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Zones the new reality

By Sue Newman

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Several Ashburton primary schools have hit roll capacity and are now sticking strictly to zone boundaries to determine student eligibility.

Four of five urban primary schools have zones in place, with Netherby completing the final paperwork for its zone. Principal Phil Wheeler anticipates this will be in

place by term four.

His school has already passed roll capacity and he’s looking forward to the day when that roll includes all children who live within zone.

“Currently we have children who are not in zone at our school, but we also have children in our zone who are attending other schools.

If all children went to their own zoned school it would make life

easier and it would create a better socio-economic balance in each school,” he said.

White flight was a reality in Ashburton, not just in city schools, he said.

“It’s perception, a stigma around decile ranking but once it’s in place it’s very hard to overcome it.”

Netherby’s roll capacity is 144 students.

It is currently at 156 with anoth-

er 10 students to start shortly.

“This is not a huge issue yet, but if we continue to grow we’ll have problems,” he said.

Last year the roll hit 159 but because a number of those students were out of zone, the school did not qualify for extra Ministry of Education funded teaching space.

Netherby shares a slice of its zone with Hampstead School and there is some interchange of

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His school is currently still accepting out of zone enrolments.

An additional classroom secured two years ago has given it the capacity to accept out of zone students, he said.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Dog park 10 years in making

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By Susan Sandys

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Methven canines can run around to their heart’s content and make new four-legged friends in a space which has been designated especially for them.

The Methven Dog Park was finally officially opened yesterday after about 10 years of it first being mooted.

Methven Community Board chairperson Dan McLaughlin unveiled the sign and cut the ribbon, as a group of dogs and their owners looked on.

He welcomed the facility for Methven and in particular thanked the Ashburton District Council and services group manager Jane Donaldson, who had worked hard on the consent to ensure it all went according to plan.

It was almost 10 years ago that the council approved a request from the Methven Community Board for the piece of council land, on Dolma Street, to be fenced for the purpose of a dog park.

But the resource consent relied on soundproof fencing, an expense which made the park unrealistic.

The board shelved the project, but then the Resource Management Act changed.

The council and board committed to the project once again, and instead of soundproof fencing, planting at the border of the property ensures privacy and

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

Methven canines and their owners eagerly await entry into Methven’s new dog park as Methven Community Board chairman Dan McLaughlin prepares to officially open the facility.

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soundproofing for neighbouring properties.

“I think it’s really good that we actually have a dog park open,” McLaughlin said.

The dogs attending were let through to the park after the ribbon was cut, and showed their appreciation by running around

together and playing.

Joh Dehler said his Australian shepherd cross Raki loved the new park.

“Normally I take him walking at Mt Hutt, all he comes across is people really, so I thought I would bring him to see him interact with other dogs,” Dehler

said. Fellow dog owner Jenna McNeur agreed, saying her Australian kelpie Katie generally had little opportunity to meet other dogs.

“It will be good that she will just be able to run around rather than be on a leash,” McNeur said.

Ashburton school zones now a fact of life space as a full classroom and the From P1 old supper room in our hall is “We’re lucky, we’re in a comfortalso now a full time Year 5 and 6 able position but it depends on room.” the number of students in a classAllenton has had an enrolment room what we can take.” zone in place for some time and Allenton principal Bruce Tilit’s strictly enforced. The zone is by might be looking at a campus large, but the school board has where seven new teaching spaces opted to retain current boundawill be built, but his school will Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, January 9, 2018 ries rather than look at any retracstill 2struggle to house its rapidly tion. growing roll.

Borough School now also has Five of the new classrooms will an enrolment zone, one that covessentially replace older stocks ers both urban and rural areas, and even with two more added, but with its roll not at capacity, he says he’ll be two rooms short.

B K t while more than half of this year’s junior group are newcomers. principal Hilary Boyce said it was “We already use our breakout The group range in age from 9 If you’re on your way past the

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Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

to 21 years and includes members of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on Sunday. They are currently un undergoing two days of musical

numbers a little lower in each not being rigidly enforced. class.

While the zone had been estabThe school is funded for 10 lished at the MInistry of Educateachers but has opted to create tion’s request, Boyce said a zone an 11th class to reduce class numwas seen as a sensible way for the bers and pays for the extra teacher ministry to fill classroom space from within its own resources. across a district, rather than simTinwald shares part of its zone ply adding additional classrooms with Ashburton Borough, an arto oversubscribed schools. www.guardianonline.co.nz rangement he said the school was Tinwald School won’t be takingwww.guardianonline.co.nz comfortable with. It also shares out of zone students next year.

■ METHVEN an area around Lake Hood with While it has a few vacancies for Longbeach School. in-zone students, principal PeAshburton Intermediate and ter Livingstone said he wouldn’t St Joseph’s and Ashburton Chrisbe filling those vacancies out of B S S tian School as special character zone, preferring to keep student

Building standards placards set to roll out

By Sue newman

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

and that dramatically reduced the number of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have THE a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

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Getting pitch perfect for their production later this week are Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School students (from left): Lucy Clough, EJ Stockman, Emily-Jane Farr and Annah Casey-Solly. practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

Nearly 200 prohibited firearms and more than 600 prohibited parts were handed in at two collection events held across the Ashburton District over the weekend as part of the nationwide firearms buy back following law changes after the March 15 terror attack.

The events were held in Rakaia at the Rakaia Community Hall on Saturday and in Methven at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall on Sunday.

The collection event in Rakaia saw 80 firearms owners hand in a total of 117 firearms and 498 parts.

In Methven numbers were lower, with 44 firearms owners handing in a total of 65 firearms and 188 parts.

A police spokesperson said they were really happy with the number of people that had attended the local collection events, and how engaged the owners were with the process.

A total of three collection events have now been held in the Ashburton District, with one held in Ashburton at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on July 27.

The event resulted in 96 firearms and 250 accessories being handed in by 65 owners.

Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, January 9, 2018 currently No more events are scheduled up until September 22, and the police spokesperson said they are currently in the process of considering when and where further local collection events will be held.

noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

Honesty boxes targeted From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for trail walkers, and she was assisting about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, taking a public access easement over Glenariffe Station, then crossing the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conservation Park.

Among those undertaking Te Araroa is American Clayton Beckett. His trail name is Chef, he has a travel blog at chefspecial5.com and is from Connecticut.

The 26-year-old is walking the South Island section, south to north, and was in Methven at the weekend. He said he ended up staying two nights instead of one at Snow Denn Lodge because he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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fered a Hikers’ Special made it all the more attractive.

“My feet were pretty banged up, so I decided to hang out for just one more day,” Beckett said.

He flew into Auckland in midDecember, and had his cellphone stolen in his first two days. He flew to Queenstown and shuttled to the southern end of Te Araroa at Bluff, and walked 555 kilometres north to Twizel over the next fortnight, staying in high country huts and his tent. With last week’s storm system forecast he decided to skip the next section and he

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hitchhiked to Methven, and left at the weekend aiming to hitch to north of Lake Coleridge to resume the trail.

Beckett said the trail to date had had many river crossings, and some mountainous terrain, as well as farm tracks and dirt roads.

Besides the road walks, which he did not like as they lacked the wilderness appeal of true trail walking, and a lack of markers in some areas, he was enjoying the scenery and meeting lots of people.

Of the few fellow hikers he had met, most were walking north to

south. “A lot of Kiwis don’t even know about the trail,” Beckett said.

He was not worried about being without a cellphone.

“If you don’t have service it’s not going to help you and you are not going to get that in the mountains,” he said.

He was confident enough from previous trail walking in Chile and America not to worry about an emergency locator beacon.

In the 12 months to July last year, 550 people walked the full length from Cape Reinga to Bluff,

compared to 350 in 201 and 210 the year before.

Te Araroa Trust chairma vid McGregor said the trail, takes five months to com and officially opened in 201 attracting people from all w life.

“From students and youn ple taking a gap year to r and workers taking an ext holiday.

“It’s a great way to conne New Zealand and to really know the landscapes, peop climate,” McGregor said.

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■■ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB

Car clubs on a garage raid

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

Wet weather did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of vintage car enthusiasts from as far south as Oamaru on Saturday as the Ashburton Vintage Car Club took their turn to host a garage raid.

The raid sees members of the Ashburton, Timaru, Waimate and Oamaru Vintage Car Clubs visiting a number of garages in the host area.

This year it was the Ashburton Vintage Car Club’s turn to host, with around 120 people taking part.

“We visited six garages around town, including the (Ashburton) Fire Museum,” organiser Trevor Begg said.

“It was a lot of varied stuff, there were car collections, motorbike collections and tractor collections, it was all covered.”

The group of 120 was split into six smaller groups to visit all six garages individually to allow everyone to fit in, stopping halfway through for lunch.

Begg said the wet weather over the weekend did nothing to turn people away, and that it may have even encouraged a

An “odd” fire in a shed over the weekend has destroyed a tractor and damaged a small digger and has left firefighters scratching their heads as to how it may have started.

Firefighters from the Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade and the Willowby Rural Fire Force were called to the fire at a Grahams Road property on Saturday morning at around 7.30am.

Chief fire officer Alan Burgess said the other vehicles located

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Matt Bruce and Barry Quantock take a look through the Ashburton Fire Museum as part of the Ashburton Vintage Car Club’s garage raid on Saturday.

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“Even some of the locals didn’t

realise what is here in the district,” he said.

It is the Oamaru Vintage Car

Club’s turn to host the event next year, and will return to Ashburton in four years.

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■■GRAHAMS ROAD FIRE

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in the five-bay shed were able to be moved out before firefighters arrived, but that it was too late for the tractor, and the level of damage to the digger was unknown.

“The tractor was completely destroyed and the digger was damaged but someone with mechanical knowledge will have to take a look at it to know what working parts can be saved,” he said.

Burgess said the fire was being investigated as firefighters were unable to immediately identify

the cause of the blaze.

“It is quite an odd one, nothing in the shed had been running for three days was what we were told and there is no power that goes to the shed,” he said.

“The tractor was relatively new but something has gone wrong involving one of the machines in there.”

Burgess said at no point were any other buildings at risk, and that the shed had only sustained damage to the section the vehicles that had caught fire were in.

Fire risk management officer

Bevan Findlay said he had been called to investigate the fire, but was unable to determine an obvious cause.

“It was difficult to tell which one the fire had started on as they were both pretty burnt out, but I think it had started in the tractor,” he said.

“I wasn’t able to pick up a particular point of origin, it was a bit odd as one hadn’t been used for over a week and one hadn’t been used for several days so I am uncertain what might have caused the fire.”

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A familiar face now sits among the nominations for this year’s local government elections.

Two-term mayor, Angus McKay is throwing his hat into the ring to return to local body politics after his nomination was officially received yesterday afternoon for the Ashburton Ward.

Standing only to represent as a councillor, McKay told the Guardian yesterday that his decision to make an attempt to get back around the council table was a relatively simple one to make.

“I have a real passion and love for this district, so it was easy for me to decide to stand,” he said.

“That love, and the people, has ignited my passion to offer my experience to council again.”

McKay was first elected to the role of mayor back in 2010 when he succeeded Bede O’Malley. He went straight in for the top job and was victorious.

He successfully stood again in 2013 where he won a three-horse race over Don McLeod and Russell Ellis before losing out at the last election to incumbent mayor, Donna Favel.

He said that sitting back as an observer and watching some of the decisions being made around the table had a big impact on him and that they ultimately left him wondering.

“I still feel like I have plenty to offer,” he added.

McKay said there was a number of things on his agenda that he would be basing his campaign around and that he was looking forward to the challenge.

His inclusion into the Ashburton Ward nominations takes the count for the five vacant roles to seven nominations as he joins: Dianne Rawlinson, John Falloon, Ash Shah, Selwyn Price, Thelma Bell and Leen Braam who is also standing for mayor.

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Tenth drink driving conviction An Ashburton man was convicted of his tenth drink driving charge yesterday when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court.

Julian Alan Jackson, 42, was driving with a zero alcohol licence when he was stopped and breath tested on Moore Street in the early hours of June 22. He blew 600 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath; the adult limit is 250mcg.

A probation officer who spoke with Jackson yesterday said he admitted to drinking when he was stressed and would benefit from an alcohol and drug assessment.

Judge Joanna Maze remanded him for sentence on September 23 and asked for a pre-sentence report and a Section 38 report to

assist sentencing. Jackson had admitted a charge of breaching his zero alcohol licence.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris McFarlin said Jackson had been stopped behind the wheel of a Suzuki vehicle at 12.34am on June 22. He had denied drinking alcohol but failed a roadside breath screening test.

An evidential breath test conducted at the police station revealed 600mcg. Jackson said he had consumed four cans of bourbon.

Judge Maze noted it was Jackson’s tenth drink drive conviction. The others were spread out from 1995 to 2015.

Another drink driver, on his third conviction, was sentenced

to nine months’ intensive supervision and ordered to have an alcohol interlock fitted to his vehicle.

Roland Derek Edwards, 30, blew 900mcg when he was stopped on Eton Street on May 26.

Defence counsel Marilyn Gilchrist said Edwards admitted to conditions of supervision that included attending drug and alcohol counselling and not possessing or consuming alcohol.

Judge Maze said the sentence was an opportunity for him to address a major problem with alcohol and drugs, and that supervision rather than community detention, would enable him to keep his job.

But he would have to be deter-

mined, she told him.

The judge imposed judicial monitoring on the supervision and will receive regular reports of Edwards’ attitude and progress.

She said the cost of the alcohol interlock sentence (up to $3000) was taken into account when fixing penalty.

Another drink driver, Cameron Roger Leahy, was jailed for a month. He has already been in custody for six weeks and the total period behind bars will be the equivalent of a four-month prison sentence.

Leahy admitted driving with excess blood alcohol (168 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood), two charges of driving while disqualified,

breaching community work and breaching a sentence of community detention by cutting off his ankle bracelet and handing himself in to police.

Defence counsel Paul Norcross said Leahy was sentenced to four months’ community detention on April 15 and complied for two months before cutting off the electronic monitoring bracelet.

He had been in custody since.

He said the drink driving charge was Leahy’s third.

Judge Maze also disqualified Leahy from driving for six months and said he could then apply for an alcohol interlock device, which was the only path to getting his licence back.

He was taken into custody at that point.

Jailed for meth-related crimes Remanded to sit licence

A 26-year-old Ashburton man was jailed for 14 months yesterday when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court on 15 charges all connected to his methamphetamine addiction.

Saul Brayden Hourston asked Judge Joanna Maze to take into account the work he had already done while on remand in custody to overcome his drug problem.

She did, but also ordered him to make reparation of $900 to the victims of his thieving and disqualified him from driving for four years and six months.

The charges included theft of clothing, alcohol, and a vehicle, burglary, dangerous driving, failing to stop, trespass and assault.

Defence counsel Roz Burnside said Hourston had taken responsibility for his meth addiction and had been receiving counselling. When he was released from prison, he would go on a waiting list for a residential drug programme.

His drug use and offending stemmed from historical matters, she said.

“He wants to get out and get on with his life.”

Judge Maze said the charges involved a spree of offending spanning from Oc-

tober 2018 to February this year.

“I have taken into account the efforts you have been making on your rehabilitation … and I accept that you are trying to do something about the factors which motivate your offending.”

The judge said Hourston also seemed to have been under the influence of a much older woman and meth had been a major problem in their relationship.

Others to appear before Judge Maze: Caroline Anne Brady, 41, admitted stealing from her employer, Harvey’s Bakehouse at Rakaia.

She was remanded to September 16 for sentence and the case was referred for restorative justice.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris McFarlin said Brady was working at the bakehouse in June and part of her job was to manage the Rakaia store, take stock there from Ashburton on a daily basis and look after the money.

When it came to handling the money, she recorded a lesser amount than was received then on the road she would remove the surplus cash so the notebook recording the cash amount reconciled.

The sergeant said she admitted taking the money and owed $370 reparation.

Brendon John Pethig, 45, was convicted and ordered to pay reparation of $116, on a charge of dishonestly using a document.

Pethig’s elderly aunt had given him her bankcard to buy her some items, but he also used it to buy himself goods worth $376.

Defence lawyer Gretchen Hart said Pethig had already paid back $260, and could pay the balance in 28 days.

She said the offending had happened at a turbulent point of Pethig’s life but he was in a different space now.

The judge said Pethig had recently completed 215 hours of community work and had been complying with a sentence of intensive supervision imposed for similar offending.

Dean Aaron Clothier was convicted and discharged after admitting a charge of possessing cannabis.

Police said he met with associates in Picton on April 17, then was stopped by police in Kaikoura, who found two small cannabis plants and some cannabis plant material in his vehicle.

He pleaded not guilty to a charge of selling cannabis and was remanded to September 16 for a case review hearing.

“You’re not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata,” Ashburton District Court Judge Joanna Maze told visiting Christchurch police prosecutor Sergeant Chris McFarlin yesterday.

The court was dealing with three charges of driving while disqualified admitted by Daniel John Sampey, who said he was sitting his restricted driver’s licence yesterday.

The prosecutor had asked the judge to make an order requiring him to sit the test. Police in Christchurch frequently heard offenders say they were going to sit the test, but then not follow through, he said.

Judge Maze told him people in Ashburton were far more straightforward. “The words, you’re not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata, come to mind.”

She remanded Sampey, a 29-year-old dairy farm worker, to October 14 for sentence.

“Get your licence,” she told him.

The judge also noted that Sampey’s lawyer Gretchen Hart had asked for no further disqualification and that a sentence of community detention, rather than community work, could be considered.

Hart said community detention would allow Sampey to keep his job, but community work – now only available in Ashburton on Saturdays – would put that at risk.

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Dolphin Friendly to open for Shapeshifter

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Christchurch band Dolphin Friendly has a growing following, meaning Ashburton boy Tom Klever could not be happier.

The 24-year-old was able to first indulge his passion for music at Mount Hutt College, when he and fellow student Joseph Lavery formed a band with their music teacher Wayne Pannett.

Crash Course performed covers around Methven, and were booked by many a group at local events.

Inspired by the possibilities of a career in music, Klever went off to Jazz School in Christchurch after completing Year 13. He attended for one year, then decided to start a building apprenticeship instead.

“I got a bit spooked about how I was going to make ends meet as a musician,” Klever said.

He worked as a builder in Ashburton for two to three years, before moving back to Christchurch.

“That’s where I started to become more involved in music again,” he said.

He returned to Jazz School to continue his studies.

“I took a lot more out of the last year than the first year I went, I got everything I needed out of it,” he said.

He and fellow student Justin White started Two Bishop Cult as a school project, and found the two-piece rock band flourished playing gigs around Christchurch.

Members of Christchurch band Dolphin Friendly then approached him and asked him to come on board as lead guitar and back-up vocals to their band, which was becoming known for its punchy mash of psychedelic rock, reggae and indie with a Kiwi vibe.

Klever and fellow members (frontman Sam Mander, drummer Ben BOC O’Carroll, and bassist Big T Thomas McHutchison) put out their first EP, Tunes From The Tuna Can, and it took off with good sales and downloads.

The band has toured it over 15 days around New Zealand. Dolphin Friendly has also played at Rhythm and Vines and Tides Festival, will be opening for Shapeshifter at a concert in September, and is planning an Australian tour.

The band’s original songs and passion for music is keeping Klever on board with his goal to make music his career.

He still does a bit of building, but is not at Jazz School this year, dedicating the time he has for music to Dolphin Friendly.

The band headlined Mt Hutt’s White Out music and winter festival on Friday night, attended by hundreds.

Mt Hutt marketing and sales co-ordinator Richie Owen said he was pleased with the success of the inaugural event, held over two nights, and there were plans to make it an annual event.

Above – Dolphin Friendly (from left) Ben O’Carroll, Tom Klever, Sam Mander and Thomas McHutchison played in Methven on Friday night.

Right – Tom Klever in action at Mt Hutt’s White Out winter festival.

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Evening to address serious issues facing men’s health The Ashburton Freemasons group are set to hold an event later this month to highlight some of the most serious health dangers facing men in the community.

The Men’s Health Night, which

is to be held at the Ashburton Lodge rooms on August 29 is to draw attention to some of the most serious health threats to men, how to recognise if you have an emerging problem with those areas and what to do

about it.

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We are already home, protesters tell Bridges NZME Those protesting against a housing development at Ihumatao have provided a blunt response to National Party leader Simon Bridges: “We are already home.”

Bridges stoked the ire of many after criticising Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for “getting involved” in the situation and insisting she tell the “protesters to go home”.

Save Our Unique Landscape co-founder and mana whenua Qiane Matata-Sipu told the Herald they were “already home”.

“Well, we are home, there is nowhere really that I can or would go.

“I also don’t really have much time for him anyway, given the National government created the Special Housing Area (SHA) law that got us into this in the first place.”

The land at Ihumatao, confiscated from Maori in 1863 and sold to the Wallace family in 1869, was desig-

nated a SHA in 2014 under the National-led government, allowing for fast-track development.

Fletcher subsequently bought the 32-hectare-site, and has plans to put 480 homes on it, setting aside a portion of homes and a quarter of the land for mana whenua.

A group of mana whenua have opposed the development ever since, and the protest at the site erupted Tuesday three weeks ago after those occupying the land were issued eviction notices.

Amid growing protest numbers, on July 26 Ardern announced a halt to the construction while all parties worked together to find a solution.

Matata-Sipu said they were not going anywhere until that happened.

“This is our whenua, we live in this papakainga and so 21 days, 21 months, we will be here as long as it takes.”

Twitter reacted strongly

to Bridges’ “go home” comments, with comparisons to US President Donald Trump, who was widely condemned – including by Ardern – for telling elected congresswomen to go back where they came from, and questions around Bridges’ Maori heritage and advocacy.

Bridges told the Herald it was “ridiculous” to make those comparisons, and his comments were aimed at the Prime Minister.

“She has escalated this and it’s now to show leadership. She needs to tell protesters to go home, and then we can allow the developers to get on and build some homes.”

Asked about Bridges’ “go home” comments, Ardern said: “It’s up to the leader of the Opposition to take his own position and it’s not for me to determine what that should be.”

Bridges said the current approach was empowering the protesters, which could lead to more protests.

Police seek Rakaia man Ashburton Police are seeking 31-year-old Hung-Jae Lee regarding an incident in Rakaia on Friday, August 9, 2019. He is a South Korean national, and was residing in Rakaia up until Friday. Anyone who can assist is asked to call Police on 105 and quote file 190809/2007. Or, you can provide information anonymously via Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.

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Police cordon off a road in New Brighton on Wednesday after a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a white van being chased by police.

Police warn those harbouring alleged hit-and-run killer NZME

Protesters at the Ihumatao protest camp.

Police investigating a hit-and-run in Christchurch last week have issued a warning for anyone assisting or harbouring the dangerous man linked to the offence.

Police are urgently looking for 21-year-old Liam Strickland as part of their inquiries into the death of 46-year-old Dean Amies in New Brighton on Wednesday August 7.

Amies was struck and killed on Wednesday afternoon by a stolen van allegedly being driven by Strickland.

There are multiple warrants out for Strickland’s arrest.

NZ Police Canterbury acting district Commander Mike Johnson said they had reason to believe Strickland was

being helped by other people, and if so, they were also breaking the law.

“Those assisting or harbouring him should be aware they are committing an offence punishable by imprisonment.”

Strickland is considered dangerous and should not be approached, he said.

A forensic examination of a white van linked to the incident has been completed.

Last Thursday armed police executed search warrants at nine city properties searching for Strickland, who allegedly is a patched Black Power gang member. Johnson thanked the public for their help so far.

Anyone with information about Strickland’s whereabouts is urged to call 111 immediately.

Outrage as sex accused frequents teen sports games NZME A woman charged in relation to sexual allegations around students at Marlborough Boys’ College, who is on bail and banned from contact with anyone under 16, has been spotted at several youth sports fixtures.

Her presence on the sideline has infuriated and “disgusted” locals, who have contacted police to complain.

The father of one of the alleged victims was also aware the ac-

cused had attended sports games and was shocked.

The woman is facing seven charges of unlawful sexual connection with two teenagers under 16 and one of exposing a young person to indecent material – believed to be photographs and videos.

The charges related to alleged offending between November 2017 and December last year.

The woman appeared in the Blenheim District Court last month and was remanded on bail

with interim name suppression.

Her bail conditions include a total ban on any contact with a person under 16 – apart from family members.

However, a source says she has been reported to police after she appeared, twice, on the sideline of weekend sport fixtures.

She was there to watch a young relative, but her presence sparked outrage “I saw her and called police straight away,” the source said.

“I have seen her there the last

two weeks with my own eyes – it’s disgusting.”

The source appreciated the woman was allowed contact with people under 16 in her own family – but believed she should not be at public sporting fixtures.

“Sure she was there to watch [her relative] play but, of course, there’s 300-odd other kids down there as well.

“It’s just shocking.

“If that was a man on the same charges who showed up on the sideline of a netball game it would

be a different story – it’s bloody disgusting.”

The source believed some of the alleged complainants may have even been playing on the days the woman was at the sports venue.

The Herald contacted police about the concerns and the woman’s attendance at games.

They declined to comment while the matter was before the courts.

Court staff confirmed she was not facing any charges of breaching her bail conditions.

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Trade war damaging AP Like a sleek Mercedes crunched between two freight trucks, Europe’s economy is being knocked off course by the conflict between the US and China over trade.

The bill for damages from the US-China collision could be painfully high, starting this week if new growth figures on Wednesday show that Europe’s economic motor, Germany, is stalled or shrinking.

Beyond that, economists say there are signs that years of jobs growth since the depths of the Great Recession and the eurozone debt crisis may be ending.

And, if the trade wars escalate to include higher US tariffs on cars made in Europe, the picture could look even worse.

The heart of the matter is Germany, Europe’s largest economy and a key trade partner of both the US and China.

Almost half the German economy comes from trade as its companies play a dominant role in global markets for luxury autos and complex industrial machinery.

Supply chains from Germany extend into neighbouring countries as well, while German profits are often invested in factories in places like Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Great for Germany and Europe when trade is booming – but it means Germany remains more vulnerable than less open economies such as Portugal or France to a slowdown in global trade in goods and services.

And that is what’s happening.

German has spewed wretched economic data for weeks: an 8 per cent annual fall in exports in June, a 1.5 per cent drop in industrial production in June from the month before, three times bigger than expected. Surveys of company executives suggest the industrial sector is in recession, with consumer demand and services propping up the economy.

But the damage from trade may be spreading to consumers and companies that do business only at home. While unemployment remains low at 3.1 per cent, job gains have stalled recently.

Ironically, trade between Germany and the US and between Germany and China is holding up pretty well. It’s mainly the un-

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Landslide death toll reaches 56 AP The death toll in a landslide that buried more than a dozen village houses in south-eastern Myanmar has climbed to 56, an official said yesterday.

The landslide hit a village in Paung township late last week. Zaw Zaw Htoo, a member of parliament from Paung who arrived at the scene over the weekend, said three more bodies were recovered yesterday, bringing the death toll to 56.

The top official in Mon state, Aye Zan, had visited the site and villagers who were evacuated to a relief camp to escape floods following torrential rains.

The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that monsoon flooding had displaced more than 7000 people last week in Mon state. Apart from the landslide in Paung, houses and a school in other townships were washed away, roads were blocked and villages were submerged.

Nearly 12,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar last week alone, bringing the total number of those in evacuation centres to more than 38,000, the UN said.

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certainty about the outcome of the clash between US President Donald Trump and the Chinese Communist leadership that has been weighing on business confidence and deterring decisions to invest and buy across global markets. Last week, Trump imposed a 10 per cent tariff on an additional $300 billion in Chinese goods effective September 1.

As a result, research firm Oxford Economics forecasts world trade growth of just 1.2 per cent this year, far below last year’s 4.9 per cent rise.

There are a few small benefits for Europe. While the US and China ramped up barriers against each other, the US has largely kept tariffs on European products the same, except for introducing charges on steel and aluminium imports. China has actually lowered charges on exports from the 19 European countries that use the euro.

Trump has recently repeated threats to increase tariffs on autos if he does not get a satisfactory new trade deal with the EU. Germany’s top companies issued cautious outlooks along with their earnings for the most recent quarter, even those that are doing relatively well.

The auto industry in particular, with its dependence on demand from operations in China, looks less healthy. Daimler, mak-

er of Mercedes-Benz luxury cars, has issued four profit warnings over 18 months and saw its first quarterly loss since 2009.

BMW lost money on its autos business in the first quarter for the first time in a decade.

Some of Europe’s troubles can’t be blamed on the trade dispute. The auto industry is under pressure to meet lower greenhouse gas emissions limits imposed by the European Union. Automakers had expected to rely on more fuel-efficient diesels to help meet the requirements, but saw diesel sales plunge after Volkswagen was caught in 2015 cheating on diesel emissions tests.

Another source of uncertainty is Britain’s impending departure from the EU. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he wants to leave without an extension even if that means no divorce deal to smooth trade.

In an effort to ward off a steeper slowdown or possible recession, the European Central Bank has signalled it could provide more monetary stimulus at its September 12 meeting, including new purchases of bonds, which pump newly created money into the economy. It’s a measure of Europe’s reversal of fortune that a four-year, 2.6 trillion-euro bond purchase programme was halted only in December 2018.

Conservative win in Guatemala AP Conservative Alejandro Giammattei has blazed a long, strange path to Guatemala’s presidency, which he won on his fourth try.

The 63-year-old spent several months in prison in 2008, when he was director of the country’s prison system, after some prisoners were killed in a raid on his watch. He was eventually acquitted of wrongdoing.

Until courts prevented some of the more popular candidates from running in this year’s race, he also appeared to be a long-shot candidate in a tumultuous campaign season.

But on Sunday, his get-tough approach to crime and his socially conservative values, including his strident opposition to gay marriage and abortion, finally parlayed favour with Guatemalan voters in a presidential runoff.

Leaning on the crutches he uses because of his multiple sclerosis, Giammattei acknowledged in his emotional victory speech that it had been a long road.

“We won. We are very excited, it is logical, it has been 12 years of struggle,” Giammatttei said.

With about 98 per cent of polling plac-

es reporting, the country’s Supreme Electoral Council said that Giammattei had about 58 per cent of votes, compared to about 42 per cent for former first lady Sandra Torres.

About 8 million Guatemalans are registered to vote in the Central American country.

The presidential campaign was marked by a chaotic succession of judicial decisions, intrigues, illegal party changes and accusations of bad practices that truncated the candidacies of two of the three presidential favourites.

Oscar Argueta, secretary-general of the Unity for Hope party, conceded defeat on Sunday.

The new president takes office January 14 and will most immediately face the task of attempting to stem the large flow of migrants headed toward the United States.

In addition to migration, Guatemalans say they are most concerned about entrenched corruption. Three of the last four elected presidents have been arrested after leaving office on charges of graft, and Morales himself decided to disband and bar a UN-supported anti-corruption commission after he became a target for alleged campaign finance violations.

Swifties were in for a treat when Taylor Swift announced plans to release her new song, Lovers, on August 16. The singer shared the news while accepting the inaugural Icon Award at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards in California. “I also just wanted to tell you …” she teased at the end of her speech. “There’s so much I’m excited about in the next 12 days until my album Lover comes out. On the 16th, I have a new song called Lover that’s coming out and I’m so excited.” The words were met with shrieks of delight from the crowd, who cheered on the songstress.

Studio cans hunting film Universal Pictures has cancelled the planned September release of its controversial social thriller The Hunt in the wake of recent mass shootings and criticism from President Donald Trump.

The movie is a gory, R-rated political thriller that depicts liberal elites hunting people in red states for sport. Trump criticised the planned movie on Twitter, without mentioning its name, saying it was intended “to inflame and cause chaos”. Universal had already suspended the marketing campaign for the film, which stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank and is directed by Craig Zobel.

‘Change inevitable’ Cyrus Miley Cyrus has spoken out after her split from Liam Hemsworth saying, “change is inevitable”. The pop star and her actor husband confirmed their split on Sunday after one year of marriage and 10 years together. A representative said in a statement: “Ever evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what’s best while they both focus on themselves and careers.”

Now, Miley has taken to Instagram in the same vein. While she didn’t directly mention Liam or the split, she seemingly spoke about the decision to break up.

She wrote: “Don’t fight evolution, because you will never win ... change is inevitable.

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Unless you’re a bigwig, don’t expect a bonus I

read with interest over the weekend that the ANZ bank has moved to abolish individual bonuses to most staff in an effort to counter aggressive product mis-selling and poor outcomes for customers.

While the decision by ANZ doesn’t impact on most of us, it was also interesting to note that they included in their announcement that they would continue to pay bonuses to high-level staff moving forward.

The legend of Robin Hood certainly comes to mind.

And while that particular case is isolated, the future of bonuses in the workplace makes for an interesting discussion as to whether or not there is indeed a future for

them as many businesses continue to look at ways of rewarding their staff for effort made, or whether they will continue to become a thing of the past.

There’s the argument out there that they can often be the best way of getting some real productivity out of your staff. Dangle the carrot in front of them and they’re likely to keep running until it eventually falls off the bit of

string. But on the other side of the coin, a bonus paid to an employee is more about someone who goes that extra mile, the person who is always the first to arrive at the beginning of the day and the person who is still there once everyone else has left.

Every office or workplace has those people, just like every office or workplace who has those who are the opposite and do what’s required and no more, and in some instances, that’s enough.

Every workplace is different.

The philosophy of rewarding hard work and dedication and the willingness to go over and above for the business is the one which generally seems to sit a lot better with people than incentive based

bonuses being paid out.

It’s felt it’s a true reward for the genuine performers.

And that’s largely why ANZ have made the decision they have because it appears to be based on the situation where all too often customer needs were being neglected or over-looked in the pursuit of a little extra cash in the back pocket at the end of the week.

While a gesture of goodwill and reward for hard work, the end result often defeated the purpose.

That’s a concerning culture for a business, especially one as big as ANZ. So, you can’t really blame them for taking the steps they have.

Where they may not have quite

endeared themselves as much however is by including in the announcement that they would continue to allow higher ranked employees to collect bonuses.

That won’t sit too well with some, you’d imagine.

Having worked in places where bonuses are a frequent thing and also in workplaces where they are non-existent, they’re a nice surprise to get and a small reminder that your efforts might be rewarded, but if you know from the outset that they are highly unlikely then they don’t really become something you think about at all.

Until one of your friends start talking about one they received, that is.

fourth Labour government from 1984 to 1989.

In 2008, a man barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters in Little Rock and opened fire, killing state party chairman Bill Gwatney before speeding off in a pickup. (Police later shot and killed the gunman, Timothy Dale Johnson.) Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals.

In 2017, in a statement, the White House said President Donald Trump “very strongly” condemns individual hate groups such as “white supremacists,

KKK and neo-Nazis;” the statement followed criticism of Trump for blaming the previous day’s deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on “many sides”.

Ten years ago: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Donte Stallworth for the entire season after Stallworth served 24 days in jail for DUI manslaughter in the death of 59-year-old Mario Reyes in Miami.

Five years ago: Six people — including Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli — were killed when leftover ordnance

believed to have been dropped in an Israeli airstrike blew up in the Gaza Strip. Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos died when the small plane that was carrying him and several campaign officials plunged into a residential neighbourhood in the port city of Santos.

One year ago: A lawyer for longtime FBI agent Peter Strzok, who’d been removed from the Russia investigation over anti-Trump text messages, said Strzok had been fired by the agency.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Kevin Tighe is 75. Opera singer Kath-

leen Battle is 71. High wire aerialist Philippe Petit is 70. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 60. Actress Dawnn Lewis is 58. Actor John Slattery is 57. Actress Debi Mazar is 55. Actress Quinn Cummings is 52. Actress Seana Kofoed is 49. Actor Gregory Fitoussi is 43. Actress Kathryn Fiore is 40.

Actor Sebastian Stan is 37. Actor Eme Ikwuakor is 35. Pop-rock singer James Morrison is 35. Actress Lennon Stella is 20.

Thought for today: “People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.” — Joseph Fort Newton, American clergyman (1876-1950).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, August 13, the 225th day of 2019. There are 140 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On August 13, 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin’s eastern and western sectors before building a wall that would divide the city for the next 28 years.

On this date: In 1846, the American flag was raised in Los Angeles for the first time.

In 1860, legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley was born in Darke County, Ohio.

In 1889, William Gray of Hartford, received a patent for a coin-operated telephone.

In 1910, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, died in London at age 90.

In 1914, Sapper Robert Arthur Hislop was guarding Parnell railway bridge in Auckland when he accidentally fell, dying from his injuries six days later. It would take a century for Hislop to be officially recognised as the first New Zealand casualty of the Great War. In 1932, Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out “for all or nothing”.

In 1960, the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1. The Central African Republic became totally independent of French rule.

In 1989, searchers in Ethiopia found the wreckage of a plane which had disappeared almost a week earlier while carrying Rep. Mickey Leland and 14 other people — there were no survivors.

In 2003, Iraq began pumping crude oil from its northern oil fields for the first time since the start of the war. Libya agreed to set up a $2.7 billion fund for families of the 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing.

In 2005, Death of David Lange. David Lange was New Zealand’s youngest prime minister of the 20th century. Renowned for his sharp wit and oratory, he led the

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Farmers fed up with the methane myth A

s a farmer I am fed up with being vilified, and our industry accused of being the primary contributor to climate change in New Zealand.

The myth is that agricultural gases, primarily methane, make up 48.1 per cent of this country’s emissions profile.

That is nothing more than a politically and socially convenient half-truth/untruth.

So here are established, scientific facts pertinent to the Zero Carbon Bill and the Emissions Trading Scheme: ■■ A pre-existing and stable level of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is required to maintain our temperature levels and is essential to life on earth.

■■ The Paris Accord calls for countries to take steps to limit global warming to 2 degC and preferably 1.5 degC above pre-Industrial temperatures.

■■ NZ has set a target of Zero Carbon by 2050 – no mandated reduction in gross carbon emission, just an aspiration to offset by forestry plantings so that carbon emitted will be in balance with carbon sequestered.

■■ Total methane emissions in NZ have increased 6.2 per cent from 1990 to 2017 (they have been declining since 2006).

Agricultural production has

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doubled in this time.

■■ The ZCB has an aspiration of reducing methane by up to 47 per cent by 2050.

■■ Methane is a short-lived gas that originated from CO2 absorbed by the growing grass and when belched by livestock rapidly breaks down into CO2 again to complete the cycle.

No additional carbon enters the atmosphere.

■■ Fossil fuel carbon has not been circulating in the atmosphere for thousands or millions of years, but once burnt will circulate in the atmosphere for centuries to come, with constant additional warming effect.

■■ The key objective is to limit any further warming.

To represent methane on the same graph as fossil carbon and state that agricultural gases are 48.1 per cent of our emissions is simply wrong and does not recognise the cyclical nature of methane. I will demonstrate why.

Methane is a short lived gas, known as a “flow gas” which rapidly breaks down compared to carbon, which is known as a “stocks gas”. So let’s represent methane as water and carbon as small stones. I have a bucket that is the atmosphere and the level inside the bucket is the global warming effect.

I have a centimetre of water in the bucket, which has a small hole in the bottom of it. I start tipping cupfuls of water into the bucket. So long as I do not tip in water faster than it drains from the hole, the level does not increase. It would be wrong to count the number of cupfuls put into the bucket, only correct to pay attention to the change in level. The number of cupfuls has absolutely no relationship to the level in the bucket.

If I take the same bucket and start dropping small stones into it, none of which fit out the hole, every stone is additional and the bucket gradually fills up. The total number of stones added has a direct correlation to the number of stones in the bucket.

Methane and carbon are water and stones. So long as stock numbers remain static, or more correctly the feed fed to livestock remains static, the emission of methane today replaces the methane that degraded today.

The cycle stays in balance.

Every gram of carbon emitted from a power station, factory, car, aeroplane or any other part of our life adds to all of the carbon previously emitted from all sources. The only way of reducing that carbon is to effectively bury it by absorption into soil by plants.

Our Government need to stop telling the methane myth and stop counting the water and the stones as if they were equal.

They are not.

Net methane makes up only a very small portion of NZ’s total emissions. Our farmers are being asked to reduce methane emissions way beyond the equivalent of “Zero Carbon” and are being vilified in the process.

The current fixation on methane is a dangerous, politically convenient distraction taking the focus of the enormous task of eliminating our reliance on carbon for our modern existence.

David Clark is Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president.

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Farm gate price watch …

for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural August 12, 2019 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 135 -145 Prime 168 -235 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 143 327 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 292 -310 This week Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 119.59 17.5 kg YX SI 134.97 19.0 kg YX SI 146.54 21.0 kg YX SI 161.96 Local trade (c/kg) SI 800 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 117.02 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 538.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 409 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 483 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 585 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 446 AP Stag 60kg SI 542 AP Stag 80kg SI 722

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116.83 131.91 143.21 158.29 780

105.01 118.56 128.73 142.28 710

119.93 135.41 147.01 162.49 800

121.09 136.72 148.44 164.06 840

99.78 112.66 122.31 135.19 700

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444 539 718

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446 542 722

Auction prices … u SI WOOL indicator prices (c/kg, clean) Mid mic (23.1-31.5) 1,191 1,083 Fine Xbrd (31.6-35.0) 511 531 Coarse Xbred >35 mic 308 308 Merino 2,059 1,753

1,148 516 346 1,753

Source: WSI, NZMerino 1,557 1,557 727 374 540 302 318 352 280 2,340 2,980 1,588

418 418 418

Source: Midlands Grain 395 430 300 393 428 280 398 424 290

Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 422 420 Wheat, feed 422 420 Barley, feed 415 400

International market prices … u LOGS indicator prices, $/tonne Forest index July-19 115.00 130.00 130.00

130.00

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

7,578 3,158 4,495 5,646

Fonterra milk price Fonterra dividend Fonterra share price

6,741 3,833 4,703 5,920

6,458 3,667 4,480 5,668

8,344 3,706 4,920 6,501

2018/19 f'cast $6.30-$6.40* 2018/19 f'cast $0.00 * before retentions

u EXCHANGE RATE (NZ$1.00=) US dollar 0.6469 Euro 0.5722

0.6712 0.5955

0.6584 0.5861

Source: PF Olsen 138.00 125.00 8,874 3,624 4,865 6,120

5,703 2,451 3,911 4,853

2019/20 f'cast $6.25-$7.25* 2019/20 [none yet] NZX FCG $3.76 0.6585 0.5790

0.6943 0.6123

Comprehensive data is available from the supplier www.interest.co.nz/rural

0.6427 0.5579

Given the state of share markets around the world it would have taken a very optimistic person to predict a lift in the latest Global Dairy Trade auction on August 6.

So, the drop of 2.6 per cent shouldn’t surprise most observers.

Even more positive was the fact that whole milk powder fared reasonably well, dropping only -1.7 per cent so, still sitting above the magic $US3000 per tonne figure.

Butter was the biggest loser down 5.5 per cent.

How much of the fall can be laid at the feet of the nervous share market and the lower yuan versus the increased volumes coming through the auction system (sale volumes were up 40 per cent on the previous sale with increased New Zealand and Australian product coming through) can only be speculated and balance the twitchiness of share markets etc is probably better as that can turn around reasonably quickly whereas increased production will keep coming, droughts aside.

Perhaps surprisingly, Synlait and A2 milk took the largest hits in the local markets, down 3.7 per cent and 3.3 per cent respectively. Speculation is that this is due to A2’s reliance on the growing Chinese market and Synlait’s reliance on A2.

However, 24 hours later there was a bounce back. Fonterra was largely unaffected, perhaps because of the current low value. Sticking with Fonterra, news is that the Beingmate shares are proving difficult to get rid of. Fonterra still has 19 per cent of the Beingmate share and is now only considered a (poor) financial investment with no credit to

sales coming from the relationship.

China farms are also being difficult to move with the word being they are likely to go below book value. And things are getting worse for Fonterra with a $860m write-down announced and a dividend suspension.

Westpac has reduced their forecast for the current season milk price from $6.90 down to $6.70. $7.00 is starting to look a distant dream.

Dairy commodities are not the only primary sector to drop with the Chinese slowdown and increased production coming out of Russia and parts of Europe wool prices have been leading the falls.

Happily, red meat, fibre and horticulture have all recorded lifts for July according to the ANZ. Farmers will have welcomed the Reserve Banks’ decision to lower the OCR to 1 per cent.

Not only have bank interest rates come back but also the $NZ has reduced against our major trading partners improving farmgate returns.

With unemployment at 3.9 per cent, inflation, and a big spend ahead from Government a certain nervousness can be detected.

With steady drops since 2008, when the OCR was 8.25 per cent, there is not a lot of ammunition left in the magazine for the RBNZ although negative rates were also mentioned by RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr. Markets A good week for red meat farmers with all categories moving in the right direct, yes even venison has managed to join the momentum and after 42 weeks has finally taken a shift in the ‘up’ direction.

Sheep Both lamb and mutton had gains this week. However, prices being achieved in the saleyards appear to be gaining sellers a premium over selling directly to processors.

However, contracted stock are likely to be getting additional returns over advertised schedules and so the gap may not be as large as it looks at first glance.

Wool After the lift at Christchurch 12 days ago, the Napier wool sale has reversed fortunes and prices have dropped back again.

Beef On the back of the news that China has now overtaken the USA as the major destination for New Zealand beef, prices have continued to firm. Chinese prices are likely to be influenced by the lack of pork due to African Swine Fever. It has taken a while to filter down, but prices should be firm going into the new year. Saleyard prices are staying high.

Venison As stated earlier venison has finally had a long overdue lift in schedule prices. We have to go back to October 8, 2018 for when the schedule last had a lift. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come.

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Farmers could add plant protein crops Mid Canterbury farmers could, in the future, be growing leafy green crops for a new plant protein company launched last week by former Synlait CEO, John Penno, and his wife Maury Leyland Penno.

The couple are aiming to produce leaf protein concentrate ingredients for food companies and say the protein products are expected to have high nutritional value and a lighter environmental footprint than either animal or gain-based sources of protein.

Leyland Penno said their company, Leaft Foods, would integrate with existing farming systems by partnering with farmers to grow leafy crops that removed nitrogen from the soil and produced a reduced protein high-quality ensiled feed that should reduce nitrogen losses from their farming operations.

She said the paddock-to-product concept would likely be ideal for Mid Canterbury farmers and they had been encouraged by the positivity received from farmers they had spoken with so far.

“Right now we are working with a range of plants, both perennial and annual leaf crops, that we

Leaft Foods founders Maury Leyland Penno and John Penno want farmers to grow plant protein alongside existing operations.

PHOTO SUPPLIED believe fit really well into existing farming operations, offer a positive environmental impact and produce protein products with customer and consumer appeal.

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“We have established our business in Canterbury and will announce plans around the details of manufacturing as we progress.

Canterbury offers a fantastic opportunity to produce high equal-

selves to one crop.”

It would give farmers real options to diversify and support changes needed to reduce the environmental issues caused by excess nitrogen, she said.

ity plant-based ingredients and to work with innovative farmers looking to improve their environmental footprint.”

Leyland Penno said the couple realised the global food industry had to change in order to responsibly feed a growing population, while protecting the planet.

“We want to see New Zealand be both economically and environmentally sustainable for generations to come. In order to do that, we feel we can create an innovative product and business model that integrates within existing New Zealand farming systems, producing high quality plant-based protein while offering real solutions to the dairy and beef industries to improve their environmental impact and future value.

Leaft Foods is partnering with research institutes, universities, agricultural advisors and farmers and was confident of commercialising the concept at scale.

General manager Ross Milne said they hoped the company would be a catalyst for the food and farming industries to innovate and evolve towards a healthier, sustainable future.

Fonterra Co-operative reveals big write-down NZME Fonterra said write-downs would plunge the co-operative into a $590m to $675m loss in the financial year just ended.

The co-op said it would not pay a dividend for the year to July 31 so that it could pay off debt.

The annual loss would be only Fonterra’s second since its inception in 2001.

Chief executive Miles Hurrell said it had become clear that Fonterra needed to reduce the carrying value of several of its assets and take account of other one-off accounting adjustments, which total about $820-860m.

Write-downs are spread across the board.

“Since September 2018 we’ve been re-evaluating all investments, major assets and partnerships to ensure they still meet the

Co-operative’s needs,” he said.

“We are leaving no stone unturned in the work to turn our performance around.

“We have taken a hard look at our end-to-end business, including selling and reviewing the future of a number of assets that are no longer core to our strategy,” he said in a statement.

The review process had also identified a small number of assets that were overvalued, based on the outlook for their expected future returns.

“While the co-op’s FY19 underlying earnings range is within the current guidance of 10-15 cents per share, when you take into consideration these likely writedowns, we expect to make a reported loss of $590-675 million this year, which is a 37 to 42 cent loss per share,” he said.

Hurrell said that the majority

lated foreign currency translation reserve.

The carrying value for China Farms will be impaired by approximately $200m due to the slower than expected operating performance.

In its New Zealand consumer business, the compounding effect of operational challenges, along with a slower than planned recovery in Fonterra’s market share had resulted in it reassessing its future earnings.

“We are now rebuilding this business and, as part of this, have sold Tip Top which allows the team to focus on its core business.

The combined impact is a writedown of about $200m,” Hurrell said.

Chairman John Monaghan said that in light of the significant write-downs that reflect important accounting adjustments Fon-

of the one-off accounting adjustments related to non-cash impairment charges on four specific assets and the divestments that the Co-op has made this year as part of the portfolio review.

“DPA Brazil, the New Zealand consumer business, China Farms and Australian Ingredients’ performance have been improving, but slower than expected and not at the level we had based our previous carrying values on,” he said.

Fonterra’s accounting valuation for DPA Brazil would be impaired by about $200m, due mainly to economic conditions in Brazil.

Closure of its Venezuelan consumer business would mean an accounting adjustment of about $135m relating primarily to the release of the adverse accumu-

terra needed to make, the board had brought forward its decision on the full year dividend.

“Ultimately, we are charged with acting in the best long-term interests of the co-op. The underlying performance of the business is in-line with the latest earnings guidance, but we cannot ignore the reported loss of $590-$675 million once you look at the overall picture,” he said.

“Not paying a dividend for the FY19 financial year is part of our stated intention to reduce the coop’s debt, which is in everybody’s long-term interests,” he said.

The price of Fonterra’s NZX-listed units, which give outside investors access to Fonterra’s dividend flow, have been under heavy downward pressure.

They last traded on Friday at $3.76, having lost a quarter of their value over the last 12 months.

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Farmers gloomier about economy

By Paul McBeth NZME

New Zealand’s farmers got even gloomier about the state of the economy as the lingering US-China trade stoush and looming Brexit deadline threaten to undermine global trade.

A net 51.6 per cent of 1432 surveyed farmers – more than half of them dairy farmers – expect economic conditions for farmers to deteriorate in the coming 12 months, compared to a net 40.8 per cent in January. A net 3.6 per cent deem general economic conditions are currently good, down from a net 20.3 per cent in January.

The twice-yearly survey is conducted by Research First on behalf of Federated Farmers.

“For us, there is particular concern about the global uncertainty and instability arising from fall-out from Brexit and US-China tensions and how that will impact on our key markets and export returns,” Fed Farmers economic spokesman Andrew Hoggard said.

Yesterday, Fonterra Cooperative Group said it won’t be paying any dividend for the 2019 season as more than $800 million of impairment charges to a raft of assets

worldwide keeps its own balance sheet under duress. The country’s dominant milk processor is retrenching under new management after a number of missteps have left it carrying too much debt and holding the wrong mix of assets.

Farmers have grown increasingly pessimistic over the past two years, and yesterday’s survey is the lowest reading in a decade. That’s at a time when New Zealand’s currency is trading near a multi-year

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By Paul McBeth NZME

JB Hi-Fi’s New Zealand sales nudged higher as the Australian discount consumer electronics retailer continued its turnaround plan for an under-performing Kiwi business.

The retailer’s New Zealand sales increased 2 per cent to $236.2 million in the year ended June 30, in line with the $240 million guidance it offered in February when it raised its forecast by $20 million. The Australian parent retained a conservative forecast for the coming year, predicting flat sales.

JB H-Fi closed an unprofitable New Zealand store in the period, leaving it with 14 outlets as at June 30. On a same-store basis, sales were up 8.2 per cent. Online sales jumped 38 per cent to $13.3 million, and now account for 5.6 per cent of revenue, up from 4.1 per cent a year earlier.

The retailer said sales growth was supported by communications,

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fitness and audio equipment and small appliances.

The latest government data show the value of New Zealand retail sales of electrical and electronic goods increased 3.2 per cent to $2.73 billion in the nine months ended March 31 from the same period a year earlier, even as the volume of sales were up 12 per cent.

Warehouse Group-owned rival, Noel Leeming, which operates 77 stores, reported year-to-date third-quarter sales of $704.3 million, up 5.7 per cent from a year earlier, or 3.9 per cent on a same-store basis.

Another competitor, Harvey Norman’s first-half New Zealand sales were up 1.6 per cent at $513.2 million on both an aggregate and samestore basis. It operates 39 stores in New Zealand.

Margins on consumer electronics have been increasingly squeezed by vigorous competition and cheap imports, contributing to the demise

of the debt-laden Dick Smith Electronics in 2016.

JB Hi-Fi started repositioning the Kiwi business in 2016, pulling out of whiteware retailing, which wasn’t making money.

It said it’s still pursuing that strategy of improving performance, after reporting a loss of $1.9 million on an earnings before interest and tax basis compared to an ebit-loss of $2.9 million a year earlier.

Gross margin shrank 37 basis points to 17.3 per cent due to the mix of sales. However, the retailer trimmed 57 basis points from its cost of doing business to a ratio of 16.7 per cent of sales.

JB Hi-Fi’s group sales increased 3.5 per cent to $A7.1 billion and net profit was up 6.4 per cent at $A372.8 million. The board declared a final dividend of 51 Australian cents, taking the annual return to $A1.42. The ASX-listed shares jumped 7.8 per cent to $A30.14 in early trading.

Mainzeal liquidator lodges bankruptcy case

By Victoria Young

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tions for farm production with a net 19.7 per cent expecting an increase over the coming 12 months, down from a net 24.6 per cent in January. Hoggard said that was in part due to concerns about climate change targets if agriculture is put in the emissions trading scheme.

Almost 24 per cent of respondents cited climate change policy and the ETS as their biggest concern, followed by regulation and compliance costs at 19 per cent.

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low and the terms of trade remain elevated.

Profitability deteriorated, with a net 44 per cent of farmers currently turning a profit, down from a net 46.7 per cent in January. However, they were less pessimistic about earnings over the coming year, with a net 4.1 per cent predicting a decline in profits compared to a net 11.4 per cent in the previous survey.

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“That result is hardly surprising, given analysis coming through that significant numbers of dairy and sheep and beef farms will be uneconomic if the government continues to pursue methane reduction targets that are far more stringent than are necessary to ensure there is no additional global warming,” Hoggard said.

Debt, interest and banks were the third on the list, and a growing number of farmers intend to deleverage their businesses with a net 27.6 per cent of farms carrying debt predicting to reduce those loans over the coming 12 months, up from a net 24.8 per cent in January.

Federated Farmers joined the banking lobby urging the Reserve Bank to dial back plans to require higher capital buffers for licensed lenders, warning that the agricultural sector doesn’t need significantly higher borrowing costs. The central bank last week cut the official cash rate to a record low 1 per cent.

Farmers have also cut their spending plans, with a net 6.3 per cent expecting to increase spending, down from a net 18.2 per cent in January

The liquidators for Mainzeal say they have been forced to use bankruptcy proceedings to get $18 million out of former director Richard Yan. While both sides are appealing the $36 million in damages awarded against several former directors of the failed construction company, Yan hasn’t yet paid or said how he will pay the $18 million he has been ordered to front up with.

Justice Francis Cooke ruled earlier this year that Yan and three other directors: Jenny Shipley, Clive Tilby and Peter Gomm were liable, with Yan to pay $18 million, and the others to split the other $18 million.

Property records indicate Yan partowns a Remuera property with a ratings value of more than $10 million and an Epsom home valued at $4 million. He is also the sole shareholder of a company which owns Campbell Park, a 32-hectare estate near Oamaru.

BDO liquidators Andrew Bethell and Brian Mayo-Smith say in a statement that the insurer for the other three directors, QBE, has already provided security for their share of the liability.

“Mr Yan has a legal obligation to pay or secure $18 million, being his share,” said Bethell. “We have not received this money or had any acknowledgement from Mr Yan that he

intends to pay. We have been left with no choice but to get a court order to file bankruptcy proceedings against him to recover the money.”

The appeals and cross-appeal are expected to be heard in the Court of Appeal early next year. The defendants deny liability, while the liquidators say the amount to pay in damages should be higher.

In a judgment dated July 12, Justice Cooke said that his original liability figure was right, despite the liquidators saying interest was not recognised properly and the director defendants saying the judge’s starting point was wrong.

Yan’s lawyers were not immediately available for comment.

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TEST YOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – What was the name of Mark Todd’s Olympic gold-medal winning horse? a. Charisma b. Charmer c. Charity 2 – The next summer Olympics will be held in which city? a. Japan b. Los Angeles c. Paris 3 – Which American president delivered the Gettysburg Address? a. Washington b. Lincoln c. Kennedy 4 – Which is the correct spelling of the following word? a. Dislexia b. Dyslexea c. Dyslexia 5 – In politics, which animal represents the American Republican Party? a. Donkey b. Elephant c. Lion 6 – I Don’t Care and The Shape of You are songs by which singer? a. Katy Perry b. Ariana Grande c. Ed Sheeran 7 – What is the chemical symbol for Sodium Fluoride? a. NaF b. SmFl c. SmO3 8 – Urzila Carlson is known in New Zealand as a? a. Comedian b. Singer c. Triathlete

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The first week of August saw the southern lights display in the skies over several nights. This photo was taken near Methven on August 5.

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For the Devil’s sauce: ■■ Warm 1/2 the oil in a small saucepan and cook the ground cumin, smoked paprika, chopped dried chillies and cayenne pepper for a minute before adding the finely diced onion.

■■ Roughly chop the chipotle in adobo and add to the pan, followed by the tomatoes. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 10 minutes to develop the flavours and allow the sauce to come together.

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For the prawns: ■■ Pat the prawns dry with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper.

■■ Warm a sauté pan over a high heat and cook the prawns quickly with the remaining olive oil.

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More Tindall negatives This week we are featuring more from our Tindall collection of negatives.

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve had a great response to our search to name more images from our collection.

Several people have visited, emailed or phoned Ashburton Museum to let us know who the people are in the photos featured on these Guardian Heritage pages.

With a huge collection of over six

million images, there’s always more information to discover, and we really appreciate the help of our knowledgeable locals.

With so many images in the collection, if you are looking for a photo of a particular person then please do contact us to ask what other images we have, as these are only a very small sample of a very large collection.

To contact the museum call 307 7890 or email museum@adc.govt.nz

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2. When Fairfield Cricket team held their jubilee, everyone turned up, even two babies in push chairs! Canterbury Frozen Meat came to the party, at least with a tent.

3. Fairton school pupils enjoying their large playground.

4. The Tindall Collection has many, many envelopes of weddings. So far, however, this is the only wedding party that included goats. This is the Gluyas-Grattan wedding.

5. Staff of Gluyas’ garage.

6. Cheers! While it may not look like it, these merry men are in the RSA with the Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson in 1964.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls Allenton Winter Bowls August 9 8th Round Hunt Trophy 1st B. White, B & S. Holdom 3 wins, 17 ends & 33 points, 2nd B. Mayson, P. Whinham & M. Fogggo 3 wins, 14 ends & 29 points, 3rd J. Kingsbury, D. Thorne & R. Johnston 3 wins, 11 ends & 24 points

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club August 5 Irwin Trophy 1st Jan McClelland & Mary Francis, 2nd Colin Clemens & Maryke Blignault, 3rd Jill Wilce & Joyce Johnson August 6 A Ladder N/S 1st David Wilkinson & Lynette Leadley, 2nd Margaret & John Shearer, 3rd Pat Jordan & Judith Edmond E/W 1st Peter Downward & John McDonald, 2nd Jim Rooney & Bill Kolkman, 3rd Jeanette Lovett & Val Palmer August 7 3 rds, diff ptr ea rd N/S 1st Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond, 2nd Val Palmer & Melva Stowell, 3rd David Sewell & Peter Downward E/W 1st Trish Downward & John Irwin, 2nd Mary Buckland & Edna Segers, 3rd Rewa Kyle & Maree Moore August 8 3 rds, diff ptr ea rd N/S 1st Melva Stowell & Peter Downward, 2nd Bill Kolkman & John McDonald, 3rd Bev Turton & Rona Brownlie E/W 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Rewa Kyle & David Sewell, 3rd Ruth Logan & Betty Hawthorne

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 8 9 Hole Jean Drummond Putting Trophy - Round 5 Winners: Fairlie Matsinger 12, Tong King 12, Gordon Clinton 16 (on c/b) Smith & Church Gobblers: Fairlie Matsinger 2, Carol O’Reilly August 10 A small field due to weather conditions has reduced the field for the Brandon Cup to an elite group.

In the Stableford round The Radius Care Player of the Day was Sean Strange 7913=66 and 42 pts.

Other winning scores: Jordan Bird 38; Peter Walker and James Macfarlane 35.

Twos: Peter Walker, Jordan Bird and Sean Strange(2).

Nearest The Pins: Value Plus Processing: Ian Rive; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: Ken Clucas.

Mayfield Golf Club Mid-Week Stableford Rodger Lake 44, Ali McLeod 41, Andrew Lake 40, Bill Allan 39, John Low 39.

August 8 9 Hole division Handicap and putting Ladies 1st Bernie Morrison 52:21:31, 2nd Tessa Gallagher 58:20:17; Men 1st Gerald Jacobson 68:26:42, 2nd John Greenslade 62:18:44; Putting 1st Gerald Jacobson 14, 2nd Bernie Morrison 16 Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Building & Excavating 2nd Shot

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton County Ladies Vets Golf August 16 9.30am for 10.00am start at Tinwald Bring own lunch and small gift for raffle 9 hole players welcome

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Methven Golf Club August 7 Ladies Division LGU Silver: Jenny Senior 91-14-77, Sara Gallagher 94-17-77 Bronze A: Ruth Smith 91-22-69, Lynn Worsfold 95-23-72, Heather Santy 9927-72 Bronze B: Heather Middleton 98-29-69, Roz Grant 101-28-73, Sandra Marr 10229-73 3rd Sarah Maw & Tuis Trophy: Ruth Smith 40, Heather Middleton 40, Heather Santy 38 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Nett of the Day: Ruth Smith 69 C/B, Heather Middleton 69, Mt Hutt Lodge Best Nett for July: Robyn Maw 69 Nearest the Pins: #6 Open Methven Pharmacy Jenny Senior, #17 Open Arabica Jenny Senior, #4 Br B & Open Cinema Paradiso Sara Gallagher, # 13 Open Methven Foursquare Sandra Marr, # 14 Br B 2nd Shot Methven Foursquare Fay Redfern, #17 Saturday Girls Methven Travel Bev Isherwood Twos and Nett Eagles: Roz Grant. Lynn Worsfold. Fay Redfern x2. Marg Kelk. Pam Watson. Sharon Burrell-Smith.

Rakaia Golf Club August 7 Ladies Division LGU – Championship Qualifying – Bryant Cup – 4th Putting Freda Bierema 108-35-73, Sandra Quinn 94-18-76 Putting: Sandra Quinn 30 Putts, Marion Wederell 32 Putts 9 Hole Players Stroke – Putting – Championship Qualifying Val Bell 55 – 18 – 37 Putting: Judy Moore 17 Putts Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Marion Wederell, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Jill Burrowes, Val Bell Nearest the Pin: No 8 Sandra Quinn, Chertsey Spraying 2nd Shot No 15 Jo Johnson, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Sally Smith

■■ Squash Celtic Squash Club August 5 Semi-Finals Team 3 beat Team 2 16-7: Adam Clement lost to John McDonnell 1-3, Ben Kruger beat James McCloy 3 -1, Chris Thompson beat Blair Horrell 3-0, Rob Giles beat Brendon Clark 3-2, Rebecca Abernethy beat Julian Syme 3-0, Chrissy Stratford beat Jan Lee 3-1.

Team 4 beat Team 8 16-5: Mick Hooper lost to Jason Feutz 1-3, Mick Hooper beat Pete Blacklow 3-0, Ian Dolden beat Jordy Hooper 3-2, Chris Lima beat Reece Wallington 3-0, Robbie Kok beat Charlotte Smith 3-0, Hayden Robinson beat Johnny Stanway 3-0.

August 7 Team 1 beat Team 6 12-9: Nick Marshall beat Billy Nolan 3-2, Harry Stanway beat Ron Carlson 3-1, Julie Smith beat James Bowker 3-0, Tim Kuipers lost to Melissa Wilson 0-3, Sam Kuipers lost to Hamish Trott 0-3, Guy Stanway beat Kate Williams 3-0.

Team 5 beat Team 8 11-8: Chris O’Reilly beat Paul Cousins 3-0, Nathan Forbes beat Steve Devereux 3-0, Shane Muckle beat Neil Keenan 3-2, Michelle Boleyn lost to Amy Muckle 0-3, Chrissy Stratford lost to Hamish O’Reilly 2-3.

August 17 The third round of the Brandon Cup will be played. This is a stableford match.

Starting Times: Morning start at 8.00am; Afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12pm start, Nine hole golfers report at 12.30 for a 1pm start.

■■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Association August 16 1st Grade Women 6.00pm Hampstead v

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Archer England’s secret weapon NZME It is some challenge that awaits England’s cricketers at Lord’s this week.

This is the 50th Ashes series since World War One, and only thrice in those hundred years have England come back from losing the opening test to win the series.

On each occasion, England required the assistance of great pace bowling to turn the tide.

In 1954-55, Frank Tyson knocked over the Australians as if he were Mike.

After a quiet first test, he shortened his run-up, maximised his massive shoulders and took 27 wickets in the last four tests at only 15 runs each. It was widely agreed to be the fastest bowling to that point yet seen.

In 1981, Ian Botham, after standing down as captain, stood up.

Australia won the first test, five more remained, and Botham took 31 wickets at 20 each.

Two spectacular centuries did not come amiss.

It was Andrew Flintoff in 2005, after England had lost the opening test at Lord’s.

In the last four tests, he may not have taken the new ball but he led England’s assault, taking 20 wickets at 23 each against a batting line-up which had been impregnable for a decade.

Batting like Beefy, too, Flintoff turned the series.

The captains who had this firepower at their disposal – Len Hutton, Michael Brearley and Michael Vaughan – were honoured by the Queen and ennobled in the game’s history; the fast bowlers themselves were recognised sooner or later.

No further incentive should be necessary for England captain Joe Root and the fast bowler who is going to tip the balance of this series England’s way, if anybody is: Jofra Archer.

It is an enormous expectation to place on a debutant, but while Botham and Flintoff were experienced all-rounders by the time of their finest hour, Tyson was the same age Archer is now, 24, and had played a single test before he toured Australia.

Archer, moreover, has already packed many games of cricket into his career, around the world from England to Australia, India, Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Ireland – where he made his England debut in an ODI at the start of May – quite apart from his native Barbados.

England cannot have had a debutant fast bowler so well versed in the techniques of delivering a red or white ball.

As Stuart Broad had the measure of David Warner in the opening test at Edgbaston, dismissing him from round the wicket both times (three if you include Warner’s leg glance to the keeper which was neither given by the umpire nor reviewed), Archer is needed to dismiss Steve Smith above all others.

Smith scored 144 and 142 at Edgbaston to be player of the match and take his aggregate in his last seven tests against England to 1116 runs at the average of 139.50.

This promises to be one of the all-time duels.

Archer and Smith know all about each other.

As team-mates with Rajasthan Royals, they have sparred against each other in many a net.

Smith will know every type of delivery Archer has in his quiver but Archer has to force Smith into only one fatal mistake per innings.

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Jofra Archer is well aware of Steve Smith’s skills.

Smith, for certain, will no longer be allowed to camp on his back foot outside off stump and wait, as he did for England’s bowlers of lesser pace, not only at Edgbaston but in Australia during the previous Ashes series.

Archer has used his time in Twenty20 cricket to perfect his 150km/h yorker, for a start, while his bouncer has an almost unique quality in being so straight, bowled from wicket to wicket.

Smith, however, will be anything but a sitting duck.

“The beauty of Steve is that you can come up with a plan and he’s good enough to adapt really quickly,” said Australia captain Tim Paine after the tourists’ practice match in Worcester, while England’s players had no red-ball game anywhere in the land.

And this was not the usual stuff dished out by a team’s propaganda department because it is true.

“I’ve seen him do it [adapt] between balls,” Paine said.

“That’s what makes him the best player in the world – his ability to adapt to any plan thrown at him.

He processes it quicker than other players and adapts on the spot.”

Quite a duel, then, is in store at Lord’s this week between Australia’s champion and the man England hope, in the absence of James Anderson, will be theirs.

The caveat about Archer is stamina.

He will surely make a sudden impact but can he make a sustained one?

He has not played a first-class game since last September; and those championship matches he has played for Sussex have all been in the second division, where the capability of batsmen to bat all day has been somewhat less than Smith’s.

In any event, there is a lot to be said for the selection of Sam Curran, especially if the bad weather continues into the test.

By playing instead of Jack Leach or Joe Denly, Curran can reduce the load on Ben Stokes, so he can focus more on batting, and on Archer, enabling the debutant to bowl spells which are short, sharp, and even Tysonian, or Bothamesque, or Flintoffian.

Wakanui Blue [Allenton, Tinwald Black] 5.15pm Hampstead v Tinwald Lowcliffe [Wakanui Black, Wakanui Blue] 6.30pm Allenton v Tinwald Black [Hampstead, Tinwald Lowcliffe] Tinwald [Bye] 2nd Grade Boys Monday 19 August Draw unknown 1st Grade Women 7.40 pm College v Methven White [R Law, J Gray]

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby August 14 ACL Under 16

Ellesmere v Mid Canterbury, Dunsandel, 5:30pm ACL Mid Canterbury Under 18 Ellesmere v Mid Canterbury, Dunsandel, 7:00pm August17 Heartland Pre-Season South Canterbury v Agstaff Mid Canterbury, 2:30pm, Alpine Mid Canterbury A Pre-Season South Canterbury A v Agstaff Mid Canterbury, 12:50pm, Alpine ACL Mid Canterbury Under 13 South Canterbury v Mid Canterbury, Timaru School Park, 11:30am

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In brief Gala Day cancelled It was meant to be the season’s final hurrah for Mid Canterbury Rugby’s junior rugby players, but atrocious weather conditions meant the Saturday’s Gala Day didn’t get off the ground. Initially the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union made the call to postpone the annual Gala Day, which would have seen all junior grades play at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds, but yesterday the decision was made to cancel it. The decision was made by the MCRU’s JAB club delegates.

No apology required Scott Barrett wanted to apologise to his team-mates for the red card that contributed to the All Blacks’ shock defeat in the weekend’s Bledisloe Cup opener to the Wallabies – but was told no apology was needed. According to hooker Dane Coles, the All Blacks have rallied around Barrett, who could face a ban of up to six weeks. “I think Scooter [Barrett] wanted to get up and apologise but Steve [Hansen] said, ‘mate, it’s a team game, things happen’, and that was it. We talked about a lot of stuff… stuff we can get better at,” Coles said. “Like Steve said, he’s just got to learn from what he’s done and move on.” - NZME

England helps out ABs

Rep challenge awaits Preparing to take the ball into contact during a training session for potential Mid Canterbury Under-18 rep rugby players on Sunday, was Jonty Tresidder. Tresidder was among those who answered a call for all eligible players to attend the light training run, but the door wasn’t closed to those who couldn’t make it to that one. There’s another training run at 6.30pm tonight at Celtic, and all eligible players are welcome. Then, tomorrow night, the Mid Canterbury Under-16s and 18s will play Ellesmere in Dunsandel in what will effectively be trial games.

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The All Blacks will retain the number one spot in World Rugby after England ended Wales’ 14test unbeaten run. Eddies Jones’ experimental side impressed in a 33-19 victory at Twickenham. A victory for Wales would have seen Warren Gatland’s side leapfrog the All Blacks into top spot in the World Rankings following the Wallabies’ 47-26 victory over New Zealand in Perth. The defeat means the All Blacks will stay number one, a position they have held since late 2009. England and Wales scored three tries apiece but it was the boot of George Ford that proved vital with 15 points.

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Wallabies ‘got away with murder’ in Perth test

By Patrick McKendry When the All Blacks reviewed their defeat to Australia in Perth they would have been horrified by not only how many defensive errors and penalties they gave up which contributed to a big Bledisloe Cup setback, but also what the Wallabies got away with at the breakdown.

It was lawless – a throwback to the times before television match officials when anything went as long as the referee didn’t see it.

Which begs the question; what exactly was TMO Marius Jonker watching throughout the Wallabies’ 47-26 Bledisloe Cup victory at Optus Stadium?

The Herald has counted at least 14 neck rolls by Wallabies players attempting to clear out All Black bodies at the breakdown, including an extremely obvious one by centre James O’Connor on Anton Lienert-Brown in the direct lead-

up to Nic White’s try.

Neck rolls – the act of grabbing an opposing player, whose attention is on the ball in the ruck, and twisting his head or neck to force him to the ground – are extremely dangerous and illegal.

The minimum sanction is a yellow card, the maximum a red.

Not one was penalised at Optus Stadium.

“This type of contact also applies to grabbing and rolling/ twisting around the head/neck area even if the contact starts below the line of the shoulders,” according to World Rugby’s laws.

The allowance of the tactic put every player at risk last Saturday, but few would have disliked it more than Sam Cane, the All Blacks flanker who had surgery on a broken neck last year.

“To be honest, I wasn’t aware of it until I looked at my game yesterday but there were times when you’d get over the ball and you’d

know you were in a good position and then for whatever reason you get taken off it,” he said yesterday.

“Sometimes it was because players were coming blatantly in from the side, sometimes it’s those neck rolls. I’m not sure there’s much you can do in the game.

“I remember at the 2015 World Cup there was a real clampdown on it. It was taken very seriously.

It’s just one of those things; the laws of the game.

“They focus on one area and then another area seems to slip off. But I’d like to see it ruled.”

It was odd that the Wallabies should resort to such tactics because they have been extremely vocal opponents of it in the past, particularly when David Pocock has been on the receiving end.

Owen Franks was penalised by referee Wayne Barnes for wrenching Pocock’s neck in the Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park 12 months ago, an act which left the loose

forward injured and out of the return match in Sydney a fortnight later.

Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper said at the time: “We as a coaching group sent in clips to World Rugby and as far as we know – or the coaches have told me anyway – it doesn’t meet the red-card threshold.

“Now neck injuries are a pretty big part of the game and I know, from being in a similar position to David, you want to be protected and safe and that’s what this is about, player safety.”

Maybe it’s a case if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, because the Wallabies’ ruck speed was mightily impressive at the weekend, the All Blacks saying afterwards they just couldn’t slow the home side’s ball.

As Cane said, on review it became clearer why.

The All Blacks were magnanimous after the defeat, despite the red card for lock Scott Barrett in

the final minute of the first half, and so they should have been, for they were outplayed and the Wallabies were dominant until Barrett’s departure.

And while coach Steve Hansen called Ardie Savea’s push on the back of Hooper’s head shortly before that a “dumb act”, for referee Jerome Garces to penalise it shows a remarkable lack of empathy and feel for the game.

Hooper pushed Savea in the back of the head by way of retaliation, a penalisable act in itself.

How Savea’s push merited a penalty, and the late tackle on Richie Mo’unga in the first half, which put him down for a considerable time, and Kurtley Beale’s shoulder charge on Jack Goodhue in the lead-up to Anton LienertBrown’s try, didn’t, beggars belief.

The same goes for the neck rolls because they are in no way accidental and they can’t be allowed to continue at Eden Park.

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■■ WATER SKIING

Career highlight in Kuala Lumpur When the New Zealand team hits the water in Malaysia today for the World Water Skiing Championships, two Mid Cantabrians will be in their element.

Ashburton twins George and Hugh Donaldson will be a part of the New Zealand contingent competing at the spectacular Putrajaya Marina Water Sports Centre and for both, just being selected for the team has been a huge thrill.

The world championships will get under way today and run through until Sunday, and the twins can’t wait.

For the past few years they’ve been the top water skiers in their age groups nationally, and now they’re 18, they’ve been achieving New Zealand open podium placings which led to them being selected to the national open team.

In Kuala Lumpur they’ll be up against the world’s best, and the tournament has attracted the biggest field of competitors seen in some time.

Teams consist of six skiers, and all of those in the New Zealand team are national champions or record holders.

New Zealand’s four men were all Cantabrians, and the Donaldson duo were taking part in all three events, where they were aiming for good scores in tricks and jump for the team.

Rangiora’s Morgan Diehl is a slalom specialist, while Florida-based Alex King will slalom and jump, and Northland’s Toni Atkinson is another three-eventer.

New Zealand’s top contender

George Donaldson on his way to a PB during his slaloming famil.

Jaime Metcalfe, who lives in Switzerland, has also returned to water skiing to again be setting New Zealand records.

She is currently ranked fourth in the world for the women’s slalom.

It’s set to be a huge week, with Malaysia having spared no expense in putting on the world event.

But, being held on an open lake does present a few challenges in the form of erratic wind and

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waves, so like a lot of teams, the Kiwis headed over there early to train.

And the early signs were good, too, with George producing a personal best pass on his slaloming famil.

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Grayson takes out Texas title

Oamaru clubs battle out final Oamaru Excelsior beat Oamaru Squash Club on a countback to take out division one of this year’s Squash Midlands interclub competition.

The interclub finals were all scheduled to be played at the Ashburton courts on Friday night, but the Oamaru teams played it earlier to save them travelling to Ashburton.

They were clearly the two best teams all year so it was a deserved final match-up.

Meanwhile all the other matches were played at Ashburton, and there was no shortage of top-level finals squash on show.

Division 2 was close again, in a grade that always seems to be the most competitive.

The semi-finals were closely-contested, with Mackenzie losing hold of second place when getting upset by Temuka, allowing Rakaia to sneak into the final.

The final between Methven and Rakaia went right down to the last match, with Rakaia needing a

With all the current world champions returning to defend their titles, it’s set to be an exciting six days where the Donaldsons will get to share the dock with some very prestigious water skiing company.

3-0 win to take that title, but they could only manage a 3-1 victory, leaving Methven as division 2 champions.

Division 3 was also a close-run thing this year, with Timaru unbeaten coming into the final, but the Methven team produced just enough to scrape through for the win.

Timaru required a 3-1 win in the very last match of the rubber, but after some tight games came up just short.

In Division 4 Timaru had been consistently the best team all year and they came up against Pleasant Point in the final, with Timaru proving too strong to take a deserved win.

Organisers said that with three of the four divisions coming down to the last match on finals night it demonstrated the strength and evenness of these grades and with the standard of squash improving each year Midlands squash is looking in good shape.

Campbell Grayson is in the best form of his life.

New Zealand men’s squash No.2 Campbell Grayson has won the biggest title of his career with victory in the Houston Open in Texas yesterday.

The 33-year-old from Auckland beat top seed and world No. 20 Ryan Cuskelly (Australia) in five games in the semi-finals and then won the title in four games over Scotsman, Alan Clyne in the final.

The scoreline of 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 took over an hour as Grayson continued his unbeaten run of results against Clyne in what has been a good year after winning the Irish Open title in April.

“I’d been in the semis and finals of a few tournaments this big, but hadn’t won one.

“I’m stoked to win it, Alan (Clyne) is always tough and also to have beaten Ryan as well. I used good tactics to win that one.”

“Winning this title has been great to start the season along with earlier in the year taking out the Irish Open and I did well at the British Open too, although I was a bit angry at the way I played in the Nationals final against Paul (Coll) and thought I could have offered more in that match.”

The win in Houston was his 14th career title.

He now has a block of training leading up to a busy period with big PSA tournaments in San Francisco, followed by the US Open in Philadelphia.

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Manchester United’s Anthony Martial, scores his side’s second goal past Chelsea’s goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford.

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Manchester United beat Chelsea 4-0 to ruin Frank Lampard’s debut as a Premier League coach in their season-opening game yesterday.

Marcus Rashford scored twice, Anthony Martial grabbed another and substitute Daniel James completed the rout on his debut, but it was also an impressive defensive performance from United with the world’s most expensive defender, Harry Maguire, playing his role in keeping the visitors at bay.

Maguire, who completed his 80 million pound transfer from Leicester last Monday, was manof-the-match after playing from the start on his United debut.

“It’s a great start for myself and obviously the team,” Maguire told Sky Sports.

“We rode our luck a little bit in the first half. We gave them too many chances and were sloppy on the ball. In the second half we were a lot better.”

Aaron Wan-Bissaka also impressed on his debut after playing from the start.

“The boys have been working hard and this is just the start,” United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said.

Chelsea dominated possession, twice hit the post and had more

efforts on goal, but the visitors were picked apart by counterattacks with United midfielder Paul Pogba showing his importance to the side with two assists.

“If you give it to our front three you’ve always got a chance of scoring because they’re so dangerous,” Maguire said.

Chelsea fans will be left questioning the club’s wisdom in allowing centre back David Luiz join city rival Arsenal as the transfer window closed.

Tammy Abraham struck the left post early on for Chelsea, which had Mateo Kovacic involved in the

thick of the action early on.

While Chelsea looked confident, the side had a blow when Kurt Zouma brought Rashford down with a clumsy challenge in the 17th. Rashford took his time before sending the resulting penalty to the top left corner.

Chelsea looked rattled and Martial continued to probe, having a shot blocked after good work from Pogba.

United defended in numbers, frustrating the visitors’ attack, and its second goal started with Maguire at the back after the 26-yearold won the ball from Abraham.

Andreas Pereira crossed for Martial to convert from close range in the 65th, and Chelsea was still recovering when Pogba floated the ball over and Rashford went through in the 67th for 3-0.

Pogba set up James to make it 4-0 in the 81st with a deflected shot taking the ball past Kepa.

“Four mistakes for the goals, let’s get that out straight away because we have to be self-critical about that,” said Lampard, who thought the result flattered United.

“For 60 minutes we controlled the game.”

Massive end to season coming up

By Erin Tasker

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Horrendous weather on Saturday prevented Mid Canterbury United’s first team from getting on the park and scoring the goals they needed to take the Mainland Football division one lead.

They were due to take on Nomads in Christchurch on Saturday, but the bad weather forced it to be called off at the last minute, and it will now be played in a couple of weeks’ time instead.

And it could end up being a pretty big game in the grand scheme of things, as there was a fair chance that the whole season could boil down to that one game That was because Saturday’s rain meant that while some games didn’t get played, others did.

While Mid Canterbury United’s division one game didn’t

go ahead, their main rivals – the Halswell United 1964s – did play, and they won, which means that they have now moved ahead.

Going into Saturday’s scheduled round, the two teams were tied at the top of the ladder, but Halswell held a slender one-point lead on goal differential.

So, Mid Canterbury United headed to Christchurch on Saturday to play Nomads United AFC with one thing on their minds – scoring as many goals as they could to get in front of Halswell on that all-important goal difference.

But, the weather had other ideas and Mid Canterbury United were met by unplayable conditions in Christchurch and their game was called off.

So, as they were up that way anyway, they headed to Rolleston to watch the game between the

Halswell 1964s and Selwyn United.

Halswell were up 5-0 when, with about 20 minutes to go, the game was called off due to the bad weather.

But that result still counted, so Halswell moved three points clear on the table, on 46 compared to Mid Canterbury United’s 43, and extended their goal difference lead to six.

So it would all come down to the next two weeks, where Mid Canterbury United has two games to play, while Halswell had just one.

Mid Canterbury United coach Marty Fitzgerald said if his side could beat the Burnham FC Bobcats by five goals this weekend, that would nullify Saturday’s result.

At the same time, though, Halswell will be playing Nomads.

And with Mid Canterbury United set to play Nomads the following week in that catch-up match, it could effectively come down to who beats Nomads by the biggest margin.

For whichever team won division one, the next step up was premiership.

But the Halswell 1964s cannot go up to that level because the club already had a team in the premiership, so even a second place finish could see Mid Canterbury United receive a premiership invite, but that isn’t their focus right now.

First, they have to beat Burnham this weekend, and that will be no easy feat.

“Some of their results have been close, so we are going to need to be on point or else we might have to score 15 goals in the last game,” Fitzgerald said.

Mid Canterbury United has suffered just one loss this season so far, and it was to the Halswell United 1964s, with a goal just three minutes from the end the difference.

Meanwhile, Mid Canterbury United’s second side did play on Saturday, picking up a 2-0 win over the Universities AFC Yellow Jackets, which put them up to the top of the division five leaderboard.

It was also a good day for Methven FC. They had already wrapped up the division three title the week before, but kept their momentum going with a 5-0 win over the Christchurch United Prebbleton Shamrocks on Saturday.

Methven FC’s division six side also picked up a win on Saturday, beating FC Twenty11 Thunder 3-2.

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In brief

Tarzino Trophy fresh-up NZME Mark Oulaghan is set to start the star of his stable, Shadows Cast, fresh-up in the first leg of the Hawke’s Bay Triple Crown later this month.

Shadows Cast, winner of the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham last January, has been freshened since his last start on his home track on Anzac Day and Oulaghan is hoping to have him ready for the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy at Hastings on August 31.

“The plan is to get a trial into him then go straight into the Tarzino,” the Awapuni trainer said.

“He had six weeks off after his run here and I’m happy with him.”

Shadows Cast has been nominated for all three Hawke’s Bay features, but isn’t likely to press on for the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) on October 5 after contesting the second leg, the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m), on September 21.

“It’s pretty doubtful he’ll run in the last one (Livamol Classic),” Oulaghan said.

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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 13 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 12.01pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C0, 390m 1 6 Impressive High nwtd.................J McInerney 2 57473 Goldstar Willa nwtd S &...................B Evans 3 657 Southern Max nwtd......................R Hamilton 4 61 Regal George nwtd....................J McInerney 5 4648 Homebush Jordie nwtd..............J McInerney 6 6533 Homebush Liam nwtd................J McInerney 7 Homebush Hans nwtd................J McInerney 8 83534 Homebush Jennia nwtd.............J McInerney 9 785 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 10 8558 Sozin’s Rhapsody nwtd..............J McInerney 2 12.18pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C0, 390m 1 32574 Sozin’s Melody nwtd..................J McInerney 2 56 Homebush Keasha nwtd............J McInerney 3 734 Take A Hint nwtd........................J McInerney 4 64 Zara Jewel nwtd............................C Roberts 5 76528 Pontiac Pat nwtd........................J McInerney 6 Homebush Maree nwtd..............J McInerney 7 482 Homebush Vassy nwtd...............J McInerney 8 Citizen Zagreb nwtd...................J McInerney 9 785 Homebush Liz nwtd...................J McInerney 10 68787 Goldstar Malone nwtd S &...............B Evans 3 12.35pm FIND US ON TWITTER@SGRCINFO C1/2, 457m 1 34255 Bartholomew Cub 26.54....................B Eade 2 87221 Homebush Hotshot 26.35..........J McInerney 3 47135 Trajan 26.14...............................J McInerney 4 64341 Chunk 26.28...............................J McInerney 5 32158 Black Dan 26.48.........................J McInerney

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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club at Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 13 Aug 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 3.08pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C0, 295m 1 41 Freya Beauchamp 17.84................... B Dann 2 3 Gadzooks nwtd................................. B Dann 3 5465 Ohoka Becky nwtd........................ L Waretini 4 5 Fernando Bill nwtd..................... M Dempsey 5 251 Sydneys Sox 17.72....................... L Waretini 6 27441 Ohoka Lacey 17.67....................... L Waretini 7 3 Jacks Point nwtd.............................D J Lane 8 8 Shoelace Jack nwtd................... M Dempsey Emergencies: 9 7 Mulberry Rock nwtd.......................... B Dann 10 8786 Ohoka Megan nwtd....................... L Waretini 2 3.26pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK QUIRK STAKES C0, 520m 1 788 My Emmett nwtd..............................R Wales 2 2 Alexia nwtd......................................D J Lane 3 7 Ain’t He Lucky nwtd....................N Wanhalla 4 75266 Smash McDougal nwtd................D Kingston 5 67665 Mr. Hardwick nwtd H &.........................Taylor 6 56888 Our Bonnie nwtd..............................R Wales 7 64864 Creasy Bear nwtd............................ D Voyce 8 8 Grey Wind nwtd...........................N Wanhalla 3 3.43pm DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 033796195

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“The mile race (the Windsor Park Plate) is his main aim and I think he’ll be pretty competitive in that.

“It’s going to be a bit tough going 1400m first-up in the Tarzino, but it should get him fitter for the second one.

“I’ll probably back off him after the mile race and set him for the Captain Cook Stakes (Gr.1, 1600m) at Trentham in early December.”

Shadows Cast recorded consecutive black type wins last season, taking the Gr.2 Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni last December then the Thorndon Mile.

He was a creditable sixth in the Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki, then eighth in the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) in his first start beyond 1600m.

Oulaghan then freshened the son of Per Incanto to run a short head second to the smart upand-comer Rock On Wood in the Listed Anzac Mile (1600m) at Awapuni on Anzac Day when giv-

Trainer Mark Oulaghan ing the winner seven kilograms.

Shadows Cast, now a seven-year-old, has won almost a third of his 36 starts for owner Ron Cunningham and earned $435,202 in prizemoney.

Of his 10 wins, his first black type victory came when deadheating for first with Son Of Maher in the 2017 Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton.

Oulaghan has just returned from his annual trip to Riccarton’s Grand National Festival of

Racing and, though he had no joy with his two runners, Des De Jeu and Paddy Bourke, his highlight came when his former apprentice Tim Johnson registered his first jumps win aboard the John Wheeler-trained Abacus on Saturday.

“I was quite chuffed for him,” Oulaghan said.

“He hasn’t had many rides over fences and he handled the horse well.”

Abacus was the seventh jumps ride for Johnson, who completed his apprenticeship early last season. He has had 75 wins on the flat, including two black type wins.

Oulaghan had no joy in his bid to add to his record of six Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) wins with his charge Des De Jeu, but he is satisfied the seven-yearold son of Mettre En Jeu showed enough with his fourth to It’s A Wonder to be back next year.

“He’s just a novice horse at this stage and I thought he went well for a horse still learning,” he said.

Return to Riccarton Levin trainer Leanne Elliot could get an opportunity to add another Riccarton highlight to her list of achievements. Elliot has put the Gr.2 Coupland’s Bakeries Mile (1600m) at the New Zealand Cup meeting in November among the options for her smart galloper Rock On Wood and if the trip eventuates it will be a return to the scene of her most memorable win as a jockey. It was 24 years ago that Elliot, as a jumps jockey, guided Just Red to victory in the Grand National Steeplechase (5600m), then two years later the pair returned to finish third in the feature.

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Speeding Spur speedy Speeding Spur did New Zealand proud and gave his future stud career a massive boost with a track record breaking win in North America. The reigning New Zealand Trotter Of The Year won his first race on American soil in style when clocking 1.52.4 to win the $148,000 Crawford Farms Open Trot at Tioaga Downs yesterday. That time saw the 8-yr-old set a new mark for aged male trotters at the New York track, showing the grit and determination he was renowned for in New Zealand.

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Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 6 13424 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S &................B Evans 7 63644 Shift The Blame 25.94................J McInerney 8 87346 Famous Lee nwtd S &......................B Evans 9 34288 Umbridge Bale nwtd......................C Roberts 10 18876 Zipping Jen 26.41.......................... B Conner 4 12.52pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C3, 390m 1 122x3 Go Gunna 22.70..............................R Wales 2 63565 Goldstar Galaxie 23.38 S &.............B Evans 3 46622 Mitcham Reado nwtd.................J McInerney 4 12325 Punch On Buzz 22.60................J McInerney 5 444F7 Homebush Velma 22.47.............J McInerney 6 53117 Regal Jock 22.88.......................J McInerney 7 83554 Shaw Winner 22.78 J M................... McCook 8 23362 Homebush Boots nwtd...............J McInerney 9 72673 Cosmic Jase 22.65....................J McInerney 10 78864 Debbie Baxter 22.57..................J McInerney 5 1.09pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C3/4, 457m 1 67877 Malaga Molly 26.08....................J McInerney 2 21525 Dyna Elliot 25.96...........................C Roberts 3 24547 Joe Bonanza 26.33....................J McInerney 4 13541 Dyna Varsity nwtd.........................C Roberts 5 81635 Bashful Buffy 26.40....................J McInerney 6 34746 Galifianakis 26.16..............................B Eade 7 73137 Cosmic Stu 26.29.......................J McInerney 8 17413 Thrilling Watch nwtd......................D Roberts 6 1.26pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2d, 630m 1 53221 Perfect Result 37.44.......................R Adcock 2 75677 Opawa Hope nwtd...........................R Wales 3 Box Vacant Three.......................... Scratched 4 55858 Cawbourne Zulu nwtd...................D Roberts 5 54866 Opawa Tab nwtd..............................R Wales 6 Box Vacant Six.............................. Scratched 7 42445 Opawa Silver nwtd...........................R Wales 8 63556 Kia Tere nwtd S &.............................B Evans

7 1.43pm TOP CLASS RUN C5, 457m

1 38114 Shaw Lee 26.29 J M........................ McCook 2 12536 Must Be Rusty 25.85..................J McInerney 3 51621 Go Brat 25.85 J &............................D Fahey 4 85224 Goldstar Trooper nwtd S &...............B Evans 5 Box Vacant Five............................ Scratched 6 618x7 Dyna Elwyn 25.65.........................C Roberts 7 43738 Egomaniacal 26.06.......................D Roberts 8 87x61 Dyna Wazza 26.47........................C Roberts 8 2.00 MARK TURNER PAINTER PH021737111 C1, 457m 1 12666 Shermo Bale nwtd........................C Roberts 2 85676 Zipping Mia 26.57.......................... B Conner 3 42888 Dave’s Dot 26.15........................J McInerney 4 57237 Bruiser’s Day 26.37........................ B Conner 5 71625 Baldrick nwtd..............................J McInerney 6 82464 Miss Nina 26.42............................M B Fuller 7 61447 Archie’s Ranger 26.42 J M............... McCook 8 18442 Opawa Roy 26.14............................R Wales 9 x8765 Go Ladybird 26.74...........................R Wales 10 18876 Zipping Jen 26.41.......................... B Conner 9 2.17pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C0, 457m 1 52763 Goldstar Wynter nwtd S &................B Evans 2 328 Homebush Aimee nwtd..............J McInerney 3 6 Homebush Fairy nwtd................J McInerney 4 Impressive Flash nwtd...............J McInerney 5 2 King Toliman nwtd.........................C Roberts 6 367 Homebush Yuri nwtd..................J McInerney 7 45658 Homebush Fonzie nwtd.............J McInerney 8 3778 Homebush Maxi nwtd................J McInerney 9 776x4 Opawa Pauline nwtd........................R Wales 10 77864 Mick The Mouse nwtd................J McInerney 10 2.39pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 74265 Nippa Eel nwtd...........................J McInerney 2 45336 Homebush Carl nwtd.................J McInerney

3 47563 C’Mon Benny Boy nwtd...................J Guthrie 4 33744 Melting World nwtd..........................J Guthrie 5 28728 Vik Vikkers nwtd............................C Roberts 6 26684 Pukeko Rustler nwtd.......................B Healey 7 53577 Homebush Pierce nwtd..............J McInerney 8 37477 Punch On Rex nwtd...................J McInerney 9 36677 Opal Nora nwtd..........................J McInerney 10 37848 Homebush Maycee nwtd............J McInerney 11 2.59 BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C1/2, 390m 1 28787 Dream Stone Jade 22.83...................S Keen 2 73587 Homebush Boden 22.38............J McInerney 3 18772 Sozin’s Blue 22.68.....................J McInerney 4 46286 It’s A Joke 22.49.........................J McInerney 5 63355 Goldstar Diesel nwtd S &.................B Evans 6 5712F Blazing Banjo 23.00...................J McInerney 7 31164 Amuri Magic nwtd......................J McInerney 8 62831 Citizen Aguero nwtd...................J McInerney 9 77888 Homebush Hundy 22.87............J McInerney 10 18876 Zipping Jen 22.65.......................... B Conner 12 3.18 GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1/2, 390m 1 77866 Punch On Jessie nwtd...............J McInerney 2 86857 Homebush Tesan 22.54.............J McInerney 3 51552 Amuri George nwtd....................J McInerney 4 33768 Sozin’s Symphony 22.74............J McInerney 5 81883 Homebush Flynn 23.30..............J McInerney 6 26511 Pretty Keen 22.98..............................S Keen 7 17556 Black Bobby 22.53......................... B Conner 8 84228 Nikko Baxter 22.88.....................J McInerney 9 77888 Homebush Hundy 22.87............J McInerney 10 18876 Zipping Jen 22.65.......................... B Conner 13 3.34pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C1, 390m 1 78267 Flying Canary nwtd....................J McInerney 2 78525 Homebush Tasha 23.09.............J McInerney 3 37217 Homebush Reed nwtd...............J McInerney

4 53753 Nippa Enough nwtd....................J McInerney 5 51785 Lucy Lingers nwtd......................J McInerney 6 66837 Koputai nwtd...................................J Guthrie 7 8x536 Sly Bet 22.98 J M............................. McCook 8 2117 Homebush Alexei 23.38.............J McInerney 9 46648 Sozin’s Azure nwtd.....................J McInerney 10 77567 Amuri Liv nwtd...........................J McInerney 14 3.52pm RACING AGAIN 27TH AUGUST C1, 390m 1 56447 Glass Harpoon nwtd.......................J Guthrie 2 88357 Homebush Rapper nwtd............J McInerney 3 18726 Mr Black Magic 23.05.....................J M Lane 4 45212 My Girl Sofia nwtd...........................B Healey 5 185 Sozin’s Delight nwtd...................J McInerney 6 86321 Homebush Sayer 23.01.............J McInerney 7 52577 Mitcham Doug nwtd...................J McInerney 8 64638 Avalanch City 22.66...................J McInerney 9 47657 Homebush Izzy nwtd..................J McInerney 10 87678 Mick The Mower 22.91...............J McInerney SELECTIONS

8 66656 Sefton Jill 30.73...............................R Wales 9 5.36pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 44325 Hi Ho Tonto 17.38................................A Lee 2 44214 Caramel Rose 17.52.................. M Dempsey 3 87766 Goldstar Avalon 17.31 S &...............B Evans 4 57323 Culvie Jay Dee 17.40 H &....................Taylor 5 74463 Smash Over 17.44........................... M Grant 6 31243 Lucky Scar nwtd...............................R Wales 7 17638 Know Burden 17.48........................G Cleeve 8 58522 Homebush Scorpio 17.38..........J McInerney 10 5.52pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 45422 Epic Mate 17.41 J M........................ McCook 2 35716 Jay Spencer 17.57........................ L Waretini 3 62465 Jinja Cream Fizz 17.27.....................A Joyce 4 35655 Jealous Much 17.50...................J McInerney 5 48586 Gracie Lee 17.30.......................J McInerney 6 56435 Memphis Jewel 17.41...................C Roberts 7 23866 Snickerdoodle 17.42......................... B Dann 8 78465 Goldstar Clover 18.20 S &...............B Evans 11 6.10pm KAIKANUI TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 15742 Jitterbug Jewel 17.36....................C Roberts 2 68x33 Little Lozza 17.93.......................J McInerney 3 64647 Goldstar Hurley nwtd.................... L Waretini 4 54312 Fidgety Feet 17.55...............................A Lee 5 16665 Whose He 17.44...............................A Joyce

6 47467 Goldstar Rebel 17.81 S &................B Evans 7 55326 Know Dollars 17.51.........................G Cleeve 8 34186 Smash Surprise 17.49..................... M Grant 12 6.28pm PROTEXIN DASH C1, 295m 1 35315 Opawa Jody nwtd............................R Wales 2 57667 Long Live Love 17.38....................... M Grant 3 27232 Enchantee 17.91........................R Blackburn 4 x687x Poppy Rocket nwtd.......................M B Fuller 5 1564 Just Izzy 17.35.................................. B Dann 6 18686 Sozin’s Onyx 17.88....................J McInerney 7 58685 Goldstar Tasman 17.68 S &.............B Evans 8 38878 Tearaway Tara 17.43 J M................. McCook SELECTIONS

Race 1: Homebush Jennia, Goldstar Willa, Homebush Jordie Race 2: Sozin’s Melody, Citizen Zagreb, Take A Hint Race 3: Homebush Hotshot, Trajan, Goldstar Alaska, Umbridge Bale Race 4: Punch On Buzz, Homebush Velma, Regal Jock Race 5: Dyna Elliot, Galifianakis, Joe Bonanza, Thrilling Watch Race 6: Perfect Result, Opawa Tab, Cawbourne Zulu Race 7: Dyna Elwyn, Shaw Lee, Dyna Wazza, Egomaniacal Race 8: Opawa Roy, Dave’s Dot, Bruiser’s Day, Archie’s Ranger Race 9: Homebush Maxi, Homebush Yuri, Opawa Pauline Race 10: C’Mon Benny Boy, Vik Vikkers, Melting World Race 11: It’s A Joke, Sozin’s Blue, Amuri Magic, Blazing Banjo Race 12: Black Bobby, Punch On Jessie, Sozin’s Symphony Race 13: Homebush Alexei, Nippa Enough, Homebush Tasha Race 14: Avalanch City, Mr Black Magic, Mitcham Doug LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway SPRINT C1, 295m 1 67614 Jetstream Marley 17.32................A Williams 2 43455 Know Approval 17.28......................G Cleeve 3 88466 Homebush Comet 17.55............J McInerney 4 86877 Knows No Better 17.48.............. M Dempsey 5 72267 Gorm The Great 17.62.................D Kingston 6 46362 Andrea Said 18.14 J M.................... McCook 7 33746 Cold Affair 17.48........................... L Waretini 8 84478 Goldstar Bryton 17.74 S &...............B Evans 4 3.59 CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN DASH C1, 295m 1 43333 Go Mufasa nwtd...............................R Wales 2 42233 Twizel Storm 17.55........................... M Grant 3 25214 Maybe Right 17.70...............................A Lee 4 84442 Cosmic Richie 17.30..................J McInerney 5 68275 Rum Gin Mixer 17.37........................A Joyce 6 72347 Goldstar Flora nwtd S &...................B Evans 7 46284 Tonkawa 17.62 M &.............................. Smith 8 23x17 Yanira Bale 17.81..........................C Roberts 5 4.20 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES C1, 520m 1 5F154 Born Ellie 30.92...............................R Wales 2 47351 Our Anna 30.58................................R Wales 3 1221 Mighty Muscle 30.34 J &..................D Fahey 4 876F7 Opawa Al 30.53...............................R Wales 5 24433 Little Secret 30.44......................... L Waretini 6 22148 My Kirsty 31.03 H &.............................Taylor 7 17477 Mega Dream 30.84........................R Adcock

8 34476 Tikao Jackie nwtd M &......................... Smith 6 4.40 BEACH CAFE & WINE BAR SPRINT C1, 295m 1 28758 Tickel Up 17.70.......................... M Dempsey 2 85258 Smash Out 17.71............................. M Grant 3 84286 Miss Dupre 17.33..........................D Roberts 4 85843 Ohoka Angel 17.39....................... L Waretini 5 28221 Big Cod 17.73 J M........................... McCook 6 46463 Jingili Jill 17.55 M &............................. Smith 7 76778 Goldstar Power 17.49 S &................B Evans 8 8788x Homebush Diego nwtd...............J McInerney 7 4.59pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C1, 520m 1 7x668 Jay Shirley 31.20..............................R Wales 2 72756 Goldstar Chief 30.83 S &.................B Evans 3 67677 Bossy Affair 30.29......................... L Waretini 4 23752 Opawa Queen 30.67........................R Wales 5 34473 Opawa Mason 30.46........................R Wales 6 26555 Boyka nwtd J &................................D Fahey 7 75x52 Orina Allen nwtd............................C Roberts 8 41626 Punters Last 30.67...........................R Wales 8 5.19 CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C1, 520m 1 13357 Go Punter Go nwtd..........................R Wales 2 26345 Ohoka Carsen 30.88..................... L Waretini 3 32248 Raquel Allen nwtd.........................C Roberts 4 28535 Opawa Slick nwtd.............................R Wales 5 34133 Meka 30.19 J &................................D Fahey 6 33224 Sausage 30.16 J &...........................D Fahey 7 68267 Goldstar Scooby 30.65 S &..............B Evans

Race 1: Sydneys Sox, Freya Beauchamp, Gadzooks, Jacks Point Race 2: Alexia, Smash McDougal, Our Bonnie, Creasy Bear Race 3: Jetstream Marley, Cold Affair, Andrea Said, Goldstar Bryton Race 4: Go Mufasa, Twizel Storm, Cosmic Richie, Yanira Bale Race 5: Mighty Muscle, Little Secret, Born Ellie, My Kirsty Race 6: Miss Dupre, Big Cod, Smash Out, Jingili Jill Race 7: Boyka, Orina Allen, Opawa Mason, Punters Last Race 8: Meka, Sausage, Ohoka Carsen, Raquel Allen Race 9: Hi Ho Tonto, Homebush Scorpio, Culvie Jay Dee Race 10: Epic Mate, Snickerdoodle, Gracie Lee, Jay Spencer Race 11: Jitterbug Jewel, Little Lozza, Whose H, Smash Surprise Race 12: Just Izzy, Long Live Love, Enchantee, Opawa Jody LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Daily Events TUESDAY 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am ASHBURTON COMBINED FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting with guest speaker. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 10.30am WALKING NETBALL. Cost $2. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace (not school holidays).

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William St. 10am NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP. Weekly coffee morning, any enquiries to Merrill 307 6363.

Nosh Cafe, West Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL

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

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Cowan Hill, Tekapo, new members welcome. Phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Court house, Baring Square West.

9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William St. 9.30am WALKING GROUP. One hour walking varying fitness levels. Meet Walnut Avenue by the College Auditorium carpark.

9.45am MID CANTERBURY LADIES FRIENSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton lounge. RSA Cox Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture

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HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

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

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

Seniors Centre, Cameron St. 10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS

YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

All Saints Church, Methven.

1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Presbyterian Church, Rakaia.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE SECTION. Club day, new players welcome. boules supplied. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Absolute beginners line dance class. Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over 30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily

with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd. 3.30pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Intermediate line dance class.

Enquiries Rayma 0274 867 504. MSA Social hall, Havelock Street.

63.5mm 6pm sharp x 63.5mm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Winter Series 3km or 6km.

Group run or walk around the perimeter of the domain under lights. All abilities and fitness levels, all welcome, no charge.

Meet Walnut Ave Pavilion.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Night time section, all welcome, rackets available.

EA Networks Stadium, River Terrace, Ashburton.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, Tennis bats available.

MSA Havelock Street.

Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main St, Methven.

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

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

Seniors Centre, Cameron St. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street.

10am - 4pm ST JOHN SHOP. Opportunity shop open daily, donations welcome. 129 Tancred Street.

10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

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

10.30am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of over

30 aircraft from the past to the future on display. Open daily with extended hours on a Saturday and Wednesday.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Rd. 10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Seated exercises suitable for people with limited mobility.

MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street (not school holidays).

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service, communion and lunch. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Ashburton Heritage Centre, West Street. Closed most public holidays.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre $4. Newcomers welcome we are friendly.

Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome.

Phone Age Concern 308 6817.

Buffalo Lodge rooms, Cox St. 2pm MID CANTERBURY PROVINCAL RURAL WOMEN. Annual General Meeting.

Seniors Centre, Cameron St. 5pm (sharp)

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There’s at least one five-letter word.

Good Very Good How 7many words 10 of Excellent three or 14 more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed.

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Your crew will need two things from you today: space and support.

Creating space is easy – just back up.

Support is trickier because it comes in so many forms. Find out which kind is preferred.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): There will be those who seem to have an argument for everything. Hear what they have to say without providing any resistance. Then declare your decision and retreat.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): From the seaweed to the crab to the surfer, all of life thrives by working with the cyclical forces instead of fighting them. Events will be swayed by tides stronger than your will. Let go; let flow.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You’ll conduct small but key experiments to learn about the world and your place in it. Emboldened by the possibilities, you’re willing to play with variables that you once wouldn’t have touched.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Normally, you wouldn’t think twice before going out of your way for the people you love. Right now, it’s important to check the balance of a relationship. If you’re the one inconvenienced, this is a red flag.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Because you’re easy to turn to, you’ll be in on information before the others.

Some of it is so sensitive that you almost wish you didn’t know it. But your famous discretion will kick in. You can handle this.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Going too soft on yourself will be a danger. Make yourself comfortable but not coddled. The challenge ahead requires that you develop some coping mechanisms and fight back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re such a stellar driver of your own life that you may be asked or tempted to drive another person’s life as well. Of course, this never works, as no one can drive two vehicles at once.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Some say natural attractions are futile to resist. If only we were strictly attracted to what was best for us!

Channelled properly, the energy of attraction will fuel your best work.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You feel like you’re not doing enough, but actually you’re doing too much, skipping the rest and recuperation – the part of the cycle that allows you to be stronger and more capable of amazing yourself.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It’s not quite accurate to say that you’ll fearlessly lead the way for the others. Leadership is scary. The fear is real.

But you’ll hide it, march forward, and the rest will follow in kind.

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4:15 Breaking And Exiting 18C 2018 Comedy. 5:35 Tag MLSC 2018 Comedy.

MAORI

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 0 6:25 Batman – Brave And The Bold 3 0 6:50 Duck Dodgers 3 0 7:15 Kid v Kat 3 7:40 Danny Phantom 3 8:05 Ben 10 – Omniverse 0 8:30 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky And Dawn 8:55 Tiki Tour 3 0 9:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:50 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Antiques Roadshow 3 0 12:40 Ed PGR 3 1:35 Just Shoot Me PGR 3 0 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Judge Judy PGR 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm The Chase Australia 0 5pm Everybody Loves Raymond 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm InCycle 6:30 Canoeing – ICF Slalom World Cup (HLS) 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Queen Victoria And Her Nine Children PGR 0 8:45 The Spanish Princess AO The fate of England is uncertain when the Tudor family is affected by tragedy; Catherine risks everything to find out if Harry still loves her.

9:40 The Neighborhood PGR 0 10:40 Triathlon – ITU World Series 11:45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

12:45 Closedown

MOVIES GREATS 6:40 Non-Stop MVL 2013 Thriller. Lacey Chabert, Veronica Cartwright, Betsy Russell. 8:25 Scary Movie 16VLS 2000 Comedy Horror. Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Marlon Wayans. 9:55 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action Thriller. Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway.

12:35 Gravity MLC 2013 Drama. Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. 2:05 Cuban Fury MLS 2014 Romantic Comedy. Nick Frost, Rashida Jones. 3:40 We Bought A Zoo PGL 2011 Drama. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson. 5:40 The Avengers MV 2012 Adventure. Robert Downy jr, Scarlett Johansson. 8pm Safe Haven MVS 2013 Romantic Drama. A woman with a past lands in Southport, North Carolina, where her bond with a widower means she must confront the secret that haunts her. Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders.

10pm Taken 2 MV 2012 Action Thriller. Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen.

11:30 Mortal Instruments – City Of Bones MV 2013 Adventure. Lily Collins, Jaime Campbell Bower.

CHOICE

6:30 Takoha 3 6:40 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 E Kori 7:25 E Ki E Ki 7:30 Haati Paati 3 7:40 Huhu 3 7:50 Huritua 3 8am Pukana 3 2 8:50 Paia 3 9am Te Ao – Maori News 3 9:30 Piri’s Tiki Tour PGR 3 10am Tangaroa With Pio 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Nga Tangata Taumata Rau 3 Noon Matau PGR 3 12:30 The Laughing Samoans 1pm The Puna 3 1:30 What’s Up With The Tumoanas?

PGR 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takoha 3 3:10 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 E Kori 3 3:55 E Ki E Ki 4pm Haati Paati 3 4:10 Huhu 3 4:20 Huritua 3 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Polyfest Kapa Haka 5:30 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 6:30 Te Ao – Maori News

7pm Whanau Living 3 7:30 Kitchen Kura 3 8pm Te Ao With Moana 8:30 Shear Bro PGR 3 9pm F Hunting With Tui PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Ao – Maori News 3

11pm Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 3 Te Raranga Whanui – Te Whenua Moemoea.

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby – The Championship Australia v All Blacks. 8am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Southland v Northland. 8:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Auckland v North Harbour. 9am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Tasman v Wellington. 10am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Waikato v Canterbury. 10:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Bay of Plenty v Otago. 11am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Manawatu v Hawke’s Bay. 11:30 Rugby – Australia v Black Ferns Noon Rugby – Australia v All Blacks 12:30 Rugby – Argentina v South Africa 1pm Rugby – Ireland v Italy 1:30 Rugby – England v Wales 2pm Rugby – Pacific Nations Cup Round Three. 3pm Rugby Nation 4pm Rugby – Australia v Black Ferns 4:30 Rugby – Australia v All Blacks 5:30 Rugby Nation 6:30 Game Of The Weekend 8:30 The Breakdown 9:30 Rugby – Australia v Black Ferns 10pm Rugby – Australia v All Blacks 11pm Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup Southland v Northland.

11:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup

Wednesday

Midnight Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup 1am Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup 1:30 Rugby – Mitre 10 1:35 Hollywoodland MVLS Cup 2am Rugby – Mitre 10 2006 Drama. 3:40 We Cup 2:30 The Breakdown Bought A Zoo PGL 2011 3:30 Rugby – England v Drama. 5:40 Nothing Wales 4am Rugby – Mitre But Trailers M 5:55 The Avengers MV 2012 Adventure. 10 Cup

Wednesday

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

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6am The Water Brothers 6:30 River Cottage – Three Go Mad 7:30 Jelly Jamm 8am Hope For Wildlife 9am Brent Owens – Extreme, Authentic And Unwrapped 9:30 Flippin’ RVs 10:30 Backroad Gold 11:30 The Man Who Discovered Egypt 12:30 The Great Interior Design Challenge 1:30 The Nile – 5000 Years Of History 2:30 Treasures Of Ancient Egypt 3:30 Hope For Wildlife 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Jamie Oliver shows how to make Moroccan lamb chops, served with flatbreads, herby couscous, stuffed peppers, and pomegranate, all in half an hour.

5pm Destination Flavour – Singapore 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers 7:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers Nashville musicians Lee Roy and Lisa want to blend their families and move in together but, before they can buy their dream home, they must transform his tired old property into a number one hit.

9:30 Building The Dream 10:30 American Pickers 11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 The Water Brothers 1am Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 1:30 Destination Flavour – Singapore 2am Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan 3am Hope For Wildlife 4am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 8:30 Cricket – T20 Blast Worcestershire Rapids v Northamptonshire Steelbacks.

9am Cricket – Test Flashback 9:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 10am Cricket – Test Flashback 10:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 11am Cricket – The Ashes Noon Cricket – Women’s Super League 12:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 1pm Cricket – Test Flashback 1:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League 4:30 Cricket – T20 Blast 5pm Cricket – Test Flashback 5:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 6pm Cricket – Test Flashback 6:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 7pm Cricket – Test Flashback 7:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 8pm Cricket – Test Flashback 8:30 Cricket – Test Flashback 9pm Cricket – Test Flashback 9:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League 10pm Cricket – T20 Blast 10:30 Cricket – Women’s Super League

Wednesday 1:25 L Cricket – Women’s Super League Western Storm v Loughborough Lightning.

From County Ground, Bristol.

4:30 Cricket – T20 Blast 5am Cricket – T20 Blast 5:25 L Cricket – T20 Blast Gloucestershire v Hampshire.

From The Brightside Ground, Bristol.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG Ferocious Ford. 7:30 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 8:20 Diesel Brothers PG 9:10 Garage Rehab PG Jacob’s Automotive.

10:50 How It’s Made PG 11:15 How Do They Do It? PG 11:40 Web Of Lies M High on Love. 12:30 Murder Comes To Town M Who Killed Thanksgiving? 1:20 The 1990s – The Deadliest Decade M Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. 2:10 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 3pm Alaskan Bush People PG Call to Duty.

3:50 Gold Rush PG 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Clip Show.

5:40 Abalone Wars M Into the Storm.

6:35 Aussie Salvage Squad PG Best on Ground.

7:30 BattleBots PG It’s Fork Lifting Time!

8:30 What On Earth? PG 9:25 Expedition Unknown PG Cracking the DB Cooper Case.

10:15 Naked And Afraid M Baked Alaskan.

11:05 Man v Wild With Bear Grylls India Special PG 11:55 How It’s Made PG

Wednesday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 The World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:15 Alaskan Bush People PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid M 5:45 Gold Rush PG

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Sport

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Archer key for England

Career highlight on skis

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The Woolston Rams proved a bit too slippery for the Ashburton Barbarians in their sudden death semi-final on Saturday.

PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 100819-HM-0098

Finals elude Barbarians

By Erin Tasker

erin.t@theguardian.co.nz

A less than ideal build-up to a sudden death semi-final came back to haunt the Ashburton Barbarians on Saturday.

The Canterbury Rugby League division one competition’s third ranked side at the end of a fragmented round robin, the Barbarians hosted the fourth placed Woolston Rams at Robilliard Park in the must-win match, and went down 30-10.

In miserable conditions, with

persistent rain making life difficult for both sides, Barbarians coach Steve Gamble said his side had wanted to make it a spectacle for their hardy home fans who turned out, as usual, despite the weather.

But, it wasn’t to be.

“It was a combination of things.

“A lack of game time and the weather, but in saying that Woolston did come to play league, that’s for sure,” Gamble said.

When he sat down to work it out, Gamble said it had been 35

days since his side had last played an actual game of league, due to a run of bad luck which included byes and defaults.

While they’d kept things going as best they could, adding more contact into training than they usually would, not having had any actual game time had been hard.

But Gamble said he was proud of the way his side performed when everything just seemed to be against them.

Gamble said it seemed even the

50/50 calls just didn’t go their way on Saturday.

Gamble said it was an odd feeling in the changing rooms afterwards.

While sad that their CRL season had come to an end, the players were happy that they’d actually been able to get out on the park and play again.

And it wasn’t all over for them just yet, either. Although the CRL division one competition was now all over for the Barbarians, they have the Aoraki Cup compe-

tition to look forward to.

Fought out between two Mid Canterbury teams – the Ashburton Barbarians and the Chertsey Oilers – and the Cowboys and the Outlaws from Timaru, the Aoraki Cup will get under way in September.

Last year, the Barbarians also fell short in the CRL competition, but went on to win the Aoraki Cup. So, Gamble and his side are hoping that history will repeat in 2019.

Massive end to football season coming up

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