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Questions hang over cow thefts

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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The Mid Canterbury victims of cattle rustlers last season are still counting their losses and have questioned whether police are sufficiently resourced to deal with stock thefts.

In December last year David and Jill Quigley lost 37 in-milk cows from their Mayfield farm. According to milking records the cattle were taken from the property in two mobs on consecutive nights.

The recently-discovered theft of up to 500 dairy cows from a nearby farm, man-

aged by Mark and Pennie Saunders has put the spotlight back on stock thefts.

The Quigleys’ cattle were worth in excess of $70,000, but that figure does not account for the loss of production and the value of next season’s calves which the cows were carrying.

The majority of the stolen cattle had several more productive seasons ahead of them.

The cattle were insured, but not against theft.

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“At some point you have to give up counting the cost and move forward, but it still makes my blood boil; somebody has got off with this crime scot-free and we are left to pick up the tab.”

The Saunders have found themselves in the same boat, and given the large number of cattle involved, Jill is “very concerned” about their ability to survive the loss financially.

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Questions hang over cow thefts From P1 The value of the Saunders’ cattle has been estimated at about $750,000, without accounting for lost production or the replacement calves they were potentially carrying.

All tallied the cost could run up to $2 million.

Jill Quigley said police were sometimes slow off the mark to respond to stock theft and underresourced to deal with a crime of this magnitude.

Indeed the crime only became public after Pennie Saunders raised the alarm on social media earlier this week, despite police being notified last Thursday.

“If someone robbed a bank and made off with that much money the police would be swarming all over it,” Jill said.

However, despite the good intentions of many, social media

opened the gates to a flood of abuse and criticism, primarily from “townies” with no understanding of the workings of a dairy farm, adding to the Saunders’ angst, Quigley said.

“It’s entirely possible those cattle were taken over several weeks in small mobs.”

There are also concerns frustrated farmers could start taking the law into their own hands.

“It could easily become like the Wild West out here, someone could get badly hurt or worse,” she said.

The Quigleys have now installed security cameras and are considering freeze-branding heifer calves.

Call Canterbury police on 03 363-7400 with any information about these crimes.

■ ASHBURTON CIVIC CENTRE AND LIBRARY

Retailers back Eastfield site

By Sue NewmaN

“The retailers have talked about this a lot and we’re all in support Ashburton’s retailers of Eastfield, simply beare part of what apcause we see that this pears to be a groundwould be the start of swell of support for the revitalisation of the the district’s new civic town centre. centre and library to “It would be a kickbe built in the heart of start,” he said. the town’s CBD, on the The only concern Eastfield site.

Bob McDonald many had was around A poll running on parking, but for staff, the Guardian’s Facebook page since 11am on Tues- this could be addressed if the two day shows the central town site council-owned sections on Burhas the greatest support and that nett Street to the east were used, gives the retailers confidence that either as they stand or further deconsultant Opus’ first choice loca- veloped into a parking complex, tion of Baring Square East might McDonald said.

“It’s absolutely critical we get not stand up to the public test, people back into the town centre said spokesman Bob McDonald.

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and this would give us a big injection of people.”

While the town centre site might be the retailers’ first choice the site was one that also had the advantage of being a clean sheet option where demolition works wasn’t required, he said.

“All the others need demolitions to varying degrees. This is the cleanest and simplest option, the land has already been tested, the investors are there and there are ownership options for the council.”

If Eastfield was chosen for the complex, it would also allow the community to look at other options for the two historic buildings in Baring Square east, McDonald said.

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■ ASHBURTON BRANCH

BNZ closes for good for a day

BY EMMA MOODY

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Community House became a hub of bead sorting yesterday when some BNZ staff helped the CanInspire Charitable Trust sort through mountains of donated beads.

BNZ stores all over New Zealand took part in Closed for Good, a day when BNZ branches close for the day to provide a helping hand in the community.

CanInspire’s volunteer co-ordinator, Deanne Walsh, said CanInspire received two substantial bead donations recently and said Closed for Good was the perfect opportunity to make a dent.

“We had a donation from a man in Auckland, who donated clasps and things like that as well as beads, which really helps us

out,” she said. CanInspire also had a donation from Four Corners jewellery store in Christchurch, who rang CanInspire and said they had a couple of boxes to donate.

“We thought ‘a few boxes, should be an easy move’ but when we got there they had boxes piled up to the roof for us.

“When we were doing a stock take we weighed them and they had donated 214 kilos of beads,” Walsh said.

CanInspire’s co-ordinator, Louise Duke, said the BNZ staff were helping with the first phase of building the CanBead bead packs, which includes unstringing beads from jewellery and colour co-ordinating them.

CanBead was founded in 2010

by Sarah Clifford following her

cancer treatment.

While she was going through treatment, Clifford was given tools, beads and wire to make jewellery, a process which provided her with distraction and a sense of accomplishment.

CanBead gives those affected by illness, trauma or loss free workshops and giveaway CanBead Kits and show others how to create jewellery.

The CanBead packs are put together by volunteers and include beads, wire, the tools and instructions to make necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

Ashburton’s BNZ staff were also helping out the community by providing budget advice to parents, cooking meals and presenting a scam savvy workshop for the Age Concern 206 Club.

Left – Ashburton BNZ staff (from left) Tania Sanney, Katherine Gray, Michelle Rattray and Nic Giles were at Community House yesterday for BNZ’s Closed for Good sorting out beads which were donated to CanInspire for their CanBead bead packs.

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Learning some crazy science Screams of joy and excitement filled the Ashburton Borough hall yesterday, when the Crazy Professor visited the school yesterday.

The Crazy Professor, also known as Richard Scholes, has been touring the country with his show called The Magical World of Science.

Scholes said his show is a mix of science and magic “because anything magic is based in science”.

He also said the children watching always loved getting involved with the show.

Scholes’ show features simple experiments, such as film canister rockets, that he thinks will pique children’s interest in science.

While the show went on, the volume of the children watching went up and by the end of the show, you were definitely able to hear how much the children were enjoying it.

■ BURGLARIES

Ashburton police: We’ll do our absolute best

Labour is apparently close to endorsing a tax on sugary drinks – with health spokeswoman Annette King saying there is growing evidence and support for such a measure.

The Government has come under pressure from medical professionals to introduce a sugary drink tax, particularly after the British Conservative Government opted to do so in its latest budget.

But although the Greens want such a tax brought it, Labour’s position has been that there isn’t enough evidence.

King has since suggested that position could change.

She told the Herald that no final decision had been made, but evidence for a sugary drink tax continued to mount.

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BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Police Minister Judith Collins announced on Monday police will attend every burglary and Ashburton police have vowed to do their best.

Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said it has always been the goal of Ashburton police to have a police presence at any reported burglary.

“Ashburton police have limited resources and we will continue to do our absolute best to respond to calls for service, however, during periods of heavy demand we

will prioritise which events get attended to first and which will be attended to at a later time or date,” he said.

On Monday Collins released a statement outlining a new policy for policing burglaries.

The new policy announced by Collins means dwelling burglaries will change from a volume crime, where officers did not have to attend each incident, to a priority crime where officers have to attend.

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pleased with the police’s decision to attend all house break-ins.

“This shows police are serious about tackling burglary and also sends a clear message to offenders,” she said.

However, Collins said given the nature of policing there will be occasions where they cannot attend a dwelling burglary for a range of reasons.

“Police have assured me that they continue to make burglary a priority with ongoing work in every district to reduce this crime type while also focusing on in-

creasing resolution rates.”

Banfield said on average Ashburton police receive three to four burglary reports per week.

Police statistics for Canterbury show that in June this year there were 663 reported burglaries, however, in there same month in 2015 there were 504.

Between January and June this year, there were a total of 36,051 reported burglaries, in 2015 for the same time period the number was 25,668.

This is an increase of over 10,000 reported crimes.

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Spring is sprung Warm winds and sunshine are predicted for today, the first day of spring.

Niwa forecaster Ben Noll said subtropical winds would bring unseasonable warmth with recordbreaking temperatures possible.

The warm weather may cause snowmelt on Mt Hutt though South Island fields with healthy snow bases will survive. Mt Hutt enjoyed glorious weather this week, with sunny skies and a snow base of about 130cm.

Noll said winter had left a trail of records in its wake and was the warmest on record for the first eight months of the year.

Ashburton’s hottest day was 19.7°C on August 29. The coldest temperature over the month was a -5.8°C frost on August 11.

Nearly 70mm of rain has fallen this month, with the total for the year at 409.8mm.

This time last year 54.7mm had fallen with a total of 436.4mm and

in 2014 30.7mm fell in the month with a total of 593.8mm for the year. In 2013 43mm fell in the month, with the total for the year 670.6mm.

In other parts of New Zealand Napier had the highest winter temperature at 25.1 while the lowest was -17.8 at Takahe Valley (near Te Anau).

Noll said a cycle of subtropical winds followed by a push of cooler air was expected to repeat itself over the month.

“The warmer temperatures forecast for early September are caused in part by more sunshine.

“The sun’s altitude at solar noon is higher in the sky than it was two months ago, allowing for more direct solar radiation.

“This type of weather pattern is one that brings mostly dry conditions to the east of the South Island, a region that continues to suffer from below normal rainfall and soil moisture.”

Daffodils are showing their colours on Oak Grove.

■ TINWALD

Break-ins have residents worried

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

Smashed windows and scattered glass littering Tinwald has left residents asking when it will come to an end.

A spate of car break-ins across Ashburton have left local people furious as the offenders continue to damage property.

Sam Ruck, a Tinwald resident who works for a local law firm, said his car had been broken into earlier this week.

He said the back window had been smashed and his items inside had been gone through, but nothing was taken.

Ruck moved back to Ashburton earlier this year after spending five years in Dunedin studying

and said he’d never had a problem there.

The car was parked on the corner of Thomson and Wilkins streets in an area that was well lit.

He said it wasn’t a rough area but there had been a lot of breakins around the place, including on Grove Street.

A co-worker had their wallet stolen in a similar situation after a thief smashed the back window of their car.

Ruck said the break-in was more annoying than anything as he would have to look around to see if he could find a replacement window.

“The problem is it’s an old student car and it’s not worth hiring out a garage to park it in,” he said.

Tinwald resident Cayle Holmes said even in the short time he’s been living in the area he has caught people trying to get into his home.

“It’s a problem, something really needs to be done because we don’t feel safe in our own homes anymore,” he said.

Holmes said an old flatmate at the house was sitting in the living room with their door open when an intruder just walked in.

If anyone sees someone suspicious around their’s or someone else’s property they are advised to call police on 111 immediately and report it.

The reports help police to build up a map of where crimes are being committed.

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Ploughmen practice for world champs New Zealand ploughmen are soaking up the conditions in practice plots as they prepare for the World Ploughing Championships in York, England.

Methven farmer Bruce Redmond is coaching the Kiwi side, which includes Ian Woolley (conventional) and Malcolm Taylor (reversible). The champs begin on September 10.

Woolley is practising in barley stubble close to the world ploughing site, in soil similar to the competition plot.

“We have only stubble practice. It is unlikely we will get any grass practice other than the official plot as there is little grass in this area due to it being predominately arable.”

Redmond said there had been up to 45mm of rain over the last couple of days, but the sandy ground had absorbed it.

Taylor had arrived in England and was getting his gear ready at

Bruce Redmond Nottingham.

Austria are also practising in the area, with the USA preparing gear. More are expected in the coming days.

“It takes a while to get used to the narrow roads, a lot of traffic and limited parking. The flooding of last December is evident by some crop paddocks where low areas are bare, the Tadcaster bridge is still not operating and the Yorvik viking centre is still closed.”

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Labour MPs get a grip on local issues

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Labour MPs spent part of their day touring Ashburton and meeting a number of local groups and listening to local issues.

Christchurch East MP Poto Williams and Carmel Sepuloni, Spokesperson for Social Development and Kelston MP, came as part of a focus on getting out to the regions.

The pair met with Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay and talked over local issues like local government changes and water.

They also spoke to members of the Menz Shed and Ashburton Alcohol and Drugs Service (Acads).

Williams said they wanted to meet with McKay to speak about improving relations between central and local government.

She said one of Labour’s big concerns was with the local government reforms that might end up looking like amalgamation by stealth.

Another talking point was the operation of council controlled organisations (CCO), which take care of major assets like roading.

“Some of the most valuable assets in any community is their roading, a CCO, which is not an elected position, will have the ability to demand whatever the rates take will be in the community,” she said.

McKay also spoke about the issue of water following events in Havelock North.

Williams said she heard local community were happy with how the water was treated and there is a heightened awareness around it now.

“Water is a big part of the production of goods and produce here so I know there has to be a national conversation about water, but it has to be in partner-

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In brief Another backpack Another lost backpack has been found in Ashburton. The newlooking bag has been handed into the Ashburton Police Station and contains items of clothing and a pair of shoes. If it’s yours please come to the station to pick it up.

Missing a ring?

Ashburton police are holding a pearl and diamond ring which was handed into the station yesterday.

The ring was found on July 10 this year, if anyone thinks it may be theirs they should go to the Ashburton Police Station.

Kiwi killed by fall A New Zealand tourist plummeted four storeys to his death following a night of drinking with friends in Thailand. The body of Dunedin man Ross Anthony Mobbs, 30, was found by hotel workers on the terrace of the Chillax Resort, a five-storey building in Bangkok’s Phra Nakon district, near a popular backpacker centre.

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Zombies step up When Mig Alves put out the call for a few volunteers to be zombie extras in the movie being shot in Northland, she didn’t expect an army of the undead to get in touch. Alves is the Northlandbased second director for the movie R: Rage of the Zombies that is being shot in Northland from next week and in the Northern Advocate yesterday she put out the call for zombie extras. She was expecting a bit of interest, but the call has “gone off big time” with hundreds of people getting in touch to say they wanted to become zombies.

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Dotcom case live Poto Williams (left) Christchurch East MP and Carmel Sepuloni (right) MP for Kelston and Spokesperson for Social Development during their visit to Ashburton.

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ship with local government.

Sepuloni said the Menz Shed organisation were a really great group of guys.

“It’s a really important initiative because we do have an ageing population and a lot of these many have an important skill set some of the younger generation

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“We’re really supportive of that initiative because it’s a great way for them to spend their time doing something they love,” she said.

Sepuloni said the biggest issue raised with Acads was the

concern of meth use in the community. “Provinces that haven’t previously had an issue with it are all of a sudden seeing a significant increase.

“We were just talking through some of the implications of it, and what policies are going to address it,” Sepuloni said.

Wellington Kim Dotcom’s appeal against extradition to the United States began streaming yesterday on YouTube, the first-ever New Zealand court case to be broadcast live over the internet.

The hearing was not initially blockbuster viewing, with YouTube showing only around 900 people tuning in as the livestream begun.

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■ ITALY

Mass funeral for victims An Italian bishop issued a veiled critique of the suspected shoddy construction behind the high death toll of Italy’s earthquake and warned during a state funeral yesterday that the rebuilding effort must not become a “looting” of state coffers.

“Earthquakes don’t kill. What kills the most is the work of man,” Rieti Bishop Domenico Pompili told the weeping crowds gathered in the shadow of Amatrice’s ruins for the funeral for some of the 292 victims.

Wails echoed under the roof of the open-sided tent as Pompili read aloud the names of the 242 people killed in the towns of Amatrice and Accumoli at the start of the service. And the crowd erupted in applause — a common gesture at Italian funerals — when dozens of white balloons were released at the end of the service.

On hand to concelebrate the Mass was Monsignor Konrad Krajewski, the pope’s chief almsgiver who frequently stands in for him when he wants to show his personal closeness to people in need.

Francis has promised to visit the quake zone soon.

Civil protection officials said only 37 caskets were on hand since many families opted for private funerals elsewhere.

Another 50 people were killed in neighboring Le Marche region where a state

funeral was held over the weekend.

The 37 caskets faced the altar in rows, two little white caskets sandwiched between larger ones — evidence of the many children enjoying the final days of summer children who were killed. Relatives placed bouquets on the caskets and sat next to them quietly as rain fell outside.

In his homily, Pompili insisted that there was no choice but to rebuild Amatrice and Accumoli since abandoning the towns would “kill them a second time”. But he warned that the reconstruction effort must not become “a political fight or a sort of looting of various forms.”

Italy has a long history of organised crime and corrupt builders infiltrating public works contracts, especially those earmarked for reconstruction after natural disasters. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the August 24 quake since many buildings crumbled despite having been renovated with public funds for anti-seismic improvements. The ANSA news agency said Rieti chief prosecutor Giuseppe Saieva ordered Amatrice’s collapsed elementary school to be sequestered and entrusted Italy’s financial police with investigating how public funds destined for anti-seismic renovations across the region were used.

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Rescuers carry away a coffin after a state funeral for some of the victims of last week’s earthquake, in Amatrice, central Italy.

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The decision not to press charges in the abuse case against Sir Cliff Richard is being reviewed.

The singer was the subject of a longrunning South Yorkshire Police investigation which centred on sexual assault accusations dating between 1958 and 1983 made by four men.

Officers investigating allegations of historical sex offences were filmed searching his flat in Berkshire in 2014, leading to him being publicly named as the subject of the probe.

The 75-year-old was never arrested or charged and his case was discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in June on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

But at the beginning of August an application under the victims’ right to review scheme was lodged by an accuser - challenging the decision by the CPS not to pursue a case against Richard.

The process allows an alleged victim, within three months of the original decision, to call for it to be reviewed.

It is understood a lawyer will look at the evidence before deciding to uphold or overturn the original decision made by the CPS. A spokesman for the CPS confirmed they have received an application under the victims’ right to review scheme over the decision made in relation to the star.

He added: “It is ongoing.”

After the investigation was brought to a close in June, the singer said he was “thrilled”.

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Jurassic fossil found A group of scientists found a fossilised skull believed to be that of the oldest pterosaur or flying reptile from the early Jurassic period at the bottom of a lake in Argentina’s Patagonia region. The species has been named “Allkauren koi”. “We can say that they were reptiles ... completely adapted to flight. The bones of the cranium are pneumatic and ... they have no air cavities. This pterosaur in particular had teeth and a beak, a species with an elongated snout,” Ariana Carabajal, an expert in neuropaleontology who was part of the scientific team, said.

Allkauren koi means “ancient brain” in the Tehuelche language of the Indians who historically lived in the southern Chubut area, where the fossil was found.

Carabajal said the dinosaur had a skull about 7cm long, making it distinctive for both its age of some 170 million years and its small size.

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Chris Brown

Chris Brown arrested Pop star Chris Brown has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after a daylong standoff and search at his Los Angeles home that began when a woman made an emergency call in the pre-dawn hours.

Brown, 27, denied any wrongdoing in posts on Instagram before he was taken into custody, and said he had woken up to find police outside the property in the Tarzana neighbourhood in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. “He is being transported to robbery homicide, where he will be arrested for assault with a deadly weapon,” Lieutenant Chris Ramirez of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

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Dancing troubles away Sure, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte made up an incident in Rio de Janeiro and is facing charges from Brazilian police that he filed a false robbery report and is losing sponsors who think his image has been tarnished. Now he aims to dance away the heartache. Lochte has been named as a contestant on the upcoming edition of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. He joins former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick, recording artists Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Jana Kramer and Vanilla Ice, Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, NFL wide receiver Calvin Johnson, Jr, actress Marilu Henner, race car driver James Hinchcliffe, and Little Women: LA star Terra Jole.

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Roll on the bowel cancer screening roll-out

Sue Newman

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t’s a national shame that in a country where bowel cancer has such a high kill rate we’re only now getting around to looking at rolling out a national screening programme.

That the programme would move from trial to part of the package of national health checks Kiwis can access, was announced in the May Budget, but the business case has only been approved

by Cabinet.

About 3000 Kiwis are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year; more than 1200 die from the disease. Early detection would up the survival odds significantly with the experts saying up to 700 of the cancers diagnosed each year would be detected during early screening rounds.

Yes a bowel screening programme comes with a multi million dollar price tag – more than $39 million during the four-year roll-out, but you can’t put a price on the lives that are lost each year because the disease was detected too late.

And unfortunately, the roll-out is staged over three years and Canterbury’s not top of the list.

In New Zealand, health care and access to screening programmes have always been a money game.

If you don’t have the cash then you’re forced into the public system where all too often waiting means either living a significantly compromised life or dying while you wait.

It shouldn’t be that way. Health care is a basic human right in a first world country.

It comes with a very high cost and that cost is growing significantly every year – we’re living longer, our health expectations are higher and treatments are more sophisticated.

We’re crippling our country with the demand we’re placing on a system that simply cannot cope.

The ideal of course is private medical insurance, but ask anyone who’s shelling out thousands a year against the day they might need to claim and they’ll tell you that insurance is as much a gamble as it is an investment.

Over a working life you could hand over more than $600,000 to your insurer for no return.

Thank God we’re getting this screening programme, now it’s up to the country’s 60 to 74-yearolds to make sure they take advantage of it – it won’t cost them a cent.

YOUR VIEW Religious freedom A. Cocks suggested in their letter to the editor (“Changing times” August 30, 2016) that declining church attendance and an apparent rise in crime are correlated and caused by society’s move away from ‘biblical truth’.

The term ‘biblical truth’ implies that anything that contradicts the Bible is not factual.

Religion and science have a tenuous relationship. The religious have fervently dismissed modern scientific developments in the quest to understand the origins of both the universe (the big bang) and human beings (evolution) in favour of a primitive idea from several thousand years ago (creation).

Contrast that with the willingness – although not always – to accept and adopt scientific developments in the past couple of hundred years in other areas such as medicine (vaccines, antibiotics).

The religious and irreligious alike agree with the biblical commandments that we shall not kill, commit adultery, steal or lie because those acts are im-

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moral. However, immoral acts cannot be made moral simply by their inclusion in a religious text.

In civilised society genocide and slavery are abhorrent to us despite their numerous occurrences (and more disturbingly their endorsements) in the “Good Book”.

Cocks and I would agree that after my demise I won’t be passing through the pearly gates of heaven: Cocks, on the basis that I have not accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour, and me on the basis that I don’t believe heaven exists. We are fortunate to live in a country where we are both free to hold those personal views.

However, it does not follow that my lack of belief will lead me to a life of crime, nor does it follow that adherence to religious belief (whether Christian or otherwise) is somehow a barrier to criminal behaviour.

M. Marshall

Council offices and library Last week I submitted a letter to the editor stating the council and library project should be

by David Fletcher

halted until after the local election due to the make-up of the council being very different.

Having had the opportunity to view the options put forward, I have further concerns about the public consultation process, in particular, that Opus are influencing the survey, its client and the public, by stating a preferred option.

Also, contrary to what is being stated, in material presented to the public, this is not an urban design project, it’s an exercise in locating buildings.

Furthermore, proposals suggesting works beyond the site boundaries are speculative.

While it’s recognised that council’s existing buildings have to meet quake standards within a certain time, questions should be asked as to why this project is being rushed through, especially given the volume of information the public are required to digest in order to reach an informed decision.

Fair to say, it’s unrealistic to expect a broad range of views given turn-out will be low as it was with round one.

This is not a simple project.

It’s expensive and will have a big impact on the appearance of the town centre.

Correspondingly, it will also have an impact on the public’s sense of place, because buildings are iconic symbols that represent particular values throughout time.

Over the past 25 years, the flippant attitude towards Ashburton’s building heritage has had a detrimental impact on many, however, my concern is, that now apathy is the new standard, the perception exists that anything’s acceptable, at any cost, but with minimal, if any, accountability.

With regards to the preferred option, I ask why the consultants are restricting their focus to existing site boundaries when in this case, as it was with the heritage centre, it’s perfectly feasible to include the street as part of the building site?

But as with previous projects, consultants will only do what the brief requires. This project is significant enough that it should be halted until after the new council is elected.

Edward Gates

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■ APPLE INC

Apple owes Ireland billions

ecutive arm.

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager questioned how anyone might think an arrangement that allowed Apple to pay a tax rate of 0.005 per cent, as Apple’s main Irish unit did in 2014, was fair.

“Tax rulings granted by Ireland have artificially reduced Apple’s tax burden for over two decades, in breach of the EU state aid rules.

Apple now has to repay the benefits,” Vestager said.

Analysts said the size of the claim underlined the Commission’s aggressive stance, but since each case involves different circumstances and tax rules, lawyers said it was hard to see if further big claims were any more or less likely.

Apple, which had more than $US200 billion ($NZ276.2 billion) in cash and readily marketable securities at the end of June, is likely to see the case drag out for years in EU and possibly Irish courts.

The EU’s ruling challenges the way that Ireland agreed to tax the profits of Irish registered Apple subsidiaries, through which most of its non-US profits flowed.

Apple Inc licences the rights to technology designed in the United States to Irish subsidiaries.

These then hire contract manufacturers to make devices which they sell to Apple retail subsidiaries around Europe and Asia.

Since the manufacturing cost is a small portion of device sales prices and retail subsidiaries are allocated a small operating margin, Apple Ireland is very profitable.

In 2011, it earned $US22 billion after paying $US2 billion to its US parent in relation to the rights to Apple intellectual property.

However, the Irish tax authority agreed only 50 million euros of this was taxable in Ireland, the European Commission said.

Under the terms of Apple’s tax deal, first agreed in 1991 and renewed in 2007, Apple could allocate most of the profits earned by

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■ MEDIAWORKS

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Jack Matthews into a place where MediaWorks Radio is No 1 and TV3 is gaining share”.

“In these times of huge industry change and disruption, it is right to hand over to a chairman who resides in New Zealand and who brings extensive media expertise.”

Matthews has held executive roles including chief executive of Fairfax Metro Media (Australia), CEO at Showtime (Australia) and CEO at TelstraSaturn (NZ).

He currently sits on four boards in New Zealand and Australia: Crown Fibre Holdings, Network For Learning, Trilogy International and APN Outdoor, as well as chairing Rewardle Holdings, a

Declining dairy prices hit Landcorp State-owned corporate farmer Landcorp reported a $9.4 million operating loss in the year to June 30, as declining dairy prices hit revenues.

The result compared with a $4.9 million operating profit the previous year, itself an 84 per cent decline on the previous year.

Statutory profit was $11.5 million, reflecting the one-off receipt

of $7.4 million from land sales and unrealised “revaluation movements on items such as livestock, farm properties and financial assets, eg co-operative shares”, a spokesman for the company said.

“It’s been a tough year for the entire dairy sector, so our result is solid in that context,” said chief executive Steve Carden. “The result would have been lower with-

out the progress already being made to strengthen our farming systems” and its high value Pamu product range.

Landcorp announced during the year that it would stop converting central North Island land to dairy farms.

Revenues for the year fell to $209 million from $224.3 million the year before. - BusinessDesk

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digital start-up business based in Melbourne.

MediaWorks is owned by US hedge fund Oaktree Capital, which is known to be seeking to exit its New Zealand broadcasting investment, having gained full control of MediaWorks last year.

The Los Angeles-based firm became a MediaWorks debt-holder in 2012, buying $125 million of the group’s outstanding loans at a reported 50 per cent discount, later converted to equity when the media company’s lenders seized control and pushed out former owner Ironbridge Capital in 2013.

MediaWorks was then restructured through a receivership, allowing MediaWorks to break its commitments to buy programmes from international networks and shed liabilities relating to a $22 million trans-Tasman tax dispute.

Oaktree went on to buy out fellow shareholders Rabobank, Westpac New Zealand and Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Matthews to lead MediaWorks Financially stressed broadcaster MediaWorks will gain high-profile telecommunications entrepreneur Jack Matthews as its chairman from the end of next month.

New Zealand-resident Matthews will replace the current Australia-based chairman, Rod McGeoch, who has led the MediaWorks board since 2013.

Matthews is well-known in New Zealand as the founder of one of the country’s first cable television services, then known as Saturn, on the Kapiti Coast, which has morphed over the years through ownership for a time by Australian telco Telstra to become part of Vodafone’s New Zealand asset base.

“I’m very pleased to accept this position and look forward to working with a strong board, management team and, most importantly, a committed and passionate staff who are all focused on maintaining MediaWorks as a successful and important part of New Zealanders’ daily lives,” Matthews said.

McGeoch said he had led MediaWorks “out of receivership and

its Irish operating units to a “head office” that did not have any employees or own any premises.

The Commission said this agreement had no basis in tax law and was not available to others, and so represented state aid.

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said he profoundly disagreed with the decision and in order to preserve Ireland’s attractiveness for investment he would appeal.

Ireland’s low corporate tax rate has been a cornerstone of the country’s economic policy for decades, drawing investors from multinational companies whose staff account for almost one in 10 of the country’s workers.

For many technology firms like Google and Facebook, a key attraction is that Ireland allows companies to adopt tax structures which see them pay much less than the 12.5 per cent headline rate. The companies say they follow all tax rules.

Apple said it was confident of winning an appeal.

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The European Commission is ordering Apple Inc to pay Ireland unpaid taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($NZ20 billion), after ruling the firm had received illegal state aid.

Apple and Dublin said on Tuesday the US company’s tax treatment was in line with Irish and European Union law and they would appeal the ruling, which is part of a drive against what the EU says are sweetheart tax deals that usually smaller states in the bloc offer multinational companies to lure jobs and investment.

The US feels its firms are being targeted by the EU and a US Treasury spokesperson warned the move threatens to undermine US investment in Europe and “the important spirit of economic partnership between the US and the EU”.

Starbucks Corp has been ordered to pay up to 30 million euros to the Dutch state, while Amazon.com Inc and McDonald’s Corp are also under investigation by the Commission, the EU’s ex-

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Fairton workers question union

By Michelle NelsoN

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Union reps faced a barrage of tough questions at Silver Fern Farms Fairton shed meeting where disgruntled workers aired their views.

A Fairton worker said members were frustrated with their union, particularly in respect to a deal, allegedly done behind closed doors, which resulted in SFF excluding the Fairton plant from this season’s bobby calf kill. The decision to process bobbies at Pareora pushed back the start date for Fairton workers, who learned last week the first chain would not start up until the end of October.

Coupled with a stock shortage brought about by prolonged drought conditions in North Canterbury, Fairton workers face a second short killing season.

“We are supposed to be a collective – a lot of people are really disappointed in the union at the moment,” the worker said.

The implications of the Shanghai Maling deal were also on the table at Saturday’s meeting, with some predicting the closure of the Fairton plant, speculation fuelled in part by a contentious report made available to the Chinese company outlining shutdown plans.

SFF management brushed the disclosure off as simply one scenario, however, many workers are not convinced.

On the other side of the coin, the Chinese investment could benefit Fairton – which has an excellent record for throughput and hygiene, the worker said.

“It could be exactly what’s needed to get the place back on its feet and get some money into stock procurement,” he said.

Secretary of the Canterbury branch of the union, Bill Watt, said

Union reps came under fire at Silver Fern Farms’ Fairton plant.

younger workers were likely to walk away from the Fairton plant in view of the long off season and scant prospects for a better deal for the coming season.

Last season employees on the number one killing chain worked

for 26 weeks and the number two chain just 14 weeks. “They won’t stick around for 14 weeks’ work, they can’t afford to and they’ve got nothing to lose,” Watt said.

“On the other hand, once the word gets out that there’s a poten-

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tial closer in the wings, the older workers simply won’t retire because they want their redundancy payout.”

Watt said the company needed to front up and make a decision about the plant’s future.

“There’s a great deal of frustration and anger – Fairton’s been a very good shed with a loyal workforce for a long time.

“It’s disappointing to see good people get dealt a poor hand like these guys have been.”

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Bank pressure on but farmer satisfaction high More farmers are experiencing undue pressure from their banks, but overall satisfaction remains strong, according to the latest Federated Farmers Banking Survey.

Federated Farmers president Dr William Rolleston said sharemilkers continue to be the most vulnerable when it comes to dealing with banks and the data showed they are the least satisfied.

“Given the current economic climate, it’s no surprise sharemilkers are the most exposed,” Rolleston said.

“In relation to overdrafts, 15.8 per cent said they experienced undue pressure and 22.2 per cent undue pressure around mortgages.”

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Sharemilkers are also the most likely to have a detailed and up-to-date budget with 84 per cent having one for the current season and 42 per cent planning ahead for future seasons.

Mortgage interest rates continue to edge down, in line with the Reserve Bank’s cuts to the Official Cash Rate and rates for overdrafts continue to climb.

“We understand the reduction in average mortgage rates is largely due to farmers moving from older higher fixed rates to current fixed and floating rates which are lower than those two or three years ago.”

However, Federated Farmers is particularly concerned about the possibility of higher risk margins being imposed on some farmers, with the potentially perverse impact of making otherwise sustainable farms more vulnerable, Rolleston said.

Other farming types, particularly sheep and beef, are not reporting nearly the same extent of bank pressure and their satisfaction levels remain relatively strong.

Having detailed and up-to-date budgets is much lower for all farms with 63.5 per cent for the current season and 19.6 per cent for future seasons.

In relation to mortgages, 12 per cent of all farms and 16 per cent of dairy farms are coming under undue pressure from their banks, with 9 per cent and 12 per cent respectively under undue pressure around overdrafts.

All are up on the May survey and continue a steady upwards trend evident since last August.

The survey showed 80 per cent of all farmers and 78.4 per cent of dairy farmers were satisfied with their banks.

There was also an improvement in the quality of bank communications amongst all farms.

Dr William Rolleston

TINWALD SALE

Prime lamb prices continue to rise Prime lamb prices continued to firm on the back of a smaller yarding at this week’s Tinwald sheep sale with the best hitting the $130 mark for the first time this year.

Heavy shorn lambs fetched $125-$130,

medium weights $113-$123 and lighter lambs, $97-$110. A lighter yarding of prime sheep sold on a par with last week.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - Which country has the largest Muslim population? a. Pakistan b. India c. Indonesia 2 - Which of these planets has two moons? a. Mercury b. Venus c. Mars 3 - Where were the world’s first three-colour traffic lights installed? a. Detroit, USA b. London, England c. Turin, Italy 4 - Which cosmetic brand used the slogan ‘Because you’re worth it’? a. L’Oreal b. Chanel c. Revlon 5 - You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling was a hit song used in which film? a. Ghost b. Top Gun c. Sleepless In Seattle 6 - What colour are poinsettia flowers? a. Red b. Yellow c. Pink 7 - What was the name of the official mascot of the 2016 Olympics? a. Vinicius b. Valentina c. Vitoria 8 - In which year was the computer mouse invented? a. 1954 b. 1963 c. 1972

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QUICK MEAL

Smoked chicken and roast pepper risotto 2 red peppers 5C chicken stock 1/2 C dry white wine 1T butter 1T olive oil 1 red onion, finely chopped 2C arborio rice 1 Tegel manuka smoked chicken breast, sliced into bite-sized pieces 1/2 C freshly grated parmesan cheese 1/4 C chopped fresh herbs, eg parsley, rosemary Salt and freshly ground black pepper ■ Grill the red peppers until blackened all over, allow to cool slightly and then rub off the skin, remove seeds and membrane and finely chop.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz Ashburton Branch of NZ Ostomy Society

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Good golfing.

Meeting held at the Savage Club rooms on August 24.

President Dennis Blincoe who was our Delegate at the AGM and Training Day held in Wellington on August 6 presented his report. Various training sessions were held on The Requirements of Reporting on Charitable Foundations and Visitor Training (the protocol etc. needed for visiting and helping new osteomates). A session was held on Secretarial and Treasurer Training. The new Patron of the NZ Ostomy Society is Dr. Graham Roadley, a Surgeon from Timaru. A remit was presented regarding osteomates who do not pay subs to their local branch. This is becoming a real problem for many branches as the cost of postage, etc. for the magazine is impacting on branch funds. The actual publication of the NZ Ostomate Magazine is also running at a loss. The Christmas outing was discussed and this will be held at Ron and Marilyn Galletley’s property sometime before the festive season. Ron has a collection of vintage cars and also keeps his own hives and produces his own honey so keep this outing in mind. Speaker for the day was Victoria Antoniazzi, National Rep for Convatec. Victoria presented us with an interesting background to her life. She was a neonatal nurse in England and the Middle East before finally settling in New Zealand. There have been many improved appliances developed over recent years and osteomates can discuss these with our local Stoma Nurse if they are having problems. Next meeting will be held October 26.

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Ashburton Golf Club This weekend is the 5th and final round of the club champs qualifying. Your last chance to get your second round in or get yourself a better seeding in your grade. The knockout rounds start next Saturday and run through to finals Sunday on October 2. The Junior B final again will only be 18 holes and all the others will be 36. Don’t forget if you are unable to play in the champs please cross your name off the grade lists that are posted in the locker room or contact Paddy and let him know. Please make every effort to be a part of your clubs major competition. Take a look at the honours board and picture your name alongside all those legends of our club.

President Russell Anstiss welcomed 58 members to our Spring Lunch held at the Senior Centre on August 26.

Our guest speaker was Danny Lysaght who, with his wife, has developed a very successful catering business – “All Fed Up”. One of ten children he described growing up on a farm and how, one by one all his siblings kept the Dorie School busy. His love of jet boating has involved him in many adventures, both in New Zealand and overseas and this passion continues to this day.

Our vice-president, Aine Whiting, thanked Danny and presented him with a fruit tray.

Thanks were given to Mrs Bev Opthoog and her helpers for the delicious meal followed by dessert.

The committee served tea and coffee, which rounded off a most enjoyable afternoon.

Ashburton Horticultural Society A good turnout for the first meeting of the season, which was followed by the 126th AGM. We were pleased to welcome new members Noella Talbot and Allan Johnstone. We extend an invitation to visitors and new members to join us especially as we begin our new programme. One minute’s silence was held to respect those members recently passed away, who had long been associated with the Society, Jeff Jaine, Margaret Reid and Edna McGrath. This month’s raffle was won by Shona Thomas and the Premier Bloom was Dorothy Broome’s Hellebore.

Show Table Results: Shona Thomas 10 firsts, 3 seconds, 6 thirds.

Pat Tarbotton 3, 3, 3, Dorothy Broome 2, 3, 0, Joy Jaine 1, 2, 3, Surrey Lamont 1, 2, 1.

Rosemary Case 1, 1, 0, Maureen Randall 0, 2, 2.

Next meeting is Monday, September 26, when Carol Gunn will be speaking on the topic Paeonies and Saffron.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls The bowling season continues to roll on, with the latest results as follows!

The Jack and Jill pairs winners have

been found, with Rosemary Bennett and Des Hawkins teaming up and taking out this event. Also the Husband and Wife Pairs were also played on the same day. Ken and Rowena Mackenzie came out on top, with Martin and Jenny Nordqvist runners up!

The Championship Pairs had 16 teams completing for the title, 6 teams qualified. Making it through to the final was Grant Wilson and Chris Talbot, who played Geoff Laird and Russell Ellis. The final was a cliff hanger with Grant and Chris winning on the final end 7-6.

The Harper Challenge Cup has changed hands in the final challenge of the year, with Willowby travelling to Wakanui to take on the holders. Willowby defeated Wakanui 4 games to 3.

The Ken Hampton singles has been played and won by Kevin Smith of the Wakanui Club. Kevin defeated Mark Sheard in the final 11 -9. Third equal was John Cuthbertson and Des Hawkins.

The final representative match for the Ashburton Association was against Geraldine/Temuka, which was played for in Temuka. Ashburton was dominant at this fixture, with the team bringing home the trophy 31pts to 17pts.

We wish the Paterson team all the best at the Welch Trophy. It’s being held this weekend September 2-4 in Christchurch at the Kearneys Road stadium! All supporters welcome! Sure to be a great weekend of bowls!

Ashburton Ladies Probus Club The August meeting of the Ashburton Ladies Probus Club was held in the Doris Linton Lounge. The meeting was chaired by Bev Gregory in the absence of our President. The National Anthem was sung, and a number of apologies were accepted.

Two members have celebrated special birthdays, Betty Chambers her 99th, Aerial Thorne her 95th and Heather Murdoch her 80th.

Mini Speaker, June Cartwright spoke of her early days, and then of her ancestors, namely the women who lived up the gorge, and had very little contact with other females. She was thanked and the raffles were drawn. We then enjoyed our morning tea.

Sonjia Mee was the main speaker. She told us about her very interesting life story. She was thanked and given a gift.

Lunch at The Charming Thai was en-

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Coffee morning will be on Wednesday September 14 at 10.30am.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club Over the weekend August 27-28 Ashburton hosted the South Island Women’s Triples. This is the first time we have hosted a South Island Tournament and we entered two teams to compete against the top women players in the South Island.

Rewa Kyle, Lyn Whinham and Marion Harrison played off in the championship, coming 5th, just 3 points behind the team that came 4th. Karen Bensdorp, Ellen Pithie and Jan Guilford played off in the plate finishing 4th.

Ashburton is the newest petanque club in the South Island being just over 4 years old, and both teams were happy with their performance.

Rewa Kyle is one of our club’s top women players, Marion Harrison has improved a lot since she started playing and Lyn Whinham has never played in a tournament such as this before, and can be very proud of how she played. We were all happy with each other’s performance and will be encouraging Lyn to enter more tournaments.

Jan Guilford, Ellen Pithie and Karen Bensdorp have been playing for less than a year and also performed very well, and this combination are going to be hard to beat in the future.

There was great support from husbands and members and our MSA President John Withell.

A big thank you must go to the umpire, the scorers, and to those who sold raffle tickets, served in the bar and the very busy ones who dealt with the kitchen duties, to those who set everything up and cleared up afterwards.

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together and pairs are drawn so that senior (low handicap) shooters are drawn with tyro (higher handicap) shooters and compete as a pair.

Each member of the pair must act as coach for the other.

Congratulations and thank you to Nina McKenzie the club captain, her handicapping was so close that 95 per cent of the field fell within a 10 point spread at the end of the night.

The trophy was eventually decided by countback with the pair of T. J. Stewart and Heather Ross edging out Michaela Smith and Brian Kerr with scores equal on 205.5.

Bryan Hunter and Charlotte McKenzie followed on 203½.4, Mark Stewart and Sam Smith 202½.7 and Steve and Logan McArthur rounded out the top five with 202½.6.

Bragging rights for the whole (it could be long) off season belong to Andrew McKenzie who posted a personal best 99.5 coached by Dean Smith.

A novelty shoot to come for Tuesday night shooters and then only working bees until next season.

RSA Women’s Section

What a way to bring the curtain down on the 2016 season.

The Maw Trophy is probably the most popular event on our calendar and was fought out on Monday night. The Maw family and particularly the late Alan would have been delighted to know that the club captain was required to work out handicaps for 43 shooters for this event.

It is a drawn pairs competition where Monday and Tuesday members come

President Colleen Hands welcomed a reasonable number of members on Thursday August 26. Apologies were accepted.

Hope McIntosh played the piano while the RSA song was sung. Happy Birthday to those celebrating. Sympathy was given to anyone who has sadly lost a loved one. Sick members were wished well, especially our patroness.

Next month is the Women’s Section birthday. The president suggested members invite a friend. Please bring a plate for afternoon tea. Usual raffles.

Reminder: Meals on Wheels Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 September. From now on watch Guardian Daily Diary re meetings.

The support for the cake stall was wonderful with a great variety for sale.

Please note: The Christmas Dinner will be Monday, December 5.

As usual when housie is played some members are luckier than others. It was a lot of fun as usual. Raffles were won

by Marilyn Coley and Lorraine Boud. No competitions.

The president who called housie was really ready for her cuppa when hostesses Adele and two Margarets served afternoon tea.

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Wakelin 93.1, Andrew Donaldson 98.3, 98.3, John Fleming 98.5, 95.3.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club August 30 Ladies Division Town vs Country Stableford - Town 33, Country 33.1

Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd shot 2 & 11 Jillian Lake 0-29, Alison Vessey 30+ ALT nearest pin No. 5 Sharon Allan, No. 14 not struck; Best Netts - Sharon Allan 66, Alison Vessey 67;

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dergast 7 up Diana Wellman 6 up Phylis Smith 5 up c/b Christine Kinita Nearest the Pins No 2 Murray Young Property Broker 2nd Shot Colleen Linney, No 6 Jon McAuliffe Bayley’s Phylis Smith, No 12 Mac&Maggies Pat Bell, No 16 Outdoor Adventure 2nd Shot Shirley Young Two’s Sally Lane Val Prendergast

Mayfield Rifle Club William Mackenzie 66, Robert Spencer Jnr 73, 81, James Spencer 70, Nicholas McDowell 71.1, Kyle Hansen 93.2, 96.4, Ben Nordqvist 84.2, Daniel Gould 86.1, Hamish Kirk 87.1, Jayden Glasier 84.2, Adrien Holden 88, 80, Melissa Verney 94.5, Hamish Dalzell 96.7, 92.2, Brent Austin 91.3, 87.1, Martin Fleming 92.3, 97.4, 98.5, Carl Nordqvist 100.6, Alan

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O’Driscoll ends Kiwi feud

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS ■ Golf

He may have angered a few All Blacks fans with his views on the Owen Franks’ alleged eye-gouge but Irish great Brian O’Driscoll has fended off any animosity ahead of next year’s Lions tour.

The former Irish captain found himself in the middle of a Twitter war after taking to social media to express his opinions on whether the All Blacks prop should have been cited on Saturday.

O’Driscoll was one of many former players to come out against Sanzar’s decision not to cite Franks for an alleged eye-gouge during the Bledisloe Cup match against the Wallabies in Wellington.

O’Driscoll tweeted: “This is an absolute sham @WorldRugby ???! Makes a mockery of citing. If nothing comes of this it’s a farce.”

His tweet incited plenty of debate, from Kiwi fans in particular.

Clyde Rosanowski said, “Was BOD the former holder of the world’s most over rated player who thankfully retired? Can’t recall.”

Another user posted a photo and video of another alleged eyegouge from Australia’s Scott Fardy on Kieran Read.

O’Driscoll continued to engage the users, saying New Zealand received special treatment and sarcastically saying they are never guilty of foul play.

Once the debate was at its tipping point, O’Driscoll finally broke, taking a dig not just at the All Blacks, but at New Zealand

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Tinwald Golf Club Brian O’Driscoll is under fire after tweeting a controversial message to New Zealanders. fans as well.

“You lot are so blinded by your beloved team. It bangs of not having a whole lot else.”

His tweet was immediately met with disgust and was quickly deleted.

O’Driscoll himself is no stranger to foul play, famously being the subject of Tana Umaga’s spear

tackle during the British and Irish Lions tour in 2005.

He posted a tweet yesterday in response to a question about favouritism towards the All Blacks saying, “Agree with this wholeheartedly. No special treatment *AB fans that feel scrutinised.”

After making headlines across media sites in New Zealand,

O’Driscoll made it clear on Twitter he was talking to a few fans, not all All Blacks fans.

O’Driscoll said there could be positives out of the unwanted press from his Tweets including possible ambassador roles with Queenstown and the South Island town’s famous burger joint Fergburger.

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RURAL WOMEN REPORTS NZ provincial president’s message Mid Canterbury Rural Women New Zealand hosted their 84th Annual General Meeting with a good attendance from members and invited guests.

To be re-elected as president was a privilege and to have the capable continued support of Ngaire Brown as secretary and Trish Small as treasurer ensures members are well supported.

Kerry Maw was congratulated on her position as chair to the Associated Country Women of the World United Nations Committee.

Trophies for the year were awarded to Seafield for best meeting attendance, Winchmore for most new members, Bev Bagrie of Lynnford for her President’s report,

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Winchmore for a branch project and Bev Bagrie for International Country of Study.

This year the May Greenslade Trophy was awarded for a short story/poem on “A long time ago....” with Gwenda Hansen being the recipient.

Guest Speaker was Marita Hicks, an artist from Timaru. Marita outlined how over the past seven months she has utilised the handcrafted houses completed by our Rural Women Members.

These messages were by way of the Safe Houses being artistically placed on the exterior wall of the Timaru Public Library. The safe houses were aimed at raising awareness around family domestic violence and promoting healthy relationships within the community.

National councillor Margaret Chapman outlined undertakings from national office and congratulated members on their activities and keeping Rural Women’s name to the fore in Mid Canterbury. With the acceptance of the new Rules for the Organisation, this brings in a new board and leadership council structure - certainly a change and a positive lead for the organisation.

We need to ensure Rural Women still has a prominence in Mid Canterbury in the future so this year, we will recruit several younger women to be ambassadors for rural women.

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E-mails from national, regional, provincial and local Rural Women keep members in touch with projects, surveys and meetings of the organisation. Recently a survey was held on aspects of rural mental health and addiction problems and also one on the effects of the closure of16 Westpac bank branches in rural areas.

Anama branch’s August meeting was held at Anne and Brian Marsden’s home.

Guest speaker Rae Magson told of the many local organisations she Is involved with as a minute secretary, 14 in not counting the voluntary

groups she attends or has a role in.

Members were reminded of the annual meeting of the Mid Canterbury provincial meeting.

Winchmore Our speaker for the evening transported us to Guatemala. Mercedes Walkham came two years ago with her husband to settle in Ashburton.

The transition into Ashburton has been very different from her home country. The weather was a big shock to her having come in winter time, in her country the temperatures average 15-27 degrees and as a result anything will grow in the climate. 16 million people live there and 24 languages are spoken.

The education system is different for the last three years of school students study an occupation. 15 universities are available only one is public with very reasonable fees and 14 private. It is an advantage to be able to speak more than one language especially English.

Mercedes has found the food quite different her country uses much more spices in their cooking.

Avocados are excellent and very large compared to NZ. There is no Welfare System in Guatemala so everyone has to work for a living.

Football is the national sport, dancing is very popular, they drive on the left hand side of the road. Mercedes has learnt many new words in NZ and pronunciations.

They have been able to buy a home in Ashburton something that would not have been possible in her home country. Free health care is available but not of a good standard. Crafts are made and sold at big markets to get some income. Mercedes has found some challenges in Ashburton, lack of people, weather and no Salsa dancing.

Once again the branch was thinking of new ideas for the district, a children’s craft day to be held in the September school holidays at the hall and a wine and cheese evening for the younger women on the district pre-Christmas when economic Christmas gifts will be made Marg Verrall was congratulated on her idea of a

membership card that is now being trialled in the Canterbury District of Rural Women.

Next meeting September 21 at the hall, come with flat shoes and comfortable clothing for a fun night.

Lynnford President, Bev. Bagrie welcomed a small group of eleven members to Elaine Lowe’s home on a cold winter afternoon. An unusual situation where there were more apologies than those present.

Birthday honours were sung to Phyllis Bishop and Mona Wright Flowers were presented to Bev Bagrie, as the president for the coming year, Joan Moore who stood down after her long service in the role of secretary and to Phyllis Bishop for a special birthday.

Amy Jones gave a full report on the recent regional conference and thought it a well-run and light hearted day, run by Sandra Curd and Margaret Chapman.

National vice president, Fiona Gower spoke on the role of the organisation going forward.

Jo Taylor from the Latitude magazine was one of the speakers and Chanelle O’Sullivan spoke on being the Farming Mums NZ Facebook page administrator.

Baby singlets were still being knitted.

Marion Taylor gave a report on her recent participation in the Women’s Institute quiz where they felt they had done quite well with the questions, except where they related to Women’s Institute.

Members were reminded of the Annual Provincial Meeting August 26.

Numbers were to be forwarded for catering purposes.

Tickets are available for the movie Brigitte Jones Baby, the Life Education fundraiser that is to be held on September 22 from 6pm.

Elaine was thanked for the use of her home.

In the absence of a speaker, members enjoyed the time to relax over afternoon tea.

The next meeting to be held at the home of Marion Dent.

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In brief ODI record broken England smashed a world recordbreaking 444-3 against Pakistan in their third one-day international yesterday, after opening batsman Alex Hales hit England’s highest individual ODI score with 171.

Hales struck 22 fours and four sixes in a 122-ball blitz at his home ground in Trent Bridge, beating Robin Smith’s 23-year-old England record of an unbeaten 167 against Australia. Jos Buttler (90 not out) also punished Pakistan’s bowlers by notching England’s fastest ever ODI half century in just 22 balls.

England bettered the previous world record of 443-9, set by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands in 2006, when Buttler hit a four off the last ball.

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Institute members battle it out on the mats Members of the Mid Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institute got together for their annual indoor bowls tournament recently, with teams from 10 institutes throughout the district competing for honours at the McNally Street Indoor Bowls Stadium. Bevley Jackson shows her form during the early part of the day.

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Murray into second round In form Wimbledon champion Andy Murray wasted little time getting his US Open campaign off to a flying start.

The Brit, seeking his second title at Flushing Meadows and first since 2012, breezed by dangerous Czech Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-2 6-2 in less than two hours to round out play on Arthur Ashe Stadium on the second day.

Second seed Murray, looking

ominous in all black, effortlessly advanced without facing a single break point.

“I served very well,” said Murray, who set up a second round encounter against Marcel Granollers of Spain.

“It was a tough start to the match, he had a few chances early on but once I got the break up, I played well.”

Joining Murray in the second round is the man he beat for

Olympic gold in Rio, Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.

The 2009 US Open champion continues to enjoy good form and what the 27-year-old hopes is the start of a career resurgence after three wrist surgeries.

Del Potro beat fellow Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-3). “I am so glad to be part of this tournament once again after three years,”

said del Potro, who was given a wildcard into the event.

Del Potro said he was still feeling the effects of his efforts in Rio and almost gave the sport up during his injury struggles.

“It’s not easy after a big, big challenge like I did in Rio. But this tournament is very special for me. I’m trying to keep calm, to keep focused, and look forward to go far,” he said.

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An Olympic champion is thanking a seven-year-old Atlanta girl who found his gold medal in a pile of rubbish weeks after it was stolen.

Joe Jacobi won the medal in men’s canoe double slalom at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Jacobi says it was stolen when somebody broke into his car in June. Weeks later, Chloe Smith was walking with her father when she spotted the gold medal discarded in a pile of garbage. Chloe returned the medal to Jacobi, who had posted about the theft on social media.

The former Olympian then promised to visit Chloe’s school and let her classmates know about her good deed.

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EPL spending tops £1b Spending in one EPL transfer window has surpassed £1 billion for the first time. The summer window officially opened on July 2 and will close today. Last year’s window saw a new record set with £859m spent by Premier League clubs, but with a new broadcasting deal due to kick in this window has smashed that record. Arsenal’s signing of 24-year-old centre back Shkodran Mustafi for £35 million was the move that took Premier League spending over the £1 billion mark. Big spenders in the transfer window have been Manchester United who signed Paul Pogba to a five-year contract with a transfer fee of £89.3 million, surpassing the record held by Gareth Bale when he signed with Real Madrid for £85.1 million.

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SA hammer Black Caps A Dale Steyn bowling masterclass and another paralysed New Zealand top order batting display helped South Africa complete a 204-run victory on the fourth day of the second test at Centurion.

The result gave South Africa their 11th triumph in 14 series between the countries since 1932. New Zealand have never won.

“It was a shame to play the one test and for that to be a decider,” New Zealand captain Kane Williamson lamented after the Durban match was abandoned due to a rain-soaked outfield.

“I think we almost played the perfect test,” South African captain Faf du Plessis responded.

“If I could write a script to have it my way that’s how it would’ve gone. It’s been tough for us the last while [dropping to seventh in the world] so this is a great result.

“We’ve definitely found our passion again.”

South Africa (fifth) and New Zealand (seventh) have swapped places on the test rankings.

The visitors faced defeat by attrition, intimidation and embarrassment chasing 400 to win.

Only four times in 2219 tests had teams chased more to win.

To compound matters, the highest fourth innings winning score at the venue was 251 for eight by England in January 2000.

Steyn delivered his 26th test

Benji’s final farewell?

If Benji Marshall says goodbye on Sunday, it’s not because his body has forced him to. The off-contract St George Illawarra star has hit back at claims his time in the NRL is up, saying he’s come back from worse things than a chronic hamstring injury. Marshall has been handed a farewell for the Dragons in Sunday’s final round game against Newcastle. But he still won’t be treating the Knights game as his rugby league swansong. “I still have a burning desire within to play. I’d love to play on and I’m still working on that,” Marshall said.

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Aguero charged Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero could miss the derby match against Manchester United in the Premier League on September 10 after being charged with violent conduct yesterday for elbowing an opponent during a game. The English Football Association said match officials did not see the incident, in which Aguero appeared to swing his left elbow toward the face of West Ham defender Winston Reid. If he is found guilty by officials, Aguero could receive a three-match ban.

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One in a million New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls (left), watches as South Africa’s bowler Kagiso Rabada fields off his shot during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between South Africa and New Zealand, at Centurion Park in Pretoria.

PHOTO AP five-wicket bag, taking five for 33 from 16.2 overs and advancing to 11th on bowling’s all-time list of top wicket-takers.

If there was a positive for New Zealand it was the application of Henry Nicholls who, in his sixth test, made 76 from 140 balls as

he attempts to establish himself as the No.5 following Brendon McCullum’s retirement.

“To come up against an attack like that on a tough surface was a great experience for him and he showed a lot of character,” Williamson said.

Nicholls received patches of support from B-J Watling (32), Mitchell Santner (16) and Doug Bracewell (30).

New Zealand’s next opponents are India. The first of a three-test series starts in Kanpur on September 22.

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Rally New Zealand to make 2017 comeback Rally New Zealand will make a return to the calendar in 2017 with plans for the event to be based out of Tauranga.

There is fresh hope that the World Rally Championship will green light New Zealand as an event on the 2018 calendar with Kiwi factory Hyundai star Hayden Paddon helping encourage teams and drivers to come back to New Zealand.

With that event to be planned for Tauranga should it go ahead New Zealand Rally Championship organisers have decided to bring the iconic event back next year on the domestic calendar.

“We traditionally think of Rally New Zealand as a world championship event but for next year it will return as a championship round,” co-ordinator Blair Read said.

“That event is essentially a dry run for the 2018 world championship event, which is still being worked on in the background.”

The New Zealand Rally Championship attracted increased participation and spectator numbers this season on the back of a growing interest in the sport thanks in part to Paddon’s international success.

Read says the inclusion of Rally New Zealand on the domestic

In brief

Hyundai’s Hayden Paddon has been instrumental in pushing the return of Rally New Zealand. calendar will be welcomed by local enthusiasts.

“That will be a major boost for the championship next year having the title and the trophy of Rally New Zealand on the line,” he says. “We expect that to pull even more competitors out.

“It will run over two days and be a marquee event for the championship.”

“It adds another multi-day event to the championship - it will be a national championship event so it will run over two days rather than the three days a world championship event

would.” It is thought the Tauranga-based rally would swallow up the Coromandel event that was run as the final event of the year in 2016.

“We are just working through the finer detail of that at the moment,” Read explains. “Part of the plan would be for the Coromandel event to be worked into it. It may be a day where that event heads up the Coromandel and back.

“By the end of September there should be an announcement for the calendar for next year.”

Fans can expect at least the

addition of one other rally on the 2017 calendar with Rally New Zealand’s inclusion seen as an addition rather than a replacement. So assuming the Coromandel event becomes part of Rally New Zealand there will be another event coming into the mix as well.

A rally closer to the huge Auckland population would make sense – events staged around the Pukekohe region have been used successfully before and there is a desire to see that become part of the championship again as early as next season.

“We are just working on a couple of options around that,” Read says.

“There were some attempts to get that happening this year. We had some issues with access to Maramarua Forest. There was a lot of logging this year.

“Ideally we would have had that as the final round of the championship in September and something based out of the Auckland/Pukekohe area.

“Finding access to roads and working in with the community is a challenge.

“Ideally in the future we would love to see an event closer to Auckland and the population ba se.”

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There’s only one way to describe what happened in the MLB yesterday. Pure magic. Others have even said, “The circle is complete”.

It all started with New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes walking out to the plate with the Lion King classic, the Circle of Life, playing over the stadium speakers.

That entrance in itself was enough to pump the crowd up. But what happened next is one in a million.

Cespedes hit a home run directly to a fan dressed in a full, onepiece, Simba costume. It was either one of the most precise home runs in baseball history, incredible luck, or fate. In any case, it’s sent the baseball world into hysterics. And just to make it three from three, it was a walk-off homer, meaning his shot scored the winning run for the Mets.

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Pair to meet Kiwi threat England is set to call upon a champion Olympic sailor from the Rio Games to partner up with America’s Cup star Sir Ben Ainslie and see off the Kiwi threat of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Giles Scott, who won a gold medal for Great Britain in the Finn class in Rio, is being courted by Ainslie who wants him to abandon plans to defend his title at the Japan 2020 Olympics and instead team with him to help deliver an historic first America’s Cup win for England.

Ainslie has decided he wants Scott alongside him in the Louis Vuitton qualifying series which will include a Team NZ crew set to be led by Burling and Tuke, winners of the 49ers gold medal in Rio. - NZME

Swim manager quits The manager of South Korea’s national swim team has resigned as an investigation continues into hidden locker room cameras. “As manager that leads the team, I deeply feel responsible such a shameful incident took place,” Ahn Jong-taek told Yonhap news agency. “I hope the truth would be revealed clearly as soon as possible so other swimmers and coaches would not suffer.”

- Reuters

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Adams a hit with his team-mates

Winners of the Cowlishaw Cup (from left) Adrienne Hopping, Glenys Carr, Lal Mulligan and Jan Clucas are thrilled to bring the cup home to Mayfield.

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■ GOLF

Mayfield brings home the Cowlishaw Cup

By Emma moody

Emma.m@thEguardian.co.nz

The Mayfield ladies team who entered the Cowlishaw Cup this year came home beaming after winning the cup, beating the runners-up by five stableford

points. The team finished the 18-hole course with 75 stableford points and one of the team members, Lal Mulligan, said everyone at the Mayfield Golf Club were excited to hear of the win.

“We went to the Hotel Ashburton when we got back and celebrated,” she said.

Entered in the competition were 18 different teams from across Canterbury and the match was played at the Shirley

Golf Club in Christchurch.

Mulligan said the Cowlishaw Cup is a sought-after prize and she and her team-mates, Adrienne Hopping, Glenys Carr and Jan Clucas, were thrilled to bring it home to Mayfield.

■ SAILING

Burling, Tuke back to work Kiwi 49er pairing Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are back at work with Team New Zealand less than two weeks after their gold medal winning exploits in Rio. The duo, who have spent much of the year on the road gearing up towards the Olympic regatta, rejoined the team earlier this week, with Burling going for his first full sail in the AC50 test boat yesterday.

Burling, who will be at the helm of Team New Zealand’s race boat in Bermuda next year, said while it has been an exhausting month for him, he was keen to get on the water as soon as possible to check-in with how things are going with the testing programme.

“It was good to get out and see what the boys have been up to. Before we left for the Games I managed to get on for a 10-minute sail before the breeze died, so this was only my second sail,” he said.

“If you had have said when we left that the team would have got this far with the testing we’d be pretty happy. But there’s no real

Gold medallists Peter Burling (left) and Blair Tuke back to work at the Team New Zealand base. benchmark of where you’ve got to get to, you’ve just got to get as fast as you can before the Cup.” Burling and Tuke will be back in competition mode next week for the next round of the America’s Cup World Series in Toulon.

Tuke admits the turnaround is shorter than he would have liked, but when he took on the challenge of juggling an Olympic campaign with his Team New Zealand commitments, he ac-

cepted it would mean a demanding schedule.

The pair missed the last stop on the circuit in Portsmouth as it clashed with their Olympic preparations.

They return to a crew under pressure to deliver in Toulon, after Team New Zealand surrendered their lead in the overall standings with a fourth place finish in Portsmouth.

Tuke said given the re-jigged

crew were restricted to just one training session on the water in Portsmouth before racing started, the results were to be expected.

“I think any of the teams if they had have changed around as many of the guys as we did they would have struggled. But I think in the long run it’s probably good to change things up, everyone learns each other’s roles a bit more and as far as next week is concerned, we just have to do the best we can.”

The sailing restrictions in place before the World Series events will also make life tough for Burling and Tuke, with little time for the pair to refamiliarise themselves with the finer points of getting a foiling catamaran around a tight racecourse.

“It has always been hard - every event we’ve done. A lot of the other guys do training in pretty similar boats, whereas we haven’t had much opportunity to do so, so it a real challenge - but we like challenges,” said Burling.

- NZME

Kiwi NBA star Steven Adams has become the pin-up boy to a generation of sports fans in New Zealand after his heroics for the Oklahoma City Thunder the past couple of seasons but he’s made a big impression on some teammates too.

The seven foot 23-year-old centre has come back to New Zealand for a couple of weeks and brought a number of his Thunder teammates, coaching staff and front office staff with him.

One of those to make the trip is guard Andre Roberson who is a close friend of Adams.

“That’s my man,” Roberson told herald.co.nz of the Rotorua product. “We were drafted together so we clicked right from day one.

“He is just a great guy with great heart. You can actually see that on court. A lot of guys try to get under his skin and he doesn’t let it affect him – he brushes it off and keeps on moving.

“He is always giving back, sharing and giving advice.”

Roberson, who hails from San Antonio in Texas, says Adams wanted to give his mates in the US a taste of Kiwiana and also to give New Zealand a taste of the NBA. “He brought us all over here to experience and enjoy the culture of his home town and to meet his family so it shows a great amount of character in him and that is what I appreciate about him the most,” the 24-year-old guard says.

“We took a little trip to Rangitoto and that was a beautiful sight just overseeing all of Auckland and the surrounding islands.

“The food here is amazing.

Every place he has taken us to has been great.”

Roberson says it is important for basketball players to get a bit of time away from the serious aspects of the sport during the offseason – especially given the fact the Thunder went to a deciding Game 7 in the Western Conference Finals this year.

“Definitely it is big for us. We are in season eight out of 12 months if you make the playoffs.

It is very important to re-charge, get off your feet and get away from basketball every once in a while.

“You have to find a fine balance between getting in the gym and staying in shape though.”

With superstar forward Kevin Durant signing with the rival Golden State Warriors earlier in the off-season many experts are predicting the Thunder to struggle to compete with the best teams in the league this coming season but fellow star Russell Westbrook re-signed with OKC and the addition of shooting guard Victor Oladipo gives the Thunder a scorer to help replace Durant.

Roberson thinks his side hasn’t lost as much as people believe.

“I feel like we have a great core still. I think we can definitely be NBA contenders.”

- NZME

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Wanganui to determine duo’s paths The performances at Wanganui of Luna Rossa (right) and Highlad will have a major bearing on the future directions of their three-year-old campaigns.

The highly-regarded pair are potential Melbourne spring carnival candidates and their prospects of crossing the Tasman will be significantly boosted if they turn in bold showings on Saturday.

Top filly Luna Rossa will resume in the Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies’ Stakes while Highlad takes aim at the Listed H. S. Dyke Wanganui Guineas.

Last season’s Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes winner, Luna Rossa was a trial winner at Te Teko earlier this month and she will again be ridden by champion jockey Lisa Allpress.

“She’s been a bit of a surprise and she always seems to step up and do what’s needed,” said Andrew Forsman, who trains the daughter of Written Tycoon with Murray Baker.

“She’s pretty forward and it won’t be a

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 01 September 2016. 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 3.27pm (NZT) I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C3, 295m 1 37776 Gold Vipa 17.37 S &........................B Evans 2 47353 Tilt 17.48 ...................................... L Waretini 3 11611 Sopoaga 17.32..........................A Bradshaw 4 57182 Homebush Rufus 17.46 .........J T McInerney 5 73234 Jinja Jaffa nwtd .........................R Blackburn 6 44685 Chicago Black 17.46 ..............J T McInerney 7 43826 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 8 82667 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 9 88576 Tip The Babe 17.46 C &..................... Fagan 10 88777 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 2 3.50pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH C3/4, 295m 1 14714 Go Poppy 17.29 M & .......................P Binnie 2 84512 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................B Evans 3 42175 Speedy Return 17.14 H & ...................Taylor 4 16178 Wicked Winston 17.30...................... B Dann 5 87872 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 6 33584 Believe 17.10 ................................... B Dann 7 11678 Dyna Quirk 17.11 .........................C Roberts 8 77643 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 9 48646 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 10 88777 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 3 4.10pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m 1 27252 Barnicle Bullet 17.33 ....................... M Grant 2 64488 Ultra Action 17.24 S &.....................B Evans 3 74188 Sweet Marylou 17.36 ................R Blackburn 4 41313 Another Spin 17.33 ................J T McInerney 5 22441 Wears The Gold 17.28 .................C Roberts 6 54242 Gossip Queen 17.18 ................. A Bradshaw

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lack of fitness that beats her.

“There are obvious options for her – she’s nominated for the Guineas in Melbourne and here, but we’ll see what happens on Saturday first.”

Highlad was also a trial winner at Te Teko and he then made an impressive winning debut at Avondale in the hands of Matt Cameron, who retains the ride at Wanganui.

The son of High Chaparral and the Australian Group One performer My Lady’s Chamber is a possible Gr.1 VRC Derby contender.

“We don’t necessarily expect him to beat Lisa Latta’s horse (Manhattan Street) or Brendon Hawtin’s (Quantum), they are more seasoned,” Forsman said.

“He doesn’t have to win to book himself a trip, he just needs to go a good race. He looks a serious prospect and he’s quite a mature spring three-yearold who should be able to cope with what’s expected.”

– NZ Racing Desk

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 7 56273 Sparkling Terra 17.23 C & .................. Fagan 8 12147 Fancy Nomikai 17.22 ....................... B Dann 9 68765 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 10 88777 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 4 4.25pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C2, 520m 1 73472 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 2 47351 Hip Hop Sofia 30.60 ..................A Bradshaw 3 41352 Goldstar Coco 30.74 S & ................B Evans 4 22561 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 5 64768 In The Boot 30.14 M & ......................Jopson 6 21x43 Jinja Squeak 30.30 J & ...................D Fahey 7 61134 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 8 62127 Crafty Action 30.61 S &...................B Evans 9 66617 Lagoon Mytye 30.29 ....................C Roberts 10 66324 Long Stockings 30.59 ............... A Bradshaw 5 4.42pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C5, 295m 1 258x1 Cawbourne Dozer 17.27 .................J Tanner 2 25171 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 3 17133 Mickey Tee 16.95 ..........................R Adcock 4 84177 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 5 13855 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 6 67158 Norman Jewel 17.13 ....................C Roberts 7 33526 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann 8 25433 Technic 17.21 ................................R Adcock 9 87187 Breaking Mad 17.30 ........................ M Grant 10 73224 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 6 5.03pm (NZT) CHRIS & LISA EARL DASH C3, 295m 1 24327 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 2 x6462 Solstice nwtd .................................... B Dann 3 78368 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 4 65854 Camside Gold 17.13 .................... L Waretini 5 32365 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 C & .................. Fagan 6 71542 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 7 11111 Little Comet 17.28 ..............................C Weir

8 32535 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 9 68765 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 10 88576 Tip The Babe 17.46 C &..................... Fagan 7 5.21pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 14864 Luminary 30.16 .........................R Blackburn 2 24166 With Pride 30.15 .............................. B Dann 3 52372 Lektra Concord 30.72 ....................G Cleeve 4 23471 Botany Alan 30.46..................J T McInerney 5 11735 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 6 43453 Dad’s Ambition 30.49 ...................... M Grant 7 74817 Red Margin 30.62 ........................... M Grant 8 15522 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 9 84658 Goldstar Avery 30.24 S &................B Evans 10 27514 Smokey Action 30.36 S & ...............B Evans 8 5.38pm DREAM COLLECTOR AT STUD DASH C3/4, 295m 1 43166 Replay 17.26 M &..............................Jopson 2 26212 Expect Delay 17.31 ......................... M Grant 3 14437 Jackpot Jake 17.27 .......................... B Dann 4 44561 Definer 17.38 ................................R Adcock 5 34563 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 6 71854 Paperbond 17.08........................... I Fensom 7 23387 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 8 14123 Magic Wizard 17.39 ...........................C Weir 9 48646 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 10 68765 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 9 5.56pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO SPRINT HEAT 1 C5q, 295m 1 32523 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 2 33662 Tina 17.16 H & ....................................Taylor 3 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 4 42285 Jinja Brian 17.15 ..........................A Waretini 5 36637 Get Ready Freddy 17.12 ...........A Bradshaw 6 724x4 Know Hero nwtd.............................G Cleeve 7 64751 Backchat Harry 17.05 ...............A Bradshaw

8 77174 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 9 87187 Breaking Mad 17.30 ........................ M Grant 10 53265 Jinja Loch 17.30 .........................H Wanhalla 10 6.17pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C5, 520m 1 16318 Kava Blu 29.99 J &..........................D Fahey 2 11311 Fekitoa 30.10 ................................R Adcock 3 66313 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 4 11256 Southern Lights 30.10 ...................... B Dann 5 27888 Goldstar Po 30.18 S & ....................B Evans 6 77132 Opawa Kevin 30.16 J & ...................D Fahey 7 16522 Majestic Action 30.00 J &................D Fahey 8 14354 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 9 57661 Ace Bale 30.37.............................C Roberts 10 28525 Berridale Lad 30.00............ N C W Wanhalla 11 6.32pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO SPRINT HEAT 2 C5q, 295m 1 14334 Sally 17.18 ................................... L Waretini 2 33641 No Leaf Clover 17.01 M & .................Jopson 3 255x2 American Warrior nwtd J & .............D Fahey 4 11113 Homebush Zippy 17.13 ..........J T McInerney 5 22637 Know Thanks 17.34 .......................G Cleeve 6 11126 You’re The Best 17.24 ........................C Weir 7 21716 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney 8 87611 New Thang 17.01 ...................... A Bradshaw 9 87187 Breaking Mad 17.30 ........................ M Grant 10 53265 Jinja Loch 17.30 .........................H Wanhalla 12 6.52pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 15888 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 2 51687 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 3 76524 Southern Blue 17.17 ..........................C Weir 4 53265 Jinja Loch 17.30 .........................H Wanhalla 5 42768 Patchwork Alice 17.09...................... B Dann 6 88356 Chokehold 17.27 M & .......................Jopson 7 64235 Ohoka Billy 17.22 ......................... L Waretini

8 27536 Roadworks 17.16 ............................ M Grant 9 48646 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 10 88576 Tip The Babe 17.46 C &..................... Fagan LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

1 84816 Sonic Attack 21.25 ....................... M J Lozell 2 47853 Macjam 21.07 ............................D Schofield 375m 3 82542 Boris Gump nwtd ............................. S Clark 1 45156 Opawa Libby 21.81 B & ..................... Steele 4 53226 Solarian 21.21 ...................................S Ross 2 742x1 Coruba Rage 21.58........................ G Farrell 5 31264 Kirkham Webby 21.44 ..................M Roberts 3 55513 Scott The Looks 21.56 U & ...............Cottam 6 33611 Tee Kay Yapper 21.26 ...................... S Clark 4 32745 Jinja Luca 21.24 W & ......................T Steele 7 56248 Baymax 21.40 ...................................B Craik 5 75183 Skinny Ankles 21.33 ...................... P Lowen 8 11253 Ekali 21.56 ..................................... G Farrell 6 11174 Raging Demon 21.85 U & .....................Bliek 9 2347F Nangar Star 20.86......................D Schofield 7 13377 Go Andwyn 21.31 ............................ S Clark 8 66483 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 10 57887 Our Heisenberg 21.19.......................B Craik 9 88455 Fantastic Ava 21.50....................D Schofield 11 3.15pm BOX1 GOLD STAKES C3, 457m 10 77877 Wheelie Rascal nwtd ..................... P Lowen 1 66612 Spud Missile 25.43........................... S Clark 8 2.17pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS STAKES C1, 2 74318 Crying In Vegas 25.85 ...................... S Clark 3 33373 Kinloch Osti 25.95 .............................C Hore 457m 4 27734 Instant Success nwtd .................D Schofield 1 11222 Opawa Harry nwtd B & ...................... Steele 5 66564 Jinja Roman 25.91 W & ..................T Steele 2 18815 Teefonic 25.99 ........................... A Lawrence 6 45557 Rocky Boy 25.84 ...............................B Craik 3 63787 Cawbourne Dallas nwtd D P &. K Gommans 7 11486 Calypso Star 25.64 ........................G J Hore 4 36242 Cawbourne Jazzy nwtd ................M Roberts 8 37264 Kirkham Coby nwtd ......................M Roberts 5 111 Thrilling Surge nwtd ........................ K Walsh 6 75578 Montana 26.04 ................................P Green 12 3.35pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD 7 26274 Moochi nwtd .............................. A Lawrence STAKES C4/5, 457m 8 78865 Boris 25.87 R & ...........................N O’Regan 1 4574x Untraceable nwtd .......................D Schofield 9 66678 Lagoon Victory nwtd .............K A Gommans 2 31275 Diva Pose 26.02 M & ....................... J Smith 9 2.35pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT 3 61333 Teegambo 25.55 ....................... A Lawrence 4 83474 Santa Sangre 25.63 ...................D Schofield C2, 375m 5 3x148 Fantastic Sid 25.35 ....................D Schofield 1 52174 Mr. Mumbles 21.39 R &...............N O’Regan 6 26566 Rampion nwtd ...................................C Hore 2 8x634 Nippo nwtd ...................................... L Martin 7 11242 Timmy Trumpet 25.31 ..................... K Walsh 3 48186 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 8 53645 Who Dat Boy 25.65 ...................... H Mullane 4 87763 Eva Kaneva 21.51 ............................ S Clark 5 11272 Scott Tied Up nwtd U & .....................Cottam 13 3.58pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS 6 27467 Wheelie Good nwtd........................ P Lowen STAKES C2, 457m 7 32511 Coruba Cate 21.34......................... G Farrell 1 71546 Our Sambo 25.80......................... M J Lozell 8 34717 Agent Schrader 21.69 .......................B Craik 2 68254 Idol Leanne nwtd B & ......................... Steele 9 12768 Cool Marlow nwtd ........................... T Green 3 17412 Olivia 25.79 ............................... A Lawrence 10 47665 Cawbourne Jarrod nwtd ...............M Roberts 4 17323 Golden Ivy 25.59 W & .....................T Steele 10 2.55pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT 5 74176 Zipping Kasey nwtd....................D Schofield 6 11125 Thrilling Sabre 26.17 ....................... K Walsh C4, 375m

7 75258 Electric Impulse nwtd W & ..............T Steele 8 32556 Multicam Ranger 25.96 ..............D Schofield 9 88888 Cawbourne Doust nwtd...................L Doody 10 64786 Spinel nwtd .......................................S Ross LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Sopoaga, Gold Vipa, Smash Rumour, Tilt, Homebush Rufus Race 2: Believe, Grand Apache, Go Poppy, Dyna Quirk, Homebush Rocky Race 3: Gossip Queen, Sparkling Terra, Barnicle Bullet, Fancy Nomikai, Ultra Action Race 4: Jinja Squeak, Know Mention, Homebush Howard, Hip Hop Sofia, Spring Sam Race 5: Mickey Tee, Miss Fanning, Smash That, Technic, Cathy Maree Race 6: Little Comet, Wunzee, Solstice, Impersonator, Rick’s Treasure Race 7: Trust Issues, Luminary, Botany Alan, Jon Snow Lives, With Pride Race 8: Paperbond, Harkonen Bale, Magic Wizard, Replay, Expect Delay Race 9: Swimming Goat, Puma Pants, Backchat Harry, Tina, Jinja Brian Race 10: Kava Blu, Fekitoa, Majestic Action, Southern Lights, Opawa Kevin Race 11: American Warrior, No Leaf Clover, Sally, New Thang, You’re The Best Race 12: Patchwork Alice, Roadworks, Ohoka Billy, Southern Blue, Homebush Errol

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge 6 25455 My Friend Mike nwtd .................. W Toomath Raceway Meeting Date: 01 September 2016. NZ Meet- 7 56 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd ..............M Roberts ing number : 3. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 8 534 Cawbourne Stick nwtd .................M Roberts 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 9 58 Amazing Contact nwtd ......................B Bond 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 10 78 Breeze Attack nwtd ...................... M J Lozell 4 1.07pm FOND FOODS LTD SPRINT C3, 375m 1 12.14pm (NZT) YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT 1 23724 Simply Sam 21.27 ......................D Schofield C0, 375m 2 45567 Speed Lorde 21.00 ...........................B Craik 1 27622 Cawbourne Lyns nwtd..................M Roberts 3 22214 Bigtime Moola nwtd U &........................Bliek 2 2336 Cawbourne Jacko nwtd ................M Roberts 4 546x8 Jesse Pinkman 21.34........................B Craik 3 Fushidara nwtd ............................... L Martin 5 22455 Gumbalanya 21.25 .........................P Henley 4 3 Off The Grid nwtd W & ....................T Steele 6 43658 Lucky Man 21.28...............................B Craik 5 1 Thrilling Hettie nwtd ........................ K Walsh 7 11134 Unileven 21.47 ...........................D Schofield 6 6x666 Mid Collison nwtd ............................ T Green 8 83343 Rockin’ Fancy 21.26 ...................D Schofield 7 847 Wong Way nwtd U & .........................Cottam 5 1.25pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SPRINT 8 22774 Willi Gas It nwtd ......................... G Pomeroy C1, 375m 9 78 Breeze Attack nwtd ...................... M J Lozell 1 32171 Kirkham Kylie nwtd.......................M Roberts 10 58 Amazing Contact nwtd ......................B Bond 2 78345 Maligned nwtd U & ................................Bliek 2 12.32pm GENERAL ENGRAVERS SPRINT C1, 3 42323 Le Roi nwtd B & ................................. Steele 4 14286 Opawa Merc nwtd .............................C Hore 375m 5 24113 Little Kiwi nwtd B & ............................ Steele 1 52242 Snigglepuss 21.38 ....................... H Mullane 6 76654 Podium Bonus nwtd W &.................T Steele 2 62676 Stainless Knocka nwtd U & ...................Bliek 7 76685 Bill Rush 21.65 ............................. H Mullane 3 64733 Idol Butcher nwtd B & ........................ Steele 8 75687 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 4 78738 Here Without You 21.78 R &........N O’Regan 9 16856 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 5 73744 Jelly Gem 21.50 U & .........................Cottam 6 72232 Electric Dee Eye 21.72 ...................P Green 10 88486 Preoccupied 21.78 R & ...............N O’Regan 7 43663 Jinja Mia 21.65 W & ........................T Steele 6 1.42pm TE AWAMUTU SELF STORAGE STAKES 8 25688 Cawbourne Serina nwtd...............M Roberts C1, 457m 1 15645 Zanato nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 9 454F6 Uno Nathan 21.75 B & ....................... Steele 2 84466 Mr. Fuss Pot nwtd........................B Littlejohn 10 67586 Plaiting Puss nwtd U &..........................Bliek 3 12.49pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT 3 55477 Opawa Leanna nwtd B & ................... Steele 4 32211 Augello 25.89 ............................ A Lawrence C0, 375m 5 25332 Nangar Gem 25.98 ....................D Schofield 1 85832 Our Mystro nwtd P & ..................... J Cleaver 6 7128 Estee nwtd ................................ A Lawrence 2 32423 Girl Cina nwtd .............................. M J Lozell 7 58627 Bigtime Dasher 25.97 U & ....................Bliek 3 86 One Anna Half nwtd W & ................T Steele 8 56357 Golfing Buddy 26.25 R & ............N O’Regan 4 677 Bouncie Al nwtd .............................. T Green 9 66678 Lagoon Victory nwtd .............K A Gommans 5 Bobanuska nwtd ............................. L Martin

7 2.00pm COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C2,

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Thrilling Hettie, Cawbourne Lyns, Cawbourne Jacko, Willi Gas It, Fushidara Race 2: Electric Dee Eye, Snigglepuss, Idol Butcher, Jinja Mia, Jelly Gem Race 3: Girl Cina, Our Mystro, Cawbourne Stick, Bobanuska, My Friend Mike Race 4: Speed Lorde, Simply Sam, Gumbalanya, Rockin’ Fancy, Lucky Man Race 5: Kirkham Kylie, Le Roi, Little Kiwi, Bill Rush, Maligned Race 6: Augello, Nangar Gem, Zanato, Estee, Bigtime Dasher Race 7: Coruba Rage, Opawa Libby, Scott The Looks, Go Andwyn, Jinja Luca Race 8: Thrilling Surge, Opawa Harry, Teefonic, Moochi, Cawbourne Jazzy Race 9: Eva Kaneva, Coruba Cate, Mr. Mumbles, Nippo, Dipsy Lala Race 10: Macjam, Solarian, Tee Kay Yapper, Baymax, Boris Gump Race 11: Spud Missile, Crying In Vegas, Kinloch Osti, Jinja Roman, Instant Success Race 12: Timmy Trumpet, Fantastic Sid, Teegambo, Diva

Pose, Santa Sangre Race 13: Olivia, Thrilling Sabre, Golden Ivy, Idol Leanne, Electric Impulse

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

McFadden ‘the WHAT’S ON man to lead us’ Current Warriors captain Ryan Hoffman believes coach Andrew McFadden is the man to lead the club into the 2017 season.

After a disastrous season that culminated in the team missing a fifth successive playoff berth, pressure has heaped on the beleaguered coach with calls for him to get the boot.

However, Hoffman and his fellow teammates stand by McFadden and say fans need to give him credit for what he’s done.

“Andrew showed this year that he’s a tough bloke, and he’s made some really tough decisions,” Hoffman told Radio Sport’s Crowd Goes Wild Breakfast.

“We’ve had periods where we’ve showed this team can be a really tough team, and I think all that comes down to Andrew’s coaching.

“We just need to make sure we have the players that are willing to do that week

in, week out.” The Warriors had a bumpy start to the 2016 season, coming off eight straight losses last season, they couldn’t manage a win until round five.

Then, the club was rocked by controversy with several senior players involved in an off-field incident which included energy drinks and prescription medicine.

McFadden was forced to make a decision unpopular with a lot of fans and spectators, choosing to drop all players involved for that weekends match.

“He had to make a big call, which shows just how passionate this bloke is for the club,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman also said the players had all spoken together about keeping McFadden on board and it was a unanimous decision.

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9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise during term time.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome. Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre-loved second hand clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

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9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for preschoolers and caregivers, 48 Allen’s Rd, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

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1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd. 1.30pm SENIOR NET. Questions and Answers, Vodafone (no charge) M.S.A. lounge off Burnett Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

10am 50+.

An interesting speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome.

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Copies of the proposal and the accompanying evaluation report under section 32 of the Resource Management Act (RMA) are available for inspection at the Council’s offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton; at the Ashburton Library; at the I-site in Methven, at the Mobil service station in Rakaia, and on the Councils Web site at ashburtondc.govt.nz.

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You may make a submission by sending a written or electronic submission titled ‘Plan Change 1 – District Plan’ by email to info@adc.govt.nz, or post Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 or hand delivered to the Council office at 5 Baring Square West.

The submissions must use RMA Form 5 and you must state whether or not you wish to be heard in your submission. Copies of the form are available at the locations specified above. Submissions close 30 September 2016.

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Don’t be surprised if your personality naturally starts to curve to the job at hand. This flexibility of form is a strength, not a weakness. It is because you are so solid at your core that you’re able to bend to your environment.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Every change is another opportunity. It is not always clear which door the key goes to, though. You’ll spend part of the day trying different “doors,” seeking the right fit.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Oddly, difficulties attract you. Or maybe this isn’t strange. Maybe it’s the mark of fine character to seek constant challenge. The rewards are richer where powerful efforts are the demand.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll ride a highly creative frame of mind all day, similar to the one you often experience just as you are drifting off to sleep.

There is gold to be mined in this beautiful mix of conscious and subconscious awareness.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The one you’re wild for is always somewhere on your mind, no matter what you’re doing.

Being thoughtful comes easily, you’re magnetised toward anything that might delight your love.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): As for your all-consuming, deep, affectionate attachment, sometimes you can’t remember how it began. Other times you can’t have a thought that’s not remembering.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The fresh luck will come after what’s old has been wrapped up. Consider bringing in some outside forces to finish the job faster. The results will be well worth the money.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Get the word out about what you do. You’ll be surprised who can make use of your talent, and in ways you will really enjoy. That you make money too will be the cherry on top.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Troubled people will tell you their problems. Don’t let this stress you out. Your mind will race to how you can help, but you needn’t worry: Your listening ears are help enough.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You have an excellent sense for placing people in the best position. The trick is in knowing how to make the job appealing to the person who should be doing it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): There’s so much to be wrapped up today that you’ll wish you had your own staff. Unless you do have your own staff, and then you’ll wish said staff were slightly more efficient.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): To the untrained eye, your carefree ways belie your strong character. The reality is that it’s precisely because of your inner strength and faith in yourself and life’s process that you can afford to be easygoing.

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Wind at 1000m: NW rising to gale 65 km/h in the morning, then to 80 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to gale 80 km/h in the morning, then rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the afternoon.

TOMORROW A few spots of early rain, then mainly fine. Late showers possible. Strong, gusty northwesterlies easing, changing southerly south of Banks Peninsula at night.

Rain with heavy falls about the divide, easing to showers then clearing late. Rain elsewhere becoming patchy in the morning, then clearing later. Snow to 1500m about the divide at first.

Wind at 1000m: NW easing to 35 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW easing to 45 km/h in the morning, rising to W 60 km/h late.

Mainly fine. The odd shower possible about the coast. Winds mainly light, but southwesterlies developing for a time.

SUNDAY High cloud increasing and scattered rain developing. Strong northerlies developing.

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 3:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 3:00 pm, yesterday 107.9 no data

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Rangitata Klondyke at 4:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am Tipping Point 10am The Chase 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Cold Feet AO (Starting Today) 3 When David and Karen have twins, Adam and Rachel want children; Pete must move in with Jenny, who has met a millionaire. 0 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Thomas And Friends 6:40 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 7am Tashi 0 7:30 Pokemon XY 3 7:55 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:40 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm Devious Maids AO 3 0 3pm The Neighbours 0 3:30 Leon 0 3:35 SpongeBob SquarePants 0 4pm Girl Meets World 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm 8 Simple Rules 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Simpsons 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am The Café Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Primal Doubt PGR 2007 Crime Mystery. Janine Turner, Costas Mandylor, Maeve Quinlan.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight PGR 3:25 Sticky TV 4:25 Minute To Win It Hosted by chef Guy Fieri, competitors take on a series of seemingly simple tasks, which they must complete in under a minute.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 N Restoration Man Travelling throughout the UK, George Clarke helps people from all walks of life transform some of Britain’s neglected historic buildings into unique homes. 0 8:30 Offspring AO 0 9:35 F Beauty And The Beach AO 0 10:40 One News 0 11:10 Born To Kill? AO Charles Starkweather. 0 12:10 The Island With Bear Grylls AO 0 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm Street Hospital 0 8:30 Seven Year Switch Australia AO 0 9:35 N Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

7pm Story 7:30 Rescue Dog To Super Dog PGR 0 8:35 Lost And Found PGR 0 9:35 Holiday Horrors – Caught On Camera AO 0 10:35 NewsHub Late

11:05 Police Ten 7 3 0 11:35 The Originals AO 3 12:30 Highway Patrol PGR 3 0 12:55 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:25 The Real 3 3:10 The Fosters PGR 3 3:55 Full House 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 Golf World A look at the world’s exclusive golfing destinations and biggest golfing personalities.

11:35 CSI AO 3 The CSI team investigates the death of a man killed not once, but twice. 0 12:30 Infomercials

Restoration Man 7:30pm on One

BRAVO 9am Flipping Out 3 9:55 Million Dollar Listing 3 10:50 Keeping Up With The Kardashians AO 3 11:45 Snapped PGR 3 12:40 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills 1:35 The Real Housewives Of Orange County 3 2:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 3 3:30 Hoarders 4:30 Dance Moms 5:30 Flipping Out PGR 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 7:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County Shannon mulls over her friendships; Tamra sets out to improve her son’s troubled relationship.

8:30 Below Deck Mediterranean 9:30 Vanderpump Rules AO 10:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians AO 11:30 N Snapped A secret affair between a woman and her church’s pastor becomes public when they are suspected of murder.

12:20 Infomercials 3

Hugh’s War on Waste 8:30pm on Choice

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Call Of The Wildman PG 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 9:45 CSI MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:05 The Force MC 1:30 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 2:20 CSI – New York MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Call Of The Wildman PG 5pm SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 6pm The Simpsons PG 6:30 The Force MC 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 Into The Badlands 18VLS 9:30 Longmire 16V 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 NCIS PGV FRIDAY 12:30 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:45 CSI – New York MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Into The Badlands 18VLS 4:45 Longmire 16V 5:35 The Force MC

6:30 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Pukana 2 7:30 The Zoo 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Project Matauranga 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 2Kaha PGR 5pm Te Mana Kuratahi The National Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka Competition, hosted by Horowhenua Rohe, celebrates its 15th anniversary.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Dora Matatoa 2 6:20 Huhu 7pm Hahana 7:30 Whanau Bake-Off 8pm Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 8:30 Finding Aroha PGR 9pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 9:30 Super City AO 10pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Big Fish Man 7:30 John James Audubon – Drawn From Nature 8:30 Double Your House For Half The Money 9:30 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey 10:30 The French Collection 11:30 American Restoration Noon Cold Water Cowboys 1pm Big Fish Man 2pm Fish Of The Day 2:30 Wild Australia With Ray Mears 3pm Double Your House For Half The Money 4pm American Eagle Bald eagles are one of nature’s largest raptors, with a wingspan of up to three metres. Unique to North America, they are the continent’s most recognisable aerial predator.

5pm Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey – Best Bites 5:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand 6pm Outback Nation 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Sandcastles 8pm Tiny House Hunting 8:30 Hugh’s War On Waste In an attempt to understand how much waste we produce, TV presenter and environmental campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tackles the subject of rubbish.

9:35 What’s The Catch?

10:30 Toy Hunter

11:15 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:15 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:45 Home Shopping 2:15 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:45 Home Shopping

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

11pm Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey – Best Bites 11:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand Midnight Roar Of The Wild 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Double Your House For Half The Money 2am American Eagle 3am Outback Nation 4am What’s The Catch?

5am Hugh’s War On Waste

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS 7am Source Code MVL 2011 Thriller. Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan.

8:35 The Other Guys MVLS 2010 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.

10:20 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen.

Noon Role Models 16LS 2008 Comedy. Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. 1:40 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLSC 2007 Crime Drama.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney.

3:35 Hope Springs ML 2003 Comedy Romance. Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver.

5:05 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind MLS 2004 Drama. Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet.

6:50 Cuban Fury MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Nick Frost, Rashida Jones.

8:30 Titanic ML 1997 Drama.

A tale of love, courage, and faith set against the backdrop of the Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet.

11:45 The Lord Of The Rings – The Return Of The King MV 2003 Fantasy. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler.

FRIDAY 3am Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Romantic Comedy. Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone. 4:35 The Directors – Dennis Dugan PG 5:05 Hope Springs ML 2003 Comedy Romance. Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver.

FRIDAY

CHOICE

8:30 Hot Bench 3 Judge Judy and other judges debate before reaching a verdict.

9am The Crowd Goes Wild 3 9:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 1pm Back Benches PGR 3 2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Storage Wars – Canada 3 Roy fails to impress when he goes to the auction in Scarborough bearing ‘gifts’.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3 British couples and families search for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MythBusters PGR Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis, setting out to turn a car into a motorcycle, and a bicycle into a boat.

8:35 M Die Hard – With A Vengeance AO 1995 Action.

Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons.

7:45 Vice 16VLSC 2015 Sci-fi.

Bruce Willis, Ambyr Childers.

9:20 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama. Christopher Melon, Devon Bostick.

10:55 Entourage 16LSC 2015 Comedy. Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven.

12:40 Insurgent MV 2016 Action. Shailene Woodley, Theo James.

2:35 Mad Max – Fury Road 16VC 2015 Action. Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron.

4:35 The Night Before 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

Colin Egglesfield, Drew Fuller.

6pm Exodus – Gods And Kings MV 2014 Action.

Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton.

8:30 The Martian ML 2015 Drama. Believed by his fellow crew to be dead, an astronaut is stranded on Mars, and must rely on his ingenuity to survive.

Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain.

10:55 National Lampoon Presents – Surf Party 16LSC 2013 Comedy.

Khan Chittenden, Matthew Lillard.

12:20 Guns MVL (Miniseries) 1:50 Exodus – Gods And Kings MV 2014 Action.

Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton.

4:15 The Night Before 16LSC 2015 Comedy.

Colin Egglesfield, Drew Fuller.

5:40 The Martian ML 2015 Drama. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain.

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SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – The Breakdown 7am Rugby – First XV Revision 8am Golf – Web.com Tour Portland Open. 9am Golf – PGA Tour Boeing Classic. 10am Golf World 10:30 European Tour Weekly 11am Cricket – International (HLS) South Africa v Blackcaps – Second Test, Day Five. 11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Otago v Northland. Noon Motorsport – European Speedway (RPL) Round Three. 1pm Inside Supercars 2pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Otago v Northland. 2:30 Ultimate Insider 3pm The Ultimate Fighter 4:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 5:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 6:30 Mainfreight Rugby 7:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Hawke’s Bay v Counties Manukau. 9:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 10:30 Rugby – Championship (HLS) Argentina v South Africa.

11pm Rugby – Championship (HLS) All Blacks v Australia.

11:30 Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day Three, Night Session.

FRIDAY Midnight AFL Weekly Highlights (HLS) 12:58 L Cricket – International England v Pakistan – Fourth ODI. 4:35 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Hawke’s Bay v Counties Manukau. 5:05 L Cricket – International England v Pakistan – Fourth ODI.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language; HLS Highlights; RPL Replay; DLY Delayed. CLASSIFICATIONS: 16/18 Approved for persons 16/18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

SKY SPORT 2 6am Netball – International (HLS) New Zealand v South Africa. 6:30 Netball Zone 7am NRL 360 8am Sterlo – On The Couch 9am Ultimate Insider 9:30 SKY Sport Select 10am Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Otago v Northland.

Noon Rugby – The Breakdown 1pm Fight Night 3pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Cowboys.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Storm v Broncos.

4pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Round 25 – Saturday.

4:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Round 25 – Sunday.

5pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Tigers.

5:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Eels v Dragons.

6pm The After Match 6:30 Netball – International (HLS) New Zealand v South Africa. 7pm Netball Zone 7:30 Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day Three, Day Session.

8pm Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day Three, Night Session.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Broncos v Roosters.

11:40 NRL Footy Show FRIDAY 2am Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day Three, Day Session. 2:30 Tennis – US Open (HLS) Day Three, Night Session. 3am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Otago v Northland. 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 4am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Broncos v Roosters.

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG Garnets or Gold. 8:30 MythBusters PG Flights of Fantasy.

9:25 World’s Biggest Shipbuilders PG Mega Yards.

10:20 Deadliest Catch PG Into the Gale. 11:15 Cry Wolfe M Gone Girls. 11:40 Cry Wolfe M Keeping it in the Family.

12:10 Scorned – Love Kills M Naughty Not Nice. 1:05 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG Half Pipe Dreams. 3:50 Gold Rush PG Mutiny. 4:45 Deadliest Catch PG Into the Gale.

5:40 MythBusters PG Dangerous Driving.

6:35 Bering Sea Gold PG Turf War. 7:30 Bering Sea Gold PG All In. 8:30 Moonshiners M Presidential Shine.

9:30 River Monsters PG Blood River.

10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG Mutiny.

FRIDAY

12:30 Disappeared M 1:25 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

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Zoe our golden girl

Zoe Beckley won a gold medal at the Greymouth Gymnastics Competition on Sunday.

BY JAMES FORD

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Zoe Beckley has added another medal to her growing haul after winning gold at the Greymouth Gymnastics Competition on Sunday.

The 14-year-old, who only took up the sport two years ago, competed in floor, bar, beam and vault events to secure her second gold medal in as many weeks after placing first at the West Melton Gymnastics Competition a fortnight ago.

Dynamic Gymnastic Sports head coach Nicci Glanville credited Beckley for her hard work and determination to improve.

“She’s doing fantastically well, she puts her heart and soul into everything that she does,” she said.

“She goes home and practises and practises, she does have a natural talent, but she also has that drive to improve.”

In between competing the Ashburton College student coaches younger gymnasts –

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passing on her knowledge to her fellow club members.

“The fact that she’s sharing her knowledge is amazing,” Glanville said.

“The younger ones really look up to her and she’s a great role model to them.”

Beckley, who placed fifth at the national secondary schools’ championships, will now turn her attention to the Kaikoura Recreational Gymnastics Competition on September 10.

Broncos ‘sitting pretty for finals’

BY ED JACKSON Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett’s years of experience tell him form and fitness are all that matter going into a NRL finals campaign.

Fortunately for the seven-time premiership coach, he feels both those elements are present in his Broncos outfit heading into this year’s playoffs.

The Broncos are still a chance for a topfour finish after their convincing victory last weekend over ladder leaders Melbourne.

A win over the Sydney Roosters tonight and then a North Queensland loss to Gold Coast on Saturday would lift the 2015 grand finalists into fourth spot.

But Bennett says a top-four finish matters less than how his team are travelling going into September.

“The important thing about finals, because I’ve been in a few series, is that you’re virtually injury-free and playing good football at that time of the year,” Bennett said.

“You can be top of the league and you can be playing terrible and you probably know you’re not going to get where you want to go deep down.

“If your form’s good, regardless of where you finish, I just think you can still have a chance.

“We’re both of those at the moment. Our form’s good and we’re virtually injury-free.”

Bennett confirmed on Wednesday hooker Andrew McCullough would play despite missing Monday’s training session with an ankle injury.

The Roosters head north aiming to end a disappointing campaign on a high.

Trent Robinson’s men are gunning for a third win from four starts to end the year but will be without Boyd Cordner and Sio Siua Taukeiaho.

Ryan Matterson and Isaac Liu come into the starting line-up while Mitchell Frei is on the bench along with potential NRL debutant Nat Butcher.

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Despite a campaign which has left the Roosters languishing in 15th, Bennett is wary of his opponents after a 32-16 loss in July to the Tricolours.

“They towelled us up about six weeks ago down there - made us look pretty ordinary.

“They’re a good football team still and they’ve had some good results since then against the Cowboys and a few other top sides.

“We’ve got our hands full,” Bennett said.

BRISBANE v ROOSTERS - Key match stats: * Broncos captain Corey Parker will play his 345th NRL match on Thursday and possibly his final one at Suncorp Stadium * Former Bronco Dale Copley came back to haunt his old club five weeks ago, scoring twice and setting up another in the Roosters’ 32-16 victory in Sydney * Roosters star Blake Ferguson has seven tries in seven matches against the Broncos including two in last year’s preliminary final defeat.

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US Open ace record Ivo Karlovic set a US Open record yesterday when he banged down 61 aces on his way to a first round victory over Taiwan’s Yen-Hsun Lu. The 37-year-old Croat, who has served the most aces in ATP Tour history with well over 11,000, hit 22 in the second set alone as he outgunned Lu 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5. Yesterday’s total beats the previous record of 49 set by Dutchman, Richard Krajicek, in the quarter-finals in 1999. “I knew there were a lot of aces because at one stage I was serving one on almost every point but I didn’t know it was a record,” Karlovic said.

Rooney retiring England football captain Wayne Rooney will retire from international competition after the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 30-year-old Manchester United forward made the announcement in a press conference ahead of the team’s first qualifier Sunday in Slovakia. “Realistically I know myself that Russia will be my last opportunity to do anything with England. Hopefully I can end my time with England on a high,” he said via ESPN and the BBC. “I said before the Euros I enjoyed playing in this team, and that’s the case still.”

Trump slams Kaepernick Donald Trump sharply criticised San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for refusing to stand for the national anthem, telling a radio host it’s a “terrible thing”.

“Maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try. It won’t happen,” said the Republican presidential nominee. Kaepernick has drawn national scrutiny for his decision to sit during the national anthem before games as a form of protest against what he sees as injustices across the country.

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