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Ashburton may be a winner in the merger between Aoraki Polytechnic and Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.

Tertiary Education minister Steven Joyce announced on Tuesday that Aoraki Polytechnic will merge with Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) to create a new institution next year.

Because CPIT is the bigger institution, Aoraki Polytechnic would be disestablished and all buildings, assets and staff would be transferred to be part of the new organisation on December 31.

CPIT chairwoman Jenn Bestwick said Ashburton would benefit from the merg-

er because Aoraki Polytechnic would be able to offer a larger variety of courses including those in the primary sector.

“I think learners in Ashburton will have far more diversity [of programmes] going forward.”

There would also be more certainty for the 12 Aoraki Polytechnic staff in Ashburton than there might have been in other centres, she said.

All Aoraki Polytechnic employees’ roles would be disestablished and most would be offered new jobs as long as there were no double-ups in positions, she said.

It did not appear that any Ashburton staff would lose their jobs because CPIT had no campus in Ashburton, she said.

CPIT chief executive Kay Giles said

Ashburton might not see any changes at the beginning of 2016 as it would take time to implement any new courses.

Aoraki Polytechnic chief executive Alex Cabrera, whose role will be disestablished, said the new institution would be able to provide students in Ashburton with more study options.

Aoraki Polytechnic chairwoman Janie Annear said the merger would enable them to continue to deliver excellent tertiary education across the whole region.

“There are some very exciting plans in the pipeline that we can now progress and make a reality.”

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Conchita Wurst bound for Adelaide Hold onto your feathers and sequins Australia, Conchita Wurst is coming. Eurovision’s “bearded lady” will make her Aussie debut in Adelaide on Sunday. The Austrian drag queen, who won last year’s Eurovision contest with her song Rise Like A Phoenix, is headlining Adelaide’s Feast Festival with a drag talent contest. “Conchita is a highlyadmired, international artist who has inspired many around the world,” acting Tourism Minister Ian Hunter said. Conchita Wurst entered the European stage in 2011 after Austrian performer Tom Neuwirth, fed up with a lifetime of discrimination, created the character of a woman with a beard. Feast Festival is SA’s 19th annual homage to gay and lesbian rights. It kicks off with a pride march on Saturday.

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Lamar Odom getting stronger Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian has assured fans Lamar Odom is on the road to recovery but that the process has been “mentally draining” on him. Kardashian has called off her divorce from her estranged husband after he was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel in October. The former NBA star reportedly suffered a drug overdose and has been in medical care since. Kardashian has been by his side for most of the time and says things are on the up.

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Bender’s big year Got married, had a baby daughter, won a Super rugby title and won a World Cup. It has been a big year for Ben Smith.

Now, though, it is time to relax, to put the feet up, enjoy the company of his family, and look back at what has been a fantastic year. “I suppose I’ve sort of ticked it all off in one year,” he joked yesterday. Smith, 29, completed his great year by being part of the All Black side which won the World Cup at Twickenham at the start of this month. The fullback said it was great effort by the whole team and a case of mission accomplished. As for what was greater as a rugby player - winning the Super Rugby title or the World Cup - Smith could not separate them. “They’re different really. With Super rugby, we had waited so long to win it and it we had never won it before. With the World Cup, there was all the pressure to win it again and that. But the guys really worked hard to win both.” He could not be drawn on where to rank the four massive achievements this year.

The season is now over, the chapter is closed and Smith gets some downtime with wife Katie and daughter Annabelle, 8 months.

Ed Sheeran quits smoking Ed Sheeran has quit smoking. The Thinking Out Loud singer took up the bad habit as a teenager and has continued to puff away on and off for years.

He has now revealed he has given up the bad habit. “It was cold turkey,” he said while appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “I realised that I’d been smoking for 10 years and that’s bad. “I’d always say, like, ‘I’m gonna quit.

I’m gonna quit’. And then, ‘Oh well, I haven’t been smoking for that long. It’s been, what, four years like that...’ and then when it got to 10 years, I was like, ‘Oh... I’m probably getting to the point of no return here,” the singer confessed. Sheeran gave up cigarettes a week-and-a-half ago and is proud that he’s made it through the tricky first 10 days. Having previously given up cigarettes and alcohol for a whole year back in 2011, he knows he has the willpower not to succumb to the cravings. “The reason I kind of liked smoking so much was just it was a routine,” he explained.

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A full-size bathtub covered with human hair is one of several new artworks on show in a week-long Dunedin sculpture exhibition. Called “Free Breakfast”, the exhibition showcases the work of seven Otago Polytechnic second-year visual art sculpture students. The works on display were for the students’ 2015 assessments.

Contributing artist Rata Honey Grace Scott von Tippelskirch, 21, said her hair-covered sculptures were called Mammalian Narcissist and were a comment “on life and death and how dirt is a part of our life, yet people don’t accept that”. The exhibition, in George Street’s Underground Market, will be open daily until November 17.

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■ ANIMAL HEALTH

Sheep riding stays at Methven show

By SuSan SandyS

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Competitive sheep riding for children will remain at the Methven A&P Show despite being banned from rodeos due to animal welfare concerns.

Sheep riding had long been an activity at the Methven Rodeo until this year, following the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) introducing a new code of welfare for rodeos last year, which states that the only animals to be used in rodeos are horses and cattle.

New Zealand Rodeo Cowboys Association president Marty Deans said sheep riding had never been sanctioned by the association, which had been happy

for the MPI to introduce the new minimum standard. Sheep riding had only been a novelty event that some individual clubs had run at their rodeos.

The association had enough on its plate overseeing the seven rodeo events it did sanction, considering heightened awareness around animal welfare issues.

“It’s tough enough in today’s world without being too worried about the sheep riding,” Mr Deans said.

He believed MPI was wanting to ban it at A&P shows as well, however MPI media spokespeople did not answer queries from the Guardian by deadline yesterday.

Methven A&P Association pres-

ident Andrew Currie said sheep riding was popular and the association planned to retain it at the annual show.

“If we thought it was going to injure the sheep we certainly wouldn’t do it,” Mr Currie said.

“We have had written compliments to the committee for retaining this well-supported and fun event.”

The association had however introduced a new rule that riders had to be under 30 kilograms in weight, to make sure they were not too heavy for the sheep. The weight limit was far below what ewes encountered at tupping time, with rams often weighing 100 kilograms. The association

had last year introduced a new way of riding, with the children lying on their tummies and facing backwards, with a bicycle helmet on, in order to increase their safety as well as distribute their weight across the sheep’s back.

Sheep were fully grown ewes in good health, loaned out by a local farmer. Generally the association sourced about 60 sheep, which was often not enough for all the children wanting to participate.

Each sheep was ridden once in the competition, which sees children helped onto the animal’s back and the sheep run while the child tries to stay on as long as possible.

Mr Currie had not been aware of any incidents of sheep being in-

Silent tribute recognises Armistice Day

By Sue newMan

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Trucks rumbled down State Highway One, but as the town clock tolled 11am, Ashburton’s Baring Square became a quiet oasis of calm yesterday as a small group of people paused and remembered the end of World War One. Armistice Day is observed on November 11 at 11am every year, marking the time that fighting ceased on the Western Front to end the war in 1918.

Yesterday’s service in Ashburton was marked with a two-minute silence that has been a feature of commemorations since the first silent tribute in 1919.

Today, Armistice Day might be overshadowed by Anzac Day as a day of remembrance in terms of the crowds that gather, but it remains a significant event in New Zealand.

Deputy mayor Darryl Nelson spoke at yesterday’s service and said today’s New Zealanders should always remember the sacrifices that had been made during war that provided the freedoms people had today.

“They gave their lives so we could have the lives we have today; they gave us freedom as a country and as a people,” he said.

“Because of their bravery I am able to stand here today and say thank you to the families and friends of the troops that went away and never returned.”

RSA president Maurice Baker

recited the Ode to the Fallen and Reverend David Brown offered a short prayer before one, by one, those who had gathered to remember, laid poppies on the Baring Square cenotaph.

Above - Ashburton’s deputy mayor Darryl Nelson (left) and Ashburton RSA president Maurice Baker lay wreaths during the service.

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■ WINZ SHOOTING

Court dates fixed for Tully trial

By Michelle nelSon

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Trial dates have been fixed for the man accused of shooting dead two women and wounding another in the Ashburton Work and Income office more than a year ago.

After months of legal wrangling, the High Court has confirmed November 23 as the start date for the trial of Russell John Tully. Three weeks have been set aside for the trial.

The 49-year-old faces a num-

ber of charges relating to the shooting deaths of Winz employees Peggy Noble and Leigh Cleveland, and the attempted murder of Lindy Curtis and Kim Adams, on September 1 last year.

Police allege Tully was the gunman who entered the Cass Street office and opened fire, leaving Mrs Noble, aged 67 at the time, and Ms Cleveland, 55, dead. Ms Curtis was shot in the leg and Ms Adams was allegedly shot at as she escaped out the

back door of the premises.

The other accusations involve setting a man trap, two charges of unlawful possession of a firearm — a semi-automatic fiveshot shotgun, and a pump action shotgun.

Police say Tully, homeless at the time of the alleged offending, made off on a pushbike and was the subject of an extensive manhunt focused in the Ashburton River bed.

He was arrested while crossing farmland that evening and

made his first court appearance in Christchurch the following day.

Tully later denied all charges in the High Court and has maintained that stance through subsequent appearance, the details of which remain suppressed by the court.

Police also accused Tully of stealing the mountain bike he was in possession of when arrested, along with a leather jacket and various grocery items in Ashburton on August 24, 2014.

jured from the event at the show.

Show sheep riding assistant Jan Dynes said her adult children had grown up entering the event each year, and for many youngsters it gave them a taste for adventure and led onto rodeo riding.

But she disagreed with the new way of riding backwards, as the children had not seemed to enjoy it as much.

“I would like to see it changed back, and I think the kids would too,” Mrs Dynes said.

Methven Rodeo president Tom Plunkett said he had himself entered sheep riding at a rodeo as a youngster, but was happy for the organisation to abide by the new regulations.

Polytech merger benefits From P1 Tertiary Education Union (TEU) national secretary Sharn Riggs said there were seven TEU members at Aoraki’s Ashburton campus.

While she did not know the full details of the merger and what it will mean for those seven staff, it was difficult to imagine there would not some changes to their positions.

Because the staff involved in the merger did not know exactly how they would be affected it had been adding to the uncertainty they were all feeling, she said.

The likely outcome of the merger was that it would reduce access for students to high quality (including face-to-face), affordable tertiary education in all regions involved, Ms Riggs said.

This would not only affect students but local communities, staff, employers and TEU members, she said.

Mr Joyce said the new institution would be able to provide access to modern, high-quality vocational education across all of Canterbury.

The new polytechnic would operate in Ashburton, Christchurch, Timaru and Oamaru with the Timaru campus being upgraded to include a new primary sector centre.

It will initially trade under the name CPIT Aoraki until a new name is launched next year.

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■ MT HUTT COLLEGE

New leader for Mount Hutt

By RuBy HaRfield

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Bailey Kinvig will be the new head boy for Mount Hutt College.

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Mount Hutt College will have a new leader next year after their intended head boy was offered a scholarship.

Seventeen-year-old Bailey Kinvig was announced as the new head boy for 2016 at the Year 12 prizegiving last week after Dallas McLeod took up a rugby scholarship at Christ’s College.

Bailey said he had wanted to be head boy since he first started at Mount Hutt College, so he was very nervous and excited when he was told he got the position.

“I was over the moon.”

He drove straight to his mother’s work to tell her.

When it was originally announced that Dallas McLeod and Brooke Sandys would lead the school next year he was pleased but also disappointed because he had wanted it for so long.

However, he knew Dallas would do a very good job and he would have supported him fully.

Bailey hoped to lead a good example for the rest of the school

and make sure everyone had a good year.

“I’ll take the year as it goes.”

The Year 12 student also thought all the prefects would work together well.

“It’s a very good leadership team.”

He had collaborated with Brooke before on a number of different things and they were a good team, he said.

When he left school Bailey planned on studying medicine at the University of Otago in the hope of becoming an anesthetist.

He had wanted to be an anesthetist since he broke his collarbone in Year 8 and needed surgery.

“Being an anesthetist is really social, you have to be really open and very approachable.”

Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said when Dallas made the decision to follow his rugby passion, Bailey was the logical choice.

The deputy leaders will be Rebecca Spittal and Andrew Henderson.

Tongan heritage takes over art gallery By susaN saNdys

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Ashburton’s Tongan community turned out in droves for an exhibition opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery this week.

Tonga ‘I Onopooni: Tonga Contemporary is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the work of artists of Tongan heritage living in New Zealand.

Gallery communications officer Nicole Bourke said about 90 people attended the opening on Tuesday evening, the majority of whom were from Tongan families in the town.

Ashburton had four Tongan churches and there was a large community based here. One of the speakers at the opening, however, remembered when things were different.

Sione Taiala moved here with his Pakeha wife and family to live in 1987. He said there were a couple of other Tongans in the town at the time, but they moved away and then his family were the only ones here.

Young Tongan men began to move to Ashburton in the 2000s, attracted by employment at CMP and the opportunity to join rugby teams. Today there was about 100 Tongans in the town, having come here from their home country as well as from Auckland.

“It’s a nice close community over here,” Mr Taiala said.

At the exhibition representatives of the Tongan community organised food and tra-

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Ashburton Bird Club members have a plan to offer a boarding service in the wings.

For $5 a day, club members will look after your caged bird, or birds, in their own homes.

Publicity officer Valerie Snook said the idea had been trialled by a bird club in Christchurch.

Ashburton employers will have an opportunity next week to get an up-to-date understanding of new health and safety legislation.

WorkSafe NZ will be holding a forum at the Ashburton Event Centre on Wednesday in conjunction with Business Mid Canterbury where an overview of legislative changes that will be introduced in April, will be given.

The new Health and Safety at Work Act will place an even greater emphasis on health and safety in the workplace as part of a drive to bring down the number of work related deaths in New Zealand. In 2014 there were 46 deaths, with Canterbury having the highest number for any region.

Agriculture contributed to 21 of those deaths. There will be three speakers at the event. Further information can be obtained and registrations made by emailing jane@cp.org.nz or phoning 021 942 150.

Teen in hospital An Ashburton teenager was transported to Ashburton Hospital

by St John ambulance with moderate injuries after he fell off a bicycle at a Dobson Street park at 5.27pm on Tuesday.

Best golf hotel Terrace Downs has been named as New Zealand’s best golf hotel.

The recognition came during the annual World Golf Awards held in Algarve, Portugal and was a grat honour said general manager Koji Kawamata. Since Terrace Downs resort had changed hands, the new owners had spent the last two years improving and maintaining the golf course to a high level and on improving culinary standards, Mr Kawamata said. Canterbury received two honours in the awards, Clearwater named as the country’s best golf course.

Rubbish fire The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade spent 17 minutes attending a rubbish fire on Archibald Street at 2.25pm yesterday.

Cousins two-year-old Siua Maamaloa and Siu Fakateli were among about 90 visitors at a contemporary Tongan art exhibition. PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 101115-TM-142/139/142 ditional performance including guitar playing and dance.

There are 12 artists represented, including just one from the South Island, Kuoilimoe’anga Stone Maka who is based in Christchurch and attended the exhibition.

Ms Bourke said the exhibition, which would run through to January 24, was groundbreaking as it was the first to focus exclusively on the work of artists of Tongan heritage living in

New Zealand.

“It was great to welcome the Tongan community into the gallery. For the night, the gallery was their’s,” Ms Bourke said.

The gallery is one of only three venues in the South Island to host the exhibition, from Pataka Art+Museum in Porirua.

There is a participatory element to the exhibition, with visitors being invited to make their own woven hanging decorations.

Bird club looks at holiday boarding service

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“We thought it would be a good idea, and help raise a bit of money for the club,” Mrs Snook said.

“Most people have friends or family who can look after their birds, but others don’t.”

The birds’ owners would supply the feed and leave their feathered friends in expert hands.

“We all know what we are doing with birds – we are not nov-

ices,” Mrs Snook said. “People often take their budgies or canaries with them when they go on holiday, but you can’t do that if you’re going on a plane.”

On the rare occasions bird owners found themselves caught out in emergencies, arrangements could be made to collect birds if required.

A club member, who found

herself an earthquake refugee with a bird in tow, said there was a demand for a boarding service for caged birds.

The club wants to get the service up and running before Christchurch to cater for the festive holidays and is currently taking bookings. For more information, or to make a booking, call Mrs Snook on 308 8524.

Busy month ahead Diabetes New Zealand’s Ashburton branch is gearing up for a busy month. The group is doing its part for Diabetes Awareness Month to help turn around the rising rate of diabetes. Group president Denise Wells said there are few major events, beginning with the arrival of the diabetes awareness van at Countdown car park on November 17. A tree planting ceremony will then be held on November 26 in memory of Carol Hill, the former president of the local group who died while holiday on Santorini Island earlier this year.

On November 28 the group and members of the community will meet for a MoveMeant Day Walk, to raise awareness of diabetes.

Mrs Wells said traditionally Diabetes New Zealand held an awareness week but extended it to a month to garner more attention and provide more information.

Within Canterbury it is estimated more than 132,000 people have pre-diabetes with around 22,000 diagnosed cases of diabetes.

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■ ASHBURTON HOSPITAL

■ ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

More changes at Ashburton Hospital

By Caitlin Porter

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Creek revamp PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 101115-TM-076

Section by section, Ashburton’s Mill Creek is undergoing a metamorphosis that is taking it from a sluggish, weedy and overgrown stream to an attractive, free flowing water way.

The work has been carried out in stages, with the final section

for the year, bank remediation and stablisation on an area at the western end of Allens Road.

Ashburton District Council projects and operations manager Viv Eyberg said the work would continue through to Argyle Park but the section bordering the

park would not be done until the next financial year.

With significant lengths of the creek now completed and replanted, Mr Eyberg said feedback from people with properties bordering the creek had been positive.

■ CORONER’S REPORT

Call for new load limits after death

By MiChelle nelson

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A coroner has made several recommendations to the New Zealand Transport Agency following the death of Patricia Robertson at Winslow in 2013.

Mrs Robertson, 67, and late of Fairlie, was travelling north on the morning of December 6 when she apparently failed to notice two pilot vehicles warning oncoming traffic of an extremely wide load approaching from the north.

Witnesses told of seeing her red Toyota Corolla Runx car slow down and pull to the left moments before it collided with a truck and semi-trailer transporting a house. The force of the impact ripped the roof off Mrs Robertson’s car causing instant death.

Measuring 8.35 metres at the base, close to 10m at the eaves with a height of 5.15m the oversize load took up both sides of State Highway One, which measured 7m from fog line to fog line on either edge of the seal, at the point of the crash.

The driver of the unit said she had been advised to move to into the northbound lane to avoid a road sign positioned 0.4m from the seal on the left hand side.

Other northbound motorists reported being pushed completely onto the grass verge to avoid the truck and trailer unit.

As a result of expert testimony, Coroner CJ Devonport determined the vehicle transporting the house was likely to have been travelling at 80-85km per hour at the time, within the allowable speed of 90km/ hour. While agreeing the house was being transported in accordance with the appropriate NZTA permit, Coroner Devonport considered a review of the Land

Transport Rule regarding the conditions of such permits, currently under way, should look at the speed limits at which over-dimension loads can be transported appropriate to prevent future deaths in similar circumstances.

“In particular I do not consider travelling at close to the open road speed limit with a load that extends beyond both fog lines is appropriate,” he said in his report.

The coroner also recommended that the NZTA review considered reducing the width of oversize loads to 5m, increasing the number of pilot vehicles travelling in front of wide loads to three, and installing electronic signs on pilot vehicles to more accurately alert motorists of the type of danger ahead and the action required.

“I consider the current requirements alerting oncoming vehicles to ‘slow down’ for the load to be inadequate. There should be adequate signs advising motorists if they are required to pull off the sealed roadway,” he said.

Public education regarding how the number of amber and purple lights displayed on pilot vehicles indicated the dimensions of the approaching load and the use of sirens as warning devices was also suggested.

There have been further changes to Ashburton Hospital’s management following the departure of two senior employees.

A spokeswoman for the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) yesterday confirmed Krunal Shukla, who has extensive health experience, particularly in rural localities, has been appointed to the position of finance manager following the resignation of Sue Sheerin.

Mr Shukla comes to Ashburton from the Hawkes Bay District Health Board and prior to that was part of the West Coast DHB finance team.

John Lyons, a former senior doctor at Ashburton Hospital, has also stepped in to the senior management team to take over from Scott Wilson, current clinical director.

The senior management team was originally appointed last year after the retirement of Ashburton

and Rural Health Services manager Garth Bateup.

The only remaining member is Jan McClelland, Ashburton and rural director of nursing.

The recent appointments of Mr Shukla and Mr Lyons at Ashburton Hospital follows another recent appointment, that of Bernice Marra into the newly-formed role of Ashburton Health Services manager.

These changes have come about as a result of the CDHB’s Proposal for Change which was approved by the board’s executive management team in late September.

Other changes are also imminent including increasing the number of junior doctors at Ashburton Hospital and replacing six current positions with eight new roles.

Dr Nigel Millar said the changes at the hospital were not only expected to enhance services but also ensure the hospital could educate and train the next generation of rural clinicians.

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■ ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BUG

Potential carriers discovered

By Caitlin Porter

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Aged care facilities, hospitals and general practices within Canterbury are being urged to be extra vigilant when it comes to hygiene, following the discovery of an antibiotic resistant bug.

The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) announced it was increasing its vigilance around hand hygiene after three people within Canterbury tested positive as potential carriers of the rare bac-

teria Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). CRE is a family of bacteria resistant to nearly all antibiotics, and can cause infection and illness.

A spokeswoman for the CDHB confirmed yesterday that none of the three who tested positive were from Ashburton and no one in Ashburton has tested positive for the bug before.

CDHB medical officer of health Dr Nigel Millar said that since the multi antibiotic-resistant form of these bacteria was extremely rare, it was likely two

of the cases were acquired while in hospital. “Although bugs like these are rare, our health system is well prepared,” Dr Millar said.

“We have systems in place to identify these types of organisms and prevent them from spreading such as isolating any patients who test positive for the bacteria.”

The CDHB confirmed on Friday the CRE colonisations were first identified through routine clinical care and screening.

Once in the gut, the bacteria remains there for life. Carriers

will not show any symptoms and under normal circumstances will not know the bacteria is present.

Upon the discovery, the CDHB is checking the contacts of the three patients to determine if there are signs of spreading and is also following up with all health professionals involved with the patients.

The three cases serve as a timely reminder that the first line of defence against any bacteria is thorough hand washing, Dr Millar said.

■ BAPTIST CHURCH MEN’S GROUP

Free community lunch now held weekly By ruBy Harfield

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A free community lunch, growing in popularity, is now being offered weekly in Ashburton.

The lunch, which had previously been held fortnightly, has been organised by the Ashburton Baptist Church Men’s Group.

Group member Kevin Kleinschmidt said the lunch had been fortnightly since it began in September but they decided to make it weekly from last Monday.

It had been going well and was slowly gaining numbers with about seven attending on Monday, he said.

Initially they only offered soup but now people had the option of hamburgers too.

They also hoped to be able to have a barbecue next week using meat that had been donated.

It was nice to be able to offer the lunch to people in the community to help those in need, he said.

It had also become a social place with some attendees coming each time and getting to know each other.

“Everyone that comes enjoys it”, he said.

Questions have been raised about the mental health and fitness of Alex Fisher’s older brother, who was yesterday charged with the 10-year-old’s murder. Eric Baden McIsaac, 25, appeared in the Levin District Court yesterday and entered no plea. Judge Tim Black kept him in custody until his next appearance in the High Court at Palmerston North later this month, telling him an “issue has been raised in relation to your fitness to plead”. At the suggestion of defence lawyer Letizea Ord, the judge ordered McIsaac to undergo mental health assessments.

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Rapist in Westport A man with more than 500 convictions, including the rape of a 7-year-old girl, is living in Westport after spending most of his life behind bars. It is understood the Corrections Department relocated the man, in his late 50s, to Westport after he was released from prison in 2014. He had been jailed for breaching the conditions of a 10year extended supervision order, ordered by the High Court in March 2010. In June 2001, he was sentenced to nine years in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl. The man also has a raft of dishonesty convictions.

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Survivor re-interviewed Police investigating the deaths of three Mongrel Mob members in a crash near Wairoa have yesterday re-interviewed the only survivor.

He has made a statement to police, which they said would not be made public as it was part of the ongoing investigation. A forensic examination of the crashed car is continuing in Gisborne and may not be finished until the end of the week. Detective Senior Sergeant Brent Greville said, “We are still keen to talk to anyone who actually saw the crash, as this will help us piece together what happened.”

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The group had been looking for other people to run it on alternate weeks but this did not

happen so Mr Kleinschmidt and his wife said they would be there each week.

The lunch is held at the Ashburton Baptist Church every Monday from noon-1.30pm.

Kiwi war hero held in maximum security prison A Kiwi war hero held at a highsecurity prison across the Tasman despite not committing a crime once acted as John Key’s personal bodyguard, his partner claims.

Former Lance Corporal Ngati Kanohi Te Eke Haapu, known as Ko Rutene, had his visa revoked on the grounds he was a member of a motorcycle club and is now in the Casuarina maximum-security prison in Perth.

Mr Rutene served with the New Zealand Defence Force in Afghanistan and his partner Teresa Mariner told media yesterday his time there included

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protecting the Prime Minister during a 2010 visit.

Speaking to TV3 from Perth, she said Mr Rutene was “loving, caring and compassionate” and a “family man” who would do anything for his daughter.

“He’s my best friend and he just shouldn’t be where he is. It’s just not fair.”

Despite being locked up, Mr Rutene said he’d still serve alongside Australians again if he had to.

“He said to me two days ago that even after all of this, he would gladly put everything back on, put his uniform on and

fight for Australia over and over again,” Ms Mariner said.

“He would never ever question that because he’s always going to be a soldier.”

Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox told media yesterday she was contacted by Mr Rutene’s family.

“He committed no crime in Australia, he committed no crime in New Zealand,” she said.

“He is barely a member of the Rebels motorcycle gang, he is a decorated serviceman and he is being held in a detention centre.

“The prime minister has got it wrong and needs to do more.”

Labour corrections spokesman Kelvin Davis said a number of Kiwis in Australian detention centres were upset of “being tarred with the same brush” as rapists or murderers.

He said detaining the former Lance Corporal was an example of the “politics of fear”.

“It’s pretty damn s*** to be honest. It’s basically saying you look scary, so we’re going to lock you up,” he said.

A law change in Australia means foreign-born nationals can have their visas revoked by the Minister of Immigration on character grounds.

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Kiwi sporting heroes will front a campaign kicking off today to combat childhood obesity. Sports stars including Olympian Valerie Adams, Silver Fern captain Casey Kopua, All Black Israel Dagg, Black Cap skipper Brendon McCullum and Warriors star Shaun Johnson will be the faces of the new high profile public awareness campaign.

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Anti-drug laws The drug believed to have been taken by a group of soldiers has now been reclassified in anti-drug laws – a move that will attract stiffer penalties for lawbreakers.

Designer drug “N-bomb” is presently covered by psychoactive substance legislation but that will soon change, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne announced yesterday. Last month eight men, including a number of soldiers, were placed into police custody and admitted to hospital after suffering effects from an unknown substance they’d taken in Palmerston North.

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Potential for district in polytech merger Sue Newman

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hile the merger of Aorkai Polytech and CPIT might make total sense to planners and educators, to the people charged with running those organisations and tutoring courses, it probably does not.

Anything that can deliver education in a better, smarter and more timely way has to be applauded, but inevitably when that involves reshaping existing organisations into something new and better, the cost can often be counted in jobs lost.

Tertiary education minister Stephen Joyce will be on site in Timaru today, taking what will probably be an MP’s last official look at the campus. And no doubt he’ll be revealing a little more of what will be in store with the new resized entity.

Accepting that the new institute will be different from its predecessors and that there will inevitably be casualties in terms of both jobs and courses, Ashburton has to keep its collective fingers crossed that we’ll come out of the deal as winners.

This merger and the regional approach to tertiary education present a real opportunity for Ashburton. We’re positioned half-way between the two campuses and we have some unique qualities that should see us delivered our own very special slice of the education pie.

We are perfectly placed and perfectly equipped to become the campus that provides the region with its primary industry courses. We’re unquestionably the region’s experts in anything that’s farmed, grown or harvested.

The idea of the district becoming an agricultural hub has been floated on many occasions by many individuals and organisations. Many of those ideas have had merit, but it’s been a long slog up the steps that would turn theory into practice.

Currently Aoraki runs 11 primary industry courses; Ashburton is a joint campus for just six of those.

In the new organisation, it would make total sense for those courses to be based in just one location, for both classroom and practical components – the Ashburton District.

And selfishly, this model could also provide a ready answer to one of the rural sector’s most pressing needs – well-educated, highly motivated young people seeking to work and make careers in our district’s primary industries.

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Editor, PO Box 77 A public discussion document about updating the 1989 Education Act will be the topic at a presentation at the Hotel Ashburton on November 26. it does. I have always believed RSVPs should mean food.

For you humble Asburtonians, the date of the workshop is Thursday November 26, 10am – 12pm, in the Gardenside Room of the Hotel Ashburton.

You have to RSVP to: lynne. james@education.govt.nz by Friday November 20.

The invitation is open to the public and being at the Hot Ash means it is likely there will be food.

For all you rest home octogenarians who were miffed about the earlier comment re your lunch, crank up the battery charger for the pacemaker and mobility scooter, and get down there. After all, you are still an eligible voter and nothing beats a spring roll and a reheated fish bite while listening to public servants.

And that’s it! You only need to do two things. Guaranteed at the workshop they will explain how

you can go online and complete a submission. I’m sure it can be done at the local library, they may even get the website all ready for you.

Now about the document itself.

Despite what words the minister uses, this is unfortunately like crunchy peanut butter on toast.

In some places it has just the right amount of detail, in some places it is laid on too thick, and in other areas it is very thin or non-existent.

Just like when you try to spread peanut butter on toast and end up with a pile of nuts in a corner – actually that’s what happened in Parliament on Tuesday during Question Time!

The document is unbalanced.

It lays it on thick for Boards of Trustees, with three pages dedicated to ramping up their workload.

However, when it comes to suggestions under the heading ‘Making every school and kura

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nd now from the depths of a back room ministry office comes a public discussion document about updating the 1989 Education Act. And in this new golden age of listening to the public and not taking notice anyway, the Windy Wellingtonian Ministry of Wishful Thinking (as in you wish some thinking took place in a ministry office) have asked you, the local Joe Public, for your submission on fiddling with the Education Act. But hold on, don’t worry or stress about what you are meant to do, just follow this simple guide to making a submission.

Step 1 Don’t read the document – wait for it to come out on YouTube.

I’m serious, reading government discussion documents is for rest-home residents, (while they wait for their boiled cabbage and a straw to eat it with), and new immigrants to this country, who take democracy seriously.

Our beautifully coiffured Minister of Education eloquently sets up the discussion document with a three and-a-half minute video, imploring you to take part in this review.

I am impressed with her style, she speaks fluidly, with confidence and maintains even eye contact.

Far more attractive to look at than Paul Henry (he was born in the year of the rodent and I think that comes across).

But slick marketing won’t cover up a discussion document that falls short of what it could have been – more on that in a minute.

Step 2 Go to the Hot Ash for a free feed.

That’s right, nothing beats a road trip by ministry officials and this one is going to be a ripper.

Check it out because they are going to be busy. In all, there will be 73 presentation/discussion type workshop things from November 11 to December 8, all over New Zealand.

The Mid Canterbury workshop has an RSVP. You know what that means – FOOD! Well I hope

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great one’ it bombs miserably.

There are four sentences, one prompting question and most of the page is a photo.

My point is, the minister launches this document with a slick promo and aspirational introduction, yet the resulting document for discussion is like ACL’s attempts to patch up South Street – sad.

There is only one thing to do – get to the public discussion session and be involved.

Democracy is not an event that happens every three years – it is a constant process of letting Government know how we wish to be governed.

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

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■ NORTHERN IRELAND

Bloody Sunday soldier arrest Detectives investigating the biggest mass killing by British troops in Northern Ireland, the Bloody Sunday massacre in 1972, have arrested on suspicion of murder one of the soldiers who opened fire that day — the first detention of its kind following decades of demands for justice.

A special police unit probing killings from the Northern Ireland conflict, the Legacy Investigation Branch, said it was interrogating the 66-year-old former member of the Parachute Regiment, the elite force that shot to death 13 Catholic protesters in the Bogside district of Londonderry. Catholic leaders and lawyers representing relatives of the dead welcomed the arrest and said they expected more retired soldiers to be arrested.

The detained man was identified as a former soldier who had testified, with his identity concealed, to two fact-finding investigations about his role in shooting at protesters when he was a 23-year-old lance corporal. To the fury of Irish nationalists, the original British probe in 1972 exonerated him and the other soldiers.

But after 12 years, the most expensive fact-finding commission in British history concluded in 2010 that the soldiers had opened fire first and without warning, not in response to attacks from the outlawed Irish Republican Army; all but one of the Bloody Sunday victims were unarmed at the time

A building burns in the Bogside district of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday in 1972.

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That British government-empowered commission also found that the former lance corporal and other soldiers had lied. under oath when claiming to have targeted figures holding guns and grenades. Prime Minister David Cameron accepted the findings and in a parliamentary speech apologised to the families of Bloody Sunday victims, noting

that the probe had found that the soldiers “ knowingly put forward false accounts to seek to justify their firing.”

Bloody Sunday was a threshold event in Northern Ireland’s conflict, driving radicalised Catholics into the ranks of the outlawed IRA and its campaign to force Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom. Britain in response dissolved the province’s Protestant-dominated govern-

ment and imposed direct control from London as 1972 became the deadliest year of the entire fourdecade conflict.

The former lance corporal is suspected of firing the shots that killed up to three of Bloody Sunday’s dead: dockworker William Nash, 19, who was shot in the chest; and shop clerk John Young, 17, and bartender Michael McDaid, 20, who both were shot in the head.

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14 migrants die as boat sinks off Turkey people were rescued.

The survivors, among them a pregnant woman, were in good condition, Dogan said.

There was no immediate information available on their nationalities.

Coastguard workers backed by helicopters were still continuing a search for those unaccounted for, Dogan said.

At least 14 people, including seven children, have drowned when a migrant boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast while trying to reach Greece.

The Turkish coastguard recovered the bodies from the wooden boat which was heading from the province of Canakkale to the Greek island of Lesbos, Dogan news agency said, adding that 27

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There has been a sharp spike in the numbers of migrants and refugees fleeing war and misery in the Middle East, Asia and Africa setting out from Turkey for the European Union.

Turkey has surpassed North Africa as the main launching point for migrants heading to Europe, and currently hosts more than 2.2 million refugees from the war

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A man in Japan who hid in a drain for five hours, to snap photos up women’s skirts, was caught after passers-by spotted his hair sticking out of a grate. Yasuomi Hirai, 28, allegedly squeezed himself in a section of a gutter 28 centimetres wide, with his head under a piece of iron grating, a police spokesman said. “His hair got caught at the edge of the grate, which drew the attention of some pedestrians,” the spokesman with the Hyogo prefectural police in Kobe told AFP. The Sports Hochi tabloid reported that Hirai kept himself in the small space for about five hours, holding a smart phone to take photos from under the grate.

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“Eco-barriers” will be installed within months at Lighthouse Beach following the ninth shark attack on the notorious stretch of the NSW north coast this year.

Local surfer Sam Morgan, 20, is in a stable condition at Gold Coast University Hospital after suffering serious wounds to his left thigh when he was mauled by a bull shark at the beach in Ballina.

NSW Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has promised to install a mesh swimming enclosure at the beach this summer with the “eco-barrier” stretching from seabed to surface and from shoreline to shoreline.

Premier Mike Baird, however, said the nets haven’t yet been built.

“We are in discussions with the manufacturer, we are trying to get them built and in-

stalled as quickly as we possibly can on the north coast,” Mr Baird said. “In addition, we are increasing surveillance.”

But triple world champion surfer Mick Fanning says he doesn’t feel safe enough to enter waters in the area.

And the man who fought off a great white shark in July during a competition in South Africa isn’t convinced about nets.

“They get in and around them, the shark net doesn’t cover the whole beach,” he told Nova Radio. “Since my incident I’ve been pretty careful and going places I know are really sharky, I don’t really go near them.

“I used to go down to Ballina all the time, I haven’t been down this year because of those reasons, because there’s so much (shark) activity down there.”

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A strong earthquake has struck in the Pacific off central Chile, but authorities say there are no reports of injuries or serious damage. The US Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 yesterday. It says the epicenter was about 88 kilometres northwest of the coastal city of Coquimbo at a depth of 10km. The government’s emergency office says it has no reports of injuries or damage.

Chile’s navy says the quake didn’t have the conditions for generating a tsunami. Chile is prone to earthquakes. In 2010, it was shaken by an 8.8-magnitude quake, one of the strongest ever recorded.

Jet crashes A small business jet crashed into an apartment building with a huge bang yesterday, killing at least two people aboard and shaking furniture in homes several blocks away, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine how many people were on the 10-seat Hawker H25 jet, but they confirmed two deaths, said Lt. Sierjie Lash, an Akron fire department spokeswoman. No one was inside the small brick apartment building or another home that caught fire, she said.

Investor register Foreigners seeking to invest in Australia will now need to pay application fees after legislation passed the Senate. And if they’re investing in agricultural land, they’ll need to have their details and information about their investments published on a register. Government frontbencher Nigel Scullion said the legislation was about transparency and reducing red tape but Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm said it would scare investors away, describing the register as xenophobic and “idiotic”.

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Rioters removed Seven men were transferred from detention on Christmas Island to a West Australian prison, with restraints used to secure the “extreme risk individuals” during the charter flight. The men were among a group who allegedly took part the “disturbance” at the centre, a spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says. Riot police had to use tear gas to quell the uprising on Tuesday.

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■ PENDARVES FIRE BRIGADE

Brigade receives $1000 donation The Pendarves Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade this week benefited from the generosity of a local business.

ANZ Ashburton agri-managers Richard Williams and Hugh Copland visited members of the brigade on Monday night to present them with a $1000 donation.

Mr Williams said each year ANZ Ashburton has the ability to give back to the community and this year the volunteer brigade was chosen.

“They form a pretty integral part of any rural community and with the season shaping up the way it is hopefully this money can go towards the upgrading of some of their equipment,” he said.

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Mobile traders investigated Mobile truck shops, payday lenders and peer-topeer lenders will be a focus for investigation in the consumer area by the Commerce Commission in the next year.

Chairman Mark Berry yesterday outlined what areas the commission will give priority to in the next six-to-12 months at a stakeholder briefing in Auckland, with truck shops at the top of the list.

The commission released a report in August after a year-long investigation of mobile traders which found the truck shops were charging significantly higher prices than for comparable goods in normal shops and charging extra fees such as default fees for missed or cancelled payments.

Of the 32 mobile traders investigated, 31 were found to not comply to some extent with their obligations under the Fair Trading Act and Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. Berry said the first phase of understanding the industry and educating traders on compliance was now over and the second phase was enforcement.

“We will be giving truck shops priority,” he said.

Similarly, payday lenders who are also covered by new consumer credit and finance laws, have had sufficient time to understand rule changes and how they apply to loans and the commission will now be moving to enforcement, Berry said.

Four peer-to-peer lending providers have gained approval to operate in New Zealand from the Financial Markets Authority and Berry said the commission was reviewing fees and disclosures on standard terms and conditions on lenders’ websites, particularly given an increase in mobile applications that make credit easier to access for consumers.

Berry said the commission should have completed its views on how and whether the new laws apply to peer-to-peer lending by the end of this year.

The commission is already facing one of its busiest ever periods for litigation with 12 cases currently before the courts and it expects to file charges in relation to a further 10 cases before the end of the year.

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“The banks’ losses on dairy exposures are expected to be manageable but banks need to ensure that they set aside realistic provisions for the likely increase in problem loans,” it said.

But Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard said morale among farmers was more positive compared with where it was three or four months back, when dairy prices were at 10 year lows.

“We’ve had two drops in GlobalDairyTrade prices, but four big rises before that,” he said.

“The (Fonterra) payout is back above the $4.00/kg mark and I dont think anyone is expecting it to drop below that,” he said. “Expectations are that prices will firm up, but it’s still not going to be a fantastic season, price wise,” he said.

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Reserve bank, in its latest six-monthly financial stability report, said it had asked the country’s five biggest rural lenders to conduct a “stress test” of their exposure to dairy farm debt, and had encouraged them to set aside provisions to reflect a likely increase in problem loans to the sector if prices remain low.

The central bank said many indebted farms were coming under increased pressure, which would be made worse if dairy prices remained low or if dairy farm prices fell significantly. New Zealand’s top five rural lenders are ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Rabobank and Westpac.

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Source: interest.co.nz

q Gold

1,087.10

London – $US/ounce

–2.5

–0.23%

q Silver London – $US/ounce

14.55

–0.23

–1.56%

q Copper London – $US/tonne

4,933.0

–57.0

–1.14%

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Source: BNZ

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

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■ IRRIGATION

Water the farm, not the roads

By Michelle NelsoN

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Allowing irrigation water to pump onto the district’s roads is both bad management and a safety concern.

Ashburton District Council’s contract manager Brian Fauth said farmers had a responsibility to manage irrigation infrastructure to ensure water stayed on their properties.

“In some cases it’s going right across the road into neighbouring properties,” he said.

This can cause problems for unsuspecting motorists, especially when it takes them by surprise coming through roadside trees.

“There’s generally not a lot of cyclists out in rural areas, but a jet of water could possibly bowl them over,” Mr Fauth said.

Water hitting road surfaces for prolonged periods weakens the structure and eventually results in potholes.

He said it was generally a case of adjusting the gun at the end of the pivot by way of the computer programme controlling the water flow.

“I’ve been told this is more dif-

ficult to control with older style pivots, but if this is the case maybe they shouldn’t have the gun on,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s inevitable that water will drift across the road in a howling nor’wester, but it’s more often than not down to management.”

And if this is the case the council wants to know, preferably backed up by photos. Mr Fauth said witnesses should also take note of nearby farm rapid numbers and other details which could assist with identification.

In the first instance offending irrigators would be written to, advising them of an infringement against the bylaw.

“Roads are public property not their’s (irrigators) by right,” he said.

“However, if they don’t respond, we now have the power to infringe repeat offenders.”

But all that aside, Mr Fauth said water was a precious resource, especially in a year with an El Nino weather pattern on the horizon.

“It’s just not a good look, and gives people a bad impression,” he said.

Water the farm, not the roads.

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MID CANTERBURY RURAL WOMEN Provincial President Our Rural Women members took the time to be part of this year’s 138th annual Ashburton A&P Show. Cooking demonstrations were provided and well received within A&P president Lynette Lovett’s feature marquee.

The theme of “Working on the Land with Machinery and People” was embraced. A stand promoting 90 years of Rural Women NZ and our completed project of the Safe Houses was also well supported.

The A&P show provides a great platform for all ages to be involved, whether with entries in the Home Industries Pavilion or with Livestock. Pre-schoolers through to the older generation continue to participate in and support this annual event. Show attend-

ees are in admiration of the skills on display within the Pavilion. So how are we to ensure these skills continue into the next generations? We need to to encourage our siblings to preserve, bake, sew, knit, craft, gardening or take photos and paint.

Everyone entering in the show are so proud of their entries, especially the children. To see the delight on their faces when they submit their entries is delightful and we must encourage their participation.

The A&P Show provides a unique public platform to display the wide range of skills that exist within the Ashburton district!

Winchmore Jane Wright from Ashburton Palliative Care

Trust was our very informative speaker at our October meeting. This group has been formed as part of the Hospice organisation and aims to enhance the services already provided in the community.

They are meeting monthly with other services groups to ensure no double ups occur.

Some of the services they are to provide are a mobile massage service which a physiotherapist has been contracted to provide, Biography writing service which can be very therapeutic and valuable for the family, councillors available early in a person’s diagnosis, in home support from volunteers.

Volunteers will be trained and supported. All services will be free and anyone can phone for assistance.

One rather sobering statistic was that in

eighteen years’ time the death rate will double with baby boomers reaching old age.

Notable moments for the month included a new member Annie Cuthbertson who was warmly welcomed. New babies were welcomed into the district along with a number of our own members adding to their list of grandchildren since our last meeting.

Our Eat and Greet day was successful and very worthwhile. It was suggested that a follow on with a men’s evening function to be arranged by Rural Women to be held in 2016.

A number of business items were discussed and the 2016 programme finalised.

Our annual bus trip will this year be held on November 25th details will be given to members and they are encouraged to invite a friend along to fill the bus for what is antici-

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Members enjoyed a lovely mo vided by our host Marion; a ve sion took place in regards to officers taking place at our N ence which will be held in Nel Our president Bev will be atte of our group and it will be a v time for all members.

A visit to Malcolm Luxton’s p Agate Collection, his collectio years ago, and this interest h idly. He referred to his place phanage” most of the agate a

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Medium weight prime two-tooth ewes $68-$76 and lighter weights $56-$63. Heavy shorn ewes realised $95-$108, medium weights $80-$90 and lighter sheep $62-$71.

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found and it takes a lot to bring them into display condition. A collection can be seen in the Heritage centre and he has written a book, and very interesting visit enjoyed by our members.

A busy month with Meals on Wheels, catering and the Ashburton Show.

Our next meeting with be at Judith’s, Digby Place at 9-30am, and an interesting speaker will be introduced. See you all there; a very warm welcome will be extended.

Seafield Vice President Lois Bradley welcomed 6 members to the October meeting at St Pauls Lounge. There were three apologies one overseas, one on holiday and one has had a

fall and has a broken arm.

Motto for the meeting was Friendship is the cement that binds the world together.

All business was dealt with including the Provincial Fundraiser which is The Village Press olive oil. Seafield is to host the next Link Meeting in December starting at 9.30am at St Paul’s back hall.

Thanks to all members and friends who were helping to do Meals on Wheels this week. A discussion was had about fundraising or giving a donation to the Provincial and members would rather give a donation. After all the business was dealt with Marion Clarke who arranged the meeting introduced Dianne Moss who spoke about “Steady as you go” program which is a set of exercises for older people.

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■ CELEBRATING WITH THE JOKERS

Two-wheeled chaplain F

riends form near and far, some coming from overseas, joined the members of Jokers Social Club when they celebrated their 25th anniversary recently.

Most of their guests, including Rae and Neil Wilson, rode to that special occasion.

They made the trip from Te Anau, via Dunedin, joining up with friends along the way to make up a southern contingent.

Rae rode her 2013 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster, while Neil was on his 2011 Triumph Thunderbird.

Both Rae and Neil have ridden motorbikes for most of their lives, and like others attending the birthday bash they were there to enjoy the camaraderie shared by other enthusiasts, and of course to help the Jokers celebrate.

And it’s a club which has much to celebrate – during their first 25 years they have become renowned for their hospitality, for the tremendous events which they have staged and for their generosity to our wider community.

This year Rae Wilson expects to clock up about 30,000 combined recreational and voluntary work related - kilometres on her bike.

Over the years Rae has ridden a variety of bikes, moving into Harleys during the last five years. Her current bike has a V-twin engine which as the name denotes has a capacity of 1200cc.

It has a five-speed gearbox and is a bike which performs and handles well, provides a comfortable ride, is economical, has good manners and consequently is great to ride.

It goes without saying Rae likes riding it, and when her voluntary chaplaincy commitments take her from home in Te Anau to Milford Sound where she provides most of her help the Harley is the preferred choice of travel.

Provided the weather and other conditions are suitable, Rae is always on her bike.

She says not everyone expects a chaplain to arrive on a motorbike, and it is a great talking point.

While she is a person who is obviously in tune with nature, Rae finds riding makes her even more so, which benefits her personally as well as making her feel well prepared when making chaplaincy visits.

Rae and Neil are away riding whenever possible, often with others, enjoying the freedom and the fun which comes with biking.

Bernard Egan MOTORING

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The list of appealing cars on offer includes a 1966 Lotus Elan which was bought new by famous comedy actor Peter Sellers.

Rae Wilson clocks up a lot of kilometres on her 1200cc Harley.

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Since then the car has been well cared for by its two later owners.

Most recently it has been part of a private car collection.

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Trainer in awe of star’s performance Lee Somervell admitted he had all but given up on Addictive Habit’s chances of another prestige victory at Riccarton before his stubborn stable star rallied for a gallant win.

The Cambridge trainer believed his six-year-old was down for the count half-way through yesterday’s Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile and a drifting 100-1 chance defend his title.

“I put my glasses down at the 600, I thought he was too far back,” Somervell said.

In a race that changed complexion, Addictive Habit found his second wind to come with an undeniable finish to continue his big race form.

“He is just fantastic and it

was a great ride by Sam Spratt,” Somervell said. “He’s a lot better than he was last year and it’s a hugely prestigious race, but the weight was worrying me as well.”

Addictive Habit was up two and a half kilos to 59kg from his win 12 months ago, earned through subsequent successes in a Listed race in Queensland during the winter and homecoming victories in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate and the Gr.1 Livamol Classic.

He was then unplaced in his Riccarton lead-up in the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate where an inside gate brought about his downfall.

“At Trentham he got knocked around and he needs to be out

in the clear,” Spratt said.

While she was able to position Addictive Habit in the open on Wednesday, it didn’t look to be working to their advantage 600 metres from home.

“I was flat and others were passing us,” Spratt said. “I thought he was beaten for all money, but once he straightened and balanced up he really picked himself up and it was a huge run.”

Addictive Habit drove hard to get the better of Ringo on the post with the longshot Breaking Dawn taking third money.

Front-runner Allez Eagle folded late to finish fourth ahead of Platinum Witness.

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Addictive Habit (purple cap) powers to the line to take in yesterday’s Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile at Riccarton.

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M4 Manawatu gallops Today at Awapuni Raceway

Fields for Manawatu RC meeting at Awapuni today.

NZ Meeting number: 4. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

RACE 1 12.40pm (NZT) MILLS REEF WINERY RATING 75 HANDICAP $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2200m 1 13x46 Master Thomas th (6) 59 .................J Riddell 2 17x04 No Change tm (5) 58 ..................... J Parkes 3 04344 Mr Cool Boy tm (9) 57.5 ................L Allpress 4 73461 Sarabi m (7) 57 ............................... K Myers 5 10541 Sanjara m (8) 56.5 ............R Goldsbury (a2) 6 15x10 Maitre Du Jeu tmh (4) 56.5 ................M Hills 7 02172 Cullister mh (10) 55.5......................R Myers 8 77470 Les Sylphides tm (3) 54 ..................S Collett 9 55694 Savarhys t (2) 54 .....................S McKay (a2) 10 90x88 Piccadilly t (1) 54......................... R Hannam RACE 2 1.15pm ECOLAB 3YO MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 43 Casaquinman (14) 57.5 ..................J Riddell 2 544x Weapon Of Choice (5) 57.5 .............K Smith 3 Flying Quest h (11) 57.5 ................ J Parkes 4 The Irish Bounty (7) 57.5 ................A Collett 5 9 Rock On h (12) 57.5.................... R Hannam 6 Terracotta Warrior (13) 57.5 .... D Turner (a1) 7 35903 Sleek Secret (3) 55.5 ....................L Allpress 8 4 Delta De Lago 55.5 ...................... Scratched 9 Black Sav h (10) 55.5 ...................... K Myers 10 5 Princess Belle h (8) 55.5 ...............D Bradley 11 9x8 Waterberg (9) 55.5 .....................M Cameron 12 66 Foxy Wolf (6) 55.5 ...........................R Myers 13 Deedee Panache h (2) 55.5 ............S Collett 14 0 Take The Trick (1) 55.5 ...............L Hemi (a2)

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15 77 All In Vogue (4) 55.5................S McKay (a2) Emergency: All In Vogue RACE 3 1.50pm NUFARM MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 232x4 Heavens Keep h (7) 58.5 ........S McKay (a2) 2 244x7 Master Jack h (12) 58.5 ..................J Riddell 3 2004x Fruition h (19) 58.5 ................... T Baker (a3) 4 x0577 Lovetokeephim h (6) 58.5 ...............R Myers 5 6x5 Brickleberry (14) 58.5..................... J Parkes 6 3 Johnny Lincoln h (8) 57............... R Hannam 7 Goldanddiamondpark 57.............. Scratched 8 66x Canny Magic h (13) 57.......................M Hills 9 66265 Honey Queen (5) 56.5 ...............M Cameron 10 58x02 Miss Interpreted h (10) 56.5R Goldsbury (a2) 11 3x27 Sauvignon 56.5 ............................ Scratched 12 9534x Vitalia (16) 56.5 .............................D Bradley 13 42674 Crafty Crim b (9) 56.5 .....................S Collett 14 77456 Kirra Belle (1) 56.5 ...........................K Smith 15 93x4 Dream Dancer (4) 55 .................L Hemi (a2) 16 03 Maneo Invictus h (3) 55 ................L Allpress 17 0x King Max (17) 58.5..........................A Collett 18 0706x Sir Delahoya (18) 58.5 ............ D Turner (a1) 19 04700 Brecon Beau (2) 58.5 20 0x90 Mara Na Eire (11) 56.5 21 9 Rock On h (15) 57 Emergencies: King Max, Sir Delahoya, Brecon Beau, Mara Na Eire, Rock On RACE 4 2.25pm PIONEER HANDICAP $25,000, OPN HCP, 2100m 1 21553 Authentic Paddy tmh (7) 60.5...... R Hannam 2 77x80 Weregoingtogetcha tmh (4) 55.5........M Hills 3 00x00 Ransomed tdh (1) 54.5 ...................R Myers

4 47x10 Sampson dm (8) 54.5 ...................L Allpress 5 80440 Dragon Beauty tdmh (2) 54........M Cameron 6 55053 St Ransom tmh (9) 54 ......................K Smith 7 0x541 Slazenjah d (10) 54 ........................ J Parkes 8 0x803 Duquesa db (3) 54 ..........................S Collett 9 0x497 Red Mafia tm (6) 54 .....................L Hemi (a) 10 16145 Selwyn tdm (5) 54 .....................S McKay (a) RACE 5 3.00pm FARM SOURCE RATING 65 HANDICAP $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 58709 Mr Darcee’s Gold tm (14) 59U Holmquist (a2) 2 35300 Blame de Angels td (8) 58.5 ......M Cameron 3 61088 Chopper dmh (6) 58 ....................... J Parkes 4 3431 Keilib td (3) 58 .................................J Riddell 5 03195 Master Fin tmh (7) 57.5...................R Myers 6 5x6x0 Double Chance dm (13) 57 . M Dravitzki (a1) 7 2x430 Endure t (12) 56.5 .........................L Allpress 8 6x903 Slimline tmh (9) 56 .....................L Hemi (a2) 9 3x055 Thatz Louie d (1) 56 ..........R Goldsbury (a2) 10 x8714 Eternal Angel d (11) 55.5 ............ R Hannam 11 4x340 Irish Whisper dh (5) 55.5 ................. K Myers 12 02100 Alcaldesa mh (10) 54.5 ...........S McKay (a2) 13 0x77x Ima Tui Girl d (4) 54.5......................S Collett 14 70x60 Poster Girl (2) 54 ..............................K Smith RACE 6 3.35pm TRU TEST RATING 85 HANDICAP $20,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 51235 Grey Guru dm (1) 59 .........R Goldsbury (a2) 2 10x99 Tie Me Down tdh (5) 58.5 ............... K Myers 3 423x0 Mischievous Mis dm (4) 57 ................M Hills 4 11x31 Victor Hugo dm (2) 57 ................M Cameron 5 5x114 Just A Lover tdm (9) 56.5 ..............L Allpress 6 16x91 Porotene Park td (12) 56.5 ............. J Parkes 7 33x00 Antonio d (8) 56.5 ...........................S Collett

8 6x169 Te Hana tdmb (15) 55.5 ..................R Myers 9 51322 Ysabella Brave 55.5 ..................... Scratched 10 8x066 City Chic tmh (16) 54 ....................D Bradley 11 9x071 Crackling Rosie dh (10) 54......S McKay (a2) 12 20644 Flint m (11) 54 .................................A Collett 13 3497x Beau Agen tdm (14) 54 ....................K Smith 14 2x405 Thorn Pass tdmh (6) 54 .............. R Hannam 15 0x631 Nymph Monte td (13) 54 ............L Hemi (a2) 16 11057 Vega tdm (3) 54................... M Dravitzki (a1) 17 66378 Justlikeyasister mh (7) 54 Emergency: Justlikeyasister RACE 7 4.10pm SEALES WINSLOW RATING 65 HANDICAP $17,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 27x32 Kairanga Lad (1) 59 ....................... J Parkes 2 1620x Jacksstar tdmbh (11) 58.5........... R Hannam 3 22179 Karching dmh (14) 58 .....................S Collett 4 03x38 Dukebox (8) 57.5...............R Goldsbury (a2) 5 3092x Party Girl td (3) 57...................S McKay (a2) 6 10x9 Ambitious Pins (9) 57 .................M Cameron 7 58273 Spendaholic mh (13) 56.5 ...............J Riddell 8 41x60 Effectav d (4) 56 .................................M Hills 9 5x064 Outspoken (12) 56 .................. D Turner (a1) 10 238x8 Skywards (10) 55.5 .........................R Myers 11 47x05 Texas Yellow Rose (5) 55.5 ...........L Allpress 12 7x877 Midnight Express (2) 55 ..................A Collett 13 01050 Godzila Girl m (6) 54 ........................K Smith 14 090x9 Let’s tdmh (7) 54 ...................... T Baker (a3) 15 60x48 Kalinga h (15) 54........................L Hemi (a2) RACE 8 4.45pm HYDROFLOW HANDICAP $25,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 7681x McLaren td (5) 59..........................L Allpress 2 62x00 Designated Driver dm (1) 57 ....... R Hannam

3 1230x Dont Gloat td (2) 56 ................S McKay (a2) 4 149x8 Irish Encore td (6) 55.5 ...................R Myers 5 63166 Aldebaran Star tdmh (11) 55.5........S Collett 6 1463x Speech Craft dh (8) 55.5................ J Parkes 7 440x7 Unbelieveabelle dm (9) 55 .................M Hills 8 02x06 Casino t (4) 55 ................................ K Myers 9 2017x Eternity d (10) 54 .......................M Cameron 10 32583 Miss Appleton tdmh (7) 54 U Holmquist (a2) 11 x1303 Catwomandu dm (3) 54 .............L Hemi (a2) RACE 9 5.15pm FARM SOURCE RATING 75 HANDICAP $18,500, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 222x9 Zorrali tdm (6) 60 ....................T Kahlon (a4) 2 21x00 Postboy tbh (15) 59 ......................... K Myers 3 138x0 Wills Road tdh (13) 58.5 ............M Cameron 4 32x50 Leeds tmh (10) 57 ...........................J Riddell 5 66378 Justlikeyasister dmh (9) 56..............A Collett 6 x0401 Miss Benci tdh (5) 56 .......................K Smith 7 10319 Golden Bay dh (8) 55.5 ..............L Hemi (a2) 8 32x64 Joby d (11) 55.5 .................. M Dravitzki (a1) 9 259x0 Shades Of Grey 55.5 ................... Scratched 10 16x24 Aide Memoire tmb (4) 55 ........S McKay (a2) 11 x04x1 Letsgetiton tdh (2) 55 ......................R Myers 12 0x489 Star O’Fraaj (12) 55 ......................L Allpress 13 x130x Shadow Fox d (1) 55 ...................... J Parkes 14 7871x Stowaway h (14) 55........... U Holmquist (a2) 15 5x506 Centre Cross t (7) 54.5 .................D Bradley 16 420x8 Tequila Sunrise t (3) 54 ......................M Hills Blinkers on : Waterberg (R2), Fruition, Brickleberry (R3), Irish Whisper (R5), Postboy (R9) Blinkers off : Sir Delahoya (R3), Ima Tui Girl (R5) Winkers on : Brecon Beau (R3), Tie Me Down, Beau Agen (R6) Winkers off : Fruition (R3), Postboy (R9)

8 007x5 Coringa Delight (8) fr.......................W Higgs 9 1 Bettor Be A Lady (9) fr ..................... D Dunn 10 14512 Derringer (21) fr ............................B Orange RACE 9 4.17pm SPEIGHT’S ALE HOUSE ASHBURTON MOBILE PACE $7500, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace jun.d, mobile, 2400m 1 3677x It’s All Over Now (1) fr ................ L Lester (J) 2 x5840 Charlie Chuckles (2) fr .................... I Lee (J) 3 09x25 Dana Dynasty (3) fr ............ B Williamson (J) 4 65855 The Lion’s Roar (4) fr ............R McIlwrick (J) 5 20822 Smokin Chick (5) fr......................J Young (J) 6 43326 Change The Rulz (6) fr............ S Golding (J) 7 06823 Aveross Brachole (7) fr ................. K Cox (J) 8 992x3 Finding Nemo fr ........................... Scratched 9 4512x Lucky Luciano (8) fr ...................... K Butt (J) 10 2600x Take After Me (21) fr ............ C Ferguson (J) 11 41097 Party Rage (22) fr ................. J Whittaker (J) 12 44145 Chevrons Easy (23) fr ................ D Keast (J) 13 832x4 Media Queen (24) fr .............. J Markham (J) 14 0x787 Rummage (25) fr .................... J Morrison (J) RACE 10 4.52pm CANTERBURY WOOL BROKERS & LEN BELL MEMORIAL PACE $7500, 3yo+ c1 pace, stand, 2400m 1 9x663 Leading The Way (1) fr .................K Hadfield 2 x9983 Franco Sanchez (2) fr .................T McMillan 3 25532 Ralph Elliott (3) fr ..........................B Orange 4 70365 Best Defence (4) fr ...........................R Close 5 507x1 Magoogan (5) fr ...................... S Golding (J) 6 1 Secret Notion (6) fr........................... D Dunn 7 79903 Hestia Franco (7) fr .........................J W Cox 8 2x966 Hotdiggettycullen (8) fr ...................T Chmiel 9 860x0 Motu Lightning Lass (9) fr ............... G Smith 10 79585 Spinyback (10) fr .......................... G O’Reilly 11 7x31F Gabby’s Star (11) fr .......................R Holmes 12 0497x Fabuleux (12) fr ...............................R Payne 13 33335 Bank Raider (13) fr........................L O’Reilly 14 x3782 Romanite (14) fr .................................R May 15 03x18 Golden Desire (U1) fr ...................M Heenan RACE 11 5.28pm GARTH JEMMETT CONSTRUCTION HANDICAP TROT $7500, 4yo+ c1 to c3 discrhcp trot, stand, 2400m

1 555x8 Conrock (1) fr .......................... C R Thornley 2 17 Majestic Ali (2) fr .........................T McMillan 3 61 My Sky (3) fr..................................... D Dunn 4 74952 Unyielding Spirit (4) fr ............. S Golding (J) 5 0x09x Total Exposure (5) fr....................... D Nyhan 6 36649 Moment Of Love (6) fr .....................J W Cox 7 79x82 Willie Shine (U1) fr ........................R Holmes 8 4040x Star Commando (1) 10 ....................J Curtin 9 16109 October Rain (2) 10 ........................ G Smith 10 33946 Danke (3) 10 ...................................M Jones 11 27184 Insignificant (U1) 10 ...........................R May 12 x8009 Jayceekay 20 ............................... Scratched 13 71363 Trick Star (1) 20................................R Close 14 0x160 Bobby Breen (2) 20 .......................B Orange RACE 12 6.02pm STEWART & HOLLAND MOBILE PACE $7500, 6yo+ c1 to c3 +claimer mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 95x92 Justoclassie (1) fr ............................. D Dunn 2 18690 Remiss (2) fr ................................ S McNally 3 93014 Drover’s Eyre (3) fr .................. C D Thornley 4 1734x Bute Courage (4) fr ...................... G O’Reilly 5 31428 Goshawk fr ................................... Scratched 6 89965 Alexy (5) fr .......................................J W Cox 7 9x927 Platinum Princess fr ..................... Scratched 8 86057 Aveross Rustler (6) fr ...................T Williams 9 66054 Franco Caliph (7) fr .....................J Young (J) 10 20022 New York Town (21) fr.........................R May 11 7656x Thats Bettor (22) fr ........................R Holmes 12 06758 Fair Dinkum Bromac (23) fr ....... L McKay (J) 13 32416 Perissa (24) fr................................S O’Brien 14 90008 Whyamibettor (25) fr .....................B Orange Pacifiers on : October Rain (R11) Pacifiers off : The Fox (R1) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Fields for Ashburton Trotting Club meeting at Ashburton Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 7. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1 12.03pm (NZT) ANDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 0687x Little Miss (1) fr ...........................T Jellyman 2 65669 Ruthless Success (2) fr .............. T Quate (J) 3 9 Benchmark (3) fr ..........................M Howard 4 0x050 Wandering Star (4) fr........................ A Lowe 5 Shona Mary (5) fr ..........................B Orange 6 6550x The Fox (6) fr ................................. D Nyhan 7 Px Moy (7) fr ....................................I Schwamm 8 Royal Shine (8) fr ............................ G Smith 9 70000 Brylins Choice (9) fr ...................C Markham 10 0x85 Belmont’s Greatest (10) fr ... D D McCormick 11 x0x75 Jims Dragon (U1) fr..................... J Sheenan 12 7 Roi Des Gitans (U2) fr........................R May RACE 2 12.30pm ASHBURTON SECURITY MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 8 Judy Jetson fr............................... Scratched 2 x00x0 Mister Zeus (1) fr........................ R Harneiss 3 56608 Celestial Arden (2) fr .....................B Orange 4 9 More Alimony (3) fr ........................T Chmiel 5 0 Olde Oak Ellie (4) fr .........................J Curtin 6 69909 The Nans Man (5) fr ......................L O’Reilly 7 70x Richmond Hill (6) fr .....................C DeFilippi 8 055 Art I Am (7) fr ..................................J W Cox 9 55 Pay Me Way (8) fr...............................R May 10 00x68 Ling Rowl (21) fr...............................R Close 11 Kotare Yael (22) fr..............................J Dunn 12 30008 Tirol’s Rocket (23) fr ...................B Zampese RACE 3 12.57pm CARL MIDDLETON MEMORIAL TROT $7000, 3yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2400m 1 65x27 Sunny Afternoon (1) fr...................... P Nairn 2 74 Bonnie Galleon (2) fr ........................P Davis 3 29x52 Natives Lasting Love (3) fr ......... K Cameron 4 00653 Allineedisamiracle (4) fr ................... D Dunn 5 80x4 Heavenly Love (5) fr .................. M Edmonds 6 00x4 Prince George (6) fr ............ D D McCormick

7 071x0 Marcoola (7) fr................................... C Ford 8 09x29 Jana’s Wishes (8) fr...................... G O’Reilly 9 3 Madam Spur (9) fr .............. B Williamson (J) 10 x0399 Bourbon And Dry (10) fr ....................J Dunn 11 635 Westy Boyz (11) fr..........................T Chmiel 12 28 The Best Beg (12) fr.........................J Curtin 13 03460 Topnotch Titan (U1) fr ............. C D Thornley 14 494x6 Debaneyre (U2) fr .........................B Orange RACE 4 1.32pm KEITH & BETTY HOOD MEMORIAL PACE $7000, c0 with cond. pace, stand, 2400m 1 0x Sweet Marylou (1) fr..........................J Dunn 2 0999x Lavros Cash (2) fr ................... C D Thornley 3 73950 Alsa Lustre (3) fr .............................. D Dunn 4 65 Tabella Jet (4) fr ...............................J Curtin 5 x3524 Champagne Reign (5) fr .............C DeFilippi 6 63807 Dreamcoat (6) fr ..................... J Morrison (J) 7 37x03 Royal Chance (7) fr ...................... S McNally 8 6x295 Mossdale Sue (8) fr............................R May 9 So Devine (9) fr .............................B Orange 10 Dalness Xchange fr...................... Scratched 11 0 Perfect Circle (10) fr ........................ G Smith 12 x5787 Beale Street Boy (11) fr..................T Chmiel 13 00803 Miss Judgeford (12) fr .................. G O’Reilly RACE 5 2.07pm AMERICAN IDEAL AT WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 0x242 Alta Las Vegas (1) fr..........................J Dunn 2 3638x Recipe For Dreaming (2) fr ..........T Williams 3 57603 Dreamy Damien (3) fr .................C DeFilippi 4 47 OK Mara (4) fr ................................. G Smith 5 43 Hypervelocity (5) fr .............................R May 6 83746 Bettor’s Power fr ........................... Scratched 7 26 Red October (6) fr ...........................J W Cox 8 72 Kompressor (7) fr ............................. D Dunn 9 25305 Mr Woodlea (8) fr .......................... K Cox (J) 10 2x Novak (21) fr ................................ S McNally 11 x4540 Judys McArdle (22) fr ................ M Edmonds 12 x3274 Janron (23) fr ...................................J Curtin 13 42260 Franco Hamilton (24) fr ........... C D Thornley RACE 6 2.32pm INKWISE NZ FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile,

1609m 1 Grey Skies (1) fr .................................. J Hay 2 44365 Bettor In The Dark (2) fr ....................J Dunn 3 69x33 Gina Grace (3) fr .......................... G O’Reilly 4 x3453 Atchoo (4) fr .....................................J Curtin 5 22286 Rock Diva (5) fr ..................................R May 6 135x9 Ultimate Desire (6) fr ........................ D Dunn 7 6510x Smoke N Fire (7) fr..........................M Jones 8 1x2 Anna Ivy (8) fr ...............................B Orange 9 73660 Shards Halo (9) fr............................R Payne 10 0 Fast Official (21) fr...........................J W Cox 11 0x Miranda Cullen (22) fr .................T Jellyman 12 x05x0 Hilarious Fantasy (23) fr .......... S Golding (J) 13 0 RR Sand Dollar (24) fr .....................D White 14 74x23 Nek Time (25) fr .............................T Chmiel RACE 7 3.06pm MOLLY & JOHN RODGERS MEMORIAL PACE $7000, 3yo+ c,g&e c0 pace, stand, 2400m 1 4 Ardent Lustre (1) fr ........................B Orange 2 30985 Culley Backy (2) fr ........................M Heenan 3 56x50 Honey Smith (3) fr .............................J Dunn 4 Mr Midnight (4) fr..........................T Williams 5 2569x Dakota Fred (5) fr ................................ J Hay 6 x9232 Extreme Guest (6) fr ..........................R May 7 21x3 Mongolian Archer (7) fr ...................J W Cox 8 80360 Bugsy Malone (8) fr..........................R Close 9 Regal Gesture (9) fr ..................... G O’Reilly 10 0 Man Of Steel (10) fr .......................T Chmiel 11 Mickey Jay (11) fr .............................J Curtin 12 Onedin Highlander (12) fr ............... G Smith 13 00 Westburn Raven (13) fr ................. K Cox (J) 14 36 Ildivo (14) fr ...................................... D Dunn RACE 8 3.42pm CLEM & RUSSELL BRAND MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 1 Star Fantasy (1) fr ..............................R May 2 0000x Franco Ramires (2) fr .......................J Curtin 3 x7066 Crimson Glory (3) fr ....................T McMillan 4 98080 Tuscaloosa (4) fr .................... J Morrison (J) 5 x998x Inchbonnie Lad (5) fr ............... C D Thornley 6 98190 Flagpole (6) fr...................................P Davis 7 00684 Bay Emerald (7) fr .......................C DeFilippi

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■ RUGBY

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■ YACHTING

Fine effort from Hammers trio

Top gong for Burling and Tuke By dana Johannsen

Mid Canterbury lock Eric Duff prepares for a line-out during the Heartland XV’s 38-32 loss to the Australian Barbarians in Levin.

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The Australian Barbarians scored last in a see-sawing encounter to down the New Zealand Heartland XV 38-32 in Levin on Tuesday evening.

The Heartland XV boasts three Mid Canterbury players with locks Eric Duff and Adaam Ross and prop Jackson Donlan all playing a part in the clash, while Hammers’ coach Grant Keenan is at the helm.

Keenan said he was pleased with his side’s performance, but will make some adjustments ahead of tomorrow’s encounter.

“We played pretty well against players that play with and against Super Rugby boys, but we were attacking until the very end and were only five metres away from tipping them over,” he said.

Keenan said the Mid Canterbury contingent have been in fine form, and expects another

good performance from the trio tomorrow.

“All three Mid Canterbury boys have done well, Eric played the full 80 minutes, Adaam played 60 and Jackson came on for the last 20 minutes,” he said.

The Australians led 19-17 at half-time having played with a light wind behind them in the first half but the Heartland XV responded well and held a 3219 advantage with little over 25 minutes remaining.

The Baa-Baas remained defiant and tries in the 56th and 65th minutes got them within striking distance.

The Heartland team defended well for 10 minutes but the dam broke when lock Ben Hyne scored with five minutes remaining, and with Isaac Thompson’s well-taken conversion, the visitors had their winning margin.

No.8 Bryn Hudson shone for the Heartland XV in the loose

exchanges while Lance Easton had a strong game on the wing.

At halfback, Lindsay Horrocks reproduced the good form he showed against New Zealand Marist with another fine display, while Wanganui’s Stephen Perofeta provided another example of his potential, scoring a try and adding 12 points with his boot.

Thompson was the key performer for the Australians, controlling his team’s play and holding his nerve with a late conversion.

The two teams will meet again tomorrow at 6pm at Cooks Gardens, Wanganui.

Scorers: New Zealand Heartland XV 32 (TK Moeke 2, Fraser Hammond, Stephen Perofeta tries; Perofeta 3 con, 2 pen) Australian Barbarians 38 (Ben Hyne, Larry Hermens 2, Paul Asquith, Dewet Roos tries; Isaac Thompson 4 con). HT: 17-19

THE TEAM New Zealand Heartland XV Team:1 Matt Fetu 2 Cole Baldwin 3 Timaru Tafa 4 Adaam Ross 5 Eric Duff 6 Fraser Hammond 7 Peter Rowe (captain) 8 Bryn Hudson 9 Lindsay Horrocks 10 Stephen Perofeta 11 Lance Easton 12 Lemi Masoe 13 TK Moeke 14 James Hemara 15 Mike TambourAustralian Barbarians Team:1.

Cameron Orr (Greater Sydney Rams) 2. Ryan Dalziel (CSU Country Eagles) 3. Duncan Chubb (Melbourne Rising) 4. Ben Hyne (Brisbane City) 5. Phil Potgieter (Queensland Country) 6. Dean Oakman-Hunt (UC Canberra Vikings) 7. Rowan Perry (UC Canberra Vikings) 8. Pauli Tuala (CSU Country Eagles) 9.

Mitch Short (CSU Country Eagles) 10.

Isaac Thompson (UC Canberra Vikings) 11. Maalonga Konelio (Perth Spirit) 12.

Rodney Iona (UC Canberra Vikings) 13.

Tom Hill (North Harbour Rays) 14. Larry Hermens (Greater Sydney Rams) 15.

Paul Asquith (Greater Sydney Rams)

■ WOMEN IN SPORT

International award for NZ Olympic Committee The New Zealand Olympic Committee has been internationally recognised for the work it does promoting women in sport.

Thomas Bach, the head of the International Olympic Committee, presented the Kiwi organisation with the World Trophy for Women in Sport at a gala dinner at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland yesterday.

The women in sport trophy is awarded every year to a person or organisation that has made a remarkable contribution to the development, encouragement and reinforcement of women’s participation in sport or in the administrative structures of sport.

NZOC secretary general Kereyn Smith accepted the award on behalf of the organisation and said she was delighted to come from

a nation where sport is playing a role in creating gender balance.

“We know that through sport women can both build and demonstrate the same qualities that also make great leaders - we have been working hard to strengthen and promote this link.”

The NZOC has taken active steps to increase the number of women in decision-making and leadership positions through sport.

“We believe gender balance leads to better decision-making, better organisations and ultimately a better society,” she said.

One of the key initiatives the NZOC has introduced is the Aspiring Olympic Leaders programme which supports female athletes like Sarah Cowley (heptathlon London 2012, high jump

Glasgow 2014) and Cath Cheatley (cycling, Beijing 2008) transition from the field of play to leadership positions within the work place.

The NZOC also supports Sport NZ in monitoring gender balance on National Sporting Organisation boards and promoting the Women in Governance programme.

“Awareness leads to change,” said Smith. “In 2008 50 per cent of New Zealand sport boards met or exceeded the IOC target of 20 per cent. Today that figure is 90 per cent. On average there are 31 per cent females on sport boards with a 2020 target of 40 per cent.”

A year-long research project on New Zealand women in the sports media in the build-up to Rio 2016 is also under way. Insti-

gated by the New Zealand Olympic Committee and now supported by the IOC, Smith says she hopes this research can be rolled out internationally.

New Zealand Olympic silver medallist Sarah Walker (BMX) is also in Lausanne for the awards ceremony and yesterday she donated her London Olympic Games PEAK tracksuit to the Olympic Museum and spoke to a group of disadvantaged youths about her experiences in sport.

This is the first time the IOC Women in Sport award has been presented to a New Zealand organisation or individual. In addition, the presentation to the NZOC marks the first time a National Olympic Committee has won the prestigious award.

- NZME

Kiwi sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke continue to rack up the accolades, capturing yachting’s top honour overnight.

The pair, who have dominated the 49er class for the past three seasons, picked up the Rolex World Sailor of the Year award in a ceremony in Sanya, China on the back of another unbeaten year in the Olympic class.

Burling and Tuke have not been beaten since picking up the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics, going on to rack up 21 straight regatta victories over that time.

“It is a really big honour for us to win this award,” Tuke said.

“We don’t sail and race to win these awards, but it is really nice to get these accolades for all the hard work we put in. We are really proud to have won.”

With the impressive duo chasing win number 22 and a third straight world title in Argentina this week, they were unable to attend the ceremony in China.

Also named as finalists for the honour in 2014, Burling and Tuke were pipped for the title last year

by Australian Jimmy Spithill for his America’s Cup achievements.

They saw off strong competition to take out the prestigious award, with British sailor Ian Walker, the victorious skipper of Abu Dhabi in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Racing, and French multihull racer Loick Peyron among those nominated this year.

“All the nominees have achieved some awesome things this year in our sport, especially Ian Walker for winning the Volvo Ocean Race,” Tuke said.

“We’ve been working hard all year and the results have come our way, not only in the 49er, but also in the other boats we sail. So we are looking ahead, keeping the hammer down towards the Olympics and then to bringing the [America’s] Cup back to New Zealand.”

Alongside their Olympic campaign Burling and Tuke have become the leading lights of Emirates Team New Zealand, helping the Kiwi syndicate to the overall lead in the America’s Cup World Series this year.

Burling also dominated the Moth World Championships early in 2015 to take the title with Tuke following in sixth.

The ISAF World Sailor Awards were launched in 1994, and just four other New Zealanders feature in the previous winners list.

They include Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie in 2013 (New Zealand’s first ever winners in the female category), Sir Russell Coutts who has won ISAF Male Sailor of the Year twice, in 1995 and 2003, Mike Sanderson (2006) and Sir Peter Blake (1994).

- NZME

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■ CRICKET

Kane climbs in rankings

By DaviD Leggat

Kane Williamson

Kane Williamson’s batting star continues to rise.

New Zealand’s best batsman has climbed two places in the International Cricket Council’s players ratings.

Williamson is up to No 5, his highest placing, on the back of his dazzling 140 against Australia last week in the first test defeat at Brisbane. Just 44 points separate the top seven batsmen - who are rounded out by Sri Lankan allrounder Angelo Mathews and Australian opener David Warner.

The numbers also suggest that Australia skipper Steven Smith (No 2), England’s Joe Root (3) and Williamson are about to engage in years of one-upmanship in the rankings chart.

The other two in the top five, South Africans AB de Villiers (1) and Hashim Amla (4) are both over 30, while the other three are between 24 and 26.

Williamson, whose average of 47.19 is the highest of any New Zealand test player with a minimum of 20 innings, earned praise from Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann yesterday.

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“I think he’s one of the best five batters in the world. He’s a very, very good player, one of the best I’ve seen come out of New Zealand,” Lehmann said.

“We didn’t bowl to him how we would’ve liked (in Brisbane), or how we planned, so hopefully that changes in the next test.”

Smith also spoke highly of his batting rival and was asked if he’d seen any weaknesses.

“I’m not sure, I’d like to know.

He’s a quality player, he looked good in both innings (140 and 59), his game is together, he looked really tight with really soft hands,” Smith said.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum stayed at No 15 on the list, but Ross Taylor slipped four spots to No 17, while BJ Watling slid two to No 25.

On the flipside opener Tom Latham climbed two, to No 35, while offspinning allrounder

AB de Villiers (South Africa), age 31, tests 99, average 51.92, 21 hundreds Steven Smith (Australia) age 26, tests 34, average 55.15, 11 hundreds Joe Root (England) age 24, 35 tests, average 54.9, 8 hundreds Hashim Amla (South Africa) age 32, tests 85, average 52.0, 23 hundreds Kane Williamson (NZ) age 25, tests 42, average 47.19, 11 hundreds

Mark Craig jumped eight spots to No 57. Both leading New Zealand bowlers, Trent Boult and Tim Southee, slipped one spot to No 6 and 11 respectively. Craig drifted one place to No 40 while Doug Bracewell dropped six to No 47.

South African quick Dale Steyn continues to lead the bowling list, with England’s Jimmy Anderson and Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah equal second.

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■ ATHLETICS Sunday,, November 22,, 2015

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The Terrace Downs Open

18-hole Stableford tournament open to all Golfers, men and ladies* with an official 18 hole NZGA Handicap.

The main tournament on the day is Stableford scores Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin, and Twos included Spot prizes also awarded on the day for best gross

To Enter or for further information, contact: Pro Shop: 03-318-6943 - Email: golf@terracedowns.co.nz www.terracedowns.co.nz

Lots of great prizes to be won from a wide range of sponsors! *Ladies’ division subject to minimum number of entries **Free drink includes tap beer, house wine or soft drink

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The head of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory has resigned, hours after his lab was suspended over accusations it was part of a state-sponsored doping program that experts fear could snowball into an international crisis for the sport.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accused Grigory Rodchenkov of being at the heart of a scheme to cover up widespread use of illegal drugs among Russian athletes, including deliberately destroying positive test samples.

WADA suspended Moscow’s heavily criticised anti-doping laboratory yesterday, the day after releasing its explosive report accusing Russian athletics of corruption akin to that which plagued top-level sport in Communist East Germany in the 1970s and ‘80s.

“The acting director of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov announced his resignation,” an aide to Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko was quoted as saying.

“The minister accepted his resignation and one of the specialists at the laboratory was appointed in his place, Maria Dikunets,” Natalya Zhelanova said.

The crisis engulfing athletics comes hot on the heels of a huge corruption scandal at world soccer’s top body FIFA and as cycling is still reeling from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

The former head of world athletics’ governing body (IAAF) Lamine Diack resigned yesterday as the head of a charitable sporting foundation, charged with corruption.

With fears growing the Russian athletics scandal could widen to include other countries, the IAAF is now considering suspending Russia and calls are growing for it to be banned from next year’s Olympic Games.

- AAP

In brief Strawbridge thankful Chiefs assistant coach Andrew Strawbridge, who suffered a serious eye infection while in Samoa, is giving back to the hospital that saved him with help from generous New Zealanders.

The 51-year-old was on a flight to the country’s capital Apia in July when a scratch to his eye became infected. He was on his way to work as technical advisor for the Manu Samoa team which were playing the All Blacks, but had to admitted to hospital soon after arriving. Strawbridge and his wife Laura wanted to express gratitude to people who had donated more than $65,000 to their Givealittle appeal to provide medical equipment for the Moto’otua National Hospital intensive care unit. Strawbridge has lost sight in his right eye.

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‘Love of life’ lost Kiwi triathlon star Andrea Hewitt has lost the “love of her life” who she was going to marry after the Rio Olympics next year, her former coach says. French Olympian Laurent Vidal, 31, died in Gigean, France of a suspected heart attack in his sleep on Tuesday night. Hewitt, 33, was with her fiance, who was also her coach, at the time. The double Olympian’s Christchurch-based parents, John and Margaret, flew to France yesterday to be with her. Her sisters Tina Cox and Sara Hewitt, along with other friends and triathlon colleagues, are also on their way to support her.

Hewitt’s former coach, Dr John Hellemans, described Vidal as a “wonderful guy”. “They had a lovely relationship, so for her to lose not only the love of her life but also her coach, is just a double whammy for her,” he said. - NZME

Referee retiring New Zealand’s most senior referee Chris Pollock is retiring from international rugby. Pollock, 43, has returned to full time teaching in his home town province in the Hawke’s Bay. New Zealand Rugby general manager Rugby Neil Sorensen acknowledged the contribution the 22-test veteran referee had made to New Zealand, and international refereeing.

- NZME

Square-toed boot A square-toed football boot designed and patented in Australia has been launched in London with a promise to revolutionise the beautiful game. The Serafino 4th Edge boot was unveiled at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Piccadilly Circus yesterday in front of a host of former English Premier League players and managers. The concept is the brainchild of Sydney fashion designer John Serafino in conjunction with Londonbased Australian entrepreneur Mel Braham and long-time SBS football host Les Murray. It’s the most radical development in soccer footwear since Australia’s former Liverpool midfielder Craig Johnston designed the blueprint for Adidas Predator 20 years ago and Braham believes it has the potential to be even more successful when it launches worldwide in the new year.

- AAP

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www.guardianonline.co.nz Allenton Croquet Club There was a good attendance of members at the October Meeting.

The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting and we attended to a small number of matters.

Financial matters were dealt with and are up to date.

The club captain handed out the competition envelopes and asked that they be filled in and returned promptly.

The annual Engravers’ Tournament is on the 24th November.

We thank the Ashburton Engravers for their sponsorship.

The Allenton Sports Club Christmas dinner is on December 5. The croquet club Christmas lunch is on December 16.

Members were asked to think about and ask about gardens for the February garden walk.

Ashburton Bowling Club A very successful Bowman Cup sponsored by Property Brokers, was played November 6, 9 different clubs were represented and resulted in a drawn finish with an Ashburton team skipped by Diane and a Pleasant Point team skipped by S Fowler being equal on 3 wins 19 ends and 40 points with the same points against, so the Cup was awarded jointly.

Thanks to all the members who gifted their Xmas baking and goodies for the raffle table. Thanks to the committee for all the help in running the event and to the helpers in the kitchen.

Corner to Corner has begun and 14 players participated after the rollover was completed. This was won

by Trevor Watson, Wally Porter 2nd and Lex Johns 3rd. I will endeavour to hold it in the same format, Saturday play permitting, all are welcome and the finals are held later in the season.

The men have been playing 3 3’s on Sat and have had good wins in most.

The ladies ch triples had a delayed start with 2 days cancelled due to bad weather. There are still 2 games to complete this event. The singles have begun with play being on the Tuesday and Thursday club morning and afternoon. It will be worth watching. The next big fixtures are Aussie Pairs November 18 and Lowry

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Cup November 15 and 22. Congrats to all those who played in the recent rep teams.

Ashburton Club & MSA Golf Section Members met at the club car park 8.30am for a mystery golf trip on Sunday November 8. The destination was pre organized by Stewart and Maxine with private little emails and phone calls going on without their spouse’s having any clues where we were going. Heading south rubbed out those that had guessed Terrace Down’s etc. Getting to Washdyke ‘turning right up the back of Timaru everyone hoped it wasn’t such and such a golf course”, our driver pulled in at Gleniti Golf Club, followed by the other van, cheers and smiles all around when the “muffins, tea and coffee“ was pulled out in the car park (morning tea). Onwards we went after that relaxing stop, till final destination reached “Maungati Golf Club” Everything was arranged for an enjoyable game of golf in three’s.Best score of the day was Kay Fox Wayne Smith, Bryan Donaldson 144, best horticulture walkers Pat Bell Daryl Cates Bruce Sampson 159 Best nett (men) Steve Stratford 75 10 65 Best net (women) Pat Bell 89 24 65. Special prize went to Steve Thomas for arriving Club carpark late (pad and pen). Most enjoyable day was finished with a BBQ ably cooked by the men. Next monthly game Tinwald Golf Club Sunday December 6 Xmas Tournament

28, this is always a great night, with a great meal from Michelle, presentation of all the years trophies, and fun and frivolity with good friends. Get your tickets from Dee or any of the board members. On that note can the winners of last year’s trophies please return them to the club, so we can get them organised for this year. Check on the notice board for the AGM coming up, don’t forget it is your club, give your views, and help out where you can. We have an amazing group of members, and when we all pull together we can achieve great things. Good golfing.

Ashburton Ladies Probus 52 ladies attended our October meeting including 3 new members and one that had transferred from Geraldine. Our President welcomed everyone, the National Anthem was sung and Wilma Wolfreys was congratulated on becoming a grandmother. 4 ladies were inducted and a precise of the last committee meeting was read and passed. The President reported that we had received notification that the Australian Probus Association had won the court case they were contesting and we were therefore no longer entitled to be called “Probus” and had to choose another name; members were asked for suggestions before February. The Almoner reported flowers and fruit had been given to two members who were in hospital and one lady visited.

Raffle winners were May Greenslade and Audrey Leaf. Mini Speaker, Janet King gave Part II of her Cattle Station experience in Australia. Main Speaker Janet Cuttle spoke of her life before and after her Spinal Cord accident ski-ing, going from cycling for New Zealand to being a paraplegic, the adjustments were immense both in her family life with two children and returning to her love of sport. She was presented with a gift and thanked by Jill Winterburn. The meeting closed at 11.30 and 19 ladies went to the Thai restaurant for lunch.

Our next meeting will be November 25 and will be followed by our Christmas lunch at the Masonic Lodge, opposite St Andrews church, cost $30 (subsidised) members wishing to go

and not on the list contact Jackie Rollinson (307 6236)

Ashburton Writers’ Group The November meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group was held recently. John read the quotation written by Sir Michael Hill – “The key to your success lies in your ability to predict your own future” The Assignment for the meeting was “Another view of history – share a very different perspective on some historical figure (artist, politician, whore – anyone).” Members wrote of Hitler assassination, communists, witches in Salem, Nazi England, Henry VIII and Isaac Newton.

The instant exercise was to write a story using dialogue. Not easy, but members wrote of lap dancer disgrace, Australian immigration, unfortunate target, affair with secretary, strained debate.

The next meeting is to be in February, the assignment is “to write about a fascinating place you have visited”.

The meeting concluded at 2.50pm with the serving of afternoon tea.

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

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MEETINGS, EVENTS

Hakatere Cultural Festival Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10.00am-2.00pm Ashburton College Auditorium Koha Entry Performances from cultural groups from Mid Canterbury Schools

Inner Wheel Inner Wheel Club Ashburton under the leadership of President Carol Haskett and Secretary Sandra Bennett have had a very busy and interesting year to date. August our speaker was Christine Muff from Birthright, September was International month and Almond Royds shared her memories of her recent trip to Denmark to attend the World Convention, all members dressed in red and white (the colours of Denmark) and Danish food was served. In October our speaker was Carolyn O’Brien from the Allenton and East Street Pharmacies who told us about all the new services pharmacies now perform.

On September 25 we catered at the Sports Hall for Bookarama. Club International Correspondent Pearl Wood keeps in touch with a number of clubs in other countries of the world and shares their news with our club. New members and visitors are always welcome. For further information contact Carol Haskett 3088148.

TRADES, SERVICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notice CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse Section 101,Sale and Ashburton Golf Club selection available at Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 Redmonds Furnishing and Well the jolly boys are back from Allenton Sports Club Inc, 14 Flooring, Burnett Street. tour and a great time was had by all.

Cavendish Street, Ashburton Mr Hunt did remain unbeaten in the COMPUTER PROBLEMS ?? has made application to the match play but couldn’t match yours For prompt reliable service District Licensing Committee truly in the overall tour champs. A contact Kelvin Boult, KJB at Ashburton for the issue (or Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place renewal, or variation of few stories may sneak out over the Ph 308 8989. 30 years Local conditions) of a Bar licence in next few weeks, but remember take service. Same day service if respect of the premises any stories about me with a very possible.

SUPERGOLD situated at 14 Cavendish large pinch of salt, I am and have alDiscount card welcomed.

Street, Ashburton and known ways been a perfect gent. as Allenton Sports Club Inc. After maintenance, the course is in RURAL TRADING POST The general nature of the great shape and this week we have AMSOIL SYNTHETIC business conducted (or to be the Sutherland Trophy on Saturday a LUBRICANTS - All oils, conducted) under the licence mixed day, pairs, playing a combined greases, fuel additives, filters, is: Sports Club (bowls, stableford. antifreeze, car polish, V & L croquet, tennis). cleaner, tyre cleaner, rust We have our closing day and presenbust, rain clear, engine The days on which and the tation night coming up on November cleaner and more. Call local hours during which alcohol is distributor: Veehof phone 302 (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: 2911.

Sunday to Thursday 11am - 11pm.

PLANTS, PRODUCE PEONIES – Farmers Market Friday to Saturday Closing Day. Betty Brand Trophy, Hawksby & A. Hunt. L. Wackrow & 11am - 12 midnight. this Saturday, East Street Car greensome.

E. Langford. 2nd off. S. Lemon & S. Park near Library. Carol and The application may be Report 12.30pm for 1pm multiple Hastie. W. Parr & B. Cameron. No. Keith Gunn. inspected during ordinary start.

18 Tee. C. van Buuren & E. Porter. J. office hours at the office of TERRACE Gardens open Draw Steward: Kathryn Green Welch & M. Bean. the Ashburton District all weekend for your tomato, Licensing Committee at 5 3085393.

November 19 vege, and flower plants. Also Baring Square West, Starters: K. Green & J. Ackerley. Nine Hole Men & Women. Closing at Farmers’ Market Saturday Ashburton.

No.1 Tee. J. Guilford & J. Dunlop. J. Day, stroke.

Tinwald Women Ashburton Golf Club morning. Local asparagus Any person who is entitled to Williams & D. Simmons. 2nd off. M. Report 9.15am for 9.30am start. available.

November 10 November 14 object and who wished to Urquhart & K. Green. H. Robertson Closing Day lunch at 1 pm.

Mildred Doak Trophy Ladies Division object to the grant of the & F. Matsinger. No. 2 Tee. D. Hinton Convenors: Ann Fleming 3084005 Real Estate application Phylis Smith Nett 70, Val Prendergast 71, Weekend Ladies -Sutherland Cup, may, not later & G. Lane. H. Ward & J. Leferink. and Joy Nicholas 3086464.

N e w Z e a l a n d Mara Kennedy 72 c/b, Di Bell 72 combined pairs, mixed stableford. than 15 working days after ashburton No. 7 Tee. V. Moore & J. Ackerley. Club xaptain: Jenny Williams Nearest pin No 6 Pam McAndrew; No 12 Di November 17 the date of the first M. Watson & 2nd off. P. Bell & J. Mc- 3082081.

Bell publication of this notice, file Mid-Week Ladies.

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C. Emery & No. 10 Tee. H. a notice in writing of the Nine Holes Putting Cath Carr 17 308 6173 objection with: The Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing Committee, PO Box 94, Ashburton District Council.

1.30pm 10am 9.30am - 12.30pm Real women circuit training in the hall, No objection to the renewal of METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. a licence may be made in 9.30am New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture GOODWILL SHOP. Club Day, new members very welcome.

Street Rakaia. relation to a matter other than M.S.A. TAI CHI. Encounter, interactive fun for all ages.

Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 117 Racecourse Rd. a matter specified in Section 10.45am Beginners refresher and learning. Social Main Street, Methven.

Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and 131 of the Sale and Supply of 2pm - 3.30pm M.S.A. TAI CHI. Hall, Havelock Street.

Alcohol Act 2012.

Jane Street, Tinwald.

10am Stretching exercises for all abilities. Social WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. 9.30am - 11.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 9.30am - 12.30pm Learn to play Association Croquet.

Hall, Havelock Street.

This is the first publication of BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road.

ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street. this notice.

1pm - 3pm Classes recommence . Balmoral hall, Open Thursday and Saturday mornings 10am - 11am 7pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Cameron Street. www.toylibrary.ashburtononline.co.nz/ GRANDPARENTS RAISING ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. A great selection of may aircraft from For all subscriber 9.30am - 11.30am Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square GRANDCHILDREN TRUST. Section night, all welcome. Doris Linton past to the future. Ashburton airport, MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. East. enquiries, missed Coffee/Support group on every Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

Seafield Road.

Daytime section, great exercise, new Thursday. Presbyterian Support Rooms, 1pm - 4pm 9.30am - 1.30pm delivery, new 7.30pm players welcome, rackets available. EA Tancred St. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. subscriptions, Networks Centre Stadium. River Terrace.

Second time around Op-shop, Good 10.30am Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to Stitch and chat, all welcome. Senior temporary stops, second hand clothing. Cnr Cass Street RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Rd. Centre, Cameron Street. and Havelock St. call our subscriber

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6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. (Please note due to Public holiday today, some of these may Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. not be running) 9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Drop in for a cuppa, clothing sale. St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane St. 10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

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

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

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WHAT’S ON Continue Cup Week – with a day at the Ashburton Trots Thursday, November 12 Ashburton Racecourse First race 12.03pm

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November 22 @ 11.30am-4pm

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The Ashburton Trust Event Centre is holding a Christmas market after the great success of this event last year.

Over 30 stalls , come and enjoy a great day of shopping.

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Puzzles Thursday, November 12, 2015

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. TV is suicide maybe, but it brings about a change of fortune (11) 7. For a time puts aside those that are on brackets (7) 9. Sort of bowler batsman will answer with a drive? (4) 11. Write up into it to become a participant (5) 12. Elbow one out of lots that I in France can get around (6) 14. Tony, Italian, might show his country of origin (11) 18. After a loss might delay me from the miscellany (6) 20. More than enough beer surrounds a politician (5) 22. A Gaul perhaps will cancel the part of it (4) 23. Into which writer dips to show off family in good style (7) 24. Is under instruction as one becomes a priest (5,6)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The wonderful thing about being assigned work you don’t want to do is that your efforts to procrastinate will lead you to accomplish dozens of less-offensive tasks.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Your influence is significant, and also limited. All journeys reach a point where there is nothing more that can affect the outcome and you must gracefully surrender to fate.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Part of you asks, “What am I doing with my life?” but the bigger part of you is living in the moment, responsibility by responsibility.

That part of you can do without all of the pondering.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Freud suggested there are no jokes. An Italian proverb says, “He who jokes confesses.” Listen to the humour today, as it will reveal the serious and secret heart.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You have power you’re not using. You can get leverage if you angle yourself right. What you need is perspective. Detach and rise up for the bird’s eye view. If you can’t get there alone, reach out to someone on high.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The experts agree that happiness usually can’t be caught in a chase or nabbed in a pursuit; rather it’s the by-product of a journey that has very little to do with personal gain.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): While learning choreography it’s quite normal to go left when you’re supposed to go right or bumble a step or two. But when you dance to your inner choreography, there are no mistakes.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You only have so much patience. One person requires more of it. You’ll have enough if you dam up all the other drains and demands on your self-control.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): When you know your strengths you don’t have to boast them. The one drawing attention to what he supposedly does best may indeed feel insecure. Awareness and compassion are called for.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): If you’re looking, you can usually find someone doing the job better, faster, prettier and getting more money for it in the process. However, no one is doing exactly what you do. Hone your unique offerings.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): The action itself isn’t so different from yesterday’s, but your approach is changing about how you experience this, and how effective you are at it, too.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Compartmentalising feelings is like trying to catch weather in a jar. Puffy white clouds, lightning bolts and blue skies exist as part of a system. They don’t want to be contained.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

BIRD, Nola Irene – On November 11, 2015 at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton.

Dearly loved wife and best friend of Bill. Loved mother and mother in law of Jennifer and Steve Wells and Geoffrey. Loved grandma of Nicholas, and Philip. Special sister of Adele and the late John Winchester. Loved aunt of all her nieces and nephews. Messages to Bird Family, R D 3 Ashburton.

Special thank you to the caring staff at Tuarangi Home. A service to celebrate Nola’s life will be held at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Park Street, Ashburton on SATURDAY, November 14, commencing at 11.00am.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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ANNIVERSARIES Diamond Anniversary

Fred and Jenny JACKSON were married November 12, 1955.

Wow! What a wonderful achievement.

Love and congratulations from Steve and Rowena, Mark and Loreen, and all the grandkids; Renae and Chani, Adam and Bonnie.

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TODAY

TODAY

FZL: Rising to 1200m

Often cloudy. Showers gradually easing in the north, and clearing for a time late morning and afternoon in the south.

Southerlies gradually dying out.

Showers, with snow to 1000 metres, clearing south of the Rakaia River, easing elsewhere.

Wind at 1000m: SE 30 km/h, dying away.

Wind at 2000m: SE 40 km/h, dying away.

TOMORROW

TOMORROW

FZL: Rising to 1800m

Remaining showers clearing and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out, northerly breezes developing.

Becoming fine. Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Light.

SA URDAY SAT

Rain with heavy falls about the divide. High cloud and a few spots of rain further E. N, rising to gale or possibly severe gale at times.

SA URDAY SAT

Fine, with variable high cloud. Northerlies.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

A period of rain, then mostly cloudy.

Northerlies changing southerly, then dying away.

Rain easing to showers then clearing, but some areas remaining cloudy. Snow possibly to 800m. Winds changing SW, dying away.

MONDAY

MONDAY

Mainly fine. Northerly breezes developing.

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Full moon

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showers

Nelson

showers

Blenheim

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Greymouth

fine

Christchurch

showers

Timaru

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Queenstown

clearing

Dunedin

clearing

Invercargill

clearing

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cumecs

1.13 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:10 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 146.1 Nth Ashburton at 2:15 pm, yesterday

4.48

Sth Ashburton at 2:10 pm, yesterday

6.56 nc

Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday

71.6

Waitaki Kurow at 12:40 pm, yesterday

245.7

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A ridge extends across much of the country tomorrow, then retreats to the North Island on Saturday as a trough moves over the lower South Island. The front spreads onto the North Island on Sunday, then clears the country on Monday.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

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ELLIS, Eileen – On 9 November 2015 (peacefully) dearly loved wife of the late Max. Loved mother and mother in law of Alene and Ian Dolden, Graham and Dale (Waitarere Beach) Les and Bernadette (Brisbane) Lyndsay and Elizabeth (Christchurch) dearly loved nana and granny of her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Aged 90 years.

“Will Always Be in Our Hearts.”

Messages 81 Aitken Street Ashburton 7700. The funeral Service will be held in the Harewood Crematorium Chapel, 507 Johns Road Christchurch on SATURDAY, November 21, 2015 at 1.30pm.

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Kiley, Kelsey, Cameron, Ella and Aliyah.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am The Chase 3 0 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale Lawrence takes matters into his own hands. 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 Tina confronts a jealous Peter; Roy delivers Hayley’s news; Kal helps Nick take charge of his life. 0 2pm May The Best House Win 3 Four sets of home owners are invited to judge one another’s houses based on interior design, homeliness, comfort and hospitality.

2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Amazing Spaces – Shed Of The Year A Pirates of the Caribbean shed; a biker pub; a nightclub shed; a distillery; a hillbilly shed; a garden pavilion; a Nepalese mountain hut. 0 8:35 800 Words AO 0 9:35 Alan Carr Chatty Man 0 10:40 One News Tonight 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Doc McStuffins 3 0 6:50 My Little Pony 3 0 7:15 Ben 10 – Omniverse 3 0 7:45 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 0 8:40 Art Attack 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Cougar Town PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Love Island AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Tashi 0 4pm N KC Undercover KC Cooper, a high-school maths whiz and martial-arts expert, learns her parents are spies when they recruit her to join them in the secret government agency. 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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2pm The Ricki Lake Show AO 3 A look at unusual and creative wedding proposals.

3pm The Real Housewives Of OC PGR 3 4pm Entertainment Tonight 4:30 The Biggest Loser Australia 0 5:30 Come Dine With Me New Zealand 3 0 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Danny Phantom 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:25 Chuggington 3 0 8:35 Hi-5 House 3 5 House.

9am The Moe Show 0 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:15 Fireman Sam 0 9:25 Thomas And Friends 3 9:35 Bob The Builder 3 9:45 Barney And Friends 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Big Time Rush 3 5:05 iCarly 3 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm Story 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7pm The Simpsons 3 0 7:30 The X Factor UK 7:30 Police Ten 7 The police stop 7:30 Family Guy PGR Following the previous a woman with no licence and 8pm Bob’s Burgers PGR night’s performances, one her children not strapped in; Bob’s Thanksgiving plans are contestant will be sent a drunken teen gets a ride to put on hold when he must home. 0 the cells. 0 pick up an injured Gayle, and 8:30 INXS – Never Tear Us Apart 8pm Highway Patrol 0 is stuck in the middle of an 3 (Part 2) The story of INXS, 8:30 The Undateables AO 0 unexpected snowstorm. told for the first time in 9:35 Arrow Felicity worries when 8:30 M Close Encounters Of collaboration with the band, she learns Ray is alive and The Third Kind and those who knew them being held by Damien Darhk.

PGR 3 1977 Sci-fi. best. 0 0 Richard Dreyfuss, François 10:30 Newsworthy 10:30 2 Broke Girls AO 0 Truffaut, Teri Garr.

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 3 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm MasterChef USA 3 The stakes are high as the top dish advances straight to the final; the remaining two fight it out in one last pressure test.

3pm Storage Wars – Texas 3 One buyer sells a locker for 25 times his initial investment; someone wins some sci-fi memorabilia; someone else bids for a unit of mystical proportions.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs There are more than 5000 species of frogs and toads in the world, and David Attenborough examines their world.

8:30 Downton Abbey PGR 9:35 Poldark PGR 3 10:50 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Crash The most recent crashes from the world of motorsport.

6:30 #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor.

7am Motorsport – GT Asia Series (Highlights) Round 10. From Buriram International Circuit in Thailand.

7:30 Motorsport – GT Asia Series Round 11. From Buriram International Circuit in Thailand.

8am L Darts – Grand Slam Day Five. From Wolverhampton Civic Hall, West Midlands, England.

Noon Sky Sport Select 12:30 Football League Show 1pm Football – A-League Highlights Show 1:30 UFC Ultimate Insider 2pm UFC Now 3pm The Ultimate Fighter 4pm Fight Night Fighters TBC. 6pm Inside Cricket 7pm L Cricket – Super Smash Northern Knights v Wellington Firebirds. From Seddon Park in Hamilton.

10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

11:10 Coverband AO 3 0 11:40 Citizen Khan 3 0 12:15 Trauma Investigators PGR 3 1:15 Te Karere 3 2 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm Police Ten 7 3 0 11:30 IZombie 0 12:30 Stitchers PGR 3 1:30 Infomercials 2:30 The Real 3 3:20 Revenge AO 3 0 4:05 Regular Show PGR 3 0 4:15 Shake It Up 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm CSI AO 3 Greg Sanders is accused of framing a man for murder seven years previously; the CSIs investigate the death of a man whose body is found during heavy rain in Las Vegas. 0 11:55 Infomercials

11:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

12:20 Home Shopping 1:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:20 Home Shopping

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 The Fishing Show 12:30 Football – NZ Premiership (Replay) Auckland City v Hawke’s Bay United. From QBE Stadium on the North Shore. 2:30 #SkySpeed 2:50 Sky Sport TBC 5am Golf – The Short Game

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Monty’s Big Catch 7:30 A Place In The Sun 8am Botham On The Fly 8:30 Natural World – Jaguars Born Free 9:30 The Cook And The Chef 10am Shane Delia’s Spice Journey Turkey 10:30 Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free 11:30 American Restoration Noon Trawlermen’s Lives 1pm Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 2pm Monty’s Big Catch 3pm A Place In The Sun 3:30 Botham On The Fly 4pm Lonely Planet’s Year Of Adventures 5pm Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes 6pm My Dream Home 7pm Auction Hunters PG 7:30 Cook The Books Broadcaster and cookbook fan Carly Flynn meets New Zealand’s own celebrity chefs.

8pm Restaurant Australia Iconic chefs Neil Perry, Ben Shewry and Peter Gilmore take a culinary journey across Australia, sourcing the best local ingredients for a worldclass meal.

9pm Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 9:30 Iron Chef America 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes

6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Team Umizoomi 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Matika 3 9:30 F Kai Time On The Road 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Fitness In The Whare 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Team Umizoomi 4:30 F Penguins Of Madagascar 3 2

Midnight Bath Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am A Place In The Sun 1:30 Botham On The Fly 2am Lonely Planet’s Year Of Adventures 3am My Dream Home 4am Cook The Books 4:30 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 5am Restaurant Australia

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11:15 White Collar PGR 3 Neal and Mozzie must stay one step ahead of the FBI during an investigation into a treasure cache, which they secretly possess.

12:10 Entertainment Tonight 12:35 Infomercials

THE BOX 6am Criminal Minds 16VS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Storage Wars PG 7:40 Outback Hunters PG 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 9:20 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 Criminal Minds 16VS 11:25 Criminal Minds – Suspect Behaviour 16VS 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:05 Hardcore Pawn PGL 1:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:20 Criminal Minds 16VS 3:10 Survivor – Gabon PG 4pm Storage Wars PG 4:30 Lizard Lick Towing PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 Hardcore Pawn PGL 7pm Storage Wars PG 7:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 8:30 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 9:30 Texas Rising 18VLSC 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 12:30 Survivor – Gabon PG 1:20 Lizard Lick Towing PG 1:45 Criminal Minds 16VS 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Hell On Wheels 16VLS 4:45 Texas Rising 18VLSC 5:35 Hardcore Pawn PGL

SKY SPORT 2 5pm Patapatai 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #HakaNation PGR 3 8pm City Slickers Rodeo 8:30 Friday Night Lights PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Mataora 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG Slow Burn.

7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Fall Flurry. 8:30 Mythbusters PG Hail Hijinx. 9:25 Alaska – The Last Frontier M Spring Has Sprung.

10:20 Deadliest Catch – The Bait PG 11:15 A Crime To Remember M 12:10 Nightmare Next Door M 1:05 Scorned – Love Kills M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:30 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Deadliest Catch PG 6:35 Ice Lake Rebels M 7:30 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure PG 8:30 Salvage Hunters PG 9:30 Codes And Conspiracies M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

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12:30 Murder Comes To Town M 1:25 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M 1:55 Secret Lives Of Stepford Wives M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Chaos Caught On Camera M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Dirty Jobs PG 5:05 Yukon Men M

6am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Auckland Aces.

6:30 The Cricket Show 7am Cricket – Super Smash (Highlights) Central Stags v Auckland Aces.

7:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) Australia v Blackcaps – First Test, Day Five. 8am Cricket – International (Highlights) India v Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs Bob’s Burgers South Africa – First Test, Day Three.

7:30pm on Prime 8pm on FOUR 8:30 Inside Cricket 9:30 Golf – The Short Game MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS 10am Cricket – International (Highlights) India v South Africa 7:35 Austin Powers In 6:20 Transcendence MV 2014 – First Test, Day Three.

Goldmember MVLS 2002 Comedy.

Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany.

10:30 UFC Embedded Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles.

8:20 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama.

11:30 Inside Cricket 9:10 Firewall MVL 2006 Crime.

Christopher Melon, Devon Bostick.

12:30 Cricket – Super Smash Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany.

9:55 Chappie 16VLC 2015 Sci-fi.

(Highlights) Central Stags v Auckland 10:55 Hope Springs ML 2003 Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman.

Aces.

Comedy Romance. Colin Firth, 11:55 Transcendence MV 2014 1pm Cricket – International Heather Graham, Minnie Driver.

Sci-fi. Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany.

12:30 Angels And Demons MV 2009 (Highlights) Australia v New Zealand 1:55 Small Time MLS 2014 Drama.

– First Test, Day Five.

Crime. Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Melon, Devon Bostick.

1:30 Cricket – International Ayelet Zurer. 2:45 The House 3:30 Lost Treasure Of The Maya (Highlights) India v South Africa Bunny MLS 2008 Comedy.

MVLS 2009 Action. Michael Madsen.

Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone. – First Test, Day Three.

5:10 2nd Serve MVL 2012 Comedy.

2pm Cricket – Super Smash 4:25 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Josh Hopkins, Alexie Gilmore.

Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, (Highlights) Central Stags v Auckland 6:35 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Aces.

Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo. Morgan Freeman.

2:30 L Cricket – All Stars 6:35 RocknRolla 16VL 2008 Action.

8:30 The Imitation Game MC 2014 Series Second Twenty20 – Warne’s Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Drama. Benedict Cumberbatch, Warriors v Sachin’s Blasters.

Thandie Newton.

Keira Knightley.

6:30 Motorsport – World Rally 8:30 Shattered Glass ML 2003 10:30 When The Game Stands Championship Wales Preview.

Drama. Hayden Christensen, Tall MV 2014 Drama. Jim Caviezel, 7pm Crash Peter Sarsgaard.

Laura Dern.

7:30 Golf Central 10:05 Julie And Julia PGL 2009 FRIDAY 8pm L Bowls – Australian Comedy.

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams.

12:25 Disorientation 18VLSC 2012 Premier League Day Three. From Comedy. Eric Toms, Todd Gaebe.

FRIDAY Club Pine Rivers, Lawnton.

1:45 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Jim 12:10 21 Grams 16VLSC 2003 FRIDAY Broadbent PG 2013 Documentary.

Drama. Sean Penn, Naomi Watts.

1am Cricket – All Stars Series 2:10 Now You See Me MVLS 2013 2:15 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Thriller. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo. Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, (Replay) Second Twenty20.

4:30 UFC Fight Night (Replay) Mark 4:05 The Imitation Game MC 2014 Morgan Freeman.

Drama.

Hunt v Antonio Bigfoot Silva.

4:25 RocknRolla 16VL 2008 Action.

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Sport All set for top day of play Waireka Croquet Club’s Bev Blair and Audrey Leath will be competing in the Jennian Homes tournament tomorrow.

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

The Jennian Homes tournament will begin tomorrow with 64 golf and association croquet play-

ers taking to the Waireka Croquet Club lawns.

Club members from Aorangi, West End, Ashbury, Geraldine, Allenton, Hornby and Waireka will be in action, from which $1 of

each player’s tournament fees will be donated to the Blind Foundation. The annual event will see players from 13 to over 80 years old compete and Waireka club captain Eva Kircher is anticipating

a high standard of play.

“We’ve got some very skilled players, and it’s not just a game for older people only, we have got a good bunch of younger players coming through,” she said.

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Kircher said she expects good camaraderie throughout the day, with the drawn doubles format of the tournament allowing competitors to meet and play with new people.

Isner to headline ASB Classic ASB Classic organisers have once again signed big serving American John Isner to headline the men’s field for the 2016 tournament, despite his no-show in Auckland this year.

Isner was unveiled as one of two star signings for the January tournament at a launch event last night, with former world number one and last year’s runner-up in the women’s draw, Caroline Wozniacki, also set to return to Auckland.

Isner, a two-time winner of the men’s event, left organisers high and dry this year when he withdrew just a week out from the tournament. It was just one of a string of withdrawals to hit the

event after a Frenchman Gael Monfils pulled out due to personal reasons, while a back injury forced long-time attendee David Ferrer out just days before the opening round.

But it was Isner’s decision to skip the tournament citing tiredness that was particularly galling for organisers. Isner opted to venture straight to Melbourne to prepare for the Australian Open after what he described as a “big week” at the Hopman Cup the week prior.

However, tournament director Karl Budge is confident the world number 11 will follow through on his plans this year.

“We know what happened with

him [this] year, but he was pretty upfront with us all year and said ‘I want to come back, I want to come and play and win my third title here’,” said Budge.

“He’s not playing the week before us, which was the big concern. This year he played the week before and thought it was too much loading to play two weeks of tennis at the start of the season right before a grand slam. But this time he will be kicking off his year fit and healthy in Auckland.”

Isner said he is excited to be returning to Auckland, where he won his first ATP title in 2010.

“I have so many great memories and I’m sad I missed the tournament this year but next year I’m

going to make it up to all those that come to watch,” he said.

The 30-year-old American finished off the 2015 season in fine form, edging world no. 2 Roger Federer en route to a quarter-final appearance at the final Masters event of the season in Paris last week. It’s been another productive year for the American where he reached two finals, two semifinals and six quarter-finals to finish the year ranked just outside the top 10.

Wozniacki comes to Auckland after sliding to 17th in the world rankings - in what proved to be a win for Budge.

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player can feature in the draw, but with defending champion Venus Williams having already signed up, the only way to secure Wozniacki for a second straight year was if she had a quiet finish to the year.

“Things got a bit nervous there for a while, but Venus ended up getting in the top 10, and that tipped Caroline out,” said Budge.

“It worked out really well - you feel a bit guilty saying that but for selfish reasons it’s nice that we can get two superstars that are quite clearly top 10 calibre. When rankings are kind to us you’ve got to take those opportunities because there’s plenty of times when they’re not.”

- NZ Herald

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