Nelson Weekly Your Community Newspaper
Tuesday 25 September 2012
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Football bid a success Andrew Board A Nelson bid to play in a national football competition has been granted by the sport’s governing body. On Friday New Zealand Football board members voted on whether to include the Nelson bid in the national youth competition after a report into the viability of the bid was considered. The vote was unanimous. The decision means a Nelson team will enter the youth league of the ASB Premiership this season before a full senior team will likely be included for the 2013/14 competition. The ASB Premiership is the country’s top football league and is played from November to March each year, with the youth league kicking off in January. The as-yet-unnamed team will be Nelson’s third major national sports team after the Tasman Ma-
kos and Nelson Giants. Nelson mayor and head of the team that led the bid, Aldo Miccio, says it is a massive achievement for the city and the sport. “I’m absolutely over the moon. This is great news for young footballers and great news for the city as a whole in terms of attracting talent and bringing the best to our city.” The youth league team is likely to play its home games at Saxton Field, Trafalgar Park and possibly Tahunanui. Aldo says key sponsors, coaches and players will be told of the news this week and some announcements will be made in the coming weeks on what the makeup of the side is likely to be. The league is an under 20 competition, with three over-aged players allowed. Earlier this year New Zealand
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Nelson Christian Academy student Sophie Eggers, 8, throws a sponge at teacher Elise Taylor at the school’s gala on Saturday. Photo: Sinead Ogilvie.
A wave of galas for spring With spring in the air and the sun turned on, Nelson celebrated with a weekend filled with fun. Four different fairs or galas were held over the weekend. The Hope School Gala, the Cherry
Blossom Festival at Miyazu Gardens, the Spring Fling at Founders and the Nelson Christian Academy’s first ever school gala on Saturday. The school says it received whole hearted support from students
and parents, as well as members of the community. With face painting and live music filling the school grounds the gala made an amazing debut,
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