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Drink-driving stats drop

BY RUBY HARFIELD

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It has been one year since the drink-driving limit was lowered and it has already made a difference in Mid Canterbury.

From December 1, 2014, the alcohol limit for drivers aged 20 years and over lowered from 400mcg of alcohol per litre of breath to 250mcg. The blood alcohol limit lowered from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg.

Although people were still being processed for drink-driving, Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield said the numbers of people apprehended for drink-driving in Mid Canterbury dropped from 132 in 2013, to 95 in 2014 and 80.

“There has been a big reduction.”

He believes people were either being more cautious about the amount of alcohol they were drinking, or the law change had

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Alongside the changed drinkdriving limits, there had also been a slight drop in disorderly type offending over the past year in Ashburton, he said.

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National manager of road policing, Superintendent Steve Greally, said people seemed to be getting

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NZ’s top 10 visitor locations New Zealand’s top 10 visitor locations for 2015 have been named by social media giant Instagram, with Waiheke Island coming out on top. The attractions were ranked based on the number of images, each geo-tagged to a specific location, that were shared on Instagram. Images taken on Waiheke Island by Kiwi and international visitors were shared the most.

Mt Maunganui, the Hobbiton movie set, the SkyTower and Takapuna Beach rounded out the top five. Then came Lake Tekapo, Piha Beach, Wanaka lake front, Te Papa Museum, and Skyline Queenstown. There are 80 million images posted to Instagram every day around the world. Tourism NZ director of marketing Andrew Fraser said it was great to see such a range of different experiences and attractions making the top 10 list.

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Tribute from Lomu’s wife Grieving widow Nadene Lomu has posted a simple, heartfelt tribute to her late husband on social media nearly three weeks after his tragic death. In the first public message since her famous All Black husband’s death Mrs Lomu uploaded a photo to her Facebook page taken during a luxury family holiday in Dubai in his memory. It was snapped just days before Lomu died suddenly on November 18, a day after he returned to Auckland. The happy family portrait, which features the couple’s two young sons Brayley and Dhyreille, has a simple, touching hashtag “FlyHighDaddy”. Well-wishers have commented on the recent public post with messages of condolence and support. “Thank you for sharing Jonah with the world,” posted Folola Lua. Kerry Sikora wrote: “Beautiful picture of a beautiful family, thinking of you all so much. x”

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David Beckham said he had mixed feelings when his son Romeo told him he no longer wanted to play football. The sport star said his 13-year-old, who models clothes for fashion giant Burberry, has other passions in life. Beckham also spoke about his eldest son Brooklyn, saying “photography is his passion” – a pursuit evident on the 16-year-old’s Instagram account, which has more than five million followers. The former Manchester United player told the Radio Times Christmas issue: “The other day Romeo turned round to me and said he didn’t want to play football any more. Part of me was devastated but part of me was relieved, too.”

At the age of 68, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood could have been expecting to quietly gather some moss, instead he’s going to be changing nappies. The Rolling Stones band member is expecting twins with his wife Sally Humphries, 37, who owns a theatre production company.

A spokesperson for the band said: “Sally and Ronnie Wood are delighted to announce that they are expecting twins in June 2016. Needless to say, they are thrilled and overjoyed with the wonderful news.” It will be the couple’s first offspring together after they married in December 2012. Ronnie Wood already has four children – Jesse Wood with his first wife, former model Krissy Wood; daughter Leah and son Tyrone from his second marriage with Jo; and Jamie, Jo’s son from a previous marriage who Wood adopted.

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Prince’s Xmas excitement The Duke of Cambridge says he expects Prince George to be “bouncing around like a rabbit” as the family prepare for their first Christmas as a foursome. William, the Duchess of Cambridge and their children George, 2, and Charlotte, seven months, will honour tradition by going to church on Christmas Day, before watching their eldest “try to tackle his presents as he tries to unwrap them”. The Duke said he foresaw a few sleepless nights, joking: “Well, if I get any sleep on Christmas Eve it’ll be good, because George will be bouncing around like a rabbit. I think George will be extremely bouncy this year because he’s suddenly worked out what Christmas is all about. So that will be two children, one who suddenly appreciates Christmas, which could be quite challenging. But I’m looking forward to it. It’s a very different experience at Christmas, having a family of your own.”

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■ VARIETY THEATRE

Oliver sought for Variety Theatre show By susaN saNdys

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Two main roles remain unfilled following Oliver auditions.

Variety Theatre Ashburton director Alice Sollis, vocal director Matt van den Yssel and choreographer Jessie Thomson were happy with a good turnout to the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Saturday.

However, they are still seeking a boy aged between eight to 14 to play the show’s namesake, Oliver Twist. He must be able to sing and act, displaying an innocence of character and purity of spirit.

The Charles Dickens’ protagonist speaks the Queen’s English, and as a hungry orphan has been famously remembered down the ages for uttering the phrase “Please, sir, I want some more”.

The other role which remains unfilled is that of the nasty villian, Bill Sikes.

Vice president Kim Vessey said the directors were seeking an imposing character, aged from 20 to 55, to play the part.

“The directing team are adamant that those characters are out there, they just haven’t made themselves known yet,” Mrs Vessey said. Six people had audi-

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Methven’s current water supply may not meet the needs of the town as it grows, says Mayor Angus McKay. Mr McKay voiced his concerns at an eight-weekly Methven Community Board meeting in the town yesterday, as discussion was under way on hosing restrictions currently in force.

Mr McKay suggested board members seek information on the possibility of a second water supply intake.

“I’m personally worried there may not be enough infrastructure for the town to grow,” Mr McKay said.

Community relations manager Vincie Billante backed up his concerns and said the supply’s current source was “not particularly high at the moment” given the dry conditions.

The Methven township intake supply is on the North Branch of the Ashburton River, where spring water is fed into a pipe which leads into a Methven storage tank.

Mr McKay said it would be an opportune time for the council to look at secondary intake options, as part of its proposal to replace stockwater races with piped water.

A second intake could come from Pudding Hill Stream, where Spaxton Water, a stockwater race company run by farmers in the Methven area, currently source spring water from. There was another stockwater intake in the area as well, one sourced by the Methven Springfield stockwater scheme.

Mr McKay said Ashburton had a number of different wells it sourced its water from, so it made sense that Methven should also have more than one intake.

Establishing the secondary intake and piping its water to the town would be a costly exercise, but if it was loan-funded over a period of time it would be affordable.

Hoping to win a role in this year’s Ashburton Variety Theatre production Oliver are (from left) Molly Milmine, Katie Danielson, Jasmin Christie, Charlotte Livingstone, Leah Maw and Dion Bayston.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 051215-ADK-010 tioned for the part of The Artful Dodger, a cockney rascal, and it had been filled by a 12 year old.

The adult main roles of Fagan and Nancy had also been filled.

Performers were still being informed of their success or otherwise in auditioning for the roles as of yesterday, so the casting list to date would not be announced

until later this week.

Anyone thinking they may be able to fill either of the two vacant roles is asked to phone Nicky Milmine on 0275449524.

Farmers hasten to destock

By Michelle NelsoN

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The prime sheep kill is up more than 50 per cent as Mid Canterbury farmers hasten to destock in the face of an impending drought.

An increasing number of prime sheep coming through the Tinward saleyards pushed prices down at recent sales, and ANZCO has reported a big jump in killing numbers.

ANZCO’s South Island livestock manager Myles O’Donnell said mutton supplied to the company’s South Island meat processors was up 46 per cent on the same period last year as farmers shed stock ahead of an-

other drought year.

The lamb kill is up by 14 per cent by comparison with last year.

On top of the increased numbers farmers are also drafting to lower weights with average South Island lamb weights reduced slightly from 18kg last year to 17.43kg this year.

“Space is likely to be tight at processing sites because of the dry and the forecast El Nino weather pattern, although the higher numbers being processed indicate booked kill times aren’t being pushed out too much,” Mr O’Donnell said.

Some farmers have opted to wean lambs earlier in order to

conserve feed by shipping older ewes off the property.

John Chapman weaned lambs at 60 days to send 1100 five-year-old ewes to the meat works as part of the drought preparedness strategy on Inverary Station in the Ashburton Gorge.

Blues Skies Weather forecaster Tony Trewinnard recently told a group of rural professionals to expect the El Nino weather pattern to last well into next spring and could be one of the most significant in recent history – comparable to the 198283 and 1997-98 weather events.

Mr Trewinnard said the concern was this season’s El Nino

came on the back of last year’s drought in Canterbury.

Valetta farmer David Clark reported water levels in wells on his property were 30 per cent down on where they should be at this time of the year.

Coastal farmers are also eking out water reserves as well levels continue to drop.

NIWA’s seasonal outlook, released last week backed up Mr Trewinnard’s predictions.

The climate summary showed 14 millimetres of rain fell at Winchmore in November, equating to 25 per cent of the normal rainfall and the third lowest level since records began at the weather station in 1909.

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■ EDUCATION

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Schools start to collaborate

By RuBy HaRfield

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Ashburton’s new cluster of collaborative schools have started planning their long-term achievement goals.

On November 18, eleven Ashburton schools were announced as one of 54 new Communities of Learning (CoL) – a Government initiative established to enable schools to work together to raise student achievement.

Wakanui School principal Hilary Boyce said the CoL principals met for the first time on Thursday to share their main concerns for

each school in terms of student achievement.

“There were some really good ideas that are common to all of us.”

Although there were commonalities, each school was different and that would be considered when creating the goals, she said.

“It was a really respectful and considerate meeting.”

The schools in the cluster would have no problem collaborating because they had worked together on a number of projects in the past.

“We’re all motivated by doing

the best for our students.”

During the conference a subcommittee was set up to write three achievement goals from informed data.

These would then be sent to the Ministry of Education for approval, she said.

“What they’re really wanting to see is the goals we set are informed and backed by data.”

She hoped a draft would be completed by the end of the year and once approved the goals would probably take 2-3 years to achieve.

Early next year a meeting

would be held with the board of trustees and once the goals had been set up there would be consultation with staff, parents and students.

The cluster consists of Ashburton Borough School, Ashburton Christian School, Ashburton College, Ashburton Intermediate School, Ashburton Netherby School, Fairton School, Hampstead School, Longbeach School, St Joseph’s School, Tinwald School and Wakanui School.

Another cluster of six schools based near Methven was established a year ago.

Spiritual mediums passing through Ashburton

By Caitlin PoRteR

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Mediums Julie Simpson and Jacque Hurrell are in Ashburton today, helping locals explore the spiritual side of life.

The pair, from the Spiritualists Online Network, have embarked on a tour of the South Island, beginning in Ashburton.

Born and bred in Nottingham Julie Simpson is a third generation spirit medium who first began going to a spiritualist church in her late teens.

Brought up with spirit tales rather than fairy tales, she decided to open up an online spiritualist community and communicate with people all over the world.

Ms Hurrell or the “Quiet Witch” was raised in Canterbury and has always had a fascination with the spiritual world.

“When I was 18 I started learning tarot cards … and from there moved to rune stones and ended up making my own spirit stones,” she said.

When the pair met they decided to work together to teach people about their craft – from self-awareness to reading tarot cards, full body transfiguration and spirit stones The duo cater to people from all walks of life, from many religions, and from all over the world

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The Great Santa hunt Santa and his friends are coming to the Ashburton Museum but they’ll be in hiding until Ashburton’s young super sleuths search them out. The team of Santas will be hiding out as part of the museum’s annual Santa hunt that creates an opportunity for children to scour the museum by torchlight, hoping to find each Santa’s secret hideaway. The Great Santa Hunt was held every year in the old Baring Square Museum but took a break last year while the museum relocated to its new home on West Street, but this year, museum manager Michael Hanrahan said, it will be back bigger and better than ever. The torchlight search will be held on December 23 between 5.30pm and 7pm. There is no charge and taking part is as simple as filling in an entry form, returning it to the museum’s reception desk, turning on your torch and starting to hunt.

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Mediums Julie Simpson (right) and Jacque Hurrell are in Ashburton tonight to share messages from loved ones and open people up to the spiritual side.

PHOTO AMANDA KONYN 071215-AK-026 through their website. Neither say their profession scares them, but both admit it can be difficult to deliver certain messages.

“It’s about how you phrase it,” Ms Hurrell said. “[Sometimes] it’s a preparation, a warning or information to share,” Ms Simpson said.

Skeptics are amongst some of Ms Simpson’s favourite people

due to their willingness to listen, however being asked to “prove” mediumship is real is not something she favours.

It is impossible to perform a controlled experiment to “prove” mediumship, she said, just as it is impossible to have one conversation one day and repeat it again the next.

“Spirits are not here to give the

lotto numbers, they’re here to prove the continuous existence of the human soul,” she said.

Both agree anyone has the ability to connect to the spirit world, however, to do so, people need to trust their intuition and gut feelings.

“And there is no such thing as coincidence, it is all synchronicities,” Ms Simpson said.

Paterson’s Funeral Services is creating an opportunity for people who want a quiet time to reflect on the people who will be missing from their lives this Christmas with a remembrance service on Thursday. The service was held for the first time last year and the feedback was very positive, said Paterson’s manager Barry Hayman.

The Christmas to Remember service will be conducted by celebrant Carol Gunn and will feature carols and candle lighting.

There is also an opportunity for people to write a message on an angel card to the people who are missing in their lives. Invitations have been sent to families who have used the company’s services over the past two years but the service is open to anyone who wants to set aside time for remembrance.

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■ HEALTH

Calls for sunbed registration

BY CAITLIN PORTER

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Calls for the registration of sunbeds have the support of local retailers, but the Cancer Society is calling for an all-out ban.

The Ministry of Health is consulting on a proposal to introduce new regulations to protect the public from the harm from commercial sunbeds.

The consultation document proposes sunbed operators were licensed and also canvasses other harm reduction policies.

Mid Canterbury Cancer Society health promoter Mandy Casey said sunbeds were dangerous, unnecessary and should be banned.

National Cancer Society research shows sunbeds emit a much higher UV concentration than the sun, often up to three times stronger than the midday sun, she said.

Mrs Casey said Australia tried the regulation process but instead opted for a total ban on all commercial UV equipment effective January 1, 2016.

However, a local Ashburton sunbed operator said it supported the registration proposal. Finesse Fitness co-owner Carol Moore said she was pro-registration.

Her business has operated a sunbed for

three years and already has its own processes in place. All first-time customers must fill out a points-based form which is tallied up to determine how long they can spend, she said.

Typically, people begin with four to six minutes but that depends on a number of factors including natural hair, skin and eye colour and reaction to the sun.

Mrs Moore said people used the sunbed for a number of reasons, including to help psoriasis – an inflammatory skin condition. However, the Cancer Society argued there was no health benefits from using a sunbed.

Body Treats 4 U owner Neroli Davies said her beauty clinic decided to get rid of its sunbed just over two years ago, for a number of reasons.

It appeared a bit “backwards” to operate a sunbed within a business that aimed to save the skin, she said.

“People are looking after their skin better and do realise the issues that surround UV light.”

Public consultation on the sunbed operator registration proposal runs until February 12 and is separate to the legislation before Parliament to ban commercial sunbed use for people aged under 18.

Nine-year-old Kate and five-year-old Hannah Petersen checking out a Morris Moke during Sunday’s car display in the Ashburton Domain.

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Huge response to car display Ashburton Domain was the spot to be on Sunday if you wanted to check out some of the best the classic car world has to offer.

When car enthusiast Barry Pinnell decided to invite fellow car buffs to take part in a car display, he was overwhelmed by the response.

Car owners turned up in large numbers, arriving in classic cars, hot rods, modified vehicles and street racers, all keen to show off their vehicles.

More than 75 cars of all ages and stages

of restoration were lined up in the domain’s picnic area, with a steady stream of people lining up to check out the vehicles.

“People came and went all day and we were getting a lot of good comments,” he said.

Admission to the display was a gold coin donation and yesterday, Mr Pinnell handed over more than $1000 to the Ashburton branch of the Cancer Society.

He’s planning to run a similar event at least once next year.

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In brief Aggravated robbery A shot was fired during an aggravated robbery at a bar in Christchurch on Sunday night, with the two armed men fleeing in a stolen car. Police are now on the hunt for the pair, who entered Phoenix Bar in Papanui about 10pm and confronted staff and patrons at closing time. One of the men is understood to have been armed with a gun and the other man with a screwdriver, Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Cottam of Canterbury Police said. The bar’s duty manager was forced to open a safe, removing a small amount of cash, and a gun was discharged during the robbery.

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Students undergo peer support training Jamie Bird, Liberty Ross, Sophie Beckley, James Prendergast, Bradley van der Ike, Millsy Stephens-Tahuri, Gareth Hunt and Watson Bartlett (above) lined up to be judged.

Ten Year 11 students were dressed to impress in newspaper outfits during Ashburton College’s peer support training on Friday.

Tayla Wright, Kaitlin Watson,

School guidance counsellor Andrew Sheppard, who helped run the two-day training course, said 60 students put their names forward to help lead the 2016 Year 9s.

■ NATIONAL RESHUFFLE

Collins returns to front bench Trade Minister Tim Groser will leave Parliament before Christmas and become New Zealand’s ambassador in Washington early next year, Prime Minister John Key has confirmed.

Mr Groser’s climate change portfolio would be given to Paula Bennett, and his trade portfolio would go to Todd McClay, Mr Key announced as part of a reshuffle of the National caucus.

It was thought that Mr Groser could remain in Parliament until the Trans Pacific Partnership was signed. But he would instead leave once climate change talks had wrapped up in Paris.

He would be replaced in Parliament by Maureen Pugh from the West Coast.

As revealed yesterday, Judith Collins will return to Cabinet and get her corrections and police portfolios back.

“I am pleased to welcome

Judith Collins Judith Collins back to Cabinet.

Judith has been a competent Minister, and will quickly be able to pick up the Police and Corrections portfolios that she has successfully held before.”

Mr Key said.

Ms Collins will be sworn in on 14 December.

Michael Woodhouse, having lost the Police portfolio to Ms Collins, will take the Revenue role from Mr McClay.

Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga would be given the Local Government portfolio, which is held by Ms Bennett.

The Corrections portfolio was a “natural fit” for Mrs Collins, Mr Key said, and giving it to her did not necessarily reflect on Mr Lotu-Iiga’s performance.

The Prime Minister also wanted the corrections and police portfolios to be held by the same minister, as in the past.

Mr Key said she had been “completely cleared” by an inquiry which investigated whether she had undermined the head of the Serious Fraud Office.

“She has my absolute confidence,” he said.

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“It’s a very valuable programme for Year 9s.”

The training course included team building activities, working on leadership skills, co-operation and problem solving.

Dog owners on notice Rural dog owners are on notice that they could find the Ashburton District Council’s dog control officers arriving on their property unannounced, as they crack down on unregistered dogs.

The council is carrying out spot checks on rural properties, hoping to round up the last of the district’s unregistered dogs. Currently there are 6855 dogs registered in the district with a further 627 known but yet to be registered.

The council is aware there are likely to be a large number of dogs that are not registered and are unknown to the council and most often these are in rural areas. It has sent out overdue notices, with a warning that they’ll be hit with a $300 per dog infringement fee if registrations are not made by December 20.

Ten properties, some with multiple dwellings, have been visited by the dog control team in an effort to track down dogs that have never come on to the council’s books, said environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle.

The excuses made were often quite inventive, including a belief that because a dog never left the property it did not need to be registered, he said.

If unregistered dogs were found the dog control team would take appropriate action, which could include removing the dog from the property, Mr Catchpowle said.

John Key has described the protesters who prevented him attending the National Party’s Christmas party as “thugs and bullies”. The Prime Minister was unable to attend the annual festivities after anti-poverty activists chained themselves to the gates of the venue in Te Atatu in West Auckland on Sunday and blocked his entry. Appearing on the Paul Henry Show yesterday, Mr Key described the group as “a bunch of thugs and bullies” and said he had hoped to thank National Party members for the volunteer work they had done. NZME

Mystery Toyota Police believe a mystery red Toyota ute may provide vital clues in the hunt for the killer of Northland man in a quiet Mt Albert street last week. As relatives prepared to bury 24-year-old Nathan Mata Pukeroa in Pawarenga yesterday a plea has been made for any sightings of a red ute in Renton Rd or being driven on upper North Island roads since Thursday’s fatal attack. Mr Pukeroa died in the early hours of Thursday morning and a 22-year-old friend was also seriously injured by the same person.

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Cowardly attack A Flaxmere resident was left with a head injury following what police describe as a worrying and cowardly attack on an innocent victim. Detective Stacey Bailey of the Hawkes Bay CIB said the victim disturbed an intruder at the rear of a Flaxmere property about 9pm on Saturday night and was then attacked by a man with a weapon.

The offender was described as a male Maori aged in his 20s with a number one hair cut. He was chanting in Maori both before and after the attack. He left the area in a silver “people mover” style vehicle.

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Police chase One person remains in hospital after a crash on the Auckland Harbour Bridge after a police chase on Sunday night that left eight people injured. The smash happened after a silver BMW allegedly drove across three lanes, causing other vehicles to brake.

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In brief Voting landslide Venezuela’s opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, delivering a major setback to the ruling party and altering the balance of power after almost 17 years of socialist rule. The opposition coalition won at least 99 seats in the incoming 167-seat legislature, electoral authorities announced. The ruling socialist party won just 46 seats.

The 19 remaining seats remain up for grabs but if enough are won by the opposition it could give the coalition a two-thirds supermajority needed to strongly challenge President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power.

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Bombing injures 9

People pay respects at a makeshift memorial site honouring last week’s shooting victims in San Bernardino, California.

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Wife the driving force?

Investigators are looking into whether Tashfeen Malik radicalised her American-born husband and was the driving force in the San Bernardino massacre plot.

That possibility emerged late last week when it was disclosed that the Pakistani-born Malik had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a Facebook post at about the same time she and husband Syed Farook

launched the attack that left 14 people dead at a holiday luncheon.

Britain’s Sunday Times reported that Malik shot first during the attack while Farook, 28, appeared to “hesitate”.

Federal investigators continued trying to establish what pushed the couple to carry out what appears to be the deadliest attack on American soil by Islamic extremists since 9/11.

“I think I can’t say definitively right now what led either of these two pick up guns and become murderers. I consider that is the focus of our investigation,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on NBC’s Meet the Press.

“We’re looking at everything we can find out about these two killers’ lives - how they grew up, where they grew up, how they met. All of those things will pro-

vide us guidance.”

Lynch said the FBI terrorism investigation so far has involved “over 300 interviews, several locations searched, a lot of information being processed, being analysed and being gathered, and more to come.”

One US official said there appeared to be nothing in Farook’s history that would implicate him as the driver of the attack.

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■ GREAT BRITAIN

Carter ‘cancer-free’ Jimmy Carter says his most recent brain scan showed no signs of cancer. The former president said in a statement yesterday that he will continue to receive doses of Keytruda, a recently approved auto-immune drug to help his body seek out cancer cells in his body. Carter said the scan showed no signs of the original cancer “spots” or any new ones. Carter, 91, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. Doctors removed a portion of his liver and found four small tumours on his brain.

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Tube stabbing arrest

Army joins rescue teams amid flooding Britain’s army was called in to help put down sandbags and evacuated people from their homes Sunday as stormy weather left the country’s northern towns and cities severely flooded.

Storm Desmond’s torrential rain and strong winds swept across northwestern England and Scotland over the weekend.

In Cumbria, known for its scenic Lake District National Park, officials say rainfall between Friday and Saturday likely exceeded an average month’s worth in the area.

The deluge left the Cumbrian city of Carlisle and hundreds of homes submerged.

Many rivers burst their banks and in some streets, cars have been left almost entirely underwater. Rescue teams helped ferry those forced to leave their homes in boats.

About 60,000 homes in northern regions were left without

An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing in the country’s east has wounded nine people, including six policemen. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khugyani, says the bomber targeted a police compound in the Surkh Rud district in Nangarhar province. He says three civilians were among the wounded and that the blast damaged both the compound and two dozen shops nearby.

Police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal says the bomber tried to get into the compound but blew the car up prematurely outside the facility. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

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power and electricity.

In Kendal, rescue teams are searching for an elderly man who reportedly fell into a swollen river, and in London police say a 90-year-old man died after he was believed to have been blown into the side of a moving bus by a gust of wind.

Further flooding and disruption is expected as forecasters warn of more heavy rain in Scotland, northwestern England and Wales.

- AP Right - A woman is helped through flood waters by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute and the armed forces following flooding in Carlisle north west England. The Environment Agency declared 130 flood warnings, while residents in some areas were evacuated from their homes.

British counter-terror police are questioning a 29-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack in a London Underground train station.

The attack is being treated as a “terrorist incident”. Detectives from Britain’s Counter Terrorism Command searched a home in east London in connection with the attack at Leytonstone station, which left a 56-year-old man with serious knife injuries.

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IS claims bombing A huge explosion killed the governor of Yemen’s southern Aden province and six of his bodyguards yesterday, security officials said, in an attack that was later claimed by a local Islamic State affiliate. If true, it would be the most high-profile assassination carried out by the Islamic State group in Yemen.

Gov. Gaafar Mohamed Saad was travelling to his office when the explosion struck his convoy in the southern port city. Authorities are investigating the exact cause of the explosion.

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Knowing when to bite the bullet and admit defeat

Sue Newman

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here’s a real skill in knowing when you’re beaten, when it’s time to call quits, even when what you’re abandoning is an idea you firmly believed was a winner.

But that might be what Prime Minister John Key should find himself doing over his widely divisive flag referendum.

He dreams of a country trading, playing sport and calling itself home to millions under a new and modern flag. Quite clearly the people of his country do not.

The $26 million and rising flag referendum, step one, is almost at an end. More than three million voting packs were sent out to registered electors to choose which of five possible new flag designs they liked.

The winner is then supposed to go head to head with the existing flag in a popularity contest.

The whole exercise, however, appears to be in danger of imploding on itself. Just one third of those voting papers have been returned, and to make it into the final count, tardy voters need to have made their choice and popped it in the mail by tonight if they want it to make the final count.

There are suggestions that the vote number might be skewed by anti-change supporters deliberately making their voting papers invalid, so anything could happen when votes cast translates into legitimate votes counted.

For something that is going to cost this country hugely, if the number of valid voting papers is less than 50 per cent of those distributed, the flag change debate should be canned.

We’ll have an indication of voter response over the weekend and a final result next week, but will anything change?

It’s common sense. If the numbers are not there, why spend money that could be diverted into far more needy areas for a second referendum of the old against the preferred new.

John Key by and large, has been viewed as a pretty decent kind of leader, but since his fling with the flag became an obsession, he will have lost thousands of his peripheral supporters, the people who want to see real money spent where there’s real need, not on a flight of fancy.

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Trust me – it would be utter chaos

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he dairy industry is back in the headlights with concerns arising around animal welfare and the issue of surplus calves.

The footage from last week’s Sunday documentary was disgusting.

We saw calves being left in a crate by the road, being mishandled on trucks and at the pet food factory.

However, it is important to remember only around two per cent of surplus calves go into pet food, and that factory is not representative of the entire pet food industry.

Behind the footage we had this narrative throughout about how bad the dairy industry is because it takes calves from their mothers.

I assume they were subconsciously trying to link the cruelty on camera at the pet food factory, with that practice. However, there is no link.

It is my adamant belief that by removing the calf from its mother we are actually ensuring the welfare of both calf and cow.

It is probably pretty damn hard if you have never been around a farm to understand that. But

Andrew Hoggard FROM THE FARM

let me portray what keeping the cows on the calves would look like.

First, those calves born in bad weather would suffer a fairly high mortality rate. I recall the big snow storm of four or five years ago and going out at 11pm to collect calves and get them into shelter.

The next key point is those cows still need to be milked. This season my cows produced on average 27 litres per day, while calves generally need only four to six litres daily.

So, by not properly having that cow milked out, you will have a vastly increased risk of mastitis which could likely turn toxic if untreated – potentially resulting in death.

With removing the calf the emotive language talks about us taking the milk meant for the calf.

The calf still gets fed, and we have a product to sell to the world. But let’s just say we left the calf on the cow and brought them to the shed twice a day for milking.

The calf like any baby wants to do three things – eat, defecate, and sleep. Walking to the cowshed each day isn’t a part of that plan. The time taken to get the cows to the shed would be ridiculous, and the impact on the calves from all that walking wouldn’t be good.

The next issue, is how it would be problematic at the cowshed.

Basically, I see a number of calves getting either crushed to death in the yard or bones broken.

Often cows will attack other cows’ calves, so having them all in close quarters will be a recipe for disaster, then of course the cow goes on the platform and her calf won’t go with her.

So at the end of milking I will have 500 cows making a mess at the exit race, not walking away, bellowing for their calves, until I am able to let all the calves go.

The resulting chaos would likely result in plenty of missmothering, and potentially a

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number of calves not being fed. It is also likely that some cows will just wander off and leave their calf behind.

This will all result in degraded races through the cows milling about, thus increasing lameness, and increasing negative environmental impact. Trust me, it would be utter chaos.

The removal of the calf from its mother is standard practice around the world in the dairy industry, and in all production livestock systems, at some stage the young animal is removed from its mother.

Lamb chops don’t get made out of the back of the supermarket.

This whole situation does highlight a couple of key things: we need to remain absolutely vigilant around ensuring everyone within the industry and wider sector is adhering to animal welfare codes.

Second, we need to do a better job of ensuring the public better understands where its food comes from and how it is produced.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group chairperson

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■ DICK SMITH

Slashing prices ‘harmful’

BY JONATHAN UNDERHILL Dick Smith Holdings, which is preparing to slash prices in the run-up to Christmas to clear inventory, may ultimately do more harm to itself than rivals such as JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman because of its level of house brands and the risk of losing market share.

ASX-listed Dick Smith last week said it would take a $A60 million non-cash impairment, before tax, on inventory across Australia and New Zealand as part of an ongoing review. The retailer brought in external consultants after disappointing trading in October and November, and is underway with “significant marketing activity” to stimulate sales ahead of Christmas. Managing director Nick Abboud said Dick Smith would maintain “flexibility on gross margin to reduce inventory and improve our debt position,” a signal that more discounting is likely.

UBS analyst Ben Gilbert said JB

Hi-Fi may be most exposed to discounting by Dick Smith but “we believe the impact will be more muted, given our view a large proportion of discounted and impaired stock is lower quality and unique private label product.”

Gilbert said in a note that discounting at Dick Smith “appears to be selective” and doesn’t extend to Apple products or telecommunications products, and so far discounts are about 30 per cent, “below the 70 per cent reported in the press.”

He upgraded JB Hi-Fi’s ASXlisted shares to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ and maintained Harvey Norman at ‘buy’.

Dick Smith shares have tumbled 82 per cent on the ASX in the past 12 months and last traded at 39 Australian cents. In the same period, JB Hi-Fi gained 11 per cent to trade recently at A$18.03.

Harvey Norman gained 13 per cent this year to trade at A$3.98.

JB Hi-Fi, which has 187 stores including 14 in New Zealand, reported record profit of $A137

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its JB Hi-Fi NZ unit for the year ended June 30, show sales were little changed at about $211 million, while profit fell to $1.25 million from $2.23 million on a slight rise in expenses.

Dick Smith, which had 393

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million in its 2015 year, as it lifted sales to $A3.65 billion and widened its gross margin by 16 basis points to 21.9 per cent.

In August it forecast 2016 sales growth of 5.5 per cent to $A3.85 billion. Financial statements for

stores across the region as at June 28, lifted full-year sales by 7.5 per cent to $A1.3 billion, although gross margin shrank to 24.8 per cent from 25.1 per cent, while profit fell about 10 per cent, including one-time items, to $A37.9 million, it announced in August.

New Zealand sales fell 6.9 per cent, which the company attributed to “aggressive competitive pricing and a deterioration in consumer sentiment.”

Last month, Dick Smith abandoned its guidance for 2016 profit of $A45 million to $A48 million. It said a further impairment on inventory may be needed, dependent on Christmas trading.

UBS’s Gilbert said “an irrational competitor” creates earnings risk to its rivals in the short term. Still, “we think the issues facing Dick Smith highlight the strength of the JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman brands, which suggests to UBS that over time a significant opportunity exists to take share from Dick Smith,” he said.

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0.9311 0.9166 4.572 0.6332 1.4821 0.4528 84.61 1.8262 9.7745 24.40 0.6853

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0.8997 0.8826 4.0119 0.6057 1.3654 0.4369 81.05 1.5945 9.4176 23.26 0.6606

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BY FIONA ROTHERHAM Martin Aircraft’s ASX-listed shares rose to a six-month high on sales of the world’s first commercial jetpack, which had its first public demonstration in front of a crowd of thousands in Shenzen, China.

The Christchurch-based company completed a five-minute public manned flight of the P12 Martin Jetpack in Shenzen over the weekend. Yesterday its shares rose to as high as $A1.05 and were recently at 95 Australian cents, up from a low of 39 cents in September and up from their 60 cent listing price in February this year.

They briefly soared to $A3.15 in March.

The company’s Hong Kongbased joint venture, Kuangchi Martin Jetpack, co-owned with its largest shareholder Kuangchi Science, has signed three “in-

tention framework agreements” for 100 manned jetpacks and 20 simulators to unnamed parties, the company said in a statement yesterday.

The deals are subject to agreeing procurement contacts by June 30, 2016, which will include the final price and support, it said. The agreements are said to be part of a China ‘Ironman Club’ concept where the companies involved provide Martin and Kuangchi science capabilities in China, which Martin says is one of the fastest-growing markets for private aviation as previously off-limit airspace is opened for civilian operations.

Last month the company signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai Civil Defence for the intended future delivery of manned and unmanned jetpacks and simulators, along

with pilot and engineer training for civil defence and fire service personnel. The initial tranche of the deal involves 20 jetpacks and simulators.

Martin Aircraft hopes to have the first deliveries of its commercial jetpack in the second half of next year and a personal jetpack available from the second quarter of 2017. It reported a $5.2 million full-year loss in August after raising $28 million in its Australian listing.

The jetpack is able to be flown by a pilot or via remote control and its potential use includes search and rescue, military, recreational, and commercial applications.

It can fly for up to 30 minutes at a maximum speed of 74 kilometres an hour at an altitude of 1000 metres.

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NZ wholesale trade gains in 3rd quarter

BY PAUL MCBETH New Zealand wholesale trade rose in the third quarter as a jump in fruit exports drove the biggest quarterly gain in sales of grocery, liquor and tobacco in more than 20 years.

Seasonally adjusted sales rose 3.1 per cent in the three months ended September 30, accelerating from a 0.1 per cent increase in June, according to Statistics New Zealand.

Sales of grocery, liquor and tobacco, rose 5.3 per cent in their biggest quarterly gain since the series began in March 1995, driven by an 8.8 per cent increase in fruit exports.

Previous government data showed merchandise exports of

fruit jumped 48 per cent to $732 million in the September quarter from a year earlier, while more recent figures show fruit sales to foreign nations were up 29 per cent to $2.28 billion in the year ended October 31.

Wholesale trade covers intermediary transactions between manufacturers and consumers, which feeds into the national accounts and is used by economists to predict wider economic activity.

Statistics NZ changed its methodology in collecting data for the September survey to use more administrative data and reduce its reliance on surveys, while also ending its split of raw materials and finished goods in measuring total stocks.

Yesterday’s figures showed wholesale inventories were built up for a fourth quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis, rising 1.6 per cent. On an unadjusted basis, stocks were 5.8 per cent higher than a year earlier.

Actual wholesale sales rose 3.1 per cent to $23.63 billion in the quarter from the same period a year earlier, turning around a 0.4 per cent decline in the June quarter.

Seasonally adjusted sales of basic material was the second biggest gainer in the quarter, up 3.4 per cent, followed by a 2.5 per cent rise in other goods. Sales of motor vehicles and parts gained 1.8 per cent and machinery and equipment sales increased 1.1 per cent.

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Sale comparisons over the past five sales: Nov 2015 Total sales $269,500 Total average – ram $1861 Total average – ewe $250 Total sale numbers: November 2015 November 2014 November 2013 January 2013 January 2012

Sold Ram 144 161 163 116 159

Nov 2014 Nov 2013 Jan 2013 $286,725 $306,120 $288,030 $1782 $1867 $2422 $234 $287 $446

Ewe 6 24 6 16 2

Passed Ram Ewe 63 5 77 2 100 4 119 2 99 0

Jan 2012 $345,750 $2172 $225

Withdrawn Ram Ewe 25 0 17 0 18 2 18 0 21 0

Total 243 281 293 271 281

Elite Ram and Ewe Sale results Farm gate price watch …

Ashburton stud sheep breeders had a successful day at the Canterbury A&P Association Elite Ram and Ewe Sale, which attracted a quality line-up of 231 rams and 11 ewes.

The average sale price for the 144 rams sold was $1861 and $250 for ewes with six selling; total sales of $269,500 were recorded at the November sale.

The highest price was $16,000, fetched by a Clifton Downs southdown ram (Chris Medlicott, Waimate).

Other top prices were as follows: Corriedale – $2900 (Wattlebank, GR and RW Wilson, West Melton); hampshire – $3100 (Blue View, Gudex Family, Ashburton); romney – $2400 (Gatton Park, DA & SJ Wyllie, Ashburton); poll dorset – $2000 (Brooklands, A&P McIlraith, Leeston); border

leicester – $4000 (Hermiston, GJ Letham, Ashburton); texel – $4000 (Hemingford, SEJ & V Holland, Culverden); south suffolk – $4200 (Inver, SJ Sinclair, Ashburton); suffolk – $6700 (Stoneylea, AW & JH Adams, Christchurch).

Rural Livestock stud stock rep and Canterbury A&P Association sheep committee member Anthony Cox said the results were positive.

“There were a few less rams sold this year, but given the current industry climate it was a very positive result with the average selling price up on last year,” he said.

“The standard was very high and good rams were sought after. It was great to see that those rams that didn’t go to stud duty were able to be purchased by commercial buyers for a very reasonable price.”

MARKET REPORT Dairy Some small rains have freshened dryland pastures and crops, but the amounts are not enough to significantly change dry soil moisture levels and many Canterbury rivers are under irrigation restrictions.

Management plans are now being activated to cope with the dry, but these are just another burden in a financially troubled year.

A small 3.6 per cent lift in auction prices was very welcome but the slowness of the turnaround suggests dairy farmers will need to survive under these low levels for a while yet.

Milk production is declining with the increase in seed head in pastures. The AB season is coming to an end as bulls are now being introduced to cover lates and those missed with the straw.

The big issue of the week has been the bobby calf welfare incident that has caused outrage from farmers and industry participants alike for those few that have damaged the reputation of the sector. The tardiness of MPI to enforce the regulations is also disappointing.

It appears that Safe has another agenda in this campaign in opposing the early removal of calves from their mothers and coupled with a negative advert in British papers seems determined to try economic sabotage of NZ’s dairy industry to enforce its vegan ideals.

Lamb More falls in lamb schedules as processors report little hope that the smallest lamb crop for the past 60 years will ignite the present poor frozen product prices.

Processors report competition is fierce amongst global exporters for market share, unfortunately keeping prices low in the short term.

Chilled production for Easter will recommence in early January and will put a bottom on the market, but with a month to go and only Chinese buying able to halt the slide, more falls are predicted.

The dry and tight feed conditions has had a dramatic effect on saleyard prices with store lambs dropping $10/hd last week at Coalgate and volumes of smaller lambs increasing and proving hard to sell.

Space at the works is at a premium and cull ewes are being sold early as the destocking commences in preparation for tough feed conditions ahead.

Wool The South Island wool auction was well supported despite a firmer currency and all indicator prices lifted, except fine crossbred.

After a cancelled sale in the north last week this weeks North Island event will offer 9200 bales to test the market’s strength at these currency levels.

Beef Beef schedules stabilised this week as the US market took a breather, but Chinese interest remains strong with last month being NZ’s largest export market and Australia seems to be running out of killable stock.

Saleyard prime steer volumes have increased with the dry and falling local trade schedules, thereby making for an early fall in the normal post Christmas price easing.

Deer More easing of venison schedules, but interest in frozen product looks sound and processors report pricing should remain ahead of last year.

After a slow start, velvet sales have resumed, Chinese buyers have returned and the Korean parliament ratified the FTA allowing the excise tax on velvet to be removed on January 1 2016.

This will give producers bigger margins and allowing further growth in the healthy food market that at present uses about 25 per cent of NZ’s production.

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 40 - 43 Prime 95 - 96 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 175 - 270 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 276 - 288 last week

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Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 79.32 90.68 17.5 kg YX SI 89.48 100.57 19.0 kg YX SI 97.23 109.27 21.0 kg YX SI 106.90 120.20 Local trade (c/kg) SI 550 620 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 55.45 59.02 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 513 532 (270-295kg) M Cow SI 352 355 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 462 467 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 520 570 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 358 406 AP Stag 60kg SI 436 489 AP Stag 80kg SI 550 620 Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 952 922 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 630 619 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 594 584 Merino 1,432 1,415

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■ FAR ARABLE RESEARCH IN ACTION DAY

Environmental regulations warning

By NadiNe Porter

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A leading Denmark arable farmer warned his Kiwi counterparts that the current environmental path they were heading down was similar to what failed in his own country in the 1980s.

Speaking to farmers at the FAR Arable Research in Action Day last week, Danish Seed Council chairman Thor Gunnar Kofoed said 30 years of environmental regulations showed that Denmark had initially got it wrong – with no positive effects on the environment at first.

New Zealand might be following the same path with regional plans, he believed.

In subsequent years Denmark has rectified the problem and has made some significant inroads into reducing the environmental footprint in agriculture.

But it hasn’t been without pain…

“If we go back to the eighties when we started – with environmental regulations we could choose two things. We could follow the politicians or leave the country. That was the reality. We tried to live with it.”

Farmers were depressed and thought it was impossible but then found it was possible to live under an environmental regime and still be in the world market, he said.

“We started foundation programmes where we took money from the farmers and we had levies that were topped up by money from Government used to build on strict research and scientific programmes of how to do it better for farmers.”

Mr Kofoed said today Denmark had the strongest environmental regulations in the world with New Zealand only having 1 per cent of

Above – Danish farmer Thor Gunnar Kofoed warned against our regional councils taking the same path as Denmark did against environmental regulations.

021215-NP-018 their compliance. “It’s not a nightmare – it’s a reality.”

The level of regulation means that for the 18 000 farmers in Denmark, 3000 were consulting to help those farmers comply while

Government had 6000 staff controlling the bureaucracy.

However, the regulations, while severely restrictive, had not been completely negative with Danish farmers in most cases increasing

Above – Farmers at the FAR Arable Research in Action day in Chertsey.

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They can only fertilise up to 84 per cent of the crops’ economic optimum. “We had to learn to give nitrogen in exactly the right moment for the crop.”

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Less maize silage g from Danish farmer in the ground

By Michelle NelsoN

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ment wanting to cut the cost of administering the “crazy system”, Mr Kofoed was hoping to be able to use 10 per cent more nitrogen and increase the amount of spray allowed to avoid resistance.

“We have only 25 per cent of the pesticides that you have. Most of the pesticides I’ve heard that you use in New Zealand are barred.”

With the handful of chemicals,

further restrictions mean farmers can only use them once a year at a low dose.

“So we have to use them at a very short and exact moment if we want to have good results out of it.”

Despite that, Denmark has doubled yields in seed crops in the past 20 years.

“But we are looking at what you

are doing down here. We take it home and change it a little bit.”

Mr Kofoed believed the only way Denmark could take market share in the seed and grass market was because they could do it cheaper.

He warned New Zealand farmers that Denmark would have large amounts of grass seed on the market this coming season.

Next season’s silage harvest is forecast to fall by 14,100 hectares on the 2015 harvest, according to the latest Arable Industry Marketing Initiative (AIMI) report.

An estimated 1,141,700 tonnes (dry matter) of silage was harvested this year which was almost identical to the 2014 harvest of 1,144,900t/DM, but the 2016 crop is likely to be down almost 25 per cent.

Federated Farmers arable vice chairman Brian Leadley said the national trend appeared to be mirrored in Mid Canterbury, where maize silage has traditionally been grown and sold on contract as a supplementary feed for the dairy industry. Dairy farmers facing a double whammy of a low payout – currently sitting around the $4.65 per kilogram milksolids mark and a looming el nino weather pattern, are looking to cut costs.

“Certainly, from the talk I’m hearing, there’s less early indications of requirement from the dairy industry – a lot of farmers weren’t offered contracts,” Mr Leadley said.

“Some of them would have been nervous to plant on the free market in the hope of activity coming in, because it’s a reasonably expensive crop to grow.

“My feeling is there would be less in the ground because of that.

There will be some farmers prepared to grow 10ha on the free market, whereas they might have grown 20ha on contract.”

Maize requires a lot of water to grow to potential and if the forecast drought eventuates it will also impact on maize yield.

“We’ve now got the situation

with the dry biting in – in some areas it’s more than a wee bit – which is linked to the low rainfall over the winter causing the ground wells to drop off performance much earlier, so even on irrigated farms it’s starting to have an impact,” Mr Leadley said.

“In the areas where maize is grown at the moment there is the potential that yield will start to drop off.”

Mr Leadley said there is increasing talk of farmers carrying cows over on the dairy platform this winter, rather than sending them out to graziers as has been the pattern in recent years.

“It will be an individual decision, some farmers have long-term relationships with graziers and they will probably be keen to maintain those into the future. There’s activity both ways but there’s certainly been an area of winterfeed put in on a number of dairy platforms to try and winter over on farm this season. How many are looking to do that with all cows remains to be seen.”

However, the demand for supplementary feed could increase as pasture growth declines, as dairy farmers make the decision whether to destock or buy in supplementary feed to get them through the remainder of summer to next spring.

The AIMI report recorded 13,900t of maize grain remained unsold as at October 31, compared to about 1160 the previous year. Mr Leadley said the carryover crop will largely be confined to the North Island.

“There’s very little maize grain grown in the South Island – most of it goes to feed mills which goes into stock feeds and mixes.”

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■ FRANCHISE LEAGUE

Support for women’s rights in Ashburton

BY KATHLEEN STRINGER

R

ecently we obtained a single copy of an interesting newspaper The Prohibitionist and Direct Veto Advocate.

As one can guess, much of the content was focused on the demon drink and its effects and how to rid society of its evils.

A sad case was reported of a Christchurch man who was earning money but spent most of it on drink, necessitating his wife, who was refined in manners and well brought up, to seek employment.

It doesn’t say what the employment was but it goes on to say that because of it she was seized with severe inflammation and while resting, her drunken husband killed her. Another snippet that caught my biased eye was a report that since Otepopo (Herbert North Otago) had been a nolicence area things had become quieter and no arrests were made for a whole year.

All this is very interesting, but what was significant for our district was a small note on the third page (edited by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union) that said a Franchise League had been formed in Ashburton.

While it may seem odd to many that a newspaper so focused on prohibition should include a report on the right of women to vote, some will already be aware of the connection. It was long believed that women, should they be given the vote, would prohibit drinking since it was often they and their children who suffered with imbibing fathers and husbands.

The meeting to establish the league, reported in the Ashburton Guardian, took place at an almost packed Odd Fellows hall.

It was presided over by the mayor, Richard Bird, who said he did not know much about women or their leagues. Fortunately the main speakers knew a lot of

the subject and included Mrs Ten Dollar herself – Kate Shepherd – and local politician Alfred Saunders.

One of the many reasons Mrs Shepherd gave as to why women should be given the vote was that taxation without representation is tyranny, 44,500 women go out to work, 760 are farmers and employ others and 738 own businesses.

The motion that a league should be formed in Ashburton was put and seconded by Wesleyan minister Rev. Lawry and businessman H. M. Jones.

It is interesting to note that although most who attended the meeting were female, it was the men who voted on the proposal.

The committee, however, was comprised entirely of women.

While the event may not have been a highlight in the history of Ashburton, it is still worth noting that women’s franchise was well supported by a number of its citizens.

Some of the Women’s Suffrage petition signatories from Ashburton. The whole petition can be viewed online at http:// www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition.

When the streets were lit by gas Visitors to Ashburton Museum can see a large glass sphere hanging from the ceiling with a small light flickering inside it.

This was once an Ashburton street light in the days before electricity was used for the purpose.

Gas made at the gas works at the corner of Walnut Avenue and East Street was piped throughout the town and was used for many purposes. One of those was lighting the streets at night, albeit very dimly.

At dusk a lamplighter would visit the site of each light, usually situated only at major intersections. He would use a hook on a long pole to turn on the tap above the glass ball and then open a small trapdoor at its base and insert a flame to ignite the gas. In the morning the process would be repeated, turning the gas off.

We don’t know where in Ashburton this particular light was used but we do have photos in the museum’s collection showing a similar light at the corner of East and Burnett streets, outside the Somerset Hotel.

Above – A similar light outside the Somerset Hotel at the corner of East and Burnett Streets in the early 20th Century.

Inset – Early gas-type street light on display in the Ashburton Museum.

Honouring the Fallen During the period of the First World War, 1914 to 1915, many men from the Ashburton District signed up to fight for the Empire against the German army. Many did not return - almost 450 from Ashburton were killed. The first Ashburton men were killed on April 25, 1915 - the first Anzac Day. Ashburton philanthropist and patriot Frederick Ferriman presented a special flag and a flagpole to the families of those men. The Ashburton Museum, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ashburton, has erected in front of the museum one of the original Ferriman flagpoles, and on the centennial of the death of each Ashburton soldier will fly a replica flag. An original flag is on display in the museum. This week the Ashburton Museum honours: December 10: John Guthrie Brass Kirkness

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RESULTS ■ Bowls Allenton Bowling Club December 3 M. & G. Cartwright drawn club triples sponsored by N. Z. Breweries.

1st B. Harrison, T. Johnson & M. Knox with 3 wins, 18 ends & 31 points.; 2nd G. Bishop, G. Sparks & B. Officer with 3 wins 17 ends & 30 points; 3rd B. Molloy, S. Doig & P. Guilford with 2 wins, 18 ends & 33 points.

Ashburton Bowling Club December 5 Saturday Roll Over Triples 1st Clarrie Brake, Alison Gibbs and Peter Quinn 2 wins 11 ends 19 points. 2nd Lex Johns and Jan Rooke 2 wins 9 ends 21 points.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Wright 4 v John Cooper 7; Jakob Smith 7 v Jeanette Mahan 6; Kaleb Small 7 v Margaret Coker 2.

Doubles: Christopher Spittal and Sam Wright 4 v John Cooper and Christina Miller 7; Jakob Smith and Kaleb Small 7 v Margaret Coker and Jeanette Mahan 3; Total Games Won: Waireka White 7 v Geraldine 3; Total Points (hoops) Waireka White 62 v Geraldine 48.

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers December 5 Summer Series, 16km. 4 riders.

1st. Ross Templeton F/T. 26m 30s. 2nd.

Dean Rattray 2f/t. 26m 30s. 3rd. Shona Proctor 3f/t. 26m 33s. 4th. Nigel Chatterton 4f/t.

■ Football English Premier League

■ Bridge

Played on Sunday: Newcastle United 2 (Skrtel 69 og, Wijnaldum 90+3), Liverpool 0. Played on Saturday: Chelsea Ashburton Bridge Club 0, AFC Bournemouth 1 (Murray 82).

December 4 Southampton 1 (Romeu 73), Aston Villa Monday Evening – Duplicate 1 (Lescott 44). Swansea 0, Leicester City N/S 1 A van Dyk and B Leighton, 2 C Gil3 (Mahrez 5, 22, 67). Watford 2 (Deeney lies and J Johnson, 3 Z Earl and P Scott 30 pen, Ighalo 90+1), Norwich City 0.

E/W 1 O and J Hooper, 2 G McCormick Arsenal 3 (Campbell 33, Giroud 63, Ramand R Logan, 3 T Downward and D sey 90+3), Sunderland 1 (Giroud 45 og).

Sewell West Bromwich Albion 1 (McClean 39), Tuesday Evening – Duplicate Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Alli 15). ManchesN/S 1 A Sim and A Wright, 2 T and P ter United 0, West Ham 0. Stoke City 2 Downward, 3 R Brownlie and I Doel (Arnautovic 7, 15), Manchester City 0.

E/W 1 S Rosevear and J Fechney, 2 L Standings P W D L F A Pts Rose and A Rooney, 3 R Kyle and Pauline Leicester City 15 9 5 1 32 21 32 Fergus Arsenal 15 9 3 3 27 13 30 Wednesday Afternoon –Duplicate Manchester City 15 9 2 4 30 16 29 1 P and T Downward, 2= M Stowell and Manchester United 15 8 5 2 20 10 29 S Rosevear, and A Maude and M Moore Tottenham Hotspur 15 6 8 1 25 12 26 4 M Buckland and D Sewell, 5 K Robb West Ham 15 6 5 4 25 21 23 and L Baker, Liverpool 15 6 5 4 18 17 23 Thursday Evening – 1st round Kops TroCrystal Palace 14 7 1 6 19 14 22 phy Watford 15 6 4 5 17 16 22 N/S 1 J Edmond and M Holdaway, 2 J Stoke City 15 6 4 5 13 14 22 Fechney and S Rosevear, 3 V Ferrier and Everton 14 5 6 3 27 19 21 A Wright Southampton 15 5 6 4 21 18 21 E/W 1 M and J de Jong, 2 K Robb and R West Brom Albion 15 5 4 6 14 19 19 McLaughlin, 3 B Macaulay and J Irwin.

Chelsea 15 4 3 8 17 24 15 Thursday evenings play for the 1st round Swansea 15 3 5 7 14 22 14 of the Kops Trophy was the Closing Norwich City 15 3 4 8 17 27 13 Night for this year’s Bridge Competitions AFC Bournemouth 15 3 4 8 18 30 13 with 74 members participating. This was Newcastle United 15 3 4 8 16 30 13 followed by the presentation of Trophies Sunderland 15 3 3 9 17 29 12 won over the year, and a lovely supper Aston Villa 15 1 3 11 13 28 6 concluded the evening.

■ Croquet South Canterbury Croquet Association Golf November 30 Croquet Interclub Advanced Grade Waireka Red v Ashbury Singles: Sue Lamb 7 v Kay Tegelaars 2; Bill Allnutt 7 v Carole Graham 3; Audrey Leath 7 v Trish Quinn 5; Jackie Rollinson 5 v Helen Cooke 7; Sue Lamb 7 v Carole Traham 2; Bill Allnutt 7 v Kay Tegelaars 1; Audrey Leath 6 v Helen Cooke 7; Jackie Rollinson 7 v Trish Quinn 3; Doubles: Sue Lamb and Bill Allnutt 7 v Kay Tegellaars and Carole Graham 5; Audrey Leath and Jackie Rollinson 7 v Trish Quinn and Helen Cooke 6; Total Games Won: Waireka Red 8 v Ashbury 2; Total Points (hoops) Waireka Red 67 v Ashbury 41; December 2 Primary Grade Waireka Red v Waimate Singles: Gail B enseman 6 v Elaine Ryan 7; Janice Murta 7 v Barbara Ramsay 3; Jackie Rollinson 7 v Emmy Garland 0; Shelagh Field 7 v Dorothy McCabe 2; Gail Benseman 7 v Barbara Ramsay 1; Janice Murta 5 v Elaine Ryan 7; Jackie Rollinson 7 v Dorothy McCabe 4; Shelagh Field 7 v Emmy Garland 2; Doubles: Gail Benseman and Janice Murta 7 v Elaine Ryan and Barbara Ramsay 3; Jackie Rollinson and Shelagh Field 7 v Emmy Garland and Dorothy McCabe 1; Total Games Won: Waireka Red 8 v Waimate 2; Total Points (hoops): Waireka Red 67 v Waimate 30; Waireka White v Geraldine Singles: Christopher Spittal 7 v John Cooper 6; Sam Wright 7 v Christina Miller 4; Jakob Smith 7 v Margaret Coker 5; Kaleb Small 7 v Jeanette Mahan 1; Christopher Spittal 5 v Christina Miller 7; Sam

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 4 Midlands Seed Friday night teams Top Team: Hoppy’s Hopefulls 91 – Adrian Hopwood, Wendy Hopwood, John Hetrick, Kristeen Williams Ladies: Mrs B’s Girls 89.5, Brandy Slice 86.5 Men: Coastal Sharks 88.5, ACL Hackers United 87, X Cockies 86.5, The Big Test Icicles 86 Mixed: Slice n Dice 87, Stroke n Poke 83.5 Top lady: Margaret Bean 34.5 Top man: Brendon Neilson 34.5 Nearest the Pins; Templeton Motors – Malcolm Stoddart; Paul May Motors – Peter Morrison (2); Mac & Maggies – Mal Trewavas; BP Ashburton –Di Engelbrecht Gabites Lucky Player – Wendy Bruce, BP Lucky Player – Janice Ackerley Twos: Brendon Neilson, Wendy Bruce, Tony Bennett December 5 Christmas Salvers Hotel Ashburton Super Liquor Tournament Winners - Woman: Rhonda Gallagher 41pts; Man Gaby Jansen: 43 pts. Other winning women’s scores were: Nicky Gill 39, Bev Chinn 38, Brenda Fechney 37 and Vicki Moore 36. Winning men’s scores were: Peter Pratt 42, Shane Beavan 42, Adrian Hopwood 41, Derek Shaw 41 and Mal Trewavas 40.

Nearest The Pins: #4 Gaby Jansen, #8 Maxine Carter, #12 Bruce Day # 14 Robynne Nicol, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) Kevin Smith.

Twos: Charlie Alexander, Adrian Hopwood, Bryan Donaldson, Robynne Nicol and Bruce Day. Birdy Jackpot: #7; Net Eagles: #4

Mayfield Golf Club December 2

www.guardianonline.co.nz Twilight 9 Hole Stableford Bill Allan 23 Stabieford Points, Dave Whittaker 20, Jeff McNeily 19 Ian Beach 19, Wayne Vessey 17 Arnold Rushton 17.

Tinwald Golf Club December 5 Christmas Tournament stableford.

Leading scores in the Christmas Tournament stableford played on Saturday were: Men; Wayne Ross 47, Brent Kirdy 45, Richard Thompson 43, Dave Allan 43, Lindsay Jackson 43. Women; Diana Wellman 41, Leen Bell 40, Helen Argyle 40, Maree Moore 40, Sonja Mee 40. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Brian Rouse. Gluyas Ford # 6; Andrew Barrie.

Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Craig Meyrick. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; George Cartney. Two’s: Wayne Ross, Cawte Whiting, Warren Scott, Richard Thompson, Colleen Linney, Diana Wellman

Twilight December 3 Par Men: 0-6: Brent Smith 3 up b/l Justin Smith 3 up, Brent Kirdy 2 up b/l 7-10: Ray Wards 5 up, Brent Green 4 up, Andrew Barrie 4 up, Wayne Mellish 3 up, Craig Campbell 3 up, Tony Clarke 3 up b/l. 11 plus: Clarrie Whiting 4 up, Pete Ranson 3 up, Ben Stoddart 2 up, Jon McAuliffe 1 up b/l. Women 0-14: Barb MacGregor 1 up, Belinda Kirdy 1 up, Elizabeth Collins square b/l. 15 plus: Sue Gutsell 4 up, Maree Moore 1 up, Diana Wellman 1 up. NonHandicap Jenny Harrex 33 net. Bayley’s nearest the pin: # 2 June Steenson. # 12 Brent Green. Radio Hokonui lucky card; John Smitheram. Two’s; John Smitheram, Mata Kamate, June Bruhns, Brent Smith, Brent Green.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis December 2 Twilight Tennis Section 1 ADC Aces 15 v Get A Grip 18, Spare Parts 20 v A N Other 13, Council Crew 16 v The Hackers 17, High Raters 16 v Tridents 17, Misfits 14 v Electric Donkey Bottom Biters 19, Tradies 13 v Brophy Knight 20.

Section 2 The Racqueteers 18 v The Racketeers 15, Rob’s Mob 17 v Baseline Bandits 16, The Unknowns 14 v The Twilight Ferns 19, Vegue & Co 16 v Sapphires 17, TBC 15 v Hit 4 Brains 18.

December 5 Mixed Masters Orange lost to Red 5 matches to 1 P. Yates & B. Sivier lost to D. Fisher & M. Morrow 2-9, S. Letham & G. Esker lost to T. Robinson & B. Riseley 3-9, P. Yates & G. Esker lost to D. Fisher & B. Riseley 6-9, B. Sivier & S. Letham beat M. Morrow & T Robinson 9-7, P. Yates & S. Letham lost to D. Fisher & T. Robinson 8-9, B. Sivier & G. Esker lost to M. Morrow & B. Riseley 5-9.

Green beat Gold 5 matches to 1 H. Woodhouse & B. Donaldson lost to W. Christie & L. Robinson 5-9, R. Wilson & A. Hodson lost to F. Royston & S. Clemens 5-9, H. Woodhouse & A. Hodson lost to W. Christie & S. Clemens 3-9, B. Donaldson & R. Wilson lost to L. Robinson & F. Royston 2-9, H. Woodhouse & R. Wilson beat W. Christie & F. Royston 9-5, B. Donaldson & A. Hodson lost to L. Robinson & S. Clemens 5-9.

A Grade Methven beat Fairton 4 matches to 2 F. Ness & S. Bubb beat P. Leonard & P. Crozier 4-6, 7-6 (12-10), 1-0 (10-5), J. Hill & H. Hood lost to D. Taylor & T. Leonard 4-6, 3-6, S. Bubb beat A. Mitchell 6-2, 6-1, F. Ness beat P. Crozier 6-3, 6-4, J. Hill beat D. Taylor 6-2, 6-2, H. Hood lost to T. Leonard 0-6, 0-6.

Hampstead beat Tinwald 4 matches to 2 Connor Brosnahan & T. Brosnahan beat T. McCann & A. Leonard 6-4, 6-1, Christal Brosnahan & Jane Brosnahan beat A. Reid & M. Lucas 6-4, 6-1, Connor Brosnahan lost to T. McCann 3-6, 3-6, T. Brosnahan beat A. Leonard 6-4, 6-4, Christal Brosnahan beat A. Reid 6-4, 6-1, Jade Brosnahan lost to M. Lucac 6-3, 4-6, 0-1 (8-10).

Allenton beat Southern 4 matches to 2 G. Feutz & B. Looij lost to A. Hunt & N. Thomassen 6-3, 2-6, 0-1 (9-11), H. Dargue & L. Donnelly beat C. Murdoch & O. McKeown 6-1, 7-5, G. Feutz lost to A. Hunt 2-6, 6-3, 0-1 (6-10), B. Looij beat

N. Thomassen 6-0, 6-3, H. Dargue beat C. Murdoch 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (10-6), M. Ness beat O. McKeown 6-4, 6-2.

A Reserve Tinwald beat Hampstead 7 sets to 6 D. Scott & J. Millar lost to Q. Ritchie & J. Brosnahan 2-6, 6-4, 0-1 (8-10), J. Jones & S. Millar beat L. Schikker & J. Aschen 6-1, 6-1, D. Scott beat Q. Ritchie 6-2, 6-1, J. Jones lost to J. Brosnahan 3-6, 5-7, J. Millar lost to L. Schikker 3-6, 0-6, S. Millar beat J. Aschen 6-4, 6-1.

Allenton/Wakanui lost to Methven 53 games to 45 M. Looij & R. Twamley beat L. Muckle & R. Taggart 6-3, 6-2, J. Settle & T. Donnelly lost to J. Molloy & S. Innes 1-6, 2-6, M. Looij beat L. Muckle 6-3, 6-2, R. Twamley beat R. Taggart 6-4, 6-3, J. Settle lost to J. Molloy 3-6, 1-6, T. Donnelly lost to S. Innes 1-6, 1-6.

B Grade Southern Warriors beat Rakaia Blue 4 matches to 2 A. Watt & L. Adams lost to J. Helem & J. Blakemore 7-9, L. Slee & R. Watt beat H. Helem & T. Bassett 9-6, A. Watt lost to J. Helem 6-7 (5-7), 4-6, L. Slee beat H. Helem 6-1, 6-2, R. Watt beat T. Bassett 6-3, 6-3, L. Adams beat J. Blakemore 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8).

Junior A/B Wakanui/Southern beat Longbeach/Willowby 31 games to 30 J. Adams & W. Copland beat E. Keating & S. Scott 6-2, L. Peck & G. Austin lost to J. Keating & C. Brook 3-6, J. Adam beat E. Keating 9-2, L. Peck beat J. Keating 9-2, W. Copland lost to S. Scott 3-9, G. Austin lost to C. Brook 1-9.

Junior C Hinds/Southern Stars lost to Hinds Southern Stingers 5 matches to 1 C. O’Connell & J. Furrer beat K. Olawale & R. McKeown 6-3, L. Jones & C. Maddison lost to E. Kingston & S. Henson 1-6, C. O’Connell lost to K. Olawale 4-6, J. Furrer lost to R. McKeown 4-6, L. Jones lost to E. Kingston 2-6, C. Maddison lost to S. Henson 0-6.

Allenton lost to Methven 5 matches to 1 D. Gilbert & I. Harris lost to J. Irwin & A. Cavanagh 1-6, A. Harris & J. Amos beat B. Giera & E. Watson 6-3, D. Gilbert lost to J. Irwin 0-6, I. Harris lost to A. Cavanagh 0-6, A. Harris lost to B. Giera 2-6, J. Amos lost to E. Watson 3-6.

Hampstead beat Methven White 5 matches to 1 H. Feutz & E. Bessai beat J. Campbell & C. McSweeney 6-2, A. Whittaker & I. Adam beat A. Armour & H. Waring 6-1, H. Feutz lost to J. Campbell 1-6, E. Bessai beat C. McSweeney 6-1, A. Whittaker beat A. Armour 6-2, I. Adam beat H. Waring 6-3.

Grade Unknown Hampstead beat Methven4 matches to 2 O. Bubb & E. Trumper beat G. CaseySolly & G. Holdsworth 6-4, J. Williams & J. Barry beat C. Holmes & J. McDonald 6-3, O. Bubb beat G. Casey-Solly 9-6, E. Trumper lost to C. Holmes 3-9, J. Williams lost to J. McDonald 4-9, J. Barry beat G. Holdsworth 9-6.

Christchurch Competition December 4 Girls Challenger 3 Mid Canterbury beat Te Kura Red 4 matches to 2 M. Looij & R. Taggart beat A. Willimann & E. Cross 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), S. Innes & I. Talbot beat N. Hetherington & Z. Coberger-Taite 6-2, 6-3, M. Looij beat A. Willimann 6-0, 6-1, I. Talbot lost to E. Cross 0-6, 3-6, S. Innes lost to N. Hetterington 5-7, 6-0, 0-1 (5-10), R. Taggart beat Z. Coberger-Taite 6-4, 6-1.

DRAWS ■ Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club December 11 Toyota Friday Triples The following skips have entered teams:J Argyle, N Atkinson, T Blain, L Connell, G Crack, J Dennis, G Eder, M Eder, D Gutberlet, B Harper, B Harrison, G Hawkins, R Herriott, B Holdom, T Johnson, C Leech, J Smart, B Marsden, J Martin, E Maw, B Neilson, M Quinn, M Reid, J Ryk, B Saussey, N Sharplin, M Smallridge, A Smith, G Taylor, W Watts, B White, B

Williams.

Inquiries to J Ryk Phone 308-7907.

Heartland Pairs and Fours December 12 9.30 am start The following skips have entered Teams, N Atkinson, G Bishop, C Dennis, G Eder, R Fensom, R Gutberlet, R Herriott, B Holdom, C Leech, A MacKenzie, B Mayson, J Ryk, B White, B Williams.

Place for two more teams - contact J Ryk ph 308-7907.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club December 13 The first of the Summer Stableford rounds will be played on Sunday after the Toro Interprovincial Tournament has finished. This is the first qualifying round for the Property Brokers Shootout competition Starting Time: Morning 8.00am, Afternoon Report at 12.00 for a 12.30 start.

Sunday Starters: Starting from the Pro Shop. Results Match Committee.

■ Softball Mid Canterbury Softball Devon Tavern Slow Pitch Draw December 11 Played at Hampstead Grounds 6:00 pm Start D2 - S & Giggles v Young Ones 6:30 pm Start D1 Marines & Angels v Pitch Slappers 7:10 pm Start D2 - As Good As It Gets v S & Giggles

Mid Canterbury Softball Association December 12 U7 T Ball - 9:00 am Start T1 - Tinwald Dolphins v Hampstead Gold, T2 - Hampstead Bases v Wakanui Whackers, T3 - Townsend Seeds Rakaia Rangers v Allenton Angels, T4 - Hampstead Blue v Longbeach Stars, T5 - Borough Bashers v Borough Bandits U9 T Ball - 10:15 am Start T1 - Wakanui Wreckers v Borough Bombers, T2 - Netherby Nomads v Hampstead Stars, T3 - Hampstead Strikers v Allenton Diamonds U11 Little League - 9:00am Start D3 - Ash Demons Cubs v Hislop Builders Rakaia Red Sox, Umpire: Fairfield, Hampstead Braves - Bye U13 Little League - 9:00 am Start D1 - Ash Demons Cardinals v Hampstead All Stars, Umpire: TBA, D2 - Fairfield Juniors v Rakaia Service Centre Ravens, Umpire: Renegades U16 Junior League - 10:30 am Start D2 - NZ Real Estate Fairfield v Ash Demons Rangers, Umpire: Hampstead, D4 - Ash Demons Tigers v Betaquip Rakaia Battlers, Umpire: Rebels Senior Mixed 1:00 pm Start D1: Ash Demons Renegades v Devon Tavern Hampstead Heat, Plate: Rebels Base: Fairfield 3:00pm Start D1 - Fairfield Marines & Angels v Ash Demons Rebels, Plate: Hampstead - Base: Renegades

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis December 12 Junior Tennis - Round 8 All games to start at 9am sharp B Grade - played at ATTC Duty Team Hinds Southern Warriors Tinwald Orange v Rakaia Blue; Hinds Southern Warriors v Dorie; Methven Green v Hampstead; Bye – Allenton.

Junior A & Junior B Combined Grade Hampstead/Tinwald v Wakanui Southern Wild Slammers at Wakanui; Methven Red v Methven Silver at Methven Domain; Hinds/Southern Allenton v Hampstead at Allenton; Allenton v Dorie/ Rakaia B at Rakaia; Bye - Longbeach/ Willowby.

Junior C Hinds Southern Stars v Dorie C at Dorie Hall; Allenton v Hinds Southern Stingers at Mayfield; Rakaia Rascals v Hampstead at Rakaia; Methven White v Methven Black at Mt Hutt College.

Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

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■ FOOTBALL

In brief

Newcastle upset Liverpool Martin Skrtel scored his seventh Premier League own goal as relegation-threatened Newcastle upset Liverpool 2-0 yesterday.

The sliding defender deflected a shot from Georginio Wijnaldum into his own net in the 69th minute at St. James’ Park to give Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp his first away defeat in the league.

Liverpool, which thrashed Southampton 6-1 midweek in the League Cup quarter-finals, thought it had equalised against the Magpies with 10 minutes left but Alberto Moreno’s impressive strike was ruled offside.

Wijnaldum added a second for the hosts on a counter-attack in stoppage time to reduce the pressure on head coach Steve McClaren and slightly ease relegation fears.

Liverpool’s Christian Benteke and substitute Daniel Sturridge were earlier both guilty of bad misses, but the Newcastle defence proved resilient and a midfield which had created little started to fire.

The visitors’ first real chance came on 21 minutes when Dejan Lovren headed down Alberto Moreno’s corner and Benteke stabbed the ball over from close range.

Newcastle took the lead when Wijnaldum’s persistence allowed him to send in a right-foot shot from a tight angle and, in his efforts to block it, Skrtel could only help the ball over goalkeeper

Warriors stable Coach Andrew McFadden says news the Warriors are close to securing a new 10-year lease of Mt Smart Stadium and the fact Eric Watson has secured sole club ownership will guarantee stability at all levels of the organisation.

Nothing has been agreed, but the Warriors and Regional Facilities Auckland have been discussing a new 10-year lease for the NRL club after their current deal expires in 2018.

- NZME

Lease extension Western Springs looks set to remain the home of speedway with promoters in talks to extend their lease beyond the current term which ends in 2018. A proposed shift from Western Springs to Mt Smart Stadium, as part of Regional Facilities Auckland’s initial stadium strategy, appears to be on the backburner with the Warriors now set to take up a new 10-year lease at the Penrose venue after their current deal expires in 2018. Speedway promoter Greg Mosen confirmed they are hoping to extend their tenure at Western Springs, and that no other alternative speedway venues have been proposed by RFA. - NZME

Kaino makes his point Newcastle United’s Georginio Wijnaldum (right), celebrates his goal with his teammates during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St James’ Park, Newcastle, England yesterday.

PHOTO AP Simon Mignolet. Sturridge fired wastefully wide after being played in down the right with 15 minutes remaining and Lovren headed weakly at Rob Elliot as

time ran down, but victory was assured four minutes into stoppage time when Wijnaldum deftly chipped Moussa Sissoko’s pass over the advancing Mignolet.

Outspoken Fury repeats views New world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has repeated views on women that have seen him accused of sexism and declared that he is “a good role model” for children.

Fury, a nominee for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, was criticised after claiming a woman’s place was “in the kitchen and on her back” and for saying that Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica EnnisHill “slaps up good”.

He has also likened homosexuality to paedophilia, prompting an anti-discrimination campaigner to set up a petition calling for Fury to be removed from the BBC shortlist, which to date has attracted over 50,000 signatures.

But in a YouTube video for IFL TV published on Sunday, Fury said: “I’m a little bit backward. I didn’t really go to school. Which part of (saying) a woman looks good in a dress is sexist?

“Or was it about the cooking and cleaning? I stand up for my beliefs. My wife’s there (standing beside Fury).

“Her job is cooking and cleaning and looking after these kids.

That’s it.

“She does get to make some decisions. What she’s going to cook me for tea in a bit when I get home. That’s the decisions

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Tyson Fury: “People should look up to me.” what she gets to make (sic).

“That’s my beliefs, just like I believe in Lord Jesus Christ as my lord and saviour and if anyone wants to dispute that, let them do it.”

Fury, 27, was also scathing about the people who have signed the petition, branding them “50,000 wankers”.

“People should look up to me,” he added. “Young kids. I am a good role model. I’ll show them how men should really be. And

kids can take note from that. I am a good role model. Lots of kids look up to me.”

Fury stunned Wladimir Klitschko in Duesseldorf last weekend to win the WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight belts.

The BBC has defended its decision to shortlist him for its flagship award, saying it is “not an endorsement of an individual’s personal beliefs”.

- AFP

After 15 rounds, Liverpool has 23 points, 10 more than 18thplace Newcastle which is behind Bournemouth and Norwich on goal difference.

- AP

Pink ball in NZ action?

A proposed Plunket Shield round under lights in February is awaiting final approval from New Zealand Cricket.

Following the inaugural daynight test at Adelaide at the end of last month, NZC officials have raised the idea of a complete round of pink ball first-class cricket.

A round starting on February 20 has Auckland facing Otago at Eden Park; Northern Districts hosting Canterbury at Hamilton’s Seddon Park and Central Districts playing Wellington at McLean Park in Napier.

Those are three of only four grounds in New Zealand with floodlights, the other being Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

NZC are doing due diligence on a range of aspects, including light strength, resource management and ground capacity.

It’s likely a final decision is about a week to 10 days away.

“If we can do it we will, but we want to do it properly,” NZC manager of cricket Lindsay Crocker said yesterday.

“We want to make sure the grounds are well able to hold a pink ball game before we embark on it.”

- NZME

If there is one point Blues’ captain Jerome Kaino would like to drive into his young squad before Christmas, it is that there is no such thing as a rebuilding season.

The Blues have a new coaching team, a host of new, inexperienced players and a new format to deal with – but none of that should lessen their expectations, says Kaino. “I don’t buy this idea that you should ease into things at all.

If you can take the title in the first year – take it. Grab it with both hands.

- NZME

Pitch ‘unacceptable’ Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) has labelled the North Harbour pitch used in the A-League match between the Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory match as unacceptable for professional football. After consulting with the Victory and Phoenix players, PFA Player Relations Manager Simon Colosimo said a review of the A-League playing surface minimum standards should be conducted.

“The playing surface posed huge risks to the health and safety of players,” said Colosimo. “We are talking about people’s livelihoods and it’s simply unacceptable to put players at risk by forcing them to play on a substandard surface.”

- NZME

FBI looking at Blatter The FBI is investigating Sepp Blatter’s role in a kickbacks scandal that involved his predecessor as FIFA president, Joao Havelange, the BBC reported. The BBC said it would air a programme with evidence that indicates Blatter knew about millions of dollars in bribes being paid out to senior FIFA officials in the 1990s by sports marketing company ISL in return for television and marketing rights. Havelange had to resign as honorary FIFA president over his role in the case, but Blatter has denied knowledge of the payments.

- NZME

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■ ATHLETICS

In brief

Bronze for Clough at champs

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Three pupils from Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College took on the country’s finest student-athletes at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships last weekend.

In all, more than 1250 students from 180 schools converged on the all-weather athletics complex at Aorangi Park in Timaru.

Ashburton College’s Matthew Clough was the standout performer of the College trio, the 15-year-old took out third place in the Junior Boys’ 4km road race with a time of 12:35, 20 seconds behind the eventual winner Alexander Hull, of Kerikeri High School.

Sala Bueta could only muster 13th place in the Girls’ Under-20 shot-put, with a distance of 10.21m, but the 16-year-old was one of the youngest in her category.

Maddie Evans placed 10th and 12th in the Senior Girls’ 800 and 1500 metre races respectively, but notched personal bests in both, posting a time of 2.28.96 in the 800m and 5.11.38 in the 1500m.

Aimee Elliott produced the best

Keen to win again Newly-crowned V8 Supercars champion Mark Winterbottom says claiming his first title has given his team the belief it needs to win another. The Ford driver claimed his maiden championship at the Sydney 500 over the weekend and yesterday unveiled the No. 1 sticker on his Falcon FGX in Sydney before declaring his intention to win a second title. “You win it once, appreciate it, enjoy it and respect it,” Winterbottom said in Pyrmont. “And then you come back next year and try and defend it. That’s got to be the goal.”

His main contender for the crown, Triple Eight Racing’s Craig Lowndes, fell out of contention on Saturday after his Holden Commodore found the wall in Sydney. But having played the bridesmaid for a number of years, Winterbottom says Prodrive Racing Australia can now build on their breakthrough win.

- AAP

Hopoate joins dogs

Maddie Evans, Sala Bueta and Matthew Clough represented Ashburton College at the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships last weekend in Timaru.

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result of the Mount Hutt College contingent, finishing in 6th spot in the Under-16 Girls’ 4km road race in 14:32, 39 seconds behind

winner Amelia Persson from Christchurch Girls’ High School.

Mount Hutt’s other participants, Hamish Dewhurst (Senior

Boys’ javelin) and Victoria Pluck (Junior Girls’ shot-put) both placed 20th in their respective events.

NSW State of Origin back Will Hopoate has signed a two-year NRL contract with Canterbury.

Hopoate joins the Bulldogs from Parramatta, where he spent the previous two seasons before severing ties after a contract dispute. “Will is an exciting young player who has already achieved so much in the game,” Bulldogs chief executive Raelene Castle said.

- AAP

Hockeyroos too strong

■ BOXING

Gallen still wants to fight Sonny Bill Williams Paul Gallen says he’s still dreaming of taking on Sonny Bill Williams in the boxing ring, with the match-up a possibility at the end of next year.

Gallen (4-0) and Williams (7-0) both remain undefeated in the heavyweight boxing division, however busy schedules in their chosen rugby codes have meant a bout has been almost impos-

M3 Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 8 Dec 2015 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 1.25pm OTAGO FIRST4 MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 72523 Devilskin nwtd ........................J T McInerney 2 Homebush Johnny nwtd.........J T McInerney 3 3x762 Pacific Vibe nwtd ....................J T McInerney 4 88656 Homebush Kayla nwtd ...........J T McInerney 5 63687 Hyde Baxter nwtd...................J T McInerney 6 75823 Another Casino nwtd..............J T McInerney 7 46884 Some Excitment nwtd .................D Kingston 8 64 Rookie Racer nwtd...................... B I Conner 9 Doosh nwtd ............................J T McInerney 10 F Just Wong nwtd ......................J T McInerney 2 1.45pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 310m 1 33782 Homebush Crash nwtd...........J T McInerney 2 75221 Definite nwtd .................................R Adcock 3 83272 Crystall McBell 19.00 .............J T McInerney 4 1 Storming Norm nwtd ................... B I Conner 5 74842 Eug The Scrooge nwtd M & ..............Jopson 6 86556 Lignite Girl nwtd .....................J T McInerney 7 67773 Fancy Action nwtd S & ....................B Evans 8 45134 Opawa Bucks Eye nwtd L & ............... Wales 9 46264 Jewel Apache nwtd S & ..................B Evans 10 7x717 Mitchell Dean 18.81 ..........................M J Hill 3 2.05pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C0, 545m 1 46641 Tamara May nwtd ............................ M Grant 2 27335 Opawa Faith nwtd L & ........................ Wales 3 24525 Pianissimo nwtd .......................... B I Conner 4 45x2 Opawa Jemaine nwtd J & ...............D Fahey 5 44756 Light Thaw nwtd .................................J Allen 6 56643 Octagons Ghost nwtd ....................J Guthrie 7 4546 Freckle Flyer nwtd ..............................J Allen 8 37 Ultra Action nwtd S & ......................B Evans

sible. “We’re talking about it but I suppose it’s just hard to line our two schedules up,” Cronulla forward Gallen told Fox Sports News.

“I suppose if it doesn’t happen in the next 18 months, it’s probably not going to happen.

“Hopefully this time next year or in 18 months it might happen.”

A fight between the pair would be a guaranteed crowd-puller and TV ratings would also likely be through the roof.

Both have been amongst the top rugby league players over the past decade - and often controversial figures - while All Blacks World Cup-winner Williams has also made a big impression in the 15-man game.

“I think Sonny Bill Williams is the end game, to be honest,” Gallen said.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve got visions of becoming a world champion or even an Australian champion.

“But when I had my first fight, three or four years ago, everyone said oh, you need to fight Sonny Bill.”

-AAP

Georgina Morgan’s last-second goal has clinched Australia’s women’s hockey team an upset 2-1 win over hosts Argentina at the World League finals. With scores locked up in their pool match in Rosario, the Hockeyroos earned a penalty corner with one second on the clock. Morgan, who scored Australia’s only goal in their 1-0 tournament-opening victory over China ayt the weekend, converted the chance with a drag flick. Jodie Kenny only equalised for Australia with seven minutes remaining after Delfina Merinos had put Argentina in front early in the first half. - AA

Otago dogs

Today at Forbury Park Raceway 4 2.25pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER STAKES C1, 545m

1 34646 Heritage Watch nwtd ......................J Guthrie 2 22333 Midnight Action 33.86 S &...............B Evans 3 34463 Nina Baxter 33.14 ..................J T McInerney 4 87774 La Kinks nwtd.................................. M Grant 5 54734 Goldstar Archie 33.53 M & ................Jopson 6 22F34 Filante nwtd..................................... M Grant 7 44564 Opawa Paul nwtd L &......................... Wales 8 66375 Opawa Shiloh nwtd L & ...................... Wales 9 43558 Subterfuge 33.54 ...............................J Allen 10 54676 Moon And Sea 33.92 .........................J Allen 5 2.45pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 26753 Thunder Dragon 19.20 .......................J Allen 2 83243 Sam’s Flyin Norm nwtd ...................J Tanner 3 75653 Katie Ate It nwtd ........................ M Robinson 4 65433 Homebush Errol 18.44 ...........J T McInerney 5 84833 Glory Hog nwtd ......................J T McInerney 6 64361 Rio Action 19.37 S & .......................B Evans 7 56451 Timely Reminder nwtd M & ...............Jopson 8 74857 Thrilling Shrimp nwtd .................. B I Conner 9 53354 Stenson nwtd .................................. M Grant 10 36264 Definer nwtd ..................................R Adcock 6 3.05 NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY SPRINT C1, 310m 1 47453 Smash Easy 18.78 .......................... M Grant 2 88743 Johnnybruce nwtd ..................J T McInerney 3 21143 Joey Baxter nwtd ...................J T McInerney 4 87372 Goldstar Rosie 18.79 S & ...............B Evans 5 57358 Business Boss 18.71 ........................S Keen 6 58622 Conaloo nwtd ............................ M Robinson 7 16572 Pukeko Warrior 18.77.....................B Healey 8 24852 Royal Action 18.82 S & ...................B Evans 9 22334 Mr. November 19.36 M & ..................Jopson 10 4x7F4 Cool Dexter nwtd....................... A Bradshaw 7 3.23pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE STAKES

C2/3, 545m 1 77847 Opawa Stretch 32.36 L & ................... Wales 2 55548 Goldstar Junior 32.76 S & ...............B Evans 3 55146 Homebush Buck 33.29 ...........J T McInerney 4 78532 Botany Kevin 32.33 ................J T McInerney 5 25146 Hello Blondie nwtd ........................R Adcock 6 36583 Know Neglect nwtd ........................G Cleeve 7 24131 Know Clown 33.76 .........................G Cleeve 8 22332 Opawa Val nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 9 63565 Know Answer nwtd.........................G Cleeve 10 52221 Pukeko Bolt 32.48 ..........................B Healey 8 3.43pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C4, 310m 1 35564 Opawa Rocket 18.64 L & ................... Wales 2 53354 Opawa Idol nwtd L & .......................... Wales 3 31F36 Opawa Opal 19.08 L & ....................... Wales 4 44722 Another Fortune 18.43 ............. P Hammond 5 75774 Homebush Paige 18.69..........J T McInerney 6 75164 Om Nom Nom nwtd ...............J T McInerney 7 24127 Grand Apache 18.80 S & ................B Evans 8 34726 Get Ready Freddy 18.51 ...........A Bradshaw 9 37468 Homebush Rocky 18.33 .........J T McInerney 10 38885 Goldstar Chumlee 18.48 S & ..........B Evans 9 3.58pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C2, 310m 1 56441 Pukeko Thunder 18.77 ...................C Healey 2 14528 Monaco Denver 18.67 M & ...................J Hill 3 45671 No More Beersies 18.58 ............. B I Conner 4 78644 Tell The Boys 18.86 ................J T McInerney 5 22516 Car Bootle 18.49 ....................... M Robinson 6 22321 Homebush Fine nwtd .............J T McInerney 7 54721 Blazing Hot nwtd M &........................Jopson 8 85541 Magic Arrow nwtd M & ......................Jopson 9 23146 Cherry Crusher 18.79 .......................M J Hill 10 45242 Increasing 18.69 ............................. M Grant 10 4.18pm FAR SOUTH CHALLENGE HEATS (GROUP 2) C5q, 545m

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26653 Black Crow nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 27144 Know Scholar 32.89 .......................G Cleeve 7542F Ugo Flash 32.18 J & .......................D Fahey 461x1 Robbie 32.43.................................R Adcock 18338 Breaking Mad nwtd ......................... M Grant 24233 Trust Issues 32.41 J &.....................D Fahey 13213 Another Message nwtd ..........J T McInerney 54431 Homebush Kelso nwtd ...........J T McInerney 3848x Elephant Gunn nwtd .....................R Adcock 56655 Know Cheers nwtd .........................G Cleeve 11 4.33pm FAR SOUTH CHALLENGE HEATS (GROUP 2) C5q, 545m 1 14115 Dream Collector nwtd J & ...............D Fahey 2 16381 Bound To Erupt 33.18 ..................... M Grant 3 46142 Ambilight 32.42 .........................A Bradshaw 4 76827 Homebush Chopper 32.18 .....J T McInerney 5 65253 Know Danger 32.44 .......................G Cleeve 6 32817 Boston Billy nwtd H &..........................Taylor 7 54222 Southern Lights 32.53 .................R Hamilton 8 74528 Another Liz nwtd ....................J T McInerney 9 16458 Mystic Action 32.54 J &...................D Fahey 10 46758 Homebush Howard nwtd ........J T McInerney 12 4.53pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP SPRINT C2/3, 310m 1 78366 Adjudicator nwtd S &.......................B Evans 2 65814 Ilabb nwtd M & ..................................Jopson 3 64675 Bad Week 18.46.....................J T McInerney 4 78837 Thrilling Marty nwtd..................... B I Conner 5 43655 Red Hot Fury 18.75 M & ...................Jopson 6 88227 Homebush Rufus 18.69 .........J T McInerney 7 86825 San Sebastian 18.57..........................J Allen 8 13231 Gossip Queen nwtd ..................A Bradshaw Emergencies: 9 66587 Wine Time nwtd .....................J T McInerney 10 28778 Homebush Zippy 18.63 ..........J T McInerney 13 5.10pm ROBBIES BAR AND BISTRO SPRINT C2, 310m 1 48416 Go Tommo nwtd M &.........................Jopson

76271 Pagani nwtd M & ...............................Jopson 61443 Fair Cruzin 18.94....................J T McInerney 46141 Know Thanks nwtd .........................G Cleeve 65817 Slingo nwtd ............................... M Robinson x8747 Sprinkles 18.58 ......................J T McInerney 43851 Thrilling Hunt nwtd ...................... B I Conner 45711 Goldstar Bomber nwtd S & .............B Evans 16736 Winne Willow 18.64...........................M J Hill 22x27 Adrenalin Kick nwtd ...............J T McInerney 14 5.27pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 22ND DECEMBER C2/3, 310m 1 45153 Uno Brent nwtd L & ............................ Wales 2 72868 Tepirita Hendrix nwtd M & .................Jopson 3 56767 Human Instinct 18.92 .............J T McInerney 4 76427 Homebush Gru 18.76.............J T McInerney 5 12632 Cabarita 18.83 ................................ M Grant 6 x6271 New Thang nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 7 47542 Jamaican Archie 18.76 M & ..............Jopson 8 42588 Hershy Pie nwtd M &.........................Jopson Emergencies: 9 47788 Thunder Storm 18.72 .............J T McInerney 10 53755 Homebush Riley 18.94 ...........J T McInerney SELECTIONS Race 1: Pacific Vibe, Devilskin, Another Casino, Rookie Racer Race 2: Storming Norm, Crystall McBell, Homebush Crash Race 3: Tamara May, Pianissimo, Opawa Faith, Ultra Action Race 4: Midnight Action, Filante, Opawa Paul, Goldstar Archie Race 5: Homebush Errol, Timely Reminder, Thunder Dragon Race 6: Royal Action, Smash Easy, Joey Baxter, Johnnybruce Race 7: Opawa Val, Know Clown, Opawa Stretch, Goldstar Junior Race 8: Opawa Rocket, Grand Apache, Opawa Opal Race 9: No More Beersies, Car Bootle, Pukeko Thunder Race 10: Robbie, Ugo Flash, Trust Issues, Homebush Kelso Race 11: Dream Collector, Know Danger, Homebush Chopper Race 12: Bad Week, Adjudicator, Homebush Rufus, Wine Time Race 13: Goldstar Bomber, Pagani, Go Tommo, Sprinkles Race 14: Jamaican Archie, Uno Brent, New Thang, Tepirita Hendrix 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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For over 135 years, the Ashburton Guardian has been market leaders in the specialist field of delivering news to Mid Canterbury.

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You will be selling into our daily newspaper, farming publications, exciting monthly lifestyle magazine YOU and also digital platform.

We are looking for a team player with a competitive spirit, driven by achieving results and targets. This role will be based between Christchurch and Ashburton.

Connie Davidson, Maddie Lowry and Mathieson Colquhoun in action on Sunday.

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Late start no barrier

By James Ford

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A late start to the season did not hold Nigel Douglas back from recording a hard earned victory in Tinwald Cycling Club’s 52km handicap event around the Chertsey block on Sunday.

Riding off the break mark, Douglas and his co-markers worked hard to make their way through the field, finding the front inside the last 13km.

It was Douglas who had enough in reserve for the final kick to the line to edge out second place-getter Michael Gallagher.

Paul Macfie, who is starting to

find some good form leading into next week’s club championships claimed the third place spoils.

Leeston visitor, Steve Caldwell, secured fourth place with Dave Knight and Rob Hooper rounding out the top six.

Scratch rider, Michael Templeton, lifted fastest time honours riding the course in 75.55 while co-markers Hamish McDonald and Tony Ward secured second and third times.

The juniors and division two competed in a 13km handicap event.

The ever consistent pocket rocket Maddie Lowry took the win after a

ding-dong battle with her co-marker Mathieson Colquhoun and the result was only settled in the sprint to the line.

Dylan Leech backed up his recent good form to take third place edging his sister Suzie into fourth place.

Connie Davidson and Jenna Borthwick rounded out the top six with Jenna covering the distance in 24.21 to take fastest time honours from Oliver Davidson and Maddie Lowry and Janette Hooper took the division two spoils.

Next week the club will contest one of its blue ribbon events with club titles up for grabs in the 64km event around the Wakanui block.

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In return we will provide: • Full time position • Attractive base salary + OTES’s (circa $60k - $80k pa) • Great and enthusiastic business culture • Social Club You will be reaching for the stars in this role.

If you think you have what it takes to excel, join us on this exciting adventure!

Please send your CV and cover letter to:

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The Blues have introduced light blue to their traditional navy jersey, along with light blue shorts. The Hurricanes’ new strip is predominantly black with yellow above the chest.

The Crusaders’ jersey has black above the chest, with the rest of the strip red.

The Highlanders and Chiefs strips look similar to previous seasons.

The strips were designed in conjunction with Maori All Blacks Kaumatua Luke Crawford and renowned local artist Dave Burke.

“These jerseys continue to build on our commitment to developing unique ways for players and fans to celebrate their team.

“The Highlanders showed us the ferocity and determination required in this modern day game to take out the final last year from the valiant Hurricanes - so, this year, we pay even greater homage to the power of the Celtics with a bold ref-

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GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist 9.30am Church, Cnr Main Road and Jane St, Tinwald.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 9.45am and 1.15pm Walking group, meet at the Church, 48 GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Allens Road, Allenton.

Golf croquet singles. Waireka, Philip Street.

9.30am 10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH OP-SHOP. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. Op shop closed until Mid-January 2016.

New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

Ashburton Baptist Church, cnr Cass and 10am Havelock Streets.

M.S.A. TAI CHI. 9.30am - 12.30pm Exercises and Tai Chi for Arthritis, M.S.A. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH

Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12noon - 3pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

Document or service from a JP, open every Tuesday. Community House, 122 Tancred Street. (rear of Westpac Bank).

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm

M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club social day, new members welcome.

M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse Rd. 1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR CITIZENS. Christmas entertainment $5 with special afternoon tea. Senior Centre, Cameron St. 7.30pm MANIA-O-ROTO SCOUTS ZONE. Annual General Meeting. All welcome.

Mania-o-roto Hall, 2 Chalmers Avenue.

A social group for Masters swimming. E A Network Centre Pool, River Terrace.

Wednesday

1pm - 3pm ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa.

St Andrews Anglican church hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. New rooms open for research. Ground floor Heritage Centre, West Street.

1.15pm GOLF CROQUET WAIREKA. Doubles. Waireka Club, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association and golf croquet, new members

welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish St. 6pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Call in after work and have a go, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Sports grounds,115 Racecourse Road.

6pm ASHBURTON ROSE GROUP. Christmas meeting with pot luck tea. Rose show, Catholic Rooms, Winter St. 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Remembrance Service, 48 Allens Rd, Allenton.

7.30pm R.S.A. POOL SECTION. Weekly Pool nights. R.S.A. Cox Street.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Peel Forest, new members most welcome, phone Jenny 308-6862. Meet Ashburton Court house, Baring Square West.

9.30am - 1.30 pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Op Shop closed until Mid-January 2016. Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

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MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S. A.Cox Street.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK. Coffee mornings held 1st and 3rd Wednesday at Reflections Cafe. East St. Please come we would love to meet you.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. Social hall, Havelock St.

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Conor Rogers Best wishes special grandson on your 9th Birthday. Lots of love Nana and Grandad. xxx Ryan Watkin Happy 1st Birthday wee man.

Lots of love Nana, Grandad, Aunty Nicola and Cousin Ethan. xxxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Though half-dead, intend to make one lose dignity (6) 4. How to put it across at the card table (6) 9. It takes a scholar’s books and may be taken aback (7) 10. Beat the one and the other that could be about right (5) 11. Price punter gets not even sufficient, initially (4) 12. A film award nonetheless will leave its mark (4) 13. What is given in audience to some of the artistes (3) 15. Cross a square pole (4) 16. What to do, if it’s needling, is contract one’s brows (4) 19. Polish a red stone endlessly (3) 21. It will soften what needs changing (4) 22. Professionals charge them for being in coffee sometimes (4) 24. Not being married, has no son by the fireplace (5) 25. Some err in translating it as pangs of conscience (7) 26. Olive and Emerald are ecologically conscious people (6) 27. Do a crime? Then send one to prison! (6)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It won’t be enough for you to know a person’s name. You’ll want to also know their story. And they can’t deliver said “story,” you’ll respect that person all the more — a clean slate.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The Internet tells you to spoil the one you adore with hugs and kisses — not bad advice. Much depends on timing. You’re playing a sophisticated game. One answer does not fit all.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The Bible suggests we are dust and will return to it. Joni Mitchell echoed the sentiments when she sang, “We are star dust.

We are golden.” You’ll feel those words today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): There is a person who depends on you. This is real and important. Be all you can be to that person today. This is one of many days in a chapter of time, and yet it is the only day we can do something about.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Maybe you don’t even know how you got into it, but you are in it now. For a lot of the day you’ll wonder how to get out of it. The expression that rules after that: Good riddance.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): It takes a long time to be a master. That’s why the masters are exonerated. You’ll praise one today without knowing how your praise will land. It will mean more than the master lets on.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): When someone makes an effort, you encourage. Words help; actions speak louder. You’ve a good idea about the action you should take, so go for it: You are always on the ready to make things better for you and yours.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You attract good friends; no question. Do they measure up to the standards that others set for you? Maybe not. Are those people in a position to set your standards? Maybe not.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): It’s fine if you don’t make sense. In fact, stop. Then realise: No one makes sense all of the time. Your nonsense will have a certain genius to it today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Playing the game — that’s where the fun is for you. The score only matters in as much as it’s a marker for who gets to play and who doesn’t.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Art is not science.

As much as one tries to measure it and weigh it and make sense of it, it can never work on a logical scale. And neither can a certain relationship you have that is prettying up the walls of your life.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’ll use all of the tools available to you to connect with like minds. This will accentuate your tendencies. By finding kindred spirits, you’ll feed the person you are.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 Featuring Ricky Gervais. 0 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale Megan worries her secret is out; Pete gets a lifeline; Chrissie frets over the new living arrangements. 0 1:30 Coronation Street 3 Roy’s emotions bubble over; Maddie’s admission intrigues Sophie; Stella realises her affection for Kal. 0 2pm May The Best House Win 3 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Transformers Rescue Bots 0 6:50 Grizzly Tales 3 0 7:15 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:35 Art Attack 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks 0 4pm KC Undercover 0 4:30 Good Luck Charlie 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 3 0 7:30 Highway Cops Campers and 7:30 My Kitchen Rules New convoys make for a busy day Zealand 0 on the Crown Range road; a 8:30 World’s Fattest Man – A slow driver creates a stir in Love Story AO 0 Canterbury; holiday-makers 9:35 F Empire Lucious makes come unstuck on the Milford a play for the streaming road. 0 service he believes will put 8pm Piha Rescue PGR 0 him on the map as the most 8:35 One Born Every Minute AO 0 powerful man in music. 0 9:35 Battle Creek AO 0 10:35 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 10:35 One News Tonight 0

11:05 NZ Detectives AO 0 12:05 Attitude Awards 3 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:05 Faith In Action 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Kindness Diaries 7am Getaway 7:30 IFish 8am Carter Can 8:30 Natural World – Killer Algae 9:30 Jamie’s Family Christmas 10am Poh’s Kitchen 10:30 Salvage Hunters 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon How Cities Work 1pm The Kindness Diaries 1:30 Getaway 2pm Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railway Journeys 3pm IFish 3:30 Carter Can 4pm Natural World – Salmon Forest 5pm River Cottage Forever 5:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries 5:57 Simon Gault Vignettes 6pm The Get Growing Roadshow 6:30 Buying Alaska 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Location, Location, Location 8:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers A team of experts helps homeowners take their next step up the property ladder.

9:30 Fantasy Homes By The Sea 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm River Cottage Forever 11:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Bath Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am IFish 1:30 Carter Can 2am Natural World – Salmon Forest 3am The Get Growing Roadshow 3:30 Buying Alaska 4am Location, Location, Location 5am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers

TV THREE 6am Paul Henry 9am The Queen Latifah Show PGR Are You Normal? with Dr Drew; The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus.

9:55 Story 3 0 10:30 Infomercials Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO 1pm Dr Phil AO 3 Dr Phil discusses domestic gun violence.

2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 3 Three fathers-to-be compete in baby-care challenges.

3pm The Real Housewives Of Orange County 4pm The Biggest Loser Australia 0 5pm Survivor: Cambodia – Second Chance 6pm 3 News

7pm Story 7:30 Gold Coast Cops PGR 3 0 8:30 NCIS AO Gibbs calls on the team to help DEA Agent Luis Mitchell with a case that keeps going cold. 0 9:30 SVU AO A child is caught in a famous couple’s unpleasant divorce. 0 10:25 Newsworthy 10:55 Motive AO 3 0

11:05 The Whispers AO 12:05 Body 11:55 Infomercials Of Proof AO 0 1am Highway Patrol 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 The Real 3 3:25 Supernatural AO 3 0 4:10 The Vampire Diaries AO 3 0 4:55 Regular Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

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6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm Psych PGR 3 After Henry is shot in the chest, and is taken to hospital with his life in danger, Shawn seeks revenge on the shooter, and everyone else involved.

3pm Storage Wars 3 (Part 2) As the 100-vault auction continues, running into the night, Darrell takes charge without Brandon, winning a vault that furnishes his bank roll.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special Taking inspiration from all over Europe, Mary and Paul put a twist on British Christmas favourites, including St Lucia buns, and white chocolateand-ginger cheesecake.

8:35 Prime Rocks – Dixie Chicks PGR 10:35 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Surfing – WSL Women’s World Championship (Highlights) Cascais Women’s Pro – Day Seven.

6:30 The Fishing Show 7:30 UFC Embedded Aldo v McGregor.

8:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Sydney 500, Race 34. 9am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Sydney 500, Race 35.

9:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Sydney 500, Race 36. 10am The F1 Show 11am Rugby – World Sevens (Highlights) Dubai – Day One. 12:30 Rugby – World Sevens (Highlights) 2pm World Rugby 2:30 Golf Central 3:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 4pm Rugby – Women’s World Sevens (Replay) 6pm UFC Flashback 6:30 UFC Embedded 7:30 UFC Now 8:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Wellington Firebirds.

9pm Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Northern Knights v Auckland Aces.

9:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds.

10pm The Cricket Show 10:30 Hockey – Men’s World League (Replay)

11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:50 Infomercials

11:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:05 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:05 Home Shopping

12:30 Champions League Weekly 1am Europa League Weekly The latest action in Europe’s secondary club tournament. 2am Football – A-League (Replay) Adelaide United v Perth Glory. 4am Football – NZ Premiership (Replay) Southern United v WaiBOP United.

SKY SPORT 2 Tarau Porowha 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari 3 8pm Waiata 8:30 M Boardheads PGR 3 2010 Sports Documentary.

10pm Te Iti Kahurangi 3 Empire 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9:35pm on TV2 11pm Mataora 11:30 Closedown

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6am CSI MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Storage Wars – Texas PG 7:40 Lizard Lick Towing PG 8:05 Survivor – Tocantins PG 8:55 NCIS LA MV 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds MV 11:25 Helicopter Heroes – Down Under PG 11:55 Border Security PG 12:20 CSI MV 1:05 Hardcore Pawn PGL 1:30 NCIS LA MV 2:20 CSI MV 3:10 Survivor – Tocantins PG 4pm Storage Wars – Texas PG 4:30 Lizard Lick Towing PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 NCIS LA MV 6:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 7pm Storage Wars – Texas PG 7:30 Criminal Minds MV 1/2.

8:30 Elementary MV 9:30 CSI – Cyber MV 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds MV (Part 1)

6:30 Monster Mako M 7:30 Great White Highway PG 8:30 I Escaped Jaws M 9:25 Sharkzilla PG 10:20 I Escaped Jaws II M 11:15 Lair Of The Mega Shark M 12:10 Mythbusters v Jaws M 1:05 Air Jaws PG 2pm I Escaped Jaws M 2:55 Bride Of Jaws M 3:50 Monster Mako M 4:45 Sharkzilla PG 5:40 I Escaped Jaws II M 6:35 Mythbusters v Jaws M 7:30 Air Jaws PG A team of researchers study the flying sharks they call Air Jaws.

8:30 Ninja Sharks PG 9:30 Tiburones – Sharks Of Cuba PG 10:30 Jaws Strikes Back PG 11:30 Shark After Dark M

12:30 Survivor – Tocantins PG 1:20 Lizard Lick Towing PG 1:45 CSI MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Elementary MV 4:45 CSI – Cyber MV 5:35 Hardcore Pawn PGL

Midnight Mythbusters v Jaws M 12:55 Air Jaws PG 1:50 Ninja Sharks PG 2:45 Tiburones – Sharks Of Cuba PG 3:40 Return Of Jaws PG 4:35 Jaws Strikes Back M 5:30 I Escaped Jaws II M

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Danny Phantom 3 8am The Wild Thornberrys 3 0 8:30 Chuggington 3 0 8:40 Hi-5 House 3 9:05 The Moe Show 3 0 9:15 Peppa Pig 3 9:20 Fireman Sam 0 9:30 Thomas And Friends 3 9:40 Bob The Builder 3 9:50 Barney And Friends 3 10:15 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Mr Young 3 5pm iCarly 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Punk’d 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 F America’s Next Top Model PGR The remaining models participate in one final challenge before Tyra names the season winner.

8:30 M Closed Circuit AO 2013 Thriller. Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Julia Stiles.

10:30 Burn Notice AO 3

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Fitness In The Whare 3 9:30 Joe’s World On A Plate 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 2 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 SpongeBob

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MOVIES PREMIERE 7:35 Red 2 MVL 2013 Action.

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren.

9:30 The Riot Club 16VLSC 2014 Drama. Max Irons. 11:20 The Curse Of Downers Grove 16VLSC 2014 Horror. Kevin Zegers, Bella Heathcote. 12:50 The Judge ML 2014 Drama. Robert Downey jr, Robert Duvall. 3:10 Red 2 MVL 2013 Action. Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren.

5:05 When Love Is Not Enough – The Lois Wilson Story MC 2010 Drama. Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper.

6:45 Rob The Mob 16VLSC 2014 Crime. Michael Pitt, Andy Garcia.

8:30 Inbetweeners 2 16LS 2014 Comedy. James Buckley, Joe Thomas. 10:10 No Good Deed 16VLC 2014 Thriller. Idris Elba, Taraji P Henson. 11:35 Roadside 16VL 2013 Horror. Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman. WEDNESDAY 12:55 Rob The Mob 16VLSC 2014 Crime. Michael Pitt, Andy Garcia.

2:40 The Making Of Fury PGV 2:55 Inbetweeners 2 16LS 2014 Comedy. James Buckley, Joe Thomas. 4:30 Roadside 16VL 2013 Horror. Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman. 5:50 Biography – Colin Farrell PG

6:30 Rugby – Secondary Schools Condor Sevens (Highlights) 8am Cricket – International (Highlights) India v South Africa – Fourth Test, Day Five. 8:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Wellington Firebirds.

9am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Northern Knights v Auckland Aces. 9:30 Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special, 7:30pm on Prime Auckland Aces v Wellington Firebirds. 10am The Cricket Show 10:30 Queenstown International MOVIES GREATS Marathon (Highlights) 11am Golf – Australian PGA Championship 6:10 The X-Files MV 1998 (Highlights) Round Four. Noon The Sci-fi. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson. 8:10 27 Dresses Fishing Show 1pm Cricket – International (Highlights) India PGL 2008 Romantic Comedy. v South Africa – Fourth Test, Day Katherine Heigl, James Marsden.

Five. 1:30 UFC Embedded Aldo 10am The Making Of Get v McGregor. 2:30 The F1 Show Smart PG 10:20 Heartbreakers 3:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars MLS 2001 Romantic Comedy.

Championship (Highlights) Sydney Gene Hackman, Sigourney Weaver, 500, Race 34. 4pm Motorsport Jennifer Love Hewitt. 12:25 The – V8 Supercars Championship X-Files MV 1998 Sci-fi.

(Highlights) Sydney 500, Race 35.

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson.

4:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars 2:25 27 Dresses PGL 2008 Romantic Comedy. Katherine Heigl, Championship (Highlights) Sydney James Marsden. 4:15 The Mummy 500, Race 36. 5pm Europa League Weekly 6pm New Zealand MV 1999 Action. Brendan Fraser, Football Weekly 6:30 Football Rachel Weisz. 6:20 The Mummy – A-League Highlights Show Returns MV 2001 Adventure.

7pm Football League Show Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz.

7:30 Football – A-League 8:30 The Scorpion King MV (Highlights) 8pm Champions 2002 Action. The Rock, Kelly Hu. League Weekly 8:30 Sky Sport 10pm Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 Horror. Robert Eglund, Ken Kirzinger. TBC 10:30 Sky Sport Select 11pm Rugby – World Sevens 11:35 Yes Man MLS 2008 Comedy. Jim Carrey, Rhys Darby.

(Highlights) WEDNESDAY 12:30 Rugby – World Sevens WEDNESDAY 1:20 The Mummy MV 1999 Action. (Highlights) 2am Rugby – Secondary Schools Condor Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz.

Sevens (Highlights) 3:30 Sky Sport 3:20 Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 Select 4am Rugby – Women’s Horror. 4:55 The Scorpion King World Sevens (Replay) MV 2002 Action.

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Greg Feutz netted a hat-trick in the Expendables’ 6-4 win over Eagy Tango in the premier grade final at the EA Networks Centre Stadium on Sunday.

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Dramatic comeback

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The Expendables made a dramatic comeback to win the Mid Canterbury premier grade futsal final 6-4 at the EA Networks Centre Stadium over Eagy Tango on Sunday evening.

The Expendables found themselves trailing 3-0 at halftime, but a rousing team talk at the interval proved the catalyst for an impressive fight-back.

Greg Feutz and Stan Pokipoki both bagged hat-tricks, while Eagy Tango could only find the

net once in the second half.

Feutz said his side failed to play with urgency in the first half but was pleased with the second half display.

“We didn’t play our own game in the first half and we didn’t find our rhythm,” he said.

“We had a chat at halftime, and then in the second half we created opportunities, holes opened and we finished well.”

Following a successful inaugural year, Mid Canterbury futsal co-ordinator Feutz is hoping for more participants when the sport

returns in February, insisting all are welcome, of all ages and abilities.

“We’re looking to grow this sport and we welcome interest from individuals or groups, there’s a level to suit everyone,” he said.

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