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Two caught up in scam Two Ashburton people who allowed their personal bank accounts to be used as part of a wider $250,000 fraud appeared in the Ashburton District Court this week.

Matthew Ranson, 24, admitted receiving $30,000 which had been dishonestly obtained from a finance company by another person. He also admitted another charge of assault with a knife.

Shaquille Harmony Fa’Atili, 24,

also admitted a charge of receiving $22,500 from a finance company.

She withdrew the money and there is now no trace of it.

Both were part of a scam masterminded by Brendon Karl Dean Harris, who has pleaded guilty to fraud charges and will soon be sentenced in the Christchurch District Court.

Harris conned people and money from Gem Finance, which al-

lowed electronic applications from potential customers. He obtained the money by collecting identification details of people online, typically using fake social media accounts and advertising items for sale.

Harris then used those details to apply for loans from Gem Finance.

The money obtained was transferred into his friends and family members’ bank accounts, includ-

ing his mother’s.

Judge Joanna Maze told Ranson this week that the scam was a form of money laundering.

“You were one of a number of people who were made use of by the principal offender. There was some $30,000 put into your bank account by a lender who had been fraudulently induced to advance the loan. Of that $30,000 put into your account, you were paid $5500

for facilitating the exercise.”

The police summary of facts said Harris used a stolen identity to phone Gem Finance on January 31 last year and obtained a loan for $30,000. He provided Ranson’s bank account for the disbursement of the loan.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Bishop joins four-lane chorus

By Matt Markham

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National’s spokesperson for Transport and Regional Development Chris Bishop didn’t need to look at the numbers to understand that a four-lane highway is required between Ashburton and Christchurch – he experienced it first-hand instead.

The Hutt South MP was in the district to attend last weekend’s Ashburton A&P Show but used the opportunity to get onto the main road between Ashburton and Christchurch and see just what his colleague, Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon has been talking about.

“I’ve just driven it and it’s clearly dangerous in lots of places,” Bishop said.

“And it’s incredibly busy and increasingly congested, it needs four-laning and that’s just the simple reality of it all.”

Part of National’s campaign leading into the last election, it is yet to be confirmed whether or not it will form part of their policies next year but Bishop seemed confident that they wouldn’t let the ball drop considering the amount of work that has been done already.

“It was something we committed to at the last election and something we are seriously considering leading into 2020.

“The government has cut $5 billion out of the State Highway budget over a decade and we’ve already seen projects that were on the books around the country either delayed or cancelled outright.

“Sadly, this area is missing out – in much the same way that a lot of areas are missing out.”

Bishop said that it was important that rural and provincial New Zealand had high quality highways to connect them and con-

nect goods to the markets. With 93 per cent of freight travelling by road, a quality network was vital.

“The current government has an ideological aversion to roads and the Minister of Transport says we have over-invested in roads and motorways for decades, but if anything the truth is that it’s the opposite,” Bishop said.

“We’ve under-invested in our provincial areas for a long time and National is committed to correcting that and getting on with the job in a year’s time.”

Ensuring also that there were projects on the horizon to ensure next generational projects were also high on the importance list.

“It’s not about resting on our laurels.

“One of the things we’re very keen on is giving a sense of a pipeline to the industry. There are a number of big ticket projects due for completion, but what’s next?”

With Australia set to pump $100 billion into infrastructure in the next 10 years the fear is that a number of workers will be lost over the Tasman sea once projects are completed here.

Falloon said that was the big challenge that was set to be faced here locally in Canterbury.

“You’ve got Rolleston to Christchurch coming to an end soon and if they’ve got nothing to carry on with then that’s a generation of workers lost probably to Australia because they’ve got nothing else going on out here,” he said.

Both politicians agreed that the logical next step was that once Christchurch to Rolleston was completed, things should naturally progress down the road to Ashburton.

“I don’t think you’ll find too many objectors to that,” Bishop added.

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Vast interests but same goals for new head students

By Susan Sandys

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Ashburton College’s new head students have a wide range of interests, but have the same goal when it comes to leading the school next year.

Head boy Henry Chapman, head girl Poppy Kilworth, deputy head boy Kyle Cabangun, and deputy head girl Maria Costas, all aged 16, say they want to build on both the hard work done by their forebears and the school’s positive image.

“We are really keen to build on what we have got, and add our own spin to it,” Poppy said.

Henry said he was looking forward to working together with his fellow leaders, and the group are planning a brainstorming session to come up with goals.

“Just being able to take on all the opportunities that are thrown at us as well, being in this position is super cool,” Poppy added.

Henry is interested in fitness and plans to study mechanical engineering once he leaves school. His strong interest in the latter has recently seen him join with a friend to build a motorised and mobile couch, complete with steering wheel.

Poppy is a keen dancer and netballer, and was a member of the school’s senior A team this year. She said she kept changing her mind with regard to what she would study, but would probably go to Otago University and do health sciences.

Kyle will go for his karate black belt next month. He is also a keen photographer and plans to study photography or graph-

Ashburton College’s new head students are head boy and girl Henry Chapman and Poppy Kilworth (centre), with deputies Kyle Cabangun and Maria Costas.

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ic design upon leaving school.

Maria is an Ashburton Cadet Unit sergeant and Ashburton Youth Council secretary. She thinks she may study something within the realm of medical science.

The four students were overjoyed to be announced as the

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Two caught up in scam From P1 Text messaging intercepted by police indicated Ranson had been paid for the use of his bank account.

The total loan balance had been withdrawn or spent by February 2.

Ranson admitted receiving the money into his bank account in suspicious circumstances. He denied knowing Harris.

The assault charge arose from a fight at a party on Porter Street, where Ranson said he used a small knife in self-defence.

Judge Maze sentenced him to six months’ community detention and 12 months’ intensive supervision. She also ordered him to pay reparation of $5500, for his part in the scam.

Fa’Atili was sentenced to four months’ community detention and ordered to pay $5000 in reparation. She is already subject to supervision.

The judge said she was guilty of receiving $22,500, reckless to the dishonesty by which it had been obtained.

“It was part of a series of fraudulent transactions and a number of people were involved. In total, $250,000 was gained dishonestly and you were one of several people conned in the process.

“You received $5000 as payment for the use of your bank account as a means of transmitting the money from one place to another, but without risk to the main offender. The basic transaction was a false application for funds to buy something and using a false identification.

The judge said Fa’Atili had been naive and spent or withdrawn the money as instructed by people she would not identify. None of the money had been traced.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Fish wary for high country opening Anglers enjoyed hot weather at the opening of the high country fishing season at the weekend, but calm conditions kept the salmon at bay.

Central South Island Fish and Game officer Rhys Adams said about 100 anglers turned out to Lake Heron when the season opened in traditional fashion on the first Saturday of November.

Most were from Mid Canterbury, but some came from as far away as the Bay of Plenty.

“We usually get some sort of nor’west blow making for challenging conditions,” Adams said.

Not so on Saturday, a day when temperatures climbed over 30 degrees in Ashburton.

“The calm weather was considered by many locals as poor fishing conditions,” Adams said.

“They traditionally have more success in windy, choppy conditions when the fish are less likely to get scared away by the splash of their lure hitting the water when they cast.”

Their goal was to land brown and rainbow trout, or, the favourite for most on opening day – one of the lake’s resident salmon.

“Catches of lake resident salmon were down on historical levels, but on a par with the past two seasons,” he said.

Some great salmon and trout

Ashburton angler Jim Aldridge displays one of the “keeper” salmon he caught on opening day.

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were caught but a few anglers did go home empty-handed, he said.

“Despite the modest salmon

catch rate, many locals were loving their day out fishing and remained optimistic that the fish-

ing would improve.”

The number of small salmon, next year’s “keepers”, was nota-

ble, he said.

Rangers checked on 80 anglers and were pleased to encounter full compliance.

Meanwhile, Central South Island Fish and Game have a research project under way to better understand the salmon fishery of the lake.

Adams said the resident salmon are the offspring of sea-run fish that spawn in the lake tributaries, and contribute to the Rakaia River sea-run salmon fishery.

“Some of the offspring go to sea and return to spawn, and some remain in the lake and have an unknown spawning contribution.”

The project aimed to better understand the dynamics of the split in populations between those staying in the lake and those migrating to sea.

“This information will help us better manage populations at a time when salmon populations across Canterbury are at low levels,” he said.

The project would use otolith, or earbone, microchemistry to assess the ages of fish and the type of water (lake or sea) they had been living in, using both lake resident fish caught by anglers and sea-run spawning fish collected on spawning grounds.

​Check the weather out before striking that match

By Linda Clarke

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Ashburton fire crews spent two hours putting out a fire that burned 200m of treeline on Frasers Road on Monday.

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Ashburton firefighters spent two hours at Frasers Road on Monday where fire ripped through 200m of standing trees along a roadside.

Senior station officer Charlie Kelland said embers blown from tree trimmings burnt nearby had caused the fire, which firefighters needed to put out promptly because it was also near a tree plantation.

He said anyone lighting a fire needed to take conditions on the day into account, despite the fact it was still an open fire season.

Monday was the third day in a row of high temperatures.

Fire crews were called to several other vegetation fires during the day, with Rakaia extinguishing a fire in a pile of tree slashings because of concerns embers might blow away and start another fire.

Rakaia also attended a grass fire near a transformer box at Dorie later in the afternoon, while Methven attended a vegetation fire at Highbank.

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■■ASHBURTON A&P SHOW

Shearers shine on local stage Two local shearers put their best foot forward at the Ashburton A&P Show, winning intermediate and junior finals.

Cody Davidson, of Hakatere, won Saturday’s intermediate final by a whisker, just 0.06 points ahead of Ellesmere and Rangiora winner Brayden Clifford of Gore.

It was Davidson’s first win and he saved his best for his local show having shorn in all four intermediate finals in the South Island this season.

The junior final was also a home-show win for young Ashburton shearer Chase Rattray, who won by more than eight points from runner-up Alice Watson, of Blenheim, a week after winning the Rangiora junior final by over five points.

The shearers made hot work of it on the Saturday as temperatures soared to the mid-30s.

Mataura shearer Brett Roberts became the seventh different winner in the first eight open finals of the 2019-2020 New Zealand shearing sports season when he won the open final.

He was also the fifth different winner in five finals in the South Island, and the fourth from Southland.

Roberts averaged under a minute a sheep and less than a penalty per sheep on the shearing board, finishing the 16 sheep in 14min 53secs with judges on the shearing board putting just 10 strikes against his name.

It gave him a comfortable win by more than two points over runner-up and fellow Southland shearer Ringakaha Paewai, who had won at Rangiora seven days earlier.

It was Roberts’ seventh open win graduating to the top class soon after winning the Golden Shears Senior title in 2014, but his first of the new season in which he had been fourth in the finewool section of the New Zealand Merino Championship at Alexandra and the strongwool section of the Spring Shears in Waimate.

Earlier this year he won open A grade titles at Lumsden in January and Balclutha in February

Wilbur Wilson hard at work on the shearing stage in the locals final.

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before finishing third in the PGG Wrightson national final at the Golden Shears in March.

Winton shearer Brandon Maguire Ratima, the 2018 Golden Shears and New Zealand championships Intermediate winner scored his second senior win, with a comfortable margin of three points over runner-up Mitchell Murray, of Gore.

New World champion blade shearer Allan Oldfield, of Geraldine, had his first win since his big triumph in France four months ago when he downed World teams champion teammate Tony Dobbs, of Fairlie, further delaying Dobbs’ 100th win in an Open bladeshearing career spanning more than 35 years.

It was the first defeat of the season for 2012 World championships team member Mike O’Connell, who was third.

The South Island season continues this Saturday with the Marlborough A&P Show in Blen-

heim and the Pleasant Point Gymkhana Shears, ahead of the New Zealand Corriedale shearing and woolhandling championships at Canterbury’s New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch on November 14-15.

Results from the Ashburton show: Open final (16 sheep): Brett Roberts (Mataura) 14min 53.35sec, 49.04pts, 1; Ringakaha Paewai (Gore) 15min 34.63sec, 51.48pts, 2; Ant Frew (Pleasant Point) 16min 30.21sec, 54.76pts, 3; Lyall Windleburn (Rangiora) 15min 32.85sec, 56.89pts, 4; Grant Smith (Rakaia) 17min 1.31sec, 58.32pts, 5.

Senior final (8 sheep): Brandon Maguire Ratima (Winton) 9min 54.41sec, 38.15pts, 1; Mitchell Murray (Gore) 9min 48.28sec, 41.16pts, 2; Jesse Barclay (Mataura) 10min 13.91sec, 42.32pts, 3; Allan Oldfield (Geraldine) 11min 11.87sec, 43.84pts, 4; Taare Edwards (Taumarunui) 11min

1.06sec, 43.93pts, 5.

Intermediate final (6 sheep): Cody Davidson (Hakatere) 11min 8sec, 42.9pts, 1; Brayden Clifford (Waikaka) 11min 52.5sec, 42.96pts, 2; Brodie Horrell (Gore) 11min 49.94sec, 48.66pts, 3; Kelly Poehls (Makara/Rangiora) 13min 34.94sec, 49.58pts, 4; Sam Bryan (Darfield) 13min 8.4sec, 52.75pts, 5.

Junior final (4 sheep): Chase Rattray (Ashburton) 9min 55.5sec, 41.78pts, 1; Alice Watson (Blenheim) 14min 50.47sec, 50.27pts, 2; James Wilson (Lincoln) 13min 18.25sec, 53.91pts, 2; Harley James Ransfield (Ohai) 10min 34.03sec, 55.7pts, 4; Adrian Marsh (Ashburton) 10min 17.28sec, 60.86pts, 5.

Blades final (5 sheep): Allan Oldfield (Geraldine) 13min 7.72sec, 40.59pts, 1; Tony Dobbs (Fairlie) 14min 27.82sec, 45.19pts, 2; Mike McConnell (Albury) 14min 39.37sec, 46.97pts, 3.

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Free health checks for farmers Mid Canterbury farmers heading to FAR’s big field day at Chertsey in December can have a free wellness check-up onsite.

Rakaia GP Suzanne Fowlie and rural journalist Craig Wiggins have teamed up to take farmer consults on the road, or more specifically to farmer events like the field day.

The check-ups include tests for blood pressure, weight, blood oxygen and lung function (for smokers) and also a discussion about general and mental health.

Wiggins said the wellness checks were about seeing farmers in their own setting as many did not make time to see their GP until they were really unwell.

He said farmers had been subject to increasing external pressures in the past three years, including new Government policies on water and the environment, Mycoplasma bovis and misconceptions of farming spread on social media.

“Many are just too busy getting through the day and do not prioritise their own health as an important cog in the wheels of success and sustainability of their business.”

Fowlie sits on the Ashburton Service Level Alliance Team and looked at what mental health services were available in the Ashburton area due to the stress caused by M.bovis.

Wiggins is heading to the North Island this week to pick up a special caravan that will be used for the consults, though he and Fowlie trialled the concept recently using a horse float.

They attended the Coalgate saleyards and put farmers, stock agents and saleyard workers – men and women – through a mini health check and they found about a quarter of those tested needed further medical advice or testing and perhaps medication for high blood pressure, lung capacity and breathing issues.

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Methven turns into bikie heaven It was bikie heaven in Methven on Saturday when the Canterbury chapter of the Harley-Davidson Owners’ Group held its Southern Roar Motorbike Rally in the town.

About 300 Harley-Davidsons and their riders from throughout the South Island rumbled into town to stage a show and shine at the Blue Pub, and go on rallies.

For the latter there was a choice of four destinations – Akaroa, Coleridge Power Station, Geraldine and the three gorges of Rakaia, Waimakariri and Ashley.

Local community groups benefited from the event, including Kidzmethven which had members on the gate at the show and shine.

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■■CORONER’S COURT

Body unnoticed 2-4 weeks – coroner

By Kurt Bayer NZME

The body of a University of Canterbury student lay unnoticed in campus accommodation for 2-4 weeks, a coroner has ruled.

Mason Drake Pendrous, a 19-year-old commerce student, died between August 26 and September 10 this year, Coroner Sue Johnson found after a special hearing in Christchurch yesterday to verify when he died.

No cause of death has yet been established and investigations are ongoing.

England-born Pendrous was found dead by a staff member in his room, number 209 in the Hinoki building of the University of Canterbury’s Sonoda Campus in Ilam, Christchurch, at about 10.50pm on September 23.

Investigations by the University of Canterbury and the accommodation provider, Campus Living Villages (CLV), are under way.

Stepfather Anthony Holland, who last spoke to Pendrous on July 19, has expressed concerns over how long it took to notice something was wrong.

Yesterday, Constable Robert Stokes, an inquest officer for New Zealand Police, revealed the po-

Mason Pendrous was found dead in his University of Canterbury campus accommodation. lice work done so far to try and establish when he died.

Photo records have Pendrous last seen entering his accom-

modation block, and using his university swipe card, on the evening of August 12.

He was not seen coming or go-

‘We were just a number’

By Michael Neilson NZME

An international disability rights activist who was physically, emotionally and sexually abused while in state care says the process left him feeling like he was not a citizen.

Robert Martin told the inquiry into abuse in state and faith-based hearing in Auckland he was treated like a “slave” and stripped of his human rights.

He wanted to see a “citizenship ceremony” for those who had been held in state institutions.

“We were shut away from New Zealand society and culture. When people are shut away in an institution they don’t feel like a citizen.”

The inquiry has entered its second week, where abuse survivors, their advocates and researchers are giving evidence.

At least 100,000 New Zealand children and disabled adults were taken off their families and held in state institutions between the 1950s and 1990s.

Martin, born in 1957, suffered a brain injury after his doctor used forceps at birth, and at 18 months of age was sent to the Kimberley Centre, a now-closed psychiatric hospital in Levin.

“A doctor told my mother I was mentally retarded,” Martin told the inquiry.

“He told my mother to send me away and forget about me.”

He wanted to be with his family, wanted to grow up with his sister, but he was not allowed to.

The experience at Kimberly was dehumanising, he said.

“I do not remember being picked up, or loved and cuddled ... we were just a number.”

He was returned to his family for a brief period age 7, but his parents could not cope.

He was made a ward of the state and shifted through foster homes where abuse continued.

“I would get the jug cord, at night I was

wetting the bed and to punish me they made me kneel on a wood pile for hours.

That was torture.”

He returned to Kimberly age 9, where he witnessed and experienced “shocking” abuse.

“These were people with the highest needs ... I did not understand how people could be so cruel.

“If someone had an accident and soiled themselves, they were just left in their dirty clothes.

“I saw this completely naked boy who had had an accident being hosed down by the staff using a fire hydrant hose.

“He would try to stand up and be knocked over again.”

The first time he was sexually abused was by a male nurse at Kimberly.

“I was so young I did not know what was happening.”

He was deemed “too dumb” for secondary school, and after a stint at Lake Alice he was moved to Campbell Park, a school in North Dunedin Almost immediately he was sexually abused again, by a group of older boys.

“It should never have been allowed to happen,” Martin said.

“At that time of my life, I was displaying so many signs of abuse, but nobody picked up on these signs, or if they were they were ignored.”

Instead, he was punished for playing up.

At 15 he was released from institutions, when he became aware of how little he knew of the outside world.

“I had to learn to survive and to live again.

I realised I didn’t know lots of things other New Zealanders did. It was like I wasn’t even a citizen.

The experiences in state care had a lifelong impact on him, he said.

In 2016 he became the first person with a learning disability to be elected onto a United Nations Treaty Body, the Committee for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

ing for a fortnight.

The last time he’s known to have spoken to anybody was on August 24 when he played an online war game with an old schoolmate in Wellington where they chatted over headphones.

From July 1 to the last time anyone saw Pendrous alive, police say his computer use had “increased substantially”.

His high level of computer use remained consistent until 5.36pm on August 26 when the last clear record of user activity on his computer is documented.

The university’s IT department established that Pendrous’ laptop may have automatically logged on to the UC’s Learn network after a software update at 5.41pm on the same day.

The last recorded text message was sent to his stepdad Holland on June 12, police found, while the last known verbal phone contact was also to Holland, on July 19.

His last bank transaction was at a nearby supermarket ATM on June 21.

His cellphone remained logged on to the uni’s wireless service until it ran out of battery on July 23 and it was disconnected by his

network provider on August 23 due to overdue payments.

A post-mortem carried out by a forensic pathologist on the day after Pendrous’ body was found concluded that he had been dead at least 2-4 weeks.

And yesterday, after hearing the police evidence, Coroner Johnson agreed.

She ruled that Pendrous died between August 26 and September 10, 2019. The evidence, as it currently stands, suggests that he died in his room.

No family members were present at yesterday’s hearing but a 3pm embargo allowed them to be informed of the outcome before media could report the findings.

While Coroner Johnson said she must focus on where he died, and the cause and circumstances of his death, it was important to remember that at the centre of it all was a well-loved young man just starting his adult life.

“His death was a tragedy and that mustn’t be forgotten as we try to find some answers,” the Coroner said, and vowed that the young student would not become invisible during the coronial process.

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Letter on a windscreen, that’s something new W up where my horses apparently do, it finished.

Firstly, thank you to the correspondent. One can only presume that you’re a reader of the Ashburton Guardian, so my kindest regards for your continued support of the newspaper.

But that will be where the pleasantries stop unfortunately.

I’m used to this sort of rubbish at this time of the year, especially because I’m quite outspoken about my love of the horse racing

industry.

Yet, you see, the passion isn’t just for the industry. It’s for the horses. I’ve grown up with them, played a part in watching them rise from newborn foals to winning a race out on the track or even just tearing around the paddock at home full of life and energy and clearly loving life.

It seems as though the Melbourne Cup brings the anti-racing crowd out of the woodwork and yesterday they hit Melbourne with a strong force, and Ashburton too it would seem.

I’m not against activists protesting for what they think is right. Provided they are doing so based on good and factual evidence when making their claims.

And often, they aren’t.

And anyone who says that horse trainers are cruel is more

than welcome to take up an invitation to come and spend a day at any stable they like with me and I’ll happily show them the love and devotion and overwhelming amount of respect that is shown for each and every horse.

And they’ll see the enjoyment the horses get out of being in such an environment.

Yes, there are bad eggs out there. But you can’t tell me it’s not the same anywhere and in any other industry.

We’ve always done the best for our horses when it comes to their racing careers and their post-racing life as well. We’ve put a huge number of horses through the Standardbred Recycling Schemes and take great joy in seeing the progress updates from their new homes as they undergo a change in their lifestyle and become

someone else’s loved pet.

The last three thoroughbreds I have owned shares in are now currently strutting their way around the show rings across the South Island and two recent standardbreds are on their way to doing the same.

Finding racehorses who have finished their careers on the track, or aren’t quite up to the competitive standard, a good home to retire to is becoming a huge part of the responsibility of having racehorses in your care across New Zealand now and everyone seems really dedicated to doing their best.

So, to my correspondent yesterday. Thank you again, this time for giving me the opportunity to explain, in a small way, that the racing industry isn’t quite what you perceive it to be.

In 2016, FBI Director James Comey abruptly announced that Democrat Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges related to newly discovered emails from her tenure at the State Department.

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill, hours after the government reported that the unemployment rate had hit 10.2 per cent in Oct. 2009 for the second time since World War Two. Five years ago: Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu reassured Jordan’s King Abdullah that he would not yield to increasing demands by some members of his centre-right coalition to allow Jews to pray at a Muslim-run holy site in Jerusalem.

One year ago: Democrats seized the House majority in the midterm elections, but Republicans gained ground in the Senate and preserved key governorships, beating back a “blue wave” that never fully materialised.

Today’s birthdays: Actress June Squibb is 90. Country singer

Stonewall Jackson is 87. Singer P J Proby is 81. Actress Sally Field is 73. Singer Rory Block is 70.

Jazz musician Arturo Sandoval is 70. News correspondent and former California first lady Maria Shriver is 64. Actress Lori Singer is 62. Actor Lance Kerwin is 59.

Rock musician Paul Brindley is 56.

Rock singer Corey Glover is 55.

Actor Brad Grunberg is 55. Actor Peter DeLuise is 53. Actress Kelly Rutherford is 51. Actor Ethan Hawke is 49. Actress Thandie Newton is 47. Model-actress Rebecca Romijn is 47. Actress

Zoe McLellan is 45. Actress Nicole Dubuc is 41. Actress Taryn Manning is 41. Actress Patina Miller is 35. Actress Katie Leclere is 33. Singer-songwriter Ben Rector is 33. Singer-songwriter Robert Ellis is 31. Actress Emma Stone is 31. Actress Mercedes Kastner is 30.

Thought for today: “The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.” – Alvin Toffler, American writer-futurist (1928- ).

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e get a lot of correspondence here at the Ashburton Guardian on a daily

basis.

Some of it is good, constructive comment and opinion while others may leave a little bit to be desired at times. But either way, we appreciate people getting in touch.

Yesterday though, I broke new ground. I received some correspondence on the windscreen of my car. Can’t say that’s happened before.

The message, on the piece of paper was pretty succinct.

It called me a piece of defecation because I support horse racing and how could I allow horses that I’ve owned to be sent to the slaughter once their racing days were done.

I’m scum and deserve to end

Matt Markham

EDITOR

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, November 6, the 310th day of 2019. There are 55 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On November 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan won re-election by a landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic challenger.

On this date: In 1814, Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone, was born in Dinant, Belgium.

In 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President of the United States.

In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term of office.

In 1908, New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward ceremonially opened the North Island main trunk railway line by driving home a final polished silver spike at Manganuioteao.

In 1956, President Dwight D Eisenhower won re-election, defeating Democrat Adlai E Stevenson.

In 1977, 39 people were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College.

In 1986, former Navy radioman John A Walker Jr, the admitted head of a family spy ring, was sentenced in Baltimore to life imprisonment.

In 1990, about one-fifth of the Universal Studios backlot in southern California was destroyed in an arson fire.

In 1995, funeral services were held in Jerusalem for assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

In 1997, former President George H W Bush opened his presidential library at Texas A&M University; among the guests of honour was President Clinton, the man who’d sent him into retirement.

In 2012, President Barack Obama was elected to a second term of office, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

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Win won’t save a broken nation

By Mike Hosking

T

he Springboks’ win at the Rugby World Cup appears in South Africa to mean more than just sport.

Well, it does for some. For some it carries the hope of some sort of new dawn, or new tomorrow. And maybe that’s partially true.

I looked at Prince Harry in their dressing room – having turned down the opportunity to skull a beer, he simply said how impressed he was and he couldn’t think of a nation that needed this win more than the republic.

The Siya Kolisi factor is a wonderful one. The captain’s story has been told a thousand times over, and like all great leaders he hopefully is some sort of example of what’s possible.

But that’s applicable in a lot of sport, and there is no shortage of rags to success tales of kids escaping poverty, violence, or some sort of deprivation.

That in many respects is the magic of sport, and its ability to take a kid from the worst of circumstances, and through their talent and determination, transport them to a place dreams are made of. American sport is renowned because of it.

But the great fear surely is thinking a victory, as famous as it may be, is going to transform a nation whose troubles transcend sport. South Africa is a lost country in a broken continent.

Not all of it, but a lot of it, too much of it.

Africa, as described in a documentary I saw a year or so back, is potentially the engine room of the world. If they stopped the wars, corruption, scandal, and demagoguery they would leave China in their dust.

I’ll never forget meeting Thabo Mbeki in office hot on the heels of Nelson Mandela.

Mandela was hope personified, Mbeki wasn’t a patch on him.

He was a man more interested in how he looked. He told me of his tailor-made shirts from a place in Texas. Yes, he was beautifully dressed. But I asked in an interview with him just when the electricity was getting turned on, on a permanent basis, given all the promises the ANC had made post the Mandela era.

That question by the way got me in bother given it was asked when I was employed by the state radio business, and they decided it was impertinent towards a visiting dignitary.

Mike Hosking is host of the Breakfast show on Newstalk ZB since 2008. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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So Mbeki wasn’t up to much.

And to this day with the recently replaced Jacob Zuma, another crony mired in scandal, the ANC have been abject failures in turning South Africa into anything that resembles a place on the rise.

Parts of the republic are outrageously violent. This very country has large numbers of expat South Africans – ask yourself why.

Sport can bond, it can uplift, it can offer respite and relief, and it can inspire. But it’s not a miracle worker, it doesn’t overcome corruption, bribery, scandal and graft.

Rugby might show a more advanced and evolving racial face. But as for the rest of it, the country needs a lot more than a tournament win to turn their generational mess around.

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Academic awards Josh Ackerley, Ashburton College Golf Challenge Trophy for Golf, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Corey Adams, 1st XV Trophy for service and contribution to the team Estee Aiolupotea, Classical Studies and History Combined, New Zealand Law (Argyle, Welsh, Finnigan Prize) – joint award, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Caitlyn Barwell, Achievement in Level 2 Economics Online, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Isaac Bazley, Boys’ Squash Champion Trophy for Squash, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Chloe Blake, Achievement in Level 2 Psychology Online, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Crystal Brown, Agriculture (Five Star Beef Prize and BNZ Cup), Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Sam Brown, Mihi Pai Award for receiving the most Mihi Pai acknowledgements in Year 12, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Kyle Cabangun, Most Elite Male Sportsperson in the College – Senior Boys’ Sports Cup, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Jed Cameron, German – German Embassy Prize, Mathematics (Ashburton District Council Prize), Top Overall Student in Level 2 History Online, Achievement with Excellence in Level 2 History Online, Achievement in Level 2 Design and Communication Online, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Henry Chapman, Drama (Jenny Smith Trophy), Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading. Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Joseph Collins, Music – joint award, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort

Sophie Dalgety, Food and Nutrition – Herbert Watts Cup and Mid Canterbury Federation of Country Women’s Institute Prize, Art Projects, Tourism, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Oliver Davidson, Cycling (Ron Clayton Challenge Cup), Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Denielle De Leon, Hospitality, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Hayley Dickson, Geography – R B Ching Prize and Trophy, General Mathematics – Ashburton District Council Prize – joint award, General Science, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Ryan Geeson, Materials Technology – Product Design – joint award, Level 2 Award Bailey Gray, Materials Technology – Product Design – joint award, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Shania Harrison-Lee, Music – joint award, Highly Commended – Senior Poetry section of the Ashburton College Writing Competition, L Clayton Trophy - Best Female Shooter, NZ Cadets Ladies Challenge Cup – Senior Shooting Champion, Most Elite Female Sportsperson in the College – Senior Girls’ Sports Cup, To Collect on behalf of the Smallbore Rifle Shooting Team the Bevan Bain Trophy as the team that brings the most credit to Ashburton College. Team members are Shania Harrison-Lee, Emma Smith and Charlotte McKenzie. Citizenship award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Teresa Herewini, Achievement in Level 2 Psychology Online, Level 2 Award James Hylands, Digital Information Practical, Level 2 Award Jay Jung, Registered Music Teachers Award for the most dedicated instrumental student in the senior school, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Hamish Kerr, Top Student in the ARA Automotive Course Brayden Kidgell, Top student in Year 12 Ag-

Penny Stilgoe was awarded the ANZ Bank Academic Achievement Award for the Top Student in Year 12.

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Successful shooter Shania Harrison-Lee was to receive, on behalf of the Smallbore Rifle Shooting Team, the Bevan Bain Trophy for the team that brought the most credit to Ashburton College. The other team members are Emma Smith and Charlotte McKenzie.

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Sophie Adams, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Jorene Aguinaldo, Level 2 Award Arch Amos, Level 2 Award Phoenix Andrew, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Joshua Apoldo, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Marshall Ashdowne, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Daniel Bao, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Jim Barry, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Ben Beattie, Level 2 Award Anna Bennett, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Award Sumit Bhatt, Level 2 Award Jacob Body, Level 2 Award James Brady, Level 2 Award Callum Breen, Level 2 Award Ken Bulagnir, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Mac Burdett, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Joshua Cameron-Neighbour, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Sam Chamberlain, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Blanch Chute, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Kaveesha Clark, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort

Hunter Corbett, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Rob Corbett, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Caleb Cornelius, Level 2 Award Maria Costas, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Jane Cribb, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Tau Daniel, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Katie Danielson, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Eddie Davis, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Matt De Ocampo, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Paddy Dekker, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Shikarna Delore, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Willow Diedricks, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Bj Fakataha, Level 2 Award Kavan Faoagali, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Olivia Flack, Level 2 Award Brendon Fleming, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Continued page 11

Ashburton College Y12 prizegiving www.guardianonline.co.nz Academic awards continued Sapphire Kururangi, Soccer Trophy for outstanding contribution to College Soccer, Level 2 Award Vhal Mamuad, Sport and Exercise Performance, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Ivan Mangubat, Japanese (Ton’s Thai Award), Highly Commended – Senior Prose section of the Ashburton College Writing Competition, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Chirag Mehta, Digital Information Technology (Heartland Ricoh Prize), Business Studies, Economics Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Brooke Miller, Dance, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Lucy Moore, Art Painting (Ashburton District Council Prize), Design and Visual Communication – joint award, Rarakiroa Award for the top Year 12 Maori Student, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Georgia Muir, Achievement in Level 2 Psychology Online, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Mia Pearson, Photography, Materials Technology – Fabrics, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Roan Redpath, General Mathematics (Ashburton District Council Prize) – joint award, Level 2 Merit Award, Emma Rollinson, Girls Rugby Trophy – Most Improved Forward, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Matt Scammell, Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award, Ashburton Technical High School Old Pupils Trade Scholarship, Gateway Award for excellence in the workplace and application to Gateway study, Application and Effort Sean Scott, Achievement in Level 2 Electronics Online, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Wendy Sheng, Accounting – joint award, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Jonty Small, Life Ashburton Pharmacy Prize for the top overall student enrolled in three Sciences, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Emma Smith, A member of the Smallbore Rifle Shooting Team as the Team that brings the most credit to Ashburton College (Bevan Bain Trophy), Level 2 Award Aidan Soal, Physics (Ashburton District

General awards continued Christina Francis, Level 2 Award Jake Gane, Level 2 Merit Award Jacob Gray, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Jessica Grey, Level 2 Award Codi Hart, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Calais Hill, Level 2 Award Yuno Hioki, Application and Effort Ben Hooley, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Ngakau Howell, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Spencer Ifopo, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Chloe Johnson, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Christian Juntilla, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Ayana Kageyama, Application and Effort Hiromune Kakeda, Level 1 Award, Application and Effort Shakane Keen, Level 2 Award Ronan Kenny, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Lachlan Kingan, Citizenship award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Amy Kleber, Level 1 Award, Application and Effort Harriet Leverton, Level 2 Merit Award, Ap

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Ocean Waitokia was recognised for her contribution to music.

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Council Prize and Seagar Cup), College Chess Champion (Whitelaw Memorial Rook), Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Penny Stilgoe, Accounting – joint award, Biology (Ashburton District Council Prize), Chemistry (Ashburton District Council Prize), Citizenship award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Lochie Stockdale, Harmony Masonic Lodge Trophy for the top student in the Trades Experience course, Level 2 Merit Award Nicole Swaney, Grow Mid Canterbury Tro-

phy for most consistent level of application in the Trades course, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Hemi Te Paki, Kirsty Trophy for cheerful participation in Drama, Level 2 Merit A ward Jacqueline Teulilo, For Effort and Academic Improvement in NCEA Level 2 (Presbyterian Support Cup and Prize), Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Ian Teves, A W Thompson Trophy for Top Senior Graphics Student, Design and Visual Communication – joint award, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Winonalei Tupa, Child Development –

joint award, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Riley Vessey, Top Overall Student in Level 2 Electronics Online, Achievement with Excellence in Level 2 Electronics Online, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Ocean Waitokia, Music Performance, Paisley Trophy for contribution to Music, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Grace Watson, Child Development – joint award, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort ANZ Bank Academic Achievement Award for the Top Student in Year 12, Penny Stilgoe.

plication and Effort Lily Lyu, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Kepueli Maamaloa, Level 2 Award Renee Macvey, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Dredgewell Madla, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Zymon Magbanua, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Zymon Magbanua, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Shakira Mahia, Level 2 Award Roi Makutu, Level 2 Award Rona Malabuyoc, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Devon McGrath, Level 2 Award Ramona McIlroy, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Josh McIntyre, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Application and Effort Tara Mellish, Level 2 Award Jenna Moore, Level 2 Award Logan Moore, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Lottie Norton, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Megan O’Brien, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Arnold Pantoja, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Ricalene Pantoja, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort

Kotiti Patea, Level 2 Award Amon Pongia, Level 2 Award Grace Quinn, Level 2 Award Aannana Rai, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Jestena Raj, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Seluvaia Ratoul, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Nick Rattray, Level 2 Merit Award Ryan Robinson, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort George Rosevear, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Miina Sakamoto, Level 1 Award, Application and Effort Angela Salvador, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Rhema Saofai, Level 1 Award Jack Savage, Level 2 Award Caleb Shearer, Level 2 Award Eli Sinclair, Level 2 Award Jack Soal, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Kambell Stills, Level 2 Award Olivia Stockdill, Level 2 Award Cole Stringer, Level 2 Award Liam Sullivan, Level 2 Award Zoila Suyat, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Kalen Tait, Level 2 Award, Application and

Effort Hayley Tallentire, Level 2 Award Henrik Tawatao, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Lagisa Teomatavui, Level 2 Award Naumai Terekia, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Christian Thompson, Level 2 Award Scott Thomson, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Aljean Timajo, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Jessica Timmo, Level 2 Award Bobby Tomokino, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Renee Wairepo, Level 2 Award Ethan Walsh, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Caleb Wells, Level 2 Excellence Award, Application and Effort Callum Whyte, Level 2 Award Eliza Wikohika, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Courtney Wilding, Level 2 Award Brianna Williams, Level 2 Award, Application and Effort Zac Woolf, Citizenship Award mentoring students in reading, Level 2 Merit Award, Application and Effort Sakura Yoshiura, Level 1 Award, Application and Effort Amy Zhen, Level 2 Award

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RCEP trade deal well received

become more compelling to India to join in the future.

Ardern and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang separately inked the long-awaited upgrade to the China-New Zealand free trade agreement after a three-year wait.

Onions New Zealand was also positive about the pan-Asia deal.

“The RCEP covers trade among New Zealand and 14 other Asia-Pa-

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Proposed new regulations will effectively kill off electricity companies’ practice of wooing back departing customers with generous ‘win-back’ offers.

The Electricity Authority is consulting on a proposed 180-day ban on “retailer-initiated saves and winbacks” after a customer chooses to switch retailer.

The move is a direct response to the government’s Electricity Pricing Review process, which broadly endorsed existing wholesale and retail electricity market arrangements but found areas where competition was being stifled.

Its recommendation that customer saves and win-backs be banned was its strongest finding in the report on retail market performance and the only area where it made a

recommendation for an immediate moratorium, which the government supported.

Retailers are also abandoning the use of so-called ‘prompt payment discounts’ – which can also be seen as a fine for late payment – as a result of the EPR’s recommendations.

The authority said it expects the ban on trying to win a customer back “will increase retail competition and innovation and give consumers more information to help them choose a retailer that best suits them.

“This is about setting a foundation so all retailers – large and small, old and new – have equal opportunity to compete for customers,” EA chief executive James Stevenson-Wallace said.

“This proposal puts the pressure on retailers to fight for their customers and offer them something new

and different.”

It proposes a ban, with a review of the impacts after two years.

Smaller retailers complained that the deep-pocketed ‘big five’ power companies – Contact, Genesis, Mercury, Meridian and Trustpower – could make highly attractive offers to departing customers to get them to stay that were not available to the company’s loyal customers or matchable by small-fry competitors.

Some of those smaller retailers are facing threats to their business models after thriving in a prolonged period of low wholesale electricity prices earlier this decade.

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A phased tariff reduction for a range of paper and packaging products is an extra “foot in the door” into the Chinese market for those products, the country’s wood processors say.

An upgrade to New Zealand’s free-trade agreement with China on Tuesday secured a wind-down in tariffs on about 15 products over 10 years. That will deliver a $2 million benefit by the 10th year on trade currently worth about $36 million annually, the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association of New Zealand said.

While that may seem like a small gain, association chair Brian Stanley said the products had been excluded since the original 2008 FTA. Signals from China earlier this year were that no new products would be added to the agreement in the latest upgrade talks, and he said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker were to be congratulated for getting them “on the table”.

China is New Zealand’s biggest export market, with two-way trade between the countries worth about $32 billion in the year ended June 30.

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offers and will join the agreement in the future.”

Catherine Beard, executive director of ExportNZ, said while it was disappointing India was not currently in the deal, it was positive for New Zealand because it helped align 15 countries on trade rules in the region.

She also noted that if it led to easier cross-border trade, it would

cific countries, except India. That is half the world’s population,” Onions New Zealand chief executive James Kuperus said.

Onions New Zealand represents 85 commercial onion growers and 18 exporters.

Although details of the agreement are yet to be finalised, there were clear savings and benefits for New Zealand growers and exporters, including the agreement to clear perishable goods within six hours, Kuperus said. New Zealand’s global onion exports are expected to reach $170 million in 2019.

India, meanwhile, said its decision to pull out “reflects both our assessment of the current global situation as well as the fairness and balance of the agreement,” according to the Times of India, quoting Ministry of External Affairs secretary east Vijay Thakur Singh.

When questioned about whether India might join RCEP in the future, Singh reiterated “India has conveyed its decision to not join the RCEP agreement”.

The decision was backed by Indian farmers in particular.

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News that 15 of 16 nations managed to agree to the 20-chapter Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal has been well received although India’s absence is disappointing.

“It is regrettable negotiating partners were unable to conclude an acceptable market access outcome with India at this time,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a statement.

On Tuesday in Bangkok, the heads of state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – ASEAN – and Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand said “15 RCEP participating countries have concluded text-based negotiations for all 20 chapters and essentially all their market access issues; and tasked legal scrubbing by them to commence for signing in 2020”.

India, however, had “significant outstanding issues, which remain unresolved”. The statement said all RCEP participating countries would “work together to resolve these outstanding issues in a mutually satisfactory way”.

Access to India’s highly protect-

ed market – with a nominal gross domestic product of $US2.7 trillion – was a key goal for New Zealand exporters.

Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor noted that even without India, “RCEP participants take 61 per cent of our goods exports and 50 per cent of our services exports.

RCEP is of considerable commercial and strategic value to New Zealand”.

Ardern underscored the deal also provides “an important boost to the regional economy at a time of rising turbulence and slowing global trade and economic growth”.

Exporters agreed.

“RCEP represents a significant portion of the world’s economy and we expect that this will continue to grow with the increased cooperation and trade between countries that are signatories to the agreement,” Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor said.

“While we are disappointed that India is not yet a signatory to this deal, we hope that over time they will come to see the benefits that it

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – What percentage of Ashburton region voters voted in the last council election? a. 45 per cent b. 55 per cent c. 65 per cent 2 – A dugong is a/an? a. Australian aboriginal village b. Large Pacific Islands canoe c. Marine mammal 3 – Jean Piaget is famous for his work in which field? a. Psychology b. Astronomy c. Mathematics 4 – When were dogs domesticated? a. About 12,000 years ago b. About 5000 years ago c. About 2000 years ago 5 – Approximately how long is a tennis court? a. 20 metres b. 24 metres c. 28 metres 6 – What was popularised

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RECORD BREAKER Julia Grant ran away with a new record at the Mission Mt Somers event at the weekend.

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Glen Currie never really knows what to expect on race day when he sets about organising the Mission Mt Somers trail running event each year.

In year two competitors had to fight their way through snow, and in this year’s fifth running it was the polar opposite, with temperatures surpassing 30 degrees at times as more than 400 athletes made their way across courses of varying distance on the Mt Somers Walkway on Saturday.

But those conditions proved perfect for many, with more than one record smashed out of the park, including both marathon records.

Methven’s Julia Grant became the new holder of the women’s marathon record.

She claimed the title and the

$500 winner’s cheque, proving that her transition from triathlete to adventure racer had done positive things for her trail running.

She smashed the previous women’s marathon record, finishing in a time of 5.28.47 hours, showing no signs of fatigue after biking from her Christchurch base back to her home town of Methven ready for race day on Friday.

Mission Mt Somers is a race that has always attracted high level athletes, including Grant and the likes of Scott Hawker, who recently finished the prestigious UTMB event in Mont Blanc.

He wasn’t there this year, but Hawker held the record by a large margin heading into the 2019 running and Currie said the likelihood of it being broken any

time soon was doubtful.

But Weston Hill had other ideas and after departing the sleeping town of Staveley at 7am there were no signs of early morning fatigue, and he made the Mission Mt Somers course his own.

Hill shaved a massive seven minutes off Hawker’s record, finishing in a time of 4.13.52 hours and was more than 45 minutes faster than second placed Grant Guise.

Another record came close to falling by the wayside too, in the men’s half marathon, where Hamish Elliot went in with the potential and ability to break the 2-hour mark – something that had only been done once before

by Flavio Vianna, in 2017, when he claimed the $250 bonus.

But Elliot’s lack of course

knowledge meant that he finished just six minutes over that time, and Currie said he was quick to remark that he may be back next year to again try and topple Vianna’s record.

Currie said it was a great day, which was about more than just the top-end athletes. He said all sorts of athletes and age groups could be found in the 10km and 5km events, with many youth having their first taste at the fun that is trail running.

He said more than 400 competitors took on the fifth running of Mission Mt Somers, and many vowed to return in the future to see what climatic conditions they could face next.

It may have been hot this year, but the second running – where athletes had to clamber across

snow covered trails – and the snow, hail and sunshine all in a matter of hours in year three, showed that anything was possible when it came to Mission Mt Somers.

With numbers now consistently reaching around the 400 mark, Currie was already looking forward to what 2020 might bring.

He said the marathon and half marathon courses were best described as adventure runs, and there were no excuses made for the technical nature of the single track they consisted of.

“If you want groomed trails, this course will most likely not meet your expectations. For this reason, it is also why a number of purist trail runners consider it the best trail run in New Zealand,” Currie said.

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Chasing para gold Paralympian javelin thrower Holly Robinson (left) will lead a 15-strong New Zealand team at the world para athletics championships in Dubai next week.

Robinson, 24, is chasing gold at her third world championships after winning bronze in 2015 and silver two years later.

She starts favourite after throwing an F46 world record 45.73m to win the Australian championships earlier this year.

Joining her in the medal chase is veteran thrower Jess Gillan, who

will be contesting her fifth championships.

The experienced F34 shot putter, currently ranked third in the world, is returning to competition after suffering multiple leg fractures in 2018.

She previously won silver at the 2015 world championships and bronze in 2017.

Lisa Adams – sister of double Olympic gold medallist Valerie – will contest the discus and the F37 shot put, where she is the current world No.1 and record holder.

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■■OPINION

Be a winner. Be like Sonny Bill.

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very now and then you see something, or hear something, that makes you so super-proud to be a Kiwi.

After the All Blacks won that bronze medal match at the Rugby World Cup at the weekend, there were a few of those moments.

There was the moment where Ben Smith’s kids went up with him to receive his medal, and the moment when Sonny Bill Williams gave his boots to a young fan in the crowd.

But most of all, the thing that made me the most proud, was just the way that the All Blacks conducted themselves during the final stages of the tournament, when things went more than a little pear-shaped.

I have to be honest, I didn’t actually stay up to watch the game.

Had we made the final, I would

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have watched it, but when you’re only playing off for third, it’s a bit hard to muster the enthusiasm as a spectator.

It’s got to be a million times harder, when you’re a player.

It’s the game that no one really wants to play, but the All Blacks picked themselves up after the disappointment of that loss the week before to the English, and they certainly came to play.

They may not have finished the tournament where they wanted

to be, but they certainly finished in style, and made their country proud in doing so.

It was a different story when you looked at the team that denied them a place in the final, though.

As we all know now, the English team that turned up to play South Africa in the final looked nothing like the English team that blew us off the park the week before, and they lost.

While South Africa were over the moon to have secured their third Rugby World Cup title, the English were filthy, and it showed, with some of the English players swiftly taking their silver medals off their necks.

Last week I wrote about how I felt we, as a country in general, were pretty gracious in defeat after that semi-final loss.

And this week I feel like the absolute opposite can be said about the English.

While the players were removing their silver medals, some of their fans were heaping blame on the referee, when the simple fact of the matter was that they actually didn’t play that well and didn’t deserve to win – something the All Blacks accepted the week before.

It was asked at the time – had the English peaked too soon and played their final against us?

And I think the answer was yes.

The week before the English looked polished and well drilled, and their heads were in the right space, but in the final they looked like a different team altogether.

South Africa did to England, what England did to the All Blacks the week before.

It’s happened, it’s history, and you accept it.

Yes, it hurts and no one likes to lose, and yes emotions are running high, but be good sports.

Rather than getting angry and removing your medal quick smart because it’s not the colour or outcome you wanted, be gracious.

Be the person that, after a long and prosperous stint at representing your country, gives your boots, your jersey, your kicking tee or whatever, to a young fan to inspire them to one day go on to reach great heights, just like you did.

I never ever thought I’d say this, as I haven’t always been his biggest fan, but I think some people could learn a lot from Sonny Bill.

So next time you find yourself on the losing team, don’t be like the English, be like Sonny Bill.

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Bennett back on the bike

Town take three from four Representative bowls came to the Ashburton Bowling Club on Sunday, and among those taking to the greens was Ashburton’s Brent Mayson. Mayson was playing for Canterbury Country in an annual town (Christchurch) versus country clash, where the men played at Ashburton and the women at Hornby. Town won both the senior and junior women’s grades and the senior men’s grade, but Country won the junior men’s grade, with Ashburton’s Brentton Donaldson winning both of his singles matches. The Country men will again be out on the greens on December 1, when they head to Timaru for the Southern Quad tournament with South Canterbury, Canterbury and North Otago. The Country men’s team will include Mid Canterbury’s Donaldson, Rodney Greaney, Jeff Nowell, Craig Carter, Alec Crawford and Tim White.

New Zealand cyclist George Bennett has returned to cycling after surgery aimed at ending a long-standing condition which has limited his career.

Bennett, 29, has been riding with side stitch issues for 10 years which left him with stabbing pains in his side when he tried to push hard.

He was diagnosed with slipping rib syndrome, and decided to opt for surgery in the World Tour off-season.

“I’ve had a few operations in the past, in terms of looking at killing nerves and releasing ligaments around the area but I haven’t had much success,” he said.

Bennett said the condition – “from playing rugby years ago, or a crash” – had been frustrating.

“A lot of the cartilage was super loose and clicking over each other, and basically irritating the nerves,” he said.

“Unfortunately one of the only ways to really get rid of it is to remove the broken cartilage. We don’t know if it’s definitely the answer, there’s no guarantees, but I really hope this is the one.”

Three weeks after the surgery, Bennett had his first stint back on the bike yesterday – a low-key hour-long stint from his base in Girona, northern Spain.

“It still hurts a little bit. I can’t really run, but riding doesn’t seem to bother it too much.

“It’s been a pretty boring few weeks, but I’m happy now I can walk again and get out on my bike.”

Bennett plans to return to Nelson later this month, and has lined up a start in the six-stage Tour Down Under, which begins in Adelaide on January 16.

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School-aged tennis champs

By Erin Tasker

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Mid Canterbury’s top primary and intermediate aged tennis players were crowned for the 2019/20 season on Sunday.

School kids from Year 3 through to Year 8 contested the annual Mid Canterbury Tennis Primary and Intermediate Singles Championships, played in sweltering conditions at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre.

The mixed Year 3 and 4 section was taken out by Annalise King, who won both of her matches, and she also won the Year 3 and 4 girls’ title, while the Year 3 and 4 boys’ section was won by Fraser Ellis.

The boys’ Year 5 and 6 section was split into three groups, with Riley Breen, Josh Gilbert and Ashton Cromie living up to the one, two and three seedings respectively to top the round robin in each of their groups.

They then went into a top-three round robin, where second seeded Gilbert produced an upset, beating Breen 5-3 4-2 to claim the title.

Seedings proved to be spot on in the boys’ Year 7 and 8 section though with top seed Jake Parsons breezing through to the final, where he beat second seed Drew Gilbert 6-0 6-0.

Back down in the Year 5 and 6 grade, the girls’ title was also won by the top seed, with Kate Taylor winning both of her round robin games to finish on top, while the top seed also came through in the girls’ Year 7 and 8 section.

Holly-Jayne Feutz went in as the top seed and only dropped one game on her way to the title, and that came in the final against Isobel Brook.

Keeping an eye on his forehand return during the Mid Canterbury Tennis primary and intermediate tournament on Sunday was Feutz won it 6-1 6-0.

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Padding up for a brand new comp

Bangladesh downs India

By Erin Tasker

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Eight cricket teams will head into the unknown later today, when the first round of Mid Canterbury Cricket’s new 18 over competition gets under way.

It’s the beginning of a new era for Mid Canterbury Cricket, with dwindling numbers of senior teams on a Saturday last season leading to an urgent meeting where it was decided that the Saturday competition should be replaced by a mid-week competition, while those clubs that still wanted Saturday cricket could enter the Canterbury Country competition.

No-one really knew how it would all pan out, but Mid Canterbury Cricket manager Mark Medlicott was confident the right decision had been made.

Two clubs decided to enter teams in the Canterbury Country Saturday competition, and eight have entered the new midweek competition.

“We finished last season with three senior teams, now we’ve got 10,” Medlicott said.

“No matter what people say,

we must be doing something right. If there’s eight teams playing, there must be some positives there somewhere.”

The eight team mid-week competition will see three teams from Allenton, two from Coldstream, and one each from Lauriston, Methven and Rakaia battle it out in 18-over games starting each Wednesday night at 6pm.

Week one’s action tonight – weather permitting – will see two games played at the Ashburton Domain – the Coldstream Old Boys versus The Phat Duck Allenton, and the Coldstream Kings versus Allenton Progressive Livestock.

Lauriston will host the Allenton Wanderers in another game, while at the Methven Domain the home side will take on a newly-formed Rakaia side.

Around 95 per cent of the Rakaia cricket team is made up of Rakaia rugby players, including the captain of the club’s senior side Jackson Donlan.

Most of them have played a bit of cricket before as well as rugby, though, and could well be the

Mark Medlicott dark horses in the field.

Rakaia are the new kids on the block, while some of the other sides will feature a few familiar faces not seen at the crease in recent seasons, with a few former players reportedly dragging their whites out of the back of the wardrobe.

Coldstream’s two teams and Lauriston are among them, and they’re set to be real mixed bags,

while Allenton – considering they had no senior team last year – has done well to now have three mid-week teams as well as the one playing in the Saturday Canterbury Country competition.

Medlicott said teams had to have a minimum of nine players, but he’d heard of one that had 20, and the age range of players appears to be fairly wide.

It may be a mid-week competition, but Medlicott said it won’t be a like a business house league.

It’s a serious competition, with whites or team shirts to be worn, white balls used, and a trophy on the line for the team on top at the end.

That was one of the hardest things, when the decision was made to change to the new format – what would happen to the Mid Canterbury Cricket senior grade trophies.

Medlicott said the old senior grade T20 trophy would be used for the mid-week competition, while the Studholme Shield, Pritchard Shield and Muirhead Rosebowl were currently in a holding pattern.

Mushfiqur Rahim hit an undefeated 60 off 43 balls as Bangladesh beat India in the Twenty20 cricket format for the first-ever time on Monday.

The Tigers had not won in their previous eight T20 meetings with India.

Chasing 149 to win, Rahim played some exquisite strokes as he scored a fourth T20 half-century to help his team reach 154-3 with three balls to spare.

Rahim smacked eight fours and a six, adding 60 runs for the third wicket with Soumya Sarkar (39) to guide the chase after India, which was put into bat, reached 148-6.

Sarkar scored 39 off 35 and stabilised the innings after Bangladesh lost Liton Das early. Sarkar put on 46 runs with Mohammad Naim (26) for the second wicket.

Naim holed out off Yuzvendra Chahal (1-24).

Rahim took over and displayed great control to set up Bangladesh’s record-making victory.

India was left with regrets, especially when Krunal Pandya dropped Rahim at midwicket off Chahal in the 18th over.

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RESULTS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club November 2 and 5 Helen Gallagher Trophy - Nett: Joyce Van der Heide 67, Rhonda Gallagher 68, Sue Hastie 69, Sally Lemon 70 on c/b Nearest Pins: No 4 Gabites Sue Hastie, No 8 House of Travel Joyce Van der Heide, No 12 Lynn’s small Salon Heather Trott, No 14 Todds of Ashburton Bev Turton, No 18 2nd Shot to Green not struck Twos: Mary-Lou Watson, Erin Porter, Rhonda Gallagher, Kay Fox all No 8; Sharon Bradford No 14

Ashburton Golf Club October 31 Ashburton 9 Hole Golf Winners of the Stableford Round: Peter Greening 25, Peter Stechman 24, Jenny Matthews 22 (by lot from Mike Smith). Smith & Church Gobbler: Bev Blair November 1 Midlands Seed Social Teams: Top Team: 1st = Howz My Driving 93 Jonny Gray, Adam Lowe, Pete Lee, James McFarlane, The Inconsistents Blair Snowball, Daniel Snowball, Jake Sherrat, Isaac Robertson; Men: Keith’s Kids 90, Mooch’s Marauders 88, Bunker Brats 87.5; Women: Lynn’s Lassies 86; Mixed: Smooth Strokers 84.5, Country Classics 84; Top lady: Kay Miles; Top man: Jonny Gray Nearest Pins: Columbus Coffee Royce Jamieson, Mac & Maggies Lynn Small, Paul May Motor Dave Morrison, Gabites Ltd Blair Snowball Twos: Garry McKeown November 2 Radius Care Players of the day: Paul Greer & Josh Cochrane with a nett score of 59 in the 4bbb competition, by cb. Other winning scores: Neil MacDonald & Dom McQuarters 59; James McFarlane & Jordan Bird 61; Chris Lovelock & Alister Reid, Stewart Dunlop & Murray Wackrow and Sam Luscombe & Chris Ralston all 62.

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Birdy Jackpot: #15, Net Eagles Jackpot: #10 Nine Holes: The Harvey Bakehouse Player of the day was Jenny Matthews 22 on c/b from Robynne Nicol also 22. Other winners: Peter Wright and Gavin Johnston 19.

Methven Golf Club Colin de Grandhomme earned Man of the Match for his dashing 55 from 35 balls yesterday.

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England’s batting crashes The Black Caps have won the third T20 cricket international against England in Nelson by 14 runs, giving them a 2-1 series lead in the five-match series.

A tight finish was looming before the Black Caps took the win.

New Zealand fast bowlers Blair Tickner and Lockie Ferguson shared four wickets to trigger an England batting collapse that helped the hosts to a thrilling 14run win in the third Twenty20 international at Nelson yesterday.

England, chasing 181 for victory, were cruising at 139-2 in the

15th over but lost five wickets in a flurry to end their 20 overs on 166-7.

The victory gave the Black Caps a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

The teams now head to Napier for the penultimate match on Friday, which England must win to keep their hopes of winning the series alive.

Ferguson and Tickner finished with identical figures of 2-25 while all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme was Man of the Match for his knock of 55 from

35 balls, which helped the team post 180-7 after they opted to bat first.

De Grandhomme hit five fours and three sixes to build New Zealand’s innings after opener Martin Guptill’s fast start of 33 off 17 deliveries.

England opener Dawid Malan gave a fitting reply for the touring side with a 34-ball 55 with James Vince keeping the team firmly on course in the chase with 49.

England captain Eoin Morgan smashed Mitchell Santner for

two sixes in successive deliveries before holing out in the deep against the left-arm spinner, which started the collapse as England lost five wickets for 10 runs.

“I think that’s one that got away from us,” Morgan said.

“We were in control for the whole chase until we were three or four down, probably the lack of experience in the chase cost us.

“But the guys need to play more games, need to get into situations like that.”

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Foran may be facing the end of his career Kiwi star Kieran Foran is reportedly fending off retirement rumours after another devastating blow to his NRL career.

The 29-year-old Foran will have shoulder surgery tomorrow, following the dislocation

which forced him out of the Kiwis clash against Great Britain at Eden Park.

Brisbane Bronco Matt Gillett and South Sydney’s Sam Burgess, both aged 31, have recently retired prematurely because of

shoulder issues, and it would be no surprise if Foran had to follow suit. It is a big blow to the resurgent Bulldogs, who will be without the Kiwi for at least the first two months of the 2020 season.

The Telegraph reported “the

veteran playmaker is refusing to even discuss retirement and is determined to make it back for the Bulldogs around May next year the best case scenario”.

Shaun Johnson has been called into the Kiwis squad.

October 30 Ladies Division Competition: Hidden Hole On the Green and some of the holes had a lovely Halloween spider waiting for the first hand in.

Best Scores: Sharon Burrell-Smith 106-33-73, Jan Lane 98-23-75, Sara Gallagher 94-17-77, Gail Limbrick 114-37-77. Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best net of the Day: Sharon Burrell-Smith 73 Nearest Pins: #4 Open and Br B Methven Pharmacy Sharon Burrell-Smith, #6 Open Methven Foursquare Sara Gallagher, #17 Open Methven Travel Morag Neil, #13 Open Arabica Jan Lane, #14 Open 2nd Shot Supervalue Sharon Burrell-Smith, #4 Sat Girls Cinema paradise Bev Isherwood Twos, Nett Eagles: Gail Limbrickx2. Lynn Worsfoldx2. Wendy Wareing. Sharon Burrell-Smithx2 Sara Gallagher.

■■ Music Trinity College of Music Results of Practical exams held recently Grade8: Merit Georgina Scott (Singing), Eliane Vinculado (Piano) Grade 7: Distinction Tiffany Yang (Piano); Merit Hannah Kuipers (Violin). Grade 6: Merit Tamieke Kuipers; Pass Emma Cochrane (Piano), Ellie Lawn (Singing). Grade 5: Merit Angus Tsui (Piano); Rebecca Brown, Jessica Bleach, Mae Patterson, Molly Milmine, Ella Shanks (Singing). Grade 4: Merit Olivia Fox, Kylana Peauafi Symonds (Piano) Grade 3: Distinction Coco Chaffey, Charlotte Giesen (Singing); Merit Jack Ellis (Piano), Leah Maw, Tamsin Cartney, Isabella Casey-Solly, Maria Lawn (Singing) Grade 2: Distinction Charlotte McKenzie (Singing), Georgiana Inglis (Piano); Merit Ruby Giera, Phoebe McKenzie, Tom Ellis, Timothy Yang, Isaac Tsui (Piano), Charlotte Leatherland, Harriet Hill (Singing) Grade 1: Merit Bede Giera, Eliza McKenzie (Piano) Initial: Merit Grace Moore

DRAWS ■■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club November 12, Women’s Division Summer golf - report 9.00 for 9.30 start.

Convenor for summer golf Val Prendergast.

Racing 18 Ashburton Guardian

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

■■ELLERSLIE

Spring Heat on song at Ellerslie Spring Heat arrived at Ellerslie yesterday, in more ways than one.

The sun was out and the temperature began to soar as the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Spring Heat kicked off her season in the best possible style, recording her fourth career win in the Powersafe Electrical Wholesalers 1200.

The daughter of More Than

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Ready jumped away well from barrier two to take a one-one sit for jockey Craig Grylls before he was able to find clear running room in the straight and Spring Heat was able to gather in a brave Born Dragon to win by a long neck.

“It was a really nice ride by Craig,” Scott said. “She had a nice draw, was in a position to strike

and she quickened well.”

The Matamata conditioners have taken a patient approach with the return of the five-yearold mare this season, building up her fitness over several trials.

“We have taken our time with her. Lance has been incredibly patient, he said just keep waiting for her,” Scott said.

“We have given her three trials

to prepare her for today. She gave us good confidence today. Hopefully she is in for a good summer this year.”

That summer campaign could include a tilt at the Gr.1 Sistema Railway on New Year’s Day. “This race is a pretty good form race heading into the summer months,” Scott said.

“Princess Kereru and Who-

syourmaster have run second in this race and they have both gone on and placed in Railways.

“Fingers-crossed the same sort of form will come out of the race this year. We had Railway aspirations with her last year, but we didn’t quite get there because we started late last season, so we have just got to hope that she is now in timing for those sort of races.”

2 427x6 Marbuzet (4) 58.5........................M Cameron 3 9564x Foodie King (8) 58.5......................M McNab 4 9948x Mr Bazamour 58.5........................ Scratched 5 467x Not Usual Heaven (14) 58.5 6 Navel Affair (6) 58.5....... A Goindasamy (a2) 7 Zawadi (2) 58.5............................T Thornton 8 0 Inconceivable (12) 58.5......................L Innes 9 0 Makaraka (5) 58.5..........................J Waddell 10 7 Trigon Lad 58.5............................. Scratched 11 Seven Aajes (7) 57..............S Weatherley (a) 12 Shenanigans (3) 57............................R Elliot 13 Sword Of Freedom (1) 57..............O Bosson 14 Mongolian Dynasty (9) 57................J Riddell 15 0 Shanghar h (13) 58.5 16 9x8x Mister President (11) 57 17 00x Stratius 58.5.................................. Scratched 18 000 Manavgat (10) 58.5..............................C Dell 7 4.18pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE MAIDEN $10,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 455x5 Rip Em Up (8) 57.5........................J Waddell 2 5333x Shanqueen (2) 57.5 3 257x Declarada (3) 57.5...........................J Riddell

4 4 Movinonbye (1) 57.5.................. R Scott (a3) 5 64 Spelterini h (7) 57.5.................C Burdan (a3) 6 20x95 Threadtheneedle (9) 57.5...........M Cameron 7 4x Vita Sicilia (10) 57.5.........................S Collett 8 x9870 Furious Walk (4) 57.5....................... S Spratt 9 623 Silver Lake 56............................... Scratched 10 376x0 Power’s That Be (6) 56.......................R Elliot 11 9x6 Sympathique (5) 56.......................... C Grylls 12 8x Fast Summer Rock 56.................. Scratched 13 99 Tradition 56................................... Scratched Blinkers on: Sagunto, Charred, Southern Vogue (R1), Moet Molly (R5), Inconceivable, Shanghar (R6), Sympathique (R7) Blinkers off: Foo An Songs (R2), Tradition (R3), Seconds Out (R4), Gehrig (R5), Foodie King, Manavgat (R6) SELECTIONS

2 63524 No Mug 17.90..................................C Morris 3 62748 Mahala Bay 17.75..........................W Woods 4 22242 Opehu Express 17.86.......................R Waite 5 67675 Mister Booze 18.09......................J McArthur 6 83F88 Secret Babe nwtd.........................S J Phillips 7 45574 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 8 45776 Jay Wendy 18.04................................. N Udy Emergencies: 9 68686 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 10 87687 Rose And Crown nwtd..................M Goodier 9 3.17pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 C1, 305m 1 74324 Goldstar Dayton nwtd.......................S Stone 2 88587 Bigtime Claws nwtd A &...................Williams 3 55668 Dream On Dreamer 17.91...............M Olden 4 43855 Monty 18.00........................................ N Udy 5 38226 So Severe 17.89..............................C Morris 6 3x658 Tuff Jewel 17.88.............................B Mitchell 7 57534 Big Time Rusty 18.19..........................L Cole 8 876x3 Goldstar Auburn nwtd............... S Gommans 9 68686 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 10 87687 Rose And Crown nwtd..................M Goodier 10 3.32pm FIRST SECURITY C1 C1, 305m 1 66744 Auros Advantage nwtd.................... T Pilcher 2 66555 Zipping Romeo 17.99 J &....................D Bell 3 62864 Final Straw 18.10................................ N Udy 4 75643 De Blonde 17.78................................ B Hunt 5 55347 Double Change nwtd................ S Gommans 6 35665 Big Time Rose 18.27 A &.................Williams 7 53838 Spring Poppy 18.02 D &..............J MacAuley

8 7x857 Rising Hawke 17.99.........................C Morris 9 68686 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 10 78787 Inky Dinky Jewel nwtd......................L Doody 11 3.54pm WHANGANUI CHRONICLE C1 C1, 305m 1 37752 Star Secret 18.26 A &......................Williams 2 56387 Sefton Brew 18.07 J &.........................D Bell 3 87747 Homebush Shea 17.91............. S Gommans 4 8312 Hypothetical 18.19...........................M Olden 5 67624 Judge Me Jackie 17.91................... L Pearce 6 64427 Hurricane Al 17.85...........................C Morris 7 57342 Bright Concept 17.84........................... L Bell 8 74827 Empty Pocket 18.08............................ N Udy 9 68686 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 10 38867 Bigtime Roll 17.65....................... D P Symes

7 22222 Fantastic Amy nwtd...........................S Lozell 8 13342 Ring Clown 17.19............................. M Grant 9 12453 Hankenstein 17.19..................... A Bradshaw 10 72183 Fired Up Jed 17.21........................... B Dann 9 9.06pm HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DAVE FAHEY DISTANCE C2d, 645m 1 45117 Mighty Muscle 38.12 J &..................D Fahey 2 46636 Von Strass 38.07 J &.......................D Fahey 3 55116 Emgrand Park nwtd......................A Turnwald 4 15217 Opawa Rooster 37.96......................R Wales 5 51315 Alotta Talk 38.00 J &........................D Fahey 6 53354 Arden Emgrand nwtd...................A Turnwald 7 65x64 Go Belle 38.33.................................R Wales 8 12613 Emgrand Rose nwtd....................A Turnwald 9 76757 Vibe nwtd.....................................A Turnwald 10 82316 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................ B Evans 10 9.27 GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND STAKES C1, 520m 1 75734 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 2 13143 Creme Brulee 30.26...................... L Waretini 3 1671 My Rosie 30.68............................. L Waretini 4 37778 Smash Surprise nwtd....................... M Grant 5 48667 Cosmic Stu 30.52.......................J McInerney 6 45545 Black Dan nwtd..........................J McInerney 7 13222 Gracias Maestro 30.42..................... M Grant 8 24547 Goldstar Whitey 30.35 S &............... B Evans 9 78536 Meka 30.19...................................D Roberts 10 44556 Goldstar Vale 31.08 S &................... B Evans 11 9.46pm SPRINGSTON HOTEL STAKES C2, 520m 1 x4321 Know Talent 30.75...........................G Cleeve 2 33418 Know Crime 30.75..........................G Cleeve 3 14352 Our Anna 30.38................................R Wales

Avondale gallops Today at Avondale Raceway

Avondale JC Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 06 Nov 2019 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.55pm AVONDALE SUNDAY MARKETS MAIDEN 2000 $10,000, MDN, 2000m 1 x8064 Sagunto (6) 58.5............................. S McKay 2 2x565 Charred (3) 58.5..........................M Cameron 3 30x37 Etch (8) 58.5....................................J Riddell 4 00x79 Justa Boy Bullseye (5) 58.5.....E McCall (a3) 5 49677 Meant To Be (9) 58.5............ T Yanagida (a2) 6 27875 Our Star (1) 56.5.............................. S Spratt 7 0 Southern Vogue (4) 56.5.K Chowdhoory (a2) 8 08000 Valhexa (7) 56.5......................C Burdan (a3) 9 9x679 Altar Girl (2) 55.....................................C Dell 2 1.30 AUCKLAND ALARMS MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MAIDEN, 1200m 1 07x0x Dontgiveadam (3) 58.5...........J Fawcett (a1) 2 26x00 Foo An Songs (6) 58.5...................J Waddell 3 06 Forgetz (9) 58.5...............................J Riddell 4 500 War Path (2) 58.5....................C Burdan (a3) 5 42x Enrichment (1) 57..........................O Bosson 6 On The Rivet (8) 57.......................... S Spratt

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Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 06 Nov 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.46pm ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C1 C1, 305m 1 34676 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 2 x2286 Clansman Douglas 18.16............B Goldsack 3 45634 Eye Kno 17.87...............................W Woods 4 43324 Uno Eleven 17.75................................ N Udy 5 87867 Go Show nwtd A &...........................Williams 6 27482 Ahuroa Prince 18.11.......................R Murray 7 16 Criminal Justice 18.30......................M Olden 8 34421 Big Time May 17.87............................L Cole 9 68686 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 10 78787 Inky Dinky Jewel nwtd......................L Doody 2 1.04pm QUALITY INN COLLEGIATE WANGANUI C1 C1, 305m 1 47437 Killer Frost 18.19...............................P Taylor 2 25657 Chat Ya Later nwtd............................. I Howe 3 31352 Token Pick 18.18................................. N Udy 4 56435 Slick As Jewels 18.75............ L E Dunkerton 5 25523 Spring Rage 17.96 D &...............J MacAuley 6 37678 Bigtime Wayno nwtd A &..................Williams 7 25234 Summer Glee nwtd....................J McInerney 8 6825F Epic Spark 18.00................................ B Hunt 9 68686 Small Boy 18.32 A &........................Williams 10 38867 Bigtime Roll 17.65....................... D P Symes 3 1.21pm AON CPF C2 C2, 305m 1 16834 Light Cruiser 18.02.........................G Atwood

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 06 Nov 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 6.26pm (NZT) CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ GREYHOUND CUP SF1 C5q, 520m 1 51351 Egomaniacal 30.08.......................D Roberts 2 43142 Nature’s Gent 30.11.....................A Turnwald 3 76263 Famous Lee 30.51 S &.................... B Evans 4 31311 Go Vegas 30.03 J &.........................D Fahey 5 41662 Bigtime Shadow nwtd.........................L Cole 6 41413 Know State 30.01............................G Cleeve 7 86113 Max Dancer 30.13 J &.....................D Fahey 8 82173 Smash Calling 30.56........................ M Grant 9 1x724 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 64584 Opawa May 30.21............................R Wales 2 6.46 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ GREYHOUND CUP SF2 C5q, 520m 1 47117 Dig Dig Dig 30.63............................ S O’Neill 2 22111 Opawa Toddy 30.18 J &...................D Fahey 3 1F762 Kiwi Gal nwtd U &..............................Cottam 4 36251 Know Refusal 30.35........................G Cleeve 5 72434 Diddilee 30.09..............................A Turnwald 6 13332 Pinny Mack 29.94............................. S Clark 7 41117 Bigtime Cooper nwtd...........................L Cole 8 21114 Uthor Bale 30.14...........................C Roberts 9 1x724 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 64584 Opawa May 30.21............................R Wales 3 7.06 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ GREYHOUND CUP SF3 C5q, 520m 1 21231 Dyna Dave 29.67..........................C Roberts 2 13112 Start The Show 30.02....................R Adcock

7 7x0x Hold Sway (7) 56.5............... T Yanagida (a2) 8 32 Romantic Lady 55......................... Scratched 9 Combat Queen (5) 55....................M McNab 10 Reiko (4) 55................................M Cameron 11 Star Of Bombay 55....................... Scratched 3 2.05pm TULLOCH CAFE MAIDEN 1200 $10,000, MDN 3YOF, 1200m 1 55x Showbeel (3) 56.5.......................M Cameron 2 327x O’Charm (10) 56.5........................... S Spratt 3 32 Romantic Lady 56.5...................... Scratched 4 20x Showoroses (9) 56.5....................... A Calder 5 7 O’Jessica 56.5.............................. Scratched 6 8 Whistling Cloud (5) 56.5.................J Waddell 7 0 Alagant Angel (6) 56.5............... R Scott (a3) 8 Combat Queen (8) 56.5.................M McNab 9 Reiko 56.5..................................... Scratched 10 65x60 Rockin Robin (4) 56.5...................... C Grylls 11 Silverstream (7) 56.5............ T Yanagida (a2) 12 Star Of Bombay (1) 56.5................O Bosson 13 99 Tradition (2) 56.5..............................S Collett 4 2.40pm NEXT AVONDALE TRIALS 13 NOVEMBER 1400 $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m

1 7610x Looks Like d (1) 59........................J Waddell 2 1300x The Helix d (5) 59............................ C Grylls 3 4x0x9 Sacred Charm d (6) 58.5................. S Spratt 4 5x47x Seconds Out dm (7) 58.5.............J Kam (a4) 5 4x909 Holy Loch (8) 57.5...................C Burdan (a3) 6 0x098 Makabar (4) 57...................................R Elliot 7 187x Petrabella td (9) 56.5..........................L Innes 8 1x0 Birdsong (3) 56...........................M Cameron 9 0780x Moiras Town t (2) 54.........................R Smyth 5 3.10pm JAN SKINNER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS 1600 $11,000, Rating 72 Benchmark, 1600m 1 112x0 Mercy Hill td (7) 60......... K Chowdhoory (a2) 2 x0556 St Andre d (5) 56.................S Weatherley (a) 3 414x0 Oratia td (1) 55.5.........................M Cameron 4 4130x Gehrig (3) 55.5...................................R Elliot 5 06214 Palamedes tb (6) 54....... A Goindasamy (a2) 6 960x8 Forseeable (4) 54.............................S Collett 7 82604 Van Diamond 54........................... Scratched 8 38489 Moet Molly m (2) 54.....................T Thornton 6 3.43 WESTBROOK WINES MAIDEN 1400 $10,000, MDN CG&E, 1400m 1 4263x Kiwi Ace 58.5................................ Scratched

Race 1: Charred, Etch, Sagunto, Our Star, Justa Boy Bullseye Race 2: Enrichment, Reiko, Foo An Songs, Dontgiveadam Race 3: Showbeel, O’Charm, Showoroses, Whistling Cloud Race 4: Birdsong, Petrabella, The Helix, Looks Like, Sacred Charm Race 5: Mercy Hill, Gehrig, Oratia, Palamedes, St Andre Race 6: Shenanigans, Navel Affair, Sword Of Freedom, Zawadi Race 7: Vita Sicilia, Movinonbye, Shanqueen, Rip Em Up

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

2 35212 Big Time Prickle 17.92 A &..............Williams 3 62331 Bigtime Boy 17.76........................ P B Briggs 4 32261 Sozin’s Fortune 17.85................J McInerney 5 14511 Johny Mowhawk 18.03.................. D Denbee 6 25338 Guru’s Choice 17.76 A &.................Williams 7 51F66 Bigtime Leo 17.86............................. P Clark 8 13231 Sedgebrook Saint 17.78......................F Kite 9 47175 Bigtime Champ 17.66 A &................Williams 10 43524 Punch On Ruby 17.78................J McInerney 4 1.40 RAY HUNTLEY MEMORIAL C1 NZ BRED HT1 C1q, 520m 1 22843 Born Ellie nwtd.................................... N Udy 2 11444 My Khloe nwtd...................................M Flipp 3 12255 Bigtime Ava 30.70............................. P Clark 4 35758 Jay Mike 30.43.................................... N Udy 5 51588 It’s Timmy nwtd..........................J McInerney 6 13318 Kongs Out Again 31.15....................M Olden 7 42876 Tuff Temptress nwtd.......................B Mitchell 8 22233 Diamond Geezer 30.88.................M Goodier 9 57876 Lucky James 30.59............................M Flipp 10 38867 Bigtime Roll nwtd........................ D P Symes 5 1.57 RAY HUNTLEY MEMORIAL C1 NZ BRED HT2 C1q, 520m 1 42517 My Pablo nwtd..................................... N Udy 2 8x875 Opawa Flash nwtd.............................. N Udy 3 76543 Here’s Hemi 30.56.....................J McInerney 4 63845 Jay Grim nwtd J &................................D Bell 5 14564 Opawa Marcie 31.23..........................M Flipp 6 88x13 Bigtime Toby nwtd............................. P Clark

7 86433 Lady Jellybean 30.51....................M Goodier 8 64465 Opawa Lara nwtd................................ N Udy Emergencies: 9 45574 Black Mags nwtd...............................S Stone 10 47785 Jetlag Jag 31.34.........................J McInerney 6 2.20pm RIVERCITY GAS C0 C0, 305m 1 7773 Freckle nwtd...............................J McInerney 2 44242 Yarn Sister nwtd...............................C Morris 3 Dangerous Di nwtd................ L E Dunkerton 4 74348 Penny Mowhawk nwtd................... D Denbee 5 44866 Goldstar Malone nwtd............... K Gommans 6 Telltale Signs nwtd...........................M Olden 7 55385 Zara Jewel nwtd........................ S Gommans 8 48565 Piruleta nwtd......................................M Flipp 9 7x577 Bigtime Layla nwtd.......................S J Phillips 10 53688 Homebush Brave nwtd...............J McInerney 7 2.37pm LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C0 C0, 305m 1 46263 Ahuroa Whizz nwtd.........................R Murray 2 53757 Hopcorn nwtd A &............................Williams 3 26664 Spring Comet nwtd D &..............J MacAuley 4 76662 Sideline Sally nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 38386 Star Way nwtd..................................C Morris 6 66647 Goldstar Hadlee nwtd............... K Gommans 7 46438 Xanthe Jewel nwtd.................... S Gommans 8 Idol Wilson nwtd.................................M Flipp 9 57868 That’s Frank nwtd.......................J McInerney 10 56775 Dewie nwtd............................... S Gommans 8 2.56pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C1 C1, 305m 1 12768 Bigtime Kylie 17.82................... S Gommans

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Big Time May, Eye Kno, Lucy Lingers, Criminal Justice Race 2: Summer Glee, Token Pick, Killer Frost, Chat Ya Later Race 3: Sozin’s Fortune, Sedgebrook Saint, Guru’s Choice Race 4: Born Ellie, My Khloe, Kongs Out Again, Diamond Geezer Race 5: My Pablo, Opawa Flash, Here’s Hemi, Opawa Marcie Race 6: Yarn Sister, Freckle, Penny Mowhawk, Telltale Signs Race 7: Sideline Sally, Idol Wilson, Ahuroa Whizz, Star Way Race 8: Opehu Express, No Mug, Bigtime Kylie, Black Mags Race 9: So Severe, Goldstar Auburn, Big Time Rusty, Monty Race 10: De Blonde, Spring Poppy, Final Straw, Zipping Romeo Race 11: Hypothetical, Bright Concept, Star Secret, Sefton Brew LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 3 11454 She’s For Us nwtd.........................M Roberts 4 x1131 Rivalries 30.16 J &...........................D Fahey 5 16523 Opawa Nat 30.28 J &.......................D Fahey 6 62412 Grunt nwtd W &................................T Steele 7 23352 Bigtime Rod nwtd................................L Cole 8 75113 Our Hemi 30.30 U &...........................Cottam 9 1x724 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 64584 Opawa May 30.21............................R Wales 4 7.25 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO NZ GREYHOUND CUP SF4 C5q, 520m 1 21371 Robson 30.32..............................P Ferguson 2 22223 Barrel Runner nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 3 41164 Bigtime Annie nwtd.............................L Cole 4 43322 Double Speed 30.11......................R Adcock 5 76352 Avenger Bale 29.82.......................C Roberts 6 62222 Big Time Maple nwtd...........................L Cole 7 14571 Opawa Deal 30.16 J &.....................D Fahey 8 72814 Know Threat 30.21..........................G Cleeve 9 1x724 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 10 64584 Opawa May 30.21............................R Wales 5 7.45pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR GALAXY SEMI FINAL 1 C5q, 295m 1 71743 Memoir 17.39 H &................................Taylor 2 18622 Hear This 17.30................................ M Grant 3 84611 Lisa’s Boy 17.24...............................R Casey 4 52812 Ketchikan Kim 17.25..........................J Dunn 5 11122 Trojan Hoarse nwtd.............................L Cole 6 11241 Miss Claude 17.35 U &......................Cottam 7 18121 Select Trick 17.11................................C Weir 8 12264 Jinja Ellie 17.24.................................A Joyce 9 12453 Hankenstein 17.19..................... A Bradshaw 10 72183 Fired Up Jed 17.21........................... B Dann

6 8.04pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR GALAXY SEMI FINAL 2 C5q, 295m 1 72177 Pita Ramos 17.14..............................J Dunn 2 18x62 Ohana Lad nwtd..................................C Weir 3 14681 Blitz ‘Em Rene 17.18 U &...................Cottam 4 11111 Bolty 16.87......................................D J Lane 5 21441 Captain Kev 17.51 W &....................T Steele 6 53252 Starr Blueblood 17.61................J McInerney 7 15632 Chanyaka 17.23................................ B Dann 8 15452 Bigtime Kiss nwtd................................L Cole 9 12453 Hankenstein 17.19..................... A Bradshaw 10 72183 Fired Up Jed 17.21........................... B Dann 7 8.26pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR GALAXY SEMI FINAL 3 C5q, 295m 1 43562 Colbert 17.25.....................................J Dunn 2 22182 Beck Eleven 17.09........................ L Waretini 3 16881 Buddy Boom 17.20 U &.....................Cottam 4 74452 Dizzy Banjo 17.12 S &..................... B Evans 5 11171 Mustang Tully 17.32............................C Weir 6 34272 Sozin’s Empire 17.56.................J McInerney 7 63211 Dahteste 17.24.....................................A Lee 8 18166 Bigtime Sheer nwtd.............................L Cole 9 12453 Hankenstein 17.19..................... A Bradshaw 10 72183 Fired Up Jed 17.21........................... B Dann 8 8.46pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR GALAXY SEMI FINAL 4 C5q, 295m 1 62141 Culvie Ness 17.28 H &.........................Taylor 2 51782 Hilton Forabet 17.16......................... B Dann 3 21311 Flora Dora 17.06............................R Adcock 4 18421 Kiwi Boy 17.27 U &............................Cottam 5 11161 Super Over Drama 17.12 S &.......... B Evans 6 15512 Versailles 17.07..................................J Dunn

4 84621 Know Leave 30.71..........................G Cleeve 5 61165 Haidee Bale 30.59........................D Roberts 6 1x724 Oster Bale nwtd............................C Roberts 7 88466 Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S &.............. B Evans 8 54865 Bashful Buffy 30.55....................J McInerney 9 67784 Opawa Mason 30.29........................R Wales 12 10.03pm PROTEXIN DASH C2, 295m 1 35115 King Toliman 17.38........................C Roberts 2 47115 Opa’s Joy 17.33...............................R Casey 3 111x Morton Keeping nwtd........................ S Clark 4 14243 Goldstar Galaxie 17.40 S &............. B Evans 5 43518 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &............. B Evans 6 72226 Mitcham Trudy 17.31..................J McInerney 7 23216 Opa’s Mate 17.47.............................R Casey 8 12528 Citizen Aguero 17.46.................J McInerney 9 27841 Ineffable 17.34.................................. B Dann 10 12683 Snickerdoodle 17.42......................... B Dann SELECTIONS

Race 1: Go Vegas, Egomaniacal, Max Dancer, Bigtime Shadow Race 2: Opawa Toddy, Pinny Mack, Uthor Bale, Diddilee Race 3: Dyna Dave, Rivalries, Bigtime Rod, She’s For Us Race 4: Robson, Opawa Deal, Avenger Bale, Double Speed Race 5: Select Trick, Trojan Hoarse, Hear This, Memoir Race 6: Bolty, Blitz ‘Em Rene, Pita Ramos, Bigtime Kiss Race 7: Buddy Boom, Mustang Tully, Sozin’s Empire, Dahteste Race 8: Versailles, Kiwi Boy, Culvie Ness, Flora Dora Race 9: Mighty Muscle, Von Strass, Emgrand Park, Alotta Talk Race 10: Creme Brulee, Gracias Maestro, Sefton Jill, Meka Race 11: Oster Bale, Our Anna, Haidee Bale, Know Talent Race 12: Morton Keeping, Opa’s Joy, Opa’s Mate, Goldstar Galaxie LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Ashburton Guardian 19

A superb shot of Craig Williams getting the best out of Vow And Declare in yesterday’s Melbourne Cup. Vow And Declare eventually led home Prince Of Arran (Michael Walker) and Il Paradiso (Wayne Lordan), after Master Of Reality had been relegated from second place, giving some lucky punters a $3301.40 trifecta.

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■■MELBOURNE CUP

Chaos reigns in Cup thriller NZME There were claims of a robbery at the Melbourne Cup after Vow and Declare saluted in a thrilling finish.

Jockey Craig Williams finally won the biggest race in Australia at his 15th attempt, fighting back late to hand victory to trainer Danny O’Brien.

But interference from Master of Reality, which prevented late-charging Il Paradiso from challenging Vow and Declare for the lead, drew an official protest from race stewards which was upheld.

Il Paradiso was promoted from fourth to third, swapping places with Master Of Reality. Prince of Arran finished third.

Master of Reality looked set to give jockey Frankie Dettori his first win but in a desperate finish involving four horses, Vow And Declare took an inside run and put his head down when it counted to win in a photo finish.

Il Paradiso attempted to move between the two leaders but saw his opening disappear as Master of Reality cut across his path.

Stewards have found that jockey Frankie Dettori blocked stablemate Il Paradiso in the run

to the line, dumping the second place-finisher back to fourth.

The stewards protest was upheld in a bizarre hearing where both Dettori and Il Paradiso’s jockey Wayne Lordan refused to give evidence that would result in Master of Reality being penalised.

Racing Victoria announced after the stewards meeting that Master of Reality had officially been relegated to finish fourth, while third-place finisher Prince of Arran has been promoted to second and Il Paradiso has officially finished third.

“I didn’t have to stop riding,” he

said of the contact from Master of Reality.

“It was very close at the line. I didn’t know how much of a difference it made. We have got tight, but I honestly don’t know how much of a difference it made.

“It was very close to the line. My horse didn’t back out of it. He’s a very tough horse and he kept running through it.”

Dettori said Il Paradiso still had room to move.

“He was going left. I put both hands on the rein and straightened him up.

“They had plenty of room to move through,” Dettori said.

RACE 7 - LEXUS MELBOURNE CUP (G1), $8,420,000, 3200m 4-4 Vow And Declare (23) C Williams 1 8-6 Prince Of Arran (12) M Walker 2 9-9 Il Paradiso (20) W Lordan 3 All Started.

Also (in finishing order): 10-10 Master Of Reality, 5-5 Surprise Baby, 2-3 Mer De Glace, 1-1 Finche, 6-8 Cross Counter, 22-22 Steel Prince, 16-16 Magic Wand, 19-19 Twilight Payment, 23-23 Sound, 3-2 Constantinople, 18-18 Mirage Dancer, 20-20 Hunting Horn, 12-14 Raymond Tusk, 15-12 The Chosen One, 13-13 Latrobe, 11-11 Southern France, 17-17 Youngstar, 24-24 Neufbosc, 14-15 Downdraft, 7-7 Mustajeer, 21-21 Rostropovich.

Nk, Hd, Hd. Time: 3:24.76. Win: $11.70. Places: $3.90, $4.60, $6.80. Quinella: $82.40. Trifecta: $3301.40 (23,12,20). First4: $79381.40 (23,12,20,3).

Trainer: Danny O’Brien, Flemington. Breeding: 4 g Declaration Of War (USA)-Geblitzt.

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Undersized mare packs a pretty powerful punch Fiscal Fantasy may be small, but she is mighty.

The diminutive mare showed her quality when beating her much larger rivals at Ellerslie yesterday when taking out the Gr.3 OMF Stakes (2000m).

The Frank Ritchie-trained mare was positioned beautifully by

jockey Leith Inness just behind the pace before they were able to take the shortest way home down the home straight to score a 1-1/4 length victory over Roger That, with Peso a neck back in third.

It was the second Group Three victory for the daughter of Skilled, after winning the Manawatu

Breeders’ Stakes (2000m) in April, and Ritchie was delighted with the result.

“She is only a tiny little thing, but she’s a real professional,” he said.

“Leith said to me she got a little bit keen down the back, but she settled when he asked and she

came back to him beautifully.

“He waited for the fence and it worked well, it was an absolutely brilliant ride by Leith.

“It was nice to get another Group win with her and it enhances her value as a broodmare.”

Ritchie has held Fiscal Fantasy in high regard for some time and

said the only thing that detracts from her is her small stature.

“She’s the whole package as a racehorse, aside from her size, in the fact that she is tractable, and she gives her best.

“She is certainly under 15 hands, but she has a heart bigger than the grandstand.”

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’re free of social restraint, emotionally open and highly creative. Use this daring mood! Put something singular into the world. It may require an investment.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Conversations have a way of veering out of control today, which can be a whole lot of fun in the right setting. Go where you think you’ll be well-received.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You will focus on your own wants without imposing them on others.

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CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): People on their phones give the impression they’d rather be somewhere else. Since attractiveness is typically in and of the moment, being on the phone is unattractive and ideally tended to in private.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There are many paths to feeling better about who you are. Turn up the selfcare and self-acceptance. It’s much better than the hard way of aggressively trying to prove yourself or lowering others.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What do you wish you would have known back when you were struggling?

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Apps can make a person look better in pictures. The right clothes and words can also help a person appear improved. But you don’t want to appear better, you want to be better, which is a bigger investment and the only one that matters.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll be getting in touch with what makes you feel alive. It has to do with novelty and the freedom to explore the unknown. Real gratitude is more of a discovery.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Fun has a lot to do with whose idea it is. Even pleasurable things can seem like chores if you feel that you absolutely must do them instead of having options and free will.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The greater degree of control people have over their own thoughts and feelings, the less drawn they will be to controlling one another. A sense of emotional safety will calm everyone down. Create it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): To what degree are you willing to alter your agenda for someone else? This is the big negotiation of the day. It comes with an awareness of just how much another person seems willing to sacrifice for you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Imbalanced relationships can work for a while, but they are not usually built to last. Highly functional relationships are about a balanced give and take so that no one is only giving or always taking.

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TOMORROW

FZL: Lowering to 2500m

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FZL: Rising to to 3000m

Partly cloudy. A few spots of rain.

Wind at 1000m: NW 50 km/h but gale 70 km/h in exposed places. Wind at 2000m: NW gale 80 km/h, possibly severe gale 95 km/h in exposed places toward evening.

FRIDAY Mainly fine. Northeasterlies turning northwesterly.

FRIDAY

Mainly fine, but rain about the divide.

Northwesterlies rising to gale or severe gale.

SATURDAY Mainly fine. Northerlies.

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Mainly fine, but rain about the divide.

Gale or severe gale northwesterlies.

High cloud. Northeasterlies.

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

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Nelson

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Queenstown

fine

Dunedin

clearing

Invercargill

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cumecs

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

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 171.4 Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

9.30

Sth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday

9.65

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:15 pm, yesterday

89.4

Waitaki Kurow at 2:05 pm, yesterday

280.0

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 17.4 18.2 Max to 4pm 6.3 Minimum 3.7 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm November to date 0.0 Avg Nov to date 11 2019 to date 628.0 583 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 15 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 24 Time of gust 3:28pm

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Scattered rain, clearing towards evening.

Wind at 1000m: W 45 km/h rising to NW gale 65 km/h in exposed places toward evening. Wind at 2000m: NW 50 km/h rising to NW gale 80 km/h in the evening.

Morning cloud and patchy drizzle, clearing to fine during the morning. Cloud returning about the coast at night. Northeast breezes, becoming northerly toward evening.

World Weather

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Canterbury High Country

Scattered rain easing by evening, then low cloud at night. Southerlies easing in the morning, turning northeast afternoon.

Wednesday, 6 November 2019

A ridge of high pressure lies over northern and central New Zealand today while a cold front moves slowly up the South Island. The front becomes stationary over central and northern regions tomorrow as a complex trough approaches the country from the south.

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11:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 12:30 Closedown

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7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Cam’s Kai 3 8pm F Haka At Home Showcase of some of the best kapa haka from around Aotearoa, performing on their marae, and sharing their history and stories through their songs.

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4:30 Lochore Cup (HLS) West Coast v South Canterbury.

5pm Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) Premiership Final – Canterbury v Auckland.

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6:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Stars.

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9am ICC Cricket 360 9:30 Blackcaps v England (RPL) Third T20. 1pm India v Bangladesh (HLS) First T20.

2pm Australia v Pakistan (RPL) Second T20.

5:30 ICC Cricket 360 6pm Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Scorchers v Stars.

6:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Sixers v Stars.

7pm Australia v Pakistan (HLS) Second T20.

From Manuka Oval, Canberra.

8pm ICC Cricket 360 8:30 Blackcaps v England (HLS) Third T20.

From Saxton Oval, Nelson.

9:30 The Forty-Niners Based on Walter Hadlee’s diary during his playing days which was turned into a book by his son Sir Richard Hadlee, the documentary tells the story of the famous tour of England in 1949.

11:30 Women’s Big Bash (HLS) Scorchers v Stars.

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Riders set off in sweltering conditions around the Tinwald Cycling Club’s Blackbridge block on Sunday.

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High temps add to the challenge Cyclists had to battle intense heat as well as each other when the Tinwald Cycling Club contested a graded scratch event around the Blackbridge block on Sunday.

The LL Kirwan and Sons Ltd/ AshburtonOnline event saw the A and B graders compete over 57km, with C and D battling it out over 38km.

The added challenge of the rising temperatures tipping into the 30s made life interesting, but Brad Hudson handled the condi-

tions well and had the final say in the charge to the line to secure the A spoils, riding the distance in 90.10 minutes.

Tony Ward and Cole Harris took second and third places respectively.

A large field of B graders fought out a tight finish, with last week’s winner Flynn Beeman backing up the victory with another, riding the course in 96.14 minutes.

Hot on his heels was the fast finishing Chris Reid, with Paul

Sinclair also in the thick of the finish claiming third place.

Marty Cuttle hit the line strongly to secure C honours, recording a time of 65.57 minutes, while Marty Hyde continued his good early season form to claim second place, and Jake Beeman took third place in his first hit-out of the season.

D grade saw the third runner in the Beeman stable, Cole Beeman, come out on top in a time of 75.44 minutes, while Dewalt Ven-

ter produced a solid ride to take second place with Kerry Clough finishing strongly in third.

The juniors and division two riders contested a 19km handicap event and the juniors result was only decided on the line, with Jack Templeton claiming the victory after a tight sprint finish with second place-getter Daniel Gould.

Sarah Gould made it a good day for the Gould family securing the third place spoils, while Zoe Spill-

ane produced a great ride to take fourth place, and Zac Brookland and James Reid rounded out the top six. Scratch marker Ethan Titheridge claimed fastest time honours, riding the distance in 33.38 minutes.

In division two, Kenny Johnstone secured the honours from Hillary Singlewood and Sue Templeton.

This week the club travels to Methven to contest a 45km handicap event.

Mid Canterbury cricket’s brand new competition

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