WACST's Program for this week on the East
Week 16 - 2023
Activities on this week at WACST@Burwood 58 Bassett Street Burwood
Monday
Tai Chi - 10am to 11am - Only $3 per person
ZUMBA - 1pm to 2 pm - Only $3 per person.
Tuesday
Craft - 10am to Midday - Only $2 per person.
Line Dancing - 1pm to 2 pm - Only $3 per person.
Wednesday
Move it / Lose it - 10.30am to 11.30am - Only $3 per person.
Guest Lecturer. - 11.45am to 12.45pm
WiNZ Superannuation Entitlements
Graemme Anderson - CEO Superannuation
Only $3.00 per person
ZUMBA - 1pm to 2 pm - Only $3 per person.
Thursday
Indoor Bowls - 10am to Midday Walking Group - 10.30am to Midday
Euchre (Card Game) Board Games, Cards, Table Tennis Anyone - 1pm to 3pm Only $2 per person
Friday
Line Dancing Intermediate - 10am to 11am - Only $3 per person. Line Dancing Beginners - 11am to Midday - Only $3 per person. If you take both groups $5 per person.
Coronation Luncheon - Kings Quiche Luncheon 11.30am to 1.30pm
Love to have you join us,
Dress for a Royal occasion!!
Only $5 per person.
All Welcome
* More activities added or changed from time to time, so keep an eye on the schedule:
Enquiries to Betty Chapman 3892285
Cell 0277278277
Email wacst.burwood@gmail.com or wainoni.wacst@xtra.co.nz
New Members Welcome
Any Questions - Just ask
$50 garden centre vouchers!
Our winners this week have won $50 to spend at a local garden centre.
Congratulations to:
Cassie Arauzo from Cockle Bay
Elizabeth Williams from Hillcrest
Luke Shamy from Hornby
Mitchell Hopping from Wallacetown
Get in touch with our helpdesk team here if you're on this list! If you're not a winner, check back next week just in case.
Kalle
"Sports and travelling run in the family, and that's kind of what's led me to come to New Zealand."
"I grew up in a small town in Finland. My dad was involved with sports all his life, he was a shot putter, discus thrower, powerlifter, we traveled quite a bit when I was a kid. He never mentioned much of the rugby days. He just said he broke both of his shin bones playing rugby, so he said, ‘never play the sport, It's crazy.’
I started playing when I was 18. I played my first cap for the Finnish national team in 2014, we won the Finnish championship with my club. Rugby is not a big thing in Finland.
I moved here to play rugby in 2017. The club that wanted me to come over was Methven Rugby Club. They got me here and they were like, ‘what do you do for work? I’d just finished chef school in Finland. ‘We'll get you a job at Mount Hutt as a chef, you can do that while you play rugby with us.’ I said, ‘Perfect. Yeah, I'm in’.
I've always loved food. My mum was an amazing cook, and still is. When I was studying tourism I worked in some hotels in Finland, and I saw how the chef's worked. I just loved the kitchen vibe and I was like, Yeah, that’d be something I'd love to do.
I've had more of a culinary journey In New Zealand than in Finland. I started at Mount Hutt, after that I worked at The Dubliner in Methven. I worked as a senior pizza chef at Sal’s for maybe six months then worked as chef de partie at Cellar Door. At Eliza's Manor, I worked myself up to a junior sous chef. Then the opportunity came to work my first head chef job at Moon Under Water.
We're privileged to have a busy atmosphere, we can try new things and get a bit creative. There are no TV’s, just come here with your family or with your mates, play board games, to socialise.
I really want to drive the local food and ingredients through the menu. We don't mind spending more for quality ingredients as long as it's supporting New Zealand businesses. We just love to use local. And it's pub food, but I feel like it's elevated.
I play club rugby here for the Christchurch Football Club, the oldest club in New Zealand and I still play regularly for the Finnish national team, whenever they can fly me over to play."
- Kalle
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