Events secure funding boost

10 October 2013
More than 40 Waipa-based events have secured funding from the District Promotions Fund.

In the 2012-2013 year Waipa District Council allocated $100,000 to the fund, aimed at helping secure and promote events in the district.

The District Promotions Committee has allocated funds for events to be held in the Waipa district during the next 12 months. There were 53 applications received and 44 events were funded.

Members of the District Promotions Fund Committee are Mayor Alan Livingston, Deputy Mayor Grahame Webber, Strategic Planning and Policy Committee chair Laurie Hoverd and community representatives Mervyn Gyde and Kevin Burgess.

Fund allocations were made to the following groups:

Addiction Dance $1,000; Armistice in Cambridge Committee $5,000; Cambridge Athletic & Harrier Club $1,000; Cambridge Autumn Festival Trust $1,500; Cambridge Charity Concert $1,500; Cambridge Polo Club $1,000; Cambridge Pony Club $1,000; Cambridge Primary School $2,000; Cambridge Racquets Club $500; Cambridge Soccer Club $1,000; Camkoda Judo Club $600; Dressage New Zealand $1,000; Dressage Waikato $1,000; Dynamo Cycling & Sports Club $3,000; Harness Racing Waikato $5,000; Kihikihi Polo Club $4,500; Kihikihi Speedway $2,000; Kihikihi Waikato Eventing $10,000; Nga Kaihoe o Aotearoa (Waka Ama NZ) $7,000; Ngaruawahia Cycling Club $3,000; NZ Grand Prix Hydroplane Drivers Club $6,000; NZ Hack & Pony Council $1,000; Ohaupo School PTA $2,000; St Peter's Catholic School PTA $1,000; Stragglers Rod & Kustom Club $2,000; Sustainable Cambridge $500, Te Awamutu & Cambridge Chamber of Commerce $3,500; Te Awamutu BMX Club $4,000; Te Awamutu Competitions Society of the Performing Arts $1,000; Te Awamutu Golf Club $1,500; Te Awamutu Rotary Charitable Trust $1,500; Te Awamutu Rowing Club $1,000; Te Awamutu Rugby Sports & Recreation Club $2,000; TriMaori Charitable Trust $2,500; U Leisure Ltd $5,000; Veteran & Vintage Car Club (Waikato) $1,000; Waikato Area Pony Club $3,000; Waikato Ulysses Branch $1,000; Waipa Golf Classic Committee $500.

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For further information contact:

Andrea Duncan

Community Liaison Officer

Ph: 07 872 0483

EmailL andrea.duncan@waipadc.govt.nz.