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Watching it all come down He built it, and yesterday he watched it come down. Former building foreman Dick Hansen checks out the Ashburton Community Pool demolition.

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Delay decision ask retailers

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton retailers want decisions on the site for the district’s new civic centre and library to be delayed, saying the recommended Baring Square east option is flawed.

That site does nothing to revitalise Ashburton’s central business district and would cost ratepayers more than an option in the heart of the retail area, retailer Bob McDonald said.

The council is due to vote on the complex’s site on February 23,

but this must be delayed while other options are explored. For inner town retailers that option has to be the Eastfield site, McDonald said.

“There’s no logical reason for this building to be in Baring Square. You’d have to demolish buildings and buy land. The council already owns 32 per cent of Eastfield and we feel there needs to be more research done on this option,” he said.

McDonald is a member of a retail group that has been working with council on the revitalisation of the town centre and that group

sees siting the civic centre and library in the centre of town as key.

None have any affiliation to the Eastfield company, but believe the land deal offered ticks all the boxes on all fronts.

“If you bring the council building into the CBD then you bring in 200 people very day. We can’t see the logic in shipping these people out of town.

It was critical that steps were taken to bring new life back into the CDB, McDonald said.

“We have a heap of empty shops, I reckon there’d be 30. We desperately need new retail, but

good retail, more good-quality shops.”

The retailers are concerned the CBD is being ring-fenced by retail development outside the town centre and they want to see the area divided into two precincts – inner town centre along Burnett, East, Tancred and Cass streets and the outer town centre extending the Havelock and Moore streets.

The council might say the Baring Square east site dovetailed with a town centre plan prepared in 2007, but the reality was that plan was prepared pre-earth-

quake and was now woefully out of step with the needs of Ashburton today, he said.

“The past councils have done nothing with this plan and it’s now irrelevant because everything has changed. This decision will affect our great grandkids. It will affect how Ashburton performs over the next 100 years; it’s not something to be taken lightly.”

The retail group has requested to speak during the public form session at the February 23 council meeting to put its case for delaying a decision on the civic centre and library project.

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■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COURT

Case threatened by third witness statement A court case came close to derailing in the Ashburton District Court this week after an additional witness statement appeared.

Lawyer Roz Burnside, who was defending Blake Geoffrey Moore on three counts of assaulting a child, laid under anti-smacking legislation, discovered the third statement while the key police witness was in the box on Tuesday.

The witness, the child’s mother, was initially a witness then became a suspect, before she was reinterviewed as witness.

No documentation had been disclosed to alert the defence counsel that she was once considered a suspect, beyond the fact she was given her rights.

The officer in charge of the case had been directed to create a composite version of the first two interviews, which was signed and produced as a statement when she was reinstated as a witness.

Police prosecutor Aja Trinder conceded there were impropriety

issues with disclosure and that it had not occurred in bad faith.

She said any effect the third statement would have had, in terms of prejudice, would have been relatively minor as it presented no new information.

Burnside asked Judge Joanna Maze to consider a stay of proceedings or a dismissal of the case.

Judge Maze acknowledged the failure to keep proper records and disclose evidence in a timely way was serious, however the officer in charge had not intended to deceive the court.

“If the police were to have continued in this manner, it would be a different matter – therefore it was not done in bad faith,” she said.

“The result of the exploration of this matter and the material that has come to light makes it more likely the defendant will get a fair trial – there are no grounds for stay of proceedings.”

Burnside indicated her decision to appeal the decision.

The Teata Chalet at Montrose Estate.

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Rakaia home to luxury lodge The Ashburton District has earned itself a place on the list of New Zealand luxury alpine retreats.

Just 10 minutes out of Methven, Montrose Estate has opened its gates to tourists or to locals wanting a luxury escape for a night or two.

The estate is built along the Rakaia River and has Mt Hutt Skifield as its backdrop. It is made up of three luxury self-contained homes that sit on 260 hectares in a private valley beside a fivehectare spring-fed lake.

Montrose is managed by husband and wife team Robert and Jane Lavery, who have lived on the Rakaia for over 20 years.

Montrose Estate can accommodate from two to 20 people.

It offers three accommodation options - Hoturoa, the owners’ retreat is an elegant, modern four-bedroom home, with two living rooms and two bathrooms. Paewaka, the original house is a beautiful two-storey, three-bedroom wood and stone dwelling, while the chalet, Teata with two bedrooms and two

bathrooms is nestled in native bush by a stream.

All properties are private and overlook the lake and Rakaia River.

The pristine waters of Montrose are helping to increase and protect fish stocks in the area and Montrose’s owners work with New Zealand Fish and Game to breed over one million salmon, rainbow and brown trout annually in their onsite hatchery. These are then released into the Rakaia River and surrounding alpine lakes.

Pool comes crumbling down

By SuSan SandyS

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Ashburton grandfather Dick Hansen recalled the “awkwardness” of the Ashburton Community Pool construction project as he watched the building crumble to the ground yesterday.

It was about 35 years ago that he was foreman of the pool building project, which saw the facility constructed around what was initially an open air facility at

Ashburton College.

The pool itself was constructed in 1974, and building around this in the early 1980s came with its challenges, he said.

“The awkwardness of working over the top of an existing pool, we had to have a rolling scaffold which we could move over the top of the pool. We had to build that over the top so we could work on the underside of it,” Hansen said.

The structure’s large blue steel

beams were constructed in Timaru. And due to the inefficiency of railway services, by the time they arrived at the building site, they had already passed through Ashburton by train two or three times.

Hansen was a foreman at Bradfords, and said about eight carpenters as well as painters, electricians and plumbers worked on the project.

As the demolition was underway yesterday, signs from spon-

sors such as Carpet Court and EA Networks could be seen on the rear wall. As the digger worked on the front of the building, Hansen looked through to see if a sign supplied by his building company Hansen and McFarlane was still there, but it wasn’t.

A line of colourful triangle swimming flags hanging down from the ceiling swayed in the dust, and the entrance to the old change rooms, which featured just a couple of

showers and toilets each, could be seen from the street. Some of the structure of the old learners’ pool remained, out in the open and full of debris.

Hansen recalled that the pool building and community fundraising project had been like any other in Ashburton over the years, where “a lot of people didn’t want it initially”.

“But I think it did a good job and served the community,” he said.

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Smokefree promoting free stop smoking service

By Megan gnad

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Representatives from Te Ha-Waitaha/Stop Smoking Canterbury, visited Ashburton yesterday, to promote the new Smokefree service and meet with local stakeholders.

The free service, which was rolled out on October 1, is a stop smoking service available to all Canterbury people who want to kick the habit.

The Canterbury Clinical Network is overseeing the service, made up of a collection of existing alliance and community cessation providers.

Yesterday, Canterbury District Health Board Smokefree manager Vivien Daley and Canterbury Clinical Network independent advisor Jane Cartwright took the opportunity to meet with Smokefree Mid Canterbury and representatives from the Cancer Society, Ashburton Hospital, school principals and health promoter, Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS).

Daley said they are all working toward the New Zealand government’s goal of achieving Smokefree status by 2025.

“We came down to let people

Spreading the Smokefree message in Ashburton, yesterday were, Canterbury District Health Board Smokefree manager Vivien Daley and Canterbury Clinical Network independent advisor Jane Cartwright.

PHOTO MEGAN GNAD 080217-MB-0165 know about the service,” she said.

“It’s different from previous cessation models, but we’re still working toward the same thing.

“There’s no better time to stop smoking than now and we can be

the backstop to helping people quit.”

Anyone wanting to quit smoking, is encouraged to call 0800425700 or visit www.smokefreecanterbury.org.nz

Offender discharged A man who became involved in a brawl in the Ashburton CBD two years ago has been convicted and discharged for his role in the fracas.

Te Hira Reihana Carroll, 23, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze for sentencing on a charge of obstructing a police officer in the course of his duty in the early hours of February 1, 2015.

His brother, Joe Jiga Carroll was discharged without conviction, unopposed by police. He was not present in court to hear the outcome.

Te Hira Carroll’s lawyer Roz Burnside argued that her client should also receive a discharge without conviction, however police opposed the suggestion on the

basis of the gravity of the offending by comparison.

Judge Maze’s decision regarding the outcomes for both men was based on their understanding of the facts that night. The matter was the subject of a hearing last year, when they were both deemed guilty.

A police officer saw an older brother Henare Carroll assaulting a man on East Street; when the officer attempted to intervene Henare Carroll punched him in the chin and made off. Te Hira Carroll saw this happen and attempted to obstruct the constable’s pursuit of his brother by pushing him into a nearby bike stand.

Henare Carroll and co-offender Verokia Akama appeared in the

Timaru High Court last year, where they were sentenced to home detention and fined on serious assault charges incurred on the same evening.

Yesterday Crown prosecutor Matthew Beattie said some of the serious assaults later committed may have been averted had Te Hira not intervened in the constable’s pursuit of his brother.

Joe Carroll, on the other hand had put his hand on the constable’s shoulder to get his attention in the mistaken belief he was pursuing the wrong person.

Judge Maze noted both men’s remorse and satisfactory restorative justice conferences but agreed Te Hira was the more culpable offender.

From there, would-be quitters are then allocated a local contact to provide information and advice, and people can also be referred by health providers.

Te Ha-Waitaha/Stop Smoking

Canterbury would also like to hear from anyone interested in getting their own groups together, such as friends or businesses, and they can deliver cessation support in a more personalised way.

“Smoking is the worst thing for people’s health and robs people of their health and money,” Cartwright said.

They both agreed the time to quit is now, with news recently being announced that tobacco prices have gone up and are set to further increase by 10 per cent for the next three years, and will cost about $30 a packet in 2020.

Te Ha – Waitaha is available to all Canterbury people who smoke, but if you are Maori, Pacific, pregnant or living with a pregnant woman, there are specific programmes available.

Quit coaches are based across Canterbury and support can be provided face-to-face, via phone or text, in a group, or on your own.

They will then work with clients to provide support and find ways that can help make quitting easier, such as free nicotine replacement products like patches, gum and lozenges and advice on other available medications and supports.

Dexter reunited with family Missing red kelpie Dexter and his Ashburton family have been reunited.

Dexter went missing on Sunday night when owner Lane Donaldson took him to the Ashburton Business Park, north of Ashburton, for a run. He vanished and the family spent an anxious couple of days searching the park and posting on social media.

Ashburton Guardian readers helped the cause by sharing the disappearance.

Lane’s mother Lynda Mackenzie said Dexter was found near a business in the park yesterday morning and the family was grateful to have him back.

She thanked those who helped in the search, either physically or Dexter with his owner Lane online.

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Movie fundraiser for KidsCan

By Megan gnad

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Ashburton’s Pork Pie charity movie screening raised $700 for KidsCan. The film premiere, held at the Regent Cinema on Thursday, coincided with the national release of the Goodbye Pork Pie remake and acts as a lead-in to Easter weekend’s Pork Pie Rally.

Organiser Gavin Agnew, who will be travelling with Teresa in the rally in their bright yellow 1980 Morris Mini 1000, Bumble, said they had fielded a number of telephone enquiries from people offering their support.

“Sixty-seven people were there (at the screening) and although only half full, we realised $700 for KidsCan,” he said.

“A fantastic result.”

The 1980 Morris Mini 1000 will join 60 other minis travelling from Kaitaia to Invercargill over six days and seven nights at Easter Weekend, to fundraise for KidsCan. Bumble’s proud Rakaia-based owners have participated in the rally three times before, but it is the first time since moving south.

This means they have to lock in extra travel time than other

In brief Vandals cost Council Vandals cost Ashburton District ratepayers more than $2000 in repairs to road signs, public toilets and litter bins over the final two months of last year. Road sign repairs came with a bill of almost $700, while the district council paid out $1400 to have public toilets and litter bins tidied up after spates of vandalism.

Methven road race The street closure boxes have been ticked ahead of this year’s Methven motor cycle street race.

The Methven Lions Club applied to the Ashburton District Council for temporary road closures in the Methven CBD ahead of the Easter Saturday event. Sections of seven streets will be closed from 6am to 6pm on April 15 for the Dubliner Mountain Thunder event.

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drivers, travelling four days to Kaitaia to make it in time for the Good Friday start and the 2500km journey.

For more information, visit the organising group’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ JR5254

Teresa and Gavin Agnew with 1980 Morris Mini 1000, Bumble.

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A US Coast Guard vessel will stop in Lyttelton on its way back from Antarctica later this month. It’s the first time since the 1998 that the Polar Star has stopped in New Zealand. It follows the visit of the USS Sampson in November, the first US warship to visit New Zealand since the mid 1980s.The Polar Star’s arrival date will be confirmed when the icebreaker leaves Antarctica.

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■ MAYFIELD A&P SHOW

Show preparation under way

By Linda CLarke

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Ten racing piglets destined to be stars at the Mayfield A&P Show have arrived at their training venue.

Piglet racing has been a major drawcard for the show for nearly 25 years and this year’s crew will be once again trained by father and son duo John and Mike Farnell.

In the next few weeks, at their training venue, they will put on a few kilograms and learn to navigate a race course and obstacles; food will be the main training aid.

Show president and fifth generation dairy farmer Martin Williams said pig racing was an established and exciting part of the annual show and he is looking forward to seeing them on show day on March 11.

The schedule of competitions

is out and entries close on February 17 for the last sections.

Williams said the show remained a great event to unite the community and gave farmers a chance to showcase their good work, especially when the industry had so many detractors on social media.

The show committee was busy working on a line-up of entertainment, alongside competitions in the stock ring and produce shed, which would appeal to families and people of all ages.

A large number of entries are expected in the horse section, because of a special horse ring built by the committee several years ago.

The show also ran a special equestrian event in October for the first time.

Williams said the horses were an important part of the show and the mini-event gave riders a

chance to gain experience in the ring.

The Mayfield on-farm heifer competition, that is part of the show, takes place later in March.

Williams said nearly 8000 heifers were entered in the competition last year; there are classes for owners and graziers.

He said the competition was more about information sharing and helping owners prepare good stock for grazing. “It is not to be critical, but to be exposed to other ideas.”

It was good for the industry if livestock owners could send stock in good condition to graziers and graziers continued to grow them out to good condition for winter and then into mating, he said.

The competition was an event that had helped both farmers and graziers lift their game in the past.

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A mere $US250m could buy you this house

BY AMANDA LEE MYERS In the exclusive Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles sits a new monument to opulence, a $250 million ($NZ342.33m) megamansion that’s now the most expensive home listed in the United States.

The four-level, 3530-square-metre mansion comes with a seven-member staff, a $30 million car collection and an infinity pool complete with a swim-up bar, 270-degree views of the city and a monstrous 20-foot outdoor television.

It has 12 bedroom suites, 21 bathrooms, five bars, three gourmet kitchens, a spa, a 40-seat movie theatre and a bowling alley.

The mansion was built on speculation, or with no buyer in mind. And only 3000 people in the world could afford to buy it, said Bruce Makowsky, the developer and owner of the home who made his fortune as a handbag designer.

The Associated Press recently interviewed Makowsky inside the mansion.

Here’s what he had to say about why he built it and who would spend $250 million on a house.

Q: Why did you build this house?

A: “After being on major mega-yachts across the world and on beautiful private aircraft, it didn’t make sense to me people were spending $350 million on a boat, $100 million on a plane and they’re living in $20 million and $30 million homes ...

The homes have not kept up with the toys. So my feeling is if you’re going to spend over 12 hours a day in your home it should be the most amazing experience in the world.”

Q: What is it like being inside the house?

A: “I would say it’s the eighth wonder of the world. I’ve had a couple people come in here and say it’s in the top seven – one of the other seven could go away ... Every single inch of this house is breathtaking.

It’s a sensory overload. I’ve shown this house about 25 times now. People go in and use just about every adjective on half of the lower level. There’s no more adjectives. They just become numb. Every single thing in this house makes you feel like you’re in heaven.”

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The $US250 million mansion in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. It is the most expensive home listed in the US. PHOTO AP

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Mum attacks Trump over terror list

BY BELINDA TASKER AND PETER MITCHELL The mother of a backpacker stabbed to death in Australia has lashed out at US President Donald Trump for insisting the media has deliberately failed to report terrorist attacks.

Mia Ayliffe-Chung’s death at a north Queensland backpacker’s hostel was included on a list of 78 incidents released by the White House after Mr Trump accused the media of under reporting terrorist attacks in the US, Australia and Europe.

The White House claims the incidents were “executed or inspired by” the Islamic State terrorist group.

But Ms Ayliffe-Chung’s mother Rosie Ayliffe attacked Mr Trump for including her daughter’s death on the list, saying police had discounted terrorism early on in their investigation into her death at Shelley’s Backpackers in Home Hill.

“My daughter’s death will not be used to further this insane persecution of innocent people,” she wrote in an open letter to Mr Trump.

The 21-year-old British woman and her

Previously unseen footage of the Beatles performing on their first north American tour is expected to sell for more than $NZ17,140 at an auction. The 8mm, 10-minute film is from the band’s performance in Montreal, Canada in September, 1964, and shows rare colour footage of the Fab Four backstage.

Filmed by the father of one of The Four Frenchmen, who were supporting the Beatles, the film also shows part of their performance and a press conference after the show.

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compatriot Tom Jackson, 30, both died after Frenchman Smail Ayad allegedly attacked them on August 23, 2016.

Queensland police claim Ayad shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack but have not found any evidence the incident was terror-related.

“Any fool can shout Allahu Akbar as they commity (sic) a crime,” Ms Ayliffe wrote.

“This vilification of whole nation states and their people based on religion is a terrifying reminder of the horror that can ensue when we allow ourselves to be led by ignorant people into darkness and hatred.”

Also included on the list were the 2014 Sydney Lindt Cafe siege, the 2014 stabbing of two police officers at Endeavour Hills police station in Melbourne, the 2015 shooting of NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng and last year’s stabbing of a man in Minto, NSW. Other attacks on the list include the San Bernardino, Orlando nightclub, Paris and Brussels airport attacks – all incidents that received extensive international press coverage.

The White House claims the terror attacks did not “get the spectacular attention that they deserve” from the media.

Media organisations, including national newswire Australian Associated Press, have disputed the allegations.

But Mr Trump, speaking to reporters on Tuesday while meeting with members of the National Sheriffs’ Association, said he understands “the total dishonesty of the media better than anybody and I let people know it”.

“I have to know because I am reported on possibly more than anybody in the world,” Mr Trump said.

The president raised eyebrows on Monday when he told US military members at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida terror attacks were happening all over Europe and “it’s gotten to a point where it’s not even being reported and, in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it”.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said a decision was made to release the list of 78 terrorist attacks after reporters queried Mr Trump’s Florida remarks.

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Model Christie Brinkley is returning to the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue at age 63 and this time she’s appearing with her two daughters.

Brinkley will appear with 31-year-old Alexa Ray Joel, her daughter with singer Billy Joel, and 18-year-old Sailor Brinkley Cook, in the issue coming out this month. In an Instagram post , Brinkley thanks Sports Illustrated “for sending the powerful message that good things come in packages of every size and we do not come with an expiration date.”

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Pleasing the fans Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan are back and on their best behaviour for their Not in This Lifetime world tour that’s all about pleasing fans. Guns N’ Roses’s down under debut in Brisbane on Tuesday night showed the three original members, who have not played together in Australia since 1993, can still master the classics. Every hit a black-cladded rocker would want to hear, from Sweet Child O’ Mine to Patience and November Rain was shredded out, albeit with little crowd banter. Initial concerns from longtime supporters that Axl couldn’t hit his trademark wails were quickly quashed with a powerful return to form for Welcome to the Jungle.

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Tornadoes rock Louisiana The tornadoes that struck southeastern Louisiana yesterday injured about 20 people, destroyed homes and businesses, flipped cars and trucks, and left about 10,000 customers without power, but no deaths were reported, the governor said.

Gov. John Bel Edwards took an aerial tour and made a disaster declaration before meeting with officials in New Orleans. The worst damage was in the same 9th Ward that was so heavily flooded in Hurricane Katrina.

Edwards, a Democrat, said he was heartbroken to see some of the same people suffering again, and promised that the state would provide the affected citizens with the resources they need as quickly as possible.

He said seven parishes were hit by tornadoes in an afternoon of tumultuous weather across south-eastern Louisiana.

Hatchet-wielding firefighters walked up and down the debrisstrewn Chef Menteur Highway after the storm, looking for anyone missing or trapped. Their primary search came up empty, and a secondary search was planned to make sure and to better assess the damage.

Edwards said he called in the Louisiana National Guard to police and secure the area, and urged people to stay away.

“This is not a time to sightsee,” he said.

The storm ripped apart homes, toppled a gas station canopy,

A compound found in green tea could have lifesaving potential for patients with a form of blood cancer, say US scientists.

Biomedical engineers at Washington University found the compound epigallocatechine-3-gallate (EGCG) may be of particular benefit to patients struggling with multiple myeloma and amyloidosis – a rare disease of the bone marrow.

These patients are susceptible to a frequently fatal condition called light chain amyloidosis, which causes the toxic accumulation of insoluble fibrils, or plaque, in various organs including the heart and kidneys.

EGCG is a polyphenol found in green tea leaves, it is also found in many spices and herbs. Other products and spices rich in this micronutrient are cloves, star anise, cocoa powder, oregano, flaxseed meal and dark chocolate.

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In brief Burqa ban debate The debate over whether to ban the burqa is set to be reignited in Australia’s federal parliament.

Senator Jacqui Lambie has given notice she will move to introduce a private bill yesterday prohibiting full face coverings in public places.

Senator Lambie flagged a similar ban in 2014, proposing fines for anyone unlawfully wearing identity concealing garments in public.

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Man fought police

Claire White sits in a chair and talks on the phone next to her husband Roy White and dog JD across the street from their destroyed home after a tornado tore through the eastern neighbourhood in New Orleans yesterday.

PHOTO AP snapped tall power poles and flipped a food truck upsidedown. It left shards of metal hanging from trees and trapped a truck driver as power lines wrapped around his cab.

The wall of severe weather also delivered heavy rain and hail to Mississippi and Alabama.

Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the White House was monitoring the weather’s impact and that President Donald Trump

would be reaching out to local and state officials.

Yoshekia Brown lost everything to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Now she’s lost everything again: Three-quarters of her home in eastern New Orleans collapsed.

“Sister, your house is gone,” her brother told her as she drove home. She didn’t believe it until she saw it herself.

“I lived in between two blighted properties. One of those

would have been gone before my house,” she said. “It’s just gone.

Like the movie Twister.”

Luckily her two-year-old son and three dogs have survived, and her home was insured.

The Baton Rouge area also got hit. Three people suffered minor injuries and several homes and some other buildings were damaged in the historic part of Donaldsonville, about 32km southwest of the capital.

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Green tea could save lives – scientists

By Sarah WiederSehn

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with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

A similar finding has now been found in those with multiple myeloma and amyloidosis.

The study, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, showed in bone marrow patients, EGCG transformed the internal structure of the light chain amyloid protein, preventing the misshapen form from replicating and accumulating.

“The ECGC pulled the light chain into a different type of aggregate that wasn’t toxic and didn’t form fibril structures, as happens to organs affected by amyloidosis,” said lead author Jan Bieschke, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the university’s School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Clinical trials are now being run in Germany and China, said Prof Bieschke.

“My group is looking at the mechanism of the protein in a test tube; we are studying how it works on a foundational level. At the same time, clinical trials at the Amyloidosis Center in Heidelberg, with Alzheimer’s in Berlin and with Parkinson’s in China examine the process in people. We all want this compound to work in a patient.”

– AAP

Pittsburgh police say a man who was found semi-conscious behind the wheel of a car while wearing pink lingerie fought with officers and threatened them. Police say 51-year-old Daniel Marchese was exposing himself when they arrived to find him in the running car that was stopped in the middle of an intersection. Police also say they found an open bottle of whiskey and two guns in the vehicle.

– AP

Suicide bomber strikes A suicide bomber has struck near the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing at least 12 people and injuring 22 others. Ministry of Public Health spokesman Ismail Kawusi said that the bodies of the dead had been transferred to hospitals. Another source from the same ministry, Wahidullah Majroh, said 22 people were injured, including eight women and one child. No–one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the Afghan capital but Taliban insurgents have attacked the top court and its employees in the past.

– EFE

Police, teachers fired Nearly 4500 Turkish civil servants have been dismissed by the latest emergency decree from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the latest in a series of purges that started after an attempted coup in July.

Yesterday’s announcement affects 4464 workers. The Education Ministry was the hardest hit, losing 2585 workers because of alleged ties to terrorist groups or accusations of endangering national security. Most of the affected are teachers. Additionally, 1310 police officers and other law enforcement workers were dismissed.

– DPA

Baby born in carpark Men in bikini tops hold signs that read in Spanish “Why can I go topless and they can’t” during a bare-breasted demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, yesterday.

PHOTO AP

Protesters criticise macho attitudes Bare-breasted demonstrators in Argentina are protesting a recent incident in which police expelled topless women sunbathers from a beach under threat of arrest.

Dozens of women and some male supporters protested at Buenos Aires’ Obelisk monument and in other Argentine cities yesterday.

Some had their chests painted with slogans such as “Censor this”

and “We are not going to ask you for permission”. They criticised macho attitudes and those who would dictate what women can do with their bodies.

Protester Daiana Asquini tells The Associated Press that “we women have the right to the free use of our bodies”.

The incident with police happened in late January at a public beach south of the capital. – AP

A woman has given birth in a service station carpark in Adelaide’s southern suburbs.

Police found the woman lying on the ground and in labour when they arrived at the Reynella outlet early yesterday morning. Two officers helped the woman until paramedics arrived and safely delivered the baby. The new parents and their healthy boy are doing well, police say.

– AAP

Baby turtle Environmentalists say disturbing photographs of a newborn turtle beside lumps of coal on a central Queensland beach are evidence of toxic spills near the Great Barrier Reef. WWF-Australia said a concerned citizen had taken the photographs of the turtle hatchling on East Point Beach in Mackay, part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

– AAP

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Do it for you, do it for your family Megan Gnad

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esterday, I met with a group of dedicated health professionals working hard to meet the Government’s target of making New Zealand Smokefree by 2025.

Their challenge is immense, but they battle on with focus and determination.

The Canterbury Clinical Network now works as a collective, overseeing Te Ha-Waitaha/Stop Smoking Canterbury, made up of existing alliance and community cessation providers.

The service promotes quitting smoking as one of the best things you could do for your health; potentially saving you thousands of dollars every year, not to mention the added benefits for the health of your family.

Smoking is a choice and I’m all for people choosing how they spend their hard-earned cash, at the end of the day.

But when you consider tobacco prices have gone up and are set to further increase by 10 per cent for the next three years, costing about $30 a packet in 2020, maybe it’s time to make the most of these kinds of free services.

Think of what you could do with the extra cash, because it all adds up.

On the service’s website (www. smokefreecanterbury.org.nz), they also have a handy calculator that tallies what you could potentially save on a week-byweek basis, through to a 10-year period.

As they say, it’s like giving yourself a pay rise.

We all know it’s no fun going it alone though, so why not get together a group of friends, family, or a team from the office, to share the load together.

Quit coaches are based across Canterbury and they can visit you face-to-face, or make contact via phone or text.

The encouragement will boost you along to your end goal and the support – with people going through exactly the same thing – will be priceless.

As costs continue to skyrocket, and your health continues to suffer the damages of cigarette smoking, why not give these services a chance? They’re there waiting for your call and have removed every potential barrier in your way.

Do it for your family and friends today – there’s really no excuse.

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■ TRANZ ALPINE

Rail bookings affected by fire damage

Solid Energy was preparing a statement this morning. It is believed stockpiling may be an option, then playing catch-up to

the Lyttelton wharves when the line reopens.

KiwiRail operates up to four daily coal trains on the Midland

Line.

It said it was working with its freight customers to assess the implications of the closure on

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NZ vehicle depreciation amongst worst

By JonatHan UndeRHill New Zealand has been ranked worst in a global survey for depreciation in cars, with a 54 per cent slump in value after just 56,000 kilometres beating the UK and the US. The survey by Carspring, an online vehicle trading site based in the UK, shows that not only do cars lose their value fastest in New Zealand but the country ranks well down the field in terms of the affordability of used cars, at 19th.

The US is the cheapest place to buy a used car followed by the UK and Russia, while Singapore ranks as the most expensive.

But the national body of car dealers, the Motor Trade Association, says factors that affect New Zealand car values include the large volumes of used imports on the market and the tendency for

new vehicles to sell below their list price.

“New Zealand is somewhat unique amongst developed markets in that we have a two- tiered market structure with new vehicles entering our fleet, as well as used imports,” MTA’s Tony Everett said.

“Used imports now make up the larger share of our national fleet. Used imports can be accessed and shipped to NZ and still be a marketable proposition - in effect they are already heavily discounted at their source”.

If cars are a dud investment in terms of capital gain in New Zealand, that hasn’t deterred Kiwis from buying.

New Zealand new vehicle sales hit a

record in January, signalling no imminent slowdown from three straight years of record sales.

Mr Everett said assessing depreciation could be problematic in New Zealand because sales of new vehicles were often well below the so-called “list price”.

“The majority of new vehicles sold in New Zealand are to business and fleet buyers, so discounts can be significant.”

- NZME

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available for comment.

Bunnings New Zealand is headquartered in Auckland and its parent company is Australia’s Wesfarmers, which also owns Coles, Target, K-Mart and Officeworks.

It has 46 retail stores nationwide, all of which it owns and operates. It employs 3,700 staff and stores stock on average 46,000 product lines, according to the Commerce Commission. - NZME

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The Commerce Commission has filed 45 charges in the Auckland District Court against Bunnings New Zealand, alleging the building supplies retailer misled consumers by advertising the prices of its goods as being the lowest in the market.

Bunnings’ advertising at its stores nationwide, campaigns on television, radio, online, and in newspapers and catalogues gave

an overall impression it offered the lowest prices for its products, when this was not true, the regulator said in a statement. The investigation focused on the period from July 1, 2014 to Feb. 28, 2016.

As the case is before the Court, the commission said it was unable to comment any further.

The matter will be called in the district court for the first time on March 7.

Bunnings was not immediately

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Lowest price not guaranteed?

By ReBecca HowaRd

their business. Westland Milk Products has already said it will truck its goods out of Hokitika.

KiwiRail manager of network services Todd Moyle said crews from around the country would be brought in to reinstate the line as quickly as possible.

“Hot and windy conditions at the weekend meant several of our bridges along the route were damaged, including one bridge where 12 wooden piles will need to be replaced,” Moyle said.

“We are still working through the quickest course of action to reinstate the line.

“Heat spots in the area remain a concern.”

In an update to tourism operators, KiwiRail said the Tranz Alpine had been cancelled to Monday, April 3.

It will be offering bus replacements for affected passengers up to this Sunday.

KiwiRail will cease operating a bus replacement once Intercity begins a Christchurch-Greymouth coach service.

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KiwiRail says 17,000 Tranz Alpine bookings to the West Coast are affected by the closure of the Midland Line after bridges were badly damaged in a scrub fire at the weekend.

Solid Energy is also looking at how to get coal from the Stockton open-cast mine to Lyttelton for exporting.

KiwiRail confirmed yesterday afternoon the only railway line to the West Coast will remain closed for at least six weeks.

It said rail staff remained on regular pay, but may have to take leave.

A tentative date of April 3 has been touted for the reopening.

The fire covered 300ha in an inaccessible part of the high country, damaging bridges, track and signal systems.

KiwiRail said this morning it was talking to all operational and administrative staff affected, and taking leave may be a possibility for staff.

“But we do not envisage any redundancies due to the fire damage,” it said in a statement.

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Japan fields first world champs shearing team After seven years as Japan’s sole international shearer, Canterbury-based Shun Oishi is achieving a dream at the world shearing championships in Invercargill this week.

He will compete for the first time with a Japanese team-mate, Masakuni Osawada, in the teams events. Oishi has arrived at the worlds after winning an intermediate final at Reefton, another goal achieved by the globetrotting shearer.

In Japan, people outnumber sheep over 100-000-to-1, and when team-mate Osawada arrived in New Zealand just over a week ago with wife Nana and was put to work the next day, his 57 sheep were as many as he’d done all season at home.

Based in New Zealand for seven years, Oishi lives in Canterbury with wife Helen and young daughter Wren; he goes back to Japan to run shearing courses, the first two years ago at BoYA Farm, Ikedachou, in Hokkaido prefecture, and last year he staged Japan’s first shearing competition, with the help of Reefton Shears organiser Sam Win. Oishi will be flying the flag more than anyone else among the 116 competitors from 32

Japanese shearers Masakuni Osawada (left) and Shun Oishi (right) flanking Osawada’s wife, Nana, at Reefton at the weekend in their final shakedown before the World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill’s ILT Stadium Southland this week.

PHOTO SUPPLIED countries at the 40th anniversary world shearing and woolhandling championships in ILT Stadium Southland, where he will be the only one to have competed in all three disciplines of machine shearing, blade shearing and woolhandling by the time the championships end on Saturday night.

While he doesn’t expect to

challenge the open-class guns, the Reefton win shows form coming into the event.

It was the sixth win of his career in New Zealand, dating back to his first as a junior shearer at the Oxford A&P Show in 2010.

He won four junior titles but five seasons as an intermediate had realised just one more until the Reefton Shears at the In-

angahua A&P Show. It was “the best”, because it included beating Marlborough shearing contractor Sarah Higgins, who holds the distinction of being the only person to win Golden Shears in both woolhandling and shearing – a junior title at woolhandling in 2013 and a novice title with the handpiece two years later.

“I’ve never beaten her,” he said.

“She does such a good job.”

From Tokyo, he decided to leave “one of the busiest places on earth” for an agricultural high school to study animals and dairying.

It was there he saw a video of butchers at work in Germany, and, admiring the school, decided to go to learn more about it.

It was in an agricultural commune in Germany that he was introduced to sheep farming and shearing and after returning to Tokyo he decided that with a “craving” for the rural countryside he would leave his home country and chase his newfound “passion” in New Zealand.

He has also shorn in the US, and in the UK, where he first attended a world championships at the Royal Welsh Show in 2010.

This year’s world championships will be his fourth.

■ RED CLOVER CASE BEARER MOTH

Pest moth found in Mid Canty crop Red clover growers are being urged to inspect their crops for red clover case bearer moth after it was confirmed in a Mid Canterbury crop this week.

Reduced seed yields and damaged seeds from the same Mid Canterbury paddock last year suggest it may have been present then as well.

Farmers are being encouraged to inspect their crops for the presence of a small moth, typically 8mm in width and to part open flowers to look for drill holes near the base of the floret. Suspicious plants or moths should be captured and reported to FAR (the Foundation for Arable Research).

Brown lava cases can sometimes be seen on the flower heads and damaged flowers may

be dark brown rather than the more usual tan colour.

The red clover case bearer moth (Coleophora deauratella) prefers red clover and is a different species to the case bearer that was common in white clover during the 1970s. Two parasitoids that were released in the 1980s successfully eliminated the problem then.

FAR says while the same parasitoids are thought to be able to also control the red clover case bearer moth, the level of current populations is unknown.

FAR is working with the MPI, Federated Farmers and other groups to understand more about the pest, how it might impact New Zealand red clover crops and how to manage it.

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Busy Waitangi weekend for farmers harvesting There was no rest for Mid Canterbury crop farmers and contractors over the Waitangi long weekend.

Temperatures reached 29°C on Saturday, 33°C on Sunday and 30°C on Monday in Ashburton.

The hot and dry conditions were perfect for harvest, and farmers and contractors worked around the clock accordingly.

Harvesting of feed wheat was under way

on the Pendarves property of Sparks Brothers.

Farmer Andrew Sparks said it had been good to have a run of good settled weather, enabling harvest of the farm’s feed wheat paddocks to be completed over the weekend.

Yields of the crop were up with what the farm had come to expect in a generally good year.

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – The councillor from the Ashburton Western Ward is Peter...? a. Revel b. Reveley c. Revelay 2 – What is the first name of the Australian Prime Minister? a. Robert b. Peter c. Malcolm 3 – What colour are mosquitoes especially attracted to? a. Yellow b. Blue c. Red 4 – In which month is the Earth closest to the sun? a. January b. June c. September 5 – The first smart phone, the Simon Personal Communicator, appeared in which year? a. 1992 b. 1996 c. 2000 6 – In what year was the first American Super Bowl final? a. 1947 b. 1957 c. 1967 7 – Who composed Pomp and Circumstance? a. Beethoven b. Holst c. Elgar 8 – In what year did artist Ralph Hotere die? a. 2009 b. 2011 c. 2013

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Art in a Book The chance placement of the pages in a book lead to Catherine McMahon of the Ashburton Photographic Society capturing this usual heart image. The depth of field and interesting background earned combined to earn her an acceptance in one of the society’s competitions last year.

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January 5. 1992 6. 1967 7. Elgar 8. 2013.

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Club news Thursday, February 9, 2017

www.guardianonline.co.nz Ashburton Golf Club We had a super day for our Property Brokers Shootout, good old Phil Kerr managed to scrape over the first hurdle then found himself going deep into the race, the unlucky player this year was Bruce Ferriman who fell at a very good scoring first hole. One by one players dropped away leaving a top 3 of Charlie Alexander, Royce Jamieson and Gaby Jansen. Charlie made his first mistake all day with a fat chip on the 17th and was gone and then Royce missed a 12 foot putt to give the flying Dutchman a free club sub. Many thanks to Hamish Niles and Karen McRae and all the boys and girls at Property Brokers.

Gaby was again on fire with a super 42 points to pick up the Blacklow Trophy.

I can hear the handicapper sharpening his shears. Monday saw a mixed day for the Vauxhall Salver, Hilary Ward must have played out of her skin to carry the dead weight that is Pat Turton, to lift the

trophy. Note for the Ladies, we did have 5 hunky fellows waiting for partners on Monday, and they had to make up pairs between themselves with one player missing out. You can try again this Sunday as we have the AM Bruce cup which is a qualifier for the White Trophy. If any pair cannot make this weekend but still want to be in the matchplay then please let Leigh or Murray Wackrow know.

Ashburton Herb Group At the October meeting Neville Burt talked about composting and showed us how to turn food scraps into organic compost in only 4 weeks. Using the Bokashi method, which encourages the worms into our gardens and builds up the composition of the soil.

In November Margaret and Pat from our group enlightened us all about their recent trip to Western Australia to attend the Western Australian Herb Conference, which was a bus tip travelling

from 160km North of Perth, right down to Albany in the South which was an extremely interesting and varied programme.

Our December meeting was a pot luck Christmas luncheon followed by a talk and video by Christine also a member who had just returned from a holiday in Singapore.

In February our members visited Penmar Lavender Farm at Carew and Leonie and Trevor gave a talk and demonstrated how the oil is removed from the lavender which has to be picked at just the right time. We also sampled some of the products they had made from the lavender oil. Then visited their delightful shop, stocked with various products, lavender oil, face and hand creams and ointments made from the lavender oils all with a lovely soothing perfume.

After lunch at Geraldine we visited Victorian Woodworks making some purchases and enjoying the lovely sur-

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roundings and afternoon tea. Another very interesting cottage industry.

Our next meeting will be held on March 1 to be followed by a display at the Ashburton Library.

12th, whether you are young or old or in between.

Contacts are Rosemary on 3087250 or Marion 3022733.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club

Run and Walk Ashburton have been hosting their popular weekly sessions from the Walnut Avenue Pavilion every Tuesday night at 6pm. For all ages young and old who want to keep active or get fit for summer and winter sports.

There is a walking group with the option of 3km or 5km and a jogging group who run 3km or 5km.

The Saturday morning 8am group is also gaining in popularity as a social event to meet other walkers or joggers. Suitable for people who have other things planned for Saturday and want to get their dose of exercise done before the day gets too busy.

Visit our facebook page Run and Walk Ashburton or contact Joe on 3088361

Here is a chance for you to do something different on a Sunday afternoon.

The MSA Petanque Club will be playing Petanque in the Ashburton Domain on Sunday February 12 from 1.30pm.

The area we will be playing is on the shingle path south of the carpark which runs off West Street.

You are welcome to come along on your own, or as a family, or a group and give it a go. Boules will be provided and so will tuition.

You are also welcome to join us for afternoon which is a bring your own affair, and you will need a seat.

We look forward to seeing you on the

Run and Walk Ashburton

■ RUGBY

ABs look strong for 2019 Cup With Ben Smith signed until 2020, the All Blacks are in great shape to build a team to win a third consecutive World Cup. On the face of it, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and the New Zealand Rugby paymasters have a lot of work to do this year, with a dozen or so top players still up for grabs.

But in reality, the All Blacks are well placed in the key areas. Captain Kieran Read, captain-in-waiting Sam Cane, Sam Whitelock, rising star Anton Lienert-Brown, midfield maestro Ryan Crotty and No. 2 halfback TJ Perenara are certain to be in for the long haul.

Of the headline acts, only the rejuvenated Israel Dagg is a potential problem. Malakai Fekitoa, Tawera Kerr-Barlow and out-offavour centre Seta Tamanivalu may depart for European riches.

Since the last World Cup – where the likes of Richie McCaw, Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock retired, while Dan Carter, Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu signed contracts in France – only Aaron Cruden and Charlie Faumuina are current All Blacks who have turned down the chance to play in 2019 and signed overseas deals.

With Read, Whitelock and Cane expected to sign on for the next World Cup that would give the All Blacks a strong nucleus of 13 players on the books for the back-toback-back attempt in Japan.

The backline in 2019 could feature Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Sonny Bill Williams, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Julian Savea and Ben Smith who have all signed on.

While forwards Dane Coles,

All Blacks fullback Ben Smith has signed on until 2020.

Owen Franks, Joe Moody and Brodie Retallick should be there, along with Read, Whitelock and Cane. That’s a midfield player and a loose forward away from a pretty formidable XV – and doesn’t consider the latest generation of young players coming through like Ardie Savea, Anton LienertBrown, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Codie Taylor and Damian McKenzie who could all sign longer deals over the two years.

UNDER CONTRACT 2017 Sam Whitelock Kieran Read Sam Cane Ryan Crotty Israel Dagg Malakai Fekitoa Rieko Ioane Tawera Kerr-Barlow Anton Lienert-Brown Steven Luatua

Waisake Naholo TJ Perenara Seta Tamanivalu Codie Taylor Matt Todd Ofa Tu’ungafasi 2018 Jordie Barrett Wyatt Crockett Jerome Kaino

Damian McKenzie Charlie Ngatai Luke Romano Ardie Savea Lima Sopoaga

Joe Moody Brodie Retallick Julian Savea Aaron Smith Sonny Bill Williams

2019 Beauden Barrett Dane Coles Owen Franks Nehe Milner-Skudder

2020 Ben Smith

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club February 7 Women’s Section LGU Silver; Phylis Smith 87-15-72, Leen Bell 90-17-73 c/b, Bronze 1; Barb MacGregor 90-21-69, Mara Kennedy 96-26-70, Bronze 2; Carol Shanks 100-36-64, Barb Cochrane 98-31-67

Nearest the pin; Murray Young Property Broker #2 Phylis Smith, Sims Bakery #6 Sue Gutsell, Mac & Maggie #12 Di Bell, Outdoor Adventure #16 Sue Gutsell.

Two’s; Phylis Smith, Joyce Van der Heide.

9 Holes Combined Stableford Shirley Young 21, Teresa O’Connell 16, nett 37

DRAWS

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 11 Weekend Ladies Round 1 Bonnington Cup - Report 8.30 am Convenor Sheryl Reid 0274383739.

14 February Mid-Week Ladies Sandhurst qualifying Round 4BBB - Report 8.30 am for Disc Draw.

Draw stewards L Small 0276319080, P Bell 0276065194.

February 16 Nine Hole Men and Women

Ashburton 9 Hole Tournament.

Convenor Joy Nicholas 3086464, Club Captain Leigh Wackrow 3083790.

February 12 A M Bruce Cup, Mixed foursome White Trophy Qualifying - Report 11.30 am

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Draw February 11 Round 11 - All games to start at 9am sharp Junior A Grade Southern Stingers v Methven Jnr B at

ATTC; Hampstead v Southern Smash at ATTC; Hampstead Dorie v Methven Silver at ATTC; Methven Green - Bye. Junior B Grade – Duty Team Dorie Jnr B Southern Stars v Dorie Jnr B at ATTC; Methven Black v Allenton at Allenton.

Junior C Southern Slammers v Southern Sharks at Hinds; Dorie Wakanui v Methven White at Dorie Hall; Allenton Aces v Hampstead Jnr C at Hampstead; Allenton Smashers v Methven BYE at ATTC. Please phone any defaults through to Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis 308 3020 as soon as possible.

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■ CRICKET

College go down to Rangiora by 29 runs Ashburton College Year 9 and 10 batsman, Liam Sullivan works one down the leg side on his way to a top score of 29 on Saturday against Rangiora. Sullivan’s effort was not enough to get the youngsters over the line though as they lost by 29 runs. Rangiora batted first and scored 218 with George Rosevear’s effort of 2 for 18 and Jack Gibson’s 2 for 25 the highlights for Ashburton.

In reply, College were rolled for 189 despite positive contributions from Sullivan, Christian Thompson (28) and Bailey Gray (27).

Kohli holds key Consistency and a slice of luck loom as the keys to dismissing incredible Indian Virat Kohli, who boasts career-best form and a fine record against Australia.

Kohli averaged 109 and posted two centuries in India’s recent 4-0 Test series win over England, including a career-best knock of 235 in Mumbai.

The 28-year-old, regarded as the world’s best batsman by many good judges, looms as the batsman most capable of causing Australia miserably long days in the field during the four-test series that starts in Pune on February 23.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann was unwilling to reveal too many of his plans for Kohli, but noted the pitch at each of the four venues would play a part.

“Bowl well and have a bit of a luck along the way,” Lehmann said.

“He’s a world-class player.”

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Delhi wicketkeeper/batsman Mohit Ahlawat who reportedly scored 300 runs in a T20 innings.

Indian hits T20 300

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An Indian domestic cricketer has picked the perfect time to blast the innings of his life, posting a triple ton in a Twenty20 match just days out from the Indian Premier League player auction.

Mohit Ahlawat, a 21-year-old playing for Maavi in a local T20 match in Delhi, notched a mammoth unbeaten score of 300 from just 72 deliveries.

His innings included 39 sixes and 14 fours, and saw him score 34 runs from the final over, as he finished his knock with five consecutive maximums.

“The attack was good, but after seeing off the new ball, I decided to just bat aggressively and was really timing the ball well,” Ahlawat told ABP Live.

“I saw the scoreboard, and I was nearing my 200 with five overs to go, so I decided to go for the kill.

“I reached 250 with just two overs to go, I

told my partner, ‘let me try if I can make 300’, and I got 30 off the last over.”

Maavi finished at 416-2 from 20 overs. Ahlawat’s knock is believed to be a world record, bettering the 277 from 72 balls scored by Sri Lanka’s Dhanuka Pathirana in a local match in Lancashire in 2007.

West Indian Chris Gayle holds the professional record having scored 175 in the IPL. The son of a truck driver, Ahlawat’s first stint at first-class level was a flop, as he made scores of one, four, duck, duck and duck for Delhi in three matches in October, 2015.

But the wicketkeeper-batsman believes he’s ready for another opportunity and hopes his record score could lead to riches in next fortnight’s Indian Premier League auction.

“Yes, I have put my name in IPL auction, but I am not sure if this knock will help make people notice me,” he told ABP Live. “I am eager to prove my worth.”

- NZME

The Australian cricket team continued to consult widely as they attempt to unlock the secrets of spin bowling on the subcontinent, with two international stars the latest to advise the tourists.

Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath and retired New Zealand player Daniel Vettori have spoken to Australian spinners ahead of the test tour of India.

They join former England tweaker Monty Panesar, who worked with players at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, and retired Indian spinner-now-tour consultant Sriram Sridharan as those engaged by Australians.

Star offspinner Nathan Lyon, who was well below his best in Australia’s last subcontinental tour of Sri Lanka, met with Vettori during the BBL season.

“He’s obviously a world-class finger spinner and someone who I looked up to at the start of my career,” Lyon said from Australia’s camp in Dubai.

“He was someone who I could just talk spin bowling with.”

Herath, who dominated with 28 wickets at a average of 12.75 during Australia’s 3-0 test series loss in Sri Lanka last year, has spoken to fellow left-arm finger spinner Steve O’Keefe.

“I guess that main things you get from those guys is about challenging the batters’ defence,” Australia’s O’Keefe said.

“If you can continually put the ball in the right area, given these conditions will spin more than what we’re used to at home, I think that’ll help us.

“Monty’s obviously had a lot of success in India, so it was great to work with him.

“The keys he talked about was being adaptable. You’re going to get different wickets, albeit they’ll be generally slow and spinning, at times they can play a bit differently.”

The 34-year-old Panesar took 17 wickets in three matches when tourists England beat India in 2012 - the last team to do so in a Test series.

Australia’s struggles with spin in Asia are well known having not won a Test in India since 2004, while their last series victory in Asia came against Sri Lanka in 2011.

They meet the world No.1 home side in Pune for the first Test staring February 23.

Lyon said Australia is in a better position for India than at this point in its preparation for the ill-fated Sri Lankan tour.

- NZME

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The International Golf Federation is reportedly considering searching for a new venue for the 2020 Olympic tournament after the host club postponed its vote regarding membership policies towards women. A golf.com report claims the failure of the Japanese club to repeal the discriminatory practice could lead the IGF to find a new home for the tournament. Though it does have female members, women are currently not granted full rights at the course, and can’t play on Sundays. A unanimous vote of the club’s 15-member board is required to change the rule.

- NZME

Dufty out injured Promising St George Illawarra youngster Matt Dufty’s hopes of a round-one NRL debut have been dashed by a knee injury. Dufty, who has dominated in the under-20s at fullback for the past three seasons and steps into senior football this season, has been ruled out for up to six weeks by an injury suffered at the Auckland Nines.

The 20-year-old was one of the Dragons’ best players at the nines before he hyper-extended his knee on Saturday afternoon against Manly. “After scans yesterday, it has revealed a medial meniscus tear,” Dragons performance manager Nathan Pickworth said.

- AAP The Mid Canterbury bowls, women’s development team. Back row (from left): Jill Harris, Wendy Suttie, Pat McElwain, Anne Reid, Marg Lloyd. Front row: Lyn Fensom, Maureen Knox, Di Callaghan, Velmai Whinham, Ollie Collins.

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■ BOWLS

Mid Canty take out fixture

By Matt MarkhaM

Matt.M@theguardian.co.nz

The Mid Canterbury representative record on the bowling greens this season took another step in the right direction with good results from the annual fixture against North Otago on the weekend.

Four teams in green and gold graced the greens of Oamaru in

the event with three Mid Canterbury sides picking up victories against their counterparts to ensure Mid Canterbury took the overall tie 113 wins for North Otago’s 77.

The senior men’s side had 25 points courtesy of eight wins and a draw while the Development Women’s side picked up 11 wins to their opponents five. It

was the Development Men who produced the most commanding effort however with their 12 wins well and truly eclipsing the four wins of their rivals.

The Senior Women’s side was the only side to taste defeat – picking up six wins and a draw to their rivals nine wins and a draw.

Meanwhile nine Mid Canterbury names have been selected

to feature in the Town v Country fixture on the Methven green this Sunday.

Wendy Suttie (singles), Wendy Watson, Pat McElwain, Judie Ryk, Shirley Doig (all fours) will represent the women’s side while Simon Fleetwood (singles), Rob Fensom (pairs), Richard Kane and John Drayton (triples) will play in the men’s side.

■ FITNESS

Cold water poured on ice baths recovery Ice baths, used by the All Blacks and other elite athletes, are no more effective than active recovery according to new research undertaken in part by the University of Auckland.

The study published in the Journal of Physiology tested the assumption that cold water immersion reduces muscle inflammation.

No data from humans was available to support the notion, so the researchers compared the effects of ice baths with active recovery.

Nine active men took part in the research, where they took part in lower-body resistance training exercises on seperate days, one week apart.

On one day they immersed

Manu Samoa player Johnny Leota in an ice bath ahead of their game against the All Blacks in Samoa during 2015. their lower body in 10°C water for 10 minutes after exercising, and on the other they cycled at a

low intensity for 10 minutes.

Muscle biopsies were collected from the exercised leg before

the training and then at 2, 24 and 48-hour intervals afterwards.

The study found changes in inflammatory cells, cytokines, neurotophins and HenochSchonlein purpura did not differ significantly between the recovery treatments.

The research’s abstract state “these findings indicate that cold water immersion is no more effective than active recovery for reducing inflammation or cellular stress in muscle after a bout of resistance exercise”.

The research was underaken by universities in Brisbane, Norway and Japan, and included Vandre C. Figueiredo, James F. Markworth and David CameronSmith from Auckland University’s Liggins Institute.

- NZME

‘No more excuses’ Mitchell Moses has declared the time for excuses is over at Wests Tigers as they prepare for life without Robbie Farah. There is a new dawn at Concord following their NRL finals near-miss last year, with pressure mounting on their “big four” of Moses, Luke Brooks, Aaron Woods and James Tedesco to finally start delivering. While Jason Taylor’s side have been cut slack in the past because of their youth, playmaker Moses says that won’t wash in 2017.

- AAP

Tuivasa-Sheck captain Ryan Hoffman is gutted to lose the Warriors captaincy but thinks the Auckland- based NRL club might benefit with a switch from generation X to Y. Fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 23, will take over this season after coach Stephen Kearney decided change was needed to halt their five-year run of finals misses. Accomplished second-rower Hoffman was surprised when Kearney called him into his office to give him the news last week. Not only was he being demoted, Kearney told him he wouldn’t be required in 2018 when Tohu Harris arrives from Melbourne. “It was very disappointing. I’ve enjoyed playing for this club and leading this club,” Hoffman said.

- AAP

Heppell takes over Jobe Watson left the captaincy call to his AFL teammates and Essendon, happy to resume the role or hand it over permanently.

Emphasising the feel of a new era at the Bombers, they went with 24-year-old Dyson Heppell to take over from Watson and Brendon Goddard, last year’s caretaker skipper. Watson and Goddard will lend their experience to a sevenman leadership group, with Zach Merrett and Cale Hooker the vicecaptains.

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In brief Derby hopes stronger Cha Siu Bao continues to fuel his connections’ confidence in his ability to master 2400 metres.

The Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby contender boosted his classic prospects with his last-start fourth in the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas at Te Rapa. “He ran the second fastest last 600 behind the winner without getting clear galloping room and he’s a horse that likes to be in the open,” said Andrew Scott, who trains the three-year-old with Lance O’Sullivan. “The way he rounded off strongly showed a bit further shouldn’t be a problem for him. He’ll go to the Avondale Guineas next for another look around Ellerslie.”

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Brad Mowbray is riding the crest of a successful wave currently, winning races frequently.

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By Matt MarkhaM

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The stocks of young harness racing trainer Brad Mowbray continue to go from strength-tostrength.

The former Mid Cantabrian, who is now based at Russley, picked up three winners from three meetings over the weekend, culminating with the victory of Quite Ideal at Sunday’s Amberley meeting.

That win followed up victories in the days before by Ultimate Desire at Ashburton and Delishka at Forbury Park.

“It’s been a good few days, I wish there were more like that,” Mowbray said.

Truth be told, Mowbray is riding the crest of a wave in the early stages of 2017 with six winners coming from his stable in the first five weeks of the new year taking

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his tally for the season to 11 – and there is the promise of a whole lot more too.

With a team of 12 racehorses in work, his small, but efficient stable is running like clockwork and the placement of his horses into races that give them the best possible chance of winning has been one of the key elements in his run of form.

“It’s been a really good start to year, we’ve been lucky enough to have some good success.

“And probably most satisfying is that a few of the wins have come from horses who were nice maidens, but have gone on and done the job up in grade too.”

Sunday’s winner, Quite Ideal, is a good example of that.

The American Ideal gelding was having his 12th start and picked up his second win after being given time to adjust to the C1

grade following his maiden win at Geraldine prior to Christmas. Ultimate Desire, who won on Saturday, is a different kettle of fish all together though.

The dour mare paced her mile in 1:52 to enhance her credentials as a broodmare when the time comes, but she will get a chance to get some black-type too with some lofty assignments ahead.

“We will head to the mares’ races with her now, she deserves a crack at those.

“And with the best few mares not currently in the country it makes sense to go to them.”

Ultimate Desire has split her time between Mowbray and Marlborough trainer Brent Weaver throughout her career – dependent on where her racing schedule lies.

With her heading to Group One races, Mowbray could be forgiven

for resting on his laurels a bit and just focusing on the task at hand with her, but there’s the enigmatic Tiger Thompson sitting in the wings ready to pounce back into action.

“He trialled at Addington last week and I couldn’t have been happier with him.

“He beat Ultimate Machete but the most exciting thing I think was the way he handled himself.

“There was none of that usual stuff from him, he sprinted up really well and ran in a straight line with no problems.

“I think that last preparation has really brought him on.”

Tiger Thompson will return to the races at Addington next Friday night before turning his attention to the Great Northern Derby at Alexandra Park in early March and then back down to Canterbury for the New Zealand Derby in April.

Smart Awapuni youngster Hard Merchandize will step out on his home track next week to further his return to racing. “He’s due to trial next Tuesday at Awapuni,” trainer and part-owner Gary Vile said of the youngster who hasn’t raced since his debut win in the spring. “He injured a knee in a track gallop and while the vet said we could push on, we decided to give him a month in the paddock.

We’ll look for a race for him and then probably push on to the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes.”

O’Sullivan back in HK Trainer Paul O’Sullivan has switched his focus to the present after a trip home to source new blood for his Hong Kong stable.

The New Zealander, who will have runners at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, was active at NZ Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales, securing a number of youngsters at Karaka that he hopes will eventually join his Sha Tin yard. “We bought a number of horses, including five colts suited to Hong Kong,” O’Sullivan said.

Clements likes Count Michael Clements knows he’s got a decent prospect on his hands in the New Zealand-bred Countofmontecristo. He wasn’t surprised by the Echoes Of Heaven three-year-old’s successful debut, but he was taken by the ease of the victory. “I was on the Gold Coast when he won, but I have to say he won pretty impressively,” Clements said. “We knew he had ability when he came to us and he ran some nice trials back in New Zealand. He has come through that first race very well.”

Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Manawatu Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 09 February 2017 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 5.41pm (NZT) PROGRAMMED PROPERTY SERVICES MOBILE PACE $6000, non-winners mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 684 The Lemondrop Kid (1) fr ...............S Phelan 2 08566 Elmagination (2) fr...........................D Moore 3 52934 Glendene (3) fr .......................... J Abernethy 4 67326 Go Paddy (4) fr.................................A Pyers 5 89005 October Rush (5) fr ...................S Abernethy 6 72 Burn A Debt (6) fr ..........................P Butcher 7 27844 Genociate (7) fr ....................... T Lethaby (J) 8 67590 Song Of Victory (21) fr ...............P Ferguson 9 43955 Strawb’s Regal Act (22) fr ...........A Poutama 10 6 Strawberry Moose (23) fr ............. D Butcher 11 56557 Cottonwood (U1) fr...........................B Taylor 2 6.08pm TOTALLY VETS HANDICAP TROT $6000, up to r48 & others with cond. spechcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 76354 Malabar Spur (1) fr ...................K Chittenden 2 Louisletzfly (2) fr............................B Weaver 3 64525 Aunty Jan (3) fr.................................A Pyers 4 55P30 Commando One (U1) fr ..................S Doody 5 57573 Speedy Earl (1) 30 .................. T Lethaby (J)

6 67142 Daenerys Stormborn (2) 30 ...... J Abernethy 7 98488 Awa Cathrine (3) 30 ........................D Moore 3 6.38pm MANELINE FARRIER SERVICES MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ r41 to r54 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 87025 Paul’s Verdict (1) fr ........................B Weaver 2 59883 Bettor Be Smooth (2) fr ........... T Lethaby (J) 3 43772 Lucky John (3) fr ....................J Crawford (J) 4 55874 Danse Macabre (4) fr .................P Ferguson 5 08165 Megatron (5) fr ...............................S Phelan 6 98851 Turnbulls (6) fr .............................A Poutama 7 48488 Nerve Of Steel (7) fr ......................P Butcher 8 03407 Jack Bates (21) fr ...................... J Abernethy 9 99504 Manihiki Pearl (22) fr .................... D Butcher 10 82844 Sundara (23) fr ..........................S Abernethy 11 25103 Razor Brogden (24) fr .......... D Ferguson (J) 4 7.03pm T MARKET FRESH HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4yo+ r49 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 39731 Burt Munro (1) fr ............................S Branch 2 x4319 Tanzanite fr .................................. Scratched 3 51348 One Night Out (2) fr ......................B Weaver 4 84215 Above The Rest (3) fr ...............K Chittenden 5 34613 Clifden Clowers (1) 10.................. D Butcher 6 01296 Grey Stoke (U1) 10 ....................P Ferguson 7 41526 Loki Brogden (1) 20 ......................N Chilcott

5 7.28pm SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MANAWATU CUP (MOBILE PACE) $14,000, 4yo+ up to & including r90 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 072P4 Extra Guinness (1) fr .....................B Weaver 2 37267 Brainstormer (2) fr .....................S Abernethy 3 20212 Imajollywally (3) fr .......................A Donnelly 4 14511 Everything (4) fr ............................N Chilcott 5 86518 Major Classic (5) fr ....................... D Butcher 6 93343 Hudy Haxwell (6) fr ........................S Phelan 7 75362 Lusty Mac (7) fr .............................P Butcher 8 18875 Franco Lennox (21) fr ................ J Abernethy 9 232x7 Bettors Pocket (22) fr ......................S Doody 10 44758 Thomas McBride (23) fr ..............A Poutama 11 66742 Beyond The Silence (24) fr.................L Neal 6 7.55pm 1ST SIGNS FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $6500, 3yo+ f&m r46 to r55 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 P0382 Trixie Bromac (1) fr............... D Ferguson (J) 2 x8088 Real Cyclone (2) fr .................J Crawford (J) 3 x0079 Letting Go (3) fr .........................S Abernethy 4 64252 Bobbie’s Girl (4) fr ..................M Johnson (J) 5 88694 Wynberg Sally (5) fr ......................P Butcher 6 31667 Strawb’s Chippie (6) fr .................A Poutama 7 6122 Mychristian (7) fr .......................... D Butcher 8 0x79P Sumthin Special (U1) fr ..................S Phelan

9 39016 Valmara (U2) fr ...........................P Ferguson

7 8.24pm ALLAN MCNEILL ACCOUNTANTS MOBILE

PACE $6500, 3yo+ r52 to r58 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 x9861 Was Meant To Be (1) fr .............S Abernethy 2 64150 McDaknife (2) fr......................... J Abernethy 3 59956 Stand Sure (3) fr ...........................P Butcher 4 61705 Jersey Joe Walcott (4) fr ............P Ferguson 5 87172 Waingaro Mara (5) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 6 08065 Arcano (6) fr ................................A Poutama 7 13741 Diamond Prince (7) fr .............M Johnson (J) 8 66077 Armabluechipboy (21) fr .................S Phelan 9 20523 Kiwi Tintin (22) fr .......................... D Butcher 10 22208 Are You Ready Girl fr.................... Scratched 11 30850 Our Wicklow (U1) fr .........................S Doody 8 8.52pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ up to & including r65 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 52058 Cut The Cards (1) fr ....................A Poutama 2 65909 Tenacious Bromac (2) fr .................S Phelan 3 072P4 Extra Guinness (3) fr .....................B Weaver 4 44446 Jonah Jones (4) fr .........................P Butcher 5 91840 Aces N Eights (5) fr ....................P Ferguson 6 41625 Delightful Zen (6) fr ...................... D Butcher 7 6x477 Ralph Elliott (7) fr ......................... S Dickson

8 13139 Tuherbs Two (21) fr ................... J Abernethy LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: The Lemondrop Kid, Strawberry Moose, Go Paddy, Glendene Race 2: Daenerys Stormborn, Speedy Earl, Aunty Jan, Malabar Spur Race 3: Manihiki Pearl, Turnbulls, Paul’s Verdict, Lucky John Race 4: Clifden Clowers, Loki Brogden, Tanzanite, One Night Out Race 5: Beyond The Silence, Lusty Mac, Bettors Pocket, Everything Race 6: Bobbie’s Girl, Mychristian, Trixie Bromac, Wynberg Sally Race 7: Kiwi Tintin, Are You Ready Girl, Diamond Prince, Armabluechipboy Race 8: Delightful Zen, Jonah Jones, Extra Guinness, Aces N Eights

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 09 February, 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.20pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C2/3, 295m 1 58865 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 2 14667 Max Stix 17.32 .............................C Roberts 3 53311 Zircon 17.28 M &...............................Jopson 4 33153 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 5 36444 Must Desire 17.17 ..........................G Cleeve 6 31755 Saraya Jayde 17.25 ..................... L Waretini 7 51887 Paddy The Baker 17.30..........J T McInerney 8 44248 Fiery Fagan 17.29 C & ....................... Fagan 9 85868 Chicago Black 17.35 ..............J T McInerney 10 51F23 Sea Spray Elsa 17.47 .................B Freeman 2 4.39pm ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C2/3, 295m 1 45246 Homebush Shane 17.32 ........J T McInerney 2 82638 Mandi Mae 17.21 C & ........................ Fagan 3 x2877 Cawbourne Patty nwtd .................C Roberts 4 88627 Sahara Sam 17.40 H & .......................Taylor 5 52332 Whose He 17.44 ..............................A Joyce 6 65676 Go Poppy 17.29 M & .......................P Binnie 7 28x75 Screw And Bolt 17.33 M & ................Jopson 8 81117 Botany Cold 17.32 .................J T McInerney 9 85868 Chicago Black 17.35 ..............J T McInerney 10 33171 Homebush Justine 17.54 .......J T McInerney 3 5.07pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS DASH C2, 295m 1 82116 Little Snicko 17.54 ..................J T McInerney 2 51351 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 3 32246 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 4 21214 Stormy Sunday 17.50 ............J T McInerney

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21736 Another Charm 17.46 M & ................Jopson 55117 Idol Eve 17.64 L & .............................. Wales 72421 Tilt 17.39 ...................................... L Waretini 66331 Go Tommo 17.10.............................J Tanner 33171 Homebush Justine 17.54 .......J T McInerney 51F23 Sea Spray Elsa 17.47 .................B Freeman 4 5.27pm SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO SPRINT C2/3, 295m 1 63777 Chippy Jordy 17.37 M & ....................Jopson 2 66321 Pep’s Terra 17.61 C & ........................ Fagan 3 61563 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 C & .................. Fagan 4 44556 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 5 83173 Birdie Tee 17.34 ............................R Adcock 6 25572 Extra Credit 17.26 ............................ B Dann 7 28761 Seeking Baxter 17.28.............J T McInerney 8 47713 Token Ace 17.26 ............................... J Rush 9 85868 Chicago Black 17.35 ..............J T McInerney 10 33171 Homebush Justine 17.54 .......J T McInerney 5 5.50pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C2, 520m 1 21125 Vicarious 30.26 ............................C Roberts 2 74331 Know Scholar 30.53 .......................G Cleeve 3 31788 Raewyn 30.43 H & ..............................Taylor 4 85314 Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 5 82416 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 6 17441 Botany Alan 30.46..................J T McInerney 7 58724 Opawa Val 30.50 L &.......................... Wales 8 12555 Lagoon Belle 30.31 ......................C Roberts 6 6.16pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C3, 520m 1 16772 Jinja Jaffa 30.32 ........................R Blackburn 2 22665 Replica Yella 30.48 .......................... M Grant 3 66522 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 4 61336 Opawa Anthony 30.02 L & ................. Wales 5 68886 Mischief Managed 30.65 ...........A Bradshaw

6 27243 Luminary 30.16 .........................R Blackburn 7 88677 Tamara May 30.26 .......................... M Grant 8 23566 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 7 6.31pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C4/5, 295m 1 27218 Speedy Return 17.14 H & ...................Taylor 2 87613 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 3 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 4 43263 Wow Madonna 17.19 M & ...............P Binnie 5 16344 Mickey Tee 16.95 ..........................R Adcock 6 32142 Fliberty Jiberty 17.25 ....................... B Dann 7 43313 Homebush Rufus 17.34 .........J T McInerney 8 58344 Jinja Brian 17.15 ..........................A Waretini 9 4658x Mr. Marine 17.47 ...........................R Adcock 10 54777 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ........J T McInerney 8 6.50pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C4, 520m 1 23848 Opawa Zena 30.27 L & ...................... Wales 2 87554 Nozzno Fear 30.37.................... A Bradshaw 3 44447 With Pride 30.15 .............................. B Dann 4 37334 Know Style 30.26 ...........................G Cleeve 5 31232 Shift The Blame 30.50............J T McInerney 6 46463 Know Jinx 30.08.............................G Cleeve 7 43853 Mina Allen 30.08 ..........................C Roberts 8 44755 Know Answer 30.19 .......................G Cleeve 9 33785 Opawa Jimbo 30.41 L & ..................... Wales 10 68877 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 9 7.18pm NINA’S GIRL NZ RACING SERIES DISTANCE FINAL NZRSdf, 732m 1 72172 Goldstar Coco nwtd S &..................B Evans 2 87778 Heritage Watch nwtd ......................J Guthrie 3 54321 Goldstar Jagger nwtd S & ...............B Evans 4 63F53 Goldstar Dallas nwtd S & ................B Evans 5 67451 Opawa Hope nwtd J & ....................D Fahey 6 31415 Know Worth nwtd ...........................G Cleeve

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32128 Can’t Catch Tim 43.52 ..................R Adcock x4457 Long Stockings nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 22673 Luciastar nwtd ........................J T McInerney 46463 Know Jinx nwtd ..............................G Cleeve 10 7.46pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO 2017 CANTERBURY FUTURITY R/Af, 520m 1 12112 Opawa Sheldon 30.58 J & ..............D Fahey 2 11211 Vikings 30.37 J & ............................D Fahey 3 15x21 Opawa Plum 30.68 L & ...................... Wales 4 x1112 Min Ho 30.11 J & ............................D Fahey 5 51551 Opawa Brad 30.30 J & ....................D Fahey 6 71311 Mandy Junior 30.09 J & ..................D Fahey 7 13112 Mazu 30.35 J & ...............................D Fahey 8 22222 Opawa Pam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 9 53643 Opawa Racer 30.26 J & ..................D Fahey 10 12163 Draxler 30.32 J & ............................D Fahey 11 8.10pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH DASH C4/5, 295m 1 42171 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 2 32253 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 3 12124 Opawa Binge 17.41 L & ..................... Wales 4 51437 Ohoka Billy 17.08 ......................... L Waretini 5 61736 Burn Early 17.09 H & ..........................Taylor 6 71762 Another Belle 17.25 M & ...................Jopson 7 45376 Terra Mondo 17.30 C & ...................... Fagan 8 58386 Homebush Sloan 17.53 .........J T McInerney 9 4658x Mr. Marine 17.47 ...........................R Adcock 10 54777 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ........J T McInerney 12 8.40pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C4, 295m 1 82334 Epic Woppa nwtd ..........................R Adcock 2 15545 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 3 86735 Cabarita 17.25 ................................ M Grant 4 57857 Chokehold 17.27 M & .......................Jopson 5 17365 Deman Blue Blood 17.43 .......J T McInerney

6 84663 My First Litter 17.07 .....................C Roberts 7 11252 Know Scrutiny 17.29 ......................G Cleeve 8 16342 Hilton Open 17.47 .....................A Bradshaw 9 4658x Mr. Marine 17.47 ...........................R Adcock 10 54777 Homebush Scribe 17.36 ........J T McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Zircon, Homebush Errol, Must Desire, Greet The Judge, Fiery Fagan Race 2: Homebush Shane, Botany Cold, Whose He, Cawbourne Patty, Mandi Mae Race 3: Stormy Sunday, Homebush Justine, Opawa Crusade, Tilt, Idol Eve Race 4: Seeking Baxter, Pep’s Terra, Extra Credit, Birdie Tee, Chippy Jordy Race 5: Vicarious, Botany Alan, Know Scholar, Opawa Minstrel, Spring Sam Race 6: Chippa Lata, Opawa Anthony, Luminary, Replica Yella, Jon Snow Lives Race 7: Swimming Goat, Fliberty Jiberty, Carnegie Hall, Jinja Brian, Mickey Tee Race 8: Know Jinx, Nozzno Fear, With Pride, Know Answer, Opawa Zena Race 9: Can’t Catch Tim, Goldstar Jagger, Goldstar Coco, Opawa Hope, Luciastar Race 10: Mandy Junior, Vikings, Opawa Sheldon, Opawa Brad, Opawa Pam Race 11: Opawa Binge, Puma Pants, Burn Early, Smash That, Ohoka Billy Race 12: Homebush Kelso, Hilton Open, Know Scrutiny, Epic Woppa, Cabarita

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5506x I’m All Ears (8) 55.5 ...................D Prastiyou 26100 Coat Of Honor (2) 55 ................. L Satherley 84469 Civique Rose (11) 55 ................S McKay (a) 7x076 Lookatmepins t (13) 55 ............ D Danis (a4) 0630x City Express (6) 55 ....................... R Norvall 7 4.42pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $12,000, MDN 3YOF, 1200m 1 22957 Glass Slipper b (10) 56.5 ............C Lammas 2 52323 Miss Bumblebee (9) 56.5 .......... M D Plessis 3 25529 Doubtless Bay b (2) 56.5............. D Johnson 4 x2320 She’stoohottotrot (13) 56.5............J Waddell 5 4265x Destiny One (7) 56.5 ..................R Elliot (a2) 6 52. Scarlet Princess (11) 56.5.............M McNab 7 0x603 Icing On The Cake (4) 56.5 ............. R Jones 8 4 Elusive Meteor (14) 56.5 ............ L Satherley 9 5x304 Ready To Romance 56.5.............. Scratched 10 64x Repeat (5) 56.5 ..........................M Coleman 11 456x4 Saronic Miss (15) 56.5 12 4x6x Mies (12) 56.5 ............................M Cameron 13 Love Affair (6) 56.5.......................... C Grylls 14 5. Midsummer Magic (8) 56.5 ...... K McCulloch 15 Honneur Noir 56.5........................ Scratched 16 Leonessa (1) 56.5 17 9x880 Agent Provocateur (3) 56.5 Emergencies: Honneur Noir, Leonessa, Agent Provocateur 8 5.15pm RACE A HORSE WITH TE AKAU-KARAKA MILLION WINNING $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 43 Bertarelli (1) 58.5 ........................ D Johnson 2 x5804 Bachro (19) 58.5 .......................S McKay (a) 3 69545 Happy Tiger (7) 58.5 .......................M Vance 4 9x475 Deebee Perci (3) 58.5 ...................J Waddell 5 x5406 Magic Chai (2) 58.5.......................M McNab 6 9. Grandiscoccymelums (12) 58.5 M D Plessis 7 022 Trudeau (6) 58............................M Cameron 8 2 Dragon Duke (5) 58....................M Coleman 9 0409 Dudewithattitude (10) 58 .................A Collett

10 5 Palermitano (9) 58 .......................... C Grylls 11 76830 Contestant h (15) 56.5 .....S Weatherley (a2) 12 4848x Palacio (13) 56.5 ........................R Elliot (a2) 13 533 Yearn (4) 56 ............................. K McCulloch 14 6 Hot Saki (17) 56 ..............................S Collett 15 0 Freeman (8) 58.5 16 99 Avant (20) 56 17 0x608 Jane’s Secret (18) 56.5 18 90x7. Takeit To Thelimit (11) 58.5 19 9x09 Apollo’s Daughter (16) 56 20 007x9 Rose Sauvage (14) 56.5 Emergencies: Freeman, Avant, Jane’s Secret, Takeit To Thelimit, Apollo’s Daughter, Rose Sauvage Blinkers on : Swiss D’Meanour, Keraton, Waxy O’Connor (R3), Night’s Watch, Hidden Treasure (R6), Miss Bumblebee (R7), Dudewithattitude, Freeman (R8) Blinkers off : Our Brockster (R2), City Express (R6) Winkers on : La Vamos (R2), Jumeirah (R5) Winkers off : Undiscovered (R6) Pacifiers on : Defer (R5) SELECTIONS: Race 1: I Got You, Mighty Power, Style By Design, O’Marina, Belle du Nord Race 2: Snaptoit, Divine Ransom, Sensibility, Spanish Showgirl, Kilowatt Race 3: Snaptoit, Kittykittybangbang, Clouds Of Glory, Keraton, Belle Amore Race 4: Just For Kicks, Sellwood, Leonessa, Sacred Guru Race 5: Master Of Speed, Lovelight, Jumeirah, Chateau Roc, Te Taika Race 6: Freddy Mac, Fashionably, Night’s Watch, Pure Savalina, Unfazed Race 7: Glass Slipper, Love Affair, She’stoohottotrot, Doubtless Bay, Miss Bumblebee Race 8: Dragon Duke, Trudeau, Yearn, Bertarelli, Happy Tiger

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6 53535 Off The Grid 21.70 W &...................T Steele 7 13113 Hypocritical nwtd ..........................M Roberts 8 14473 Opawa Poppy nwtd B & ..................... Steele 9 33788 Thrilling Wiggle nwtd .................. G Pomeroy 10 574F6 On Demand nwtd U & ...........................Bliek LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Te Aroha gallops Today at Te Aroha raceway

Racing Te Aroha Venue: Te Aroha Meeting Date: 09 February 2017 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 1.07pm (NZT) ASCOT FARM 1000 2YO $7000, MDN 2YO, 1000m 1 23 Mighty Power (12) 57.5 ...............T Thornton 2 I Got You (14) 57.5 .......................... C Grylls 3 05 Lord Buffalo (5) 57.5 ...................C Lammas 4 Beyond Dispute (9) 57.5 ............D Prastiyou 5 Civilised (10) 57.5 .....................S McKay (a) 6 46x O’Marina (17) 55.5 ................... K McCulloch 7 4. Style By Design b (6) 55.5 ..............A Collett 8 Belle du Nord (3) 55.5 ...................J Waddell 9 Boundary h (7) 55.5 .................. M D Plessis 10 Dont Worry (2) 55.5 11 Dream (8) 55.5 ...........................M Cameron 12 Fashion Sense (4) 55.5 ............... D Johnson 13 Fiscal Fantasy (13) 55.5............B Hutton (a) 14 Ujjayyi (1) 55.5 15 Hanger (15) 57.5 16 Qiji Phoenix 57.5 .......................... Scratched 17 Cousteau (16) 57.5 .......................M McNab 18 Pimms ‘N’ Pearls h (11) 55.5 Emergencies: Hanger, Qiji Phoenix, Cousteau, Pimms ‘N’ Pearls 2 1.42pm THE WINNIE HANNAH 100TH BIRTHDAY 1400 $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 Jovanni (6) 58.5 .......................... E Farr (a2) 2 699x7 La Vamos (10) 58.5 ....................R Elliot (a2) 3 09 Our Brockster (11) 58.5 ............. L Satherley 4 0x0 Outofthemist (12) 58.5 ..............B Hutton (a) 5 Beam Me Up Scotty (2) 58.......... D Johnson 6 Kilowatt (8) 58 ...........................S McKay (a) 7 Prized Catch (13) 58 ................ K McCulloch 8 45x45 Snaptoit (5) 56.5 ............................. C Grylls 9 725x6 Gardenier b (1) 56.5....................C Lammas 10 x5873 Sensibility (7) 56.5 ........................J Waddell

11 75x Divine Ransom (4) 56.5 ..................S Collett 12 897 Dainty Rose (3) 56.5 .......................A Collett 13 97x Spanish Showgirl (9) 56.5 ...............M Vance 3 2.17pm SUNLINE LODGE 1400 $7000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 02963 Kittykittybangbang (14) 57.5 2 45x45 Snaptoit (10) 57.5 3 300x4 Clouds Of Glory (8) 57.5 ....................M Hills 4 56684 Miss Mazzy (2) 57.5 ...................R Elliot (a2) 5 7x Swiss D’Meanour (7) 57.5......... M D Plessis 6 80x07 Macakizi (15) 57.5........................... C Grylls 7 0x508 Sailing (16) 57.5 ........................B Hutton (a) 8 47 Keraton (3) 57 ............................M Coleman 9 46x77 Pour It On (11) 57 ...........................A Collett 10 Beaver Las Vegas (9) 57 11 09 Belle Amore (1) 57 ........................J Waddell 12 58700 Classique Dance (13) 57 ............ D Johnson 13 0 Waxy O’Connor (4) 57 ................T Thornton 14 9889 Zabay (12) 57 15 725x6 Gardenier b (6) 57.5 16 97x Spanish Showgirl 57.5 ................. Scratched 17 38x00 Allee Volante (5) 57.5 ......................M Vance Emergencies: Gardenier, Spanish Showgirl, Allee Volante 4 2.52pm STEPHEN MARSH RACING STABLES 1200 $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 Just For Kicks (5) 58.5 .................... R Jones 2 Sellwood (1) 58.5 ...............................M Hills 3 644 Cut To The Chase 58 ................... Scratched 4 Sacred Guru (10) 58 ................... D Johnson 5 7x98 Culzean (4) 58 ................................ C Grylls 6 Rough Conduct (8) 58.....................S Collett 7 53736 Striking Kay (3) 56.5 8 Shindee (7) 56.5 .............................M Vance 9 0x0 Zabeelious (11) 56.5 ..................R Elliot (a2) 10 456x4 Saronic Miss (13) 56 11 47 Abbey Kay (6) 56 ..........................M McNab

12 9x880 Agent Provocateur (9) 56 ..........S McKay (a) 13 Honneur Noir h (12) 56 ............ K McCulloch 14 Leonessa (2) 56 ..........................C Lammas 5 3.30pm LEE SOMERVELL RACING 2200 $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 02042 Epae Road (8) 58.5....................M Cameron 2 923. Master Of Speed (20) 58.5 ........M Coleman 3 86042 Reddito (5) 58.5 ....................... K McCulloch 4 0x034 Chateau Roc (15) 58.5..............S McKay (a) 5 50x73 Te Taika (6) 58.5.......................J Nason (a2) 6 04 Pythagoras (9) 58.5 ......................J Waddell 7 x0047 Duke Street (11) 58.5......................A Collett 8 53593 Jumeirah (12) 56.5 ...........S Weatherley (a2) 9 52 Lovelight (18) 56.5 .................... M D Plessis 10 72568 El Healo (13) 56.5 .......................C Lammas 11 44956 Medini (19) 56.5 .........................R Elliot (a2) 12 0055 Boydy (4) 56.5 .............................T Thornton 13 73606 Itsabird (7) 56.5 .......................... L Satherley 14 50069 Arctic Miss (14) 56 15 9860 Sheztomuch (10) 56.5 16 8x79 Defer (16) 58.5 ..........................B Hutton (a) 17 808 Red Keep (2) 58 18 90x7. Takeit To Thelimit (17) 58.5 19 9x007 Thoughtful (3) 56.5 20 x0009 The Mello Way (1) 58 Emergencies: Sheztomuch, Defer, Red Keep, Takeit To Thelimit, Thoughtful, The Mello Way 6 4.05pm PIKE RACING 1600 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 312 Freddy Mac (7) 59.5 ......................J Waddell 2 148 Night’s Watch b (1) 58 ............... M D Plessis 3 x0400 Chancery d (9) 57.5 ........................A Collett 4 6500x Undiscovered dm (10) 57.5 G Saejorhor (a4) 5 241 Fashionably d (3) 56.5 ................C Lammas 6 551 Pure Savalina d (5) 56.5 7 701 Unfazed (4) 56.5 ...........................M McNab 8 x780x Hidden Treasure tdh (12) 56.5 ...R Elliot (a2)

M3 Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 09 February 2017 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 1 12.02pm (NZT) YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C0, 375m 1 65363 My Friend Mike nwtd .................. W Toomath 2 32225 Strike Lotto nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 3 x3236 Lover Boy nwtd .......................... W Toomath 4 Call My Name nwtd ...........................B Craik 5 7455 Camara nwtd.....................................C Hore 6 5721 Agistri nwtd .................................... G Farrell 7 Victini nwtd ........................................C Hore 8 7784 Was Just Saying nwtd U & ....................Bliek 9 Twelve Gauge nwtd B & ..................... Steele 10 75 Thrilling Rocky nwtd ........................ K Walsh 2 12.20pm DOGZONE SPRINT C2, 375m 1 16142 Ali Ali Ali 21.42 W & ........................T Steele 2 43717 Fantastic Zoe 21.37 ...................D Schofield 3 75268 Pat Not Plait 21.76 .........................P Henley 4 72731 Bloomingdales 21.76 ........................B Craik 5 23544 Rock Lass 21.19 ........................D Schofield 6 F6314 Cawbourne Pottsy nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 77231 Cawbourne Stick nwtd .................M Roberts 8 21726 Cosmic Rover 21.73........................ T Green 9 41865 Jinja Heart nwtd W & ......................T Steele 10 53468 Cawbourne Frost nwtd .................M Roberts 3 12.38pm COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C3, 375m 1 3F837 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 2 38477 Kirkham Kylie 21.36 .....................M Roberts 3 35427 Bruce Banner 21.37 ..................... H Mullane 4 11155 Clockwise Rap 21.35 ......................P Green 5 82762 Little Kiwi nwtd B & ............................ Steele 6 41211 Imperial Court 21.41 .......................P Green 7 376F4 Sonic Attack 21.13 ....................... M J Lozell

8 55611 Kirkham Coby 21.11 ....................M Roberts 9 45557 Bigtime Moola nwtd U &........................Bliek 10 56552 Sharella 21.62 ...................................B Craik 4 12.56pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD SPRINT C5, 375m 1 12653 Cawbourne Nath 21.18 ................M Roberts 2 45221 Sketchy Chief nwtd G H &....... PC Ferguson 3 43836 Redneck Crazy 21.16....................... S Clark 4 67357 Belcroft Banker nwtd ..................H Laagland 5 14333 Ekali 21.28 ..................................... G Farrell 6 41338 Cawbourne Jarrod nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 23225 Pay Da Trail 20.80 ........................... K Walsh 8 51316 Unileven 21.19 ...........................D Schofield 9 22778 Just As Gentle 21.49.................... M J Lozell 10 14278 God Particle nwtd................................A Lee 5 1.15pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SPRINT C1, 375m 1 45885 Idol Butcher 21.40 B & ....................... Steele 2 5334F Jinja Mia 21.37 W & ........................T Steele 3 68787 Bigtime Dasher nwtd U & ......................Bliek 4 51672 Sovereign Jody 21.64 .......................J Black 5 43616 One Cool Chap 21.44 W &..............T Steele 6 6427x Elaborate nwtd G H & ............. PC Ferguson 7 38763 Simply Yeti 21.33 ............................. T Green 8 72326 Lucky Man 21.28...............................B Craik 9 76646 Go Andwyn 21.31 ............................ S Clark 10 83476 Lord De Air 21.79 .............................M Black 6 1.32pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 650m 1 64538 Mr. Fuss Pot nwtd......................... H Mullane 2 76858 Frontal Lobe nwtd G H &......... PC Ferguson 3 67788 Cawbourne Jazzy nwtd ................M Roberts 4 15788 Alzheimer’s nwtd G H & .......... PC Ferguson 5 52276 Ace Bale nwtd ..............................M Roberts 6 56237 Highway Hound nwtd ................... M J Lozell 7 44261 Rubeus Hagrid nwtd ........................ S Clark 8 31546 Cawbourne Muzza nwtd ..............M Roberts

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1.50pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT C3/4, 375m 1 213x1 Lochinvar Brogue 21.11 .............D Schofield 2 85531 Raging Demon 21.27 U & .....................Bliek 3 34644 Fantastic Lucy 21.29 ..................D Schofield 4 34187 Opawa Libby 21.33 B & ..................... Steele 5 F1144 Solarian 21.21 ...................................S Ross 6 81312 Fresco Star 21.43......................... H Mullane 7 25153 Fantastic Ava 21.43....................D Schofield 8 75276 Our Heisenberg 21.19.......................B Craik 9 34776 Hallo Star 21.33 ................................B Bond 10 48441 No More Debt 21.37........................ T Green 8 2.07pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS STAKES C3, 457m 1 31283 Soaring Hawke nwtd G H & .... PC Ferguson 2 86212 Jinja Roman 25.88 W & ..................T Steele 3 74735 Kirkham Webby nwtd ...................M Roberts 4 63724 Southern Blue nwtd...........................C Hore 5 65211 Cawbourne Gunna 26.03 .............M Roberts 6 26134 Thrilling Wilson 25.91 ...................... K Walsh 7 52323 Olivia 25.79 ............................... A Lawrence 8 64254 Saint Sassy nwtd .......................D Schofield 9 37348 Zanato 25.80 ............................. A Lawrence 9 2.25pm FOND FOODS LTD STAKES C1, 457m 1 37433 Bold Sassy nwtd ........................D Schofield 2 42511 Westworld 26.07 ...............................B Craik 3 86767 Teefonic 25.99 ........................... A Lawrence 4 66176 Mid Collison 26.35 .......................... T Green 5 51222 Iolaus nwtd ........................................S Ross 6 27715 Opawa Velocette nwtd W & .............T Steele 7 24537 Kitty’s Shiraz nwtd H & ................L Laagland 8 62444 Bouncie Al nwtd .............................. T Green 9 56253 Rising Hawke nwtd G H & ....... PC Ferguson 10 78367 Gravity Falls nwtd ......................... H Mullane 10 2.42pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH DISTANCE C2d, 650m 1 14432 Tron Bradman nwtd G H & ...... PC Ferguson

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■ MOTORSPORT

Rullo to become youngest V8 champs driver

By Warren Barnsley

Lydia Ko is to start 2017 on a clean slate with a new clubs, a new caddie and now a new coach.

■ GOLF

New clubs, caddie, coach World number one Lydia Ko is ready for the 2017 season, after confirming South African Gary Gilchrist as her new coach.

“When I talked to the other players that were with Gary, they told me he was very simple and wasn’t very mechanical,” she says. “That was the aspect I thought would be great.

“I tried a few lessons with him and we didn’t rip the swing apart. I think that was really important and it’s been good to see the changes we’ve made.

“I think if you looked at the swing, It might not look so different, but to me, it feels a little

different. It kind of cleared up my mind and that’s very important going forward.”

Gilchrist curently coaches two of Ko’s nearest rivals in world number two Ariya Jutanugarn and world number four Shanshan Feng, but Ko doesn’t consider that will be a problem.

“Just because we’re at that position in our rankings doesn’t mean [Jutanugarn] hates me and I hate her. She’s one of the sweetest players on tour.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily a rivalry thing, but it gives me confidence he’s a great coach.”

Gilchrist replaces David Lead-

better, who was Ko’s coach from November 2013 until the pair split at the end of last year.

“I’ve been working with Gary the past month or so,” says Ko. “It’s been a lot of fun working with him.

“I don’t think I’ve been very worried about the changes because it almost takes me back to three years ago when I was a rookie.

“When you’re a rookie coming on tour, everything is new and exciting, so that’s a similar mindset coming into this year too.”

But the new support crew does

come with some adjustment.

“The weird and confusing thing for me is my coach and caddy are both Garys and they’re both from South Africa. There are now three Garys from South Africa, including Mr Player.

“It’s like, I’ll talk about one Gary and my mother is talking about the other Gary.”

Alongside new caddy Gary Matthews, the two-time Major winner begins the 2017 season at the Australian Open next week, where she will be using PXG clubs for the first time in a tournament.

- NZME

■ RUGBY

Oz and NZ rugby relations at all-time low

By GreGor Paul Whatever way Spygate twists and turns over the next few months, there isn’t much hope it will meander down a path to magically fix what is now an irreparably damaged relationship between the New Zealand and Australia rugby unions.

Things haven’t been good between the two for nearly a decade. Since 2008, when former Crusaders coach Robbie Deans took over as Wallabies coach, the relationship has been tense, edgy, fractious and occasionally spiteful. Perhaps that was inevitable given that he washed up in Australia only hours after he had unsuccessfully bid for the All Blacks job.

In the last 18 months it has been worse – openly hostile and unpleasant. The dislike is now institutionalised to the point young players come into the respective

national teams and are conditioned to accept it is their duty to continue the disharmony.

The whole Spygate incident has created so much ill-feeling in both camps that it is hard, nearly impossible, to see how the Bledisloe series this year is going to be played in anything other than an acerbic and nasty atmosphere.

Too much has happened for there to be any legitimate prospect of a kiss and make-up and no hard feelings.

Ill-feeling will now pervade all aspects of the two rugby fraternities – at the executive level, through the respective coaching and management teams and even down to the players. All respect has gone. The rivalry is now founded on nothing but animosity and a lack of trust and the build up to the first test this year could be sensationally volatile.

The last straw was the decision by the New South Wales police

to arrest the All Blacks top security contractor Adrian Gard. That has left New Zealand’s top brass perplexed. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen released a statement, branding the arrest as “bizarre”.

He wasn’t able to say what he thought about the decision by Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver to use the arrest as an opportunity to again whine about the timing of the original story breaking.

Hansen didn’t need to say anything though because it’s plain for everyone to determine that Pulver has not only earned himself a PhD in missing the point throughout Spygate, but he’s also become a sort of buzzing fridge – an object of near irrelevance making a noise that no one wants to hear but sadly can’t block out.

And the thing with a buzzing fridge, is that it becomes hugely irritating after a while.

Pulver has not once grasped

the seriousness of Spygate. He’s been fixated on this idea it was all a big ruse by the All Blacks to gain some kind of competitive advantage and never has he expressed empathy for the breach of integrity or a desire to work with New Zealand Rugby and the police to find the perpetrator.

The Australians appear to have been more intent to defend allegations – that were never made – that they did it. There has been no sense that anyone in Australia has realised that Spygate was the catalyst for both unions to come together and deal collaboratively with an issue that has potential to destroy the credibility of the sport.

But the opportunity to unite, to move on from the petty squabbling has been lost and instead there will be a court case next month where New Zealand and Australia will be hoping for totally different outcomes.

- NZME

Most teenagers are trying to obtain their learner’s licence at age 16 but not Alex Rullo – he is readying to make his debut on the V8 Supercars circuit.

Rullo is set to become the youngest ever Supercars driver after signing with Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport for the 2017 championship season.

The Perth local competed for LDM in last year’s second-tier Dunlop Series as a 15-year-old where he finished 17th after seven races.

He will juggle creating history on the track with the responsibilities of being a Year 12 student.

“Being the youngest driver in the field is going to give me such a great opportunity and enable me to learn as much as possible at a young age, which is something that I am extremely grateful for,” Rullo said.

“I’m honoured to be sharing the stage with some of the best drivers in the most competitive touring car championship in the world.

“I have massive respect for all of them and look forward to using them as a benchmark.”

Rullo has been mentored by the team’s top driver Nick Percat, who finished 18th in last year’s Supercars championship.

He said he expects his car in 2017 won’t be too different to the Castrol-backed Holden VF Commodore he drove last year.

“The big challenge will be adapting to the soft tyre this year which is used in the majority of events,” he said.

Team owner Lucas Dumbrell said Rullo was ready to step up into the main series.

“For a 16-year-old, Alex shows a level of maturity beyond his years and applies this to all areas of racing,” Dumbrell said.

The V8 Supercars season begins on March 2 with the Clipsal 500 Adelaide.

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■ FOOTBALL

All Whites great Sumner dies Steve Sumner, the legendary All Whites captain who led them to the World Cup finals, has died, aged 61.

The Christchurch football icon had been suffering from prostate cancer, after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of the cancer in August 2015.

Sumner, along with coaches John Adshead and Kevin Fallon, was central to one of the great New Zealand sporting campaigns, when an under-rated New Zealand side went on a record 15-game qualifying run that took them to the 1982 finals in Spain.

It was the first time New Zealand had qualified for the finals, something they have repeated just once since – in 2010.

New Zealand performed creditably there, losing to USSR, Brazil and Scotland.

Most pundits would agree that no one player has had a greater impact on New Zealand football than Sumner. Wynton Rufer was the best technical player this country has produced, and Ryan Nelson and Winston Reid have reached the rarefied heights of the English Premier League, but Sumner’s influence was immense.

Sumner played 105 times for the All Whites (including 58 ‘A’ internationals) over a 12-year period, scoring 27 goals.

The attacking midfielder’s international career spanned from 1976 to 1988 and he holds the record for the most goals scored in an international when he scored six goals during New Zealand’s 13-0 defeat of Fiji during the 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign.

He was a Christchurch United stalwart, winning a record seven Chatham Cups and five league titles. He received Fifa’s highest

New Zealand football great Steve Sumner. honour – the Order of Merit award – in 2010 for services to football.

His 1982 World Cup team mate Sam Malcolmson said Sumner was a “great leader and a great man”.

“He wasn’t born a great player, but he wanted to be the best, he had the desire,” said a tearful Malcolmson.

“He was single minded, self driven. He demanded from the players what he demanded from himself.”

Malcolmson said Sumner’s wife Jude and Adshead were the people who had the biggest influencing in turning a “brash” young player into a man who would become one of the finest sports captains New Zealand has produced.

Sumner would ask the hard

questions of influential figures such as Adshead and New Zealand soccer boss Charlie Dempsey.

“He got in everyone’s ear ... he made us believe we could do it,” Malcolmson said.

He recalled how Steve and Jude Sumner had offered him extraordinary support in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake – Malcolmson’s company was based in Christchurch and he had more than 90 employees to assist.

“Their door was always open – he rang me every day,” said Malcolmson.

“The last few weeks he has been in and out of consciousness, delusional. So this is a relief for his family and friends, everyone who knew him. He was a bloody good

bloke.”

New Zealand Football Chief Executive Andy Martin said Sumner’s passing was a sad day for the football community in this country.

“First and foremost our thoughts go out to his family and friends in their time of grieving.

Steve was not only a great footballer, he was also a great man and he will be sorely missed,” said Martin.

The CEO said Sumner will be remembered as one of the most influential footballers this country has ever produced.

“What he and the All Whites team from 1982 achieved in that FIFA World Cup campaign put New Zealand on the world football map and his legacy will last

forever,” he said.

“We were fortunate to have a great time with Steve at the 125th anniversary of New Zealand Football last year and it was a special occasion for him in particular to reflect on all the amazing moments he was part of in the All Whites and in New Zealand Football.”

Defender Bobby Almond, another linchpin of the ‘82 side, told Radio Sport’s Martin Devlin that Sumner “wouldn’t want you or I to be morbid or sad”.

“He’d say come on guys, keep it light hearted for me,” said Almond, who like Sumner was an English footballer who emigrated to Christchurch in the early 1970s.

“It is sad ... (but) we got to treasure the fact that Steve Sumner was in our lives.

“He wasn’t my best mate but he was my best team mate, from the time we spent from 1977 onwards for club and country.”

Almond said Sumner belonged in the pantheon of New Zealand greats, alongside Ryan Nelsen, Wynton Rufer, Brian Turner and Steve Wooddin.

“Best is a difficult word ... but Steve was the most complete (New Zealand) player,” said Almond.

“We’ve lost probably the most outstanding player who has ever played for New Zealand.

“The respect he got was truly immense – he didn’t suffer fools gladly on or off the park but he had the respect of everybody.

“He gave a lot of pleasure to a whole lot of people the way he played and carried himself. Everyone loves to dream, loves the underdog ... we took people on a journey they loved and Steve was integral to that.”

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■ NETBALL

Silver Ferns record crushing victory over Wales in test A stunning 25-2 final quarter blitz has propelled the Silver Ferns to a massive 65-goal win over Wales in Cardiff yesterday.

New Zealand scored almost as many goals in the fourth quarter as Wales did for the entire match, as they raced away to a 92-27 win.

It was a demoralising scoreline for the world No. 8 side, who produced some nice patches of play – particularly in the first half, but ultimately lacked the consistent execution to trouble the Ferns.

Netball New Zealand opted to tack two tests against Wales onto the end of the Ferns Quad Series tour, which saw them travel between South Africa and England for just three tests.

While the Welsh side weren’t expected to challenge the Ferns on the scoreboard, the historic series is a good opportunity for the Kiwi side to test themselves against unfamiliar opposition ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games.

The last time the two sides met

Te Paea Selby-Rickit was named player of the match in the Ferns dominant win yesterday. was in pool play at the 2011 World Cup in Singapore, but Wales hasn’t hosted the Silver Ferns on home soil since 1997 – a one-off

test – when Yvonne Willering coached the Kiwis to victory.

Silver Ferns coach Janine Southby also took the opportu-

nity to test new combinations in each area of the court, with 11 players getting a run this morning. Star shooter Maria Tutaia was the only player not to take the court, with Te Paea Selby-Rickit playing a full game at goal attack.

Selby-Rickit made the most of her opportunity, netting a game-high 40 goals from 44 attempts to be named player of the match.

Despite the continual stream of changes the Ferns’ scoring remained consistent across the first three quarters - recording quarter scores of 22-9, 23-9, 22-7 – before unleashing in the final period.

The Ferns kept the homeside scoreless for the first seven minutes of the final period, as the Welsh side, many of whom aren’t professional players, tired noticeably over the latter stages of the match and their skill level dropped away.

The home side struggled to find a way through the Ferns suffocating midcourt defence, with the

ball rarely finding its way into Wales’ attacking third. On the rare ocassions Wales did progress into their attacking third, Jane Watson and Anna Harrison worked overtime to ensure the shooters didn’t get a chance to put it through the net. Watson, who came on in the second half, picked up an impressive six deflections and two intercepts in her 30 minutes on court, and was penalised just twice.

Despite the impressive scoreline, Southby believes there are several areas her side can tidy up on in tomorrow’s second test.

“There’s certainly some workons. We had some really untried combinations, so credit to the players, they got stuck in and worked through it even though they haven’t had much time together,” she said.

“We’ve got to keep looking forward and use every match as an opportunity to build that understanding and connections.”

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): If you are particularly fond of someone you work with, try not to let your feelings get too entangled. It could simply be wishful thinking if you’re hoping for things to turn romantic between the two of you.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You could feel torn between helping a friend with money and helping him/ her with words of advice. In this instance, you have to make a choice that will not have detrimental effects in the long term.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Thank goodness, you and your partner seem to be on the same wavelength as far as that property and money matter is concerned. This will take a lot of tension out of a situation.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You have a particular need to amuse yourself today. Try not to do this at the expense of anybody in particular, as you could be biting off more than you had anticipated. Your partner is a willing ally.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’re feeling industrious today.

Apart from accomplishing what you want to do at work, you also have enough energy left over for a home project. Rope in that enthusiastic friend to lend a hand.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’re trying all sorts of charms on your beloved today. For single Virgo, this is definitely an excellent night to be out on the town. Speed dating may not be your buzz, but who knows what Cupid has up his sleeve?

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): A behind the scenes strategy of coping with that friend is paying off dividends today. Try not to let things get too complicated or else you won’t be able to keep track of what you’ve said at what stage.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Your social values may be different to that of a friend, but it is up to you to decide whether or not you can allow for this difference. Talking about it will go a long way towards creating a better understanding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): If you have the means to do that alteration or improvement you so desire in your home environment, what are you waiting for? If you don’t, start making a plan to put money away for that purpose.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Socialising with a close friend will not only cheer you up today, but it will also add the necessary stimulation you need in order to clear your mind. Letting go of the past is often easier said than done.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your particular gift in life is to always take the contrary point of view and see what comes from that. Little wonder then that your key-phrase is ‘I’m unique’.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): If you feel you’re dancing around someone, ask yourself how you got into such a situation. The advice of a close friend may not be what you want to hear, but certainly is going to hit the mark.

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Ashburton Guardian

PREVIOUS SOLUTIONS

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Family Notices ANNIVERSARIES Janice McQuillan and John Tate married in Ashburton on February 9, 1957.

To the best Mum and Dad in the world.

Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary.

Not sure who should get a medal.

Dad always says it should be him.

Hope you both have a great day with lots of fun memories of times gone by.

We love you both to the moon and back.

From all the family, Carol, Ross, Kelly and Gregory, Colleen, Geoff, Kimberly, Sam and Adrian.

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BRANTHWAITE, Gaye – Gaye has gone to be with her beloved John. Her death on Tuesday, February 7. 2017, followed a short illness bravely faced, strongly supported by her dear friends and family. Hilary, Joann, Harriet, Philippa, Chris and Jack farewell her with love and thanks for all she has given over her 84 years.

Donations in lieu of flowers to the Christchurch City Mission would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. There will be a Ph 307 7433Services service to celebrate Gaye’s Paterson’s Funeral life on FRIDAY, February 10 FDANZ Please noteAshburton all late death at St Stephen’s Anglican Phor 307 7433 sent notices notices Church, Park Street, outside ordinary office hours Ashburton at 10am followed Please all late death mustnote be emailed to: by a private cremation. notices or notices sent deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Paterson’s Funeral Services outside ordinary hours to ensure Please notepublication. all office late death FDANZ Ashburton must be to: notices ora emailed noticesduring sent To place notice Ph 307 7433 deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz outside ordinary office hours office hours please contact tomust ensure publication. to: us onbe03emailed 307 7900 deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Toforplace notice during morea information to ensure publication. office hours please contact Any7900 queries on 03 307 Tous place a notice during please contact forhours more please information office contact 0800 us on 03 ASHBURTON 307 Any7900 queries for more information please contact (0800-274-287) Any0800 queries ASHBURTON please contact (0800-274-287) 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

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TODAY

TODAY

Morning cloud clearing and becoming fine. Light winds at first. Northeasterlies developing in the afternoon, then strengthening about the coast.

Mainly fine, apart from isolated afternoon and evening showers. Wind at 1000m: Light winds. NW 35 km/h developing in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Light winds. NW 45 km/h developing in the evening.

FZL: Rising to 2600m

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

High cloud a times. Northerlies.

Rain at times about the divide, a few spots spreading further east. Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 60 km/h early, then dying out.

Wind at 2000m: W rising to gale 70 km/h early, then dying out.

Rain at times about the divide, mainly fine further east. Westerlies rising to gale.

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MONDAY

Rain about the divide, scattered falls further east later. Gale or severe gale westerlies.

Showers clearing, winds turning northerly.

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

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Cloudy periods, a few showers. Winds turning southerly.

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Canterbury Readings

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MUNRO, Margaret Marion, (Margy) – Peacefully on February 8, 2017 at Elloughton Gardens, surrounded by her loving family; in her 76th year.

Loving wife of Ron. Loved mother and mother in law of Sue and Grant (Ashburton); Andrew and Tony (Melbourne); Sarah (Pleasant Point) and Hamish and Liz (Pleasant Point). Loved and much treasured Grannie of Oliver and Jack; Jacob, Ella and Samuel; Lachlan and Harry. A service to celebrate Margaret’s life will be held at Aoraki Funeral Services Chapel, 160 Mountain View Road, Timaru on MONDAY, February 13 at 2pm, followed by a private cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to South Canterbury Hospice will be gratefully appreciated and can be left at the service.

Messages to 9 Bishop Road, RD 13, Pleasant Point, 7983.

TODAY: Morning cloud then mainly fine. NE developing.

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DEATHS

341-6117 65 Vickerys Road, Wigram MEYER, Hendrina 341-6117 Carolina (Drienie) – Road, Wigram 65 Vickerys

On February 7, 2017. Passed MEYER, Hendrina Carolina away peacefully at Ashburton (Drienie) Hospital. –Aged 75 years. A On February 7,mother, 2017.Carolina Passed dearly loved mother MEYER, Hendrina away peacefully at Ashburton in law, and (Drienie) –grandmother, Hospital.

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Ph 7433 February 10,307 commencing at Paterson’sFollowed Funeral Services 2.00pm. by a privateFDANZ family Ashburton cremation.

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9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Ellen DeGeneres brings her brand of humour to daytime talk. 0 10am Whanau Living 3 10:30 The Chase 0 11:30 Come Dine With Me Daytime Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm F Kiwi Living 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces On his New Zealand road trip, George travels to Waiheke Island to see a modernist, tent-like home hidden in the tropical undergrowth. 0 8:30 Blindspot AO 0 9:30 Walliams And Friend 0 10:05 Insert Name Here PGR 10:45 1 News Tonight 0 11:15 Upper Middle Bogan AO Bess worries the Brights have no family-bonding hobbies as the Wheelers have, and sets about finding some. 0 11:50 A Night At The Classic AO 0 12:20 N Benefits Street AO 0 1:20 Te Karere 3 2 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 32

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10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 Game show played by two competing teams, each consisting of four family members. 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Fatal Acquittal PGR 2014 Crime Thriller. After being tried for the murder of her husband, an innocent woman searches for clues to find the killer. Joely Fisher, Patrick Muldoon, Denise Richards.

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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Sport Bob Bruhns will score his 100th Hawke Cup match this weekend.

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He’s usually the one making record of milestones but this weekend Bob Bruhns will notch up one of his own.

The prolific Mid Canterbury cricket scorer will card his 100th Hawke Cup match when Mid Canterbury head to Oamaru to take on North Otago – more than 25 years after scoring his first match.

But there will be no raised bat or flourish to the crowd from Ashburton’s walking, talking cricket encyclopaedia – he’ll just take a seat in his chair, fire up the laptop and go about his business with minimal fuss, just as he has throughout his time as a scorer.

“I hadn’t really thought about

it too much to be honest,” Bruhns said.

“But when we were down south for the last match, Jason Morrison said to me that I must have scored a few Hawke Cup games, so I checked when I got home and it turns out this weekend will be my 100th.”

Since Bruhns started marking the scoresheet, Mid Canterbury have had 105 Hawke Cup fixtures.

Bruhns missed three due to being contracted to New Zealand and the other two were rained out fixtures.

“Winning the Hawke Cup in 2003 and 2004 season has been a real highlight, but there’s also been plenty of other memorable moments along the way too.”

Bruhns reminisced about a

Former Cronulla star Ben Barba has accused the NRL of double standards over his treatment following a second illicit drug test, but says he’s ready to move on from rugby league. Barba, 27, admits anxiousness over his move to French rugby club Toulon, but says too many unknowns about his future pushed him away from the NRL. After Barba was hit with a 12-game drugs ban last November, he was released from his deal with the Sharks, only to re-sign on a one-year contract two months later. But when the NRL delayed ratifying his deal he began to investigate other options

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match at Lancaster Park where Mid Canterbury played Southland in what was the first time a drop-in pitch was used in New Zealand.

“The game was a trial for drop-in pitches and being at Lancaster Park for a game was a little bit special.”

While Mid Canterbury, and in particular the Allenton Club, have been major beneficiaries of Bruhns’ time, he’s also dabbled in higher levels of the sport, scoring A-Class matches and a few internationals too – including women’s World Cup matches and Under 19 games at Lincoln.

The change of scoring to a more computerised system in recent years has meant Bruhns has had to adapt himself.

But the conversion to a technological way of going about the business has revitalised his love for the job.

“A few years back I was actually thinking about giving it up,” he said.

“But now, with the computer system I use, it’s so much easier and for a change I actually get to watch and enjoy a game of cricket instead of having my head down all the time.

“It’s certainly made the job a lot easier.”

While there will be no grand gestures made when Bruhns takes his seat at Oamaru on Saturday morning, the Mid Canterbury side would do well to tip the cap to an integral part of their side to recognise an impressive achievement.

Bargs on a mission Australian driver Jason Bargwanna will be looking to continue his winning ways as round five of the BNT NZ Touring Car Championship heads to Manfeild this weekend.

At round four at Teretonga last month, Bargwanna came away with the round win as championship leader Simon Evans struck trouble with officials. Evans copping two 10-second penalties for false starts in two of the weekend’s races - pushing him down the finishing order.

Leicester backs Ranieri

Warriors’ Hoffman has no plans to retire Ryan Hoffman plans to continue his career in 2018 - even if he is unwanted by the Warriors.

After one season in charge, the 33-year-old was relieved of the captaincy last week and also told the Auckland club wouldn’t be offering him a new deal next year.

Hoffman, who will feature in

the Warriors’ trial against the Storm on Saturday night, admitted the news was tough to take.

“I was very disappointed,” said Hoffman. “I enjoy playing for this club and I enjoyed leading this club but decisions have been made and they are only for the betterment of the club.

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“You can’t begrudge that.

They’ve picked a great leader in Roger and nothing is going to change for me off or on the paddock.”

However Hoffman confirmed he had no plans to retire, and was looking forward to his 16th season of senior league in 2018.

“I’m keen to play again next

year and I’m looking forward to pulling the boots on somewhere,” said Hoffman, who added he had options open between the NRL and Super League.

“I’m not ready to finish playing [and] I still think I have got quite a bit to offer.”

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The on-field turmoil engulfing ailing English Premier League champion Leicester led to the club issuing a public show of support for manager Claudio Ranieri. Leicester has imploded since winning the league so unexpectedly last May and is only a point above the relegation zone having lost 13 of its 24 games. Just a month after Ranieri collected the FIFA coach of the year award, there has been mounting public discussion over Ranieri’s suitability to continue leading Leicester.

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