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BRIEFLYWide rangingquake support

Many local groups,organisations and schools arecontinuing to provide vitalfunds for the Christchurchearthquake appeal.

Te Awamutu Golf Clubmembers donated $850through a raffle and scramblewinnings and Te AwamutuIntermediate students and staffraised over $700 through a cointrail at school.

A shared lunch was held onTuesday at Waipa DistrictCouncil, with staff membersobserving the two minutes’silence as a mark of respect tothose who lost their lives andraising $1049 towards theappeal.

Freeman Court andKorakonui Schools will bestaging fundraisers today,while tomorrow Baby Bearschildren will be dressing in redand black to support the cause.

The Redoubt is staging a StPatrick’s Day breakfast onMarch 17 with all proceedsgoing to the earthquakeappeal. Contact the bar formore details.

Golfers tee offfor centenary

A celebration to mark TeAwamutu Golf Club’sCentenary will be held atEaster weekend.

The format will include a mixand mingle on Friday, April 22and an ambrose tournamentand dinner on Saturday, April23.

Members, past and present,are urged to register for thissignificant milestone with formsavailable at the club, or byphoning 871 5661 or emailingteawamutu@golf.co.nz.

Lions cleanout lairs

Rosetown Lions are holdinga garage sale on Saturday,March 12.

Donations of saleable itemsin good working order will begratefully accepted.

Contact Janet (871 5898) orCes (871 2707) for furtherdetails.

EQC workers pitch in‘‘I was sitting at an intersection and thought I’d been rear-ended’’

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WORKERS contracted to EQC following September’s Christchurch earthquake, from left: James Cohen (Brisbane), Mark Croft (Christchurch),Roger Ramsey (Te Awamutu) and Jason Van Lierop (Cromwell), spent the days after the earthquake demolishing chimneys and fixing roofs.

BY DEAN TAYLOR

Te Awamutu builder RogerRamsey is one of hundreds ofqualified workers contracted toEQC after September’s earthquaketo experience last week’s quake firsthand.

Mr Ramsey has been working asa building assessor and was on hisway to an appointment when thehuge quake struck.

He and his off-sider were stoppedat an intersection and at first hethought he had been rear-ended —until he realised the car was beingthrown side-to-side.

‘‘I was watching the light stand-ard beside me swaying throughabout a four metre arc, thinking if itcame down on us there was nothingwe could do,’’ he says.

When the shaking stopped hedrove to the middle of the intersec-tion and the pair helped a panicstricken elderly lady from her car

and went into a nearby Chinesetakeaway where the front wall hadfallen out, and helped everyone outto safety.

They gathered people onto anopen area of park, and then thewater started rising.

Mr Ramsey says it was obviouslyfrom burst pipes and it was comingup fast so they took everyone to apiece of higher ground.

Within five minutes the roadwas congested with traffic and hadcome to a standstill.

Mr Ramsey says they spent acouple of hours bringing peopletogether and offering comfort.

Elsewhere another close col-league was involved in a rescue, buttoo late. The lady had died.

After September EQC had175,000 claims to be inspected.

Qualified Kiwi builders, such asMr Ramsey, were employed to workalongside a loss adjustor to carryout the assessments.

Mr Ramsey says there were 480staff, working six 10 hour days perweek for three weeks, with arostered week off to visit home, toget the job done.

A number of the loss adjustorsare former military or Police, fromboth New Zealand and Australia.

Mr Ramsey says part of their jobis to liaise with the public.

‘‘It can be very stressful andtheir training in such situations isappreciated,’’ says Mr Ramsey.

He says over 100,000 assessmentshad been completed — now theywould be starting again in manyinstances.

Staff were put up in hotels,which are now inside the cordon.

Mr Ramsey and employeesAntony Wainwright and UeliBuchmann came home on Sundaywithout any of the gear — all still intheir rooms.

To his knowledge, other Te Awa-mutu builders working for EQC are

Brendon Sylvia, Kerry Davis, TobyMeredith, Steve Raven, Peter Sulli-van, Jarrod Davies and Craig Reid.

All EQC staff were accountedfor following the quake, with justone minor injury reported.

EQC stood down their staff inthe interim to free any availableaccommodation for the rescueworkers.

Mr Ramsey stayed at acolleague’s home and, alongsideother EQC staff, made himselfuseful demolishing damagedchimneys and fixing roofs.

He says everyone was doingwhat they could in a difficultsituation.

‘‘We were lucky — at least wehad power where I was staying, butwe had no water or sewerage.’’

And like many other New Zea-landers, watching the TV footagewas like watching overseas news— except in their case it was just afew kilometres down the road.

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I agree with a previous correspondent that MMP is not perfect.However, a vote for it in principle still allows for changes.Examples that have public support are reducing the number of

list members, and not allowing a candidate to stand in an electorateas well as to have a place on the party list.

I would like to point out the fairness of MMP in that people whoare a minority in an electorate can still cast a list vote that will becounted.

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HOTHOT■ Everyone supporting people in Christchurch with their time, efforts and funds

■ Friendly Te Awamutu residents who offered shelter to census workers when the rain came down

■ Local banks that accept cheques in foreign currency without charge for donating to the earthquake appeal

NOT■ Local supermaket not allowing a60-year-old woman to buy cigarettes because her 12-year-old grandson accompanying her didn’t have ID (hello? 12-year-olds don’t have ID)

■ Broken glass left on pavement on Arawata Street

■ Another booze outlet for town

Help for Christchurch people hereIn the aftermath of the

Christchurch earthquake,families are arriving in TeAwamutu area and may needhelp in finding their way.

Kainga Aroha CommunityHouse is working in conjunc-tion with Te Awamutu CAB tomake sure that anyone whocomes from Christchurch andneeds help is taken care of.

‘‘Kainga Aroha is a com-munity house open for peopleof all ages and backgroundswhere we offer hospitality andare able to provide under-standing and confidential sup-port in the areas ofcounselling, individual andfamily support, budgeting andchildren’s programmes,’’ saysspokesperson and counsellor,Michelle Peterson.

‘‘We can also provide aninitial contact and a friendlyface to help in dealing with

agencies, such as Work andIncome and giving access toinformation as well as findingother community agenciesand groups. Our team is happyto welcome you with a cuppa,lend a sympathetic ear, andhelp you in any way we can.

‘‘If you are from Christ-church or are hosting a personor family from Christchurchand need support please giveus a call on 871 6506. If we areunable to help with yourimmediate problem we may beable to point you in the rightdirection.’’

Citizens Advice Bureau hasbeen working with CivilDefence, both nationally andat a local level, in collating allthe relevant local numbers topass on to the public. Thisinformation can be accessedvia the websitewww.cab.org.nz (search earth-

quake).‘‘Please contact us if you

need any kind of help orsupport. 871 4111 or 0800 367222. Alternatively come in andsee us at 2/213 AlexandraStreet, in the United Arcade,’’says local office managerElaine Fox.

“At Citizens Advice BureauTe Awamutu we currentlyhave 24 volunteers. On anygiven day, a volunteer work-ing their shift might beapproached about any poten-tial question under the sun –requests for directions, tosomebody who need help atWork and Income or needscounselling to someoneneeding documents signed bya JP.

‘‘Since the earthquake lastweek the amount of enquireswe have had from the com-munity asking how they can

help, has been overwhelming.From donations of practicalitems, donating money andeven offers of accommodation.

‘‘At a local level we areworking with Renee from TeAwamutu Club and KaingaAroha to ensure that peoplefrom Christchurch who havemoved to our area can come tous and receive a one stop shophelp they need quickly. ‘‘Weask that anyone wanting todonate practical items whichare in good condition to keeptaking them to Renee at the TAClub. The local Foodbank is inshort supply and it would begreat to see the shelves beingrestocked. All food donationscan be handed in to KaingaAroha or the CAB.’’

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PIRONGIA Guides (from left) Nikyla Miezenbeek, Kacey Miezenbeek, Quinn Tuaupiki, Arden Turner andAmy Fredes meet Ulysses Club members Graham Smith and Steve Riggs.

When new Guides registeredat Pirongia this year they wereasked to bring a toy with them.

Waipa-Waitomo Girl Guidingco-ordinator Karen Howard saysthe toys were then sorted andgiven a wash or a tidy up beforebeing packed to donate to the toyrun.

‘‘It’s just one of the waysguiding is giving back to thecommunity.

‘‘We also have supportedPirongia Lions’ efforts for thekidney kids programme, don-ated to the Christmas gift appealin Te Awamutu, provided babyquilts for district nurses andother support groups, cushionsand knee rugs for old folkshomes, toy bags for a daycarecentre and cleared rubbish fromvarious grounds.’’

Nationally guiding is sup-

porting breast cancer awarenessand in the Waikato region theyare collecting used mobilephones for a Starship fundraiser.

‘‘Currently the girls are mak-ing posters and writing cards tosend to guides and brownies inthe Christchurch area.

‘‘They hope the messages willprovide some support and helpcheer them up following therecent earthquake.’’

Toy Run opens TA hearts

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LOGAN FREDES gets ready to add Pooh Bear into the collection oftoys on Alexandra Street, helped by his mum Camille and watchedby Anita Miezenbeek and her son Cullen.

The annual Child Cancerfundraiser in Te Awamutu onFriday was hit to a small extent bythe Christchurch earthquakefundraising — but it was still ahuge success with $5000 and thou-sands of toys donated.

Hamilton branch of UlyssesMotorcycle Club has organisedthe event for the past 21 years.

Members who brought theirbikes for the static display (up to21 bikes at one point)— and alsoparticipated on Friday wereblown way with the generosity ofthe Te Awamutu community.

Donations ranging from loosechange to bank notes and chequeswere all crucial to raising thefantastic amount which will go tothe Waikato Branch of the ChildCancer Foundation.

‘‘People were apologising fornot having more to donate,because they had already donatedto the Christchurch appeal’’ was acommon theme reported by thosewho spent a lot of time withbuckets in their hands.

‘‘It is staggering how generouspeople can be,’ ’ saysspokesperson, Graham Smith.

Money was not the only thingdonated. Many members of thecommunity donated both ‘pre-loved’ and new toys, books, gamesand jigsaw puzzles to be distri-buted to Waikato Hospital andStarship Hospital.

Of particular note, as in previ-ous years, is the time, effort andcommitment of Te Awamutu resi-dent Ruth Taylor-Lucas.

‘‘This outstanding and verymodest lady has been collectingsoft toys for the past 21 years,washing, repairing and storingthem specifically for the ToyRun,’’ Mr Smith says.

‘‘Her dedication is the epitome

of what the Te Awamutu publichas also demonstrated year afteryear.

‘‘Hamilton Ulyssians wouldalso like to thank a number of TeAwamutu organisations, withoutwhose help this event would havebeen so much more difficult to getoff the ground.

‘‘Te Awamutu shopkeeperswho allowed ‘bikies’ to park allday in front of their shops, TeAwamutu Police who turned a‘blind eye’ to some of the shenani-gans which transpired, WaipaDistrict Council which hassupported the initiative from thestart, central coffee shop for theearly morning coffees, Bakers

Blueberries for the loan of thetruck for the toys, The NationalBank and Westpac Bank for mak-ing a room available for sortingthe coins and the numerousemployees who allowed theirUlyssian employees to take part.

‘‘If we have forgotten anyone,please accept our abject apologies,but rest assured your efforts aregreatly appreciated,’’ Mr Smithsays.

Sunday’s Toy Run from Cam-bridge to Hamilton enjoyed brilli-ant weather and over 900 motor-cyclists participated from all overthe North Island, making foranother memorable day for childcancer patients.

Tactix new homeThe Canterbury Tactix netballers will be hosting

their home game against the Waikato Bay of PlentyMagic at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre onMonday, March 7, instead of playing at their homestadium in Christchurch.

Tickets for the game will be priced to encouragea full stadium.

Adult tickets are $20 and children (U12years) $10.They can be purchased via Ticket Direct,

Hunting and Fishing and the Franchise office inTauranga.

Relay ready to goPeople from across

the Waikato will be get-ting their sneakers onfor Relay For Life Hamil-ton 2011 this weekend.

Ninety-seven teamshave registered andevery tent site is bookedfor the 22 hour relay,kicking off at 2pm onSaturday and running

until 12pm Sunday atAgResearch Ruakura.

Relay For Life is amajor fundraiser for theWaikato/Bay of PlentyCancer Society. Formore information or todonate to a team, visit:www.relayforlife.org.nzor contact the CancerSociety on 07 838 2027.

Two of Museum’s missing medals returned

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MEDAL recipient William Fletcher Wallis (front right) in Cape Town during the Boer War campaigns.

RETURNED: Queen’s South Africa (left) andKing’s South Africa medals.

In 2010 the Te Awa-mutu Museum featuredin the news after it wasdiscovered that many ofthe precious militarymedals in the collectionwere not where theyshould be.

Following a longinvestigation by thepolice, a previousemployee was arrestedand charged with theftof some of the medals.

The missing itemswhich had been takenin 2002-03 have longbeen sold and tradedinternationally andappeared to be lost for-ever.

The museum wasthrilled the other day toreceive a package in thepost containing two ofthe medals missing

from the collection.Accompanying the

parcel was an anony-mous note stating thatthe person understoodthese medals should bein the possession of TeAwamutu Museum andthey were accordinglyreturning them.

The Museum TrustBoard and staff aredeeply grateful to havethese back in themuseum and thank theanonymous person fortheir return.

The returned medalsare the very specialQueen’s South Africaand King’s South Africamedals awarded toWilliam FletcherWallis.

The Queen’s SouthAfrica Medal was

instituted by QueenVictoria to recogniseservice in the Boer Warin South Africa between1899 and 1902.

On her death in 1901,a new medal called theKing’s South AfricaMedal was struck bear-ing the effigy of KingEdward VII.

These medals werethe first awarded toNew Zealandservicemen for militaryservice outside NewZealand.

William FletcherWallis’ Queen’s SouthAfrica has five clasps:Diamond Hill ,Johannesburg,Driefontein,Paardeberg and Reliefof Kimberly.

He was a private dur-

ing the campaigns.The King’s South

Africa medal wasawarded to LieutenantWallis and has twoclasps: South Africa1901 and South Africa1902.

Ten contingents ofthe New ZealandMounted Rifles, totalling6128 officers and men,and a contingent of 31New Zealand nursesserved in South Africa.

These people wereeligible to receive theQueen’s South Africamedal.

To qualify for theKing’s South AfricaMedal a soldier or nursehad to be serving inSouth Africa on or afterJanuary 1, 1902, andhave completed 18months’ total servicebefore June 1, 1902.

According to the

Embarkation databaseonline, Wallis was a Pri-vate in No.1 Companyand left in the firstcontingent on October21, 1899 on the ship Wai-wera.

His occupation wasgiven as farmer and hishome district as Wai-kato.

The Museumarchives have somepapers relating toWallis’ military career.

Mr Wallis donated alarge number of objectsto the museum — thereare 372 objects listedwith him as donor.

Many are held atAuckland Museum dueto insufficient storagespace at Te AwamutuMuseum.

Mr Wallis died in1958 and the medalswere bequeathed to theMuseum.

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PIRONGIA Brownies (from left) Dakota Edmeades, Izzy Barnes, AprilSimmons and Lola Newland will be pounding the pavements with theirpopular Guide Biscuits.

Guide Biscuits are awell-loved piece ofKiwiana and this yearthey’re sure to live upto their delicious repu-tation.

Guide Biscuits havebeen baked by Griffin’sFoods Limited for over50 years.

However, last year, anew oven at the factoryresulted in appearanceinconsistencies — andsome difficulty withsales for GirlGuidingNZ, who rely on strongsales of Guide biscuitsfor more than 50% oftheir income.

So, GirlGuiding NZand Griffin’s have beenworking together toimprove the traditionaltreats.

A taskforce of girlsassembled last year tohelp eliminate theissues to ensure thisyear’s batch is not justgood, but the ‘BestEver’.

This taskforce hasbeen involved all theway along the develop-ment journey — fromthe new cutter design,through to packagingdesign, taste testing,biscuit colour and tex-ture, and finally the TVcommercial in whichthey starred.

A raft ofimprovements has beenmade to the baking pro-cess, includingswapping an artificialvanilla flavouring to anatural one.

There has also beena change to the biscuitcutter design, whichrepresents the new,contemporaryGirlGuiding NZ trefoil.

This is an excitingchange and the firsttime in over 50 yearsthe biscuit cutterdesign has beenupdated.

‘‘It’s great that we’vebeen able to contributeour opinions and ideasto improve this year’sbiscuits, ’ ’ saysGirlGuiding NZ Rangerand taskforce memberStephanie Wood.

This year, girls willbe armed with biscuittins filled with samplesso you can try beforeyou buy — but onlywhile stocks last (seedetails below).

You can also buy atin to store those pre-cious treats.

‘‘The biscuit-sellingseason is the most

crucial part of our fund-raising activities, so weare pleased that thegirls and Griffin’s havedone such a wonderfuljob of creating the ‘BestEver’, ’ ’ says RuthTeasdale, GirlGuidingNZ chief executive.‘‘We’re hoping to regainNew Zealand’s trustand support again thisseason, as we have beenpromised a really qual-ity product that we’rethrilled with andexcited about.’’

The iconic biscuitcomes in three vari-eties: Original, Choc,and Mini Chocs, andretail from $3 per

packet for Originals to$3.50 for Chocs andMini Chocs.

LOCAL SALESIf you enjoy these

traditional treats andwould like to supportthe work of Girl Guid-ing you can pick upsome packets in TeAwamutu or Pirongia.

Door-to-door saleswill be carried out thisweek and next week,but don’t worry if youmiss sellers as thebiscuits are available ata stall outside the West-pac Bank.

If you wish to orderbiscuits or need moreinformation contact

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In Pirongia therewill be door to doorsales tonight (6pm-8pm), while Kawhiawill have door to doorsellers visiting onMarch 12-13 from 10am-2pm.

Both the FourSquare at Pirongia andThe Oparau Roadhousewill have packets ofbiscuits available.

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David Edwards reallyknows his onions!

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DAVID EDWARDS with his 660g onion and otherlarge specimens from the same crop.

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Enjoying ‘good life’ at Puahue

Our article aboutKihikihi residentGeorge Douglasproudly showing off thelargest onions he hasever grown broughttears to Puahue resi-dent David Edwards’eyes.

Mr Edwards has alsohad his best crop of redonions ever this season,but at 660g his best putsMr Douglas’ heaviestonion in the shade.

Mr Edwards and hiswife Susan retired toPuahue from in Sep-tember 2009, havingpreviously been inCambridge and for anumber of years beforethat in Auckland.

They have a pro-duction of fruit andvegetables growing ontheir 5000 square metreParklands Road sectionthat would qualify themfor British televisionseries ‘The Good Life’.

‘‘It’s virgin farmlandreally, so it’s a greatplace for growing pro-duce,’’ Mr Edwardssays.

They have a hugevegetable garden thatkeeps them supplied allyear round and withsome crops surplus torequirements, makesthem popular withneighbours. Theyharvested 85kg ofpotatoes this summer.

There is a also anabundance of fruit andnut trees and trees toprovide firewood.

Mr Edwards saysthere was no greatsecret to growing thegiant red onions — justcompost, sheep pelletsand his own brand of

liquid fertiliser.Mr Edwards makes

parsnip wine, cider andapple butter and theymake all their ownbread — it’s no wonderthey don’t often have toleave their idyllicPuahue country set-ting.

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EMERGENCY 111Te Awamutu Police have dealt with the

following matters since last week:Monday, February 21:Burglaries: Kakaramea Road property.

Garage door damaged and a knife stolen.Ngaroma Road property. Chainsaw and scrubbar stolen. Kakaramea Road property. Tiltingcar trailer, 1000 litre container of diesel andsocket set stolen.

Tuesday, February 22:Arrests: Man for breaching a protection

order. Man for warrant to appear in court.Theft of a backpack and three GPS dog

collars from vehicle parked in Bunnings carpark reported.

Burglaries: Leith Street residence. DVDs andpink Mitsubishi Mirage (CYP936) stolen. Fron-tier Road residence. Plasma TV, iPod, computerand two digital cameras stolen.

Wednesday, February 23:Man arrested for failing to appear in court.Burglary of Tui Crescent property reported.

Alcohol stolen.Thursday, February 24:Arrests: Man for failing to appear in court

and assault. Man for assault.Friday, February 25:Man arrested for failing to stop, dangerous

driving and driving while disqualified.Motorbike impounded.

Saturday, February 26:Man arrested for disorderly behaviour.Three youths reported for shoplifting from

The Warehouse.Theft of a trencher and trailer from Duncan

Road property reported. Property recoveredfrom Wharepuhunga Road as trailer has a flattyre.

24 hour Victim Support is available by phoning0800 VICTIM (0800 842846).

Temperatures slightly lowerTemperatures were slightly cooler over the past

week, with the only Courier weather station torecord a maximum of 30 degrees being TeAwamutu.

Pokuru was next on 29, followed by Parawera,Pirongia and Pukeatua on 27, Ngahinapouri on 26and Arohena on 25. Te Awamutu also had highestminimum temperature with 17 degrees.

Only significant rainfall was 12mm at Arohena.

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Classy Cromwell singer aces awards

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OVERALL winner of the Waikato Country Music Awards Craig Adams belts out ‘Little MissHonky Tonk’ backed by ‘Baktrak’ in the Te Awamutu Bible Chapel.

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FORMER Te Awamutu resident June Arm-strong performing in the veteran section.

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MT PIRONGIA Country Music Club memberValerie Joyce in the veteran gospel section.

Craig Adams from Cromwell is relativelynew to competitive singing, but that didn’tstop him from taking out the top prize at theWaikato Country Music Awards in Te Awa-mutu.

The talented performer entered the seniorsection, representing the MorrinsvilleCountry Music Club.

He was named Senior Overall winnerbefore taking out the supreme prize, theOverall Winner of the awards.

This entitles him to go Norfolk Island inMay where he will compete in the Trans-Tasman Awards against other New Zealandand Australian singers.

Adams has only been performing for twoyears - initially entering a talent quest ‘for abit of a laugh’.

‘‘I entered the Cromwell Country MusicClub’s annual New Year’s Gala and went on

stage for the first time.’’The very nervous singer showed plenty of

promise and was named overall runner-upthat day.

Since then he has entered and won manyawards in the South Island and was a semifinalist in the TVNZ ‘Find a Star’.

Adams was invited to perform at theMorrinsville Spectacular last year and sobegan his affiliation with the club.

The Waikato Country Music Club Awards(formerly Cream of Country Awards) wereheld in Te Awamutu for the first time over theweekend.

Organisers were delighted with the venueand rated the awards a ‘resounding success’.

Two stages operated at the Te AwamutuBible throughout Saturday for the auditionsin four main sections - Junior (up to 13 years),Intermediate (up to 18 years), Senior (up to 49years) and Veteran 50 years and over.

Around 140 auditions were perfromed

using the two stages and two bands, with anenthusiastic audience in both areas encour-aging competitors.

Each section is divided up into differentcategories, such as gospel, western, countryrock.

Two finalists from each category wereselected to perform in the grand final concert,which was held on Saturday night.

The line-up of performers ranged from asix-year-old to one in their 80’s singing infront of a packed auditorium.

Hayley Smith, last year’s winner of theawards and a former singing partner of TeAwamutu’s Brendon Liley, was guest artist atthe evening concert.

Her personality and beautiful singingvoice kept the audience enthralled.

Compere for the evening was Bernie Evawho kept things moving along. Even thoughthe awards finished later than anticipated,the audience stayed to the end.

STEPPING STONECountry Music Awards can be a stepping

stone for many of the contestants as formerTe Awamutu Country Music Club memberBrendon Liley has shown.

He has won many awards over the years,and in 2007 at the Entertainer of the Year,Brendon and Hayley Smith won the Inter-mediate section.

Brendon was also runner-up of the samesection as a solo artist.

He is now living in Adelaide and is keptbusy in the music scene as a guest artist atmusic clubs and appearing in stage shows,including the current season of Joseph andthe Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

OVERALL WINNERSJunior: Tandra Crossland (Morrinsville).

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Battle on for Olympic berths

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TE AWAMUTU rower Graham Oberlin-Brown at the national club championships in Twizel.

Te Awamutu rower Graham Oberlin-Brown gavethe national selectors plenty think about when hewon the Lightweight Men’s Double with partnerCurtis Rapley at the club nationals in Twizel.

There is huge competition for spots in theOlympic squad from lightweight rowers, withlimited places available.

Oberlin-Brown set sights on at least one nationaltitle in his three events at Twizel. However, he sayshe didn’t have the best start.

‘‘Twizel has had terrible weather this season andthe South Island Rowing Association had to call offall three of their annual regattas due to high winds.

‘‘I managed to get my very own taste of this about2km into my first row in the single. The lake wasvery rough and waves were coming over the side ofthe hull.

‘‘After about four solid waves I was starting toget into trouble and the bow end of my boat began tosink. The water was seeping through the bungs ofthe boat — which are supposed to be watertight

compartments — and flooded the entire bow.‘‘I’m not sure what the water temperature of the

mountain water down there is, but five minutes waslong enough for me! Fortunately it was a good nightto dry out and the boat returned to its original stateready for racing the next day.’’

Oberlin-Brown qualified straight through to allof his finals and picked up two medals — Gold in theLightweight Men’s Double, Bronze rowing forWaikato in the Premier Men’s Eight — and a closefourth in the Lightweight Men’s single (picturedabove).

‘‘It was disappointing to miss out on a medal inthe Lightweight Single by a fraction of a second,especially considering the bulk of this field are mycompetition for trying to get into the Olympic classLightweight Men’s Double.

‘‘There are at least six of us in competition forjust two seats in this boat. It’s not panic stations yet,but I need to prove to the selectors that I am worthyof a spot in this boat.’’

The national trials are being held at LakeKarapiro this week.

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WORLD bronze medallist Emma Twigg with Te Awamutu Rowing Club’stalented young sculler Hannah Osborne.

World rowing medal-list Emma Twigg was onhand to spot up andcoming talent at theinaugural Mighty RiverPower Junior Regatta atLake Karapiro over theweekend.

One of the spin-offs ofthe 2010 World Cham-pionships has been over-subscribed juniorregattas this season asyoungsters strive to fol-low in the ‘footsteps’ ofmedal winners.

The inauguralMighty River PowerJunior Regatta (pre-viously known as KRI 3)was no exception.

The regatta attractedhundreds of entries andTwigg, who was one ofthe organisers of theevent, took time outfrom national selectiontrials to meet some of thewinners, includingHannah Osborne fromthe Te Awamutu RowingClub.

Hannah (16) won theUnder 17 single and then

stepped up an age groupto win the Under 18single.

She also combinedwith clubmate ArianaMatthews to finish third

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Hannah showed herdomination of the singlesculls and plans to carryon her winning ways at

the Aon Maadi Cupregatta (national second-ary schools champion-ships) which takes placeat Lake Karapiro at theend of this month.

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Events Guide for MarchEvents in Te Awamutu and sur-

rounding districts during the monthof March, as compiled by Te Awa-mutu Information Centre.

4 - More FM Winery Tour, Mys-tery Creek Winery, doors open 5pm,show commences 6pm and concludes10pm. Artists are Brooke Fraser,OPSHOP & Midnight Youth. Ticketsfrom Ticketmaster 0800 111 999 oronline www.ticketmaster.co.nz

5 - Good Companions Dance,Ngahinapouri School Hall, 8pm-12pm. Live band, raffle and supper.$10 members $12 non-members. Allwelcome.

6 - The Elves and the Shoemaker,Te Awamutu Free Concert in thePark Trust and Tiny Mighty Powerpresent the show at the Te AwamutuCollege Hall, 11am. Free entry.

8 - Kiwi Sport Basketball, AfterSchool programme. 3.30pm-4.30pm.Te Awamutu Events Centre. Free. Goto www.kiwisportwaikato.org.nz formore information.

8-13 - Saville Cup Polo, KihikihiDomain, Dick Street.

13 - Federated Farmers Farm Day2011, Rahiri Farm, End of RahiriRoad, 10am-3pm. Farm Day is a free,interactive, family focused eventwhere you will be able to see from agrass roots perspective what goes oninside the fence. Come along and gainan understanding of how we growgreat food and fibre. Farms through-out the country will be hosting freeguided walks and unique activities,providing plenty of opportunity foryou to see your favourite animalsand understand what makes a mod-ern farm work.

13 - Blueberry Fun Run and Walk,Hamilton Lake — 4km, 8km, 12kmrun or walk. 12km walk 8am and allothers 8.30am start. Phone KerinButtimore on 07 855 5052 or emailkbuttimore@clear.net.nz. Entryforms available at the InformationCentre.

20 - Te Awamutu Country MusicClub, Te Awamutu RSA, 1pm-4.30pm.Club members entertain. Phone CeliaBaker on 871 6045 for further details.

25 - Waipa Racing Club IndustryRace Day. Go towww.racingteawamutu.co.nz formore information and otherupcoming dates.

26 - North Island FirefightersCombat Challenge, Selwyn Park,Gorst Avenue. All day event contactCorey Neilson on 021 906 632 or ShaunHigginson on 021 0244 1697

25-27 - Korakonui Centenary, go towww.Korakonui.school.nz fordetails.

27 - Kihikihi Speedway, KihikihiDomain, 1pm. Thunder Sunday —Waikato Sprintcar Champs, WaikatoTQ Champs, Saloon Shootout.

Te Awamutu Library, ToddlerTime programme. Weekly event thatruns every Thursday morning dur-ing the school terms, from 10.30am-11am, and is a free programme aimedat children under five. ‘A great wayto introduce children to readingskills, listening and concentrating ina group situation’. Start with a song,a couple of stories and an easy craft,and finish with another song.

Ngaroto Sailing Club, LakeNgaroto, Bank Road. Pokuru Series— Saturday, March 5 races 1 and 2,briefing at 2.30pm, evening BBQfollows racing. Saturday, March 12races 3 and 4, briefing 2.30pm. Satur-day, March 19 races 5 and 6, briefing2.30pm. Saturday, March 27 ClubChampionship races 7 and 8 (final)10.30am briefing. Go towww.teawamutu.net/nbc for furtherdetails.

Te Awamutu Museum, New Exhi-bition ‘Symbols of Service’ — Mili-tary medals from the museum collec-tion. Runs until May 2. Museum openMonday-Friday, 10am-4pm. Saturday10am-1pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm.Phone 872 0085.

Redoubt Bar and Eatery, livebands Fridays 8.30pm-12.30am.

Baffin Street Gallery, GalleryOpen by arrangement. Exhibition —Charles Cohen, internationalprintmaker. Phone 871 9890, emailhilary@hilaryramage.co.nz or go towww.baffinstreetgallery.co.nz.

Awaroa Sports still goingstrong after 70 years

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ANDREW HASWELL competing in the woodchopping at a recentAwaroa Sports Day.

BY GRANT JOHNSTON

The annual Awaroa SportsDay at Hauturu is a wonderful,traditional country day of com-petition and fun.

The 70th Awaroa Sports Dayon Saturday features an openhorse ring and a novice/inter-mediate ring, and also includesother traditional events likewood chopping, a wide range ofchildren’s and novelty gamesand challenges, the ‘AwaroaMile’ (around 1500 metres inactual fact) for keen athletes, tugof war contests between Oparauand Hauturu districts, pumpkinbowls, a lunchtime hangi andbarbecue tea.

Children events include agegroup races, sheep riding, lollyscramble, egg toss, balloon toss,slip ‘n’ slide, nail drive, bouncycastle, obstacle course and put-ting.

Adults can also try putting,along with step the chain, heightof the pole and nail drive.

Helen Brandon has compileda history of the Awaroa Sports,with notes taken from W.E.Anderson’s memoirs, whichstated that the event reallystarted as a farmers’ union pic-nic, with people coming bylaunch from all round theharbour. Early competition fea-tured mainly horse events, withracing and even bookies.

Whata Green is well remem-bered as an early competitor inthe axe chopping events whowent on to become world cham-pion. On one occasion he gave arival a half log head start and stillbeat him.

Another early settler of thedistrict, Tau Carnachan, told of agroup of young men whoattended the Kinohaku Sports to

support local axeman ‘Snow’Parkinson and while raising afew toasts to his success after-wards, decided they could run asports meeting of their own atAwaroa.

The venue was Fred Ormsby’spaddock known as Ingarangi onthe Awaroa Mohe Road and onthe banks of the Awaroa River atHauturu. Mr Ormsby became astalwart supporter of AwaroaSports.

The first meeting on the firstSaturday in March was highlysuccessful and profits given tothe local war effort committee.That tradition continues withfunds raised annually donatedback into the community to

Hauturu Hall (helping fund itsbuilding in 1960), schools, StJohn, Air Ambulance etc.

Awaroa Sports was suspendedfor one year in the 1940s when thepolio epidemic swept through thecountry.

Other strong supporters of theearly Awaroa Sports wereCharles Stewart, who served asfirst chairman, and Bill Kerr, areturned serviceman from theFirst World war who was chop-ping handicapper for manyyears.

They would be proud to seethat seven decades later, theAwaroa Sports still brings thedistrict together for a great day ofsportsmanship and fellowship.

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STRONGMAN: Wayne Strong lining up for hissixth Ironman New Zealand in Taupo on Saturday.

Dixon determined to qualify for HawaiiBY COLIN THORSEN

There is added localinterest in the 27thKellogg’s Nutri-GrainIronman New Zealandin Taupo on Saturdaywith the inclusion of atleast three Te Awamutuathletes in the field.

Veteran WayneStrong will becontesting his sixthironman and AaronDixon his second, whileGloria Eades is a firsttime entrant.

Ironman New Zea-land is the originalInternational Ironmanqualifying event andnow one of 25 eventsthat qualify par-ticipants for theIronman World Cham-pionships in Hawaii.

Dixon has set hissights on qualifying forHawaii. In order to doso, he must finish in thetop five of his highlycompetitive 25-29 agegroup.

He is aiming to finishthe 3.8km swim, 180kmbike and 42km run legsin nine and a half hoursto place in the topbracket — and, judgingby his cracking time offour and a half hours inthe recent TaurangaHalf, is on track to do so.

Strong took a yearout in 2010 to freshen upafter completing theNew Zealand Ironman

of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008and 2009.

The 53-year-old getsbetter with age, setting apersonal best time of 12hours 18 minutes in2009.

He has set himselfthe goal of going under12 hours this year aftertraining since August.

‘‘People say theyalways see me out train-ing. I train a lot but I’m

not a pro athlete,’’quipped Strong.

‘‘I’ve got a life, I fitmy life around my train-ing.’’

Gloria Eades, whofeatured in the Courieron Tuesday, February22, says the big daycannot come quickenough now that she hasall the training behindher.

It is New Zealand’sbiggest annual interna-tional one-day sportingevent, with the 2011event the first to achievea sell-out of more than1500 starters from 40countries, including arecord 680 from NewZealand.

This compares withthe first year in 1985which attracted 157starters with 68 fromNew Zealand.

The elite profes-sionals will race forprizemoney of US$50,000with 55 qualifying spotsfor age group athletesavailable for theIronman World Cham-pionships in Hawaii.

There are 49participants, in all, fromthe Waikato taking part— including former TeAwamutu rowingstalwart Bob Goddardwho is the oldest NewZealander in the field at75 and has won sevenworld age grouptriathlon titles.

Sensational Simmsdecathlon debut

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PHIL SIMMS notches up four wins, including the 110 metres hurdles, in animpressive decathlon debut.

Phil Simms acquitted himself wellin his first attempt at the decathlon— placing third in the M19 age groupat the New Zealand Multi EventsChampionships.

Out of the 10 disciplines over twodays of competition at Tauranga,Simms placed first in four of them,the 110m hurdles, long jump, 400m (inpersonal best time) and the final1500m event.

He was ‘very competitive’ in allthe other events, except the polevault, an event he tried for the firsttime on the day of competition.

Coach Neal Webb says the winter

season will see a big commitment onlearning the technical skills of thisevent as Simms has his sights set onthe decathlon for 2011- 2012 season.

‘‘For now his focus will be on theNew Zealand championships laterthis month and the North IslandSecondary Schools’ championshipsin April.

‘‘He will be out to claim the 400msprint and the 300m/400m hurdletitles at both these championships.’’

By the end of the season Simmshopes to dip under 49 seconds for the400m and close to the 54 second markfor the 400m hurdles.

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PETER LATHAM leads the New Zealand team pursuit combination, followed by Wes Gough, Marc Ryanand Aaron Gate, to a silver medal at the UCI World Cup in Manchester.

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GOLDEN GIRL: Rushlee Buchanan in celebratorymood after winning the national points race inInvercargill.

BY COLIN THORSEN

Rushlee Buchananwas all class winning thewomen’s points race atthe RaboDirect New Zea-land track champion-ships in Invercargill.

The Te AwamutuSports Club rider blitzedher rivals, putting threelaps on the field.

She took an early lap,before joining withSouthland’s SequoiaCooper to take a secondlap out of the field.

Not content,Buchanan was allaggression in going soloto lap the field for a thirdtime to win easily with69 points, with Cooper adistant second on 31 andKathryn Jones (Otago)third on 22.

The women’s 3000mindividual pursuit sawDunedin’s AlisonShanks dispose of herfellow World Cup win-ning team-mate JaimeNielsen (Te AwamutuSports) in the final,while Kaytee Boydedged out her Te Awa-mutu Sports club-mateBuchanan for the bronzemedal.

With Shanks an auto-matic selection, there isa real battle betweenNielson, Boyd,Buchanan and Lauren

Ellis for the final spotsfor next month’s worldchampionships in theNetherlands.

Shanks, Ellis andNielsen rode in the win-ning combination at theWorld Cup in Man-chester recently, withBuchanan and Boyd tri-umphing at the BeijingWorld Cup with Nielsen.

Levin’s GemmaDudley is also in therunning.

Only four of themwill likely travel to theWorld Championshipsand only three will ride.

BikeNZ head coachTim Carswell has givena thumbs-up to his squadahead of the UCI WorldTrack Championshipsin the Netherlands.

He was thrilled withthe performance of themen’s pursuit team,including Te Awamutu’sPeter Latham, claiming

the silver medal behindGreat Britain’s Olympicchampion combination(bolstered with thereturn of pro tour starsBradley Wiggins andGeraint Thomas), at theWorld Cup meet in Man-chester.

Great Britain chasedtheir world record in thefinal, finishing just overa second outside in3:55.438 with New Zea-land recording 4:00.314.

‘‘The team pursuitcombination (MarcRyan, Aaron Gate, PeterLatham, Wes Gough)rode strongly both in thequalifying and thefinal,’’ says Carswell.

‘‘We have got excel-lent depth and I ampleased with this com-bination.

‘‘There will be realcompetition for places inthe final team for theworld championships.’’

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Ashford unlucky notto better 71 gross

Shayne Ashford had five putts lipthe edge of the hole but still managed awell compiled one-over-par 71 at Stew-art Alexander Golf Club.

The former club champion took outthe gross prize in Sunday’s closed ‘OneHundred’ tournament — where thewinner of the gross, net and stablefordeach claimed one hundred dollars inprize money.

Peter Way reports that the club washoping a tournament of this naturewould create interest and so ittranspired.

Ashford is enjoying a purple patchof form and relishing being captain ofthe men’s championship pennant teamcomprising Jeremy Collett, Atu Te Ao,Bryan Downie, Mel Brown and IanBerry.

Adam Devoy, with a 62, headed thenet field, from Robin Cox and Dave

Heta on 63.George Cox, with 44 points, took out

the stableford section from ArthurHeke on 43 and John Dampney, BrianClarke, Ken Heke and Noel Oakes allon 42.

Neal Johnston and Keith Mitchellstruck the two’s jackpot.

Midweek action saw Les Brain,with a net 69, edge out Dennis Morganand Neal Johnston on 70 and DaveHerbert 71.

Cam Wells won the stableford sec-tion with 37, from Rex Mossman 36 andRichard McCandlish 35.

Maureen Brain took out thewomen’s section from Sylvia Brain.

Hugh Littlewood won the Vets daywith a healthy 43 points, pippingMalcolm Campbell on 42, followed byKen Heke on 38, Reg Stokes 37 and LesBrain and Ian Stratford 36.

Simply Boogie aimed at OaksBY PHILLIP QUAYHQmedia

A win by smart Te Awamutu-trained three-year-old SimplyBoogie in the $30,000 PlatinumHomes NZ 3YO Fillies at NewPlymouth has put her into conten-tion for a tilt at the Group 1$300,000 Wellfield New ZealandOaks at Trentham on March 19.

‘‘She is now exempt from theballot for the New Zealand Oaks,’’says trainer Brent Gillovic.

‘‘We will give the New ZealandOaks some serious considerationbut will make a final decisionafter she runs in the Sunline Vaseat Ellerslie on March 9.

‘ ‘The question mark iswhether she will get the 2400m ofthe New Zealand Oaks. Thealternative is to take her toAdelaide instead for the 2000m ofthe South Australian Oaks onMarch 26.’’

Gillovic says both Oaksoptions are very attractive for herand it gives him a good choice topick from this autumn.

‘‘There is also the prospect oftaking her to the Brisbane wintercarnival which is an appealingoption.’’

Gillovic says Simply Boogie’swin at New Plymouth was anoutstanding performance whichwas aided by a top ride by jockeyDavid Walker and an inside bar-rier draw.

‘‘For the first time in hercareer she had a decent barrierdraw and that made a world ofdifference.’’

Simply Boogie scored at oddsof almost 17 to one in the 1800mrace, beating home hot favouriteShez Sinsational.

‘ ‘The other filly (ShezSinsational) went into the racewith a big reputation and to behonest I thought we would be

running for second,’’ commentedGillovic.

‘‘However, I knew my filly wasdead right after she workedsensationally at the track on theTuesday morning.’’

Simply Boogie (by Johar) wasbred at Highview Stud and israced by a partnership compris-ing Australian-based RichardPegum, Duncan Grimley andMichael Hibberd along withGillovic Bloodstock.

Simply Boogie’s grand-dam,Night Flight, was raced byHighview Stud and was a capablegalloper. She was retired to studand sent to Danehill Dancer. Theresultant foal was the stakes win-ner, Slinky Planet, who won 10races and is the dam of SimplyBoogie.

Slinky Planet has a rising two-year-old filly by Align which hasbeen retained to race. She also hasa filly foal by Guillotine.

Gross winnerOrmsby nailstwos jackpot

Former New Zealand Maori champion TrevorOrmsby was back in the winner’s circle shooting atwo-over-par 72 at ASB Te Awamutu Golf Club.

The Waitomo club member won the midweektournament gross for the umpteenth time.

His round included a brace of twos to claim thetwo’s jackpot.

Scoring was generally of a high standard,Michael Hattie winning the net with 63, from RossPompey 64, Alan Goodwin 66 and Danny Maloney,Doug Retemeyer 67, while David Beanland and AniBahler jointly annexed the stableford with 43points, from Mike Claydon, Jason Hughes, BiddyHur 40, Les Common, Kel Evans 39.

Scoring was equally impressive on club day(Sunday), with Grant Tynan emulating Ormsby’sfeat shooting 72 off-the-stick, Jonathon Cookblazing his way to a brilliant 60 net, and BradenKete heading the stableford with 43 points, fromJohn Tart 42, Robert Coleman 41, John Darragh,John Irving 39, Peter Thompson 38 and StaceyKahika, Peter Thompson, Peter McGowan 36.

Twos were scored by Scott Holden, John Irving.The women’s opening day team’s ambrose was

won in convincing fashion by the line-up ofPauline Chisholm, Margaret Gray and EileenMacky with a 63 net.

The runners-up were Julie Stevanon, ShirleyLord and Balbir Singh with 67.

Shirley Lord topped the Saturday ladies with 42stableford (helped big time by four, four pointers),from Thora Young 37 and Ani Bahler 36.

Twos were scored by Shirley Lord, Ani Bahlerand Rewa Hawira.

Best of the Vets were Colin Green with 41stableford, Dave Curd, Robin Thompson, MurrayWallis, Noel Gillespie 39, Bill Bain 38, and TrevorCarthy, Trevor Fleming, Jurg Russenberger, EricDockray, Ian Poole 36.

Gibson firesSimon Gibson provided the fireworks with 25

stableford in Pirongia Golf Club’s twilight tourna-ment sponsored by McFall Downer EDI.

Ladies: Cindy Dearing, Hazel Major, PaulaMcFarlane 22, C. Grant, R. Lund, J. Dunn 21, M.Pengelly 20, S. Meddings, A. O’Halloran 19.

Men, front nine: Simon Gibson 25, D. Wheeler,R. Stokes 23, B. Edwards, K. Bardsley, C. Finlay 22,A. Elliott 21, S. Meddings, M. Veen, R. Scown, R.Davies 20.

Men, back nine: Doug Grantham 22, J. Dunn, G.Charteris 21, N. Rangitaawa, R. Bailey, R. Quinlan19, H. Lovett, G. McBean, J. Mortland, R. Taylor 18.

Teams: Smashed 199, Beagle Boys 183, Lefties181, The Maestros 181, Over Dunns 179, Grizzlies172, Last In 172.

Small four winDawn Small skipped

Merle Wyllie, BettyGibson and NevenkaDrnasin to victory in thewomen’s championshipfours at Te AwamutuBowling Club.

They beat GayBastion’s team of Bar-

bara Ryburn, SkeMcLiesh and JulieApeldoorn 14-10.

In the semi-finals,Bastion ousted FranDragicevich-Tait’s teamof Margaret Dixon,Glenda Death and LyndaBennett.

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Cricket finals hopes dashedDisappointing end to successful Sports Green seasonBY HAMISH FORSMAN

Te Awamutu Sports Green missed outon a berth in the final of the Waikato ValleyCricket Champions Trophy losing to Mor-rinsville by eight wickets at the weekend.

The home team were outplayed on theday by Morrinsville, a side they hadcomprehensively beaten pre Christmas.

Asked to bat first at the KihikihiDomain, Te Awamutu only needed to avoidan outright loss to make the final. However,they were quickly in trouble as a pumpedup Morrinsville side came out firing in thefield.

After losing wickets early, the host’smiddle order were understandably rustyafter barely being required in this half ofthe season due to the ease of their recentvictories.

Only Ben Speake (28) and Mark Thorsen(27) managed to get starts as Te Awamutu

slumped to 96 all out.Captain Ben Inger led the way for

Morrinsville taking 4-19, while Nick Gralaclaimed 3-15.

After surviving a few early scares,Morrinsville cruised to the total withWaikato Valley representatives GerryMacInnes (52 not out) and Rhys McCarthy(30 not out) there at the end to see thevisitors home.

The win secures Morrinsville anunlikely finals birth after their late seasonsurge. They will face round robin leadersTe Aroha.

Arguably the most consistent team inthe competition this season, the Greenteam slipped at the final hurdle.

It was a disappointing end to the season,however there were some stand out per-formers over the last six months.

Ben Speake led the way with the batscoring 506 runs at an average of 63, while

Clayton Stewart proved a revelation whenhe joined the side, scoring 223 runs fromseven innings at an average of 74.

Speake also captured the most wicketsover the season — 27 at an average of just 12runs per wicket, while Carl Botha took 19scalps at an average of 14.

Te Awamutu Sports Gold lost theirlatest encounter with Waitete by 77 runs.

Caught short with eight players atAlbert Park, Te Awamutu had to workovertime in the field as Waitete clocked up263/2.

Alan Ford made an impressive 128 forthe visitors, and was well supported byveteran Gavin Chatfield who hit anunbeaten 81.

The Gold team, with just seven wicketsat their disposal, never really threatenedthe target, being dismissed for 186. MikeConlon struck 50 and Webber Stewart 39.

Pirongia had the bye.

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The New Zealand Superstock Teams Champion-ship lived up to its reputation as the jewel in thecrown of New Zealand Speedway.

Greg Maxted reports that in excess of 15,000fans, including many car loads from Te Awamutu,soaked up two action packed days of racing atPalmerston North Speedway.

Included in the lineup for just the fifth timewere the Kihikihi Kings, captained by 28K GrantMytton — a mainstay of the side since itsinception.

Despite being the new kids on the block, theKings have quickly become a crowd favourite withspectators coming to respect the plucky underdogsfrom the South Waikato for their never give upattitude.

The buildup to the event provided plenty ofheadaches for the team with changes needed to theenvisioned squad after Rick Taylor and CraigOwens both suffered engine failures in the earlypart of the season.

Mytton also had to work hard to be ready intime for the event.

His car was still being put together the weekleading up to the championship.

The Kings drew defending champions theNelson Tigers in the first round which was alwaysgoing to be a daunting prospect.

But the Tigers were given a real fright with theKings leading the early stages of the race.

The turning point came at about one thirddistance when the Tigers managed to roll 24K KyleStove while, at the same time, 25K Keven Robertswas ‘yellow carded’ for a minor infringement. Thatallowed the Tigers to take the lead and victory butthe Kings certainly proved to be a much tougherprospect than imagined.

For their second race the Kings faced off againstthe Wanganui Warriors.

Their performance in this race wasn’t as strongafter the hard first race had clearly taking its tollon the cars.

Wanganui’s Dion Mooney had one of thoseraces people will talk about for years, almost singlehandedly taking out the Kings, rolling both 24KKyle Stove and 28K Grant Mytton in the space oftwo laps.

The Warriors won this race convincingly toadvance to the semi finals.

The Kings are now preparing for their nextouting, a big teams event planned at WaikarakaPark in Auckland for the second weekend ofMarch.

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Wharepapa south, sign postedfrom Kihikihi SH3

DATE - March 13, 2011Sign in at 8.00am

30km approx rolling farm hills, A sections and kid’s track