Knockout Thriller in the Chiller Event Entertains
Knockout Thriller in the Chiller Event Entertains
Blood, sweat and tears were dished up
in bucket-loads last night (30 June) as 22 local aspiring
boxers stepped into the ring to showcase 16 weeks of
gruelling training at the Mountain Scene Thriller in the
Chiller Charity Boxing Night - a sell-out American Express
Queenstown Winter Festival event.
Cheered on by a
1,300-strong crowd of roaring supporters, the contestants
gave ‘knock out’ performances to help raise money for
the Queenstown Coastguard.
Standing ovations
were given to the most intense matches – those between
Alice ‘The Ginger Crunch’ Cournane and Joanna ‘Jo’s
a Fiend’, Wells, Steven 'The Warrior' Walsh and Jason
'Hooligan' Hughes, and ‘Ice Crusher’ Mackey and Jason
‘Machine Gun’ Mills.
In fight order, winners
of the three-round boxing bouts
were:
• Skyline’s Adam 'The
Hitman' Hindson v Richard 'Scarface' Hadlow from Queenstown
Gymnastics. Winner: Richard 'Scarface'
Hadlow
• Oaks Shores Resort’s
Claire 'Breaking Bones' Jones v Di 'The Detonator' Reid from
Queenstown i-SITE. Winner: Claire
'Breaking Bones' Jones
• RBJ
Builder Dallas 'Rocky Dalboa' Moffat v Nathan 'The Dog'
Turner from Magic Memories. Winner:
Dallas 'Rocky Dalboa'
Moffat
• Queenstown Primary’s
Alice 'Big Gun' Cannan v Jessica 'The Ripper' Ryan from the
Copthorne Lakefront Hotel. Winner:
Alice 'Big Gun' Cannan
•
Swordfox’s Graham 'The Diamond Cutter' McLellan v Cesar
'C-Bomb' Piotto from NZSki. Winner:
Cesar 'C-Bomb' Piotto
•
Probation officer Alice ‘The Ginger Crunch’ Cournane v
Joanna ‘Jo’s a Fiend’ Wells, a bartender and DJ.
Winner: Alice ‘The Ginger Crunch’
Cournane
• Commercial Property
Manager Johnny 'Roast of the Day' Stevenson v Paddy
'Hurricane' Kluts from Bardeaux. Winner:
Paddy 'Hurricane' Kluts
•
Michael Hill Jewellers’ Ann 'Annimal' Coombes v Michelle
'No Mercy' Percy, a student. Winner:
Michelle 'No Mercy'
Percy
• Crowne Plaza Hotel’s
Steven 'The Warrior' Walsh v Jason 'Hooligan' Hughes from
Motortrade Finances. Winner: Steven
'The Warrior' Walsh
• Bungy
operator Lewis ‘Young Buck’ Benseman v Richie
‘Rampage’ Evans, a concrete grinder. Winner:
Richie ‘Rampage’
Evans
• Cowboy’s bartender Jesse
‘Ice Crusher’ Mackey v Jason ‘Machine Gun’ Mills, a
bathroom installer. Winner: Jason
‘Machine Gun’ Mills
Festival Director Simon
Green congratulated all of the contestants and praised their
hard work.
“It was great to see everyone’s hard
work put to use this evening. The contestants have all
worked so hard and been extremely committed over the last 16
weeks. It’s fantastic to see a sell-out crowd supporting
them,” Mr Green said.
The festival fun concludes today
with action-packed line-up of events. The Auckland Airport
Lantern Making Workshops will be held at the Queenstown
Memorial Hall from 11am until 4pm, the Quiksilver Slopestyle
Invitational kicks off at The Remarkables ski area at 11am,
followed by The Kingston Flyer Steam Powered Party departing
Kingston Station at 11.30am, and the Wakatipu Grill Jazz
Brunch at the Hilton Queenstown, which also starts at
11.30am. The One Square Meal Cyclocross Series begins at 2pm
at Remarkables Park and The Life of Pinot with Peter
Thornley gets underway at the Hilton Queenstown’s Wakatipu
Grill at 6pm. A big crowd is expected for the Festival
finale, the spectacular Auckland Airport International Mardi
Gras, which will kick off in the streets of downtown
Queenstown at
4pm.
ENDS