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Stubble fires blazed in record numbers across Mid Canterbury yesterday morning, as arable farmers took advantage of perfect conditions to clear paddocks of crop residue.

A Canterbury-wide fire ban, imposed in the wake of the Port Hills fire two weeks ago, forced many farmers to hold off on burn-offs, which are an integral part of crop rotations on arable farms.

The total fire ban was replaced by a restricted fire season on March 1. Under the restricted status burn-offs can take place in daylight hours, before 1pm. All other

outdoor burning requires a permit, issued by the Ashburton District Council.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury arable industry spokesperson Joanne Burke said many farmers had taken advantage of perfect weather conditions to burn a backlog of crop residue in a controlled setting.

The effort was co-ordinated and approved by the ADC, Federated Farmers and local fire services, with the intent of lessening pressure on already exhausted firefighters, many of whom had been battling the Christchurch blaze.

“The sheer number of fires concentrated into two hours would have come as a

surprise to some people,” Burke said.

“It was a sight never before seen and probably won’t ever be seen again.”

All the burn-offs were incredibly clean and over very quickly. Everyone involved had complied with Crop Residue Code of Practice, and the 1pm curfew, she said.

Mid South Canterbury deputy principal fire officer Don Geddes said the fire season status would be reviewed on a day-today basis.

The restricted fire season will remain in place until further notice. Farmers are responsible for checking for changes of status on the Ashburton District Council website before lighting fires.

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Mayor to employ PA

By Sue NewmaN

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When Ashburton voted itself a new mayor, it also voted to increase the staff numbers at the Ashburton District Council.

Yesterday, during a budget workshop, councillors agreed to a request from mayor Donna Favel to fund a new position on council staff, an executive assistant to the mayor, that will come with a $65,000 price tag.

Successive mayors have shared an executive assistant with the chief executive officer but because her mayoral style was about being more involved in the business of council and the community, Favel said she needed a staff member who could provide her with support across a range of areas.

Her request was backed up by human resources manager Sarah Mosely who said the sole executive assistant was overloaded with work already and the changed mayoral needs put that staff member under significant pressure.

“Everything the mayor asks for is legitimate and we should be able to provide it but we can’t.

“It’s not unreasonable what she’s asking for but doing it takes an extra resource.

“We haven’t had this level of questions and reports previously with mayors and it’s impacting on staff,” Mosely said.

The extra resource would assist the mayor in achieving what she wanted to achieve, she said.

“We have a different mayor, with a different style.”

Not all her councillors supported the request, with Stuart Wilson saying it was the mayor’s decision to go to so many events. If she chose to do that it was up to her to organise her own resources, he said.

“When Donna took this on she should have known what was involved. If she wants to expand the job, then that’s her choice,” he said.

Mayor Donna Favel At the start of her tenure, the mayor ‘slashed and burned’ some of the council’s committees that were not council’s core functions and yet she was becoming involved, with councillors in things such as education that were not a core function either, Russell Ellis said.

“Why has the workload increased, is it something the mayor likes to do or is it something that has to be done? She should delegate and delegate properly,” Leen Braam said.

Favel’s style is to attend more events and involve more councillors with her in those events.

“I was a councillor for six years and I was never given the opportunity to go to some events. I’ve tried to be an inclusive mayor and give opportunities to other councillors,” she said.

Two new councillors were keen to support the new mayoral style.

“We have a leader who is a real person, who gets out into the community,” said Diane Rawlinson.

Selwyn Price suggested there had been a lot more positivity in the community towards the council since the election.

“That’s due to Donna and her bringing us into things,” he said.

Because there was some doubt about the new position, councillors decided to approve funding for a one year, fixed term appointment.

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Flat-pack approval from readers Daily Guardian delivery dog Elfie may be upset with us producing our new flat-pack paper, instead of rolled, but our customers are loving it.

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Branje joins rally Ashburton water activist Jen Branje is set to embark on a journey which will take her the length of the South Island to get support for the Nationwide Rally for Water.

Branje is the founder of the Bung the Bore action group which successfully forced a halt to the sale of Lot 9, in the Ashburton Business Estate, to a water bottling plant last year.

The group, which gained national and international support, has since rebranded as the NZ Water Forum – Bung the Bore and has instigated a petition for a moratorium on all water bottling consents countrywide.

The petition currently has more than 15,500 signatories and will be presented to Green Party politicians David Parker and Catherine Delahunty at Parliament on March 14.

“I will be driving from Invercargill to Picton, leaving on March 9th and raising awareness along the way in a brightly decorated vehicle that will be easily recognised,” Branje said in a message.

“I will have with me a 100 metre large paper scroll and invite people to add their water conservation messages which I will also deliver to Parliament.”

To coincide with the delivery of the petition, the group has asked people to attend rallies at their local regional council buildings on March 14 to stand up for better water management throughout New Zealand.

Visit the Nationwide Rally for Water Facebook page for more information.

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The money is in the bank and the Ministry of Education is keen, but the future of Ashburton College as the home of the district’s new library is likely to lie in the community’s hands.

Last week when the site for Ashburton’s new civic centre and library were almost signed off, Ashburton College Principal Ross Preece made an offer that ground the decision making process to a halt.

He’d met earlier last month with mayor Donna Favel and councillor Selwyn Price and the option of co-locating the new library in college grounds was raised. The mayor then invited Preece to put

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In brief Denied entry A cruise ship passenger has been denied entry to New Zealand this week on “character grounds”.

The Australian passenger was on board the Emerald Princess as it docked at Port Otago in Dunedin on Wednesday, but was met by a team of police officers and an Immigration New Zealand official.

After an interview the passenger was refused entry to New Zealand on character grounds, a spokesman said. “For privacy and legal reasons INZ can make no further comment.” The Emerald Princess is today cruising in Fiordland and will continue on its trip around the country.

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Hearing Awareness Week celebrated Ashburton Hearing Association committee members Elizabeth Temple (left) and Maree Chambers celebrated 2017 Hearing Awareness Week yesterday.

A display was set up at the Ashburton Public Library to

raise awareness of those living with hearing difficulties.

The annual week runs from February 26 through until tomorrow.

This year Hearing New Zealand is encouraging all New Zealanders to consider the

various costs of hearing loss, with the message of “preparing for tomorrow by caring for your hearing today”.

The Ashburton branch has about 110 members and will celebrate 60 years later in the year.

Support for college library site

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the case for the college as a library site to last week’s council meeting.

The college site option had previously been discounted during the community consultation process but when the votes were counted for it to be reconsidered, seven councillors and Favel won the day and a site decision was put on hold.

Yesterday Preece said the option of combining the college and community library had been given Ministry of Education support.

“They see this model as an excellent use of resources and its policy is to do this where it can,” he said.

Preece said he had read the council’s briefing papers on the project and was familiar with the

process to this point. He was now waiting for contact from consultants Opus Architecture who have been commissioned by the council to work through details on the co-location option.

There were various options with the joint venture in terms of funding, but the college owned a clear site and that would mean no land purchase costs for the council. It also had money in the bank, Preece said.

Combing resources would mean the community and the college would get a better facility than they would if it was a stand alone venture, he said.

“Obviously I’m delighted. All I asked was that they give it consideration. From my point of view it

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makes absolute sense. We’ve got a clean site, take a look at it. I know the ministry supports the concept. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll be disappointed but we’ll accept their decision,” he said.

A community-school library was built at Riccarton and had been operating successfully for more than 10 years.

If the college is given the council’s tick as the library site, the civic centre and library project is likely to be forced back through the consultation process. Ratepayers have already paid out more than $260,000 in consultants fees and on community consultation; revisiting the project is likely to add another $40,000 to the bill.

The Cheviot region has been hit by two second strong quake within hours. The 5.2 earthquake caused strong shaking near Cheviot just after 8am yesterday. It hit 25km southwest of Cheviot at a depth of 31km. It followed a strong, shallow quake that struck Canterbury before dawn, jolting people awake across the South Island. GeoNet says the first quake, magnitude 4.7, struck at 5.17am. It was centred 20km southwest of Cheviot and just 9km deep. Nearly 500 people from Christchurch to the Manawatu reported feeling the tremor. Many have described it starting with a loud crack followed by a bedshaking wobble.

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Body found in glacier A body was found in a crevasse on Fox Glacier yesterday morning.

Police believe it may have been there for some time. A tramper found the body about 10.30am yesterday and called police. Police are now heading to the glacier to find out who the person is and notify next of kin.

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Identity unknown Police need help to identify a man found dead in a Northland domain. He is in his 20s, caucasian, of solid build, about 175cm tall, has short dark brown hair, stubble and a goatie. He was wearing a silver ring and a gold bracelet. He was wearing distinctive red, white and black high-top shoes. Anyone with information is asked to contact police in Northland - NZME

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Concerns over spread of Himalayan balsam plant Council

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By michelle NelSoN

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Concerns are mounting over the spread of Himalayan balsam in some Mid Canterbury waterways.

Himalayan balsam is a tall, fast growing plant which produces seeds that spread quickly in water and establish along riverbanks, in gullies, wetlands and forest margins. It competes vigorously with native plants for light, space and pollinators.

While not a declared pest within Canterbury, the Regional Pest Management Plan is currently under review and will soon be an opportunity for people to make submissions on whether the plant should be declared a pest, Environment Canterbury said.

Ashburton bee keeper Roger Bray said Himalayan balsam has infested a drainage creek on the western side of Cochranes Road, from Boundary Road leading to the Ashburton riverbed.

He is concerned the invasive plant will spread further if or when it reaches the river.

Bray has been in discussion with ECan and the question arose over who should pay for any control work to eradicate the plant.

“A spray operation utilising maybe $100 to $200 worth of chemicals and about four hours work at a maximum of $30 an hour may make a difference,” he said.

Himalayan balsam has taken over in a drainage creek on Cochranes Road.

“Residents adjacent to rivers in Canterbury pay river rates to cover river maintenance and flood protection, it would be logical that they (ECan) would foot the bill, or general rates could pay,” Bray said.

Given the nature of the plant to spread seeds, it may be a better course of action for Himalayan balsam plants to be pulled up by hand, perhaps by a community group.

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submission to the regional plan should include some details of how the plant could be managed (eradicated, reduced or contained), who should manage it and who should pay for the management costs.

If the phone rings and you’re asked to take part in a survey, if you slam the receiver down you could be missing an opportunity to tell the Ashburton District Council what you think of the way it does its business.

The council’s annual residents’ survey is about to kick off and an independent survey of residents, asking a range of questions about council staff, councillors and council decisions. It is also used to determine future work programmes and budget priorities.

The survey is a tool the council uses to evaluate its services and understand community needs.

It will be carried out by Research First and will run until March 20. Results will be presented to the council on May 18 and will be published on the council’s website.

The results of previous council surveys can be read on its website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Stockwater race closure concerns

By Sue NewmaN

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As the Ashburton District’s stockwater network shortened, council staff were spending a lot of time with small users ensuring their supply was constant rather than the bigger users, council’s open spaces manager David Askin said.

He told district councillors at yesterday’s budget meeting that it cost $1 million to manage the

district’s stockwater network and that most of the effort was now going into supplies to lifestyle blocks rather than farms.

The council was in a ‘catch-22’ situation where it was closing many stretches of the network because most users did not want the supply but at the same time it was endeavouring to meet the needs of smaller users further down the line, Askin said.

As part of its water manage-

Andrew Dalziel ment strategy the council is committed to closing significant

lengths of the stockwater network.

It has tagged $2 million as a ‘fighting fund’ in case it needs to provide alternative supplies to current users who may not have an alternative water supply.

Currently users pay $130 to connect to the stockwater system but councillor Stuart Wilson wants this raised to $600.

That would place the costs where the service was used rather

than having rural ratepayers, who were not using the supply, paying for something they did not want.

Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel said the issue was a frustrating one but the council couldn’t not strike a rate and then say to some people that they didn’t have to pay it because they were not getting the service.

The issue will receive another airing at next week’s council stockwater committee meeting.

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Memories recalled by new principal

By SuSan SandyS

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Pattie Ree began as relieving principal at Our Lady of the Snows (OLOS) School this year, but has now been appointed to the position permanently.

Ree’s association with the Catholic school goes back to when she herself attended, beginning as a five-year-old.

“Julie Middleton was our junior teacher back then and the only carpet on the floor was a big stripy rug that we all sat on,” Ree recalled.

In those days the Sisters of Mercy and other nuns taught students and the school’s middle classroom was an old church which was located in the middle of the current carpark, where a large tree now stands.

“Family sizes were a lot bigger. In my family there was only me and my sister, but it was common at our school to be from a family of six, eight or even 10 children,” Ree said.

“We used to go to mass every week at school and the parish priest used to live right next to the church, so he popped over to school quite often.”

While things have changed since then, the feeling of belonging to a special school family was as strong as ever.

She and husband Jason have three boys who all also attended the school and are now at Mount Hutt College.

Ree began teaching about 20 years ago on the West Coast. She has taught in the United Kingdom and at Mid Canterbury schools, including OLOS, and has been deputy principal at Dorie School.

New OLOS principal Pattie Ree (right) was once a pupil at the school, when her junior teacher was Julie Middleton.

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Man dives into danger, seizing guns during fight

BY PETER JACKSON Police are praising the courage of a Kaitaia resident who relieved two men of firearms and potentially saved two lives in the course of a violent altercation.

Leonard Skinner, 42, said he didn’t have time to think of his own safety, his initial thought being that Kaitaia did not want another shooting, before he relieved one man of a slug gun and another of a loaded shotgun.

The incident began on Monday last week, when two brothers allegedly confronted a third man in the afternoon. A tyre brace was allegedly brandished and a threat to kill allegedly made, according to police.

The victim, who saw that the two men were armed, went home, but 30 minutes later the offenders allegedly arrived at that address.

The victim allegedly used a car to ram the offenders’ utility multiple times, the passenger getting out of the ute, allegedly armed

Left – Leonard Skinner, who is tired of the violence in his neighbourhood, seized guns from two men to prevent another death in Kaitaia.

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with an air gun and a baseball bat, the driver allegedly emerging armed with a large hunting knife.

Mr Skinner, who was mowing his lawns just a few doors down the street, moved his vehicle to put a stop to the ramming then wrested the air gun and bat from the passenger, the victim seizing

the bat and allegedly started attacking the ute with it.

He also allegedly pulled the driver’s door back on its hinges until it almost reached the wheel.

The man then allegedly took a loaded shotgun from the brothers’ ute, pointed it at the two men as they ran and allegedly

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pulled the trigger. It did not fire because the safety catch was engaged.

Mr Skinner said he had absolutely no doubt that the two men would have been shot in the back at close range but for the safety catch.

“He was really pulling the trigger,” he said.

He then wrested the shotgun from the man, again without thinking of the potential outcome.

“There was a whole lot of stuff going on. I wasn’t thinking about what might happen.

“My wife was more shaken up than I was. I just reacted instinctively. I didn’t want another shooting in Kaitaia.”

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Dad ordered to return children A Christchurch man has been ordered to return his children to Abu Dhabi after the High Court found he was detaining them in New Zealand illegally.

The man and his wife had been living in Abu Dhabi with the children, aged 8 and 4, since December 2015.

In late 2016 the couple agreed that the man would bring the children to New Zealand for a two-week holiday during Christmas.

After travel plans were made the woman found out he was planning to leave the marriage.

Court documents released yesterday reveal that the man was planning on separating from his wife but had not raised the matter with her. Before he left the country with the children the woman secretly accessed his emails and found out about his plan to break up the marriage.

As a result, the woman drew up an agreement for him to sign stating he would return them to their home in Abu Dhabi after the holiday. The pair both signed the document.

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Smoke sign of farming backlog Michelle Nelson

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n all too familiar veil of smoke blanketed Ashburton yesterday as cropping farmers recommenced with burning a backlog of crop residue.

The Canterbury-wide fire ban, imposed in the wake of the recent Port Hills fires, was lifted this week and replaced with a restricted classification.

In a restricted fire season stubble burning can only take place in daylight hours and before 1pm.

Many farmers have been waiting patiently to clear harvested paddocks of residue for resowing with the next crop in the rotation.

These things are relatively time sensitive; the need to get seed in the ground must be balanced by safety considerations.

As most Mid Canterbury rural firefighters were involved in battling the Port Hills fires, the decision was made to halt stubble burn-offs, and retract council-issued permits for any other outdoor fires.

All Mid Canterbury crews are now back in the district and yesterday’s weather conditions were perfect to deal with the backlog of harvested paddocks waiting to be burnt off.

The sheer number of farmers who took advantage of the carefully co-ordinated and managed situation was astounding – a sight never before seen, and unlikely to be seen again.

Everyone complied with the conditions and the blazes were clean and over quickly.

The local firefighters who helped out in Christchurch also deserve a mention.

Mid-South Canterbury deputy principal fire officer Don Geddes, who was involved in coordinating the effort, said many had worked up to 17 hours on the trot.

Some were paid but most were volunteers, who also took time off work to get the job done.

In many cases their participation also relies on the co-operation of their employers, who have operated businesses short of staff for the past fortnight.

While we can expect to see plumes of smoke from crop burn off for several weeks, we won’t see a repeat yesterday’s scenario.

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Rodrigo Duterte So Murray McCully thinks, after meeting Rodrigo Duterte last November, that he is “actually quite charming”.

It amazes me that in this day and age a confessed killer, in the guise of the president of the Philippines, can act as he is doing and still be accepted by the rest of the world.

Having been in the job since June 30 he is well on his way to killing his target of 100,000 drug users, and, along with his political allies they are pushing to have the age of criminality lowered from 15 to 9.

Not only are these evil deeds done by his security forces without trial, but vigilantes have apparently actually murdered more.

As the Philippines is a Christian country does this make it alright?

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Stress, art and pizza (or is it the art of pizza?)

Phill Hooper OFF THE AIR

G

ot a moody, on edge 20something at your place? I think I’ve discovered part of the reason why.

Nearly half of Millennials fear their addiction to social media is having a negative effect on their mental and physical health.

A new survey by the American Psychological Association has found about 90 per cent of people aged 18 to 29 are using social media, up from just 12 per cent in 2005.

About half of those polled are concerned about how much time they spend on social media and worry about the negative effects on their physical and mental health.

But while young users fear social media is making them ill, they say they still can’t stop.

More than a decade after the emergence of smartphones, Facebook and Twitter, a profile is emerging of the “constant checker”, someone so attached to their gadgets they are constantly checking texts, emails and social media accounts.

This group registers stress levels that are 20 per cent higher than average. Which no doubt causes their parents a stress increase of around 97 per cent.

If you find Millennials and their online addictions tough to get your head around, then try and get your head around this modern artist (I say that with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek).

A French artist is entombing himself inside a giant rock at a Parisian modern art museum for a week before attempting to … hatch a dozen eggs.

Abraham Poincheval has hollowed out a hole in a 12-tonne chunk of limestone that’s just big enough for him to fit inside.

For months, he’s been preparing himself mentally and physically for life inside the artwork Stone, where he’s planning to sit up with his arms outstretched.

Air-holes have been drilled into the rock and there are cables for a heart monitor and an emer-

gency phone line. Food-wise, he’s planning to eat dried meat and liquidised foods.

After Stone, his next performance Egg will begin on March 29 and will involve Abraham sitting on 12 eggs for up to four weeks until they hatch.

Quote: “I think of it as an inner journey to find out what the world is.”

Millennials reading this will be shuddering and thinking to themselves, ‘A week without a cellphone and social media, he’ll never survive’!

Although the sitting for a week without doing anything, would certainly appeal to some millennials.

I’m thinking a week without pizza, bugger that!

Which segues me nicely to this.

A pizza war broke out last week after the president of Iceland

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Above – Many Millennials fear social media is making them ill, but seem unable to be away from their phones.

Left – Fancy some pea and mayonnaise pizza anyone?

revealed that he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping if he could.

The issue of pineapple on pizza now seems petty because some monster decided to top his perfectly good pizza with some peas and mayo.

I instantly thought, that sounds gross, but it actually looks ok and I would certainly

give it a crack.

I asked my Facebook family if they’d give it a nudge, most said ewww NO, but these three had different ideas: Henry – I’d give it a go Hoops, never turned any food down in the past ??

Shaun – Does not sound ideal.

But I would try 6 slices before I said it was no good.

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Natt – I like peas, i like mayo, i like pizza so yep id eat it :) I’m wondering if Matt from Dominos is reading this?

Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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■ UNITED STATES

‘I’ll keep Trump honest’ Barack Obama is ready to return to frontline politics, according to Eric Holder, who served as Attorney General in the former President’s administration.

The suggestion will be welcome in a Democratic Party still struggling to unite in opposition to Donald Trump’s presidency after the shock defeat of Hillary Clinton.

When Obama left office, he said he was prepared to intervene if his successor threatened America’s core values – a break in the convention that former presidents are expected to distance themselves from domestic politics.

Meanwhile, Holder said he had been talking to Obama about ways he could help the new National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which the then President asked him to chair.

“It’s coming. He’s coming,” Holder said, according to Politico magazine. “And he’s ready to roll.”

The committee has been

Garfield in gender war

When Obama left office, he said he was prepared to intervene if his successor threatened America’s core values. set up to tackle what Democrats see as Republican gerrymandering, offering their opponents an advantage in nationwide and local elec-

tions. Former presidents have found different ways to fill their time after leaving office, setting up foundations and launching themselves

Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna. Is there really much more to say about Garfield? Since the comic debuted in 1978, Garfield’s core qualities have shifted less than the mostly immobile cat himself. But this is 2017 – a time of Internet wars, social conundrums and claims to competing evidence about Garfield’s gender identity. Wikipedia had to put Garfield’s page on lockdown last week after a 60-hour editing war in which the character’s listed gender vacillated back and forth indeterminately like a cartoon version of Schrödinger’s cat: male one minute; not the next.

into international affairs.

At 55, Obama has plenty more productive years ahead of him.

- NZME

■ UNITED STATES

Storm sounded like ‘explosion of glass’ A deadly spring-like storm that one Illinois resident described as sounding like “an explosion of glass” damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in that state and others, blew cars off a major Missouri highway and forced people in an Arkansas town to huddle for safety in a high school.

Tornadoes were blamed in three deaths amid a large swath of destruction through the central US before rumbling eastward. Forecasters said up to 95 million people are potentially in the storm’s path as it moves toward the mid-Atlantic states and south-

ern New England. Forecasters said cities including New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta and Washington, DC, could be at risk.

Officials in Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri were assessing damage following storms.

In northern Illinois, an uprooted tree killed 76-year-old Wayne Tuntland of Ottawa.

More than a dozen others were injured. In the small community of Naplate, next to Ottawa, about a quarter of the roughly 200 homes were damaged, Fire Chief John Nevins said.

Debbie Loughridge, 61, and

her son were inside their Naplate home, riding out the storm in the bathtub. Firefighters rescued them after the roof was torn off.

“All I heard was the wind and the breaking glass. Like an explosion of glass,” Loughridge said.

In southern Illinois, an apparent tornado near the town of Crossville killed a 71-yearold man and injured his wife, White County Coroner Chris Marsh said.

In Missouri, a twister touched down, blowing several vehicles off of Interstate 55 near Perryville southeast of St.

Louis. A 24-year-old man from Perryville was thrown from one of the vehicles and died, Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Juston Wheetley said. The wind was so strong that it lifted crumpled cars from a nearby salvage yard and tossed them along the highway.

Nearly 110 homes in the Perryville area were damaged or destroyed and 12 people suffered minor injuries, Perryville Fire Chief Jeremy Triller said.

“I feel we’re very blessed and fortunate we didn’t have a higher fatality number with this terrible disaster,” Triller said.

- AP

Accountants blacklisted The president of the American film Academy has said the two accountants responsible for the best picture mix-up at Sunday’s award ceremony will not work at the Oscars again. Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz were the two PwC auditors privy to the Academy votes and responsible for the presenters’ envelopes.

Mr Cullinan handed Warren Beatty the wrong best picture envelope during the ceremony, leading to La La Land incorrectly being announced as the winner rather than Moonlight. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy president, said neither would be renewing their Oscars role next year.

■ NORWAY

Brevik’s human rights ‘not violated’ – court Norway did not violate the human rights of mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik by isolating him in jail, an appeals court ruled yesterday, overturning a lower court ruling from last year.

The Borgarting Court of Appeal says Breivik, who is serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people in a 2011 bomb-and-shooting rampage, “has not been subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment.”

It said the conditions for his incarceration were “not in violation” of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Incarceration in a high-se-

Anders Behring Breivik curity prison “entails an element of suffering and humiliation,” the court said.

“However such special safety measures may be required.

This particularly applies to

some dangerous prisoners to prevent, for instance, escape, violence or prison disturbances.”

“Isolation from other inmates coupled with tight control are examples of such security measures,” the court said.

Breivik had sued the Norwegian government, saying his solitary confinement, frequent strip searches and the fact that he was often handcuffed during the early part of his incarceration violated his human rights.

He is held in isolation in a three-cell complex where he can play video games, watch TV and exercise. He has also

complained about the quality of the prison food, having to eat with plastic utensils and not being able to communicate with sympathisers.

The government had rejected his complaints, saying he is treated humanely despite the severity of his crimes and adding that he was being separated from other inmates for his own safety reasons.

Defence lawyer Oystein Storrvik said after yestersday’s ruling that Breivik would now appeal to Norway’s top court “the Supreme Court” and possibly to the European Court of Human Rights.

- AP

Lorde continues tease Lorde has revealed one final tease of her “sad and joyous” new single, as well as a music video. The Kiwi pop star has been teasing fans for several days, delivering cryptic messages on social media and on Wednesday night sending them on a treasure hunt. Yesterday morning, she tweeted a link to the website www. imwaitingforit.com, saying: “Third and final teaser up now!” The website played a short snippet of her new single, Green Light. She then took to Twitter to confirm the single’s release today at 8am, saying it’s “the first chapter of a story I’m gonna tell you, the story of the last two wild, fluorescent years of my life”.

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■ UNITED KINGDOM

British Prime Minister, Theresa May has been handed a stinging defeat by the House of Lords on her plans to leave the EU. PHOTO AP

chamber.

The government said it was “disappointed” by the Lords’ vote, and is expected to try to overturn the amendment in the Commons later this month.

By leaving the EU, Britain will be withdrawing from the bloc’s policy of free movement, which allows citizens of the bloc’s 28 member states to live and work in any of the others. That leaves 3 million EU nationals in the UK, as well as 1 million Britons in

other member countries, uncertain whether they will be able to stay in their jobs and homes once Britain reasserts control over EU immigration.

The government has said repeatedly that it plans to guarantee the right of EU citizens to remain in Britain as long as UK nationals living elsewhere in the bloc get the same right. Critics accuse the government of treating people as leverage in the divorce negotiations.

The Lords’ amendment commits the government to guaranteeing within three months that EU citizens living legally in Britain when the bill is passed “continue to be treated in the same way with regards to their EU-derived rights.”

A stream of peers – most from opposition parties but a few from the governing Conservatives – stood to agree with her.

Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, a Labour member of the Lords, said EU citizens in Britain had been “reduced to pawns in a government tragedy”.

He said Britain should “tell those who are here now that we want them to stay here and welcome them”.

But Conservative peer Nigel Lawson said the amendment was merely “virtue-signalling” and would have no concrete impact. And his Conservative colleague Michael Howard said it could backfire by delaying a deal on residence rights between Britain and the EU. He said the best course was to launch formal negotiations “and then to negotiate to give these people the rights they deserve to stay in this country”.

- AP

■ IRAQ

Iraqi forces push toward Mosul’s heart An Iraqi commander says his troops are within 800 metres of the main government complex in the northern city of Mosul, the capture of which would mark a symbolic victory against the Islamic State group.

Maj. Gen Thamir al-Hussaini, of Iraq’s elite rapid response units, said his forces were advancing along the Tigris River after retaking one of the city’s five damaged bridges. He said the capture of the bridge could shorten supply lines and allow civilians in western Mosul, where heavy fighting is under way, to flee to the government-controlled eastern half of the city.

“In the coming day we will clear the government buildings,” he told reporters in Abu Saif, a village outside Mosul.

Inside the city, residents described Iraqi forces’ hold on the area as much more tenuous.

Within a few hundred metres of the bridge, makeshift roadblocks set up to prevent car bombs were still in place, preventing civilian and military traffic.

Muhammad Salah, a resident of a recently retaken neighbourhood nearby said the bridge and the main road effectively mark the current front-line in the fight.

He pointed to plumes of black smoke visible a few blocks away, saying they were from cars along the main road set alight by the militants to conceal their posi-

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In brief

Lords humiliation for May Britain’s unelected House of Lords yesterday handed the government a stinging – though likely temporary – defeat on its plans to leave the European Union, resolving that EU citizens should be promised the right to stay in the UK after it quits the bloc.

By a vote of 358 to 256, Parliament’s upper chamber inserted a clause protecting EU nationals’ status into a bill authorising the government to begin EU exit talks.

The Labour Party’s Brexit spokeswoman in the Lords, Dianne Hayter, said Europeans living in Britain “need to know now, not in two years’ time or even 12 months’ time,” what their rights are.

“You can’t do negotiations with people’s futures. They’re too precious to be used as bargaining chips,” Hayter said.

Pro-EU politicians hailed the vote as a symbol of commitment to Europeans living in Britain.

But it is unlikely to turn out to be binding on the government.

The change must go to a vote in the elected House of Commons, where there is a strong chance it will be rejected, since Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party has a majority in the lower

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tions from aircraft flying overhead.

“None of the main road has been liberated yet,” he said, as black ash drifted down on his garden like a light snow.

Cpl. Hussein Ishaq, of the rapid response units, described the battle for the neighbourhood as “simple,” saying Isis defences were light and that his forces cleared the district in a single day.

Muhammad Abbas, a member of the militarised Federal Police, pointed to a street corner next to a garden full of fruit trees. “There were two Isis fighters there, one with a suicide belt,” he said. “A coalition plane saw them and killed them with an airstrike.”

The munition left a deep hole in the asphalt. The street was still littered with leaves knocked off the trees, barely recognisable body parts and shreds of clothing.

Residents said Iraqi forces only pushed into the area after days of heavy airstrikes and artillery fire.

“Honestly it was a very fierce fight,” said Salah.

The UN migration agency meanwhile reported a surge in the number of fleeing civilians, saying over 10,000 men, women and children have been displaced since the operation to retake western Mosul began on February 19. The International Organisation for Migration cited Iraqi government figures.

- AP

Arrest on bucket list A feisty Dutch grandmother was ‘’arrested’’ after her niece told them she wanted to be handcuffed and locked up before she died.

The woman, known only as Annie, was pictured grinning as local police arrested her and she was photographed being taken into custody. Grandma Annie has been ticking items off her bucket list, and police at Nijmegen Zuid were happy to help. She had told her family she always wanted to know what it would be like to be arrested.

- NZME

Arrest in cop killing A recently paroled gang member in California has been charged with killing a police officer and his own cousin. Michael Mejia was charged yesterday with murder with special circumstances, making him eligible for the death penalty.

He’s also charged with attempted murder, carjacking and possession of a firearm by a felon. Mejia, a convicted robber, had been jailed for parole violations but freed about a week earlier.

- AP

Fatal shooting ‘justified’ A prosecutor says a grand jury has found two Indiana police officers were justified in using deadly force to stop a man whom investigators say was driving a car toward them. Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker announced yesterday that Elkhart Sgt. Nathan Lanzen and Cpl. Leonard Dolshenko won’t face charges for the fatal December 4 shooting of 29-year-old Norman Gary. Investigators have said Lanzen and Dolshenko heard gunshots and ran toward the sound, firing shots at a car in an alley driven by Gary. A woman in the car and two others nearby were wounded. Gary’s family and the injured woman have filed separate federal lawsuits against the officers.

- AP

Zinker sworn in Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis speaks at a news conference in Baltimore.

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■ UNITED STATES

Seven cops on racketeering charges Seven Baltimore police officers who were members of an elite gun task force have been indicted in a racketeering conspiracy that accuses them of robbing people, filing false reports and claiming fraudulent overtime.

One of the officers also faces a separate drug distribution charge.

“This is not about aggressive policing, it is about a criminal conspiracy,” said US Attorney for Maryland Rod Rosenstein in announcing the indictments.

The accusations portray officers who stole from taxpayers through time fraud and from citizens they stopped or searched, with at least 10 victims robbed including some who had not committed

crimes, officials said.

The overtime abuses alleged include one from an officer who claimed it while on holiday, and another who was in the poker room of a casino and not on the job, according to details released by prosecutors.

The alleged robberies included the theft of about $US200,000 from a safe and from bags seized at a search location, authorities said.

In another instance, one officer accused is accused of helping an associate in a drug conspiracy remove a GPS tracking device placed on the person’s car by the DEA. At a news conference, Baltimore Police Chief Kevin Davis called the allegations “heinous acts”.

- NZME

Former Montana Republican Ryan Zinke was sworn in yesterday as secretary of the Interior Department, assuming oversight of 400 million acres of public land, mostly in the West. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office hours after the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Zinke by a vote of 68-31. Zinke pledged to “get to work” immediately and said he knows he’ll “be held accountable to get things done”.

- AP

Suicide attacks kill 16 Near-simultaneous Taliban suicide bombings and an hours-long shootout with Afghan security forces left at least 16 people dead and over 100 wounded in Kabul yesterday – a stark reminder of the militants’ ability to stage largescale and complex attacks in the country’s capital. The brazen noontime attacks also underscored the challenges the government continues to face as it grapples with the 15-year-long insurgency and struggles to improve security for ordinary Afghans. In one of the twin attacks, a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a sprawling police compound in western Kabul.

- AP

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Superjumbo route a win for Emirates

By Grant Bradley Emirates has carried around 200,000 passengers on its nonstop service between Auckland and Dubai and says the success of the route was based on upgrading to the A380 superjumbo.

Emirates yesterday celebrated 12 months since the first Auckland arrival on the non-stop route, flown first with a 266-seat Boeing 777-200LR and from last October 30 with the double-decker A380, providing up to 491 seats.

The average flight time northbound has been 16 hours, 57 minutes and southbound the duration (usually with tail winds) has been 15 hours, 38 minutes which was quicker than expected. The flight was the longest commercial in the world until Qatar began services from Doha on February 6.

Upgrading the aircraft type was one of the key reasons for a successful first year on the route, the world’s longest A380 flight, said Emirates.

“The Boeing 777-200LR was an ideal aircraft to start with on the route and we have been able to build on that successful launch period with the upgrade in ca-

pacity provided by our flagship A380s,” said Emirates’ New Zealand regional manager, Chris Lethbridge.

The smaller Boeing was operating at high load factors and had been successful but the introduction of the A380 gave passengers the opportunity to fly on the dou-

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7,175.83 +27.05 +0.38%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

4,956.4

+6.76

+0.14%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

7,771.29 +26.85 +0.35%

p Rises 74 q Falls 33

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p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,776.6

+71.8

+1.26%

At close of trading on Mar 2, 2017

p Dow Jones Indust.

21,115.6 +303.2 +1.46% At close of trading on Mar 1, 2017

p FTSE 100 index

7,382.9

+119.5

+1.64%

At close of trading on Mar 1, 2017

p Nikkei 225 index

19,586.8 +193.2 +1.00% At close of trading on Mar 2, 2017

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Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

1,240.40

London – $US/ounce

–15.2

–1.21%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

18.33

+0.05

+0.27%

6,040.0

+104.0

+1.75%

p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

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TT buy

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TT sell

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ble-decker all the way to a number of destinations in Europe.

“And from a customer’s point of view we have been able to offer a total consistency of product, with A380s also on our three daily services from Auckland, and daily flight from Christchurch, via Australia to Dubai and beyond.”

In its first year of operation on the non-stop route between Auckland and Dubai, the aircraft had an overall load factor of more than 80 per cent.

The long flight gives passengers the opportunity to watch several full-length films, such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, topped up

with a popular television series box set or two and music choices from across the decades.

Emirates now has 93 Airbus A380s in its fleet and a further 49 on order.

Last year Emirates carried more than 1.1 million passengers to and from New Zealand.

Doha is nearly 400km from Dubai and that makes the Qatar Airways flight longer than Emirates’ service.

Qatar is operating its daily flights with a 777-200LR with 259 seats. It has six A380s in its fleet.

Although the long range version of the aeroplane would be capable of making the 14,535km distance to Auckland, Qatar’s chief executive Akber Al Baker told the Herald it would not operate the plane here.

“A380 coming to Auckland comes with a payload penalty and we cannot operate any aircraft on this long range that has a payload penalty because we want to maximise the revenue,” he said.

The competition between the two Gulf rivals will continue next week with each unveiling widely anticipated new premium cabin products at a big business travel event in Berlin.

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The market week in review

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ome nervousness crept into markets early this week ahead of Donald Trump’s speech to congress while the local market continued to focus on the reporting season.

This week also marked the end to February, which proved to be a positive month for markets on the whole.

In addition to this, NZ migration data for January was released this week and saw yet another record, while house prices continued to rise according to the QV house survey.

For February, the S&P/NZX 50 gained 1.66 per cent, backing up a strong January.

For the month, Air New Zealand was the top performer rising 12.62 per cent, followed by the two dual listed Australian banks, Westpac and ANZ, up 11.30 per cent and 10.39 per cent respectively.

Metro Performance Glass was the weakest performer for the month, falling 22.70 per cent after a downgrade to full year guidance, while Sky TV fell 18.10 per cent.

In Australia the S&P/ASX 200 managed to eke out a gain of 1.62 per cent for the month, more than reversing the losses from January.

All three US benchmarks finished February for a fourth straight month of gains with the Dow Jones Industrial average advancing 4.8 per cent, the S&P 500 rising 3.7 per cent, and the Nasdaq 3.8 per cent higher.

The Dow Jones was once again a headline grabber setting record highs for 12 consecutive days.

This was equally long to the record set in January 1987.

In Europe the Stoxx Europe 600 benchmark managed a 2.8

Jeremy Flood ON THE MARKETS

per cent monthly gain in February, its third monthly gain in four months.

In the UK the benchmark FTSE 100 finished 2.3 per cent higher for the month.

The local reporting season continued this week although at a much slower pace than last week.

Metlifecare reported a sharply higher first-half profit and dividend, as well as giving a positive outlook.

The share price rose to its highest level in four months. The company benefited from the property boom, which led to a step jump in property prices.

Genesis Energy reported a 4.2 per cent increase in first-half profit and raised its earnings guidance for the full year from the October update, however, this was still lower than the guidance given at the end of 2016.

The company’s share price has slipped slightly in opening trade.

The long-awaited Trump address had a familiar “America first” theme throughout and plenty of echoes of his inaugural address. However, the disappointment market wise has been the lack of detail, but there did seem to be a big effort to sound presidential.

In terms of what we did get, the president returned again to the subject of rebuilding infrastructure, and reconfirmed that he intends to repeal and replace

Obamacare, increase defence spending, enforce immigration laws and also overhaul tax, including cuts for the middle class.

New Zealand’s record run for migration continued, with January setting yet another annual record with net migration rising to 71,305.

This was higher than the previous record set in December. Both long-term and short-term migration increased with a particular increase in short-term visitors in January due to the Chinese New Year.

The majority of those visiting were bound for Auckland, with 44 per cent heading there. The next most popular destination was Canterbury.

RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler stuck to the neutral guidance as domestic risks continue to be overshadowed by global risks.

The governor emphasised that the potential shifts in US trade policy and rise in protectionism are a large risk to the New Zealand economy.

The rhetoric was largely unchanged from previous statement and the market continues to see the central bank holding for the remainder of the year, barring a substantial change.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

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Looking great - inside and out R ecent drive time with Hyundai’s new Tucson showed it is a major step forward with its quickly-noticed advances in its driving dynamics, comfort and refinement, and that how closely it is now related to the Santa Fe. All virtues that Tucson needs to have in the now very hotly-contested, medium SUV market.

Tucsons come in a number of guises.

There’s the choice of front or all-wheel drive, of two four-cylinder petrol engines – the direct injection 2 litre or a 1.6 litre turbo, as well as a 2 litre diesel.

They share a quite elegant, very well dressed and proportioned new body that looks great from all angles, so are certainly able to foot it with the best at school drop-off zones and other situations where appearances matter!

This well-dressed look continues with the materials used within the spacious and airy feeling interior, from where visibility is excellent and the dash and controls are both well presented and er-

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Access to all seats is easy.

The rear seats were also favourably commented on and the rear air-con vents appreciated.

The 466 litre luggage area is wide and

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A full sized spare and the usual Hyundai safety gear are stowed below.

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It definitely has a “carlike” mantra with an excellent, sure-footed, very comfortable ride on all surfaces and impressive handling, particularly through corners.

The direct steering of this front-drive version certainly had a sporty feel to it, being nicely weighted, immediately responsive and providing some feedback.

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• Polygonal design, concave flanks and emphasized wheel arches.

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• Five seats with sporty seating positions for the driver and front passenger.

• 1.4 TFSI with 110 kW and 250 Nm of torque and cylinder on demand technology.

• Available in 11 paint colours, 5 alloy wheel designs and 4 additional contrast colourC-Pillar blades.

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• Optional Audi virtual cockpit and head-up display.

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The exterior is rugged and youthful: the polygonal design, concave flanks and emphasised wheel arches bring a new look to Audi’s existing design language.

The low roofline and high window line give the sporty vehicle a coupelike look and a crouching stance on the road.

Especially striking are the wedgeshaped LED headlights, the high position of the Singleframe® grille and the generously sized air inlets.

The rear body has a tautly styled

eugeot has revealed a glimpse into the future of mobility with its INSTINCT concept, a unique Shooting Brake which offers the option of fully autonomous driving.

The INSTINCT Concept is powered by a PHEV powertrain offering 300 bhp.

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Peugeot INSTINCT is programmed with four distinct driving settings.

In Drive mode, drivers can opt for Drive Boost or Drive Relax, and in ‘Autonomous’ mode they have the option of Autonomous Soft or Autonomous Sharp, balancing comfort and optimised journey times.

On board technology includes an Internet of Things (IoT) platform, the Samsung ArtikTM Cloud, which syncs with the user’s devices. This enables the car to learn its user’s lifestyle and preconfigure its settings.

For example, it can read data from a smartwatch and configure its settings to give the driver a relaxing ride home after a trip to the gym.

Externally, the aerodynamic, sculpted body is designed for maximum fuel efficiency but also to catch the eye. The styling houses INSTINCT’s ground-breaking technology, including cameras in each LED headlamp which enable the car to scan the road ahead and communicate with the driving assistance systems.

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Dynamic turn signals are another feature of the rear. They run in intervals of four-tenths of a second from the inside out, sending a very clear signal when changing directions.

The interior of the Q2, which takes up the taut and angular design language of the exterior, offers space for five passengers.

The Q2 offers up to 1050 litres of cargo space when the rear bench seat is folded back. The Audi Q2 offers a significant level of driving technology. On top of the standard Audi MMI system, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto interfaces, Audi Q2 customers can option Audi’s Virtual Cockpit, a 12.3-inch high-definition digital display that replaces the standard instrument cluster, and offers customisable displays of navigation information, trip data, speedometer and tachometer.

The optional Head-up display projects driver-relevant data as coloured graphics onto a glass panel in the driver’s direct field of view allowing the driver’s eyes to remain on the road at all times.

Audi Q2 customers can express their personal style by configuring the look of their vehicle in a variety of different ways. The Audi Q2 offers a selection of 11 paint colours, five alloy wheel designs and four additional contrast colour C-Pillar blades.

Colours like yellow, orange and red are available for inlays, sections of the seats and contrast stitching.

“The Audi Q2 is full of charm. It’s vibrant, it’s fun, it’s spacious and we expect it to be extremely popular here in New Zealand,” said Dean Sheed, General Manager, Audi New Zealand.

The Audi Q2 1.4 TFSI is available in New Zealand now. Pricing starts at $54,500 plus on road costs.

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f you want to look good, and feel great, you’d be pushed to do better than a bright red, black-wheeled Mustang.

For it simply oozes effortless style, obvious both from the attention it received and thumbs up readily given.

Of course the Mustang comes in two models, the 5-litre, quad-cam V8 GT and this 2.3-litre, four cylinder EcoBoost turbo.

Other than engines, they’re effectively the same car, in either fastback or convertible form.

Midwinter last year I enjoyed time with a Fastback V8.

During this I noted that this car just encourages you to keep on driving for the sake of it, going nowhere in particular, then taking the longest way home just to enjoy the smile on the face experiences.

MUSTANG ECOBOOST ■ Pricing: As driven $59,880. EcoBoost convertible costs $64,880. GT V8s from $77,880 (plus ORCs) ■ Engine: 2.3-litre turbo four, 233kW@5600rpm and 432Nm@3000rpm.

■ Transmission: 6-speed auto. RWD. ■ Quoted Economy: 9.3L/100km.

■ Safety: 9 air bags; 2 star ANCAP ■ Turning circle: 12.2 metres.

■ Warranty: 3-year/100,000km.

So how does this, more affordable, $59,880 four-cylinder car compare?

Well firstly, it looks spot on.

Then onlookers and other drivers are mostly unaware, unless they are close enough to hear the lack of muscle-car sounds from the exhaust, that there’s not a V8 under the bonnet.

But while you do also miss these desirable sounds within, pseudo-piped, but much subdued V8 like sounds happen when you explore this turbo four’s performance abilities.

Those abilities are impressive thanks to the boost from the twin-scroll turbo, the results of which are 233kW of power and 432Nm of torque.

With no noticeable turbo lag and decent amounts of that torque available right from low revs, I found it very responsive in all the conditions driven.

While it’s a second slower to 100kmh from standstill than the V8, when choosing the most aggressive of the four driving modes on call, ie Normal, Sport, Sport+ or Race (when a Stig-symbol appears) this can happen in a shade over six seconds.

In whichever mode you choose, it is consistently eager, assisted of course by the quick reacting 6-speed auto.

While there’s no DIY selection via the gear lever, there’s the paddles to enjoy, which means it will, especially so when you factor in some twisting roads, has the ideal combination of readily usable power, great steering, an all-round

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independent suspension set-up and limited-slip diff, to likely to see off previous model V8s!

For like the V8, it powers out of corners with just a touch of over-steer with the rear 255/40 R19 Pirellis biting in as you straighten up, and accelerate away ready to enjoy the next corner.

There’s also a raft of factory supplied/ approved performance mods available to make it even better if you so desire.

While the Ecoboost misses out on the V8’s front Brembo brakes, it’s about a 100kg lighter and its large discs stop you quickly, and smartly.

All this happens while you sit low in the power adjusted, form-fitting and comfortable front seats.

Both are height adjustable with heating and ventilation.

Getting in and out of the Mustang wasn’t a problem, nor was finding the seatbelts as they are strapped to the seat tops.

The deeply cushioned rear seats,

suited my 10 year old grandson.

They’re also useful for extra luggage additional to the good 383 litres the boot takes.

While there’s some hard plastics present, the cabin is bright and inviting – Mustang motifs and all.

There’s all the expected convenience and comfort features aboard, including Sync 2 voice recognition/activation system, an 8-inch touch screen, sat-nav, reversing camera, dual climate air and a decent sound system.

Current Mustangs have a full suite of airbags as well as dynamic stability control.

While driving them a feeling of safety is conveyed, so it was a surprise they recently only received a 2-star ANCAP rating.

In due course, automated emergency braking, blind spot monitoring and other safety features, will feature in new models.

FINALE Previously I found the V8 Fastback Mustang to be an infectious driver’s car, thanks mainly to its engine, involving steering and chassis. Now I can assure you this infection definitely continues with the EcoBoost. Some said only real Mustangs have V8s, and will immediately dismiss the EcoBoost.

Silly them, because it is even more affordable proof, that motoring just for the heck of it can still be really rewarding – and in a much more fossil fuel-friendly manner!

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urbo S E-Hybrid is the top model in the Panamera range in New Zealand.

Porsche continues to achieve high levels of performance over the long term. The new Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid sees the sports car manufacturer launch a plug-in hybrid model as the flagship of a model line for the first time.

The four-litre V8 engine from the Panamera Turbo is combined with an electric motor, resulting in 500 kW (680 hp) of system power and outstanding power delivery: Even when just above idle speed, the Panamera Turbo offers 850 Nm of torque.

That means it accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 310 km/h.

The boost strategy of the all-wheel drive Panamera comes from the 918 Spyder super sports car.

In the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), the average fuel consumption is 2.9 L/100 km, and the new flagship Panamera can drive on fully electric power for up to 50 kilometres.

The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid underlines the high importance of electromobility at Porsche.

After the successful debut of the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid, which uses a V6 engine together with an electric motor, Porsche is showing once again that hybrid technology has great performance potential.

The new Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid combines an electric motor (100 kW/136 hp) with a V8 engine (404 kW/550 hp).

The decoupler installed in the Porsche hybrid module is actuated electromechanically by an electric clutch actuator (ECA), just like in the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid.

The result is short response times and a high level of comfort.

As in all other second-generation Panamera models, the fast-shifting Porsche

Doppelkupplung (PDK) gearbox with eight gears is used to transmit the power to the standard adaptive all-wheel drive system Porsche Traction Management (PTM).

The E-Performance drive accelerates the luxury saloon to 100 km/h in just 3.4 seconds and provides extraordinary tractive force at higher speeds.

Combined with a top speed of 310 km/h, this means that the Porsche Panamera Turbo S EHybrid sets new benchmarks in its class.

The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is on sale now priced from $422,000 and will arrive in New Zealand in the third quarter of 2017.

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In brief Lions switch hotels Preparations for this year’s British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand include contingency plans for an earthquake. Numerous “what if” scenarios have been planned for, including back-up stadiums, should the test venues be damaged by a quake during the 10-match tour in June and July. The welfare of the players has been at the forefront of the planning. The Lions have already switched hotels in Wellington from their original choice, because of safety concerns should an earthquake strike. The revelations come just a day after New Zealand was hit by its latest earthquake near Christchurch, the city that will host the third tour match between the Lions and the Crusaders on June 10.

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Man City through to quarters Sergio Aguero is making the most of his reprieve at Manchester City.

Back in the team after an injury to new signing Gabriel Jesus, Aguero scored two goals for the second straight game to lead City’s fightback in a 5-1 win over second-tier Huddersfield in an FA Cup fifth-round replay yesterday.

It followed his double against Monaco in the Champions League last week and got City coach Pep Guardiola’s seal of approval.

“The best Sergio I have ever seen,” Guardiola said.

It has taken some time for Aguero, one of City’s greatest ever players and its first-choice striker since 2011, to win over his

new coach.

Guardiola hasn’t been satisfied with Aguero’s work off the ball, calling out the Argentina international publicly and dropping him for some games in the first half of the season. Then, following Gabriel Jesus’ arrival in January, Aguero was made the back-up to the Brazilian for four straight games, only for Gabriel Jesus to break a bone in his foot during a Premier League match against Bournemouth on February 13.

Aguero returned to the team and is doing exactly what Guardiola wants.

“His performance was amazing,” Guardiola said, “not just his runs, but he runs at the right moment, the right tempo. When

that happens, he is involved in the game. He is so precise with the ball, his dribbling.”

“When he plays like that,” Guardiola added, “Sergio is unstoppable.”

City bounced back from falling behind in the seventh minute at Etihad Stadium as Guardiola’s decision to play a virtually fullstrength team paid off.

Leroy Sane started the fightback with a 30th-minute tap-in and City was 3-1 ahead within eight minutes thanks to Aguero’s penalty and a close-range goal from right back Pablo Zabaleta, which was set up by Aguero.

Aguero steered in a cross from Raheem Sterling to make it 4-1 in the 73rd before being taken off by Guardiola, who gave his

striker a smile and a pat on the back. Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho added a fifth goal in secondhalf stoppage time.

Ultimately, Huddersfield was outclassed, which was to be predicted after making nine changes from its first-choice lineup.

For the northern team and its German-born coach David Wagner, promotion from the League Championship remains the priority – and it’s a distinct possibility, with the team currently in third place.

City set up a quarterfinal match against Middlesbrough on March 11. That means City’s Premier League game against Stoke, originally scheduled for that date, will be brought forward to March 8.

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Football Ferns lose Cyprus Cup opener The Football Ferns have gone down fighting in their opening game of the Cyprus Cup, losing to Scotland 3-2 at the A. Papadopoulos in Larnaca.

The World No 21 Scotland, who recently qualified for the Euro Championship in 2017, their first major tournament, went ahead early through Jane Ross who followed up after a Christie Murray shot hit the crossbar in the ninth minute.

The Ferns, playing their first game since the Rio Olympics, rallied and Rosie White found the back of the net. The Boston Breakers’ forward levelled things up when she scored after intercepting a pass and calmly slotted past the goalkeeper in the 20th

minute. It is White’s 15th goal in 85 internationals.

It looked as if the match was heading for a draw until a dramatic final 10 minutes played out.

Scotland’s Erin Cuthbert came off the bench and changed the game. The 18-year-old hit a great strike on the turn in the 83rd minute to take the lead. Scotland’s captain Kim Little, in her 120th cap for her country, fired the Scots further ahead and scored the decisive third goal with four minutes of regulation time to play.

The World No 19 Ferns pulled one back through prolific striker Amber Hearn who headed home for her 53rd international goal

for New Zealand, but the Kiwis could not find the late equaliser.

After a NZ corner was cleared, substitute CJ Bott delivered a cross to the far post for Hearn to finish with a powerful downward header.

Football Ferns coach Tony Readings said he was happy with the performance in the team’s first game in six months, but ultimately they were frustrated they didn’t get anything from the game.

“We played well so it is one of those games you come away very disappointed to lose,” said Readings. “We didn’t start as well as we would have liked, but we came back into the game, and had the chances where we could

have been up.”

Readings said the team continued to create a number of chances in the second half but they could not finish and then were punished by Scotland.

“They have scored one completely out of the blue and we pushed forward and they scored again so they were two bitter blows but we kept going and we scored, and even after that second goal we had another couple of chances that we should have put away.”

The Ferns will look to bounce back in their second game of the Cyprus Cup against World No 24 Austria on Saturday (1.30am NZ time) at the same venue.

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Nick Kyrgios has moved on from his run-in with the Acapulco crowd to advance to his second ATP quarter-final in as many weeks. Kyrgios made light work of Bernard Tomic’s first-round conqueror yesterday, needing just 72 minutes to breeze past Donald Young in straight sets. The Australian broke his opponent twice in the first set and again in the second to claim a 6-2 6-4 win and possible quarter-final shot at world No.2 Novak Djokovic. - AAP

Brumbies unchanged Encouraging signs in the Brumbies’ first-round defeat have convinced coach Stephen Larkham to select an unchanged Super Rugby line-up to face the Sharks. The Brumbies will attempt to open their account in their first home fixture for the year at GIO Stadium on Saturday night after losing 17-13 to the Crusaders in their season opener.

Larkham said the group deserved to hold their places after showing outstanding effort in Christchurch.

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Players get award input The NRL has given the annual Dally M Awards “additional credibility” by forming a new voting panel comprised entirely of former players. Previously, judges were a combination of rugby league journalists and former players involved in coverage of the sport.

The new panel includes Peter Sterling, Darren Lockyer, Greg Alexander, Ben Ikin, Kevin Walters, Mark Gasnier, Andrew Johns, Ryan Girdler, Petero Civoniceva and Steve Menzies. In other changes, total matches for each judge will be capped, while consecutive voting on one team will be restricted and State of Origin matches will no longer be included.

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Hasler staying put Besieged Canterbury coach Des Hasler insists he’s staying put at Belmore for at least another three NRL seasons. Off contract at the end of 2017, Hasler has used his season-opening news conference to go on the front foot amid speculation he’s on the outer with the Bulldogs board after a meek exit from last year’s finals series.

“Termination of my tenure here has never been discussed ... the ongoing contractual discussions (for) ’18 and ’19 are really positive, very confidential,” he said. - AAP

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CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN STAKES $2,100, C1, 520m

71 Amelia Rob 31.15 27237 Charlie Runkel nwtd 55586 Thoracic 30.49 11715 My Bro Michael nwtd 42732 Kelly’s My Name nwtd 64743 Arcane Sabre 30.35 24266 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd 13723 Cawbourne Excite nwtd 65657 Spring Sam 30.74 28637 Opawa Alex 30.79

12:50PM

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G Cleeve J T McInerney C Roberts A Joyce J Tanner B Freeman M Grant Lane & Wales M & P Binnie C Weir

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M Robinson J Dunn J T McInerney M Robinson J Goode McCook & Jopson C Roberts C Roberts J T McInerney Lane & Wales

A2B ASPHALT CANTERBURY DASH $1,700, C3, 295m

14128 Flaming Sambuca 17.44 38111 Trixie Lee 17.20 32573 Whose He 17.44 38488 Dyna Quirk 17.11 52771 Saraya Jayde 17.25 76152 Flaps Down 17.38 56335 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 38743 Roadworks 17.16 35583 Cabarita 17.25 14756 Stormy Sunday 17.50

J T McInerney M Grant A Joyce K M Grant L Waretini J Dunn Casey & Fagan M Grant M Grant J T McInerney

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M Hallett T Sissons S Manawatu S Blake C Negus W Frost M Maynard R Reekie P Anderson

07009 Illegal Immigrant (21) K & T Barron 45980 Bettor Backim (22) S Blake 00400 Jackalack Sue (23) M Fuller 00891 Waihemo Art (24) M House 74737 Eastwood Chieftain (25) G & N Hope

T Woodward P Cook B Wilmott A Edge J McDermott

Barrier

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CLARKSON SIGNS - ADDINGTON’S SIGNAGE MOBILE TROT $8,000, 3YO+ C0 MOB. TROT, 1950m

1 73080 Reign On Me (1) K Townley 2 03060 Sheer Class (2) K Dixon 4 3 Over The Love (3) K & T Barron 4 P0600 Geena’s Girl (4) K Townley 1 5 50320 Castleton Tui (5) J Patterson 3 6 6427 Greenanwhite (6) B Kerr 7 94780 Alpine Sun (7) M Edmonds 8 978PX Rum In The Sun (8) M Palermo 2 Ruthless Kayla (9) K Fairbairn 9 33634 Barrier

10 55880 Zsa Ziva (21) K Ford 11 44000 Zoned Scarlett (22) K Cameron 12 03700 Topnotch Titan (u1) K Nyhan 13 63300 Elvis P (u2) M Perriton 14 07798 Geoffrey P (u3) M Perriton 6:30PM 803

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K Townley R Alfeld K Barron R Close J Patterson G O'Reilly S McNally J W Cox S Ottley

S Tomlinson (J) R May C D Thornley J Young M Perriton

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO PACE

$8,000, 4YO+ C1 PACE JUN.D, 2600m

1 408X2 Clarendon’s Last (1) D Ottley 2 91420 Tutoko Kid (2) K Duncan 4 3 61403 Hidden Desire (3) D Flint 4 17009 Likely Jereme (4) J Hay 3 5 43353 Bella Jones (5) G & N Hope

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45621 Opawa Lean Meat 17.24 76476 Cawbourne Patty nwtd 77476 Chippy Jordy 17.37 65128 Homebush Riley 17.42 45234 Know Contest 17.30 13122 Genetic Marlow 17.62 43315 Smash Lilly 17.44 77187 Rocket Jewel 17.44 67675 Go Poppy 17.29 33545 Jinga Snag 17.85

1:23PM

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Lane & Wales C Roberts McCook & Jopson J T McInerney G Cleeve M Grant M Grant C Roberts M & P Binnie A Joyce

OPAWA BOWL & JACK TAVERN SPRINT $1,700, C3, 295m

82711 Briseur De Reves 17.27 27138 Bo’s Business 17.27 63146 Royal Bash 17.32 58662 Deman Blue Blood 17.43 74215 Replay 17.26 81654 Makers Mark 17.37 34323 Greet The Judge 17.27 12154 Tilt 17.39 35583 Cabarita 17.25 76556 Chokehold 17.27

1:41PM

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DOGZONE SPRINT

$1,400, C1/2, 295m

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A Bradshaw M Grant B Dann J T McInerney J Tanner S & B Evans Hart & Taylor L Waretini M Grant McCook & Jopson

DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH $1,400, C1/2, 295m

25834 Troublesome Brit 17.39 54763 Screw And Bolt 17.33 41357 Time Slayer 17.26 55166 Joey Baxter 17.41 16244 Adjudicator 17.23 53346 Smash Rumour 17.19 32666 Opawa Crusade nwtd 56167 Kingman 17.39 67675 Go Poppy 17.29 53435 Falconhurst 17.73

Addington Harness

09250 Tufflittlerooster (1) M Hallett 50270 Franco Caliph (2) D Taylor 07009 Handlebar Hank (3) H Westrum 79090 Alexy (4) S Blake 27734 Highland Reign (5) B Negus 18568 Redmaro (6) G Cook 65320 Eja Patron (7) B Mowbray 30562 Living Legend (8) R Dunn 16294 Sweet Loress (9) P Anderson

6:01PM OPT 802

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BISHOPDALE/BUSH INN TABS HAREWOOD PACE $8,000, 4YO+ C1–C2, C3 with cond. +Claimer, 2600m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver OPT

1:07PM

March 3, 2017

K Butt (J) J Markham (J) K Cox (J) I Lee (J) R McIlwrick (J)

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14362 Late Mail (6) C McDowell 82205 Bird Of Paradise (7) B Ward 412 Selena Franco (8) S McRae 29606 Take After Me (9) G Scott 60956 Hotdiggettycullen (10) C Chalmers 25515 Tahlia Franco (11) S McNally 68000 Flamboyant (12) D Taylor 64200 Ranfurly Rulz (13) G & N Hope 93077 Pat Campbell (14) B Negus 46510 Smooth Mara (15) P Bagrie

C Roberts McCook & Jopson Mitchell & Smith J T McInerney S & B Evans M Grant Lane & Wales M Grant M & P Binnie A Joyce

March 3, 2017 L Lester (J) S Tomlinson (J) J Morrison (J) A Stewart (J) T Quate (J) M Anderson (J) D Keast (J) M Purvis (J) L McKay (J) M Hurrell (J)

1:58PM

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GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT $1,400, C1/2, 295m

1 28232 Opawa Sheldon 17.07 1 2 2 66X31 Thrilling Luke 17.50 3 83357 Jackpot Jake 17.27 4 4 76112 Smash Attack 17.36 5 46732 Goldstar Scooter 17.56 6 13544 Token Ace 17.26 7 82116 Little Snicko 17.54 3 8 67522 Wears The Gold 17.28 9 67675 Go Poppy 17.29 10 22126 Settle Grettel 17.69 2:16PM

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J & D Fahey McCook & Jopson B Dann M Grant S & B Evans J Rush J T McInerney C Roberts M & P Binnie J Tanner

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A Bradshaw G Cleeve J T McInerney B Dann M Grant J T McInerney M Grant C Weir J Dunn A Waretini

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES $2,800, C2/3, 520m

1 36433 Opawa Racer 30.26 1 2 72851 Goldstar Coco 30.51 4 3 86224 Mischief Managed 30.65 4 31125 Know Scholar 30.53 2 5 73548 With Pride 30.15 6 55476 Nozzno Fear 30.37 3 7 33635 Opawa Anthony 30.02 8 28257 Odin Slayer 30.66 9 X5787 Red Margin 30.62 10 12111 Cawbourne Sandy nwtd

J & D Fahey S & B Evans A Bradshaw G Cleeve B Dann A Bradshaw Lane & Wales A Bradshaw M Grant C Roberts

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m; Weather: Mainly Fine 8:00PM 806

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6 CLARKSON SIGNS - HANDCRAFTED SIGNS MOBILE PACE $8,000, C1 with cond. MOB. PACE, 1950m

1 0089X Pegasus Kommander (1) C & J Kennett J Kennett (J) 2 70670 Rah De Rah (2) B Hutton L Lester (J) 2 3 43570 Real South (3) M House M House 3 4 XP076 Shelly Ann (4) D Taylor J Young 1 5 06897 Gunpowder (5) B Hutton R May 4 6 555P0 Bontz (6) T & G Chmiel T Chmiel 7 96900 Red River Lochee (7) J McDermott C D Thornley

G Smith 7:01PM CLARKSON SIGNS - COMPLETE SIGN STUDIO MBL PACE 8 X9540 Ildivo (8) S Hale Lauragrace (9) B Kerr S McNally $13,000, 3YO+ C0 MOB. PACE, 2600m 9 00X00 Barrier OPT 804 1 Glentoro (1) R Bull C D Thornley 10 00050 Gerald (21) S Blake G O'Reilly 2 Run Riot (2) P Burrows G Smith 11 8X070 Hesa Dazzler (22) G Lamb J Keast 3 X4238 Capital Plan (3) D Ross C R Thornley 12 04X30 Anika Lindenny (23) D Bennett M Williamson 4 90473 Black Art (4) T Trathen T Trathen 13 07490 Donegal Carrickfin (24) D Broadhurst A Tomlinson 4 5 83804 January Jones (5) N McGrath M Williamson 14 74996 Benji Mara (25) C & J DeFilippi S Ottley 3 6 34044 Lets Rock N Roll (6) J Hay J Hay CLARKSON SIGNS - VEHICLE SIGNAGE MOBILE PACE 7 53509 Myboylolliepop (7) M Edmonds M Edmonds 8:29PM $13,000, 3YO+ C1 MOB. PACE, 1950m 2 8 7022 Supreme Banner (8) M Kerr M Kerr OPT 807 3 1 01 Mt Hutt Harry (1) T Butt K Butt (J) The Best Christian (9) N McGrath T Chmiel 9 6 Barrier 2 0X915 Makers Mark (2) N McGrath M Williamson 10 6X052 Port Hanover (21) D Reardon R Houghton 2 3 85281 Cleaver Green (3) N McGrath S McNally 11 0306 My Nikayla (22) C McDowell C McDowell 1 4 414X The Bachelor (4) T Butt C D Thornley 1 12 43322 Sky City King (23) T McMillan T McMillan 5 75029 The Kaik (5) C Dalgety M Anderson (J) 13 354 Asset Control (24) G & N Hope R May 6 63212 Shineonucrazydiamond (6) C Dalgety G Smith 4 7 32211 Titanium (7) T & G Chmiel T Chmiel 7:30PM CHRISTIAN CULLEN PACE $13,000, 3YO+ C2–C3, C4 I Schwamm OPT 805 with cond. SpecHcp, 2600m 8 00900 Sicilian Secret (8) I Schwamm Cruzy Dude (9) B Hill R May 1 18374 Crackabella (1) D Taylor S McNally 9 30432 Barrier

2 64507 Stop Means Stop (2) G Burgess R Close 10 21245 Baileys Knight (21) J Harrington J Harrington (J) 2 3 13622 Sparkling Delight (3) G O'Reilly G O'Reilly 11 21751 Micky Gee (22) D Gaffaney S Ottley 4 37008 Vera’s Delight (4) B McLellan M Hurrell (J)

12 35166 Mighty American (23) K & T Barron K Cox (J) 1 5 11334 A G’s White Socks (5) G & N Hope R May 13 8X044 My Cash (24) K & T Barron K Barron 6 63020 Clive (1) D Ross C R Thornley 14 21230 Hayden’s Meddle (25) R Dunn R Houghton 7 91710 Outta Sight (2) R Bennett J Morrison (J) 8 25X60 Sterns Arising (3) T Neale T Chmiel 8:59PM GRANITE BENCHTOP COMPANY SOUTH ISLAND HCP TROT 9 470X5 Star Fantasy (4) R Dunn $13,000, 3YO+ C1–C2 SpecHcp, 2600m S Golding OPT 808 4 10 13144 Queen Bee Bardon (5) B Waldron 0 1 000X0 Fatal Reunion (1) M Edmonds C D Thornley 11 32768 Linton Shard (6) C Dalgety 2 2 021 Ace Commander (2) Purdon/Rasmussen J W Cox J W Cox 3 12 14285 Amazon Lily (7) K & T Barron 3 3 4210 Tehoro Dazzle (3) R Holmes K Barron G O'Reilly 13 22282 Highview Freddy (8) R Dunn G Smith 4 86217 Justamollyarcher (4) R Jenkins A Lethaby 14 12149 Precious Sara (9) G & N Hope M Williamson 5 000X0 Heavenly Love (5) M Edmonds M Edmonds

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March 4, 2017

L Hemi (a1) 11:15AM CATERING BY KERRY 2YO 11 30033 Opihi Jade (5) 54 M & W Coles A Collett OPT 601 $20,000, 2YO SW+P, 800m 12 X0994 River Raider (9) 54 Charles/Corbett S Wynne PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 13 43407 Shantav (10) 54 B Verlinden 1 1 1 11X Prom Queen (1) 57 K & L Rae A Collett 14 85427 Shezatoucha (11) 54 J & K Parsons 2 3. Our Teddy Boy (8) 56.5 S Tyler 1 L Hemi (a1) 12:15PM FASTTRACK $2.5K MAIDEN 3 Finbarr (6) 56.5 G Robinson K Kalychurun OPT 603 $12,500, MDN, 1600m 2 4 12252 Kiwi Ida (4) 56 J & K Parsons C Johnson 1 1 63432 Athonis (12) 58.5 B Court S Muniandy 3 5 382. Funny Face (2) 54.5 L Robinson D Bradley 2 2 X2002 Nakuru (3) 58.5 A Carston A Collett 4 6 4. Sharp ’N’ Silver (7) 54.5 A Carston R Firdhaus (a3) 3 46073 Mac Murdoch (8) 58.5 J Dalton D Bothamley 7 Peggy Stewart (5) 54.5 T Kennedy 1 C Barnes 3 4 5 One Way Ticket (7) 58.5 D Crozier D Bradley 8 Politely (3) 54.5 Champion/Murphy S Wynne 5 0X08X Flying Agent (9) 58.5 B & S Anderton 1 C Barnes

6 09X0. Freshman (1) 58.5 S McGarry 1 E Farr (a2) 11:45AM EMERSON’S RATING 75 L Callaway OPT 602 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2200m 7 7650 Metal Guru (11) 58 C Black 1 C Johnson 1 1 19113 Patrick Erin (3) 61 B & S Anderton 1 S Muniandy 8 0907 Nethertown Express (6) 58 T Kennedy 1 K Kalychurun 3 2 85123 Belle Boy (4) 60 K Tyler R Yatim (a3) 9 529X5 Miss Tuscan (5) 56.5 S McKay 4 10 X3266 Los Cabos (4) 56.5 J Hay K Williams 3 29X91 Hi Yo Ugo (12) 59.5 V Mackle C Johnson

11 244X0 So Gallant (2) 56.5 B & S Anderton 1 K Mudhoo (a1) 4 35307 The Energizer (8) 56.5 K Tyler K Kalychurun L Hemi (a1) 4 5 41751 Suzerain (13) 56 D Crozier R Firdhaus (a3) 12 4X209. Velvet Rose (14) 56.5 D Horrell 1 9 Sheezoff (10) 56.5 D Hutton G Jogoo (a1) 6 71071 Stolen Heart (1) 54 J & K Parsons K Mudhoo (a1) 13 S Wynne 7 81664 Consolidate (7) 54 E Winsloe K Williams 14 06737 Gloss (13) 56 M & M Pitman 2 8 21622 Darci Inn (6) 54 J & K Parsons T Comignaghi (a3) 12:49PM FASTTRACK $2.5K MAIDEN 9 31526 Lin (2) 54 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a1) OPT 604 $12,500, MDN, 1600m 10 50014 Wild Wings (14) 54 J Dalton 1 1 43452 The Young Pretenda (4) 58.5 J & J Gordon D Bothamley E Farr (a2)

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Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 2000m; Straight: 350m; Rail: Railtrue; Weather: Mainly Fine

2 44424 Majic El (6) 58.5 Moroney/Gerard 2 3 28 Sir Ed (2) 58.5 K Tyler 4 70X73 Twizel Guru (7) 58.5 B & S Anderton 1 5 74477. Gazza The Guru (3) 58.5 S McKay 4 6 9X599 Fendalton (12) 58.5 D Hutton 7 8690X Sergeant Sakhee (1) 58.5 G Robinson 8 64043 The Style (10) 56.5 Bros/Dennis 9 485 Taieri Gem (11) 56.5 B & S Anderton 1 10 65 Westend Madam (13) 56.5 T Kennedy 1 11 Kerrytown Princess (8) 56.5 T Foley 3 12 6 Papina (9) 56 J & K Parsons 13 8 Scotspirit (5) 56 P Rudkin 1:24PM 605

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DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 2:51PM

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12 KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT

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$2,400, C4/5, 295m

1 5F115 Barcia Express 17.27 3 2 8X157 Mr. Marine 17.47 3 72142 Homebush Scribe 17.36 1 4 63231 Wow Madonna 17.19 5 76138 Carnegie Hall 17.07 4 6 42563 Fliberty Jiberty 17.25 2 7 43725 Ohoka Billy 17.08 8 67284 Homebush Rufus 17.34 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH DASH 9 52868 Dirk The Jerk 17.17 $2,400, C4/5, 295m 10 48186 Fiery Fagan 17.29

34217 Hilton Open 17.47 51571 Know Neglect 17.47 32652 Puma Pants 17.02 78318 Believe 17.10 17156 Smash That 17.21 71421 Homebush Kelso 17.04 21143 Breaking Mad 17.29 25258 Sopoaga 17.32 52868 Dirk The Jerk 17.17 34446 Jinja Brian 17.15

2:35PM

Compiled by

S Wynne R Yatim (a3) S Muniandy D Bradley K Kalychurun G Jogoo (a1) E Farr (a2) C Barnes L Hemi (a1) T Jonker (a4) C Johnson A Collett

KB CONTRACTORS RATING 65

$20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m

1 20719 King Pin (15) 59 S McKay 2 T Comignaghi (a3) 4 2 651X O’Kiwi (4) 59 M & M Pitman S Wynne 3 3 27810 Intense (10) 58.5 K Tyler R Yatim (a3) 4 1168X Ivanskavinskyskvar (18) 58.5 S Prince 1 L Hemi (a1) 5 853X6 Aryacrazy (17) 58 P Rudkin C Barnes 1 6 22222 Macy (14) 58 T Kennedy 1 C Johnson 7 47855 What’s Up Alf (1) 58 K Tyler K Kalychurun 8 0X50X Cantilena (3) 57 L Robinson D Bradley

3:10PM

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SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES $4,000, C4/5, 520m

73355 Berridale Lad 30.00 23275 Shift The Blame 30.50 64334 Boston Billy 30.40 11465 American Warrior 29.91 87461 Amino Trouble 30.68 13572 Opawa Brad 30.30 65814 Botany Alan 30.46 71747 Opawa Norris 30.25 11485 Lektra Concord 30.49

3:26PM

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M Grant R Adcock J T McInerney M & P Binnie M Grant B Dann L Waretini J T McInerney J Dunn Casey & Fagan

N C W Wanhalla J T McInerney Hart & Taylor J & D Fahey A Bradshaw J & D Fahey J T McInerney J & D Fahey G Cleeve

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LIVAMOL SPRINT

$2,000, C4, 295m

21131 Mushroom Cloud 17.23 15371 Zircon 17.28 37646 Terra Mondo 17.30 21268 Pep’s Terra 17.61 11784 Serious Torque 17.24 36146 Birdie Tee 17.34 626F6 Another Belle 17.25 72318 Extra Credit 17.26 34446 Jinja Brian 17.15 48186 Fiery Fagan 17.29

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

J Dunn McCook & Jopson Casey & Fagan Casey & Fagan M Grant R Adcock McCook & Jopson B Dann A Waretini Casey & Fagan

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-6-7-8-9-10

6 01059 Westar Bella (6) G & N Hope 7 94700 The Fox (7) D Nyhan 8 87353 Monkey Luck (8) K Cameron 9 34826 One Night Out (9) B Weaver 4 10 000X1 Rocknpop (1) K Ford 11 71908 BK Dawn (2) Wakelin/Noble 12 55824 Foreverman (3) R Dunn 13 Habibi Inta 1 14 77441 Kingdom Come (4) L & J Smith 15 0X200 All Settled Down (u1) G Smith 16 03180 Lightworkofit (u2) D Burrows 17 81500 The God Botherer (u3) N Munro 9:29PM 809

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R May D Nyhan K Cameron M Williamson S Tomlinson (J) P Wakelin R Close SCRATCHED J Smith G Smith S Golding C McDowell

XCM SPORT FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE

$8,000, 3YO+ F&M C0 MOB. PACE, 1950m

1 703 Tintin Naturally (1) M Edmonds 2 2 29X Debnita Rose (2) C Dalgety 3 0949 Glengarry Rose (3) B Zampese 3 4 4926X Hannah Extreme (4) M House 5 X9399 Don’t Tell Ange (5) P Anderson 1 6 77X23 Scotlynn Made (6) D Taylor 4 7 42544 Pretty Janice (7) R Dunn 8 65670 Lorretta Franco (8) R Todd

Real Obsession (9) G Burgess 9 554 Barrier

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M Edmonds R May G O'Reilly M House K Butt (J) J Young G Smith C D Thornley R Close

WESTFIELD RICCARTON - YOUR SHOPPING NEEDS PACE $8,000, C0 with cond., 2000m

1 0000X Dynamo (1) J McDermott 2 84868 Got A Beauty (2) J Bartlett 1 3 83332 Born Again Delight (3) D Pearce 4 808X Victor Tango (4) R Bennett 5 88700 Sweet Marylou (5) A Garters 6 5870X Elite Excuse (6) P Burrows 7 73607 Millwood Charity (7) R Holmes 8 70737 Rainy River (8) C McDowell 9 00900 Dios Del Fuego (9) K Nyhan 2 10 22075 Highview Justice (10) P Bagrie 4 11 08806 Caitlin Franco (11) P Anderson 12 9X088 Sledgehammer (12) J Patterson 3 13 48224 Blue Chip Lad (u1) B Waldron DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12

9 9X91 Ultra Chic (5) 57 L Stewart 10

The Music Guru 11 X0054. Alottatow (7) 56.5 J McKay 12 08218 Silvermist (6) 56 R & Ashley McKay 13 16339. Mia Mamma (2) 55.5 J & K Parsons 14 40446 All Dressed Up (16) 55 J & J Gordon 0 15 90675 Fade To Grey (12) 54.5 M & M Pitman 0 16 9X456 Princess Athena (11) 54.5 D Crozier 0 17 X8057 All Things Nice (13) 56 J McKay 0 18 00X66 Baranoo (8) 55 S Tyler 1 0 19 X9607 Rajiv (9) 55 G Tippett 1:59PM 606

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S McNally R Close K Barron J Morrison (J) G O'Reilly G Smith K Butt (J) C McDowell M Williamson J W Cox S Ottley J Patterson C D Thornley

E Farr (a2) SCRATCHED A Collett K Williams G Jogoo (a1) K Mudhoo (a1) R Firdhaus (a3)

OTAGO RACING CLUB LIFE MEMBERS CUP $30,000, OPN HCP, 1200m

1 63411 Coulee (8) 60 B & S Anderton 1 3 4 2 61574 Coup Darci Be (6) 59 M & M Pitman 2 3 52444 Kinagat (5) 58 M & M Pitman 1 4 24122 Riding Shotgun (4) 56 T Rae 5 X5418 News Flash (2) 55.5 B & S Anderton 1 6 X1233 Shaara (3) 55 J & J Gordon 7 37539 Madam Bentley (1) 54 J & K Parsons 8 5121X Flying Ibis (7) 54 M & M Pitman

C Barnes K Mudhoo (a1) S Wynne A Collett S Muniandy K Kalychurun T Comignaghi (a3) C Johnson

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Wingatui Races (Part Two) Tomorrow at Wingatui

DALE HORRELL FARRIER RATING 75

$22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m

1 51115 Mr Typhon (3) 61 M & M Pitman 2 2 422X1 Admiral Rous (12) 60.5 K McCauley 3 3 81563 He’s Gold (7) 60 Champion/Murphy 1 4 21133. Margarita Mover (8) 59 T Rae 5 44432 Enzedjewel (6) 57.5 J & K Parsons 6 10721. Mr Conductor (5) 57.5 D Crozier 7 16486 Rideitlikeustoleit (2) 56.5 P Collins 8 33131 Tickets On Her (11) 56 J & K Parsons 9 3X883 Hell Raiser (4) 55.5 J & K Parsons 10 05221 Passito (10) 55 S Prince 1 4 11 76222 El Bee Darci (1) 55 R & Ashley McKay 12 2X124 Celtic Cross (9) 54.5 A Carston

K Mudhoo (a1) D Bothamley S Wynne A Collett T Comignaghi (a3) S Muniandy K Kalychurun G Jogoo (a1) C Johnson L Hemi (a1) K Williams R Firdhaus (a3)

7 22536 Waylay (11) 56.5 B & S Anderton 1 3 8 X1735 Johnny Jones (6) 56.5 J & K Parsons 9 08757 Sir Singo (17) 56.5 M & M Pitman 2 10 51118. Montoya Star (14) 56 M & M Pitman 11 68101 Stonemason (15) 56 A Carston 12 X7580 Bridget Town (2) 55 T Foley 1 13 71724 Not Available (1) 55 M McCann 14 16931. Spider Lily (12) 55 L Stewart 0 15 00361 Tantella (16) 54 J & K Parsons 0 16 42781 Flying Sardine (7) 54 K Tyler 0 17 55075 Saperavious (4) 54 A Hewitson

SCRATCHED

March 4, 2017 C Barnes G Jogoo (a1) W Papier (a4) S Wynne K Williams L Hemi (a1) S Muniandy E Farr (a2) K Kalychurun

4:24PM 610

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NZB INSURANCE STAKES (Listed)

$50,000, 3YOF SW, 1400m

1 13011 Residential (2) 56.5 J & K Parsons 1 G Jogoo (a) 2 2 81322 Starvoia (8) 56.5 J & K Parsons C Johnson 4 3 7X144 What Choux Want (6) 56.5 A Carston K Williams 4 7X333 Dezzies Delight (3) 56.5 S Kirkland L Hemi (a) 5 03158 Dontpokethetiger (9) 56.5 P Rudkin C Barnes 3 6 456X2 Wize Act (7) 56.5 T Rae A Collett 7 73674 Wonder Woman (1) 56.5 Moroney/Gerard S Wynne 8 3 Lil Miss Swiss (4) 56.5 K Tyler K Kalychurun 9 383 Pretty Whaihine (5) 56.5 Michael & Nikki White S Muniandy

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12

11 80053 Mystify Me (12) 55.5 B Inglis 12 090X7. Midnight Cappa (11) 55 K Thomson 13 X9607 Rajiv (9) 55 G Tippett 14 25086 Kasundi (10) 54.5 J & K Parsons

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WILD RANGE PHOTOGRAPHY RATING 65

$20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m

1 41289 Prince Ransom (2) 60 M & M Pitman 3 2 62892 Centavada (10) 59.5 J Dalton 4:59PM WINGATUI FUNCTION CENTRE RATING 65 3 93604 Kolaman (6) 59 K & L Rae 3:49PM WHITE ROBE LODGE OPEN HANDICAP OPT 611 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 4 45741 The Believer (4) 59 Bros/Dennis OPT 609 $30,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 1 80931 Taxihome (6) 59 R & Ashley McKay 4 5 0X461 Switched On (14) 58 Champion/Murphy K Williams L Hemi (a1) 6 1775X Additup (7) 58 B Inglis 4 1 19322 Gallant Boy (2) 60 B & S Anderton 1 S Muniandy 2 23503 Flicka Of Gold (2) 58.5 S Tyler 1 MARK ISAACS FARRIER RATING 75 3:14PM 3 X5854 Odi Et Amo (13) 58.5 S Prince 1 2 7 02727 Paw Patrol (5) 58 T Kennedy 1 K Kalychurun $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 2 39044 My Chino (8) 58.5 J & K Parsons OPT 608 G Jogoo (a) 1 4 4X602. Elfee (1) 57.5 M & M Pitman S Wynne 8 2661 Welcome (1) 56.5 J & K Parsons 1 31521 Accidental Offside (8) 59 E Winsloe 3 3 51513 Princess Brook (1) 57.5 T Kennedy 1 C Johnson C Johnson 1 9 65192 Radiant (12) 56.5 D Crozier 5 7X2X8 Bobby Al (7) 57.5 Champion/Murphy C Johnson 4 2 56324. Da Shindig (10) 59 J Hay 2 4 52435 Court Order (5) 54.5 B Court D Bothamley A Collett 3 6 02312 Countess Ruby (3) 57 T Kennedy 1 S Muniandy 10 17070. The Heat Is On (8) 55.5 C Anderton 1 3 23429 Landales Gold (3) 58.5 T Kennedy 1 K Mudhoo (a1) 5 27637 Fastfoot (6) 54.5 S Tyler 1 L Hemi (a) 2 7 20914 She Rocks (5) 56.5 J & K Parsons G Jogoo (a1) 11 25288 Elvera (3) 55 S Clark 4 40598 Travel Wise (5) 58.5 Charles/Corbett A Collett 6 08804 Full Count (7) 54.5 N & B Blatch K Kalychurun 4 8 54006 Jimmy (14) 56.5 N & B Blatch L Callaway 12 40584 Knutquacker (13) 55 E Winsloe 5 89522 A Beautiful Knight (9) 57.5 K Tyler 1 7 X1403 Son Of Maher (3) 54.5 M & M Pitman R Yatim (a3) S Wynne 9 X5310 Funny (4) 56 Charles/Corbett R Firdhaus (a3) 13 X4080 I’llbeyourplatinum (11) 54 P Collins 6 95264 The Real Deal (13) 57 D Crozier D Bradley 8 27111 Fascinate (4) 54 B & S Anderton 1 C Barnes 10 8X329 Galella (8) 56 B & S Anderton 1 C Barnes 14 54X09. Royal Dollar (9) 54 D Horrell 1

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Wyndham Harness

Tomorrow at Young Quinn Raceway

March 4, 2017

2 65155 Simple Pleasure (2) G Hunter M Hurrell (J) M Parker (J) 3YO+, C1 with cond. SpecHcp, 2400m 3 X0417 Machjagger (3) B Gray 2 4 62665 Roxy Dale (4) M G Brown S Tomlinson (J) PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 1 5 36418 Compliant (5) K & T Barron M Anderson (J) 1 57050 Pegasus Hanover (1) O Lawrence R McIlwrick (J) 6 0999X I Try (6) H Hunter C Faithful (J) 2 565 Nottingham K Two (2) G Orr P Hunter 4 7 1826X Gangnam Style (7) N Williamson M Purvis (J) 3 Loxi Clairborne SCRATCHED 3 Shortys Mate (8) A Beck R McIlwrick (J) 8 47X10 Barrier

0 4 18070 Jeddy R Ya Ready (1) P Williamson 5 0X020 Lynette The Vet (2) G & C Lee G Lee 9 06541 My Rona Gold (21) K Barclay J Campbell (J) 1 6 17093 Arannalea (3) M Jones B Orange BMAC SHEETMETAL PACE 7 86790 Eyre’s A Rag Doll (4) G McEwan H Hunter 1:35PM $8,000, 3YO+ C0 PACE, 2400m 8

Duchess Grace SCRATCHED OPT 704 1 1 35254 Rakarover (1) P Hunter P Hunter 2 9 40697 Our Budd (5) G McEwan G McEwan Ask Me Major (2) K Barclay A Suddaby 0 10 06590 Scarlett Lane (6) S Lock A Suddaby 2 4 3 47985 Gotta Minute (3) D Baynes A Beck 11 76056 Denn Nee Nose Best (7) E Swain E Swain 0 4 0008 Von Richthofen (4) R Gutsell M Williamson 12 56375 King Kone (8) G & J Knight G Crawford (J) B Williamson 13 00X64 Hengroen (9) B Norman B Norman 5 00080 Ted Cady (5) R Gutsell 6 L J’s Jet SCRATCHED 14 05440 Springfield Eyre (10) B Norman D Dunn 7 Magnate Mara SCRATCHED 15 96557 Eagle Galleon (11) R Wilson N Williamson H Hunter 3 16 280P0 Hustle Hill (u1) P Williamson M Williamson 8 785X Handsome Mac (6) H Hunter N Williamson 4 17 66030 Way To Go (u2) B Gray B Barclay 9 39546 Bull Hayes (7) N Williamson 10 Pay Me Jimmy SCRATCHED 18 47406 Larch (u3) G McClymont B Williamson A Milne 19 X6940 I’ldoitmyway (u4) A Hoffman T Quate (J) 11 06849 Matai Valour (8) A Milne D Dunn 20 32768 Pyramid Mustang (u5) P Williamson M Hurrell (J) 12 0577 Go Getta (9) B Norman 3 13 07 Delight N Gold (10) B Swain B Orange NEVILLE CRONIN MEMORIAL F&M MOBILE PACE 12:25PM 2 14 396P6 Canardly Remember (11) B Shirley M Anderson (J) $8,000, 3YO+ F&M C0 MOB. PACE, 1609m 15 04437 A Smart Excuse (12) C Barron OPT 702 C Ferguson 1 59264 Tiziano (1) H Hunter M Purvis (J) H Hunter 16 6P729 Tour Director (u1) N Williamson 2 74 Skylla (2) G & J Knight M Williamson 2:10PM ASTRA STU & JEAN JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE 3 X6076 Takemetothebeach (3) P Ellis J Dunn OPT 705 $7,000, 4YO+ C1 MOB. PACE JUN.D, 2400m 1 4 323 Chinook Winds (4) G Gibson-Smith B Barclay 1 0X806 Arthur Lowe (1) K Larsen T Quate (J) 5 52908 Vera Mac (5) B McLellan B McLellan 1 2 20488 Two Ply (2) C Laurenson J Kennett (J) 6 88261 Pegasus Merrily (6) C Laurenson A Suddaby 3 9X0P7 Caballo Blanco (3) P Ellis M Parker (J) 7 8X555 RnR Windermere (7) J Tither R McIlwrick (J) 4 02027 Ansett Flight (4) P Hunter K Butt (J)

8 4730 Particular (8) B Wilson

C Faithful (J) 2 5 07322 Seduce Me (5) G & J Knight G Crawford (J)

Barrier 3 6 10620 The High Roller (6) B Gray M Anderson (J) 0 9 99X Monlea Maisy (21) J Dillon C Ferguson 7 7X343 Clifton Tactic (7) M Denton R McIlwrick (J) 3 10 6 Champagne Bromac (22) A Stack N Williamson 8 X00X0 Another Windermere (8) N Williamson M Purvis (J) 2 11 74263 Living Glory (23) A Hoffman

K Butt (J) Barrier 12 0X235 Trendy Bromac (24) M House D Dunn 9 74467 Magnetic Watch (21) R Swain M Hurrell (J) 13 04942 Yankee Diva (25) K Larsen K Larsen 4 10 47509 Tact Rousey (22) T Proctor C Faithful (J) 4 14 24724 Manuka Valley (26) C Barron B Orange 11 52408 Dachy (23) Cox/McGrannachan J Campbell (J) 15 00950 Change It (27) E Swain E Swain 12 28400 Soapbox (24) M G Brown S Tomlinson (J) 16 Evangeline Franco SCRATCHED 12:00PM OPT 701

PGG WRIGHTSON REAL ESTATE CROMWELL TROT $7,000,

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Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1498m; Weather: Mainly Fine

3 1433 Somejoy (3) C Barron 4 3 4 20X09 Pass The Speights (4) B McLellan 5 10800 Likethelook (5) B Nicol 6 10256 Idealistic Lass (6) G & J Knight 7 10 El Capitan (7) B Gray 8 19345 Cullens Avenue (8) Mark & Debbie Shirley 2 9 X1160 Sagwitch (9) S Breen 10 03005 Milehigh Magic (10) W Adams 1 11 13 Foo Fighter (11) N Williamson 12 05654 Tubby Jim (u1) B Gooch 3:25PM OPT 707

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B Orange B McLellan A Suddaby M Williamson B Barclay M Anderson (J) B Williamson S Walkinshaw N Williamson A Beck

ALABAR NZ KINDERGARTEN STAKES (MOBILE PACE)(G3)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

5:15PM 710

D Bradley G Jogoo (a1) C Barnes S Muniandy S Wynne T Jonker (a4) C Johnson K Mudhoo (a1) R Firdhaus (a3) L Hemi (a1) L Callaway K Williams E Farr (a2) K Kalychurun

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11

4 211X5 Havinaravup (4) C Ferguson 4 5 17231 Gotta Del (u1) C Barron 6 86712 Luciano (u1) B McLellan 3 7 X1390 Franco Cristiano (u2) R Dunn 2 8 51731 Costa Del Magnifico (1) B Shirley 1 9 73118 Titan Banner (2) G Anderson OPT

E Farr (a2) D Bradley R Yatim (a3) K Mudhoo (a1)

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KYLEMORE PERENDALES/KILLARA CHEVIOTS HCP TROT $8,000, C2–OC SpecHcp, 2400m

1 31003 Grace O’Malley (1) C Thomas P Hunter 2 93524 Mass Invasion (2) C Barron C Barron 3 7217P Moa Bones (3) B Norman B Norman 4 1690P Bourbon And Dry (u1) M Denton A Beck 5 23283 Bobbins (u2) P Williamson B Williamson 6 54341 Overcast (u3) A Paisley B Barclay 7 87421 Explosive Star (1) L Bond J Dunn 8 515P8 Another Delight (2) R Wilson M Anderson (J) 4 9 7P3P5 Dusky Eyre (3) R Allen D Dunn 10 21137 Spotlight The Valley (4) R Wilson Barrier B Orange 11 69362 Och Aye The Noo (u1) M Denton R McIlwrick (J) MCDONALD EXCAVATING/THE ROADING COMPANY PACE 12 00911 Ygritte (u2) A Hoffman 4:00PM T Quate (J) $8,000, 3YO+, C0 with cond., 2400m 13 P5210 Moment Of Sun (u3) G & C Lee OPT 708 G Lee 4 1 6X37 Snap It Up (1) D Baynes A Beck 1 14 X2123 De Vito (u4) N Williamson N Williamson 2 Jeremy Jones (2) G & C Lee G Lee 2 15 13648 Father Christmas (u1) P Williamson M Williamson 0 3 9X969 American Magic (3) M G Brown C Ferguson 3 16 61707 Golden Gate (u1) J Ryan T Williams 4 62386 Maidonthebeach (4) H Hunter H Hunter 5 04630 Big Smoke (5) C Laurenson A Milne 5:43PM KUBALA SEEDS/CATTLE GRAZIERS MOBILE PACE 6 4 Cast A Shadow (6) B Nicol A Suddaby OPT 711 $8,000, 3YO+ C1 MOB. PACE, 2400m 7 08435 Delight My Soul (7) S Baucke B Williamson 4 1 23198 Don’t Pass I’m Fast (1) K Barclay A Suddaby 1 Southbound Train (8) G Gibson-Smith B Barclay 2 61 I’m Jimmy James (2) S Baucke S Tomlinson (J) 8 382 Barrier

3 11559 Rocking Robyn (3) R Wilson C Ferguson 9 90360 Somnium (21) R Hope M Hurrell (J) 2 4 7X916 Cindy Bromac (4) G & N Hope N Williamson 10 56X30 Major Vibes (22) R Wilson B Orange 5 85331 Sheezus (5) T Stratford B Orange 3 11 63523 Blazer S (23) O Lawrence R McIlwrick (J) 6

Magical Marn SCRATCHED 12 4X474 Better Than Most (24) W Adams S Walkinshaw 7 38005 Nightmarch (6) M Kerr A Milne 13 3 My Georgie Boy (25) P Hunter P Hunter

8 29410 Hunter Bromac (7) M House M Purvis (J) 2 14 9X670 Summer Wealth (26) N Williamson N Williamson

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Lite Percussion SCRATCHED 9 03100 Pay Master (21) A Paisley A Beck 16 9400 Joe Batters (u1) B McLellan B McLellan 1 10 27X1 All Star Magician (22) G Anderson D Dunn H Hunter 4:35PM MLT/THREE RIVERS HOTEL WYNDHAM CUP (HCP PACE) 11 67572 Pat’s Legacy (23) H Hunter 3 12 03233 Steiger (24) L Veint K Larsen $14,000, C3 to OC SpecHcp PACE, 3200m 2:48PM DANNY CRENGLE SHEARING/TRANSPORT ENGINEERING OPT 709 1:00PM NIP CROOKS MEMORIAL JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE OPT 706 B Barclay B Orange 13 X7804 Northview Betta (25) B Gray PCE $8,000, 3YO+ C1, 2400m 1 53442 Rakarolla (1) C Barron OPT 703 $7,000, 4YO+ C2 MOB. PACE JUN.D, 2400m 1 0X256 Mach Of The Man (1) T Stratford 14 Raphoe SCRATCHED D Dunn 2 34133 Lamborne Road (2) W Adams S Walkinshaw 1 37648 Franco Saxon (1) J Cox 0 15 X8660 Stunnin VC (u1) M Denton M Parker (J) 3 52922 Acolyte (3) H Hunter K Butt (J) 2 60980 First Son (2) S Matheson R McIlwrick (J) H Hunter 1 1 2

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$25,000, 2YO MOB. PACE, 1609m

Major Lucky (1) Purdon/Rasmussen All U Need Is Faith Ardtoo (2) R Ferguson 6192 The Brooklyn Brawler (3) R Dunn 2 Alta Shelby (4) P Kerr 4 Tuapeka Trick (5) R Dunn I’mallaboutthebase (6) S Baucke The Devils Own (7) Purdon/Rasmussen

M Neilson SCRATCHED C Ferguson J Dunn B Barclay D Dunn M Purvis (J) T Williams

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Addington Harness Sunday at Addington Raceway

March 5, 2017

11 Magnafique SCRATCHED 12:05PM L McKay (J) $8,000, 3YO+ C0 TROT, 2600m 12 65043 Shadow Galleon (22) J Smolenski 3 13 3430X Menewa (23) T Butt K Butt (J) PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 1 44000 Zoned Scarlett (1) K Cameron R May WINERIES OF CHEVIOT PACE 2 Bonnie Highlander (2) R Dunn J Dunn 1:50PM $8,000, 3YO+ C0 PACE, 2600m 3 3 95453 Princess Harbour (3) K James 3 1 0952 Christie Marie (1) R Winter K James S Payne (J) 4 60005 Don’t Rock The Boat (4) R Thornley C D Thornley 2 Franco Riot (2) J Lethaby 1 5 42222 Izmok (5) C & J DeFilippi 4 3 29 Patanjali (3) T & G Chmiel L Lester (J) T Chmiel 4 6 5 Tee Waihora (6) C Thornley C R Thornley 4 0000 Bound To Impress (4) J Versteeg J Versteeg 5 7 08069 Paradise Spur (7) W Stevenson Dios Del Fuego SCRATCHED B Orange 2 8 32202 BD Khaosan (8) T Bagrie J W Cox 6 00 Lachie McCool (5) M Smolenski T Williams 9 67634 Spurred By Success (9) M Edmonds 1 7 72 Algranco Albyone (6) P Burrows S McNally G Smith 10 57830 Fira Sunset (10) M DeFilippi J Curtin 8 0 Bettor In Black (7) R Jenkins R Jenkins 11 63300 Elvis P (11) M Perriton J Young 9 0P Rena Bay (8) N Perkins R May 12 0X000 No Fears (u1) P O'Reilly G O'Reilly 10 2750X Honour The Bet (9) K Chapman D Dunn 13 703P4 Scarlet Bromac (u2) K Townley B Cusdin 11 26529 Jimmy Nga (10) J Cox J W Cox 14 03700 Topnotch Titan (u3) K Nyhan M Williamson 12 84868 Got A Beauty (11) J Bartlett R Close 15 P Ashes To Wings (u4) M Smolenski D Dunn 13 36344 Corena Lea (12) G McStay R Holmes 14 7 Dodge Phoenix (13) T McMillan T McMillan DONEGAL HOUSE THE LITTLE IRISH PUB MOBILE PACE 15 32057 One Off (14) J Howe B Orange 12:40PM $8,000, 3YO+ C0 MOB. PACE, 1950m 2 16 54 Enchantee (15) N Le Lievre G O'Reilly 4 1 90473 Black Art (1) T Trathen R May 17 4306X Jay Jayz Boy (16) S McNally S McNally 2 2 29X Debnita Rose (2) C Dalgety D Dunn 3 HEINIGER ‘CAPEX CLASSIC’ TROT $10,000, 4YO+ Little Bad John (3) P Burrows G Smith 2:25PM C2–C4 SpecHcp, 2600m 3 4 6X052 Port Hanover (4) D Reardon R Houghton 1 Foreverman SCRATCHED 5 Hurrikane Poker (5) B O'Connell T Chmiel L Lester (J) 6 00900 Dios Del Fuego (6) K Nyhan M Williamson 2 22621 Galleons Royale (1) C & J DeFilippi R Holmes 7 09 Havana Moon (7) K Cameron B Orange 3 21059 Redwood Invasion (2) R Holmes P Wakelin 8 3 Sharknado (8) P Burrows B Butt 4 71908 BK Dawn (3) Wakelin/Noble C D Thornley

Blazing VC (9) R Jenkins A Lethaby 5 40X75 Xmas Joyella (4) F Morris 9 70855 Barrier

6 1190X Oona (u1) G Smith G Smith 1 10 30832 Scotlynn Harry (21) D Taylor J Young 7 03180 Lightworkofit (u2) D Burrows S Golding 8 12389 All Lit Up (1) L & J Smith J Smith MAGPIES REST CAFE - RURAL LIVESTOCK MOBILE TROT 9 50013 Cuddly Jess (u1) M House M House 1:15PM $9,000, 4YO+ C1 MOB. TROT JUN.D, 1950m 4 10 66122 Sundons Flyer (u2) B Negus G O'Reilly 1 44556 Agatha Tyron (1) P O'Reilly J Morrison (J)

11 17143 Brads Kenny (1) P Williamson M Williamson 2 2 381X4 The Foot Tapper (2) P Nairn S Whatuira (J) 2 12 31166 Idle Monkey (2) M Austin B Orange 4 3 80024 Anna Kate (3) M Edmonds M Anderson (J) 3 13 87X52 Doctor Bones (3) B Ford B Ford 4 00X0X Veneto (4) C & J Kennett J Kennett (J) 1 14 X8021 Missandei (u1) B Negus D Dunn 5 70929 Rollin Thunder (5) G Turner K Cox (J) 1 6 1X0 Daiquiri (6) G & N Hope CHEVIOT TRUST FILLIES & MARES PACE $8,999, 3YO+ R McIlwrick (J) 3:00PM F&M C1–C2, 1950m 7 44068 Chivasion (7) M Edmonds L Lester (J) 1 1 21 Trailer Park Girl (1) S Dolan D Dunn 8 97200 Sugar Cane (8) D McCormick A Stewart (J) J Young

Fatal Reunion (9) M Edmonds J Markham (J) 2 1450P Lilac Reign (2) D Taylor 9 000X0 Barrier

3 34X17 Classie Margaret (3) H Galway K Cox (J) 10 00668 Wandering Star (21) A Lowe 2 4 23134 Sacred Angel (4) R Dunn T Quate (J) J Dunn CHEVIOT A&P SHOW SATURDAY 11TH MARCH TROT

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Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m; Weather: Fine

3 5 1 Ollantaytambo (5) B Hill 6 18X Ideal Rule (6) J Lethaby 7 13207 Le Vado (7) N Le Lievre 4 8 32401 Givematasteofkiwi (8) R Holmes

RR Sand Dollar (9) P Court 9 43229 Barrier 10 P8761 Port Delight (21) M House 11 08P41 Happy Styx (22) G & N Hope 12 31480 Kitura (23) K & T Barron 13 1X610 Maddisons Desire (24) J Howe 14 X0301 Canderdel (25) R Todd 3:39PM

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$11,000, FFA MOB. TROT, 1950m

S Ottley G O'Reilly R Holmes D Butt J W Cox B Orange D Dunn R May

M Williamson B Butt

‘CHEVIOT BUSINESSESS’ CHEVIOT CUP (HCP PACE)

$14,500, 4YO+ C4–OC SpecHcp, 2600m

1 61534 Usain Colt (1) G & N Hope 2 17415 Benicio (2) L Jones 3 08368 Kotare Yael (3) R Dunn 4 00001 Burn Off (u1) G & N Hope 4 5 131X8 Alta Ronaldo (1) Purdon/Rasmussen 3 6 22347 Maverick (2) N McGrath 2 7 11461 Letspendanitetogetha (3) R Dunn 1 8 X4521 Motu Premier (4) Purdon/Rasmussen 9 51274 Alta Orlando (u1) R Dunn 10 29596 Locharburn (1) K Chapman 4:36PM

G O'Reilly R Holmes B Orange

COMMODORE HOTEL MOBILE TROT

1 X0635 Kowhai Monarch (1) M Jones 2 21484 Tornado Valley (2) T McMillan 3 46436 Aile Rouge (3) R Holmes 4 02597 Le Reveur (4) P Nairn 5 66157 Gee Up Neddy (5) L Jones 1 6 11112 Everybody Knows (6) G & N Hope 2 7 17711 Eyre I Come (7) M Jones 8 9P270 Belles Son (8) K Chapman Quite A Moment (9) G & N Hope 4 9 41338 Barrier

10 13225 Monty Python (21) P Williamson 3 11 95638 Waterloo Sunset (22) P Nairn 4:07PM

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R May J W Cox G Smith R McIlwrick (J) M Anderson (J) N McGrath J Dunn T Williams R Houghton D Dunn

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

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2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11

Lady Chatto (6) T Butt Sweet Mary (7) B Mowbray 0 Chromozone (8) A Stuart Barrier

1 Miss Ethel Sunshine (21) M Smolenski Motu Hot Topic (22) J Hay 5 American Banner (23) M Smolenski 9 Comfortably Numb (24) B Ward

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C2–C3, 2600m

R May S McNally J Curtin D Dunn M Anderson (J) D Keast (J) J W Cox B Orange S Ottley T Williams M Williamson J Dunn

BUSH INN TAVERN MOBILE PACE

$8,999, 4YO+ C1 MOB. PACE, 2600m

1 5X549 Articulight (1) D Taylor 2 1 2 07042 Crackamoa (2) R Dunn 3 33884 She’s A Flyin (3) R Todd 4 02761 Hard Days Night (4) L Jones 0 5 470X7 Real Dash (5) T & G Chmiel 6 3444X She’sa Tricky Bridge (6) J McDermott 7 82608 Man Of Steel (7) T & G Chmiel 8 29389 Royal Jester (8) M House

Sans Le Sou (9) R Alfeld 9 44633 Barrier

10 52758 Booming Jet (21) P Court ‘SWEET LOU’ LEONARD MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE (G3) $25,000, 2YO Fillies MOB. PACE, 2000m 11 05X14 OK I’m Bad (22) D Ottley 0 12 967X0 Bridget Blue Chip (23) R Holmes 3 Rozha (1) G Dunn G O'Reilly 4 13 40530 Missinmemate (24) B Hill 4 Betterthanspraying (2) T & G Chmiel T Chmiel 2 Liberty Rose (3) M Jones S Ottley 14 80265 Claus (25) S Moore 3 15 25137 The Valiant (26) J Hay 6 Sheeza Sport (4) M Jones M Jones 0 Angel Of Harlem (5) B Ward R Close 16 4498X Rock N Roll Delight (27) P Burrows

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PAUL BURNETT MEMORIAL PACE $10,000, 3YO+

1 25740 Emily Blunt (1) G & N Hope 2 18374 Crackabella (2) D Taylor 3 38X76 Errol Finn (3) J Curtin 2 4 31120 Gotta Go Ya Hu (4) R Dunn 5 252X5 Celestial Arden (5) G Payne 6 96085 Going To California (6) H Westrum 4 7 45229 Superfecta (7) G Bond 1 8 12419 Cable Beach (8) P Court

Whoosh Factor (9) A Stuart 9 01129 Barrier

10 80575 Ashes To Wings (21) M Smolenski 11 X4180 Nolan Sackett (22) R Winter 3 12 0X163 The Honey Badger (23) R Dunn 5:39PM

B Orange M Williamson S Golding

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J Young J Dunn D Dunn R Close

J Curtin T Chmiel M House R Alfeld B Orange S Ottley R Holmes R May M Williamson J Hay G Smith

Sport/Racing www.guardianonline.co.nz

Friday, March 3, 2017

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Keeping ahead of injuries Shaun Clark from PhysioSteps helps Dani McArthur (left) and Libby Mason with a dyna band during a session with Ashburton College basketballers in the school gym this week.

Clark gave up his time to talk to the senior and junior team members about injury prevention and specific conditioning for their sport.

The basketball season gets under way at the start of term two, with teams playing in Christchurch and Timaru weekly competitions.

The junior teams will have their South Island secondary schools’ tournament in Ashburton later in the year, while the seniors travel to Dunedin for theirs.

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Auckland harness Today at Alexandra Park Racecourse

Auckland Trotting Club Inc Venue: Alexandra Park Meeting Date: 03 March 2017 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 5.50pm (NZT) BRANCOTT ESTATE MOBILE PACE $20,000, 3yo+ up to & including r63 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 69427 Wynberg Sally (1) fr ................ B Butcher (J) 2 44564 Idealistic (2) fr .............................J Stormont 3 42435 Luis Alberto fr............................... Scratched 4 047x6 Max Phactor (3) fr .........................P Butcher 5 66248 Raptors Flight (4) fr .......................Z Butcher 6 14927 Rhythm N Blues (5) fr....................... D Dunn 7 85166 This Excuse Is Fine fr .................. Scratched 8 6x113 Delightful Image (6) fr ....................J I Dickie 9 42555 Italian Delight (21) fr.......................T Herlihy 10 11094 Cobra Banner (22) fr .......... J MacKinnon (J) 11 53346 Zadaka (23) fr .............................. D Butcher 12 70463 Wrangler (24) fr .................................J Dunn 2 6.20pm COCA-COLA AMATIL NZ LTD HANDICAP TROT $20,000, 4yo+ r70 to r118 spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 1323x Temporale (U1) fr ...........................T Herlihy 2 14271 Lemond (1) 10.......................... M McKendry 3 54209 Djokovic (2) 10 ...................................L Chin 4 48623 Commander Paris (1) 20 ...............Z Butcher 5 04324 Valmagne (2) 20.............................S Phelan 6 23433 The Almighty Johnson (U1) 20 ....R Fensom 7 52144 Quevert (U2) 20 ............................ B Purdon 8 01x57 Foray (1) 35.................................A Poutama 9 03332 Prime Power (U1) 35.....................T Mitchell 10 12x22 Speeding Spur (1) 45 .....................J I Dickie 3 6.50pm BRECKON FARMS YOUNG GUNS SERIES

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(HT 7) MBL PACE $25,000, 2yo c&g mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 Churchill Downs (1) fr .............. M McKendry 2 12 Mach Shard (2) fr .......................... B Purdon 3 Shadow Boxer(AUS) (3) fr................ D Dunn 4 1 Ashley Locaz (4) fr .................N Rasmussen 5 34 Major Threat (5) fr ..........................S Phelan 6 22 Spankem (6) fr ..............................M Purdon 7 611 South Beach Arden (7) fr ..............Z Butcher 8 6423 Royal Gamble (8) fr ...................... D Butcher 9 1 Culpeka (21) fr ............................. B Mangos 10 45 Bettor Step Aside (22) fr ...................D Balle 4 7.20pm SIMS PACIFIC METALS NORTHERN BREEDERS STAKES(G3) $25,000, 4yo+ mares r60 to r105 spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 46652 Ginger Bertha (1) fr ..................... R Brosnan 2 62212 Princess Mackendon (2) fr ..............M Wallis 3 2117 Barefoot Barbie (3) fr.......................... J Cole 4 97547 Tereskova (4) fr ..................................L Chin 5 0x905 Majestic Ali (U1) fr.................... M McKendry 6 1x968 Gin (U2) fr .....................................T Mitchell 7 04219 Sundown In Paris (U3) fr .................. D Dunn 8 762x5 Sunset Peak (U1) 10 .................... D Butcher 9 94668 Yagunnakissmeornot (1) 20 ..............J Dunn 10 41307 Idle Bones (U1) 40 ....................... B Mangos 5 7.50pm WINGER MOTORS MOBILE PACE $20,000, 3yo+ up to & including r80, up to r90 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 24134 Ideal Roman (1) fr ..........................T Herlihy 2 41213 Don Domingo (2) fr .......................B Orange 3 62217 Alta Intrigue (3) fr ......................... D Butcher 4 141x5 Cash N Flow (4) fr ........................T Williams 5 74447 Mongolian Hero (5) fr .....................J I Dickie

6 20152 Alta Las Vegas (6) fr................. M McKendry 7 1x611 Stars Align (7) fr .....................N Rasmussen 8 22318 Jack’s Legend (8) fr .......................Z Butcher 9 45121 Tiger Thompson (21) fr ....................J Curtin 10 83411 Billy Badger (22) fr ............................J Dunn 11 124x6 Pacing Major (23) fr.......................M Purdon 12 21111 Raukapuka Ruler (24) fr................... D Dunn 6 8.19pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD YG SERIES (HT 6) MOBILE PACE $25,000, 2yo fillies mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 Sheer Bliss (1) fr ...........................M Purdon 2 42 Gold Orchid (2) fr ..................... M McKendry 3 Bettor Joy (3) fr ................................ D Dunn 4 8 Alta Shangri La (4) fr 5 1 New York Rain fr........................... Scratched 6 3 Purest Silk (5) fr ........................... B Mangos 7 33 Harmony Blue (6) fr........................T Herlihy 8 5 Caitlyn Clarke (7) fr ........................S Phelan 9 7 Ideal Pleasure (21) fr ...................R Fensom 10 6 Dontstopbelievin (22) fr .....................J Dunn 11 5 Reklaw’s Gem (23) fr ...................T Williams 12 4 Sea Of Gold (24) fr....................... D Butcher 13 2 Eye Candy (25) fr ..........................B Orange 14 1 Spandau Ballet (26) fr ...................Z Butcher 15 8 Bounty Lady (27) fr ........................J I Dickie Emergencies: Alta Shangri La, Bounty Lady 7 8.48pm PASCOES THE JEWELLERS NORTHERN OAKS MBL PACE(G1) $125,000, 3yo fillies mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 1 42330 Lerato (1) fr ...................................Z Butcher 2 23211 Juice Brogden (2) fr ......................N Chilcott 3 33063 American Empress (3) fr ...........S Abernethy 4 12432 Kaitlyn (4) fr.................................. B Mangos

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43215 Step Up (5) fr .......................... T Macfarlane 14124 Gotta Go Dali Queen (6) fr ....... M McKendry x1111 Partyon (7) fr .................................M Purdon 21216 Delishka (8) fr................................T Mitchell 12111 Spanish Armada (21) fr ..........N Rasmussen 63428 Smiley Sophie fr ........................... Scratched 97421 American Princess (22) fr .............S Lawson 8 9.19pm LINCOLN FARMS ‘THE FOUNDERS’ MOBILE PACE (G3) $25,000, 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 18985 Robbie Burns (1) fr................... M McKendry 2 P4654 The Faithful (2) fr............................S Phelan 3 71734 Bettor Spirits (3) fr .........................P Butcher 4 84936 Little Rascal (4) fr ..............................J Dunn 5 22321 More The Better (5) fr....................M Purdon 6 32880 Hug The Wind (6) fr ...................... B Mangos 7 2121x The Orange Agent (7) fr .................T Herlihy 8 26295 Christen Me (8) fr ............................. D Dunn 9 42335 Arden’s Choice (21) fr ...................Z Butcher 10 1DxPP Heaven Rocks (U1) fr.............N Rasmussen 9 9.46pm CHARLES ROBERTS N.I.S.B.A. STAKES MARES MBL PACE $20,000, 4yo+ mares mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 22250 Rocknroll Princess (1) fr................... D Dunn 2 68733 Real Torque (2) fr ..........................S Lawson 3 x0311 Kate Black (3) fr .............................J I Dickie 4 31163 Eclipse Me (4) fr ....................... M McKendry 5 13167 Cullen Who (5) fr ...........................B Orange 6 53621 Lusty Mac (6) fr .............................P Butcher 7 65311 Better B Amazed (7) fr ......................J Dunn 10 10.14pm DERBY NIGHT ‘BEST DRESSED’ MARCH 10 HCP TROT $20,000, 3yo+ up to & including r66 spechcp trot, stand, 2200m

1 68221 Jomo (1) fr.................................. J Robinson 2 62x15 Anse Vata (2) fr ............................ B Mangos 3 33270 Majestic Gal (3) fr........................ R Brosnan 4 133 Gentleman Sir (4) fr ..................... D Butcher 5 35219 Grenado (U1) fr ...........................J Stormont 6 71667 Bro Fawkes S (1) 10................. M McKendry 7 39241 Il Pirata (2) 10 ................................S Phelan 8 54666 Torbjorn (3) 10...................... D Ferguson (J) 9 50396 Gintaras (4) 10 ...........................P Ferguson 10 32x12 Heavyweight Hero (5) 10 ........ T Macfarlane 11 22061 C K Spur (6) 10 ..............................J I Dickie 12 52012 Sexy Rexy (U1) 10 ......................A Donnelly 13 19463 Little Bro (U2) 10 .............................H Cullen Pacifiers off : Djokovic (R2), Sexy Rexy (R10) SELECTIONS: Race 1: Zadaka, Max Phactor, Wrangler, Italian Delight Race 2: Speeding Spur, Prime Power, Temporale, Lemond Race 3: Ashley Locaz, Spankem, South Beach Arden, Mach Shard Race 4: Yagunnakissmeornot, Idle Bones, Princess Mackendon, Barefoot Barbie Race 5: Stars Align, Jack’s Legend, Raukapuka Ruler, Don Domingo Race 6: Bettor Joy, Gold Orchid, Spandau Ballet, Eye Candy Race 7: Partyon, Spanish Armada, Kaitlyn, Juice Brogden Race 8: The Orange Agent, More The Better, Robbie Burns, Arden’s Choice Race 9: Better B Amazed, Lusty Mac, Cullen Who, Real Torque Race 10: Heavyweight Hero, C K Spur, Gentleman Sir, Torbjorn

Awapuni gallops Today at Awapuni raceway

Club Name: Marton Jockey Club Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 03 March 2017 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles : 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 2.25pm (NZT) GALLAGHER MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2100m 1 88523 Pampas Pony h (1) 58.5................M Tanaka 2 06402 Bear Gryls (2) 58.5.....................A Jones (a) 3 8x703 Art Of War (14) 58.5 ........................D Turner 4 92488 Master Courtsman (3) 58.5 .......S McKay (a) 5 0x094 The Imp (7) 58.5 ......................... E Farr (a2) 6 9x558 Our Luck Dragon (8) 58.5 ........... C Johnson 7 9x70 Tensile h (4) 58.5 ............................J Riddell 8 65840 Cashel (10) 58 ..............................L Allpress 9 x3226 Ruby Woo b (11) 56.5 ................L Hemi (a1) 10 345 Audacious (13) 56.5 ........................R Myers 11 5x027 My Isabella (6) 56.5 ....................... J Parkes 12 70657 Salvinia h (5) 56.5 .....................B Hutton (a) 13 6x0 Twilight Jewel (9) 56.5 .......R Goldsbury (a2) 14 0 Demi (12) 56 ............................... R Hannam 2 3.00pm AGRICOM HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1550m 1 79266 Wiggle tmh (2) 59............................J Riddell 2 94615 Heavens Keep th (3) 57.5 .........S McKay (a) 3 27803 Antonio (6) 56 ....................... N Teeluck (a2) 4 57542 Bella’s Delight tm (7) 54 ................D Bradley 5 82337 Gold Allure (5) 54 ............................R Myers 6 59080 Kairanga Lad t (4) 54 .................. C Johnson 7 37224 Woodbine Ladd (1) 54................. R Hannam 3 3.35pm NUFARM HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m

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x1676 The Rich Lister d (2) 59 ................. J Parkes 26345 Xcuses Xcuses db (1) 58.5 .............J Riddell 31635 Platinum Express tdh (5) 57.5..... R Hannam x6606 Silver Bubbles dm (3) 56 ............A Jones (a) 19x04 Clubs Choice tdmh (4) 55.5 ........ E Farr (a2) 0x251 Arcturus (7) 54.5 .............................D Turner 50537 Judi Anne h (6) 54...........................R Myers 4 4.05pm TUI - BACKING A WINNER SINCE 1889 MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 443 Saint Croix h (11) 57.5 ....................J Riddell 2 65 Heineken Rocks (5) 57.5...............L Allpress 3 9 Mikjene (8) 57.5 ........................S McKay (a) 4 Upstanding 57.5 ........................... Scratched 5 94. Smoken Hot (7) 55.5 ................... R Hannam 6 0x908 Choux Mania h (3) 55.5 ....R Goldsbury (a2) 7 Miss Contessa h (12) 55.5 ............. J Parkes 8 Miss Doherty h (4) 55.5 ................M Tanaka 9 095 Sixpence h (1) 55.5 ....................A Jones (a) 10 Charming Choux h (6) 55.5........L Hemi (a1) 11 90x Maltese Ruby (10) 55.5 ............... C Johnson 12 Nadiasstar h (2) 55.5 ................B Hutton (a) 13 Ravenhill h (9) 55.5 .........................R Myers 5 4.38pm PGG WRIGHTSON MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 6x87x Boy Soldier h (8) 58.5 ........... N Teeluck (a2) 2 x3222 Mystigan b (7) 56.5 .........................R Myers 3 20. Garment (3) 56.5......................... R Hannam 4 5 How’s That Girl (5) 56.5 ................M Tanaka 5 0x8 Silver Lady (2) 56.5 ...................A Chan (a3) 6 Wonder Lass (1) 56.5......................D Turner 7 x6x8x Lambada (4) 56.............................. J Parkes

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Miss Contessa h (10) 56 ...............L Allpress 90x Maltese Ruby (6) 56 .................... C Johnson Nadiasstar h (9) 56 ...........R Goldsbury (a2) 6 5.09pm MERIDIAN ENERGY MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 0x2 Dal Django h (9) 58.5 .....................H Tinsley 2 06x29 Canny Magic h (11) 58.5.................D Turner 3 9x Show Judge h (4) 58 .......................J Riddell 4 x3242 Shez Gonna Getcha h (2) 56.5 .......R Myers 5 26x29 Etoile D’Ange 56.5 ....................... Scratched 6 9868x Helvetica h (12) 56.5 ............. N Teeluck (a2) 7 90x7 Double Down (13) 56.5 .....R Goldsbury (a2) 8 x8697 El Kayo (7) 56.5 .......................... C Johnson 9 8660x Waiz One h (14) 56.5 .................L Hemi (a1) 10 470x8 What Now My Love (6) 56.5......A Chan (a3) 11 3 Tinkalicious (8) 56 .........................M Tanaka 12 0 Cassino To Trieste (5) 56...........S McKay (a) 13 Eye’s Wide Open (1) 56 ................L Allpress 14 Redrock High (3) 56 .................... R Hannam 15 0x89. Ethnee (10) 56.5...............A Jones (a) Emergency: Ethnee 7 5.39pm FARMLANDS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1550m 1 424x0 I Spied (10) 58.5 ......................... R Hannam 2 757x0 Roc ‘N’ It h (17) 58.5 .......................J Riddell 3 47x00 Class Above 58.5 ......................... Scratched 4 5L30x Marquateer (8) 58.5 ....................... J Parkes 5 09. Penance h (3) 58.5....................S McKay (a) 6 67x The Huntsman (1) 58.5 ......... N Teeluck (a2) 7 4. On The Quiet (4) 58 ..................B Hutton (a) 8 4 Wotamission (12) 58 .....................L Allpress

9 6 French Serge h (9) 58 ....................H Tinsley 10 59x25 Allmosta (15) 56.5 .....................A Chan (a3) 11 5054x Moorish h (7) 56.5 .........................M Tanaka 12 7 Fetish (11) 56.5 ...............................D Turner 13 May We All (2) 56 .......................A Jones (a) 14 Montpelier (6) 56 .................... K Cowan (a4) 15 00. Signorina Svelta h (13) 56 16 99x0 Amnestys Child (14) 56 17 65x60 Marty O’Ceirin 58.5 ...................... Scratched 18 82677 Our Wonder (18) 56.5 19 96979 Itz My One (16) 58 20 470x8 What Now My Love (5) 56.5 Emergencies: Signorina Svelta, Amnestys Child, Marty O’Ceirin, Our Wonder, Itz My One, What Now My Love 8 6.14pm POWER FARMING HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 0446x Michelin dm (12) 59 ........................D Turner 2 22174 El Bayardo (14) 58.5 .......................J Riddell 3 x2583 Hare Bawl dh (7) 58.5 ...................D Bradley 4 75340 Zcastle d (8) 58.5 .................. H Andrew (a3) 5 10620 Alcaldesa dmh (15) 57.5 ...R Goldsbury (a2) 6 6x0x0 Justnametheprice d (11) 57.5 N Teeluck (a2) 7 30x77 Newstead m (4) 57.5 .....................L Allpress 8 x0970 Dreamcruza (5) 57 .........................H Tinsley 9 x0471 Blackgammon (18) 56.5 .............. R Hannam 10 13826 Chispa De La Vida th (16) 56.5 ..L Hemi (a1) 11 8x002 Battle Kat (13) 56 ..........................M Tanaka 12 04064 J’Walke t (2) 56 ........................... E Farr (a2) 13 4x776 Porotene Magnum (17) 56 .......... C Johnson 14 6x403 Listowel t (10) 54 ......................M Singh (a3) 15 50x76 Perfect Pitch tdh (6) 55.5 -

16 58605 Mischelt h (3) 54 17 06078 Magic Wonder (9) 54 18 20207 Troup Road dh (1) 57 Emergencies: Perfect Pitch, Mischelt, Magic Wonder, Troup Road Blinkers on : Tensile, Cashel (R1), Mikjene, Smoken Hot (R4), Silver Lady (R5), Canny Magic, Show Judge, What Now My Love, Cassino To Trieste (R6), Allmosta, Signorina Svelta, What Now My Love (R7), Perfect Pitch, Mischelt (R8) Blinkers off : Kairanga Lad (R2), Shez Gonna Getcha (R6), Fetish, Our Wonder (R7), Justnametheprice, J’Walke (R8) Winkers on : Kairanga Lad (R2), Saint Croix, Choux Mania (R4) Winkers off : Demi (R1), Garment (R5) SELECTIONS: Race 1: Audacious, Ruby Woo, Master Courtsman, Pampas Pony, Cashel Race 2: Woodbine Ladd, Heavens Keep, Bella’s Delight, Gold Allure, Wiggle Race 3: Platinum Express, Xcuses Xcuses, Silver Bubbles, The Rich Lister, Clubs Choice Race 4: Saint Croix, Miss Doherty, Smoken Hot, Ravenhill, Miss Contessa Race 5: Mystigan, How’s That Girl, Miss Contessa, Garment, Wonder Lass Race 6: Shez Gonna Getcha, Tinkalicious, Dal Django, Eye’s Wide Open, Show Judge Race 7: Allmosta, French Serge, Wotamission, On The Quiet, Moorish Race 8: Hare Bawl, El Bayardo, Michelin, Chispa De La Vida, Battle Kat

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Brock Ramsay launches himself after a hop, skip and jump to first place in the U-16 boys’ triple jump.

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Gareth Hunt floats over the bar on his way to taking out victory in the U-19 boy’s high jump.

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Keegan Gentle takes a comfortable victory in the final of the 200m.

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Records fall at College athletics Ashburton College students have battled the heat and each other in the school’s athletics finals, yesterday.

Students who qualified from the colourful prelims day

switched to a more serious attire, with morph suits and tutus being swapped for skins and singlets.

Deputy principal Ron Cresswell was more than happy to report that a fantastic day was had,

with records being broken.

“Students participated in a very collegial way, which was fantastic to see,” he said.

He wished to extend a huge thanks to Ron Carlson and his

team of helpers who made the event possible.

House points were up for grabs in each event, helping students to give their houses a boost in the house competition.

The event also marked the next step in the ladder of school athletics events, with top two finishers in each event qualifying for the Aoraki Athletics later in the year.

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Canterbury tops Plunket Shield Big guns return for Chad Bowes followed up a twoball duck in the first innings with a match-winning 149 against Wellington to take Canterbury to the top of the table.

The seven-wicket win, chasing 324 at Basin Reserve, arrived during the final session of the match.

This after Matt Henry’s four wickets (match haul of 9 for 137) helped dismiss Wellington for 269 early on the last day.

Bowes’ 149 (25 fours, one six) took Canterbury to 236 before he was out, following which unbeaten knocks from Henry Nicholls (71) and Cole McConchie (47) steered them home.

Canterbury overcame a firstinnings deficit of 54 runs in their win. After half centuries from Michael Papps (76) – who also scored his 11,000th first-class run – and Hamish Marshall (69) helped Wellington to 297 in the midst of a Henry five-for, they returned strongly to bowl out Canterbury for 243.

A lone hand from Peter Fulton (79) displayed some resistance for Canterbury in the first innings even as Anurag Verma’s four wickets crippled the visitors.

Wellington’s 269 – Stephen Murdoch top scored with 56 – set Canterbury the stiff target of 324 to chase on the final day, but Bowes, Nicholls and McConchie were up to the challenge.

Colin Munro was told by New Zealand coach Mike Hesson to return to the Plunket Shield and

regain confidence after a difficult start to the year. He responded in magnificent fashion for Auckland at Colin Maiden Park, with barnstorming twin centuries, the 11th and 12th of his career: a first innings 146 off 109 balls followed by 142 off 103 deliveries.

The opening day had been abandoned due to a damp area on the pitch and although Central Districts, who are at the bottom of the points table, tried to manufacture a result by declaring behind on the third day, the match petered out to a draw.

But it was a memorable few days for Munro, who had made seven single-figure scores in 10 previous innings in 2017.

Though there was a T20 century included against Bangladesh, his lack of consistency had been highlighted by Hesson following a first-ball duck in the T20 against South Africa.

When play began on the second day, Munro scored an 84-ball hundred and added 210 for the fourth wicket with Rob Nicol (86) to take Auckland to 385 for 5 declared.

Central Districts fell to 66 for 5 in reply, but Tom Bruce’s unbeaten 127 enabled them to pull out 129 behind. Munro then got going again, racing to a 60-ball century and took his match tally to 12 sixes.

The declaration finally came with a lead of 389 but less than two sessions remained and a re-

sult was never on.

Anaru Kitchen followed up his 143 not out in the Ford Trophy against Northern Districts three weeks ago with another unbeaten century against them to take Otago to a five-wicket win in the Plunket Shield.

This was Otago’s first win in the Plunket Shield and lifted them out of bottom place. Kitchen’s unbeaten 120 came in a chase of 289 that was set up primarily by BJ Watling’s 96 and Joe Walker’s 87 at No. 9, after Northern Districts had been reduced to 0 for 3 and, subsequently, 61 for 5 in their second innings.

The pair put on 91 for the eighth wicket, and Walker then added 64 for the ninth with James Baker to lift them to 286.

Otago’s bowlers all chipped in with wickets, although Nathan Smith followed up his first-innings five-for with only one in the second.

This after Scott Kuggeleijn’s 5 for 68 had inflicted a collapse that saw Otago fall from 242 for 4 to 276 all out and concede a lead of 2. Kitchen struck 76 in the first innings and put on 138 for the fifth wicket with Derek de Boorder (89).

De Boorder fell cheaply in the chase, but his wicket was followed by partnerships of 86 and 85, and opener Brad Wilson’s 74 played the supporting act to Kitchen’s 120 off 146, as they completed the win in the 74th over. - CricInfo

the Hurricanes As expected, the Hurricanes have returned the world’s best player, the world’s best hooker, and the 2015 rookie of the year to their starting line-up for their first home clash against the Melbourne Rebels in Wellington.

There is an altogether more authoritative look about the Hurricanes’ 15 now, so it comes as a surprise when coach Chris Boyd confirmed that nine or 10 are unavailable due to injury, including luckless No 8 Blade Thomson, a clutch of crocked locks and halfbacks, concussed prop Reggie Goodes, plus Cory Jane, who has a bulging disc in his neck, meaning he was a late scratching from the Tokyo training run.

Incoming are, as planned, Beauden Barrett and captain Dane Coles, neither of whom, off the bench, were able to steer the Hurricanes to a strong, slick finish against the Sunwolves, while Milner-Skudder would have played in round one were it not for a tight hamstring.

“I’m not happy that we’ve got nine or 10 injuries, but what we’ve got I’m happy with,” says Boyd. “At the end of the day, we have to learn to live without anybody.

It’s a physical game and you end up taking dings, so guys get thrust into different situations.

While it’s great to have Nehe, Beauden and Dane back, we’d

back ourselves to make do with whatever we have got.”

That was certainly the case in the 2016 playoffs, where the Hurricanes finished with four rookies in their tight five at stages.

Reed Prinsep will have a chance to stake a claim for the No 8 jersey, especially if Thomason is ruled out long-term with his injury. Prinsep impressed, mainly in the No 6 jersey, as Canterbury won their eighth NPC Premiership in nine seasons. He wins lineout ball and should operate well in tandem with Brad Shields and Ardie Savea.

The Rebels will surely be better than their lacklustre second half showing against the Blues, but they were more than competitive for the opening 40 minutes.

Hooker Pat Leafa, the former Sacred Heart College First XV and Auckland rake, will raise his half century of appearances for the visitors.

Hurricanes: Nehe MilnerSkudder, Vince Aso, Matt Proctor, Ngani Laumape, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara, Reed Prinsep, Ardie Savea, Brad Shields, Michael Fatialofa, James Blackwell, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Dane Coles (c), Chris Eves Reserves: Ricky Riccitelli, Ben May, Mike Kainga, Mark Abbott, Callum Gibbins, Chris Smylie, Otere Black, Beauden Barrett.

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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas during a Formula One pre-season testing session at Catalunya.

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Bottas clocks fastest time With retired champion Nico Rosberg watching from the pits on Thursday, Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time since layout changes were made at the Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya a decade ago.

The display in preseason testing made another statement about Mercedes’ potential in Formula One this season, although Ferrari again remained close.

Bottas, who replaced Rosberg after his surprise departure last year, had a time of 1 minute, 19.705 seconds in the morning session on Day 3 of testing, nearly two tenths faster than the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel in the afternoon.

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third with his morning lap, nearly one-and-a-half seconds slower than Bottas.

“Another good day in the car,” Bottas said on Twitter. “Enjoyed it!”

After the track changes in 2007, when a chicane was added, the fastest lap in Barcelona had been set by Mark Webber’s Red Bull in 2010, with a time of 1:19.995 in qualifying.

Bottas’ time was considered unofficial because it came in testing.

Bottas’ fast lap came on the supersoft tires, while Vettel and Ricciardo had their fast times on the slower softs.

Ferrari also showed reliability, as Vettel completed the day’s highest number of laps, at 139.

“In terms of laps I think it was decent,” Vettel said. “The car doesn’t have any major issues in terms of reliability, which is the most important right now.

In terms of performance it’s impossible to tell, but by the looks of it, we still need to find decent chunks, so a lot of work ahead of us.”

New tire and aerodynamic rules introduced in 2017 to bring more excitement to the series gave cars more grip and downforce, making them significantly faster than in previous years.

But Mercedes is expected to continue to dominate despite the changes. The team had another trouble-free day on Thrusday, with Hamilton driving 95 laps in the afternoon. He focused on race simulation, finishing with the seventh-best time.

Rosberg, who retired in December, five days after clinching the title with Mercedes, was at the track and spent time in the paddock talking to several drivers and teams.

“It was a nice experience for me,” Rosberg said, adding that he felt no regret about retiring.

Red Bull lost some time in the afternoon session because of an exhaust issue, preventing Ric-

Spotlight on McLaughlin Kiwi Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin knows the spotlight will be on him at this weekend’s season opening round on the streets of Adelaide.

The 23-year-old made the headline move in the off-season to join DJR Team Penske and will go into the season as a genuine title contender on paper although there is some uncertainty about how the Ford outfit will perform straight away.

“I obviously want to try and win some races but until we get under way and find out where we are and how quick I am in race conditions, it is hard to tell,” McLaughlin said. “I will get through this weekend and then try to set some goals.

“It is just about trying to get up to pace as quickly as

I can.

“It needs to be one step at a time - we want to win as quickly as possible but we can’t rush it.”

Having added McLaughlin to drive alongside fellow Kiwi Fabian Coulthard as well as snaring former Triple Eight Racing engineer Ludo Lacroix, many people expect the Queenslandbased team to challenge Triple Eight – the undisputed leading team for the past decade.

“Anything is possible,” said McLaughlin. “We have a great team behind us, mechanics and engineers and personnel that really know a lot about the sport.

“The team we have at the moment is one that can take it to Triple Eight and we have the belief to do that as well.”

McLaughlin watched in awe last year as Triple Eight’s Shane van Gisbergen became the first New Zealander in quarter of a century to win the championship. He was inspired by his countryman’s performance and now has his eyes set on achieving similar things.

“Shane did a fantastic job last year and was a deserving champion. It was pretty special what he did and what that team did. It is a good carrot for us to chase.”

McLaughlin has enjoyed his previous attempts at the traditional season-opening event and nominates the Clipsal 500 as one of his favourites. In 2014, he made his famous post-match quote about “giving it some jandal” after holding off a charging Jamie Whincup.

- NZME

ciardo from driving many laps.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso had a problem-free session after a series of issues on the first two days, although he was reportedly running on lower engine power.

He finished with the 10th-fastest time among the 13 drivers who ran on Thursday.

There was a red flag in the morning session when Jolyon Palmer had a problem with his Renault, and the afternoon run had to be interrupted twice, after Carlos Sainz went off the track with his Toro Rosso and when 18-year-old rookie Lance Stroll lost control of his Williams in his third mistake so far in preseason testing.

The teams return to the track on Friday for the last time this week. Another four-day session will take place from March 7-10.

The season-opening race is in Australia on March 26. - NZME

Two former Zimbabwean internationals have unleashed on each other in a scathing Facebook exchange about the country’s onfield performance.

Mark Vermeulen and Brendan Taylor showed no mercy in a very public forum, as they argued over Zimbabwe’s most recent loss to Afghanistan.

After Afghanistan posted 2539 from their 50 overs, Zimbabwe suffered the humiliation of being bowled out for 54 in just 13.5 overs.

Taylor, who played 23 tests and 167 ODIs for his country, defended the team, saying: “Ex players and commentators always sit back and chip away because it’s easy watching from the comfort of their homes or from a commentary box but forget how tough it can be in the middle.”

Vermeulen wasn’t buying it, and that’s when things got interesting.

Vermeulen took exception to another Facebook user’s comments on the matter and told Taylor to “be careful what you say about me u (sic) little f***”.

Taylor then took to Twitter to post a screenshot of the Facebook conversation, calling Vermeulen a “psycho”.

Vermeulen has a history of losing his cool. As a schoolboy in the 1990s, he once walked off the ground with the stumps and locked himself in the changeroom, after receiving a poor lbw decision.

He was hit with a 10-year ban from English club cricket for getting in an altercation with spectators during a game in 2006, when they started giving him stick from beyond the boundary rope and he threw a ball at them.

When Taylor refers to him “burning down one of the few establishments we had”, he’s referencing an incident where the batsman set fire to Zimbabwe’s cricket academy in 2006, following his nonselection in the national side.

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Daily Events FRIDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s Circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

SATURDAY 9am - 12.30pm

ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET.

Farmers market with fresh locally grown produce- hot food. North end of the West Street car park.

9am - 12.30pm CRAFT MARKET.

Crafts for sale in the West Street car park.

9.30am

ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN PARISH. Parish Fair, usual stalls and more.

Park Street.

9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Community Garden, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa at the Church hall, corner Thomson and Jane Streets.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

10am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD.

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Church Hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

12.50pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

Association Croquet, doubles and singles, Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB.

Golf croquet doubles, Waireka, Philip Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and Golf croquet.

Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish St.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

REAL ESTATE

Photographer

MUSICAL

Private Sale

We are seeking a creative and motivated photographer. This is a casual position, covering occasional evenings and one day a weekend, approx 7 - 15 hours per week.

Oamaru stone home with aluminium windows, modern kitchen/dining area. Two lounges or a fourth bedroom, with built in wardrobes.

Bathroom with shower and bath, separate toilet. New carpet, heat pump.

Quiet street. Fully fenced.

The position is to cover local events and news stories providing photographs for a range of Ashburton Guardian publications.

Experience in photographing people on location is essential as is an ability to relate easily to people of all ages. You will need to have a passion for the local community, including sports.

They must be able to follow tight deadlines and directions but also be able to improvise and be creative.

Good verbal, written communication and organisational skills are essential.

This is a job share position.

To apply, please send your CV and accompanying letter outlining the hours you can work, through to desme@theguardian.co.nz

Phone 027 308 9518 for enquiries.

Open home Saturday, March 3, 12-1pm.

501A West Street

Open home this Saturday 12 noon - 1pm

PRIVATE SALE - DEVELOPER WANTS THIS GEM SOLD!!

Advertising Telesales Are you a self-motivated, experienced sales person who absolutely loves telesales?

• Flexible role to suit part-time hours • Approx 20-30 hours per week • Fantastic opportunity to gain varied accounting experience.

This varied role will stretch your organisation skills as you will be managing internal and external queries, alongside daily and monthly accounting tasks, so your ability to organise and prioritise your workload is essential! This role is key to ensure the routine departmental accounting functions are solid and, sits within a small team, so you’ll be asked to roll your sleeves up and take on a variety of tasks.

Specific aspects of the role will include: • Payroll • Accounts Payable • Accounts Receivable • GST/FBT We are looking for a flexible and adaptable accounts-all-rounder that stands out from the crowd! Preferably you will have a relevant qualification or you are currently studying accounting. However, consideration will be given to candidates with relevant experience, who can demonstrate themselves to be quick learners, with the right attitude and a positive approach.

Your accounting experience will include: • payroll experience • demonstrable accounts knowledge • minimum two years relevant work experience and familiarity with accounting packages • confident user of Microsoft Office including solid Excel skills • be self-managing with analytical and logical problem solving skills • must have excellent oral and written communication skills

To apply, please email your CV, cover letter and relevant work references to: kirstin.c@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Monday, March 6, 2017

Buying or selling a property?

Call the Guardian today or your real estate advertising requirements.

307 7900

Are you someone who has the ability to identify the decision maker, enjoys cold calling and is driven by the success of a closed sale?

Selling over the phone has never been so easy!

We are selling advertising space that your business customers need.

We will provide you with: • A list of warm leads, and the processes and systems to ensure your success.

• A support network of colleagues to help you achieve your financial and sales goals.

• This is a Monday - Friday role.

• Hours between 16 - 40 a week.

• Working between 8.30am - 5pm.

About you: • Do you have exceptional communication skills and are able to use your personality to engage with your customers.

• Are you bubbly and energetic, yet methodical when it comes to administration.

• Do you have ideas to help move our publications forward and be creative with selling ideas.

• Previous formal telesales training would be a benefit.

• If this sounds like you, please apply today!.

Please ensure your CV outlines your past achievements in your telesales role/s.

Desme Daniels desme@theguardian.co.nz Applications close Friday, March 17.

Building –

it’s what we know and it’s what we do best. That’s why clients have chosen us, again and again.

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

MEETINGS, EVENTS

Come to the Fair At St Stephen’s Church, Park Street

Saturday, March 4 at 9.30am Stalls for everyone

Closing date for applications is Monday, March 6, 2017.

Accounts Administrator

◊ OPERATUNITY “THAT’S AMORE” 3 brilliant Tenors fresh from Italy. March 29, Theatre Royal, Timaru @ 11am ◊ PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT April 02, Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch @ 2pm For bookings phone 308 7646

Offers over 399,000.

The ideal candidate must be able to work as a team member in a creative group environment and work solo, requiring self motivation and prioritisation of tasks.

Are you an Accounts Administrator that stands out?

Beckley Coachlines Programme

• This warm, sunny, spacious and modern home will delight those looking for a townhouse with a difference • Three double bedrooms • Situated for the sun on a private, rear, easy care section • Single internal garage • Raised internal ceilings • Immediate possession Vendor needs to move on and will consider all reasonable offers!

Cakes-Plants-Cards-Jams/Pickles-Books-Past Treasures-Handwork-Raffles-Devonshire TeasSausage Sizzle and many other stalls!

Come and Join in the Fun

The fair will be on, wet or fine.

Advertisements kindly sponsored by Paterson’s Funeral Services and Ashburton Guardian.

Phone Mark 021 165 3706, Karen 027 325 0704

Trademe ID # FCX774 PUBLIC NOTICES

TRADES, SERVICES

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES • Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

TRADES, SERVICES

OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Quality window films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety and security. For cars, homes and offices.

Phone Craig Rogers 307 6347 or 0800 TINTER. Member of Master Tinters NZ. Check us out on FACEBOOK.

SPORTING NOTICES CLEARWATER AQUATIC CLUB INC. The Club Waterskiing Championships will be held at Lake Camp on Saturday, March 4 and Sunday,March 5, 2017.

The Club respectfully requests that the public refrain from using the Lake over this weekend.

Thank you C.A.C Committee

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS EXCELLENT fundraising opportunity - free to hire.

Community fundraising BBQ situated at Mitre 10 Mega.

Visit our customer service counter today to book and for details. – Phone 308-5119.

Rotary Club of Ashburton

Vintage & Collectable Fair Saturday, March 4, 10am - 4pm

PUBLIC NOTICES OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

PLANTS, PRODUCE FRESHLY dug Nadine potatoes. $2.00 per kg. 81 Elizabeth Street. Phone 308 3195 or 027 531 9103.

Sports Hall Tancred Street, Ashburton Refreshments by Inner Wheel Club

FOR SALE

OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

NEW POTATOES Ilam Hardy and Purple Passion. Come and see Farmer Brown at the RELISH and pickles.

Farmers Market.

Delicious tomato relish, tomato sauce, tomato chilli LIVESTOCK, PETS relish and the ever popular BUYER of unwanted pickled onions are in store at animals. Cattle, bobby calves, Kitchen Kapers. Made with horse and all farm animals. love by Karyn. The Arcade, We also sell pet food. Call Tancred Street. Phone 308 Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 8287.

621, A/H 03 348 9439.

TOASTER tongs. The perfect little gadget every kitchen GARAGE SALES needs! Magnetic toaster ST STEPHEN’S Church Fair, tongs now in store at Kitchen Park Street, Saturday, March Kapers. Only $7.00. The 4 from 9.30 am. Past Arcade, Ashburton. Phone treasures and many other 308 8287. stalls.

Something for everyone. Be early.

ADULT

FOR SALE CONTAINERS for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

DEADLINES - Ashburton Guardian RUN-ON classifieds close at 4.30pm, DISPLAY classifieds close at 2pm. Every week day, and on the day prior to insertion. Phone 03 307 7965.

ENTERTAINMENT 021 044 0698. Friendly clean Kiwi woman 40ish, no tattoos.

Would suit mature gent.

Saturday and Sunday as well.

Sorry no texting.

CINDY, 40, attractive, busty, size 6, long hair, gfe, great rates. Private. All weekend.

Phone calls only 027 363 7916.

NEW classy blonde. 38DD mature. Phone 021 0261 2761.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

MARGUERITE, mature, buxom, brunette. Private service for decent men only.

No unidentified numbers accepted. 027 612 7323 for appointment.

SINGAPORE lady, 28 years, size 10, 34C busty, friendly.

In/out call 021 074 3425.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

PEACEFUL room available.

Doglover wanted to help mornings with dog clean up in exchange for reduced rent.

Forest and mountain views.

Glentunnel.

35mins to Christchurch. Doglover 027 553 3556.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

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Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

Friday, March 3, 2017

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): In an environment with strict rules that most are inclined to follow, new ways of thinking are hard to come by. But the problem won’t be solved without a good idea, so go somewhere different to think about it.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You won’t be sorry if you err on the side of kindness and restraint today.

This will be easier to do when you relax and get a little distance on a potentially tense situation.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): It so often happens in life that it’s not the best one who wins the prize; rather, the winner is the best fit for the particular prize. This is just one more reason not to take it too personally, win or lose.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Just as a tree crashing in the forest does not count as a sound if there is no ear to hear it, your own creative impulses require a sounding board. Find one, or you won’t be motivated to continue.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Because you’re inwardly quiet and outwardly observant today you will witness an instance of touching minutiae capable of expanding your heart like a sail to send you floating on the breezes of the day.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): There are many societal rewards being used to bribe you along a certain path. If they only knew that you have far more rewarding reasons than anything they could provide for being on this journey.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Handling stress well is the skill to build on, as it will reward you time and again throughout your life. Learn how to better process bodily sensations associated with stress. It will be worth it.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Your happiness will be the result of following an impulse to explore and learn. Your research will lead you to concepts, next steps and, most importantly, people who can help you take them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ve seen ravens, maybe hundreds of them, and they’ve all been black. It suggests, but doesn’t prove, the colour of all ravens. Use what you learn, but don’t assume that all the facts are in yet.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The people who know you well can anticipate, among other things, your time of arrival, general appearance and the conversational topics you’re likely to choose. But today you’ll surprise them.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Though it may not be easy or even possible to change today’s circumstances, it may be possible to change the way you experience them – a change that will absolutely help you reach your goal.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your closest friends and loved ones are not always your best support system. You are right to cater your sharing to your audience. Let people earn the right to know certain things about you.

ACROSS 2. Top removed, it’s tragic way to roll a panatella (5) 5. When used in central heating money is ready to hand (4) 7. Just a little drink and one may let go of it (4) 8. Such an order may leave one without a home to go to (8) 9. Doesn’t agree to being posted in ship after I’d come back (8) 11. Enough skill to supply herald with black, top being removed (4) 12. Search I traced out, marked with distinguishing features (13) 15. It takes some foodstuff angrily, being long in the tooth (4) 17. Army officer shortly sends it packing with lack of warmth (8) 19. Got it together with company politician may have lied to (8) 21. Masses of things one may put shopping in (4) 22. You and I ran right off to put infant on solids (4) 23. Is uttering notes as one is a squealer (5)

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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Guardian

Family Notices 30 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

HORSBURGH, Ngaire Jean (nee Turner) – Passed away peacefully at Coldstream Rest Home on February 27, 2017.

Surrounded by family and best mate (Glad). Aged 87.

Loved and cherished wife of the late Joe ... together again at last. Cherished and loved mother and mother-in-law of Pete, the late Rodg, Snow and Viv, the late Bruce and much loved gran of Chantelle and Damien Quinn, Kinnear, Tennyson (and Mo) and great gran to Bella. Love, appreciation and huge thanks to all the caring staff at Coldstream for their wonderful care of Ngaire. At Ngaire and family’s request a private cremation has been held. Messages to 73 Cox Street, Ashburton 7700 (no flowers please).

BURRELL, Jane (nee Tarbotton) – March 3, 2016. One year ago that day came when we could not be together, but you are in our hearts where you will stay forever. Special memories and prayerful thoughts from your loving family.

MOODIE, Dylan Jon – 25/10/87 – 3/03/07 They said there is a reason, they said that time would heal, But neither time nor reason changes the way we feel.

No one knows the heartache that lies behind our smiles, No one knows how many times we’ve broken down and cried.

We want to tell you something so there won’t be any doubt, You’re wonderful to think of, but so hard to live without.

Ten long years without our dear son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend.

DJM ‘Forever in our hearts’.

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

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To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information

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Sport Ko calls for equality Lydia Ko hopes the golf venue for the next Olympics changes its policy of barring female members. The International Olympic Committee has urged the Kasumigaseki Country Club to allow women full membership or the 2020 Tokyo Games organisers will be asked to find a new venue. Ko said golf was gradually improving in terms of equality, and the standard of women’s play on the major tours was helping speed up that process.

With “the support and how popular women’s golf is in Japan, I think they will be able to change that rule in the not too distant future.”

Some more Martin Guptill magic wouldn’t go amiss at Eden Park on Saturday.

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Guptill does it easy The risk of watching Martin Guptill’s clinical hitting displays is that they get taken for granted.

Yet any apathy should be dispatched in the same fashion he treated the South African bowlers on Wednesday night in Hamilton on his way to 180 not out off 138 balls on a tricky batting pitch.

Guptill’s knock, the highest individual chasing innings by a New Zealander in an ODI, secured a seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the fourth one-day international.

He helped haul in 280 with 30 balls to spare.

The Black Caps levelled the five-match one-day international series 2-2 with a decider set for Auckland’s Eden Park on Saturday.

They have won two of their nine previous bilateral series with South Africa, including one out of four at home.

Historically, it will take a special opener to replace Guptill for power and elegance in New Zealand white-ball cricket.

Fortunately he’s only 30, so fans should have years to savour his abilities at the top of the order.

“It was pretty ‘up there’, possibly my No.1,” Guptill said,

when asked how the innings ranked among his ODI efforts.

“I’m reasonably happy with how today went, without a lot of preparation.

“That’s a decent stick [bat] I’ve got, I’ll put that one on ice until next time.”

Guptill’s innings included 11 sixes and was made more special because it was his first appearance since recovering from a hamstring strain suffered during the ChappellHadlee Trophy.

“I was always hoping this day would never come, where he’s figured out his game and is playing it nice and late,” South

African captain AB de Villiers said of Guptill. “I could sit here for quite some time and talk about that knock.

“It was hard to set fields to some good hitting. We maybe gave him a few boundaries balls and were a bit soft here and there, but it was a fantastic knock.”

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was of a similar view.

“I said to Martin when he came off that was probably his best – and he’s done it a few times to be fair – so there are several comparisons.

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White Ferns fall short in second ODI The White Ferns’ 18 year quest to win the Rose Bowl has been put on hold.

Australia have levelled the three-match series at 1-1 following a four-wicket win in Mount Maunganui today, setting up a decider at the same venue on Sunday.

Set 254 to win, Australia chased it down with 16 balls to spare to deny the Ferns their first Rose Bowl series victory since 1999, despite the best efforts of young spinner Amelia

Kerr.

Kerr, who hadn’t been born when the White Ferns last held the Rose Bowl, took 4-54 in just her sixth ODI, but the 16-yearold’s highly promising display couldn’t steer the White Ferns over the line.

If Kerr is the future of New Zealand women’s cricket, then Amy Satterthwaite is the present, with the experienced batswoman again to the fore after they were put into bat on the expansive Bay Oval.

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Satterthwaite paced her innings much like her matchwinning effort in the Rose Bowl opener.

Inserted early after Rachel Priest’s dismissal, Satterthwaite joined Suzie Bates (35) as the Ferns took some time to get their innings flowing.

Satterthwaite was dropped on three occasions and struggled to split the field, taking 85 balls to reach her 50.

Spin was the main bowling weapon of the day, and Aman-

da-Jade Wellington picked up three wickets as Australia pinned the hosts back.

Having made four consecutive centuries, a record-breaking fifth looked on the cards, but her endeavour to raise the run rate saw her caught by a retreating mid-on for 85.

The White Ferns attacking impetus worked however, with 80 runs coming off the last 10 overs, and 46 from the last five to post a competitive 253-8.

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Phelps speaks out After staying in his lane as a swimmer and not speaking out about doping in international competition, Michael Phelps is ready to take on the issue in retirement. Phelps testified this week before a congressional hearing on improving anti-doping measures, delivering the message that he doesn’t believe the Olympics and other competitions are clean and that athletes don’t believe in the testing system that’s in place. Phelps said athletes get “disillusioned” when they see others cheat.

Hurrell’s Warriors regret Star Gold Coast centre Konrad Hurrell admits he made a mistake by signing a long-term deal with the Warriors two years ago because it made him too relaxed about his future. Hurrell has agreed to a two-year extension with the Titans that will keep him on the Gold Coast until the end of 2019.

The 25-year-old said it was an easy decision to make, given he had never enjoyed his football as much since joining the club mid-last season. But looking back, Hurrell reckoned he was wrong to have signed a threeyear deal with the Warriors in 2015.

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