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A group of 18 Mid Canterbury-based Brazilians ventured to Christchurch yesterday to watch their countrymen do battle with North Korea in the Fifa under 20 World Cup. Maria Marcario (wearing white) said the group had been “so excited” to attend the match and were even more excited by Brazil’s 3-0 win.

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An Ashburton man seriously injured when a ferry boat engine exploded in Bali on Friday is expected to recover without requiring surgery on his broken back, his father says.

Twenty-eight-year-old Paul Sinclair and his girlfriend Anna Love were on the last leg of a 10-day holiday when the engine exploded beneath Paul, sending him flying and breaking his back.

Paul was transferred to a Darwin hospital in Australia’s Northern Territories, in the early hours of yesterday morning, his father Allan Sinclair told the Guardian.

Later on Sunday Mr Sinclair and his wife Mary received news that Paul was expected to recover without surgical intervention.

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Anna Love and Paul Sinclair are now in Darwin, where Paul is undergoing treatment for a fractured back.

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“He has had treatment for the burns but won’t require grafts. His back is fractured and he will be in a brace for a long time, but he won’t need surgery.

It could have been an awful lot worse,” Mr Sinclair said. “Anna is okay, she

has some superficial burns but nothing too serious.”

While the news on his son’s physical injuries was positive, Mr Sinclair said Paul was still dealing with the emotional trauma.

“He still sounds pretty shaken up.

He had to climb out from the bottom of the boat through the hole that had been blasted in it,” Mr Sinclair said.

“The boat was filling up with water and he had to climb out of there with a broken back or he would have drowned.”

At that point no one knew what caused the explosion.

“They were sitting on a boat and there was an explosion, they had no idea what had happened or whether they were under attack. People were flying around with broken bones and burns.”

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Ben Barrington is swapping his Dancing With the Stars sequins for medical scrubs after signing on with Shortland Street. The Outrageous Fortune and Almighty Johnsons star has joined the TV soap to play dashing plastic surgeon Dr Drew McCaskill. The doc will send female pulses racing on the Shorty Street hospital wards. “McCaskill is a charming rogue who will cause havoc with the ladies and wind up all the men,” Barrington said.

“He is gleefully unrepentant and I think people are going to love him.” Barrington has been working around the clock juggling filming for Shortland Street and appearing on Dancing With the Stars. Barrington makes his Shortland Street debut on our screens in August and hopes his character will be a permanent fixture. “I’m hoping Dr Drew settles in because I’m keen to stick around.”

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New music on the cards Fleetwood Mac have not ruled out a new album in the future.

The iconic rock band, comprised of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, is currently performing concerts around the world on their On with the Show tour. And although Fleetwood tells UK newspaper The Mirror he’d like to see the group cut another record because they have a lot of new songs, his bandmember Nicks isn’t so sure. “Honestly, I just don’t know about it. This tour has been so hard and so breathtakingly overwhelming,” she said. Fleetwood turns 68 years old on June 24.

Brotherly love Photographs showing Prince George holding his little sister, Princess Charlotte - and even giving her a kiss - have been released by Kensington Palace. Charlotte, who was born just over a month ago on May 2, looks happy and content as her older brother puts a protective arm around his baby sibling in the four photographs. The pictures were taken by their proud mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, at their family home, Anmer Hall in Norfolk, a few weeks ago when Charlotte was around two weeks old. In one image the baby princess looks as if she is just about to smile as her brother, aged 21 months at the time, plants a kiss on her forehead.

The baby princess was taken by her parents to their Norfolk home a few days after she was born and she will be christened at a nearby church on the Queen’s Sandringham estate. Charlotte will be baptised at St Mary Magdalene Church on Sunday July 5 at a private ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Lorde’s graced the covers of Billboard, Elle and Rolling Stone - and now she’s nabbed a spot on the front of Vogue Australia. The 18-year-old singer stars on the fashion bible’s July music issue wearing a floral Gucci dress with her trademark locks flowing. It’s Lorde’s first Vogue Australia cover, and the issue features an interview with the singer where she talks about how her world has expanded since finding fame and taking time out in her hometown, Auckland. Lorde tweeted the cover yesterday, commenting, “Your girl on the cover of a pretty underground publication known as @vogueaustralia”. Lorde’s mother Sonja Yelich also showed her support, sharing the cover and ending her post by saying she was so proud of all her girls.

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Milo change causes outrage A change to Milo’s recipe has caused outrage among fans of the chocolatey drink, who say it now tastes “gross and disgusting”. A Facebook page, “Change Milo back to the old recipe”, is pleading for a change of heart from makers Nestle. The page has 501 likes, with many disgruntled consumers saying they won’t buy Milo anymore. Angry fans said the new product tasted less chocolatey and more malty.

Nestle said it had removed vitamin A, B1 and magnesium, and added vitamin D, B3, B6, and B12, to “help active kids, and adults, perform at their best”. Mum Taryn Ibell, who started the facebook page, said she discovered the change after opening a new packet last week. “It tasted disgusting. Like all malt and nothing else.” She said she used Milo as a way to encourage her daughter, who was born premature and was fed through a tube for two years, to drink milk.

“Now she won’t touch the stuff,” she said.

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■ NATIONAL STANDARDS

Principal’s fears over new report

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A new report into the controversial National Standards programme has one Mid Canterbury principal fearing the worst.

The Ministry of Education report into National Standards found that teachers’ judgements of how well children were performing against the standards

lacked dependability.

The study covered 15,838 children at 100 schools in 2013, and compared the maths judgements of teachers at 39 schools with those made using a computer-based system that has been developed to help teachers make more accurate national standards decisions.

The report found that 60 per

cent of teachers’ judgements differed from those reached using the computer-based system.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Chris Murphy said teachers made judgements based on a range of factors, including test scores, conversations with the child, and day--to-day teaching.

“Testing is a very strong in-

dicator of how children are achieving, but it’s not the only thing teachers take into consideration,” he said.

Mr Murphy was concerned that the report’s findings would create a push towards national testing, which he said schools were “vehemently against”.

“Schools’ worst fear is that it will force us into a system where

Methven students rock their way to victory Mount Hutt College students have rocked it at the South Canterbury Smokefreerockquest finals.

While pipped at the post by second time regional winners Kudos from Oamaru, members of the Mount Hutt band Fullhouse were delighted to come runner-up in the band category in Timaru on Friday night.

Fullhouse is made up of Jacob Keeley (bass), Jessie Jacobs (lead vocals), Sithum Jayatilleke (lead guitar), Jack Mcdonald (keyboard), Samuel McDonald (rhythm guitar) and Hamish Hood (drums).

Mount Hutt College students Chelsea Klever-Muir and Macey Dalglish, who make up the duo known as Dalmur, placed second in the solo/duo category behind Joseph Balfe from Waitaki Boys’ High School.

Chelsea and Macey also took home the People’s Choice and Lowdown Best Song awards with two original folk ballad compositions.

“It was cool, the kids were actually over the moon,” music tutor Wayne Pannett said.

“The competition was serious, we didn’t expect to take the award in the band category.

“The band have been playing

people, rightly or wrongly, will start comparing school data as a judgement on how well that school is performing,” he said.

Labour Party education spokesperson Chris Hipkins said the Government had repeatedly ignored advice from teachers that the standards were flawed and inconsistent.

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Mount Hutt College band Fullhouse played their way to the runner-up spot in the band category at the South Canterbury Smokefreerockquest finals on Friday night.

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for three or four years but this was their first Rockquest.”

Both acts won musical gear and the opportunity to gain selection for the national final at Auckland’s Raye Freedman Centre in September.

Smokefreerockquest Founder and director Glenn Common said more bands than ever before were reaching the high standard required from nation-

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Results: Band 1st: Kudos from Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu, St Kevin’s College & Waitaki Boys’ High School Band 2nd: Fullhouse, Mount Hutt College Solo/Duo 1st: Joseph Balfe, Waitaki Boys’ High School Solo/Duo 2nd: Dalmur (duo), Mount Hutt College Band 3rd: Semi Colon Closed Parenthesis, Geraldine High School, Opihi College

APRA Lyric Award: ‘Vanity’ by Ethan Coster of Pseudo Sane, Geraldine High School People’s Choice: Dalmur, Mount Hutt College Lowdown Best Song: Second song from Dalmur, Mount Hutt College Smokefree Award For Women’s Musicianship: Ruby Fraser, from Bitter Class, Craighead Diocesan School MAINZ musicianship award with the opportunity to win a $4000 MAINZ scholarship: Joseph Balfe, Waitaki Boys’ High School

There was no first aid kit on the boat, and no ambulances or stretchers waiting for the injured when the stricken ferry was towed to port.

Paul was initially transported to Lombok public hospital on a surfboard, then shifted to a private hospital for an MRI scan, which revealed the spinal compression fracture.

Mr and Mrs Sinclair have not yet decided whether to travel to Darwin.

“We are waiting to see how long Paul is expected to be there, he wants to get home as soon as possible,” Mr Sinclair said.

Local news service Antara News reported there were 129 passengers onboard the ferry at the time, of which 11 suffered burns and eight people had broken bones.

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■ BROADBAND ACCESS

In brief

Share of funds up for grabs

By Sue NewmaN

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The Ashburton District Council is about to make a pitch for a share of funding that could see better access to broadband in isolated parts of the district.

In March, Communications Minister Amy Adams put out a call to all councils, seeking their views on priority areas and how they would support better broadband access in their community.

At the time she warned councils that competition was likely

to be tough for the dollars available and councils were told they would need to put their best cases forward.

To date, she said, there had been an encouraging level of interest.

“A number of councils have grabbed this opportunity with both hands and already I’m seeing some innovative ideas.

With only one month to go before submissions close, councils need to continue to take an active role in working with residents and businesses to identi-

fy opportunities for broadband use and support rapid uptake,” Mrs Adams said.

At stake, is between $152 million and $210 million to lift the UFB programme coverage from 75 per cent to 80 per cent of New Zealanders, 100 million to expand the Rural Broadband programme and $50 million to improve mobile coverage in black spot areas along main highways and in popular tourist destinations.

Local authorities are also invited to identify the next prior-

ities and ways they can support better connectivity of broadband and mobile coverage in their areas.

While the Ashburton District Council has gathered information on where some of the poorer reception areas are in the district for cellphone coverage and ways in which the council could support whatever agency was awarded the contract, a submission had yet to be drafted, said council community relations manager Vincie Billante.

■ PLAY THERAPY

Play therapy a popular counselling approach

By CaitliN Porter

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Play therapy might be a term that not many people are familiar with, but one Ashburton woman is trying to change that.

Merle Brown is a qualified play therapist, who completed three years of study extramurally through the Canterbury Christ Church University in the United Kingdom last year.

Play therapy is a counselling approach, specific to young children, which allows them to identify and release feelings such as anxiety, disappointment, aggression and confusion.

Mrs Brown currently works at Presbyterian Support in Ashburton, but also provides a home-based service which she is in the process of getting up and running, called Turning Point Play Therapy.

She is passionate about children and after a career as a piano teacher, decided it was time to change direction.

“I’ve had a heart for kids for yonks,” she said.

Mrs Brown started off by running groups for children from broken homes, but said there was always one child that she knew needed ongoing work.

She now works with children

Four winners from all corners of the country have claimed a share in Saturday night’s Lotto draw. Tickets bought in Kaiwaka, Auckland, Gisborne and Invercargill have each won $250,000 with Lotto First Division. The tickets were sold at Jaques Four Square in Kaiwaka, MyLotto in Auckland, Network Video in Gisborne and Collingwood Food Centre in Invercargill. Powerball was not struck and next week jackpots to $18 million.

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Earthquakes Two small quakes struck just northwest of Gisborne on Saturday night. The first struck at 10.29pm, 15km southwest of Matawai at a depth of 6km. The magnitude 3.4 quake had a Mercalli intensity of 5, GeoNet said. The second, magnitude 3 quake struck just three minutes later in the same location at a depth of 9km. - NZME

Schools to be audited The finances of every public secondary school in New Zealand are being investigated by the Office of the Auditor-General, hunting for breaches over charges to parents. The Education Ministry launched a crackdown on parent donation rules in 2013. The rules mean schools cannot ask parents for money for activities considered part of the national curriculum.

If auditors found a school was collecting payments from parents that did not comply with the guidelines it would be raised in the auditor’s management letter to the board. The school would be earmarked to check it was complying in the following year’s audit.

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Qualified play therapist Merle Brown is spreading the word about play therapy.

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aged from five to 12, and offers a service which allows them to have a safe place to work through their troubles.

Children from broken homes, children of divorce, or those who have experienced any sort of trauma or have issues with their social skills are all welcome, she said.

Right now she is booked up

and said it is a shame there are not more fully qualified play therapists.

When she takes on a new client, she assesses them before allowing them to spend time in her play environment and simply, play.

“It is a lot of fun, but there is a science behind it all.”

After a number of sessions,

as the process takes time, Mrs Brown will reassess the child.

Mrs Brown and the child’s parents and teachers often see the child change after a period of play therapy and become more at peace.

For more information on play therapy and how it works, people can contact Mrs Brown at Presbyterian Support.

Euthanasia group welcomes Seales’ court decision Euthanasia-Free NZ has welcomed the court ruling on Lecretia Seales’ bid to allow a doctor to help her die.

The group said it commended Justice David Collins on upholding the law, and agreed legislative change is the role of parliament, not the courts.

Ms Seales died on Friday morning, shortly after learning that a judge ruled her doc-

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tor could not assist her to end her life without risk of prosecution.

Renee Joubert, executive officer of Euthanasia-Free NZ, said she was relieved to read that Ms Seales had died comfortably, relatively quickly, and surrounded by loved ones – “not the long, painful death she feared”.

“The legalisation of volun-

tary euthanasia and assisted suicide is not merely a matter of individual choice and should not be based on individual tragic cases,” Ms Joubert said.

“It’s a major shift in public policy, with wider implications and unintended consequences for all of society that need to be carefully considered.”

Ms Joubert said it was im-

possible to prevent abuse and coercion, no matter how safeguards were written.

“As a society we need to do everything possible to relieve people’s suffering and ensure that everyone dies comfortably and with dignity.

However, this legislation is not the solution. It’s simply too dangerous for society.”

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Police forensic experts have been called in to examine suspect secondary school exam papers after markers believed they had been altered. An education source revealed to the Herald on Sunday this week a forensic handwriting expert was asked to analyse work during the marking of last year’s NCEA exams to determine if a student had deliberately altered an answer booklet sent back for re-assessment. NZQA would not reveal the outcome of the investigation.

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Teen cut from car A teenager was critically injured and had to be cut from his car after a crash left it wrapped around a tree on what locals called a “notorious bend” in Mount Maunganui about 4am on Saturday. Residents were woken in the early hours by the sound of two large crashes – first when his car hit a parked car and seconds later when it hit a tree just metres from a house. The 19-year-old man remained in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit on Saturday night.

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Lotto results Official Lotto results for draw number 1461 drawn on Saturday.

Winning numbers (in ascending order): 1, 10, 19, 29, 32, 37.

Bonus number: 16.

Powerball winning number: 5.

Strike: 29, 32, 37, 10.

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■ HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY

Hospice receives $20,000 grant

By Sue NewmaN

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A $20,000 grant from the MidSouth Canterbury Community Trust will make a significant difference to the range of services Hospice Mid Canterbury can offer its clients, says hospice trustee Jane Wright.

The Ashburton District benefitted to the tune of $75,500 in the grants round.

Mid Canterbury’s hospice has been established over the past few months and last week held its first public meeting.

The attendance and support

that came at the meeting were confirmation that the hospice philosophy, that offers a wrap around support service to the dying and their families, was much needed, Mrs Wright said.

“Now we’re extremely grateful to receive this grant, it’s our first one,” she said.

The money will be used to provide a counselling and massage service and allow the hospice to move ahead with its bereavement service.

A team of biography writers is in training and will shortly

be available to work with people who are dying, to record their memories and life stories.

Doing this often provided a form of closure for the person involved but was also a valuable healing aid for their families, Mrs Wright said.

Since the public launch, the amount of support and encouragement from the public had been incredible, she said.

“A lot of people have signed up as volunteers. A lot are very keen to help, they say they’ll do anything they can to help.”

And while some services the

hospice will provide will be paid positions for people who are qualified in a specific field, further grants were needed to allow this to happen.

However, from last week’s meeting several people with expertise in those areas had offered to help bridge the service gap, she said.

Hospice Mid Canterbury will provide information, education and support for patients, families and carers throughout the district with services such as counselling, bereavement support, day respite, holistic

therapies and biography writing.

While most care organisations worked from a physical base, hospice was a philosophy rather than a building and it promoted quality of life, aiming to help people with life-limiting illnesses to live as fully and as comfortably as possible.

“The hospice philosophy recognises that dying is not only a physical journey, but also a social, emotional and spiritual one,” Mrs Wright said.

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■ JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

A couple of wines and a mid-life crisis helped spark an invention which aims to significantly reduce the waste created by school lunches.

Honeywrap, a natural re-usable food wrap, is one of the creative ideas to be presented at next Sunday’s Auckland Fair. The plastic wrap alternative is made

from organic cotton fused with beeswax, tree resin and natural preservatives. It is re-usable for up to a year and fully biodegradable.

It was created by Auckland mothers Tara Strahan, Amy Demuth and Jo Falloon. The fair will be held at Shed 10 on Auckland’s waterfront.

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Allenton School student Sophie from Room 6 shows plenty of style during the school’s jump rope for heart skip-off.

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Skipping for a good cause Over the past five weeks students from Allenton School, from five-year-olds to seniors, have been skipping.

For them it was exercise with a dual purpose – fitness and raising money.

The school biannually takes part in the New Zealand Heart Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart campaign and organiser teacher Nicky Gill said enthusiasm had been high throughout the project.

Each student was charged with obtaining sponsorship for the event, with funds going to the heart foundation, although a percentage of the money is returned

to the school and will be used to upgrade athletics equipment, Mrs Gill said.

The event culminated in a skip-off on Friday afternoon where students hopped and jumped within their ropes for an hour.

The students worked in mixed age groups with the older skippers providing younger students with encouragement to keep their rope turning.

The skip-off wrapped up with skipping demonstrations from the school’s top skippers and included a skipped highland dance by Mia Grieve.

Measures in place to protect troops Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says he’s confident in measures in place to protect Kiwi troops in Iraq.

Mr Brownlee has returned from a secret 48-hour visit to New Zealand Defence Force personnel who are working to train Iraqi forces in Taji, near Baghdad.

He told TVNZ’s Q&A there could be cells of ISIL supporters active in the area, but he was confident in the way the risks were being managed.

Troops in Taji were working in a com-

pound with a secure, patrolled, perimeter and were housed under “two feet of concrete,” he said.

He also praised the New Zealand and Australian troops for how they had developed a rapport with the Iraq soldiers, including learning to give instructions in Arabic.

Mr Brownlee told Q&A that the troops were happy to be putting their skills to use, but concerned about how their mission is viewed in New Zealand.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE PRODUCTION

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Gearing up for opening night

Woman dies in crash

Ashburton College’s vampires have been fine-tuning their skills in preparation for the opening night of Dracula this week.

The classic horror, based on Bram Stoker’s version of the play, will stage at the college’s auditorium from June 10 to 13 at 7pm each night.

The play is in three acts, the first in Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, the second in England where Dracula is headed to, and the third in a forest.

Aimed at the teenage and older audience, it is set in the Victorian era and features plenty of vampire action, along with sword fighting and contemporary dance, and a contemporary soundtrack with a heavy metal overtone mixed with epic movie music.

Right - Katie Hill performs in the dress rehearsal of Ashburton College’s Dracula.

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Police have named the person who died in a serious crash in South Canterbury on Saturday.

She was 80-year-old Shona McDougall from Timaru.

The crash occurred at the stop-controlled intersection of Scarborough Road and State Highway 1, south of Timaru, about 3.30pm – causing the road to be closed for four hours.

Ms McDougall was travelling west on Scarborough Road when her car collided with a southbound utility vehicle, police said.

The passenger in Ms McDougall’s car was taken to Timaru Hospital where he was being treated for moderate injuries and the driver of the utility vehicle was treated at the scene.

Canterbury police Sergeant Nerida Manso said Ms McDougall’s family was very upset and had requested privacy. They were being supported by Canterbury police and Victim Support.

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Porirua proposes Collins memorial Talk of a permanent memorial for former All Black Jerry Collins is something Porirua mayor Nick Leggett is open to – but only once the family has had time to grieve.

Calls to honour Collins with a stadium and a memorial cup named after him have been pouring in on social media following his tragic death in a car crash near Beziers in southern France on Friday night NZT. His partner Alana Madill was also killed and the couple’s baby daughter Ayla is in intensive care in hospital.

A Facebook page calling for Westpac Stadium’s aisle six to be named after the rugby great, has received more than 11,000 likes so far.

Another page pushing for Porirua Park to be renamed Jerry Collins Memorial Stadium has received almost 5000 likes and Facebook users have also put forward the idea of renaming the street Collins grew up on.

Mr Leggett said remembering the “Porirua boy” with a permanent memorial was a possible option down the line.

Collins’ rugby career kicked off when he was just a kid in Porirua and he came to be a real “presence” in the community, Mr Leggett said.

“We’re open to that but it’s a little bit premature because actually we’ve got to allow people the time to grieve.

We won’t be doing anything without talking to his family and they’re actually not in a position to have this discussion at the moment, they just want to get their boy home.”

A remembrance book outside Porirua’s Te Rauparaha Arena was filling up fast and flowers were piling up, Mr Leggett said.

There was talk of groups holding candlelit vigils in the city but nothing concrete yet, he said.

Collins was honoured at an exhibition opening yesterday for Porirua’s 50th birthday with a photo and his All Blacks jersey on display. “The groundswell of public support shows you the high regard that Jerry is held in in the Porirua community.

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Super a growing burden Stu Oldham

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he day is coming when a brave government will have to make some politically unpalatable decisions about universal superannuation.

New Zealand super was born a great egalitarian safety net when there were plenty of taxpayers to fund it. But now, it’s a growing burden.

It will cost $11 billion this year and about $30 billion by 2030. At the same time, the ratio of taxpayers to pensioners will change from five to one, to just two to one.

That means New Zealand will have to prepare to re-gear its social spending to focus more on superannuation at the expense of other areas.

Finance Minister Bill English has indicated as much when he told Radio New Zealand the government did not need to make any changes so long as it managed its other costs.

Other areas, such as health and welfare, were more “amenable to change” than super and managing them made it more likely a reasonable pension could be sustained.

The government would have to make some mighty savings to ensure super was paid at its current levels and the realist would suggest health is not the place to cut spending.

The ageing population is putting new demands on health services and there is every reason to expect this to continue while demand for superannuation grows.

Economists - rightly - say super must be retooled as a safety net, rather than an unlimited entitlement, if it is to be sustained for new generations.

It makes no sense that people who are working or who have the means to pay their own way should be automatically entitled to tax-funded welfare. Working-age welfare recipients are treated much differently.

Raising the age of entitlement was ruled out at the election but without change, successive generations will have to be even more self-reliant as governments avoid changes that will affect many more voters than working-age taxpayers.

YOUR VIEW Voluntary euthanasia Voluntary euthanasia, while it appears to be helping dying people, would, in fact prove to be very unsatisfactory and unhelpful.

Firstly, there would no longer be clear boundaries; but a grey area. At what stage would voluntary euthanasia be allowed, for example? There is the real danger of vulnerable people, eg depressed, mentally unstable, elderly and chronically ill people wishing for death unnecessarily prematurely. Also pressure could be applied by relatives or others to sick people to choose voluntary euthanasia.

These are not speculative points; they actually happen in Belgium and the Netherlands where voluntary euthanasia is legal. Belgium has so-called ‘safeguards’ in their law, but a 2010 study found 32 per cent of euthanasia cases were carried out without request or consent. A 2005 study of deaths by

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euthanasia in the Netherlands found that almost 500 people are killed annually without their consent, and at least 20 per cent of all cases aren’t reported.

It is very telling that Professor Theo Boer was a member of the Dutch Regional Euthanasia Commission for nine years, during which he was involved in reviewing 4000 cases. He admitted to being a strong supporter of euthanasia and argued that there was no slippery slope.

However, by 2014 he had a complete change of mind, regretted that he had made a terrible mistake, and even warned the United Kingdom Medical Council against following the Dutch example.

Dying people have excellent palliative care in New Zealand.

The emphasis should be on improving this rather than opening the Pandora’s Box of voluntary euthanasia. Finally, to people who say that it is their body and life, and thus they can choose; our earthly life only precedes our eternal life after death. Ir-

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respective of anyone’s view of God, everyone has no choice but to meet Him after death. Thus we cannot avoid our responsibility to Him, not just to ourselves.

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Wilding pines I refer to the correspondence from Jeff Small concerning Forest & Bird’s involvement in the clearing of wilding pines at Lake Camp.

DOC have recognised the Hakatere basin is relatively weed-free compared to some high country areas and wants to keep it this way and retain the natural vegetation for future generations to enjoy. Clearing some of the willows in recent times is in line with their objective.

Forest & Bird have for many years been active in wilding pine and other weed species control at the south end of Lake Heron and more latterly the Spider Lakes area. They have a very real interest in the area and will

continue to monitor the spread of weed species and their control in the Hakatere basin in the future. DOC have recognised and appreciate this voluntary contribution and a partnership agreement defining F&B involvement has been signed with DOC for the next five years.

The recent successful wilding pine clearance at Lake Camp was carried out with the consent of ADC who own the land and was held with the support of 50 local hutholders, tramping club and other volunteers who all have concerns about the spread of the pines.

Rowan trees are a very invasive weed species that produce berries favoured by birds which spread the seeds with their droppings. As for the oak tree, is this in keeping with the natural vegetation? I would suggest it was inappropriate for an exotic tree to be planted in the area in the first place which begs the question, did Jeff get ADC approval to plant it?

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Could you beat a 10-yearold at maths?

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CONTACTS News tips Call 03 307-7958 This year’s Budget included an additional investment of $686.7 million in early childhood, primary and secondary education for the coming year, taking the total spending on education to $10.8 billion a year.

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ften in the post-Budget media coverage, there is a focus on just a couple of announcements and other items do not get so much coverage.

In this column I would like to tell you about some of the new education funding that was included in the 2015/16 Budget as I suspect this will be a topic of interest for many people of all ages across our region.

This year’s Budget included an additional investment of $686.7 million in early childhood, primary and secondary education for the coming year, taking the total spending on education by the New Zealand Government to $10.8 billion a year.

The Government has looked closely at where funding is most needed and has targeted additional funding at these areas.

This includes an extra $8.2 million in operating funding over the next four years for our most vulnerable students.

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In total $4 million of this funding will to go the Gateway Assessment Programme to ensure 3800 more needy children will get access to the early childhood and schooling services they need.

Another $2.2 million will fund a trial programme called “Year 9 Plus” which assigns educational “champions” to between 80 and 100 of the most vulnerable students.

The champions will work with the students as they begin secondary school to see if early intervention increases their chances of passing NCEA Level 2.

The champions will develop education plans with the students, and then work with

teachers, parents, whanau, and principals until the students finish school.

The “Count Me In” programme will receive the remaining $2 million to support about 2000 Maori and Pasifika 16 to 18-year-olds who have left school and to encourage them to re-engage with education or begin vocational training that leads to a meaningful qualification at NCEA Level 2 or higher.

Local parents of special needs students will undoubtedly welcome the Government’s investment of an extra $62.9 million in operating funding over the next four years to better assist children with special education needs to learn and achieve.

For students with special needs, a strong education increases the chance of them becoming more independent and better able to participate in and contribute to the community.

Budget 2015 allocates $39.5 million to provide Ongoing Re-

source Scheme (ORS) support for about 500 extra students.

This means about 9000 children with the highest special education needs will be supported by the scheme.

ORS pays for specialists such as speech-language therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, and provides additional teacher time and teacher’s aide time.

The Budget also includes new spending of $23.3 million for extra in-class teacher’s aide support for 1500 students from Years 1-13.

These are students who have needs relating to dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, but who don’t qualify for ORS support.

This is the first phase of our commitment to provide extra teacher’s aide support for an extra 4000 students. Eventually, we aim to provide an additional 800,000 teacher’s aide hours a year.

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In brief Thousands rescued Nearly 3500 migrants have been rescued from 15 boats off the coast of Libya, Italy’s coastguard says. The boats - nine wooden boats thought to be converted fishing vessels and six large rubber dinghies - were all found drifting around 70km off the Libyan coast after issuing distress calls via satellite phones yesterday. The exact number of migrants rescued was put at 3480 by the coastguard and there were no reports of casualties. One Italian navy boat which was ferrying 475 migrants to Sicily reported that it had seven pregnant women amongst its human cargo.

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Hopes fade for survivors Hopes have dimmed for six people still missing after an earthquake at Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu triggered a “river of stones” that killed 13 climbers, with several Singaporean schoolchildren feared to be among the victims.

An 80-member rescue team was dispatched yesterday morning to search a section of trail on the popular climbing peak that was obliterated in thunderous rockfalls set loose by Friday’s 6.0-magnitude quake, officials said.

A local police official confirmed yesterday that 13 bodies had been recovered and six people - believed to include some primary school students from Singapore - remained missing.

Authorities have so far given few details on the victims or the

scenes encountered by search crews on the mountain, a popular tourist destination in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island.

But the local Kinabalu Today news portal quoted rescue personnel saying that full recovery of remains could be impossible as some were pinned under massive boulders or possibly swept to their deaths from the peak.

Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper said the body of one 12-year-old schoolgirl from the city-state had been identified and that six other pupils and two teachers are feared to be among the dead or missing.

It said some of the Singaporean students were taking a route to the 4095-metre-high summit that diagonally trav-

erses a steeply sloping rock face and in which climbers are tethered to ropes attached to the surface.

The area is above the treeline and would have left those in that section exposed to the hail of stones and boulders.

Masidi Manjun, tourism minister for Sabah state, said on Twitter that search teams would focus on a section that he said has been “dubbed ‘river of stones’ when (the) earthquake struck early Friday which rendered the track impassable, trapping climbers”.

Besides the Singaporean girl, Malaysian media reports also have said the dead included a local climbing guide.

Rescuers yesterday had escorted down to safety 137 hikers who were stuck on the

mountain for up to 18 hours by the rockfalls.

Crews and officials engaged in search and rescue efforts have been kept on edge by aftershocks, including a temblor that Malaysian officials rated at 4.5-magnitude.

Reports said climbers on the mountain at the time were from countries including Singapore, the United States, the Philippines, Britain, Thailand, Turkey, China and Japan, as well as many from Malaysia.

Major earthquakes are rare in Malaysia and the tremor was one of the strongest in decades, jolting a wide area of Sabah and sending people fleeing outdoors. There have been no reports of major damage or any casualties outside of those on the mountain.

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Inmates escape Two inmates convicted of murder escaped from New York state’s biggest maximum security prison by cutting through cell walls, David Sweat prompting a major manhunt, authorities said yesterday. Richard Matt and David Sweat sneaked out of the all-male Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York State Police said in an alert.

Hours later, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Twitter that he was cancelling a scheduled appearance at the Belmont Stakes horse race to instead travel to the prison. “These are two dangerous individuals. One was incarcerated for killing a sheriff, so these are dangerous people,” he said. More than 200 law enforcement officers were deployed in the search, assisted by a variety of tactical support, including K-9 units, SWAT teams and helicopters.

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Toll in China ship tragedy rises to 431 Salvage and rescue personnel have bowed their heads as ship horns blared in tribute to the victims of China’s worst shipping disaster in nearly seven decades, after the death toll reached 431.

The solemn ceremony was held in remembrance of those who died and are still missing after the Eastern Star cruise ship carrying 456 people capsized in a storm last week on

More than 30 people have been taken to hospital after lightning struck a music festival in western Germany. In total, “33 people were placed under observation in nearby hospitals”, police in the German state of RhinelandPalatinate said in a statement after the lightning hit yesterday.

According to authorities, all of the festival-goers involved were “in good health” and would soon be able to leave the hospital. The incident occurred at the “Rock am Ring” music festival which draws tens of thousands of spectators every summer.

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the Yangtze River. Searchers in white hooded surgical suits could be seen on board the Eastern Star, while others in work gear, orange safety vests and military-style fatigues formed columns on the decks of massive crane vessels that raised the ill-fated ship out of the water on Friday.

The event, attended by Yang Chuantang, China’s transport minister, proceeded under

grey and cloudy skies for several minutes as cameras panned over the area, with crews on smaller boats stopped nearby also participating.

Officials yesterday announced the death toll had risen to 431, with another 11 people still missing.

Only 14 survivors have been confirmed out of all those aboard, who were mostly tourists aged over 60, when the ship

capsized at night on the river in the county of Jianli in China’s central Hubei province.

Yesterday marked a key milestone as, in accordance with traditional custom, relatives of the deceased should mourn their loved ones on the seventh day by Chinese reckoning following their death. The accident occurred on June 1 and Sunday is June 7.

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US President Barack Obama has arrived in southern Germany for a G7 summit that’s set to be overshadowed by tensions over Greece’s debt crisis and flaring violence in Ukraine. Air Force One touched down in Munich yesterday where Obama was welcomed by locals in traditional dress ahead of a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that will feature Bavarian beer, pretzels and oompah music. After the meeting the pair will attend the two-day gathering of leaders from the world’s seven most industrialised countries at Elmau Castle, in the German alps which sits on a plateau some 1200 metres high.

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With more than 600 whiskies on the shelves, Scotland’s Pot Still pub is a mecca for whisky drinkers.

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reathed in myth and steeped in tradition, the wild and wonderful world of scotch whisky can take decades to explore.

Or, you could spend a few hours in Glasgow’s Pot Still pub where the Murphy family has done the legwork for you.

As the sign outside says, “We have more than 600 whiskies ... why not come see if we have the right one for you?”

Small and cozy with lots of dark wood and floor-to-ceiling shelves lined with gleaming amber bottles, the Pot Still has been a bar since the late 1800s and has been owned by the Murphy family for nearly four years, although they’ve worked the place about 13 years in all.

Pours of 45ml are around $6$10 although a few specialty brands are more expensive.

The pub is a perfect way for business travellers and others on tight schedules in Glasgow to sample one of Scotland’s most famous products. For beginners, Pot Still

Scotland is synonymous with whisky but with distilleries spread across the country there’s a lot of ground to travel if you want to sample the many different styles. Michelle Locke discovered Scotland’s one-stop whisky pub Glasgow’s Pot Still, which has over 600 whiskies on the shelves. co-owner Geraldine Murphy recommends starting out with a lighter tasting, unpeated whisky like Auchentoshan before moving on to others.

Broadly speaking, there are three main regions of scotch production. Speyside, in the Spey river valley in northeast Scotland, has the largest number of distilleries, including The Macallan and Glenfiddich.

The island of Islay (EYEla), meanwhile, is famous for the distinctive, smoky tang of its peaty scotches. But the love of peat is an individual thing - you either have it or you most definitely don’t. Islay’s Laphroaig distillery, famous for its peaty style, has embraced that distinctiveness, inviting

consumers to give their unvarnished reviews in its “Opinions Welcome” campaign - and not all of them are complimentary.

The third main region is the Highlands, home to such distilleries as Oban and Glenmorangie. This is a diverse region and hard to define narrowly, but Highland whiskies are known for floral aromatic notes.

Ready to take your own tour of scotch-land? Here’s a little more information to help you map your journey.

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Think small pours with plenty of water to drink between tastes and to clean your palate.

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In brief

Local battles produce thrill

By Jonathan Leask

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Two riveting local rivalries played out in the Mid-South Canterbury hockey competition at the NBS Ashburton Turf on Saturday.

Wakanui Blue recorded a rare win over compatriots Wakanui Black before the young Hampstead-Collegians had their best ever result against defending women’s champions Hampstead with a 1-1 draw.

In the men’s game, Black hit the lead through Sam Bennett before Patrick Taylor equalised to be 1-1 at the break.

In the second half it was Scott Marshall that broke the deadlock after he beat the goalie from a penalty corner.

From there the open game continued at a frenetic pace.

“It was a really open game throughout and after we hit the lead things got even more frantic even though both sides were starting to tire,” Blue’s Sam Moore said.

“We had a few opportunities on goal that sprayed wide and managed to get two while had to work hard to keep Black to just one goal.

“Their big three really applied the pressure, with Adam (Wilson) going pretty close to an equaliser but we managed to hang on.”

Elsewhere Tainui made it six-from-six beating Cambridge 4-2 to open up a bigger gap on the top of the table while at the other end Northern Hearts broke their losing streak

Wakanui Blue’s Hayden Sinclair (left) celebrates with goal scorer Scott Marshall after slotting home what would prove the match winner against Wakanui Black in the Mid-South Canterbury hockey competition at the NBS Ashburton Turf on Saturday.

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against Timaru Boys with a 3-0 win – their first of the year.

In the women’s competition Hampstead-Collegians stunned Hampstead with the opening goal as Courtney Cannan drove into the circle where Felicity Dalzell provided the decisive

deflection.

Hampstead were able to hit back before the break to have the game evenly poised at halftime.

The second half had Hampstead pile the pressure on but the youngsters held them out

to secure the 1-1 draw.

Hampstead-Collegians coach Donna Mealings was proud of the way her team dug deep with a committed second half to hold Hampstead out - praising the efforts of captain and goalie Kyla Smith.

Laird best of Mid Canterbury bowlers

By Matt MarkhaM Ashburton indoor bowlers failed to get their hands on any of the major prizes in the opening event of the annual national championships in Timaru – but a few did perform with distinction.

The pinnacle event of the championships, the singles, was won by North Wellington’s Avon Compton who emerged the best of 290 bowlers in the open event by beating Lloyd

Serena defies bug Flu-stricken Serena Williams revealed she called French Open officials to advise she may not make the final before dragging herself out of bed to deny Czech underdog Lucie Safarova in a gripping title match in Paris.

Now savouring a third triumph at Roland Garros after also reigning in 2002 and 2013, Williams ranks her success among the sweetest of her extraordinary career. The oldest champion since 1958, the 33-year-old world No.1 said only her 2012 Wimbledon victory which came after she’d suffered a life-threatening embolism - had been more satisfying. “I can’t believe I won, but it’s cool. It’s been a nightmare 48 hours,” Williams said after overcoming nine double-faults and a midmatch meltdown to defeat Safarova 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 in a final full of twists and turns.

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Bellis in a gripping final 9-4.

The masters event, run for the first time this year, was won

by South Canterbury local, Ray Christensen who defeated Henry Pratt of the Tauranga club – 10-8 Six Ashburton bowlers did enough to qualify for the postsection stage of the tournament yesterday with Graeme Chapman and Darryn Turner winning four out of four qualifying games.

Joining them in the knockout

stages were Chris Talbot, Matt Bassett, Grant Wilson and Geoff Laird.

It was Laird who flew the Ashburton flag the highest winning his way through to the last 32 before he was beaten by current New Zealand representative, Gary Low who hails from Southland.

Wilson, a former Hensilite Singles winner, was knocked out after two games yesterday morning while Chapman had a victory first up before falling at

the next hurdle.

In the masters event, James Stewart who plays out of the Rakaia club, made it down to the last eight before he was beaten by Henry Pratt.

Neill Chapman also qualified for post-section but was knocked out in the first round.

Play shifts to the pairs qualifying today with 11 Ashburton combinations in the open event and a sole representation from Winston Lee and Bill Allnut in the masters event.

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving has undergone successful surgery to repair the fractured left kneecap that will sideline him for the remainder of the NBA Finals.

The Australian 23-year-old All-Star playmaker suffered the injury in over-time of Thursday’s 108-100 Cavaliers’ loss to Golden State in the opening game of the bestof-seven championship series.

Cavaliers team physician Richard Parker and doctor Damien Billow performed the operation at the Cleveland Clinic after Irving flew there for the surgery, which is expected to prevent him from any basketball activity for three to four months.

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Dirty tactics ahead New Zealand heavyweight Joseph Parker is preparing for a dirty fight against German champion Yakup Saglam next Saturday.

Parker and trainer Kevin Barry are wary about what they say is Saglam’s reputation for hitting the back of the head and below the belt – tactics which could unsettle he undefeated 23-yearold in Palmerston North. The last time Barry raised similar concerns about an opponent of Parker’s was 11 months ago ahead of his convincing TKO victory over Brian Minto, a fighter known for leading with his head and using his elbows.

Gallen up for origin NSW skipper Paul Gallen looks set for a return to State of Origin after coming through unscathed in Cronulla’s 10-4 upset win over a wasteful Sydney Roosters side at Remondis Stadium. In front of a healthy crowd of 14,235, Gallen played all but four minutes in a typically robust performance that will warm the heart of Blues coach Laurie Daley and see him rushed back into the team when it gets named tomorrow.

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Methven muscles way into final Methven v BDI Methven saw off a determined Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell to advance to the final of the Combined Country Cup on Saturday.

Methven had the measure of their opponents but BDI never let up, but unlike their quarterfinal heroics their hosts held them off.

“It was a second reasonably strong performance and a great achievement to make the final,” Methven coach Dale Palmer said.

Methven looked like the better team for most of the match but a failure to adapt to the adjudicating at the breakdown granted BDI piggybacks up field.

“It is worrying that we failed to adapt to the rulings and we need to adjust a lot quicker than that if we want to win a final.

“We scored four tries but could have had a few more and you have to take your opportunities in knockout games.

“It wasn’t complete but you can’t complain about winning a semi-final.”

Methven scored from the kickoff, sweeping down the field before fullback Brenton Connell cantered clear and wing Nick Wackwitz converted.

It was a great start but a worrying one for Palmer who had seen his side score early points and then struggle during the season.

Soon after however, a turnover had second-five Richard Catherwood - playing his first game in two months - sell the dummy to run through and score. Wackwitz made it 14-0 after 10 minutes.

BDI then decided to get in the game and worked the ball in tight to move into the red zone before spreading it wide to score an unconverted try.

Methven came back hot on at-

Methven’s Oscar Baisagale on the charge, despite some jersey pulling from Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell, during the Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup semi-final in Methven on Saturday.

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tack and looked likely to score again only for former Mid Canterbury representative, Emori Lodiviko, to snatch the intercept.

The speed he once possessed was lacking and he knew it – not backing himself to run the distance and was hauled in after a 60m run.

For his efforts BDI had moved into a handy position and received a penalty but that didn’t have the legs either.

Wackwitz showed how it was done soon after extending

Methven’s lead to 17-7 as BDI missed a second shot prior to halftime.

The visitors adapted to the breakdown rulings and were enjoying the lion’s share of possession but they struggled to do enough with it - edging closer with two penalties either side of another blown Methven opportunity.

The hosts came back with what appeared to be a pushover try from a lineout maul but referee Matt Gallagher was unsighted on the other side of the

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Methven weren’t to be denied and shortly after lock Andrew Smith scored - but Wackwitz missed the conversion from close range.

They kept the heat on for Catherwood to score his second try and Wackwitz made no mistake to make it 29-13 with just over 10 minutes to go.

BDI didn’t die wondering, throwing plenty at Methven in the closing stages and were rewarded on fulltime with Lodiviko streaking clear for a conso-

lation try that was converted to make it 29-20.

A worry for Methven was when Catherwood limped off late in the match in what could have been his last outing for the season as the side had a 6-1 forwards-backs split on the benchsuch is the injury situation in the backline.

“We have a few injuries but we had expected a tough battle upfront so opted for the risky ploy of having a six forwards to call on, which we think worked,” Palmer said.

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Tired All Blacks, McCaw can now rest easier

By Patrick Mckendry The Crusaders are out of the playoffs – a dogfight they haven’t missed since 2001 – but it’s an absence which just might give the All Blacks and Richie McCaw an extra boost ahead of their World Cup defence.

Instead of sneaking into sixth place on the table and extending their season by up to three away matches, their nine front-line All Blacks (if Colin Slade is included as such), will be given an extra rest period ahead of their next assignment, an historic July 8 match against Samoa which has taken on added significance following the tragic death of the Apia-born Jerry Collins.

Although it will be cold comfort to Crusaders’ supporters, the extra three weeks off will allow the minds and bodies of some of Steve Hansen’s best players to be refreshed.

They will then play three tests in the shortened Rugby Championship, starting with Argentina in Christchurch on July 17, an extra Bledisloe Cup match against Australia in Auckland on August 15, and then the World Cup is upon them. The All Blacks’ first match in their title defence is against Argentina at Wembley on September 21.

It’s a positive outlook which is all the Crusaders and their supporters are left with after an inconsistent and frustrating season for them.

They have flirted with danger many times under Todd Blackadder’s six-year rein, but this time they left it far too late.

Several of their performances were unacceptable for a team carrying so many quality players – it’s hard to go past their round one defeat to the Rebels in Christchurch – and the writing was on the wall once they lost to the Waratahs in Sydney three weeks ago.

Richie McCaw will have time to rest.

If that loss rubbed more salt into a wound still open from last year’s grand final defeat, Michael Cheika’s team gave it a good kicking when they thrashed the

Cheetahs 58-33 in Bloemfontein several hours after the Crusaders’ 34-11 bonuspoint victory over the Blues to finally shut the door on their playoffs hopes.

Speaking after his team’s victory and before the Waratahs’ win in South Africa, McCaw was realistic about the Crusaders’ chances. Their excellent bonus point win over the competition-leading Hurricanes had given them hope the previous weekend but other results failed to go their way.

“Going into this week we realised it was a long shot,” he said. “We wanted to back up a reasonable performance last week with another one because that’s what we haven’t been able to achieve this year.”

When asked to sum up the Crusaders’ season, Blackadder, who has one year remaining on his contract, said: “Frustrating. Really, really frustrating.”

However, the upsides could be considerable for New Zealand rugby. - NZME

MATCH REPORTS Southern v Celtic A 20-minute Southern scoring blitz blew Celtic away in Mayfield.

Southern got off to a storming start with a Jon Dampney try in the opening minute converted by James Miller.

Miller added a penalty and would then convert Josh McAtamney’s try before James Carr’s unconverted try made it 22-0.

For the second straight week, Celtic were in deep trouble after a slow start, made even worse when Ewan Scott’s try was converted by Miller for a 29-0 lead.

“It was probably the best 20 minutes we had played all season,” Southern’s Jason Rickard said.

Celtic had the final say in the half as Jason Feutz scored from an intercept under the post for an easy conversion, but the damage had been done.

In brief Celtic made the stronger start to the second half but for all their effort they only added a second try to Gasolo Salima with Dave Morrison landing his second conversion.

Southern then closed the game out with a second try to Scott and one for wing Ryan Williams.

It was certainly not a performance Celtic coach Warren Mackenzie was looking for.

“It was a terrible display from our defence. Some of it was just not acceptable.”

Andrew Letham.

Darfield would then kick three penalties to Letham’s two for a 26-16 lead.

Rakaia then had halfback Cawte Whiting’s try converted to narrow it back to three points but were unable to add to their tally again as Darfield defended the slender advantage.

“Both sides threw it around.

It was end-to-end with plenty of mistakes and in the end we came back at them but they held on,” Rakaia coach Wayne Foxcroft said.

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West Melton v Hampstead Rakaia and Darfield ran each other ragged with the latter holding on for the three-point win in Rakaia.

After exchanging penalties Darfield moved out to a 17-3 advantage - aided by an intercept try. Rakaia clawed it back to 10-17 at halftime with a try to Alifeti Polotele, converted by

Hampstead only have themselves to blame for a 13-16 loss to West Melton.

Ill-discipline and a frustrating failure to finish cost them dearly.

After a 10-minute attacking raid to start the game yielded nothing for Hampstead, West

Melton scored a converted try on their first attacking foray.

Late in the half Hampstead finally made something stick with a try to Ese Fakatoka but West Melton responded with a penalty to take a 10-5 lead into halftime.

A 40m runaway try to Manu Lelua drew Hampstead level in the second half bit poor handling, and tripping over themselves, had them unable to add a third try.

“It was pretty frustrating that we could have scored at least twice but the dropped it cold and one of the guys tripped over on the way to the line,” sid Hampstead coach Regan Broker.

A penalty each had it at 13 all and Hampstead went on the attack again. A turnover and a high tackle presented West Melton with a chance to win the game and the successful penalty sealed it 16-13.

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Senior B round-up Celtic were the latest team to thump Allenton in senior B rugby, collecting a 63-0 win but it paled in comparison to Southern’s crushing win over Collegiate.

The senior B frontrunners racked up a 97-5 win over Collegiate. It was the first points Southern had conceded in the second round scoring a whopping 208 points in the three games so far. Hampstead took down Tinwald 15-14 to remain unbeaten in the second round while Methven bounced back with a 39-12 win over Mt Somers while Rakaia had the bye.

Playoff Super Rugby’s playoff sides have been locked in with the top six decided after the penultimate round, but the duel for the Australian conference between the NSW Waratahs and the Brumbies will go down to the wire. The playoff teams are runaway competition leaders the Hurricanes, fellow Kiwi sides the Chiefs and Highlanders, the Waratahs, Brumbies and the Stormers, who are the only South African team. Michael Cheika’s Waratahs scored a nine-tries-tofive 58-33 bonus-point win over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Sunday (AEST) to reclaim the Australian conference lead over the Canberra-based Brumbies as they chase a week off and prized home semi-final. It sets up a thrilling last round, with the Brumbies having the chance to heap pressure on the Waratahs with a bonus-point win over the Crusaders at home on Saturday afternoon before NSW face Queensland later that evening in Sydney.

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Super Rugby results Round 16 results: Hurricanes beat the Highlanders 56-20; Chiefs beat Reds 24-3, Crusaders beat Blues 34-11, Brumbies beat Force 33-20, Rebels beat Bulls 21-20, Waratahs beat Cheetahs 58-33, Stormers drew with Lions 19-19.

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In brief Germany 5 Honduras 1 Germany’s under-20 side look the odds-on favourites to emulate their senior side and lift the World Cup following a third comfortable victory yesterday. Germany finished clear on top of Group F on nine points and a goal difference of +14 following a 5-1 thrashing of Honduras at Christchurch Stadium.

They opened the scoring early when Levin Oeztunali was brought down in the box by Honduran defender Carlos Moncada in the opening minute. Marc Stendera slotted home the penalty for his fourth goal of the tournament and second from the penalty spot.

Despite the horror start Honduras hit back with a scorching volley from Bryan Rochez - his third goal of the tournament - which rebounded off Germany keeper Schwabe and into his own goal.

Rochez went close with another volley minutes later, just going wide. From then on it was all Germany.

Nigeria 2 Hungary 0

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Mid Canterbury 18s down Christ’s College Mid Canterbury United’s Mehk Permsiri tangles with Christ’s College goalkeeper Will McLuskie during their Mainland Football 18th grade division two match at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

Casualties mount up Whichever way you look at it, the Blues are limping towards one of the worst ever seasons in their history.

They weren’t disgraced during Saturday’s 34-11 loss to the Crusaders at Eden Park, despite taking the field with an extremely young team due to a terrible injury toll and coach John Kirwan’s decision to select developing players rather than his strongest outfit.

The Blues have won only three matches this season – against the Brumbies, Force and Bulls, all at Eden Park. Their previous worst campaign was in 2012 when they won four of 16 matches. Ominously for them, their next assignment is against the Highlanders who are in fifth on the table and in with a chance of overtaking the Chiefs.

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The MCU 18s had a 3-0 win over Christ’s College 2nd XI for their second win since being promoted.

MCU Eastern collected an easy win by default over Burnham in men’s division four while Methven went

down to Papanui-Redwood 1-3 in division five.

The MCU Masters beat Hurunui Rangers 2-1 courtesy of a late own goal, after Matt Galbraith had equalised in the first half. The Methven 18s beat Cashmere Technical 1-0

in 18th grade division three and the MCU 16s went down to Cashmere Technical 3-6.

On Sunday the Methven A women lost to Waimak 0-2 in division one while Methven B also went down to Waimak 0-5 in division 2.

Warriors keep focus on Roosters clash

By DaviD Skipwith Warriors coach Andrew McFadden insists there won’t be any panic following Saturday’s heavy defeat to South Sydney, but how his side responds in next Saturday’s clash against the Sydney Roosters will be critical to their 2015 title hopes.

The Warriors were brutally exposed in the 38-4 loss to the red-hot Rabbitohs in Perth, and need to bounce back strongly against a Roosters side that will be without their Queensland and New South Wales State of Origin stars.

Playing back at Mt Smart Stadium, coming off their biggest defeat of the season so far, McFadden will be looking for an emphatic response from his side, who looked lethargic

and hesitant in the face of the Rabbitohs’ power and pace.

“It was obviously pretty ordinary, to be fair,” McFadden said of his side’s effort.

“The opposition were pretty good and we were pretty poor and the scoreline was the result.We really fell short tonight but we won’t be panicking. We’ll just go back to work, acknowledge where we went wrong and look forward to next week. It doesn’t get any easier.”

McFadden conceded his side had failed to take their game up a level against the reigning NRL premiers, who played some of their best football of the year in the six tries to one demolition. After scraping home with three consecutive four-point wins against Cronulla, Parramatta and

Newcastle – sides wallowing in the bottom half of the ladder – the Warriors were found wanting against the bruising and clinical Bunnies.

“It was an opportunity for us to come up against a very good side and make our mark on the season but we fell well short so I guess it’s a bit of a reality check,” he said.

After starting strongly and asserting themselves physically the Warriors pack was worn down by the Rabbitohs hulking forward rotation and errors and poor defence compounded their woes.

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Nigeria have booked a tasty Round of 16 clash with Germany after toppling Hungary 2-0 in New Plymouth yesterday. A goal in each half from Taiwo Awoniyi saw the Nigerians progress second in Group E, vaulting past the thirdplaced Hungarians who are set take on Serbia in the knockout stage after yesterday’s loss.

Nigeria looked the more potent side throughout, especially in the first half when they were parked down the Hungarian end, taking seven corners and attempting 10 shots at goal in an action-packed period.

Uzbekistan 3 Fiji 0 Uzbekistan have qualified for the Round of 16 at the Under 20 FIFA World Cup with a dominant display resulting in a 3-0 win over Fiji in Whangarei yesterday. Coming in to the contest, Uzbekistan needed several results to go their way to be secured of qualification, but their win doubled with Germany’s 5-1 thrashing of Honduras saw the Asian side go through in second place from Group F on goal difference. Fiji were outclassed throughout the game, with Uzbekistan peppering the Fijian goal with 19 attempts in the first half alone, although only three could find the target.

Ferns stutter The Football Ferns have made a stuttering start to their Fifa Women’s World Cup campaign, losing 1-0 to the Netherlands in their opening match in Canada yesterday. The Ferns, who are ranked 17th in the world, struggled to break down the well organised Dutch (12th) and fell behind to a classy first half strike from Lieke Martens from the edge of the box in the first half. The Ferns’ match was the second act of a doubleheaded World Cup opener which earlier featured hosts Canada pinching a last minute win over China in front of 50,000 people.

Around 20,000 stuck around to watch the Ferns, who started slowly, grew into the game and finished with a flurry of attacks and perhaps should have had a penalty.

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Brazil retains perfect record

By Kris shannon Brazil set up an all-South American clash with Uruguay at the Under-20 World Cup after last night battling to see off North Korea.

After edging Nigeria and Hungary in their opening two group E encounters, Brazil repeated the formula in their final match of pool play in Christchurch, winning 3-0.

They weren’t as clinical as some might have expected against one of the tournament’s minnows, but they did enough to grab three points and advance to the second stage with a perfect record.

Brazil were held scoreless in the first half against a side that had conceded nine goals in two fixtures, monopolising possession but lacking a lethal edge in front of goal. Marcos Guilherme squandered his side’s best chance, hitting the post with the whole goal to aim at, before again striking the woodwork with a curled drive in the second spell.

When the breakthrough did arrive, it came without any of the flair typically associated with Brazilian football, as Min Hyo Song’s heavy deflection on a speculative strike left his goal-

Brazil team members celebrate a goal against North Korea in the Under-20 World Cup clash in Christchurch yesterday.

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keeper stranded.

But Brazil did soon demonstrate some beauty, with Jean Carlos’ delightful footwork inside the box resulting in one of the goals of the tournament,

before Leo Pereira’s late header added gloss to the scoreline.

Brazil will now face Uruguay in the round-of-16 in New Plymouth and, having suffered defeat and been held to a score-

less draw by that opposition at the South American Youth Football Championship earlier in the year, the Selecao could head into that clash as underdogs.

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Suarez, Neymar strikes seal Barca deal Luis Suarez and Neymar scored second half goals to give Barcelona a 3-1 Champions League final victory over Juventus yesterday as the Spaniards became the first team to twice win the European treble.

Luis Enrique capped his first season as Barcelona’s head coach by matching Pep Guardiola’s feat from the 2008/09 season when the Catalans captured the European, Spanish league and cup titles.

An early goal by Barca’s Ivan Rakitic was cancelled out by Juventus’ ex-Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, who equalised on 55 minutes.

But Suarez put the game beyond the Italian champions with a 68th minute strike off a rebound at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. Neymar added the third with the last kick of the game in the 97th minute.

Juventus suffered the indignation of becoming the first team to lose six European Cup finals, 30 years after winning the trophy for the first time amidst the tragedy of the Heysel Stadium disaster.

This was the fifth time Barcelona have been crowned European champions and it is their

Barcelona’s Ivan Rakitic kisses the trophy after the Champions League final won by his team.

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fourth Champions League title in the last decade after their 2006, 2009 and 2011 triumphs.

For Suarez it was a triumphant end to a first season with the Spanish champions after his ignominious biting ban at the World Cup. “It’s incredible, it’s something unique. To win these trophies you have to suffer,” Suarez said.

“I think after the equaliser they pushed on a little more, but

we have players who made the difference. We have gone from game-to-game and achieved all our objectives.

“The best thing about this side is the spirit and the fact we’ve been united since the start of the season.”

Following their 2009 treble, Barcelona join Celtic, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich on the exclusive list of

teams to have won the treble.

Despite brief moments of magic, Lionel Messi failed to become the first player to score in three Champions League finals as he equalled Dutch star Clarence Seedorf ’s tally of four winners’ medals.

Barcelona showed early nerves with two uncustomary mistakes in defence straight from kick-off before Rakitic gave the Catalan giants the lead with just four minutes gone.

Juve came back into the game midway through the first-half, but Suarez forced Buffon, who failed to claim a winners’ medal at the 12th attempt, into another save as it finished 1-0 at the break.

The Spaniards picked up where they left off in the second half when Rakitic fed Suarez, who forced Buffon into a diving save with 48 minutes gone before firing over moments later.

Juve got the equaliser which breathed life back into Juve’s ambitions, but it was a touch of Messi magic which led to the decisive goal.

Then a third from Neymar just before the final whistle put the nail in their coffin.

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Kopua’s knee set for serious workout Magic coach Julie Fitzgerald is backing her star defender Casey Kopua to be ready to take the court in tonight’s New Zealand conference final despite having just two days to recover from the weekend’s overtime win against the Steel.

The Waikato-Bay of Plenty side meet the Northern Mystics in Auckland tonight, with the winner taking away the NZ conference trophy and, more importantly, a crucial home semi-final against the Swifts next weekend. The loser will travel to Brisbane to take on the Queensland Firebirds, who yesterday toppled the NSW side 55-44 in the Australian conference final.

Like the Swifts yesterday, the Magic have had just two days to prepare for tonight’s clash, with the new-look ANZ Championship finals series squeezing in four playoffs matches over four days.

The tight turnaround is an especially tough ask on Kopua, who is still regaining her match fitness as she returns from a serious knee injury.

Kopua’s second half appearance in the Magic’s gritty 71-69 extra time win against the Steel on Saturday was just the third time she has taken the court this season, following outings against the Tactix (three quarters) and the Pulse (two quarters). With the athletic defender still effectively in the rehab stages of her injury, her workload is being carefully managed by medical staff as they balance the need to give Kopua as much court time as possible ahead of the August World Cup, whilst making sure she is not being pushed too hard, too soon.

Asked if Kopua can shake off the effects of Saturday’s game and back up again tonight, Fitzgerald said: “Yeah I think so. She surprises me every day, every day I’m amazed with what Casey does.”

As for the impact on the rest of the team, Fitzgerald said her side had talked a lot in the lead-up to the weekend about the prospect of the short turnaround and believes they have planned well for it. She said most of the focus heading into tonight’s match has been on their rest and recovery.

“We’ve got good procedures in place as to how we’re going to recover for the Mystics game and I have every confidence we’ll be able to go into that game on a high and the adrenalin from [Saturday] will get us through it.”

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Baffert finally wins Triple Crown Bob Baffert was just soaking it in - the roar of 90,000 people and the sight of American Pharoah heading for the wire in the Belmont Stakes.

It was something the 62-year-old Hall of Fame trainer thought he might never see, a horse he trained seizing Triple Crown glory.

Baffert had brought three other Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners to Belmont, a graveyard for Triple Crown dreams since Affirmed became the 11th horse to complete the coveted treble in 1978.

“You have to prepare yourself for disappointment, otherwise it will wear on you,” Baffert said.

He had previously come to New York

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with Silver Charm in 1977, Real Quiet in 1998 and War Emblem in 2002 only to see them falter in the final test.

“All I could think about was that I forgot to take my heart medication,” he said.

“So I had to keep cool.”

In the end, American Pharoah, under jockey Victor Espinoza, made that easy for him.

He jumped to an early lead and led at every marker on the sweeping Belmont track to break the 37-year drought and become the 12th Triple Crown winner.

American Pharoah had never before raced over 1-1/2 miles (2400m), and Baffert couldn’t relax.

“Turning for home, I was prepared for somebody coming because I’ve gone

P. North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting Manawatu Raceway on June 8. NZ Meeting number: 3.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 12.10pm (NZT) GOMMANS GREYHOUND SUPPLIES C0 C0, 375m 1 55633 Cawbourne Legs nwtd ...........J T McInerney 2 7 Allegro Style nwtd ............................L Ahern 3 28766 Pistols Princess nwtd ....................... M Flipp 4 43846 Homebush Happy nwtd ................. R Maisey 5 567x5 Em Cee Dee nwtd L & ....................... Morris 6 8 Charrina Hill nwtd I C &................. J Lenden 7 77256 Bundoran Lass nwtd ..................... D Donlon 8 F Eve Ning Hill nwtd I C & ................ J Lenden 9 6 Nui Magic nwtd ................................ M Flipp 10 78762 Goodtime Lady nwtd ........................ I Moore 2 12.29pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C0 C0, 457m 1 x6778 Digger Socks nwtd ..................... G Hodgson 2 41 Another Habit nwtd ..........................L Ahern 3 67588 Goodtime Moni nwtd ................ S Gommans 4 23353 Spirit Run nwtd........................... B Hodgson 5 64868 Mary’s Bad Boy nwtd ................. B Johnston 6 56667 Fat Boyz Flyer nwtd.................... G Hodgson 7 61 Ka Pai nwtd ......................................L Ahern 8 777 Agent Mick nwtd....................... S Gommans 9 77788 Homebush Magic nwtd ................. R Maisey 10 6888 Rubbed Out nwtd ....................... B Johnston 3 12.48pm GRANT IRVINE PHARMACY C1 C1, 375m 1 16858 Rattlesnake Jake nwtd L &................. Morris 2 55545 Gummy Gumpsta nwtd G R & ........ S Voyce 3 44164 Matalino Twist 22.04....................A Turnwald 4 84265 Nominal Lily nwtd ............................L Doody 5 31474 Lynny Southcombe nwtd ........J T McInerney 6 32531 Skinny Ankles 21.74 ...................A Turnwald 7 34351 Powerhouse Lee 21.85 D & .......J MacAuley 8 76864 Taikorea Lass nwtd ...................... T Downey 9 46816 Ollie Baxter 21.86 ..................J T McInerney 10 71585 Homebush Pippi 22.08.................. R Maisey 4 1.07pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 457m 1 41486 Nero nwtd................................... B Hodgson 2 54358 Cawbourne Tip 26.33 ...................M Roberts 3 38572 Thrilling Toby 26.43 ................. D T Poutama 4 75523 Goodtime Mike nwtd ............... T McCracken 5 84756 Clearly Magic nwtd L & ...................... Morris 6 54624 Golfing Buddy 26.67 .................. B Johnston 7 42755 Tuff Diamond nwtd ........................B Mitchell 8 33213 Malakai Magic 26.15 .................... P Denbee 9 24738 Opawa Rabbit nwtd .......................... M Flipp 10 75253 Acapella 26.47 ..................................D Edlin 5 1.26pm J P PRINT PETONE C1 C1, 375m 1 68527 Jinja Pat nwtd G R & ....................... S Voyce 2 72214 Mr. Zafonic nwtd .....................J T McInerney 3 52x87 Uno Green 21.74 ............................S Maher 4 58852 Miss McFly nwtd ............................R Murray 5 31224 Wasem Twist nwtd.......................A Turnwald 6 46253 To The Bank 21.79 ....................... P Denbee 7 74462 Another Plane nwtd......................... M Mann 8 1F685 Space Captain 21.89 D & ..........J MacAuley 9 36272 Opawa Jay 21.74 ............................. A Clark 10 35683 Dogged Dan 22.01 .............................J Hunt 6 1.44pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C2 C2, 375m 1 x5218 Marbella nwtd................................... M Flipp 2 76234 Flying Blake 21.84 .............................. L Bell 3 67727 Spot On Maggie nwtd ..............A Duganzich 4 57864 Homebush Zane nwtd ............J T McInerney 5 64311 Pukewhai Magic 21.44 ................. P Denbee 6 41343 Working Jewel nwtd ........................L Doody 7 88788 Homebush Ginger nwtd .........J T McInerney 8 77555 Captain’s Choice 21.50 ................M Roberts

9 64376 Vinnie Baxter 21.65................J T McInerney 10 66177 Ritza Rose nwtd ...............................L Ahern 7 2.02pm MANAWATU HARNESS RACING CLUB C5 C5, 375m 1 62531 Red Moova Hoova 21.50 G & ............Denby 2 71424 Caesar Chance 21.38 .................A Turnwald 3 56112 Elle Packer 21.24 .............................L Ahern 4 22173 Blue And Curly 21.27 .......................L Ahern 5 14377 Wheelie Good 21.60 ...................A Turnwald 6 33613 Unlikely Attack 21.63 D &...........J MacAuley 7 17833 Individual Lily 21.40 .........................L Ahern 8 33314 Serena Rose 21.66 ..........................L Ahern 8 2.25pm AFFORDALE PET ACCESSORIES C2 C2, 375m 1 63224 Opawa Cassidy nwtd ......................S Maher 2 16375 Another Fantasy 22.17 .................... M Mann 3 x3126 Pure Lee 21.96 D & ...................J MacAuley 4 25671 Deathstar 21.76 ............................A Speight 5 11263 Angie Zarr nwtd...........................A Turnwald 6 81232 Ayra Stark nwtd ................................ A Clark 7 41665 Zamaddis Lass 21.87................... T Downey 8 85782 Waimak Dave nwtd ................J T McInerney 9 54411 Mighty Magic 21.75 ..........................L Ahern 10 66177 Rocky Baxter nwtd .................J T McInerney 9 2.45pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY LTD C4 C4, 375m 1 1448F Stellar Force 21.45 ................... S Gommans 2 41751 Enhancer 21.51.......................... B Hodgson 3 17647 Rock On Sprite 21.85 G & .................Denby 4 56716 Allegro Touch nwtd ...........................L Ahern 5 31666 Varga Frost 21.52..........................A Speight 6 22482 Wine Time nwtd ............................A Speight 7 61332 Cawbourne Matty 21.44 ...............M Roberts 8 15677 Plenty Of Time 21.77 .......................L Ahern 9 76473 Big Boy Deno 21.59 .....................M Roberts 10 16678 Bigtime Dasher 21.46 ......................L Ahern 10 3.00pm WAREHOUSE STATIONERY C4/5 C4/5, 457m 1 85843 Tifino 25.91 ......................................L Ahern 2 51287 Trident nwtd........................................ N Udy 3 48346 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ............. B Hodgson 4 11287 Lagoon Kootchy 26.20 .................M Roberts 5 21556 Takamori 26.27 G & ...........................Denby 6 66244 Speed Legend 25.71.................. B Hodgson 7 47877 Graduation 25.80 .............................L Ahern 8 6x817 Sweet Rubyjane 25.65 .....................L Ahern 9 83768 Kwasant 25.91 ..................................D Edlin 11 3.20pm PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES LTD C3 C3, 375m 1 15433 King’s Selection 21.77.............. S Gommans 2 23242 Lagoon Mac 21.49 .......................M Roberts 3 11117 Bigtime Pulse 21.66 .........................L Ahern 4 21185 Wee Diger 21.63 ........................ G Hodgson 5 37444 Hanify Ace 21.52................................ N Udy 6 46564 Peacock Princess 21.83..............A Turnwald 7 22446 Manu Rama 22.11 ..........................L Doody 8 23237 Up High nwtd ..............................A Turnwald 9 85467 Your Say 21.76 .............................M Roberts 10 35558 Opawa Shaiden 21.66..................M Roberts 12 3.35pm SHAKEY JAKEY AT ROCKY RIDGE C2/3 C2/3, 457m 1 32125 Aeroplane Ritzy nwtd .......................L Ahern 2 43x53 Boris 26.17 ................................. B Johnston 3 23357 Chloe’s Prodigy 26.09 ..................M Roberts 4 51121 Nitro Mary nwtd G R & .................... S Voyce 5 51231 Illicit Twist 26.68 ..........................A Turnwald 6 77646 Shadow Baxter nwtd ..............J T McInerney 7 36718 That’s King 26.58 ....................... B Hodgson 8 51716 Where’s Shiraz 26.40 ......................... N Udy 9 65676 Cawbourne Aries 26.47 ........... S Gommans 10 64683 Kasim nwtd .......................................D Edlin

through this so many times,” he said.

Frosted did make a move, closing slightly as they came into the final straight, before American Pharoah pulled inexorably away.

“I could just tell it was going to happen and all I did was just take in the crowd,” Baffert said.

“It was thundering and I was just enjoying the call and the crowd, the noise, and everything happening.”

It’s a glittering peak to a training career that began in the lesser echelons of quarter horse racing.

In the more lucrative world of thoroughbred racing, Baffert was a bracing, sometimes grating, contrast to the sport’s establishment.

- AAP

TRADES, SERVICES

Patience pays off for trainer

Despite an injury plagued start to his racing career, exciting galloper Lord Ernesto looks set to reward the patient approach adopted by trainer and part owner Sandie Cookson on the evidence of his win at Trentham on the weekend.

The four-year-old gelding made it two wins from two raceday starts for Cookson and remains unbeaten in public after winning his only trial appearance back in September 2013. It was after that impressive trial performance at Foxton, where he beat subsequent seven race winner Overtheriver, that problems surfaced for the son of Patapan.

“He developed bone chips on his knees and we had to have him operated on up in the Waikato,” said Cookson.

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Tuesday

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9.30am M.S.A TAI CHI. Stretching exercises and Tai Chi maintenance, Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Main Road and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.45am ASHBURTON MEN’S PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting with guest speaker. Senior Centre. Cameron

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Ground floor Heritage Centre, East St. All welcome.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Croquet Clubrooms, Philip Street.

1.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Allenton Street.

10.00am NEWCOMERS. Social group coffee morning, All welcome. Nosh Cafe in the Ashford Village, West Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

11.00am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Class for beginners, M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

12.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION

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6.00pm RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Circuit training, 1st time free.

St Andrews Church Hall, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real Women circuit training in hall.

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7.30pm CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre . Holy Name Parish Hall, Winter Street.

MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR CITIZENS. Social afternoon with entertainment, raffles etc, afternoon tea. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club social day, new members welcome. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

7.00pm - 9.00pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night section club night, new players welcomed, racquets available. EA Networks Stadium, 20 River Terrace.

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YOUR STARS

by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Where life has been all work and no play there is a rebellion taking shape, with a need to become involved from the get go.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) With income, work and career opportunities continuing to unfold, having a strong home base is more important than ever.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) With Mercury, planet of communication in his final days in retrograde motion, the focus is on giving the past and unsaid words a voice.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) There is a determination to leave no stone unturned on the work front. Trust that if you put in the effort the money will come.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) While any personal and/or relationship tensions triggered over the past few days will ease, already you’re able to see this as a blessing in disguise.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Stolen moments here and there will be just as valuable as savouring and enjoying those moments when you get to hear yourself think.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Take the opportunity to catch your breath and process professional desires and expectations that Venus, planet of love has left you with.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With Venus spending over three of the next 5 months in your career sector, instead of her normal 4 weeks, make work/life balance a priority.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) If you knew just how professionally focused life is set to get you’d realise that even the professional gods favour embracing life to the full.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) Having the Moon move through your income sector during Venus’ early days in your financial sector gives you a nose for money when you need it most.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) While there may be personal and/or relationship tension it’s simply that you’re needing more from your relationships than you did before.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) The message from the get go is to pace yourself, buying you time to listen to your heart and get a sense of what’s possible.

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Family Notices DEATHS

NELL, Leonora Alexandra – On June 3, 2015 at her home, aged 91 years. Adored wife and best friend of the late Bill Nell. Dearly loved mother and mother in law of Graham and Sally, Bruce and Lynette, Alison and Peter Fougere, and Fiona Walker-Nell.

Treasured granny to Lucy and Hamish, George and Lorie, Victoria, Charles; James and Kate, Olivia and Christian, Charlotte and Vince; Sam and Susanne, Robert and Lisa, Tom and Sacha, Jack and Adele; Peter, and wee Alexandra.

Great granny to Fred and Olive, Juliet; Henry, Ben and Sam, William; Hazel, Ella and Kate. Special granny to Judith, Jane and John Mason. Country mum to Robbie Buckley. Leonora was a wonderful, vibrant and strong woman who will be deeply missed. Messages C/the Nell family to PO Box 35046 Christchurch 8640. A celebration of her life will be held at St Andrew's Church, Presbyterian Havelock St, Ashburton at 1pm WEDNESDAY, June 10.

CHALMERS, Margaret Airlie – Passed away three years ago today.

“Always remembered and sadly missed.”

Love Ray and family.

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Wind at 2000m: NW gradually rising to severe gale 110 km/h by evening.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am Renovation Game 3 A team of up-and-coming builders and designers put their fees on the line if they fail to raise a property’s value. 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:30 Coronation Street 3 0 2pm Come Dine With Me PGR 0 2:55 N Tipping Point Quiz show in which four players take on an extraordinary machine, hoping to win its jackpot.

3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm 7:30 8pm 8:30

Seven Sharp 0 Border Patrol 0 Code–1 0 N Criminal Minds AO Kat Callahan, a seasoned FBI undercover agent, is the newest member of the BAU. 0 9:30 Forever AO 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0

11pm Golf – PGA Tour (Highlights) Final Round – Memorial Tournament.

From the Muirfield Village Golf Course in Dublin, Ohio. 11:55 The Mentalist AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Yard Crashers 7am Bill’s Kitchen – Notting Hill 7:30 The Living Room The team focuses on the big issues in our lives – food, travel, and future trends.

8:30 We Love Penguins A warmhearted documentary about the love people have for penguins.

9:30 Merlin 10:30 Better Homes And Gardens Noon Backroad Bounty 1pm The Living Room 2pm We Love Penguins 3pm You Live In What?

4pm Luke Gamble’s Vet Adventures 5pm Jamie At Home 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6pm Salvage Hunters 7pm Beverly Hills Pawn 7:30 John Bishop’s Australia Follow comedian John Bishop as he embarks on an Australian adventure, cycling from Sydney to Cairns.

8:35 Equator Documentary series in which Simon Reeve treks through rainforests, climbs volcanoes and travels through war zones on a trip around the equator.

9:30 Long Way Down PGR Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embark on a journey from Scotland to Africa.

10:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 11pm Jamie At Home 11:30 Poh’s Kitchen

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:52 Jungle Bunch News Beat 0 6:55 Pokemon – Black And White 3 0 7:20 Robot And Monster 3 0 7:45 The League Of Super Evil 3 0 8:15 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 8:35 Art Attack 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle AO 1:30 N The Speakmans 0 2:35 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm Mako Mermaids 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Victoria plays with fire; Caleb betrays his wife to do what is right. 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules PGR One of the most passionate teams of the series gets a second chance when Kat and Andre re-enter their WA kitchen. 0 8:45 The Mysteries Of Laura AO 0 9:45 Schitt’s Creek PGR 0 10:15 2 Broke Girls PGR 0 10:45 20/20 0

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Brooke and Bill speak to Karen about why Bill should be reinstated as CEO of Spencer Publications.

11am Rachael Ray Rachael chats with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR 3 Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO A woman claims her mother is faking having cancer.

2pm The Ricki Lake Show AO 3pm The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Million Dollar Minute 3 5pm The Biggest Loser – Glory Days 0 6pm 3 News 7pm Road Cops 3 0 7:30 The Embassy PGR A West Australian miner defrauded by his Thai girlfriend; inside the Bangkok Hilton prison with a convicted Australian drug trafficker. 0 8pm Dancing With The Stars New Zealand PGR 8:30 Catching Milat AO (Part 2) 0 10:25 Newsworthy 10:55 Sons Of Anarchy AO 3 0

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Grojband 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 0 8:30 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 8:40 Peppa Pig 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9am Thomas And Friends 3 9:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:25 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 3 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0 The Simpsons 3 0 New Girl PGR 3 The Goldbergs PGR 3 Community PGR When a clever con man uses his class to cheat the study group, they enlist Jeff to get revenge.

9:05 Parks And Recreation PGR 3 9:35 Us And Them AO 3 10pm Bad Teacher PGR 3 10:30 NYC 22 AO 3

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 MythBusters PGR Adam, Jamie, and Nik Wallenda must survive in one of America’s harshest environments using nothing but duct tape.

8:30 60 Minutes PGR 9:30 Silent Witness AO (Part 2) 10:40 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

11:15 Super Fun Night PGR 0 11:45 Samantha Who? AO 0 12:15 Go Girls AO 3 0 1:10 The Family Tools PGR 3 1:35 Infomercials 2:30 Shameless AO 3 0 3:30 Twisted PGR 3 4:15 Ellen 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

12:10 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:15 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:10 Home Shopping 1:40 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 A celebrity chat show.

2pm Tony Robinson Down Under PGR 3 3pm Storage Wars PGR 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 4:55 Football – Fifa U20 World Cup 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3

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3pm Tennis – French Open (Highlights) Day 15. 4pm Small Blacks TV 4:15 Random Rugby TV 4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 5pm The Hunters Club 5:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (Highlights) 6pm Red Bull Drift Shifters 6:30 Motorsport – MotoGP (Highlights) 7pm The Hunters Club 7:30 L Netball – ANZ Championship New Zealand Conference Final – Mystics v TBC. 9:15 Netball Zone 10pm Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) Birmingham, UK.

11pm Red Bull Drift Shifters 11:40 L Cycling – Criterium Du Dauphine Stage Two. 1:10 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 13 Monday. 1:40 Random Rugby TV 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Toi Whakaari 2 8pm Te Iti Kahurangi – The Journey To Success 8:30 Native Affairs 9:30 F Tales From The Trails 3 10:30 Find Me A Maori Bride AO 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

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Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli.

11:45 Would Be Kings – Part 2 16VLS Currie Graham, Ben Bass.

1:20 Ender’s Game MV 2013 Sci-fi.

Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford.

3:15 The Expendables 3 MVL 2014 Action. Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham.

5:20 Lost Treasure Of The Maya MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen.

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Jessica Szohr, Ed Speleers.

8:30 Haunter MC 2013 Horror.

Abigail Breslin, Peter Outerbridge.

10:10 Lone Survivor 16VLC 2013 Action. Mark Wahlberg.

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12:10 The Broken Shore 16VLSC 2013 Thriller. Don Hany.

1:55 Lost Treasure Of The Maya MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen.

3:35 Sex And The Cinema 16LS 2009 Documentary.

4:35 Love Bite 16VS 2012 Comedy.

Jessica Szohr, Ed Speleers.

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MOVIES GREATS 6:15 13 Going On 30 PGS 2004 Comedy. Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Serkis.

7:50 Analyze This MVL 1999 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal.

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11:05 The Island MVL 2005 Sci-fi Thriller. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson.

1:25 Evan Almighty PGL 2007 Comedy. Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham.

3pm Body Of Lies 16VL 2008 Action.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe.

5:05 Sanctum MVL 2011 Action.

Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield.

6:55 Just Married PGS 2003 Comedy. Ashton Kutcher.

8:30 Boogie Nights 18VLS 1997 Drama. Mark Wahlberg.

11:05 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. Sam Worthington.

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12:50 Yours, Mine And Ours PGL 2005 Comedy. Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Jerry O’Connell.

2:20 Boogie Nights 18VLS 1997 Drama. Mark Wahlberg.

4:55 Sanctum MVL 2011 Action.

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10:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Rabbitohs v Warriors.

11am Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Australian Conference Elimination – Swifts v Fever.

11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) New Zealand Conference Elimination – Magic v Steel.

Noon Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Australian Conference Final – Firebirds v TBC. 12:30 Sky Sports UK News 1pm Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race 1:30 Motorsport – FIA Formula One Championship (Highlights) Canadian Formula One Grand Prix.

2pm Motorcycling – Superbike World Championship (Highlights) Portugal, Round Seven.

3pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sharks v Roosters.

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5:30 L Rugby League – NRL Bulldogs v Dragons.

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Methven’s Andrew Smith on his way to the try-line during Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup semi-final against Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell at Methven on Saturday. Methven won 29-20.

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Methven marches on

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For the second time Methven will host the Combined Country Cup rugby final against Waihora.

Methven advanced to the final in convincing fashion on Saturday as they outgunned Burnham-Dunsandel-Irwell (BDI) 29-20.

They ran in four tries to the visitors’ two - a much simpler route to the final than their opponents Waihora.

Waihora and Oxford were drawn 8-8 at full time, sending the game to extra time at Tai Tapu.

Oxford then broke the deadlock with an unconverted try, only for Waihora to answer with one of their own for a dramatic 13-13 draw.

Out came the rule book.

The first tie-breaker was the team to score the most tries in the match, which was also a tie at 2-2; and then who won in pool play, but they didn’t play each other.

Then it went to points differential, which Waihora came out on top - if that had been even it would have been a coin toss.

It was North Canterbury’s turn to host the final but they are now absent in this

year’s final, and Ellesmere hosted last year, so it has defaulted to Mid Canterbury - with Methven hosting their second final.

It will be their third trip to the final, losing in 2010 and 2011 while Waihora lost last year’s final at home to Lincoln As Methven focus on the combined final, the other Mid Canterbury sides are setting their sights on the upcoming Watters Cup round.

Southern sent out a warning ahead of the Watters Cup with a 43-14 win over Celtic at Mayfield, while Glenmark got up against Southbridge 34-27.

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In the trophy section, Rakaia suffered a second straight defeat going down to Darfield 23-26 while Saracens surprised Lincoln 15-14.

Hampstead went down to West Melton 13-16 in the plate as Ashley put away Prebbleton 32-20.

Hornby made it back-to-back wins as they outscored Ohoka 24-14 and Kaiapoi were too good for Rolleston 49-7.

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