September marathon

We hope your walking/running/cycling marathon is going well; it is great to see so many locals out on the park participating. It’s not too late to sign up to go into the end-of-marathon draw for a gift basket (email: snook.com.cen@xtra.co.nz); the idea is you walk, run, etc around Sunnynook Park (or your neighbourhood, retirement village etc) throughout the month of September and see how many marathons you can do. A marathon is 42km.

A huge thank you

A huge thank you to Parklane Retirement Village for supporting the Shore Winter Food Drive. We really appreciate the support that you all give to this wonderful community. Thank you also to the other fabulous local residents who supported this.

AGM

The Sunnynook Community Centre AGM (Annual General Meeting) was held on Wednesday 12 August. Our board members were all happy to continue, and I thank them for their support over the last year, especially Simon Watson (chairperson), Carol Lunjevich-Grigor (secretary) and Samik Basu (treasurer). Carol has now stepped down as secretary and Janine Pringle has been voted in as our new secretary. Carol has remained on the board until early 2027 to make the transition easier for us all (Carol has been the secretary since June 2002). In June, Gunveen resigned from the board, but she is still very much a part of the Community Centre with the playgroup and as a Neighbourhood Support contact. We are loving watching her baby grow up!

Skatepark

We were delighted to do a small community opening of the new skatepark – next to the basketball court on Sunnynook Road. We have waited a very long time for this to happen and are so pleased that we could celebrate together. Special thanks to Penny for cutting the ribbon. Massive thanks to our community connector for organising some free skateboarding lessons with Girls Skate NZ.

Please check out our website for up-to-date information about our classes and events.  If you would like to go on the online mailing list to receive our community newsletters, please email snook.com.cen@xtra.co.nz