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OCTOBER 3, 2024
Tips from the top A Waitomo basketball skills workshop drew 47 children to the Gallagher Recreation Centre on Saturday. Youngsters aged eight to 13 turned out to learn from professional players Brayden Inger, Alex Pledger and Connor Coll, three friends who previously played together at the Southland Sharks. The day was organised through Connor Coll, whose mother Vicki Coll organises basketball youth events in the district with colleague Shelley Mitchell. “Our coaches for the day really loved the experience and were highly impressed with facilities at Gallagher Recreation Centre,” Vicki
Coll said. “We had great support from parents and as for the kids, they all had a great day. You could see that the children were all really focussed on learning as much as they could.” The skills workshop has been videoed and an item on it is expected to appear on social media sites run by the Southland Sharks.
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land for development and the council owned land around Te Kūiti aerodrome could become the district’s next industrial park. “We have recently undertaken an engineering assessment of the approximately 15 hectares of the land at the aerodrome between State Highway 3 and the landing strip. With sufficient fill this land is suitable for a business and employment park development,” he said. Meanwhile on the other side of the runway, the
Vicki Coll and Shelley Mitchell have organised a junior basketball league they call “Miniball” at Te Kūiti for 22 years. The activity kicks off again next term, when it will be run at the Gallagher Centre on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Teams, which take part across the Waitomo District, now number 68.
From left professional basketballers Brayden Inger, Alex Pledger and Connor Coll at the skills workshop. Photos/Paul Charman
Alex Pledger trains the youngsters.
Council’s new business plan Waitomo District Council wants Regional Infrastructure Funding to develop land for a business park. The land is the strip to the west of the Te Kūiti airport runway – and incorporates a trotting track and horse grazing. Access to the proposed park would be off Te Kumi Rd. In his King Country News column on Page 2 this week Mayor John Robertson say industry in Te Kūiti needs
aviation industry is leasing more land from council for hangars. The business park development would come at a relatively high cost. “The new Government’s Regional Investment Fund is designed to facilitate such development in rural New Zealand. Over the next few months we will be engaging with government to test their appetite to invest in this opportunity,” Robertson said. Councillors agreed to proceed with the application without debate, at last week’s
council meeting. Applications to the Regional Infrastructure Funding opened in July. There is no closing date but with a limited budget it was expected chances of success may be improved with an early response, infrastructure services general manager Shyamal Ram said. Council staff expect to submit the application by next month. The RIF application is a staged process. A successful first stage results in applicants being invited to submit further and more detailed
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