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Life as Mayor Saving a stranger As Mayor of the Waipa¯ District Council, Jim Mylchreest will speak at the meeting of the Continuing Education Group next Wednesday. Jim will give a re´sume´of his life before becoming Mayor, his experiences as Mayor, and what he is hoping to achieve in the future. What challenges will the Council face, as the population in the town and its surrounding areas rapidly increases? Jim will be happy to answer your questions. Glad rags and handbags Waipa¯King Country Rural Women members have organised a day of fun and frivolity to raise funds for the Australian Bushfire Rural Appeal. Glad Rags and Handbags is on Saturday, March 21 at the Te Awamutu Bible Chapel. Doors open at 10.30am for an 11am start. The day includes lunch and the cost is $30. For more information and to RSVP contact Raewyn Marwood — verwood@xtra. co.nz or 871 9859. Victim Kidney transplant recipient Chantelle Good and kidney donor Tom Davies catch up following their respective operations. Photo / Dean Taylor up something important, to help Memorial Tom donates others. This story is about two such Be kind to your kidneys Christchurch Terrorist people — their stories related Victim Memorial unveiling this for another because the plight of one lead to Sunday at 10am at Lake Te the extraordinary generosity of Be Kidney Kind is the mess- order a urine test to check for Koo Utu Reserve, near the the other. age this month to celebrate protein and order a blood test. Rose Gardens, Thornton if he can’t And, in the end, that extra- Kidney Health Month 2020 — Request a copy of your Road. ordinary generosity benefited a which incorporates World Kid- results and get to know your help a mate third party — a complete ney Day (Thursday, March 12). numbers. Pirongia stranger, who remains anony- Kidney kindness means be KHNZ say the best way to mous. But there is a happy kind to your kidneys, drink reduce the impact of kidney School fair By DEAN TAYLOR ending all round. water, eat good real food, exer- disease is by early detection to Fair tomorrow night at The story concerns two Te cise and next time you are at prevent further harm. Pirongia School, Beechey In my job I have met many Awamutu people, Chantelle the doctor ask for a kidney You can be kidney kind to Street from 4pm to 7:30pm. people who should be beyond Good and Tom Davies. fitness check. others by raising awareness of Fundraiser for new shade despair through illness or adver- Chantelle has a genetic kid- Kidney Health New Zealand kidney disease or by donating, sails with raffles, food, drinks, sity, but instead display strength ney disease and for eight years (KHNZ) say kidney disease is or asking others to donate, to class run stalls and games. and willpower, and positivity was on the kidney donor register. tough — getting checked isn’t. KHNZ. that is hard to comprehend. In the past I have described To get a kidney fitness Cash only, cash out I have also met many people Tom as a serial blood donor. check your doctor should ■ Check kidney.health.nz for facilities available. who are selfless and giving, who check your blood pressure, information. go out of their way, and even give ■ Continued page 4

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Circulated free to 14,045 homes through Te Awamutu and surrounding districts. Association to close down CIRCULATION 14,045* We welcome letters - preferably via email. They should By CAITLAN JOHNSTON be under 300 words and must have the sender’s name, address and phone number. No pseudonyms are accepted The New Zealand National and names will only be withheld in special circumstances Executive body of The King’s at the discretion of the editor. Letters are not usually Empire Veterans is coming to acknowledged and may be edited, abridged or discarded. an end and the closing cere- mony will take place in Te Sarah Verran 021 345 951 Awamutu with the involve- [email protected] ment of some Te Awamutu College students. The King’s Empire Vet- erans was formed in 1900 by the Governor of New Zealand Caitlan Johnston (reporter) Ext: 67710 at the time, Lord Ranfurly, [email protected] and is exclusively for defence Jesse Wood (reporter) Ext: 67713 force veterans living in New [email protected] Zealand. Members must have been SPORTS awarded a medal for serving [email protected] in a New Zealand defence force overseas during a foreign conflict. [email protected] In 1903 Lord Ranfurly also established the Ranfurly Vet- erans Home in Three Kings in Wayne Michell Auckland and the first 027 494 7770 occupants were returned vet- Maraea Jamieson erans of the Crimean War and Blind veterans smoking their pipes on the veranda of the Ranfurly Veterans Home that was 021 023 59612 the New Zealand Wars. opened in Auckland in 1903 by Lord Ranfurly. Photo / Supplied The home is now a part of Ranfurly Village retirement Today there are five Empire Veterans is a part of now at no real credit or value establishment and is a branches in New Zealand — the Te Awamutu branch. He is to any of the other King’s National War Monument. Te Awamutu, Nelson, Roto- 98-year-old Colin Murray and Empire Veterans branches in DELIVERY QUERIES 0800 111 200 In the early 1900s The rua, Silverdale and Auckland. it is believed he joined the New Zealand,” said Ross. POSTAL ADDRESS King’s Empire Veterans mem- The King’s Empire Vet- association in the early 1950s. The closing event is being 97 Sloane Street, PO Box 1, Te Awamutu 3840 bership was at about 500 but erans Te Awamutu president He is also currently vice- held on Wednesday, March 18 OFFICE HOURS by the 1930s membership Ross Wardlaw said the local president of the Te Awamutu at the Te Awamutu RSA and Monday - Thursday 8am - 5pm, Fri 8am - 4.30pm dropped drastically to fewer branch had approximately 30 branch. over 60 people are coming so PHONE 07 871 5151 than 30. members plus their partners, Ross is also the immediate far. This includes members We’re online at Fast forward to the late but he did not know how many past New Zealand president and their partners and famil- nzmecommunitynews.pressreader.com 1980s and membership was up members there were nation- and said that the national ies. around 6000 and there were 17 wide. executive body was ending The event will include a branches and 12 sub branches The longest and oldest serv- because it is not needed. ceremony followed by a lunch. around the North Island. ing member of The King’s “We are finding that we are Thursday, March 12, 2020 Te Awamutu Courier 3 End ahead for KEV

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“We will be doing what they call in the army the laying up of OPENSunday EVERY SUNDAY Lunch FROM 12PM colours with the King’s Empire Veterans flag which has every Enjoy exquisite Mediterranean cuisine and award winning wines battle we’ve ever been in printed on it,” said Ross. The perfect place to celebrate special occasions Cadets from Te Awamutu Col- Outdoor play area for children. lege will be marching in and presenting the flag. A returned veteran and mem- ber of The King’s Empire Veterans will then read the Ode in English. A Te Awamutu College student will then read the Ode in Ma¯ori. The lunch will be served by food tech students from Te Awa- mutu College. The oldest medal to be awarded 702 Rukuhia Rd, RD2, Ohaupo, Hamilton | 07 825 2893 | www.vilagradwines.co.nz to a veteran who became a mem- ber of The King’s Empire Veterans was from the naval engagement in Acre, which in 1840 was a part of Syria. Members of the association also held medals from the capture of Hong Kong in 1841 and the Battle of Scinde in 1853. Other battles, wars and Oldest and longest serving member of the Kings Empire Veterans campaigns that the association’s Colin Murray (left), he is also a part of the Te Awamutu branch, members have fought in include pictured with national vice-president of the RSA John Smith. the Gwalior campaign, both of the Photo / Supplied Sikh Wars, the Burmese War, the Kaffir War, the Crimean War, the Wars, the Ashanti expedition, the After the national body bombardment of Odessa, the battle Anglo-Zulu war, the Transvaal officially closes The King’s Empire of Alma, the battle of Balaclava, campaign, the Vietnam War, the Veterans Association will con- HAVE A the Battle of Inkerman, the Anglo- Afghan War, the Indian Frontier tinue but each regional body will Persian War, the Indian Mutiny, Campaign, the Boer War, World manage their group independ- the third Chinese War, the Ma¯ori War I and World War II. ently. RENTAL PROPERTY? WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU!

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■ From page 1 kidney failure also. that will continue for a year. The family live with the Then she will have annual check- On the day I started putting knowledge, but don’t let it rule ups. this story together I made my their lives. Chantelle says she will 171st blood donation — giving Chantelle started dialysis quickly know if something goes plasma at the New Zealand Blood after her kidney failure and wrong. Service Hamilton Donor Centre. continued regularly, as well as Her routine for looking after In August 2017 I did a story having to attend hospital often her new kidney is to watch her about Tom giving his 400th dona- for emergency treatment.The food — concentrating on a tion — and he is still an active kidneys filter blood, get rid of healthy diet and drinking what donor. toxins and manage nutritional would be considered an excess- He is one of New Zealand’s flow. ive amount of water. few ‘super donors’ — a fact Chantelle says if any of those “It is important not to let the relevant to this story. processes don’t occur she gets kidney dehydrate,” she says. But we will start with very sick, very quickly. “I have to keep it working.” Chantelle. For two-and-a-half years The unfamiliar outcome for Her disease is inherited from Chantelle would undergo perito- her is the strange process of her father Warren Good. neal dialysis, a daily routine self having to ‘pee’. His disease manifested itself administered in the home “I didn’t pee for seven years when he was 39 and he under- whereby a fluid was circulated on dialysis,” says Chantelle. went a kidney transplant in his through a tube and into the “Its a weird feeling for me.” early 40s. That was 16 years ago abdominal cavity, where it She has high hopes now with and he has been healthy ever would absorb waste products and a new kidney. since. then be drawn out and discarded. “They told dad his would be Chantelle’s kidneys failed It was a 10 hour process. good for 10 years, and it has been suddenly in April, 2012 — when Chantelle says it wasn’t that 16,” she says. she was just 24. She has familial effective in her case and she “I’m hopeful mine will be for a focal segmental glomerular changed to hemodialysis — also lifetime.” sclerosis (FFSGS) — a rare con- self administered at home. What Chantelle didn’t know dition that can be traced back As the name suggests, it is until after her transplant was through seven generations of her dialysis of the blood — Chantelle that Tom had offered his own family. would connect the machine’s Chantelle Good selfie five days after her kidney transplant. kidney for her — but they In most people the kidneys tube to a fistula and blood would weren’t a match. will get scarring when a person flow through the machine to be and widen the net when the good “Luckily they persevered and Chantelle and Tom had been is ill, but it repairs. FFSGS cleaned. news came. rang my partner, who was at acquainted through the execu- prevents that healing. The fistula is a surgically “It happened fast,” she says. work. tive of the Te Awamutu Chamber She had known about the gene created connection between a To avoid identification of the “He rang me until I woke up of Commerce, where they both since she was 15 but didn’t expect vein and an artery. Chantelle donor, times and dates cannot be and then I contacted the hospital. served. it to cause failure at such a young was using her fourth fistula until published — but a little over “They just said come up and On learning of Chantelle’s age. a kidney donor was found. three-and-a-half hours after get- have a kidney.” disease Tom started to mull over Since then she has learned She hadn’t given up hope of a ting the early morning call Chantelle has come through how he might help. that having her son when she transplant — but she had waited Chantelle had told her family, the first three months in good “I’m already a blood donor was 21 put extra pressure on her a long time. sorted care for her son and was at shape. and have ‘donor’ selected on my system and may have contri- “I’m a hard match appar- Auckland Hospital. She says two biopsies show licence,” he says. buted to the early onset. ently,” she says. “Many matches Nine hours later they were small signs of rejection, but it is “I’ve told all my children to Now aged 10, her son were tried, and failed.” operating. But it could have been being managed and is expected to give away what they can when I Kameron also has the gene. He Chantelle had been expecting very different. go away. die.” understands it is probable, but to be put onto the donor “I slept through the first She has clinics every week not definite, that he will have exchange with Australia to try phone call,” says Chantelle. and blood tests every fortnight ■ Continued page 5

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He says he found Chantelle’s story inspirational and decided he would see if he could offer one of his own kidneys for trans- plant. That was at the beginning of last year. Tom approached the Waikato District Health Board Regional Renal Unit. “I knew age would be a factor, I was 72, but I was healthy and fit, so why not?” Over March and April he talked to his his wife Jill’s six children and their siblings and said if anyone needed a kidney in the next eight years they should tell him now. He says it took a while for some of the children to accept the idea, but eventually every- one was supportive. Between February and Octo- ber he was thoroughly tested. “I ticked all the boxes along the way,” says Tom. “The only one that didn’t get ticked was being a match with Tom Davies in Auckland Hospital seven hours after donating his left kidney to New heights: Chantelle and her son Kameron atop Mt Chantelle.” an anonymous recipient. Photo / Supplied Kakepuku two months after her operation. Tom understood the chance of matching her would be low — because I was too old,” says They were put up in a motel In January Tom had his three- sequent anonymous donation. it is generally about a 20 per cent Tom. (Their live donor maxi- nearby where he would be able month post kidney donation — “I have no regrets about what chance. mum age is 70). to stay afterwards for follow-up nephrectomy — and was told he I have done,” says Tom. There were two other The second option was to be care. was doing well at that point. “Presumptuous it may be, but options. an anonymous donor — and that On the operating table they He was also told by the kidney since both her donor and my The first was a paired match is the option he chose. removed his left kidney and co-ordinator that his donated recipient remain anonymous I co-ordinated by the Australian “I had made up my mind to four-and-a-half hours later it had kidney was doing ‘fabulously’. consider Chantelle to be my donor agency — donating your donate a kidney, so that’s what I been transplanted into the Tom was given the go ahead to surrogate recipient.” kidney to another matching did,” says Tom. recipient. take part in a 22km trail run, recipient, their donor to another All the testing had been done, He spent two days in hospital which he did on February 8, and ■ As part of Kidney Health Month matching recipient, and so on — so it just meant waiting for a and was in Auckland under care resumed plasma donations in the Chantelle and Tom will be speaking until everyone gets a transplant. matching recipient. for a total of 10 days. middle of February. about their kidney journeys at a Tom says that could be com- In October last year he got a Tom says recovery is going And since the success of both special event at Te Awamutu i-Site plicated and still not result in a call and he and his wife Jill went well, although he noticed small transplants, Chantelle and Tom Centre’s Burchell Pavilion on successful match for Chantelle. to Auckland Hospital where the things like getting a cold take have had open conversations Tuesday, March 17 from 5.30pm. “Besides I didn’t qualify operation took place. longer to shake. about Tom’s offer and sub- Everyone welcome, no charge.

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At the breaking of the dawn on the To me, James Belich’s comments morning of February 21, 2020 there were concluded that General Cameron’s influ- unpleasant memories within the mist. ence on New Zealand was profound. We were asked to think about the Along with Governor Grey he had women and children and the losses they tipped the balance of power ‘in favour of suffered. A time of remembrance for Pa¯keha¯’. those who lost their lives and land at He felt it was Cameron and not battle of Rangiaowhia. William Hobson at Waitangi who In particular Nga¯ti Apakura and Nga¯ti sounded the death Knell of Ma¯ori Inde- Hinetu who have no home. pendence. That day on 1864 as General Cam- He won victories for the crown but by eron’s troops navigated the bush with 1865 his moral doubts came too late, rags tied around their equipment to critical of what he saw as Colonial land muffle their arrival was a Sunday, a day grabbing and the use of Imperial Forces of worship. to achieve this. Christian Ma¯ori would not fight, nor Cameron tended his resignation for did they expect the Pa¯keha¯to fight. That the second time in February 1865, a year Sunday in 1864 the attack on Apakura after the battle of Rangiaowhia. He left was not a war. It was totally unexpected New Zealand on August 1, 1865. Some said and Rangiaowhia was largely undefen- he was a broken man but we will ded. remember him for the wrong reasons. General Cameron had broken his word History in retrospect, we must never to the Kingities to set Rangiaowhia aside break trust again. I shall honour Febru- as a safe place for women and children, he ary 21 along with those who forgive but betrayed the people, who lost their trust not forget. in the word of the British Lords. DELYSSE STOREY

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ecently we’ve seen the Government’s returned to them. soft on crime attitude hit an all new low. Going to prison is a punishment, it should RFor a start, Corrections released a be treated as such. Instead this Government is prisoner on bail after he staged a hunger strike intent on making it seem like a holiday, even for 25 days. Instead of dealing with the releasing prisoners early if they become too offender inside prison, Corrections took the difficult to deal with. easy option. But with this sort of behaviour happening, As a result, we now have a recidivist it’s no wonder other criminals are feeling offender with an extensive criminal record emboldened under the current Government. living in our community. We’ve seen a sharp increase in gang Corrections has set a dangerous precedent membership as well, since October 2017 and has essentially opened the floodgates, almost 1600 more people have joined gangs, what will prisoners try next to force with this number continuing to grow. Corrections’ hand? It’s making excuses for drug use, we saw This is just one example of the last year that drug dealers who could prove Government’s soft on crime attitude filtering their addiction caused the crimes could down, and this time it’s Corrections reacting to receive a 30 per cent discount on their it. sentence. If releasing a prisoner on bail because he If you commit a crime you shouldn’t get off went on hunger strike wasn’t bad enough, then easily. the Government introduced a Bill that will allow This isn’t fair on victims. They haven’t prisoners to vote. asked to be put in this position and we should Losing the right to vote is a consequence of be putting them before criminals. serious offending, and National has been very National has always been very clear, we clear that we will oppose any change to the law unapologetically stand on the side of victims, on this. and a National Government would ensure Prisoners who have received sentences of victims feel as though they have received up to three years aren’t petty criminals. They justice. are people who have committed serious It’s becoming obvious at the election this assaults, robberies, family violence and year there is a stark difference between a sexual offences. Labour, Greens, NZ First soft on crime Losing the right to vote is consistent with Government clearly on the side of offenders, the loss of other freedoms when going to and a National Government that is tough on prison. Once offenders come out of prison and crime and puts victims at the heart of our have re-joined society then they have this right justice system.

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CourierTe Awamutu Your community newspaper - phone 871 5151 Thursday, March 12, 2020 Te Awamutu Courier 9 Events mark Day of Blessing

A series of events were held 150 people last Wednesday to celebrate the attended the ninth annual Day of Blessing for lunchtime Te Awamutu and the district. event. The day is inspired by a town Photo / Supplied on Florida’s south coast called Destin. A minister was con- cerned by the level of damage to vessels and the loss of life among their fishing fleet. These losses were significantly reduced though after a community-wide prayer was made and they now claim that they are the luckiest town in America. Previous Presbyterian Minis- ter Reverend Diane Yule brought this idea to Te Awamutu in 2011 and a small group of Christians Pastor Bradd Trebilco and children from from several churches have con- Waipa¯Christian School pray for the Education tinued the Day of Blessing each sector. Photo / Supplied year. This year’s Day of Blessing ily is one where all members are started with a blessing for the loved, trusted, feel safe and tankers parked in the yard of appreciated and provides a place Fonterra representing the local to hope, dream and learn from dairy industry. mistakes. Guest speaker Yvonne She said strong families are Godfrey spoke to the assembly of places with good traditional students at Te Awamutu Inter- values and boundaries for mediate. behaviour. Yvonne is well-known inter- At the lunchtime event nationally as an expert in leaders from all of Te Awamutu’s parenting and life skills and has Christian Churches gave prayers two authored two books, for the seven major sectors of Parenting Yadults — How to Set society. up your Young Adult for Inde- Students from Waipa¯ Chris- pendence and Success in Life and tian School gave the prayer for 52 Smart Ways to Smash it in the the education sector with Pastor Real World. Bradd Trebilco. She also gave a motivational The last event to take place on talk at a lunchtime event at Te the day was a parent’s evening at Awamutu Sports clubrooms Te Awamutu College. Yvonne attended by 150 people. presented to the small audience Her talk focused on the on helping parents protect vul- importance of strong families as nerable children and young the foundation of strong com- adults from adults with damag- A prayer team member praying for the tankers at Yvonne Godfrey speaking to students at munities. She said a strong fam- ing agendas, and social media. Fonterra. Photo / Supplied Te Awamutu Intermediate. Photo / Supplied

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Licensed REAA 2008. All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However, we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided. Interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries. 16 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, March 12, 2020 Big win for Rider is in the running Gold cricket O¯ parau’s James Scott is In the 125cc class, Tau- third on the MX2 standings ranga’s Brodie Connolly has It was a big win for Pratt’s Milking after the first three rounds of so far won a staggering eight Machines Te Awamutu Sports Gold over the 2020 New Zealand out of the nine races at the Waitete at Albert Park on Saturday. Motocross Championships first three rounds and he is a Gold has ensured their cricket season will and everything will be on the whopping 64 points in front at remain on a knife edge going into the last line at the fourth and final the top of the table, which round of regular season matches in the round in Taupo¯this weekend. means he has two races up his Waikato Valley Chairman’s Trophy competi- Just five points separate sleeve with only three to come tion. the top two riders in the at Taupo¯. They needed to win their remaining two premier MX1 class and there He will most likely wrap season matches to secure a semi-final spot. are only seven points to separ- up the crown after the open- A struggling Waitete side won the toss and ate the top three riders in the ing race at Taupo¯, but the elected to field first. It was a decision they MX2 (250cc) class as the question remains over who were soon to regret, as opening batsmen racers arrive at the popular will take second and third. Michael Aitken and skipper Clint Sinclair Digger McEwen Motocross There are just five points provided a fast start with a stunning array of Park, on the outskirts of between Christchurch’s shots. Taupo¯, for this final show- Marshall Phillips, Tauranga’s It was much to the relief of the Waitete down in this Fox-sponsored Madoc Dixon and Auckland- bowling attack when Michael Aitken fell for a series. based former Rangiora rider well — made 59 from 52 balls, but Gold were Mount Maunganui’s Cobie Bourke. only just getting started. defending MX1 champion Motorcycling New Zealand Sinclair was joined at the crease by the Cody Cooper has won four of motocross commissioner Ray experienced Carl Warner and the pair the nine races in the three Broad said he was looking weren’t in the mood to slow things down. rounds so far, while visiting forward to “a thrilling finale Warner’s steady 43 runs from 53 balls Australian Kirk Gibbs has for what has been a great allowed Sinclair to play with freedom and won five races and therefore championship series”. manipulate the field on his way to 106 not out it is the 31-year-old rider from “Cooper and Gibbs will from just 84 deliveries. The innings included the Sunshine Coast rider who again be taking their battle to 12 fours and a six which helped Gold to set a enjoys a narrow lead. the wire, just as they did in mammoth total of 291-8 from their 40 overs. However, with three MX1 2019 only this time it’s Cooper The run chase was always going to be a races remaining on Sunday to doing the chasing. mission for Waitete and realistically they wrap up the championships “Everything will be on the never looked like getting close. Tight bowling and 25 points for the winner O¯ parau’s James Scott (KTM No.108) and Christchurch’s line at Taupo¯ and the club and a well drilled fielding unit helped to push each time, with 22 points on Dylan Walsh (Yamaha No.53), among those in contention for there always steps up to per- the required run rate beyond reach of the offer for a runner-up finish, overall victory, or at least a podium finish, in the MX2 class form on the big occasions like visiting side that were eventually bowled out it’s still too close to call. this weekend. Photo / Andy McGechan this.” in the final over of the match for 190. West Auckland’s Hamish In addition to MX1, MX2 Daniel Reason was the pick of the bowlers Harwood is third in the MX1 title, while Scott is just seven be keen to impress on Sunday. and 125cc class racing, the for the Te Awamutu side, he took four wickets standings but 24 points points further back, so a com- Another Kiwi interna- Yamaha YZ65 Cup is also on for 32 runs from his eight overs to go with an behind Cooper. plete reshuffle is still possible tional, Christchurch’s Dylan the programme for Taupo¯, athletic boundary catch. In the MX2 class, Manga- at Taupo¯. Walsh, and Australian trio just as it was at round one of Reason was well backed up by fellow kino’s Maximus Purvis and Purvis and Scott are both Caleb Ward, Morgan Fogarty the series at Balclutha, offer- paceman Harry Baxter who claimed 2-31. Mount Maunganui’s Josiah soon heading overseas to race and Riley Ward are also per- ing another opportunity for Gold will hope to throw everything they Natzke are leading the way, and Natzke has just returned haps within strike range of at some of the nation’s youngest have at top of the table Pirongia, when the Purvis marginally in front, from a season racing in the least a podium finish, so the rising stars to show what sides meet at Albert Park next Saturday. and these two riders are United Kingdom, so these racing is guaranteed to be hot they’re made of. First ball will be bowled at 10.30am. locked in a fierce fight for the Kiwi internationals will each this weekend.

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PUKEKURA SHOW HOME Cnr Roto O Rangi Road & Seachange Drive, Cambridge O¯ haupo¯ Premiers had O¯ haupo¯ managed to Leamington Rugby Club Opening hours: 12pm – 4pm, Wednesday – Sunday their first pre-season score a few tries but Mel- Carnival Day on March 21. rugby game on Saturday ville ended up taking the The official community against Melville B. win 26-17. opening of their new The game was played at O¯ haupo¯takes on Frank- O¯ haupo¯ Community Melville Rugby Club, Ham- ton in their next pre- Centre will be on Sunday, Designed to entertain ilton in hot conditions. season game at March 22 at 2pm. Close scoring for women

Clyde Graf, playing off a Gwenda Meeke (74), Bar- Davies (41), Murray Wallis 10 handicap, shot 76 off-the- bara O’Regan (74) and Mar- (40), Allen Rounthwaite stick at Te Awamutu Golf garet Johnson (75). (38), Welby Murrell (38) Club to take out the In the 9 hole division and Trass (38). Midweek Open. Jenny Forster was clear of Trass was back in the Best net score was 66 the field on 37. prizes at Sunday’s Club from 17 handicapper Peter She was followed by Scramble with the best net RIVERCOVE SHOW HOME McGowan. Maxine Leigh, Karen of 64. Percy Kapa headed the Corkill and Ann Dobson Four handicapper Ash- 12 Riverpoint Glade, Flagstaff, Hamilton stableford division with 41 (40) and Kathlyn Rose (42). ton Whiteman shot the Opening hours: 12pm – 4pm, Wednesday – Sunday points from Kelvin Trass Veterans Day Scramble best gross — a 74. and Barry Murtagh, both was played on stableford, Stableford honours on 39. with some good scoring went to Gordon Kirkham Scoring was close for needed to claim a prize. (44), from Murrell (44), Women’s Day. Richard Woodward top Kapa (43) and Murtagh Dale Spiers headed the scored with 45 points, from (43). 0800 MY URBAN | urban.co.nz field with net 72, from Robin Thompson (43), Ivan Riggir and Tim Robin Watson (73), Mick McConnell (42), Ray Crotty shot twos.

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Terry Osment’s team were declared scramble winners at the Te Awamutu Bowling Club mixed fours championship. Eight teams took part in the mixed fours There was some sensational scor- championship with 15 ends played which ing at Pirongia Golf Club on Sunday, was held on March 7-8. with Garry Bowman highlighting the After two rounds there were two teams field with a four under par 68. with two wins and four teams with one win Bowman birdied all four par fives each. Those four teams played off to find (3, 6, 8 and 17) and also had a birdie the four qualifiers. two on 13 and birdied the par four The first of the semifinals was Denise Te 18th. Momo, Colin Pepperell, Margaret Cavangh A couple of bogies on the par four and Chen Naude verses Les Liddington, 12th and 14th were the only blemishes Judy Cato, Mary Southey and Norm on a great round of golf. Middleton. Club members were also pleased to It was a very low scoring game with welcome visitors from Westown Club teams only scoring one or two on each end in New Plymouth to the course. and by the eighth end it was six all. Scramble on Stableford results; Te Momo then scored the only three of Senior: Garry Bowman (49), Tyne the game to make it 9-3 to her team. At the Watts (44), Murray Barclay (43), John 13th end it was 10-all. Te Momo scored one McCormick (41), Rob Taylor (40), on the 14th and Liddington scored one on Barry Fordham (40), Dave Seager (40), the 15th end to make it all even. An extra Bill Fox (38), Andrew Parsons (38). end was played to find the winners, Junior: Barry Cavey (45), Ian Grey Liddington’s team scored two to take out (44), Pat Ryan (43), Kevin Nickson the match. (42), Terry Charlesworth (42), Charlie The other semifinal was a very different Coles (40), Addy Nieremeijer (40), Rob game with Terry Osment, Lynda Bennett, Brettell (39), Denise Goile (39). Peter Judson and Bryan Ryburn verses Twos were scored by Cavey, Bow- Daphne Finn, Pat Oliver, Butch man Murray Barclay. Grant Morgan Ticklepenny and Barry Bryant. sunk the longest putt, closest to the Osment scored four on the first end then pin was Barclay. Finn scored one, one, two, three and two on The Veterans Pennant is played at the next five ends to put the score at 9-4 to Pirongia today, starting at 9am. The Finn. Te Awamutu Bowling Club Mixed Fours Championship winners Terry Osment, Lynda course is open after the last veterans Osment scored one on the seventh end Bennett, Peter Judson and Bryan Ryburn. Photo / Supplied have teed off. then Finn scored two and one making the Pirongia course is closed on score 12-5 to Finn on the ninth end. Osment winners. Liddington scored one on the eighth and Sunday for Championship Pennants scored three, one, three, one and one on the In the final between Liddington and Osment scored two, three and one on the and Handicap Strokeplay. next five ends with the score 14-12 to Osment, Osment scored one and six on the next three ends with the score 18-4 to Members are able to play at an- Osment on the 14th end. Finn scored a two first two ends. Liddington then scored Osment. Liddington scored three, one and other Waikato courses using recipro- on the 15th end to make it all even; once three on the third. Osment got one, one, two on the next three ends but that was not cal rights — phone ahead for again an extra end was played with one and two on the next four ends with the enough as the score was 18-10 on the 14th bookings. Osment scoring a one to make them the score 12-3 to Osment on the seventh end. end and Osment’s team claimed the win.

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