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The life of the party: North Shore businessman Graeme Rutherford remembered after dying in tragic accident
23 Jan, 2021 06:59 AM
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Well-known Auckland businessman Graeme Rutherford has died. Photo / Supplied
Well-known North Shore businessman Graeme Rutherford has died tragically in an accident.
His wife Debbie said he was a passionate family man and his son Tom called the death a huge catastrophic loss .
In a death notice Rutherford s family posted for him, in lieu of flowers people were asked to donate to one of his favourite charities, the Westpac Auckland Rescue Helicopter.
The family did not want to divulge details about the accident that took the life of the Birkenhead businessman who generously supported local schools, the Birkenhead Bowling Club and the rescue helicopter.
2020 in amateur boxing: A year like no other
2020 has been an unprecedented year for amateur boxing. John Dennen speaks to GB performance director Rob McCracken and more about the impact of the last 12 months
AMATEUR boxing has never experienced a year like 2020. The coronavirus pandemic shut down the amateur sport. It ended club shows and domestic championships. The Olympic Games was expected to dominate this year. Instead Tokyo 2020 has moved to 2021. Two continental qualification events were completed, one was shut down three days into the tournament and the rest still need to be finished.
It wouldn’t be fair to select boxers of the year when amateur competition was so drastically restricted. But honourable mentions should go to Great Britain’s Galal Yafai and Peter McGrail. They secured qualifying places for the Tokyo Games under tremendous pressure mere hours before the European qualifier in London had to be suspended. With so much on the line both boxed well and Yafai se
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