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Farm crash kills one

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One person has died following a freak car accident on an Ealing Road, Coldstream, dairy farm on Saturday.

Emergency services were called to the scene about 1.10pm.

Police confirmed yesterday there were two people in the vehicle at the time of the crash, and the driver was killed.

The Serious Crash Unit and WorkSafe were advised.

The Guardian understands the two occupants were farm workers who were heading up the farm’s laneway to the cow shed when the accident occurred.

St John said two ambulances and a helicopter responded, and one person was transported by road in a moderate condition to Ashburton Hospital.

Hinds Volunteer Rural Fire Force chief Dave Kingsbury said a car had rolled in what he described as a freak accident.

The fire force were first responders on the scene, attending in a medical-assist capacity prior to the arrival of St John.

Kingsbury said it was only a matter of minutes before the first of two St John ambulances arrived following the Hinds brigade.

“We do what we can to sustain life or minimise more damage, until more experienced help gets on the scene,” Kingsbury said.

Kingsbury said he felt not only for the deceased victim’s family in the wake of the accident, but also the person’s colleagues on the farm.

“It’s just one of those tragic things we have to deal with,” he said.

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May in remarkable recovery Champion harness racing driver, Methven’s Ricky May, is making a remarkable recovery from an incident that left the racing industry in shock on Thursday.

The 61-year-old has been sitting up in his Dunedin hospital bed and been able to talk to his family.

May suffered what doctors are calling a medical incident, initially thought to be a cardiac arrest, when driving A G’s White Socks in the $30,000 Central Otago Cup at Omakau on Thursday.

May fell backwards in the sulky as the horse ran on for at least 300m before May fell to the track.

He was worked on by first young harness driver Ellie Barron and then doctors on track but could not be transported by air to Dunedin Hospital for over 90 minutes until his conditions stabilised.

May was kept sedated for two days but doctors brought him around on Saturday morning and close family friend Laurence Hanrahan has confirmed that May has been talking.

“He remembers going to the races in the morning but not much about the race day at all,” said Hanrahan.

“But we are all so thrilled that he is able to sit up and talk and we know he is in good hands.

“So thing are much, much more positive.”

May is enormously popular in the New Zealand racing industry and is the third most successful harness racing driver in our history, coming up on 3000 winners.

He has also driven the winner of New Zealand’s greatest race the New Zealand Cup seven times.

Methven reinsman Ricky May has been sitting up in his Dunedin hospital bed and been able to talk to his family after suffering a medical incident on Thursday.

Man charged with murder after firearms incident A man has been charged with murder after a fatal firearms incident at Waihi Beach on Saturday night.

It is the second death in the small coastal town last week, and police have moved to reassure the public, saying it was unsettling for the community.

Police were called to a Seaforth Road property at 10.15pm on Saturday night.

They will not be drawn on the specifics of the fatal incident but confirmed yesterday that a 22-year-old man had died.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder and will

Waihi Beach Community Board chairman Ross Goudie said he “just couldn’t believe it” when he read the news yesterday.

“What the hell’s going on down there? There’s no obvious reason why there’d be aggravation in the community,” he said.

“I am dumbfounded to be quite honest.”

He said there were about 25,000 people at Waihi Beach on Saturday.

He said it was “very reassuring” police had said there was no risk to the wider community after both incidents.www.guardianonline.co.nz “Except for the fact that both families have lost someone. It is absolutely horrendous for them.”

appear in the Hamilton District pect to see an increased police presence in the coming days as Court today.

“Police can confirm that this reassurance patrols are carried incident took place on Seaforth out.

On January 1 Derrick Hann Road, near a property where a man was killed on 1 January,” died after a “disorder incident” said Detective Sergeant Andrew on Seaforth Road.

The 56-year-old Te Kuiti man Saunders.

“There is nothing to suggest at was found in a critical condition this stage that there is any con- after police were called to just after 1am. nection between the two deaths.

Hann was a father-of-two and “We understand that these two incidents will have been very grandfather.

His death noticed said Waihi unsettling for Waihi Beach resiBeach was his family’s “happy dents.

“We want to reiterate that these place”.

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An investigation into his death to the wider community.”

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If you’re on your way past the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

while more than half of this year’s junior group are newcomers.

The group range in age from 9 to 21 years and includes mem-bers of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on Sunday. They are currently undergoing two days of musical

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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Ski town turns in

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Getting pitch perfect for their production later this week are Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School students (from left): Lucy Clough, EJ Stockman, Emily-Jane Farr and Annah Casey-Solly. practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

Three 80-minute performances of Time Travellers will take place on Friday night, Saturday after-

already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for assisttrail walkers, and she was assist ing about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much THE time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

After a couple of days rest in Methven, the Te Araroa tr The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, takhitchhiked to Methven, fered a Hikers’ Special made it all ing a public access easement over at the weekend aiming to the more attractive.

Glenariffe Station, then crossing north of Lake Coleridge to “My feet were pretty banged up, the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conthe trail. so I decided to hang out for just servation Park.

Beckett said the trail to one more day,” Beckett said.

Among those undertaking Te had many river crossin He flew into Auckland in midAraroa is American Clayton Becksome mountainous ter December, and had his cellphone ett. His trail name is Chef, he has well as farm tracks and di stolen in his first two days. He a travel blog at chefspecial5.com Besides the road walks, w flew to Queenstown and shuttled and is from Connecticut. did not like as they lacked to the southern end of Te Araroa The 26-year-old is walking the derness appeal of true tr at Bluff, and walked 555 kilomeSouth Island section, south to ing, and a lack of markers tres north to Twizel over the next north, and was in Methven at the areas, he was enjoying th fortnight, staying in high country weekend. He said he ended up ery and meeting lots of pe huts and his tent. With last week’s staying two nights instead of one Of the few fellow hiker storm system forecast he decided at Snow Denn Lodge because he met, most were walking to skip the next section and he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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Building standards placards set to roll out

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The number of New Zealanders who have received large ACC payouts after suffering medical treatment errors has doubled in the past decade.

Figures released to the Herald show that between January 2010 and October 2019, ACC has forked out more than $1 billion to people who were injured after botched medical treatments, misdiagnosis, post-surgery infections and reactions to medications.

The number of treatment injury claims paid by ACC has increased from 7660 in 2010 to 16,953 last year. The annual cost of these claims has ballooned from about $56m to $150m.

Advocates say the numbers are likely to be “just the tip of the iceberg” as most people don’t lodge a claim with ACC because “it’s such a horrendous process” – and many people aren’t aware they’re entitled to payouts.

One mother-of-four told the Herald she could have avoided years of pain and suffering if she had been told of her options before surgical mesh was inserted into her body unnecessarily.

“It 100 per cent could have been prevented. I never needed the mesh but I didn’t know that at the time. It’s absolutely ruined my life,” Cathy Verry said.

Earlier this year, Dunedin mum Toni Adie-Kinraid died after ACC found she would have likely lived if her doctor had picked up on her cancer 15 months earlier.

“My chance to fight was taken away from me,” Adie-Kinraid told the Herald in May. A treatment injury – which before 2005 was called a “medical www.guardianonline.co.nz injury – is a permisadventure” sonal ■ METHVEN injury that occurs during treatment provided by a registered health professional.

noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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and that dramatically reduced the number of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

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Brendan Patrick covers all the relevant tips on upholstery at the Methven Summer School yesterday, with pupil Chris O’Sullivan.

The summer school got off to a fantastic start, with the 229 enrolment level being one of the highest ever in the school’s 33-year history.

School committee chairwoman Sandy Redmond said the wide array of courses included some new ones, including how to build your own chook house, how to make our own bees-wax lunch wraps, and whisky tasting.

“It’s trying to keep some of the favourites that everybody wants to do each year, and finding new stuff,” Redmond said.

Courses which kicked off the week of classes yesterday include butchery with Paddy Kennedy, ukelele with Annie Jacobs, Oamaru stone carving with Peter Green and soap making with Mandy Johnson.

Pupils come from throughout New Zealand, but mostly Canterbury including many from Methven and Ashburton.

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Smoke smothers skies above New Zealand NZME Scores of Kiwis across the North Island are gobsmacked at the impact smoke from the Australian bushfires is having above New Zealand.

Driven by an upper-level jet of westerly winds from Australia, smoke from the raging bushfires created a hazy-orange tint over the North Island.

Social media quickly became awash with people posting pictures of their surroundings as if they used a sepia filter – except they hadn’t.

“It’s eerie and scary,” one person wrote on Twitter.

“There’s an orange tinge in the sky and it’s heartbreaking,” said another.

Authorities in Australia fear “significant damage and destruction” with dozens of buildings potentially lost as a number of bushfires rage on.

Overnight, the Rural Fire Service advised “fires were spreading quickly” particularly in southern New South Wales around Bega, Shoalhaven and the Southern Highlands close to Sydney.

In NSW there are currently three emergency warnings in place for out-of-control fires.

Some 143 fires were burning across NSW on Saturday night, with 3600 firefighters on the ground.

Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said they were receiving reports of “significant damage and destruction” on Saturday night after more than a dozen blazes reached an emergency warning alert level throughout the day. He believed property losses could run into the dozens.

More evacuation orders were issued to Victorians overnight

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In brief Risk of thunderstorms The MetService says there is a risk of thunderstorms and showers with hail in Ashburton this afternoon. There is a brisk southwest developing this morning. Cooler conditions are set to prevail for the week, with Ashburton not reaching over 20 degrees until Friday.

Dolphin found dead A common dolphin has been found dead in a Wellington bay.

The discovery mid-morning Saturday came just as a pod of pilot whales stranded on Matarangi Spit in the Coromandel, and amid a summer where several sharks have also been killed and washed up on our shores. A Department of Conservation spokeswoman said the dead dolphin had been spotted washed up among rocks in Wellington’s Evans Bay, and reported mid-morning on Saturday. A ranger had briefly examined the dolphin and could not identify any obvious injuries, but it would be properly checked after being removed from the water.

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Bug found in salt A grocery shopping trip to a local supermarket gave Radio Sport presenter Marc Peard goosebumps after he found a bug inside a Himalayan salt shaker bottle. Peard filmed it with his cellphone and put it up on Instagram and was shortly contacted by the product’s distributor Mrs Rogers wanting to know more about it. He took the bottle to the front counter and according to him, the supermarket staffer tried to convince him that it was a seed.

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Garage fire A person has died in a garage fire in Orewa, north of Auckland.

Police said emergency services were called to an Elizabeth St address at 6.45am on Saturday where a person was found dead.

“Police and Fire and Emergency are working to understand the circumstances of the death, however initial indications are that the person died following a fire in a garage at the address,” a police spokeswoman said.

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The skies at Titirangi are a hazy-orange colour. as massive blazes continued to ravage the state’s east. Dozens of fires were burning in Victoria yesterday, 13 of which were subject to emergency warnings, the highest alert level.

Four Fire & Rescue NSW firefighters were injured and another person has died as a result of the bushfires in NSW, with a man suffering a heart attack while trying to save his friend’s home, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed.

Last week, parts of the South Island experienced the same phenomenon – which even turned

Fox and Franz Josef glaciers caramel brown.

Cantabrians also said they were able to smell the smoke as it clogged the skies above them.

MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree said as long as the fires continue, it was likely the smoke could impact our skies again.

“Hazy orange skies giving a taste of what is being seen in Australia were brought to our shores by northwest winds.

“As long as these fires continue, it’s not unreasonable to expect a repeat of New Year’s day when

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the winds are blowing the right direction.”

Using model wind data, the back trajectory of the smoke shows it had arched downwards from Australia over the Tasman Sea before shooting back across the North Island.

A satellite image of the North Island showed smoke first starting to make its way over the country around 2pm, with more tracking behind the first wave.

Reaching Auckland around 2pm, the skies darkened and an orange tint filtered across the city.

Potential traffic chaos and gridlock awaits thousands of commuters when they return from holiday to Auckland’s CBD today. Auckland has been reduced to a postChristmas maze of orange traffic cone and one-lane roads as 33 city centre streets are poised to be disrupted by road works. Even before the surge of holidaymakers return to work, traffic in some areas of the CBD in recent days – including part of Victoria Street – has been clogged by gridlock.

Auckland Transport (AT), which is overseeing all the projects, admits the scale of roadworks this holiday period is above average. - NZME

Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1922 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 6, 7, 12, 17, 24, 33.

Bonus number: 23.

Powerball winning number: 2.

Strike: 12, 6, 17, 24.

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Eventful year in politics Feel-good vibes following Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visiting Ashburton in March were dramatically cut short when tragedy struck the following day. It was the start of what would be an eventful year in politics for Mid Canterbury.

Susan Sandys reports.

It was smiles all round at the Blue Pub when regional economic development minister Shane Jones announced $7.5 million for the Methven hot pools project.

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wo major announcements early in 2019 translated into big dollars for Mid Canterbury.

On February 15, about 50 invited locals gathered at the Blue Pub to hear an announcement from regional economic development minister Shane Jones.

There was no pre-warning on what the announcement would be about, but it was Methven’s worst kept secret, following rumours about the possibility of Provincial Growth Fund funding for the town’s hot pools project.

Nobody guessed how big the amount would be however, and locals were overjoyed when the words “seven point five million” passed Jones’ lips.

It was a loan rather than an outright donation, but it was just what the project needed, injecting investor confidence and helping turn the hot pools dream into reality.

On March 14, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern came to town. Her limousine pulled up to Ashburton College, she stepped out, and smiled her way around the school, mingling with staff, students, Ministry of Education officials and board of trustee members.

She was there to announce the government’s commitment to upgrading the campus, and everyone was happy to see her.

They were even happier when she told them how much the funding would be – $50 million, a figure which was increased to $60 million later in the year.

The college announcement was the start of education emerging as a big winner in Mid Canterbury for 2019.

Eligible schools jumped on board with the government’s school donation subsidy scheme and there was a $7 million boost to school infrastructure.

Feel-good vibes drifted throughout the district following Ardern’s visit, but these

Environment minister David Parker was not the most popular person in Mid Canterbury when he visited in September. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN 200919-LC-0056 were cut dramatically short when tragedy struck at 1.40pm on the afternoon of March 15.

A white supremacist terrorist opened fire at two Christchurch mosques.

Among the final death toll of 51 were Ashburton restauranteur Imran Khan, former Ashburton Hospital heart doctor Amjad Hamid, and Hinds dairy farm work-

er Kamel Harwish.

The gunman had had the Ashburton mosque in his sights, but never made it to the town after police rammed his car off the road.

Ardern attracted local, national and international praise for her leadership in the wake of the attacks, which included action on firearms laws.

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for Mid Canterbury The resultant legislative changes went on to upset some gun owners, and locals were part of the fight to stop being what they called scapegoats for the tragedy. Later in the year a meeting in Ashburton was attended by more than 100 firearms owners voicing their concerns to the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners.

In May, mental health emerged as a government priority when Budget 2019 included a $1.9 billion package over five years. Mid Canterbury was to benefit later in the year when Three Rivers Ashburton received funding to continue to provide crucial mental health and addiction support.

In June, there was a surprise resignation from Mid Canterbury’s most nationally prominent politician. Selwyn MP Amy Adams announced she would be retiring from politics after the 2020 election.

The former Minister of Justice and National Party leadership contender was looking forward to spending more time with her family.

She fought back tears as she recalled her hardest day in politics, which was being away from her distraught daughter at boarding school when she first became an MP. In September, Environment Minister David Parker visited to officially open a managed aquifer recharge site near the Hinds River.

He found himself having to defend the government’s Action For Healthy Waterways strategy, released earlier in the month, as environmentally and socially responsible.

Farmers remained unconvinced, being alarmed by a one-size-fits all approach and little consultation time.

The strategy was seen as another nail in the coffin for farming, which was suffering plummeting confidence despite primary sector exports reaching record highs.

However, the following month in October farmers praised the government’s decision to give them an opportunity to avoid being included in the Emissions Trading Scheme. The Government said it

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon helped facilitate an open day at Ashburton’s Masjid following the tragedy of March 15 when a gunman opened fire at two Christchurch mosques, killing 51 people. The open day was marked by the planting of two new gardens which will be a lasting tribute to those who lost their lives and serve as a reminder about how the community came together in such tragedy. would work with farmers to develop a plan over the next five years to reduce greenhouse gases.

The same month there had been an increase in the number of Mid Cantabrians on the dole, something which Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon said represented a slowing economy.

Territorial authority data for Ashburton District showed that as of September 2019, 494 people were on Jobseeker Support, representing an increase of 19 in the last quarter since June.

In November, local farmers joined 50 Shades of Green protestors from throughout New Zealand, concerned about blanket

On March 14, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Ashburton College in March to announce the Government’s commitment to upgrading the campus to the tune of $60 million.

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forestry planting of farmland due to a growing carbon credits market. Boos and jeers from the protesting crowd on Parliament saw Shane Jones respond by calling them rednecks.

On November 20, Mid Canterbury was restored as one electorate under proposed boundary changes released by the Representation Commission.

This pleased most in Mid Canterbury, who never understood why the district had been divided in the first place.

If confirmed following consultation, the Rangitata electorate will this year have its northern boundary extended out to the Rakaia River, following having the riverside edge cut off and lumped in with the Selwyn electorate in 2014.

Tragedy came back to visit New Zealand in December, when Whakaari/White Island erupted.

The year closed with the National Party having selected Nicola Grigg from Mt Somers to replace Amy Adams in Selwyn, and Mid Canterbury’s two other MPs of Falloon and Labour List MP Jo Luxton having successfully regained the Rangitata electorate candidacy for the 2020 General Election.

Falloon told the Guardian 2019 had been a challenging year, with the Christchurch terror attacks and Whakaari/White Island.

Mycoplasma bovis and its associated bureaucracy remained a huge headache for local farmers, and he worried about the ability of some farmers to cope.

“In recent years the increase in rural suicides has far outstripped the urban rate, and I only hope that politicians of all persuasions are conscious of that in 2020.”

Luxton said she was proud of her government for its strong leadership and many achievements, and initiatives throughout 2019 which had benefited Mid Canterbury.

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December 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Firefighters from throughout the district made the most of an opportunity to burn down a house in Rakaia, by gaining valuable training under the watchful eyes of seven training officers from the Woolston Training Centre in Christchurch.

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Floodwaters from the Rangitata River at State Highway 1 brought South Island travel to a halt. Motorists were forced to wait until the floodwaters receded. PHOTO TIMARU DISTRICT COUNCIL

The Ashburton Club and MSA announced Stuart Geddes would replace long serving general manager Simon McDonnell as its new general manager.

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Even though Paul (Pup) Chamberlain initially thought being recognised as a Kiwibank local hero was a joke, he was later tickled pink to receive the award. He celebrated the occasion with his mother Cath.

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Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Alan Burgess had no plans on stopping after reaching his 50th anniversary in the brigade.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN Right – The circus was in town. Showing off some of their acrobatic skill ahead of a performance are Zirka Circus performers Feiyan Wang, 12, Jia Yuan Zhao, 14 and Xiaohui Fei, 13.

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Dan Lysaght’s Christmas Day was another biggie. He was on the job, cooking lunch before 7am – catering for 170 plus people at the annual Community Christmas Lunch.

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Ashburton’s Christmas parade heralded the start of the festive season with hundreds of people lining East Street to join in the fun.

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Ben Burgess and Steve Mitchell.

Bede, Taylah and Toby Mitchell.

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Elliot Radcliffe and Raven Rose Hooper.

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Plains open for business

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Clem Smith and Rob Orchard.

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Families from throughout Canterbury and further afield basked in late afternoon sunshine and balmy temperatures as they flocked to the first open day of the year for Plains Railway and Historical Museum at the weekend.

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The truth catches up with Trump C

hristmas came early for many Americans on December 18 when Donald Trump was impeached.

That was the day in history that the truth caught up with the American president.

Under Trump’s leadership there has been plenty of good things happen in America, such as strong economic growth and employment growth. And Trump is obviously likeable to many, he seems to be able to get crowds of Republicans rallying behind him and cheering for him at his many appearances throughout the country.

Trump could perhaps even be the perfect politician, if it were not for one thing, and that is the words that come out of his mouth.

Those words unfortunately reveal a person the complete opposite of the man he would have

us believe he is.

They paint a picture of someone who is more concerned about saving their own face than they are about the interests of their own nation.

In relation to the impeachment debacle, it is bad enough that he wanted the president of Ukraine to do him a “favour” by digging dirt on a political rival, allegedly withholding military aid as a bargaining tool.

But the lies and cover-ups since, and lack of accountability he is facing amongst his Republican colleagues, makes it so much worse.

If after this first transgression, the president admitted what he had done and accepted any punishment that came his way, it could be seen by the most forgiving of people as naïve and misguided – The Apprentice star falling back on his business quidpro-quo style of doing things.

But instead there was layer upon layer of denial on top, blaming the whistle-blower and people who are investigating him, deflecting rage outwards in vitriolic bursts at anyone who dares to question him.

The latest presidential action in the New Year has arguably

dwarfed all the attention around the impeachment, that being the assassination of Iran’s second most powerful man, Major General Qasem Soleimani.

It brought the tensions which had been escalating between the two countries out of the shadows, potentially moving the two nations to the brink of war.

Trump campaigned on a mantra of no more “stupid” wars. Well surprise, surprise, what he said then is not what he has stuck to, and now we can only cross our fingers and hope for global stability as we move into 2020 and the decade beyond.

president of the Senate, Congress formally certified George W. Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential election.

In 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein accused UN inspectors of engaging in “intelligence work” instead of searching for suspected nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in his country.

In 2005, former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested on murder charges 41 years after three civil rights workers were slain in Mississippi. (Killen was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 60 years in prison.)

Ten years ago: James von Brunn, a 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington’s Holocaust museum, died in North Carolina, where he was being held while awaiting trial. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown fended off a challenge to his leadership from within his own ruling Labour Party just months before general elections.

Five years ago: In a blend of pageantry and politics, Republicans took complete control of Congress for the first time in eight years, then ran straight into a White House veto threat against their top-priority legislation to build the Keystone

XL oil pipeline. President Barack Obama pledged to stand with Mexico against “the scourge of violence and the drug cartels” as he met at the White House with President Enrique Pena Nieto.

One year ago: The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was named the best drama picture at the Golden Globes, defeating another movie about musicians, the more heavily favored A Star is Born.

Today’s birthdays: Country musician Joey, the CowPolka King is 71. Rock singer-musician Kim Wilson is 69. Singer Jett Williams is 67. Actor-comedian Rowan Atkinson is 65. Actor Scott Bryce

is 62. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kathy Sledge is 61. TV chef Nigella Lawson is 60. Rhythm-andblues singer Eric Williams is 60.

Actor Aron Eisenberg is 51. Actor Norman Reedus is 51. Actor Danny Pintauro is 44. Actress Cristela Alonzo is 41. Actress Rinko Kikuchi is 39. Actor Eddie Redmayne is 38. Actress-comedian Kate McKinnon is 36. Actress Diona Reasonover is 36. Rock singer Alex Turner is 34.

Thought for today: “A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.” — William Allen White, American newspaper editor (1868-1944).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, January 6, the sixth day of 2020. There are 360 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of Four Freedoms: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear.

On this date: In 1412, tradition holds that Joan of Arc was born this day in Domremy.

In 1759, George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married in New Kent County, Virginia.

In 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.

In 1945, George Herbert Walker Bush married Barbara Pierce at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York.

In 1953, at Akers Station at Ōpiki, Manawatū, Godfrey Bowen set a new world record, shearing 456 full-wool ewes in nine hours.

In 1968, a surgical team at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, led by Dr. Norman Shumway, performed the first US adult heart transplant, placing the heart of a 43-year-old man in a 54-year-old patient (the recipient died 15 days later).

In 1975, the original version of Wheel of Fortune, hosted by Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford, premiered on NBC-TV. In 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the leg by an assailant at Detroit’s Cobo Arena; four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival, Tonya Harding, went to prison for their roles in the attack. (Harding pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, but denied any advance knowledge about the assault.)

In 1998, In a new bid to expand health insurance, President Clinton unveiled a proposal to offer Medicare coverage to hundreds of thousands of uninsured Americans from ages 55 to 64.

In 2001, with Vice President Al Gore presiding in his capacity as

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Sister Act by Variety Theatre Ashburton was among musicals nationwide which drew in large audiences in 2019.

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Consortium musicals draw in the crowds Community musical theatre in New Zealand had its biggest and best year ever in 2019.

Over 150,000 people packed theatres right across the country to see one of the 19 local productions staged under the New Zealand Musical Theatre Consortium (NZMTC) banner.

That’s more attendees than the Royal New Zealand Ballet, New Zealand Opera and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and just short of matching all three combined. Kiwis flocked to some of the biggest name musicals in the world, staged and performed

by Kiwis, for Kiwis, and loved every moment.

NZMTC co-chair Markham Lee said musical theatre in New Zealand was going through a golden era.

“This success has been driven by the consortium concept and the shows presented under this umbrella,” Lee said.

“New Zealand musical theatre societies currently have access to the very best productions in the world to present to our audiences through the consortium model, with our country often being the very first in the world to be granted the community theatre rights to these mega-musicals.”

Under the NZMTC model, community theatre groups from all around the country pool their resources to secure the performance rights, and design and build the product, with local casts, crews and orchestras stag-

■■ To January 10 – Methven Summer School featuring a range of new and exciting courses.

■■ To January 10 – Debbie Lambert’s exhibition Nature Revealed at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ January 13 – Big Little Theatre Company Summer Theatre School, based at Trott’s Garden, 10am to 4pm each day.

■■ January 17 – Celebrating 20 Years, Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School, performances through to January 19.

■■ February 7 – Andy Irvine, Rí Rá Events, 160 Main St, Methven from 6.30pm–9pm. Folk legend Andy Irvine up close and personal at the beautiful and intimate Wareings Theatrette in Methven.

■■ To February 20 – David Rickard’s exhibition Echoes from the Sound Barrier at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ To March 8 – Drawn to Sound exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

■■ March 14 – Tutus On Tour, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 6.30pm. The Royal New Zealand Ballet is delighted to expand the company’s much-loved regional touring programme in 2020, featuring works tailor-made for the RNZB by trail blazing choreographers at home in New Zealand and on the world stage.

■■ March 21 – Ruddzilla In Methven (Stand-up Comedy), Arabica Methven, 36 Mcmillan Street, from 8pm–10pm.

Ruddzilla is a work in progress stand-up comedy show in which Taylor Rudle shares the experiences and misadventures at home and abroad that his comedy journey has sent him on. It’s a show without a point, a lesson or a message with only one goal in mind - an hour of hysterical laughter.

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Les Misérables was staged at The Civic Theatre in Auckland. ing the production in their home towns.

The year’s consortium productions included We Will Rock You in Christchurch, Wicked in Invercargill, Les Misérables in Auckland, Priscilla Queen of the Desert in New Plymouth, Phantom of the Opera in Blenheim, and Sister Act in Ashburton, staged

by Variety Theatre Ashburton.

The 19 NZMTC productions in 2019 commenced on the last weekend of March, and since then 238 performances had been staged through to early December.

“Meaning pretty much every

day, except Mondays, in the 2019 year, there has been at least one NZMTC show on the boards in a theatre somewhere around New Zealand,” Lee said.

Fellow co-chair Kevin Landrigan said it was impossible to keep track of the number of volunteer hours that went into each and every one of the productions.

“From the cast members onstage, the musicians in the orchestras, to the stage crews, wardrobe teams and even the theatre ushers, the vast majority of people involved in each and every one of these shows in every centre do it for the love of it,”

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“It would not be inconceivable to think that over one million volunteer hours from Kiwis throughout the country would have been contributed to staging these productions, and that’s just in the 2019 calendar year,” he said.

Meanwhile, NZMTC has confirmed the Roald Dahl and Tim Minchin production Matilda – The Musical will be premiering at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch in April 2021, before filling theatres in every major town and city in New Zealand through to 2025.

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Picture-postcard Copenhagen doesn’t get more radiant than at Nyhavn, its insta-friendly harbour with coloured townhouses basking in the sunshine.

Copenhagen – classical cool W

ith a 1000 years of history, Copenhagen’s cobbled squares and soaring copper spires are home to the world’s oldest monarchy, but it’s equally proud of its stature as a cutting-edge design powerhouse, brimming with funky shops, countless cafes and

Compact, cultured and convivial, Copenhagen embodies the essence of Nordic cool, writes Mike Yardley. world-beating museums.

No matter how long you’re paying the Danish capital a visit, Copenhagen’s spoil of offerings

will devour your diary.

Must-do Copenhagen classics start with twinkling, spangled Tivoli Gardens, the beloved

City Hall Square is studded with whimsical sculptures of fantasy serpents and frothy fountains.

amusement park that’s been wowing the world since 1843 and inspired a certain Walt Disney, following his visit in 1951.

It may not have evolved with the same ever-expanding scale and glitz as Disneyland, opting to maintain a more innocent old-school charm, although you won’t be short of stomach-lurching thrill rides.

Some of the more recent installations like the Demon, Tik Tak, the Golden Tower and Vertigo are all self-explanatory for thrill-junkies, but don’t miss a whirl on their positively antique old rattler, the 105-year-old classic wooden coaster. Despite its long opening hours, after dark is best to soak yourself in the irresistibly escapist glow of its illuminated magic.

Picture-postcard Copenhagen doesn’t get more radiant than at Nyhavn, its insta-friendly harbour with old sailing ships bobbing on the water and cheerfully-coloured townhouses basking in the sunshine.

Thronging with al fresco cafes and bars, you’ll want to be basking in its splendour too. H. C. Andersen wrote his first fairy-tale within house number 20 in 1835, and died in house 18.

Strolling through Copenhagen’s cherished pedestrianised shop-

ping street network, the Stroget, I made my way to City Hall Square, which is flanked by an equally beloved statue of a seated H. C. Andersen. The landmark is a crowd-pleasing tractor-beam among visitors, around the clock.

Mind those selfie sticks!

City Hall Square is studded with whimsical sculptures of fantasy serpents and frothy fountains, and as the name suggests, it’s home to the towering Radhaus, built in National Romantic style in the 1980s, and inspired by Siena’s soaring City Hall. If you have a head for heights, the building’s tower offers a dizzying city panorama, as does the nearby Round Tower which is Europe’s oldest functioning observatory.

For a taste of Royal Copenhagen, all roads lead to Amalienborg, the winter residence of the Danish royal family where the royal palace is not one, but four different carbon-copy Rococo palaces flanking a square.

The four palaces were built by four noble families in the middle of the 18th century on direct orders by the king Frederik V. The King needed a new royal palace but he didn’t want to pay so the four families were given tax immunity for 40 years as token for their services to the crown.

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Christiansborg Palace is regally decorated in bucket loads of gilding, tapestries and priceless works of art.

The best royal pomp can be enjoyed at Christiansborg Palace, which remains the most important building in Denmark today. This sprawling palace comprises the Danish Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister’s office and the Royal Reception Rooms.

Every day at noon, you can watch the change of guards in the court yard. When HM the Queen is in residence, the ceremony is accompanied by the Royal Guards music band.

I popped into the Amalienborg Museum where you can explore the royals’ private living quarters and the Gala Hall.

But the best royal pomp can be enjoyed at Christiansborg Palace, which remains the most important building in Denmark today.

This sprawling palace comprises the Danish Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister’s office and the Royal Reception Rooms.

Regally decorated in bucket loads of gilding, tapestries, rich burgundy velvet furnishings and priceless works of art, you can roam through the Throne Room, the Dining Hall, Great Hall and the Library – routinely used for State occasions.

Dive into the Royal Stables, which are every bit as impressive as London’s Royal Mews. When the stables were built in 1745, 250 horses stood among the stables’ marble pillars.

There were about a dozen royal horses in residence when I popped by, alongside the mas-

sive fleet of royal carriages used for ceremonial purposes.

You couldn’t possibly visit Copenhagen without sampling at least some of its museums. The big boy, the National Museum is compulsive, particularly for its riveting galleries dedicated to the Viking Age and its staggering trove of artefacts from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Age. Amid the national treasures, I particularly loved gawping at the 3000-year-old Sun Chariot, which was discovered a century ago in a peat bog in northwestern Zealand.

Consisting of a bronze statue of a horse and a large bronze disk, which are placed on a device with spoked wheels, it’s believed to have been a Bronze Age calendar.

Another crowd-pleaser is the Danish Design Museum, a shrine to the Danish love-affair with beautifully designed household objects, whether it be radios, speakers, kitchenware, lights or furniture. This holy grail to Danish design pays tribute to leading luminaries like Arne Jacobsen of Egg Chair fame, Jacob Jensen, and Hans Wegner of Y chair fame.

You’re guaranteed to see

enough Danish chairs to last you a lifetime.

For something completely off-beat, I headed to the Medical Museum in the Royal Academy of Surgeons, where the displays date back nearly 300 years.

Housed within the glass cabinets, a vast trove of skeletons, conjoined twins, still-born babies and seriously deformed bodies.

The bodies were preserved for medical research over the centuries. Gazing at these lifeless corpses, floating in formalin glass jars is certainly confronting. It’s not for the squeamish.

For a change of scenery, the old Royal Pharmacy has been installed in the museum, an evocative scene of potions in glass cabinets set around the dark-timbered pharmacy counter from the late 1700s.

Don’t leave Copenhagen before taking to the water on a canal tour to soak up its spirit and splendour, while staking out lesser-trafficked parts of the city and ticking off lustrous landmarks like The Little Mermaid.

You’ll even get the chance to admire Her Majesty’s Royal Yacht up-close.

What a city, what a capital, what history.

The Tivoli Gardens, the beloved amusement park that’s been wowing the world since 1843 and inspired a certain Walt Disney, following his visit in 1951.

Above and below – Another crowd-pleaser is the Danish Design Museum, a shrine to the Danish love-affair with beautifully designed household objects.

Every day at noon, you can watch the change of guards in the courtyard at Amalienborg, the winter residence of the Danish royal family.

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Dedicated to a life of tennis

By Michael Burgess Playing in tournaments since the age of five, being home schooled, and having training sessions six days a week.

If you want an idea of the work and sacrifice involved in making it as a top tennis player, ASB Classic third seed Amanda Anisimova provides a compelling illustration.

The American teenager is one of the most talked about players on the WTA tour, after rising from just inside the top 100 to world No 24 inside 12 months.

Already identified as a major talent, she made headlines at the French Open with a run to the semi-finals, beating world No 3 and defending champion Simona Halep on the way.

She became the first player born this century, male or female, to reach the last four of a Grand Slam.

Anisimova also won her first tournament in Bogota, Colombia, becoming the youngest American to claim a WTA title since Serena Williams in 1999.

It’s been a stunning rise, but she’s no overnight sensation.

Her life has been completely dedicated to tennis, as it has to be in this sport.

“I started playing tournaments when I was five,” Anisimova said.

“I just loved it. I was really little but I wanted to play tennis all the time. I couldn’t even keep the score.

“I would ask my Mum, what’s the score?”

Her parents are Russian, but moved to the United States in 1998.

Anisimova was born three years later, and surrounded by tennis, as her older sister Maria was an aspiring player.

But Anisimova was the undoubted protégé, and soon dedicated herself to the cause.

Amanda Anisimova has risen more than 750 places since the start of 2017.

Her potential was obvious from a young age, and she was a standout junior, winning the US Open junior title and finishing runner up at Roland Garros.

Ansimova, who signed a professional deal at the age of 14, then made an impressive transition to senior tennis and has risen more

than 750 places since the start of 2017.

And there’s a lot more to come.

“The French Open gave me a lot of confidence, it was a really cool experience,” said Anisimova.

“I think it was my breakthrough tournament, especially with some of the players I beat.

“Especially with the Halep match, that was one of my top matches that I have ever played.

“It was a really good experience for me and it is definitely motivating. I know that I can play at the top level.”

Anisimova won 11 consecutive sets in Paris – including a domi-

nant 6-4 6-2 victory over former world No. 1 Halep – before being stopped by Ash Barty in three sets in the semi-final.

She also made the fourth round in Melbourne, beating the 11th seed on the way, and quarter-finals in Mallorca and San Jose.

However, her life was turned upside down in August by the sudden death of her father Konstantin, who had been her coach and inspiration as a child.

She took two months off the tour, but says she never considered giving the sport away.

“No I didn’t, because I love playing tennis,” said Anisimova. “He was always with me on the court and he also loved it and we had goals for my career, so it is definitely something I want to accomplish things for him and for me too.

“As soon as I felt fine I was just going to be back on court and it kind of helped me cope with everything, just get the emotions out of the way and made me feel better.”

Along with 15-year-old Coco Gauff, whom Anisimova beat in the Junior US Open final, Anisimova is regularly touted as the next big thing in American tennis but tries to ignore the hype.

“I don’t let it get to me,” said Anisimova. “I know what I want to achieve so I just focus on myself and I don’t really worry what other people say.”

She reached the quarter-finals at the ASB Classic last year, before losing in three sets in Viktoria Kuzmova on a notoriously windy Auckland day.

“I’ve been training in Miami and honestly it’s been just as windy every single day so I think I’ve had the right preparation for this tournament,” laughed Anisimova.

She will face world No 91 Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) in the first round.

Djokovic raises bushfire concerns Organisers may have to consider delaying the start of the Australian Open if Melbourne’s air quality continues to be affected by bushfires, defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic says.

Djokovic – who is also the ATP Player Council president – said he was concerned about potential health issues at Melbourne Park and believed measures may have to be put in place to protect players if the air quality continues to deteriorate.

Djokovic said the ATP Player Council would meet ahead of the season-opening grand slam to discuss options but admitted delaying the start may have to be considered.

“You have to consider it because of some extreme weather or conditions,” he said after winning his ATP Cup opener against South Africa’s Kevin Anderson on Saturday night.

“That’s probably the very, very last option. “[But] if it comes down to the conditions affecting the health of players, you have to consider it.”

Djokovic said his camp had been in close contact with Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley and had been monitoring air quality in not only Melbourne but also Sydney where the ATP Cup finals are scheduled to be held.

“People from my team have spoken to Craig Tiley, they are obviously tracking the situation every day as it is evolving,” he said.

“If it continues the same way and quality of air is affected in Sydney I think Tennis Australia will be forced create some rules about it.

“It is tough for them because the schedule has to be respected, the Australian Open starts at a certain time so there are a lot of things involved.

“But a health concern is a health concern for anybody.”

Djokovic said he had experienced air quality issues in tournaments in China but admitted the bushfires that had ravaged Australia had created something unprecedented.

“I know in China the playing conditions are very tough in terms of quality of air but this is something different – I have never

had this kind of experience before,” he said.

“We will see. I hope it is going to dissipate but if it stays like that, we have a council meeting in a week or 10 days and we will discuss that [air quality measures] for sure if the conditions stay the same.”

ATP Council vice-president Anderson said he was not sure of what measures would be introduced to protect players from poor air quality.

But he hinted at an air quality index being used at Sydney’s ATP Cup Finals and the Australian Open as a gauge to indicate whether it was safe for players to compete.

“First and foremost it has been so sad to see everything that has been going on, to see the extent of it [bushfires],” Anderson said.

“A distant second is the air quality and us being able to perform.

“But it is hazardous. I think that is one of the concerns.

“Hopefully it won’t be an issue but if it is we will definitely need to have that conversation about whether it is dangerous to be out there.”

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Black Caps in trouble New Zealand’s cricketers were in deep trouble late on the third day of the final test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.

Glenn Phillips (right), drafted into the team at very late notice, was the only batsman to top 50, before eventually being bowled by Pat Cummins for 52.

Opener Tom Latham scored a patient 49 before being caught by Cummins off Mitchell Starc, but there was little in the scoring column for the Black Caps after those two.

Tom Blundell added 34 as the Black Caps put up easily their best score for the first wicket in this series, and Jeet Raval actually managed to put bat on a few to notch 31.

Todd Astle fought a fine rearguard action as wickets fell around him, but when Matt Henry was out stumped on 3, off 15 balls, Astle was left stranded on 25.

Nathan Lyon was yet again pivotal for Australia, taking five wickets in the New Zealand innings, while Cummins grabbed three.

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The real way to revive test cricket

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et’s rejuvenate test cricket – and not just with a pink ball/day-night tests and a world test championship no one understands nor really cares about.

We’re talking tactical replacements, possibly also a way to mitigate the humiliation currently occurring across the ditch or at least making it more palatable and interesting.

Replacements were mooted by former England captain Michael Vaughan after injury reduced the first test between Australia and New Zealand to 10-aside when fast bowlers Lockie Ferguson and Josh Hazlewood pulled up lame.

Trent Boult was then invalided out of the series in the second test.

Vaughan was promoting likefor-like injury replacements so both sides could sub in another fast bowler, something already possible with concussion.

There are two problems – first, the unprincipled can take advantage.

Faked injuries were not unknown in rugby when only injury replacements were permitted.

Second, it simply doesn’t go far enough in making test cricket more interesting.

Consider this scenario: a squad of 16 are selected for every test match.

Apart from the starting team of 11, there is one spare wicketkeeper, spinner, quick bowler, all-rounder and batsman available to be introduced tactically.

If necessary or desired, 14 of the 16 can play.

Say left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner is involved and is having a tough time, like many visiting spinners in Australia.

Will Somerville is back-up.

Skipper Kane Williamson sees

There may yet be a place in test cricket for the likes of Martin Guptill. signs that Santner is (a) not likely to run through the batting side and (b) not as accurate as hoped, and can make a tactical replacement.

On comes Somerville, replacing Santner who is gone for the rest of the match.

Once a replacement is made, it cannot be undone.

The rules could allow for three bowling substitutes (a quick, a spinner and an all-rounder).

That would have allowed Tim Southee to play in the current test rather than the loony tunes idea of omitting him, apparently for “workload” reasons.

On the batting front, say Neil Wagner is banging away with his accurate bodyline and Australian batsman Matthew Wade is not handling it well.

Wade has to see things out – you can’t replace a batsman mid-innings.

However, for the second innings, Wade is gone, replaced by a batsman more adept at handling Wagner.

To my mind, this would be a positive change: - Test cricket is a game of chess; substitutes would enhance the tactical side further.

- More bowlers would be selected/play; the game has drifted too far towards batsmen.

- If, as often happens, the pitch is hard to read and mistakes occur in player selection and deciding whether to bat or field, substitutes allow some measure of recompense.

- More spinners would be selected, surely a good thing. New Zealand has paid a heavy price for lack of an experienced test match spinner in Australia.

- It widens the selection net and experience for players brought into the 16.

That includes new players benefiting from blooding at test level or someone like Martin Guptill.

Imagine New Zealand in a position where quick runs are needed – and he is tactically introduced, freed from responsibilities as a test opener.

For an illustration of how replacements might work for the better, look no further than Marnus Labuschagne.

He had only eight test innings before becoming a concussion replacement for Steve Smith during the 2019 Ashes – scoring 210 runs at 26.25.

His innings since then: 59, 74, 80, 67, 11, 48, 14, 185, 162, 143, 50, 63, 19 and 130 not out.

The first seven scores were in the Ashes, the first two centuries against Pakistan (in Australia) and the rest against New Zealand.

That’s a total of 1105 runs at an average of 85 (as at the end of

play Friday, so not counting his incredible double hundred).

Labuschagne made the most of his opportunity.

You wonder if he’d have done so well if the traditional order of things had applied and how many others don’t get that chance … but would if they were on the subs’ bench.

While we are talking about Steve Smith, wasn’t it interesting watching him deal with Wagner’s short stuff after being sconed in the Ashes?

Wagner has consistently removed him in recent history and Smith, arguably the world’s greatest batsman in a field of two, looked shaky against the accurate bodyline tactics.

Their battle was one of the most compelling in a series where the New Zealanders have otherwise come up lamentably short.

It also underlined just how wrong the hand-wringers were in angst-laden laments invoking the death of Phil Hughes and forecasting gloom if Wagner continued with bodyline.

No-one can sell the tragedy of Hughes short. But it was an accident and it has changed things – better helmets and concussion replacements, for a start.

Then there’s the need for top batsmen to be able to deal with the short ball aimed at the body.

These are the top players in the world, playing for their country; they need that technique.

Smith, in the second test, had clearly done some work in the nets, coping better with Wagner (though still getting out to him).

If short-pitched bowling is removed from test cricket, it neuters the sport.

All sports have a physical element.

If not, as per Tana Umaga’s immortal perspective on another code, it’s just tiddlywinks.

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■■MALCOLM HILL

■■WELLINGTON CUP

Unique success for Hill Three days on from He’s A Gold Digger’s success at Tauherenikau in a maiden 1000m event owner, trainer and jockey Malcolm Hill is still trying to get his head around the achievement.

Hill, who had ridden his last winner in New Zealand over 35 years ago and weighed in at 85kgs when driving trucks in Australia before returning to New Zealand to be closer to his elderly parents, admits he is still riding an emotional high.

“I’m still buzzing,” he said.

“It was such a great day and the roar that the crowd gave me was something very special.

“It made all the hard work I put in to get my weight down so I could start riding work and the hours spent with this horse all worth it.”

After riding his last winner in Australia in 1989, Hill spent years in and around the racing industry in a variety of roles before deciding to return home.

Seeking employment as a trackwork rider meant getting his weight under control was the priority for Hill, a feat for which he has no magic formula.

“It was all diet, hard work and sheer bloody mindedness,” he said.

“I needed to lose the weight so I could ride work and when I did that, I started thinking about maybe race riding again.

“There wasn’t any demand for my services so I thought about getting a horse of my own.

“I bought He’s A Gold Digger sight unseen off the gavelhouse. com website.

“I had taken a look at his race videos and his breeding and I liked what I saw.

“When I first got him, I could see there was something to work with as he was quite immature.

“He still has some maturing

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Malcolm Hill is owner, trainer and jockey on He’s A Gold Digger. to do, so this time next year he could be quite a handy horse.”

Hill admits the main battle with the Deep Field three-yearold has been keeping him calm, a task that has both good and bad days.

“He can get pretty hot so just keeping him calm has been a real challenge,” he said.

“He’s going to have a few days in the paddock now as you can see he’s having a think about things so a break will be good for him before we have a look at a race at Trentham later in the month.

“He was a little stirred up on raceday but coped with it all reasonably well in the end.

“I’m hoping that as he matures, he gets his temperament under control as well.”

Along with the personal satisfaction that he has gained from his remarkable feat, Hill has also discovered the publicity around his victory has enabled him to connect with a raft of people he had lost contact with over time.

“I’m just amazed at how many people have been in touch with me,” he said.

“On Facebook I’ve been getting messages from people that I haven’t heard from in years so that has been very touching.

“It’s just great to reconnect with them all and I am very appreciative of all the good wishes and

congratulations I have received.”

Hill doesn’t expect the win will result in an avalanche of outside rides becoming available but he is thankful for the support that local trainers such as Dean Cunningham and Nigel Auret have given him.

“I actually had my first ride back on one of Dean Cunningham’s so I was very thankful to him,” he said.

“I’ve been riding seven or eight each morning for Nigel Auret and we travelled in the truck with his team to Tauherenikau.

“We had five on board and came home with two wins and two placings so it was a great day all around.”

Renewed target for Justamaiz

Talented stayer Justamaiz will now head straight to the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) for his next start after he was denied a run in the Gr.3 City Of Auckland Cup (2400m) through a bizarre chain of events.

The David Greene-trained fiveyear-old started as one of the favourites for the New Year’s Day middle distance feature but was late scratched after completing a lap of the Ellerslie track after a false start was declared when Pinmedown was left behind the barriers when the start was actioned.

Justamaiz was one of three runners declared a scratching before the race was re-run with Greene philosophical about what happened before and after a start was declared.

“It was definitely disappointing to take the horse all the way to Ellerslie and then have to bring him back home without actually running in the race,” Greene said.

“There was no way he could run in the restart as he pretty much ran a full lap of the track before he was pulled up. I think you have to accept what has happened and move on as there is nothing we can do about it now.

“I feel for the connections of all the horses involved as you only get a small window to have these stayers at their peak, so to miss a race like that can be pretty devastating.

“At the end of the day our bloke had a gallop and a trip away and we still have a horse to carry on with, so we’re taking a positive outlook with him.”

While he has taken the proceedings in his stride, Greene is hopeful an official inquiry will result in measures being taken to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Wyndham harness Today at Cromwell Raceway

Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Cromwell Racecourse Meeting Date: 06 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 7 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 11.50am CROMWELL NIGHT ‘N DAY ON JOLLYS ROAD TROT $10,000, non-winners 3yo+, stand, 2600m 1 264x3 Kahress (1) fr.......................... S Walkinshaw 2 4 Abadabado (2) fr............................R Holmes 3 x0007 Dora Explorer (3) fr.................. L McCormick 4 x0472 Sunny Valley (4) fr.......................C Ferguson 5 900x0 Mainland Pat (5) fr.....................B Williamson 6 35068 Whangamata (6) fr.......................B McLellan 7 20 Kiwitrix (7) fr............................. N Williamson 8 0Px0 Bonnies Delight (U1) fr 9 Slainte (U2) fr 10 52299 Susies Way (U3) fr......................R McIlwrick 11 2xP Willangus Lad (U4) fr.............. J Morrison (J) 2 12.18pm BH20 PLUMBING LTD/PUTNEY ROOFING MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mr40 to mr46., mobile, 1800m 1 46048 Indulgence (1) fr....................... M Williamson 2 70x06 Maximilian (2) fr..........................R McIlwrick 3 x0P00 Shadow Dancer (3) fr............... L McCormick 4 525x0 It’s A Laugh (4) fr............................... A Milne 5 7826x Mach O’Melley (5) fr..............K Tomlinson (J) 6 84553 Wee Ring The Changes (6) fr.....C Ferguson 7 42688 Hokuri Platter (7) fr.........................B Orange 8 05078 Mahia (8) fr.......................................M Jones 9 80364 Yuko (21) fr........................................S Ottley 10 64424 With The Stars (22) fr..................... B Barclay 11 64656 The Naenae Express (23) fr...............A Beck 12 50767 Rockngoodtime (24) fr...............M Hurrell (J) 13 8000x Red Onyx (25) fr...................... N Williamson 3 12.51 GATE CROMWELL/ALL THINGS HARNESS O/SHIP TROT $9000, 3yo+ r40-r55, stand, 2600m 1 57640 The Night Sweats (1) fr................. B Norman 2 60x34 Christmas Babe (2) fr................B Williamson 3 x5093 Jaccka Jeorge (3) fr....................... B Barclay 4 11 Da Moons Mission (4) fr.............M Hurrell (J) 5 5105 Miss Jessica (5) fr..................... T Robertson

6 66100 Dream Of Pat (6) fr 7 4960x Matai Jetstar (7) fr............................. A Milne 8 7x900 Lady Zara (8) fr................................... A Kyle 9 86454 Big Iron (9) fr..................................B Orange 10 7x435 Count Eyre (10) fr..................B Laughton (J) 11 1 Andy Hall (11) fr....................... N Williamson 12 70876 Helluva Way (U1) fr................. J Morrison (J) 4 1.25pm NEW WORLD/O’CALLAGHAN & WALKER BUILDERSMBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 1800m 1 77 Truehawk (1) fr 2 63 Bring Back Leah (2) fr.......................S Ottley 3 266 Barika (3) fr.............................. N Williamson 4 0x Santeria (4) fr........................K Tomlinson (J) 5 6700 Wicked Witch (5) fr................... L McCormick 6 x0806 Classie Princess (6) fr 7 046 Ballroom Beauty (7) fr.............. C D Thornley 8 33 Silver Lady (8) fr.............................B Orange 9 0 Alacrity Lass (21) fr............................. A Kyle 10 x0300 Ellz Angel (22) fr..........................B McLellan 11 40 Just Cheddar (23) fr..................B Williamson 12 7548x Delightful Gloria (24) fr 13 D 566 Swell Time (25) fr...................... M Williamson 14 000x3 The Optimist (26) fr........................ K Barclay 15 08 My Big Romance (27) fr..............C Ferguson Emergency: Truehawk 5 2.00pm WOODLANDS MOTORS/SPEIGHTS ALEHOUSE MOBILE PACE $7000, r40-r47., mobile, 1800m 1 82839 Bettors Atom (1) fr.......................C Ferguson 2 09047 Star Paige (2) fr.....................S Tomlinson (J) 3 07555 Man I’m Good (3) fr............................. A Kyle 4 93003 Star Reactor (4) fr.................. G Thornley (J) 5 45024 Jacks N Jazz (5) fr 6 3660x Kansas City Jim (6) fr..................R McIlwrick 7 16000 Dalness Arizona (7) fr....................B Orange 8 34954 Dreaminsover (8) fr.................. M Williamson 9 x0890 Lady’s Lass (21) fr..................... T Robertson 10 97600 Honour Scroll (22) fr 11 26x92 I’m Jimmy James (23) fr...................M Jones 12 64766 Tetrick (24) fr................................B McLellan

6 2.35 BAYLEYS C.WELL/HOKONUI HONDA J.DRIV-

ERS MBL PACE $9000, 4yo+ r40-r55. jun.d, 1800m 1 24378 Toby O’Gara (1) fr.....................C Faithful (J) 2 0x40P Altimeter (2) fr.......................S Tomlinson (J) 3 77592 Sheeza Sport (3) fr.................... C Purvis (J) 4 98499 Bottle Rock (4) fr.................... G Thornley (J) 5 x4442 Jimmy Richter (5) fr....................M Hurrell (J) 6 x3521 Jaccka Ted (6) fr..................... J Campbell (J) 7 7x903 Maurice (7) fr........................ K McNaught (J) 8 05279 Star Ruler (8) fr.....................K Tomlinson (J) 9 80120 Magnetic Watch (21) fr...........B Laughton (J) 10 96x81 Ideologist (22) fr...................... J Morrison (J) 11 59091 Vigoroso (23) fr 12 54414 Cab Calloway (24) fr...............K Newman (J) 13 42890 Holy Havoc (25) fr 7 3.10pm THE REGAN TODD STABLES/CLELAND RACING SYNDICATE PACE $9000, r40-r55, stand, 2600m 1 90x65 Sounds Bettor (1) fr.................. N Williamson 2 38810 Allandale (2) fr 3 63305 Wolf West (3) fr.....................S Tomlinson (J) 4 8470x Groomsman (4) fr.......................E Barron (J) 5 441x Ask Me Major (5) fr........................ K Barclay 6 02981 Rafa Novak (6) fr 7 x8878 Melton Mafia (7) fr................................G Lee 8 0x423 Rockin Rod (8) fr...................... M Williamson 9 75447 Shindal (9) fr 10 x0890 Lady’s Lass (10) fr..................... T Robertson 11 12807 Standout (11) fr 12 x8216 Ronnie Pickering (12) fr................. B Barclay 13 16 C R Gold (13) fr..............................R Holmes 14 01606 Vintage Beach (14) fr.......................M Jones 15 95192 Champagneandwine (15) fr.... J Morrison (J) 16 07555 Man I’m Good (U1) fr.......................... A Kyle Emergencies: Lady’s Lass, Man I’m Good 8 3.45 MEAD STARK C.WELL/T WHITE FARRIER HACAP TROT $11,000, r56-r100 discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 12498 Gazza Galleon (1) fr....................... B Barclay 2 157x7 Majestic Connies (U1) fr.......K Tomlinson (J) 3 12203 Sekkie Monkey (U2) fr.............. N Williamson

4 034P1 Riteur (1) 10M...........................B Williamson 5 x4111 Humble Ladd (U1) 10M...............R McIlwrick 6 15305 Whatwillbeewillbee (U2) 10M 7 19057 King Cassidy (U1) 20M.........S Tomlinson (J) 8 25x16 Smokey Mac (U1) 30M........... J Morrison (J) 9 35780 Monty Python (1) 40M.............. M Williamson 9 4.20 RIVER ROCK ESTATE/C.WELL BREWHOUSE CUP MBL PACE $10,000, r57-r59., mobile, 1800m 1 41498 Good On Ya Kiwi (1) fr............. S Walkinshaw 2 60580 Four Starzzz Shiraz (2) fr 3 8x780 Benio Ben (3) fr..............................B Orange 4 19258 Team Kiwi (4) fr..............................R Holmes 5 x1253 Dachy (5) fr.............................. N Williamson 6 x1347 Nemera Franco (6) fr................ C D Thornley 7 9x711 Wolfenstein (7) fr...................... M Williamson 8 96050 Smoke N Reactor (8) fr....................M Jones 10 4.54pm PGG WRIGHTSON/GOLDEN VIEW LIFESTYLE CUP HCP PACE $15,000, r56-r110 spechcp, stand, 2600m 1 x7317 Glen Elgin Tomson (1) fr................B Orange 2 x74P8 Mach’s Back (2) fr.......................... K Barclay 3 00664 Chiller Bay (3) fr...............................M Jones 4 19741 Sweet Loress (4) fr...............................K Butt 5 03222 Tartan Trilogy (5) fr.................. S Walkinshaw 6 28528 I’mallaboutthebase (6) fr 7 141x Mistacullect (7) fr.........................C Ferguson 8 53324 Triroyale Brigade (8) fr............. N Williamson 9 91358 Rah De Rah (U1) fr.....................R McIlwrick 10 6x693 The Maroon Marauder (U2) fr.K Tomlinson (J) 11 72711 Maidonthebeach (1) 10M......... M Williamson 12 12142 Lawrence (2) 10M.....................B Williamson 13 21066 Ideal Draw (U1) 10M............... J Morrison (J) 11 5.25pm TOPLINE FENCING/INT. GARDEN RESCUE MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ mr47 to mr50., mobile, 1800m 1 8724 The Night Watchman (1) fr..........R McIlwrick 2 62426 Freddiesam (2) fr............................ K Barclay 3 5 Rock To The Boss (3) fr...............C Ferguson 4 77 Truehawk (4) fr......................... L McCormick 5 4 Dyslexic (5) fr.................................B Orange

6 5735 Yankee Shard (6) fr...................B Williamson 7 0 New York Man (7) fr...............S Tomlinson (J) 8 P6 Attache (8) fr 9 90855 Carter (21) fr...............................J R Bennett 10 900 The Rhythm Of Life (22) fr....... C R Thornley 11 4x3DP Bono Brown fr............................... Scratched 12 530x3 The Interceptor (U1) fr................... B Barclay 12 5.56pm MACCA LODGE/GOODMAN PLUMBING LTD MOBILE PACE $8500, 3yo+ r49-r55., 1800m 1 10880 Vin Scully (1) fr 2 10463 Motoring Major (2) fr..................M Hurrell (J) 3 1 Mossdale Lottee (3) fr 4 x0261 Tulsa Jaccka (4) fr.................... N Williamson 5 6313x Lock It In Eddie (5) fr 6 05453 Iwanadancewitsumbody (6) fr.. M Williamson 7 88000 Nirvana Beach (7) fr 8 45024 Jacks N Jazz (8) fr 9 75203 Lite Percussion (21) fr.................... K Barclay 10 51 Itz Alldown To Luck (22) fr 11 09913 Coolhand Easton (23) fr.................B Orange 12 67495 Gabby’s Star (24) fr 13 59310 Pick Six Telf (25) fr.....................E Barron (J) 14 218x Miss Paddy Wagon (26) fr.........B Williamson SELECTIONS

Race 1: Slainte, Kahress, Kiwitrix, Susies Way Race 2: The Naenae Express, Wee Ring The Changes, Yuko Race 3: Andy Hall, Da Moons Mission, Christmas Babe, Big Iron Race 4: Swell Time, Bring Back Leah, The Optimist, Silver Lady Race 5: Man I’m Good, Star Paige, Bettors Atom, Jacks N Jazz Race 6: Sheeza Sport, Jaccka Ted, Star Ruler, Bottle Rock Race 7: Ronnie Pickering, Shindal, Rockin Rod, Standout Race 8: Monty Python, Sekkie Monkey, Humble Ladd Race 9: Team Kiwi, Nemera Franco, Good On Ya Kiwi, Dachy Race 10: Lawrence, The Maroon Marauder, Chiller Bay Race 11: Dyslexic, Freddiesam, Yankee Shard, The Interceptor Race 12: Tulsa Jaccka, Mossdale Lottee LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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■■AWAPUNI

Confidence booster for star filly Trainer Jamie Richards was happy to put a tick in the mission accomplished column of star three-yearold Probabeel’s campaign plan after she accounted for her age group rivals with deceptive ease at Awapuni on Saturday.

The Matamata conditioner was keen to see the Savabeel filly boost her confidence for an ambitious programme over the coming months with a first-up victory and she delivered in spades as she strode clear in the final stages of the 1400m contest.

“I’m a firm believer in giving each horse as much confidence as possible and winning is the best way to do that,” Richards said.

“We were looking at our options to get her started in this campaign and the race looked a nice way to do that.

“She did all she had to do and has pulled up well after her exertions.

“She did leave a bit of feed last night which is to be expected and is very bright this morning (Sunday).

“She will now head to the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on the 25th and then we will decide on her next move after that.

“We’re looking at Australia but whether that is in Melbourne for

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a race like the Australian Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) or Sydney for the Surround Stakes (Gr.1, 1400m) is still to be decided.

“Every time we have gone to Sydney with her we have struck wet tracks, so that will be a consideration as she is at her best on the firmer surfaces.”

Richards and Team Te Akau Racing have also finalised the programmes for class performers Melody Belle and Te Akau Shark who will also been seen in Australia in the late summer/autumn.

“Melody Belle has had her first couple of pieces of work and is coming along nicely,” he said.

“She will have an exhibition gallop at Ellerslie on Karaka Million night (January 25) and then a trial at Te Aroha (February 4).

“She will go straight to Melbourne for the Futurity Stakes (Gr.1, 1400m) at Caufield on February 22 and then into the All-Star Mile (1600m), which is her major target.

“Te Akau Shark had some nice time off in the paddock but is back in work now as well.

“He is going to trial at Matamata and then will have an exhibition gallop before tackling the BCD Sprint (Gr.1, 1400m) at Te Rapa (February 8).

“He will head to Sydney after

Probabeel and Opie Bosson were right on form at Awapuni. that where his main aim is the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr.1, 2000m) on the last day of the Championships (April 11).”

On the local scene Richards is looking to confirm promising two-year-old Cool Aza Beel’s position in the field for the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at the end of

the month when he tackles a twoyear-old 1200m contest at Ellerslie this coming Sunday.

“We really like Cool Aza Beel and we think he deserves his place in the field for the Karaka Million,” Richards said.

“He is borderline to get a run so we will use the upcoming race at

Ellerslie to give him his chance to qualify.

“It’s a race we’ve used for that purpose before as it sits nicely a fortnight out from the big one.

“He’s had some time off in the paddock so the timing for getting a run under his belt couldn’t be better.

“Bordeaux Le Rouge has also qualified for the race but we are just keeping an eye on him as he isn’t quite as robust as the others so he’s not guaranteed to line up.

“Yourpoint was our other candidate but he has been very shinny since his win at Matamata so we had a good talk with Chris Rutten and his owners and he will go to the paddock now for a break before we look at bringing him back later in the season.

“He looks like a real three-yearold proposition so he will definitely be worth the wait.”

Richards also advised that talented mare Avantage had thrived since her runner-up finish in the Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint (1200m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day and is on target for the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham while promising filly Star Of Bombay will be having a 10-day break before resuming in the Listed Mufhasa FastTrack Stakes (1300m) at Ellerslie on February 29.

Otaki Maori gallops Today at Otaki Raceway

Otaki Maori RC Venue: Otaki Meeting Date: 06 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.08pm VETS ON RIVERBANK MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1200m 1 3x302 Outa Cash (1) 58.5...................... R Hannam 2 Abe Lincoln (5) 58.5..................B Ansell (a3) 3 Aleapoffaith (7) 58.5...........................L Hemi 4 The Grinder (4) 58.5......................L Allpress 5 3 Horlistic (2) 56.5................... C O’Beirne (a2) 6 5x67x Polizzi (6) 56.5........................ J Bassett (a4) 7 07000 Classyas (3) 56.5...........................H Andrew 2 1.43pm OTAKI MAIL MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 5 Sola Power (2) 57.5.......................H Andrew 2 Tavattack (5) 57.5.............................J Riddell 3 3 Martina Rose (7) 55.5....................L Allpress 4 8x754 Flickering Shadow (3) 55.5.......... R Hannam 5 69x4 Sanibel (4) 55.5..................................R Elliot 6 6 Catchouxlater (1) 55.5............C Burdan (a3) 7 9x Silent Approach (6) 55.5...... C O’Beirne (a2) 3 2.18 AQUASHIELD ROOFING $10,000, MDN 2YO, 800m

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 6 Jan 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

1 Fighting Warrior (8) 57.5..................J Riddell 2 65 Just Ben (9) 57.5............................. J Parkes 3 2x Kentucky May h (4) 55.5................L Allpress 4 3 Alice Tinker (5) 55.5...........................R Elliot 5 8 Elusive Joule (7) 55.5.................. R Hannam 6 Balalaika (6) 55.5............................... T Allan 7 7 Gurtlyn (1) 55.5....................... T Taiaroa (a3) 8 Vespa’s Diva (2) 55.5.......................R Myers 9 Wicket Maiden (3) 55.5..................H Andrew 4 2.53 NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark Fillies & Mares, 1600m 1 85383 Awesome Al tdh (3) 59......... C O’Beirne (a2) 2 47x73 Royal Ruby d (7) 59................ T Taiaroa (a3) 3 15561 Aridity d (5) 58.5.................................L Hemi 4 62341 Just Fabulous d (4) 58.5..................R Myers 5 26x61 Chickaberinda d (1) 57.5................. J Parkes 6 x195x Lincoln Melody td (6) 57.5................J Riddell 7 83188 Floral Belt t (2) 57..........................H Andrew 5 3.28 RIVERSTONE CAFE MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1600m 1 00x72 Scherzo (12) 58.5........................... J Parkes 2 24 Smart Remark (7) 58.5........ C O’Beirne (a2) 3 4x73 Soul Vacation 58.5........................ Scratched

4 00509 Ajay Lincoln (1) 58.5........................J Riddell 5 49095 Double Act (3) 58.5 6 0x606 Post Graduate (11) 58.5..................... T Allan 7 5x542 Springsteen h (10) 57....................L Allpress 8 7x848 Saigon Hot Night (8) 57.....................R Elliot 9 x5465 Fire Dancer (5) 56.5.........................R Myers 10 384x7 Kiwi Princess (4) 56.5....................H Andrew 11 Jakkabella (13) 56.5...........................L Hemi 12 6x8 Sovereign Express h (14) 55... T Taiaroa (a3) 13 5 Alpine Charm (6) 55................C Burdan (a3) 14 772 Rukita (9) 55 15 0x Dawn Express (2) 58.5 Emergencies: Alpine Charm, Rukita, Dawn Express 6 4.04 CAVALLO FARM & CHRIS RUTTEN BLOODSTOCK $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 8x451 Phelan Foxy td (8) 59.......................R Myers 2 4x078 Granite Ridge dm (3) 57.5.............H Andrew 3 1 Massiff Princess (6) 57................... J Parkes 4 03978 All In Mana (5) 57............................R Bishop 5 x0622 Aratoka m (2) 56.5.............................L Hemi 6 3x570 Chartwell (7) 56.5........................ R Hannam 7 x7802 Deep Blue (4) 56.5............................. T Allan 8 00x89 Leading Role (11) 55.5......................R Elliot

9 x6868 Top Ofthe Straight (1) 55................L Allpress 10 0x848 Vermont h (10) 54.5............. C O’Beirne (a2) 11 09070 Dance For Money (9) 54................D Bradley 7 4.38 SUNRANS SPA MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 4 Ha’penny Bridge (3) 58.5.................R Myers 2 0x46x Tigertiger (7) 58.5................... T Taiaroa (a3) 3 Radio Active (1) 58.5...................... J Parkes 4 Abe Lincoln 58.5........................... Scratched 5 Busybeingfabulous (6) 58.5...........H Andrew 6 0x Dawn Express (5) 58.5 7 Lean Thy Arms (4) 58.5.................L Allpress 8 Piri Piri Pete (11) 58.5........................L Hemi 9 6 Benny Lincoln (2) 57........................J Riddell 10 x6534 Jenever (8) 56.5.................................R Elliot 11 772 Rukita (10) 55.............................. R Hannam 12 5 Sweet Storm h (9) 55........... C O’Beirne (a2) 8 5.12pm EL CHEAPO CARS $10,000, R65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 416 Podkast (11) 59..................................L Hemi 2 590x9 Almo Street d (2) 58.5......................J Riddell 3 x0833 Not Santa td (3) 58.......................... J Parkes 4 4219x Outthegate d (9) 58............................R Elliot 5 438x1 Divine Wine t (7) 57...................... R Hannam

6 20x65 Lincoln’s Gal (8) 56..........................R Myers 7 3740x Altius (14) 56.............................B Ansell (a3) 8 22196 Power ‘n’ Passion d (5) 55.5.C O’Beirne (a2) 9 1 Showpiece (1) 55.5........................L Allpress 10 7108x Road To Reign (6) 55.5...................... T Allan 11 6x469 Satin Belt t (12) 55.........................H Andrew 12 x3640 Happy Tav (4) 54.5.........................D Bradley 13 0x757 Dana’s Prophecy (13) 54........C Burdan (a3) 14 0x000 Classy Lane m (10) 54............ T Taiaroa (a3) Blinkers on: Just Ben, Kentucky May (R3), Dawn Express (R5), Dawn Express, Benny Lincoln (R7), Altius, Power ‘n’ Passion (R8) Blinkers off: Classyas (R1), Sola Power (R2), Floral Belt (R4) Winkers on: Sanibel (R2), Sovereign Express (R5) Winkers off: Just Ben (R3) SELECTIONS

9 26175 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson 10 66768 Jay Grim nwtd J &................................D Bell 8 3.02pm DOUG BRADLEY PAINTERS C2/3, 457m 1 46413 Bigtime Forest 25.97...........................L Cole 2 52131 Bigtime Diesel 26.18 G &........ S Fredrickson 3 57725 Buddy Loaded 26.23................... G Hodgson 4 31544 Big Time Kobe 26.16...........................L Cole 5 48742 Bigtime Annie 25.92............................L Cole 6 83668 Big League Diva 25.95 G &.... S Fredrickson 7 25262 Bigtime Acacia 26.09..........................L Cole 8 43373 Gazza’s Girl nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 9 26175 Double That 26.35 G &........... S Fredrickson 9 3.19pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C4, 457m 1 33541 Cheeseball 26.11................................L Cole 2 28765 Fare Dodger 26.01........................M Goodier 3 13114 Melita Vella 25.92................................L Cole 4 44462 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 5 55643 Bigtime Bruno 26.19...........................L Cole 6 76811 Bigtime Lilah 25.75.............................L Cole 7 x635F Thrilling Trev 26.10.................... K Gommans 8 11425 Bigtime Bret 26.21..............................L Cole 10 3.39pm STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C3, 410m 1 54313 Tazia 23.53.................................... D Denbee 2 83675 Big Time Nash 23.39...........................L Cole 3 61131 Bees And Birds 23.64.........................L Cole 4 87764 Bigtime Bronx nwtd G &.......... S Fredrickson 5 71111 Giraffe Club 23.65...............................L Cole 6 67532 Bigtime Caleb 23.56............................L Cole 7 31538 Big Time Dynasty 23.76......................L Cole

8 45512 Harpoon Harry 23.91 D &...........J MacAuley 9 66787 Bigtime Puma 23.57............................L Cole 10 63843 Johny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 11 3.54pm PNGRC SECTIONAL TIMES @ PNGREYHOUNDS.KIWI C1/C2 C1/2, 410m 1 68148 Bigtime Kylie nwtd..................... S Gommans 2 82742 Big Time Spot 23.69............................L Cole 3 63432 Zara Fab nwtd..................................... N Udy 4 12533 Bigtime Daisy 23.61............................L Cole 5 5F476 Big Time Tatum 24.32.........................L Cole 6 58754 Big Time May 23.52............................L Cole 7 31568 Bigtime Molly 23.81.............................L Cole 8 37275 Big Time Benny nwtd..........................L Cole Emergencies: 9 65788 Elouera Mist 23.90 J &.........................D Bell 10 56441 Leslie Albert nwtd.......................B Goldsack 12 4.14pm TOTAL BODYSHOP SUPPLIES C1, 410m 1 18223 My Pablo 24.05................................... N Udy 2 36711 Belmonts 23.45...................................L Cole 3 85858 White Comet 23.69........................ D Donlon 4 54527 Thrilling Ivy nwtd....................... K Gommans 5 26441 Barbarossa Boy 23.98................B Goldsack 6 18633 Gemmas Dilemma nwtd.............J McInerney 7 111 Big Time Jonie 24.00..........................L Cole 8 14424 Big Time Gwyn nwtd...........................L Cole 9 17565 Mickey Mowhawk 24.23................ D Denbee 10 75454 Elsa Blueblood nwtd..................J McInerney

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4 64747 Bigtime Kate 26.13 G &.......... S Fredrickson 5 56353 Diamond Geezer 26.93.................M Goodier 6 55377 Gunnar Blueblood 26.34............J McInerney 7 25241 Slam It 26.64..............................J McInerney 8 14427 Dangerous Di nwtd................ L E Dunkerton Emergencies: 9 65847 Dyna Bryleigh nwtd.......................M Roberts 10 66768 Jay Grim nwtd J &................................D Bell 6 2.27pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C1, 457m 1 17 Big Time Frankie nwtd.........................L Cole 2 36484 Grunty Mama 26.80 S &............C Blackburn 3 14 Big Time Mac nwtd..............................L Cole 4 74621 Nuclear Jewel nwtd..........................L Doody 5 48778 Bigtime Rosie 26.24 G &......... S Fredrickson 6 43261 Summer Glee 26.45...................J McInerney 7 12288 My Khloe nwtd...................................M Flipp 8 47515 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 9 58457 Arm Turner nwtd.........................J McInerney 10 66768 Jay Grim nwtd J &................................D Bell 7 2.44pm KERNOW CONSTRUCTION TERMINATING PICK 6 C1/C2 C1/2, 457m 1 32223 Electrical Storm 26.30...................M Goodier 2 53276 Lady Jellybean nwtd.....................M Goodier 3 12141 Big Time Jackson 26.13......................L Cole 4 54352 Double What nwtd J &..........................D Bell 5 14545 Bigtime Benji 26.11.............................L Cole 6 83262 Mother’s Touch nwtd J &......................D Bell 7 33182 Cavatate nwtd J &................................D Bell 8 12844 Zipping Luther nwtd J &.......................D Bell

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December 2019 At the end of each year, Guardian staff choose the best of the year’s photos to share with you all and reminisce.

Above – The rising stars of Mid Canterbury tennis, including Victoria Talbot, came out to play at the Junior Age Group Championships at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre.

Above left – It’s been a whirlwind six months for New Zealand’s best junior driver, Sarah O’Reilly, as she was crowned Australasian Junior Driving Champion.

Left – Mid Canterbury Under 15 rep cricket coach Garfield Charles rallies his troops in their match against Canterbury Country, which they won decisively.

Below – More than 50 riders went to the start line in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s Aaron Stewart Memorial 48km handicap, and Mark Summerfield proved to have the strongest finish.

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■■DAKAR RALLY

Alonso in the Dakar ‘for fun’

Courtney Duncan blasting her way to a women’s motocross world championship, after three years of being desperately close.

■■MOTORSPORT

Our brightest star

By Eric Thompson

L

ast year was a great one for New Zealanders in motorsport.

It was maybe not quite up there with some of the years of the 1960s, when Kiwis were taking on the best Formula One, Can Am and Le Mans drivers, but it produced some damn good results.

Trying to rank drivers is a subjective exercise and everyone will have a different opinion, often predicated by what category of motorsport they favour.

A good benchmark for determining the best of the best is winning a world championship.

There are only five official FIA world titles available: Formula One, World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship, World Rallycross Championship and Karting World Championship.

For the two-wheel brigade, the FIM have a few more: MotoGP, motocross, endurance, superbike, speedway, sidecar, MotoE and some others.

Using the two globally-sanctioned categories, New Zealand’s best and brightest star of 2019 was Courtney Duncan.

Yes, others in the motorsport arena won big international titles but they were country-based, albeit with a global audience.

Not to take anything away from anyone’s efforts in 2019, from clubman race winners all the way to Japanese, American and Australian category champions, but Duncan won the women’s motocross world title, against the best on the planet.

There has been much said about Scott McLaughlin’s second Supercars title – and some of the machinations surrounding it – and how he overcame the disappointment of missing out in 2017, showing great mental strength to win the following year.

And then to really make the point by smashing the field in 2019.

Duncan, though, had to endure three hard years when she was leading the championship each year only for the rug to be wrenched from under her.

In her first campaign, Duncan was leading the title race when a photographer decided to take pictures in a landing zone and was hit by Duncan in a season-ending crash.

In 2017, while on track to win the title, Duncan swerved to miss

fallen riders and smashed into a fence.

She could finish only sixth in that race, missing top spot by two points.

In 2018, a foot injury ruined her tilt at the title, forcing her out of the final two rounds while holding a 21-point advantage.

Both those years, she finished with the most race wins (four out of 12 in 2017 and five out of 15 in 2018) but placed third and fourth overall.

Try to imagine the incredible inner fortitude to keep heading back to Europe with little support to try again and again and again.

In 2019, her perseverance was rewarded with her first world title, winning 13 of the 15 races.

Another Kiwi worthy of an honourable mention is Nick Cassidy.

A pensive moment for Courtney Duncan

The 25-year-old is probably New Zealand’s most underrated driver.

It’s a shame, as he’s the only foreign driver with the trifecta of Japanese national motorsport titles: Japanese F3, Super GT and Super Formula.

There are no bunnies in any of those three categories, and to make another point, he’s a rare racer who not only contested tin tops and open wheelers in the same year, but also won in both.

Earl Bamber is another who lets his driving do the talking.

The Asia-based Kiwi picked up yet another international title, this time the American IMSA SportsCar Championship, as well as finishing third in the FIA GT World Cup. Branching out from sitting behind the wheel and winning races, Bamber took his own team to Bathurst for the 12-Hour and as a team principle gave Porsche their first win there.

Others to let the world know that New Zealand will take on all-comers in the motorsport arena were the perennial IndyCar championship threat Scott Dixon, Mitch Evans in Formula E, youngsters Liam Lawson and Marcus Armstrong in FIA Formula 3, Supercars front-runner Shane van Gisbergen and most-improved Andre Heimgartner.

And let’s not forget former Formula One driver Brendon Hartley, who has transitioned back into the World Endurance Championship like he was never away and sits second after three races.

Fernando Alonso insists he has “nothing to prove” as he gears up for his first attempt at the Dakar Rally, which kicks off today.

The two-time Formula 1 champion and Le Mans 24 Hours winner will make his first start in the legendary cross-country event at the wheel of a factory-supported Toyota Hilux, after months of preparations with the Japanese manufacturer.

He goes into the Dakar boosted by a podium finish in the recent Ula-Neom Rally, which followed more troubled outings in the Lichtenburg 400 and the Morocco Rally.

Despite his limited rally-raid experience, Alonso said he feels there are “high expectations” of him during Friday’s pre-event press conference, and was keen to point out that “in this discipline there are great drivers, brands, legends”.

“I do nothing to prove anything, I do it for fun,” he added.

“If I can make a good Dakar and be fast in cross-country or rally cars of this type, I would have little more to prove.

“Let someone else win everything I won and then be fast in cross-country.

“I do not come for publicity, I do not need it.

“I would have more fun in another discipline where you are more in your comfort zone. This is something totally new and outside of your control.”

Alonso named Toyota team-mate and three-time Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah as the favourite to triumph on the event’s first visit to Saudi Arabia.

“My favourite for this Dakar is Nasser,” said the Spaniard.

“He has the car at his disposal and knows this area of the world.

Yazeed [Al Rajhi] will also go very fast. Then there are Carlos [Sainz Sr] and [Stephane] Peterhansel.

They are the fastest.

“But all they were also in Morocco and [Giniel] de Villiers won.

“This discipline is like this.”

Quizzed on his own objectives, Alonso said: “It depends on the difficulty of the rally. In terms of pure pace, between 10th and 15th would be logical. But if this Dakar is hard and I can get through it, it is easier to gain positions.

“This will not be known until several stages have been completed.

“I have to pass the first two without incident. From there it will be easier to set [specific] goals.

“The main objective is to try to finish.

“After all, I would like to reach the end and be able to say that I have finished a Dakar.”

Fernando Alonso

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Wayne Rooney has detailed how his struggles with gambling affected the peak early years of his career with Manchester United and England.

The 34-year-old – who racked up a £700,000 ($1.4 million) debt by the age of 20 – described how he was “sucked in” by early betting successes, but has since quit gambling altogether, having “learned from my mistakes”.

He agreed to speak out about his personal turmoil after facing criticism over Derby County’s decision to give him the No.32 shirt in association with a betting sponsor.

Rooney, who set up a goal on his Derby debut against Barnsley on Saturday, blamed a mix of boredom and unlimited telephone gambling on his habit.

“When you’re losing money, it will affect you,” he said of the impact on his game.

Speaking on a video for 32Red’s Stay in Control gambling awareness campaign, Rooney said he now has a responsibility as an older player to help younger team-mates handle the pressures of making big money.

“I was a young lad who’d just come into a lot of money,” said the former England captain, who once earned £300,0000 ($600,000) a week at United.

“For an away game with Manchester United, you stay in a hotel – and with England, you’re in a hotel for seven to 10 days.

“You get bored and do things to fill the time.

“At that time, gambling was one of them.

“It was easy to place bets by phone. It didn’t feel like real money.

“Before you know it, you’ve lost a good bit and you don’t realise the amount you’re putting on at the time.

“I won at the start and thought it was easy money.

It sucks you in a bit more and I ended up losing.”

Rooney, who had previously cited his issues with gambling in his autobiography, explains in the video how he previously resorted to “chasing my bets trying to win my money back”.

“You’re there to play for your country or club, and when you’re losing money, it will affect you.

“Thankfully, I managed to pay up what I lost and I didn’t gamble again.

“I learned from my mistakes.”

Injury count alarms Fifpro, world football’s players’ union, has urged the game’s authorities to address global fixture congestion following a traumatic Premier League festive period that has resulted in 53 injuries.

Data supplied by Premier Injuries Limited also suggests a huge spike in recent weeks, with 96 injuries of varying severity reported across last month and the first two days of 2020.

That is only one fewer than the injuries recorded across the whole of August and September.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): In preparation for the upcoming event, give yourself twice the time you think you’ll need. Success will be determined by the setup. Think ahead – about the logistical and emotional aspects to a project.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Some people don’t recognise beauty outside of its frame. Some don’t even see it inside the frame. They let the frame dictate the value. It’s sad, but it’s happening often enough that you need to be aware of it.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Don’t give all of your attention to the ache and the ardour that will greedily submerge you. Head for shallow water, and plant your feet where the currents can rock but not drag you.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): A generation listened to the bow drag the string, and another touched needle to vinyl, and one scrolled and tapped.

They all sought the music. Whatever it is, find the commonality and dance to that.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’re a good friend, almost an entire support system. You’ll somehow give double what you actually have. You’ll explain it by saying more than you believe, with hope and love that didn’t exist before.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re not holding back out of trepidation, uncertainty or indecision. Quiet can be the most eloquent way to contribute.

There’s wonder in your understatement, profundity in your silence.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Breakthroughs are emotional.

The path to get there is paved with a mix of poetry and math, but the actual bridge between the old you and the new you is made of braided feelings.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): People cope, but afterward they can’t tell you how. Some things you just have to go through to get through. You’re as ready as you’ll ever be to make a change.

One small but brave step kicks it off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Maybe you can change more than you think you can. What’s holding you back is just a thought – a self-imposed limit. Ideas are plentiful and today’s special is to try before you buy.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): This is one of those days when the world needs you more. It’s good you’re ready to pitch in from exactly where you are. This couldn’t happen without you.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): This day is a visitor, and soon a ghost. Do you want to do it differently? Probably not. All the things you were going to do still apply; all that’s changed is the feeling. That could be everything.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Sometimes we try to avoid pain, other times we seek it. So much can override the signal, change its meaning or even its nature. Seek a cordial relationship with pain, as it is merely a messenger.

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Waitaki Kurow at 2:32 pm, yesterday

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6am Alphabetical 3 0 6:55 Sun, Sea, And Brides To Be 3 8am Flipping Profit! 0 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 10am Tipping Point 3 11am The Celebrity Chase 3 0 Noon Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street Catchup PGR 3 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 3pm Dinner Date 3 0 4pm Tipping Point Lucky Stars Ben Shephard returns with a new series of Tipping Point Lucky Stars, where three celebrities take on a machine, hoping to win money for charity. 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Extreme Cake Makers 0 7:30 The Chase Bloopers Bradley Walsh looks back at the most hilarious and bizarre outtakes from quiz show The Chase. 0 8:30 Runaway Millionaires AO 3 0 10:20 Take Two PGR 3 0

6:30 Bluey 0 6:45 Paw Patrol 3 0 7:05 My Little Pony 0 7:30 Teen Titans Go! 0 7:55 The Tom And Jerry Show 3 8:15 Ducktales 3 8:35 Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 9am Doctor Who PGR 0 10:05 Infomercials 11:05 Neighbours 3 0 11:35 Mike And Molly PGR 3 0 Noon The Bachelor 0 1:50 M The Last Song PGR 2010 Drama. Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear.

3:50 Bunk’d 3 0 4:35 House Rules Teams must transform Mikaela and Eliza’s family home, and one will win the early-reveal challenge. 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours Claudia learns Finn’s secret; Aaron finds hope in an unlikely place; Harlow and Roxy seek another potential donor for David. 0

7am Married At First Sight USA 3 Before they face the experts for the last time, the couples go out of town on a second honeymoon to help gain clarity about their final decisions.

8:05 The Biggest Loser Australia 3 9am House Rules PGR 3 0 10:10 Infomercials 11:40 Millionaire Hot Seat 3 0 12:35 Face The Truth PGR 1:05 Olivia Newton John – Hopelessly Devoted To You PGR 3 (Mini-series) (Part 1) 0 3pm American Ninja Warrior 3 5pm Millionaire Hot Seat 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

11:15 Major Crimes AO 3 Before Major Crimes can fully cope with a leadership crisis, a surprise death in the law-enforcement community seems to be the work of escaped serial killer Phillip Stroh. 0 12:10 Kath And Kim PGR 3 12:35 Infomercials 5:35 Fishing And Adventure 3

11:05 Mom PGR 3 0 11:35 Grey’s Anatomy AO 3 0 1:10 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:35 Army Wives AO 3 0 3:20 Love Island Australia AO 3 0 4:20 Don’t Tell The Doctor PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:40 Fail Army AO 3 Series with pranks and compilations featuring the web’s biggest failures. 0 12:10 Infomercials

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BRAVO 10am Mom’s A Medium 3 10:30 Million Dollar Listing NY 3 11:35 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 12:35 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 3 1:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean PGR 3 2:30 Four Weddings UK 3 3:30 The People’s Court 4:35 Dance Moms 3 5:30 Love It Or List It – Vancouver 3 6:30 Dress To Impress 3 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 8:30 Murder And Justice – The Case Of Martha Moxley AO Laura Coates investigates new theories about the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, how Robert F Kennedy jr investigated a potential eyewitness, and how Martha’s mother copes without justice.

9:30 Killer Motive AO A killer targets a town’s law enforcement community. Will he be caught before he strikes again?

10:30 Snapped AO 11:30 Snapped – She Made Me Do It PGR 3 12:20 Infomercials 3

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MV 2019 Action. Zachary Levi, Mark Strong. 9:20 Swimming With Men ML 2018 Comedy.

Rob Brydon, Jim Carter.

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Of Fortune PG 6:50 The 3:05 Shazam! MV 2019 Simpsons PG 7:15 Charmed M Action. Zachary Levi, 8am Border Security – Mark Strong. 5:15 The Australia’s Frontline M Golem 16VC 2018 Horror.

8:30 Ice Road Truckers ML Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan.

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11:10 Charmed M Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson.

Noon Jeopardy! PG 8:30 Lake Placid – Legacy 12:25 Wheel Of Fortune PG 16VC 2018 Horror. A group of 12:50 Criminal Minds 16VS curious explorers set out to 1:40 Criminal Minds 16VS investigate an area that has 2:25 CSI MV 3:10 Charmed M 4pm The Simpsons PG been removed from modern4:30 Jeopardy! PG 5pm Wheel day maps and is home to Of Fortune PG 5:30 Storage a dangerous and forgotten Wars – Texas PG 6pm Ice secret. Katherine Barrell, Road Truckers ML 7pm Border Tim Rozon.

Security – Australia’s Frontline 10:05 Daughter Of The Wolf M 7:30 CSI MV 8:30 Border 16V 2019 Action. Gina Carano, Security PG 9pm RBT MC Richard Dreyfuss.

9:30 A1 – Highway Patrol MVLC 11:35 Serious Laundry 16LC 10:30 SVU MV 11:15 Ice Road 2017 Comedy. Jason Zednick, Truckers ML Tuesday Michele Richardson.

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Ken Berg, Ray Gunn, George Hamilton.

10:30 #whiuatepatai AO 3

6am Gardeners’ World 7am Rick Stein’s German Bite 8am Bondi Vet 9am Gourmet Farmer 9:30 Alone AO 10:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour 11:30 James Martin’s French Adventure 12:30 Jamie And Jimmy’s Food Fight Club 1:30 Toy Hunter 2pm Storage Wars – New York 2:30 Outback Vet 3:30 Animal Park 4:30 River Cottage – Summer’s Here Hugh creates a range of dishes using the finest seasonal produce that is available and tasty.

5:30 Flipping Bangers The Triumph Spitfire is a sportscar legend and, despite being rusty and unreliable, values are strong. Gus and Will want to buy one, but they cannot afford anything decent.

6:30 Salvage Hunters 7:30 Treasures Decoded The discovery of an executed man in northern Italy reveals the truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion, and sheds new light on the most famous crucifixion of all.

8:30 Scots In China 9:30 Britain’s Most Historic Towns 10:30 Our Guy In Russia

11pm Te Ao – Maori News 3 The latest news, with an inclusive approach to Maori news by connecting directly with communities.

11:30 Closedown

11:30 Flipping Bangers 12:30 Peter Ackroyd’s Thames 1am River Cottage – Summer’s Here 2am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3am Animal Park 4am Scots In China 5am Flipping Bangers

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8am French Top 14 Highlights 8:50 L French Top 14 – Paris v Toulouse 11am Maori All Blacks v Fiji (HLS) 11:30 Maori All Blacks v Fiji (HLS) Noon Gallagher Premiership – Wasp v Northampton (RPL) From Ricoh Arena, Coventry.

2pm Gallagher Premiership – Sale v Harlequins (RPL) 4pm Pro14 – Benetton v Warriors (RPL) 6pm Maori All Blacks U20 v Fiji U20 (HLS) From Rotorua.

6:30 Maori All Blacks v Fiji (HLS) From Rotorua.

7pm Pro14 Weekly Highlights Show 8pm Gallagher Premiership Highlights Show 9pm French Top 14 Highlights (HLS) A wrap up of all the tries and main talking points from every game of the round.

9:30 Pro14 – Dragons v Ospreys (RPL) From Rodney Parade, Newport.

11:30 Pro14 – Zebre v Cheetahs (RPL) Tuesday From PA Stadio Sergio 12:38 Prometheus 16V 2012 Sci-fi Mystery. Charlize Theron, Lanfranchi, Italy.

Tuesday Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba. 1:30 Pro14 – Leinster v Connacht (RPL) 2:38 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama. Jennifer Connelly, 3:30 Pro14 – Edinburgh v Southern Kings (RPL) Russell Crowe.

5:30 French Top 14 4:49 I Am Number Four MV 2011 Sci-fi Action.

Highlights 7:50 Legally Blonde PGS 2001 Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. 9:25 Johnny English PGV 2003 Comedy. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia. 10:50 Fast And Furious 6 MV 2013 Action. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson. 12:57 Rush Hour 3 MVS 2007 Action.

Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan.

2:25 Prometheus 16V 2012 Sci-fi Mystery. Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba.

4:25 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama. Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe. 6:40 I Am Number Four MV 2011 Sci-fi Action. Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant.

8:30 Slumdog Millionaire MVL 2008 Drama. When a penniless 18-year-old orphan from Mumbai’s slums nearly wins 20 million rupees on India’s TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, a police investigation reveals his story.

Dev Patel.

10:30 Star Trek – Into Darkness MV 2013 Scifi Action. Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch.

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SKY SPORT 2 6am Big Bash League (HLS) 6:30 Australia v Blackcaps (RPL) Third Test.

8:30 Big Bash League (HLS) 9am India v Sri Lanka (HLS) First T20.

10am Super Smash (HLS) 10:30 Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Third Test.

11:30 L Australia v Blackcaps Third Test – Day Four.

Coverage from the SCG, Sydney.

8pm Big Bash League (HLS) 8:30 Big Bash League (HLS) 9:05 L Big Bash League Thunder v Heat.

From Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney.

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4am Super Smash (HLS) 4:30 Super Smash (HLS) 5am Australia v Blackcaps (HLS) Third Test.

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7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 8:30 Wheeler Dealers PG Merkur XR4Ti. 9:25 Kindig Customs PG Car Show to the Stars.

10:15 Surveillance Oz – Dashcam PG 10:40 Surveillance Oz – Dashcam PG 11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC 11:55 How It’s Made PG Tuesday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Car Crash Global Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 3:15 Gold Rush – Dave Turin’s Lost Mine PG 4:05 Insane Pools – Off The Deep End M 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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PLAYOFFS A BREEZE FOR BRIAN

Waireka Croquet Club player Brian Goodwin took out the South Canterbury Croquet Association playoff on Saturday. Looking confident from the start, Goodwin soon went out to a strong lead in all three of his games and never looked back. Winning all his three games by considerable margins has set him up nicely to compete in the New Zealand Don Reyland Championship, to be held in March.

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Mannering back in Warriors camp After taking a year away from rugby league, Simon Mannering has returned to the Warriors for the upcoming season.

Mannering has agreed to return to the club on a part-time basis in a mentoring role, which will see him work with teams from the club’s juniors to its first-grade side beginning in the preseason.

“The purpose of his role is to really utilise his experience in the game,” Warriors chief executive Cameron George said.

“The manner in which he played the game, we all know how good he was and the unique characteristics he had.

“So we want to instil that throughout the club and there’s no

better person to implement those certain attributes that he carried throughout his career than Simon himself.”

Mannering played 301 games for the Warriors over a 14-year span, spending his entire career with the club before retiring at the end of the 2018 season. Throughout his career he made a name for

himself as a workhorse and a true professional who would perform to the highest level week after week.

The 33-year-old and his family moved to Australia after he retired, and he spent 2019 in a parttime role with the Brisbane Broncos women’s team.

“When Simon decided that he

wanted to retire in 2018, he was tired; both physically and mentally.

“The important thing for him and his family was to get away from the game and freshen up.

“It’s going to be hugely beneficial for our club without a doubt …we’re not going to waste the opportunity to have Simon around.”

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