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District faces massive dairy loss Milk powder at Fonterra’s Darfield plant awaits export. Fonterra has slashed its milk payout to $4.70 kg/MS.

BY GUARDIAN REPORTERS The Mid Canterbury economy and dairy farmers are braced for a milksolids payout that may be well in excess of $400 million less than it was last year.

Reacting to falling global dairy prices, Fonterra yesterday knocked 60 cents off the $5.30 per kilogram of milksolids payout it had forecast in September.

It followed a record $8.40kg/ MS payout for the 2013-14 season, which was worth about $1.039 billion to Mid Canterbury that season.

Combined with a previouslyannounced estimated dividend

of 25-35 cents per share, the total cash payout for 2014/15 was forecast at $4.95 to $5.05kg/ MS. Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley said many Mid Canterbury farmers were braced for the drop but the price would be a massive hit to the local economy.

Farmers would address costs where they could, and that would naturally flow through to the businesses that service them and the wider economy, he said.

That said, the drop had to be seen in context: the sector had enjoyed a couple of very good years.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president Willy Leferink said the drop was widely expected and that progressive farmers had prepared to “ride out the storm”.

Proactive bank managers were working alongside their clients to address budgets ready for when the cushion of the final, previous payout dwindled, he said.

Even so, Mid Canterbury’s 300-or-so dairy suppliers faced a season where spending was kept in check and hopes were high for a better, following season.

Ashburton District mayor

Angus McKay said the drop was, “short term . . . not good for the district”.

The council was trimming budgets in anticipation of the new, tight year.

Nationally the drop will result in a $6.1b loss relative to last season to the dairy industry, equating to 2.7 per cent of gross domestic product.

When the estimated dividend range of 25-35 cents per share is added to the $4.70kg/MS announced yesterday, farmer shareholders can expect a payout of $4.95-$5.05kg/MS. Some commentators had anticipated Fonterra would revise

its dividend forecast upward, however yesterday the co-op said that will not happen until interim results are announced next year.

In a statement issued yesterday Fonterra chairman John Wilson said there was still considerable volatility in global dairy markets, reflecting falling oil prices and geopolitical uncertainty in Russia and the Ukraine.

Weak demand from China, and increased production in the US has also hurt milk prices.

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Winnie the Pooh pic sells for $500,000 The original drawing of an iconic literary illustration depicting Winnie the Pooh and his friends playing “poohsticks” has sold at auction in London for a record-breaking STG314,500 ($A574,062.24). The sale of E H Shepard’s ink drawing of the much-loved A. A. Milne characters Pooh, Christopher Robin and Piglet broke the world record for any book illustration in the sale at Sotheby’s auction house.

The drawing, which has become one of the most famous book illustrations of its time, shows the trio standing on a bridge looking expectantly into the river below. In the story, Pooh invents the now widelyplayed game “poohsticks” in which he and his fictional friends throw sticks over one side of the bridge and wait for them to appear on the other.

A Northland school has a new teacher in the form of a 3-month-old puppy called Pippa who will help students with their reading. Kaurihohore School principal Leslee Allen said Pippa, a well-natured labradoodle, was bred to be a therapy dog – a reading dog to help children improve their reading skills. While Pippa is only in the early stages of her training, already she has had students reading to her and confiding in her, Ms Allen said. “She’s really gentle and she’s quite laid back,” Ms Allen said. “She’s really good with our children that are on the autistic spectrum.” Autistic children often struggle interacting with their peers but can find interacting with animals therapeutic. Ms Allen, who is Pippa’s owner, said she had not heard of another reading dog in Northland and thought there were only a handful throughout the country. Just last week Ms Allen had a student that did not want to tell her why they were upset but willing to tell Pippa. “It’s just been something that I really wanted to do because children often enter school with a lot of emotional stuff,” Ms Allen said. “If a child is having trouble it is good to have Pippa out with me”.

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■ FONTERRA PAYOUT

Slowdown in spending

By Sue NewmaN

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The cut to Mid Canterbury farmers’ income is significant – though not unexpected – and seems to confirm the gradual slowdown in farmer spending was here for a while, sources said yesterday.

Fonterra yesterday cut its farmgate milk price forecast for the current season to $4.70 per kg of milk solids, down from previous forecast of $5.30 a kg.

If confirmed, this will shave an estimated $6.1 billion off farm income nationally, and an estimated more than $400 million off Mid Canterbury farm incomes since the boom season of 2013/14.

The giant dairy co-operative said that, when combined with a dividend range of 25-35 cents per share, its cash payout would be $4.95 to $5.05 for the current season. The new forecast was greeted with resigned expectation in Mid Canterbury yesterday. Rakaia businessman Neil Pluck said the slump was “the reality now”.

“We’ve already definitely been noticing a difference and we have since the decline in numbers started. This just makes it a little bit more real.”

He believes dairy farmers received a reality check in the 2008/09 season when prices dropped to $4.75 from $7.59 the previous season: “Since then, even when the payout goes up, dairy farmers have been cautious and they’ve been paying off debt.”

Neal Shaw, chief executive for farmer co-operative ATS, said

the current season was marked by a small but gradual change in dairy farmer spending.

While dairy farmers were still applying fertiliser at the same rate and still had the same irrigation costs, he knew they were culling cows a little earlier to reduce stocking numbers.

“Last year’s record payout has been managed well by farmers but we do expect things to tighten around April and again in October.

“Things are definitely tightening, we can see this. It’s not an alarming rate and I don’t see anyone hitting the panic button.”

One year in dairying couldn’t be taken in isolation, rather business needed to be measured over a five-year average. There was an expectation that things would improve in the coming year.

Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley anticipated farmers already planned to reduce costs and cut spending.

Many would also be committed to higher levels of expenditure around irrigation.

“But if we have a better payout next year, our dairy farmers will weather this storm.”

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay said farmers have come off historic highs, “but it will hurt if it stays there into next season; we can make it this year but we’ll need it back to $6 in the following season”.

The impact would be felt across businesses and while some of the reduction in spending would be immediate, in areas such as the building industry, the impact would be about six months out, Mr McKay said.

Ashburton ‘may struggle’

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Ashburton will be among rural towns hit hardest by a reduction in what Fonterra pays its farmers, a national farmer advocate has warned.

Fonterra yesterday reduced its farm gate milk price forecast from $5.30 per kilogram of milk solids to $4.70, after a high of $8.40 last season.

It would be the lowest price since the global financial crisis and economists expect it to shave $6.1 billion from farmers’ incomes – or 2.7 per cent of the nation’s gross domestic product – relative to last season.

Federated Farmers dairy industry group chairman Andrew Hoggard said rural service towns with large dairy hinterlands, such as Ashburton and Cambridge “might struggle a bit”.

Farmers would focus on core business spending and nonessential work might need to wait for a new season, affecting service businesses and the businesses that they supported, Mr Hoggard told Radio New Zealand.

The effects of the reduced payout might not be obvious until part-way through next year as farmers lost the insulation provided by the previous payout.

Then, some farms would operate at a loss, he said.

Commentators believed the reduced payout would further expose farms that had overcapitalised on the basis of previous, healthy returns. It would also affect first-year sharemilkers not cushioned by a previous payout.

Farm debt was about $33 billion, with about half that debt held by about 10 per cent of debtors.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president Willy Leferink said many banks were already working with farmers who have had much of the current season to prepare for a much-reduced pay out.

Economists’ projections suggested the next payout would be better – perhaps in the $6.20 range.

Mr Hoggard hoped forward contracts with better prices would leave the forecast at the bottom of the downward trend.

Mr Leferink said the vagaries of the global market meant the world’s biggest dairy exporter needed to produce a healthy mix of commodities and sophisticated products.

“Where is Fonterra heading?

Fonterra and all its farmers need to think together about this.

“At the moment, we do ride the wave.”

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■ ASHBURTON ART AND HERITAGE CENTRE

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A fundraising concert in Ashburton’s new art and heritage centre was put in jeopardy this week, after neighbours complained about a choir practice held in the building.

International opera star Simon O’Neill is returning home as guest artist in Friday night’s concert and ahead of the event the MSA choir held a practice in the centre last week.

That rehearsal sparked an immediate complaint from a group of neighbours who said it had breached the conditions of the complex’s resource consent.

The consent stipulates that neighbours must be given five days’ notice before a public event is held in the building and a parking management plan must be put in place.

The required notice was given for the Friday concert, however, organiser of the event, Don McLeod, says he was not aware that a private choir practice which no members of the public attended, was considered a public event that required neighbour notification.

Under threat that Friday’s fundraising concert could be in jeopardy if another rehearsal was held, Mr McLeod has found an alternative venue for tonight’s rehearsal.

“I didn’t realise at the time that the definition of an event can apply to a choir practice,” he said.

When a letter of complaint was delivered to the Ashburton District Council from Alister Argyle, one of the neighbours, Mr McLeod said he was stunned. He wrote a letter of

apology and informed Mr Argyle that a second practice was planned for this week.

The response was immediate, that event would not comply with the resource consent and should not take place.

“I’m doing everything I can to make sure the Simon O’Neill concert goes ahead without disruption, that it runs smoothly on Friday night. This is causing me and the choir members immense frustration. I guess I’m a bit bewildered and disappointed,” he said.

The council has had a longrunning battle with a group of neighbours over a range of issues around the art and heritage building. Some of those issues became conditions that were part of the complex’s resource consent. Some remained unresolved in spite of the building being scheduled to open on February 14.

The neighbours put an eightpoint proposal to the council that included a request for council to pay $20,000 to cover costs they had incurred during the dispute. If the council agreed, the disagreement would be over; if not, they said, it could

end up in the High Court.

They wanted the council to acknowledge they were not the sole cause of delays in construction of the complex that had pushed it $3 million over budget. A key issue was also that the council refused to honour an agreement it had made to designate parking spaces outside their homes as ‘resident only’ when events were on at the centre. This deal had earlier kept the project out of the Environment Court and ensured a resource consent was granted.

When the council responded to their offer, certain requests, including the cash payment were not part of the deal.

The council’s breach of conditions over the choir rehearsal meant the neighbours had little option but to take the issue further, Mr Argyle said.

“I now believe the matter will end up in court. We see we have no alternative but to enforce the agreement issue. We have a legal opinion that makes it clear this (resident only parking) is not setting out a precedent; it was a one-off deal to avoid the matter going to the Environment Court.”

Results of independent inquiry released today The debacle over the choir rehearsal challenge comes on the eve of the release of a report after an inquiry into the art and heritage project, commissioned

by Ashburton District Council chief executive Andrew Dalziel.

When the project came in almost a year over time and $3 million over budget, he wanted answers and decided an independent inquiry by local government experts Morrison Low should be undertaken.

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The review team will meet with district councillors and mayor Angus McKay this morning before the findings are released during this afternoon’s council meeting.

While the contents of the report are under wraps, it comes with three recommendations ranging from simply accepting the document through to agreeing to the recommendations and prioritising these as work items the council will carry out.

A group of neighbours of the complex has been at loggerheads with the council over a range of issues around the art and heritage project and one of those, Alister Argyle, said he had concerns about the way the recommendations would be handled.

“This is a building where they were warned over its shortcomings and they refused to undertake due diligence we pleaded with them to do. This is ratepayer money and they

have a responsibility to act prudently with it. All of our concerns have proved to be well founded.”

When the findings of the report were known, Mr Argyle said the acid test would come in the way the council dealt with these.

“They need to show they are not only paying lip service to the items identified, they need to show they’re going to do something about it, not just sweep it under the carpet.”

Car fire The Rakaia fire brigade attended a car fire on the Rakaia Highway near Chertsey at 1.30pm yesterday.

The fire was minor, and no action by the fire brigade was required.

Bus, truck collide Two people were hospitalised with moderate and minor injuries after a bus and truck collided on State Highway 1, north of Ashburton, yesterday morning. According to Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield, initial reports suggest that a bus and truck collided when they passed a tractor unit which was mowing a grass verge. Police investigations are ongoing, and they are appealing for any witnesses to contact the Ashburton Police Station at 3078400.

Farm worker killed A farm worker was killed in a quad bike accident on a Dannevirke property yesterday. The man died after his vehicle rolled down a slope on the farm, police said. Police were notified about 7.20am after the man’s colleagues discovered the rolled quad bike.

It is understood the man was married with a young family and was a well-known figure in the Dannevirke community.

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Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Sears said he believed the van, was connected to the death.

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■ RAKAIA WEIGHBRIDGE

Work under way on new Rakaia weighbridge

NZ Transport Agency staff work on the installation of a weigh-in-motion weighbridge on State Highway 1 at Rakaia.

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Work is under way on the installation of a new weighin-motion weighbridge on State Highway 1 at the Rakaia Bridge.

The weighbridge is being installed to support the introduction of High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMV) on the key South Island freight route as part of the NZ Transport Agency initiative on moving more freight on fewer vehicles around New Zealand.

Two of the key assets on this critical transport link from Christchurch to Dunedin are the Rakaia and Rangitata No. 1 bridges, both of which were built in 1939 and are earmarked for $10.5 million of strengthening work in the future, NZTA southern regional director Jim Harland said.

“By installing the weighin-motion site we can monitor loads over the bridges to ensure we minimise any damage while we plan this work to achieve greater value from

our assets. To date this had not identified any risks to the key assets from the operation of heavier freight vehicles on this route; however overloading had the potential to damage the assets,” Mr Harland said.

“The $500,000 weigh-inmotion site will also enable the Transport Agency to collect data for all vehicles travelling over the Rakaia Bridge and will have a camera for Automated Number Plate Recognition. This will allow the identification of trucks that are overloaded, travelling over speed or that have unpaid road user charges.

A full compliance check can take 20 minutes to an hour, resulting in considerable lost time and added costs for freight operators.

Motorists travelling to and from Christchurch can expect delays of up to 15 minutes between 7pm and 6am this week while the installation is carried out.

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Second school to join initiative

BY DAISY HUDSON

Minister of Education Hekia Parata Another Mid Canterannounced earlier bury school has conin the week that 11 firmed it will signal “communities” conits interest for a consisting of 90 schools troversial Governwould launch the ment initiative. programme, but the Ashburton College Ministry of Educaprincipal Grant Mction declined to name Millan confirmed the the participating school would formalschools until later ly signal its interest this week. in the Government’s The New Zealand flagship education Educational Instipolicy, Investing in tute (NZEI), which Educational Success. has been vocal in its Mr McMillan criticism of the prowould be sending gramme, yesterday a letter out to local announced a formal Grant McMillan primary schools to agreement with the inform them of the Ministry of Educacollege’s intentions, he said. tion to engage in a separate initiative.

The college is the second Mid CanterNZEI national president Judith Nowbury school to formally express interest otarski said the agreement would see in the programme, with Mount Hutt NZEI working with the ministry in a College expecting to be officially an- “genuine, collaborative way”. nounced as taking part in the initiative However, she said the NZEI would later this week. continue to oppose the Investing in The $359 million programme will see Educational Success programme, as the schools grouped into “communities”, organisation believed the $359 million with high performing teachers and prin- could be better used elsewhere. cipals paid more to lift student achieve“We will stand very firm against it,” ment across those groups.

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■ PRINCES COURT REST HOME

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Christmas is the time of giving and two Ashburton businesses have taken that message seriously.

Mitre 10 and Ashburton Contracting Ltd ACL) have both dug into their pockets and come up with Christmas gifts for two people, one a victim of crime and the other a victim of another’s thoughtlessness.

Gary Casey, ACL chief executive decided to become the Christmas fairy for Ashburton man Paul Dyas who had been left with a rubbish strewn back yard when tenants moved out of his rental property.

Mr Dyas is physically disabled and would have struggled to clear the mountain of rubbish the tenants had left behind. Enter Mr Casey and his team.

“We went in there and took four truck and five trailer loads to the dump for him and that was good because he was really worried how he was going to get the place cleaned up. It was just something

we could do,” Mr Casey said.

For his company the clean-up job was a way of giving something back to the community, he said.

Bruce Corah from Mitre 10 has put his hand up to help bring Christmas cheer back into Michelle Kingsford’s world. For years she’s hosted a Christmas grotto in her home but thieves have stolen many of her lights and badly damaged others, putting this year’s display in doubt.

Helping her rebuild her lighting stock was a goodwill gesture from the company, Mr Corah said.

“We know she puts a lot of effort into this over the years and we know how disillusioned she’ll be.”

The Wakanui Road home has been decked out with thousands of lights and decorations every Christmas for nearly 12 years and attracts about 2000 visitors annually. The Christmas display is also used as a charity fundraiser with a donation box available for visitors to drop a coin into.

Getting into the Christmas spirit Enjoying themselves at Princes Court Rest Home Christmas party yesterday are (from left) Olivia Andreassend, 11, Mia Andreassend, 10, Kaitlyn Andreassend, 7, and Barbara Chapman. The annual get together was held for the 32 residents and their families as well as volunteers. Princes Court diversional therapist Chris Willis said apart from the weather everything went well. The festivities were moved inside and she said everyone enjoyed the music and movement session, Christmas carol sing-a-longs and a barbecue lunch, as well as a visit from Santa. “It was very special,” she said.

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Seasoned performers Nikita Hyde and Luke Glendining are preparing for their biggest roles yet.

The two 19-year-olds have been selected to play Sandy and Danny in Grease, to be presented by the Variety Theatre of Ashburton next year.

Both have starred in Variety Theatre and Mid Canterbury Children’s Theatre productions together, taking numerous roles but never something as demanding as the Grease leads will be.

Mr Glendining, a builder, and Miss Hyde, a pharmacy assistant, attended Ashburton College together, Mr Glendining in the year below Miss Hyde.

The two count themselves as friends, which they think is just as well as they prepare for on-stage romance, likely to include at least one kiss.

“You can kind of make a joke of it when you are friends,” Mr Glendining said. “It’s better than someone random.”

He was sure his girlfriend would not mind either, particularly as she happened to be Miss Hyde’s best friend.

Mr Glendining is in for an exciting year as X Factor New Zealand will screen. He made it to the live auditions of the television show. He is bound by a

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Mr Glendining said he did not really see any similarities between himself and the T-Birds’ cool guy Danny. However, his best friend in real life was the same as his on-stage best friend for the show, Matt Williams playing Kenicke, something he expected to lend itself to a great on-stage dynamic.

“It’s pretty easy to act stupid with him on stage,” he said.

Miss Hyde said she saw herself as a bubbly person, so was quite different to Sandy, who was shy.

“I can be a little bit shy at times, I’m probably not a goodie-good,” she said.

But playing someone different to herself would make the experience all the more challenging and fun.

She was not sure whether she would be expected to dye her hair blonde for the show, but had been blonde before so wouldn’t mind.

Meanwhile, the Variety Theatre of Ashburton has filled the role of Teen Angel with John Bayne, and now has just one role left to fill, that of Vince Fontaine, after not enough men turned up to auditions at the weekend.

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■ ASHBURTON REAL ESTATE

Property sales strong The number of houses sold in the Ashburton District in November was almost double the number sold in the same month last year.

Figures released by REINZ show 53 properties changed hands last month with a median selling price of $316,500, $23,000 up on November 2013.

The median selling price was $18,000 up on October.

Regional director Tony McPherson said the market was now noticeable for the lack of first home buyers, but that demand from investors remained consistent.

Open homes had been steady in terms of potential buyers

rather than there being a rush of people viewing.

The number of days it took to sell a home in Mid Canterbury in November was 29 days, similar to October.

When it comes to online property listings with Trade Me, the asking price for Ashburton properties is consider-

ably higher than prices achieved in the market.

November statistics put Ashburton’s average asking price at $395,300, up 19.1 per cent year on year.

There are currently 378 properties in the Ashburton District listed on the property website.

■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Police recognised for long service

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It has been a busy year for Ashburton police, and their dedication and service was yesterday recognised by Canterbury’s top cop.

A special service was held at the Ashburton police station yesterday to mark the long service and good conduct of five local police officers.

Detective Sergeant Jennifer Hooke and Senior Sergeant Scott Banfield both received awards for 28 years of service to the police force, while Sergeant Richard Scott and Sergeant Janine Bowden were recognised for 21 years of service.

Constable Chris O’Reilly was also recognised, after serving 14 years in the police force.

The service followed the Canterbury police district Pay Parade and awards ceremony on December 3.

Mr Banfield, Ashburton’s highest ranking officer, said it was good to see Ashburton police officers

recognised.

“An awards presentation is very important,” he said.

The service was attended by Canterbury’s top ranking police officer, Canterbury police district commander Superintendent Gary Knowles, and Mid/South Canterbury area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin.

Mr Gaskin acknowledged that 2014 had been busy for Ashburton police, and he praised their response to the fatal Work and Income shootings in September.

He said despite the difficulties of being the initial responders, Ashburton officers had performed “outstandingly”.

Mr Gaskin was also impressed with the police response to the tragedy, and he praised the leadership of Mr Banfield.

The ceremony was one of the last for Mr Knowles, who will move to Bangkok to take up the role of police liaison for South-East Asia in 2015.

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Rajah the Wonder Dog will return to Methven next year, in statue form.

Resident Angela Grieve has been fundraising for six years to pay for a $16,000 bronze sculpture of the legendary German Shepherd, who lived in Methven from 1929 to 1936.

He performed around the South Island under the care of his owner, town constable Robbie Robertson, and was even asked to Hollywood as a possible successor to Rin Tin Tin. Mr Robertson’s son Ian, aged 94, today lives in Timaru and will attend an unveil-

ing of the statue, to take place on February 8, outside the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall.

Mrs Greive said an old Chrysler would also be present on the day, as that was the make of car driven by Mr Robertson when he served as the town’s policeman.

She was grateful for a $2500 New Zealand Creative Communities grant, and donations, including help from the Methven Lions Club and Lochhead Trust.

She said the statue was in its final stages with sculptor David Marshall.

“I’m just really excited for Ian and the family,” she said.

■ PHILLIP SMITH

Officer helped me escape, Smith says

By Nikki PaPatsoumas Convicted murderer Phillip Smith has made allegations that a “corrupt” corrections officer helped him escape custody last month.

In a statement released through his lawyer Tony Ellis last night, Smith, 40, alleged a Department of Corrections official assisted in helping him obtain a passport and gave him a smart phone and movies.

“In 2011 I met a prison officer that indicated that he was corrupt by offering movies on a USB stick to watch on my TV,” Smith said in his statement.

Smith alleged he received “numerous benefits” from the officer from the time of their first meeting to sometime between October and November 2012.

This included a Samsung Galaxy S3 smart phone and “intelligence on prison searches to avoid detection of the phone”.

He alleged with the officer’s assistance he had the phone until December last year.

He also alleged the officer suggested he consider escaping.

“He also suggested that I could consider escaping to South America ‘as many of the Nazis did following the Second World War’.” “Those were his words,” Smith said in his statement.

Smith was arrested at a Rio de Janeiro hostel, after fleeing New Zealand while on a 72 hour ‘limited release’ from Spring Hill Prison. He alleged the officer provided him with a passport application, assisted with passport photos, then posted it once completed.

Smith said he felt “failed” by this officer. “At the time that I was approached by this corrupt government official I was trying to address my offending in a treatment unit.

“I feel that government officials should be role models and that this officer had a responsibility to report me for what contraband I had, and to give me good advice for my future.

“I was failed in this regard.”

Smith said there was “much more to this story” and said he was happy to discuss the matter with police.

Corrections northern regional commissioner Jeanette Burns said the claims haven’t been substantiated, but have been passed on to police to investigate.

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■ UNITED STATES

Pistorius appeal A South African judge has ruled that prosecutors can appeal the acquittal on murder charges of Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of culpable homicide in the death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Judge Thokozile Masipa announced the ruling in a Pretoria court on Wednesday. In October, Masipa convicted Pistorius of culpable homicide and sentenced him to a five-year prison term.

He could be released from prison to be held under house arrest after 10 months. Pistorius fatally shot Steenkamp in his home on Valentine’s Day last year. He said he thought a dangerous intruder was in the house; prosecutors allege he killed his girlfriend after an argument.

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approved the program through a covert finding in 2002, but he wasn’t briefed by the CIA about the details until 2006. At that time Bush expressed discomfort with the “image of a detainee, chained to the ceiling, clothed in a diaper and forced to go to the bathroom on himself.”

The report produced revulsion among many, challenges to its veracity among some lawmakers and a sharp debate about whether it should have been released at all.

Republican Senator John Mc-

Cain, tortured in Vietnam as a prisoner of war, was out of step with some fellow Republicans in welcoming the report and endorsing its findings.

“We gave up much in the expectation that torture would make us safer,” he said in a Senate speech. “Too much.”

Five hundred pages were released, representing the executive summary and conclusions of a still-classified 6700-page full investigation.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic committee chair-

man whose staff prepared the summary, branded the findings a stain on US history.

“Under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured,” she declared, commanding the Senate floor for an extended accounting of the techniques identified in the investigation.

The report catalogued the use of ice baths, death threats, shackling in the cold and much more. Three detainees faced the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding. - AP

■ UNITED STATES

Protests continue over shootings Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley streets Tuesday night as protests continued in Northern California.

Protesters stopped at City Hall, where a city councilman addressed the crowd and said he will ask for an investigation into police response to the protests over the weekend, when the latest wave of protests started.

Bay Area Rapid Transit officials said the station in downtown Berkeley was closed as a precaution. A City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday night was cancelled after threats to disrupt it, said Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates.

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Probe reveals CIA brutality The United States brutalised scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make America safer after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Senate investigators concluded.

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report, years in the making, accused the CIA of misleading its political masters about what it was doing with its “black site” captives and deceiving Americans about the effectiveness of its techniques.

The report released Tuesday was the first public accounting of tactics employed after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and it described far harsher actions than had been widely known.

Tactics included confinement to small boxes, weeks of sleep deprivation, simulated drowning, slapping and slamming, and threats to kill, harm or sexually abuse families of the captives.

President Barack Obama declared some of the past practices to be “brutal, and as I’ve said before, constituted torture in my mind. And that’s not who we are,” he said.

Obama said releasing the report was important “so that we can account for it, so that people understand precisely why I banned these practices as one of the first acts I took when I came into office, and hopefully make sure that we don’t make those mistakes again.”

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stop and Richmond because of the protest, officials said.

A California Highway Patrol official said 80 per cent of its available staff would be deployed to monitor the protest in Berkeley after a crowd of about 1500 blocked all lanes of Interstate 80 and blocked an Amtrak train Monday night.

The agency arrested 223 peo-

ple Monday on suspicion of resisting arrest, obstructing police and other charges, said Ernie Sanchez, assistant chief of the CHP’s Golden Gate Division. Berkeley police arrested another nine people.

Sanchez told the San Francisco Chronicle the agency will also ask the Alameda County district attorney’s office to in-

crease bails and charges.

Those arrested face bails of up to $50,000, and many remain in custody, he added.

A large group of demonstrators destroyed highway perimeter fencing, flooded lanes, and threw rocks and other objects at officers. It took about an hour and a half to clear the interstate, and no major injuries were reported, the CHP said.

A woman stuck in traffic went into labour during the protest, but fire crews were able to get her to a hospital, KPIX-TV reported.

“The CHP respects the public’s right to gather and demonstrate, but it needs to be done in a safe manner,” Sanchez said.

“At this point, they’ve made their statement and we respect that. Now, we’re asking them to stop.”

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Australia has almost as many schools with significant numbers of Year 11 and 12 students from disadvantaged backgrounds as Mexico. An OECD study has found that many Australian schools have Year 11 and Year 12 students who lack basic necessities such as adequate housing, nutrition and medical care. The latest OECD Teaching and Learning International Study - the world’s largest international survey on teaching and learning - says 66 per cent of Australian upper secondary teachers work in schools where principals report that more than 10 per cent of the students come from so-called “socio-economically disadvantaged homes”.

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Sleepwalker dies A Melbourne woman who climbed into her unit garbage chute and fell to her death was in a sleepwalkerlike state, a coroner has found.

Police determined Phoebe Handsjuk, 24, had committed suicide on December 2, 2010, but her family rejected that finding.

Ms Handsjuk was found dead beneath the chute in the luxury St Kilda Road unit complex where she lived with her partner, Antony Hampel, some 20 years her senior.

Coroner Peter White found Ms Handsjuk was in an alcohol and Stilnox sleeping pill stupor, or a “state similar to that of sleepwalking”, when she climbed into the chute and began climbing down.

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Royals love NYC Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, wrapped up their first visit to New York in a three-day whirlwind that included a blacktie reception, a meeting with basketball king LeBron James, and a solemn, rain-drenched visit to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. At the museum yesterday, their last day, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid their respects with a handwritten note and told its leaders they were struck by the enormity of the loss in the 2001 terror attacks. “In sorrowful memory of those who died on 11th September and in admiration of the courage shown to rebuild. William and Catherine,” she wrote in a note the couple left with flowers on the memorial pools lined with the names of the nearly 3000 victims. The royals examined one of the fallen twin towers’ facades.

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Milk price cut wide reaching Stu Oldham

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hether you appreciate it yet or not, Fonterra’s forecast farm gate milksolid payout will affect just about everyone in Mid Canterbury – if it has not already.

The estimates say it all. A payout worth more than $1 billion to Mid Canterbury last year might be more than $400 million lighter. New Zealand might get $6.1 billion less than it did before.

Farmers knew yesterday’s revision would be much lower than last year’s record and much lower, again, than the previous low-end forecast of $5.40 per kilogram of milksolids.

Many in a sector that endured low-ball prices during the global financial crisis have already prepared their businesses for the looming drop in income. For many, managing a low payout is nothing new.

But at the end of all that effort, the new price of $4.70 is a very clear indication that not all local farmers will end each day certain that they are any closer to profit.

It is called the “farm gate” price but its impact is felt across the district. Local suppliers reckon farmer spending slowed many months before the headline forecast changed.

Nationally, Dairy New Zealand estimates a quarter of dairy farmers will have a hard time paying their bills without incurring more debt if the forecast stays as it is.

They will need understanding banks and understanding suppliers if they are to meet their interest payments and farm working expenses without slipping into difficult debt.

Businesses servicing the farming sector will either prepare for reduced income by finding new business elsewhere or by following farmers’ lead, and cutting costs.

It is scaremongering to say a reduced payout will affect job security, business prospects and livelihoods in all corners of our community. But we should expect change.

Mid Canterbury’s fortunes rise and fall with those of its farmers. As the forecast becomes a payout, and if Synlait confirms a similar payout, there will be a feeling that the region has been here before.

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Have you finished your Christmas shopping?

Yes 74%

Peter Livingstone

No 26%

OUT OF SCHOOL

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ave you got any male teachers? I want a man, do you have any good

men?

I have actually had these questions asked of me as a principal and even the female staff have echoed the sentiment by saying a male teacher is hard to find.

At this point I come back with a standard response “I know, I couldn’t find a good male so I settled for a woman”.

Generally this is when I get targeted from three sides of the staffroom and quickly put in my place. Perhaps this is why men aren’t in teaching.

So if I had to give out some words of wisdom to a young guy thinking of taking up a career in teaching what would I say? What attributes would he need to succeed?

Here is a set of ‘true for real’ skills you need if you are a male teacher.

Gun Stapler Smithmanship: NCEA Level 3.

You must be able to not only use a gun stapler while standing on a chair, that’s on a desk, but be able to repair one as well. At some point you will be handed one from Miss Dropalot in Room 3 that will be in eight pieces.

She will say this is how it was after she last used it, can you fix it before 3.15pm as she has parent interviews and needs to get some work put up. She gave it to you at 2.57pm.

Knowledge of All Sports: Senior Grade Referee Level 2 It doesn’t matter that the only sport you were good at in high school was badminton; you will be expected to know the difference between T-Ball, Rounders and Slow Pitch. You will be good at tidying the PE Shed while pumping up soccer balls that have been run over by the lawn mower.

When it comes to the Super 15, everyone believes you will win the sweepstake because you have intimate knowledge of South African rugby.

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To become a male teacher you need to have a specific skill set.

Discipline Features: Drill Sergeant Equivalency Look – you are a man – they will be scared of you and will listen to you. End of story. You will possess a ‘growly voice’, be able to whistle across the entire playing field and have a glare that cuts through a class quicker than the Astrolab Reef through the Rena.

On a good day you can handle multi-disciplinary issues within your own room, as well as managing two other “unruly boys” from Room 17.

This feature alone ensures you are the number one request from mums with 7-yearold boys, as their son’s next teacher.

Tallness If you have got this, you have got many friends in the staffroom. The fact that you can staple up or take down their displays means they don’t have to get their husband in on the weekend.

This is a good one to work at if it means you get a copy of their planning just before your appraisal.

Remember to write in three spelling mistakes and your

principal will know only a bloke would be that sloppy with his paperwork.

Guitar and/or Computer Skills Can you connect to a network or play the chorus of Bye, Bye Miss American Pie at the end of term staff do? This little jack-of-all-trades stuff is brilliant for erasing the memories of syndicate leaders who think you arrive late to school, don’t plan, play games with kids and leave early.

You will receive comments like ‘he is good value to have on the staff ’ when you organise the staff Christmas item of singing In The Jungle in four parts.

5 Step Planning Method This is a simple sounding but highly complex skill to develop.

It won’t come easy at the start, but it will if you persist.

In a nut-shell the 5 step method of planning consists of thinking of what you are going to do next in the classroom, while taking your last five steps before entering the room.

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Finally, everyone expects you want to be a principal, so act like you are one.

Be the last to leave the staffroom when the bell goes at the end of morning tea. Read the newspaper in class. Leave the seat up. Pull funny faces in someone else’s class then leave.

Wear a vest and a checked shirt. Have a beer with the caretaker at 3.30pm on a Friday.

Eat more sausage rolls than anyone else at every morning tea shout.

You will get away with this behaviour because you can play the Gambler on a ukulele and kick a rugby ball over the big adventure playground.

Now if you will excuse me, I’m off to pick up a log splitter for the weekend.

Don’t worry Mrs Getitright is looking after the class because last week I hung up her ‘Da Vinci” artwork.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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■ OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

Oil exploration permits welcomed

BY KIM FULTON Buller’s mayor says two permits for Mosman Oil & Gas to explore for petroleum on the West Coast are good news, and he’s comfortable with the exploration area including land in the Victoria Forest Park.

The Government on Tuesdday awarded 15 new oil and gas exploration permits, including the two on the West Coast.

One of those permits covered 517 square kilometres near Reefton, including 16 square kilometres of Victoria Forest Park, according to New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals (NZPAM). It said that amounted to less than 0.8 per cent of the park.

While exploration was allowed on conservation land, including conservation parks, exploration typically involved a much smaller area than the area of a permit, said NZPAM.

It said a very small percentage of permits led to discovery, mining permits and production.

Buller Mayor Garry Howard said the permits were good news for the West Coast and New Zealand.

However, people needed to be aware it was a long process from exploration permit to production if viable reserves were found. It would be several years before any decision was made to undertake production drilling and extraction.

He said the exploration project would bring some expertise to the Coast. However, it would create fewer than 20 jobs, based on information provided in a briefing earlier this year from the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment.

The exploration phase was a combination of desktop analysis and on-site drilling.

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new oil and gas exploration permits was another sign the Government was failing in its duty to act to protect New Zealand against the worst impact of climate change.

“Forest & Bird is naturally very concerned that the petroleum industry is being allowed to buy the rights to either drill or frack in forests like those found in the Victoria Conservation Park, and reportedly to drill in the Maui’s dolphin sanctuary,” said group manager, campaigns and advocacy, Kevin Hackwell.

All New Zealanders should be concerned about new oil drilling and fracking wherever it might occur, given the huge dangers of climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels, he said.

“Late last month the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warned that ongoing sea level rise is a serious threat to New Zealand’s infrastructure.”

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It took Bathurst more than five years and 30 hearings to get final approval for Escarpment Mine. Mosman’s other Coast exploration permit is for 990sq km south of Greymouth.

Minister of Energy and Resources Simon Bridges said the total area of the Government permit for Block Offer 2014 was 47,690sq km.

The permits included six onshore permits and nine offshore permits.

Collectively the permits had a committed work programme expenditure of around $110 million, with a potential $1 billion of further activity, if contingent work and drilling was realised.

Earlier this year, Mr Bridges attracted criticism for admitting he’d never heard of Victoria Forest Park, after signing off the block offer.

F&B concerned Forest & Bird said the granting of a raft of

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depend on the site and distance to extract.

Mr Howard said he was comfortable with the fact that the exploration area included conservation park. He said the conditions of exploration were very demanding and, at the investigation stage, involved small test sites.

He understood the equipment was helicoptered onto the site and took a very small footprint.

Given the size of Victoria Forest Park he was happy with the minimal impact.

The News asked if he feared a repeat of the delays which held up Bathurst Resources’ consent for its Escarpment Mine, if production proved possible in the conservation park area.

Mr Howard said reviewing the Resource Management Act was a very high priority of the current Government. “I’m sure they will put in place a responsible process.”

NZX 50 index

5,523.57 –19.36 –0.35%

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4,196.9

–11.03

–0.26%

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–17.24

p Rises 39

–0.29%

q Falls 69

WORLD MARKETS

S&P/ASX 200 index

5,259.0

–23.7

–0.45%

At close of trading on Dec 10

Dow Jones Indust.

17,801.2 –51.28 –0.29% At close of trading on Dec 9

FTSE 100 index

6,529.5 –142.68

–2.14%

At close of trading on Dec 9

Nikkei 225 index

17,412.6 –400.80 –2.25% At close of trading on Dec 10

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

Gold

1,227.0

London – $US/ounce

+34.0

Silver

16.37

6,401.0

+2.85%

London – $US/ounce

+0.11

Copper

+0.68%

London – $US/tonne

–64.0

–0.99%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ

Country

Aviation biofuel from tobacco

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Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

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TT sell

0.9126 0.8643 4.4438 0.6093 1.4527 0.4826 90.10 1.6031 8.6183 24.43 0.7572

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Boeing and South African Airways are working on making aviation biofuel out of nicotinefree tobacco.

The companies said South African farmers will soon harvest their first crop of energy-rich tobacco plants, an important step towards using the plants to make sustainable aviation biofuel.

Boeing and SAA, along with partners SkyNRG and Sunchem SA, launched Project Solaris, their joint effort to develop an aviation biofuel supply chain with a nicotine-free tobacco plant called Solaris.

In Limpopo province, company representatives and industry stakeholders visited commercial and community farms where 50ha of Solaris have been planted.

Oil from the plant’s seeds may be converted into bio-jet fuel as

early as next year, with a test flight by SAA as soon as practicable.

“SAA continues to work towards becoming the most environmentally sustainable airline in the world and is committed to a better way of conducting business,” said Ian Cruickshank, environmental affairs specialist at SAA Group.

Momentum in alternative fuel to power planes is growing after progress slowed around the time of the global financial crisis.

Last week Boeing completed the world’s first flight using “green diesel”, a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its eco-demonstrator 787 flight test plane with a blend of 15 per cent green diesel and 85 per cent petroleum jet fuel in one engine.

Boeing said the sustainable

green diesel, which is chemically similar to aviation biofuel approved in 2011, is made from vegetable oils, waste cooking oil and waste animal fats.

And Virgin Atlantic is continuing work with New Zealandfounded LanzaTech which aims to commercialise a process of converting waste gases into biofuel.

The project in South Africa could create thousands of jobs mostly in rural areas, new skills and technology, energy security and stability and economic benefits to South Africa, Cruickshank said.

Sustainable aviation biofuel made from Solaris plants can cut lifecycle carbon emissions by 50 to 75 per cent. Airlines have conducted more than 1600 passenger flights using aviation biofuel.

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■ CROPS 2014 FIELD-DAY

Crowds flock to FAR day

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

It was a farmer’s day out with row spacing, fertilisers, new cultivars and agrichemicals on the programme at the CROPS 2014 field-day at Chertsey.

Staged by the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) the event was hailed a roaring success with crowd numbers making it the largest industry event of its type in the country.

FAR CEO Nick Pyke said the day surpassed all previous FAR industry events with over 600 people arriving at the site to hear presentations from national and international cereal and seed researchers, and to view sponsors’ demonstrations.

“We worked pretty hard to get the programme mix right and feedback to date suggests that the range of agronomy, technology and environmental presentations was spot on,” Mr Pyke said.

Guest speakers Patrick Stephenson from the UK’s NIAB TAG and John Kirkegaard from Australia’s CSIRO drew big crowds for their talks on cereal yields and break crops.

Mr Stephenson, who is a consultant in the UK, discussed the factors which scientists believe are holding back potential increases wheat yields. He said many of these, such as disease resistance and the number of tillers, heads and grains produced per plants, as well as water and nutrient use efficiency will eventually be addressed by improved genetics.

Mr Kirkegaard spoke about the benefits of break crops following wheat crops, noting that a recent research review found that on average, wheat yields increased on average by 0.5 t/ha following oats, 0.8 t/ha following oilseeds and 1.0 t/ha following grain legumes.

This research has also found that the “break-crop effect” often extends to a second wheat crop especially following legumes.

FAR’s Nick Poole and Tracey Wylie got down to the business of wheat row spacing in dryland systems.

Research on this, conducted in collaboration with the Riverine Plains farming group in Australia, delivered some surprising results.

Other talks focused on issues such as nutrient management and farm environment plans, integrated pest management and spray drift reduction.

Rural Wom Road safety advocacy group Rural Women New Zealand is calling for arrows to be painted on the left-hand side of roads leaving tourist venues, and at regular intervals on all roads, in an attempt to reduce the number of accidents involving tourists.

“The danger posed by tourists particularly on rural roads

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Nick Poole uses tennis balls to explain how row spacing in dryland wheat crops can influence yield.

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A top line-up of maternal venison stags were in hot demand at the Peel Forest Estate’s annual pre-Christmas sale on last Friday.

It was only the second time the estate has offered the Forrester stags by auction, and the top animal achieved $8000.

Bred predominately off English bloodlines, Forresters are gaining traction in the venison industry.

The breed carries good velvet genetics.

“We only really put them on the market seriously last year, but we had sold a few privately prior to that,” Mr Carr said.

“Last year they sold very well, and this year we had complete clearance. I’m very happy with the result.

“They are quiet, blocky sires that have excellent growth records to pass on to their progeny,” Peel Forest Estate owner Graham Carr said.

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men New Zealand calls for keep left marks was a hot topic at our recent national conference,” Rural Women’s national president, Wendy McGowan said.

Last year 558 crashes resulting in death or injury involved foreign drivers. In three-quarters of the cases the visitors were shown to be at fault, with many of the accidents caused by driv-

ers being on the wrong side of the road.

“Anything that can be done to remind drivers which side of the road they should be on needs to be done,” Mrs McGowan said.

“In rural areas there may be very intermittent traffic, and tourists may drive along oblivious to the fact that they’ve pulled

out onto the wrong side of the road. If there were regular arrows on the roads indicating the direction, especially at intersections, it could be a life-saving reminder.”

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Forrester stags like this were snapped up at Peel Forest Estate’s first sale of the season.

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ing into a great niche market for us – they are what the industry is looking for.

They have wonderful confirmation, good temperament and good breeding values – DBVs for English type deer, and they produce extremely robust, healthier

and hardier animals as replacements.”

Mr Carr said the business had made a decision to move away from the Eastern European bloodlines which the herd had been based on.

“Their temperaments not

good enough and now that deer are going into higher country you need animals that are more robust.”

All 42 stags offered carried a degree of resilience to Johne’s disease, which will be passed on to their offspring.

Peel Forest Estate has been working with microbiologist Dr Frank Griffen, head of microbiology at the University of Otago, for a decade to establish of Johne’s resilient deer.

Mr Carr said big gains had been made in the research, not only in reducing the number of susceptible animals, but more importantly in identifying resilient bloodlines.

Peel Forest Estate will hold its next auction on January 6, offering threeyear-old trophy stags and releasing two-year-old Windermere sires, with exceptional velvet genetics, for the first time.

done to educate tourists when they hire rental cars.

“We would like to see ‘Keep Left” signage placed in all vehicles within driver view, for example as a bold sticker on the steering wheel,” Mrs McGowan said.

“This is already happening with some rental companies,

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“We are aware that rental companies do provide information about driving on New Zealand roads, but this needs to be reviewed to ensure it is available in a range of languages, or in visual form.”

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RURAL WOMEN REPORTS President’s message

a social time.

Rural Women host the Enterprising Rural Women Awards to recognise rural businesses being run by women. A very high calibre of finalists attended and addressed the award ceremony at the recent Rural Women NZ National Conference.

Such compassion, commitment, and professionalism these women all showed, together with supporting their families.

All category winners at the awards are certainly punching well above their weight and are shaping well to be our leaders of the future.

Congratulations to the overall winners Keri Johnson and Haidee McCabe, principals of Irricon Resource Solutions working from South Canterbury. These two women work from home, around children and farming and they also employ nine likeminded women.

Their business focus is on improving or maintaining the sustainability of natural resources, such as land, water and waste and also about irrigation and catchment management. The festive season is upon us so take the time to celebrate and enjoy Christmas with your family and friends.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: The presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other With Xmas Cheer, Sandra Curd, Provincial President

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The Geraldine home and garden of Audrey and Ron Bush on the Downs was the first stop for the 13 Anama Rural Women on their November 19 outing. The extensive garden has the magnificent backdrop of Mt Peel and surrounding mountains as well as wide views of the Canterbury Plains.

Lunch was enjoyed at the Verde restaurant in Geraldine and the opportunity taken to hold a short meeting, Arrange-

Te Kiteroa Lodge, in Waimate, is now run as a lodge and B&B.

ments to host the Link meeting in Ashburton on the Friday were finalised and a date set for the December get-together, a potluck meal at Jackie and Frank Ryan’s Lake Hood home.

On the way home some members stopped in at the Tin Shed and the Merino Story at the Macaroon Café in Hinds.

They felt fortunate to arrive home before the electrical storm that hit Ashburton in the afternoon.

Lynnford Due to inclement weather our meeting venue was changed, our trip away will take place at a later date.

Members meet at the stables for lunch, after a lovely meal we held a short business meeting.

Members had a chance to discuss the new changes that will be taking at national level, and these details will be formalised at our National Conference in Rotorua, and our delegate Bev was briefed and wished all the best for an enjoyable conference.

The last orders were collected for our fundraiser; provincial members are selling cling wrap,

tin foil and baking paper, with Christmas fast approaching I am sure some of these products will make their way into a Christmas hamper.

Our December meeting was held at the new playground at Lake Hood. Gilbert Murdoch will take us on a conducted tour and speak of the future plans, lunch will be at 22 Torbay Avenue, and this will be the last meeting until February.

Seafield Seafield Branch had seven members meeting at St Paul’s Lounge on a cold miserable afternoon.

We opened our meeting with David Leadley as our speaker who is the local driving instructor. He was very good in the way he did the session with questions from the road code and pictures showing examples of ways of going around roundabouts and corners and the use of median strips and other road markings. He told us how much his lessons were and some ladies were interested in this.

David was thanked with a fruit pack when he was finished

and all members had finished asking questions.

We then had our meeting going through all the business starting with the motto: A phone call is good but you can reread a letter. All members agreed with this.

Amongst the correspondence was an update letter from Nelson about our dear friend and member Phyllis who is unwell.

Members were reminded about the Provincial Fundraiser and a few more members put in orders for different products.

Most members have done so now which is so pleasing for our small group.

Avis has done flowers for the hospital and several more blankets have been completed for the Christchurch Cancer Children’s Ward plus beanies.

We then discussed our Christmas meeting and the president was to book into a restaurant for lunch on our meeting day and decided what we are going to give to the community this year.

Members were reminded about the Link Meeting on November 21 hosted by Anama.

The meeting was closed with

The day dawned fine and for a change almost no wind to contend with but the forecast was ominous.

Twenty-six ladies boarded the bus for our annual mystery day out arranged by Marg and Eleanor who had gone to much trouble to ensure we enjoyed ourselves.

First stop was what they termed the B plan as there had been a last minute change of plans, morning tea was served in the surrounds of Caroline Bay and then we had the opportunity to look at the Trevor Griffiths Rose Gardens We travelled onto Studholme where we were given a guided tour of the Fonterra Milk Plant where the product is converted into dry powder.

This proved most interesting and we were all amazed at how automated the plant is.

Onto the Waimate area and for those who are long serving members of Rural Women the name Te Kiteroa would be very familiar.

This was at one time owned

by Rural Women and used as a rest place for farmers’ wives to come to for a short stay.

Across from the wonderful old home which is now run as a Lodge with B&B is the Point Bush Estates Vineyard and Restaurant.

This is where we enjoyed a very nice lunch and the hostess who also owns the lodge gave us some history of the house.

In attendance were three ladies who once worked for Rural Women at the house and along with ourselves enjoyed touring the home and they were able to fill us in on what it was like when they worked there.

A purchase of strawberries on the way home completed a great day out.

Next meeting December 17 our Christmas Morning Tea meeting.

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Message still rings true

he speed limit and how it is applied has been in the news recently.

Just 30 years ago, in 1984, it took a bit to convince the then Minister of Transport Richard Prebble to increase the limit from 80km per hour back to the pre1973 oil crisis legal speed of 100 km per hour.

Various arguments both for and against were put forward, one interesting one coming from the Defensive Driving Council who advocated the increase because 70 per cent of motorists were not obeying the lower limit, proving it was not acceptable.

Presumably if that was the case, much of the objective of reducing consumption following the oil crisis had been lost anyway.

And of course, with all the technological advances which have occurred since, many cars doing 100 km per hour these days will have a far lower consumption rate than vehicles doing a lesser speed back then.

Mind you at current prices even if they are at their lowest for some time the comsumption needs to be as good as possible!

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his is my last column.

For 2014!

Just the other day I penned these words: “In previous years as well as recording the last column for the year, I’ve always been able to say that many motoring enthusiasts have kindly shared their stories and lots of interesting things have happened.

And this year is no exception.

Those things happen because many people make sure they happen, and we are so fortunate that is the case.

This is also a time of year when naturally we look back and remember fun times, but it’s also a good time to look forward.”

Well actually, while it may

seem like it, those words were not written just the other day, they appeared in this very newspaper a full 12 months ago.

And I must be honest and own up to the fact last year they were similar to words written 12 months prior to that, and in other previous years as well.

But actually the words still ring true, and so does the fact that the interval in between has passed very quickly.

Beside me as I write is the programme for Wheels Week 2014.

Believe it or not, that uniquely Ashburton celebration of the wheel happened not just the other day but seven months ago.

Now on the one hand that’s a

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bit scary, on the other it means we only have to wait another five months until the next Wheels Week.

And it will be a beauty because Wheels Week 2015 will be the 25th anniversary of this special event.

Planning is already well under way.

The local motoring calendar for 2015 couldn’t start any earlier.

That’s because the Ashburton Vintage Car Club are

following their longstanding tradition and again staging their New Year’s Day Rally.

Later in January the club will also hold their Annual Rally.

And those are just two of the myriad of motoring activities planned not just by that club, but by so many other groups which will take place in the New Year.

There was a newcomer to local motoring groups this year.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of Sue Cooper and others, the Topless Club was formed, and in the few short months they have been operating they have been on some great fun-filled runs.

Happy motoring during the remainder of 2014 and in the New Year.

OBITUARY - ROD BEGBIE

T

he Guardian Motoring Team was saddened when we heard of the recent passing of Rod Begbie, one of the friendliest and most enthusiastic people imaginable.

Meeting Rod was always a pleasure because he greeted others with a smile, had something nice to say and was interested in what others were doing.

He took a keen interest in our motoring pages, often gave us leads or suggestions

and always provided encouragement.

As well as being a clever restorer, Rod was also a very capable administrator who was prepared to use his talents to help various organisations, including the Vintage Car Club of which he was a stalwart.

Over the years, Rod and Margaret motored some very special vehicles ranging in age and style, from classic saloons to sports cars.

Rod always seemed right at home in all

of them.

Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know Rod, who have enjoyed his company and benefited from his insight and wisdom will miss him.

Unselfish and always thinking of others, typically Rod was providing voluntary help when he became ill.

We hope it comforts Margaret and her family to know that we are remembering Rod with both fondness and respect.

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In brief Whatever happened to . . .

Earlier in the year we tried to track down information relating to the Wood Special, a distinctive homebuilt car which back in the late ‘50s early ‘60s was seen around town.

Unfortunately our efforts were unsuccessful, but several readers contacted us and all had one thing in common. Everyone who got in touch not only remembered the car but incredibly they all recalled where they had seen it. Family member Brian Wood, who helped his father build the car, was delighted that people remembered the car and although we didn’t turn up any clues about what eventually happened to the car it has been interesting. Along with Brian we are grateful readers contacted us.

And you never know, one day we may find out what became of the car.

Top Gear burns bridges Argentina has reopened a row over Top Gear’s visit to the country by claiming Jeremy Clarkson’s team planned to set fire to their sports cars for “dramatic effect” after they had to abandon filming. A police report into the violence prompted by the BBC show’s visit concluded that, following an encounter with violent demonstrators, the crew decided to leave their vehicles behind and burn them. Alicia Castro, Argentina’s ambassador said the move would have been “alarming and illegal”.

- NZH

‘Best and fairest’

HAPPY MEMORIES

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Before the Irelands were married, in fact before they had met, Peter bought a brand new Norton Dominator motorcycle.

It was ultimately sold after they were married, but not before firstly

Peter and later both of them had some great trips around the country on it.

The Norton Dominator is of course an iconic classic, and Peter recalls that his was a really good bike.

It’s now a fair few years since the bike was sold, but the memory, and it’s a pleasant one, remains and it was great to hear Peter

recount the enjoyment that bike gave him and Gwenda and the memory it created.

And by the way, as well as kindly sharing that memory, the Irelands kindly sold me a couple of raffle tickets, or to put it in more likely terms, based on history persuaded me to make a donation!

But it was worth it to hear the story!

The kid who made Volvo cool and the jandal a household name has been awarded V8 Supercars highest honour in being named the 2014 Barry Sheene Medallist as the best and fairest. Scott McLaughlin was voted as the most popular figure in the sport as race suits were swapped for bow ties at the V8 Supercars awards night.

The 21-year-old Kiwi shocked six-time Champion Jamie Whincup on the last corner at the Clipsal 500 and hasn’t looked back since. Overcome by emotion he said live on television at the time: “I just plucked it in first, gave it some jandal and f... yeah”.

- NZH

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■ OPINION

Terror puts Aussie demons to bed

BY MATT MARKHAM

HARNESS RACING NEW ZEALAND

I love it when an Australian has to admit they are wrong.

And it’s even better when an Australian has to admit to me that they are wrong.

I’ve got this friend on the other side of the Tasman who considers himself to be somewhat of a harness racing scholar.

He’s got no background in the sport, has never driven a horse, but would have more of an opin-

ion on the industry than anyone else I know.

He’s been telling me for more than two years now that Terror To Love is nothing more than a hack when he gets away from New Zealand, and more to the point Christchurch.

I couldn’t really argue with him to be honest, but I was never going to tell him that.

I stayed staunch and patriotic and told him he had no idea what he was talking about.

I also would mention every

time that he wasn’t far away from seeing the Terror that us Kiwis know and love.

My friend got a glimpse two weeks ago when Terror To Love finished fourth in the Miracle Mile.

It still wasn’t enough to convince him.

“It was a good run, but he’s miles behind horses like Christen Me, Beautide and Guaranteed,’’ he said.

Then Saturday night’s Cranbourne Cup happened.

Terror To Love sat outside Christen Me and outstayed him in what was a length-of-thestraight battle that will go down in history.

The usual post-race message came not too long after the horses had past the post.

“Wow, now I see what you have been talking about,’’ was all he said.

He might have broken his Australian duck and finally won a race over there, but Terror To Love’s victory on Saturday

night was worth so much more.

It showed a doubting country that he is a champion horse who is capable of doing amazing things.

And it will go a long way to helping his stud career when time is called on his career.

A win in this Saturday night’s Ballarat Cup would help too of course.

It would also help my cause when it comes to keeping my good mate from across the Tasman quiet too.

M4 Hawkes Bay gallops Today at Hastings Raceway

Hawkes Bay Racing Club’s meeting at Hastings on December 11. NZ Meeting number: 4.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 3.11pm (NZT) DESERT GOLD CLUB R85 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2100m 1 21211 Sampson dm (3) 59 .................... D Johnson 2 400x7 Second Hope tmh (5) 57 ....L Magorrian (a2) 3 210x3 North Of Sunset d (4) 54.5.........M Cameron 4 96880 Lady Platinum d (1) 54 ................. M Dee (a) 5 9x940 Right Royal Rose tdm (2) 54 ...... V Johnston 2 3.46pm LIVAMOL MAIDEN SPRINT $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 4x69. Foibles h (9) 58.5 .............................S Doyle 2 x406x Super Scot h (4) 58.5 ....................M McNab 3 8 Not Allowed h (1) 58.5.....................J Riddell 4 x39x3 Magic Moment (6) 57 .................M Cameron 5 Ratpack h (8) 57 ................. R Hutchings (a) 6 3x600 Lenin The Brown h (7) 57.... M Dravitzki (a1)

7 7x346 Unico (2) 56.5 ...............................D Bradley 8 0x Arcade (3) 56.5 ........................... D Johnson 9 50x60 Flying Briar (5) 56.5 ........................S Collett 3 4.21pm AMP SOLUTIONS XMAS MAIDEN SPRINT $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 328x0 Golden Bay (2) 58.5 ...................M Cameron 2 4x090 Revolution h (4) 58.5 .......................J Riddell 3 060x Richie (8) 58.5............................. R Hannam 4 7 Samogon h (3) 58.5 ............ M Dravitzki (a1) 5 05 Trojan (7) 57 ................................... J Parkes 6 8. Troup Road (6) 57 ........................... K Myers 7 x90x9 Ballerina Angelina (5) 56.5.......... D Johnson 8 58x97 Whatwillbewillbe (1) 56.5 ...................M Hills 9 6 Sophie (9) 55 ..................................S Collett 4 4.56pm BBI MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 x4247 Voxer h (4) 58.5 ...............................J Riddell 2 34630 Stonemason (5) 58.5 ................... M Dee (a) 3 85070 Seaweed h (2) 58.5 C O’............ Beirne (a4)

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meting at Addington Raceway on December 11. NZ Meeting number: 9. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 12.01pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C2, 295m 1 73254 Jack’s A Jewel 17.35 ....................C Roberts 2 83553 Opawa Laz 17.61 L &......................... Wales 3 28758 Botany Zenvo 17.35 ..................J McInerney 4 F6287 Goldstar Chyna 17.30 S & ..............B Evans 5 77644 Homebush Paige 17.60.............J McInerney 6 31213 Petra Haka 17.45 ......................J McInerney 7 21233 Hello Blondie nwtd ........................R Adcock 8 36662 Culvie Sprite nwtd H & ........................Taylor 9 75576 Stich Up nwtd S & ...........................B Evans 10 17638 Culvie Boy 17.38 H & ..........................Taylor 2 12.18pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN DASH C3, 295m 1 26383 Know Mayhem 17.42 .....................G Cleeve 2 13356 Abogado 17.32..................................M Flipp 3 88F42 Fantastic Four 17.60 ....................... M Grant 4 75158 Campaigner 17.15 ....................... L Waretini 5 88488 Wandy Jewel 17.39 .....................D Kingston 6 36454 Goldstar Bomber 17.49 S & ............B Evans 7 37183 Rambunctious 17.67 .................A Bradshaw 8 85171 Wears The Gold 17.50 .................C Roberts 9 67627 Will Excite 17.33 .......................... L Waretini 10 76728 Smash Easy 17.46 .......................... M Grant

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4 0 Jacksstar h (6) 57.............................S Doyle 5 72550 Alezan (9) 56.5..................R Goldsbury (a3) 6 63065 Cupcake (1) 56.5 ....................... V Johnston 7 46 Lady Capella b (7) 56.5.................D Bradley 8 50x80 Lapsaglo (3) 56.5 ........................ B Lammas 9 7x87 Tiffany’s (8) 56.5.........................M Cameron 5 5.31pm STELLA ARTOIS R65 SPRINT $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 0622x Taipa Tiger (2) 59 ............................ K Myers 2 014x3 Takemehomebabe tdh (4) 58.5 .. V Johnston 3 519x0 Cops ‘N’ Coyote (8) 57.5 ....L Magorrian (a2) 4 90x08 I’mdaone m (9) 57.5 ....................... J Parkes 5 07x02 Gold Moet h (5) 57 ...................... R Hannam 6 x4271 Listowel d (1) 56.5 ....................... D Johnson 7 40x00 Cee Tee Are (3) 56 .............. R Hutchings (a) 8 2987x La Clairette (6) 55 ........................ M Dee (a) 9 69085 Goodn’targ m (7) 54 ...................M Cameron 6 6.07pm TRINITY HILL MILE RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m

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06x08 Volkswood td (2) 61............... N Teeluck (a3) x0942 Dorian Grey (5) 59.5 ...................... J Parkes x7270 McDaids (1) 58.5.............................J Riddell 5x624 Makarska db (8) 56 ..................... D Johnson 98x07 Torricella (3) 55 ................... R Hutchings (a) 217x6 Dark And Stormy td (7) 54 .........M Cameron 327x0 Cajun dh (9) 54 .......................... V Johnston 49x58 Pearls th (4) 54.................... M Dravitzki (a1) 0x352 Don’stopgirl d (6) 54 .................... R Hannam 7 6.37pm NEW YEARS DAY RACES 3YO MAIDEN $8000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 32 Raj Mahal (2) 57.5 .............................M Hills 2 x4x53 Ron’s Last (7) 57.5 ...................... B Lammas 3 54 Satin Ridge h (9) 57.5 ......................S Doyle 4 07x5 Roman Aspect (10) 57.5 ................ J Parkes 5 05 Trojan (8) 57.5 6 Rajasthan (6) 57.5 .............. R Hutchings (a) 7 8. Troup Road (1) 57.5 8 Blackgammon (3) 55.5 .................... K Myers

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Katie Spice (5) 55.5 ...................M Cameron 8. Lincoln’s Sunset (4) 55.5...............D Bradley 7.07pm SEE YOU AT DIVA F&M MAIDEN $7000, MDN F&M, 1600m 1 x8357 Carmen Sandiego (5) 57.5............. J Parkes 2 39030 Eagle Magic (7) 57.5 ........... R Hutchings (a) 3 774 Saucy Mary (9) 57.5.................... D Johnson 4 508x5 Rose And Crown (10) 57.5 ......... R Hannam 5 86 Cristal (3) 57.5 ...........................M Cameron 6 6 Lady Like (2) 57.5 ........................... K Myers 7 x90x9 Ballerina Angelina 57.5 ................ Scratched 8 x6x67 Notionannagins h (8) 57.5...............J Riddell 9 Our Honor (1) 57.5 ..........................S Collett 10 58x97 Whatwillbewillbe 57.5 ................... Scratched 11 B0 Mill Lee h (4) 56 ...........R Goldsbury (a3) 12 08 Missred (6) 56 ....................L Magorrian (a2)

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12.38pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C3, 520m 1 62341 Opawa Tania 30.58 L & ...................... Wales 2 63515 Jinja Turtle 30.43 J &.......................D Fahey 3 71364 Opawa Kendal 30.46 L & ................... Wales 4 82826 Cawbourne Floyd nwtd ................... M Grant 5 36532 Opawa Jed 30.06 L &......................... Wales 6 67375 Gee Cee Bee 30.43 ...................H Anderton 7 76777 Mulberry Brook 30.80................... K Cassidy 8 42153 Flip Flippa 30.80 L & .......................... Wales 4 12.57pm CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ DASH C3, 295m 1 37132 About Town 17.32 ...............................A Lee 2 24857 Butterbean 17.29 M & .....................P Binnie 3 68x47 Explodable 17.27 ..............................M Flipp 4 74717 Unreliable Andy 17.42...............A Bradshaw 5 85277 Homebush Bruno 17.34 ............J McInerney 6 78186 Smash Amy 17.19........................... M Grant 7 12366 Blue Review 17.45 ........................R Adcock 8 21666 Go Bridie 17.30 ..............................G Cleeve 9 67627 Will Excite 17.33 .......................... L Waretini 10 77x25 Opawa Hog 17.86 L & ........................ Wales 5 1.14pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C3, 295m 1 85673 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw 2 75866 Blue Gale Rise 17.28 ....................... B Dann 3 11477 Camray 17.38............................... L Waretini 4 45325 Know Fault 17.24 ...........................G Cleeve 5 68653 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant

6 18165 Cronk Went Plonk 17.54 ................. D Voyce 7 15134 Homebush Zane 17.64 .............J McInerney 8 81321 Van Gerwin 17.51 ......................H Anderton 9 67627 Will Excite 17.33 .......................... L Waretini 10 15686 Porky Pig 17.33 .........................A Bradshaw 6 1.33pm (NZT) DOGZONE DASH C5, 295m 1 41313 Aniu 17.00 J &.................................D Fahey 2 31568 Spud Gun 16.95 .............................. M Grant 3 33214 Business Affair 17.28 ................R Blackburn 4 43576 Ohoka Coby 17.26 ....................... L Waretini 5 36121 Bo’s Business 17.31........................ M Grant 6 57255 Goldstar Chumlee 17.27 S & ..........B Evans 7 56671 Roqette 17.02 ..............................C Roberts 8 11111 Sozin’s Comet 16.94 .................J McInerney 9 63768 Dyna Filbert nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 27876 Robbie nwtd ..................................R Adcock 7 1.52pm GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND STAKES C4, 520m 1 11456 Jewel Eagle 30.51 J &.....................D Fahey 2 13338 Botany Seaton 30.51 ................J McInerney 3 13542 Karen’s Magic 30.69 .....................R Adcock 4 27224 What I Like 30.59 ......................J McInerney 5 44431 Cawbourne Witch 30.34 ...............C Roberts 6 22756 Opawa Webby 30.38 L & ................... Wales 7 48745 Opawa Zara 30.37 L & ....................... Wales 8 46533 Botany Kevin 30.49 ...................J McInerney 9 53478 Runaway Taxi 30.21 M &...................Jopson 10 76656 Sheeza Flower 30.16 ................A Bradshaw

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2.09pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT C5, 295m 1 32234 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 2 56523 Plagiarism 17.02 .......................R Blackburn 3 61417 Flying Swan 17.31 ....................J McInerney 4 37343 Cracking Chain 17.09 S & ...............B Evans 5 53431 Quedrago 17.22 C & .......................... Fagan 6 41321 Costing Money 17.43 ...................... M Grant 7 57157 Token Stu 17.18 ................................ J Rush 8 11141 Mr. Whippy 17.10 ...............................C Weir 9 83687 Question Bale nwtd ...................J McInerney 10 27876 Robbie nwtd ..................................R Adcock 9 2.25pm THE MILLER BAR & CAFE DASH C4, 295m 1 54311 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 2 47244 Adroit 17.18 H &..................................Taylor 3 76542 Popstar Rocket nwtd .........................M Flipp 4 55342 Cawbourne Jelly 17.11 ......................C Weir 5 41113 Puma Pants 17.15.....................J McInerney 6 14553 Sleeper Agent 17.16 .................A Bradshaw 7 54431 Know Knowing 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 8 54845 Red Hot Fury 17.37 M & ...................Jopson 9 63573 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 10 77157 Homebush Rocky 17.33 ............J McInerney 10 2.42pm CTV DECEMBER DASH FINAL C5f, 295m 1 72142 Clone Your Own 16.87 ........................A Lee 2 45273 Laredo 17.12 .....................................M Flipp 3 38673 Rodriguez 17.10..................................A Lee 4 36662 Angel Noir 17.15 .............................. B Dann

54221 Irish Blue 17.01 J & .........................D Fahey 77316 Go Housie 17.03 ............................G Cleeve 71582 Wunzee 17.39 ...........................J McInerney 11151 Inspector Spot 17.07 .................A Bradshaw 32234 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 37343 Cracking Chain 17.09 S & ...............B Evans 11 3.00pm GLENBYRE TAVERN STAKES C5, 520m 1 36117 Invidious 30.11 ..................................J Dunn 2 11611 Jinjarango 29.93 J & .......................D Fahey 3 16315 Game Girl 30.58............................R Adcock 4 55414 Lunar Tom 30.24 J & .......................D Fahey 5 136F4 Culvie Magic 29.92 .......................R Adcock 6 51146 Thumb Print Tony 30.49 ............J McInerney 7 43235 Stolen Money 30.24 .......................G Cleeve 8 22411 His Lordship 30.29 ........................R Adcock 9 872F2 Elephant Gunn nwtd .....................R Adcock 10 74166 Know Ambition 30.53 .....................G Cleeve 12 3.18pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 17785 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 2 51245 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve 3 78585 Homebush Churro 17.29 ...........J McInerney 4 17878 Billy West 17.18 .....................M K Dempsey 5 57733 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 6 55484 Opawa Casper nwtd L & .................... Wales 7 77452 Know Jealousy 17.22 .....................G Cleeve 8 55651 Dee 17.31 .................................A Bradshaw 9 63573 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 10 23378 Maker’s Label 17.37 H & .....................Taylor

6 71979 Summer Vacation (6) fr ................. T Trathen 7 19463 All Lit Up (7) fr .................................. J Smith 8 8470x Clifden Clowers (8) fr ................... S McNally 9 33935 Jayceekay (9) fr G O’............................Reilly 10 64317 Le Garcon (21) fr................................ D Butt 11 3300x The Bog (U1) fr ...........................N McGrath 6 8.35pm GRAPHITE DEVELOPMENTS LTD SHOW DAY MOBILE PACE $11,000, 4yo+ c0 to c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 07680 Sorpresa (1) fr ...............................R Holmes 2 Coringa Delight (2) fr........................J Curtin 3 03063 Gerald (3) fr.................................C DeFilippi 4 9x335 Ancient Moonlight (4) fr .......................B Butt 5 52000 Valor Lustre (5) fr ............................M Jones 6 77700 Houdini (6) fr G O’ ................................Reilly 7 77221 Sans Le Sou (7) fr ............................R Alfeld 8 19568 Gracious Star (8) fr ......................... G Smith 9 24510 Joe The Hunter (9) fr .......................... R May 10 76472 Nui Toc Tien (21) fr ........................... D Dunn 11 Christian Lady (U1) fr .............. P McClelland 7 9.00pm DODD & ASSOCIATES LTD MOBILE PACE $9000, 3yo+ c2 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m

1 21533 Sell A Bit (1) fr .............................. S McNally 2 30109 Tokohoka (2) fr .....................M Anderson (J) 3 45x90 Iwannabebig (3) fr ............................J Curtin 4 29032 Someardensomewhere (4) fr .......T Williams 5 5x103 Happy Heidi (5) fr ............................. D Dunn 6 01121 Nero Star (6) fr ............................N McGrath 7 6x247 Magic Oats (7) fr ............................T Chmiel 8 9.25pm BLUE STAR TAXIS MOBILE PACE $7000, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 3x253 Tintinara (1) fr ...................................J Dunn 2 90 Lady Cullens Reign (2) fr L O’..............Reilly 3 9 Party Delight (3) fr .......................C DeFilippi 4 5078x Beale Street Boy (4) fr.................. S McNally 5 5x202 Maritime Arden (5) fr ............... M Neilson (J) 6 70x50 Fiery Rock (6) fr .......................... J Sheenan 7 0 Bridget Blue Chip (7) fr .................R Holmes 8 Foxy Dame (8) fr .............................. D Dunn 9 900x0 Smart Kamwood (9) fr ................I Schwamm 10 9 Sarah P (21) fr .............................M Perriton 11 52046 Champagne Dreams (22) fr ............... R May 12 8x80x Rivoting (23) fr............................ R Close (J) 13 69x98 Burn Off (24) fr ........................ C D Thornley

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NZ Metro harness Today at Addington Raceway

NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on December 11. NZ Meeting number: 8.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 6.16pm (NZT) HYDROFLOW MOBILE TROT $7000, 2yo+ c0 mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 0020 Tehoro Holly (1) fr ............... J Harrington (J) 2 Beinn Tharsuinn (2) fr ..................S J Clarke 3 40 Fiery Mountain Girl (3) fr ...................J Dunn 4 677x7 Grace Lightning (4) fr ................ C McDowell 5 Rocket (5) fr .................................M Perriton 6 Cyclone Jeter (6) fr .....................N McGrath 7 The Denniston Rose (7) fr..............T Chmiel 8 009 Dark Ops (8) fr ................................. A Clark 9 0862 Cocktail Waiter (9) fr.........................P Davis 10 49646 Unyielding Spirit (21) fr ....................J Curtin 11 Princess Mackendon (22) fr G O’ .........Reilly 12 56978 Waihemo Angus (23) fr ........... C D Thornley 13 Saint Michel (U1) fr ...................... S McNally 2 6.45pm WOODLANDS STUD - HIGHVIEW TOMMY MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, 1950m 1 x0516 Marshal Star (1) fr ............................J Curtin

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800x0 Halston Bromac (2) fr .............. C D Thornley 01x Gold In Deep (3) fr ........................R Holmes 21 Major Stride (4) fr ......................... S McNally 6x412 Supriya (5) fr ...............................C DeFilippi 32211 Brilliant Strike (6) fr ............................ R May 0139x Rapid Mach (7) fr ............................. D Dunn 8x108 Mob Star (U1) fr ..........................T McMillan 3 7.16pm LINDAUER LAWN AFTER DARK PARTY 14/02 MBL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c&g c0 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 60x Steen (1) fr ..................................... K Barron 2 x0040 Sir Redwood (2) fr ....................... J Sheenan 3 7P030 Lavros Cash (3) fr ................... C D Thornley 4 x0054 Miami Heat (4) fr ..............................S Ottley 5 34696 Chantrey (5) fr .............................C DeFilippi 6 03063 Gerald (6) fr....................................T Chmiel 7 2x349 Until Further Notice fr................... Scratched 8 024x2 Bettor Me (7) fr ................................. D Dunn 9 x9444 Johnny Jet (8) fr ................................J Dunn 10 9x335 Ancient Moonlight fr ..................... Scratched 11 Best Defence (21) fr ................... R Close (J) 12 0x54 Wattlebank Flyer (22) fr................. T Trathen

13 8L7 Hunter Bromac (23) fr ........................ R May 14 40x70 Banora Boy (24) fr ........................ S McNally

4 7.45pm DAKINS GROUP HANDICAP PACE $7500, 4yo+ mares c1 to c2 spechcp pace jun.d, 2600m 1 213x Millwood Pink Lady (1) fr.... B Williamson (J) 2 90896 So You Think (2) fr ................M Anderson (J) 3 36962 Buzkil (3) fr .............................. M Neilson (J) 4 53931 Goshawk (1) 10............................. K Butt (J) 5 89x13 Kate De Goldie (2) 10 ......... J Harrington (J) 6 45x69 Irish Kath (3) 10 ...................... T Lethaby (J) 7 20562 K C Monet (4) 10..................... S Golding (J) 8 71x6P Albuquerque (5) 10 .................... R Close (J) 9 83824 Delightful Dash (6) 10 .................J Young (J) 10 87876 Lilac Desire (7) 10 ......................... K Cox (J) 11 x2762 Little Tess (8) 10 ...........................A Veint (J) 5 8.10pm PRIME PANELS NZ MOBILE TROT $9000, 4yo+ c2 to c3 mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 43600 Shell Seeker (1) fr .........................R Holmes 2 60060 James Castleton (2) fr .................... K Barron 3 79070 Danke (3) fr ......................................J Curtin 4 00006 No Potato (4) fr................................. D Dunn 5 2649x Kowhai Sunrise (5) fr.......................M Jones

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Allenton Bowling Club Morning Bowlers, well where did that week go! Just a couple of results for you.

06/12/14 Progressive Pairs: Leads. 1st.

Brian Marsden, 2nd. John Vander Heide Skips. 1st. Trev (Wolfy) Johnson, 2nd. Alan McIntosh. Well bowled everyone. 04/12/14 Cartwright Trophy 1st.

Bob Holdom, D. Thomas, Fred McCormick, 2nd. Faye McKnight, Barry Molloy, Maureen Knox 3rd.

Bruce White, D. McEvedy, Bruce Hopwood. This was kindly sponsored

by PGG Wrightsons. Our thanks to them for this, the club is very grateful for the support we get from our sponsors.

A reminder from JC that the No 2 green is going to be sprayed on Wed 10th with a poison spray. No play on this for around 10 days. Please use No 1 green. Thank you. Championships still being played so keep them going everyone. Nothing else to report catch you next week (only 14 sleeps till Christmas!) Cheers.

Allenton Croquet Club Another meeting come and gone and it is only two weeks until Christmas. Celebratory Christmas lunches are all on the go at the moment and I for one have been to too many and eaten too much.

Last month we held the Engravers Tournament which was a lot of fun and played in some very acceptable fine weather apart from a light hail storm which didn’t dampen anyone’s spirit.

The winners were Logan McCorkendale and Raylene Phillips.

Communal days have finished for the year and will commence again in the middle of January.

Flag matches in the different grades are progressing well with some good results being recorded.

The draws for club competitions are on the board and members are asked to please get started early.

The South Canterbury Windsor Richard Trophy for C and B grades handicap singles will be played at the Allenton lawns on the 10—11th January Methven’s Lil Rawlinson Trophy will be played at Methven on the 26th January.

We are holding an Easter raffle as a fund raiser and tickets will be on sale in town prior to Easter.

Put January 14th, 6-30pm to 8pm on your social calendar. We are going to “Have-a-go’ day for association and golf croquet.

By then New Year parties will be over and you will be looking for new things to do. The evenings should be lovely at that time so bring your children and come and “Have -a-go” at learning something different. Mallets will be provided; just wear flat shoes. Merry Christmas.

Ashburton County Lions Members and visitors were welcomed to the recent meeting of Ashburton County Lions Club by President Jan Stonyer.

Visitors included Guest Speaker Anna Lovatt; Zone Chairman Rex Whiting; and Lions from Hinds & Districts club, and Ashburton Pakeke club.

Insights into the training and life of a commissioned pilot with Australian Air Force were shared by guest speaker, Anna Lovatt.

Following graduation, Anna began by acting as navigator (or co-pilot) in Dash 8 planes, later progressing to piloting F111 planes, including bomb raid practices.

After three years, Anna took a ground job, including a term as Aide-de-Camp to Chief of Defence, Australia.

Success in a later training course in Red Jet flying allowed Anna to engage in aerobatics and formation flying.

In response to a question about a woman working in a predominantly male domain, Anna commented that honesty in knowing boundaries and working within them brought acceptance and respect.

All who heard Anna’s address felt huge respect for her, and her skills.

Zone Chairman Rex addressed the gathering, congratulating the club on its innovation and creativity in serving the community, commenting particularly on the success of recent projects: club calendar and Toot for Tucker.

A 10 year membership chevron was presented to Lion Carolyn Nelson by ZC Rex. Congratulations Carolyn.

Prior to the meal, members had been encouraged to indicate participation in delivering meals-on-wheels; assisting

Ashburton Gymnastics Club Leilani Davis (left), Molly Friel, Marlese Schoonderbeerk and Mia Grieve, who competed in the Christchurch School of Gymnastics Christmas Competition last weekend were this week presented with their awards. The Ashburton Gymnastics Club prize giving took place over two days. The girls were awarded for their efforts in four categories – vault, bar, beam and floor – with coloured ribbons representing scores. Committee club member Carla Davis, said the annual ceremony went well and the club were very proud of the girls.

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with a club stall at the Domain celebrations; and driving for Park St Day Care.

Director Cynthia Tindall thanked all involved in Toot for Tucker – 274 banana boxes of goods were collected and distributed.

Details of the Club Christmas celebration at Mayfield Golf Club were shared

by VP Julie McKimmie, who announced the January meeting would be a BBQ at Hotel Ashburton when members would be asked to commit help and/or food to the Mayfield A & P Assoc contract.

Plans were outlined by VP Helen Allan for the club stall at Ashburton Domain where calendars and lily bulbs would be sold; and orders for the daffodil project would be taken.

President Jan wished all members a safe and happy festive season.

And that, also, is the wish of Ashburton County Lions members for all in our community and beyond.

Ashburton Golf Club A great Saturday just passed, the Hotel Ashburton Superliquer Xmas salvers, saw a big field battle it out for the prizes. Chris Robertson stormed home with a superb 45 points, to pick up the men’s salver and Wendy Bruce topped the ladies field with 43. Special note goes to El Presidente Nutts, who shot a level par round, well done Brian, I believe that is the first time he has shot his age.

This weekend we have the first qualifying round for the Hydraulink Shootout, first of five rounds over the next five weeks, as before your best two rounds count for your score. Thanks to our great sponsors Hydraulink Mid Canterbury, we can again offer a free club membership for next year to the winner of the shootout final, which will be on Sunday January 25th next year. This is a very open tournament, over the past 4 years it has been won by a junior B player, a lady, an intermediate, and a club champion, so there is no tried and tested formula, just get into the final, then its anybody,s game.

A one off entry fee of $10 will see you onto the score board, then it’s up to you to get your name into the green zone, so come down to the course this Saturday and be part of one of the most talked about tournaments in the club. Till next time good golfing.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls On Thursday night the Ashburton Indoor Bowls held their last Tournament for the season with their Christmas Triples.

So teams entered and a lot of bowlers joined in the Christmas Spirit by dressing up as something to do with Christmas, lots of hats and flashing lights we even had Father Christmas and his Reindeer whom both took out the prize for best dressed.

Four games of points and ends were played in the bowls. Wakanui team of Kevin Smith, Gaylene Smith and Peter Guilford took out the first prize with 4wins and 103 points second Martin

Nordqvist, Christine Talbot and Adrienne Richards with 92 ½ points from Methven Third was the Rakaia team of Jim Stewart, Michael Lawson and John Gibbs on 91 points and with fourth and 81 points from Willowby was Murray Bassett, Graham Chapman and Neil Chapman.

We wish all bowlers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and see them back on the mats early April.

Methven Bowls On Saturday Methven Seeds sponsored our fun day against Hornby. We were lucky to field a full green. Some great bowls were played.

We have lots of people to thank for this day. Wendy and Craig Carter for donating the meat for the BBO and Selwyn Allred for cooking it to perfection. All the members bought salads and dessert, the girls that worked all day in the kitchen and those that helped in the bar. Back to the bowls - due to a couple of small almost got it and Whops the wrong bowl being taken out, we were down on points giving Hornby the win. They took the Trophy home so we can go and retrieve it next year.

Sunday was The Men’s Reps. Our Junior men Ivan Syme, Anthony Holmes, Jim Lattimore and Bruce Redmond played in the development.

Not sure of this result as they played in Ashburton At home we hosted the senior men.

Congratulations to Craig Carter, Adrian Kemp. Brent Mayson and Jeff Nowell for selection.

This was again a very full day in the kitchen for the girls. Special thanks to Win Breach who worked tirelessly for both full days and to everyone else that helped.

I think that Ellesmere were the overall winners.

Back to Club Champs Ladies winners this week Singles Shirley Pagey and Carol Wilson Pairs Maureen Sullivan and Raiona Isherwood, and Melva Middleton and Wendy Blackwell Fours Maureen Sullivan Raiona Isherwood Melva Middleton and Mary Stone Men’s Singles Ivan Syme Pairs Greg Lock and Greg Turnbull Triples Rob Fensom Ivan Syme and Jim Lattimore.

On Wednesday 3/3s interclub was played with both Methven teams winning. A play off for the final will be in the New Year.

We have the Stuart Gordon Open Fours on Sunday. Thank you for your entry and support.

We look forward to Father Christmas doing his thing on Friday night. So see you all there. Don’t forget your pressy.

Hope you all have a good week.

MSA Outdoor Bowls Recently Ladies Club Pairs were played and for a change fine weather prevailed

which made playing and watching most enjoyable. Some good bowls was witnessed and close games were played.

The drawn pair of Robyn Parkin (s) and Ann Burke were the eventual winners.

Congratulations to both.

Thursday play was well supported with the playing of the “Flo Goulding” Mixed Pairs and was played in beautiful mild conditions.

Winners were: 1st Ray Mitchell (s) & Maurice Sunbeam, 2nd: Guildford Lane & Joyce Cleghorn, 3rd: Dave Muir & Rene Devereux.

The very popular 2/3’s Competition began on Saturday when M.S.A. hosted Kaiapoi Bowling Club. In Section 1: Ray Mitchell skipped his team to a win 18—12.

Also in Section1: Sid Harrison skipped a winning Team (very Close) 17—16. Section 2: Brian Lynn’s Team also added another win for M.S.A. 18—14. Well Done Teams-A good start.

Unfortunately Peter Lapsly and Maurice Sunbeam were disadvantaged by the third Member of their team not turning up and therefore leaving them to try and struggle to win. Two playing three proved to be difficult and they had to accept a disappointing loss 7—28. Reports came through admiring your efforts, so well done.

John Argyle skipped a team in 1/2 day 4’s on Monday at Rakaia. Although no prizes, team played well, in fact he went to play with a new stick of chalk and came home with a piece no worth keeping.

Afternoon Team Duty December 16th— 18th Maureen Flatman Marie Harnett.

Rakaia Rugby Club The 139th annual general meeting of the Rakaia Rugby Club was held in the clubrooms on Wednesday December 3, President, Mark Boag welcomed a good attendance to the meeting. The club welcomed a new Patron in Alan Smith. Alan had been a long term Rakaia player and enjoyed many years at fullback for the Mid-Canterbury Rugby team. He was the first representative player in New Zealand to play over 100 consecutive games for his Province. The Rakaia club has enjoyed a very successful year with its senior team again winning the Watters Cup in the Mid-Canterbury competition.

Junior teams are also being well supported by dedicated coaches and managers. The Fundraising and Sponsorship committees have actively supported the

Ashburton Guardian 21 club with their excellent financial efforts.

The major project this year was the installation of the new lighting system at the Rakaia Domain. The club is grateful to the Rakaia Reserves Board for the well maintained fields and surrounds at the domain which makes for an attractive setting for sporting fixtures.

The election of management and committee included: Patron, Alan Smith; President, Mark Boag, Vice President, Mark Hanrahan, Secretary/Treasurer, John Lawler, Club Captain, Chris Burrows, J.A.B. Captain, David Boag, Assistant J.A.B. Captain, Richard Stewart, M.C.R.U. Delegate, Mark Hanrahan. The committee members elected includes Michael Woodward, Kyle Gray, Murray Burrowes, Todd Copland, Grant Perry, Dean Ford, Anthony O’Reilly, Craig Dunlea, Bruce Perry, Philip Rushton, Warren Jones.

Prior to the commencement of the meeting members observed a minutes silence to respect former members who had passed away over the past year. These include Rex Copland, Alan Cornelious, Lyndsay Smith and Philip Heywood.

The club welcomes new players for the coming season. Open grade players should contact Chris Burrows (0275322899) while junior players can contact David Boag (0274324024) Enjoy being part of a progressive country rugby club.

Tinwald Garden Club A large attendance of members were welcomed by President Jenette Storrier.

The meeting began with an interesting account of how member Val Johnson set up her first garden on Stewart Island telling of the challenges she faced in doing so. Val was thanked with a floral gift.

Two almoners Gwenith Quelch and Val Johnson were elected to visit members needing care. The challenge of creating a display for the 150th anniversary of the Ashburton Domain has been taken up and a small committee of ladies are working towards the exhibit. Our main speaker for the day Tonee Hurley was welcomed by Jennette. Tonee told of her passion for gardening and landscaping. She told members of the new website she has set up .It is also possible to view Tonee’s art, jewellery, new and preloved clothing and gifts at her shop at 77 Racecourse Rd on occasions when a sign is displayed. This very busy lady is often away planning new gardens as well as advising on existing ones. Tonee was thanked and presented with a fruit tray.

Table Competition Results Cut Flowers 1 miniature bearded iris K Ross 1 large bearded iris B Tarbotton H Mitchell P Tait14 1 peony rose A Scammell P Tait K Young Head rhododendron V Johnson S Lamont J Johnson Climber flower on saucer G Quelch M Robinson S Thomas Miniature bloom G Quelch B Tarbotton P Hydes Miniature rose J Johnson G Quelch B Tarbotton Spike P Tait S Thomas S Lamont Cluster J Brasell A Scammell S Thomas Branch flowering shrub B Tarbotton G Quelch S Thomas Any variety rose S Lamont H Mitchell K Ross Flower not on schedule A Scammell S Thomas P Hydes Vegetables 3 stalks rhubarb M Robinson C Thomson H Mitchell Jar of herbs M Robinson H Mitchell C Thomson Decorative Christmas Celebration K Young Red and Green K Young Daphne Cross Trophy K Young Young /O’Keefe Trophy B Tarbotton.

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The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 3pm.

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■ RUGBY

Redmond ripe for gong

By Jonathan Leask

Jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Gary Redmond could be the second straight Mid Canterbury player to be named the Heartland Player of the Year tonight at the Steinlager Rugby Awards in Auckland.

After a maiden Meads Cup win in 2013, Mid Canterbury captain Jon Dampney was named the Heartland Player of the year.

The Hammers went back-toback this year and Redmond is up for the gong after a standout season.

Redmond missed two games during the season but certainly made his presence felt when he was on the park – just ask fellow nominee, Buller’s James Lash.

The first five played a pivotal role in Buller’s unbeaten run to the final but would have tired of the sight of Redmond bearing down on him during the Meads Cup final in Greymouth.

On that occasion Redmond’s performance was again high calibre, with a big work rate in the Hammers’ 26-13 win.

Mid Canterbury coach Glenn Moore said on more than one occasion that to him Redmond was the best player in the competition.

Moore’s opinion may or may not be shared by the judges.

The other nominee is North Otago captain Josh Clark.

The All Blacks dominate the nominations for the other awards.

After a successful season where they retained their number one world ranking for the fifth consecutive year, the All Blacks are nominated for the Team of the Year, Steve Hansen for Coach of the Year, with Richie McCaw, Brodie Retallick and Aaron Smith all nominated for the Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year.

The awards are screened live on Sky Sport 1 from 8.30pm.

Gary Redmond on the charge.

Rivalry back for Breakers and Wildcats cats’ home opener in round one before both teams set about establishing themselves at the head of the standings.

So with the Breakers (9-4) now back in the upper echelon, and with Perth (9-3) one place ahead of them, Dean Vickerman has been preparing his players for the fight of old against their familiar foes.

“You’ve got to prepare for the battle, prepare for the fight with Perth, and I think the boys have shown they’re ready to be up for the intensity of this game,” Vickerman said. “You never want to be surprised by the pressure that they’re putting on you, and I thought we did a good job of simulating

that through the week.”

A big part of that pressure arrives at the offensive glass, a category in which players from the Breakers (Mika Vukona, Ekene Ibekwe) and Perth (Matthew Knight, Deandre Daniels) occupy four of the top six spots in the competition.

Allowing offensive rebounds saw the Breakers struggle in last weekend’s loss to Sydney but Vickerman backed his players to repeat their performance from round one, when Perth were restricted to just seven boards at that end of the floor.

“If we rebounded like we did last week, we’d be in some trouble,” he said. “They’re a team that crashes the offensive

boards and they have a lot of people who do that well.

“But our activity levels last time we played them were off the charts and that’s the thing that we’ve been showing going into this one – the desperation and having each other’s backs.

If we can do that we’ll be in a good place.”

The Breakers are well-placed health-wise, with Tom Abercrombie fully fit and Alex Pledger meeting expectations.

The centre will be set for about 10 minutes a game for the foreseeable future, an undesirable prospect but one that at least allows him to again experience the mutual antagonism that can mark Wildcat meetings.

Missed drug tests earn Gemmell ban Retired triathlete Kris Gemmell has been banned from participating in sport for 15 months after violating anti-doping rules.

Gemmell, who retired in 2012, was cited by Drug Free Sport NZ (DFSNZ) earlier in the year for failing to comply with the athlete whereabouts programme.

The case was initially dismissed by the New Zealand Sports Tribunal in February but DFSNZ successfully appealed that decision to the

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The international body backed the steps DFSNZ took in relation to Gemmell’s rule violation, releasing a judgement in which it banned the former triathlete from sport for 15 months.

DFSNZ chief executive Graeme Steel said the CAS decision was important because it clarified the rules around the whereabouts programme.

“The Court notes that the whereabouts programme is a ‘powerful and effective means

Napier wins rights BikeNZ announced that Napier has won the rights to host the Elite and U23 Road National Championships for three years from 2016, meaning January’s race will end Christchurch’s tenure as host after six years. After the announcement Reigning champion, Ashburton’s Hayden Roulston, may consider chasing another elite men’s title before the race moves north.

Roulston has won title three of the five times Christchurch has hosted the event since 2010, with his previous win, and first title, in Palmerston North in 2006.

Roulston is now a chance to race in the national championships alongside fellow locals Jason Christie, Alex Hooper and Lauren Ellis.

Competitive climbing

■ BASKETBALL

The best rivalry in Australasian basketball will tonight resume at Vector Arena after a yearlong hiatus.

The New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats have shared the last five championships and they currently share the top two spots on the ANBL ladder.

The pair’s past battles have been acrimonious on occasion but any aggravation was absent during the previous campaign, when Perth handed the Breakers four straight defeats as the Kiwi club slipped to a secondbottom finish.

But the competitive edge to the rivalry has returned, with the Breakers ruining the Wild-

In brief

of deterring and detecting doping in sport’,” Steel said.

“The ruling confirms that the surprise nature of drug testing that the whereabouts programme allows is important and that Drug Free Sport NZ is right not to give athletes advance notice of testing by telephoning them.”

The whereabouts programme is used by anti-doping organisations worldwide and requires athletes to regularly log details of their location so they can be located at any time for drug

testing. Top level athletes involved in the programme need to specify a one-hour timeslot each day in which they will be available for drug testing.

Under the current rules, if they fail to correctly record their whereabouts or miss a test three times in the space of 18 months it is considered an antidoping rule violation.

DFSNZ argued that Mr Gemmell had missed two tests and filed incorrect information on another occasion within an 18-month period.

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Changes to the Olympic events programme come as a boost to the fledgling sport of competitive climbing. The International Olympic Committee approved the changes in Monaco yesterday, adding new sports to the Olympic programme after Tokyo 2020. This opens the door for niche sports such as competitive climbing, skateboarding and inline skating.

“It is encouraging that this is happening and very exciting,” said Climbing New Zealand secretary David Sanders. “There are a lot of strong young climbers coming through here and we are striving to build up the sport. “We have regional clubs throughout the country and they are getting stronger.” Climbing was shortlisted for Tokyo 2020. It missed out, but was showcased in the Nanjing Youth Games this year.

Emotional Clarke Emotional centuries from Michael Clarke and Steve Smith lifted Australia to a total of 7-517 at stumps on a rain-marred second day of the first Test against India.

Clarke (128) and Steve Smith (162no) shared a 163-run stand yesterday, when showers interrupted all three sessions at Adelaide Oval. The weather provided a good deal more resistance than the tourists’ bowlers, who sent down 30.4 overs and failed to make the most of overcast conditions after Australia resumed at 6-354. Clarke batted in great pain and with little freedom due to a flare-up of his chronic back injury on day one, when he retired hurt on 60 and was rushed to hospital for scans.

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Slipper wins award Wallabies prop James Slipper has won the Medal for Excellence at the Rugby Union Players’ Association awards. The gong, voted on by all Australian Super Rugby players, is for on and off field performance based on the criteria of leadership, performance, consistency and discipline.

Slipper, 25, had a solid year, earning his 50th Test cap and vice captaining the Wallabies. The Queensland Red joins the likes of last year’s winner, Nick Cummins, and other well-known players such as Berrick Barnes, George Gregan, George Smith and Nathan Sharpe in receiving the honour.

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■ GOLF

Aorangi struggles at women’s event

By Jonathan Leask

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The Aorangi women are without a win from four rounds heading into day three at the New Zealand Women’s Interprovincial at the Riverside Golf Club in Hamilton.

Today they meet Waikato and Taranaki after Canterbury handed them a fourth

straight loss 3-2 yesterday afternoon.

Aorangi number one Catherine Knight secured her first win finishing one up on Elisha Crosbie and number two Nicole Nathan had a 3/2 win over former Aorangi rep, Catherine Bell.

Bell’s mother Pauline had come in at number five for Aorangi on day two, replacing Sharon Bradford, and af-

■ CYCLING

ter a strong start went down to Hilary O’Connor 4/3.

Aorangi lost their opening encounter against Manawatu-Wanganui 3.5-4.5 with number one Knight finishing all square and Geraldine’s Ginny Bolderston winning 5/3 at number four.

They then went down to Bay of Plenty 1-4 with Bolderston again securing the

point before losing both her matches on day two playing at three.

On day two yesterday Aorangi lost to Hawkes Bay 2-3 with Nathan and Nicole Hamilton-Cross taking the wins.

Today’s two matches present their last opportunity to secure a win with the bye tomorrow, with the Aorangi men having just one win last week.

■ CRICKET

Williamson returns to crease with new action The International Cricket Council’s decision to allow Kane Williamson to bowl again changes the balance to any New Zealand XI at the World Cup and possibly the make-up of the final squad.

Williamson has spent five months modifying his action but it’s understood the change was effortless due to his impressive kinesthetic awareness.

That means he could adjust the position of his arm with ease while adapting the use of other muscles to compensate at the point of delivery.

Williamson is available to return to the bowling crease during the second one-dayer against Pakistan in Sharjah on Saturday where, as stand-in skipper, he joked he might take the new ball. What’s less mirthful is that he’s effectively on probation until July 21, 2016, two years after the date of his first suspension. He will be suspended from bowling in international cricket for a minimum of 12 months if he’s charged with a repeat offence.

Williamson’s 23 wickets at 30.91 have become a useful wicket-taking option in ODIs. His economy rate of 5.49 is relatively expensive but he has dismissed batsmen such as Graeme Smith, Faf du Plessis, Ian Bell and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He’s taken wickets in nine of the last 13 matches in which he’s bowled.

Tests last month showed William-

son had ironed out a kink in his action.

Recent observers in the nets said his remodelled action _ less round-armed, more over-the-top _ has turned him into a better bowler.

Williamson worked with former England spinner Richard Dawson and former New Zealand spinner Paul Wiseman to modify his action.

He’s relieved to put the saga behind him.

“Once it [my bowling] was taken away it made me want it more. I’m now looking to get much more sideon at the crease so my arm can come through on a straight plane instead of being front-on and pushing it out.

“It’s still important I get opportunities in matches to put the action under pressure so it becomes more natural.”

His return to the bowling crease could have a knock-on effect for at least one World Cup aspirant.

Anton Devcich, who bowls left-arm orthodox, may find that the ICC report has diminished his World Cup hopes.

It could also alter New Zealand’s plans to carry two specialist spinners in their 15-man squad. The left- and right-arm orthodox of Daniel Vettori and Nathan McCullum are in pole position, but if selectors Mike Hesson and Bruce Edgar alter their thinking, the latter could be vulnerable if Williamson is deemed more than a parttimer.

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Mountainbikers tear up track Nigel Douglas was in hot form at the Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club’s handicap setting a new record time for the river track course.

Back marker Douglas set a blistering pace to clock the 11.5 km course in 23 minutes 27 seconds.

Douglas ploughed through the field but it was Mac Burdett who secured his second victory in three weeks. Burdett held on to take victory from the 28 starters

up, with coming rider Jamie Johnson in second.

Front marker Luke Skinner came home third with 15 riders finishing within 30 seconds of Skinner.

The club’s final race for the year is a teams relay on Tuesday, starting at the Allenton Rugby Clubrooms at 6.30pm, followed by a barbecue. The club welcome all riders to take place in this event before they start again on January 13.

The Blues Super Rugby franchise will train in Tutukaka from Monday to Friday next week ahead of a pre-season clash with the Chiefs at Toll Stadium in Whangarei on January 29.

For the team’s first training camp in Northland, the Blues will stay at the Ngunguru Sports’ Club while involved in general fitness and gym work, weights, rugby-specific skills and team building.

Media manager Ian Hepenstall said fans could watch the team train at Ngunguru Sports’ Ground from 10am on Tuesday, followed by an autograph-signing session, a barbecue, and a chance to meet the players from

noon to 1pm. The Blues started their pre-season training at the start of this month and it continues to December 21. The team will return to Auckland next weekend but will be back in Whangarei for the match at Toll Stadium.

Blues coach Sir John Kirwan said his players wanted a pre-season training camp and the team management could not think of a better spot than the Tutukaka Coast.

“We have some really talented Northland players in our squad this season and we know that Northland has a very proud heritage in the game,” he said.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■ Bowls Stuart Gordon Open Fours Methven Green at 9am December 14 The following skips have teams entered: G Clarke, M Smallridge, B Holdom, Dunsandel, M Anderson, B Marsh, M Skilling, B Lynn, N Atkinson, A Hill, R Bennett, M Middleton, J Martin, L Allred, G Pagey, G Lock. Enquiries to W Blackwell 3028834, B Harper 3087623.

■ Golf Tinwald Golf Club Stroke December 13 The draw for 2nd round of the summer trophies and championships and Four Square Cup (mixed combined net) will be at the clubhouse with 12.00 report for 12.30 start. Morning players will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am start. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Open Grade Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre December 13 A Reserve 12.15pm - Hampstead v Lowcliffe; Hinds/ Longbeach v Allenton Blue; Methven v Allenton Green A Grade 1.30pm - Methven v Dorie/Fairton; Hampstead v Tinwald; Hinds/Mayfield v Allenton

RESULTS ■ Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Mixed Pennants December 7 Temuka 8 Mayfield 0, Pleasant Point 7 Ashburton 1, St. Andrews 6 Timaru 2

Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Results December 9 Summer Golf: Par Round Lesley Glassey 8 up, Barbara Harris 6 up, Sue Gutsell 5 up, June Stenson 3 up.

Two’s Barbara Harris & Trish Clarke 9 Hole Summer Golf – Stableford Rosie O’Brien 23, Nancy Costin 18.

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Treat yourself. Call 020 4030 VEHICLE GROOMING, cars, 5858. utes etc. Interior, Exterior, cut and polish. We can pick up HOT and horny, warm and and deliver, Robinson Street. friendly, mature, busty Auto Groomers, 13 Robinson blonde. In town Friday and St, phone Paul 027 887 4786. Saturday. Phone Terri 022 065 7059. (Don’t forget your FOR SALE swimming goggles).

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GLUTEN FREE Christmas Cake!!! We now have GLUTEN FREE Christmas cake, handmade with love, at Kitchen Kapers. Full of fruit, sherry, apples and marzipan these cakes are delicious!

Only $19.99. Treat yourself or treat a friend. The Arcade, Ashburton.

MAGNUM 1600 SKI BOAT 1990 Hull, 1996 Johnson115 hp oil injected motor. New road cover. Boarding ladder.

Registered and warranted.

Nice looking and performing boat. $7900ono. Phone 308 7700 or 027 221 3930.

STIRLING SPORTS. Big brand tee’s. $50. STIRLING SPORTS, West Street, Ashburton.

SUZUKI ALTO. 30,000ks, genuine mileage. Just like new, great 1st or 2nd car. $3600. Phone 027 315 8086.

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Daily Events Thursday

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. 9.30am Large variety of toys for hire. Methodist M.S.A. TAI CHI. For beginners, starting to learn the next 24 Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 12.30pm moves. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. 9.30am - 11.30am Goodwill shop, sale of pre-loved clothing.

MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome. Racquets can Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald. be hired. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH.

Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

12.00pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Lunch at Stables followed by garden visit.

Garden - 68 Grahams Road, Tinwald.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

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

Friday

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

1.00pm - 3.00pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP.

Open for research, all welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech building, 254 Cameron Street.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARD SECTION. Euchre, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

9.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH 9.00am TINWALD. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Cuppa, activities and laughter. St Andrews hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Road, Allenton.

Tinwald.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) You have a much better sense of what you’re fighting for, but also where you’re likely to be attracting opportunities and attention your way.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) Venus’ departure from your financial sector today leaves you with the financial desires and expectations that need to be held onto.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Having the Moon in your communication sector as Venus leaves your relationship sector is a sign that you have luck and timing on your side.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) As Venus leaves your work sector today she’s keen to leave you with a sense of where your heart stands and what you want from the future.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Venus is in your work sector to attract opportunities, give you a sense of what you’re fighting for and to redefine what you want moving forward.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) With things getting busier on the work front and home and family demands increasing, Venus is here to ensure life doesn’t become all work and no play.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Venus turns her focus onto home and family matters, where she is settling in to make home where the heart is for the rest of this year.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) This is the start of huge developments on the income, work and career fronts that will continue to unfold during the course of 2015.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Trust and follow your heart, especially when it’s telling you that this is no ordinary solar year and therefore the bar needs to be raised CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) You not only have a chance to both revisit the desires and expectations you moved into the year with but to update them.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As the Moon’s last visit to your relationship sector for the year this will evoke the emotional responses needed to get a sense of what this might be exposing.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) You not only have your finger on the pulse and ear to the ground, but an intuitive read on the partnership between work and career forces.

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Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

DICKSON, Moses – 18-09-1922 – 08-12-2014.

May the sun rise up to meet you IN MEMORIAM and the wind be always at your back.

The seas between us will never keep us apart.

Until we meet again.

In loving memory of our Pop RUTHERFURD, Lyn – Dickson. Aubrey Blenkinsopp December 11, 2012.

“In loving memory of our (deceased), Nicole and Todd Blenkinsopp-Stephens, and special wife, mum and nana who passed away 2 years great grandfather of Jamieago today.

Lee, John, Tomecca and Andrew Blenkinshopp- Missed so much, loved and remembered everyday.”

Stevens - your Aussie family.

Love Delma, Michelle, Kim, DICKSON, Moses – Cindy, Dean and families. xxx Our grandpop, We-John Dickson. Julie, Kahukiwa, FUNERAL Wayne Dickson, Sharon, Stuart, Graeme Dickson, FURNISHERS Shawn Dickson. Will miss you MASTER always and miss spending MONUMENTAL MASON time with you, it was a pleasure having such a cool E.B. CARTER LTD grandpop. We send our love For all your memorial on behalf of our late mother requirements (Ann Wairau).

New headstones and designs Rest in peace grandpop.

Renovations,

Ph 307 7433

DICKSON, Moses (Mo) – Sadly passed away December 8, 2014. Much loved father and father in law of Alister (Alan) and Vinessa Dickson. Loved grandfather of John and Denise, Julie and Pete, Wayne and Roberta, Sharon and Clive, Graeme and Rochelle, and Shawn.

Loved great grandfather of Shadyn and Alister, Julieanne, Orana, Mya and Esta-ann.

In God’s care you sleep above In our hearts you stay with love.

Rest in peace Grand Pop Will always miss you But will never forget you.

Thanks for your guidance and wisdom Arohanui.

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Lots of love from Grandad and Jo. xxx

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony – Friendship Is Magic 3 0 7:20 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 3 7:50 Slugterra 3 0 8:15 Paw Patrol 3 0 8:40 Fireman Sam 3 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle 1:35 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 2:30 Ellen 3 3pm According To Jim 3 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 30 4pm Austin And Ally 3 0 4:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 5:30 Home And Away 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 7pm F Shortland Street PGR 7:30 MasterChef Australia PGR 0 The losing team from last 8pm Cops Uncut PGR night’s challenge battle it out 8:30 F The Flash PGR Barry over three rounds with one of enjoys the annual tradition of them being eliminated at the tree trimming and gifts with end of the competition. 0 Joe and Iris. 0 8:40 My Big Fat Gypsy 9:30 F Arrow AO Laurel is Christmas – Carols And stunned when her father Caravans AO 0 delivers a very special 9:40 The Miranda Hour PGR 0 Christmas gift. 0 10:55 One News Tonight 0 10:30 F Hell’s Kitchen AO 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:25 Rachael Ray 3 Rachael and Bobby Flay make short ribs; Jon Taffer makes holiday cocktails.

11:25 Celebrity MasterChef 3 The three finalists cook a meal for some of the UK’s most respected chefs.

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

1pm American Dream Builders Two rustic cabins in the mountains of Big Bear, California, receive makeovers.

2pm The Biggest Loser Australia 3pm The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 Big Brother Australia 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block – Glasshouse PGR Scotty tells the teams about the Pop Up Shop, an opportunity for the teams to earn some extra money for their renovations. 0 8:40 M What’s Your Number? AO 3 2011 Romantic Comedy. Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor.

10:55 The Paul Henry Show

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Harry’s Practice 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Test AO 3 Celebrities and viewers answer burning moral questions.

1pm American Idol 3 American Idol searches the United States for the next American pop star.

3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3 A celebrity chat show.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Modern Family PGR Phil tells 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 0 Claire an elaborate lie when 8pm American Dad PGR 3 he failed his one job to wait 8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR at home for the repairman.

9pm South Park AO 8pm Modern Family PGR 9:30 Bro’ Town PGR 3 Dad 8:30 River Cottage Christmas becomes a member of the Special prestigious Morningside Club, and becomes the club’s most 9:30 Madam Secretary AO 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring regular visitor. 0 Jimmy Fallon 10pm Nitro Circus Live PGR 10:30 The Big C AO 3

6am Bowls – New Zealand Open (Highlights) 7:30 Sky Sport – What’s On 8:18 L Football – Fifa Club World Cup Moghreb Athletic Tetouan v Auckland City FC. 10:30 Football – Asian Cup Review 11:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show Noon Sky Sport – What’s On 12:30 Nice-Cannes Marathon (Highlights) 1pm Basketball – NBL Championship (Highlights) 1:30 #SkySpeed 2pm UFC Unleashed 3pm The Ultimate Fighter 4pm Rugby – IRB Sevens World Series (Highlights) 5:30 Football – Fifa Club World Cup (Replay) 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

8:30 L 2014 Rugby Awards 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

11:25 Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead 0 12:20 Come Dine With Me PGR 3 1:20 Te Karere 3 0 1:45 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 0

11:25 Bones AO (Starting Today) 3 It is three months since Brennan went on the run from the FBI, and the Jeffersonian team is doing everything it can to prove she was framed.

12:25 CSI – NY AO 3 1:25 Infomercials

11:35 Entertainment Tonight Midnight Infomercials

11pm Football – Fifa Club World Cup (Replay) 1:00 2014 Rugby Awards (Replay) 2:30 Basketball – NBL Championship (Highlights) 3:00 Fox Sports News 3:30 Swimming – New Zealand Ocean Series (Highlights) 4:00 #SkySpeed 4:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 5:00 Nice-Cannes Marathon (Highlights) 5:30 Arena Access

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon One News 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Marlon is concerned for Donna; Ali is heartbroken; Adam’s left feeling very alone. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 Tyrone is forced to nip his affair with Fiz in the bud; Leanne skates close to the wind; Stella gives Karl some home truths. 0 2pm Packed To The Rafters PGR 30 3pm Star Treatment 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Matt Hayes’s 24-Hour Rod Race 7:30 Coast 8:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand 9am The Cook And The Chef 9:30 Storage Hoarders 10:30 Gourmet Farmer 11am Yard Crashers 11:30 Toy Hunter Noon Flintoff’s Road To Nowhere 1pm Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 2pm Matt Hayes’s 24-Hour Rod Race 3pm Coast 4pm The View From River Cottage 4:30 Catch And Cook – World 5pm My Dream Derelict Home 6pm Travel Wild 6:30 Kitchen Crashers 7pm Garage Gold 7:30 Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries Christmas Special 8pm Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food Christmas Special 8:30 Cook The Books 9pm The Roux Masterclass 9:30 Cheese Slices 10:30 Garage Gold 11pm My Dream Derelict Home

FRIDAY

Midnight Travel Wild 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Coast 2am The View From River Cottage 2:30 Catch And Cook – World 3am Kitchen Crashers 3:30 Deals From The Dark Side PGR 4am Rachel Allen’s Cake Diaries Christmas Special 4:30 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food Christmas Special 5am Cook The Books 5:30 The Roux Masterclass

11:30 Ten 7 Summer PGR 3 0 Midnight The Assets 3 12:55 RBT PGR 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Private Practice PGR 3 0 3:15 The Nine Lives Of Chloe King PGR 3 4:05 Shake It Up 3 4:30 Matthew And Marc’s Rocky Road To Bollywood 3 0 4:55 Regular Show PGR 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8am Fairly Odd Parents 8:30 Chuggington 3 Animated series about three young trains learning to ride the rails. 0 8:40 Humf 3 8:50 Peppa Pig 3 9am Bob The Builder 3 9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 9:20 Tree Fu Tom 3 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:05 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Smash!

6pm The Nanny 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show. Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:00 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Miharo 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 4pm Miharo 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Toi Whakaari

THE BOX

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation PGR 3 8pm Te Po Mekemeke PGR 8:30 Te Tohu Taakaro O Aotearoa – Maori Sports Awards 2014 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Survive Aotearoa 3 The Flash 11pm Te Kaea 3 8:30pm on TV2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Palau PG 8:55 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS MV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 Criminal Minds 16VS 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Palau PG 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Pawn Stars PG 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV 8:30 Longmire 16V 9:30 Matador MVLS 10:30 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS MV

6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG Red Rock Country.

8:30 MythBusters PG Bullets Fired Up. 9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:30 Highway To Sell PG 11:30 Nightmare Next Door M 12:30 Deadline – Crime With Tamron Hall M 1:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 2:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 3:30 Yukon Men M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Tethered M 7:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls M 8:30 Marooned M 9:30 Tethered M 10:30 Naked And Afraid M 11:30 Blood Relatives M

12:30 Survivor – Palau PG 1:25 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 1:50 Law And Order MV 2:40 SVU MV 3:30 Longmire 16V 4:20 Matador MVLS 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

12:30 Disappeared M 1:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Flying Wild Alaska PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

FRIDAY

FRIDAY

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:15 Red Lights MVL 2012 Thriller.

Sigourney Weaver, Robert de Niro.

8:05 Rush MVLS 2013 Drama.

Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl.

10:05 Wild Bill 16VL 2013 Drama.

Charlie Creed Miles, Will Poulter.

11:45 Elysium 16VL 2013 Action.

Matt Damon.

1:35 Red Lights MVL 2012 Thriller.

Sigourney Weaver, Robert de Niro.

3:30 Rush MVLS 2013 Drama.

Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl.

5:30 A Stranger In Paradise 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Colin Egglesfield, Stuart Townsend.

6:55 That Burning Feeling 16LSC 2013 Comedy. Paulo Costanzo, John Cho. 8:30 Robocop MV 2014 Action.

Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman.

10:30 American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama.

FRIDAY

12:45 Dead Man Down 16VLS 2013 Thriller.

2:40 A Stranger In Paradise 16VLS 2013 Thriller.

4:05 That Burning Feeling 16LSC 2013 Comedy.

5:40 American Hustle MLS 2013 Drama.

Modern Family

7:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 7:30 The Bucket List ML 2007 Comedy. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman.

9:05 Chocolat MVS 2000 Comedy Drama. Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche.

11:05 Mean Girls MC 2004 Family Comedy. Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams.

12:40 Ali MVL 2001 Drama.

Jon Voigt, Will Smith.

3:15 Alien 3 MVL 1992 Sci-fi.

Sigourney Weaver.

5:10 Analyze This MVL 1999 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal.

6:55 Analyze That MVLS 2002 Comedy. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow.

8:30 The Green Mile 16V 1999 Thriller. Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise.

11:35 Something Borrowed MLS 2011 Romantic Comedy.

Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson.

FRIDAY

1:30 Alien 3 MVL 1992 Sci-fi.

3:25 Directors – Mel Gibson PG 3:55 Something Borrowed MLS 2011 Romantic Comedy.

5:45 Analyze This MVL 1999 Comedy.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

11Dec14

6am Nice-Cannes Marathon (Highlights) 6:30 Sailing – Volvo Ocean Race (Highlights) 7am The Cricket Show 7:30 Cricket – Capturing The Cup: 1979 8:30 The History Of The Cricket World Cup 9:30 Golf – The Open Championship Official Film 10:30 Golf – Feherty 11:30 Golf – Titleist Performance Institute Noon Golf Central 12:30 Golf – European Tour Nedbank Challenge – Round Four 1pm Golf – Big Break: NFL 2pm L Golf – Australian PGA Championship Round One 7pm UFC – Return To The Octagon 8pm Swimming – New Zealand Ocean Series (Highlights) Harbour Crossing 8:30 The Ultimate Fighter Team Pettis v Team Melendez 9:30 L Golf – European Tour Alfred Dunhill Championship – Round One 11:30 Golf – Australian PGA Championship (Highlights) Round One

FRIDAY

12:30 Basketball – NBL Championship (Highlights) New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats 1am Fox Sports News 1:30 L Golf – European Tour Alfred Dunhill Championship – Round One 4:30 Golf – Australian PGA Championship (Highlights) Round One 5:30 Swimming – New Zealand Ocean Series (Highlights)

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Sport

Isabella Gibson leads the warm up lap under the watchful eye of athletics coach Dave King at the Ashburton Domain Oval.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 101214-TM-048

Runner hands on advice

BY JONATHAN LEASK

JONATHAN.L@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

For the past year Dave King has taken on a role as coach for a group of local athletes.

The group trains twice a week, and has done since January, and are now reaping the rewards.

King was an accomplished runner who then completed a Bachelor of Sport Coaching, initially to help further his own career path as an athlete.

It didn’t take the route he expected as he began working with athletic clubs and schools, and is now giving back to where it began.

“I used to compete for Ashburton and when I first got into athletics I was asked to join the Harriers where Joe Ford was the club coach,” King said.

“Last year I got asked to go along and provide some extra coaching and knowing what Joe gave to me, I thought I’d give

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back to the club.”

More Ashburton athletes are now regulars in interclub competitions, either in Christchurch or Timaru, which King said “exposes them to a higher standard of competition” on a regular basis - meaning “they lose their inhibitions and aren’t afraid to show what they are made of ” at the big competitions.

The evidence has been in the stellar showings at the recent Canterbury intermediate and

Primary Schools’ championships, including the Gibson girls, Isabella and Rosaria, both winning gold on the track.

The strong results are something the group will look to continue in the New Year, when some will travel to the North Island Colgate Games in Wellington in January before they all compete at the South Island Colgate Games a week later in Dunedin.

That’s not exactly where King

is focusing the group.

“These guys are only just scratching the surface of what they are capable of.

“I try to keep the big picture in mind.

“They may be looking as far ahead as this weekend or the Colgate Games but I’m not pushing them to do really well there, but I want to see them doing well in year 11 or 12 at school.

“There are a lot of opportunities for kids if they stick at it.”

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