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Mountain Scene By GUY WILLIAMS After some time away, three SkyCity Stampede fan favourites are preparing for their Queenstown comebacks this weekend. As we count down to Stampede’s first pair of regular season ice hockey games, at the Queenstown Ice Arena this Friday and Saturday, league MVP, Liam Stewart, former Ice Black captain Bert Haines, and resort born-and-bred goaltender Aston Brookes are returning to a potent line-up. Brookes will once again be setting up shop in front of goal, bolstering already strong resources in that position in the form of Matt Swirtz and Joel Hasselman. The 27-year-old Ice Black returned to the resort with his partner in December after three years on Australia’s Central Coast, between Sydney and Newcastle, where he played for the Sydney Bears for two seasons before having a handful of games for the Newcastle Northstars in last year’s severely Covid-disrupted season. ....
Hair-raising CBD bar By PHILIP CHANDLER Opening only three nights a week, keeping Rhino’s Ski Shack going during the Covid era’s been a close shave for the owners of the Queenstown CBD bar. Now, however, in a head-turning idea, it’s joining forces with a hairdresser, Mat ‘Stitch’ McErlain, who’ll operate a barber’s shop from the premises during the daytime. It’ll be called ‘Bad Luck Barber’, ‘‘‘cos you can get a great hair cut and bad advice’’, bar co-owner James Ace says. Ace used McErlain as his barber when he lived in Auckland, and was happy to help a mate start his first business when he shifted to the resort a few months ago. ....
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Mountain Scene December 10, 2020 So graceful: Members of the Remarkables Men s Ballet troupe, performing in this Sunday s council-organised Christmas Show, are performing in memory of former member Merv Aoake this year. Pictured, back, from left, are Matt Schneider and Mike Thurston; third row, from left, Craig Ferg Ferguson, Paul Robertson and Bert Haines; second row, from left, Steve Kay, Sean Drader, Uan Spijkerbosch and Gary Clearwater; and Dave Mahoney (front). Absent are Chris Dagg and Nigel Kerr By TRACEY ROXBURGH It starts with a kiss. By the end of it, the motliest-looking corps de ballet you’ll ever likely see should count themselves lucky not to have pulled a hammy, or worse. ....