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Trainers banned from local track A long-standing spat between a local horse training partnership and the Ashburton Racing Club has again reared its head with the training duo banned from using the racecourse to train their horses.

Danny Champion and Kezia Murphy were locked out of the Ashburton Raceway over the weekend, almost exactly two years after their last public battle with the club.

Back in 2015 the pair were evicted from their home and stables on Golf Links Drive adjacent to the track and relocated a short distance away on a new

property. Champion and Murphy are the largest thoroughbred training establishment in the Ashburton District and it was touch and go whether they would stay in the district at the time.

The offer of land from neighbour Robbie Bell clinched the deal to stay local, Murphy said at the time.

The decision drew mixed reviews from within the Mid Canterbury racing fraternity, but it also resulted in three members of the Ashburton Racing Club walking out of a committee meeting and off the committee.

Gilbert Butterick, Rob Harnett and

Neville Prendergast all resigned, expressing concern at how the matter had been handled.

Speaking to the Guardian yesterday, Murphy said that there had been the odd disagreement in the time since they were forced to relocate, often in regards to the quality of the track and management of the surface.

“There’s been raised voices from both parties at times, often out of frustration,” she said.

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Trainers banned from local track in a long line of incidents over a prolonged period of time but felt that the situation could have been sorted out without going to the point of stopping the duo from training their horses on the track.

“It’s again gone too far, I only really watched the first part of it all unfold from a distance, but having been a little bit more in the know in this situation I feel it’s been somewhat blown out of proportion.

“There’s a lot of local owners who have horses with the stable who are now going to be further out of pocket because they can’t train on a track that is just over the road.

“It seems a little bit ridiculous.”

The Racing Integrity Unit, who oversee the racing industry here in New Zealand, have had no direct input into the process over than sitting in at an early meeting of the two parties which was later deemed to have been incorrectly handled by lawyers who were brought into the piece later on.

The latest piece of correspondence between the two parties came from the club on Sunday morning advising that the gate would be padlocked.

Murphy replied to the e-mail asking the club to consider the effect this would have on their staff, horses and owners and to not have the gate locked.

No response was received and the gate was locked on Sunday and has remained locked since.

From P1 “This drastic action puts us in a very difficult position to carry out the everyday running of our business.

“We are having to travel to Riccarton on a daily basis to work our main racing team and are lucky enough to have a wonderful neighbour who’s property we are using for the rest in the short term.

“We are very disappointed in the whole committee and feel the ordeal could have been avoided if our health and safety concerns with training track surfaces had been taken seriously by the track manager and his employers.”

“But it doesn’t just hurt us, it hurts our staff and especially our owners as well.”

A number of meetings have taken place within the past few months in regards to the issue, but the Champion and Murphy camp have felt they have been poorly handled and proper due diligence has not been served to attempt to resolve an issue as serious as what has unfolded.

The Ashburton Racing Club, through president, David Jones, offered no comment when approached yesterday, stating that process had been followed and the club was looking forward to moving on from the whole situation.

However, a source spoken to by the Guardian on the promise of anonymity said the latest penalty imposed on Champion and Murphy was the final straw

Members of the Methven Rodeo Club (from left) Richard Mee, Stephen Sauer and Hugh Weir hand over $8000 to Jo Suyker for the Methven House redevelopment.

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Methven Rodeo Club gears up

By Linda CLarke

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Organisers of the Methven Rodeo are hitting their straps, with the annual event just weeks away.

Rodeo club president Stephen Sauer said more than 300 entries had been received for bull-riding and other events and wild horses would be rounded up from their off-season spell in the Ashburton Gorge this week and transported to town ahead of the rodeo on Labour weekend.

Some of the best cowboys and cowgirls in the country will be competing.

Sauer said the popular event was in its 48th year and money raised was redistributed back to the community.

The club has, in the past three years, given $19,000 to a group

raising funds to replace the agedcare facility Methven House. Sauer handed over $8000 recently that were proceeds of the 2016 rodeo.

He said the rodeo had been an important event on Methven’s calendar and organisers were always looking for ways to improve it.

There has been talk of a big screen at future events to enhance the experience for spectators.

With this year’s event on October 22 just weeks away, organisers have been sprucing up the yards and viewing area at the Methven showgrounds.

The bulls in the open division competition have been bred especially for rodeo and professional riders try to survive eight seconds on their backs.

The horses will be brought to town on Friday and prepped by

long-time committee member Hugh Weir. “They’ll go behind an electric fence and he will feed them and handle them and make sure they are good to go.”

The saddle bronc and bull riding is some of the most exciting action on the programme, while competitors also show their skills in the barrel racing, bareback and rope-and-tie events.

Watch out for locals Adam Williams, John Plunkett, James Pinfold and Kasey Morris.

Sauer is anticipating another big crowd this year and said security would be on hand to make sure the over-consumption of alcohol was not an issue during and after the event.

There will be plenty of food stalls and entertainment for the whole family.

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Al Brown drops in for a chat with Ashburtonians

By Katie todd

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Left – Al Brown signs his book for a young Ashburton fan yesterday afternoon.

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He’s the brains behind a gastronomic empire, but when Al Brown visited the Ashburton Arcade yesterday he did so with trademark informality.

With a local coffee in hand, Brown addressed a packed Redmond’s Furniture store and spoke candidly about the experiences inspiring his newest cookbook, Eat Up New Zealand.

Brown is the founder of Best Ugly Bagels, Depot Eatery and Logan Brown, and the author of six successful cookbooks – but said his latest book draws together some of the most “important food memories” from his Kiwi childhood.

“Growing up in New Zealand I used to think that we didn’t have anything, that we were a culinary wasteland,” he said.

“But I think it’s time to say we’re bloody good at this.”

Brown grew up on a farm and said like many Kiwis, he was a “forager” from early on, gathering seafood and mushrooms, saving leftover fruit for jams and pre-

vour, fresh produce and capacity for informality. “I also think we are the best bakers in the world,” he declared.

“I mean, I get to travel a lot to places like France and those macaroons are good, but are they really as good as a slice of Louise cake?”

Brown said that travelling had also made him realise the influence of Kiwi cuisine.

“People come to New Zealand thinking about beaches, mountains and lakes, but when they leave they’re all talking about the food, the wine, the coffee. It’s because as Kiwis, we’re all about sharing and celebrating.”

Brown now lives in Auckland, and often works as a waiter at his restaurant Depot. He spoke openly about still paying off a “massive” mortgage, and not yet breaking even with his very popular bagel company Best Ugly, but said he considers himself incred-

serves and crafting sweet treats from the Edmond’s Cookbook to satiate his sweet tooth.

“And we’d use all the cuts, and Mum would put the veges on at the same time as the frozen hog-

get,” he laughed.

“But it doesn’t matter where you grow up – all your food memories are so incredibly important.”

Brown praised New Zealand’s culinary assets – generosity, fla-

ibly lucky to have chosen cooking as a career. “I’ve just become addicted to it.”

Eat Up New Zealand contains storytelling of his culinary pursuits over the years, alongside over 140 recipes.

“My other books have been corporate restaurant-centric, but for this one, I’ve put a lot of narrative in,” he said.

“I love to weave some story in there.”

Brown is travelling the country for a series of book launch events.

His Ashburton visit was organised by his “great mate from a long time ago ” – Kitchen Kapers’ owner Rachael Redmond.

Redmond and the Kitchen Kapers team had baked nibbles from the book’s recipes and many fans came by to meet and greet Brown and have their books signed.

All proceeds from the afternoon were donated to Mid Canterbury Hospice.

New principal for Lauriston School

By Katie todd

Katie.t@theguardian.co.nz

Lauriston School once again has a permanent principal at the helm, ready to tackle term four and beyond.

After a term as acting principal, Colin Brodie has accepted the offer of a permanent position. He replaces Donna Reader.

Lauriston School Board of Trustees chairmann James McKenzie said Colin had shown himself to

be a “strong and effective leader” in the 134-year-old, four-classroom rural school.

“It was clear during his interview on Saturday that Colin absolutely loves Lauriston and has a really compelling vision of where he wants to take the school,” he said.

Colin made the shift to Ashburton with his family in July after resigning as principal of Waikino School, a rural, two-classroom

school in the Coromandel.

“I’ve been really warmly welcomed … right from day one, all 84 students came through my office to say hello,” he said.

He said he was looking forward to continuing to work with the school’s “really good team of teachers”, and enjoyed the opportunities afforded by Lauriston’s smaller size.

“Rural and small schools are where I come from,” Brodie said.

“Lauriston’s not so big that it’s impersonal, but not so small that students don’t get the opportunity to work with a wide range of ages … I guess intimacy is the key word.”

“We’re hearing more and more how important collaboration is as a skill for the future – and that’s exactly what’s been happening for years in country schools.”

Brodie said he hoped to bolster student achievement and

engagement across the school by developing a curriculum contextualised in the Lauriston community. He said he would also be working closely with the community and their vision for the school.

“I’m really thankful for the support from families and the community,” Brodie said. “I’m absolutely thrilled and really looking forward to continuing as principal – watch this space.”

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When colour brings memories to life

When Cathy Henderson visited The Great War Exhibition with her grandson, Conor Grice, the last thing she expected to see was her Ashburton uncle and his newly married wife, in full colour, waving farewell to her father’s ship as he headed off to the First World War. The experience was vivid, fresh and lifelike, due to the image colourisation techniques used by Sir Peter Jackson’s team, who created the exhibition in Wellington.

Cathy, from Rangiora, has been researching her family history for 20 years.

“Uncle Albert and Aunt Maude were saying goodbye to Dad. I’d seen the black and white image in the Christchurch Press. Someone had clipped it. But to see it in full colour and so big is incredible”.

Albert Stevens was in Lyttelton with his wife Maude Clemens, on honeymoon, to farewell his brother Reginald Stevens, who was on a ship in the first convoy going to Egypt in September 1914.

“My dad, Reggie, and his brother Albert worked on the family farm in Ashton, near Ashburton,” Cathy said.

“Then the big adventure came and Reggie went to war with his other brothers, Leslie and Ivan Stevens. Born in 1896, Reggie was 17 when he signed up, incredible. but lied, and said he was 19.

Reggie was struck by a serious case of “When Reggie went through the Suez dysentery and was lucky not to die, as “Dad didn’t get married until he was 50, so I’m quite young to have a father Canal, he said you could buy a hundred dysentery accounted for one-fifth of all cigarettes or a sack of bananas for two casualties in Gallipoli. He wrote: “I have who went to war.

“He was happy man. He was a singer bob [shillings]. It was amazing what they been in bed over a fortnight and the and used to sing in the trenches, so we wrote home. Everything was as ‘scarce as nurses say I will be a month more before heard. Silly songs, like vaudeville songs. a hair on a tin hat,’ or ‘as scarce as a hair I can get out. By Jove it pulls a man down When I was a kid, he was a comedian, al- on an egg’.” as I am just skin and bone”.

When Cathy’s aunt recently died, a ways out at night time, entertaining. He After recovering in Devon with relahad a troupe of clowns that performed stack of Reggie’s letters was found under tives, Reggie was sent to the Western her bed, showing the sombre side of war. Front in France, driving trucks in the with him, in harlequin suits.”

He wrote: “I was at the landing of the British Service Legion, transporting supCathy said he was on one of the first Dardenelles on the 25th day of April plies, soldiers, guns, and ammunition. In ships sent to war.

“I think it was the Tahiti. He was given 1915 and I will never forget that day as August 1918, he was present at the batthe job as a signal officer and said he ate long as I live. It was terrible, dead laying tle of Amiens, his last battle, but did not all around you, some poor chaps with with •the officers and put on two stone • Carew return to New Zealand until July 1919, ldstream Lowcliffe • Ealing • Hinds • Ruapuna • Montalto • Cavendish because he ‘ate like a whale on the briny.’ their legs off, some with their mouths lucky to have survived.

• Mt Somers • Springburn • Staveley Alfordopen Forest • Pudding Hill • …

Methven with the explosive bullets They stopped in Australia and went • blown The Great War Exhibition commemothis war is not the game it is cracked up rates the role played by New Zealand in through the Suez Canal.”

• Mt Hutt Highbank • Marawiti • Barrhill • World War. to be.”• Rokeby • Somerton • Hatfield Her •grandson Conor visited France the First Belgium, touring war• sites Master film-maker Jackson has creA few months later, in October, he• Ashton akaia and • Overdale • Dorie Kylerelevant • Wakanui • Lake Hood • Wheatstone to the family with his father, Leon Grice, wrote home again. “That first and sec- ated a stunning array of movie-like sets Flemington • Waterton Eiffelton • Longbeach • Maronan Mayfield the recent NZ Consular• General in Los that depict the war; scene by scene; year ond day was like hell on• earth and if• Anama Angeles. hell is any way like that I don’t want to by year.

• Ashburton Forks to• see Punawai • Valetta • Westerfield Lismore • the massive 10-tonne tank and “It’s fantastic Great Uncle Albert •goHackthorne From there ... we had three sergeants•and in this photo,” says Conor, who loves his11-tonne 2 corporals and several men killed outCarew • Lagmhor • Winslow • Windermere • Lynnford • Willowby • Tinwald • gun to the 5000 tiny handtory and is studying classics, and politi- right and wounded were laying thick all painted figurines which re-enact the untingdon • Hakatere • Riverside • Fairton • Winchmore Pendarves cal science at university. battle of Chunuk Bair, the artefacts are around, but you soon •get used to that• Seafield ‘“I’ve spent a good portion of last year after the first day fighting. You don’t care rare and thought provoking.

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Left – Cathy Henderson (left), Conor Grice (right). In photo in brown bowler hat – Albert Stevens (Cathy’s uncle); small lady in front of his right shoulder, wearing white hat: his wife Maude (nee Clemens). Albert and Maude are fare-welling Cathy’s father Reginald Stevens as he leaves on a ship from Lyttelton in September 1914 to go to the First World War. PHOTO COURTESY OF FAIRFAX, THE PRESS, COLOURISATION IN 2015 BY WETA DIGITAL.

Below – The Stevens family of Ashburton, as captioned.

Left – Pte Reginald Stevens.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHY STEVENS

Below – Reginald Stevens (centre with pork pie hat) was a regular entertainer in Ashburton, with a troupe of Ashburton performers (harlequin suits).

PHOTO COURTESY OF CATHY STEVENS

Wonky Donkey WINNERS Congratulations to the winners of the Wonky Donkey Man Ashburton Holiday Show and signed book:

Tania McGee and grandson Lockie Twose (Facebook) Debbie Stocker and her son (Guardian newspaper) Just give your names to the Wonky Donkey team at the show, at the Ashburton Sinclair Centre today at 10.30am (show starts at 11am)! Make sure you have ID handy, just in case.

Don’t forget your FREE signed book, the Scariest Thing in the Garden, from the Wonky Donkey man Craig Smith.

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Lucky car winner

By Katie todd

Katie.t@theguardian.co.nz

It was a pinch-yourself kind of moment on Monday afternoon for Lynette Lang, when she was handed the keys to a brand new set of wheels.

Lang was the winner of a Holden LS Spark hatchback given away by New World Ashburton.

Each of the 138 New World stores in New Zealand gave away a car valued at $17,990, after a three-week club card campaign which saw more than two million entries nationally.

New World Ashburton owner Judy Sheppard had the job of looking after the car during the competition period, then calling the lucky winner to inform her about her success.

She said Lynette had struggled to believe her at first.

“I think she thought I was taking the mickey,” she said.

Lang said she was still processing the big win, and would be taking the car home to her family to “figure it all out”.

“I just couldn’t believe it … I never win anything, so this was just amazing,” she said.

Club card shoppers at New World had received one entry for every $50 they spent, or for each time they swiped their Flybuys or Airpoints cards.

The prize included a current registration and warrant of fitness for the car, as well as a full fuel-tank, 100,000km warrant from Holden, and three years of unlimited kilometre roadside assistance from Holden.

Right – Lucky winner Lynette Lang (left) left New World in a brand new Holden Spark yesterday.

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Do you have stars in your eyes?

Right – Manny Sim will transform from baker to singing star for Ashburton’s Stars in Your Eyes on October 14.

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Help keep your district beautiful Come along to a community planting and ideas day on Sunday 15 October to help make the Ashburton district a beautiful place for everyone to enjoy!

There are hundreds of natives ready to be planted along the River Trail so come along to get your hands dirty, and enjoy a free BBQ afterwards.

Ashburton Water Zone Committee members will be there to listen to your ideas about what can be done to improve recreation values in the district. If you can’t make it along but would still like to share your ideas please email olivia.smith@ecan.govt.nz, or if you have any questions about the community day phone Janine on 027 205 7128.

All you need to bring is sturdy footwear, gloves, a shovel if you have one, and some great ideas.

This event is suitable for all ages, so bring the kids and their bikes along for some free school holiday fun!

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BY LINDA CLARKE

LINDA.C@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton baker Manny Sim has been singing for more than 50 years and will be channelling one of his favourite performers when he takes to the stage for Ashburton’s version of Stars in Your Eyes this month.

The show, on October 14, is being run by the Ashburton County Lions Club and Sim is one of 12 talented performers who will transform into a big star on the night.

He can’t wait.

The 65-year-old says he’ll be sharing the limelight with some gifted performers, the youngest just 10 years old.

“I’ve been singing forever. My first performance was at my brother’s 21st and he is now 75. I sing the good, old songs.”

The Ashburton show will follow the format of the British television show on which it is based and the audience will see a short video clip of the performers in their day jobs before before they disappear behind stage, only to re-emerge as their singing idol.

Sim is not giving away any clues about who he will turn into, but says the performer will be instantly recognisable.

“The audience is in for a great show. It is amazing the amount of talent we have around Ashburton.”

Others who will be performing include Gavin Templeton, Zara Bull, Libby Higson, Rachel Hoekstra, Jaime Lamond, Ocean Waitokia, Kim Willis, Jessyca Donn, Luke Glendining, Sammie Mackle and Kate Lambarth.

In the television version of the show the most impersonated stars were Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Cher, George Michael, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue and Madonna.

Ashburton Stars in Your Eyes will be at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on October 14, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are available at the event centre or online, adults $35, children $15, family of four $85, groups $25 per person.

Chief economist quits

BY SOPHIE BOOT

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ANZ Bank New Zealand’s chief economist Cameron Bagrie has resigned after more than a decade in the role.

Bagrie told BusinessDesk he will stay with the bank while it recruits a replacement and it would be “business as usual – I’ll be sticking around for a bit, not a long time, but I’m certainly not out the door immediately”. He has been with the bank since 1999, including his time at the National Bank which was later bought by ANZ. He worked at the Treasury before then.

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BY KATIE TODD

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It may be the school holidays, but young artists at the Short Street Studio are still keen to put pencil to paper to notch up their artistic abilities.

Ashburton artist Jac Sparks held a drawing workshop yesterday and will be teaching collage today.

“We’ve been working on flipping our pages and trying to copy lines and patterns,” she said.

Those between seven and nine years could join the morning sessions, while 10 to 12-year-olds were offered afternoon classes.

Next week, Nelson-based printmaker Melanie Riley will be offering lessons on printmaking, using the studio’s printing press. On Tuesday Riley will teach monoprinting and on Wednesday she’ll be holding a “mystery circle print” lesson, making circular patterns “with layers of surprising colours.”

Prisoners turn lives around

BY SARAH HARRIS

One prisoner couldn’t even hold down a job in a teddy bear factory.

But now he’s turned his life around after being part of a programme that teaches inmates to make frames and trusses for new homes in Auckland.

The prisoner, who the Herald has agreed to call David, can’t be identified as he is still serving time. But former inmate Mark Hughes can after he was released last year.

The two men wanted to share how their experience in PlaceMakers employment programme at the Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility motivated them to change.

Prisoners receive in-depth training in planning, production, despatch, safety and quality. They can progress from entry-level staff to supervisor and are paid by the Department of Corrections.

Currently 32 prisoners are in the programme and 14 have graduated into employment. Seven are still working for PlaceMakers and three have moved on to other employment.

A safe place to stay, a job to go to and a supportive family are the three key ingredients to rehabilitation, Serco prison director Mike Inglis said.

He said the programme encouraged responsibility as the men had to write their own CVs, apply for it, be interviewed for the role and turn up on time.

Hughes was one of those who applied when he was serving his sentence of two years for reasons he chose not to share. He said that, combined with the love he felt from his partner and four daughters, was what got him on the straight and narrow.

“I used to be a lone wolf and usually take off by myself, that’s where the trouble was.

When I got incarcerated it showed me how much my family love me and how much I love them.”

He was employed in November last year but has now moved on to “brighter horizons” doing fibreglass lamination for a company he had previously worked for.

Hughes’ goal is to stay crime free and tautoko the support for his family. One day he hopes to get into management.

David left school at 14 and one of his first jobs was at a teddy bear factory where he had to glue the bow ties on bears. He lasted two months.

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Local businesses suffering Matt Markham

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few weeks back I wrote in this column about the concerning number of empty shop windows in the Ashburton CBD. Well it appears as though the situation isn’t just isolated to Ashburton in this district.

Methven is also heading down a dangerously barren path with the hub of most of its retail, the Methven Mall, losing another client this month.

Once the popular Methven Craft Shop closes its doors at the end of the month, just six businesses will remain within the mall.

It follows in relatively quick succession the demise of the local bookshop, and also an ice cream parlour, which has since moved and is now located at the cinema on the main street.

A bakery took temporary residence in one of the large locations in the mall, but its life was also short-lived and their time also included an extended period where they weren’t open for business.

Now all that will remain come November 1, will be a supermarket, hairdresser, laundromat, fish and chip shop and chemist, as well as the newly-established, consortium on the other side of the mall in the old building which formerly housed Shearmac.

For Methven, that probably seems like a lot, but it’s still empty space which looks bad.

So, what’s going on?

Have we become the far advanced now that we don’t feel the need to head out of our homes for anything?

We can shop online at almost any store and in some cases it can be delivered, so the days of heading down the street to find what you want now seem few and far between.

And therefore, local business is suffering.

The Methven Craft Shop was once a hustling and bustling part of the makeup of Methven.

People would flock in its doors on a daily basis looking for souvenirs or some quality, locallymade product, enticed by the fact that it was a locally-operated business run by volunteers.

Word on the street would suggest that it won’t take much more for a few more businesses to fall to the wayside in the coming months or years and with the ski season wrapping up and town losing a huge amount of its annual winter population, things are only going to get tougher.

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Melissa I’m happy with my decision Karen I voted for something different but I think I got something less and under equipped.

Alden I agree with Karen. I’ll add this in here too, I’d like to ask why (other than the reasons given) was the Fire Museum knocked back on its grant.

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Rules of engagement

BY BARRY SOPER

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f the current political courting was being played out on the dating site Tinder, the ruggedly handsome Bill English would be constantly checking his phone, desperately hoping for a swipe to the right, confirming a hook up.

His index finger would’ve been sore, frequently swiping to the right on the wily old silver fox Winston Peters’ profile which tends to put a dating prospect off. But being the old fashioned, conservative type, Peters would simply have left him hanging.

The recently posted profile of Jacinda Ardern has just been sitting there. She knows she’ll get a right swipe, it’s just a matter of time.

English becomes impatient, he desperately makes an unsolicited call to Peters, who he unashamedly and unwisely tells the pub-

lic, who doesn’t pick up.

The indication was that the power broker was playing hard to get.

In reality Peters tells us he was in a cell phone black-spot in Northland and by the time he was back within dating range it was too late to call English. He seems to have forgotten though, the National leader’s sent texts during the wee small hours in the past.

But this is all part of a strategy by the dateless and desperate National Party to spook Peters and to show him he’s not the only Tinder prospect.

It all started last week with Paula Bennett again floating the idea of doing business with The Greens, suggesting they like her climate change policy.

Yeah, well if they liked it that much they wouldn’t have campaigned to change her government.

Add to that the outburst by Jim Bolger, who you could be forgiven for believing was the mastermind of MMP and certainly the man who can negotiate tough deals with the toughest of customers. In reality he got the nod from Peters over Helen Clark in 1996 simply because he was prepared to give away more, like the Treasurer’s job.

But Bolger says they should now be doing a deal with The Greens which most certainly would be a change of Government.

And his views were backed up by a former Key Minister Wayne Mapp who came into Parliament the same year the deal with Peters was being brokered.

The strategy is to show Peters that he’s not the only cab off the rank but it runs the very real risk of backfiring and antagonising the New Zealand First leader.

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from the beginning given Bill English the left swipe and for the PM to now get on the blower to him would simply confirm their desperation.

As it is, Peters has now given right swipes to both English and Ardern and has confirmed dates with them this week. They’ll both go on second dates next week where both are hanging out for the right swipe, which will come down to the best dowry on offer and the one who has antagonised him less.

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Investigators working on the scene after the mass shooting.

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Weapons ‘more deadly’ The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing 57 and wounding hundreds, attached what is called a “bump-stock” to two of his weapons, in effect converting semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones.

The devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities. California Senator Dianne Feinstein has long railed against them.

Several years ago, she told The Associated Press she was concerned about the emergence of new technologies that could retrofit firearms to make them fully automatic.

“This replacement shoulder stock turns a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire at a rate of 400 to 800 rounds per minute,” she said.

A semi-automatic weapon requires one trigger pull for each round fired. With a fully auto-

matic firearm, one trigger pull can unleash continuous rounds until the magazine is empty.

The purchasing of fully automatic weapons has been significantly restricted in the United States since the 1930s.

Numerous attempts to design retrofits failed until recent years when bump stocks came on the market.

The device basically replaces the gun’s shoulder rest, with a “support step” that covers the

trigger opening. By holding the pistol grip with one hand and pushing forward on the barrel with the other, the shooter’s finger comes in contact with the trigger.

The recoil causes the gun to buck back and forth, “bumping” the trigger.

Technically, that means the finger is pulling the trigger for each round fired, keeping the weapon a legal semi-automatic.

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Pre-election jitters rock confidence

By ReBecca HowaRd New Zealand firms’ optimism about the economy fell in the September quarter on pre-election jitters, but companies still expect better times ahead.

A seasonally adjusted net 7 per cent of firms surveyed in the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research’s quarterly survey of business opinion anticipate better economic conditions in the coming year versus 17 per cent in the June quarter.

“A decline in business confidence is not unusual heading into a general election, as businesses and households hold off committing to major spending plans given the uncertainty over the formation of the new government,” said NZIER’s principal economist Christina Leung.

The incumbent National Party and the Labour-Green bloc are currently in talks with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to form a government after there was no outright winner in the September election.

Peters has said he will not make a decision before all votes are counted, something which is ex-

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A decline in business confidence is not unusual heading into a general election ...

pected to take place by October 7.

NZIER’s Leung said the decline in confidence “does tend to be temporary” but will depend on how long it takes to form the new government and what that government eventually looks like. She also noted the decline in business confidence ahead of this election was less severe than before other elections. On average, the pre-election fall in confidence has been 19 per centage points, she said.

There was a decline in business confidence in most regions, although Northland a notable exception, which she said may have been “buoyed by election campaign promises of major spending on infrastructure in the region”.

A seasonally adjusted net 13 per cent of firms surveyed experienced stronger trading in the three months to September versus 17 per cent in the June quarter. However, in terms of expected activity, a seasonally adjusted 27 per cent predict an improvement versus 24 per cent in the June quarter.

Firms experienced a fall in earnings with 6 per cent showing worse profitability in the September quarter, compared with 1 per cent that saw worse profitability in the June quarter. Looking ahead, however, 13 per cent expect better profitability in the coming quarter, versus 6 per cent in the prior quarter.

There was a further drop in

confidence in the building sector, which fell to 3 per cent in the September quarter from 18 per cent in the June quarter and 31 per cent in the March quarter. NZIER noted that June quarter gross domestic product data showed another contraction in construction and “indicators suggest further softening in construction activity is likely in the near term”.

The services sector also saw a decline in confidence, falling to 2 per cent in the September quarter from 20 per cent in the June quarter. It was largely driven by weaker demand in the financial services sector which also reflected slowing property market activity, said Leung.

Firms continued to struggle to find labour in the September quarter with a net 46 per cent saying it was hard to find skilled workers and a net 27 per cent struggling with unskilled staff, compared to 47 per cent for skilled hires and 23 per cent for unskilled in June.

However, a net 14 per cent of firms took on more staff in the September period and a net 19 per cent expect to hire in the coming three months, versus 13 per

cent and 12 per cent in June.

Capacity utilisation was 91.3 per cent from 92.1 per cent in June, driven by lower utilisation across all sectors.

Despite the weaker confidence, investment intentions are “solid” with a rebound in investment plans for buildings, said Leung.

Firms lifted their investment intentions for buildings with a net 18 per cent expecting to invest in the coming year versus a net 3 per cent in the June quarter. A net 17 per cent expect to invest in plant and machinery compared to 20 per cent in June.

Costs remained a concern for firms, with a net 30 per cent experiencing higher costs in September compared to 26 per cent in June.

Regarding interest rates, a net 39 per cent expect a hike compared to 38 per cent in the June quarter.

Against a backdrop of a further easing in capacity utilisation and steady pricing indicators, Leung said there is “little urgency” for the central bank to begin lifting rates and she expects the official cash rate to remain on hold until “at least” late 2018.

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NZ-new vehicle sales rise 4.5%

By Tina MoRRison New Zealand new vehicle sales rose 4.5 per cent in September to hit a new high for the month, eschewing expectations for a slowdown during the election.

Some 14,507 new vehicles were registered in September, ahead of the 13,884 registered in the same month last year and the highest ever level recorded for a September month, according to the Motor Industry Association.

Passenger car and SUV registrations advanced 1.6 per cent to 9855, while commercial vehi-

cle registrations jumped 11 per cent to 4652, with both segments reaching their highest ever level for a September month.

Motor vehicle registrations in the first nine months of this year are 10 per cent ahead of the same period last year at 118,256, suggesting vehicle sales may be headed for a fourth straight annual record this year as the economy is buoyed by low interest rates and record migration.

“The traditional slowdown in new vehicle registrations during an election period failed to materialise in September,” said MIA

chief executive David Crawford.

“As the 2017 year progresses, economic conditions of the last 18 months remain largely unchanged with low interest rates, strong net immigration, strong New Zealand currency and stable domestic economy.

“The combination of these factors underpins record sales of new vehicles.”

Japanese car maker Toyota remained the market leader in September, with a 24 per cent market share, followed by Ford on 11 per cent and Holden at 10 per cent, the MIA said.

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t’s coriander season.

The beautiful green, aromatic herb flourishes in spring. It hates the cold and hates the heat but spring and autumn, if you have plants of the annual herb in your garden then you could be lucky enough to be flush with leaves to pick and use.

Coriander is polarising, you love it or hate it, but if it’s your think then use it in abundance and enjoy.

■ Roast the cumin seeds in a dry pan until lightly toasted and fragrant.

■ Transfer to a food processor.

■ Add coriander, garlic, chilli, lemon, avocado flesh, olive oil and salt.

■ Process until combined.

■ Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces then place into a bowl.

■ Stir through the paste. Leave to marinate.

■ Soak skewers 15 mins.

■ Thread chicken on skewers and grill until cooked 10 minutes.

■ Serve with extra yoghurt, coriander and lemon.

Carrot and coriander soup 1T olive oil 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks 1/4 large onion, diced 4C (1 litre) vegetable stock Large bunch of fresh coriander, de-stemmed and roughly chopped ■ Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.

■ Saute the carrots and onion for a few minutes until the onion has softened a little.

■ Pour in the vegetable stock and add the coriander, reserving a little to garnish.

■ Bring to a boil and cook until the carrots are tender; about 10 minutes.

■ Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

■ Puree the soup until smooth using a hand-blender or food processor.

■ Reheat before serving and garnish with coriander and a dash of cream.

coriander with onions, garlic and ginger to a smooth paste.

■ Heat oil in a large saucepan over a medium

Coriander pesto 3C coriander (leaves and stalks) 1/2 C walnuts 1/4 C extra virgin olive oil 4 cloves crushed garlic (or 1T from a jar) 1/2 C parmesan cheese, grated Salt and freshly ground pepper 1t chilli flakes

Coriander paste on chicken

Extra coriander leaves 2 medium onions, peeled and roughly chopped 4 cloves garlic 1T grated ginger 2T vegetable oil 6 chicken thigh fillets, cut into large chunks 400ml can coconut milk Steamed rice, to serve Spice mix 2T curry powder 1t ground coriander seed 1t salt 1/2 t chilli powder (optional)

heat.

■ Fry the paste for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently until very fragrant.

■ Add spice mix ingredients and fry for a further minute.

■ Add the chicken and stir to coat.

■ Add the coconut milk and a further 400ml of wate. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.

■ Finely shred the reserved coriander leaves.

■ Stir into the curry, remove from heat and allow to stand for about 10 minutes before serving.

■ Serve with steamed rice.

Chicken and coriander pasta 3 chicken breasts Large bunch of coriander 4 limes 1T olive oil 400g fresh pasta 300ml cream Handful of crumbled feta Sea-salt and cracked pepper to taste

■ Dice the raw chicken breast, then place into a bowl.

■ Chop up the coriander finely, set half aside.

■ Place the other half in the bowl with the chicken.

■ Grate the zest of 2 limes into the bowl. Cut the 2 limes in half.

Squeeze the juice into the bowl.

■ Cover bowl and refrigerate for a few hours.

■ Heat the olive oil in a pan, then fry marinated chicken (pour any excess marinade into the pan too).

■ While the chicken is frying, put the fresh pasta into hot water and bring to the boil on a high heat.

■ When chicken is cooked through and pasta is al dente, drain the pasta, then return it to the pot.

Reduce the heat to medium.

■ Put cooked chicken into the pot with the pasta, then add the cream. Stir in.

■ Zest the remaining two limes, and add zest to pot.

■ Cut limes in half and squeeze the juice into the pot.

■ Add the other half of the chopped coriander and the feta to the pot. Stir in.

■ Season with salt and pepper to taste.

■ Cook the pasta for 3-5 min, or until the cream has reduced down. Serve.

Midweek Munchies ■ Whizz all ingredients together.

1 1/2 C coriander, chopped 1t cumin seeds 1 clove garlic (chopped) 1 chopped green chilli 1 lemon, juiced

Coriander and chicken curry

3 bunches coriander leaves and stalks

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – How far is it from Ashburton to Fairlie? a. 80km b. 90km c. 100km 2 – Which author wrote The Vampire Chronicles? a. Stephen King b. Anne Rice c. Phillipa Gregory 3 – When was the Hubble Telescope launched? a. 1987 b. 1990 c. 1993 4 – When does a Jewish boy reach the age of Bar Mitzvah? a. 9 b. 11 c. 13 5 – An ECG test relates to which organ of the body? a. Liver b. Breast c. Heart 6 – Complete the title of the children’s book: Green Eggs and...? a. Chickens b. Green Fingers c. Ham 7 – Which songwriter wrote Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right’? a. John Lennon b. Bob Dylan c. Carol King 8 – How long does it take to fly from Christchurch to Auckland? a. 60 minutes b. 80 minutes c. 100 minutes

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■ RUGBY

Current ABs ‘exceptional’ Dan Carter says the remarkable new level of attack being achieved by the All Blacks comes as no surprise to him.

The great All Blacks first-fiveeighths said he was “really proud of what the team are achieving”.

Outside observers may be shocked at how well the All Blacks have coped since Carter and a group of other legends departed following the 2015 World Cup triumph.

Carter says it all comes down to smart, long-term planning.

“They are always moving forward and evolving – it was probably a good time to get out when I did,” he said, modestly claiming “I’d be out of my depth”.

“Some of the athletes playing at the moment are incredible – I’d prefer to be a spectator at my age (for tests).

“The speed of the All Blacks is exceptional.

“They have such a dominant set piece they could kill teams with that, but they are attacking the space. It doesn’t matter where they are on the field.

“Even five metres out from your line, you attack where the space is, playing with ball in hand.

“It feels like where rugby is going, it doesn’t matter where they are on the field.

“A lot of work has gone into the side, to make sure they are looking and communicating where the space is.

“The skill set is exceptional.

“It doesn’t blow me away to be honest, because that is what was expected. A lot of work had gone on before the 2015 World Cup, to make sure the foundations are in place.

“It’s more the environment they’ve created – it started a decade ago and grown into something so strong.

“A lot of people were surprised, since a lot of test caps had been removed from the environment.

But there has been a process in place to grow some of those younger players into leaders.

“Credit to those young leaders who have stepped up and taken

Beauden Barrett celebrates another win at the Australians’ expense. the All Black game to the next level.

“I always knew it was going to happen.

“I’m still extra proud of what they’ve achieved. New Zealand rugby is in a very good space.”

Reflecting on his own All Black career, Carter said he was fortunate in serving an apprenticeship when Andrew Mehrtens and Carlos Spencer were around.

“They were two world class players but completely different,” he said.

“I learnt my trade off two of the best instead of being thrown in there.”

Carter seemed accepting of the

late-career criticism he faced, saying his own expectations and standards were higher than anything the media or public demanded.

“Credit to the All Black staff who showed a lot of faith in me.

“They could of picked a quality younger No. 10,” said Carter from France, where his playing for Racing Metro.

“I found it quite tough, but they stuck by me and gave me motivation to repay the favour.”

When asked about the criticism Beauden Barrett was receiving for his goalkicking and game management, Carter said: “He’s still young and maturing.

“He will only get better.

“He’s a gamebreaker – I was fortunate to work alongside him for four years and I knew what he was capable of.

“We’ve all seen his excellence and he’s really stepped up in the last couple of years.

“He’s a player who can direct his team around, and teammates look towards him to lead and give them direction. And he creates opportunities because of pure speed.”

Carter said he was still enjoying playing.

“I still get out of bed wanting to get better every day,” he said.

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Rookie now lethal weapon At 20 years old and having played only eight tests, Rieko Ioane isn’t the finished product according to All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, and heaven help opposition teams when he is.

A few eyebrows were raised a little over three months ago when the All Blacks team to play the British & Irish Lions was named and Ioane was selected in the No11 jersey ahead of Julian Savea.

So impressive has left wing Ioane taken to the ruthless nature of test rugby that eyebrows would now be raised if he wasn’t.

Ioane has been a sensation, seemingly a rookie one moment and a devastating attacking weapon the next, one that has given the Lions, Springboks, Wallabies and Pumas massive defensive headaches with his pace and power.

Statistically, Ioane is the most dangerous attacking weapon in the Rugby Championship – up there with Wallabies fullback Israel Folau despite playing one fewer test in the tournament.

If he starts again against the Springboks in Cape Town on Sunday he is likely to add significantly to his numbers because he tore the Boks to shreds in Albany last time out.

Ioane’s ability has never been in doubt for those who watched him play for the Blues or for the New Zealand sevens team, but there is always a question mark as to how players take to the game at the highest level, and in particular the often suffocating pressure of representing the All Blacks.

But he’s repaid Hansen’s faith by scoring two tries and looking supremely comfortable throughout – his pace a worry for the visitors every time he got the ball.

Hansen said before the test in a comment which in hindsight looks remarkably prescient: “He’s got electrifying speed, and we just think for this particular match he’s the boy. I guess the proof will be in the pudding.

“We’ve just got to make sure we keep going, he’s not the finished product.”

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In brief Trophies on the line The Ashburton Harrier Club held a 3km handicap race around the Ashburton Domain course on Saturday.

Two trophies were contested, the Strong Walk for the walkers and the Albert McIntosh for the runners.

A handicap race has competitors starting at different times depending on how long it is estimated they will take to complete the 3km, which means the field should finish close together. The walkers finished within 1min 13secs of each other, and the runners within 1 minute. The winners on handicap were Chrissie Stratford in the walking race and Alison van Polanen in the running race.

Fastest walkers were Dave Strong (19 min 11 secs), Noel Batty (20.06) and Paul Severins (21.08). Fastest runners were Joe Ford (10.45), Ian Broadbelt (11.53), and Claire Marshall (11.54). This was the last race for the season with three Saturday runs left before the summer break.

Neymar worth $46m

The Hatch Cup side is (back row, from left) Angus Ferguson, Riley Harris, William Wilson, William Mackenzie, Charlie Brook, Cole Aitken, Henry Wallis, Tim Connelly-Whyte, coach Brendon Adam and (front row, from left) Lachlan Adam, George Robins, Harry Soal, Hamish O’Reilly, Patrick Currie, Seth Hosken, Braden Luxton and George Wareing.

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■ HOCKEY

Boys up for historic tourney

By Linda CLarke

Linda.c@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury Hockey’s Hatch Cup team had its final training yesterday ahead of its national primary schoolboys’ tournament in Auckland next week.

The tournament has been running since the early 1920s and features 24 teams, which translates to a lot of hockey over the course of a week for the players, coach and managers.

The Mid Canterbury boys will fly north on Sunday in time for the official opening ceremony at the Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium; the first games get under way on Monday.

Mid Canterbury is in a pool with Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Otago, Counties-Manakau and North Harbour and is aiming to make the top 10, said Vicki Ferguson, who manages the team with Greta Currie.

The side, made up of year 7 and 8 (under 13) players, was announced in July and has been training under the watchful eye of coach Brendon Adam up to twice a week at the Ashburton Hockey Turf.

In Auckland, the group, which also includes umpire Jacob Gray, will be staying at the Diocesan School for Girls boarding facility.

Ferguson said it was a huge effort by the players, parents and supporters to fundraise the $33,000 needed and they were grateful to their many sponsors and helpers.

“We have had amazing support.

“We’ve sold raffles at New World and had people come up and tell us they had once played Hatch Cup.” The side has had warm-up games against Canterbury, the 2016 winner, and South Canterbury in the lead-up to tournament and Ferguson said the group had made huge gains in the season.

“They are really starting to come together.”

The boys come from the Mayfield, Rakaia, Ashburton and Methven areas.

“Four of them have been to Hatch before, six were in the B team last year and for six others, this is their first time at rep level.”

The team is: Angus Ferguson, Lachlan Adam, Tim ConnellyWhyte, Seth Hosken, Braden Luxton, Hamish O’Reilly, Patrick Currie, George Robins, Cole Aitken, Charlie Brook, Riley Harris, William Mackenzie, Harry Soal, Henry Wallis, George Wareing and William Wilson.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Mac lines up for Scorpions Tough first day Mid Canterbury age-group rugby star Mac Kaitao is taking his skills with the oval ball to rugby league as part of the Southern Scorpions under 15 team at league’s national youth tournament under way in Rotorua.

Kaitao, 14, turns out for the Hampstead Rugby Club most Saturdays and has been a rugby union age-group representative for Mid Canterbury.

While he loves rugby, he decided to give league a go recently as part of the Timaru-based Aorkai Eels and at a South Island tournament in Christchurch he was picked for the Scorpions.

The national league tournament features teams from Wellington, Auckland,

Mid-Central, Upper Central, South Island and northern zones.

The under 15 event is being held at the same time as the under 17 event at Puketawhero Park in Rotorua.

Kaitao’s Southern Scorpions have posted a 22-18 loss to Central Vipers and a 24-8 loss to Counties-Manukau so far and take on Wai-Coa-Bay today.

The Ashburton College Year 10 student was one of 29 players chosen after the South Island tournament to trial for the Scorpions under 15 team and nailed a spot after playing only a handful of league games.

He returns to Ashburton at the weekend.

The Ashburton College senior girls’ basketball team heads into the final day of pool play today at the national schools’ tournament still looking for a win.

A tough first day saw them well-beaten by Auckland Girls Grammar 90-50 and then pipped at the post by Christchurch Girls’ High School 6665.

They were beaten by Hamilton Girls’ High School 80-61 in their only game yesterday.

Today they take on Middleton Grange and Massey High School, for points that will sort out the top eight teams from the 24 girls’ sides vying for a national title.

Ashcoll’s first-up game was a tough start with Auckland Girls the top qualifier from the Auckland/Northland region.

A study by Swiss research group CIES Football Observatory has found that Brazilian star Neymar is worth €28.4m (NZ$46.3m) more than what was paid for him by French club Paris Saint-Germain.

The research company specialises in the scientific estimation of a player’s value in the football transfer market. Their newest data release ranks the footballers from Europe’s big five leagues – Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain), Bundesliga (Germany), Serie A (Italy) and Ligue 1 (France) - based on whose transfer value has increased the most since July. - AP

Winning ‘a must’ Just like their gruelling travel schedule, the Wallabies have arrived in Argentina promising no more shortcuts as they bid to round out their Rugby Championship campaign with a much-needed win. Only a victory over the Pumas in Mendoza can save the Wallabies from their worst-ever return in the four-team competition following a second successive deflating draw against the Springboks. Champions in 2015 and runners-up last year, Australia face the grim prospect of winning just one from six matches this year if Argentina repeat their shock victory over the Wallabies in Mendoza in 2014.

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Anderson being patient Corey Anderson’s desire to play for the Blacks Caps is as strong as ever despite the latest injury setback which threatened to derail his career. The 26-year-old all-rounder recently had surgery after suffering another stress fracture in his lower back while playing for Somerset in the English Twenty20 competition in July. It’s the third time this has happened since 2015, when he was forced to pull out of the Black Caps’ tour of England, and again during last year’s Twenty20 World Cup. Anderson has only just returned to the gym, and harbours no plans to rush back onto the field. “I’ve got no real time frame because when you put those in place, you end up missing things or you don’t quite do your due diligence, and that’s the last thing I need to do with my history.”

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■ EQUESTRIAN

Trophy attracts big numbers

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

This weekend 39 teams from around the South Island will descend on Rakaia for the Springston Trophy, the largest pony club event in the southern hemisphere.

This will be the 46th time the event has run, with three age groups competing over three different events over three days.

“The trophy moves around each year and like the Olympics, clubs bid to hold it and this year we were successful,” Rakaia Pony Club president Vanessa Wilcox said.

The last time Mid Canterbury hosted the event was in 2004, with the showjumping and dressage events held at the Ashburton Showgrounds, while the cross-country stage was held in Rakaia.

This year, the showjumping and dressage will be held at the Rakaia Domain, while the crosscountry will be held at the same location as in 2004, but with major improvements.

“We have updated the course and redesigned it, with a lot of fundraising and man-hours going in to it,” she said.

While 39 teams and horses is a large number to host in Rakaia, Wilcox said they had successfully billeted out most of the competitors to people from within the club.

The Friday will consist of dressage, with the cross-country on Saturday and finishing off with

Kaufusi the bolter Melbourne bolter Felise Kaufusi has been confirmed as one of seven Storm players named in Australia’s 24-man squad for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup. Kaufusi is one of six rookies included by coach Mal Meninga, with Melbourne team-mates Cameron Munster and Jordan McLean also selected. Uncapped trio Dane Gagai, Wade Graham and Tom Trbojevic are in the squad as well. The most glaring omissions were Blues pair Josh Jackson and James Tedesco, the latter of whom scored a hat trick in the traditional Prime Minster’s XIII match two weeks ago.

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Raval, Nicholls hold out A stubborn second-wicket stand between Jeet Raval and Henry Nicholls has given New Zealand A a slim chance of rescuing their four-day match against India A in Vijayawada. The Kiwis were 104-1 on day three, with opener Raval on 41 and skipper Nicholls on 55 in an unbeaten 85-run stand. New Zealand A, bowled out in quick time for 211 in their first innings, are chasing a target of 236 just to make India A bat again.

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Aussie quicks ready

The showjumpers will be out in force at the Springston Trophy this weekend.

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the showjumping on the Sunday.

“We will be asking for a gold

coin donation on the Saturday to help cover the costs of the course upgrade, but the other two days

are open to the public and the Lions Club will be there with food the whole time,” Wilcox said.

Three of Australia’s so-called “big four” fast bowling weapons are expected to be fit and firing in time to launch an all-out assault on the Ashes. Mitchell Starc has been named to return for NSW on Friday in the domestic one-day competition for his first match since June. Australian bowling coach David Saker confirmed Starc and Josh Hazlewood would also play first-class cricket before the series with England.

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Spinner gets it right

■ MOTOR RACING

Penske determined to bag a Bathurst It’s the holy grail of Australian motorsport – a Bathurst 1000 victory – and American Roger Penske is out to add the title to his incredible tally of big-race victories.

The billionaire DJR Team Penske founder is a 16-time Indianapolis 500 winner as a team owner and a two-time Daytona 500 champion.

It’s decades of dominance that comes with a simple nickname, “The Captain”.

And now The Captain is steering for glory at Mount Panorama.

Penske’s third assault on Bathurst this month is his strongest yet since entering the Supercars championship in 2015.

Scott McLaughlin arrives at Mount Panorama as the championship leader and on the back of an impressive second-placed finish with co-driver Alex Premat at the Sandown 500 in early September.

Fellow New Zealander Fabian Coulthard is also firmly in the championship mix and finished fifth in Sandown to show his Ford Falcon has plenty of endurance pace too.

McLaughlin says there’s no secret part of Penske’s Down Un-

Roger Penske’s team wants the checkered flag at Bathurst. der venture is to win the iconic 1000km race.

“It’s something he wants to do obviously, he wants to win everything,” McLaughlin said.

“That’s certainly what he’s come to do, the work they’ve done with Fabian last year and Scott Pye and the year before with Scott Pye and (Marcos) Ambrose, they’ve worked towards having a successful team.

“We’re only a little way through what we want to do and what we want to achieve but a Bathurst win would be pretty high up in his resume.

“For me or Fabian to win it for him would be a pretty good dream come true.”

McLaughlin himself is excited about his chances at Bathurst.

The 24-year-old was firmly in the mix at last year’s race before

a collision with Holden’s Jamie Whincup with 15 laps to go ended his hopes.

Whincup would go on to cop a 15-second penalty while Tekno Autosports pair Will Davison and Jonathon Webb took full advantage for a surprise win.

McLaughlin says last year’s finish just goes to show how much luck, as well as form and reliability, play a role in the longest Supercars race of the year.

“At the end of the day it’s about buying your ticket to the end, to the last 24 laps,” he said.

By his own admission the Supercars championship situation will be an added factor for McLaughlin if he finds himself in a battle for positions at the end of the race.

At Sandown, McLaughlin admits he was aware of the situation of his championship rivals such as Red Bull Racing’s Jamie Whincup and didn’t take any extra risks in his pursuit of eventual winners Cameron Waters and Richie Stanaway.

“Bathurst is a whole different race in itself to be honest, I’d put it above most things,” he said.

“I really would push to the very end with Bathurst.”

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Rangana Herath has bowled Sri Lanka to a stunning 21-run win over Pakistan, snaring six wickets on the last day of the seriesopening test and becoming the first left-arm spinner to claim 400 wickets in cricket’s traditional format. The 39-year-old orthodox spinner snared 6-41 in the second innings – giving him 11 for the match – as Sri Lanka defended their meagre 135-run advantage on a dramatic day when 16 wickets tumbled in three sessions.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Hampstead Bowling Club October 1 Walls Cup 1st Place: B. White, S. Holdom, B. Harrison, F. McNight 4 Wins, 25 Ends, 57 Points; 2nd Place: M. Smallridge, P. Collins, D. Hickman, G Clark 4 Wins, 25 Ends, 41 points, 3rd Place: C Youngman, S. Keith, S. Whyte, J. Drayton 3 Wins, 1 Draw, 28 Ends.

■ Golf Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association Irish Stableford played at Rakaia Golf Course 1st with a combined score of 99 Points: Dennis Fitzgerald, Dave Horrell, Kevin Sissons and John Cornelius; 2nd with 97: Gavin Santy, Ray Suttie, Ray Bennett and Des Green; 3rd with 93: Peter Walker, Murray Hall, Graham McEvoy and Trevor Watson.

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In brief Lazarus rises again Five open-class pacers have accepted for the $50,000 Canterbury Classic (2600m stand) at Addington on Friday night, including last year’s NZ Cup winner Lazarus (drawn three) and his fastrising stablemate Heaven Rocks (unruly one), who are fresh-up for the new season. Heaven Rocks beat Lazarus at the Rangiora workouts last week and appears the more forward of the two stars.

The All Stars stable of Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen have two other runners in Dream About Me (one) and Have Faith In Me (unruly two), with the Greg and Nina Hope-trained Seel The Deal (two) the only outside challenger. - NZHN

Suspensions dished out

Jenabella puts her best foot forward Gerard O’Reilly and Jenabella (left) storm past Tennyson Bromac and Mark Purdon at yesterday’s Chertsey Trotting Club trials at the Ashburton Racecourse. The Geoff Dunn-trained pacer settled at the back of the field, but came home with an undeniable finishing burst to win impressively with some notable closing sectionals. As the racing action on the weekend starts to heat up with Cup Week just around the corner, many of the rising stars were in action yesterday, including Waikiki Beach from the Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen stable while star trotter, Marcoola also made an appearance on his comeback from injury.

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■ DRIVERS’ PREMIERSHIP

Dunn faces big challenge Champion Kiwi driver Dexter Dunn admits his 10-year reign at the top of the national premiership is under serious threat from good friend Blair Orange this season.

Orange, who has run second to Dunn for four years, has made a flyer to the new season and sits on 27 wins, while Dunn’s season was delayed until after the world drivers championship in Canada, where he finished fourth defending his crown, and a trip to Colorado three weeks ago for a club rugby tournament with the West Melton second division team, who he plays halfback for.

“The rugby was pretty brutal with a lot of professionals who play for the US team. ‘’We were half serious and half social, but the teams we played were professional.

“The body was pretty sore afterwards but no bones were broken. We probably made more of a mark (socialising) after the games.’’

His absence has seen Orange on a tear, nine wins ahead of his 18 at the same stage last season, with Dunn on 11 after reaching 16 at the same stage last term.

“Blair is off to roaring start and had a great year last year.

“If Blair won it wouldn’t worry

Dexter Dunn has Pat’s Delight in prime position. me really because he’s a good friend and he probably deserves to win one. ‘’Let’s see what happens later in the year. I just want to do the best I can again and drive as many winners as I can.’’

Dunn picked up four winners last weekend, including promising three-year-old Pat’s Delight, who won nicely at Addington fresh-up after a last racing in May

for West Melton trainer Cran Dalgety.

He has drawn eight in a tough NZ Sires Stakes heat (1950m mobile) at Addington this Friday, with the unbeaten Chase Auckland and class colt The Devils Own lining up for Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen.

“He’s improved a lot since his two-year-old season, but drawing eight will make it hard for

him,’’ said Dunn. “He is yet to prove himself against the good ones but he’s a really nice horse and we haven’t got to the bottom of him yet.

“Hopefully he can have a good year.

“He didn’t win by a big margin (last Friday) but didn’t have a gutbuster so it was pleasing.’’

The Dalgety-trained Master Moonlite will resume later in the season after his failure in the Australian Breeders Crown final so Dunn might have to choose his NZ Derby (April 6) drive out of the two if Pat’s Delight measures up.

This season’s Hannon Memorial winner and last year’s NZ Cup third place-getter Titan Banner will be Dunn’s drive in the cup on November 14 and he is ultrakeen to win the big one, with his best finish a neck second driving Bettor’s Strike in Monkey King’s 2009 cup.

“If there’s one race you want to win it’s the NZ Cup, but they aren’t easy to win that’s for sure. ‘’Titan Banner is in good form so far this year and has the credentials, but it’s hard when you are racing superstars like Lazarus and Heaven Rocks, who looks like he’s got better this year from what I’ve seen.’’

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Canterbury drivers Robbie Close (three days) and Bob Butt (four days) were both suspended for excessive use of the whip at Motukarara on Sunday. Close was driving Kylie Ann (third) and Butt was driving Stompem (second).

Trainer-driver Robbie Holmes was fined $300 after admitting excessive whip use driving maiden trotter Southern Alps (fourth) at the same meeting, while Nathan Purdon copped the same fine for his drive behind Bettor Than That (second). Drivers are only allowed to hit their charges with the whip 10 times in the last 400m. - NZHN

Back to basics It’s a case of back to the drawing board for multiple Group Oneplaced entire Savile Row after the son of Makfi finished towards the tail of the field in last Saturday’s Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick. Raced by Kevin Hickman of Valachi Downs, Savile Row has failed to fire in two starts from the Flemington stable of Mike Moroney, having previously performed well for Moroney and training partner Pam Gerard in New Zealand.

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Following a blueprint The connections of Irish Cream are planning to follow the same path as Group One-winning stablemate Melody Belle to the Karaka Million.

The daughter of O’Reilly will make her debut in the Tavistock Owners 2YO at Ruakaka today and rates a big chance after a trials win at Te Teko recently. “She’s a lovely filly who has done everything right,” co-trainer Jamie Richards said.

“This is the same race Melody Belle won first-up last year and we plan to follow a similar path to the Karaka Million if we think she is up to it.”

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Guideline for Guineas Embellish could put a piece of the Gr.1 NZ 2000 Guineas’ puzzle together for Te Akau Racing when he resumes at Ruakaka today.

The son of Savabeel is one of six horses trainers Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards have entered for the Al Basti Equiworldsponsored 1600-metre classic at Riccarton on November 11 and will be looking to improve on his debut performance when he contests the Lion Red 1200. Embellish was runner-up to Not Unusual Trip at Ellerslie last April and was then put aside for a spell. He reappeared with a trials run for second at Te Teko on August 31 and is expected to be hard to beat fresh-up. - NZME

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■ VOLKSTOK’N’BARRELL

Sydney a back-up option Ruakaka trainers Donna Logan and Chris Gibbs are covering their bases with Volkstok’n’barrell.

They have their stable star on target for the Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings on Saturday, but have planned ahead in case wet weather ruins the opportunity to contest the weight-for-age event.

“He’s ready for Hastings as long as the rain stays away,” Logan said. “If it’s wet – and I hope it isn’t – he won’t run.

“We’ve looked at the option of running him in Sydney a week later. There’s a weight-for-age race over there that could suit him, but I’d prefer to start at Hastings.”

The Sydney option is the Craven Plate (2000m) at Randwick on October 14 worth $A500,000.

Volkstok’n’barrell has had two

previous trips to Sydney with the first one being a successful venture when winning the 2015 Gr.1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) then finishing third to Mongolian Khan in the Gr.1 ATC Australian Derby (2400m).

He returned to Sydney in the autumn of 2016 for the Doncaster Handicap (1600m), but struck a soft track and finished 10th.

Volkstok’n’barrell finished fifth over 1200 metres when resuming at Ruakaka last month and, improved by that run, he was an eye-catching fifth to Gingernuts in the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) on the second day of the Hawke’s Bay Carnival.

“I thought his run down there last time was very good,” Logan said.

“The (slow) track was a bit of an issue and he hits a flat spot at

Volkstok’n’barrell the 600 metres. He couldn’t get out enough to get in the mix but finished it off well.”

Colgan was reunited with Volkstok’n’barrell in the Windsor Park Plate and will be in the saddle again on Saturday.

“Vinnie gets on so well with him,” Logan said.

Colgan has had six rides on Volkstok’n’barrell for three wins and each of those victories have been at Group One level.

Volkstok’n’barrell has continued to please his trainers since the last trip to Hastings.

“He’s improved and he galloped beautifully this morning,” Logan said after his Tuesday workout.

“I’m very happy with him. He’ll be hard to beat on Saturday if he gets a good track.”

Logan says there are further options for Volkstok’n’barrell after the Livamol Classic.

“We’ve looked at a few races, but nothing is set in concrete,” she said. “We want to get this one out of the way. This is what he has been set for.”

- NZME

Brown gets plum ride Persistence has paid off for Corey Brown, with the experienced jockey talking himself into the coveted ride on Everest favourite She Will Reign. Brown left a message with trainer Gary Portelli on Sunday, reminding him he was still available for the $10 million sprint at Randwick on October 14. “I left a message for Gary and said ‘Mate, what’s the go?’ I don’t want to be left out of the race’,” Brown said.

“Thirty minutes later my manager said I was on.”

- AAP

Admire Deus on show Craig Williams will test his possible Melbourne Cup mount, Japanese stayer Admire Deus, in a gallop at the Werribee quarantine centre.

Williams rode Admire Deus in a workout during a recent holiday in Japan. Admire Deus will be trained for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups by Darren Weir and is on the third line of Melbourne Cup betting at $15 with last year’s winner Almandin the TAB’s $6 favourite ahead of New Zealand mare Bonneval at $11.

- AAP

M2 Whangarei gallops Today at Ruakaka Raceway

Whangarei RC Ruakaka Meeting Date: 04 Oct 2017 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 11.55am (NZT) TAVISTOCK OWNERS SYNDICATE 2YO MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 2YO, 900m 1 Mexican Tycoon (5) 57.5 ............M Cameron 2 Our Prom King h (2) 57.5 ................A Collett 3 Cassius Clay (6) 57.5 ................S McKay (a) 4 Hasabro (4) 57.5 ............................. S Spratt 5 Our Beeskees 57.5 ...................... Scratched 6 Dublin Rose 55.5 ......................... Scratched 7 Irish Cream (3) 55.5 ......................M McNab 8 Udachi (1) 55.5 .......................... L Satherley 2 12.32pm REDWOOD @ WESTBURY STUD MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 2100m 1 00306 Tama Akarana (4) 58.5 ............J Nason (a2) 2 x6546 Masters Choice h (8) 58.5...............A Collett 3 x7685 Aongatete Express (6) 58.5 ...B Morgenrood 4 5P6P7 Nombero (10) 58.5 ..................... L Satherley 5 99 Canzac (9) 58.5 ..........................T Thornton 6 67079 Mr Big (3) 58.5 ....................................C Dell 7 08097 Ray’s Legacy (2) 58.5 ...................M McNab 8 58x78 Rocking Good Time b (5) 58.5 ........J Riddell 9 5x34 Raison D’etre bh (1) 56.5 ................S Collett 10 70 Debatable (7) 56.5 .................J Fawcett (a3) 3 1.07pm UNITED SECURITY NORTHLAND MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 1600m 1 4x Kingtide (1) 58.5.........................A Sims (a3) 2 Red My Mind h (2) 58.5 .............M Cameron 3 886 Gabriel (13) 58.5 .......................T Wenn (a3) 4 Brightlign h (12) 58.5................J Nason (a2) 5 0000x Makfactor (11) 58.5 6 77x8 Oracle Of Omaha (10) 58.5 ............J Riddell 7 0 Raise The Phantom (15) 58.5 ......... S Spratt 8 0x930 Single Moment (6) 56.5.............. L Satherley 9 96. Xtrapenny (8) 56.5 ..........................A Collett

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 04 Oct 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.05pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 84 Idol Alan nwtd ...................................M Flipp 2 84423 Piko Piko Dawn nwtd ...................... C Brider 3 63575 Stole Me Keys nwtd ................. K Gommans 4 43328 Bigtime Swift nwtd G & ... Sandra Fredrickso 5 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce 6 22562 Carefree Highway nwtd ................K Williams 7 26535 Bark My Words nwtd ..........................L Cole 8 38675 African Violet nwtd .................J T McInerney 9 88756 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 10 78877 Ahuroa Flyer nwtd ..........................R Murray 2 12.22pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C0 C0, 520m 1 735 Flying Koko nwtd .........................A Turnwald 2 56223 Last Man Alive nwtd ........................M Olden 3 Midsomer Magic nwtd ..............E Duganzich 4 55546 Waterloo Blue nwtd ............................W Kite 5 84253 Cool Wolf nwtd .............................. D Donlon 6 Bigtime Owen nwtd ............................L Cole 7 22623 Fancy Fifita nwtd ......................... P C Morris 8 Bigtime Wild nwtd...............................L Cole 9 88756 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 3 12.40pm METEOR OPD WANGANUI C0 C0, 305m 1 Judge Me Jackie nwtd.................... L Pearce 2 21 Idol Hot nwtd .....................................M Flipp 3 883 Naharis nwtd .....................................D Edlin 4 76734 Miss Muffet nwtd .........................J McArthur 5 682 Blackfort Down nwtd P &.................C Morris 6 35574 Subway Kay nwtd.......................B Goldsack 7 65884 White Comet nwtd......................... D Donlon 8 57272 Dermott Brown nwtd ..........................L Cole

10 06799 Lowrider (9) 56.5 .................A Schwerin (a2) 11 0 Blanco Bay h (3) 56.........................S Collett 12 Dragon Storm h (4) 56 ......................L Innes 13 9 Mongolianconqueror (14) 56 .........M McNab 14 7 Verbal Command (7) 54 ..............C Lammas 15 8. Fool’s ‘N’ Horses (5) 56 Emergency: Fool’s ‘N’ Horses 4 1.42pm LION RED MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 22062 Royal Ruler (10) 58.5 ....................O Bosson 2 893 Grand Duke (6) 58.5 .....................J Waddell 3 Blue Breeze (11) 58.5 ............... M D Plessis 4 2888x Right Said Fred (12) 58.5 ............T Thornton 5 630 Our Rose Royal (8) 56.5 ........J Fawcett (a3) 6 466x7 Elana Rose (5) 56.5 ........................J Riddell 7 2x2 Karisto b (9) 56 ..........................M Cameron 8 39. Good Sunshine h (2) 56 ..............C Lammas 9 5 Abacus (7) 56............................. L Satherley 10 6 Whangamata 56........................... Scratched 11 0 Blanco Bay h (1) 56 12 Charlotte’s Web (3) 54 .................... S Spratt 13 Hello It’s Me h (4) 54 .......................S Collett 14 7 Verbal Command 54 .................... Scratched 5 2.17pm ADAMS TRIMMER INSURANCE MAIDEN $10,000, MAIDEN, 1400m 1 22323 Imran 58.5 .................................... Scratched 2 Brightlign h (9) 58.5..................J Nason (a2) 3 00x Shockwave (5) 58.5 ....................C Lammas 4 23. Kyrie Eleison bh (7) 56.5 .................S Collett 5 Vaudesir (6) 56.5....................... M D Plessis 6 06x7. Crescendo (1) 56.5 .......................J Waddell 7 00. Shezarockstar h (2) 56.5 ..J Fawcett (a3) 8 4x429 The Mitigator (4) 56...................S McKay (a) 9 Prior Engagement (3) 56.................A Collett 10 76 Go For Dough h (10) 56 ..............T Thornton 11 Dragon Storm 56.......................... Scratched 12 8. Fool’s ‘N’ Horses (8) 56 ..............D Prastiyou

13 5 Konstantina 54 ............................. Scratched 14 Podravina (11) 54 .......................M Cameron 6 2.52pm NORTHLAND BUSINESS SYSTEMS MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 4424x Matuzalem b (13) 58.5 ..............S McKay (a) 2 02x Moses (7) 58.5 .......................... R Scott (a3) 3 357x5 Epic Tale (3) 58.5 ..........................O Bosson 4 4847x Speewah (17) 58.5 5 Bilbao (12) 58.5.............................J Waddell 6 0233x She’stoohottotrot b (4) 56.5.....E McCall (a4) 7 0x427 Kittykittybangbang (16) 56.5 .........M McNab 8 728x6 Sally Lunn (5) 56.5 ......................T Thornton 9 Asmahal (18) 56.5 10 Headlines (14) 56.5....................A Sims (a3) 11 Pokuru Wild (11) 56.5 ................M Coleman 12 Winehouse (8) 56.5.....................C Lammas 13 9x Attimo (15) 56.5 14 Warset h (10) 56 .............................A Collett 15 Pirate (6) 58.5 ............................ L Satherley 16 The Bok (2) 58.5 17 0x Honneur Noir (9) 56.5 18 78. Sakhee’s Rocket (1) 56.5 19 6987x Head Rush 58.5 ........................... Scratched 20 56x8x Peaceful Falls 56 .......................... Scratched Emergencies: Pirate, The Bok, Honneur Noir, Sakhee’s Rocket, Head Rush, Peaceful Falls 7 3.29pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES RUAKAKA 19 DEC MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 3x4 Dragon 57.5 ................................. Scratched 2 263x Midnight Runner (14) 57.5 3 56x8x Peaceful Falls (12) 57.5 ................M McNab 4 Bahamas (6) 57.5 ........................... S Spratt 5 Owen Patrick (13) 57.5 .................O Bosson 6 7x Take Me There (4) 57.5 ...................J Riddell 7 Hunua Hank (11) 57.5............... M D Plessis 8 2x Way Too Easy b (10) 55.5 ...A Schwerin (a2)

9 5x Alternative Fact (3) 55.5 ..................A Collett 10 Birdie Blitz (8) 55.5.....................D Prastiyou 11 Dream On (2) 55.5 .........................V Colgan 12 Colleraine (9) 55.5 .....................M Cameron 13 Lady Sequoyah h (7) 55.5 ............... A Jones 14 Sistabeel (1) 55.5 ..............................L Innes 15 0 Raspberry Beret 55.5 ................... Scratched 16 0x Dream (5) 55.5 ...........................M Coleman 17 Warset 57.5 .................................. Scratched Emergencies: Raspberry Beret, Dream, Warset 8 4.04 LION RED MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 3xL Hanger b (3) 57.5 ..............................L Innes 2 2x Embellish b (11) 57.5 ....................O Bosson 3 4 Ever Loyal b (2) 57.5 .....................J Waddell 4 5x Revered (5) 57.5 .............................J Riddell 5 Whakaaria Mai h (9) 57.5..............M McNab 6 Pukerua (6) 57.5 7 Dama Zorro (12) 55.5 ................M Coleman 8 Mirazur (8) 55.5...........................T Thornton 9 Power Dream (1) 55.5 10 Tokyo Lil (7) 55.5 ....................... M D Plessis 11 Call Me Bling 55.5 ........................ Scratched 12 9x Dont Worry (13) 55.5.................S McKay (a) 13 Lil’ Roka (4) 55.5 .............................A Collett 14 Marbles h (10) 55.5 .........................S Collett 15 0 Raspberry Beret 55.5 ................... Scratched 16 0x Dream 55.5 .................................. Scratched 17 Warset 57.5 .................................. Scratched Emergencies: Raspberry Beret, Dream, Warset 9 4.39 INTERISLANDER SUMMER FESTIVAL RUAKAKA 6 JAN HCP $11,000, R75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 0146x Diesel m (2) 59..............................O Bosson 2 32423 Floating Heart th (5) 57 ..................V Colgan 3 04316 Creative Genius td (7) 57 4 50x21 O’Carol dm (4) 56 ...........................J Riddell 5 8x061 Silver Sasanof tdh (1) 56.................S Collett

6 7 8 9 10

55714 Ventura dm (9) 55 1 Kachhi h (3) 54.......................J Fawcett (a3) 51x70 Affogato th (6) 54 ............................ S Spratt 007x4 Courtmaster (10) 54 090x7 Gottagetmywoohoo d (8) 54............A Collett 10 5.14 RACING @ RUAKAKA FRIDAY 17 NOV HANDICAP $11,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 1 32061 Kaharau t (9) 63.5 ..................J Fawcett (a3) 2 x110x Hushed (4) 61 ...............................O Bosson 3 31202 Spider tdh (6) 58 .........................T Thornton 4 8942x Beaumarchais d (8) 57.5...............M McNab 5 4149x Prince Mambo (10) 57 ........A Schwerin (a2) 6 x526x Royal Success db (3) 56.5 ............J Waddell 7 21215 Command Royale th (5) 55 .........C Lammas 8 78711 Charlie Farley td (7) 54 .............. L Satherley 9 160x9 Swissta (2) 54 .................................A Collett 10 x5x31 Inanna td (1) 54............................... S Spratt

10 2.40pm WANGANUI TOYOTA C1 C1, 305m

1 62767 Idol Billie nwtd .......................... S Gommans 2 12343 PikoPiko Connor 17.92 ................... C Brider 3 81 Lori Elle 18.31 ...................................M Flipp 4 76325 Wellington Wind 18.02 K & ...............Phillips 5 68858 Duke Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 6 1366 Paws For Concern 18.05 ...................L Cole 7 42457 Homebush Lucifer 17.53 ........J T McInerney 8 81575 You’re The Best 17.90 ........................ N Udy Emergencies: 9 16858 Judge’s Call 17.88 J & ........................D Bell 10 35845 Cyndi Action 18.06 ................... K Gommans 14 3.54pm MAX REFRIGERATION C1 C1, 305m 1 73452 Kiwi Baxter 17.74 ...................J T McInerney 2 36786 Celestial Action 17.82 .............. K Gommans 3 46742 Bigtime Racer 17.78 G & Sandra Fredrickso 4 18438 Avedon Film 18.05 ............................M Flipp 5 85468 Tomorrow Star 18.06 ................ S Gommans 6 76242 Rocky’s To Much 18.15 ................K Williams 7 85415 Knock Cobanna 18.00 .................. M Gowan 8 74244 Culvie Lad 18.01 J & ...........................D Bell 9 45437 Piko Piko 17.99 ............................... C Brider 10 56473 Lil Diva nwtd ...........................J T McInerney 15 4.13pm HATRICK DASH C1 C1, 305m 1 31731 Just Like Ma 17.89 J & ........................D Bell 2 84868 Sedgebrook Angel 18.10 ....................F Kite 3 31855 Hello It’s Me 18.26 ................... S Gommans 4 13786 Hungry Machine nwtd .....................L Doody 5 22561 Botany Dianne 17.79 .............J T McInerney 6 71744 Lace 18.29 .................................... M Gowan 7 82232 Agent Anna nwtd..............................S Stone 8 66748 Rosie 17.86 .................................J McArthur 9 74763 Lip It Up 18.04........................J T McInerney 10 56257 Idol Leanne 17.71 .............................M Flipp

Blinkers on: Xtrapenny, Mongolianconqueror, Verbal Command, Fool’s ‘N’ Horses (R3), Fool’s ‘N’ Horses (R5), Alternative Fact, Dream (R7), Ever Loyal (R8) Blinkers off: Raise The Phantom (R3), Crescendo (R5), Peaceful Falls (R7) Winkers on: Crescendo (R5), Matuzalem, Speewah (R6) Winkers off: Xtrapenny, Fool’s ‘N’ Horses (R3), Fool’s ‘N’ Horses (R5), Dont Worry (R8)

SELECTIONS Race 1: Mexican Tycoon, Irish Cream, Cassius Clay, Udachi Race 2: Raison D’etre, Masters Choice, Aongatete Express Race 3: Mongolianconqueror, Verbal Command, Oracle Of Omaha Race 4: Karisto, Royal Ruler, Abacus, Blanco Bay, Grand Duke Race 5: Kyrie Eleison, The Mitigator, Vaudesir, Prior Engagement Race 6: She’stoohottotrot, Pokuru Wild, Matuzalem, Headlines Race 7: Way Too Easy, Midnight Runner, Bahamas, Birdie Blitz Race 8: Hanger, Ever Loyal, Embellish, Mirazur, Whakaaria Mai Race 9: O’Carol, Floating Heart, Ventura, Creative Genius, Kachhi Race 10: Royal Success, Beaumarchais, Spider, Command Royale

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

9 88756 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 10 78877 Ahuroa Flyer nwtd ..........................R Murray 4 12.57pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS WANGANUI C1 C1, 520m 1 62655 Homebush Skip nwtd .............J T McInerney 2 87482 Opawa Gail 30.64 .............................M Flipp 3 46467 Bigtime Jack nwtd ........................M Goodier 4 46514 Bigtime Redo 30.60 ...........................L Cole 5 23163 Mischief Viking nwtd........................... N Udy 6 45866 Cawbourne Bluey 31.04 J & ...............D Bell 7 26322 Golden Pixel 30.52 ..................... G Hodgson 8 73522 Whata Shemozzel nwtd .................R Murray Emergencies: 9 55667 Dyna Bevlin 30.84 ........................M Roberts 10 66878 Opawa Bucks nwtd ..........................R Waite 5 1.16pm J P PRINT PETONE C0/1 D C1d, 645m 1 67317 Meteor Vege nwtd ....................E Duganzich 2 35358 Cawbourne Buckle nwtd ..............M Roberts 3 66223 Phantom Way 38.41 .....................C J Morris 4 54343 Pacific Sunrise nwtd ..........................M Flipp 5 47523 Bigtime Vanessa nwtd ........................L Cole 6 16866 Thrilling Stan nwtd ............................D Edlin 7 45353 Bigtime Lonestar nwtd G &Sandra Fredrickso 8 85854 Cawbourne Trixy nwtd ..................M Roberts 6 1.33pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C0 C0, 305m 1 Blue Precision nwtd .....................C J Morris 2 37486 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd J & ................D Bell 3 87776 Cawbourne Jeff nwtd .........................J Hunt 4 66226 Bublin Max nwtd .....................J T McInerney 5 Idol Tom nwtd ....................................M Flipp 6 Bigtime Bev nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 3567 Trendy Val nwtd G &........ Sandra Fredrickso 8 47865 Star Secret nwtd ..........................K Williams 9 88756 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 10 78877 Ahuroa Flyer nwtd ..........................R Murray

7 1.51pm AON CPF C1 C1, 520m

1 44431 Bigtime Sandy 30.82 G & Sandra Fredrickso 2 5564x Milly Rivers 31.26 ........................B Hodgson 3 11321 Extrapolate nwtd ................................L Cole 4 88788 Frontal Lobe 30.50 ..........................L Doody 5 27566 Cawbourne Skeeta nwtd J &...............D Bell 6 54477 Bigtime Madison 30.70 ......................L Cole 7 27421 Tazia nwtd ................................D W Denbee 8 38x84 Opawa Harry nwtd ............................M Flipp Emergencies: 9 56675 Homebush Myra nwtd ............J T McInerney 10 78585 Bev’s New Point 31.48 .............E Duganzich 8 2.08pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 75774 Barn Door Billy 17.88 ............... K Gommans 2 32452 Mikachu 18.02.............................A Turnwald 3 33323 Mark Be Good 17.84 ................... P C Morris 4 28575 Meat Damon 17.68 K &.....................Phillips 5 47476 Adrenalin Kick 18.19 ..............J T McInerney 6 23163 Nippa Joy 17.93 .....................J T McInerney 7 64313 Eye Kno 17.87 .................................. I Howe 8 47244 Culvie Den 17.80 ................................ L Bell 9 25527 Little Scamp 17.91 ...................D W Denbee 10 48754 Smash Gator nwtd ............................. N Udy 9 2.25pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 520m 1 44862 Bigtime Ottey 30.83 ...........................L Cole 2 64124 Bradam Begins 30.35 .................A Turnwald 3 38434 Take Action 30.84.........................M Goodier 4 87544 Banshee Reel 30.84 ........................R Waite 5 32856 Opawa Shiloh 30.41 ........................B Marsh 6 25371 Wong Full Arrest 30.75 ................C J Morris 7 66665 Opawa Judy nwtd..............................M Flipp 8 72655 Cawbourne Merl 30.51 J & .................D Bell 9 34587 Charlie Bo Bo 30.34 ....................B Hodgson 10 78467 Worboys nwtd G R &....................... S Voyce

1 56213 Carrick 17.97 I C &.........................J Lenden 2 65828 Lucky Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 3 37422 Watch Your Back 17.96 ......................W Kite 4 86418 Ms Rubble Double 18.17..................R Waite 5 53212 Kinetic Shadow 18.01 ......................... L Bell 6 46x31 Another Flag 17.77 ...........................M Flipp 7 88242 On Da Quest 17.72 ........................ L Pearce 8 88878 Ben Nevis Knight 17.97............E Duganzich Emergencies: 9 75437 Jinja Coll 17.59 G R &..................... S Voyce 10 52666 Sioux Baxter 17.90.................J T McInerney 11 2.59pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 520m 1 27753 Opawa Shay 30.27............................M Flipp 2 23865 Cawbourne Kai 30.72 ..................M Roberts 3 22223 Jinja Loren nwtd G R & ................... S Voyce 4 1T574 Bigtime Brucie 30.65 ..........................L Cole 5 87875 Opawa Alex nwtd .........................K Williams 6 64425 Molly O’Shea 30.47.....................B Hodgson 7 56341 Cawbourne Jazzy 30.19 J & ...............D Bell 8 41171 Bark Knopfler nwtd.............................L Cole 9 68655 Bonus Lotto nwtd ............................L Doody 10 78777 She’s Mustard 30.61 ........................R Waite 12 3.19 BOOK YOUR FUNCTION@HATRICK C1, 305m 1 72334 Fear The Beard nwtd.........................M Flipp 2 86887 Jane Baxter 17.99 ..................J T McInerney 3 83832 Lightning Lu 18.02 S &..............C Blackburn 4 67488 Ivanhov 17.81 K & .............................Phillips 5 54783 Orangey Yellow 17.80...............E Duganzich 6 48442 Uno Again 17.74 ................................ N Udy 7 65885 Bigtime Buster 18.08..........................L Cole 8 45261 Rapper Tilly 17.76 ...............................S Kite 9 53648 Half Silver Fern 17.72 ............J T McInerney 10 41857 Grace Slick 17.94 .........................C J Morris 13 3.38pm LASER PLUMBING WANGANUI C1, 305m

LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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SITUATIONS VACANT

WE ARE

The Wallace and Cooper Group of Companies which includes Wallace & Cooper Ltd, Andar Limited, The Front Store Limited and Canterbury Castings Limited seek the services of the following position: Ashburton Customer Service Assistant.

We are seeking a full time highly motivated Customer Service Assistant for our busy Ashburton Engineering store.

The ideal candidate: • Provide walk-in customers with an excellent customer service experience • Must be sales and customer focused • Knowledge of engineering products written and verbal • Excellent communication skills • Possess good computer competency This is a great opportunity to join a successful local business that is highly recommended within their industry.

Email or post your CV and covering letter to: Jackie Ryan Group Administrator Wallace & Cooper Ltd PO Box 387, Timaru jackie@wce.co.nz Applications close October 9, 2017.

Pea Truck and Harvester Drivers Talley’s Ashburton is looking to employ truck and harvester drivers for our upcoming pea harvest, starting early to mid November.

Truck Drivers A class 2 or 4 licence is preferable, to operate our company owned late model pea trucks to and from our factory located in Fairton, however there will be an opportunity for the successful applicants to be trained in gaining a class 2 or 4 licence.

Pea Harvester Drivers You will need to hold a minimum of a class 2 and heavy wheels endorsement on your licence, however for the successful applicants full training can be given to obtain these.

Experience would be an advantage, although not essential.

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

In return we offer you modern equipment, good wages with the opportunity for overtime, and a busy working environment.

If either of the above roles interest you, apply in writing to; Talley’s Group Ltd, PO Box 244, Ashburton – Attn: Pea Harvest Truck Driver or Pea Harvest Harvester Driver, or email hayden.reed@talleys.co.nz Applications close Tuesday 24th October 2017.

ASHBURTON BOROUGH SCHOOL Incorporating Lagmhor Site

OSCAR Assistant Supervisor

Meat Process Workers

The Ashburton Borough School OSCAR Programme has been operating a very successful After School and Holiday Programme since 2004. We have an excellent staff who pride themselves on providing high quality care for Primary aged students in the Ashburton community.

Silver Fern Farms Recruitment Expo • Where: Grosvenor Hotel Timaru, 26 Cains Terrace, Timaru Central

The Programme offers a wide variety of activities in line with the OSCAR philosophy of being child focused, allowing for choice of activities, in an informal and safe environment that encourages children to accept new challenges.

• When: Saturday 7th, 14th and 28th October 2017 • Time: 9.30am - 2pm We are employing Process Workers at our Pareora processing plant.

Trainees or experienced persons are welcome.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated person who has a proven commitment to providing quality child care and demonstrates the ability to relate well to children and work collaboratively with colleagues. This position supports the existing Supervisor and will be required to closely support the daily planning and running of the Programme.

Positions available: learner boners, boners, knifehands, slaughtermen, slaughter assistants, packers, general labourers, freezerhands etc.

So, if you are looking at a new career or a change and enjoy working in a team, have a “can do” attitude, keen to learn and not afraid of hard work, we would like to meet you.

The successful applicant would have to be available to work after school hours and be part of a roster during the school holidays. Hours and conditions are negotiable to the suitable candidate.

A team from Silver Fern Farms Pareora will be conducting interviews & brief medicals on the day.

Are you someone who: • has experience working with children; • can communicate effectively with other staff members, children, parents/ caregivers and visitors; • Be able to follow organisational practises of the School and OSCAR Programme; • an ability to relate to children from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures; • be adaptable to the varying needs of students; • has relatable skills which may include sports, music and the arts

Silver Fern Farms is committed to maintain a drug & alcohol free work place. Pre-employment drug testing is mandatory.

Come along to the Recruitment Expo to be considered for a position.

Please bring photo I.D (passport, driver’s licence) and copy of work visa details if applicable.

If this sounds like you, apply with a current CV and a brief cover letter describing how you would be an exceptional Assistant Supervisor for the OSCAR Programme by Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 3 pm.

www.silverfernfarms.com

Email address oscar@ashborough.school.nz For more information you are welcome to call:

EXPERIENCED MACHINE OPERATOR

the OSCAR Programme on 027 302 3030 or 3078529 Ext 819.

Grant Hood Contracting is an award winning Ashburton based family business that has been operating for 15 years.

We pride ourselves on our excellent staff management practices and training with opportunities to gain additional licences.

A high priority is placed on Health and Safety.

Our company requires the following to join our team.

Experienced Heavy Machine Operator.

We are looking for someone who is: • Experienced in operating machinery, with to at least 2 years proven Talley’s heavy Ashburton is looking employ truckofand experience harvester drivers for our upcoming pea harvest, • Physically fit and able to work a team starting earlyastopart midofNovember.

• Self motivated, with strong work ethics and is reliable & enthusiastic Drivers • Takes pride in theirTruck work and in company equipment • Drivers Licence, Class 2-4 -2WTR A class or 4 endorsement licence is preferable, to operate our latetomodel trucks to and from Successful applicantscompany will be owned required pass apea pre-employment medical and drugs screen. our factory located in Fairton, however there will be All enquiries will be treated confidentially. an opportunity for the successful applicants to be trainedCarolyn in gainingon a class or 46410 licence.

Phone 027 2209

Pea Truck and Harvester Drivers

Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network Coordinator Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network Inc. is a community initiative working to assist new comers and migrants to settle, participate and integrate into community life. Due to our current Coordinator moving onto a new position in Christchurch we are now looking to re-fill this 20 hour per week position.

We are seeking applicants who have the following attributes: » Ability to develop project plans and give effect to those plans » Ability to build an excellent public profile » Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels across many cultures » Excellent verbal and written communication skills » An interest, passion and commitment to supporting newcomers and migrants » Able to work one on one with newcomers needing assistance and support » Ability to use Microsoft and Facebook, or the ability to learn » Excellent organisational and time management skills » An ability to work in a flexible manner » An understanding of the challenges new comers can face

Or Post CV to:Harvester 192 Racecourse Pea DriversRoad, Ashburton Or email to office@granthoodcontracting.co.nz

You will need to hold a minimum of a class 2 and heavy wheels endorsement on your licence, however for the successful applicants full training can be given to obtain these. Experience would be an advantage, although not essential.

In returnprosperity we offer you modern equipment, good Our vision is to improve and the productivity of our wages with the opportunity for overtime, and a busy farmers; and weworking want great people to join us on our journey. environment.

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Ashburton Customer Service Assistant

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Your role would be to grow, promote and coordinate Newcomers Network across the Ashburton District developing new partnerships and opportunities to support this work. This role is multi-faceted and will involve administrative duties through to a field work component supporting newcomers directly.

If either of the above–roles interest you, apply in Herd Test Opportunities Ashburton writing to; Talley’s Group Ltd, PO Box 244, Ashburton

This position is for 20 hours per week

• Get out on farm and enjoy the country – Attn: Pea Harvest Truck Driver or Pea Harvest • Full training, no previous experience necessary Harvester Driver, or email hayden.reed@talleys.co.nz • ‘Can do’ attitude could turn job into a career

Safer Ashburton will be responsible for day to day management of the Coordinator on behalf of Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network Inc.

Applications close Tuesday 24th October 2017.

At LIC we value the NZ farming industry and are proud of our successful contribution to this sector. We’ll do whatever it takes to support and grow our farmer community our customers are key to how we do business.

For an application pack please contact Mary Bailey at:

44 Cass Street, Ashburton Ph: 03 308 1395 mary@saferashburton.org.nz www.saferashburton.org.nz

Seasonal roles from August – May • Technician – set the farmers up with all the right equipment for a successful herd test

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The Hauora Ashburton District Leadership Group would like to thank the Community Trust Mid and South Canterbury for their generous support in funding this initiative.

You will have strong communication skills and be driven to deliver exceptional customer service. Need to be reasonably fit to handle and set up equipment and have www.talleys.co.nz a current full driver’s licence. Hours are variable to accommodate farmers.

Applications close Thursday, October 12.

For more please contact Field Team Leader Tracey Rhodes 027 415 4000.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

Herd Manager Required for 303 Ha dairy farm. The farm is well set up with a 60 bail rotary shed, milking 1000 cows, we are located at the base of Mt Hutt.

Applicants should have 3 years experience in NZ dairy farming. The role requires you to have a good understanding of cowshed practice, animal health issues, pasture management as well as general day to day farming practices.

We require someone that is hardworking, able to communicate clearly, self motivated and work as part of a team. Tractors skills are required.

Ag ITO is encouraged. Must be eligible to work in NZ. Must hold a full driving licence and be able to pass police and drug checks.

On farm accommodation available.

Applications close 30/10/17.

Please send CV to: tjmawle@yahoo.co.uk

Paint Department Sales person (Part-time) Mitre 10 MEGA have a vacancy in their Paint department for a permanent Parttime position which includes a Fixed Term day. This position is 24 hour per week, with Monday and Tuesday 8 hours per day permanent part-time, Sunday fixed term 8 hours per day from now until 31/01/18.

The following skills are required for this position: • Reliable • Physically fit • Good customer service skills • Retail experience • Flair for colour and interest in DIY If you have these skills, please send your CV and covering letter to: HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz Applications close on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

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TRADES, SERVICES

We have a flexible Handy Man position working between several farms in the Hinds / Lowcliffe area.

The work is permanent yet flexible.

Duties generally consist of mechanical maintenance on motorbikes/tractors/ farm machinery as well as light engineering and light fencing.

There is a possibility of a shared lead in period and position would commence in approx October / November (our current life saver is leaving after 10 years as he is heading back north).

Could well suit ex farmer with genuine interest in basic mechanics, engineering and R & M. The individual would be self directed much of the time.

There is a huge variation in jobs, and we are very open to work hours and different situations.

Please contact: Ben and Mary-Anne Stock bjmastock@gmail.com with references.

Jaylen Booth Happy 8th Birthday and lots of love from Mum, Kody, Nanny, Poppa and Uncle Cameron.

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

We’ve built a reputation of being solid and reliable, just like the buildings we construct.

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Daily Events Wednesday 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. “Second time around” good clean clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

Thursday 9.30am ASHBURTON AGE CONCERN. Ladies low impact exercise classes held weekly. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Coaching, Association croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, The Domaine, Philip Street.

9.30am - 11am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Join fun exercise with friendly group during term time. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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TRADES, SERVICES

DENTURES. Dr Peter Rumping, retired dentist, continues to provide full dentures. Repairs to existing dentures also available.

Phone 027 220 9997.

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

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

Three bedroom Bach on the north side of the Rangitata River.

Offers over $90K. Contact Linda on 027 240 8897.

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FOR SALE AWARD winning Stylish Walking Sticks.

Contemporary designs, fashionable and folding for adjustable height. Lightweight and comfortable.

Treat yourself today and step out in style. The China Shop in The Ashburton Arcade.

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

WHEEL alignments at great ADULT prices. Maximise the life ENTERTAINMENT of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns 100 PER CENT first time.

Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Asian, slim, size 8, busty 40DD, hot body, playful. Very Street. Phone 308-6737. good massage. Phone 020 4068 7352 Jene.

LIVESTOCK, PETS BUYER of unwanted ABSOLUTELY Asian. animals. Cattle, bobby calves, Gorgeous, busty DD, good horse and all farm animals. looking, good service and We also sell pet food. Call massage. Phone 020 4109 Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 1537.

621, A/H 03 348 9439.

BUSTY natural redhead available for in calls only.

GRAZING Sexy short skirt and high GRAZING wanted for store heels. Long red hair. Ready lambs. Phone Mitch 027 313 for your pleasure day or night.

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Phone Cindy 020 4125 4423.

Main South Road, Tinwald, Ashburton 03 307 9028 www.smallbones.co.nz

NEW Singapore gal, beautiful long hair, 36D busty, size 12, good massage, good service.

Phone 027 448 1449.

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WINDOW FURNISHING Fabrics, wallpapers and blinds from leading window furnishing houses.

Call and talk to Hayley today

Burnett St, Ashburton Phone 03 308 5269

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October 4 & 5, 2017

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmanian doubles, Association croquet. The Domain, Philip Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street. (not school holidays).

11am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Movie, Victoria and Abdul. Regent Cinema, Wills Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Mid-week service, communion and lunch. 48 Allens Road.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet, mixed doubles.

The Domain, Philip Street.

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in and pre loved clothing shop. Cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

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

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Play Golf or Association Croquet.

Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm (draw) WAIREKA GOLF CROQUET. Doubles, The domain, Philip Street.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance (7pm), beginner/ intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Instructor Annette phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, Music, Fitness and Fun, Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime session, new players most welcome. E A Network Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Thursday and Saturday. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST OP SHOP. Good clean Second Time Around clothing for sale. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Main Street, Methven.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A, Social hall, Havelock Street.

10.30am ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Creepy crawly crafts. Children’s library, Havelock Street.

10.45am M.S.A.TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen

muscles and improve balance. Salvation Army Rooms, Cass Street.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. St Peters Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Fall prevention exercises to strengthen muscles and improve balance. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

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

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Spam blocking, downloading and understanding Apps. $2. M.S.A Lounge.

Havelock Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social afternoon, you are welcome to have a go. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

7pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Club night for all new and returning players, Doris Linton Lounge, Cox Street.

Puzzles

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

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

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

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Previous solution: ago, arc, arco, car, cargo, cog, cor, crag, gar, oar, oca, orca, rag, roc.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): A completely peaceful and quietly powerful frame of mind will allow you to control what you can and ignore the rest.

It’s a brief and fleeting state for sure, but take these kinds of lucky breaks as they come.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You envy people who are able to follow their whims. It takes free time, after all, and disposable income. You could make more of both if only you had the luxury to follow your whims. Today brings a lucky break.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Be proactive as you look ahead to the weeks to come. Block out large chunks of time that you can dedicate to what you want to do. If you don’t do this now, your time will be quickly booked up.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The scientists suggest that the secret to science is asking the right question.

Of course, this is the secret to everything else as well. Start with what’s relevant, and expand to the question that covers more than that.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The situation seems boring, but there’s something important happening, and if you don’t tune in you’ll miss it and waste time going back for what you missed. So tune in.

Awareness now will prevent problems later.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Fear, when channelled well, is better than coffee at keeping you alert and focused. Fear will elasticise time for you.

You’ll experience the power of nanoseconds!

Your performance will be better for it.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Coming up with a good plan means recognising a bad one. You may blow through hours making plots that fill the wastebasket but it’s nothing compared to what you’d waste following a bad plan.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): It’s not foresight or hindsight but insight that will serve you best. Examine your reactions to experience – how you’re interpreting and what meaning you’re assigning to it. Insight is the easiest kind to change.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): This is an ideal time to clear the air and balance unbalanced relationships. Listen to what’s said: That’s a no-brainer, though it’s even more important to understand what’s not being said.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): People often believe what their friends tell them over what the expert might say. Ultimately though, people believe what they tell themselves. The truth will matter less to people than the source.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Irresistible things are not rational. They tug at a part of the mind and spirit where logic’s never stepped – a place of magic and memories and happenings that defy the rules of economics and commerce.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There will be selfish attentionstealers out there – marketers, companies and people who want your focus but will not repay you for it in any meaningful way. Stay self-directed.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

CHAMBERS, Leonard Noel – Passed away in Nelson September 30, 2017 in his 99th year. Dearly loved brother and brother-in-law of Eric and Zoe Chambers (both deceased), Vic and Betty, Muriel and the late Doug Smith, Joan and the late Colin Chambers. Cherished uncle of his nieces and nephews.

Treasured memories

HOLT, Val – 05/11/23 - 12/09/17. Cindi, Julie and family would like to express their appreciation and thanks for the many cards, messages and flowers, Any queries and to all those who visited please contact and provided baking and 0800 meals following the loss of ASHBURTON our beloved Mum, Granny, (0800-274-287) mother-in-law and aunty. A special thanks to the wonderful staff of Coldstream House, to Dr Kevin Kleinschmidt and to all the volunteers and carers who spent time with Val while she was at home. Please accept Canterbury owned, this as a personal thank you from us all.

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AnnaLynne McCord, Mark Ghanimé, Gracyn Shinyei.

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11pm Chicago Med AO 3 Dr Halstead risks his career when he goes against a family’s order regarding a terminally ill cancer patient.

Midnight The Project 3 News and entertainment show hosted by Jesse Mulligan, Kanoa Lloyd, and Josh Thomson.

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6am The Legend Of Korra 6:25 League Of Super Evil 3 6:50 Max Steel 7:15 Kung Fu Panda – Legends Of Awesomeness 7:40 Hank Zipzer, The World’s Greatest Underachiever 3 8:05 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 8:55 Tiki Tour 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Road Trip 3 12:40 Escape To The Country 3 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape To The Country 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 0 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Border Security – America’s Frontline PGR 0 8pm Best Of Piha Rescue PGR 0 8:30 SAS – Who Dares Wins AO 0 9:30 N Game Of Thrones AO 0 10:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 11:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Money For Nothing 7:30 Love Nature – America Over The Edge 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Far Flung With Gary Mehigan 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Live Here, Buy This Noon Location, Location, Location 1pm My Dream Home 2pm Money For Nothing 3pm Reno v Relocate 3:30 Love Nature – Wild Britain With Ray Mears 4pm Love Nature – Baby Animals Elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and bison have some of the cutest large babies in the animal kingdom.

4:30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Cookery Course 5:30 The French Collection 6:30 American Pickers

7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:30 Whanau Bake-Off 8pm On The Ladder 8:30 Finding Aroha PGR 9pm Sisters 9:30 Ipukarea 10pm Whats Up With The Tumoanas 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

7pm American Restoration 7:30 Slow Train Through Africa 8:30 Fishy Business Getting Snapped Up. The team test their snapperfishing skills.

9:30 Cold Water Cowboys Series following fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland in Canada.

10:30 American Pickers

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PG Noon Pawn Stars PG 12:45 WWE – Sasha Banks In NZ PG 1pm Smackdown LIVE MV 3:10 Heroes 16V 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Wheel Of Fortune PG 5pm Jeopardy! PG 5:30 Robot Wars PGV 6:30 Counting Cars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:40 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! MVL 9:30 The Cops MV 10:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 CSI – Miami MV

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2:55 Hereafter MVL 2010 Drama. Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard.

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8:30 Hot Tub Time Machine 16LS 2010 Comedy. Dissatisfied with life, four men return to a decrepit resort where they partied in their youth, where a drunken incident in a hot tub sends them back to their 1980s heyday. John Cusack, Clark Duke.

10:15 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Torro, Christina Ricci.

7:30 L Darts – Grand Prix Day Three.

11am The Breakdown 11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Canterbury v Waikato.

1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Wellington v Otago.

3:30 Rugby – Classic Match (RPL) Taranaki v Canterbury – 2014.

5:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) North Harbour v Hawke’s Bay. From QBE Stadium, Auckland.

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10:30 Test Rugby Kick And Chase 11:30 Rugby – First XV Revision

12:15 Smackdown MV 1:50 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:35 Pawn Stars PG 3:15 Supernatural MV 3:55 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away! MVL 4:45 The Cops MV 5:35 Counting Cars PG

12:05 Random Tropical Paradise 16VLSC 2017 Comedy.

1:45 The Purge – Election Year 16VL 2016 Horror.

3:30 Doctor Strange MV 2016 Action. 5:25 Steve Jobs ML 2015 Biography Drama.

12:10 Hereafter MVL 2010 Drama. 2:15 28 Days Later 16VL 2002 Sci-fi Horror.

4:10 Hot Tub Time Machine 16LS 2010 Comedy. 5:50 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama.

Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Back Page 1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Tasman v North Harbour.

3:30 Darts – Grand Prix (RPL) Day Three.

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6:05 Pocket Listing MVLSC 2014 Crime. Rob Lowe, Burt Reynolds. 7:35 The Shadow Effect 16VLSC 2016 Action Thriller.

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9:10 Americons 16VLSC 2015 Drama. Beau Martin Williams, Matt Funke.

10:35 Submerged 16VLC 2016 Thriller. Jonathan Bennett, Talulah Riley. 12:15 Pocket Listing MVLSC 2014 Crime.

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1:45 Popstar – Never Stop Never Stopping 16LS 2016 Comedy. Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Biehn. 4:45 The Purge – Election Year 16VL 2016 Horror. 6:35 Doctor Strange MV 2016 Action.

8:30 Steve Jobs ML 2015 Biography Drama. A portrait of Steve Jobs, a key player in the digital revolution, told backstage at three major product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac. 10:35 Incarnate 16VLC 2016 Horror.

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SKY SPORT 2 6am ICC Cricket 360 7am Cricket – International England v West Indies – Fifth ODI. 7:30 Cricket – International 8am Golf Channel Academy 8:30 The Golf Fix 9:30 Golf – Feherty 10:30 Golf – US PGA Tour 11:30 Back Page 12:30 Sky Sport TBC 2:30 Pro Kabaddi League 3pm Pro Kabaddi League 3:30 UFC Now 4:30 UFC Unleashed 5:30 Motorcycling – British Superbikes 6:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series 7:30 Motorcycling – FIM Superbike World Championship 8pm NRL Fulltime 8:30 No Regrets – Rugby League World Cup Final 2008 9:30 #SkySpeed 10pm Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series 11pm Motorcycling – FIM Superbike World Championship 11:30 Motorcycling – FIM Superbike World Championship

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10:50 Shark Tank PG 11:40 Swamp Murders M Multiple Personalities.

12:30 Blood Relatives M Splitting Heirs. 1:20 Murder Chose Me M Something in the Water. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG Lifeline.

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Cronk not on radar New Canterbury coach Dean Pay has ruled out signing departing Melbourne champion Cooper Cronk.

Queensland and Australia halfback Cronk is yet to reveal his NRL future ahead of moving to Sydney this offseason. Pay, who has stepped into his new role after replacing the sacked Des Hasler, praised Cronk when it was suggested the 33-year-old partner incoming playmaker Kieran Foran in the halves. But the coach claimed his focus was on taking the current Bulldogs squad up the ladder and he was “not really” interested in Cronk.

Bolt off the shortlist British distance running star Mo Farah and South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk top the list of nominees for the IAAF’s athlete of the year award. The four-time Olympic champion Farah won 10,000m gold and 5000m silver at the London world championships in his last major track outing; and van Nierkerk bagged 400m gold and 200m silver. The 10 nominees also include American triple jumper Christian Taylor but not retired superstar Usain Bolt who injured himself at the relay at the worlds.

Leah Johnson concentrates during her floor performance at the Ashburton Gymnastics Club’s annual competition at the weekend.

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Leaving the comfort zone

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Some 160 gymnasts from around the South Island gathered in Ashburton on Sunday for the Ashburton Gymnastics Club’s annual competition day.

The day-long programme was off to an early start at 8.15am with all gymnasts performing on the vault, bars, floor and beam (girls) and rings (boys).

Club president Gayle Gilbert said it was a busy day with the

athletes’ skills ranging from novice to gold level.

It was a great opportunity to gain experience and compete, she said.

“It was a competition and medals were awarded but everyone got to have a go.

“It was about taking part and challenging yourself to do something out of your comfort zone and show the skills you have learned.”

The Ashburton club has about

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100 members, who meet weekly at the Ashburton College gym to train.

The club provided about 40 gymnasts for Sunday’s competition and Gilbert, whose three daughters all compete, said both boys and girls took part.

She said gymnastics attracted fewer boys, though the core strength and co-ordination needed for the sport was a transferable skill.

“You have core strength, bal-

ance and co-ordination and work with a routine to perfect skill.

“It is definitely a sport lots of people do to assist them with other sport but for some people it is their main sport.”

The Ashburton competition is part of a calendar of events around the South Island during the year and Ashburton gymnasts will be off to events in Christchurch and Blenheim in the next few months.

Test recall not an issue Shaun Marsh’s strong start to the domestic cricket season could gain Australian selectors’ attention but the batsman is adamant a test recall isn’t front of mind. Marsh has scored 132no and 88 to help Western Australia sit atop the oneday domestic competition standings after wins over Victoria and NSW. But the 34-year-old’s national team prospects appear slight after he lost his Cricket Australia contract this year having averaged 19 on the fourmatch tour of India.

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