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Masterton Council Sports Grounds Survey
Make sure you have your say about the district’s sports grounds. The Masterton District Council has started consultation before making any long term decisions - but be quick and let them know your thoughts as the survey closes on November 4th. Let them know if you think the grounds are good, or need upgrading or more maintenance, or whether the district could do with more sports fields. Frankly, it’s a typical airy-fairy council survey which will tell them very little about t
Wai Utd U19's ready for Napier
The Wairarapa United U19 team travel to Napier on Friday to compete in the annual Napier City Rovers U19 National Tournament. In its 50th year, the tournament is considered to be the country’s biggest and most prestigious U19 competition. Coach Patrick Wootton is happy with the team’s first round draw, “it’s probably the nicest pool we’ve had in the last couple of years." The U19 squad stop to pose for a quick photo during Monday evening's final training session “Taradale did
Plenty of runs at South Park
A good-sized crowd witnessed a great afternoon for two of the three senior Giants softball teams at South Park on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately the Premier Reserves game was cancelled but the Premier 3’s and the women’s teams played some great softball and each scored fourteen runs to keep the local supporters happy. Bena Moeahu slogs the to the outfield during her team's 14-0 win over Totara Park The women play in the Hutt Valley Women’s Social competition and while the
Representative Bowlers Start Training
The region’s top lawn bowlers braved the cloudy and chilly conditions at Carrington Bowling Club on Saturday for their first training session together. Men’s selector Richard Anderson was keeping a close eye on his squad and will announce his team in a week or so for Wairarapa’s annual fixture against Kapiti in November. Women’s selector Tanya Wheeler joined her squad on the greens as they also had their first outing together as a team. Richard says that they’ll probably only
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Plenty of work for groundsman John Fletcher
The cricket season may just be begining and the oval at Masterton’s Queen Elizabeth II park won’t see any action for a week or two yet, but for head groundsman John Fletcher the preparation has been underway for months. In fact work on preparing the block began almost immediately after the previous playing season was over. “Our first job was to scarify the surface of the block which is basically a machine the rips up the grass and a little bit of the clay. Then we put new gra
A chat with Mike van Woerkom
I sat down with Dalefield and Wairarapa men’s hockey manager Mike van Woerkom with a cup of tea and some delicious home-made cinnamon pinwheels (thanks Carol) to chat about Dalefield’s season, the great result for Wairarapa at the recent National Hockey Championships, and his involvement with hockey in general. MIke dressed up against the cold at the National Hockey Stadium during the recent National Hockey Championships Every time I go to the turf at Clareville I see Mike as
Giants secure Australian pitcher
It looks like it will be an exciting summer season ahead for the Giants Blue softball team as they move up from Premier 2 to the Intercity Premier Reserve competition. Club stalwart Allan Clarke says the club has secured Australian U18 national pitcher Jaxon Mulaga to the club. Unfortunately he will miss the Blues first game because of other commitments but he arrives in Masterton on October 12 so should be available for the team’s second game. Giants will also field a team i
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