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As of July 1st, 2022, Kirwee Recreation Reserve Management Committee, along with other voluntary committees that managed and looked after reserves and community halls throughout the Selwyn District were dissolved. So ends some sixty plus years of a community elected and sports bodies representative committee, that have actively managed and developed the Kirwee Recreation Reserve that you see today. Never again will the management of the facilities be so cheap. In the six years that I (Raewyn Feast) have been Chairperson and for a further six years prior on this committee, we have undertaken major changes working with the Council. These have included the extensive makeover of the sports pavilion, building of changing rooms and support of the building of the new clubrooms by the rugby club back in 2012. Do not underestimate the value • Dairy Laneways & other Farm Work • River Protec on • Tree Removal • Sewer/Stormwater/Water

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of local knowledge and skill set that a community committee such as ours brings in the management and development of such a facility. The extension to the Reserve came about by the perseverance and determination of this committee. The Council was not initially in favour of such an extension, believing that the size of the original Reserve (approximately 4.65 hectares) was adequate for the size of the then growing Kirwee township. However, sports groups required more playing area and local knowledge of future new subdivisions finally swayed the Council in allowing us to purchase from the Council additional land (total area now is 11.16 hectares). With community consultation, the additional land has been developed with plantings, new fields, including an additional rugby field and field lights, a dedicated cricket oval and new cricket nets, and the nearly completed new playground. It is hoped the new playground will be available to the community by the end of the month. Further plantings of this area and along the road frontage of Tramway Road, are to be completed in early spring. The openness of the grounds allows the rest of the community to enjoy when sports are not being played. Local input by the Management Committee has meant that the irrigation of the Reserve now utilises water from the CPW irrigation scheme and is no longer from the valuable town water supply. What is left to do from the master plan? More plantings, more car parks in the Reserve particularly on the extension, a half basketball court and hoop, and later toilets on the extended area. This is now in the Council's hands as it implements the Long Term Plan. At this time, I wish to acknowledge the hard work done by past committees of this Reserve and also to the members of the retiring Management Committee; Judith Pascoe (Malvern Community Board member), Glenn Sparrow, Tony Armstrong, Gary Feast, Trevor Wall, Adrienne Begg, Raymond Williams, Sam Truscott, Simon Earl, Lindsay Westaway and Ngaire Kent. Thank you for your untiring voluntary hours that you have given freely. I also would like to thank the numerous staff from the Council that we have worked closely with over the recent years. We leave the Reserve looking beautiful with its open rural outlook view of the Southern Alps and purposely developed for the Kirwee community. The challenge now is for the Council to complete the development as per the master plan, to maintain it to the high standards that the community has experienced under the watch of the various management committees of the Reserve. I hope the Council remembers that not ‘one size fits all’ and for the community to use the ‘Snap Send and Solve’ any issues that require attention from the Council. This is a free downloaded app on your phone. This is an effective means of informing the Council of issues at the Reserve from anything from rubbish, maintenance of both buildings and grounds and any other issues that you as a community person are concerned about at the Reserve.

Raewyn Feast, Chairperson - Kirwee Recreation Reserve Management Committee.