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BlakeThorman, 13, puts everything he can into crossing the finish line first during one of the sack races at the Rangitata Huts sports day yesterday.

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Old-style family fun at Rangitata

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Family fun was the name of the game at the Rangitata Huts sports day, held yesterday afternoon.

About 300 people took part in the event, run by the South Rangitata Hut Holders Association.

Chairman Chris de Joux said the annual event was the association’s major fundraiser, and helped to cover costs associated with keeping the reserve in shape.

While many of those taking part either had baches on the reserve or were staying in the motor camp, de Joux said it

also attracted families from around Mid and South Canterbury who wanted a bit of old fashioned fun.

“It’s become really popular. People come out from town for it.”

It featured sack and running races for all ages, a nail driving competition, a chocolate wheel, bring and buy and white elephant stalls, and a range of raffles.

One of those there was Alan Brooks, whose parents Snow and Noni Brooks helped organise the first Rangitata Huts sports day with Mori Thomas around 1959.

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Brooks said the event has run almost every year since and has steadily grown in popularity, with local businesses coming to the party and donating goods for the raffles.

It was an old-style family day out that was now attracting different generations of the same families, he said, adding that if those families dropped out there always seemed to be new ones eager to take their place.

“It’s a family affair and everyone gets into the spirit of the occasion,” he said.

“Everybody’s welcome.”

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■ ROAD TOLL

Year’s road toll ‘unacceptable’ A road toll 50 deaths higher than the previous year and the worst in nearly a decade has been described as “simply shocking” and unacceptable by the associate Transport Minister.

Two fatal crashes on New Year’s Eve added to what was already a horror year on New Zealand roads.

The deaths brought 2017’s provisional road toll to 380, making it the worst since 2009, when 384 were killed, according to Ministry of Transport figures. In 2016, 327 people died on roads.

■ NEW YEAR

Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter said the figures were “simply shocking”.

“The number of people dying on our roads has continued to increase over the past four years,” she said. “It will be obvious to many people driving this summer that the level of safety on many rural roads and even urban streets simply isn’t good enough.”

Before the Christmas break, the government announced it would be adding a $22.5 million boost to road safety funding for the summer.

“This is just the beginning. In 2018 the government will look at how it can increase and prioritise funding for road safety improvements across the country,” Ms Genter said yesterday.

“I also intend to hold a road safety summit early this year so I can hear directly from councils about opportunities for improving road safety.”

One person was killed on the Appleby Highway in the Tasman District in a collision between a ute and a car about 9pm on Sunday.

Meanwhile, a man critically hurt after a car rolled and hit a fence in Whangarei about 10.30am later died in hospital, police said.

The holiday period road toll ends on Wednesday and stands at 11, after a 69-year-old Tauranga man was killed in a collision on the Maungatapu Bridge about 2am on Monday.

Last year 19 people died in the Christmas-New year holiday period and more than 100 were seriously injured.

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■ RODS AT METHVEN

The lighter Event boosts fire brigade coffers side of NYE

By Colin WillisCroft

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While New Year’s Eve has a reputation as a stressful night for police, Canterbury’s officers spent their evening providing a light-hearted account of their busy shift and making fans on social media.

The district’s Facebook page earned more than 5000 likes and its Twitter hashtag was trending among New Zealand users as officers posted humorous pictures and anecdotes.

The series of posts included descriptions of staff as “jacked up on sugar and coffee and ready to push through till morning”, tongue-in-cheek accounts of numerous banal callouts, as well as some serious messages.

“We’ve had a message from an enterprising chap who asked if we could pick him up, take him through the drive thru at Maccas and then drive him home to North Canterbury,” one post read.

“So no, we won’t be dispatching to that.”

Others, meanwhile, prodded at the steady stream of calls coming in. “We’ve had a disorder job called in – offender described as wearing a camo jumper. Our job update is, ‘Currently can’t see him’,” a post read.

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The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade will be better off by more than $4000 thanks to another successful Rods at Methven event on Saturday afternoon.

Organiser Gerard McCloy said the event, which is held every two years, attracted an excellent turnout of cars, with around 170 on show, complemented by many more parked up around the town, bringing the total number to about 250.

There were also between 30 to 50 motorbikes on display.

The day attracted between 1500 and 1800 people, who were treated to a wide variety of cars, he said, ranging in value from $20,000 to $30,000 up to one that had cost its owner around $300,000.

People came from as far afield as Nelson and Balclutha, although the majority came from between Christchurch and Timaru.

The show was the final part of a twoand-a-half day hot rod run around the Ashburton District, McCloy said, with 48 cars driving all over Mid Canterbury, stopping off at various places of interest.

Money raised went to the fire brigade, who returned the favour by helping out at the event.

McCloy said hot rod fans should mark Easter in their diaries, as Ashburton will be hosting a national hot rod show at the racecourse. The last time it came to Ashburton was 2008 and there were more than 300 entrants.

Fireworks spark blaze Dozens of firefighters and helicopters have managed to contain a quickly spreading blaze in the Coromandel believed to have been sparked by New Year’s Eve fireworks. More than two dozen firefighters and choppers equipped with monsoon buckets were called to fire in Fletcher’s Bay just after midnight yesterday.

It spread across four hectares of vegetation before being contained, a Fire and Emergency spokesman said. The blaze had been started by fireworks being let off in the area, he said.

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Two dead in crash Two people have been killed in a small plane crash in Northland. The Rans microlight RV 7 went down at Te Kopuru in the Kaipara District about noon yesterday, police said. Both people on board – the pilot and a passenger – died at the scene. The Serious Crash Unit was investigating and the incident would be referred to the coroner and the Civil Aviation Authority, a police spokesperson said. - NZME

15 hospitalised Fifteen people have been hospitalised and quarantined with “norovirus-like symptoms” after attending the annual Rhythm and Vines music festival. Hauora Tairawhiti says the group were admitted to Gisborne Hospital yesterday suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting. “The number of people presenting with noroviruslike symptoms meant people need to be isolated to avoid contamination,” Medical Officer of Health Bruce Duncan said. “Fifteen young people were transported to Gisborne Hospital where an isolation ward has been set up. The priority is avoiding an outbreak.”

About 20,000 people attended the New Year festival at Waiohika Estate, now in its 15th year, including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

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Calling time on funding the arts

By Sue NewmaN

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Across Mid Canterbury there are hundreds of arts groups and organisations that owe their financial welfare to Methven man Viv Barrett.

For around 40 years Barrett has been one of a small group of people responsible for distributing grant money to organisations who were usually struggling to stay financially afloat.

The 85-year-old stepped into the arts funding world during his time as an Ashburton District councillor. He retired from council years ago but has only just severed his ties with the funding organisation Creative New Zealand.

It wasn’t only time that caught up with him, Barrett said, the rules around how long you could stand did too.

“Four of us got put off because we’d been there too long. It came in that you should only have two terms on the committee but I’d been there for about 40 years. It was a bit of a shock really,” he said.

He was surprised to learn his long service had broken the rules and said that each time he put his hand up to continue on the funding team there had been no suggestion that he’d passed his useby date.

“Between us, they’ve lost around 70 years of knowledge, but I’ve handed out my last cheques,” he said.

Barrett’s involvement started at a time when the council granted its own funds to the arts under the Ashburton Community Arts banner. As a new councillor he was put on the committee, but he admits his involvement in the arts world went little further than through his wife Marion’s experience as a music teacher.

He might not have been an expert, but Barrett said he did understand the value of money, particularly to organisations that had very little.

When the opportunity came to move the Ashburton arts funding body under the national banner of Creative New Zealand, Barrett was quick to encourage the council to sign on. It did and that’s been a good relationship, he said.

Methven man Viv Barrett reads over his last collection of applications for funds from Creative New Zealand.

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Over the years Barrett took his interest in arts from funding to front line.

“I got involved in the Methven Choral Group, started out on the door and then I got on stage, but I was pretty much a chorus man although I did have one part where I had to say a few words. I was only up there to make a fool of myself but Marion was a good singer and she took a lot of leads.”

Looking back at an involvement in arts funding that spans four decades, Barrett said he has a real appreciation of the depth of talent in the district, across all forms of the arts.

“It’s terrific really for a district our size.”

The toughest part of the job has always been deciding how to divvy up what is usually a pool of around $13,000.

“I spend days on those applica-

tions, worrying about them. It’s all about being fair. If people have applied and they don’t get any money, you need to be able to tell them why.”

Grants are made six-monthly and it’s not unusual to have up to 20 applications, some requesting quite large amounts. Each application is well read and discussed well and tough decisions often have to be made, Barrett said.

“We’ve had some great committees over the years, but Creative New Zealand is made for city places where they think differently to country places so we’ve bent the rules quite a lot, but it was always for the good of the people of Mid Canterbury.”

Grants are generally made to groups but they can be made to an individual if there is likely to be a benefit to the district, he said.

“For some of those groups that’s

critical money, it might only be a couple of hundred dollars but to them it’s the bit that keeps them going.”

Over the years he’s made great friends through his contact with arts groups and said he takes particular pride in the role local funding has had in the career of several locals who have achieved internationally – opera singers Simon O’Neill and Zara Ballara (Hollis), fashion designer Mandi Kingsbury and artist Peter Robinson.

And over the years he’s become involved in promoting the arts in his own right, sponsoring the New Zealand Ballet’s Tutus on Tour performance to Ashburton over an 18 year stretch.

“I like all forms of the arts, but I’m no bloody good at any of it myself,” he said.

Barrett says the arts scheme is

in good heart and its role is well cemented in the district. Yes, he’s disappointed to sever his funding ties, and he wants the community to know that he’s no longer their point of contact.

“It’s not my bag any more,’ he said.

He might be 85 – and one month – and while being moved off the arts funding organisation will leave a gap in his life, he’s too busy to look back.

There are horses to work, the Methven Memorial Hall to look after and the stock that graze his 70 acre farm to keep an eye on ...

“I’m lucky I’m well and healthy, it’s more than luck though, I haven’t knocked myself about with booze and smokes.:” And keeping busy, keeping involved, that’s critical if you want to if you want to remain engaged with life, he said.

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Youth offending a worryin Y

outh offending was a worrying aspect of crime dealt with in the Ashburton court during 2017.

District court judge Joanna Maze was on first-name terms with many of the youngsters who appeared in Youth Court (for those under 17) and she was part of a team that included police and social workers trying to steer them from a life of crime.

The Ashburton community vented its frustrations about the offending of a small group of youths – crimes that ranged from burglary to theft and intentional damage; the judge had to balance community expectations of justice, with deterrence and rehabilitation.

She had a tough job.

Some kids grasped their chances, others kissed them goodbye.

At least one youth would be having Christmas dinner in custody after receiving a six-month residential term for a raft of charges that included stealing a car, assaulting police and reckless driving.

The Ashburton District Court deals with a huge range of cases.

Charges like drink driving, breaching community work and assault are routinely concluded; more serious charges and those going to trial have their conclusions in larger courts.

In February, a jury in Timaru took just two and a half hours to find two people guilty of causing the death of Ashburton man AJ Gairns by manslaughter in 2014.

Olivia Toby Frances Lucas, 29, and Verdun Ashley Perry, 26, both of Ashburton, were convicted of assaulting 34-year-old Gairns with intent to rob him on May 31, 2014 in Ashburton.

The pair were sentenced in April to three years, seven months imprisonment.

In June, another High Court jury in Timaru found Ashburton man Kooly Managki Te Tomo guilty of also causing Gairns’ death.

The Crown said the three had been smoking methampheta-

mine in the days leading up to the attack and were high before they assaulted and robbed Gairns, whose body was found in Mill Creek.

Te Tomo was later jailed for four-and-a-half years.

They were cases that exposed the seedy trade of meth in Ashburton.

The Hotel Ashburton was robbed at gunpoint in April, by a man who had shot two women near Rolleston and who had then driven south.

Douglas Anderson Roake, 23, walked into the hotel about 9.30pm, fired a shot into the air and made off with cash; police later arrested him at the Rakaia Huts.

Roake held up five Canterbury pubs and bars in total, demanding money and shooting a woman in the leg. He hit another woman with a mallet.

Roake, who worked as a security guard at Richie McCaw’s wedding, admitted the charges and was jailed for 13 years and eight months.

An Ashburton man whose pit bull jumped a fence and attacked an elderly neighbour was sentenced to 100 hours community work.

Guy Ford Gerbes, 29, stood in the dock while the dog’s victim Catherine Heffernan told Judge Maze he was an irresponsible dog owner and she had suffered months of pain after a pit bull called Rasta bit her leg.

Despite the attack, the pair are on speaking terms thanks to Heffernan agreeing to take part in a restorative justice meeting with Gerber, who was to pay $675 to his neighbour in reparation.

Gerbes pleaded guilty to two charges related to the attack, including being the owner of an attacking dog and failing to control or confine the dog.

Heffernan said Gerbes’ dogs had jumped the fence into her back yard seven times in the period leading up to the attack by Rasta in October last year.

“I don’t want Ford Gerbes to

own dogs again as he is really an irresponsible dog owner. I don’t want anyone else in the community to get bitten by any other pit bull breed dog and suffer the

trauma that I have suffered,” she said.

Her recovery was long and painful.

Judge Maze said the penalty

needed to speak not just to Gerbes and Heffernan, but to others who owned dogs who presented as risks.

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work included a portion for existing unpaid fines, which were wiped so Gerbes could begin paying $50 a week to his neighbour straight away.

The judge made an order for the dog’s destruction, though Gerbes’ lawyer said it had already been put down.

In July, a Mid Canterbury rugby

player was jailed for more than three years for sexually assaulting a woman in Gisborne.

Kolinio Yabia Tamanitoakula, 25, a Fijian national from Ashburton, was jailed for three years, four months and two weeks, after previously pleading guilty to a charge of assault with intent to commit sexual violation.

Defence counsel Leighvi Maynard told the Gisborne District Court Tamanitoakula had only been in New Zealand a short time before assaulting the woman on October 2, after a representative rugby match in Ruatoria.

He had previously been of good character and had no criminal convictions in Fiji.

He was not used to drinking alcohol but was intoxicated in the company of team mates.

Crown prosecutor Jo Reilly said Tamanitoakula’s level of intoxication was “no excuse” for committing a “significant offence” that would have “ongoing consequences” for him and his victim.

The victim had been walking alone in the Gisborne CBD on the night of October 12.

Tamanitoakula followed her alone and tried to rape her. The victim was then able to get away when a passing car distracted Tamanitoakula.

A Mid Canterbury couple were convicted in August of wilfully ill-treating sheep, with a veterinarian saying sheep they sent to a meatworks were the worst she has ever seen.

The couple, who have interim name suppression, will be sentenced in January on a total of eight charges including wilful illtreatment of animals, reckless illtreatment and transporting the animals in an unfit state.

The sheep were part of a pet food operation.

The truck driver, who transported some of the sheep to the processing plant, was also charged with transporting unfit animals and fined.

The charges were brought by the Ministry for Primary Industries, which says animal mis-

treatment is not a good look for its products overseas.

The skinny sheep were identified at the meat works and the couple’s farm inspected.

The Ashburton community was outraged during the year at a small group of youth offenders who went on a crime spree.

The youngsters appeared before Judge Maze in the Ashburton Youth Court where those involved in their rehabilitation compared notes about their progress and prospects for the future.

Charges ranged from theft to interfering with vehicles and the youths were ordered to take part in plans that incorporated community work, residential supervision and rehabilitation.

Some of the same group were back in October, charged with stealing a work truck and driving it to Christchurch, where police used road spikes to eventually stop it.

The occupants of the vehicle had their faces covered and were armed with tomahawks and hammers.

The 16-year-old driver admitted charges which included burglary, failing to stop, reckless driving, assaulting police and possessing drug utensils.

He was sentenced to six months residential care in a youth justice facility.

A report prepared for the court said the youth was street-wise and had first come to the attention of youth justice in 2013. He had problems with alcohol and drug use.

He could be charming, but had strong tendencies to anti-authority and lacked empathy.

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August 2017 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – The Ranfurly Shield came to town with Canterbury to see if Mid Canterbury could claim it, but unfortunately it went back up the road.

Right – An arsonist struck the Hampstead Kindergarten causing significant damage.

Above – Ice caused Mid Canterbury drivers plenty of problems with emergency services kept busy attending accidents.

Right – A constant stream of snowfall on Mt Hutt saw snow levels reach near record depths.

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Above – Mid Canterbury farmers were concerned by Labour’s proposed water tax in the lead-up to the election, including Steven Bierema.

Left – Greenstreet resident, Ali Miller, was concerned the state of a road near his property was going to cause a fatal accident after recent near misses.

Below – After doing his own testing, Ray McIntosh went on the attack saying waterways were not as bad as was being made out in some instances.

Above – Hadley, Noah and Charlie Holland, along with Cooper Ward and Conner Hurley, were on hand to celebrate Celtic’s victory in the local netball competition.

Left – Former local, Kelley Kerr-Young, was back home reflecting on making big waves in the Australian acting scene.

Right – Catherine and Alan Trott bid farewell to their iconic Trott’s Garden after it was sold to a local charity.

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The world celebrates People around the world are welcoming 2018 with traditional fireworks displays, partying and an array of local traditions.

One of the first countries to welcome the new year was Australia, where fireworks exploded over the iconic Sydney Opera House as people watched from boats in the harbour.

Hundreds of couples took part in a mass wedding ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia on New Year’s Eve designed to help the poor who were unable to afford a proper wedding.

Buddhists lit candles during New Year celebrations at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea.

In some other places, the tone was more sombre. Just hours after a fireworks dis-

play over the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un said in a New Year’s Day speech the country had achieved the historic feat of “completing” its nuclear forces despite US opposition.

Some 100 people gathered outside the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, to remember victims of a New Year’s mass shooting a year ago. The group, holding carnations, observed a moment of silence for 39 people killed in the attack.

Tens of thousands of revellers thronged the area surrounding Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate as Germany ushered in 2018. Fireworks lit up the night sky at the stroke of midnight.

Paris greeted 2018 with a fireworks and pyrotechnics display at the Arc De Triom-

phe. Hundreds of thousands turned out along the Champs-Elysees to welcome the new year. After several high-profile attacks in France in the past two years, authorities were taking no chances. Strict security measures were in place around the country, with some 99,000 soldiers and police officers on patrol.

In London, fireworks and cheering crowds heralded the arrival of 2018 in central London after 12 chimes from Big Ben, which was brought back into temporary service for Christmas and new year amid a four-year restoration programme at the tower, which began in August.

In Scotland, a torchlight procession began Edinburgh’s famed Hogmanay New Year’s Eve celebration.

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■ UNITED STATES

US deputy shot dead in ‘ambush’ attack A man fired more than 100 rounds at sheriff’s deputies in Colorado, killing one and injuring four others and two civilians, before being fatally shot himself in what authorities called an ambush.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said deputies came under fire almost immediately after entering a suburban Denver apartment and trying to talk with the suspect, who was holed up inside a bedroom.

“I do know that all of them were shot very, very quickly. They all went down almost within seconds of each other, so it was more of an ambush-type of attack on our officers,” Spurlock said.

“He knew we were coming and we obviously let him know that we were there.”

The wounded deputies tried to pull the fallen officer, identified as Zackari Parrish, out of the line of further gunfire but were unable to because of their own injuries and only managed to “crawl to safety,” Spurlock said.

The deputies responded to a call of shots fired at the Copper Canyon Apartment Homes in Douglas County, about 28km south of Denver, around 5.15am local time.

Authorities had left the home about four hours earlier to address a noise complaint but returned in response to reports of a disturbance.

There were two men inside the home when deputies arrived and someone let them inside, Spurlock said.

The suspect was well-known to authorities in the Denver area but had no criminal record, said Spurlock, who declined to name him until his identity was confirmed.

Parrish, the slain officer, was 29 and a married father of two young children.

He came to the department seven months ago after working as an officer for the nearby Castle Rock Police Department.

The three deputies and one police officer injured were listed in stable condition, while the two civilian injuries were not life-threatening.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Tragedy as six die after seaplane joyride Police have confirmed the passengers killed on a seaplane that crashed into the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney were visitors from the UK. Experienced Australian pilot Garath Morgan, 44, died when his aircraft plunged into Jerusalem Bay, along with Britons Richard Cousins, 58, Emma Bowden, 48, Heather Bowden, 11, Edward Cousins, 23, and William Cousins, 25.

Detective Superintendent Mark Hutch-

ings from the NSW Police Marine Area Command said authorities have been in contact with the United Kingdom but formal identification by the coroner is still ongoing. The plane has not yet been recovered from the crash site at Cowan.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull earlier offered his condolences to the families of those killed in the crash.

“It is a tragic accident and ... our hearts go out to the families of those whose lives

were lost,” Mr Turnbull said yesterday.

“We don’t know yet what caused it, but it’s just a tragedy. We grieve for those who lost their lives.”

Police are now working on the logistics of refloating the wreckage.

The plane will need to be brought back to the surface before forensic air-crash investigators can piece together what went wrong. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the incident. - AAP

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Prince Philip in gaffe The Duke of Edinburgh pointed out a bearded man and asked “is that a terrorist?” as he greeted crowds at Sandringham, it has been claimed. The 96-year-old was attending St Magdalene Church on New Year’s Eve accompanied by the Princess Royal, when it is reported he made the comment as he joked with onlookers. Witnesses who claimed to have heard the comment said the man had a ginger beard, The Sun and the Mail Online reported. Philip, who retired in August, is notorious for making controversial comments. Buckingham Palace declined to comment.

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Ad criticises Lorde, NZ The NZ Jewish Council has distanced itself from a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post calling musician Lorde a bigot and accusing New Zealand of prejudice against Israel. Lorde last week cancelled a concert scheduled in Tel Aviv for June after criticism from Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activists opposed to Israeli occupation of Palestine. At the time, the singer copped flak from the council and the Zionist Federation of New Zealand, while Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, Itzhak Gerberg, invited her to meet him. Yesterday the council said the advertisement – taken out by rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s This World: The Values Network – did not promote understanding or engagement. “The New Zealand Jewish Council is committed to dialogue and tolerance and distances itself from the inflammatory and aggressive material that stoops to the level of BDS rather than rising above it,” it said.

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Trust in media being eroded Colin Williscroft SENIOR REPORTER

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hether you like it or not, fake news is a reality and it’s hard to see it going away.

Once the domain of tabloid newspapers that ran stories so ridiculous that it was hard to believe anyone could be fooled (think people being carried off by people from outer space), these days the baton has been picked up and run with by social media, mainly thanks to the ease of sharing messages.

In New Zealand we’ve escaped the worst of it, such as incidences in places like the UK and United States, where people wishing to spread malicious (and blatantly wrong) information about people and groups they have an axe to grind against seemingly have free rein to do so.

One of the advantages traditional news sources, such as newspapers, had in this environment was they lived and died by their mastheads.

That they were seen as trustworthy by their readers in a world where it was becoming increasingly difficult to really believe what you read or even saw, thanks to advances in technology.

So it was more than a little disturbing in the week before Christmas to see that the Press Council had rebuked both the Stuff and New Zealand Herald websites over their publication of sponsored content that it said was masquerading as news stories, describing it as a breach of the professional standards expected of trusted media sources.

The ‘stories’ at the centre of the complaint, which was upheld by the council, concerned people making considerable sums of money by investing in Bitcoin.

However, in the two instances covered by the complaint, the people in the ‘stories’ were in fact fictional.

What alarmed the council most was that due to the way the material in question was localised and presented as news headlines, the information was dressed up as reality, when it was not.

It was a case of the line that separates news from advertising being blurred to the extent that if you were not looking for that line, it would be easy to miss it altogether.

Unfortunately it’s a sign of the times and can only have a negative effect on the trust that readers and viewers place on their news sources.

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Award to recognise dairy ambassadors A new national award will recognise dairy farmers who demonstrate leadership in their approach to sustainable dairying and who are ambassadors for the industry.

The Fonterra Farm Source Responsible Dairying Award has been introduced as part of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards to recognise those dairy farmers who are respected by their farming peers and their community for their attitude and role in sustainable dairying.

Rachel Baker, NZDIA executive chairwoman, said farmers are being encouraged to share stories of how they are farming responsibly, both environmentally and socially.

“Many of our winners and entrants from our dairy trainee, dairy manager and share farmer awards programmes do just this and progress to leadership roles within the industry and their communities.

“This award gives us the opportunity to recognise farmers that have progressed to ownership, demonstrate leadership in their farming practices and are a role model for our younger farmers coming through,” she says.

“They will be an ambassador to personalise and share the positive things that are being achieved by our dairy farmers.”

Fonterra Farm Source chief operating officer Miles Hurrell said the new award embodies the coop’s commitment to sustainable dairy farming.

“The co-op and our farmers take their responsibilities to their communities, their animals and the environment seriously and they demonstrate this in the work they do every day. The criteria that

Dairy Industry Awards executive chairwoman Rachel Baker says the new award will recognise some of the positive things being achieved by dairy farmers.

PHOTO SUPPLIED farmers will be assessed against for this award are the foundation of our pledge to maintain and enhance a dairy industry that all New Zealanders can be proud of.”

The farmer could come from any of New Zealand’s milk sup-

pliers to be eligible for the award.

The inaugural winner will be selected by a panel of judges and announced at the national final in Invercargill on May 12.

A total of 374 entries have been received in the 2018 New Zealand

Dairy Industry Awards, with 110 entered in the Share Farmer of the Year competition, 146 entered in the Dairy Manager of the Year competition and 118 entered in the Dairy Trainee of the Year competition.

Entrants will first compete in one of 11 regional competitions being held throughout the country in February and March next year. The winners of those competitions will progress to the national finals in May next year.

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■ FUNGI RESEARCH

Grass fungi saving billions Fungi that live within grasses are being harnessed by scientists, saving the New Zealand economy billions of dollars.

Epichloë endophytes occur naturally in some grasses, such as those used to feed livestock on New Zealand farms. While some types of endophyte can be harmful to livestock, selected endophytes introduced to varieties of grass offer benefits such as deterring insect pests from feeding on the grasses, while minimising any negative health effects.

It is these opportunities that have attracted scientists like those

at AgResearch, a world leader in this area of research. The focus over the past 35 years has been on selecting endophyte strains that can improve the productivity of pastures, while also improving livestock health.

“We have identified and commercialised endophyte strains of such benefit that they are now critical components of pastures in New Zealand,” AgResearch science team leader Linda Johnson said.

“The benefits are undoubtedly in the billions of dollars over time.

These include increased farm pro-

ductivity, reduced costs for animal health, and reduced pasture losses to pests and costs to control those pests. New endophyte strains alone contribute about $200 million every year to the New Zealand economy.”

The endophyte AR37 discovered

by AgResearch scientists and released in 2006 for use in ryegrass proved a key success in reducing the impact of a range of pests, and consequently improving animal growth on farms.

Johnson said there is scope for extending the use of endophytes beyond pasture grasses to other

endophyte species that can have benefits for a range of important crops, such as wheat.

“Microbial endophytes are gaining importance as options for the control of pests and diseases in many crops of economic significance.

“The opportunity for the team at AgResearch is to use the substantial knowledge and understanding gained from working with the epichloë endophytes in grasses, and extend that to delivering new endophyte options in those other crops for the benefit of New Zealand.”

AgResearch science team leader Linda Johnson says there is scope for extending the use of endophytes beyond pasture grasses.

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■ SUSTAINABLE FARMING FUND

New investment in Sustainable Farming Fund

Changes to the national animal electronic ID tag system are being welcomed

by Federated Farmers.

■ TRACING SCHEME

Fed Farmers welcome NAIT streamlining Federated Farmers is pleased that moves to streamline the National Animal Identification and Tracing Scheme (NAIT) process are coming in tandem with a tougher approach on non-compliance.

Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor has indicated after nearly five years of educating farmers about the importance of NAIT for biosecurity and food traceability, those who continue to ignore their obligations would face prosecution and fines of up to $10,000.

But he also announced in the week before Christmas that recommendations from the long-running review of NAIT would be available early in the new year for farmers and sector groups to comment on.

Federated Farmers President Katie Milne said making NAIT easier to comply with, such as changing the current requirement for both seller and receiver to enter animal movement details in the system to receiver only, and linking the NAIT number with a property identifier rather than a person, would be a great step forward.

“The vast majority of farmers understand the importance of NAIT for biosecurity, and for our ability to command premium prices in the world’s markets by being able to demonstrate our high standards around food safety and traceability,” Milne said.

“We know that there is generally very good NAIT compliance relating to animal movements through saleyards, and

to meat processors. It’s not so good with farm-to-farm movements for grazing and the like.

“The mycoplasma bovis incursions have shown up gaps in recording animal movements that could have been serious had that been a fast-moving disease. We need to up our game.”

The 18 NAIT review recommendations are aimed at tidying up niggles and inefficiencies, such as around tag replacement, consistency of information on tags, the NAIT and Minder system interface, and future options around ultra-high frequency RFID. A related topic is the potential to switch paper-based Animal Status Declaration (ASD) cards to a digitised system that will tie in with NAIT and enhance our level of information if there is a serious animal disease outbreak.

Ultimately, to help get on top of New Zealand’s serious stock rustling problem, Federated Farmers would also like to see an ability for police to more easily access the NAIT database when dealing with suspicious movement of animals.

“We look forward to the NAIT review recommendations,” Milne said.

“As Damien O’Connor noted, it’s important for OSPRI and MPI to know what’s working for farmers and industry, and if there are any barriers in the system that are stopping people from complying.”

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) recently announced an investment of around $7.15 million in 28 new Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) projects.

The SFF supports community-led projects that build productivity and resilience in the primary industries. Projects are led by farmers, growers and foresters who come together to tackle shared problems or develop new opportunities.

“Every year we receive a very high calibre of project applications, which touch on a number of New Zealand’s primary sectors such as dairy, horticulture, honey and forestry,” says MPI director-general Martyn Dunne.

“SFF projects trial and apply new practices to deliver economic, environmental and social benefits to local communities and New Zealand.”

More than 1000 projects have received investment from the SFF over the 17 years of the fund, which represents an investment of around $135 million.

“Through the SFF, we are able to support industries and communities to help each other to carry out applied research, field trials and demonstrations plus extension activities,” says Mr Dunne.

“SFF projects are also required to share

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MPI is also trialling a new pilot approach to support SFF projects less than $100,000 and shorter in length than existing projects. It’s called SFF Tere.

Four of the 28 approved SFF projects announced are SFF Tere projects, representing an investment of around $271,000.

‘Tere’ means ‘to be quick, swift or fast’.

MPI is also streamlining the application process for SFF Tere projects.

This aims to make it quicker and easier for people to apply for investment and speed up the decision-making process, while meeting the current application criteria for economic, social and environmental sustainability outcomes.

If successful, SFF Tere could be rolled out as a permanent initiative in the future.

“While SFF Tere projects are small in value and length, they can still make a very worthwhile contribution to both our rural communities and the primary industries as a whole,” says Mr Dunne.

Twenty-four projects from the main SFF funding round are due to begin from July 1 and the four SFF Tere projects are due to start early this year.

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■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Paradise on wheels

BY CONNOR LYSAGHT

W

hen people think of summer, a multitude of images and memories may spring to mind, such as holidays in the country, barbecues, playing sports on the beach and so forth.

Whatever the tone of summer memories, there’s one New Zealand icon that may or may not have crossed your mind – caravans.

Sounds Like Us, the new exhibition at Ashburton Museum, features model “radios” made by Weta Workshop to look like New Zealand icons.

One is designed to look like a classic kiwi caravan – rust included!

Whether you’re thinking of an old glorified tin can or a modern mobile wonderhome, it is safe to say that caravans definitely stand out as a highly recognisable piece of Kiwiana.

New holidays Modern caravans and the practice of caravanning have a history that goes back to the 1920s, when camping holidays by car were becoming popular.

Instead of taking the train to a well-known but mundane destination, people now wanted to take their car along new roads to enjoy holidays in out-of-the-way

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Caravans were the answer.

Before the 1950s, when caravan manufacturing started to pick up, people would build their own caravan, each one ending up being a unique reflection of the builder’s needs and wants.

One such example that still exists today, is the caravan of Richard Reichenbach, which he built for his honeymoon in 1937.

In 1944, the Annual Holidays Act allowed workers two weeks of annual leave.

When wartime petrol rationing finally ceased in 1950, car and caravan ownership soared.

This prompted an increase in caravan holidays, and led to the foundation of many local caravan clubs, including the Canterbury Caravan Club, founded in 1947.

The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA) was also established, in 1956.

Modern comforts As technology moved forward and regulations developed, caravans became more standardised, safe and functional.

Modern high end caravans began to include fully-fledged kitchens and bathrooms, large comfortable beds, air conditioning, solar power, and even flat screen televisions.

Compared to older caravans, you could argue that sleeping out in a caravan cannot be considered roughing it any more.

In a way, these developments may defeat some of the purpose of caravanning in the first place, since it is no longer necessary to cook over an open fire or engage as closely with nature when camping.

However, modern features also make buying a caravan an alluring option for a new purpose, living in one as a permanent, stationary home.

If the nomadic lifestyle isn’t for you, caravans can be set up as compact permanent homes.

A recent trend in home architecture called the tiny house movement shows that many people are eager and willing to live in small, compact, economical spaces, including caravans.

But primarily, caravans are built with holidaying in mind, and so are ubiquitous with summer holidays for many Kiwis.

So it is no surprise that Ashburton Museum will be host to a small caravan this summer, albeit a radio model of one.

To see this iconic “paradise on wheels” made by Weta Workshop, call in to the museum and ask about Sounds Like Us.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return — almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 — the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains, has erected in front of the Museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum.

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Blinkers work the oracle A change of gear made all the difference for promising three-yearold Hello It’s Me who stormed to victory in the Gr. 2 Stella Artois Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie yesterday.

Regular rider Cameron Lammas had recommended the addition of blinkers for the Darci Brahma filly after she finished a lacklustre sixth in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1500m) at her previous start.

This time there was no doubting her willingness to compete hard at the business end of the contest as she ran down race favourite Contessa Vanessa in the concluding stages of a truly run event.

“Last start she had 2000 metres, blinkered up, stamped all over her,” said Lammas.

“She had a lovely run today and just kept finding. She has had a bit of a setback with a bruised heel, so they’ve done an awe-

Hello Its Me gets home at Ellerslie. some job with her.”

Co-trainer Chris Gibbs admitted a heavy shower that struck Ellerslie twenty minutes prior to the race had also been a contributing factor in the filly’s success.

“Cameron has always had a

huge opinion of her as he has ridden her a few times now,” he said.

“She loved the ground, so I think the rain certainly helped.

“There’s always been the class there, but we did have a tiny concern whether she was ready for

the race, but the way she ran it out she was impressive.”

Gibbs also indicated further staying tests were on the programme for the filly who was a $28,000 purchase for Logan from the Seaton Park draft at the Select session of the 2016 National Yearling Sale.

“She’s in the Derby and the Oaks so we will take one of those paths,” he said.

“As you know Donna and Dean have always been huge believers of the fillies in the Derby.

“I don’t think anything has really stamped itself for the Derby yet and she has certainly shown today she wants more ground.

“She likes Ellerslie so we might be back.”

The prolonged shower that hit prior to the race saw a track downgrade from a Good 3 to a Dead 6 with most jockeys indicating that the footing had definitely been affected by the downpour. - NZME

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Hope stable takes out West Coast Bonus If you’d asked Greg or Nina Hope which of the hoard of horses they were taking to Westport was most likely to win the coveted West Coast Bonus, Asset Control wouldn’t have been the one at the top of their list.

Yet despite that, Greg Hope admitted to not being surprised that the up-and-coming pacer was crowned the best performed horse over the three days of racing on the Coast circuit after he held on for a narrow victory at Reefton on Saturday in the hands of the Hopes’ son, Ben. “He’s always been a nice horse,” Greg said.

“But his gait has been a major issue in the past with him and it’s taken a bit of work to get him to where he is right now.

“Dave Gaffaney (of Micky Gee fame) jogs a lot of our horses up for us, but he was working for us

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when this horse was in work last time and he said that he could see the improvement in him.

“Getting him pacing right has been the big reason for the improvement.”

After running second in the first race on the opening day of the circuit, Asset Control then won at Patterson Park on Thursday before peeling out of the one out one back spot to win on Saturday.

“He’s a really nice staying type; I actually think he could win a couple more races pretty easily.”

Half an hour prior to Asset Control’s victory, Midfrew Tarpediem – a nine-year-old having his 109th race day start – put his claim on the bonus when he won for the second time on the circuit for Carl Markham and his son Jeremy.

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Greg Hope won well on Tuesday before producing on fast-finishing effort for third behind Baileys Knight on Thursday.

Off the speed at Reefton he came home with a wet sail to cap a memorable week for junior driver, Jeremy, who claimed

three wins on the circuit and put Midfrew Tarpediem in front on the bonus leader board before Asset Control’s win.

Saturday’s feature, the Reefton Cup, was an equally as intriguing affair with no margin able to be found between Baileys Knight and Johnny Eyre.

After winning the race last year, Johnny Eyre had to settle for sharing the prize in the hands of Sam Ottley while Bailey’s Knight, who led all the way was valiant in his effort for Jack Harrington and Dexter Dunn.

The $2000 trainers prize was, unsurprisingly, won by Greg and Nina Hope who finished 20 points clear of Harrington and Kevin Townley while Dexter Dunn leap-frogged Ricky May, who went pointless on the final day, to win the drivers’ challenge prize of $2000.

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In brief Meeting abandoned Waikouaiti’s annual New Year’s Day meeting yesterdaywas over before it had barely begun. The first event was won by the Michael and Matthew Pitman-trained Pipiana and that was the end of the action. A subsequent track inspection was made and the decision was announced to abandon the fixture. “Clearly quite a few horses slipped on the turn, there was evidence of half a dozen slip marks,” stipendiary steward Mark Davidson said. “Not everybody will go home happy, but everybody will go home safe.”

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Chasing top targets Nigel Tiley is hot on a trail paved with Group One gold with his unbeaten filly Melt. With elite level goals in mind, the Pukekohe trainer will now ease up on the daughter of Iffraaj following her impressive victory in the Barneswood Farm Stakes at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. “She can have a little bit of a break and she’s not Karaka Million eligible so we’ll get her back for the Sistema here and then have a crack at the Sires,” Tiley said.

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Treble for Jones Mark Jones finished off 2017 in fine fashion, training and driving three winners in the wet at Winton. While training winners – and plenty of them – is nothing new for Jones, driving them kind of is. Yes, he’s a former World Champion with over 1400 wins in the bank as a reinsman, but he has virtually flagged that part of his career in the past few years.

“I’d be lucky to have three drives a season now,” said Jones, tongue firmly in cheek.

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Pitman team firing Pitman team firing on all cylinders The father and son training partnership of Michael and Matthew Pitman continued their red-hot run of late with a winning treble at Kurow on Saturday. Consistent Nowhere Man added to his impeccable form-line with victory in the second race on the day’s card while Queen Serene made up for some bad luck at her most recent start to secure her 4th career success later in the day.

However, it was the lightly raced Pinup Coup who really caught the eye as she stormed homefor her maiden success and set herself up for a possible Group One challenge later in the season.

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Central Otago harness Today at Omakau Raceway

Central Otago Trotting Club Inc Venue: Omakau Racecourse Meeting Date: 02 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.30pm SUPREME EQUINE FEEDS/ALEXANDRA NEWWORLD MBL PACE $8000, 4yo+ up to & including r55, up to r69 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 89074 Tubby Jim (1) fr ...............................N Munro 2 06006 Gerald (2) fr................................... B Wilmott 3 70x06 Caesar Rocks (3) fr .................. G Sinnamon 4 50500 Franco Caliph (4) fr ...................... R Sissons 5 70096 Live To Tell (5) fr ...............................S Blake 6 00087 Alexy (6) fr .........................................S Wigg 7 00786 Nerve Of Steel (7) fr .......................... W Low 8 45009 Russian Express (8) fr ......................A Edge 9 30980 Bettor Backim (21) fr .........................P Cook 10 45680 Red Under Fire (22) fr ...................... G Cook 11 40076 Pat Campbell (23) fr ..........................C Wigg 12 0x013 Sweet Loress (24) fr...................P Anderson 13 08531 Highview Illusion (25) fr .....................M Love 14 88038 Eja Patron (26) fr ........................ M Maynard 2 1.06pm DUNCAN AGRICULTURAL/OMAKAU AUTO CENTRE MBL TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. trot, mobile, 2000m 1 60x90 Dream Of Pat (1) fr.....................R McIlwrick 2 Horse Of Course (2) fr ............ M Williamson 3 00069 Still Eyre (3) fr ...................................R Allen 4 0x48 Fancy Woman (4) fr.......................B Orange 5 9 Be Bee Lass (5) fr .........................C Buchan

6 8 Tres Magnifique (6) fr ....................R Holmes 7 09089 Muscle Pat (7) fr .......................B Williamson 8 0P49x Katiki Lad (8) fr................................. D Dunn 9 879x8 Special Pat (21) fr ......................C Ferguson 10 666x Majestic Lavros (22) fr.....................M Jones 11 5902P Crusher Collins (23) fr ............. N Williamson 3 1.46 FLOORING XTRA/CRAIG & MARIE MCNEILL PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2600m 1 Trompeur (1) fr .........................B Williamson 2 000x7 Millwood Charity (2) fr ............... C Purvis (J) 3 43839 Days Of Redemption (3) fr ...... M Williamson 4 Hicori (4) fr ....................................... D Dunn 5 4058x Chromozone fr ............................. Scratched 6 75497 Handsome Mac (5) fr .....................H Hunter 7 380x7 Bring Back Buck (6) fr ...................... A Milne 8 3 Walk Like A Man (7) fr............. N Williamson 9 23293 Like Ya More (8) fr ................... L McCormick 10 Nadeen Franco (9) fr ............... C D Thornley 11 27230 Star Ruler (U1) fr........................R McIlwrick 4 2.21 BECKERS TRANSPORT/SAMUEL FENCING MOBILE PACE $9000, 4yo+, r43 with cond. +claimer mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2000m 1 029x4 Varenna (1) fr .......................S Tomlinson (J) 2 P4368 Passion Flower (2) fr ..................B Munro (J) 3 40869 Aveross Ferrari (3) fr ............A Fitzgerald (J) 4 84632 Hot Off The Press (4) fr ........M Anderson (J) 5 x7816 Despicable Me (5) fr .................. L McKay (J) 6 74960 Got A Beauty (6) fr ....................M Hurrell (J) 7 20604 Paddington Central (7) fr ............ D Keast (J)

8 x3470 Silver Dale (8) fr ........................ C Purvis (J) 9 0x508 Foo Fighter (21) fr .....................M Purvis (J) 5 2.56 SKEVINGTON CONTRACT/SOUTHERN WIDE MBL PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 P26 Broadway Banner (1) fr ..................H Hunter 2 36036 Tuapeka Trick (2) fr............................J Dunn 3 80x68 Capital Plan (3) fr .................... C R Thornley 4 09x08 Benz Buy (4) fr .......................... C Purvis (J) 5 25 Kiwis Are Flying (5) fr ....................R Holmes 6 3362 Direct Control (6) fr .......................B Orange 7 00x0 Katies Nightmare (7) fr ............ M Williamson 8 780x Firstjoy (8) fr ..................................... D Dunn 9 87x75 Bullys Princess (21) fr ................C Ferguson 10 7098x Matai Jetstar (22) fr .......................... A Milne 11 69754 Trendy’s Bad Girl fr....................... Scratched 12 900 For Regal (23) fr ...................... N Williamson 6 3.31 ALEXANDRA SUPER LIQUOR/MACCA LODGE HANDICAP TROT $10,000, r40 to r63 dtrot, stand, 2600m 1 05584 Playboy’s Brother (1) fr..................... D Dunn 2 9x033 Holdon Toyaspurs (2) fr ............. C Purvis (J) 3 0074x One Yankee Ginga (3) fr ................R Holmes 4 333x7 Armori (4) fr.................................... G McLay 5 0077x Bet’s Commando fr ...................... Scratched 6 89920 Cocktail Waiter (5) fr......................C Buchan 7 40992 Gorilla Playboy (U1) fr ....................C McKay 8 87x90 Och Aye The Noo (U2) fr............R McIlwrick 9 00900 Castleton Tui fr ............................. Scratched 10 19x00 One Over Da Stars (U3) fr ............B Orange

11 23175 She’s Allthe Craze (1) 10 ........ N Williamson 12 5P187 Dream Big (2) 10.............................. A Milne 13 24741 Jeddy R Ya Ready (3) 10 .........B Williamson 14 91x1 Too Cool (U1) 10 ........................... B Barclay 15 2099P The Dominator (U2) 10 ...................M Jones 7 4.06pm DUNEDIN CITY FORD/D COCKBURN CONTRACTING MBLPCE $12,000, 3yo+ r55 to r64 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 69055 One Direction (1) fr .........................M Jones 2 1x302 Simply Dreaming (2) fr ..................... D Dunn 3 2314P Gunpowder (3) fr .............................J W Cox 4 08x18 Selena Franco (4) fr ................ C D Thornley 5 13 Ana Malak (5) fr ............................B Orange 6 031 Allandale (6) fr............................R McIlwrick 7 92700 Mr Midnight (7) fr......................B Williamson 8 55766 Gypsy’s Choice (8) fr.........................J Dunn 9 23505 Clive (21) fr.............................. C R Thornley 10 x7150 Franco Exeter (22) fr .................. D Keast (J) 11 56102 Sweet Mary (23) fr .................. M Williamson 12 98410 Quite Ideal (24) fr .................... N Williamson 13 33144 Bontz (25) fr .................................. K Barclay 8 4.44 MCLARENS TRANSPORT/RD PETROLEUM TROTTING CUP $30,000, ffa pace, mobile, 2600m 1 353x8 Four Starzzz Shiraz (1) fr ........ N Williamson 2 0x261 Tiger Thompson (2) fr ............. M Williamson 3 7x834 Eamon Maguire (3) fr ......................J W Cox 4 20738 Robbie Burns (4) fr............................J Dunn 5 14342 Mongolian Hero (5) fr ....................B Orange 6 4x061 Raukapuka Ruler (6) fr..................... D Dunn

9 5.23 HOUSE OF TRAVEL/ANDREW MAY CONTRACTING FFA $12,000, ffa mob. trot, mobile, 2600m 1 43822 Alderbeck (1) fr ........................B Williamson 2 67331 Valmagne (2) fr ....................M Anderson (J) 3 28934 Father Christmas (3) fr .............P Williamson 4 x9845 Sheemon fr .................................. Scratched 5 6985D Pyramid Magic (4) fr.................. C Purvis (J) 6 7P034 Belles Son (5) fr ............................... D Dunn 7 42323 Monty Python (6) fr ................. M Williamson 8 10147 Jen Jaccka (7) fr...................... N Williamson 9 07121 Harriet Of Mot (21) fr .........................J Dunn 10 5.59 FULTON HOGAN/WEDDERBURN TAVERN MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r42 to r54 mobile, 2000m 1 77285 Senorita Margarita (1) fr .............R McIlwrick 2 07771 Kiel (2) fr ................................. L McCormick 3 90090 Iodean (3) fr ............................ C D Thornley 4 71480 Maidonthebeach (4) fr ............. M Williamson 5 76043 Living Legend (5) fr .......................... D Dunn 6 10797 Tiziano (6) fr ...................................H Hunter 7 52706 Westar Sam (7) fr .................M Anderson (J) 8 06886 Clifton Tactic (8) fr ...........................J W Cox 9 x608P Magnate Mara (21) fr ..........................G Lee 10 22105 Frankie Jones (22) fr .....................R Holmes 11 34500 Pay Me Jimmy (23) fr ..................B McLellan 12 80950 Sportscaster (U1) fr ......................B Orange LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Ashburton Guardian 17

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Temporale confirms top status Temporale completed his ascension to the top of the trotting mountain with a fine win in the Group 1 $100,000 Winger Motors National Trot at Alexandra Park on Sunday afternoon.

He knuckled down late to reel in the favourite Speeding Spur in the shadows of the post and in the process, earn himself a second open class Group 1 trot in 2017 after the

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Melton on January 27 the main focus.

“He’ll go to Cambridge this week for a run left-handed in the Flying Stakes ($30,000) and I’ll assess him after that.

“But I’m pretty sure that if everything is right with him we will be heading to Aussie.

“We’d be silly not to go with the race worth $300,000.”

- NZHN

Tony Herlihy

Wairarapa gallops Today at Tauherenikau Raceway

Wairarapa RC Venue: Tauherenikau Meeting Date: 02 6 Fictitious (2) 55.5 ..........................M Tanaka Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 7 6x9. Platinum Chanel (7) 55.5 ................R Myers 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 8 Shockalit (4) 55.5 .....................M Singh (a2) 1 12.12pm HITS 1000M $10,000, Rating 65 Bench- 3 1.22pm B & B CONTRACTING 1400M $11,000, Ratmark*, 1000m ing 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 x8940 Hugo The Boss td (2) 59 .................S Collett 1 x3018 Petite En Jeu td (6) 60.5 ..........M Singh (a2) 2 7x15 Castani (5) 58 ................................ J Parkes 2 014x8 On The Hill td (5) 59.5 ...................D Bradley 3 163. Pure Daze m (6) 57.5........................ T Allan 3 53962 Yemanya (2) 57.5 ................. S MacNab (a2) 4 8x729 Fascino Lass (7) 56.............. T Johnson (a2) 4 x1656 Steppenwolf d (1) 56 .......................S Collett 5 0100x Picnic Bay (3) 55.5 ........................M Tanaka 5 33302 Woodbine Ladd d (7) 54.5.... T Johnson (a2) 6 258x5 Katie’s So Kool d (1) 54.5.........M Singh (a2) 6 0x114 Maltese Ruby db (4) 54 ..........J Fawcett (a3) 7 77969 Floscee’s Gold d (4) 54 ......... H Andrew (a2) 7 670x9 Judith Kate th (3) 54.............. H Andrew (a2) 2 12.47 PUKEMANU BAR & EATERY MAIDEN 1400M 4 1.57 COTTER STEVENS MAIDEN 2050M $10,000, $10,000, MAIDEN 3YO, 1400m MAIDEN, 2050m 1 34 All In Mana (6) 57.5............... H Andrew (a2) 1 84526 Dal Kilchoan (5) 58.5 ........... T Johnson (a2) 2 4 Estimation (3) 57.5 ......................... J Parkes 2 07x60 Rock Rulz (4) 58.5 ............................ T Allan 3 All The Talk (1) 57.5 .......................... T Allan 3 8x702 Princess Pamme (3) 56.5................S Collett 4 85235 Craggy Range (5) 55.5 ...................S Collett 4 92773 Owned (6) 56.5 .............................. J Parkes 5 733 Aridity (8) 55.5 5 00x73 Stunning (1) 56.5 ..........................M Tanaka

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“We did get a nice run but he had to be good to win.

“I think Speeding Spur came to the end of it but my fella dug in and kept fighting.

“I was certainly very happy with him and where he is at.”

More than likely a trip to Australia now beckons for Herlihy and his stable star, with the rich A$300,000 Great Southern Star at

Rowe Cup earlier in the year.

The Tony Herlihy-trained and driven son of Monarchy must now be credited as the best trotter in the country after beating the existing benchmark, Speeding Spur, fairly and squarely in his last two races – both at Group level.

“It was a good effort to get up and beat Speeding Spur by my fella,” said Herlihy.

6 04 Weare Rocking (2) 56.5 ..................R Myers 7 38796 Irish Enchanter (8) 56.5 ...........M Singh (a2) 8 867 Go Roxy (7) 55 ...................... H Andrew (a2) 5 2.32 VALLEY PLUMBING MAIDEN 1000M $10,000, MAIDEN, 1000m 1 3 Rocco Bello b (5) 58.5 ...........J Fawcett (a3) 2 90x Taboo (13) 58.5 .................... S MacNab (a2) 3 Shanghai Noon (2) 58.5 ...........M Singh (a2) 4 Lincoln Star (10) 57.......................M Tanaka 5 Wallaceville (6) 57 .........................D Bradley 6 7x7 Nancees Gold (11) 56.5 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 7 Tudor Angel (7) 56.5 .............. J Bassett (a4) 8 48x9. Magico (9) 55 .................................... T Allan 9 7x0 Celtic Fire 55 ................................ Scratched 10 Francesca Kate (1) 55............... D Hirini (a1) 11 Naderca (8) 55 ................................R Myers 12 Thedevilwearsprada (12) 55 T Johnson (a2) 13 Vinnie’s Volley (3) 55 .......................S Collett 14 x888x Mighty Mouse (14) 56.5 ........ H Andrew (a2)

15 609 Glitzyrock (4) 55 Emergencies: Mighty Mouse, Glitzyrock 6 3.07pm JACKSON ST BAR MAIDEN 1300M $10,000, MAIDEN, 1300m 1 0x735 Sardeen (8) 58.5 ............................ J Parkes 2 0x6 Time Bearer (6) 58.5 ........... C O’Beirne (a3) 3 7x Botanical (5) 58.5 ...................J Fawcett (a3) 4 x8547 Van Halen (7) 57 .............................S Collett 5 9x23 Edwardian Lady (9) 56.5 .................R Myers 6 0x932 Miss Oahu (3) 56.5 .......................M Tanaka 7 379x5 Mystigan (4) 56.5 .................. H Andrew (a2) 8 0x634 Petite Midas (2) 56.5 .................. A Shin (a4) 9 7x0 Celtic Fire h (1) 55 ............... T Johnson (a2) 7 3.42pm WAIRARAPA TIMES AGE 1600M $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 33302 Woodbine Ladd (1) 59.5 2 54x03 Missy Moo t (4) 58 ......................... J Parkes 3 06x00 Napoleon (10) 58 ...................J Fawcett (a3) 4 x0523 Perfect Shock t (2) 57.5...................S Collett

5 x1644 Miss Doherty (11) 57 ......................R Myers 6 50028 Stumblin In dm (8) 57 ........... S MacNab (a2) 7 772x7 Cuzzie Charlie m (6) 57 ................D Bradley 8 x6703 Monie O’Ceirin (12) 56.5 ..........M Singh (a2) 9 109x0 Canny Magic d (9) 56.5........ T Johnson (a2) 10 15x85 Pathfinder (3) 56 ................. C O’Beirne (a3) 11 518x6 Rusty In Melbourne d (5) 56 .........M Tanaka 12 x0039 Xcessory (7) 54 Blinkers on: On The Hill (R3), Rock Rulz, Go Roxy (R4), Glitzyrock (R5), Celtic Fire (R6) Blinkers off: Craggy Range (R2) Winkers off: Katie’s So Kool (R1), Rock Rulz (R4), Celtic Fire (R6) SELECTIONS

20 8x00x Get Smart (15) 58.5 Emergencies: Eager Beaver, Monreith Moyra, Mastaplaza, Lucky Dreamer, El Torcido, Get Smart 8 5.13pm NEW WORLD TE PUKE 1300 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1300m 1 x307x It’s Ben Again (9) 61.................J Nason (a2) 2 4122x My Pride And Joy (13) 60 ..........M Coleman 3 x5403 Griffin b (3) 59 ...............................M McNab 4 21704 Impulsive Habit m (12) 59 ...............M Vance 5 14. Motivation (10) 58.5 ......................O Bosson 6 x8874 Amastar m (1) 57.5 ..................... D Johnson 7 31 Gothenburg (11) 57.5....................J Waddell 8 10 Grosvenor Bridge (2) 57 ............M Cameron 9 10. Asmahal m (8) 56.5.............................C Dell 10 35x84 Sound Works m (5) 56.5 ................ J Bayliss 11 809x8 Roc Me (6) 56.5 .............................. S Spratt 12 2150x Falkirk Lass mh (7) 56.................T Thornton 13 27517 Kittykittybangbang (4) 56 .......... M D Plessis 9 5.48pm GARTSHORE MAIDEN 1600 $10,000, 1600m 1 238 The Fame Game (10) 58.5.................M Hills 2 33x66 Ming’s Emperor (15) 58.5...........G Cooksley 3 9x Our Legacy (3) 58.5 ............................C Dell 4 x0007 Rebel Rebel h (5) 58.5 .............J Nason (a2) 5 52 Sacred Tonic (12) 57 .........................L Innes 6 35 Starrybeel (8) 57 ...........................M McNab 7 5 Roc Wheeler (6) 57 ....................M Cameron 8 Luckyismyname (16) 57 ................ R Norvall 9 x5326 Nightsong (17) 56.5 .................. M D Plessis 10 37 La Estrella (14) 56.5....................... J Bayliss 11 306x9 Shesallraaj h (7) 56.5 ...................... A Jones 12 43054 Boundary (11) 55 .......................M Coleman 13 3 Rondinella (4) 55............................V Colgan 14 66x97 Louisiana (13) 55 ............................ S Spratt 15 8x425 Chiquitita (1) 55 16 7 Mamba 55 .................................... Scratched 17 7x660 Amazing Banker (9) 57 18 48x60 Kariokka (2) 56.5 10 6.20pm ST PATRICK’S DAY RACES - 17 MARCH 1600 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m

1 24x1 Boomerang t (14) 59 .........................L Innes 2 0x506 Lucky Sweep td (13) 59 .................. S Spratt 3 0x1 Time Alone dh (10) 59 ...............M Coleman 4 21 True Enough (5) 59 .......................O Bosson 5 521x8 Autumn Wind (2) 58.5 ................ L Satherley 6 50556 Prodigal Son m (8) 58.5 ..............T Thornton 7 00x02 Lord Snow d (17) 58 ................. M D Plessis 8 9936x Notabadrooster tdm (11) 58 ............M Vance 9 4x521 Al Vandaam d (15) 57 ................. D Johnson 10 7x173 Poppy Star (12) 57 ........................M McNab 11 9x578 Sovereign Prince t (3) 57 ................A Collett 12 31x03 Raspberry Sweet tm (7) 56 ........D Prastiyou 13 7x572 Real Savvy d (1) 55.5 ........S Weatherley (a) 14 x7010 Fashion Sense (4) 55 ..................... J Bayliss 15 0x490 All Razzle Dazzle td (6) 55 16 3x752 Infinite Joy 58 ............................... Scratched 17 251 Aero De Paris (9) 57.5 18 x3373 Stacey Ann 55.5........................... Scratched 19 5x7x5 Southern Princess m (16) 56.5 Emergencies: All Razzle Dazzle, Infinite Joy, Aero De Paris, Stacey Ann, Southern Princess Blinkers on: Determination, Mastaplaza (R2), Riptyne, Chiquitita (R3), He’s Unforgettable, Master Sommelier (R5), Bullrush (R6), Mastaplaza, Lucky Dreamer (R7), Louisiana, Chiquitita (R9) Blinkers off: The Matrix (R2), Vinaros (R5), Notabadrooster, Sovereign Prince (R10) Winkers on: The Matrix (R2), Vinaros (R5), Fashion Sense (R10) Winkers off: Determination (R2), Bullrush (R6) SELECTIONS

9 64337 Black Eye Bill 17.68 ...............M K Dempsey 10 42863 Venetia 17.53 ............................... K Cassidy 9 6.42pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLAN JOYCE STAKES C1, 520m 1 36123 Goldstar Liberty 30.75 S &.............. B Evans 2 88677 Homebush Ellie 30.49 ............J T McInerney 3 43421 Gorm The Great nwtd .................D Kingston 4 87127 Mitcham Moody nwtd ................ A Bradshaw 5 41437 Eyrewell Lucy 31.14 ....................... H Cairns 6 52736 Know Other 31.21 ..........................G Cleeve 7 4153 Ming Ming nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw 8 36412 Dusky Brew nwtd S & ..................... B Evans 9 64247 Take By Storm 31.05................. A Bradshaw 10 41645 Goldstar Chief 30.85 S & ................ B Evans 10 6.59 ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 23841 Sozin’s Fortune 17.60 ............J T McInerney 2 64261 Snickerdoodle 17.48 ........................ B Dann 3 45326 Wong Answer 17.43 M & ..................Jopson 4 54543 Smash Damage 17.54 .................... M Grant 5 86224 Elora 17.37................................R Blackburn 6 82146 Kushka 17.69 H & ...............................Taylor 7 75442 Token Ace 17.26 ............................... J Rush 8 88252 Distinctive Miss 17.60 ......................A Joyce 9 64337 Black Eye Bill 17.68 ...............M K Dempsey 10 34364 Goldstar Dodge nwtd S & ............... B Evans 11 7.21pm THE TURF BAR STAKES C1, 520m 1 26664 Trendy Blake 30.99 ................J T McInerney 2 64341 Andrea’s Magic 30.62 ...................... B Dann 3 74442 Know Conclusion 30.82 .................G Cleeve 4 51665 Kelly’s My Name nwtd .................... H Cairns 5 45514 Extra Salsa nwtd S & ...................... B Evans

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Race 1: Pure Daze, Castani, Fascino Lass, Katie’s So Kool Race 2: Craggy Range, All In Mana, Aridity, Estimation Race 3: Steppenwolf, Yemanya, Maltese Ruby, Woodbine Ladd Race 4: Dal Kilchoan, Owned, Stunning, Weare Rocking Race 5: Francesca Kate, Rocco Bello, Wallaceville, Naderca Race 6: Edwardian Lady, Mystigan, Petite Midas, Sardeen Race 7: Perfect Shock, Missy Moo, Miss Doherty, Xcessory

Tauranga gallops Today at Tauranga Raceway

Racing Tauranga Venue: Tauranga Meeting Date: 2 Jan 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 12.58pm INTERISLANDER SUMMER FESTIVAL 2100 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 9x514 First Nephew (9) 59 .................... D Johnson 2 1x790 St Saturnin tdmh (3) 59 ...............T Thornton 3 106x7 Craftyeva (2) 57.5....................... L Satherley 4 16220 Lady Shabeel (1) 57.5...........H Marzuki (a3) 5 0x636 Zanyetta (5) 57 ...........................M Coleman 6 40626 Wilijonmcbride (7) 57 7 1x650 Soul Sensation m (6) 55.5 ..............A Collett 8 00798 Black Lace d (8) 55 ......................... S Spratt 9 x5073 Marshal d (4) 54.5 ..............S Weatherley (a) 2 1.37pm TAURANGA VETS MAIDEN 1300 $10,000, MDN, 1300m 1 9x2x0 Good Intentions (5) 58.5 .............T Thornton 2 8x0. Determination h (17) 58.5 ............... S Spratt 3 26x72 Come In Spinner (4) 57.................J Waddell 4 454x Eeny Meeny Miny Mo (15) 57 5 408x The Matrix (14) 57.......................T Abel (a4) 6 6x Van Diamond b (1) 57 ...................M McNab 7 Blanco Canyon 57 ........................ Scratched 8 Charlie Zulu (8) 57 .....................M Coleman 9 Sound Off (9) 57 10 04x28 Nuttee (7) 56.5 ............................C Lammas 11 4398x Feel The Breeze b (12) 56.5 ..... M D Plessis 12 Ivette (16) 56.5 ............................... J Bayliss 13 363. Insight (6) 55 ............................... D Johnson 14 5 Wild Child (11) 55 15 7 Eager Beaver 55 .......................... Scratched 16 9 Monreith Moyra (2) 56.5 17 7570 Mastaplaza (13) 57 18 060x0 Lucky Dreamer 56.5 ..................... Scratched 19 607x8 El Torcido (10) 57 20 8x00x Get Smart (3) 58.5 Emergencies: Eager Beaver, Monreith Moyra, Mastaplaza, Lucky Dreamer, El Torcido, Get Smart 3 2.12pm SAN PELLEGRINO MAIDEN 1600 $10,000,

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 02 Jan 2018 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 4.02pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 54675 Where’s Snoopy nwtd ............M K Dempsey 2 36638 Eyrewell Martin nwtd ...................... H Cairns 3 773 Boston Powers nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 4 6864 Smash Ocean nwtd......................... M Grant 5 43242 Dunk It nwtd ..................................... B Dann 6 7762 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................ B Evans 7 5 Jinja Cody nwtd......................J T McInerney 8 73826 Goldstar Power nwtd S & ................ B Evans 9 777 Dig Dig Dig nwtd M & ........................Jopson 10 85568 Half Pie nwtd S & ............................ B Evans 2 4.23pm HAPPY NEW YEAR DASH C1, 295m 1 72753 Poetik nwtd S & ............................... B Evans 2 16885 Unfounded 17.43 M & .......................Jopson 3 31 Oliver Black 17.51 .................... A Botherway 4 41373 Rockin’ Robyn nwtd......................... M Grant 5 77487 Terra Mondo 17.27 ..........................R Casey 6 44543 Tilt 17.39 ...................................... L Waretini 7 23425 Disclaimer nwtd.............................R Adcock 8 12824 Elodea 17.81 .............................R Blackburn 9 64337 Black Eye Bill 17.68 ...............M K Dempsey 10 72187 Europe Who 17.70 .................... A Bradshaw 3 4.50pm GLENBYRE TAVERN DASH C0, 295m 1 36F84 Sass ‘Em Up nwtd ..................... A Bradshaw 2 47348 Olliebollon nwtd................................ B Dann 3 48664 Homebush Razz nwtd ............J T McInerney

MAIDEN, 1600m 1 532x0 Deebee Perci (1) 58.5 ................G Cooksley 2 9x73 Bugs Moran (15) 58.5 ................D Prastiyou 3 057x0 Riptyne h (11) 58.5 .....................T Thornton 4 02 Master Painton (4) 57....................O Bosson 5 63 Sacred Party (17) 57 .........................L Innes 6 9 Double Jay Dee’z (6) 57...........J Nason (a2) 7 Jo Buck (12) 57 ..........................M Coleman 8 08x3 French Lover (7) 56.5 ...................... S Spratt 9 545x5 Don’t Lie To Me (2) 56.5 ..............C Lammas 10 600x Secret Embrace (3) 56.5 ............. D Johnson 11 794 Spectra (16) 55 ..........................M Cameron 12 6 Barzellar (13) 55 ............................ J Bayliss 13 47x60 Anahera Lass (14) 55 .....................A Collett 14 7 Special Light (10) 55 ......................V Colgan 15 8x425 Chiquitita (5) 55 16 7 Mamba 55 .................................... Scratched 17 7x660 Amazing Banker (8) 57 18 48x60 Kariokka (9) 56.5 Emergencies: Chiquitita, Mamba, Amazing Banker, Kariokka 4 2.47pm NEW WORLD MOUNT MAUNGANUI 1300 $11,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1300m 1 1980x Scrutinize (2) 59.5 .........................O Bosson 2 53477 Magic Of The Sun (1) 56.5 ..A Schwerin (a2) 3 11276 Descendant (5) 56 .....................M Coleman 4 02307 McCullum tm (3) 56.........................A Collett 5 240x8 Date Night (9) 54.5......................T Thornton 6 1559x Veearma m (6) 54.5 .................. M D Plessis 7 93151 Mongolian Beauty (8) 54 ............M Cameron 8 x5844 Beauty’s Rose d (7) 54................... J Bayliss 9 96311 Cascata (4) 54 ......................H Marzuki (a3) 5 3.22pm TASTE OF ASIA MOUNT MAUNGANUI MDN 2100 $10,000, MAIDEN, 2100m 1 6x472 Flash As (11) 58.5..............................M Hills 2 64662 Shockwave (5) 58.5 .................... D Johnson 3 x0903 Asylum Seeker (4) 58.5 ..................A Collett 4 0x264 Dear Douglas (3) 58.5................ L Satherley 5 05 Vinaros (12) 58.5 ............................ R Jones

6 80x79 Cape Ceilidh (1) 58.5 ..................... J Bayliss 7 0 He’s Unforgettable (6) 57 ...............V Colgan 8 0 Master Sommelier (10) 57 .........M Coleman 9 22x09 Stolen Night (7) 56.5 10 0x34 Anarchy (9) 56.5.................S Weatherley (a) 11 80. Express Call (8) 56.5 ..................T Thornton 12 80x80 Amelia (2) 56.5.........................J Nason (a2) 13 90x87 Princess El Jay (13) 56.5 .......... M D Plessis 6 3.57pm NEW WORLD SUMMER CUP $15,000, OPN HANDICAP, 1400m 1 28x42 Matimba dh (5) 60 ......................M Cameron 2 5x195 Bullrush d (3) 59.5.......................C Lammas 3 9381x Gentil Tonton m (7) 59.5 4 x7265 Our King Sway tdm (4) 59.5 ..............L Innes 5 52136 Grazia (6) 56.5 6 114. Te Akau Shark dm (8) 55.5 7 112x5 Calligraphy td (2) 54 ...........S Weatherley (a) 8 0x701 Elusive Meteor d (1) 54 ...............T Thornton 7 4.34 ROB PINNY RAY WHITE COMMERCIAL MAIDEN 1300 $10,000, MDN, 1300m 1 3 Keyser Soze (13) 58.5 2 Louis Fourteen (12) 58.5................. S Spratt 3 Disraeli (2) 58.5..............................V Colgan 4 0 Captain Risky (17) 57 .................... J Bayliss 5 Contraband (8) 57 .........................J Waddell 6 Lucky For Some (20) 57.....S Weatherley (a) 7 Poetic (10) 57 .............................M Cameron 8 02x Our McKay (19) 56.5 ................... D Johnson 9 39x34 Secret Dreams (3) 56.5.............. L Satherley 10 63x76 Regal Dancer (6) 56.5................M Coleman 11 64406 Lhotse (1) 56.5 ..............................M McNab 12 7 Mi Sky (14) 56.5 ..........................T Thornton 13 47 Magic Note (5) 55 .......................C Lammas 14 Langbein (11) 55 ....................... M D Plessis 15 7 Eager Beaver (7) 55 ........................A Collett 16 9 Monreith Moyra (16) 56.5 17 7570 Mastaplaza (18) 57 18 060x0 Lucky Dreamer (4) 56.5 .............A Sims (a3) 19 607x8 El Torcido (9) 57 -

Race 1: Zanyetta, Lady Shabeel, St Saturnin, First Nephew Race 2: Insight, Sound Off, Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, Feel The Breeze Race 3: Sacred Party, Bugs Moran, Don’t Lie To Me, Barzellar Race 4: Descendant, Date Night, Scrutinize, Mongolian Beauty Race 5: Shockwave, Stolen Night, Dear Douglas, Vinaros Race 6: Te Akau Shark, Bullrush, Matimba, Our King Sway Race 7: Keyser Soze, Louis Fourteen, Mi Sky, Regal Dancer Race 8: Griffin, Motivation, Gothenburg, Grosvenor Bridge Race 9: Rondinella, Boundary, The Fame Game, Sacred Tonic Race 10: Boomerang, Lucky Sweep, Raspberry Sweet, Real Savvy

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway

1 Bee With Ewe nwtd M &....................Jopson 4 85875 Goldstar Raven nwtd S & ................ B Evans 2 46855 Goldstar Oakley nwtd S & ............... B Evans 5 68652 Jinja Ninja nwtd M & .........................Jopson 3 45566 Homebush Pansy nwtd ..........J T McInerney 6 5x477 Kim’s My Name nwtd ..................... H Cairns 4 72766 Goldstar Tasman nwtd S &.............. B Evans 7 75453 Goldstar Alfie nwtd S & ................... B Evans 5 1 Jinja Mongo nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 8 8 Blue Sky nwtd H & ..............................Taylor 6 67743 Jingili Jill nwtd M & .............................. Smith 9 777 Dig Dig Dig nwtd M & ........................Jopson 7 67734 Lord Protector nwtd.......................... B Dann 10 85568 Half Pie nwtd S & ............................ B Evans 8 5 Culvie Chairman nwtd H & ..................Taylor 4 5.07pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C1, 295m 9 777 Dig Dig Dig nwtd M & ........................Jopson 1 5421 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.70 S & ............. B Evans 10 85568 Half Pie nwtd S & ............................ B Evans 2 43256 Verbena 17.52 .............................. K Cassidy 3 71112 Aussie Hoon 17.31 J &....................D Fahey 7 6.08pm CULVIE BOY’S SYNDICATE C0, 520m 1 Go Slick nwtd .................................. R Wales 4 82234 Hatfield 17.53 ............................R Blackburn 2 888 Loose Donald nwtd ................M K Dempsey 5 13674 Magma 17.60 ..................................R Casey 3 Go Bliss nwtd .................................. R Wales 6 14562 Know Approval 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 4 35434 It’s A Must nwtd J &.........................D Fahey 7 44453 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 5 724 Eyrewell Royce nwtd ...................... H Cairns 8 61657 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ........J T McInerney 6 2566 Torpedo Tuck nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 9 64337 Black Eye Bill 17.68 ...............M K Dempsey 7 Lucky James nwtd........................... R Wales 10 77154 Rion King 17.45 .............................. M Grant 8 25 Disobedience nwtd S & ................... B Evans 5 5.29pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES C0, 520m 9 Go Angel nwtd ................................R Wales 1 Go Belle nwtd..................................R Wales Go Ring nwtd .................................. R Wales 2 73523 Matariki nwtd ....................................A Joyce 10 3 54352 Know Equal nwtd ...........................G Cleeve 8 6.25 A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH.0800222583 4 41 Go All Lin nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw DASH C1, 295m 1 22423 Vasterbottenost 17.53 .........................A Lee 5 7532 Eyrewell Ebony nwtd ...................... H Cairns 2 46418 Kaytee Gibbs 17.51......................K M Grant 6 23 Token Vikkers nwtd ......................... R Wales 3 52646 Idol Star 17.50.................................R Wales 7 Go Show nwtd................................. R Wales 4 56317 Feral Whanau 17.95 .....................M A Butler 8 Go Ash nwtd ...................................R Wales 5 33212 Unverified nwtd ......................J T McInerney 9 Go Angel nwtd ................................R Wales 6 52274 Goldstar Bryton nwtd S &................ B Evans 10 7 Sefton Girl nwtd .............................. R Wales 6 5.45pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHNNY MCINERNEY 7 17687 Ohoka Pheobe 17.64 ................... L Waretini 8 55664 Tip The Babe 17.44.........................R Casey DASH C0, 295m

25422 Smash Calling 31.56 ....................... M Grant 55644 Goldstar Jagger 31.16 S & .............. B Evans 52F16 Magic Tracey nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 64247 Take By Storm 31.05................. A Bradshaw 41645 Goldstar Chief 30.85 S & ................ B Evans 12 7.41pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 13361 Jealous Much 17.67 ...............J T McInerney 2 28235 Rambo nwtd ..................................R Adcock 3 115x7 Ketchikan Blue 17.44 ........................J Dunn 4 87748 Leanne’s Way 17.81 M & ..................Jopson 5 15628 Know Darling 17.59........................G Cleeve 6 23687 Ester Action 17.52 S & .................... B Evans 7 32487 Sweet As Brad 17.41 ................R Blackburn 8 11358 Zephaniah 17.45 ....................... A Bradshaw 9 64337 Black Eye Bill 17.68 ...............M K Dempsey 10 42863 Venetia 17.53 ............................... K Cassidy SELECTIONS

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In brief

■ CRICKET

Spin twins in favour The Black Caps have selected two spin options in their ODI squad to face Pakistan in the opening two matches of the five-match series.

Allrounders Todd Astle and Mitchell Santner both feature in the 13 man squad, with Martin Guptill also returning to the side.

The opening match of the series is on January 6 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

George Worker and Neil Broom have been dropped from the squad that beat the West Indies 3-0 while Colin de Grandhomme remains unavailable after travelling to South Africa to attend his father’s funeral.

Selector Gavin Larsen said having both Astle and Santner gave the team options.

“Todd made the most of his opportunity against the West Indies and made a strong contribution with both bat and ball,” said Larsen.

“Mitchell has been one of our most consistent white ball bowlers for a long time now, as can be seen by him being ranked in the top 10 ODI bowlers in the world.

“Conditions will dictate whether they play in the same eleven, but it’s certainly not out of the question.”

Larsen said it it was good to have Guptill back, while acknowledging George Worker was unfortunate to miss out.

“Martin is a proven world class player, so we’re naturally thrilled to have him back in the mix.

“He and Colin have been strong for us at the top of the order.

“It’s tough on George missing out, but he’ll continue to push for selection and will get further opportunities down the road.”

- NZME

Todd Astle made the most of his opportunities against the Windies.

Aussies still not No. 1 Australia boast the leading test runscorer and wicket-taker of 2017 but the team’s quest for the No.1 ranking will continue beyond the upcoming tour of South Africa. Steve Smith last year added six more tons to the case he is building to be the nation’s best batsman since Don Bradman, while Nathan Lyon’s career-best form was also well rewarded in 2017, when he collected a world-best 63 scalps. Australia slipped to fifth on the ICC’s test rankings last year but are set to clamber over England and into third spot when the charts are updated after the Ashes.

- AAP

Stokes not a starter Ben Stokes is set to be replaced by Dawid Malan in England’s oneday international squad to face Australia. Stokes had been named earlier this month in England’s squad for the forthcoming series, even though he remains unavailable for international selection. Eoin Morgan’s white-ball specialists are set to fly to Australia imminently for a series which starts on January 14.

- PA

MCG pitch under fire

Black Caps squad: Kane Williamson (c) - Northern Districts Todd Astle - Canterbury Trent Boult - Northern Districts Doug Bracewell - Central Districts Lockie Ferguson - Auckland Martin Guptill - Auckland

Matt Henry - Canterbury Tom Latham - Canterbury Colin Munro - Auckland Henry Nicholls - Canterbury Mitchell Santner - Northern Districts Tim Southee - Northern Districts Ross Taylor - Central Districts

If Australia and England were still playing the fourth Ashes test on New Year’s Day, Steve Smith believes the lifeless MCG pitch would still play the same way it did on Boxing Day. The flat, slow wicket was widely criticised as an unfit stage for the storied Boxing Day test match and the Australian skipper joined the chorus of condemnation after the game ended in a draw. “I think it just needs to do something ... it hasn’t changed over five days and I’d say if we were playing for the next couple of days it wouldn’t change at all either,” Smith said.

MCC chief executive Stuart Fox conceded it had not performed to expectations.

- AAP

Cook’s stellar career should be applauded

By Andrew Alderson The sight of Alastair Cook anchoring England’s first innings in the fourth Ashes test against Australia was a welcome tonic.

Cook, as is customary with his seemingly non-existent sweat glands, barely raised a bead in his 244 not out.

That was the highest test score by a visiting batsman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and overtook the mantle – previously New Zealander Glenn Turner’s 223 not out at Kingston in 1972 – for the top score by a player carrying their bat through an innings.

However, the statistics mean little compared with Cook’s conduct in a 151-test career, of which the last 149 have been consecutive back to May 2006.

Cook’s measured nature, both in batting and personality, should be applauded. Not every cricketer need be a raving narcissist.

His defiance against the Australian attack was critiqued because he only found form after England lost the urn 3-0.

The fourth test might have been considered a dead rubber, but

Alastair Cook has replied to his critics in fine style. players still need to fight to avoid a 5-0 trouncing.

The beauty of Cook’s cricketing influence is that he has maintained interests outside the game, and kept uncompromising personal standards.

A UK Times newspaper interview from July 2017 was enlightening on how he operates both as

a cricketer and a person.

Cook loves nothing more than getting back to life on his Essex farm where he runs sheep, turkeys, cows, horses and chickens; the last book he’d read at the time was Mr Cool from the Mr Men series when putting his daughter to bed.

His ideal dinner party compan-

ions would be “three of my mates because I know I would have a good time”.

Cook’s favourite player growing up was fellow Essex batsman Graham Gooch, who became his mentor.

However, when asked if he had posters of celebrities on his childhood bedroom wall, he replied: “No. Just wallpaper.”

Cook would never be described as the most innovative captain, but appeared to glean a lot from New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum during the 2013 and 2015 test series.

McCullum also learned from Cook.

The Englishman scored 162 at Lord’s in the 2015 test which coincided with the end of the Kevin Pietersen non-selection saga.

The innings brought England back into a winning position, and was a blueprint on how to respond to a siege mentality.

“I’ve got a heck of a lot of respect for him,” McCullum said postmatch.

“He’s been going through a tough time, so to play the type of innings he did, when his team

were behind the eight-ball, showed steel.”

Neil Wagner summed up the prospect of bowling and trying to needle him during the 2013 series.

“The more you talk to Cooky, the better he plays. He has a good head.

“You just have to let him be. You might get him out when he relaxes sometimes being a bit overconfident.”

Cook was also capable of a droll sense of humour when facing the odd barrage from England’s media pack.

Ahead of the 2013 New Zealand test series after they had drawn with the same opponents earlier in the year, Cook was asked: “What annoys you?”

He looked the journalist in the eye and, with the corners of his mouth twitching, countered with: “Do you want me to be honest?”

It was met with a collective nervous chuckle. He eventually played it safe with a reference to “when you expect high standards and they aren’t met”.

Cricket would do well to celebrate more of those who meet Cook’s standards.

- NZME

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In brief Nadal in tens tourney World No.1 Rafael Nadal has agreed to make his injury return in the Tie Break Tens event in Melbourne as he prepares his quest for a second Australian Open tennis title. Nadal, who pulled out of the Brisbane International and Fast4 event in Sydney due to continuing knee concerns, will join Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Nick Kyrgios and Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt in the one-night, fast- format tournament on Wednesday, January 10. - AAP

Droughtbreaker for Bills Golf great Jack Nicklaus watched his grandson score a touchdown as the Buffalo Bills snapped the longest playoff drought in North American pro sports when they qualified for the NFL post-season yesterday. The Bills were last in the playoffs in 1999, but after 17 fruitless seasons they gave themselves a chance with a 22-16 win over the Miami Dolphins on the last day of the regular season. - AP

Yachts will hit 50 knots Petra Martic was first up on centre court at the ASB Classic.

■ TENNIS

Rain no issue for Martic Petra Martic is through to the second round at the ASB Classic in Auckland.

After her progression to the second round was halted by a 90-minute rain delay yesterday when just two points away from victory, Martic took just 41 seconds when play returned to finish off a first-round 7-6, 6-3 win over Marketa Vondrousova.

Martic will face either first seed Caroline Wozniacki or American Madison Brengle in the next round.

The 26-year-old Croat was just two points away from progressing to the second round of the ASB Classic when a sudden shower came down, ushering her and Czech opponent Marketa VThe first match at the ASB Classic was completed in quick time, with Taiwan’s Su-Wei Hsieh

trouncing Japan’s Nao Hibino 6-0 6-3.

Making her first appearance in Auckland since participating in qualifying in 2007, Hsieh had no trouble finding her early-season form on the outer court as Stanley Street.

Largely known for her doubles prowess, Hsieh was in control against Hibino, progressing through to the second round after just over an hour on court.

Meanwhile on her fifth visit to Auckland, Caroline Wozniacki has finally grabbed the top billing.

It’s obvious, from the huge billboards all around town displaying her giant photos, to the fact she was personally picked up from the airport (for the first time) by tournament director Karl Budge.

On every other visit, someone else has taken more of the limelight, even though Wozniacki is one of the most recognizable sports women on the planet, and has banked more than NZ$37 million across her career.

The Dane first came to Auckland in 2009 as an 18-year-old, coming off a year where she had won her first three WTA titles and had rocketed to No.12 in the world.

But the spotlight that year fell on Russian Elena Dementieva, a two time grand slam finalist who was also the reigning Olympic champion.

Wozniacki returned as top seed and a former World No.1 six years later, but much of the focus fell on the charismatic Venus Williams, who had captivated the crowds the year before.

Williams and Ana Ivanovic also took the attention in 2016, while the visit of Serena Williams overshadowed everyone else last year.

Now it’s finally Wozniacki’s time to shine, at the head of a field that lacks genuine depth beyond the first four or five seeds.

If she lifts the trophy for the first time in Auckland – and other results go the right way – the 27-year-old Dane could return to the summit of the sport, after being No.1 for 67 weeks in 2010 and 2011.

“It would be awesome, it would be amazing,” admitted Wozniacki of the prospect.

“But I’ve been there before so it is not something that I really have to achieve, if that makes sense.

But obviously I would be thrilled if I made it there.”

- NZME

■ BASKETBALL

Adams benched as Mavericks down Thunder As the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks traded blows in the final minutes of their NBA clash in Oklahoma City yesterday, Steven Adams could only sit and watch.

The Kiwi big man found himself off the floor for the best part of the final four minutes of the match, with coach Billy Donovan opting to field defensive-minded forward Jerami Grant to try to seal a close win.

However, a 13-point fourth quarter from Mavericks rookie point guard Dennis Smith Jr

proved to be the difference as he led his side to a 116-113 win – handing the Thunder their second straight loss.

Adams, who finished with 10 points and eight rebounds, took a back seat in the match to Russell Westbrook, who needed less than three quarters of the game to post his 12th triple-double of the season with 38 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists.

Points were free-flowing from both sides in the opening 12 minutes, as the Mavericks held a 35-32 lead after the first quarter.

The Thunder stayed hot in the second to take a six-point lead into half time.

The back and forth trend of the game didn’t change after the break as Dallas fought back to within a point with 12 minutes to play.

For the most part, the teams remained within one possession of each other, however the lead switched hands a number of times.

Westbrook was working the midrange game superbly in the final quarter, making Dallas pay

for hanging off him on his way to a 38-point outing on 17-28 shooting.

With the time winding down, a momentum-building play where Adams somehow tipped a wayward shot in looked as though it might have spurred the Thunder on to a win.

However, Smith Jr took it on himself to silence the home fans and lead Oklahoma City with a win, hitting clutch free throws and two huge three-point shots which proved enough to down he Thunder.

- NZME

An America’s Cup great is predicting the new boats for the 2021 event could break the 50-knot barrier. Australian Grant Simmer is the CEO of Britain’s Ben Ainslie Racing for the next campaign and expects even faster boats than last year’s regatta in Bermuda.

The highest speed recorded in an America’s Cup race is 47.57 knots

by Team New Zealand in the AC72s raced in 2013.

- NZME

Nike gets it all wrong Liverpool will demand an astronomical fee for Philippe Coutinho before they consider the sale of the Brazilian to Barcelona after the shirt manufacturers were guilty of an extraordinary marketing blunder. Barcelona’s presumption they will sign the playmaker in this transfer window was taken to extreme levels when Nike announced his imminent arrival at the Nou Camp. They displayed an advert on their official online store urging fans to purchase their Coutinho jersey for the remainder of this campaign.

- PA

Three-game ban Ashley Young will miss Manchester United’s next three matches after accepting a violent conduct charge, the Football Association has announced. Young was issued with the charge after appearing to elbow Dusan Tadic during the 0-0 draw with Southampton on Sunday. He has decided not to contest the charge. The 32-year-old wing-back will miss the New Year’s Day match at Everton plus home games with Derby (FA Cup) and Stoke.

- PA

Living in fear The Russian doping scandal could be deeper than realised with ‘thousands more cheats’ still to be exposed in the secret computer files obtained by the World Anti-Doping Agency from the corrupt Moscow laboratory. The lawyer representing whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov, who revealed the depth of institutionalised doping in Russia, says he has still not been contacted by FIFA even though his client has detailed knowledge of the doping programme of the Russian national football team.

- PA

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be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday and all public holidsays. From 5pm - 7pm all four evenings.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

FREE 24hr Health Advice.

Ashburton Rest Homes

RESOURCE RECOVERY PARKS

COLDSTREAM HOUSE, CAMERON COURTS and PRINCES COURT all have DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

Reservations & timetables, 24-hour service.

Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802.

The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm.

Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. closed on: Monday, January 1, 2018

Emergency Dentist

Art Gallery

HML Home care Medical Limited - Ring 0800 700 155 for DUTY DOCTORS

For all urgent medical calls phone 0800 700 155 at any time. IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

This service is for emergency medical care only. Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Ashburton Health First, 308 Havelock Streets will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. Consultations by appointment only – to make an appointment please phone 0800 700 155 Moore Street Medical Centre, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. Consultations by appointment only – to make an appointment please phone 0800 700 155 Sealy Street Medical Practice, will be the duty doctor for New Years Day (January 1). Clinics will be held from 1pm until 5pm. Please phone 308 1212 for an appointment from 9.30am onwards Monday morning.

Tinwald Medical Centre, will be the duty doctor for Tuesday, January 2 until 8am Wednesday. They will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 6565.

Methven & Rakaia Area

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

HELPLINE SERVICES Alcoholics Anonymous

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24 hr Rape and Sexual

Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

24 hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) Direct dials to a volunteer.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm outside of these hours leave a message.

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

For weekend and emergency services please phone 302 Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

8105 for details on how to access the after hours service Lifeline - Toll-Free: 0800 353 353. each weekend.

Pharmacies

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm - Wednesday: 10am – 7pm

Ashburton Museum

Bus Departures

ANIMAL SERVICES

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 - 24h/sce.

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open Daily: 10am – 4pm

Mid Canterbury Spca

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter - Contact -

EA Networks Centre - Pools

Veterinarians

20 River Terrace - Phone 03 308 4020 WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

Public Holidays 10am - 5pm.

Mail Closing Times

ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm

Information Centres

WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - 308 4432.

President 021 1356 969.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East St & Seafield Rd, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am 12 noon. Weekend and Christmas 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend and Christmas emergencies: Steve Williams.

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron St, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend and Christmas.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Dr, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

Weekend and Christmas 24-hour emergencies.

Vet Ent and Vet Life now operate a joint after-hours small

Methven - Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays 10am until animal emergency service. To use this service please phone 3pm. Phone 302-8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com your vet as usual.

Puzzles

www.guardianonline.co.nz Puzzles and horoscopes

Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

WordWheel

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): People may not immediately wrap their heads around what you’re doing if it’s something they’ve never seen. Show them gently. This is the price of being a trailblazer.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s not an acting job: You are just as enthusiastic over the success of others as your own. Maybe it’s because we’re all in this together. One person’s win is the sign of a rising tide that will carry all ships.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): While others seem perfectly satisfied with what’s happening, you sense there is something wrong with the system.

You’re correct. Something’s amiss. Get to the bottom of it.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Small things matter, but details can mislead. A single event will only tell part of the story. More of the story will be revealed in a pattern of events. All of the story is impossible to know.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The worthiest goals are anti-goals today. For instance, a goal not to do things that are going to embarrass you later, or not to spend time on things that won’t matter in the long run, will be a worthy goal indeed.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Because you calculate risk differently for yourself than you do for others, and because you’re protective by nature, you’ll take certain shortcuts alone that you wouldn’t lead others along.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You don’t always have to feel passionate to be effective. Though you may not feel like working, going out or spending time with a certain person, you’ll show up anyway, and good results will come.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Your willingness to submit yourself to a certain amount of social awkwardness in order to make a connection is admirable. And awkwardness will ensue!

So will the connection.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Because you see things how they are and do things the way they should be done, you’ll be admired and promoted. These abilities are rarely demonstrated and this is in your favour.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The problem is wrapped around an opportunity, and all you have to do is tear away at it a bit and you’ll get to the good stuff. In fact, this little nuisance could be the start of a huge enterprise.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You’ll have double the energy of yesterday, and it will show in all you do. If you walked a mile, you’ll now walk two. If you made a friend, you’ll make two more today.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There are two sides to the story, and you’ll benefit from hearing them both. Actually, there are many more than two sides, but if you listen to too many sides you’ll begin to get tired of this story.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian

CRAMPTON, Alison Rose – Peacefully at the Ashburton Hospital on December 31, 2017 in her 87th year. Dearly loved and cherished wife of Colin for 65 years, much loved mother of Frank. Loved sister and sister-in-law of the late Beverley and Alan Wilson, John and Val Fleming, the late Neil Fleming, Colin and Anne Fleming, the late David, and Allison Fleming, and loved sister-in-law of the late Rex and Marjorie Crampton, the late Geoffrey and Doris Crampton, and Anna Eathorne. Messages to the Crampton Family c/- PO Box 472 Ashburton. A service to celebrate Alison’s life is to be held at the Sinclair Centre, Park Street, Ashburton on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 1.30pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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CURRIE, Edna (formerly Hydes) (nee Petrie) – On December 24, 2017, peacefully at Terraceview Retirement Village, Ashburton.

Aged 97 years. Wife of the late Bill, and the late Percy Hydes.

Loved mother and mother-inlaw of Adrienne and Warwick Wooding, Lorraine and Robert Keeley, and Douglas and Judy Hydes. Loved Nan of her 10 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

Loved sister of Jim, Murray, Phyllis, Trevor, and Dennis, and the late Helen, Alison, Hazel and Doug. Messages to the Currie family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A private family interment will be followed by a Memorial Service at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on Wednesday January 3, 2018 commencing at 11am.

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PORTEOUS, Bruce Robert – Please note all late death On December 28, 2017, at Rakaia Huts, in his 78th notices or notices sent year. Dearly loved husband outside ordinary office hours of Karen, loved brother and must be emailed to: brother-in-law of Barry and Grace; twin brother of Bryon deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. and Joan; and the late Marie.

A much loved uncle of all To place a notice during his nieces and nephews.

Missed by Checky and Friend. office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 Messages may be addressed for more information to The Family of the late Bruce Porteous, c/- PO Box Any queries 39001, Christchurch 8545. please contact The Funeral Service for Bruce 0800 will be held in our AvonPark Chapel, corner Kerrs and ASHBURTON Pages Roads, Linwood, (0800-274-287) Christchurch, on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at 2pm.

PRENDERGAST, Lucy Ellen – Passed away peacefully on December 29, 2017 at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton. Aged 90 years.

Loved and cherished wife of the late Dominic. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Maria and Gary, Paul (deceased) and Marie, Gerard and Helen, Brendan (Jimmy), and the late Michael, Philip, Shane, and Mark. Much loved Nana of James, Kama, Karis, and Yasmin and loved great Nana of Lucy, and Piper.

Messages to the Prendergast family, c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Donations to St Vincent de Paul would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A Requiem Mass to celebrate the life of Lucy will be held at the Church of the Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton on Thursday January 4, 2018 commencing at 11am.

Followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Recitation of the Rosary will be at the Church Wednesday evening commencing at 7pm.

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6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Jamie’s Got Tentacles 3 0 7:35 Ben 10 3 0 7:50 Pokemon Sun And Moon 3 0 8:15 Sofia The First 3 0 8:35 The Lion Guard 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 I Didn’t Do It 3 0 11:20 Black-Ish 3 0 11:40 The Amazing Race 0 12:35 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:25 M Spy Kids 3 – Game Over 2003 Action. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Sylvester Stallone. 0 4pm Lightning Point Brandon and Zoey are closer than ever; when Amber suggests a house party to celebrate the newest couple in Lightning Point, everyone is excited, except Madison. 0 4:30 F Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 The Middle 0

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7pm Storage Wars PGR 3 7:30 The Great Australian Bake Off 0 8:35 Beneath New Zealand 3 9:35 Guiltology AO 10:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

11:15 American Crime AO Anne’s medical history is made public by an anonymous online poster in an effort to shame her; Taylor’s emotional state continues to deteriorate.

12:05 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:25 Mike And Molly PGR 0 11:50 Scandal AO 3 1:25 Home And Away 3 0 1:50 Infomercials 2:55 Army Wives 3 0 4:25 Significant Mother AO 3 0 4:45 Baby Daddy 3 5:05 Hope And Faith 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

12:05 Closedown

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BRAVO 10am Four Weddings USA 3 10:55 Masters Of Flip 3 11:50 Snapped PGR 3 12:45 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 1:40 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR 3 2:35 Killer Couples 3:35 Catfish 3 4:30 Four Weddings USA 5:30 Hoarders 3 6:30 Millionaire Matchmaker (Starting Today) 3 7:30 Botched By Nature PGR 3 8:30 Too Young To Marry PGR When Nick’s mother discovers the couple have been planning their wedding ceremony behind her back, it causes bad feeling between the future in-laws.

9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey To heal their fractured friendship, the women take a trip to Milan, Italy, with unfortunate consequences; in Jersey, Joe has a men’s night.

10:30 Intervention Canada AO 3 11:25 Snapped PGR 3 12:15 Infomercials 3

The Great Australian Bake Off, 7:30pm on Prime

THE BOX 6am Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:25 Jeopardy!

PG 6:50 Robot Wars PG 7:40 Doctor Who PGV 8:30 The Simpsons PG 8:55 SVU MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:40 Hawaii Five-0 MV 11:35 Jeopardy!

PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:25 Pawn Stars – Australia PG 12:50 Counting Cars PG 1:15 CSI – Miami MV 2pm Raw MV 5:15 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:40 Robot Wars PG 6:30 Counting Cars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 MacGyver M 9:30 Outsiders 16VLSC 10:30 SVU MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV

WEDNESDAY

12:20 Robot Wars PG 1:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:50 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 2:40 Pawn Stars PG 3:05 Supernatural 16VS 3:55 MacGyver M 4:45 Outsiders 16VLSC 5:35 Counting Cars PG

6am Infomercials 7am The Biggest Loser – Glory Days 3 7:55 Minute To Win It UK 3 8:50 American Ninja Warrior 3 (Part 1) 9:45 Entertainment Tonight 3 10:05 Infomercials 11:30 Family Feud Australia 3 Noon House Rules PGR 3 0 1pm M Lying To Be Perfect PGR 3 2010 Comedy Drama.

Poppy Montgomery, Adam Kaufman, Chelah Horsdal.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight 3:20 M Hating Alison Ashley 3 2005 Comedy Drama.

Delta Goodrem, Saskia Burmeister, Rachael Carpani. 0 5:25 Family Feud Australia 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

MAORI

11:20 The Blacklist AO 3 Red and Liz learn that Andras Halmi, a trusted advisor of The Director, has gone missing. 0 12:05 Infomercials

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 Ben 10 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 7:40 Duck Dodgers 8:05 Johnny Test 3 8:30 Henry Danger 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 3 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 Madam Secretary PGR 3 0 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 3:55 Jeopardy 4:20 Tennis – ASB Classic: Women’s Week (HLS) At the ASB Tennis Arena. 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:40 Don’t Think Twice MLC 2017 Comedy.

Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs. 8:10 The Standoff PGL 2016 Comedy.

Olivia Holt, Ryan McCartan.

9:40 The Morning After 16LS 2015 Romantic Comedy. Vanessa Evigan, Michelle Lombardo.

10:55 Infidelity In Suburbia MC 2017 Thriller. Sarah Butler, Marcus Rosner. 12:25 Don’t Think Twice MLC 2017 Comedy. Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs. 1:55 The Magnificent Seven MV 2016 Action Western. 4:05 The Standoff PGL 2016 Comedy.

5:35 A Sunday Kind Of Love M 2015 Drama. 7:05 Dear Diary, I Died MVC 2016 Thriller. The death of her sister inspires an actress to take on the role of her life, investigating who wanted her sister dead. 8:30 Sam MLSC 2015 Romantic Comedy. A New York City alpha male is magically transformed into a beautiful girl, falls in love, and learns what it means to be a woman.

10:15 Papa Hemingway In Cuba 16VLS 2015 Drama Biography.

7:45 The Last Exorcism 16V 2010 Horror. Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell. 9:10 Wedding Daze MLS 2006 Comedy.

Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher.

10:40 Valkyrie MVL 2008 Drama. Tom Cruise, Kenneth Brannagh.

12:40 The Illusionist MVS 2006 Drama. Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel.

2:30 Love Actually MLS 2003 Comedy. Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth.

4:45 Confessions Of A Shopaholic PGL 2009 Romantic Comedy. Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy.

6:30 Lord Of War 16VLS 2005 Crime. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke.

8:30 Scream 4 16VLC 2011 Horror. Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.

Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette.

10:25 Undercover Brother MVL 2002 Comedy.

Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Dave Chappelle.

11:50 Gran Torino 16VL 2009 Crime. Clint Eastwood.

CHOICE

6:30 Waiata Mai 3 6:40 Dora Matatoa 2 7am Te Mana Kuratahi 7:30 Pukana 7:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 Morena 9am Whanau Living 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Tradition On A Plate 3 10:30 The Big Sing 3 11am Kapa Haka Whanau 3 Noon Game Of Bros PGR 3 12:30 Find Me A Maori Bride PGR 3 1pm This Is Piki PGR 1:30 Kapa Haka Regionals 2016 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Waiata Mai 3 3:10 Dora Matatoa 2 3:30 Te Mana Kuratahi 4pm Pukana 3 4:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 4:30 Whanau Living 3 5pm Tagata Pasifika 5:30 Te 7pm Paepae 3 7:30 Whanau Kai 8pm Funny Whare PGR 3 Piripi Taylor teams up with Oriini Kaipara to take on Scotty Morrison and Harata Brown.

8:30 School Of Training 3 9pm Kairakau 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm The Political Game PGR 3 10:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Koroua 3 A series of conversations profiling some of the last remaining Maori male elders, focusing on the transition of Maori from before urbanisation to the present day.

Midnight Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Kings v Aces.

6:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Thunder v Hurricanes.

7am ICC Cricket 360 7:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – Second T20. 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Cricket – Super Smash (RPL) Canterbury Kings v Auckland Aces. Noon Cricket – International (RPL) Blackcaps v West Indies – Second T20.

3:30 Sky Sports News UK 4pm L Cricket – Super Smash Otago Volts v Northern Knights.

7:30 Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Kings v Aces.

8pm Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Firebirds v Volts.

8:30 Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – Second T20.

9pm Ice Hockey – NHL (RPL) Buffalo Sabres v New York Rangers.

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Tennis – Second Serve

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Fight Night 2am Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Kings v Aces.

2:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY – Second T20. 3am Tennis 12:05 Social Suicide 16VLSC 1:45 Lord Of War 16VLS 2005 2015 Drama. 1:35 The Crime. Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, – ASB Classic Women’s International Match Of The Directors – Jon Farveau PG Ethan Hawke. 3:45 People Day – Day Two, Day Session.

2:05 A Sunday Kind Of Love Interview – Bryan Cranston M 2015 Drama. 3:40 Dear 2016 Featurette. 4:35 Scream 4:30 Tennis – ASB Classic Women’s International Diary, I Died MVC 2016 Thriller. 4 16VLC 2011 Horror.

5:05 Sam MLSC 2015 Romantic Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Match Of The Day – Day Two, Comedy.

David Arquette.

Night Session.

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

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6am Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 7am Wild Transport 7:30 Love Nature – Secrets Of Wild Australia 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites 10am Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 10:30 Attenborough And The Giant Egg 11:30 Getaway Noon Treasures Decoded 1pm Martin Clunes – Islands Of Australia 2pm The Story Of Egypt 3pm Baby Animals 3:30 Love Nature – Tales From Zambia 4:30 Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped 5pm Better Homes And Gardens – Food 5:30 Cash Cowboys 6:30 Expedition Unknown

7:30 Restoration Man George helps a family restore 17th- and 18th-century barns bought from a local farmer.

They are restoration novices, and problems from the start put them at risk of financial ruin.

8:30 Building The Dream 9:30 Big House, Little House 10:30 Cash Cowboys 11:30 Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped Midnight Better Homes And Gardens – Food 12:30 Wild Transport 1am Expedition Unknown 2am Love Nature – Tales From Zambia 3am Getaway 3:30 Baby Animals 4am Restoration Man 5am Building The Dream

SKY SPORT 2 7am L Ice Hockey – NHL Buffalo Sabres v New York Rangers.

10am Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes.

1:30 Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Kings v Aces.

2pm Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers.

5pm Football – A-League (RPL) Western Sydney Wanderers FC v Melbourne City FC. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

7pm Football Shootout (HLS) 8pm Darts – World Championship (HLS) Day 15.

From Alexandra Palace, London.

8:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Thunder v Hurricanes.

From Spotless Stadium, Sydney.

9:05 L Cricket – Big Bash Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat.

From the MCG, Melbourne.

WEDNESDAY

1am Darts – World Championship (HLS) Day 15.

1:30 Football – A-League (RPL) Western Sydney Wanderers FC v Melbourne City FC. 3:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Stars v Heat.

4am Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Thunder v Hurricanes.

4:30 Cricket – Big Bash (HLS) Scorchers v Sixers.

5am The Cricket Show 5:30 ICC Cricket 360 2Jan18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 Taiwan Revealed – Green Savers PG 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Gold Rush. 10am Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 10:50 Garage Rehab PG Grapevine Automotive.

11:40 Web Of Lies M 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Mr and Mrs Fantastic.

1:20 Blood Relatives M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 What On Earth? PG 5:40 MythBusters PG Fireball Stun Gun. 6:35 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 7:30 Shark Tank PG 8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Dr Karl’s Outrageous Acts Of Science PG 10:15 Moonshiners M Mark Rogers – Last Of The Mountain Men. 11:05 Naked And Afraid M Fear the Unknown.

11:55 Blood Relatives M

WEDNESDAY

12:45 Murder Comes To Town M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Sport Freyja finally finishes After more than five days at sea, veteran NSW boat Freyja has crossed the Sydney to Hobart finish line on New Year’s Day, bringing to a close a dramatic race. The 11-metre wooden ketch, built in 1945 and one of the oldest yachts in the field, was the last to finish when it arrived in Hobart yesterday morning. Its time of five days and just over 19 hours was nearly four-times more than that of record-breaking line honours winner LDV Comanche. A race jury awarded LDV Comanche the win on Thursday after the supermaxi’s crew lodged a protest against rival Wild Oats XI.

Beal stars for Wizards Bradley Beal scored 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Washington Wizards to a 114-110 come-from-behind win over the Chicago Bulls yesterday. Beal scored 15 straight points for Washington in the fourth as the Wizards rallied from an eight-point deficit early in the period. He also had nine rebounds and tied a career high with nine assists. Nikola Mirotic scored 21 points to lead Chicago, who had won 10 of their previous 12. Kris Dunn had 19 points and 11 assists.

The battles between Hampstead and Hampstead/Collegians were always entertaining affairs this year.

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Future looks bright

BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

It was a successful year on the turf for Mid Canterbury’s senior hockey teams, while the junior teams showed there is plenty of potential out there for the future.

All three of the division one senior teams found themselves playing finals hockey this year, with Wakanui securing the plate in the men’s division one through a shootout against Northern Hearts.

Hampstead were less fortunate in their women’s championship final against seasonlong rivals Timaru Girls’ High School via a shootout.

It was sweet revenge for Girls’ High after Hampstead had beaten them via a tense shootout to book their place straight in the final only two weeks earlier.

Their sister side knew they had not picked up the plate in their final at the end of the match, going down 4-3 in a high

Stokes missing from ODI side P18

scoring match against Craighead.

There was plenty of talent on show from the future hockey players in Mid Canterbury at both the Hatch and Collier tournaments.

Mid Canterbury hockey umpires also made a big impression at their tournaments, with all five who travelled refereeing top 10 games, with three a gold medal and one a bronze medal match.

It was also a special occasion

for the Wakanui hockey community, with the launching of the Wakanui Hockey Club history book.

The book took a look back over the successful history, including their success in the Walker and Hall Shield.

Mid Canterbury Hockey also had a busy time during the high school winter tournament week, hosting the South Island mixed tournament, which saw the hockey turf in use 12 hours a day for the entire week.

T20 prep fine for test Ashton Agar’s brief stint in cricket’s shortest form is the ideal preparation for an Ashes test, according to the recalled off-spinner. While traditionalists have long lamented Australia’s summer calendar – which sees the Twenty20 Big Bash take domestic preference during the second half of the test season – Agar can see an upside. Agar has played just one game with the red ball since his last test against Bangladesh four months ago, after he broke his finger in a subsequent one-dayer in India.

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