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Principals: Youth at risk

BY DAISY HUDSON CAITLIN PORTER

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Principals are calling for an increase in mental health services in Mid Canterbury, amid concerns that young people could be at risk.

But the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) claims

their concerns are unwarranted.

Some local principals say children and adolescents are travelling as far afield as Christchurch and Timaru to receive treatment, and school counsellors are having to take on students with increasingly serious mental health issues.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said it was “al-

most impossible” for students with mental health issues to see a psychologist.

“The threshold they have to reach has increased, so the risk of damage or harm is higher,” he said.

Mr McMillan said while school counsellors were “very, very capable”, their workload was increasing and they were

having to deal with more serious issues.

CDHB Child Adolescent and Family clinical director Dr Harith Swadi said he appreciated that most school counsellors were reporting similar difficulties around numbers of students needing extra support.

He said the school-based mental health team was engaged

with many schools in the Ashburton District and all referrals were seen within two to three weeks. Emergencies were dealt with by the CAF rural team or the CDHB emergency team.

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Nigerian novelist wins ‘bad sex’ award Australian writer Richard Flanagan’s reputation remains unsoiled after he missed out on a bad sex writing award to fellow Booker Prize winner Ben Okri. Flanagan was nominated for the annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award but the dubious accolade instead went to Okri for a passage which concludes “somewhere in the night a stray rocket went off ”.

The judges from the British literary magazine were swayed by what they said was an “ecstatic scene” from Okri’s The Age of Magic which compares foreplay to turning on a light switch.

“When his hand brushed her nipple it tripped a switch and she came alight,” the passage reads. “On warm currents, no longer of this world, she became aware of him gliding into her. She felt certain now that there was a heaven and that it was here, in her body. The universe was in her and with each movement it unfolded to her.”

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Surprise for Underwood Carrie Underwood says her pregnancy was a bit of a surprise. The country superstar is expecting a baby boy early next year, her first child with husband Mike Fisher. Underwood says she didn’t even know she was pregnant at first. “For a while there was no indicators that I was even pregnant and when we found out that I was it was kind of like ‘Oh, OK’,” Underwood said. “We’re not the kind of people, with my husband’s career as a hockey player and my career, we’re both just so busy and there’s just so many different layers to both of our careers, we almost felt it would be irresponsible to plan to have a baby,” she said.

“So we just kind of said ‘we’re just going to let the universe decide and let the good Lord decide when it’s the right time for us,’ and that’s exactly what happened and we couldn’t be more happy.” The singer made her pregnancy announcement via Twitter. “We’re not grand announcement kind of people but I was like ‘I’m starting to look chunky here so I feel like I need to tell people before they just figure it out on their own so at least I can be in control of my own news’.”

Cat survives trip in moving box across US A cat has used up at least one of its nine lives after surviving a month-long trip in a moving box with no food or water. Ashley Barth tells WAVY-TV (http://bit.ly/1tLTngg) her cat Mee Moowe disappeared in September as movers packed her family’s belongings for a move from Suffolk, Virginia, to Hawaii – a nearly 8000km journey. Thirty-six days later, the boxes arrived in Hawaii. Barth says she heard a faint “meow” as the boxes were unloaded. Mee Moowe was in one of the boxes. Barth says the cat had lost half her body weight and could barely walk.

Vets said it’s unlikely a cat could survive 36 days without food or water, but not impossible.

Axl Rose victim of death hoax Rocker Axl Rose has become the latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax. A report from a fake website hit the internet yesterday with a headline reading, “Sources: Guns N’ Roses Frontman Axl Rose Found Dead in West Hollywood Home at Age 52.”

The false report suggested Rose was found dead on Tuesday afternoon in his West Hollywood home, and listed a made-up quote from a police spokesperson. However, the story is the work of a prankster, and there is no truth to it, according to GossipCop.com. Rose is yet to comment on the hoax. In October, actor Judd Nelson assured fans he was alive and well after becoming a victim of a death hoax and former child starturned-rocker Macaulay Culkin poked fun at a story about his “death” last month.

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A kayaking Anglican bishop is about halfway through a 250km water pilgrimage from Auckland to the Bay of Islands.

Jim White, Assistant Anglican Bishop of Auckland, yesterday embarked on the fifth day of his kayak trip to Oihi in the Bay of Islands – the location of the first Christmas service in New Zealand 200 years ago.

For the historic service, which marked the beginning of the Christian missionary movement in New Zealand, Samuel Marsden’s sermon was translated into Maori

by Ngapuhi chief Ruatara. Mr White, 52, said he chose to kayak to the special location in honour of early missionaries and bishops from the Anglican church, who travelled mostly by sea. He set out with his childhood friend John Tuke, 56, from Mission Bay on Sunday.While rough weather had hampered the pair’s progress, they managed to make good headway on Wednesday and Tuesday.

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■ MID CANTERBURY SCHOOLS

Urgency on school rolls ‘lost’

By Daisy HuDson

tion boom has put pressure on schools, particularly around staffing and classroom space.

An initial meeting was held on October 30, where principals and Ministry of Education representatives met to discuss possible options.

After yesterday’s closed meeting, Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president and Methven Primary School principal Chris Murphy said principals were “quite pensive” go-

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A local principal believes the Ministry of Education has lost its sense of urgency around Mid Canterbury’s problematic school rolls.

Mid Canterbury principals met with Ministry of Education representatives in Ashburton yesterday to continue discussions over how to cope with the region’s growing school rolls.

The district’s recent popula-

ing into the discussions, but left thinking “oh, is that all”.

“Originally there was a sense of urgency that wasn’t present at the meeting,” he said.

“I don’t know if there was a turn around, or change of heart by the ministry.”

At the meeting in October, the Ministry of Education expressed concern about different rates of growth in the area, with some school rolls growing faster than others, and whether

that growth was sustainable.

Mr Murphy said after yesterday’s meeting, the ministry would be negotiating with each school board individually regarding their roll growth, rather than dealing with them collectively.

Mr Murphy believed it could be difficult for some schools to begin negotiations as their final board of trustee meetings for the year had already been held.

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■ COUNCIL CHRISTMAS TREE

Christian school gets lighting honour

By Caitlin Porter

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Pupils from the Ashburton Christian School were lucky enough to be chosen to light up the Ashburton Council Christmas tree this year.

The tree is situated in the stairwell foyer of the Ashburton Public Library and is lit up by a different school each year.

Thirty-one students from Year two, through to Year five, were this year chosen to turn on the Christmas tree lights and hang a bauble, adorned with the school’s name, from the tree.

Every school which has had the opportunity to light the tree, has its own bauble hanging from the tree.

The children sang Christmas carols including Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth and Silent Night – in both Maori and English - to an audience that

included, proud parents, Ashburton District Council mayor Angus McKay and commercial manager John Rooney.

Ashburton Christian School choir teacher, Ruth Hill, led the children in the festive songs.

She said that the school felt it was important to teach the children the “reason for the season”.

Youngest pupil Jolene Thomas, 6, switched on the lights while oldest pupil, Jonty Anderson, 10, was chosen to hang the bauble.

Mayor McKay praised the children and thanked them for the great performance.

The tree’s twinkling lights can be seen by many people passing through West Street.

Right - Students from the Ashburton Christian School sang Christmas carols yesterday, before turning on the Ashburton District Council Christmas tree lights.

of sector enablement and support Katrina Casey said ministry staff met with Mid Canterbury principals to share student distribution maps and talk through how schools might address the challenge of growing rolls.

“This will be an on-going process and we will continue to consult with boards of trustees in this area as in other areas about the best ways to manage rolls across mid Canterbury,” she said.

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From page 1 He said while demand had been increasing in other rural areas, it had been much lower in the Ashburton District.

But many Mid Canterbury principals supported the idea of more local mental health services, as they believed current services were not meeting demand.

Mr McMillan said the current situation was “not good enough”. He wanted resources that were dedicated to, and based in, Mid Canterbury.

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said mental health access for young people across the country was “short”.

“When we have a need the waiting list can be too long,” he said.

Ashburton Borough School principal Sam Winterbourn said mental health services in the region were “swamped”, and increasing services was crucial.

“They’re just so busy, it makes it incredibly difficult to get into a service,” he said.

Dr Swadi said Mid Canterbury principals were welcome to get in touch about any concerns they had around access to mental health services.

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In brief Vehicle stolen A vehicle taken from an East Street address was later recovered in one piece on Cameron Street.

Bus overheated The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to State Highway One, near Fairton, at 2.30pm yesterday to a suspected bus fire. The bus was found to have overheated brake pads, which caused smoke.

Medical assist The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a medical assist at 3am yesterday.

Dental service Over the school holidays an emergency service will be operated by Community Dental.

The service is only to provide relief of pain and will not be for routine treatments. It will be available each working day from Monday, January 5 until Friday, January 30 for four hours from 8.30am until 12.30pm.

Appointments must be made, and can be done so by phone.

If any child is unable to be seen, alternative options will be given.

Death at mine Emergency services were unable to save a worker who died, apparently of a heart attack, at Stockton mine yesterday. Solid Energy’s on-site emergency team responded immediately, and St John Ambulance and the NZCC rescue helicopter were called, said St John’s Buller territorial manager Robbie Blankenstein. They tried to resuscitate him but failed. “It appears to have been a medical, rather than a traumatic event,” Mr Blankenstein said.

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Hunger strike Recaptured fugitive killer Phillip John Smith has gone on a hunger strike after having his hairpiece and other personal items taken from him. The convicted killer and child molester was arrested in Rio de Janeiro on November 13, a week after fleeing New Zealand while on temporary release from Spring Hill Corrections Facility. He was deported from Brazil and returned to New Zealand last week, where he will continue serving his sentence.

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■ TINWALD SCHOOL

Fairytale dress-up day Fairytale characters were brought to life at Tinwald School yesterday, as junior pupils took part in a fairytale dress-up day.

Year one and two pupils dressed up as range of fairytale characters, including princesses, pirates, and other colourful creatures.

Five year old Amie Scott was pretty in pink in her princess costume at the event, which also involved screenings of fairytale videos and other fun activities.

According to Tinwald School deputy principal Julie McKinnie, who is in charge of the junior school, pupils had been studying fairytales as part of a unit throughout the school year.

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■ ASHBURTON RACING CLUB

Grass track given all-clear

By Sue NewmaN

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Wednesday was a red letter day for the Ashburton Racing Club when its grass track was given the all-clear for racing.

After one race meeting and a trials day were cancelled the club was on notice that a failure to hold this week’s trials would have meant its big ticket Christmas at the Races meeting on December 19 would also have been called off.

Problems on the grass track started in October when the

club’s major event for the year was called off because jockeys and trainers believed the track was too slippery. Monday became default race day, but one race in, the meeting was again called off.

Trials were suspended until the track was given the all clear.

Wednesday was decision day, with the fate of the Christmas at the Races meeting in the track inspector’s hands.

In the weeks leading into the trial day a lot of work had been put in on the track with racing

venue inspector Garry Foskett visiting weekly, said racing secretary Gareth Murfitt.

“He was out early on Wednesday, walking the track and said it had come up well.”

In a break with tradition, the racing club and the Ashburton Trotting Club now jointly employ a track team of two to maintain both codes’ tracks.

Until recently the two tracks had their individual maintenance teams.

While the racing club had been through a rough patch

while its track was under scrutiny, the problems were prompted by weather conditions rather than in the way the track was maintained.

A long dry spell meant the subsoil had dried out and rather than being absorbed, light rain or irrigation water lay on the grass creating a slippery surface, Mr Murfitt said.

Being given the all clear was a huge relief for the club, with this year’s Christmas meeting likely to be the largest the club has held.

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■ MID CANTERBURY WEATHER

El Nino on the horizon Mid Canterbury farmers’ alarm bells may be ringing with scientists predicting an El Nino may develop this summer, causing stronger and more frequent westerly winds.

The El Nino conditions typically caused drier conditions in eastern areas.

Niwa forecaster Chris Brandolino said global and local models had indicated it would be unlikely to lead to conditions typical of El Nino, but there was still a 75 per cent chance.

“The rainfall outlook, as synthesised from various dynamical and statistical models, indicate that near normal rainfall is the most likely outlook for all regions of New Zealand,” he said.

It was the second half of November that had shown typical El Nino northwesterly wind conditions for Mid Canterbury, which may be an indication that El Nino was imminent.

Niwa’s latest summary showed November weather across the country was characterised by air pressures which were lower than

normal over New Zealand and to the south of the Chatham Islands, with higher pressures than normal present in the north Tasman Sea. This pressure pattern resulted in westerly flow anomalies

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Cold fronts associated with these southerly outbreaks triggered a number of thunderstorms, with lightning and hail

over New Zealand. Southerly outbreaks occurred frequently during the month, and these contributed to the changeable and generally unsettled weather that characterised the month for many parts of the country, Niwa said.

On November 5, cold southerlies contributed to a winterlike day along the east coast of the South Island. Air tempera-

■ ASHBURTON TRUST EVENT CENTRE

Centre slowly moving closer to the right side of ledger It might not be making money, but each year it’s in business, the Ashburton Event Centre comes closer to ending on the right side of the ledger.

In the budget it presented to the Ashburton District Council this week, centre manager Roger Farr indicated, that in the coming year, an operating loss that would be less than $1000.

This year he has asked the council for a $271,655 grant, up just $8000 on the amount given last year.

In the future, however the event centre might be looking for more money with its asset replacement schedule showing

tures dipped as low as 6.8°C in Christchurch and 4.3°C in Winchmore mid-afternoon with heavy showers passing through frequently.

Cold fronts associated with these southerly outbreaks trig-

two big spending years, 2018 and 2019 when theatre seating and carpets are scheduled for replacement.

Mr Farr has budgeted $100,000 for seating replacement and $150,000 for carpets. That would take capital expenditure on the theatre to $260,000 each year. Stage drapes are timed for replacement in 2021 at an estimated cost of $50,000.

Lighting is up for replacement next year at a cost of $50,000 In other years the centre’s asset maintenance and replacement schedule runs between $20,000 and $40,000.

gered a number of thunderstorms, with many locations observing lightning and hail at least once during the month.

Mid Canterbury was lit up by thunderstorms on November 12 along with other parts of New Zealand as the northward passage of cold fronts and daytime heating resulted in atmospheric instability.

A particularly severe but local-

ised hailstorm struck just outside of Methven, with the hail reportedly accumulating up to 30 cm deep in parts.

Strong winds on November 15, saw Ashburton with record wind gusts of 93 km per hour and around 3,600 Canterbury properties were without power after damaging winds brought down trees and power lines.

The areas around Darfield, Homebush, Springfield and Hororata were worst affected.

The downed power lines also triggered scrub fires in the Selwyn and Waimakariri districts.

On November 19 approximately 150 lightning strikes were recorded in the Canterbury region during the evening, with the thunderstorms also bringing localised heavy rain.

On November 28 thunderstorms again struck Canterbury, with hail falling in Christchurch.

Mount Hutt ski area got their largest dumping of fresh snow on November 5, approximately 25cm but by then the skifield had closed.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

Councillors ‘free to speak’

By Sue NewmaN

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While some local authorities are gagging their elected members and preventing them from speaking to the media, freedom of speech is still alive and well in the ranks of the Ashburton District Council.

A Radio Live report this week said the 10 of New Zealand’s district and city council’s had put gagging orders on councillors talking to media about anything negative within their organisations. It did not name names.

The concerns over gagging were raised by Massey researcher Dr Catherine Strong who said there were disturbing paragraphs creeping into some councils’ operating policies.

“It basically prevents elected members talking to the media about anything negative with-

in their council. This includes council decisions, policies and overall reputations,” she says.

The research will be presented at the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand Conference in Christchurch on Thursday, and is a content analysis of codes of conduct of all 67 city and district councils in New Zealand.

While most councils clearly stated that elected members have the right to talk freely to the media (with obvious restrictions around confidential information and employment practices), the research found that ten councils (15 per cent) didn’t, she said.

Elected members were not meant to be spin doctors for their council, Dr Strong said.

Restrictions on elected members speaking publicly meant the community would gain the

impression that for all decisions there were no contrary views to the myriad of policies and decisions a council takes, she said.

There is no gagging policy in Ashburton says mayor Angus McKay and there wouldn’t be one on his watch, he said. “I don’t see how it would be helpful for the council in its relationships with its constituents.”

What Ashburton does have, however, is a code of conduct that guides its relationship with staff, the community and the media and this makes it clear that individual councillors are free to have individual ideas.

When it comes to dealing with the media elected members are free to express a personal view at any time providing they don’t promote that view as a majority view of council. They must also take care to ensure the credibility

and reputation of the council is not compromised, particularly if that statement is contrary to a council decision or policy.

The council’s elected members’ code of conduct can be viewed on its website.

New Zealand had one of the most open democracies and free media in the world and communities had to safeguard that, Dr Strong said.

“The public should be appalled that their elected representatives may bite their lips and keep mum when there are important things ratepayers should know.”

There are very few penalties for councillors who break the code other than one an individual council may impose, which is usually preventing the councillor from attending certain meetings or participating in some decision-making.

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In brief Christmas play Five children from St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Sunday School will perform on Sunday evening at their annual Christmas Play. Christmas Through the Ages will feature three short plays: the traditional story of Christmas, the arrival of the Gospel 200 years ago in New Zealand and Christmas 2014, an original story written by ministry assistant Dellwyn Moylan.

The evening Christmas pageant promises to be fun and creative with traditional Christmas carols, and New Zealand songs such as Te Harinui and There’s Straw in the Manger. It was open to any member of the public to attend.

It starts at 5pm.

Tourist killed The death of a tourist in a rental car smash on the West Coast on Wednesday is the latest in a series of serious crashes involving visitors to the country. The New Zealand Transport Agency is working with the Ministry of Transport, police, local councils, the Automobile Association and the tourism sector to target tourist hotbeds in the South Island.

Wednesday’s crash involved a car being driven by tourists that was seen on the wrong side of the road shortly before it crashed near Dillmanstown. One woman was killed and another three women in their 20s were seriously injured in the single car crash on State highway 73 at Bell Creek about 5pm.

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Appeal urged The Crown is being urged to appeal against the jail terms of less than six years handed down to two men who wrongly accused a Christchurch father of being a paedophile, poured petrol over him, and burnt him alive. Shay Barry Webster, 22, and Jason Alistor Barr, 44, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 55-year-old Terry Martin Smith on Anzac Day last year. The Crown said it didn’t pursue a murder conviction on the basis that it would’ve been too difficult to prove murderous intent.

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Kidnapping charges Methven Theatre Company performers Matt van den Yssel and Jo Brennan on-stage in the company’s latest show Noises Off playing at Mt Hutt Memorial Hall in Methven. The show finishes on Saturday.

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■ METHVEN THEATRE COMPANY

Comedy Noises Off opens to rave reviews

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The Methven Theatre Company’s latest performance Noises Off, featuring a variety of front of house 80’s music, opened this week to rave reviews.

But theatre-goers only have two more days to see the show themselves: it finishes on Saturday.

Methven Theatre Company committee member Janine Holland said the English comedy

was action-packed with the nine cast members on the go during the whole performance.

The performance, under the guidance of director Jackie Heffernan, follows a dysfunctional amateur acting troupe both on and off stage.

It meant Methven Theatre Company performers played dual roles often using two different English accents, depending on their characters.

There was upheaval, sabo-

tage, backstabbing, awry friendships and romance, Ms Holland said.

The 80’s show has it all including music from Spandau Ballet, Simple Minds, Queen, Billy Idol played by the front of house band.

Ms Holland said if theatregoers wanted to dress in 80’s theme they were welcome to do so.

The three-act show started at 7.30pm and was a complete

night’s entertainment: it went for three hours.

There had been a surge of interest with some people treating it as a Christmas workplace event, Ms Holland said.

Noises Off is on at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, Methven.

Tickets cost $35. There were door sales but people could book through the Ashburton or Methven I-Sites, or online at Dash Tickets to avoid disappointment.

More charges are likely to be laid over last week’s alleged kidnapping in Queenstown.

Otago Rural area commander Inspector Olaf Jensen said the investigation had also identified drug-dealing activity involving methamphetamine. In a statement yesterday, Mr Jensen said the investigation was now looking at the “criminal liability of people who may have helped those involved to avoid arrest”. - NZME

Leg amputated A Fulton Hogan employee has had a leg amputated after a workplace accident at the Roaring Meg power station near Cromwell on Wednesday morning. Eugene Ferreira, of Alexandra, who is in his 40s, was in a serious condition in Dunedin Hospital’s intensive care unit. He had been working as a subcontractor for Pioneer Generation at the Kawarau Gorge site.

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You have to invest a dollar ...

Sue Newman

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t’s not the Ashburton District Council’s job to bank roll every group and organisation around the district, but sometimes handing over money is a no-brainer.

And top of the no-brainer list has to be funding Experience Mid Canterbury.

This week the organisation’s board and chief executive put the case for an increased council grant to help it secure valuable tourist dollars for the district.

It’s a highly competitive business and we’re up against every other town, city and region in New Zealand.

If we don’t tell the world what it is that makes us special, then no-one will know and noone will come.

Securing our share of the $66 million spent each day in New Zealand by visitors means marketing and marketing costs money.

When that money is handed out by the council, it seems very hard to come by with some councillors believing tourism operators should foot the bill themselves.

That’s a narrow and flawed view.

Yes, tourist dollars might directly benefit operators and accommodators, but there’s a spin-off across the community – cafes, supermarkets, retail stores, transport operators, service stations. And without tourist dollars we’d have fewer jobs.

Rather than looking at funding for Experience Mid Canterbury as a cost, the council should be looking at it as a solid investment that comes with very low risk.

The tourism body is a council-controlled organisation, it has skilled and experienced board and staff, it liaises regularly with the council. And accountability is high.

Its board and staff know how much they need to spend to be effective in the competitive tourism pool and they have every right to feel aggrieved if the council cuts their cash.

The council shouldn’t be saying how low can they go, they should be asking just one question – how much do you need?

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ust as I was thinking that we can’t get any more PC in this world of ours, I discover this new self-help book.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for trying to be the best you possibly can and if a self-help book can help with your quest, then knock yourself out.

But surely this is taking things a step too far on to Ridiculous Street?

A New Jersey author and mother Sonia Leal has penned a new book to help parents respond to their children’s questions about Santa Claus.

How to Talk to Your Child About Santa Claus is part selfhelp book, part memoir.

It’s not about debunking the myth; it’s about sharing the tradition and the truth.

Among its recommendations: ■ Parents shouldn’t use Santa Claus as a threat of any kind … as in “naughty and nice” lists.

■ It’s just a little story that kids enjoy. Let them believe as long as possible.

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■ Parents should have fun with the story of Santa, but avoid abusing the centuries-old story of the real St Nicholas.

■ When it finally is time to tackle the question “Is Santa real?”, use the moment as an opportunity to bond and discuss larger concepts such as honesty, generosity, and tradition.

■ Most of all, keep it light … it’s supposed to be a fun thing.

So here’s my thoughts on this latest load of bollocks.

Surely if you can foster some good behaviour from your children by suggesting Santa only visits good kids, that’s a good thing?

And who is going to tell Frank Sinatra, Michael Bolton, Michael Buble, Dolly Parton, The Pointer Sisters etc etc that they will have to re-record their versions of Santa Claus is Coming to Town and remove the line “he’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, he’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice”.

What about all those Christmas movies as well, with the big fella himself checking naughty and nice lists? Does Ms Leal think they should be edited to remove those scenes?

Get real lady!

I really hope How to Talk to Your Child About Santa Claus is on the top of the WORST sellers list this year!

But if nothing else Ms Leal did provide me with an opportunity to mention the Hyundai Santa Parade that’s on tomorrow.

I really hope the weather plays its part, because I know how hard Carol Johns and her team of helpers have worked to make this parade the best in

years. Carol tells me we have twice the number of floats this year and some very cool new costumes.

The pre-parade entertainment with Ronald McDonald starts 11am on the East Street Chessboard and the parade itself starts at 12.30pm. The parade will head north up East Street, go around Baring Square (town clock) and then back down East Street. So there should be plenty of great vantage points.

And maybe, just maybe, some of the CBD retailers might be open afterwards so you can do some Christmas shopping. I hope so!

Till next week Ho ho ho roo Phill “Bananas in Pyjamas” Hooper Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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■ CHECHNYA

Militants kill policemen Heavily-armed gunmen in Chechnya have attacked a police post, killing several officers before storming buildings including a school in the capital Grozny.

The early morning raid yesterday came hours before President Vladimir Putin was to deliver his annual state of the nation address and weeks after a suicide blast shattered a period of relative calm in the volatile region.

One of the stormed buildings was ablaze, with thick smoke billowing into the sky from its eight storeys, as residents were told to stay indoors and security forces worked to root the gunmen out of a school nearby.

Automatic gunfire and heavy blasts rocked the city, according to video images posted by Russian media and on social networks.

“There are still some of them sitting in a school,” Chechnya’s pro-Kremlin leader Ramzan Kadyron said on the Echo of Moscow radio.

“We have them surrounded in the school area,” he said, adding that the gunmen were “very heavily armed”, including with grenade launchers.

It was not clear how many militants were involved in the early-morning violence.

Chechnya’s regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, hatless centre, poses with conscripts in Grozny, Chechnya’s provincial capital. The Russian military has begun drafting conscripts from the province of Chechnya.

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Kadyrov said five or six militants have been killed.

North Caucasus Islamists, known as the Caucasus Emirate, took responsibility for the attack in a video posted on the website Kavkaz Centre, saying it was revenge for “oppression of Muslim women”.

The militants launched an attack on a police traffic post inside the capital in the early morning hours, before moving on to storm the buildings.

The state RIA Novosti news agency, quoting a regional law enforcement source, said five police died and several were

wounded in yesterday’s attack.

The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said that a group of assailants had attacked a traffic post in Grozny in the early hours of Thursday and then stormed a building housing local media known as the Press House.

- AFP

New York ‘chokehold’ protesters arrested Mariano andrade

Thousands of protesters have hit the streets of New York after a grand jury declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.

Soon after the decision by the grand jury, hundreds of protesters converged on Rockefeller Center and in New York City’s iconic Times Square chanting “No justice, no peace,” the rallying cry of demonstrators already angered by a separate grand jury decision last week not to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Police made at least 30 arrests, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

A series of small protests

Landmine casualties fell by a quarter last year, an activist group said, reaching the lowest number since it started compiling records.

“In 2013, recorded casualties caused by mines, victim-activated improvised explosive devices, cluster munition remnants, and other explosive remnants of war decreased to the lowest level since the Monitor started recording casualties in 1999,” the International Campaign to Ban Landmines said yesterday in the United States. A total of 3308 landmine-related casualties were recorded in 2013, or about nine casualties a day, a decline of 24 per cent from 2012, when 4325 people were either killed or maimed by the weapons.

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Arrests after rape

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converged into a march of about 5000 people down Broadway and eventually into Times Square, the Washington Post reported. Drivers stuck in traffic by the march honked their horns in solidarity, the paper said.

Both cases, coupled with the death of a 12-year-old black boy who was gunned down by police officers in Ohio while handling a toy pistol in a playground, have reignited a longstanding debate in the United States about relations between law enforcement and African Americans, as well as accusations of overly aggressive policing.

Following Wednesday’s jury decision, Attorney General Eric Holder said the US Justice Department will launch a federal civil rights investigation into the case of Eric Garner, 43, who died after being placed in a choke-hold by New

York police officer Daniel Pantaleo while being arrested on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes.

An amateur video of the arrest shows Garner, a heavy-set man who suffered from asthma and had six children, gasping “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe” as police officers held him to the ground with his throat constricted.

Holder’s announcement means that Pantaleo could still face trial.

There was another protest at Grand Central Terminal, where about 50 protesters lay, pretending to be dead, and on Staten Island, where Garner’s clash with police happened.

Small demonstrations also broke out in Harlem, Union Square and Columbus Circle, while there were similarly small but peaceful protests in Washington, DC. Garner’s widow, Esaw Gar-

ner, said she rejected Pantaleo’s apology.

“The time for remorse for the death of my husband was when he was yelling to breathe,” she told the New York Times.

In brief comments following the grand jury decision, Barack Obama - the first black president of the US - addressed the inherent mistrust many African Americans have of police.

“We’re seeing too many instances where people do not have confidence that folks are being treated fairly,” Obama said.

“In some cases, those may be misperceptions, but in some cases that’s a reality, and it is incumbent upon all of us as Americans ... that we recognise this is an American problem and not just a black problem or a brown problem.”

- AFP

Nepal police have arrested seven men for allegedly gang-raping a teenage Indian girl visiting the Himalayan nation for a religious festival involving animal sacrifices.

The 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped after arriving in a remote village near the Indian border for the two-day festival during which 2.5 million worshippers sacrificed around 200,000 animals in a Hindu ritual. The woman was dragged into a deserted building near the grounds of a temple in Bariyapur where the men attacked her, local police official Lokendra Malla said.

- AFP

Executions going ahead Indonesia will execute five drug convicts on death row this month after their requests for presidential clemency were rejected. However, it’s not known if two Australians will be among those put to death. “The president ordered authorities to carry out the legal process accordingly,” the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, Tedjo Edi Purdjianto, was quoted as saying on the Cabinet Secretariat’s website. More than 60 people are sitting on death row in Indonesian prisons.

- DPA

Fires near Perth A bushfire in the City of Wanneroo in Perth’s north has been downgraded to a watch and act as firefighters battle a second blaze in the city’s hills region.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services says there is still a possible threat to lives and homes on Perry Road between Cypress Road and Anderson Road in Pinjar.

- AAP

‘Tech tax’ in UK Britain has thrown down the gauntlet to multinational tax cheats, with experts closely watching to see if Australia follows suit. There is a new 25 per cent levy largely aimed at a number of technology firms seeking to avoid tax. The “Google tax” announced by British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will be imposed from April on the profits generated by multinationals in the UK, which until now have been artificially shifted out of the country. “That’s not fair to other British firms. It’s not fair to the British people either. Today we’re putting a stop to it,” Mr Osborne said in his budget update. - AAP

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■ PUMPKIN PATCH

In brief

Shares at ‘break-up level’

the patience and confidence to allow them time to turn it around,” he said.

According to the company’s 2014 accounts the net assets of the company per share, if they were sold at book value, was 25c. Yesterday Pumpkin Patch shares closed at 21c.

“The markets are telling us that perhaps this is the end for Pumpkin Patch, and also telling us that when they do break up the assets they aren’t even

going to get the book value,” Trow said.

Pumpkin Patch’s well-regarded chief executive, Di Humphries, was unwilling to answer questions this week, with her PA saying she did not want to expand beyond her AGM speech where 2014 was described as “very challenging”.

Peter Schuyt was more forthcoming on the challenges faced.

“Is it a role where you wake up in the middle of the night worrying about things?

“Yep, it certainly is,” Schuyt said of his role as company chairman.

Schuyt was unwilling to comment on whether the company’s shares were yet at breakup level, but acknowledged the low price was indicative of a company facing challenges.

- NZH

Credit rating revised Chorus’s credit rating outlook was revised to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’

by Standard & Poor’s after the Commerce Commission lifted the proposed price it can charge customers for access to its copper lines. S&P affirmed the network operator’s BBB rating, saying the improved pricing and revisions to Chorus’s debt covenants in July had “significantly reduced downward pressure” on the rating.

S&P said while the commission’s draft final pricing principle could be revised before being finalised next April, it doesn’t expect any change sufficient to threaten the BBB rating.

- NZME

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ON THE MARKETS

Australia that it will hold rates steady at 2.5 per cent although after the disappointing GDP announcement there has been much speculation that there will be a rate cut early in 2015.

Commodity prices have been in the spot light this week, with the focus largely on oil. Late last week the leaders of Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met and chose not to cut production.

Oil prices have been sinking lower as supply continues to outstrip demand. It is thought that OPEC is hoping to push out smaller producers such as the US shale market, as it becomes uneconomical for these producers to continue in the market.

Perhaps of more importance to New Zealand is the continued slide in the dairy price. At the latest Dairy Trade Auction, held this week, prices once again fell. The 1.1 per cent decline now takes the average price of dairy products down 50 per cent from the highs seen in February this year.

Whole milk powder, New Zealand’s largest product group, experienced the largest

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

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decline, falling 7.1 per cent to $2229 per tonne. This is well below the $3500 per tonne Fonterra announced as the price that milk powder would need to reach in order to maintain the forecast farmgate milk price of $5.30 per kilo.

Early next week Fonterra is set to announce an updated forecast milk price which analysts are anticipating could go as low as $4.00 per kilo, less than half of last season’s record payout. This is estimated to cut our GDP by around $6 billion.

China released official manufacturing PMI data, which indicates whether the manufacturing sector expanded or contracted for the month.

The index fell 0.5 points to 50.3 for November which tells us that the sector is continuing to expand but is doing so at a lesser rate.

This is the lowest level since March this year and has confirmed for many analysts that the world’s second largest economy is losing momentum.

It has also reignited fears that China will miss its official full year growth targets.

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Spotlight on commodity prices Markets have had a turbulent week, processing plenty of data points, volatile commodity prices and lacklustre retail sales for the biggest shopping weekend in the US calendar.

Most major indices are in the green for the week and by and large had a very positive November.

The exception to this is Australia, whose ASX index suffered a 3.86 per cent loss for the month, as the resource heavy index felt the pinch with oil and iron ore prices falling to multi year lows.

Australia released official GDP figures for the third quarter this week, which saw a slow down in growth and missed forecasts. The report showed quarterly growth of 0.3 per cent for the September quarter, taking the annualised rate down to 2.7 per cent.

Expectations were for quarterly growth of 0.7 er cent and annualised growth of 3.1 per cent.

The decline in investment in the resources sector has become a major hurdle for the economy and will continue to be so for the next few years. The outlook for the fourth quarter is looking bleak for Australia as the world continues to contend with lower commodity prices and the resources sector continues to face headwinds.

This followed the announcement from the Reserve Bank of

Solid Energy is vacating its Christchurch head office, pilloried as ‘The Palace’, and says the move will more than halve its rent. The company expects to finish moving from Show Place, Addington, to Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside,

by December 22. Communications manager Bryn Somerville said the move was part of Solid Energy’s wider efforts to save money. The company would pay “well under half” the rent it was paying at Show Place, he said.

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The woes of one-time market star Pumpkin Patch continue with one accounting professor saying the struggling retailer may now be worth more to shareholders broken up than as a trading whole.

Victoria University emeritus professor of accounting Don Trow said the company had been in trouble for some time, but this week the company’s share price sank beneath its break-up price.

Trow highlighted problems with slow stock turnaround noting that problems last year with stock failing to arrive for Christmas had been over-compensated for with $73 million in stock accumulated this year and too much in debts leading to a “critically low” 30 per cent equity to total liabilities ratio.

These problems, and others, combined to lead the company to announce at its AGM last month it risked breaching banking covenants with ANZ if Christmas trading was sluggish.

Such a breach would give the bank the right to appoint receivers or withdraw banking facilities.

The company’s accounts to July 2014 include warnings from auditors PWC that a possibility this may occur “indicates the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the company and group’s ability to continue as a going concern”.

Trow described the arc of Pumpkin Patch as “sad”.

“When it first started it was a great story.

But they’re now very dependent on a friendly bank who have

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NZX 50 index

5,522.7

+19.61 +0.36%

NZX 20 index

4,185.7

+12.92 +0.31%

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+18.05 +0.31%

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5,368.8

+47.00 +0.88%

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+33.07 +0.18%

At close of trading on Dec 3

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–0.38%

At close of trading on Dec 3

Nikkei 225 index

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+166.8 +0.94%

At close of trading on Dec 4

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London – $US/ounce

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This photo of Holdan Painters was on the front page of the Ashburton Guardian on Saturday, February 23, 1980. It was a complete family affair with (from left) John Breukelaar, Dawn, Wendy, Bill and Gerrit (father). Interestingly, Holdan Painters are still going today and started in 1958. John said it is “Ashburton’s oldest, longest-serving, family-owner operated painting and decorating firm”. And best of all, John reckons they were the first to employ female painters.

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CEO’s $84m pay packet Microsoft shareholders gave a lukewarm vote of approval on Wednesday for CEO Satya Nadella’s $84 million pay package, after an investor advisory group said the company was paying him too much.

Nadella’s pay package puts him among the highest paid CEOs in the country for last year, although his pay as a first-year CEO falls short of the $378 million that Apple awarded to Tim Cook when he became CEO in 2011.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was awarded stock options and other pay valued at $67.3 million last year.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was paid only $1.3 million in 2013, but he held shares worth nearly $16 billion.

An advisory vote on Microsoft’s executive pay program won approval from more than 72 per cent of shareholder votes cast, the company said after its annual shareholder meeting yesterday.

ISS, which reviews proxy measures for many large companies and criticised Nadella’s pay, has said a vote below 70 per cent is an indication that a company should review its policies.

The vote fell short of the average support level of 91.5 per cent for executive pay measures at other companies tracked by ISS affiliate, ISS ExecComp Analytics.

By comparison, more than 92 per cent of votes supported the company’s slate of directors, who ran without opposition.

That doesn’t mean investors are overly concerned, according to Wall Street analysts, who say Nadella is generally viewed as moving Microsoft in the right direction.

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Targeting schoolgirls Manukau Institute of Technology is holding a computer programming competition for schoolgirls aimed at tackling the lagging number of women working in the information and communications technology sector. The ICT sector generates $6.1 billion in exports and, according to the 2013 NZ Sectors Report, contributes five per cent of GDP and employs 73,392 people - but an industry census shows only 17 per cent of these are women, which is one of the lower ratios for New Zealand job sectors.

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Microsoft’s $84 million man, Satya Nadella.

“He probably would have taken the job for less, so from that regard they are certainly not exhibiting frugality,” at a time when Nadella is overseeing a reorganisation that includes cutting 18,000 jobs, said Colin Gillis of BGC Financial.

But he also pointed to the 30 per cent increase in Microsoft’s stock price this year and said, “I think that’s the primary metric most people care about.

“If you think about the billions in value that’s been created, this is a tiny fraction of that.”

Most of the meeting was devoted to a recap of Microsoft’s business strategy and a discussion about diversity.

Executives heard a presentation from civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who has been urging the tech industry to hire and promote more women and minorities.

Nadella repeated an earlier pledge to make that a priority at Microsoft.

While the Redmond, Washington company has previously disclosed some workforce statistics, Nadella also promised to release more detailed figures this month from a report that employers must file annually with the federal government.

Nadella’s pay largely consists of stock grants that won’t vest before 2019, and Microsoft has said they are an incentive for future performance, since his stock will increase in value if the company does well.

Nadella was paid a base salary of $918,917 and a $3.6 million bonus, along with stock grants valued at $79.8 million.

That includes a one-time stock grant valued at $59 million when he was promoted to CEO, and an earlier grant valued at $7 million for his performance as executive vice president before he became CEO. It also includes stock valued at $13.5 million that he was granted when Microsoft

gave top executives “retention” awards to keep them from jumping ship while the company searched for a successor to Ballmer.

Under securities rules, companies must report an estimated value for stock at the time of a grant, even if it can’t be exercised right away.

In a report last month, ISS questioned the company’s decision to give what it called a “mega grant” of stock up front, since Microsoft also planned to award Nadella a subsequent annual grant valued at $13 million in the next fiscal year.

ISS also said the company should adopt stricter performance standards for executive compensation.

Microsoft Chairman John Thompson said the company wanted to “attract and motivate a world-class CEO.” Microsoft shares dipped 38 cents to close at $48.08 yestersday.

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Reporting abuse Twitter is trying to make it easier for victims and witnesses of online harassment to report it. The short messaging service said that the new tools will roll out to users over the coming weeks. It’s available now for a small group of Twitter’s 284 million members. Among other changes, the updates streamline the process for reporting abuse, especially on mobile devices. Twitter says it also made “behind-thescenes improvements” that speed up response times to reported tweets and accounts.

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Audi’s crossover Audi plans to roll out an electricpowered crossover in 2017 to challenge Tesla Motors for wealthy, environmentally conscious consumers. The new model will mark Audi’s first mainstream all-electric vehicle and is part of a push to roll out greener cars. Next year, Audi will introduce a batterypowered variant of the $115,900 R8 sports car.

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Draw for Aorangi Aorangi has something to smile about with a draw against Canterbury at the New Zealand Men’s Interprovincial at the Hamilton Golf Club. After losses to Southland, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Otago over the opening rounds, Aorangi stepped up against big brother for a 2.5-2.5 draw at the match play tournament. Cameron Grant was all square, while wins to Jordan Green and South Canterbury’s Travis Cook ensured the drawn result in their only match yesterday.

Today they play Taranaki before a bye in the afternoon. Defending champions Manawatu-Wanganui and tournament favourites Bay of Plenty are in ominous form heading into the final two rounds with semi-finals and final tomorrow.

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Hampstead on a roll Hampstead have opened up a 10 point buffer on top of the Open A grade tennis ladder after four rounds. The unbeaten competition frontrunners meet a Methven side buoyed by their first win, over Hinds-Mayfield. Ten points back in second is Dorie-Fairton who face the winless Hinds-Mayfield looking to make up ground while back-toback defeats have seen Allenton slump down to fourth but only one point behind this week’s opponent, third place Tinwald.

League clash continues The Ashburton Barbarians rugby league team have extended their season, holding a series of friendly matches. Tomorrow will be the third instalment of the Hakatere Warriors taking on the Oceania Barbarians at Collegiate South, kicking off at 2pm. The two sides are made up of the Barbarians side as well as some invitational players from other codes.

Women on Wheels A change of date hasn’t had the desired effect for Women on Wheels in Methven. The female-only cycling event has made the move from February to December after entry numbers were down earlier this year.

The low numbers prompted organiser Simon Hampton to try a different date, bringing the race forward to December. As of last night the entries were on par with February’s race day with around 120 set to ride tomorrow. “It’s hard to pick a good weekend anymore with so much on,” Hampton said. The 75km race was proving the most popular with 29km and 45km events also on offer with Hampton hopeful of a few walk-up entries on the day. Registration will be open until the start of the first race briefing at 9am.

Abercrombie returns They hardly needed the assistance last week but the Breakers will be helped by another set of hands for Saturday’s rematch with Sydney.

Tom Abercrombie was a welcome presence at practice today and, providing he passes a fitness test tomorrow, the swingman is set to rejoin his team-mates for their away clash against the Kings. His inclusion will aid the Breakers in limiting the impact of NBA veteran Josh Childress.

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Daryl Ainsley out in front during the DHL Speedweek final at the Ashburton Speedway last year with the series final returning again this weekend.

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Tight tussle on the track

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Tauranga’s Chris Cowling is on track for a hat-trick of DHL Saloon Speedweek titles when the series is decided at the Ashburton Speedway on Sunday.

The two-time defending series champion has already established a tight grip on the title for 2014 but with three rounds remaining after last night’s fifth round.

The series is organised by Steve Williams, better known for his time carrying the clubs for Tiger Woods.

Williams finished up as Aus-

tralian golfer Adam Scott’s bagman in September, taking a year off.

With the weight of carrying clubs off his shoulders, he was hoping to steer his way up the ladder in the series.

But so far it has been the Cowling show.

The first round in Blenheim last Friday was abandoned because of rain before Chris took the win in Nelson ahead of his brother Steve.

The third round in Greymouth was the Pike River Memorial raced over 29 laps, one for each of the lost of miners,

won by Nigel Ross followed by the Cowling brothers - Chris ahead of Steve again.

The Cowling brothers led the way again in Invercargill - you guessed it Chris ahead of Steve - to lead the series heading into last night’s fifth round in Dunedin.

The saloons are in Cromwell tonight, and swing into Woodford Glen in Christchurch tomorrow night before the series winds up in Ashburton.

The saloon racing will be the feature, but all the other grades will be in the dirt on the day as well as collecting valuable

points towards their season’s tally.

Last year it was Ross who took the chequered flag in Ashburton, but fourth place was enough for Chris Cowling to take the overall series victory.

Depending on how they fare over the three rounds leading to Ashburton will determine if Cowling starts with the trophy already locked away or needing to keep the chasers at bay - but with $50,000 prize money up for grabs no one will be holding back.

Racing gets underway from 1pm.

Primary athletes in top form

All eyes on Ambrose

By Jonathan Leask

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Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury athletes produced some sterling results at the Canterbury Primary Schools’ Athletic Championships.

With 195 primary schools from across the wider Canterbury region represented, the best of the best were at the Ashburton Domain Oval on Wednesday.

The Mid Canterbury contingent - who had progressed from the Mid Canterbury championships a month earlier - collected four gold a silver and four bronze.

The Gibson girls of St Joseph’s School got a golden

double on the track. Rosaria took out the 9 girls’ 1000m while older sister Isabella took out the 11 girls’ 1200m – with Longbeach’s Jenna Borthwick third.

Another from St Joseph’s, Sophie Adams, won gold in the 11 girls’ with a monster 10.55m shot put.

Emma Beecroft of Hinds also had a golden run on the track winning the 9 girls’ 80m and was third in the long jump.

Jake Jackways of Dorie was second in the 10 boys’ 1000m.

Isaac Simpson of Hinds was third in the 50m while Rakaia’s Mikayla Wycliffe was third in the 9 girls’ 50m.

Jamie Whincup loves to hate being in the spotlight, so having Marcos Ambrose return for V8 Supercars’ season-ending Sydney 500 suits him perfectly.

“Hopefully he takes some of the attention away from myself,” said Whincup, who will officially be crowned 2014 champion on Sunday.

Ambrose will compete in the series for the first time since 2005 this weekend as a wildcard entry for Dick Johnson Racing.

The two-time V8 champion has spent the past nine

years racing in NASCAR but has come back to Australia to spearhead the DJR Team Penske’s campaign in 2015.

He’s had three days to get a feel of his Ford Falcon at Queensland Raceway, but is yet to tackle the mean streets of Sydney Olympic Park where 2014’s last three races will be contested on Saturday and Sunday.

“It’s a track that’s very challenging - one of the hardest on the schedule - and one I haven’t raced on, so I know I have to give the place some respect and have to build my own confidence up,” Ambrose told AAP. - AAP

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B Dann 1 1 Briseur De Revesnwtd A Bradshaw 1 2 741 Brooke Davis17.49 All[3-1-0-0] Trk(3-1-0) 4 2 34613 Turbo Tundra17.52 All[110-11-7-23] Trk(59-7-13) L Waretini M Grant 2 232F4 Scotsome Power30.99 All[61-3-13-7] Trk(49-2-15) McCook & Jopson 2 55347 Zahra Moonnwtd All[22-0-3-4] Trk(14-0-4) S Stone 1 3 24211 Grand Apache17.38 All[12-4-4-0] Trk(10-3-3) S Hindson S & B Evans 3 55128 Know Smiggle30.78 All[33-3-9-6] Trk(29-2-13) G Cleeve 3 3 Boston Billynwtd Hart & Taylor 3 658 Our Johnnwtd All[3-0-0-0] Trk(3-0-0) D Kingston 4 12756 Cec Divine17.49 All[63-9-9-7] Trk(58-9-14) G Cleeve 4 74776 Ohoka Frenchi30.69 All[62-5-12-11] Trk(62-5-23) L Waretini 4 76535 Pint Sized Pixienwtd All[5-0-0-1] Trk(3-0-0) B Dann 4 87 Em Cee Deenwtd All[2-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) 2 5 15141 You’re So Free30.69 All[18-4-4-3] Trk(12-2-5) B Dann 5 55577 John Dory17.45 All[74-9-9-7] Trk(40-5-6) J McInerney C Weir 5 54352 Homebush Howardnwtd All[5-0-1-1] Trk(1-0-0) J McInerney 5 63636 Angel D’Ornwtd All[17-0-3-3] Trk(14-0-6) 36 2 6 116X4 Goldstar Jeanie17.53 All[54-6-10-7] Trk(39-6-11) 4 6 43712 Homebush Coral30.85 All[58-6-6-9] Trk(33-2-8) Run Zolanwtd Hart & Taylor J McInerney J McInerney 4 6 53563 Traceynwtd All[11-0-4-2] Trk(5-0-2) R Adcock 2 7 2 Token Jumpnwtd All[1-0-1-0] Trk(1-0-1) 3 7 56234 Opawa Tania30.71 All[75-9-13-13] Trk(46-7-16) Lane & Wales 7 24357 Phat Pants17.66 All[71-4-19-17] Trk(56-4-28) McCook & Jopson Lane & Wales 2 7 23523 Cawbourne Kittnwtd All[10-0-2-3] Trk(9-0-4) C Weir J McInerney 8 38355 Opawa Laz17.61 All[37-5-7-6] Trk(14-1-3) Lane & Wales 8 46152 Blushing Belle30.63 All[79-8-8-14] Trk(59-7-19) Lane & Wales 8 6 Oak Spurnwtd All[1-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) P Scott 8 788 Homebush Buttonnwtd All[3-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) J McInerney 9 72886 Home Truth17.32 All[69-8-9-14] Trk(64-8-20) G Cleeve 9 76664 Banbit30.57 All[85-8-13-15] Trk(55-7-17) McCook & Jopson 9 7 Good Girl Ninanwtd All[1-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) Hart & Taylor 9 78585 Homebush Olivenwtd All[8-0-1-0] Trk(3-0-0) J McInerney 10 75774 Smoking Marley17.38 All[28-4-4-3] Trk(26-4-7) A Bradshaw 10 37557 Stich Up30.80 All[73-6-9-10] Trk(59-4-16) S & B Evans 10 Uno Margueritenwtd Lane & Wales 10 8P8 Homebush Inquirynwtd All[3-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY MAIDEN SPRINT HEAT 4 BARRON’S SUPPLIES STAKES SNOW-E MUSCLE, ENERGY & FERTILITY SPRINT M M M DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY MAIDEN SPRINT HEAT 1 M 1:37 PM 2:32 PM 3:29 PM 12:43 PM $1,100, C0Q, 295M 9 $1,900, C1, 520M 9 $1,400, C2, 295M $1,100, C0Q, 295M 9 9 2 1 26862 Homebush Dodgernwtd All[6-0-2-0] Trk(3-0-1) 4 1 63225 Cawbourne Miaminwtd All[24-2-8-4] Trk(16-1-7) 1 1 75X46 Wonkey Donkey17.33 All[26-4-3-2] Trk(26-4-5) J McInerney 1 77 Moonlight Ladnwtd All[2-0-0-0] Trk(2-0-0) J McMillan C Roberts A Bradshaw 2 88545 Malcynwtd All[6-0-1-0] Trk(4-0-1) 2 2 76485 Big Muddy17.42 All[31-5-2-6] Trk(31-5-8) R Adcock 2 64645 Cherie Cherienwtd All[30-0-1-3] Trk(18-0-1) J McInerney 2 64757 True Blue Style30.60 All[31-4-2-1] Trk(31-4-3) M K Dempsey Mitchell & Smith 3 62887 Tear Away Teddynwtd All[6-0-1-0] Trk(6-0-1) K Cassidy 3 86 Know Anternetnwtd All[2-0-0-0] Trk(2-0-0) G Cleeve 3 18745 Earn Me Some30.93 All[21-3-3-4] Trk(8-1-2) C Roberts 3 31763 Culvie Boy17.38 All[27-3-4-7] Trk(25-3-10) Hart & Taylor 3 4 64434 Princely Countnwtd All[6-0-0-1] Trk(3-0-1) 2 4 3 Homebush Hansomenwtd All[1-0-0-1] Trk(1-0-1) 3 4 53242 Rockwood Archie17.58 All[27-3-6-4] Trk(15-3-6) J McInerney J McInerney 4 26275 Starburst Clemmy30.54 All[71-8-13-4] Trk(40-3-12) M Grant D Stapleton 1 5 4 5 26634 Sacajaweanwtd All[19-0-2-2] Trk(12-0-4) 2 5 25541 Nicky Noir30.48 All[15-3-2-1] Trk(11-3-2) Plutoniumnwtd Hart & Taylor D Stapleton B Dann 5 7F628 Goldstar Chyna17.30 All[29-4-4-2] Trk(22-4-6) S & B Evans 6 8 Pistols Princessnwtd All[1-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) 1 6 2 Token Musclesnwtd All[1-0-1-0] Trk(1-0-1) M Flipp Lane & Wales 6 45132 Protonic Pedro31.08 All[13-2-2-3] Trk(10-2-4) B Dann 6 43572 Starburst Hannah17.55 All[70-7-12-9] Trk(40-4-14) M Grant 7 667FX Bita Bantanwtd All[10-0-1-1] Trk(10-0-2) 3 7 6 Struggle Is Realnwtd All[1-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) 3 7 13612 Opawa Born30.87 All[6-2-1-2] Trk(2-1-1) 4 7 28517 Wears The Gold17.50 All[14-3-2-0] Trk(9-3-1) McCook & Jopson Hart & Taylor J & D Fahey C Roberts 4 8 34534 Know Lucknwtd All[10-0-0-3] Trk(7-0-3) 1 8 14241 Jinja Cookie30.52 All[18-4-2-3] Trk(18-4-5) G Cleeve 8 72667 Pass With Carenwtd All[19-0-2-1] Trk(16-0-3) H Anderton B Dann 8 77474 Waimak Dave17.60 All[141-16-11-15] Trk(64-6-9) J McInerney 9 78585 Homebush Olivenwtd All[8-0-1-0] Trk(3-0-0) J McInerney 9 78585 Homebush Olivenwtd All[8-0-1-0] Trk(3-0-0) J McInerney 9 63621 Jewel Apache31.30 All[11-2-1-2] Trk(9-2-2) S & B Evans 9 72886 Home Truth17.32 All[69-8-9-14] Trk(64-8-20) G Cleeve 10 777X8 Raconteurnwtd All[8-0-0-1] Trk(8-0-1) H Anderton 10 8P8 Homebush Inquirynwtd All[3-0-0-0] Trk(1-0-0) J McInerney 10 35744 Kinloch Power30.92 All[14-1-0-4] Trk(10-1-2) S & B Evans 10 8883P Genia Haka17.49 All[75-9-11-6] Trk(25-2-4) J McInerney PM

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PM CUP DAY SATURDAY 24TH JANUARY 2015 MOB TROT 2 $6,500, 2YO+ C0 MOB TROT, 2200M 3 34 # REC HORSE (START POSITION) HCP TRAINER DRIVER PRICE GUIDE 1 00 Dark Ops(1)fr A Clark Alan Clark $41 5 46 2 77075 Miss Coco(2)fr F Service Frederick Service $31 3 P304X Sunnivue Sadona(3)2:53.90 fr S Ashton Craig Ferguson (J) $8.00 7 4 0X049 Conarina(4)fr T Wilson Allan Beck $21 8 5 98680 Hope And Pray(5)fr S Lock Matthew Williamson $31 9 1 10 6 086 Cocktail Waiter(6)fr A Clark Jonny W Cox $15

3 7 04350 Scarlett Lane(7)fr S Lock 8 49009 Winsome Luck(8)fr M Saunders 1 9 543 Love The Moment(21)fr G & C Lee 2 10 0X002 Grey Fernco(u1)fr N Williamson 4 11 0X63P Majestic Stride(u2)fr B Gray

DOUBLES 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-101 TREBLES 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-101 FIRST 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 101 QUADDIE 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-101.

00677 Northview Major(2)2:44.00 fr M G Brown Nathan Williamson $41 9387X Tagataese(3)2:44.00 fr G & J Knight Dexter Dunn $4.50 23635 Jerry Fitz(4)2:43.90 fr G & J Knight Matthew Williamson $3.40 986X4 Village Club(5)2:45.20 fr T White Clark Barron $15 67140 The Lutts(6)2:43.90 fr N Buchan Brent Barclay $9.00 X0408 Unique Chance(7)2:47.90 fr G & J Knight Maruia Parker (J) $31 31680 Go The Stags(8)2:44.90 fr K Barclay Allan Beck $7.00 7X200 Northview Gambler(21)2:44.80 fr M G Brown Andrew Armour $8.00 08439 Taieri Wings(22)2:43.40 fr C Gerken Rory McIlwrick (J) $5.00 2:00 PM EXECUTIVE CAR SERVICE F&M MOB PACE

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89X Laughing Cavalier(2)2:48.30 fr H Hunter Shane Walkinshaw $31 807 Rico Gold(3)2:48.50 fr B Swain Earl Swain $31 89 Rockefeller(4)fr C Gerken Dexter Dunn $21 05X Bold Ruler(5)fr P Hunter Peter Hunter $7.00 Artsfellow(6)fr K Barclay Andrew Armour $15 Christian Grey(7)fr W Adams Craig Ferguson (J) $5.00

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545X8 Jaccka Mara(6)2:44.20 fr B Gray Nathan Williamson $15 073 River Patrol(7)2:44.00 fr C Laurenson Robin Swain $31 87430 Hez Only The Lonely(21)2:46.10 fr B Straight Rory McIlwrick (J) $21 2 Northview Hanover(22)2:43.50 fr M G Brown Andrew Armour $6.00 4 Robyn’s Bad Boy(23)fr R Wilson Craig Ferguson (J) $18

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4:25 PM FOTOSOUTH MOB PACE M $7,000, 3YO+ C1 MOB PACE, 2200M 7 OPT 709 1 8010 Double Rainbow(1)fr S Walkinshaw Shane Walkinshaw $21 3 2 43214 Groomsman(2)2:43.50 fr H Hunter Hamish Hunter $7.00 3 10060 Native Caesar(3)fr K McRae Robin Swain $31 1 4 10212 Costa Del Magnifico(4)2:44.60 fr B Shirley Nathan Williamson $3.60 $7,500, 5YO+ C1 TO C3 MOB TROT, 2200M 5 X6262 Liam Sienna(5)2:44.90 fr Reg & Earl Drake Jared Ovens (J) $14 OPT 707 2 6 2771X Digital Art(6)2:47.00 fr C Dalgety 2580X Anothersuperstar(1)fr A Shaw Ross Norman $18 Dexter Dunn $1.80 72210 Tachma(2)fr S Lock Matthew Williamson $8.00 7 Tellthetruth SCRATCHED 07608 Snow Boy(3)2:53.50 fr S Lock Rory McIlwrick (J) $61 8 66419 Add No Interest(7)2:48.50 fr B Gray Brent Barclay $21 10X Goodtobebad(4)fr Cox/Hoffman Jonny W Cox $14 9 X5521 Franco Ramires(21)2:46.50 fr A Paisley Rory McIlwrick (J) $17 P5402 Starlight Invasion(5)fr D McLachlan Shane Walkinshaw $6.00 10 00076 Mach Of The Man(22)2:44.50 fr T Stratford Clark Barron $51 X7097 Another Crusher(6)fr C Laurenson Brendon McLellan $31 11 34150 Three Tricks(23)2:45.20 fr A Paisley Matthew Williamson $41 4 12 38423 Milligan(24)2:42.00 fr R Wilson 63634 Moon Countess(7)fr G & C Lee Gordon Lee $3.20 Craig Ferguson (J) $10 Hank Bromac

SCRATCHED

Scherger Khan(21)fr K Larsen Kirk Larsen $15 5 Degas(22)fr Katrina & John Price Nathan Williamson $2.40 85X80 Forest Blazzar(23)2:45.80 fr J Lott Clark Barron $51 Onedin Onyx(24)fr G & J Knight Matthew Williamson $3.50 3:22 PM FACEBOOK.COM/SOUTHERN HARNESS RACING MOB TROT

M 7 OPT 704 1 01 Sweet Loress(1)2:49.10 fr B Gibson-Smith Brendon McLellan $15 M 2 21 Cleo Maguire(2)fr G & C Lee Gordon Lee $10 7 3 70X53 Canderdel(3)2:46.10 fr G & J Knight Matthew Williamson $15 1 4 18344 Twice The Delight(4)fr M Jones Craig Ferguson (J) $3.00 32 1:05 PM DRESS TO IMPRESS CUP DAY 2015 F&M MOB PACE 1 M 3 5 79X44 Love Filly Dale(5)2:43.90 fr M G Brown Nathan Williamson $6.00 3 $7,000, 3YO+ F&M C0 MOB PACE, 2200M 4 6 1213X B D Windermere(6)2:42.70 fr J Tither 7 OPT 702 Andrew Armour $6.00 4 1 Sumtala(1)fr D Cummings Maruia Parker (J) $13 7 47906 The Tisbury Terror(7)2:44.60 fr K Barclay Kirstin Barclay $41 45 2 8 50120 Bettor Think Twice(8)2:42.30 fr C Dalgety 3 2 302 Thinking Smart(2)2:49.20 fr T Barron Dexter Dunn $2.40 6 Dexter Dunn $3.00 Brent Barclay $51 1 3 8X Beaudiene Beaut Babe(3)fr Cox/Hoffman Jonny W Cox $5.00 9 87X58 Van Eva(21)2:46.20 fr S Cook 27 4 75767 Neat N Petite(4)2:48.00 fr D McLachlan Craig Ferguson (J) $21 10 70955 The Shakey Mistress(22)2:44.40fr G & J Knight Rory McIlwrick (J) $31 1 8 72212 Dwindle Mist(8)fr N Williamson Nathan Williamson $2.40 5 34020 Red Electric(5)2:47.80 fr D McLachlan Allan Beck $13 M 5:00 PM SIR LINCOLN PACE 2:25 PM FIBER FRESH HCP PACE 9 97681 Sappy’s Brite Star(21)2:49.90 fr C Buchan Dexter Dunn $9.00 M 4 6 253X3 Tuapeka Toff(6)2:48.10 fr G & J Knight Matthew Williamson $7.00 7 $7,000, 4YO+ C1 PACE, 2700M OPT 710 $8,500, 4YO+ C2 TO C6 SPECHCP PACE, 2700M 10 80780 Sun Shine Whiz(22)2:56.40 fr F Service Frederick Service $61 7 OPT 705 2 7 842 Justan’s Sister(7)2:43.30 fr G Argyle Brent Barclay $4.00 4 1 27543 Acolyte(1)3:26.90 fr H Hunter Hamish Hunter $5.00 11 L8000 Mum Beat Lyall(23)2:59.10 fr A Malcolmson Allan Beck $51 3 1 26735 Vera’s Delight(1)3:28.60 fr B McLellan Brendon McLellan $4.00 8 88606 Newmans Jet(8)2:48.20 fr S Lock Rory McIlwrick (J) $61 2 2 53421 I Smart(2)3:29.90 fr B Shirley Nathan Williamson $2.40 12 960X9 Sunnivue Impulse(24)fr S Ashton Craig Ferguson (J) $41 2 40908 Just Ned(2)3:34.90 fr M Saunders Brent Barclay $41 9 76659 Combien(21)2:46.40 fr M Kerr Brendon McLellan $31 3 Stans Day SCRATCHED 13 9090X Larch(u1)fr G McClymont Kirk Larsen $41 3 0X060 Jetrange(3)3:28.30 fr B Shirley Brent Shirley $51 10 Viscountess(22)fr H Hunter Shane Walkinshaw $12 1 4 33466 Sammy The Bull(3)3:28.70 fr B McLellan Brendon McLellan $4.50 M 3:52 PM MCMILLAN EQUINE FEEDS/NRM FEEDS MOB PACE 4 80870 McArdle Meg(4)3:31.10 fr P Hunter Peter Hunter $41 11 7709 Absolutely Flyin(23)2:48.40 fr M G Brown Andrew Armour $21 3 5 50X10 Machrie(4)fr Katrina & John Price Brent Barclay $5.00 7 $7,000, 3YO+ C0 MOB PACE, 2200M 5 0447X Astro Boy(5)3:33.30 fr H Hunter OPT 708 Shane Walkinshaw $10 12 784 Jaclyn Smith(24)2:49.00 fr K Barclay Nathan Williamson $15 6 4531X Le Sol(1)3:27.70 10 I Wilson Allan Beck $15 1 94355 Kazzacan(1)2:44.30 fr H Hunter Shane Walkinshaw $21 6 53810 Nightmarch(6)fr M Kerr Robin Swain $26 13 Maritime Arden SCRATCHED 7 80855 Ultra Shok(2)3:27.50 10 T Stratford Dexter Dunn $8.00 1 7 72632 Shards Phoenix(7)fr T Stratford Nathan Williamson $2.40 Clark Barron $5.00 14 8 Devi Andare(25)2:50.50 fr K Larsen Kirk Larsen $51 8 95361 Bettor’s Brigadier(u1)3:22.70 30 D McLachlan Jonny W Cox $6.00 2 2 8X204 Jacks Salute(2)2:46.90 fr C Barron 1 3 5X032 Just Rusty(3)2:43.60 fr D Baynes Lyndon Bond $81 Allan Beck $4.60 8 06909 Star Of Courage(8)fr L Bond 1:30 PM GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND/STHN DEMOLITION MBL PACE M 2:55 PM M BOOK A MINI MARQUEE CUP DAY 2015 MOB PACE 4 08494 Superfreak(4)2:46.00 fr E Swain 2 9 07295 McCovey Cove(9)fr T Barron Earl Swain $41 Dexter Dunn $4.50 7 OPT 703 $6,000, CLAIMERS C1 TO C2 WITH COND. +CLAIMERS, 2200M 7 $7,000, 3YO+ C0 MOB PACE, 2200M 5 OPT 706 Matthew Williamson $5.50 Highway Six SCRATCHED 4 10 2P001 Torpedo(u1)fr G & J Knight 2 1 39319 Franco Caliph(1)2:44.20 fr M G Brown 3 6 05 I Try(5)2:47.20 fr H Hunter Jonny W Cox $6.00 1 04007 Kowhai King(1)2:48.40 fr N Edge Brent Barclay $51 Hamish Hunter $4.00 11 21369 Tisbury Hardlife(u2)fr K Barclay Jonny W Cox $11

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Rory McIlwrick (J) $5.00 Brent Barclay $31 Gordon Lee $2.40 Nathan Williamson $3.40 Shane Walkinshaw $8.00

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g M6 Canterbury Racing 3:02 RANGIORA NEW WORLD MAIDEN 4 M $8,000, MDN, 1100M 3 6 R1 OPT 611 2 PM

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4 1 0838 Megatron(3)58.5 P Gray 3 2 30469. Mac Jagy(7)58.5 J Hay 3 Game Of Thrones(6)58.5 D Crozier 2 4 9X07X Rejoice(4)58.5 M McCann 5 Sir Fiz(11)58.5 M McCann 1 6 Boysway(2)57 K Myers 7 737X Bens Lass(9)56.5 J & K Parsons 8 Shahzadi(5)56.5 S Young 9 7766X Elusive Flirt(10)56.5 K Hodgson 10 87X Kasundi(1)56.5 J & K Parsons 11 6X Zippin(8)55 L Robinson

JOCKEY PRICE GUIDE

Daniel Bothamley $4.00 Kylie Williams $4.50 Racha Cuneen (a3) $22 Shankar Muniandy $6.00 Courtney Barnes (a1) $17 Kelly Myers $2.80 Gosen Jogoo (a4) $10 Terry Moseley $14 Jamie Bates $15 Chris Johnson $19 Samantha Wynne (a1) $15

Friday at Riccarton Park 2 26843 Go Go Dingo(5)58 T Rae 3 88125 Coup Darci Be(4)56 M & M Pitman 4 735X5 Rewa(6)55 N Coulbeck 5 80X88. Milo(1)55 M & M Pitman 6 X2584 Delirium(2)54 D Crozier

Racha Cuneen (a3) $4.00 Parvesh Shaikh (a3) $3.25 Kylie Williams $3.00 Brittany Pitman $15 Chris Johnson $25

DOUBLES 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-91 TREBLES 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-91 FIRST 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 91 QUADDIE 2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-91.

8 00788 The Hand Of Faith(5)55.5 A Taylor Jamie Bates $36 9 X9195 Edensong(8)54 L Latta Ryan Bishop $19 5:52 PM GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND OPEN HCP M

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3 2 9X530 Bogart(4)57.5 M McCann Shankar Muniandy $6.00 3 62X00 Western Warrior(12)57 D Frye Toni Direen (a1) $18 2 4 71638 Pretty Good Excuse(16)56 A Carston Kylie Williams $5.00 Ryan Bishop $14 $15,000, OPN HCP, 1600M 5 57X19 Evidence(15)56 B Gliddon

4 6 37053 Florence Hilton(2)55.5 Kennedy/Furlong Terry Moseley $4.50 Kylie Williams $1.40 7 860X8. Otto The Great(5)55.5 P Robson Jamie Bates $15 Racha Cuneen (a3) $3.95 8 X1406. Merci Cherie(13)55 Kennedy/Furlong Doni Prastiyou (a2) $14 Chris Johnson $3.00 9 3X030 Milk It(1)55 A Taylor Samantha Wynne (a1) $21 Gosen Jogoo (a4) $3.30 10 X8580 Are You Mine(8)54.5 S Hewitt Courtney Barnes (a1) $24 Courtney Barnes (a1) $25 11 10467 Miss Mia(9)54.5 N Ridley Racha Cuneen (a3) $19 DESIGN+BUILD MAIDEN 12 57670 Toetwotoe(14)54.5 T & M Stokes Darryl Bradley $16 $8,000, MDN, 1600M 13 18X90 Colonel Anne(11)54 J & K Parsons Kelly Myers $24 Darryl Bradley $14 1 14 8X034 La Musique(3)54 K Prendergast Jillian Morris $6.00 A 15 26X20 Evancho(7)54 J Hay Jillian Morris $5.00 $17 B 16 856X0. Shaspic(10)55 S Robertson Doni Prastiyou (a2) $28 $13

1 1 03140 Ric O’Shea(3)59 L Latta 4:47 PM TEAMWORK SOLUTIONS RATING 65 3 2 82X98 Captain Todd(1)58.5 T & M Stokes M $8,000, RATING 65 BENCHMARK*, 1200M 2 3 31221 Locket(5)54 J & K Parsons 6 OPT 614 4 4 31123 My Chino(2)54 J & K Parsons 1 2414X My Rules(6)59 Kennedy/Furlong Terry Moseley $5.00 1 2 314 Pat In Brackets(11)58.5 Kevin & Pam Hughes Masaji Haruki (a3) $2.00 5 7550X Asaint Sheaint(4)54 T & L Prendergast 3 607X0 Dhaulagiri(2)57.5 J O’Flanagan Samantha Wynne (a1) $7.50 M 6:25 PM 2 4 10X Give Me A Reason(8)56.5 Nicky & Rochelle Lloyd Ryan Bishop $4.50 6 OPT 617 5 2210X Four Seas(4)56 Kennedy/Furlong Doni Prastiyou (a2) $9.00 1 8257X Otautahi Boy(2)58.5 T & M Stokes 4 6 3437X Incontrol(3)56 S Laming Lee Callaway $3.95 2 2 00X54 Night Owl(9)58.5 B Gliddon Roc City(12)56 P Gray Chris Johnson $15 3 Kings Pride(12)58.5 N Ridley 3:37 PM MONDO TRAVEL RICCARTON MAIDEN 3 78 X0300 M 0843X Castel Benito(7)56 I Rogers Lisa McKay (a3) $10 4 0X8. Morcoat(15)58.5 R Beckett Terry Moseley $32 M $8,000, MDN, 1100M 9 13708. Truth(5)56 B Gliddon 6 OPT 612 7:37 PM MONETA FINANCIAL GROUP RATING 75 Jillian Morris $12 5 9X00X Wish List(10)58.5 N Ridley Racha Cuneen (a3) $55 6 $10,000, RATING 75 BENCHMARK, 1400M OPT 619 1 80030. Owe The Ransom(3)58.5 J & K Parsons Gosen Jogoo (a4) $22 10 6429X Gallant Babe(9)55.5 D Frye Toni Direen (a1) $13 1 6 30X43 Steelfix (14) 57 K Myers

Samantha Wynne (a1) $2.80 2 2 Geerouse(7)58.5 M & M Pitman Darryl Bradley $5.00 11 855X0 Zeina(1)55.5 T & L Prendergast 1 118X0 Ishipal(6)60 N Ridley Racha Cuneen (a3) $6.00 Kylie Williams $11 37 Zentangle(11)57 K Myers Kelly Myers $4.50 3 3 Crystal Secret(1)58.5 K Myers Kelly Myers $4.00 12 767X2. Lickwish(13)55 S Young

2 93006 Terelle(1)59 T & L Prendergast Jacob Lowry (a4) $8.00 Jacob Lowry (a4) $6.00 8 8X882 Setarime(4)56.5 M & M Pitman Amanda Morgan (a2) $5.75 4 2387X Jip Jop Shop(9)56.5 D Frye Toni Direen (a1) $7.50 13 706X0 Vite Celebre(10)54.5 I Stewart

3 0X510 Volcano(7)56.5 L Robinson Samantha Wynne (a1) $8.50 Darryl Bradley $55 9 33376 Galatoire(7)56.5 J & K Parsons Chris Johnson $5.50 5 07X39 Cinderella(10)56.5 K Hampton Racha Cuneen (a3) $8.00 4 107X0. Winchester(13)56 J & K Parsons Chris Johnson $9.00 Kylie Williams $15 5:21 PM DUNSTAN FEEDS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER RAT 10 856X7 Luxury Liz(6)56.5 A Carston 6 0X Courtship(11)56.5 P Robson Gavin Coetzee $15 M 1 5 65711 Coup Rotorua(4)55.5 M & M Pitman Amanda Morgan (a2) $3.00 Shankar Muniandy $36 $10,000, RATING 75 BENCHMARK, 1800M 11 00. Fashionality(13)56.5 A McLeod OPT 615 7 6090X Bon Cherie(8)56.5 J & K Parsons Chris Johnson $24 6 3 6 14250 Percy Possum(9)55.5 N Ridley Jamie Bates $4.00 12 708. Oath(1)56.5 C Spittles Rebecca Black (a1) $23 8 9X Moonlight Dancer(4)56.5 M McCann Shankar Muniandy $14 3 1 77426 Chairos(1)59 L Latta 7 X1010 Dominio(12)55 Nicky & Rochelle Lloyd Chris Johnson $5.00 Ryan Bishop $9.00

13 290 Emergency Call(5)55 Kevin & Pam Hughes Masaji Haruki (a3) $12 4 9 5X Mcnell(5)55 S Robertson Terry Moseley $12 2 945X0. King’s Fortune(4)58.5 T Richards 8 9X0X5 Hit The Bit(11)55 T Charles Kylie Williams $14 Rebecca Black (a1) $15 1 10 Enyanna Marie(6)55 K Myers $3.50 14 4 Galaxy Gardens(3)55 P Rudkin Lee Callaway $8.00 3 544X9. Capo(2)58 N Coulbeck

2 Samantha Wynne (a1) $7.50 9 27312. Red Dirt Girl(8)54 M McCann Shankar Muniandy $3.75 11 No Retreat(2)55 N Coulbeck Samantha Wynne (a1) $11 4 15 X3564. Propitious(8)56.5 J Hay $6.00 10 46305 Individual(3)54 C Spittles 4 05X08 Ryan John(3)57.5 Champion/Murphy Darryl Bradley $10 Lee Callaway $6.50 4:12 PM 7:05 PM PERFECT PACKAGING OPEN HCP 2 5 1751 Sealed By A Dance(6)56 K Myers JOHN WHITE BLOODSTOCK RATING 65 4 11 41173 Why Wait(10)54 L Latta M Kelly Myers $3.50 M Kylie Williams $5.00 $15,000, OPN HCP, 1200M 1 6 15402 Sorley Boy(9)56 B Williams $8,000, RATING 65 BENCHMARK*, 1600M 6 OPT 613 6 OPT 618 12 26X20 Evancho(2)54 J Hay Rebecca Black (a1) $3.25 Toni Direen (a1) $16 1 1 X1416 Homeland(3)59 T & M Stokes Darryl Bradley $2.50 7 418X5. Hassle Free(7)55.5 M Price Chris Johnson $5.50 13 856X0. Shaspic(5)54 S Robertson Terry Moseley $10 Racha Cuneen (a3) $21 1 86440 Southern Power(6)59 J & K Parsons

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Saturday at Oamaru

4 X0186 Highland Reign(4)2:29.60 fr B Negus Leo O’Reilly $10 2 5 54644 Donegal Jimmy Dave(5)2:27.80 fr R Dunn Ross Payne $3.00 PX # REC HORSE (START POSITION) HCP TRAINER DRIVER PRICE GUIDE Nathan Williamson $21 KEVIN GREANEY MEMORIAL HCP PACE 6 82350 Smart Caesar(6)fr N Edge M 2:50 pm Clark Barron $41 1 X000X Crusader Covergirl(1)fr Jason & Scott Lethaby Trent Lethaby (J) $61 $9,000, 4Y O+ C3 & FASTER DISCRHCP PACE, 3000M 7 92470 Redmaro(7)2:29.00 fr G Cook 8 4 8 7X389 Scotlynn Mach(8)2:26.60 fr D Taylor Jay Abernethy $4.00 2 85X70 Overstayer(2)fr C Harrison Colin Harrison $51 1 35608 Live Lea(1)3:52.50 fr G McStay Robbie Holmes $31 Philip Butcher $13 3 8940X Lima Lad(3)fr R Hanson Brad Williamson (J) $51 2 386X0 Destined For Glory(2)3:48.00 fr G & N Hope Stevie Golding (J) $9.00 9 53392 Alexy(9)2:29.60 fr B Negus 4 5 One Y ankee Hall(4)fr J Versteeg John Versteeg $21 3 3 48X04 The Friendlyassassin(3)4:00.30 fr G McStay Gerard O’Reilly $31 10 X9977 Here Comes Falcon(21)2:30.10 fr D Johnston Matthew Williamson $41 Gerard O’Reilly $5.00 5 0677X Grace Lightning(5)fr J Lancaster Chris McDowell $41 4 Hudson Sully SCRATCHED 11 279X1 Finding Nemo(22)2:28.30 fr G Smith 6 26428 Hengroen(6)fr P Williamson Phil Williamson $18 5 28187 Sterns Arising(4)4:05.20 fr R Dunn BALLANTY NES SHOWCASE JEWELLERS PACE John Dunn $9.00 M 4:36 pm 7 Torpedo Run(7)fr C Middleton Carl Middleton $21 $6,000, 3Y O+ C0 PACE, 2000M 1 6 14041 The Pacman(5)fr R Dunn Samantha Ottley $7.50 8 8 Prince George(8)fr D McCormick David D McCormick $31 2 7 59739 Ideal Arden(6)4:00.90 fr B Hutton Jeremy Anderson (J) $9.00 1 30X8 Stagger Lee(1)fr A Stuart Blair Orange $21 9 74964 Unyielding Spirit(9)fr J Versteeg Gerard O’Reilly $26 8 90047 Sonnetsson(7)3:47.40 fr M Nyhan Peter Davis $31 2 56509 The Edge Of Reason(2)2:36.70 fr E Latimer Matthew Williamson $21 1 10 Habibti Ivy(10)fr P Nairn Blair Orange $2.20 9 901X8 Quick As A Trick(u1)fr B Negus Matthew Williamson $5.00 3 00 Omihi El(3)fr J Withell Nathan Williamson $61 2 11 4 Fiery Mountain Girl(11)fr Craig & Aimee Edmonds John Dunn $4.50 M OSTLER WINES MOB PACE 10 All Cash SCRATCHED 4 5686X Millwood Charity(4)fr M Prendergast Mick Prendergast $51 pm 1:40 4 12 Jag’s Son(12)fr P Williamson Matthew Williamson $6.50 8 $6,000, 3Y O+ C0 MOB PACE, 2000M 11 04197 Roxy Bromac(1)3:56.70 10 P Young Jessica Y oung (J) $12 5 07X Jubilant Franco(5)fr M Nyhan Peter Davis $31 13 66070 Illustrious Queen(u1)fr C McKay Colin McKay $61 1 Kimberly Butt (J) $31 1 6 2243 Motu Moonbeam(6)fr G & N Hope 85 Dag And Washington(1)fr M Nyhan Peter Davis $41 12 00358 Motu Speedy Star(1)3:52.60 20 E Latimer Stevie Golding (J) $3.60 3 14 27736 Brookside Colt(u2)fr P Nairn Paul Nairn $4.00 2 06887 Brunswick(2)2:33.10 fr I Court 4 13 0070X Mach’s Gladiator(u1)30 P Burrows Gavin Smith $6.00 7 56568 Scanreco Bay(7)2:39.50 fr M Heenan Clark Barron $61 Michael Heenan $15 FAT SALLY S PUB/RESTAURANT DRIVER SERIES MBL PACE 2 3 4024X Bettor Me(3)2:31.40 fr C Dalgety Jeremy Markham (J) $1.80 14 88748 Better To Be Bad(u2)3:58.20 30 S Ashton Craig Ferguson (J) $15 8 750 Danny Del Vito(8)fr L Mosely Chris McDowell $7.00 M 12:30 pm $6,000, 4Y O+ C0 MOB PACE INV.D, 2000M 4 L0770 Cuffs McRae(4)2:31.30 fr A Stuart 8 3 9 88603 Maximus Prime(9)2:35.40 fr M Heenan Samantha Ottley $51 M Samantha Ottley $26 3:26 pm FAT SALLY S PUB/RESTAURANT DRIVER SERIES MBL PACE $8 ,000, 4Y O+ C2 MOB PACE INV.D, 2000M 2 10 7X3 Chauhan(10)fr T Healy 3 5 9X2P5 Maverick(5)fr D & C Butt Ken Barron $9.00 Bob Butt $5.00 8 2 1 52835 Fernleigh Hannah(1)2:27.90 fr N McGrath Grant R Payne $15 Brad Williamson (J) $12 Jessica Sanchez(11)fr N Hamilton Gerard O’Reilly $4.50 2 X0646 Boomer Bailey(2)2:32.10 fr G Telfer Jay Abernethy $51 6 67536 Fern Fever(6)2:29.20 fr D Heffernan B 1 98X70 Belmont Fire(1)2:27.60 fr D Williamson $41 11 4 7 53469 Chantrey(7)2:28.00 fr B Negus Matthew Williamson $11 2 90061 Chief Kapai(2)fr E Latimer Leo O’Reilly $12 3 44077 Speedski(3)fr K Barron Matthew Williamson $4.00 Clark Barron $31 12 06570 Dreamcoat(12)2:35.40 fr L O’Reilly Jared Ovens (J) $101 D 4 Iron Man SCRATCHED 8 30858 Here Comes Monkey(8)2:29.70 fr D Johnston David Johnston $51 1 3 X8382 Delightful Dash(3)2:32.40 fr B Negus Grant R Payne $4.00 13 00X00 Lucy Holmes(13)2:34.10 fr R Beale 4 14 20536 All Nuts N Bolts(14)2:35.80 fr B Hutton Jeremy Anderson (J) $5.50 Gavin Smith $61 1 5 022 Sandvik Star(4)2:38.60 fr R Todd Leo O’Reilly $5.00 9 89977 Goldcrest(9)fr R Wilson 2 4 71423 Hikoi(4)2:30.80 fr S McNally Sailesh Abernethy $4.00 15 Taranto SCRATCHED 6 7X360 Ask Me Mach(5)2:32.20 fr M House Clark Barron $21 10 0906 Olde Oake Arnie(21)2:41.50 fr J McDermott Gerard O’Reilly $81 5 21698 Maybe Flyin(5)2:27.00 fr R Needham Nathan Williamson $41 Blair Orange $31 6 85160 Mossdale Major(6)2:37.20 fr G & N Hope B 7 0906 Olde Oake Arnie(6)2:41.50 fr J McDermott Philip Butcher $31 11 29086 Caesar’s Empire(22)2:29.20 fr K Barron Ross Payne $11 M CHANGEOVER/SOUTHERN WINES PACE pm 5:11 12 Private Jones SCRATCHED 7 99540 Xmas In New Y ork(7)2:29.30 fr S Allen 8 X08X4 Baby Fern(7)2:32.20 fr D Heffernan Nathan Williamson $31 Leo O’Reilly $51 8 $7,000, 3Y O+ C1 PACE, 2000M 1 13 2 Magoogan(23)2:42.70 fr G & N Hope Stevie Golding (J) $3.50 8 62650 Graduate Under Fire(8)2:41.20 fr R Dunn 9 Billy Klondike SCRATCHED David Butcher $15 1 3678X Veecewah(1)2:46.60 fr A Milne Clark Barron $21 Craig D Thornley $26 C 10 06887 Brunswick(21)2:33.10 fr I Court $41 14 04007 Kowhai King(24)2:39.40 fr N Edge 3 9 01647 Joey Maguire(9)2:26.50 fr R Dunn Matthew Williamson $3.50 2 07X40 Indian Arrow(2)2:37.80 fr J Patterson John Patterson $9.00 3 11 42682 Dana Dynasty(22)2:27.40 fr T Healy Ross Payne $5.00 M 10 145X6 Irish Kath(21)2:27.50 fr C Dalgety Gerard O’Reilly $12 1 3 83996 She’s Got It(3)2:32.30 fr R Dunn John Dunn $4.50 2:15 pm FAT SALLY S PUB/RESTAURANT DRIVER SERIES HCP TROT C 11 12 86220 Altar Ego(23)2:28.60 fr B White Gerard O’Reilly $7.50 8 Lilac Desire SCRATCHED $8 ,000, 4Y O+ C2 TO OC DISCRHCP TROT INV.D, 2000M 3 4 8X01 Jamie Austin(4)2:35.00 fr G & N Hope Stevie Golding (J) $15 13 X0306 Gerald(24)2:30.80 fr B Negus David Butcher $8.00 1 20118 Davey’s Gift(1)2:38.60 fr P Williamson Matthew Williamson $6.00 4 12 45755 Elbeau(22)2:36.80 fr D Mitchell Ken Barron $26 2 5 32551 Uaintseennothinyet(5)fr C Dalgety Ken Barron $2.40 14 Little Lion Man SCRATCHED 2 7138X French Desire(2)2:43.60 fr A Malcolmson Jay Abernethy $41 6 09456 Special Delight(6)2:33.70 fr B Negus David Butcher $21 13 30038 Selester(23)2:29.30 fr G Cook Nathan Williamson $21 4 15 66X92 Venus Lindenny(25)2:38.60 fr D Bennett Sailesh Abernethy $7.00 3 3 15905 Speedy Earl(3)2:37.30 fr K Cameron A 14 05850 Westburn Warrior(24)2:28.50 fr I Court $41 4 7 328X0 Ohoka Benson(7)2:39.10 fr G & N Hope Matthew Williamson $18 Gerard O’Reilly $41 A 16 070X7 Private Jones(26)2:28.80 fr R Dunn Ken Barron $15 Philip Butcher $5.00 8 000X0 Riverboat Princess(8)2:33.20 fr L Smart 1 4 46431 Le Garcon(4)fr P Nairn Grant R Payne $17 15 53216 Franco Harrison(25)2:29.10 fr G & N Hope David Butcher $51 FAT SALLY S PUB/RESTAURANT DRIVER SERIES MBL PACE 9 08X08 Panic Slowly(9)2:36.40 fr R Jenkins M Nathan Williamson $31 M Trent Lethaby (J) $61 1:05 pm FAT SALLY ’S PUB & RESTAURANT DRIVERS SERIES TROT 5 9921P Ngaire Margaret(5)fr A Faulks pm 4:01 $7,000, 4Y O+ C1 TROT INV.D, 2000M 6 1070X Face Value(6)2:45.80 fr R Hanson 8 $7,000, 4Y O+ C1 MOB PACE INV.D, 2000M 10 09206 Fiery Lustre(10)2:32.70 fr I Court Jay Abernethy $31 8 Blair Orange $5.00 B 1 60X60 Final Secret(1)2:43.20 fr C McKay 4 7 09600 Glendaloch(u1)fr B White 3 1 800X4 Dalness(1)2:28.30 fr G & N Hope Leo O’Reilly $3.40 Sailesh Abernethy $12 11 75450 Sunnivue Bay Boy(11)2:34.60 fr S Ashton Craig Ferguson (J) $13 $41 2 X0004 Monkey Luck(2)fr K Cameron 1 2 22004 Music(2)2:32.20 fr B Negus Ross Payne $5.00 David Butcher $6.00 12 04X00 Fastroundtown(12)2:39.60 fr R Beale Sailesh Abernethy $41 8 6460X Chiola Belle(u2)fr P Williamson Jared Ovens (J) $61 D 3 687X7 Cum Laude(3)2:48.50 fr A Faulks Sailesh Abernethy $41 3 33621 One Out Of Four(3)fr N Williamson Ken Barron $11 13 03496 Canndew(13)2:33.70 fr M Nyhan $51 9 69X40 Sarah Lindenny(1)10 C Harrison Peter Davis $10 pm

4 5 2 6 A 7 8 9 3 10 4 11 C 12 1 13 14 15 16

5X231 Successful Way(4)fr A Black Nathan Williamson $12 49487 Price Of Fame(5)2:36.70 fr R Dunn Clark Barron $8.00 54023 Sarah Palin(6)2:40.40 fr M Nyhan Ken Barron $8.00 65590 Bono Hest(7)fr A Faulks $17 91 Insignificant(8)fr B Hutton Matthew Williamson $15 21446 Nicaela(9)fr R Holmes Philip Butcher $9.00 53034 Martini(10)2:37.90 fr D O’Connell Ross Payne $21 72P5X Zhenya(11)2:44.40 fr P Williamson Leo O’Reilly $4.40 8079X Holdon Toyaspurs(12)2:40.40 fr M Prendergast $51 11X0 Splash Cola(u1)fr N Williamson David Butcher $3.50 X0218 Willie Shine(u2)fr R Holmes Gerard O’Reilly $6.00 7400X Beyond A Joke(u3)fr P Williamson Grant R Payne $14 X2731 Big Ears(u4)fr M Larter Jay Abernethy $16

DOUBLES 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 , 9-101 TREBLES 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8 -9-101 FIRST 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 101 QUADDIE 2-3-4-5, 7-8 -9-101.

2 10 11

72212 Dwindle Mist(2)10 N Williamson 0117X Mokosun(u1)10 P Williamson

Philip Butcher $3.40 Clark Barron $4.50

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SUPER PETS DASH M $1,400, C1/2, 295M 9

REC GREY HOUND (FASTEST TIME AT TRACK) STATS

TRAINER

85263 Batiatus17.34 All[42-6-8-7] Trk(42-6-15) D Stapleton 65186 Look At Lucy17.48 All[23-4-4-1] Trk(23-4-5) Mitchell & Smith 33511 Tricky Zorro17.33 All[16-4-4-6] Trk(1-1-0) J McInerney 48283 Cawbourne Clock17.55 All[48-4-2-9] Trk(34-4-8) Mitchell & Smith 76485 Big Muddy17.42 All[31-5-2-6] Trk(31-5-8) Mitchell & Smith 75741 Glenn Is Goodesy17.20 All[73-9-8-10] Trk(50-6-13) M Grant 58662 Zulu Bro17.37 All[40-4-6-4] Trk(26-3-7) D Stapleton 727X1 Barnicle Bullet17.36 All[9-3-2-1] Trk(1-1-0) M Grant 52788 Opawa Goodie17.54 All[30-3-1-0] Trk(22-3-1) Lane & Wales 24651 Corporate Image17.64 All[13-2-5-0] Trk(13-2-5) R Blackburn pm

R3 7:24

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Christchurch Greyhounds

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT GUTHRIE SPRINT M $1,200, C1, 295M 9

62326 Elwood Sensation17.65 All[11-2-2-1] Trk(10-2-3) 43312 Petra Haka17.51 All[38-2-7-7] Trk(20-1-8) 21472 Spider Girl17.90 All[14-1-4-2] Trk(10-1-4) 32462 Cala Rapita17.55 All[34-3-10-1] Trk(34-3-11) 52463 Bizarro17.59 All[115-4-15-23] Trk(67-2-22) 412 Peyton Sawyer17.63 All[3-1-1-0] Trk(3-1-1) 35161 Chaimbonwtd All[8-2-0-2] Trk(1-0-0) 33211 Cue Power17.80 All[17-2-5-3] Trk(14-1-6) 44651 Ohoka Joka17.46 All[32-2-2-5] Trk(32-2-7) 77252 She’s Smashing17.62 All[25-2-11-4] Trk(25-2-15)

R Blackburn J McInerney A Bradshaw M Flipp S & B Evans L Waretini J McInerney B Dann L Waretini M Flipp

J McInerney G Cleeve D Stapleton J McInerney S & B Evans A Lee L Waretini R Cockburn A Bradshaw L Waretini

g M3 Waipukurau Races

M 3

R1 1:28

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REC HORSE (BARRIER DRAW) KG TRAINER

JOCKEY PRICE GUIDE

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J McInerney G Cleeve L Waretini Mitchell & Smith J McInerney J Dunn R Adcock C Roberts R Blackburn M Flipp

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

RITCHIES COACHLINES STAKES M $1,900, C1, 520M 9 J McInerney G Cleeve M K Dempsey M K Dempsey Lane & Wales M Robinson C Roberts Lane & Wales Lane & Wales McCook & Jopson

L Waretini J McInerney G Cleeve Casey & Fagan S & B Evans M Grant J McInerney A Bradshaw J McInerney

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M 3

0X63 Speed King(8)58 .5 Lowry/Cullen Jonathan Riddell $5.00 X0597 Zartan(6)58 .5 M Oulaghan Hayden Tinsley $8.00 X6508 Goodspeed(2)57 S Fuller Robert Hannam $10 94750 Fazed(3)56.5 H Renall Nivesh Teeluck (a3) $11 80067. Carousel(11)56.5 K Myers Charlotte O’Beirne (a4) $15 00X0 Coastal Heights(5)56.5 D Goldsbury Rebecca Goldsbury (a3) $22 7X000 Madam Zenno(1)56.5 B Gardiner Jess Shackleton $25 0 Eden Jazz(10)55 C McDougal Shannon Doyle $20

R4 3:13

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C Roberts R Adcock S Hindson M K Dempsey M K Dempsey J Goode J McInerney Lane & Wales Lane & Wales Lane & Wales

D Kingston Hart & Taylor C Weir M Grant J McInerney J McInerney R Blackburn A Bradshaw M Grant J McInerney

R10 9:53

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CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT M $2,000, C4, 295M 9

pm

53653 Opawa Jed30.06 All[96-18-11-20] Trk(66-14-23) 67677 Mulberry Brook30.80 All[72-7-6-5] Trk(70-7-11) 37136 Opawa Kendal30.46 All[22-4-3-5] Trk(15-3-6) 54888 Cawbourne War30.22 All[54-11-6-4] Trk(30-8-6) 44443 Cawbourne Witch30.64 All[67-8-9-12] Trk(25-1-11) 36737 Gee Cee Bee30.43 All[60-8-6-3] Trk(56-8-9) 58282 Cawbourne Floydnwtd All[38-6-5-5] Trk(7-0-2) 24215 Flip Flippa30.80 All[55-4-12-13] Trk(42-4-19) 28X66 Cover To Cover30.62 All[66-9-9-11] Trk(21-3-5)

Lane & Wales K Cassidy Lane & Wales C Roberts C Roberts H Anderton M Grant Lane & Wales D Stapleton

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R12 10:31

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CHRISTCHURCHGREY HOUNDS.CO.NZ SPRINT $2,400, C5, 295M

23223 Keramus17.09 All[70-15-25-17] Trk(47-11-28) F3326 Oscar Tuivasa17.23 All[136-23-18-24] Trk(67-6-21) 25725 Goldstar Chumlee17.27 All[48-9-8-3] Trk(34-6-7) 83734 Cracking Chain17.09 All[61-13-11-8] Trk(25-5-4) 35343 Quedrago17.22 All[51-18-7-9] Trk(42-14-13) 56523 Plagiarism17.02 All[34-10-6-4] Trk(33-10-10) 37731 Go Housie17.03 All[84-24-10-15] Trk(76-23-23) 17745 Know Jealousy17.22 All[89-14-10-12] Trk(75-11-20) 73456 Mary Marlow17.14 All[52-11-9-5] Trk(37-7-8) 43576 Ohoka Coby17.26 All[32-6-4-6] Trk(32-6-10)

R11 10:14

M MAC DEVELOPMENTS STAKES 9 $2,600, C2/3, 520M 1

pm

KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES $3,200, C4, 520M

74653 Botany Kevin30.49 All[108-12-20-20] Trk(66-7-24) J McInerney 21145 Jewel Eagle30.51 All[22-9-6-2] Trk(17-8-5) J & D Fahey 38512 Opawa Amy30.30 All[32-9-6-4] Trk(21-6-5) J & D Fahey 21354 Karen’s Magic30.69 All[38-9-8-6] Trk(24-4-9) R Adcock 72241 His Lordship30.45 All[47-10-7-9] Trk(29-6-6) R Adcock 45541 Lunar Tom30.24 All[37-9-13-0] Trk(8-3-2) J & D Fahey 46512 Opawa Rocky30.55 All[25-7-7-2] Trk(21-5-8) J & D Fahey 65347 Runaway Taxi30.21 All[50-5-13-9] Trk(41-4-19) McCook & Jopson 66876 Lena Allennwtd All[55-11-11-7] Trk(0) J McInerney 7777X Know Chaos30.52 All[52-8-8-6] Trk(39-7-12) G Cleeve

SNOW-E MUSCLE, ENERGY & FERTILITY DASH $2,000, C4, 295M

38518 Ohoka Hope17.49 All[34-5-3-7] Trk(34-5-10) L Waretini 45534 Cawbourne Jelly17.11 All[63-15-12-10] Trk(57-13-22) C Weir 25124 Know Pride17.08 All[61-9-10-7] Trk(50-9-13) G Cleeve 12721 Ringa Ding17.26 All[101-11-18-11] Trk(46-5-15) J McInerney 13321 Business Affair17.28 All[23-9-3-4] Trk(23-9-7) R Blackburn 37715 Homebush Rocky17.33 All[31-5-7-5] Trk(18-2-7) J McInerney 17586 Blue Gale Rise17.28 All[50-7-9-2] Trk(48-7-11) B Dann 56668 Que Tee Pix17.54 All[62-6-4-8] Trk(45-5-10) McCook & Jopson 46865 Zorba The Greek17.26 All[26-6-9-2] Trk(23-5-9) M Grant 56877 Andreanwtd All[39-10-5-4] Trk(21-6-6) R Adcock

10 5348X Kalinga(8)56.5 S Gordon 3 11 0X646 Miss Interpreted(1)56.5 S Mercer 12 En Jeu De Canta(12)56.5 F Auret 13 0 Quality Cheval(9)56.5 G Haigh 14 Tamora(4)56.5 I Shaw A 15 809 Mountain Princess(3)55 K Gray B 16 Richie JOHN TURKINGTON FORESTRY WAIPUKURAU CUP C 17 0X900 Boudica(14)55 J Bary

R6

Dylan Turner (a2) $12 Vanessa Johnston $17 Michael Dee (a1) $15 Chris Johnson $4.00 Miranda Dravitzki (a1) $28 Rebecca Goldsbury (a3) $10 Mark Hills $55

M 4:25 pm $12,000, RATING 75 BENCHMARK, 2200M M NZ BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE PEARL SERIES 3Y O 3 $12,000, MDN 3Y OF, 1200M 3 1 X0655. Fredrick William(6)59.5 B Newman Buddy Lammas $3.00 3 07706 Flemington(3)58 L Tanner 05225 Perfect Symbol(5)55.5 R Bergerson 83016 Casino Jack(7)55 P Campbell 73X08 Rosehip(8)54.5 J Bary X7090 Even Better(1)54 S Fuller 730X4 Straight Ahead(9)54 S Brown 0X576 Star Emerald(2)54 L Latta 60X00 Higgs Boson(4)54 G Searle X8888 Savarose(10)54 W Chittick

R7 5:01

G Cleeve L Philips S & B Evans S & B Evans Casey & Fagan R Blackburn G Cleeve G Cleeve M Grant L Waretini

DOUBLES 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 1 TREBLES 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1 FIRST 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 1 QUADDIE 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 1.

9 88703 Mrs Clooney(15)55.5 D Clisby 10 0X5X9. Faith In Rae(7)55 F Auret 11 08378 Missteeflying(9)54 L Latta 12 80X46. Pit A Pat(6)54 K Burne 13 X0960 Tansava(2)54 Lowry/Cullen 14 08246. Tikvah(14)54 K Little 15 08700. All Ginga(11)54 D Fuge

2 1 45X Chateau Maroux(4)56.5 L Pickford Robert Hannam $4.00 2 1 2 436X Maggie’s Secret(3)56.5 K Gray 1 3 Johnathon Parkes $5.00 AWASSI/CR GRACE MAIDEN SPRINT

3

2 4 3 36X Our Tavilight (2) 56.5 J Bary

Miranda Dravitzki (a1) $6.00 M pm 2:03 $7,000, MDN, 1200M 4 4 9X59X Jolly Girl(9)56.5 D Clisby 3 Dylan Turner (a2) $10 5 3 1 3309X Fidel(3)58 .5 J Kiernan 95 Queenofharpz(5)56.5 J Bary Shannon Doyle $7.00 6 Chris Johnson $8.00 5 4 7 2 2 Michael Dee (a1) $9.00 Centurion(2)58 .5 M Eales Kelly Myers $5.00 6 9X9 Legnani(6)56.5 C Thornton 3 77X Caught Behind(10)58 .5 L Pickford Kane Smith $13 8 Mark Hills $7.00 7 9589X Mashallah(7)56.5 K Gray 4 7X80X Lykabettus(5)58 .5 H Gillies Kelly Myers $18 9 $22 8 89. Mayari(8)56.5 R Bergerson 5 0089X Make Big(7)58 .5 M Cartwright Pop Hit(1)56.5 L Latta Darryl Bradley $8.00 10 Robert Hannam $28 9 6 Viva La Jour(10)56.5 R & R Rogers Mark Hills $12 M Andronicus(1)57 I Shaw Buddy Lammas $15 10 7 Lenin The Brown SCRATCHED M LEOPARD HOTEL CHRISTMAS MILE R65 3 3:49 pm 1 8 6X72 Maxssistar(9)56.5 S Brown Kane Smith $4.00 3 $7,000, RATING 65 BENCHMARK*, 1600M 2 1 4 9 Never Tell(6)56.5 N Page Johnathon Parkes $6.00 4 1 X0974 The Bachelor(3)59 G Vile 4 2 Shannon Doyle $6.00 10 7X9 Bid(8)56.5 J Bary Shannon Doyle $13 2 05381 Foxcub(4)58 .5 K Zimmerman Nivesh Teeluck (a3) $7.00 3 11 0X Ripe(4)56.5 R Caddy Hayden Tinsley $15 1 3 0X352. Don’stopgirl(13)57.5 L Latta $5.00 4 PGG WRIGHTSON MAIDEN 4 604PX Pay The Fox(5)57.5 D Cunningham Jess Shackleton $35 5 M 2:38 pm $7,000, MDN, 2100M 5 391LX Red Sunset(1)57 M Oulaghan 3 Hayden Tinsley $22 6 2 1 3X752 Itsanobraina(7)58 .5 F Auret 2 6 52410. Beautiful Man(12)57 Lowry/Cullen Johnathon Parkes $4.00 Johnathon Parkes $8.00 7 3 2 56020 Ngawaka(4)58 .5 M Oulaghan Kelly Myers $7.00 7 550X7 Stowaway(10)56.5 G Vile Buddy Lammas $9.00 8 1 3 72306 Reykjavik(9)58 .5 M Breslin 3 8 87X71 Miss Professional(8)56 K Zimmerman 1 9 Chris Johnson $6.00 Kelly Myers $11

R2

ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STAKES M $1,900, C1, 520M 9

28848 Wandy Jewel17.39 All[54-10-6-5] Trk(44-9-8) 64724 Adroit17.18 All[34-7-6-1] Trk(28-7-5) 51534 Last Explorer17.11 All[18-6-1-2] Trk(14-6-1) 14132 Costing Money17.43 All[12-7-2-2] Trk(6-2-3) 63115 Homebush Ariel17.42 All[29-8-4-3] Trk(20-6-4) 86846 Another Colt17.19 All[125-15-7-13] Trk(54-4-6) 34876 Life’s A Laugh17.17 All[71-12-10-12] Trk(71-12-22) 17665 Sheeza Flower17.58 All[60-7-9-6] Trk(29-5-11) 46865 Zorba The Greek17.26 All[26-6-9-2] Trk(23-5-9) 78585 Homebush Churro17.29 All[85-13-10-11] Trk(51-9-12)

R9 9:36

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12822 Lagoon Bellenwtd All[10-1-6-0] Trk(1-0-0) 12 Jemima Teenwtd All[2-1-1-0] Trk(0) 13345 Darcy Brasco31.20 All[21-1-4-9] Trk(19-1-13) 76543 Come On Dolly30.98 All[34-2-10-5] Trk(34-2-15) 42547 Dusty Rider31.34 All[28-1-3-2] Trk(28-1-5) 55447 Mr. Johnny31.00 All[39-3-6-5] Trk(33-3-10) 77454 Bruiser Balenwtd All[11-1-3-1] Trk(0) 82884 Opawa Viv31.29 All[15-1-1-0] Trk(12-1-1) 87776 Opawa Gavin30.92 All[23-1-5-0] Trk(20-1-5) 87866 Court The Belle31.46 All[70-2-6-8] Trk(59-2-10)

R8 9:17

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CAROL’S TAB SPRINT $1,700, C3, 295M M 9 D Stapleton

75333 Bellwave17.20 All[84-14-10-16] Trk(38-4-13) 61147 Camray17.38 All[69-12-2-8] Trk(48-8-7) 31513 Homebush Zane17.64 All[31-5-3-8] Trk(17-2-5) 32638 Know Mayhem17.42 All[16-4-5-3] Trk(13-3-6) 24587 Rick’s Terra17.25 All[26-9-3-2] Trk(18-5-4) 64454 Noble Fantasy17.30 All[57-9-14-3] Trk(41-8-14) 45431 Smash That17.21 All[23-6-2-4] Trk(20-6-5) 483F4 Y aldhurst Edward17.38 All[156-16-14-30] Trk(61-6-16) 15686 Porky Pig17.33 All[16-4-3-1] Trk(15-4-4) 28758 Botany Zenvo17.35 All[37-5-6-3] Trk(29-4-7)

R7 8 :54

DOUBLES 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 , 9-10, 11-121 TREBLES 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8 -9, 10-11-121 QUADDIE 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-121.

Sunday at Waipukurau

AON INSURANCE HCP SPRINT R65 4 $7,000, RATING 65 BENCHMARK*, 1200M

1 6948X Finn Moss(3)59 M Ivil $6.00 2 X0080. Platinum Lincoln(8)59 L Latta Darryl Bradley $8.00 3 3323X Pewter(6)57.5 J Kiernan Chris Johnson $9.00 4 1440X Itsa Houdini(9)56.5 L Pickford Robert Hannam $4.00 5 92002. Quake(4)55.5 P Campbell Johnathon Parkes $5.00 6 7X005 A Bridge To Far(5)55.5 Thompson/Brown Kelly Myers $10 7 6750X Count Basie(7)54.5 K Gray Kane Smith $11 8 X8500. Theodore(1)54.5 K Grant Rebecca Goldsbury (a3) $15 9 X5190 Aribasan(2)54 P Evans Shannon Doyle $7.00

ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO DASH M $1,200, C1, 295M 9

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Player shortage for Cup game

By Jonathan leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury have had a less than ideal lead-up to their opening Hawke Cup two-day match against Otago Country at the Ashburton Domain Oval this weekend.

A number of unavailable players has seen the squad used over the past few weeks reduced to eight, leaving captain Matt Winter chasing three players.

“It’s still a handy eight and we just need three more but should be right,” Winter said.

While getting eleven has had its difficulties, as always the challenge will be putting runs on the board in the first innings.

“Generally speaking we don’t struggle to take the wickets, we usually get that bit under control.

“It’s just the first innings total; we need to sort.”

Mid Canterbury was left to rue a disappointing first innings in their opening match against Otago Country last year, bowled out for 207 after a top order collapse and lost on the first innings in Alexandra.

The side has had a mixed

Mid Canterbury will need plenty of runs on the board to challenge Otago Country this weekend.

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build-up with three limited over wins and most recently a Twenty20 double header, needing to make the major adjustment to batting for time.

“Playing limited overs and twenty20 matches doesn’t really give you the best setup trying to a bat for long periods but that’s just how it is”.

Otago Country already have a two-day match under their

belt a rain affected draw with defending zone champions Southland.

Day one was washed out in 120 overs to find a result. Otago Country were 161/7 at stumps in reply to Southland’s 225.

This weekend’s forecast is also for rain, more likely on day two, and means the toss could be an all-important one to win.

But even that isn’t so simple.

“I’ve been winning tosses all year and losing games so I don’t know what we’ll do.

“The Oval has played pretty well over the last few weeks and is a results wicket.” Winter said.

Meanwhile, bowlers continue to dominate the Pritchard Shield senior cricket competition. With five-wicket bags a regular occurrence, and last week featuring two seven wicket hauls, it can be put down to early season form and the green pre-Christmas pitches.

Tech have taken the lead after five weeks and are favourites to continue their unbeaten streak when they take on a struggling Methven side.

Methven, playing a fourth straight home game, have struggled with the bat with seven ducks in their paltry 45 last weekend and only made 59 against Tech in round one.

Coldstream are hoping that they have turned a corner with their first win last weekend ahead of a home game against Allenton while Lauriston A will look to bounce back against Lauriston B.

Black Caps boosted by century-makers

By Dylan Cleaver One factor that has been largely overlooked when analysing the state of New Zealand’s test game is their unprecedented century-making power.

The team who walked off the field at Sharjah were the proud owners of 42 test centuries. While that may not sound like a monster total when you consider that Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45) scored more on their lonesome, it is almost certainly the most a New Zealand XI has held at one time.

This is more important than number-crunching for the sake of it.

Centuries, particularly big ones, are important pieces of collateral.

It is on the back of these that Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi have been allowed to learn their craft in relatively low-pressure circumstances.

It is the reason Brendon McCullum can set attack-

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ing fields for Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner, long after the time when normally third slip becomes third man.

Big centuries mean big totals and big totals mean well-rested bowlers delivering to attacking fields.

It means less grumpy, reactive captains when the opposition batsmen start to press.

The accepted theory was that bowlers win you tests and batsmen save them.

Only partially true.

Batsmen give bowlers opportunities to win tests.

So is this the best batting lineup New Zeal-

Tom Latham

and has ever carried into a test?

Almost certainly not.

Williamson and Taylor will probably end up breaking Crowe’s records for centuries, but neither yet possesses his authority in all conditions.

McCullum has already sailed past Crowe’s aggregate and is unquestionably the best “batsman” part of the wicketkeeper-batsmen New Zealand has produced, but the way he bats means an epic failure is as likely as an epic innings.

Tom Latham has had a great start to his opening career, but it is too soon to make conclusive statements as to his suitability to the role.

BJ Watling will continue to make important runs and the Corey Anderson-Jimmy Neesham punch gives New Zealand a left-handed hitter in the middle order.

But we must put a caveat on the 42 centuries.

That total was boosted significantly by Daniel Vettori’s return, which in all likelihood

was a one-off.

Still, New Zealand are in a rich vein of century-making form. It may not be the be-all and end-all of test cricket, but it certainly helps.

T20 finals round Northern Districts and Wellington meet in the first preliminary final at Seddon Park tonight, having finished first and second in the round robin. Auckland, who finished third, play the loser of tonight’s game tomorrow. The winner of tonight’s game meets tomorrow night’s victor in the final on Sunday night.

The winner qualifies for next year’s Champions League. Auckland captain Rob Nicol isn’t worried which team his side will meet in their must-win T20 clash at Seddon Park tomorrow night for one good reason. Win that game against the loser of tonight’s opening preliminary final, Northern Districts or Wellington, and they’ll then face the other one in Sunday night’s Georgie Pie Super Smash final. So there’s no point stewing over which captain he’ll toss with tomorrow night.

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Woods ready to return Tiger Woods walked 18 holes for the first time since the PGA Championship, swinging well in a Wednesday pro-am event ahead of his competitive return at the Hero World Challenge. Woods, making his return this week after a fourmonth back injury layoff, made three birdies with a lone bogey, missing four fairways and two greens at Isleworth in the first hint of the form golf fans can expect from him in 2015. “I’m starting to get my power back, starting to get my speed back,” Woods said.

“That has been nice.”

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Indian pacemen ready Varun Aaron’s unbridled pace powered India’s attack in their final two-day tour game before the four-Test series against Australia starts at Adelaide Oval. Aaron continued to impress in local conditions yesterday, snaring four wickets at Adelaide’s Glenelg Oval as the Cricket Australia XI were rolled for 243. The 25-year-old has played only three Tests due to a series of injuries, but he will almost certainly add to that next Tuesday.

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Del Potro in Sydney

TONS OF RUNS 2014 v Pakistan 42 centuries Ross Taylor Brendon McCullum Kane Williamson Daniel Vettori BJ Watling Tom Latham Corey Anderson

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After a season ruined by a wrist injury, Argentinian ace Juan Martin Del Potro will return to defend his 2014 Sydney International tennis title. Del Potro destroyed local hope Bernard Tomic, who also returns in 2015, in last year’s final 6-3 6-1. The 2009 US Open champion suffered the year-ending injury the following month, and is yet to play competitive tennis since.

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Chelsea, City flex muscles The English Premier League is already threatening to turn into a two-horse race after leaders Chelsea and closest rivals Manchester City both cruised to one-sided victories yesterday.

Chelsea preserved their six-point advantage at the summit by beating Tottenham Hotspur 3-0, while Sergio Aguero scored twice as defending champions City kept pace with a 4-1 success at Sunderland. Southampton’s lastgasp 1-0 loss at Arsenal left City with a four-point cushion in second place, and the ease of the leading pair’s successes suggests the gap is only likely to increase.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) With Venus due to return to your income sector next week, an intuitive read on the currents in play on the work front is a real advantage.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Mars turns his attention to income matters and he’s come with a sledgehammer and determination to start smashing some glass ceilings.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) For the first time since 1995 Mars will be spending Christmas in your sign, returning to fire up your passions and fighting spirit.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) Chances are the weekend can’t come soon enough, despite the fact that your professional star is on the rise and your professional year is far from over.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 11am The Chase 3 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR James snaps at Ross, wanting answers about Finn’s attack. 0 1pm Star Treatment 2pm Packed To The Rafters PGR 3 There is clearly something on Ted’s mind as he lies awake in bed, contemplating a pamphlet on Alzheimer’s. But before he can share his concerns, he suffers a stroke. 0 2:55 F Selling Houses Australia 3 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 MasterChef Australia 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:20 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 3 0 7:50 Slugterra 3 0 8:15 Paw Patrol 3 0 8:40 Noodle And Doodle 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 3 1:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Austin And Ally 0 4:30 F The 4:30 Show 5pm F America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 MasterChef Australia PGR 7:30 The Voice Mystery Boxes greet the Elimination night. 0 contestants in the MasterChef 8:30 M Monster-In-Law AO kitchen and the judges reveal 2005 Comedy. that the ingredients have When a woman finally finds been selected by an icon the man of her dreams, she of Australian food industry, discovers his mother is the Maggie Beer. 0 woman of her nightmares.

9pm Coronation Street PGR 0 Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda. 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:30 M ATM 10:55 The School AO AO 2012 Horror.

Alice Eve, Josh Peck.

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:25 Rachael Ray 3 Buddy Valastro tries decorating a cake blindfolded.

11:25 Celebrity MasterChef 3 The contestants cook a three-course meal for three food critics.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO 3 A woman discovers the man she fell in love with online was deceiving her, and then began stalking her.

2pm The Biggest Loser Australia 3pm The Real Housewives Of Orange County 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Big Brother Australia 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8am Fairly Odd Parents 8:30 Chuggington 3 Animated series about three young trains learning to ride the rails. 0 8:40 Humf 3 8:50 Peppa Pig 3 9am Bob The Builder 3 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Tree Fu Tom 3 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Smash!

6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block – Glasshouse PGR Scotty takes Shelley on a tour of The Block, and they check out the main bathrooms. 0 8:40 The Graham Norton Show AO 9:40 Best Of Jono And Ben AO 10:10 After Hours AO 10:40 The Paul Henry Show

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 7:30 Scorpion PGR Lisa becomes addicted to Team Scorpion enlists the second-hand smoke when help of a musician who she joins a ballet academy. 0 created a controversial 7:30 American Ninja Warrior algorithm that generates (Starting Today) 3 hit songs to help find the 8:30 M xXx – State Of The murderer of a music blogger.

Union AO 2005 Action Thriller.

8:30 NCIS – New Orleans AO A new agent must foil an 9:30 Top Gear USA AO assassination attempt on the President, and the takeover of 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon the US government.

10:40 White Collar PGR

Midnight The Following AO Maggie devises a plot to put an end to Hardy; tension rise as Paul reveals a secret that Jacob has been keeping from Emma. 0 12:55 Te Karere R News and current affairs from a Maori perspective. 0 1:35 Infomercials

11:15 CSI AO R A local news anchor is killed during a live broadcast.

12:10 The Good Wife PGR R Alicia defends a Taiwanese national accused of raping and murdering a woman aboard a yacht during a cruise. 1:05 A Gifted Man PGR R 1:05 A Gifted Man R

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Midnight Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Cheese Slices 7am Zumbo 7:30 Clodagh McKenna – Fresh From The Sea 8am Auction Room 8:30 The View From River Cottage 9am Cook The Books 9:30 My Dream Derelict Home 10:30 Gourmet Farmer 11am Kitchen Crashers 11:30 Garage Gold Noon Hairy Bakers’ Christmas Special 1pm Catch And Cook – World 1:30 The Roux Masterclass 2pm Cheese Slices 2:30 Zumbo 3pm Clodagh McKenna – Fresh From The Sea 3:30 Auction Room 4pm Cook The Books 4:30 Food Safari 5pm Nick Knowles’s Original Features 6pm Gourmet Farmer 6:30 House Crashers 7pm The Liquidator 7:30 Get Growing Encouragement, advice and inspiration for Kiwi gardeners.

8pm Better Homes And Gardens 9:40 Gardeners’ World 10:30 The Liquidator 11pm Nick Knowles’s Original Features

SATURDAY

Midnight Gourmet Farmer 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Clodagh McKenna – Fresh From The Sea 1:30 Auction Room 2am Celebrity DIY With Craig Phillips 2:30 Food Safari 3am House Crashers 3:30 Deals From The Dark Side PGR 4am Gardeners’ World 4:30 Better Homes And Gardens

12:20 Jeremy Kyle PGR R 1:20 Infomercials 2:25 Arrow AO R 0 3:10 Revolution AO R 0 3:55 ANT Farm 0 4:20 Good Vibes AO R 4:40 The 4:30 Show R 5:05 Neighbours R 0 5:35 Sonny With A Chance – So Random R

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Harry’s Practice 3 Series filmed largely at Dr Harry’s veterinary practice in northern Tasmania, capturing the special bond between people and their pets.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Test AO 3 Celebrities and viewers answer burning moral questions.

12:55 American Idol PGR 3 1:50 Who Do You Think You Are? UK PGR 3 3:05 Bondi Rescue PGR 3 3:35 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild R An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild R An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:00 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 2 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Miharo 3 2 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 2

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Palau PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS MV 11:25 Longmire 16V 12:15 Matador MVLS 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 CSI MV 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Palau PG 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Pawn Stars PG 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 SVU MV 9:30 Elementary MV 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS MV

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12:30 Survivor – Palau PG 1:25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:50 Law And Order MV 2:40 SVU MV 3:30 SVU MV 4:20 Elementary MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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8:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Northern Knights v Auckland Aces.

9am Sky Sport – What’s On 9:25 Fox Sports News 9:55 L Hockey – FIH Women’s Champions Trophy Quarter-final – Black Sticks v England.

11:30 Cricket – International (Replay) Pakistan v Blackcaps – First Twenty20.

3pm Sky Sports News UK 3:30 Golf Central 4pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) Hero World Challenge – Round One. 4:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) Nedbank Golf Challenge – Round One. 5pm Ultimate Knockouts 5:30 The Ultimate Fighter 6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm Cricket – Super Smash (Live) Preliminary Final – Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds.

From Seddon Park, Hamilton.

10:30 Motorsport – TR86 Series Round Two – Pukekohe.

11pm The Cricket Show 11:30 Basketball – NBL Championship (Live) Perth Wildcats v Wollongong Hawks.

1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 2:00 Fox Sports News 2:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 2:50 Cricket – International (Highlights) 3:20 The Crowd Goes Wild 3:50 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) 4:20 The Cricket Show 4:50 Cricket – International (Live) Pakistan v Blackcaps – Second Twenty20.

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm Fusion Feasts 3 8:30 The Kapa 9:30 The Topp Twins 3 10pm Henderson To Hollywood PGR 10:30 Oruorua (Starting Today) 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

Monster-In-Law 8:30pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE

6:30 Alien Sharks M 7:30 Monster Hammerhead M 8:30 Sharkzilla PG 9:30 Adrift – 47 Days With Sharks M 10:30 Sharkageddon M 11:30 Jaws Strikes Back M 12:30 Top Ten Sharkdown M 1:30 Air Jaws Apocalypse PG 2:30 Alien Sharks M 3:30 Monster Hammerhead M 4:30 Sharkzilla PG 5:30 Sharkpocalypse PG 6:30 Sharkageddon M 7:30 Jaws Strikes Back M Greg Skomal and the SharkCam team travel to the Pacific island of Guadalupe to film the hunting behaviour of great white sharks.

8:30 Spawn Of Jaws M Scientist Michael Domeier sets out to discover where Jaws gives birth.

9:30 Spawn Of Jaws – The Birth M 10:30 Jaws Comes Home PG 11:30 Monster Hammerhead M

6:35 Changing Hearts PGR 2012 Drama. Daphne Zuniga, Brad Johnson. 8am After Earth AO 2013 Sci-fi. Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

9:40 Parker AO 2013 Action.

Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez.

11:35 The Bay AO 2012 Horror.

Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly.

1pm Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit AO 2014 Action. Chris Pine, Kevin Costner.

2:45 After Earth AO 2013 Sci-fi.

Will Smith, Jaden Smith.

4:25 Wild Bill M 1995 Western.

Jeff Bridges, David Arquette, Christina Applegate.

6:05 Mandela – Long Walk To Freedom AO 2013 Biography.

Idris Elba, Naomie Harris.

8:30 Elysium AO 2013 Action.

Matt Damon.

10:25 The Wolf Of Wall Street AO 2013 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill.

12:30 Alien Sharks M 1:30 Spawn Of Jaws M 2:30 Spawn Of Jaws – The Birth M 3:30 Air Jaws Apocalypse PG 4:30 Sharkzilla PG 5:30 Sharkpocalypse PG

1:20 Wild Bill AO 2013 Drama.

Charlie Creed Miles, Will Poulter.

2:55 The Wolf Of Wall Street AO 2013 Drama. 5:50 Mandela – Long Walk To Freedom AO 2013 Biography.

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

The Simpsons

7:00pm on FOUR

MOVIES GREATS 7:15 Austin Powers 2 – The Spy Who Shagged Me MS 1999 Comedy. Michael Myers, Heather Graham, Rob Lowe.

8:50 Live Free Or Die Hard MVL 2007 Action. Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis.

10:55 Get Over It MS 2001 Comedy drama. Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster.

12:20 Alien 16V 1979 Sci-fi Thriller.

Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver.

2:15 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

Jon Voigt, Will Smith.

4:50 The Three Musketeers MV 2011 Adventure. Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen.

6:40 The Dilemma MLS 2011 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Kevin James.

8:30 Fair Game ML 2010 Drama.

Naomi Watts, Sean Penn.

10:20 Aliens MVL 1986 Sci-fi.

Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn.

6am 2014 Sporting Moments Mitch Evans. 7am 2014 Sporting Moments GP2 Series – Race Two at Hockenheimring.

8am L Golf – US PGA Tour Hero World Challenge – Round One. 11am Golf Central 11:30 Football – Chelsea TV Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur.

2:30 The Ultimate Fighter 3:30 Sport TBC 4:30 #SkySpeed 5pm Hockey – FIH Women’s Champions Trophy (Replay) Quarter-final – Black Sticks v England.

6:30 Motorsport – TR86 Series Round Two – Pukekohe.

7pm #SkySpeed 7:30 2014 Sporting Moments Richie Stanaway. We revisit the GP3 Series in Great Britain as Richie Stanaway wins gold at the Silverstone Circuit.

8:30 2014 Sporting Moments GP3 Series – Race Two at Hungaroring.

9:40 L Football – A-League Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory.

SATURDAY

Midnight Cricket – International (Highlights) Pakistan v Blackcaps – First Twenty20. 12:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Preliminary Final – Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds.

1am Football – A-League SATURDAY 12:35 Harold And Kumar Escape (Replay) Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory.

From Guantanamo Bay 18LS 2008 Comedy. 2:15 Ali MVL 2001 Drama. 3am 2014 Sporting Moments Richie Stanaway. 4am 2014 4:50 Biography – Sarah Jessica Sporting Moments GP3 Series – Parker PG 2008 Documentary.

Race Two at Hungaroring. 5am 5:45 The Three Musketeers MV 2011 Adventure. #SkySpeed 5:30 Arena Access

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Allenton have signalled their intentions to return to senior rugby.

The maroon and golds have secured the services of coaches John Harrison and Geoff Wright, and now all they need are players.

Allenton have been out of seniors since a horror 2008 season and despite being within one default of dropping out of senior B this season the club believes they have a strong opportunity to get a sixth senior team back in Mid Canterbury.

“It’s the opinion of the Allenton Rugby Club that this is a good time to gauge interest in entering a team back in the senior competition for 2015,” Allenton club president Craig Street said.

As well as the coaches coming on board, the club already has quality grounds and facilities, however, with Allenton likely to become the future base of operations for Mid Canterbury Rugby - given its locality to the EA Networks centre - they believe it is imperative they return to the senior ranks.

The club is also hopeful of utilising Mid Canterbury’s success in the Heartland Championship.

“We think that with the fantastic season had by the Mid Canterbury team, there could be players outside the area looking to come in to play in the area to gain access to play for Mid Canterbury.”

They have already had some interest from players out of town but are looking for local talent, and also the return of former players.

“Since 2009 we have lost a number of players to other clubs that are of senior calibre and we hope that we can entice these players back to the club.”

While getting a player base is the current priority, the coaching duo of Harrison and Wright are currently in talks to fill the other management positions.

A meeting on Tuesday at 6-8pm at the Allenton club will give any players interested an opportunity to meet with the coaches in an informal get together, with no strings attached.

Allenton rugby Club president Craig Street believes the time is right for Allenton to return to senior rugby.

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