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TIM OCONNELLDr Seuss reigned supreme on the

night but for two of the local entries in the Nelson Arts Festivals Masked Parade, having a moment in the sun in front of thousands was as good as any prize.

Nelson Citys CBD came to a standstill as 20,000 people bore witness to a walking potpourri of 3500 multi-hued, masked paraders interpreting this years book theme in their own unique way.

The 21st edition of the annu-al event followed the traditional route Trafalgar and Hardy Streets on Friday evening as characters from Alice in Wonderland, Where the Wild Things Are and George Orwell's 1984, amongst many other classics were the focus of attention on the streets.

For spectators wanting a sneak peak ahead of the official start time, Montgomery Square offered a mind-boggling opportunity to experience a concentrated view of the work undertaken by those involved and those behind the scenes.

So it was when the Guardian stopped to capture the pre-show buzz with one group from the district who were getting into the spirit of things before show time at 5:30pm.

2015 represented the first time that Tasman Gymnastics Club have entered the extravaganza,

with 32 children aged 5 to 12 years old dressing in colourful animal costumes, choosing the Charles Darwin book The Origin of the Species as their reference.

Parrots, monkeys, a cartwheel-ing zebra and lemurs, giant birds and a gorilla, a stilt-walking puke-ko and peacocks were eye catch-ing characters in the Tasman

entry- even Charles Darwin him-self had a cameo pushing the sound truck.

Prior to the event head teacher Samantha Slade was anticipating some good crowd interaction on the back of some hard work by the students.

The children have made their own masks and we will dance the entire way round. Our plan is to make people want to get up and move with us, to see feet tapping and heads nodding to our music as we go past, she said.

But as it happens when one is enjoying themselves, no sooner had the procession commenced, it was all done and dusted.

The whole thing was over really fast, the kids had an abso-lute ball though, she said in reflection.

I just wish we had more things like this during the year.

While Sam and her charges were making their first foray into masked madness, as reported last week Tapawera Area School were making a return to the parade in 2015 after several years absence from the festi-val opener. Their presence was certainly noticeable amongst the throng of entries, with their Lord of the Rings-themed and clev-erly designed masks a delight for spectators.

Nayland Primary School claimed the overall school prize and Kim Merry Supreme Award for their Lorax ensemble.Pictured: Bird is the word! Members of the Tasman Gymnastics Club get ready to hit the streets in their first appearance at the Masked Parade on Friday evening.

No masking of excitement in parade debut

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Black Grace is coming!Wow Black Grace is coming to Motueka! This Pacific

contemporary dance company is doing a 20 stop tour of the country and Motueka is one of four South Island centres its visiting. Founded in 1995 by Samoan/New Zealander Neil Ieremia the company has toured the world. Its dance crosses social, cultural and generational boundaries. Incredible strength, agility and stamina, simply faultless said Danceworld.com of New York in 2014. Tickets are $20 and will be on sale on the night of the show at Motuekas Memorial Hall from 6.30pm. The show begins an hour later. Whatta treat!

Tom Rowling to speakMotueka Historical Association announces that therell be

a talk on 24th October, at 1.30pm at Community House, in Decks Reserve and everyones welcome.

Tom Rowling will be talking about his career at sea which started at the Motueka Wharf.

This is part of the lead up to the launch of our book Motueka Wharf 100 years being launched February 2016, said member Coral Smith.

Moutere Artisans on showMoutere Artisans are looking forward to Labour Weekend

when many, but not all, will be open for three days. Theres everything from strawberries , mushrooms, wine and olives in Neudorf Road . And dotted about the Upper Moutere village and beyond are wonderful venues for art, more wine and food. Why not end your magical Moutere tour at the Moutere Inn with great music Monday afternoon from 3pm. All in all just a great way to spend your day. Check out the website www.moutereartisans.co.nz to be sure of every-ones open hours.

No worries!Spose the old perennial will be heard again shortly the

call to have our picturesque trees is Motuekas High Street culled! They are being a bit messy just now but how about looking upon it as a small inconvenience for the pleasure of having those majestic trees to give character to our other-wise bland main street? We all understand why you have petals on your floor. Soon it will all be over !

Waiting for after school kidsThe Motueka Recreation Centre has developed the Youth

Drop-in Lounge - a safe drop-in space for young people after school hours. The large room between the roller skating rink and the main sports arena has been fitted out with equipment.It opened last week, but patronage has been light as many people are unaware of its existence. It will be especially useful for parents who work and need a safe place for their kids to be occupied up till 5pm. Its a joint initiative by two Tasman Youth Council members, Tiegan Maru and Jordan Francios, and Sports Tasman who purchased the gear which includes a big TV, a DVD player, three comput-ers for doing homework, a table tennis table, a drum kit, electric guitar and two keyboards, and two dart boards. Its $2 per day. Theres been a lot said about how there is nowhere for kids to come and hang out, said Rec Centre manager Jody Maru Well, we are providing that space - whether or not they use it is entirely up to them.

Cabling completedDriving along High Street between the roundabout and

the clock tower the view is less obstructed by power lines now and Network Tasman has completed the under-grounding of all lines, with only the section between the clock tower and Whakarewa Street to be done later.It was necessary to upgrade and underground the cables from the roundabout first so that they would be able to carry the electrical load for the rest of High Street.While there Network Tasman also laid and strung fibre optic cabling so that it will carry the load once high speed internet arrives in town one day!

Get fishing!Jacob Lucas of Nelson / Marlborough Fish and Game

advises keen anglers to take advantage of the good fishing conditions over the next couple of months as our regions rivers are low and clear. Trout have been feeding with vigour and anglers have been capitalising on their fortune.

However he warns that the El Nino forecast may soon mean low flows and warm water temperatures and the end to the current great fishing.

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TIM OCONNELL Monday November

2nd sees the return of the Watties Cans Film Festival to theatres across New Zealand, with Motueka getting in on the action once again with a family screening of the popu-lar film Minions.

Cinemas have been taking part in the long-running charity part-nership for 22 years, and last year the local event drew over 90 people to the screen-ing on the back of their generous donations.

Manager of Community Ministries Motueka Trindi Walker is expecting another bumper crowd in 2015, and by extension, plenty of tinned goods to ultimately benefit those in need.

Free movie tickets and the sense of know-ing youve done your good deed for the day can be attained simply by dropping off a tin of baked beans or similar foodstuff to your local Salvation Army Family Store.

Naturally, the bigger the tin the better, but Trindi says that what-ever canned items are

brought in will be duly exchanged for a ticket to the 6pm screening at the Motueka State Cinema complex on Old Wharf Road.

She emphasises that ticket sales on the night will be few and far between given the popularity of the initiative and therefore early donation is the best way to secure a spot at the screening.

Moreover, Watties will match any dona-tion given to the ini-tiative, with all cans going directly to The Salvation Army for distribution within the local community.

The movie screen-ing is part of a dou-ble header for The Salvation Army, occur-ring the day after their Body and Soul fund-raising concert on the Sunday.

Trindi paid trib-ute to State Cinema Owner/Operator Mark Wentworth for his work not only in facilitating the annual screening at Motueka, but for his tireless Audio-Visual efforts at numerous events around town.

Hes a very gener-ous person who does

so much for the com-munity, and that needs to be acknowledged, she said.

A long time sup-porter of the Salvation Army and with years of association with the

Canned Film Festival Wentworth says he is once again happy to throw open the doors to the complex for a worthy cause, but recommends people donate the substantial

820g sized can variety to maximise the phil-anthropic value of the occasion. We want to do our bit for the community and were happy to help out Mrs Walker here, he says.

Giving tickets to the minions

Can you help? Trindi Walker from The Salvation Army ( left) wants to receive your Watties canned goods to be used for charitable deeds, and in return you will be given a ticket to the Watties Canned Film Festiival on Monday 2 November. The event is kindly being put on by Mark Wentworth (right) and the team at the Motueka State Cinema complex.

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Street talkPeople come from far and wide at this time of the year . We asked them what brings them to our part of the world?

Iva and VitaCzech Republic We are visiting friends and kite surfing

VanessaUpper MoutereLet us give thanks and have rever-ence fir the wonder and beauty of our earth home.

StephRiwakaRecently moved from Wellington I love being in a small town - new opportunities, see-ing family and peace

Nott and BeerThailandWe are here for a working holiday

ULC is a Danish/Irish Acoustic trio formed in 1998 and rep-resents a wealth of experience, which only comes from a long and deep rooted love of the various musical traditions they have been playing and performing over the past 30 years.

From the outset the band members felt it seemed more natural to combine the various music traditions they have been involved in rather than confine themselves to one particular genre.

Traditional Danish music from the 17th century, beautiful and haunting dance tunes from the island of Fan, songs from the Irish /Celtic tradition as well as American folk, bluegrass and swing music make up the bands extensive repertoire.

All of these tunes and songs are played with spirit, enthusi-asm and a sense of humour that characterises ULC.

Consisting of Danes Peter Uhrbrand and Sonnich Lyndom with transplanted Cork native,ULC are guests at the upcoming 50th Wellington Folk Festival, the inaugural Hawkes Bay Arts Festival and the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival .

The ULC Acoustic Trio hit the roads of New Zealand for three weeks of shows.

They will appear at the Moutere Inn in Upper Moutere on Labour Day Monday 26th October from 3.30pm. Its a free show but koha is requested.

Tuesday 27th the group will be at the Mussel Inn at 8pm $10Peter Uhrbrand: Fiddle. Peter Uhrbrand is acknowledged as

one of Denmarks most influential traditional musicians. Peter hails from Fan, a small island off the west coast of Denmark, which has a unique style and music tradition stretching back three hundred years.

Sonnich Lydom: Accordion and harmonica. Sonnich has been playing Irish and Danish traditional music since the early seventies. Sonnichs first introduction to traditional music was through his strong family ties on the island of Fan and this music has been a part of his repertoire ever since.

Seamus Cahill: Guitar, Bouzouki and Vocals. Seamus originally comes from Cork in Ireland but has settled in Denmark.

Both Peter and Sonnich have been bestowed with the honor-ary title of Rigsspillemand (traditional folk musician) in recogni-tion of their lifelong contribution to traditional Danish music.

ULC - a Danish/Irish Acoustic Trio

ULC trio from left Sonnich Lydom, Peter Uhrbrand, Seamus Cahill. Theyre performing at the Moutere Inn Monday and at the Mussel Inn Tuesday.

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JANE WELLSAlthough the hot weather is just beginning

Marys already sporting the beginnings of a sun tan. There she was walking along beneath the canopy of recently sprouted kiwi fruit vines, radio playing in her pouch with her eyes cast aloft look-ing for wayward branches.

This inspirational 76 year old woman who lives next to Rod Fry Limited in Swamp Road Riwaka is still hard at work in the fields. Surely this is what keeps her so fit, lively and young at heart.

Ive been very lucky. Ive had no ACC and no ill health. Id be lucky to have had two weeks off in 40 years.

A fortnight ago Mary Allred was sneakily enticed to the packing shed by her husband Ian and there she was delightfully surprised to find a group gathered in her honour to celebrate her 40 years of work with four genera-tions of the Fry family Roderick, Rod, Jarrod and Keaton.

I was blown away, said Mary. There was a layered chocolate cake and two very generous vouchers.

Ian, her husband of many moons and father to her five children, is 80 on New Years Eve. Hes still working weed spraying, mowing and driving delivery trucks in season. Its not just that the couple have built their home on Maori lease land that keeps them hard at it. Mary loves her work.

It was 1975 when Mary began. Before having her family shed worked at a Motueka chemist and later as a cashier at Woolworths but shes happiest outside.

All her children worked for the Frys at some stage during their school holidays.

Mary arrived during the very early days of Kiwi fruit so training hops and later putting them through the machine at harvest time and grading

Marys 40th surprise

tobacco took up most of her time. I was fulltime grading and pruning apples.

Soon after I started worked with kiwi fruit. Rod, Dee and me learned to graft kiwi fruit

together.Ive only missed one season in 40 years and

that was when Ian and I went to Canada and Alaska. And then over to the Northern Territory and across to Broome. It was too hot up there.

But Ian doesnt like flying any-more, so thats the end of that.

In early spring things arent hec-tic on the orchard so Marys man-aged a fortnights holiday. She spent most of it working in her beloved garden and keeping her brain active with her other love crosswords.

Autumns hectic. Then she works in the packing shed where shes head grader, sometimes she can work up to 54 hours - six days and two nights in a week.

Its something I love she said. I suppose I should retire sometime soon. Im always getting asked

when Im going to but I dont think Ill stop. One day Ill just work fewer hours.

Her bright yellow three year old Suzuki Quad runner has made life easier for Mary. On it she carts all her tools and strings. Its usually parked at the end of her working row.

Just now shes working amongst grafted G3 gold vines, removing two buds of each set of triples, leaving one main fruit, and training some vines across the bungees. Shes also checking for frost damage.

Last year the November hail created havoc amongst this orchard; the scars remain.

But were going to have a beautiful crop this year, she says.

Mary Allred at the work she loves in Frys Orchard, Swamp Road Riwaka.

Marys had 40 years of

work with four generations of Frys - Roderick, Rod, Jarrod and Keaton.


TIM OCONNELLA popular annual art show returns to Golden

Bay next week, celebrating the best of what the strong creative community has to offer and pro-viding inspiration to residents and visitors alike.

Showcasing exclusively local artists from Upper Takaka to Puponga and Wainui Bay to Anatori, the Bay Art event is back for another year with close to 100 entries expected for sub-mission.

Bay Art is an initiative of the Golden Bay Arts Council, who also run the Art Bank in Takaka CBD. The Art Bank was opened late 2014 to promote work by Golden Bay artists and has exhibitions running throughout the year.

Held at the larger venue of Golden Bay High School, the exhibition runs from 24th October

until 1 November and is open for browsing between 10am and 4pm each day.

Judging takes place on the 23rd with Suzy Peacock, Craig Potton and Dana Rose casting their erudite eyes over 2015s artistic efforts.

There is also a Viewers Choice prize which is voted on by the visitors to the exhibition.

Most artworks are for sale during this time, as it is with those regularly exhibited at the Art Bank premises. Keenly awaiting the next array of masterpieces to arrive, Organiser Sarah Kay is excited to see what themes and concepts will emerge in 2015.She says the key to the exhibi-tions popularity and success lies in the very accessible format of the works to the public, as well as the fact that every entry originates straight from the local community

A previous years entry which stands as an example of what lies in store for 2015, pictured is a mixed media collage by Marie Webby, Autumn Splendour.

Art showcase returning to Golden Bay

Saint Peter Chanel held their annual Mission Day at school on Tuesday, with each child bringing money earned from doing special tasks at home to spend on various food stalls run by students.The money raised on the day will be sent to assist with water and sanitisation projects in Madagascar, where upwards of 4000 chil-dren die each year from diseases caused by inadequate water quality.From left: Casey Iorns, Sam Carney, Bree OConnor, Zara Fox and Riley OConnor.

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The fundraising campaign for the covered Motueka Community Swimming Pool has taken off, with the first donation coming from one of the High School pool's regular users.

Jane Cumming recently wrote a cheque for $100 for the project, and now other donations and commitments from donors are beginning to come in.

For many years Jane has been one of the volunteers who open the High School pool for a couple of months each summer to supervise lane swimming by adults.

Although she is not a strong or competitive swimmer, all her life she has enjoyed swimming in school pools when keys were hired out. She has lived in Motueka since 1976.

"I just enjoy swimming for the exercise, and it will be great if we can have the pool covered and able to be used for most of the year," Jane says.

"At present I go with a friend into Richmond once a week to do lane swimming. It will save heaps of money in petrol to be able to do this in Motueka."

Jane saw the article in The Guardian a while back about the new project to enclose the High School pool, and decided, "yes, things are hap-pening now, so I will donate some money to help it happen".

Although the main public campaign will not officially kick off until early next year, already several thousand dollars in donations have been received by the newly formed committee.

This is added to money left over from fundrais-ing back nearly a decade ago, when the Motueka community was working to supplement funds promised by Tasman District Council to build a $5million new pool.

TDC subsequently dropped the project from its Long Term Plan, and what local money was left over after paying for plans and a feasibility study has been saved by Good Sports Motueka.

With assistance from Vision Motueka and a team of dedicated individuals, GSM is driving the new $1.2 million project to enclose the high school swimming pool and modernise it with changing facilities and heating.

The project got another boost last week when the Motueka Lionesses announced in the Guardian that all the proceeds from sales of their popular local phone book will be given to the pool fundraising.

The fundraising committee initially is approach-ing businesses and philanthropists for sponsor-ships and bedrock donations, and expect to begin some high-profile fundraising among the general public, including an Internet "Givealittle" campaign, early next year.

For now, though, anyone can follow Jane's example and make a donation by sending a cheque made out to Good Sports Motueka, to PO Box 1, Motueka.

For more details about the project, go to www.motuekaswimmingpool.nz Supplied

First drops in our pool

TIM OCONNELLThe Salvation

Armys second annu-al fundraiser for their Body and Soul pro-

gramme is set for Sunday November 1 at St Thomas Church, bringing music and performance as well

as involving the local community in bring-ing hope to those who need it. Extra signifi-cance is placed on the event with the organi-sation celebrating 125 years of service to the people of Motueka in 2015. Body and Soul is the weekly Thursday meal and fellowship put on by The Salvation Army in Motueka and is the main point of engagement locally

along with the food bank, womens minis-try and family store. To continue providing the same level of assist-ance, the concert has been organised to ensure that no one in the district misses out on a meal if they need it. The Motueka District Brass Band will com-bine with The Salvation Armys equivalent to play a few toe tappers, before the second half

of the afternoons pro-ceedings offering items from the community to round off the occasion.

Manager of Community Ministries Motueka Trindi Walker is hopeful of another good response from the community after a full house in 2014,with entertainment and afternoon tea for a koha donation.

The show starts at 3pm

Come and sing for their supper


TIM OCONNELLYou could say it was all about Aorere on

Friday as Collingwood Area School held their Show Day on the spacious grounds above the township, bringing almost everybody with two legs or four out to play. The yearly event has become a focal point of the schools calendar, offering a day out of the classroom to engage with the community but more importantly have a bit of fun.

The large playing field at the school offered ample room to do this and given the large farm-ing demographic within the area sheep, goats, chickens and dogs were popular guests of hon-our.

For those seeking a bit respite from the sun- which was pushing the mercury very close to the 20 degree mark- project displays by parents, teachers and students inside the school hall offered a colourful alternative to the agricultural or recreational activities.

Conventional art works and models combined with modern forms of expression, from floral art and sand tray modelling through to a selfie com-petition.One notable submission by a teacher was a blob-like potpourri collage, eloquently titled A mothers mind on show day. No doubt inspired by personal experience, the model was said to slowly collapse and disintegrate as the day goes on.

Fortunately, the energy of the children was sufficient to get right around the animals and make multiple descents on the black tarpaulin water slide, powered in typical Kiwi fashion with dishwashing liquid and a trusty adult holding the hose.

Once everyone had dried off and the more restless animals had been returned to more familiar pastures, it was time to hand out prizes for best in show or most meritorious.

Collingwood Show Day

Claire Sparrow and Tiana Olney with friend at the Collingwood Area School Show Day


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TIM OCONNELLA desire to repay

the communitys kind-ness was a catalyst in Motuekas Deputy Chief Fire Officer Mike Compton joining the service, but it is the team work and bond with his colleagues that has kept him there.

Compton was pre-sented with his Gold Star for 25 years of service last Saturday by Past President of the United Fire Brigades Association Dave MacFarlane, before around 100 assembled guests and family members.

The evening began in style with his parents and sister shar-ing the cus-tomary ride in the Fire truck from his home to the Motueka Volunteer Fire Brigade Rooms venue prior to the festivities.

Dad had never been for a ride in a fire engine before, so that was pretty special, he recalls.

The do was awe-some- I cant thank the brigade enough for what they put on for us.

Having spent 7 years in a care facility as a youngster, various trips and excursions within the community fostered an apprecia-tion for what was avail-able to a young man finding his way in the world.

More importantly, it gave him the resolve to give something back to the community, and so it transpired that the Fire Service offered such an opportunity.

A quarter century of service has seen Compton serve under three Fire Chiefs in Motueka- Jock Primmer- who first sug-gested Compton con-sider joining the Fire Service- Les Simpson and incumbent Mike Riddell.

Compton admits each has offered their own style from which he has learned some pearls of wisdom through the years.

Now having risen through the ranks himself, he is quick to heap praise on his col-leagues for their skills

and reliability when the alarm goes off.

Theres some good young members on board with us right now and if Mike is away and Im not there either, theyre certainly able to step up, he says.

Were just like a big family really- obvi-ously there are times when you dont always get along but when it comes to those big calls we tend to pull together and do a good job.

Also sharing the spotlight with Mike and the other esteemed honourees, Fire Fighter Robin Parkes of the Kaiteriteri Volunteer Fire Brigade was awarded the pres-

tigious Good Conduct and Long Service Medal at the ceremony, which is understood to be given under Royal Warrant.

Mr Parkes may be well known to locals as the man charged with attending to the mechanical needs of many through his auto-motive business that he started in 1976.

While the grease-monkeying torch has been passed onto younger hands these days as he settles into retirement, he can still be relied on to help in times of crisis, and this

was acknowledged on the night.

With Kaiteriteri being an Auxiliary service to Motueka, the crew of 10 are the eyes and ears to Riddell when it comes to emergen-cies at the beachside location.

As well as the strong camaraderie

that exists in all units of the Fire Service, Parkes says the sat-isfaction of providing that immediate assist-ance is what makes the role worthwhile.

Some incidents we attend can be pretty sad, especially now we go to medi-cal emergencies- but it is a great thrill to be thanked by the public once theyre better or when the ambulance takes over, he admits.

Beyond his fire serv-ice duties, Parkes keeps himself busy with regular visits to members of the com-munity- another serv-ice in connecting with the public that he feels is equally important in life.

Award recipients honoured at home

Deputy Chief Fire Officer for Motueka Volunteer Fire Brigade Mike Compton (Right) is awarded his Gold Star for 25 years serv-ice by Dave MacFarlane, Past President of United Fire Brigades Association.

There are times when you dont

always get along but when it comes to those big calls we tend to pull together and do a good job.


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TIM OCONNELLStories aplenty and regal elegance was the

order of the day as past and present members of the Pokororo Womens Group gathered at the Ngatimoti Fire Station Hall for a high tea to com-memorate their 60th birthday.

The group is as much about philanthropy as they are a social outlet for women in the Motueka Valley, with the heart of the group beating from their usual meeting point of the Pokororo Hall.

Placed at every seat was a small message which seems to be a mantra for how these ladies conduct themselves.

Let us be the first to give a friendly sign, to smile first, speak first, give first and if necessary- to forgive first.

Drawing on a wide cross section of the local community from farmers and artists to retirees and professionals, the current crop of approxi-mately 24 active members

Six decades of existence has brought about many significant donations to valley life, with contributions to the local library, purchasing of defibrillators and financial assistance to local charities some of the more recent examples of giving.

After attending one of the monthly meetings 15 years ago, celebration organiser Gloria Anderson has enjoyed every minute of her involvement.

First of all it makes you feel like part of the community- when someones unwell, theres a death in the family or a house burns down, were there for each other, she says.

Its really important when you live in a rural community to know your neighbours, to care about them and weve gained some life-long friendships by being involved.

Speaking to other women attending the cel-ebration, making friends in a somewhat isolated setting is indeed the most common reason for joining, especially those in the older demograph-ic who havent been able to make social contacts through school or family activities that younger generations would normally seek out.

If you move from town it can be quite isolating because you dont have that same social life as you were used to, says Guruvati Dyer, a mem-ber for 10 years.

One of the best friendship initiatives within the organisation is the implementation of a mystery friend, where each member is allocated a secret angel to offer gifts in times of need or on special occasions.

It is something that is enthusiastically embraced by all, although most admit it is very difficult getting things in and out of letterboxes without being noticed while other anecdotes told of gifts taken to the wrong address, or well-meant gifts ending up as melted assortments.

After years of providing food and beverages to incalculable community events Saturdays Right Royal Celebration saw the ladies replace their aprons with tiaras, fascinators and extravagant hats, leaving the catering to local supplier Food for Thought.

Sixty years of fun and philanthropy

Smiles and tiaras were essential dress for the ladies of the Pokororo Womens Group who celebrated their 60th birthday on Saturday.


Little four stroke motors at full revs rang out at Tapawera on Friday as students battled for brag-ging rights in the 3rd annual Top of the South Grass Kart Racing Challenge at Tapawera Area School.

A busy day for the school with the event coin-ciding with their return to the Masked Parade, the hosts were nonetheless well represented with three teams involved in the days racing including one all-girls team.

Twenty go karts, each made from scratch by Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) students, took to a track around the schools playing fields.

It was billed as a true test of engineering as well as driving skill with all karts made to exactly the same specifications as part of the students course and each powered by the same 6.5hp motor.

NMIT engineering tutor Kevin Edgar says while the contest is between individual teams it was also a personal challenge between the Top of the South Trades Academy engineering students and the Mechanical Engineering pre-trade stu-dents who are completing more formal qualifica-tions at NMIT. Ages ranged from 12 year olds to men in their 50s.

Youd expect the pre-trade students who study four days a week at NMIT to produce the better karts, but Kevin says its not necessarily so.

Itll be a real battle between them for bragging rights. Getting the steering right is the critical thing, he said.

The racing action featured a relay race of four karts at a time. After each lap, the karts have to be stopped and restarted as the next driver out of the four gets aboard for his turn.

After the event the karts are to be stripped down and the frames sold many to students whove caught the go kart bug over the past 12 months. The engines and other parts still fit for purpose will be re-used next year.

Tapawera Area School Principal Kelvin Woodley who was also instrumental in organis-ing the event along with the NMIT crew, said the day had gone amazingly well both in terms of the weather and the performance of the machines.

It certainly has its challenges but its been enormously well received, he said.

The event was eagerly anticipated part of the school calendar and Mr Woodley said that with Grass Karts a possible inclusion for the proposed Kohatu Park motorsport facility, the races exhib-ited the activity as an accessible entry into the world of motorsport.

I said to the kids that this is where go karting was at back in the sixties, where you could take an old lawn mower motor and the basic framing- now youre having to pay upwards of $3-5000 for a competitive kart, he said.

Despite Tapawera Area having the home advantage, it was the urbanites who took line honours, with the winning team emerging as Nelson College quintet James Perham, Tane Tinirau-Philps, Sean McShea, Jake King, and Sam Gillooly.

Students rev it up at grass karts

James Perham leaves Dillon Johns and Daniel Batchelor to eat dust in the Grass Kart challenge held at Tapawera Area School on Friday. Photo Supplied.

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Outside the library having a catch up on a brilliant spring day were Diane and Richard Hitchen, Lynette Fisher of Riwaka and Yvonne Primmer with her daughter, Anne-Maree Canton.

A joyous group at the end of Sunday mornings fantabulous game of rugby when the All Blacks completely outclassed the French 62 - 13 . Now were all set for the Southern Hemisphere semis. Heres hoping the ABs play with such skill and flair next week. Itll still be a nervous wait! Pictured Front row: Marion, Julie and Phil. Back: Pat and Charles.

Trixie, an ex rescue dog, Nicole Truman from Motueka and Peter Mayes of Stoke at the Nelson Ark stall in Motuekas High Street. The Ark pairs young people with rescue dogs and through training and care they learn they can make a difference in their own and others lives. Trixie was once a rescue dog but now shes Peters. The Nelson Ark has two nice looking dogs up for adoption www.thenel-sonark.co.nz

Adam Jasinski from New Plymouth and David Smale of Nelson enjoyed a chat from the shelter of the kaka beaks in Wallace Street. Adam, originally from Poland had come south to conduct the Nelson Symphony Orchestra in concert at Old St Johns last Saturday. David plays the French horn in the orchestra.

Nini Wooff, David Davison, Wayne Wooff and Mike Speak pause during a croquet game on Monday after-noon at the Riwaka Club. They are all looking forward to 28th October when they are playing Richmond for the resurrected Atkins Cup. Club Captain Mike said interest in croquet is growing and shortly a week-ly business house tournament will begin. Through this competiton last season the club gained some new members. Like to try croquet? Go to the green at Riwaka after 1.30pm Mondays. Theyd love to see you.

Still smiling after being run off their feet in the first game of touch for the season are Te Manawanui, LSharna, Katana, Kiriwai and Keilah. Heres to a few more evenings like the one we had on Thursday night at Riwakas Cemetery Grounds.


TIM OCONNELLTwenty four teams from around the greater

Tasman area brought a concentration of genius to Richmonds ASB Aquatic Centre over the weekend with the third running of the Ministry of Inspirations Regional Aquabots Competition.

Sunday mornings competition was the cul-mination of many weeks testing and refining of designs by students, with additional workshops run by the Ministry to provide some extra exper-tise.

Teams were required to steer their robots via remote control through an underwater obstacle course, before demonstrating the machines finesse through more movement-based tests such as shifting abacus beads.

Concurrently, judges assessed the human intelligence factor behind closed doors as stu-dents presented their methodology science-fair style with speeches and visual displays outlining the process and challenges faced when building their aquabots.

Motueka South School was one of the local teams who made the trip to Richmond, with two teams demonstrating their technical skills along with a handful of Tapawera, Mapua and Collingwood entries.

In the cauldron of pressure that was the pres-entation room, Jack Hall and Kayden Richards AKA Electric Eels explained the issues faced in their journey, from soldering dramas to a dimin-ishing of personnel.

There were five of us in the original team, however they couldnt stand the pressure and so we stood up took responsibility, Kayden began.

The build was pretty straightforward but while we followed the instructions, not everything went to plan.

The Aquabot programme has grown in stature since being brought over from the United States by Jay Inman, who was on hand to see the vari-ous efforts on show.

A $20,000 government grantsecured by Ministry of Inspiration Co-Founder Amy Cornelisen earlier in the year- has also enabled the programme to develop further.

Having all these teams here is amazing and its only going to get better, he said.

The carrot being dangled in front of the teams is certainly worth the toil- the chance to repre-sent New Zealand in the SeaPerch Aquabot Championships held Stateside at the University of Southern Louisiana, Baton Rouge.

However, fundraising is key to the winners chances of actually attending and in the three years that the Aquabots has been going only one team has managed to meet the mark financially.

MoI Co-Founder Leanne Pressman said the long term goal for the competition was to grow the reputation of the competition, which she hoped would subsequently lead to a more com-plex level of entry in the future.

Moreover, Pressman believed that encourag-ing aquabot excellence today could have huge long term benefits in areas such as water explo-ration.

Its a huge field potentially and one that New Zealand could do very well in, she said.

To some extent its much more about inge-nuity and ability than it is about the cost of the hardware.

That ingenuity was evident in all facets of the competition, with one team using a plastic hand to facilitate the minute navigation of the finesse course.

Pressman hoped that winning teams would return to the Ministrys flagship event, the Inspire Festival in April next year, to encourage the next generation to follow their robotic dream.

Aquabots come to life

Motueka South Schools representatives at the Regional Aquabot Competition in Richmond on Sunday: (L-R) Jack Hall, Kayden Richards, Maya Guerreo and Sammy Mayberry.

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Plant stallThe plant stall is a great place to get all your vege

seedlings. These plants have been lovingly tended by school parents over the past few months.

Silent auctionThis years Silent Auction is fantastic with a myriad of

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A bit of everythingThe White Elephant stalls got it all from palm trees to

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Vintage Motorcycles will intrigue many while the Morris Minors will be there again parading their treasures.

Food glorious foodFood of all sorts- gluten free, raw, Thai, whitebait, pig

spit, lamb spit, bbq, goat curry, sushi and every other kind of food you can think of including the famous festival cafe serving home made devonshire teas (supported by Anathoth Jam) , cakes savouries and Sublime Coffee.


EFTPOS available on siteLamb and pig spitsThe ever popular lamb and pig on a spit mean a group

of parents is on deck at 4am lighting the fires and begin-ning the cooking.

Kidzone funIn the Kidzone therell be fairground rides, bouncy

castles and zorb balls all reasonably priced and heaps of laughs.

A great music line upThe Music line up with something for every taste.Silhouette - Ngatimoti school bandRekindled Pursuit - Motueka High School rock bandFirebird Circus - Aerial silk/hoop display and circus

actLuke Liberty - classical acoustic ambient soundsThe Nelson Morris DancersRocksalt playing popular coversResonance an amazing didgeridoo and acoustic

guitar duo - Ross Pizzay and Lenny ChickTillerman - local original talentAnd local Harmony Aquarian will feature throughout

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Children benefit The last two festivals have raised $30,000 each, said

Principal Ali Turner. All the proceeds are spent around the school things like the new junior playground and the concrete rebound wall.

EFTPOS is available at the office. There were a lot of ponies and horses for the children to ride last year. Here Tabitha rides on Buttonswith Mum alongside. Chloe leads the pony.


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Above: No excuses for getting lost. This map and the scarecrows will get you there. Itll be a great day in the country and its only $2 entry. Theres plenty of parking very close by.

Children love the chance to cuddle the young animals. Therell be pony rides, lambs and kids to stroke. And Kidzone to visit sometime during the day with bouncy castles, zorb balls and lots of other fun activities.


Michaels magical masterpieceMichael Edwardes home in Flaxmore Road is in a

truly beautiful setting wonderful plantings, restful water, quirky wee buildings, and wonderful vistas everywhere you wan-der. Its a must see on the Motueka Toy Library Garden Trail to be held over two days on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1st November.

25 years ago

Its been more than 25 years in the making and its still being added to today. The latest whimsical building houses a seat atop an elevated site with views across the water to Mount Arthur and Crusader. This mound was created especially to give Michaels Copper Beech a perfect pozzie. The photograph is the view from the new seat.

Once a bog When Michael started out he had a flat boggy pad-

dock filled with reeds but today it is an undulating intrigu-ing environment. Getting the bone structure right is important, said Michael. Many of the contours were created using the rubbish!

19 beautiful gardens to exploreA self taught gardenerHe says hes a self taught gardener although his father

was a gardener who concentrated on plants. This a natural garden with an emphasis on tex-tured foliage.

120 rhodosBy the time the

Garden Show people come the rhododen-drons will be in the second flush. I have 120 of them.

Other favourites are maples and dog-woods. The dog-woods just emerging should be in their prime by the months end.

Last weekend Michael hosted

members of a Wellington garden club.

Dont miss MichaelsMichaels was a garden on the trail two years ago. His

place deserves to be seen by everyone on the Motueka Garden Trail. Youll be sad if you miss it. Its stunning , inspirational and fanciful.

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I can highly recommend the Toy Library. Its an awe-some resource to have locally and my children love it, said Melissa Gray, a committee member.

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Librarian MaryMary Russell loves her job. Shes the Toy Librarian.

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Chairperson LindaMary is a vital voice on the sub committee that choos-

es the new toys, said Chairperson Linda Morley.Last year the committee had 400 tickets printed and

sold at least 350. A few were given as complimentaries to thank people, Linda added.

Funds raised from the garden trail go for new toys and equipment.

Get your tickets soon!Tickets are $12 and come with an easy to read map.

Properties will be easily identified with the yellow and blue wind socks.

Refreshments en route The Tasman Store which has supported the Toy

Library by selling tickets is a neat pozzie to stop for a bite and coffee during your tour. Mrs Smiths Caf and Vegetables, the Jester House and Samaritas by the Sea in conjunction with the garden trail are all offering 10% off lunch purchase prices as you wander the trail.

Toy Library Hours Tuesday/Thursday mornings 10 - 11.30amWednesday afternoon 3 4.30pmSaturday morning 10 12 noon

Michael Edwardes beautiful peonies.

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This new business caters for everyoneBulk buyingMany of us despaired when Bin Inn left Motueka but

its o.k. theres a substitute right next to Chokdee in High Street Reddys Mini Mart. Now you wont find everything there yet but theyre working on it and already theres an impressive array of stock like bulk spices, rice, flour, dahl, lentils, sugar, breakfast cereals and loose tea. And an amazing selection of tinned tuna. In fact spend a bit of time there and youll notice all sorts of fascinating products unique to them and useful to you.

As cheap as possibleThe Reddy family own the business and although the

doors opened in June, it is keen for everyone to know what is stocked and for you to pop in. Their second son Anitesh is sometimes in the shop but during the week youll meet the quietly spoken Truc. Weekends parents, Subrail and Sarojini Reddy, are on deck.

We want to keep things as cheap as possible, said Anitesh.

Stocked bulk spic-es and herbs include chilli, tumeric, hot masala, ajwain seed, black pepper, black cardamom, coriander, ginger powder and cinnamon sticks. plus others.

Almonds, sultanas and raisins are availa-ble in large quantities.

Cheap flourTen kg of whole wheat flour at $16.50 is a bargain, as

is a kilo of Wagh Bakri Quality loose tea at $13.00. There are massive 20kg bags of Basamati rice, Anitesh says it will last a long time but suggests people buying jointly.

Ghee availableGhee is available in three different sizes, dahl mung

beans and lentils are also on sale, sunflower flour, semo-lina and self raising flour are stocked as is bulk white sugar.

Many from warmer climes use semolina as a basis for many meals like Ladoo and Halwa and all other ingredients youll need to make tasty dishes are stocked.

Easy mealsIf you want an easy

meal all in one pack-et try Jibeli Makel or Memoni Biryani.

Nice nibblesTasty nibbles with

a difference include mild and hot spicy peas, the spicy Fried Channa and the very popular Bhuja.

Pictured above are Subrail and Sarojini Reddy out-side their new shop next to Chokdee in Motuekas High Street. Many items within are available in bulk.


Westmeats productsWestmeats products - lamb shanks, whole chickens,

chicken nibbles and drum sticks, lamb shoulder chops and diced beef are all available. Its all Halal meat in one kg sizes, said Anitesh.

Great spicy saucesThe array of sauces is impressive, especially hot ones.

Its a great place to select from the range - Chilli garlic, green chill,hot chilli, and sweet and sour sauce. $3.99 is as much as youll pay. And theres authentic Chinese soy and fish sauce too.

Childrens snacksChildrens snacks are well priced at only 99cents.

Cheese flavoured Bongo and chicken flavoured Twisties are just right for popping into lunches. Theyll also enjoy Sunquick cordial.

CassavaMany of the products appeal to Pacific RSE workers.

Cassava sits in the freezer.

Why not go in and explore Reddys and see whats available? Theres just too much to mention.

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Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9.30am until 6pm

Saturday, Sunday 9.30am until 1pm

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Above: Truc who youll meet at Reddys during the week, displays some of the array of interesting sauces.

The sound of screeching wheels and whistles along with the smell of sweaty socks, skates and shirts were all forgotten as the Motueka Youth team gained their first victory at their first National Roller Hockey Championship that was held at Jubilee Stadium, Wanganui. Sport is unpredictable and whilst the chances of the team win-ning at their debut national tournament had the same odds as Japan beating South Africa in the RWC2015, the team did gain the interest and respect from teams as they worked together as a team with passion and a desire to win, gaining their first 4-3 win against the Wanganui Ladies team, who also were competing in their first national tournament. The team and supporters were cheering and yelling and you should have seen the expressions on our team, what a great effort for our first tournament and did it lift our game, states Tiegan.

It was also great to hear captain and goal scorer Noah Bramwell whose response to an interview after the match when asked who scored the goals stated the team did.

The Motueka Amateur Roller Skating Club is back in the national championship league for roller after host-ing a successful tournament at the Motueka Recreation Centre throughout Queens Birthday this year which was all the encouragement that was needed for the nine local players to journey to Wanganui last weekend to compete in the Roller Hockey New Zealand youth. Motueka has over past years won many national titles and has had a number of youth players representing New Zealand in the sport of roller hockey, but for this most recent Motueka entry it was all about fun and experience, but we will certainly take our first win, said Motueka Coach Tiegan Maru.

Tiegan said that the players and Club owe the opportu-nity to compete in this championship, (the last for 2015) to Pub Charity Ltd, Tasman District Council and Sport Tasman. It was about a $4,000 effort and the funding from our supporters has absolutely made the dreams of all those who attended come true. The players aged from 8yrs to 13yrs have an absolute opportunity like past Motueka teams to climb to the top in the country and to aspire to represent New Zealand in future international events, but for now our game plan is simply, train to play and play to have fun.

The 16 year old Motueka Coach has grown up around roller skating and hockey rinks having taken to the rink at the age of 4yrs participating in a winning Motueka Youth team some 12 years ago. Over the past 3 years she and younger brother Brodie have played in the Wellington Youth team who successfully placed first place at this weekends championship. It was a bit hard playing against my Motueka Youth team at the tournament, but they certainly played hard and Lila Scholes a 12yr old Motueka South pupil put me into the rail at one point, says Tiegan.

The Motueka Club now joins Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth and Papatoetoe as the five clubs around New Zealand who play the sport of Roller Hockey. It is however an exciting period for the sport as both New Zealand and Australia are working hard to promote and grow the sport. Roller hockey for youth in Motueka is played on Tuesdays at 4pm and on a Monday night from 6pm for secondary school students and above. We now have three dads of the children coming to the next senior night after seeing the sport played in Wanganui so we are well on our way to forming a Motueka Social senior team says Club President Brent Maru.

Noah Bramwell of Motueka makes a shot at goal at the recent Roller Hockey National Championship.

First win at nationals for Motueka roller hockey

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Motueka Womens Golf Results Best of the Best Womans 9 Hole competi-

tion held Motueka 16 October 2015.Division 1 Winner: Meredith Rayner 46-

MotuekaDivision 2 Runner up: Jill Gillian 50 Tasman Division 2 Winner: Bev Bradley 58 MotuekaDivision 2 Runner up: Kath Lally 62 Motueka

Motueka Golf Club Results. On Saturday we welcomed a new sponsor

to the Golf Club with Astrolabe Fashions spon-soring our stableford competition. We really appreciate your support. Another excellent field of both men and ladies competed.

Results were;Ladies1st Jan Overall 39 points2nd Jane Adams 37 Points3rd June Patching 37 Points4th Helen Dryden 34 Points Men1st Derek McKay 43 Points

Motueka RSA DartsDane 121 135 140 Mel 100X2 132Barry O 119F 140

Golf

BowlsMotueka Bowling ClubTwo Bowl Triples Tournament- Sponsor BNZ

Motueka1st Tom Closey, Yvonne Closey and Jill

Goulding 2nd Justine Cowman, Steve Ferguson and

Helen Douglas.3rd Albert Anderson, Bob Foster and Mal

Peacey.

Darts

BridgeMotueka Bridge ClubNorth/ South Carolyn Gatenby & Charmaine Satherley

59.72%Brian Field & Adrienne Paine 59.03%Ann Cegarra & Mary McCallum57.99%East/ WestVicki Adnams & Joan Lloyd 60.71%Janet Howell Chris Sutton 55.56%Robyn Hitchcock & Malcolm MacLeod 53.57%Handicap ResultsNorth/ SouthBrian Field & Adrienne Paine 62.89%Carolyn Gatenby & Charmaine Satherley

60.32%Ann Cegarra & Mary McCallum 58.00%East/ WestRobyn Hitchcock & Malcolm MacLeod 60.79%

Touch

Touch was all go and underway at Riwaka on Thursday, with teams putting on an entertaining display for the first week of competition. Above: Asher Delany of Waewaenuku makes a break while Canaan Neha supports intently.

2nd Paul Hay 42 Points3rd Peter Taylor 42 Points4th Bryan McKay 40 Points5th Doug Anderson 39 Points6th Ian Buchanan 39 Points7th Brent Thomson 36 Points8th Tema Faifua 36 Points9th Rex Edwards 36 Points10th Barry Riordan 35 Points Closest to the Pin.Men Tema FaifuaLadies Penny VincentThere was only one Two and that was scored

by Kevin Riddle.Tasman Golf Club

Results from the days play Saturday 17 October:

Club Champs final:Junior AMark Lutterman over Gary Blair 3 and 1 Junior B John Gillan over Alan Tait 5 and 4The rest of the field played a net round: First on a net 60 Jim Hunter Second with net 63 Ross Beattie Third with a net 64 Wayne Robinson Nearest the Pin: Ross Stevenson Twos: Just the one, Ross StevensonNext week is Life Members Day, an Irish

Stableford off the red tees. Dont forget, the Kina Open is fast approach-

ing, so get your entries in now.Tasman Womens

9 hole womens Best Nett with 4 clubs and a putter 19th October winner Analee Emery, 2nd Norma Clark. 18 hole womens Flag Match 19th October Judi Salisbury blew the match away on a very windy day.

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NEW Dentures, relines and repairs. Phone John Turnock 528 6769.

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The sale of 11 60-year-old cabins from the Motueka Top 10 Holiday Park will make space for updated accommodation for holiday-makers.We are selling the old cabins in order to create room for 10 new cabins, which will increase the number of cabin beds from 33 to 50. The money from the sale will go back into the holiday park upgrade, which also includes improvements to roading and drainage.The old cabins all have Residual Current Devices (RCDs) and are fully wired so they can be powered easily on other sites.The cabins are for sale by tender, and tenders close at 4.00 pm on 13 November 2015. Purchasers will be responsible for removing the cabins from the holiday park, using an authorised removal party.To register interest and request a tender pack, contact:Rhonda Marshall, Administration Ocer Commercial Tasman District Council, 189 Queen Street, Richmond 7050Or Email: [email protected].

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ALWAYS Buying and selling good tidy cars. Finance and trades welcome. Open 7 days. Motor-eka Ltd, 8 Whakarewa Street (next to McDonald's). Phone 528 8885. www.motoreka.co.nz

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guardianthe28 WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2015 Sport

There was a gentle breeze in Motueka on Friday afternoon when a convoy of vehicles from Motueka High School Athletics Academy headed off to Saxton Field for the opening night of the Twilight Athletics season.

It was a low key start but it was a chance to see if the hours of running the roads during the winter months were going to pay dividends.

The National Secondary School Champs are to be held in Timaru in December so this

was also the next step for those athletes who have qualified.

Any thoughts of opening the season with a personal best were whisked away as quickly as the wind that was howling down the front straight of Saxton.

The sprints were all held with a headwind which at times gust-ed up to 7.7m/s, meaning the times were slower. The competi-tion was still fierce though and Camryn Smart opened her sea-son with a good win in the 1st heat of the womens 60m.

Headwind at opening twilight athletic meet

Izzy Neal pipped Amanda Fitisemanu in the second heat and Fletcher Pickworth and Connor Bithell took out their respective heats. Connors very smart 7.97 seconds was into a 7.6 m/sec wind so hes looking very good for a strong season.

The 100m heats had the same winners with Izzy again head-ing off Amanda in the top wom-ens heat.The Javelin event was keenly contested in the gusty conditions with newcomer Taylor Mae Robinson throwing well.

Coach Tony Aitkenhead is pleased with the number of young javelin throwers he has, particularly in this Junior Girls category.

There are a number of girls here who are really stepping up.

Kai Mason showed hes been working hard in the off season and took out both the Shotput and Discus events. Young Lachie Leppien threw really well in his first Twilight meet to come in sec-ond behind Nelsons Joe Ford in the U14 discus and April Young

won a closely contested U14 girls event.

The final event of the night was a brutal 400m event which Coach Aitkenhead wisely decid-ed to reduce to a 300m training run and the athletes relished the back straight tail wind with-out having to head back into it again to finish.The most exciting aspect of this years Academy is the number of new young athletes coming onto the scene. It appears the future of Motueka Athletics is in very good hands.

Above : Action from the opening of the twilight athletics season saw Motueka High School Athletic Academy on Friday night . At left is Connor Bithell leading Jacob Bryan in the 60m. Right: Izzy Neal, Katie Thompson (Nelson), Jade Kenning, Kelsey Barrett, Livvy Strub and Amada Fitisemanu leave the 100m blocks behind. Photos: Grant Bryan

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