Issue 1,153
Local News for Local Communities
Friday 20th September 2024
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Kirwee Community Garage Sale - Page 5
Baling, Harvesting & Contracting Guide Page 7-18
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
A TITLE WELLWELL -EARNED For those who know Hazel Littlejohn, it will be no surprise that she has won the 2024 Disabilities Player of the Year. Hazel ticks three big boxes – they may not be the only boxes the judges ticked when deciding the award, but she certainly ticks the ‘wonderful human being’ box, the ‘super hard worker’ box and the ‘very, very good bowler’ box. Of course, she also ticks the ‘disabilities’ box, but that’s almost an after-thought. The fact that she has a hearing impairment simply enables her selection as Disabilities Player of the Year. “She’s a great human being,” says Bowls New Zealand community manager, Kevin Smith. “She demonstrates that by being genuinely interested in other people. She enjoys the company of others and, unsurprisingly, she’s very popular.” Liz Hamilton, secretary of Bowls Darfield where Hazel plays her bowls, agrees. She says, “I’ve known her ever since she joined the club. She’s warm, friendly, welcoming and encouraging – she’s the kind of person you want to play bowls with.” But Hazel isn’t just a neat person, she’s also not afraid of hard work on and off the green. She’s a broiler farm manager supplying to Brinks, ‘Bird & Barrow’. And when she’s not working at her day job dealing with all matter's poultry, she’s invariably at Bowls Darfield helping the club in any way she can. “She a great club person,” says Liz. “She spreads herself around offering to help wherever she can. And not just at the club – Hazel recently put up her hand to become president of Deaf
Hazel Littlejohn - the 2024 Disabilities Player of the Year.
Lawn Bowls New Zealand. She’s also a level one umpire. Hazel also puts in the hard work on the green. She’s a great player, and that hasn’t come without a lot of practice.” “She’s a dual member of the Coalgate Bowling Club,” adds Robert Ireland, life member of Bowls Darfield, “where I sometimes run into her practising on the artificial green over the winter months. She practises her game all the time.”
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