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Mid Canterbury employers in rural businesses would be well advised to drug test workers, Ashburton’s top cop says.

Cantabrians were recently identified as the second highest consumer of methamphetamine in the country and there was no

reason to think Mid Canterbury had bucked the trend, which has been attributed to the influx of workers into post-quake Christchurch.

“It is a real risk to rural industries in this area,” Banfield said.

“A lot of these businesses employ casual workers at certain times of the season without real-

ly knowing anything about them.

“They are putting very expensive machinery in the hands of drug-affected people – some of those machines are worth half a million dollars, would you let them drive a car worth that much?”

Even those employed short term had an opportunity to

scope out the business and thefts were commonplace when methamphetamine was involved.

“Farmers often find the chainsaws or quad bikes have gone and the worker no longer answers the cellphone,” he said.

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employees and anyone they are unsure of.

“Trust your instincts – if you think something is wrong it probably is.”

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■ MONGOLIA CHARITY RALLY

Off on a Mongolian adventure

By Megan gnad

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Graeme Blair is about to take part in an epic adventure of a lifetime.

The Mitcham man will join four of his childhood friends in July on the 16,000km Mongolia Charity Rally from Brussels to Ulaanbaatar the capital of Mongolia, that raises funds for the New Zealand Prostate Foundation and UK adventure charity GoHelp.

Traversing 22 countries, five mountain ranges and three deserts over approximately 40 days, the five blokes – who have all recently celebrated their 60th birthdays – are ready for the challenge.

“This is the first one we have done,” explains Blair. “Jim Davis had the first idea and we thought, ‘well, we’re not getting any younger, we may as well give it a go because it’s a good cause.”

The ‘Kiwi Nomads’ – made up of Jim Davis, Phil Trengrove, Blair, Mike Trengrove, and Terence Coakley – have already fundraised to purchase an ambulance and a Hilux Ute, which they will travel in for the duration of the rally.

When they arrive at the finish line in Mongolia, the vehicles will be donated to the government, which will ensure it gets to communities that need the support the most.

Blair, who is the Dairy Holdings Ltd Mid Canterbury farm

The Kiwi Nomads: Jim Davis, Graeme Blair, Phil Trengrove, Terence Coakley and Mike Trengrove will be taking part in the 2017 Mongolia Charity Rally in July.

PHOTO SUPPLIED operations manager, leaves New Zealand on June 24 to pick the vehicles up from London, then the team leaves from Brussels on July 1.

“We’re all childhood friends from Christchurch and have al-

ways kept in touch,” he said.

“We did the Aussie outback a few years ago and four out of five of us did South Africa, but none of us have been away for as long as this one.”

They hope to take in a “little bit

of sight-seeing” and are particularly looking forward to a private tour of Chernobyl.

However, given the harsh terrain of the journey, he expects some days will be slow going.

The rally is not a race, there is a

Smoke-free outdoor dining moves closer

By Sue newMan

Sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

Smoke-free al fresco dining might be the ideal, but the Ashburton District Council has discovered not everyone shares that ideal.

The council has opted to lead the way nationally in making every dining area in the district a smoke-free zone.

To achieve this it rewrote its alfresco dining policy to include a smoke-free requirement and then put that policy out for public consultation.

Yesterday submitters on the policy had their opportunity to tell a hearing

panel what they thought of the proposal.

The Ashburton Alcohol Accord which represents most bar and restaurant owners in the district opposed the drive to make all dining areas smokefree.

In its submission the accord said offering hospitality to patrons in an outdoor area was important to their businesses. Making those areas smoke-free would penalise some of their customers.

Members of the district’s youth council said they were divided on the

drive to make alfresco dining smokefree and were concerned at the impact the ban could have on the businesses involved.

There was strong support for smokefree alfresco dining from Hampstead School the Canterbury District Health Board, the Cancer Society, John Waugh and Smokefree Mid Canterbury Coalition.

The Bylaw and Policy subcommittee have supported the recommendation for smoke-free alfresco dining and this recommendation will to council for sign-off on May 18.

start and an end point, and it’s up to the teams depending on how long it takes, what they do and the route they take.

For this, they say the choices are endless. They could go north via the Ukraine and across Russia, visiting Moscow and St Petersburg, or south across Iran and the “Stans” via vital trade route, the Silk Road.

“At the end, you’re met by a group and we go to a village,” Blair said.

“We’re taking heaps of souvenirs.”

While there’s still a few things to be finalised, the friends have been overwhelmed with the reaction and support received so far.

Singapore Airlines has already sponsored airfares, Spark has sponsored data roaming and the Moorhouse Medical Centre donated all their vaccinations.

“More funds have come in than we thought, it’s been amazing,” he said.

“Big thanks to the sponsors and everyone who has helped us – it’s made the whole thing really worthwhile.”

And while it may be a ‘guys’-only trip’, their wives are also gearing up for an adventure of their own with a trip to Sri Lanka.

To follow their journey and to donate to the cause, visit www. kiwinomads.com and www.facebook.com/Kiwinomads

Farmers told to test workers for P From P1 Costing up to $1000 a gram, Banfield said it would be naïve to think the spike in robberies was not linked to meth use.

Insurance claims could be turned down if a machinery operator was found to have been affected by drugs, and the safety of other workers compromised, leaving business owners open to prosecution.

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■ ASHBURTON AIRPORT

Social side of skydivers’ festival all-important

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

When skydivers get down to “boogie”, it is as much about the social side of things as jumping out of a plane.

Ashburton is playing host to Skydiving Kiwis’ annual sports skydiving festival, also known as a “boogie”, which is being attended by skydivers from more than 20 different countries.

One of those skydivers is Petter Stensvold from Norway, who is one of the top five free-flyers in the world.

“For me, it is as much about the social part as it is jumping,” he said.

“We jump together, we eat together and party together, there is a big social side to it.”

Stensvold said he spends the Norwegian summer months jumping at his local drop zone, and spends the winter months travelling to compete and coach at events in places such as Australia, Puerto Rico, Morocco, Spain and New Zealand.

Another Scandinavian skydiver, who is coaching and competing at the event, is Pilvi Juvonen.

The wing-suiter has been skydiving for 13 years, and wing suiting for nine.

“If you are normal skydiving you may get 60 seconds to play, but with a wing suit you can get two, two-andhalf-minutes,” she said.

“You do your stuff in teams, we are basically flying acrobats, but I also do a lot of wing suit coaching, and coach wing suit coaches.”

Juvonen said one of the best things about being able to travel is seeing so many beautiful places.

“Every place has its own special thing about it,” she said.

Richie Convery (from left), Anna Moxnes and Petter Stensvold are just three of the many skydivers in Ashburton for the Skydiving Kiwis’ annual sports skydiving festival.

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■ CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT

Gunman faces more charges A man accused of a double shooting and an armed robbery in Ashburton last month has been charged with another armed robbery and police say more charges are likely to follow.

The 23-year-old Ilam man is accused of holding up the Ashburton Hotel after shooting two women near Rolleston on April 19.

During an appearance in the Christchurch District Court yesterday the man faced two fresh

charges, including armed robbery at the Springston Hotel in Lincoln on April 9.

Police have also accused the man of pointing a shotgun at a man in Rolleston on the same day as the women were shot and the Ashburton robbery carried out.

The man, who has interim name suppression pending the results of further police investigations, walked into the Hotel Ashburton public bar shortly before closing carrying a pump-

action shotgun. Two shots were fired before he made off with a sum of cash. Four or five people were understood to have been in the bar at the time but no one was injured.

Police alleged two shots were also fired in the Lincoln robbery where a woman was robbed of cash.

The mother and daughter victims of the shootings survived the attack carried out a Newtons Road property but both were hospitalised – one with se-

rious injuries, the other moderate. They both knew the alleged offender.

Armed Offender Squad members and police launched a manhunt after the women were injured and the alleged offender was arrested at a property in Pacific Drive at the Rakaia Huts at 7am the following day.

He first appeared in court on April 20 where he offered no plea to charges of wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm and armed robbery. At the

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time of his arrest, police said the Ashburton robbery was the seventh armed hotel hold-up in Canterbury this year. It was believed but not confirmed that they were all connected.

Yesterday police told the court the man was a suspect for the other robberies and more charges were likely to be laid.

Judge John Macdonald remanded the man in custody.

He is due to re-appear in the Christchurch District Court on May 29.

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■ NELSON FRINGE FESTIVAL

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Edgy show a winner at festival

Arsons arrest A 19-year-old West Auckland man has been arrested in relation to two fires among the spate of fires at Piha over the past nine days.

Waitakere police area commander Scott Webb said the man is a Piha resident. He was arrested yesterday in Tauranga. The man faces three arson charges and one burglary charge which relates to a fire at a local fish and chip store and a large scrub fire adjacent to the store. The third arson charge relates to a fire that occurred in the Auckland city area within the same period.

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PlaySpace theatre company’s play Her was a winner at the Nelson Fringe Festival, earning the best out of towner award.

Actors Georgie Sivier and Justin White (pictured at the festival) were also excited to receive a host of nominations including for best script, edgiest show, best actor and best actress.

“We felt really lucky because there were 38 other shows,” Sivier said.

Her will stage in Ashburton on June 3.

Another complaint Wicked Campers is still refusing to engage with complaints about its advertising. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld another complaint about the campervan hire company in April, the 11th it’s received in the past year. The body again expressed concern that the owner of Wicked Campers, John Webb, appeared to have no interest in self-regulation and continually failed to respond to numerous complaints. In the latest complaint against Webb’s company in New Zealand, the phrase “I’d rather be dead than cool” featured next to a drawing of Mr T from the A-Team TV show. The complainant said this was offensive to those who had lost loved ones.

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■ PHONE SCAM WARNING

Scammers fleece several people out of money

By Michelle NelsoN

Michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Phone scammers have been at work in the Ashburton district fleecing several people out of money.

As well as private residences a number of businesses, including the Guardian, have been plagued by dozens of scam calls this week.

The culprits claim to be from a Microsoft or Windows technical support team and ask for remote access to their mark’s PC under the pretext of fixing a problem, often citing a malware infection.

Despite having gone on for years – since 2009 in fact – the “I’m from Microsoft and you’ve got a problem with your PC” scam calls continue to do the rounds and inevitably some people fall prey.

A legitimate IT company tech-

nician said he was aware of several people in the Ashburton area who had handed over credit card details and lost money and many more had been targeted.

The fake Microsoft ‘security experts’ usually use a western name but speak with a foreign accent. They are polite, but bossy.

Once they have remote access to your PC or laptop they can get hold of your personal data. Others may ask the victim to download a tool which they say is to “fix” the problem, but is in fact malware.

Some ask for money in return for a lifetime of protection from the malware they say is on your machine.

No legitimate IT security company, least of all Microsoft, will ever contact people in this manner.

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WHAT TO DO IF YOU RECEIVE A SCAM CALL Hang up. It is not a legitimate call.

Do not provide any personal information and never divulge credit card or bank details.

Do not allow a stranger to guide you to a certain webpage, instruct you to change a setting on your PC or download software.

If you do fall victim: If you do fall victim to computer scammers, change all passwords and usernames, including any bank and credit card log-ins which may have been compromised.

Contact your bank to ask them to be on the lookout for any dodgy transactions.

Use up-to-date security software to scan and cleanse your PC, and use System Restore to reinstall the factory settings.

For one thing, they can’t possibly tell that your PC is infected – the scammers know nothing about your home or business

computer set up.

They can be anywhere in the world calling number after number hoping to find a victim.

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A 62-year-old grandmother who killed her husband and tried to murder her daughter-in-law has been allowed to stay in the country on exceptional humanitarian grounds. In a decision by the Immigration and Protection Tribunal Guan Zhi Yu’s appeal to fight deportation to China has been allowed; provided she does not commit another violent crime within the next five years. - NZME

Abductor jailed A man who admitted abducting a teenager and taking her on a 16day road trip from Auckland to the Bay of Plenty nearly two years ago has been jailed for more than five years. Dean Wayne Whakatau, 39, was sentenced to five years and two months’ jail when he appeared in Rotorua District Court yesterday.

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Veges pump up food bills

By Sue NewmaN

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Aucklanders might have had a wet autumn but South Islanders are paying the price for that unrelenting rain in rising vegetable prices.

With buyers in the north prepared to pay premium prices for vegetables, the south’s normally self sufficient supply status was

now out of kilter, said Ashburton’s The Green Grocer owner Simon Talbot.

“Prices are lifting. They’re a lot higher than they were this time last year. The Auckland market’s dragging supplies out of the South Island and they’re paying crazy prices to South Island growers,” he said.

Without that new demand, in spite of a wet autumn, prices would be on a par with last year, Talbot said.

“Growers chase the dollar and you can’t blame them, they’re getting $5 a cauli.”

Many customers were still prepared to pay for vegetables that were $1 or $1.50 dearer than

normal, but there was also a fair amount of vegetable substitution going on, he said.

“We’re telling them it will only be two or three weeks and prices will come right, but at the moment the volume is down and the prices are up.”

Lettuce, cauli, broccoli and spinach were currently hit hardest by

the supply shortage but potatoes, pumpkins and carrots were good buying at the moment, Talbot said.

A Countdown spokesperson said that stores were facing a few challenges at the moment around supply, but buyers were doing everything they could to ensure continuity of supply across the fruit and vegetable range.

Friendship club accepts women

A great number of entrants turned out for last year’s Mother’s Day Fun Run/Walk.

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■ MOTHER’S DAY FUN RUN/WALK

Organisers gear up for another fun run/walk By megaN gNad

megan.g@theguardian.co.nz

Organisers are gearing up for another successful Mother’s Day Fun Run/Walk.

Held on Sunday, the event, organised by Jennian Homes, raises

funds for the New Zealand Heart Foundation.

Check in is from 9am and the event starts at 10am from the Ashburton Domain, Walnut Avenue.

Heart Foundation Ashburton

branch chairperson, Barbara Harris said they usually expect about 200 entrants.

“We’re interested to see how it goes,” she said.

“Heart disease is the biggest killer of Kiwi women, claiming

the lives of 50 women every week, so this is an important cause.”

To register, or for more information on this year’s Jennian Homes Mother’s Day Fun Run/ Walk, visit: www.jennianmothersday.com

The Ashburton Men’s Friendship Club has made the unanimous decision to become a Combined Friendship Club, open to both men and women.

Formerly a Probus Club that dates back to 1983, the historic move was agreed upon at a meeting on Tuesday.

President Robin Bruce said there were four other Friendship Clubs in Ashburton – one male and three female – but there has also been interest in establishing a combined club in the town.

“The club had been considering the change for some time and had now decided the time was right,” he said.

“All the members were very positive about the change and a number of people had already expressed interest in joining a Combined Friendship Club which are common in other centres.”

Bruce said the club had formally changed its name to Ashburton Combined Friendship Club to fully reflect its new status.

The Ashburton Combined Friendship Club is affiliated to Friendship New Zealand Incorporated (FNZI), formerly known as Probus New Zealand Inc, a social organisation for people living in New Zealand who are retired, semi-retired or soon-to-retire.

They meet on the second Tuesday in the month at the Seniors Centre.

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Cable ‘struck tail rotor’ A cable hitting the tail rotor caused the helicopter crash that killed Steve Askin as he fought February’s Port Hills fires, an interim report has found.

Wildfires broke out on the Port Hills between Lyttelton Harbour and the southeastern suburbs of Christchurch on February 13.

That evening Askin was among those who helped survey the extent of the fires. The next day he flew from Rangiora to join the firefighting operation and was appointed the lead pilot for one group of helicopters because of his experience.

His total helicopter flying experience was about 2350 hours, of which about 80 hours was firefighting experience.

According to the Transport Accident Investigation Commission

report, released yesterday, several pilots heard an abbreviated Mayday call about 2pm that day, but it was not clear on which radio frequency the call was made.

The supervisor asked for a roll call of all the aircraft involved, but Askin did not respond.

After a brief search, another pilot in the group found the helicopter wreckage on a steep slope near the head of a gully east of the Sugarloaf. Askin had died in the crash.

Evidence showed that the monsoon bucket suspension cables struck the tail rotor, damaging it and causing the loss of the entire vertical stabiliser from the tail boom, the report said.

The helicopter then rolled to the right and crashed into the ground.

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In brief NZ’s best sausage roll The secret to New Zealand’s best sauage roll is out – though you’ll need to be in the right part of the country to try it. Dunedin can boast the title of home to the finest sausage-stuffed pastry roll.

The Ward St Depot this week was confirmed as winner of the Coast radio station’s Best Sausage Roll competition after a six-week-long nationwide search by New Zealand Masterchef winner Brett McGregor.

Owner of the cafe-catering business Dan Davidson was up against strong competition from other finalists: Hororata Village Cafe (Canterbury), Mistress of Cakes (Rotorua), Tart Bakery (Auckland) and Central Cafe (Te Awamutu).

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Woman injured fleeing police ‘doing fine’ A woman who led police on an 8km chase in Oamaru before rolling her car is recovering in hospital.

A police spokesman said the 34-year-old Oamaru local had an injured foot but was “doing fine”

despite earlier reports she was in a critical condition.

The car rolled on HerbertHampden Rd about 4.30pm on Wednesday, just outside the 70km zone, north of Palmerston.

At the time a police spokes-

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Several Nelson College students have been stood down after “serious acts of bullying”.

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Don’t tinker with school starting age Sue Newman

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ne of the hallmarks of the Kiwi education system seems to be that we can’t stop tinkering with it.

Over the years we’ve had open plan classrooms, closed group classrooms and now we have massive open, multi-teacher spaces with 100 or more kids trying to learn in an environment that, at best, resembles a playground.

While the curriculum and examination systems have changed, one thing that has remained constant has been our school starting age. It’s been tied to a child’s fifth birthday.

But that’s about to be tinkered with. The Government is looking at adopting a cohort entry system that would see children starting school on the first day of term closest to their fifth birthday. And that could see youngsters well short of their fifth birthday packing school lunches and mixing in the schoolyard with the big kids.

Cohort entry might be tidy for school administrators, but surely we’ve lost sight of what’s important here.

Education is about kids and providing the optimum learning environment. Right now children don’t have to start school until they turn six, although most parents opt for five.

For some reason there’s a school of thought that believes children will settle better at school if they start as a cluster of new entrants rather than as a singleton on their fifth birthday.

Ask a pre-school teacher about four-year-olds and they’ll tell you that their maturity levels range wildly. While some could be school ready three months out from their fifth birthday, others never cope with the school routine until well after five.

The only people the cohort school entry system benefits will be administrators and teachers who can’t cope with the layered needs of steady inflow of new entrants.

It’s the needs of the child that are important here. Preschools prepare children for school; schools take over when they’re five.

Don’t let this be like so many things in education where we rush to adopt a change simply for change’s sake.

All this will do is spread the maturity and learning-ready level of a new entrants’ room across children who are four years and 10 months to those who are almost six. That’s a massive learning gap.

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hen we asked if you thought Mid Canterbury had a binge-drinking culture, an incredible 84.38 per cent of you agreed we do and need to look at ways of tackling the problem.

Continuing our discussion into national drinking figures, we’ve been looking into the high level of RTDs being consumed and what effect that has on the community.

Alcohol Healthwatch executive director Dr Nicki Jackson told Newstalk ZB that heavy drinking is costing New Zealand up to $1 billion a year.

One way of controlling the issue could be restricting the amount of targeted alcohol brand advertising and reducing off-licence hours, she said.

“Some of the restrictions that we need to be looking at is around advertising and marketing. These are young girls drinking heavy quantities of RTDs, which are very much marketed towards young people,” she said. “Good studies across the world show that when you do reduce the hours of off-licences, young people are less likely to be admitted to hospital.”

Do you agree? Do you see these reasons as being part of the problem?

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What does mum really want for Mother’s Day?

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et’s compare mothers in America to Mid Canterbury mums.

According to a poll of mums, here are the top 10 things that they would like to receive for Mother’s Day: ■ UTO (Unpaid Time Off): Every mum has a list of about 20 things she’d like to get done on any given day, but she usually only has time to successfully conquer three.

Mums would love a day to tackle their to-dos or just to be free to do whatever they want, no questions asked.

■ Sleep: Mums think going to sleep when they are tired on Saturday and awakening on their own without the alarm clock or the voice of a child on Sunday is a dream come true. Plus, it’s 100 per cent free!

■ Clean house: Being a mum is stressful, and coming home to a clean house, even if it only lasts 10 minutes, is like a little slice of heaven. Hire a professional or, at the very least, get the kids to help pick up around the house.

■ Spa day: A massage, mani/ pedi or facial are all wonderful gifts. Older kids could get creative and set up a home spa with candles, homemade scrubs, etc.

■ A day free from the “mum routine”: Mums love being mums. But they also love a day free from the “mum routine”. That means no dishes, laundry, chauffeur duty, dressing little ones, getting kids out the door, mediating sibling arguments, etc.

■ Car wash: A vehicle free from

frames from our children that remind them what a blessing it truly is to be a mum.

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crumbs and clutter is like a commuting oasis.

Home delivery service: Mums can save a ton of time, not to mention their sanity, when they don’t need to run errands with small kids in tow.

Turn the honey-do into a honey-done list: Every time

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So what do Mid Canterbury mums REALLY want for Mother’s Day? Here’s a sample from Hoops On Air Facebook page yesterday: Becki: No cooking !

Toni-maree: Nothing I chose to become a mum I celebrate everyday cause I’m lucky enough to be one.

Lillian: “Credit” notes , for future visits, events, activity, just so can spread them out, and enjoy over time ahead . .???too practical ??

Kandy: I would love to take

Mums love being mums. But they also love a day free from the ‘mum routine’

they walk by that broken _______ (fill in the blank), it drives them crazy. Look after whatever you are able to get done on the honey-do list of lingering household projects.

What’s for dinner? Have dinner taken care of, including the grocery shopping, for one week. That frees mum up to enjoy more quality time as a family, which is what they really want.

The best things in life are free: The gifts mums will treasure forever are the homemade cards, handprints and photo

my laptop to bed during the day and watch a girly movie. In peace with a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream. ????

Susan: Let’s have some jobs done around home!

Chelsea: Chocolate, flowers and a night off from cooking ?? ooo and a sleep in! But I know that’s not going to happen ????

Eden: A nice card and the day off! No cooking, no cleaning just the fun stuff Kay: Just to get the house vaccum and dishes done..and cook for me ..everyone running after me ....oh and some chocolates..

Joanne: I’d love to try the new Lewis Road chocolate liqueur or the new mango cream Lindt chocolate. Mmmmm Mel: For the kids not to bicker amongst themselves for a whole day! But I’ll settle with new slippers for winter lol.

Janine: A day off refereeing my 3 children (only 2 of them are actually kids) Eliza: Sleep Tania: Someone else to Lux the bloody hallway. And someone else to go for a bike ride with me.

All without complaining.

Not that you need these, but here’s some signs you’re a mum and deserve to get spoilt every day, not just on Sunday.

■ You do more in seven minutes than most people do all day.

■ Happy hour has become the 60 minutes between your kids going to bed and you going to bed.

■ A glass of wine counts as a serving of fruit.

■ You have mini-therapy sessions all day long with anyone who will listen.

■ Going to the grocery store by yourself is a vacation.

■ Instead of running from projectile vomit, you run towards it.

Happy Mother’s Day! Till next week Hoo roo Phill Hooper Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

YOUR VIEW 13 Reasons I feel alarmed the Mount Hutt College’s guidance counsellor hasn’t seen the 13 Reasons Why series.

Whether we like it or not 13 Reasons Why has taken our high schools by storm since being released in March.

Ask the teenagers in your life and they will tell you that they have seen some or all of the 13part series or have friends that have.

I watched the series because I know that the teenagers in my life have and I knew it was con-

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■ UNITED STATES

Sacking fallout grows Days before he was fired by Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey requested more resources to pursue his investigation into Russia’s election meddling and the possible involvement of Trump associates, US officials said yesterday, fuelling concerns that Trump was trying to undermine a probe that could threaten his presidency.

It was unclear whether word of the Comey request, put to deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, ever made its way to Trump. But the revelation intensified the pressure on the White House from both political parties to explain the motives behind Comey’s stunning ousting.

Democrats quickly accused Trump of using Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation as a pretext and called for a special prosecutor into the Russia probe.

Republican leaders brushed off the idea as unnecessary.

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ment officials and a scathing memo, written by Rosenstein, criticising Comey’s role in the Clinton investigation.

“Frankly, he’d been considering letting Director Comey go since the day he was elected,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, a sharply different explanation from the day before, when of-

ficials put the emphasis on new Justice complaints about Comey.

Trump, in a letter to Comey dated Tuesday, contended that the director had told him “three times” that he was not personally under investigation. The White House refused yesterday to provide any evidence or greater detail. Former FBI

agents said such a statement by the director would be all but unthinkable.

Outraged Democrats called for an independent investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia’s election interference, and a handful of prominent Republican senators left open that possibility.

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■ SYRIA

Isis ousted from key Syrian town and dam An alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has announced it has taken a strategically important town from so-called Islamic State (Isis).

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they had “completely liberated” the town and its nearby dam, which are 40 kilometres west of Isis-stronghold Raqqa.

It comes a day after the US said it was going to arm members of the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG), which

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are fighting for the SDF. That decision has angered Turkey.

It considers the YPG an extension of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has fought for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey for three decades.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the fight against the jihadists should not involve “another terrorist group”.

But Washington disagrees

and insists the YPG – which leads the SDF’s alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias that has driven the extremists from about 6000 sq km of northern Syria over the past two years, with the help of US-led coalition air strikes – is needed to capture Isis-held Raqqa.

If the SDF has been victorious in Tabqa, it will open up a new route to Raqqa, the BBC World Service’s Middle East editor Alan Johnston said.

The fighting has been raging

in the town for weeks, with Isis suicide bombers and snipers putting up fierce resistance.

They have been holding out in the northern neighbourhoods, and in the structure of the nearby dam, which the UN had previously warned was risked flooding the area if it was damaged.

However, SDF spokesman Talal Sello conceded “combing operations are ongoing to ensure that the city is clear”.

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Dunedin is set for a massive March next year following confirmation British pop superstar Ed Sheeran will perform at Forsyth Barr Stadium on March 29.

Most accommodation has already been snapped up and additional flights to the city are planned for the concert. Cheap flights to the city are already gone and online accommodation providers are offering few, if any, vacancies. Otago Motel Association president Sue Rhodes said all rooms at her motel were booked in four minutes on Wednesday morning and it was a similar story for most of the city. ‘’There’s only two motels showing vacancies and that’s out of the 50 in Dunedin,’’ she said. ‘’We are delighted Ed Sheeran is coming to town. It will be very good and it’s still the tourist season at the end of March.

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■ NEW ZEALAND TOURISM

Govt $136m push ‘good first step’ Bennett. The extra $76m given to DOC will be used to upgrade and develop tourist facilities on conservation land and to expand the Great Walks network.

The infrastructure fund is made up of $60.5m in new money from this month’s Budget and $41.5m reprioritised from the Tourism Growth Partnership and the Regional Mid-Sized Tourism Facilities Grant Fund.

Of that, $2m in four years has been provided to manage it.

In the past year about $17m has been earmarked for infrastructure in small centres over four years, funding that had disappointed the industry.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Chris Roberts said yesterday’s announcement fell a long way short of the $100m a year for infrastructure his organisation had been pushing for during the last 18 months.

“This fund doesn’t go that far.

It’s up to the local councils to prove they’ve got the projects. If this fund is oversubscribed as last year’s initial fund was – that will make the case that the fund needs

to be bigger,’’ he said.

Tourism Export Council chief executive Lesley Immink said she was underwhelmed and there had been shuffling of money from a fund which backed much-needed new attractions to the infrastructure fund.

“At a time when tourism is going through a boom and we need more product we don’t want to lose $40 million out of the tourism growth fund to shuffle over.’’

Bennett said the fund would provide infrastructure such as toilets and car parks ‘’but we’re also

prepared to consider projects like visitor information centres, and feasibility studies for infrastructure projects on a case-by-case basis”.

The industry had told the government that infrastructure is the top priority and the government had responded, she said. ‘’We’re moving from a focus of just boosting tourist numbers to also attracting higher-value tourists to all regions. This funding will ensure we have the capacity to do that.”

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ing quarterly results this week.

The reporting season has been upbeat, and has been the best we have seen since 2011. Of the 448 companies that have reported so far 79 per cent have beaten expectations on an earnings level. The tech sector has been the stand out, with 92 per cent beating earnings estimates for the quarter.

The local reporting season also continued this week, and included some of the biggest names on the Australian and New Zealand markets. Of note were the big Australian banks, which all had fairly lacklustre results with margin pressure notable.

The four big banks have all had a strong run over recent months, riding the increasing interest rates wave, however softer earnings have seen a major pullback in the sector.

Adding to the Australian banks’ woes was the release of the 2017 Australian Federal Budget.

Among the policies announced was a levy on the big four banks and Macquarie that will generate $A6.2 billion over the next four years. The plan is to impose a tax on the aggregate liabilities of major banks, in a similar system to what is seen in the UK. Despite this, the overall sentiment from the budget was that it

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was targeted towards economic growth, and the market reacted positively to the proposal.

The most important event for New Zealand this week saw the Reserve Bank of New Zealand holding the Official Cash Rate again at the historically low level of 1.75 per cent for the third time in a row. This was expected, however, the market was watching for forecasts to be updated in the Monetary Policy Statement, in particular the forecast path for the Official Cash Rate.

With positive data points from the first quarter painting a bright picture for the New Zealand economy there were expectations that the RBNZ would bring forward its next expected move for the OCR from mid-2019 to the end of 2018. This was not the case with Governor Wheeler saying that the developments since the previous meeting were on balance neutral. The New Zealand dollar weakened following the announcement.

Next week, reporting season continues in New Zealand and Australia, including Trustpower, Infratil, Ryman Healthcare and James Hardie. Fonterra also has a quarterly update.

Later in the week the ANZ consumer confidence survey will be released for May and on the same day in Australia we will be watching out for labour force data.

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Positivity pushes up indexes he week started off with a hiss and a roar from markets as they processed the second round of the French Presidential election as well as an incredibly upbeat jobs report from the US. The positivity saw indexes across the world rally and the US pushed to fresh record highs, while European markets hit multi year highs.

The non-farm payroll jobs report from the US is one piece of data that we know the Fed pays particular attention to.

April’s report showed that 211,000 jobs were created during the month beating expectations for 190,000 and were much better than March’s revised downward 79,000. The unemployment rate fell to 4.4 per cent from 4.5 per cent however average hourly earnings had a more muted increase of only 0.3 per cent for the month.

The second round of the French election ended as was expected with Emmanuel Macron coasting to victory ahead of Marine Le Pen. This was certainly the market friendly outcome and represented a risk off event in Europe. However, the market reaction following the event was fairly muted, with much of the benefit already priced in as polling in the lead up had been so one-sided.

There are still a number of politically charged events to come in the region, however having this one out of the way has certainly seen the market breathe a sigh of relief.

The global reporting season is well and truly winding down however there were still a number of companies report-

co-funded by applicants, which would need to show that other funding options had been fully exhausted.

“Government is stepping in to help ensure we have the right infrastructure to support this important industry, especially in areas with high visitor numbers but small ratepayer bases.’’

However, local government still has the lead role to play in building and maintaining that infrastructure. The private sector was also playing its part by investing in new and expanded commercial attractions and hotels, she said.

“Government will continue to work with councils and the industry to consider larger tourism projects, which will be funded outside of the Tourism Infrastructure Fund. We’ve done this in the past with the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Northland and we’re open to considering other opportunities.

Last year international tourism expenditure reached $14.5 billion, which is more than 20 per cent of New Zealand’s total exports of goods and services.

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Tourism Minister Paula Bennett has announced a $102 million infrastructure fund and $76m extra for the Department of Conservation.

While DOC funding is seen as a win for the department struggling with increased numbers on its popular walking tracks, the infrastructure fund is spread over four years and includes $41.5m already allocated for new tourism ventures.

One industry leader said the infrastructure fund was a “good first step” while another said it was underwhelming.

The fund will provide $100m in the next four years in partnership with local councils and other community organisations, for projects such as new car parks, toilets and freedom camping facilities.

“Tourism is hugely important to New Zealand. It creates jobs and brings in billions of dollars to the economy. That’s why it’s important that we keep investing so we continue to attract highvalue tourists and give them an amazing visitor experience,” said

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Serves 6 3 medium, ripe bananas 1t butter 6 Tegel Manuka Smoked Chicken Rashers - Original 200g 2T maple syrup 400g pkt flaky puff pastry, thawed 1C baby rocket leaves ■ Preheat the oven to 200°C. Peel bananas, halve lengthways. Gently melt butter in a 22cm ovenproof fry pan. Place bananas in the pan. Cook over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes to caramelise.

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■ Gently and carefully turn the tarte out (upside down) on to a large platter, drizzle with maple syrup and serve warm, with a garnish of baby rocket.

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C-HR bristles with innovation T

he new Toyota C-HR’s styling evokes the inner city in all of us.

The choice of either 2WD or AWD makes it a great compact all-rounder.

It features strong exterior details, like diamond themed styling with sharp precision cut lines to encourage the C-HR to glisten.

Daytime Running Lights (DRL), and stylish 18” alloy wheels that draw attention to its compact and luxurious look.

The C-HR is a new generation of compact SUV that combines eyecatching styling with comfortable driving.

A distinctive diamond-like design can be seen from tip to tail – from the sculpted low grille with integrated LED fog lights to the machine finished 18” alloy wheels and seamless front to rear sharp body side lines.

Toyota Safety Sense is a package of active safety systems designed to keep you and your passengers protected in all types of traffic.

Around town and at lower speeds Toyota Safety Sense can help prevent collisions entirely, while on the open road and at higher speeds it aims to reduce the severity of any impact by supporting your awareness and decision-making with leading safety technology.

C-HR’s CVT system is meticulously flexible and includes a 7-speed sequential shift mode.

The driver can increase driving pleasure through use of the sports mode where throttle response is enhanced.

Every C-HR features a 6.1” display audio touch-screen, providing access to all your audio needs including Bluetooth streamed files from your smartphone or device.

You can also easily scroll to the next

song using the audio controls on the steering wheel.

The large colour screen is also your reversing camera display, helping you to manoeuvre with greater safety.

The C-HR features an advanced and easy to control Multi Information Display found between the two ring-style meters.

With all the information such as average speed, elapsed time, current/average fuel consumption and ECO Driving

Indicator and trip meter, you’ll be kept up to speed throughout your drive.

With outside temperature display you will know when it is best to keep the doors shut, flatten your chair back, turn the heater and the audio system up and relax while staying warm inside your cosy C-HR. With Lane Departure Alert, you can choose to recieve both audio and visual warnings when deviating from a lane without indicating to depart so that you can take corrective action.

With many more features including G Monitor Display (Gforce) and even a notification that can be set to let you know when it is time to take a driving break, you will be more than satisfied with the C-HR MID display.

The C-HR’s edgy sophisticated exterior looks are equally matched on the inside through a multitude of features including use of quality fabrics and diamond shaped indentations throughout.

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It’s all about speed

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ttore Bugatti – aka Le Patron – used to ride his horse alongside the production line in Molsheim, Alsace, his exacting gaze sizing up everything from beneath the brim of his bowler hat. But then Ettore always did have a finely crafted sense of the ridiculous; from his fantabulous Royale model, to boats, planes and trains.

Given the idiosyncrasies of Le Patron, the idea of a £2.5 million ($NZ4.4m), 420km/h supercar seems not (quite) so daft.

Volkswagen acquired Bugatti in 1998, reasoning that building the world’s best and fastest automobiles would set technical goals just as head-scratching as whizzing around a race circuit summer Sundays – Bugatti was to become the VW Group’s Formula One. After a trio of concepts it produced the 407km/h, £1 million Veyron. This was superlative engineering worthy of any race track, if not absolutely the finest thing to drive.

Two years ago, the last Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was produced and the Chiron is its replacement, named after Louis Chiron, the oldest grand-prix driver – 55 at the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix.

Since work on the Chiron predated the diesel emissions scandal, it’s possible

to consider that VW wouldn’t have made the decision to embark on a £1 billion hypercar project in more recent times.

But with a production ceiling of 500 (50 more than the total Veyrons produced), Bugatti reckons it’ll make money on the Chiron not least because owners will splurge an average £250,000 in extras – and there are already 250 names on top of the build sheets.

Under the carbon-fibre skin is a technical tour de force, some of which may one day influence the cars you and I drive, though I doubt

the voided carbon-fibre suspensions turrets, reinforced internally with aerospacetype metals will make it into mass production, or for that matter, a carbon-fibre racing-car-stiff tub, which is assembled around the engine with just 10 titanium bolts.

Oh and then that engine.

While still an 8-litre W16 quad turbo unit (yep, that’s 16 cylinders arranged in two

offset banks of eight cylinders) attached to a seven-speed, twin-clutch transmission driving all four wheels via Haldex clutches, the effort of extracting more than 50 per cent more out of it than when it resided in the Veyron has resulted in the replacement of almost every single part.

It goes 0-100km/h in 2.5 seconds, with the speedo going up to 500km/h, and has 1102kW of power at 6700rpm and 1599Nm of torque at 2000-6000rpm.

The Chiron is practically pornographic – from the sculpted con rods capable of handling 50 per cent more power but no heavier, to a gorgeous carbon-fibre inlet manifold, which allows for the twin fuel injectors per cylinder.

In the end, it’s all about speed. You need to push an extra key to get up to 420km/h but even up to 380km/h it feels superlative.

Going that fast may not be comfortable but it’s addictive. Blink at 420km/h and you’ve travelled almost 60m, sneeze and you’ve covered nearly 400m with your eyes shut. It’s flying on the ground.

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Type R unleashed

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onda UK this week announced pricing for the hotly-anticipated next generation Civic Type R. Set to hit England retail forecourts in July, the entry level model will cost £30,995 and the GT version will cost an additional £2000 at £32,995 on the road and will come with a host of extras.

As with the outgoing model, GT drivers will benefit from blind spot information including cross traffic monitor, dual zone climate control, auto dimming rear view mirror, Honda CONNECT with Garmin Navigation, wireless charging, high power audio, and LED front fog lights.

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, the 2017 Civic Type R shares the same fundamentals as the new

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The 2.0-litre VTEC Turbo of the previous generation Civic Type R has been optimised and refined to produce 320PS with peak torque of 400Nm, while the six-speed manual transmission is further improved by a

rev match control system.

Phil Webb, Head of Cars at Honda UK, commented: “As with the previous generation, we are fully expecting a huge demand for the Civic Type R. “The order bank is already open and we are experiencing strong interest off the back of the launch at the Geneva Motor Show in March – and this is before our customers have even taken a test drive.”

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But they soon found they had underestimated, not just the appeal of the Coldstream Estate destination, but also the keeness of Ray Thomas of the Christchurch MX-5 Club to gather strong numbers.

The result – a horde of some 55 MX-5s (including two from Blenheim) joined the other quite amazing variety of cars, and a truck or two.

No such space problems at Coldstream Estate, where all the MX-5s where able to congregate together.

The cars ranged from the earliest 1989 model, to three of the very latest RFs, one of which I was driving.

The RFs, with their rather dramatic fastback styling and roof and back window that disappear, at the touch of a button, in just 13 seconds, start at $48,495.

The S version, as driven, is $54,995.

While they weigh in 45kg heavier than the 2-litre Roadster, Mazda have altered the suspension to ensure the RFs dance around corners in the same way the Roadster does.

Hood down at speed, there’s some wind noise from the fixed side sections, but wherever I drove, it was engaging, involving and enticing.

The only problem I had – was having to give it back!

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Pity about the colour ...

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ostly the car companies send me test cars in the more popular colours, such as white or silver.

So given just how good the red Astra looks in the TV ads, the arrival of this top of the line RS-V-model in a shade of brown was a bit of a surprise.

The second surprise was, despite this colour just how many people noticed it.

And said “what a great looking car, pity about the sh--ty colour!”

Plus it also proved difficult to photograph.

Well be assured there’s a palette of more “palatable” colours available for this new mid-size hatchback range, which replaces the Cruze.

These alternative colours, in my view much more appropriately match the look and style of all three models of this German-engineered, Polish built Astra range.

The classy pedigree and an obvious combination of that style, technology, comfort, safety and driving ability were just what it needed to win the 2016 European Car of the Year title.

The entry-level R model has a 1.4-litre turbo-petrol engine developing 110kW and a handy 240Nm of torque.

Both the mid-range RS, and top of the pops RS-V as driven have an even more eager 1.6-litre turbo-petrol engine, which delivers 147kW of power and 300Nm of torque.

They both come with more standard equipment, including the latest safety functions and driver assist systems.

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the R as are adaptive cruise and an electric sunroof for the RS-V. Interestingly, for all there’s the choice of either a 6-speed manual or a smartly programmed 6-speed auto for all, the latter with stop/start technology.

The auto works very well with this energetic engine.

It’s quick off the mark and for overtaking, even moreso when you put it into Sport mode when the engine’s excellent spread of pulling power makes for even more enjoyable and enthusiastic driving.

But then, even while still in Sport, it easily and effortlessly coped with those ever-changing traffic hassles of central Christchurch.

All have the latest generation MyLink infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with a colour touch screen with Bluetooth and voice recognition.

The RS-V gets a larger 8” colour touchscreen with embedded sat-nav as well as dual-zone climate-air.

There’s a quality look and feel to the cabin with a nicely set out, and straight forward to use dash, touch-screen and controls.

Well, that is with the exception of the partially hidden starter button.

And some people I know would likely find a shortage of spaces for their motoring clutter!

For most of my drive-time, there were, including yours truly, four adults aboard the Astra.

We found the seats to be long distance comfortable, with lots of adjustment for the heated leather sports seats those in the front scored.

Meanwhile those in the back seat were still more than happy with their lot, both comfort and space wise.

Lifting the hatch reveals a useful, and certainly adequate for most, 360 litres of luggage space.

As to handling and ride, Holden’s Australian engineers have done an impressive job of retuning for Down Under conditions what was obviously already an excellent suspension/steering set up.

So there’s a nice sporty feel, yet not at the expense of comfort and feel about the RS-V. It sits nice and flat through corners with excellent feel from the steering and plenty of grip from the 18-inch tyres.

Quiet too with, wind, road and engine noise very well suppressed.

Of course there’s five star ANCAP safety across the range with six airbags, rear-view camera and stability control.

To which the RS-V adds a driver assistance package which includes lane change assist, forward collision alert and more.

Adaptive cruise-control (and a sunroof) are a $1990 option for the RS-V.

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NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES #39 FINAL MBL PACE (G1)

$140,000, 3YO Fillie s MOB. PACE, 1950m

1 11314 Spanish Armada (1) Purdon/Rasmussen 2 2 43174 Ste p Up (2) Telfer/Garlick 3 13425 Some joy (3) C Barron 4 80516 Art Courage (4) M House 1 5 11151 Partyon (5) Purdon/Rasmussen 6 32313 Se aswift Joy (6) M Shinn 7 45334 Ame rican Empre ss (7) J Young 8 22444 Mossdale Rose (8) G & N Hope 0 Cindy Bromac (9) G & N Hope 9 55258 Barrier

3 10 21122 De lightful Me mphis (21) M Jones 11 56X53 Major Rocke t (22) C Dalgety 4 12 135X3 Utmost De light (23) S Reid 13 Trendy Bromac 14 21111 Bonnie Joan (24) C Dalgety 8:54pm opt 809

S Tomlinson (J) G O'Reilly J Dunn M Williamson D Dunn J I Dickie B Purdon N Rasmussen

N Rasmussen D Butcher K Barron S Ottley M Purdon J C urtin S Abernethy R May M Williamson B Orange N Purdon (J) J I Dickie SC RATC HED D Dunn

CAVELL LEITCH TROT $20,000, 3YO+ Up–& including R6 0, 26 00m

1 0X061 The odosia (1) C Butt 3 2 2918 The Bloss (2) B Borcoskie 3 65282 Muscle s Galore (3) C & A Edmonds 0 4 80027 Solar Storm (4) B Hutton 2 5 26212 Gin Rummy (5) I Cameron 4 6 28431 War Spirit (6) K Townley 7 57675 Fire nze (7) K Townley 0 8 38546 X mas Joye lla (8) F Morris 9 51433 Bacardi N Coke (9) P Robertson 10 83503 Di’z Luck (10) G Smith 11 25230 Ge e na’s Succe ss (11) D Mitchell 1 12 27411 Re d Hot Poke r (12) G Telfer

C Butt B Borcoskie J Dunn I C ameron D Dunn K Townley S McNally C D Thornley J C urtin B Williamson M Williamson

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Right-handed; Length: 1006m; Weather: Windy 8:05pm 506

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DAYAVEG MOBILE PACE

$8,113, Up to MR50 MOB. PACE, 2200m

1 2 Shandance (1) M McKendry M McKendry 2 02462 Runcle (2) Hollis/Robertson P Ferguson 3 3 39757 Johnny Podre s (3) B Purdon Z Butcher 4 8 She ’s Ide al (4) R Green A Poutama 5 76323 Eye Lash (5) P Screen S Phelan 6 06680 Oklahoma Thunde r (6) R Dunn J MacKinnon (J) 7:07pm NZ ONION CO. PACE $13,500, 2YO+ R53–R58, 7 5 Lincolns De light (7) R Green

T Herlihy opt 504 2200m Barrier 1 10790 Johnny White (1) R Dunn J MacKinnon (J) 8 Banner Of Art SC RATC HED 3 2 55X13 Poppy Drayton (2) S Phillips P Ferguson 4 9 5648X Lincoln Lady (21) D Balle D Balle 4 3 43462 Dre amy Nights (3) T Macfarlane S Phelan 1 10 24363 Janie s Got A Gun (22) S Reid T Mitchell 4 5X578 Shadow Pass (4) T Herlihy T Herlihy POWELL TRANSPORT MOBILE PACE 1 5 122 Mahe e r Miste r (5) B Purdon Z Butcher 8:36 pm 2 6 53554 Rocknroll Lincoln (6) R Green $14,999, R81 to R109 MOB. PACE, 1700m A Poutama opt 507 4 1 65515 Sir Richie (1) Telfer/Garlick M McKendry 7

Kate Black SC RATC HED 2 2 47607 Walkinshaw (2) T Herlihy T Herlihy

Smackwate r Jack (7) L Driver J Stormont 8 89515 Barrier

3 3 91514 Be t Out Of Ell (3) A Donnelly A Poutama

4 05476 The Faithful (4) B Purdon

Z Butcher 9 601 Some Change (21) G Small B Butcher (J) T Mitchell 10

C hurchill Downs SC RATC HED 5 27132 Jo’s Dre am (5) A Kiddie 6 39921 Robbie Burns (6) R Dunn J MacKinnon (J) 7:36 pm TEMPERZONE PACE $13,500, 3YO+ R6 3–R74 7 Lusty Mac SC RATC HED opt 505 +Claime r, 2200m 1 Maxim (7) B Mangos K Marshall 8 11348 Barrier 4 1 15182 Romanite (1) T Vince J MacKinnon (J) 2 63326 Zadaka (2) G Small G Small 9 71657 Be ttor Spirits (21) M Berger B Butcher (J) 3 64864 Be ttors Pocke t (3) T Herlihy T Herlihy PRIMOR PRODUCE TROT $14,999, 3YO+ R6 2–R98 4 73898 Ke nrick (4) D Balle K Marshall 9:07pm Spe cHcp, 2200m 5 418X1 Lockye r (5) P Brown B Butcher (J) opt 508 R Brosnan 6 46173 Eldolar (6) A Donnelly S Phelan 1 38636 Torbjorn (1) R Brosnan 2

2 52186 Re gal Love (2) Purdon/Rasmussen M McKendry 2 7 14145 Max Phactor (7) M Berger

P Butcher

Barrier 3 55420 Shady Sadie (3) J Stormont J Stormont 8 L C hin

Lewy Risk SC RATC HED 4 00045 Djokovic (1) L Chin Z Butcher 3 9 08333 Rhythm N Blue s (21) Telfer/Garlick A Poutama 5 02131 Ge ntle man Sir (2) L Driver 1 6 10223 Il Pirata (3) R Paynter 1 10 42222 Mo Casino (22) S Reid S Phelan Z Butcher 11 76414 Stunin Banne r (23) T Mitchell P Ferguson T Mitchell 7 55986 Mome nt Of Truth (u1) L Milina

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1 8X410 Sails (1) S Smolenski J C urtin PX # 2 22221 Patanjali (2) T & G Chmiel S McNally 1 59549 Boome r Baile y (1) G Telfer M Williamson 2 3 7X1 Warloch (3) M House D Dunn 2 08691 Buste r Brady (2) K Austin D Dunn 4 261 Bushido (4) T Butt M Jones 2 3 13341 Classie Brigade (3) N McGrath B Orange 3 5 X0821 Daylight Robbe ry (5) G Burgess G O'Reilly 3 4 70153 Franco Ne lson (4) R Dunn J Dunn 6 10155 Hilarious Magic (6) P Court J I Dickie 4 5 11264 Piccadilly Prince ss (5) Purdon/Rasmussen T Williams 1

7 70236 Hayde n’s Me ddle (7) R Dunn J Dunn 1 6 P1121 He ave n Rocks (u1) Purdon/Rasmussen

N Rasmussen 4

8 04325 Cruzy Dude (8) B Hill

R May

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9 38341 Mighty Ame rican (9) K & T Barron

B Orange

Barrier PGG WRIGHTSON NZ YEARLING SALES FNL MOBILE TROT 10 07936 Zimfande l (21) B Negus 5:25pm D Butcher $70,000, 2YO MOB. TROT, 1950m 11 76540 Highland Re ign (22) B Negus opt 802 J Young 1 K Barron Marquis De Sade (1) P Nairn P Nairn 12 90314 Russian Expre ss (23) K & T Barron 2 390 Borntobe astar (2) R Dunn B Williamson J Dunn 13 18218 De light My Soul (24) S Baucke 3 C D Thornley Succe ss Counts (3) M Edmonds M Edmonds 14 00151 Swe e t As (25) P Robertson 2 4 D1121 Paramount King (4) J & J Dickie J I Dickie CANTERBURY COPY SERVICE TROT $20,000, 3YO+ 5 Maje stic Connie s (5) P Williamson M Williamson 6 :56 pm R6 0 & faste r DiscrHcp, 26 00m 3 6 1434 One Muscle Hill (6) N Molander M Purdon opt 805 J Dunn 4 7 13394 Stre ss Factor (7) B Purdon B Purdon 1 32105 The Foot Tappe r (1) P Nairn 3

2 89092 Habibi Inta (2) P Nairn B Orange 1 8 1 Springbank Lachie (8) P Williamson B Williamson

3 05028 Missande i (u1) B Negus

S Ottley

B D Son (u1) G Smith G Smith 9 9 Barrier

4 53634 Doctor Bone s (1) B Ford G Smith 4 5 76316 Royal Shine (1) S Smolenski D Dunn 2 6 14657 Ge e Up Ne ddy (2) L Jones J W C ox 5:56 pm THANKS CORIN MURFITT FOR MANY YEARS SERVICE G O'Reilly PACE $20,000, 3YO+ Up–& inc R6 0, 26 00m 7 32331 Tornado Valle y (3) T McMillan opt 803 1 8 04204 Wilma’s Mate (1) P Nairn D Butt 1 21149 Julia Lady (1) S Adlam C D Thornley LONE STAR RICCARTON SIRES STAKES AGED HCP TROT 2 42625 Take Afte r Me (2) G Scott T Williams 7:26 pm 3 3 15852 Bird Of Paradise (3) B Ward $40,000, 4YO+ R6 5–R130 Spe cHcp, 26 00m R Holmes opt 806 4 4 63621 Ve ra’s De light (4) B McLellan S Ottley 1 63065 Dusky Eyre (1) R Allen D Dunn 5 40122 It’s All Ove r Now (5) J Cox J W C ox 2 76412 Kingdom Come (2) L & J Smith J Smith 6 16263 Te rrie r (6) J Bartlett L O'Reilly 3 49721 Be g Hall (3) T Butt K Butt (J) 7 60067 Handsome He ro (7) G Kelk G O'Reilly 4 0X0X7 Ve ne to (u1) C & J Kennett S Abernethy 8 81X77 Run Boy Run (8) P Kerr B Orange 3 5 61340 Ge rshwin (u1) G & N Hope R May 1 9 14 Mighty Santana (9) J Hay J Hay 6 876X5 Arran Chie f (1) A Faulks A Faulks 10 30065 Allison Stokke (10) G Smith G Smith 4 7 77244 De stiny Jone s (2) D Hunter J Dunn 11 55205 Go Dave y (11) D Taylor J Young 8 29513 Valmagne (3) C & J Kennett S Ottley 12 18X58 Ne aris Gre e n (12) J Hay S McNally 2 9 5114X Pe tite One (4) G & N Hope B Orange 0 13 08005 Volatile Lavra (13) R Kennedy 1 10 D3126 Le mond (u1) R Paynter R Holmes 14 32031 Just Be n (14) K Williams M Williamson 11 16402 Springbank Ede n (u2) P Williamson B Williamson 15 41233 Gunpowde r (15) B Hutton J C urtin 7:56 pm CLARK BOYCE LAWYERS PACE $20,000, 3YO+ 0 16 50078 Rah De Rah (16) B Hutton R70–R79, R80–R86 with cond., 1950m 2 17 9X182 Rocknroll Magic (17) T Butt D Dunn opt 807 18 85744 Dancing In The Dark (u1) R Dunn J Dunn 1 89253 Cme e rock (1) R Dunn T Williams

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A Bradshaw McC ook & Jopson S Hindson J T McInerney J Dunn J T McInerney S & B Evans S & B Evans McC ook & Jopson

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12

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Today at Addington Raceway

ALABAR WEANLING SALE - 21 MAY FFA MOBILE PACE

M Robinson J T McInerney Mitchell & Smith A Bradshaw J T McInerney J & D Fahey R Blackburn Hart & Taylor S & B Evans McC ook & Jopson

4 2 56 Murphy Magic nwtd 3 68 Epic Style nwtd 4 78 Inky Lord nwtd 5 56857 Home bush Flute y nwtd 3 6 6 Dime Diva nwtd 2 7 547X Brian Baxte r nwtd 8 45X77 Hungry Machine nwtd 9 27858 Summe r Salt nwtd 10 8777X Double Bre w nwtd

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1 Pat Tama nwtd Lane & Wales ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT HEAT 3 1 CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO DASH 3 2 52735 Know Darling nwtd G C leeve 3:02pm 1:13pm $1,210, C0q, 295m 3 $1,540, C2, 295m Home bush Coaste r nwtd J T McInerney 1 Koroibe te nwtd D Voyce 4 7 Archie ’s Infe rno nwtd McC ook & Jopson 3 2 77X4 Just Nuts nwtd S & B Evans 5 73548 Matariki nwtd 3 1 7F658 Mississippi Girl 17.47 J T McInerney A Joyce 3 68335 De finite ly Maybe nwtd McC ook & Jopson 6 A Bradshaw 43 Pat Allie nwtd Lane & Wales 2 57377 Long Stockings nwtd 2 4 63222 Smash Gator nwtd M Grant 7 45536 Kim’s My Name nwtd 2 3 74142 Koputara 17.50 McC ook & Jopson J Goode 4 5 3386 Ze phaniah nwtd A Bradshaw 4 4 35887 Rocke t Je we l 17.44 C Roberts 2 8 82325 Ohoka Phe obe nwtd L Waretini 1 6 2 Butte rface nwtd J Dunn L Waretini 4 C Roberts 5 68154 Brooke Davis 17.2 5 7 78455 Magic Brodie nwtd N C W Wanhalla 9 4X648 Forkne r Bale nwtd Hart & Taylor 10 888 Just Ernie nwtd H Anderton 6 54648 Gre e t The Judge 17.2 7 8 64478 Home bush Pansy nwtd J T McInerney 7 24218 Smash Fire 17.6 1 M Grant 9 27858 Summe r Salt nwtd S & B Evans GREYHOUNDS AS PETS SPRINT 1 8 43541 Idol Star 17.6 9 Lane & Wales 10 F78X8 Lace y Sunday nwtd J T McInerney 2:23pm $1,540, C2, 295m 9 56X88 Bursar 17.40 K C assidy 3 1 77774 Ge ne tic Marlow 17.6 1 M Grant 10 78786 Paddy The Bake r 17.30 J T McInerney ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT HEAT 4 1:31pm 2 2 24768 Flaps Down 17.38 J Dunn $1,210, C0q, 295m 4 3 11288 Culvie Lass 17.45 Hart & Taylor 1 Kine tic Shadow nwtd C Roberts SNOW-E MUSCLE, ENERGY & FERTILITY SPRINT S & B Evans 3:21pm 4 2 65 Black Tori nwtd A Bradshaw 4 82243 Adjudicator 17.2 3 $1,540, C2, 295m C Roberts 1 3 47532 White Not Wong nwtd McC ook & Jopson 5 77763 Max Stix 17.32 J T McInerney 3 4 25588 Bing Bong nwtd P Lin 6 66721 Home bush Rile y 17.42 4 1 46333 Know Salute 17.2 9 G C leeve C asey & Fagan 5 88 Home bush Carca nwtd J T McInerney 7 56375 Sparkling Te rra 17.2 3 C asey & Fagan 1 8 68172 Hannah Rhiannon 17.33 R Adcock 2 65832 Te rra Bindi 17.45 6 45374 Re ady Te ddy nwtd Mitchell & Smith S & B Evans K C assidy 3 76877 Frosty Action nwtd 7 Culvie Yogi nwtd Hart & Taylor 9 56X88 Bursar 17.40 3 4 76332 Scre w And Bolt 17.33 McC ook & Jopson McC ook & Jopson 2 8 53782 Just Jame s nwtd H Anderton 10 5F788 Anothe r Liz 17.2 5 2 5 18432 Dixie Miss 17.49 R Blackburn 9 27858 Summe r Salt nwtd S & B Evans COALGATE TAVERN STAKES 6 56565 Home bush Errol 17.32 J T McInerney 10 77878 Unfathomable nwtd McC ook & Jopson 2:43pm $2,200, C0, 520m 7 53354 Grae burn 17.6 7 A Bradshaw ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH SPRINT HEAT 5 1 8 21254 Sozin’s Noir nwtd 6 Big Ke v nwtd McC ook & Jopson 1 J T McInerney 1:48pm $1,210, C0q, 295m 3 2 6 Junk Mail nwtd Lane & Wales 9 56X88 Bursar 17.40 K C assidy 1 3 62 Pat Patte rson nwtd 1 1 Lane & Wales 10 78877 Rae wyn 17.54 Hart & Taylor Fe ar Failure nwtd Hart & Taylor

Addington Harness

$10,000, FFA MOB. PACE, 1950m 1 REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

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DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11

13 16D73 Mome ntous (13) A Garters 14 19952 Native s Lasting Love (14) K Cameron 15 1900X Me dusa (15) K Cameron 16 73155 Re dwood Invasion (16) R Holmes 17 51314 Chivasion (17) M Edmonds 18 99591 All Se ttle d Down (u1) G Smith 9:26 pm 810

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S Ottley R May K C ameron R Holmes M Edmonds G Smith

SALES OPEN FNL PCE $200,000, 2YO, 1950m 10 PGG WRIGHTSON NZ YEARLING

Duplicate d (1) Purdon/Rasmussen J W C ox Bailey Major SC RATC HED 421 Aloka (2) N McGrath B Orange 11311 Alta Mae stro (3) R Dunn D Dunn 21155 Mach Shard (4) B Purdon B Purdon 9D Be ttor Se nsation (5) C & J DeFilippi J C urtin 1423 Culpe ka (6) B Mangos B Mangos 12923 All U Ne e d Is Faith (7) Purdon/Rasmussen M Anderson (J) Barrier

16512 The De vils Own (21) Purdon/Rasmussen 6 Blue Blaze r (22) T Yesberg 1332 The Black Prince (23) T Macfarlane 51634 Major Lucky (24) M Jones 31 Star Commande r (25) N McGrath 2 Bright Diamond (26) G Smith 32111 Spanke m (27) Purdon/Rasmussen

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N Rasmussen T Williams T Macfarlane S Ottley R May G Smith M Purdon

BEING SERVED AT SPECTATORS PACE 3YO+ Up–& incl R6 9, R70 with cond., 1950m 11 $20,000,LINDAUER

1 00311 Swe e t Lore ss (1) P Anderson 2 49124 Late Mail (2) C McDowell 3 8315X Dre am To Re ality (3) R Dunn 4

Mac Almighty 5 23341 She zza GNP (4) K & T Barron 3 6 612P1 Rocknroll Prince ss (5) Telfer/Garlick 2 7 13066 Don Domingo (6) K & T Barron 8 75142 Ce le stial Arde n (7) G Payne 1 Whittake r (8) M Jones 9 44323 Barrier

10 8X155 Shille lagh (21) M House 11 14035 Franco Hampton (22) J Gameson 12 17234 Crackamoa (23) R Dunn DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

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D Dunn C D Thornley J Dunn

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-6-7-8-9-10

00806 Commande r Paris (1) Wallis/Hackett 26303 The Almighty Johnson (2) T Herlihy 71168 KD Hall (u1) T Vince 01072 Sunse t Pe ak (u2) D Butcher 07310 Re alme in (1) M Pemberton

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K Butt (J) R May T Williams SC RATC HED K Barron D Butcher B Orange N Purdon (J) S Ottley

T Mitchell T Herlihy J MacKinnon (J,C l) B Butcher (J) P Butcher

BALLE BROS TROT $8,113, NON-WINNERS & Up–R49 with cond. Spe cHcp, 2200m

1 76902 Mortician (1) J & M Teaz 2 1 2 28656 Phoe be Ge m (2) D & C McGowan 3 02597 A Glass Of Tanque ray (3) M Hjalmarsson 4 Our Petite Lady 5 0090D Billy At Salsa (4) B Purdon 6 7X469 Anzac (5) S Cornwall 3 7 89P03 Halle y’s Last (u1) Burley/Holdaway 4 8 1X04P Mass De struction (u2) Wallis/Hackett 9 29896 Ginge r Be rtha (1) R Brosnan 10 7X597 This Sky Rox (2) I Brownlee 11 58X04 Izinthe zone (3) G Noakes 12 090X9 Love Struck Rome o (4) Wallis/Hackett 13 068P0 Maje stic Gal (5) R Brosnan opt

A Poutama N Delany (J) P Ferguson SC RATC HED T Herlihy S C ornwall A Drake (J) M McKendry J Abernethy S Lawson G Noakes M Wallis R Brosnan

JARVIS PACE $12,000, 2YO+, with cond.,

1 42365 A Liste r (1) Purdon/Rasmussen 1 2 2 543 Charlie Mach (2) G Small 3 0 Shadow Captain (3) Hollis/Robertson 4 Eye sdown And Looking (4) D & C McGowan 5 44356 Se a Of Gold (5) R Green 3 6 54322 Luis Albe rto (6) G Dixon 7 79 Art Work (7) J & J Dickie 4 Shanocon (8) M McKendry 8 7X824 Barrier

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T Herlihy P Butcher L Hollis T Mitchell Z Butcher S Lawson S Phelan M McKendry

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Tomorrow at Central Southland Raceway AB LIME LTD TROT

$8,000, NON-WINNERS 2YO+ TROT, 2400m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver

1 54348 Holdon Monarchy (1) T White 1 2 9 Too Cool (2) B Gray 4 3 59X Laura Bush (3) P Ellis 4 0X Noble Gamble (4) S Lock 3 5 3D475 King Cassidy (5) C Gerken 2 6 Tessa’s Pride (6) P Williamson 7 00 Spur Me On Gently (7) T Robertson 8 0 Thunder Buddy (8) B C Wallace 9 7 Lovey Dovey Moment (9) G & C Lee 0 10 000 Katiki Lad (10) R Allen 0 11 X8257 Ed Wood (11) D McCormick 12 00732 Ambro Ameigo (u1) K O'Connor 13 5P000 Pure Emotion (u2) S Lock 14 58500 Mr Tassle (u3) G McIntyre 15 63394 Nottingham K Two (u4) G Orr

S Walkinshaw B Barclay C Faithful (J) A Suddaby B Williamson M Williamson D Dunn N Williamson G Lee B Orange D D McCormick R Swain R McIlwrick (J) G McIntyre G McEwan

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$8,000, Up to MR46 MOB. PACE, 2400m

1 00850 Sefton Hooligan (1) A Hoffman 0 2 64798 Rake (2) R Wilson 1 3 67088 Lorretta Franco (3) S McRae 4 40084 Battle Mac (4) M Kerr 3 5 05996 Jeremy Jones (5) G & C Lee 6 74727 Matai Valour (6) A Milne 0 7 06906 Gunslinger Bromac (7) C Thomas 2 Ideal Art (8) M G Brown 8 30X00 Barrier

9 9000 Mason Buoy (21) L Veint 4 10 80503 Get Real (22) S Breen 11 5P94P Mandolin (23) H Hunter 12 PP0 Luca Brasi (24) H Hunter 13 88909 Snap It Up (25) D Baynes 14 8XPX0 Girls Nite Out (26) P Ellis 1:02PM 715

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MICO PLUMBING SUPPLIES MOBILE PACE B Orange C Ferguson C D Thornley R Swain G Lee R McIlwrick (J)

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1407m; Weather: Few Showers 2:04PM 717

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WINTON NIGHT’N DAY FOODSTORES PACE $8,000, 3YO+ Up–& including R50, 2400m

1 09467 Happy Styx (1) A Armour 2 99955 Tangled Up In Blue (2) B McIntyre 3 5000P Black Athena (3) C Ferguson 4 46790 Magnetic Watch (4) R Swain 5 00100 Gabby’s Delight (5) A Paisley 0 6 07463 Franco Huntington (6) D McLachlan D Dunn 7 81967 Tiziano (7) H Hunter 2 Iodean (8) G & J Knight 8 7X01X Barrier K Larsen B Williamson 9 9X875 Ellnbac (21) B McLellan B Barclay 4 10 86480 Don’t Pass I’m Fast (22) K Barclay H Hunter 1 11 68665 Man I’m Good (23) A Kyle A Beck 3 12 44236 Bold Ruler (24) P Hunter K Barclay 13 Nightmarch BRECKON FARMS FILLIES & MARES PACE $8,000, 14 98647 Justasip (25) P Hunter

R McIlwrick (J) M Purvis (J) C Ferguson A Fitzgerald (J) K Larsen S Walkinshaw H Hunter M Williamson M Hurrell (J) A Suddaby A Kyle B Barclay SCRATCHED D Dunn

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12

2 83314 Denn Nee Nose Best (2) N Williamson 3 34632 Larch (3) G McClymont 4 33705 Another Delight (4) R Wilson 5 14006 Overcast (5) A Paisley 6 81979 Sundons Wish (6) I Jamieson 1 7 17490 Rydgemont Milly (7) Mark & Debbie Shirley 3 Splash Cola (8) N Williamson 8 480PX Barrier

4 9 40158 Justamollyarcher (21) R Jenkins 10 21920 Jaccka Josh (22) B Gray 2 11 70736 Bobbins (23) P Williamson 12 87400 Och Aye The Noo (24) M Denton

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N Williamson A Suddaby B Orange R McIlwrick (J) D Dunn S Walkinshaw M Purvis (J) S Tomlinson (J) B Barclay M Williamson M Denton

$8,000, 3YO+ R51–R53, R54 with cond., 2400m

1 01905 Major Vibes (1) R Wilson 4 B Orange 2 306X9 Jetenara (2) K Barclay K Barclay 1

3 5177 Boom Time (3) R Swain

R Swain Share The Road (1) A Swain D Dunn $9,000, R70 to R116 MOB. TROT, 2400m $6,000, Claimers MOB. PACE, 1609m 1 4 24027 Leah Mac (4) W McEwan D Dunn 2 2 6X2X5 Tara Tutaia (2) S McRae C D Thornley 1 28238 Moment Of Sun (1) G & C Lee G Lee 5 24021 Two Ply (5) C Laurenson B Williamson 1 60996 Newmans Jet (1) S Lock S Tomlinson (J) 3 3 53 Repartee (3) K & J Price N Williamson 2 21576 Spotlight The Valley (2) R Wilson D Dunn

6 79310 Art Exhibit (6) G & C Lee G Lee 2 66604 Alexy (2) D O'Connell M Hurrell (J) 4 45225 Tilly Patron (4) A Milne S Tomlinson (J) 3 3 5X350 Jen Jaccka (3) B Gray B Barclay 7 29088 Selena Franco (7) S McRae C D Thornley 1 3 81701 Nerve Of Steel (3) M Saunders D Dunn 5 Ideal Denario SCRATCHED 4 35864 Pyramid Magic (4) P Williamson M Williamson

8 12248 Canardly Remember (8) B Shirley

M Anderson (J) 4 6785X Atom Hanover (4) G & J Knight A Suddaby 6 40700 January Jones (5) D McLachlan

S Walkinshaw 1 5 1P101 Dark Horse (5) N Williamson N Williamson Barrier 4 5 87055 Pay Master (5) A Paisley R McIlwrick (J) 7 37856 Lausanne Lass (6) B McIntyre M Anderson (J) 4 6 02639 Golden Gate (6) J Ryan

R McIlwrick (J) 3 9 36503 Simple Pleasure (21) G Hunter A Suddaby 2 6 28493 Jerry Fitz (6) G & J Knight C Ferguson 4 8 7 Firstjoy (7) W McEwan K Barclay 2 Eyre I Come (7) M Jones B Orange 10 53683 Cullens Avenue (22) Mark & Debbie Shirley S Walkinshaw

7 P07X5 Four Starzzz Shiraz (7) A Hoffman T Quate (J) 7 40138 Barrier Barrier

11 Nightmarch SCRATCHED 3 Seduce Me (8) G & J Knight M Williamson 9 09089 Finger In The Till (21) S Lock A Suddaby 12 70390 Dissolution (23) Cox/McGrannachan 8 49082 Barrier M Williamson ABURNS GLASS MOBILE PACE 1 10 2 Country Grammar (22) R Swain B Orange 3:14PM 0 13 07463 Franco Huntington (24) D McLachlan 9 47146 Swap Over (21) B Shirley N Williamson 11 22009 Maidonthebeach (23) H Hunter $9,000, 3YO+ R58 to R90 MOB. PACE, 2400m H Hunter OPT 719 2 14 34100 My Georgie Boy (u1) P Hunter K Larsen 10 000X0 Ronnoco (22) K O'Connor B Orange 12 88900 Lady’s Lass (24) T Robertson M Williamson 1 01061 Fiery Ferret (1) G & J Knight M Williamson 4:53PM RYAL BUSH TRANSPORT LTD PACE $8,000, 3YO+

2 4440X Highland Girl (2) L Pearson

L Pearson SOUTHLAND FARM MACHINERY LTD TROT $8,000, 1:27PM 12:00PM R54–R57, R58 with cond., 2400m GOODMAN PLUMBING LTD PACE $8,000, NON- 3 01017 The High Roller (3) B Gray M Anderson (J) OPT 722 Up–& including R50, 2400m OPT 716 OPT 713 1 80102 Dachy (1) Cox/McGrannachan N Williamson WINNERS 3YO+ MR46–MR52, 2400m 4 52511 Pass The Speights (4) B McLellan B McLellan 4 24206 Santanna’s Rocket (2) S Breen B Williamson 3 1 35654 Eagle Galleon (1) R Wilson 5 Flying (1) B McIntyre D Dunn M Anderson (J) 1 3 5 12974 Young Conqueror (5) B Gray B Williamson 23 900X9 Honey Cullen (3) K Larsen K Larsen 2 2 62844 Shelby Bromac (2) A Beck 2 00678 Eyre’s A Rag Doll (2) G McEwan A Beck 6 23115 Jimmy Mack (6) B Gray H Hunter B Barclay 1 4 1X106 Shezacullengirl (4) P Ellis D Dunn 1 3 00960 I’ldoitmyway (3) A Hoffman G Lee B Orange 3 37399 Magnate Mara (3) G & C Lee 4 7 74221 Bettor Ops (7) K Larsen K Larsen 5 95020 Burn Off (5) G & N Hope A Armour 4 03099 Ko Wrected (4) A Kyle 5 Jacks N Jazz (4) G & J Knight M Williamson 8 25X5X Tas Man Bromac (8) N Williamson S Tomlinson (J) 4 N Williamson 6 56613 Cast A Shadow (6) B Nicol S Walkinshaw

4 5 0000P Duchess Grace (5) B Gray D Dunn 5 6340 Light Year Franco (5) S McRae C D Thornley Barrier 7 40004 Likethelook (7) B Nicol M Williamson 3 6 638 Zealand Star (6) B Gray 6 84699 Phoebe Flyer (6) K Franks B Barclay 9 06337 Betta Go Fernco (21) A Swain K Franks C Ferguson 8 641 Ideal Breeze (8) D Baynes B McLellan

2 7 46745 Sugar Cane (7) D McCormick Fern Lea (7) W Adams S Walkinshaw D D McCormick 7 2 10 21324 Hopes And Dreams (22) G Anderson D Dunn Barrier 1

8 82032 Southbound Train (8) G Gibson-Smith

R Swain 8 0648X Belmont’s Greatest (8) D McCormick

A Fitzgerald (J)

1 1 68155 Royal Counsel (23) G & C Lee

G Lee

9 37658 Bettor Enforce (21) A Beck

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Barrier Barrier 1 12 21X33 G I Joe (24) B Gray B Orange 10 Nightmarch SCRATCHED 9 56X50 Takenoprisoners (21) N Williamson M Purvis (J) 9 Freehold (21) M Calder B Orange 11 37001 Rocking Robyn (22) R Wilson C Ferguson ELITE RACING PRODUCTS TROT $8,000, 3YO+ 10 00000 Little Rocket (22) L Pearson 4 10 53302 Pay Me Jimmy (22) B Gray B Barclay N Williamson 3:49PM 3 12 47146 Steiger (23) L Veint B Orange R52–R61, 2400m 11 00100 Our Budd (23) G McEwan 99 Aztec King (23) S Lock R McIlwrick (J) OPT 720 G McEwan 11 0 13 07463 Franco Huntington (24) D McLachlan 12 1P000 Bourbon And Dry (u1) M Denton 00 Fleur Galleon (u1) S Lock M Hurrell (J) 1 X0207 Dipendra (1) T Stevens M Williamson 12 2 14 6740X Son Of Brahma (25) B Gray K Larsen B Barclay 11:35AM OPT 712

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9 30065 Allison Stokke (9) G Smith 1 T Healy 11:27AM A Lethaby $7,000, 2YO+, with cond. TROT, 2600m 10 81009 Born Again Delight (10) D Pearce 3

11 32127 Leading The Way (11) W Stapleton K Cox (J) PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 12 50X00 Major Patron (12) G Cook L McKay (J) 1 Ali Lindenny SCRATCHED 13 50077 Midfrew Tarpediem (13) C Markham A Tomlinson 3 2 55303 Sea Rover (1) T McMillan T McMillan 4 14 45752 Game Changer (14) M Nyhan J Young 3 80370 Imran Khan (2) C Butt C Butt 15 07X60 Tuscaloosa (u1) C Morrison K Blakemore (J) 2 4 4 Flyinova (3) J Wheeler 1 5 54 Mr Fahrenheit (4) L Jones SOUTHFUELS BULK FUEL SPECIALISTS TROT $7,000, M Jones 12:47PM 6 244 Grand Princess (5) N McGrath D Dunn OPT 814 3YO+ Up–& including R53, 2600m 7 798X6 Sunrise Spur (6) J Versteeg J Versteeg 4 1 73451 Dream Big (1) M Tapper M Williamson 8 0964 Red Harbour (7) K James K James 2 5710 Tehoro Tease (2) R Holmes 9 34480 Ruthless Kayla (8) K Fairbairn S Ottley 3 595X0 Sheza Trendy Monarch (3) N Taylor S Tomlinson (J) 4 10 00902 Jerry Garcia (u1) L O'Reilly L O'Reilly 2 4 25453 Sarah Palin (4) M Nyhan P Davis 11 32070 Castleton Tui (u2) J Patterson J Patterson 5 07P03 Wot Up (5) M Howard S McNally 12 78X06 About Last Night (u3) S Clarke S Clarke 3 6 04546 Time For Diamonds (6) A Ford J Ford 13 4 Fira (u4) S McNally S McNally 7 01500 One Yankee Ginga (7) R Holmes 1 8 57675 Firenze (8) K Townley D Dunn PORT FM PACE $7,000, NON-WINNERS 2YO+ 11:52AM J H Cox Up–& including MR48, 2000m 9 38546 Xmas Joyella (9) F Morris C D Thornley 1 0670X Woodlea Shawn (1) T Twidle M Williamson 10 X8560 One Over Dover (u1) B Waldron G O'Reilly 0 2 08800 Sledgehammer (2) J Patterson J Patterson 11 221X9 Tijuana Taxi (u2) C Harrison 3 09488 Rostriever Victory (3) R Crawford K Butt (J) 1:22PM PROPERTY BROKERS PACE $7,000, 3YO+ Up–& 4 4 06558 Sarah Kate (4) K Cox K Cox (J) OPT 815 including R52, 2000m 5 0530X Remachable Idea (5) G Payne 1 1 15852 Bird Of Paradise (1) B Ward M Williamson 1 6 26564 Motu Bettor Be Quick (6) S Adlam S Ottley A Lethaby 0 7 70085 Dodge Phoenix (7) T McMillan T McMillan 2 007X0 Highview Illusion (2) B Graham 4 3 75827 Classie Margaret (3) H Galway K Cox (J) 2 8 2407P Debnita Rose (8) C Dalgety D Dunn G Smith

Rockon Styx (9) G & N Hope R May 4 16006 Dorie Delight (4) P Burrows 9 04040 Barrier

3 5 002P0 English Rose (5) G & N Hope

6 33038 Sans Le Sou (6) R Alfeld

R Alfeld 10

Belle Of Brooklyn SCRATCHED R Holmes 11 60F00 Limoso (21) G Telfer G Telfer 7 06036 Gabby’s Star (7) R Holmes J Kennett (J) 12 0D Kotare Elite (22) G Payne G R Payne 8 57009 Pegasus Kommander (8) C & J Kennett Maddisons Desire (9) J Howe J W Cox 13 9657 Chelsea Ella (23) D Pearce B Orange 9 09848 Barrier

14 20037 Elite Excuse (24) H Westrum D Keast (J) 2 10 37153 Man Of Steel (21) T & G Chmiel G Chmiel 15 7006 Cullens Joy (25) I Court J Young 3 16 07028 Bettor Chance (26) S Moore C Smith (J) 11 02406 Nomattermee (22) D Taylor EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES TROT

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1200m; Weather: Fine

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Barrier

336 Fizzing (21) C Dalgety 5 Paravani (22) J Curtin 3P2X American Alice (23) J Curtin Capital Girl (24) K Cox Bonnie Doon

D Dunn J Curtin G O'Reilly K Cox (J) SCRATCHED

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11

2 80680 My Cash (2) K & T Barron S Tomlinson (J) 1 3 30203 Novak (3) L Hanrahan S Ottley 2 4 33492 Pat Campbell (4) B Negus L Newton 5 04845 Thats Bettor (5) D McKenzie A Lethaby 6 04630 Gerald (6) B Negus K Blakemore (J) K Barclay 2:32PM RON BROWN JEWELLERS PACE 7 88067 Canndew (7) M Nyhan A Tomlinson OPT 817 $7,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ PACE, 2600m 8 06P08 Handlebar Hank (8) H Westrum Chief Kapai (9) E Latimer L Lester (J) 1 63243 Dying To See You (1) N Taylor M Williamson 9 30362 Barrier

2 08503 Bound To Impress (2) J Versteeg J Versteeg L McKay (J) 3 8X809 Junkyard Mase (3) G O'Reilly G O'Reilly 10 70905 Booster (21) J Wederell J Young 1 4 83X22 Mega Watt (4) J Curtin J Curtin 11 40840 Ildivo (22) S Hale

12 7660X Red Ranger (23) G Cook T Healy 5 936 Rebel Reggaez (5) S McNally S McNally 3

1 3 25704 Real Dash (24) T & G Chmiel

N Harris (J) 6 Bettor Under Fire SCRATCHED I Lee (J) 0 7 70085 Dodge Phoenix (6) T McMillan T McMillan 14 08066 All Nuts N Bolts (25) D Pearce 8 9 Sands Of Love (7) P Court B Orange LION BEVERAGES PACE $7,000, 2YO+ R53–R55, 9 80949 Victor Tango (8) R Bennett J Morrison (J) 4:21PM 2000m 2 10 23542 Honour The Bet (9) K Chapman D Dunn OPT 820 11 250X0 Magical Mitch (10) K Fairbairn 1 58691 Veneto (1) C & J Kennett R May 12 Theboyslightup (11) A Stuart S Golding 2 30759 Cimarron (2) R Dunn C Smith (J) 13 4P950 Meggy Mogs (12) S Adlam 4 3 98781 Raising Hope (3) G Payne N Purdon (J) 4 14 Matau Gem (13) S Hale N Purdon (J) 4 80969 Dalness Mac (4) G & N Hope C D Thornley 0 15 08800 Sledgehammer (14) J Patterson J Patterson 1 5 37414 Sky City King (5) T McMillan J Morrison (J) 3 16 23420 Supreme Banner (15) M Kerr T Williams 6 61337 The Persuader (6) E Latimer I Lee (J) 17 9X Star Attack (16) D Hari 3 7 39021 Bontz (7) T & G Chmiel S McNally 18

Bonnie Doon SCRATCHED 8 00700 Sterns Arising (8) T Neale K Butt (J) 2 9 61 Chevrons Reward (9) P Burrows G Smith 3:10PM NIGHT ‘N DAY PARK STORE MOBILE PACE 10 90190 Shardan Suzie (u1) C McDowell C McDowell $7,000, 3YO+ R57 to R66 MOB. PACE, 2000m OPT 818

Malik (u2) P Court B Orange 11 53X01 Barrier 1 37300 Clive (1) D Ross C R Thornley 2 3115X Scotlynn Justis (2) D Taylor J Young 3 30708 Errol Finn (3) J Curtin J Curtin 4:48PM BRENT WHITE RACING STABLES TROT $7,000, 1 4 4324X Bet On A Rascal (4) K Chapman D Dunn OPT 821 3YO+ R54–R66 DiscrHcp, 2600m 4 5 63956 Havinaravup (5) C Ferguson 4 1 44165 Troy Castleton (1) B White S Golding 2

6 5231X Runaway Three (6) K & T Barron

B Orange NEVELE R PACE $7,000, NON-WINNERS 2YO+ 7 8X607 Franco Exeter (7) W Low GIGS PACE $7,000, 4YO+ Up–& 1:57PM B Orange J Kennett (J) 2 210 Over The Love (2) K & T Barron 12:17PM FLAIR (INC) GIRLS ‘N including MR49–MR55, 2000m 8 31516 Jackalack Sue (8) R Holmes R52 INV.D, 2600m OPT 816

3 32090 Dragon Sun (3) R Holmes

R Holmes R Holmes 1 30024 Mickey Jay (1) E Latimer 3 1 436 Mister Slick (1) D Thompson S Tomlinson (J) R Holmes 9 57235 Queen Bee Bardon (9) B Waldron R May C D Thornley 4 4578X Donsmedad (4) G & N Hope

2 84070 Hotdiggettycullen (2) C Chalmers 5 09857 Highland Star (u1) R Paterson S Ottley 2 0X237 Reddington (2) T & G Chmiel G O'Reilly Barrier 6 2 3 42625 Take After Me (3) G Scott Craddock SCRATCHED K Barclay 3 8 Artistic Jewel (3) P Court J I Dickie 10 87429 Franco Saxon (21) J Cox J W Cox 4 10080 Hestia Franco (4) L Smart 1 4 2 Hot Off The Press (4) K & T Barron N Harris (J) B Orange 3 11 39936 Distinctive Del (22) L Hanrahan R May 7 00450 Sexy Rexy (1) A Donnelly 5 94849 Eastwood Chieftain (5) R David 2

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L Lester (J) 5 Samskara (5) N McGrath R May 8 90212 McLovin (2) R Jenkins A Lethaby BROSNAN TRANSPORT LTD LADIES PACE $7,000, 4YO+ 9 29015 Trouble Giero (3) B White 6 04630 Gerald (6) B Negus S McNally L Newton 6 Henry Eyre (6) D Thompson T Williams 3:48PM Up–& including R52 INV.D, 2600m 1 10 011 Witheze (4) A Ford 7 00704 Living Legend (7) B Negus 4 7 0464 Angel Of Harlem (7) B Ward I Lee (J) M Williamson OPT 819 J Ford 8 83000 Zulu Courage (8) B Negus 2 11 14062 Sundons Flyer (u1) B Negus 4 1 00704 Living Legend (1) B Negus K Butt (J) 8 90240 Blue Chip Lad (8) B Waldron C D Thornley K Butt (J)

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AB LIME & FORDES COMPLETE LIVESTOCK MAIDEN

PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer

$10,000, MDN, 1200m Jockey

1 074 By Magic (3) 58.5 J Phillips 4 2 45 Maks Legend (7) 58.5 J Phillips 3 3 48542. Taieri Gem (2) 56.5 B & S Anderton 1 4 X3043 Promising (6) 56.5 K Tyler 2 5 56X83 Rio Tennille (4) 56.5 B Tapper 6 02848 No Charge (1) 56.5 T Kennedy 7 938 Verify (5) 56.5 G Robinson 1 8 00990 Fly The Flag (8) 56.5 S Blair-Edie

J Lowry (a1) C Johnson C Barnes T Moseley S Wynne K Mudhoo (a1) A Morgan (a2) R Beeharry (a4)

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1:05PM

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K Mudhoo (a1)

PGG WRIGHTSON & DT KING TRANSPORT HANDICAP $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1600m

1 10365 Accidental Offside (3) 59 E Winsloe 1 2 94838 Amun Ra (1) 58 S Cameron 3 030X0 Civic Reception (5) 57.5 A Soper 4 22967 A Beautiful Knight (8) 57 K Tyler 5 X110X Londonderry Air (2) 57 B & S Anderton 3 6 24733 Indiana Pearl (7) 55.5 S McKay 1 2 7 48X64 Shakti (9) 55.5 J & J Gordon 1 4 8 22175 She Rocks (4) 54 J & K Parsons 9 15026 The Believer (6) 54 Bros/Dennis CP WOOL & SOUTHERNWIDE REAL ESTATE HANDICAP

C Johnson L Callaway

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Slow; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m; Straight: 300m; Rail: Rail out 3m; Weather: Few Showers 2:55PM

7 NIGHTCAPS CONTRACTING & ADVANCE AGRICULTURE HCP

$10,000, R65&JMPS Benchmark*, 2130m

1 11821 Double Tap (1) 60 K & I Taplin 4 R Firdhaus (a3) 1 2 22260 Darci Inn (6) 59.5 J & K Parsons T Comignaghi (a3) 2

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The Energizer (5) 59.5 K Tyler

R Yatim (a3) R Yatim (a3) 3 4 60442 Centavada (9) 59 J Dalton 1 G Jogoo (a1) J Lowry (a1) C Johnson K Kalychurun 5 06321 Gazza The Guru (8) 58.5 S McKay 1 L Callaway S Toolooa (a4) 6 35252 Odi Et Amo (2) 58.5 K Tyler

7 39X04 Kona (11) 57.5 B & S Anderton C Barnes T Comignaghi (a3)

Westend Madam (13) 56.5 T Kennedy S Muniandy A Sharpe (a4) 89 65918 58634 Point Proven (7) 56.5 G Wright K Kalychurun 12:05PM C Campbell (a4) MCCONACHIE SHEARING LTD WAIRIO PLATE 10 X0058 High Forty (4) 55 B & S Anderton $10,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1:40PM T Moseley 2 1 71524 What’s Up Alf (3) 59 K Tyler $15,000, OPN HCP, 1400m 11 9X023 Revenge (10) 55 K Tyler R Yatim (a3)

1 2 X7654 Tai Ho (14) 55 E Winsloe

S Wynne 4 2 X3516 Gold’nguru (1) 58.5 L Beck 3 1 78X12 Irish Excuse (1) 60 E Winsloe S Muniandy C Johnson 0 13 95079 He Ain’t Heavy (12) 56.5 S Blair-Edie

A Bohorun (a4) 1 3 31334 Tickets On Her (4) 58 J & K Parsons 1 2 36554 Timy Tyler (6) 57.5 K Tyler G Jogoo (a1) J Lowry (a1) 0 14 83707 Jimmy (15) 55 N & B Blatch 4 72347 The Barmaid (7) 56.5 Bros/Dennis 2 3 5X271 Rumpelstiltskin (5) 54.5 J Curran 1 C Johnson C Barnes 0 15 03346. Quintastics (3) 56 S McKay 1 3 5 41594 All Dressed Up (5) 55 J & J Gordon 1 4 4 32696 Shaara (2) 54.5 J & J Gordon 1 K Mudhoo (a1) G Jogoo (a1) PRESTON RUSSELL LAW WAIRIO CUP 6 734L6 Vice Marshall (6) 54.5 K Tyler T Moseley 5 42821 Tomm Jones (4) 54 J & K Parsons T Comignaghi (a3) 3:34PM $25,000, OPN HCP, 2130m 7 1080X Doctor Eden (2) 54 B Laking 1 A Sharpe (a4) 6 46835 Fantamo (3) 54 K Tyler R Yatim (a3) 3 1 42229 Revelator (7) 60 J & K Parsons T Comignaghi (a3) TRAVELLERS REST TAVERN & TRANSPORT SERVICES 2:15PM SPEIGHTS & NORTHERN SOUTHLAND LIVESTOCK MAIDEN 4 2 36315 Motorboat Mike (3) 56.5 S Price K Kwo (a4) 12:35PM 2 3 53564 Miss Three Stars (8) 56 T Beckett 1 S Wynne $10,000, MDN, 1600m $10,000, MDN, 2130m 1 4 65922 The Gordonian (1) 55 J & J Gordon 1 K Mudhoo (a1) 4 1 2255X Itemize (8) 58.5 B & S Anderton 2 1 35863 Payment Pending (4) 58.5 G Wright C Campbell (a4) G Jogoo (a1)

5 7X063 Come Fly With Me (5) 54 S Blair-Edie

A Bohorun (a4) 1 2 72305 The Young Pretenda (9) 58.5 J & J Gordon 1 G Jogoo (a1) 1 2 59X03 Bullitt (7) 58.5 S Cameron J Lowry (a1) R Yatim (a3) 3 3 307X5 Holy Mackerel (3) 58.5 Graham & Michael Eade L Callaway 3 0X736 Brillante Rosso (1) 58.5 Graham & Michael Eade L Callaway 6 71746 Keep The Courage (2) 54 K Tyler C Johnson 4 80X60 Friday Knight (5) 58.5 B Tapper 4 4 63684 Coatncollar (5) 58.5 J Yeo 1 R Beeharry (a4) A Sharpe (a4) 7 57645 Full Count (4) 54 N & B Blatch 8 14211 Taniwha (6) 54 J Curran 1 T Moseley 5 X9X00 Morrie Mac (7) 58.5 S Blair-Edie K Kalychurun 5 40559 Limousine (3) 58.5 G Robinson 1 T Moseley 2 6 85527 Strategus (6) 56.5 G Robinson 1 HOMESTEAD VILLA MOTEL & VET SOUTH HANDICAP A Morgan (a2) 6 00X04 Minue (2) 56.5 N & B Blatch R Firdhaus (a3) 4:04PM 7 560 Macpac (2) 56.5 J Curran 1 3 7 67565 Papina (8) 56.5 J & K Parsons T Moseley T Comignaghi (a3) $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 1 13534 Darci Glitter (10) 59 S McKay 1 8 K Kalychurun Raise The Alarm (4) 56.5 S McKay 1 A Sharpe (a4) 8 0X096 Black Lizzie (6) 56.5 G Gibson K Mudhoo (a1)

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1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-6-7-8-9-10

2 64180 Twizel Guru (12) 57.5 B & S Anderton 3 51298 Miss Tuscan (13) 56 S McKay 1 3 4 03346. Quintastics (4) 56 S McKay 1 4 5 42030 The Music Guru (3) 55 Bros/Dennis 6 05700 All Things Nice (7) 55 J McKay 7 60X09 Pacific Tap (1) 55 K & I Taplin 8 980X6 Strike Up The Band (8) 55 J & J Gordon 1 2 9 60576 Weapon Of Choice (6) 55 S Blair-Edie 10 00027 Dualis (2) 54.5 S Clark 11 00X30 My Swissmiss (5) 54 B Laking 1 12 8X449 Rossi The Rifle (11) 54 K Tyler 13 02599. Polly’s Sister (9) 54 J & J Gordon 1 4:37PM

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$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m

1 X14X0 Ultrasonic (7) 58.5 B & S Anderton 2 2 478X3 Rock Solid (6) 58 J & J Gordon 1 3 X0417 Big Hitter (11) 58 S McKay 1 4 016 Friar Tuck (10) 58 B Howden 4 5 75224 Katango (1) 57.5 B Laking 1 1 6 03153 Lizzie Bordon (8) 57.5 S McKay 1 7 62867 Robin Charles (5) 57.5 J Phillips 3 8 63775 Wild Jack (3) 57 S Blair-Edie 9 85400 Chicago (9) 55.5 S McKay 1 10 00607 Sir Jack Remington (12) 55.5 K Tyler 11 70304 Burwood (13) 55 J Dalton 1 12 54487 Alottatow (4) 55 J McKay 13 98X88 Bachata (2) 55 S Cameron

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J Lowry (a1) A Morgan (a2) S Toolooa (a4) S Muniandy C Barnes C Johnson K Mudhoo (a1) A Bohorun (a4) T Moseley A Sharpe (a4) R Yatim (a3) G Jogoo (a1)

Compiled by

S Muniandy G Jogoo (a1) J Lowry (a1) K Kalychurun R Yatim (a3) T Comignaghi (a3) C Johnson K Mudhoo (a1) A Sharpe (a4) T Moseley S Wynne C Barnes A Morgan (a2)

Racing www.guardianonline.co.nz

Friday, May 12, 2017

■ ADDINGTON

Purdon wary about draw Spankem will have an unusual advantage heading into New Zealand’s richest race of the weekend, but it is one his driver is loathe to use.

The juvenile colt is looking to extend a wonderful record for trainer-driver Mark Purdon in the $200,000 Sales Series Pace at Addington tonight, with the All Stars having won five of the last six runnings.

They would be hot favourites to do so again if Spankem had drawn well, but he will instead start from the outside of the second line – albeit with no rival directly in front of him.

In a rare occurence the 1950m feature will have six on the front line and seven on the second, so Spankem could actually keep pressing forward at the start and get in front of his fellow second line rivals straight away.

But Purdon says that could be disastrous.

“It looks good on paper but I can see them really burning early off the front line and if we are out wide and working that could be the end of him,” explains Purdon.

“So I think we will have to take our luck early, settle back and then move mid-race.

“That is going to make it hard and while I think he is a good horse we still aren’t sure how good. I think we might find out this week.”

Spankem has been a consistent improver over the autumn, but tonight’s race also features the two horses who have already beaten him in his career – Alta Maestro (barrier two) and Mach Shard (three).

Race 1: Heaven Rocks, Classie Brigade, Piccadilly Princess, Buster Brady Race 2: Springbank Lachie, Paramount King, One Muscle Hill, Stress Factor Race 3: Mighty Santana, Dancing In The Dark, Rocknroll Magic, Vera’s Delight Race 4: Hilarious Magic, Bushido, Warloch, Sails Race 5: Wilma’s Mate, Gee Up Neddy, Habibi Inta, Tornado Valley Race 6: Lemond, Destiny Jones, Gershwin, Springbank Eden Race 7: Jack’s Legend, Donegal Carrickfinn, Sparkling Delight, Mongolian Hero Race 8: Spanish Armada, Partyon, Delightful Memphis, Bonnie Joan Race 9: War Spirit, Redwood Invasion, Muscles Galore, All Settled Down Race 10: Alta Maestro, Spankem, Aloka, Star Commander Race 11: Don Domingo, Whittaker, Rocknroll Princess, Late Mail Best Bet: Heaven Rocks (Race 1) Value: Don Domingo (Race 11)

Gr.1 winner retired

Alta Maestro will be one of the leading contenders for the richest race of the weekend.

PHOTO HRNZ

The best, and usually only, way to beat the All Stars runners in elite races is to get in front of them, so Alta Maestro and Mach Shard both get their chance tonight.

“We have beaten him before and if we can lead and get any sort of comfortable section of the race we can win,” says Mach Shard’s trainer-driver Barry Purdon.

“I am happy with my horse, he just hasn’t had any luck lately, but he finally gets a draw this week.”

The early burn will be crucial with whoever can lead out of Alta

Maestro or Mach Shard probably the biggest danger to the favourite.

On a night of serious racing the barrier draws favour Spanish Armada against stablemate Partyon in the $140,000 Nevele R Fillies Final.

There hasn’t been much between the pair so far in their careers, but every time they have met Partyon has ended up in front of Spanish Armada – but tonight the latter looks the more likely leader.

“Obviously the draw helps her and on their work I’d narrowly

favour Spanish Armada,” says Mark Purdon.

Northern trotters Lemond and Paramount King deserve their favouritisms for the two major trots tonight, with Lemond’s laststart Rowe Cup effort vastly better form than his rivals can boast in race six.

Paramount King is anything but the finished product but has huge natural talent so can win the Sales Series Trot, although there is enough to like about Springbank Lachie, One Muscle Hill and Stress Factor to suggest it will be a decent contest. – HRNZ

Monbet aiming for millionaire status

New Zealand’s greatest trotter will try to emulate Australia’s champion galloper Winx.

Which means you might see less of Monbet than you expect next season, but he will be around for a lot longer.

Monbet hasn’t raced since setting a national record winning the Dominion at Addington in November, with an operation to remove bone chips soon after ruining his season.

Remarkably those three starts alone will almost certainly see him win NZ Trotter of the Year again at the national awards come July, especially as two of his wins were at Group One level and the other at Group Three.

Monbet’s record in the last two seasons is jaw-dropping, having won 14 of his last 15 starts, 12 of those at group level, with his sole defeat coming when he galloped in a race at Melton.

The winner of $770,714 he only has to stay sound to become a rarity in this part of the world – a trotting millionaire.

And trainer Greg Hope has a

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plan how he is going to achieve that.

Hope and wife Nina welcomed Monbet back into work last week and couldn’t be happier with the sleek son of French stallion Love You. “He looks great and all the vet reports are telling us the right things,” said Hope.

“He ended up having two chips taken out of his knee but the joints are really healthy and we have had x-rays and a lot of tests on that area done. He looks big and strong so it is back to work now.”

But back to work won’t mean a huge workload as the Hopes are thinking quality, not quantity, with the rising six-year-old.

“I’d like to think we could have him for another two, maybe three seasons at least,” he says of the gelding.

“But I don’t want to over-race him and he doesn’t need to be in every dogfight, so he might only have six or eight starts a season from now on.

“You see that with a lot of the really good gallopers, like Winx, they are set for the best races and don’t have long campaigns.

Trainer Greg Hope “And he is the sort of horse who could do that too because he comes to hand quite quickly.

“So he might not even race until the Cup carnival at Addington, have two runs there and then head to Auckland at Christmas.”

That would suggest four races, five at most, for Monbet this year all going well, while the second half of next season could be restricted to focusing on the NZ Trotting Championships, Anzac Cup and the Rowe Cup. The question would be whether the Hopes wanted to add in a one-race Australian campaign

aimed at the revamped Great Southern Star, which is now a one-off race at Melton.

That would be a far easier work rate then the usual open class trotter, who are often the iron horses of racing and can easily top 20 starts for the season.

This season alone Monbet’s group one-winning stablemate Quite A Moment had 16 starts, while another group one winning mare Sunny Ruby has racked up 22.

The return of Monbet and his also injured arch rival Speeding Spur up against a talented fouryear-old crop headed by Marcoola, Temporale, Lemond and Wilma’s Mate would see some real depth to the elite trotting ranks next season.

Meanwhile, the Hopes are thrilled with how three-year-old Enghien has returned from his Northern Derby winning campaign and say he is thriving as he aims at four more major races this season.

“The trip away has been great for him and he will go to the Sales Series at Addington next week before the Jewels.”

- HRNZ

Lee Somervell would love to see Addictive Habit return to the racetrack in a new role after a tendon injury forced the Group One winner into retirement this week. Somervell had Addictive Habit entered for Saturday’s Listed Members Handicap at Doomben but had to withdraw the 2015 Livamol Classic winner on Tuesday morning. “He’s got a hole in his tendon twice the size of a pinhead about two inches below where he injured his tendon last time,” Somervell said. - NZME

Chasing dream double Iain Kennedy has had more than his share of heart-stopping moments in his life, but they will all be pushed into the background if he can star at his local Rotorua meeting tomorrow. The 47-year-old owner-trainer, who hails from Zimbabwe, will be chasing dual Stakes success this weekend when represented by Endean Rose in the Gr.3 Campbell Infrastructure Rotorua Cup and the lightly tried Endean Express in the Gr.3 ISCL Rotorua Stakes (1400m). - NZME

Busy time for stable Stephen Marsh is attacking on three fronts over the next couple of days with today’s Te Awamutu meeting being the kick-off. Marsh will be in Queensland to finalise Chocante’s preparation for the Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) when his large representation steps out at Te Awamutu, then a day later at Rotorua he has four runners engaged, including Mystery Show in the ISCL Rotorua Stakes. “It’s going to be a busy couple of days,” the Cambridge trainer said. “I’ve got some nice horses running around and it’ll be really interesting to see how Raposa Rapida goes in the two-year-old race.”

- NZME

Milestone for Grylls Bridget Grylls reached a milestone in her career on Wednesday, aided by another former Kiwi, Brian Smith, trainer of the legendary Balmerino. Grylls guided the Smith-trained Le Mattan to an upset win in the second event at Ipswich to record her 100th win in Queensland. She has made her mark since shifting to Queensland almost two years ago.

- NZME

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■ RUGBY

Southern on the cusp

BY MATT MARKHAM

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The pressure really goes on Mid Canterbury senior rugby sides this weekend as the business end of the Combined Country competition nears.

With just tomorrow’s matches and one more round remaining, things are really starting to heat up as sides jostle for positions on the overall points ladders in their respective sections before the competition breaks up into sudden death mode in a fortnight.

Southern are the Mid Canterbury side who are arguably in the most precarious position.

The Michael Ellis-coached side will need to secure maximum points when they run out tomorrow if they are to remain in the hunt, but in order to do that they will have to do something that no one else has been able to so far this season and that’s beat Southbridge.

A bonus point against West Melton last week gave Southern a sniff, but they will have to produce something even more spectacular if they are to beat the competition leaders.

Over in section one the result isn’t quite as dire for Celtic, but a loss would certainly go a long way to leaving them in an unstable position heading into next week’s final round robin match.

They too have a tough ask though, against the also unbeaten Darfield who are the Section One front-runners.

Celtic suffered a soul-destroying loss to Saracens last week by a narrow margin, but Shane Enright will have been driving his men to put that result behind them and Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Section One Ohoka v Waihora, 2.45 pm, Mandeville 1, J Le Gros, A Stead.

Darfield v Darryl Phillips Motor Company Celtic, 2.45 pm, Darfield 1, S Laird Glenmark v Burn/Runs/Irw, 2.45 pm, Chev 1, S Marshall, R Eder, A Reeve.

Devon Tavern Hampstead v Prebbleton, Hampstead 1, 2.45 pm, C O’Malley, C Kelland, M Southby Saracens v Hornby, 2.45 pm, Southbrook

focus on the task at hand when they run out at Darfield tomorrow afternoon.

Hampstead have themselves a second home game in as many weeks and will host the in-form Prebbleton.

Although beaten last week by Darfield, the Hampstead side showed what they are capable of with a huge first half performance and will be hoping they can stun Prebbleton early doors again tomorrow with some of their freerunning style of rugby.

Without a win in the competition, Regan Broker’s men would be well served with a victory this weekend with one of their eyes firmly on the Watters Cup at the conclusion of the Combined competition.

Back in Section Two, Rakaia can book themselves a ticket to knockout footy if they can inflict a blow on Kaiapoi on Rakaia Club Day. After a come from behind victory over Methven last week, Shane Carter and Wayne Foxcroft will be urging their men to be better in the early stages with five points leaving them in a really strong position should they manage to secure them.

Methven, who led at half-time last week against Rakaia, have a tough battle with their trip to Lincoln to take on the multiple former champions in front of their always patriotic crowd.

Andy Pearce spoke last week about the improvement in his side and he will hoping for more this week with a playoff spot out of reach but some other major targets for the season still within reach.

1, K Hancox, D Taylor, L Marshall Section Two Lincoln v PWL Methven, 2.45pm, Lincoln 1, J Lamers Rakaia v Kaiapoi, Rakaia 1, 2.45 pm: K Opele, J O’Connor, P Hunt Southbridge v Stuart Tarbotton Contractor Southern, 2.45 pm, Southbridge 1, S O’Reilly West Melton v Oxford, 2.45 pm, West Melton 1, J Currie Rolleston Bye

Up against old mates Former Crusader Reed Prinsep will face his old team when he runs out for the Hurricanes in Saturday’s Super Rugby derby in Christchurch. Prinsep will start at blindside flanker, with Ardie Savea moving back to his favoured openside and Brad Shield to number eight. Loosehead prop Chris Eves gets the nod in the runon side for Ben May who drops to the bench. All Blacks hooker Dane Coles was ruled out with ongoing concussion worries.

- NZME

Carter in Hall of Fame All Blacks great Dan Carter was inducted into the Rugby Players’ Association Hall of Fame yesterday. “I’m honoured to be inducted into the RPA Hall of Fame alongside some true icons of the game,” Carter said. “I’ve worked extremely hard throughout my career so to be recognised by my peers in this way makes me feel immensely proud.” It was a big night for New Zealand first five-eighths with Wasps Jimmy Gopperth named the players’ player of the year. - NZME

Brumbies desperate With the clouds around Australia’s Super Rugby performance showing no signs of clearing, the ACT Brumbies have focused on raining on the Lions’ parade. Both sides enter tonight’s match in Canberra in the midst of streaks, although the Brumbies’ unwanted threestraight losses is in stark contrast to the Lions’ six wins on the trot.

The silver lining for the franchise is their position at the top of the Australian conference. But with a tour to South Africa and Argentina beckoning, they will be desperate to regain some momentum. - AAP

World Cup looms

Southern will require an inspirational effort from their skipper, Eric Duff, when they take on Southbridge tomorrow.

Today’s Black Ferns’ final trial in Palmerston North represents the first tangible step towards August’s Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland. It’s all hands on deck too, which means a core of the Black Ferns Sevens squad, including captain Sarah Goss, Portia Woodman and Theresa Fitzpatrick, will be showing their wares today.

“Because of the World Cup, this will take precedence. It’s the same in Olympic year, where sevens will take priority,” says Black Ferns head coach Glenn Moore. - NZME

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■ RUGBY

Read will be fit to play All Blacks captain Kieran Read is likely to go into the first Lions test cold.

Read dropped the hint on a Radio Sport Breakfast interview, out-lining the risks involved should he return to action if his broken thumb is not fully mended.

The 31-year-old loose forward had surgery in Bloemfontein, after suffering the break against the Cheetahs 11 days ago.

The indications are now that he is unlikely to play against Samoa at Eden Park on June 16, eight days before the first Lions test at the same ground.

That means Read will take on the Lions after a two month break from playing.

Read said: “The injury is okay, it’s a break so it’s really a bit of time.

“I can’t use it but the good thing is I can pretty much train normally. It should be good. “(the South African treatment) was really good. I got really looked after. The surgeon did a great job. Everyone who has seen the x-rays back here said he put the screws in the right spot and has done a really good job so I’m really thankful for that.”

“At the moment they are kind of saying you can’t use it for six weeks, which is a week before

All Blacks captain Kieran Read will be ready to go when the Lions play the first test. the Samoa game. We’ll just have to see if I push it, or let things go before that first test.

“It’s the type of injury where you can push it if you want to, but that increases the risk of a rebreak.

“They say that six weeks is a bit of risk, seven weeks is only a slight risk, eight weeks you are pretty much sweet.

“The (risk) decreases pretty quickly.

“It’s just a matter of how you want to operate.

“In terms of match fitness I won’t have too much to be honest going into that first test but I’ve done this gig a few times.

“I’ve got the confidence in myself that I can turn up and play at a high level.

“I’ll back myself and I’ll be good, ready to go.”

On the World Cup draw which pits the All Blacks against South

Africa in Pool B, Read said “it’s probably good for us having a team like that, to get yourself ready.

“Across the board teams perform at their best at World Cups ... South Africa will be a much more dangerous side (than now).

“On a given day, those top eight or nine teams are good enough to beat anyone so you have to be right on your game.”

- NZME

They will also be out of favour with numerologists with Pool B failing to produce a World Cup winner in the six previous tournaments where letters were used to name pools.

Pool A has provided the most World Cup winners with three, including the All Blacks in 2011 when two Pool A teams reached the final at Eden Park.

Ireland, Scotland and Japan will fight for quarter-final spots out of pool A in 2019.

In 2015 the All Blacks came out

of pool C to win the tournament, the second pool C side to win a World Cup following England in 2003.

When the All Blacks won the inaugural World Cup in 1987 they were in pool 3, the same pool of 1991 winners Australia before World Cup changed from letters to numbers to distinguish each pool.

2019 World Cup draw

Pool A: Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Europe 1, Play-off winner Pool B: New Zealand, South Africa,

Italy, Africa 1, Repechage winner Pool C: England, France, Argentina, Americas 1, Oceania 2 Pool D: Australia, Wales, Georgia, Oceania 1, Americas 2

Previous World Cup winners 2015 - All Blacks (pool C) 2011 - All Blacks (pool A) 2007 - South Africa (pool A) 2003 - England (pool C) 1999 - Australia (pool E) 1995 - South Africa (pool A) 1991 - Australia (pool 3) 1987 - New Zealand (pool 3)

Crotty, Moody reinstated for Crusaders Crusaders vice-captain and All Blacks midfielder Ryan Crotty has been reinstated into the Super Rugby side’s starting XV for tomorrow’s derby showdown with the Hurricanes in Christchurch.

The 28-year-old Crotty started on the bench in last week’s 62-24 throttling of the Bulls in Pretoria, but has reclaimed the No.12 jersey from Tim Bateman, who moves out of the matchday squad altogether.

Manasa Mataele covers Crotty’s place on the bench.

Elsewhere, the side takes on a similar shape to that which smashed the Bulls without the

Sharks on front foot No club has been harder hit by drugs scandals in recent times and Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has vowed the latest saga involving chairman Damian Keogh won’t disrupt their NRL premiership defence.

Flanagan revealed yesterday he and Sharks CEO Lyall Gorman had been on the front foot this week, meeting police and community leaders to discuss ways the club could help combat illicit drug use.

Flanagan said he was shocked after Keogh, who was at the forefront of the club’s resurgence, was allegedly caught with cocaine during a police sweep.

- NZME

Warriors settling roster

All Blacks out to beat pool B hoodoo England may have drawn the ‘pool of death’ but the All Blacks will feature in the unwanted Pool B for the 2019 World Cup, a section that has never produced a Rugby World Cup winner.

Wednesday night’s draw in Tokyo saw the All Blacks drawn alongside South Africa, Italy, Africa 1 (potentially Namibia) and the Repecharge winner in pool B. The All Blacks already have history against them as they try and chase a World Cup three-peat in Japan.

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injured Kieran Read or suspended Sam Whitelock.

Test loosehead Joe Moody replaces veteran Wyatt Crockett, with Codie Taylor and Owen Franks making up the remainder of the front row.

Ryan Luke Romano and Scott Barrett – also both capped by the All Blacks – sit behind them as locks, while Matt Todd will once again captain the side as No.7.

Mitch Drummond has been preferred to Bryn Hall as halfback, and Richie Mo’unga will hope to continue his recent posi-

tive form as first-five.

Star man Israel Dagg’s ongoing knee issues continue to keep David Havili in the No.15 jumper, with George Bridge and Seta Tamanivalu on either side of him.

The Crusaders have Crotty lost four of their past five matches against the Hurricanes, but couldn’t head into the match in better form.

The Cantabrians are unbeaten this season despite suffering plenty of injury woes, and have scored more than 40 points in each of their last six matches.

- NZME

CRUSADERS David Havili, Seta Tamanivalu, Jack Goodhue, Ryan Crotty, George Bridge, Richie Mo’unga, Mitchell Drummond, Jordan Taufua, Matt Todd (c), Pete Samu, Scott Barrett, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Codie Taylor, Joe Moody.

Reserves: Ben Funnell, Wyatt Crockett, Michael Alaalatoa, Quinten Strange, Heiden BedwellCurtis, Bryn Hall, Mitchell Hunt, Manasa Mataele.

The Warriors roster for 2018 and beyond is starting to take shape.

After the recent capture of Titans forward Leivaha Pulu, and the resigning of James Gavet yesterday, more decisions around the long list of off contract players are imminent. Fan favourite Charlie Gubb appears headed for another club, while centre Blake Ayshford is likely to earn an extension. The fate of Tui Lolohea should be decided in the next fortnight.

- NZME

Storm chasing Kasiano Canterbury enforcer Sam Kasiano is at the top of Melbourne’s recruitment list, with Craig Bellamy saying he’d be a perfect fit for the NRL club. The Storm coach confirmed yesterday the club were chasing Kasiano, seeing him as an ideal replacement for North Queensland-bound prop Jordan McLean.

“Losing Jordan takes a bit of size out of our team and we’d love to have Sam here,” he said.

- AAP

Waratahs ‘not interested’ The NSW Waratahs and Australian Rugby Union have ruled out making a play for Sydney-bound rugby league superstar Cooper Cronk.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is convinced Cronk could make it in rugby and backed the Waratahs’ reported pursuit of the dual Dally M Medallist. But the Waratahs say they have no interest in chasing the 33-year-old Queensland and Australian Test halfback who is leaving Melbourne at season’s end. - AAP

Raiders in a slump Canberra forward Elliott Whitehead believes the Raiders can’t afford a third-straight loss with their NRL season drawing to a crossroads in Newcastle. Touted as premiership hopefuls after reaching a preliminary final last year, things haven’t gone to plan for the Raiders who sit outside the eight with a 4-5 record after the representative round. Sunday’s clash against lowly Newcastle at McDonald Jones Stadium shapes as a must-win for the Green Machine if they are to be serious contenders.

- AAP

No place for Barba Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan has all but ruled out a Ben Barba return after French rugby club Toulon told him he’s not wanted for next season. “I’d say it’d be long odds,” Flanagan said, adding the NRL club had “moved on” by anointing Valentine Holmes as their long-term fullback. Barba was facing a ban for cocaine use. - AAP

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■ BASKETBALL

TRAVEL

Boston closing in on decider

By Kyle HigHtower Playing in the Garden has brought out the Boston Celtics’ best basketball this postseason.

Yesterday it was home to one of the best nights of Avery Bradley’s career.

Bradley scored a playoff career-high 29 points as the Celtics beat the Washington Wizards 123-101 to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

After being thoroughly picked apart in losses at Washington in games three and four, Boston shared the ball in game five, and again resembled the team that entered the game having won seven straight and 11 of 13 in the Garden against Washington.

Al Horford added 19 points, seven assists, and six rebounds. Isaiah Thomas scored 18 points and handed out nine assists.

“We’re a team. And it’s going to take a team effort to beat the Washington Wizards,” Bradley said.

Game six is tomorrow in Washington, where the Wizards easily won their two games.

If the Celtics win, they would move on to host the Cleveland Cavaliers to open the Eastern Conference finals.

Game seven would be in Boston on Tuesday.

Boston led by as many as 26 points, negating Washington’s physicality by spreading the floor and knocking down 16 3-pointers.

John Wall had 21 for the Wizards, who haven’t won a playoff game in Boston since 1982.

The Wizards scored the first four points of game but that was followed by 16-0 run by the Celtics.

“The great start kind of got us going on both ends of the floor,” Bradley said.

“Tonight we saw if we’re able to start the right way, the game’s in our control.”

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LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 348 9439.

GRAZING

CARRY over cow grazing available for one year or longer in Ruapuna area.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW Phone Peter 021 147 3388.

TINTING. Quality window films for privacy, UV (fading), FOR SALE heat, safety and security. For CONTAINERS for sale or cars, homes and offices. hire, ex shipping: general and Phone Craig Rogers 307 insulated. Sidelifter available 6347 or 0800 TINTER. for delivery. Wilson Bulk Member of Master Tinters Transport, Phone 308-7772.

NZ. Check us out on FACEBOOK. DEADLINES - Ashburton Guardian RUN-ON classifieds close at 4.30pm, Doaky’s classifieds close Plumbing Ltd DISPLAY at 2pm. Every week day, 150 Smithfield Rd, and on the day prior to Ashburton insertion. Phone 03 307 doakys@xtra.co.nz 7965.

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■ FOOTBALL

Real Madrid into final Defending champion Real Madrid withstood an early onslaught by Atletico Madrid to reach a third Champions League final in four years despite a 2-1 loss to its city rival yesterday.

Atletico, which trailed 3-0 after the first leg, scored twice in the first 16 minutes at the Vicente Calderon Stadium to move within a goal of sending the semi-final second-leg into extra time.

But Francisco “Isco” Alarcon netted a crucial away goal for Real Madrid before halftime to secure a 4-2 victory on aggregate and a spot in the final against Juventus on June 3 in Cardiff.

Madrid will try to become the first team to win back-to-back titles since the competition’s new format was created in 1992.

Madrid will be the first team to have a chance to defend its title since Manchester United made it to consecutive finals in 2008-09.

Atletico ends its Champions League campaign without a shot at the title and with its fourth straight elimination to its powerful Spanish rival.

Madrid defeated Atletico in the final last year and in 2014, and also eliminated the crosstown opponent in the quarter-finals in 2015.

- AP

Daily Events Friday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Saturday

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

ENTERTAINMENT

LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES

EXCELLENT fundraising opportunity - free to hire.

Community fundraising BBQ situated at Mitre 10 Mega.

Visit our customer service counter today to book and for OLD newspapers available. details. – Phone 308-5119.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, PUBLIC NOTICES craft work and so on. Please OLD newspapers available. call in to the Guardian, Level Perfect for packing, fires, 3, 161 Burnett Street or bedding for animals, birds, phone 307 7900 for bundles craft work and so on. Please of 10 or more. call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles PAWN SHOP of 10 or more.

new in Ashburton

that one team has had a run of at least 160, including three times in the first quarter.

Washington had a 16-0 spurt to start game one, a 22-0 run in game three and 26-0 burst in game four.

During Boston’s first-quarter spurt yesterday, the Wizards missed eight-straight shots before it was ended by Otto Porter’s basket.

Boston did a good job of sharing the ball, getting assists on 12 of 13 baskets in the opening 12 minutes. Thomas had five assists, more than Washington’s entire team (four) in the period.

The Celtics also outrebounded the Wizards 48-45, after being outrebounded by 26 boards through each of the previous two games (95-69).

“They were the more physical team today,” Wall said.

“Throughout this whole series, whoever’s the most physical team has won every game.”

- AP

TRADES, SERVICES

9.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Community Garden, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open Thursday and Saturday.

Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

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

The Heavens Declare!

Programme to include Mozart: Laudate Dominum & “Coronation” Mass Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine

Mother’s Day Sunday May 14, 2017 at 2pm St Stephen’s Church Park Street, Ashburton.

Tickets from choir members

or door sales $15

FOR SALE OLD newspapers available.

Perfect for packing, fires, bedding for animals, birds, craft work and so on. Please call in to the Guardian, Level 3, 161 Burnett Street or phone 307 7900 for bundles of 10 or more.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ASIAN Mongolian lady. 36D cup, busty. Size 12, good massage. Excellent services.

Phone 022 090 6273.

BUSTY 38DD, classy blonde.

Mature. You’ll be back.

Phone 021 0261 2761.

IT IS Wheels Week, so take some time to admire this wee classic. Smooth sleek body, perky headlights and a smoking rear. Please phone Annalise 021 0288 5241.

NEW Asian. Beautiful, sexy, busty 38DD. Playful, great massage. Phone 020 407 26342.

SOPHIA, attractive, very busty, available. Leaving the area so don’t miss out. Adult entertainment. No texting.

Private numbers not answered. Phone 021 044 0698.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

SUNNY, immaculately presented two bedroom unit with garage. House trained cats okay. $240 per week. Phone 308 6319.

WARM, sunny three bedroom house, west side. Fenced back yard. Log burner. Pets negotiable. Phone 027 551 3924.

For all subscriber enquiries, missed deliveries, new subscriptions, temporary stops – text, call or email:

Text 021 271 3399 Phone 0800 274 287 Email circulation@ theguardian.co.nz

May 12 & 13, 2017

Pre-loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa at the Church hall, corner Thomson and Jane Streets 10am 50+ An interesting speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, West Street.

5pm - 7 pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club in the hall, 48 Allens Road.

10am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. Church Hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open.

86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 1pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. Register 1pm, starting time 1.30pm sharp. Fords Road, Tinwald.

7.30pm ASHBURTON MUSICAL CLUB. Monthly concert “Olivia Pike in Recital”. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Puzzles

Puzzles and horoscopes www.guardianonline.co.nz Cryptic crossword

Friday, May 12, 2017

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The promise you make without saying “I promise” will be the easiest to keep.

An action comes naturally, produces mutually satisfying results, and sets up an expectation that both will benefit from fleshing out.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Love is acceptance. People who love you won’t ask you to change who you are in order to suit their purposes. They may make requests, but their requests will not require you to be someone else.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re multifaceted; it’s true.

And yet you’re still very clear about who you are at any given moment, even in the transitional moments of becoming the next iteration of yourself.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Forgetfulness and obliviousness benefit you today. It might help you be more productive if you think of focusing as simply ignoring everything that’s not what you want to accomplish.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll make plans. The more realistic you are about the cost (monetarily and energetically) the more successful your plan will be. Take into account every existing commitment you have in every area of life.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You’ll be involved in the type of project or goal that seems quite impossible to accomplish – until it is accomplished, and then it will seem de rigueur. Right now it just needs more mind and elbow grease, that’s all.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Pruning seems counterintuitive.

Why cut healthy branches when the goal is growth? And yet, many generations have known that making cuts can aid in the health and longevity of the entire organism.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Everyone needs attention, and many will take to the brand you’re giving now. You have a way of making people feel special. Some might call it flirting, though really you’re just inclined toward congeniality.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): If it seems too good to be true, maybe you just haven’t worked out what’s in it for the other person yet. Dig deeper. Ask more questions. Figure that part out, because it’s very important.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Contrary to the old saying, you can judge a book by the cover.

You won’t know the whole story, but you’ll get a feel for the tone, genre and sensibility of what’s inside. Trust first impressions.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Socially aware, you’re careful not to make things all about you. You think it’s rude to draw attention. Today you’re the central character in this story.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): As much as you’d like to compartmentalise your life, personal commitments affect your energy as much as work commitments do. You can afford to be choosy now about what you take on.

ACROSS 2. Cancer right away gives one something to talk about (5) 5. Tightness in throat one must put up with if one doesn’t like it (4) 7. Take a firm grasp of a bit of luggage (4) 8. Bar might take age to rescind it (8) 9. Tape that’s fixed in Indian class (8) 11. It’s farewell to this world of tears (4) 12. It’s only fair to reward a versifying magistrate (6,7) 15. Six deliveries too many (4) 17. A line of latitude is everything Pearl may be about to make (8) 19. Punishing one in a boat I have to follow (8) 21. Something extra for Sir Thomas (4) 22. It won’t go and prop one up (4) 23. Made it less constricting to put a seed out (5)

WordWheel

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Previous Cryptic solution Across 1. Undercurrent 8. Outsider 9. Liar 11. Salve 12. Hirsute 13. Risk 15. Bent 19. Asunder 20. Elgin 22. Inro 23. Stripper 24. Mud in your eye Down 2. Natal 3. Edited 4. Crèche 5. Epicure 6. Tercentenary 7 Grotto 4 7. Conservatism 10. Fry 14. Squared 16. Ode 17.

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Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

DOWN 1. Disorderly mix to tease one with in a game of cards (7) 2. Trophy given up by the best performer (3) 3. The machinery one will put in bed (5) 4. Blackish green cube, or a variation of it (7) 5. Record of voyage shortly to be known by a mathematician (3) 6. A put-up situation where drivers are concerned (5) 10. Lecherous man seated on your right, initially (5) 11. Is it absolutely necessary to turn tail after five? (5) 13. How big a hat one needs to turn turtle (7) 14. Was made happier, being applauded (7) 16. Virginia breaks nut to show it off (5) 18. Dances at which one might see both sides (5) 20. Very cold – one Celcius – at start of year (3) 21. Between extremes one is taken in by managing director (3)

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Guardian

Family Notices 30 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

NICHOLAS, Andrew Roland – 16.01.1934 – 10.05.2017 Beloved husband of Helen, he was the love of her life, her rock. An incredibly loving pillar of strength, a guiding light to his children and loving father in law of Katherine and Gary, Harold and Amanda, Suzanne and Jason, Tania and Michael. An amazing grandfather to Stacey, Joshua, Laura, Sara, Amy, Cheyenne, Patrick, Victoria and great grandfather to Henderson and Fletcher.

Loved brother to all his siblings and an adored uncle.

God Bless a truly remarkable Man. All messages and card to be sent to PO. Box 602, Ashburton 7740. Donations to Starship Hospital in lieu of flowers would be very much appreciated. A funeral service for Andrew will be held at St Pauls Church, Oxford Street, Ashburton on THURSDAY, May 18, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private interment.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

to ensure publication.

To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

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

Ph 307 7433 FUNERAL FURNISHERS

MASTER MONUMENTAL MASON

E.B. CARTER LTD For all your memorial requirements New headstones and designs Renovations, Additional inscriptions, Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

620 East Street Ashburton Ph/Fax 308 5369 or 0274 357 974 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member

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Rise 7:37 am Set 5:20 pm

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Last quarter

19 May 12:34 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

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26 May 7:46 am www.ofu.co.nz

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2 Jun 12:44 am

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Rangitata Klondyke at 4:00 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 12:08 pm, yesterday

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Source: Environment Canterbury

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 10.7 12.1 Max to 4pm 8.3 Minimum 8.8 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 1.4 16hr to 4pm May to date 13.0 Avg May to date 22 2017 to date 341.6 242 Avg year to date Wind km/h SW 9 At 4pm Strongest gust S 20 Time of gust 2:12pm

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Remnants of Tropical Cyclone Donna move southeastwards over northern New Zealand during the day.

Meanwhile a cold front moves northwards over the South Island, followed by a ridge. The ridge builds over the country throughout the weekend. A low over the Tasman Sea approaches the country on Tuesday.

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Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our level 3 office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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Riley Husband Nana and Grumpy Grandad love and happiness.

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Beau Mirchoff, Ron Perlman.

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Colin Egglesfield, Drew Fuller.

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12:10 The Real Housewives PG 8:30 Storage Wars PG 8:55 The Simpsons PG 4:30 Barbershop – The Of New York City 9:20 Law And Order – UK Next Cut MLS 2016 Comedy.

1:05 Southern Charm PGR MV 10:10 Gator Boys PG Ice Cube, Regina Hall, 2pm Intervention 3 11:05 Barry’d Treasure Anthony Anderson.

2:50 Masters Of Flip 3 PG 11:30 Barry’d Treasure 6:20 Mission – Impossible: 3:50 Hoarders 3 PG Noon Border Security Rogue Nation MV 2015 4:45 Dance Moms 3 PG 12:30 Criminal Intent Action. Tom Cruise, Abby and the mini team are MV 1:20 CSI – Miami MV Rebecca Ferguson. surprised when the elites leave 2:10 CSI MV 3:05 Pawn 8:30 Sisters 16LS 2015 for rival Erin Babbs; Kendall and Stars PG 3:35 The Simpsons Comedy. Two sisters decide Nia are invited to perform live PG 4pm Storage Wars to hold one last house party with a popular recording artist. PG 5:30 Criminal Intent before their parents sell the MV 6:30 Border Security 5:45 Teen Mom family home. Amy Poehler, PG 7pm Pawn Stars Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph.

6:40 Catfish PG 7:30 CSI – Miami 10:30 Maze Runner – The 7:30 Snapped PGR 3 MV 8:30 The Pacific 16VLS Scorch Trials MV 2015 Action.

A doting husband shot in 9:30 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario.

Atlanta reveals a wife’s secret 10:30 Law And Order – UK SATURDAY addiction.

MV 11:25 CSI – Miami MV 12:40 Stretch 16LSC 2015 8:30 M Definitely Maybe Crime Comedy. Patrick Wilson, PGR 3 2008 Comedy. A political SATURDAY 12:15 Pawn Stars PG Ed Helms, James Badge Dale. consultant must explain his 12:40 Storage Wars PG 2:15 The Directors – Rob impending divorce and past 1:55 Law And Order – UK Cohen PG 2:45 Sisters 16LS relationships to his 11-yearMV 2:45 CSI MV 3:30 The 2015 Comedy. Amy Poehler, old daughter. Ryan Reynolds, Simpsons PG 3:55 Gator Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph.

Rachel Weisz. 0 Boys PG 4:45 Barry’d 4:40 Mission – Impossible: 10:30 Intervention Treasure PG 5:10 Barry’d Rogue Nation MV 2015 11:30 Snapped PGR 3 Treasure PG 5:35 Border Action. Tom Cruise, 12:20 Infomercials 3 Rebecca Ferguson.

Security PG

11:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 The team presents the best of the day’s sports news.

1am Closedown

MOVIES GREATS

SATURDAY

MAORI

CHOICE

6am Kung Fu Dino Posse 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Miharo 6:25 Sanjay And Craig 3 2 7:30 Dora Matatoa 2 6:50 Hank Zipzer, The World’s 8am Autaia 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 Greatest Underachiever 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 9:30 Morena 10am Korero Mai 7:40 Kid v Kat 8:05 Bella And 32 The Bulldogs 3 8:30 League Of 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Super Evil 8:55 Million Dollar Noon Korero Mai 3 2 Minute 3 9:25 Wheel Of Fortune 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 3 9:50 Jeopardy 3 10:20 The 2pm Opaki Doctors PGR 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 The Motu 3 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy 3pm Pukoro 2 3:30 Miharo 2 Fallon PGR 12:35 Elementary PGR 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 3 1:30 Bones PGR 2:30 The 4:30 Tribe Crowd Goes Wild 3 3pm Escape Music videos with clips from To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Aotearoa and around the world.

Roadshow 3 0 5pm Ahorangi Next Generation 3 5pm Million Dollar Minute 5:30 Te Matatini 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te 6pm Wheel Of Fortune Motu 3 6:30 Jeopardy 6:30 Te Kaea 2 7pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Matau 3 7:30 Scorpion PGR 8pm Total Combat PGR When a simple mission goes 8:30 M The Naked Gun 2.5 awry, Team Scorpion must – The Smell Of Fear AO 1991 save Happy, Sylvester, and Comedy.

Cabe, who begin having life10:05 Iti Pounamu AO 3 threatening hallucinations.

10:15 Iti Pounamu AO 3 8:30 NCIS – New Orleans AO 0 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9:30 Sex In 69 – The Sexual Revolution In America AO 3 0 10:35 MacGyver PGR 3

6:40 The Sapphires PGVLS 2012 Biographical Comedy. Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman, Chris O’Dowd. 8:20 Gladiator MV 2000 Action. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen. 10:50 The Bounty Hunter MVLS 2010 Comedy. Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston. 12:40 The Runaways 16LSC 2010 Drama. Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning. 2:25 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Torro, Christina Ricci. 4:20 Jackass Presents – Bad Grandpa 16LS 2013 Comedy.

Johnny Knoxville.

6pm Inception MV 2010 Action.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page.

8:30 Bachelorette 16LS 2012 Romantic Comedy. On the night before an old friend’s wedding, three bridesmaids look for a little fun, but find much more than they bargained for. Rebel Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher.

10pm Brokeback Mountain MVLS 2005 Drama.

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal.

12:10 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas 18 1998 Comedy Drama.

2:05 Inception MV 2010 Action. 4:30 Bachelorette 16LS 2012 Romantic Comedy.

5:55 Jackass Presents – Bad Grandpa 16LS 2013 Comedy.

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11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am L Darts – Premier Darts League Aberdeen.

9am Fox Sports News 9:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab.

10am Cricket – IPL Gujarat Lions v Delhi Daredevils.

10:30 Fox Sports News 11am Sky Sports News UK 11:30 #SkySpeed Noon Cricket – IPL (RPL) Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab.

3:30 ICC Cricket 360 4pm Motorcycling – Road Racing Series Scarborough Spring Cup – Part Two. 5pm Grassroots Rugby 6pm The World Rugby Show 6:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk 7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Blues v Cheetahs.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

9:30 The Post Match Reviews and previews of upcoming Super Rugby matches.

10pm The World Rugby Show 10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 11pm ICC Cricket 360 11:30 Cricket – IPL (HLS) Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab.

SATURDAY

Midnight The Crowd Goes Wild 12:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (HLS) Blues v Cheetahs.

1am Grassroots Rugby 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Blues v Cheetahs.

4am Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Brumbies v Lions.

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

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Gok’s Fill Your House For Free 7:30 Africa’s Trees Of Life 8:30 Real Deal 9am Baggage Battles 9:30 Shane Delia’s Moorish Spice Journey 10am Food Safari – Fire 10:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 11:30 The Cook And The Chef Noon Gok’s Fill Your House For Free 1pm Saving Africa’s Elephants – Hugh And The Ivory War PGR 2pm Doctor In The House PGR 3pm Poh’s Kitchen 3:30 Killer Jellyfish 4:30 Heston’s Great British Food 5:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 6:30 The Treasure Hunters

7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens Johanna visits the largest cactus nursery in the Southern Hemisphere; Tara shows how to use colour to change an out-dated kitchen into a contemporary, stylish space with storage.

10pm Gardeners’ World 10:30 The Treasure Hunters 11:30 Heston’s Great British Food 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 2am Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 2:30 Getaway 3am Lands Of The Monsoon 4am Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Gardeners’ World

SKY SPORT 2 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 #SkySpeed 6:55 L Rugby League – Challenge Cup Featherstone Rovers v Halifax RLFC. 9am NRL Footy Show 11am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Canterbury Bulldogs v North Queensland Cowboys.

1pm The Late Show With Matty Johns 2pm Rugby League – Challenge Cup (RPL) Featherstone Rovers v Halifax RLFC. 4pm Golf – PGA Tour (HLS) The Players’ Championship – Round One. 4:30 Cycling – Giro D’Italia (HLS) Stage Six – Reggio Calabria to Terme Luigiane.

5pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Canterbury Bulldogs v North Queensland Cowboys.

5:30 NRL Footy Show 7:30 L Rugby League – NRL St George Illawarra v Cronulla Sharks.

From UOW Jubilee Oval, Sydney.

9:50 L Rugby League – NRL Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

SATURDAY

Midnight The Professor’s Second Year Syndrome 12:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Canterbury Bulldogs v North Queensland Cowboys Hls. 1am The Late Show With Matty Johns 2:20 L Cricket – IPL Delhi Daredevils v Rising Pune Supergiant.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Deadliest Catch PG Darwin’s Law. 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Voice Flame Extinguisher.

9:10 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10am Railroad Australia PG 10:50 Cooper’s Treasure M 11:40 Shadow Of Doubt M Monsters Among Friends. 12:30 Evil Kin M Deuces Run Wild.

1:20 Swamp Murders M We Miss You Darling. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 Auction Hunters PG Allen’s Ruff Day. 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Carpe Diem.

5:40 MythBusters PG Birds in a Truck.

6:35 Megatrains PG France – LRS. 7:30 Railroad Australia PG 8:30 People Magazine Investigates M The Long Island Serial Killer – New Revelations.

9:25 American Monster M 10:15 Murder Comes To Town M 11:05 Swamp Murders M We Miss You Darling.

11:55 Evil Kin M Deuces Run Wild.

SATURDAY

12:45 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Bering Sea Gold PG 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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Friday, May 12, 2017

Sport

Awards night tonight

BY MATT MARKHAM

The Nominees

Sporting excellence will be recognised tonight at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards at the Hotel Ashburton.

The annual event, which brings together many of Mid Canterbury’s shining stars on the sporting stage for a night of celebration, will see a raft of people awarded for their efforts in sporting endeavours over the past 12 months.

Nominations for this year’s awards are down on what they were 12 months ago, but strong numbers in the Junior Sportsperson category are a positive sign toward the future.

Rowing could be the sport in for a big night out with nominations across a number of categories including a walk-up win for Justin Wall in the Coach of the Year category as the only nominee.

A number of other categories tonight will be hotly contested with a large number of national champions and representatives scattered among the nominations, including in the Junior Sportsperson of the Year where the nominations are the strongest of the night.

TAB frontman, Mark Stafford, will handle the MC duties for the night.

Adventure athlete, Nathan Fa’avae is the night’s guest speaker.

Fa’avae has been a semi-professional and full time professional athlete for 18 years. During that time he has represented New Zealand at four different sports, attending 13 world championships.

He has captained the New Zealand Adventure Racing team to five World Championship victories. He has competed in 28 countries.

Fa’avae has achieved all this while battling with the heart condition, atrial fibrillation throughout his adult life.

He has had three corrective surgeries to manage the condition.

Athletes With A Disability: Special Olympic Bocce Team & Special Olympic Swimming Team.

Coach Of The Year: Justin Wall Official Of The Year: Junior – Aimee Elliott. Senior – Gail Bensemann, Sheena Tyrell, Helen Williams, Bob Bruhns All Rounder Sports Person: Male – Matthew Clough, Jacob Gray. Female – Aimee Elliott, Courtney Elliott, Natasha Waddell.

Junior Team Of The Year: St Joseph Flash Bros Basketball, Ashburton College Girls U19 Triathlon, Ashburton College Girls Under 16 Double Sculls, Ashburton College Under 18 Double Sculls and Ashburton College Under 18 Quadruple Sculls.

Senior Team Of The Year: Allenton Ladies Sevens – Bowls, The “Plainsmen” Smallbore Rifle Team Junior Sportsperson Of The Year: Sophie Adams, Fletcher Arnold, Kaya Beal, Jaimee Bird, Taylah Burrowes, Matthew Clough, George Donaldson, Hugh Donaldson, Aimee Elliott, Courtney Elliot, Britney Fowler, Mollie Gibson, Samantha Holden, Bree Middleton, Lanelle Millar-McArthur, Ashlee Strawbridge, Veronica Wall.

Senior Sportsperson Of The Year: Lucinda Askin, Kate Lloyd, Neil McCann.

Volunteer: Natalie Bateman, David Brown, Darryl Law, Annette Talbot, Owen Wylie.

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Purdon wary of Addington draw P23

Future in the balance The colourful career of Jamal Idris is hanging by a thread after the Wests Tigers centre suffered a second ACL rupture, the club admits. The 26-yearold will sit out the rest of the season after suffering the devastating knee injury during a training mishap on Saturday. It’s the same knee he injured during his time at Penrith, a blow which prompted him to walk away from the game and take an 18-month hiatus. Facing his second knee reconstruction, coach Ivan Cleary said it wasn’t yet clear if the former NSW and Australian representative would be forced to hang up his boots but he should know by next week.

History repeats for Halep For the second year in a row Romanian star Simona Halep has knocked Australia’s Samantha Stosur out of the Madrid Open. This time the third seed needed just under two hours to beat the Australian 6-4 4-6 6-4 and advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament she won last year.

“I was very confident when the third set started. I knew that before the match it was going to be a very tough one,” Halep said.

Windies honour Khan West Indies lined up to form a guard of honour when Younis Khan came out to bat in what could be his last innings for Pakistan as the tourists dominated day one of the decisive third test.

Pakistan was 2-169 from 69 overs in its first innings at stumps on a rainhit day at Windsor Park with only two overs bowled in the afternoon session. Opener Azhar Ali was 85 not out – more runs than Pakistan scored in its entire previous innings of 81 in the second-test defeat – and Younis was undefeated on 10.

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