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Otago Daily Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Hoping to be flash in the pan
Off to the world gold-panning champs are Queenstown's Amanda Gatward-Ferguson, Cromwell's Terry Davis, centre, and Gatward-Ferguson's husband David. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER Three members of a Queenstown family competing in next month's world gold-panning champs in Spain hope to replicate the success they've enjoyed at national gold-panning champs. Three-time national champ Amelia Gatward-Ferguson, her dad David, a two-time winner, and mum Amanda, a one-time winner, are part of the 'Black Pans' New Zealand team also comprising Cromwell's Odette Hopgood and Terry Davis. The Gatward-Ferguson family have also competed at worlds in the United States in 2016, in Scotland in 2017 and in Czech Republic last year. "We've yet to show our true potential at the worlds," David says. He explains they got into the sport as gold-panning tours feature in their business, Nomad Safaris. The sport involves sifting buckets of dirt to find gold flecks in as quick a time as possible, with time penalties imposed for every fleck missed. During the champs in Navelgas, Spain, from August 3 till 9, the New Zealand contingent will also be encouraging fellow competitors to attend the worlds in Cromwell in late September/early October next year. Davis says they're hoping for 400 to 500 entrants. It'll be a great event for the Central Lakes area, he adds. "These are keen people, a lot of them got really excited when it was announced it was going to be in NZ. "A lot of them are from northern Europe, and those guys are rolling in money."
Otago Daily Times
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Marathon to proceed, but without 10km and half options
Lake Dunstan Trail. PHOTO: SUPPLIED This year's FreshChoice Lake Dunstan Trail Marathon will go ahead as planned, but without the proposed additional half-marathon and 10km options. Organiser Terry Davis said the deadlines became too tight to get approval from both the Southern Lakes Trail Trust and to promote and secure entries for both events. Mr Davis said the marathon event was first run last year. His aim is to combine the comforts of a city marathon — such as aid stations — with the scenery of a mountain marathon. Unlike a normal mountain marathon, the event could be run the whole way, and with minimal equipment. Entries for the event are open until September 3, and cost $290. The entry fee would go towards running the event and to the Southern Lakes Trails Trust and other community organisations, Mr Davis said. — APL
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Yahoo
Two men with drug history charged for heroin, meth in Lawrence traffic stop
Jul. 5—Two men in Lawrence County were charged with possession of controlled substances after deputies located heroin and methamphetamine in their vehicle during a traffic stop on Wednesday, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office. Town Creek resident Scottie Heron Butler Jr., 48, and Hartselle resident Terry Stanley Davis, 55, were transported to the Lawrence County Jail where they remain incarcerated Thursday, according to jail records. Butler was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession or receipt of controlled substances and is being held in lieu of a $4,500 bond. Davis is charged with felony obstruction of governmental operations, two counts of possession or receipt of controlled substances, and a probation violation. He is being held on a $13,000 bond for the three charges and no bond has been set for the probation violation. The Sheriff's Office said their Narcotics Unit received multiple reports about Butler and Davis and their drug activity throughout the county. Butler was previously arrested for drug possession in 2021 after he was found asleep in his vehicle at the Moulton Walmart and an officer located methamphetamine and a glass pipe on him. He pleaded guilty in July 2022 to felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor DUI in Lawrence County Circuit Court, where he was initially sentenced to 23 months and 12 months respectively, with both sentences suspended. He was placed on three years of probation, according to court records. His probation was revoked in April 2023 after he was charged with the same crime again in November 2022, and Butler was ordered to serve both sentences concurrently with credit for 208 days already served. Davis pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2017, in Morgan County Circuit Court to a felony charge of selling drug paraphernalia, stemming from a Jan. 5, 2013, arrest. Two related drug manufacturing charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to five years in prison, with probation initially granted; however, his probation was revoked in 2018, and he was ordered to serve the full sentence. In February, Davis again pleaded guilty — this time in Lawrence County Circuit Court — to second-degree assault, resisting arrest, and attempting to elude law enforcement in connection with an Oct. 24, 2022, arrest in Moulton. He was sentenced to 24 months of probation in lieu of incarceration and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, along with court costs and attorney fees. Prosecutors dismissed five other charges against Davis as part of a plea agreement, including third-degree burglary, harassment, disorderly conduct, obstructing governmental operations, and third-degree criminal mischief. — or 256-340-2442.
Otago Daily Times
05-06-2025
- Otago Daily Times
Discord over cavalcade funding allocation played down
Goldfields Cavalcade hikers make their way towards Twizel on the Moira's Meander Trail in February. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Cavalcade organisers say a disagreement over fundraising distribution is a needless distraction, despite "concerning" social media posts this week. Goldfields Cavalcade organiser Terry Davis told the Otago Daily Times on Wednesday this year's host town of Twizel had raised a record sum of more than $70,000 for local community groups. On Wednesday night Mr Davis posted an open letter on the cavalcade's Facebook page saying the cavalcade trust was aware of "complaints from six of the 14 cavalcade host town committee members" regarding the planned distribution of those funds. The letter said the complaints had been "thoroughly investigated", and processes found to be "entirely in keeping" with earlier events. The cavalcade comprises a variety of guided horse, bicycle and tramping trails following traditional back-country gold-mining routes, ending at a different shared destination each year. Up to 600 people take part, alongside more than 400 horses, which gather for a fundraising celebration in the host town at the event's conclusion. This year's funds would be distributed to 10 local groups at a celebration in Twizel on Monday. Mr Davis said he had shared the letter on the Twizel Community page to allay concerns due process had not been followed. "We posted it to support the majority of the host town committee that have followed the process. We wanted to share it with the Twizel community after some concerning posts earlier this week." Those posts have since been deleted. Committee chairman Ray Harrington downplayed the disagreement, saying he preferred to acknowledge the efforts of local people in hosting the event. "We had a meeting in April where we had a unanimous vote of the 12 people there to proceed with the distribution, as agreed, for Monday. "I'm not sure why two people, who were not present at that meeting, should now be rocking the boat." Mr Harrington said the meeting was recorded and minuted, and recipient groups were discussed and agreed upon "100%" during an hour-long discussion. "Rather than focusing on the negative, let's instead celebrate the hard work of our community as a whole, which came together to host a great event in February and raised record funds."
Otago Daily Times
04-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Cavalcade host town raises record sum
Horses enjoy an early morning meal on the Goldfields Cavalcade Les Beattie Horse Trail to Twizel, at Ben Avon Station in the Ahuriri Valley, in February. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Cavalcade hosts will return a record sum to local groups at a ceremony in Twizel next week. Twizel was the host town for the Goldfields Cavalcade in February this year, and event organiser Terry Davis said the host committee was now ready to disburse proceeds from the event finale. Mr Davis said this year's event had been a double success as it not only marked the fulfilment of a promise from 2021, but also a record sum raised by the host town, of more than $70,000. "When I started in about 2010, the cavalcade would raise about $15,000 to $20,000. "That steadily rose until Waikaia made a record sum of $63,000 last year, which we were very excited about. "We had originally intended to come to Twizel in 2021, when Covid intervened, but we promised we'd be back, and back we came in February. "The Twizel committee pulled out all the stops and broke the fundraising record again, so we're delighted for everyone who's come together to make this another world-class event for the South," Mr Davis said. The cavalcade comprises a variety of guided horse, bicycle and tramping trails following traditional back-country gold-mining routes, ending at a different shared destination each year. Up to 600 people take part, alongside more than 400 horses, which gather for a fundraising celebration in the host town at the event's conclusion. This year's finale took place over February 28 and March 1. Previous economic impact reports had shown more than $1million injected into local businesses from the full cavalcade, Mr Davis said. In addition, this year's host committee disbursements would go to 10 local groups, and total more than $70,000. The celebration would take place at the town's Top Hut Sports Bar and Bistro on Monday at 6pm. Mr Davis said preparations were already under way for the next cavalcade, ending in Middlemarch on March 7 next year. "The bar has been set high, but I've no doubt Middlemarch will be ready to put on an amazing welcome this summer."
