Zealand record of 1:02.03 set in the heats.

He also grabbed his fi rst national open title in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:01:05, bettering his open record of 1:02.03 in the heats.

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Pictured: Tawa swimmer Ben Walsh during his breaststroke race on day three of the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Champs.

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As well as a Wellington open record, the time was also a New Zealand age group record, and just over the tough 1:00.79 Commonwealth Games qualifying time.

Ben also shaved two seconds of his 200m breaststroke national age grade record, coming second in the open fi nal at a time of 2:11.39.

“I was shocked to get such a good personal best in the 200m breast – I was hoping to get third, at best,” he says.

Katie Trott, 14, from the Tawa Swim-ming Club, won an age-grade silver in the same race, her fi rst open fi nal, after swimming a personal best time of 2:21:80 in the heats.

“I didn’t expect to do such a good time and get into the (open) fi nal,” she says.

Katy, a national surf lifesaving national champion, also got silver in the 100 metres butterfl y, again in a personal best time.

AquaBlack Samantha Lee, 21, from the Capital Swimming club, enjoyed a dominant victory, leading from start to fi nish in her 200 metres butterfl y, in a time of 2:12.08.

Young swimmer wins national open title

“I tried to go out fast with easy speed and then build from the 100m which I think I did,” she said.

Her club mate, paralympian Mary Fisher, 20, broke the 33 second mark for the fi rst time in the 50m butterfl y, setting a world record of 32.91in her second race that night.

That beat her world record set at last year’s world championships in London.

The championships concluded on Thurs-day, and were followed by the inaugural National Zonal Championship.

The new one-day competition comprised four zone teams, pitting the best of each age group from throughout the country against each other in a quick-fi re format, part of the pathway to international selection.

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The Makos swimming team celebrate during the Perry Charitable Trust New Zealand Zonal Championships.

By Robert JohnsonWellington residents have been slow to

have their say in this year’s local body elections, with overall returns sitting just over 20 per cent heading into the fi nal week.

Figures updated on Monday show that just 27,877 Wellingtonians have returned their voting papers from a total of 136,392 registered voters.

The Eastern Ward has the highest return rate at 21.99 per cent, followed closely by Onslow-Western with 21.77 per cent.

Wellington City Electoral Officer Charlie Inggs says that despite the slow return rate, he still hopes to reach the 40 per cent mark at the end of the voting period.

“We were sitting at 20 per cent at this time in the 2010 elections and reached just under 40 per cent, and the last week is generally the heaviest time for returns,” he says. “The fi gures from Fri-day and Monday’s returns show a slight upward trend so if this continues I think 40 per cent could be a realistic target.”

Mr Inggs highlighted a high demand

for special votes compared to other years, and hopes that will add to the return rate.

“People need to get out and vote before Saturday otherwise their vote won’t be counted. It’s important for the people of Wellington to participate in this process,” he says.

Voting closes on Saturday at midday before a public declaration of results after October 17.

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By Dave CramptonA business group has been

formed for retailers and busi-ness in Newlands, particularly those within the growing mall area.

The Newlands Business Association wants to improve parking to provide for a better mix of long term and short term parking, and to en-sure McMillan Court is kept graffi ti-free to attract a wider range of shoppers and users.

Chairwoman Samantha Rumbold, from Bonnie and Clyde Hairdressers in Mc-Millan Court, says the group hopes to be a liaison point

with the Wellington City Council and local businesses. It also hopes to organise a Christmas gala.

Some lights in the mall are not operating, the gardens need to be tidied up, and further work still needs to be done to spruce the place up.

“We really want the council to hurry up and finish it. It would be nice to bring people back to the mall,” Ms Rumbold says.

The group is also working with the Newlands Papa-rangi Progressive Associa-tion (NPPA) but consider the association should not have

to concern themselves with improving the mall area.

“The NPPA should be doing things for the community,” Ms Rumbold says.

NPPA secretary, and New World Newlands owner Ross Jordan, agrees.

“One is a community focus and one is a focus on the mall and the businesses – it’s how can we promote the mall and the businesses to the public.”

The Newlands Business Association meets every sec-ond Tuesday each month at the Newlands Community Centre.

Taking care of business in Newlands

By Robert JohnsonAn ex-member of the New

Zealand Police Pipe Band was recognised with a Police Com-munity Service Award, making him just the second member in the band’s 63 year history to receive it.

A celebration at Wellington Central Police Station was held last Wednesday for Thorndon resident Raymond Malcolm, with past band members, friends and family attending to celebrate his 13 years of service to the band.

Band vice president Andrew Sander says the award is huge within the band and was long overdue.

“It’s been three years since Raymond was in the band so this award is well overdue and hugely deserved.”

During his 13 years with the band, where he was the lead drummer, the band won

four national grade one titles, attended the world champion-ships on four occasions, toured Europe twice and America twice.

Raymond is also one of just a few band members who have had the honour of meeting the royal family on tour.

Drum sergeant Angus Crowe says Raymond is a fi gure he looks up to and thanks to his mentoring, benefi tted the pipe band movement as a whole.

“The mark of a great person is one that not only tastes success but gives back too, Raymond certainly did that.”

Assistant Commissioner and president of the New Zea-land Police Pipe Band Grant Nicholls presented Raymond with a certifi cate and spoke of his passion and numerous hours of time he put in with the band.

“The band is made up of pre-dominantly civilians who give

up their time willingly. Ray-mond’s award is well deserved and it has been a privilege to be here today.”

Raymond himself admitted he didn’t expect to be leading drummer for so long but says the time he spent with the band was fantastic.

“I’ve made so many great friends within the band and hundreds of memories from on tour, which should defi-nitely stay on tour,” he laughs.

A l s o r e c o g -n i s e d with an award for service was band vice-president Andrew Sander, who has been with

the group for 28 years.The NZ Police Pipe Band

performs at various events such as recruitment

days and national and international competitions.

Drumming up successmond’s award is well deserved and it has been a privilege to be here today.”

Raymond himself admitted he didn’t expect to be leading drummer for so long but says the time he spent with the band was fantastic.

“I’ve made so many great friends within the band and hundreds of memories from on tour, which should defi-nitely stay on tour,” he

A l s o r e c o g -n i s e d with an award for service was band vice-president Andrew Sander, who has been with

The NZ Police Pipe Band performs at various events

such as recruitment days and national and international competitions.

Pictured: Former New Zealand Police Pipe Band member Raymond Malcolm after receiving his

award at Wellington Central Police

Headquarters.

Newlands Business Association chairperson Samantha Rumbold

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Come to the FairOne of Johnsonville's biggest and

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The St John's Church Fair will be held at Onslow College and include baking, books, food, raffles and a bunch of other knick knacks.

Contributions to the fair can be left at the church during the week or leave a message on the church phone (04 9731729) for collection.

Candlelight vigil outside Russian Embassy

Greenpeace volunteers gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Karori for a peaceful protest, calling for the release of the Arctic 30 activists to be released from Russian jail cells.

The candlelight vigil last Saturday morning was just one peaceful protest to join others in 80 cities and 45 other countries across the world.

The Arctic 30 title refers to 28 Green-peace International activists from the ship, Arctic Sunrise, as well as two freelance journalists, who have been charged with piracy in Russia.

Kiwis Jonathan Beauchamp and David Haussmann were among those charged and if convicted, face a maxi-mum penalty of 15 years in prison.


By Dave CramptonIf you are visiting the doctor or

wish to place a bet in Tawa, it may pay not to park on the Main Road near Subway, around the corner from the Tawa Medical Centre. .

Figures released by the council reveal that around a quarter of the cars ticketed by parking wardens in the past year on Tawa’s Main Road were parked in a handful of parks near the fast food store, where there is a 30 minute time

limit. Most other parking areas have a

60 minute time limit. Councillor and northern ward

candidate Justin Lester says cars parked in short term parks are disproportionately ticketed, as revenue is a driving factor in parking enforcement.

“Absolutely – I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” he says.

About $50,000 of fi nes were is-sued by parking wardens through-

out Tawa over the past year. Of more than 450 tickets, 10 per

cent were subsequently cancelled, with 150 tickets remaining unpaid.

They have either been ignored by motorists pending court action, undergoing court action – or were successfully appealed or waived.

Tawa Community Board chair and northern ward candidate Malcolm Sparrow says signage in the area may need to be im-proved – but wardens should not

be ticketing short -term spaces at the expense of others.

“They need to be ticketed right across the board.

One busy warden wrote $1800 worth of tickets in Linden side-streets in just over an hour.

However, just one was paid; the rest have gone to court.

Another warden targeted a bro-ken yellow line in Linden’s Ranui Terrace, issuing $4700 worth of tickets over four days, most of

which were paid.Mr Lester says the council’s

contracted parking services need an overhaul. He considers that parking services will be better im-plemented once brought in- house.

“It’s a problem. It’s ridiculous - I’d like to see a proper review of the service. I don’t like the brand, I don’t like the image, and I don’t like the current set-up.

Tawa ticketing "ridiculous"

By Dave CramptonParking wardens appear to be

targeting selected short- term parking spaces and unregistered and unwarranted vehicles in the northern nuburbs, fi gures from the Wellington City Council show.

Such areas are popular parking places, and thus have a greater likelihood of generating ticket-ing revenue.

Wardens are also standing outside clearways, waiting to ticket at the fi rst opportunity.

“It’s blatant revenue-gathering, terrorising motorists on a daily basis,” Onslow ward councillor and mayoral candidate John Morrison says.

“They are targeting suburban centres, in remote places. It’s a bad refl ection on the council.”

Figures released under the Lo-cal Government Information and Meetings Act show that in the past year to September, parking

wardens issued more than 10,700 tickets in the Independent Her-ald circulation area, excluding Ngauranga and Kaiwharawhara, but including Thorndon.

The council contracts park-ing enforcement to Parkwise, an Australian fi rm, through a revenue-sharing agreement. The quicker a fi ne is paid, the more money Parkwise gets.

In Johnsonville, more than 600 tickets were issued in the past year, a third in short term parking spaces.

Johnsonville was the highest ticketed of all regions in the northern suburbs.

Twenty-six fi nes were issued to those slightly over-parked outside the BNZ on Johnsonville Road and 45 outside the library on Broderick Road, which has a fi ve minute parking restriction.

This concerned Ohariu MP Peter Dunne. “I think that’s excessive if people are being

pinged for over parking for a relatively short period of time. I`d be more concerned about those that stay on a P60 park for the whole day.”

Nearly a quarter of the vehicles ticketed in Ngaio were parked in a few targeted 15- minute parks near the pharmacy on Ottawa Road.

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says that safety and creating turnover in and out of parking spaces is essential.

“We want to help people fi nd a park.”

However, parking revenue is essential and if longer parks are the focus, revenue will drop.

“If we don’t get that revenue…we have to cut services or in-crease rates.”

New fi gures show ratepayers and drivers paid more than $17 million in parking revenue over the past year - $8.1 million through parking wardens.

Thousands of motorists each

year get pinged twice in one hit – once for not having a current pay and the other for overstaying their parking time limit.

Also, up to 120,000 park-ing fi nes were issued last year quoting the Transport Act 1962 - despite the act being repealed in 2011.

In 2010, the council waived 181 tickets worth $10,000 after they were issued outside its own rules.

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By Robert JohnsonKhandallah Kindergarten is hold-

ing “a night for the ladies” to raise funds for a re-vamp of its playground.

‘Sweet Style’—the Kindergarten’s major fundraiser of the year— will feature local mum and image stylist Sheryn Adamson who will give style tips to women while they enjoy a relaxing night, complete with bub-bles and canapés.

Mrs Adamson was happy to lend her help to the Kindy as a way to give back to the community.

“My children went here when they were younger so this presented the perfect opportunity to give back to them for a great cause.”

The proceeds from the fund-

raiser will go towards rebuilding the sandpit, as well as providing a new climbing net and new bark for the safety surface.

The sandpit will be extended and include a water feature close by, while some money will also be used to replenish the planting around the grounds.

Head teacher at the Kindergarten Susan Klein says the upgrade is needed to continue to provide a quality learning environment.

“The playground encourages the children’s curiosity and social play. They absolutely love it.”

Mrs Klein says the plans for the sandpit are being fi nalised and once complete, they should know the cost

for the extension and get the project underway.

The replacement bark and cargo net are due to be installed in the next couple of weeks.

There are only around 35 tickets left to the evening, with 145 having been snapped up already.

The Kindergarten hopes to raise around $4000 to go towards the project.

‘Sweet Style’ will be held at Khandallah Town Hall on Saturday October 19 from 7:30pm-10:30pm and tickets cost $15.For more information email [email protected]

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Milton HollardLambton Ward

I have had a career in the Pub-lic Service, advising on local government and constitutional matters, and then as a senior manager at Parliament advising on parliamentary procedure.

I am now associated with a small business located in a body corporate area.

I am standing for council this year to pursue policies such as: restoring library services; preserving open green spaces, maximising public access to the waterfront; critically appraising capital works with more focus on sewerage and water supply leaks than roads.

I'll put in the hard yards.I belong to a few community

and rights organisations with national and local perspectives and have supported selected charities. I'm now in a position to make a more direct, dedicated contribution to city affairs.

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public sector services. It is important to vote in the

elections because so much that the City Council and Regional Council do, or don't do, affects the everyday lives of residents, who need to ensure the local authority is responsive to their needs and kept accountable.

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Newlands resident Evelyn Hutchins in front of her piano which she still enjoys playing.

Evelyn Hutchins, who will turn 100 later this month.

By Robert JohnsonA resident who has spent

half a century in Newlands will celebrate another special milestone later this month with close friends and family.

Evelyn Hutchins will celebrate her 100th birthday on October 23 and is looking forward to re-ceiving one thing in particular.

“I’m really looking forward to getting my letter from the Queen, although I was hoping it might be from Prince George,” she laughs.

Evelyn has more stories than most to tell from her 99 years, one of which involves a tale of

a ‘workplace romance’ which resulted in a marriage.

“I was in the Air force for four years as a transport driver in World War II. I used to drive the big trucks that carried the troops around the place.”

“I don’t know if I’d still be able to drive it, I think I probably could, it’s something you don’t lose,” she quips.

While on the job, Evelyn met her boss, Thomas Hutchins, who she ended up marrying and living in Fiji with after the war ended.

Originally born in Arrowtown in the South Island, Evelyn

also pursued music, becoming a talented singer and helping her mother play piano for silent movies in 1929.

“I studied singing in Dunedin and did broadcasting for the national programme, 4ZB when I was young. I also won a contest in Dunedin and sung every Saturday night on Joe Brown’s radio broadcast from 10:30pm- 11pm.”

Even today, Evelyn still has her independence, living at home and getting around herself, without the need for any walk-ing aids.

When asked what her secret

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She has already received a call from Ohariu MP Peter Dunne to wish her a happy birthday and will celebrate with family, including her son and grand-daughter who are travelling from Canada for the occasion.

“It will be lovely to see every-one again.”

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By Robert JohnsonO ve r 10 0 K a r o r i

residents turned out on Saturday to get their blood pressure checked at Karori New World as part of a successful campaign by the Stroke Foundation, St John and Rotary.

Free “blood pressure

sites” were set up outside participating supermar-kets across the country as part of this year’s National Blood Pressure Awareness Campaign.

St John nurses treated just over 100 patients at an average of one every four minutes, as people took the opportunity

to have their pressure checked during their weekend grocery shop.

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By Robert JohnsonA Wellington com-

munity group is still go-ing strong after giving 25 years of support for Wellington women and children.

The Wellington Wom-en’s Health Collective (WWHC) will celebrate its 25th birthday with a “low key” afternoon tea on Friday.

The WWHC is run by its two coordinators and support workers Robyn Goldsmith and Nikki Saffery, who empower and support women to make informed choices about their health.

Robyn says this year marks an important mile-

stone for the collective.“Twenty-five years is

such an achievement to reach for a community group like us.

“To have been around for all that time and still receive community fund-ing is pretty special,” she says.

Nikki says the celebra-tion will include volun-teers, staff, old members of management and com-munity groups who have kept the collective going over the years.

“We hope to see a few faces we haven’t seen in a while and get a few people up to talk about the collective and some of the achievements it has had.”

After 15 years in the col-lective for Robyn and 22 years for Nikki, they say it is a passion for the cause that keeps them going.

“It’s incredibly satisfying to go home at the end of the day and know you’ve given them information to change something in their life for the better,” Robyn says.

Nikki agrees and says her passion for working with women is the source of her drive.

“Knowing that our ser-vices are free and avail-able to all women is great. I feel privileged to sit down with these women while they make decisions about themselves.”

Both Robyn and Nikki say the WWHC could not have survived without the support of various com-munity groups and grants as well as support from Wellington City Council.

The WWHC provides free support to all women who need advice with regards to any problem, whether it is physical or mental.

They also offer a coun-seling service to those who cannot afford it through a general practitioner.

For more information on what services the WWHC off ers visit wwhc.org.nz

Celebrating 25 years of support

Wellington Women's Health Collective coordinators Nikki Saff ery and Robyn Goldsmith

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Q: What do you think about the recent price rise for some public transport fares?

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Farzad Radmehr, Karori“I get a snapper card that gives me free trips from Kelburn to Karori for the faculty of education but undergrads who travel elsewhere might fi nd it quite expensive.”

Nathan Alexander, Karori

“I’m a student at Victoria and it’s a real hassle for students to get back and forth as well as paying that sort of money. People living further out than me are paying $10 a day just to get to Uni, it’s diffi cult with another rise.”

Sylvia Mellor, Churton Park“It does aff ect me if my gold card doesn’t work. Although I don’t think the prices are too bad at the moment.”

Sue Skene, Khandallah“I drive so it doesn’t really aff ect me. The price should only go up with infl ation, no more than that.”

Rachel Wilson, Ngaio

“I drive and don’t really take the bus. Public transport is quite expensive already and in some cases, it’s cheaper to park in town for the day rather than using the bus or train.”

Lindsay Barrington-Green, Karori

“We need a Labour government urgently. The rises aren’t needed in my opinion.”

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LETTERS to the editor

Sir,Why don't the members of Peo-

ple's Power Ohariu just come out and be honest and declare that they are campaigning on behalf of the Labour and Greens Parties. Their opposition to Peter

Dunne is not an issue but they should be transparent and be open in their political beliefs. The voters' constituent choice at the last election was for Peter Dunne, not Charles Chauvel or the Greens. Incidentally, who is the

Labour spokesperson for Ohariu/Belmont? At least we hear from Katrina Shanks , the National MP and Peter Dunne.

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By Robert JohnsonThe Karori Community

Police offi ce has doubled in force with the addition of a new community constable to help police the suburb and neighbouring areas.

Constable Hamish Knight will work out of the Karori offi ce with current Consta-ble Jayne Ross and their team of volunteers.

Mr Knight has spent the last two years on the front-line in Johnsonville and has been part of the police force for fi ve years.

He has also been involved with search and rescue for two years and was also part of Wellington police’s

specialist ‘car squad’ before it was axed in July after just a few months.

Mr Knight will police the area from Northland through to Khandallah, dubbed ‘the western corri-dor’ and is looking forward to getting various com-munity groups working together toward a common goal.

“There are a bunch of little groups in these suburbs and I’d love to amalgamate them all into one cohesive, work-ing unit. Also, establishing community patrols in these areas would be great and allow us to cover a larger area. At the moment, the

Karori patrol is it.”He says the ‘western cor-

ridor’ rests on the fringe of Karori and Johnsonville and with this new role, will get the policing it deserves.

Karori Community Con-stable Jayne Ross says hav-ing extra help in the area will benefi t both the team and the community.

“With Hamish taking that territory, we will both have more time to get out in the community and see what the real issues are. It also means the office will be open to the public a lot more and allow us to interact with issues going on in the community.”

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By Dave CramptonWhen the bishop puts out a chal-

lenge, it always pays to dig deep. Anglican Bishop Justin Duck-

worth, a Department of Conser-vation ambassador, challenged Anglicans in the lower North Island to plant 40 trees each over the next fi ve years as a way of mitigating the effects of climate change.

So parishioners at St Michael & All Angels Anglican Church in Newlands celebrated their 101st birthday on September 29 by planting 400 trees.

“As Christians, we have a God-given challenge to care for creation, and this is one way we can make a contribution,” St Michael’s vicar Reverend Jennie Sim says.

After a short church service, church members planted na-

tive trees in Woodridge on the boundaries of Seton Nossiter Park, with assistance from Peter Gilberd of Woodridge Planters.

“We thought we'd like to look forward at the legacy we'll be leaving for the years to come, and so we decided to plant some trees in preparation for future residents to enjoy,” Rev. Sims says.

“This helps us step up to the challenge we were issued last year by our new bishop.”

Trees planted, including North-ern Rata, Manuka, Matai and Kowhai, were supplied by various groups including the Wellington City Council nursery, the Jay St Nursery, the nursery at Nga Hau e Wha o Papararangi, and Project Crimson.

The parish is looking to hold a further tree-planting session in the near future.

Digging deep

By Robert JohnsonJohnsonville’s Foodbank re-

ceived a much needed helping-hand from members of the Sri Lankan Seniors Association dur-ing a special day for the group.

The Association gathered at Johnsonville Community Centre for a day of commemoration for its deceased members.

As a token of tradition, mem-bers from the association donate dry rations to the Johnsonville Foodbank as part of almsgiv-ing, with this year marking the third consecutive year this has happened.

Almsgiving exists in a number of religions and involved giving materially to another as an act of virtue.

The rations were presented to Beryl Vincent from the Citizens Advice Bureau by Sri Lankan Seniors Association president Ernest Perera.

Ken Gurney, Manager of the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Johnsonville Management

Committee, expressed his ap-preciation for the donation and recognised the kind work that the Sri Lankan Seniors Association carries out.

“It couldn’t have happened at a better time as the Food Bank was at an all-time low.”

Also attending the commemora-tion was the Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka, Aruna Abey-goonesekera.

The association has helped many community projects through various Outreach Pro-grammes they have established, this included donating cash to the Christchurch Earthquake Fund.

The group aims to provide a forum and opportunities for Sri Lankan elderly migrants of dif-ferent ethnic origins, to discuss and address age-related concerns and promote integration and community participation.

They meet on the last Sunday of every month at Johnsonville Community Centre from 1pm-5pm.

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Peter Gilberd, Rev Jennie Sim and her son Matthew (7yrs) planting a Northern Rata at the edge of Seton Nossiter Park

Beryl Vincent being presented food by Ernest Perera. President

By Dave CramptonA ceremony in Glenside along-

side the suburb’s newest road will remembered a pioneer woman who died 172 years ago.

The ceremony to be held tomor-row involves Sir Tamati Reedy and Reverend Ben Johnson-Frow of St John’s Anglican Church in Johnsonville.

The Glenside Progressive As-sociation and the Wellington City

Council have worked together to develop a memorial to the unknown early settler adjacent to the new Westchester Drive link road, which opened earlier this year.

The ceremony marks its com-pletion, with members of the public to place fl owers at the site.

A pohutukawa has been planted alongside it and the area behind it has been landscaped with 400

native plants.Glenside resident and local

historian Claire Bibby says when the pioneer woman died, she was buried locally without a proper service.

Her grave was not consecrated by Bishop George Selwyn, the country’s fi rst Anglican Bishop, until the following year.

For about 120 years, Ms Bibby says the burial site was protected

with a fence and looked after by the families who lived on the land, but now its exact wherea-bouts and the woman’s name are no longer known.

"We know that her grave was in the general vicinity of the new road," she says. "When the road-ing project was being planned, we saw an opportunity to ensure this woman, and an interesting slice of local history, were not

forgotten."The Council’s City Networks

Manager, Stavros Michael, says the roading project aimed to im-prove transport between Churton Park and the state highway.

“But thanks to Glenside resi-dents, who saw the importance of honouring local tûpuna (an-cestors), an aspect of the area’s history has been highlighted.”

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da Dharmasekhara has become well acquainted with the dictionary over the past few weeks as she prepares for some tough competition at this weekend’s National Spelling Bee Championship.

The year 10 student recently won the Lower North Island Vegemite Spelling Bee, where she beat a fi eld of 62 top spellers when she correctly spelt the word ‘narcissistic’ to book her place in the fi nals.

Amanda says the result was well beyond what she expected, after she was rapt to just make the regionals.

“I went in thinking anything I do here is a bonus after making the cut. Winning was such a surprise considering I had crammed some study in a couple of nights before.”

She will now take the stage with 18 other bright year 9 and 10 spellers from all around New Zealand, all of whom have their eyes fi rmly on the top prize of $5000.

To prepare herself for the “step up from regionals”, Amanda has been

studying for around three hours each day by picking out random words in the dictionary.

“They have given us a list of words for the fi rst three rounds which I’ve been practicing so I know them perfectly. The scary part is after the third round they can ask us to spell anything in the dictionary,” she says.

“There are so many words I have never even seen before so that will be a real challenge.”

Amanda’s secret is quite simple, visualize the word in her head and spell it out from there.

“I’m quite a visual person so that

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out everything when I’m up there. When everyone is staring at you, the easy words become tough and you start to doubt yourself. It can be very easy to make a mistake,” she says.

When asked what she would do if she won the $5000 prize, Amanda says she hasn’t really thought that far ahead but “would probably save it”.

The National Vegemite Spelling Bee Championship will be held at the Circa Theatre on Saturday October 12 from 1pm till 3pm.

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Girl Guides in the Wellington region attended a special event on Sunday September 15 at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua.

Brownie Revels is an annual event held for girls ages between seven and 10 years old who are members of a Brownie unit within Girl Guides.

Brownie Revels involves a va-riety of events, run by volunteer Girl Guide leaders, designed to get

them working together in groups with other units and other leaders and parents.

Each event has a different theme and this year’s was “Yes we can”.

The community service com-ponent this year was centered on each girl bringing in a can of food to donate to a local food bank.

Porirua’s St Anne’s Pantry Food-bank coordinator Diane Stuart was delighted to receive 210 cans

of food from Girl Guides Karori District Coordinator Trish Amos.

Continuing on with the ‘can’ theme, girls constructed things from the collected cans as part of their ‘can construction’ challenge.

Everyone at the event had an “awesome time” and enjoyed the opportunity to not only meet Brownies from other groups, but have fun during the numerous activities throughout the day.

‘Yes we can’ with Girl GuidesDiane Stuart, coordinator for St. Anne’s Panty food bank in Porirua receiving 210 cans of food from Trish Amos the District Coordinator for Karori District along with other leaders and Rangers from Wellington region.

Wellington residents us-ing various bus, train and harbour ferry services will have noticed a small increase in fares since the beginning of the month.

Those paying for fares with stored value cards, such as Snapper, school term passes and rail and harbour monthly passes will have seen an increase of around 2.5 per cent since October 1.

Greater Wellington Re-gional Council (GWRC) say most cash fares will not change, aside from a 50 cent increase for services travel-ling to zone eight (Welling-ton-Paekakariki, Maymorn, Wellington-Featherston and Wellington to Woodside).

Those using the Airport Flyer and midnight bus ser-vices will see no change in

the price of their fares.GWRC says the fare in-

crease is to cover rising public transport costs and to ensure the fares contribute around 55 per cent of overall day to day costs.

The remainder of the costs is paid for through regional rates and taxes.

Last year, the Regional Council adopted a fi ve-year programme in regards to fare increases, ensuring that over that time period all fares would increase by the same percentage over the length of the programme.

It says this structure ensures evenness and fairness over the fi ve-year programme and allows for small regular fare increases, rather than much larger intermittent increases.

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The 25th anniversary of the World of Wearable Art has been marked with 25 bespoke lanterns, which have been hung from the sails on Queens Wharf as part of the city dressing for this year’s event.

Positively Wellington Tourism General Manager Sarah Meikle says the installation celebrates the event’s long history and the inno-vation of the designers involved.

“For WOW’s 25th anniversary, we wanted to show how the event lights up Wellington each year with its magic and creativity. So, we thought it only fi tting that the city dressing refl ects that.”

The lanterns, standing 1.2 me-tres high, have been created to compliment the Moroccan lantern design used in an award-winning garment from a local designer.

Massey University Wellington student Rebecca Maxwell’s gar-ment ‘Noor Reverie’ has been the centerpiece of this year’s marketing campaign.

In addition to the lanterns, 63 stores are taking part in the annual WOW window dressing competition, run by Positively Wellington Tourism in conjunc-tion with the event organisers.

“The way businesses embrace and celebrate the WearableArt Awards is a big part of the whole experience for visitors, with many telling us the retail windows are a highlight,” Ms Meikle says.

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A new exhibition opening this week at the Kiwi Art House Gallery in Cuba Street is a treat for admirers of realism art. Zad Jabbour is an Auckland based Lebanese artist who is a modern master of the genre.

His oil paintings of Wellington are a sympathetic portrayal of the familiar, often cafe and street scenes.

Wellingtonians will recognise themselves in these paintings.

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A diner picking up a fork, a sunbather reading her kindle, a strolling couple chatting.

This focusing on the minutiae of daily life, combined with a skill at painting people that is possibly unmatched in the country, creates stunning realism art.

His new exhibition, ‘The Summer of 2013 - Making Connections’ is the artist’s second since moving to New Zealand eight years ago.

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lingtonians relaxing in the sun. Cleverly mixed in is a nod to our always

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There’s plenty of excitement going on at BoxHill stores in October.

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Boxhill have a minute or two to catch their breaths, and then they are taking part in two fashion parades.

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By Robert JohnsonBook-lovers were out in force last Friday

and Saturday in Karori as they dug through thousands of donated books in search of a hidden treasure.

The Annual Karori Book Fair was held at St John’s Hall by the local Rotary and Lions club, with proceeds going toward the proposed Karori Events Centre project.

A steady stream of residents walked up and down the aisles, looking for bargains in various sections including sci-fi , children’s books and biographies.

Rotary and Lions Book Fair Chairman David Watt says while the numbers were steady, not spectacular, many attendees endorsed the support the groups were giving to the proposed project.

Mr Watt says they hope the total raised

will be close to last year’s fi gure of $5700 and keep the project’s momentum going.

Also at the Book Fair was a scale model of the Events Centre and Community Centre, allowing residents of both Karori and further afi eld to see what the project could look like enough funding is gathered.

Chairman of the Community Hall Trust Wallace Simmers was on hand to help at the Book Fair and says the sale seemed to be successful.

“There have been a lot of people in and out during the day (Friday) and the volunteers have had to restock a few of the tables.”

For more information about the pro-posed Karori Events Centre project, visit karorieventcentre.co.nz

Bargains galore at book sale

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown and her husband Alistair Nicholson carry away their haul of books they purchased on Saturday morning.

By Robert JohnsonJohnsonville Salvation Army is offering a

series of parenting courses to the public for the fi rst time this month following a success-ful pilot within the organisation.

Two parenting courses, one covering children aged 0-10 years old and the other covering teenagers, are being run in con-junction with Alpha New Zealand.

The courses are in a video format, with attendees watching a presentation featuring interviews with parents and kids as well as psychologists, and sections involving group work with question and answer sessions.

Johnsonville Salvation Army offi cer John Fitness says the uptake on the course has been positive and offers a great option for parents with questions.

“Looking at society today, we see so often the end result in behaviours of teens and children from inadequate parenting.

“To build a strong community, we need strong families with good parenting and these courses provide a great avenue for

that.”The courses involve topics such as setting

boundaries for teens and children, helping them make good choices and maintaining positive emotional health.

Mr Fitness says the layout of the courses with question and answer time as well as small group work allows parents to talk about certain challenges and gauge how they are doing with their children.

“It’s good to know you’re on the right track and hear what other parents are doing in similar situations. So often the question from parents is, am I doing a good job?”

The courses start on Monday October 14 at the Johnsonville Salvation Army and run every Monday night at 7pm for fi ve weeks.

Mr Fitness says they have limited numbers for the two hour sessions so pre-registration is vital.

For more information or to register for the course, call the offi ce on 04 4774853 or email offi [email protected]

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Salvation Army Johnsonville offi cer and pastor John Fitness.

Crafty fundraiserA day of demonstrations and hands-on paper craft will be held in Newlands on Saturday October 19 to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Wellington.Activities include product play, dis-plays and digital craft presentations.The day costs just $5, with all proceeds

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By Robert JohnsonOver 70 people packed into the

Johnsonville Community Centre hall on Monday night to see many deserving young members of the Johnsonville community receive grants totalling $27,000.

Eighteen people, ranging in age from 15 to 21, were given a helping hand by the Johnsonville Youth Grants Trust to pursue their dreams.

Some of those dreams include attending medical school, studying speech and language therapy and upgrading equipment for national sporting championships.

Rotary Club of Johnsonville presi-dent Bob Shennan says the evening was a huge success and the quality of applicants this year was amazing.

“We had an inspirational address by Glenda Hughes containing some good life lessons. With regards to the applicants, there was a great range of people receiving grants and it showed a really good cross section of the community.”

The awards are run every year

by the Youth Grants Trust in con-junction with the Rotary Club of Johnsonville, who host the event and provide a meal to those who attend.

Johnsonville Youth Grants Trust chairman and managing director of Johnsonville AutoStop Chris Kirk-Burnnand says when they started the Trust in 1987, they never envisioned it would get this big.

“It’s one, if not the biggest youth grants in the northern suburbs,” he says.

AutoStop provides a large portion of the money given out each year, with the local company putting up $25,000 this year.

“We’ve been involved in the com-munity for over 40 years now and had reasonable success. It’s my belief that we should give back to the community that have supported us for so long.”

For more information and a full list of this year’s grant recipients, visit www.jvilleyouthgrants.co.nz

Talented youth recognised in Johnsonville


Buggy’s in Bloom

By Robert JohnsonIt’s not often you see a baby at the wheel of

a fi re engine but at the Sport Wellington Big Annual Buggy Walk, this was just one of many quirky buggy designs on show.

The Wellington Botanic Gardens was the venue for last Thursday’s event, now in its eighth year, which is the largest of the free monthly buggy walks put on each month by Sport Wellington.

Families from around Wellington dressed up their buggies to come up with some creative designs such as a train, a John Deere tractor and a buzzy bee just to name a few.

A number of competitions including the ‘Trilogy Dress up your Buggy’ competition attracted a large crowd as well as coffee, a sausage sizzle and Fairy Felicity to keep the children entertained.

Buggy Walk organiser Tania Atkinson says the event is “loads of fun, free, and a great way to meet new people in the community”.To fi nd out more about the buggy walks, visit www.buggywalk.co.nz

Lisa Preston-William spent four hours making her specially-designed John Deere trailor buggy. Mia Donovan spent a long time painting her home-made train buggy.

Jade Wahren and son Logan enjoy the fresh air in their Buzzy Bee designed buggy.

Fionnaigh McKenzie and daughter Kezia represent the 'Kokako Party' at the annual Sport Wellington Buggy Walk in the Botanic Gardens.

By Robert JohnsonJohnsonville Shopping Centre

attracted a steady fl ow of future scientists last week as the Fonterra Science Roadshow stopped in town for the week.

Over 10 interactive exhibits were on hand to stimulate many young

minds ranging from types of sea-weed, a conductivity tester, force of magnets and attraction and touch screen TV’s packed full of information.

In addition, a ‘live science show’ was run every hour, on the hour, from 11am each day by the Fonterra

Science Roadshow educators An-drew Beale and Anna Sophie Winter.

Thursday morning’s live show was all about indicators and acids and bases with milk, and included a demonstration of vinegar being poured into milk to separate it

into curds and whey, which was followed by a ‘whoa’ from the excited crowd.

Mr Beale says the Science Road-show travels around New Zealand schools and the school holiday programmes such as these give members of the public a chance

to see what they do at their school shows.

As for the most popular exhibit, Mr Beale says it is pretty obvious.

“Bones on bikes has been the most popular I’d say. The kids love being able to pedal the bike and see the skeleton mimic their movements.”

Roadshow stimulates young mindsCiara and Alana Johnston read some information about whitebait integration in New Zealand.

Isabella and Jared Ramdle enjoy playing on the various exhibits in Johnsonville Shopping Centre.

Fonterra Science Roadshow educator Andrew Beale demonstrates how indicators work with acids and bases.

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WALKER Loes - on Monday the 7th of October 2013, peacefully at Wellington Hospital. Dearly loved wife and best friend of Colin. Much adored mother of Ralph and Marion de Groot. Loved and treasured Oma to Janna, Guy, Nicola and Max. Very special to Barry, Lynda, Sylvia and Claudia Walker. Special thanks to the kind medi-cal staff of Ward 5. Her life will be celebrated by all wearing bright colours at Karori Crematorium (Main Chapel), Rosehaugh Avenue, Karori, at 2pm on Friday, 11th October 2013. The service will be followed by afternoon tea at Khandallah Bowling Club, 24 Woodmancote Rd, Khandal-lah. Messages can be posted to PO Box 22126, Khandallah, 6441. Flowers can be sent to the Karori Crematorium. Lychgate Funeral Home, 306 Willis StreetTe Aro, Wellington 6011Ph: 385 0745

TYE, Gary Walter died at home on Tuesday 1 Oc-tober after a long illness, aged 82 years. Dearly loved husband of Jennifer (Jenni). Cherished father of Amanda, Sally and Annabelle and father-in-law of John. Loving Gramps of Amie, Ben, Sam and Alastair. Fond friend of Dougal. Gary has requested in lieu of fl owers donations to either Wellington Hospital Blood and Cancer Centre, Private Bag 7902, Wellington or Mary Potter Hospice, PO Box 7442, Wellington South. Messages to 306 Willis Street, Wellington 6011. Gary’s funeral will been held.

PENNINGTON, Suzy – peacefully at Wellington Hospital on Wednesday 2 October 2013. Dearly loved mother of Niki & Andrew, William & Paula, Michael & Karin, and Amy. Adored by her grandchildren Amelia, Sam & Lily; Isabella, Ollie, Lochie and Jonty; and Lovisa, William and Elias. Much loved sister to Robyn & Peter, Chris & Giovanna, Liz & Howard, and Michael & Sandra. Cherished aunt to all her nieces and nephews, and treasured friend to many. She will be missed by us all. Messages to the family may be sent C/- Lychgate, 306 Willis St, Wellington 6011 or online at www.heavenaddress.com. Suzy’s funeral will be held at Te Raukura, Wharewaka Function Centre, Odlins Square, 15 Jervois Quay, Wellington waterfront, next to the lagoon, at 1:30pm Friday 4 October 2013.Lychgate Funeral Home306 Willis Street, Te AroWellington 6011, Ph: 385 0745Email: [email protected]

Su, Wei Tang 25 December 1935 - 26 September 2013. Peacefully at home, aged 77 years.Dearly loved husband of Li Zhu Zhou. Father of Chirong and Ying Mei. Father-in-law of Yangling and David. Messages to the Su family may be left in Wei’s tribute book at www.tributes.co.nz . A funeral service has been held.

Bell, Janice Diane: On 27th September 2013. Loved wife of John. Much loved mother of Jane. Loved daughter of Neil and the late Jean Howcroft, and sister of Karen, and Jonathan Howcroft. A funeral service has been held.

Legarda, Agustin (Nett). Passed away peacefully on 29 September 2013. Member of the Focolare Movement. Messages may be left in Nett’s trib-ute book at www.tributes.co.nz or posted c/- 4 Moorefi eld Road, Johnsonville. Funeral Mass has been held at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Wellington followed by interment at Whenua Tapu Cemetery.Guardian Funeral HomeNgaio –Johnsonville – TawaLocally Owned

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STICKNEY, Warren Keith. On 5th October 2013 very peacefully at home. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Colleen, much loved father and father-in-law of Philip and Garry, and Fiona and Grant, treasured Poppa of Sophie and Thomas, and brother and brother-in-law of Beverly and Henk. Messages for the Stickney Family can be left in Warren’s on line tributes book at www.tributes.co.nz or posted to c/- 4 Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037. In lieu of fl owers, donations to the Mary Potter Hospice would be appreciated and may be made at the service. The funeral service for Warren will be held at the Guardian Funeral Home Chapel, 4 Moorefi eld Road, Johnsonville on Thursday 10th October 2013 at 2:00pm.Guardian Funeral HomeNgaio –Johnsonville – TawaLocally Owned

Dunlop, Barbara (Anne) - Suddenly at home on 3rd October 2013. Loving wife of the late Colin. Dearly loved mother and mother in law of Jane and Ken, Anne and Robert. Nana to Kate, James, Sarah, Brooke and Abby, great nana to Ella, Faith, Zoe, Finley and Mason. Always in ours hearts, love you for ever nana. Messages for the Dunlop family may be sent c/- 4 Moorefi eld Road, Johnsonville or left in Barbara’s tribute book at www.tributes.co.nz. In accordance with Barbara’s wishes a private family service will be held.

HAINES, Christopher Anthony (Chris) Died on the 5th October 2013 at Mary Potter Hospice aged 60. Dearly loved husband of Jan for 37 years, loved father and father- in-law to Graham and Jillinda, Mark, Dillon and Liz, and Joshua, the best Grandpa to Joshua, Lucas, Kimberly, Isabelle, Caleb and Oliver, loved son of John (dec) and Ione, brother of Lesley-Anne and Richard, loved brother in law, uncle and friend to so many. Our thanks to all our family, friends and the staff at Mary Potter for their wonderful care. Messages for the Haines Family can be left in Chris’s on line tributes book at www.tributes.co.nz or posted to c/- 4 Moorefi eld Road, Johnsonville Wellington 6037. Chris’s funeral will be held on Thursday 10th October 2013 at 12.30pm at St Michael & All Angels Church, 198 Newlands Rd, Newlands followed by private cremation.

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Stolen vehicles and theft continue to fi gure largely in the weekly crime reports. Two vehicles were stolen from Khandallah during the past week.

One, a van parked in Box Hill and the other in Ranui Crescent.

Another van parked in Chelmsford Street, Ngaio, was broken into and a quantity of tools and the stereo were stolen.

Tradesmen’s vehicles parked outside premises where repair work is being carried out appear to be attractive targets.

Fitting alarms is a worthwhile investment to protect vans during these short stay maintenance work stops.

A burglary occurred in Sunningdale Lane, New-lands, where access was gained through a jemmied small window allowing access to an internal door.

It seems the returning resident prevented any further progress being made and the intruder left the same way they had entered.

Even burglars need to keep fi t, as a trampoline was stolen from the garden of a house in Chetwode Grove in Newlands.

Several letterboxes down Burbank Crescent in Churton Park were either completely smashed or damaged.

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19Wednesday October 9, 2013SPORT

By Robert JohnsonA local croquet club has

documented its journey through two World Wars, the great depression, the Napier Earthquake and becoming an anti-aircraft ground, in a spe-cial centennial history written by some of its members.

The Kelburn Municipal Croquet Club opened its doors for the first time on July 17, 1913 after a small group of people came to-gether to discuss founding a club in Kelburn, led by Lily May McVilly, who went on to become the Club’s first president and Life Patroness.

Honorary Club Archivist Deirdre Wogan says they decided to put together the book as something a little different and after 18 months and the work of 11 members researching information, were very happy with the fi nal product.

“We wanted to give every club member a copy of the history to take home as a re-membrance of the centenary. It’s nice to have something for them to take home and keep as a reminder.”

Originally called the Kel-burn Croquet Club, the club was forced to change its name

in the 1930s to have munici-pal in it as they were leasing the ground and clubhouse from the City Council.

An interesting section of the Club’s history was during World War II when the New Zealand Army occupied the Pavilion.

After the fall of Singapore in February that year, fears arose that New Zealand might be invaded.

This resulted in a number of light anti-aircraft batteries being placed on Kelburn Park and up at the Kelburn Kiosk in Upland Road.

Wendy Harland, past presi-

dent of the club, is delighted they have reached the 100 year milestone and says their continual evolution of the game is vital.

“We’re very proud of the achievement. We have adapt-ed to change well with the introduction of golf croquet, which is a lot faster than normal croquet as well as other variations on the game.”

Kelburn Municipal Croquet Club will be holding an open day on Saturday October 12 and 19 from 10am. For more information, email [email protected]

Kelburn Croquet Club hits 100

By Robert JohnsonEven a lightning strike

could not stop Onslow College’s fi rst XI hockey team from winning its fi nal and gaining promotion to the premier 1 grade next season.

After a successful season in the premier 2 hockey competition, including just one draw and two losses, Onslow lined up against Kapiti College on October 20 to decide who would take league honours and with it, promotion to the top college hockey grade.

The game started with Onslow imposing some

early domination but it was Kapiti who took advantage with their fi rst penetration into the circle resulting in a 1-0 lead.

Seconds later, a fl ash of lightning and a rumble of thunder stopped the game momentarily while players waited it out on the sidelines.

The game was restarted shortly after, only for an-other lightning strike to take out the majority of the fl ood lights and plunge the game into darkness.

The game was postponed for a week, with Kapiti retaining their 1-0 first

half lead. The teams resumed their

game a week later at the National Hockey Stadium where Onslow took ad-vantage of the week off and equalized early in the second half.

Just on halfway through the second half, Onslow were awarded a penalty corner which Ryan Naftel put fi rmly into the back of the net, securing a 2-1 win, promotion and a remark-able turnaround.

Team manager Scott Martin says the team played their best game of the season and achieved

their season goal.“I’m so proud of the boys

with their efforts. Our goal at the start of the season was to win P2 and get promotion to P1 and we’ve done that. Now, next sea-son, we want to stay there.”

As for the lightning strike, Martin says the postpone-ment probably benefi tted his team.

“On the night of the strike we weren’t working so well as a team. Having a week to think about our perfor-mance certainly helped us,” he laughs.

Onslow win electric hockey fi nal

Onslow College's fi rst XI hocket team celebrate winning their fi nal.

Kelburn Municipal Croquet Club past president Wendy Harland and honorary archivist Deirdre Wogan at their club ground on Salamanca Road.

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