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Suspicious car outside school BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

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Parents and schools are being vigilant after a vehicle was seen parked outside Longbeach School, allegedly taking photographs. Principal Neil Simons said through the school’s Facebook page he had been made aware of an unknown vehicle that had been parked at the far end of the school field, allegedly taking photographs. The car had been spotted on multiple days, and police were notified and have

looked in to the matter, but were unable to locate the vehicle. Simons said he has notified other schools of the incident, and that police were happy with the measures they have put in place to deal with the issue, and that they were available to help with students if necessary. “Also, today I have been posted out in the carpark for all of morning tea and lunch. I did manage to photograph one car that fitted the description and have had that car ruled out by the students who saw the car yesterday,” Simons said on Facebook.

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“We will continue to remain vigilant to try to obtain more information and hopefully resolve this matter.” A police spokesperson said while that there has been no indication of a suspicious approach in this instance, police encourage people to have conversations with children about what to do if they feel unsafe. “We encourage families to have discussions around behaviours or actions that make children feel uncomfortable, rather than concentrating on the types of people that would harm them,” the spokesperson said.

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■ CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

■ WARMER HOMES

Frank turns off the lights

Insulation subsidies go begging

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For more than a decade, Methven man Frank Sandys has brought joy to the faces of both young and old people from around his township and further afield through his annual Christmas lights display. But this year, Sandys has officially pulled the plug and won’t be opening up his property for hundreds of people to enjoy a little Christmas spirit through the sights and sounds his years of collecting have provided. And he’s pretty gutted about it too. “It’s a tough decision, but I think I might have went too big last year and it took its toll,” he said. “I’ve also had a knee operation and getting up and down the ladder is a bit trickier than what it once was too, so I haven’t got many options really. “I have enjoyed doing it for so long, but it’s time to pass it on I think.” Sandys originally started his Christmas displays when living at Rose Cottage 11 years ago. He would then light up Lochhead Crescent every year until he moved out to his current residence near the Methven Golf Course where he took things to the next level in terms of his displays. It was there that he opened up to the public and every year

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Franks Sandys will not be having his Christmas lights display this year. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

hundreds would flock through his gate to take in everything he’d put together. Sandys never asked for money for his efforts, instead he asked for a donation to go to the local Methven Fire Brigade, something visitors were always more than willing to do. “I’ve had some incredible people come through and check it

out each year and it has been a real pleasure. “There’s some pretty mixed feelings there to be honest,” he said. But he’s also hoping that he can still give to the Methven community despite not displaying anything this year too. “I’ve got all this stuff, pretty much anything you can think of

and it’s all for sale at a bargain price. “I’d love to see it stay in the Methven community and allow people to keep enjoying it, but it’s all there to go.” Sandys said if anyone was interested in purchasing any of the lights or displays he has they could contact him on 027 2119115.

■ BEVERAGE REWARDS

Beverage rewards for designated drivers By Sue NewMaN

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If you’re nominated as designated driver for your mates during a night on the town, Coca-Cola has made alcohol abstinence a little less painful. For the third year the beverage company is running its reward

programme for the unsung heroes who look after their mates during the festive season, by giving them three free non-alcoholic drinks from the Coca-Cola range. And in Ashburton there are plenty of opportunities to claim that reward with Cleavers Corner, the Devon Tavern, Speights

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Ale House and The Phat Duck all signed on. They join almost 400 bars and restaurants around New Zealand who are participating in the scheme. To participate in the programme, designated drivers need to text ‘driver’ to 345. They will re-

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ceive three mobile coupons that can be used to redeem their complimentary Coca-Cola beverages at participating bars. Beverages can be claimed by showing your phone to the bar person who activates the coupon. Each coupon can only be used once.

Up to 92 per cent of the cost of insulating homes in the Ashburton District could be covered through a scheme promoted by the Community Energy Action group. Its chief executive, Caroline Shone, was in Ashburton on Thursday pushing the warmer homes message, and said she believed too many people eligible for financial help with insulation were missing out. A 92 per cent subsidy is available until June next year to people who live in the home they own, providing that house was built before 2008 and providing its owners were either community services card holders or who qualified as on a lower income or living in a low decile area. The news for those people would get even better next year, Shone said, with heating subsidies set to come in from the middle of the year. Her organisation works across Canterbury with home owners to improve home insulation and home heating. The organisation also runs New Zealand’s largest curtain bank, offers independent energy advice and offers home energy checks. Last year alone the group helped 900 people with curtains, Shone said. Community Energy Action also worked with Environment Canterbury on its clean air programme to help people who could not afford to replace their log burners, she said. Education was key in ensuring people understood how to keep their homes warm and dry, Shone said. Insulation and efficient heating aside, some of the steps that could be taken to keep homes dry were as simple as ensuring windows were open for 20 minutes every day.

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■ SKYDIVING ATTEMPT

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

Steve Gregor will be attempting to do this 100 times today, assuming the cloud stays away. PHOTO SUPPLIED he said. All eyes will be on the sky, with any cloud below 2500 feet likely to put a stop to the event. “We can’t fly or jump if the cloud is that low so that would end it,” he said. “The easiest thing to do would

be to get a bunch of mates together and do it, and then tell people we’ve broken the record, but we wouldn’t raise any money that way. “The issue is now that we have had so much attention on what we are doing that if it goes wrong

or we don’t do it everybody is going to know about it.” The current New Zealand record was set in 1999, and Gregor said he is not surprised it has not been broken since then. “It is almost logistically impossible, there are so many cogs that have to go together,” he said. “We have 40-plus people here and every one of them has had to take time of work and is volunteering their time to be here.” While you might expect most people to want to take a break after doing one activity 100 times in one day, especially one like skydiving, Gregor says he cannot wait to get back to “normal skydiving”. “This has really felt like a chore training for this, so I am really looking forward to getting back to normal skydiving.” All the information about the record attempt is available on the website www.hundredjumpproject.co.nz, where the donation link can be found. “We are going to have a spectator area set up and I really hope people from Ashburton come down and see what is going on because we are going to be making a fair bit of noise,” he said. “There is a bit of a buzz around town and I am really grateful for the local support I have received.”

■ HEALTH

Nurse stabbed at Chch’s Hillmorton Hospital A nurse has been stabbed at a Christchurch hospital just days after another nurse had boiling water poured over her at the same facility. In the latest incident, a nurse at Hillmorton Hospital has been stabbed in the leg. A Canterbury District Health Board spokeswoman confirmed the incident happened yester-

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Aiming for 100 jumps When you read this story, chances are skydiver Steve Gregor will either be jumping out of an aeroplane, or rueing cloud that could ruin his shot at a New Zealand record and an even bigger fundraising total. Today Gregor will attempt to complete 100 skydives, all in the aim of raising money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, making his first jump at 5.20am, with hopes the last jump will be completed by 9.15pm. “We have come so far the only thing that can go wrong now is the weather,” he said. “I have been training for this as a second full time job for the past year and it would be a shame for it to be called off as we don’t have a back-up date.” Gregor will use two planes, four pilots, six parachutes and more than 40 support staff on the ground to help him out with his attempt. The support crew includes everybody from a nutritionist to the Australian record holder Jules McConnel who completed 150 jumps in a day. “She has flown over specifically to help out on the day and she has been a massive help as she is just about the only person who has also been through this,”

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day and is due to release details about the incident shortly. A police spokeswoman said officers were called to the incident about 12.30pm. A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged with injuring with intent to injure. He is due to appear in the Christchurch District Court today. It is not yet known how serious

the nurse’s injuries are. It is understood the incident happened at the hospital’s mental health unit. It is the same unit a nurse was working in when she had boiling water poured over her by a patient almost a week ago. She suffered second-degree burns to the left side of her chest, shoulder and arm. The Florence Smith nursing

Facebook page posted graphic photos of the burns and said the nurse was writing notes in the nurses station when the boiling water was thrown at her, causing second-degree burns and “future scarring, not to mention emotional trauma”. “When questioned why, the patient shrugged their shoulders,” the post said. - NZME

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Youth Council A recruitment drive is under way for Ashburton’s Youth Council. The voice for the district’s young people works under the umbrella of the Ashburton District Council and it allows young people to have a role in decision making. The council also assists in and coordinates a number of community events. Members work alongside council staff and elected member and act as the consultative link between young people and the council. Applications are sought from people between the ages of 15 and 24 and close December 21.

Travel pay rise Travelling on council business will now be a little bit less painful at the pump for Ashburton’s district councillors as their vehicle kilometre allowances have just been increased. The Remuneration Authority has bumped up councillor kilometre rates to match the Inland Revenue’s schedule for self-employed people and employees and in many cases that means they’ll be getting an increase of three cents a kilometre. Councillors will now receive an allowance of 76 cents a kilometre for both petrol and diesel vehicles for the first 14,000 of eligible travel and 26 cents per kilometre after that. For petrol hybrid vehicles after 14,000 is travelled, the subsidy drops to 18 cents and for electric vehicles to nine cents.

National surges ahead National has rebounded from the Jami-Lee Ross saga to 46 per cent, up four points, in the last 1 News Colmar Brunton poll for the year. Labour has slipped two points to 43 per cent. The Greens are down two to 5 per cent, New Zealand First is down 1 to 4 per cent and Act registers 1 per cent, from zero in the October poll. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has slipped as preferred Prime Minister from 42 per cent to 39 per cent. - NZME

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■ FRIENDSHIP CLUB

Reminiscing about the good old days BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Some of Ashburton’s oldest residents got the chance to catch up and reminisce about the good old days last Friday at the Mid Canterbury combined Friendship Club’s function for over 90s. Twenty members attended the event, and were joined by the national chairman Graeme Pierson and South Island President Paulette Lawrence. “We started doing these events in Christchurch last year and have also held them in Timaru as well as here,” Lawrence said. “It is just to show appreciation to the older members of the group as a lot of them are founding members and many of them don’t get out often and this is good entertainment.” The afternoon comprised of a nostalgia session about the 1920s and 1930s, followed by afternoon tea and a carol sing-along. Lawrence said that the Friendship Club is a great way for people of retirement age to keep doing activities, or even meet people if they have moved in to a new area. “We have meetings and monthly outings and plenty of side groups for a variety of activities,” she said.

Graeme Pierson (from left) and Paulette Lawrence with attendees of the Friendship Club’s over 90s function. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 301118-JPM-0103

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Local farmers chip in to help improve water quality Water quality in Hinds Plains streams has been given a helping hand thanks to the work of landowners and scientists from the University of Canterbury. Over the past four years, three local projects received close to $70,000 in Immediate Steps funding from the Ashburton Water Zone Committee to help address aquatic weed, sediment, and nutrient management issues. This work is being led by the University of Canterbury’s Waterway Rehabilitation Experiment (CAREX) which helps find practical ways to improve waterway health. At Warren Harris’ Coldstream farm woodchip-filled trenches known as denitrifying bioreactors were installed in the ground beside the waterway to help remove nitrates. Recent results show an average 10% reduction in nitrate levels. Environment Canterbury staff have also been working with farmers in the zone to help develop and implement plans to reduce their impact on the environment.

The Ashburton Water Zone Committee is a community led committee supported by councils.

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Since the CAREX project kicked off in 2014 more than 17,000 locally-sourced native plants have been planted along agricultural waterways in Canterbury. Community planting days and school have also been undertaken in the Ashburton zone.

Right: Harris farm planting 2 years on.

Improving the health of local waterways is a priority for the Ashburton Water Zone Committee - if you have a project that needs support visit ecan.govt.nz/biodiversity.

Image credit CAREX, University of Canterbury

Below: Installing denitrifying bioreactor at Harris farm 2015

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■ KIRSTY BENTLEY CASE

DNA could crack open case

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wenty years since murdered Ashburton schoolgirl Kirsty Marianne Bentley went missing while walking her dog, it remains one of New Zealand’s highest-profile murder mysteries. It still fascinates, chills and divides Mid Cantabrians. Locals are quick to offer a theory or toss out a name of a likely suspect. In the late 90s, genetic crime solving was in its infancy. But now, Detective Inspector Greg Murton believes that advances in modern DNA testing techniques could crack open the case. The dog leash found around the dog’s neck — tying her to a tree at the Ashburton riverbank 50km away from where Kirsty’s body was later found — along with underwear found nearby will be included in new tests to be carried out by scientists at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand’s Crown Research Institute, in Auckland. “The case is still open and being investigated,” Murton told the Herald on Sunday. “With the new forensic testing we are hopeful to get the right result for the family even after all these years. There have been other cases recently where murders that are 20 years old have been solved through DNA or other reasons, so we’re forever hopeful.” DNA profiling — a process of identifying a specific pattern of DNA from a person or sample of bodily tissue — has revolutionised forensic science and global crime investigation. In New Zealand, there have been several high-profile examples where DNA has nailed criminals decades after they thought they were scot-free. In 1995, in a joint project involving police and ESR, New Zealand created the National DNA Profile Databank. It involved the collection of DNA profiles from convicted offenders and volunteers onto a central database that is matched against DNA profiles obtained

A tarpaulin covers a track in the area where the body of Kirsty Bentley was found.

Kirsty Bentley from unsolved crimes in an attempt to “identify any individual that could be linked to an offence through biological material left at the crime scene”. Testing has advanced since and the new techniques will be applied to the evidence from Operation Kirsty. In 2002, Jules Mikus was jailed for life after DNA evidence linked him to the savage rape and murder of Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack 15 years earlier. It was also the downfall of Jarrod Allan Mangels. After a drunken Nelson night out in 2003, Mangels was asked to give a blood sample. His DNA was later found to match the DNA found on nail clippings from Maureen McKinnel who was strangled at her Arrowtown

home on Boxing Day 1987 and dumped naked over the Arrow River Bridge. Murton, who took charge of the unsolved crime file case in 2014, is hopeful for some test results by the end of the year. But he cautioned that final answers still may be some way off — if they are ever found. “It’s such a fine level of testing. [ESR] have to interpret those results and then look at where we go from there,” he says. “More sensitive testing methods are great but at the end of the day we still need a suspect to test this against.” Over the years, hundreds of local men have been spoken to by police during Operation Kirsty, including her brother John and ex-Royal Navy sailor father Sid,

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Detective Inspector Greg Murton hopes DNA will provide new leads in the investigation of the Kirsty Bentley murder. PHOTO NZ HERALD

whose movements on New Year’s Eve were vague, and whose story later changed. Both said police treated them as suspects and vehemently

denied any involvement, with Sid doing so right up to his death in June 2015, aged 64. One theory doing the rounds was that John had killed his sister and that his father helped him dump the body. He has said detectives appeared to think he was jealous of his sister because she had a boyfriend. In March last year, Murton confirmed he was looking at double Ashburton Work and Income killer Russell Tully as a possible suspect. The former local diesel mechanic was ruled out after Murton quizzed him behind bars and came away satisfied with his alibi. Kirsty’s mother Jill Peachy is kept up-to-date on the case by Murton. She’s aware of the new DNA testing and that it’s helped catch killers years down the line. But she long ago ceased holding her breath. “If it’s going to be, it will,” she told the Herald on Sunday. “I just hope the killer is sweating that one day they will be caught. “I don’t have a face to hate, nor a reason to assess the ‘why?’ One day 20 years ago, I waved a happy bye-bye to my girl and then she was gone. There’s been nothing to show me what happened.” - NZME

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Celebrating Diwali

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iwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals. It marks the return of Lord Rama (the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu) along with Sita (his wife) and Lakshman (Rama’s brother) from 14 years of exile after a long war and conquering the demon king Ravana. Diwali is already mentioned in Sanskrit texts which were completed in the second half of the 1st millennium CE. To celebrate this the people light their houses with earthen lamps called diyas, lights, candles, firecrackers and also make lots of sweets and delicious food.

There are many historical and mythical reasons for celebrating Diwali such as goddess Laxami’s birthday, Vishnu’s rescue of Laxami, Krishna killing Narakaasur, the return of the Pandavs, the victory of Rama, special day for Arya Samaj and the Sikhs. In each of the above legends lies the significance of the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance The Ashburton Indian Multicultural Charitable Trust has been celebrating Diwali for the past nine years, and more and more people are becoming aware of this event.

When you move to a new area there are lots of adjustments to make, when you move from another country there are even more. Recently Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury, in partnership with Volunteering New Zealand and supported by Ashburton District Council Welcoming Communities and Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network, held two workshops for new migrants on volunteering. These informative and informal workshops are a new programme that Volunteering New Zealand is offering around the country. The workshops, held at Hotel Ashburton, were the first South Island ones. Ross Patel from Volunteering New Zealand has designed workshops to engage new migrants in volunteering in their area. The workshops were facilitated by Ross and Mid Canterbury Co-ordinator of Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury, Dellwyn Moylan. Moving into a new area can be lonely and volunteering is a great way to make new friends and make connections. One part of the workshop asked participants to share their needs as a migrant moving into a new community and what helped them settle in and what were the challenges. One thought that came through strongly was about making friends and connecting, so volunteering can help address this. An interesting part of the workshop involved the migrants sharing about volunteering in their home country, what volunteering is and what is it called in their home country. A key part of the workshop was about the benefits and motivation for volunteering. The benefits and motivations not only apply to new migrants but anyone. There are three key areas – vol-

New migrants attend a recent workshop on volunteering.

unteering is about giving back, meeting people and experience. New migrants would find these areas all help them as they settle into a new country. If you move to somewhere where you only know a few people it can be daunting to get out mix with others and form relationships. Volunteering can help with this as you work with and alongside other people you get to know others and so friendships can form. As part of the workshop, all those present listed some of their skills, and what an amazing and diverse array of skills and talents. You may enjoy cooking but not think about volunteering to cook at somewhere like Age Concern, you might have talents as a painter and decorator but not realise Plunket needs someone for a oneoff painting project, you might like spending time with others just doing ordinary everyday activities so volunteering to an IHC friend volunteer gives you an opportunity to do just that. Volunteering can be a way you use your experience alongside your employment or as you look for employment. When someone volunteers

they give to others, they give to their community and they give to themselves. Most people get as much out of volunteering as those they volunteer to help. From conversations I have had with new migrants many are pleased to do things for their new home community. We were fortunate to hear from seven local organisations that were looking for volunteers – Civil Defence, Fire and Emergency, Canispire, Guiding New Zealand, Plunket, Town Watch and Ashburton Art Gallery. These organisations shared with the new migrants about the rewards, benefits and opportunities of volunteering with their organisations. Since the workshop we have had some of the new migrants sign up and we are thrilled that they have decided to volunteer. If you would like to find out about volunteering opportunities in the Ashburton District contact Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury, Mid Canterbury Co-ordinator Dellwyn Moylan, Community House Mid Canterbury, 44 Cass Street Ashburton, ph (03) 3081237, email volmidcant@gmail.com

Foot, fist, way – more commonly known as tae kwon-do Tae kwon-do is the Korean martial art that originated as Tae Kyon over 1300 years ago during the Silla Dynasty in Korea. Tae Kyon was taught and practiced among the youths of the Hwarang-Do, who were handpicked to be trained as military leaders of the Silla, one of the three ruling kingdoms of Korea at that time. Tae Kyon’s effectiveness was enhanced after it developed hand techniques at the turn of the 20th century when Karate was introduced from China. Modern Tae Kwon-Do was perfected and given its name by Gen. Choi Hong Hi on April 11, 1955 to supersede the ancient Korean fighting arts. It is an effective form of combat and its techniques are widely used by military and law enforcement officers. It has also been recognised as an official Olympic sport. Tae means “to jump or kick or smash with the feet,” kwon means “to block, punch, strike or smash with the hand or fist,” and do means “an art or way”. Thus tae kwon-do” means the “foot, fist, way”. Tae kwon-do is an unarmed

self-defence system involving the skilled application of techniques that include punches, strikes, kicks, blocks, dodges and interceptions with the bare hands, arms and feet, to swiftly overpower an opponent. A tae kwon-do student is trained to utilise their full body potential to execute its techniques with devastating effect. Tae kwon-do training is not merely confined to mastery of techniques; it will result in the acquiring of high speed, concentration, reaction force breath control and most important, a calm mind. It instils a spirit of strict self-imposed discipline and the ideal of a noble moral character. Tae kwon-do also embraces the Tennent’s of tae kwon-do. Courtesy, integrity, perseverance, selfcontrol and indomitable spirit. These factors combined create the great physical power that the tae kwon-do student strives to achieve, and all of these factors can only be mastered through regular and concerted practice. Is Denrai tae kwon-do for you? ■

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Tae kwon-do is the Korean martial art that originated over 1300 years ago.

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men, women and children. It is not a sport but a practical and effective form of selfdefence. Denrai tae kwon-do combines techniques from different forms of martial arts with its roots deeply embedded in the art of traditional tae

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kwon-do. Denrai tae kwon-do trains the body and develops the mind increasing self-confidence and building strength of character. Denrai tae kwon-do provides you the tools to carry with you throughout life by embracing

What sets tae kwon-do apart from other martial arts are the powerful kicking and striking techniques involved. The trained attack is aggressive, but there is strong focus on defence. Denrai tae kwon-do also incorporates strength and fitness training into the lessons and is a good form of exercise for all. It will help improve, agility, balance, and overall fitness. Senior instructor Duncan McTaggart’s journey with tae kwon-do started in 1988 when he was 10 years old. After trying various different styles of martial arts he wasn’t content until he took his first class at his school one evening with his brother (now chief instructor Geordie McTaggart). After that he was hooked, training as much as he could to progress up the ranks. The brother’s passion had grown so much even their father gave it a go, so tae kwon-do became a family affair. Denrai Tae Kwon-Do, Methven http://www.denrai.co.nz

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Another group ready to get their licence

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he driver licensing scheme is going really well with the first of our participants from the April group nearly ready to sit her restricted licence. Others in the group have started having their lessons with a professional driving instructor and they appear to be going really well. It has been quite challenging to get lessons in with the weather we have been having lately, but at least it gives the women an opportunity to experience driving in all weather conditions. The second group are doing well and we have already had three people through their learner’s test, and another three ready to take the test over the coming week. It has been a busy couple of weeks matching up mentors and students, but that has been a lot of fun too. We have a lovely group of volunteers putting their hands up to help our women and we really appreciate what they do for us. We are having an afternoon tea next week to show our appreciation. The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme is proudly sponsored by The Lotteries Commission, Advance Ashburton, COGs, The Lion Foundation, Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury, Ashburton District Road Safety Council and The Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust. Follow us on Facebook to keep up to date with our achievements. Wendy Hewitt, Rural Licensing Co-Ordinator, Safer Ashburton District

oeie môre, Sawubona, Dumela, Good Morning. My name is Sharon Campbell Darby and I am a South African. I’m the only daughter to John and Catherine Millar who immigrated to South Africa from Scotland, UK, in 1969. My family enjoyed camping, so I have been all around South Africa from the historical area of Barberton in Mpumalanga to the Pilanesberg Mountain in the North West Province which has abundance of wild game and to take a moment to experience the serenity of grazing elephants, rhinos and giraffes. Life was good and the most beautiful way to start each day was with a grateful heart. I am married to an amazing man called Scott Darby. He is originally from Leister, UK. His parents Geoff and Dre immigrated to South Africa in 1985. Scott and I have one daughter called Courtney who was born in Benoni and is 21 years old. She attended Benoni High School and performed very well in her schooling matriculating with four distinctions in maths, science, biology and accountancy. Her dream is to study genetics at the University of Otago. I was born in the beautiful warm country of South Africa in a town east of Johannesburg (The City of Gold) called Benoni (the municipality district of Ekurhuleni) which was established as a mining camp after the discovery of gold in 1887. About five years ago, Scott’s parents immigrated to New Zealand and settled down in Auckland in Stanmore Bay by the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. We spoke to them a great deal and they mentioned to us how beautiful New Zealand was, and that it was generally a very safe place with a low crime rate, which we were interested in as crime in South Africa had escalated to such a degree that you did not feel safe anywhere, even in your own home. We also wanted to give Courtney a life where crime was not the centre of attention that she could study, live life, do well and benefit herself and New Zealand. I enjoy rugby, so coming to a country with the best rugby team in the world was a treat and I enjoy a good game between the Springboks and the All Blacks, both are equally good and both deserve to win. The 1995 World Cup Rugby will forever be the most emotional game I have ever watched, and I was so proud when Captain Francois Pienaar held that winners’ cup above his head, I cried with happiness for the win and I cried for the proud uniting of our country. With regards to Ashburton, well Ashburton picked us it would seem. I had never heard of Ashburton before we came here. When Scott was offered a permanent job position at Talleys as an engineer, we jumped at the chance for a start to a new adventure, even though we were a long way from family. Within the first six months of coming to Ashburton there was a lot of challenges for me that I had to overcome and that I did not anticipate. Being unfamiliar with my surroundings, acclimatising as I was used to warmer weather; missing my family and friends in South Africa, and missing my family in Auckland was a huge strain on me. I left behind my established social network, which left me feeling isolated. I used to hear so much about the benefits of living abroad, with personal growth, but there were moments where I felt overwhelming emotion. I was an outsider, a stranger, a foreigner and it was definitely an intense, emotional rollercoaster ride. I would be the happiest person in the world one second and an hour later I’d be in tears. The internet helped a lot, knowing that my family were only a call away, but nevertheless the separation from my family and friends was the hardest part of moving to New Zealand. In South Africa, I always thought of myself as an emotionally strong individual, but now I realise that I was hiding behind the con-

fidence of my work, friends, family and the comforts around me. I faced my challenges head on. I was part of the Salvation Army Church in Benoni, South Africa, so my first port of call was to keep that habit alive and joined the Salvation Army in Ashburton, where I was welcomed with open arms and felt familiar in my surrounding. I joined the Red Cross, I wanted to be part of a team of “good people doing good things” and improve the lives of people less fortunate than me. I assist Jan at the Coldstream old age home playing housie (bingo) and once again I was out there talking to people, laughing and sharing stories. I also became part of Neighbourhood Support, assisting the lovely Christine Richards. This way I meet and talk to the rest of the neighbours around me. I have also applied to become a volunteer for IHC to be friends with people with special needs. I have tried to see as much as I can from the Aviation Museum, walking Holly my dog in the magical domain with its beautiful flowers, birds and ducks, the art gallery, going shopping, having a picnic at Lake Hood on a lovely warm day, and last but not least, Wakanui Beach, where I have sat and stared at the crashing waves and had the privilege of seeing wild dolphins. I have been very lucky in friendship and most of these new friends feel like I have known them for ages. There are times in your life where people stand up to be counted, a very special lady called Pat Cannan is one of those people. Pat met me not long after I came to Ashburton. She took me into her care, guided me, introduced me to Nosh where we have spent many hours chatting and drinking coffee. Pat became like a gran to me, which felt that I had family. Another lady who needs a special mentioned is Beverley Watts, who lives across the road from me. I hear from her almost every day and we chat about the most oddest interesting things you can imagine, I am proud to be able to call her my pal. My mum always said that if I made one friend then I am the luckiest person in the world so I am blessed to have two, Beverley and Pat in my life. I have a few South African friends (Nina, Nora-Ellen and Warren, Keith and Janine, Leigh-Anne and Allan) and it is always lovely to get together and have a traditional Braai and speak the South African slang that we all so dearly miss. You never have enough friends so I joined a group of ladies that get together once a week

for a 5km walk/talk and a well-deserved coffee. A big hi to Philippa, Alar, Julie and Raylene. My heart will always beat to an African drum. I bleed green and gold. There are thousands of things that my sole aches to see – the magnificent sunset while having a summer sundowner (glass of refreshing sauvignon blanc). Braai (BBQ), the Highveld thunderstorm where you stand on your patio, just watching lightning strike through the sky and feeling the thunder shudder through your body, the South African slang to name a few: Isit, ja-nee, robot (traffic lights), yebo (Yes), lekker (good), now-now (time explanation) Ag shame (express condolences), Just-now (time explanation) Eish (shock, surprise) Biltong and my favourite jislaaik (expression of disbelief). It is exciting coming to a new country; a whole new world opens up to you. A few places I have been to in New Zealand are Auckland, Lake Taupo, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Akaroa, Lake Tekapo, Mt Hutt Ski Resort, Castle Hill, Fairlie, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, Methven, Tai Tapu to mention only a few. Next I need to get a job either in Christchurch or Ashburton, so that I can start my new adventure of residency. At the moment I am unemployed. I have a three-year working visa and my plan is to apply for residency, which means that I need to find a job in my profession which is either a personal assistant or a property manager. Should you be able to assist I would welcome the opportunity to discuss my experiences. My email address is sharonandscott1972@ gmail.com. New Zealand is becoming my home with the things that I have done and the people I have met. The most important thing for me right now is for my family to become New Zealand residents. I would actually like to see a real-life Kiwi, visit a Hobbit hole, run up the steepest street in the world and to visit the glacier. I have had the pleasure of meeting the playful kea and their desire to steal my windscreen wiper rubber, and my absolute favourite bird has to be the beautiful fantail (Piwakawaka). Finally, an inspirational message from Nelson Mandela: The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end. It always seems impossible until it’s done.

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ARTS DIARY ■ December 3: Ashburton Society of Arts Christmas Show Exhibition underway after opening yesterday at Short Street Studio. ■ December 8: The ABBA Show at Ashburton Trust Event Centre. ■ December 14: Mid Canterbury Choir Christmas Concerts at St Stephens Church 12 noon and 5pm. ■ December 16: Summer Holidays family activities begin at the Ashburton Art Gallery. ■ January 14 – 18: Big Little Theatre Company summer theatre school. ■ January 18 – 19: Soundwaves at Ashburton Trust Event Centre, songs from some of the latest shows and your old favourites performed by students aged from nine to 21. ■ January 19 – 21: Ashburton Society of Arts watercolour class by Amanda Brett at Short Street Studio.

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ABBA back in town Get out those flared jeans and be ready to dance like a queen, ABBA music is coming back to town. Hot on the heels of our very own Variety Theatre Ashburton staging Mamma Mia! earlier this year, Australia’s own live ABBA tribute act will perform at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this coming weekend. Far from being just another cover band, The ABBA Show is billed as a full-scale theatrical production featuring more than two hours of live performances with a backing band, replica costumes, theatrical lighting and effects. And it comes with all the dancing an ABBA fan can handle, say promoters. The show is part of a tour following more than 5000 acclaimed international shows. The Abba Show will stage December 8 at 8pm. Adults are $59, children $30 and groups of six or more $54 per person. Fees apply.

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Scouts venture down East Street in the Christmas parade.

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Christmas spirit comes to town Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was out and about at the Santa Parade on Saturday capturing these great shots.

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here’s an argument around that a town’s annual Santa Parade is a waste of time, and money. But anyone who attended Ashburton’s own event on Saturday down East Street would have plenty of cause to disagree with the statement, because the turnout and participation was huge. There were hundreds, probably thousands, of folk lining East Street and around Baring Square to take in the action and the view from the middle of the street as the procession made its way around the route was pretty humbling. What it shows is that a good event will still bring the people –

and that this time of the year is a true opportunity to show a little good old-fashioned community spirit. The variance of different floats and organisations who filled the slots in the parade was impressive – we had almost every corner of the district covered in one way or another.

It’s probably fitting here the efforts of the lady behind the magic, Carol Johns, is recognised. Her tireless work to get things set and ready for the day and her organisation behind the scenes is unbelievable and this community is incredibly indebted to her services, not just for Saturday’s parade but everything else that she sinks her teeth into and helps put together. On face value, something like the Santa Parade might seem quite an easy sort out – but you can guarantee yourself it won’t be and the days of stress and work leading up to the event must be intense. So, to Carol – a big thank you

from all of us, you epitomise what is good in our community and it can only be hoped that we have your involvement for many more years to come. This coming weekend will be the same. Thousands will flock to the Oval at the Ashburton Domain for the resurrected Christmas in the Park. The team behind the scenes there have been working tirelessly to get the show off the ground and the performers who will entertain everyone who comes through the gates have been doing the same. On a slightly different topic, but keeping with the Christmas work

of people, it was sad to learn that Methven’s Frank Sandys wouldn’t be going ahead with his lights display this year. Fore more than a decade the trip out to Frank’s place has been a real Christmas highlight for a lot of people in the Ashburton District and without that annual pilgrimage, the lead-up to Christmas is going to be a little different this year. His work though, for the past 11 years, is just another prime example of someone going above and beyond for the community to provide enjoyment for many. We’re so incredibly lucky to have people like that living around us.

had died in a traffic accident. In 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing. In 1991, radicals in Lebanon released American hostage Alann (cq) Steen, who’d been held captive nearly five years. In 1992, the first telephone text message was sent by British engineer Neil Papworth, who transmitted the greeting “Merry Christmas” from his work computer in Newbury, Berkshire, to Vodafone executive Richard Jarvis’ mobile phone. In 1999, Tori Murden of the United States became the first woman

to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone as she arrived at the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, 81 days after leaving the Canary Islands near the coast of Africa. Ten years ago: President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary. Five years ago: A federal judge ruled Detroit could use bankruptcy to cut employee pensions and relieve itself of other crushing debts, handing a defeat to the city’s unions and retirees and shifting the case into a delicate new phase. One year ago: A partial implosion of the Silverdome in Pontiac,

Michigan, failed to bring down the upper section of the Detroit Lions’ former home; the demolition company handling the project was successful the following day. Today’s birthdays: Movie director Jean-Luc Godard is 88. Singer Jaye P. Morgan is 87. Actor Nicolas Coster is 85. Actress Mary Alice is 77. Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne is 70. Rock singer Mickey Thomas is 69. Actress Daryl Hannah is 58. Actress Julianne Moore is 58. Olympic gold medal figure skater Katarina Witt is 53. Actor Brendan Fraser is 50. Singer Montell Jordan is 50. Actor Royale Watkins is 49. Actor Bruno Campos is 45.

Actress Holly Marie Combs is 45. Actress Liza Lapira is 43. Actress Lauren Roman is 43. Pop-rock singer Daniel Bedingfield is 39. Actress/comedian Tiffany Haddish is 39. Actress Anna Chlumsky is 38. Actress Jenna Dewan is 38. Actor Brian Bonsall is 37. Actress Dascha Polanco is 36. Pop/rock singer-songwriter Andy Grammer is 35. Americana musician Michael Calabrese (Lake Street Dive) is 34. Actress Amanda Seyfried is 33. Actor Michael Angarano is 31. Thought for today: “The well of Providence is deep. It’s the buckets we bring to it that are small.” — Mary Webb, Scottish religious leader (c.1881-1927). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, December 3, the 337th day of 2018. There are 28 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On December 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India. On this date: In 1818, Illinois was admitted as the 21st state. In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States by the Electoral College. In 1833, Oberlin College in Ohio — the first truly coeducational school of higher learning in the United States — began holding classes. In 1910, New Zealander Freda du Faur and her guides Peter and Alexander (Alec) Graham left their tent and started towards the summit of Aoraki/Mt Cook. Later that day, du Faur stood by herself on the peak after becoming the first woman to complete the ascent. - nzhistory. govt.nz In 1926, English mystery writer Agatha Christie, 36, disappeared after driving away from her home in Sunningdale, Berkshire. (Christie turned up 11 days later at a hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire.) In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway. In 1960, the 40ha man-made Island Harbour in Bluff, which took eight years to construct, opened. - nzhistory.govt.nz In 1964, police arrested some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley, one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in. In 1967, a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the donor organ, which came from Denise Darvall, a 25-year-old bank clerk who

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ast week the Government announced a $140 million package for the West Coast from Shane Jones’ Provincial Growth Fund. That it took the South Island’s allocation from the fund into double figures for the first time is welcome. It’s unacceptable that until a few days ago the entire South Island had received less than one per cent of the fund when our taxes have paid so much for it. That’s the inherent danger when Ministers are given decision-making over where taxpayer money will be allocated, while also refusing to publish any information about requirements for how the money will be spent. Northland remains the single biggest recipient of Shane Jones’ fund. When I asked Jones why such a large proportion of the fund had gone North, he bluntly said that the mayors of other districts had been poor advocates. Having spoken to many of them since those comments, most feel it’s more due to Mr Jones coming from Northland than any lack of advocacy on their part.

It isn’t just Jones, of course. The Government has more Cabinet Ministers from Northland than from the entire South Island. It’s no wonder we’re missing out. But what concerns me most isn’t that we lose out on a fair proportion of that $3 billion. All the Government funding in the world can’t make up for economic growth if the policy settings aren’t right. A recent example is in Taranaki, where the Government have essentially put 15,000 workers on notice by banning future offshore oil and gas exploration. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry that accounts for a third of Taranaki’s economy. It will be choked to death over the next few years until all those jobs are lost. Not surprisingly, Shane Jones has visited and offered a hundred million or so, but that cash

will never make up for the huge hit to their local economy. What’s worse, is that the environmental reasons given by the Prime Minister don’t stack up. The Government’s own expert advice says that the ban on gas exploration will increase carbon emissions in the medium term as it will make us more reliant on imported coal. You can understand why Coasters are nervous, a $140 million injection while the Government considers what to do with coal mines on the West Coast. Closer to home they’re getting the settings wrong too. By pulling $5 billion out of the state highway network to put into CBD rail and cycle projects they’re putting all their eggs in the Auckland basket. It means less money for roading upgrades in Mid Canterbury, pushing a second bridge over the Ashburton River into the nevernever and imposing a cut-price safety option for State Highway One. Independent economic analysis shows there are 500 job vacancies in the Ashburton district. Employers are crying out for skilled workers and yet Immigra-

tion NZ are sending away existing employees who’ve been here for years and become part of our community. Without access to workers the growth of our local businesses and farms is being constrained, which impacts on all of us. Going into the last election Labour promised massive cuts to net inward migration of 20,000 – 30,000. That would have a hugely negative impact on our region. The Immigration Minister Iain Lees Galloway is promising to reveal new immigration settings “soon.” It’s interesting to note that the Ashburton district is yet to receive a cent from the Provincial Growth Fund. Given the Government’s habit of sending in Shane Jones with wads of taxpayer money to accompany bad news, perhaps we should be thankful for that.

for Toot for Tucker on November 26. Your generosity has helped replenish the food banks in Mid Canterbury which in turn supports families in need in our area. We would also like to thank the

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small museum perched on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful Columbia River Gorge in Washington is the last place you’d expect to find more than 85 works by Auguste Rodin including plaster studies, watercolour sketches, bronzes and terracottas. The Maryhill Museum of Art’s collection features some of the French sculptor’s most famous pieces of art, including The Thinker, The Burghers of Calais and portions of The Gates of Hell. The Rodin display is just one part of an eclectic collection that ranges from ornate chess sets and small carved ivory crucifix figures from all over the world, to a varied collection of Native American art. We were visiting the museum on a shore excursion as part of Un-Cruise Adventures’ Four Rivers of Wine and History cruise on the Columbia and Snake rivers of Oregon and Washington. We’d woken that morning to find our replica steamship, the SS Legacy, docked at the charming town of The Dalles on the Oregon side of the Columbia River; we’d have to cross back into Washington state for the day’s activities. As we wound our way through the dry, sagebrush-covered landscape on our way to the top of the hill, a half-hour drive from The Dalles, we learned more about the remarkable history of the man who founded it. Samuel Hill was a successful businessman best remembered for his advocacy of paved roads in the area at the beginning of last century. Hill – contrary to urban myth he’s not the Sam Hill referenced in the popular expression – had originally planned to start a Quaker community named for his daughter Mary, and the threestorey Beaux Arts mansion was supposed to be a private home, but he ran into financial and logistical problems and building stalled in 1917. Luckily, he’d made a few important friends over the years, including dance pioneer Loie Fuller, who convinced him to turn the

A world-class art museum in the western US benefited from some surprising patrons, writes Shandelle Battersby.

The Maryhill Museum of Art’s collection features some of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin’s most famous pieces of art. building into an art museum and who happened to be a personal friend of Rodin; Queen Marie of Romania, who donated treasures such as Eastern Orthodox icons and many personal effects and palace furnishings; and San Francisco sugar heiress Alma Spreckels, who saw the project through after Hill’s death in 1931 to its opening in 1940. Spreckels was also responsible for one of the jewels in the museum’s collection, the 68cm-tall mannequins wearing authentic mid-1940s haute couture from the

Theatre de la Mode. This was a touring exhibition created to help revive the French fashion industry after World War Two and raise money for war relief. The original sets may not have survived but the clothes and figures are really something special. Another highlight is the collection of historic photographs by semi-professional photographer Thomas Leander “Major Lee” Moorhouse, an Oregon businessman and former mayor of Pendleton who worked as an Indian

agent on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. One of his favourite subjects was Dr Whirlwind, a Cayuse medicine man, who loved any excuse to get kitted up for a picture in elaborate head-dresses and native jewellery, as well as Native American trading blankets, normally owned by Moorhouse. At the museum you’ll also find European and American paintings, a native plant garden and a sculpture park with stunning views of the river gorge below. On the way to or from the

museum, make sure to stop at Hill’s near-exact replica of Stonehenge, built in the early 1900s as a memorial to the local Klickitat County soldiers who fought in World War One. Dedicated in 1918, it was the first World War One memorial to be built in the United States. Hill’s gravesite is nearby. He may have never had the chance to live at Maryhill, but thanks to the buildings he left behind, Hill cleverly ensured that his legacy will last for generations. - NZME

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Nationals spot goes begging By Erin TaskEr

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Big guns fire up on Ashburton courts Ashburton’s Flynn Ness prepares to make a return against his opponent in the Christchurch premier men’s grade tennis competition, which was played in Ashburton on Saturday. It was the second season in a row the Christchurch competition had moved its play to the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre for a day, and Ness was one of three Mid Cantabrians playing, along with James Watt and Sam Bubb. All three lost their matches on Saturday as Waimari beat Elmwood 4-2, Cashmere beat Edgeware 6-0 and Te Kura/ Hagley beat Bishopdale on a countback of sets 8-7. Ness and Watt were Christchurch premier grade regulars while Bubb was filling in for a team and had an extra busy day on court, having already played in the Mid Canterbury Tennis A grade competition PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 011218-RH-102 earlier in the day.

■ SEVENS RUGBY

Dubai drought broken Despite suffering a yellow card and four of their 13 players being out due to injury in the Cup final of the Dubai Sevens, the All Blacks Sevens have beaten the odds to win their first tournament of the series. New Zealand now sit at the top of the HSBC World Sevens Series standings on 22 points after beating USA 21-5 in the final of their first tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Cup final yesterday. Going into the final it was advantage USA with the Kiwi side having played a very heavy defensive semi-final against England and their injured list including Scott Curry, Akuila Rokolisoa, Sam Dickson and Regan Ware.

But those left on the field in the black jersey proved heart, efficiency and power to break the nine year drought and win Dubai in front of a 50,000-strong crowd with tries being awarded to Tone Ng Shiu, Dylan Collier and Ngarohi McGarvey-Black. The men’s victory makes it a double double win for New Zealand at the Dubai Sevens after the women’s side took out their tournament the day before. The first try of the men’s final went to New Zealand with Ng Shiu powering through USA the tackles to get the first points on the board, successfully coverted by the accurate Andrew Knewstubb. They had the halftime lead of 7-0.

Down to six players due to a yellow card for against Luke Masirewa for a high tackle in the second half, USA took the opportunity to get their first points on the board with Stephen Tomasin scoring their first and only try of the game. The score sat at 7-5 with just four minutes to go. However, a knock-on by USA allowed New Zealand to take control with Collier out-pacing his opposition to score another try for New Zealand. Down 14-5, USA were seen to have eight players on the field, giving a penalty to New Zealand at halfway and allowing another opportunity for New Zealand. That opportunity was taken by McGarvey-Black who secured

the final try of the match and sealed the 21-5 win for New Zealand – their first tournament win in Dubai since 1999. Meanwhile the Black Ferns continued to prove they are the world’s best team in women’s sevens by winning their fifth World Series tournament in a row. New Zealand took a third-minute lead and never trailed in a 26-14 win over Canada in the Dubai final. That followed the Black Ferns’ triumph at the season-opening Glendale Sevens in Denver, Colorado, in October. After taking out the last three tournaments of last season’s World Series, it means the New Zealand women have now won 30 matches in a row. - NZME

Mid Canterbury will not feature at this year’s national rugby sevens tournament after losing all of their games and failing to qualify at Saturday’s South Island qualifying tournament in Timaru. With six men’s teams taking part and only the top five qualifying to go to the nationals in Tauranga, it all came down to the final game of the day for Mid Canterbury at Alpine Energy Stadium. Having lost to a clinical South Canterbury 19-5 they needed to beat Southland in their last game to qualify for the nationals, but they lost 31-14. The tournament was played in a round robin format and Tasman went through unbeaten with Otago finishing runners-up and Canterbury third. Mid Canterbury came close to downing one of the bigger unions, leading Canterbury 19-7 at half time in their third game of the day, Mid Canterbury coach Ian Patterson said. “We were unlucky to probably not have one more on the board too, but from the kick-off they scored and from the next kick-off there was a bit of a ricochet that we thought was a knock on and it went straight to their guy and they scored again,” Patterson said. Mid Canterbury eventually went down, just missing out on upsetting Canterbury for the second year in a row at the tournament. Mid Canterbury had started the tournament with a loss to Tasman, and lost a player for the day to injury three minutes in, before taking on Otago. “We hit our straps against Otago in the first half and had them in real trouble. “But the bounce of the ball didn’t go our way at times, and we didn’t handle kick-offs as well as we could’ve at times,” Patterson said. Patterson said there were positives for Mid Canterbury. Loan player from Southbridge Jale Masi was outstanding, as was Tololima Savaiinaea, and with four players in the squad aged under 20 the tournament had been good for experience and they’d be able to build on that next year. Patterson said Mid Canterbury had a good track record at sevens so it was disappointing to miss out, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort. “The boys were a bit disappointed, obviously, but I think overall they can be satisfied with their performance,” he said.

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In brief Big win for Crockett From Twickenham’s grand stage to the shop floor, Wyatt Crockett has little time to savour the satisfaction of his final international victory. The most capped player in Super Rugby history and a 71-test All Blacks veteran, Crockett bowed out by captaining the Barbarians to an unlikely 38-35 win over the Pumas. The 35-year-old admitted his lungs hurt throughout after dedicating the majority of his time over the past three intensive months to setting up a Sterling Sports in Nelson. After toasting this victory in typical Baabaas style, Crockett will immediately resume store duties. - NZME

Bender tops the poll

Lauriston’s Liam O’Connor looks to connect with the ball during his side’s loss to the Tech Stags on Saturday. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 011218-RH-111

■ CRICKET

Top result for the Stags By Erin TaskEr

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A seven-man Tech Stags side got the job done against Lauriston when Mid Canterbury Cricket’s open grade Pritchard Shield competition resumed after a four week break on Saturday. It was the fourth round, but only the second actual game, of this season’s Pritchard Shield – with rounds two and three having been rained out, either side of a long weekend break – and with only four teams in the competition this season it meant Saturday’s games were a repeat of round one. While Coldstream repeated their result from round one in

beating Methven by six wickets to shoot to the top of the table, Tech defied the odds to turn the tables on defending champions Lauriston. Arriving at Lauriston with only seven players, the Stags batted first and were all out for just 61 off 20 overs, with Jason Morrison the only batsman to reach double figures for his side, top scoring with 23. Scott Morgan was the pick of Lauriston’s bowlers, taking 4/6 off seven overs, and his side was definitely in the box seat at the half way point. Three players short in the field and with depleted bowling stocks, the Stags pulled off the

unthinkable though, rolling an 11-man Lauriston side for just 55. Lauriston lost wickets at regular intervals but were still looking good at 42/7, only needing 19 runs to win with three wickets in hand. But Morrison and Des Kruger combined to pick up those three final wickets with Lauriston still six runs shy of the target. Bevan Richan and Scott Maher were joint top runs scorers for Lauriston, both getting 10 For Tech, Bevan Ravenscroft finished with 3/18, William McKee took 3/13, and Morrison finished off a fine day with 2/7. Meanwhile up the road in Methven, the home side got off

to a cracking start against Coldstream, with 50 runs on the board before Davey Maw fell for 46 just after drinks. From there, the wheels well and truly fell off and Methven were suddenly in trouble at 68/8. Lewis McDonald helped steady the ship and produced 45 valuable runs as Methven scrambled through to a respectable total of 124. Coldstream’s reply got off to a good start too, with Sean Mulligan (56) and Gary Cheema (16) combining for an opening partnership of 60, and the visitors sailed through to the target with relative ease, losing just four wickets along the way.

The brilliance of Ben Smith knows no bounds. The 32-year-old is one of the oldest players in the current All Blacks squad but that didn’t stop him from putting in the most time on the field in 2018. Smith played 15 games for the Highlanders and 12 tests for the All Blacks this year totalling 2120 minutes on the field. That’s an average of 78.5 minutes a game. Smith played 928 minutes of test rugby this year, missing only Japan and Italy (though he still got time on the field as a waterboy in Rome). - NZME

Man City extend lead Manchester City have extended their Premier League lead while another lacklustre performance dropped Manchester United further behind their neighbours. City beat Bournemouth 3-1 to go five points clear of Liverpool. Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan scored for the champions, who had to work for their sixth straight league win after Callum Wilson had equalised just before halftime. Despite overcoming an early two-goal deficit, United find themselves 16 points behind City after 14 games. - PA

Sharks sign Johnson Kiwi superstar Shaun Johnson has been given a chance to secure his legacy after signing a three-year NRL deal with Cronulla. Johnson was spotted meeting with coach Shane Flanagan plus senior players Wade Graham and Andrew Fifita before officially putting pen to paper on a long-term deal. Not only does it give Johnson security on his future, it gives the Sharks a sliver of light after a horror two weeks. - AAP

■ FOOTBALL

Historic bronze medal for New Zealand girls New Zealand made history yesterday by claiming the bronze medal at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after defeating Canada 2-1 at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Leon Birnie’s side became the first New Zealand team to claim a medal at any FIFA tournament. New Zealand got off to a fantastic start when they scored twice in the opening 13 minutes through a Grace Wisnweksi double, but Canada got within striking distance when Lara Kazandjian scored a stunning solo goal in the second

half and New Zealand held on for a historic win. Birnie said the bronze medal capped off an incredible tournament for his young team. “Who would have thought?” said Birnie following the game. “We came over here and we had a dream to get out of the group. “We made history by doing that and then got into the semi-finals and created more history and now we have just got a bronze medal in a World Cup. “How good are these players? “Great performance.

The next generation “The first half we of Football Ferns got were really good and off to a perfect start the second half was just in the windy and fine pure determination conditions when Wisand hanging in there to newski scored the fastget that medal.” est goal in the history Captain Aneka Mitof the tournament. tendorff said it was a New Zealand pressed special moment for her high up the pitch and team after an incredAneka Mittendorff Canada tried to do too ible tournament. “It feels fantastic,” she said. “We much deep in their own half. Maggie Jenkins turned the ball did it, we came third. It is so surover and it fell for Wisnewski to real. “We are going to celebrate this tuck home a good finish home at the near post in 16 seconds. Wiswin all night long.”

newski’s quick-fire goal broke the record of Nigeria’s Soo Adekwagh who scored in 22 seconds on 30 October 2008. There was more to come when Wisnewski doubled the lead in the 12th minute. Amelia Abbott linked with Jenkins who put forward a great through-ball. Wisnewksi showed great composure on the ball and hit a powerful shot to defeat the Canadian keeper Anna Karpenko. History was made. New Zealand were medallists for the first time at a FIFA tournament. - NZME

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Whips are cracking

Methven horseman Ricky May grabbed his fifth win in one of his home track features, the Methven Green Mile when he piloted A G’s White Socks to success yesterday. The champion driver played the perfect waiting game with the Greg and Nina Hope-trained runner who came from last to win the race for the second year in a row. While admitting to being a littler nervous about how the race panned out, May knew he had a horse with plenty of power in front of him.

Kiwis on the charge

Ricky May has the finish line in sight with A G’s White Socks in yesterday’s Green Mile at Methven.

“People probably forget just how good he is sometimes,” May said. “He had a really interrupted preparation leading into the Cup, but seems to be back to somewhere near his best. “That was pretty impressive to win today, especially from where he was and the fact that they went pretty slow up front.” A G’s White Socks’ second win in the race meant he joined Second Wind (2009), Tennis Ball (2010) and Ellmer Hanover

(2012) as winners for May in the December feature. May and the Hope combination were supposed to feature heavily in the following race, the Trotters Green Mile with Everybody Knows, but they had to settle for fifth as their lot as former Dominion Handicap winner Amaretto Sun ran his rivals into the grass for up-and-coming young driver, Sheree Tomlinson. A recent winner of the Australasian Young Drivers Series in Queensland, Tomlinson blasted

away from a wide draw off the mobile gate and found the front and was able to dictate terms from there before doing enough to hold off the late finish of Ronald J. Amaretto Sun is trained by her grandfather, Ken Ford. It capped off a huge couple of weeks for the Tomlinson and Ford family, who were victorious in the Dominion Handicap with Marcoola during Cup Week and then Sheree’s success in Australia.

New Zealand’s representatives were to the fore on the first night of the Inter Dominion Series in Victoria on Saturday night, winning three of the five heats across both divisions. Wins from Spankem and Cruz Bromac gave New Zealand’s tiny pacing contingent the perfect start to the Inter Dominion pacing series while Speeding Spur was never troubled winning his first heat in the first trotters’ series since 2012. Both Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen-trained pacers scored impressive heat wins, in vastly different fashions, and Pat’s Delight finished second behind Spankem in the first heat of the pacing series for trainer Cran Dalgety, which meant the New Zealand team scored the highest amount of points available to them on night one. Spankem proved too tough after sitting parked for the last lap of a stop-start affair, getting the upper hand over leader My Alpha Rock while classy pacer Tiger Tara flashed up for third. Rasmussen is expecting an even better version of the four-year-old to be seen later in the series. “I just know he is a little chubby, so the run will do him good,” she said in a television interview. “He is a little bit of an underrated little guy. He has been off the scene and he is a fair little horse. “He can stay a bit and he has got a bit of speed, so whatever presents itself he can put himself in to the race.” Speeding Spur announced he had returned to Victoria in emphatic style with a crushing win. The New Zealand trotter of the year led easily off the mobile arm and driver Josh Dickie was allowed to set terms to suit.- NZHN

Results from yesterday’s harness racing on the Methven grass The weather was overcast and the track dead for the Methven Harness (Grass) yesterday. RACE 1 - PLACEMAKERS ASHBURTON TROT, $8000, 2400m 2-2 Look Ahead (6) J Smith 1 3-3 Kash Valley (1) C D Thornley2 1-1 Folly’s Trouble (3) G O’Reilly 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 4-5 Franco Josiah, 8-8 Desert Wings, 6-6 Overzealous, 12-12 Quaestor, 5-4 Fast Wet N Windee, 9-9 Zsa Zara, 7-7 Pastrana, 10-10 Razor, 14-14 Raining In My Heart, 11-11 Desert Prince, 13-13 Excite. 1/2L, Lg nk, 1/2 nk. Time: 3:19.10. MR: 2:13.50. Last 800m: 63.58. Win: $5.90. Places: $2.00, $2.50, $1.70. Quinella: $15.20. Trifecta: $80.10 (6,1,3). First4: $247.70 (6,1,3,13). Trainer: L & J Smith, Te Pirita. Breeding: 8 g Monarchy-Some Direction. RACE 2 - RAY MAYNE HOSE & FITTING MOBILE PACE, $8000, 2300m 1-1 Shecandance (4) G Smith 1 4-4 Baker Creek (5) L O’Reilly 2 3-3 Demeter (2) K Cox 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Jafa Kitten, 2-2 Paduka, 6-6 Santanna Lad, 5-5 Comfortably Numb, 8-8 Gottagettabeer, 10-10 Already Gone, 9-9 Boilover. 1L, 1-1/2L, Nse. Time: 3:03.90. MR: 2:08.60. Last 800m: 61.00. Win: $3.60. Places: $1.40, $2.10, $1.70. Quinella: $8.70. Trifecta: $58.80 (4,5,2). First4: $600.40 (4,5,2,3). Trainer: Phil Burrows, Fernside. Breeding: 3 f A Rocknroll Dance-Nemesis Choice. RACE 3 - CARRFIELDS GRAIN & SEED PACE, $8000, 2400m

1-1 Playa Vista (5) S McNally 1 4-3 Sounds Bettor (15) K O’Reilly 2 5-6 My Mate Ben (1) G Smith 3 Scratched: Tiz A Sweetheart. Also (in finishing order): 9-9 Lucy’s Badboy, 7-8 To Ri Caitlin, 3-4 Just Michael, 8-7 Paddy Me, 2-2 Panda Girl, 14-13 Franco Hatton, 10-11 Diamond Shadow, 11-12 Victor Tango, 6-5 It’s Me, 13-14 I Can Remember, 12-10 Bettor Move On. 1-1/4L, 1/2L, 1L. Time: 3:15.50. MR: 2:11.10. Last 800m: 60.36. Win: $2.30. Places: $1.30, $2.80, $3.60. Quinella: $9.00. Trifecta: $116.90 (5,15,1). First4: $944.70 (5,15,1,6). Double: $6.20 (4/5+), $5.90 (4/15). Treble: $51.10 (6/4/5+). Trainer: Roger Winter, Broadfield. Breeding: 5 m Somebeachsomewhere-Hayley Bailey. RACE 4 - GLUYAS MOTOR GROUP JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE, $8500, 2300m 1-1 Gimmefiveminutesmore (6) B Hope 1 6-6 Double Rainbow (5) K Newman 2 2-2 Johnny White (11) M Hurrell 3 All Started. Also (in finishing order): 8-8 God Only Knows, 4-3 Highland Reign, 14-14 Franco Sherborne, 11-12 Pembrook Blue, 5-4 Senorita Margarita, 10-9 The Go To Man, 9-10 Game Changer, 7-7 Itsthefinalcountdown, 3-5 Lets Hustle, 13-13 Myboylolliepop, 12-11 Extra Guinness. 6L, Nse, 8L. Time: 2:53.40. MR: 2:01.20. Last 800m: 59.75. Win: $2.90. Places: $1.50, $3.80, $1.90. Quinella: $17.60. Trifecta: $145.90 (6,5,11). First4: $670.60 (6,5,11,10). Trainer: G & N Hope, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 4 g Christian Cullen-Extra B G. RACE 5 - CRAIG INGOLD BUILDERS TROT,

$9000, 2400m 5-5 Take After Me (11) J Dunn 1 2-2 BK Dawn (3) S Ottley 2 3-4 Clover Lou (8) C DeFilippi 3 Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Bright Glow, 1-1 Lotamuscle, 4-3 Sunny Glenis, 11-11 Spurred By Success, 10-10 Heavenly Love, 7-7 Red Harbour, 12-13 Tricky Rastus, 8-8 Unique Marshall, 9-9 My Eyre, 13-12 Eyre’s A Rag Doll. 1/2 nk, 3-1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 3:15.90. MR: 2:11.40. Last 800m: 61.40. Win: $10.80. Places: $2.80, $1.90, $2.60. Quinella: $25.20. Trifecta: $469.30 (11,3,8). First4: $2588.80 (11,3,8,12). Quaddie: $377.80 (4/5+/6+/11). Double: $31.10 (6+/11), $3.90 (6+/3). Trainer: Glenn Scott, Kaiapoi. Breeding: 8 g Holmes Hanover-Give Or Take. RACE 6 METHVEN FOUR SQUARE PACERS GREEN MILE, $17500, 1609m 2-2 A G’s White Socks (7) R May 1 4-4 Mossdale Rose (3) B Hope 2 3-3 Letspendanitetogetha (6) J Dunn 3 Scratched: Midfrew Tarpediem. Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Run Boy Run, 1-1 Forgotten Highway, 5-5 Franco Texas. 1-1/2L, Nse, 1-1/2L. Time: 2:03.97. MR: 2:03.97. Last 800m: 59.97. Win: $3.10. Places: $1.50, $3.10. Quinella: $12.40. Trifecta: $81.80 (7,3,6). First4: $469.10 (7,3,6,5). Trainer: G & N Hope, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 5 g Rock N Roll Heaven-Atomic Gold. RACE 7 - NEUMANNS TYRES/FASTTRACK TROTTERS GREEN , $17500, 1609m 3-3 Amaretto Sun (6) S Tomlinson 1 1-1 Ronald J (4) G O’Reilly 2 4-4 Il Pirata (2) C DeFilippi 3 Also (finish order): 6-6 Quevert, 2-2 Everybody

Knows, 5-5 Over The Love, 7-7 Soney Beatt. Lg nk, 1/2L, 1-1/4L. Time: 2:02.06. MR: 2:02.06. Last 800m: 58.30. Win: $5.80. Places: $2.30, $1.80. Quinella: $8.50. Trifecta: $77.00 (6,4,2). First4: $545.80 (6,4,2,5). Double: $15.90 (7/6), $2.90 (7/4+). Treble: $378.80 (11/7/6). Trainer: Ken Ford, West Melton. Breeding: 7 g Sundon-Laurel Creek. RACE 8 HARRISON MEMORIAL HANDICAP PACE, $9500, 2400m 1-1 All About Henry (3) D White 1 7-6 Midfrew Tarpediem (1) J Markham 2 5-5 Eastwood Chieftain (4) J Dunn 3 Also: 2-2 Just N Awe, 3-3 Gore Bay, 6-7 Ultimate Desire, 4-4 Kardesler, 8-8 Ideal Rule. 2-1/2L, 1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 3:11.40. MR: 2:08.30. Last 800m: 56.82. Win: $2.70. Places: $1.20, $4.30, $2.60. Quinella: $26.10. Tri: $251.60 (3,1,4). First4: $724.60 (3,1,4,6). Tr: Derek & Adele Jones, Rolleston. Breeding: 6 g Jereme’s Jet-Duarunner. RACE 9 - SMITH SEEDS HANDICAP TROT, $9000, 2400m 1-1 Gil Favor (4) P Nairn 1 2-2 Chief Of Staff (5) J Dunn 2 3-4 Young Stranger (9) C R Thornley 3 All Started. Also (finish order): 12-12 Gin Rummy, 6-6 Justamollyarcher, 4-3 Time For Diamonds, 5-5 Breenys Cullen, 8-8 Momentous, 7-7 I’ldoitmyway, 10-9 Madeleine Stowe, 11-11 Bear’s Rest, 9-10 Don’t Rock The Boat. 1/2 nk, 2-1/2L, 5-1/2L. Time: 3:11.80. MR: 2:08.60. Last 800m: 59.96. Win: $3.70. Places: $1.80, $2.20, $2.30. Quinella: $9.80. Trifecta: $124.70 (4,5,9). First4: $1898.90 (4,5,9,1). Double: $8.60 (3+/4+), $5.40 (3+/5).

Trainer: Paul Nairn, Leeston. Breeding: 3 g Waterloo Sunset-Gee Abby. RACE 10 DARFIELD HOTEL PACE, $8500, 2400m 11-10 Essence Of Easton (8) M Williamson 1 13-13 Caesar’s Quest (6) C D Thornley2 3-4 Unfinished Business (11) C DeFilippi 3 Also: 1-1 Flamboyant, 6-6 Corena Lea, 10-9 Nui Ba Den, 4-2 Gucci Cavallo, 14-14 Extreme Spark, 2-3 Beau Vista, 12-12 Chaaat, 7-7 Dundee Lady, 15-15 Texas Ruler, 9-11 All Nuts N Bolts, 8-8 Pine Cone, 5-5 A Better Dancer. Sht hd, 1/2 nk, Nse. Time: 3:06.70. MR: 2:05.20. Last 800m: 60.30. Win: $26.00. Places: $7.00, $10.40, $2.70. Quinella: $650.30. Trifecta: $11541.60 (8,6,11). First4: $2193.10 (8,6,11,1). Trainer: John Murdoch, Geraldine. Breeding: 6 g Washington VC-Easton Foxy Lady. RACE 11 - TEXTILE BAG AND SACK MOBILE PACE, $8500, 2300m 1-1 Tyron Bettor’s Ella (3) J Dunn 1 2-2 Sounds Lika Gem (1) L O’Reilly 2 6-6 Ideologist (6) T Williams 3 Scratched: Quite Ideal, Change The Print. Also: 4-3 Delightful Tanner, 5-5 Garry’s Legacy, 3-4 Vinnie Rulz, 9-10 JJ’s Delight, 11-11 Lucy Diamond, 10-9 Bird Of Paradise, 12-12 Big Smoke, 8-7 Franco Riot, 7-8 Cullenmore. 1/2 nk, 2-3/4L, 1-1/4L. Time: 2:57.20. MR: 1:58.8. Last 800m: 58.49. Win: $2.60. Places: $1.60, $2.00, $3.30. Q: $7.40. Tri: $143.10 (3,1,6). First4: $488.00 (3,1,6,2). Quaddie: $3261.30 (3+/4+/8/3+). Place6: $197.30 (3,7/4+,6/1,3+, 4/4+,5,9/6,8,11/1,3+,6). Double: $65.80 (8/3+), $59.30 (8/1). Treble: $600.80 (4+/8/3+). Trainer: Robert Dunn, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 6 m Bettor’s Delight-Ella Royce.

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S Fredrickson 8 3.30pm BROOKS TIMING C3 C3, 410m 9 3 Race Me Home nwtd ..................B Hodgson 9 77767 Goldstar Sawyer 23.85.....................S Stone 10 88864 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 1 36635 Blackjack Man nwtd ...................B Goldsack 10 76554 Slam It nwtd ..............................J McInerney 10 88864 Cawbourne Zayne nwtd J & ................D Bell 6 2.52 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH 2 81336 Little Scamp 23.69 ....................... D Denbee 2 1.42pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 410m 4 2.17pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C1 C1, 410m C2 C2, 410m 3 12862 Plan Stan nwtd ............................... L Pearce 1 11578 White Comet 23.69 ....................... D Donlon 1 77765 Lissadell Marcus nwtd................... D Donlon 1 56571 Thrilling Stan 23.49 ...........................D Edlin 4 7138x Apricity nwtd................................A Turnwald 2 F2411 Bigtime Jetty nwtd ..............................L Cole 2 86756 Bigtime Panther nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 2 22323 Blue Precision nwtd ........................C Morris 5 82356 Bigtime Mike nwtd ..............................L Cole 3 28234 Bigtime Boy 23.95 ....................... P B Briggs 3 38343 Cawbourne Looks nwtd ........... K Gommans 3 17475 Mikachu nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 6 22463 Go Ash nwtd .....................................M Flipp 4 68745 Spot On Hearty 23.86 ..............E Duganzich 4 54364 Tuff Mr. Tee nwtd ...........................B Mitchell 4 37757 Bigtime Kate 23.38.............................L Cole 7 18768 Bigtime Michelle nwtd ........................L Cole 5 56684 Jelani nwtd ........................................D Edlin 5 22363 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 5 14558 Broken Wallet nwtd .................. K Gommans 8 11184 Queen Big League 23.55 G & S Fredrickson 6 83776 Cawbourne Owen nwtd............ K Gommans 6 42231 Sozin’s Fortune nwtd.................J McInerney 6 14575 Americano 23.50 G &............. S Fredrickson Emergencies:

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9 45864 Sub Eighteen nwtd .............................L Cole 10 36788 Cheese And Chalk nwtd ....................L Cole 9 3.45pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 1 1121F Zipping Cobra nwtd ............................L Cole 2 53321 Flying Huey nwtd ..................... K Gommans 3 33525 Eddie Hemi nwtd .............................R Wales 4 85867 Dyna Bart nwtd ............................M Roberts 5 63366 Tiddy Cash nwtd .......................J McInerney 6 36444 Opawa Henry nwtd J & .......................D Bell 7 73673 Bigtime Forecast 26.38 H & .............. Woods 8 78588 Bigtime Sam 26.08 G & ......... S Fredrickson 10 4.05 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSULTANT C1 C1, 457m 1 47877 Cawbourne Symsy 26.53 J &..............D Bell 2 45155 Tuff Treasure nwtd .........................B Mitchell 3 47133 Mainline Lil nwtd .........................B Hodgson 4 15574 Kamada Park nwtd ......................A Turnwald 5 725x5 Toki Girl 26.45 .............................. D Denbee 6 12214 Barbarossa Boy nwtd .................B Goldsack 7 54246 Magma nwtd ...................................L Doody 8 67766 Kushka nwtd H &............................... Woods LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- Emergencies: Emergencies: porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 03 9 45864 Sub Eighteen 26.48 ...........................L Cole 9 76766 Cawbourne Liz nwtd ....................M Roberts Dec 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 10 167F7 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 10 18855 Bigtime Vanessa 25.68 ......................L Cole 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 2 4.40pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C4/C5 3 4.57pm M & M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5, 410m 1 4.22pm (NZT) KAMADA PARK C3 C3, 457m C4/5, 457m 1 11276 Podium Phobia 23.66 .........................L Cole 1 45416 Argus Filch 26.14 ........................A Turnwald 1 28321 Arden Emgrand 26.07 .................A Turnwald 2 62358 Tazia nwtd .................................... D Denbee 2 678x7 Bigtime Craig 26.46 ...........................L Cole 2 37415 Damaging Lomar nwtd ......................B Craik 3 31515 Opawa Jumper nwtd .......................R Wales 3 32252 Mr. Matt nwtd J & ............................D Fahey 3 72744 Thomas William 25.97.................. D Denbee 4 15388 Bigtime Forest nwtd ...........................L Cole 4 14361 Bigtime Talker 26.20...........................L Cole 4 32836 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole 5 74815 Hard Merch nwtd G & ............ S Fredrickson 5 22615 Bigtime Chris 26.32 G & ........ S Fredrickson 5 53372 Bigtime Mia 25.95 ..............................L Cole 6 F1166 Tuna Speed 23.45 ....................E Duganzich 6 73732 Cawbourne Palmer 25.93 ...........A Turnwald 6 22721 All About Space 26.04 .............E Duganzich 7 52215 Bigtime Hunter 23.56 .........................L Cole 7 34223 Bigtime Doug 25.82 ...........................L Cole 7 62672 All Black Star 26.16..................E Duganzich 8 11661 Powerful Lomar nwtd ........................B Craik 8 47x38 Caveman Sam 25.88 ..................B Hodgson 8 21113 Monster Fish 25.62 .....................A Turnwald Emergencies:

9 12666 Bigtime Eve 23.26 ..............................L Cole 10 87183 Kirkham Coby 23.52 .......................C Morris 4 5.15pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C2 C2, 457m 1 57364 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &........ S Fredrickson 2 53336 Tommy The Jett nwtd ..................A Turnwald 3 84633 Gunnar Blueblood 26.45 ...........J McInerney 4 22687 Bigtime Kiowa 26.34 ..........................L Cole 5 33478 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 6 57356 Tuff Knight nwtd ............................B Mitchell 7 83512 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson 8 5F273 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 5 5.32pm NZ RACING SERIES NOVICE (C0-C1) FINAL NZRSf, 457m

1 11212 Jinja Shake nwtd J &.......................D Fahey 2 72311 Lucky James 27.03 ...........................M Flipp 3 11111 Amorini 26.87 ....................................B Craik 4 67271 Here’s Hemi 26.33 ....................J McInerney 5 26411 Born Quick 27.35 ............................R Wales 6 48382 Goldstar Captain nwtd S &..............B Evans 7 55252 Our Rick nwtd .................................R Wales 8 34381 Opawa Big 27.45.............................R Wales Emergencies: 9 14112 Sausage nwtd J & ...........................D Fahey 10 41252 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S & ...............B Evans LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Ashburton District Community Christmas Lunch 2018 The lunch is being held at the Tinwald Hall, cnr Graham and McMurdo Streets, Tinwald at 12.30pm on Christmas Day and there is no charge. This lunch is for anyone who would like to share Christmas Day with others. If you have any questions please phone Ann 308 0333 and leave a message.

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Cameron Street. (excludes public holidays). 10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road. 12pm - 1pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH.

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Cryptic crossword

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The bodybuilder grows muscles by alternately exhausting and resting them. You will become emotionally stronger through bearing and releasing emotional burdens. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): In this astounding world, so much that seemed impossible has already become part of daily life. Getting focused amid all of these options will be both challenging and very worth the effort. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re not working for the feedback, but you need it to understand how others are impacted by what you do. You’re not in it for praise, laughter or applause, but this lets you know you’re on the right track. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The potential to be hurt goes up exponentially in a boat or in a relationship. But what would life be without a boat ride or a person to bounce around emotional waters with? Take the risk. At heart, you’re a sailor. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Part of your job is to teach others, so it gets a little frustrating when they don’t seem to be learning. It might help you to think in terms of helping others find what’s already inside them. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): To breathe easy – that’s the goal in all areas today. Widen the margins. Give yourself a bigger berth. Be generous with the best things, such as compassion and kindness. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You’ve a large capacity for reason, but don’t forget to keep dreaming. Those who will tamp down ideas with too heavy a dose of logic and practicality are no more correct than imaginative fools. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The pleasure of creating and playing is often squashed by the pressure to do so. That’s why, if you can in any way manage it, keeping money out of the equation might be very uplifting to the experience. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Advances are exciting when they come, but there’s inevitably some awkwardness in growth. One part gets bigger faster; the other has to catch up. Take heart in knowing that this is par for the course. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s hard to say why you feel the way you do, and without a good enough answer, you might talk yourself out of the feeling. But just because you don’t know the origin of the feeling doesn’t make it incorrect. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): How do you get there? One foot in front of the other. The challenge? Consistency. Break the action down into small parts and consistency won’t be an issue. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You can solve the problem in a few steps. The complaint only happens when you’re not sure how to solve the problem. Ideally, the complaint will inform you and not be a substitute for the solution.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

TAYLOR, Eva Alice – On November 30, 2018 at Rosebank Rest Home, Ashburton. Aged 100 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Jim. Mother and mother-inlaw of the late Judith and Rangi Kamo, the late Leslie, Denise and Cliff Wells, and the late Robert, also Nana to Sharron; Robyn, and Kathryn; Norma, and Tanya; and their families. Messages to 3 Ascot Place, Ashburton 7700. Many thanks for the loving care from all the staff at Rosebank, especially Debbie who went that extra mile for her. Mum’s wishes were to be privately cremated and her ashes to be placed with Dad at the Harewood Road Crematorium.

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Rise 5:45 am Set 9:00 pm

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Good fishing Rise 3:43 am Set 4:22 pm

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Rain, some heavy falls at first, easing to a few showers and gradually clearing. Southerlies.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 18.0 18.6 Max to 4pm 13.6 Minimum 13.4 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm December to date 0.0 Avg Dec to date 4 2018 to date 963.4 641 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 17 At 4pm Strongest gust E 26 Time of gust 2:43pm

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am Tipping Point 11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Chas makes a painful discovery; Cain is surprised by a sudden decision; Debbie suffers another blow. 0 1pm Coronation Street CatchUp PGR Mary’s protestations of innocence fall on deaf ears; Aidan employs dirty tricks to scupper the factory sale; Phelan blackmails Gary. 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Highway Cops 0 8pm Border Security 0 8:30 Take Two AO 0 9:30 Beyond The Darklands 30 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 APB AO 0

11:50 American Crime AO Kimara persuades Dustin to tell the police about Shae, which gets him in trouble. 12:50 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 2

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BRAVO 10am Mom’s A Medium 3 10:33 The Dish 3 10:35 Catfish 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:28 The Dish 3 12:30 The Real Housewives Of Dallas PGR 3 1:30 Made In Chelsea 2:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 3:35 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:05 Say Yes To The Dress Atlanta 3 4:35 Dance Moms 3 5:35 Tabatha’s Salon Takeover (Starting Today) 3 6:35 Catfish 3 7:30 Get A Room With Carson And Thom PGR Interior designer Thom Filicia and fashion guru Carson Kressley help homeowners Sherrie and Dave, who want to turn their huge living room and grotto into a fun but functional family space. 8:30 Body Fixers 9:35 Little Women – LA PGR 3 10:30 Snapped PGR 3 11:30 Three Days To Live PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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6:30 Maia The Brave 3 0 6:40 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 The Insectibles 3 0 7:20 Ben 10 0 7:45 Pokemon Sun And Moon Ultra Adventures 3 0 8:15 Puppy Dog Pals 3 0 8:35 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room PGR 3 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home And Away 3 0 2:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Girl Meets World 3 0 4pm Fanimals The path chosen for Baxter The Dragon Who Thought He Could; a pet photo could win a prize on Animal Lookalikes; Isaac and his bees. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am The AM Show 9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Love For Christmas PGR 3 2012 Family Comedy. Shantel VanStanten, Rob Mayes. 0 3pm Celebrity Name Game PGR 3 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia The Block is open for inspection, and thousands of people have the chance to see the apartments before the auctions, and meet their favourite Blockheads. 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Project Runway New Zealand The remaining designers have the biggest budget for their biggest challenge yet, creating a glamorous look by tailoring a suit. 0 8:35 Australian Survivor AO 0 10:05 Hotel Hell AO 0

7pm The Project 7:30 House Rules PGR 0 8:40 F 9-1-1 AO Bobby contemplates his future with Athena; Chimney and Buck try to lift Maddie’s spirits; the team responds to a toy-store stampede. 0 9:40 Beach Cops AO 3 0 10:10 F Beach Cops AO 3 10:45 NewsHub Late

11:10 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 11:40 Hell’s Kitchen AO 0 12:30 F How To Get Away With Murder AO 3 0 1:15 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:45 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:30 Once Upon A Time PGR 3 0 4:15 Judge Rinder 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:15 The Hui 3 Mihingarangi Forbes presents a mix of currentaffairs investigations, human interest, and arts and culture stories. 0 12:15 NewsHub Nation 3 An in-depth weekly current affairs show hosted by Lisa Owen. 0 1:20 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

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SKY 5 6am Jeopardy! PG 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 The Amazing Race PG 8:05 Pawn Stars PG 8:30 The Flash MVS 9:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 CSI – Miami MV 11:30 Jeopardy! PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:30 CSI – Cyber MV 1:25 CSI – Miami MV 2:15 NCIS MV 3:05 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 6pm The Flash MVS 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 The Cops MV 9:30 Trauma Rescue Squad M 10:30 The Flash MVS 11:25 CSI – Miami MV TUESDAY 12:20 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Pawn Stars PG 1:50 Trauma Rescue Squad M 2:40 The Cops MV 3:30 CSI – Miami MV 4:20 Hardcore Pawn PG 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The Simpsons PG

6am Trulli Tales 3 6:15 Atomic Puppet 3 6:25 Codename Kids Next Door 3 6:50 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Ben 10 3 0 8:05 Kid v Kat 3 8:30 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 3 0 8:55 The Moe Show 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 Sleepy Hollow PGR 3 0 1:35 Married With Children PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 M I Spy PGR 2002 Action. A professional boxer helps a government agent recover a stolen jet fighter from an illegal-arms dealer. Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Malcolm McDowell. 0 10:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news. Midnight Football – English Premier League Liverpool v Everton. From Anfield. 2am Closedown

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7:45 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 8am Dixieland 16VLSC 2016 Drama. Chris Zylka, Riley Keough. 9:40 Loving PGL 2017 Drama. Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton. 11:40 Insidious – The Last Key MVLS 2018 Horror. Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell. 1:25 Blockers 16LSC 2018 Comedy. Leslie Mann, John Cena. 3:05 Victoria And Abdul PG 2017 Drama. Judi Dench, Ali Fazal. 4:55 Broken Vows MVLS 2016 Thriller. Jaimie Alexander, Wes Bentley. 6:25 Rules Don’t Apply MLSC 2016 Comedy. Warren Beatty, Lily Collins. 8:30 Power Rangers MV 2017 Adventure. Five ordinary teenagers are accidentally imbued with ancient powers, which they must use to save the planet from a vengeful and powerful evil. Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott. 10:35 Double Date 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Danny Morgan, Georgia Groome.

7:40 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 8:10 The Grudge 2 MC 2006 Drama. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn. 9:50 Daddy Day Care 2003 Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Steve Zahn, Anjelica Huston. 11:25 Hollywoodland MVLS 2006 Drama. Ben Affleck, Adrien Brody. 1:30 Fillers – Making Of Johnny English Reborn PGV 2011 Featurette. Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West. 2pm Les Miserables MVS 2012 Musical Drama. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried. 4:35 The Debt AO16VL 2011 Thriller. Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson. 6:25 The Ghost Writer MVL 2010 Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan. 8:30 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 16VLSC 2015 Comedy. The boys fire up the hot tub time machine once again to get back to the past, but inadvertently land in the future. Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson. 10:05 30 Days Of Night 16VL 2007 Horror. Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster. 11:55 Spider-Man 3 MV 2007 Action. TUESDAY 2:10 The Making Of Safe House MVL 2:25 The Ghost Writer MVL 2010 Thriller. 4:30 The Debt AO16VL 2011 Thriller.

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12:05 Undercover Angel MLC 2017 Drama. Shawn Roberts, Katharine Isabelle. 1:35 Nothing But Trailers MVLSC 1:50 Broken Vows MVLS 2016 Thriller. Jaimie Alexander, Wes Bentley. 3:20 Rules Don’t Apply MLSC 2016 Comedy. Warren Beatty, Lily Collins. 5:25 Double Date 16VLSC 2017 Comedy. Danny Morgan, Georgia Groome.

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6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 6:40 Team Umizoomi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Potae Pai 3 7:30 Pipi Ma 3 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am R&R 9:30 Cam’s Kai 3 10am He Kakano 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Whaikorero 3 11:30 Ipukarea 3 Noon School Of Training 3 12:30 Billy T James AO 3 1pm The GC PGR 3 1:30 Polyfest Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Team Umizoomi 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Pipi Ma 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Pukuhohe 3 5pm Swagger 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm KaweKorero 7:30 Café Niugini PGR 3 8pm Native Affairs 8:30 M The Look Of Silence AO 2014 Documentary History. A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers. Adi Rukun, MY Basrun, Amir Hasan. 10:30 Whare Taonga 11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 KaweKorero News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events. Midnight Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 10am Golf – European Tour (HLS) Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open – Round Four. 10:30 Golf – Australian PGA Championship (HLS) Round Four. 12:30 Driver v Driver 1:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Hero World Challenge – Round Four. 2pm Golf – European Tour (HLS) Afrasia Bank Mauritius Open – Round Four. 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Golf – Australian PGA Championship (HLS) Round Four. 4:20 Motorsport – Road Racing Series (HLS) Macau Grand Prix. 5:20 Cricket – Ford Trophy (HLS) Final – Otago v Wellington. 5:50 Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League (HLS) Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat. 6:20 Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League (HLS) Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder. 6:50 L Cricket – International Pakistan v Blackcaps – Third Test, Day One. Morning session from Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. 9:05 Cricket – Ford Trophy (HLS) Final – Otago v Wellington. 9:35 L Cricket – International Pakistan v Blackcaps – Third Test, Day One. Afternoon session from Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. TUESDAY 2:30 Cricket – Women’s Big Bash League (HLS) Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat. 3am Baseball – ABL (RPL) Auckland Tuatara v Canberra Cavalry.

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 The French Collection 7am Tiny House Hunting 7:30 Wild Britain With Ray Mears 8am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 8:30 Hairy Bikers – Home For Christmas 9:30 Tiny House Nation 10:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 Mysteries At The Museum 1:30 Travel Man – 48 Hours In Christmas Special 2:30 Barter Kings 3:30 America The Wild 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie makes jerk chicken with rice and beans, a chopped salad, and chargrilled corn, all in 30 minutes. 5pm Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 5:30 Design Dealers 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Our Guy In China 8:30 Joanna Lumley’s Japan Joanna begins her 3330km journey across Japan in Hokkaido, one of the four main islands, where she meets one of the most important animals in Japanese culture, the redcrowned cranes. 9:30 Treasures Decoded 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie makes jerk chicken with rice and beans, a chopped salad, and chargrilled corn, all in 30 minutes. Midnight Peter Kuruvita’s Coastal Kitchen 12:30 Tiny House Hunting 1am Design Dealers 2am America The Wild 3am Walks With My Dog 4am Joanna Lumley’s Japan 5am The Art Detectives

SKY SPORT 2 6am Hockey – World Cup (RPL) Canada v Africa. 7:30 Hockey – World Cup (RPL) India v Belgium. 9am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day One. 10:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day Two. Noon Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come. 12:30 Sky Sports News Headlines from the world of sport. 1pm Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) From Sacred Heart College, Auckland. 4pm Baseball – ABL (RPL) Auckland Tuatara v Canberra Cavalry. 7pm Rugby – International (HLS) Barbarians v Argentina. 7:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day One. 9pm Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day Two. 10:30 Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) From Sacred Heart College, Auckland.

TUESDAY

Midnight Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) From Sacred Heart College, Auckland. 1:30 Rugby – Gallagher Premiership (HLS) Round Nine. 2:30 Football – UEFA Nations League Final Draw. 3am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day One. 4:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day Two. 3Dec18

DISCOVERY 6:35 Cuba’s Secret Shark Lair PG 7:30 Guy Fieri’s Feeding Frenzy PG 8:20 Sharks And The City – New York PG 9:10 Return To The Isle Of Jaws PG 10am Great White Serial Killer Lives PG 10:50 Tiger Shark Invasion PG 11:40 Return Of The Megashark PG 12:30 Shark Storm PG 1:20 Devil Sharks PG 2:10 Guy Fieri’s Feeding Frenzy PG 3pm Cuba’s Secret Shark Lair PG 3:50 Shark Exile PG 4:45 Shark-Croc Showdown PG 5:40 Air Jaws Apocalypse PG 6:35 Air Jaws – Hunting By The Moon PG 7:30 Great White Shark Babies PG 8:30 Air Jaws – The Hunted PG 9:25 Alien Sharks Greatest Hits PG 10:15 Great Australian Bites PG 11:05 Island Of The Mega Shark M 11:55 Great Hammerhead Invasion PG TUESDAY 12:45 Shark After Dark PG 1:10 Great White Shark Babies PG 2am Air Jaws – The Hunted PG 2:50 Alien Sharks Greatest Hits PG 3:40 Island Of The Mega Shark M 4:30 Great Australian Bites PG 5:20 Shark After Dark PG 5:45 Great Hammerhead Invasion PG

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CLASH OF THE TITANS

Rhys Cromie makes a backhand return in Saturday’s round of A grade tennis, where he handed Cameron McCracken his first loss of the season. BY ERIN TASKER

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Allenton picked up a 4-2 win over Methven in the Mid Canterbury Tennis A grade competition on Saturday to finish the season’s first round as the only unbeaten team. Allenton’s win at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Saturday was set up by the top order, with number one Sam Bubb combining with Andre van Rooyen at two to convincingly beat Eddie Dargue and Peter Kirwan in the top singles 6-0 6-1. Bubb then went on to defeat Dargue 6-1 6-0 in the top singles contest, while van Rooyen had a tougher time in the two singles against Kirwan but eventually got

there in a third set super tie-break 6-3 2-6 1-0 (10-4). Allenton’s fourth win of the day came in the other doubles match, with Dianna Leonard and Ben Johnson downing Henry Ross and Josh Jones in a third set super tiebreak 6-4 4-6 1-0 (10-6), but Ross and Jones turned the tables in the singles matches. That was where Methven picked up their two wins, with Ross beating Leonard in the three singles 6-2 6-2 and Jones beating Johnson at four, 6-0 6-1. Meanwhile, Fairton picked up only their second win of the first round, beating Tinwald 5-1. There were two feature games in that match-up, with the first being the top singles, which pit-

ted multiple-time Gala Cup singles winner Rhys Cromie against competition newcomer Cameron McCracken, who was yet to drop a singles match in the Mid Canterbury competition. But Cromie changed that, beating him in three sets 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 1-0 (10-8). In the top doubles Cromie paired with Tyler Leonard to take on McCracken and Tyler’s dad, Peter Leonard, and the match was won by the Cromie and Leonard pairing also in three sets 6-4 6-7 (7-5) 1-0 (12-10). Father and son then faced off in the two singles and it was Tyler who came out on top in a hard fought battle, beating his dad 3-6 6-3 1-0 (10-6).

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The second doubles match between Tinwald’s Luca Landells and Andrew Landells, and Jayden Cromie and John Leslie, wasn’t played with the Landells pairing having to default. But Andrew Landells did pick up Tinwald’s only win, beating Leslie in the four singles 6-0 6-1, while the other singles match saw Jayden Cromie down Luca Landells 6-1 6-2. In the day’s other A grade match, Hampstead proved far too slick for Southern, winning the clash 6-0. It wasn’t all plain sailing for Hampstead though with the tie featuring two three setters. Aidan Mitchell and Connor Brosnahan beat Southern’s Ja-

son Feutz and Gareth Evans 7-5 4-6 1-0 (10-5) in the top doubles, while Mitchell also needed a decider in the top singles against Feutz, getting home 4-6 7-6 1-0 (10-4). At two, Evans beat Brosnahan 6-3 6-4. The lower doubles went the way of Hampstead’s Michael Kerr and Erin Connelly-Whyte 6-4 6-2 against Mathieu Lucas and Aidan Watt. Kerr than went on to beat Lucas 6-2 6-0 at three, and Connelly-Whyte beat Watt 6-4 6-4 at four. In A reserve action on Saturday Southern/Wakanui picked up a 4-2 win over the Methven Diamonds, while the Allenton Wekas beat Hampstead 6-2.

Dubai double for New Zealand sevens teams

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