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ALL SET: Vern Powell and Bill Wheeler are hoping they can do battle at the Oakwoods Village Scooterkana today. Photo: Teresa Hattan.

The fists aren’t likely to come out in this battle, but you never can tell.Today, if the weather permits, Oakwoods Village will be hosting their annual Scooterkana. The event is based along the “streets” of the village and is aimed at those in the care facility and the villas.Vern Powell has been a resident at Oakwoods since 1989 and he says he loves participating in the Scooterkana. But this year his daughter is visiting, so Vern isn’t sure if he will be able to make it but he has decorated his mobility scooter just in case. The afternoon, as well as being skill based, also provides a lot of fun for the residents.Often a lot of preparation goes into creating the colourful

speed demons.Residents find they are able to dress their mobility scoot-ers up with all sorts of things. Bright balloons and soft toys feature heavily, with the odd noise maker thrown in for good measure. Today the Scooterkana will feature a relay, a rally, an ob-stacle course, a slalom and a skills section. This provides variety for the residents, who are able to experience the rush of racing and also the ability to learn new things. These skills help the residents when they are moving about the facility and when they are out visiting. The day will finish with a “celebrity race” which sees staff race each other.

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High rates halt ‘vibrant’ CBD entrance A plan to revamp the en-trances of the Richmond shopping district has been put on the back burner by Tasman District Council.The work has been de-ferred by TDC in its draft annual plan in a bid to re-duce the finanical burdon on ratepayers. In last week’s Waimea Weekly it was re-vealed the proposed rate increase for ratepayers will be around seven percent.For Richmond Unlimited, the marketing arm of the Richmond business com-munity, the news is anoth-er setback in its attempts to bring more business into town. “We’ve been pushing for the gateways for some time and we’ll continue to push for it,” says Richmond Un-limited chairman Andrew McGlashen. Council had planned to undertake a project to improve the entrance to Richmond and the central business area in the next financial year. The cost of the project was estimated at around $412,720. Coun-

cil is now proposing to defer the work until the 2012/2013 year. Having significant gate-ways into communities is important according to Andrew, and vital for re-tailers. “Unfortunately with the road layout if you’re not knowledgeable of the area a lot of tourists do end up bypassing us.”When you look at the money initially budgeted for the upgrade, Andrew says Richmond Unlim-ited can see why council would need to make cuts to spending and why it would need to be planned for. “As I see with the health budg-et, it’s not a bottomless pit.”Tasman mayor Richard Kempthorne says council needed to identify spend-ing areas that could be cut to keep the rate increase down.“It would have been nice to do it but we needed to cut discretionary spend-ing.”Richard says council in-tend to keep the project on the list and it will get done in the future.

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This week Tasman teenagers are completing a driving awareness course so we ask, is the driving age appropriate and are these courses a good idea?

Luke Brumwell.

“The courses are a good idea. It’s not about the age you start driving, it’s about making sure they have the skills so they can drive well.”

Nessie Low.

“If they live in the country and need it that age [15] is alright, otherwise no. Courses would help but they’ve got to be tak-en out and taught, they can’t just jump in a car and go.”

Khan Bell.

“16 would be a more appro-priate age. You’re more expe-rienced when you’re that age. Doing a course would be a good idea.”

Trudy Holland.

“Driver safety courses are a good idea and 15 is too young. Getting your license is some-thing you need to achieve, it can’t be a given.”

* Tasman District Council’s Draft Annual Plan is now available for public consultation and feedback, prior to Council making any chang-es, as a result of the consultation, and adopting the final Annual Plan in June 2011. This can be done via the website at tasman.govt.nz or by calling into any of the Council offices.

* Thirty-five firefighters battled a forest fire that burned about five hectares in the Moutere hills on Sunday night. The fire, reported just after 11pm, was deep in a 20-year-old pine planta-tion belonging to Hancock Forestry Manage-ment. Staff from the forestry company joined crews from Upper Moutere, Mapua and Mo-tueka volunteer fire brigades, as well as Appleby and Tasman rural fire forces.

At least two Tasman District council-lors and other notables are fronting up to be pilloried - and they say it’s all for a good cause. Proceeds from games at the Last of the Summer Fare, on this Friday, will go to the Red Cross Earthquake ap-peal, and since the theme of the food and drink festival this year is medi-eval, the “games” will include a set of stocks. Plenty of laughs will be on hand as those who have put their hand up to be padlocked in and pelted with wet sponges include Tasman District councillors Kit Maling and Judene Edgar, Richmond Mall manager Da-vid Hill, Andrew McGlashen of Rich-mond Unlimited, and Waimea Week-

ly's very own Steve Page.For the price of a gold-coin donation, fare patrons can also take part in apple bobbing, horseshoe throwing, skit-tles and other games. The Richmond event also features a Lords and Ladies fashion parade, and prizes are up for grabs for best medieval costumes.All those attended are encouraged to drag out their wimples, ruffs or old sack cloths and be in with a chance to win. Well-known band Cutty Wren are set to provide the music this year. The fare, made famous for its fantas-tic food, drink and entertainment, starts at 5.30pm in Sundial Square, Richmond. The event caters for all the family so make sure to get along early to catch all the action.

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READY TO GO: Murchison Playcentre children Jay Thomson, 4, Ryan Elliott, 4, Caelan Siobhan, 3, and Ortwin Struve, 4, prepare the 4WDs for their trip up the Glenroy Valley. The Playcentre was able to raise $650 on the day and would like to thank Guillym and Donna Thurlow who gave permission to use their property.

Richmond police are thrilled they are able to re-port a drop in overall crime. Officer in charge for Waimea John Price is prais-ing the help of the community for reducing the rate of crime in the Richmond area over the past 12 months.“There are signs pointing to a reduction in most classes of crime. This is a positive as the town is growing.”John says it is great to see a drop in areas of concern to the public, which was damage to property and vandalism. “This is tracking down as well.”There are a number of reasons why this is happening accord-ing to John.These reasons are both related to the actions carried out by police and what the commu-nity has also been able to do.“We have made a concerted effort to look into alcohol and youth and we are now taking a very low tolerance to underage drinking in public and breach-es in liquor bans.”John also thinks publicity around this type of crime has affected people’s behaviour. “Richmond also has an active community patrol in place which is working,” says John.This community patrol has been in affect for a number of years and is run by volunteers from the community. The patrol is run through Rich-mond and the surrounding districts on Friday and Saturday nights.There are a wide variety of reasons for this drop in crime but John also believes having a lot of the people who were committing the crimes now out

of circulation is also having an effect.Community awareness about suspicious activity is also being praised by police.“There is a good level of community awareness in Richmond. People are reporting suspicious

behaviour and groups of people behaving badly.”John says the community can take a pat on the back for the help they provide the local po-lice.“Crime is a community prob-lem; we just help people to work out the issues associated with the crime.”Police and the public should be pleased that these positive results are starting to show through, says John.But there are still a few things the community can do to lower the level of crime in town even further.“People still don’t lock their houses when they go out or they leave valuables in plain view in their car.”Doing this just attracts unwant-ed behaviour according to John. “If we could get people to not

do these things then as a community we could do even better in terms of the amount of crime.” - There are several alternative ways to report crimes in your area. The adoption of Crimestoppers 16 months ago in New Zealand was done to assist the police and other law enforcement with solving crime making it easier to catch criminals. If you have information about criminal activity you can give that information anonymously to Crimestop-pers on 0800 555 111. Otherwise, Richmond Police Station can be contacted on 543-9507.

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Two Nelson dance crews have proved they can boogie with the best of them.Origin and Fuzion, two crews from Onset Hip Hop based at Fargher Academy of Dance, placed in the top three at the Street Dance New Zealand South Island and Welling-ton championships earlier this month. Lisa Dalziel, 17, is a member of Origin dance crew and says their result was a huge achievement. Origin missed out on first place by 0.01 points in the hotly contested varsity sec-tion (13-17 years) with a score of 7.29. The Wellington team that took out the varsity section, Emerge, represented New Zealand at the World Hip Hop Championships last year and are currently ranked ninth in

the world. Origin has been together for two and a half years and train around three times a week. Lisa says being involved in hip hop is a lot of fun, but it isn’t easy. “We train hard but play hard. It’s always good going to a competition know-ing you’ve worked hard and you can get the rewards from working hard.”The team will now be working towards the nationals held in Auckland early next month and their fundraiser concert on April 6. This concert is being held in the Broadgreen Intermediate Hall from 7.30pm. Children and students tickets are $5 and adults are $8. Tickets are available from [email protected].


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DANCE MAD: Two Nelson dance crews, as part of Onset Hip Hop, won awards at the recent SDNZ Wellington/South Island Championships. Both Origin and Fuzion crews, which included from back, Abbey, Ashleigh, Georgi-na, Hannah, Kendall, Abi, Lisa, Tyler, Bridie-Rose, Mikaela, Hayley, Courtney, Meila, Jordana, CJ, Lucy and Kayla, came back from the competition with placings. Photo: Teresa Hattan.

Dance crew secures a ticket to nationals

Letters to the editorI was interested to read your story containing quotes implying that Nelson City Council’s rates rises were due to cuts in core spending. Nothing could be further from the truth – as even the quickest examination of our draft annual plan will show. The reduced capital expenditure reported was simply that our Long Term Plan had projected the construction of the proposed performing arts centre (and which was under formal consideration at the time of putting the plan together two years ago) proceeding in this coming financial year, which obviously it isn’t. Clearly the two Councils have quite different ways of re-porting their rates levels which leads to some common misunderstandings over comparisons between the two. Some basic (unarguable) facts might aid a better un-derstanding. A good way for readers to think about this is that on a per capita basis, actually, there really isn’t very much difference at all between the two Councils in terms of the level of rates being paid; ratepayers in both Council areas are paying around the national average. There is, though, a considerable difference in the debt owed by the two Councils: as at 31st December 2010, Nelson City Council debt levels stood at $42m com-pared to the Tasman District Council debt at $118m. I hope this goes some way toward helping to under-stand any comparisons drawn between the two Coun-cils. Quite simply, for the record, Nelson City Council is currently proposing the lowest rates and charges rise in 20 years in Nelson and that arises mainly from an array of ongoing savings in interest rates and other op-erational efficiencies.

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Nelson Lakes Gliding Club is having a soaring season, starting with 'Flying Week' in mid Feb-ruary where pilots from all over join the local boys to fly the great mountains of Nelson Lakes National Park. On February 27 club pilots Jerry O'Neill and Frank Saxton ran a concentrated six day train-ing course at St Arnaud for six new people - four of whom went solo by the end of the course. This was followed by a 'Gliding Open Day' co-inciding with the Classic Boat Show at Rotoiti. Twenty five trial flights were made that day giving the public a taste of the thrill of gliding. The winch-launch is pretty exciting as it takes the glider to 1700ft above the strip in under a minute. Two more open days are to be held at Motueka Airport on April 30 and May 1 and will give more locals a chance for a glider flight.Club President Jeremy Glasgow and April Rumsey assisted at the training course which included safety briefings, flying training and lectures and videos.Course participants completed approximately 20 flights and were able to log about five hours flying time. Each student was given at least a one hour soaring flight in the mountains to show what the sport is about. These courses dramatically reduce the time required to go solo and reduce the cost by ap-proximately one third.

Jerry ONeill also runs two cross country flying courses. One is a basic course generally run at Hororata that is aimed at people who have yet to do a Silver C 50km flight. This course teaches the basic safety skills like flight preparation and planning, out landing techniques and how to choose suitable landing paddocks from the air. The other is an advanced course and is run from Omarama. This is a combined mountain flying and cross country course and is aimed at people who want to do a 300km Gold C flight. The main thrust of the course is to teach people how to fly gliders safely in the mountains.

READY TO GO: Nelson Lakes Gliding Club chief instructor Rob Corlett, from Mapua, gets ready to go flying. Photo: Tim Cuff.

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The Out & About camera was at several events this week in-cluding a community lunch in Wakefield on Thursday, which just happened to be St Patricks Day. Thursday evening was busy in Richmond at several of the local watering holes as those who have Irish blood came out for a pint of Guinness. A dance at the Richmond Town Hall on Friday evening for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake saw several people make the trip over from Motueka. A handful of locals were there though, so we caught up with them. A func-tion at Bowaters over the week-end featured a famous face, see if you can spot them. Remember, if you have a function or event you could like to feature here on the Out & About page, email us at [email protected] or ring 544-9037.

Paul Tregurtha, Nancye Wearing and Melba and Wes Green on Thursday.

Allan and Joy Wasley at the community lunch.

Peter Cash, Jim Frater, Ian Forker and Hanan Satherley

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Annette Curtis, Jill and Grahame

Reid and Jill Palmer catch their breath.

Rosalie Dickinson and Bryce and June Wild look to head

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The aromatic smell of coffee now wafts through Richmond Fresh Choice.The new coffee cart, Express Lane, has been well re-ceived by customers according to owner Gary Wat-son. “It’s a good thing because of the convenience for customers. It also provides another experience while they’re shopping in the mall,” says Gary.Barista Stefan Miller says he can provide customers with nice simple coffees and espressos.Gary says the cart is going well so far and manage-ment have decided to bring in special deals for their customers. “If they spend $100 in the shop, they will get a free small coffee as a thank-you.”Stefan will also be the smiling face customers see when the walk in the doors. “He doesn’t make too bad a coffee either,” says Gary.

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Ronald pops into RichmondRonald McDonald proved popular with the re-gion’s young people over the weekend.Two shows were held at the Richmond Mall on Saturday so children could meet the face of Mc-Donalds.With just under 300 children attending the free shows Richmond McDonalds owner Glen John-son is hailing the day a success.Two bikes were donated by the Richmond Mall and were given away. One of the lucky winners was Jack Morris, who was thrilled to receive a new set of wheels.Village Cycles will also provide a free service to the winners to keep their bikes in tip top shape.

SHOW TIME: Ronald McDonald visits kids in Richmond last week.


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DRIVER TRAINING: Waimea College students Stewart Cooper, 15, Ta-hila Brooks, 15, Corey Bosecke, 15, and Francesco Cheruseo, 15, spent Monday at the A & P Showgrounds on Monday brushing up on their driving awareness. Photo: Teresa Hattan.

Students learn harsh truth about drivingReducing your speed will save your life. This was drummed into Year 11 Waimea College students on Mon-day as they took part in a Rotary Youth Driving Awareness course.The project, which sees all Year 11 students from colleges across the Tasman and Nelson regions spend a day learning about driving safety, is aimed at preventing disasters on the road.

The programme was held at the A & P Showgrounds in Richmond and students took part in six different activities.Police held a session on decisions and the Brain Injury Trust passed on information about crashes.A hazards, distractions and risks session was then held and an inter-active demonstration on breaking distances had the smoke flying.

Most people retire at 65, but not Athalie Gill.The Richmond resident has spent the past 40 years working in the same nursery.Athalie began her time at what is now Vibrant Earth under Cam and Doug Simpson on their Beach Rd property.She says she got the job after Cam looked down the row of houses backing on to the nursery and asked her because she seemed the only one who enjoyed working outside. “I just started by do-ing a bit of part time weeding but it wasn’t very long and I was in to taking cuttings and getting out orders.”Mary Duncan then took over at Beach Rd and before long was looking for a new property. This was found on Main Rd Hope. Athalie has since gone back to part time work. She says the best part about the job over the years is the variety. “I’ve done most things and I’ve really liked it all but now I mainly do dis-patches.”Athalie says she would never have thought she would stay in the one job for so long. “I was thinking when I was approaching 65 ‘do I want to retire?’. It keeps me motivated, it gives me exercise and I enjoy it.” And it doesn’t look like Athalie will be retiring any time soon. The major change over the past 40 years for Athalie has been the upgrades with technol-ogy. “When I started we used to do the potting into the planter bags with a bin of mix and a fire shovel and then plant the plant, but now

they’ve got a potting machine.” In those days there weren’t computers either and Athalie says these have made the world of difference. Mary says it’s wonderful to have someone like Athalie around. “Having the reassurance of hav-ing someone like Athalie there has been a really stabilizing and reliable thing for me.”Mary says with Athalie there she knows things will be okay. “One of the things that has always struck me about Athalie is that things are never a problem. She can immediately see the benefits. To have that beside you when you’re running a business is very valuable. I’ve got huge respect for the loyalty she’s given the company.”Mary says her committed employee is quite remarkable. “She’s a bit of an icon with vari-ous people within the industry who know her. There are a lot of qualities about Athalie that I think we can be quite envious of.”


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It seems that every second person I have spoken to recently has put an emergency kit together.Through the media we have re-ceived a daily diet of destruction and heartache – and many of us have been personally affect-ed, having loved ones living in Christchurch.Many of the people interviewed following the disaster have re-minded us that it is at times like this the question of what is really important in life comes sharply into focus. The answer hasn’t so much to do with material posses-sions but with those things which cannot be replaced once lost: family members, colleagues and beautiful relationships.It is not surprising that many of us have pre-pared emergency kits – actually it is being sensible and responsible as indeed we are in other areas of our lives. When we were ex-pecting our children, we put lots of planning and joyful preparation into the big event. One of the ‘privileges’ of owning a vehicle is to pay vehicle registration and road user charges,

and ensure the warrant and insurance is current. We have entered the season of Lent, a 40 day period from Ash Wednesday to Easter during which we retrace Christ’s walk to Calvary and the empty tomb. This journey (especially as we consider the implications

of Calvary) challenges us to get our lives in order and to reorder our priorities in the light of God’s love and Christ’s sacrifice.In our parish this Lent we are reading our way through Rick Warren’s ‘The Purpose Driven Life’, a 40 day study which ad-dresses the question “What on earth am I here for?” I have been through this programme before and I view it as a bit like keeping my spiritual warrant of fitness up to date. We may have our emer-gency kits at the ready for when disaster strikes, but how pre-

pared are we for that day when we pass from time into eternity? Consider for a moment how we prepare in advance for an overseas trip, sorting out such things as our passport and vaccinations. If we put care and prepara-tion into the question of where we will spend eternity – if we are clear about what on earth we are here for – then we would be fully pre-pared for the greatest journey of all.

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Newest gym experts in RichmondCLM Health and Fitness is looking forward to being the newest gym experts in Richmond.There is now only 10 weeks to go till the ASB Aquatic Centre CLM Health and Fitness gym opens.Gym bunnies and those eager to join early will get a good deal if the sign up for a gym membership prior to the opening.All that needs to be done is simply visit the centre’s website and

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TOUCH: Waimea College student Holly Young has been selected in the New Zealand under 15 mixed touch team for their tour of Australia in September. Holly joins a group of Nelson based players picked in the squad after a strong cam-paign at the New Zealand Championship in Palmerston North.

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KAITERITERI GOLD: Richmond woman Mary Eggers placed second in the Kaiteriteri Gold half marathon walk held over the week-end. She crossed the finish line in two hours 28 minutes and 16 seconds. Winner of the event was Nelson’s Wendy Healey. There were over 250 en-trants over all categories at this year’s event. Nel-son Events now switch to the trails for their next running event. There are still places available for the Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, for more information visit nelsonevents.co.nz.

ON THE TELLY: Waimea College netballers Megan Thomson, 16, and Jordan Webby, 16, are both excited to be playing in the curtain raiser this Sunday before the Pulse v New South Wales Swifts game. Photo: Teresa Hattan.

Waimea College netball girls make television debutThey say the camera adds 10 pounds but Waimea College netballers certainly won’t be thinking about that as they take to the court this weekend.The college Wellington squad will be taking on Havelock North in the curtain raiser for the Pulse versus New South Wales Swifts netball game this Sunday. This game will then be screened on Sky television on Monday night.Team members Megan Thomson and Jordan Webby, both 16, say the team were asked to play because of their performance at the South Island Secondary Schools tournament and being the

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Brendon Barnett added another bow to his string as he confirmed his status as Nelson's fastest school boy, as well as predictably claiming the long jump title at the Nelson Marlborough Secondary School Athletics Championship last week. However, an injury setback could now rule him out of the New Zealand Track and Field Championship in Dunedin this weekend.

The 16 year-old Waimea College student is the current New Zealand Men 16 long jump record holder and na-tional secondary school champion but he made hard work of the 100 metre sprint at the Tasman inter-school final.He was able to just pip Nelson College's Alistair Adams in the dying centimetres to win in a time of 11.2 seconds, despite a heavily strapped leg after suffering shin splints. “I'm usually more explosive than him seeing he's a 400m runner and I thought that I was going to have him over the first 80m and he'd creep me back. But I thought he was going to beat me so I just had to go hard,” says Brendon.Brendon jumped 6.39m to win the long jump, more than one meter over his closest opponent, but his leg injuries made his performance a cautious one, just jumping to win. He capped off an outstanding day at Saxton Oval with second place in javelin, 46.33m, shot put, 12.07m and the 200m sprint.Previous to the inter-school meet, Brendon jumped 7.19m at the Track Meet 4 Christchurch in Wellington, a distance that now qualifies him for the IAAF World Youth Athletics Champi-onship in Lille, France in July. Brendon says he is extremely confident he will be fit in time for this major event.The impressive performances look to be peaking at just the right time for the rising star of Athletics Nelson for na-tionals this Friday.But his inclusion is unlikely at best, with his doctor ordering that he does not compete and instead recovers and focuses on the build up for France a couple of weeks earlier than scheduled. Ironically, Alistair, who finished second in the 100m last week now looks set to take his spot in the 4x100m relay team.Brendon has already been contacted by Athletics New Zealand to confirm he has met the qualifying distance for World Youths, although the squad is officially named after the New Zealand Championship.If selected, it will be the first time Bren-don has represented New Zealand and to cover costs he is looking for local sponsorship to help ease the $11,000

needed for the month in Europe. If you are interested in sponsoring the hottest long jumping talent to come out of Nelson, you can contact him via his email address - [email protected]. In total, 11 records were broken at the Nelson Marlbor-ough Secondary School Championship. Some of the high-lights from the Tasman athletes came from Joel Ross of Waimea College who broke the under-16 boys 800m re-cord in a time of two minutes 2.7 seconds, Emily Jensen who broke the under 16 girls triple jump with 10.60m, Garin College prospect Jeff Lautenslager ran nine minutes 47.9 seconds in the under 15 boys 3000m and Tapawera Area School student Chris Brake broke two records with an outstanding jump of 1.86m in the under 16 boys high jump and 12.87m in the triple jump.

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IN THE FAST LANE: Waimea College student Brendon Barnett, 16, competes in the 100m at the Nelson Marlborough Secondary School Athletics Championship. Photo: Phillip Rollo.

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One moment can make or break a game and unfortunately for Stables Waimea Old Boys it signaled a defeat against Galbraith Group Nelson in the opening round of the Car Company Senior A rug-by competition.Down 17-15 with only seven minutes left on the clock, a James Lowe pass was in-tercepted with an awaiting overlap and the try line begging. Nelson's speedster Kim Bateman cruelly made Waimea pay, sprinting 70 meters to score, although James desperately tried to hunt him down after letting the game slip away.Andrew Goodman then put the icing on the cake with a 50 meter penalty on full-time to seal the 27-15 victory.But Waimea captain Ben Coman says they can take plenty of positives out of the loss against the perennial favourites. “We’ve got a few new faces so for them to come together like that, I'm pretty happy. Although it wasn't ideal to come away without a win,” he says.Tasman Makos halfback Kaide Whit-ing was the star for Waimea and despite

picking up an early injury to his ankle he soldiered on for the majority of the game. His trademark sniping runs created plen-ty of opportunities for the away side and his try in the opening five minutes of the game put plenty of pressure on a Nelson side full of expectation. But a heavy tackle punishing his right ankle sent him to the sidelines early. He could be a huge loss for the opening rounds of the competition.James, Trael Joass, Andrew Leatham and Phil Gibson all impressed on debut in the backline and there were no signs of the missing experience provided by the de-parted duo of Blair Cook and James Ka-mana, the latter on Super 15 duties with the Lions in South Africa.A huge fight broke out midway through the second spell with number eight Leal-oha Musika sent to the bin for punching. Ben says it's just boys taking out their frustration. “We don't condone it but we're not going to stand there and take it either.”Despite a defeat, Waimea can take confi-dence out of their first clash of the season with capitalizing on opportunities and a crooked lineout being the major concern.

OFF THE BACK: Waimea Old Boys halfback Kaide Whiting picks the ball off the back of the scrum in Waimea’s season opener on Saturday. Photo: Phillip Rollo.

Derby win against Nelson slips through WOB’s fingers at Neale ParkPhillip Rollo

THERE’S THE GAP: Ben Coman tries to slot through two Nelson players on his way up the field. Photo: Phillip Rollo.

When Nelson's ever present openside flank-er Mitchell Thwaites was yellow carded in the first half, Waimea were camped on the try line but failed to score. One moment that will play in the minds of Waimea overnight. “There was probably a few opportunities. We created the chances so we'll put some polish on it and come back at home against Stoke next week.”Half time score: 17-8.

Waimea Senior B’sThe Super Liquor Waimea Senior B’s had more luck than their fellow club men with a win over the weekend.Lead by prop Tim Hikuroa, Waimea domi-nated the match and staked an early claim to win back the division 2 title they lost to Marist in last years final.Nelson was unable to get on the board with a white-wash going all Waimea’s way and sev-eral players were able to cross the line twice. Try scorers were J Vailauv, 2, Ben Jeffrey, 2,

Mike Bates, 2, Callum Hart and Brad Crisp.Joe Higgins, Brad Crisp and Jaime Galloway successfully slotted the conversions. Unfor-tunatly for Nelson, they were really only able to get into their opposition’s 22 twice.The final score was 49-0.

* This weekend sees the club’s first home game - Stables Waimea Thirds have a pre-season game against Waimea College 1st XV starting at 12 noon. Following this are the Super Liquor Senior B’s at 1.15pm and the Stables Senior A’s at 3pm - some good rugby action at Jubilee Park this weekend.

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Jelena Vucinic made three steals in just two minutes court time as the Louisiana Tech University Lady Techsters crashed out of the NCAA tournament recently.Louisiana Tech were defeated 76-51 in the opening round of the tournament by Rutgers, and while the former Waimea College student will be pleased with her sniping efforts she was disappointed to be knocked out. “Mainly because we know how much better we were and we were disappointed because we couldn’t perform on the day. We might have not won but we knew that we could at least make it a much closer game than it was,” says Jelena.Jelena played 11 games throughout the season, an impressive tally in her freshman year. All told, Jelena made four steals and 1.3 points per game in the regular season.

The three steals against Rutgers was her season best.The NCAA tournament game was shown live on national television in the United States.The Lady Techsters program hit the 1000 wins milestone this season - only the second wom-en’s basketball program to reach that mark - after their Western Athletic Conference semi final victory over Nevada in Las Vegas and Je-lena says that history making victory was her highlight of the year. She also marked Nevada’s top player Tahnee Robinson during the game.Jelena will be returning to New Zealand dur-ing the winter but she will now be finishing up her school year before getting back on the court for offseason training. “Now that I know what is needed to play at this level I feel I can come back ready to get into it.”

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WAY2GO Richmond Recreation Centre ProgrammesEASY BEAT Exercise Mondays & Fridays 9am to 10am $4. SHAPEUP Group fitness circuit Mondays & Fridays 10.30am to 11.30am $3. WALKING GROUP meet 9.30 every Monday (Free)NEW Walking Circuit starting soon $3. CLUB50 social recreation group for older adults $2. 9 Cambridge Street, Richmond. For more info phone 5443955Parent Centre WorkshopTaming Your Toddler Tue 29 March & Tue 5 April @ 7.30pm. Strategies to manage behaviour. Practical play ideas. Qualified speakers. $30 non members, $10 members Linda 5449668Sprig&Fern -Christchurch Quiz Night fundraiserQuiz starts at 8(ish) every Wednesday at the Sprig & Fern in Hardy St. It costs just $3 per player but you are obviously welcome to give more. We have decided to add the proceeds from all of our quiz evenings in March to the funds we already have with the aim of raising several thousand dollars for Christchurch. This is a larger sum than usual but with support, we’re sure we can do it.The Soroptimists - Waimea Fashion ShowWe are putting on a fashion show on 6 April in the Richmond Community Church, Warring Car Park conjunction with Beetees Fashions, Whitwell shoes Motueka and Fields Florist - Richmond - tickets $15. Some of the proceeds will go towards the Christchurch Appeal. All welcome.Waimea Tramping ClubDay trip Sunday 27 March, Cloustons Mine and Gordons Pyramid, medium, Ph Bob 548 2548 or Robert 544 0142. Weekend trip 2-4 April, Granity Pass Hut & Mt Owen, fitness, Ph Ken 548 9897 or Bob 548 2548Mountain Safety Council Nelson Programme 2011. Next Branch meeting Tuesday 12th April. *MSC/ODL Course info night 13th April. *Abseil Introduction, 21-22 May. *Firearms-HUNTS Course, weekly 9th June onwards. *Outdoor First Aid, 26-27 March, 10-11 Sept, $150. *ODFA Revalidation, 13th Aug $85. *Outdoor Leader Course, Info night 13th April, weekly from 30th May, Assessment 23-24 July, $280. *Risk Management Course, 25-26 June, $120. *River Safety Course, 14th May $25. For more info visit www.mountainsafety.org.nz/training & select Nelson Branch or call 547 2426.Gifted Education: Small PoppiesPoppy Peek session for Small Poppies! If your 3 to 6 year old is bright and needs MORE learning excitement - bring them to our assessment on April 15th. Gifted Education - One Day School for primary school children and SMALL POPPIES for preschoolers can help your bright child flourish! Contact www.GiftedEducation.org.nz. For Info call 03-544-2788 or email [email protected] Meditation & BuddhismIntroduction to Meditation Reduce stress and

enhance well-being Tues Evenings 7-8.30pm 29 March. Hearing Association Rooms, 354 Trafalgar Sq; Nelson $10/class. Chat about Buddhism Explore Buddhist philosophy to enhance well being Includes meditation. Thurs Morns 10.30-12 noon 17 March Arcadia Organics Café; 265 High St Motueka $10/class. Details Alan Chandrakirti Meditation Centre (03)5432021Craft Potters - Hope.2 day pottery workshop with Ross Richards 26/27 March. $60. Various techniques throwing and decorating. Book ph. 544.5172, e-mail [email protected]. [email protected] House Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Admission by donation. Paws Dog Show and Music in the Park (Highland Band) Sunday 27 March, starting 2pm. Admission free.Mountain Bike ChallengeSun April 3, Family Fun Day, Tapawera, 11am, 3 courses - 15km, 22km, 27km, $5 child, $10 adult, $25 family, etnry forms at cycle shops or www.tapawera.school.nzDestination Nelson LakesFind out what’s happening in your region. All residents and batch owners welcome. Rotoiti community hall St Arnaud. Mon 4 April 7pm to 8.30pm. Your 10cts is worth gold to us.Info contact 021 180 4358.Cornwall CelebrationSat 26 March Wesley Centre, 4 Wensley Rd; Richmond. (opp TDC) . 2 pm- 3 .30 pm An afternoon of Cornish humour, music, and film, concluding with a traditional afternoon tea. Donation for Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. All welcome Democratic SchoolCalling all parents and teachers interested in a new school for Nelson.Democratic School Nelson, information evening with Verena Gruner. Victory Community Center, Friday April 8 7-9pm, Koha $2. Ph Lara for more information on 548-2095Wine auction & picnicpm, 2 April at Woollaston Winery, Old Coach Road, Mahana. Proceeds to Nelson Labour Party and Christchurch Earthquake Relief. Entry $10. Music, BYO picnic, meet Maryan Street. Ph. 5457282. Richmond Greenacres Golf ClubMixed Vets Day – Monday 28 March. Report by 9.30 for 10.00am start. Entry Fee: $6 Enquiries Mavis 547 6626 or Elaine 544 5227Morris Minor Car ClubTo of the South club meets Sunday 27 March 11.30am Top10 Holiday Park Motueka BYO lunch. Tiki tour to follow, interested? Contact Julie 5473316 or Trevor 5268884Mountain Bike ChallengeSun 3 April, Family Fun Day, Tapawera, 11 am, 3 courses – 15km, 22km, 27km, $5 child, $10 adult, $25 family, entry forms at cycle shops or www.tapawera.school.nz.REGULAR EVENTSHighland Pipe Band

The Richmond and Districts Highland Pipe Band welcome all to their Tuesday evening sessions from 6pm in the Richmond Town Hall. Phone Joy on 544-8200 for more information.Lions Club meets fortnightly for dinner and social or business, Tuesdays 5.45pm to 8.30pm. Any men or ladies interested to attend are welcome. Ring John on 542-3032, Bob on 544-0441 or Alison on 544-2505 for more information. “We serve your community”.Nelson Canoe ClubRolling & skills practice - Tuesday night pool sessions 7 - 8:30pm at Riverside Pool. Members with no instruction $5, Members with instruction $10, Non-members with no instruction $10, Non-members with instruction provided $20. Information or to book instruction [email protected] Isel House Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Admission by donation.Learn To Speak With ConfidenceLet us motivate and encourage you to step outside of your comfort zone and gain the skills and confidence you need. Join Powertalk International - Club Waimea - meets in Annesbrook twice a month in a friendly environment. For more information please phone Peggy 539 0477 or Yvonne 544 6350Celebrate RecoveryThis support programme is to promote change in ourselves & to free us from our self confessed “hurts”, “hang-ups” and “habits. We meet every Wednesday 6.00pm in The Centre, 23A Salisbury Rd Richmond. Ph Jacquie or Bob on 538 0282Choose to loseA support group for those wishing to lose weight meets every Thurs 11.00am at The Centre 23A Salisbury Rd Richmond, gold coin donation only, for info phone De 547 4717 or 027 698 8726Richmond Spinners & WeaversSpinners meet 9.30am every 2nd & 4th Thurs. Weavers meet 9.30am every 3rdThurs. 7pm evety 2nd Mon evening. Venue – Birch Hall A&P grounds. Ph Diane 547 6517 or June 545 6466Computers For Over 50s – SeniornetThis month’s speaker - Grant Sidaway, Executive Officer of NZ SeniorNets. “Information at your Fingertips - Smart Phones for Smart People?” 2pm, Wed 9th Mar, SeniorNet rooms, Pioneers Park, Hastings StScottish Country DancingRichmond’s new season at St David’s Church Hall every Monday. Details Christine 544-0902Saxton ‘Sit and Be FitSeated Exercise Class. Saxton Stadium Mondays 10am $4. Improve your flexibility, muscle-tone, co-ordination and have fun. Ph instructor Leigh Dalzell on 548 1689.Coffee Mornings1st & 3rd Thursday of every month. Alchemy Cafe Bateup Rd, Richmond. If you are new in town come and join us for some coffee and conversation. Contact Mike 5447906.

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