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MEDIA RELEASE: BEIGE BRIGADE SPONSORS BUNNY HUNTERS

8 April 2009

The Beige Brigade (http://www.beigebrigade.co.nz/) is delighted to announce that it is sponsoring a team in The Great Alexandra Easter Bunny Hunt to be held in Central Otago this weekend, starting at 8am on Good Friday.

It is the first time that New Zealand's notorious cricket supporters' group has lent itself to the destruction of furry pests and Beige Brigade co-founder Paul Ford said it was set to be "a lovely way to finish off a frustrating cricket season".

The sponsorship of Bunny Hunt team, The Winton Wolfpack, was stitched up between Ford and experienced bunny shooter Big Red over a couple of ales on the embankment at the recent New Zealand versus India Test cricket at the Basin Reserve. (Big Red is a burgeoning New Zealand icon who recently featured on the front page of the Stuff website - see here.)

Ford said there was "a meeting of the minds" and the move into sponsorship of hunters from the deep South just seemed like a good idea. "The Beige Brigade's co-founders are pretty much all townies but we have a number of magnificent rural platoons amongst the Beige Brigade movement. The only bunnies any of us like are the Easter Bunny and tail-end batsmen like Chris Martin, Kerry Walmsley, Iain O'Brien and Ewen Chatfield."

The Beige Brigade Winton Wolfpack will be blending into the Alexandra countryside resplendent in a less than dazzling array of beige attire supplied by the Beige Brigade's headquarters in Wellington. The Wolfpack is a definite contender for the 2009 title having taken it out back in 2007. This followed on from a disappointing result in 2006.

The Wolfpack did not enter in 2008 but is back with a vengeance in 2009. According to gun-toting skipper Big Red: "We're not cocky but we are due. We have some pretty handy blokes in our twelve this time around - when the bunnies are lined up and counted Saturday lunchtime we hope we will be in the running, assuming we land ourselves a decent block to shoot in. We'll do the beige proud for sure."

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CONTACTS: To discuss the Beige Brigade's involvement, please contact Paul on 021 809 589. To speak with Big Red from the Beige Brigade Winton Wolfpack phone 021 272 5832.

ABOUT: The Great Alexandra Easter Bunny Hunt is a 24-hour extermination of the rabbit held annually every Easter. Teams of a maximum of 12 shooters are balloted blocks throughout the region and following a briefing early on Good Friday commence on a 24 hour shoot. All teams return to Pioneer Park in Alexandra on Saturday for the official count, BBQ lunch, entertainment and prize giving. Cash prizes and trophy awarded for most rabbits exterminated plus hard luck stories and spot prizes throughout the day. Special categories for best equipped shooting vehicle. More here: http://www.centralotagonz.com/index.cfm/bunny