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Fallout from toilet stop continues

BY LINDA CLARKE

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A national bus company has axed its relationship with a travel operator after a bus driver was told to pull over in Tinwald and passengers exited to urinate in public.

Pacific Tourways provided the coach and driver but South Island general manager Doug Kirk said yesterday the company would no longer be supplying coach services to tour company Mercury Travel.

Kirk apologised and said the bus driver had been instructed to stop by the tour leader, even though there was a toilet onboard.

Men and women decamped from the

bus on busy State Highway One, opposite the Tinwald Medical Centre and a café, and urinated on the grass verge and behind bushes. The incident, which was shared widely on social media, has disgusted Ashburton people as public toilets were not far away.

Kirk said the incident on Friday had been distressing for Pacific Tourways, as its coach and driver was under the control of Mercury Travel and its tour leader.

“This was really frustrating for us as this coach was a five-star featured coach with own toilet.”

He said the tour leader had been advised that the coach would be stopping in Ashburton for a toilet stop.

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“I do apologise for what has happened, we also find this behaviour disgusting and do not condone it at all. We go to great lengths to provide a service which allows for groups to have regular stops and in this case their own bathroom facility.”

Kirk said Pacific Tourways made a formal complaint to police regarding the incident. He understood a formal written warning had been issued to the tour leader and group.

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■ MAYFIELD A&P SHOW

Good lookers get the most suitors

By Tim Cronshaw

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Springfield farmer John Miles already has a ram lined up for his winning suffolk ewe at the Mayfield A&P Show.

Finding a top suitor won’t be a problem though as the veteran farmer has a theory that the ewe will turn heads.

“With the quality she’s got she will attract the ram,’’ said Miles.

“The sweetest heads attract the ram – it’s like the young fellas in a bar when a young pretty girl walks in.’’

He said natural attraction among the best rams and ewes wasn’t widely known outside of farming but was observed by farmers.

The 18-month-old maiden ewe from Miles’ Coleford stud was judged the supreme all-breeds winner in the sheep pens at the Saturday show.

Miles has exhibited sheep at the show for “a good 30 years’’.

“Not very often [have I won the top title]. We take it when it comes, but we don’t get it many times because this sort of sheep doesn’t come along all the time.’’

The suffolk was placed by judg-

es ahead of a poll dorset exhibited by Sam Hughes from Rakaia and third was a southdown shown by Neville Moorhead of Southbridge.

Co-judge David Wyllie said the poll dorset was a similar type of ewe to the suffolk, but lacked the volume and the “X-factor’’ of the suffolk.

“That suffolk is so good. It’s a bit like a body contest.’’

The ewe scored highly in the commercial criteria of the carcass and had all the sought after stud qualities, he said.

He said it was a safe bet that its stud qualities would be repeated onto its progeny and this could be seen outside of its genetic evaluation figures.

“Anyone worth his salt in judging wouldn’t go past her.’’

Miles’s winning efforts in the sheep ring has previously included top ribbons at the Canterbury A&P Show, now called the New Zealand Agricultural Show, and a ram of his placed highly at the World Sheep Congress.

Right – John Miles says his Suffolk ram is all sweetness.

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Measles cases skyrocket in Canterbury Woman dies By susan sandys

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Measles is circulating widely in communities throughout Canterbury, but there’s no way of knowing exactly where, say health authorities.

Cases have jumped to 25 confirmed in the region, mostly in the greater Christchurch area, from just seven at the same time last week.

Patients are infectious for four to five days before any symptoms show, and anyone unprotected who has been within two metres of someone with measles have a 90 per cent chance of contracting it.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said early yesterday there are no cases in Ashburton District as yet, but three new cases were added late yesterday. The Guardian could not receive confirmation

by deadline on where these were from.

Dr Pink said earlier in the day it was likely there would be more cases in the next days and weeks throughout the region, so a case from the district was possible.

“Due to the highly infectious nature of the disease, it is likely measles is spreading throughout our community,” Dr Pink said.

People in their late teens and early 20s are most at risk. Anyone in this age group who does not know if they have had both MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccinations should contact their GP, family doctor or nurse to arrange for an MMR vaccination. The vaccination and the appointment to have it is free.

People with children under older than 12 months and under four years can ask their general practice team if their child

can have their MMR early. They can have the first MMR as early as 12 months and the second one month later.

If you were born or raised in New Zealand after January 1, 1969, and you had two MMR vaccinations, you are protected from measles.

Measles is serious and highly infectious.

Thirty per cent of those who catch it will develop complications – usually children under five and adults over the age of 20.

Measles during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, premature labour and low birth-weight in babies.

Ashburton Christian School principal Tim Kuipers said there had been a suspected case in a child who visited the school campus, so all parents were notified immediately of the risk. The case ended up not being measles.

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A woman has passed away as a result of a crash that occurred in Hinds earlier this month.

The woman who died as a result of the crash on Coldstream Road, Hinds, on March 4 was 82-year-old Mary Rose Ashfield of Ashburton, and died at Christchurch Hospital on Saturday.

The two-car crash occurred on the intersection of Coldstream Road and Junction Road just after 10am.

The driver of one vehicle had to be extricated using specialist gear by firefighters, and awas flown by helicopter to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition.

The driver and passenger of the other vehicle were in a moderate condition and were transported to Ashburton Hospital by ambulance.

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Cameron Courts residents finding new homes

By Sue NewmaN

As part of the winding down of the resthome, Mani has also been working with staff to find new positions and had given them whatever time they needed to go to job interviews.

“It’s always hard to find good people and we have good people, some have been with us for a long time.

Most seem to be finding other jobs.”

When the last resident leaves, Mani said that would be when they started thinking about the future of their building.

“That’s when we’ll stop and think, what next; we can deal with all of that later.”

Mani said the decision to close was a very tough one, but with just 30 per cent occupancy there was little choice. The facility had just one new admission last year.

The couple bought Cameron Courts in 2010 at a time when most resthomes had waiting lists for beds. Over the past two and a half years that had changed as a new facility opened and the district faced an oversupply of beds, Mani said.

“This has been a very tough, very hard decision.

We’ve even tried to sell but with the numbers not there, no one was interested.”

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One week after they were told their resthome was closing, most Cameron Courts residents are already looking at a happy future in a new home.

Owners of the resthome Lowreen and Ash Mani made the decision to close the facility because of declining resident numbers.

While the home had the capacity to accommodate 30 elderly, numbers had dropped to just 10 and that made the business no longer viable, Mani said.

When he announced the closure he made a commitment to stay open until the last resident had relocated, but it seems the day the last resident moves will come sooner than Mani anticipated.

“Five of our residents have already moved and the others will be moving over the next week,” he said.

From the outset, he had made it clear to residents and their families there would be no pressure to move quickly.

“We’ve been leaving them in their own space to find the home they know they’ll be happy in. Our focus has been on our residents and making this as easy as possible for them,” he said.

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Stonemasons Tawny and Murray Wagstaff are about half way through their stone wall entrance at Ashburton cemetery.

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■ ASHBURTON CEMETERY EXTENSION

Grand river stone entrance takes shape

By SuSaN SaNdyS

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Walls made of river stones are taking shape at the entrance to the new area of Ashburton’s cemetery.

Father and son team Murray and Tawny Wagstaff are building the dramatic ingress, setting the scene for mourners for centuries to come.

The stonemasons are on site most days at the Seafield Road site, as the six-week project reaches its halfway point.

Murray said he was more commonly doing his stone work on large private projects such as for large fences, feature walls, and

logburner surrounds throughout New Zealand, so it was something unique to be working on the cemetery project.

He was pleased with how the wall was taking shape, and was glad the Ashburton District Council had chosen to go with the real product, rather than do what some property owners did and stick on a stonework façade.

“Being a cemetery, it’s going to be here for hundreds of years, and why not use the proper stuff,” Murray said.

He said building the walls, which will have signage and space for both

drive through and walk through gateways, was quite technical. It required getting the right combination of shapes of stones to ultimately form the shape of the wall.

Squarish stones were particularly in demand, as these were not as common but were required for the corners and tops of the walls.

Murray said the stones came from the Ashburton and Rakaia rivers.

He got the bulk of them from ACL, but had found himself scrounging around on the river beds himself at times, as he aimed to make sure he had just the right shapes for the project.

Fallout from toilet stop continues From P1 “I can confirm Pacific Tourways will not be providing coach services for this company in the future.”

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon also spoke with Kirk and said he was pleased the bus company had taken the situation seriously.

“They’re as disgusted as I am and

as a result of the incident they’ve cancelled any further tours with Mercury Travel.

“There was no reason for the tour director to stop the bus where they did.

“There was a working toilet onboard the bus and they’d travelled past numerous public toilets on the

drive north.”

He said visitors came to the district for its beautiful landscapes.

Falloon said the community had been right to make its feelings about the incident known.

The Guardian contacted Mercury Travel yesterday, but had no response.

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District cubs converge for annual camp

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

More than 50 cubs from around the Mid Canterbury district descended on the Mania-o-Roto Scout Park over the weekend for their annual camp.

Zone Cub Leader Lori Rusbatch said 62 cubs attended the camp, along with seven scouts, two venturers and 23 adults who were scout leaders and parents.

The main focus of the weekend was all about animals, with a workshop being held on the Saturday to teach the children all things involved with owning a pet.

“The children were split in to six groups and there were six separate stations for them to go to,” she said.

The stations included local dog groomers and obedience trainers, a local vet nurse and cat breeder, all attending in their own free time, free of charge.

“They were absolutely wonderful and we can’t thank them enough,” she said.

Later in the day the children listened to a talk from a member of the guide dog association before settling down for the evening watching a movie before the big day of trooping the colours on Sunday.

“The trooping of the colours is quite a formal event, we had chosen the cubs to carry the carry the flags in the parade and I am really proud of all the young people involved,” she said.

The parade is held every second year, while the cub camp is held annually within the Mania-o-Roto area.

Above – Cubs from around the district proudly show their colours at the biennial “trooping of the colours” on Sunday.

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Right – Chris Luscombe tests out some of his recently acquired animal care skills at the Mania-o-Roto cubs camp on the weekend.

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The awards, which honour distinguished voluntary pursuits, will be presented by Mayor Donna Favel at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Jill Newton and Gwenda Ireland will both be awarded the Mayor’s Award for Public Service, while Martin Nordqvist will receive the Ashburton Medal. Age Concern Ashburton will be awarded the Civic Award.

Favel said she was thrilled with the

high calibre of nominations for this year’s awards.

“It’s such a pleasure to see all of the hard work happening in our community thanks to the selfless efforts of these volunteers and I’m delighted to be able to present these awards to four very deserving people and groups.”

The Community Honours Awards recognise meritorious voluntary community service and those who have not been recognised through their own sector awards in the district.

The nominations were assessed by a special council selection panel.

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■ MULTISPORT ADVENTURE RACE

GODZone a Canterbury challenge Multisport enthusiasts will soon be clambering over the Mid Canterbury high country as they compete in the 600-kilometre seven-day GODZone expedition adventure race.

Sixty-three teams set off from the start line in Akaroa on Sunday, into a coasteering stage around Lushington Bay to Takamatua Bay, attracting a pod of orcas who followed them along the way.

A 40-kilometre mountain bike ride over Banks Peninsula, a seven-kilometre pack-rafting section from Diamond Harbour to Governors Bay, and a 10-kilometre trek and orienteering stage over the Port Hills and through the Christchurch Adventure Park followed.

Mt White Station in the Arthurs Pass National Park formed the backdrop for a dramatic GODZone restart early yesterday.

A 73-kilometre trek through the Torlesse Mountain Range was followed by pack-rafting down the Poulter River and the Waimakariri River. A two-hour caving section at Cave Stream Scenic Reserve completed the stage with teams transitioning at Castle Hill.

Event director Warren Bates said the day would feature spectacular scenery for the racers.

“The spectacular limestone outcrops at Cave Stream will be another highlight of this stage as teams will meander and twist their way through the cave’s pitch black darkness for over 594 meters,” Bates said.

The front running teams were expected to complete the leg, comprising stage two, by late last night and would head off from Castle Hill in the evening to stage

Competitors in the GODZone expedition adventure race will be taking in some spectacular high country scenery. three. This would be a mountain bike leg, 160 kilometres of high alpine riding past Lake Coleridge and over the Blackhill mountain range down to Alford Forest and along to Lake Clearwater.

Then stage four was a huge 84 kilometre trek from Lake Clearwater up and over the Big Hill and

Palmer Ranges. The teams would experience views of the unspoilt snowcapped Southern Alps, summiting Mt O’Connor before descending down into high country farm Glenfalloch Station.

A massive water section followed for stages five and six with teams transitioning to pack-raft-

ing the upper Rakaia River for 53 kilometres then kayaking the lower Rakaia for 77 kilometres.

The last mountain bike leg would link teams around Lake Ellesmere to Wainui for a final paddle home across to Akaroa.

“Physical and mental strength is going to be required by all

teams to commit to such an adventure,” Bates said.

“This is a large course, the longest to date in GODZone’s history.

Canterbury has a massive landscape that will be technically demanding of all teams, that is the challenge they come for at GODZone.”

Police investigating their own after off-duty incident Police management are investigating the actions of a group of off-duty officers after “concerns” were raised about their behaviour.

The alleged behaviour occurred the same night that one officer al-

legedly sexually assaulted another. But police are refusing to give further details.

The Herald revealed last week that a 28-year-old policeman had been charged with indecently assaulting and sexually violating a

policewoman on February 5.

The officer’s name was suppressed – as well as further details about the case.

Yesterday Assistant Commissioner Bill Searle confirmed that police were investigating the ac-

tions of a number of police officers following concerns around their alleged behaviour while off-duty.

Police would not confirm if the investigation and the alleged sexual assault were linked.

“The allegations relate to inappropriate behaviour that occurred over the course of the evening of 4 February and the early hours of 5 February 2019, while the officers were deployed outside their district.”

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■ ETHIOPIA

Gobal grief after air crash An Ethiopian Airlines jet faltered and crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff, carving a gash in the earth and spreading global grief to 35 countries that had someone among the 157 people who were killed.

There was no immediate indication why the plane went down in clear weather while on a flight to Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya. The crash was strikingly similar to that of a Lion Air jet in Indonesian seas last year, killing 189 people. Both accidents involved the Boeing 737 Max 8, and China ordered a temporarily grounding of those planes for Chinese airlines.

The crash shattered more than two years of relative calm in African skies, where travel had long been chaotic. It also was a serious blow to state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, which has expanded to become the continent’s largest and best-managed carrier and turned Addis Ababa into the gateway to Africa.

The airline’s chief operating officer said the plane’s flight data recorder had not yet been found.

Around the world, families were gripped by grief. At the Addis Ababa airport, a woman called a mobile number in vain.

Henom Esayas, whose sister’s Nigerian husband was killed, told The Associated Press they were startled when a stranger picked up their frantic calls to his mobile phone, told them he had found it in the debris and promptly switched it off.

Shocked leaders of the United Nations, the UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme announced that colleagues

Wreckage lies at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff at Hejere, some 50 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia.

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had been on the plane. The UN migration agency estimated some 19 UN-affiliated employees were killed. A list of the dead released by Ethiopian Airlines included passengers from China, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Israel, India and Somalia.

Kenya lost 32 citizens. Canada, 18. Several countries including the United States lost four or more people.

The crash is likely to renew questions about the 737 Max, the newest version of Boeing’s popular single-aisle airliner, which was first introduced in 1967 and has become the world’s most common passenger jet.

Indonesian investigators have not determined a cause for the October crash, but days after the accident Boeing sent a notice

to airlines that faulty information from a sensor could cause the plane to automatically point the nose down.

Safety experts cautioned against drawing too many comparisons between the two crashes until more is known about the disaster.

The Ethiopian plane was new, delivered to the airline in November. The plane crashed six minutes after departure, ploughing into the ground at Hejere, some 50 kilometres outside Addis Ababa, at 8.44am.

The jet showed unstable vertical speed after takeoff, an air traffic monitor said. The senior Ethiopian pilot, who joined the airline in 2010, sent out a distress call and was given clearance to return to the airport, the airline’s CEO told reporters.

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Prince get new title The Queen has marked Prince Edward’s birthday by granting him a title to use in Scotland. The Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie will be know as the Earl and Countess of Forfar when they are north of the border. His new title was announced as the prince celebrated his 55th birthday. The Royal Family posted a tweet wishing him “a very happy birthday”. The Earldom of Forfar was created in 1661 and became extinct as a title in 1715 when the second Earl died leaving no children. Prince Edward is patron of a number of Scottish charitable organisations, such as The Edinburgh International Festival, the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland and Badminton Scotland. In 2014 The Earl was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Queen’s personal representative to the assembly.

Forfar, which has a population of just over 14,000, is the county town of Angus.

■ MALAYSIA

Kim Jong Nam’s murder suspect freed An Indonesian woman held two years on suspicion of killing the North Korean leader’s half brother was freed from custody after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the murder charge against her.

Siti Aisyah cried and hugged her co-defendant, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam, before leaving the courtroom. She told reporters she had only learned that morning that she would be freed.

The two young women were accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam’s face in an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on February 13, 2017. They have said they thought they were taking part in a prank for a TV show. They had been the only suspects in custody after four North Korean suspects fled the country the same morning Kim was killed.

The High Court judge discharged Aisyah without an acquittal after prosecutors said they wanted to withdraw the murder charge against her. They did not give a reason.

Prosecutor Iskandar Ahmad said the discharge not amounting to acquittal means Aisyah can be recharged but there are no such plans for now.

Aisyah was quickly ushered out of the court building in an embassy car.

Huong’s murder trial was put on hold after

the surprise development.

“I am in shock. My mind is blank,” a distraught Huong told reporters through a translator after Aisyah left.

Indonesian Ambassador Rusdi Kirana said he was thankful to the Malaysian government. “We believe she is not guilty,” he said.

Huong’s Lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, said they will seek to postpone the trial. He said Huong was distraught and felt Aisyah’s discharge was unfair to her as the judge last year had found sufficient evidence to continue the murder trial against them.

A High Court judge last August had found there was enough evidence to infer Aisyah, Huong and the four missing North Koreans had engaged in a “well-planned conspiracy” to kill Kim Jong Nam. Lawyers for the women have previously said they were pawns in a political assassination with clear links to the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and that the prosecution failed to show the women had any intention to kill. Intent to kill is crucial to a murder charge under Malaysian law.

Kim Jong Nam was the eldest son in the current generation of North Korea’s ruling family. He had been living abroad for years but could have been seen as a threat to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s rule.

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Misery grows for Venezuelans Venezuelans reached new levels of desperation as the country’s worst blackouts took their toll, gathering in larger numbers than usual at springs in the mountains of Caracas to collect water and scrounging for scarce cash to pay for food in the few shops that were open.

Engineers restored power in some places after electricity and communications were lost, but outages persisted in many areas where people are already beset by hyperinflation as well as shortages of food and medicine.

Long lines of cars waited at the small num-

ber of gasoline stations with electricity.

Some Venezuelan hospitals were caring for their most critically ill patients with the help of generators, but many operated without power, raising concerns about vulnerable patients who rely on oxygen concentrators, dialysis machines and other equipment.

The blackout has intensified the toxic political climate, with opposition leader Juan Guaido blaming alleged government corruption and mismanagement and President Nicolas Maduro accusing his US-backed adversary of sabotaging the national grid. – AP

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Vaccine hesitancy a major threat I

texted my grown-up kids recently and gave them some handy information: You are both fully vaccinated against the measles.

I didn’t hear back. Not a “what?” or even a smiley face emoji. And I was fine with that.

They can go about their busy lives at work and university, playing sport and socialising into the small hours with like-minded mates.

They have good protection from the current measles outbreak that is currently in Christchurch and will no doubt reach Ashburton.

Thanks to the beautifully written notes by mother in my Plunket book, I know I had some

sort of measles as a kid. She said it was a most dreadful thing.

When my own children were born, I didn’t think twice about taking the advice of health professionals – people who have spent their careers trying to eradicate such diseases – and having them vaccinated. They’ve both had two MMR vaccinations at the recommended times.

I believe in herd immunity and

the fact that my children are vaccinated is good for those others who cannot be.

There will be other parents who can’t send that reassuring text to their children, because they chose not to vaccinate. Some will have no doubt read up widely on the internet and decided they know more than the health professionals.

Good for them, I respect the right for parents to make informed choices around vaccination based on the facts.

But it astounds me that parents who are constantly trying to keep their kids safe refuse to get them vaccinated, despite all the science and proof they work.

I remember at the time my

children were born that anti-vaccine proponents were claiming a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. The experts said then, and say now, there is no link.

But parents still encounter these claims on social media – sometimes led by celebrities or others who claim influence.

Vaccine hesitancy has been listed by the World Health Organisation amongst its top 10 threats to global health this year, up there with ebola and a global influenza pandemic.

Measles has seen a 30 per cent increase in cases globally and some countries that were close to eliminating the disease have seen a resurgence.

There has been a rush in Ashburton as people seek to ensure they, and their children, are protected against measles.

The priority is people aged 1 to 29 who have not been vaccinated at all.

Some who get the measles during this outbreak will be very sick, others will be seriously sick, especially if they already have a vulnerable health status to start with.

Measles is a highly contagious disease that can be life threatening and it is a highly infectious disease that spreads easily in schools and child care centres.

But measles is easily preventable. Why would we not want to do that?

murders of 33 men and boys.

In 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US attorney general. A series of bombings in Mumbai, India, killed 257 people In 2003, Elizabeth Smart, the 15-year-old girl who vanished from her bedroom nine months earlier, was found alive in a Salt Lake City suburb with two drifters, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee.

Ten years ago: Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in New York to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history. The Iraqi journalist who’d thrown his shoes at President

George W Bush received a threeyear sentence.

Five years ago: With Ukraine’s interim prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at his side, President Barack Obama said the United States would “completely reject” a referendum in Crimea opening the door for the Ukrainian peninsula to join Russia.

One year ago: British Prime Minister Theresa May said Russia was “highly likely” to blame for poisoning a former spy and his daughter in an English city with a military-grade nerve agent.

Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and

wounded two women in Austin less than two weeks after a similar attack left a man dead in another part of the Texas capital.

Today’s birthdays: Politician, diplomat and civil rights activist Andrew Young is 87. Actress Barbara Feldon is 86. Actresssinger Liza Minnelli is 73.

Singer-songwriter James Taylor is 71. Rock singer-musician Bill Payne is 70. Actor Jon Provost is 69. Author Carl Hiaasen is 66. Rock musician Steve Harris is 63. Actress Lesley Manville is 63. Actor Jerry Levine is 62.

Singer Marlon Jackson is 62.

Actor Jason Beghe is 59. Actor

Courtney B Vance is 59. Actor Titus Welliver is 57. Actress Julia Campbell is 56. Actor Jake Weber is 56. Actor Aaron Eckhart is 51. Rock musician Graham Coxon is 50. Country musician Tommy Bales is 46.

Actor Rhys Coiro is 40. Country singer Holly Williams is 38. Actor Samm Levine is 37. Actress Jaimie Alexander is 35. Actor Tyler Patrick Jones is 25. Actress Kendall Applegate is 20.

Thought for today: “If power corrupts, being out of power corrupts absolutely.” – Douglass (cq) Cater, American author and educator (1923-1995).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, March 12, the 71st day of 2019. There are 294 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 12, 1864, Lt Gen Ulysses S Grant assumed command as General-in-Chief of the Union armies in the Civil War. On this date: In 1964, in New Zealand, Arthur Dobson, at the request of Canterbury’s chief surveyor, had found the pass that would allow travel between the east and west coasts in the centre of the South Island.

In 1912, the Girl Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Georgia, founded the first American troop of the Girl Guides.

In 1914, American inventor George Westinghouse died in New York at age 67.

In 1923, inventor Lee De Forest publicly demonstrated his soundon-movie-film system, called Phonofilm, in New York.

In 1925, Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen died in Beijing.

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his 30 radio addresses that came to be known as “fireside chats,” telling Americans what was being done to deal with the nation’s economic crisis.

In 1938, the Anschluss merging Austria with Nazi Germany took place as German forces crossed the border between the two countries.

In 1947, President Harry S Truman announced what became known as the Truman Doctrine to help Greece and Turkey resist Communism.

In 1955, legendary jazz musician Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker died in New York at age 34.

In 1971, Hafez Assad was confirmed as president of Syria in a referendum.

In 1975, a New Zealand Red Cross worker, Malcolm Riding, was killed in Vietnam.

In 1980, a Chicago jury found John Wayne Gacy Jr guilty of the

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overnment consultation rounds can seem about as frequent as changes in the weather but one that Federated Farmers is taking particularly seriously concerns migrant workers.

Last December Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway put out a discussion paper “A new approach to employer assisted work visas and regional workforce planning”.

We said straight away that some of the proposals, including streamlining of procedures and new regional skills shortage lists, would be very useful, as was the acknowledgement that some employers face significant difficulty when they can’t find suitable New Zealand workers to hire and train.

Subsequently, the Federated Farmers January Mid-Season Farm Confidence Survey underlined a trend that has worsened in just about every one of our biannual surveys since 2010.

All farms – dairy, arable and meat/wool – continue to have difficulty recruiting skilled and motivated staff.

Just on 42 per cent of the 1400 farmers who filled in our questionnaire said the situation was worse than six months earlier.

Farmers are confronted with all sorts of challenges and potential changes – climate change, talk of a capital gains tax and new environment taxes, lab-grown meat and milk alternatives to name a few.

They’re all important but in terms of an every day, grassroots headache, one that can hinder production and really impinge on a farmer’s mental and physical health, then sustained gaps in your workforce tops the list.

No question – farmers would rather employ fellow New Zealanders.

We started a dairy apprenticeship scheme to foster talent, and we’re looking at expanding that to other farming sectors.

But we’ve got very low unemployment in many rural areas, and we’re in a battle

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Filipino dairy workers have a strong presence in the Ashburton District. with roading, construction and infrastructure industries for the kinds of young people that have long been the agriculture workforce’s new blood – young men and women who like the outdoors, working with their hands and growing/raising quality food and fibre.

With the farmhouse accommodation many of us offer, great schools and close-knit rural communities, we’re still getting our share of skilled workers, often with families.

But we’re losing the battle for younger people, who tend to be swayed by the social life, shops, McDonald’s and bustle of towns and cities.

Another blow was the loss of the Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre.

Federated Farmers is working with other agencies to find a more workable tertiary training set-up for primary sectors, but we’ve lost that workforce inflow in the meantime.

And so we must have migrant workers to plug workforce gaps in the industries that still earn the lion’s share of New Zealand’s export receipts.

We seem to be getting through to the Government with our message that the broad ap-

plication of current rules that limit visas to three consecutive 12-month periods, followed by an enforced stand-down of a year when they must return overseas, is crazy.

Just when we’ve got workers into the rhythm of New Zealand farm life and lifted their skills, they have to leave – and more often than not they’re gleefully snapped up by farmers in Australia and Canada.

The Minister has also signalled the possibility of reversing restrictions on migrant workers’ families coming with them to New Zealand.

Excellent!

That will mean more settled and contented workers, and a boost to the schools and economies of rural districts.

We also applaud the talk of making skills shortage lists regional. We can see that there are problems with high numbers of immigrants in Auckland and Tauranga, where we can’t build houses and infrastructure fast enough.

But the same issues don’t exist in places such as Balclutha, Taihape and Ashburton.

Another proposal is requiring employers who want to employ migrants to apply for 12-month

accreditation instead of having to provide details with every application.

To really cut back on the time-consuming bureaucracy and paperwork, why not 36-month accreditation?

As we prepare our submission to meet the March 18 deadline, we’re debating the implications of the proposed sector agreements for industries that use a lot of low-skilled employees from overseas.

We’re also working out ways to underline to the Minister how necessary it is to show some flexibility over the requirement for ANZSCO Levels 1, 2, and 3, which rules out the majority of farm work job roles from the skills shortage list.

In short, we welcome the Government’s willingness to talk – and we’ll be taking the opportunity.

Chris Lewis is Federated Farmers Dairy chairman.

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Your generosity enables us to continue with the ongoing services of Age Concern Ashburton.

Thanks also to the many volunteers who manned the various sites around town, your help is much appreciated.

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Coloured fleece wins wool title

BY Tim Cronshaw

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Fleece judges were scratching their heads trying to recall the last time coloured wool won the top fleece award at the Mayfield A&P Show.

Mainstream fine and strong wool of whiter shades took a back step when Jim Stewart, from Rosebank in Rakaia, won the supreme fleece ribbon.

Wool convenor James Wright was struggling to recall if this was the first time a coloured fleece had won the top title.

“I would think it has happened before, but I can’t be sure. It is a very nice fleece.’’

He said Stewart had supported the fleece competition for many years and his coloured fleece was a deserved winner.

“It’s been judged the best black and coloured fleece of its class and scored the most points overall and scored more points than the best white fine and strong fleece.

It’s a supreme fleece to win overall.’’

Stewart’s entry was awarded 97 out of 100 points, just missing out on the perfect score by failing to receive maximum points in the evenness of quality, staple formation and crimp categories.

Wright said there was a lot of sound wool among the wide ranging entries with some of the crossbred entries shorn after Christmas showing yellow signs from the heavy rainfall previously.

Overall though the entries were showing good length and reflected a good growing season, he said.

“Considering how strong [Stewart’s entry] was, it’s a very soft fleece and would make a good homespun jersey, but they are a bit out of fashion. I still have one

and can’t seem to wear it out. People seem to wear the Icebreaker tops now and they are good too.’’

He said it was also good to see a strong wool fleece win the title as

crossbred farmers were struggling to get good returns outside of fine wool.

Fine wool farmers were getting better rewarded in the mar-

ketplace. Wright’s halfbred wool from half merino and half romney bloodlines is in demand from sock and other garment manufacturers.

Sheep convenor James Wright rated this coloured fleece highly.

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BY GUY TRAFFORD

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nother jump in the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) last week will be reassuring to Fonterra after their recent lift in the farm gate price for the season.

Overall products lifted by 3.3 per cent and the seventh lift on the trot and prices now match what they were nine months ago.

Perhaps more importantly, the biggest lift came from whole milk powder up 6 per cent securing it above the $US3000 benchmark.

A little surprising was the drop in skim milk powder which fell by 4.6 per cent after a series of quite strong previous sales. Some bank economists are picking a $7.00 per kg MS for next season which is a very bullish approach to take.

Last Friday was International Women’s Day, so worth commenting on.

Fiona Gower, the National President of Rural Women recently spoke about the important role women have on the farm and how they need to be valued. Everything she said was correct highlighting the roles women have in managing the books to having a major role in the making of the farm financial decisions. However, she had her farmer wife’s blinkers on and stopped well short of where she could have gone.

Most applied areas of agriculture, as opposed to the service sector, are on record as complaining about the lack of quality staff available in New Zealand and are looking overseas for staff for farm roles.

At Lincoln University, in recent years student numbers mostly involved in agriculture have been steadily building, against the national trend, although this year they appear to have plateaued.

A major reason for the success is largely due to the influx of young, and some not so young, women who are looking forward

to a career in agriculture. Lincoln for the past couple of years has had more female than male students in the undergraduate programmes.

Lincoln has the reputation of being the university having the most graduates ending up with a career of choice one year out from graduation and this is largely due to the large numbers of ag-focused students.

Unfortunately, this claim to fame is likely to come under threat. It is due largely to its success at attracting female students who, although helping to bolster numbers for the uni, are then left languishing, applying for jobs they are quite capable of filling but getting turned down or not even getting to the interview table.

The dairy industry is arguably ahead of other sectors in employing women, but the sheep and beef industry would have to be the laggard.

Farmers seem to expect the new graduate to come with a dog and capable of putting up a fence.

Women may not be as skilled, at least initially, at repairing a fence or hanging a gate, but then it is highly likely they weren’t the one responsible for putting the cattle through the fence or hitting the strainer with the tractor.

Everybody has skills but sometimes the employer has to revise what skills may be required within the business and be prepared to reframe how they operate and their expectations to accommodate skills a new employee may bring and then work to those skills.

Fortunately, the service sector is not so bogged down and companies like Farmlands, Wrighties, FMG and others are active employers of women. But these are not always the roles that many of the graduates had in mind when they started their academic career.

Markets Overall, apart from the saleyards and venison, things are beginning to improve. No great lift in prices but the steady erosion appears to have at worse slowed or even improved.

Sheep Lamb and mutton schedules are unchanged for the week although saleyard prices have continued to soften, driven by the weather impacting upon feed supplies.

However, recent rains and shorter days will mean that what feed is around will hang on better and provide options for farmers.

Wool Wool prices have firmed on previous weeks although from a low base. Not a lot of fine wools coming forward so difficult to gauge that market too much. However, lambs’ wool sold well at last week’s Christchurch sale.

Cattle A small lift in the prime cattle schedule from one processor is a welcome turnaround although cull cows largely continued their decline. Limited numbers of cattle of all types are coming forward although the annual weaner fairs are not far away and will boost numbers.

Venison A continued fall in the schedule is a disturbing trend and while typical for the industry it would be nice to see it move away from the see-saw seasonal approach and get some better consistency. With the US and China in the market it is surprising that this is not occurring more.

Dairy The recent lift in farm gate projections (to $6.30 - $6.60) from Fonterra will please farmers but the weak dividend signals did not impress shareholders.

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425 425 416

Source: Midlands Grain 369 430 300 369 428 280 375 424 290

Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 100.17 17.5 kg YX SI 113.09 19.0 kg YX SI 122.79 21.0 kg YX SI 135.71 Local trade (c/kg) SI 720 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 101.80 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 474.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 338 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 440 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 510 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 464 AP Stag 60kg SI 563 AP Stag 80kg SI 750

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 422 420 Wheat, feed 422 420 Barley, feed 409 412

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index February-19 137.00 130.00 128.00

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u DAIRY (NZ$/tonne) Butter Skimmilk powder Wholemilk powder Cheese - cheddar

7,360 2,717 4,050 5,159

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

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6,383 3,934 4,156 5,269

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While Kiwis moderated their spending last month, sales in alcohol increased 1 per cent from January.

Overall, increased purchases of groceries, liquor, fuel and hospitality offset reduced spending on big-ticket items.

Growth in spending on apparel, for example, slowed to 0.9 per cent in February from January’s 3.3 per cent increase and spending on durables, such as appliances and furniture, fell 0.2 per cent after surging 4.9 per cent in January.

Total retail spending on credit and debit cards grew 0.9 per cent in February from January and was down from the 1.8 per cent increase reported for January, according to Stats NZ data.

Core retail spending, excluding fuel and vehicle spending, was also up 0.9 per cent in February after a

2.2 per cent increase in January.

Economists say the figures are stronger than they expected.

Spending rose in five of the six retail industries. Purchases of durable goods, such as whiteware and furniture, were the exception and fell by 0.2 per cent after a 4.9 per cent jump in January.

Spending on fuel was up 1.3 per

cent and spending in cafes, restaurants and bars was up 0.7 per cent.

Apparel sales rose 0.9 per cent in the latest month, down from an increase of 3.3 per cent in January.

Non-retail spending using cards, such as for travel, health and wholesaling, fell 0.8 per cent in February.

Actual retail spending using cards was $5.1 billion in February, up 3.4 per cent, or $168 million, from February 2018.

Card spending is shifting away from the use of debit cards to greater use of credit cards.

Debit card use in February accounted for 45.5 per cent of total transactions, down from 46.8 per cent in February last year.

Reserve Bank figures released last month showed New Zealanders had $7.484 billion outstanding on credit cards in January, up 5 per cent from a year earlier.

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Offshore call centre behind Vodafone restructure – insider Vodafone NZ’s sweeping restructure involves “culling” hundreds of call centre roles and replacing some tech staff with “Indian counterparts”, an insider said.

He warns the telco plans to shed “technical network and install managers” and send the roles offshore.

India is seven hours behind New Zealand.

The account is similar to one offered by a (now-ex) Vodafone technician, who earlier told media he was one of 40 staff who saw their jobs sent offshore to giant Indian outsourcer Infosys.

The laid-off staff were asked to mentor their Indian replacements before leaving.

Vodafone NZ spokeswoman

Kathy Gliek confirmed outsourcing of IT roles did take place in late 2017 Although the possible loss of local call centre positions has grabbed headlines, the person close to the current restructure indicated cuts in other departments were imminent.

Vodafone NZ did not make any immediate response to those claims – NZME

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

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9,390.84 –49.42

–0.52%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

6,259.45 –40.67

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Canterbury, New Zealand’s Anglican Church is led by a? a. Deacon b. Bishop c. Arch-Bishop 2 – Diego Garcia is an island in which ocean? a. Pacific b. Indian c. South Atlantic 3 – In which year was the German Reichstag (parliament) burnt down? a. 1923 b. 1933 c. 1943 4 – A chiropractor is likely to? a. Manipulate your joints b. Operate on your eyes c. Inspect your tonsils 5 – Karl Lagerfeld was famous for? a. Directing movies b. Ski-jumping c. Clothes design 6 – Suzie Ferguson is a presenter on? a. Morning Report b. Checkpoint c. The AM Show 7 – In which country is Hyderabad? a. India b. Pakistan c. Afghanistan 8 – What is special about Christchurch’s McLean’s mansion? a. It’s one of the world’s largest timber houses b. It’s one of New Zealand’s oldest buildings c. It’s the scene of a famous murder

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Methven’s Isle of Man motorbike race link Former Manx man Stan Quirk (insert), a 40 year resident of Methven, can still recall socialising with icons of the International Isle of Man TT races such as the immortal great Mike Hailwood (above).

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Barbecue salmon fillets with sticky orange sauce 1kg salmon fillet, boneless and cut into 8 pieces 1/2 C orange marmalade 2t sesame oil 2t soy sauce 1t fresh ginger root, grated or finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 3T rice wine vinegar 2t black sesame seeds (from any good Asian supermarket) Canola/vegetable oil, for barbecuing

marinade and place, skin side down, on top of the grill. Baste 1 or 2 times with the marinade and cook for about 5 minutes or until seared underneath.

■ Carefully flip the salmon over with a fish slice or spatula and

baste again. Cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes on the other side.

■ Lift the salmon carefully off the barbecue and place it on a serving platter. Top with sesame seeds.

■ Serve with your favourite salad.

A few tips on barbecuing salmon: ■ Get the barbecue really hot.

■ As long as the salmon is well oiled it won’t stick. It helps if you don’t prod it and move it around every 30 seconds.

■ Wait until the flesh is seared before turning it over.

■ Only turn it over once. The best utensil for this is a wide spatula, big enough to lift the salmon fillet in one go.

■ Don’t salt salmon before grilling.

This will dry the fish out.

Recipe courtesy of www.seafood.co.nz Seafood New Zealand

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The County Reserves book

BY GLENN VALLENDER

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eserves have played an important part in the history of Ashburton District and were some of the first areas defined for use in early surveys.

Today they are governed through the Reserves Act 1977 and continue to play an important part in land use in the Ashburton District.

The establishment and management of reserves has been closely related to the early Road Boards.

One of the earliest newspaper reports in the Ashburton Guardian is dated October 16, 1879, shortly after the newspaper was founded.

The article lamented and highlighted the physical barrenness of the district between Ashburton and Rakaia.

Reserves had varied purposes.

Some were set up to make the landscape look nicer, for recreation, to grow trees for profit, or to provide much-debated income from leasing.

Other reserves were set aside for things like the all-important shingle pit for gravel, for hospitals, railways, police and educational purposes.

Allocating reserves meant setting land aside for specific purposes useful to the community or government.

An amazing leather-bound book is safely kept in the archives at the Ashburton Museum, as part of the Ashburton District Council archives.

This book contains a wealth of information on the development and location of reserves in the Ashburton District that were governed by the Ashburton County Council.

It shows the names of occupiers, their acreages, when a reserve was leased or the lease surrendered, when it was planted, the terms of lease and lease expiry dates.

Along with this information are original hand drafted and hand coloured maps of all reserve locations, plus information about what was originally planted in the reserves, if anything, going back to the early 1880s. The book stops at page 237.

The Reserves book is complemented by Ashburton County Council minutes, which also often record changes in ownership and use of reserve land but it is the reserves book that has the maps.

On each map a key indicates the acreage, roods and perches for each reserve, using the measurements of the day. A rood is a quarter acre, 40 square perches or 0.1012 hectares. You will just

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have to research for yourself the difference between poles, perches, rods and roods.

The Reserves book also records what species were first planted and where, and often shows other hand-written tidbits of information, such as the date of an original planting or when a reserve may have been burnt, replanted or reallocated.

Private Reserve 1782 An example is Private Reserve 1782.

This became Reserve 38965 and stretched along the western side of State Highway One, near the old Windermere railway station.

Gum trees were first grown there in 1881 and pine trees were first planted in 1890 (3600 of them) and again in 1899.

This particular reserve had 246 acres (99.5 hectares) and was occupied by four different people, eventually being sold in 1955, having first been occupied in 1898.

There were 5000 pine trees planted on this reserve in 1949 at a cost of £60. It was noted in the book that not all were planted out because “rabbits were very numerous” in the area.

The early planting of gum trees was apparently also noted as not being successful as the plants were very susceptible to frost.

Entries in the Reserve book stretch from the early 1890s to 1988.

This book is a wonderful example of the archival records held in your museum from the collection of Ashburton District Council.

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Have any questions?

Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum. Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears.

Email museum@adc.govt.nz mail to Ashburton Museum, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740 or phone 307-7891.

Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

1. Front cover of the Reserves book.

PHOTO ANITA BADGER

2. Reserve 1782, showing the areas planted in pine trees in 1890, with later annotations about other trees and rabbits.

PHOTO ANITA BADGER 3. Archivist Kathleen Stringer, with just a few of the Ashburton District Council’s records related to property in the district.

4. Record of the reserves between Brothers Road, Quarry Road and Anama-Valetta Road showing reserve numbers and the acreage.

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RESULTS ■ Bowls MSA Bowling Club Getaway Tournament 1st W. Watson, G. Bishop, R. Tonks, R. Bennett 4 wins 26 ends 64 points 2nd M. Grice, A. Hill, C. Tubbs, J. Moore 4 wins 26 ends 48 points 3rd G. Eddington, J. Eddington, J. Mills, L. Mills 4 wins 26 ends 48 points 4th N. Atkinson, D. Hopkins, J. Drayton. G. Brown 3 wins 26 ends 55 points Hard luck prize G. Taylor H. Kemp, R. Herriott, W. Herriott.

MSA Bowling Club Half day triples Sponsored by Skip2ItFlooringXtra friday 8 March 1st M. Anderson, J. Kewish, G. Crack 3 wins 17ends 36 points 2nd D. Muir, M. Quinn, R. Petrie. 3 wins 15ends 28 points 3rd B. Williams, M. Hill, J. Rush. 2 wins 16 ends 31 points

Hampstead Bowling Club March 9 Brian Scott Triples - proudly sponsored by ACL. 1st Place M. Grice, A. Hill, C. Tubbs 3 wins 19 ends 39 points; 2nd Place G. Eddington, E. Maw, J. Eddington 2 wins 18 ends 37 points; 3rd Place W. Clarke, T. Clarke, M. Wilkins 2 wins 18 ends 33 points

■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club March 4 B & C Ladder N/S 1st George Brown & David Fisher , 2nd Bev Blair & Mary Bruce, 3rd Hilda Blee & Jan McClelland E/W 1st = Sheila Lyons & Ruth Logan and Fiona Williamson & Mary Francis, 2nd Jill Wilce & Ann Gilbert, 3rd Pat Wise & Joyce Johnson March 5 A Ladder N/S 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Linda Baker & Mike Holmes, 3rd Mary Buckland & Trish Downward E/W 1st Alan Wright & Val Ferrier, 2nd Trish & Maurice Small, 3rd Annette Blain & Carolyn King March 6 Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Trish Downward & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Mary Buckland & Trish Small, 3rd David Sewell & John McDonald E/W 1ST Bev Macaulay & John Irwin, 2nd Sue Rosevear & Kay Robb, 3rd Ann Gilbert & Shirley Harris March 7 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st Maree Moore & Judith Edmond, 2nd Bill Kolkman & Paul Fergus, 3rd Val Ferrier & Trish Downward E/W 1st Val Palmer & Pat Jordan, 2nd Kay Robb & Pauline Fergus, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Trish Small March 9 Ashburton Anniversary Pairs AM- A N/S 1st Annette Blain & Rona Brownlie, 2nd Rosemary McLaughlin & Kay Robb, 3rd Jeanette Meijer & Vivian Hill EW 1st Michael Johnstone & Paula Gregory, 2nd John McDonald & David Sewell, 3rd Sarah Garland & Neal Phillips

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf March 15 Play at Mayfield – 9.00am for 9.30am start Bring own lunch and small gift for raffle 9 Hole players welcome

Ashburton Golf Club March 16 A Par round will be played.

Starting Times: Morning: Morning players at 8am; Afternoon report at 12.00 for a 12.30pm start.

Nine hole golfers report at 1.00 for a 1.30pm start.

AM-B 1st Eamon Jackson & Darcy Preston, 2nd Max Robb & Tony Biddington, 3rd Giles Hancock & Jill Lockett PM N/S 1st Neal Phillips & Sarah Garland, 2nd Lesley Andrew & Kay Nicholas, 3rd Julia Thomas & Janis Franc E/W 1st Chris Bras & Michael Hume, 2nd Max Robb & Tony Biddington, 3rd Mike Holdaway & John Fechney

■ Croquet Golf Croquet March 5 and 6 Played in Timaru Primary grade 15 entries; winner C Woods West End 12 wins, runner up B Penty Aorangi 11 wins.

Intermediate grade 15 entries; winner Gay Jones Cashmere 13 wins, runner up T Ponsonby Waimate 9 wins.

Advanced grade 14 entries; winner G Simpson Aorangi 12 wins, runner up B Allnutt Waireka 10 wins.

March 7 and 8 Association Croquet played in Oamaru Division one 4 entries; winner G Simpson Aorangi 6 wins, runner up T King Waimate 4 wins.

Division two 5 entries; winner D Atkinson Awamoa/Gardens 4 wins, runner up Bob Wickenden Awamoa/Gardens, 3 wins.

■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers March 6 McGee & Social Wheelers Cup & Trophy Race Series 1st Nigel Chatterton CT. 29.08. HT. 1.50m.

RT. 27m 18s. 2nd Nick Grijns CT. 29.09. HT. 1.50m. RT. 27m 19s. 3rd Paul Macfie CT. 29.12. HT. 3.40m. RT. 25m 32s. 4th Paul Summerfield CT. 29.13. HT.3.40m. RT. 25m 33s. 5th Emma Hudson CT. 29.14. HT. Go. RT. 29m 14s. 6th Brent Hudson CT. 29.15. HT. Go. RT. 29m 15s. 7th Tim Craig CT.29.22. HT. 1.50. RT. 27m 32s. 8th John Uden CT.29.22.

HT.3.40m. RT. 25m 42s. 9th Oliver Davidson CT. 29.23. HT.7.00m. RT. 22m 23s. F/T. 10th Brad Hudson CT. 29.23. HT. 7.00m. RT. 22m 23s. 2f/t. 11th Tony Ward CT. 29.24. HT. 7.00m. RT. 22m 24s. 3f/t. 12th Paul Sinclair CT. 29.24. HT.5.30m. RT. 23m 54s. 4f/t. 13th Gerrard Morrison CT. 29.24. HT. 5.30m. RT. 23m 54s. 14th Mark Summerfield CT.29.25.

HT. 5.30m. RT. 25m 55s.

■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 8 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: Periwinkles 92 – Gail Gutsell, Anne Fleming, Colin Fleming, Laurence Hanrahan; Men: Mikes Mob 89, Occasionally Available 88, Read Rebels 88; Women: Baby Boomers 86; Mixed: Stroke N Poke 91.5; Top Lady: Anne Fleming; Top Man: Neil Macdonald Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Josh Ackerley, Paul May Motors – Pete Morrison, Gabites Ltd – Charlie Alexander, Mac & Maggies – Lal Mulligan, Gabites Lucky Player – Bruce Pugh Twos: Margaret Bean, Robin Bennett, Neil Macdonald, Pete Morrison Final night of teams is Friday March 15 March 9 The Radius Care Players of the Day Wilson Hii & Hiro Kekeda 66 – 7.25=58.75.

Other winning scores in the teams Ambrose: Peter Walker & Paul Greer 61.75, Alan White & Ian Rive 63.5, Kevin & Brent Smith 63.5, Ken Clucas & Adrian Hopwood 63.75.

Twos: Greig Sparrow & Bev Chinn, Charlie Alexander & Brian Nuttall, Wendy Bruce & Tufuga Sa, Bill Mason & Terry Molloy, Pat Turton & Paul May Nearest The Pins: Braided Rivers: Bevan Wilson; Rothbury Insurance: Tufuga Sa; Allenton Meat Centre: Chris Lovelock; South Island Seeds: Greig Sparrow: Property Brokers #6: Bruce Day; Charming Thai Longest Putt: Sean Strange; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: not drawn.

Nine Hole The Harvey Bakehouse winner of the day was Gavin Johnston 42-10=32.

Other winning scores were: Terry O’Reilly 34, Peter Wright 35, Mel Trewavas 35, John Dudley 35.

Mayfield Golf Club March 6 Mid-week Stableford Competition Grant Early 41 Stableford points, Brian

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Fielder 35, Steve Schmack 35 Nearest the Pin: Brian Fielder Two’s: Brian Fielder Mayfield 9 Hole Golf March 7 1st Sue Bunt Salver-Best Nett Ladies: 1st Jacinta Schmack 54-21-32, 2nd Tessa Gallagher 55-20-35 Men: Eddie Graham 54-21-33, John Greenslade 59-18-41 Putting: 1st Eddie Graham 16, 2nd Jacinta Schmack 17 Greg Sim Building & Excavating No 2: Tessa Gallagher, Mayfield Transport No 5: Jo Cook

Methven Golf Club March 6 Ladies Division LGU. Silver: Jenny Senior 92-16-76, Sara Gallagher 93-15-78 Bronze A: Ruth Smith 93-24-69, Katrina Glass 95-23-72 Bronze B: Nola Hydes 101-32-69, Bev Isherwood 102-32-70 1st Tuis(stableford): Ruth Smith 40, Nola Hydes 40, Bev Isherwood 40 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day: Ruth Smith 69 C/B, Nola Hydes 69 Nearest the Pins: 17# Silver Methven Pharmacy Jenny Senior, 4# Bronze A Aribica Denise Dixey, 6# Bronze B Cinema Paradiso Heather Middleton, 13# Open Methven Foursquare Pam Watson, 14# Sil/Br A Supervalue Sara Gallagher, 13# Sat Girls Methven Travel Not Played Twos and Nett Eagles: Bev Isherwood x2.

Nola Hydes x2. Naomi Fairfull. Marg Kelk.

March 9 Men’s Division 1st Round Green Jacket, 3rd Round Roger Harris.

Senior: Matt Mason 77-7-70 37pts by lot.

Intermediate: Pete Wood 75-13-62 45pts.

Junior A: Jim Lattimore 86-20-66 41pts.

Junior B: Russel Currie 98-30-68 39pts by lot.

Other Good Scores: 40pts Paddy Helmore, Stuart Wilson, Mike Gray, 39pts Les Linton, Rod Carson.

Two’s: Gary Foy, Alister Maxwell, Paddy Helmore, Stuart Wilson, Graham Gunn, Dayle Lucas, Mike Gray, Pete Wood, Gavin Santy, Rod Carson.

Dubliner Best Nett: Pete Wood 62. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Jim Lattimore 66. Methven Travel Best Gross: Pete Wood 75.

Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Craig Middleton. Hunters Wine No 6: Paddy Helmore. Ski Time No 13: Graham Gunn. Green Parrot No 17: Rod Carson.

Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Michael Kemp.

Next Week March 16: 2nd Round Green Jacket.

March 10 Men’s Division Fairclough Cleek & Hampton Trophy, alternate shots mixed own partners.

Winners Fairclough Cleek: Bev Isherwood & Ross Breach nett 61.5. Winners Hampton Trophy Ellen & Michael Kemp Gross 85.

Rakaia Golf Club March 6 Ladies Division LGU: Championship Qualifying – 1st Ringers – Richards Cup 1st Qualifying Sandra Quinn - 92 – 17 – 75, Jill Burrowes 102 – 27 – 75, Teresa Booker – 98 – 21 – 77, Marion Wederell – 99 – 21 – 78 9 Hole Stroke – Putting – Championship Qualifying – Sue Bunt 1st Round Lillian OHanlon - 59 – 20 – 39 - 17 Putts Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 - Sandra Quinn, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 – Val Sisson, Val Bell, Nearest the Pin No 8 - Freda Bierema, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 – Jo Johnson, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 – Teresa Booker Two’s: Teresa Booker

Tinwald Golf Club March 7 Twilight Stableford Leading scores in the Twilight stableford round: -6; John Smitheram 22 b/l Paul Hefford 22, Kevin Bishop 20 b/l. 7-10; Matt Stoddart 22 Shane Webster, Mike Sandrey, Ben Shearer 21. 11 plus; Darren Green 24 b/l, Murray Beach 24, Lawrence McCormick 23, Greg Prendergast 22.

Non-Handicap; Toby Thomas net 36. Women: 0-14; Linda McClea 18 b/l. 15 plus; Madeline Smith 19.

Nearest the pin: # 6 Tim Bain. # 16 Tim

Stoddart. Two’s; Gordon Rennie.

Radio Hokonui hacker of the night was Pete Trembath with 10 points.

March 9 Stroke Leading scores in the stroke round.

-12; Tetua Tuakeu 69 c/b Ngutokoa Teata 69, Paul Hefford 70. 13-18 Maeva Timote 67, Trevor Taylor, Chris Bell 70, Ray Wards 71.19 plus; Warren Scott 70, Lindsay Jackson 71, Cameron Miller 72.

Women; 4BBB for Margaret Mapu Trophy; Leen Bell and Barb MacGregor 62. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Ngutokoa Teata. Gluyas Ford # 6; Snow Pierce. House of Travel # 12; Ray Wards. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Keith Bonnington G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Ngutokoa Teata Two’s; Neil Connelly, Snow Pierce, Steve Cowie. Eagle; Steve Cowie # 15.Net Eagle; # 17 Paul Hefford.

■ Petanque Ashburton MSA Petanque Club March 10 Ashburton Doubles Championship Winners: Brumo Falco and Michelle Saban (Christchurch) Runners Up: Richard Browne (Ashburton) Christine Taylor (Christchurch) Consolation Winners: Sandra and Lindsay Hay (Alexandra) Runners Up: Peter and Henry Marriott (Ashburton) Plate Winners: Janet and Tony Wilkinson (Ascot) Runners Up: Pat O’Shea and Paul Stewart (Christchurch) Consolation Winners: Karen Stephen (Christchurch) and Mark Richardson (Dunedin) Runners Up: Caroline Kinloch and Maureen Morgan (Papanui) Bowl Winners: Maryon and David Beer (Alexandra)

■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Chris O’Reilly drew with Ben Kruger 2-2, Rob Giles lost to James Bowker 1-3, Kirsty Clay lost to Brendan Clark 1-3, Sam Kuipers lost to Robbie Kok 2-3.

Harry Stanway lost to Billy Nolan 0-3, Pete Blacklow lost to Craig Campbell 1-2, Reece Wallington beat Hamish Trott 3-0, Guy Stanway beat Jane Kingan 3-1.

Paul Cousins lost to James McCloy 2-3, Jordan Hooper lost to Ron Carlson 0-3, Rebecca Abernethy drew with James Bowker 2-2, Jan Lee lost to Amy Muckle 1-3.

Scott Broker beat Chris O’Reilly 2-1, Chris Thompson beat Ron Carlson 2-1, Melissa Wilson lost to Chris Lima 1-2, Sian Hurley lost to Michelle Boleyn 1-3.

Jimmy Hunn lost to John McDonnell 0-3, Julie Smith beat Chris Thompson 3-0, Neil Keenan lost to Steve Devereux 1-3, Charlotte Smith lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-3.

Amy Muckle’s Team 7 currently leads the standings on 52 points from Chrissie Stratford’s Team 10 on 50, James Bowker’s Team 9 on 47 and Chris O’Reilly’s Team 5 on 40.

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis March 6 Twilight Famous Grouse 15 v Hackers 18, What’s The Score 16 v Tridents 17, 3 Kiwis 1 Pom 14 v We Are Stihl Suzuki 19, Hit & Run 18 v Council Crew 15, Courtiers 11 v Hit 4 Brains 22, Slice Girls 13 v Grand Slammers 20, Miracles 13 v Let’s Play 20, Mighty Meerkats 19 v Run Like the Winded 14.

March 7 Sunset Doubles Ladies: Good Sets 3 v In with a Shot 3, One Hit Wonder 2½ v Wanna Bees 3½, The Ladies 2 v Dorie Damsels 4.

Division 1: Cates Grain & Seed 5 v Ball Wackers 1, Coasters 2½ v Double Faults 3½, Lakers ½ v Heineken Openers 5½ Division 2A: Geraldine 4 v Agitated Panda 2, Golden Flyers 3½ v Winchmore 2½. New Boys 3 v Ruapuna 3 Division 2B: Faultless 2 v B Team 4, Miss Hitss 4½ v Court Nite 1½, I’d Hit That 3 v Backspin 3 Division B: Go Girls 0 v 4 Aces 6, Willowbank 0 v Willies Wonkers 6, Read Revellers 3 v Rough Enough 3 March 9 A Grade

Ashburton Guardian 15 Hampstead beat Fairton 8 sets to 7 R. Cromie & T. Leonard beat C. Brosnahan & P. Leonard 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3), T. Groves & J. Leslie lost to G. Evans & M. Lucas 1-6, 1-6, R. Cromie beat C. Brosnahan 6-1, 6-3, T. Leonard beat G. Evans 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6), T. Groves lost to M. Lucas 4-6, 6-4, 0-1 (810), J. Leslie lost to O. Bubb 0-6, 1-6.

Allenton lost to Methven 59 games to 52 S. Bubb & J. Pye lost to E. Dargue & P. Kirwan 6-7 (4-7), 0-6, B. Looij & M. Bubb beat M. Kempthorne & J. Jones 6-2, 6-3, S. Bubb beat E. Dargue 6-4, 6-1, B. Looij lost to P. Kirwan 2-6, 5-7, M. Bubb beat J. Jones 7-5, 7-6 (9-7), J. Pye lost to M. Kempthorne 1-6, 0-6.

A Reserve Allenton Wekas beat Allenton Kakapos by default Southern/Wakanui beat Hampstead 6 matches to 0: R. Watt & O. Bubb beat M. Liu & J. Aldridge 6-0, 6-3, L. Adam & S. Holland beat H. Simpson & A. Spicer 6-3, 6-1, R. Watt beat M. Liu 6-3, 7-5, O. Bubb beat J. Aldridge 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7), L. Adam beat H. Simpson 6-4, 6-4, S. Holland beat A. Spicer 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (13-11).

Tinwald beat Southern by default Junior A Southern Sharps lost to Allenton Eagles 4 matches to 2: C. O’Connell & I. Adam lost to D. Gilbert & A. Cromie 5-7, I. Brook & A. Whittaker beat J. Gilbert & A. Parsons 6-3, C. O’Connell beat D. Gilbert 9-3, I. Brook lost to J. Gilbert 0-9, I. Adam lost to A. Cromie 4-9, A. Whittaker lost to A. Parsons 3-9.

Hampstead beat Methven Bronze 5 matches to 1: R. Breen & E. Bessai beat J. King & R. Giera 6-0, H Feutz & A. Spooner beat B. Giera & A. Armour 6-2, R. Breen beat J. King 9-0, H. Feutz beat B. Giera 9-2, A. Spooner beat R. Giera 9-1, E. Bessai lost to A. Armour 7-9.

Allenton Hawkes beat Methven Silver 5 matches to 1: S. Holland & R. Gray beat A. Cavanagh & J. Campbell 6-2, A. Coira & A. McGrath beat S. Furndorfler & J. Hydes 6-4, S. Holland beat A. Cavanagh 9-6, R. Gray beat J. Campbell 9-2, A. Coira lost to S. Furndorfler 3-9, A. McGrath lost to J. Hydes 4-9.

Dorie lost to Methven Gold 6 matches to 0: S. Kingsbury & S. Pye lost to J. King & A. Ermio 0-6, O. Jackways & F. Viex lost to J. Alice & C. Wareing 1-6, S. Kingsbury lost to J. King 2-9, O. Jackways lost to J. Alice 8-9 (5-7), S. Pye lost to A. Ermio 2-9, F. Viex lost to C. Wareing 0-9.

Junior B Dorie/Hampstead lost to Tinwald 5 matches to 1: J. Bruce & M. Keller beat D. Burgess & B. Hyde 6-1, O. Flack & L. Slopper lost to P. Soshnikov & D. Soshnikov 0-6, J. Bruce lost to D. Burgess 4-6, O. Flack lost to P. Soshnikov 1-6, M. Keller lost to D. Soshnikov 3-6, L. Slopper lost to B. Hyde 1-6.

Allenton Keas beat Dorie B 4 matches to 2 J. Kilworth & L. Taylor beat D. McBain & H. Bradford 6-2, H. Sparks & C. Garton beat C. Heneghan & L. Williams 6-4, J. Kilworth lost to D. McBain 2-6, L. Taylor beat H. Bradford 6-2, H. Sparks beat C. Heneghan 6-0, C. Garton lost to L. Williams 2-6.

Junior C Allenton Kiwis beat Tinwald C 6 matches to 0: C. Molina & L. Kilworth beat W. Trounson & H. Trounson 6-0, O. Bruce & C. van Rooyen beat A. Ciora & M. Trounson 1-6, O. Bruce beat M. Trounson 6-0, C. Molina beat L. Hyde 6-0, C. van Rooyen beat A. Ciora 6-0, L. Kilworth beat H. Trounson 6-3.

Hampstead lost to Methven Blue 31 games to 23: L. Watson & I. Felton lost to K. Furndorfler & I. Giera 0-6, I. Wall & B. McCrea beat R. Humm & L. Honeywell 6-3, L. Watson lost to K. Furndorfler 3-6, I. Felton lost to I. Giera 2-6, I. Wall beat R. Humm 6-5, B. McCrea beat L. Honeywell 6-5.

Allenton Tuis beat Methven Yellow 6 matches to 0: A. Leete & S. Hart beat O. Glass & A. Glass 6-4, M. Gormly & H. Gormly beat B. Glass & J. Ensor 6-1, A. Leete beat O. Glass 6-3, S. Hart beat A. Glass 6-1, M. Gormly beat B. Glass 6-2, H. Gormly beat J. Ensor 6-5.

Southern Stars beat Methven Red 4 matches to 2: H. Shearer & G. Bell lost to N. Cavanagh & A. King 2-6, G. Greenslade & I. Carr beat L. Campion & E. Quinn 6-4, H. Shearer lost to N. Cavanagh 1-6, G. Bell beat A. King 6-5, G. Greenslade beat L. Campion 6-0, I. Carr beat E. Quinn 6-0.

Grade Unknown Methven White beat Southern Slammers 5 matches to 1 H. Judd & T. King beat F. Fulton & K. Taylor 6-1, C. Robinson & P. Humm beat R. Kidd & A. Artz 6-2, H. Judd lost to F. Fulton 2-6, T. King beat K. Taylor 6-3, C. Robinson beat R. Kidd 6-0, P. Humm beat A. Artz 6-3.

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In brief End near for the Springs A council boss says speedway needs to be moved out of Western Springs urgently because it’s needed for more concerts. Regional Facilities Auckland chairman Andrew Barnes claimed the entire attendance at speedway last season was equivalent to the crowd for “one-and-ahalf rugby matches” and the ratepayers of Auckland can’t be expected to subsidise the sport.

Speedway’s lease at Western Springs finishes at the end of this season, with the last meet scheduled for March 16. It’s uncertain where they will race next year.

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Fifth title for Ogier World champion Sebastien Ogier has won the Rally of Mexico and added five bonus Power Stage points for a maximum score that sent the Frenchman up to second in the World Rally Championship standings. After three rounds of the season, the six-times world champion Citroen driver has won twice and now trails Toyota’s Estonian Ott Tanak by four points.

The victory was Ogier’s fifth in Mexico as he finished 30.2 seconds clear of Tanak.

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Ricciardo going all out Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo has made his intentions clear for 2019, decorating his race helmet with a provocative motto before his Renault debut at this week’s Formula 1 season opener in Melbourne. It’s a bold statement but former F1 driver Mark Webber reckons a lot more will need to happen for Ricciardo to win a race for his new team this year. Ricciardo will unveil his new helmet design when the Australian Grand Prix gets under way. - AAP

Giving it a go on the hockey turf Making the most of the opportunity to give hockey a go at the Ashburton hockey turf at the weekend were Oliver Paulson, 5, and Lachlan Adam, 13. They were among those who headed along to a Mid Canterbury Hockey muster day which was aimed at children who wanted to play hockey this season, but were yet to register with a club or just wanted to find out more about hockey in Mid Canterbury.

PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 100319-HM-0026

Dovizioso wins opener Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso fended off Honda’s MotoGP champion Marc Marquez at the last corner to win a dramatic season-opening Qatar Grand Prix for Ducati. Dovizioso, who also battled Marquez down to the line a year ago under the Losail circuit floodlights, beat his Spanish rival by a mere 0.023 seconds. - AP

■ MOTOR RACING

Podium finish good start for Dixon Defending Indycar champion Scott Dixon has made a strong start to the new season with a second placing in the opening race in St Petersburg, Florida yesterday.

Dixon started from fourth but finished less than three seconds behind winner Josef Newgarden who earned the 11th win of his career.

Pole-sitter Will Power finished third in a relatively incident-free start to the season.

It is the Kiwi’s 103rd career podium and equals his best result at the Florida track.

It was thirsty work for Dixon who admitted after the drive that his drink bottle wasn’t working for the entire race.

“It was pretty physical with no fluids,” Dixon told the host broadcaster after the race.

“A big points weekend for us.

“Hopefully we can carry momentum. I still want to win at this place.

Huge credit to Josef. He drove a hell of a race”.

Dixon was stymied by lapped traffic in his bid to catch Newgarden.

“You know the lapped traffic is trying to stay on the lead lap,” Dixon said.

“I thought we had a run on Josef, but once we caught the traffic it wasn’t enough.”

Dixon’s Ganassi team-mate rookie Felix Rosenqvist finished second as Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing drivers took out the top four spots.

Alexander Rossi from Andretti Autosport finished fifth, followed by James Hinchcliffe of Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Newgarden crossed the finish line at almost the exact same time Ryan Blaney, another Penske driver, led the field to green in the NASCAR race outside Phoenix, and Team Penske won two Supercars races in Australia in the new Ford Mustang.

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In brief Raiders look for answers Canberra have embraced working with a sports psychologist as they look to turn around a dire record in tight NRL games. The Raiders have lost 16 games by six points or less during the past two seasons, blowing the opportunity to qualify for the finals in both campaigns.

They also gave up hefty half-time leads away from home to finalists Brisbane and Penrith. Conversely, Canberra chased down sizeable deficits against South Sydney and Canterbury and took down eventual premiers, the Roosters, by two points. Despite scoring the second most amount of points last season, the high-scoring Raiders finished 10th for the third time in four years.

- AAP

De Belin non-starter

Ross Taylor celebrated his third double century for the Black Caps in their match against Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve.

Mitchell eyes record

■ CRICKET

Taylor makes it a double

By Niall aNdersoN The Black Caps batsmen produced a perfect platform, and the bowlers weren’t too shabby either as New Zealand moved within sight of an improbable test victory over Bangladesh.

A dashing double century from Ross Taylor, featuring stellar support in partnerships worth 216 with Henry Nicholls (107), and 172 with Kane Williamson (74), saw the Black Caps crush 394 runs in just 73.1 overs on day four of the second test at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

Taylor’s 200 was his 18th test century – surpassing mentor Martin Crowe for the second most in New Zealand history – and came off just 212 balls as the Black Caps butchered the Bangladesh bowlers.

Their rapid run rate allowed them to declare at 4.40pm with a 221-run lead, enough time for the bowlers to claim three wick-

ets before stumps as they closed in on a series-clinching win; one that looked so unlikely when the first two days were washed out.

They have Taylor most to thank for guiding them into that position of strength.

The 35-year-old rode his luck early, being dropped twice in the space of three balls on 20, off the bowling of Abu Jayed.

Meanwhile, the slip cordon watched on in agony as edges, dabs and ramps from Taylor and Williamson flew over, through, and past their despairing attempts.

However, once the pair managed to subdue what was a tricky wicket, the Black Caps switched into cruise control.

Taylor crunched 19 fours and four sixes as he reached 200 for the third time in his career, an incredibly timely innings that seemingly crushed Bangladesh’s spirit.

That’s not to downplay the

contributions of Williamson and Nicholls.

Williamson, battling a shoulder injury that saw him head to the hospital for scans and not take the field in the second innings, wasn’t at his fluent best but still managed to slay the wicket’s demons to steer the hosts out of their early trouble.

Nicholls, meanwhile, didn’t offer a chance on his way to a fifth test century, before eventually falling trying to add further brutality to an already harsh total.

Taylor, too, fell after a milestone as he tried to slog to set up a declaration, with Bangladesh’s bowlers – although not helped by their fielders – again proving to be not penetrative enough to make significant breakthroughs.

In fact, by the time Bangladesh had claimed their 10th wicket of the series, the Black Caps had racked up 1111 runs.

This innings saw them reach 432-6, and their eventual decla-

ration saw their seamers given 23 overs to make inroads before stumps.

That was enough for Trent Boult to remove Tamim Iqbal – second ball, bowled through the gate – and Mominul Haque, who was well snared at third slip by stand-in skipper Tim Southee.

Shadman Islam’s resolve was also snapped when he was caught behind off a Matt Henry short ball, with Bangladesh limping to stumps, still 141 runs behind.

With showers possible this evening, an early Bangladesh rearguard could be enough to salvage a draw, but the visitors possess one of the worst tail orders in international cricket history, meaning the Black Caps only need a further three wickets to be within touching distance of victory.

Considering where they stood just two days ago, it would be some effort.

- NZME

Batsmen standing up as Smith, Warner loom It’s becoming increasingly hard for selectors to find the weak links in Australia’s ODI line-up as they stew over who to tap on the shoulder when Steve Smith and David Warner return.

The two, whose year-long suspensions expire later this month, are fully expected to be included in the 15-man World Cup squad

Jack de Belin’s Federal Court fight to overturn an NRL ban is unlikely to spill into round one, with St George not expected to play the star lock against North Queensland anyway. His fight to overturn that ban will return to court on Thursday, where it’s expected he will seek an injunction to continue playing until a final ruling is made on its legality. That hearing will coincide with the Dragons’ flight to North Queensland and AAP understands the NSW State of Origin forward won’t play in Townsville regardless of whether he is given clearance.

- AAP

that must be submitted by April 23.

Australia travel to the UAE for a five-match ODI series after tomorrow’s decider against India.

Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns has a further six ODIs to study before he makes a call.

Ashton Turner, the most inexperienced batsman in the squad,

loomed as an obvious omission for the World Cup but his unbeaten 84 is the sort of match-winning innings that will linger long in the mind of Hohns.

Usman Khawaja would have felt nervous a fortnight ago but scored 91 on Sunday and now has 283 runs for the current series, seven short of the world’s

best batsman Virat Kohli.

Aaron Finch logged a second-ball duck in Chandigarh but it came two days after the captain scored 93 to shore up his place in the side.

“Everyone who is getting an opportunity is taking it, which is all you can ask at this time,” Finch said.

- AAP

They say Mal Meninga was one of the toughest players to bring down. But Sydney Roosters NRL star Latrell Mitchell has invited comparisons after setting himself the audacious task of emulating Meninga’s feat of claiming both the pointscoring and try-scoring titles in the same season. The Canberra legend remains the only player to do so since 1990. With the Roosters opening their premiership defence against South Sydney on Friday night, Mitchell is eyeing off Meninga’s crown.

- AAP

Beast ready to roar Even veteran Alex Glenn’s guiding influence may not be enough to calm Brisbane “animal” Thomas Flegler when he makes his much anticipated NRL debut on Thursday night. Glenn admits the highly touted rookie forward will need some soothing words before he runs out against Melbourne at AAMI Park in this week’s season opener.

But he didn’t sound confident of achieving much on Friday, predicting 19-year-old Flegler would unleash the beast against the Storm. “He’s a weapon. His impact when he came on the field in the trials was great and that is what we need,” Glenn said. - AAP

Naera ‘unconcerned’ Canterbury forward Corey Harawira-Naera says he had no concerns about being investigated by the NRL integrity unit over the Penrith sex tapes scandal.

The former Panthers player was interviewed by the governing body last week after being linked as a potential leak of tapes involving three ex-teammates. Penrith utility Tyrone May was stood down by the NRL indefinitely after being charged by police with two counts of recording intimate image without consent.

- AAP

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In brief Sevens lose a thriller The All Blacks Sevens have lost 2221 to Fiji in the cup quarter-finals at the Vancouver world series event, after conceding a late intercept try. New Zealand was on track for victory with time almost up, before Vilimoni Koroi pushed an out the back pass which was scooped up gratefully by Alosio Naduva who ran 80 metres to score. New Zealand went on to beat Argentina 26-21 then rounding out the series with a 26-19 victory over England to secure fifth. At the pointy end of the competition, South Africa edged France 21-12 in a thrilling final to take the overall title. - NZME

Molinari wins Bay Hill Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Francesco Molinari hopes his rapid ascension to the top ranks in world golf inspires a generation of golfers in his native Italy. Swashbuckling, seven-time major winner Arnold Palmer, who died in 2016, was credited with popularising golf during the 1960s and 70s. Molinari hopes he has the same effect in football-mad Italy.

“I’m doing my best,” world No.7 Molinari said with a grin. Molinari drained a 44-foot birdie putt on the 18th at Bay Hill to shoot an eight-under-par 64.

- AP

Liverpool hold nerve Mid Canterbury’s Peter Yates awaits a serve during the final day of Canterbury Country’s seniors tennis season in Ashburton on Sunday.

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■ TENNIS

Trophy proves elusive When Ellesmere Blue came to Ashburton on Sunday, they brought the Canterbury Country seniors tennis equivalent of rugby’s Ranfurly Shield with them.

The Dalzell Trophy went on the line on what was a massive final day of Canterbury Country’s seniors tennis season at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre, with the day’s hosts being the side attempting to take the trophy off the holders.

All six Canterbury Country

teams converged on Ashburton on Sunday to play out the season’s final matches, but it was Mid Canterbury and Ellesmere Blue who had the most to gain and lose.

It was the final time the Dalzell Trophy would be contested for the 2018/19 season and while Mid Canterbury would have dearly loved to have gotten their hands on it, the holders proved far too strong.

Ellesmere Blue took out the tie

13-3, to ensure the Dalzell Trophy spent the winter in their cabinet.

Each side was made up of eight men and eight women, and Mid Canterbury’s first win came in the top men’s doubles match, with Peter Leonard and Peter Kirwan combining to beat Steve Baird and John Honeywell 6-4 6-4.

Mid Canterbury’s other two wins came in the mixed doubles, with the number two mixed doubles combination of Kirwan and Dianna Leonard beating Hon-

eywell and Judy Lamont 6-2 7-5, and the number three combination of father and daughter David Bishop and Erin Tasker beating Flick Langdon and Sue Stewart in a third set super tie-break 6-4 3-6 1-0 (10-8).

The Dalzell Trophy was named after Shirley Dalzell from Hurunui, who passed away in 1995, and it had been played for every season since between the Canterbury Country seniors (35 and over) teams.

Two goals each for Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane helped Liverpool to keep in touch with Premier League leaders Manchester City with a 4-2 win over lowly Burnley at Anfield yesterday. Juergen Klopp’s side move to 73 points, one behind City, who beat Watford 3-1 on Saturday. Both teams have eight games remaining. 17th-placed Burnley remain two points above the relegation zone.

- PA

City mentally strong Hat-trick hero Raheem Sterling has underlined the importance of Manchester City maintaining their “amazing mentality” as they look to make this a season to remember domestically and in Europe. Pep Guardiola’s troops broke records aplenty last term as they romped to the Premier League title with 100 points, as well as the Carabao Cup. City have already defended that cup and remain on track for an unprecedented quadruple.

- PA

■ RUGBY

Ireland finally clicks ahead of showdown The Ireland that wears the Six Nations crown finally turned up yesterday in mastering France 26-14 at Lansdowne Road.

Armed with easily their best performance of the championship, the Irish will finish in Cardiff next weekend with an outside chance of retaining the title against Grand Slam-chasing Wales.

Ireland needs to beat Wales, and England to lose to Scotland.

The Irish were shattered by England in their opening-match defeat and struggled to piece

themselves together against Scotland and Italy, winning only because their opponents were even poorer than themselves.

Everything finally clicked in place as Ireland dominated France to earn a bonus-point fourth try inside an hour and lead 26-0.

That was the point when halves Conor Murray and Jonathan Sexton, the front row of captain Rory Best and props Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong, and lock Iain Henderson were taken off to be saved for Wales.

The replacements missed more

scoring chances to give coach Joe Schmidt and captain Best an even better send-off in their last home Six Nations match, and dropped their guard to let France score two converted tries in the last four minutes.

The scoreline still flattered a fresh and improving France side which was thoroughly outclassed.

“That was getting closer to the sort of performance we expect from ourselves,” Best said.

Ireland was on attack from the kickoff, and the interval couldn’t come soon enough for France,

which finally came out of its half.

Ireland led 19-0 but it felt like 38-0.

They enjoyed an incredible 94 per cent territory and 82 per cent possession.

France had to make 125 tackles in the half, Ireland only 21.

“To dominate like that in a Six Nations game is rare,” a delighted Schmidt said.

Murray and Sexton have been struggling to impose themselves coming back from neck and knee injuries, but they directed the action superbly, and Schmidt credit-

ed that to the forwards’ platform.

“Up front,” he said, “we were superb in so many facets; the pressure we put on their lineout, the quality of our lineout ball, good scrum pressure, the intensity of our ball carry, the intensity of our defense.

“It made it very hard for them to play.”

France somehow conjured up two late converted tries, to Yoann Huget and Camille Chat, ruining Ireland’s golden chance to blank them for the first time since 1928.

- AP

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In brief

■ HORSE OF THE YEAR

Melody takes top title It was the most fitting way for the Horse of the Year title to be won.

The two main contenders to be crowned the best racehorse in New Zealand slogging it out down the Ellerslie straight in a race named after one of the few racing heroes to cross over into the world of New Zealand sporting greats.

That is what we got at Ellerslie on Saturday and once the heart rates returned to normal – both equine and human – the argument was over: Melody Belle will be our Horse of the Year.

Such moments are rare.

Often the title of our champion galloper is won on foreign soil or in a race that will eventually drift from our minds.

Remarkably last season the race that won Bonneval the title was run on October 1, almost 11 months before the trophy was presented to her connections.

Not that there is anything wrong with the HOTY title being decided by Australian performances.

Any group one victory there should probably carry double voting points as they are so hard to achieve and getting harder.

But there was something almost poetic about Saturday’s Bonecrusher Stakes, a race that the champ himself would have

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Melody Belle (inner) and Danzdanzdance fight out the finish. loved, at the home of racing on the last true day of a special summer of racing.

Melody Belle, with the slightest of doubts over her stamina in a 2000m group one on a track that quickly became a Heavy10, versus Danzdanzdance, who had won the Zabeel Classic under those exact same conditions on Boxing Day. Melody Belle’s rider Opie Bosson produced a masterclass, saving ground before easing wide when he needed to while Craig Grylls on Danzdanzdance tried

to stalk him everywhere he went.

At the top of the straight the stage was set: a mare who had won four group ones this season leading with the mare who had won two group ones alongside her, so close they could smell each other’s sweat.

After a taxing season and a rollercoaster summer Melody Belle could have been forgiven for buckling, there would have been no shame in that.

But she took everything her arch rival threw at her and kept going forward.

At the line the winner was holding and the title was hers, won on our best track in our best race of the season and the HOTY trophy will fittingly be presented just 100m from where this battle of the equine amazons took place.

Not only was it our race of the season but one of the most spine-tingling races New Zealand has had in years. We rarely see our two contenders for the title knuckle down in racing at its purest form.

If you didn’t enjoy the closing 300m of the Bonecrusher Stakes then move on, nothing to see here, horse racing simply isn’t for you.

Melody Belle will now have a break and be set for the Hawke’s Bay triple crown in the spring and if she returns in Saturday’s form a Winx-less Cox Plate is a realistic option.

“She was brave there and she loves a fight,” said Bosson, who surpassed his childhood riding hero Lance O’Sullivan as our most successful group one jockey with the victory, his second group one in an hour.

Bosson heads to Sydney for the next two Saturdays and maybe more, with one of his key rides likely to be Danzdanzdance in the Ranvet in 12 days.

- NZME

Big finish for the teals Harness Racing New Zealand’s teal campaign to support ovarian cancer research was wrapped in fitting circumstances at Reefton on Sunday when Samantha Ottley saluted while wearing her teal silks and pants. Ottley gave the campaign colours she wore in all of her races over the past six weeks every hope of being seen in the winner’s circle by giving Ford Rule a perfect run, and the Bob Butt-trained pacer held out Cheezel. Butt said he was rapt to be able support the teal campaign. “It was great, it was awesome for Sam to be able to get the win in the teal colours.” - HRNZ

Grunt right on song New Zealand-bred galloper Grunt is set to line-up in the inaugural $5m All Star Mile at Flemington on Saturday and trainer Mick Price is expecting a strong showing from the dual Group One winner. The four-year-old son of O’Reilly finished midfield in the Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap when sporting Yulong’s green colours for the first time earlier this month.

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Horses for courses Bill Thurlow is sticking to his policy when it comes to booking a rider for Glory Days in the Sydney Cup next month. He is weighing up the options for Glory Days, but has already decided on what he will do for a rider in Sydney.

“No disrespect to Sam Collett, she rode him beautifully in the Auckland Cup, but I will try and find a good Sydney rider who knows Randwick well.”

- NZME

Wanganui harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Wanganui Trotting Club Venue Manawatu Raceway Meeting 3 3.34 TARANAKI KIDZ KARTZ SUPPORTERS MO- 7 x7054 Notorious (7) fr ............................. D Butcher 9 70062 Katamach (22) fr .......................... D Butcher Date: 12 Mar 2019 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and BILE PACE $7000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2000m 5 4.44pm CAROLE TERRY MOBILE PACE $7000, 10 80098 Arcano (23) fr .................................S Phelan 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 46978 Beaudiene Emerald (1) fr ....... A Harrison (J) 2yo+ r52-r60., mobile, 2000m 7 5.47 AG CHALLENGE LTD WANGANUI CUP MO1 2.23pm DICK OWEN MEMORIAL HANDICAP TROT 2 44720 Downtown Babe (2) fr ................P Ferguson 1 1x60x Voodoo Prince (1) fr ......................B Orange BILE PACE $9000, r60-r80., mobile, 2000m $7000, non-winners & r41-r52 spechcp, stand, 2500m 3 I Said Imracn (3) fr ...........................B Taylor 1 32264 Mister Harris (1) fr ..........................S Phelan 2 56862 Jetenara (2) fr ...............................Z Butcher 1 70730 Mackali (U1) fr ..................................J Curtin 4 07975 Lincoln Toy (4) fr ............................Z Butcher 2 P7543 Bill Haley (2) fr .......................... J Abernethy 3 86516 Waingaro Mara (3) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 2 73643 Caroline Wozniacki (1) 35M ...... J Abernethy 5 90945 Owhata Angel (5) fr ..........................J Curtin 3 11162 Westar Sam (3) fr ..........................Z Butcher 4 291 American Me (4) fr .................... J Abernethy 3 88490 Eden Creek (2) 35M......................B Orange 6 45045 Moniaive (6) fr ...................... D Ferguson (J) 4 30021 Anna Barclay (4) fr ...........................J Curtin 5 18652 Sweet Maggie Ryan (5) fr .........S Abernethy 4 41582 Leesa Castleton (3) 35M................S Phelan 7 53 Sport Mental (7) fr ........................ D Butcher 5 32570 Imola (5) fr.................................S Abernethy 6 10212 Maddisons Desire (6) fr................ D Butcher 5 17694 Such Fun (U1) 35M...................... D Butcher 8 00238 Dixie Jazz (21) fr ...........................B Orange 6 5.19pm DONOGHUE FAMILY/WANGANUI MARIST 6 12111 The Night Hawk (6) fr ................... D Butcher 6 95507 Shona Mary (U2) 35M...................Z Butcher 9 52552 Ideal Tiger (U1) fr ...........................S Phelan RUGBY MBL PACE $7000, r40-r51., mobile, 2000m 7 67148 Shillelagh (7) fr ..............................B Orange 2 2.59 TERRY BROTHERS HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4 4.08pm WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB MOBILE PACE 1 65030 Marrera (1) fr ............................. J Abernethy 8 16761 Misty Memory (21) fr ............. L Whittaker (J) 3yo+ r52-r83 discrhcp, stand, 2500m $7000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2500m 2 87005 Itsokbeingbetter (2) fr ............. A Harrison (J) 8 6.17pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION 1 49984 Commando One (1) fr ......................J Curtin 1 607 Wilson Street (1) fr ........................B Orange 3 76846 Jakira (3) fr ................................S Abernethy MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ r40-r49., mobile, 2000m 2 210 Natty Pagger (U1) fr ................... T Cameron 2 03892 Ideal Lincoln (2) fr ......................P Ferguson 1 98908 Lincoln Lovely (1) fr .................... T Cameron 4 08308 Jack Bates (4) fr ................... D Ferguson (J) 3 47P93 Mekong Princess (U2) fr .............. D Butcher 3 25446 Milner (3) fr.....................................S Phelan 2 82200 Rangi Rangdu (2) fr .......................S Phelan 5 4500x Motoring Major (5) fr ........................J Curtin 4 18608 Above The Rest (1) 10M ................S Phelan 4 67640 Changed My Mind (4) fr ...................J Curtin 3 00507 Pure Desire (3) fr ..........................Z Butcher 6 66224 Uncle Drew (6) fr ...........................Z Butcher 5 13565 Laura Bush (2) 10M ......................B Orange 5 x8909 Lady Ameera (5) fr .................... J Abernethy 4 06909 Geoff’s Legacy (4) fr ............ D Ferguson (J) 7 47938 Fancy Schmancy (7) fr ..................B Orange 6 152D9 Majestic One (1) 55M................S Abernethy 6 27504 Ain’t Nothing Bettor (6) fr ..............Z Butcher 5 40715 Red River Dash (5) fr ................S Abernethy 8 37092 Amaro (21) fr ..............................P Ferguson

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6 7 8 9 10

75600 Apocalypse (6) fr ...........................B Orange 54840 The Kapiti Express (7) fr ............P Ferguson 39097 Whitehaven Beach (21) fr ..... L Whittaker (J) 52752 Lincoln Moment (22) fr .............. J Abernethy 60239 Betstars Blue Jean (23) fr ............ D Butcher

Pacifiers off: Geoff’s Legacy (R8)

SELECTIONS

Race 1: Eden Creek, Such Fun, Caroline Wozniacki, Mackali Race 2: Natty Pagger, Majestic One, Laura Bush, Commando One Race 3: Ideal Tiger, Sport Mental, Lincoln Toy, Downtown Babe Race 4: Milner, Wilson Street, Ideal Lincoln, Notorious Race 5: American Me, Sweet Maggie Ryan, Jetenara Race 6: Motoring Major, Marrera, Fancy Schmancy, Jakira Race 7: Bill Haley, Anna Barclay, Misty Memory, Westar Sam Race 8: Apocalypse, The Kapiti Express, Lincoln Moment

LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway

Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park 3 32454 Viktoria Vikkers 22.95 ..................C Roberts Raceway Meeting Date: 12 Mar 2019 NZ Meeting num- 4 11548 Princely Gold 22.49...................J McInerney ber: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 5 36643 Chasing Fame 22.40 .........................S Keen 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 6 44263 Ketchikan Blue 22.77 ........................B Eade 11, 12 and 13 7 55214 Homebush Hundy 22.87 ...........J McInerney 1 1.37pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ 8 34711 Homebush Boden 22.51 ...........J McInerney 9 53855 Sozin’s Blue 22.68 ....................J McInerney C0, 390m 1 76273 Lucky Scar nwtd..............................R Wales 10 56764 Must Be Rusty 22.38.................J McInerney 2 56564 Opawa Hannah nwtd.......................R Wales 4 2.32pm TOP CLASS RUN C5, 457m 1 41311 Go Brat 25.85 J & ...........................D Fahey 3 75833 Vik Vikkers nwtd ...........................C Roberts 2 75574 Know Threat nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 4 2 Bartholomew Cub nwtd .....................B Eade 3 73384 Barge Bale nwtd...........................D Roberts 5 28678 Lucy Lingers nwtd .....................J McInerney 4 41842 Egomaniacal 26.06 ......................D Roberts 6 46442 Guilty Rogue nwtd..........................J Guthrie Box Vacant 7 433 Homebush Velma nwtd .............J McInerney 5 6 23443 Sarcasm 26.13 ...............................G Cleeve 8 34 Raquel Allen nwtd ........................C Roberts 7 81212 Ringside nwtd ...............................R Adcock 9 85774 Duke Bruce nwtd.............................R Wales 8 76255 Zefside nwtd..............................J McInerney 10 x8666 Kowloon Lights nwtd ......................J Guthrie 2 1.55pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH 021737111 5 2.48pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2/3, 390m C4/5, 390m 1 56345 Botany Alan 22.42.....................J McInerney 1 37181 Edge Of Town nwtd .......................R Adcock 2 54215 Homebush Finn 22.95...............J McInerney 2 13212 Shanly Star 22.61 .....................J McInerney 3 865x7 Invincible Sue nwtd .......................R Adcock 3 28614 Tee An’ Cee 22.50......................... B Conner 4 27346 Jitterbug Jewel nwtd.....................C Roberts 4 17678 Debbie Baxter 22.57 .................J McInerney 5 83336 Homebush Comet nwtd ............J McInerney 5 61F67 Black Dan 22.68........................J McInerney 6 41324 Reign Of Fire 23.25...................J McInerney 6 72658 Dyna Kushida 22.48 .....................C Roberts 7 53456 Opawa Waihemo 22.66 ...................R Wales 7 11625 Platinum Marshal 22.48 ...............C Roberts 8 57212 Cosmic Jase 22.81 ...................J McInerney 8 37151 Opawa Jumper 22.25 ......................R Wales 9 83837 Nikko Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 9 53855 Sozin’s Blue 22.68 ....................J McInerney 10 47552 Avalanch City 22.66 ..................J McInerney 10 56764 Must Be Rusty 22.38.................J McInerney 6 3.08pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 3 2.12 CONGRATULATIONS HELGA HUFFLEPUFF 1 65355 Koputai nwtd ..................................J Guthrie C4, 390m 2 61143 Go Stopper nwtd .............................R Wales 1 13633 Joe Bonanza 22.74 ...................J McInerney 3 45646 Melting World nwtd.........................J Guthrie 2 35F26 Mitcham Faye 23.02 ..................J McInerney 4 64271 Dream Stone Jade nwtd ...................S Keen

5 77811 Know Cause nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 6 33121 Know Charisma nwtd .....................G Cleeve 7 57527 Punch On Jessie nwtd ..............J McInerney 8 33581 Black Bobby nwtd.......................... B Conner 9 35765 Nuclear Jewel nwtd ......................C Roberts 7 3.25 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE ROBBIE C1/2, 457m 1 14415 Trajan 26.42 ..............................J McInerney 2 43358 Know Conclusion 26.34 .................G Cleeve 3 22413 Know Betrayal 26.51 ......................G Cleeve 4 21261 Opawa Light nwtd J & .....................D Fahey 5 31155 Our Brad nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 6 531x2 Start The Show nwtd .....................R Adcock 7 31326 Opawa Lara nwtd ............................R Wales 8 22147 Sozin’s Emperor 26.35 ..............J McInerney 9 85754 Allen Hadrian 26.19 .....................C Roberts 10 78587 Luciastar 26.03 .........................J McInerney 8 3.43pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C3, 457m 1 35111 Know State 26.41...........................G Cleeve 2 47134 Cosmic Stu nwtd .......................J McInerney 3 41436 Know Shame 26.39........................G Cleeve 4 66311 Know Sweat nwtd...........................G Cleeve 5 61457 Opawa Al 26.55...............................R Wales 6 23454 Lacko Allen 26.18.........................C Roberts 7 45568 Bashful Buffy 26.40 ...................J McInerney 8 54163 Hard Questions 26.04 ....................G Cleeve 9 3.59pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C2/3, 390m 1 76278 Homebush Maycee 22.64 .........J McInerney 2 67123 Nippa Martino 22.66 .................J McInerney 3 62485 Blazing Banjo 23.37 ..................J McInerney 4 57816 Chop Shop nwtd .......................J McInerney 5 17885 It’s A Joke 22.60........................J McInerney

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16767 Homebush Indi 22.60 ................J McInerney 85372 Lightning Crash 22.33 ...................R Adcock 86144 Homebush Scorpio 22.79 .........J McInerney 83837 Nikko Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 53868 Homebush Tasha 23.09 ............J McInerney 10 4.18pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN MCLEOD C2, 390m 1 57211 Kiwi Gunn 22.58............................R Adcock 2 72421 Cosmic Marty 22.96 ..................J McInerney 3 83144 Homebush Carl 23.32 ...............J McInerney 4 66661 Gotcha Rocky 22.92 .................J McInerney 5 16133 Gracie Lee 23.28 ......................J McInerney 6 34453 Broken Penniless 22.94 .................G Cleeve 7 23147 Jinja Spirit 22.75 .......................J McInerney 8 78311 Homebush Tesan nwtd ..............J McInerney 9 83837 Nikko Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 10 53868 Homebush Tasha 23.09 ............J McInerney 11 4.35pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C1, 390m 1 73657 Storming Mack 22.85 .................... B Conner 2 676F5 Zipping Jen 22.65 ......................... B Conner 3 76168 Punch On Buzz nwtd ................J McInerney 4 83746 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 5 47878 Homebush Sloan 22.50 ............J McInerney 6 76223 Elland Road 22.80 ....................J McInerney 7 23121 C’Mon Benny Boy 22.89 ................J Guthrie 8 67225 Ben Vane King nwtd ..................J McInerney 9 87657 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 87686 Dream Hard nwtd .......................... B Conner 12 4.53 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C1, 390m 1 78541 Mick The Mower 23.11 ..............J McInerney 2 64264 Homebush Austin 22.87 ............J McInerney 3 15446 Punch On Scooby 22.89 ...........J McInerney 4 72763 Dyna Elliot nwtd ...........................C Roberts

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Race 1: Bartholomew Cub, Lucky Scar, Vik Vikkers, Guilty Rogue Race 2: Opawa Jumper, Dyna Kushida, Platinum Marshal Race 3: Viktoria Vikkers, Princely Gold, Joe Bonanza, Mitcham Faye Race 4: Ringside, Go Brat, Egomaniacal, Sarcasm, Zefside Race 5: Botany Alan, Jitterbug Jewel, Invincible Sue, Reign Of Fire Race 6: Know Charisma, Know Cause, Punch On Jessie, Black Bobby Race 7: Start The Show, Opawa Light, Opawa Lara, Our Brad Race 8: Know Shame, Hard Questions, Opawa Al Race 9: Homebush Maycee, Lightning Crash, Homebush Indi Race 10: Kiwi Gunn, Cosmic Marty, Broken Penniless, Jinja Spirit Race 11: C’Mon Benny Boy, Ben Vane King, Forbury Flyer Race 12: Mick The Mower, Chunk, Sefton Jay, Homebush Austin Race 13: Homebush Miles, Punch On Rex, Punch On Woody LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Historic win for Suns Devin Booker scored 13 straight Phoenix points during a decisive fourth-quarter stretch and finished with 37, and the Suns snapped the NBA’s longest active losing streak to one opponent at 18 games by beating the Golden State Warriors 115111 yesterday.

The Suns beat Golden State for the first time since a 107-95 victory on November 9, 2014, and earned their first road win in 20 tries against the Western Conference this season.

Klay Thompson’s two free throws with 1:04 to go made it 111-108.

Andre Iguodala secured a rebound after two missed Suns shots but Stephen Curry missed on a 3 with 23 seconds left. Booker then converted two free throws.

Golden State star Kevin Durant had 25 points before leaving with a bruised right ankle midway through the fourth on a night his team-mates struggled from near and far.

The cold-shooting Warriors couldn’t overcome Booker’s late onslaught in losing to lowly Phoenix.

Meanwhile Joel Embiid had 33 points and 12 rebounds in his first game in nearly a month, leading Philadelphia to a 106-89 victory over the Pacers.

Embiid returned to the lineup after being sidelined by a sore left knee.

PUBLIC NOTICES Was Alexander Protheroe your great grandfather?

MEETINGS, EVENTS Ashburton Silver Band Annual General Meeting Monday, March 25, 7.30pm Bandrooms, Cameron Street.

If so, your cousins, Ashley Smith of Cheviot (son of Mona Protheroe) and Paul Protheroe of Auckland would enjoy catching up with you.

We will be staying in Ashburton from Wednesday, March13 till Friday, March 15.

Ashley’s mobile is 021 212 4568.

8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

9.30am ASHBURTON COMBINED FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting with guest speaker.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church.

48 Allens Road.

WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

8am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Glentui, new members welcome. Phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street.

9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group, 48 Allens Road.

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Daily Events Klay Thompson and Devin Booker do battle.

The Sixers went 4-4 without the All-Star centre.

With Embiid back, the Sixers (4225) moved into a tie with Indiana for third in the East, and they hold the tiebreaker over the Pacers by virtue of their 3-1 record in the season series.

The Rockets just held out the Mavericks 94-93, with Eric Gordon scoring 26 points and Chris Paul blocked Jalen Brunson’s jumper in the final seconds, giving Houston its eighth straight win.

James Harden shook off foul trouble to score 20 points for the

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Rockets. Clint Capela added 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Kyle Lowry had 24 points and 10 assists, Pascal Siakam scored 20 and Toronto tied a franchise record with 21 3-pointers as the Raptors beat the Heat 125-104.

The Raptors finished with eight players in double figures.

Danny Green scored 15 points, all on 3-pointers.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 29 points and 15 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs rallied for their fifth straight win, 121-114 over the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Daily Events TUESDAY

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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

March 12 & 13, 2019 9.30am - 11am WALKING NETBALL. GOLD COIN DONATION. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace. (not school holidays).

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am MSA TAI CHI. Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school holidays).

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 3086817. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027-640-4094. Racecourse Road.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, phone Age Concern 308-6817. All Saints Church. Methven.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308-6817. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social day. Come and join us. 115 Racecourse Road.

6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Summer Park Series, 1.3 or 5km. Adults $2, children free. Check our facebook page, weekly, all welcome. Meet Ashburton Domain, Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available. M.S.A. Havelock Street.

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton lounge.

RSA Cox Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.

Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares.

Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily,

weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027 640 4094. Racecourse Road.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

10.30am - 12pm ASHBURTON OPEN COFFEE MORNINGS. Every Wednesday, come for a coffee and chat, child friendly location, all welcome. Phone Adi 027 220 8791 or Sue-ann 021 679 348.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street. (Not School holidays).

10.45am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet club days, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

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

Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association club days, new members welcome. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome, Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox Street.

5.30pm (sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities and fitness levels.

Meet Philip Street beside Croquet lawn.

6pm (Sharp) RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Wednesday walks, 5km town circuit for all walking abilities and fitness levels.

Meet Philip Street beside Croquet lawn.

7pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Corner Queens Drive and Creek Road.

7pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to dance (7pm), Beginner/ Intermediate (8pm-9pm), Instructor Annette Fyfe Phone 307 7138 a/h, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Weekly fitness, fun and friendship.

Contact Elizabeth 308 5437. Buffalo Hall, 20 Cox Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Resizing photos and mounting for competitions. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

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Cryptic crossword

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): A foreign place intrigues you.

Which element of your personality is hooked into this fantasy? The answer will help make you happy in the here and now.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Powerful internal forces can be resistant to progress. Put another way, in the zoo of your mind you are both the elephant and the animal trainer. Use treats.

All moves, should be taken as progress.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Remember when you felt in sync with the world? That had something to do with the people around you offering the same kind of camaraderie and encouragement you’ll receive today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): How you got caught up in a particular belief system is a long and currently irrelevant story. You’re caught in its net. To get free, take out your mental scissors and snip away at everything that’s not freedom.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Though the gentle way is, over time, the most powerful, some projects and relationships are brief so you have to exert yourself in powerful bursts to get the chance to make a change or even an impression.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Lead with your warmth. Your warmth will relax the socially rigid. You’ll connect with people who aren’t easy. Your emotional sunshine will melt away the fear people have about letting down their guard.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Think carefully about how you’re positioning your ideas. The first thing you present to people will put a thought in their mind by which all subsequent references will be compared.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Because you sense people will act illogically and unpredictably, you stand back and watch what’s going on. This information-gathering moment will be your ticket to success, or at least avoiding trouble.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Do not doubt that practice will make you better. The slow, deliberate, consistent kind will, in fact, take you beyond where you ever thought you’d be.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Apply that creativity running through your veins today to your own scene. If you can align your more serious goals to what you’re doing for fun, two areas of your life will improve at once.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): It’s not that you’re overly afraid what people think of you; it’s that you really want to do what’s most respectful and appropriate to the situation. Something beyond just you that depends on it.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Habits get established without regard to health or effectiveness in solving a problem. Instead, they are created because the logistics have aligned in such a way to make them the easiest sequence to follow.

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KENTON, Brian James – Please note all late death On March 9, 2019 at Timaru notices or notices sent Hospital after a short illness, outside ordinary office aged 83 years. Dearly loved hours must be emailed to: husband of Phim. Loved Dad of Gordy and Kellie, Di, Andy deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. and Simone; Nikki, Brook and Ja. Loved Grandad of To place a notice during Danielle, and Alyssia, Katie, office hours please contact Todd, and Annabel; Leah and us on 03 307 7900 for more Ryan, and Paige; Sophie, BJ, information. and Hunter. Great Grandad of Any queries please Mason and Mila. Friend of contact 0800 Barbara. A farewell for Brian ASHBURTON will be held at Salisbury Park (0800-274-287) Chapel, Beaconsfield Road, Timaru on THURSDAY, March 14, 2019 at 1.00pm.

Special thanks to the medical team at the Intensive Care Unit Timaru Hospital for their incredible care of Brian.

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11:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 12:45 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 1:15 Cricket – Blackcaps v Bangladesh (HLS) Second Test – Day Five.

From the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

1:45 Closedown

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Angelo’s Outdoor Kitchen 3 Kingfish three ways, including a recipe for Greek marinated steaks with Italian polenta.

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Max Irons, Stefanie Martini.

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Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes.

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11pm Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Chiefs.

11:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Sunwolves.

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12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Waratahs v Reds. 1am Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Lions v Jaguares.

1:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Bulls v Sharks.

2am Super Rugby Extra Time 3am Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Vancouver – Day One. 4:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Vancouver – Day Two.

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8:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Crusaders v Chiefs.

9am Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Sunwolves.

9:30 Super Rugby Extra Time 10:30 Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) Arnold Palmer Invitational.

11:30 Golf – European Tour (HLS) Qatar Masters.

12:10 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Hurricanes v Highlanders.

2:30 Sky Sports News 3pm Fight Night 5pm Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants.

7pm NRL 360 8pm Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 The Fan 10pm Queenslanders Only 10:30 Super League Fulltime 11pm Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Catalans Dragons v Salford Red Devils.

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Dixon starts with a podium

Ireland finally hit form

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Harri Judd was among those out ripping up the dirt during the Ashburton Car Club’s grass autocross at Staveley on Sunday. Almost 40 cars took part in theevent, with Judd and his Toyota Starlet finishing down the pack with a fastest run of 1.51.33 minutes from his three runs. Coming out on top in the paddock racing was Tony Green in a Subaru WRX with a winning time of 1.36.39 minutes, while Byron Kelsall – also behind the wheel of a Subaru WRX – was second with a time of 1.38.61 minutes.

Mitchell Lovett was third in 1.38.89 minutes while Malcolm Lovett was hot on his heels in fourth with a time of 1.40.09 minutes.

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England winger ‘the new Lomu’ World Cup winning coach Sir Clive Woodward has given new England winger Joe Cokanasiga (right) the highest of praise comparing him to All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu.

Cokanasiga had a breakout performance in England’s 57-14 win over Italy at Twickenham on Sunday.

“He reminds me of the great Fijian players and this guy has all the qualities to play like Jonah Lomu.

“It was great to see him play his normal game,” Woodward said during the broadcast.

The 21-year-old Bath winger will no doubt he happy with the comparison to the All Blacks winger having previously stated Lomu as his hero while also looking up to fellow All Black Julian Savea.

Cokanasiga made his test debut against Japan last year with Sunday’s test his first in the Six Nations.

He’s listed at six-foot-four and weighs in at around 118kg, a similar stature to Lomu.

Cokanasiga didn’t get on the scoresheet but he set up one England try and ran for more than 107 metres with five clean breaks.

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Taylor notches up his third test double century

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