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Motorsport enthusiasts turned out in their droves at the annual Mountain Thunder motorcycle street race over the weekend. Thousands of people packed into Methven on Saturday and lined the hay bale barricades to catch a glimpse of the riders. The annual event, organised by the Methven Lions Club, involved riders making their way around a 1km circuit in Methven’s town centre. Event co-ordinator for Methven Lions, Sue van den Heuvel, said the day was a success, and the weather too, played its part.

“I was a bit worried about those clouds, we had a few spits in the morning and I thought yikes, then the sun came out and it was hot in the end,” she said. “It was a beautiful day, great atmosphere.” People came from all over New Zealand to watch the 150 riders compete, up 30 from last year, reaching speeds of up to 200 kilometres per hour around the town centre. Spectator numbers could not yet be confirmed but Ms van den Heuvel said they were likely to be in the thousands, and numbers were most definitely up

on last year’s attendance. One of the highlights of the event, she said, was 38-year-old Josh Coppins, a professional motocross racer and former world number two champion, who was one of the competitors on Saturday. He was definitely a spectacle to watch in the motards, and there was some tight racing which was really good to see, she said. As with any high speed event there is risk involved but this year, there were no serious injuries. All in all it was a great day for Methven, Ms van den Heuvel said.

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Williams takes eighth Miami crown World number one Serena Williams joined an elite club at the weekend, winning her eighth Miami WTA title with a comprehensive 6-2 6-0 win over Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro. The 33-year-old US superstar, who won her 19th Grand Slam title in Australia this year, lifted the trophy in the elite premier level tournament for the third straight year. She also won three straight Miami titles from 2002-04 and back-to-back titles in 2007-08. Williams had already surpassed Steffi Graf for most Miami triumphs with her win last year. At the weekend she joined Graf, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert as the only Open Era players to win the same event at least eight times. Graf won nine titles in Berlin, Evert won eight in Hilton Head, and Navratilova achieved the feat in seven tournaments, including her nine Wimbledon titles.

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Celebrating all things Hobbit Five thousand people have convened in the German city of Bonn to celebrate all things Hobbit, in an event inspired by the high-fantasy work of English writer JRR Tolkien. The event, dubbed Hobbitcon 3, sees fans dressing up as the various characters from Lord of the Rings, which was adapted as a series of epic films by director Peter Jackson. The three-day event includes autograph sessions with actors from the films, workshops, a concert and a costume competition. It finishes today.

Cowell blasts X Factor judges X Factor creator Simon Cowell has spoken about the scandal that enveloped the New Zealand version of the show. Judges Natalia Kills and Willy Moon were kicked off the show last month after slinging insults at contestant Joe Irvine. They were replaced by Australian singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Kiwi drummer Shelton Woolright. “It was hateful. She (Natalia) sounded mad. It didn’t even make sense,” Cowell told the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine. He said the judges didn’t apologise early enough and were quite defensive. Kills said it was “disgusting” how Irvine had copied her husband Moon and he went on to compare Irvine to the fictional Psycho murderer Norman Bates. At the time Mediaworks chief executive Mark Weldon said both Kills and Moon made comments that were completely unacceptable. “While the judges on X Factor are expected to provide critiques of performances, we will not tolerate such destructive tirades from any of the judges,” Mr Weldon said.

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More than 20 years after his death, the final album is coming out from prolific rocker Frank Zappa. Zappa’s estate announced pre-order sales for Dance Me This, saying it was the 100th and last album from the Los Angeles-based experimental musician who died in 1993 from prostate cancer. His official website announced the album’s release on April Fool’s Day - prompting speculation it was a spoof - but the estate confirmed that the album was on sale through direct orders and would be shipped in June. Zappa had mentioned the album before his death, saying that it would feature the synclavier - a synthesiser and programming system developed in the 1970s - and, true to the work’s name, would consist of dance music. Zappa’s estate has been releasing albums from him and his band, The Mothers of Invention, almost annually since his death. Zappa was often described as a hard rocker but his music was free-flowing with improvisation techniques from jazz and inspiration from contemporary classical composers. Zappa was popular in the California counter culture but had an uneasy relationship with it.

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Plans to revive town party By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton man Bob Gooseman wants to stem the flow of people out of Ashburton on new year’s eve by bringing back a year ender community celebration. He’s talked to others, knows there’s support for such an event and now he’s determined to see Ashburton usher out 2015 in style. “I went down to Timaru last

new year’s eve and they had a great show; most of Ashburton was down there,” he said. That started him thinking about the Ashburton new year events of the past and whether these could be revived. “I know we can do something like this in Ashburton. “We’ve got plenty of venues and we’ve certainly got the talent.” If an Ashburton new year’s eve party is held this year, Mr Gooseman said he’d like to see

it in a different format and a different location to the street parties that were successfully staged for several years. “We want to see this done with some different ideas. “You can have ideas that have been used before, we’re looking for something different and for some enthusiastic people to get behind this, people who’ll look at what you can do not say you can’t do it.” He’s working with a group of people on a format and a

possible programme and when they’ve pulled their ideas together, Mr Gooseman said how it developed from there would depend on community input and support for the concept and on the enthusiasm the idea generated. Ashburton’s first street party was held to celebrate the new century. It was staged by the Ashburton District Council and attracted thousands of revellers. The street parties continued

for several years, until the council moved out of its organising role and the event was canned after the 2005 event. Attempts were made to revive the party in 2007 and 2008 but it failed to generate the crowds of previous years. The earlier event’s popularity indicated people definitely wanted home-grown entertainment on new year’s eve and the crowds that travelled to Timaru proved that a good event would attract strong support.

■ METHVEN SCARECROW TRAIL

Scarecrows pop up around Methven By CaitliN Porter

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Stars of the Methven Scarecrow Trail have already attracted eager visitors, after only being open for one weekend. The trail opened on Easter Saturday, the same day as Methven’s Mountain Thunder Street Race was held, but that did not deter people from grabbing a map and taking to the streets of Methven in search of scarecrows. This is the third year Karyn Robertson and her mum Gillian Heald have organised the event, the proceeds of which go to Methven Preschool. This year’s theme was animated characters from film and television, and more than 30 residents and business owners throughout Methven constructed scarecrows that are now scattered throughout the town. “There are some wicked ones,

we went around the other day photographing them and there were some really cool ones,” Mrs Robertson said. This year the majority of the scarecrows are located in Methven’s township, rather than on the outskirts. “You could bike the whole thing, or you can walk it or you can scooter it,” Mrs Roberston said. Yesterday, maps could be purchased from the gate at Mountain Thunder but the number of maps sold is still being collated. “We definitely know that some people made the effort and did it, but not sure as to exactly how many yet,” Mrs Robertson said. Maps and forms for the trail are available at the Methven iSITE and it costs $8 to enter, with prizes for the most correct answers and the best scarecrow. The trail will remain open until April 18.

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In brief Police notebook Incidents reported by police yesterday: - Police attended a single vehicle crash on Hinds-Arundel Road in Carew on Friday night. The vehicle allegedly went through a road sign and hit a large mound of dirt. There were no injuries, and the car received moderate damage. - Police attended to a driving matter on West Street at about 3am yesterday morning. The vehicle was impounded and the driver will be appearing in court. - Police attended a fight at a licenced premises at about 1am yesterday morning. No arrests were made, inquiries are ongoing. - Police attended a domestic incident at 10pm on Saturday. - A burglary was reported in Tinwald where alcohol was allegedly stolen from a house. Inquiries are continuing. - A motorist was processed for drink driving in Methven on Saturday night.

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Ashburton College jubilee mural finds a home A mural commemorating Ashburton College’s 50th birthday has finally found a home. Principal Grant McMillan and mural designer Nicky Lewis showed off the finished

jubilee mural in its new home in the college administration block. The artwork shows the college’s predecessor schools, Ashburton High School and

Hakatere Technical College, represented by the north and south branches of the Ashburton River. The two branches then join to meet the sea, which repre-

sents Ashburton College. The mural was designed entirely on a computer, and features the signatures of thousands of past and present staff and students.

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Declining smoking rates ‘fantastic’ news

Ashburton’s Big Little Theatre Group was one of the big winners in the recent hand over of grants from the Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury. More than $28,000 has been given to seven groups, with $3000 given to the theatre group to help it stage its 2015 production, Bugsy Malone. The biggest winner was the Ben Ohau Golf Club in Twizel, $6530 towards its course enhancement project. Other winners were the Geraldine Community Resource Centre, $5,000 towards operational costs; the Otipua Wetlands Trust, Timaru, $4,950 towards the maintenance of vegetation along the wetland walkway; the Pleasant Point Cricket Club, $3,571 towards the cost of a technical report for a new grass wicket, and the South Canterbury Pony Club, $400 to offset some of the cost of first aid attendance at one-day events. EVolocity Ltd, a charitable trust which runs an inter-school competition involving the construction of prototype electrical vehicles was given $5000 to allow it to extend the scope of this competition to more secondary schools in mid and south Canterbury The community trust uses the returns from investments to fund its philanthropy. Over the past five years it has donated, on average, about $1m each year to community organisations and their projects.

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McDowell runs a smokefree programme locally and said she had seen an Smokefree Mid Canincrease in the number terbury is applauding a of people giving quitting Canterbury wide drop in a go. smoking among 14 and Late last month she 15-year-olds. gave Quitcards to five For the first time the people, so they could number of early teens get subsidised nicotine electing to smoke has patches, gum and lozdropped below 3 per cent. enges. The national daily The programme run smoking rates have fallen by Mrs McDowell is below three per cent for called Aukati KaiPaipa, the first time ever, with which was designed to Canterbury achieving beCarly McDowell provide a face-to-face low the national average, service to support Maori at 2.29 per cent. ASH spokeswoman Stephanie Erick and their whanau to quit smoking. It runs for 12 weeks and is currently said the continued decline was fantastic, and the charity commended local servic- supporting 10 people on their smokefree journey. es for their commitment. “Although our priority is Maori, Pacific However, the survey found there were ethnic, gender and socio-economic dis- Island and pregnant women, we support parities amongst the 14 and 15-year-olds anyone interested in quitting smoking,” surveyed and Maori girls were three Mrs McDowell said. Should people want to quit but decide times more likely to be daily smokers than girls and boys, of other ethnicities. the programme is not for them, Mrs McSmoking cessation practitioner Carly Dowell can still provide support. Caitlin.p@theguardian.Co.nz

A man’s body was found in the grounds of an Auckland school yesterday. The circumstances of his death were still unclear, police said. An investigation is under way after the body was found at St Mary’s School in Avondale. It was not yet known how the man died, police said, and police were “currently investigating the circumstances” surrounding his death. - NZME

Fatal road crash The first fatal crash of the Easter road toll has been reported in Canterbury. The two vehicle crash is reported to have occurred shortly before 2.15pm yesterday. One person has been confirmed as deceased at the scene and another was taken to Christchurch Hospital by helicopter in a serious condition. The death has been referred to the coroner. - NZME

Gunshot wound Two men who drove a man with a gunshot wound to the head to Christchurch Hospital overnight Saturday are being sought by police. The injured man, 40, had known gang connections, Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Stewart said. He was driven to hospital by two men in a green/ blue Subaru station wagon around 1.45am. The car was found by police yesterday at a residential address in the Addington suburb of Christchurch. “The car has been seized and will undergo forensic examination,” Mr Stewart said. “Inquiries into the identities of the two men who took the 40-yearold man to hospital are ongoing.” The man was in a stable condition in hospital yesterday, with his family by his side, Mr Stewart said. He remained unconscious. Mr Stewart appealed for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police. - NZME

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1452 drawn on Saturday. Winning numbers (in ascending order): 1, 2, 7, 9, 17, 32. Bonus number: 15. Powerball winning number: 8. Strike: 1, 9, 7, 32.

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Muliaina denies allegations Former All Black Mils Muliaina has “totally denied” sexual assault allegations that have been made against him. Muliaina was arrested on Saturday in the United Kingdom after an alleged sexual assault in March. Muliaina, who now plays for the club Connacht in Ireland, was arrested after his team’s 14-7 defeat to Gloucester. He was led away from the ground and put in a police van minutes after the match. Speaking to NZME. News Service yesterday, Inspector Andy Walbeoff of the South Wales police said a 34-year-old man from the Galway area in the Irish Republic was arrested on suspicion of committing a sexual assault. “He has been released on bail pending further investigations.” No charges were laid, and it was expected he would remain on bail for “a number of weeks”, Mr Walbeoff said. He said police would review CCTV footage and speak to

witnesses as part of their investigation into the matter. Mr Walbeoff was also able to confirm that the alleged victim was a 19-year-old female, who was local to the Cardiff area. He was unable to confirm where the alleged assault took place, as it could “compromise further witnesses”. Muliaina’s lawyer Matthew de Maid said that his client “totally denied” allegations made against him. “Mr Muliaina has been spoken to by police about an allegation that has been made,” Mr de Maid said. “He’s totally denied the allegation that has been made, he’s not been charged with any offence and has in fact been released whilst police carry out further investigation.” Speaking to Radio New Zealand, Muliaina’s manager Simon Porter said Muliaina was “pretty upset” and “shocked” by the allegations. Muliaina was with teammates until 3am at an ex-pat bar in the Welsh capital of Cardiff on the night he is alleged

to have sexually assaulted the young woman. The former All Black great and team-mates from his Irish club team Connacht then left Kiwis bar for a nearby nightclub. “They were drinking quite a bit,” a worker from Kiwis said. “They were in a really good mood, they were quite chirpy. As far as we were concerned they were delightful people to have in - really friendly, really approachable. A few of them were quite oiled up.” Connacht manager Tim Allnutt confirmed the team had all been drinking at the venue. The bar worker said the Connacht contingent remained at Kiwis until its 3am closing. Players then moved on to the Karma nightclub, which stays open until 6am. He saw Muliaina and coach Pat Lam talking in the middle of a road while the remainder of the group went ahead. What happened over the next few hours is now the focus of a police investigation. - NZME

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Front-line hospital staff have been caught falling asleep during surgery, turning up to work drunk and even assaulting patients. Other cases include a staff member who formed an inappropriate relationship with a chronically ill patient, another who sneaked a puff of laughing gas at work, and several who stole drugs. The roll of shame, revealed in Official Information Act documents obtained by the Herald on Sunday, shows more than 350 staff across the country’s 20 district health boards have faced disciplinary action over the past six years. The doctors’ union said that was a fraction of the vast number of staff working at DHBs, estimated at 60,000. According to the documents, 356 staff have faced disciplinary action for inappropriate behaviour. Some of the most serious allegations included a trainee anaesthetic technician employed by Waikato DHB who fell asleep during surgery in 2011, and another staff member there who had an inappropriate relationship with a chronically ill patient last year. The DHB listed 46 serious incidents, including one where a registered nurse was stood down last year after she allegedly took illegal drugs at work. Another nurse faced disciplinary action in 2013 for “inappropriate use of nitrous oxide” – the anaesthetic commonly known as laughing gas. Other incidents include staff members supplying illegal drugs to patients, a nurse stealing drugs and an anaesthetic technician who committed fraud.

The DHB declined to provide further details of any of these incidents. Medical Council chairman Andrew Connolly said he had not heard of staff falling asleep during surgery but was aware of issues relating to drugs and alcohol. “We’d be very concerned about doctors turning up to work drunk, and stealing drugs is totally unacceptable,” he said. “If they took two Panadol because they had a bit of a headache we’d say to the DHB, ‘God, just sort it out yourself ’. “But from time to time we do see a very small number of doctors who develop addiction problems and they may be taking drugs to fuel that.” Connolly added it was also a very serious breach of professional standards when medical staff developed intimate relationships with patients. “It is utterly crucial that the doctorpatient relationship remains purely professional. Even if the patient says it was completely consensual, it’s absolutely unacceptable.” The Capital and Coast DHB listed 14 serious incidents, including one in May last year when a staff member in the mental health department resigned after assaulting a patient. Another staff member resigned after being found to be drunk at work after taking a DHB van without permission and being involved in a crash. At Auckland DHB, only two staff were stood down between 2009 and 2014, despite 53 people having disciplinary hearings. - NZME

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In brief Chopper crash kills six A helicopter has crashed south of Kuala Lumpur, killing all six people on board, including Prime Minister Najib Razak’s Chief of Staff and a former ambassador to the United States. The helicopter went down in a rubber plantation in the town of Semenyih with Najib’s principal private secretary, Azlin Alias, aboard. Also among the dead was Jamaluddin Jarjis, an MP and a senior member of Najib’s political party UMNO. Jamaluddin was a former Malaysian ambassador to the United States. - AFP

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Battle leaves 185 dead Fierce fighting for control of Yemen’s main southern city Aden has left at least 185 people dead, including many civilians, a medical official says. The port city, a last foothold of supporters of absent President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, has been shaken by more than a week of clashes between Houthi rebels and loyalist militia backed by Saudi-led air strikes. At least 185 dead and 1282 wounded from the fighting have been counted in hospitals

in Aden since March 26, the city’s health department director Al-Kheder Lassouar said. Three-quarters were civilians, he added. The toll does not include victims among the Houthi Shi’ite rebels and their allies who do not take their casualties to public hospitals, he said. It also excludes victims of air raids by Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab countries that have been pounding rebel positions across Yemen since March 26 to try to prevent the fall of

Hadi, who has fled to Riyadh, he added. Meanwhile, in the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa local residents said at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in a separate airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition. Coalition jets targeted a camp manned by Houthi rebels in the eastern part of Sanaa, but one of their missiles mistakenly hit the village of Hajer Akash, the residents said. “A search for survivors under the rubble is under way.

Several of the injured people are in critical condition,” a resident said. Lassouar called on international organisations and Arab states participating in the coalition to provide emergency medical assistance to hospitals in Aden. “Medicine stocks are exhausted and hospitals can no longer cope with the increasing number of victims,” he said. The United Nations said 519 people had been killed and nearly 1700 injured in two weeks of fighting. - AFP/DPA

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Kenya parades al-Shabab corpses Police have paraded the naked corpses of Somali al-Qaedalinked al-Shabab gunmen who slaughtered almost 150 people in one of Kenya’s worst massacres, hours after the militants threatened “another bloodbath”. Five men have been arrested in connection with Thursday’s attack, where the gunmen staged a one-day siege at the university in the northeastern town of Garissa. Earlier on Saturday, the alShabab warned of a “long, gruesome war” unless Kenya withdrew its troops from Somalia. Meanwhile, President Uhuru Kenyatta declared three days of national mourning.

Hours after the group’s warning, police paraded four corpses piled on top of each other face down in the back of a pick-up truck followed by a huge crowd, saying the grim display was to see if anyone could identify the assailants. But some threw stones at the bodies as they passed, others jeered and shouted at the dead. Meanwhile, forensic investigators continued to scour the site where one student shocked security forces - who had said all students were accounted for - by emerging unharmed from a wardrobe where she had hidden for more than two days. A Kenya Red Cross spokes-

woman said that the 19-year old was traumatised and dehydrated but physically unharmed and undergoing assessment by doctors. The attack on Garissa University, situated near the border with Somalia, claimed 148 lives, including 142 students, three police officers and three soldiers. “Those children were our future, so part of our future has been destroyed,” Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed said. More than 600 students from the now closed university boarded buses for the home towns around the country. The massacre was Kenya’s

deadliest attack since the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, and the bloodiest ever assault by the al-Shabab militants. Interior ministry spokesman, Mwenda Njoka, said five arrests had already been made, including three “co-ordinators” captured as they fled towards Somalia, and two others in the university. The name of the three suspected organisers were not given, but Njoka said the two arrested on campus included a security guard at the university, and a Tanzanian named as Rashid Charles Mberesero. - AFP

A hundred naturists have converged on a South African beach, which has become Africa’s first official nudist beach, despite objections from some locals. A 500-metre stretch of Mpenjati Beach, which lies on the Indian Ocean, received local government approval last year to become the continent’s first official nudist venue. “It was a fantastic day on the beach, we had lots of people on the beach, no problem whatsoever, wonderful weather, warm water, fantastic beach,” enthused Serge Pavlovic, chairman of the South African National Naturist Association (SANNA). - AFP

Saved from croc A woman in India’s Gujarat state successfully rescued her 19-yearold daughter from the jaws of a crocodile after a 10-minute battle, news reports say. Divali Vankar was washing clothes on the banks of the Vishwamitri river near Thikariya Mubarak village in Vadodara district at the weekend when a crocodile grabbed the teenager’s leg, the Times of India newspaper reported. The crocodile started pulling the girl into the river when Divali Vankar picked up a bat used to beat the washing and attacked the crocodile until it let go of the girl, a forest department official was quoted as saying. The girl was treated for injuries to her leg and was in stable condition, the report said. - DPA

Frost on sensors French investigators looking into the crash that killed all 116 people aboard an Air Algerie plane in Mali last July have said the crew apparently failed to activate an anti-frost system, causing some sensors to malfunction. Flight AH5017 was en route from Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou to Algiers when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off. The French civil aviation authority BEA, which at the weekend published its initial findings on its website, said the McDonnell Douglas 83 jet ran into trouble as a result of “frost on the pressure sensors situated on the nose-cone of the motors”. “If the system for protecting against frost on the motors is activated, the pressure sensors are reheated by warm air,” the BEA said, adding that an analysis of available data indicated that the crew apparently did not activate these systems. With the sensors transmitting erroneous information, the thrust of the motors was hampered and the speed of the plane slowed, causing it to crash. - AFP

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aster Monday in the Ashburton District in days of yore was a red letter day. Back when entertainment wasn’t high-tech, when kids of all ages were happy to head off for a day out with mum and dad, community events were where it was at. In the Ashburton District (or Mid Canterbury as it was back then), Easter Monday was all about the Chertsey Gymkhana, an event that attracted people from around Canterbury. It had it all – horse racing (albeit nontote), side shows, kids’ events, plenty of fatty food, competitions and entertainment. Pure, simple pleasure and much of it free. The kids with some loose change in their pocket could run wild, fuelling up on hot dogs and candy floss, while mum and dad did what mum and dads did back then, walked around sedately, chatted and if dad could escape for half an hour, headed to the gymkhana booth for a beer. It was all good harmless fun and by today’s sophisticated standards, it was pretty unpolished stuff. But like many of those old style events, the Chertsey Gymkhana went out of fashion. It’s difficult to imagine today’s youngsters being happy to be part of such a grassroots event, to take pleasure in a family outing that was likely to include picnic rugs, ham sandwiches and cordial in plastic cups. Back then we arrived at Easter Monday after a Sunday that inevitably included church along with Easter eggs and most likely a mid-day Easter Sunday roast with extended family. It was a day of unbridled freedom. Today, Easter Monday is just part of a glorious four-day break in the routine of work and school. For the fortunate, it’s about heading away to a holiday spot and it will inevitably be about a very different kind of entertainment – passive, electronic instead of imaginative and energetic. Unfortunately, we’ve lost something special along the way.

YOUR VIEW Puppy appeal On behalf of the Ashburton Community Committee of the Blind Foundation, I would like to thank all those who contributed to last week’s annual Red Puppy Appeal collection. The generosity of the public, together with the time given by the organisers Bronwyn Bayliss and Andrew McDonald, together with our loyal volunteers, is very much appreciated. The money raised will go towards the funding of the guide dog programme which is such an important part of our support for visually impaired people in society. Dennis Swaney, chairman, Ashburton Community Committee Blind Foundation

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Far from the maddening crowds of Los Cabos lies the untouched Baja peninsula. It’s a surreal place full of unique flora and fauna, as Dario Lopez-Mills found out on a recent visit.

Brimming with the exotic Far from the sprawling, all-inclusive resorts of Mexico’s Los Cabos is a part of the Baja California peninsula that few tourists ever see, but should. In one of Mexico’s largest federally protected conservation areas for flora and fauna is a land forested with desert plants that look like they were drawn by Dr Seuss: candle-like boojum trees and distinctively sculptural elephant trees, towering cardon cacti and other types of succulents. Sitting in the middle of the peninsula, this little-known spot is the Valle de los Cirios, or Valley of the Boojums. The plants it is named for were dubbed cirios – or candles – in Spanish, evidently because of their resemblance to tapered church candles at the missions nearby. Southwestern naturalist God-

frey Sykes later christened that same tree the “boojum,” for an imaginary animal character in Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark. Birds like pelicans and ospreys abound and peninsular pronghorns, once hunted to near extinction, roam the desert landscape. Under a Mexican government programme, the hoofed animals are now making a comeback from their once critically endangered status. Among the oldest known mammals in the Americas, the pronghorns are known locally as “ghosts of the desert” because their golden brown or tan colour and white markings helps camouflage them. Nearby, visitors can see ancient cave paintings depicting deer, whales and humans with six fingers.

The stark beauty and solitude encountered are a far cry from the fancy restaurants, pools with swim-up bars, fishing, snorkelling and sunbathing popular on the southern end of the Sea of Cortez, the long slip of water sandwiched between the Baja Peninsula and Mexico’s mainland. The peninsula was once eloquently described in a travel journal by American writer John Steinbeck; its stunning coral reefs were praised by ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. A short way to the south, magnificent grey whales arrive every year off the Pacific coast town of Guerrero Negro, following one of the world’s longest migration routes. They mate and calve in the lagoons nearby.

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In brief Blues lose their way It’s become a painful business watching the season play out for the Blues. It’s not purely their lack of cohesion and continuity, more the predictability and nature of the outcome. Once again, the game followed a well worn path on Saturday night. The Blues didn’t lack effort or desire. They stuck at their knitting for 80 minutes. But for all that they appeared to be in the contest, competing valiantly in most aspects, they never convinced as likely winners. It couldn’t have been a surprise to anyone that after 67 minutes, Tom Marshall squeezed through a despairing tackle to dot down between the sticks and confine the Blues to yet another defeat.- NZME

Horwill misses tour Coach Richard Graham appears to have dumped former Wallabies captain James Horwill for the Reds’ two-match tour to South Africa after he was sent off for the second time this season. Horwill was an intriguing omission from Graham’s 27-man Reds squad named yesterday for the trip to play the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday and the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein a week later. Horwill copped a one-match suspension on Saturday after being red carded for striking Melbourne Rebels prop Paul Alo-Emile with a swinging arm in Friday night’s match in Melbourne. - AAP

Lions bring down Bulls Substitute hooker Armand van der Merwe snatched a last-minute try to earn Golden Lions a 22-18 victory over Northern Bulls yesterday in a Super Rugby thriller. Trailing by three points with time running out in damp Johannesburg, the Lions gambled by taking a tap penalty rather than a kick at goal that would almost certainly have ensured a draw. Substitute scrumhalf Faf de Klerk caught the Bulls napping with his tap-and-go penalty and passed to Van der Merwe, who barged over near the post. Fly-half Elton Jantjies converted to make a 17-point contribution having succeeded with five of seven penalty attempts in challenging conditions. - AFP

AB selectors nervous Having seen Charles Piutau make the surprise decision to suddenly quit New Zealand, rugby officials are increasingly nervous about the intentions of Brodie Retallick and Colin Slade. Both men, as well as Julian Savea and Sam Cane, are yet to say what they will do after the World Cup. The New Zealand Rugby Union are wary. They have been talking for a while ... and still no outcome. The issue for Retallick is wear and tear and Japan holds appeal as a lucrative means to enjoy low impact rugby for a couple of seasons before resuming test football. He may only be 23, but Retallick has hammered his body for the past five years. He’s a full-noise player and while he’s avoided serious injury so far, he has picked up a few dings. Not everyone will agree, but a season or two in Japan now for an enormous salary, would enable him to bank cash while his star is shining and preserve a body that has probably got a good 10 years in it if carefully managed. - NZME

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Crusaders in try-fest The Crusaders scored eight tries to thrash Coastal Sharks 52-10 in a Super Rugby mismatch yesterday despite having only 12 players on the field at one stage. South African referee Stuart Berry, a late replacement for ill compatriot Marius van der Westhuizen, yellow-carded three New Zealanders within four minutes approaching halftime. He then red-carded Sharks loose forward Jean Deysel, leaving the home team to play the entire second half with 14 men after trailing 28-3 at the break. Kings Park is becoming synonymous with red and yellow cards as two Sharks and one player from another New Zealand outfit, the Chiefs, were sent off there two weeks ago. A Crusaders team dominant in all facets throughout were ahead within three minutes, and secured a bonus-point fourth try with five minutes left of the opening half.

The record seven-time Super Rugby champions cruised to victory despite starting without two All Blacks icons in fly-half Dan Carter and loose forward Richie McCaw. Playmaker Carter left South Africa last weekend after a cruel loss to Northern Bulls in Pretoria to be with his wife, who is expecting their second child. And All Blacks skipper McCaw was rested, coming off the bench only after 52 minutes when virtually all the damage had been inflicted. As if a humiliating defeat in the Indian Ocean city was not bad enough for the Sharks, flyhalf and skipper Patrick Lambie retired injured early in the second half. Despite the walloping yesterday, the South Africans remained third on the combined southern hemisphere interprovincial standings while Crusaders climbed four places to sixth, the last play-offs spot. - AFP

Colin Slade scored one try, converted five, and guided his team around the park perfectly in yesterday’s Super Rugby clash.

McKenzie making every post a winner By Kris shannon Charles Piutau will be a loss to New Zealand rugby, of that there is no doubt, but the last couple of nights have provided ample evidence that the loss will soon be forgotten. Twenty-four hours after Nehe Milner-Skudder again shone in the Hurricanes No 15 jersey, Damian McKenzie on Saturday night enjoyed another strong outing at fullback in the narrow Chiefs victory over the Blues in Hamilton. There is no secret surrounding the talent production line in this country. With the unerring repetition of Whac-A-Mole, if one player is removed, there are generally two more popping up to take his place. So while Piutau’s shock move to Ulster was a blow to both the Blues and All Blacks, the 23-year-old closing the door on New Zealand rugby simply opened the window for another crop of exciting rugby youngsters. It took half a season for Milner-Skudder to emerge from relative obscurity and become an integral member of the highlights reel that is the Hurricanes’ back line.

Damian McKenzie: Attracting plenty of attention in a Chiefs jersey.

Last season’s ITM Cup Championship Player of the Year, Milner-Skudder has been a revelation in his maiden season of Super Rugby. The 24-year-old’s dynamic footwork ensures him of a bright future and improved decision-making on attack should confirm his status as an All Black-in-waiting. McKenzie is another who has quickly earned that tag in his debut campaign with the

Chiefs, still a fortnight short of his 20th birthday but performing like an established professional. A first five-eighth by trade, having played the position at school and for Waikato in last season’s ITM Cup, McKenzie’s gifts are equally apparent while wearing both the No 10 and No 15 jerseys. Saturday night was perhaps his quietest run at the back, absent of the electric attack-

ing raids he unleashed during an outstanding trip to South Africa, but an ailing knee explained some of that missing spark. It also illustrated his qualities. For all the flair on the ball, McKenzie is just as destructive in defence, proving they do indeed breed them tough in Southland. He appeared to suffer the injury in a textbook tackle on a rampaging Frank Halai, a man who outweighs him by 25kg and a man he had previously bundled into touch to snuff out another attack. “At times he’s so brave that he runs himself into a bit of trouble,” said Chiefs coach Dave Rennie. “We’ve been trying to encourage him to link with some of the big guys and let them carry a bit of pill rather than him running into the big men.” That’s one lesson of a continuing education at fullback - last year’s under-20 world championships supplied his first taste of the position - but McKenzie’s insistence on remaining involved all over the park should help ease the pain of Piutau’s departure. - HOS

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Hold off the celebrations. A fortnight ago, the Wellington Phoenix looked on track to claim their first Premiers Plate in the A-League but after two losses in as many games they might limp in to the playoffs. Ernie Merrick’s side were beaten 3-0 by the Melbourne Victory at Westpac Stadium yesterday, which followed on from a 3-0 home defeat against Sydney last Sunday. The race for top spot in the league involves five teams - six make the playoffs but the top five have opened a sizeable gap on the chasing pack and Wellington need to finish well in their final three regular games. - NZME

Warriors go 12 straight

Southern’s Scott Vessey offloads to fellow flanker Jon Dampney during their side’s 30-24 win over Saracens in the Combined Country Cup rugby match in Hinds on Friday. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 030415-TM-087

Front-runners begin to emerge By Jonathan Leask

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Three Mid Canterbury sides are established in top four positions following the Easter round of the Combined Country Cup rugby competition. There is still seven rounds to play before the quarter-finals, but the contenders are beginning to emerge in each section after round two. Methven and Southern lead the way in section two with two wins to start the season. Methven collected a second straight bonus point win beating Rolleston 47-3 on Thursday night while in Friday’s lone

fixture Southern held off a second half surge from Saracens to win 30-24 in Hinds. That has Methven on top and Southern in second. Hampstead picked up a consolation point in going down to fourth placed Waihora 10-14 to sit sixth - behind Darfield on points differential after Darfield’s 27-12 win over Ohoka. Burnham-Dunsandel hold third after their second win, a 22-7 win over Ashley. Rakaia and Celtic both collected their first wins in section two. Rakaia’s 13-10 win over Prebbleton has them third af-

ter taking two points in their round one defeat to Southbridge. Celtic secured the four points against fourth-placed Southbridge, but with the results not going their way they remain down in seventh behind Lincoln. Section Two is led by Glenmark who surprised defending champions Lincoln at home 44-20, while the only other two-win team is Oxford after they beat West Melton 26-19 to sit in second spot, while at the bottom of the table Kaiapoi held off Hornby in a close one 28-26.

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Johnson on ‘roving commission’ for Storm clash By DaviD skipwith Warriors’ prop Ben Matulino has defended the form of halfback Shaun Johnson and says he is playing well on a right side that has changed each week since round one. Johnson came under fire for a lack of involvement over the opening three games against Newcastle, Canberra and Parramatta and turned in a mixed display in last week’s loss to Brisbane. Meanwhile, his halves partner Chad Townsend has benefitted from consistent selections on his left edge, forming impressive combinations with Matulino, back-rower Ryan

Hoffman, rookie centre Solomone Kata and veteran wing Manu Vatuvei. Ahead of tonight’s showdown against the Storm at AAMI Park, Matulino spoke out against the criticism of his No 7 and insisted Johnson was playing his role within the team. “Shaun’s got a whole new edge on his side and it has been chopping and changing,” Matulino said. “Obviously he hasn’t really built that chemistry with his right side like Hoffy and Chad have but I think Shaun is playing well within the structure and he’s doing everything that he can to get himself into the

game. I know everyone’s expecting all the steps and cutout balls and flick passes from Shaun but he’s playing well within the structure.” Despite being designated as the right side playmaker, Warriors coach Andrew McFadden clarified that Johnson had a roving commission to inject himself into the attack on either side of the ruck. “There’s free license there and you would have seen him, he started to roll around on the other side of the ruck on the weekend (against Brisbane),” McFadden said. “So you’ll start to see that a little bit more. He knows he’s got a role to play on that right

side but certainly there’s some flexibility around that.” Meanwhile, Matulino has started the season strongly with impressive showings over the past fortnight seeing him top the rankings on the Dally M leaderboard. The towering front-rower has set the platform for the Warriors with some good go forward while 11 offloads have helped engineer some dangerous second-phase attacking chances. “My sister told me about that [Dally M rankings],” Matulino said. “That doesn’t really mean anything to me. As long as we get the win for the team I’ll be happy with that.” - NZME

The NBA’s top two teams flexed their muscles yesterday just ahead of the playoffs, with the Golden State Warriors and Atlanta Hawks destroying potential playoff rivals. Golden State made it 12 straight wins as they took apart Western Conference playoff rival Dallas Mavericks with a 123-110 victory in which they were never headed, despite giving up 54 free throws. In Atlanta, the Hawks snapped Brooklyn’s winning streak in emphatic fashion, running out 131-99 winners over the Nets. The Boston Celtics re-took eighth spot with a 117-116 overtime win over the Raptors in Toronto. - AAP

Narrow loss to Japan The Black Sticks Women could not continue their winning momentum yesterday, going down 1-0 to Japan in a tough game in Auckland. The Black Sticks made one change from Saturday’s game with Rosie Keddell coming in for Kirsten Pearce. The first half was an even contest, with goalkeeper Amelia Gibson continuing her good form, keeping the Japanese at bay to see both sides head to the halftime break locked at 0-0. The breakthrough came for Japan early in the third quarter when a searching long ball from the back found Mie Nakashima who pushed a square ball in to Akiko Kato to give the Japanese the lead. - NZME

Sharks stun Roosters A Jack Bird-inspired Cronulla have stunned the Sydney Roosters with a well-deserved 20-12 win over the 2013 NRL premiers at Allianz Stadium yesterday. The 20-yearold, playing in only his second NRL game and his first at five-eighth scored two tries as the Sharks sealed their first win of the year. It is their sixth against the Roosters since 2010 to end a run of 10 straight losses. - AAP

“Don’t strip points’’ Parramatta coach Brad Arthur says rivals Canterbury shouldn’t be stripped of competition points by the NRL over their fans unruly behaviour. The Bulldogs’ one-point loss to South Sydney ended in chaos on Good Friday, with bottles hurled at the referees by some of the club’s supporters. Interchange official Darren Alchin was taken to hospital with a suspected fractured shoulder blade. Arthur said he was dead against the option. “I seriously don’t think they should be,” he said yesterday. “But that’s up to the NRL to make those decisions, it’s got nothing to do with me.” - AAP

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■ REIGN OF TERROR OVER

In brief Celebration - at last Twenty four hours after securing his first Group One win as a thoroughbred owner retired stockbroker Scott Richardson was taking time out in his usual quiet and understated manner to celebrate a victory that has been a lifetime in the making. Richardson’s gallant six-year-old mare Diademe provided that breakthrough victory at the highest level when she refused to yield in the closing stages of Saturday’s Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Te Aroha and ignited a smile that Richardson has found hard to shake since. - NZME

Adventador right at home Lightly raced six-year-old Adventador once again displayed his prowess in a fresh state when he led all the way to claim victory on his home track at Hastings on Saturday. The Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen trained speedster, who hadn’t been sighted since finished a gallant sixth in the Gr. 1 Telegraph at Trentham in January, displayed his customary speed from the barrier to head straight to the front and jockey Hayden Tinsley dictated the race to his five rivals. - NZME

Champ shows true class By Matt MarkhaM

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It wasn’t quite the finale his fans were hoping for but Terror To Love walked off Addington Raceway on Saturday night with his head held high and his faithful singing his praises from the rooftops. The champion pacer produced a stunning effort to finish third in the Group One Easter Cup after seemingly losing all chance with an early gallop that would have left many others hapless. But Terror To Love, as he has shown time and time again, is no ordinary racehorse and has made a reputation for himself as being one who is capable of doing quite incredible things. The performance was one more akin to a horse on the top of his game and not one who is facing life in the paddock as a retired racehorse-cum-stallion. After adding a least another 20

metres to his 20 metre handicap, the three-time New Zealand Trotting Cup winner caught back up and had the audacity to run past some of the best horses in the country to finish less than half a length from race winner, Christen Me. The opportunity was there for the hundreds who had flocked to Addington to watch his final race to feel dejected and be asking the question of ‘what if ?’. Instead they lined the fences and stood in the stands and applauded as one of the modern day greats of harness racing made his way back into the stabling enclosure for the final time. It was truly hair-raising stuff. And a sight often unseen on race courses around the world these days. But as he has done from his first New Zealand Cup win almost five years ago, Terror To Love was the horse people

went to the races to cheer on. Fans from all over New Zealand were in attendance on Saturday night and they didn’t leave disappointed, instead reflecting on what a great occasion it had been. “It was just fantastic to say that we were here to watch him race,’’ a fan from Dunedin said. “We have followed him with great interest for a while now and decided that he was worth making the trip up for and I’m so pleased we did.’’ Immediately following the race the word was being spread around that after a performance like that, Graham and Paul Court and owner Terry McDonald wouldn’t be deemed crazy to cancel their plans and look toward another Cup. But they stayed firm. “He’s been a fantastic horse for me, my best mate in fact,’’ McDonald said.

“I’m so pleased he ran such a great race tonight and that the people out there got to see him turning in one of his brilliant races that have made me so proud of him. “It’s been a fun, but all good things must come to an end - now I just need to find the next one which won’t be easy ... hopefully it’s one of his sons or daughters.’’ Terror To Love will stand at Court and McDonald’s Pinelea Farm in the up coming breeding season and he’s sure to attract the attention of breeders considering his ability to win at all ages over all distances. And the chances of this champion producing a prodigy who could match up to him? He’s been a horse who has been able to do the unthinkable, so you would suggest that the chances might just be better than good.

Hawera harness Today at Hawera Raceway

Hawera HRC Venue: Hawera Racecourse Meeting Date: 06 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11

11.25am COMPLETELY WIRED LTD HANDICAP TROT $6500, 4yo+ c0 to c1 spechcp trot, stand, 2100m 1 05766 Chiltons Vocation (1) fr ......... D Ferguson (J) 2 70x68 Sundonna (2) fr ............................ D Butcher 3 70689 Tui Spur (3) fr ............................ J Abernethy 4 00000 Diedre’s Gold (U1) fr ............... C D Thornley 5 9937 Glory Stride (U2) fr.........................T Herlihy 6 47222 Special Flight (U3) fr .................S Abernethy 7 56050 The Keystone Kid (U4) fr...............P Butcher 8 30398 Earls Buller Girl (1) 30.................. B Dickens 9 786x3 Zimple (2) 30 ......................................L Neal 10 42355 Rarangi Jewel (3) 30 .....................B Weaver 11 518x0 Eye Wish 30 ................................. Scratched 12 40x07 Viking Girl (4) 30 ..........................R Downey 13 25660 Two Wishes (5) 30..........................S Phelan 14 35830 Ma Cille (U1) 30 .................... S Cruickshank 15 60450 Consentual (U2) 30 ..................K Chittenden 16 28804 Mighty Sunny (U3) 30 ................P Ferguson 2 11.52am BRIAN & ANNA CLEMENT RACING STABLE MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ c1 pace, mbl, 2000m 1 71263 Alotbettor (1) fr ............................A Donnelly 2 88320 Smiling Tact (2) fr .......................A Matthews 3 52412 Present Arms (3) fr.............................L Neal 4 53350 V C Dell (4) fr .......................... B Butcher (J) 5 1 Alta Surreal (5) fr...........................N Chilcott 6 44635 Classic Bet (6) fr ........................P Ferguson 7 41371 Arms Of An Angel (7) fr.............S Abernethy 8 212P4 Chevron Excites (8) fr ............... J Abernethy 9 78277 Rimutoto Prince (21) fr ........... K Marshall (J) 10 1228P Our Wicklow (22) fr ........................T Herlihy 11 02748 Youbetteryoubet (23) fr ........... T Macfarlane 12 76760 General Tim fr .............................. Scratched 13 26019 Star Elect (24) fr ........................... D Butcher

14 74536 Megatron (25) fr ............................P Butcher

3 12.22pm MOLLER JOHNSON LTD MOBILE PACE

$6500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 70955 McRubble (1) fr .............................P Butcher 2 16424 God’s Delight (2) fr ............... D Ferguson (J) 3 89003 Murphy Brown (3) fr ....................A Donnelly 4 5108 Ohoka Bud (4) fr ..................... C D Thornley 5 59050 Tafadhali (5) fr ................................. D Jones 6 5348D P Tomado (6) fr ........................... S Kane (J) 7 53667 Balius (7) fr.............................. B Butcher (J) 8 39000 Arcano (8) fr .......................... A Poutama (J) 9 45762 Cut The Cards (21) fr .................P Ferguson 10 61966 Soul Man (22) fr ........................... D Butcher 11 23700 JC Jock (23) fr ........................ K Marshall (J) 12 94149 Billy The Bad (U1) fr .................. J Abernethy 4 12.53pm BRIAN FLEMING MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $6500, 2yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 76760 General Tim (1) fr ........................ S Kane (J) 2 80622 Trevs No Angel (2) fr ......................S Phelan 3 83886 Maldini (3) fr ................................... G Martin 4 58768 Alta Marcello (4) fr.........................B Weaver 5 40243 Living Blue Chip (5) fr ...............S Abernethy 6 7 Without Prejudice (6) fr ......... S Cruickshank 7 x7856 Black Santana (7) fr .....................R Downey 8 4 Back The Black (8) fr .....................N Chilcott 9 392 Atomic Falcon (21) fr .................... D Butcher 10 845 Arma O’Rourke (22) fr............. C D Thornley 11 0 Cable Bay (23) fr ...........................P Butcher 12 War Horse (24) fr ...........................T Herlihy 13 43225 Jericho Road (25) fr ............... K Marshall (J) 14 479 Brave Stranger (26) fr ............... J Abernethy 15 9 Thegermanconnection (27) fr.....P Ferguson Emergency: General Tim 5 1.30pm SANDFORD BROS MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 8745 Rowan Sapphire (1) fr ...................N Chilcott 2 6x822 Eden Paige (2) fr ...........................P Butcher

3 6 Chevy’s Convertible (3) fr ...............S Phelan 4 47008 Hey Knowitall (4) fr .......................... D Jones 5 0x7 Travis Maguire (5) fr ..................S McCaffrey 6 7x5 Bettors Pocket (6) fr .......................T Herlihy 7 76760 General Tim (7) fr ........................ S Kane (J) 8 75344 Cherry Evans (8) fr............... D Ferguson (J) 9 52077 Boomchickawowwow (21) fr .... B Butcher (J) 10 69448 Taylahs Girl (22) fr .....................S Abernethy 11 9x249 Wise Goddess (23) fr .................P Ferguson 12 3 Secret Weapon (24) fr ............... J Abernethy 13 0660 River Valley Mist fr........................ Scratched 14 00840 Memphis Miss (25) fr ..........................T Hall 15 33623 Lady Maria (26) fr.............................A Pyers Emergency: General Tim 6 2.05pm PITA PIT HAWERA MOBILE PACE $6500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 23326 Elusive Edgar (1) fr .............. D Ferguson (J) 2 46447 Millwood Roxy (2) fr ......................N Chilcott 3 73455 Art Pleaser (3) fr ........................P Ferguson 4 09674 Jack Bates (4) fr ............................P Butcher 5 86273 Brainstormer (5) fr ....................... S Kane (J) 6 27835 Macardo (6) fr ...........................S Abernethy 7 P6100 Washington Diva (7) fr ...................J I Dickie 8 7006x Naenae Tabman (8) fr ............M Johnson (J) 9 68132 Branch Rickey (21) fr .............. B Butcher (J) 10 00499 Wave Song fr................................ Scratched 11 30068 Shards Assassin (22) fr........... C D Thornley 12 32051 The Tracker (23) fr ................... T Macfarlane 13 73300 Nicole Vaidisova (U1) fr ............. J Abernethy 7 2.40pm THE LOCAL TAB & SPORTS BAR MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ c1 to c2, c3 with cond. +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 95776 Lambrusco (1) fr.................... A Poutama (J) 2 97219 Rangi Rangdu (2) fr .......................S Phelan 3 52015 Lisa’s Lawyer (3) fr .................. T Macfarlane 4 87215 Slysu fr ......................................... Scratched 5 32213 Princess Kate (4) fr .......................N Chilcott 6 76770 Miro Bay (5) fr ........................ K Marshall (J)

75051 Righteous Royale fr...................... Scratched 31170 The Stag’s Roar (6) fr.............. C D Thornley 89137 Wonder Anvil (21) fr .................. J Abernethy 000x0 Light Up Boss (22) fr ............... B Butcher (J) 90621 Stars Star (23) fr .......................... D Butcher 33861 Celtic Warrior (24) fr ..................S Abernethy 17444 Westburn Courage (25) fr ..........P Ferguson 8 3.15pm CHRISTIAN CULLEN MBL PACE $8000, 4yo+ c2 to c4 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 18659 Atomic Jet (1) fr....................... T Macfarlane 2 75051 Righteous Royale (2) fr ..................S Phelan 3 38564 Chequeme Rosie (3) fr.......... A Poutama (J) 4 68600 Playaway (4) fr ........................ B Butcher (J) 5 77598 Aces N Eights (5) fr .......................N Chilcott 6 0x421 Franco Tiago (6) fr.........................P Butcher 7 12648 Kilkeel Lady (7) fr ......................... D Butcher 8 10955 Fibre Optic (8) fr ...................... C D Thornley 9 71100 Rosetta Stone (21) fr......................T Herlihy 10 60040 Hadrian (22) fr ........................... J Abernethy 11 41332 Stormy Breeze (23) fr.................P Ferguson 12 54605 Lucia Bromac (24) fr .................S Abernethy 9 3.40pm SOUTH TARANAKI CLUB HAWERA CUP HANDICAP PACE $13,000, 4yo+ c3 & faster discrhcp pace, stand, 3000m 1 24342 Darcee (1) fr ...................................T Herlihy 2 31190 Starry Delight (2) fr.................... J Abernethy 3 62546 Simply Stunning (3) fr ............. T Macfarlane 4 60740 Mach Cullen (U1) fr ...................... D Butcher 5 54521 Beckinsale (1) 10 ................. D Ferguson (J) 6 P6212 Sweet Art (2) 10 .............................S Phelan 7 24009 Kippenberger (3) 10 .......................J I Dickie 8 73P07 Mach Cruiser (4) 10 ...................P Ferguson 9 50148 Shestherealdeal (U1) 10 ...........S Abernethy 10 x9080 Randalstown (1) 20 .......................P Butcher 11 01112 Ideal Success (1) 40 ...................A Donnelly 10 4.15pm CLEGGS FUNERAL SERVICES HANDICAP TROT $8000, 4yo+ c2 & faster +claimer discrh-

cp trot, stand, 3000m 1 07059 Phil’s Folly (1) fr..................... A Poutama (J) 2 51200 Bim Bom Bay (2) fr ............................K More 3 56667 Yaldy Boyz (3) fr ...................... T Macfarlane 4 35104 Successful Woman (4) fr ...............B Weaver 5 579x6 Ruby Castleton (U1) fr ..............S Abernethy 6 73993 Jomo (1) 10 ................................ J Robinson 7 29510 Getaway Doug (2) 10 .....................J I Dickie 8 14590 Jagermeister (3) 10 .....................A Donnelly 9 14030 Our Super Ram (4) 10 ..................P Butcher 10 01160 Cool Son (U1) 10 ......................... D Butcher 11 87832 Le Lua Invasion (1) 20 ...................S Phelan 12 80008 Palais Royal (2) 20 ...................K Chittenden 13 0x700 Sunshield (U1) 20 ..............................L Neal 14 08225 The Scruff (U2) 20 .....................P Ferguson 15 56101 Indiana Jones (U1) 30............. C D Thornley 16 26103 Silver Stream (1) 50 .................. J Abernethy 17 93081 Dragon Lady 50 ........................... Scratched 11 4.50pm TSB REALTY BRENDAN CROWLEY MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ c2 to c4 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 13200 Styx It To Em (1) fr ....................S McCaffrey 2 44500 Houhora Dream (2) fr ............. K Marshall (J) 3 91100 Dashing Dane (3) fr.............. D Ferguson (J) 4 83584 Lively Nights (4) fr ..........................J I Dickie 5 86690 Major Ouch (5) fr ..........................R Downey 6 00679 Leroy Brogden (6) fr ......................N Chilcott 7 26350 Cougar Bromac (7) fr .....................S Phelan 8 75193 Chillysjustastrutter (8) fr ................P Butcher 9 34211 Steal A Grin (21) fr ....................S Abernethy 10 37000 Pureora Paree (22) fr ..........................T Hall 11 21273 Gwendene (23) fr ...................... J Abernethy 12 98807 Machie Mach (24) fr ..................... D Butcher LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

1 45623 Extreme Twist nwtd .....................A Turnwald 2 12121 Big Red Chev 37.62 ....................A Turnwald 3 34766 Lochinvar Rossi nwtd ..................A Turnwald 4 13587 Zipping Joe nwtd .........................A Turnwald 5 57342 Boston Heart nwtd ......................A Turnwald 6 31678 Auckland Vending nwtd ...............A Turnwald 7 41184 Lochinvar Maui 38.14 ..................A Turnwald 8 51235 Royal Runner nwtd......................A Turnwald 9 3.25pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C2/3, 520m 1 85161 Thou Romeo 30.21 ...........................D Edlin 2 14338 Lagoon Kootchy nwtd...................M Roberts 3 51388 Botany Seaton 30.44 ................J McInerney 4 22218 Arcane Rampage 30.97 ...............M Roberts 5 36873 Barry’s Way 29.99 ............................R Waite 6 45115 Applause 30.50 ....................... T McCracken 7 48833 Punch On Jaime 30.61 .............J McInerney 8 72612 Lagoon Mac 30.29 .......................M Roberts 9 32538 Botany Richie nwtd ...................J McInerney 10 76135 Ollie Baxter 30.79 .....................J McInerney 10 3.50pm THE DOGZONE C4/5 C4/5, 520m 1 13233 Cawbourne Brick 30.02................M Roberts 2 12338 Mammy Brown 29.98 .......................L Ahern 3 11821 Miss Selfies 30.43 .....................J McInerney 4 12275 Coolabah Blue 30.54 ..................A Turnwald 5 62136 Smash Allegro 30.15........................L Ahern 6 31235 Check The Mail 29.98 ......................L Ahern 7 31356 Grader Jack 30.04.......................A Turnwald 8 64324 Ritza Danny 29.81 ...........................L Ahern

9 23155 Arcane Sabre 30.08 .....................M Roberts 10 16F74 Always Welcome 30.01 ....................L Ahern 11 4.08pm KEENAN CONCRETE C5 C5, 305m 1 72346 What’s Up Gee 17.63 .......................L Ahern 2 21557 Mighty Magic 17.64 ..........................L Ahern 3 34114 Winfield Winter 17.47 ...................M Roberts 4 13251 Super Zip Zip 17.65 ....................A Turnwald 5 51223 Elle Packer 17.31 .............................L Ahern 6 14215 Weepu 17.54 ....................................L Ahern 7 37114 Allegro Chaser 17.40 .......................L Ahern 8 63421 Matilda’s Babe 17.53...................J McArthur 9 55157 Bolt Allegro 17.50.............................L Ahern 10 38326 Boston Blaze 17.49 .....................A Turnwald 12 4.31pm BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C4 C4, 305m 1 41344 Clamped 17.66.................................L Ahern 2 15318 Sweet As Bro 17.67 .........................L Ahern 3 41254 Trident nwtd........................................ N Udy 4 22732 Homebush Ramona 17.97 ........J McInerney 5 63753 Blue Senior 17.54 .............................. N Udy 6 77353 Big Boy Deno 17.47 .....................M Roberts 7 21544 Crystal Wave 17.58 .....................B Hodgson 8 26216 Legerdemain 17.76 ..........................L Ahern 9 85833 Stellar Force 17.49 ................... S Gommans 10 43447 Opawa Sister 17.52............................ N Udy

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Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Race- 1 47345 Thrilling Ava 30.22 ..........................B Marsh 6 64384 Thumb Print Tony nwtd .............J McInerney way Meeting Date: 06 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 9 2 45238 Botany Sel 30.50.......................J McInerney 7 33572 Opawa Token 30.27 ........................S Maher Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 3 63648 Homebush Naki nwtd ................J McInerney 8 32827 Homebush Spook nwtd .............J McInerney 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 4 62263 Archi Bale 30.73........................J McInerney 9 56376 Sue Sews Socks 30.62 ............ T Mischefski 5 31252 Ritza Rose 31.01 .............................L Ahern 10 87728 Into The Fray 30.69 ..........................R Waite 11 and 12 6 135 Allegro Blast 31.06 ...........................L Ahern 1 1.00pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 6 2.30pm AON CPF C2 C2, 305m 7 58517 Chloe’s Prodigy 30.41 ..................M Roberts 1 42328 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 1 68161 No Time Yet 17.57 ..................G Fredrickson 8 52356 Opawa Dosh nwtd .............................. N Udy 2 57434 Peaky Blinder nwtd .........................B Marsh 2 33327 She’s Smashing 18.11 ......................M Flipp 9 86451 Cawbourne Gracie 30.37 .............M Roberts 3 622 Cawbourne George nwtd ..........J McInerney 3 16233 Chinese Star 17.73 L & ...................... Morris 10 57564 Sarah Campbell 30.69 ................B Hodgson 4 57447 Bundoran Lass nwtd ..................... D Donlon 4 21156 Plenty Of Time nwtd .........................L Ahern 5 22434 La Ventana nwtd ...............................M Flipp 4 1.55pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 305m 5 11167 Fangirl 17.88 L & ................................ Morris 6 43762 Made Time nwtd...............................L Ahern 6 44218 Homebush Limbo 17.64 ............J McInerney 1 51343 Lagoon Fame 17.98 ...................... M Gowan 7 3565 Takeaway nwtd L & ............................ Morris 7 75331 King’s Selection 17.86.............. S Gommans 2 22578 Working Jewel 17.83 .......................L Doody 8 33525 Cawbourne Legs nwtd ..............J McInerney 8 16175 Archie’s Time 17.76....................... M Gowan 3 F8665 Bulet Tooth Tony 17.66 .....................R Waite 9 48732 Homebush Inquiry nwtd ............J McInerney 9 16442 Queen Cobra 17.76 ................ D T Poutama 4 31272 Mega Jet 17.93 ...............................S Maher 10 54675 Goodtime Moni nwtd ................ S Gommans 5 11264 Cawbourne Teash 17.77 ..............M Roberts 10 72563 Zulu Mercedes 17.80 ...................M Roberts 6 82211 Wicked Tycoon 18.09 .......................T Agent 7 2.48pm WANGANUI CHRONICLE C3 C3, 305m 2 1.19pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ CO C0, 520m 7 22523 Calamity Sue 17.90............................W Kite 1 4743 Bigtime Moola nwtd..........................L Ahern 1 82671 Codie Brea 17.83 ......................J McInerney 8 3218 Opportunist 18.09 L & ........................ Morris 2 46433 Fox In Box nwtd........................ T Mischefski 2 57123 Homebush Sarah 17.62 ............J McInerney 9 25322 All About Jazz nwtd ...........................M Flipp 3 5646 Bigtime Tricks nwtd ..........................L Ahern 3 52155 Manu Rama 17.65 ..........................L Doody 4 24525 Bigtime Pulse nwtd ..........................L Ahern 10 15425 Gummy Gumpsta 18.18 G R & ....... S Voyce 4 75517 Just You Wait 17.81 .....................J McArthur 5 55254 Bigtime Redfoo nwtd ........................L Ahern 5 2.13pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 5 18247 Waimak Dave 17.75 ..................J McInerney 6 2 Box Of Fluffies nwtd .........................L Ahern C1 C1, 520m 6 28154 Scott My Money 17.66 ....................... N Udy 7 87455 Sniff of Brandy nwtd .........................R Waite 7 23182 Embee Dee 17.53 .....................J McInerney 1 85774 Backyard Bully 29.85 ................. G Hodgson 8 66668 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 8 14335 Homebush Olive 17.72..............J McInerney 2 18 Making Time 30.68...........................L Ahern 9 27877 Homebush Magic nwtd K & ............ J Maisey 9 65716 Miss Foxy Minx 17.41 G & .................Denby 3 25255 Madam Ice 30.65 ........................J McArthur 10 87 Bigtime Reign nwtd ..........................L Ahern 4 61678 Scott The Best 30.86 K & ............... J Maisey 10 67682 Serena Rose 17.70 ..........................L Ahern 5 18458 Level Down nwtd ..........................M Roberts 8 3.06pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C2D C2d, 645m 3 1.38pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 C1, 520m

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

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Ashburton Guardian 19

Monday, April 6, 2015

In brief

■ ELLERSLIE

Marsh eyes black type prize Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh is expecting good things from promising two-year filly Girlsarebackintown at Ellerslie today but it is a bigger challenge in a fortnight where he hopes his charge will shine the brightest. The showy grey filly has placed third in each of her three career runs to date and has been spotted finishing her races off strongly, a trait that Marsh believes will serve her well when she tackles the 1300 metres of the DJ O’Sullivan Salver at Ellerslie. “I’ve been delighted with what she has done to date as I have always believed she was a filly who would be at her best over more ground as a three-year-old,” explained Marsh. “After her run at New Plymouth where she made really good ground against the pattern of the day we decided to give her a small break in the paddock and set her for the two-year-old mile at Ellerslie on Easter Handicap day. “The way she has been attacking the line indicates the mile shouldn’t be a problem and she won’t mind any easing in the track if we get any rain.”

That race is the Listed Windsor Park Champagne Stakes that will be run on Gr. 1 Manco Easter Handicap Day with Marsh expecting to meet a number of the filly’s rivals on Monday again in a fortnight. “Our filly has been working really well and I do expect a forward showing but she may have her work cut out against a couple of the smart ones who are lining up against her,” he said. “Shaune Ritchie’s filly (Let Her Rip) looked exceptional in her debut and I think she will be the hardest to beat. Whatever we do I know that my filly will improve markedly and when we get to the mile I expect her to be at the top of her game.” Marsh has a further two runners entered today where he will be looking to extend his current stable record tally of 41 wins for the season. “Stars In Align is dropping back from the elite grade in the New Zealand Oaks to rating 65 company so she will definitely appreciate that,” he noted. - NZME Girlsarebackintown: big run expected.

M2 Auckland gallops

Treble for O’Sullivan The training partnership of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott continued their stellar season when they registered a winning treble at Hastings on Saturday. The three victories took the stable’s tally to 40 for the season to date with plenty more to come judging by the performances of Saturday’s winning trio. Promising two-year-old filly Fascinate Me set the tone with a gritty performance to register her maiden victory in the Niagara at Lime Country Sprint (1100m). A heady ride by Darryl Bradley saw Etonett make it a race to race double for the stable while Da Shindig rounded out the day with a comprehensive victory in the last event on the card. - NZME

Trainer doing rain dance Trainer John Sadler is looking for some of Sydney’s wet weather to filter down to Melbourne for Charmed Harmony. The experienced wet tracker is engaged in the Sandown Park (UK) Handicap over 1200m on the Sandown Lakeside course today. Charmed Harmony has a perfect record on the Lakeside course from two starts. - AAP

Today at Ellerslie Raceway

Auckland RC Venue: Ellerslie Meeting Date: 06 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 12.00pm (NZT) LEGENDS FELLOWSHIP 2100 RATING 85 $20,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2100m 1 x5456 Storming The Tower tm (7) 59 ......... R Jones 2 32521 Seconds Out d (3) 56.5 ..............M Cameron 3 63245 Full Count d (1) 55 .........................V Colgan 4 04712 Killarney Kid td (5) 55.................M Coleman 5 23111 Celebrity Miss td (6) 54.5 6 01176 Apache Fireworks tdb (2) 54 .......T Thornton 7 18491 Endorsement d (4) 54 2 12.35pm L A O’SULLIVAN SHIELD MDN $10,000, MAIDEN, 2100m 1 3x662 The Talisman (6) 58.5 ................... R Norvall 2 08402 Cruiseo (12) 58.5 ........................C Lammas 3 54737 Affogato (3) 58.5 .........................T Thornton 4 54443 Big Meadsy (9) 58.5 ...................V Gatu (a3) 5 2386 Shining Brave (4) 58.5 ...............M Cameron 6 77059 Zah Off (5) 58.5 7 x9092 A Perte De Vue (13) 56.5 ...L Magorrian (a2) 8 66335 Centre Stage (10) 56.5 .................O Bosson 9 44320 Lady Jessica (11) 56.5 ........ R Hutchings (a) 10 50248 Hot Lady (2) 56.5 ............................ S Spratt 11 59863 I Candy (8) 56.5 ......................B Hutton (a2) 12 74x55 Bit Of Crumpet (7) 56 ........................L Innes 13 550 Voldini (1) 56 ............................. M D Plessis 3 1.10pm R J SKELTON VASE MAIDEN $10,000, MDN,

1400m 1 32665 Postd’or (12) 58.5....................B Hutton (a2) 2 0x Planned (9) 58.5 ....................... A Collett (a) 3 80x66 Reset The Turbo (3) 58.5 ............C Lammas 4 23x33 Zucchero b (10) 58.................... M D Plessis 5 35. Duke Of Sussex (1) 58 ..................O Bosson 6 8x6 Foxburrow Hill (6) 58 ....................... S Spratt 7 886 Licavoli (7) 58 .................................. C Grylls 8 6 Pinko Moon (2) 58............... R Hutchings (a) 9 Howland (4) 58...............................V Colgan 10 Perry (14) 58 ...............................T Thornton 08 Lucky Affair (11) 56.5 .........L Magorrian (a2) 11 12 8532x Zabelle (8) 56 13 2 Long Harbour (13) 56......................S Collett 14 3 Touch The Sky (5) 56 .................M Cameron 4 1.45pm DJ O’SULLIVAN SALVER 2YO $17,500, 2YO SW+P, 1300m 1 1 Lamarosa (3) 57.5............... R Hutchings (a) 2 73732 Hypervelocity (12) 56 ...................... S Spratt 3 2 Gran Via (10) 56.........................M Cameron 4 4 San Miguel (1) 56............................ C Grylls 5 6 Deverstation (11) 56......................P Holmes 6 7 Ronchi (6) 56 7 Dragon Dancer (2) 56 8 1 Amalfi (15) 55.5.............................M McNab 9 1 Let Her Rip (14) 55.5 ....................O Bosson 10 333. Girlsarebackintown (5) 54 ......... M D Plessis 11 6x2 Royal Raine (4) 54 .........................V Colgan 12 43x Electric Aura (7) 54 ......................... K Myers

13 63 Fanatic (9) 54 .............................M Sweeney 14 5 Lady Painton (8) 54 .....................C Lammas 15 7 Buy Me A Rock (13) 54 Emergency: Buy Me A Rock 5 2.20pm C M JILLINGS CUP MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 72334 Take It Out (9) 58 ............................M Vance 2 0x42 Spreadeagled (7) 58 .....................O Bosson 3 0x783 Markwood (2) 58 ................L Magorrian (a2) 4 44 Darci Glitter (8) 58.......................T Thornton 5 66444 Dashin (1) 58 .............................M Coleman 6 75 Sovereign (5) 58.............................. S Spratt 7 92073 Beaming (10) 56.5 ............................L Innes 8 08908 Mia Rose (3) 56.5 ......................M Sweeney 9 80970 Shesgotit (6) 56.5........................C Lammas 10 65846 La Novice 56 ................................ Scratched 11 44460 Buffalo Rose (4) 56 ......................... C Grylls 12 0x In A Trance (11) 56 13 550 Voldini 56...................................... Scratched 6 2.55pm N B HOLLAND MEDAL RATING 75 $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 26234 Biggin Hill tdb (7) 59..........................L Innes 2 47x28 Kanjistar dm (8) 59..................B Hutton (a2) 3 8356x Nothing tdm (6) 57 ....................J Oliver (a3) 4 x1514 Iffley Road td (1) 56 ...................M Cameron 5 11x Snapshot d (4) 55.5 ........................ C Grylls 6 7523x Lady Marilyn d (5) 54 ......................S Collett 7 113x Niki Piki Milo dmb (3) 54 ........... M D Plessis

M6 Riverton gallops

8 x0033 Melody Celebre td (2) 54 .......... A Collett (a) 9 92017 Puntinato t (9) 54 ..........................M McNab 10 93752 Dan The Man d (10) 54 ...... J Whiteside (a3) 7 3.30pm G L COOKSLEY TANKARD 3YO $17,500, 3YO SW+P, 1600m 1 1x370 Caduceus td (1) 58.5 ...................... K Myers 2 22227 Rockfast (3) 57.5 ........................M Cameron 3 71174 Midnight Mistress t (4) 56.5 L Magorrian (a2) 4 04320 Prima (2) 56 ............................B Hutton (a2) 5 66444 Dashin 56 ..................................... Scratched 6 23125 Maid Of Steel tb (7) 55.5 ...................L Innes 7 33312 Savannah Somoya d (6) 55.5......T Thornton 8 616 Blue Flag td (5) 55.5 ....................... C Grylls 8 4.05pm T J MCKEE TROPHY RATING 75 $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 x0508 Moneytree td (7) 59.5.........L Magorrian (a2) 2 1122x Highly Likely dm (5) 57...............M Cameron 3 60876 Adrenaline Rush t (4) 56 ............ Z Moki (a3) 4 05813 Flyinby dm (3) 55 ............................ K Myers 5 57021 Endean Rose d (1) 54 .............B Hutton (a2) 6 51444 Berg En Dal d (8) 54 .......................S Collett 7 140x1 Nailed It d (2) 54 ....................... M D Plessis 8 517x6 Thee Achiever d (9) 54.................... C Grylls 9 11933 Amuse d (6) 54 ................. U Holmquist (a3) 10 0x697 Klitschko t (11) 54 ..........................V Colgan 11 06973 Bitethebullet td (10) 54 ...............G Cooksley 9 4.39pm D A PEAKE PLATE RATING 65 $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m

1 x6072 Banbury Lad m (4) 59 ......... R Hutchings (a) 2 31 Bee Tee Junior (6) 57.5 .....................L Innes 3 88120 Gifted Lad d (13) 57.5 ...................O Bosson 4 58281 Sir Sava d (7) 57 5 0x744 Secretary Of State (1) 57 ..........J Oliver (a3) 6 458x8 Gesemi m (11) 56.5 ...................M Cameron 7 34266 Table One (15) 56.5 ........................ C Grylls 8 03996 Domanae (8) 56 ..........................C Lammas 9 04630 Ocean Bound (14) 56........ U Holmquist (a3) 10 64381 Emmuska (12) 55.5............L Magorrian (a2) 11 31670 Stars In Align (3) 55 ......................M McNab 12 x0390 Lonely Boy (2) 55 13 49729 Team Pete tdb (10) 55..................... K Myers 14 49767 Ransoms Gold t (5) 54 ....................S Collett 15 6572x Arose m (9) 54 ........................... Z Moki (a3) Blinkers on: Killarney Kid (R1), Zah Off (R2), San Miguel (R4), Markwood (R5), Biggin Hill, Kanjistar (R6), Gifted Lad (R9) Blinkers off: Duke Of Sussex (R3), Caduceus, Prima (R7) Winkers on: Lady Jessica (R2) Winkers off: Gifted Lad (R9)

10 36572 Mal D’Mour b (4) 56 .................... C Johnson 11 40505 Sky Jazz (5) 55 ......................H Bennet (a4) 12 08049 Greyray h (7) 54.5 .................. B Murray (a3) 13 66047 The Bubbly One (10) 54 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 14 58890 Rikho (12) 54 15 07605 Tilly h (8) 54 ..........................R Cuneen (a2) 8 3.11pm RRC LIFE MEMBERS SOUTHERN CHAMPION HACK HANDICAP $20,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2147m 1 40435 No Emotion td (11) 59 .............P Shaikh (a3) 2 09909 Fiorano m (5) 57 .....................S Wynne (a1) 3 31468 Mr Nobody m (2) 56.5 ..................R Doherty 4 32803 Delacroix m (6) 56....................... C Johnson 5 x5066 Peter Parrot h (8) 56...................R Tyler (a1) 6 52052 Motorboat Mike b (10) 54.5 .............D Walsh 7 83730 No Rosettes m (1) 54 ..................L Callaway 8 3161x Gargamel tm (3) 54 ........................R Bishop 9 31118 Gunna Fly tm (4) 54 .....................T Moseley 10 07020 Unrelenting Lady (7) 54 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 11 87073 Kina Win (12) 54 ..................... G Jogoo (a3) 12 0x031 The Groomsman (9) 54.........R Cuneen (a2) 9 3.46pm MACAULAY MOTORS LONGWOOD HANDICAP $25,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 1 42463 Sucre dm (11) 59 ................ C O’Beirne (a3) 2 21088 El Chico td (5) 58.5 3 99x06 Coup Ay Tee d (4) 58 4 x6927 Chapel Star mb (10) 57.5........S Wynne (a1) 5 16373 Homeland d (8) 56.5 .............. B Murray (a3) 6 68134 The Knight m (7) 56 ................ G Jogoo (a3) 7 34011 Tommy Tucker dm (6) 55 .......... J Lowry (a3) 8 5972x Jealous Much d (1) 54 ................ C Johnson 9 200x9 Irish Excuse dm (9) 54 10 73171 Brah Spring d (3) 54.....................K Williams 11 0036x Comanche Gold tdmh (2) 54..... S Muniandy 10 4.21pm EUAN SHEARING CONTRACTING GUMMIE’S BUSH HANDICAP $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m

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SELECTIONS

Race 1: Celebrity Miss, Seconds Out, Storming The Tower Race 2: Centre Stage, Shining Brave, Bit Of Crumpet Race 3: Zucchero, Zabelle, Long Harbour, Touch The Sky Race 4: Let Her Rip, Gran Via, Amalfi, Girlsarebackintown Race 5: Spreadeagled, Take It Out, Beaming, Dashin Race 6: Niki Piki Milo, Biggin Hill, Iffley Road, Melody Celebre Race 7: Rockfast, Maid Of Steel, Blue Flag, Midnight Mistress Race 8: Flyinby, Nailed It, Thee Achiever, Berg En Dal Race 9: Gifted Lad, Stars In Align, Secretary Of State

Today at Riverton Raceway

Riverton RC Venue: Riverton Meeting Date: 06 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 11.15am AB LIME & F J SHEARING DRAINAGE OREPUKI MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 2147m 1 57503 Loose Goose (6) 58.5 ..................T Moseley 2 63733 Masterzed (8) 58.5 .....................R Tyler (a1) 3 72984 Kototama (1) 58.5 .............. D Prastiyou (a2) 4 68406 Hawkeye Chief (3) 58.5 ...........P Shaikh (a3) 5 88009 Rub It In h (10) 58.5 ..............R Cuneen (a2) 6 7x507 Tai Ho (5) 58.5 .........................D Bothamley 7 22884 The Lion Queen b (7) 56.5 ...........K Williams 8 75835 Galatoire b (9) 56.5 ..................... C Johnson 9 x0775 Oriental Bronze h (4) 56.5......... S Muniandy 10 x7096 Jamie Lee (11) 56.5 .................J Chong (a3) 11 44870 Justified (2) 56.5 .....................S Wynne (a1) 2 11.45am FORDE AUTO SERVICES & RIVERTON PLUMBING MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 20x2 Natural Cash b (13) 58.5......... G Jogoo (a3) 2 397x4 Diva’s Halo (16) 58.5 ....................T Moseley 3 x930x End Of The World (10) 58.5 ...........R Bishop 4 Double Panda (18) 58.5 5 3 Robin Charles (5) 58 .............R Cuneen (a2) 6 6 I Don’t Know (19) 58 ...............S Wynne (a1) 7 7056. Pinsaki (3) 58 8 85x0 Smokem Up (7) 58 .......................K Williams 9 4822x Spider Lily (17) 56.5 ............... B Murray (a3) 10 79533 Jafa Jill (1) 56.5 .................. D Prastiyou (a2) 11 03675 Secret Tap (11) 56.5........................D Walsh 12 09x65 Let’s Escape h (14) 56.5 ............R Tyler (a1) 13 730 Letthethunderroll (6) 56...............L Callaway 14 6 Wilberry (15) 56 15 Untapped (20) 58.5 ..................... C Johnson 16 Chancery Lane (9) 56.5 17 Kakapo (4) 58 18 Midnite Confession (12) 58 -

19 Havana (2) 58.5 20 7 Rock Solid (8) 56 Emergencies: Untapped, Chancery Lane, Kakapo, Midnite Confession, Havana, Rock Solid 3 12.15pm DES BRANKS BARBER SHOP THORNBURY HANDICAP $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 2766x The Gordonian dm (4) 62.............R Doherty 2 68252 I’m Maveric dm (9) 61 .....................D Walsh 3 x1246 A Bob Short dmb (6) 58.5 ........ J Lowry (a3) 4 16610 Arn’t I Choice d (7) 58 ..............D Bothamley 5 x1913 Dermott Brown (1) 57.5.........R Cuneen (a2) 6 1641 Koxinga 55 ................................... Scratched 7 35421 Forever Vital d (5) 54 .......................T Direen 8 x1914 The Barmaid d (8) 54 ......... A Edmeads (a3) 9 22266 Dunoon td (2) 54 ....................C Barnes (a1) 10 06702 Coffee tdm (3) 54 ........................ C Johnson 4 12.47pm RIVERTON SUPERVALUE & MCKENZIE MENSWEAR MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 x0406 Gold Nugget (8) 58.5 ...............D Bothamley 2 00. Holy Mackerel (12) 58.5 .......R Tyler (a1) 3 39x58 Boswell (13) 58 .......................S Wynne (a1) 4 60844 Madethecut (5) 58 ....................... C Johnson 5 46037 Mangaroa Miss (2) 56.5 ...............K Williams 6 87844 McGluskeysdaughter (7) 56.5 ... S Muniandy 7 73588 Queenofthestoneage (1) 56.5 ......T Moseley 8 46207 Spic N Span (11) 56.5........ D Prastiyou (a2) 9 76936 The Weddings Off (10) 56.5 10 93844 So Vital b (3) 56 11 3 Dovetail (9) 56 .................................D Walsh 12 x6655 Wild Wings (4) 56 ...........................R Bishop 13 00x06 Miss Fortune (6) 56 .................P Shaikh (a3) 5 1.25pm TORRESDALE SUFFOLK STUD MONOWAI HANDICAP $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m 1 6x877 Regalo Reaal dm (11) 59.5 ..........T Moseley 2 34153 Five Kings (8) 59 ..................... G Jogoo (a3) 3 31683 Timy Tyler tdh (1) 58 ..................R Tyler (a1)

4 4169x Reeves Hall tdm (9) 56 ...........S Wynne (a1) 5 x74x8 Clem d (3) 55.5 ........................... C Johnson 6 02011 A Beautiful Knight h (10) 55 ... B Murray (a3) 7 x5652 Beacons m (7) 55.........................R Doherty 8 12417 Saperavious tdm (12) 54.5 ..............D Walsh 9 34123 Matoaka d (6) 54 ............................R Bishop 10 13197 Lucille d (2) 54 .......................... S Muniandy 11 03345 Ruby’s Rose d (4) 54 .............C Barnes (a1) 12 54329 La Musique d (5) 54 ........................T Direen 6 2.00pm MENNIES MINI DIG & RIVERSIDE RENTALS HANDICAP $17,500, R65&JMPS Benchmark*, 2147m 1 53895 Sorley Boy (8) 59 .......................R Tyler (a1) 2 03003 Honor And Cherish tdm (11) 58D Bothamley 3 52266 Storm Home (10) 58 ......................R Bishop 4 59009 Cairnsville m (5) 57.5 ......................D Walsh 5 02503 Seeking Redemption (12) 57.5 ... C Johnson 6 5x324 Double Tap t (14) 57...............C Barnes (a1) 7 35621 Come Fly With Me h (7) 56.5 ......L Callaway 8 x8048 Radinka m (13) 55.5 ....................R Doherty 9 90942 Falena (2) 55 ...........................S Wynne (a1) 10 71747 Varvara th (9) 55 ..........................T Moseley 11 060x4 Beauty Glow m (15) 55 ...........P Shaikh (a3) 12 70000 Google Me h (4) 55 ................ B Murray (a3) 13 135x9 Keep It Tight tm (3) 55.............. J Lowry (a3) 14 79960 She’z A Prima Donna (6) 55D Prastiyou (a2) 15 90806 Snowdon (1) 55............................K Williams 7 2.35pm LOCATIONS REAL ESTATE WAIPANGO HANDICAP $17,500, Rating 65&JMPS Benchmark*, 2147m 1 64907 Croydon tdm (2) 59 ......................K Williams 2 50202 Puddle Alley (9) 58..........................D Walsh 3 07054 Joe Bonanno 57 ........................... Scratched 4 01500 Morcoat (6) 57................................R Bishop 5 P06x4 Cecil tm (11) 56.5.........................T Moseley 6 78196 Sir Amron mh (3) 56.5..............D Bothamley 7 0001. Hold The Note (1) 56................J Chong (a3) 8 04297 Keep Her Secret h (13) 56 .........R Tyler (a1) 9 41560 Catalan King h (14) 56 .............. S Muniandy

86865 Coup Rotorua dmb (6) 59 23918 Life’s In A Spin dh (9) 59 ..........D Bothamley 14338 Vanquished d (10) 59 ............... J Lowry (a3) 47553 Patrice (13) 58.5 44653 Delirium (5) 58 ................... D Prastiyou (a2) 54086 Swami dm (1) 58 .....................S Wynne (a1) x2160 Tap Out dm (15) 57.5 .................. C Johnson 5x324 Double Tap td (2) 57........................D Walsh 21367 The Theme (8) 56.5 .................. S Muniandy 77930 Doctor Eden (14) 56.......................R Bishop 87x0x Misscattlecreek (4) 55 ..................K Williams 74468 Ima Geegee tdm (12) 55 ..............T Moseley 800x0 Velocious Satin d (3) 55 ...... C O’Beirne (a3) 70676 Northern Tap t (11) 55 .....................T Direen 57066 Sir Jack Remington dmh (7) 55B Murray (a3) 11 4.56pm PGG WRIGHTSON TARAMEA BAY HANDICAP $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 94023 Jakob Gambino d (2) 59.......... G Jogoo (a3) 2 07180 Killa Question tdm (9) 58 3 74588 Assassin h (5) 57.5 ..................D Bothamley 4 x84x2 Drumgold (8) 57 5 07054 Joe Bonanno td (15) 57 ..................D Walsh 6 0x010 The Energizer dmh (6) 56 ..........R Tyler (a1) 7 07815 Readywhenyouare d (12) 55.5 .....K Williams 8 00176 Madam Lincoln d (14) 55.5 .....S Wynne (a1) 9 7x059 Our Santana d (7) 55.5 ............... C Johnson 10 5600x Proximity m (13) 55.5 ......... D Prastiyou (a2) 11 0703x Centavada dm (11) 55 ..........R Cuneen (a2) 12 x909x Our Castle 55 ............................... Scratched 13 10x00 The Rook tm (10) 54.5 .............. S Muniandy 14 60779 Western Tap (3) 54.................C Barnes (a1) 15 97000 Jenuwin (4) 54 .............................T Moseley 16 7660x Polly’s Sister (1) 54 Blinkers on : Smokem Up (R2), Boswell (R4), Rikho (R7), Our Santana, The Rook (R11) Blinkers off : Wilberry (R2) Winkers on : Kototama (R1)

Sport 20 Ashburton Guardian

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Chelsea keeps EPL lead By Tom Williams Chelsea weathered an extraordinary 65-yard goal by Charlie Adam to re-establish their sevenpoint lead at the Premier League summit with a 2-1 defeat of Stoke City yesterday. Arsenal had earlier trimmed Chelsea’s lead to four points by blitzing Liverpool 4-1 and a twist appeared in store when Adam cancelled out Eden Hazard’s 39thminute penalty in show-stopping fashion at Stamford Bridge. A minute before half-time, the Scottish midfielder picked up a loose ball deep inside his own half and launched a raking shot with his left foot that Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois could only help into the net. It was a goal that brought to mind David Beckham’s famous lob against Wimbledon in 1996

and Chelsea’s cause was further harmed when Diego Costa limped off with a hamstring injury. But Loic Remy gave Chelsea victory in the 62nd minute, tapping home a pass from Hazard after Willian had intercepted Asmir Begovic’s throw, to leave Jose Mourinho’s side seven points clear with a game in hand. “Every victory is one step ahead,” Mourinho told the BBC. “The others know they have to win every game. For us, we have to think about ourselves and forget about the others.” Arsenal had earlier dealt Liverpool’s Champions League qualification hopes a massive blow with a stylish victory that lifted Arsene Wenger’s side to second place. Arsenal scored three times in a dizzying eight-minute spell immediately prior to half-time, with Hector Bellerin, Mesut Ozil,

from a direct free-kick, and Alexis Sanchez on target. Jordan Henderson hit back with a 76th-minute penalty, but after Emre Can was sent off for two bookable offences, Olivier Giroud slammed home Arsenal’s fourth in stoppage time. Beaten 2-1 by Manchester United before the international break, Liverpool have now lost twice in succession and were left seven points below the top four after United beat Aston Villa 3-1. Champions Manchester City slipped to fourth place ahead of their trip to Crystal Palace after United sank Villa at Old Trafford to claim third place and move eight points clear of Liverpool. Ander Herrera scored twice for the hosts and Wayne Rooney found the net with a stunning shot on the turn, while Christian Benteke replied for Villa. - AFP

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Tevez right on target Daily Events By JusTin Davis Carlos Tevez hit his 17th goal of the campaign and Roberto Pereyra added a late second as Juventus beat Empoli 2-0 in Turin yesterday to restore their 14-point lead on Roma. Roma had earlier ended a fourmonth wait for victory at the Stadio Olimpico when Miralem Pjanic struck in the 25th minute to seal a 1-0 win for Rudi Garcia’s men over Napoli. But Juve’s 21st win of the season restored their sizeable advantage and underlined their status as champions in waiting. Tevez gave Juve a controversial lead two minutes from the interval when he smashed a free kick past Luigi Sepe after an Empoli player was ruled to have

given a backpass to the ‘keeper. Massimiliano Allegri’s side were in little danger for the remainder but wrapped up the points in extra-time when Pereyra smashed home the rebound from a Tevez strike. Tevez now leads Serie A on goals with 17 so far, one more than Frenchman Jeremy Menez who pulled level with the Argentinian when he hit the winner for AC Milan in a 2-1 win at Palermo. Earlier, Roma’s joy was tempered when Lazio made it seven on the trot with a 3-1 away win at Cagliari. Spanish midfielder Borja VaMilan’s 2-1 win at Palermo kept them in eighth but Filippo Inzaghi’s men are now six points off fifth-placed Napoli in the second and last league spot for the Europa League. - AFP

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Monday

New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Seafield Road. 1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Sports Club,

Cavendish Street. 6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free. St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia. 7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

Tuesday

NEWCOMERS. Social group coffee morning, All welcome. Nosh Cafe in the Ashford Village, West Street. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter. 12.00pm - 12.30pm TAI CHI ASHBURTON. Tai Chi open session, all welcome, free at the Village Green, Ashfords, West Street. 12.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC). Document or service from a JP, open every

Tuesday. Community House, 122 Tancred Street. (rear of Westpac Bank). 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road. 1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. For new and regular players. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, Racecourse Road. 7.30pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night section club night, new players welcomed, racquets available. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

(Note: due to public holiday some activities may not have proceeded.) 9.30am - 10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Monday morning ladies exercise group. Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group, meet at the Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Main Road and Jane Street, Tinwald. 9.45am “GOLF CROQUET’ WAIREKA. Golf Croquet singles. Philip Street. 10.00am

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) While yesterday’s eclipse fell in your relationship sector it was the Moon’s opposition with the Sun that was the real wakeup call. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) A combination of yesterday’s eclipse and Ceres’ return to your career sector 2 days ago has the professional gods back in a new capacity. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Hold onto the spirit of romance and playfulness yesterday’s lunar eclipse unleashed, and a sense of adventure that is back in play. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) As the Moon leaves your home and family sector after yesterday’s lunar eclipse any work/life balance tension this created will ease back. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Something has shifted over the last few days and while there may be tension a communication and/or relationship breakthrough is possible. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) As yesterday’s lunar eclipse wraps up hold on to the nose for money as you ride the push created on the income and work fronts. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) As the Moon leaves your sign after yesterday’s lunar eclipse this will see any personal and/or relationship tension ease back dramatically. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Where the long weekend has cast a languid and almost lazy veil over things hold onto this as much as possible, as it starts to evaporate. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) While the Moon leaves a social and serendipitous part of your chart after yesterday’s lunar eclipse this has triggered something there is no going back from. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Pay attention to any work/life balance reminders over the last few days, because where you’re going you’ll need them. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) Something has been awoken that there’s no going back from, with a life spent simply going through the motions having lost its appeal. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) As the Moon leaves your financial sector and wraps up yesterday’s lunar eclipse this could leave you with more than your financial instincts sharpened.

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Family Notices DEATHS HUTT, Gordon Raymond – It is with extreme sadness that Gourdie’s family announce his passing on April 4, 2015 at Coldstream House, Ashburton, in the arms of his loving wife and companion of almost 60 years and surrounded by his family. Loved husband of Adele. Father of Christine, and Garry and their partners Bill, and Lynn. Treasured Poppa of Emily, and Kelly and Maria, Zane, and Nina. Great Poppa to Brynn, Will, Hunter, and Austin, and soon to join us, Eevee. Funeral details to follow. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433 HUTT, Gordon Raymond – On April 4, 2015. Son of the late Leslie and Margaret Hutt. Loved brother and brother- inlaw of Kinloch and Hilda, the late Myra Cromie, the late Lesley Fisher and all their families.

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Wind km/h less than 30

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

Canterbury Plains

rain

snow

hail

60 plus

TODAY

Auckland

fine

Rain about the divide, heavy falls and possible thunderstorms at night. High cloud further east. Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to gale 80 km/h, gusting 120 km/h in exposed places. Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to severe gale NW 120 km/h later.

Hamilton

fine

Napier

fine

Wellington

fine

TOMORROW

Nelson

drizzle

Blenheim

fine

Greymouth

rain

Christchurch

mainly fine

Timaru

mainly fine

Queenstown

rain

Dunedin

mainly fine

Invercargill

mainly fine

TOMORROW High cloud at times. Strong gusty northeasterlies dying away.

THURSDAY Cool southerlies developing in the morning, with brief rain then a few showers.

Rain with heavy falls near the divide, and scattered rain further east. Northwesterlies rising to gale and possibly severe gale.

Showers clearing and southwesterlies dying away.

showers cloudy showers cloudy fine showers fine thunder showers showers thunder fine fine fine cloudy

FZL: Above 3000m

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

FZL: Above 3000m

Rain with heavy and thundery falls near the divide, and scattered rain further east. Wind at 1000m: NW, severe gale 100 km/h in exposed valleys, gradually dying away. Wind at 2000m: Severe gale NW 100 km/h gradually easing to 40 km/h.

High cloud thickening, brief rain possible. Northwesterlies rising to gale in exposed places.

Frankfurt Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi

12 2 27 0 19 24 15 27 7 26 25 17 19 3 6

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10 10 16 28 28 27 32 22 33 17 19 20 18 7 32

0 2 10 24 23 14 24 13 24 3 12 7 12 0 22

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fine fine fine rain fine fine cloudy thunder fine showers drizzle fine drizzle fine snow

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9 pm am 3

Tuesday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

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Set 8:12 am Rise 7:10 pm

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Good fishing Set 10:11 am Rise 8:24 pm

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26 Apr 11:57 am

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

0.92

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

87.3

Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

3.35 no data

Sth Ashburton

43.9

Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

250.1

Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.0 15.2 Max to 4pm 10.9 Minimum 10.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.4 16hr to 4pm April to date 1.2 Avg Apr to date 8 2015 to date 116.4 177 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 15 At 4pm Strongest gust E 22 Time of gust 12:42pm

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Canterbury Readings

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4:49 10:59 5:11 11:26 5:29 11:42 5:53 12:10 6:12 12:28 6:39 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

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Forecasts for today

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6am Country Calendar Specials 0 7am House Gift 3 Three interior designers, each with a different budget, look around an ordinary home and find the perfect present for its owners. 8am Cowboy Builders 3 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show PGR 0 11am Coach Trip PGR 0 11:55 Chinese Food In Minutes 12:25 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:25 The Inspectors PGR 0 1:55 Come Dine With Me Couples 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Border Security 0 7:30 Our First Home The families step away from the building site to take part in the Women’s Weekly vertical-garden task, a timeconsuming task but the prize is worth it. 0 8:30 Stalker AO 0 9:25 Forever AO 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 Golf – PGA Tour (Highlights) 11:55 Criminal Minds AO 3 When the BAU investigates several murders in the Pittsburgh area, the team searches for two suspects working as a team. 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The View From River Cottage 7am Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 7:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 10am IFish 10:30 The View From River Cottage 11am Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 11:30 Luke Nguyen’s France Noon Luke Nguyen’s Memories Of Vietnam 1pm Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 2pm Better Homes And Gardens 3pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 4pm The Flying Winemaker 4:30 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 5pm House Wreck Rescue 6pm Auction Room 6:30 Buying Alaska 7pm Beverly Hills Pawn 7:30 Travels With The Bondi Vet 8pm Destination Flavour Down Under 8:35 Lost Kingdoms Of Central America 10pm Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets PGR 11pm House Wreck Rescue

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Midnight Auction Room 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 2am The Flying Winemaker 2:30 Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 3am Buying Alaska 3:30 Auction Room 4am Travels With The Bondi Vet 4:30 Destination Flavour Down Under 5am Lost Kingdoms Of Central America

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 6:52 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 M The Winnie The Pooh Movie 2011 Animated. John Cleese, Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey. 0 8:10 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:35 Jane And The Dragon 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 F Pair Of Kings 3 0 11am Wipeout 3 0 Noon M Hairspray PGR 2007 Comedy Musical. Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta. 0 2:20 Regular Show 0 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 4pm Mighty Med 4:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3 0 5pm Home And Away 0 6pm Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 The Middle When Aunt Edie dies, the Hecks take a train to South Dakota to take her body to its final resting place. 0 8pm Cougar Town PGR 0 8:30 M The Help AO 2011 Drama. Emma Stone, Viola Davis. 0

6am Bondi Vet 3 6:30 The Dr Oz Show 3 7:30 The Queen Latifah Show 3 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 Rachael Ray 3 11:30 Crazy Ones PGR 3 Noon Crazy Ones PGR 3 12:30 Baggage PGR 1pm The Bold And The Beautiful PGR 1:30 Dr Phil PGR 3 2:25 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3:25 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 30 3:55 Entertainment Tonight 4:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 4:55 The Block – Fans v Favourites 6pm 3 News

11:30 Samantha Who? PGR 0 Midnight Miss Guided PGR 3 12:25 Shameless AO 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 Scandal AO 3 0 3:20 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 4:05 Regular Show 3 0 4:20 Zeke And Luther 3 0 4:40 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:55 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

7pm Road Cops PGR 3 0 7:30 The X Factor NZ The remaining acts perform live. 9:30 State Of Affairs AO Photos surface of national landmarks featuring an Arabic symbol; Charlie is in Yemen to make contact with her asset. 0 10:25 Sons Of Anarchy AO 3 0

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6am Sesame Street 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Turbo Fast 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 0 8:30 Care Bears 3 8:55 Peppa Pig 3 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 The Moe Show 3 0 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 3 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Futurama 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 New Girl PGR 8pm The Goldbergs PGR 8:30 F Community PGR 8:55 N Community PGR The Dean’s purchase of a virtual-reality system could bankrupt the school, so Jeff must find the device’s creator to save Greendale. 9:30 The Xtra Factor NZ PGR 10pm Raising Hope PGR 3 10:25 NYC 22 AO (Starting Today) 3 11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show Jeff Probst hosts a daytime talk show. 2pm Wife Swap USA PGR Two mothers switch households for a week, challenging them to open their minds to another family’s house rules. 3pm Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Cookery Course 3 Gordon Ramsay’s simple guide to cooking. 3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 7pm 7:35 8:35 9:35

QI PGR 3 Best Of Top Gear 3 60 Minutes PGR 3 N Silent Witness AO When Leo’s friend commits suicide, Harry and Nikki are called to the scene of a violent and calculated murder, thought to be the work of an apparently dormant serial killer. 10:45 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 11:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. 12:15 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7:30 Kia Mau! 3 8am Iwi Anthems 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am It’s In The Bag 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 3 2

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Hardcore Pawn PGL 7:40 Parking Wars PGL 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 CSI – Miami MV 10:35 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 11:35 CSI MV 12:25 The Musketeers MVLS 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm Hardcore Pawn PGL 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7:30 The Musketeers MVLS 9:30 CSI MV The CSIs investigate the death of a party girl killed in a traffic accident. 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 The Musketeers MVLS

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1:25 The Amazing Race PG 2:15 Parking Wars PGL 2:40 Law And Order MV 3:30 The Simpsons PG 3:55 SVU MV 4:45 CSI MV 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

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6am Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Liverpool. 9am Football – A-League (Replay) Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory. 11am Rugby Nation Noon Rugby – World Sevens Series (Highlights) Day Two. 1:30 Football – Women’s International (Highlights) USA v New Zealand Football Ferns. 2pm Sports News UK 2:30 Football – A-League (Highlights) Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory. 3pm Golf Central 4pm Small Blacks TV 4:15 Random Rugby TV 4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5pm Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 6pm Paddle Boarding – New Zealand Nationals 6:30 Surfing – World Surf League (Highlights) 7:30 L Netball – ANZ Championship Tactix v Steel. From Horncastle Arena in Christchurch. 9:15 Netball Zone 10pm Football – A-League (Highlights) Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington. 10:30 Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Liverpool. 1:30 L Cycling – Tour Of Basque Country Stage One. 3:15 Small Blacks TV 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Five Monday. 4am Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Tactix v Steel. 4:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 4:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari 3 2 8pm N Beneath The Surface PGR 8:30 Native Affairs 9:30 The First World War AO 10:30 Iti Pounamu AO 11pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Warriors v Storm. 1am Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Dukes Of Haggle M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Edge Of Alaska M 8:30 MythBusters PG Boomerang Bullet. 9:30 American River Renegades PG On Thin Ice. 11:30 Dead Of Night M 12:30 I Married A Mobster M No Way Out. 1pm I Married A Mobster M Jekyll and Hyde. 1:30 Cry Wolfe M 2:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 6:30 Railroad Alaska PG Train from Hell. 7:30 Auction Hunters PG Missouri Loves Company. 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M Eerie Eruption; Slippery Slope; Downstream Disaster. 10pm Chaos Caught On Camera M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M TUESDAY Midnight Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1:30 Poisoned Passions M 2:30 Game Of Pawns M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG Dirty Jobs of the Big Apple.

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MOVIES PREMIERE

Silent Witness

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MOVIES GREATS

7:35 A Stranger In Paradise 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Colin Egglesfield, Stuart Townsend. 9am Parker 16VL 2013 Action. Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez. 11am Bad Words MLS 2014 Comedy. Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn. 12:30 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo. 2:25 X-Men – Days Of Future Past MVL 2014 Action. Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence. 4:35 American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams. 6:50 Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Kevin James. 8:30 The Butterfly Room MVL 2012 Horror. Barbara Steele, Ray Wise. 10:05 300 – Rise Of An Empire 16VLS 2014 Action. Eva Green, Sullivan Stapleton. 11:50 High Life 18V 2009 Comedy. Timothy Olyphant, Steven Eric.

7:05 As Good As It Gets ML 1997 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear. 9:20 The Aviator MC 2004 Biography. Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law. 12:05 The Sum Of All Fears MVL 2002 Action. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman. 2:10 There’s Something About Mary 16LS 1998 Comedy. Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller. 4:10 The International 16VL 2009 Crime. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts. 6:10 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding jr. 8:30 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Defoe. 10:35 Braveheart 16V 1995 Historical Drama. Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau.

1:10 American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama. Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams. 3:25 Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy. 5:05 High Life 18V 2009 Comedy.

1:30 The Making Of Get Smart PG 1:50 The International 16VL 2009 Crime. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts. 3:45 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding jr.

TUESDAY

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

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TUESDAY

Midnight Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Tactix v Steel. 12:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show 1am Football League Show 1:30 L Rugby League – Super League Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers. 4am L Rugby League – Super League Catalans Dragons v Widnes Vikings.

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Ashburton’s Lewis Dray turns on to the straight during in the annual Mountain Thunder street race in Methven on Saturday.

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Thunder rolls through Methven BY JONATHAN LEASK

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Local racers got amongst the results in the annual Mountain Thunder street race in Methven on Saturday. The race around the tight 1km circuit in the centre of Methven attracted a big field of 150 rid-

ers from across New Zealand. Ashburton teenager Bailie Perriton bounced back from a troubled nationals campaign last month take out the Buckets, completing a three-year slide up the podium at the Mountain Thunder in Methven. Perriton’s Suzuki FXR150 was third in

20123 and came in second last year but was able to outgun fellow Ashburton teen Lewis Dray to take the win this time around. Perriton was unable to defend his title in the Junior Clubman 250 class, settling for second behind Dennis Charlett. Bryan O’Hara (81) showed

that age was no barrier as the local legend contested the Pre 63 350cc coming in third, and he also rode in the Pre82 junior class. In the Formula Methven Ashburton’s Andrew Rudd rode his Honda CBR600 to second overall behind Dan McKenzie on a

Honda CBR1000, with Charlett third on a Suzuki SV650. Special guest for the weekend, motocross rider Josh Coppins, swapped the dirt for tarseal and the 38-year-old former world number two showed his class in taking out the Super Motard class.

Ko slides down the leaderboard at year’s first major World No 1 Lydia Ko will have to wait for her first major victory after a two-over 74 in the third round of the ANA Inspiration in California yesterday has pushed her off the pace.

The Kiwi began the day in a share of 30th but three bogeys and a birdie meant she never made up any ground as she ended the round in a share of 48th at two-over for the week.

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“I didn’t feel like it was too bad today,” Ko said. “I just couldn’t get the putts to drop.” Ko is 12 strokes back from leader Sei Young Kim (-10), who fired a three-under 69 during her

third round. The Korean holds a three-stroke lead over American Stacy Lewis (-7). A trio of players are one back at six-under. Despite all the accolades Ko has collected in her young ca-

reer, the teenager is yet to win a major tournament. The ANA Inspiration is the first major of the year and she will have four more opportunities in 2015. - NZME

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