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Age, voting closely linked

By Sue Newman

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Whether you vote – or not – in this year’s local body elections could have everything to do with your age.

A survey on Ashburton streets yesterday indicated a high vote return rate, but those who’ve cast those votes were more likely to be mature voters.

Several younger voters spoken

to said they were aware of the election, aware that it was important to vote. Some said their voting papers were sitting on the bench waiting to be completed and posted but others indicated they might not get around to completing the forms.

Those yet to vote were not aware they had missed the Tuesday postal deadline and would now need to drop their voting

papers in the Ashburton District Council’s ballot box. Voting closes at noon on Saturday and Tuesday was given as the last day for posting papers to ensure they reach the electoral officer in time.

A small number said they would not be voting. One said she was not aware of the election in spite of being eligible to vote, while another said she did not know enough about the candidates or

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Most, however, said they had done their homework. They had read candidate profiles and had been following council issues in the Guardian. That meant they had a pretty good idea about the candidates they believed would do the best for the district.

When it came to reasons to vote, the over-riding reason for doing so was to have a say on the

people who would be running the district for the next three years.

If you didn’t vote, then you had no right to criticise the decisions councillors made. It was their district, they paid rates and they wanted to have a say in how that money was spent, they said.

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The importance of voting MARGARET THORPE She’s voted and said she wished more people would take the time to do so. “If you don’t vote, you have no moral right to complain.”

PETER LARKIN He votes every election and said it is important that people took the time to think about the candidates and cast a vote. Apathy and a lack of motivation stopped people voting, he said.

“It’s our town, your rates.”

BEV GREGORY and PAM ARMITAGE The two women said that taking the time to vote was something everyone who is eligible should do.

“I put a lot of thought into our mayor in particular. I think this will be very close,” Pam said.

MELISSA BARWELL and AMELIA MCCORMICK Her voting papers are on the kitchen table waiting to be completed, but she definitely intends to vote.

DAVID BUSBY He and his wife voted the day they received their ballot papers. He’s been a regular at council meetings in the past and said voting in an election was the best way for people to have their say on who was running the district.

SARAH BAXTER Sarah has a particular interest in this year’s election as a family friend is one of the mayoral candidates.

Since she has been eligible to vote, she has always done so and believes it is important to take the opportunity to do so.

CAROL BLACK It was important people took the time to vote, she said. “It’s our town, so it’s important to have your say.”

HAYDEN OSMAND He has yet to vote, but said he intends to complete his papers and send them in.

ANGELA ANDERSON She dropped her voting papers in the ballot box yesterday. It was important to vote and it was important to read the information candidates published so you knew who to vote for, she said.

“If you don’t have your say then you can’t really criticise, can you.”

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Mannequins helping to save lives

By Susan Sandys

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An injured 56-year-old motorcyclist named Mike was the centre of attention in a demonstration at Ashburton Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

Played by a $100,000 simulation model, Mike was treated in an emergency room by a medical team of five. He was groaning in pain and was found to have a broken pelvis and fractured skull.

He then stopped breathing, necessitating the doctors and nurses to install an endotracheal tube.

The exercise was held in the Rural Health Academic Centre Ashburton (RHACA) based at the hospital, to show donors who contributed to the centre’s establishment how it was operating two years on.

The centre has life-like emergency room set-ups as well as three simulation models, and is used for team-based trauma training of medical professionals from rural areas throughout New Zealand.

As well as the model who was Mike for Tuesday’s demonstration, there is a child model worth $50,000 and a new baby model worth $60,000.

The simulation models look like mannequins on the outside,

Ashburton Hospital doctors Lauren Dickson and Neil Chavda (third and fourth from left) saved the life of motorcyclist Mike, played by a simulation mannequin, at the Rural Health Academic Centre Ashburton. The demonstration was attended by (from left) Advance Ashburton chairman Trevor Croy, centre steering group chairwoman Mary Ross, hospital clinical director John Lyons, Mackenzie Charitable Foundation trustee Don Church, University of Otago Christchurch dean and head of campus David Murdoch, and Advance Ashburton members Bob Johnston and Alan Johnston.

PHOTO SUSAN SANDYS 081019-SS-0525 but the technology within is complex. They not only have the power of voice to express how

they are feeling, but also have computerised heartbeats, blood pressure and breathing.

Gathered for the demonstration was RHACA partners from Canterbury District Health Board

and the University of Otago, as well as donors Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, Mackenzie Charitable Foundation and individuals.

The establishment of the RHACA at the hospital was first announced by Advance Ashburton in 2016, with a project budget of $450,000 over three years.

To date more than 100 health professionals have participated in training courses using the mannequins.

Advance Ashburton’s funding for the adult and child models was via the generosity of the Sinclair family, and the baby model was thanks to the benevolence of brothers Bob and Alan Johnston. The foundation had also received funding from the Frampton Fund, established by the late Miss Frampton of Wakanui.

Ashburton Health Services manager Bernice Marra said she was thrilled to be able to offer the opportunity for partners and donors to see the RHACA in action on Tuesday.

“Without donations and support from our project partners and other generous individuals, we wouldn’t have been able to establish this training facility, which will enable the rural health workforce to deliver best practice care,” Marra said.

Farmers already heavily engaged in change

By Linda Clarke

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Farmers are worried about the impact of freshwater reforms on their communities and say schools could lose teachers if rolls drop.

Mid Canterbury foothills farmer David Acland said the freshwater proposals as they stand would mean big change on his farm, a loss in productivity and jobs.

That scenario could be played out on many of the district’s farms, resulting in rural communities being depopulated and losing services.

Acland says farmers are not against the changes and had already been engaged and work-

ing towards tough new environmental rules set by Environment Canterbury, but the proposals had pulled the rug out from under them with accelerated timeframes.

“It is not as if we are not understanding of the impact that agriculture has on the environment.

We were on a journey and adapting to the challenge and we would prefer to adapt with our own engagement, rather than with a stick.”

He said farmers feeling stressed through the uncertainty of freshwater and carbon reforms needed to remember to take pride in how farming had changed the district for the better over the past 30

years. The population had grown, ageing facilities had been upgraded and service industries boomed.

“There are always going to be challenges, economic, environmental and political, and we have to remember to stand up and be proud.”

Acland is hoping the Ashburton Trust Event Centre will be packed with farmers and members of the wider community on Monday for a special meeting to hear about the economic impact of the reforms on Mid Canterbury.

Farmers say they will be forced to change the way they farm and many will lose productivity; millions of dollars would be lost from the Ashburton district’s economy.

They are also disappointed their efforts in the past 10 years to improve environmental outcomes on their farms have been trumped by the proposed reforms.

On Acland’s sheep, beef and deer farm, significant change will be needed to meet some of the blanket rules proposed. Deer would likely vanish from his intergenerational family farming operation, which would also face huge compliance costs and costs relating to fencing wetland areas.

The inability to diversify would reduce productivity, with spinoff effects, as the different farming systems needed each other to survive. Flexibility was needed to meet the challenges.

In the farming downturn of the 1980s, Acland’s local school went from around 60 to 40 students.

Several decades later, the roll is around 80 and the community strong on the back of farming produce.

“Across the board, farmers see these reforms will have a direct impact on our schools and communities rather than just ourselves.”

Acland said people needed to exercise their democratic right to submit on the freshwater reforms, outlining how they would impact their lives.

The special meeting at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Monday begins at 7pm.

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Service to gallery recognised sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Correction Ashburton Art Gallery vice-president Fleur Tompsett (right) presents Anne Carr with her life membership certificate.

PHOTO SUPPLIED feel I’ve done my bit,” she said.

That doesn’t mean she won’t miss the gallery and the people she’s worked with over those years.

“But I’ll enjoy being a visitor to the gallery, coming to exhibition openings – without having to hand around food and drinks.”

Being awarded a life membership was a lovely way to end her

working association with the gallery, Carr said.

“Others can step up now. I’ll still love it and I’ll still do the odd thing down there but I’m keen to enjoy art without doing the work.”

In presenting the life membership, gallery committee vice president Fleur Tompsett said that without the tireless work of volunteers like Carr over a long

stretch of time, places such as art galleries wouldn’t exist.

In recent years Carr has been the face of the gallery every Friday, welcoming visitors to various exhibitions and supporting staff with administration duties.

“The team has valued her steadfast nature, her reliability, her skill at running events and her whole-hearted support of the gallery,” Tompsett said.

397 prohibited firearms handed in

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

A total of 397 prohibited firearms have been handed in at collection events across the Ashburton District this year, but there are currently no more scheduled for the district.

The events, which allow firearms owners to engage in the buyback scheme for prohibited firearms or hand over their firearms under amnesty, follow changes to firearms laws after the March 15 terror attack.

A police spokesperson said there are currently no further events scheduled for the Ashburton District at this stage, but that they will continue to review the schedule until December 20

Open day An Ashburton property that has earned itself recognition as a garden of international significance, will be opening its doors to the public next month.

Trotts Garden Charitable Trust is inviting people to visit and spend time in the garden on November 24 from 11am until 4pm. This is the third open day the trust has held since the gardens moved from the hands of its creators Alan and Catherine Trott into community ownership through the garden trust. The open day provides free entry for people to wander the gardens, enjoy live music, stalls and Devonshire tea or to bring their picnic lunch to enjoy on the spacious lawns.

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Outgoing committee member of the Ashburton Art Gallery, Anne Carr, was rewarded for her long service recently when she was honoured with a life membership.

Carr joined the gallery committee in June 1996 when it was in its infancy. At that time there was just a curator and a committee and that meant committee members were also the people who manned the office, helped set up exhibitions and did any job that needed to be done.

“I don’t think many people realise how much is involved in hanging an exhibition, it’s not just about banging a nail in the wall,” she said.

Like many people who join a committee, Carr did so at the urging of a friend.

“They needed more members and people on the committee.

Susan Wall asked me if I’d go on.

I did and I ended up staying 23 years,” she said.

Carr now lives in Christchurch and decided the move north was the ideal time to sever her committee ties.

“I can’t be commuting up and down the road every day and I

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based on expected demand.

The spokesperson said it was not possible to say if they believed all the prohibited firearms in the district had been collected as it was common for people to travel outside of their own regions to attend the events.

“The Canterbury Firearms Collection team have held four events in the Ashburton District across July, August and September,” they said.

“A number of people we spoke to at events have travelled from outside the district because they wished to be anonymous or just felt more comfortable handing in outside their local area.

“Within the Canterbury region there are eight more events sched-

uled until November 6 – six of these events are within an hour’s drive from Ashburton. The events over the next month are in reasonable driving distance for people in the area that have yet to hand in their firearms and Police look forward to seeing firearms owners at these upcoming events.”

At the four events held in the Ashburton District, which included one in Ashburton, two in Rakaia and one in Methven, a total of 397 firearms were handed in.

A total of 1221 parts were also handed in, all by a total of 262 people.

The police recently released a list of 41 approved firearms dealers that could be used a collection

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Two of them are based in Christchurch, and no dealers in Ashburton have applied to accept firearms on behalf of the police the spokesperson said.

Local firearms owner Bob McDonald spoke to the Guardian last month about the law changes, and said he found no issues with the buy-back process itself.

“I would give it a nine-outof-10, it was fine, I did everything I needed to beforehand online,” he said.

“The prices were okay, we probably got ripped off on the optics and ammunition, but the guys co-ordinating the buyback did a great job and they were empathetic.”

In yesterday’s edition of the Ashburton Guardian on page three a story incorrectly stated that the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club would be hosting a Wheat and Wheels Rally in 2020. The rally will in fact be held in 2022, and the Guardian wishes to apologise for any confusion caused by this error.

Railway improvements Traffic travelling north and south on State Highway 1 through Chertsey over the weekend will be faced with delays as KiwiRail improves the rail level crossing.

The work will be done to improve the surface condition through the crossing. While the work is taking place the crossing will be closed to traffic, with a temporary short diversion in place for road users.

Student dead for weeks The stepfather of a Canterbury University student whose body lay undiscovered at a hall of residence for weeks says he put the lack of contact during that time down to his son’s busy student lifestyle. The body of 19-year-old Mason Pendrous was only found in September when his friend climbed onto the roof at the halls of residence where the teenager lived and looked into his missing friend’s room. Pendrous was in his first year studying e-commerce and was living at Sonoda – a student hall of residence run by Campus Living Villages (CLV).

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Globe Theatre experience for Ashburton Ashburton’s home grown junior theatre company will shortly bring Shakespeare to Ashburton with its production of the Twelfth Night.

Members of the Big Little Theatre Company recently returned from three weeks of theatre training at the Globe Theatre in London and wanted to bring the authentic Globe experience back to Ashburton, company director Jackie Heffernan said.

The company will replicate, as closely as possible, every aspect of a Globe Theatre performance with an elaborate set design and a seating plan as would have been used back in the 1700s, she said.

Ashburton Event Centre manager Roger Farr said he was approached by Heffernan with the idea of recreating the Globe within the venue.

“Having seen first-hand the fun the audience had being in the Groundling or Pit of the Globe Theatre, after many discussions it was decided that we too could have an area for Groundlings during their Twelfth Night season of performances,” he said.

The Globe Theatre experience is about to be recreated in Ashburton’s Event Centre.

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Top Farm top team competition just for fun

By Linda Clarke

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Fun, a free lunch and some serious bragging rights are on offer at a Top Farm top team competition at the Ashburton Showgrounds on November 9.

Ruralco has partnered up with Meridian to run the fun team contest, which will test the grey matter as well as physical fitness.

The mental and sporting activities are not strenuous, but designed to be a little bit testing and mainly fun. Participants must be aged over 8 years.

They are hoping for 20 teams; entry is free and the event will run from 10am until 2pm. The winning team can nominate their favourite Canterbury charity to receive $1000 from the organisers.

Each team must have one Ruralco shareholder or cardholder and the rest of the team could be family members, friends, farm workers, neighbours or an-

yone wanting a free fun day out.

The event is modelled on Top Team competitions of the past and includes a memory game, puzzles, an egg drop, a sports relay and an accuracy sling.

A wet day venue has been booked in case the weather is rainy.

The aim of the day is to have fun but there will be gift vouchers for the top team and spot prizes throughout the day.

Ruralco’s energy account manager Tracey Gordon said it was a chance for families to get off the farm and have a fun day, as well as Ruralco donating $1000 to the winning team’s selected Canterbury-based charity or community group.

“If you’re looking for a free, fun and competitive day out with a big win for charity at the end – you can’t miss this.”

To enter, go to: https://www.ruralco. co.nz/Farm-Advice-Services/Latest-Ruralco-News/Meridian-Top-Farm

Originally the Groundlings were generally made up of poorer audience members, referred to as groundlings, who would pay one penny (which was almost an entire day’s wage) to stand in front of the stage, while the richer patrons would sit in the covered galleries, paying as much as half a crown each for their seats.

Theatre etiquette was a lot more boisterous back then with the groundlings’ interjections being common place, making each performance an entertaining affair, as much for what was happening on stage as what was happening in the pit.

Twelfth Night is a sparkling comedic farce with love triangles, disguise and cross dressing. It is about brother and sister twins, Viola and Sebastian shipwrecked off the coast of an Island (Illyria) and separated.

Each presumes the other dead. Viola, the sister, must assume the identity of a man to earn a living in the home of Duke Orsino, whom she quickly falls in love with. He is lovesick for the Lady Olivia who has sworn off men for seven years.

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Death threat made Robyn Malcolm has hit back at a troll who sent her a death threat after she said the next actor to play Gandalf in The Lord of The Rings franchise should be a woman.

Malcolm said in an Instagram post her opinion attracted a death threat, with a person responding: “If you play Gandalf I will hunt you down and kill you”. The New Zealand actress told Heather du Plessis-Allan on Newstalk ZB’s drive show “we don’t need another old dude” to play the wizard Gandalf. The actress refused to put up with the hateful comment. “I have blocked and reported you,” she wrote about the troll.

The faces of the women Samuel Little sketched for the FBI.

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Killer puts faces to victims NZME After years of painstaking investigation into the grisly confessions of a greying man in a wheelchair inside a Los Angeles County prison cell, the FBI have announced that Samuel Little, who has admitted to strangling vulnerable women across the country for decades, is the most prolific known serial killer in American history.

Little, 79, has confessed to 93 murders, the FBI said. The agency said in a statement that it had verified 50 of the killings and that it believed “all of his confessions are credible”.

Now the FBI is looking for help identifying the rest of his victims, a task it says is all the more urgent because of Little’s age, poor health and sometimes faulty memory.

Over the weekend, the agency asked for assistance from the public after releasing five sketches that Little had drawn of women he claimed to have killed, with information about where he met each one.

After Little was approached by a Texas Ranger seeking information about 18 months ago, he has confessed crimes to numerous prosecutors and police officers who have flown to the Lancaster, California, prison where he is serving consecutive life sentences for three murders from the 1980s.

Prosecutors say they have closed dozens of homicide investigations dating back nearly five decades, some of them cases they feared would never be solved.

“For many years, Samuel Little believed he would not be caught because he thought no one was accounting for his victims,” Christie Palazzolo, an FBI crime analyst, said in a statement.

“Even though he is already in prison, the FBI believes it

The Federal Bureau of Investigation says Samuel Little, who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country, is the most prolific serial killer in US history.

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is important to seek justice for each victim – to close every case possible.”

Little has been convicted of at least eight murders, including several he has confessed to.

Prosecutors around the country are still weighing whether to formally charge him for killings; it was uncertain how many charges he will ultimately face.

No one representing Little could be reached for comment.

Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, was convicted of 49 murders in Washington state during the 1980s and 1990s, the highest number of murder convictions for an American serial killer.

Little was arrested dozens of times for crimes including armed robbery, rape and kidnapping as he travelled around the country, drifting through poor neighbourhoods and transient communities.

But until 2014, he served fewer than 10 years in prison, avoiding a murder conviction.

In addition to his prison cell conversations with law enforcement officials, Little has drawn dozens of detailed portraits of his victims, sketching them in chalk pastels.

Over 45 years, he targeted marginalised women, including prostitutes and drug users, the authorities say. Most of them were African American.

He often knew only their first names, or nicknames.

The FBI noted that many of the deaths of Little’s victims had originally been ruled as overdoses or from accidental or unknown causes.

In other cases, the women went missing and their bodies were never found, but their cases drew little attention.

While Little has offered many details, investigators fear that his memory is becoming not entirely reliable.

He is often fuzzy on the year a killing took place.

That can make matching his version of events to local police records challenging – and help from the public even more essential, according to

investigators.

Among the five new sketches released to the public, one depicts a transgender woman named Marianne that Little met in Miami in 1971 or 1972.

Little said she was 18 or 19 years old and they met at a bar.

He offered her a ride home in his gold Pontiac LeMans, then drove to what might have been a sugar cane field near Highway 27, where he killed her, according to the authorities.

In a series of videotaped interviews with Little from a prison cell that were released by the FBI this week, Little became visibly excited as he discussed the killings.

Asked by a detective about a woman he said he killed in North Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1994, Little responded: “Oh, man, I loved her. I forget her name. Oh, yeah. I think it was Ruth.”

The flood of confessions came after James Holland, a Texas Ranger who specialises in cold cases, sought out Little last year.

“Nothing he’s ever said has been proven to be wrong or false,” Holland told 60 Minutes in a segment that aired Sunday night in America.

“We’ve been able to prove up almost everything he said.”

In the videotaped interviews released by the FBI, Little spoke about the killings as if they were ordinary events frequently interrupting his stories with smiles and laughter.

His recollections were full of detail, often including the names of streets and the clothing of his victims.

He has expressed no remorse.

“God put me on Earth to do what I did. He made me,” Michael Mongeluzzo, a detective from Marion County, Florida, recalled Little telling him.

Friends cast reunion Jennifer Aniston and the entire Friends gang had a reunion dinner over the weekend. The 50-year-old actress got her big break on the classic sitcom – alongside co-stars Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry – and she has revealed the six pals were all back together recently for a meal. Speaking on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show, she said: “We just had dinner on Saturday night, the whole gang, everyone was there! Schwimmer was in town, so we got together. Oh my God, we laughed so hard!”

‘No misgivings’ Actor Judd Nelson says he doesn’t share the misgivings about The Breakfast Club that co-star Molly Ringwald expressed.

In April 2018, Ringwald wrote a column for The New Yorker about watching the movie a few years earlier with her then 10-year-old daughter. Her discomfort focuses on interactions that her character had with a “bad boy” portrayed by Nelson. In an interview with The StarNews of Wilmington, Nelson said he thinks the 1985 movie is “a product of its time” and that he doesn’t “see those problems that Molly sees”.

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Impeachment ‘illegitimate’ AP The White House declared it will halt any and all co-operation with what it termed the “illegitimate” impeachment probe by House Democrats, sharpening the constitutional clash between President Donald Trump and Congress.

Trump attorneys sent a lengthy letter to House leaders bluntly stating White House refusal to participate in the inquiry that was given a boost by last week’s release of a whistleblower’s complaint that the president sought political favours from Ukraine.

“Given that your inquiry lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation, any pretence of fairness, or even the most elementary due process protections, the Executive Branch cannot be expected to participate in it,” White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote.

That means no additional witnesses under administration purview will be permitted to appear in front of Congress or comply with document requests, a senior official said.

The White House is objecting that the House has not voted to begin an impeachment investigation into Trump. It also claims that Trump’s due process rights are being violated.

House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff tweeted in response that Trump’s refusal

Lego is looking to keep its plastic bricks out of the trash.

The Danish toymaker is testing a way for customers to ship their unwanted bricks back and get them into the hands of other kids.

It said yesterday that customers in the US can print out a mailing label on its site, dump their used Lego bricks in a box

President Donald Trump’s lawyers have sent a lengthy letter to House leaders bluntly stating the White House refusal to participate in the impeachment inquiry.

PHOTO AP to co-operate with the inquiry signals an attitude that “the president is above the law”.

“The Constitution says otherwise,” he asserted.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has insisted the House is well within its rules to conduct oversight of the executive branch under the Constitution regardless of a formal impeachment inquiry vote.

“Mr. President, you are not above the law,” Pelosi said in a statement. “You will be held accountable.”

The Constitution states the House has the sole power of impeachment, and that the Senate has the sole power to conduct impeachment trials. It specifies that a president can be removed from office for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misde-

meanors,” if supported by a twothirds Senate vote. But it offers little guidance beyond that on proceedings.

The White House letter marks the beginning of a new all-out strategy to counter the impeachment threat to Trump. Aides have been honing their approach after two weeks of what allies have described as a listless and unfocused response to the probe.

and ship them off for free. Lego said the pieces will be cleaned, put in a box and given to Teach for America, a non-profit that will donate them to classrooms across the United States. Some bricks will be also sent to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston for their after-school programmes.

Lego said if the test is successful, it may expand the programme beyond the US next year.

The company typically tells its customers to keep their bricks or pass them on to others. But some have asked for another way to donate them, said Tim Brooks, Lego’s vice president of environmental responsibility.

Lego, like other big brands, is looking to please customers worried about plastic’s impact on the environment. Plastic doesn’t disintegrate but instead can break down into tiny pieces and be

eaten by birds or other wildlife, endangering their health.

It is also working to find other materials for its colourful bricks.

But finding one as durable as plastic has been a challenge, Brooks said. Last year, however, it began making Lego trees and bushes out of sugar cane.

Rival Hasbro, which makes Monopoly and Mr. Potato Head, said it plans to eliminate plastic use in its packaging by 2022.

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In brief No power, no fire Bottled water and batteries were flying off the shelves at California stores as millions of customers prepared to live without electricity for days in the face of what Pacific Gas & Electric called an unprecedented wildfire danger.

The utility announced that it was shutting off power to 800,000 customers in 34 northern, central and coastal California counties to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during a siege of hot, dry, gusty weather.

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About 500 firefighters were battling out-of-control wildfires in eastern Australia that have destroyed up to 30 homes.

More than 40 bushfires were burning across New South Wales state. Temperatures were cooler yesterday after strong winds and stifling heat restricted firefighting efforts on Tuesday. More than 100,000 hectares have burned with the small village of Rappville, population 250, among the worst affected.

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Ouster demanded Thousands of protesters rallied yesterday in South Korea’s capital for the second consecutive week to call for the ouster of President Moon Jae-in’s hand-picked justice minister, whose family is at the centre of an investigation into allegations of financial crimes and academic favours. The city’s streets are now divided between pro-Cho and anti-Cho protesters, who for weeks have alternated with protests and counter-protests in areas separated by the Han River that flows through the capital.

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Murder charge A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois in the United States has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder. The child was also charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson. The April 6 fire killed a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds, a 34-year-old man and a 69-yearold woman at the Timberline Mobile Home Park near the village of Goodfield.

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OUR VIEW

Rebuilt, reborn, Christchurch is a star D

on’t let anyone tell you that Christchurch is dead or dying, that it’s a city whose time has passed.

It most definitely has not.

Christchurch is alive, well and going places.

Yes, it’s most definitely not the city it was before the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes; it’s a whole lot better and getting even better by the month. There’s a vibrancy, an energy and a real sense of purpose in the new city.

Yes, there are still mountains of containers, banded together, propping up buildings that will eventually have façades restored and interiors rebuilt, yes, there are road cones by the thousand and yes, there are still

streets that are, at best, Third World.

Put those aside, open your mind, forget the past, park up and walk. It’s the only way to see this city in its rebirth.

There’s innovation and enterprise at every turn. New buildings that are a far cry from the historic stone structures that the city was once home to.

It’s a city in motion, a city on the move.

Walk its streets, enjoy the new vibe.

And prepare to be impressed.

Architects have dreamed, they’ve come up with design solutions to meet the new post earthquake environment and they haven’t let naysayers and knockers stand in their way.

The inner city is now an inspiring network of laneways, inner city squares and greenspaces.

Apartment buildings nestle behind or beside commercial buildings, there are cafés, restaurants and bars and plenty of opportunities to shop.

Buildings that can be saved have been reused, reconfigured, given new life. The old and the

new marry happily.

From the incredible new library, Turanga, that takes the newest and most innovative of design, to the happy marriage of old and new in the just opened Riverside Market, Christchurch is an example of what a reborn city should be.

It takes the best of the past and is harnessing the best of the future.

It would have been so easy for the city’s leaders to think small, to be conservative. Instead they’ve gone for gold. Yes, not every idea has worked.

Some have been canned over cost, but many have survived and, as the new city takes place, it’s assuming a new identity,

one that marks it out as not just a city centre, but as a place for people.

Christchurch is well on the way to becoming New Zealand’s star in terms of a built space. It’s still having growing pains and it will for some time, but things are happening and those things are very, very good.

Best of all, it’s just over one hour’s drive away. Take that drive, park up and start walking.

Even better, park well outside the city, catch a bus and lessen your carbon footprint.

And our district’s leaders need look no further than to Christchurch for inspiration for what a rebuilt Ashburton town centre could look like.

created. The government created the Tribunal to hear Māori claims of breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. It has evolved ever since, adapting to the demands of claimants, government and public.

In 1985, US fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmen were taken into custody.

In 1997, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jody Williams, were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 2004, Christopher Reeve, the Superman of celluloid who became a quadriplegic after a May 1995 horse riding accident,

died in Mount Kisco, New York, at age 52.

Ten years ago: Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement to establish diplomatic relations and open their sealed border after a century of enmity.

Five years ago: Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, and Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an education and to live free from abuse.

One year ago: Stocks plunged as investors feared that rising interest rates and trade tensions could hurt company profits; the Dow industrials fell 831 points, the worst loss for the index in eight months. Hurricane

Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with winds of 155 miles per hour, splintering homes and submerging neighbourhoods, before continuing into south Georgia as a Category 3 hurricane.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Peter Coyote is 78. Entertainer Ben Vereen is 73. Singer John Prine is 73. Actor Charles Dance is 73. Rock singer-musician Cyril Neville is 71. Actress Jessica Harper is 70. Author Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb) is 69.

Singer-musician Midge Ure is 66. Rock singer David Lee Roth is 65. Actor J. Eddie Peck is 61.

Country singer Tanya Tucker is 61. Actress Julia Sweeney is 60. Actor Bradley Whitford is 60. Musician Martin Kemp is 58.

Actress Jodi Benson is 58. Rock musician Jim Glennie (James) is 56. Actress Rebecca Pidgeon is 54. Rock musician Mike Malinin is 52. Actor Manu Bennett is 50. Actress Joelle Carter is 50.

Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey is 50. Retired race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 45. Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is 41. Singer Mya is 40. Actor Dan Stevens is 37. Singer Cherie is 35. Actress Rose McIver is 31. Actress Aimee Teegarden is 30.

Thought for today: “We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” — Orson Welles (1915-1985).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, October 10, the 283rd day of 2019. There are 82 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On October 10, 2001, US jets pounded the Afghan capital of Kabul. President George W Bush unveiled a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

On this date: In 1845, the US Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland.

In 1913, the Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dyke.

In 1938, Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologised to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after the official was refused seating in a Howard Johnson’s restaurant near Dover, Delaware.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy, responding to the Thalidomide birth defects crisis, signed an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove that their products were safe and effective prior to marketing.

In 1964, the first Summer Olympics to be held in Asia were opened in Tokyo by Japanese Emperor Hirohito.

In 1967, the Outer Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force.

In 1973, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office.

In 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal was

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Two years of real progress D

id you know the coalition Government just celebrated two years since the election?

That’s two years of meaningful progress on our ambition to build a New Zealand where people who have been struggling for too long can have the chance to thrive.

Almost two years ago, Jacinda Ardern gave a moving speech responding to the news that she would be the next Prime Minister of New Zealand.

She said; “we believe in a Government that looks after its environment and that ultimately looks after its people”.

I’m sure many of you felt the same way I did listening to that – filled with hope, pride and resolve.

Out of this vision, we have made real progress for all New Zealanders.

We’ve made big investments in mental health so people can

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get help at their local GP. I’ve mentioned previously that Three Rivers Ashburton is one of the practices to receive these initial investments.

We’ve funded new cancer treatment equipment like radiation machines and new cancer drugs and we’ve increased school funding so parents don’t have to pay for school donations or NCEA fees.

Day-by-day, we’ve been tackling our long term challenges head-on.

We’re putting money back in the pockets of the hard working New Zealanders who need it

most. We’ve raised the minimum wage to $17.70, we’ve brought in the Families Package, which will lift around 64,000 children out of poverty.

We’ve extended paid parental leave.

Ninety-two thousand new jobs have been created under this Government.

We’re also cleaning up our environment, making rivers swimmable again, and progressing real action on climate change.

We’re building schools, hospitals, and thousands of state houses, and investing record amounts in road safety and public transport.

Because of the magnitude of the challenges we’re facing – like climate change, and the legacies of the housing crisis and child poverty, it can sometimes be easy to forget how far we’ve come in the last two years.

But two years on, I want to

take this opportunity to take stock.

In 2017 New Zealanders gave us the chance to form a Government that does things differently.

I continue to feel honoured to be a Member of Parliament based right here in Rangitata, and I don’t take this privilege for granted.

I am committed to being an advocate for our community, and making sure we get our fair share.

There’s still so much to do, but I’m deeply proud of the progress we are making.

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A red card for the Rugby World Cup

By Martin Devlin NZME

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f anyone at this World Cup needs the red card, it’s the bozos who run World Rugby.

Perhaps with the exception of vice-pres Agustin Pichot, who with his radical thoughts on future policing of the offside line, the only one of these fishheads who even seems willing to confront the major problems confounding the game.

As far as the on-field red card circus goes though, it’s clear and obvious the game’s governing body came into this tournament without a tried and true plan – and that largely is what’s causing the chaos. Players who commit illegal head-high tackles deserve every punishment they get, that’s not the issue.

The problem is the incompetent way the rules have been and are being enforced. So far this has been the sum total of WR’s “plan”: Week 1 - publicly criticise your refs and tell the world they’re not doing a very good job.

Week 2 - privately criticise their decisions to coaches and endorse those people going public with their gripes (e.g. Joe Schmidt on Angus Gardiner).

Week 3 - celebrate the fact there have now been more red cards issued in Japan than the previous four tournaments com-

bined AND we still haven’t even finished the pool matches!

As administrators it’s their job to get this situation under control. Because, if it’s not, then whose job is it? You cannot spend a whole year on fat salaries dropping the ball on your League of Nations plans before patting yourselves excessively on the back over ditching the word “Women” from future WCs and thinking you’re setting some international precedent.

It’s a marketing gimmick you idiots and all of us know it is.

Now you’ve got a refereeing/ rulebook crisis going on that threatens to derail the very matches that are the pinnacle of your sport and your response has been what exactly – to publicly and privately castigate your own officials?

With many questions to answer the only thing we know for sure is that WR will run for cover.

Because who is WR? Who, Pichot aside, even are these fish-heads?

Will anyone connected to the organisation even show their face? Will any of them ever front a press conference and tackle these issues? Will any of these nameless, faceless, clueless, bozos even try and justify their position?

The answer is NO. They take, and continue to take, fans, sponsors and broad-

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casters for granted. They scoff at the very people who are the stakeholders of their sport, the same people that appoint them to and keep them in their fatcat admin jobs.

So no matter how frustrated you get with the rules, no matter how upset you get with the inconsistencies and wrecked games as a result of the various interpretations, save a large part of your wrath for

the men who run World Rugby.

If anyone at this tournament deserves a red card it’s them.

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■■SOUTH ISLAND FIELD DAYS

New face heads field day organisers While she is the first chairwoman and there are few women on the committee, she says there isn’t anything stopping more women from participating and encouraged more to do so.

Committee members come from a range of agricultural backgrounds and include farmers, farm workers, industry professionals and contractors.

SIAFD provides professional development for its organising committee members, enabling them to take on roles and business skills they might not encounter in their day jobs.

“We are a group of people that work hard individually in our own jobs, then come together to work hard for the field days and have a good time doing it,” she said.

McLeod replaced Rodney Hadfield, who was chairman of the organising committee for both the 2017 and 2019 field days.

Being part of the organising committee is a great team effort, with a mix of young and experienced members, he said.

“You get to meet different people and companies you wouldn’t otherwise deal with.”

Hadfield operates an arable farming operation and contracting business, (combine harvesting, cultivation and drilling) which also includes an equine feed business, with his two brothers and their wives.

Darfield research farmer Michaela McLeod is the new face of the South Island Agricultural Field days organising committee.

McLeod has been on the committee in various roles for nine years and now heads a team of about 25 volunteers working towards the 2021 field days at Kirwee.

Based at Darfield, she has a BAgSci (Hons) degree from Lincoln University and operates a business running independent agricultural research trials in conjunction with her husband Ben, who is also a fencing contractor. They have two children, Joe, aged three and Harriet, aged eight months.

The South Island agricultural field days (SIAFD) attract about 30,000 members of the farming public every two years and provide a three-day showcase for everything agricultural, including the latest technological innovations.

The SIAFD is also different from some other field days, with land and crops made available to provide working demonstrations of broadacre farm machinery.

McLeod said that for the next SIAFD, to be held March 24 to 26, 2021, the organising committee already has a successful formula to build on and a great permanent site at Kirwee.

“It’s a huge challenge taking on the role of chair.”

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When Fred and Raywyn Ridder first saw their Angus cow with two calves they assumed she had given birth to one and taken the other from another cow.

One of the bull calves was brown and the other was black and they shared similar facial markings.

As it turned out, she had twins last month.

“It is the first set of twins I have seen in 50

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“They are not really common.”

The couple own Pondora Downs, a 16ha lifestyle block near Alexandra, and run a few Hereford/Angus cattle.

He said the mother was an Angus-cross from a Hereford father.

“She was extra big.

“We thought she had pinched one calf off another cow, but then that one calved as well.”

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Anger at slow compensation process NZME “I think I would rather have cancer than Mycoplasma bovis.’’

That was the hard-hitting opening line in a letter from North Otago farmer Kerry Dwyer, to Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor last month.

Dwyer, and his wife Rosie, were among the first farmers affected

by M. bovis when their property was confirmed as having the bacterial cattle disease in August 2017.

It was in March last year that Dwyer first publicly expressed fears over the compensation process.

Now, more than two years after having all their cattle slaughtered due to the disease, and a year after lodging their last compensation claim, they were still waiting for settlement.

But, after the Otago Daily Times contacted MPI Tuesday, a spokesman said director-general Ray Smith had requested an urgent review of the Dwyers’ claims and MPI would pay what was owing by the end of the week.

The payment would relate to calves born in autumn, interest accrued and three calves previously declined. MPI was currently finalising the amount to be paid and thanked Dwyer for his patience.

In July 2018, the Dwyers were paid compensation for most of the calves they had slaughtered in September 2017. They then lodged another compensation claim in September 2018.

“Despite all the publicised assurances from your department that they are dealing with the disease and its effects, we are not getting any communication or action,’’ Dwyer wrote to O’Connor.

“We do not want any special attention, rather we expect that your department staff will do their job in a timely manner.

“We ask to be treated fairly and in a similar manner to the farmers who were affected later in the response, even though your de-

Kerry Dwyer on his North Otago farm in March last year when his calf shelter sheds were sitting empty. partment keeps changing their rules.’’

And when it came to the cancer reference, he had first-hand experience, having been treated for the disease in the interim.

“I know what I am talking about concerning cancer. Fortunately, I found a team of professionals who know their business, can make decisions and get things done.’’

For more than a decade, the Dwyers ran a successful calf-rearing business, buying 4-day-old calves, rearing them to over 100kg, and then selling them to other farmers.

But their nightmare began when their property was confirmed with the disease.

When Dwyer met O’Connor in Oamaru in December 2017, he said he was assured MPI was doing its best and would handle

Freshwater proposal won’t increase grower costs RNZ Environment Minister David Parker says the government’s proposed freshwater policy won’t affect the cost of vegetables.

Growers are worried about the effects of the plans to put tighter controls on land intensification and tougher limits for nitrogen leaching.

They say if they can’t expand to keep up with demand, it will push up the cost of vegetables.

“The first thing I’d say is that lettuces today cost two dollars at Countdown and they’re not going to go up in consequence of this,” Parker told RNZ’s Morning Report.

But Parker said there is no-

one suggesting that vegetable growing should be shut down.

“We have moved to protect elite soils from being covered over by subdivisions and lifestyle blocks,” he said. “We actually think we’re on [the growers’] side.”

Parker said he would listen to the industry’s concerns at a closed meeting in Pukekohe yesterday.

“I am aware that only one per cent of our land is used for vegetables, that we have to be careful that we don’t have one size fits all.

“I don’t think we do in this document, but no doubt it’s possible to refine it further, and we’ll be listening to their concerns.”

farmers’ cases appropriately.

“This has not been our experience. I publicly stated in March 2018 that we were going to be screwed over with regards to compensation. That appears true,’’ he said.

With $300 million spent to date on the M. bovis response, compensation claims faced far more assessment rigour than the operation costs, he said.

The couple wanted a ‘fair go’’, and Dwyer said MPI had changed the rules considerably over the course of the response.

“If we were to destock now, there would be some disinfection and then removal of all restrictions, and there would be no testing of new cattle coming onfarm.

“Farms can have cattle back on within two weeks. We had to wait seven months with no cattle be-

fore restocking.

“We ask to be treated the same as farmers affected later in the MPI response, by way of compensation for lost income.’’

The “usual rhetoric’’ from MPI was that some claims were “complex’’.

“Well, after 12 months, the capability is more questionable than complexity,’’ he said.

Dwyer had not received a response from O’Connor for his letter, dated September 11, but, when contacted by the Otago Daily Times Tuesday, an MPI spokeswoman said a response would be “making its way to him shortly’’.

“It’s a private correspondence, which Mr Dwyer is welcome to share, but we won’t be,’’ she said.

MPI’s latest stakeholder update showed 117,096 animals have been culled. MPI had received

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1462 claims and 1137 claims had been completed or had part payments.

The value of claims assessed was $111.8 million and the value of claims paid was $97.6 million. The update said the average number of working days to pay a claim was 25 days, over a fourmonth rolling average.

As part of the programme’s work to “streamline’’ compensation processes, the requirement for farmers to have an authorised witness sign applications had been removed.

Earlier this month, South Canterbury dairy farmers Aad and Wilma van Leeuwen – whose property was where the disease was first identified in July 2017 – began taking legal action against MPI, claiming the compensation process had left them millions of dollars out of pocket.

Young finalist wins horticultural competition NZME The youngest finalist in this year’s Young Grower of the Year competition, Austin Singh Purewal, beat the field to win this year’s Young Vegetable Grower of the Year.

At only 18, Singh Purewal has managed to achieve a lot in his horticulture career already.

After winning the Pukekohe regional competition, the 18-yearold was looking forward to taking part in the finals.

“It’s almost like another job, to be honest. It takes up a lot of your time if you are really dedicated to it,” he said.

“If you put a lot of effort in, you get lots out of it. From meeting new people to opening up my mind to opportunities within the industry, that’s what I wanted to get out of the competition. I didn’t necessarily want to win. I wanted to come out of it with more opportunities.”

Austin Singh Purewal Throughout the leadership panel and speech events, Singh Purewal voiced his views on the importance of diversity and encouraging young people into roles within the industry.

He hoped that by entering, he had shown his peers that they can also achieve great things in the industry.

HortNZ Chief Executive Mike Chapman said that competitions like these are essential because they highlight horticulture as a vibrant career for young people.

“Our $6 billion industry contin-

ues to grow in response to worldwide and domestic demand for fresh, healthy food,” said Chapman.

“These areas offer immense opportunity for young people, with many varied career opportunities ahead of them. I am positive that all entrants in 2019’s competition have benefited from the experience and will continue to grow and support horticulture.”

Austin is part of the T&G Global Key Accounts Team, where he is involved in supporting sales going into supermarkets.

Through his role, he is trying to support growers as much as he can by helping them connect with customers.

The annual Young Vegetable Grower of the Year competition is run by Horticulture New Zealand and supported by platinum sponsor, the Horticentre Charitable Trust.

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■■INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Risk global slowdown will spread NZME Kristalina Georgieva, in her first major address as head of the International Monetary Fund, painted a downbeat picture of the world economy and said a more severe slowdown could require governments to co-ordinate fiscal-stimulus measures.

In a speech that sets the tone for next week’s annual meeting of the IMF, Georgieva said the fund will cut its growth forecast for both 2019 and 2020 in its next World Economic Outlook due October 15.

In July, the fund lowered its projection to 3.2 per cent this year and 3.5 per cent next year – its fourth downgrade since last October.

Global institutions, economists and investors are blaming the US-China tariff conflict as a prime factor for slowing global growth. The trade tensions have partly caused manufacturing to tumble and weakened investment, creating a “serious risk” of spillover to other areas of the economy like services and con-

sumption, Georgieva said in prepared remarks in Washington on Tuesday. Global trade growth is close to a standstill, she added.

“The global economy is now in a synchronised slowdown,” she said, noting that the fund estimates that 90 per cent of the world is seeing slower growth.

By contrast, two years ago, growth was accelerating across three-quarters of the globe in a synchronized upswing, she added.

“Uncertainty – driven by trade but also by Brexit, and geopolitical tensions – is holding back economic potential,” Georgieva said.

Not only that, but the economic rifts could “last a generation” with possible shifts such as broken supply changes and siloed trade.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development trimmed its forecast last month, while World Bank President David Malpass said Monday that the lender is preparing to downgrade its assessment from a projection of 2.6 per cent it made in June.

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A deeper slowdown would require more fiscal support, Georgieva said.

“If the global economy slows

more sharply than expected, a co-ordinated fiscal response may be needed,” she said.

“We are not there,” but it’s bet-

ter to be too early with it than late.

On monetary policy, Georgieva said central banks should keep interest rates low where appropriate, “especially since inflation is still subdued in many countries and overall growth is weakening”.

She warned, however, that very low or even negative interest rates can come with “negative side effects and unintended consequences” that can lead to financial vulnerabilities.

“Monetary and financial policies cannot do the job alone.

Fiscal policy must play a central role,” she said.

Georgieva, former chief executive officer of the World Bank, took over on October 1 as IMF managing director, succeeding Christine Lagarde, who left to lead the European Central Bank.

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Methane reduction targets proposed as part of the country’s climate change response should be determined by the Climate Commission, even if that results in higher thresholds than those proposed now, National Party climate change spokesman Scott Simpson says.

His party supports a split-gas approach to the targets but the methane targets proposed by the government are simply too onerous, given the technology currently available, he says.

Politicians are not experts in that field and the decision should be based on the best science available to the soon-to-be-named commissioners.

“That should be the job of the commission,” Simpson told delegates at the Climate Change and Business Conference in Auckland on Tuesday.

The government is making a raft of changes to the emissions trading scheme to formalise the country’s commitments under the 2015 Paris accord. As well as aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the bill proposes a 10 per cent cut in methane emissions by 2030, with levels in 2050 to be 24 to 47 per cent lower than those in 2017.

Earlier in the conference, Climate Change Minister James Shaw said most of the changes to the ETS would be uncontroversial. Many, including putting a volume cap on emissions covered by the scheme, and a phase-down of free-allocations to trade-exposed heavy industry, had been signalled by the previous government and had been widely consulted on.

The one area of contention, he said, is the inclusion of agriculture in the ETS. The Interim Climate Change Com-

mittee had recommended emissions be recovered through a levy on processors until a simpler farm-level scheme can be developed by about 2025. Those funds gathered from processors would be used to help establish the new regime.

Industry groups countered with an offer to put the $25 million a year they are currently collecting for climate change work to the same purpose in partnership with the government.

Shaw said the government is in the “closing stages” of considering those options and a decision is imminent.

The Zero Carbon Bill has been dogged by delay. Farmers, many bitterly opposed to the changes, sought and won an extension on the deadline for submissions on the plan.

The bill is due to be reported back to parliament later this month.

As a trade-exposed industry, farmers would only be at risk for 5 per cent of their emissions initially. At a CO2 cost of $25 a tonne, the Interim Climate Change Committee estimated the emissions charge would cost farmers 1 cent per kilogram of milksolids or 3 cents per kilogram of sheep meat.

Given that, and the success many farmers are already having in reducing emissions, conference moderator Rod Oram challenged Simpson as to whether there really is a problem.

Simpson said the European farmers New Zealand competes with are subsidised, so will not bear any costs relating to their emissions. Sales lost to them will go to higher-emitting producers, there will be no emissions benefit, and rural incomes here will fall, he said.

National doesn’t believe agriculture should be in the ETS. But if it is, there needs to be much stronger safeguards for farmers, he said.

While potential new grass vari-

eties and other methane-reducing technologies are exciting, at the moment the only way to achieve sizeable methane cuts is through stock reduction.

Separately, National Party leader Simon Bridges yesterday pledged that, if his party wins government, the legislation restricting the use of gene-editing would be reviewed so that the technology can be applied in areas such as climate change, pest control and human health.

Simpson told delegates the delay in finalising the government’s climate change legislation is less about opposition from farmers and more about the Labour and Green parties’ relationships with NZ First leader Winston Peters.

He commended the effort Shaw had made to date to work with National in order to achieve genuine cross-party support for the legislation.

But he said it is not his job to somehow “panel beat” the National caucus or party into a shape to fit the government’s legislation.

The rural sector is “literally up in arms” over a whole range of other changes the government has introduced or threatened — unrelated to climate change — and the government will need to rethink its approach if it expects farmers to get behind emissions reduction.

“You do it by dealing with farmers – rather than dealing to farmers,” he said.

Simpson said that if the government still wants bipartisan support on the zero-carbon bill, it has to put up legislation that could win that support. Trying to pass the legislation on the coalition’s bare majority would put at risk the certainty people have been looking for.

“The ball is firmly in the government’s court. Our door remains open.”

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Which Ashburton street is the longest? a. Eton Street b. Oxford Street c. Trevors Road 2 – Emma Stone won a Best Actress Oscar for which film in 2017? a. Moonlight b. Fences c. La La Land 3 – The oldest US President in office was. a. Jimmy Carter b. Franklin D Roosevelt c. Ronald Reagan 4 – What year is represented in Roman numerals as MCMXVII? a. 1917 b. 1997 c. 2017 5 – Which book starts with the words “In the beginning ...”? a. A Tale of Two Cities b. Sense and Sensibility c. The Bible 6 – What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes play? a. Piano b. Violin c. Oboe 7 – Tegucigalpa is the capital of which country? a. Nicaragua b. Guatemala c. Honduras 8 – When was the GST tax introduced to New Zealand? a. 1976 b. 1986 c. 1996

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Wet and loving it Maria Chamberlain, from the Ashburton Photographic Society, gained a open first – honours for this pic taken when she camped at Waikuku Beach over New Year. She was at the beach earlier this year cooling off when she spotted and photographed this dalmatian cross racing around and enjoying the water. The judge in the first open also recognised the appeal and awarded this an honours.

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Club news 14 Ashburton Guardian Ashburton Bowling Club Ashburton members’ results for the past week are as follows: In the Friday Triples at Hampstead, Colin Dennis, leading a composite team came second. In the Todd Cup at Allenton on Sunday, Diane, as part of a composite team, won the Cup! A reminder to our members that names need to be in by this coming Friday for the In-House Tournament starting at 12.30pm on Saturday. And would the men please check the noticeboard for championship games. Good bowling!

Ashburton Golf Club The wet weather last Saturday disrupted the first round of the DCL CUP, with only a hardy group of 27 golfers actually completing their rounds. We still had some great scores though, it must have been easy for the young guns, with Dylan Stoddart shooting a great nett 67 closely followed by Matt Tait with 68.

Equal third went to a couple of “not so young guns” with Tuffy Sa and Greig Sparrow carding very good 71s. The DCL Cup is three rounds of stroke, so we have the next two Saturdays to go before we find our winner.

Dylan’s top spot earned him 12 RMF Cup points which catapulted him into the top 20 on the leader board, but biggest mover was Matt, who got 9 points which took him to top spot in the qualifying with only two rounds to go. After the next two weekends we will be making a top 30 cut in the RMF Cup, before the Finals series kicks in. At present 35 points gets you in the top 30, but with 24 points on offer over the next two weeks that is bound to change.

You can check where you sit on the ladder, either on the website or in the clubhouse. When the cut is made, the points are re-allocated, and only those players are in with a chance of picking up next year’s club sub first prize, thanks to the gang at RMF Silva.

On the sponsors front, Matt Harvey and his crew at Harvey’s Bakehouse have been doing us proud with vouchers every week for the Saturday 9 hole winners, these have been vigorously contested and well celebrated. The pies at Harvey’s are to die for, and one thing this writer knows a lot about, is pies. If you don’t trust my in depth knowledge, just ask Tuffy, who managed to snaffle himself 8 of the beauties in the raffle last Saturday, to go with the meat pack he picked up earlier. I don’t think anybody will be going hungry in the Sa household for a while.

We have the County Stroke coming up soon, where teams of 8 from all the Mid Canterbury clubs come to play at the Brandon. I’m sure Sally and Bruce will be on the lookout for top golfers putting their hands up, to do the club proud, so you better all get practising. Until next time good golfing

Ashburton Toastmasters Club meeting, Wednesday, October 2: Matt, our grammarian for the evening, introduced the word of the evening: Partisan.

Liz, our first speaker, was introduced by Phil for her second speech, titled “Just do it later”, about procrastination, the habit of “putting for the day after tomorrow what should have been done by the day before yesterday”.

Coby, our second speaker, was introduced by Alanna, our Toastmaster for

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Thursday, October 10, 2019 Plains Rotary In recent weeks Plains Rotary held the annual round of speech contests, starting with the Junior Speech Contest.

Challenging in aspects of research, preparation, and delivery for the students and stimulating and provocative, for listeners.

Some 65 people heard nine speakers deliver a mix of enlightenment, concern, humour, and dreams in their speech topics. The speakers were: Emma Lowry (My Three Wishes), Emily Carr (Why You Should Always Be Young), Tom Ellis (Weird Things My Parents Say), Harriot Brown (Why Being Immortal Would Not Be Fun), Leon Aiken-Wheeler (Why We Should Play More Sport), Leon Blignault (You Are Unique), Kaye Ocon (Too Much Rubbish), Abby Cochrane (Homeless People), Lilian Snowden (Too Much Screen Time). Judges David Eason and Norma Cameron said all presented well, used gestures adequately and expressed knowledge of their subjects. First placing went to Leon Aiken-Wheeler, 2nd Harriot Brown, and 3rd Tom Ellis.

The evening also saw two other students – Nate Woods and Izzy Marr – nominated by peers and teachers as significant leaders and role models to be presented with Honour Roll Certificates.

The Senior Speech Contest is open to students in Year 9 and 10. The speeches are of 5-6 minutes duration and participants are not permitted to use props or aids.

With nine contestants taking part, in a very high calibre evening of speech craft, adjudicator Mike Johnson summed up congratulating the participants for their efforts, and offered advice about the rules of speech contests.

Students taking part were: Emori Belanaisa (Racism is a Problem), Taymah Aitken-Wheeler (Addicted to Devices), Maddie Page (Reading Improves Knowledge), Rachel Hoekstra (Blondes are Not Dumb), Isabella Casey-Soll (Romeo and Juliet), Freya Jemmett (The new Albert Einstein), Jack Ellis (Why we should still have Plastic Bags), Jess Heaven (Why it sucks being a Teachers Kid), Mackenzie Baty (Marmite versus Vegemite).

First placing went to Taymah Aitken-Wheeler. (Ashburton Intermediate) Second placing to Jack Ellis. (St Josephs) Third placing Rachel Hoekstra (Christian School).

Also presented with Honours Certificates were: Yasmin Larry, Vili Fifita, Emori Belanaisa, Gretal Tavendale, Sasha Williams.

The contests were capably conducted by Ray King. the night. Her speech, “How hard can it be”, included visual aids about her choice of sport, fullbore rifle shooting.

The target in the photo is used for 300 meters distance.

Adi, our third speaker, did a research-oriented speech showing various statistics regarding migrants in the Ashburton district, past and present, as a part of the Speechcraft programme he went back to following doing an advanced manual.

David had a unique approach for our table topics, impromptu short speeches. He used the board game Scruples as a basis for the task, asking members varied and challenging questions. Phil was asked about stealing when hungry, Alanna about personal problems affecting work, Lachie about bad service at a best friend’s wedding, Coby about responding to racist comments, Chiyo about giving money to beggars.

After the break Phil did an evaluation of Liz’s speech, giving many helpful recommendations. One comment was writing the speech in advance and practising it.

Next Matt did the evaluation of Coby’s speech, a revised version of a speech she did previously and repeated (with changes) in order to improve it. He recommended choosing a speech on a topic you like and believe in. He also suggested using the “rule of 3” to enhance the speech.

Our third evaluator, Marianna, com-

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mended Adi for using graphs and visual aids for his speech, recommended more focus on structure next time.

Mark evaluated table topics. It’s always a tough evaluation, focusing on many speakers in a very short period of time, and Mark gave some useful tips about the use of body language.

Matt gave the grammarian report, choosing to “torture” speakers, asking them about their opinion on how many ums and ahs they had. Great way to encourage audience participation.

Andy did a timer’s report with great humor and some trivia about the relativity of time and history.

Lachie did his first role in the club as a memory master, checking members really listened to various speakers by asking about facts mentioned throughout the night, and Chiyo, our general evaluator, did a comprehensive evaluation of all roles not covered by other evaluators with good pointers, some based on her personal experience in similar scenarios.

Matt wrapped up covering roles and future meetings. The next meeting will feature a guest speaker talking about Pecha Kucha and the following one a contest.

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Ashburton Writers’ Group President Julie Fechney welcomed members to the October meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group. The two visitors were especially welcomed. Gerald told us a little of the activities of the Orewa Writing Group that he belongs to.

Debbie read a quotation – “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is … the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

Progressive Story: Julie read the chapter she had written for the story, Rae is to write the next chapter.

The assignment for the meeting was “I Had A Dream”. Members wrote of rose tinted glasses, battle sounds, another day done, wall of pain, laughter and love, sitting in my pushchair, and guilty or not guilty.

The instant exercise was to use the words “monkey, orange, apple”. Members wrote of apple a day, outcast ani-

mals, climbing hay bales, on my shoulder, shrunken blue whale in cognito.

The meeting concluded at 3pm with the serving of afternoon tea.

The November assignment is “How Did We Even …”

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MSA Golf Section Last Sunday the MSA Golf section played host to the Ashburton RSA golf section at the beautiful Hororata course in ideal conditions. With a field of 26 players there was some close scoring with those taking out the prizes: P Hefford on 40 stablefords, E Collins 37, A Barrie 37, S Newman 36, K Fox 36, S Stratford 35, W Scott 33 and S Thomas on 32. The prize money for twos was shared by J Beardsley and P Greer. The birdie hole was won by M Carter, S Dunlop, G Stratford and S Stratford. Maxine was presented with the Chump of the day when forgetting to count all her shots and thought she was putting for a two on a par four. An entertaining and enjoyable day was finished off with a few refreshment in the clubhouse.

Tinwald Branch Red Cross The branch meeting was held at the Tinwald Memorial Hall. President Pat welcomed members and Lynette led the saying of the Red Cross Principles.

Apologies were received and sick and unwell members remembered. A report was given of the September meeting where the Branch hosted members and drivers from the Foundation of the Blind.

Entertainment took the form of John Waugh giving a wonderful explanation of the Celtic Tin Whistle. He played many toe tapping tunes from Scotland, Ireland, Orkney Islands and Wales.

Bernard Egan also entertained us with many humorous stories and verses. It was such a delight to have these two entertainers. A luscious afternoon tea was served, raffles drawn and the sales table did a brisk trade.

Looking back through the Branch minute book it was discovered that the Branch began in March 1965 and the first gathering by the Branch to the Foundation of the Blind was in September 1966. A long connection. A report was given of the meeting to which Shaun Greaves NZRC National Humanitarian Development Manager and Sukhr Munassar NZRC

Youth Activator were present. They both wanted to meet Branch members from Mid Canterbury.

The Spring Raffle has been completed and thanks was given to all members who helped in the many different ways to make it another success. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday December 3 where we will meet at the Stables for lunch.

Tinwald Garden Club The guest speaker this month was Lenore Byrnes who spoke to us about modern garden fashion. It was interesting to hear that there is a strong revival in growing indoor plants, growing micro greens is popular, vegetable gardens in raised beds, emphasis on indoor/outdoor flow. Owing to changing life styles, gardens tend to be very hard and “masculine”, need to be softened with colourful plants, not pastels. Wide usage of garden pots.

By contrast, there is a growing interest in cottage gardens using these brighter colours, discussion about bee houses and bird feeders. Roses still very fashionable, also hellebores and lavenders.

Members were reminded of three upcoming Club outings.

Competitions: 1 Cup Daffodil Kathleen Ross Almond Royds Alison Scammell 1 Split Corona Daffodil Kathleen Ross Almond Royds 1 Multi Headed Daffodil Shona Thomas Val Johnson Kathleen Ross 1 Miniature Daffodil Almond Royds Alison Scammell Kathleen Ross 1 Trumpet Daffodil Shona Thomas Jennifer Brassel Almond Royds 1 Petticoat Daffodil Alison Scammell Kathleen Ross Jennifer Brassel 1 Double Daffadil Claire Thomson Almond Royds Jennifer Brassel 1Trillium Pam Tait Jennifer Brassel Ann Truman 1 Stem Fresia Val Johnson Claire Thomson Ann Truman Miniature Bloom Pam Tait Ann Truman Shona Thomas Spike Claire Thomson Pam Tait Shona Thomas Cluster Almond Royds Shona Thomas Val Johnson Branch Flowering Shrub Almond Royds Pam Tait Shona Thomas Flower N O S Shona Thomas Val Johnson Alison Scammell

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Spring into your training Personal trainer Rachael Rickard shares her tips on preparing for the Longbeach Coastal Challenge, where her main aim is not to get run down by her children in the 5km event.

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likely to enjoy your race.

While there are mountain bike and running events all year around now, for many recreational athletes late September heeds the start of event season.

Many people pick a few buildup events to help support the milestones required to achieve a bigger or longer race and the Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge is a great race to enter on your way to your main event – it’s a fundraising event where the entry fees won’t break the bank.

The Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge has events for the whole family, from a 5km walk or fun run to the hotly contested 35km mountain bike race. The website (www.longbeachcoastalchallenge.com) has training programmes for you to use to help your build-up to the event. The 35km mountain bike, 12km run

anic slowly … it’s seven weeks till race day!

Spring has well and truly arrived with the clocks sprung forward, sunny days and longer evenings. It makes it easier to get outdoors and be active. The first sunny weekend in spring for me is generally a reminder that sadly, again, I’ve gone through winter eating like a hibernating animal and there’s only single digit weeks until race day, so it is high time to do more moving, more often!

There are now seven weeks until the Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge so if you haven’t started training, then now is the perfect time to sit down with your calendar and schedule in your training time. Fitting workouts or training sessions in will ensure you arrive on race day more confident and you’re more

There’s just seven weeks left before the next Longbeach Coastal Challenge.

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A poor first half shooting display has left the Breakers ruing what might have been in Memphis.

The New Zealand club lost 10894 to the Memphis Grizzlies, who showed that despite being one of the least likely playoff sides in the NBA – the class between America’s top league and the ANBL is vast.

The Breakers started nervously, falling behind 12-2. Go-to scorers Scotty Hopson and Corey Webster missed their opening eight shots between them, while for-

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12km run – This week you are looking to complete four sessions made up of 1 x 40 min steady run, 1 x strength or circuit session, 1 x 60 min group run or do an interval or HITT session, 1 x 50 min steady run.

21k run – This week you are looking to complete five sessions made up of 2 x 40 min steady runs, 1 x strength or circuit ses-

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sion, 1 x 60 min group run or an interval/HITT session, 1 x 70 min steady run.

All other days are rest days. It is advised that you finish with five minutes of stretching, going through your main muscle groups, or use a foam roller to roll your muscles out. This will help your recovery.

If you are just starting out and are picking up the programme at week seven then aim to do half the sessions this week, then three-quarters next week, and 100 per cent in week five. Work at a steady pace to get the time under your belt rather than the intensity.

If you find yourself struggling to get in all sessions, don’t throw in the towel in, just do what you can, get a good night’s sleep and start over tomorrow.

Happy training: see you out there, RR.

Memphis guard Ja Morant helped push the lead to 19 points at the break.

Shots started to drop for the Breakers after half time, with Webster, Ashley, Hopson and Tom Abercrombie all drilling threes as they looked to close the gap. Webster scored 12 points in the third quarter alone.

The Breakers got stops at the defensive end as well forcing the Grizzlies more inexperienced players into errors and the few New Zealand fans who had made the trip started to make their voices heard.

ward Brandon Ashley, who made two great defensive plays in the opening couple of minutes, had two fouls against him early and was forced to sit.

Offensive fouls and more poor shooting were the pains in the Breakers’ side in the second quarter, as Ashley collected his fourth while Rob Loe got his third.

Foul trouble forced Shamir to turn to recently called up Ethan Rusbatch who returned the favour with a three-pointer straight away, which inspired Webster to follow suit, cutting the deficit to 14 before some magic from

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Bridge packs on pounds in Japan NZME All Blacks wing George Bridge is doing the near impossible during this World Cup in Japan – he is still putting on weight despite training and playing in the extreme heat and humidity.

The 24-year-old, who has become the All Blacks incumbent left wing after a standout test against the Wallabies at Eden Park in August – his first test start – has put on two kilograms and now tips the scales at 95-96kg.

That is a testament to trainer Nick Gill’s high performance programme and Bridge’s work ethic and attention to detail because the All Blacks are consistently losing more than two kilograms of fluid a training session here despite constant drinks breaks.

It can be difficult for young players to put on weight even in more benign weather conditions.

Bridge’s extra kilos come at no expense in terms of his speed

and agility. Instead they will translate to extra power which will only help him become an even bigger attacking threat during the knockout phase when providing momentum and converting chances will come at a premium.

“I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been at the moment but I still feel I’m carrying it pretty well,” Bridge said. “I’m ready to go.”

Bridge, who has shone for the Crusaders over the past three years, confirmed with a smile that the extra weight was not concentrated around his stomach or the result of many bowls of ramen noodles, adding: “It’s a high performance programme and I’ve just been getting into my work in the gym and on the training pitch.

“I’m not so skinny any more.

Even against Namibia there were some big contacts against some big physical boys and going forward it’s going to be the same; no matter who we play. You have to be able to cope with that.”

Hockey in the holidays Among those working on their hockey skills these school holidays, under the tutelage of Mid Canterbury Hockey coach Laura Kingsmill, was Holly Febery. She was just one of the many kids who took up Mid Canterbury Hockey’s offer of a holiday programme at the Ashburton hockey turf this week, catering to kids aged Year 3 to Year 6. It has run both weeks of the holidays, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Methven swimmer Bree Middleton has just returned from competing in Australia.

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When some of New Zealand’s fastest swimmers headed across the Tasman to compete recently, Methven’s Bree Middleton was among them.

The 16-year-old member of the Ashburton Swim Team was part of a team of 35 young swimmers from around New Zealand who headed to Australia for the Australian State Championships, where the New Zealand team came up against the best swimmers from Australia’s six states.

The annual competition was held at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra and it was a team-based event where each member was trying to score points for their team.

Middleton swam the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle and was slightly off her times, but was able to improve from 15th place to 11th place in the 800 free, and improve one place in the 200m freestyle.

She was also selected to swim in the girls’ 16 years and under 4x100m freestyle relay which

came in fifth place against some very tough competition.

As a team, New Zealand came fourth out of the seven teams competing, with Queensland State taking out top honours.

Before the competition got under way, a staging camp was held on the Gold Coast where the team trained together and had a morning talk with Olympian Cameron McEvoy.

Middleton said overall it was a fantastic experience and an honour to swim and wear the Silver Fern of New Zealand.

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■■ SAILING

Teaching the art of sailing

By Erin Tasker

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On a quiet stretch of the new extension at Lake Hood, some potential future stars of sailing could well take to the water for the first time this weekend.

The Ashburton Sailing Club is starting its summer Learn to Sail programme on Sunday and the man behind it, Chris Thompson, is hoping to welcome a number of new faces to the sport that he loves so much.

The Ashburton Sailing Club has been a big part of Thompson’s life ever since he arrived in Ashburton from the Coromandel to teach at Ashburton College in 2003.

“I said ‘oh I’m going to miss being by the sea’ to someone and they said ‘have you seen our new lake?’. So I went down to see it and thought what a neat place to learn to sail.”

He found the local sailing club and never looked back. Today the retired teacher runs the learn to sail programme, which each year teaches between 30 and 40 kids, and a few adults, the ins and outs of sailing.

“For a small stretch of water, it’s pretty good numbers,” Thompson said.

The learn to sail programme runs on Sunday mornings in term four and term one and is open to anyone aged seven and up.

“We start out with Optimists, which is an international learn to sail boat, then step up into Piccolos, then onto a number of different classes,” Thompson said.

“We have some two-man ones which are Sunbursts and some of the kids go into one called a Firebug, which is a boat that can be sailed by either kids or adults,

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In brief Speedy hat-trick Cobus Reinach scored the quickest Rugby World Cup hat-trick in a whirlwind first 30 minutes from South Africa to demolish 14-man Canada 66-7 on Tuesday. The Springboks effectively qualified for the quarter-finals, with only a freakish result in the New ZealandItaly game — with Italy needing to register a first ever win over the All Blacks and by 100-plus points — capable of stopping that. That was never going to happen. Reinach’s three tries came in an 11-minute spell from the ninth to the 20th minute, beating Chris Latham’s 25-minute hat trick for Australia in a 142-0 win over Namibia in 2003, the World Cup’s biggest win. - AP

Vunipola on hold England defence coach John Mitchell says No. 8 Billy Vunipola won’t be risked in the Pool C decider against France if his injured ankle hasn’t healed sufficiently. Vunipola twisted his left ankle in the win over Argentina and Mitchell says England will “make sure that if there is any risk then we won’t risk him.” Mitchell says Vunipola will “definitely” be fit next week ahead of the quarter-finals. England and France have both qualified for the quarter-finals. Saturday’s game in Yokohama decides who wins the pool.

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The summer learn to sail season will get under way at Lake Hood this Sunday.

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and some sail Lasers, which is an Olympic sailing class, and sometimes there are other boats that people get hold of.”

There’s a perception held by some that sailing is an expensive sport, but Thompson said some boats could be picked up for only a few hundred dollars.

“It doesn’t have to be an expensive sport, it can be done cheaply,” Thompson said. “All we are really interested in is introducing people to sailing and if

they want to go on and be more competitive, they really have to go on to another club. But we have had people who have been South Island champions and one of our club members has gone on to represent New Zealand in an Olympic class.

“So you can go on, but we ourselves are not really able to cater to people who go on to those more advanced stages.”

They’re all about giving people a start and whether they end up

wanting to take up sailing as a sport or simply as a social pasttime, then that’s up to them.

The learn to sail season at Lake Hood will start on Sunday, with sessions from 11am until 1pm.

Boats and lifejackets are supplied and there will also be model boats on the water from 1pm.

The sailing sessions will be held in the new extension section of Lake Hood and they cost $5 per session, with the first session free.

Typhoon a worry Organisers of the Rugby World Cup are concerned about a typhoon that could affect matches on the weekend. Typhoon Hagibis could hit Japan on Saturday, when three matches are scheduled. Four more are set for Sunday, the final day of the preliminary round.

“We are currently monitoring the development of a typhoon off the south coast of Japan in partnership with our weather information experts,” World Rugby said. “It is still too early to determine.” - AP

■■RUGBY WORLD CUP

Room for robust debate by All Black coaches

By Gregor Paul

I

t was a surprise to hear All Blacks assistant coach Ian Foster say that he and Steve Hansen are still having robust debate about team selection.

The All Blacks name their team today to play Italy – a game that will surely see the selectors give their preferred XV an opportunity to fine-tune before the quarter-final – and yesterday supposedly they still didn’t know, or agree on exactly who they should pick.

In previous regimes, such a state of affairs would have generated concern, mild panic even as it would likely have been indicative of there being confusion about strategy and how to marry it with the right personnel.

But healthy friction is the essence of the Hansen-Foster coaching partnership and has been present since they first hooked up in 2012.

They are like-minded yet not in

absolute unison about how they see the game. They have similar personality traits yet the sum of their total parts creates entirely different people.

Their rugby vision is largely similar but they don’t always agree on who the right players will be to fulfil it and as we approach the most important two weeks of the last four years, it’s apparent there may still be strong arguments being made for and against specific players.

Hansen is a natural head coach – happiest with the buck stopping at him. No one is ever confused about who is in charge and yet as forceful and dominant as he is, there is plenty of room for Foster to have his say and be heard.

They have a relationship where there is freedom to challenge each other and seemingly they often do.

There is enough evidence to believe that they don’t share the same appetite for risk. Or, they

Steve Hansen don’t always agree on the risks attached to picking certain players and no doubt there have been occasions when the third selector, Grant Fox, has had to almost make a casting vote.

Hansen cast himself as the maverick, the impetuous risk-tak-

er in the Amazon documentary that went behind the scenes with the All Blacks in 2017.

There was footage on the training ground of Hansen randomly coming up with the idea of swapping Rieko Ioane from the right wing to the left a few days before the first test against the British and Irish Lions.

Foster suggested it was a “dumb idea” but did what he was asked, with Hansen later telling the cameras: “Fozzie’s the yin to my yang I suppose. He’s very thoughtful whereas at times I can be a little bit impulsive.”

It left the impression of Hansen being the visionary – the more bold and adventurous selector willing to experiment and Foster being the more conservative voice of reason, measured and deliberate and likely to err on the side of experience over youth.

But that impression may have been misleading. Foster may be more data-driven and evi-

dence-based in his process compared with the gut-instincts of Hansen, but the former shouldn’t be pegged as a conservative.

This week and next, and for however long the All Blacks stay in this World Cup, may be among the more robust selection discussions of their eight years working together. Robust because there are a few obvious areas for disagreement.

None more so than who should play on the wing. Sevu Reece is the choice of the selection maverick. He’s young, uninhibited and in the form of his life, scoring tries on the back of nothing and pulling defences out of shape.

It seems, on that basis, like it should be an easy decision on which to reach agreement, but there may be some concern about the likely nature of the rugby later in the tournament and doubts about whether the 22-year-old is the right choice in a game dominated by box kicking.

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

■■TARANAKI

Broodmare paddock beckons Art Deco The broodmare paddock is beckoning Art Deco, but she will attempt to add a stakes victory to her resume before then when she starts in the Gr.3 Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders’ (1400m) at Hawera on Saturday.

The daughter of Road To Rock has tested positive in-foal to Valachi Downs’ freshman sire US Navy Flag, and while she already has black-type, her connections are hoping to add a stakes victory to her record before her raceday retirement.

The seven-year-old has placed in three stakes races, including a third-placing in last year’s edition of the Taranaki Breeders’ and trainer Allan Sharrock said it would be great to sign off her career with a Group Three win.

“She has already got black type, but it would be great to win one (stakes race),” he said.

Art Deco finished unplaced last start in the Gr.3 Metric Mile (1600m) at Awapuni last month, her only unplaced run this preparation from seven starts.

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“Her run in the Metric Mile was a little bit disappointing, hence she went to stud,” Sharrock said.

“But a puggy track at Awapuni can sometimes trip them up, so I wouldn’t read too much into it.”

Sharrock is pleased to get Art Deco back to weight-for-age conditions on Saturday, but is wary of her opposition in the 15-horse field.

“Most races she has been giving them all weight and now it’s weight-for-age,” he said.

“Nicoletta and Queen of Diamonds are going to be very hard to beat, but she ran third in it last year, so she deserves her place.”

Yesterday morning the track was rated a Dead5 and Sharrock is hoping the forecast rain will materialise later this week after drawing barrier 12 with his mare.

“If it rains, like it is supposed to, then the draw could end up being a positive,” he said.

Sharrock is hoping for a solid showing from Art Deco on Saturday and said her performance will dictate her racing future.

New Plymouth base.

Waisake and Beckidboo will line up in the Rough Habits/Hub Catering 1600 with both runners drawing outside gates in the 16-horse field.

“Waisake, he will need another

run under his belt. He has drawn terrible (16), so he will be ridden accordingly. The Wellington Cup (Gr.3, 3200m) is his main aim.

“Beckidboo was basically slaughtered three-wide for two bends last start. That’s a tidy field on Saturday, but she is weighted to be in it. It will be interesting with her.”

Bullbars mare Mars Bars takes some strong form into Saturday and Sharrock expects that to continue in the McCurdy Trucks 1400.

“She is a very good mare,” he said. “She has run four seconds out of her last five starts and ran second to John Bell’s (Helena Baby) horse at Te Rapa.

“That’s a very strong field, but with Ashvin (Goindasamy, jockey) on she comes in with about 52kg, so she is going to be a competitive runner.”

Sharrock is excited about the prospects of undefeated entire Tavimac and Dalghar gelding Tellyawhat in the Mark Frost Electrical 1200 and he believes they are his two leading chances of the day.

9 514x3 Queen Bee Bardon (9) fr.......................R May 8 8.53pm AIRPARK CBRY & ADDINGTON OWNERS PASS HCP TROT $15,000, r80+ discrhcp, stand, 2600m 1 278x5 Didjabringthebeers (1) fr........................ K Butt 2 7x678 Hey Yo (2) fr..................................... R Holmes 3 72x32 Valloria (3) fr.........................................J Dunn 4 5x757 Enghien (1) 10M....................................R May 5 236x9 Amaretto Sun (2) 10M............ S Tomlinson (J) 6 12x25 Winterfell (3) 10M............................ M Purdon 7 1x664 Monkey’s Way (U1) 10M..................... R Close 8 87x89 Harriet Of Mot (1) 20M....................T Williams 9 9.23pm GRAPHITE DEVELOPMENTS FUTURITY PRELUDE MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 4yo+., mobile, 2600m 1 068 Sam’s Town (1) fr................................ R Close 2 043 Lennox Bromac (2) fr..........................J W Cox 3 5302P Carita (3) fr.................................C D Thornley 4 0422 Fly Lika Falcon (4) fr........................... G Smith 5 00809 Comfortably Numb (5) fr...............M Anderson 6 x0376 Philadelphia Freedom (6) fr...................R May 7 Deny Everything (7) fr........................ S Ottley 8 Stealth Bomba (8) fr.............................J Dunn 9 60x9 Bossmaro (9) fr.................................B Orange 10 0494 Krystal Delight (21) fr......................B Hope (J) 10 9.53pm SPECTATORS BIRTHDAY FREE BBQ 13/10 MBL PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r45-r54., mobile, 2600m 1 49930 Jungle Gem (1) fr.........................B Borcoskie 2 32525 Barkley (2) fr.....................................L O’Reilly 3 62337 Invisible Girl (3) fr............................... J Curtin 4 31176 Lets Hustle (4) fr................................. R Close

5 74374 Good On Ya Kiwi (5) fr..................... R Holmes 6 03710 Frosty Reception (6) fr...........................R May 7 22x1 Stunin Magic (7) fr.............................. S Ottley 8 11 Down To The Bone (8) fr.......................J Dunn Pacifiers off : Diamond Party (R3) 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: Opawa Mach, El Capitan, Beau Vista, Frankie D Race 2: Tonique De Feu, Maria Tsarina, Take After Me, Milly An Eyre Race 3: Storm, Dr Susan, Fine By Me, Pink Flamingo Run Race 4: Im A Gigolo, A Bettor Act, Kruizr, Hayden’s Meddle Race 5: Lone Star Lad, Ruthless Kayla, Lovey Dovey Moment, Medusa Race 6: Arden’s Reality, Freddiesam, Gilligans Island, Roll The Dice Race 7: Amazing Dream, Queen Bee Bardon, Bettor’s Heart, Ivana Flybye Race 8: Winterfell, Harriet Of Mot, Valloria, Enghien Race 9: Philadelphia Freedom, Comfortably Numb, Lennox Bromac, Carita Race 10: Down To The Bone, Stunin Magic, Good On Ya Kiwi, Lets Hustle

5 48x74 Carltonian 30.11 J &...................... D Fahey 6 36628 Our Jolene 30.32........................... R Wales 7 65537 Must Be Rusty 30.24............... J McInerney 8 28551 Bashful Buffy 30.55................. J McInerney 9 43366 Know Equal 30.45........................G Cleeve 10 54377 Dyna Elliot 30.80........................ C Roberts 10 8.38pm 2019 KOLORFUL KANVAS ROBINSON ROSEBOWL C5, 520m 1 14551 Egomaniacal 30.08..................... D Roberts 2 42113 Start The Show 30.02.................. R Adcock 3 Box Vacant 1 4 11345 Dyna Varsity 30.17..................... C Roberts 5 18541 Know State 30.01.........................G Cleeve 6 Box Vacant 2 7 2315x Lord Louie nwtd.......................... M B Fuller 8 2x763 Avenger Bale 29.82.................... C Roberts 11 9.08pm SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO SPRINT C5, 295m 1 11223 High Dreamer 17.11.......................M Grant 2 81853 Homebush Boots 17.38........... J McInerney 3 25415 Bookie Monster 17.19..................... J Dunn 4 17821 Flora Dora 17.06.......................... R Adcock 5 3x751 Hilton Forabet 17.16........................B Dann 6 71278 Raptor Attack 17.18................. A Bradshaw 7 35211 Versailles 17.07............................... J Dunn 8 63334 Jinja Ellie 17.25.............................. A Joyce 9 35826 Wildebeest 17.20..................... A Bradshaw 10 17618 Opawa Lacy 17.04 J &.................. D Fahey 12 9.38pm PROTEXIN DASH C4, 295m 1 11374 Call Me Flo 17.16....................A Botherway 2 52521 Ring Clown 17.19...........................M Grant 3 66358 Kalonga 17.36 S &........................ B Evans 4 72342 Fickle Mistress 17.36 H &.................. Taylor 5 17754 Smash Grenade 17.38...................M Grant 6 77465 Cawbourne Britty 17.22.............. C Roberts

7 47273 Loco Lola 17.18....................... A Bradshaw 8 41667 Disobedience 17.19 S &................ B Evans 9 66765 Ketchikan Kim 17.25........................ J Dunn 10 74887 Nippa Martino 17.22................ J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

In-foal Art Deco is after a positive result.

“If she could run top five I would be very happy,” he said. “If she races well she might have a couple more, but it is entirely up to her.”

Sharrock will take another five strong contenders south from his

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Metro harness Today at Addington Raceway

NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc Venue: Addington Meeting Date: 10 October 2019 NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 5.23pm (NZT) CHRISTCHURCH CASINO MOBILE PACE $10,000, r40-r42., mobile, 2600m 1 30962 Opawa Mach (1) fr.........................K Cameron 2 44950 Beau Vista (2) fr...............................A Lethaby 3 349x2 El Capitan (3) fr....................................J Dunn 4 86006 Den’s Legacy (4) fr........................ C DeFilippi 5 43582 Caesar’s Quest (5) fr..................C D Thornley 6 30287 Frankie D (6) fr...................................J W Cox 7 44490 All Nuts N Bolts (7) fr........................B Orange 8 25630 Every Option (8) fr...........................S McNally 9 96486 Bound To Impress (9) fr.................. J Versteeg 10 65965 Thats Bettor (21) fr.......................... R Holmes 11 3x440 Pat Campbell (22) fr..............................R May 2 5.53pm THE EDGE PUBLIC VILLAGE ON SALE MOBILE TROT $10,000, r40-r55., mobile, 1980m 1 80x08 Mikemaro (1) fr...................................R Austin 2 x5003 Tonique De Feu (2) fr.............................R May 3 28443 Don’t Look Back (3) fr......................... G Smith 4 90x76 Take After Me (4) fr.......................R Houghton 5 318x0 Desperateandangerous (5) fr.......B Borcoskie 6 9310 The Eye Of The Tiger (6) fr...................J Dunn 7 P058P In Sequence (7) fr.............................B Orange 8 x7030 Maria Tsarina (8) fr................................ B Butt 9 05739 Another Chapter (9) fr........................ J Curtin 10 96658 Bright Glow (21) fr.......................... I Cameron 11 72414 Sierra Gold (22) fr............................ R Holmes

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 10 October 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.36pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 295m 1 84541 Special Affair 17.30................. R Blackburn 2 42616 Danziger 17.10........................ R Blackburn 3 21281 Super Over Drama 17.12 S &........ B Evans 4 13212 Smash Over 17.32..........................M Grant 5 F2114 Vasterbottenost 17.34........................ A Lee 6 76177 Belfast Demo 17.42 H &.................... Taylor 7 7x224 Opawa May nwtd........................... R Wales 8 32711 Ohoka Lacey 17.47.....................L Waretini 9 26118 Blazing Banjo nwtd.................. J McInerney 10 33865 Dyna Lenny 17.17...................... C Roberts 2 4.53pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH0272719588 DASH C4, 295m 1 11556 Culvie Ness 17.31 H &...................... Taylor 2 17884 Lisa’s Boy 17.24............................ R Casey 3 26221 Hilton Hangover 17.15.....................B Dann 4 56415 Billy Frost 17.37..............................M Grant 5 63158 Goldstar Spotty 17.31 S &............. B Evans 6 46835 Inside Affair 17.16............................ J Dunn 7 81772 Black Tori 17.35....................... A Bradshaw 8 15274 Dizzy Banjo 17.12............................ C Weir 9 66765 Ketchikan Kim 17.25........................ J Dunn 10 74887 Nippa Martino 17.22................ J McInerney 3 5.08pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSHA WARETINI SPRINT C3, 295m 1 36124 Opawa Vinny 17.23 J &................. D Fahey 2 26311 Lightning Crash 17.14 H &................ Taylor 3 21434 Cash A Roo 17.27 S &.................. B Evans 4 12243 Enchantee 17.51..................... R Blackburn

12 31000 Milly An Eyre (23) fr......................M Anderson 13 P4Px0 Terrier (U1) fr.....................................M Purvis 14 2150x No Fears (U2) fr.........................J Morrison (J) 3 6.23pm THE CROSSING FASHION COMPETITION 12/11 MBL PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m., mobile, 1980m 1 44244 Deja Blue (1) fr................................S McNally 2 Storm (2) fr...................................M Anderson 3 57x I’ll Write The Story (3) fr......................... K Cox 4 35x55 Folklore (4) fr......................................J W Cox 5 0060x Cute (5) fr...................................C D Thornley 6 00x99 For Today fr......................................Scratched 7 Pink Flamingo Run (6) fr..................B Orange 8 3 Diamond Party (7) fr.............................J Dunn 9 75 Fine By Me (8) fr....................................R May 10 50848 Held To Ransom (21) fr..................J Alford (J) 11 3226x Dr Susan (22) fr................................N Purdon 4 6.53pm PASCOES JEWELLERS SUPPORTERS OF CUP WEEK MBL PCE $12,500, 3yo+ r62-r74., mobile, 2600m 1 16x78 Dadndave (1) fr...................................... B Butt 2 111 Im A Gigolo (2) fr..........................M Anderson 3 45637 Pay Me Visa (3) fr...........................J Alford (J) 4 63544 Hayden’s Meddle (4) fr.........................J Dunn 5 11216 Kruizr (5) fr............................................R May 6 71112 A Bettor Act (6) fr.............................T Williams 7 2051x Mongolian Cavalry (7) fr...................B Orange 5 7.23pm BOOK YOUR LINDAUER LAWN TICKETS MOBILE TROT $12,500, r56-r80., mobile, 1980m 1 x2252 Lone Star Lad (1) fr............................ R Close

2 54225 Easy Pickings (2) fr........................B Hope (J) 3 07P81 Majestic Sunset (3) fr......................... J Curtin 4 53840 Agatha Tyron (4) fr.....................J Morrison (J) 5 15735 Diana Harbour (5) fr..............................R May 6 49504 Medusa (6) fr.................................K Cameron 7 45706 Madeleine Stowe (7) fr........................P Davis 8 71479 Ruthless Kayla (8) fr.....................M Anderson 9 45167 Splash Cola (9) fr............................... S Ottley 10 48160 Jerry Garcia (U1) fr...........................L O’Reilly 11 225x6 Lovey Dovey Moment (U2) fr............... J Keast 6 7.53pm DUNSTAN HORSE FEEDS MET MEGA SERIES MOBILE PACE $10,000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 1980m 1 226 Gilligans Island (1) fr.............................R May 2 63 Freddiesam (2) fr...................... O Thornley (J) 3 3 Arden’s Reality (3) fr.....................M Anderson 4 6x Ranger Bomb (4) fr............................. S Ottley 5 5 Roll The Dice (5) fr..........................T Williams 6 050x7 El Dorado (6) fr.................................B Orange 7 8.23pm NZ BLOODSTOCK NEW TRIPLE CROWN SERIES MBL PACE $12,500, 3yo+ f&m r80., mobile, 1980m 1 33363 Sweet Loress (1) fr................................ K Butt 2 4433x Double O Heaven (2) fr............ K Newman (J) 3 x2112 Scorcha (3) fr....................................B Orange 4 13230 Flying Steps (4) fr.......................C D Thornley 5 2422x Enchantee (5) fr...............................G O’Reilly 6 1213x Amazing Dream (6) fr............... N Rasmussen 7 06015 Ivana Flybye (7) fr............................... G Smith 8 8807x Bettor’s Heart (8) fr...............................J Dunn

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 5 13723 Amuri George 17.33................ J McInerney 6 83335 Dream Runner 17.34 J M...............McCook 7 22512 Know Scrutiny 17.24.....................G Cleeve 8 21118 Just Izzy 17.35.................................B Dann 9 26118 Blazing Banjo nwtd.................. J McInerney 10 47665 Elodea 17.39........................... R Blackburn 4 5.38pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C4, 295m 1 45165 Golden Bay 17.13 J M....................McCook 2 1357F Man Of Letters 17.38......................... A Lee 3 45656 Opawa Jumper 17.15.................... R Wales 4 41373 Taieri Terra 17.34........................... R Casey 5 73323 Neelix 17.29............................ R Blackburn 6 F3513 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.24 S &........... B Evans 7 547x7 Nangar Warrior 17.01....................... C Weir 8 54481 Smash Wild 17.07..........................M Grant 9 66765 Ketchikan Kim 17.25........................ J Dunn 10 74887 Nippa Martino 17.22................ J McInerney 5 6.08pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C5, 295m 1 63344 Colbert 17.25........................... R Blackburn 2 24436 Country Gent 17.28................. A Bradshaw 3 22143 Chasing Fame 17.17.................. M B Fuller 4 83632 Busy Rocca 17.29..........................M Grant 5 47182 Goldstar Dodge 17.26 S &............ B Evans 6 32185 Our Dazzel 17.00........................... R Wales 7 27117 Pita Ramos 17.14............................ J Dunn 8 71272 Fired Up Jed 17.21..........................B Dann 9 35826 Wildebeest 17.20..................... A Bradshaw 10 17618 Opawa Lacy 17.04 J &.................. D Fahey 6 6.38pm MY BRO FABIO DISTANCE FEATURE C1d, 645m 1 12345 Mighty Muscle nwtd J &................. D Fahey 2 15347 Translation nwtd J &...................... D Fahey 3 17466 Von Strass 38.07 J &..................... D Fahey

4 34531 Isavana nwtd J &........................... D Fahey 5 Box Vacant 6 75327 Famous Lee nwtd S &................... B Evans 7 17836 Cosmic Stu nwtd..................... J McInerney 8 61875 Know Anxiety 38.44......................G Cleeve 7 7.08pm FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS SPRINT C5, 295m 1 43246 Dahteste 17.24.................................. A Lee 2 14415 Chanyaka 17.23..............................B Dann 3 63221 Fleur Dior 17.27....................... R Blackburn 4 38571 Memoir 17.39 H &............................. Taylor 5 14133 Goldstar Major 17.24 S &.............. B Evans 6 12621 Hear This 17.30..............................M Grant 7 63277 Platinum Paisley 17.08.................... J Dunn 8 36536 Ohoka Clare 17.17......................L Waretini 9 35826 Wildebeest 17.20..................... A Bradshaw 10 17618 Opawa Lacy 17.04 J &.................. D Fahey 8 7.38pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND STAKES C3, 520m 1 45555 Go Glow 30.07 J &........................ D Fahey 2 58711 Opawa Roy 30.55.......................... R Wales 3 43784 Goldstar Alaska 31.07 S &............ B Evans 4 8118x Ohana Lad 30.32.............................. C Weir 5 27172 Know Threat 30.21.......................G Cleeve 6 62115 Go Vegas 30.03 J &....................... D Fahey 7 11582 Opawa Mason 30.29..................... R Wales 8 72283 Opawa Sweet 30.23...................... R Wales 9 43366 Know Equal 30.45........................G Cleeve 10 54377 Dyna Elliot 30.80........................ C Roberts 9 8.08pm MURRAY & HANNAH @ RAY WHITE CASHMERE STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 11311 Pearls Are Us 29.97.....................G Cleeve 2 22165 Opawa Nat 30.28 J &.................... D Fahey 3 6152x Gem 30.21 J &.............................. D Fahey 4 223Px Goldstar Ashton 30.35 S &............ B Evans

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Super Over Drama, Danziger, Opawa May, Special Affair, Smash Over Race 2: Hilton Hangover, Dizzy Banjo, Culvie Ness, Lisa’s Boy, Inside Affair Race 3: Opawa Vinny, Lightning Crash, Cash A Roo, Amuri George, Enchantee Race 4: Nangar Warrior, Smash Wild, Golden Bay, Opawa Jumper, Man Of Letters Race 5: Our Dazzel, Chasing Fame, Colbert, Pita Ramos, Country Gent Race 6: Von Strass, Mighty Muscle, Isavana, Translation, Famous Lee Race 7: Platinum Paisley, Fleur Dior, Chanyaka, Dahteste, Goldstar Major Race 8: Go Vegas, Go Glow, Opawa Mason, Opawa Sweet, Opawa Roy Race 9: Pearls Are Us, Opawa Nat, Carltonian, Gem, Must Be Rusty Race 10: Egomaniacal, Start The Show, Dyna Varsity, Avenger Bale, Know State Race 11: Versailles, High Dreamer, Flora Dora, Bookie Monster, Hilton Forabet Race 12: Loco Lola, Ring Clown, Call Me Flo, Fickle Mistress, Smash Grenade - NZME

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■■AUSTRALIAN CAMPAIGN

Wyndspelle makes Melbourne carnival return Two years after hitting a career high with a placing in the Gr.1 Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, Wyndspelle has returned across the Tasman for another shot at Melbourne’s spring riches.

The six-year-old Iffraaj entire will line up in Saturday’s Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield, with ex-pat Kiwi jockey Michael Dee booked for the ride.

Although he has won only three of his 36 starts, Wyndspelle has repeatedly proven himself at the highest level with placings in the Gr.1 Diamond Stakes (1200m), Cantala Stakes (1600m), Windsor Park Plate (1600m), Thorndon Mile (1600m), Haunui Farm WFA Classic (1600m) and Tarzino Trophy (1400m).

Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard set their sights on Melbourne after Wyndspelle resumed with two strong performances at Hastings this spring, chasing home Melody Belle in the Tarzino Trophy and overcoming a slow start for a strong-finishing fourth in the Windsor Park Plate.

“He’s proven that he can meas-

ure up to a good level on both sides of the Tasman,” Benner said.

“You’ve got to go in with the right attitude and have a crack at it.

“I thought he probably should have finished second to Melody Belle again the other day, when he overcame that slow start and ran home with some very good sectionals.

“If we’d gone for the Livamol Classic (2000m), we would have been up against Melody Belle again at weight-for-age, and over a distance that’s a bit beyond his best.

“So we decided to take him over to Melbourne, where we could have a crack at some handicaps with great prizemoney, and do it from a good position in the weights.”

Benner was delighted to see Wyndspelle come out of Wednesday’s barrier draw with gate eight.

“I was rapt with that,” he said.

“He’s in the inside half of the field, with plenty of speed inside him and a lot of the favoured runners drawn wider out. He should be able to find a good position in

“We’ll see how Saturday goes before making any other plans, but we might look at the Crystal Mile (Gr.2, 1600m) at Moonee Valley or the Cantala at Flemington, which he’s run so well in before.”

Benner and Wynyard are also on

the Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) trail with the talented three-yearold Shakespeare.

A winner and twice placed from six starts in New Zealand, the Poet’s Voice gelding finished ninth in the Victoria Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington on September 25 and was a close fourth over 2000m at Ballarat last week.

“He was okay last week and probably should have been even closer,” Benner said. “He just needs to come up another step.

“He’ll go to the Geelong Classic (2200m) on October 23, and he’ll need to run in the first three or four if we’re going to carry on towards the Derby.”

Back home, Benner and Wynyard will saddle two juveniles in Thursday’s NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1000m) at Tauherenikau.

Piaggo, a son of the former Benner-trained star Vespa, finished third on debut at Wanganui before bucking and dropping his rider at Otaki on September 26. He has subsequently won an 800m trial at Otaki.

1600m 1 32243 Greystone b (15) 58.5.......................D Turner 2 69244 Double Act (12) 58.5........................ J Parkes 3 0x630 Ajay Lincoln (9) 58.5.....................R Hannam 4 5 Raucous (2) 58.5..........................C Lammas 5 x8500 After You (6) 58.5............................. J Riddell 6 6 The Fonze (11) 58.5............... H Andrew (a1) 7 6897 Cardinal O’Ceirin (4) 58.5...... M Hudson (a3) 8 58x7x Son Of Anna Kay (7) 58.5.................R Myers 9 80x92 Maipe (14) 56.5.................................M Singh 10 3 Gem Of A Pearl (3) 56.5.....................L Hemi 11 38804 Manhatten Affair (1) 56.5............D Hirini (a1) 12 5 Caption (10) 56.5..........................D Mansour 13 36443 Platinum Bordeaux b (5) 54........... D Bradley 14 Gold Strike (13) 54................ C O’Beirne (a2) 15 x009x Tavistella h (8) 56.5 Emergency: Tavistella 8 4.26pm LIQUORLAND MASTERTON 1400M $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 80x06 Hundyamonth dm (5) 59.5..... M Hudson (a3) 2 529x8 Platinum Wild Card d (10) 59........... J Riddell 3 2190x Don’t Know Jakk (3) 58.5........... R Goldsbury 4 179x7 Bellissimo td (15) 58............. C O’Beirne (a2) 5 0070x Cover Drive (14) 57...........................R Myers 6 6868x Stormy Habit mh (9) 57..............B Ansell (a3) 7 719 World Tour m (16) 56.5.....................M Singh 8 2521x Miss Sher Nan (12) 56.5................ D Bradley 9 10x Savanah Belle (8) 56.5.................. L Allpress 10 16x9 Light Up (2) 56..................................D Turner 11 x716x Platinum Spirit mb (11) 56............R Hannam 12 03160 Veuve Clicquot d (13) 56......... H Andrew (a1)

13 8050x Artaxerxes m (4) 55............................L Hemi 14 14x09 The Tailors Niece t (1) 54.5...........D Mansour 15 770x8 Dance For Money (7) 54 16 0x900 Car Pie (6) 54 Emergencies: Dance For Money, Car Pie Blinkers on : Relda, Teapot (R1), Here Comes Trouble (R3), After You (R7) Blinkers off : Out To Impress (R1), Post Graduate (R6), Cardinal O’Ceirin (R7), Miss Sher Nan, Artaxerxes (R8) Winkers on : Kentucky May (R2), Transitory (R3), Transitory (R4) Winkers off : Teapot (R1) LEGEND: X - Spell of three months SELECTIONS: Race 1: Relda, Rox, Ian’s Legacy, Wholetthefoxout, Dundee Street Race 2: Invisible Spirit, Piaggio, Baby Cheeses, Kentucky May, Rommel Race 3: Outa Cash, Pokuru’s Gift, Count Conti, Here Comes Trouble, Batoutahell Race 4: Show The Love, Vino Bella, Bella, Fiano, Can I Get An Amen Race 5: Excitonic, Sig Positano, Power ‘n’ Passion, Platinum Road, Queen Kamada Race 6: Maninthesky, Excitonic, Retzena, Berry Delightful, Albaron Race 7: Platinum Bordeaux, Greystone, Double Act, Gem Of A Pearl, Caption Race 8: The Tailors Niece, Bellissimo, Cover Drive, Savanah Belle, Platinum Wild Card - NZME

10 2F346 Thrilling Katie 21.23...........................E Potts 9 2.32pm NZ RACING SERIES DISTANCE FINAL NZRSdf, 747m 1 31523 Go Angel nwtd................................ G Farrell 2 12471 Dig Dig Dig nwtd............................. S O’Neill 3 56648 Opawa Plum nwtd............................R Wales 4 23167 Amy Amy nwtd................................ G Farrell 5 62564 Opawa Tab nwtd..............................R Wales 6 42551 Little Apple nwtd W &.......................T Steele 7 76226 Opawa Hilary nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 8 22631 Goldstar Sydney nwtd S &...............B Evans 9 84533 Opawa Silver nwtd...........................R Wales 10 67667 Aleng nwtd......................................S E Hunt 10 2.52pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C5, 375m 1 11618 Kiwi Boy nwtd U &..............................Cottam 2 11114 Suspicious Minds 20.89.....................B Craik 3 65631 Trojan’s Magic nwtd.....................P Ferguson 4 72333 Zipping Buddy 21.30..........................B Craik 5 22451 Native Scout 21.34...........................P Green 6 17233 Call Me Leo 21.28............................ T Green 7 53682 See Eye Be 21.04......................... H Mullane 8 11651 Keysile 21.29...............................P Ferguson 9 44184 Classy Impact 21.13........................ T Green 10 1278x Rumble Soldier 21.37.................P Ferguson 11 3.09pm NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED FINAL NZRSf, 457m 1 56236 Athenais nwtd....................................S Ross 2 13156 Thrilling Uma 25.79.......................... K Walsh 3 36222 Thrilling Amigo 24.96....................... K Walsh 4 34315 Typical nwtd.......................................S Ross

5 11114 Opawa Deal nwtd J &......................D Fahey 6 44183 Our Rick 25.62...................................E Potts 7 11111 Stefano 25.57............................. A Lawrence 8 1x756 Thrilling Jo 25.53.............................. K Walsh 9 72857 Jinja Bailey 25.95 U &........................Cottam 10 37258 Thrilling Carly 25.83......................... K Walsh LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance SELECTIONS: Race 1: Little Teegs, Irinka Jacob, Mrs. Presley, Pukekohe Smurf, Xena Poppy Race 2: Sovereign Pride, Born Quick, Stellar Babe, Seven Sharp, Dignity Dented Race 3: Thrilling Stomp, Afridi, Goldstar Mauney, Smoochie, Flying Dewy Race 4: Don Morocco, Enjoy The Perks, Snoopy’s Hero, Botany Esmay, Mr Felix Race 5: Wedgwood Warrior, Over Indulgence, I’m A Leo, Paddy’s Passion, Odnoc Ankie Race 6: Gain Capital, Hey Khali, Grouch Pawset, Unconscionable, In Focus Race 7: Tuff’s My Mum, Out Of Paper, Billy Bright, Bigtime Jacob, Monsoon Malabar Race 8: Blitz ‘Em Rene, Grunt, Sophia Noir, Captain Kev, Fancy Fox Race 9: Opawa Hilary, Amy Amy, Dig Dig Dig, Go Angel, Goldstar Sydney Race 10: Suspicious Minds, Keysile, Kiwi Boy, Zipping Buddy, See Eye Be Race 11: Stefano, Thrilling Amigo, Thrilling Uma, Athenais, Opawa Deal

Wyndspelle is chasing prizemoney across the ditch.

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midfield, which is where he races best.

“Everything’s going well heading into Saturday. He’s travelled over nicely and done everything right. He’s a pretty seasoned horse and has done all of this before.

M4 Wairarapa gallops Today at Tauherenikau

Wairarapa Racing Club Venue: Tauherenikau Meeting Date: 10 October, 2019 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 12.22pm (NZT) SELLAR & SELLAR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 2050M $10,000, MDN, 2050m 1 88042 Wholetthefoxout (2) 58.5....... C O’Beirne (a2) 2 035 Ian’s Legacy (3) 58.5....................C Lammas 3 475 Dundee Street (12) 58.5.................. J Riddell 4 Overdue (11) 58.5............................ J Parkes 5 8x80x Pondering (6) 58.5.....................B Ansell (a3) 6 24525 Relda (5) 56.5...................................R Myers 7 532 Rox (4) 56.5................................... L Allpress 8 07x75 Cristal Bubble (1) 56.5............. E McCall (a3) 9 85050 Out To Impress (7) 56.5 10 7060x Houbouchoux (9) 56.5............ H Andrew (a1) 11 0x08 Paris Couture (8) 56.5......................D Turner 12 00x09 Teapot (10) 56.5..........................D Hirini (a1) 13 800x6 Tups (13) 56.5...............................D Mansour 2 12.57pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $10,000, 2YO SW+P, 1000m 1 3L Piaggio (7) 57................................ L Allpress 2 Invisible Spirit (4) 57.........................D Turner 3 Kuasa Kuda (1) 57......................D Hirini (a1) 4 Rommel (2) 57..............................D Mansour 5 2 Kentucky May (5) 55............. C O’Beirne (a2) 6 Amosia (6) 55...............................R Hannam 7 Baby Cheeses (3) 55....................C Lammas 3 1.32pm PGG WRIGHTSON 1000M $10,000, MDN, 1000m 1 52x Pokuru’s Gift b (9) 58.5.....................R Myers

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 10 October 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 1 12.13pm (NZT) FARMLANDS COPRICE STAKES C0, 457m 1 5233F Little Teegs nwtd........................ A Lawrence 2 58845 Pukekohe Smurf nwtd........................H Scott 3 374 Sleek Mover nwtd............................ S O’Neill 4 76F63 Mrs. Presley nwtd............................ S O’Neill 5 35227 Irinka Jacob nwtd..............................S Lozell 6 4 Rich Lister nwtd................................S Lozell 7 388 Indi Shae nwtd................................ S O’Neill 8 87473 Xena Poppy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 9 57875 Master Brady nwtd...........................S Codlin 10 74656 Donny nwtd U &.................................Cottam 2 12.31pm YVETTE BODIAM PHOTOGRAPHY SPRINT C1, 375m 1 52751 Sovereign Pride 21.65.......................S Ross 2 74448 Stellar Babe 22.10.........................P Cleaver 3 88874 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &............................L Udy 4 44557 Billy Bullet 21.47................................H Scott 5 68885 Finkle Foot Hero 21.52....................... D Ray 6 33444 Born Quick nwtd W &.......................T Steele 7 75624 Dignity Dented nwtd......................... T Green 8 58537 Seven Sharp 21.56..................... W Toomath 9 76F8x Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 3 12.48pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C1, 457m 1 47434 Afridi nwtd W &................................T Steele 2 21342 Thrilling Stomp nwtd........................ K Walsh

2 3x Outa Cash (7) 58.5.......................R Hannam 3 8308x Count Conti (8) 58.5.....................D Mansour 4 570x5 Batoutahell (10) 58.5..................... D Bradley 5 345x5 Fine Leg 56.5................................. Scratched 6 Bloodwood 56.5............................. Scratched 7 08 Midnight Spark (2) 56.5......................L Hemi 8 Mrs Brown (4) 56.5...........................D Turner 9 x000x Sarah Sarah h (6) 56.5..............B Ansell (a3) 10 Schooner O’Ceirin (5) 56....... M Hudson (a3) 11 5x736 Here Comes Trouble (3) 54............ L Allpress 12 7x Transitory (1) 54.................... C O’Beirne (a2) 4 2.07pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $10,000, MDN F&M, 1000m 1 27x Bella (5) 57.5................................. L Allpress 2 345x5 Fine Leg (4) 57.5.................... H Andrew (a1) 3 5x Capellasstar (13) 57.5..................R Hannam 4 5 Ohms (8) 57.5...................................M Singh 5 Bloodwood (7) 57.5.............................L Hemi 6 Fiano (2) 57.5............................B Ansell (a3) 7 Jane O’ (11) 57.5..............................D Turner 8 5076x Super Girl (12) 57.5......................... J Riddell 9 33x7x Vino Bella (3) 55...............................R Myers 10 4 Show The Love (10) 55 11 Can I Get An Amen (9) 55............D Mansour 12 7x Transitory (1) 55.................... C O’Beirne (a2) 13 Ruby Rocks (6) 55..................... R Goldsbury 14 Mrs Brown 57.5.............................. Scratched Emergency: Mrs Brown 5 2.42pm JOHNSON BROTHERS 1400M $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 46x8 Platinum Road (11) 57.5.................. J Riddell

2 5 Sig Positano (10) 57.5........................L Hemi 3 6 Excitonic b (5) 57.5...........................R Myers 4 68x9 Altar Boy (7) 57.5..............................D Turner 5 8 Clownin Around (2) 57.5............... T Johnson 6 4x22 Power ‘n’ Passion (6) 55.5..... C O’Beirne (a2) 7 2 Fiddyafortnight (8) 55.5.................. L Allpress 8 9x3 La Mia Sirena (9) 55.5................... D Bradley 9 74x Lady Godiva (4) 55.5.............. H Andrew (a1) 10 8 Queen Kamada (3) 55.5...................M Singh 11 8 Flying Habit (1) 55.5.....................D Mansour 6 3.17pm WAIRARAPA ELECTRICAL 1400M $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 4385x Albaron (9) 58.5 2 9x335 Retzena (12) 58.5............................ J Parkes 3 9643 Empower (15) 58.5................. H Andrew (a1) 4 Maninthesky (11) 58.5......................R Myers 5 Ripemgini h (4) 58.5...................... D Bradley 6 Saltbush Bill (10) 58.5................... T Johnson 7 82289 She’s Got The Look (6) 56.5.......D Hirini (a1) 8 2409x Reliably Perky (13) 56.5......................L Hemi 9 4 Berry Delightful (8) 56.5....................D Turner 10 7x450 Sassenach (5) 56.5........................ L Allpress 11 750x8 Capelyn (7) 56.5...........................D Mansour 12 05 Zythepsary (14) 56.5....................C Lammas 13 5x5x9 Love Potion (17) 56.5....................R Hannam 14 796 This Lady Rocks (2) 56.5..................M Singh 15 0x Blue Dann h (1) 58.5 16 6900x Post Graduate (16) 58.5 17 6 Excitonic b (3) 56 Emergencies: Blue Dann, Post Graduate, Excitonic 7 3.52pm MOBIL CARTERTON 1600M $10,000, MDN,

Waikato dogs Cambridge Raceway

3 54743 Flying Dewy nwtd R &..........................L Udy 4 65578 Kapai Tahi nwtd R &.............................L Udy 5 55455 Smoochie 25.85......................... A Lawrence 6 1132 Goldstar Mauney nwtd S &..............B Evans 7 43484 Looby’s Story nwtd..................... A Lawrence 8 35767 Happy Days nwtd.............................P Green 9 8x858 Hua Hua nwtd...............................R McPhee 4 1.06pm COOKIES CAFE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 46434 Enjoy The Perks 21.06....................P Henley 2 58466 Jinja Lad 21.72...............................P Cleaver 3 44323 Don Morocco 21.33........................P Cleaver 4 51668 Mr Felix nwtd.....................................M Black 5 16562 Snoopy’s Hero 21.44........................... D Ray 6 21376 Ford Man nwtd R &..............................L Udy 7 83846 Bigtime Brucie nwtd...................... H Mullane 8 43465 Botany Esmay 21.58........................P Green 9 76F8x Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 5 1.23pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C3, 375m 1 27243 Odnoc Ankie nwtd.......................P Ferguson 2 47215 Prerogative 21.39 U &........................Cottam 3 34851 Paddy’s Passion 21.49..................... T Green 4 78373 Zipping Gabby 21.32...................P Ferguson 5 33253 I’m A Leo nwtd W &..........................T Steele 6 18572 Over Indulgence 21.66....................P Henley 7 57684 Zipping Ringo 21.31............................ D Ray 8 66571 Wedgwood Warrior 21.36 M &.......... J Smith 9 11257 Waiterimu Ripper 21.28 R &................L Udy 10 13884 Ti Amo 21.38......................................B Craik 6 1.41pm MELBOURNE CUP DAY @ THE CLUBHOUSE 5/11 SPRINT C1, 375m 1 78766 Just Maddie 21.72.............................M Black

2 27477 Hey Khali 21.65 U &...........................Cottam 3 48643 Gain Capital 21.54.............................B Craik 4 17257 Tango Miss 21.46............................. T Green 5 52676 Bigtime Silver nwtd............................E Potts 6 55746 Grouch Pawset 21.57.......................P Green 7 36536 In Focus 21.66...............................P Cleaver 8 82548 Unconscionable 21.45 R &..................L Udy 9 76F8x Agbeze nwtd.....................................M Black 7 1.58pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SPRINT C2, 375m 1 72253 Monsoon Malabar 21.54 U &.............Cottam 2 26623 Tuff’s My Mum 21.31..........................S Ross 3 35833 Grey Way 21.72.......................... G Pomeroy 4 53825 Out Of Paper 21.43..................... G Pomeroy 5 56432 Billy Bright 21.39.........................P Ferguson 6 44371 Talkabout Sophie 21.54....................M Black 7 85658 Bigtime Jacob 21.24..................... H Mullane 8 51874 Wairoa Angel 21.41..................... M Prangley 9 28138 Idol Ajay 21.65 W &..........................T Steele 10 34466 Stay Rich 21.46 M &......................... J Smith 8 2.16pm GRNZ AWARDS & CONFERENCE 19/10 SPRINT C4, 375m 1 13733 Captain Kev 21.23 W &....................T Steele 2 76114 Blitz ‘Em Rene 21.23 U &...................Cottam 3 74362 Grunt 21.20 W &..............................T Steele 4 48433 C’est L’Amour 21.44...........................B Craik 5 43415 Pam Arising nwtd............................ S O’Neill 6 22186 Opawa Big 21.44............................ G Farrell 7 11126 Sophia Noir 21.30...................... A Lawrence 8 51777 Fancy Fox 21.21..............................C Henley 9 14425 Barossa 21.38............................ A Lawrence

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Pumas thump USA to salvage pride NZME It’s not been a tournament for Argentina to remember, but they thumped USA 47-17 to salvage some pride at the Rugby World Cup last night.

Argentina, with their tournament hopes already dashed, made nine changes for their final clash with USA. Santiago Medrano replaced Juan Figallo at tighthead, while Matias Alemanno started in place of suspended Tomas Lavanini.

In the loose trio, Juan Leguizamon and Rodrigo Bruni joined captain Pablo Matera.

Felipe Ezcurra and Nicolas Sanchez formed a new halves pairing, while there was also starts for Juan Cruz Mallia, Bautista Delguy and Joaquin Tuculet. Enriquet Pieretto and Gonzalo Bertranou completed the changes on the bench.

It was a largely settled American side for their final clash of the tournament.

The only change in the pack was at lock, with Greg Peterson getting the start in place of Nick Civetta. In the backs, Ruben de Haas replaces Shaun Davies at halfback, while Paul Lasike comes into midfield.

That saw a reshuffle, with Bryce Campbell shifting out a spot and Marcel Brache moving to the wing. Martin Iosefo drops

to the bench, with Ben Landry, Nate Augspurger and Will Hooley joining him to complete the changes.

Argentina led 19-5 after an entertaining first half of action. The Pumas established a handy lead largely on the back of their ball carrying and the magic of Sanchez.

He had a hand in most things as the Pumas played with ball in hand, creating plenty of breaks and building a whole heap of pressure.

Ill discipline from the USA did not help as they gifted away territory, but they also been carved up by some brilliant line running and slick passing.

The Americans weren’t to be denied themselves though, and showed they were capable of creating chances. The late score gave them a sniff, but they would have needed a tidier second 40 minutes.

Argentina scored between the sticks just four minutes after half-time and continued to pack on the points.

There was consolation for the USA on full-time. The Pumas pack defended an initial American lineout drive well and the Eagles were forced to use it off the back.

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Cryptic crossword

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Ideas inspire but until you implement the knowledge you really don’t know anything. As part of your body, your brain needs to feel the entire system in action in order to assimilate things right.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If only you could order up the people you want to meet, picking them out of a menu as you would a chicken salad.

Wait, you actually can do this, either online, or spiritually. The spiritual way works better.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Could you do it alone? Yes. Should you? No. It won’t be as fun. You won’t remember it as well. It will be harder to motivate yourself to the finish line. Use the accountability built into groups.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Things are only complicated until you understand how they work. Even the knottiest situation unravels when you know which string to cut, or, in today’s situation, where the power button is located.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Is your strategy working? Right now, it’s hard to tell through the dim fog of complication. Assume all is well and inch your way forward. Better to hang on a moment longer than to quit when you’re almost there!

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What you give to others is an easy smile, a warmth, a receptiveness that lets them know they are being seen, heard and appreciated in the best possible light.

This gift is worth more than gold.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Repeating your stories to others may be a social faux pas, but repeating them to yourself is personal development. Why not write it down? Give yourself the chance to frame things in a way that’s joyful.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Losing a cellphone in your own house, proves things can get tricky in familiar environments where you’re moving quickly and unconsciously. You need others to call you to remember where you’ve been.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): People learn better when various senses are utilised including touch.

A reassuring pat on the shoulder will actually help comprehension. Whether you’re the student or teacher, you can use the principle.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Among the qualities you’re looking for in a companion will be a good sense of humour. Also, laughter has a way of eliminating your need for some of the other qualities, rendering them null and void.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The fun part of your day will include research and gathering data. Not everyone who agrees to help you will come through, but don’t stress. The ones who do show up will be just the ones you need.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): One reason you’re afraid to relax is that you don’t trust what’s going on around you. Is your vigilance necessary to keep this world spinning? There’s only one way to find out.

ACROSS 1. Give it a coat of paint or a medal perhaps (8) 4. How one may push a drop-out (4) 8. The enemy is back in the offing (3) 9. It could have led Pa to be on his bike (5) 10. Covered wagon with a shovel for testing ore (3) 11. Let Tory work it out if it’s a gamble (7) 12. At five to four, I’d say it’s brightly descriptive (5) 13. Sort of rehearsal of The Ring seen from these seats? (5,6) 17. Priest may wear it, to act it out (5) 18. Let be: the Marines are capable of making one shake (7) 20. It’s what one gives, paying heed to a bit of corn (3) 21. Inform on what one’s put out to in retirement (5) 22. Scab forms rapidly after trauma starts (3) 23. At which one stands, half-relaxed, in service (4) 24. Felt a try might be needed at blarney (8) DOWN 1. Pollute a long, narrow pass (6) 2. A swindler and his (Celsius) temperature (5) 3. Now, it will come to an end tonight (5) 5. Fresh showing for a live Queen Victoria presentation (7) 6. Den due to be used to have one stripped of clothing (6) 7. The dexterity of Conservative leader may take less nerve (10) 9. Forces people to serve newspapers to bands of criminals (10) 14. Many happy what? Forms filled out for the tax-man? (7) 15. Seem upset about church plan (6) 16. The gelt New York supplies in a mild manner (6) 18. The beaten path will show what’s to come on screen (5) 19. State craft will rudely push a way through (5)

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ACROSS 7. Deduces (6) 8. Lost speed (6) 10. Destructive insect (7) 11. Nobleman (5) 12. Skating area (4) 13. Intimidated (5) 17. Easy to understand (5) 18. An amusing person (4) 22. Twig (5) 23. Small fish (7) 24. Example (6) 25. Animal enclosure (6)

Previous cryptic solution

Previous solution: gin, git, got, ingot, into, ion, nit, nog, not, tig, tigon, tin, ting, tog, ton, tong

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There’s at least one five-letter word.

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12:40 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:10 The Duchess MS 2008 Drama. Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper.

8am Syriana 16VL 2005 Drama. George Clooney, Matt Damon.

10:05 Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron Burgundy MVLS 2004 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate.

11:40 The Fifth Estate MVL 2013 Drama.

Benedict Cumberbatch.

1:45 Knowing MC 2009 Drama. Nicolas Cage.

3:45 Semi-Pro MLS 2008 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson. 5:15 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie. 8pm The Devil Wears Prada PGL 2006 Comedy. An aspiring writer gets more than she bargained for when she ends up as assistant to the tyrannical editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway.

9:50 V For Vendetta MVLS 2006 Sci-fi Action.

Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving.

Friday

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Midnight Hollywoodland MVLS 2006 Drama. Ben Affleck, Adrien Brody. 2:05 Semi-Pro MLS 2008 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson. 3:35 The Devil Wears Prada PGL 2006 Comedy. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway. 5:25 The Good Shepherd MVLS 2006 Drama.

11pm Te Matatini Ki Te Ao Highlights from Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival 2019, held at Westpac.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Auckland v Southland.

6:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Otago v Canterbury.

7am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Tasman v Northland.

7:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Waikato v Taranaki.

8am Wind Back 10am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Tasman v Northland.

Noon Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) 12:30 The Breakdown 1:30 Rugby – New Zealand Schools Barbarians v Fiji Schools (RPL) 3pm Rugby – New Zealand Schools v Australian U18 (RPL) 4:30 French Top 14 Highlights 5pm Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) 5:30 The Breakdown 6:30 Mainfreight Rugby 7:30 L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Southland v Bay of Plenty.

9:15 Kick-Off 10pm Mainfreight Rugby 11pm Rugby – New Zealand Schools Barbarians v Fiji Schools (RPL)

Friday

12:30 Rugby – New Zealand Schools v Australian U18 (RPL) 2am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Southland v Bay of Plenty.

4am Kick-Off 4:30 Rugby – Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) 5am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Southland v Bay of Plenty.

5:30 Kick-Off

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7:30 Jade Fever The Bunce family’s jademining operation employs most of the town’s residents, and they aim to turn various claims into million-dollar jackpots.

8:30 Discovering… The Pretenders 9pm Discovering… U2 9:30 Paranormal Survivor AO 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 Wild Ireland 1am Ainsley Eats The Streets 2am Gordon’s Great Escape – India 3am Orang-utan Jungle School 4am Paranormal Survivor AO 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 6am Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Third ODI. 7am Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (RPL) First T20.

10:25 Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (RPL) Second T20.

1:50 Cricket – Sri Lanka v Blackcaps (HLS) Third T20.

2:50 Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Third ODI. 3:50 Cricket – India v South Africa (HLS) First Test.

4:50 L Cricket – India v South Africa Second Test – Day One. From Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.

Friday 12:30 Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Second T20.

1am Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Third T20.

1:30 Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Second ODI. 2:30 Women’s Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka (HLS) Third ODI. 3:30 CPL Magazine Show 4am Cricket – CPL (HLS) Third v Fourth.

5am Cricket – CPL (HLS) First v Second.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast ’n’ Loud M Demolition Theatre.

7:30 Weather Gone Viral PG Weather Wipeouts.

8:20 Deadliest Catch PG Crane Wreck. 9:10 Aussie Lobster Men PG The Pranksters. 10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Evil Lives Here M Fear Thy Father.

12:30 Evil Kin M Deadly Darlings. 1:20 Murder Calls M Shadow of Death.

2:10 Weather Gone Viral PG Weather Wipeouts.

3pm Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Fast ’n’ Loud PG 5:40 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 6:35 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG The gold miners of the Yukon return, hoping to strike it rich with new miners, new claims, and new machines.

8:30 Sydney Harbour Patrol 9:25 Aussie Lobster Men PG The Pranksters.

10:15 Deadliest Catch PG Crane Wreck.

11:05 Naked And Afraid M Melt Down Under.

11:55 How It’s Made PG Friday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Weather Gone Viral M 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Moonshiners M 3:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG 4:05 The Pool Master PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Ballers do battle

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Teams from around the South Island have descended on Ashburton this week for the U13 Southern Regional Basketball Championships.

The tournament, which boasts 32 teams across four grades (two boys and two girls) will play out over three-and-a-half days at the EA Networks Centre.

Mid Canterbury Basketball is well represented at the tournament, with one team competing in each grade.

It was a tough start to the tournament for the local teams, all suffering heavy losses in the first round.

The Mid Canterbury Boys’ A team started off their tournament against Canterbury Metro White, going on to lose 71-45.

The Mid Canterbury Boys’ B team faced off against South Canterbury A in their first game, and went down 102-33.

Over in the Girls’ A Grade, Mid Canterbury A lost 86-12 against North Canterbury Maroon.

In the B Grade, Mid Canterbury B went down 80-27.

Today will be another busy day for the Mid Canterbury teams, playing a total of eight games, with the two tipping off in the early game at 9am (Mid Canterbury Girls B vs Marlborough and Otago Blue vs Mid Canterbury Boys’ B) and one game tipping off at the late time of 7.30pm (Mid Canterbury Girls’ A vs Otago Gold).

Ben Pearson felt the pressure of the Buller defence in Mid Canterbury B’s clash at U13 Southern Regional Basketball Championships yesterday.

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Tough start for Ashburton College at netball nats Ashburton College have had a tough start to the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Netball Championships in Nelson this week, dropping all three of their pool games.

On Tuesday, Ashburton College started the tournament against Whanganui High School and after a sluggish start found themselves down 9-3 at the end of the first quarter.

To the Ashburton girls’ credit, they fought their way back into it and only lost the second and third quarters by two, but giving away such a big lead in the first quarter cost them. It was a lead they couldn’t make up and eventually lost 35-26.

Goal shoot Hayley Tallentire continued her stellar season though, landing 19 from 22 attempts, while the defensive duo

of Mia Pearson and Samantha Holden also created a lot of turnovers, and were well backed up by Poppy Kilworth at centre.

In game two, they took on a big challenge in the form of Saint Kentigern College, the winners of the upper North Island tournament.

The Ashburton girls came out of the blocks firing and at the end of the first quarter it was all

tied up at 10-all. It was enough of a scare for Saint Kentigern’s to bring on their big guns and suddenly the game went to a whole new level.

The game was played at speed, with some amazing skills on display, but Ashburton College never gave up and gave all 12 players in their squad game time, eventually going down 22-53.

Taylah Burrowes had a great

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first half at wing attack and worked well with Dani McArthur at goal attack, while Holden had another strong game on defence.

In their third game, which was played yesterday, AshColl went down 44-19 to Epsom Girls’ Grammar School.

The result saw them drop in to the 9-16 bracket, taking on Villa Maria College in their first game of post-pool play.

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