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Jason O’Keefe, with wife Sharon, has to make an exhausting trip to Christchurch three times per week for dialysis.

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A desperate plea

By Susan Sandys

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It was on one day last year that Jason O’Keefe’s life changed forever.

The Ashburton grandad had suffered chronic pancreatitis and progressive systemic sclerosis for more than eight years, but had still been able to live life to the fullest with wife Sharon and their five adult children.

It was while sawing up firewood and loading it on a trailer that he started to feel sick. Afterwards, inside his Tinwald house he was finding it hard to breathe, and the next morning was vomiting and suffering severe cramps in his stomach.

He went to his GP, who sent him straight to hospital.

The next days and weeks were tough for family members as doctors told

them O’Keefe had kidney failure and most likely would not survive.

He did however pull through, but has been unwell ever since, relying on dialysis and unable to do any of the activities he once enjoyed.

A heart condition he has developed rules him out for a kidney transplant, and he will be on dialysis for the rest of his life.

Today, the 49-year-old former freezing worker, painter and decorator and firewood processor does not expect to make it to old age, and he takes one day at a time. But he has a plea for health authorities, one he hopes will benefit not only himself but generations of Mid Cantabrians to come – install dialysis facilities at Ashburton Hospital.

He and wife Sharon can not under-

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stand why they, along with people from South Canterbury and the West Coast, have to travel all the way to Christchurch Hospital in order to access dialysis machines.

O’Keefe suffers exhaustion and fatigue as he makes the trip for a five-hour dialysis treatment three times per week, catching health shuttles into the city for two of these trips, while Sharon, a supermarket butcher’s assistant, drives him for the third.

“It doesn’t make sense at all, there’s spare rooms there they could set up (at Ashburton Hospital) as dialysis rooms,” Sharon said.

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Fire Risk Management Officer Bevan Findlay works through his investigation at the property that was severely damaged by fire on September 23.

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Hakatere blaze cause remains a mystery

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

It is likely the cause of a fire that gutted a well known seaside property last week will remain undetermined after fire investigators were unable to determine a defintive cause.

Fire Risk Management Officer Bevan Findlay said there had not been any further progress with the investigation.

The house, which sits overlooking the ocean in Upper Hakatere, was left a smouldering shell just over a week ago following the fire which began on the top floor of the two storey home.

“I think it will just remain undetermined,” he said.

Findlay said due to the nature of such fires investigators were

usually called in but he said it was not surprising for them to have undetermined causes.

“Most of the fires we are involved with investigating are not obvious ones such as a pot catching fire on the stove and created a fire which we don’t need to see to determine a cause,” he said.

“It is fairly common with the fires we see, moreso the fires with really significant structural damage.

“The longer the fire burns the more damage and it also destroys any evidence.”

Findlay said they were unable to confirm if the fire was suspicious or not, and that without a definitive cause they could not rule it out.

A Hakatere resident who spoke

to the Guardian at the scene said the home has been vacant for a while, however significant refurbishments had been made earlier this year and the building had recently been on the market.

Findlay advised anyone who was intending on leaving properties vacant for some time to turn off all power to the property, or to turn off things like hot water cylinders.

“It is not only going to save you money but it is going to remove a lot of risk as well,” he said.

Local residents alerted emergency services to the blaze around 6.30am and two engines and two tankers, plus extra firefighters rushed to the scene to find the building well ablaze, and remained there until after 9am.

There is a waiting list for training patients to administer dialysis in their own homes, and O’Keefe said after being offered this there had been no progress.

Accompanying O’Keefe on the shuttle most days is fellow dialysis patient Colleen Dunlea from Rakaia, and she also hopes that in future the health board will introduce dialysis at Ashburton Hospital.

Dunlea was born with small kidneys, however she nor anyone else knew about this until she began to get symptoms in her 60s.

Today the 70-year-old grandmother of four boards the health shuttle in the early hours of the morning three times per week, in order to be at the hospital for the five-hour session which begins shortly after 8am.

She said if there were services at Ashburton Hospital the closer proximity would mean the trip would not be so exhausting and she would be able to drive herself.

“I think it’s time Ashburton Hospital did something and got them in there,” she said.

She was aware of a hospital training programme for patients to do in-home dialysis, but she found this difficult to consider as this would require her having to inject needles into herself as part of the process for setting up.

“I’m too old for that, if I was younger, yes,” she said.

Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) executive director planning, funding and decision support Carolyn Gullery said there were no current plans to install dialysis machines at Ashburton Hospital.

Acute dialysis was a specialised treatment requiring expertise typically found at larger facilities, she said.

“It would be impractical and a poor use of the resources we have to attempt to replicate highly specialised services in

multiple centres,” Gullery said.

However, the CDHB was putting more emphasis on home dialysis, in line with patients’ wishes and its view of maintaining people in their own homes.

“Our move to home dialysis is the best direction, but this does take time to establish for each individual,” Gullery said.

Home-dialysis patients must first be initiated within the hospital system, and training on how to perform home dialysis took four months for patient and family supporters.

O’Keefe and Dunlea may not have the support of the CDHB, but they have the backing of the Ashburton Kidney Society, which is planning to meet with a Christchurch nephrologist to discuss securing dialysis services in Mid Canterbury.

Vice president Liz Carrick said home dialysis was not for everyone, with health reasons or a mental block preventing some, and in addition there was a waiting list for training.

The society wanted to see one dialysis machine installed at Ashburton Hospital or another health facility in the Ashburton area, or at least have a trained nurse in Ashburton to help patients administer home dialysis.

The only South Island facilities other than Christchurch, were at Nelson and Dunedin.

“So if you don’t live in one of those areas you have to travel or be trained up to do it yourself,” Carrick said.

“This isn’t just about Ashburton, it’s about Greymouth, it’s about Timaru, it’s all these outlying places where people find themselves in this situation.”

She and fellow members of the kidney society sympathised with patients such as O’Keefe, who did not have the hope of a kidney transplant.

“He’s stuck travelling to Christchurch, we all believe that’s not okay, and will do anything we possibly can to support us having a machine here.”

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Sniffing out a fun programme

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Kids taking part in the EA Networks Centre School Holiday Programme got a hands-on experience with LandSAR and their specially trained dogs on Monday afternoon.

Members of the Rakaia LandSAR group were on hand to discuss what they do with a group of 60 children for the first day of the two-week programme.

Students were talked through the process of carrying someone in a stretcher, identifying footprints and the roles of search and rescue dogs which were shown off

by Zeke and Dart.

Recreation services manager Richard Wood said they had a total of 131 children that had registered to take part at some point over the school holidays.

It is the second time the centre has run the school holiday programme, and Wood said it had been a successful venture since they took over running it from Sport Canterbury.

“The whole purpose is to give the kids a wide range of activities and not just ones that are sport focused or arts and crafts,” he said.

“So obviously we have this (the LandSAR visit), we have eco education coming through next week

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Petty vandalism blights school

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Rakaia LandSAR’s Murray Bowden and his dog Zeke talk to children at the EA Networks Centre School Holiday Programme yesterday.

PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 300919-JPM-0004 as well as the usual sport and away trips to Willowbank and Timaru.”

Wood said there would be a programme held in the lead-up to Christmas and in January next year alongside the usual school

holiday periods.

“It is proving to be really successful, we are getting a lot of engagement from the community and it is bringing different segments of the community to the

centre,” he said.

“During the day and in the school holidays is usually a dead time for us, so working to get more people through the door is great.”

Banks to trial new regional banking hubs The Bank of New Zealand has reaffirmed its commitment to banking services in Methven, at least for the next three years.

The BNZ and five other main trading banks have agreed not to close any branches outside of main centres while they trial new regional banking hubs at four rural locations.

The trial was announced yesterday by Government and the New Zealand Bankers’ Association.

Earlier this year the BNZ announced it would keep all of its regional branch network open for at least the next three years. Methven is part of this commitment and currently operates from 10am until 2.30pm daily.

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The Methven branch has a local team and the branch features smart ATM technology, providing basic banking for customers 24/7 and allowing them to check balances and make deposits and withdrawals.

BNZ chief customer officer Paul Carter said it was important to get the balance right between having a physical presence where customers can get great advice as well as the digital tools that support seamless everyday banking.

“And we are committed to doing both.”

He said the way people bank was constantly evolving and how customers used branches had changed significantly.

“While many day-to-day transactions are now done digitally, we’re seeing our customers seeking out our branch teams to help guide them through key moments like buying a new home, setting up KiwiSaver or to help them learn how to use our new digital tools.”

The regional banking trial announced yesterday involves four hubs at Twizel, Martinborough, Opunake and Stoke from 2020.

The hubs will include a smart ATM, support staff and online and tech support and are a collaboration involving all the major banks.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the announcement was fantastic news for people in

smaller towns who have been left feeling cut off as more banking moves online.

“I hope this will provide a solution for both the banks and local communities where it may not be economical for individual banks to maintain a branch.”

New Zealand Bankers’ Association chief executive Roger Beaumont said the pilot hubs would test different ways of adapting to community demand, and requirements and services would evolve over time.

The bankers’ association would establish partnerships with local organisations or use existing bank infrastructure branches to host the hubs.

Allenton School’s principal is hopeful a proactive approach to security will allow the school grounds to remain a community asset after a number of petty crimes and vandalism occurred there.

Principal Bruce Tilby said the school has engaged Talbot Security Group to visit the school regularly after a dental van and shed were vandalised and items stolen from school along with other concerning incidents, resulting in police being called to the school three times.

“For us it is really good to see them there and it is giving us a little peace of mind,” he said.

Tilby said the school grounds were regularly used outside of school hours by local families and that they wanted to keep things that way.

“A lot come after school on the weekends and tear around on their bikes and play basketball and we certainly want to keep encouraging that as that is the point of us being a community school,” he said.

Tilby said while the vandalism was only petty, it was frustrating and creating an unnecessary cost for the school.

“Our school is too great a place to put up with this type of nonsense and wilful damage,” Tilby said in the school newsletter.

“Given these ongoing issues, it is timely to remind parents that primary school children should not be playing in the school by themselves.”

Since the patrols started he said there had been a drop in the number of incidents, and he hoped things would remain that way.

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Queuing to win $108,000 in Ashburton with Juno and More FM.

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Prize to lift KiwiSaver thinking Ashburton’s clock tower was the starting point of a serious conversation about money on Saturday and a chance to win $108,000 cash.

KiwiSaver scheme Juno and radio station More FM have paired up for a promotion built on concern over the high fees charged for managing some KiwiSaver accounts.

Juno says New Zealanders are getting a raw deal and could be billions of dollars better off if people were not charged high fees for the management of their KiwiSaver schemes.

The company has put its mon-

ey where its mouth is and is offering $108,000 in a lucky draw to underscore its point. Ashburton people lined up to register for the cash prize when the promotion caravan hit town on Saturday.

Why is $108k significant? $108k is how much bigger your KiwiSaver balance could be if you switch to Juno’s low fee model, the company says.

They have based this on a 30-year-old earning $60,000, and with a starting KiwiSaver balance of $19,000; the balance could be $108,000 more if they switched to Juno.

The awareness campaign in-

volves driving the length of the country in six weeks and encouraging people to enter. The winner will be drawn on November 4.

Head of investments for Juno KiwiSaver Paul Gregory said the company tried to use simple language when it talked about investments to remove one of the big barriers to Kiwis being interested in and actively managing their KiwiSaver.

Their team included a registered teacher to provide a genuine education approach to engaging and helping members.

“Changing providers is another slightly intimidating decision

when you remember the typical Kiwi is not very confident with investment decisions, including KiwiSaver. That’s a big part of why we’ve tried to make it a far simpler decision with a low fee structure, plain language and an easy joining process.”

Juno educator Clara Kim said the company had developed programmes for secondary schools that helped students understand the importance of taking an active approach with their KiwiSaver account and financial future.

“We believe if we educate them now, they will be better off when they enter the workplace.”

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Firefighters are urging people to double check their vehicles and equipment for birds’ nests as they try to determine the cause of a tractor fire over the weekend.

The Mt Somers Voluntary Rural Fire Force were called to a tractor fire just before 4pm on Saturday

afternoon. Chief Fire Officer Leslie Huggins said they were not sure what had caused the fire, but it was a good reminder for people to check their vehicles and equipment for nests before use.

“The tractor was completely burnt out by the time we arrived,” he said.

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“It is also a good reminder to carry fire extinguishers in vehicles as well, there was in this one but the guy panicked and jumped out of the tractor so a wee bit of training to go with them as well is good.”

It was a sleepless night for Ashburton firefighters on Sunday evening.

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They were called to a Winchmore property at 9.36pm after a microwave began smoking, Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess said.

They were also called to assist police at around 2.10am on Monday morning, and were called to a medical assist just after 6am.

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Hospice lecture Maori tikanga (customs) and kawa (protocols) in end-of-life care will be the focus of a lecture to be presented in Ashburton on Thursday. Hospice Mid Canterbury hosts the 2019 Palliative Care Lecture Series at Rosebank Residential Care’s community lounge on the first Thursday of every month, 7.30 to 8.30am. The lectures are delivered across New Zealand via teleconference, and are offered free of charge to health professionals and those with an interest in palliative care. A light breakfast is provided, sponsored

by Harvey’s Bakehouse. Hospice Mid Canterbury is promoting this week’s lecture to a wider audience.

Lifting the Veil on Traditional Maori end-of-life care customs will be presented by Dr Tess MoekeMaxwell.

Two die in plane crash

Tractor fire sparks warning from chief fire officer

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Some 200 voting envelopes were cleared from the ballot box at the Ashburton District Council yesterday and couriered to electionz.com for processing as the local body elections continue.

People can put their voting papers in the ballot box or post them, there is no polling booth voting.

Council’s ballot box will be cleared several times between now and after the close of voting at noon on Saturday, October 12 and people posting their papers need to make sure they are in the mail no later than October 8 to guarantee delivery to the electoral officer.

Those who have not received voting papers can cast a special vote and should get in touch with council. The percentage of votes returned as at Friday was 12.93 per cent, down from 15.39 per cent at the same time in the last local body election. The total turnout in 2016 was 53.2 per cent.

A light plane reported missing on Sunday has been found with the bodies inside. The wreckage was found in the northern Tararua Ranges. The two men in the aircraft are deceased, police confirmed.

The plane took off from Foxpine Airstrip, north of Foxton, and was reported missing at 8pm on Sunday night. The private flight was heading to Paraparaumu. A scene examination is under way and the a Civil Aviation Authority will be investigating, police said. - NZME

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Outdoor family fun at Fairton Hundreds of families headed to Fairton School on Saturday for a fun day out that included candyfloss and clydesdale rides.

The school’s family fun day was about providing some old-fashioned fun outdoors while raising money for a playground upgrade.

The event was organised by the school’s Parent Teacher Association and spokesperson Kim Wall said they were delighted with the turnout.

Wall said the big horses from local Daybo Clydesdale stud were a hit, alongside the bouncy castle, vintage car rides and outdoor games like quoits. A nerf gun shooting gallery, with a wild west theme, was also plenty of fun.

Along with the games there were 18 stalls, selling lollies, crafts and other knick-knacks.

Teacher Andrea Small and her students also ran a candyfloss stall to help raise money for their school camp. All the students had helped set up and run things on the day.

Wall said families connected to the 36 students who attended the small rural school were joined by plenty of others from the wider Ashburton community and they wolfed down sausages and fair food.

The school was still tallying up the proceeds of the day and the PTA will meet soon to discuss how it will spend the money improving playground facilities.

She said Talley’s, which is a big supporter of the school, had recently paid for new rugby goal posts, which had been getting a lot of use.

The fun day profits would be spent on outdoor equipment that would keep the students active and learning as they played.

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Murder-suicide: Two dead in Christchurch NZME

Michael McGrath went missing more than two years ago.

Man charged with McGrath’s murder NZME A 51-year-old man has been charged with the murder of missing Christchurch man Michael McGrath.

The arrest comes two years and four months since the builder was last seen.

McGrath, 49, vanished from his Halswell home on May 21, 2017 and he was reported missing two days later.

Detective Inspector Kylie

Schaare said police had been investigating McGrath’s disappearance “tirelessly”.

“I would like to acknowledge the commitment, resilience, patience and professionalism shown by the investigation team and those involved in this case.

“Our thoughts are with the McGrath family today as they come to terms with the fact that the arrest confirms their worst fears.

“While Michael’s family were

realistic that he would not be found alive, I am sure a small part of them hoped they were wrong.

“They and those who were close to Michael will be grieving and processing today’s arrest.

“The arrest is another step in this journey and now there will be a judicial process to follow.”

In 2017, police searched through 2500 tonnes of rubbish at the Kate Valley Landfill while investigating McGrath’s case.

The bodies of an elderly man and woman have been found in a Christchurch house in a suspected murder-suicide.

A police spokeswoman said officers were called to a family domestic violence incident at a property on Wairakei Road, in Burnside, just after 4am yesterday.

Police have now confirmed two people are dead and that a firearm was found at the scene.

A homicide investigation has been launched also. However, nobody else is thought to have been involved in the incident.

Authorities say they are not seeking anyone else and nobody has been taken into custody.

Canterbury Superintendent John Price reassured residents and the wider public that there was no threat to public safety.

“Experienced officers are working to establish the circumstances surrounding this tragic event.

“As a community, it is very important everyone cares and looks out for each other – especially in times of pressure and stress. We ask that people ring police or our partner agencies if they are experiencing this.’’

One neighbour said a couple aged 60 to 70 years old lived in the house.

The neighbour, who has young children, was told by police to “stay inside” about 5am yesterday morning.

“I am shocked and surprised something like this would happen to this family.”

The pair often had family visiting the house, the woman said.

Another neighbour said she woke at 5.30am to two bangs, and watched out the window as SWAT officers with megaphones moved in.

It was “kind of scary, to be honest”.

Her partner, a lighter sleeper, had woken up earlier to hear a lot of people outside.

Police had entered her neighbour’s backyard and told her to stay inside with the lights off, the woman said.

She had never met the pair who lived in the house in four years living on the street. There had only been one incident over that time – a tyre being stolen off the back of her partner’s car.

A police spokeswoman had earlier described the situation as a “firearms family harm incident”.

A section of the road, outside the property, was cordoned off and a blue tarpaulin covered the front gate yesterday.

Wairakei Road resident Gary Fahey woke at 4am to the sound of police yelling through what he thought was a megaphone.

“They were yelling: ‘It’s police, turn on your lights and come outside, your house is surrounded by the Armed Offenders Squad’.”

He then saw the street had been blocked off by police vehicles.

About 25 minutes later he heard two sounds ring out which he thought may have been gunshots or tear gas.

Fahey, who is temporarily living on the road said he understood the older couple had lived there “for years”.

A neighbour, who said he knew the couple well, never had any issues with them. He heard police yelling “come out of the house” very loudly yesterday morning.

He said a woman who lives in the house has been unwell for quite some time.

Police officers carried out a scene examination yesterday.

Post-mortem examinations will take place in the coming days.

Nanogirl astonished after thieves return stolen goods NZME Children’s robots and other equipment stolen from Nanogirl’s Auckland office two nights previously were returned, wrapped in a blanket at her front gate yesterday.

Dr Michelle Dickinson, known as Nanogirl because of her nanotechnology research, said police could not believe it when she told them that she found the missing items at her gate at 7am yesterday.

“The police were like, ‘What do you mean?’” she said.

“There is this package on my doorstep and it seems to be the items,” she told them.

Security camera footage clearly showing the faces of the man and woman who broke into Dickinson’s Nanogirl Labs in Ponsonby at 3am on Saturday were published in the Herald on Sunday and on social media.

“After the story you guys ran,

and people sharing the pictures, some time between 9pm [on Sunday] and 7am [on Monday], some of the items were returned to us, left on the doorstep, wrapped in a blanket,” Dickinson said.

“There was no note, nothing. At 7am when I arrived at the office I found a carefully wrapped blanket of items.”

There is a high wall outside the building, which the thieves must have scaled to break into the office with a crowbar on Saturday.

But yesterday they left the items in the blanket “outside the wall, in the shelter so it didn’t get rained on”.

The stolen items, including cameras, robots and electronic gear, were planned to be used for a national tour of schools starting in November.

Nanogirl Labs chief executive Joe Davis said on Saturday that the tour could be delayed because a month wasn’t long enough to replace all the stolen items.

Thieves have returned robots and other scientific gear now safely back in the hands of Dr Michelle Dickinson.

But yesterday Dickinson said the tour would now go ahead as planned after the thieves returned about 70 per cent of the

stolen items.

“It was camera gear, science equipment, robots, you name it.

There was a big box of things,”

she said.

“Not all of them work any more, but at least we’ve got them back.”

She said she was “a strong believer in the good of people” and was delighted that the thieves had heard her call for help after the burglary.

Davis said the team had received an incredible outpouring of support from the community since the news broke over the weekend.

“We’re genuinely humbled by the kindness people have shown.

I’d also really like to acknowledge and thank the wonderful New Zealand Police for their swift and expert assistance, and their efforts with the ongoing enquiry.”

He said the best way people could support Nanogirl was to see the show and support a Pay it Forward programme which gifts a ticket to a child who would not otherwise be able to attend.

Police are still investigating the burglary.

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Thunberg ‘spoilt brat’ NZME Jeremy Clarkson has called 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg a “spoilt brat” in a scathing column published in The Sun. The former Top Gear presenter said Thunberg had no right to lecture anyone after she told the United Nations the older generation had ruined her childhood with climate change.

Thunberg broke down in tears during her impassioned speech furiously scolding the international delegates at the UN for not addressing the climate emergency.

“I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

“Yet you all come to us for hope.

“How dare you.

“You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.”

In Clarkson’s column he accused her of sailing to the US on a £15 million yacht.

“How dare you sail to America on a carbon fibre yacht that you didn’t build which cost £15 million, that you didn’t earn, and which has a back-up diesel engine that you didn’t mention.

“We gave you mobile phones

‘It’s not about publicity’ Pop stars and twin sisters The Veronicas this week hit back at claims their most recent “crazy” and “confusing” run-in with a protocol-obsessed Qantas stewardess was for publicity. “This is a legal matter,” Jess said in an interview, dismissing the suggestion the highly publicised incident, involving her and twin sister Lisa, was in some way acting as long-range publicity for the star duo’s upcoming Foxtel reality programme, Jess & Lisa: The Veronicas.

The duo said they wished to remove themselves from what had become an “awful and unbelievable experience”.

Jeremy Clarkson has launched a scathing attack on Greta Thunberg. and laptops and the internet.

“We created the social media you use every day and we run the banks that pay for it all,” he wrote.

“So how dare you stand there and lecture us, you spoilt brat.”

Clarkson’s daughter Emily took to Twitter to voice her anger over “middle age blokes” not speaking kindly about Thunberg.

Emily Clarkson retweeted a comment from Comedian John Bishop directed at Greta Thunberg which read: “You are an inspirational person.

“You have breathed life into the climate debate that was failing to get the attention it deserved.

“Whatever happens with the world it is a better place with you in it.”

Emily shared the post, saying: “Wouldn’t it be nice if all middle aged blokes could talk to and about Greta, the ballsy af teenager out there changing the world, like this.”

Jeremy replied: “Wouldn’t it be nice if she learned some manners.”

To which Emily hit back: “A woman doesn’t need to be polite to make a point.”

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Trump goes on a Twittering rampage NZME Donald Trump has raged against the Democrats and whistleblower at the centre of an impeachment inquiry against him.

Taking to Twitter with eight tweets in two hours, the US President warned of “big consequences” against the whistleblower who lodged a corruption complaint against his phone call with the Ukrainian President in July.

Trump said he “deserves to meet with” the whistleblower, who he accused of “representing a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way”.

He also attacked US House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, saying his “lies” are “perhaps the most blatant and sinister manner ever seen in the great chamber”.

60 Minutes in America has reportedly obtained a letter indicating that the whistleblower is now under federal protection “because he or she fears for their safety”.

The letter from the whistleblower’s lawyer, Andrew Bakaj, Compass Rose LLC, reportedly indicates that the office of the Director of National Intelli-

President Donald Trump

gence has activated “appropriate resources” to protect the person.

The whistleblower has agreed to testify before the House Intelligence Committee.

Over the weekend, Trump recorded a 38-second address slamming his political rivals amid the worsening Ukraine scandal.

In the video, he described multiple moves against him

by Democrats as “the greatest

scam in the history of American politics”.

“The Democrats want to take away your guns, they want to take away your healthcare, they want to take away your vote, they want to take away your freedom, they want to take away your judges — they want to take away everything,” Trump said.

The President is facing one of the biggest scandals of his political career.

On July 25, Trump had a

30-minute phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

In August, a whistleblower from within the US intelligence community complained that Trump’s behaviour during the phone call was highly unethical.

On September 19, it was revealed that the complaint alleged Trump attempted to coerce the Ukrainian government into investigating alleged corrupt acts involving former vice president Joe Biden and his son Robert Hunter Biden.

Specifically, he wanted Ukraine to probe Joe Biden’s role in the dismissal of the country’s prosecutor-general, Viktor Shokin, who was axed in 2016. Allegedly in exchange, he would grant Ukraine a previously withheld $400 million in military aid.

Trump dismissed the reports, urging the media to look into Biden’s background with Ukraine.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi later opened a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump, who said it was “Witch Hunt garbage”.

The Democrats are now gathering evidence in an attempt to prove Trump is guilty of an impeachable offence.

Bindi Irwin has teased a glimpse of the glamorous wedding dress she will wear when she marries fiancée Chandler Powell. Irwin posted a photo to social media showing off the sleeve of the wedding gown and her hand sporting her stunning engagement ring, with the caption: “I said yes to the dress.” The post was retweeted by Hollywood star Russell Crowe, a long-time family friend who remains close to her mother Terri, and an old mate of Bindi’s late father Steve ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ Irwin.

Bowie flashes Blondie Debbie Harry has recalled the time when David Bowie proudly showed her his penis after she had gifted him a bag of cocaine. The Blondie singer detailed the moment in her new biography FACE IT. The 74-year-old front-woman explained Bowie’s “size was notorious” and that he “loved to pull it out with both men and women”. “One time David and Iggy Pop were looking for some blow,” Harry explains in the book. “A friend had given me a gram, but I had barely touched it. I didn’t care for coke too much – it made me jittery and wired. After they did the blow, David pulled out his c*** – as if I were the official c*** checker or something. It was so funny, adorable and sexy.”

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OUR VIEW

Time to focus on the rugby, not politics I

can’t believe I’m about to write this, but I’m growing a little bored with the Rugby World Cup. And we’re only just over a week in, so I’m a little more than concerned.

But, I need to be clear here, I’m not bored with the actual rugby itself but instead all the other rubbish that is going on with it.

I’m a little fed up with the event from the perspective of being a spectator and a fan of the game.

While the majority of the conversation should be about what’s happening on the paddock in the matches that are being played, unfortunately it’s about what is happening off it that’s causing the most drama.

Here in New Zealand, it’s the issues with our streaming provider,

Spark Sport.

I’m hearing mixed reviews from around the country and while my own experiences haven’t been too bad when it comes to my viewing pleasure, I’ve got a lot of friends who have been cut a pretty raw deal and aren’t that happy about it.

There’s trepidation about things going pear-shaped again tomorrow night when more than 100,000 individual streams will be

launched around New Zealand and that the sheer weight in number of viewers is just too much for it all to handle.

Then there’s the off-field stuff.

In the past week we’ve seen some Irish journalist get made to look like a fool after he took aim at the haka and then made a pretty blunt comment about Japan not deserving to be on the same paddock as his home nation.

Admittedly the fallout from that comment was quite entertaining but it’s all just stuff that doesn’t need to be going on in the background.

Then there’s Michael Cheika, our Australian friend who throws a better tantrum than any toddler I know, and his incessant ranting after someone took his favour-

ite toy out of the sandbox when Australia lost to Wales on Sunday night.

All this stuff is adding up and detracting from what has been some entertaining rugby.

The minnows are standing up and playing some big matches and I think there’s no doubt on what we’ve seen so far that the gap between the top tier nations and those below is getting less each time this tournament rolls around.

Results like Japan tipping over the Irish and Wales downing Australia are what we need.

I look at the All Blacks’ next three games and while it will be fun to watch them score tries aplenty, there’s not much appetite for excitement and fear of the

unthinkable.

The build-up to the South Africa match was intense and I spent the whole match on the end of my seat riding every play as it unfolded.

Tomorrow night it’ll be feet up kicking back and hoping that the All Blacks score as many tries as possible to fill my TAB account with bonus bets.

It’s probably a little pedantic, but a Rugby World Cup should only be about the rugby.

Not the politics, not the cultural stuff, just the men on the paddock and what they are doing and achieving each time they step out there to play. The only hope is that we actually get to enjoy it when they do that instead of staring at a frozen, broken livestream.

executive Thomas Mosser.

(Kaczynski was later sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years.)

Ten years ago: The US and five other world powers held highstakes talks with Iran in Geneva to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities; President Barack Obama, in Washington, called the discussions “a constructive beginning”. David Letterman publicly acknowledged having had sexual relationships with some female staffers as 48 Hours Mystery producer Joe Halderman was charged in a blackmail plot against the CBS Late Show host.

(Halderman later pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny and served four months in jail.)

Five years ago: Secret Service Director Julia Pierson abruptly resigned in the face of multiple revelations of security breaches, bumbling in her agency and rapidly eroding confidence that the president and his family were being kept safe.

(Pierson was succeeded by Joseph Clancy.) In a striking public rebuke, the Obama administration warned Israel that plans for a controversial new housing project in east Jerusalem would distance Israel from “even its closest allies” and raise questions about its commitment to seeking peace with Palestinians.

One year ago: Officials in Indonesia

began burying hundreds of victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in a mass grave.

Today’s birthdays: Former President Jimmy Carter is 95.

Actress-singer Julie Andrews is 84. Actress Stella Stevens is 81.

Rock musician Jerry Martini is 76. Jazz musician Dave Holland is 73. Actress Yvette Freeman is 69. Actor Randy Quaid is 69. Rhythm-and-blues singer Howard Hewett is 64. Former British Prime Minister Theresa May is 63. Alt-country-rock musician Tim O’Reagan is 61.

Singer Youssou N’Dour is 60.

Actor Esai Morales is 57. Actor Christopher Titus is 55. Actress-

model Cindy Margolis is 54.

Producer John Ridley is 54. Rock singer-musician Kevin Griffin is 51. Actor Zach Galifianakis is 50.

Singer Keith Duffy is 45. Actress Sherri Saum is 45. Actress Kate Aselton is 41. Actress Sarah Drew is 39. Actress Carly Hughes is 37.

Actor-comedian Beck Bennett is 35. Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell is 33. Actress Brie Larson is 30.

Singer/songwriter Jade Bird is 22. Actress Priah Ferguson is 13.

Actor Jack Stanton is 11.

Thought for today: “Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.” — Heywood C. Broun, American journalist (18881939).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, October 1, the 274th day of 2019. There are 91 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire from a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at a concert below, leaving 58 people dead and more than 800 injured in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history; the gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock, killed himself before officers arrived.

On this date: In 1908, Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.

In 1910, the offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and fire; 21 Times employees were killed.

In 1923, at Athletic Park, Wellington, Seacliff from Otago defeated Wellington YMCA 4-0 in the first final of the Chatham Cup. In 1957, the motto In God We Trust began appearing on US paper currency.

In 1962, Johnny Carson debuted as host of NBC’s Tonight Show, beginning a nearly 30-year run.

Sir Guy Powles was New Zealand’s first Ombudsman. The office was created to investigate complaints about government departments and other national public sector organisations.

In 1971, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida.

In 1982, Sony began selling the first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101, in Japan.

In 1986, Goods and Services Tax Act introduced. Adding 10 per cent to the cost of most goods and services, GST was a key part of the economic reforms of the fourth Labour government.

In 1987, eight people were killed when an earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck the Los Angeles area.

In 1996, a federal grand jury indicted Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski in the 1994 mail bomb slaying of advertising

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We’re all in this together S

o where are all these agricultural laggards we hear of in the media? And when was the last time you stopped for a chat with a farmer in your region and asked them the same question?

I make time to chat to South Island farmers every week, and I’m still to find one who isn’t committed to investing in their land and business.

What I do see are authentic, hard-working families who care about their land and animals but are still branded social pariahs by some green interest groups. That isn’t to say all farmers are operating at industry best standard; some have work to do.

Despite the commitment by the rural sector to improve their footprint, organisations like Fish & Game persist in their PR campaign to cast farmers and the primary industry in as negative a light as possible.

This was never more evident than in their recent email newsletter encouraging people to submit to the freshwater proposals, where inflammatory and patently untrue photo captions were used.

Reading between the lines of some anti-farmer rhetoric one could be forgiven for thinking Kiwi farmers are so ‘country’ they think a seven-course meal is a possum and a six-pack.

It is simply a nonsense used by protagonists to exacerbate any perception of the urban-rural divide. Rural families have the same worries as their urban counterparts.

Worries of farmers I hear per-

Darryl Sycamore FROM THE FARM

sonally include whether they can financially help the kids through university, and managing mental wellness.

Farmers are opening their wallets investing in minimising their environmental footprint to a degree that would make most urbanites’ eyes water. A recent Federated Farmers and DairyNZ survey of dairy farmers revealed an estimated spend of over $1 billion in environmental improvements over the past five years.

Otago-Southland dairy farmers each spent on average over $150,000 per farm over that period.

And let’s not forget that farmers grow food – for fellow Kiwis and the ever-expanding global population. They also pay tax and add to the wealth of the country so our Government has cash to spend on schools, hospitals or welfare support.

Of the $58.3 billion worth of goods exported in the year to June 2019, the primary sector accounted for $46.4b. Take farmers out of the economic equation and our Government would be on its knees begging the UN for a handout.

And while farmers continue to be paddled by the media, the regulatory environment that seeks

to manage water quality and biodiversity is about to change dramatically. Most crucially to farming and water quality is the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. It is clear this regulation will transform farming systems across the country, and will hit city-dwellers for billions in infrastructural upgrades.

The NPS for Indigenous Biodiversity is also due for release for public submissions and will likely have a profound impact on land use.

There is no doubt, farming in NZ is about to change on an unprecedented scale. And yes, maybe it is overdue in some catchments. Sadly, and despite these regulatory game-changers on the horizon, farmers are still being persecuted relentlessly by some green NGOs. Well-being and mental health issues have never been more pronounced in the sector. Many farmers and their families are hurting, and it is time interest groups eased up on their media campaigns.

Their ongoing assault is hurting farming families and contributing to the desperation of many genuinely good folk.

Let’s not forget, no-one is without blame for the current state of our environment. Urban councils continue to allow human waste to overflow into waterways right across the country.

The cost of infrastructure upgrades to achieve these new standards will be in the tens of billions and will fall on the

ratepayer. Ironically, the farmers’ greatest critic – Fish & Game and their predecessors – shoulder the greatest blame for environmental destruction in the rural environment.

We can thank them for the introduction of rabbits, ferrets, possums and weasels. In our rivers, no greater predatory impact has occurred to indigenous species than the introduction of trout.

Whilst they consume native fish to, or towards, extinction Fish & Game continue to sink the boot into farmers with impunity and little recognition of their own duplicity.

Irrespective of one’s view, farming is and will underpin the nation’s prosperity. While environmental controls on water quality may have not contemplated the dairy boom, it is clear this Government has a vision to make drastic changes to legislation.

Perhaps it is time to press the pause button and give the new regulations a chance to turn the tide.

So go on, take a moment to say gidday to a farmer next time you escape the city. You just may be surprised …

Darryl Sycamore is Federated Farmers senior policy advisor The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

YOUR VIEW i-Site angst I wish to comment on the headline in Monday’s paper “i-Site angst around council table”.

Personally, I am not interested in who closed our i-Site. That is buck-passing.

My fight for three years has been to re-open our i-Site /Information Centre.

This Favel-led council has failed to heed the wishes of our community.

The reason our Info Centre is closed is because of chronic underfunding by council of Experience Mid Canterbury (EMC).

This year the EMC depleted budget is $370,000 to promote our district. Eighty per cent of that budget goes in wages, leaving the magnificent sum of $75,000 to sell the benefits of our district.

Please note council policy is to deduct $10,000 per year for 10 years from the EMC budget. This continued underfunding will eventually lead to EMC becoming insolvent and it will fail.

This means no promotion at all of what our district has to offer our visitors.

It will mean the closure of the Methven i-Site.

Shifting the i-Site brochures to the library isn’t working as published numbers show enquiries are around 1 or 2 per day.

It plainly defies logic that council see the need for an info centre in their new building but don’t see the need to maintain and re-open the i-Site in its present building on East Street. We have been without an info centre now for three years plus we will need to wait at least another two years before some type of information centre appears in the new civic building.

For around $63,000 per annum our info centre could have the welcome mat out and be open for business.

In some ways the info hub is the shop window for our district.

Council have a duty to provide a fully funded info centre with fully trained competent staff to sell the benefits of our district to visitors

and locals alike.

This short term/short-sighted thinking of this council is stifling growth in the District. Just how welcoming are we to visitors? It’s pretty much a “cold call” without at least an i-Site to engage them.

The District Council has the balance sheet to do much more. We deserve more.

All council needs to do is think more strategically and perhaps, in conjunction, think more about reprioritising the funds they limit themselves to.

This does NOT have to be at the expense of ratepayers.

Ironically the article below the i-Site article relates to council having a discussion about moving the railway from the middle of town.

Is it a coincidence these are but two of the strategic issues I have raised in my campaign material or is it simply ironic and has nothing to do with last moment striving for re-election that suddenly there is some talk of the big issues again.

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The Government’s draft Freshwater proposals have highlighted the importance of community projects such as MAR to improve water quality for the benefit of the Ashburton District.

This project has enjoyed considerable support from the wider Ashburton community to date and I would hope for this to continue.

Peter Lowe, Chair Hekeao/Hinds Water Enhancement Trust

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Are you my mother?

By Linda Clarke

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Teams of specialist cow-watchers, recruited by VetEnt Riverside, have been keeping a close eye on hundreds of calves in Mid Canterbury to see if they are effectively feeding off their mothers and, if not, whether the farmer is able to help.

The research technicians have been sitting in observation pods high above two calving mobs, watching 24 hours for 12 days per farm, and recording how calves feed prior to being removed from their mothers, who then join the milking herd.

Early conclusions have been surprising and it appears it takes a village to raise a child, or calf.

The calving paddock observations could help pinpoint why some calves thrive and others don’t, and challenge industry thinking that cows are not good mothers.

Project leader Emma Cuttance, of VetEnt Research, said the crux of the matter was the passive transfer of antibodies from mother to calf.

Calves are not born with antibodies (like other mammals) but receive them from the first colostrum milk feeds after being born.

“They are born with nothing so everything they get for their immunity has to be from the colostrum and it is really high in antibodies.

But they have to get enough of it.”

The research crews have been watching two North Island herds and two Mid Canterbury herds this season and will observe four more herds next calving season.

Cuttance said the industry needed to know more about what was going on in the calving paddock and if farmer management could make a difference. Some farmers picked up calves from the paddock once a day, others more often.

“For years we have been thinking the dams are poor mothers. It is time to have a look and this has

been led by previous research and pressure from consumers, where removing the calf from its mother is a contentious topic.”

VetEnt Ashburton’s Viana Fallaver has been in charge of recruiting 14 Mid Canterbury technicians, who worked shifts of four hours on, eight hours off. Their observation pod was a 1.2m x 2.4m scissor lift with a hut attached, which was parked in the calving paddock and raised up (as high as 8m) and down as needed.

The technicians were equipped with spotlights and headtorches at night and kept the cold at bay with sleeping bags and hot water bottles.

Fallaver said the cows did not seem to mind the crews changing

shift or the noise of the scissor lift.

“We observe everything, from the second stage of labour when the cow is pushing, right through until the birth, how long she calves, and how long she feeds for each of the feeds.”

All the information, including a description of the newborn calf and the mother’s eartag identity, is recorded on a whiteboard, before transferring onto one of the 13 recording forms.

Fallaver said there was a surprising amount of co-parenting in the paddock, with multiple calves feeding from multiple mothers.

The findings of the research project will be shared with the veterinary and dairy farm industry.

Above – Observing from the raised pod.

Left – The scissor lift provided a perfect platform to watch calving.

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By Guy Trafford The Fonterra end-of-season financial report is now widely disseminated.

Response has been mixed, with some accepting that what was done needed to be done while others are asking for an apology from New Zealand’s largest company.

The general view is that Fonterra has the support of its shareholders; however, I would suggest this is only because there are effectively no other viable options for most.

What has been a surprise, to me at least, has been the lift in the Fonterra share price going from $3.17 last week up to the latest price of $3.50.

That is still well down on the $4.90 it was a year ago, but an improvement on recent history. Presumably, this means that rock bottom has been hit and passed with a new beginning starting with the reset of this week.

We can at least hope this is the case.

The almost unbelievable actions that led to the squandering of over $1.4 billion over recent years however will leave a deep imprint upon supplier farmers, especially the costs, with the zero dividends and reduced payouts continuing.

The biggest shame is the total loss of opportunities squandered by the misguided forays which could have been used to create a differentiated product and story from the rest of the world, and leverage off the New Zealand story (warts and all).

The new/current strategy of focusing within New Zealand, and the back-to-basics approach, has been driven by pragmatism with no cash left to exploit opportunities, and farmer appetite to venture into the unknown being heavily discounted.

Some are predicting, with the pressure on the regions to reduce cow numbers plus a trickle of farmers moving to other processors, the efficiencies of factories will reduce, putting more pressure on the company.

The closing of the ex-Kapiti plant, with the loss of 35 jobs, may be only the thin end of the wedge. Farmers, no doubt, will be looking at head office for further reductions there.

The new “keep it simple” approach appears to have been welcomed by farmers, and who could blame them. The question now to be considered is what is the way forward?

Being a commodities producer provides its own set of risks with our largest company at risk of being left behind and being a price taker.

Much of the ill-conceived plans of the past were aimed to get out of the rut that commodities potentially leaves them in.

It is just a pity that they weren’t better researched. While this is with the benefit of hindsight, there were plenty of questions being raised at the time over these investments.

Miles Hurrell, speaking on RNZ, was firm in seeing the company’s role as providing “a sustainable MS price back to farmers and then add value on to that”.

He intends to be out and about all next week meeting with farmers.

When asked if he believed the co-op could survive with its current capital structure, he believed it could but that would form part of conversations with farmers. He didn’t rule out bringing in outside capital but saw that option as unlikely.

Looking to next season and what would success look like? He wanted earning increases, both for the co-op and farmers and further debt reduction.

He felt that there were unlikely to be large cuts in staff as, of the 22,000 employed world-wide, most were involved in the collection and processing of milk and with a freeze on wages for those earning over $100,000 he felt they had sent a message to farmers that head office costs were being constrained.

For farmers there will need to be some serious soul-searching about how the coop goes forward and what the shape of that will be.

With the poor performance of the past few years it is going to be difficult for them to loosen the purse strings of the company. So, I suspect it’s going to be a quiet few years ahead as the co-op regroups and regains farmer confidence.

Markets

A quiet week but no backward movement. The feature is Alliance with increases across the board.

Perhaps an attempt to show that they are serious about trying to increase their market share in both Islands.

Venison also had increases.

Sheep Both lamb and mutton are ahead of the same time last year, which by now was on a downward slope. This trend continues into the saleyards which also are still moving up.

Wool The positive news flows across into the wool market with the recovery in prices continuing. So, at least for sheep farmers, prices should be providing some sort of antidote to the woes that are befalling most farmers.

Beef While prices appear to have peaked, they at least are holding and with the grass beginning to catch up with demand there may be a saleyard lift shortly.

Heavier cattle are remaining above the $3.00 per kg LW where they have been for over eight weeks now.

Venison While not into the heady heights of last year prices continue to improve and the demand for new season animals likely to hold or lift prices further.

Dairy With the confirmation of last season’s price at $6.35 from Fonterra and no dividends, nothing much to write home about.

However, a positive was the lift in the share price from $3.17 to $3.50 which shows some have confidence the co-op is moving in the right direction.

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural September 30, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 140 -150 Prime 160 -245 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 240 -278 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 296 -312 This week Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 127.68 17.5 kg YX SI 144.16 19.0 kg YX SI 158.51 21.0 kg YX SI 172.99 Local trade (c/kg) SI 830 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 120.00 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 545.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 421 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 505 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 590 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 469 AP Stag 60kg SI 569 AP Stag 80kg SI 758

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52 week high low

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123.03 138.91 150.81 166.69 820

116.06 131.03 142.26 157.24 770

118.96 134.31 145.83 161.18 825

127.68 144.16 158.51 172.99 840

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,060 961 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 481 424 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 303 309 Merino 2,189 1,895

1,083 514 322 1,753

Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,210 1,557 727 458 540 302 342 354 280 2,340 2,980 1,588

418 418 418

Source: Midlands Grain 442 440 300 437 435 280 430 430 290

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 424 420 Wheat, feed 423 420 Barley, feed 410 400

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index August-19 125.00 125.00 132.00

130.00

u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

6,410 3,087 4,172 5,352

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

6,666 4,245 5,039 6,110

6,403 4,103 4,985 6,175

6,376 3,673 4,530 5,705

2018/19 final $6.35 2018/19 final $0.00

0.6306 0.5737

8,696 4,266 5,063 8,053

5,514 2,866 3,823 4,717

2019/20 f'cast $6.25-$7.25* 2019/20 [none yet] NZX FCG $3.50

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u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6301 Euro 0.5759

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0.6621 0.5705

0.6943 0.6123

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Confidence falls to ‘dismal’ levels

By Liam Dann NZME

way through the economy and is threatening the tight labour market.”

One positive was that construction sector employment intentions had bounced back, Zollner said.

Construction accounts for 9 per cent of employment.

“But, there is still no sector of the economy that reports on net that it is planning on hiring more staff – that hasn’t happened since 2009,”

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a statement. “However these issues were quickly resolved.”

Asked if those unhappy with Australia-Wales or Uruguay-Georgia could get refunds, a Spark Sport spokeswoman told the Herald: “In line with our standard refund policy, customers who feel they have had a poor experience with Spark Sport can contact us.

“We will work through their issue with them and in some cases provide them with a partial refund.”

Spark has been offering 15 per cent refunds on Tournament Pass for those who had a poor experience with an individual game.

That is, people who are willing to jump through the hoops will receive between $9.00 and $13.50, depending on when you bought your pass.

Maketu Pies in receivership NZME Iconic Bay company Maketu Pies has gone into receivership due to its “critical financial position”.

The business has been operating in Maketu for about 36 years and is the community’s biggest employer of about 40 staff, mostly locals.

The shop on Little Waihi Road is owned by husband and wife Grant and Karen Wilson.

A notice published in the Bay

of Plenty Times on Monday stated that Thomas Rodewald and Kenneth Brown were appointed as joint receivers and managers of RG and KM Wilson Limited – trading as Maketu Pies – on September 27.

Thomas Rodewald said Maketu Pies was placed into receivership at the request of the directors due to the “critical financial position” the company was in.

The business was “still working on” how much was owed, he said.

The decision was made late on Thursday.

“The best option was to put [the company] into receivership to enable it to continue to trade.

It is a bit early to say how it got to this point and to estimate what has caused the issue.”

Rodewald confirmed the company would continue trading in the interim while they discussed selling the business.

“As part of the sale we will be trying to sell the brand,” he said.

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The Commerce Commission has received 13 complaints about Spark Sport as the telco-turnedsports-streamer continues to have issues in their streaming of the Rugby World Cup. The most recent issues came on Sunday night during Wales’ victory over Australia, being slammed by thousands of customers online after problems including multiple commentaries running simultaneously, delayed audio, and a spell where pictures were seemingly lost all impacted their broadcast.

Now, the Commerce Commission has confirmed to Stuff that 13 complaints have been made towards Spark, with a spokesperson saying that the complaints were being assessed, but no in-

vestigation had begun.

The biggest issues had struck during the All Blacks’ first game against the Springboks, where streaming problems saw the game put onto free-to-air channel Duke. However, the multiple complaints in the Welsh win on Sunday night caused just as many complaints from customers on social media.

After the game, Spark explained the blunders, pushing the blame for the early audio problems onto TVNZ, though not explaining the issues later in the game.

“As previously commented on

by TVNZ, at the beginning of the Australia vs Wales game there were some production issues with the audio feed from TVNZ during the first few minutes of the match,” the company said in

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was still in good shape, she said.

“Commodity prices are still decent; population growth is positive; monetary conditions have eased. But the prolonged lack of confidence is starting to feed its

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Investment intentions and profit expectations of firms have fallen “to dismal levels”, accord to ANZ in its latest Business Outlook survey.

The September ANZ Business Outlook Survey saw headline confidence fall 2 points, with a net 54 per cent of respondents reporting that they expect general business conditions to deteriorate in the year ahead – the lowest since April 2008.

Firms’ expectations for their own activity over the year ahead fell 1 point, the fourth fall in a row, and the lowest read since April 2009.

Employment intentions saw a one-point gain but remain at a historically low level.

“The Reserve Bank will be disappointed that its unexpectedly large 50bp cut in the Official Cash Rate last month does not appear to have had much impact on businesses’ sentiment or investment and employment intentions,” ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner wrote.

Fundamentally the economy

she said.

“And the services sector, which employs a hefty 74 per cent of people across the economy, is now also capitulating. This gradual but prolonged economic slowdown is at risk of ceasing to be about the data and starting to become about the people.”

A net 40 per cent of firms said they expect it to be tougher to get credit, up one per cent.

Export intentions rose 3 points to a net 2 per cent of firms expecting exports to lift.

This was quite muted considering the size of the fall in the exchange rate, Zollner said.

Critics – including the Government – have accused business confidence surveys of being overly negative and politically biased.

Economists tend to look through the headline confidence figures at firms own intentions.

There were a number of strong correlations within the survey has Zollner argued.

These included employment intentions with employment, investment intentions with investment and own activity with GDP.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - In morse code, what letter is represented by a single dot? a. A b. E c. O 2 - The gold coin called the Krugerrand is minted in which country? a. India b. South Africa c. Germany 3 - How frequently does a quotidian event take place? a. Hourly b. Daily c. Weekly 4 - The cookery writer and presenter Rachel Allen was born in which country? a. Ireland b. Australia c. Canada 5 - In India, what is a punkah? a. A fan b. A garment c. A drink 6 - Who was the Roman god of the sun? a. Sol b. Saturn c. Helios 7 - Myrmecology is the scientific study of which animals? a. Ants b. Spiders c. Butterflies 8 - The expression ‘squeaky clean’ derives from which activity? a. Pig farming b. Hair washing c. Rubber manufacturing

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Parades and celebrations

while back we featured images from the Tindall photograph collection held at Ashburton Museum that began with the letter C. Within the bundle were three large packets marked Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953.

One packet appeared to be a parade of such groups as the Girls’ Life Brigade, the RSA, and dignitaries outside the old

Borough Council offices behind a sign saying ‘Long may she reign’.

However. the other two packets appear not to have anything to do with the Queen, and it is assumed that they were actually the 75th anniversary of the Ashburton Borough, held the same year.

So whether they are C for Coronation or B for Borough Anniversary they are interesting images to look at. Enjoy.

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1. This float, from the A&P Society with following cow from the Ashburton Veterinary Club, has a good view of the Maadi tearooms near the corner of East and Peter Streets.

2. While showing signs of damage, this image, depicting Turton’s cottage (the first building in the town) also shows Stewart Studios, which eventually became Tindall’s own studios. The damage to the negative is caused by heat or temperature fluctuations and occurred before the museum obtained this collection. While one reason we scan the collection is to provide access, we also scan to enable those negatives that are damaged to go into ‘deep storage’ and so prolong their life.

3. Wright Stephenson’s were certainly looking towards the future with rockets and spacemen. I wonder if the railway overbridge was intended to hold that many Ashburtonians.

4. While the local stock and station firm were looking to the stars, the Lyttelton Harbour Board seemed to employ giant fish as their mode of transport. Eagle-eyed readers may be able to see a sign that points the way to the Hotel Devon.

5. Girl Guides and Brownies promote their organisation on the back of an A A Jones truck.

6. I mention the trucks because some people are more interested in the vehicles than the group being ferried by them. This Christian faith float is ferried by local contractor E R Cochrane. Cochrane’s vehicles can be found in another envelope I scanned that had his various trucks.

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■■MOTOR RACING

Armstrong finishes in second spot

Metro a tough opponent Marcus Bishop attempts to find a way around the Canterbury Metro defence, during what was a tough day at the office for his Mid Canterbury Under-18 rugby side on Saturday. The two sides squared off in the curtain-raiser to Mid Canterbury’s Heartland Championship match against Thames Valley, and lost 69-5, with their sole try coming right on the final whistle.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling September 27 Friday Half Day Triples Proudly Sponsored by the Devon Tavern 1st M. Anderson, J. Kewish, G. Crack 3 wins, 16 ends, 2nd G. Clarke, D. Hickman, M. Buchanan 3 wins, 12 ends, 3rd M. Quinn, J. Drayton, R. Johnston 2 wins, 14 ends.

September 29 Walls Cup results 1st Craig Carter, Brent Mayson, Rob Fensom, Jeff Nowell 4 wins, 27 ends, 2nd Pete Whinham, Rowan Tonks, Annette Sargenson, Graeme Clark 4 wins, 22 ends, 3rd Place Greg Lock, Garry Eddington, John Eddington, Boyd Marsh 3 wins, 28 ends.

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club September 23 Individual & Walker Trophies N/S 1st Pauline Scott & George Brown, 2nd Mervyn Jones & Graham Gilbert, 3rd Jill Wilce & Jan McClelland E/W 1st David Fisher & Sheila Lyons, 2nd Bev Blair & Ruth Logan, 3rd Mary Bruce & Joyce Johnson September 24 Hazelmere Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, 2nd Pauline Fergus & Jan de Jong, 3rd Martin de Jong & Jim Rooney E/W 1st Alan Wright & David Sewell, 2nd Val Ferrier & Maureen Kolkman, 3rd Leigh Wackrow & Audrey Rooney

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club October 5 A stroke round will be held as the first of three for the DCL Cup. Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

September 25 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Beth McIlraith & Maree Moore, 2nd Pauline & Paul Fergus, 3rd Melva Stowell & Val Ferrier E/W 1st Rewa Kyle & Trish Downward, 2nd Val Palmer & David Wilkinson, 3rd Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb September 26 President’s Trophy N/S 1st Judith Edmond & David Sewell, 2nd Mike Holmes & Rewa Kyle, 3rd Lois Rose & Trevor Coulter E/W 1st Val Palmer & Jim Rooney, 2nd Pat Jordan & Maureen Kolkman, 3rd Audrey Rooney & Edna Segers

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club September 26 Ashburton 9 Hole Golf Winners of the putting round: Chris Anderson 14, Gavin Johnston 16 Smith & Church Gobbler - Jude Stoddart September 28 In the Annual Captains v Presidents match The captains team won 13.5 to 10,5.

Winning players: Chris Ralston, Joshua Cochrane, Sean Strange, Peter Morgan, Grant Hastie, Grant Smith, James Mcfarlane, Paul Greer, Bruce Day, Dylan Stoddart, Matt Tait, Steve Vivian, Mike Holmes, John Fechney, John Richards, Noel Sutton, Barry Jury, Chris Lovelock, Phil Kerr, Adrian Hopwood, Kevin Smith, Hamish Niles, Andrew Tindall and Jason Overend. Paddy Bradford and Ryan Cockburn drew their match.

Twos: John Richards, Terry Molloy, Brendon Davidson, Brayden Wood and Charlie Alexander (2).

Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Brendon Davidson; Rothbury Insurance: Brayden Wood; Value Plus Processing: Brendon Davidson; South Island Seeds: Liz Cabout: Property Brokers #6: Ryan Cockburn; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Grant Smith; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Ken Clucas.

Birdy Jackpot: #9, Net Eagles Jackpot: #1 Nine Hole The Harvey Bakehouse player of the day: Laurence Hanrahan with 23pts.

The other winning scores: Robynne Nicol and Jenny Matthews 20pts; Peter Wright 19pts.

September 29 The Club Championship finals were played in glorious weather: Women: Silver Pauline Bell defeated Mary

Lou Watson, Bronze I Shirley Elliott defeated Heather Robertson; Broze II Jenny Williams defeated Robin Bennett.

Plate Results: Silver Wendy Parr defeated Marilyn Walker; Bronze I Joyce van der Heide defeated Jacqui Welch; Bronze II Ann Watson defeated Sue Letham. Nine Holes Val Ferrier defeated Tonee Hurley on the first extra hole.

Men: Senior Jeff Hewitt defeated Blair Franklin 1up; Intermediate Sean Strange defeated Peter Morrison; Junior A Jeff Williamson defeated Alan White Junior B Greg Fleming defeated George Brown.

Plate: Senior Tufuga Sa defeated Terry Kingsbury; Intermediate Paul Morrison defeated Jordan Bird; Junior A Perry Hunt defeated Darren Peace; Junior B Bill Hetrick defeated Eric Parr.

Nine Holes: Sam Prince defeated Gavin Johnston on the second extra hole.

Moore, Val Bell closest to the Pin no 8 Val Sisson, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Jill Burrowes, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Sandra Quinn Two’s: Jill Burrowes

Tinwald Golf Club September 28 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round with the field bolstered by a good turnout of players from Mayfield.

-12; Jeff Naish 65, Andy Peck 73, Harley Davies 75. 13-18; John Sim 65, Tony Sheppard 68, Dave Cockburn 69, Charlie Rapsey 70, Pete Marshall 70. 19 plus; Lindsay Jackson 67 c/b Alec Millar 67, Bruce Collins 69, Grant Early 71, Neil Rayner 72. Women; (All Irons) Elizabeth Collins 79. (Stroke) Maxine Whiting 69 c/b.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Wayne Ross. Gluyas Ford # 6; Lindsay Jackson. House of Travel # 12; Alan Anderson. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Simon Ross. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Andy Peck. Two’s; Simon Ross, Brian Fielder, Tony Sheppard.

Eagle; Jeff Naish # 14. Net Eagle; # 3 Not struck.

Mayfield Golf Club Mid-Week Stableford Competition Hayden Tasker 37, Charlie Rapsey 35, Alister McLeod 33.

Methven Golf Club September 25 Ladies Division Competition 3 Clubs and a Putter: Roz Grant 100-28-72, Robyn Maw 96-19-77 Nearest the Pins: #17 Open Methven Foursquare Roz Grant, #4 Open Methven Travel Jenny Senior, #6 Br B 2nd shot Methven Pharmacy Gail Limbrick, #13 Open Arabica Sandra Marr, #14 Br B 2nd shot Supervalue R Grant, #13 Sat Girls Cinema Paradiso Not Played Aqua Best Nett of the Day: Roz Grant 72, Mt Hutt Lodge Best Nett for September: Bev Isherwood 69 Twos and Nett Eagles: Gail Limbrick.

Championship Winners for 2019: Senior Angela Mowbray, Runner up Sara Gallagher, Bronze A Ellen Kemp, Runner up Jan Lane, Bronze B Heather Middleton, Runner up Bev Isherwood September 28 Men’s Division Senior: Dayle Lucas 79-5-74 by lot. Intermediate: Mark Gorman 83-17-66. Junior A: Bruce Dickson 93-23-70. Junior B: Les Linton 105-30-75.

Other Good Scores: 69 Clinton Burrell-Smith. 72 Graeme Smith. 74 Marc Davis, Jimmy Rooney, Simon Wareing,Alister Maxwell.

Two’s: Bruce Dickson.

Dubliner Best Nett: Mark Gorman 66, Meth-

With a win and a second place, Kiwi race driver Marcus Armstrong has vaulted past two key rivals and finished the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship second overall.

Armstrong came to the Russian resort town of Sochi determined to complete his first season in the new championship on a high note.

He served notice of his intention by setting fastest time in free practice on Friday, then qualified P3 for Saturday’s first race and turned that into victory after a race-long battle with his team-mate, championship leader Robert Shwartzman; and rivals Juri Vips and Nico Kari.

Then on Sunday, Armstrong carved through from eighth on the grid in the partial reverse-grid race to chase down and overtake all but Vips, finishing second and stepping up the points table to second for the season behind Shwartzman.

“I think that this year we’ve had a huge amount of potential.

“It’s not disappointing to finish second in the championship, but I just think that we had a lot of potential this year, especially in terms of performance.”

■■ Pigeon racing Ward race Val Ferrier and Tonee Hurley at the Ashburton Golf Club championships. ven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Clinton Burrell-Smith 69. Methven Travel Best Gross: Dayle Lucas 79.

Closest to the Pin: Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Michael Kemp. Hunters Wine No 6: Bruce Dickson. Ski Time No 13: Mark Gorman. Green Parrot No 17: Mark Gorman.

Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Alister Maxwell.

Next Week October 5: Presentation Day, Mixed Canadian Foursom, Own Partner, Single men stableford round. 12.30 start.

Players a plate please.

Rakaia Golf Club September 25 Ladies Division South African Stableford: Marion Wederell and Jill Burrowes 67 Stablefords 9 Hole: Val Bell and Lillian Ohanlon 38 Stablefords Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Teresa Booker, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2ns Shot No 6 Judy

September 27 Ward Race 1st T. Drummond Velocity 1444.1183, 2nd M. Davidson Velocity 1443.9383, 3rd L. Davidson Velocity 1442.7850, 4th E. Westgarth Velocity 1442.5083, 5th N. Marton Velocity 1438.3083

■■ Shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club September 29 At 500 yards TR, Allan White 50.8, 50.8, 100.16, Martin Fleming 50.5, 50.5, 100.10, Daniel Alexander 50.4, 50.2, 100.6, Chris Kershaw 50.5, 49.5, 99.10, Brian Hawksby 49.3, 49.4, 98.7, John Snowden 48.4, 49.6, 97.10, John Miller 48.3, 49.5, 97.8, Mike Chui 48.3, 45.3, 93.6, Kevin Hooper 47.3, 45.4, 92.7, John Fleming 35.1, 46.4, 81.5.

FTR, Murray Cook 57.4, 59.5, 116.9, Mark Alexander 60.3, 55.4, 115.7, Brian Graystone 59.3, 54.1, 113.4.

FO, Bob McDonald 58.4, 55.4, 113.8, George Cuthbert 54.2, 53.2, 107.4, Roy Spearpoint 51.1.

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■■RUGBY

Hansen rings the changes NZME

Joanne Logan gets a few handy tips from Ila Houston during a have-a-go at croquet day at the Waireka Croquet Club on Sunday.

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Having a go at croquet It’s like a mix between golf, bowls and snooker.

That was one of the comments received by Waireka Croquet Club members at their annual have-a-go at croquet day on Sunday, which proved just as popular as past events.

The have-a-go day attracted six new players, and all enjoyed

the experience and said they’d be back, Waireka’s Audrey Leath said.

Golf croquet was the form of the sport on show on Sunday. It’s the simple form of croquet that forms the basis of many people’s experience with the game, where each side plays alternate strokes and each tries to be the

first to score the next hoops. That gives golf croquet an interactive and social aspect that makes it a more accessible game than its more traditional cousin, association croquet, Leath said.

Both codes are played socially and competitively, and the opposing sides each have two balls (if playing doubles), blue and

black, against red and yellow.

Each side may be one or two people (singles or doubles), and each side plays alternately in rotation. Each turn consists of one stroke only.

It’s a sport for all ages, and Waireka has players ranging in age from 12 through to people in their 90s.

The All Blacks have made 11 changes to their starting lineup for the Rugby World Cup pool match against Canada in Oita.

Coach Steve Hansen has switched up the starting XV that beat South Africa by 23-13 in the opener in Yokohama, with the return of Rieko Ioane a notable inclusion.

Ioane, who has fallen out of favour with the All Blacks selectors after being one of the standouts in 2017 and 2018, gets his first taste of World Cup rugby – replacing George Bridge, while Jordie Barrett replaces Sevu Reece on the other wing.

Jack Goodhue also returns from injury to the starting XV, at centre, teaming up alongside Sonny Bill Williams.

The All Blacks retain their dual playmaker roles with Beauden Barrett starting at fullback and Richie Mo’unga at first five.

“Our aim is to win the next two pool matches against Canada and Namibia, as well as continuing to grow our game and manage the workload across the group.

“With two games four days apart, it’s obvious that we need to use our whole squad,” said Hansen.

Canada lost their opener 48-7 to Italy.

The All Blacks team to face Canada: 15. Beauden Barrett, 14. Jordie Barrett, 13. Jack Goodhue, 12. Sonny Bill Williams, 11. Rieko Ioane, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 9. TJ Perenara, 8. Kieran Read (c), 7. Matt Todd, 6. Shannon Frizell, 5. Scott Barrett, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 3. Angus Ta’avao, 2. Liam Coltman, 1. Atu Moli.

Reserves: 16. Codie Taylor, 17. Ofa Tuungafasi, 18. Nepo Laulala, 19. Sam Whitelock, 20. Ardie Savea, 21. Brad Weber, 22. Ryan Crotty, 23. Ben Smith

■■RUGBY

How the All Blacks deal with selection disappointment

By Liam Napier

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here was once a time when a back seat of the bus culture prevailed within the All Blacks. Senior statesmen called the shots.

Individuals largely looked out for themselves. Few helped others competing in their same position.

Not so, anymore.

This culture has, in fact, flipped on its head so much that it’s now common for All Blacks to be closer to those in their respective roles.

The best example at present is the tightly-contested midfield quartet comprising Sonny Bill Williams, Jack Goodhue, Ryan Crotty and Anton Lienert-Brown.

Those members also regularly

mention Ngani Laumape who missed squad selection.

As Williams and Goodhue gently ribbed each other at a media conference as the All Blacks prepare for their second World Cup match against Canada in Oita on Wednesday, their genuine affection was clear.

Similar friendships within positional groups extend to the All Blacks’ halfbacks, locks, props, hookers and outside backs.

In many ways it makes sense.

Throughout a test week the All Blacks hold mini group team meetings where they discuss tactics, with these gatherings often extending to dinners or coffees out.

Naturally shared understanding exists with those performing sim-

ilar roles but the counter is these are all highly competitive driven athletes who desperately want to start every test.

With the All Blacks midfield, four doesn’t go into three. Each week one player misses out and another must sit and wait for the chance via the bench.

Rather than drop their lip, the All Blacks expect everyone to quickly accept selection decisions, to set aside individual feelings and do everything they can for the collective.

It’s a far cry from the amateur era when starting All Blacks did not give a second thought to helping someone in their position improve for fear of losing their jersey.

“That’s just part of growing up,”

Ngani Laumape Williams, who started at second five against Canada eight years ago in Hamilton and is expected do so again at his third World Cup, said.

“We’re all at different stages of our lives but I find the more open and honest we are with those

feelings the easier it is.

“We all want to start, we all want to play, but if you’re privileged and blessed to get that opportunity the other guys deserve to be given the best shot possible to perform. As you can tell everyone that has put on those midfield numbers over the last couple of years has performed pretty well. We have some pretty good convos when we all get together once a week.

“Those kinds of conversations have helped all the midfielders that have played, including Ngani, to be world class when they get on the field.”

Everyone pulling in the same direction, regardless of personal interests, helps makes the All Blacks what they are today.

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■■RUGBY

Irish suffer minus craic AP

Hewitt claims maiden title Jeff Hewitt has claimed his first Ashburton Golf Club senior championship crown, after downing Blair Franklin in a classic final on Sunday. Hewitt and Franklin were both gunning for their first titles, and heading into the last hole of the 36 hole final, the pair were all square. But Hewitt won that final hole to secure his first win. Meanwhile, the intermediate title was won by Sean Strange, junior A was won by Jeff Williamson and junior B was won by Greg Fleming. For the ladies, bronze 1 was won by Shirley Elliot, and bronze two was won by Jenny Williams. The nine hole titles were won by Sam Prince for the men, and Val Ferrier for the ladies.

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■■OPINION

Referee’s boss the man in the gun

By Patrick McKendry

R

ugby, with its intricate laws, is a funny old game at the best of times but the performances of the officials at this World Cup are threatening to turn it into a laughing stock.

It’s becoming increasingly evident that perhaps the worst thing World Rugby could have done here in Japan was publically berate the match officials for not doing their jobs properly – especially in the area of foul play.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is right; they appear spooked.

Stopping the Wales v Australia game at Tokyo Stadium on Sunday night in order to watch near endless replays of Wallabies second-five Samu Kerevi running into replacement Wales first-five Rhys Patchell, and for Kerevi to be penalised for his raised forearm making contact with his opponent’s chest, showed a stunning lack of empathy for the players and the game.

It was an utter nonsense.

Again, Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper was right when he told referee Romain Poite that

Roman Poite, Samu Kerevi and Michael Hooper discuss tackling.

Patchell used a poor defensive technique – he was far too upright.

In Australia’s first match against Fiji, wing Reece Hodge found himself in a similar position when tackling flanker Peceli Yato and made dangerous contact with Yato’s head.

And yet here it was Kerevi, who was instinctively protecting himself, who paid the price.

Officials – and in particular referees’ boss Alain Rolland, for it is he who must carry the most responsibility for the mess in which the game finds itself –

must realise rugby is a dynamic game of constantly moving parts.

Many collisions look far worse than they are when slowed on television.

Kerevi’s contact wasn’t dangerous.

Common sense has to be applied or this tournament will be remembered for the wrong reasons.

Adding to the surreal nature of it all is the way the offside line is being policed – or not in the case of this World Cup. Virtually anything goes now in terms of defences getting head

starts and while Wales halfback Gareth Davies may have been onside when he intercepted Will Genia’s pass for the converted try which gave Wales a big scoreboard advantage, he didn’t appear to be.

One hopes it got the due attention of television match official Ben Skeen, a New Zealander who was quick to find fault with Kerevi.

Meanwhile, England’s Piers Francis, cited for his high shot in the opening moments of his team’s game against the USA, escapes punishment for it because it was deemed to have met only a yellow card threshold.

Somehow, despite viewers watching replays of it at the time, it wasn’t deemed even a penalty by the match officials.

Officials and the judiciary, it’s time to show some empathy and consistency.

And start policing the offside line so we can get the attacking World Cup the players, spectators and viewers deserve.

They’ve got to lift their game, and Rolland needs to take charge of it.

In private this time.

The Irish apparently have a saying for it: Minus craic.

A night out that is unenjoyable and the opposite of the world-renowned ‘good craic’.

For instance, Saturday in Shizuoka was ‘minus craic’ for the Ireland team at the Rugby World Cup. Ireland has had some good times recently, arriving at the Rugby World Cup as the top-ranked team in the world – the first time the Irish have been No. 1 – and dispatching Six Nations rival Scotland clinically 27-3 in its opening game.

That was all upended Saturday night by an unexpected loss to host Japan.

The Irish squad arrived in Kobe on Sunday for its next game with a rugby hangover.

The subdued fans who followed the team on the Hikari bullet train carried the real hangovers, they said. But sore heads emanating from a night of consolatory consumption, not the usual Irish festivity.

Ireland’s loss puts all sorts of things into the players’ heads.

A quarter-final place is not assured, let alone a first Rugby World Cup title, which Ireland had dared to consider.

Qualifying second in Pool A is on the table now, as is missing out completely. But second spot would almost certainly result in a quarter-final against New Zealand, which took its top-ranking back from Ireland after the first weekend of games in Japan.

That match that early in the knockout rounds wasn’t part of the Irish plan.

Also, there’s a hefty list of casualties, players who are hurting physically as well as emotionally.

Asked for an injury update, Ireland forwards coach Simon Easterby said: “There’s a few.”

No. 8 Jack Conan is going home because of a broken left foot sustained in a hapless training accident before the Japan game when a team-mate stood on it.

More sore heads, too.

Centre Chris Farrell is out of Thursday’s game against Russia with a concussion suffered in Shizuoka. Fullback Rob Kearney and Tadhg Furlong also have head knocks, but Ireland thinks the pair should recover for Russia.

Also available for selection again is flyhalf Johnny Sexton after he missed the Japan game because he didn’t have enough time to recover from a thigh problem.

Sexton, Ireland’s most important playmaker, couldn’t fit in enough training sessions to prove he was 100 per cent.

He watched the Shocker in Shizuoka from the stands, helpless.

“Just frustrated that I wasn’t on the pitch and that I couldn’t help the lads out,” Sexton said. “When you’re sitting in the stands there’s not much you can do about it.”

Sexton backed his coach and his team-mates.

“The guys want to get back onto the pitch as soon as possible,” he said. “We’re going to take the hurt into this week a little bit.”

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Madison Trusler-Clark tries to break through a gap in the Southland defence at the Methven Domain yesterday morning.

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■■ RUGBY

Cantabs the girls to beat

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Little separated the top two teams from day one, when they met to kick off day two of the South Island Under-18 Girls’ Rugby Tournament in Methven yesterday morning.

Canterbury and Otago identified themselves as the teams to beat on day one, with Otago putting 68 points on the Hanan Shield girls in their first game before beating Tasman, while Canterbury beat both Canterbury Development and Tasman, oddly by the same scoreline – 31-12.

So when Canterbury and Otago took to the field in round three yesterday morning, spectators were expecting a cracker of a game, and they weren’t let down.

Both sides found it tough to crack the opposition defence, and one try to Canterbury ended up being the only scoring play of the game, with the defending champions holding on for a 5-0 win.

On the next field, the young Hanan Shield side – a team which takes in players from Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury and North Otago, and features five Mid Canterbury players – continued to show improvement, but a win still eluded them.

Taylor Allan dots down for a try for the Hanan Shield girls They took on Southland and lost 24-12, with against Southland.

PHOTO ERIN TASKER 300919-ET-0039 the Hanan side’s tries coming from two of their Mid Canterbury players, the side’s captain Taylor Allan, and one of their youngest players, Madison Trusler-Clark.

The remaining game of round three saw Tasman beat Canterbury Development 36-7, before all of the players headed indoors for a special question-and-answer session with three special guests who were on site at the Methven Domain for the day – Black Ferns Kendra Cocksedge, Grace Brooker and Pip Love.

All the better for that, the teams then headed back outside for round four.

But the going was a bit tough again for the Hanan Shield girls, going down to Tasman 46-0, while Canterbury remained unbeaten with a 48-0 win over Canterbury Development, and Otago fell to their second loss of the tournament, 12-10 to Southland.

The tournament will wrap up today with the Hanan girls taking on Canterbury, Tasman taking on Southland, and Canterbury Development taking on Otago, with all games kicking off at 9.30am.

After the final whistles the top two teams will be decided, and those two teams will then square An Otago player does her best to stay on her feet in a Canoff in the tournament’s final at midday today. terbury tackle.

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Hinds girl Jaidyn Busch, a front rower, waits for the ball in the Canterbury backline.

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Gaps were hard to come by in the defence of both sides, during the game between Canterbury and Otago.

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Ashburton Guardian 19

■■ON THE MOVE

■■TIGER TARA

Danzdanzdance off to Oz

Cup bid over already

NZME

HRNZ

Recently crowned 2018/19 New Zealand Champion Middle Distance horse Danzdanzdance will do her future racing from the Sydney stable of ex-pat Kiwi Chris Waller.

The multiple New Zealand Group One winner has been prepared for the majority of her career from the Ruakaka stable of Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley but will transfer into Waller’s care from today.

The Mastercraftsman fiveyear-old is raced by a large syndicate of owners, headed by former international model Kylie Bax, who purchased the mare from the Blandford Lodge draft for $5000 at the 2016 National Yearling Sale.

Speaking on behalf of the ownership group, Bax explained the

M3

Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 01 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.07pm (NZT) FORBURY PARK FIRST 4 SPRINT C0, 310m 1 44443 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 2 5 Know Majority nwtd.........................G Cleeve 3 38 Homebush Mandy nwtd.............J McInerney 4 8x4 Lakota Wichapi nwtd....................... H Cairns 5 72631 Punters Kirsty nwtd..........................R Wales 6 7748 Homebush Dolphy nwtd.............J McInerney 7 57322 Cool Beans nwtd........................J McInerney 8 5456 King Theoden nwtd.......................D Roberts 9 24772 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 10 7 Nykara nwtd..................................... M Grant 2 12.25 OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C0, 310m 1 76374 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 2 6F275 Captain Davo nwtd........................D Roberts 3 32537 Dreaming Abbie nwtd...................G Kingston 4 74233 Eric Blueblood nwtd...................J McInerney 5 24 Mitcham Manering nwtd.............J McInerney 6 64438 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 7 78524 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 8 1 Opawa Di nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 9 62552 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 10 56487 Sozin’s Assassin nwtd................J McInerney 3 12.42pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m 1 524 Max Volume nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 2 Gary nwtd.......................................D J Lane 3 Mitcham Pru nwtd...................... A Bradshaw 4 78565 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 5 Prince Rohit nwtd.......................J McInerney 6 23243 My Pablo nwtd..................................R Wales 7 466 Mitcham Treasure nwtd..............J McInerney 8 23232 Jinja Dylan nwtd................................A Joyce 4 1.00 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 01 Oct 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.54pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C0, 295m 1 42526 Ohoka Megan nwtd....................... L Waretini 2 3 Calm Inferno nwtd............................. B Dann 3 33221 Billy Budd 17.74........................ A Botherway 4 8 Homebush Odette nwtd.............J McInerney 5 2T41 Prince Zulu 17.57.......................... L Waretini 6 8 Two Be Frank nwtd............................ B Dann 7 x5234 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve 8 1 Tremonti 17.78.................................. B Dann 9 2 Know Baby nwtd.............................G Cleeve 10 4 Curly Bill nwtd............................ M Dempsey 2 3.12pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 73323 Sozin’s Delight 17.57.................J McInerney 2 52546 Batty Who 17.73 M &........................... Smith 3 54443 Venetia 17.46................................ K Cassidy 4 31857 Aroha 17.19.............................. A Botherway 5 85455 Homebush Liam nwtd................J McInerney 6 71277 Just William 17.68 M &.....................P Binnie 7 36228 Gracie Lee 17.30.......................J McInerney 8 58514 Goldstar Wynter 17.36 S &..............B Evans 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 7777x Step Inside Love 17.74.....................A Joyce 3 3.37pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 8186 Rosies Choice 17.81...................N Wanhalla 2 42122 Opa’s Mate 17.47.............................R Casey 3 66583 Go Mufasa 17.16.............................R Wales 4 37445 Homebush Alexei 17.41.............J McInerney

rationale behind the move.

“We have taken the decision to move Danzdanzdance to Chris Waller primarily to assess her future racing and breeding options in Australia,” Bax said.

“Chris and Michelle have done a wonderful job to develop her into a genuine Group One contender and we can’t thank them enough.

“She is however at a little bit of a crossroads as to where she goes from both a racing and breeding perspective, so we really wanted to keep her in Australia to examine the best options for her, rather than bring her back to New Zealand, especially after her last start performance which certainly didn’t go as planned.”

Bax was referring to the mare’s last place finish in the Gr.1 George Main Stakes (1600m) at

Chris Waller Randwick a week ago where she trailed the field throughout in a lacklustre display.

“She had her excuses last time

as she was heavily in season,” Bax said.

“We know that’s not her real ability so we would like Chris to assess her now and provide us with his opinion on where we head with her.

“That might be to press on with this campaign, give her a break and bring her back in the autumn or even retire her to the broodmare paddock straight away.

“Once we have Chris’s thoughts, we can then make our plans accordingly.”

The winner of the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) and Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) last season, Danzdanzdance was also placed third behind Avilius and He’s Eminent in the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) during that campaign and has won four of her 16 career starts.

Tiger Tara’s spluttering campaign has come to an end.

After weeks of uncertainty and below par form, trainer Kevin Pizzuto yesterday confirmed the superstar would not tackle the NZ Cup or defend his Inter Dominion crown in Auckland.

“The horse is in the paddock.

He’ll be there for the next month or so and serve a few mares as well,” Pizzuto said.

“I tossed everything around and it’s the right thing to do.

“It really all stemmed from that gut-buster he had first-up in Queensland (the Blacks A Fake). It was at the start of the campaign, unsettled him and he just hasn’t been right since.

“You can’t go to a New Zealand Cup unless you’re 100 per cent and he’s not.”

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway C1, 545m 1 73174 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 2 58786 Midnight Maggie 33.03 S &..............B Evans 3 33532 Goldstar Yankee nwtd S &................B Evans 4 62183 Lakota Micco 33.10......................... H Cairns 5 43324 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 6 28144 Know Crime 32.48..........................G Cleeve 7 42288 High Sparrow 33.09................... A Bradshaw 8 68337 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 9 67637 Smash Gator nwtd........................... M Grant 10 53566 Miss Nina nwtd..............................M B Fuller 5 1.17pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT C2, 310m 1 72261 Blazing Banjo 18.72...................J McInerney 2 67514 Smash Surprise nwtd....................... M Grant 3 51711 Dusty’s Ink 18.87.............................B Healey 4 34431 Jinja Cream Fizz nwtd.......................A Joyce 5 46551 Whose He nwtd.................................A Joyce 6 67312 Amuri Liv nwtd...........................J McInerney 7 35518 Twizel Storm nwtd............................ M Grant 8 7x661 Macey Baxter 18.81...................J McInerney 9 21321 Smash Over nwtd............................ M Grant 10 46424 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney 6 1.35 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C3, 310m 1 52626 Mitcham Reado 18.52................J McInerney 2 15641 Billy Frost nwtd................................. M Grant 3 52137 Amuri George 19.08...................J McInerney 4 212F7 Doomsday nwtd............................M B Fuller 5 68128 Sierra Delta 18.58 S &.....................B Evans 6 13133 My Girl Sofia 18.62.........................B Healey 7 16F35 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.59 S &..............B Evans 8 32413 Know Charisma 18.70.....................G Cleeve 9 51747 Nippa Enough 18.87..................J McInerney 10 51418 Eyrewell Bentley 18.81.................... H Cairns 7 1.52pm ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS STKS C1, 545m 1 17224 Go Punter Go 33.53.........................R Wales 2 21 Ozzie nwtd......................................D J Lane 3 x2587 Poppy Rocket nwtd.......................M B Fuller 4 26462 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans

5 517 Black Stockings nwtd................. A Bradshaw 6 54344 Lakota Tonka nwtd.......................... H Cairns 7 44223 Mick The Mower 33.31...............J McInerney 8 27641 Gracias Maestro nwtd...................... M Grant 9 x4146 Haidee Bale nwtd..........................D Roberts 10 66745 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 8 2.10 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING STAKES C2, 545m 1 55871 Opawa Roy nwtd..............................R Wales 2 14712 Mega Dream nwtd..........................R Adcock 3 22211 Lakota Kohana 33.39...................... H Cairns 4 47326 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 5 51433 Goldstar Marvely 32.79 S &.............B Evans 6 58781 Dream Kay nwtd..............................R Wales 7 35637 Homebush Hotshot nwtd............J McInerney 8 46727 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans 9 22368 Know Leave 32.83..........................G Cleeve 10 38538 Smash Calling nwtd......................... M Grant 9 2.27pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C4, 310m 1 44126 Hear This nwtd................................. M Grant 2 48544 Smash Wild nwtd............................. M Grant 3 62212 Jax Jewel nwtd..............................D Roberts 4 23338 Dyna Lenny 18.67.........................C Roberts 5 23774 Nelso Allen 18.49..........................C Roberts 6 73282 Mohican Run 19.06.................... A Bradshaw 7 51141 Goldstar Major 18.75 S &.................B Evans 8 64822 Hankenstein 18.48..................... A Bradshaw 9 12541 Bookie Monster 18.34........................J Dunn 10 85266 Princely Gold 18.31....................J McInerney 10 2.45pm DELTA ENGINEERING DASH C5, 310m 1 24718 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 2 11818 Homebush Boots 18.87.............J McInerney 3 12214 Chasing Fame 18.27.....................M B Fuller 4 2F251 Tee An’ Cee 18.39.......................... B Conner 5 23521 Versailles 18.40..................................J Dunn 6 12711 Pita Ramos 18.56..............................J Dunn 7 35851 Bahama Queen 18.64........................J Dunn 8 42416 Disobedience 18.79 S &..................B Evans

9 81782 Flora Dora 18.42............................R Adcock 10 23582 Wildebeest 18.35....................... A Bradshaw 11 3.02 PETER SINTON PLUMBING STAKES C2/3, 545m 1 64336 Know Equal 32.82...........................G Cleeve 2 55285 Bashful Buffy 32.64....................J McInerney 3 77178 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 4 16123 Mighty Muscle nwtd J &...................D Fahey 5 42717 Know Threat 32.36..........................G Cleeve 6 x1131 Pearls Are Us 32.93........................G Cleeve 7 24445 Know Conclusion 32.66..................G Cleeve 8 31722 Opawa Sweet 33.02.........................R Wales 9 54377 Dyna Elliot nwtd............................C Roberts 10 73477 Our Anna nwtd.................................R Wales 12 3.20pm OGRC LATE QUADDIE C4/5, 545m 1 71854 Know State 32.49............................G Cleeve 2 66553 Must Be Rusty 32.41..................J McInerney 3 54613 Double Speed 32.93......................R Adcock 4 26176 Eyrewell Turbo nwtd........................ H Cairns 5 14336 Thrilling Watch 32.84....................D Roberts 6 44421 Kiwi Gunn nwtd..............................R Adcock 7 34455 Go Glow 32.56 J &...........................D Fahey 8 23462 Know Refusal 32.57........................G Cleeve 9 548x7 Carltonian 32.82 J &........................D Fahey 10 81455 Egomaniacal 32.35.......................D Roberts 13 3.46pm FORBURY NOVICE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 26868 Sozin’s Melody nwtd..................J McInerney 2 18 Mitcham Ryder nwtd..................J McInerney 3 66868 Regal George nwtd....................J McInerney 4 22123 Homebush Yuri 19.08.................J McInerney 5 67681 Homebush George nwtd............J McInerney 6 47815 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 7 76311 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 8 83418 Starr Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney 9 63125 Homebush Monkey 19.11..........J McInerney 10 x4146 Haidee Bale nwtd..........................D Roberts 14 4.07pm HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY PHIL HAMMOND C1, 310m 1 41113 Elite Blueblood 19.59.................J McInerney

2 68786 Little Lozza nwtd........................J McInerney 3 48785 Homebush Maycee 18.55..........J McInerney 4 56864 Rum Gin Mixer nwtd.........................A Joyce 5 73686 Koputai 18.73..................................J Guthrie 6 55362 Homebush Jordie 18.89.............J McInerney 7 56F32 Homebush Rehaina 18.78.........J McInerney 8 12871 Khatia nwtd................................J McInerney 9 64718 Smokey Dodger 18.72.............. P Hammond 10 83225 Punch On Woody 18.84.............J McInerney 15 4.25pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER C1, 310m 1 43868 Melting World 19.31........................J Guthrie 2 1133 Smash Dragon nwtd........................ M Grant 3 58223 Punch On Scooby 18.91............J McInerney 4 3342F Elton Blueblood nwtd.................J McInerney 5 74434 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 6 33642 Homebush Miles 18.46..............J McInerney 7 777F7 Homebush Izzy 19.03................J McInerney 8 53444 Homebush Reed 18.84..............J McInerney 9 28884 Homebush Comet 18.69............J McInerney 10 63125 Homebush Monkey 19.11..........J McInerney SELECTIONS

9 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 10 75787 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 9 5.33pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 32248 Raquel Allen 17.76........................C Roberts 2 25126 Jingili Jill 17.42 M &............................. Smith 3 25672 Souffle Sue 17.65......................J McInerney 4 F1154 Opa’s Joy 17.50...............................R Casey 5 34314 Opawa Oscar nwtd..........................R Wales 6 75645 Sozin’s Blue 17.26.....................J McInerney 7 63883 Homebush Flynn 17.30..............J McInerney 8 75536 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &.............B Evans 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 47677 Jealous Much 17.50...................J McInerney 10 5.49pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 15846 Say Cheese 17.45...............................A Lee 2 x6264 Epic Boom 17.47 J M....................... McCook 3 58164 Goldstar Charger 17.72 S &.............B Evans 4 28412 Impressive Flash 17.53..............J McInerney 5 63245 Yi Feng 17.28.............................J McInerney 6 54638 Stumpy Bill nwtd........................ M Dempsey 7 75352 Know Legend nwtd.........................G Cleeve 8 16756 Homebush Velma 17.46.............J McInerney 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 57758 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 11 6.07pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 77586 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 2 76762 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 3 17845 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 4 78656 Opawa Jody nwtd............................R Wales 5 45447 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 6 13766 Double Scoop 17.57.......................J M Lane

7 37443 King Toliman nwtd.........................C Roberts 8 11 Bolty 17.10......................................D J Lane 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 68687 Homebush Hundy 17.36............J McInerney 12 6.24pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 571 Fernando Bill 17.90.................... M Dempsey 2 113 Goldstar Mauney nwtd S &..............B Evans 3 13475 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve 4 7F123 Yanira Bale 17.60..........................C Roberts 5 48F48 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 6 67346 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 7 62276 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 8 26487 Nikko Baxter 17.32.....................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 57758 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith SELECTIONS

Race 1: Punters Kirsty, Homebush Mandy, Kowloon Lights Race 2: Opawa Di, Captain Davo, Dreaming Abbie, Impressive High Race 3: Gary, Mitcham Pru, Max Volume, Prince Rohit Race 4: Know Crime, Barrel Runner, Midnight Maggie Race 5: Dusty’s Ink, Amuri Liv, Macey Baxter, Smash Over Race 6: Know Charisma, Billy Frost, My Girl Sofia, Amuri George Race 7: Ozzie, Gracias Maestro, Black Stockings, Haidee Bale Race 8: Orina Allen, Opawa Roy, Lakota Kohana, Dream Kay Race 9: Nelso Allen, Hankenstein, Hear This, Bookie Monster Race 10: Chasing Fame, Versailles, Pita Ramos, Tee An’ Cee Race 11: Pearls Are Us, Opawa Sweet, Know Conclusion Race 12: Know State, Go Glow, Double Speed, Must Be Rusty Race 13: Homebush Yuri, Homebush George, Homebush Monkey Race 14: Khatia, Homebush Maycee, Homebush Jordie Race 15: Homebush Reed, Homebush Miles, Eyrewell Tango LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 5 55827 Ineffable 17.40.................................. B Dann 6 26425 Every Minute 17.51..............................A Lee 7 36762 Cosmic Richie 17.30..................J McInerney 8 84658 Goldstar Clover 18.20 S &...............B Evans 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 47677 Jealous Much 17.50...................J McInerney 4 3.57pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1, 520m 1 53x65 Opawa Jane 30.57...........................R Wales 2 78885 Sly Rose 30.96 J M.......................... McCook 3 35F46 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 4 62311 Creme Brulee 30.26...................... L Waretini 5 46455 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 6 42622 Shermo Bale 30.57.......................C Roberts 7 75486 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 8 11F22 Spring Falcon nwtd J &....................D Fahey Emergencies: 9 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 10 77848 Ester 30.33.......................................R Wales 5 4.19pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 21655 Ohoka Kate 17.37......................... L Waretini 2 33472 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 3 47343 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 4 12425 Homebush Aimee 17.62............J McInerney 5 22684 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 6 17781 Our Olive 17.50................................R Wales 7 16477 Sozin’s Symphony 17.58............J McInerney 8 35585 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 7777x Step Inside Love 17.74.....................A Joyce 6 4.39pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C1, 520m

1 73655 Born Ellie 30.92...............................R Wales 2 212 Goldstar Truman 30.85 S &..............B Evans 3 43453 Isavana 30.67 J &............................D Fahey 4 16678 Meka 30.19 J &................................D Fahey 5 85832 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 6 31371 Our Scarlett 30.59............................R Wales 7 T 1427 Hustle Ace 30.72........................N Wanhalla 8 64635 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 9 66757 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 10 15878 Mulberry Will nwtd......................... K Cassidy 7 4.58pm FLAIR SPRINT C1q, 295m 1 55168 Precious Payton 17.49 S &..............B Evans 2 61 Second Summer 17.46........................A Lee 3 43665 Homebush Boden 17.46............J McInerney 4 54538 Mitcham Doug 17.34..................J McInerney 5 58235 Jealous Affair 18.13...................... L Waretini 6 25523 Gadzooks 17.44................................ B Dann 7 54577 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 8 65573 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan Emergencies: 9 46767 Homebush Keasha 17.91...........J McInerney 10 68687 Homebush Hundy 17.36............J McInerney 8 5.17pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C1, 520m 1 24747 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 2 534F7 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 3 56856 Galway Gal 30.80 S &......................B Evans 4 55355 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 5 53166 Machine Gunn 30.88......................R Adcock 6 78146 My Giovanni 30.57...........................R Wales 7 F2144 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &...................B Evans 8 111 Archie John Hill 30.33 J &................D Fahey

Race 1: Billy Budd, Tremonti, Two Be Frank, Calm Inferno Race 2: Goldstar Wynter, Venetia, Aroha, Gracie Lee Race 3: Opa’s Mate, Homebush Alexei, Ineffable, Every Minute Race 4: Creme Brulee, Opawa Jane, Goldstar Scooby Race 5: Ohoka Kate, Andrea Said, Homebush Aimee, Tonkawa Race 6: Isavana, Goldstar Truman, Our Scarlett, Hustle Ace Race 7: Gadzooks, Mitcham Doug, Homebush Boden Race 8: Archie John Hill, Machine Gunn, Goldstar Vale Race 9: Opawa Oscar, Opa’s Joy, Jingili Jill, Souffle Sue Race 10: Impressive Flash, Yi Feng, Epic Boom, Know Legend Race 11: Bolty, Double Scoop, King Toliman, Opal Nora Race 12: Goldstar Mauney, Yanira Bale, Know Burden, Nikko Baxter LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Daily Events TUESDAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 10.30am WALKING NETBALL. Cost $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Handicap singles Golf Croquet.

New players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning, any enquiries to Merrill 307 6363.

Nosh Cafe, West Street.

WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308-6817. St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am WALKING GROUP. One hour walking varying fitness levels. Meet Walnut Avenue by the College Auditorium carpark.

9.30am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

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October 1 & 2, 2019 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am MSA TAI CHI. Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (excludes school holidays).

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years.

For more information ring Age Concern 308-6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308-6817. All Saints Church. Methven.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308-6817. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome. boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Absolute beginners line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

Singles, handicap range -6 to 8, 9 to16, Golf Croquet new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Intermediate line dance class.

Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504.

MSA Social hall, Havelock Street.

6pm sharp RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Winter Series 3km or 6km. Group run or walk around the perimeter of the domain under lights.

All abilities and fitness levels, all welcome, no charge. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night time section, all welcome, rackets available. EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available.

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10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years.

For more information ring Age Concern 308-6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 3.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Tasmanian doubles. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308-6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

10.30am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Morning tea. EAT Cafe, EA Network Centre, River Terrace.

10.30am - 12pm ASHBURTON OPEN COFFEE MORNINGS. Every Wednesday, come for a coffee and chat, child friendly location, all welcome. Phone Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348.

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

10.45am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service, communion and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, new

players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308-6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

5pm (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities and fitness levels. Meet on Philip Street beside the Croquet lawn.

6.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Beginners learn to Line Dance (6.30pm), lower Intermediate/ intermediate (7.30pm-9pm).

Instructor Annette Fyfe. Phone 0274 813 131, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, all welcome.

Pipe Band Hall, Corner Queens Drive and Creek Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Weekly fitness, fun and friendship. Contact Elizabeth 3085437. Buffalo Hall, 20 Cox Street.

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Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s better to team up because you’ll be around people with varying strengths.

With the benefit of many different styles, you’ll all find your way out of a problem much faster than you would on your own.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ll run into a baffling situation. You’ll be bothered by what you don’t understand and even more bothered by what you do. Take this one in small doses.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): When life comes at you fast and colourful, it can inspire wonder. There is just as much wonder in moments like you’ll have today in darkness and silence. Get quiet, and look inward.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): A reputation is a thing you own, like property or a business. It’s a possession that requires maintenance. It’s an asset that you can leverage to get what you desire. Enjoy what you’ve built.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Yes, you’ve fixed your heart on something that’s not easily gotten. That’s OK. You also have the dedication to do what it takes and the resilience to keep coming back to it in a new way until you’ve figured it out.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Though you long for the day your goal is in hand, you also know that success without a journey would be hollow.

The real fulfilment is in what’s happening now with the work you’re doing to get there.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Imagine how you’ll feel when the group swells, the dollar amount triples, the email goes out to a giant list. You’ll be dealing in bigger numbers soon, so it’s a good idea to get your head around them now.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Everyone who lives in this day gets the same 24 hours, and even the richest person couldn’t buy more. You’ll pack so much into your moments, though, because you’re open to feeling their fullness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You also deserve your love and attention. In fact, you deserve it more than anyone else today. Think in terms of getting ahead of life’s demands, fuelling yourself up for the long drive ahead.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Enjoy your amateur status at a certain endeavour – revel in the freedom of this. Go for true self-expression, and let yourself soar without worrying about anyone else’s pleasure or payment.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It doesn’t seem it should be the case, but truly, the need to control things will ultimately ruin them. Controlling moves will be invasive, overbearing, fearful, wasteful of time and energy... just let it go.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’d love to always know the right thing to say in every moment. Who wouldn’t? But some moments aren’t best matched with words. Some moments are best matched by silently holding a space.

ACROSS 2. A boy who may go to pot (5) 5. A measure of what one plants on the ground (4) 7. It is merely that this child has no siblings (4) 8. Step down might do: no time to arrange it (8) 9. Setback for French poetry in genuine setting (8) 11. Something that’s done backwards and forwards (4) 12. From which people look down on the court (6,7) 15. One may study a religious portrait (4) 17. Tug one with 7 that may be remote (8) 19. May be simmered and dunked in water (8) 21. Why include the additive number as it separates from the curd? (4) 22. Cinders, a disreputable woman? (4) 23. Classic race may go ahead in the States (5) DOWN 1. A fillet for the hair also held by a dandy (7) 2. The hound will give voice in the recess (3) 3. They are taken by partisans of both the Left and the Right (5) 4. Sort of meal everybody turns up to, having a thin plate (7) 5. Being well, it’s what one’s clothes do (3) 6. Bracing air, a belt of which starts with oxygen (5) 10. Girl on Ecstasy put up by another (5) 11. Lady, about fifty, to exchange caresses with (5) 13. Went over how one was thwarted (7) 14. Race entrants may be put on the tables (7) 16. State that takes me in if I’ve got the hump (5) 18. The royal house rose (5) 20. Urge one on with a lay product (3) 21. Is twisted with worry, at losing the gold (3)

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HOLDSWORTH, Peter – Please note all late death On Saturday, September 28, notices or notices sent 2019 at Aria Gardens, outside ordinary office Albany. Aged 82 years. hours must be emailed to: Now At Peace.

Much loved husband of deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Norma. Much loved father of Lisa and Mark, and Sally and To place a notice during Jason. Loved Poppa of office hours please contact Rachael and Matt, William us on 03 307 7900 for more and Caroline, Henry and information.

Maisie, and Hamish; Elle, and Any queries please Hugo. Great Poppa of Roger contact 0800 Peter. Loved brother of Sylvia ASHBURTON and John Mills and their (0800-274-287) family. A celebration of Peter’s life will be held at Warkworth Anglican Christ Church, Church Hill, Warkworth on THURSDAY, October 3, 2019 at 2.00pm followed by a private burial.

Peter’s family wish to express their appreciation to the staff Canterbury owned, locally operated of Aria Gardens, for their dedicated and Patersons compassionate care of Peter.

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5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Restoration Australia Built in 1885 by a stone mason from Aberdeen, Keith Hall is no more than a pile of granite, but Canadian-born Clay plans to rebuild the original building, handling the stone blocks on his own.

8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 9:30 Building The Dream 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Dream Gardens 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Choccywoccydoodah 2am Brother v Brother 3am Hope For Wildlife 4am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 5am Mysteries At The Museum

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7am CPL Magazine Show 7:30 Cricket – T20 Blast (HLS) 8am Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (RPL) Second T20. 11:30 L Cricket – CPL Trinidad v Guyana.

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5:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Barbados v St Kitts and Nevis. 6:30 Cricket – CPL (HLS) Barbados v St Lucia.

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8:30 Expedition Unknown PG Ghost Ship of the Great Lakes.

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11:05 Naked And Afraid M Frozen in Fear.

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DAVIDSON TAKES SEASON OPENER

More than 60 riders were greeted by perfect spring conditions when they went to the line for the Tinwald Cycling Club’s first event of the season on Sunday.

The season opened with the Health 2000, Dpi/EmbroidMe graded scratch race, around the Christys Road block on Sunday, where A and B grade riders raced over 36km, and C and D grade battled it out over 27km.

Fresh off a second placing in the Twizel-Timaru Classic, Oliver Davidson secured the first win of the season in A grade, riding the distance in 52.08 minutes.

Tony Ward was in the thick of

the sprint finish to take second place, with Nigel Douglas and Brad Hudson rounding out the top four It was also a bunch finish in B grade, with Caitlin Titheridge showing a clean set of heels in the charge to the line to lift the winner’s trophy, covering the distance in 56.31 minutes.

Matt Marshall stormed home to take second place honours, while John Uden and Tinwald’s club captain Kevin Opele showed good early season form, filling third and fourth places respectively.

Roger Wilson kicked his season

Riders hit the road for the first race of the Tinwald Cycling Club’s road programme for 2019/20 on Sunday.

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off in the best possible way taking victory in C grade.

Wilson rode the course in 44.00 minutes, while in another tight finish Larry Neal charged into second place, with Don Morrison and Shona McGrath-Proctor taking the minor spoils.

Veteran Tony McManus saw off all challengers on his way to victory in D grade, recording a time of 47.59 minutes, while sisters Amy Ferguson and Nicole Hands produced top rides to fill the final two podium positions.

Ferguson secured family bragging rights this week, getting up to take second place, while Dave Shurrock rounded out the top four.

Meanwhile, the junior A graders competed over 18km with the B graders covering 9km.

Maddie Lowry showed her strength, taking A grade honours after riding the distance in 31.31 minutes, while Zoe Spillane put up a good fight to take second place, with Mitch Brookland third.

First timers James Reid and Cooper Spillane went to the line in B grade, and Reid produced a great race to take the trophy, riding the course in 20.10, with Cooper Spillane showing plenty of fight on his way to second place.

In division two, Hillary Singlewood saw off all challengers to secure victory.

This Sunday the club will contest a 32km handicap event, racing around the Wakanui Beach block.

Jeff Hewitt claims first senior crown on the course

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