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Waikato police SergeantPaul Van De Zee said theattendant barricaded himselfin an office as three offenderssmashed their way inside, astheir getaway driver waitedoutside.
Police are now wantingany information or sightingsof a silver station wagon,possibly a Mazda, last seenspeeding from the scene onSloane St towards AlbertPark Dr.
It is believed the vehiclemay have been stolen earlierin the night from Hamilton.Scene examinations werebeing carried out on Sundaymorning and police would bereviewing CCTV footage togain a better description ofthose involved. Anyone withinformation is urged to callHamilton police, 07 858 6200.
Quiz nightTe Awamutu RSA is
having a quiz night to raisefunds to provide humanitarianrelief to people affected by thesevere drought andmalnutrition in the countriesof eastern Horn of Africa.
The quiz night is onThursday, August 10 at 381Alexandra St from 7pm to9.30pm. $10 door entry.
Rebus ClubThe Rebus Club in
Cambridge is seeking newmembers. Rebus’ motto is“Steering a safe passagethrough our retirement years”.
It meets on the secondThursday morning of eachmonth at the CambridgeBaptist Church, Queen Stfrom 9.45am to midday.
Membership is open to allactive retired or semi-retiredpeople.
Contact club presidentGary Ward, 07 827 4500.
Bleeding amazing400 blood donations a selfless act of generosity
TC080817SPTOMBLOOD donor Tom Davies reaches his 400th donation milestone, with help from apheresis co-ordinator Tania Brown (left), area managerLinda Ayson (second left) and registered nurse Amanda Brodie.
Te Awamutu’s Tom Davies is aserial blood donor, and whilereaching milestones isn’t thereason for his generosity, yester-day he gave his 400th donation — ararity for any donor.
Mr Davies gave his first dona-tion in Sydney on June 18, 1970,while on his OE.
His next donation was at Glad-stone in Queensland, memorablehe says ‘because I fainted’.
“Still on my OE, I was workingat the Gladstone Hotel,” he says.
“It was a busy day so no timefor lunch, then a rapid walk toblood collection site.
I donated, sat down with a cupof tea then fainted — fortunatelyputting the cup down beforehand.
“This is the only time I fainted
and I’m lucky to have been queasyonly two or three times.”
The service was operated byRed Cross, and he recalled hisfather talking about Red Cross andSt John being saviours when hewas in a German POW camp, so hesaw it as a way of giving back, evenat a young age.
Another ‘attraction’ of being adonor is that is completely egali-tarian.
“All of us, conscious of otherscan donate and each donation istreated as equal, no matter ourfinancial or social status,” he says.
This started a habit that haslasted another 398 donations —and counting.
“I understand the advantage ofrelaxing as the needle is inserted
and removed,” says Mr Davies.“I have no recollection of ever
feeling uneasy about insertion ofthe needle and watch it going in soI know when to fully relax.
“Perhaps the biggest pain iscompleting the exhaustive formeach time before donating.”
Mr Davies continued to make ahandful of donations in Australia,and even once in Toronto in 1975.
“At that time Canada reallyspoiled their donors with specialreclining chairs and great food,”he says.
“However, we’ve certainlycaught up, maybe leaped aheadwith comfortable chairs to semirecline, a nice choice of drinks andbiscuits and recognition of donorsmilestones.
“I’ve made donations in variouscentres throughout the NorthIsland and once soon after thequakes, in Christchurch.”
From 2000 most donations havebeen at the Hamilton Blood DonorCentre. He says it is a great place todonate, perhaps the best in thecountry, with a friendly, promptand caring team.
“Donors are made to feelspecial,” he says.
In the last 11 years Mr Davieshas been a plasma donor,attending every fortnight whenhealth permits and giving about300 times.
He doesn’t expect to get to 500donations — but says ‘who knows’.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Where are all jobs coming from?Keith Brawn raises a num-
ber of issues in support of theRuataniwha Dam Project.
He lumps me in with theGreenies and asks what wedo to help the future growthof New Zealand, although itis for the very reasons heinfers that I am not aGreenie.
The Green Party containselements which would in-deed suppress any growthincluding opportunity to cre-ate jobs through no mining(iron-sand or other resourceswhich technically belong to
all Kiwis through equal citi-zenship rights) and woulds e e u s a l l l i v i n g o ncommunes with only our lo-cal gardens and nature’sbounty to support us.
They would open thefloodgates to immigrationt h r o u g h h u m a n i t a r i a nreasons, but would have nojobs for the immigrants nordwellings in which to housethem.
Mr Brawn mentions thatthe Ruataniwha projectwould create 3580 new jobs.Perhaps he can tell us in
what sectors they would be,given that the scheme ‘only’wants 148ha extra in itstrade-off for the submerged22ha of land. 3580 new jobs?Perhaps he is thinking of theshort-lived ‘boom and bust’construction jobs, and eventhat is greatly exaggeratedbecause at present thiscountry does not even haveenough skilled labour to putright earthquake and flooddamage.
Any residual jobs couldonly be in the farming sectorand paying subsistence
wages, and with Nationalready to open the immi-gration floodgates, would beunlikely to alter unemploy-ment figures in that area onebit.
CHB drought-prone . . .yes, except for the ‘one ineach 100 years events whichare happening throughoutthe country every couple ofyears now.
The world, includingAotearoa /New Zealand, is avery different place than itwas even 10 years ago.DENNIS PENNEFATHER
Council response to queries raised around gardensWaipa District Council appreciates
the concern expressed about the TeAwamutu Rose Gardens and wishes tocorrect some misinformation and pro-vide some assurances.
We share the deep connection manypeople have with the Te AwamutuRose Gardens. We take great pride incaring for them on behalf of thecommunity.
Therefore, prior to any decisionsbeing made about moving the roses,Council consulted with the Te Awa-mutu Rose Trust which approved theplans. Iwi were also consulted andapproved the plans.
Please be assured the roses are not
being destroyed. Most are being movedto new beds in the existing rosegardens.
This will allow greater use of ashared public space and means we canbuild a recreation space for families toenjoy. Doing so will encourage morepeople to see and appreciate the gar-dens.
All up, around 10 per cent of thebeds at the rose gardens will beaffected. Any roses that will not fit inthe current space will be moved toother places in town. Council and theTrust are working together to findsuitable locations for these.
We are moving the roses now be-
cause, as gardeners will know, winteris the best time to do so.
Last year we shared a proposal toexpand the new playground and re-creation area near Selwyn Park andalong Mangahoi Stream. Part of thisproject is the inclusion of a bike skillspark — similar to what’s at theAvantidrome in Cambridge — how-ever this is dependent on funding.
There was extensive coverage ofthat proposal, including in the TeAwamutu Courier.
Specific details about the bike park,including funding arrangements, areyet to be finalised. We will share moreinformation as soon as we can.
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Police put school in lockdownRukuhia Road was closed at
both ends for more than twohours yesterday and RukuhiaSchool was put in lockdownwhile about 15 members of theArmed Offenders Squad entereda property and used tear gas.
Residents told NZME theyheard loud bangs and lookedoutside to see police and
police dogs.Broken windows showing
signs of where the tear gas wasthrown can be seen in multiplewindows.
One resident told NZMEpolice had told him that theywere carrying out a search war-rant but needed the AOS due toissues with firearms at the prop-
erty in the past.No one was the property at the
time of the search.“It was about the fourth time
in four years AOS had visited theaddress,” he said.
Another neighbour thoughtan older couple owned the house,but said a large number of peoplecame and went from it.
Free coffee for assistance dogs donationWalton Street is giving
away free coffee onThursday to anyone whodonates to Assistant DogsNew Zealand (ADNZ).
ADNZ is a non-profitorganisation that breedsand trains dogs to becompanions for disabled,autistic and children inneed. It was founded by
Waipa locals Julie andRick Hancox in 2008.
Walton Street ownersCarl and Jo Sheridananswered the call sixyears ago to be a surrogatehome for a breeding pupnamed Bella.
“When we had an op-portunity to give up asmall space in our own
life to help other lessfortunate than us ofcourse we jumped at it,”Mrs Sheridan says.
“Bella is a special dogand she is a big part of ourfamily. It’s pretty simplereally — come intoWalton Street and we giveyou a free coffee so youcan give to ADNZ.
“When we all give alittle it can make a bigdifference in a lot of lives.”
Bella will be at WaltonStreet on Thursday foranyone wanting to meether. Visit Walton Streeton Thursday, August 10from 7am-3pm for freecoffee and to donate toADNZ.
Merit award made toTalos theatre stalwart
TC030817SPCEDRICCEDRIC TAYLOR receives his award from Talos president Max Ward.
Cedric Taylor has received aprestigious award recognising hiscontribution to theatre.
At a recent Waikato/BOP Musi-cal Theatre New Zealand zonemeeting, Mr Taylor received acoveted Musical Theatre MeritAward for Service to MusicalTheatre.
Last year Mr Taylor’s wife Coralwas similarly honoured and bothare life members of Talos.
It was his wife’s love of andinvolvement in theatre that was thecatalyst for Mr Taylor to alsobecome involved and use his tal-ents.
At the award ceremony held atThe Woolshed Theatre Mr Taylorspoke of the pride and passion hehas for theatre and Te Awamutu.
Mr Taylor started building stagesets for the Te Awamutu LittleTheatre in the 1970s.
A builder by trade, he used hisingenuity and wit to create theperfect set for any show.
Audience numbers were grow-ing and musicals were becomingpopular, so the Te Awamutu LightOperatic Society (Talos) wasformed in 1975.
Talos shows were held in the TeAwamutu College hall and the StPatrick’s Hall on Rewi St.
Mr Taylor built sets, ran the barand organised catering.
However, he dreamed of havinga purpose-built theatre in Te Awa-mutu.
His dream turned into a realityin 1986 when the Woolshed Theatrewas built.
Mr Taylor has been a committee
member, president, bar managerand lighting technician.
His value to Talos was recog-nised several years ago when hewas granted life membership.
Mr Taylor intends to stayinvolved in set building and ishonorary theatre manager of the
Woolshed Theatre.Talos vice president Noldy Rust
says Mr Taylor is the man to go towhen a set is needed.
He says the award is a fittingtribute to a man who has put hisheart and soul into theatre in TeAwamutu for more than 50 years.
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Learn aboutsubdividing
TC080817DT01-4DEVELOPMENT and building isalready booming in Kihikihi andCouncil say there is room foreven more housing yet in thevillage.
A greater demand for housingin Kihikihi could prove lucrativefor those able to subdivide.
Waipa District Councilexpects around 2300 people tolive in Kihikihi by 2050, creatinga greater demand for residentialsections in the town.
Council’s planning and regu-latory manager Wayne Allansays there is a significantamount of residential land inKihikihi that has the potential tobe subdivided to create anotherproperty.
“With most towns we lookoutside of the town boundary toprovide land for development,however our draft Waipa GrowthStrategy has identified that Kihi-kihi has enough land within thetown boundary to provide forexpected growth up to 2050.”
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LETTERS TO TYHE EDITOR
Let us have say on Rose GardensIsn’t the council supposed to
inform and release draft plansfor any changes to public land sothat the public can have theirsay before any plans arefinalised?
Why have the council beentrying to keep these changes tothe Te Awamutu Rose gardenssecret from the public!
Also people have beenspreading ashes of their lovedones on the rose gardens overthe years, and 50 years ago a
man died there while helpingcreate the gardens.
Where is his plaque now?I have grown up around
roses and have come to lovethem myself.
We have been known as theRose Town of New Zealandinternationally.
We need to keep this recogni-tion but how can we do that ifthe council wants to removemost of our roses.
CALLUM RIST
Claims of good jobjust don’t add up
Dennis Catchpole claims inhis letter to your paper that theNational led Government isdoing a good job and NewZealanders know it, so it wasalways going to be hard forLabour to poll well. If that is thecase then how does he explainthe following:
The increasing number ofhomeless sleeping rough;
Spending $140,000 of taxpayermoney per night putting up thehomeless in motels because theycan’t provide adequate housesfor them;
Increasing the crown debtfrom $10 billion to $93 billionand claiming this was evidenceof sound financial management;
Creation of the working poorby moving New Zealand to a lowwage economy;
Systematically underfunding health and so causinggreat suffering to many NewZealanders.
In his last sentence MrCatchpole proclaims that goingback to being a Christiancountry rather than a secularcountry would be a good thing,yet given the tone of his letterMr Catchpole clearly does notunderstand the message of loveand compassion for the poor,preached in the Christiangospels.
It is hard to escape theconclusion that if Jesus werealive today many people, whoclaim to be his followers wouldlabel him, a dangerous radical,an appeaser and a bleedingheart. How did the gospel mess-age ever become aligned withbig business, military spending,gun ownership, tax cuts for therich and disdain for the poor andthe environment. The situationis sad and perplexing, it is as ifsome Christians have just notread the gospels.
EDWARD J LYE
Safety improvements puzzlingIs anyone else puzzled by the
so-called safety improvementsto SH3 between Te Awamutuand Ohaupo?
Safety barriers/ railingshave been and are being in-stalled to the centre of the sidelaybys, providing no room tosafely manoeuvre off the roadfrom a vehicle breakdown orpull over if requested by the NZPolice, as your vehicle would sithalfway into the traffic lane,exposing you to risk.
So are we expected to pullover into someone’s drivewayand block their right of accessor use the median strip as thesupposed safe place to park?
I don’t think so — you would
be a sitting duck so to speak.What a waste of money and aonce perfectly good road. Nowwe have in my opinion a muchmore intimidating and danger-ous road, that unnecessarilyexposes us as drivers to greaterrisk.
What are the credentials ofthese individuals that designthese roads or the so-calledsafety improvements? Herethey don’t appear to have gotthe formula right.
What does the NZ Policethink? Do they think there isplenty of room to safely ma-noeuvre off to the side withoutexposing you to risk?
HAYDEN WOODS
Pensioners hit hard byrising costs and charges
Once Waipa District Coun-cil and Waikato RegionalCouncil rates and rubbishcollection are added togetherthe result is minus $127superannuation each super-annuation day, leaving just$336 per week with rentsaround $200-250 per week.
On April 1 power com-panies, insurance companies,councils and supermarketsincrease costs as they divideup the $6-8 per fortnight in-crease amongst themselves.
Then the supermarketshave a second round of priceincreases on September 1.
Pensioners are out ofpocket about $5 per weekevery year.
This increase is furtherimpacted as banks increasemortgage payments, rents in-crease and soon we will haveto pay water costs and petrolcost increases.
I challenge the MP for ourdistrict to explain to all of uswhat inflation costs are con-sidered for inflation adjustedpension increases and what ofthe above costs are not in-cluded.
Pensioners are really hurt-ing.
If you say to a pensionerwhat have you got to say —true inflation costs are notbeing passed on to pen-sioners.
PAUL NEILSON
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MP welcomes replacingthe school decile system
TC010101BKTARANAKI/King CountyNational candidate, and currentMP Barbara Kuriger.
National MP Barbara Kurigerhas welcomed the Governmentdecision to replace the decilesystem for New Zealand schools.
“I welcome the announcementof targeted funding to better sup-port those students most at risk ofnot achieving due to disadvan-tage,” says Barbara Kuriger.
“For too long, schools havebeen wrongly judged by theirdecile number — a number that inno way represents the enormouspotential of our young people.
“Decile funding accounts forless than 3 per cent of a school’sresources, but the public decilerating currently used to distributethose resources can be wronglyused to judge a school. “ThisGovernment wants to end thestigma of decile,” says MrsKuriger.
Cabinet has agreed to replacethe decile system with a RiskIndex that better targets fundingto schools and early childhoodeducation providers with childrenand young people most at risk ofnot achieving due to disadvan-tage.
The specific factors to be usedin the index are subject to furtheranalysis, and there will be moreengagement before the Risk Indexis finalised. It is expected that thenew funding system will takeeffect from 2019 or 2020
“We’re committed to investingin schools, which is why we’vemade certain this change won’t
see any school or early learningservice receive less funding. Infact, we expect some will gainsignificantly,” says Mrs Kuriger.
“Children and young peopledeserve to take pride in theirschool and we need to continue totarget funding where the need isgreatest.
“Education is one of the most
important investments we canmake as a government. Thisannouncement is just one in aseries of substantial changeswe’re making to the system,” saysMrs Kuriger.
She says this year educationhas seen the largest ever injectionof new funding, big investments inmodernising school property, andthe announcement of the curricu-lum’s biggest changes for 10 years,with digital learning as a corefocus.
“National is delivering an edu-cation system that’s seeing morestudents achieving, with around85 per cent of students attainingNCEA Level 2 in 2016, up fromaround 74 per cent in 2011.
“ Gains for Maori and Pasifikastudents have been particularlysignificant, increasing to around74 per cent and 80 per centrespectively in 2016, compared toaround 57 per cent and 65 per centin 2011.
“This new funding system, andour relentless focus on education,will see even more young peopleachieve at school and ready toexcel on the world stage.”
Mrs Kuriger says Nationalbelieves every New Zealandershould have the opportunity to getahead.
“We want all Kiwis doing well,seizing opportunities, and leadingNew Zealand into the 2020sregardless of where they comefrom or what school they went to.”
Confidence a newgeneration to leadLabour’s direction
TC080817HILARYTARANAKI/King County Labourcandidate Hilary Humphrey.
Overwhelming support forJacinda Ardern and KelvinDavis taking on the leadershipof Labour is an exciting reflec-tion of confidence in a newgeneration of political leader-ship, says Labour’s Taranaki/King County candidate HilaryHumphrey.
Across the electorate andcountry, Labour is givingthe best opportunities topeople according to MsHumphrey.
“In towns like Te Awamutuour Families Package will intro-duce a winter energy paymentto alleviate winter heatingpressures on superannuitantsand improved Working for Fam-i l ies payments wil l givehardworking families extrasupport,” she says.
“We’ve also committed toinvesting in health, educationand housing to ensure everyonehas the building blocks neces-sary to live well and contributeto a positive future for Waipaand beyond.”
Ms Humphrey notes that likeformer Prime Minister HelenClark, Ms Ardern hails from theWaikato and shares the samededication to ensuring everyNew Zealander has the bestopportunities possible.
“Jacinda and Kelvin have a
diverse range of skills and areready to lead this country for-ward.”
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Babies join Latch On
TC080817BR02TE AWAMUTU mother Bertie Pendleton and daughter Isabelle, right, and Soekie Linyama anddaughter Arabella.
On Friday 42 local mothersjoined 40,000 women worldwideto ‘latch on’ for WorldBreastfeeding Week.
At 10.30am the women latchedtheir babies onto their breastsfor one minute.
Big Latch On took place at thesame time at locations aroundthe world — including Fahren-heit in Te Awamutu.
The annual event was createdby Women’s Health Action in
New Zealand in 2005. It now has28 participating countries.
It aims to provide an event forwomen to meet up, breastfeedand offer each other support.And that’s exactly what Friday’sevent did.
Among the mothers wasBertie Pendleton and her babyIsabelle.
Mrs Pendleton says she haslived in Te Awamutu for sixweeks after moving from Eng-
land. She says the event was agood way to meet new people.
The event was hosted by LaLeche League Te Awamutu — alocal group that offers supportand advice to pregnant andbreastfeeding mothers.
La Leche League Te Awamutumeets on the second Wednesdayof the month at the LighthouseRoom at St Andrew’s Church, 80Mutu St. The next meeting istomorrow.
400 donations■ From page 1
Mr Davies has the most com-mon O+ blood group, which isalso the most in demand.
And to keep on top of hisfortnightly schedule he usesthe new NZ Blood Servicephone app which contains hisdonor ID, future appointmentsand past donations back to 2004.
It is also how he books futureappointments.
“My blood pressure is gener-ally somewhat lower than nor-mal, especially at 8.30am — mynormal donation time,” hesays.
“I understand this relates tomy habit of early morning exer-cise from 6-7am and it is acommon, known phenomenafor our blood pressure to dropin the two hours followingrobust exercise.
“My blood pressure drops toa point at which the NZ Bloodstaff are uncomfortable, so on acouple of occasions I took abrisk walk to bring it back up toan acceptable level.
“We also had the chargedoctor note on my records thatsystolic pressure of 90 is nor-mal.“
His philosophy for donatingblood is to serve others, and bydonating plasma he can maxi-mise this service by donatingevery two weeks.
Mr Davies believes there arealso benefits to himself, such asdonating seems likely to im-prove his body’s response tolosing blood.
However, he points out, thisremains an unproven theory.
“Conversely there is no evi-dence donating has done meany harm.”
Blood Waikato recruitmentteam leader Steve Dalgety saysMr Davies is an inspiration.
“It is an incredible numberof donations — a completelyselfless act,” he says.
There is no substitute fordonated blood and the NewZealand Blood Service has aconstant need to recruit newdonors.
In the Waikato more than500 donors per week arerequired to keep up with thecurrent demand. Blood onlylasts 35 days, so a steady streamof blood donors is needed.
Each whole blood donationhelps save the life of up to threepeople, but the real push is forplasma donors which can beused in many more ways — anddonors can give more often.
Hamilton needs 155 plasmadonations each week, but dur-ing winter that can be hard toachieve.
To become a plasma orplatelet donor, you must firstbecome a whole blood donor tocheck your eligibility.
NZ Blood Service would likeyou to consider becoming adonor, and if you have notdonated in sometime, wouldappreciate your returned sup-port.
If you are over 18 years ofage you can make a differencein your community by helpingothers and ensuring adequatesupplies of blood are availablefor you as well as your familyand others.
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TC080817BR01WIZARD TRANSPORTowner Trevor Morris cantransport anything fromshipping containers andspa pools to farm suppliesand cars.
Te Awamutu man TrevorMorris wants to provide agood, honest transport serviceto the community.
That’s why he startedWizard Transport, a deliverybusiness that operates from aHino six wheeler truck.
The idea came after hear-ing his builder friends expressthe need for a local hiab truckservice.
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It will be hosted by MC Nick Rado,four-time winner of the NZ ComedyGuild Best MC Award, and there will belive music from local band Antenna.Te Awamutu finalists are:People4Success Employee of theYear: Jan Conway — McDonald’s TeAwamutu; Marie Scott — Guthrie
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Mother reflects on son’s stellar careerBy COLIN THORSENand PAUL VETTISE
TC080817CT01PROUD MUM: Eileen Murray (left) with a photoshe treasures of her son Chris Johnson(above) winning the first ever race hecontested as an apprentice jockey in 1981.
Te Awamutu mother of 2016-17national premiership winningjockey Chris Johnson recalls hisfirst-ever career win in 1981 asthough it was yesterday.
“It was January 1, 1981, thesame day that Chris obtained hisapprenticeship licence,” proudmum, Eileen Murray told theCourier. “Our family turned out inforce to see him make his ridingdebut at the Wairarapa RacingClub meeting at Tauherenikau inFeatherston.
“My mum and dad and all mybrothers and sisters weretrackside cheering him on. Wecouldn’t believe our eyes when hecame storming down the homestraight to win on Noble Star as agreen-horn apprentice jockeyhaving his first ever ride on raceday.”
To say Johnson’s mum is proudof his achievement winning thisseason’s national premiership isan understatement. She’s ‘very,very proud’ of him.
“Chris has come a long waysince the day he left home as a15-year-old, when we all lived inFielding, to do his apprenticeshipwith Scott Hammersley at Wood-ville. I can still picture my boyhaving to learn to ride on one ofScott’s ponies.
“I’m so pleased he ‘got back onthe horse’ and resumed his careerafter he very nearly gave it allaway for good a number of yearsago.”
Johnson is relatively matter offact about what he has achieved inthe past 12 months.
It is Johnson’s second premier-ship after first topping the ladderin the 1995-96 season.
While Johnson’s tally of 112winners for the season fell short ofthe 139 he notched in his first title21 years earlier, for the 53-year-oldthe season represented an oppor-tunity to continue doing the job headores,which started back in 1980and which has amassed him morethan 2200 winners.
“I’ve always loved racing,although when I first startedriding I never thought I’d get to1000 wins let alone over 2000,” hesaid. “I have had some ups anddowns along the way, but I’ve hadthe opportunity to ride some tre-mendous horses and have been
luckyenough towin a num-ber of bigraces.”
One of a small band of sevenriders who have reached the2000-win milestone in New Zea-land, Johnson has been fortunateto count top-line gallopers such asTartan Tights, Loader and TycoonLil among his hit-list of standoutperformers.
Nominating his most memor-able career milestone, it’s hisvictory aboard Sea Swift in the1988 Auckland Cup.
“I think that win on Sea Swiftwas something quite special,” hesaid. “It was a real South Islandvictory at racing headquarters inthe north so it does stand out a bit
for me.” While he has had severallow periods throughout his career,even giving the game awaybetween 1999 and 2006, Johnsoncredits some misfortune late lastyear as his motivation to achievehis second premiership title.
“I’d started the season off prettywell and things were going okaywhen I copped a decent suspensionaround Christmas time,” he said.“I hadn’t really come out andconfirmed I was thinking about thepremiership at that point, butwhen that happened I thought Imight have really stuffed thingsup.”
Semi-retired barrister JohnTannahill, a long-time friend andconfidant who also manages John-son’s North Island rides, admits hetoo thought the worst when an
initial six-day suspension wasextended by a further four daysafter an improper riding chargewas reinstated following a specialhearing by the Judicial ControlAuthority.
“Based on the rides Chris hadbooked, or in the pipeline, I thinkhe missed out on 11 winners due tothe suspension,” Tannahill said.
“That is a big hole to try andclimb out of and I did say that hewas no show, but as it turned outhe went out and rode 22 winners inJanuary and was back on track bythe end of the month.”
It was also around that timethat leading trainers such asGraeme and Debbie Rogersonannounced they would be support-ing Johnson in his bid for the titleas he attempted tochallenge therunaway leader at the time,Danielle Johnson.
The South Island-based John-son started to spend increasingperiods of time in the north asTannahill chased hard for ridesand by mid-May the momentumhad clearly shifted to the ‘MagicMan’.
“I think when he rode Let HerRip to victory in the stakes race atRotorua it was then we boththought he could do it and, aftersome pretty hard slog, he has,”Tannahill said.
“To have the support of trainerslike Rogie, Shaune Ritchie andDonna Logan and Chris Gibbsalong with his ardent South Islandsupport base has been amazingand I know Chris is very appreciat-ive of everyone who has helpedhim along the way.
“Personally, I think he is ridingbetter than ever with his fitnesslevel the best it has been in manyyears and pretty damn good for a53-year-old.”
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Night to treasure for TA Sports’ trio
TC080817FP12MARCEL TE BRAKE competing in the nowdefunct Maungatautari 100km Classic Cycle Racerun jointly by Te Awamutu Rotary and TeAwamutu Sports Cycling Club.
BY COLIN THORSEN
Cycling club stalwart members bestowed with life membership
DON BUCHANAN pictured congratulating hisdaughter Rushlee Buchanan after she won the2017 elite women’s road national cycling cham-pionship in Napier in January.
Marcel Te Brake, DonBuchanan and Stu Gudsell arehighly respected for theircontributions to the sport ofcycling from club to nationallevel.
The trio had a night totreasure when made life mem-bers of Te Awamutu Sports Cyc-ling Club at the AGM and AnnualDinner Awards Night.
The club now boasts a ‘Mag-nificent Seven’ group of lifemembers — the latest three lifersjoining Brian Fleck, GrahamHunn, Alan Messenger and Rich-ard Mellsop.
Te Brake joined the club as aWaipa Wheeler (now known asTA Sports CC) in 1980.
In 37 years he has only missedone summer series when he livedtoo far out of town to make thestart line after milking the cows.
Summer series in those earlydays consisted of 10 to 15 riderscompeting in a handicap race.Nowadays anything between150-200 riders compete weeklythroughout the summer ingrades A to E, as well as Under15s.
Te Brake has had two stintson the committee, from 1985 to1989, then again for three yearsin the late 2000s.
“Marcel is a great club man,”said club president, MarcGascoigne.
“He was one of the firstpeople to welcome me when Ijoined the club 12 years ago andnever says a bad word aboutanyone. He’s an all round top
man, with a supportive wife inJanice, and is a regular on thebarbecue at summer seriesprizegivings.”
Buchanan was club captainin 2004 when there were a fewdisruptions at committee level.
“He was elected presidentafter two others resigned, so hecertainly played a part in keep-ing the club together,” saidGascoigne.
Being a builder, Buchananplayed a big role in getting the
club’s registration shed built atTe Awamutu Velodrome. Priorto that, the club was operatingout of a caravan.
He helped organise and runmany TA Junior tours andplayed a key role in bringing the
Elite Road Nationals to Te Awa-mutu in 2009 — the committeeand volunteers setting the scenefor what is now New Zealand’sNo. 1 road race.
As a qualified nationalcommissaire, Buchanan stillsteps up to help out at theAvantidrome when needed.
Stu Gudsell quickly becameactively involved after joiningthe club in the early 1990s,becoming a committee memberin 1995.
He was president from 1998 to2002, remaining on the commit-tee until asked to join the boardof Te Awamutu Sports Club. Hecurrently holds down the posi-tion of chairman. Membershiphas grown from 60 to over 200during his involvement.
“We have a lot to thank Stufor,” Gascoigne told those inattendance.
“He was one of the architectsin establishing the iconic TAJunior Tour in 1999, establishedthe club AGM and Annual Din-ner Awards Night concept,created the President’s Trophyand Personality of the Year, isqualified as a nationalcommissaire and has managedcentre, club and school teams atvarious events.”
“Receiving recognition fromyour peers is priceless,” anecstatic Gudsell commented. “Ifeel very honoured, as do Marceland Don, joining the small, elitegroup of club members to havebeen honoured with life mem-bership.”
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Upset victories in Te Awamutu darts championshipBY COLIN THORSEN
Week four of Te AwamutuDarts championship served uptwo upset victories, three 12-11results and seven 180s in divisionone.
Biggest talking point wasRosetown Rockets inflicting arare loss on last year’s cham-pions Ohaupo despite being out-scored 5-0 in 180s.
Ironically, it was the Rocketswho ended Ohaupo’s unbeaten
record in the very last night’splay of the preceding 11-weeksubsidiary round competition.
Rockets’ Ken McDowall,Jamie Te Nana, Steve Wilkinson,Greg Chard, Anthony Bentleyand Steve Picard cleaned up thetriples 2-0, a scoreline that was toprove the difference betweenwinning and losing this top of thetable clash — Ohaupo won thepairs 2-1 and the singles weredrawn 9-9.
Those to score 180s for
Ohaupo were Marcus Ngare andJosh Roberts, with twomaximums each, and DavidBowers.
The result was music to theears of the WWMC Hunters’players, who pipped Tungstens12-11 for their fourth win.
Hunters now sit alone at thetop of the leaderboard, being theonly unbeaten team. GeneGratwick played a key role,chalking up 5/5 wins. He wasably supported by Rob Mooney,
Mike Hawker, Peri Bennett,Steve Walden and Robbie Hoyes.
The match between Huntersand Ohaupo (on August 15)promises to be a cracker. Thereis a bye round for all teamstonight to accommodate theNZDC Champs.
Maximum scores to BenCoutts and Peter Morris couldnot prevent Warriors from goingdown 12-11 in an upset loss toOhaupo Tigers.
Coutts heads the overall 180
standings in the championshipwith three.
In division two, unbeatenRSA Allsorts carried on theirwinning ways with a hard-earned 8-7 victory over WWMCDragons after trailing 4-2.
Rosetown Thorns chalked uptheir first win of the champion-ship at the expense of RSABombers, 13-2.
The Rosetown club’s nightwas capped by Rebels getting up10-5 over WWMC Raiders.
Cheatley TA cycling’sPersonality of Year
TC080817SP12TA SPORTS’ newly-elected life member StuGudsell pictured competing in track cyclingduring the 2017 World Masters Games.
■ From page 12
The Personality of the Year award for 2017went to Cath Cheatley.
The former Olympic, CommonwealthGames and professional cyclist is heavilyinvolved in the club, running the Wednesdaynight track racing at the Avantidrome and theschools racing on Friday nights.
“Cath helps out with registrations andjudging of the club’s summer series and winterseries races. She is a very popular member ofour club, is always positive and ready to step upto help with whatever needs doing,” saidGascoigne.
“She treats everyone the same, whetheryou’re a first timer in the Under 15s, or a well-known Olympian coming along to the TASports club races.”
Jo Rigg, recipient of the President’s Trophy,puts a lot into the club. She is on the committee,along with secretary of the Waikato BOPCentre, ‘rego lady’ at the Avantidrome onWednesday nights, and traffic marshall for thewinter series and summer series.
“Jo is another member who is always ready
to step up to help.”The McPherson Trophy for U15 club riders,
awarded by Brian Fleck, went to up and comeryoung cyclist Lewis Johnston.
Guest speaker was ‘Buck’ Macky who gavean entertaining recount of how he was‘initiated’ into the sport of cycling — hisamusing insights were appreciated by all.Macky has been a regular committee memberfor most of his time with the club and has alsoserved as club captain.
Recipients of the Paddy Bevin Road Scholar-ship were Nia Dixon, Sam Cook and Sam Titter-Dower.
In presenting the scholarships, club secre-tary Melinda Loader thanked Bevin for hisgenerous donation of kit, enabling the club tooffer the scholarships to assist U19 riders withachieving their goals.
Merv Johnston won the auction of the NewZealand jersey signed by the World ChampionTeam Sprint team. Loader thanked club mem-ber Paul Butcher for donating the jersey.
“The funds raised ($510) will kick off a trackscholarship for Junior riders at our club,” shesaid.
Riders fly outfor junior tour
Te Awamutu Sports CyclingClub is strongly represented inthe Waikato team to contest thefour-day New Caledonia JuniorTour.
Lachlan Robertson, ReubenWebster, Jack Carswell and MyaAnderson fly out with theirteam-mates on Thursday andreturn home on August 10.
The quartet have all riddenoutstandingly on the track andfeature prominently in theirvarious road racing grades andage groups — Robertson ridingA grade in the club’s summerseries.
The selection of young Ander-son is reward for excelling at theNew Zealand Age Group TrackNationals at the Avantidrome inMarch — claiming bronze in thepoints race, missing out on sil-ver by only one point, andbreaking the New ZealandUnder 17 girls’ teams pursuitrecord time with McKenzieMilne, Ally Wollaston and EvaParkinson.
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DeathsBROWN,Anne (Olly).Passed awaypeacefully at her homeon 7 August 2017.
Tangi at PurekirekiMarae, Pirongia.Service will be heldWednesday 9 Augustat 11am, then toKihikihi Cemetery.
MORGAN,David Raymond (Ray).Died peaceful on 6August 2017 in TeAwamutu, aged 87years. Loved husbandof the late Anne, lovedfather of Lesley,Gwyneth, and the lateDavid. Grandfather ofKaren, Joshua, Huw,Thomas and Anneke.Special thanks to thestaff at San Michele fortheir supportive care.
A funeral service forRay will be held atAlexandra HouseChapel, 570 AlexandraSt, Te Awamutu onThursday, 10 August2017 at 11am.All communications tothe Morgan family, POBox 137, Te Awamutu3840.Te Awamutu Funeral
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MORGAN,David Raymond (Ray).On 6 August 2017 atSan Michele. Dearlyloved little brother ofKit and the late Jack.Uncle of Neil, Rod, Pat(dec), Val, and Judith;Julie, Shane, Arron,and Melinda.
“Anchors Away!”.
QUARRIE,Gwendoline Hazel(Gwen)(nee Woollaston).Passed away suddenlyon 3 August 2017, aged76 years. Darling wife,best friend andsoulmate of Lincoln(Linc) for 54 years.Adored andinspirational mumand mother-in-law ofKathy and RogerDuxfield (Putaruru),Jenny and PeteSinclair (TeAwamutu), Ken andEva (Wellington), Peteand Liz (Okaihau).Treasured super-granof 15 grandchildren. Aspecial thanks to thecaring, compassionatestaff in A&E and I.C.Udepartments ofWaikato Hospital.
A service to celebrateGwen’s life will beheld at the TeAwamutu BibleChapel, Chapel Drive,Te Awamutu onWednesday, 9 August2017 at 1pm followedby private cremation.In lieu of flowers,donations to TeAwamutu St JohnAmbulance would beappreciated and maybe left at the service.All communications tothe Quarrie family, POBox 137, Te Awamutu3840.Te Awamutu Funeral
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In MemoriamSARGENT,Jack.Ten years today sinceyou passed away. Stillloved and sadlymissed. Love from Val,David, Donna andSharon.
VAN TOL,Fred.3 December 2007, 10 years.
VAN TOL,Karel.8 August 2003, 14 years.
VAN TOL,Elsie.24 August 1983, 34 years.
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YEATES,Leslie Maurice (Les).On August 9 2015. Twoyears tomorrow."Deep in our hearts
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Your loving wifeMarilyn, Amanda andCraig, Simon andAroha, Anna andMike, and yourgrandchildren Liam,Victoria, Jack, Grace,Hannah and Amy.
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Waipa Christian SchoolBoard of Trustees
Casual vacancy for anelected trustee
A casual vacancy has occurred on the board oftrustees for an elected parent representative.
The board has resolved under section 105 of theEducation Act 1989 to fill the vacancyby selection.If ten percent or more of eligible voters on theschool roll ask the board, within 28 days of thisnotice being published, to hold a by-election tofill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held.
Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the boardto hold a by-election should write to:
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The building supplies department at Mitre 10 MEGA Te Awamutu is rockingalong. We are currently seeking a motivated and reliable team player to fillthe role of Trade Assistant in our trade department The ideal person for thisposition would need the following attributes:
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We are currently looking for a potential or currentapprentice carpenter who has spent a minimum of2-years on the tools.This is an opportunity to learn thefull aspect of the building industry (and not the kit settype) while finishing your trade. You will work on qualitydomestic houses and light commercial projects fromdirt right through to completion.At Davies Homes weoffer employee incentives as we believe that hard workshould be rewarded.Our successful applicant will have;• Completed a minimum of 2-years working on
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For further information please contactJoanne on 029 490 1750.
We require a Foaling Night Watch Person to work ona roster basis for the coming season, beginning inthe second week of August to approximately the firstweek of November.
The position requires you to have a backgroundwith horses and a familiarity of foaling.You must bereliable, honest and able to work well with others aswell as having a genuine interest and commitmentrequired for this position.
FOALING WATCH
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WIN: DOUBLE PASS TO DEVILSKIN
Devilskin at Altitude
Waikato fans of Hamil-ton’s own Devilskin areover the moon to hear thatthe internationallyacclaimed rockers arereturning for a much-anticipated gig at Hamil-ton’s iconic Altitude Bar(R18 venue) on Saturday,October 14 and we’ve got adouble pass up for grabs soyou can join in the fun!
Their upcoming localtour comes on the back oftheir fourth UK tour whichincluded sold out gigs inIreland and playing at thelegendary Rock + Metalthree day festival Download(where one exuberant fansays they played to a packedtent and “blew the frikkendoors off!” with an incendi-ary performance.)
The band share — wehave thoroughly enjoyed ourtime overseas, but we havemissed playing to our dearfriends here in New Zealand.
We’re really excited to becatching up our good mates,to see your pretty faces and
melt them off!Plus we need to thank you
personally for the gold al-bum.
We’ve been working hardand have some new tunesand a few surprises for y’allthat we can’t wait to un-leash!
Devilskin have releasedtwo albums and havetopped the New Zealandalbum charts with both ofthem.
Debut effort We Rise pro-duced such great singles asLittle Pills, Never See TheLight, Start A Revolutionand Fade and has reachedPlatinum status (sales ofover 15,000 achievedthrough both over-the-counter-retail sales andstreaming); while theirsophomore Be Like TheRiver has reached Goldstatus (over 7500 sales andcounting) and given up theawesome singles Mountains,Pray, Grave and Voices.
Devilskin are the firstdomestic New Zealand rock
band to exceed one millionstreams with one song, thatbeing Elvis Presley Circle Pit,and they are approaching7,000,000 streams in total.
Formed in Hamilton in2010 this four-piece rockband are bonded by blood;Paul (bass) and Nic (drums)are father and son, Jennie(vocals) is Nic’s Aunt andPaul’s sister-in-law. Te Awa-mutu’s Nail (guitar) is Paul’s‘evil twin’.
Fans are a big and mostwelcome part of theDevilskin family. Join themfor the best ever familyreunion!
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CINEMASCENECINEMASCENE
Valerianand theCity of aThousandPlanets
NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK
Watching thisfilm reminds uswhat makes Sci-Fiso enjoyable.
It's not the spacefights, the coolalien life forms, thefuturistic metro-polis; it's that allthese things re-mind us how infin-ite this space is,how tiny our exist-ence, and how pre-cious.
Just go watchthis fantasticmovie — it is per-
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The less youknow about thestory the better.
The film nam-
ing hero Valerianis connectedthrough hisdreams to a distantplanet.
It involves warbetween races,military intrigue,love and death, butmore than anyother Sci-Fi movie,this one is about
the journey not thedestination.
The countlessside stories andside characters arewhat makes this anunforgettable Uni-verse.
This is the bestSci-Fi film I've seensince The Matrix.Hugely enjoyable.
ChurchillFascinating in-
sight into one ofBritain’s mosticonic figures.
June 1944 — Al-lied Forces standon the brink: amassive army issecretly assembledon the south coastof Britain, poisedto re-take Nazi-occupied Europe.
One man standsin their way: Win-ston Churchill.
B e h i n d t h eiconic figure androusing speeches:a man who hasf a c e d p o l i t i c a lridicule, militaryf a i l u r e a n d as p e e c h i m p e d i -ment.
An impulsive,
sometimes bully-ing personality —fearful, obsessiveand hurting. Fear-ful of repeating,on his disastrousc o m m a n d , t h emass slaughter of1 9 1 5 , w h e nhundreds of thou-sands of youngm e n w e r e c u t
d o w n o n t h eb e a c h e s o fGallipoli.
Obsessed withfulfilling histori-cal greatness: hisdestiny.
Exhausted byyears of war andplagued by depres-sion, Churchill isa shadow of the
h e r o w h o h a sresisted Hitler’sBlitzkrieg.
S h o u l d t h eD-Day landingsfail, he is terrifiedhe’ll be remem-bered as an archi-tect of carnage.
Political oppon-ents sharpen theirknives.
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