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Christmas season ushered in in style

BY SUSAN SANDYS

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Thousands lined East Street for the biggest and most successful Santa parade ever on Saturday.

The Hyundai Mid Canterbury Santa Parade attracted upwards of 50 floats, as well as dozens of vehicles such as vintage cars, traction engines and trucks.

Hats, sunglasses and sunscreen were put to good use by many in the parade and crowd as temperatures climbed.

With no breeze, Ashburton’s maximum for the day of 26 degrees as reported by the MetService, felt a lot hotter.

Organiser Carol Johns said seeing the smiling faces on children’s faces made everyone’s hard work worthwhile.

She walked beside the Santa float, which was last in the long line of floats.

“It’s pretty amazing the work that people do,” she said.

“For me it’s just really about the children, it’s just seeing their faces, they just love it.”

She estimated it was the biggest crowd ever.

She had no idea how many were attending, and could only say it was in the thousands. The number of floats was the highest ever, with new businesses and organisations having come on board.

For the first time the parade was led by the Ashburton Pipe Band.

Votes are coming in thick and fast for the best floats on the Ashburton App. There will be a people’s choice and educational float award announced on Wednesday.

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It was held around Ashburton’s new public Christmas tree, and included an outdoor Christmas movie and Christmas carols.

Mayor Donna Favel switched on the Christmas tree lights, and was pleased with a high attendance. She said yesterday it was the first time it was really feeling like Christmas in the town, with the tree and new decorations, and there were still some banners to come.

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Mayor target of abuse at parade

By SuSan SandyS

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Gender-based abuse was hurled at Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel at the Santa parade on Saturday.

Neither the mayor nor her husband David heard the comments, but they were picked up by Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon.

Falloon was in the vehicle in front of Favel and David, riding in one of the classic cars of the Ashburton Vintage Car Club with wife Rose.

Falloon said as the parade progressed down East Street, there were at least three incidents of abusive comments towards the mayor.

Two of the comments were made by men, one in his 50s and the other of unknown age, and another by a small group of men in their late teens to early 20s.

However, one of the comments may not be as malicious as it ap-

pears, with Favel explaining yesterday that it was made by someone she and David know well.

Falloon said the “Here’s the mayor and her wife” was by far the least offensive of the remarks.

“The other comments were filled with swear words and derogatory language,” he said.

Favel said the former comment was a cheeky remark made by the man she and her husband knew, and she had not heard the remainder of the comments.

She was, however, disappointed to hear about them after being contacted by the Guardian while attending the New Zealand China Mayoral Forum in Wellington yesterday.

“I will always defend people’s right to have an opinion and people’s right to say what they believe, it’s democracy. However I would also hope for tolerance and polite behaviour, especially at a family

Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel and husband David at yesterday’s Santa parade.

PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 021217-RH-821 event,” Favel said. Ashburton was a great town with great people, and it was a shame that a few peo-

ple wanted to upset that.

She appreciated Falloon “for trying to defend my honour”. Fal-

loon said the abusive and genderbased comments were too offensive to repeat, and for the people to say them at the parade was “extremely wrong”.

“If they have a disagreement with someone they should be contacting them about it, rather than attacking them in a public forum just because of their gender,” Falloon said.

“There were dozens of young children within earshot. What message does it send to our boys about how they should treat women, and to our girls about how they should be treated?”

Parade organiser Carol Johns sounded shocked that the remarks had been made.

She also had not heard about them until being contacted by the Guardian.

“I would really hate to think that that happened. That’s really sad,” she said.

■ EDUCATION

New teacher graduates celebrate

By Katie todd

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Comings and goings (from left): Retiree John Harper alongside new graduates - Ashburton Borough School’s Annabelle Nichols and Sheree Kershaw, Hampstead School’s Alex Abbott and Fraser Body, Ashburton Intermediate School’s Nicole Wilson, Danielle Walsh and Alicia Donovan. Front row: Netherby School’s Ashleigh Hannah and Longbeach School’s Georgina Turpie. In Absentia: Methven Primary School’s Kelsie Maree Lang and Alissa Anderson.

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Over 100 people gathered at Hotel Ashburton on Thursday to celebrate departures and arrivals from Ashburton’s pool of teaching talent.

Eleven newly registered teachers accepted graduation certificates from the NZEI, while retiree John Harper celebrated the end of his career as a Resource Teacher for Learning and Behaviour.

NZEI Mid Canterbury Branch President Sharon Williams-Freeman said the 11 graduates had worked hard in schools and centres throughout their first two years of teaching.

With the help of mentor teachers, all had successfully met a “rigorous set of professional standards” and moved on from their provisional registration to full qualification.

Williams-Freeman said the annual dinner also served as an annual catch-up for local educational professionals.

“It’s an opportunity for teachers to get together, relax and celebrate their successes and hard work throughout the year,” she said.

Musical performances from Ashburton College’s Zoe Diedricks and Sonia Stephens-Tahuri also entertained the guests.

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Big crowds flock to local car lovers’ paradise The third annual Hop Run Festival was a great success, attracting big crowds and a large range of vintage, classic and modern cars.

Organiser Barry Pinnell said the heat may have kept some away, but there was a good turnout nonetheless.

He held the event for the first time at the Ashburton Racecourse, after the previous venue of the Ashburton Domain was getting too small.

Last year about 165-plus vehicles turned out, and he estimated

numbers were on a par this year.

There was a best dressed competition, won by Julie Mulrony, about seven stalls, and about seven food vendors on site.

After great feedback, he intended to hold the event again next year.

There was a gold coin donation entry, but many gave higher donations. Proceeds would go to the Ashburton Cancer Society. Last year the amount raised was $1700, and he believed it would be more this year.

Above - Car lovers’ paradise – the Davison family head off for a drive at the Hop Run Festival.

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Left - Kelvin Boult in his Callaway Twin Turbo 1987 Corvette, the only one ever imported to New Zealand, at the Ashburton Hop Run Festival yesterday.

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■ FIRE SEASON

Hot spell kicks off fire season

By SuSan SandyS

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A fire in the Ashburton River bed on Saturday night was most likely deliberately lit.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade members were called out shortly before 9pm to the blaze, which covered about 400 to 500 square metres.

Chief Alan Burgess said there were about three different seats to the fire, and it was obviously suspicious.

Brigade members were at the scene for almost one hour. The scrub environment with a high fire loading meant firefighters

had to be particularly diligent to ensure the blaze was extinguished.

“Because it’s getting extremely dry about the whole county, that’s affecting the riverbed,” Burgess said.

Meanwhile, the MetService is expecting temperatures to reach 29 degrees today in Ashburton. There is no rain in the shortterm forecast as maximum temperatures remain around 20 to 28 degrees through to Thursday.

Temperatures reached 24 to 25 degrees yesterday, 26 degrees on Saturday, and 28 degrees on Friday.

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The fire brigade responded to two other calls on Saturday. A small storage shed fire about 1.20pm, at the rear of a property at Hampstead, destroyed the shed and its contents of excess household items.

Burgess said a fire safety officer had examined the shed to see what the cause may be, but he had yet to hear back from them.

Shortly after 7.30pm the brigade responded to a false alarm call-out at the Tinwald Memorial Hall. Children at an event at the hall had accidentally set off a manual fire alarm.

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There was never any question of what Manny Sim was going to do when he grew up.

From the age of five he was making breadmen in his father Arthur Sim’s bakery at Hinds, to sell for pocket money.

Fast forward 60 years, and he is owner operator of that bakery, now located at Tinwald, with a lifetime of running the business behind him.

“When I was at school I always knew what I was going to do when I left school,” he said.

Sim’s Bakery is an iconic Ashburton brand and thriving business.

It had its beginnings in Methven in 1925, when Manny’s grandfather Thomas opened a bakery in the small country town.

In the late 1930s Thomas and family shifted to Hinds and operated the business there. A spat between Arthur and his brother saw Arthur move down the road to open a competing business in 1950.

He called it Sim’s Electric Bakery, the “electric” in the title referring to the use of modern electric ovens, as opposed to traditional wood fired ovens. The spat may have been short-lived, but it proved to be the beginning of a long-running business success story.

Sales went from strength to strength, particularly after the family moved the bakery to Tinwald in 1960, when Manny was eight.

It has been at the same site ever since. Manny took over in 1985, when the turnover was $200,000 per year. It has since grown to $2 million per year.

The bakery has adapted to changes in demand.

Where it once made a lot of bread, selling 600 to 700 loaves

Police are searching the Ashley River area, north of Christchurch, for a 20-year-old woman missing since for two days. Emma Beattie was last seen at her nearby Fernside home late on Friday night. Police say they have concerns for her safety. They believe she may have been in the Ashley River area on Saturday.

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Man dies in water A man has died in the water near Opua Wharf in Northland’s Bay of Islands. He was found dead shortly before 2pm yesterday, police say.

Police are working to notify his family.

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Man stabbed A man in his 60s is in a serious condition after being stabbed in the stomach by a person he knew in Mosgiel, near Dunedin. The stabbing happened at a property on Grant Dalton Street about 11pm on Saturday, police say. The man is recovering in Dunedin Hospital following surgery.

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Victim named Police have released the name of the man who drowned at Maori Bay, near Muriwai, on Auckland’s west coast. He was 21-year-old Akhil Tangri, an Indian national who had been in New Zealand for several months. He was found dead in the water on Friday afternoon.

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150th anniversary

Manny Sim operates Ashburton’s iconic Sim’s Bakery. per day, its main business is now pies, and it sells 70 to 80 dozen of these per day, plus hundreds of dozens of savouries.

Bread sales are more so around 60 to 70 loaves per day with supermarkets having cornered the majority of that market.

For 38 years Manny would begin his working day around midnight to 1am, but now as he nears retirement he gets to sleep in and not start until 7am, al-

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though some days will see him in the shop as early as 5am.

“I have done my time of doing early starts, I let the bakers do that now,” Manny said.

The business employs 13 staff.

It has continued to be very much a family enterprise, with son Hayden having worked there for many years, and daughter Carmen and her husband Glen having worked there as well.

Manny’s sister Judy has worked

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there for 55 years, and one of the bakers, Bill Spicer, has been there 55 years.

Today Manny is a grandad of five and is soon to be a great grandad.

At the age of 65 baking has still not lost its appeal, and what he likes most is seeing satisfied customers.

“What I like most is making people happy with the good product we do,” he said.

Canterbury Museum yesterday marked 150 years since its founder, Sir Julius von Haast, opened the doors to the public. These days almost 80 per cent of all international visitors who come to Christchurch go to the museum and last year one in four locals visited. It has been on its current site by the Christchurch Botanic Gardens since 1870.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1704 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 2, 14, 15, 21, 23, 32.

Bonus number: 18.

Powerball winning number: 4.

Strike: 23, 14, 2, 21.

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Ten weird and wonderful Christmas traditions from around the world

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he Giant Lantern Festival (Ligligan Parul Sampernandu) in the Philippines is held each year on the Saturday before Christmas Eve in the city of San Fernando – the “Christmas Capital of the Philippines”.

Eleven barangays (villages) take part in the festival and competition is fierce as everyone pitches in trying to build the most elaborate lantern.

Originally, the lanterns were simple creations around half a metre in diameter, made from ‘papel de hapon’ (Japanese origami paper) and lit by candle.

Today, the lanterns are made from a variety of materials and have grown to around six metres in size. They are illuminated by electric bulbs that sparkle in a kaleidoscope of patterns.

Gävle Goat, Sweden Since 1966, a 13-metre-tall Yule Goat has been built in the centre of Gävle’s Castle Square for the Advent, but this Swedish Christmas tradition has unwittingly led to another “tradition” of sorts – people trying to burn it down.

Since 1966 the goat has been successfully burned down 29 times – the most recent destruction was in 2016.

Gavle Goat, Sweden

The Giant Lantern Festival, Philippines

Day of the Little Candles, Colombia Cavalcade of Lights, Toronto

Krampus, Austria A beast-like demon creature that roams city streets frightening kids and punishing the bad ones – nope, this isn’t Halloween, but St Nicholas’ evil accomplice, Krampus.

In Austrian tradition, St Nicholas rewards nice little boys and girls, while Krampus is said to capture the naughtiest children and whisk them away in his sack.

In the first week of December, young men dress up as the Krampus (especially on the eve of St Nicholas Day) frightening children with clattering chains and bells.

Clad in traditional Icelandic costume, these fellas are pretty mischievous, and their names hint at the type of trouble they like to cause: Stekkjastaur (SheepCote Clod), Giljagaur (Gully Gawk), Stúfur (Stubby), Þvörusleikir (Spoon-Licker), Pottaskefill (Pot-Scraper), Askasleikir (BowlLicker), Hurðaskellir (Door-Slammer), Skyrgámur (Skyr-Gobbler), Bjúgnakrækir (Sausage-Swiper), Gluggagægir (Window-Peeper), Gáttaþefur (Doorway-Sniffer), Ketkrókur (Meat-Hook) and Kertasníkir (Candle-Stealer).

The Yule Lads, Iceland In the 13 days leading up to Christmas, 13 tricksy troll-like characters come out to play in Iceland.

The Yule Lads (jólasveinarnir or jólasveinar in Icelandic) visit the children across the country over the 13 nights leading up to Christmas.

For each night of Yuletide, children place their best shoes by the window and a different Yule Lad visits leaving gifts for nice girls and boys and rotting potatoes for the naughty ones.

Saint Nicholas’ Day, Germany Not to be confused with Weihnachtsmann (Father Christmas), Nikolaus travels by donkey in the middle of the night on December 6 (Nikolaus Tag) and leaves little treats like coins, chocolate, oranges and toys in the shoes of good children all over Germany, and particularly in the Bavarian region.

St Nicholas also visits children in schools or at home and in exchange for sweets or a small present each child must recite a poem, sing a song or draw a pic-

ture. In short, he’s a great guy.

But it isn’t always fun and games. St Nick often brings along Knecht Ruprecht (Farmhand Rupert).

A devil-like character dressed in dark clothes covered with bells and a dirty beard, Knecht Ruprecht carries a stick or a small whip in hand to punish any children who misbehave.

Norway Never leave a good broom behind in Norway over Christmas: it might get stolen Perhaps one of the most unorthodox Christmas Eve traditions can be found in Norway, where people hide their brooms.

It’s a tradition that dates back centuries to when people believed that witches and evil spirits came out on Christmas Eve looking for brooms to ride on. To this day, many people still hide their brooms in the safest place in the house to stop them from being stolen.

Lighting of National Hanukkah Menorah, Washington, DC – US The Jewish holiday of Hanuk-

kah is celebrated with much fanfare across the United States with one of the most elaborate events taking place on a national stage.

Since 1979, a giant nine-metre Menorah has been raised on the White House grounds for the eight days and nights of Hanukkah. The ceremony in Washington, DC is marked with speeches, music, activities for kids, and, of course, the lighting of the Menorah.

The lighting of the first candle at the White House takes place at 4pm, rain or shine, and an additional candle is lit each successive night.

Venezuela Christmas Eve, many residents head to church in the early morning – so far, so normal – but, for reasons known only to them, they do so on roller skates.

This unique tradition is so popular that roads across the city are closed to cars so that people can skate to church in safety, before heading home for the less-thantraditional Christmas dinner of ‘tamales’ (a wrap made out of

cornmeal dough and stuffed with meat, then steamed).

Day of the Little Candles, Colombia Little Candles’ Day (Día de las Velitas) marks the start of the Christmas season across Colombia. In honour of the Virgin Mary and the Immaculate Conception, people place candles and paper lanterns in their windows, balconies and front yards.

The tradition of candles has grown, and now entire towns and cities across the country are lit up with elaborate displays.

Cavalcade of Lights, Toronto In wintry, wonderful Toronto the annual Cavalcade of Lights marks the official start to the holiday season.

The first ccavalcade took place in 1967 to show off Toronto’s newly constructed City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square.

The square and Christmas tree are illuminated by more than 300,000 energy-efficient LED lights that shine from dusk until 11pm until the New Year.

Kia ora, Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah

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ecently we had a personal encounter with New Zealand’s fickle weather, and had to cancel the international potluck dinner party (which was supposed to be outside).

But not to worry – we are having the event on Friday, December 8, at 6.30pm instead – don’t forget to register!

We also had our first co-hosted event with the Mid Canterbury TimeBank and invited our members to join and play board-games.

Games are a great way to engage with strangers and turn them to friends.

Hopefully there will be many more similar events during the upcoming year.

We also held our international women’s coffee club on Friday. It was a good opportunity

to catch up, as the next club meeting will be on February (Please register).

December is a busy time of the year, with multiple celebrations and events.

This can cause some newcomers to feel lonely, as the Kiwi Christmas theme is very different than the one celebrated at the northern hemisphere.

And that’s what we are here for – to help people get in touch with their surrounding community.

Try to engage with the people around you, and get invited to at least one Christmas celebration.

If you can’t find one, please follow our Facebook page (search for Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network) or email us (newcom-

ers@saferashburton.org.nz), as we’ll keep you informed of open-to-all Christmas events, for you and your family.

Help us get the word out: If you know newcomers – tell them about us.

We are also always looking for volunteers and content creators.

If you have an interesting story to share through our newsletter, an interesting idea for a group activity or would like to volunteer – don’t hesitate to contact us. We need you!

The newcomers’ network wishes you all a very Merry Christmas. May you be blessed with happiness and joy!

Adi Avnit Co-ordinator Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network

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A guide to Brazilian barbecues

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ello, my name is Adi, and I’m from Israel.

Moved to Ashburton (and New Zealand) last December.

I’m married to Eti (Esther), a GP, and have two kids: Adam (9yo) and Rom (4yo). I’m a computer/technology geek, used to work as a software developer in past life. I enjoy reading and watching science fiction books and shows. I also enjoy the occasional tinkering with electronics and what is called “maker culture” in the US. I’m currently tinkering with a low-cost 3D printer at home.

Life back in Israel was comfortable for the both of us, but we felt we can do better for our kids. Life in Israel, like in many countries these days, is very stressful. We wanted somewhere more peaceful and relaxed, and New Zealand definitely fits the bill!

We left our extended family, including parents and siblings, back in Israel. It’s hard on both sides, but thanks to technology we stay in daily touch with them, even though with daylight savings we are now 11 hours apart.

In addition to family, I miss friends and some Israeli foods even though I have already gotten good at making homemade hummus. I actually don’t miss the Israeli weather, which is hotter and more humid than the Canterbury weather. I grew to like the Kiwi weather!

I enjoy meeting people and creating new relationships, and I find making these relationships is a key in moving to a new community. I have

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already made some good friends mostly through being involved with the community.

As my wife is already working as a GP, I decided to be there for the kids at least during the first year, so I didn’t pursue a full-time job. Instead I volunteered to various organisations like town watch (community patrol), Plunket, midCanterbury TimeBank, Ashburton Toastmasters and of course the mid-Canterbury newcomers network. This led me into the role of the MCNN coordinator, following Sophie’s departure from the role. These are big shoes to fill, and I don’t expect to do better, but maybe do differently. As a parent I’m naturally more focused on families and children related activities.

In addition, I think STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is incredibly important for the world our children are going to grow into. I used to organise various technology and science related events back in Israel, and I hope to promote something similar some day here, in Ashburton.

Ashburton is very welcoming to newcomers.

There is a diverse community here with people from all over the world, as well as newcomers from other parts of New Zealand. Locals are friendly and really interested in knowing people with different cultures. However, there are always things to do to as a community to improve and ease the transition for newcomers, and I hope I’ll be able to help with that in my new role, as a newcomer myself.

Hanukkah sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts)

2 t active dry yeast ½ C warm water (40 degrees) ¼ C plus 1 t sugar, plus more for rolling 2½ C all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 2 large eggs 2 T unsalted butter, room temperature 2 t salt 3 C vegetable oil, plus more for bowl 1 C seedless raspberry jam ■ In a small bowl, combine yeast, warm water, and 1 teaspoon sugar. Set aside until foamy, about 10 minutes.

■ Place flour in a large bowl. Make a well in the center; add eggs, yeast mixture, 1/4 cup sugar, butter and salt.

■ Using a wooden spoon, stir until a sticky dough forms. On a wellfloured work surface, knead until dough is smooth, soft, and bounces back when poked with a finger, about 8 minutes (add more flour, if neces-

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sary). Place in an oiled bowl; cover with plastic wrap. Set in a warm place to rise until doubled, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough to 1cm thickness.

Using a 5cm-round cutter or drinking glass, cut 20 rounds. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise 15 minutes.

In medium saucepan over medium heat, heat oil until a deep-frying thermometer registers 180 degrees.

Using a slotted spoon, carefully slip 4 rounds into oil. Fry until golden, about 40 seconds.

Turn doughnuts over; fry until golden on other side, another 40 seconds.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a paper-towel-lined baking sheet. Roll in sugar while warm. Fry all dough, and roll in sugar.

Fill a pastry bag with jam. Using a wooden skewer or toothpick, make a hole in the side of each doughnut. Fit the pastry tip into a hole, pipe about 2 teaspoons jam into doughnut. Repeat with remaining doughnuts.

t’s usually unfair and limiting trying to explain Brazilian food.

With background and geography so diverse, the fifth-biggest country in the world has unique delicacies the world has never seen or tasted.

It has the best pizza outside of Italy, the best sushi outside Japan and the best root Brazilian food, everyday in lunchboxes all around.

And because Brazil has the largest cattle population in the world, we love our meat. What better altar to worship the beef gods than the barbecue?

It may look the same as a kiwi barbecue: men around the fire, women around the table, everybody slightly inebriated. For us, is a ritual if I ever saw one. A celebration of friendship, a communion of food and savoir-vivre, slow and deliberate.

The date is set, friends are called, meat is procured. Cold beers and caipirinhas to “open the appetite”.

Whole cuts of the beast, rump steak, the triangular tip of rump cap being the prized possession, skewered onto a lethal-looking metal stick and placed over the charcoal bricks that have been carefully prepared with love, fire, sweat and swearing by the meatmaster.

Coarse sea salt is all the seasoning you need. Chicken nibbles that become juicy and sticky; pork sausages made from Italian recipes; cheese curds on sticks.

Potato salad with mayo, fluffy white rice, tomato and onion salsa, toasted cassava flour – “farofa” – with bacon, some leafy salad for your health, crème caramel pudding or sour passion fruit mousse for dessert. Freshly brewed coffee.

It’s a whole day event. Don’t expect to arrive at a Brazilian barbecue, eat lunch and leave.

The meat is prepared slowly, in batches, and in no given moment you’ll sit down with everyone else

to consume it.

You’ll be served off the cutting board, slivers of juicy beef dripping, and nibble on meat until the hostess remembers the side dishes, which you’ll probably be too full for but eat anyway.

The chatter is as endless as the work in the kitchen.

The kids will be nibbling on sausages and farofa and refuse any attempt of vegetable nourishment.

The dogs are all asleep by now, contented from discarded fat bits that fall from greasy hands.

When you can’t think straight anymore and the music is gently drumming in your soul, the desserts come out, creamy and cold, to soothe the belly and give you some sugar power for the drive home.

It’s late now, so don’t even worry about dinner.

If you want a taste, find a Brazilian friend and they will invite you to a barbecue within 0.7 seconds of meeting you.

In the event of no such people around you, move to a better neighbourhood.

If that’s impossible, Christchurch now has two Brazilian barbecue restaurants that can satisfy cravings. Just remember to bring friends with you, good conversation is the best part of any barbecue.

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ARTS DIARY ■ December 6 – Saturday Night Fever at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ December 7 – Emmily Harmer Holiday Photography Photo Competition.

■ December 8 – Seven Days Live at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ December 9 – Love Letters fundraising play at Ashburton Art Gallery.

■ December 16 – Unusual Adornment summer holiday activities begin at Ashburton Art Gallery.

■ Until December 17 - Ashburton Society of Arts Christmas Show opens at the Short Street Studio.

■ December 18 – Ali Harper Christmas Joy Concert at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ Until January 14 – New Perspectives on Landscapes Exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

■ January 15 – 19 – Big Little Theatre Company Summer Theatre School.

■ Until January 21 – Elfi Spiewack in Splendour Moot Adornment Reframed exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■ February 14 – Kevin “Bloody” Wilson Almost Awesome Tour at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ February 22 – Michael Jackson History Show at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ March 2 – ZONTA Ashburton Female Art Award announced.

■ March 13 - Rado & Raybon Save the World at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

■ April 27 – Foster & Alan Golden Years at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Art gallery fundraiser years in the planning

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What do you get when you cross two estranged friends, a gallery opening, a flash of inspiration and a bounty of persistence? A new and very special fundraiser for the Ashburton Art Gallery.

Two performances of Love Letters will be delivered this Saturday, set against the backdrop of the gallery, and served up with afternoon tea and dessert. But almost equally as compelling as the two-person play’s storyline are the events ensuing its performance.

It all began three years ago at the opening of the gallery, where Karen Elliot came along to support her hometown and her illustrator brother David Elliot. As the MC took the stage, Elliot recognised a face she hadn’t seen for 30 years.

“And you can’t not recognise that voice,” she said.

It was Kevin Soster, a popular Ashburton personality who worked in radio, musical theatre and MC work.

Though Kevin now lives in Rangiora and Karen in Dunedin, the pair had worked together on an Ashburton station in the early 1980s – Kevin as the announcer, Karen as the ad-writer.

“3ZE was what we called a “mini station” in those days,” Karen said “We went off air at 2pm and Kevin and I would go into the studio and voice the ads. I remember a lot of hilarity and misbehaviour.”

As the two moved to their respective homes away from Ashburton, contact lapsed. So when Karen saw her old pal those three decades later, she said she was “really surprised”.

The two struck up a conversation, reminiscing their shared past in radio and their shared passion for theatre.

And with a lightbulb moment, Karen came up with the idea of the “perfect fundraiser”.

“I told Kevin about this wonderful little play called Love Letters which I’ve done before. I thought it would be a perfect fundraiser for and in the gallery – and Ashburton would love it.”

“He just said yes, I would love to.”

However, when it came to obtaining the rights for the play, things weren’t quite so easy.

“I’d seen it on Broadway in 1990 and I’d had the rights for New Zealand some years back, but relinquished them,” Karen said.

The publishing house only gave out the rights to Love Letters very sparingly, with only one recent performance in New Zealand.

“I think it showed in Auckland

Karen Elliot and Kevin Soster at the helm of Ashburton’s radio 3ZE in 1982.

Kevin Soster last year, but that’s about it.”

Nevertheless, Karen was determined to get her hands back on what she knew was the perfect play.

Written by AR Gurney and designed to be performed following little or no rehearsals, Karen said it has been shown around the world with “anyone who is anyone” clamouring to act in it.

For three years Karen persisted.

“I just kept on applying and applying. And it’s taken from 2014 until now – but I’ve finally got temporary rights for two performances,” she said.

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Karen Elliot Now the fundraiser is finally ready to rock this Saturday, with two showings at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

Love Letters explores the relationship between two privileged New Zealanders – an artist and a politician – who “exchange letters but not marriage vows”.

“The play is about people born in 1937 and it really reflects a specific place and attitude in the states,” said Karen.

“The venue is perfect – with the backdrop of the gallery’s paintings – because it’s a real look into life in those days.”

And, she said, the simplicity is deceptive. “It needs no theatre, no lengthy rehearsal, no special set, no memorisation of lines.

“Some people might think that could sound boring… but not at all. It’s beautiful, it’s funny, it’s awful, it’s excruciating, it’s enchanting and it’s a little recognisable.

“I really hope that it’s special …

I think people will really enjoy it,” Karen said.

Tickets are available from the Ashburton Art Gallery reception.

For more information, head to ashburtonartgallery.org.nz

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13 dead in boat capsize

In this photo provided by South Korea’s Ongjin County, South Korean Coast Guard officers try to rescue a capsized fishing boat which collided with a refueling vessel in the waters off Incheon, South Korea.

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At least 13 people were dead and two missing yesterday after a South Korean fishing boat collided with a refueling vessel and capsized, the coast guard said.

An official from the Korea Coast Guard said seven people were rescued and the two missing included the boat’s captain.

He said 22 people were aboard the 9.8-tonne fishing boat that capsized after colliding with the 336-ton refuelling vessel in waters off the port city of Incheon.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office rules. The refueling vessel did not suffer damage.

President Moon Jae-in ordered authorities to deploy as many helicopters and other aircraft as possible to search for the missing, according to his office.

The coast guard official said 19 coast guard and naval vessels and five aircraft including helicopters were dispatched to the site. Authorities were questioning the crew of the refuelling vessel to determine the cause of the collision.

South Korea has seen its share of significant maritime accidents in recent years, including the 2014 sinking of a ferry that killed more than 300 people, mostly schoolchildren.

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Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco has gotten engaged to boyfriend Karl Cook.

Cook posted a video on his Instagram account of a tearful Cuoco flashing a diamond ring on her finger and shouting “we’re engaged” before officially accepting Cook’s proposal with a loud “yes”. It also happened to be Cuoco’s 32nd birthday. The 26-year-old Cook said in the caption of the video that the engagement comes after nearly two years of dating. “This is the best night of my life and I think the video shows it is the best night for Kaley as well.”

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Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn President Donald Trump changed his story on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting he knew at the time that Flynn had lied to the FBI as well as to Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russians during the presidential transition.

That was a turnabout from his initial explanations that Flynn had to go because he hadn’t been straight with Pence about those contacts. Lying to the FBI is a crime, and one that Flynn acknowledged Friday in pleading guilty and agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel’s Russia investigation.

Trump’s tweet: “I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!”

It’s unclear now why Trump would cite lying to the FBI as a reason for firing Flynn.

Doing so suggests the president knew at the time that Flynn had done something that is against the law, and therefore the investigation could not be as frivolous as he’s been portraying.

It’s also unclear how he would know that, if information about Russian contacts had not reached him, as he has been implying in his own defence.

Flynn left the White House in February, only acknowledging that he had given an incomplete account to Pence of his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. After Trump forced Flynn out, he asked FBI Director James Comey to end the bureau’s probe in the matter, according to Comey’s account. Comey refused, and Trump fired him, too.

Big Bang star engaged

Sir Paul McCartney has helped a Perth man propose to his girlfriend 10 years after the couple met on a Contiki tour and bonded over their love of the Beatles. Martin held a sign up at the rock icon’s concert on Saturday night and was brought to the stage during the encore to pop the question to Saya, with McCartney instructing him to get down on one knee.

He then signed Saya’s Beatles jacket and joked: “It’s going straight up on eBay.” The clearly overwhelmed couple hugged McCartney and thanked him for making their night special.

Taylor back streaming President Donald Trump holds a girl in his arm and waves to members of the media as he arrives at the White House in Washington, at the weekend, after travelling to New York for fundraising events.

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Trump has been publicly dismissive of Comey and of special counsel Robert Mueller’s continuing investigation, and was often generous in his appraisal of Flynn, except to say his adviser could not stay on the job after misleading his vice president.

At the time, Pence said Trump was justified in firing Flynn because Flynn had lied to him.

Neither Trump nor Pence indicated concern then that the FBI had not been told the true story.

Pence, who served as head of Trump’s transition, has not publicly commented on Flynn’s plea.

White House officials did not respond to questions about Trump’s altered explanation as to why he fired Flynn.

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Taylor Swift’s reputation is finally available on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms. Swift released her sixth album three weeks ago, but didn’t put the album on streaming sites.

Reputation sold more than 1 million copies in its first week. The album is also now available on Google Play, Tidal, Pandora and Amazon Music. It features the hits Ready for It? and Look What You Made Me Do. Swift earned two Grammy nominations this week: she’s up for best country song for Little Big Town’s Better Man and best song written for visual media for I Don’t Wanna Live Forever.

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Comments show ugly side of humanity Susan Sandys

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t’s almost okay to be a feminist these days.

When I was at university in the 1980s, saying you were a feminist would generally be interpreted for a man-hater who did not shave their legs, so one would avoid the description.

Even saying “Tell me how you define feminist?” would be interpreted as you probably were one. So it was best just to say, no, no, no, not me, definitely not a feminist.

However, if feminist is defined as someone who believes in equal rights for men and women, well, I guess I was one then, and still am now.

Walls of prejudice have since been dismantled across the decades, and today women occupy the same positions in the workforce as men, including in public office.

It’s a shame that in positions involving a public element, however, that women are susceptible to gender-based abuse, something their male counterparts generally do not have to put up with.

That is what mayor Donna Favel had to contend with at the weekend, during the annual Santa parade.

She did not hear the comments hurled at her, however, Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon did.

He could have just ignored them, but he chose to instead send a letter to the editor.

This revealed the comments, from just a “few idiots”, for what they were – abuse for simply being a woman.

Such comments represent more than die-hard prejudices.

They are indicative of a sinister element which has been around in society since the day dot.

Derogatory behaviour against any groups, whether it be based on gender, race, sexual preference, disability, etc, reflects an ugly and hideous side of humanity.

And good on Falloon for taking the stand he did.

Highlighting such behaviour helps ensure people see it for what it is, and never accept or tolerate it.

YOUR VIEWS ON FACEBOOK Question of the day: What’s your favourite summer swimming spot in Mid Canterbury?

Samara It’s definitely a trick question...

Not in our inflatable paddling pool, because we can’t use it because it’s not fenced... Not in any of the rivers because they’re polluted and unsafe... Not in lake hood because, ew, not in the paddling pool in the domain because it isn’t open... I mean, EA networks centre is ok.. so long as it’s not a hot day because it has to be closed...

Catherine With things becoming so PC these days, they only place people will be able to swim in the future, will be in their own bath.

Anthony Ha, nowhere to swim now.

Rivers are so polluted from dairy farming, and so much water taken out of them so it can be polluted and run back into them.

Kiri Hampstead pools were cool, til they stopped selling the keys to the public.

I know so much people who’d use that on that daily WITH THEIR OWN KEY if it was an option.

Mark Used to swim in the hinds /ash river. Tinwald pool was so dam cold even on a hot day. The old school pool. The bosses pool on the farm or the neighbours pools. But yes the pc world has wreaked it all plus the water not being swim able any more. Dam I’m glad I grow up when I did.

Teresa Loved taking the kids to the paddling pool at the domain until red tape and the council ruined that so my second choice is the tinwald pool.

Noeline There aren’t any swimming spots in mid Canterbury.

Debbie Home these days:) used to be the river as a kid:) going down the rapids on a tyre tube!

resort. Both outside heated pool Jenny Was Ashburton riverbed when our children were young Hayley Tinwald pool is the only good public pool these days, who would ever want to sit in the ea pool to watch kids swim on a hot day the heat in there is disgusting!

Amanda Rakaia river right on our front door step MarkMayfield pool $5 for the whole family, keys available at the dairy.

Kylie Tinwald Pool is a great spot!

Nicky Where is a place to swim outside that isn’t polluted or been closed due to red tape or funding

Rhonda Tinwald swimming pool Rakaia swimming pool Gotta love the outdoor pools

Yumi Methven have 2 great pool.

Methven community pool and methven

Monique Tinwald pool! Support it people or we may loose that too!

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ne of the most enjoyable jobs I have as your local Member of Parliament is getting around and meeting volunteer groups in Mid Canterbury.

They do a fantastic job providing services and support to people in our community, whether it be to the elderly, new mums, those grieving over losing a loved one, or someone new to our district.

It’s an unfortunate aspect of our society that people are living busier lives, and quite reasonably want to spend the free time they do have with family.

That makes it more difficult for some of our community groups to attract and retain volunteers.

Tomorrow is International Volunteers Day, a great opportunity to acknowledge the important role volunteers play in our society.

Unfortunately with Parliament also in session tomorrow, I won’t be able to mark the occasion with any of our local volunteer groups.

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Instead I’m putting in a few hours today at the Salvation Army foodbank, and then later at the hospice shop.

Both do a wonderful job in our district, and deserve our support and thanks.

Volunteering is immensely rewarding.

I spent five years volunteering for Community Patrols New Zealand, acting as eyes and ears for police, often under their instruction via radio.

Without exception the people I met then, and other volunteers I’ve met since, have been some of the loveliest and friendliest people I’ve ever come across.

I’ve made lifelong friends out of volunteering, and know the same is true for most people

who give up a bit of their time each week or month.

If you’ve ever thought about giving volunteering a go I encourage you to dip a toe in the water.

It’s a great way to pick up new skills, learn about new cultures or the history of our district, or just meet new people.

There’s a huge range of groups in our community that would love to hear from you.

It might be as simple as being a being a street contact for Neighbourhood Support, getting to know your neighbours and keeping an eye out for suspicious behaviour.

Getting involved with Rural Support Trust, having a yarn with someone who’s hit a rough patch or helping out after an extreme weather event.

Helping welcome new people to our district with the Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network.

Or lending a hand at one of our local rest homes, reading books or the newspaper to some of the people who helped make

our town what it is.

A great place to start is Volunteering Mid and South Canterbury.

They have 88 organisations on their database (but knowledge of many more) and can help connect you with something that suits your interests or skills.

You might just find you love it!

Becoming a Justice of the Peace One of the other roles I have as MP for Rangitata is making recommendations about the appointment of JPs. If you know of someone in the community you feel would be suitable, or if you want to know more about it, you can get in touch with my office in Harrison Street.

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YOUR VIEW i-SITE Congratulations on your excellent letter Linda Bray and as to our mayor’s reply I am sure our visitors to our district would love to detour to Methven to visit our ‘district’s i-SITE’.

I have recently visited our information centre in the Ashburton Library and have to report that it was a great disappointment. I have seen better displays in our local motel offices.

How true is Bruce Horton’s comment on ‘What’s next’ our East Street toilets are located in the perfect position alongside our closed i-SITE. I am forever hopeful that our silent councilors will see the error

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PO Box 77 of their ways and start to speak out at some of the spending that is not the council’s core business such as the lovely but extravagant Christmas decorations, the sugarfree policy, international relations and arts culture policy.

Let’s get down to your core business.

I am wondering whoever signed off the last reseal of Harrison Street.

It’s appalling.

Our roads and footpaths are not in good repair and to finish off – what an oversight of the bylaws for pool fencing – fancy having to close the domain pool and what a shame that our i-SITE cannot redirect them over to the Tinwald Domain to the wonderful facility

available for swimming and in the fresh air – forever hopeful.

Judie Ryk

Santa Parade I want to congratulate the organisers of the Mid Canterbury Santa Parade on Saturday. Many hundreds of families attended, and as usual there were a great array of colourful floats. It’s a wonderful event, and Ashburton should rightly be proud of it.

It was a pleasure to this year be riding in one of the classic cars of the Ashburton Vintage Car Club.

My wife Rose and I were in the vehicle just in front of mayor Donna Favel.

It was incredibly disappoint-

ing to hear some of the gendered abuse thrown at the mayor by a very small number of people. A democracy means people will disagree with politicians, and are well within their rights to voice that disagreement. Political debate is legitimate, simply abusing someone for being a woman is not.

There were dozens of young children within earshot. What message does it send to our boys about how they should treat women, and to our girls about how they should be treated?

The Santa Parade is a day for children and families to celebrate the magic of Christmas, not for a few idiots to try and make a point.

Andrew Falloon

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Living in close quarters has a new meaning

The Tiny Abode’s current location is in the backyard of the Savoie family in Yerrinbool.

By Simone ZiaZiariS

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fter a less than two-hour drive from Sydney, our small car hits the rubble of a dirt road and we know we are near our first overnight pit stop.

I drape my knitted jumper over my head as a raincoat and hop out of the car to open the metal gate. Our car carefully travels through and I firmly shut the gate behind me so that Sylvia, the family sheep, doesn’t go walkabout.

The driveway takes us past the family house and we plonk our car on the edge of the river. I disappointingly look over to the burnt-out kindling and wood – it’s a bit too wet for a fire tonight.

Sitting on a nearby patch of grass between a garden hedge and a hammock chair swung between two trees is the Tiny Abode.

The micro house gives the phrase ‘living in close quarters’ a whole new meaning.

It’s a cubby house for adults, and the excitement of cooking, sleeping and eating within its wooden walls is no different to the thrill I felt as a child playing tea party in my backyard play-

house. Unlike my cubby house however, Tiny has bits and bobs that fold out into miraculously useful objects.

The dining table swings out from the wall and is accompanied by two fold-out stools.

The toilet is encased within the walls of the shower and drawers pop out from every other spare corner.

A ladder hidden behind a storage cabinet clicks into two metal screws, guiding visitors up to the loft. I rush up with excitement and lay flat on my back. A stack of books planted on three shelves straight ahead stare directly back at me.

The windows let the afternoon light beam through and the rain trickle down. It’s a delightful feeling as I open the window slightly to let the cool air seep through while tucking my toes beneath the warm bed sheets.

Every space has an ulterior motive. But while each corner of the micro house is wisely used, Tiny feels surprisingly spacious.

At no point do the walls seem to be turning in towards us, or the ceiling falling.

The petite home is carefully

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GETTING THERE: Yerrinbool is about a two-hour drive from Sydney’s CBD and is only 10 minutes away from Bowral’s local shops and markets.

Alternatively, jump on the Southern Highlands train line and get off at Yerrinbool station. A quick Uber or taxi ride from the train station will lead you straight to the front gate.

STAYING THERE: The Tiny Abode’s current home is in Yerrinbool. It is plonked in the spacious country backyard of the Savoie family and their many pets: Crosby the friendly beagle, Belle the tuxedo cat, Lily the calico cat, bunnies Cookie and Cream, Sylvia

thought out and leaves guests playing around with flaps, gaps and buttons like a jigsaw puzzle.

For a while, big houses were bold and beautiful, but the concept of downsizing seems to be taking hold of house hunters – perhaps as a way to escape the

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the sheep and a dozen chickens all named Thomas. Visit: https://www.airbnb.com.au/ro oms/14169377?location=Yerr inbool%20NSW&s=At90xsd_ PLAYING THERE: Tiny is full of fun activities including puzzles, books and colouring in for kids. But for those who want to explore the area a bit more, a quick car ride to Bowral will bring you back to civilisation. The main street is home to a luxurious array of bookstores, cafes and homeware stores as well as new bars and restaurants. For those who love coffee and hand-crafted stationery, The Press Shop is your go-to.

runaway housing market.

While Tiny’s creator Beck Benson never intended to live in the micro house, she says it is ideal space both economically but also for the environment.

The inspiration to build Tiny started back in 2013 when Beck

decided to get some hands-on practical skills after finishing a fairly theoretical degree at university.

“This may seem ridiculous but I never built the Tiny Abode with the end purpose of actually gaining a tiny house,” the 26-year-old told AAP. “That was never the purpose.

I simply wanted to learn how to build and the end product was just a bonus.”

It took her and her childhood friend Reece roughly two years, in between full-time work and other commitments, and cost $18,750.

Since then, Tiny has attracted a string of attention from being on live television, in two documentaries, on the front cover of a magazine and various radio programmes to drawing a bus load of Tibetan Monks who travelled from the Blue Mountains specifically to see the end product.

“That was a surreal moment,” Beck says.

“We’ve had people from all demographics, countries and ideologies share their love of the Tiny Abode with us.”

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In brief Century on test debut Tom Blundell has become the first New Zealand wicketkeeper to score a century on debut as his side racked up a massive first innings lead over the West Indies in Wellington. Blundell was made to endure a nervous period in the 90s before passing the 100 mark late in the first session yesterday, the third day. He finished on 107 not out as New Zealand declared at 512-9, a lead of 386. The West Indies showed far more resolve in their batting second time round and at stumps on the third day had reached 214 for two.

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Stokes has quiet day England allrounder Ben Stokes has failed to make an impression for Canterbury as they were beaten by Otago in the opening round of the Ford Trophy one-day series.

Stokes, batting at No. 4, scored two runs off seven balls before playing a delivery onto his stumps.

He then went wicketless in his nine overs, which cost 49 runs, including being hit for a six by lower order batsman Jacob Duffy. Otago chased down their target of 222 for the loss of seven wickets. - AAP

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Dave Chapman managed to pick up 13th at the Ashburton Car Club Chertsey standing quarter-mile sprint on Saturday.

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Pedal to the metal

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

Seventeen cars and their drivers were put to the test on Saturday when they battled each other and the clock at the Ashburton Car Club’s standing quarter-mile sprints.

A wide variety of cars took to the tarmac, with the European prestige of a Porsche GT4, the American grunt of a Chevy Impala and the classic British motoring style of an Austin.

Chris Thompson took out top honours on the day, guiding his

Impala to complete the quartermile in 11.526 seconds on its quickest run.

Alan Turner followed closely behind in his Mitsubishi Mirage, with a time of 11.678 seconds from only two completed runs.

Ashburton driver Anthony Prendergast book-stopped the other end of the field of the day’s competition in his tiny Austin, with his quickest run 21.304 seconds seeing him finish only 6.5 seconds behind his nearest rival.

New Zealand’s men’s sprint team have powered away to claim gold from Britain at the track cycling World Cup meeting in Canada.

Sam Webster, Ethan Mitchell and Eddie Dawkins timed their run perfectly to record their fastest time of the competition, clocking 43.336sec to the Brits’ 43.922.

Smith takes PGA title There were times when Cameron Smith thought it wasn’t going to be his day before he finally clinched the Australian PGA Championship after two tense playoff holes. But the unflappable Queenslander – who stayed up late to watch his namesake lift the Rugby League World Cup trophy on Saturday – hung tough to do the same in a tense Australian PGA Championship finale.

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Morgan notches first Shield century

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Lauriston and Allenton have continued their good form in the Pritchard Shield, both picking up wins on Saturday.

For the first time in a fortnight, Lauriston travelled away from their country home to the big smoke of Ashburton to take on Tech at the Ashburton Domain.

Despite losing to Allenton the week before, Lauriston had two good wins tucked under their belts and put in another assured performance this week.

Batting first, the opening pair of Scott Morgan and Scott Maher once again put a solid foundation down for a good innings, with Morgan posting one of the highest totals so far in the com-

petition, hitting 108 runs before being dismissed by Jeremy Punselie.

Bevan Richan and Luke Gilbert chipped in with both hitting the 20 run mark, before they completed their 45 overs at 214 for 5.

With only 10 batsmen available for the run chase, Tech were always going to on the back foot,

and despite an important 56 runs from Hayden Sinclair.

Despite three other batsmen also hitting the 20 run mark, it was not enough for Tech as they only reached 184 for nine, giving Lauriston the 30 run victory.

In the other match of the day, Allenton were overcome Methven and keep their winning run rolling.

Swing and a miss from Ben Payne.

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Ricky makes it a double Ricky May might be in for a bit of gentle ribbing from his fellow committee mates of the Methven Trotting Club meeting next month after playing a part in costing the club $4000 yesterday.

The champion horseman produced a masterclass on his home track to win both of the day’s features – the Pacers’ and Trotters’ Green Miles – breaking track records in the process.

A bonus of $2000 is given to the winning connections of each race if they can beat the current record for a mile and both A G’s Whitesocks and Everybody Knows both managed it.

The former was stunning when pacing 1:55 for the mile – bettering the previous mark by more than a second and a half.

“He felt like he could have gone quicker,” May said. “He started goofing off on me up the straight, so he did it quite easily.”

A rising star of the pacing ranks, A G’s Whitesocks has been held in

Methven results The weather was fine and the track good for the Methven Harness yesterday.

RACE 1 - SMITH SEEDS TROT, $9350, 2400m 4-4 Didjabringthebeers (6) J W Cox 1 2-2 Geena’s Girl (4) D Dunn 2 6-6 Monarco (9) B Hope 3 Scratched: Ideal Invasion, Oak, Thank U George.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Grand Princess, 1-1 Westar Maggie, 11-11 Aldebaran Bonny, 12-12 Show Of Faith, 13-13 Crusader Conqueror, 3-3 Jedi Josh, 8-7 Sunny Glenis, 15-14 Always Away, 7-8 Skyline, 14-15 Rue Daunou, 9-9 Storm Alert, 10-10 Razor (Pulled up).

1-1/4L, Sht hd, Nk. Time: 3:14.30. MR: 2:16.00.

Last 800m: 60.59. Win: $7.90. Places: $2.50, $1.90, $3.30. Q: $15.50. Trifecta: $322.70 (6,4,9).

First4: $1912.60 (6,4,9,11).

Trainer: John Howe, West Melton.

RACE 2 - CARRFIELD GRAIN & SEED PACE, $9350, 2400m 8-8 Just N Awe (2) S Ottley 1 5-5 Victor Tango (3) J Morrison 2 2-2 The Go To Man (1) B Orange 3 Scratched: Karanga Sweet P. Also (finish order): 14-14 Spinatale, 9-9 Waikari Fire, 10-11 Awaytocullect, 3-3 Pine Cone, 12-10 Franco Hatton, 6-6 Unfinished Business, 1-1 One Off, 4-4 Christie Marie, 7-7 Texas Ruler, 13-13 Fine Sophie, 15-15 Die Standing, 11-12 The Bounder.

1-1/4L, Nse, Sht hd. Time: 3:08.2. MR: 2:11.6.

Last 800m: 60.29. Win: $16.50. Places: $4.70, $3.10, $1.90. Q: $79.10. Tri: $663.90 (2,3,1).

Ricky May and A G’s Whitesocks cross the winning line. high regard by both May and his trainers Greg and Nina Hope for quite some time and went a long way to justifying that yesterday when holding off a brave James Dean.

“He’s got everything there to be a good one,” Greg Hope said.

“He just needs to take that next step up.”

First4: $3293.40 (2,3,1,11). Double: $90.00 (6/2), $22.50 (6/3).

Trainer: C & J DeFilippi, Broadfield. Breeding: 3 g American Ideal-Just Rose.

RACE 3 - RAY MAYNE HOSE FITTINGS MOBILE PACE, $9350, 2300m 8-8 Kylie Ann (15) R Close 1 7-7 Motu Bettor Be Quick (10) G O’Reilly 2 2-2 Sounds Bettor (11) L O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Franco Hatton, Die Standing.

Also: 3-3 Awayovernight, 9-13 Silent Shadow, 5-5 The Doorman, 4-4 Downtown Train, 14-14 Viewfield Navajo, 11-12 Just One Good One, 1-1 Stunin Type, 10-10 Grin For Gold, 12-9 Shot In The Dark, 6-6 Clarendon Falcon, 13-11 Jafa Kitten.

Sht hd, 1L, Lg hd. Time: 2:55.60. MR: 2:02.90.

Last 800m: 61.46. Win: $21.90. Places: $5.50, $4.20, $1.70. Quinella: $145.10. Trifecta: $1382.90 (15,10,11). First4: $15043.90 (15,10,11,2). Treble: $5763.80 (6/2/15).

RACE 4 - TEXTILE SACK PACE, $9350, 2400m 4-1 Diamonds N Cash (3) J Dunn 1 2-5 Playa Vista (8) S McNally 2 7-8 Corena Lea (9) R Holmes 3 Scratched: Moveit Mac, Bronx Village.

Also (in finishing order): 8-7 Copperhead Rose, 10-10 Diamond Eyre, 5-4 Pembrook’s Passion, 1111 Tracksarefortrains, 13-12 Azza, 6-6 Days Of Redemption, 9-9 Adjudicator, 12-13 I Can Remember, 3-3 Maxwell Montez, 1-2 Governor’s Bay. 3/4L, 2-3/4L, 7-1/4L. Time: 3:04.9. MR: 2:04. Last 800m: 57.30. Win: $7.20. Pl: $2.10, $2.30, $4.70.

Q: $19.40. Tri: $308.20 (3,8,9). First4: $6234.50 (3,8,9,14). Double: $80.10 (15/3), $58.90 (15/8).

Trainer: Robert Dunn, Pukekohe. Breeding: 3 g

The big pacer will be on his way to Auckland this week on an experience-gathering mission as he looks toward the four-year-old features later in the season.

“If he goes up there and doesn’t handle it well, he might not race, but the plan at this stage is to have a crack at the Franklin Cup. “We’ve nominated him for the

Rocknroll Hanover-Diamonds N Gold.

RACE 5 - DARFIELD HOTEL HANDICAP TROT, $9900, 2400m 1-1 BK Dawn (2) J Young 1 4-4 Beyond The Horizon (11) J Smith 2 9-9 I’ldoitmyway (5) J Morrison 3 Scratched: Young Stranger.

Also: 8-7 Rollin Thunder, 10-10 Sheza Trendy Monarch, 14-13 Ali Lindenny, 5-5 Momentous, 7-8 Jerry Garcia, 18-18 Wandering Star, 11-11 Jean Sebastien, 12-12 Insignificant, 6-2 Glenis Marie, 17-16 Princess Harbour, 3-6 B D Son, 2-3 Soney Beatt, 15-15 Whataboyz, 13-14 Tricky Rastus, 16-17 Free Bird.

1-1/2L, 1/2L, 1L. Time: 3:09.5. MR: 2:07.1. Last 800m: 60.25. Win: $4.50. Places: $2.20, $3.10, $6.10.

Q: $20.80. Tri: $593.60 (2,11,5). First4: $1447.70 (2,11,5,6). Quaddie: $8166.50 (2/15/3/2+).

Trainer: Wakelin/Noble, Oxford. Breeding: 6 m Revenue(SWE)-Stargo Whiz.

RACE 6 - NEUMANNS TYRES JUNOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE, $9900, 2300m 1-2 Black Art (1) A Fitzgerald 1 5-5 Unico Enchantress (13) B Hope 2 3-3 Julia Lady (11) S O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Raising Hope, Stop Means Stop.

Also (finishing order): 11-12 Mad Lu Li, 8-9 Maninthemirror, 14-14 JJ’s Delight, 13-6 Elite Excuse, 7-8 Garry’s Legacy, 9-10 Diamond Life, 12-13 Idealagain, 10-11 Jay FM, 4-4 Sharknado, 2-1 Summer Wealth, 6-7 Scoob Operator (Pulled up).

1-1/4L, 1-1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 2:52.50. MR: 2:00.70.

Last 800m: 59.41. Win: $4.60. Places: $2.10, $4.10, $2.30. Q: $28.00. Tri: $251.20 (1,13,11).

First4: $3125.60 (1,13,11,12). Double: $12.10 (2+/1+), $19.80 (2+/13). Treble: $141.50 (3/2+/1+).

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 4 Dec Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.22pm FORMPRO FREE EVERY MONDAY C0, 375m 1 Bigtime Clyde nwtd ............................L Cole 2 Bigtime Blast nwtd .............................L Cole 3 43352 Dermott Brown nwtd ..........................W Kite 4 1 Jelani nwtd ........................................D Edlin 5 56667 Blackfort Down nwtd P &.................C Morris 6 67478 Trendy Val nwtd G &............... S Fredrickson 7 22638 Lucha nwtd........................................D Edlin 8 4 Bigtime Spark nwtd ............................L Cole 9 57522 Cool Wolf nwtd .............................. D Donlon 10 684x3 Yoko Rama nwtd .............................L Doody 2 2.40pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 1 63241 Cawbourne Steele 22.10 J & ..............D Bell 2 24526 Nippa-A-Spot nwtd .................J T McInerney 3 17568 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 4 51334 Kinetic Shadow nwtd........................... L Bell 5 31455 Schiehallion nwtd ..............................D Edlin 6 15884 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd J & ................D Bell 7 46311 White Comet 22.29 ....................... D Donlon 8 28575 Cawbourne Frost 21.89............... P C Morris 9 75714 Bigtime Bev nwtd ...............................L Cole 10 25483 El Hefe 21.69 G & .................. S Fredrickson 3 2.57pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C3/4, 375m 1 57375 Breeze Attack 21.66 .........................S Lozell 2 14835 Bigtime Pink 21.82 .............................L Cole 3 18x75 Joe Joe 21.85 ...................................M Flipp 4 12137 Bigtime Taylor 21.51 G &........ S Fredrickson 5 17688 Bigtime Trev 22.05..............................L Cole 6 81788 Harry Brown 21.56 .............................L Cole 7 84721 Asserting Power 21.98 .....................S Stone 8 21173 Bigtime Thinker 21.52 ........................L Cole 9 35746 Bigtime Jane 21.44 ............................L Cole 10 44834 Americano 21.54 G &............. S Fredrickson 4 3.15 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C1, 375m 1 63323 Cawbourne Web nwtd J &...................D Bell 2 33454 Bigtime Moe Moe 21.99 G & .. S Fredrickson 3 46876 Tomorrow Star 22.15 ................ S Gommans 4 51142 Cash Person 21.92 ..................... P C Morris 5 68576 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce 6 66246 Sergio Star nwtd ....................J T McInerney 7 35232 Nic’s Fab nwtd J &...............................D Bell

8 52486 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd J & ..............D Bell 9 25752 Naharis nwtd .....................................D Edlin 10 5782F Wood He nwtd.............................A Turnwald 5 3.35pm PROTECTIVE SERVICES C2 C2, 375m 1 x5117 Bigtime Break 21.89...........................L Cole 2 12212 Al’s Apprentice nwtd...........................W Kite 3 22147 Cawbourne Symsy 22.22 J &..............D Bell 4 56113 Wetchester 21.88 ................................ L Bell 5 52523 Culvie Den 21.81 ................................ L Bell 6 43425 Pat Patterson 21.65...........................M Flipp 7 81416 Bigtime Forecast 21.82 ..................... I Howe 8 27332 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 9 55434 Billy Marlow 21.49 .............................M Flipp 10 72858 Minder 21.99 ..........................J T McInerney 6 3.52pm J P PRINT, PETONE C3 C3, 375m 1 46327 Bigtime Tomac 21.97 G & ...... S Fredrickson 2 76512 Audacious Assin nwtd J & ...................D Bell 3 21531 Rapper Tilly 22.00 ...............................S Kite 4 53512 Viva La Vixen 21.46 ....................A Turnwald 5 24x26 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 J & ...............D Bell 6 73588 Hotdog Shannon 21.94 ............... P C Morris 7 85261 Feel The Force 21.61 ............... S Gommans 8 21344 Watch Your Back nwtd........................W Kite 9 44834 Americano 21.54 G &............. S Fredrickson 10 78734 Butterball 21.84 ............................. M Gowan 7 4.12pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C1 C1, 457m 1 47774 Cawbourne Bryce 26.37 J & ...............D Bell 2 35623 Toki Girl 26.45 ..........................D W Denbee 3 11686 Fancy Fifita 26.72........................ P C Morris 4 76285 Bigtime Rosie 26.49 G &........ S Fredrickson 5 23211 Token Jasper nwtd .......................... R Wales 6 73545 Bigtime Coffee 25.89 G & ...... S Fredrickson 7 35662 Charlie Bo Bo 26.37 ....................B Hodgson 8 4132 Bigtime Donny nwtd ...........................L Cole 9 x8783 Cawbourne Serina nwtd............... T Downey 10 67884 Cawbourne Spree 26.18 J & ...............D Bell 8 4.27pm ADRIAN CLARK C1, 457m 1 26773 Thrilling Stan nwtd ............................D Edlin 2 33543 Bigtime Sam 26.08 G & ......... S Fredrickson 3 511F2 Tyson’s Quest nwtd .........................B Marsh 4 113 Van Jack nwtd ..........................D W Denbee 5 42233 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 6 31x4 Caveman Sam nwtd ....................B Hodgson 7 36534 Bigtime Redo nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 8 22181 Bigtime Wild nwtd...............................L Cole

9 37665 Worboys 26.45 G R & ..................... S Voyce 10 78678 Dyna Hadvar nwtd....................... P C Morris

9 4.47pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2, 457m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Auckland Cup but will just see how he goes up there first.

“This trip is all about the next one to be honest.”

Joining A G’s Whitesocks on the trip north will be Everybody Knows. The diminutive little trotter burst through late to run past Harriet Of Mot in the shadows of the post to win the Trotters’s Green Mile in a time of 1:58.48 – which bettered Quality Invasion’s previous mark of 1:58.6.

“He’s got great speed when he gets the right run,” May said.

“We got that today and he burst through when the gap opened up.

“He deserved to win a race like that, he’s been going good all season.”

May and the Hopes have made the Green Mile their own in recent years with good success.

May won with both Tennis Ball, Ellmer Hanover and Second Wind while the Hopes have won with both Glencoe VC and Mossdale Conner in the last 10 years.

56334 Bigtime Monty 26.40 ..........................L Cole 11111 Lunch Special nwtd ............................L Cole 26777 Extrapolate 26.61 ...............................L Cole 43664 Allegro Beaty 26.58............................L Cole 25252 Bigtime Lady 26.29 ............................L Cole 12115 Bigtime Forest nwtd ...........................L Cole 31635 Soft Gambler nwtd ......................A Turnwald 77216 Trendy Mind 26.14 G & .......... S Fredrickson 42846 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 44556 Thrilling Wilson 26.13 ......................... N Udy 10 5.05pm NZ SERIES NOVICE FINAL NZRSf, 457m 1 18631 Eye Kno 26.43 I H & .....................W Woods 2 2 Bigtime Lily nwtd ................................L Cole 3 55351 Bigtime Sandy 26.15 G &....... S Fredrickson 4 44552 Bigtime Allgood 26.70 G & ..... S Fredrickson 5 2 Bigtime Bucko nwtd............................L Cole 6 421F1 Thomas William 26.23..............D W Denbee 7 12131 Opawa Rooster 26.09 J & ...............D Fahey 8 43321 Opawa Abbie Joy 26.37 J & ............D Fahey 9 35662 Charlie Bo Bo 26.37 ....................B Hodgson 10 511F2 Tyson’s Quest nwtd .........................B Marsh 11 5.22 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C2/3, 457m 1 47664 Kirkham Coby 26.09 J & .....................D Bell 2 72112 Bigtime Rise 26.12 .............................L Cole 3 22533 Bigtime Talker 26.27 ...........................L Cole 4 11442 Bigtime Eve 25.93 ..............................L Cole 5 14766 Bigtime Brucie nwtd ...........................L Cole 6 74166 Bigtime Ranson 26.27 G & .... S Fredrickson 7 46435 Bigtime OnFire nwtd ..........................L Cole 8 4362F Bigtime Dazzler 26.10 ........................L Cole 9 42846 Bigtime Welldone 26.01 .....................L Cole 10 44556 Thrilling Wilson 26.13 ......................... N Udy 12 5.42pm M & M MASTER BUTCHERS C4 C4, 457m 1 48576 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole 2 13557 Fusion Cronulla 26.11 .................A Turnwald 3 53212 Oity Allen nwtd .............................M Roberts 4 37377 Takamori 25.71 ................................S Stone 5 12544 Bigtime MacDaddy 25.67 ...................L Cole 6 38376 Map My Run 26.04.............................L Cole 7 46151 Bigtime Phantom 26.12......................L Cole 8 26271 Bigtime Mia 26.09 ..............................L Cole 9 87287 Tranquil Rue 25.97 ......................A Turnwald

Trainer: Andrew Fitzgerald, Woodend Beach.

Breeding: 5 g Art Official-Living On Luck.

RACE 7 METHVEN 4 SQUARE PACERS GREEN MILE (MOBILE, $17500, 1609m 1-1 A G’s White Socks (2) R May 1 2-2 James Dean (4) L O’Reilly 2 5-5 Alta Orlando (8) J Dunn 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 3-3 Mongolian Hero, 8-8 Pradas Ideal Dahling, 6-6 Franco Texas, 7-7 Alpha Rock, 4-4 Seel The Deal.

1L, 3L, Lg nk. Time: 1:55.00. MR: 1:55.00. Last 800m: 56.50. Win: $2.60. Places: $1.20, $1.40, $3.30. Quinella: $3.90. Trifecta: $63.80 (2,4,8).

First4: $148.20 (2,4,8,6).

Trainer: G & N Hope, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 4 g Rock N Roll Heaven-Atomic Gold.

RACE 8 PLACEMAKERS ASHB/CRAIG INGOLD BUILDER , $9900, 2300m 1-1 Quite Ideal (2) M Williamson 1 4-4 Gore Bay (5) N McGrath 2 11-7 Midfrew Tarpediem (1) J Markham 3 Scratched: Ireby Meg, Red River Lochee.

Also: 13-13 Twitter Bromac, 2-3 Trailer Park Girl, 8-8 Cullenz Diamond, 5-5 Belle Of Brooklyn, 1010 Going To California, 6-6 Sounds Lika Gem, 7-9 Eye Candy, 14-12 Lucy Diamond, 9-11 Cullenmore, 3-2 Art I Am, 12-14 Lolita Franco.

2-3/4L, Hd, 1/2L. Time: 2:51.30. MR: 1:59.90. Last 800m: 58.89. Win: $3.40. Places: $1.60, $2.20, $5.80. Quinella: $14.40. Trifecta: $226.90 (2,5,1).

First4: $2561.80 (2,5,1,11). Double: $7.40 (2+/2+), $4.60 (2+/5).

Trainer: Brad Mowbray, Russley. Breeding: 6 g American Ideal-Sweet Lady.

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In brief Trentham on radar Kevin Gray was given encouragement on Saturday to raise his sights with his in-form staying mare All In Vogue. The Palmerston North horseman has her in the Wallaceville Wellington Cup (3200m) and she did her prospects of a start no harm with victory in the Listed Cambridge Thoroughbred Lodge Wanganui Cup (2040m). A past visit to Trentham indicated that All In Vogue could cope with the extra distance of the staying feature on January 20. “She’s already run a mile and a-half well there so the two miles may not be a problem,” Gray said.

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Rivals run ragged Patrick Moloney showed his quality at Ellerslie on Saturday aboard a willing partner in On The Rocks to boost long-term classic hopes for the well-related colt. The Victorian jockey gave a polished display on Saturday aboard the Mike Moroney and Pam Gerard-trained three-yearold with a front-running ride that landed them the major honours in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1500m).

- NZME RACE 9 - HARAS DES TROTTEURS GREEN MILE MOBILE TROT, $17,500, 1609m 5-5 Everybody Knows (10) R May 1 2-2 Harriet Of Mot (8) J Dunn 2 1-1 Great Things Happen (12) G Smith 3 Scratched: Donsmedad, Sunset Peak.

Also (in finishing order): 10-10 Arran Chief, 7-7 Arya, 3-3 Amaretto Sun, 9-9 Valmagne, 6-6 Tornado Valley, 4-4 Destiny Jones, 8-8 Petite One. Lg nk, 1-3/4L, 1-1/4L. Time: 1:58.48. MR: 1:58.48.

Last 800m: 57.74. Win: $11.50. Places: $2.50, $1.80, $1.40. Quinella: $14.20. Trifecta: $95.70 (10,8,12). First4: $3801.60 (10,8,12,4).

Trainer: G & N Hope, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 6 g Quite Easy(USA)-Cabaletta.

RACE 10 GLUYAS MOTOR GROUP HANDICAP PACE, $11,000, 2400m 3-3 Nearis Green (2) J Hay 1 9-6 Take After Me (3) J Dunn 2 1-1 Kardesler (8) R Payne 3 Scratched: Raising Hope.

Also: 5-5 Unico Legend, 2-2 Goodlookin Chick, 1515 Bound To Impress, 6-8 Major Hippie, 8-9 Bird Of Paradise, 7-10 Precious Sara, 11-11 Mogul, 12-12 Buckeye, 10-7 Earthbound, 14-14 Glenisthebettor, 13-13 Hestia Franco, 4-4 Franco Hampton (Pulled up).

2-1/4L, 1/2 hd, Lg nk. Time: 3:04.10. MR: 2:03.40.

Last 800m: 58.00. Win: $6.30. Places: $2.20, $4.50, $1.90. Quinella: $47.60. Trifecta: $622.70 (2,3,8). First4: $2248.70 (2,3,8,15). Quaddie: $692.90 (2+/2+/10/2). Place6: $30.30 (2+,5,11/1+,1 1,13/2+,4,8/1,2+,5/8,10,12+/2,3,8+). Double: $77.50 (10/2), $47.20 (10/3). Treble: $380.90 (2+/10/2).

Trainer: John Hay, Ashburton. Breeding: 4 g American Ideal-Uroc M’Lady.

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Mid Canterbury Hammers lock Eric Duff has been nominated for Heartland Rugby player of the Year, while Glenn Moore has been nominated for coach of the year after his work with the World Cup winning Black Ferns.

Duff, after playing an integral part in Mid Canterbury’s Lochore Cup winning season, has been nominated alongside Wanganui’s Bryn Hudson and Horowhenua Kapiti’s Scott Cameron.

Moore, who coached the Hammers to consecutive Heartland Championship titles in 2013 and 2014, before moving in to Super Rugby, has been nominated alongside Scott Robertson (Crusaders) and Craig Philpott (U20).

Mid Canterbury’s newest All Black Tim Perry is also involved, with his side the Crusaders nominated for team of the year after their dominant season in the Super Rugby Championship.

World Rugby player of the year Beauden Barrett has been snubbed in the national awards, with Rieko Ioane, Sam Whitelock and Sarah Goss being the three nominees

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Monday

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will contest the McKenzie Trophy. Tinwald Golf Course.

12pm - 1pm BAPTIST CHURCH FREE LUNCH. Free lunch for everyone. Baptist Church, please enter off Cass Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Play Golf and Assn croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE EUCHRE. Every Monday night, Catholic Parish Hall Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

Tuesday

10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning for new people to Ashburton. Nosh Cafe at Ashfords, West Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention strengthening muscles improving balance. All Saints Church Methven.

12pm ASHBURTON COMBINED FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Christmas luncheon, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

12pm - 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Signing Centre, New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention strengthening muscles improving balance. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly club night, all player levels welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Weekly games, come and have a go!

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6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

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9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church.

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, December 4, 2017

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your ideal day today is very different from what your ideal day would have been a few years ago – more proof that you’re growing and changing. You’ll do a navigation check to make sure you’re on track.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s not easy for you to set boundaries today, but do it anyway. This is a situation to nip in the bud. Expect a little awkwardness. It’ll be better to be uncomfortable now than feel totally stuck later.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ll get advice. You can afford to be choosy about what you take seriously. Anyone with sight can see things, but it takes someone with wisdom to see into, beyond or through things.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’re holding on to a moment in the past to learn from it, or maybe it’s because it has become much of who you are.

But are you giving it too much attention? If it causes you sadness or sentimentality, let it go.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): If you start off the same way, you’ll soon find yourself in the same spot that made you want to start over in the first place. There’s a chance to begin again, and you’ll do it very differently this time.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): People around you may be pretending to love things because they feel they’re supposed to. Maybe their jobs or friendships depend on it. You’ll have a more objective, accurate and maybe unpopular view.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): When a project doesn’t work, the environment may not have been conducive to a thriving result. Take a look around to figure out what you could change to make the setting more supportive.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You think; therefore, you are.

And as you become aware of some shady things going on around you today, you won’t like what this implies. Seek inspiration and light. Let the sun shine on your thoughts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It’s as if your playlist is on repeat. But don’t worry; it won’t be long before a fresh influence shows up. In fact, the excitement that tumbles into your world this afternoon is the start of it.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Bandages of the modern world often come in stylish colours and patterns because why shouldn’t healing have a little joy in it? Apply the principle to emotional healing, it doesn’t have to be drudgery.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Because of your stellar sense of humour, you may be tempted to make light of something other people hold sacred. Q: If a joke falls in the forest and no one is there to laugh, was it funny? A: Nope.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your insights today will be spot on, but that is not a good enough reason to share them. They’re gold, but you have to wait for the right exchange rate to get the value.

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HEMI, Jane Ratu ( Heni ) – On December 2, 2017.

Peacefully at home Ashburton, with her family.

Aged 64 years. Dearly loved companion of Evan. Much loved Mum of Te Atatu.

Loving Nana of Peter, and Aaron and great Nana to Ratu, and Libby. Loved daughter of the late Ratu and Parekura. Loved sister of Janet, Gayel, Darling, Peter, Mana, George, Ray and loved by her extended family.

Messages to the Hemi family PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740.

A service for Jane will be held at the Hakatere Marae, State Highway One, Ashburton on Wednesday December 6 commencing at 1pm followed by interment at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 10am The Chase 0 11am Four In A Bed 3 11:30 Coach Trip – Road To Ibiza PGR Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm MasterChef Australia 3 0 2:25 Border Patrol 3 0 2:55 N Tipping Point Lucky Stars 0 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Come Dine With Me Daytime On the Essex and Suffolk Borders, the first host is entrepreneur Chris, who hopes to treat his guests to fine dining.

4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Highway Cops 0 8pm Dog Squad PGR 0 8:30 Criminal Minds AO 0 9:25 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders AO 0 10:20 1 News Tonight 0 10:50 Lucifer AO 3 0

11:45 Training Day AO The hunt for a terror suspect takes an emotional toll on Kyle, who believes he encountered the suspect during his service in Afghanistan. 0 12:40 Te Karere 3 2 1:05 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

Hook Me Up!

7:30pm on Prime

BRAVO 10am Four Weddings USA 3 10:55 Masters Of Flip 3 11:50 Snapped PGR 3 12:45 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 1:40 Dance Moms 3 2:35 Botched PGR 3 3:35 Catfish 3 4:30 Four Weddings USA 5:30 Hoarders 3 A woman’s family has been broken up by hoarding, and her family has made an ultimatum.

6:30 Masters Of Flip 3 7:30 Cyrus v Cyrus – Design And Conquer Tish and Brandi convert their old barn into a Nashville home for Miley.

8:30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles PGR A look at the professional and personal lives of Los Angeles real estate agents as they sell high-end properties.

9:30 Catfish 3 A couple who met on Instagram have never met face-to-face.

10:30 Intervention Canada PGR 3 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 7:25 Zak Storm 3 0 7:50 Pokemon – Sun And Moon 0 8:15 Sofia The First 3 0 8:35 The Lion Guard 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 0 11am Reno Rumble PGR 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:30 Home And Away 0 3pm Shortland Street 0 3:30 Liv And Maddie 0 4:05 The Evermoor Chronicles After the Founders curse Evermoor, the only chance to rescue it is by solving a puzzle Otto got from his father before he was banished. 0 4:30 Friends 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Puppies Make You Laugh Out Loud Clip show about puppies. 0 8:30 The Middle 0 9pm The Mick 0 9:30 The Walking Dead 0 10:30 2 Broke Girls PGR 0

11pm Mike And Molly PGR 0 11:30 The Mysteries Of Laura AO 30 12:25 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 1:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:40 Army Wives 0 4:15 Full House 3 0 4:40 Baby Daddy PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

Treasures Decoded 7:30pm on Choice

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

PG 6:50 Robot Wars PGV 7:40 Doctor Who PG 8:30 The Simpsons PG 8:55 SVU MV 9:45 Texas Rising 18VLSC 10:40 Bosch MVL 11:35 Jeopardy! PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune PG 12:25 Pawn Stars PG 12:50 Counting Cars PG 1:20 Robot Wars PGV 2:10 CSI – Miami MV 3:05 Doctor Who PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune PG 5:30 Robot Wars PGV 6:30 Counting Cars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 Hawaii Five-0 MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV

TUESDAY

12:20 Robot Wars PGV 1:20 Wheel Of Fortune PG 1:50 SVU MV 2:40 Pawn Stars PG 3:05 Supernatural 16VS 3:55 Hawaii Five0 MV 4:45 NICIS MV 5:35 Counting Cars PG

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6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café 10am Infomercials 11:25 Entertainment Tonight 3 11:55 House Rules PGR 3 0 1pm M Paper Angels PGR 3 2014 Drama. After an abused wife leaves her alcoholic husband and moves with her children to different town, their lives become entwined with another family in trouble.

Matthew Settle, Rustin Gresiuk, Josie Bissett. 0 2:55 Celebrity Name Game PGR 3:20 Sticky TV 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:25 Entertainment Tonight 4:55 The Best Of Family Feud 0 5:30 Family Feud Australia 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7:30 House Rules PGR While work is underway on Fiona and Nicole’s new house, the teams are placed under further pressure when Johanna challenges them to create a statement piece for their zones. 0 8:40 Wanted AO 0 9:45 Blue Bloods AO 0 10:40 NewsHub Late

6am Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 6:25 World Of Quest 3 6:50 Codename – Kids Next Door 7:15 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 7:40 Sanjay And Craig 3 8:05 The Loud House 3 8:30 Henry Danger 3 8:55 Tiki Tour 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 3 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 Escape To The Country 3 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Jeopardy 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Hook Me Up! Fishing was a big part of life growing up in the Far North for Mabel Murray but, while she learned to fish and dive, fishing on a boat was rare, so Matt hooks her up. 0 8:30 Nightwatch AO 0 9:30 Hunters Club PGR 10:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7am Team Umizoomi 3 7:30 Pukana 7:40 Huritua 7:50 Paia 8am R&R 8:30 Te Kaea 3 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Sachie’s Kitchen 3 10:30 My Reggae Song 3 11am Sacrifice On The Somme PGR 3 Noon Toa – Toa O Aotearoa PGR 3 12:30 Billy T James PGR 1pm Haka Life PGR 3 1:30 Kapa Haka Regionals 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:30 Team Umizoomi 3 4pm Pukana 3 2 4:10 Huritua 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 It’s In The Bag 3 5pm Paki Vault 3 5:30 Te Matatini 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Café Niugini PGR 3 Jennifer Baing visits Kar Kar Island.

8pm On The Ladder 3 A couple leave Auckland for the tranquillity of Kerikeri.

8:30 School Of Training 3 9pm Kairakau PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai Fight Night 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am Antiques Roadshow Detectives 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 8:30 Extreme Frontiers 9:30 Jamie’s Family Christmas 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Getaway Noon The Auction House 1pm Extreme Frontiers 2pm The Living Room 3pm Outback Wrangler 3:30 Love Nature – Secrets Of Wild Australia 4:30 Jamie’s Festive Feast Jamie runs through his top ideas for festive meals.

5:30 American Pickers 6:30 Tribal Bootcamp Does Joel’s fitness regime help him measure up against the legendary long-distance running tribe called the Tarahumara from Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains.

7:30 Treasures Decoded A look at new evidence that may finally provide answers about Stonehenge.

8:30 Italy’s Invisible Cities Exploration of the waterways of Venice using 3D scanning technology.

9:30 The Vikings Uncovered 10:30 American Pickers

11:10 The Night Shift AO Drew’s flight home with his mother and Rick becomes a medical crisis; Jordan, Shannon, Kenny, and Cain tackle an obstacle-course fundraiser; Scott goes on a memorable date.

12:05 The Project 3 News and entertainment show.

12:35 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:35 Football – English Premier League Bournemouth v Southampton.

From Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth.

1:35 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies.

First test, day four, from the Basin Reserve, Wellington.

2:40 Closedown

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

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Jamie’s Festive Feast Jamie runs through his top ideas for festive meals.

12:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 1am Tribal Bootcamp 2am Love Nature – Secrets Of Wild Australia 3am Getaway 3:30 Outback Wrangler 4am Italy’s Invisible Cities 5am The Vikings Uncovered

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7:40 Concussion MLC 2015 Biography Sport. Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks.

9:40 Skiptrace MVC 2016 Comedy. Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville.

11:25 The Disappointments Room 16VLC 2016 Horror.

Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido.

12:55 Life 16VLC 2017 Thriller.

Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal.

2:40 Barbershop – The Next Cut MLS 2016 Comedy.

Ice Cube, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson.

4:45 David Brent – Life On The Road MLSC 2016 Comedy. Ricky Gervais, Mandeep Dhillon.

6:15 Logan 16VLC 2017 Scifi Action. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart.

8:30 Fifty Shades Darker 18LS 2017 Drama. The estranged lovers are once again drawn to each other, but battle their inner demons to make it work.

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan.

10:30 Hail, Caesar! PGL 2016 Comedy. Josh Brolin, George Clooney.

6:25 Gladiator MV 2000 Action. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen.

8:55 Horrible Bosses 16LS 2011 Comedy.

Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Anniston.

10:30 Hostel 18VLSC 2005 Horror. Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson.

12:05 Notorious 16VLS 2009 Drama. Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett.

2:10 Final Destination 16LC 2000 Horror. Devon Sawa, Ali Larter.

3:45 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

Jon Voigt, Will Smith.

6:20 The Ninth Gate MVC 1999 Thriller. James Russo, Johnny Depp.

8:30 The Losers MVL 2010 Action. An elite Special Forces unit is sent to the Bolivian jungle on a mission, but discover they have been the target of a doublecross. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans.

10:10 The Switch MS 2010 Comedy. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman.

11:50 I Am Legend MV 2007 Drama. Will Smith, Alice Braga.

TUESDAY

12:15 Dixieland 16VLSC 2016 Drama. Chris Zylka, Riley Keough. 1:55 Close Up – Harrison Ford PG 2:25 Fifty Shades Darker 18LS 2017 Drama.

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan.

4:20 David Brent – Life On The Road MLSC 2016 Comedy. Ricky Gervais, Mandeep Dhillon. 5:55 Logan 16VLC 2017 Sci-fi Action.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart.

TUESDAY

1:30 People Interview – Blake Lively PG 1:55 Ali MVL 2001 Drama. Jon Voigt, Will Smith. 4:30 Final Destination 16LC 2000 Horror.

Devon Sawa, Ali Larter.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Football – A-League (HLS) Phoenix v Melbourne Victory FC. 6:30 Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) Day One. 8am Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) Day Two. 9:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – First Test, Day Three. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – First Test, Day Four. 1:05 Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v England – Second Test, Day Two. 1:35 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v West Indies – First Test, Day Four. 6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm Rugby – International (HLS) Wales v South Africa.

From Principality Stadium, Cardiff.

7:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – First Test, Day Four.

8:30 Rugby League – World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v England.

9pm Basketball – NBL (HLS) Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers.

9:30 L Basketball – NBL Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks.

11:30 Fox Sports News

TUESDAY

Midnight Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) Day One. 1:30 Rugby – Condor Sevens (HLS) Day Two. 3am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day One. 4:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day Two.

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v West Indies – First Test, Day Three.

7am Cricket – International (HLS) Australia v England – Second Test, Day Two. 7:30 Cricket – International (HLS) India v Sri Lanka – Third Test, Day Two. 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Football – ISPS Handa Premiership (RPL) Hamilton Wanderers v Southern United. 10:30 NZ Football Weekly Show 11am Football – A-League (RPL) Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory.

1pm Golf – PGA European Tour (HLS) Afrasia Bank Mauritis, Round Four.

1:30 Golf – Australian PGA Championship (HLS) Fourth Round. 2pm Golf Central 3pm Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day One. 4:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Dubai – Day Two. 6pm Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) Hero World Challenge – Fourth Round. 6:30 Golf Central 7:30 Rugby – Aviva Premiership (RPL) 9:30 NRL 360 – Summer Series 10:30 Rugby – Aviva Premiership (HLS) 11:30 Rugby League – World Cup (RPL) Final – Australia v England.

TUESDAY

2am Rugby League – Women’s World Cup (RPL) Final – Australia v New Zealand. 4am UFC Fight Night (RPL) TUF Finale.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG 9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10am Sharktacular PG 10:50 Sydney Harbour Patrol PG 11:40 Evil Lives Here M 12:30 Evil Kin M 1:20 Swamp Murders M 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Diesel Brothers PG Flippin’ Diesel.

5:40 MythBusters PG Curving Bullets.

6:35 Diesel Brothers PG Busting at the Sema.

7:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 1971 Scat Pack Challenger 1/2.

The team transforms a vintage 1971 Dodge Scat Pack Challenger.

8:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG 1971 Scat Pack Challenger 2/2.

9:25 Diesel Brothers PG Good Bros and Goodbyes.

10:15 Moonshiners M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 Swamp Murders M

TUESDAY

12:45 Evil Kin M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am Auction Hunters PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How Do They Do It? PG 5:20 Auction Hunters PG 5:45 Moonshiners M

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Sport Celtics burn Suns Kyrie Irving has hit a key threepointer and a driving basket in the closing two minutes as the Boston Celtics overcame the Phoenix Suns 116-111 in the NBA. Irving finished with 19 points, leading a balanced attack for Boston, who improved their league-best record to 20-4. Phoenix cut a 17-point deficit to 105-103 on Tyson Chandler’s dunk late in the game. But Irving responded with a three from the right wing on the next possession and his spinning shot off the backboard made it 112-106 with 29 seconds left.

Hadleigh Parkes a winner Freshly minted “Welshman” Hadleigh Parkes has scored two tries on debut for Wales as they beat South Africa 24-22 in a tight finish in Cardiff yesterday. New Zealander Parkes scored both tries in the first half. His first was chasing a through-kick and the second he was on hand to take a pass from Toby Faletau close to the line. “It’s been amazing, a dream come true. I never thought this day would come, and I’m just extremely humbled by the opportunity,” Parkes said.

Brendon Adam lines up a shot in the Mid Canterbury Tennis interclub competition on Saturday.

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Singles do it for Hampstead

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

Hampstead have continued their winning ways in the Mid Canterbury A grade interclub tennis competition, picking up another strong win on Saturday.

They were able to claim a 5-1 victory against Southern, with their singles form a standout, winning all four games.

Their doubles pair of Aidan Mitchell and Michael Kerr were the only ones to taste defeat, going down to Jason Feutz and Oliver McKeown 6-3 in the first set, before nearly forcing a tiebreaker in the second, going down 5-7.

After a close set, Jade Brosnahan and Mathieu Lucas secured Hampstead’s first game, winning 7-5, 6-0.

Methven also continued their strong form after a solid first round performance, defeating Tinwald 4-2.

Peter Leonard and Eddie Dargue were big performers for Tinwald, defeating Sam Bubb and Koji Kawamata in a nail-biting doubles match through a tiebreaker after the two sets had finished 3-6, 7-6. Methven’s Josh Jones and John Leslie proved to be too strong in their doubles match, winning 6-2, 6-3.

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In the singles only Leonard was able to offer any resistance for Tinwald, beating Kawamata 6-1, 7-6. It was a dominant win for Bubb however, with Dargue only claiming back one point, losing 6-1, 6-0.

In the final matchup of the day, Allenton got back to winning ways, defeating Fairton 4-2.

The doubles were evenly split, with the Allenton pairing of Andre van Rooyen and Connor Brosnahan proving too strong from Rhys Cromie and Phil Crozier, winning 6-2, 6-2.

Henrik Tawatao and William Edgar pulled one back for Fair-

ton, beating Bryn Looji and Aaron Reid 6-4, 6-2.

Allenton proved too dominant in the singles however, with all games bar the clash between van Rooyen and Cromie being won in straight sets.

Reid was the most dominant, winning 6-0, 6-0 against Edgar.

In the A reserve grade, the Hampstead Aces won a close encounter against Southern/Wakanui seven sets to six.

Allenton proved too strong for the Methven Diamonds, winning that encounter 4-2, while the Hampstead Eagles had a 6-0 clean sweep against Methven Silver.

Tiger charge short-lived Charley Hoffman has handled the blustery conditions for a five-shot lead in the World Challenge as tournament host Tiger Woods fell 10 shots behind. The wind was the strongest it has been all week at Albany Golf Club, and it showed in the scores.

Hoffman had a two-under 70 and only three other players broke par.

The wind also took the air out of any hopes that Woods, would get into the mix. Instead, he was blown away early and battled late for a 75.

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