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Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, July 12, 2018 Bevin Wins Tour De France Stage Te Awamutu Rural sales specialist Noldy Rust 027 255 3047 | rwteawamutu.co.nz YourC community newspaper for over 100 years Thursday, July 12, 2018 Rosetown Realty Ltd Licensed REAA2008 Preparing for Shooting for Jai emergencies Strengthening communities, being prepared for emergencies and keeping Ollie Ward (second from right) areas safe are priorities for and Gerard Dorssers with their Commsafe. supporters Maria Dorssers (left) Darryl Nix will expand on and Lilah Fleming. Photo / Supplied how the organisation affects the local area at the next Continuing Education meeting on Wednesday, July 18. See ad in today's paper or contact 871 6434. Can you bake muffins? Jill from Muffins for Mums would like to thank the volunteers who make muffins for mums at the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Waikato Hospital. If you have spare time to volunteer and bake muffins please contact 0274154908 or [email protected] .nz Craft session BY BETHANY ROLSTON People donated money, counted the shots, Learn how to hand sew a grabbed rebounds, delivered food and medi- It’s events like Saturday’s ‘shoot-a-thon’ cal supplies, gave encouraging words and patchwork heart at the Te that make me proud to call Te Awamutu took photos. Awamutu Library Community home. “There are so many people to thank,” Ollie Room on Wednesday, July 25 Last weekend Ollie Ward and Gerard says. from 12.45pm to 2.45pm. Dorssers shot netball hoops for 12 hours to “A shout out to both of our parents and RSVP to Hannah on 07 823 raise money to fund vital medication for a Te our close friends and family. 3838 or Awamutu boy. “They were there to support us for the [email protected] Not only did they achieve their goals, they majority of the day.” smashed them out of the park. Although Gerard and Ollie are still recov- Get a taste They hoped to each shoot 3000 hoops in 12 ering from the gruelling 12 hours, they’re not hours but reached that goal in the first seven entirely put-off doing a similar event again. of rowing hours. The money raised from Saturday’s event Te Awamutu Rowing Club is They kept up the pace for the remaining will cover almost four months’ medication running a four-day introductory five hours and ended the day with a for two-year-old Jai Bowers-Anstis, who rowing course for school combined total of 10489 hoops. suffers from daily seizures. students from Monday, July 16 They aimed to raise $3000 from the event His only pain relief is cannabidiol (CBD), to Thursday, July 19 from 9am but estimate final figures to be close to $5000. an expensive oil-based medicinal cannabis to midday at Lake Nga¯roto. Ollie and Gerard say the event was much produced by Canadian company Tilray. Cost is $20. For more harder than anticipated and are both sport- Jai’s mum Jaimie says she is information contact ing wrist-braces this week. overwhelmed by the fundraising effort. [email protected] “There was definitely a lot of pain in the “It shows how amazing Te Awamutu is.” first couple of hours and towards the end,” Altogether $40,000 has been raised for Jai Matariki day Gerard says. by events put on by Te Awamutu supporters. “But having all that support from our Jaimie says it helps to ease the family’s Ma¯ori Women’s Welfare generous community was what got us stress and provide comfort in knowing they League is hosting a Matariki through.” can afford the expensive medication. Whanau Day tomorrow at the They say the event wouldn’t have been “I don’t think there’d be many towns in Anglican Church on Lyon St. possible without the help of family, friends New Zealand that would do something like From 10am to 1pm there will and the community. this for someone in their community.” be fun activities and free lunch. From 7am to 7pm a steady stream of Te Awamutu mates Ollie Ward (right) and supporters came to check out the event at the ■ You can still make a donation by contacting Gerard Dorssers during their 12-hour Te Awamutu Sports Indoor Centre. Gerard on 027 505 4008 or Ollie on 027 290 9268. shoot-a-thon. Photo / Bethany Rolston RRP Safe, Easy DIY Chimney Cleaning $199 • No climbing on roof The SootEater www.qubik.co.nz system includes... 8x quick-connect • Anyone can do it 3-foot flexible rods (7.3m total) • Attach to hand drill 1x ‘Trim to fit’ chimney whip. 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Patrick Bevin became the New Zealander Dion Smith who He led the BMC team over 14,045* second cyclist with Rosetown has worn the polka dot King of the line, followed by teammate CIRCULATION 14,045* connections to win a stage of the the Mountain jersey for two Greg Van Avermaet who earned Tour de France. days — the first New Zealander the yellow jersey, just ahead of The 27-year-old club member ever to don the KOM skinsuit. teammate Tejay van Garderen, played a prominent role in BMC New Zealand has four quality who moved up to second overall, Racing’s famous victory in the riders in this year’s tour (Bevin, with the same time as Van team time trial on Tuesday Smith, Jack Bauer, Tom Scully) Avermaet. (NZT). and they could not have wished Bevin is fast making a name BMC covered the 35.5km for a better start to the 2018 for himself as a time trialist on stage three journey that started edition.” the World Tour this year, and finished in Cholet, near the Bevin and his partner Abby having also finished second in Atlantic coast, in 38min 46sec, Smith of Te Awamutu are good the TT at the Tour of California [email protected] four seconds ahead of Team friends of Dion Smith and his and Tour of Basque Country and Sky. partner. They are all based in fifth at the Tour du Dauphine. Spokesperson Paul Smith Girano, just above Barcelona. He was also part of the team [email protected] told the Courier that everyone at Bevin is the third Kiwi in all to that won the TTT at Tirreno- the club and cycling in general is win the TTT following Chris Adriatico. PATRICK BEVIN [email protected] [email protected] Organisers retiring from Christmas parade [email protected] BY DEAN TAYLOR She and Colin had been She says Tania Disher, Vern a great parade outcome over the involved for about a decade and and Colleen Wilson step in each years,” says Linnie. [email protected] About this time most years Linnie and Bernard for about year to help in a variety of ways, “Each year has been bigger we put the call out for volunteers eight years. Te Awamutu Community and better than the previous. Denise Saxton to step up and help the Te Linnie says it takes months Cadets and their leaders donate “Now it is someone else’s [email protected] Awamutu Christmas Float Par- of work to organise such a big manpower and the team from turn.” 027 560 3901 ade committee put on the great event and no-one new is coming Central Cafe has got behind She also says there is too annual event. on board to learn the ropes, help running other events that comp- much responsibility for one per- And about a month later after out and eventually take over. lement the day. son, or a small committee, a handful of offers, the core She believes it would be best And the committee has help which is why a larger group committee members continue to if an existing group, with a and support from Te Awamutu would be a good option. [email protected] do all the work. stable membership, took over Community Public Relations Linnie has a background in This year is different — the the event. Organisation. event management and would core committee is now down to “We have great support and But she says promises from be happy to work with a new just three — Linnie Jones, Colin sponsorship from Gisler other businesses last year never group to bring them up to speed. Pinkerton and Bernard Architects and Pak’nSave do a came to fruition, or didn’t de- “But if no-one comes for- Westerbaan — and they are great job with the Family Picnic liver what was expected, and ward, the 2017 parade might be retiring. following the parade,” says there were other frustrations, the last for a while.” Last year Lynne Fenwick Linnie. such as securing ongoing had to resign from the commit- “Without Tim (Gisler) and funding and meeting all the ■ To find out more about taking tee when she won a new job and Mike (Goble) it wouldn’t have needs of Council.
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