Timaru Fire Brigade 150th
25 Sep at 18:00 – 27 Sep at 16:00
We would like to invite you to join us, in Celebrating 150 years of the Timaru Fire Brigade.
Friday Night 6pm: Meet and greet and register at the Brigade canteen, (Registered guests only)
Saturday 26th September 1pm : A street parade of all the past and current Fire Engines, starting at the Woolcoombe street end of Stafford street through to Cannon street, this will be followed by a static displayof all the fire trucks in King George Place out side the Council Building until 4pm.
Saturday Evening: A cabaret including meal, speeches etc. at Timaru Fire Station engine bay. (registered guests only)
Sunday 1pm: Open Day at Timaru station including a display of past equipment, trucks, interactive displays.
Sunday Evening: BBQ at Timaru station and an invitation to browse through our archives files. (registered guests only)
Please note that for the meet and greet, Cabaret dinner and Sunday evening BBQ you MUST be a registered guest.
For the street Parade and open day you are all welcome to just come along on the day.
Please register your interest with your contact details to one of the following e-mails or phone numbers so we can forward a registration form.
Contact e-mail timarufire@gmail.com or
alastair.thornley@fireandemergency.nz
Alastair Thornley, President
Timaru Fire Brigade Club. Phone (03) 688 8811 or 027 657 5588
Please pass this on to any persons who you may know that has been part of the brigade over the years or forward their contact details to one of the emails above.
We look forward to seeing you over the weekend.
A link to the Facebook event page is below.
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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