FREE Every Tuesday Tuesday 12 October 2010 Page 5 No rest for sporting star FEATURE Pages 14 - 15 Miccio is mayor Matheson, Ward, Davy clinch comeback Andrew Board Aldo Miccio has beaten the incumbent and his deputy to claim the mayoralty of Nelson, by more than 1400 votes. He will take over the reins on 21 October. e latest preliminary results, released on Sunday, have Aldo on 6,726 votes, ahead of his nearest rival and deputy mayor, Rachel Reese on 5,302 with current mayor Kerry Marshall, Gary Watson and Mike Ward gaining between 1200 and 1900 votes each. e result was correctly pre- dicted by a Nelson Weekly poll of ratepayers in early Septem- ber. But this election may be known for its returning faces as much as its new ones, as three former councillors have been re-elect- ed aſter a term on the sidelines. Paul Matheson, Mike Ward and Eric Davy all reclaimed a seat at the council table aſter either giving them up, or in Davy’s case, losing it three years ago. e city also has three brand new councillors in Jeff Rackley, who finished with the second highest number of votes, Ruth Coepland and Kate Fulton. Former councillor Alan Turley again finished one spot outside the elected 12, the same agonis- ing fate he suffered in 2007. Initial results for the election came through at 1pm last Sat- urday, an hour aſter the polls closed, and with a lead of more than 1000 votes, Nelson City Council chief executive Keith Marshall called Aldo to let him know he was Nelson’s mayor- elect. Aldo says he then received phone calls from beaten can- didates Rachel and Kerry, who congratulated him on the win. e new council will meet each other as colleagues for the first time this week where returning councillors Rachel Reese, Ian Barker, Gail Collingwood, Pete Rainey, Ali Boswijk and Derek Shaw will offer some stability to a much-changed council. Voter return for the election was 51.38 percent, excluding special votes, up from three years ago, with a total of 17,361 voting papers counted accord- ing to electoral officer, War- wick Lampp. Results will be finalised today but will not alter the outcome. Full interview with Nelson’s mayor-elect, Aldo Miccio on page 3. Nelson prepares to party this Friday NOW OPEN IN NELSON Project Funway a run-away success Page 19 Hampden St School students gearing up for the Masked Parade this Friday night, they are clockwise from top; Luke Rowberry, 8, Sian Llewellyn, 10, Escher Hoogeveen, 8, Niamh Fisher, 10, Flynn Cowie, 11, Cam Vining, 9 and Lydia Fitzgerald, 6. Photo: Andrew Board. Nelson City is gearing up for a massive night of entertainment on Friday. e Nelson Arts Festival swings into gear with the Nelson Masked Parade, followed by the Carnivale, bands will play late into the night at Sonic 1903 Live Zone and the Tasman Makos play Northland at Trafalgar Park. Nelson City Council marketing coordinator Cam Woods says not quite 3000 people are registered to be a part of the masked parade alone. “It’s a nice way to start things off with plenty of colour and sound before 12 days of fun during the Nelson Arts Festival.” e annual parade starts at 5.30pm and will see school chil- dren, community groups and families meandering through the city centre, watched by a crowd of around 15,000. A new event is the Sonic 1903 Live Zone, being staged aſter the masked parade to give young peo- ple a safe party with zero alcohol. Meanwhile sports fans will be making their way to Trafalgar Park at 7.35pm for the Makos last game of the season in Nelson.
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FREE Every Tuesday Tuesday 12 October 2010
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No rest for sporting starFEATURE
Pages 14 - 15
Miccio is mayorMatheson, Ward, Davy
clinch comebackAndrew Board
Aldo Miccio has beaten the incumbent and his deputy to claim the mayoralty of Nelson, by more than 1400 votes.He will take over the reins on 21 October.The latest preliminary results, released on Sunday, have Aldo on 6,726 votes, ahead of his nearest rival and deputy mayor, Rachel Reese on 5,302 with current mayor Kerry Marshall, Gary Watson and Mike Ward gaining between 1200 and 1900 votes each.The result was correctly pre-dicted by a Nelson Weekly poll of ratepayers in early Septem-ber.But this election may be known for its returning faces as much as its new ones, as three former councillors have been re-elect-ed after a term on the sidelines. Paul Matheson, Mike Ward and Eric Davy all reclaimed a seat at the council table after either giving them up, or in Davy’s case, losing it three years ago.The city also has three brand new councillors in Jeff Rackley, who finished with the second highest number of votes, Ruth Coepland and Kate Fulton. Former councillor Alan Turley again finished one spot outside
the elected 12, the same agonis-ing fate he suffered in 2007.Initial results for the election came through at 1pm last Sat-urday, an hour after the polls closed, and with a lead of more than 1000 votes, Nelson City Council chief executive Keith Marshall called Aldo to let him know he was Nelson’s mayor-elect.Aldo says he then received phone calls from beaten can-didates Rachel and Kerry, who congratulated him on the win.The new council will meet each other as colleagues for the first time this week where returning councillors Rachel Reese, Ian Barker, Gail Collingwood, Pete Rainey, Ali Boswijk and Derek Shaw will offer some stability to a much-changed council.Voter return for the election was 51.38 percent, excluding special votes, up from three years ago, with a total of 17,361 voting papers counted accord-ing to electoral officer, War-wick Lampp.Results will be finalised today but will not alter the outcome.
Full interview with Nelson’s mayor-elect, Aldo Miccio on page 3.
Nelson prepares to party this Friday
NOW OPEN
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Project Funway a run-away
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Hampden St School students gearing up for the Masked Parade this Friday night, they are clockwise from top; Luke Rowberry, 8, Sian Llewellyn, 10, Escher Hoogeveen, 8, Niamh Fisher, 10, Flynn Cowie, 11, Cam Vining, 9 and Lydia Fitzgerald, 6. Photo: Andrew Board.
Nelson City is gearing up for a massive night of entertainment on Friday.The Nelson Arts Festival swings into gear with the Nelson Masked Parade, followed by the Carnivale, bands will play late into the night at Sonic 1903 Live Zone and the Tasman Makos play Northland at Trafalgar Park. Nelson City Council marketing
coordinator Cam Woods says not quite 3000 people are registered to be a part of the masked parade alone. “It’s a nice way to start things off with plenty of colour and sound before 12 days of fun during the Nelson Arts Festival.”The annual parade starts at 5.30pm and will see school chil-dren, community groups and
families meandering through the city centre, watched by a crowd of around 15,000.A new event is the Sonic 1903 Live Zone, being staged after the masked parade to give young peo-ple a safe party with zero alcohol. Meanwhile sports fans will be making their way to Trafalgar Park at 7.35pm for the Makos last game of the season in Nelson.
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“I want to go to the Makos, but I’ve got to swap my shift at work. It should be a tight game.”
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As the clock struck 10am on the 10/10/10, the Nelson Environment Centre were one of many centres around New Zealand and the rest of the world, taking part in the Global Climate Working Bee in order to get back to a 350 parts per million world.“The idea is that people re-duce their greenhouse gas emissions, and encourage people to make a 10% re-duction in their greenhouse gas emissions this year,” says Nelson Environment Centre landscape developer Nick Kiddey.While the workshops var-ied around the country, the Nelson Environment Cen-tre had a tree planting day. “We planted basket willows to create an outdoor class-room. We planted quite a lot of other fast growing shelter trees and the idea
with this site is we’re creat-ing an educational outdoor venue that goes along with the environment centre’s work. We had about 20 peo-ple, got heaps of planting done, it was very successful and we all had a good timeNick says there’s plenty of easy ways to make the 10% reduction. “If one out of ten
of your car trips you took the bus or went on a bike trip that would make a big difference. A lot of people are putting in solar water heating, or insulating their homes. The best things are the easy ones that anyone can do, and if it’s just about changing one little thing, then that’s a good step.”
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Local environmentalists at a working bee at the Nelson Environment Centre. Photo: Phillip Rollo.
• Nelson Bays police are holding a series of “town hall” meetings for the community throughout the district over the coming weeks and the public are invited to attend. Nelson Bays Area Commander, Inspector Brian McGurk will chair each of the meetings, along with members of police from your local station. The first of the meetings in the Nelson district is in Stoke at 7pm on Wednesday, 20 October at the Stoke Methodist Hall. It will move to the Victory Community Centre at 7pm on Thursday 28 October.
• After over a decade of service, Mark Tregur-tha, the current Manager Strategy and Planning at Nelson City Council, has decided to leave to pursue other opportunities. During the recent restructuring, Mark’s role had been one of those earmarked for change.
• The preliminary result for the election of seven members of the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board held on Saturday 9th October was announced over the weekend. Those elected are; John Inder, Jenny Black, Gordon Currie, John Moore, Judy Crowe, Fleur Hansby and Gerald Hope.
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New Nelson mayor Aldo Miccio outside council headquarters after his election victory on Sunday. Photo: Andrew Board.
With his head buried in his hands, cell phone to his ear and a bar-full of silent supporters waiting with baited breath, it took Aldo Miccio just one gesture to his waiting wife to completely trans-form the scene.“Kim was looking at me, blocking the view of the other people in the bar as I was on the phone. When Keith (Marshall, Nelson City Council CEO) told me I had won I gave her the thumbs up, she turned around and gave the dou-ble thumbs up, and eve-ryone just yelled,” says Nelson’s mayor-elect as he recalled his moment of victory on Saturday. Aldo swept to the city’s top job after just one term on council and plenty of con-troversy. He is the man who pushed hard for an amalgamation petition with Tasman Dis-trict, he has openly criti-cised councils handling of some issues and has said he can see no other option for Nelson’s heavy vehicle issue than the di-visive Southern Link. But he will spend this week meeting an incredibly diverse group of councillors, some of whom he beat in the mayoral race and others who publicly backed other candidates, with
the hope of bringing them to-gether to form a productive team. “It is incredibly diverse when I look at who got in, but that’s good, it is probably a re-
ally good representation of the city and one thing we will all have in common is a passion for Nelson,” he says.Aldo says his four campaign pillars of affordable council, new job opportunities and ed-ucation, economic growth and putting Nelson on the radar are key to his goals for the next
three years. But more pressing is the makeup of the council. He says he is aiming to catch up with each councillor this week to discuss that, but would
not be drawn on who he would like as his deputy.“Obviously I’m quite young and inexperienced, compared to some other councillors, so I’d be look-ing to work with someone who fills the gaps on what I’m missing.”Two obvious names jump out, and one has already been talked about, but Aldo insists he has not made up his mind and has not spoken with support-er and experienced coun-cillor Ian Barker about the role.Aldo says after enjoying his moment of victory with supporters on Satur-day it is now down to him to get stuck in and deliver on his promises. “After I find out where to get a great coffee nearby, I’ll be right into it. I’m ex-cited about the future and
can’t wait to get started.”That start was made yesterday, but as Kerry Marshall will at-test, those now shouting ‘long live the King’ may be singing a far different tune in three short years. “I have to deliver, we all do and we will all be aware of that,” says Aldo.
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Changing roles from a fire cap-tain in Canada, with a force of 900 men, to a “crew man” in Nel-son with its 36 staff has required some adjustment for Joe Annett, but it’s not the biggest change for the experienced fire-fighter.“I’m still getting my head around some of the names you guys have for things, they are the same tools that we use, but with dif-ferent names. And not seeing the hydrants above the ground is weird,” he says.Joe is in Nelson on a year-long exchange programme organised within the fire services of New Zealand and Canada. He is stay-ing in Nelson fire-fighter Gavin Stott’s Washington Valley home while Gavin and his family stay in Joe’s Edmonton house. Joe and his wife have been in Nelson for a little over a month now and he says he is loving life in Nelson. “Choosing to come to New Zealand was, as we say, a no brainer. Australia is another one that Edmonton exchanges with but we didn’t think Australia was a really good idea at all. We like New Zealand for the fact that it’s the size of our province in Can-ada and everything Canada has New Zealand has, except for the bears and cougars.”Although Joe has never met Gavin, the two have Skype-ed
each other while in each other’s home, an experience that has been “quite funny”. But a new home and terminology aren’t the only differences Joe is noticing.“This is the first time I’ve been able to walk to work, in Edmon-ton it’s a half hour each way in my car, here it is a seven minute walk. I also still have a hard time realising that we have 36 guys and a lot of them have been here for as long as I’ve been a fire fighter. In Edmonton we are dealing with 900 fire fighters from 26 stations and we rotate stations every two
years. But all the little intricacies that we find challenging back home, they are struggling with the same things here. I’ve been entrenched in Edmonton fire-fighting for 30 years so it’s great to try something else, but essen-tially we are still putting the wet stuff on the red stuff.”He says the worldwide fire-fight-ing “brotherhood” was some-thing he was told of 30 years ago when he first started working in the job but now that he is in a dif-ferent country he is really notic-ing how wide it stretches. “I was
told that if you’re ever somewhere and in trouble, stop at a fire sta-tion tell them you’re a fire-fighter and they will help you out and this is one of those times. They helped me buy a car, helped me change the oil, it’s amazing.”While in New Zealand Joe is planning to travel and see as much of the country as possible and has already enjoyed tramping the hills around Nelson. He also is planning to watch a live rugby game and cricket match before his year in Nelson comes to an end.
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Edmonton fire-fighter Joe Annett settling into his new role in Nelson.
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eDay is back in Nelson for 2010, it was announced last week. eDay, a free computer recy-cling event, will be held in over 40 centres throughout New Zealand, including Nel-son and Tasman, on Saturday 6 November 2010. Organisers are aiming to divert as much as 1,300 tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) from land-fills, up from last year’s record amount of 976 tonnes.Now in its fifth year, eDay is the only nationwide commu-nity e-waste recycling event for households and small businesses to dispose of old computer equipment in an environmentally sound way.This year, eDay will be run by the eDay New Zealand Trust, a new independent community trust set up by CANZ members specifically to promote the responsible recycling of electronic waste in New Zealand. eDay will be held from 9am – 3pm at Enza, 484 Nayland Road, Stoke and K & F McLean, 88 Hursthouse Street, Lower Moutere.Further details can be found at www.eday.org.nz.
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Model Catherine Burton strutts her stuff on the runway at Fashion Island last Saturday as part of the Fashion Funway competition. This outfit won the eveningwear section and was designed and created by Hannah Ippolito of Nelson. Photos: Andrew Board.
Stella Bogdanoff, 12, modelling her highly com-mended entry in the daywear category.
What could Nelsonians do with one white sheet and a bucket-load of imagination? Quite a bit it would seem, says Fashion Island retail manager Nicola Dolan.More than 70 people entered the Fashion Funway competi-tion held last Saturday in front of a packed Fashion Island court-yard.
Each contestant was given a king-size white sheet with which to cut, shape and dye into a masterpiece. Nicola says she has been thrilled by the response and the creativity of those who entered.“I could not believe the crea-tivity and imagination people had from a plain white sheet, I was just blown away.”
Hannah Ippolito won the evening-wear section, Yvonne Hammond won the day-wear section and The Lingerie Company won the staff sec-tion. “It could not have gone better I don’t think,” says Nico-la. “It was so hard to judge but so successful that there is no question whether we will do it again. We definitely will.”
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Nelson woodworker Nigel Witten finishing off a piece for the Nelson Guild of Woodworkers Exhibition this weekend. Photo: Andrew Board.
The regions finest woodworkers will be on show this weekend at the Stoke Memorial Hall.The Nelson Guild of Woodworkers Exhibition is being held on October 16 and 17 and is a gold coin donation to enter. Members of the public can also vote for the peoples choice award, with one voter set to win a gift basket. The exhibition will see pieces on show from more than 18 of the regions top woodworkers says president Peter Sheehan. “There is a broad range of hobbyists work to studio pieces, so it should be a good weekend.”The exhibition is open from 9.30 to 5pm each day.
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Tony Elis-ala, Jeska Oates, Darcy Lu-afutu, Sarah-Jane Lawson and Dennis Tommy.
Deborah Lott and Lou Taylor at Plan B on Saturday.
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Tony Vin-ing and Butch Bradley out for a beer on Saturday after-noon.
Michael Goesele, Trevor Nylen in line for the opening of KFC in Tahunanui.
Elva Searle, Deane Briggs and Jennifer Gray, owners of the new The Rock Box.
Sam Stosser, Dylan Didi and TeAroha Roberts gearing up for the masked pararde this Friday.
Brett Thornalley and Colin Lott in Nelson on Saturday.
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Kim Miccio and Emma Thompson at the election party for Aldo Miccio.
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A Nelson car yard has expanded, doubling the size of its yards.Dowell Wholesale Cars on Rutherford St opened its new yard last week and owner Paul Dowell says the expansion has come
about because he has been “flat stick.”
“Everyone is crying doom and gloom but there has been
no recession for me.”Paul says his first yard, at 144 Rutherford St, was
predominately set up to sell cars to other dealers but
he was selling more and more from his yard so he decided to expand it and make the second yard mainly for sales to the public.He has a wide range of stock catering to most tastes. “The new yard is predominately New Zealand new cars, a lot of which were good quality, well maintained leased cars. And the old yard has predominately Japa-nese imports so now we have a great range.”Paul has been in the car business for many years, specialising in selling cars to other dealers. But has found himself now selling to the public once again. To help with the new yard Paul has brought on board yard
manager Anton Tonk. “It’s good to have An-ton here; it should give me a small amount of free time so I can get back on my bike.”Paul a keen cyclist and former stockcar racer, is famous for giving 100 percent to whatever he does and he is aiming to put that winning formula back into running his two yards.Paul is happy to answer enquires from all over the Nelson and Tasman district and reckons the best way to run a car dealership is front it yourself and that’s exactly what he does. To enquire about the cars below give Paul or Anton a call on 548 0568.
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Holden Commodore VY 2004 If its a larger car for the impending Xmas holidays that you are after, then this could be it. It has a peppy 3800cc v6 engine and is automatic. The interior is in extremely tidy condition. It also has cruise control, air-conditioning, 2 airbags, electric front windows and mirrors, factory CD and re-mote central locking.
Hyundai Lantra GLS Wagon 2000Very good condition for its age and mileage. NZ new and has only had 1 owner. It has a peppy 2000cc engine and is 5 speed manual. It also has air-conditioning, drivers airbag, electric windows and mirrors and factory alloy wheels.
Mazda 121 Demio 2002This would be the ideal car for the fuel conscious. It is NZ new and had 1 owner. It has a peppy 1500cc 4 cylinder engine and is 5 speed manual. The interior is in extremely tidy condition. It also has electric windows and mirrors, central locking, air-conditioning, CD, drivers airbag and roof rails.
Nissan Liberty 7 Seater 1998If you have got extra people to carry or a bigger family to contend with then this would be a great car for you as it has seating for 7 people. It has a peppy 2000cc engine and is automatic. The interior is in very tidy condition. It also has factory alloy wheels, body kit, 2 airbags, CD, air-conditioning, central locking and electric windows and mirrors. 1 owner in NZ since being imported from Japan.
Nissan Pulsar LS Hatch 2005This seems to be a very popular car judging by how many are being driven on NZ roads. It has a peppy 1800cc engine and is 5 speed manual. The interior is in very tidy condition. NZ new and is a 1 owner car. It also has airconditioning, towbar, central locking, 2 airbags, CD and electric windows and mirrors.
Toyota Hilux Cabplus 2WD 2003Ideal tradesman or handymans ute. It is NZ new and 1 owner. Peppy 3000cc diesel engine and is 5 speed manual. Towbar, canopy, tuffdeck and seats 4 in the cab.
Ford Falcon BF XT 2006If its a car to tow the boat or caravan or a late model NZ new car at a bargain price that you are looking for then I should be hearing from you soon. This is a 1 owner ex lease car and has been on a full ser-vice plan from new. It also has cruise control, air-conditioning, 2 airbags, CD and electric windows and mirrors.
Ford Falcon BA XT 2003This is an extremely tidy 1 owner NZ new Falcon. Privately owned from new. Ideal for towing the boat or caravan or for that extra interior room for the kids. It has a peppy 4000cc 6 cylinder engine and is automatic with the tiptronic option. It also has a towbar, electric front windows and mirrors, factory CD, air-conditioning and 2 airbags.
Hyundai Getz Hatch 2006If its great fuel economy that you are after then this is the car for you. NZ new and is 1 owner. It has been an ex lease car so has been on a full service plan from new. It has a peppy 1400cc engine and is 5 speed manual. It also has 2 airbags, air-condition-ing, ABS brakes, CD, electric windows and mirrors.
Subaru Legacy LTD Wagon 2003This is the top of the range of this model. NZ new and has high and low ratio 4wd. It has a peppy 2500cc engine and is 5 speed manual. Factory al-loy wheels, towbar, 2 airbags, cruise control, climate air-conditioning, electric windows and mirrors and velour trim
Honda Accord Euro 2007This is your chance to buy a great value late model 1 owner NZ new car. It has been on a full service plan from new. The interior is in immaculate condition. It has factory alloys, towbar, 4 airbags, dual climate air-conditioning and electric windows and mirrors. It has a peppy 2300cc 4 cylinder engine and is auto-matic with the tiptronic option.
2007 Commodore OmegaNot often you can buy one of these this cheaply. 1 owner, and has been on a full maintaince lease from new. It has a peppy 3600cc v6 and is automatic. Cruise control, towbar, factory CD, electric windows and mirrors, factory alloys and is still the current shape. The interior is very tidy.
2001 Holden Astra CityReally tidy little car, NZ new, 1800cc 5 speed manual. The interior is in very tidy condition. It has aftermarket alloy wheels, 2 airbags and air conditioning. Very tidy condition for its year and mileage. Cambelt was last done at 80000km.
Ford Econovan LWB Van 2004This would be a great van for the tradesman or handyman. NZ new and 1 owner. It has a 2500cc diesel engine and is 5 speed manual. It also has air-conditioning, double side loading doors, tint-ed windows, a CD player and central locking.
Suzuki Jimny 140 2000Extremely tidy example and is a credit to its pre-vious 2 NZ owners. It has a peppy 1300cc engine and is 5 speed manual. It has Hi & Low ratio 4WD. Would be ideal for towing behind a motorhome or for some weekend adventures. It had the cam-belt replaced at 99000km.
Toyota Corolla GL 1994An ever popular Corolla and in extremely good condition. Its condition is a real credit to its 2 pre-vious NZ owners. It has a peppy 1600cc engine and is automatic. The cambelt was replaced at 109000km. The interior is in immaculate condi-tion.
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Tahuna lad earns Scoutings highest award
Chris Vercoe with the Queen Scout Award he is to be awarded tonight after three and a half years of work. Photo: Andrew Board.
Chris Vercoe is due to be just the third Nel-son Scout in more than 15 years to be pre-sented with the Queen Scout Award.The award is scouting’s highest and takes about three and a half years to complete. He is the third Venturer of the Nelson Sea Scouts in as many years to complete the award.To gain the Queen Scout, Chris had to or-ganise a five day tramp through the Queen Charlotte Sounds, complete more than 100 hours of community work and various other challenges. Once he finished that, he was put through a two and a half hour interview last Tuesday night where he was asked general questions on his community, New Zealand and Scouting.Scout’s zone training leader, Bridget Smith, says Chris has put in plenty of hard work to gain the award.“It’s not easy and does take a lot of dedica-tion, that’s why there are only a few Scouts each year who complete it.”Last year only 25 Scouts nationwide earned the award.Chris, a Nayland College student, says he started the award after seeing a friend earn his and was thrilled to cap off about 12 years in Scouts with its highest honour.“It’s awesome, there were a few times when it got really hard but I put my head down and got through it.”Although Chris has earned the award, it will be officially presented to him by the Gover-nor-General in Wellington next year. “That will be the highlight, getting the award and meeting the Governor-General,” says Chris.Five other Nelson Scouts are also working their way towards the award.
Blooming good fun at Isel Park Stoke people turned out in their thousands for the annual Isel in Bloom Festival on Sunday.The festival marks the bloom of many flowers in Isel Park and the first open day of the summer season for Isel House. Community Li-aison advisor-recreation, for Nelson City Council, Chris Blythe says the event was again well supported by stallholders and members of the public.“We had 24 stalls and plenty of free entertainment which is great. We try to make it an event where people don’t have to shell out loads of money.”Chris estimated a crowd of between 1500 to 2000. “That’s what we usually get to these types of events.”The next community event organised by NCC is the Broadgreen Rose Day on November 28.
Sally Rawson and dad Peter, both of Nelson, at the Isel in Bloom Festival. Photo: Andrew Board.
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Amigos Cafe & Bar has reopened with new owners, a new menu and a new feel.Paul and Colleen Laird have bought the Beach Rd business opposite the Tahunanui playing fields and have spent the past few weeks remodeling and design-ing a new menu. It will feature a wide range of food, along with the Mexican for which Amigos is known. It will also be open for breakfast and lunch says Paul, cre-ating a laid-back, café-style venue.“I think the whole reason for the place to exist now is to provide a venue for people to come, sit and chat, talk, read and even have meetings if they want. It really is a place where people can be com-fortable.”Amigos is known for its outdoor area but Paul and Colleen have
also redesigned the interior, giv-ing it a cozy feel.“It’s quiet, it hasn’t got the hus-tle and bustle of the central city so it’s not like sitting in a railway carriage with people jostling past all the time. The day time coffee thing is going to be very much a more sedate affair - breakfast, morning coffee.”While the day time menu will feature lighter fare, including muffins, quiche and slices; the mussel chowder will be a fea-ture.In the evening it will have salsa, enchilada, tacos etc, but on top of that it will be having salads and other healthy foods and, of course, chips. Paul says Ami-gos will not be a boozer but will have a range of drinks that all have an interesting story as
well as taste. “If you want a glass of wine with your lunch we have some nice bottles of local wine. We will have a new beer that To-tora Breweries (a Nelson craft beer produced from their own hop garden) is doing for us, that
will be an ‘Amigos beer’ and we are looking at getting other local beers in here as well.”Amigos opened last Saturday, so if you feel like a nice, relaxed and welcoming place to visit, go see the Amigos on Beach Rd.
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Students sound off for science fairWorld Cup heartache may not be the only health problem for disappointed fans and play-ers leaving South Africa empty handed this year, the deafen-ing vuvuzelas may have caused hearing problems as well.That’s according to a science project by two Nelson College students who decided to study
the effects of the blaring horn for this year’s Cawthron Science and Technology Fair.The judging of the region’s sec-ondary school students’ fair is being held from 10am to 12am today at Ernest Rutherford Re-tirement Village in Stoke.Hugo Lawrence, 14, and Dean Franklet, 13, decided to study
the noise made by the vuvuzelas after watching this year’s World Cup. They concluded that the noise can have a negative effect on peoples hearing. “It really does, over that 90min-utes with hundreds of these blaring and if you’re in the mid-dle and are caught in the wrong angle of the sound waves than it
can be quite detrimental to your hearing,” says Hugo.Hugo and Dean’s project is just one of hundreds entered in the fair. All the student’s work will be available for viewing by the public from 9am to 5pm on the following Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and only from 9am to 12pm on Saturday.
Nelson College students Hugo Lawrence, 14, left, and Dean Franklet, 13, with the vuvuzelas they used for testing whether the horn can cause hearing loss. Photo: Andrew Board.
• Four container ships, one small bulk car-rier that called in three times, seven visits from large fishing vessels and several visits from the smaller ones indicated a busy port this past week. Most of the berths were full at some time.• The dredge, the Kawatiri, continued its programme of ensuring the port is at the cor-rect depths for chart datum.• The opening races of both the Cruising Club and Nelson Sailing club appeared to go off without a hitch. An exciting summer of racing is anticipated.• I must make mention of the Outrigger Club that I interrupted one evening on the water, conducting a spot check to ensure they had the proper safety equipment. I apologise for interrupting them in rhythmic stroke and congratulate them on their safety awareness and the quality and quantity of the equipment they had.
Well done guys.
Enjoy your safe boating this week,
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Dave Duncan, Harbour Master/Marine Operations Manager.
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Peter Strand of Strawberry Sound insists that they are not ‘box shifters’ like some retail chains. They will design, quote, install and service complete Sound, Vision and Control sys-tems in your home or business
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They were certainly different people. As I recall, it was in the late 1950’s, early 1960’s that these identities added colour and interest to the human profile of the city area. Who were they?The first of these identities was known to all and sundry as Phar Lap. She was a wizened up little lady, shabbily dressed with heavy rolled down brown stockings. Every fine weekday morning she would shuffle down in her slippers from her residence in Washington Road and sit at the bot-tom of the church steps where she would knit away with her size five needles muttering inces-santly to herself. If anyone tried to speak to her she would just move away still muttering to her-self. However she did have a special friend who was known as Cycling Sam. Sam would arrive at the church steps sometime after Phar Lap on his im-maculate shiny bicycle which was filled with eve-ry conceivable appurtenance he could fasten on it. Cycling Sam cut a tall lean angular figure and wore the gaudiest clothes imaginable, including a hugh red plastic stetson hat. He and Phar Lap would sit together on the same seat for anything up to two hours. I never saw a word pass between them. Phar Lap would continue her knitting until they eventually went their separate ways. Cycling Sam once entered in the Mardi Gras best dressed competition and won first prize. He was wearing his normal cycling outfit. Another well know identity was Archie Gas-coine. A very small man about four feet tall with a wizened up face, he wore tennis shoes, over-size baggy shorts and also a selection of stetson hats. He used to push a large wooden billy cart and every morning he would go down to Webley Bros Timber yard in Alma Lane and clear out the waste wood from under the machines. He would pile the wood up in his back yard in Milton Street for firewood. Over the years the pile just grew bigger and bigger.He was an outstanding pianist who, story has it, would sneak into his neighbours home when they were out just to play the piano. Whenever there were street parades or public functions Ar-chie would be placed on a truck deck with a pi-ano from where he would entertain the cheering populace in great style. Some of the local youths would tease and bait him. He would take so much and then he would react aggressively. On one oc-casion, he chased after a couple of cheeky kids
through the Maitai River with his clothes still on.Finally there was Jonky. He was something else again. He had the loudest most penetrating voice I have heard in my life. In his earlier years he had been a road cycling champion and had spent most of his working days on the outside staff of the Council Electricity Department. His favour-ite pre-occupation was to engage some hapless individuals in conservation in the middle of town - the mayor was his favoured target. His fa-vourite subject was the Council or national poli-tics and his penetrating voice heard over half the town was a signal that Jonky had claimed another victim. My most vivid personal recollection was when I pulled up in my car at the intersection of Hardy and Rutherford Streets. Jonky arrived on his bike, grabbed the open window frame on the inside left front and began berating the council for all he was worth. As I drove off across the in-tersection he hung on for grim death giving me both barrels without letting up for a moment.These four distinctive individuals all from Nelson seemed to disappear about the same time.
The last edition of the Nelson Weekly contained an article on street naming by Alan Turley. There were several errors in the text. Nelson Weekly accepts re-sponsibility for those errors.
Nelson identities of yesteryearFormer Nelson City Councillor Alan Turley contributes an account of
some Nelson identities as colourful as the city itself.
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Great new summer range instore now at ....
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www.vargo.co.nzSummer range in store now!
Beetees has expanded to Nelson, offering great quality women’s fashion with a point of difference, and excep-tional prices to Nelsonians and all their out of town cus-tomers.
Beetees is a locally owned and operated womens clothing store which has been operating in Motueka for five years and owner Larraine Beattie felt the timing was right to move into Nelson. “It was always in the plan at some stage to
seriously look at Nelson. We have an extensive data base
with a third coming from Nelson who have always given us tremendous support. They’ve continually requested we come to Nelson, so here we are.”
The shop opened at the start of September on Bridge Street, and after gutting and remodelling it
Larraine says she is very happy with the final result and the space available for the wide range of womens fashion wear they carry, that caters for ages 25 years and up.
Beetees are part of a buying group that has developed a large number of labels, styled on the latest fashions in
both Europe and North America. It allows them to compete pricewise with larger chain stores and to offer their customers quality and the best possible price. Larraine works with the group to put together colours, fab-rics, design and quality and provide that point of difference.
Larraine started in retail fashion about 20 years ago as a shop assistant, and she has since worked her way up the ladder to managing stores, the last being department manager at H.J Smith Nelson, and then managing the Motueka Store before the company re-trenched South.
At this point she took the chance to buy the Beetees busi-ness, having thought of it for a while and had the passion for the challenges of the retail trade. Flo Taylor came on board with Larraine when she managed stores previously. Rae stayed on with her when she purchased the Motue-ka store and is now successfully managing it. Larraine’s sister, Rae, also joined in to do the office administration which now in-cludes the new store in Nelson. Both have provided amazing support and continued encouragement as the business has grown. Joining the team is Michelle and Shay, also Sue in Motueka and Tania in Nelson. Together, they are a great team. Larraine says ‘We’ve really all worked hard for this, it’s taken three or four years but Motueka is going strong and now we can concentrate on getting the Nelson shop on its feet and running.’
To celebrate the opening of the Nelson shop Beetees gave
away $1000 worth of clothes in each of their stores to two customers drawn from their database. Larraine says it’s one of the many ways in which they reward their loyal customers along with extra discounts and vouchers dur-ing the year. Anyone is welcome to join and Beetees now have many members on their database from Christchurch
to Wellington and further north.
Since opening Larraine has had plen-ty of feedback from customers who are thrilled to see Beetees in Nelson, resulting in them being rushed off their feet last weekend. They’ve en-joyed seeing familiar faces coming in to say ‘hi’ and all the new ones from all over the region.
With the shop open 9 - 5 weekdays and 10 - 1 on Saturdays and extending as summer comes around the corner, the Beetees team in Nelson and Motueka say thank you for your support and look forard to seeing you instore soon.
Now open in Nelson
Motueka manager Flojo, with staff Michelle & Sue & Cyn-thia - the lucky winner of the $1,000 giveaway wardrobe
Nelson Beetees staff with $1000 giveaway winner Ann Atkin. From left are Rae, Ann Atkin, Tania & Larraine.
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Great new summer range instore now at ....
Available at
vargo
www.vargo.co.nzSummer range in store now!
Beetees has expanded to Nelson, offering great quality women’s fashion with a point of difference, and excep-tional prices to Nelsonians and all their out of town cus-tomers.
Beetees is a locally owned and operated womens clothing store which has been operating in Motueka for five years and owner Larraine Beattie felt the timing was right to move into Nelson. “It was always in the plan at some stage to
seriously look at Nelson. We have an extensive data base
with a third coming from Nelson who have always given us tremendous support. They’ve continually requested we come to Nelson, so here we are.”
The shop opened at the start of September on Bridge Street, and after gutting and remodelling it
Larraine says she is very happy with the final result and the space available for the wide range of womens fashion wear they carry, that caters for ages 25 years and up.
Beetees are part of a buying group that has developed a large number of labels, styled on the latest fashions in
both Europe and North America. It allows them to compete pricewise with larger chain stores and to offer their customers quality and the best possible price. Larraine works with the group to put together colours, fab-rics, design and quality and provide that point of difference.
Larraine started in retail fashion about 20 years ago as a shop assistant, and she has since worked her way up the ladder to managing stores, the last being department manager at H.J Smith Nelson, and then managing the Motueka Store before the company re-trenched South.
At this point she took the chance to buy the Beetees busi-ness, having thought of it for a while and had the passion for the challenges of the retail trade. Flo Taylor came on board with Larraine when she managed stores previously. Rae stayed on with her when she purchased the Motue-ka store and is now successfully managing it. Larraine’s sister, Rae, also joined in to do the office administration which now in-cludes the new store in Nelson. Both have provided amazing support and continued encouragement as the business has grown. Joining the team is Michelle and Shay, also Sue in Motueka and Tania in Nelson. Together, they are a great team. Larraine says ‘We’ve really all worked hard for this, it’s taken three or four years but Motueka is going strong and now we can concentrate on getting the Nelson shop on its feet and running.’
To celebrate the opening of the Nelson shop Beetees gave
away $1000 worth of clothes in each of their stores to two customers drawn from their database. Larraine says it’s one of the many ways in which they reward their loyal customers along with extra discounts and vouchers dur-ing the year. Anyone is welcome to join and Beetees now have many members on their database from Christchurch
to Wellington and further north.
Since opening Larraine has had plen-ty of feedback from customers who are thrilled to see Beetees in Nelson, resulting in them being rushed off their feet last weekend. They’ve en-joyed seeing familiar faces coming in to say ‘hi’ and all the new ones from all over the region.
With the shop open 9 - 5 weekdays and 10 - 1 on Saturdays and extending as summer comes around the corner, the Beetees team in Nelson and Motueka say thank you for your support and look forard to seeing you instore soon.
Now open in Nelson
Motueka manager Flojo, with staff Michelle & Sue & Cyn-thia - the lucky winner of the $1,000 giveaway wardrobe
Nelson Beetees staff with $1000 giveaway winner Ann Atkin. From left are Rae, Ann Atkin, Tania & Larraine.
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formerly Seifried’s Vineyard Restaurant & Function Centre Corner State Highway 60 and Redwood Road, Appleby, Richmond
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Petite Fleur at Seifried Estate – the perfect venue for any function from weddings to cor-porate events, Christmas functions, meetings or just a delicious meal with friends.Owners, Horst Wellmeyer and Justine Robertson are celebrating their second anniversary with a brand new name. Rebranding as Petite Fleur at
A variety of function rooms are available for your wedding or corporate event. Many different décor options are available to transform the room to suit your requirements
Seifried Estate (formerly Seifried’s Vineyard Restau-rant) was a logical step for the talented duo. “Petite Fleur has always been our company name, although up until now we have traded under the Seifried name. Renaming allows us to stamp a little bit of individuality to the busi-ness and avoids any confusion,” says Horst. “Now we have a fresh new name, but we want to reassure people that we are still the same great people offering the same great service and the same fabulous food.”Petite Fleur at Seifried Estate caters for everyone, and has built an exceptional reputation as a venue for events from weddings, large corporate functions, conferences and meetings to more intimate dining. A variety of func-tion rooms are available including:Appleby’s - the perfect venue for larger functions, with a capacity of up to 300 people - ideal for conferences, weddings, product launches and a multitude of other events.Vines Function Room - perfect for more intimate get-togethers and meetings, with a capacity of 60 people.The Restaurant - offers seating for 80 with additional seating in the large courtyard area. “We like to meet with clients in the planning stages to talk through the options available. Your input, combined with our expertise will ensure your celebration or event will be exactly what you dreamed of. This is particularly important when it comes to planning a wedding. Every couple has clear ideas of what they want for their big day and we work closely with them to ensure that their wishes are fulfilled in terms of décor, entertainment and menus.”The latest offering at Petite Fleur at Seifried Estate is the Outside Catering service. Their experienced and profes-sional team will provide outside catering to any function
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Owners Justine Robertson and Horst Wellmeyer make an impressive team with an obvious passion for people and the hospitality industry
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– weddings, corporate or private residential clients. Simple platters of finger food right through to multi course dinners can be either dropped off, or you can use their team to provide full service, either in your home or at a venue of your choice.Petite Fleur at Seifried Estate is where fresh local cuisine is perfectly paired with wine grown and made on site, and can be enjoyed in the impres-sively decorated dining room, or while enjoying the sunshine in the tranquil vineyard garden setting. It is the perfect location to en-joy great food, great wine and the company of good friends. “The theme of the restaurant is upmarket a la carte dining, while still being down to earth and value for money,” says Justine. “It’s a great place for families too, with a wonderful playground to keep the children happy and entertained.” Less than 10 minutes from Richmond, on the corner of SH 60 and the turnoff to Rabbit Island, Petite Fleur is
open for lunches from Thursday to Sunday up until Christmas when it will be open 7 days. They are available for group bookings outside these hours, by prior arrangement. If you are planning Christmas functions, Petite Fleur can help, whether you wish to host bigger groups in their function rooms, utilise their catering service at a venue of your choice, or in a more intimate style with them catering in your own home.
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Work is a comedy show for Nelson doormanNelson Weekly speaks with head doorman of the Rock Bar nightclub, Nemo, a.k.a TeReremoana Nepe, about dealing with drunks,
underages and why he kissed one angry punter in our fortnightly series, Your People, At Work.
Little Rock doorman TeReremoana Nepe (Nemo) takes guard, ready for another Saturday night on Bridge St. Photo: Andrew Board.
I start at 10pm officially but I’m usually here about 9-9.30pm depending on what’s on, just to make sure all the radios are ready to go, bins are set out right. On a Saturday night we have six doormen at the Rock Bar and at ten o’clock we have a security meeting to go through what we need to look out for. By 11.30pm we are usually really busy on most Saturday nights. The biggest hassle for us on the door are intoxicated people and underagers. Most of the intoxi-cated people we just tell them they’ve had too much and to wander away and most do, you get the odd one where you have to tell them five or six times be-fore it actually sinks in. Under-agers are not as big an issue as it used to be, especially with photo id now, you get some good fakes, but you know what you’re look-ing for. You get the odd dropkick who picks up someone’s id and thinks ‘oh yeah I’ll have a go with this’. One time we had a young Maori boy come up and showed us his id and the photo is of a Pakeha fella on the id, I mean c’mon.Because we work as a team with
five bar staff, two glas-sies and the six doormen we are all keeping an eye on people and you know the ones that are getting to that level and the next time they go up to the bar there is a water in front of them. Sometimes you get ones that slip past and you have to talk to them and say ‘c’mon mate, it’s time to go.’ But most of them are pretty good, it’s not often we have to get physical. You get the odd ones that argue but you get a couple of guys my size standing next to them, they quickly realise it’s probably better just to go. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something happens. When you add alco-hol to any situation there will be a comedy act somewhere. One time we had a guy who had been removed and he was pretty angry and he got in my mates face and was having a real go at him, so I got in between them but it didn’t faze him, he kept yelling and spitting so I kissed him on the lips. He backed off and left but
walked up and down the street for the next hour telling people that I’d kissed him, hahaha.
Guy Fawkes is usually quite fun-ny, a few years ago this car full of guys crawled up in front of the
bars in their car and fired skyrockets at them. One went into the bar but we put it out, it was alright. So we chased this car, five doorman from dif-ferent bars. The car gets to the lights, its red, so the car stops. Everybody in the car was yelling ‘go, go, go’ and the driver was saying ‘I’m not shooting the red’. So we opened the doors, got these guys out and the police arrest-ed them. We just couldn’t believe they stopped at the lights after firing sky rockets at the bars. Some of them aren’t the bright-est sparks. The hardest part of the job is dealing
with mum or dad in front of their [of age] son or daughter. Son or daughter are fine but mum or dad are kicking up, dealing with them is fine but it’s the kids see-ing it, that’s not right. But most of it is pretty light-hearted really, everyone that comes here comes for a good time so it’s up to us to make sure they have fun. The only reason we remove people really is because they are stop-
ping other people from having fun. Nine times out of ten you just have to step back and laugh, it’s a really entertaining job.We have a good relationship with police and council are pretty good too, we are trying to put the whole nightlife scene in a posi-tive light really. We are working together, too many things in media now are all negative, they don’t see the good things that we are doing. What never gets reported is the guys who may come up from Christchurch and gets looked after by every bar in town and they come up to you at the end of the night and say ‘I’ve had an awesome night’, that makes my night every time.I don’t think there’s any other job like this, you meet so many peo-ple and make so many friends. At the end of the night we all help tidy up, usually until about 4 o’clock. If we’ve had a problem we will have a debrief and talk about it, some of the guys have a drink after work, I don’t. Once I get home it usually takes a cou-ple of hours to wind down before bed so I usually get on the com-puter or watch a movie and that’s my night.
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No rest for dual sporting star
Nelson College student Mitchell Drummond has just finished his representative rugby season but is slipping straight into senior cricket this weekend. Photo: Phillip Rollo.
Throughout the year Nelson Col-lege student Mitchell Drummond has represented Nelson in rugby, basketball and touch, but with summer just around the corner, it’s cricket that is on his mind. “At the moment I can do both rugby and cricket,” says Mitchell. “So in the summer it’s cricket, and offseason training for rugby. In the winter it’s rugby and offseason training for cricket. I enjoy touch heaps but I’ll just see where that goes this year.”Mitchell recently captained the Nelson Bays under-16 rugby team to South Island glory, scoring 24 points from halfback in the final, earning himself player of the tour-nament. “It was awesome eh. Being the captain, it just added responsi-bility and I enjoyed it, and being named player of the tournament was just an honour and real spe-cial at the time.”But this summer Mitchell will pull on the whites for defending one and two-day senior cricket cham-pions, Stoke/Nayland.Formerly of Nayland College, Mitchell moved to Nelson College at the end of last year.
“The thing that drew me there was the rugby, just playing at that higher level.”In his debut Press Cup season, Mitchell played second fiddle to Dylan Monopoli, but still featured plenty in the latter end of the sea-son with some impressive cameo performances.
“It was pretty good. I always knew that I was going to be on the bench for the season, but just the experience and going from U15’s at Nayland to Press Cup at Boys was a big step up.”Mitchell’s combination with first five eight Fletcher Smith for Nel-son Bays at age grade level, made his transition in to the Nelson College 1st XV easier. “I’ve played two years with him at nine and ten with 16’s and going
in to the 1st XV with him made it so much easier after playing with him for so many years.”Even though Nelson College failed to qualify for the Second-ary School National Basketball Championship, Mitchell wasn’t too phased. “It didn’t worry me eh. I wasn’t going to go to nationals anyway because of rugby. I’m dropping basketball slowly.”While Mitchell’s two goals for the cricket season are to crack the Central Districts U-18 side, and to be the first choice keeper for the Nelson senior representative side, there’s plenty he wants to achieve in rugby. “To start for the 1st XV, and hope-fully make the New Zealand U17 team. I want to make the South Is-land regions rugby team, and then the next few years get in to the New Zealand schools team.”With a bit of gym work, he hopes he will fulfill those goals, as well as a team goal for Nelson College next season. “Hopefully make the Press Cup final, that’s a major goal and if we do that then anything can hap-pen.”
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“It was awesome eh. Be-ing the captain, it just
added responsibility and I enjoyed it.
– Mitchell Drummond.
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There is something for everyone this season at the Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Speedway. This year we will see one of the busi-est seasons for a long time at the Nelson track with 20 meetings on the cards and New Zealand titles galore. The season kicks off on the October 16 and go-ing by the practices to date the competition among the drivers and cars will be intense. Some
of the crews have been busy in the off season and the new paint jobs and the appearances of the cars are top notch. The Coca Cola fireworks night on the Oc-tober 30 is the second meeting of the season and undoubtedly our biggest and most popular of the speedway calendar. The club has gone all out on the fireworks this year and no doubt it will go off with a bigger bang than ever before.
The following meeting on the November 13 will be the first hit out for our all conquering Nel-son Tigers as they take on the Canterbury Glen Eagles for the annual grudge match to contest the McCall Trophy. I’m sure the Tigers will more than ruffle the feathers of the Glen Eagles to win this one! Just when you thought the ac-tion was about to subside the very next meeting is going to
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Stockcar drivers 21n Cody Teece and 871n Craig battle it out on the Nelson Speedway track Photo: Photoaction
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be bigger than Texas. On the night of the December 4 we are running our round of the Elf Lubricants Super Saloon Se-ries, which will see some of the best Super Saloons in the south island. If that’s not enough, to whet the speedway appetite we are also hosting the Palmerston North Panthers in the Tigers sec-ond Superstock teams race in as many meetings. This should be a cracker as the Panthers will be seeking retribution for the big
loss last season at the paws of the Nelson Tigers while compet-ing at the New Zealand Teams Champs. On December 18 we have been lucky enough to book the servic-es of Santa Claus, before his an-nual excursion around the globe delivering all those kids’ pre-sents, to do a lap or two around our track and hand out the odd treat or two to the locals and who knows, maybe one of our junior members may go home
with a new bike for Christmas. Then, with the dawn of a new year only just behind us it will be the turn of the Three Quarter Midgets as they contest the TQ 1000. This will be a precursor to the New Zealand TQ Champs a few weeks later and will be a good test for drivers and ma-chines to make sure the cars are ready for their big meeting of the speedway calendar. On January 12 & 13 we will see our first of New Zealand titles
Dallas Kelman and Adie Drake get in a couple of practice laps Photo: Photoaction
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for the season, the New Zealand Stockcar Grand Prix which will be the first New Zealand title for this grade at our track and you can guarantee that these guys will not disappoint when it comes to action in the dirt. We should see one of the biggest fields of competitors we have seen on our clay for a long time. January 22 will be the night of the Classic Hits Derby, only this time there will be a difference. Not only will there be a derby but there will also be a street car
race during the meeting for the derby cars as well. So you get a chance to go racing as well as try to wreck other cars on the same night. This should be a lot of fun and who knows, it could be the start of your new speedway ca-reer so get your mates together and lay down the challenge.As mentioned before, the New Zealand TQ Midget Champion-ship is to be held at our track this season on January 28 & 29. Will we see a South Islander take the title this season? Time will
tell. One thing is for sure, there will be some fast action-packed racing
from these cars and although small in size they will be big in performance and excitement.The Super Saloons will be back in action on February 12 as they go head to head and contest the South Island Super Saloon Championship. Next season the Tahuna Beach Holiday Park Nelson Speedway will host the New Zealand Super Saloon title so we should see a good number of entries here to get their cars dialled in before the big one.For all you motorcycle nuts the New Zealand Sidecar Champi-onship on February 18 & 19 will be a meeting not to miss. It is our third and last New Zealand title
Ministock class youngsters scramble for position in the 12-16 year class Photo: KT Photos
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for the season but in no way is it any less important or exciting than those earlier. Our track commentator Dave Birdling calls these guys “the crazies of speedway”, while others call them the chariots of doom. Call them what you will but you have to feel nothing but admiration for someone who gets on a three wheeled motorcycle with no brakes and goes flat out around a track with only a concrete wall to keep them in the arena. Anything can hap-pen when these guys get together on the track and it probably will.The weather last season at North Island tracks meant that a lot of the Stockcar drivers from that part of the country could not participate in last season’s Stock Shock which in turn meant that our competitor numbers were down. That did not mean that the action was
any less on the track and the meeting on March 11 & 12 this season should see this meeting comes right back to where it should be. This is a chance to once again see some of our country’s top stockcars and their drivers go bumper to bumper to take the spoils of victory.March 26 is the night of our annual King of the Clay meeting while at the next meeting on April 9 we will see the return of the Modifieds at our track. Modifieds were once a big thing here in Nelson and this will be a chance to once again see these winged warriors take to our track with even more ven-om than ever injected before. Also, that night we will see the local Tasman Thunder Stockcar team take on the Canterbury Crushers in their an-nual contest for the Martin Dumelow Cup affectionally known as “The Pen-
guin”. Can the Nelson guys grab this trophy back which was lost by the nar-rowest of margins in Christchurch last season? The last and by no means least meet-ing of the year will again be the Easter meeting. This will be held in late April (23 & 24). This is a hugely popular meeting for competitors and fans alike. It at-tracts drivers from all over the country and is always a great show to end the season with and it never ever fails to please. There will also be club cham-pionships and other certain trophies throughout the season, so this sea-son make sure you get your backside trackside and enjoy the best entertain-ment money can buy here in Nelson.
Last weeks practice session provided the per-fect opportunity for local club members to get in some practice laps Photo: KT Photos
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Welcome again to your golf updates, news and tips from Craig and Jonti at Sharpies Golf.Seems it is a great time for many courses around the district for maintenance on greens and fair-ways etc. Although fustrating at the times it is an important process for the greenkeepers to go through and enables us to enjoy great conditions for the rest of the year.The pinnacle of world matchplay golf the Ry-der Cup has been and gone with the Europeans clinching the trophy in the last match of the competition. For those who don’t understand us golf fanatics watching it on tv, that was exciting! Locally, many courses are participating in the HSBC 9 hole competitions so get your name down at a local course as no handicap is required but plenty of great prizes are on offer.Tip of the week: Playing from a downhill lie: Position ball slightly back in the stance, aim to the left of target and allow for the club to be slightly delofted therefore take a club less than you would normally.Sharpies special: A dozen Wilson Staff 50 Elite golf balls, were $60, this week only $36!!Current world Top 5 Players: 1) Tiger Woods 2) Lee Westwood 3) Phil Mickelson 4) Steve Stricker 5) Jim Furyk.Last word: Golf can best be described as a series of endless tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.If you have any golfing news, tournaments, tips or results we’d be happy to hear them by email-ing [email protected] ya in the 19th, Craig and Jonti.
Nelsons Bays 14th grade girls football team recently competed in the South Island Tour-nament in Rangiora, successfully finishing in third place, one place above the Nelson De-velopment side indicating the strength of girls football in the region.Coach Carl Rose says the girls played an excit-ing brand of football and were an attractive team to watch receiving support from other teams and favourable comments from other coaches and supporters.“It is a credit to the girls that they allied nat-ural talent with hard work adopting a ‘team first‘ approach that paid dividends.”Every one of the 16 players in the squad made valuable contributions and while reluctant to single out individuals in a team game, team captain Monique Claus was solid in defence, skillful midfielder Juliana Los fully deserved her MVP award and pacy striker Ruby Cun-ningham was the team’s leading goal scorer.The 11 team competition was won by a domi-nant Otago team, second place went to North Canterbury.
Back row from left; Rosie Peat, Christy Wells, Lydia Langbein and Lucy Harwood. Middle row; Carl Koberstein (assistant coach), Ruby Cun-ningham, Leah Jacksties, Sophie Daines, Sophie Brown and Carl Rose (Coach). Front row; Kaisa Tsuruta, Lucy Partridge, Juliana Los, Monique Claus (Captain) Francesca Todd Rose, Olivia Miller and Berlyn Smith.
Football team finishes third
Scorching start to softball season
Daryl Stratford of the Eagles pitches on opening day of the new season.
United Pirates batter Stuart Colville in ac-tion at Saxton Field. Photos: Andrew Board.
Senior softball got underway at Saxton Field last Saturday, with 15 teams in action.Nelson Softball president Der-ryn French says it was the per-fect start to the season. “Having the facility we have, is great, it’s second-to-none in the country and Saturday was a really enjoy-able start to the season.”Several new teams have in-creased the size of the compe-tition with seven teams now in the men’s reserve grade, up two from last year.Junior softball gets going this coming weekend, playing in the morning. Derryn says Saxton Field is also gearing up to host a top quality tournament at Labour Weekend with teams coming from as far away as Christchurch and Wel-lington.
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A talk from local athletics stars, Commonwealth Games highlights, some food and drink, a running film, and the official sign-up for Athlet-ics Nelson and the National Academy of Distance Run-ning await athletes interested in competing in the 2010-2011 track and field season.The opening night for second-ary school age athletes and
up will begin at 5.45pm on Thursday, October 14, at the Saxton Stadium Sports House, which is located adjacent Sax-ton Rd and the netball courts. After, Athletics Nelson head coach Greg Lautenslager out-lines the 2010-2011 season, top Nelson sprinters Alex Jordan and Hazel Bowering-Scott will talk about their ex-perience overseas.
Sprinters, jumpers, and throwers will be introduced to the Athletics Nelson event coaches and the programme for the National Academy of Distance Running will be ex-plained to runners. All ath-letes are invited to stay for a running film.For more information, call Coach Lautenslager at 923-2321.
Runners invited for athletics season sign-up
Nick Snowball, above, nailed two impressive runs to win first place in the under 13 Boys cat-egory at the Cheapskates Regional Skateboarding Championship at Neale Park on Saturday. Nick now gains the all important automatic qualification for nationals along with other winners Liam McAlister in under 16 Boys, and Ben Short in open men.
Breast Cancer Support Group Tuesday 12 October. Garden tour, Yoga and Shared lunch at Ruby Bay. Meet 11am, Nick Smiths Rooms. If you would like to join us please Phone Valda 54 74 905.Stoke Social SeniorsThurs Oct 14: Phil Steans entertains @ 1.30 pm $4. Stoke Seniors Hall. Fri Oct 22: Ruth’s Walking Group. Waimea River. Leave centre @ 10 am. Travel $5 Monday Art Classes 10am-12 pm. 1-3pm Stoke Memo-rial Hall. Weds NOV 3: Nelson City Brass Band concert in the Stoke Memorial Hall. 1.30 pm. Admission $5. November 6-10 Dunedin Trip. Cost: $310. For bookings & further information please contact office @ Stoke Seniors Centre, Main Road, Stoke. PH: 547-2660.Nelson Tramping Club.Oct 16 - 18. Duessa. hard. petrol $34. Ruth 544 0870 or 544 0570. October 17. Booths Hut. medium. Petrol $19. Mike 541 8642. Universal Values For ChildrenWeekly sessions for children aged 3—7 years An opportunity for children to participate in a program designed to introduce them to the universal values of life, and how to put these values into practice. Starting Sun 17 Oct 10.30—11.30am For informa-tion contact Swaminiji-ph.5487511 or Brenda Burns ph 5487053.All Creatures Great and Smallexhibition of paintings and draw-ings by Jewel Mathieson and Kath-leen Matheson, celebrating the ani-mals we share our lives with. At the Refinery Artspace, 3 Halifax Street Nelson, from Oct 12 – 24.Housie7pm Sat 16 Oct, Warnes Stadium, Songer St, Stoke.50 Houses, Super House, Raffle, Tea & Coffee free. Nelson Indoor Bowls fund raiser. Enquiries: Linda 544 9446.Opening the HeartA Buddhist perspective on how to in-crease our love and compassion. The course includes meditation. Chandra-kirti Meditation Centre, Upper Moutere, 289 Sunrise Valley Road Tues mornings 10.30am - 12 midday. Starts 12 Oct till 9 Nov 5 weeks Cost $50.Parents Centre Workshop Taming Your Toddler. Wed 13 & Tue 19 Oct @ 7.30pm. Strategies to manage behaviour. Practical play ideas. Qualified Speakers. $30 non members. $10 members. Megan 547 4762 [email protected] GlidingTrial flight VOUCHERS only $110 Nelson Lakes Gliding Club contact 5448595 [email protected] BadmintonThursday nights 7.30pm to 9pm $3 Cost per night. All over 35 yr olds welcome. Fun and fitness. Stoke Memorial Hall Main Road Stoke Ph 547-2366 for more info.Badminton SocialMonday nights 7.30pm to 9pm/ $3 Cost per night. All levels and ages welcome. Fun and fitness Stoke Me-morial Hall Main Road Ph 547-2366 for more info. Only $90.20/20 Nelson Summer CricketFun Social and semi-serious. Hard ball and all 20/20 rules apply $2 per person ($20 for 10 matches) Venue-Botanics cricket field 6pm start (sharp) Starting Thursday 4th November thru until February 2011
Numbers limited To Register contact [email protected] Bowling ClubCasual Bowls commencing Tuesday-12th October 9.30am. Come along and have a go. Shoes and bowls available. For further information ring Kath or Lynden 5474780.Pam’s Tap Dancing for FunDust off your Tap Shoes New term: Tues 12 Oct. 11am – Beginners Fri 15 Oct. 10am for Int/Adv. Venue: Trafalgar St Hall. Ph: Pam 545-1557 for more info.New exhibitionAt 203 Gallery on Trafalgar Street in Nel-son from Sun 24 Oct for 3 weeks. Paint-ings by Susan Smallcombe & Harakeke work by Shanell Kelly. Flax weaving demo Sat 30 Oct & 6 Nov. Oil painting demo in strong, vibrant colours Thurs 4 & 11 Nov. All demos between 1-3pm.Ex west coasters get together - Sun-day 17 October at the suburban club at 1pm - guest speaker Reon Murtha - further information if required phone Geoff 5471101 or Doug 5464479.The Lioness Club of Nelson Invite Non Profit Organisations to take part in their Annual Christmas Fair to be held on 30 Oct 2010. This is a chance for your organisation to raise funds. The Lioness Club of Nelson this year will be supporting the New Ronald McDonald House in Wellington. For any further information please contact Yvonne 547 6364 or Lois 544 7794.OUTDOOR COURSES Mountain Safety Council Nelson Branch. New courses on-line now including; River Safety,Bushcraft, Out-door Leader, Outdoor First Aid, Firearms (HUNTS), Risk Management & Abseil. RIVER SAFETY COURSE Saturday 16th October. Theory & Prac-tical session. Designed for; Trampers, Walkers, Mountaineers, Hunters etc. BUSHCRAFT INTERMEDIATE 6th & 7th November, with class session 4th November. Suit people that have done our ODL course or have a good basic understanding of working in the bush. Application forms on www.mountainsafety.org.nz/Training. Phone Justin 03 543 7001 anytime. The Lighthouse Spiritual CentreMeets every Monday night, 7.30-8.30pm, at the Age Concern Hall, Trafal-gar St. (opp Trailways). Weekly speakers and light workers. All welcome.Yoga ClassSomething for everyone! Stretching & relaxing Beginners Welcome. Thurs-days 5.30-7pm. Richmond Recreation Centre, Cambridge Street. First Class $5.00. Ph: Jamila 544 6145.Canoe Polo Open to all levels of player. All the required gear is provided and pool entry is covered in the charge $10. Tuesday night’s 7 – 8.15pm. Con-tact [email protected] your personal confidence through public speaking in the safe-ty and support of the High Noon, Nelson or Madhatters Toastmasters. Ph 0800-PEOPLE (0800-736-753)Tahunanui Tennis Club Tennis for all levels, Saturdays1pm – 5pm. Come along or contact Mike 5476562Health in the Middle YearsAn evening initiated by Soroptimists International Waimea promoting ‘Health in the Middle Years’ at Rich-mond Community Church – Warring
Car park Richmond on Monday 18 October 7.00pm. A panel of notable professionals from the community will speak on health issues. Some topics covered Menopause, Coronary Care, Incontinence, and Coping Alone. Supper is provided. A gold coin dona-tion. Contact Annette 544 0161, Judy 547 7292, Jackie 544 8562.Cancer Society Support GroupPartners and Carers of cancer patients Support Group. Tuesday 2 November 7.30pm. This is a free 6 week facili-tated course. Please register with the Cancer Society Nelson. Ph 5393662 .Duck SoupHas generated hundreds of op-portunities for singles over 30 to meet partners, friends and buddies. Whether you’re new to town or in-terested in expanding your social network after a break-up, Duck Soup will provide that opportu-nity for you too. More info on www.ducksoup.co.nzBuffaloes Lodges Looking for Members. Nelson meets Anzac Hall Pi-oneer Park alternate Sundays 9.30am Ph Mike 547 7876. Raroa meets Anzac Hall Pioneer Park every 4 week on Fridays. Ph Peter 5380506 for details.AUDITIONSNelson Repertory Theatre presents Murder down the Line, a dinner-the-atre event on the railway at Founders Park. Show Dates 3rd & 4th Decem-ber. Auditions 16th & 17th October (or by arrangement). A cast of 12 and lots of help is required. Contact Gordon & Penny. Tel (03) 545 1765 or [email protected] .Waka-A-Thon FundraiserWhakatu Marae Waka-Ama Club Nov 20, 6am to 4pm at Tahunanui Beach. Sponsor the all-day paddle. From 10am - paddle a waka, purchase kai/goods, support the Corporate Races. All welcome! Ph Huriana 5469097.Nelson Canoe ClubRolling & skills practice - Tues night pool sessions 7 - 8:30pm at Riverside Pool. Members with no instruction $5, Members with instruction $10, Non-members with no instruction $10, Non-members with instruction provided $20. Further information or book for instruction [email protected] OF THE SOUTH - Motor Cross Event. 6 & 7 of November, Motupipi, Takaka A family weekend of Moto cross, catering for the Mini’s right through to Vets Camping avaliable at the track. For entry form and more details, check out the events calendar at the club website, www.nmcc.co.nzSOUNDS EXCELLENT! Hosted by Nelson Bays Harmony, this concert showcases some of Nelson’s award-winning and acclaimed performers. A Cappella harmony choirs, a string trio, a talented young vocal soloist, a womens barbershop quartet, and a youth brass band: what they have in common is the passion it takes to turn talent into excellence. For details go to www.nelsonharmony.org.nz.Tickets are on sale now, $22 from Everyman, Ph 5483083.Festival of Christmas Trees at Nelson Cathedral 6-9 December 2010. Apply for a space at the festival now. Contact Mary Toll, 20 Paremata St, Atawahi, Nelson or 5452166, or [email protected].
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