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Sponsors and Supporters

South Canterbury Finance

The organisers of the Trolley Derby wish to acknowledge the vital role of our naming-rights sponsor. Funding from South Canterbury Finance allows the derby to continue as a totally free day of family fun and exhiliration in the centre of Nelson

Through their commitment and enthusiam, the derby has grown from a simple trolley-focused event to include the crowd and local businesses in a range of fund-rasing activities of direct and significant benefit to the local branch of Child Cancer

The YIMBYs

A special THANKS!!! to all of the residents of upper Collingwood Street who have been saying "yes, in my back yard" since 2002, providing power, phone-lines, internet connections and sharing the superb location that makes the derby a wonderful annual event on the Nelson calendar

Supporters

Dominic Williams of United Group Ltd

for erecting the banners and supporting the photographers (and Emcees???) in a 17m bucket truck

Francis Lagrutta of Novus

for the stunt motorcyclists

Jocelyn Amon of Amon Consulting

for turning megabytes of data into information from over 100 races in the heats, the semis the finals, the coprorate races and the Monarchs

Frog and Hazel Twissell

Developers: Heats timing software and hardware

Envoy Networks

Supplier of Heats timing hardware

Grant and Tania O'Donnell and the Nelson Hot Rod Club

Scrutineering and Shuttles (moving the Trolleys and drivers back to the top) and work in the Grid and at the results desk

Gordon Dacombe, Bruce Stilwell and Turhan Djemal

for your ongoing passion and support for this event in particular your time, skills and dedication as mentors in the Kids Design Challenge

Tim Bayley

Organiser of the Kids' Design Challenge and Running of the Balls

Myk and Leonie

for creating and running the Towards Zero Waste lounges

Nelson Camera Club

for creating a photographic record of each trolleys

Judges

Gene Kennedy

The Style Meister Awards

Helen Trevena

The Kids Design Challenge

Gordon Dacombe

The Spirit of the Derby Trophy

Tina Guy of Davis Dyslexia Correction

The Britten Award

Suppliers

Carpet Court (Nelson)

Supplier: trolley of building materials

Classic Hits (Nelson)

Publicity and Emcees

Festival Crew

Aaron, Andy, Antony, Chris, Eric, Evan, Huup, Josh, Kim, Shannon and Sharyn - working behind the scenes and on the street on derby day

Mainfreight and Frucor

Trucks for returning trolleys to top of the hill

Nelson City Council

Office infrastructure

Nelson Police

Speed gun and traffic support

Nelson Sound Systems

PA in the grid and the length of the course

Sollys Transport

Bringing the pea straw all the way from Canterbury

St Johns

Here when we need you

St Josephs School

For a fantastic grass frontage