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Last Wednesday, 54 recruits from RNZAF Woodbourne headed to Omaka Cemetery.

There, using a mixture of flour, salt, white vinegar, and a whole lot of elbow grease - the airmen cleaned, polished, and lacquered a portion of the RSA plaques found in the cemetery.

This timely process took an entire day for the recruits to complete. Continued on page 2.

RNZAF airmen Storm Bambus and Vicky Warth spent all of last Wednesday helping restore RSA plaques at the Omaka Cemetary.

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RNZAF Flight sergeant Robert Kesby says that the practice of coming to Omaka Cemetery and cleaning the graves started a few years ago, and happens once per recruitment course.

“Officers come do it too, during their course,” Robert says.

“We do this to cultivate a sense of connection with the local community.”

The plaques number approximately 200. Before the paste is applied, the plaque must be cleaned with clean water, and scrubbed vigorously of dirt and muck.

Afterwards, the paste is applied with a paint brush, with a smaller brush used to get in between the words. The paste is then left on for two hours, as to properly remove the tarnish. Finally, the paste is removed by paper towels, and the plaque is cleaned

again with clean water and a hard brush.

The RNZAF recruits work from 8.50am until 3pm, with a break for lunch; a sausage sizzle that is provided by the RSA. Reporter Frances Chin spoke with several RNZAF recruits about their thoughts regarding the process of restoring the plaques.

“I think a lot of people respect the RSA on ANZAC day, but there’s not a lot of others that think about them during other times,” says Airman Coen Bligh. “It’s good to do this whenever you can.”

“I think it’s our history.

We’ve got to remember who came before us,” adds Airman Nate Crosswell.

“It helps us appreciate their service,” says Airman Foloi Maanaima. “We’re paying it back to them, and paying our respects,” Airman Charlotte Stevens adds.

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Put some food aside for the Foodbank Appeal

By Frances Chin

Marlburians can start gathering their tinned foods and boxes of cereal, as the annual Foodbank Street Appeal is fast approaching.

On the night of Monday November 23, collectors will travel all over Marlborough led by fire truck, collecting non-perishable goods to go to the Marlborough Foodbank.

For the fourteenth year running, 350 collectors will travel to Blenheim, Picton, Renwick, Havelock, Grovetown, Spring Creek, Rarangi, and Seddon on the Monday night.

Locals will need to keep their ears to the ground, as tell-tale sirens will herald the fire truck’s approach.

Volunteers will follow the fire truck, wearing high vis and collecting donations.

Non perishable food items such as soup mixes, cans, tins, rice, cereal and oats will all be gratefully received.

Marlborough Youth Trust will be providing volunteers on the night, “to help lift heavy boxes,” coordinator Jo Lane jokes.

Despite Marlborough not being as badly affected by COVID-19 to the extent that larger populaces have been, Foodbank manager Wynnie Cosgrove says that this year has seen an increase of large families being referred to the service.

“Families are feeding more people,” Wynnie says. “Lots of

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Bark-Up and speed shearing The Woody Speedshear is just around the corner, and there’s still time for registrations.

This hugely popular event is set for next Saturday (November 7) and will feature the Bark-Up at 6.30pm followed by the Speed Shear. There’s an array of great prizes up for grabs including cash in the Open, Senior and Teams sections.

Registrations will be taken before or on the night at the Woodbourne Tavern.

Live music from Grumpy Monkey will follow.

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Reuben Molnar, Jo Lane, Wynnie Cosgrove, and Georgia Watt are part of the organising team for this year’s Foodbank Street Appeal. This event takes place in the evening of November 23.

people are in need.”

The appeal still needs an additional 400 Banana boxes, Jo says.

Banana boxes are the only box strong enough to carry the non-perishables without breaking.

Plans have been made for po-

tential changes on the night, with November 30 the postponement date in the case of rain.

If New Zealand moves into Alert Level 2, the collection will take place via social distancing.

After the street appeal has ended, collection bins will be

found in local supermarkets.

“This helps bolster our stocks over our Christmas period,” Wynnie says.

Last year over 650 boxes of food were collected, and an increase of 20percent received in money donations.

Eye-watering results from water meter test runs An early water meter trial in Marlborough found one house in Havelock leaking 30,000 litres a week. New results show two houses leaking that a day.

Properties in Havelock and Renwick will, from July next year, start paying for how much

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water they use, but the trials and test runs to get the scheme over the line continue to throw up eye-watering results.

One property in Havelock has been found using 33,000 litres of water a day, while another is going through 28,000 litres of

water a day.

The test results from Renwick showed a house leaking 67,200 litres of water a day.

A council spokeswoman said the source of Havelock’s two worst leaks had been found and were being patched up.

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The council notified owners “as a courtesy” when there was evidence of a significant leak, but it was up to property owners to find and repair them, she said. Some of the 62 properties with leaks were zoned commercial.

Blenheim Police are seeking information that could lead to the recovery of a set of remote traffic lights taken from a worksite located at the corner of Battys Road and New Renwick Road.

Police posted about the theft on social media last Wednesday.

The lights are owned by Fulton Hogan and part of the roadworks at the intersection where a new roundabout is being constructed.

Paint, eat and sip to fundraise Tickets have gone on sale for one of the Life Education Trust Marlborough’s more craftier fundraising events – the Eat, Sip & Paint with Sarah Higgins.

Sarah, a local artist who does a lot with watercolours, is the guest artist who will help participants to create their own artwork.

The event will be held at Sweet Creations in Blenheim on Saturday, November 21 at 7pm and will include wine, a selection of desserts and the painting.

There will also be a fun auction on the night in support of the Life Education Trust Marlborough.

A limited number of tickets cost $85 per person and can be purchased by emailing charnay.lifeed@gmail.com or phoning 021 112 9720.

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Council suspicious over converted shed

By Chloe Ranford, Local Democracy Reporter

A Marlborough couple who promised to no longer live in their converted shed had their building papers declined after the council suspected it would still be used for more than storage.

The Marlborough District Council told the couple their “easiest option” was to return the shed – with a bedroom, living area and kitchen – to its “original condition” by removing the internal linings and insulation they had installed.

The shed’s owner, who did not want to be named, said he was also told to take the drywall boards off the inside of the walls, which he refused to do because it would cost so much.

The couple, who live on the outskirts of Havelock, last year asked to make the two “store [or] office” rooms in their shed compliant after

being “narked on” by someone for living in it.

“Once we got called out [for living in the shed] then we decided we had to comply with what the council said,” the owner said.

Inspectors visited the site in August last year and noted the shed was being used as a makeshift “sleepout” – a breach of Building Code standards.

The couple said the following month that the rooms would be used for storage going forwards. The council later declined their certificate of acceptance application, saying the shed was a low risk to human health and “not fit for human habitation”.

The council revealed earlier this year that the number of small dwellings, or ‘tiny homes’, caught flouting building rules was rising. Tiny homes included converted containers, purpose-built constructions and converted out-buildings, like sheds.

While the jury was still out on whether moveable dwellings were buildings or vehicles, immoveable dwellings were buildings and re-

quired consent before renovations took place.

Works completed without consent could be made legal under a certificate of acceptance if they complied with the Building Act. The couple asked for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)’s opinion last October, to settle the issue.

In their evidence to the ministry, the pair admitted they had lived in the shed while building their house, but said they had since moved into a caravan and wanted the shed for storage.

They had realised living in the shed was “not legal” despite there being a consented shower and toilet on their property.

But the council argued the shed’s use as an office – one of the two uses the couple originally applied for – changed it from an ‘out-building’ to a ‘commercial building’ which had “vastly different” compliance rules and was still human habitation.

It also said there were other reasons

The couple say the shed’s two rooms will now be used for storage.

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the application was refused, such as items that failed to meet building standards.

Ministry determinations manager Katie Gordon said in her judgement while the council was “correct to be concerned” about human habitation, its refusal was incorrectly based on how the shed would be used, rather than if it was compliant.

Its refusal also did not make it clear to the couple that the council thought the shed’s usage had changed. It had also inadequately described what

building works did not comply.

The council and couple must agree on what the shed would be used for before the application was reassessed, Gordon said.

A council spokesman said the owners were issued a certificate of acceptance in August this year after the council had completed its assessments, in line with the determination.

The owner said he had framed the ministry’s determination and hung it on a wall.

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Battle against wilding pines ramps up

By Chloe Ranford, Local Democracy Reporter

In the palm of Jaquetta Bradshaw’s hand is a sapling with the power to dry rivers, start bush fires and kill off native life.

It’s a wilding pine. The same tree that helped spread fires at Lake Ōhau village and Lake Pukaki in the last two months.

With their quick and dense growth, wilding pines aggressively out-compete New Zealand natives and habitats, turning Marlborough’s mountain tops from gold to green.

The sapling’s “mother tree” – now dead – likely sailed 10 kilometres on the wind from Black Birch Reserve as a seed. Some seeds germinated as far as 50km from their parents.

But not if the South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust gets its way. The trust, where Jaquetta is co-ordinator, received Government funding last month to continue its battle against wilding pines, including $115,000 for The Ned, near Blenheim.

It also won $86,700 from the Department of Conservation (DOC) in August to control pines in the Ferny Gair/Black Birch area,

by The Ned. This was being added to funds from Yealands Estate, as the area fed drinking water to Seddon.

During a helicopter flight over the area Jaquetta explained the threat. “People think mountain plants are hardy, but mountains are very fragile environments. Plants are slow to grow here, so when conifers come, they win.”

The trust looks after 10 management areas in South Marlborough, each with its own pine control programme, covering about 870,000ha of “steep, dry and high” farm land.

Terrain was so difficult to access that experienced pest controllers like Andrew Withers had to be flown in.

Once there, Andrew and his team trim back wilding pines with chainsaws, drill holes in the trunks and inject them with herbicide.

Saplings are pulled out by hand.

“We can also boom spray trees, which is

when poison is sprayed from a line of nozzles out of a helicopter,” he said.

Cutting down a tree was not enough. The fallen pine could still produce seeds and would prevent stock from grazing.

The trust has cleaned up over 80,000ha to date with the help of landowners and the Lotteries Commission.

Work on The Ned, a 20,000ha area, will begin next month.

Over the mountains, in the Molesworth Station, the trust is working with the Marlborough District Council and other stakeholders to protect the 180,800ha farm from the pines – a project that received a $3.04 million windfall last month.

The trust aims to reduce wilding pine numbers in South Marlborough by 2030, in line with national objectives. It needs $100,000 alone to finish the Awatere area, where Jaquetta found the sapling.

But in the Branch/Leatham, Molesworth and Waihopai Valley areas wilding pines were planted in the 1950s and 1960s to prevent erosion.

The Branch/Leatham - which fed water into the Wairau River and therefore local vineyards – had one of the worst pine infestations in New Zealand and was next on the trust’s to-do list.

Trust chair and vineyard owner John Oswald said the pines were “thirsty” and could dry up downstream waterways. Fires fed by the pines could also taint grapes with smoke.

Left unchecked, wilding pines would spread to another 7.5 million hectares of land, costing $4.6 billion over 50 years.

The Marlborough Sounds Restoration Trust was awarded $355,000 by the Government last month to continue its “successful” pine programme, in its 12th year.

The trust had already killed off pines on D’Urville Island and the outer Pelorus Sound, with the help of DOC, landowners, businesses and the council.

People wanting to volunteer for the South Marlborough Landscape Restoration Trust could email info@marlboroughrestoration. org.nz.

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Letters to the Ed

Walkers vs cyclists I think it is disrespectful that several cyclists using public walkways that are known as “footpath” and don’t warn a walking person of their intention to pass.

Walkers do not have rearview mirrors!

Walkers frequently do not hear an approaching cyclist from behind, and in my experience in recent months, approximately 80 percent of cyclists go rushing past without giving warning.

I have seen some frail elderly walking along the Taylor river reserve, endeavouring to maintain fitness through exercise.

Goodness knows how they feel when a bike rushes past from behind.

Perhaps those fast-riding cyclists should get off their bikes and walk along these public walkways to remind themselves of the experience.

Hey, thank you to those who are considerate and take a moment to warn of your presence or move off the path.

And, yes, I have ridden bikes hundreds of miles in my younger life when all bikes had bells and we respected one another more.

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They must be signed and a street address provided to show good faith, even when a nom de plume is provided for publication.

The editor reserves the right to abridge letters or withhold letters from publication.

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Leave Taylor River for the dogs

Traffic lights for Blenheim

Thank you Russell.

I have walked with unleashed dogs at the Taylor River for many years and have never seen any problems.

We are as responsible dog owners to make sure our dogs get regular exersise.

Many people use this area as dogs like to be social (so do their owners ) to play and it is the ONLY place they can swim.

Friday between 4.30 & 5.30pm 16 dogs running, chasing balls, swimming & fetching sticks, only 1 dog on lead.

If for some reason you don’t like dogs there

The letter last week calling for traffic light instead of roundabouts is illogical.

Ever sat at traffic lights at a Christchurch intersection where you are facing a red, while it is green for other lanes then it goes through other phases you know finally it’s turns green for you?

Roundabouts allow traffic to go as soon as it’s clear.

Much more efficient. When I mention to city dwellers that Blenheim has no traffic lights, they’re amazed and envious.

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are Parks, Wither Hills and all streets, no unleashed dogs there.

Bikes wanting to go fast you have all roads and cycle tracks, if you want to use the Taylor River please slow down and keep it safe for all.

As for the suggestion of Burleigh Bridge area, too far for seniors and walk ways not so good - nowhere for dogs to swim.

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He korero no te Kaunihera o Wairau NEWS FROM THE MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council services on Marlborough Anniversary Day Marlborough District Council’s Blenheim office and Picton Service Centre is closed on Marlborough Anniversary Day, Monday 2 November 2020.

Kerbside refuse and recycling Rubbish and recycling scheduled to be collected on Monday 2 November will be collected on Tuesday 3 November.

Transfer Stations Blenheim Transfer Station, Resource Recovery, Re-use Centres and Greenwaste facility and composting will be open between 8.00 am and 4.30 pm. The E-Waste collection facility will be closed.

Picton Transfer Station is open between 8.00 am and 4.00 pm.

Havelock Transfer Station is open between 8.00 am and 2.00 pm.

Seddon, Rai Valley and Wairau Valley transfer stations are closed.

Landfill The landfill is open between 7.30 am and midday.

Libraries Marlborough District Library and Picton Library and Service Centre are closed.

Bus services There are no bus services on Monday 2 November.

Last call for Community Grants applications Applications for Round 2 of the Council’s Community Grants close at 5.00 pm tomorrow, Friday 30 October.

Applications for funding from notfor-profit organisations providing services to the Marlborough community from the following sectors are invited: • Arts and Culture • Community Welfare/Social Services • Environment • Heritage • Sport and Recreation In 2020 the Community Grants Fund was increased to $500,000 to assist organisations impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. This funding is allocated over two funding rounds with the first round now completed.

For Round 2 there are two funding

options available - COVID-19 Support Grants for organisations that have suffered a loss of income and the usual Council Community Grants.

Please refer to the criteria and information sheets relevant to each grant option on our website.

Applications must be for projects and services that meet the criteria for the funding and be of direct benefit to the people of Marlborough.

Applications can be completed online at Council’s website: www.marlborough.govt.nz/ourcommunity/grants-and-awards For further information please contact: Lyne Reeves, Community Development Advisor, or, Jodie Griffiths, Community Development Support on Ph: 03 520 7400.

Work starts on Blenheim sewer upgrade Work to upgrade the sewerage network in the North of Blenheim is underway with construction beginning on Tuesday.

Schick Civil Construction have been appointed to carry out the project and are on-site at Fulton Street where the first stage of the project will start. The work along Fulton Street will reduce the traffic flow to one way, and motorists in the area should plan for minor delays.

Assets and Services Manager Richard Coningham says the $13.7m project will provide for future residential growth of 700 homes.

“The Blenheim sewerage upgrade will increase sewer and pump station capacities, reduce the effects of inflow and infiltration on the sewer network and reduce sewer overflow frequency,” he said.

“Our region has enjoyed steady growth over the last decade. While Council has zoned extensive land areas, infrastructure upgrades like this one are required to meet demand and satisfy the growing need for housing,” he said.

Once the Fulton Street stretch of work has been completed in late December, the focus will shift to Budge Street.

That work involves replacing sections of gravity and pressure sewers and service connections and the replacement of pump stations.

The Budge Street (West) pump station and the McLauchlan Street pump station will be rebuilt to manage the additional sewerage flow. The Nelson Street pump station on the corner of Nelson and Bomford streets will be replaced with a new Bomford Street pump station, the most significant element of the project.

The upgrade will result in two sewer crossings over culverted sections of Fulton Creek, as well as crossings of State Highway 1 at the Budge Street intersection and State Highway 6 at the Bomford Street intersection.

Local sub-contracting companies including Edridge Contracting, TC Nicholls, CMT Group and Aotea Electrical will be used throughout the 18-month project.

Young poets celebrate the Taylor River The Taylor River Writers’ Walk is an inspired idea that began at Springlands School in 2010.

Now, many Marlborough schools participate each year and the winning poet’s work is recognised with a plaque placed on a boulder in the river reserve.

Mayor John Leggett was on hand last week to celebrate this year’s three winning student poets – Finn Maskill from Marlborough Boys’ College and Sativa Scott and McKenzie Haronga from Spring Creek School (pictured).

“The Taylor River Reserve walkway is a popular place and never more so than during the recent lockdown, when more people than ever visited.

Your wonderful poetry will provide thought-provoking messages for people to discover for years to come.”

“Thank you to all the schools who have participated and also to Geoffrey T Sowman Funeral Directors for their longstanding support.”

All the previous winners’ poetry can also be found online at www.topwriters.co.nz/taylor-riverwriters-walk.html

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Two of the old pumping stations that will be replaced.

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Final call for feedback on dog control bylaw review Now’s the time to have your say on Council’s Dog Control Policy and Bylaw review before the consultation period closes in just over a week’s time at 5.00 pm on Monday 9 November.

The new draft bylaw proposes including making some parts of the Taylor River Reserve on-leash instead of the current off-leash.

Other proposed changes include allowing dogs into Blenheim’s CBD if they are on a leash and under control, and increasing the restricted area around playgrounds for dogs from three to ten metres. Prohibiting dogs from Blenheim’s Pollard Park and Ward Beach is also proposed.

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Following the consultation period, hearings will take place in early December when submitters have the opportunity to speak.

For more information and to make a submission or to view maps showing the proposed changes, visit: www. marlborough.govt.nz/your-council/bylaws/ dog-control-bylaw-2010/proposed-dogcontrol-policy-and-bylaw-review Submission forms, copies of the Statement of Proposal, and the draft proposed policy and bylaw are also available at the Council’s Blenheim office, the Picton Library and Service Centre and from Animal Control at 56 Main Street, Blenheim.

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A passion for roses Sun Reporter Frances Chin talks with Large’s Rose Nursery owner, Marie Large, about her family’s century long relationship with the flower.

Marie Large’s Hillocks Road property is swaddled in roses.

Paddocks filled with rose beds follow the drive as it leads to the house, and the fields behind are striped with flowers.

Climbing roses cover the front of the property.

It’s unsurprising, then, that Marie is the owner of New Zealand’s oldest rose nursery.

“Large’s Rose Nursery started in Toi Toi Street, in Nelson, by my late husband’s grandfather,” she says.

Marie’s late husband, Ken, was a fourth generation rose grower.

The young couple meet as teenagers, while Ken was working in his parent’s nursery. Ken eventually took over the business in 1968, when he was 18.

They ran the rose nursery together for some years.

Their roses can be seen around Marlborough, with many vineyards having Marie and Ken’s roses alongside their vines.

“When grapes were put into Marlborough, a lot of vineyards put roses in front of their grapes.

“Roses would supposedly get diseases before grapes do, which was a sign to spray the grapes.

“It’s an old thing,” she says.

Marie’s passion for roses and love for the flower stems from its uniqueness – with the rose being the only flower that flowers for nine months.

Raspberry Ice, Lemon and Lime, and Christchurch Remembers are a few of her favourites.

After Ken sadly passed away, Marie didn’t have the heart to run the shop anymore, she says.

She still took orders via appointment, but for the most part, the store was closed.

Around Lockdown, however, Marie was inundated with calls, asking for roses.

With encouragement, Marie decided to reopen the store after a 15 year absence.

The store is now open from Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 4.30am. The nursery is the only grower of roses in Marlborough.

A “people person,” Marie enjoys running the shop. The nursery sells a wide range of roses.

Iceberg, Margaret Merril, and Lemon and Lime are popular.

Growing roses is hard work, Marie says.

Thinking ahead is compulsory, as a rose takes two years to grow.

“I am very lucky to have great family support.

Matthew my eldest son does all the spraying, and Kristin who works for me fulltime is a valued staff member. I also have grandchildren who love

Marie Large (right) and her employee Kristin Schaefer.

helping in the holidays.”

“We find that the old favourites like Iceberg, Margaret Merrill, Friesia are still popular, but we also grow lots of the newer varieties.

“Every year I trial new varieties from the breeders and watch them for a couple of years to see how they perform before growing them to sell.

“My family and Kristin also give their opinions,” she says.

The roses are grown via a process called budding – which involves a growth bud being attached to a stock rose.

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There’s no one in New Zealand that does rose budding, Marie says. It’s a precise art.

“You’ve got one shot at doing it.”

The rose stock is planted in the ground in July, Marie says.

Then in January the stock is ready to be budded. Two years later, the rose is ready to sell.

“Come November the roses in the paddocks will be a blaze of colour,” Marie says.

“They range from Bush, Climbing, Patio, David Austin, Old Fashioned, Mini, and Standard Roses.

“People come out to see us from November onwards to walk through the paddocks of roses, just wandering through, admiring the colours and the amazing perfume, or choosing their colours for planting next season.”

Despite the amount of work involved, Marie has no plans to give up growing anytime soon.

“I’m a people person. I enjoy having the shop open with the help of Kristin who is also passionate about roses.”

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Bohally Intermediate School's Community Artists group has painted a series of panels that will be hung in the paediatric ward of Wairau Hospital. These panels were painted and designed by the students, and mark the ward’s up and coming 10-year anniversary.

Students paint panels for paediatric ward

By Frances Chin

A group of creative young students and their enterprising teacher have created a series of artworks that will soon adorn a play area inside Wairau Hospital’s paediatric unit.

Bohally Intermediate teacher and local artist Semantha Springett was contacted

by Wairau Hospital before Lockdown, in regards to students providing artwork in commemoration of the hospital paediatric ward’s 10th anniversary. Semantha formed the Community Artists group – where students could participate in the design and painting of the artwork.

The project took about 20 hours, Semantha says. Students worked during school, weekends, and even sacrificed a day of their holidays towards the project.

“Some of our murals were native animals and birds to be positioned low down amongst the planting for children to find,” Semantha says.

“Then we have panels of tikis that the students designed to show their interests, and also a rainbow to give hope to everyone there.

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the scenery of New Zealand.”

Semantha mentions sponsors Mitre10 Mega, Guthrie Bowron, and Bunnings, who supplied materials towards the project.

Year 7 students Charlotte Anderson, Madeleine Greenep, and Tyler O’Donnell are part of the Community Artists group. The three girls have learnt a lot during the time they spent painting the panels, they say.

“I used to think I wasn’t good at art, but now I know I had to give myself the chance to be good,” says Charlotte.

“I liked it when everyone had to have a go,” Madelaine adds. “I did some of the Pukeko.”

“I liked that you were able to do your favourite thing with all your friends,” Tyler says.

When asked what they want the people who see the panels in the ward to feel, the three students had some good answers.

“I want them to know that it’s for them, and that we love and appreciate them, and to take care and stay safe,” Charlotte says.

“For them to make sure to stay positive,” Madelaine adds.

“To honour these people supporting you. If you are sick they’re something you can look at it and feel better.,” Tyler adds.

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Blacksmith attends vintage farm machinery open day

By Frances Chin

This Sunday, the Vintage Farm Machinery Society will have their annual open day at Brayshaw Park. From 10am to 3pm, members of the society will display their classic farm machinery for the public to observe. Young and old alike can come and marvel at vintage engines and equipment, and for the kiddies, the popular tractor ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ will be giving rides. Additionally, the pioneer cottage will be open

for observation, and cups of tea and a sausage sizzle will also be provided.

Blacksmith Jamie Acott will be working in the Brayshaw Park forge on Sunday. Jamie started working as a blacksmith after being invited to observe the former Brayshaw Park blacksmith at work.

“I’m lucky. I come from an engineering background, so I have experience with metal.”

“I get to come from modern shop, and go back 100 years, do it how they did it.”

Blacksmith Jamie Acott will be working in the Brayshaw Park forge, during this Sunday's Vintage Farm Machinery open day.

Despite farrier being a common occupation, “general artesian blacksmithing is few and far in-between,” Jamie says.

Jamie makes tools, hinges, and other appliances. One client has requested a rack for him to hang his pots on. To work the metal, it must be heated to an almost liquid state, Jamie says. The smaller the metal is, the harder it is to control.

“It’s a lot harder than it looks.

Once you understand the basic principles, it becomes basic knowledge.”

Library promotes Family History Month through workshops

By Frances Chin

Muriel Pearson, Steven Pearson, Pam Dovey, Sarah Daly Evans, Dale Claire and librarian Sarah Tasley attended a workshop at the library for Family History month.

As part of Family History Month at the Marlborough Distract Library, Blenheim Family History Group member Sarah Daly Evans taught a workshop on preparing to write your Family History.

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her relatives gave her family trees to fill in.

“That was before computers! It was a lot harder then.”

Resources, contextual material, format, assembly, and analysis were all factors to consider when planning to write your family history, Sarah says.

The researcher spoke of her great-aunt Sister Ina, who travelled to Sydney and learned how to become a nun under Mary MacKillop. Mary was declared

a saint by the Catholic Church.

“I can say a saint taught my ancestor how to be a nun,” Sarah jokes.

As there were many texts written about Mary MacKillop, Sarah used those as part of her research of her ancestor.

To those who want to record their family history, Sarah has the following advice.

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Taiopenga Kapa Haka Festival The stage at Marlborough Girls’ College’s hall came alive with hundreds of voices over two days last week for the Taiopenga Māori festival.

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Pa r ticipa nts as young as pre-schoolers performed karakia, kapa haka, some moving haka, and twirled poi.

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Beau’s ‘Mr Stick’ story wins national award One of the country’s most remote schools, Waitaria Bay School in the Kenepuru Sound, may only have 11 students but they sure can produce some big results.

Staff and students were last week celebrating the success of Year 8 student Beau Hopkinson who entered a writing competition for Mr Mac’s Super Weirdo’s books.

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MacDonald of Mount Maunganui; a teacher and published author of The Super Weirdos, a hilarious book designed to inspire kids to never give up. Via his website he runs writing competitions.

With the support of teacher Barbara Keane, Beau wrote and submitted his own story and was thrilled to win the ‘Best Writing’ category.

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Beau Hopkinson of Waitaria Bay School in the Kenepuru Sound has won a first placing in a national writing competition with his story 'Mr

Introducing Mr Stick!

Hi, I’m Mr Stick just your everyday average dad.... Um well sort of, apart from me being an alien from another planet. I used to live on a planet called, “Mr Stick is Awesome”, nah im joking, I’m pretty good at those jokes. Do you want to hear one? Ok then, why did the chicken cross the road.... To get to the otherside, HA HA HA. Gets me every time that one. Oh you didn’t laugh neither do my kids. It must be one of those dad things.

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“It hasn’t just got one runway, so classic aircraft can take off into the wind,” Tony says.

Omaka has become a bit of a hub for aircraft restoration, Tony says.

Paul and Pip Hally from PMH Aviation Limited collect aircraft that have a rich history with the region.

They’ve brought back to Marlborough a De Havilland Foxmoth from 1947, one of only seven in the world.

With two other parties, they are rebuilding a Waco aircraft, which is the only one of its type in the world, and was previously owned by Marlborough Aero Club in 1936.

“Whether you like aviation or not these aircraft are very significant to the region,” Pip says.

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Graham Orphan has been publishing the Classic Wings Magazine for 25 years out of Omaka.

Having lived in three different countries and travelled many more, Graham chooses to live in Marlborough specifically for the airfield.

“I can’t think of a place I’ve lived in or visited, or another community with the richness and ability to work together for the greater good than Omaka,” Graham says.

From the world-class Omaka Airshow to the Aviation Heritage Museum and everything else in between, the buzz around Omaka still grows.

“People from all over the world are drawn to the positive energy and great activities here.

“The community is absolutely remarkable,” Graham says.

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“From inception throughand “Local input extended company bethe “They want their stores Limits, Robinson Phil Outer to like our pallet lift completion Australia and New Zealandlook hind the Westwood development, the team at Westwood and Rob- ing equipment Brightthey for table manufactured by feel the same, even if applied for resource consentafter inson Constructions have worked water Engineering in Nelson premium 2017, not long different externally. have a the store in tirelessly to deliver a Kmart,” and concrete walls by Precast “They also wanted to they finishing the Pak n Save building. for There was so com- retail development Systems in Blenheim. specific opening date, The 5000 square metre and Jeff says. pride and innovation that accordingly, of lot a cafe stock a to order able includes be could team “It is a privilege to we deliv- plex, which is the came from the construction and I’m pleased to say a second 800sq m tenancy, and work with a second generation throughout the development and Zealand, esered on time.” can proudly Mc- 23rd Kmart in New across full- local family business who 80 staff develops everyone involved “Our site foreman Scott a great employs up to sentially owns, builds, have made the site such Nicholl and his team did local time, part-time and casual roles. and manages premium retail say they local success story already.” worked job for us, as did the mainly Kmart Blenheim a Kmart is proud to have site. development. the on to family contractors working mile with the Robinson “Everyone went the extra

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The Yak 3 scenic flights offer a view of Marlborough you wouldn’t usually get to experience, especially at top speeds of 500 kilometres per hour.

Omaka holds a soft spot for Graeme because it was the place he did his first flying lessons.

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“It was known as a Yak in a Box,” pilot Graeme laughs.

Jay, Graeme and their team were the first New Zealand team to enter the competition.

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Omaka Aerodrome is a hidden gem in Marlborough, but is well known on the world stage.

With its grassy runways, wide open spaces, world class restoration projects on classic aircraft, and one-of-a-kind aeroplanes, it’s a buzzing community.

For aviation enthusiasts, you can’t beat the ideal flying weather that the region offers.

With facilities like this, it’s no surprise that a small town like Blenheim has individuals from all over the globe coming to check out its heritage.

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School pet days Feathers, fur and wool – three things that there was plenty of last week at Renwick School and Rapaura School as they held their annual pet days.

Renwick School held its Pet Day last Thursday and Rapaura School its Spring Fair the following day.

There were many well-loved and care for pets at both events, with students showing off their animal handling skills to staff, families and the public.

No spring pet day is without its fair share of pet lambs and goats. Some wore cute accessories as they were led around for the judges, while others were happy to munch some grass and be patted.

There were also pet chickens, birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, possums, rats and in Rapaura School’s case, dogs too.

As well as pets students also showed their crafty skills by entering in a wide variety of interesting items including flower arrangements, baking, decorated gumboots, and even some colourful fruit and vege creations.

Each school had its animal sections judged and the top placings then go into next week’s Interschool Pet’s Day which will be held at the Rai Valley A&P Showgrounds. This event has been running for 76-years.

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Siblings Harriet and Hugo Ensor with their pet lambs.

Will Chapman-Cohen with his best mate O-B. The two took a break while the animal judging took place and O-B enjoyed chewing a stick.

Blake Nation takes a break and cuddles up with his pet lamb Maggie.

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Each week the Sun will feature a photograph with a caption about the person, place and time, as kindly provided by the Museum.

Paige Wentworth and her family dog Bev Will Atkinson and his pet lamb Bunty relax the greyhound enjoying the school’s Spring Grace Price having some cuddles with her Show. pet lamb Finn. while the animal judging takes place.

Charlotte McGruddy with her pet lamb Frank.

Helping with the bake stall were Renwick School students Liv Goddard, Sammie Charlotte won second place in the Care and Joyce, Kate Withers and Ashlee Grooby.

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Pumping gear at the Wakamarina Gorge Gold Mining Company’s claim at Deep Creek. The company turned the river from this gorge into a 100m diversion channel, and then attempted to pump water from the gorge to extract gold from crevices in the river bed. Floods proved the major problem, returns were dismal. Success also eluded later claim owners. It was worked at different times between 1882 and 1899.

As well as the catwalks in the photograph, we can also see the 14 horse power steam pump.

Mereama Johnson with her pet possum Gizmo.

Ned Bowron with pet lamb Chui.

Sophia Heywood with goat Hopey looking handsome with his bowtie and third place ribbon.

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Well done Marlborough Waking up Sunday morning after the horrific election result felt like the morning after the ABs lost to France at the 2007 world cup. Well done Marlborough but can’t believe how naive and miss informed our comrades around the rest of the country are.

On and on New Opawa bridge on and on and on and on it goes if I were a dairy farmer I would have a name for it.

Off leash DOG OFF LEASH AREAS UNDER THREAT Dog owners, are you aware that as part of the MDC’s plan to allow dogs into the CBD they are also removing a huge swathe of off leash area along the Taylor River, from Alabama Road all the way into town, on the town side? You have until the 9th November to have your say.

Fantastic!

Re Jacksons Rd shared path. Fantastic! I can jog down now safely off the road.

Bait?

Watch out if people are stealing dogs in Blenheim or marking properties. Report any suspicious activity. What are they doing it for? Bait? Protect those that are at our mercy.

Humans never fail to disappoint.

Brasses me off Dog control We dog owners are sick of all those bikes who are speeding along Taylor river. We all have taught our dogs the command: stay - bike, bikes are going so fast they don’t give you time to give the commando to our dogs!!

Waste of money What an absurd waste of money. I’m referring to the $5 million price tag of the Rapaura Road / SH6 roundabout. NZTA comment that there have been seven crashes with 100m of that intersection in 20 years.

How many of these were the result of the current intersection design or operator error.

Would have said there are far bigger priorities than this.

Sad to see Sad to see another business shut, must be hard times. Another thing is seeing all the staff out the back smoking. This is not a good look, who wants nicotine hands all over your food?

Something to think about.

Pay back Good on those companies that paid back the wage supplement to Govt as it affects us all when you don’t.

With 2 crook knees and difficulty in walking it brasses me off to see fit and obviously healthy people using handicap parking.

Prime example a white Holden Trax with business signwriting on back parked in Railway station handicap park over the road from barber shop Saturday morning.

Oh wait, it’s his car so must be ok. Get my point?

Not my loss Took a pail of paint into shop to get it tinted.

Woman refused as it wasn’t their brand nor would she sell me tinter. Lady, it’s called customer service. I will now avoid your brand as if it were the plague itself. Not my loss.

Good laugh Hang on another week or two... Halloween coming up! It always brings out the fun fairies, the pagans, the naysayers, the curmudgeons.

Those in favour are having the fun, those who hate the lolly cadgers (after all, that’s all it’s about isn’t it?!!. Not) curmudgeons, and those of alternate religious bent who frown on this pagan rite of Celtic origin (not American). Let the fun begin!!!

Spoilt it To all those selfish idiots who flew to Sydney then had connecting flights to Melb, get a brain. You spoil it for everyone. Not on. They should be sent back home immediately and be given a travel ban for 2 years.

People have spoken Well done to the Govt. The people have spoken, National is not wanted at this time.

Wrong Leader, wrong message

Disappointed It’s disappointing to read the inhuman, ungracious and ignorant thoughts of the writer of “no plague”. We should all be great-full for the way the government avoided 1000s of Kiwis deaths, mass burials and overwhelmed hospitals from COVID. Yes it’s been hard on many people’s livelihoods. Careers and businesses can be rebuilt but death is final. How many $ does the writer of “no plague” put on a life? How many senior citizens would they happily sacrifice to save some people’s incomes?

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Level 1 COVID where we are still sanitising hands and there’s no soap in the loo at Liz Davidson Park. There’s a big dick drawn on the wall though.....somehow seems appropriate.....

To the lady who was at the Maxwell Rd round at about 2.30 today (Sat 17). l hope you are alright after almost being HIT.

Rip off What a RIP off! Buy one, get one free. Mine 30 dollar’s theirs 60 dollars plus.

Looks awful What an awful looking job the path widening along the river turned out to be. Especially above High St bridge. With all the patches and terribly rough joins you could turn an ankle.

The money could have been better spent on signage and educating users. Would have been a lot cheaper.

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Thank you A big thank you to the doctors and nurses at Wairau hospital. The staff were amazing (as always).

Nothing is ever too much trouble.

I hope you know how much you are appreciated. Blenheim should consider themselves extremely lucky to have such a great hospital at their doorstep.

Well done Wairau hospital.

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Barking mad changes The Reserves and Amenities Manager when developing the Taylor River Reserve should have proposed bylaw areas for both on-leash and off-leash and put out to public for consultation. Was making a promise for traditional users a correct decision?

Just saying Message to No Plague/ Wasn’t The reason Covid only killed low numbers, was because we went in to lockdown, and I’m betting our influenza numbers were down as well. Just saying

Traffic lights Re: Hooray. Traffic lights approaching new roundabout at Battys Rd/New Renwick Rd. Have you seen the queues of traffic backing up on each side? Horrendous. At times gets to the mini round about on Maxwell Rd.!!!! Traffic lights = NO THANKS.

Speeding cyclists Which bureaucrat dreamed up to make it mandatory for dogs to be on a leash, Taylor Reserve? The problem is speeding cyclists, too fast, giving no warning, mostly young adults.

School students fine!

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Spoilt for choice If you don’t like sharing the Taylor River with dogs please go some where else, you are spoilt for choice, dogs off leash walkers are not.

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Bake a difference for animals on Monday 2 November 2020!

Bake, sell and raise money for animals in need COVID-19 has posed a number of challenges for local charitable organisations with fundraising events being cancelled as well as affecting opening hours for charity shops.

The SPCA is one of those which were affected this year and need your support more than ever.

This is why SPCA is appealing to the public to support its annual Cupcake Day on Monday, November 2.

It’s an easy and delicious way to bake, sell and raise money to support all of the work carried out by the SPCA, and all you need to do is register online at www.spcacupcakeday.co.nz You can sell your cupcakes to friends, family, work colleagues or at your local schools.

Each year, over 40,000 abused and neglected animals need love, care and shelter. Since 2009, supporters have helped the organisation to raise over $3 million to help these animals, simply by selling cupcakes.

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Bake a difference to the lives of the thousands of animals helped by the SPCA.

Kitten season approaching For those who don’t have the ability to bake cupcakes and fundraise for the SPCA, there are a number of other ways to support the Marlborough Centre located near Renwick.

Staff are preparing for a busy kitten season and welcome donations of bags of kitty litter, food, bedding and old newspapers.

“The season is just starting,” centre manager Donna Sologar says.

“We’ve seen a couple of pregnant strays already and are expecting a few this season, so any extra supplies that the public is willing to donate will be really helpful.”

Donna says she is hoping that recent de-sexing drives around Marlborough will help to curb the number of pregnant strays and unwanted kittens.

“We hold our drives in conjunction with Springlands Veterinary Centre,” she says. “They still have some spaces available which we encourage people to use to de-sex their cats.

“There’s definitely been a lot of cats which have benefited from these drives this year, especially adult cats, and it will be next year when the full impact will be seen,” Donna says.

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Kitten season is upon us and the SPCA is urgently calling for more people to bake for its annual fundraiser - Cupcake Day.

The Renwick Centre closed to the public over Lockdown and has remained closed to the public to wander about the property.

However staff encourage people to contact them and arrange a time to view the animals

waiting for adoption.

“We regularly post the animals on Facebook but if you aren’t sure what you would like then call us for a chat,” Donna says.

Aside from kitten supplies the Renwick Centre also appreciates donations of toys and food for

dogs and puppies, and their SPCA Op-Shop is still operating on Grove Road.

Simply donate items which can be sold or browse the range.

Profits go back to the centre for the daily care of its animals and welfare services.

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Frances Chin Sun Newspaper Reporter  What food do you crave most often?

Chinese pork dumplings! And congee (Chinese rice porridge) with soy sauce and chopped chives.  When you have had a bad day, what do you do to feel better?

Listen to some music, and go for a walk with my boyfriend through the Wither Hills.  Who has been the biggest inspiration in your life?

My family and my friends. The unconditional love and support they give me means everything.

They always inspire me to try my hardest, and help keep me motivated and working towards my goals.  What’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?

I just went to Kaiteriteri for the first time on Monday, and wow! I felt like I was on a tropical beach.

Absolutely beautiful.  What was the last photo you took?

Out and About photos at the Linkwater School Fair on Saturday.

 What thing do you really wish you could buy right now?

Probably some more serums... I’ve become a bit of a skincare fiend.  What is the best or worst purchase you’ve ever made?

When I lived in the United Kingdom I bought a fancy bicycle to cycle around Europe on... It’s currently sitting in my friend’s flat in London. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to bring it to New Zealand.  Favourite programme currently watching?

King of the Hill. I relate a lot to Luanne.

gardening this week

After Labour weekend garden prep: By Wally Richards With Labour Weekend having just been there will be more New Zealanders working away in their gardens than we have seen before, for many a long year. The reason for this is several, lockdowns, financial and health.

The cost of vegetables and fruit purchased, will keep going up in price, otherwise the commercial growers will be out of business, as their chemical fertilisers and sprays prices are escalating out of sight.

Compound this with transport costs and we shall see many food lines slipping out of the reach of most people on a tighter budget. We all need to become more self-sufficient and look after our own health by growing and eating good wholesome fruit and vegetables which is home grown.

Garden centre owners have reported fantastic increases in the sale of vegetable seeds and plants along with fruit trees and herbs.

You do not even need a garden to grow vegetables and fruit trees as you can grow lots of things in containers. I have written about this before and by using pots, buckets, polystyrene boxes and plastic rubbish tins (these are for fruit trees).

For instance you all know about growing a spud in a bucket. To grow in containers all you need to do is purchase a few bags of compost, some sheep manure pellets, maybe a bag of blood & bone and add these to the compost and plant up seeds or seedlings.

You can increase the goodness of the food by adding mineral rich products such as Magic Botanic Liquid (MBL) and Ocean Solids.

You don’t even have to use a lot of the sheep manure pellets, blood & bone and Ocean Solid as a little placed in the planting hole will do nicely.

After which you can spray the foliage of the plants with the MBL twice weekly. For those that have a nice sunny area where a vegetable garden could be started you don’t even have to do any digging. Mow down as low as possible any grass or weeds in the area. Make a surround that is at least 200mm tall (the taller the better.) If using treated timber cut the wood to the required size and paint all surfaces with acrylic paint giving a couple of coats to seal in the chemicals.

The garden should only be about a metre wide so that you can work from the sides and never have to walk on it. When your surround is in place for the raised garden cover the bottom with cardboard or several sheets of newspaper.

Over this throw in grass clippings, food scraps, animal manures, prunings, leaves and anything organic including homemade compost and spent potting mix from old containers. This will cheaply build up the base of the raised garden.

When you have a layer about half full then sprinkle a good dose of garden lime over the material.

Next layer another lot of wet newspaper and then with purchased

 If you had to flee the country, where would you choose to live?

Probably Ireland... My boyfriend is Irish, and I have a lot of Irish friends.

I’m technically Irish through my mum and grandfather, I have citizenship and a passport.

compost place over the newspaper.

If you have animal manure such as chicken, cow or horse this can be incorporated into the top layer for extra goodness. Finish off the top few centimeters with purchased compost. (This will be weed free) Now you are ready to plant up as suggested with sheep pellets etc.

Corrugated iron with fence posts is ideal for a taller raised garden as the heat from the sun will warm the growing medium and speed up plant growth. A little more expense but well worth it in the long run.

What we have achieved from the above is a weed free garden (at the beginning anyway) with the cardboard or newspaper initially suppressing any weeds from coming through from below. Worms love newspaper and cardboard so they will be attracted to your raised garden and provide further nutrients and keep the soil open.

With buying seeds look for the cheaper seeds as these are likely to be open pollinated ones which will give you better crops. The more expensive hybrid seeds are not so good as they have been bred in most cases to grow in a chemical environment. Some will actually fail in a natural soil. Labour Weekend is the traditional time to plant up gardens in New Zealand and an ideal time to get started for both new and experienced gardeners (the later would already be well underway).

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Building healthier & warmer homes for Marlborough

John Thompson Builders Upon visiting the team at John Thompson Builders last week it quickly became apparent that there’s some exciting things in motion that owners Mark and Katja Thompson are looking forward to announcing in the coming months.

The first is the construction of their brand new showhome/ office which will be certified to passive house levels, the first for Marlborough.

Secondly, Mark and Katja are going through a rebranding process but the details are remaining under-wraps until they are ready to launch at the beginning of next year.

The rebranding will reflect the changing times within the company now that Mark is at the helm after taking over from his father John Thompson nine-years ago, then having his brother Simon leave the company last year to move overseas.

“It’s a really exciting time for us to share our vision of where we want the company to go,” they say. “A big focus for us is building in a better way; high performance houses, providing better products for clients, better homes to live in – warmer homes – and taking care with what we do from an environmental perspective.”

Mark and Katja spend a lot of time researching, trying to find the best products available for those looking to build. A key component in John Thompson Builders’ success of building high performance homes is its exclusive partnership with Formance™ in Marlborough.

Formance™ manufactures Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs) made of solid polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of OSB which form a structural shell and an Air-tight Bubble.

These effectively create superior insulation with a near-zero air leakage and are an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional framing and insulating.

A home built with these panels will require lower energy to heat and cool and better yet they also fit within Mark’s ethos of reducing building waste onsite, as these panels are made to size and manufactured off site.

“These and other premium products will be incorporated into our showhome/office,” Katja says. “Once completed the building will be low energy certified, which is a level below being fully passive,” Mark adds.

“It will be the only one in Marlborough of its kind and we look forward to being able to share it with people and explain what’s involved.”

With an emphasis on high end new builds and alterations, John Thompson Builders has close connections with architects and good working relationships with subcontractors.

This enables Mark to be involved early in the design and build process where he can show clients the benefits of the Formance Panels and other environmentally friendly products.

“In some of our more recent builds I’ve had clients change their initial design plans to incorporate these materials; they could see the positives,” Mark says.

“Even if a client has a set budget there are ways to look at the project and find ways to include these great products.

“We are always looking for methods and products to improve the quality of our builds and to make each build last for many years with less impact on our environment,” he says.

To find out more about how Mark and his team can assist with your next build project, contact him today.

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y l k e e W s e i b a B SA DO PRADO: Oliver Born: September 16, 2020 Weight: 7lb 6oz Hospital: Wairau

TIPPING: Ivy Rose Born: October 15, 2020 Weight: 7lb 2oz Hospital: Wairau

GAUR: Anaysha Born: October 20, 2020 Weight: 7lb 3oz Hospital: Wairau

Gabriel, Emma, and big siblings Violet and Eddie are thrilled to announce the arrival of the family’s youngest child. Oliver Sa do Prado (7lb 6oz) was born September 16, 2020 at 3.29pm.

Aaron, Kelly, and big brother Jackson are excited to introduce the littlest member of their family to the world. Ivy Rose Tipping (7lb 2oz) was born October 15, 2020 at 10.21am. Aaron and Kelly say a big thank you to Mohanna and the other midwives at Wairau Hospital.

Manoj and Simran are thrilled to announce the birth of their first daughter. Anaysha Gaur (7lb 3oz) was born on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 8.19am. Manoj and Simran thank the entire hospital and all the midwives for their amazing work in assisting the birth.

HAD A BABY?

BOWSKILL: Thomas James Born: October 21, 2020 Weight: 6lb 9oz Hospital: Wairau

WESTENRA: Charles Russell Born: October 22, 2020 Weight: 8lb 10oz Hospital: Wairau

HOLLIS: Hudson Blake Born: October 22, 2020 Weight: 7lb 3oz Hospital: Wairau

If you missed our reporter at the hospital then email your photo and details to babies@blenheimsun.co.nz

Libby, James, and big brother Mickey are jazzed to welcome the newest member of the Bowskill family to the world. Thomas James Bowskill was born October 21, 2020 at 9.58am. Libby and James say a big “thank you” to the entire midwife team and theatre staff at Wairau Hospital.

Sam, Louise, and big sister Margot are on top of the world after meeting the newest member of their family. Charles Russell Westenra (8lb 10oz) was born October 22, at 6.50am.

Sam and Louise say a big thanks to Gwen and the entire midwife team at Wairau.

Hailey, Philip, and big sister Maddie welcome to the world with love the newest member of their family. Hudson Blake Hollis (7lb 3oz) was born October 22, 2020 at 4.35pm. Hailey and Philip say a big thank you to midwives Bronwyn and Sam, who stayed late with the family for the birth.

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Marlborough Wine Show rewards 49 wines with gold After two days of tasting by a panel of 17 independent judges, 49 Marlborough wines have been awarded Gold Medals at The 2020 Marlborough Wine Show, sponsored by QuayConnect.

The largest regional wine show in New Zealand attracted a total of 604 wines, including 10 from students of NMIT and 69 entered into the Legacy Award.

Chief Judge Ben Glover says the quality of the wines entered was outstanding.

“They were pretty awesome to be honest, off the back of two excellent years, 2019 and 2020. The varietal gaining the most Gold Medals was Pinot Noir, with 12 awarded to wines produced in 2019.

“These would be some of the very best Pinots to come out of Marlborough,” he says. “All very

stylish and diverse, showing the true character of Marlborough and its sub-regions. They had a lovely nuance and subtlety, and are quite refined. Quite stunning.”

This year’s Sauvignon Blanc also excited the judges, Mr Glover says, with nine Golds awarded.

“The Sauvignon Blancs were especially exceptional from the 2020 vintage, and are a credit to the winemakers and vineyard managers that had to work through some tough circumstances, given the Covid-19 lockdown.”

Ben was also impressed with the large number of wines entered into the Legacy Award, which is judged on three wines of the same variety, produced within a 10-year period. In total there were 23 entries, encompassing

The 2020 Marlborough Wine Show judging team. Photo by Richard Briggs.

69 wines.

“This was an extremely impressive class and it would be great to see even more of these wines as they really show what Marlborough can do.”

With 49 Golds awarded, Mr Glover says another 130 wines

were given Silver Medals and 236 wines received a Bronze.

Marlborough Wine Show Varietal Trophies along with the Marlborough Museum Legacy Award and The Coterie Provenance Award will be announced at the Celebration Long Lunch,

being held on October 30.

The Board of Wine Marlborough will also present a Lifetime Achievement Award to a member of the Marlborough wine industry for their contribution to and promotion of the region’s wine industry.

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EVENT: Linkwater School Spring Fair This well-loved event took place last Saturday. Games. music, and food accompanied the day’s spectacular weather, and the fair’s famous plant stall sold most of its plants before noon.

Back: Myfanwy Chinn, Stella Keenan.

Front: Pip Lightfoot, Angelica Sumey, Sophie Reid, and Arabella Venrooy.

Tom Reid, Josh Graney, and Larissa Thorhill.

Petra Graney, Skye Lasenby, Charlotte Lightfoot, and Chloe Faulls. Carol Rothschild sold Morrocan Lemons alongside gluten-free breads and cakes at the Linkwater School Fair.

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Hannah Higgison, Aria Millen, and Alyssa Niamen.

Corban and Ashley Radford.

Linkwater School principal Deb Leov, administrator Netty Holmes, and parent Eleanor Reid.

Sue Boniface and Jim Stuart. Sue and Jim have been growing plants for the Spring Fair for over 20 years, Sue says.

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URGENT services Urgent Care Centre: Wairau Hospital Grounds. Entry off Hospital Rd, Blenheim, 8am-8pm daily. Phone (03) 520 6377.

Ambulance: Urgent 111. Non urgent 579 4870.

After Hours Chemists: Springlands Pharmacy: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am - 5pm, Public Holidays 10am - 5pm. Closed Christmas Day. Ph 578 2271.

Community Care Pharmacy: Within the Blenheim Warehouse, open 7 days 9am8pm. Only closed Christmas Day. Lifeline Marlborough: 0800 543354, 24hr helpline.

Women’s Refuge and Sexual Violence Support Centre Marlborough: Crisis line number phone 0800 refuge or 03 5779939.

Victim Support: 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) Alcoholics Anonymous: 0800 AA WORKS - 0800 229 6757.

Citizens Advice Bureau: Free, friendly, confidential advice. Mon - Fri 9.30am 4pm. Phone 578 4272.

Wairau Hospital: Hospital Visiting Hours: Daily 11.30am-7.30pm, children under 12 may visit parents only.

Maternity Ward: 10am-noon, 4pm-7pm.

Children's Ward: Daily 10am-8pm. Visiting at all times is subject to the discretion of the nurse in charge of the ward.

Picton: Ambulance: Urgent 111. Non-urgent 579 4870.

Chemist: Picton Healthcare Pharmacy. Ph 573 6420 Mon -Fri 8.30-5.30pm, Sat 9-2pm.

Medical Centre Pharmacy, Ph 928 4265, Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm

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Death notices GEBBIE, Jennifer May (Jenny): Passed away peacefully on Thursday October 22, 2020 at Hospice Marlborough, surrounded by loving family. Aged 65 years. Much loved wife, mother, sister, Gum and great GrandGum (GG). Special thanks to Hospice Marlborough for their hard work, commitment and compassion. Messages may be sent to 15A Lane Street, Blenheim 7201. A private cremation has been held.

Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719

WATCHES wanted. Wrist and pocket style, going or not. Any considered ph 0800 55 99 22

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CAMERAS wanted. Film type. Any considered ph Ben 0800 55 99 22

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COINS wanted. NZ and overseas. All types. ph 0800 55 99 22 FOUNTAIN pens wanted. Conway Stewart and Parker style. Any considered ph 0800 55 99 22 MILITARY items wanted. Buttons, books, documents and photos ph 0800 55 99 22 NZR New Zealand Railways items wanted.

Badges, signs, uniforms ph 0800 55 99 22

HORTON, Bryde Ida: On Thursday October 27, 2020 in the arms of her family. In her 96th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Jack, cherished Mum to Sandra and Phil, Karen and Mike, Michael and Delwynne, and Wayne. Treasured Grandma and Great Grandma of her grandchildren. Much loved by her extended family and the many lives she touched. A special thanks to the wonderful staff at Bethsaida Retirement Village.

Messages may be sent to the Horton Family, c/- P O Box 110, Blenheim 7240. A celebration of Bryde’s life and love will be held at the Mayfield Chapel, cnr Hutcheson and Parker Streets, Blenheim at 11am on Friday October 30, followed by a private interment.

BAYONETS swords and pocket knives wanted. Modern and old. Any considered ph 0800 55 99 22 STAMPS first day covers and post cards wanted. Modern and old. Any considered ph 0800 55 99 22

BOOKS books books wanted. Fiction and non-fiction. Modern and old. Small to estate lots ph 0800 55 99 22

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Memories of you are forever in our hearts.

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Respectfully cared for by GEOFFREY T SOWMAN FDANZ Tel 03 578 4719

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The Sun newspaper is looking for reliable deliverers in all areas of Blenheim.

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RUGBY programs and badges wanted. Single items to large lots ph 0800 55 99 22

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Senior Citizens Hall, 166 High Street. Sundays 10 a.m.

All welcome. 5785030.

Remember your lost loved one on their anniversary.

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Rodger Fox Big Band to visit Mozart, Beethoven, Gino Vannelli?

You won’t find Vannelli next to van Beethoven in an alphabetical order of immortal composers but you should.

New Zealand’s foremost classical pianist, Michael Houstoun loves him.

“I love the tunes, the harmonies, the driving rhythms, the jazz-rock feel,” Houstoun says.

So much so, that Michael Houstoun, jazz impresario, Rodger Fox, and the Rodger Fox Big Band (RFBB) are presenting a world premiere of Vannelli music in Palmerston North next month.

The acclaimed concert series, The Houstoun-Fox Project, comes to Blenheim’s ASB Theatre on November 7. Tickets are on sale from Ticketek.

While Fox and Houstoun have both performed before, the world premiere makes this series very different and special. Instead of playing jazz adaptations of classical pieces, Michael will present two of Gino’s most enduring numbers, especially written for him.

Rodger Fox has commissioned internationally acclaimed composer/ arranger, Bill Cunliffe, to arrange Brother to Brother and Storm at Sunup, two Vannelli classics that set this Canadian rock singer/song writer apart from other contemporary musicians.

“Vannelli is sophisticated and catchy at the same time, he makes most pop-rock look like it’s not trying,” Houstoun says. “Bill’s arrangements are pure pleasure. He is a jazz genius.

He’s created something new with his arrangements without any betrayal of the original Vannelli inspiration.”

Vannelli is very accessible and Houstoun advises the audience to “sit back and listen to us play. They’ll have

a happy time.”

The Globe concert also includes Warriors, a Bill Cunliffe original.

Michael will play Warriors and feature on piano in a rhythm/vocal version of Charles Trenet’s I Wish You Love, sung by supremo blues vocalist, Erna Ferry.

Erna will also present an awesome version of Mike Farrell’s Carry My Blues Away which can be found on the RFBB New York recording “You Gotta Know”, a stella version of George Gershwin’s Summertime and a mash-up of two tunes, Lee Morgan’s Sidewinder & The Beatles I Feel Fine.

The Big Band’s contribution is material from the American modern big band library. The Fox/Houstoun friendship is recent, one that’s only flourished in the last decade.Michael regards Rodger as “my great friend and I admire him as I admire few others.”

“His commitment to jazz, his indefatigable engagement with it on every level makes him invaluable in New Zealand. He’s a fabulous musician and a wildman on the trombone. And he has excellent taste in friends and collaborators.”

The friendship has also seen Michael move from an impressive classical career into jazz, a challenge he’s achieved.

He reflects on when he first played with Rodger and the band and “had to find my way into a comfortable relationship with the rhythm section.”

“Now I know a lot more about jazz drumming in particular than I knew then.”

And Rodger Fox has relearned Beethoven’s piano sonatas just in case.

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Golf Results Blenheim Golf Club Ladies October 14 Multi Stableford: 0-25 Rachel Bell 101 26+ Jenny Evans 107.

October 15 Men Stableford: Doug Shaw 40, Roy Lilley 38, Phil Starkey 37, Blue Arthur 36, Clive Drummond 35, David Waters 34, Bob Tapp 34, Graeme Daines 34, Nigel Smith 34, Cyril Scammell 34. 9 holes Men Stableford: George Addius 23 (hole in one), on c/b Alan Martin 23, Brian Brown 19, Paddy Couchman 19, Ian Hatcher 19, Bill Varrall 19, Don March 17, John Rewi 17, Neil Gibbs 17, Leo McKendry 17, Roy Lilley 17. Ladies: Jenny

Evans 21, Bernice Arnold 19, Jan Peglar 18, Jenny Adams 17. Ladies October 21, Irish Stableford: 0-29 Lynn Ingram 68, Sue Duckworth 66, 30+ Dawn Walker 75, Marg Hamilton 66, 9 Holes Shirley Godsiff 38.

October 22, Medal: Murray Ingram 67, on c/b Paddy Couchman 67, Don March 69, Duncan Cassidy 71, Murray Belk 71, Ross Agnew 72, Alby Atkinson 72. 9 Holes Stableford Neil Gibbs 19, George Addis 18, Steve Griffin 17. October 24, October Stableford: Brian Yarrall 41, Ross Agnew 40,

Bob Penington 37, Mike Gardiner 37, James Brunel 36, Graham Kerrigan 36, Gary Hildyard 36. Ladies Bernice Arnold 73, Jenny Evans 78, Fairweathers NTP 5/15 Brent Baker, Sowmans NTP 9/18 Brent Baker.

October 26, October 9 Holes Stableford: Alan Martin21, c/b Waren Ingram 21, Clarry Neame 20, Brian Burgess 20, Steve Griffin 18, Ian Neame 17, Ian Clark 17, Jan de Zwart 17, Alan Wilson 17, Ian Hatcher 17. Ladies Jane Ingram 20, Marg Hamilton 17, Chris Currie 17, Jenny Adams 17, Jenny Evans 16.

October 22: Ian Molloy 38; Nick Wright, Didie Creveveur 36; Bill Rainbird 35; Jeff Pascoe, Aaron Wilson, Don Jamison, Grant Aikman, Gordon Land 34.

October 23: Multiplied Stableford- Ellie Gillies 45; Lin Stone, Lynda White 39; Kaye Keys, Beth Arnold-Johnson 33.

Bary 72, Murray Ingram 73, Jerome January 73, Cyril Dawson 75, Gordon Lang 75, Shane Weaver 75.

The Mayfield Motors Junior Open was held at Rarangi on October 25 over various competitions with a good number of young and new visiting players attending.

6 Hole competition: Nearest the Pin No 2 for 4 shots – Stian Kuun. Nearest the Pin No 6 for 3 shots – Arkyn Strawford.

9 Hole competition: Nearest the Pin No 1 for 3 shots – Soloman Hedlund. Nearest the Pin No 3 for 2 shots – Amelia Short. Longest Drive – Ollie Heaney. Over-

all winner – Amelia Storey.

2nd Derek Shen, 3rd Harry Whyte, 4th Zihan Hong, 5th Ryan Strawford, 6th Soloman Hedlund, 7th Max Lang, 8th Ollie Heaney, 9th Alex Rainbird.

18 Hole competition: Over all Winners, Nett, Liam Keegan 63, Gross - Aroha Minhinnick 72, Stableford -Joshua Abrahams 42. Nett – 2nd Pippa Lee Minhinnick 67, 3rd Lyuka Kumasaka 69, 4th Kaharoa Bradley 69, 5th Jakeb Brown 73, 6th McKenzie Selinger 74, 7th Connor Winter 75.

Nearest the Pins No 12 – Pippa Lee Minhinnick and No 16 - Jarrah Bensemann.

Picton Golf Club October 17: Aaron Wilson nett 65; Ian Johnson, John Saxon 66; Jeff Pascoe, Brian Carver 68; Richard McLean, Alan Butland 70; Nick Wright, Len Barlow 71.

Rarangi Golf Club October 21, Men’s Midweek Stableford: Iain Berrie 40, Dick Hubert 39, Terry Allen 39, Malcolm Dixon 37, Jim Thomas 37, David Best 37, Roger Mitchell 37, Tony Nichol 36, Maurice Soper 35, Marc Roberts 35, Alan Hogg 35, Ezra Kahaki 35.

October 24, Men’s American Stableford & Ladies Stableford, Men: Paul Sainsbury 60, Jerome January 54, James Sutherland 54, Brian Gill 53, Maurice Soper 53, Dick Hubert 53.

Ladies: Pat Olliver 39, Jean Dowling 35.

October 25, Men & Ladies Medal, Net, Men: Brian Gill 70, Marilyn Smith 70, Tracy

Marlborough Golf Club October 11, Club Championships: Women Senior Emily Stenhouse, Silver 2: Lizzie Turnbull, Bronze 1: Kaye Eggers, Bronze 2: Louise Pearce. Men Senior: Paul Silke, Intermediate A: Mike MacLeod, Intermediate B: Mark Watson, Junior A: Ian Newport, Junior B: Terry Sloan.

October 17, Hole in one: Leanne Stowell on No. 5.

October 18, Women’s ShootOut 1st Mary Skilton, 2nd Jane Anderson-Bay, 3rd Lucy Jefferis.

October 20, Women’s 9 Hole Net Medal: Suzanne Clifford 38, Bev Lindsay 40, Shirley White 40, Neryl Savage 41.

October 21, Women’s 4BBB Par: S Lissaman & Morag Dobbs +11, L Turnbull & F Shagin +10, K Elley + Beetham +9, P Jensen & G Rodgers +9.

October 22, Men’s Stableford Div.1: Jon Nicol 39, Bede O’Malley 38, Tom Kelsall 38, Malcolm Pettigrew 37, Terry Shagin 37. Div.2:Brian Burgess 40, Tony Armstrong

39, Brian Chippendale 39, John Humm 38, John Davis 36, Paul Ham 36, Rex Scoble 36, Ross Inder 36.

October 24, Women’s Irish Stableford Div.1: June Maslin 69. Div.2: Vivienne Boyle 74, Gloria Rodgers 72, Leanne Stowell 71, Pru Jensen 68.

Men’s Stableford Div 1: Lance Nuttall 40, Ravi Johl 37, Tracy Goss 36, Hugh Robinson 33, Bob Nicolle 33, Alan Yemm 32. Div.2: Trevor McGarry 42, Terry Shagin 35, Gary Duke 34, Colin Marsden 34.

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Medal haul for local Taekwondo clubs Taekwondo clubs from across the South Island and Wellington travelled to Blenheim last Saturday to compete in the TUNZ Top of the South Championship.

The event has hosted by the Blenheim Olympic Taekwondo Club and held at the Marlborough Convention Centre.

Local clubs from Blenheim, Renwick and Seddon all performed well and came away with gold, silver and bronze as well as honourable

mentions.

Awards: Best colour belt fighter: Erin Josephs (Renwick) Honourable mention: Great sportsmanship - Jazmine Moon (Blenheim) Honourable mention: Grit & Determination - Ben Rodger (Renwick) Honourable mention: Perfect Back Kick Right on the Buzzer - Oblick Batoon

RENWICK Fighting: Gold: Piper Alexander, Daemyn Ireland, William Josephs Silver: Chole Fitzpatrick, Erin Josephs (2 divisions), Jack King, Miranda Rae, Ben Rodger, Hailey Taylor BLENHEIM OLYMPIC Poomsae: Gold: Tyson Moon, Miya Papps, Anastasia Shumkova (2 divisions), Kane Sullivan, Zoey She, Jade Tian

Jack King (Renwick) vs Rawiri Turi (Blenheim Olympic). Photos provided Left, Chloe Fitzpatrick (Renwick).

ABOVE: Left, Erin Josephs (Renwick).

RIGHT: Jayden Papps (Blenheim Olympic) vs Ben Rodger (Renwick).

(2 divisions), Joy Xu Silver: Oblick Batoon, Keelin Bell, Miya Papps, Mason Sullivan, Jackson Sullivan-Hill, Rawiri Turi Bronze: Keelin Bell, Jazmine Moon, Jayden Papps, Zoey She, Joy Xu, Heidi van Staden Fighting: Gold: Anastasia Shumkova (2 divisions), Tyson Moon, Miya Papps, Joy Xu, Matthys van Staden, Sia Manilla, Rawiri Turi (2 divisions), Daniel Li-Wilkes, Daniel

Kolia-Byrnes, Jayden Papps Silver: Lee Batoon, Aiyana Bell, Zihan Hong, Daniel Li-Wilkes, Chan Manilla, Gase Manilla, Kingston Manilla, Jazmine Moon, Tyson Moon, Kane Sullivan, Mason Sullivan, Jackson Sullivan-Hill, Jade Tian, Heidi van Staden Bronze: Oblick Batoon, Jazmine Moon SEDDON Fighting: Gold: Drake Keen, Tyler Keen.

Right, Daemyn Ireland (Renwick).

Right, Zihan Hong (Blenheim Olympic).

Locals succeed in Kart Racing championships

By Frances Chin

Kart racing events, the South Island Sprint Championship and the South Island Briggs Challenge, took place last weekend in Blenheim. Ninety-three drivers competed in the event, with several local drivers scoring high in their various classes.

“It was an awesome event,” says Kart Sport Marlborough club president, Blake Greenfield.

“We had just short of 100 drivers; maybe 10 were from the North Island.”

“The guys who were in the finals, the crowd gave them basically standing ovations. Some of the local boys took on number one.”

In the Cadet Class, Charlie Botham

came second. Arthur Broughan was awarded second in VMR. Local driver William Exton won the Senior Rotax Lights class. William has won this class every year since 2014, except in 2016 when he was overseas representing New Zealand.

Cory Crossend came second in the Briggs Light class, and in Briggs Heavy Anton Rasmussen came first, with Mike Kendrick coming a close second. Anton won his race by 0.009 of a second, Blake says. This was after 17 laps of racing.

The South Island Sprint is held in Marlborough every five years.

The next event will be the local club championship day, taking place on November 15.

Racing will start from 10.30am.

William Exton came first, Scott Manson came second, and Luca Burns came third in the provisional rotax light class of kart racing during the weekend's championship event.

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Storm surge flattens Penrith The NRL final was a classic cliche of a game of two halves.

The Penrith Panthers were the best team all year, winning 17 in a row on the way to the final, but against the Melbourne Storm on Sunday night, they were simply blown off the park in the first half and eventually fell 26-20 after a spirited but doomed comeback.

Ivan Cleary’s men made too many errors and if they did not have bad luck, they would have had no luck at all.

The contest was also a reminder of that intangible element called scoreboard pressure.

As Melbourne’s lead stretched to 10 and then 16 in the first half, the men from the Blue Mountains started to push their passes and continued to help dig their own demise.

Nathan Cleary, such a star for Penrith all season, had an absolute Betty Crocker, which included Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen stepping him untouched on his way to a 70m try just after halftime.

It was a limp ending for a team which had been the standard bearer through this Covid-affected season.

Ultimately, the Storm rode their luck and simply suffocated their less-experienced opponents.

If there is a positive Warriors note in terms of the Panthers season, it’s that Phil Gould, who couldn’t hide his bias throughout the game, was a key architect in creating the squad which was a rebuild job.

Gould will work with the Warriors in 2021. The Storm are a profes-

sional unit.

The Crusaders of rugby, the New England Patriots of American Football. However, their coach Craig Bellamy’s behavior, kicking items in his coaching box, screaming into his walkie-talkie was a wholly pathetic and immature display from a grown man.

On a side note, the NRL must clean up their vague rules, especially around obstruction.

The Bunker is simply too inconsistent as a video refereeing entity.

The Panthers first try was clearly an obstruction.

Rugby League is a delightfully simple game often made confusing by video referee decisions.

The slow play of the balls from the team, protecting a lead late in the game, is another blight on the game which needs to be rectified.

Certainly not the tight tussle many were hoping for but it is hard to begrudge the Storm their victory.

They’re clinical and ruthless when the lights are at their brightest.

Manson announces indefinite break from rowing After an impressive career across 15 years, Marlborough Olympian and current World Best Time holder Robbie Manson has announced his intent to take an indefinite break from professional rowing.

Domestically, Robbie has achieved 20 national titles (17 premier) and remains national champion in the single scull, a position he has held for the last four years.

“I am very proud of what I have achieved with the sport that I love, it was far more than I ever dreamt possible. The friends I’ve made, the places I’ve been and the experiences I’ve had are what has made this journey so special and worthwhile.

“Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported me along the way - coaches, support staff, teammates, friends and family.’’

Robbie first represented New Zealand in 2008 with the U21 Youth Cup team. The following year was Robbie’s breakthrough season in which he was selected in the U23 men’s double sculls alongside Joe Sullivan.

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out of the water, winning by an impressive four seconds at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

Robbie then joined the men’s elite squad for 2010 and stroked the boat at the Olympic Games in London 2012, where they placed 7th.

Following the Olympic Games Robbie made the switch to the elite men’s double sculls where he stayed through the next entire Olympic cycle. His highlights during that time include winning multiple World Rowing Cups and an impressive bronze medal with Chris Harris at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France. The duo placed 11th in Rio. After returning from Rio, Robbie had his sights firmly set on the men’s single sculls, and achieved selection for this class in 2017. He set the world alight when he won gold at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II in Poznan, Poland, in a new world-best time of 6:30.74.

After remaining undefeated in the World Rowing Cup campaign, he finished in 5th place in Sarasota, Florida, at the World Rowing

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Gross Winners: 1st Helen Neame, Tracy Bary 86 (pictured); 2nd Lizzie Turnbull, Lucy Jefferies 93; 3rd Denise Pickering, Louise Pearce 100; 4th Jane Bay, Pru Jensen 102; 5th Maria McConway, Jenny Hart 106.

Olympic rower Robbie Manson has announced he is taking an indefinite break from the sport. Photo provided

Championships.

The following domestic summer saw Robbie fighting for his spot at home and at the World Rowing Cups in 2018. Robbie dominated at the World Rowing Cups, but again this impressive field kept him in 5th place at the World Rowing Championships.

In both 2017 and 2018, he was awarded Marlborough Sportsperson of the Year.

In 2019 Robbie returned to the

single and was able to qualify the boat for the Olympics, coming in at 7th at the World Rowing Championships.

Robbie indicated to selectors his desire to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the men’s double, and was later selected alongside Chris Harris.

After the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics earlier this year, Robbie departs professional sport to pursue other passions,

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