THE LIONS CLUB OF KAPITI YOUTH SPORTS GRANTS
THE LIONS CLUB OF KAPITI YOUTH SPORTS GRANTS
The Lions Club of Kapiti is offering two $1000 grants, to assist two young sportspersons to further their sporting aspirations and skills.
The Grants are available to applicants between 14 and 20 years of age as at December 2021. “The applicants must be residents in the Kapiti District (Paekakariki to Otaki inclusive). However, Horowhenua sportspersons who have represented the Kapiti area are also eligible.
“The main criteria is that applicants are already competing at a national or international level. I advise applicants to consult the entry guidelines on the website early in order the give their referees sufficient time to prepare supporting material.”
Applications must be submitted on the official form and follow the guidelines set out in the website which are accessed from President.kapiti@lionsclubs.org.nz
Driven On The Akatarawa Rd Lately?
If so, its good to know you are still alive and reading this.
We have a function to go to over Christmas up that way and having heard a few hairy stories about the road, I went up there on Thursday to check it out. The road's ok, narrow and winding, but not much worse than a Wellington hill suburb. What was pretty scary was the behavior of other drivers. Three vehicles heading the other way at speed would have crashed into me if I hadn't been pulled off the road. I had pulled in to check the address when a truck came flying past, taking up all of the narrow road at speed. There is no way the driver would have been able to stop had they come around the corner immediately in front of me. The other two drivers came hurtling past as I had turned in to turn around and come back down the hill. They were also driving at speed and taking up most of the road. Coming back down I passed another car coming up and estimate that the safe speed to pass another car was about 30-35 kms.p.h. So, now we're thinking, do we go to the function or not.? Feels a bit like we're taking our life in our hands going up there. Drivers appear to be overconfident, and they are courting serious injury.
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