Andrew Reese

Remembered via this relay is Andrew Reese, a long- term volunteer for Athletics Canterbury who could be summed up with a bit of  "Drew-ism"  – do something special, something good, and don’t tell anyone about it.

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Andrew  started running at school and at first said he could not run like the other boys because he was an asthmatic. The Headmaster said, you will do it, and he started by running between the first and second lampposts, and the headmaster picked him up to join the boys at the end. Andrew increased the number of lampposts and there was a celebration when he was able to do the entire block. He became a runner.

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"He never thought of himself, he only thought of others"

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