HAIL TO THE King
By Cameron McCullough Photos Supplied
R
ichard Everist was a Hastings football legend and businessman, and his passing on 14 January, at age 81, left a scar not only on his family, but the entire town of Hastings. You see, so intrinsic was Richard to the town and its business, sporting and social fabric, that he referred to himself as the ‘King of Hastings’. Nobody disagreed. It was a bitter-sweet time for Richard’s daughter, Katherine Henderson.
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Left: Richard Everist November 2019
Only four days after the death of her father, she welcomed her new baby, Evie, into the world. While in hospital, family friend Brad dropped over to help look after Katherine and husband Marty’s other daughter, Ruby, and got chatting to Marty. Brad had some shares in the ownership of a horse to sell. A small, brown gelding. Would Marty like to participate? Marty put a proposal to Brad. He’d buy ten percent of the horse on one condition; they named the horse ‘King of Hastings’. Brad agreed.
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