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Dairy prices fell again in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, dragged down by over-supply from Europe for the third consecutive time.

Federated Farmers’ dairy spokesman Andrew Hoggard, who was in Ashburton yesterday to attend DairyNZ’s People Expo, said the news had the sound of a “broken record”.

He said the removal of the quota system in Europe last year was hurting New

Zealand farmers – who were the only farmers in the world to have dropped production in the face of an over-supply on the global milk market.

“Both Europe and the US have increased production,” Mr Hoggard said.

The removal of the European quota system as a first step toward deregulation of the dairy industry was healthy, but no move has been made to address subsidies still in place to protect farmer incomes.

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to prevent this (over-supply), but they took them off without looking at the subsidies,” Mr Hoggard said. “That was supposed to be the next step.”

Anecdotal reports indicated up to 40 per cent of EU farmers’ income can be attributed to subsidised production, he said.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Schools on high alert over aller

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An increase in children with allergies has put Mid Canterbury schools in high alert.

While Allenton School does not have any students with severe allergies at present, principal Graham Smith said the number of children with allergies had increased in the past few years, especially peanuts, and he is not sure why.

“It seems to be more prevalent than it used to be.”

Any child with allergies that enrols at the school is dealt with on a case-by-case basis, he said.

The school would discuss the child with their parents and would make sure every teacher and stu-

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dent knew the situation.

Having a child with an allergy on the roll would not see the school put a blanket ban on a certain food.

That was simply not practical and any allergies were always well-managed within the school, he said.

EpiPens are stored in each classroom and older children with allergies carry them in their bags.

Dorie School, however is having to deal with a new student who has a severe allergy to eggs.

Before school started, a notice went out to all parents explaining that their new student had a severe allergy to eggs and while eggs would not be banned, in the interest of the health and safety

Left - Dorie School students Reuben Hart, 7, Reilly Allen, 7, and Mitchell Keller, 7, eating egg-free lunches yesterday to protect the school’s new student who has a severe egg allergy.

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Federated Farmers blame European Union milk subsidies for latest drop From P1 While analysts were predicting a drop around the 7 per cent mark, Mr Hoggard said the extent of the hit came as a shock to many in the industry.

The average winning price sank 7.4 per cent to US$2276, down from US$2405 at the previous auction two weeks ago, bottoming out at the lowest level since last year’s September 1 auction.

Some 24,474 tonnes of product was sold, up from 21,930 tonnes of product at the previous auction.

While the NZX Dairy Futures market had anticipated a reduction in both whole milk powder and skim milk powder prices, the GDT results were even weaker than the market had expected,

AgriHQ dairy analyst Susan Kilsby said.

Whole milk powder slumped 10.4 per cent to US$1952 a tonne, while butter dropped 8.3 per cent to US$2905 a tonne. Butter milk powder shed 6.7 per cent to US$1513 a tonne, while anhydrous milk fat declined 6.6 per cent to US$3486 a tonne.

Cheddar fell 4.2 per cent to US$2807 a tonne, and rennet casein slid 3.7 per cent to US$4362 a tonne. Lactose retreated 2.6 per cent to US$577 a tonne, and skim milk powder fell 2.2 per cent to US$1792 a tonne.

The AgriHQ 2015-16 Farmgate Milk Price fell 11 cents to $4.32 per kilogram of milksolids. Last week Fonterra reduced its 2015-16 milk price forecast to $4.15/kgMS.

Yesterday’s news for dairy farmers is disappointing and it will be challenging for both dairy and dairy support farmers, Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay said.

While it was always difficult when one sector of the community was going through tough times, the district was in the fortunate position of having a diverse economy, he said.

“Seeds, vegetable seeds, light industry, house building, they’re all still performing well and that diversity is good for the district as a whole.”

As a hedge against the inevitable fluctuations in the fortunes of individual sectors, Mr McKay said the council was working towards creating greater opportunities for further diversification.

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo performer Britney Moore is in training at home as she prepares for the greatest show on earth.

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Ashburton highland dancer Britney Moore will dance in what is known as the greatest show on earth this month, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

The famous Scottish spectacle involves over 1000 performers and is held annually against the stunning backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, watched by television audiences worldwide. It will be coming to Wellington for the second time in its 65-year history.

The 15-year-old Ashburton College pupil said she was proud to have been one of 25 dancers from throughout New Zealand selected for the national team of dancers to perform alongside their top Scottish counterparts in the show.

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f to the ow on earth mitting her competition record, which includes a haul of trophies throughout her childhood and her recent achievement of making it to the top four in her age group in New Zealand.

Britney is now practising daily as she prepares for the show, learning a range of dances the organisers have given her video tutorials for.

Having danced since the age of three, Britney is enjoying every minute of it, and can’t wait to get to Wellington for the February 18 to 21 event.

Dancing in competitions had been a major highlight in her life.

“I like meeting lots of new people as well because I have friends all over New Zealand, it’s just really fun, just the feeling of doing a good dance and knowing you have done well.”

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rgies of the child they asked parents to consider not sending eggs in their children’s lunches.

Principal Anthony Dorreen said they had received a few questions from parents but there had been no problems as the first days of the school year ticked over.

The student’s mother, who did not want eggs to be banned, said it was not fair on the other children. She just urged parents to be aware. The school is carefully monitoring lunch-time on campus..

The student has an EpiPen, staff have a back-up one and also antihistamines in case of a less severe reaction.

Methven Primary School principal Chris Murphy said his school had a couple of children who were anaphylactic and they had robust plans in place for each student.

“We do EpiPen training at least twice a year,” he said.

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Eight social housing units owned by the Anglican Church provide accommodation for people who struggle to find affordable accommodation in Ashburton.

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■ ASHBURTON ACCOMMODATION

Social housing fundraising kicks off

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton’s Anglican community has put its hand up as a leader in the drive to improve social housing stocks in the Ashburton District.

For about 30 years the church has been the quiet provider of accommodation for some of the district’s most needy residents and vicar Joan Clark says demand is so high that plans have been drawn up for an additional four units.

There are currently eight, one bedroom cottages in Tinwald and community fundraising is about to start for another four.

“We let these usually to single people who need a helping hand into something better,” Ms Clark said.

While the units are seen as stepping stone accommodation, some people inevitably become long-term tenants, she said.

“We decide who goes in. Our occupancy has never been less

than 100 per cent and we always have a waiting list, so now we’re trying to raise funds to build four more.”

The units are run as part of the church’s community outreach programme and their occupants are most often over 50s who are unable to work.

They are available to anyone in the community and while many residents become long termers, tenancies change as people’s circumstances change, Ms Clark said.

While waiting lists were growing, the church’s ability to build the final four houses in what would be a 12 unit cluster, relied almost totally on the community, she said.

“Local businesses sponsored the last ones and we hope they’ll be supportive of the next units too.”

The church owns the land on which the two blocks of two cottages will be built and Ms Clark believes about $400,000 could be

needed to complete the project.

It might be a church driven project, but it was a project for the community, she said.

“We’re probably one of the few groups in town who are providing housing at the lower end of the scale, ours are for people who are in serious need.

“We believe this is right up there as far as the social housing vision goes.”

The church did not advertise its units, with word of mouth ensuring waiting lists were always long.

In the lead in to winter, Ms Clark said she was aware those lists would only get longer.

A church sub-committee manages the properties, with rentals covering most of the maintenance costs. Fundraising, however was needed when big ticket projects such as insulation were undertaken to ensure the church wasn’t out of pocket.she said.

“We’re not out to make money out of this. It’s our mission and we just want to cover our costs.”

Ashburton police are reminding motorists to share the road with cyclists following two teenagers being knocked off their bicycles at Allenton on Tuesday.

The two girls were out on a training ride, travelling east in a cycle lane on Harrison Street at the Allenton shopping centre, when they fell out into the road after hitting an opening car door about 11.20am.

A motorist travelling behind was going slowly so was able to stop in time.

St John ambulance personnel attended and assessed the pair at the scene, however, they did not require transporting to hospital.

Constable Ben Rutherford said the accident was a reminder to drivers and others leaving their vehicles, to check their mirrors and blind spots behind them for cyclists.

The female driver who opened the car door was not charged as the cyclists were not injured.

Mr Rutherford said the pair were shaken by the incident, and fortunate no cars were following too closely, otherwise they could have been run over.

The reminder for motorists to share the road was a timely one considering it was Bike Wise Month, Mr Rutherford said.

Bike Wise Month is an annual programme aimed at getting more New Zealanders out on their bicycles.

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■ ASHBURTON EMPLOYMENT

Local jobless total down

By Paul McBeth and SuenewMan

trict receiving benefits – 317 job seekers, 305 sole parents, 389 supported living and 14 other benefits.

One year ago there were 309 job seekers, 314 sole parents, 393 supported living and 14 other beneficiaries. Total beneficiary numbers remained steady at 1035.

Diane Ramsay, labour market and households statistics manager, said in a statement that record inflows of migrants had kept the labour force expanding over the past year, helping limit wage growth in a benign inflation environment. At the same

Unemployment in the Ashburton District dropped more than 11 per cent in the last quarter of 2015, topping the national figure that showed a drop of less than 1 per cent.

For the December quarter there were 317 registered job seekers in the district compared to 357 for the September quarter.

When measured against the December 2014 quarter, however, the number of job seekers had risen slightly, up from 309.

The year ended with 1025 people in the Ashburton Dis-

time, employers continued to have difficulty finding staff.

The working age population expanded 0.5 per cent in the quarter to 3.66 million, for a 2.3 per cent annual increase. At the same time, employment grew 1.3 per cent in calendar 2015 to 2.37 million, while unemployment shrank 6.7 per cent to 133,000. The number of jobless people, which includes unemployed people of working age not seeking a job, rose 0.7 per cent to 259,000 in the year.

The labour cost index, also released yesterday, showed private sector ordinary time wage infla-

tion rose at an annual pace of 1.6 per cent in December, meeting economists’ expectations, and more than the 1.5 per cent pace recorded in the public sector.

Wage inflation rose 0.4 per cent in the quarter across all sectors.

The quarterly employment survey showed private sector weekly earnings for full-timers rose 0.6 per cent to $1,035.37, an annual increase of 3.4 per cent and more than the 0.1 per cent pace of consumer price inflation over the same period. Across all sectors, weekly earnings rose 1 per cent in the quarter for an annual rise of 3 per cent.

Curtain Bank service short of clients By caitlin Porter

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The number of people fitting their house out with pre-loved curtains has dropped dramatically in the past year and Curtain Bank co-ordinator Dianne Smith can’t understand why.

An initiative set up to help people throughout Mid Canterbury warm up their homes, Curtain Bank has been running since 2013.

When it first began, 18 homes took up the offer but that soon increased to more than 60.

However, since last winter only 12 Mid Cantabrians have taken up the offer.

Mrs Smith said while she did not know why there had been such a decline, it could be due to the lack of knowledge around the service.

“People just don’t know we are here,” she said.

While clientele may be lacking, local donations of curtains continue to roll in with Mrs Smith’s office playing host to swags of draperies.

One client, Helen Mills, received her curtains last autumn and said they had been a lifesaver.

Mrs Mills was lucky enough to receive three matching sets for

Curtain Bank client Helen Mills (left) and co-ordinator Dianne Smith are urging people to ensure their homes are fitted with warm, thermally lined curtains in time for winter.

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her rented Ashburton home.

“They’re exactly what I would have picked for myself.”

As soon as the curtains were hung Mrs Mills said it was like having someone put their arms around her.

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A man, aged in his 20s, was transported by St John ambulance to Ashburton Hospital with moderate injuries after a car hit a motorcycle on the corner of Havelock and West streets at 4.19am yesterday.

Two courses closed In just over a month since Aoraki Polytechnic merged with Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology two courses have closed, Tertiary Education Union (TEU) organiser Kris Smith says.

While no major changes had happened in Ashburton it was worrying that two courses in Timaru had already closed so quickly, she said. TEU is continuing to work with communities in regards to the impact of the merger and plans to come to Ashburton soon.

Assets to be seized New Zealand police have won a legal bid to seize a house, vehicles and cash from a former champion bodybuilder accused of profiting from illegal drug money. Phillip James Musson, crowned Mr New Zealand Athletic 2005, was jailed in August 2014 for nearly four-anda-half years after being exposed as the mastermind behind a $1.4 million nationwide drug ring.

Musson recently completed his prison sentence. Police brought a civil action under the Crime Proceeds (Recovery) Act to seize Musson’s assets.

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Motorists coming into Methven are speeding past a new 50km/h visual speed display sign, travelling at up to 102km/h.

Methven Community Board members discussed the issue at their first meeting of the year this week. While the sign may well have had an effect in slowing motorists down, speeding remained an issue.

The maximum speed recorded at the sign for the month of December, in a 50km/h zone on Forest Drive, was 102km/h.

Thirty per cent of drivers were travelling over 50km/h, 15 per cent of drivers were travelling over 54km/h. The average driving speed at the sign was 46km/h. An average of 1017 cars, travelling towards the town, passed the sign per day.

January figures were yet to be compiled.

Member Martin Nordqvist said it was “really disappointing” motorists were recording

the high speeds, particularly as the sign was a considerable distance after the 50km/h sign on the approach to Methven.

Ashburton District Council community relations manager said Methven drivers were moderating their speeds, and could be considered relatively “conscientious” compared to those going past a similar sign on Racecourse Road in Ashburton.

However, Alan Totty disagreed, saying Racecourse Road was an exception, as when the sign was there it was just 10 metres after the 50km/h sign.

The sign is one of two visual speed display signs (VSDS) operated by the Ashburton District Council at various locations in Mid Canterbury. The signs show vehicle speeds to approaching drivers and also record the data for further analysis.

These results are speeds only and are used to identify whether further traffic calming measures may be required.

Conservation Minister Maggie Barry has confirmed that an idyllic, privately-owned beach will be added to the Abel Tasman National Park if an online campaign to purchase the land succeeds.

The 7ha slice of land on the Awaroa inlet is being sold for $2 million. An online campaign to reclaim the picturesque spot for public use has so far raised $750,000. Ms Barry said yesterday she had instructed conservation officials to speak to the organisers of the campaign about the legal requirements of making the beach part of the national park. - NZME

Crash charges A 14-year-old boy has been charged with a raft of driving offences after a crash in Masterton that claimed the lives of two 15-year-olds early on Sunday morning. The boy, who has automatic name suppression because of his age, appeared in Masterton District Court yesterday charged with driving while forbidden, failing to stop for police and unlawfully getting into a stolen car. Police said the teen could face further charges depending on the outcome of a Serious Crash Unit investigation.

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Flag swap costly The cost to replace the potential new flag waving atop the Auckland Harbour Bridge which is the wrong colour will reach nearly $4000.

Hoisted alongside the present flag, the huge Kyle Lockwood fern and Southern Cross design contains the wrong shade of blue and will go within the next seven days.

A spokesman said the replacement will cost “less than $4000” and include the price of a back-up flag.

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■ MEALS ON WHEELS

A lifeline for those in need

By Caitlin Porter

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Despite calls for an overhaul of Meals on Wheels in other parts of the country, Mid Canterbury’s service is flourishing.

Mid Canterbury Red Cross Meals on Wheels co-ordinator Marlene McLaughlan helps to organise the volunteers in Ashburton and said demand for the service was so high more volunteers were needed.

There are currently seven cars and seven volunteers who deliver within the township five days a week for an average of 15 people per day.

“It’s getting harder and harder to get volunteers because you’ve got people who are in their 80s and more,” Mrs McLaughlan said.

“And so it would really be nice to have 10 more cars and runners, at least it would make it so much easier.”

Unlike other areas, all of Mid Canterbury’s meals are made locally – at Ashburton Hospital and Methven House and provided by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB).

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Methven House caregiver and Meals on Wheels volunteer Amy Patterson dishes up the last of Tuesday’s home cooked spread.

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The meals cost $6.20 each,

however the cost of making the meals was deemed to be commercially sensitive by the CDHB. While there is no minimum or

maximum age criteria people do need a GP referral or an assessment from a social worker.

Manager Elisabeth Heybrook

said the service delivers five days a week and also provides for between 15 and 20 people.

The meat portion of the meal is prepared at night by evening staff before the caregivers do the final preparations right before the meals are given to the drivers – piping hot – at mid-day the following day.

Feedback from the clients was always positive and complaints about the meals were rarely received, she said.

The meals on offer differ from those provided by large corporations in other areas of New Zealand.

Yesterday, recipients in Methven were treated to Hawaiian chicken casserole, broccoli, potatoes and carrots and a lemon meringue dessert.

On a six-week rotation other variations included roast beef, meatballs, fish and pork – all served with vegetables and a hot or cold dessert.

The delivery service has an added spin-off – it is a good way to combat the issue of social isolation as the delivery people ensure people get checked on, she said.

Rubbish and recycling hot topics

Armed police hunt for gunman

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Rubbish and recycling issues occupied Methven Community Board members at their first meeting of the year on Monday.

Member Martin Nordqvist said it annoyed him “immensely” that rubbish bins in the town centre were not emptied often enough.

The bins were full on Friday after last being emptied the previous Monday, and were not emptied again until Monday this week.

The Ashburton District Council’s agreement with its contractor stated the bins should be emptied three times per week in the summer and five to seven times per week in the winter.

“We get visitors in our town and they walk out of a shop to put rubbish in the bin and they are full,” Mr Nordqvist said.

Community relations manager Vincie Billante said there was no evidence the contractor was not meeting his obligations, and the matter could be addressed in the board’s ongoing discussions with council waste management staff.

Methven Community Board members also talked about their reservations with new recycling bins at the town’s drop-off facility.

New skip-style bins, which can be emptied by the contractor on site, have replaced large wooden bins, which had to be taken off site to be emptied.

Board members expressed concern around the bins for glass.

They could fill up quickly, and large steps leading up to them

Armed police are scouring South Auckland streets after police were allegedly fired on during a car chase early yesterday morning.

Manurewa resident Lisa Anderson said police had possibly found a car of interest on John Walker Drive. An ambulance was on stand-by, she said.

Police have confirmed armed staff are trying to find the alleged offenders and are following positive lines of inquiry.

Police earlier said the occupants of a white Nissan Sunny failed to stop after being spotted acting suspiciously in Friedlanders Road just before 4am. Police say a passenger leaned out the window of the moving car and twice fired a series of gunshots at police.

Several bullets struck the police car, but missed the officers, as the car fled about 2km to Winsford Street where the pursuit was abandoned.

Ms Anderson, who lives in Fairlight Pl, just off Winsford St, was woken by the sound of gunfire. She heard four shots – the first three close together, followed by a fourth moments later.

“It was really loud. I thought it was in our street. It was freaky,” she said this morning.

She ran to the front door to investigate, before changing her mind as her hand reached the door handle.

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Large steps to a new glass recycling bin at the Methven dropoff centre are putting people off recycling.

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could put people off, forcing them to leave their empties at the bottom of the steps.

Mayor Angus McKay said a ramp could be installed to make the high glass bins more userfriendly.

However, member Martin Nordqvist raised concerns about such a ramp being affected by snow and ice.

Mr McKay said while Methven residents might prefer the old wooden boxes, such a system was not as user-friendly for the contractor nor as economical for the council.

Board members also heard the council would soon install several new rubbish bins in the

town, which also take recyclables, thanks to more than $15,000 funding from The Packaging Forum’s Public Place Recycling Scheme.

The new bins would be installed across the district, and would include three in Methven.

Each would include a yellowtopped bin for mixed recyclables, a blue-topped bin for glass bottles and a red-topped bin for general rubbish.

Members were to discuss the location of the bins and whether they would replace current rubbish bins in the town, as well as other rubbish issues raised at the meeting, with council waste management staff.

“I stopped myself. I thought ‘what am I going into?”‘ Instead she ran to a sleepout at the rear of the property, shared by her mother and her 16-yearold son. Her mother was asleep but her son had also been woken by the gunshots, she said.

Police said the incident early yesterday morning lasted less than five minutes.

Counties Manukau District Commander John Tims said he was extremely proud of the officer involved.

“These situations are among the most volatile and dangerous that our staff encounter, and I commend the officer who responded courageously to keep the community safe from these armed and dangerous offenders.

“The officer involved is doing well considering the circumstances and is being well supported by his colleagues and our welfare services.”

The Police Commissioner says there will be a thorough investigation.

Mike Bush said staff and community safety continued to be a top priority.

He expressed relief no staff or public were injured during the incident.

“It’s of huge concern to me and my executive any time that criminals threaten staff or the public with firearms, and shows we can never be complacent when dealing with these incidents,” he said.

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■ CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES

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Outcasts go back to court

By Kurt Bayer The Quake Outcasts group is heading back to court, more than five years after the Canterbury earthquakes sequence began.

The group of uninsured and commercial red-zoners took the Government all the way to the Supreme Court to challenge their offer of 50 per cent of their property’s rateable value.

After the court found in the group’s favour, the Government last year raised their offer to 100 per cent of the RV, but of the land

value only, not the building’s value.

Lawyer for Quake Outcasts, Grant Cameron, says that is still discriminatory and the group yesterday afternoon filed new proceedings in the High Court at Christchurch against the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee and the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

“Given that the Supreme Court expressly noted the pitiful plight of the many residents

still trapped in red zones, or otherwise being unable to properly recover from the earthquakes, it is very concerning that further legal proceedings are required to correct this injustice,” Mr Cameron said.

“We believe there are continuing human rights breaches and that the Government is acting unlawfully in a number of respects.”

Labour’s Canterbury earthquakes spokeswoman Megan Woods urged the Government to “pay all red zone property own-

ers a fair rate for the property it has acquired from them”.

“The court was clear in its ruling and the Government’s offer to only settle on land is a contemptuous disregard for a decision of the Supreme Court,” she said.

“Five years on, it’s time for the Government to admit they got it wrong, and offer red-zoned Cantabrians the full value of their properties.

“It’s time the Government let these people get on with their liv es.”

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■ METHVEN SHOW

Immaculate Misconceptions to stage again

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Following the outstanding success of their play Immaculate Misconceptions, Ashburton playwrights Georgie Sivier and Anna Heffernan are to stage it again this week.

The tongue-in-cheek Christmas comedy attracted about 90 people when it staged for one night at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre foyer in December.

“It oversold,” Miss Sivier said.

“We didn’t really have room for everyone, but we squished everyone in,” she said.

Due to popular demand, she and Miss Heffernan would be staging it again tonight at 8pm, this time at the pop-up theatre, The Woolshed, on a Methvenarea farm at 815 Back Track. The location would be signposted.

The play was open to all, and there would be no admission charge, rather people would be given the opportunity to donate at the end of the performance.

Immaculate Misconceptions is for a mature audience and follows the tale of two wayward sisters, Elle and Leah, who haven’t talked to each

Measles alert Passengers on a flight from China to Auckland over the weekend may have been exposed to measles. The Auckland Regional Public Health Service has put out a measles alert after a passenger on board the China Southern Airlines flight, CZ305, to Auckland was identified as having the disease.

The aircraft left Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 2am local time and arrived at 5.50pm on Saturday, January 30.

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Protests possible Te Tii Marae elders say there is a risk of deliberate attempts by protesters to block the Prime Minister John Key going on to the marae on Friday and there was little they could do to stop it. Trustee Emma Gibbs also warned Mr Key not to inflame the protesters with a highly political speech or “really it is coercing them into more blimmin’ riot”. The Prime Minister said yesterday he would travel to Te Tii after being invited onto the marae with the usual speaking rights. However, he warned that he would not go on if the expected anti-Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) protests were so large he could not physically get to the marae gates or if police advised they were not confident they could control the situation.

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Tourist charged A tourist driver is facing two charges of careless driving causing injury after a head-on crash on the Glenorchy-Paradise Road near Queenstown. Queenstown Sergeant Keith Newell said the 45-year-old was allegedly driving his rental van round a bend on the wrong side of the road when it collided with an oncoming car at 11.20am on Tuesday.

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Man crushed by car

Ashburton actors and playwrights Georgie Sivier and Anna Heffernan play Leah and Elle in Immaculate Misconceptions.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 161215-TM-075 other for two years. Miss Sivier plays the heavily pregnant and not-entirely-intelligent Leah, while Miss Heffernan plays the

bohemian Elle, who is a wellmeaning but misguided social worker.

The pair are on a road trip

from the North Island back to their uptight and upper class parents in Canterbury, but all does not go according to plan.

A car enthusiast fatally crushed by his favourite vehicle will be farewelled today. Warren Albert Croton, 65, became pinned under his Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Marshland on Saturday afternoon.

Mr Croton was working under the car when it slipped off blocks.

St John Ambulance staff called to the home at 3.30pm found him pinned under the vehicle and not moving. He was confirmed dead at the scene.

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Explosion forces landing An explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in a commercial airliner, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Mogadishu’s international airport late yesterday, officials and witnesses said.

The pilot said he thought it was a bomb.

An aviation expert who looked at photographs of the hole in the fuselage said the damage was consistent with an explosive device.

Two people were slightly injured as 74 passengers and crew of the plane were evacuated after the plane made a safe landing, Somali aviation official Ali Mohamoud said. It was not certain if all the passengers were accounted for.

The plane, operated by Daallo Airlines and headed to Djibouti in the Horn of Af-

rica, was forced to land minutes after taking off from the Mogadishu airport, said Mohamoud.

“I think it was a bomb,” said the Serbian pilot, Vladimir Vodopivec, who was quoted

by Belgrade daily Blic. “Luckily, the flight controls were not damaged so I could return and land at the airport. Something like this has never happened in my flight career. We lost pressure in the cabin.

Thank god it ended well,” the 64-year-old pilot said.

Awale Kullane, Somalia’s deputy ambassador to the UN who was on board the flight, said on Facebook that he “heard a loud noise and couldn’t see anything but smoke for a few seconds”.

When visibility returned they realised

“quite a chunk” of the plane was missing, he wrote.

Kullane, who was going to Djibouti to attend a conference for diplomats, also posted a video showing some passengers putting on oxygen masks inside the plane.

The post was later removed from his Facebook page.

“We don’t know a lot, but certainly it looks like a device,” said John Goglia, a former member of the US National Transportation Safety and aviation safety expert.

There are only two things that could have caused a hole in the plane that looks like the one in photos circulated online — a bomb or a pressurisation blowout caused by a flaw or fatigue in the plane’s skin, said Goglia.

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Controversial ear-piercing UK reality TV star Katie Price has defended piercing the ears of her 18-month-old daughter Bunny by comparing it to the religious practice of circumcision. The outspoken mother-of-five took her place on the panel on British TV show Loose Women to fight back against accusations of child abuse from followers after she posted images on Instagram of her daughter’s new piercings. Asked why she did not wait until Bunny - her daughter with husband Kieran Hayler - was old enough to choose for herself, Price replied: “What about kids that get circumcised? They don’t get a choice.

“Kieran is half Spanish and it’s their tradition.

You (Coleen Nolan, a panellist on the show) said you were Catholic and they get their ears pierced. No one has to sit here and justify.”

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Collins, ex-wife together Phil Collins’ ex-wife has kicked off divorce proceedings to formalise her split from her banker husband just days after it emerged she had reunited with the veteran musician.

The former Genesis star recently revealed he had reconciled with his third wife Orianne Cevey, the mother of his two sons, who he divorced in 2008, telling Billboard.com, “I’m actually back with my third wife. I haven’t really talked about it. We’ve been together for a while, and nobody’s noticed.” Cevey married banker Charles Fouad after splitting from Collins, and it has now emerged the former couple has started divorce proceedings. Court papers filed in the US on January 19 reportedly reveal Cevey and Fouad are in negotiations over custody of their five-year-old son and division of their assets.

In this image released by the Dutch Police this week, a trained eagle puts its claws into a flying drone. Police are working with a The Hague-based company that trains eagles and other birds to swoop down on small drones and grasp them in their talons in restricted areas or where they are banned, such as at large outdoor events.

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Dry outback towns celebrate flood Residents in one of the driest towns in outback Queensland have gathered at a pub surrounded by floodwaters to lift their glasses to the sky after the heaviest rain in years drenched the area.

About 162mm of rain was recorded at Urandangi, south of Mt Isa, over just three hours yesterday morning - almost three times the February average.

“It’s wet, very wet,” local pub owner Pam Forster told AAP. “There’s water over the road here and there, and a lot of the creeks and the swamps are full up and the Georgina (River) has come up from 2.4m to 3m in an hour.”

Patches of heavy rain hit much of the state’s drought-stricken northwest overnight, with several homes evacuated at nearby Dajarra and some of the region’s roads cut off.

Ms Forster said it was the most rain she had seen in the town, which has a population of about 25, since she moved to the farming region from the Kimberley eight years ago.

“It’s been a long time ... it’s needed very badly,” Ms Forster, who is originally from Victoria, said.

“We are happy and the (cattle) stations

will be happy too.”

Ms Forster went for a drive to inspect the town on Wednesday morning before opening up the pub to locals cut off by the floodwaters.

She said trade had been up and down since the drought hit after the last big weather event in February 2009 when 337mm of rain was recorded.

“It’s a great place to live but you’ll never be a millionaire, it’s the lifestyle you enjoy,” she said.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jess Carey said the heaviest falls were at Urandangi but other areas in the northwest, as well as areas around Gladstone and Emerald, received between 25mm and 100mm.

A southerly change that moved through the southeast overnight cooled temperatures after several hot and humid days.

- AAP

Regrets over Gaga Music executive LA Reid regrets dropping Lady Gaga from his record label, insisting she is the one artist that got away. Reid signed Gaga to Def Jam Recordings in 2006, but when she returned to his office to showcase her demos, the sheen had worn off and the music mogul decided to focus his attention on other stars. “She came into the conference room, played piano for me,” he told US breakfast show Today. “She was incredible. I told her, ‘You’re gonna change music, you’re an important artist... but I felt out of love, because to me music and artists, it’s sort of a love affair and when she came back to play her demos, I just didn’t like it anymore. “I was impatient, I probably wanted some immediate success and it was a huge mistake.” Reid also has regrets about his time with another pop diva, Whitney Houston.

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Allergies the modern day childhood epidemic

Sue Newman

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here’s something odd going on in New Zealand.

Not too long ago most people could eat most things.

Allergies were rare. Today they’re commonplace and that begs the question, what has happened over the past 20 years to create an environment where so many people have a food allergy of some kind.

Eggs, dairy, peanuts, gluten, they’re part of a long list of foods or food additives that make us sick.

But why now, when a decade or two ago most of us could eat all of these without a problem.

Is it environmental, is it a genetic shift in the human body that’s created lower tolerance levels to certain products or is it simply a better awareness of what makes us feel good and what does not?

However it’s happened, allergies have become a fact of life in New Zealand and we’re now building vast industries around providing the appropriate foods and medications to make life as simple as possible for food allergy sufferers.

While it might be relatively easy for families to manage allergies within homes, the issue becomes a lot more fraught when children start mixing with other children at school.

Anyone who’s been a packed lunch regular at school will have stories of the lunch goodies that were swapped between youngsters.

What’s everyday food to one is a treat to another and it would be the rare child who hasn’t been part of the swap-a-lunch routine.

That simply can’t happen today. If the wrong child gets the wrong food then it could be a fast track to a school yard medical disaster.

Most youngsters with allergies understand what they can and cannot eat, but kids are kids and while they might know the rules, at primary school they’re far too young to understand what might be lurking in a taste-tempting sandwich, roll or cake.

For schools, dealing with the allergy issue is just one more problem they have to deal with and plan for.

Today’s teachers deserve the highest of praise, they’re the ultimate multi-taskers.

Not only are they educators, they’ve become social workers, behavioural scientists and now they’re required to be health monitors too.

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The Christmas hols’ teacher trauma OUT OF SCHOOL

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ay! Choice! Wicked! Awesome! It’s back-to-school season and I love it!

The sound of happy voices, old acquaintances catching up and feet running to the school gate – and that’s just the parents!

Then there are the children, excited, nervous, reluctant, happy and expectant of new classmates and teachers.

And finally there are the teachers. This, the most curious of creatures, whom emerges from a prolonged absence of contact with students.

How do they feel?

Well actually you may be surprised to know that teachers go through five stages of going back to school.

Stage two: Christmastraction (The distraction of Christmas) A massive stage of submersion into all things Christmas.

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season. Christmas crackers are checked for spelling mistakes and leftover ham is separated from the yoghurt in the fridge, in case the yoghurt gets knocked over.

All Christmas wrapping paper is carefully collected, smoothed and put away for future classroom activities and the empty 4L cask of pre-mix Pina Colada is saved as a browsing box for the Zebras’ reading group.

Stage three: Deep denial New Year’s OK – I might get in trouble for this, but in this stage the teacher simply does not want to go back to the classroom.

They have now been away for more than two weeks (this is crucial as all other breaks are only two weeks’ long) and summer is kicking into gear.

Some have been known to check their employment agreements and find out how much notice they have to give, while others wonder what it would be like to work in a business where you don’t have to make a ream of A4 paper last a whole 10 weeks.

Stage four: Scavenger hunt holidays Not long after New Year’s the teacher will enter this stage. In the midst of a camping holiday they will accept that the new term is only weeks away.

Now begins a period of scavenging for the classroom. Partners of teachers will know this stage well. If they are at a beach, the camping trailer slowly fills with driftwood and shells. If they are by a river it will be smooth stones and pinecones. And if it is an urban holiday, it will be souvenirs and photos from Te Papa and the Sky Tower.

Teachers in this stage rope in family members to scavenge as well, leaving many children of teachers growing up thinking when you go on holiday, you take home more than you went with.

There is therapy for this.

Stage five: Frantic final week fever Then finally the teacher enters the final week before school starts and she explodes into the classroom with all the enthusiasm of a husband shopping with his wife at a mall.

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Stage one: Hyper-exhaustabration (exhausted and celebration put together) This stage begins immediately the 3pm bell rings on the last day of the term. In this stage the teacher retreats to the classroom and removes the caps from the whiteboard pens.

They do this knowing they will dry out and there is nothing more deeply satisfying to a teacher than beginning the year with a full set of whiteboard pens.

From here the teacher performs a series of rapid movements to gather her assortment of precious gifts from students and families, and immediately focuses on how much adult apple juice they will purchase and consume before dinner.

After the initial frenzy at the watering hole, the teacher settles into a semi-dopey state sleeping and then frantically waking up thinking they are on duty. This stage lasts for no more than a week due to the introduction of stage two.

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The teacher begins to collect reading books, then decides to move furniture, then before completing that wanders off and laminates a set of Level 1 Te Reo words for the room.

The fever of final week rises as the teacher can’t find her new diary she ordered in December, can’t log on to Google Docs because the principal decided the server needed maintenance and didn’t tell anyone, and she has forgotten there is a teacher-only day on Friday.

She also forgot that her syndicate was meeting at 9am tomorrow and she was meant to have organised their fitness programme for the first term.

But not to worry, she pulls it together and is ready to go when the children burst in on day one.

Not only that, she has a full set of new whiteboard pens as all of last year’s have dried up.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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Thumbs down for net services

BY SOPHIE BOOT Big telecommunications retailers Vodafone New Zealand and Spark New Zealand rub their internet customers up the wrong way by being difficult to contact, but people stick with them all the same as it’s too hard to compare services, according to a survey by Consumer NZ. A survey of the consumer lobby’s 8600 members ranked 12 internet providers, with Spark and Vodafone customers the least happy.

Vodafone fared worst in the survey, with just 30 per cent of 3000 customers satisfied, compared to an average of 44 per cent across all providers.

A satisfied ranking shows the percentage who rated their provider 8, 9 or 10 on a scale from zero to 10, with zero being very dissatisfied and 10 being very satisfied.

More than a quarter of Vodafone customers did not feel they were getting good value for money, and 51 per cent felt the company was

not easy to contact, with long wait times when calling customer service.

Spark also fared poorly, with just 35 per cent of 3400 customers satisfied with the country’s biggest telecommunications company. Some 45 per cent of customers found Spark hard to contact and about a third felt they were not getting good value for money.

Despite dissatisfaction, most

respondents had been with the same provider for at least two years, with about 60 per cent staying for five years or more and only 12 per cent very likely to change in the next 12 months.

This was not down to loyalty so much as companies making it difficult for consumers to compare and switch between providers, the consumer group said.

About 53 per cent of respond-

ents were finding it hard to compare services while 37 per cent said it was difficult to switch.

The happiest customers were with smaller companies, although there were fewer of their customers surveyed. Of Manawatu-based company Inspire Net’s 113 customers surveyed, 98 per cent were satisfied with the service; Now NZ, which is 26 per cent owned

by Spark, had an 88 per cent satisfaction rate over its 72 customers surveyed.

Nearly 40 per cent of respondents said they were very likely to move to an ultra-fast broadband plan and 17 per cent had already made the switch.

The major telecommunications providers performed better on mobile, although they still lagged behind average. An average of 49 per cent of consumers felt “very satisfied” with the services they were getting across all providers; for Spark, this dropped to 41 per cent, and 42 per cent for Vodafone.

Spark offshoot Skinny Mobile fared better, with 84 per cent of

customers very satisfied and 86 per cent feeling they were getting value for money. Two Degrees Mobile showed 69 per cent of customers very satisfied and 63 per cent happy with value for money.

Customers on pre-pay plans were more likely to be happy with their value for money, Consumer NZ said.

All Skinny customers and 57 per cent of 2degrees customers, were on pre-pay plans, with most spending $30 or less per month.

When it comes to online video streaming, Netflix was the clear winner in subscriber satisfaction.

Some 54 per cent of Netflix subscribers were happy with the service, compared with a quarter of those using Lightbox, 18 per cent of Sky Network Television’s Neon subscribers and 17 per cent of Quickflix users.

The survey was done in November, prior to Netflix’s announcement it was cracking down on subscribers using international versions of the service to access geoblocked content last month.

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New Zealand new vehicle sales rose to a record in January, as demand for commercial models offset a decline in passenger registrations.

Registrations increased 1.9 per cent to 11,893 in January, compared with the year-earlier month, marking the strongest January on record, according to the Lower Hutt-based Motor Industry Association.

Commercial vehicle registrations increased 13 per cent to 2657, the highest ever recorded for

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a January month, while passenger vehicle registrations slipped 1.2 per cent to 8899.

Demand for commercial vehicles such as utes, which are popular with tradespeople and farmers, reflects a trend to more car-like interior fit-outs that have encouraged people to use them for private as well as business purposes.

Sports utility vehicles make up about a third of sales. New Zealand vehicle sales have hit annual records for the past two years, in the face of record migration and tourism. However, the MIA expects sales to slow this year in line

with slower growth in the domestic economy.

“While new vehicle sales for 2016 have started where they left off in 2015, the remainder of 2016 is expected to slightly soften as the year progresses,” said MIA chief executive David Crawford.

Japanese car maker Toyota was the top selling brand in January, with 19 per cent market share, followed by Ford with 12 per cent, and Holden on 10 per cent. The Toyota Corolla was the top selling passenger model, while the Ford Ranger was the top selling commercial model.

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Dairy staff retention the last frontier

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New Zealand dairy farmers are at the cutting edge when it comes to managing pasture and animals, but not when it comes to people, according to workplace consultant Joan Baker.

She was in Ashburton yesterday speaking to farmers at DairyNZ’s people expo, where she advocated delegation as a means to increase productivity.

“I’m really concerned about how so many of our organisations are so brittle – because they are dependent on you,” she said.

“We need to get better at the people stuff to make your business more robust.

“We are world class when it comes to dealing with pasture, animals and technology, but when it comes to people we are starting from a fairly low base.”

Ms Baker said New Zealand, as a whole, does not rate well in the realm of people management, however, that did not necessarily spell doom and gloom.

“It means there is a lot of lowhanging fruit and good gains could be made relatively quickly,” she said.

By focusing on people, dairy farmers could overcome the final hurdle in increasing productivity.

“The difference between a good business and a great business lies

Joan Baker in what is done to attract great people.

“Why would great people that are not off farms choose dairying as a career? They need to be shown the great opportunities in the dairy industry.

“These young people are very choosy – they have all the information at their fingertips with today’s technology.”

Employers need to hone in on what a balanced and productive workplace would look like.

They need the right people doing the right job and happy to do it – not people who quit and tell their mates never to go near “that place”.

Staff recruitment is both costly and time consuming, and more effort was required to retain good people.

“The dairy industry is second

only to the coal sector when it comes to staff turnover,” Ms Baker said. “You can’t have a great business with a high staff turnover.

“If you had to spend that much money on other areas of your business it would do your head in.”

Engaged employees were happy and productive, they felt valued by their employers and volunteered to go above and beyond the tasks in their job description.

That said, no-one should be expected to work more than 50 hours a week under normal circumstances. After that point they are prone to making mistakes, Ms Baker said.

Disconnected and exhausted workers were more inclined to sabotage workplaces, by harming animals and/or breaking machinery. They also present a health and safety risk, both to themselves and other employees.

“If you take your child to the hospital you hope the young doctor on duty is not exhausted,” she said. “We become ineffective when we are over-worked.

“There is a very good reason for an eight-hour day. After that we might be physically present but our brain is not.”

She said the answer lay in having contingency plans to cover staff sickness and other unforeseen events.

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TINWALD SHEEP SALE Recent pasture growth has resulted in an increased demand for store lambs, pushing up prices at this week’s Tinwald sheep sale.

Woolly crossbred store lambs in good condition made $72.

In the prime sheep pens prices were consistent with last week’s sale, due to a light yarding. Heavy, woolly lambs fetched $98-$108, medium weights $85-$94, and lighter sheep $70-$82.

Heavy woolly ewes sold for $68-$73, mediums $60-$66 and lighter weights $50-$58.

Store lambs were also in demand at the annual Double Hill Station sale in the Rakaia Gorge last week, where 7941 lambs were offered to a strong gallery.

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Hopes high for Rising Star

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Pete Swann’s velvet entry for this year’s Rising Star Hard Antler and Velvet Competition won’t be the heaviest, but he reckons it’s got what it takes to catch the judges’ eyes.

With more than 40 years in the business, Mr Swann thinks the industry is losing touch with what the market is looking for when it comes to velvet.

His entry in the two-year-old velvet class weighs in at 6.17kg, but what it lacks in bulk it makes up for in conformation, he says.

“It has good strong, heavy tines and a round beam, which is what the market wants for slicing cleanly,” Mr Swann said.

This year he has opted to sell all the velvet produced on his Elgin property for powder, to be used by the international functional food industry.

“We are not big enough and we don’t have the processing facilities to deal with it here,” he said.

“We aim to sell product to someone who is dealing with those markets, by producing high quality velvet.

“Some of it may end up in the US and the

rest will go to South East Asia, rather than China.

Mr Swann is confident the relatively small market will continue to grow as sales and distribution channels open up.

“The market is looking positive – those countries have always had an association with velvet, now it’s just a matter of getting the right product,” he said.

“It will all revolve around the quality of product we can produce,” he said.

“Creating awareness about what we produce is also important, especially in markets like Russia and Kazakhstan, where people are starting to shun processed foods.

“It’s getting the product in the right form, which is easily accessible and affordable – (velvet) powder is expensive that’s why we are targeting the functional food market.”

At the National Velvet and Trophy Antler competition in December, Mr Swann’s entry took second place in the open class velvet competition – and he will be looking to duplicate that success with his two-yearold head at the Rising Star competition in Rotorua on February 20.

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■ TOYOTA HILUX

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n very recent years the previous Toyota Hilux had to face up to a barrage of new, more powerful and better featured competitors – especially Ford’s Ranger.

But because of its almost iconic status and brand loyalty, they continued to sell strongly, particularly the 4WD models right through until Toyota’s old Hilux cupboard was bare.

Meantime they were able to clearly gauge, with people’s changing lifestyles, just where the ute is headed, especially as a recreational vehicle, and also take note of their customers’ wish list.

That list included a smarter look, more power, more comfort and interior space while still preserving Hilux’s robustness, and go-almost-anywhere abilities.

Now with 21 new Hilux models, Toyota likely provides the answers for all this, and a ute for every situation.

Most are diesels, and they come in various combinations; 2WD or 4WD; single, extra or double cab.

There’s the no nonsense “working” 2WD and 5-speed manual-only S; the next step up SR and PreRunners together with the more luxurious SR5 “lifestyle” utes.

Pricing ranges from $36,990 for a single cab-chassis up to $70,490 for the 4WD, auto, SR5 Limited.

So far I’ve spent time with two.

The first, a PreRunner.

These are high-riding 2WD only, double-cabs and catering for those who like riding higher but don’t need 4WD. For some users, having the diff-lock as included on the 4WD’s utes would be advantageous!

The second, a 4WD SR5 Limited with 6-speed manual.

My tests of both, and particularly so with the SR5 involved some quick (in a responsible and street-legal way) longer touring, including a return drive to Mosgiel. On that trip the SR5’s comfort and convenience, plus the absence of the navigator, meant non-stop drives both ways.

Also a little off-roading – a little only because it’s obvious the new 4WD models will be even better off-road than their predecessors.

Thanks to their bounteous torque, stronger ladder chassis, better wheel articulation and approach/ departure angles, the 286mm ground clearance, diff-lock and the impressive crawling ability courtesy of the transfer box’s low

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ratios. The standard tyres are more onroad than off-road orientated.

Back to the on road stuff.

Before this year the competition could pretty much, in all respects, leave the Hilux in their rear-view mirrors.

But no longer, for the new 2.8 litre turbo diesel fixes this.

Depending on the model, it can produce up to 450Nm between 1600 and 2400rpm, and can deliver up to 80 per cent of this from just 1200rpm.

Both utes cruised effortlessly and overtook with consummate ease, with their respective swells of solid torque making the likes of the Kilmog climb feel insignificant.

The smart 6-speed auto cleverly keeps the engine in its most effective powerband and you soon learn replicate this when driving the manual SR5.

Swift changes are possible and the clutch is light!

The trip computer showed 8.0L/100k for my Mosgiel drive.

Also their new chassis dynamics show with much improved road manners.

They’re predictable, responsive and the ride, courtesy of that new, but still best-for-towing, rear leaf suspension is very civilised.

Lots of work too has obviously been done to minimise engine, road and wind noise.

The cabins, while expectedly still being about function and durability rather than form, have comfortable seats and very good space for the driver and front passenger. There’s good head and leg room and comfort for two adults in the rear seats as well.

The dash is well set out with easy to read instruments and a large, very easy to use, touch centre. All, except for the cab-chassis models, have reversing cameras.

The PreRunner had interesting looking black steel wheels, while the SR5s add alloys and lots of other stuff including LED headlights, climate air and satnav, plus the Limited gets leather seats and more.

FINALE Smarter, tougher and better than ever to drive, this new Hilux range should satisfy pretty much everything dedicated Hilux buyers, and others will ever want!

And for dedicated petrol-heads there’s an SR5 with a 4-litre 175kW/376Nm V6.

Captain’s run Trophy moves on W W ell known for coming up with great rally ideas, the Vintage Car Club have come up with another good

one.

They invite members of the public to join them for a barbecue before they go on their Club Captain’s evening run on Sunday February 21.

People interested are invited to the Vintage Car Club rooms on Maronan Road from 4pm to look at some cars (and maybe show off their own vehicles), stay for a barbecue at 5pm and then maybe go for a ride on the rally.

The club will provide some bangers for the barbecue but those joining them may like to bring a salad to share.

Want to know more? Phone Club Captain Neville Ross on 308 8646.

e’ve fielded a few questions this week from readers wondering if our motoring writers Roger and Bernard found their way around the Vintage Car Club annual rally on Saturday, and if so do they still have the trophy they won last year.

Yes and no!

Roger and Bernard didn’t get lost, and enjoyed the rally on which they say the inclement weather certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of those taking part.

Unfortunately someone had a spot of misfortune and the Hard Luck Trophy has indeed changed hands.

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Pricing: PreRunner $46,990. SR5 Limited $ 67,990.

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The BMW X5 has no trouble getting in amongst the hard stuff.

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otor Industry Association registration data has confirmed the best selling model in the BMW range is also the country’s most popular premium SUV of the year, with the BMW X5 claiming the title ahead of all other competitors in the large SUV segment.

“BMW represents the ultimate driving machine and there’s nothing like the feeling only a BMW SUV can provide,” said the managing director of BMW Group New Zealand, Florian Renndorfer.

“The BMW X5 is the epitome of driving excellence in this class, delivering sports performance combined with an engaging, rewarding driving experience.

“It is the ultimate sports activity vehicle for New Zealanders as it also offers generous interior space and comfort, seven-seat capability as well as outstanding efficiency.

“It’s no small wonder it continues to enjoy such resounding success year after year.”

The performance of the BMW X5 is complementary to the achievement of one of the newest models in the BMW range, the BMW i3, which was awarded the AA New Zealand Motoring Writers Guild Car of the Year title.

“The BMW i3 represents an important step in the future of sustainable personal mobility yet

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“It is a historic achievement as it is the first time in the 25-year history of the award that an electric car has won the title.”

Another award winning model for BMW which enjoyed Car of the Year success is the new BMW 7 Series, recognised by the National Business Review as the Luxury Car of the Year.

Judges lauded the BMW 7 Series as “a luxury vehicle that feels like the future of the automobile brought forward to the present day”.

“Not only does the new model shape the future of automotive luxury, but BMW enthusiast will appreciate the advanced technology including world-first Gesture Control, full colour heads-up display, the innovative BMW ConnectedDrive and introduction of BMW Laserlight technology,” Mr Renndorfer said.

Sales of BMW M models also continued at impressive pace throughout the year, cementing New Zealand as one of the best performing markets globally in terms of BMW M model sales as a percentage of total vehicles sold.

“BMW M, especially the M3 Sedan and M4 Coupe, are iconic sports performance models and encapsulate the race-bred heritage of BMW itself,” Mr Renndorfer said.

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Ashburton Bowling Club Despite the weather some men’s Championship games are being played and should all be finalised shortly. The ladies playing at Methven had success with a team of Gloria Hawkins, Relda Prendergast, Jo Dennis and Shirley Maw winning the Edna Low Ladies fours. Another composite team of Wendy, Dianna and Gaynor with a lass from Methven as skipper were placed 3rd. Well done to all.

At Hinds in the Maddison Trophy Graham Taylor, Rodger and Wendy Herriot and Harold Kemp with 3 wins finished 3rd.

The greens are in tip top order and many thanks go to Roger, Diane and their team for their upkeep, and to the hard working gardeners especially Bruce Mitchell and his canine companion who are there most days, a big thank you for making the grounds so special. Visitors from out of town heaped great praise for them.

Coming up are the Glassey Pairs, an in house event, so get a partner and put your names on the board for Thursday February 4. Man and Lady team please.

To those unwell we send our wishes for a better time ahead and hope to see you round the club sooner rather than later.

Good Bowling to you all.

The ladies have completed another fixture on February 2. The handicap singles were played and Wendy Herriott won with 3 wins 27 ends 51 points for and 21 against with Dawn Bruce a very close second place with 3 wins 22 ends 50 points for and 22 against. 3rd Heather Goodall and 4th Barbara Ewan.

Well done ladies as the temps were really high which made conditions try-

Thursday, February 4, 2016 ing. 2 teams travelled to Halswell on Monday to play in the ladies fours, and both came home as winners. Diane Gutberlet, Diana King, Gaynor Crack and Gillian Kelly won with 3 wins 18 ends and 34 points, and Margaret Eder, Noeline Woods, Dawn Bruce and Leonie Spargo a very close second with 3 wins 18 ends and 33 points. Oh for just 1 more point.

They also scored well in the Raffle table.

This week the Glassey pairs, sponsored

by Carpet Court will be held on Thursday 1.30 pm: whites or uniform is the dress code please. It is mixed pairs, 3 bowls.

Sat rollovers have been hampered by the weather but players are still rolling up to play. Well done to you.

To those not well we send our wishes for better days ahead and our thoughts are with you.

Ashburton County Lions Following the Christmas break an excellent turnout of 52 members attended the January tea meeting of the Ashburton County Lions Club. The club welcomed Mrs Barbara Harris, president of Ashburton Branch NZ Heart Foundation who was presented with a cheque for $6000, the proceeds from our recent Garden Ramble. This money will be used locally to benefit the Ashburton community.

The focus for the evening was then centred on preparations for the hosting of the 2016 202J District Lions Convention over the weekend of 26th to 28th February. This will see 150 to 200 Lion members attending from Rakaia to Milton as well District Governors from around New Zealand and a past International Director from Australia.

www.guardianonline.co.nz The theme for the weekend is “Hakatere Kaleidoscope” reflecting the rapid change of cultures, agriculture and businesses in the Mid-Canterbury district and we are planning to make it a colourful and fun weekend. The convention will be based at the Ashburton College Auditorium and Menorlue.

A partners’ programme will give our visitors a chance to see the sights of MidCanterbury and to do some shopping.

With the support and hard work from all members of our club we hope that it will be a very successful weekend.

Ashburton Horticultural Society The first meeting of the year was well attended and there were some beautiful blooms on the competition table despite the variable season. Plans for the Annual Garden Competition were finalised and our judges this year will be Brian Lovelock and Tony O’Hagan from Christchurch. Speaker for the evening was Peter Clarke, who gave advice on the many garden fertilizers and weed killers available. New products are continually being developed to replace those now withdrawn from sale with the emphasis being on more natural and less harmful.

Peter also spoke on the need to maintain garden equipment including how to avoid frost damage to irrigations systems, and mowing lawns to the correct height according to the season.

Table show results were: Pat Tarbotton 9 firsts, 5 seconds, Anne Gamblin 5, 0, 5, Joy Jaine 3, 5, 4, Brian Glassey 3, 0, 2, Dorothy Broome 2, 0, 1, Maureen Randall 1, 1, 1, Surrey Lamont 0, 3, 0, Jeff Jaine 0, 0, 1.

The raffle was won by Maureen Randall and Premier bloom was awarded to Dorothy Broome for her white hydrangea. All those helping with the garden competition are asked to meet 9am on Sunday February 14. Our next meeting will be Monday February 22 when certificates and trophies will be awarded.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club 8 players from Ashburton had an enjoyable day at Papanui playing in the Arthur Diaper Memorial Triples Trophy last Saturday.

Runners up in the Championship were Betty King (Ashburton) with Tony Wilkinson and Maureen Morgan (Papanui.)

Third: Irene Herron (Ashburton), with Bruce Hoffman (Papanui) and Robin Ward (Christchurch) Place getters in the Plate were:First: Rewa Kyle (Ashburton) Art Vernon (Papanui) Pauline Fowlds (Woolston) Second: Stephen Kyle (Ashburton), Tilo Petschick (Ascot) Janet Wilkinson (Papanui) Third: Marion Harrison (Ashburton, Lyn Koppes and Dave Wagstaff (Papanui) Players performed very well in temperatures of 33.

Coming up on Sunday 14th February is an open day in the Ashburton domain on the footpath beside the West Street car park. This is where we started 4 years ago.

Members of the public will be given the opportunity to ”Give it a go.” So come along and try yourselves out. We will have plenty of spare boules for you to use.

Red Cross Tinwald Branch New Zealand Red Cross.

The first meeting of 2016 was held on February 2 at the Ashburton Museum where President Elizabeth Davies welcomed 15 members and received six apologies. The Red Cross Principles were said by all. Minutes of December meeting were read and confirmed and Correspondence received.

Treasurer Audrey Bruce gave the financial report. Information on the Positive Ageing Expo on March 3 organised by Age Concern was given with Tinwald Branch hosting a Red Cross display and a roster was set up for members to volunteer a time to be present. Also the New Zealand Red Cross Annual Appeal date of March 4 and members put forward their names to collect outside Sim’s Bakery in Tinwald. March 17 is Red Cross Rose Day for the selling of Red Cross Roses and members were generous in volunteering their time for a roster to sell the roses.

Members agreed to have meetings monthly starting from April and several ideas were put forward for speakers.

A Committee meeting is being held next week to finalise rosters etc for the busy month of activities in March.

Afternoon tea was held at the conclusion of the meeting and then all adjourned downstairs to be met by Michael Hanrahan Manager of the Ashburton Museum who gave us an in depth insight of the Museum, its workings and the various rooms that are used for a particular purpose. Pat O’Brien gave a vote of thanks for the most interesting and stimulating talk and presented Michael with a fruit tray.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 6 Weekend Ladies. Blacklow Trophy – stableford. Mixed Day. February 9 Mid-Week Ladies. Rnd 1 Longbeach Cup (Qualifying). Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393. Starters: K. Green & G. Lane. Report 8.30 for 9.00 start.

No. 1 Tee. 9.00 A. Hewson, R. Bennett, M. Stoddart. 9.06 V. Moore, T. Cates, A. Hunt. 9.12 K. Read, D. Simmons, K. Miles. 9.18 J. Welch, B. Turton, K. Green.

9.24 J. Williams, E. Sullivan, J. Ackerley.

No. 7 Tee. 9.12 L. Wackrow, M. Watson, B. Williams. 9.18 C. Trott, H. Robertson, G. Lane. No. 10 Tee. 9.00 J. Guilford, S. Lemon, J. Dunlop. 9.06 F. Williamson, D. Engelbrecht, M. Bean. 9.12 P. Bell, L. Small, J. McKeown. 9.18 A. Grant, E. Porter, S. Letham.

February 11 Nine Hole Men and Women. Rnd 1 Jean Drummond Trophy – putting. Report: 9.15 for 9.30. Convenor: Joy Nicholas 3086464

Tinwald Golf Club February 9 Women’s Division LGU 1st Burrows Cup Maree Moore No 1 9.00 J. Peacock J. vander Heide M. Bennett 9.05 M. Moore S. Gutsell V. Cartney 9.10 J. Undy J. Bruhns D. Well-

man No 10 9.00 M. Kennedy M. Colville T. Clarke 9.05 M. Smith V. Prendergast L. Glassey 9.10 M. Oakley B. Jackson L. Bird No 13 9.00 J. Smith H. Argyle C. Linney 9.05 B. Harris P. Ellis I. Divers B. O’Neill 9 Holes Combined Stableford No 10 9.20 N. Costin B. Irvine C. Carr Starters J. Bruhns D. Wellman; Cards M. Kennedy J. Smith; Tea duty V. Cartney I. Divers; Draw Steward J. Bruhns

RESULTS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club February 2

Ladies Handicapped Singles 1st Wendy Herriott wins 7 ends 1 points 1 against; 2nd Dawn Bruce 3 wins 2 ends 50 points 22 against; 3rd Heather Goodall 2 wins 24 ends 44 points 29 against; 4th Barbara Ewan 1 win 15 ends 34 points 57 against

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Ashburton Golf Club February 2 Women’s Section LGU Silver – Hilary Lovett – 68 Bronze 1 – Trish Cates – 68 Bronze II – Jeanette Montgomery – 73 Bronze III – Judy Sheppard - 75 on countback from Janice Dunlop Nearest the Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Pauline Bell, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Alison Hewson, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon:

Kath Read, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Lynn Small, No 18 2nd shot to Green: Gay Lane 2’s Alison Hewson #8, Sally Lemon #12 Twos: Daphne Hinton and Trish Cates

Tinwald Golf Club February 2 Women’s Division Gwen Forbes Salver Barbara Cochrane 100 35 65 Phyl Ellis 103 37 66 Jo Peacock 84 17 67 Betty O’Neil 105 37 68 Colleen Linney 92 21 7 N/P No 2 Murray Young (NZRE) Trish Clarke No 6 Stables Restaurant Phyl Ellis No12 Mac &Maggies Betty O’Neil No 16 Outdoor Adventure Sonjia Mee 9 Hole Competition Syliva Williams Tray Nancy Costin 63 27 36 Cath Carr 69 29 40.

M3 Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge raceway

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting Cambridge Raceway today. NZ 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 12.01pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER HENLEY SPRINT C0, 375m 1 35x Lovely Rita nwtd .........................D Schofield 2 Fx Zafonic Sound nwtd ...................D Schofield 3 2x Vegas Burst nwtd ...........................P Henley 4 24726 Scott Some Ticka nwtd B &................ Steele 5 74543 Drunken Lady nwtd .......................... S Clark 6 47453 Zoe’s Funk nwtd ........................... H Mullane 7 55322 Embrace Me nwtd ............................ S Clark 8 Take Action nwtd .........................B Littlejohn 9 658x5 Mean As Mena nwtd ........................ S Clark 10 66586 Semi Automatic nwtd R & N O’ ..........Regan 2 12.19pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAYLEY MULLANE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 67346 Miss Bunnythorpe nwtd U &..............Cottam 2 41442 Maligned nwtd U & ................................Bliek 3 7x111 Don’t Brag 21.72 .......................... H Mullane 4 648x8 Wee Ping Wawa nwtd ...................... S Clark 5 22222 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 6 25274 Spotted Flyer nwtd M &.................... J Smith 7 64445 Lady Jane 21.70 B &.......................... Steele 8 74873 Wairio Dee Jay 21.37 ........................J Black 9 67465 Go Andwyn 21.53 ............................ S Clark 10 34768 High Calibre 21.44 ......................... I George 3 12.36pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C2, 375m 1 46813 Skinny Ankles 21.49 ...................... P Lowen 2 77885 Zulu Mercedes 21.48 .......................M Black 3 15375 Who Rocks 21.46......................... H Mullane 4 13444 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik 5 82624 Bigtime Moola nwtd U &........................Bliek

6 88551 Rasso 21.08 ......................................B Craik 7 73646 Bigtime Dasher nwtd U & ......................Bliek 8 56666 Thrilling Carter 21.24 U & .................Cottam 4 12.54pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH DISTANCE C2d, 650m 1 52535 Teemaria 38.03 ......................... A Lawrence 2 16112 Kitty’s Shiraz nwtd H & ................L Laagland 3 54112 Jazzboy Jack 38.15 ................... A Lawrence 4 25424 Black Dude 38.25...................... A Lawrence 5 23111 Shandell 37.61 .......................... A Lawrence 6 46433 Thrilling Evie 38.01 U & ........................Bliek 7 83637 Who Dat Boy 37.47 ...................... H Mullane 8 31466 Acamas nwtd ............................ A Lawrence 5 1.12pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY SERVICES SPRINT C3, 375m 1 15623 Jinja Luca 21.29 W & ......................T Steele 2 24525 Jack Rob 21.31 .............................. G Farrell 3 16357 Baymax 21.40 ...................................B Craik 4 46583 Fortis Flier 21.57 U & ........................Cottam 5 31574 Vincent Gallo 21.89 W & .................T Steele 6 88688 Big Jamesy 20.94 ............................T Agent 7 45266 Melman 21.44 ..............................R K Roper 8 52112 Macjam 21.12 ............................D Schofield 6 1.29pm DOGZONE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 51348 That Ice Cold nwtd ....................... H Mullane 2 45656 Scott The Looks nwtd B & .................. Steele 3 52423 Spinel 21.78 ......................................S Ross 4 316x2 Crying In Vegas nwtd ....................... S Clark 5 24237 Spearmint Juju nwtd U & ..................Cottam 6 27315 Thrilling Forest 21.55 U & .................Cottam 7 64655 Jinja Mia 21.65 W & ........................T Steele 8 88665 Plenty Of Time nwtd R & N O’............Regan 9 88875 Lochinvar Maine nwtd ................D Schofield 10 34768 High Calibre 21.44 ......................... I George 7 1.47pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT

C5, 375m 1 28215 Zipping Steve 21.16 ...................D Schofield 2 82643 Solarian 21.21 ...................................S Ross 3 22512 Takamori nwtd ............................B Goldsack 4 73653 Chris’s Pride 21.09 ..................... W Toomath 5 13123 Country Gun 21.30.......................... K Walsh 6 31131 Nangar Star 20.86......................D Schofield 7 52132 Optic Shimmer 21.09 ...................... K Walsh 8 55112 Brown Eye Boy 21.01................... H Mullane 9 36218 Speed Lorde 21.00 ...........................B Craik 10 54815 Talkin Fancy 21.31 .....................D Schofield 8 2.04pm BOX1 GOLD SPRINT C1, 375m 1 53537 Opawa Uno 21.28 W & ...................T Steele 2 12181 No More Debt 21.54........................ T Green 3 21463 Our Swift Buddy 21.51 ..................... S Clark 4 75266 Jelly Gem 21.50 U & .........................Cottam 5 33727 Just About Ready 21.40...................M Black 6 14651 Scott No Value nwtd B & .................... Steele 7 45474 Coruba Rage 21.61........................ G Farrell 8 48613 Feel The Force 21.35 P & ............. J Cleaver 9 68777 Golfing Buddy nwtd R & N O’.............Regan 10 36478 Vicariously 21.40............................ I George 9 2.22pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR STAKES C2, 457m 1 23422 Kimetto nwtd ...............................L Laagland 2 51154 Oscar Tron 25.63........................D Schofield 3 55215 Tyrion 25.79 ....................................P Green 4 24111 Cool Marlow 25.61 .......................... T Green 5 78378 Pirate Lore 25.76 ............................. S Clark 6 25434 Boris Gump 25.85 ............................ S Clark 7 78222 Golden Ivy 25.59 W & .....................T Steele 8 66874 Lucky Collect 25.91....................D Schofield 9 54744 Varga Frost nwtd ..............................T Agent 10 2.39pm IMAGE APPAREL SPRINT C4, 375m 1 43147 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Embrace Me, Vegas Burst, Lovely Rita, Zoe’s Funk, Zafonic Sound Race 2: Don’t Brag, Dipsy Lala, Spotted Flyer, Maligned, Wairio Dee Jay Race 3: Rasso, Skinny Ankles, Thrilling Carter, Zulu Mercedes, Cookie Monster Race 4: Shandell, Jazzboy Jack, Who Dat Boy, Teemaria, Black Dude Race 5: Macjam, Jinja Luca, Jack Rob, Big Jamesy, Fortis Flier Race 6: Crying In Vegas, Spinel, Jinja Mia, Spearmint Juju, That Ice Cold Race 7: Nangar Star, Optic Shimmer, Zipping Steve, Takamori, Brown Eye Boy Race 8: No More Debt, Scott No Value, Coruba Rage, Just About Ready, Our Swift Buddy Race 9: Golden Ivy, Oscar Tron, Cool Marlow, Lucky Collect, Tyrion Race 10: Sandor Glegane, Thrilling Galaxy, Sometime Soon, Call Me Blue, Skyler White Race 11: Dylans A Villain, Zipping Dee, Diva Pose, April’s My Mum, Global Conquest Race 12: Lochinvar Impact, Zipping Express, Premier Osti, Triple Parked, New Look 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

36532 Sometime Soon 21.34 ......................B Craik 64863 Sandor Glegane 21.23 .................... T Green 63466 Umaga Rama 21.41 B & .................... Steele 34223 Thrilling Galaxy 21.43 U & ................Cottam 71277 Call Me Blue 21.17.....................K R Toomer 57547 Fresco Star 21.43........................B Littlejohn 11216 Myrniong Girl 21.25 ........................ T Green 67347 Kerry Lane nwtd .........................B Goldsack 71766 Rockin’ Fancy 21.26 ...................D Schofield 11 2.57pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS STAKES C1, 457m 1 24443 Dylans A Villain 25.75 .......................C Hore 2 56422 April’s My Mum nwtd ....................... T Green 3 2212x Zipping Dee nwtd .......................D Schofield 4 72567 Tulip Muncher nwtd B & ..................... Steele 5 44411 Diva Pose nwtd M & ......................... J Smith

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24153 Opawa Binge nwtd B & ...................... Steele 62824 Global Conquest nwtd W & .............T Steele 47663 Miss Votchka 26.58 B & ..................... Steele 55445 Ruby Murray nwtd ...........................P Green 82588 Preoccupied nwtd .............................J Black 12 3.14pm FAREWELL FINNBARR MCCAFFREY STAKES C3/4, 457m 1 43384 New Look 25.78 .........................D Schofield 2 11118 Triple Parked 25.68 .......................... S Clark 3 87536 Premier Osti 25.50 ............................C Hore 4 51723 Zipping Express nwtd.................D Schofield 5 48262 Lochinvar Impact 25.38 ..............D Schofield 6 33557 What That Does 26.21 .................... T Green 7 44273 Thrilling Logan 25.75 ...................... K Walsh 8 71378 Cawbourne Wales nwtd ...............R McPhee 9 77845 Opawa Kuru nwtd W & ....................T Steele

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

M5 Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu raceway

Manawatu HRC meeting at Manawatu Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 5.18pm (NZT) THE HINDRUP HANDICAP TROT $6000, 3yo+ c0 to c1 spechcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 Steadfast (1) fr ............................A Donnelly 2 52295 Above The Rest (2) fr ...............K Chittenden 3 2x Malabar Spur (3) fr .................... J Abernethy 4 x8046 Eli (4) fr ................................. A Poutama (J) 5 08070 Tehoro Hazel (U1) fr ..................... S Dickson 6 49095 Moment Of Love (1) 30 ................ D Butcher 7 62549 Bim Bom Bay (2) 30 ..........................K More 8 76366 Ma Cille (3) 30......................... B Butcher (J) 9 04030 Mistress Castleton (4) 30 ....... K Marshall (J) 10 90420 Rarangi Jewel (5) 30 .....................B Weaver 11 08189 Torpedo Run (U1) 30 ......................S Doody 2 5.48pm TOTALLY VETS SERVICES MOBILE PACE $6000, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 58688 Local Yokel (1) fr .................... A Poutama (J) 2 47584 Lady Maria (2) fr...............................A Pyers 3 Kash (3) fr ........................................R Close 4 44259 Tenacious Bromac (4) fr ....... D Ferguson (J) 5 x7096 Strawb’s Chippie (5) fr ............... J Abernethy

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 9. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 4.27pm (NZT) KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 38887 Costing Money 17.42 ...................... M Grant 2 88432 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................B Evans 3 26764 Human Instinct 17.33 .............J T McInerney 4 7587x Thumb Print Tony nwtd ..........J T McInerney 5 24x28 Know Contest 17.30.......................G Cleeve 6 41443 Candyboy 17.48 C & .......................... Fagan 7 85615 Om Nom Nom 17.22 ..............J T McInerney 8 56162 Patchwork Alice 17.30...................... B Dann 9 15763 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 10 68562 Get Ready Freddy 17.18 ...........A Bradshaw 2 4.43pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH C3, 295m 1 87x82 Wine Time nwtd .....................J T McInerney 2 52461 Captain Shazz 17.27 C &................... Fagan 3 46844 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 4 78834 Thunder Storm 17.42 .............J T McInerney 5 53147 Ohoka Coby 17.13 ....................... L Waretini 6 22722 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann 7 64117 Struggle Is Real 17.61 H & .................Taylor 8 78366 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 9 15763 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 10 86526 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney

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6 672 Cordelia (6) fr ............................... D Butcher 7 x0958 Gotta Go Wild Spirit (7) fr ....... K Marshall (J) 8 970 Mitchell McKah (21) fr ...............S Abernethy 9 70907 Shadowman (22) fr .........................K Gill (J) 10 786 Oliver Queen (23) fr ....................A Donnelly 11 3970 Zara Brown (24) fr ......................P Ferguson 3 6.19pm STEPHEN DOODY RACING STABLES HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4yo+ c2 & faster, 2500m 1 87355 Clifden Clowers (1) fr ................ J Abernethy 2 60418 Little Bro (2) fr .............................. D Butcher 3 86737 The Prince (3) fr ..............................S Doody 4 10000 Notre Dame (U1) fr ................ K Marshall (J) 5 41721 No Bacardi Damit (U2) fr....... A Poutama (J) 6 59660 Mokosun (U1) 10 .................... B Butcher (J) 7 80483 Kowhai Whiz (1) 20 ..........................R Close 4 6.47pm 1ST SIGNS MOBILE PACE $6000, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 Gallant (1) fr .....................................R Close 2 04239 Danse Macabre (2) fr .................P Ferguson 3 58444 Sifty Tuesday (3) fr ......................A Donnelly 4 87366 Diamond Delight (4) fr ...............S Abernethy 5 Go Paddy (5) fr........................ B Butcher (J) 6 84999 Cottonwood (6) fr .............................B Taylor

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x0078 The Crofter (7) fr ................... A Poutama (J) 0844 Courcelles fr ................................. Scratched 050 Glendene (21) fr ........................ J Abernethy x9365 Strawb’s Regal Act (22) fr ...... K Marshall (J) 00000 Gotta Ticket (23) fr ..........................K Gill (J) 5 7.13pm MAINLINE FARRIER SUPPLIES MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c1, c2 with cond., 2000m 1 33100 Extra Guinness (1) fr .....................B Weaver 2 84680 Brandy (2) fr ......................... D Ferguson (J) 3 95057 Aces N Eights (3) fr ................ K Marshall (J) 4 00209 Lady Molly (4) fr .................... A Poutama (J) 5 41770 Rio Grande (5) fr ....................... J Abernethy 6 09058 Chequeme Rosie (6) fr...............P Ferguson 7 00x07 Ashley H (7) fr ......................... B Butcher (J) 8 06970 Go Fella Go (21) fr ...........................R Close 9 90088 Rangi Rangdu (22) fr ........................K More 10 86098 Megatron (23) fr ........................... D Butcher 6 7.41pm ROSIE O’GRADY’S MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 41890 Shapeofthingstocome (1) fr..............B Taylor 2 95521 American Fantasy (2) fr.......... K Marshall (J) 3 33779 Irish Kath (3) fr ........................ B Butcher (J) 4 45015 Paul’s Verdict (4) fr ...........................R Close

5 89P02 Chevrons Easy (5) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 6 55610 Honey Smith (6) fr ........................ D Butcher 7 396P0 Starry Delight (7) fr.................. T Lethaby (J) 8 86671 Janron (21) fr ........................ A Poutama (J) 9 0P698 Taylahs Girl (22) fr .....................S Abernethy 10 55737 Golden Billion (23) fr ..................P Ferguson 11 02080 Our Wicklow (U1) fr ................... J Abernethy 7 8.06pm SPEEDY SIGNS MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c2, c3 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 25559 Franco Lennox (1) fr .................. J Abernethy 2 03890 Maritime Arden (2) fr ........................R Close 3 37427 Everlasting Grace (3) fr ................ D Butcher 4 01563 Stagger Lee (4) fr ................... K Marshall (J) 5 65308 Prime Legal (5) fr .................... B Butcher (J) 6 84703 Waipipi Falcon (6) fr .............. S Cruickshank 7 89000 Dashing Dane (7) fr....................P Ferguson 8 16338 Islay (21) fr ............................ A Poutama (J) 9 x7638 Sea MC (22) fr .................................G Small 10 66979 Branch Rickey fr ........................... Scratched 11 51420 Cut The Cards (23) fr .............. T Lethaby (J) 12 40714 Pay Me Sush (24) fr ..................S Abernethy 8 8.31pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY LTD MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1, c2 with cond., 2000m

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18345 Prime Lustre (1) fr ................. A Poutama (J) 30809 Fast Official (2) fr.......................... D Butcher 09802 God’s Delight (3) fr .....................P Ferguson 5676x Miss Badlands (4) fr ..................S Abernethy 28686 Righteous Royale (5) fr ............. J Abernethy 56864 Sicilian Secret (6) fr.....................A Donnelly 77909 Contractual Issues (7) fr...................R Close 42252 Jack Bates (21) fr ................... K Marshall (J) 55649 Jericho Road (22) fr ............. D Ferguson (J) 49060 Santanna Magic (U1) fr ........... B Butcher (J) 9 8.57pm O’FEE & ASSOCIATES MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c3 to c6 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 02205 Lucia Bromac (1) fr .......................B Weaver 2 47635 Stormy Breeze (2) fr...................P Ferguson 3 43443 Balius (3) fr.............................. B Butcher (J) 4 89407 Brainstormer (4) fr ..................... J Abernethy 5 87097 Princess Kate (5) fr .............. D Ferguson (J) 6 12685 Ambro Courage (6) fr ..................A Donnelly 7 27x40 Chillysjustastrutter fr .................... Scratched 8 1x600 Four Starzzz Shiraz (21) fr .... A Poutama (J) 9 45810 Major Change (22) fr .................... D Butcher 10 11178 Saharazona fr............................... Scratched 11 55860 Maloo fr ........................................ Scratched

8 7.29pm SUPER PETS CANTERBURY FUTURITY HEAT 2 R/Aq, 520m 1 45721 Mystic Action 30.35 J &...................D Fahey 2 412x3 Goldstar Avery 30.24 S &................B Evans 3 64161 Know Answer 30.23 .......................G Cleeve 4 37352 Know Neglect 30.61 .......................G Cleeve 5 42F15 Fekitoa 30.14 ................................R Adcock 6 11171 Opawa Jemaine 30.03 J & ..............D Fahey 7 11141 Jinja Squeak 30.30 J & ...................D Fahey 8 12475 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 9 7.53pm SUPER PETS CANTERBURY FUTURITY HEAT 3 R/Aq, 520m 1 33112 Opawa Shackley 30.00 J & .............D Fahey 2 17521 Goldstar Po 30.57 S & ....................B Evans 3 12682 Patty’s Pick nwtd ...........................R Adcock 4 18455 Mc Lovin’ 30.36 ................................S Stone 5 641F3 Jinja Jaffa 30.32 ........................R Blackburn 6 21164 Opawa Bucks Eye nwtd L & ............... Wales 7 25214 Know Decision 29.88 .....................G Cleeve 8 66111 Opawa Knocka nwtd J & .................D Fahey 10 8.17pm SUPER PETS CANTERBURY FUTURITY HEAT 4 R/Aq, 520m 1 F1253 Jinja Roman 30.59 J & ....................D Fahey 2 77857 Private Action 31.14 S & .................B Evans 3 67363 Know Scholar 30.76 .......................G Cleeve 4 71278 Solstice 30.48 .................................. B Dann 5 31811 Opawa Kevin 30.79 J & ...................D Fahey

6 34222 Cronos nwtd ..............................R Blackburn 7 24222 Firemans Galaxy nwtd ...................G Cleeve 8 15525 Opawa Val 30.50 J & .......................D Fahey 11 8.41pm GARDEN CITY CHEM-DRY DASH C5, 295m 1 35623 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 2 41462 New Thang 17.32 ......................A Bradshaw 3 18133 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 4 13883 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 5 72541 Shadow Apache 17.11 J &..............D Fahey 6 42118 About Town 17.27 ...............................A Lee 7 63571 No Leaf Clover 17.01 .........................C Weir 8 87341 Showroom 17.24 .............................J Tanner 9 81178 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 10 38263 Homebush Ariel 17.30 ...........J T McInerney 12 9.10pm PROTEXIN DASH C4, 295m 1 11342 Good Genes 17.48.......................... M Grant 2 11557 Mojo Burst 17.03 ............................. M Grant 3 83364 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 4 41662 Believe 17.27 ................................... B Dann 5 42214 Know Salute 17.29 .........................G Cleeve 6 11265 Bella Grace 17.33 C & ....................... Fagan 7 8F388 Gorilla On Drums 17.29 ...................A Joyce 8 81722 Tina 17.41 H & ....................................Taylor 9 53863 Replay 17.26 M &..............................Jopson 10 73466 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales - NZME

6 3.23pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE RATING 65 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1335m 1 87747 Sofia Loren (5) 60 .................K Mudhoo (a3) 2 4x41 Willow td (10) 59 ...................... J Lowry (a2) 3 41085 Its No Secret (9) 58.5 ........................M Chui 4 82570 Let’s Escape m (6) 58.5 .. K Kalychurun (a3) 5 0x419 Brahma Queen td (8) 58 .................T Direen 6 00x36 Golden Castle td (1) 58 ...................J Chong 7 40109 Chancery Lane (11) 57.5 .............T Moseley 8 x9040 Readywhenyouare (2) 57.5 ............. J Morris 9 10988 Waipatiki Girl m (4) 57.5 10 04x58 Fascinate (7) 57 ............................ C Barnes 11 0940x Good Bye Senorita (3) 57 ........... C Johnson 12 00354 I’llbeyourplatinum 56.5 ................. Scratched 13 03206 Tinka Tinka m (12) 56 ............. G Jogoo (a3) 7 3.58pm MALLOCH McCLEAN GORE RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2000m 1 10x97 Confused dm (6) 62.5 ..... K Kalychurun (a3) 2 x9014 Gallant Dan t (4) 60.5............... J Lowry (a2) 3 53135 Lukander (1) 56.5..............................M Chui 4 x3351 Landales Gold td (3) 56 ..................T Direen 5 011x0 Come Fly With Me (5) 55.5 .........L Callaway 6 22219 Centavada tdm (7) 55.5 .................. J Morris 7 43175 Dreamworld td (2) 54 .................... C Barnes 8 4.33pm HOKONUI SUZUKI RATING 65 HANDICAP

$7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 22160 Midnite Confession t (8) 60 ...... J Lowry (a2) 2 5x880 Yeah Sister (7) 59.5................. G Jogoo (a3) 3 016x9 La Nouvelle Vague 59.5 ............... Scratched 4 7176x Tai Ho h (4) 59.5 ......................D Bothamley 5 6x681 Commix d (6) 59 ........................... C Barnes 6 0x477 He Ain’t Heavy (10) 59 .... K Kalychurun (a3) 7 88752 Ivanskavinskyskvar (5) 58.5 ........ C Johnson 8 x3779 Shakti (11) 58........................R Cuneen (a1) 9 29090 Sally Getcha Gun (2) 57.5 ...........T Moseley 10 80x54 Point Proven (9) 57.5 .......................R Black 11 64000 Deebee Don (3) 57 .........................T Direen 12 78x00 Night Owl (1) 57 ..........................L Callaway 9 5.08pm AON INSURANCE BROKERS RATING 65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 03200 The Energizer tm (10) 60 K Kalychurun (a3) 2 514x The Gore Harpoon h (2) 60.... B Murray (a3) 3 217x Ablaze d (6) 59 ......................... J Lowry (a2) 4 1679 Accidental Offside tdh (3) 58.5..... R Cuneen (a1) 5 390x4 Patrice dh (8) 58..........................L Callaway 6 70553 Sir Jack Remington m (7) 57.5 7 56190 Katango t (9) 57 ........................ S Muniandy 8 0680x Beacons dm (1) 56.5.......................J Chong 9 x3850 Double Tap td (4) 56.5................. C Johnson 10 x908x Polly’s Sister th (5) 54 ..................T Moseley - NZME

15 32776 Sisterhood (12) 56.5 16 57909 Lola Brigida (8) 56.5 17 7x034 Zedsational (7) 58.5 18 5675 Van Gogh (5) 58 Emergencies: Sisterhood, Lola Brigida, Zedsational, Van Gogh 5 7.05pm BARFOOT & THOMPSON TWILIGHT CUP RATING 75 $22,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 x139F The Justice League t (4) 60 ...............L Tiley 2 5x278 Bulldozer m (8) 59.5........................ D Nolan 3 x9893 Our Pink Diamond td (5) 58.5 .... L Satherley 4 38022 Bhiwani d (9) 58 ........................ M D Plessis 5 12388 Prince Of Passion m (2) 58 ...........O Bosson 6 628x0 Virginia Wade d (11) 57.5............C Lammas 7 37049 Light Shadow td (6) 57 ................T Thornton 8 44029 Carnavalito (1) 56.5 .......... U Holmquist (a2) 9 x9412 Legnani d (3) 56 .......................... D Johnson 10 50x50 Deo Volente d (7) 55.5 .......................M Hills 11 x6008 Gold ‘N Mac td (10) 54.5 -

6 7.37pm LEAGUE 4 LIFE FOUNDATION RATING 65

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 3 5.06pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C4, 295m

1 56443 Know Knowing 17.26 .....................G Cleeve 2 74787 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant 3 41115 Dinero Action 17.26 S &..................B Evans 4 71586 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 5 67335 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 6 27544 Opawa Rocket 17.13 L & ................... Wales 7 85333 Rick’s Treasure 17.25 C & .................. Fagan 8 61261 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 9 53863 Replay 17.26 M &..............................Jopson 10 77252 Cawbourne Dozer 17.27 ....................C Weir 4 5.37pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C3, 295m 1 33385 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 2 51421 Expect Delay 17.31 ......................... M Grant 3 52431 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 4 F2135 Ohoka Billy 17.32 ......................... L Waretini 5 43557 Goldstar Bomber 17.35 S & ............B Evans 6 46366 Bad Week 17.33.....................J T McInerney 7 68583 Tell The Boys 17.27 ................J T McInerney 8 5375x May May Last 17.22 ........................J Tanner 9 15763 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 10 27743 Token Ace 17.28 ............................... J Rush 5 6.08pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 31424 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 2 53414 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 3 13751 Homebush Chopper 30.06 .....J T McInerney 4 14441 Benjamin Black 30.29 .............. A Botherway

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13261 Kava Blu 30.16 J &..........................D Fahey 35176 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 22122 Homebush Kelso 30.31 ..........J T McInerney 71151 Dyna Vikkers 29.94 ......................C Roberts 74154 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 88244 Karen’s Magic 30.38 .....................R Adcock 6 6.38pm (NZT) CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT C5, 295m 1 17181 Jewel Action 17.26 J & ....................D Fahey 2 51211 My First Litter 17.16 .....................C Roberts 3 8F817 Tee Time 16.99 .............................R Adcock 4 71421 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 5 15143 Paperbond 17.08 J & ......................D Fahey 6 13851 Dream Large 17.14 .......................... B Dann 7 67334 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 8 72174 Know Magic 17.14 .........................G Cleeve 9 51555 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 10 24338 Gump’s The Name 17.31 ....................A Lee 7 6.59pm SUPER PETS CANTERBURY FUTURITY HEAT 1 R/Aq, 520m 1 41115 Dirk The Jerk nwtd ............................J Dunn 2 12556 Jinja Heart 30.72 J & ......................D Fahey 3 21563 Opawa O’Grady 30.02 J & ..............D Fahey 4 51422 Raewyn 30.52 H & ..............................Taylor 5 62524 Arctic Action 30.11 J & ....................D Fahey 6 67236 Know Hero 30.32 ...........................G Cleeve 7 18827 Opawa Gumisie 30.50 L & ................. Wales 8 45367 Goldstar Coco 30.74 S & ................B Evans

Gore gallops Today at Gore raceway

Gore Racing Club’s meeting at Gore today. NZ Meeting number: 6. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

1 12.28pm (NZT) WHITE ROBE LODGE/A B LIME MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 57023 Starbuck (1) 58.5......................D Bothamley 2 0705. Court No Fear (5) 58 .............R Cuneen (a1) 3 33327 Lady Jessica (4) 56.5 ...... K Kalychurun (a3) 4 90392 Miss Tuscan (7) 56.5 ................ J Lowry (a2) 5 45309 Discussing Flags (6) 56.5 ...............T Direen 6 558. So Gallant (8) 56.5 .................... S Muniandy 7 0x679 Gunna Begood (3) 56.5 ...............T Moseley 8 07x06 Miss Fortune (2) 56.5 ...................... J Morris 9 x0076 Thyme Trial (9) 56.5 ...................... C Barnes 2 1.03pm PETERS GENETICS & GRANT FARMING PARTNERSHIP MDN $7000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1100m 1 6x290 Carmody h (6) 58.5 ...................... D Skerrett 2 Baranoo (5) 58.5 .................... B Murray (a3) 3 Boot It Barry (1) 58.......... K Kalychurun (a3) 4 6220x Janefield Jewel (3) 56.5 ................ C Barnes 5 880x4 Backhand (14) 56.5 6 9x6. My Swissmiss (4) 56.5 .................T Moseley 7 86x Driving Miss Daisy (10) 56.5 .......L Callaway 8 Sophie Gee h (11) 56.5.........R Cuneen (a1) 9 0x Strategus (7) 56.5 ............................R Black 10 0Px Taieri Whisper (12) 56.5 ..................T Direen 11 3. Passito (13) 56 .......................... S Muniandy

12 277. Tapilize (9) 56 .............................. C Johnson 13 66868 Unico (2) 56.5 14 83000 Oh So Smart 56.5 ........................ Scratched 15 09707 Macedon (8) 58.5 Emergencies: Unico, Oh So Smart, Macedon 3 1.38pm TED WINSLOE MEMORIAL MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1100m 1 x2228 Kruger Rand bh (1) 58.5 .............. D Skerrett 2 548x4 I Just Rocked Up b (13) 58.5 ......L Callaway 3 Odi Et Amo (12) 58.5 ................ S Muniandy 4 Rajiv (3) 58.5............................ J Lowry (a2) 5 9x Rutherford (10) 58.5 ........................ J Morris 6 Sergeant Sakhee (4) 58.5 K Kalychurun (a3) 7 Ice Of Reilly h (6) 58 .............R Cuneen (a1) 8 54x35 That’s My Pussycat (8) 56.5.........T Moseley 9 4. No Charge (9) 56 ........................ C Johnson 10 8x050 Fitsandgiggles (5) 56 .................... C Barnes 11 Over Take (14) 56.............................R Black 12 88xF. Ruanui (2) 56 ..................................T Direen 13 66868 Unico (11) 56.5 14 83000 Oh So Smart 56.5 ........................ Scratched 15 09707 Macedon (7) 58.5 Emergencies: Unico, Oh So Smart, Macedon 4 2.13pm NORTH GORE DAIRY- ON THE SPOT RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 x3886 Hermione td (3) 61 .......... K Kalychurun (a3)

2 4x561 The Gallant Girl td (6) 58 ......R Cuneen (a1) 3 337x3 Forever Vital td (5) 57.5 .............A Chan (a4) 4 879x2 High Rise th (2) 57.5 ................. S Muniandy 5 72950 Joe Bonanno t (1) 56 .......................R Black 6 04200 Prince Ransom (4) 56 .......................M Chui 5 2.48pm JOHN BRICK MEMORIAL MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1335m 1 56344 Alitron b (6) 58.5 .................... B Murray (a3) 2 x2450 Smokem Up h (11) 58.5 ........R Cuneen (a1) 3 x5847 Intense (13) 58.5 .........................L Callaway 4 88x58 Double Panda h (3) 58.5 .......K Mudhoo (a3) 5 5x0 Gold’nguru (8) 58.5 .................. J Lowry (a2) 6 0 Revolution Earth (9) 58.5 .........D Bothamley 7 0x Flying Agent (4) 58.................... S Muniandy 8 2467x Stage Door (2) 56.5 .....................T Moseley 9 08084 Rock Solid (12) 56.5 ............... G Jogoo (a3) 10 685P6 That’s Not The Go h (5) 56.5............R Black 11 40x0. Iff You Can (14) 56 ...................... C Johnson 12 55. Cher Magic (10) 56 ....................... C Barnes 13 7. Olden Days (15) 56 ......... K Kalychurun (a3) 14 0x Perceptive (7) 56 .............................T Direen 15 77x Heed The Flag 56.5 ..................... Scratched 16 98 The Style (1) 56 17 70 Tux 56 .......................................... Scratched 18 0Px Taieri Whisper 56.5 ...................... Scratched Emergencies: Heed The Flag, The Style, Tux, Taieri Whisper

M2 Auckland gallops Today at Elleselie raceway

Auckland Racing Club’s meeting at Ellerslie today. NZ Meeting number: 2. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6.

1 4.51pm (NZT) SIMPLY SQUEEZED 3YO MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 0x37 Sonorous (3) 57.5 ......................G Cooksley 2 5 Mongolian Machete b (6) 57.5 ......O Bosson 3 5675 Van Gogh (11) 57.5.........................S Collett 4 0 Solmization (2) 57.5 ........................A Collett 5 8 Critics Choice (4) 57.5 ................ C Dell (a1) 6 Laidback Ollie (10) 57.5 ............ M D Plessis 7 7 Makdanife (12) 57.5 ..........................L Innes 8 0 Sebring Dragon (8) 57.5 ................. C Grylls 9 4x50 Leica Glory (5) 55.5 .......................V Colgan 10 7x5 Thatsforsure (7) 55.5..................M Coleman 11 799. High Finance (1) 55.5 .................C Lammas 12 Pollok Princess (9) 55.5 ................M McNab 2 5.26pm WESTBURY CLUB RATING 65 1200 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

x6008 Gold ‘N Mac td (10) 60 ................ C Dell (a1) 1459x Goodspeed (3) 59.5 ................... Z Moki (a3) 51x96 Sucker Punch (7) 59.5 ......................L Innes x2395 Garland d (6) 59 ..............................S Collett 1x70 Ina Canta (4) 59 .............................. C Grylls 5x000 Scusa td (9) 59...................L Magorrian (a1) 4560x Celtic Boy d (5) 58.5.......... U Holmquist (a2) 1448x Heart Of Th’Castle dm (1) 58 ..........A Collett 26383 Elusive Kitty d (8) 57.5 ...............R Elliot (a3) 000x5 Miss Pareto d (11) 57 ............... E Smith (a4) x20x5 Lookatmepins d (2) 55.5 ................. S Spratt 3 5.58pm WWW.WARRIORS.KIWI MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 7x034 Zedsational (6) 58.5 ........................ D Nolan 2 9x80x Mettlesome (2) 58.5 ................... L Satherley 3 6x736 Hypervelocity (9) 58 ........................ S Spratt 4 4 Passivity (3) 58..................................L Innes 5 90x09 He Had A Dream (5) 58 .................. C Grylls 6 x246x Elfee (1) 56.5............................. M D Plessis

7 63 Striking Kay (7) 56.5 .....................M McNab 8 4x466 Sparkling Sword (8) 56.5 ............ D Johnson 9 9 Messua (4) 56 .............................C Lammas 4 6.33pm BRADBURY PARK MAIDEN 1500 $10,000, MDN, 1500m 1 245x2 Pieomie (16) 58.5...................... M D Plessis 2 3429 Hold On (14) 58.5 ..........................V Colgan 3 57x3 Nelson Park (17) 58.5 ................. D Johnson 4 4047x Sanisti (9) 58.5 ................................S Collett 5 250 Head Office (3) 58........................... C Grylls 6 543. The Rebel Knight (11) 58 ............T Thornton 7 95353 Cherry Bay (1) 56.5....................M Coleman 8 32x04 Diamond Duchess (10) 56.5 .......C Lammas 9 06025 Malina (18) 56.5 .............................. S Spratt 10 Fx064 Black Lace (2) 56.5 .........................A Collett 11 0x6 Lady Echezeaux (13) 56.5 ......B Hutton (a1) 12 84422 Maytra Dee (15) 56 ....................G Cooksley 13 53 The Snow Queen (4) 56................O Bosson 14 05439 Neala (6) 56 .......................................M Hills

2100 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 32326 Splendido (7) 60 2 33852 Nek Minnit (11) 60......................V Gatu (a2) 3 26615 Segenhoe (5) 59.5 ........................O Bosson 4 1567. What’s The Story (14) 59 5 5x21 Zambezi Warrior (4) 59 ..............M Cameron 6 19424 Soul Sista b (9) 58.5 .......................S Collett 7 50388 Liquid Asset (1) 58.5 ......... U Holmquist (a2) 8 91580 Battle Plan (13) 58 9 40074 Sing For The Sun tdm (15) 58 .........A Collett 10 18423 Irish (3) 57.5 .................................... R Jones 11 1480 Curragh 57.5 ................................ Scratched 12 9x086 Castle Ridge (8) 57.5 ................. Z Moki (a3) 13 28345 Team Pete t (6) 57.5.................... D Johnson 14 14 Provocative (12) 57 ...........................L Innes 15 90x66 Desterro (2) 56 .......................... M D Plessis 16 00x98 Bitethebullet t (10) 55.5 17 40065 Arite Guru 54................................ Scratched

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

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■ TENNIS

In brief

Top talent set for junior event Connor Brosnahan (right) will be gunning for glory in the 16 and under grade at the Mid Canterbury Junior Age Group Championships at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre this weekend.

Fifty-four players from eight to 16 years will take to the courts to find out who is the best of their respective age groups, and Mid Canterbury Tennis Association president Tony Brosnahan is expecting a high level of competition.

“It’s a good entry, all the players that played in the nationals are playing, which is good that they’re supporting a local event,” he said.

“They are playing their peers and we’re going to find out who the best is for each age, entrance is free and I’d love to see people come down to see the best young players in Mid Canterbury.”

Play will begin at 9am on Saturday.

McCullum thrills in Eden Park swansong He took 6, 4, 4, 6 in successful Hazlewood deliveries, and found time for a trademark scoop for six to fine leg as the crowd roared him on to 44.

This, remember, is the McCullum who was out first ball, hooking to fine leg, in his return game after a month off with a back injury, against Pakistan on the same ground last Sunday.

The boo brigade quickly marshalled their troops and the New Zealand captain was skewered.

Yesterday he was out in the middle for 29 balls, three of which sailed over the fence, five others which reached the fence.

Martin Guptill played his part as the pair put on 79 in 10.1 overs before a James Faulkner yorker, delivered from around the wicket, beat his stroke.

The crowd stood as McCullum made his way off the ground.

There was a brief wave of the bat

to his right and left before he disappeared into the shadows of the stand.

McCullum doesn’t want this to be a farewell tour against the Aussies. That’s fluff and irrelevant in his book. But he’s got two ODI innings then a maximum four test innings left.

Wellington, both Westpac Stadium and the Basin Reserve, Hamilton’s Seddon Park and, finally, Hagley Oval in Christchurch will have their chance this month to salute him.

- NZH

‘It’s not up to players to set rules’

BY CHRIS RATTUE Rodney Hogg has got it dead right while Stephen Fleming is wrong, and being hypocritical into the bargain.

Former Aussie paceman Hogg has come out swinging about the so-called Mankad controversy at cricket’s Junior World Cup. Hogg has vigorously defended the right of bowlers to run out non-strikers backing up too far, a tactic portrayed as against the spirit of the game especially if it occurs without warning.

Actually, the Mankad’s legitimacy has been supported by significant characters down the years, famous Australian captains Sir Donald Bradman and

Ian Chappell included. Indeed, Bradman and Chappell did so when their own team mates had been run out.

Fleming however has plonked himself in the other corner by describing the junior West Indian team’s behaviour as “absolutely disgraceful”, even though they beat Zimbabwe by legal means (although the accuracy of the decision was debatable).

The best aspect to Fleming’s tweet is that it has sparked a terrific debate, and one that should help enshrine the Mankad as a more commonly accepted tactic in an era where video scrutiny obsesses over the finest of lines.

Otherwise, Fleming’s scorecard is reading zero on this. Nearly 10

NRL clubs have been put on notice: behave at the Auckland Nines or else. According to News Corp Australia, the boss of the NRL’s integrity unit, Nick Weeks, has emailed all 16 club CEOs to warn that the game does not need any further controversy as the season approaches. “After a generally positive off-season we are working through some recent incidents of player misconduct that are damaging to the game,” Weeks reportedly wrote. The NRL is expected to dish out its punishment to Mitchell Pearce by the end of the week, while six members of Queensland’s Emerging Origin squad, including Cronulla’s Valentine Holmes, found themselves in trouble after breaking curfew on the weekend.

Each club will have an off-duty local policeman with them at all functions and team dinners.

Au revoir, Victor

■ CRICKET

It was a yorker which got him out but Brendon McCullum made his final innings on Eden Park against Australia yesterday something to savour.

He swung hard at, and missed, three successive balls in Josh Hazlewood’s first over to start unpromisingly. But once he’d got his eye on the New Zealand captain was away.

Behave, teams told

years ago, New Zealand captain Fleming vigorously defended Brendon McCullum after he ran out Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan who had wandered off to congratulate team mate Kumar Sangakkara for scoring a century.

“The game doesn’t stop when a player gets to 100,” argued Fleming, using the same law book that the young West Indians.

As for the underlying concept of the superior “gentlemanly” spirit in cricket, give us a break.

It may actually lead the world in ugly verbal disputes between opponents. Cricket has been allowed to live a lie. It is among the most badly behaved sports, and among the most corrupt recreational activities in history.

Many of the world’s top cricketers, including Fleming, are making hay in a money trough situated in India, a hotbed of cricketing corruption. India also led a revolution in which - along with England and Australia - it used financial muscle to hijack political power. Now that is something worth tweeting about.

As for the Mankad ... as Hogg argues, batsmen who leave the starting gates too early are the ones cheating. Enough of the fine details. What counts is what exists in the rule book, and it is up to professionals to use every legal means in the search for victory. It’s not up to players to decide which rules apply and which ones don’t.

- NZ Herald

Hurricanes loose forward and twotime World Cup winning All Black Victor Vito has announced he will play his rugby in France next season. Vito has signed a three-year contract with French Top 14 club La Rochelle and will farewell New Zealand rugby at the completion of the 2016 Super Rugby season. Former Hurricanes lock Jason Eaton currently plays at the club alongside fellow New Zealanders Romana Graham and David Raikuna. Vito has played 33 tests for the All Blacks since making his test debut against Ireland in 2010 and was a member of the World Cup winning squads in 2011 and 2015. The 28-year-old said it was a tough decision to leave New Zealand rugby, but the right one for himself and his young family at this stage of his career.

-NZH

AFL widens search If you’re an Asian or African kid in Australia and you’ve never heard of the AFL, that could be about to change. The league’s next step to attract talented youngsters into the game will be for all clubs to have academies. While the NSW and Queensland clubs already have talent academies, the goal is for the other 14 to tap into sections of the community where AFL has had minimal impact. This week, the Victorian clubs were assigned regions and the AFL will soon finalise the SA and WA teams’ academies. Along with local communities, the AFL wants clubs to search for indigenous talent in remote areas such as the Pilbara and Kimberleys.

- AAP

All Blacks break out Some of the country’s biggest rugby names feature alongside world renowned choreographer Parris Goebel in Super Rugby’s latest promotional campaign. The commercial, which will launch the 2016 Super Rugby season, will air on television later this month but was released on social media yesterday. The ad features the Request Dance Crew, led by Goebel, and rugby stars Malakai Fekitoa, Sam Cane, Brodie Retallick and Jerome Kaino. Hurricanes and All Blacks winger Julian Savea proves to be a particularly enthusiastic participant, showing a few dance moves of his own. - NZH

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■ FOOTBALL

Leicester reboots new charge After a three-game winless run and goal drought exceeding six hours in the Premier League, Leicester reignited its title bid by displaying grit and resilience in grinding out a 1-0 victory over Tottenham yesterday.

Robert Huth’s late header showed that Leicester is clearly not prepared to yield to more illustrious sides. This unexpected pursuit of English football’s top prize is not ready to be relinquished.

What a remarkable turnaround in fortunes it has been for Leicester.

When the 31-year-old Huth last scored in April, Leicester was bottom of the league in the closing weeks of the season. Nine months on, Leicester lifting the Premier League trophy for the first time in May seems a lot less implausible — especially with Arsenal drawing 3-3 at Liverpool and Manchester City being held

by Everton.

Only goal difference is now splitting Leicester from leader Arsenal and the central England team is three points ahead of City. And Champions League games could be hosted at the King Power Stadium for the first time next season, with Leicester eight points clear of fifth place.

“It’s only January. It’s not May,” Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri cautioned. “This is a crazy league this year and we must continue.”

Fourth-place Tottenham had only lost two games, like Leicester, before their top-four faceoff at White Hart Lane where Huth powered in a header from Christian Fuchs’ corner in the 83rd minute.

Leicester’s Jamie Vardy (left) scores against Liverpool during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at the King Power Stadium.

AP PHOTO “It’s not often having a square shaped head comes in useful,” the German defender quipped on Twitter. It demonstrated that Leicester is not so reliant on Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, who have 28 league goals between them but rarely looked like scoring in north London.

“Vardy and Mahrez are very

important for us and when you score without them that’s good,” Ranieri said. “We created a lot of chances and it’s not only with Mahrez and Vardy.”

Putting aside the 374-minute goal drought that Huth ended, perhaps more significant was goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel keeping a third consecutive clean

sheet in the league.

No wonder Leicester fans did not seem so fanciful when they serenaded their overachieving team with: “We’re going to win the league.”

Asked how he responds to those suggesting Leicester could be champions, Ranieri said: “I laugh.”

Financial boost for Team New Zealand Team New Zealand has received a handy financial boost through the awarding of a government research and development grant.

The Kiwi syndicate has been selected to receive a Callaghan Innovation Growth Grant – the same scheme that has assisted Emirates Team NZ’s key rivals and America’s Cup holders Oracle Team USA. Oracle’s Warkworth-based boatbuilding operations, Core Builder

Composites, was confirmed as a grant recipient in August 2014.

The grant gives taxpayer funding of 20 per cent of its research and development (R&D) spend, up to a maximum of $50 million for three years, plus GST. Companies can therefore get theoretical maximum funding of $17.25 million.

Team NZ has previously not been considered for the grant be-

cause of the Government funding provided by other crown agencies for their past two campaigns.

Team NZ chief executive Grant Dalton said he was unsure of the precise figure the team would receive. “Emirates Team New Zealand’s research and development spend is a constantly evolving figure month to month, but it can receive 20 per cent of its annual R&D expenditure. It is clear to

say the team’s expenditure figure meets the minimum spend criteria of $300,000 per annum, but it certainly will not receive anywhere near the maximum allowable amount of the fund.”

Callaghan Innovation general manager, accelerator services, Simon Brown, said the grant acknowledged the increasing R&D capacity of Team NZ’s off-water operation.

- NZME

Cooper admits Olympic sevens a tall order Quade Cooper admits he faces a big challenge to establish himself in Australia’s rugby sevens team for the Rio Olympics, as good mate Sonny Bill Williams has confirmed.

France-based Cooper returned to Sydney on Tuesday and immediately began training with the Australian squad for his debut in this weekend’s Sevens World Series round at Allianz Stadium.

The former Wallaby playmaker has only secured a release from his club Toulon to play in three

rounds of the World Series, giving him little time to adapt to the very different tactics and demands of the high-paced sevens game.

“It’s a game I haven’t played much of and I am under no illusions that it is going to be difficult,” Cooper said.

Cooper revealed he had already spoken to Williams, the dual international superstar who made an up and down sevens debut for New Zealand in the World Series event in Wellington last weekend.

Williams showed patches of brilliance but also made two big errors in the final before being replaced which almost cost his team the title.

“He (Williams) said it was tough and he said he is still a rookie,” Cooper said.

“I watched a few of his games and saw how well he went in patches - it’s like anything, you learn as quick as you can and you adapt as fast as possible.

“There is still so much learning to do and I think for both myself

and him it’s very similar to boxing.

“When we started boxing we knew very little, and still do, but we put ourselves in that position to learn and that is where the challenge comes - in just being able to learn on the run.”

Australian Sevens coach Andy Friend couldn’t guarantee Cooper will get much playing time at this weekend’s event, where the Australians will be desperate to impress before sell out home crowds.

- AAP

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Bennett relishes England challenge Wayne Bennett admits it won’t be easy converting England into world beaters.

But he reckons it won’t be hard juggling England duties with his job as NRL club Brisbane’s head coach.

Bennett was on Tuesday appointed England’s new head coach on a two-year contract, taking the reins through the 2016 Four Nations and the 2017 World Cup. Bennett succeeds former Bradford boss Steve McNamara, whose contract ran out at the end of November’s Test series against New Zealand.

England last made a World Cup final in 1995 and have never won the title.

Great Britain won the 1972 World Cup. Bennett did not have to be reminded of the challenge that lay ahead.

But asked if he wanted to take England “to the top”, Bennett told reporters on yesterday: “That’s why I am going there.

“It won’t be easy, it will be a difficult challenge.

“I understand that but I am up for that.

“I wouldn’t have accepted the job if I didn’t think I was.

“There is still no better spectacle in sport than Australia against England whether it be cricket, rugby union or rugby league.

“So hopefully we can make them a lot more competitive.”

Bennett made it clear he still wanted to coach an international side after he was pipped for the Kangaroos job by Mal Meninga.

He will line up against Meninga’s Kangaroos and New Zealand’s Stephen Kearney - the Broncos assistant coach - when England host the Four Nations in October and November.

Asked about taking on his former charge Meninga in the Four Nations, Bennett smiled: “It will be good for the competition, it will get a lot of interest.”

Bennett has twice coached Australia and was a mentor to Kearney when New Zealand won the 2008 World Cup. The seven-time premiershipwinning coach did not believe the England role would interfere with his Broncos duties.

Bennett is preparing Brisbane as they look to back up from last season’s heartbreaking NRL grand final loss to North Queensland.

“That won’t be hard. That was one of the reasons I was keen to do the Australian job because it fits at the end of the football season,” he said.

“It’s not going to impact on the club at all, that’s pretty important to me.”

Bennett said he had been approached on and off over the past five to six years about the England job but felt the time was finally right to take the reins.

- AAP

WHAT’S ON

Classifieds 20 Ashburton Guardian

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

WHAT’S ON Live at The Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Led by trumpet and keyboard player Finn Scholes, Carnivorous Plant Society plays dramatic, original music inspired by Stephen King novels.

Live music, visual elements and animated projections create a mind blowing concert experience.

Saturday, February 20 at 7.30pm

NO CHARGE for tickets prior to the event. *

BOXING DAY RACES Brendan “It’s an institution” Dugan Pack a picnic for a fantastic day Family out at the Boxing Day Races Fun and games for the kids Show and music by Nyree

$10 entry, under 18 FREE First race starts at 12.30pm

February 12

Tickets available from MSA Bottlestore.

Members, guests and affiliates all welcome.

231 Burnett Street, Ashburton www.ashburtonclub.co.nz Ph 308 7149 Courtesy van available

*Instead, guests are encouraged to pay what they think the evening was worth, after the concert is finished.

To Toadvertise advertiseinin What’s What’sOn On contact contactEmma Emma

Seats will be considered General Admission and available on first come, first serve basis. The doors and bar will open at 6:30pm for the 7:30pm event.

Phone 03 307 2010 - www.ticketdirect.co.nz

03 03307 3077936 7936

For Show Info

www.ateventcentre.co.nz

SITUATIONS VACANT

TRAVEL

Bar Attendent/ Barista Kelly’s Cafe & Bar Ashburton are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced full time Bar Person/ Barista to join their team.

You must be passionate about coffee and hospitality, and be flexible on a seven day roster.

A friendly personality and positive attitude are also essential.

Please supply cover letter and CV to:

Beckley Coachlines Programme ◊ CHRISTCHURCH REBUILD TOUR Sunday 28th February.

See the progress made in the City including a visit to Mona Vale, Art Gallery & more. Optional Tram ride. Tickets $38 includes lunch For bookings phone 308 7646

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TRADES, SERVICES

307 7900

Waitangi Weekend Life Pharmacy Ashburton closed Saturday, February 6 and Monday, February 8.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

THE FAT CHIHUAHUA Ashburton's new pet minding service. Caring for your precious pets when you can't.

Doggy daycare in my own home as well as overnight COMPUTER PROBLEMS?? stays for dogs. Competitive For prompt, reliable service rates. Call Susan on 027-663 Contact Kelvin Boult, KJB 6454 or 308 1565.

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place Ph 308 8989. 30 years local service. Same day service Guardian Classifieds if possible. SUPERGOLD 307 7900 discount card welcomed.

CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

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Daily Events Thursday 9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners, refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise with friendly people.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm

Friday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell preloved second hand clothing.

Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. O P shop second time around used Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am

FOR SALE

LET OR LEASE

Car Boot Sale Saturday, February 13 9am till 1pm

$10.00 per site.

To book site contact Mark 021 296 3639 Malcom 027 434 4751 Beavan 03 303 5864 Day time.

Bowling Club fundraiser Hampstead Rugby & All Sports Club grounds.

Off Bridge Street

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clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street.

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

Main Street, Methven.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr

ADULT

OFFICE available for rent.

ParkING, 24 hour access, ENTERTAINMENT nightly security. Minutes from CINDY, kiwi, attractive, long hair, size 8, busty. Lots of fun.

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Phone calls only, private 027 STORAGE units available. 363 7916.

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3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

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6am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers. From Adelaide Arena.

8am Ice Hockey – NHL (Replay) Washington Capitals v Florida Panthers. From Verizon Center in Washington.

10am UFC Now 11am Ultimate Insider 11:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

Noon Ironman And Ironwoman Series Round Two – Coolum Beach.

2pm Golf Central 2:30 Golf – Singapore Open (Highlights) Round Four. From Sentosa Golf Club.

3:30 European Tour Weekly 4pm Fight Night 6pm UFC Now

7pm Story 7:30 Grand Designs Australia PGR Sarah and her Englishborn husband Alistair set out to build a classic English farmhouse in Sarah’s home town of Toowoomba in Queensland. 0 8:30 M Red Eye AO 2005 Mystery Thriller. Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox. 0 10:25 NewsHub Late 10:55 Golf World

7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 8:30 American Dad PGR Bullock sends a drone to do a job meant for Stan, triggering Stan’s effort to prove that humans are better than robots.

9pm Family Guy AO 3 9:30 South Park AO 3 10pm The Real Housewives Of Melbourne PGR 3

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 River Cottage To The Core 8:30 Deadline Gallipoli AO Part 3. In the build-up to the August offensive, Bean does not let his wounded leg stop him; Bartlett learns they are ill-prepared for the imminent battle.

9:40 American Idol 10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

7pm Ultimate Insider 7:30 Cricket – International Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. The last two hours of play from Eden Park in Auckland.

9:30 Darts – PDC Awards (Highlights) 10pm Cycling – Dubai Tour (Highlights) Stage One. 10:30 L Cycling – Dubai Tour Stage Two.

11:25 CSI AO 3 The CSIs investigate when a local family is reported missing for a month. 0 12:25 Infomercials

11pm Entertainment Tonight 11:25 Infomercials

11:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:10 Home Shopping 1:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:10 Home Shopping

12:30 Fox Sports News 1am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Illawarra Hawks v Melbourne United.

3am Basketball – NBL (Replay) Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers. 5am Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights)

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Wairua PGR 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Te Hikoi Mahanga 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 5pm Tribe

THE BOX

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Tangaroa With Pio 7:30 Te Matatini 3 8pm Home Krew 3 8:30 Friday Night Lights PGR 9:30 Billy T James AO 3 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Te Kauta PGR 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

MasterChef Australia 7:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE

6am CSI MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Piha Rescue PG 7:40 American Daredevils M 8:05 American Daredevils M 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 Criminal Minds – Suspect Behaviour 16VS 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:05 Shipping Wars PG 1:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:20 CSI MV 3:10 Survivor – Heroes v Villains PG 4pm Piha Rescue PG 4:30 Counting Cars PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 NCIS MV 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 7pm Piha Rescue PG 7:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 8:30 Band Of Brothers 16VL 9:35 Strike Back 18VLS 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds 16VS

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Family Affair. 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 8:30 MythBusters PG Dog Myths. 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Baby Kilcher Arrives.

10:20 Game Of Stones PG Turkish Roulette. 11:15 Fatal Encounters M Lethal Injustice. 12:10 Cry Wolfe M Organ Trail. 12:35 Cry Wolfe M 1:05 Southern Fried Homicide M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Edge Of Alaska M 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG 8:30 Railroad Alaska PG 9:30 Engine Addict With Jimmy De Ville PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

12:30 Survivor – Heroes v Villains PG 1:20 Counting Cars PG 1:45 CSI MV 2:30 Criminal Intent MV 3:20 The Simpsons PG 3:45 Band Of Brothers 16VL 4:45 Strike Back 18VLS 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

6:05 When The Game Stands Tall MV 2014 Drama. Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern. 8am The Harvest MVLSC 2015 Horror. Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon. 9:45 Reach Me MVL 2014 Drama. Sylvester Stallone, Kyra Sedgwick. 11:15 The Guest 16VLSC 2014 Thriller. Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe. 12:55 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action.

Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt. 2:50 When The Game Stands Tall MV 2014 Drama. Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern.

4:45 The Monuments Men MV 2014 Drama. George Clooney, Matt Damon.

6:40 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action. Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko.

8:30 Get Hard 16VLS 2015 Comedy.

Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart.

10:15 The Possession Of Michael King 16VLS 2014 Horror.

Shane Johnson. 11:40 Santorini Blue MLS 2011 Drama. Ice-T, Richard Belzer, Coco Austin.

12:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 1:25 Murder Comes To Town M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Destroyed In Seconds PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Survive That! M

1:20 The Monuments Men MV 2014 Drama. 3:15 Close Up – Jack Nicholson PG 3:45 The November Man 16VLSC 2014 Action.

5:30 The Possession Of Michael King 16VLS 2014 Horror.

FRIDAY

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FRIDAY

Deadline Gallipoli 8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:40 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear.

8:55 The Taking Of Pelham 123 16VL 2009 Crime. Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini.

10:40 Team America – World Police 16VLS 2004 Animated Action.

Voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller. 12:15 Defiance MVL 2008 Drama. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell.

2:30 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear. 4:50 50 Dead Men Walking MVL 2008 Drama.

Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley.

6:50 13 Going On 30 PGS 2004 Comedy. Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Serkis.

8:30 My Week With Marilyn ML 2011 Drama. Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne. 10:10 Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron Burgundy MS 2004 Comedy. 11:45 Brooklyn’s Finest 18VLS 2009 Action.

FRIDAY

1:55 Inside Story – Fatal Attraction MVS 2011 Documentary.

3:25 50 Dead Men Walking MVL 2008 Drama. 5:20 13 Going On 30 PGS 2004 Comedy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 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

4Feb16

6am Cycling – Dubai Tour (Replay) Stage One. 8am Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers.

8:30 Pro Kabaddi League 9am Golf – Singapore Open (Highlights) Round Four.

10am The Golf Fix 11am School Of Golf Noon Basketball – NBL (Replay) Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers.

2pm Tennis – Australian Open (Replay) Day 14 – Men’s Singles Final.

4:30 Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 13 – Men’s Doubles Final and Women’s Singles Final.

5:30 Cycling – New Zealand Cycle Classic (Highlights) 8:30 Motorsport – Toyota Racing Series Round Three – Hampton Downs.

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

From the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong.

11:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers.

FRIDAY

Midnight Tennis – Australian Open (Highlights) Day 13 – Men’s Doubles Final and Women’s Singles Final.

1:10 L Hockey – Indian League Punjab Warriors v Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

3am Cricket – International (Highlights) Blackcaps v Australia – First ODI. 3:30 Darts – PDC Awards (Highlights) 4am Pro Kabaddi League 4:30 UFC Now 5:30 Ultimate Insider

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Sport

Josh Gill (left) and Sam Hall will co-captain the Ashburton College 1st XI this year.

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New focus for first XI leaders

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton College’s 1st XI will welcome a Christchurch Boys’ Colts XI to the Ashburton Domain on Saturday for their opening tie of the year.

The College XI will boast new faces following the departure of some key personnel.

Skipper Kieran Hunt, Michael Burton, Scott Punselie and Zach Naldrett have all moved on.

Hunt’s leadership skills and contribution with both bat and ball will be missed, while Burton’s runs and spinner Punselie’s wicket-taking ability will be tough voids to fill.

Naldrett’s safe hands behind the stumps will also be a loss, but coach Mark Reid believes the class of 2016 will rise to the challenge.

“It gives a great opportunity for others to step up,” he said.

“Most of the players have now had a year or more in the 1st XI and have made good progress. As players, it will just be about taking their opportunities.”

Newcomers Jarod Hopwood, Will Tod and Oliver Adlam will be out to prove themselves on Saturday, and Reid believes the trio has the credentials to plug the gaps left by the old guard.

“Jarod and Will are both very handy bowlers and can also con-

tribute good runs down the order,” he said.

“Oliver has played one match for us before and he will take over from Zach (Naldrett) with the wicket-keeping duties, he’s a very solid glovesman and a hard hitter with the bat, which will be very handy.”

College have three two-day fixtures on the horizon against Christchurch Boys’ Colts, St Andrew’s 2nd XI and North West’s 2nd XI, with outright results in all three the target.

Reid said he has confidence in his side’s ability with the ball and in the field, but will expect his players to come out of their bat-

ting comfort zones for the greater good of the team.

“We have a strong group of allrounders, but some of the guys will have to come up the order and play as batters,” he said.

“It will take them out of their comfort zone, but also gives them a chance to grow their skill set.”

This year’s side will be co-captained by Josh Gill and Sam Hall.

Gill and Hall are the most experienced players at Reid’s disposal, having both skippered Mid Canterbury junior sides in the past.

“Josh and Sam have a good understanding of the game and they will be able to feed off each other to help share the workload,” Reid

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said. “I think both players will enjoy the added responsibility and I want to make sure they have the freedom to lead in their way, coaches just need to keep supporting them, give advice, but let them make their own decisions.”

Following last Saturday’s wash out, this weekend’s clash against CBHS Colts will be played as a one-day match, and Reid is eager to get off to a winning start.

“As a first game back you’re always going to be a bit rusty,” he said.

“But if they back themselves and play like they did before Christmas, I believe they will do well.”

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