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Night of mayhem has court sequel A night of mayhem in the Ashburton CBD in February resulting in at least six serious assaults led to a court hearing for two young men this week.

Te Hira Reihana Carroll, 23, and his brother Joe Jiga Reihana Carroll, 20, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court this week to defend charges of assaulting and obstructing police on February 1, 2015.

At the end of the hearing, which took a day and a half, Judge Maze reserved her decision to allow time to evaluate the evidence. She will deliver her findings on August 29.

The court was told the brothers travelled to a local nightclub after drinking at home earlier in the evening, in the company of two others.

Following an incident at the nightclub, in which two people were alleg-

edly left lying on the floor, the brothers, neither of whom were involved in the assault, left separately. Later, at about 3am they made their way toward West Street.

Meanwhile, Ashburton police constable Dominic Grinter and his partner constable Guy Atkinson were notified of a fight on East Street outside Dick Smith’s former premises.

Mr Grinter gave evidence of seeing a person hit a man, leaving him unconscious on the footpath. Another man also lay unresponsive on the footpath.

When confronted, the alleged assailant punched Mr Grinter on the chin resulting in a four-centimetre gash. The man then fled south on East Street.

At this point the story differed. Mr Grinter said a man he identified as Te Hira Carroll pushed him toward a near-

by bike stand as he attempted to chase the alleged offender.

As Mr Grinter attempted to resume the chase he was stopped by Joe Carroll who he alleged stepped in front of him and held his vest in an effort to obstruct him.

Mr Atkinson responded by pepper spraying Joe Carroll causing temporary blindness.

He said Te Hira Carroll responded by grabbing his brother from behind in an attempt to pull him away.

He too was pepper-sprayed before Mr Atkinson attempted to run down the initial assailant.

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Lack of interest could sink board

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Local body elections, 2016 in the Ashburton District could go down in the record books as the one that was the catalyst for the demise of the Methven Community Board.

Currently just three nominations have been received for the five positions around the board table and one of those, Tammy Dickson, is also standing for the Ashburton District Council’s western ward.

If she is successful with her bid to become a district councillor she will not be eligible for board membership.

Unless there is a surge of lastminute nominations, the community board could be left with just two members after the elec-

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS 2016 tions, sitting members Hamish Gilpin and Sonia McAlpine.

The Electoral Act 2001 makes it clear that anyone who is elected to both a council and an underlying community board must take the council seat over the board.

The next highest polling candidate would then become a board member. If there are insufficient candidates for this to occur, a byelection would be held, electoral officer for the Ashburton District, Anthony Morton said.

To avoid that situation occurring, a candidate could withdraw a nomination from a body, but that must be done prior to the close of nominations.

“Once nominations have closed they can only do so for reasons of incapacity as supported by a medical certificate,” he said.

In the 2013 elections only four nominations were received for the community board and this meant a by-election, with an $8000 plus price tag, was held later in the year.

If insufficient nominations are received for any issue, then a byelection must be held. A by-election must also be held if a successful candidate pulls out post election.

A vacancy can only be left unfilled if a councillor or board member pulls out within 12

months of the next triennial election.

With just a day and a half until nominations close it is likely the only seat an election will be required for will be the urban ward of the Ashburton District Council.

The latest nomination to be received is from David John Hickman for the Ashburton Trust.

He has been nominated by John Wayman Burn and Lester James Tarbotton.

Nominations received to date: Mayor (1 required): Angus McKay. Ashburton District Council Ashburton ward (7 required): Edward Gates, Selwyn Price (Independent), Marie Hibbert (Independent), Richard Sampson, Donna Favel, Diane Raw-

linson, Ashish Shah (working for community, putting people first), Alasdair Urquhart, Leen Braam (committed to Ashburton – NZ).

Western ward (2 required): Tammy Dickson, Liz McMillan.

Eastern ward (3 required): Mark Malcolm, (Robert) Stuart Wilson, Lynette Lovett.

Ashburton Trust (six required): Chris Robertson, Fay Watson, Roger Paterson, David Hickman.

Methven Community Board (5 required): Tammy Dickson (committed to community), Sonia McAlpine, Hamish Gilpin.

Nominations close at noon on Friday. Election papers will be posted from September 16 and voting closes at noon on October 8.

Weevil puts $60m pea industry under threat

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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John Willie and other Terrace View residents sit at their tables ahead of their mid-winter dinner event yesterday.

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Special treat for resthome residents

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Residents of Terrace View Retirement Village were treated to a special mid-winter dinner yesterday.

The residents spent all week preparing green and purple themed decorations for the dining room hall and were rewarded with

a big meal. There were a couple of options on offer with a vegetable soup starter, then guests could choose from either roast lamb or chicken with potatoes, kumara, pumpkin, parsnip and peas with either gravy or mint sauce.

For dessert there was a choice of plum duff with custard and cream or a pavlova roll with fruit

salad and cream.

Terrace View manager Donna Coxshall said the dinner was an annual event.

Another fun event running was the village’s own Olympic Games.

Mrs Coxshall said they had versions of discus, javelin toss, carpet bowls and even cup stacking, which was very lively.

Mid Canterbury’s $60 million dollar pea industry is under threat with the discovery of pea weevil in Wairarapa earlier this year.

Farmers, seed pea company representatives and processors along with Ministry of Primary Industry delegates and Foundation of Arable Research experts attended a meeting in Ashburton on Tuesday night to discuss the incursion.

The destructive weevils, understood to have come into the country in imported seed, can potentially destroy 90 per cent of a pea crop, Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury grain and seed council chair Joanne Burke said.

MPI has issued a moratorium halting all pea production in Wairarapa for the next two years in an effort to eradicate the weevil, putting financial pressure on farmers in the region.

However, some Mid Canterbury arable farmers have said the ministry has acted too late.

Valetta farmer David Clark said in the four months since

pea weevil was discovered pea straw from Wairarapa, has potentially been shipped all over New Zealand.

Peastraw is used as a stockfood and commonly as a mulch by home gardeners.

“It’s too little too late – peastraw has left the incursion zone without being fumigated. The ministry says it has tracked it, but I’m not convinced,” he said.

Despite knowing the risks the ministry is now providing permits allowing peastraw fumigated with methyl bromide to leave the contamination zone.

Mr Clark said this presents an unacceptable risk.

“Peastraw is a low value, virtually useless product readily available from other places, why not keep it confined within the quarantine borders?” he said.

While Wairarapa farmers will be hit hard by the moratorium, this is the only chance we have to stop the spread of this pest, he said.

The New Zealand pea industry is worth $150m in total and if established, the weevil will impact on green, marrowbone and seed pea crops.

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Farmers praised over shade moves

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Teresa Thompson (left) spends time with Fancy the horse and her friend Lisa Urquhart (right).

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IHC helping people learn a new skill

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Teresa Thompson’s dream is to ride a horse and with the help of IHC and her friend and horse fanatic Lisa Urquhart, the goal is coming true.

IHC Ashburton has started its first skills based programme, pairing two people together to form a friendship and learn a new skill.

Belinda Brand, volunteer coordinator, said the programme brings a volunteer from the community together with an individu-

al with a disability.

Miss Thompson has an intellectual disability and in her youth rode horses. But it wasn’t until spending a recent Christmas with her mother, and some time with a horse, that her passion was reignited.

She was introduced to Ms Urquhart, a self-described horse fanatic and Fancy the horse and the two started spending time together.

Ms Urquhart said it was important for Fancy and Miss Thomp-

son to spend time together and build a bond.

She said volunteering with IHC was about meeting people and making friendships while also helping out in the community.

However, the programme isn’t just about learning a new skill, Mrs Brand said it was also about building friendships.

She said they are always looking for volunteers and anyone who is interested can contact her on 021 244 3674 or IHC on 0800 442 442, or look on the website.

Night of mayhem has court sequel From P1 All of this played out in less than 60 seconds, amidst a crowd of 40 or 50 revellers, while two people remained unconscious on the footpath.

Mr Atkinson described the scene as one of “mass disorder”.

Joe Carroll was taken to the police car and advised of his rights, however given the ensuing pandemonium Mr Atkinson did not record this in his police notebook.

Sergeant Janine Bowden di-

rected the constables to respond to further incidents involving a number of assaults in a business forecourt on West Street.

The court watched footage of the event lifted from two nearby security cameras.

Te Hira Carroll’s lawyer Roz Burnside said her client had merely responded to his brother’s cries for help rather than made an attempt to extract him from police custody, when he too was pepper sprayed.

Joe Carroll’s lawyer Nicola

Hanson said he was attempting to point Mr Grinter in the direction of the person he believed to have assaulted him.

At the time of the alleged obstruction he was shouting “you’ve got the wrong guy bro,” she said.

The brothers were arrested and charged several days later.

Two other men have also been charged in relation to the assaults on members of the public and are scheduled to appear in a Timaru court next week.

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Farmers around the Ashburton District have been handed a gold star by the Ashburton District Council for their willingness to help keep rural roads shade-free.

Council roading services manager Brian Fauth said that of the 76 letters sent to rural property owners whose trees were shading roads and creating an ice hazard for motorists more than 80 per cent had taken or were taking steps to address the problem.

Only 13 property owners had not responded and they would be billed for any work the council’s contractors had carried out on roads adjacent to their properties to keep them ice-free, he said.

“We’ve had an exceptionally good response rate from farmers and we’re still getting people coming back and wanting to work with us.”

Addressing the tree shading issue would take time because

of the amount of work involved for a limited number of contractors and because the exercise had to be worked around both seasonal work on farms and the growth cycle of trees.

“What’s more important is that we get a response from people and then we can programme the work going forward to make it happen, but for the people who haven’t responded, then if we have to grit their roads, we’ll be invoicing them,” Mr Fauth said.

In addition to roads that were shaded by trees, ice problems occurred on stretches of sealed road that were worn and had become slick and the council used a range of options to improve those surfaces.

One of those that had been a problem this winter was the Rakaia Gorge Road north of Mayfield. Motorist safety had been improved by water cutting about 200 metres of the surface to remove tar from stones to create a surface with better traction.

House values take a dive House values took a tumble in Ashburton last month, reversing what has been a long upward trend.

Real Estate Institute (NZREI) seasonally adjusted figures show the median selling price for the month settled at $317,000, down 14 per cent on June and 4.3 per cent on July last year.

At 34, the number of houses sold also fell, from 50 last month and 48 in July 2015.

Apart from the West Coast, where the median sales price rose by 43.1 per cent on June

and 71 per cent in a year, values in Canterbury were largely static.

The number of days it took to sell a house in July moved to 33 from 32 in June.

Canterbury’s median was $425,000, unchanged from June.

While Ashburton’s values might have plummeted, the national median house price rose to $505,000 up $5000 (1 per cent) on the month before. The national annual growth rate, however, has slowed to 9 per cent, from 11 per cent in June.

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Vaccinations up, flu down

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More Mid Cantabrians are getting their flu jabs this year amid a below average season for influenza cases.

Dr Ramon Pink, Canterbury medical officer of health, said this year’s flu season is below average.

He said the less than average season is a good sign and there had been a good uptake in the community of people getting their flu vaccinations.

Rachel Eaton, pharmacist owner of Life Pharmacy Ashburton said they have carried out more than 300 vaccinations this year.

She said this was up from last year where they only vaccinated around 200 people.

Life Pharmacy vaccinate in the private sector, so they do not receive government funding for it, most of the customers are people who either don’t have the time to see their doctor or can’t get the free immunisation for health reasons.

Dr Pink said he has seen other bugs cropping up instead of influenza, like rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus.

“They’re funny bugs, these are ones that people are not familiar with and they’re the most common bugs we’ve picked up in our laboratories,” Dr Pink said.

“We recognise that those bugs are aggressive and can cause

Winning performance The Ashburton Musical Club will be hosting the Phoenix Chorus this Sunday at the Sinclair Centre, following the chorus’ gold medal performance at the Glee!

Competition in Australia. The show will begin at 2pm and tickets are free for members of the musical club and students or five dollars for non-members.

Hockey quiz night The Mid Canterbury under 15 girls’ hockey team is holding a quiz night to help raise funds for its tournament in Nelson during the September school holidays. The quiz, on August 26, will be at the MSA, doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

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Rachel Eaton gives an influenza vaccination at the Life Pharmacy in Ashburton.

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people to be unwell, but in terms of what we’ve seen in our surveillance the influenza season is about an average season at best,” he said.

These viruses were picked up after mouth swabs were carried out on people going into their doctors with flu symptoms.

“The take home message is that even though we’re having a

relatively average season, the flu vaccine availability has been extended to the end of the month and I would still encourage people to take it up.

“If you’re unwell stay home from work and keep your kiddies away from school, I know that it can have financial implications for families but sometimes getting more ill can have bigger im-

plications,” Dr Pink said.

Simple messages like washing hands, which is equally as important as coughing into elbows, and eating well and drinking lots of fluids are still important.

“I know this is a simple message but reiterating those messages is very important, we’ve just had a big freeze and people know that it’s winter,” he said.

Toxic relationship leads to prison sentence A toxic co-dependant relationship led to a term of imprisonment for a Mayfield man, however he had already served his time when he appeared for sentencing in the Ashburton District Court on Tuesday.

Blake Geoffery Moore, 31, was convicted and sentenced to nine months supervision on charges of assaulting a woman, breaching a protection order, possessing a .308 rifle without holding a gun licence and possessing a rifle while a protection officer was in force.

Judge Joanna Maze noted that Moore had been held in custo-

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dial remand for four months before he was released on bail in June and had therefore served his sentence.

The offending occurred between September 2015 and February 2016.

Defence lawyer Roz Burnside said at the time Moore was in the grip of a toxic, co-dependant relationship based on an illegal drug dependency.

She said all the offending was at the lower end of the scale.

The assault charge related to an occasion in September 2015, when domestic items were thrown and the complainant

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In November Moore hid a rifle belonging to an associate at a family member’s home without the knowledge of the occupants.

Police were notified when it was discovered after which Moore owned up to hiding it there and as a result the firearms charges were laid.

The breach charge came about as the result of a text message sent in February – the last of a volley of messages sent at a time Moore and the complainant were still in communication.

They have now ceased all contact with each other, Ms Burnside told the court.

Based on the observations in the presentence report provided for Tuesday’s appearance, Judge Maze noted Moore continued to deny much of his offending.

As a condition of the supervision sentence Moore must undertake counselling and treatment as directed.

He must not use alcohol or illegal drugs or contact the complainant.

An order was made for the destruction of the weapon and ammunition.

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has confirmed she is standing for re-election. She says she has “unfinished business” in leading the post-disaster city to recovery.

Yesterday Dalziel filed her official nomination to retain the top job in the upcoming local body elections.

Dalziel also launched her campaign for re-election yesterday, under the banner of “Best for Christchurch”.

“I’ve been proud to represent Christchurch for the past three years but I believe there is unfinished business,” she said.

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Lotto win a surprise The family of a Morrinsville woman knew she was a millionaire before she did. The rugby-mad winner was watching the Super Rugby final on Saturday so missed watching the Lotto draw. “I normally always check my ticket while watching the live Lotto draw on Saturday evening, but with the rugby final on I missed it,” explained the winner. But her family know which numbers she plays so the next morning, she received plenty of calls.

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Blaze at golf course A large fire has extensively damaged the Jack’s Point Golf Course clubhouse near Queenstown. Six appliances and about 30 firefighters attended the blaze just after 8am yesterday.

Southern Fire Communications shift manager Brent Dunn said firefighters from the Queenstown and Frankton stations responded to the blaze at 8.13am.

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■ DRINK DRIVING

Call for mandatory lock devices

BY COLIN ENGELBRECHT COLIN.E@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Ashburton drink drivers are going to be affected by Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss’ announcement to make interlocking devices mandatory.

Anyone convicted of two or more drink driving offences within five years will be required to have an interlocking device installed in their vehicle.

Between the 2009/2010 and 2014/2015 financial years there

were a total of 936 drink-drive convictions in the Ashburton District Court.

In the 2014/2015 financial year 94 Ashburton drivers were given drink-driving conviction, 68 with excess breath alcohol, 23 with excess blood alcohol, 1 unspecified and 2 who refused to give a blood sample.

However, between September 10, 2012 when interlocking device order were introduced and December 31, 2013, none were made

certainly help reduce the number of drink drivers,” Ms Clark said.

She said it works well overseas so it should work well in New Zealand.

AA spokesperson Dylan Thomsen said there are currently 361 interlock devices installed in New Zealand and Interlocks have reduced drink driving reoffending 35-90% in other countries.

An interlock device costs the offender between $2400 and $2800 for a 12 month sentence, this cov-

in the Ashburton District Court.

The interlock is an electrical device that requires drivers to blow into it, if the breath test fails the vehicle “locks,” stopping the engine from starting.

ACADS CEO Chris Clark, said she was aware of people in Ashburton who had the devices installed.

The organisation runs recidivist drink driver’s courses for people who have multiple convictions.

“It’s a really good idea and it will

ers driver licensing fees, interlock installation and removal fees, and monthly rental costs.

Drivers with a device installed must also travel to a service center once a month to have information on driving downloaded from the device.

The closest service centre to Ashburton is in Christchurch.

The government will provide $4 million in financial assistance to enable offenders to have an interlock device.

■ BOBBY CALVES

Cruelty ‘not endemic’ – award-winning farmer

BY MICHELLE NELSON

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An award-winning Mid Canterbury dairy farmer is defending herself over claims cruelty is endemic in her industry.

There is no sign of stress amidst upwards of 200 frolicking fiveday-old calves currently housed in purpose-build sheds already under Sara Russell’s care this spring.

The calves will spend the next 10 weeks indoors, longer than their larger Friesian counterparts, to give them the best start in life.

To accommodate the extra time they have been allocated extra space – double that recommended by the Animal Welfare Code.

They are fed colostrum milk twice daily and have access to fresh water, calf meal, hay and salt blocks at all times.

Mrs Russell has lambasted members of animal welfare groups who have boasted of on social media of “rescuing” bobby calves awaiting transport to meat works.

She says group members are delusional and questions what they intend to do with the animals long-term.

“They have asked for donations, essentially to buy a lifestyle block, but there are the vet costs

Sara Russell values every calf born on her property. and ongoing feed costs as well,” she said.

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Of more than 200 calves already born on her Eiffelton property this spring, only 10 have been sent to meat works.

The Russells’ goal is not to produce any bobby calves on the jersey stud on which they are 50/50 sharemilkers in partnership with Mrs Russell’s parents. Male calves are raised off property on a nearby farm where they grow into sire bulls.

“They have an uber fantastic life – they eat grass and mate for at least two years, sometimes longer,” she said.

“Okay at the end of the day they die, but they are treated with respect while they are alive.”

The Ngatimaru Jersey Stud has been in her family for generations and each cow has a story.

A 12-year-old still in the milking herd was destined as a bobby calf when Mrs Russell worked on another property.

As for claims the practice of artificial insemination is “cruel and unnatural” she says it is an effective way to improve genetics and as such put an end to the need to send calves to slaughter.

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In brief Collins wants more cops Police Minister Judith Collins has admitted there aren’t enough police officers and is in talks with Prime Minister John Key over boosting numbers. Recent polling indicates New Zealand First could hold the balance of power at next year’s election and leader Winston Peters has said a sizeable increase in police numbers will be a bottom line.

Peters said an acceptable number would be between 1000 and 2000 extra police officers rolled out over a number of years.

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Modern learning environment

By Emma moody

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Methven Primary School has grown by 50 per cent in the past four years and with the addition of their new classrooms, there is room to accommodate the growth.

The school received two rooms as part of the government’s investment of $276 million into

Canterbury school infrastructure.

The rooms are filled with colour and there are no rows of desks; the classrooms are designed to be modern learning spaces.

Principal Chris Murphy said the school community is over the moon about the additions.

“The classrooms are flexible

spaces and will be used for collaborative learning,” he said.

There has also been positive reactions from the parents of Methven Primary School students.

The school posted photos of the inside of the new rooms on their Facebook page and parents praised the open flow of the room, along with the rainbow

colours of the furniture.

Mr Murphy said the school was originally built to accommodate around 220 students.

The new classrooms are part of about $8 million being used to accommodate for roll growth in Canterbury.

The rest of the $276 million will go towards the Christchurch schools rebuild programme.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas (market)

By Emma moody

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A gold coin donation is all you need to get a glass of juice or bubbles and an all access pass to the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this November.

This is the third year the event centre is hosting the Merry Little Christmas Market and the organiser of the event, Casey Rose,

said one of the aims of the market is to draw more people into the event centre and show them the venue.

“We open up the entire centre, we actually take out three rows from the auditorium as well so we don’t have to keep taking groups of people back there when they ask what is behind the doors,” she said.

Mrs Rose said 70 per cent of the 65 stall spaces filled up within the first three weeks of advertising the market.

This is the second year Mrs Rose has organised the market, with the first market being organised by a private Christchurch company.

The market has stalls run by local businesses and individuals

as well as some from outside the Ashburton area.

Mrs Rose said the first Christmas market had about 30 stalls and the year after, the number of stall holders doubled.

The Merry Little Christmas Market will be on November 27 and will run from 11.30am to 4pm in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

A coroner has found no evidence to support claims that a husband ran over and killed his Christchurch schoolteacher wife deliberately or recklessly. Jon Winskill was backing a Toyota Landcruiser work ute when he struck Denise Mary Robinson-Winskill, 58, at their Canterbury lifestyle block, on October 23, 2013. After the “bump” of running her over, he then drove forward over her body again. She was found dead at the scene. Police initially treated the death as a homicide.

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Four rescued Four people have been rescued after the car they were in filled with rising flood water. The car had been stranded in waist-deep waters on Wayby Valley Road in Wellsford. Fire Service spokesman Jarron Phillips said three crews were deployed after they were alerted to the accident at around 6.30 last evening.

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Man falls from tree A 21-year-old man suffered a broken jaw and cut to his head last evening when he fell 9m from a tree while trying to recover a rugby ball. The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to Putaruru after the man fell, hitting several branches on his way down. He was flown to Waikato Hospital. - NZME

Phishing scam An email from New Zealand Post telling people they have a parcel waiting for them is a scam, the organisation has warned. The subject line in the phishing email is either “a delivery man did not deliver the parcel”, “the courier did not redeem the parcel”, or “a delivery man wasn’t able bring the parcel [sic]”, Fairfax reported.

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■ UNITED STATES

Polls hurting Trump

BY NICOLA LAMB Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is good at lighting headline fires that keep the TV lenses on him and the office talk about him.

But behind the noise and emotion, the data on this US election increasingly shows Trump’s campaign teetering behind the scenes.

It is starting to resemble 2008, when John McCain fought the daily battle to dominate the news cycle, while Barack Obama stuck to a steady strategy.

Trump had a good polling period leading up the two party conventions in July.

But in the past fortnight the gap has widened.

The major caveats are 1) we need more information on this trend 2) there’s still a long way to go 3) polls show that many voters feel the country is on the wrong track and 4) the debates and other possible surprises are still ahead.

But nearly two weeks after the Democratic Convention, the party’s nominee, Hillary Clinton, is still more than holding onto an important bounce in the polls.

At a time – 12 days after the convention ended and when her poll bounce could be expected to decline – she is in a better position than last weekend.

On Sunday, RealClear Politics.com gave Clinton an average national poll lead over Trump of 6.9.

She had a 16.7 higher favourable rating than Trump and the betting odds favoured her by 76 to 24.

Donald Trump’s election campaign may be teetering.

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Days later, only the odds have remained static.

Her national poll lead is up to 7.9 and her higher favourable rating has nudged to 16.9.

Nate Cohn of the New York Times tweeted this week: “Clinton favourability bounce has faded a bit, per Gallup.

But Trump isn’t recovering he’s slipped post-DNC.” Clinton’s poll averages in battleground states – the contests that essentially decide the race for the White House – are quietly improving.

She is up in RCP’s averages

for Pennsylvania (+8.8), Ohio (+1.6), Georgia (+1.8), North Carolina (+1.3) and only down in Florida (-2.2).

The overall picture is that she leads in all RCP battleground states except for Missouri (Trump +6.3) and Arizona (Trump +0.3).

And there are healthy leads in key Electoral College states: Pennsylvania, Virginia (+7), New Hampshire (+7), Michigan (+6.6), Wisconsin (+5.6), Colorado (+9.5).

Clinton is essentially doing well in several of the Rust Belt

states which voted for Obama that the Trump campaign sees as absolutely crucial to its success with his core constituency of blue collar white males.

The battleground states traditionally considered the most important are Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.

The latter two are still very tight but Pennsylvania is becoming increasingly secure.

Academic Daniel Nichanian, who tweets as @Taniel, notes that Clinton has led Pennsylvania’s last four polls by double-digits.

“NBC/Marist just released 4th consecutive poll with HRC leading Pennsylvania by 10-11 per cent.

“One of most important states uncompetitive for now.”

Cohn tweeted: “All the polls agree on this: Clinton has about a 10 point lead in Pennsylvania, and Trump’s path is very difficult without it.”

What do the trends show?

Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight. com explains that Clinton has “gone from having roughly a 3 or 4 percentage point lead over Donald Trump in national polls in early July to more like an 8-point lead now.

Therefore, we’d expect her to gain perhaps 4 or 5 points in polls of Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and other swing states ... [today] we finally got a bunch of state polls to test the theory ... Clinton gained an average of 4 percentage points across the six surveys.

The clearest trend toward Clinton is in Pennsylvania, which is now part of her path of least resistance to 270 electoral votes.”

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■ ALASKA

Hunting decimates beloved Alaskan wolf pack For decades, the wolves of the storied East Fork pack were beloved by researchers and tourists alike at Alaska’s Denali National Park.

They frequented the park’s entrance and roads and became the stars of hundreds of thousands of family vacation photos.

Since the 1930s, scientists have documented every detail of the pack’s lives: their hunting ranges, mating rituals, even the content of their droppings.

They traced family lineage through dozens of generations, giving individual wolves names like The Dandy, Grandpa and Robber Mask.

Now the researchers must record one final detail in the wolves’ long history: They may all be dead. The last radio-collared male was found shot dead near a hunting camp in May. Now, park officials can’t find

the last three pack members: a mother wolf without a collar and her two pups.

It’s impossible to know for sure what happened to them, officials said, but it’s unlikely that the mother and her pups will survive without the support and protection of a pack.

The family’s den is empty and overgrown with weeds.

Porcupines have taken it over since June 28, when the group was last seen.

The wolf pack is the most recent fatality of a controversial Alaska policy that allows hunters to kill wolves and other large predators in the state’s national wildlife refuges, wildlife advocates say.

About 75 per cent of deaths in the East Fork pack in the past year were caused by human trapping and hunting, park biologist Bridget Borg told Alaska Public Media.

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End of the zombies Milla Jovovich is finally done fighting zombies. The first trailer for the final Resident Evil movie, The Final Chapter, has dropped and marks the end for the long-running movie franchise starring Jovovich. Directed by Paul WS Anderson, the film will be the sixth and last Resident Evil movie. In the trailer we see Jovovich reprise her role as Alice and return to a destroyed Raccoon City, the centre of the viral zombie outbreak in the first Resident Evil film, which hit cinemas almost 15 years ago. “Everything’s led to this,” Jovovich says. “We’re going to kill every last one of them.”

Heigl-Rogen feud all over Seth Rogen has finally put an end to his feud with Katherine Heigl which started after the actress trashed their 2007 film, Knocked Up. In a Vanity Fair interview in 2008, Heigl said the Judd Apatow directed comedy was “a little sexist”.

“It paints the women as shrews, as humourless and uptight,” Heigl said.

“It paints the men as loveable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I’m playing such a bitch. Why is this how you’re portraying women? Ninety-eight per cent of the time it was an amazing experience, but it was hard for me to love the movie.”

Depp ‘locked and loaded’

Alaskan wolf packs are in serious trouble.

Johnny Depp and his legal team are reportedly “locked and loaded” with a slew of witnesses and a secret photo to support his defence against domestic violence allegations. The 53-year-old actor has been relaxing on a luxury yacht in Ibiza as he prepares to face his estranged wife Amber Heard in court later this month. According to TMZ, Depp’s lawyers have a never-beforeseen photo and nearly 24 witnesses for the upcoming trial to support his claims that Heard is lying when she says he repeatedly “brutalised” her. Actress Amber Heard was granted a temporary restraining order against Depp in May.

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Board’s future?

Sue Newman

CHIEF REPORTER

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ocal body elections in Ashburton this year could be a non-event.

While many local authorities have a wealth of candidates for every issue, on our patch we don’t.

If nothing changes, only people living in Ashburton town will have any interest in the outcome of the October elections.

With less than two days until nominations close, it’s likely our mayor will pick up the chains of office where he leaves off on the day before voting closes. No likely contenders have raised their hands and the two who made up the trio of mayoral hopefuls last time around, Russell Ellis and Don McLeod, have made it clear they’re out of the running.

It just remains to be seen whether a late challenger will come out of the woodwork at the 11th hour.

It’s little different for the council’s eastern and western wards.

Both have just the number of candidates needed.

The Ashburton Trust and Methven Community boards don’t even have the numbers to avoid a by-election.

In the 2013 elections the community board struggled for members and the same thing appears likely to happen this time around as well. And that raises a question the community needs to address – what is the board’s future?

Many rural villages have successful resident or citizen associations that deal with issues on their patch. District councillors attend their meetings and big issues are then escalated and dealt with around the council table. It works well.

Methven, for years, has had a community board, but the reality is this board, while keeping an eye on matters Methven, still has to escalate bigger issues to the council table. The only real difference is that community board members are elected at local body elections and paid; citizen or resident association members are elected at annual meetings and do the job for love.

Every six years councils look at representation issues. These include whether or not wards should be retained, how many councillors they should have and part of that review during the next council term must be the future of the Methven Community Board.

GIVE US A CRACK!

YOUR VIEW MAR In response to Peter Lowe (chairman Hinds/Hekeao MAR pilot trial), I do apologise if my writing was unclear, editing text on a cellphone while overseas was slow and difficult.

The contamination I was referring to was at the Mitcham Road recharge pit, where dead stock, chemicals and assorted rubbish have been rumoured to have been dumped.

As you’ve indicated, I have been briefed on the Hinds/Hekeao MAR pilot trial and even attended the official opening.

Having sat in on several Ashburton Zone Water Committee meetings, I am aware of the membership and the collaborative approach being shown by the group.

I will watch with great interest and eagerly await conclusive and positive results from the Hinds/Hekeao MAR pilot trial.

Donna Favel

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■ ANNUAL RESULT

ASB profits rise to $913m

ASB, the Australian-owned bank, yesterday posted a 6 per cent increase in net profts after tax to $913 million. our business.”

Chapman said its increase in impairment expenses had been as a result of more provisioning

particularly in the dairy sector.

“We have taken a conservative position and have increased provisions in the dairy sector accord-

ingly,” Chapman said.

“That said, we remain confident in the asset quality of our rural book and see our farming

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■ SKYCITY

Civil claim against former exec doubles The amount of money which SkyCity is trying to recover from its former worker Tessa Grant has more than doubled to $2.5 million.

Grant was with the company’s Hamilton casino in a senior management role from 2006 to 2014.

Earlier this year the company launched a lawsuit against her in an attempt to recoup more than $1.2 million of of allegedly “unexplained transactions”.

As part of the lawsuit, Grant’s assets have been frozen by the High Court.

Also on ice is the North Island home where she lives with her partner, Jason Scott.

After a short hearing in the Auckland High Court yesterday morning, SkyCity lawyer Jacqueline Lethbridge said the casino company’s civil claim had increased to around $2.5 million.

That amount is similar to what police allege Grant stole during her time at SkyCity.

In April, she pleaded not guilty to 49 fraud-related charges.

Tessa Grant Justice John Fogarty yesterday ordered Grant to file a defence to SkyCity’s amended civil claim within 25 working days.

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After the SFO charged the couple, the police froze their assets.

The assets still on ice include $1.4 million of equity from the sale of three East Auckland houses, two Audis and a Ducati motorcycle.

The asset forfeiture case came before Justice John Fogarty this morning for a brief scheduling hearing.

Mercury Energy lawyer Aaron Lloyd told the judge his client was now making an “application for relief”.

This is essentially a bid for Mercury to get the assets in the event the Roses are ordered to forfeit them.

The fight over the assets is unlikely to go before a judge until next year.

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and his subsequent dismissal in December 2012, when it was still a state-owned enterprise.

Paul Rose’s job as an electrical engineer with MRP made him responsible for buying parts and organising services.

During his tenure, the Serious Fraud Office said, he secretly set up three companies that acted as a vendor to his employer.

Although his employee agreement required him to disclose his conflict of interest, he did not.

Paul Rose would buy goods from a real company, add a mark up and sell them to MRP, the SFO said.

Drawings from one of the secret companies funded the former couple’s lifestyle and were used to pay the deposit on a house.

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Moves made for fraudsters’ assets Mercury is attempting to get hold of the assets of its jailed former engineer and his estranged wife.

Police have also filed an application with the High Court for Paul and Jane Rose’s assets to be forfeited.

Paul Rose in May was sentenced to three years and two months’ jail for obtaining $2.2 million from Mercury (formerly Mighty River Power) by deception.

His estranged wife Jane was sentenced to nine months’ home detention for assisting with some of the offending. She has filed an appeal against her convictions.

The offending took place over Paul Rose’s eight years of employment with Mighty River Power, which ended after an investigation

customers responding well and managing their businesses in response to the conditions.”

Chapman said growth in its customer advances reflected strong lending growth across the board including business, commercial, rural, personal and home lending.

But the competitive nature of the home loan market and an increase in customers choosing fixed rate mortgages had squeezed the banks net interest margin cutting it by 6 basis points to 2.32 per cent.

ASB’s parent company the Commonwealth Bank of Australia also reported profit growth gaining 2 per cent to $A9.227 billion.

Its operating income increased by 5 per cent to $A24.6 billion helped by strong gains in net interest income.

But the Australian bank’s loan impairment expenses also rose 27 per cent due to it having to put more money aside to cover resource, commodity and dairy lending.

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ASB bank has increased its profits to over $900 million despite a 46 per cent increase in its loan impairment expenses.

The Australian-owned bank released its annual result for the year to June 30 yesterday posting a 6 per cent increase in net profts after tax to $913 million.

The bank boosted its loans by 10 per cent over the year to $72.1 billion while deposits grew 5 per cent.

But the bank also battled head winds with 46 per cent increase in its loan impairment expenses to $130 million.

ASB chief executive Barbara Chapman acknowledged the challenges.

“We have achieved this result against the backdrop of a highly competitive market and some significant headwinds in the form of global market volatility and fluctuating commodity prices.

“Despite this, we have remained focused on executing our strategy and pursuing initiatives to drive profitable growth across

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p Rises 58 q Falls 51

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19.70

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–17.0

–0.35%

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By Michelle NelsoN

periodically review the effectiveness of all of our plant network.”

Silver Fern Farms has reIn June, the country’s futed a claim it is in discuslargest meat processing cosions with a New Zealand operative announced that company over the future of Pareora would retain bobby the Fairton works pelthouse calf processing previously operation, issuing a statedone at Fairton. ment almost identical to its When the company was response to the proposed questioned on this developclosure of the entire plant in ment Silver Fern Farms reJune. sponded with the following New Zealand First leader statement: Winston Peters yesterday “All of our 19 plants have claimed pelt exporting combeen operational this year pany the Lowe Corporaand, other than the antion was undertaking due nounced decision to relocate diligence on the Fairton opvenison processing from eration as Silver Fern Farms Winston Peters Islington to Pareora due to attempts to “sweeten its our lease expiry, there has balance sheet” ahead of the been no decision taken by the company proposed Shanghai Maling deal.

“Silver Fern Farms needs to come clean to do anything differently next year at any about what is happening with its Fairton plant,” Silver Fern’s chief executive Dean Hamilton said. operations,” he said in a statement.

“As is prudent and appropriate, we will Mr Peters urged shareholders to quescontinue to periodically review the effection the details of this deal.

Silver Fern Farms responded with a tiveness of all of our plant network.”

The reason the statements were almost statement of its own: “All of our plants have been operational verbatim is because the company’s posithis season and, other than the announced tion hasn’t changed, the spokesperson decision to relocate venison processing said. However another statement soon folfrom Islington to Pareora due to our lease lowed.

“We categorically state we have no expiry, there has been no decision to do agreements to buy, sell or shut any plants anything differently next season.

“As is appropriate, we will continue to in New Zealand,” Mr Hamilton said.

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Three winners have been named in the 2016 Farmax Consultant of the Year Awards.

They are Trevor Cook from Totally Vets in Feilding who won the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Sheep and Beef Rural Professional of the Year title, Brent Boyce from LIC’s FarmWise Consultancy Group in Wakefield who is the Dairy NZ Dairy Rural Professional of the Year and BakerAg sheep and beef consultant Ellie Cranswick from Masterton who was named New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management’s (NZIPIM) Emerging Rural Professional of the Year.

The Farmax Consultant of the Year Awards, now in their fourth year, were open to agricultural consultants from around New Zealand.

Organisers broadened the criteria this year to include all rural professionals and this year’s finalists included a polytechnic agricultural tutor and a rural banker.

Sixteen finalists competed for the three titles and the prize package included a Windows tablet and professional development funding for each of the three category winners.

Farmax Consultant of the Year Awards winners (from left) Trevor Cook, Ellie Cranswick and Brent Boyce.

From 2017 NZIPIM will take over the running of the awards. Farmax will continue its involvement as a sponsor of the Emerging Rural Professional of the Year category.

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■ LOCAL BUSINESS SUCCESS

TINWALD SALE

Prime sheep in demand Prime lamb prices continue to hold firm on the back of a strong yarding of more than 1100 lambs with the bulk achieving $120 or better at this week’s Tinwald sheep sale.

Heavy shorn lambs fetched $120-$126, medium weights $111$117 and lighter lambs, $90-$104.

Demand for prime ewes was also strong with heavy shorn dry sheep selling up to $137, mediums $106-$119 and lighter sheep $70-$89.

Carrs in a class of their own Two Ashburton farm machinery professionals have claimed top honours at the inaugural Strive Annual Excellence Awards.

Claas Harvest Centre Canterbury dealer principal Greg Carr and sales representative Adam Clement were named New Zealand’s top salespersons for Claas Lexion and Amazone farm machinery, respectively.

The Strive awards recognise the best performing dealerships, teams and individuals within Landpower and Claas Harvest Centres, which constitute the largest privately-owned farm machinery distribution network in Australasia.

Claas UK CEO and regional director Trevor Tyrrell and Claas global export manager Elke Hoyermann, were on hand to present Mr Carr with his award.

“Greg Carr has played a key role in the success of Claas in New Zealand over the past 40 years, firstly as a contractor and then as the dealer principal of one of our most successful Claas Harvest Centres,” Mr Tyrrell said.

Mr Carr also received a certificate congratulating the Carr family on the opening of their fifth Claas Harvest Centre at Waipara in North Canterbury.

From a Mid Canterbury family farming background Mr Carr left school in 1970 and started his working life as an apprentice

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mechanic, carting hay during the evenings and weekends.

In 1978, he established a hay contracting business with the purchase of one of the first round balers in Canterbury.

Over the next 30 years, Mr Carr and his family have expanded into other agricultural sectors.

Today, Carrfields is a major family-owned agribusiness with extensive interests in wool, livestock, grain, seed, machinery, irrigation, contracting and in-

surance.

Mr Carr attributes the success of each business to the emphasis placed on outstanding customer service.

A total of 11 salespeople representing seven product portfolios in New Zealand and Australia were recognised in this year’s Strive Annual Excellence Awards.

Each will receive a tailored individual development plan to further their career as farm machinery professionals.

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■ CHRIS AMON

‘I’m the lucky one’

Bernard Egan MOTORING

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t was the ‘60s and early ‘70s, an era now regarded by many as the Golden Age of motor sport.

During those times change was affecting many aspects of life and motor sport was not immune.

At the forefront of those changes and prominent in the sport both in our country and internationally were three famous Kiwis – Chris Amon, Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren.

They became known as the Trio at the Top and rightly so.

While not the first Kiwis to achieve prominence they had the distinction of being involved in three major codes – Grand Prix, endurance and sports car racing together.

Sadly the trio was reduced following the tragic death of Bruce McLaren who died in 1970 test driving one of the cars manufactured by the company he formed, a company that has continued as a successful race and sports car constructor.

Much of the credit for continuing Bruce McLaren’s legacy is due to Denny Hulme, who is the only Kiwi until now to have been a Formula One world champion.

After retiring from racing Denny dabbled with other forms of motor sport including truck racing, but unfortunately he had health issues which took him from us in 1992.

So the trio was reduced to one – Chris Amon – who passed away last week.

Over the years Chris Amon was often referred to as the unluckiest Grand Prix driver ever because despite his undoubted skill he never became world champion.

His career was affected by mishaps usually outside his control.

But dig a little deeper and it becomes obvious Chris Amon did have a remarkable racing career.

An only child who grew up and later returned to the family farm at Bulls, Chris Amon discovered a love of cars and of racing at an early age.

He said entering his first race at Murawai was the most exciting thing he had done in the first 14 years of his life.

At age 18 he drove a Maserati 250F during pouring rain in the New Zealand Grand Prix.

Noticed for his obvious talent, he was invited overseas and two days after arriving he saw his first Formula One Grand Prix and he was in it, one of youngest to become a F1 driver.

Often F1 drivers have to work their way up by competing in other forms of the sport and lower formulas, but Chris Amon because of his remarkable talent simply started at the top.

Over 10 years he was a member of prestigious teams including Ferrari.

Renowned for his sense of fun and delightful grin Chris Amon said being in Italy and driving for

Above - New Zealand’s Chris Amon (right) waves to the crowd from his 7-litre Ford GT40 after he and compatriot Bruce McLaren won the 24-hours endurance for sports cars, at Le Mans in 1966. Two other Fords came in second and third to end Ferrari’s six-year domination of the classic race.

Left - Chris Amon in his Ferrari after coming second in the Australian Grand Prix at Sandown Park, Victoria, in 1968. Amon failed to catch the winner Scotland’s Jim Clark by one tenth of a second.

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Ferrari meant he was treated like royalty – something he had no trouble with!

But he went on to say Enzo Ferrari had marvellous intelligence resources and was often more interested in the after-race activities than in actual results.

Grand Prix wins eluded Chris Amon, but one the most famous prizes in motor racing did not.

Along with his team-mate and fellow Trio at the Top member Bruce McLaren, Chris Amon drove the Ford GT40 which won the 1966 running of the Twenty-

four Hours of Le Mans.

Ford, determined to break the stranglehold European manufacturers had on Le Mans, threw millions of dollars into the project and after two unsuccessful attempts lifted the prize, the first time an American car had won at the legendary circuit.

The third member of the trio – Denny Hulme – co-drove the second placed Ford.

Fifty years on their feat remains one of the most notable achievements in motor sport.

Chris Amon competed in other

races and was described

by Sir Jackie Stewart as “one of the best drivers I ever competed against”.

High praise indeed!

For various reasons including the horrendous death toll of drivers at the time Chris Amon became disillusioned.

Ultimately he decided at a relatively young age to retire from racing and return home, taking over the family farm and becoming a successful farmer.

But he never lost his interest in vehicles and became famous for a New Zealand television programme which resulted in an agreement with Toyota to fine tune the handling of their cars, some of which bore his name, for New Zealand conditions.

A trophy for up and coming drivers was named after him.

It has been said that if the

World Championship was decided on the number of grid positions, pole positions and laps completed Chris Amon would have been champion with a race to spare!

He notched up many other individual achievements as well.

Later in life Chris Amon grew comfortable with the unluckiest tag but summed things up best of all by saying “I raced in one of the most dangerous eras in motor racing history and many of my friends and rivals were killed – I survived.

“I’m the lucky one.”

Chris Amon and his fellow trio members were great sportsmen and great ambassadors for our country and motor racing.

Their achievements have encouraged others and we are lucky Chris Amon was involved in and contributed so much to motor racing.

He will not be forgotten.

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■ LAMBORGHINI CENTENARIO

■ AUDI Q5

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his week, the one-millionth Audi Q5 drove off the production line at Audi’s main plant in Ingol-

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he Lamborghini Centenario will make its United Kingdom public debut at the leading luxury automotive event, Salon Privé, on September 1 to 3.

The Lamborghini Centenario coupé has yet to be seen on UK soil, but will be on display during this spectacular three-day event at the renowned World Heritage site of Blenheim Palace.

Produced in limited numbers, just 20

coupés and 20 roadsters will be made and all are already sold.

Built to honour the 100th birthday of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, this limited edition Lamborghini combines a lightweight carbon fibre tub and the most powerful V12 engine in the company’s history with 759bhp, giving it a 0-62 time of just 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 217mph.

Describing the Lamborghini Centenario, event co-founder David Bagley said: “It perfectly reflects Ferruccio Lamborghini’s passion for high performance without compromise, and it combines a purity of design with absolute engineering excellence.

“We’re immensely proud to premiere such an important car at Salon Privé this year.”

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The jubilee car, an SQ5 in Sepang Blue, will be delivered to a family in Germany.

The international success of the Audi Q5 began in 2008, when Audi launched this model in the segment of mid-range SUVs – the second Q-model from the brand with the Four Rings after the Audi Q7.

Since then, the Audi Q5 has developed into a favourite with the customers and is to be seen on the roads of more than 100 countries.

Because Audi produces this topseller also in China and India for the respective local markets, worldwide deliveries sum up to nearly 1.6 million vehicles.

“The Audi Q5 is a genuine guarantee of success for us.

“For that reason, I am very proud that we have created a worldwide crowd puller with this SUV model from the main plant in Ingolstadt.

One million Audi Q5 cars – that is due to the outstanding performance of our production team,” stated Albert Mayer, Audi Plant Director.

■ FOR THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN

Triumph supporting ride for a good cause I

n 2016 Triumph Motorcycles is once again encouraging riders to don a dapper ensemble and take to the streets astride a classic motorcycle as it shows its support for The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride as global sponsor for the third year running.

The only motorcycling charity event of its kind, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride was founded in 2012 and is a celebration of the art of being dapper and the style of classic custom motorcycles.

Dedicated to raising funds to combat prostate cancer, the 2016 ride will take place on Sunday, September 25.

Triumph proudly became the global sponsor of the event for the first time in 2014 after deciding that the ride captures everything to be celebrated about motorcycling.

Last year saw record numbers of participants as more than 37,000 smartly-dressed gentlefolk joined forces in 410 cities, raising over $2.3 million for prostate cancer research from the saddles of their niche styled motorcycles.

In September 2016, with the support of Triumph Motorcycles, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride is aiming for 50,000 riders to take part in events in over 500 cities across 90 countries, all united in their support of men’s health.

This year, for the first time, The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride have chosen the Movember Foundation as their official charity partner and have set a fundraising goal of $5m to be invested by the Foundation in local and global prostate cancer research and suicide prevention programmes.

Mark Hawwa, thte Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride founder, commented; “We are just blown away by the traction and the

enormous support over the past four years.

“It’s fantastic to see so many different countries and cultures uniting together to offer much needed support toward prostate cancer research and suicide prevention programmes.

“Along with the synergy and genuine support from world class brands such as Triumph Motorcycles and Zenith Watches, and with passionate organisations such as Movember, together we will do everything we can to support the cause and cover the globe with incredibly well dressed gentleman and genteel lady folk.”

The most outstanding fundraisers globally will be awarded with a modern classic motorcycle from Triumph as a thank you for their support.

Mark founded The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride after being inspired by a photo of Mad Men’s Don Draper astride a classic bike, wearing his finest suit. It was decided a themed ride would be a great way to combat the often-negative stereotype of men on motorcycles, whilst connecting niche motorcycle communities together. The first ride brought together over 2500 riders across 64 cities.

The success of the event encouraged Mark to consider how it could be used to support a worthy cause.

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Ashburton Golf Club We have a couple of amendments to add to the diary after the weekend’s snow fall, we tried to keep it to a minimum.

This Saturday we have the Taylormade Eagles stableford off the red tees.

The Eagles are a wonderful organisation who do a lot of good, our very own Matt Davis got a grant recently to buy teaching equipment for junior golfers across the district, and is presently putting this to very good use with his many coaching clinics, so please come down and support the Eagles tournament.

To try and boost numbers we have put a great big 25 points up for grabs in the RMF cup, so well worth turning up for.

Talking about the RMF cup, Hoppy and Chris Ralston have shot off to a decent early lead in the race to pick up a club sub, thanks to Russell Moon and Fail, but the talk around town, especially by the ladies, is that they are both well known for peaking too early.

Next week Saturday 20th we have round 4 of club champs qualifying, this is the weekend when the handicap grades will be set and players need to make a decision if they are going to play in the champs or not, but more on that next week.

Then on Saturday 27th we will have round 3 of the DCL cup, the leading scorers after round 2 are posted on the board in the mens locker room.

Good golfing.

Ashburton Writers’ Group The August meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group was held recently.

A quotation was read – “The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters” by Audrey Hepburn.

Rae read a report on the successful Short Story and Poetry Competition held recently.

71 entries were received and judged, the prize giving ceremony was held

■ Mid Canterbury Rural Women Provincial president’s message The school holidays are now behind us and a reminder for the safety of our school bus pupils:- Passing a stationary school bus 20 mph - Rule applies whatever direction of travel - Children need to “stop, think, look, listen & live” before crossing roads “Safety First” is “Safety Always” Where are our leaders for the future? Whether it be a Play Group, Sports Committee, School, Community Group, the Farming Sector or Local Body Elections, leaders are required. Although challenging at times, these positions offer you much reward.

Rural Women NZ are entering a new era. At this year’s Annual General Meeting a new structure will come into place.

A Board together with a Leadership Council will provide the communication with our Members.

So at this time, we are also looking for Leaders to take on these roles.

Have you considered offering your services?

Consider a role or encourage another suitable person to impart their skill and expertise for theirs

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at the Ashburton Museum.

The Mayor gave out the prizes and the Museum staff had a display of the winning entries.

The Assignment for the meeting was “If you could participate in an Olympic event, which one would you choose and why?”

Members wrote of cross country horse racing, hunting, pole vault, clay target shooting and archery.

The instant exercise was in the form of papers with sentences on them given out by Gordon.

The exercise was to write a story following on from the sentences.

Members wrote of pottering, stress, working for a living, money and breeding, male bird and leader of women.

The assignment for the September meeting is to incorporate three words in a story – ferret, mud and make-up.

This could be a challenge!

The meeting concluded at 2.35pm with the serving of afternoon tea.

Visitors are welcome to the meetings, please contact Rae at 308 8927.

Coronation Target Shooting Club No difficulty in deciding this week’s headline.

Sandy Bennett proved the benefit of practice when she returned a perfect 100.10, the second time for her.

Vying for top spot Murray Cook also capitalised on practice and the community’s well-being.

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other” John F. Kennedy Sandra Curd Provincial President

Anama Rural Women A midday mid-winter lunch at the Ryan’s Lake Hood home in June and an annual meeting at Mayfield’s Panther’s Rock eating place in July accented the pleasure that Anama Rural women get from their regular monthly get togethers.

Founded in 1935 the branch has welcomed and assisted newcomers to the district over the years and has supported not only Rural Women projects but the local schools, Meals on Wheels, St John, Fire Brigade, and attended link and provincial meetings.

May Greenslade conducted the election of officers at the branch annual meeting with all officers being reinstated. They were: President Jackie Ryan, secretary Pat Bishell, treasurer Betty Greenslade, provincial delegates Betty Evans, Jackie Ryan and Pat Bishell.

Anama branch hosted the July link meeting in the Sinclair Centre and planning was in hand for catering for the Mayfield Lions dinner meeting.

Lynnford Rural Women In the absence of our president, Bev

opportunities by producing his very first 100 with 7 inners.

Congratulations to both these shooters.

It may be a coincidence but both have recently fitted sight radius extensions to their rifles.

The heat being applied by our juniors is exposing some weakness in the senior ranks.

Lanelle McArthur 99.5, Emma Smith 99.3, Megan Snowden 98.6, Savanna McArthur 96.3, Jayden Collett 95.2, Shanaia Harrison-Lee 93.1, Morgan Smith 93.3. Jarrod Ward 94.0, Lindsay Matheson 92.1 and beginning shooter Charlotte McKenzie 92.1 all showing that the future of the club is in good hands.

Apart from the aforementioned 100’s the seniors were a little off the pace this week Sandy backed up her 100 with a pair of 99.5s and Steve McArthur a 99.6 unfortunately surrounded by a couple of 97s.

Of the Tuesday night crowd Kevin Hooper 98.5 and Andrew McKenzie 96.1 stood out.

Just over a week until the North Island v South Island match at Rangiora where places in the various New Zealand teams will be up for grabs.

Eight shooters from Coronation will fill 11 team places plus one team manager and the chief marking officer, not too bad for a single club from a small town in the middle of the South Island.

Bagrie, Marion Taylor chaired the July meeting held at the home of Janice Peck.

Janice was thanked for the use of her home. Provincial Secretary, Ngaire Brown was welcomed and the meeting opened with the Creed.

Birthday Honours were sung to Roslyn Moore.

Ailsa reported on the Seafield Branch 85th birthday celebrations held recently.

Correspondence was dealt with and members were reminded of the numerous meetings coming up in July and august at the R.S.A. and it is hoped members would think hard about the competitions.

Movie night for Life Education fundraiser will be in September.

After the monthly meeting, Ngaire Brown, Provincial Secretary was invited to chair our Annual Meeting.

Both the Presidents and Treasurers Reports were well presented.

Election of Officers: President – B. Bagrie; Vice President – M. Dent; Secretary – M. Taylor; Treasurer- R. Moore; Press Reporter – M. Ellis.

Once elections were completed, Ngaire gave us a brief talk “This is my Life” which was very interesting and amusing at times.

Lived in the Elgin district with her family and when married went farming and participated in Sunday School and girls Brigade as well as

A very pleasing attendance of 17 plus one visitor gathered in the Rosebank Community Room on the 7th July. The Aspirations were recited.

Motto: “When you are right on-one remembers, when you are wrong, noone forgets.”

Roll Call: Earliest memories of W.I. These responses took us back some fifty years, and remembering earlier members. A “Guess Who” morning tea function was held recently as a fund-raiser. Birthdays for July were Roma on the 6th and Glenys on the 10th. The monthly raffle was won

by Pat Tarbotton. Members enjoyed a social time playing Housie then concluding with afternoon tea.

Hinds President Rosa welcomed 12 members plus two visitors and the two judges for our mini competition day. Together, we sung the Ode and recited the Aspirations. Lorraine read the thought for the day: “Life is like the ocean – in order to survive you must learn to ride the waves.”

Business included Meals on Wheels – for Hinds the 8th August, also a thank-you letters from the 206 Club for biscuits we donated last month, and Mid Canterbury Hospice for the donation we gave to them.

Catering arrangements were made for the Lions dinner, part of the proceeds to be given to our project for the year: “The St John Shuttle.”

Birthday greetings were sung to Betty who received a parcel from the birthday box, then Betty read an article on “why we should not heat water to boiling point in the microwave.” Phyllis and Val our judges then gave wonderful comments on our entries in the mini show. They were thanked by Rosa and given pansy plants. We then had a wonderful winter pot-luck luncheon served by Christine and Nessie the hostesses.

Netherby Members met at noon for this meeting in the Seniors Centre. Our lunch consisted of hot soup and savouries well received on this cold day. The roll call of Alzheimer’s

raising a family. Now retired and living back in the Elgin district, Ngaire joined Rural Women and enjoyed being Secretary because it was something for herself. All members thoroughly enjoyed hearing of Ngaire’s life and her involvement in Rural Women at Branch and Executive levels.

Marion thanked her with a gift.

Afternoon tea followed and members enjoyed chatting over a cup of tea.

Seafield Rural Women Six members of the Seafield Rural Women NZ met at St Pauls Lounge for their July meeting and AGM. The Motto for the month was “Best friends are with you forever” Went through all business on hand and reported on how our 85th Birthday went and photos that had been ordered were handed out and paid for. Have had a lot of very good comments about the afternoon gathering.

We then carried on with the AGM starting with the creed. Elizabeth read and confirmed last year’s minutes.

Louise then read out her 9th Presidents report followed by Elizabeth reading her financial report.

The chair was then taken by Ngaire Brown Provincial Secretary who took the election of officers as the Branch

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“Cuppa for a cause” was well supported. Cup Day and Quiz-co entries were finalised. Adrienne delivered her Conference report, telling members it had been an enjoyable, busy but rewarding experience. She hoped to help keep our still-relevant organisation going.

The raffle was won by Una Binsted.

Competitions resulted in Diane Bradley winning the Northchurch Trophy while the Moylan Trophy was won by Nancy Christey. Members enjoyed games of Housie conducted very ably by Daphne Sheehan.

Afternoon tea completed the day.

Rakaia Members met at Salmon Tales to enjoy afternoon tea together to celebrate a special birthday for a member, Congratulations Pauline!

The formal meeting was very interesting, the remits received, discussed and voted on at the Federation meeting were tabled and gave rise to further discussion.

The Monica Johnson Cup for floral entries was won jointly by Natalie and Monica and the raffle by Frances.

Tinwald President Joy welcomed seven members to our June meeting; the Aspirations were recited. A card was sent to Colleen Van der Eik after her fall when she spent time in hospital. Cup Day competitions were discussed, one colouring competition was returned. Baby photos” guessing who”, was interesting.

Our donation of knitted goods for Plunket comprised: four jerseys, nine cardigans, twelve pairs of bootees, five singlets, ten beanie hats, and three rugs. And the Plunket Nurse was extremely grateful. The meeting came to a close at 4pm.

July saw Rakaia celebrate their eighty-fifth birthday with a very nice lunch at the Bedrock Cafe. Nine members and Joy’s granddaughter Riley were welcomed by President, Joy. Cup day and Quiz-co entries were finalised and three cars will be available for Meals on Wheels.

Margaret de Wys who spent three days in hospital, is now on the mend.

Raffles were won by Jan and Riley.

After a chat members departed for home.

wishes to stay open.

We now have a new President Kerry Maw-Smith and rest of the committee is the same. Meetings to be run like the last twelve months with members finding speakers.

Ngaire was thanked with a fruit pack plus other thanks’ were given to members before closing another successful year for our small branch.

Winchmore Rural Women – July 2016 Winchmore Rural Women began with a shared morning tea at the home of our secretary.

A good number of members were in attendance for your monthly meeting and AGM. President Marg Verrall presented a very full and interesting report based around the Rural Womens Creed which was very well put together. When all our activities are written down for a year is is amazing how many activites we have undertaken within the Winchmore area either in the form of meetings or reaching out into our community in these difficult farming times.

Provincial president Sandra Curd chaired our meeting and congratulated the branch on their very successful year.

Our office bearers returned for a further year and we welcomed Elsa Hydes and Julie Hood as new members of the committee.

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In brief Turnovers expensive The Ashburton College senior girls travelled to St Andrew’s College for round 13 of the Whelan Trophy on Tuesday night. After holding a slight lead throughout most of the game Ashcoll was unable to close it out in the final minutes, with some costly turnovers leading to a 75-69 win for STAC. Ashlee Strawbridge led the stats with 18 points and eight rebounds. Liberty Ross had 17 points and eight steals, while Dani McArthur knocked in a season high 14 points.

Football Ferns out The New Zealand women’s football side are out of the Olympics after going down 3-0 to world No 3 France yesterday. They had hoped they might scrape in as one of the best third-placed finishers but needed either China to beat Sweden by two or more goals or Sweden to defeat China by four or more goals. Neither came close to happening as the two battled out a 0-0 draw that saw both of them progress to the quarter-finals. - NZME

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Celtic will lock horns with Ashburton College for a second successive week while Methven face Hampstead in this evening’s ACL Netball Premier Grade semi-final fixtures.

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Crunch time on court

By James Ford

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It’s knockout netball time as the district’s premier teams take to the EA Networks Centre Stadium for the 2016 semi-finals this evening.

In what has been one of the tightest seasons in recent memory, points differentials were referred to Mid Canterbury Netball organisers to decide the competition’s semi-final seedings.

The standings were blown wide open after last Thursday’s action.

Reigning champions Methven were left stunned by Southern in a 28-18 defeat, but, despite pulling off a major upset, Southern failed to make the top four.

Southern’s points tally of eight matched Ashburton College’s total, but an inferior forand-against goals ratio saw Sonya Frew and Jodene Lowe’s ladies slip back into the fifth

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The defeat also robbed Methven of what appeared to be a guaranteed first place finish at the end of round robin play.

Celtic, who downed College 3223, finished on 16 points overall – equal to Methven – but placed top of the ladder thanks to a better points differential.

Celtic will now take on fourth placed College for a second successive week, while Methven

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tham. 10.18 J. McKeown, W. Carter, F. Matsinger.

No. 7 Tee 10.12 A. Grant, J. Montgomery, D. Simmons. 10.18 K. Green, E. Sullivan, J. Stoddart.

No. 10 Tee 10.00 C. van Buuren, W. Parr, H. Hawksby. 10.06 V. Moore, B. Turton, F. Williamson. 10.12 D. Hinton, S. Lemon, P. Bell. 10.18 K. Read, B. Chinn, T. Cates, L. Wackrow.

August 18 Nine Hole Men & Women.

Bisque Par. Report: 9.45 am.

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Club Captain: Leigh Wackrow 3083790.

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First it was a World Cup upset for Japan. Now it’s the Olympics. For the second time in less than a year, Japan stunned a traditional rugby power at a global event – and it’s destined to keep people interested. Inspired by the win over South Africa in the 15-a-side game last September, which ranks as the biggest Rugby World Cup upset ever, the sevens team had a 14-12 win over New Zealand on the opening day of the men’s competition in Rio. Making it more memorable, it was the first day in 92 years of men’s rugby competition at the Summer Games.

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Unhappy rugby fans are calling on New Zealand Rugby to drop the All Blacks tag given to our national sevens team. A poll on the NZ Herald website is overwhelmingly in favour of the Sevens team not being given the title given worldwide media coverage of the side’s shock loss to Japan in their opening pool match at the Rio Olympics.

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Pool goes green Green, not gold, was the colour of the day at the Olympic diving venue.

Sure, China won their third gold medal, but the buzz was about the colour of the water in the diving pool – a murky green. That was in stark contrast to the pool’s light blue the previous day and also that of the clear water in the second pool used for the water polo competition. Olympic organisers said water tests were conducted and there was no risk.

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Media bus shot at Shots have been fired at a media bus travelling between venues at the Rio Olympics. The bus had two windows smashed as it made its way from the Deodoro zone to the main Olympic Park on Tuesday night, witnesses said. A reporter from Belarus and a volunteer from Turkey suffered minor lacerations from flying glass.

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In brief

■ OLYMPICS

Savage day in Rio

By DaviD Leggat Talk about hurtling back to earth with a mighty crash; New Zealand’s high spirits after winning two silver medals on consecutive days in Rio are a distant memory after a shocker across the board at the Olympics.

From the eventing team’s miss on the podium to favoured crews crashing out of the rowing regatta; the men’s sevens being overturned by rugby shockmeisters Japan 14-12, compounded by the loss of Sonny Bill Williams to injury; another loss for the men’s Black Sticks; the Football Ferns cleaned out 3-0 by France; the hits just kept coming through the night and into yesterday.

Sit down and take a deep breath.

That’s sport for you.

One day it gives, the next it takes away and often with a savage pull.

There’s joy and there’s despondency and New Zealand have had the full spectrum in the space of 72 hours.

The women’s sevens were tearful, but still medallists; 24 hours before that Natalie Rooney couldn’t wipe the smile off her face after putting New Zealand, unexpectedly on the medal table.

Now this.

Williams suffered a partial Achilles tendon rupture and is gone for up to nine months, his place going to Sione Molia.

Japan do have form, remember, for upsetting the established order.

South Africa certainly remember.

The Brave Blossoms win over the Boks at last year’s World Cup stands as the greatest of all cup upsets.

So have Japan now added another sentence to the notion that they are rugby’s most notable rising talent?

Mark Todd’s despair was laid bare in technicolour at the equestrian park.

New Zealand sat nestled in the gold medal spot in the teams eventing when the double Olympic champion, five-time medallist Todd entered the arena on Leonidas II. His horse had dropped only a single rail in two years competition.

He could afford to knock one down and New Zealand would still win gold. You would kind of fancy your chances.

This was to be the crowning achievement in the 60-year-old’s glittering career, which has had him named Eventing Rider of the 20th century by the international federation.

Instead it went badly wrong.

The combination sent four rails toppling, New Zealand slid to fourth, out of the medals and Todd was left to ponder “one of the biggest lows in my career”.

Talk to any horseman and they’ll tell you: that’s horses.

Fragile beasts with skittery tendencies. Moments like that show up the skill of the finest riders.

It just wasn’t Todd’s day.

His place is secure in the equestrian pantheon.

Mark Todd in action The shame of it was that having battled back into second place going into the showjumping, after a modest dressage performance, it all went wrong, and of all the riders it could be in the saddle at the time, it was the greatest.

That’s the game.

Now think of the rowers, of whom a medal splurge has been expected.

Two of the crews who were anticipated to, at the least, make their finals, the double sculling combinations of Zoe Stevenson and Eve Macfarlane, and Robbie Manson and Chris Harris, are

New Zealand No.1 golfer Danny Lee believes the Olympic tournament ranks alongside majors in importance and has taken a dig at the professionals who pulled out.

Lee will be the 12th-ranked player in the field when the first golf tournament in Olympic history begins in Rio overnight.

European-based compatriot Ryan Fox is ranked 44th in a field weakened by the absence of numerous leading players, including six of the world’s top-10.

Many of the absentees cited the risk of contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus for not coming but Lee believes that was flawed reasoning.

“They were talking about how dangerous it is and the mosquitoes out here and they might get Zika.

“I don’t think that’s true at all, it’s very safe. I haven’t seen one mosquito here.

All I saw was one Capybara.”

The latter is the world’s largest rodent, found throughout South America, which can measure up to 130cm in length and surprised he and Fox as they played a practice round.

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Hockey girls ‘soft’ Australian media has questioned the bravery of the Kiwi women’s hockey team, implying players were “soft” after several players wore facemasks during a game at the Rio Olympics. The Daily Mail Australia asked if “this [was] the moment hockey went soft?” in a story covering the Black Sticks’ 2-1 loss to Germany. The masks were worn as Germany took a penalty corner, where they scored the game-clinching goal.

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gone. No excuses, after all Mahe Drysdale, Emma Twigg, the lightweight men’s four and of course Eric Murray and Hamish Bond had no alarms.

Business as usual. Finals and semi-finals beckon.

Rare indeed is the occasion when a Dick Tonks-coached crew falls so early in a major regatta, as did former world champions Stevenson and Macfarlane.

Out of 11 crews in Rio, three have now been eliminated.

The odds are still good that New Zealand will bag a bumper crop of medals on the Rodrigo de Freitas course.

The men’s Black Sticks stand on the precipice, after conceding the winner to lower-ranked Spain in the last 30 seconds.

They have now lost two of their first three games and drawn one.

Wins over lowly Brazil and the tough Belgians are musts if the Black Sticks are to avoid the heartache of an early exit.

New Zealand’s swimmers have had a mare so far in the pool.

Only backstroker Corey Main has made it as far as a semi-final.

Three more missed out yesterday. No real surprises there, but add it into the day.

Some brighter news.

Sam Meech had fifth and sixth placings in the Laser to nudge up to third overall.

But it’s early days.

And the sevens men did beat Kenya in their second game of the day.

But the overall mood was grim.

Call it a leveller of sorts. Or just call it sport.

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Athletes on Tinder Away from the games, some Olympians are looking for a different kind of match. Athletes increasingly are using apps like Tinder as they look to have fun and escape the pressures of competition inside the Olympic Village. Profiles from athletes of nearly every sport can be found on Tinder with updates like “Got plenty of time to kill,” or “Looking for fun in Rio!” Tinder spokeswoman Rosette Pambakian said usage has skyrocketed in Rio de Janeiro.

- AP

Early drug tests upset Australian athletes at Rio are being roused from their beds after just a few hours of sleep to be drug tested, prompting a complaint by team management. Among those to have their sleep disrupted are swimmer Cameron McEvoy and the men’s hockey team. They had knocks on their doors about 6am despite only getting to bed three or four hours earlier.

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Stripped of silver Ukrainian javelin thrower Oleksandr Pyatnytsya has been stripped of his silver medal from the 2012 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee after a retest of his sample exposed an illicit substance. The IOC says the steroid turinabol was found in the retest.

- DPA

Olympic Games Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 21 Rank

Company

NOC

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

China

8

3

6

17

2

United States

7

8

8

23

3

Australia

4

5

9

Russia

3

6

3

12

5

Italy

3

4

2

9

6

Korea

3

2

1

6

7

Japan

3

9

12

8

France

2

3

1

6

9

Germany

1

2

Great Britain

1

1

4

Alps Continuous Spouting

10 25

Gluyas Motor Group

New Zealand

2

3 2

4 2

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In brief Sonny BIll will be missed The loss of Sonny Bill Williams is more annoying than it is disastrous for the All Blacks. They will cope without Williams – knowing they have both Seta Tamanivalu and Anton Leinert-Brown waiting to step up – but would rather be going through the Rugby Championship with him.

They also know that they have the talented Charlie Ngatai in the background as long as he recovers from concussion symptoms and regains his match fitness. Still, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had pencilled in a plan for Williams and his integration into the squad before his Achilles injury suffered in the sevens Rio loss to Japan. - NZME

Swimmers’ two caps No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. Olympic swimmers are indeed wearing swim caps under their swim caps. Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and more have been donning two caps for years. The first reason might be the most obvious. Two caps help secure a swimmer’s goggles. The second reason, however, might be the most important. Two caps, including an inner latex cap and an outer silicone one, has a slight performance-enhancing effect. The outer silicone cap better maintains the shape and does not wrinkle as much, thereby causing less drag.

- NZME Michael Phelps kisses the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the men’s 4x200-metre freestyle relay final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio yesterday.

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■ OLYMPICS

Phelps the golden one

By Paul NewBerry Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted.

He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to give.

No need.

His work was done.

He had his 20th and 21st gold medals.

Phelps made up for one of the rare losses in his brilliant career by winning the 200-metre butterfly yesterday, a triumph that sent him climbing into the stands to kiss his 3-month-old son Boomer.

An hour later, he returned to take what amounted to nothing more than a triumphant victory lap in anchoring the 4x200 freestyle relay, the crowd’s deafening roar growing louder with every stroke.

This was another performance for the ages, but Phelps has done it so many times that nothing else would have been fitting.

It came on a night that American team-mate Katie Ledecky picked up her second gold of the Rio Olympics on the way to what could be a historic run of her own in the pool.

Phelps now has 25 medals in all, and three more races in Rio to add to his almost unimaginable total.

The 200 fly was the one he really wanted, and it showed.

With challengers all around, Phelps simply wouldn’t be denied.

After touching the wall first – by a mere four-hundredths of a second – he held up one finger.

Then he sat on a lane rope, egging on the roaring crowd at the Olympic Aquatics Center with both hands, before emphatically pumping his fist.

Tears welled in his eyes during the medal ceremony – until somebody in the crowd cracked him up.

Then, during the customary stroll around the pool to pose for photographers, Phelps broke ranks and bounded into the stands to plant a kiss on Boomer, the son who symbolises just how much Phelps’ life has changed since a second drunken-driving arrest two years ago.

Phelps held off Japan’s Masato Sakai with a time of 1 minute, 53.36 seconds, but that number was of little concern.

The only thing that mattered was getting to the wall first.

Four years ago, Phelps mistimed his finish in the windmilling stroke he does better than anyone, gliding to the wall a little too long after his final whirl of the arms.

That allowed Chad le Clos of South Africa to stunningly win gold in an event that Phelps had dominated for the better part of a decade.

Phelps retired after the Lon-

don Games, so it looked like he wouldn’t get a chance to make up for his defeat.

But when he decided about a year later to start competing again, the 200 fly was clearly the title he sought more than any other.

Le Clos was in the final again, thoroughly inspired himself by his mother and father, both battling cancer and in the stands cheering him on.

But the South African could only manage fourth this time, also finishing behind bronze medallist Tamas Kenderesi of Hungary.

The relay was much less dramatic.

Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas and Ryan Lochte went out ahead of Phelps, handing off a commanding lead to the most decorated athlete in Olympic history.

Phelps essentially spent the next 100 seconds or so soaking up the cheers.

He was only the third-fastest swimmer on his team, but he was a full body length ahead of Britain’s James Guy when he touched in 7:00.66.

The British claimed silver in 7:03.13, while Japan took the bronze in 7:03.50.

Sure, Phelps hogged the spotlight on this night, but let’s not forget two other very impressive swimmers.

Ledecky took the most chal-

lenging step toward a feat that’s only been done one other time, holding off Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom to win the 200 freestyle and give the American star her second gold of the games.

Debbie Meyer is the only female swimmer to capture the three longest freestyle events at a single Olympics, winning the 200, 400 and 800 at Mexico City in 1968.

Ledecky looks like a lock to match Meyer, having already won the 200 and 400 titles and an overwhelming favourite in the 800, where she’s the worldrecord holder and far faster than anyone else in the world.

Katinka Hosszu is having quite an Olympics, too.

The Hungarian known as the Iron Lady earned her third gold medal of these games with a victory in the 200 individual medley.

This has been an Olympics of redemption for Hosszu, a longtime star at the world championships who always seemed to come up short on the biggest stage.

Not anymore.

Hosszu added to her wins in the 400 IM and 100 backstroke with a time of 2:06.58.

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor of Britain challenged Hosszu all the way but had to settle for silver.

Maya DiRado of the United States held on to take the bronze.

- AP

Hijab not a problem An Egyptian beach volleyball player who shunned the sport’s standard dress code – wearing a hijab, long sleeves and trousers – refused to let her choice of clothing keep her from competing in Rio. Doaa Elghobashy wore a hijab while playing with partner Nada Meawad against Germany, making history as Egypt’s first beach volleyball competitors at the Olympics. Her attire was in stark contrast with that of her opponents with their bikinis, but Elghobashy said it didn’t stop her from competing at the highest level.

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Boxer lashes out As a former Olympic gold medallist in the ring, Russia’s head boxing coach Alexander Lebzyak is used to fighting – but he may not like his newest opponent. Lebzyak’s no-nonsense criticism of Russian fighters’ poor performances in Rio, accusing them of lacking the will to win, has drawn the ire of Ramzan Kadyrov, the martial arts-loving strongman leader of the Russian region of Chechnya. On Instagram, Kadyrov says Lebzyak has been insulting Russian fighters and treating them like “children from a kindergarten”.

- NZME

Dawkins ready to go Eddie Dawkins is relishing the idea of racing with a target on his back.

Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster are marked men going into the team sprint qualifying at Rio. The trio have won world championship gold for two of the last three years, including at this year’s event in London. Dawkins, who also won keirin silver at the London championships in March, is well aware they’ll be facing some quality opposition, but he isn’t intimidated.

“Everyone’s going out with guns blazing. Every race is do or die for us, and that’s what we expect from every other nation.”

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Woodville gallops Today at Woodville Raceway

Woodville Pahiatua RC Venue: Woodville Meeting Date: 11 Aug 2016 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 11.52am LOWE SCHOLLUM & JONES LTD STAYER RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 1 8x900 Anotherchancetaken tdm (7) 60T Baker (a3) 2 x0801 Windermere Lad dm (12) 60 ..... D Hirini (a3) 3 x0413 Justa Charlie m (4) 59.5.................H Tinsley 4 263x0 King Of Rock (3) 59.5 .......R Goldsbury (a2) 5 3x518 Kick Back m (17) 59 ................... Z Moki (a3) 6 39x92 Hamiltonian (6) 59.........................L Allpress 7 67160 Honey Queen m (8) 58.5 ...... H Andrew (a3) 8 60306 Bad Boy Brown d (5) 58.5 ...............R Myers 9 L5204 Wise Men Say m (15) 58.5.........S McKay (a) 10 67006 Zedbee tm (11) 58 ............... T Johnson (a3) 11 44130 Viceroy tm (14) 57.5 ............... S Wahab (a4) 12 x4173 Dignify m (10) 57.....................B Hutton (a1) 13 50652 Fazed d (1) 56.5 ............................. J Parkes 14 x86P2 Good Risk m (9) 55 .......................M Tanaka 15 P174x Zardetto m (13) 56.5 16 07509 All Ginga m (16) 54 17 6x489 Nova Scotia h (2) 54.5 18 09x99 Pentime 56 ................................... Scratched 2 12.22 THE STEWARDS STAYER RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 P4421 Mahanadi dm (7) 62 ............... S Wahab (a4) 2 x1545 Selwyn dmb (5) 61 ...................... E Farr (a3) 3 59369 Share The Blame tm (11) 58 ...... Z Moki (a3) 4 04x95 Rocky (12) 57.5.............................. J Parkes

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4 1.32pm TARARUA ALLIANCE SPRINT 3YOF MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YOF, 1200m 1 4. Enchanting Secret (4) 56.5 ............ J Parkes 2 Babe 56.5..................................... Scratched 3 Destiny One (7) 56.5 4 Belladita (1) 56.5 ........................L Hemi (a1) 5 Duchess Darci (6) 56.5 ............... E Farr (a3) 6 Koko Belle (3) 56.5..........................S Collett 7 8 Marotiri Lass (8) 56.5 ....................M Tanaka 8 Pouralita (5) 56.5.............................R Myers 9 Showing Grace (2) 56.5 ................D Bradley 5 2.07pm SCANPOWER LTD SPRINT RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 25849 Talk The Torque dm (4) 60 ........ D Hirini (a3) 2 227x8 Tigger Tahnee dm (1) 59.5 ............M Tanaka 3 37155 Beadle dm (6) 58.5 ............... N Teeluck (a2) 4 5x413 Wildcard (5) 58.5...........................D Bradley 5 162 Malacanto (7) 57.5 ..........................R Myers 6 x2855 Miss Fi dmb (11) 57.5 .......... T Johnson (a3) 7 50x01 Lucror Festinatio dm (9) 57 8 301 The Lairds Lady dm (2) 56.5 .... R Goldsbury (a2) 9 389x7 Davey Crockett dm (10) 55.5 ..........S Collett 10 79804 Mr Darcee’s Gold dm (8) 55.5 .... Z Moki (a3) 11 59760 Auxsoelusive td (3) 54.5................L Allpress 6 2.42pm BOTTLE-O PAHIATUA SPRINT MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3x244 Mossomak (14) 58.5 2 76523 Nemesis (1) 58.5.......................S McKay (a) 3 7x Dolcetto (5) 58.5 .............................S Collett

4 9x8L Geronimo (12) 58.5 .............. T Johnson (a3) 5 Trending (10) 58.5 ...........................J Riddell 6 43762 Royal Ruby (11) 56.5 ........R Goldsbury (a2) 7 7309x Sauvignon (2) 56.5................C Waddell (a4) 8 4 Andarta (8) 56.5 ............................L Allpress 9 Sensible Princess (7) 56.5 ............. J Parkes 10 Stylish Achiever (6) 56.5 11 7x6 Lipstick (13) 56.5.............................D Turner 12 Annaliese Lincoln (9) 56.5 ............M Tanaka 13 0 Itsa Keepa (3) 56.5 14 Callidora (4) 54 ..........................L Hemi (a1) 15 3699x Okay Jack (15) 58.5 .......................H Tinsley Emergency: Okay Jack 7 3.17pm THE PRESIDENTS RATING 75 1400 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 85223 Saber dm (4) 60.5 2 96745 Keilib (5) 56 ........................... H Andrew (a3) 3 54x57 Itsa Tru Story d (3) 54 ..............M Singh (a3) 4 02768 Pass It On tm (1) 54 ......................L Allpress 5 0x000 Desert Saboteur dm (2) 54 ........L Hemi (a1) 8 3.52pm FARMLANDS PALMERSTON NORTH RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 x2347 Off Roading m (8) 60 .................R Elliot (a3) 2 26081 The Great Guru dm (11) 59.5 ....L Hemi (a1) 3 070x0 McRae tdmh (3) 59 ..........................K Smith 4 7x662 Cuzzie Charlie (12) 57.5 ...........S McKay (a) 5 8560P Yipson b (5) 57.5.................... S Wahab (a4) 6 90447 Acutelygold dm (1) 57 ...................M Tanaka 7 15430 Amarone (4) 57 ...............................S Collett 8 10555 Mountain Princess b (6) 56.5 ........L Allpress

9 30491 Sussed dm (2) 56.5..................... E Farr (a3) 10 0x896 Da Beast (7) 56 ..................... N Teeluck (a2) 11 x0360 Dal Laureon dm (10) 56 ....R Goldsbury (a2) 12 09x99 Pentime dm (9) 56...........................D Turner 9 4.29 THE MARJORIE REICHENBACH MEMORIAL MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 0223x Evadir La Bala (7) 58.5 .............. Z Moki (a3) 2 2 Finn (2) 58.5...................................H Tinsley 3 0x29 Red Bro (13) 58.5 .....................S McKay (a) 4 4. Des De Jeu (5) 58.5 ...................L Hemi (a1) 5 7x804 King Max (3) 58.5...................... D Hirini (a3) 6 47x Ringlock (4) 58.5 7 70x86 Lovetokeephim (8) 58.5 ........ H Andrew (a3) 8 090x7 Cool Spirit (6) 58.5 ..........................S Collett 9 05907 Dal Talisker (10) 58.5 ........R Goldsbury (a2) 10 9042 Lucky Snip (12) 56.5 .....................M Tanaka 11 03368 Carrington Park (1) 56.5 ............. E Farr (a3) 12 56468 Take The Trick (15) 56.5 ....... T Johnson (a3) 13 Soleseifei (11) 56.5 ........................ J Parkes 14 00756 Bare With (14) 56.5 .................B Hutton (a1) 15 9700P Her Son (9) 58.5 ...........................D Bradley SELECTIONS

5 72448 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 6 66485 Wairio Dee Jay 21.37 R & ...........N O’Regan 7 52251 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 8 4F753 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik 9 88887 Jelly Gem 21.50 U & .........................Cottam 10 55467 Podium Bonus nwtd W &.................T Steele 8 2.14pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 28551 Oscar Tron 25.47........................D Schofield 2 36637 Buster Bluth 25.49 ..........................P Green 3 1343x Fantastic Sid 25.35 ....................D Schofield 4 26834 Santa Sangre 25.63 ...................D Schofield 5 5882x Rock Lass 25.56 ........................D Schofield 6 44613 Teegambo 25.55 ....................... A Lawrence 7 11514 Skuzi 25.43 ......................................L Ahern 8 77332 Kevin In Bangkok 25.65 ....................C Hore 9 2.32 GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C3, 375m 1 22185 Cawbourne Loch nwtd .................M Roberts 2 36882 Simply Sam 21.27 ......................D Schofield 3 2546x Jesse Pinkman 21.34........................B Craik 4 86371 Our Sambo 21.48......................... M J Lozell 5 86553 Pat Not Plait 21.76 .........................P Henley 6 36434 Fresco Star 21.43........................B Littlejohn 7 26584 Atoonga Air 21.17 ........................... T Green 8 3827F Umaga Rama 21.34 B & .................... Steele

9 87663 It’s The Lovely nwtd ...............K A Gommans 10 66545 Scodelario nwtd ...............................L Ahern 10 2.49pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C2/3, 457m 1 36656 Jinja Roman 25.91 W & ..................T Steele 2 57444 Stinger 25.57................................... K Walsh 3 3F254 Cawbourne Steps nwtd ................M Roberts 4 12373 Multicam Ranger 25.96 ..............D Schofield 5 17732 Instant Success nwtd .................D Schofield 6 x1161 Zipping Link 25.68......................D Schofield 7 82656 Spud Missile 25.43........................... S Clark 8 11111 Spare Some Time nwtd....................L Ahern 9 11741 Olivia 25.79 ............................... A Lawrence 10 41732 Golden Ivy 25.59 W & .....................T Steele 11 3.07 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES STAKES C1, 457m 1 63355 Scott The Looks nwtd U &.................Cottam 2 71 Estee nwtd ................................ A Lawrence 3 75446 Opawa Paul nwtd W & ....................T Steele 4 31262 Moochi nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 5 56625 Nangar Gem 25.98 ....................D Schofield 6 3641 Mini Bike nwtd .................................. S Clark 7 71572 Opawa Richie nwtd ...........................C Hore 8 86156 Zanato nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 9 86368 Fantastic Zoe nwtd .....................D Schofield 10 66378 Cawbourne Dallas nwtd D P &. K Gommans

10 78675 Opawa Bucks Eye nwtd L & ............... Wales 7.09pm CHALLENGE OPAWA NZ BRED SPRINT FINAL C1f, 295m 1 47651 Giganaire 17.41 S &........................ B Evans 2 33421 Know Hassle 17.43 ........................G Cleeve 3 32817 What I Like 17.54 ...................J T McInerney 4 21311 Sopoaga 17.40.......................... A Bradshaw 5 67561 Wears The Gold 17.28 .................C Roberts 6 81411 Charlie Runkel 17.37 ........................J Dunn 7 17751 Oaks Hill 17.62.......................... G T Bennett 8 28618 Dora Dufran 17.36 ............................J Dunn 9 32622 Pep’s Terra 17.83 C & ........................ Fagan 10 x2222 Know Struggle 17.34......................G Cleeve 10 7.29pm GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND CANTERBURY GREYHOUND OTB C0, 520m 1 32612 Broken Penniless nwtd...................G Cleeve 2 8634 Sergio Destroyer nwtd............J T McInerney 3 1 Velvet Girl 30.73 ............................... B Dann 4 22231 New Broom 30.88 ............................ B Dann 5 1 Opawa Brad 30.67 L & ....................... Wales 6 2 Opawa Ash nwtd L &.......................... Wales 7 11 Opawa Denise 30.89 J & ................D Fahey 8 35323 Light Thaw nwtd .................................J Allen 9 3 Mushroom Cloud nwtd .......................C Weir 10 78673 Waimak Sheff nwtd ................J T McInerney 11 7.57pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 11315 Opawa Shackley 29.86 J & .............D Fahey 2 13148 Luminary 30.16 .........................R Blackburn 3 41112 Southern Lights 30.10 ...................... B Dann 4 81162 Homebush Kelso 30.31 ..........J T McInerney 5 84257 Black Crow 30.49 ...................... A Bradshaw

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Race 1: Fazed, Bad Boy Brown, Hamiltonian, King Of Rock Race 2: Selwyn, Aplomb, Rocky, Mahanadi, Red Sunset Race 3: Crash Bandicoot, Havataste, Kit, Awesome Princess Race 4: Enchanting Secret, Belladita, Showing Grace Race 5: Malacanto, Miss Fi, Wildcard, Beadle, Tigger Tahnee Race 6: Sensible Princess, Stylish Achiever, Mossomak, Nemesis Race 7: Saber, Itsa Tru Story, Pass It On, Desert Saboteur Race 8: Amarone, Acutelygold, Cuzzie Charlie, Sussed Race 9: Lucky Snip, Red Bro, Evadir La Bala, Des De Jeu

M3 Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge 3 12.48pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD SPRINT 2 13758 Bigtime Dasher nwtd U & ......................Bliek Raceway Meeting Date: 11 Aug 2016 NZ Meeting num- C1, 375m 3 64675 Miss Bunnythorpe nwtd U &..............Cottam ber: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 1 75222 Go Andwyn 21.31 ............................ S Clark 4 51348 Snigglepuss 21.38 ....................... H Mullane 11 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 9, 10 and 11 5 66484 Le Roi nwtd B & ................................. Steele 2 33647 Idol Butcher nwtd B & ........................ Steele 1 12.13 COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C3, 375m 3 68848 Preoccupied 21.78 R & ...............N O’Regan 6 37568 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 7 57856 Golfing Buddy nwtd R & ..............N O’Regan 4 15555 Thrilling Carter 21.24 U & .................Cottam 1 78736 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 8 12F26 Unileven nwtd.............................D Schofield 5 24816 Bloomingdales nwtd ..........................B Craik 2 41164 Thrilling Riot nwtd U & ......................Cottam 9 37867 Opawa Uno 21.28 W & ...................T Steele 6 x27x7 Zipping Kasey nwtd ....................D Schofield 3 88561 Who Rocks 21.39 ......................... H Mullane 7 x4846 Mary’s Bad Boy 21.85 R & ..........N O’Regan 10 56848 Tepirita Amber nwtd R & .............N O’Regan 4 21327 Jinja Luca 21.24 W & ......................T Steele 8 53745 Mr. Mumbles 21.39 R & ...............N O’Regan 6 1.41pm FOND FOODS LTD SPRINT C4/5, 375m 5 13328 Rockin’ Fancy 21.26 ...................D Schofield 9 55467 Podium Bonus nwtd W &.................T Steele 1 18245 Diva Pose 21.44 M & ....................... J Smith 6 56678 Eva Kaneva 21.51 ............................ S Clark 2 11221 Fabrelee 21.25 ..................................S Ross 7 51353 Kirkham Webby nwtd ...................M Roberts 10 58478 Deceptive Lad 21.73 .................... M J Lozell 3 52347 Nangar Star 20.86......................D Schofield 8 73188 Cawbourne Doust nwtd...................L Doody 4 1.06pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C2, 375m 4 51213 Von Trapp 21.02 ................................B Craik 9 23786 Kit And Caboodle 21.34 .............D Schofield 1 8x417 Here Without You 21.78 R &........N O’Regan 5 25171 No More Debt 21.37........................ T Green 10 37784 Sonic Attack 21.25 ....................... M J Lozell 2 22332 Jinja Fantasy 21.11 W & .................T Steele 2 12.31pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT 3 77224 Fortis Flier 21.57 U & ........................Cottam 6 111x1 Mi Tensile 20.88 .............................. K Walsh 7 13824 Macjam 21.07 ............................D Schofield 4 43242 Tee Kay Yapper 21.26 ...................... S Clark C0, 375m 8 71455 Rocky Boy 21.15 ...............................B Craik 5 17827 Crying In Vegas 21.05 ...................... S Clark 1 77586 Highway Hound nwtd ................... M J Lozell 9 74365 Lucky Man 21.28 ...............................B Craik 6 13313 Fantastic Lucy 21.40 ..................D Schofield 2 72545 My Friend Mike nwtd .................. W Toomath 7 23134 Formation 21.39 ................................B Craik 10 15844 Sheer Miss nwtd ..............................L Ahern 3 67 Bouncie Al nwtd .............................. T Green 8 64832 Myrniong Girl 21.25 ........................ T Green 7 1.58pm IMAGE APPAREL SPRINT C1, 375m 4 27322 Augello nwtd.............................. A Lawrence 9 14763 Cawbourne Panic nwtd ................M Roberts 1 33688 Mr. Fuss Pot 21.71 ......................B Littlejohn 5 24858 Our Mystro nwtd P & ..................... J Cleaver 2 86734 Uno Nathan 21.75 B & ....................... Steele 6 Roady Attack nwtd ....................... M J Lozell 10 12786 Opawa Poppy nwtd B & ..................... Steele 7 63 Girl Cina nwtd .............................. M J Lozell 5 1.23pm GENERAL ENGRAVERS SPRINT C1, 375m 3 37676 Kirkham Jasper nwtd ...................M Roberts 4 16857 Electric Dee Eye 21.72 ...................P Green 8 3636x Mid Collison nwtd ............................ T Green 1 23673 Agent Schrader 21.69 .......................B Craik

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 4 17776 Southern Blue 17.17 ..........................C Weir Raceway Meeting Date: 11 Aug 2016 NZ Meeting number: 9 5 16882 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 6 32173 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 7 16744 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 8 78365 Camside Gold 17.13 .................... L Waretini 1 4.07pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C2, 520m 9 67567 Norman Jewel 17.13 ....................C Roberts 1 16853 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney 2 64764 Jinja Billy 30.56 ............................ L Waretini 10 88884 Mandi Mae 17.21 C & ........................ Fagan 3 11431 Mischief Managed 30.73 ........... A Bradshaw 4 5.04pm NICK’S PETFOODS STAKES C3, 520m 4 77417 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 1 32613 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 5 37635 Plutonium 30.37 H & ...........................Taylor 2 37111 Nozzno Fear 30.37.................... A Bradshaw 6 37286 Nina Baxter 30.53 ..................J T McInerney 3 54416 Know Scholar 30.76 .......................G Cleeve 7 53383 Know Worth 30.72..........................G Cleeve 4 888x6 Opawa Sam 30.70 L & ....................... Wales 8 24522 Amino Trouble 30.68 ................. A Bradshaw 5 43732 Jinja Jaffa 30.32 ........................R Blackburn 9 57755 Zipping Sonny 30.43 ..............J T McInerney 6 32858 Another Liz 30.63 ...................J T McInerney 2 4.23pm CANTERBURY TIMBER AND HARDWARE 7 21178 Steel The Gold nwtd.....................M Roberts 8 47753 Another Message 30.42 .........J T McInerney DASH C4, 295m 9 21386 Max Stix 30.60 .............................C Roberts 1 21478 Rapaki Kath 17.21 H & .......................Taylor 10 72846 Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 2 54164 Ultra Action 17.24 S &..................... B Evans 3 27564 Ohoka Billy 17.22 ......................... L Waretini 5 5.21pm TOTAL VETS CLINIC DASH C5, 295m 4 68618 Breaking Mad nwtd ......................... M Grant 1 34225 Technic 17.21 ................................R Adcock 5 77756 Air Express 17.30...................J T McInerney 2 18725 Another Belle 17.25 ...............J T McInerney 6 13532 Jinja Loch 17.30 ......................... H Wanhalla 3 22516 Magic Mike 17.29 .........................C Roberts 7 33638 Opawa Lean Meat 17.24 L & ............. Wales 4 63233 No Leaf Clover 17.01 M & .................Jopson 8 63623 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 5 17125 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 9 67567 Norman Jewel 17.13 ....................C Roberts 6 11314 Sally 17.18 ................................... L Waretini 10 18787 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 7 14121 Wheelchair Norm 16.95 .........J T McInerney 3 4.45 FAST ARCHER AT STUD THURSDAY PLACE 8 34211 Dream Large 16.99 .......................... B Dann 9 22186 Burn Early 17.27 J & .......................D Fahey PICK DASH C4, 295m 1 75842 Roadworks 17.16 ............................ M Grant 10 78841 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 2 21888 Chokehold 17.27 M & .......................Jopson 6 5.49pm LOVE OF HISTORY SPRINT C5, 295m 3 67314 Jackpot Jake 17.27 .......................... B Dann 1 52721 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney

2 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 3 27721 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 4 17515 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 5 11142 Jinja Brian 17.15 .......................... A Waretini 6 21148 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 7 13233 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann 8 46114 Fliberty Jiberty 17.32 ....................... B Dann 9 22186 Burn Early 17.27 J & .......................D Fahey 10 83366 Get Ready Freddy 17.12 ........... A Bradshaw 7 6.16 CANTERBURY PET FOODS STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 53113 Fekitoa 30.10 ................................R Adcock 2 45451 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 3 231F4 Mystic Action 30.35 S & .................. B Evans 4 75817 Red Margin 30.62 ........................... M Grant 5 76241 With Pride 30.15 .............................. B Dann 6 21723 Botany Alan 30.46..................J T McInerney 7 41128 Opawa Norris 30.33 J & ..................D Fahey 8 23266 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 9 27634 Albie Jay 30.20 L & ............................ Wales 10 21386 Max Stix 30.60 .............................C Roberts 8 6.41 DREAM COLLECTOR AT STUD MAIDEN DISTANCE FEATURE C0d, 645m 1 15372 Tamara May nwtd ............................ M Grant 2 11165 Majestic Action nwtd J & .................D Fahey 3 31212 Smokey Action nwtd S & ................. B Evans 4 22445 Know Value nwtd ............................G Cleeve 5 46135 Spring Sam nwtd....................J T McInerney 6 57672 Crystal Flame nwtd ......................... M Grant 7 36687 Homebush Hansome nwtd .....J T McInerney 8 63868 Opawa Peaches nwtd L & .................. Wales 9 36476 In The Boot nwtd M &........................Jopson

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11435 Chippa Lata 29.92.....................R Blackburn 31285 Berridale Lad 30.00............ N C W Wanhalla 23771 Opawa Kevin 30.16 J & ...................D Fahey 63576 Ace Bale 30.37.............................C Roberts 27634 Albie Jay 30.20 L & ............................ Wales 12 8.21pm VITAL PET FOODS SPRINT C4, 295m 1 75111 You’re The Best 17.24 ........................C Weir 2 12221 Cawbourne Craig 17.34 ...............C Roberts 3 12387 New Thang 17.01 ...................... A Bradshaw 4 16136 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 5 17444 Definer 17.38 ................................R Adcock 6 61861 Clever Sage 17.24 ........................... B Dann 7 24638 Opawa Val nwtd L & ........................... Wales 8 57643 Dad’s Ambition 17.41 ...................... M Grant 9 67567 Norman Jewel 17.13 ....................C Roberts 10 88884 Mandi Mae 17.21 C & ........................ Fagan SELECTIONS

Race 1: Amino Trouble, Homebush Howard, Jinja Billy, Know Worth Race 2: Maudie’s Babe, Jinja Loch, Ultra Action, Ohoka Billy Race 3: Puma Pants, Southern Blue, Chokehold, Smash Rumour Race 4: Nozzno Fear, Jinja Jaffa, Opawa Sam, Know Scholar Race 5: Dream Large, Technic, No Leaf Clover, Magic Mike Race 6: Swimming Goat, Jinja Brian, Rand, Fliberty Jiberty Race 7: Fekitoa, Trust Issues, With Pride, Mystic Action Race 8: Majestic Action, Smokey Action, Know Value, Spring Sam Race 9: Charlie Runkel, Dora Dufran, Sopoaga, What I Like Race 10: Opawa Brad, Velvet Girl, New Broom, Broken Penniless Race 11: Opawa Shackley, Berridale Lad, Opawa Kevin Race 12: Cawbourne Craig, Dad’s Ambition, Clever Sage LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Classifieds 20 Ashburton Guardian

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

REAL ESTATE

MEETINGS, EVENTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

HASTINGS MCLEOD LTD Hastings McLeod Limited Licensed REAA 2008

Telephone 03 307 9176

WHEN LOCATION MATTERS

BUYERS $288,000+ WEB ID AU50857 ALLENTON 1/42 Short Street

A very sunny two bedroom townhouse so close to town with updated kitchen, large dining/living heated by floor mounted heat pump, separate laundry, bathroom and toilet and loads of storage.

An extra large single garage and the bonus of an automatic door opener.

Nice easy care section.

VIEW Friday 12 Aug 12.30 - 1.30pm

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

FOR SALE

Thursday 25 August 2016 at 7.30pm Seniors Club, 206 Cameron Street Ashburton SPEAKER (flying down from Wellington) Steve Crew – CEO Diabetes New Zealand ********* All Welcome Raffle, supper provided If you require a ride please ring 308 7499

WOODWICK candles. New fragrances have just been unpacked. Scent your home with the gorgeous fragrance from Woodwick, the candle that crackles as it burns. The China Shop in The Arcade.

ASIAN, delicious, petite, pretty, sexy, busty, 36D. Good massage, full service.

Phone 021 0858 6949.

BRAZILIAN lady, 32, size 8, blonde hair, cute butt, massage – full service. First time clients welcome. Come and have a good time with a very sweet South American.

Phone 027 535 9545.

Guardian Classifieds 307 7900

WHAT’S ON

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Ultimate Bowie Thu 18 Aug - 7.30pm

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UK’s No. 1 tribute show transports you across the 40 years of the legacy’s classic, supported by a seven-piece band.

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LOST, FOUND

CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

LOST: neutered female cat, tabby and white. Tabby face, back and tail. Last seen Queens Drive area. Phone 308 9688.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

LOST: tool bag full of tools, Chalmers Avenue - Tuarangi Road area. Reward. Phone 0274 339 065.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

LOST-STRAYED, Wakanui area. Two year old black and white faced cattle beast, Hereford cross. Wakanui school funds will receive reward. Contact Noel 302 3789 or 021 0234 9002.

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Scared Scriptless Fri 19 Aug – 8.30pm A fun night of theatre sports and comedy with the Court Jesters. Support The Big Little Theatre Company raising funds and have a laugh as well!

All Tickets $30

COMING

SOON

OPEN HAT NIGHT

This is the story & To whom it may concern Fri, 26 Aug – 7pm

Georgie Sivier and the Big Little Theatre Company present a double bill with 2 award winning plays.

211a Wills Street, Ashburton

Open Hat night; watch the show first and then pay what you think it’s worth.

TO BOOK:

Hammer & Horsehair Mon, 19 Sept – 7.30pm

Phone 03 307 2010 www. .co.nz

Robert Ibell ( NZSO )and Douglas Mews will be performing classical and early romantic pieces.

Venue: ‘At Violinos Music Farm’, 629 Methven Highway, Ashburton

FOR SHOW INFO: www.ateventcentre.co.nz

211 Alford Forest Rd, Ashburton (03) 307 6130 www.calderstewart.co.nz

Adult $30 | Senior/Student yr9+ $20 | Children yr8- $10 (fees apply)

True Blue Kiwi Cowboy

Daily Events Thursday

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise during term time.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome. Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre-loved second hand clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around

Friday

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

9am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN

used clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock St. 9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities.

M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - no counting, beginners welcome. Waireka Club rooms, Philip Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself.

115 Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

CHURCH. Cake and sweet stall, outside Old ANZ Bank, East Street from 9am.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains

and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street.

John McCabe Saturday August 13 7.30pm

Members, guests and affiliates all welcome.

231 Burnett Street, Ashburton www.ashburtonclub.co.nz

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QUICK ACROSS 1. Undemanding (10) 7. Munches (5) 8. Rescue (7) 10. Trespassed (8) 11. Slide (4) 13. Assorted (6) 15. Thin layer (6) 17. Daring (4) 18. Disappeared (8) 21. Look at (colloq) (7) 22. Mayhem (5) 23. Foot bone (10)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): No matter what age you are, you’ve the ability to examine the situation with young eyes. Would you believe there are some parts of your past that remain unexamined? This is the perfect use for those young eyes.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Maybe you’re dealing with a flawed system and people who are either blind to those flaws or are contributing to them for their own nefarious purposes. Make the change.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You sometimes wonder if the other person loves you. Why is it so important this person expresses love the same way you do?

One place is not better than the other.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): It used to be that when you found a penny on the street, you picked it up and put it in your pocket for luck. Don’t pass up today’s pennies. Who couldn’t use a little more luck?

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There are many sick, starving and downtrodden in the world. Misery is often as close as your outstretched arm. Is it really fair to be this happy? Someone has to be. Take your turn.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What’s keeping you stuck. Pondering won’t help. If this were a physical issue, you’d wiggle and pull until you could figure out the sticking point. That’s what you need to do.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): In many ways you’re easygoing, though in certain ways you’re absolutely ruthless. For instance, your optimism about a certain project is unrelenting. You’re fully invested and nothing can stop you from seeing it through.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The trouble with people who make you feel special and valued and elevated through their praise and attention is that one can get addicted to the high. Expect withdrawal pains when the energy level inevitably dips.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Some only want to interact with you within the qualifications they specify. This isn’t as bad as it sounds. When you’re in compliance, you’re at your best.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): People will want to know about you. Get ahead of this. What do you want them to know? “Tell me about yourself” is a prompt you’d be wise to have a good response to.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your energy will feel scattered at different points of the day – and not in a poetic way. Deep breathing, a short walk or a nutritious meal will bring you back into clear focus.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): To make things more mysterious and magical for the others you must, ironically, demystify them for yourself. You’ll figure out the real deal. That’s entertainment.

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am Tipping Point Quiz show in which four players take on an extraordinary machine, hoping to win its jackpot.

10am The Chase A quiz show where contestants must stay one step ahead. 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale 0 1pm Coronation Street 3 0 2pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm One News 0

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Thomas And Friends 6:40 Fishtronaut 3 0 7am Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 7:25 Pokemon XY 3 7:50 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:35 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 0 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm Devious Maids AO 3 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland 3 0 3:30 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 0 3:40 The Barefoot Bandits 0 4:05 Jessie 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Middle 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am The Café Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M A Woman Hunted PGR 2004 Thriller. Alexandra Paul, Linden Ashby, Michele Greene.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight PGR 3:20 Sticky TV 4:25 Minute To Win It Hosted by chef Guy Fieri, competitors take on a series of seemingly simple tasks, which they must complete in under a minute.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Good Morning Rio The latest updates from the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. 0 6:05 Rio Olympics – Men’s Cycling 7:30 Rio Olympics – Swimming 8:30 Rio Olympics – Rugby Sevens 9:30 Rio Olympics (HLS) 10:30 Rio Olympics – Canoe Slalom 11am Rio Olympics – Gymnastics 12:30 Rio Olympics – Men’s Hockey Black Sticks v Brazil.

2pm Rio Olympics – Swimming 3:30 Hot Bench 4pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4:30 Rio Olympics (HLS) 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rio Olympics – New Zealand Contestants 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 0 8:30 Offspring AO 0 9:30 Beauty And The Beach AO 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0

Shortland Street 0 Police Ten 7 0 Street Hospital 0 Seven Year Switch Australia 0 9:35 N Never Seen A Doctor Series about people who have been avoiding their health problems and hiding from the doctor and dentist for years. 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0

7pm Story 7:30 The Block New Zealand – Unlocked PGR 0 8:30 Lost And Found PGR 0 9:30 How The Rich Live Longer AO 0 10:35 NewsHub Late

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Mythbusters PGR 8:35 Limitless AO The FBI must stop an NZTenabled Sands and his associates from creating an international incident; Brian experiences side effects when his NZT immunity starts to wear off.

9:30 Madam Secretary PGR 0 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

11pm F I Am Innocent AO In 1992, John Saunders was accused, along with his parents, of sexually abusing his sister as part of a satanic cult. 0 Midnight The Island With Bear Grylls AO 3 0 1am Te Karere 3 2 1:25 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:05 Police Ten 7 0 11:35 The Originals AO 12:25 Highway Patrol PGR 3 0 12:50 Shortland Street 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:20 The Real 3 3:05 The Fosters PGR 3 3:55 My Wife And Kids 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:05 CSI AO 3 A woman full of drugs and alcohol is found dead in a swimming pool at a rehabilitation facility. 0 Midnight Infomercials

11pm Rio Olympics (HLS) Midnight Ready For Rio A look forward to the day’s key events.

12:30 Rio Olympics – Rowing From Lagoa Stadium.

4am Rio Olympics (HLS) The latest from the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

Never Seen a Doctor 9:35pm on TV2

BRAVO 9am Million Dollar Listing 3 9:55 Million Dollar Listing 3 10:50 Million Dollar Listing 3 11:45 Million Dollar Listing 3 12:40 Million Dollar Listing 3 1:35 Below Deck Mediterranean 3 2:30 Apres Ski 3 3:30 Hoarders 4:30 Dance Moms 5:30 Flipping Out PGR 6:30 Million Dollar Listing 7:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR Meghan hosts a game night for couples, but there is gossip when her husband is absent.

8:30 Dance Moms Abby becomes overwhelmed by the stress of legal problems, and throws the girls out of her studio.

9:30 Tour Group Preview Special The group are led by three expert tour guides as they tackle a bucket list curated by the best in the business.

10pm Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11pm Snapped PGR 11:55 Property Envy 12:20 Infomercials 3

7pm 7:30 8pm 8:30

Lost and Found 8:30pm on Three

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Last Man Standing PG 8:05 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 8:55 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 9:45 CSI MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:05 The Force MC 1:30 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 2:20 CSI – New York MV 3:10 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Last Man Standing PG 5pm SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 6pm The Simpsons PG 6:30 The Force MC 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 Into The Badlands 18VLS 9:30 Longmire 16V 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 NCIS PGV FRIDAY 12:30 Biker Battleground Phoenix PGL 1:20 Last Man Standing PG 1:45 CSI – New York MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Into The Badlands 18VLS 4:45 Longmire 16V 5:35 The Force MC

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6am Creed MVL 2015 Drama. Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone.

8:10 The Curse Of Downers Grove 16VLSC 2014 Horror. Kevin Zegers, Bella Heathcote. 9:40 Mom’s Day Away M 2014 Drama.

Bonnie Somerville, James Tupper.

11am Sleeping With Other People 16VLSC 2015 Comedy Drama.

Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie.

12:40 Interstellar ML 2014 Sci-fi. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway. 3:25 The Making Of Spectre – Just Getting Started PG 3:40 Creed MVL 2015 Drama. Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone. 5:50 The Wedding Bros 16LS 2008 Comedy. Dan Fogler, Brendan Sexton III. 7:10 TwoBit Waltz MLS 2014 Drama.

Clara Mamet, William H Macy.

8:30 Sicario 16VC 2015 Crime.

Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro.

10:35 The Water Diviner MV 2014 Drama. Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko.

FRIDAY 12:25 Gone Tomorrow 16VC 2015 Thriller. Chad Connell, Christopher Russell.

2am Close Up – Harrison Ford PG 2:30 The Wedding Bros 16LS 2008 Comedy.

Dan Fogler, Brendan Sexton III. 3:55 Two-Bit Waltz MLS 2014 Drama. Clara Mamet, William H Macy. 5:15 Sicario 16VC 2015 Crime. Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro.

8am Brokeback Mountain MVLS 2005 Drama.

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal.

10:10 Fantastic Four – Rise Of The Silver Surfer PG 2007 Action.

Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis.

11:40 Contact M 1997 Sci-fi. Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Angela Bassett. 2:05 The Nutty Professor M 1996 Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett. 3:40 Runaway Bride PGS 1999 Comedy.

Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo.

5:35 The Lord Of The Rings – The Fellowship Of The Ring PGV 2001 Fantasy.

Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom. 8:30 The Watcher 16VL 2000 Thriller.

Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, James Spader.

10:10 Van Wilder 16LSC 2002 Comedy. Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid.

11:40 Directors – Garry Marshall PG 2009 Documentary. FRIDAY 12:10 Runaway Bride PGS 1999 Comedy. Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo. 2:05 The Nutty Professor M 1996 Comedy. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett. 3:40 The Watcher 16VL 2000 Thriller.

Marisa Tomei, Keanu Reeves, James Spader. 5:15 The Making Of Sex And The City 2 PG 5:30 Van Wilder 16LSC 2002 Comedy.

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6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Pukana 2 7:30 The Zoo 3 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Iwi Anthems 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 2Kaha PGR 5pm Te Mana Kuratahi The National Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka Competition, hosted by Horowhenua Rohe, celebrates its 15th anniversary.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:30 Avatar 3 7pm Hahana 7:30 Whanau Bake-Off 8pm This Is Piki PGR 8:30 Finding Aroha PGR 9pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 9:30 Super City AO (Starting Today) 3 10pm Waka Huia 3

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Big Fish Man 7:30 Wildest Arctic 8:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 9:30 Jamie’s Chef 10:30 The French Collection 11:30 American Restoration Noon Dig Wars 12:30 Road Rivals 1pm Big Fish Man 2pm Fish Of The Day 2:30 Ray Mears’s Wild Australia 3pm The Jonathan Ross Show 4pm Baby Animals In The Wild 5pm The Flying Winemaker Hong Kong-based master winemaker Eddie McDougall sets out to discover the best wines being produced throughout Asia.

5:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand Sophie Grigson continues her culinary adventure as she travels to Thailand.

6pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Tiny House Hunting Realtors help two people looking for a tiny home to find the perfect mini-space.

8pm Planet Home 8:30 Trust Me I’m A Doctor 9:35 Expedition Burma 10:30 Toy Hunter

11:15 Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:45 Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

12:15 Closedown

11pm The Flying Winemaker 11:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand Midnight Dig Wars 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Jonathan Ross Show 2am Baby Animals In The Wild 3am Fantasy Homes By The Sea 4am Expedition Burma 5am Trust Me I’m A Doctor

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6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 The Breakdown 7am Ultimate Insider 7:30 European Tour Weekly 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Golf – PGA Champions Tour 3M Championship.

10am Surfing – World Surf League (HLS) Billabong Pro Tahiti.

11am First XV Revision Noon The Breakdown 12:30 NRL Footy Show 2:30 InCycle 3pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Round 22 Sunday.

3:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Titans v Warriors.

4pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Panthers v Roosters.

4:30 UFC Now 5:30 First XV Revision 6:30 The Breakdown 7pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Hurricanes v Lions – Final.

From Westpac Stadium.

7:30 Rugby – Grassroots 8:30 Supercars Life 9pm Inside The PGA Tour 9:30 Fox Sports News 9:55 L Cricket – International England v Pakistan – Fourth Test, Day One.

9am NRL 360 10am Sterlo – On The Couch Exclusive interviews and access to the inner sanctum of NRL Clubs.

11am InCycle A preview of the week’s upcoming races with historical insight and tactical analysis.

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Noon Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Hurricanes v Lions – Final.

From Westpac Stadium.

1pm European Tour Weekly 1:30 Ultimate Insider 2pm Fight Night 4pm Surfing – World League (HLS) Men’s J Bay Open.

5pm Supercars Life 5:30 InCycle 6pm European Tour Weekly 6:30 TBC 7pm Inside The PGA Tour 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Bulldogs v Sea Eagles.

From ANZ Stadium, Sydney.

12:05 The Crowd Goes Wild 12:35 L Cricket – International England v Pakistan – Fourth Test, Day One. 5:28 L Cricket – NatWest Blast Twenty20 Cup Quarter-final Four – Glamorgan v Yorkshire.

Midnight Fox Sports News 12:30 InCycle 1am Cycling – Arctic Race Of Norway Stage One. 3am NRL 360 4am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Sea Eagles.

4:30 Rugby – Grassroots 5:30 The Crowd Goes Wild

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 River Monsters PG Death Down Under.

10:20 Deadliest Catch PG 100% Injury Rate. 11:15 Cry Wolfe M Nosy Neighbour.

11:40 Cry Wolfe M Hot for Teacher. 12:10 Scorned – Love Kills M Manhattan Murder Mystery. 1:05 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG Quadzilla Attacks. 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Deadliest Catch PG 100% Injury Rate.

5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Bering Sea Gold PG Rock Bottom.

7:30 Bering Sea Gold PG Breaking Point.

8:30 Moonshiners M Shine ’til You Drop.

9:30 River Monsters PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

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12:30 Disappeared M 1:25 Momsters – When Moms Go Bad M 1:50 Momsters – When Moms Go Bad M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

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Sport

Serena shunted out Out of sorts and out of answers, defending champion Serena Williams is out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Shanking shots of all sorts, including five “yes, five!” double-faults in one game alone, Williams lost to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-3 in the third round in a real shocker yesterday, ending the No. 1-seeded American’s bid to become the first tennis player to collect a pair of singles golds.

Tips for the Warriors Collegiate’s Michael Hands lines up a big backhand shot in his game against Temuka’s Paul Gauld in their division II clash at the Collegiate courts on Tuesday night. Gauld went on to win in straight sets, while his team recorded a 14-2 win on the night.

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Finals night in sight

BY STEVE DEVEREUX The Mid Canterbury Squash interclub competition is reaching its conclusion, with the last rounds before the finals coming up next week.

The tournament began in early April, and teams from Fairlie to Rakaia have battled it out in some intense competition to get a shot at the pennants.

Thirty-four teams of four, most with three or four reserves, utilise every squash court in

the Mid Canterbury Squash catchment every Tuesday night, across four divisions.

That means every level of squash is catered for on a competitive basis, and every year the on-court rivalry gets stronger, as players strive to improve both their own rankings and their teams’ chances.

Going into this week’s round, the Ashburton club held a stranglehold lead in division one, leading by a massive 63 points over Celtic, with Pleasant Point a

further 12 points back.

Methven teams hold sway in division two, with Methven 1 leading on 161 points and the other Methven team on 156, but Temuka is right there on 154 with Hinds a little further back on 119.

Division three is traditionally a very tightly contested affair, and this year is no different.

Collegiate on 178 points holds the lead, with Methven on 172, Pleasant Point on 170 and Celtic on 166, but with 14 points up for

grabs each week anything could happen there.

In division four Hinds holds a handy advantage on 149 points over Pleasant Point on 130, with Rakaia and Geraldine on 119 and 116 respectively, but finals berths may be out of reach for them.

The finals will be played at the Collegiate courts on Friday August 19, and in each grade the top two teams will fight it out for supremacy on the court, with the third and fourth placed teams vying for the third spot.

What they said at the Rio Olympic Games “After the first rail down, I thought ‘don’t panic, stay calm, we’ve still got a medal’. Then the next rail came down, then the next one. Then it was just like survival to get home.”

- Kiwi eventer MARK TODD on his disastrous showjumping round that left the NZ team out of the medals.

“For that to happen in the first game of the tournament was devastating.”

- Sevens coach SIR GORDON TIETJENS on Sonny Bill Williams’ tournament-ending injury.

“I haven’t seen one mosquito here.

All I saw was one Capybara.” - Kiwi golfer DANNY LEE has no fears about the Zika virus after getting in some practice rounds.

“We have learned what we need to do to win.” - Rower HAMISH BOND

Lee gives big shots a serve P17

after he and Eric Murray chalked up their 68th consecutive win to reach the men’s pair final in Rio. “Everyone was flying just like a kamikaze plane trying to chop their legs off.” - Rugby sevens back LOMANO LEMEKI after Japan pulled off another amazing big-stage boilover - beating the All Black Sevens at the Rio Olympics.

“To have somebody test positive not just once but twice and still have the opportunity to swim at these Games, it breaks my heart. I wish somebody would do something about it.” - Legendary Olympian MICHAEL PHELPS refers to Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova, who won a silver medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke.

- NZME

Former England rugby coach Stuart Lancaster will spend the next few days sharing ideas with Warriors coach Andrew McFadden. Lancaster is in Auckland on a coaching development exercise and met with McFadden yesterday at the Warriors Mt Smart Stadium headquarters with the pair set to share philosophies relevant to both codes. The 46-year-old will attend the Warriors home game against South Sydney on Saturday, featuring dual code international Sam Burgess, who made his England rugby debut under Lancaster at Twickenham last August.

Hold the phone Most people can’t imagine leaving the house without having their mobile phone on them. And French fencer Enzo Lefort must have been so worried about missing any calls or text messages that he tucked his device in his back pocket despite taking part in an Olympic bout. But the 24-year-old was left red-faced after it fell out of his trousers and skidded across the floor during his individual foil match with Germany’s Peter Joppich. Lefort quickly picked up the phone and passed it to a man waiting in the crowd, hoping nobody would notice.

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