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ISSUE 1,096 Friday 28th July 2023
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Darfield Garden Club Report
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Sheffield Hotel to be Restored
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Labour Candidate for Selwyn
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Dedication to Community
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Bids & Bubbles Ball
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Westmar Update
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Nicola Grigg Opinion Piece
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Coleridge Cadets
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Malvern U3A July Meeting
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Unique Sponsorship for DRFC
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Darfield Gun Club Update
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Ultimate Frisbee World Champs
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Dave Ferriman has just completed his 50th season for the Christchurch Hunt Club. Photograph courtesy of Michelle Tuck. The longest-serving Huntsman in New Zealand, Dave Ferriman, has been part of the Christchurch Hunt for fifty years. Dave has been on the hunt field since he was five years old, starting on ponies and moving to hacks over time. Hunting is in his blood, his father was Hunt Master of what was known as the Ashburton Hunt Club back in the day. At sixteen years of age he started with the Christchurch Hunt as a whipper-in for Ian Gliddon. He learned every aspect of hunting with hounds and their breeding management as well as horse training and schooling. In the early 1970’s Dave also gained his Amateur Jockey Licence, competing in races and steeple chasing. He became Clerk of the Course at Riccarton and Addington Racecourses and makes sure race day runs smoothly for everyone involved. In 1973 he was offered the job
as Huntsman and because the season runs from April to July it worked out well to continue on with the Clerk of the Couse position as well. In the early days, in the hunting off-season Dave would be mustering for farmers he had connected with through the Hunt. Nowadays the role is all year round, feeding, exercising and caring for the hounds and prior to the start of the season, getting the pack as well as five to six horses fit for their upcoming job.
Over his fifty years of service Dave has only missed a few hunts. In that time he has worked alongside the Hunt Master of 26 years, Dave McConchie and Peter Tilson who is the whipper-in, all working well together to look after the hounds at each Hunt. Dave enjoys supporting new and aspiring huntsmen, sharing his
knowledge and expertise. His passion is a family affair with his three daughters, Ann, Maree and Bindy, heavily involved in horse riding and competing. This season he also had his five grandchildren on the hunt field as well, making it all the more special for him.
To be continued next week…..
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