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Rebuild highly anticipated

By Linda Clarke

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The architect for Ashburton College’s $50 million rebuild will be announced soon, though building work on the new campus will not begin for another two years.

Board of Trustees chair Jeremy Savage said the footprint of the 76 new classrooms and administration block had not yet been decided but options included the existing netball courts, play-

ing fields and former community pool site (now a gravel carpark).

Savage said the Ministry of Education would manage the project and the school would be able to have its say on the space functioned. He also hoped local businesses would engage when it came to awarding contracts for the work, which is timetabled to begin after the Ashburton District Council’s new building is constructed.

“We can get a school we think will suit our community and the needs of our community in the future.”

Savage talked about the significant build to former students and staff at an Ashburton College Alumni event on Friday.

He said the school had changed a lot since their day and was now a multicultural reflection of New Zealand with a roll that included 14 per cent Pacific Island stu-

dents, 14 per cent Maori and 14 per cent Filipino.

Alumni chair Peter Gluyas said the gathering marked 50 years since the laying of the foundation stone at the Walnut Avenue site, not to be confused with the 50th anniversary of the merging of Ashburton High School and Ashburton Technical School in 1965.

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The concrete block design served it well at the time, but has been found to be too hard to remodel.

The current classroom and technology blocks, and the administration area, will all be demolished once the new school is complete.

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Mount Hutt College band prepares for fundraiser Big music is a big focus at Mount Hutt College, and students can not wait to demonstrate their passion at a public performance this Friday, and then at their first-ever big festival later this month.

Pupils are flocking to free lessons in flute, clarinet, saxophone and brass, immersing themselves in the grand and symphonic world of concert music.

More instruments are needed to keep up with the demand, and money to buy these will be raised at the concert.

Music teacher Matthew Wood said rehearsals were going well as the Mount Hutt College Concert Band prepared for the concert, and auction, in the school’s hall at 7pm.

Band members would then be on their way to the Christchurch Wind Festival 2019 held on August 24 and 25, no small achievement after the group’s creation at just the start of Term 2.

“It’s taken most of that time to get everyone learning and a bit more developed on their instruments,” Wood said.

FENZ rep appointed to road safety group

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

From today the Ashburton District Council road safety co-ordinating committee will have an extra voice from the emergency services in the form of a representative from Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

Ashburton’s fire risk management officer Bevan Findlay will fill the role as the organisation looks to improve its risk reduction roles within the community for fires and emergencies like vehicle accidents.

“We didn’t have anyone there previously. It is about recognising firefighters do attend a lot of crashes and that

it has effects on our people,” he said. “It is also about seeing how we can help the community. We might have information that could be helpful.”

Findlay said there had been a big focus on risk-reduction from FENZ, at that it not only applied to fires.

“In emergency response circles, we talk about the four R’s, reduction, readiness, response and recovery,” he said.

“In the fire service, we have traditionally been very good at the middle two things (readiness and response), but not so much the other two.

“A lot of the work I do is in the reduction space, and with recovery stuff in the past when the firefighters were done they

would say good luck here you go with the charred skeleton of a building, but now we look at if there is anything else we can do.”

Findlay said there is a lot of scope for what FENZ could contribute, and that he was looking forward to seeing what they could add to the committee.

The committtee had previously consisted of councillors, council roading officers, and representatives from the New Zealand Transport Agency, New Zealand Police, ACC, Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service and the NZ Automobile Association, and will meet today for their quarterly meeting.

Rebuild highly anticipated From P1 Principal Ross Preece said the campus would be built to cater for 1350 students and flexible learning spaces for large groups and individual cells, as well as specialist rooms for subjects like hospitality and woodworking, where subjects used commercial machines they would find in the workplace.

He said the curriculum was changing to ensure students had the soft skills and disposition needed for the modern workplace, where they were more likely to have a succession of short-time employment contracts rather than be in the same job for 40 years.

He said computer labs would be a thing of the past as almost all students now brought their own digital devices. “They don’t need to remember the periodic table, they can just ask Siri.”

The alumni group visited several classrooms and the school library, where staff had prepared for an expected overnight downpour with buckets positioned to collect water

that dripped from the ceiling when it rained.

The event also included the opening of a time capsule, created by the class 3BT for an English project in 1996. Teacher at the time Denise O’Halloran did the honours, then invited four former students to read their work – students had been asked to write about themselves and what they thought would happen in the future.

The former students, Steve Carr, Jackie Hurst, Amy Clark and Laura Davidson, were a bit nervous reading their 14-year-old thoughts aloud, but did, with some minor editing to avoid embarrassment.

Steve, now an accountant, had predicted he might become a builder or a mechanic and own a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

Former teacher Lynne McDonald had a surprise of her own and presented a framed and embroidered Ashburton College crest (a raffle prize from the 25th jubilee) to alumni chair Peter Gluyas, to act as his badge of office.

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Mt Hutt aiming for increased birdlife

By Susan Sandys

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Fantails, bellbirds, kereru and kea do not buy ski lift passes, but Mt Hutt staff and management are hoping they will flock to the area nonetheless.

The ski area is involved in a pest trapping operation in the valley below its snowy slopes, and has just announced it is to replant an area around the lower access road in 1000 natives.

Manager James McKenzie said the ski area was working with the Department of Conservation for the planting project, which would begin after ski season. The natives would mainly be manuka, followed by beech trees, and would cover about six hectares, in the area about three kilometres up from the information booth.

McKenzie said coupled with the trapping programme already under way, the planting project would assist in helping native birds which populate the southern beech forests around Mt Hutt to thrive.

These included fantails, bellbirds, rifleman and kereru.

Another species which McKenzie and fellow staff and skiers would love to see return is the kea.

McKenzie said there had been a couple of sightings of the en-

dangered mountain parrot on the mountain so far this year, the last being at the top of the quad chair at the start of the ski season.

The birds once gathered at the ski area in flocks each ski season, entertaining skiers with their antics.

“Certainly with the trapping we are doing, we can make it safe for kea to start coming back and get back into their native habitat,” McKenzie said.

It was believed the birds bred in the upper alpine part of the valley below the skifield.

The mountain’s trapping programme launched last year was going well, catching plenty of introduced mammals which prey on birdlife. As of last week there had been 143 humane kills to date. This comprised 14 hedgehogs, 30 possums, 57 stoats, and 42 miscellaneous. The miscellaneous had not been able to be identified due to their carcasses having been scavenged.

Meanwhile, the ski area is looking at introducing an electric vehicle charging facility.

McKenzie said a mobile station may be the best option, as this would prevent motorists queuing around one site. A mobile station could be taken to motorists requesting the service.

It is hoped that birds like the kea will return to Mt Hutt.

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Another opportunity to clear more waste from farms Mid Canterbury farmers and growers have another opportunity to recycle chemical containers and other farm waste at two special pop-up collection events in the area next month.

The one-stop shop collection points will be at Ellesmere on September 9 and at Geraldine on September 11.

Farmers will be able to recycle or sustainably dispose of agrichemical containers, unwanted agrichemicals, used motor oil, seed and feed bags and soft plastics like silage and bale wrap.

The two Canterbury collection events are in addition to existing drop-off container collection sites that operate regularly in Methven, Mayfield, Rakaia, Tinwald

and Ashburton. The one-stop shop collection events are part of a Rural Waste Minimisation Project, designed to tackle some of the barriers to recycling that New Zealand’s rural communities face.

The collection is run by Agrecovery and backed by the Ministry for the Environment.

Each week, thousands of New Zealand households wheel their rubbish bins filled with household rubbish to the kerb for collection.

However, for many in the rural community a weekly waste collection service is not possible or practical.

An Environment Canterbury study in 2013 found that, on average, farms were producing nearly

10 tonnes of non-natural rural waste each year and some were burning or burying waste items because there are no other options.

Agrecovery held two trial events in Geraldine and Matamata last year and collected nearly 20 tonnes of rural waste.

The success of these events prompted the expansion of the pilot into four new areas this September.

South Island farm manager Aaron Gorrie participated in the 2018 event and hosted an open day on the farm he manages so people could find out more about the project.

“Like most farmers we are committed to sustainable farming. It’s

important to leave a legacy for future generations. We have a Farm Environment Plan in place and we work hard to ensure we meet the requirements of the plan.

“This is a great opportunity to have unwanted chemicals correctly disposed of.

“Since the 2018 event we have changed the way we manage our waste chemicals and containers.

Containers are now rinsed immediately and stored separately in an easily accessible place. We make regular drops to the Agrecovery collection site in Temuka. I would recommend attending the events because it’s an easy way to sustainably get rid of farm waste,” Gorrie said.

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started in 2007, with a product stewardship programme designed to help clear plastic agrichemical containers and drums from farms and orchards around the country.

The agrichemical industry funds the programme so that Agrecovery can recycle or recover agrichemicals and their packaging, to dissuade people from burying or burning waste on farms.

The September 2019 events are unique because of the increased items that can be dropped off.

Farmers and growers interested in registering for the events and finding out more about how to prepare material for drop off a should visit www.agrecovery. co.nz.

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Methven Craft Fair a success

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

Crowds have once again flocked to the annual Methven Craft Fair over the weekend.

The fair, which was held at the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall, was held over two days, with a wide range of wares on offer.

Organiser Rosa Watson said plenty of locals and those from out of town had supported the event.

“It was really good, we had a few people in town on the Sunday as the mountain (Mt Hutt) was closed in the morning so we managed to draw them in,” she said.

“We had around 40 stallholders which is a good number.”

Watson said the range of stallholders was a real strength of the event.

“There is such a range, you are not just shopping for one particular thing, you can be looking at clothes then bulbs for the garden, buying ice cream or spices for the barbecue or cooking,” she said.

No final count of numbers had

been completed, but Watson said she believed they would likely be up on last year, and definitely providing a boost to the Methven Playcentre, which the event is a fundraiser for.

“The locals are really good at getting out and supporting the

event,” she said.

“The committee has done some great work pulling it all together for a bunch of volunteers, and it does so much for our playcentre.

“I am already looking forward to next year.”

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A fridge, a dining table, toys, tyres and even an inflatable swimming pool might be items that you think you would need for setting up a home, but one person has decided to dump those items on a local beach, shocking nearby residents.

A Pendarves resident was shocked and disgusted over the weekend after finding the house lot of rubbish dumped over a cliff and on to Pendarves beach.

Any rubbish dumped above the high-tide line on a beach is the Ashburton District Council’s responsibility to clean up, and service delivery group manager Neil McCann said the rubbish will be removed as part of rouThe wide range of household rubbish that was dumped on Pen- tine clearing this Friday. darves Beach over the weekend shocked nearby residents.

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Good crowds attended the annual Methven Craft Fair.

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tion will be taken if the person responsible can be identified,” he said.

McCann said there had only been one recorded instance of rubbish being dumped at the same location, five years ago, but that they do occasionally see rubbish dumped on road ends near river mouths.

“In terms of prevention, education and advertising are the most widely used tools by council,” he said.

“The best action for people to take, if they see rubbish dumped, is to report it to council, via the Snap Send Solve App or contacting our customer service or, if it is directly in a waterway, report the incident to ECan. “Submitted photos showing registration of any vehicles involved also helps council to investigate,” he said.

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Library removes option to fine youngsters Youngsters and parents worried about fines stopping them from using services provided by the Ashburton District Council will no longer have to worry with fines for children under the age of 16 a thing of the past.

Introduced recently by the Ashburton Library, in conjunction with the Ashburton District Council, the move follows in the footsteps of a number of libraries around the country, creating the

The first school holiday programme to be run by the Ashburton District Council has been labelled a success. Recreation services manger Richard Wood said the programme had been a success after they had taken over its running from Sport Canterbury.

Wood said there was an average of 37 children participating each day in the two-week programme, and that plans were already in place for the next holidays, with a schedule set to be released soon.

Two more nominations were received yesterday for this year’s local government elections.

Current councillor, Stuart Wilson was nominated for the Eastern Ward while Chris Robertson was nominated for the Ashburton Licensing Trust. Nominations are open until next Friday, August 16

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possibility for even more youngsters to get involved in the pages of a book.

Trends and information provided by other libraries played a big role in the decision being reached to extend the olive branch to the younger generations of Mid Canterbury, with far too many instances of children not being able to be issued with books, in the mind of library manager, Jill Watson.

“It’s not really our role to teach fiscal responsibility,” she said.

“But we’ve been watching the trends of other libraries closely and I’m thrilled that we, along with the council after discussions, have come to this decision.”

Instances had been seen over time where a group of students would visit the library and some children would be left feeling embarrassed in front of their peers when they were unable to take out a book.

Often, Watson said, it was a case of some families not knowing that the book had been issued and it

never actually making it home, but instead staying at school which led to fines being accrued.

With the world now faced with a digital age, the challenge for libraries was to ensure that the process of getting a book from the library and taking it home and reading it was an easy a path as possible and by removing the threat of fines for younger people within the community it increased the possibility of more people reading books in the future.

Police investigate death Police are investigating after a body was found at a vacant property in Ruatoria. The body was found on Saturday afternoon, in the Gisborne Region, and is believed to have been there for some time. Detective Senior Sergeant Ben Quinn said police are yet to identify the body and are working to do so at the earliest opportunity. “Inquiries are ongoing and police will provide more information when we are in a position to do so,” he said. The discovery of the body comes a week after human remains were also located in scrubland in Taipa, Northland. Four days later, they were identified as that of Leeann Ailini Scott – who went missing after going for a walk in the area on December 12, 2014.

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Arrest warrant issued An arrest warrant has been issued for high-profile Killer Beez gang president Josh Masters after he failed to appear in court yesterday. Masters was released from prison in July last year after serving nearly all of a 10-year, five month sentence for supplying methamphetamine and laundering the profits through his rap label.

Masters was set to appear in the Auckland District Court. Earlier non appearances had been excused due to injuries and health. Court staff confirmed that a warrant has been issued for Masters’ arrest.

The warrant will lie in court until Wednesday midday – meaning if he does not present himself before then, the order will be escalated and police can take further action.

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Worker injured by clay Two ambulances and two fire engines attended an incident at an Auckland building site where a construction worker was seriously injured by falling building material yesterday. A worker said “a piece of clay” fell on the man on the site of a planned hotel and apartment tower. The injured man was lifted onto a stretcher by a crane on the site and was then guided to a waiting ambulance. A St John spokeswoman said the man had sustained serious injuries. A police spokeswoman said they were called to the incident about 3.20pm and confirmed WorkSafe had been notified.

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Horse trainer faces more sex charges NZME

Raising funds by raising their heart rates There was a good turnout at the EA Networks Centre gym on Sunday, when 37 people got their heart rate up participating in a step class fundraiser for The Stroke Foundation. Their efforts not only improved their own fitness levels, but raised $298 for the foundation.

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Unruly tourists’ plans upset NZME The “unruly tourists” who had a scandal-plagued visit to New Zealand have hit the headlines again in their homeland after finding their plans for a traveller site thwarted by some determined local opposition.

Patrick Doran has applied for permission to build the site in the Worchestershire hamlet of Dough Bank, outraging locals who claim the Doran clan have “little or no respect for the residents”.

Now locals are citing the European Convention of Human Rights in an effort to block construction of the site, which they say clashes with their “well-maintained houses” and “carefully attended gardens”.

Doran was granted permission

in 2016 to put two caravans and a toilet block on the site, but the approval lapsed after he was unable to meet conditions relating to protecting trees and a badger habitat.

Locals claim that Doran and his family have terrorised locals by playing loud music, tearing up trees, turning off their water supply and dumping waste.

Earlier this year, a resident told the Daily Mail: “Family members would take it in turns to urinate, or worse, in people’s driveways.

They turned their site, which was once beautiful, unspoilt woodland, into an eyesore. They built 10ft high breeze-block walls, which the council made them take down, and dumped hundreds of tons of rubble in heaps everywhere.”

Residents took their concerns

to the planning committee at Wychavon District Council and argued that their human rights would be breached if the site remained.

The chairman of Worcestershire County Council Peter Tomlinson, also a Dough Bank resident, told the meeting: “This applicant … appears to have no respect for planning law, for inspectors’ decisions or even for the High Court and, as you are well aware, little or no respect for the residents of Dough Bank.

“I believe this applicant is actually in breach of Article Eight of the Human Rights Convention by deliberately not respecting the rights of the settled community.”

Another resident told the meeting: “They have brought as many as four caravans on to the

site and subdivided the plot with an illegally-built 10ft-high wall.

“Dough Bank is a small collection of well-maintained houses each with carefully attended gardens. For these reasons and others we ask that this planning application is rejected.”

Doran attended the meeting with his partner, refusing to comment but saying: “I am very angry right now.”

The Dorans became infamous last summer after video emerged of them littering on Takapuna Beach before a young boy threatened to knock a woman’s “brains out” when the family were challenged by concerned locals.

Allegations then followed the group around New Zealand as they were accused of also attempting to rip off several restaurants and motels.

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A female horse trainer accused of grooming and sexually violating young girls with her boyfriend and recording it faces nine new charges.

Laken Maree Rose, 29, has already denied sexual crimes she faced with co-defendant Andrew Alan Williams, 52, which include allegations of sexual offending against two girls aged under 16 at a Bay of Plenty campground.

Last week, Tauranga District Court heard Rose was also accused of nine new charges, including rape, as a party, of a child aged 4 to 6 years old. The court heard there were at least five victims of Rose’s alleged sexual offending.

Rose faced another count of sexual violation; four counts of making objectionable publications, two counts of rape of a child under 12 as a party, one count of rape of a child aged between 12 and 16; and a count of possession of an objectionable publication.

The couple, well known in their home town of Cambridge, were arrested in May and at the time pleaded not guilty to three representative joint charges: one each of indecent assault, unlawful sexual connection and rape of an 8-yearold girl. Rose has since denied further sexual violation and committing an indecent act charges.

The police investigation into the couple has already accrued nearly 2000 videos and more than 22,000 images. The court heard police had about 130,000 recordings still to view.

Crown prosecutor Ben Smith told Judge Christopher Harding yesterday that due to the sheer amount of footage, it was likely Rose could face more charges. Her co-defendant Williams was ill in hospital and unlikely to face additional charges until he was better.

Judge Harding acknowledged the police investigation was ongoing and there was a chance more complainants could still be yet to come forward.

Rose was remanded in custody until her next appearance on August 22.

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Funny pair deliver serious message WorkSafe is rolling out a sequel to its Safe Guy campaign, using humour to deliver a serious message to Mid Canterbury workplaces and others around the country.

Some 63 people were fatally injured in New Zealand workplaces last year and almost 30,000 suffered injuries that meant they needed more than a week off work.

The rate of serious injury for Maori workers is higher than for the total population and almost 90 per cent of workplace fatalities are men.

Also of concern to WorkSafe is that each year 10 times more people die from long-term health issues caused by work.

WorkSafe says the campaign encourages workers to do the easiest thing to improve health and safety, to speak up.

This year the 2018 Safe Guy D’Angelo Martin will be accompanied in the sequel by social media up-and-comer Montel Tivoli to form a duo of Safe Guys.

Together, the duo play out different scenarios in a series of videos that will be used to spread messages about workplace health and safety.

WorkSafe Strategy and Performance Manager Jude Urlich says that research off the back of last year’s campaign found that people could really relate to the characters played out by the Safe Guy and that those surveyed said they were more likely to speak up about health and safety matters after viewing the campaign.

“This year’s campaign looks at two workmates and how they interact in the workplace. The Safe Guys play out a number of scenes that most people can relate to.

“We are using humour to share what is actually a really serious message – that too many New Zealand workers are being hurt at work – especially young Maori men. When it comes to looking after your workmates you’ve got to speak up – and it really doesn’t matter how you do it, as long as you do it”.

The campaign will feature on videos, posters, billboards and radio adverts over the next three months.

Right – D’Angelo Martin (left) and social media star Montel Tivoli use humour to deliver a serious message about being safe at work.

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Sweeping law changes NZME Women will have access to abortions until 20 weeks’ pregnancy without having to go through legal hoops, under a law change proposed by the Government.

Justice Minister Andrew Little announced the details of a long-awaited bill aimed at decriminalising abortion – the first major reform in more than four decades.

Abortion is currently a crime in New Zealand, but exemptions mean women can still get access if two doctors agree a pregnancy would put them in physical or mental risk – a process that’s been criticised as both slow and stigmatising.

Under the new law, the decision will be up to the woman until 20 weeks’ pregnant.

After that, the person performing the procedure will have to “reasonably believe the abortion is appropriate with regard to the pregnant woman’s physical and mental health, and wellbeing”.

“Abortion is the only medical procedure that is still a crime in New Zealand. It’s time for this to change,” Little said.

“Safe abortion should be treated and regulated as a health issue; a woman has the right to choose what happens to her body.”

The bill will be voted on in a conscience vote in Parliament, rather than along party lines.

It will have its first reading in

the House on Thursday.

Other changes include: ■■ Allowing women to self-refer to an abortion service, bypassing their GPs if they object ■■ Ensuring health practitioners advise women about counselling services ■■ Allow a regulation-making power to set up safe areas around specific abortion facilities ■■ Ensure practitioners who object must inform pregnant women about their objection, and that the woman can obtain the services elsewhere Under the proposed law it will still be illegal for an unqualified person to try to perform an abortion and causing the death of an unborn child by harming a pregnant woman will remain an offence.

The Law Commission submitted three reform options for the Government to consider in October, but the legislation has been repeatedly held-up, including by negotiations with NZ First.

The options included having no statutory test to make sure the abortion was appropriate at any point; taking abortion out of the Crimes Act but having a statutory test; or only having a test for later-term abortions, after 22 weeks.

The option chosen is close to the third, but it’s understood NZ First negotiated to have the timeframe shortened.

Reform campaigners had been

calling for the first option and have described yesterday’s announcement as a mixed bag.

“It’s not as good as it could have been, but it’s so much better than the status quo, we have to give the Government props for that ... Overall, this is a huge step forward and quite an achievement,” Abortion Law Reform Association of NZ president Terry Bellamak said.

“But why the 20-week limit? There are scans that happen around 20 weeks and this gives people little time to consider those results.”

Family Planning also said it was disappointed there was still a legal test.

“The proposed approach isn’t what the broader health community, including Family Planning, recommended and is really a missed opportunity to put all women front and centre of the process,” chief executive Jackie Edmond said.

“Still, Family Planning is pleased that the proposed model will remove abortion from the Crimes Act and allow 99 per cent of women seeking an abortion to make their own decision in consultation with a health provider.”

There were about 13,000 abortions performed in New Zealand last year and a similar number in 2017, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Only 96 of those in 2017 took place after 20 weeks’ pregnancy.

Doctor slammed: Woman given wrong combo of drugs dies NZME A 75-year-old woman died after a Lakes District Health Board doctor gave her two drugs that should not be used together.

An investigation by Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill slammed the doctor for the “medical error” and found the DHB in breach for failing to have a “safety-net” plan in place to check and challenge prescribing if needed.

The woman, who has not been named for privacy reasons, was rushed to hospital in 2016 with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) – a condition in which one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot.

That day, she was given a drug called enoxaparin to prevent blood clots. Three days later, after she was confirmed to have PE, she was given another blood thinner drug called dabigatran, in addition to enoxaparin.

Either medicine can be used to treat PE, but they should not be administered together.

As a result she suffered a haemorrhage and was quickly rushed to the intensive care unit where her condition deteriorated.

The doctor at fault told the family that the “potential medi-

cation error” may have contributed to the woman’s death. He apologised to the family and the woman died a short time after that.

While Hill was critical that the doctor prescribed the drugs together when they shouldn’t have, his investigation identified a more widespread lack of clarity around their use at the time.

“The pharmacy review is an important safety-net to check, and sometimes challenge, prescribing,” Hill said.

He found that in addition to the medication error there were other issues with the use of existing DHB tools and policies.

The woman deteriorated during her stay at the hospital and, had the DHB’s communication tool been used, it is likely that the woman’s care would have been escalated sooner, Hill said.

The commissioner was critical of both the content of the DHB’s open disclosure policy, and communication of the policy to staff.

The DHB were told to make a number of changes to improve its policies, guidelines, and documentation to ensure better safe-netting if errors do happen.

Hill also told the DHB to apologise to the family.

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Killer kept a ‘hit list’ AP High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape list” of girls he wanted to sexually assault.

The accounts by two former classmates emerged after police said there was nothing in the background of 24-year-old Connor Betts that would have prevented him from purchasing the .223-calibre rifle with extended ammunition magazines that he used to open fire outside a crowded bar.

Police on patrol in the entertainment district fatally shot him less than a minute later.

Both former classmates told The Associated Press that Betts was suspended during their junior year at suburban Bellbrook High School after a hit list was found scrawled in a school bathroom.

That followed an earlier suspension after Betts came to school with a list of female students he wanted to sexually assault, according to the two classmates, a man and a woman who are both now 24 and spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern they might face harassment.

“There was a kill list and a rape list, and my name was on the rape list,” said the female classmate.

A former cheerleader, the woman said she didn’t really know Betts and was surprised when a police officer called her cellphone during her freshman year to tell her that her name was included on a list of potential targets.

“The officer said he wouldn’t be at school for a while,” she said. “But after some time passed he was back, walking

Rihanna slams Trump Rihanna has slammed the response of US President Donald Trump in an impassioned post on social media. The weekend was a horror show for the States with two mass shootings occurring within hours. These atrocities spurred the singer to action after seeing Trump’s response to the attacks on Twitter. On her Instagram she posted a screen grab of Trump’s tweet and began her message with, ”Um... Donald, you spelt “terrorism” wrong!” In her post she criticised Trump and the lack of gun laws in America. She concluded her post, writing, “Imagine a world where it’s easier to get an AK-47 than a VISA!” The home of Connor Betts is seen in Bellbrook, Ohio. Betts, 24 (inset), was killed by police less than a minute after he started shooting a .223-calibre rifle in the streets of Dayton’s historic Oregon District. the halls. They didn’t give us any warning that he was returning to school.”

Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Schools officials declined to comment on those accounts, only confirming that Betts attended schools in the district.

The discovery of the hit list early in 2012 sparked a police investigation, and roughly one-third of Bellbrook students skipped school out of fear, according to an article in the Dayton Daily News.

It’s not clear what became of that investigation.

Chief Michael Brown in Sugarcreek Township, which has jurisdiction over the Bellbrook school, did not return calls about whether his agency investigated the hit list.

Though Betts, who was 17 at the time, was not named pub-

licly by authorities at the time as the author of the list, the former classmates said it was common knowledge within the school he was the one suspended over the incident.

Drew Gainey was among those who went on social media to say red flags were raised about Betts’ behaviour years ago.

“There was an incident in high school with this shooter that should have prevented him from ever getting his hands on a weapon. This was a tragedy that was 100 per cent avoidable,” he wrote in a Twitter post.

Gainey did not respond to messages from AP seeking further comment, but the name on his account matches that of a former Bellbrook student who was on the track team

with Betts.

Former Bellbrook Principal Chris Baker said he “would not dispute that information” when the Daily News asked him about the hit list suspension. He declined to comment further.

“There’s nothing in this individual’s record that would have precluded him from getting these weapons,” Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said.

Not everyone who went to school with Betts had bad things to say.

Brad Howard told reporters he was friends with Betts from preschool through their high school graduation.

“Connor Betts that I knew was a nice kid. The Connor Betts that I talked to, I always got along with well,” Howard said.

Reunion ‘awkward’ Mel B says admitting to having sex with Geri Horner made rehearsals for the Spice Girls’ reunion tour “awkward”.

The Wannabe hitmaker claimed to have had a “one time” fling with Geri – who is now married to Christian Horner – 20 years ago during a tell-all interview with Piers Morgan on his Life Stories show earlier this year. And she’s now said that although she ran the story past Geri beforehand, news of the alleged romp still made things slightly tense between the girls when it came to rehearsing for their recent string of reunion shows.

India to revoke Kashmir’s special status India’s government has said it plans to revoke the part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmir special privileges.

Article 370, which grants it significant autonomy, is sensitive because it is the basis on which the princely state of Kashmir joined India when it was partitioned in 1947.

But the entire region is disputed between India and Pakistan who claim it in full but only control parts of it.

The move is expected to spark unrest.

There has been an insurgency against the authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir for three decades, with tens of thousands of lives lost.

India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, have fought two wars and a limited conflict over the Himalayan ter-

Indian soldiers stand guard in Srinagar, India. Tensions have soared along the volatile, highly militarised frontier between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

PHOTO AP ritory. Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the measure in parliament amid massive

protests from the opposition.

Article 370 allows the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir

its own constitution, a separate flag and independence over all matters except foreign affairs, defence and communications.

The former chief minister of the state, Mehbooba Mufti, said the move effectively made India an occupying force.

The announcement in parliament came hours after two of the state’s former chief ministers, including Mufti, were placed under house arrest.

Public meetings have been banned in the state, with mobile networks and the internet also restricted.

In recent days thousands of tourists as well as pilgrims on an annual trek to a major shrine have been asked to leave the state immediately amid the deployment of tens of thousands of troops.

Jim Carrey fires back Jim Carrey has made his first public comment about the onslaught of negative fan feedback that greeted his Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Fans were outraged over changes made to the design of the character. The awful reaction caused Paramount to delay the release by three months in order for the computer animated character to be redesigned to align with the classic Sonic look. Now Carrey, who plays series villain Dr. Robotnik in the movie, has questioned the wisdom of letting vocal fans dictate the direction of art under the guise of feeling an “ownership” or nostalgia towards the property.

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Hair today, better be gone tomorrow B

reaking news has emerged from Auckland in the last week about another school child whose current hair style doesn’t fit within the school rules.

A student, who cut his hair to ensure he was granted access to the school at the start of the year, hasn’t had a trim since and his hair now sits below his shoulders.

But his school doesn’t like that.

Their rules state that hair must sit above the shoulder at all times and therefore have decided he is in breach of their rules and that he must have his hair cut.

There’s a couple of issues here.

The first is, why go through the process of cutting your hair to get into a school only then to let it grow right out and face the

consequences? Surely, tackling the problem head-one and walking in and owning your appearance from the outset would have made a much better impression.

But the main issue is why, in this day and age, are we still so worried about appearance?

Bullying is rife around our country where we have children and adults standing over others and treating them like dirt because of their appearance, the

way they look or the way they sound.

Yet, it’s okay for an educational facility to tell a child he’s not allowed at school because his hair is too long?

Seriously?

The biggest problem is though, that this isn’t the first time we’ve seen it, in fact it’s happened that many times that most people will have lost count.

But despite intense media attention to the story and, in some cases, discussions about turning things around and taking a look at some of these issues, we seem to always end back at the same point.

A child, or their parents, battling with a school over something as simple as how long some

strands of hair are.

I remember being at Mount Hutt College and rocking some pretty out there hair dos during my short but sweet stay there.

I went from peroxide blonde, to jet black, within a day mainly because it started turning orange, and then a few weeks later decided it was time to have nothing on top at all and shaved my head, much to my mother’s disgust.

Yet, not once was my appearance an issue when it came to the school.

I’m sure if I’d turned up with purple hair one day that might have got a few eyebrows raised, but it just never really seemed something that was too much of an issue.

And that’s really how it should be.

Whether a student has their hair dyed, shaved, cut, combed or grown, is there any firm proof that would suggest it is going to impact on their ability to learn while in the classroom?

Short answer. No. If a child wants to grow their hair long, that should be their choice and while every school has the right to enforce a strict uniform code, what those students do with the rest of their physical appearance should be their choice, and their choice only.

For too long this country has bowed down to antiquated rules that make you just shake your head and wonder where it all went wrong.

living 620 days with the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.

In 1991, the World Wide Web made its public debut as a means of accessing webpages over the Internet.

In 2012, Valerie Adams was awarded a gold medal for the shot put at the London Olympic games.

However, it was awarded a week after the competition took place, after the initial winner was disqualified for testing positive for an anabolic steroid.

In 2013, US Army Maj Nidal Malik Hasan went on trial at Fort Hood, Texas, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a 2009 attack. (Hasan, who

admitted carrying out the attack, was convicted and sentenced to death.)

Ten years ago: Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice by a Senate vote of 68-31.

Five years ago: Michael Worthington was put to death by the state of Missouri for raping and killing college student Melinda “Mindy” Griffin in 1995, making him the first US prisoner executed since a lethal injection in Arizona the previous month in which an inmate took nearly two hours to die.

One year ago: Twin Northern California wildfires grew to

become the largest wildfire in state history, burning more than 440 square miles north of San Francisco.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Catherine Hicks is 68. Rock singer Pat MacDonald is 67. Country musician Mark DuFresne is 66.

Actress Stepfanie Kramer is 63. Actress Faith Prince is 62.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Randy DeBarge is 61. Actor Leland Orser is 59. Actress Michelle Yeoh is 57. Country singers Patsy and Peggy Lynn are 55. Actor Jeremy Ratchford is 54. Actor Benito Martinez is 51. Country singer Lisa Stewart is 51. Movie writerdirector M Night Shyamalan is

49. Actress Merrin Dungey is 48. Singer Geri Halliwell Horner is 47. Actor Jason O’Mara is 47.

Singer-actor David Campbell is 46. Actress Vera Farmiga is 46. Actress Ever Carradine is 45. Actress Soleil Moon Frye is 43. Actress Melissa George is 43. Rock singer Travis McCoy is 38. Actor Leslie Odom Jr. is 38.

Actress Romola Garai is 37. Rock musician Eric Roberts is 35.

Thought for today: “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.”

— Lucille Ball, American actresscomedian (born this date in 1911, died 1989).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, August 6, the 218th day of 2019. There are 147 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. On this date: In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire went out of existence as Emperor Francis II abdicated.

In 1809, one of the leading literary figures of the Victorian era, poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England.

In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia and Serbia declared war against Germany.

In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel, arriving in Kingsdown, England, from France in 14 1/2 hours.

In 1936, Jack Lovelock won New Zealand’s first Olympic athletics gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in a race witnessed by 120,000 spectators – including Adolf Hitler.

In 1942, Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands became the first reigning queen to address a joint meeting of Congress, telling lawmakers that despite Nazi occupation, her people’s motto remained, “No surrender”.

In 1945, during World War Two, the US B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb code-named Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths.

(Three days later, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki; five days after that, Imperial Japan surrendered.)

In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov became the second man to orbit Earth as he flew aboard Vostok 2; his call sign, “Eagle,” prompted his famous declaration: “I am Eagle!”

In 1978, Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo at age 80.

In 1986, William J. Schroeder died at Humana Hospital-Audubon in Louisville, Kentucky, after

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ander was 15 when he was picked for the senior school cricket team. He had so much promise.

The Resource Management Act passed into law in 1991. It was revolutionary for its time.

It established one integrated framework that replaced 59 Acts and fragmented agencies and sectors. It was the first statutory planning regime to incorporate the principle of sustainability. It promised so much.

Zander was both a left-handed fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. Extraordinarily, he used a different dominant hand for each discipline. He was picked straight out of school to play for a provincial team.

The RMA is an environmental statute but simultaneously encompasses social, cultural and economic matters. It is the planning legislation for housing and urban development while being the statute to protect natural character and indigenous vegetation.

The RMA has public participation and access for lay people as a cornerstone while dealing with complex planning and science issues.

The cracks were there for those who knew where to look.

Zander could not successfully do one discipline with the left hand and another with the right as he often failed to adjust. At

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the level he was playing at, the time to hone his skills in both disciplines meant he could not do any one properly. It became overbearing. That only slowed his rise but at age 28 he was picked for the national team.

As time passed people started criticising the RMA. Business interests argued the RMA was a barrier to investment and housing. Environment and conservation groups felt developers had better access to legal, planning and scientific experts and that made it an uneven playing field.

Farmers felt the RMA was a death by a thousand cuts with more and more regulation with little understanding of its impact on farming operations.

All the exercise made Zander bulk out and the strain of batting and bowling took its toll.

Zander only played three tests for the national team before he was dropped.

He was only 29 in England playing lucrative county cricket when I caught up with him, so getting back into the national team was not out of the ques-

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tion. He confided that focusing on both batting and bowling would not achieve that ambition. He had to pick and focus on one.

The RMA has doubled in size and complexity to a mammoth 738 pages since it was introduced in 1991. The process has become cumbersome, time consuming and complex.

In July 2019 the government announced a review of the resource management system, focusing on the RMA. The Government wants the RMA to support a more productive, sustainable and inclusive economy. It also wants the RMA to be easier for New Zealanders to understand and engage with.

The aim of the review is to improve environmental outcomes and enable better and timely urban development within environmental limits.

Zander could never choose between the two disciplines and he retired from all forms of cricket when he was 31. He still had at least three good years’ cricket in him.

After retiring, Zander told me he had come to the conclusion that tweaks to his game would not have worked to get him picked for the national side but he was unwilling to make the major change required ie. choosing either batting or bowling.

It is around here that you may

suppose this is a cautionary tale about how the RMA should focus on either environmental outcomes and ignore the social and economic matters or vice-versa.

But you would be wrong.

My brother was a better batsman than Zander and Wayne (Zander’s brother) was a better bowler than Zander. Neither Wayne nor my brother played for a national side, county cricket or even for a provincial side.

The promise we saw in Zander was that he could do both batting and bowling. Unfortunately, it was also an obstacle.

Similarly, the promise of the RMA is that it could deal with complex matters and still have a lay person make a difference. It could protect the environment and allow for economic, social and cultural wellbeing.

I am not saying the RMA does not need to be fixed, or be retired like Zander.

I am saying that the RMA’s greatest promise is also its greatest obstacle. We need to find a way for it to do both.

Martin Meier is Federated Farmers senior policy advisor.

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LETTERS Old council building Every time I pass by the old County Council building and watch it slowly disappearing, I feel sad!

That building would have to have been one of the most beautiful buildings in Ashburton!

It had character and a beauty not seen anywhere else here in this town!

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Sustainability learning key part of awards

Allomes calls it a day

Mid Canterbury dairy farmer Joanne van Polanen is encouraging local farmers and growers to help improve the sustainability of their businesses by getting involved with the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust awards.

Van Polanen is chair of the trust and said those who entered, or were nominated, received free and independent advice from rural professionals as part of the judging process.

The awards were also a way of sharing positive stories, ideas and resources with a wider audience, she said.

“We already have some of the most efficient farmers in the world. Unlike many of our competitors, farmers are investing in environmental improvements without substantial government subsidies as is the case in many other countries. Imagine the possibilities as more farmers and growers commit to producing food and fibre sustainably for the world’s most discerning customers.”

The Ballance Farm Environment Awards run in 11 regions throughout New Zealand and promote sustainable farming and growing. A new initiative this year means farmers and growers can be nominated to enter the awards.

Entries are open until October 31. The programme is supported by agribusinesses and regional councils around the country.

Farmers and growers are invited to showcase, benchmark and improve their operations through a constructive process

DairyNZ director Ben Allomes will step down from the industry body’s board this October.

Allomes and Elaine Cook will both be retiring by rotation and Allomes has indicated he is not standing for re-election.

Allomes was elected by dairy farmer levy payers to the board of directors in 2011, as one of five farmer-elected directors. Since then, the Woodville-based dairy farmer has played a key role contributing to the governance of DairyNZ and provided key support around a range issues, in particular people and talent.

DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel said Allomes’ tireless advocacy for dairy farmers and passion will be missed.

“Ben is a leader in his own right and we will particularly miss his passion for people and the younger generation. He really represents the next generation of leaders which are coming through into governance roles and we understand as a board, after eight years with us, he is ready to move onto new things, while extending the opportunity onto other farmers,” he said.

Allomes said he had been motivated to be part of the DairyNZ board to give back to the sector.

“I’ve learnt a great deal through the role, particularly through the width and breadth of DairyNZ. You’re in a unique position to see the things DairyNZ do and the scope of things the organisation works across still blows my mind, to be honest. Our industry would be lesser if it weren’t for DairyNZ’s role in so many things.”

During his time on the board,

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Former entrant Ray Monk of Otakanini Topu. where agribusiness professionals provide feedback, recommendations and commendations.

The judges take a holistic approach to the feedback and award allocation process by evaluating every aspect of the farming/growing business from environmental management, productivity, and profitability through to family and community involvement.

Van Polanen said the environment trust was proud and privileged to lead a programme that recognised, encouraged and incentivised sustainable farming and growing in New Zealand.

The Canterbury region winner last year was Medbury Farm Limited, who milk 1240 cows on 442ha at Hawarden. The farm partners are David and Brenda Hislop, Mark Daly and Janet Girvan. Kiwifruit growers Mark and

Catriona White were the national winners.

Mid Canterbury has a proud history in the awards, with dairy farmers Mark and Devon Slee winning the national title in 2014 and Craige and Roz Mackenzie winning in 2013.

Former entrant Ray Monk of Otakanini Topu, which farms 2860ha in sheep, beef and forestry, said the awards were a great way to tell the story of their operation and the feedback from judges helped he and staff understand what they could do better in some areas.

“When we first entered, I thought we weren’t ready but I was told to just go for it, and that was the right advice. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t come away with a great experience.”

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Ben Allomes is stepping retiring from the DairyNZ board of directors after eight years.

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Allomes has noticed a change in the sector which he hoped would eventually shift, encouraging farmers back to their innovative roots.

“Dairy farmers have built a successful industry based on innovation and being open to change.

But we’ve had our values tested and challenged by our communities – farming is in our DNA, it’s part of us, and when our personal values are tested and challenged it affects us.

“But we got ourselves here through innovation and change, and we need to continue with those strengths rather than focus too much on protecting what we have. Change got us to where we are now, let’s focus on that positive change.”

He encouraged other farmers to look at standing for the board.

Nomination applications open on August 12.

Allomes farms in Woodville with his wife Nicky and four children.

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By Guy Trafford When it comes to dairy farming one of the biggest enigmas is India.

The biggest producer of milk globally grossing slightly over 22 per cent of total world production (twice that of the USA), India has around 3.6 million dairy farmers milking around 300 million cows.

Most farms have only one to two cows with the odd larger farm pushing up the average.

However, India’s largest dairy farm has 3000 cows and would be familiar to anyone who has been to a housed system. As with the rest of the world, farm numbers are decreasing and farm/herd sizes are starting to increase.

Production in India is increasing faster than any large scale milk producer. The national plan is to increase production by 4.2 per cent per annum; however in the last couple of years it has been nearer 6 per cent and in the last six years has never dropped below a 4.5 per cent increase. While in the 2017/18 year 176 million tonnes were produced (see graph) the aim is to reach 240 million tonnes.

One of the differences with western counterparts is that of the 176 million tonnes, 50 million is ‘siphoned off’ for the farms’ own use.

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Indian milk production and available milk to the population.

Most dairy farmers belong to village coops or district groups and the efficiency of getting returns back to the farmer would make Kiwi farmers weep with envy.

Eighty-eighty-six per cent of what consumers spend on milk ends up back in the farmers’ pocket. (In reality the farmer is mostly the women in the household with the men doing off-farm work).

Cost of production, even with the smaller scale, is still competitive with New Zealand and Australian farms and certainly below that of the EU. Returns back to the farmer equate to about $NZ586 per cow (2014-15) or an estimated $NZ760 2017-18.

Another surprising difference is that about 33 per cent of all dairy cows are buffalo and provide about 55 per cent of total milk.

India’s largest farm is in Pune and has a 3000 head Holstein herd, but it is a rarity.

Farmer returns (ignoring scale) are increasing about 9 per cent per year and prices are remaining positive due to the strong protectionist policy of their Federal government.

This puts India at only 96th in terms of volumes of imported milk; even New Zealand imports more sitting at 61st and Fiji is ahead of India at 89th. Of those countries exporting into India New Zealand ranks a distant 3rd behind France and Turkey.

So, even though with a population of 1.4 billion New Zealand dairy farmers shouldn’t pin too much hope on the Indian market to lift returns here.

However, Fonterra is pursuing ambitions of growing sales into India with its Dreamery brand, a joint venture between Fonterra’s Future Group and India’s Future Foods.

Products are based around buffalo milk, curd and flavoured milk shakes. But, for the reasons given above plus tariffs etc, market commentators predict it to be “a tough nut to crack”.

Hopefully India won’t become another hole to pour money into for little return.

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India does export small amounts itself, mainly products like skim milk powder and other products which have had value extracted.

With all the discussion around the negative aspects of livestock farming in New Zealand, I assumed India would have a thriving crop trade that would overshadow livestock.

In fact, the reverse is the truth with milk producers experiencing the most positive returns and increases and are followed by livestock producers which is also lifting at the expense of crop farmers.

Crop growers there have experienced a crash in prices in the last four to five years and are barely, if at all, covering the costs of production. This demise appears to be over all crops such as potatoes, vegetables and pulses, not just arable crops.

Back home, the Government has just announced a new ‘watchdog’ to oversee the quality of public drinking water and wastewater and storm water systems.

Councils already are starting to squirm at the potential costs involved in getting the systems up to an acceptable standard and questioning who should pay; the inference being it should be central Government.

The farming sector, dairy in particular, will have the right to feel a bit smug, given they have had to absorb huge costs and impositions getting farm effluent systems up to ‘acceptable’ standards.

Farmers have been told they have to absorb the cost of their externalities, and I agree, but the same standard also needs to be applied to the urban sectors.

Farmers have a way to go but at least the journey is well under way and they know who is footing the bill and it’s not Central Government.

Markets

Not a lot to report this week, with a few ups and downs but nothing too dramatic in the schedule or at sale yards.

Sheep We had the interesting situation this week of one processor putting up the schedule for mutton while another dropped it.

Lamb and local trade have had some small shifts up but generally things were fairly static.

Saleyards have strengthened slightly, again as with last week, for the better-quality lambs and ewes.

Wool A lift last week at the Christchurch sale.

The numbers on the matrix don’t quite capture it due to the rolling average creating a lag but overall all classes improved by 1-6 per cent on previous weeks.

Cattle Cow prices lifted on the schedule this week with some upward movement also in the prime beef category.

Prices for cattle in saleyards have been steadily moving up also and things look good for good demand in the spring when there is more feed around.

Venison No change with the schedule seemingly locked in at the current price.

Dairy The Global Dairy Trade auction takes place this week so some interest in how this develops and whether the small improvements of the last sale can continue.

Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural August 5, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 125 -138 Prime 130 -225 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 190 -320 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 288 -303 This week Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 118.38 17.5 kg YX SI 133.66 19.0 kg YX SI 145.11 21.0 kg YX SI 160.39 Local trade (c/kg) SI 800 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 116.24 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 530.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 401 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 480 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 575 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 439 AP Stag 60kg SI 533 AP Stag 80kg SI 710

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116.44 131.47 142.74 157.76 770

103.85 117.25 127.30 140.70 710

119.93 135.41 147.01 162.49 800

121.09 136.72 148.44 164.06 840

99.78 112.66 122.31 135.19 700

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Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,191 1,083 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 523 514 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 321 328 Merino 2,059 1,753

1,148 508 332 1,753

Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,557 1,557 727 354 540 302 317 352 280 2,340 2,980 1,588

418 418 418

Source: Midlands Grain 395 430 300 393 428 280 395 424 290

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 422 420 Wheat, feed 422 420 Barley, feed 415 400

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index July-19 115.00 130.00 130.00

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u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

7,578 3,158 4,495 5,646

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

6,741 3,833 4,703 5,920

6,458 3,667 4,480 5,668

8,344 3,706 4,920 6,501

2018/19 f'cast $6.30-$6.40* 2018/19 f'cast $0.10-$0.15 * before retentions

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6541 Euro 0.5888

0.6626 0.5910

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Source: PF Olsen 138.00 125.00 8,874 3,624 4,865 6,120

5,703 2,451 3,911 4,853

2019/20 f'cast $6.25-$7.25* 2019/20 [none yet] NZX FCG $3.75 0.6751 0.5838

0.6943 0.6123

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

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RBNZ expected to cut rates NZME The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is expected to cut rates tomorrow and leave the door open for more easing as heightened global uncertainty is coupled with a subdued domestic outlook.

Of 17 economists polled by Bloomberg, 16 expect the central bank to cut rates by 25 basis points to 1.25 per cent. Only one – Citi – sees the bank remaining on hold.

“The market would be gobsmacked if the RBNZ didn’t deliver the 25-basis point cut that is now almost fully priced in. The real interest lies in the bank’s forward messaging,” said BNZ Markets head of research Stephen Toplis.

Ongoing jitters around US-China trade tensions worsened late last week when US President Donald Trump vowed to impose a further 10 per cent tariff on $US300 billion of Chinese imports from September 1, just as the two sides had resumed talks.

Prior to that, the US Federal Reserve had already lowered the target range for the federal funds rate to 2-to-2.25 per cent, citing the implications of global developments

for the economic outlook as well as muted inflation pressures.

Australia’s central bank has also already cut rates to 1 per cent, also citing trade disputes. While it isn’t expected to cut today, it is expected to keep open the possibly of further easing.

However, New Zealand’s monetary policy committee won’t only be worried about the global backdrop.

The RBNZ held rates steady at 1.5 per cent in June but said a low-

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leave the door open for another cut to 1 per cent, which she anticipates will take place in November.

ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tuffley agrees. He expects the official cash rate to plateau in November at 1 per cent The cash rate could even move below zero, he said.

BNZ’s Toplis said last week’s ANZ dismal business opinion survey was “the straw that broke the camel’s back” and he also expects another cut in November, taking the

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er OCR “may be needed” given the weaker global outlook and the risk of ongoing subdued domestic growth. Data since then has confirmed this, said ANZ Bank chief economist Sharon Zollner.

Signs for second quarter gross domestic product growth are weak, house prices are falling at a national level, log prices have crashed, dairy prices have dipped and oil prices are a little lower, she said.

She expects the central bank to

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cash rate to 1 per cent.

A net 44.3 per cent of the 363 respondents to the ANZ Business Outlook expect general business conditions will deteriorate during the coming year, compared with 38.1 per cent in June. Optimism about their own activity also dimmed.

Unlike other economists, Citi’s Josh Williamson said he expected the central bank to remain on hold at 1.5 per cent but said the policy guidance should remain dovish.

The economy grew 0.6 per cent in the first quarter, in line with economists’ expectations, but above the central bank’s pick of 0.4 per cent.

Westpac Bank, meanwhile, is also expecting a cut to 1.25 per cent.

It currently expects the RBNZ to cut again in November.

The labour market data is due today. Economists are expecting an employment rate of 4.3 per cent versus a prior 4.2 per cent, according to Bloomberg.

Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr, meanwhile, expects the central bank to eventually cut to 0.75 per cent by early 2020.

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Some said it couldn’t be done.

Some expected 2Degrees – New Zealand’s third largest mobile telecommunications operator – would die on the vine as it simultaneously squeezed margin out of the Vodafone-Spark market stranglehold while ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars into third and fourth generation mobile technology.

Now they’re saying the same about 5G and new chief executive Mark Aue isn’t having any of it.

“I always find it somewhat amusing, coming from the likes of (his old firm) Vodafone, that 2Degrees is said not to have enough cash.”

“They said we couldn’t do 3G or 4G and we did it. It will be the same for 5G,” says Aue, who took over as 2Degrees’ third chief executive in June.

As to Vodafone’s announcement last week that it will deploy 5G by the end of the year in four centres, Aue says: “Is it real 5G versus a trial versus marketing spin?”

Widespread deployment of 5G will be incremental and is “some distance away for scale and use cases,” he said.

That allows him to argue 2Degrees will be able to use its comparatively puny balance sheet and $250 million in funding lines to invest in 5G as opportunity emerges.

He professes no interest in the idea tossed about at times that would see a current network operator, perhaps Chorus, buy 2Degrees’ network operation and underpin the ongoing existence of an independent third mobile operator of scale by becoming a base customer.

More likely are more mutual collaborations with competitors such as the Rural Connectivity Group,

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which has worked to ensure efficient investment by the three network owners in remote and rural coverage, he said.

“RCG has worked very well.”

Contrary to commonly heard suggestions, the company’s Toronto-listed owner, Trilogy International Partners, is a “very committed shareholder to the 2Degrees business and the New Zealand market,” said Aue. That’s in spite of a rocky share price ride in the last year, with the shares plunging from a high of $C4.24 and $C1.22, and most recently trading at $C2.65.

“They’re not about to go anywhere in the short term at all. We do have the cash and the funding available. I’m not worried about that.”

The company turned a profit for the first time three years and has been “self-funding” since.

Aue bases his bullishness on the fact that, unlike his main competitors, 2Degrees still sees substantial market share growth opportunities where Spark and Vodafone are “cannibalising their own customer bases”.

“There’s still market share to be gained whether or not the margins are being shaved. 2Degrees, compared to my main competitors, is in

material growth.”

Stuck with the tag of being a mobile operator, he points to the fact that its enterprise offering is used by the Ministry of Primary Industries, district health boards and universities.

“In business, it’s about building credibility as a whole-of-business service offering,” Aue said, claiming 2Degrees as a prime mover over the last decade in collapsing what had been among the highest broadband costs in the OECD. “In 10 years time, there will still be three (mobile) networks,” he says.

“We’ve proven the benefit to New Zealand”.

He cites company-sponsored research suggesting the combination of new investment and competition has delivered national economic benefits worth $13 billion, with perhaps $30 billion in the decade ahead, compared to conditions before 2Degrees entered the market.

2Degrees was also the first telco to partner with Huawei, but it has not lodged a similar application with New Zealand’s cyber-intelligence agency as Spark has lodged, seeking permission to use Huawei equipment in its New Zealand 5G rollout.

The Government Communications Security Bureau has declined Spark’s application in what threatens to become a major test of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China if the ban is not overturned.

From Aue’s perspective, “we would hope that Huawei are kept in the mix”.

“They’ve been a great partner” and would add competitive tension to the procurement of 5G equipment.

“It would be good to have them competing from a 5G perspective.”

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 - In what art form might you perform a do-si-do? a. Music b. Dance c. Painting 2 - What name is given to a group of musical notes sounded together, as a basis of harmony? a. Chord b. Scale c. Fret 3 - The Roman invasion of Britain took place in which year? a. 38 BC b. 43 AD c. 77 AD 4 - A diluted layer of watercolour on a canvas is known as a what? a. Wash b. Wipe c. Rinse 5 - Which region is located in the ‘toe’ end of the ‘boot’ of Italy? a. Calabria b. Campania c. Tuscany 6 - Square, cut and sweep are terms used in which sport? a. Tennis b. Soccer c. Cricket 7 - Who might use a Snellen chart in their place of work? a. Architect b. Graphic Designer c. Optometrist 8 - How many atoms are there in a molecule of water? a. Two b. Three c. Five

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QUICK RECIPE 2T oil 50g shoulder bacon, sliced thinly 1 onion, peeled and diced 2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 500g chuck steak, trimmed and cut into chunks 2T plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper 400g diced tomatoes 1 bay leaf 1T dried thyme 500ml beef stock 2 potatoes, peeled and diced 350g pumpkin, peeled and diced Salt Ground black pepper 1T parsley, chopped 200g frozen peas, steamed to serve For the dumplings 250g self-raising flour 1t salt 125g butter, cut into pieces 1T dried rosemary

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Transfer to the casserole dish.

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■■ After 90 minutes remove the casserole and place the dumplings on top, so they are half submerged and cook for a further 40 minutes or until just turning golden.

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Ice, ice baby

By Rosie Twamley

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he winter months mean trying to find activities that are fun, even in the freezing cold. Ice skating is just one of the many activities that was, and is still, enjoyed by the people of the Ashburton District in winter.

As times have progressed and fashions change, so has ice skating fashion!

Long coats, fancy hats, stockings and formal attire are not what we see today, but it was consistent attire, as seen in photographs from the early 1900s where people are seen ice skating.

Even the skates themselves have modernised, compared to what is seen in old pictures, where today skates are more comfortable and padded, while predominantly being made of synthetics, rather than leather, metal and wood.

The Ashburton district was lucky to have had many places to ice skate in the past and just a few of these feature on this page today.

At the Ashburton Domain The Ashburton Domain is an attraction all year round but in the early 1900s crowds would gather to ice skate on the domain’s frozen swimming baths, which were opened in 1889. While we are unable to do this now because the swimming baths are no longer there, it is exciting to see pictures of people skating, especially seeing the clothes they wore – there are no Kathmandu puffer jackets in sight!

It is hard to imagine walking through the domain in winter and seeing people ice skating on the pools, but this was once very much the reality.

On the pools there was also ice hockey played, ice skating races and family fun, all enjoyed in town.

Staveley ice rink Moving out of town and towards

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the mountains are the Staveley ice skating and curling rinks.

This ice rink is one of the few natural ice skating locations left in New Zealand. The natural freezing that occurs can cause some trouble with the increasingly warm winters that have been occurring, even when it is hidden away amongst tall trees.

An open fire accompanied by BYO marshmallows and biscuits make for a great treat after a day or night of ice skating.

Staveley ice skating rink has been open since 1949, unfortunately the rink does not always open because it is not always cold enough for a thick enough sheet of ice to freeze.

Mt Harper ice rink The Mt Harper ice rink operated from the 1930s to the 1950s in a relatively isolated area. No wonder I had never heard of the place before!

Coming across pictures by Gordon Binsted, the ice rink caught my eye due to the picturesque location and the fun the people seem to be having.

The ice rink is possibly the first purpose-built public ice skating rink in the Southern Hemisphere according to the Department of Conservation. This was an impressive feat for Wyndham Barker who made the rink.

It was a trek reaching the rink as you had to drive on a windy gravel road and then, once you arrived, you had to cross the Rangitata River over a pontoon bridge.

Despite this, it was still a very popular place, with 3000 guests in one day in 1939.

I’m not much of an ice skater myself as there has been too many times I have fallen and hurt myself but I hope others have more fond memories of ice skating in the Ashburton and surrounding districts.

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1. Ice skating on the Ashburton Domain looks like a whole lot of fun.

2. Ice skating on the Ashburton Domain in 1911. Looking very chilly!

3. Ice skating race at the domain.

4. People walking to the Staveley ice skating rink in the 1960s.

5. The cute couple hold each other’s hands to keep steady at Staveley ice skating rink in the early 1960s.

6. People skating at Staveley. Gordon Binsted’s proof sticker.

7. The ferry that allowed people to cross the Rangitata and reach the ice skating rink. Look at that line of people!

8. Mr Sorenson ice skating at Mt Harper ice rink. Looking very much like a pro!

9. A group of Greenstreet, Ashburton, residents enjoying a day out ice skating at Mt Harper. From left to right: Cliff Wells, Jennie (Russel) Pertic, Eric Russel, Leslie Lilley, David Lilley, George Letham, Aileen Wells, Bill Wells, Jill Jamieson, Vaney Wells, Lorna Lilley (Doone), Ian Shearer, Stewart Wells, Bruce Lilley.

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RESULTS

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Winter Series

■■ Bowls Allenton Winter Bowls August 3 6th Round Aussie Pairs 1st B. Mayson & M. Foggo 3 wins, 16 ends & 31 points, 2nd M. Smallridge & R. Kane 3 wins, 14 ends & 32 points, 3rd H. Goodall & J. Ryk 3 wins, 14 ends & 30 points August 4 Mid Canterbury Sub –Centre fundraising tournament 1st R. McGarry, J. O’Connor, I Moore & B. Holdom 3 wins, 15 ends & 32 points, 2nd M. Grice, P. McElwain, R. Hood & K. O’Connor 3 wins, 14 ends & 32 points, 3rd N. Skerton, B. Redmond, D. McDonnell & B. Beck 2 wins, 15 ends & 39 points, 4th R. Fensom, M. Cromie, M. Foggo & P. Burrow 2 wins, 14 ends & 24 points.

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club July 29 B & C Ladder N/S 1st Jill Wilce & Mervyn Jones, 2nd Mary Francis & Fiona Williamson, 3rd Hilda Blee & Jan McClelland E/W 1st Pat Wise 7 Joyce Johnson, 2nd Colin Clemens & Pauline Scott, 3rd Debbie Seddon-Sewell & Janine Havis July 30 Hazelmere Trophy N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd Melva Stowell & Peter Downward, 3rd Sue Rosevear & David Sewell E/W 1st Alan Wright & John Shearer, 2nd Audrey Rooney & Bev Turton, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Pat Jordan July 31 Brabant Trophy N/S 1st Trish Downward & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd Jeanette Lovett & Lynette Leadley, 3rd Judith Edmond & Maree Moore E/W 1st Peter Downward & Mary Buckland, 2nd John Fechney & David Sewell, 3rd Kay Robb & Edna Segers August 1 Eileen Willoughby Trophy N/S 1st Jim Rooney & Pat Jordan, 2nd Bill Kolkman & Val Ferrier, 3rd Audrey Rooney & Ian Doel E/W 1st John & Margaret Shearer, 2nd Mary Buckland & David Sewell, 3rd Paul & Pauline Fergus August 3 Ashburton All Grades Tournament AM- N/S 1st Pam Tibble & Sarah Garland, 2nd Raewyn Guise & Karen Rarere, 3rd Chris Bras & Michael Hume E/W- 1st Sam Gurney & Caroline Casely, 2nd =John & Jane Skipper, Darryl Dowthwaite & Deborah McLaughlin and Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin PM- N/S 1st Paula Gregory & Michael Johnstone, 2nd Raewyn Guise & Karen Rarere, 3rd Jane & John Skipper E/W 1st Sarah Garland & Pam Tibble, 2nd Peter & Trish Downward, 3rd Sam Gurney & Caroline Casely

DRAWS ■■ Bowls Ashburton Indoor Bowls August 24 Ladies 10s Representative Team announced Canterbury indoor bowls stadium - 9am start $12.50 per player Travel to be confirmed C Talbot, R Mackenzie, M Eaden, H Rennie, G Hurst, G Smith, B Laird, A Sunbeam, G Black, J Cleghorn, J Hardy, R Robin Manager C Cleghorn and M Sunbeam If you are unavailable to play please contact Mat Bassett 027 3926155

■■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Association August 9 1st Grade Women 6.00pm Tinwald v Hampstead [Collegiate, Methven White] 7.15pm Collegiate v Methven White [Tinwald, Hampstead] Connetics SSL Div 1 Boys Nunweek Park 3 5.45pm Cashmere High School 1st XI v Ashburton College 1st XI [Umpires supplied] Connetics SSL Div 2 Boys Nunweek Park 1

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August 3 20 Riders, 16km Out and Home 1st Allan Johns CT. 34.33. HT. Go. RT. 34m 33s.

2nd. Drew Titheridge CT. 35.11. HT. 9.m. RT. 26m 11s. 3rd. Ronnie Campbell CT. 35.11. HT. 9m. RT. 26m 11s. 4th. Nick Grijns CT.35.11. HT. 9m. RT. 26m 11s. 5th Roger Wilson CT. 35.12. HT. 9.m. RT. 26m 12s. 6th Don Morrison CT. 35.13. HT.7m. RT. 28m 13s. 7th Andy Skinner CT. 35.14. HT.7m. RT. 28m 14s. 8th John Uden CT.35.21. HT.9m. RT. 26m 21s.

9th Brian Ellis CT. 35.21. HT. 4.20m. RT. 31m 01s.

10th. Michael Gallagher CT.35.29. HT. 11m. RT. 24m 29s F/T. 11th. Rob Hooper CT. 35.29. HT. 11m.

RT. 24m 29s 2f/t. 12th. Mike Hansen CT.35.30.

HT.11m. RT. 24m 30s. 3f/t. 13th. Simon Chapman CT.35.30. HT.9.40m. RT. 25m 50s. 14th. Paul Macfie CT. 35.30. HT. 9.40m. RT. 25m 50s. 15th.

Gerard Morrison CT.35.51. HT. 11m. RT. 24m 31s.

4f/t. 16th. Caitlin Titheridge CT. 36.11. HT.9.40m.

RT. 26m 31s. 17th Ross Proctor CT.36.13. HT. 4.20m. RT. 31m 53s. 18th Matt Marshall CT.37.04.

HT. 11m. RT. 26m 03s. 19th. Kerry Clough CT. 37.04. HT.7m. RT. 30m 04s. 20th. Debbie Skinner CT. 38.26. HT>4.20m. RT. 34m 06s.

■■ Golf Ashburton 9 Hole Golf August 1 Winners of the 5th Round Marion Marshall Trophy - Stroke Peter Stechman 32, Chris Anderson 33; Smith & Church Gobblers: Robynne Nicoll, Carol O’Reilly, Laurence Hanrahan, Eric Shaw

Mayfield Golf Club August 1 9 Hole division Best nett: 1st C Hogan-Wright 65:29:36, 2nd T Gallagher 61:20:41 2nd Round Championship winners: L MacKenzie, T Gallagher Greg Sim Building & Excavating 2nd Shot No. 2: T Gallagher, Mayfield Transport No. 5: J Greenslade Mid-Week Stableford Competition Stableford: Mark Frear 37, Andrew Peck 36, Charlie Rapsey 36.

Tinwald Golf Club August 3 Stableford Leading scores in the stableford round – 0-12; Adam Wilson 42, Steve McCloy 38, Jeff Naish 36 b/l. 13-18; Robin Simms 40, Rod Harris 39, Brian Rouse 36, Trevor Taylor 36 b/l. 19 Plus; Bruce Collins 39, Alec Millar 36, Pete Nolan 34. Women; (stroke) Leen Bell 73, Barb Harris 75. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Ross Preece. Gluyas Ford # 6; Jeff Naish. House of Travel # 12; Rod Harris. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Pete Nolan. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Tetua Tuakeu. Two’s; Leen Bell, Paul Hefford, Adam Wilson, Steve McCloy, Alec Millar, Myson, Craig Meyrick. Net Eagle; # 15 not struck.

■■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club August 3

5.55pm Ashburton College 2nd XI v Christ’s College Colts [Umpires supplied] August 10 Senior Women - Draw unknown Senior Men - Draw unknown August 11 2nd Grade Girls - Draw unknown 1st Grade Men 4.00pm Hampstead v Tinwald Black [Wakanui Black, Tinwald] 5.15pm Wakanui Blue v Tinwald Lowcliffe [Hampstead, Tinwald Black] 6.30pm Wakanui Black v Tinwald [Wakanui Blue, Tinwald Lowcliffe] Allenton [Bye] August 12 2nd Grade Boys - Draw unknown 1st Grade Women 7.4 pm College v Methven Black [R Law, B Gray] August 13 Connetics SSP Boys NBS Ash 6.45pm Draw unknown

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby August 10 Heartland Pre-Season Agstaff Mid Canterbury v Canterbury B, 2:30pm, Showgrounds Oval Daniel Moore, Hamish Grant, Joc O’Connor UC Championship Nelson College v Mid Canterbury Combined, Nelson College Field1 ACL Under 13 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds - Game Duration 25 Minute

Ashburton Doubles Winners: Brian Westerbeek and Bruno Falco (Christchurch). Runners Up: Mavis Thompson and Ron Paterson (Timaru/Papanui) Third: Richard Browne and Alain Carpentier (Ashburton/Christchurch) Fourth: Alice Maguigan and Art Vernon (Papanui) Plate Winners: Karen and Neville Bensdorp (Ashburton) Runners Up: Les Clearwater and Paul Tamagushiku (Christchurch) Third: Carol Heads and Owen Young (Taieri) Fourth: Caroline Kinloch and Pat O’Shea (Papanui/Christchurch) Bowl Winners: Jonathan Crum and Keith Dixon (Ashburton/Christchurch), Runners Up: Jan Guilford and Marion Harrison (Ashburton), Third: Karen Stephen and Chris Taylor (Christchurch), Fourth: Stefanie and Neville Frost (Dunedin) Bowl Consolation Gretchen Preston and Neville Creanpr (Taieri), Shelagh Field and Mick Little (Ashburton) August 4 Canterbury Singles Winner: Paul Tamagushiku (Christchurch), Runner Up: Neville Bensdorp (Ashburton), Third = Chris Taylor and Suitima Paijit (Christchurch) Consolation Winner: Richard Browne (Ashburton), Runner up: Paul Stewart (Christchurch), Third = Keith Dixon (Christchurch), Neville Cteanor (Taieri) Plate Winner: Bruno Falco (Christchurch), Runner up: Alain Carpentier (Christchurch), Third = Karen Stephen and Les Clearwater (Christchurch) Plate Consolation Winner: Mick Little (Ashburton), Runner up: Gretchen Preston (Taieri), Third = Owen Young (Taieri) Mark Richardson (Dunedin) Bowl Draw Jonathan Crum (Ashburton) Carol Heads (Taieri)

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club July 29 Team 7 lost to Team 3 11-12: Nick Marshall beat Adam Clement 3-1, Ron Carlson beat Ben Kruger 3-2, Nathan Forbes beat Chris Thompson 3-0, Shane Muckle lost to Rob Giles 2-3, Michelle Boleyn lost to Rebecca Abernethy 0-3, Jane Kingan lost to Chrissy Stratford 0-3.

Team 8 lost to Team 2 9-17: Jason Feutz lost to John McDonnell 1-3, Pete Blacklow beat James McCloy 3-2, Jordy Hooper lost to Blair Horrell 1-3, Reece Wallington lost to Brendon Clark 2-3, Charlotte Smith lost to Julian Syme 2-3, Johnny Stanway lost to Jan Lee 0-3.

Team 1 beat Team 5 17-8: Nick Marshall beat Paul Cousins 3-2, Jimmy Hunn beat Craig Campbell 3-1, Julie Smith beat Steve Devereux 3-2, Tim, Kuipers beat Neil Keenan 3-0, Sam Kuipers lost to Amy Muckle 2-3, Guy Stanway beat Hamish O’Reilly 3-0.

Team 6 beat Team 4 14-11: Billy Nolan beat Chris O’Reilly 3-1, Ron Carlson lost to Mick Hooper 1-3, James Bowker beat Ian Dolden 3-2, Melissa Wilson beat Chris Lima 3-2, Hamish Trott beat Charlotte Smith 3-0, Kate Williams lost to Hayden Robinson 1-3.

Halves Celtic Lysaght Glass v Methven, Field2, 1:15pm Phill Everest Hampstead v Southern/Tinwald Quigleys, Field3, 12:15pm Paul Arnold Collegiate Ashburton Crane Hire v Allenton Smallbones 11.5, Field3, 1:15pm Moon Tuilaepa ACL Under 11.5 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds - Game Duration 25 Minute Halves Celtic Lysaght Glass Celtic White v Celtic Ashburton Online Celtic Green, Oval, 12:00pm Liz Bell Collegiate Morgan Fencing v Southern Howden Ag, Oval, 11:00pm Joc O’Connor Tinwald/Hampstead v Methven, Oval, 1:00pm Jeremy Robinson ACL Under 10 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds - Game Duration 20 Minute Halves Celtic Blacklows v Methven Black, Field3B, 11:05am Rakaia v Celtic Blacklows, 11:55am, Field3B Methven Black v Rakaia, Field3B, 11:30am Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed v Hampstead, Field3A, 11:30am Methven White v Southern Hayden Mckenzie Contracting, Field2B, 11:00am Under 9 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds – Game Duration 20 Minutes Halves Allenton Trembath Construction V Southern Four Seasons Treecare, Field2B,

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Hot and steamy NZME Things have been “hot and steamy” in the Black Caps camp as they prepare for their test series in Sri Lanka.

Less than one month on from controversially falling short to England in the Cricket World Cup grand final, the Black Caps are set for their first taste of the inaugural World Test Championship with a two-test series tipping off next week.

But having delivered a 10-wicket thumping of Sri Lanka in the World Cup, it likely won’t be the opposition that leaves the Black Caps sweating.

Instead, the heat and humidity has so far proved most challenging during training, Black Caps’ bowler Neil Wagner says.

“You feel like you’ve literally jumped in a swimming pool with your clothes on,” Wagner said following a training session. “[It’s] pretty hot and steamy at the moment, very humid ... It seems to be a bit more sweaty and a bit more tacky around here.

“It’s pretty tough to obviously stay dry and [we’ve] got to take fluids in the whole time. It’s pretty wet, pretty sticky and it’s going to be challenging but all the boys know what they’re up for.”

Neil Wagner The Black Caps posted a video to Instagram yesterday with the temperature recorded as 31 degrees and humidity more than 80 per cent.

Last week, four spin bowlers were named in the Black Caps’ 15-man squad, with Will Somerville and Ajaz Patel given a chance to repeat their heroics from last year’s test series win over Pakistan. It was quite a contrast to their squads for tests at home but the Black Caps are preparing to play on Sri Lankan wickets where spinners utterly dominate the domestic wicket-taking charts.

Black Caps coach Gary Stead said the squad followed a “horses-for courses” type strategy, taking into account previous matches held in Sri Lanka.

“Playing three spinners is an option in Sri Lankan conditions and we believe this group provides the best variations and skill mix on offer.”

The Black Caps’ two-test series starts August 14.

Black Caps test squad to play Sri Lanka: Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Tom Blundell, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle, Tim Southee, Will Somerville, Neil Wagner, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult.

11:45am Celtic Blacklows Green v Rakaia, Field2A, 11:00am Celtic Summerfield Builders White v Methven Black, Field2A, 12:30pm Collegiate Ross Leadley Building v Methven White, Field2B, 12:30pm Tinwald Ace Electrical v Methven/Mt Somers, Field2A, 11:45am Under 8 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds - Game Duration 15 Minutes Halves Allenton Engineering Solutions v Southern White, Oval West, 10:15am Hampstead v Collegiate Redpaths, Oval West 12:35pm Celtic v Southern Red Coleman, Oval West 10:50am Methven Black v Methven White, Oval West, 11:25am Tinwald NZ Livestock v Rakaia, Oval West 12:00pm ACL Under 7 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds - Game Duration 15 Minutes Halves Allenton Alpine View v Southern White Busch Joinery, Field3B, 10:50am Southern White v Rakaia, Field3B, 10:35am Rakaia v Allenton Alpine View, Field3b, 10:20am Celtic Finishing Company Green v Hampstead, Oval East1, 12:00pm Collegiate Red Matt Lovett Slurry v Tinwald Canvas, Oval East1, 10:15am

Methven Black V Celtic Summerfield Builders White, Oval East 1, 12:35pm Mt Somers v Southern Red James Doyle Contracting, Oval East 1, 10:50am Tinwald Gluyas Nissan v Methven White, Oval East 1, 11:25am ACL Under 6 – All games at the Ashburton Showgrounds - Game Duration 15 Minutes Halves Tinwald Cranfield Glass v Collegiate Red Garador, Field3A, 10:10 am Mt Somers v Tinwald Cranfield Glass, Field3A, 10:25 am Collegiate Gold Grounworks Services v Mt Somers, Field 3A 10:40am Celtic Anderson Joinery Green v Southern Red Harcourts Ashburton Field3A, 10:55am Allenton Auto Centre Gold v Southern White, Oval East2, 10:15am Collegiate Gold Groundworks Services v Celtic Anderson Joinery White, Oval East2, 11:25am Methven Black v Allenton Young Electrical Maroon, Oval East 2, 12:00pm Tinwald Stables v Southern Blue Agspread, Oval East 2, 10:50am Rakaia v Methven White, Oval East 2, 12:35pm Methven Rugby Married v Singles Methven 1 2.30pm Charlie Kelland Referee team to Oamaru Nth Otago Dev v Sth Canterbury Dev 2.30pm Kalifa Faalogo, Simon Bennett, Peter McKnight

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Hampstead go on the defensive during their win over Geraldine at the Ashburton hockey turf on Saturday.

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■■ HOCKEY

Big second half seals the deal

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

Hampstead did what they needed to do on Saturday to finish top in the Mid/South Canterbury senior women’s hockey competition, but they weren’t the only ones.

It was a day of final round robin games in the Mid/South Canterbury senior hockey competitions, and the Hampstead women needed to beat Geraldine in Ashburton if they wanted to finish on top and take out the sought-after trophy that awaits the top team at the end of the season’s three rounds.

They did that, beating Geraldine 3-1, but Cambridge also won their last game against Timaru Girls’ High School 4-1, which put them in joint top position at the top of the table alongside Hamp-

stead. That means that they will share the SCWHA England McRae Cup over the summer.

Finishing joint top at the end of the round robin means that Hampstead and Cambridge will play this week when the competition heads into the season-ending finals stage, with the only question being who will host their semi-final.

The two sides last met just a fortnight ago, where Hampstead came out on top 3-1, and the way they’d been going in recent weeks they could be hard to stop in the final few weeks.

After a not-so-good start, Hampstead had finished the season strongly, and are now on a winning roll.

That continued against Geraldine on Saturday, where after a

scoreless first half, Hampstead’s Hannah Mowat scored three second half goals to seal the win for her side.

The competition now heads into the finals, where the format will see one play two, and three play four, with the winner of the first game going straight to the final while the loser of the first game then play the winner of the second game.

Hampstead and Geraldine will play off in the main semi-final, while Geraldine and Timaru Girls’ High School will play in the three versus four game.

Meanwhile, in the senior men’s competition Wakanui finished the round robin with a 4-all draw with Temuka, which helped them to a second-place finish on the leaderboard, and put them into a

semi-final with Northern Hearts.

Sam Harrison nabbed the first goal for Wakanui in Timaru on Saturday after some good work in the circle by Jeremy Moore, but Temuka got one back a minute later to level things up and got a second late in the quarter to be 2-1 up at the first break.

Both teams had opportunities in an action-packed second quarter, and although Temuka had the early measure of the third quarter, Wakanui soon drew level with a penalty corner goal to Hayden Sinclair, and then grabbed another penalty corner which was this time finished by Steve Blain.

It was suddenly all on and Wakanui quickly got their third of the quarter with a reverse stick from Hayden Sinclair making it 4-2.

Temuka managed to pick up a late goal from a penalty corner at the end of the third quarter to make it 4-3 to Wakanui heading into the final quarter and then, with 10 minutes to go, Temuka scored off a penalty corner to again even it up.

Wakanui had to work hard at the death, with two further Temuka penalty corners well defended to leave the game 4-all at the finish, and Wakanui finished the game knowing that when the play-offs kick off next week they will need to play their own game, rather than be dictated to by the opposition.

It was Northern Hearts who finished top in the men’s competition at the end of the three rounds, to claim the McCosker Trophy.

■■SWIMMING

There’s a lot of dirty swimmers, claims Horton Australian swimming champion Mack Horton has delivered an explosive claim that swimming is rife with drug cheats after breaking his silence on his podium protest against Sun Yang.

The 23-year-old Aussie spoke to Channel 7’s Sunday Night about his protest and the subsequent positive drug test of fellow Australian Dolphins team member Shayna Jack.

Long a campaigner against

drugs in sport, Horton was asked how dirty the sport is and it was then he dropped his bombshell allegation.

“We don’t know how many athletes, how many swimmers aren’t clean. I don’t think there’s any point in speculating but yeah, a lot,” he said.

Despite the claims, Horton was quick to hit back at the claims made of hypocrisy against both himself and Swimming Australia

after Jack’s positive test.

Those claims come on the back of Horton refusing to take the podium with Yang after the 400m freestyle final.

Sun finished with the gold medal, 0.73 seconds ahead of Horton in silver but after refusing to stand on the podium with the Chinese star, Horton sparked a wider debate around drugs in sport.

Horton hit back at claims of hypocrisy aimed at the Aussies after

Jack’s positive test to the banned substance Ligandrol exploded.

“We are not hypocrites.

“We are enforcing what we are standing for and I think Australia is definitely standing for clean sport,” he told Melissa Doyle.

“No one was really sure what to think or feel, I think, at the time and, you know, we still had another finals session ahead of us, we still had another day of competition.

“I think the difference being as soon as she returns a positive sample, she’s returned to Australia, she’s not competing at a World Championships and that gives me faith in the Australian system and that Australians demand clean sport.

“We won’t let our own athletes get away with it and because we won’t let our own get away with it, we can question and demand more from the rest of the world.”

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Big turn-out for half marathon

By Erin Tasker

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Hundreds of runners and walkers, and those keen to do a bit of both, converged on Lake Hood on Sunday for the third annual South Island Half Marathon.

Competitors came from around New Zealand and as far away as Australia and France to take part in the day’s events, and they were met by cool but clear and calm conditions which were near-perfect for racing.

The 21km half marathon feature event was, as usual, the most popular and it was won by Jared Millar in a time of 1.18.23 hours, ahead of second placed Nathan Hey in 1.21.20 hours, and third placed Damien Cook in 1.21.59 hours.

Methven multisporter Julia Grant was the first woman home in 1.24.40 hours, which was good enough for 11th overall, while Sonya Cameron was the second woman home followed by last year’s fastest woman Tracy Abbott.

The hybrid event for those who wanted to cover the 21km by both running and walking was won by Matthew Jordan in a time of 1.57.18 hours, followed by Harley Willis and Adrian Willis.

A number of walkers also took on the 21km, and Daryl Nish was the fastest home in 2.28.31 hours, followed by Sharyn Davey in 2.32.59 hours, and Darryn Harris in 2.35.33 hours.

A 7km event was also raced and it was won by Michael Wrigley in 28.39 minutes for the runners, followed by Vanessa Lord in second, in a time of 29.15 minutes.

The 7km walk was won by Jane Thomson in 53.42 minutes, with Aynsley Wilkinson second and Derek Wilkinson third.

A 3km kidz dash was also raced, and that was won

by Ethan Cox in a time of 6.01 minutes, with Sophie Lampe – a Hinds School student who finished second in the Canterbury schools’ cross country a couple of months ago – second in 6.03 minutes.

Not all participants in Sunday’s South Island Half Marathon at Lake Hood donned traditional running attire for the event.

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McCormick a rugby trailblazer in Japan

By Michael Burgess In the first of a series focused on the rugby scene in Japan, Michael Burgess profiles Andrew McCormick, the son of legendary All Black Fergie and one of New Zealand’s rugby pioneers in Asia.

When Andrew McCormick first laced on his boots in Japan, he was one of a rare breed.

It was 1992. Jim Bolger was Prime Minister, Laurie Mains was the new All Blacks coach and A Few Good Men was a hit in cinemas.

And for Kiwi rugby players, Japan was a relatively unknown frontier. There were around 30 foreigners plying their trade there – now, there are close to 300 involved in Japan’s Top League, including more than 140 New Zealanders.

McCormick, son of All Blacks and Canterbury stalwart Fergie, was one of the trailblazers.

“It was an adventure, a pretty mysterious place to go back then,” McCormick said. “I didn’t really know what to expect.”

A strong-running centre, McCormick had played 84 times for Canterbury and represented the New Zealand Colts.

He had also been involved in All

Blacks trials, and was employed as a stock and station agent.

One afternoon, after a provincial match against Otago, McCormick was approached by a visiting delegation from Toshiba, who were scouting players for their team.

“It was crazy, really,” says McCormick.

“Having a conversation with their head coach, who didn’t speak a word of English. Luckily there was a Kiwi guy with them who had spent time in Japan and he was translating.”

After an initial orientation visit, McCormick decided to take the plunge, moving to Tokyo.

“I needed a change, something to freshen up,” says McCormick.

“There were some work opportunities and it was a good opportunity with rugby. I thought I could try something different for a while but I’ve never really left.”

Toshiba had never had a foreign player, and unlike today, there wasn’t a posse of translators on hand during training or squad meetings.

“I had to fend for myself,” says McCormick. “I’m still not really sure how I managed.”

The rugby camaraderie was similar but everything else seemed

different. There were 50 players on the team, they practised on rock hard dirt grounds and training sessions could stretch beyond three hours.

“I thought ‘gee, I’ve made a bad decision’,” recalls McCormick.

“It was very hot and humid, there was no grass to be seen anywhere and I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off at training.

“I couldn’t speak the language, didn’t really like the food and wanted to go home.”

There were also some unusual cultural differences.

“When I was first there, a lot of players didn’t wear underpants, just tight short shorts,” McCormick says with a laugh. “You would be doing power stretching as a pair – hamstrings and stuff – and look down and, ‘oh, okay’.”

Toshiba won three national championships in a row and McCormick was eventually made captain.

“That was a huge honour. There were some language concerns but I had a strong leadership group and their English was pretty good.”

There was more to come, as McCormick was selected to represent the Brave Blossoms in 1996, then

appointed captain two years later, the first non-Japanese to lead the national team.

“It was a big deal and it wasn’t that popular in some circles,” says McCormick. “It was a good thing I couldn’t read the newspapers or magazines back then.”

The national team was in crisis, after the disastrous campaign at the 1995 World Cup, which included the infamous 145-17 thrashing by the All Blacks, where New Zealand scored 21 tries, with Marc Ellis crossing for six.

“They had been smashed and it wasn’t a great tournament off the field either,” says McCormick.

“Self-belief is huge in Japanese sports and it had been really affected.”

It also led to Japan opening the door to exiles, with Graeme Bachop, Rob Gordon, Greg Smith and Jamie Joseph also drafted into the team.

Japan enjoyed some promising results in 1998, with wins over Tonga 44-17, Samoa 37-34 and Argentina 44-29 in Tokyo.

“Grizz Wyllie was their [Pumas] coach and he was a legend for a Canterbury boy,” says McCormick. “He was very gracious about our team.”

McCormick retired from inter-

national rugby after the tournament and became head coach at Toshiba for three years, before Kamaishi Seawaves lured him back for another playing stint.

“It was hard,” says McCormick.

“I was a bit chubby. But it was a great experience.”

Japanese rugby has changed considerably since he played, and the standard has lifted significantly with the influx of overseas players.

“And as foreigners, we used to catch up a lot, because there weren’t many of us. All us foreign boys would meet in a bar in Tokyo most Saturday nights, with Joe Stanley, John Kirwan and others.”

McCormick also remembers marking Stanley one year against NEC, then facing his son, Jeremy, in another season.

“No one really knew how old Joe was,” says McCormick. “It was all a bit of a mystery.”

McCormick expects this year’s World Cup to be a hit, especially for the visiting teams and fans.

“Japan will put on a wonderful tournament and create a great environment to play rugby in,” says McCormick. “It means teams will be able to perform to the best of their ability. It’s going to be huge, one of the best there’s been.”

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Another title for Venus NZME

Brandon Cup hits the fairways Looking to land his ball on the green during a round at the Ashburton Golf Club on Saturday was Vince Carr. Carr was among those taking part in what was the first of three rounds for the Brandon Cup. PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 030819-HM-0121

■■RUGBY LEAGUE

Mission Improbable

By Christopher Reive Good news for Warriors fans; despite having lost more than 60 per cent of their matches this season, they’re still a mathematical chance to make the playoffs.

But when you have to add the word mathematical into the sentence, it isn’t exactly a reassuring sign.

There’s a good reason for that, with the Warriors facing arguably the toughest run home of any team in the NRL. With five rounds to go, the Warriors will need to win at least four of their matches to have a realistic chance to steal a spot in the top eight.

But in those five matches, they meet five teams currently sitting inside the playoff spots.

While they’ve run teams close, the Warriors have beaten just one of the current teams in the top eight this year, with a 19-18 win over the Cronulla Sharks in Wellington a fortnight ago.

They’ve met three of the four other teams they’ll play in the run home already this season. In those three matches, they were outscored 120-48.

The Warriors are currently three points outside of the top eight, but the teams above them will have a much, much easier

life in the coming weeks.

The eighth-placed Wests Tigers, ninth-placed Penrith Panthers and 11th-place Newcastle Knights only meet two top eight sides on the run home, while the 10th-placed Brisbane Broncos meet three.

The run home Manly Sea Eagles (5) at Mt Smart Stadium Back in round three, Manly prop Martin Taupau and fullback Tom Trbojevic set the Warriors alight. Taupau provided a massive platform at the front with almost 200 running metres, and Trbojevic broke the line at will on his way to scoring a double.

Manly appear to be at full strength again for the return trip and are beginning to peak at the right time of the competition.

Sydney Roosters (2) at Sydney Cricket Ground The Warriors are yet to meet the Roosters in 2019, which is probably a good thing. In the past month, the Roosters are averaging 32 points per game while conceding just 12. The Warriors, on the other hand, are averaging 19 points while conceded 25 during the same period. Make of that what you may.

Cronulla Sharks (7) at PointsBet Stadium (aka Shark Park) Reverse fixture: Warriors won

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 19-18 at Westpac Stadium.

Like the Warriors, the Sharks have been a wildly inconsistent outfit this season with players coming in and out of the squad due to injuries and suspensions.

Looking less than impressive the last time the sides met, the Sharks seem to have turned a corner in the last fortnight with back to back wins, including an impressive 15-point triumph over the South Sydney Rabbitohs last time out.

If their stars get going, they’re a hard team to stop.

South Sydney Rabbitohs (4) at Mt Smart Stadium See Cronulla Sharks.

The Rabbitohs don’t always show up to play, but when they do they’re an impressive side.

If Damian Cook is running out of dummy half with the likes of Cameron Murray and Cody Walker backing up on the inside, the

Warriors defence is going to find itself under a lot of pressure. This match shapes up as a big test of the forwards’ gas tanks.

Canberra Raiders (3) at GIO Stadium As we saw on Friday night, the Raiders are a tidy outfit. And on their home turf, they take things up a notch. Canberra has historically been a fortress and in 2019 that has been no different.

The race for the eight Warriors (12; 17 points): v Manly Sea Eagles (5), at Sydney Roosters (2), at Cronulla Sharks (7), v South Sydney Rabbitohs (4), at Canberra Raiders (3).

Cronulla Sharks (7; 20 points): at Penrith Panthers (9), v St George Illawarra Dragons (14), v Warriors, v Raiders, at Wests Tigers (8).

Wests Tigers (8; 20 points): at Canterbury Bulldogs (15), at Manly, v Newcastle Knights (11), at Dragons, v Sharks.

Penrith Panthers (9; 20 points): v Sharks, at Brisbane Broncos (10), at North Queensland Cowboys (13), at Roosters, v Knights.

Brisbane Broncos (10; 19 points): at Cowboys, v Panthers, v Rabbitohs, v Parramatta Eels (6), at Bulldogs.

Newcastle Knights (11; 18 points): at Eels, v Cowboys, at Tigers, v Titans, at Panthers.

North Queensland Cowboys (13; 16 points): v Broncos, at Knights, v Panthers, v Bulldogs, at Melbourne Storm (1).

Kiwi Michael Venus and his South African partner Raven Klaasen have captured their second ATP 500 title of the year at the Citi Open in Washington DC and are now the number two ranked doubles pair in the world.

The third seeds have beaten Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer and Romania’s Horia Tecau 3-6, 6-3 102. After splitting sets with one service break apiece Venus and Klaasen played a quite sensational tie break to win the title.

Venus and Klaasen started superbly in the match tie break with the South African showing great touch at the net to win the opening point on Tecau’s serve and then Venus held both his serves for a 3-0 lead.

Klaasen then hit a lovely return to extend to 4-0.

They changed ends with the 3rd seeds leading 5-1.

After serving an ace, Klaasen then hit a backhand return of service winner to extend the lead to 7-1.

Some huge serving from Venus brought up seven match points at 9-2 and Klaasen then finished the match off with another backhand winner.

The victory is their third ATP title together they will both move to career high rankings when the ATP rankings come out later today.

Venus will be ranked eighth and Klaasen just ahead of him at seven.

They are on track to make the ATP Finals in London for the second straight year together having climbed to second in the race, moving ahead of the world’s most well-known team, the Bryan brothers Bob and Mike.

Venus and Klaasen have been incredibly consistent in recent months with their Halle title win, reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals and now the Washington title.

Due to Visa problems for Klaasen getting into Canada they aren’t able to play this week’s Montreal ATP Masters 1000 tournament together however.

Venus is instead teaming up with Artem Sitak’s former partner Austin Krajicek and they are unseeded.

They face the Austrian pair of Jurgen Melzer and Oliver Marach in the first round. Venus and Klaasen will resume their partnership the following week in Cincinnati in their final hit-out before the US Open.

Michael Venus is in top form.

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Kiwis fly in Grand National NZME New Zealand jumps jockey Aaron Kuru took home one of the biggest scalps in his riding career on Sunday after taking out the Grand National Hurdle (4200m) aboard Kiwi jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe at Sandown.

Just 24 hours earlier Kuru was without a ride in the race, however, a fall at Riccarton on Saturday ruled out original rider Matthew Gillies.

Kuru was already flying to Melbourne to ride in the meeting and last season’s premiership winning jumps jockey was only too happy to oblige when asked to take the ride.

He duly rewarded the connections of the nine-year-old gelding when scoring by nearly five

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 06 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 2.53pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 823x1 Yanira Bale 17.81..........................C Roberts 2 2 Sydneys Sox nwtd......................... L Waretini 3 2 Prince Zulu nwtd........................... L Waretini 4 65 Homebush Liam nwtd................J McInerney 5 5274 Ohoka Lacey nwtd........................ L Waretini 6 3671 Opa’s Mate 17.71.............................R Casey 7 54 Ohoka Becky nwtd........................ L Waretini 8 74347 So Flossy nwtd.................................. B Dann 9 8x523 Absent nwtd....................................G Cleeve 10 Impressive Flash nwtd...............J McInerney 2 3.10pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL NZ BRED HEAT 1 C1q, 295m 1 85257 Mitcham Doug 17.34..................J McInerney 2 65456 Goldstar Montana 17.47 S &............B Evans 3 71763 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve 4 26761 Jetstream Marley 17.32................A Williams 5 65431 Fidgety Feet 17.55...............................A Lee 6 47426 Nippa Eel 17.33.........................J McInerney 7 65732 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 H &....................Taylor 8 13418 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 9 15868 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 10 38878 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M................. McCook 3 3.26pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL NZ BRED HEAT 2 C1q, 295m 1 52521 Maybe Right 17.70...............................A Lee 2 86548 Mitcham Trudy nwtd...................J McInerney 3 1747 Mega Dream nwtd..........................R Adcock

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Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 06 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 12.07pm MAIDEN BITCHES FEATURE SPRINT C0, 310m 1 27284 Kowloon Lights nwtd.......................J Guthrie 2 3 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 3 3 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 4 Sonja nwtd......................................D J Lane 5 82835 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 6 63325 Sozin’s Melody nwtd..................J McInerney 7 38353 Opawa Jody nwtd............................R Wales 8 4 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 9 35747 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 10 64786 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 2 12.25 OGRC EARLY QUADDIE SPRINT C0, 310m 1 37 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 2 7 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 3 Regal George nwtd....................J McInerney 4 46 Homebush Jordie nwtd..............J McInerney 5 65456 Homebush Fonzie nwtd.............J McInerney 6 43372 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney 7 77864 Mick The Mouse nwtd................J McInerney 8 7 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 9 4T765 Pontiac Pat nwtd........................J McInerney 10 64786 Three Gold Stars nwtd....................C Healey 3 12.42pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C0, 545m 1 242 My Giovanni nwtd.............................R Wales 2 56334 Our Scarlett nwtd.............................R Wales 3 37763 Opawa Lola nwtd.............................R Wales 4 Opawa Toddy nwtd J &....................D Fahey 5 84456 Lakota Micco nwtd.......................... H Cairns 6 5624F Goldstar Vale nwtd S &....................B Evans 7 5783 Punters Choice nwtd........................R Wales 8 35527 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................B Evans 9 55785 Lakota Scout nwtd.......................... H Cairns 10 56888 Our Bonnie nwtd..............................R Wales

lengths in the $250,000 contest.

Kuru was delighted to get the win aboard the Patrick Paynetrained gelding, but had mixed emotions given the circumstances around attaining the ride.

“I was lucky enough to get on for this ride,” he said.

“It was unfortunate for Matt Gillies back home, I do feel for him, but I am very happy. I picked up a very nice ride and I am glad we delivered.”

While officially trained by Payne, Tallyho Twinkletoe had been prepared in New Zealand

by Wanganui horseman Kevin “Dummy” Myers up until just days before the race.

“He only arrived at my place at 11pm on Wednesday night and he was at Ballarat the following morning at seven o’clock to qual-

ify,” Payne said. “So I’m only the fake trainer.

“All thanks to the Dummy Myers team back in New Zealand and a special thanks to Jo Rathbone (part-owner) who is close to this horse. She has spent a lot of time with him at the beach.”

Kuru echoed those sentiments and was rapt to get the victory for Myers.

“I don’t get many rides for him, so I am glad I could pick up a win in Australia,” Kuru said. “He does a great job and Jo Rathbone, she has done a lot in the New Zealand ranks and she has a lot to play in this horse’s success.

“It was a massive team effort and I am over the moon.”

Kuru was also delighted that the win came aboard a New Zealand horse and he is hoping for

more success on Australian soil in the future.

“That’s always the goal for the Kiwi riders, to get a bit of a go in Australia,” he said.

“We can compete, we just need the horses. It was satisfying riding a Kiwi horse, with myself being a Kiwi, it was really thrilling.”

It was the second Grand National Hurdle victory for Tallyho Twinkletoe, with the son of St Reims winning the New Zealand equivalent at Riccarton in 2005.

“His record back home in New Zealand is pretty outstanding and he is still pretty untapped at the moment,” Kuru said.

He will now be set to try and add a Grand National Steeplechase trophy to the mantle when he contests the $350,000 race at Ballarat on August 25.

Shartin paces incredible mile A Kiwi pacer set a new world record on harness racing’s biggest day.

Former New Zealand mare Shartin, whose dam Bagdarin was bred and raced by former Ashburton breeder Bruce Francis, stunned harness racing fans when she paced a 1m 46.8s mile on Hambletonian Day at The Meadowlands in New Jersey, the fastest mile ever paced by a mare.

Her all-the-way win in the $183,000 Lady Liberty continued her incredible form over the past 18 months to confirm her place as the best pacing mare in the world.

Ironically, Shartin never raced in New Zealand, being exported to Australia before becoming a superstar in North America, her success even more surprising as she is by former speed freak Tintin In America, who as a stallion has struggled to leave top racehorses.

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 4 88776 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &...............B Evans 5 54542 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 6 54333 Go Mufasa nwtd...............................R Wales 7 64655 Dapper Danny 17.56.................... J McMillan 8 14 Mulberry Sox 17.87....................... K Cassidy 9 15868 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 10 86877 Knows No Better 17.48.............. M Dempsey 4 3.46 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH STKS C0, 520m 1 4 Jinja Twinkle nwtd.............................A Joyce 2 7x34 Born Tasha nwtd..............................R Wales 3 6564 Opa’s Joy nwtd.................................R Casey 4 Grey Wind nwtd...........................N Wanhalla 5 44648 Creasy Bear nwtd............................ D Voyce 6 My Snuggles nwtd............................R Wales 7 2642 Goldstar Yankee nwtd S &................B Evans 8 Jinja Dylan nwtd................................A Joyce 9 Translation nwtd J &.........................D Fahey 10 776x4 Opawa Pauline nwtd........................R Wales 5 4.04pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL NZ BRED HEAT 3 C1q, 295m 1 73571 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 2 17266 Dream Runner 17.34 J M................. McCook 3 47446 Smash Over 17.44........................... M Grant 4 65443 Every Minute 17.51..............................A Lee 5 156 Just Izzy 17.35.................................. B Dann 6 65785 Little Lottie 17.47 M &.......................... Smith 7 14746 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 8 34664 Sozin’s Azure 17.49...................J McInerney 9 15868 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 10 35887 High Sparrow nwtd..................... A Bradshaw 6 4.21pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL NZ BRED HEAT 4

C1q, 295m 1 77846 Goldstar Clover 18.20 S &...............B Evans 2 44636 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 3 54646 Jingili Jill 17.55 M &............................. Smith 4 x5532 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 5 38525 Smash Out 17.71............................. M Grant 6 23763 Barrel Runner 17.72................... A Bradshaw 7 877x1 Would My Friend 17.58........................A Lee 8 17756 Amuri Liv 17.43..........................J McInerney 9 15868 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 10 28758 Tickel Up 17.70.......................... M Dempsey 7 4.39pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL NZ BRED HEAT 5 C1q, 295m 1 76283 Citizen Aguero 17.56.................J McInerney 2 48457 Mitcham Shemon 17.61............. A Bradshaw 3 14421 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 4 43124 Lucky Scar nwtd...............................R Wales 5 15 Mulberry Will 17.71........................... B Dann 6 86827 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce 7 74858 Gracie Lee 17.30.......................J McInerney 8 66464 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 9 15868 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 10 76778 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 8 4.56pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL NZ BRED HEAT 6 C1q, 295m 1 28447 Goldstar Bryton 17.74 S &...............B Evans 2 88444 Cosmic Richie 17.30..................J McInerney 3 88584 Ohoka Angel 17.39....................... L Waretini 4 75357 Homebush Pierce 17.54............J McInerney 5 36861 Mitcham Becky 17.54 J M................ McCook 6 84162 Punters Last nwtd............................R Wales 7 54432 Hi Ho Tonto 17.38................................A Lee

8 24628 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 9 15868 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 10 86877 Knows No Better 17.48.............. M Dempsey 9 5.15 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C1, 520m 1 32443 Little Secret 30.44......................... L Waretini 2 36424 Opawa Silver 30.55..........................R Wales 3 54866 Opawa Tab 30.66.............................R Wales 4 82655 Boyka nwtd J &................................D Fahey 5 51335 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 6 21215 Neptune Allen 30.86.....................C Roberts 7 52214 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 8 32123 Go Diego 30.46 J &..........................D Fahey Emergencies: 9 26665 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 10 x8765 Go Ladybird nwtd.............................R Wales 10 5.35pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C1, 520m 1 66826 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans 2 34735 Our Anna 30.92................................R Wales 3 63447 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 4 13224 Raquel Allen nwtd.........................C Roberts 5 33322 Sausage 30.16 J &...........................D Fahey 6 52853 Opawa Slick nwtd.............................R Wales 7 52375 Opawa Queen 30.67........................R Wales 8 63413 Meka 30.19 J &................................D Fahey 9 26665 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 10 67677 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini 11 5.54pm A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE 0800222583 STAKES C1, 520m 1 175x5 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 2 122 Mighty Muscle 30.42 J &..................D Fahey 3 51211 Opawa Vinny 30.20 J &....................D Fahey 4 57234 Goldstar Flora 31.15 S &.................B Evans

5 31266 Shermo Bale 30.57.......................C Roberts 6 42634 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 7 34314 Opawa Oscar nwtd..........................R Wales 8 5F15 Born Ellie 30.92...............................R Wales 9 74757 Our Nala 30.70.................................R Wales 10 876F7 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 12 6.14pm RE-ENERGISE DASH C1, 295m 1 31872 Mr Black Magic nwtd.......................J M Lane 2 33544 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06..................S Hindson 3 21875 High Violet 17.40........................R Blackburn 4 54223 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 5 88835 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 6 12723 Enchantee 17.91........................R Blackburn 7 38246 Miss Nina nwtd..............................M B Fuller 8 43285 Just James 17.43........................H Anderton 9 16665 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce 10 36677 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney SELECTIONS

9 47166 Justin Ryan 18.51 S &.....................B Evans 10 55655 Goldstar Major 18.97 S &.................B Evans 11 3.01pm EQUINOX BAR & RESTAURANT STAKES C4/5, 545m 1 75162 Go Brat 32.44 J &............................D Fahey 2 14184 Our Jolene nwtd...............................R Wales 3 11253 Must Be Rusty 32.41..................J McInerney 4 12112 Go Glow 32.56 J &...........................D Fahey 5 17635 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans 6 32841 Start The Show nwtd......................R Adcock 7 71378 Eyrewell Turbo nwtd........................ H Cairns 8 31313 Know Pudding 32.76.......................G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 34373 Egomaniacal 32.35.......................D Roberts 10 62145 Know Shame 32.45.........................G Cleeve 12 3.18pm LATE QUADDIE DASH C4/5, 310m 1 17142 Opawa Lacy 18.59 J &.....................D Fahey 2 43585 Ezra Blueblood 18.75.................J McInerney 3 63811 Shaw Lee 18.45 J M........................ McCook 4 28737 Nippa Martino 18.53..................J McInerney 5 66781 Flora Dora 18.42............................R Adcock 6 42852 Goldstar Trooper 18.41 S &..............B Evans 7 22584 Disobedience 18.79 S &..................B Evans 8 13275 Nelso Allen 18.49..........................C Roberts 9 85767 Princely Gold 18.31....................J McInerney 10 55655 Goldstar Major 18.97 S &.................B Evans 13 3.37pm KEEN KENNELS SPRINT C1, 310m 1 18 Sozin’s Delight nwtd...................J McInerney 2 51574 Jitterbug Jewel 19.05....................C Roberts 3 78267 Flying Canary 19.20...................J McInerney 4 42651 Pretty Keen 19.04..............................S Keen 5 71878 Magic Jean Lass 18.98...................C Healey 6 83784 Homebush Maycee 18.55..........J McInerney 7 211 Homebush Alexei nwtd..............J McInerney 8 12668 Pukeko Rustler 19.04......................B Healey Emergencies: 9 44756 C’Mon Benny Boy 18.63.................J Guthrie 10 47657 Homebush Izzy 19.03................J McInerney 14 3.56pm FORBURY PARK SPRINT C1, 310m 1 88722 Homebush Hotshot nwtd............J McInerney

2 88x53 Sly Bet nwtd J M.............................. McCook 3 84521 My Girl Sofia 18.62.........................B Healey 4 62872 Vik Vikkers nwtd............................C Roberts 5 15375 Nippa Enough 19.18..................J McInerney 6 66752 Okuku Terra nwtd.............................R Casey 7 36683 Koputai 18.73..................................J Guthrie 8 87852 Homebush Tasha nwtd...............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 18686 Sozin’s Onyx nwtd......................J McInerney 10 18788 Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 15 4.15pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 20TH AUGUST C1, 310m 1 86321 Homebush Sayer nwtd...............J McInerney 2 26543 Smokey Dodger 18.94.............. P Hammond 3 1277 Brut Magic 19.27.............................C Healey 4 66463 Avalanch City 18.80...................J McInerney 5 468x3 Little Lozza nwtd........................J McInerney 6 75644 Glass Harpoon 18.76......................J Guthrie 7 65852 Homebush Scorpio 18.41..........J McInerney 8 18365 Lakota Tonka nwtd.......................... H Cairns 9 63565 Jealous Much 18.80...................J McInerney 10 87678 Mick The Mower 18.78...............J McInerney SELECTIONS

Race 1: Yanira Bale, Opa’s Mate, Absent, Ohoka Lacey Race 2: Jetstream Marley, Smash Surprise, Culvie Jay Dee Race 3: Mega Dream, Go Mufasa, Mitcham Trudy, Epic Mate Race 4: Born Tasha, Goldstar Yankee, Jinja Dylan, Translation Race 5: Just Izzy, Every Minute, Sozin’s Azure, Smash Over Race 6: Amuri Liv, Barrel Runner, Know Dollars, Andrea Said Race 7: Citizen Aguero, Caramel Rose, Lucky Scar, Gracie Lee Race 8: Punters Last, Goldstar Bryton, Mitcham Becky Race 9: Go Diego, Boyka, Little Secret, Neptune Allen Race 10: Sausage, Meka, Opawa Slick, Our Anna, Raquel Allen Race 11: Opawa Vinny, Orina Allen, Opawa Oscar, Shermo Bale Race 12: High Violet, Twizel Storm, Enchantee, Heidi Hates Rap 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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Today at Forbury Park Raceway 4 1.00pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE SPRINT C1, 545m

1 33374 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 2 46434 Chunk 32.86...............................J McInerney 3 57162 Baldrick 33.04............................J McInerney 4 44533 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney 5 24288 Dave’s Dot 32.22........................J McInerney 6 41844 Opawa Roy nwtd..............................R Wales 7 74417 Alotta Talk nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 8 x3447 Opawa Mason nwtd.........................R Wales 9 55858 Cawbourne Zulu nwtd...................D Roberts 10 47657 Homebush Izzy 33.01................J McInerney 5 1.17 GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C2, 310m 1 58188 Homebush Flynn nwtd...............J McInerney 2 17337 Sozin’s Symphony 18.92............J McInerney 3 31164 Amuri Magic 18.64.....................J McInerney 4 74218 Eyrewell Bentley nwtd..................... H Cairns 5 66633 Goldstar Diesel 18.91 S &................B Evans 6 27842 Nikko Baxter 18.71.....................J McInerney 7 5712F Blazing Banjo 18.72...................J McInerney 8 17212 Major Storm nwtd..........................C Roberts 9 74462 It’s A Joke 18.42.........................J McInerney 10 41664 Yi Feng 18.76.............................J McInerney 6 1.35pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C2, 310m 1 44417 Eyrewell Tango nwtd....................... H Cairns 2 26471 Trajan nwtd.................................J McInerney 3 45178 Lucy Lingers 18.81.....................J McInerney 4 65444 Goldstar Jay Jay 18.60 S &..............B Evans 5 65155 Amuri George 19.08...................J McInerney 6 13747 Punch On Rex nwtd...................J McInerney 7 56531 Regal Jock 18.63.......................J McInerney 8 55735 Homebush Boden 18.60............J McInerney 9 43455 Know Approval 18.75......................G Cleeve 10 88466 Homebush Comet 18.69............J McInerney 7 1.52 PETER SINTON PLUMBING STAKES C3, 545m 1 17717 Sefton Joy 32.75..............................R Wales 2 82746 Know Equal 33.11...........................G Cleeve 3 31834 Know Conclusion 32.66..................G Cleeve 4 44511 Replica Casino nwtd.......................B Pringle 5 23538 Kiwi Gunn nwtd..............................R Adcock

6 27313 Cosmic Stu 32.65.......................J McInerney 7 35223 Know Denying 32.73.......................G Cleeve 8 62152 Dyna Elliot nwtd............................C Roberts Emergencies: 9 45178 Know Leave 32.83..........................G Cleeve 10 16755 Cosmic Ruben nwtd...................J McInerney 8 2.10 BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES C1/2, 545m 1 17275 Goldstar Chief nwtd S &...................B Evans 2 55321 Black Dan 32.67.........................J McInerney 3 81587 Midnight Maggie 33.03 S &..............B Evans 4 22231 It’s A Trick nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 5 x1252 Ester nwtd........................................R Wales 6 37156 Lakota Kohana nwtd....................... H Cairns 7 56144 Archie’s Ranger 32.93 J M............... McCook 8 52134 Goldstar Alaska 33.38 S &...............B Evans 9 47657 Homebush Izzy 33.01................J McInerney 10 55858 Cawbourne Zulu nwtd...................D Roberts 9 2.28 BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C3, 310m 1 1x123 Punch On Buzz nwtd.................J McInerney 2 21544 Digger Ace 18.60...........................R Adcock 3 77233 Homebush Boots 18.87.............J McInerney 4 11131 Sozin’s Empire 18.45.................J McInerney 5 58224 Goldstar Dodge 18.72 S &...............B Evans 6 66364 Shift The Blame 18.50................J McInerney 7 67444 Homebush Velma 18.52.............J McInerney 8 26421 Homebush Finn 18.56................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 67267 Cosmic Jase 18.43....................J McInerney 10 46356 Goldstar Galaxie 18.93 S &.............B Evans 10 2.45 ALL FENCING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C4, 310m 1 11221 Eyrewell Ebony nwtd....................... H Cairns 2 87337 Know Sweat 18.59..........................G Cleeve 3 16432 Dyna Kushida nwtd.......................C Roberts 4 58878 Reign Of Fire 18.37....................J McInerney 5 43125 Broken Penniless nwtd....................G Cleeve 6 61313 Special As 19.23 J M....................... McCook 7 44435 Magic Jess Lass 18.40...................C Healey 8 63816 Bashful Buffy 19.19....................J McInerney

Race 1: Sonja, Homebush Yuri, Opawa Jody, Sozin’s Melody Race 2: Homebush Jordie, Regal George, Take A Hint Race 3: My Giovanni, Our Scarlett, Opawa Lola, Goldstar Vale Race 4: Alotta Talk, Opawa Roy, Dave’s Dot, Baldrick Race 5: Amuri Magic, Major Storm, Nikko Baxter, It’s A Joke Race 6: Regal Jock, Goldstar Jay Jay, Trajan, Lucy Lingers Race 7: Know Denying, Sefton Joy, Replica Casino, Cosmic Stu Race 8: It’s A Trick, Ester, Goldstar Alaska, Midnight Maggie Race 9: Sozin’s Empire, Homebush Boots, Homebush Finn Race 10: Eyrewell Ebony, Know Sweat, Bashful Buffy Race 11: Go Glow, Go Brat, Must Be Rusty, Egomaniacal Race 12: Opawa Lacy, Shaw Lee, Flora Dora, Ezra Blueblood Race 13: Homebush Maycee, C’Mon Benny Boy, Jitterbug Jewel Race 14: Homebush Hotshot, Koputai, Sly Bet, Okuku Terra Race 15: Smokey Dodger, Little Lozza, Avalanch City, Jealous Much

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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Either way, capture the moment. These don’t come along every day.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): How self-directed are you?

However you’d rate yourself previously, you’ll raise it up a few percentage points as you’ll notice that the best actions to take today will be the ones you order up for yourself.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It is easy to undervalue your own skill set when no one around you understands what you do. It helps matters to work on skills that cross over into many areas, such as social skills.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): In situations unknown, you tend to take the lead. The best move, however, will be to check the group to see if there’s anyone who knows more than you do about how to proceed. If not, go for it.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll come across situations that are best to blow by like the breeze. You’ll learn through observation, not involvement.

When you’re not sure you can make things better, the graceful way is to leave no trace.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Don’t help people who don’t value your help. It does no one any good.

Your efforts are wasted in this regard because people don’t take help that they didn’t pay for in some way.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You may not feel important to the action today, but your behaviour proves otherwise. The one who follows through on an instinct to protect and care for others is strong, powerful and built to lead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): People feel your absence. When you’re not participating, they wonder where you are, what you’re doing, who you’re with. Check in, if only to stop them from obsessing.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’ll summon your courage and do the thing you were afraid of. This will feel good, somewhere between relief and liberation. The world is a more exciting place when you feel you can affect it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Unless you’ve taken a vow to obey orders and follow instructions, you’d do well to second-guess and analyse the commands issued in your direction. Does the order-barker really know what’s going on?

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): There are those who provide tension just to watch people strain under it. It lets them know they are in charge. If people aren’t suffering, they don’t feel powerful. Be aware. This is their move. What’s yours?

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DOWN 1. Banish (5) 2. Caused trouble (6,3,4) 3. Uncertain (9) 4. Swindles (6) 5. Reverend (abbr) (3) 6. Provides evidence (13) 7. Goads (7) 11. Unfavourable points (9) 12. Sore (7) 14. Profited (6) 17. Separates (5) 19. Seadog (3)

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

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DUCKMANTON, Stacey FRIDAY: Fine. Northerlies dying ASHBURTON Ra Marie (nee Evans) – ka i 12 out. a Passed away peacefully on MAX 13 OVERNIGHT MIN 3 July 31, 2019 after a Ash courageous battle with bur to Geraldine n cancer, aged 40. Much loved Midnight Tonight wife and best friend of Ra n Jeremy (Ducky), much loved gitata mother of Jack, Isla, Alice, Gabbie, and Walter.

Treasured daughter of Rex TIMARU and Hilary Evans, daughter14 in-law of Paul, Ruth and the late Rowena Duckmanton.

Special sister, sister-in-law and aunty of Logan, Nicole, Trelise, Max and Matilda; Amanda, Hamish, Samuel, Waimate Finley and Elsie; Corey, Wind km/h Diane, Riley and Talia; Tuesday, 6 August 2019 NZ Situation less than 30 Chelsea, Darren, and Freya; An unsettled southwest flow across New Zealand eases fine mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers Stacey, Jason, Maggie, and tomorrow as a weak ridge builds. The southwest flow fine showers clearing showers Gus. turns westerly tomorrow. The westerly flow covers New 30 to 59 Stacey will be sorely Zealand through to Thursday. A trough approaches the missed by many, country later Thursday, crossing the North Island on fog isolated snow sleet thunder rain snow hail 60 plus Her memory thunder flurries Friday, followed by another trough crossing New Zealand will last forever. on Saturday.

Messages to the Duckmanton overnight NZ Today Canterbury High Country max low family, PO Box 472, Canterbury Plains Ashburton 7740. A service for Auckland showers 14 9 TODAY TODAY FZL: 800m gradually rising to 1100m Stacey will be held at the Hotel Ashburton, Racecourse Fine.

Fine, but a few showers about the divide.

Hamilton showers 14 6 Road, Ashburton on FRIDAY, Westerlies.

Wind at 1000m: W gale 65 km/h.

August 9, commencing at fine 15 6 Wind at 2000m: SW gale 65 km/h, easing to Napier 1.00pm.

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Palmerston North fine 13 8 interment at the Dorie Fine, with high cloud at times.

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THURSDAY Fine, variable high cloud.

Northerlies.

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BOON, Alesha Joy – Passed away peacefully on Friday, August 2 at Christchurch Hospital, aged 31 years. Deeply loved youngest daughter of Ann and the late Bill Tomlin. Much adored sister of Kylie and close friend of Jess. Much loved niece of John and Margaret and Paul and Barb.

Adored by all her cousins.

Thank you is not enough to be said to all the specialists, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff who have cared for her throughout her journey – but thank you from the heart!

May your soul fly free.

CAMPBELL, Margaret Yvonne (nee Wylie) – On Tuesday, July 30, 2019.

Peacefully at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton. Aged 91 years. Beloved wife of the late Colin. Loved mother of Murray and Lesley, motherin-law of Marina and Dave.

Very special Muma to Lee and Melanie and adored and loved Muma of great grandchildren Ashley and From family, friends Jacob. Messages to the and staff at Campbell family, 151 Grove Burnett Street Dental.

Street, Ashburton 7700. A very special thank you to the FUNERAL wonderful staff of Rosebank for their care and compassion FURNISHERS to Margaret. At Margaret’s MASTER request a private family MONUMENTAL MASON service has been held.

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Northerlies dying out.

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Rain developing. Winds mostly light.

Easterlies in the south later.

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10am Rugby – Currie Cup (RPL) Bulls v Griquas.

From Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria.

Noon Greats Of Super Rugby – Christian Cullen A documentary looking at one of the first stars of Super Rugby – The Paekakariki Express – Christian Cullen.

1pm Rugby – Super Shute Shield (RPL) 3pm Rugby – Premier Interschools (RPL) Paarl Boys v Paarl Gimnasium.

4:30 Rugby – Pacific Nations Cup (HLS) Round Two. 5:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

6:30 Game Of The Weekend 8:30 L The Breakdown Discussion about the weekend’s rugby with a panel of former players and experts.

9:30 Rugby – Pacific Nations Cup (HLS) Round Two. 10:30 Rugby Nation Highlights and analysis of the latest rugby action.

11:30 The Breakdown

Wednesday

12:30 Rugby – First XV (RPL) Christchurch Boys’ v Rangiora High School.

2am Rugby – Super Shute Shield (RPL) 4am The Breakdown 5am Rugby Nation

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

SKY SPORT 2 6am Cricket – T20 Blast 9:30 Cricket – The Ashes England v Australia – First Test, Day Five. 5:30 ICC Cricket 360 6pm Cricket – The Ashes England v Australia.

7pm Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback Loughborough Lightning v Southern Vipers. 7:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback Semi-final – Western Storm v Surrey Stars.

8pm Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback Final – Loughborough Lightning v Lancashire Thunder. 8:30 Cricket – The Ashes England v Australia – First Test, Day Five. 10:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 11pm Cricket – Test Flashback 11:30 Cricket – Test Flashback Wednesday Midnight Cricket – Test Flashback 12:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 1am Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback 1:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback 2am Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback 2:30 ICC Cricket 360 3am Cricket – The Ashes 4am Cricket – T20 Blast 4:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback 5am Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback 5:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League Flashback 5:55 L Cricket – Women’s Super League 6Aug19

DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG 7:30 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 8:20 Fast N’ Loud PG Monkeying Around.

9:10 Garage Rehab PG Warrior Garage. 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Outback Pilots PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M Hitman 4 Hire. 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M No Average Troublemaker.

1:20 The 1990s – The Deadliest Decade M Soldier of Misfortune. 2:10 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 3pm Finding Escobar’s Millions PG The Good Life. 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Outback Pilots PG 6:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Family and Friendship.

7:30 BattleBots PG It’s a Flippin’ Robot Party!

8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Expedition Unknown PG Journey to the Ice Age. 10:15 Naked And Afraid M Threesome.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Wednesday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:15 Finding Escobar’s Millions PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Sport

24 Ashburton Guardian

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Paddlers set off across the calm, flat waters of Lake Hood on Sunday morning.

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Paddlers out in force

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

An ongoing bid to revitalise marathon paddle sport racing brought paddlers to Mid Canterbury in big numbers at the weekend.

Lake Hood was transformed into a marathon kayaking course for just the second time on Sunday, when the Arawa Canoe Club hosted the Canterbury Kayak Marathon Championships on its calm, flat and challenging waterways.

It wasn’t just canoes taking to the water though, with racing extending to two Waaka Ama and

two surf skis, while a number of multisporters – including a number of Mid Cantabrians – also used the races as part of their preparation for coming events like the Coast to Coast.

The course started at the Ashburton Rowing Club and moved south down the lake, entering the canal at the bottom and then winding its way through the canals before returning to the rowing club.

There, the marathon paddlers had to get out of their boats and carry them around a short course on land, before re-entering the

boat to commence the next lap.

Each lap was 4km and race distances varied from 8km right through to 24km, although only those paddling the full 24km race were eligible for the marathon title.

Paddler ages ranged from the youngest at 10 to over 60, and the eventual winner was Jake Koekemoer of Christchurch with a time of 2.08.32 hours, while second place went to James Munro of Dunedin with a time of 2.14.1, and third went to Jonah Belk from Dunedin with a time of 2.14.04.

Arawa Canoe Club’s Dayle MacKenzie said it was the second time that Lake Hood had been used for a kayak marathon, but it was the first time they’d incorporated the canals.

He said the response from the paddlers was positive, with competitors saying that paddling in the canals was interesting and novel.

MacKenzie said the race was part of an effort to revitalise marathon paddle sport racing in the South Island.

The Otago Club held a race in May at Lake Waihola and the

Twizel Hard Labour Weekend event was set to hold its annual marathon race in the Twizel canals this October at Labour weekend.

“There is hope that with continued support the three races will develop into a cohesive paddle sport marathon series in the future,” MacKenzie said.

“As such, our kayak paddlers are keen to see surf ski paddlers, Waaka Ama enthusiast and stand-up paddle boarders (SUP) join their ranks for the mutual benefit of all the paddle sport codes.”

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