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No jab, no pay rule ‘too punitive’

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An Ashburton health professional has dubbed Australia’s new ‘no jab, no pay’ immunisation policy “too punitive”.

The Australian government wants to strip welfare and childcare benefits from parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, but Ashburton GP spokeswoman Dr Charlotte Cox says she personally disagrees with the policy and with the approach.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the ‘no jab, no pay’ policy on Sunday, which could leave parents who refuse to comply missing out on up to $15,000 worth of payments.

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Dr Cox said she hoped New Zealand would not consider this approach as an appropriate one, as it could backfire badly and have the opposite effect.

“Why target the people on welfare anyway – the most vulnerable?” she questioned.

Ashburton residents spoken to by the Guardian yesterday agreed. Maggie Clark said she would hate to think that as a country New Zealand would go down that same track and Michelle Davidson said she thought the choice of vaccinating should be left up to parents.

In the unlikely event of an outbreak, and to keep track of children’s immunisations, every early childhood centre in the country is required to

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Phoenix Preschool curriculum leader Diana Harrison said it was up to parents whether they immunised their children and they could attend the preschool regardless.

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Cowell considering adoption Music mogul Simon Cowell and his partner Lauren Silverman are considering adopting a child. The X Factor boss and Silverman welcomed their first baby, son Eric, last year and have spoken of their desire for the boy to have siblings, but Cowell believes adoption may be the couple’s best option for a second child. He tells Britain’s Daily Star Sunday newspaper, “Myself and Lauren want to have more children of our own but we could adopt as well. I wouldn’t rule out it happening.

It’s a good idea. I’m beginning to warm to the idea of adopting.”

Eric is Cowell’s only child, while Silverman has an eight-year-old son with her ex-husband Andrew Silverman.

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‘Spiderman’ scales Dubai skyscraper A French climber has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-storey high Cayan Tower in the emirate’s glitzy marina area. Alain Robert, 52, completed climbing the 307 metre high structure in just 70 minutes on Sunday. He had no harness and little space for his feet on the ledges of the tower, which twists as it ascends. Robert, who is often described as “The French Spiderman,” is no stranger to scaling tall buildings. In 2011, he climbed the world’s tallest tower in Dubai. Using a rope and harness to comply with organisers’ requirements, it took him just over six hours to scale the 828 metre tall Burj Khalifa.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar has made a sticky mistake while getting ready for the day. The Buffy actress told Twitter she was attempting to put on lip gloss when it all went wrong. “A few words of wisdom to all people. When you blindly grab Chapstick out of a junk drawer make sure it’s not a glue stick first.”

The first four episodes of the new fifth season of Game Of Thrones have leaked online, 24 hours before the show returned. The new season of the cult fantasy series hit TVs in America last night, but true fans got a chance to take a sneak peak when the first four episodes appeared on a number of pirate sites on. Game of Thrones has become the most pirated show on the internet for three years in a row. Reports suggest the latest leak comes from review copies of the season given to the media.

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Stones work on a new album The Rolling Stones are reportedly working on their first album in a decade. The rockers will allegedly be meeting up this month to work through song ideas in a Los Angeles studio, in the hope that they will go on to produce the highly-anticipated record.

A source tells Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper, “The guys are getting together shortly to go through ideas. They have tour rehearsals too but all feel the time is right for a new album. They have talked about a blues record for a long time. It would be very different for the band and Keith Richards is keen. “The ideas are flying around already and the process will be quite organic - jamming in the studio to see what comes and hopefully strike gold. They’re in great shape at the moment and excited to see what comes out of the sessions but the approach is very loose. They’ve got the luxury of not having a record label demanding a release so they can take their time and get it just right.”

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Mid Canterbury schools have decided not to appeal controversial decile changes.

New school decile ratings were confirmed in November, and at least one Mid Canterbury principal was left fuming over the changes.

The decile system gives schools ratings based on the socio-economic circumstances

of the community, which determines the level of funding schools receive.

Schools could request a review if they believed their new decile rating did not accurately reflect the socio-economic circumstances of their students.

Changes in the district included Allenton School, which dropped from a decile eight to a decile seven, Ashburton Christian School, which dropped from a decile seven to

a decile six, and Mount Somers Springburn School, which decreased from a decile 10 to a decile nine.

Meanwhile some schools saw increases, including Mount Hutt College which rose from a decile eight to a decile nine.

Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis, who was vocal about his unhappiness at his school’s increase from a decile four to a decile six, said at the time he was considering an appeal.

However the Ministry of Education has confirmed no Mid Canterbury schools have lodged appeals over their decile changes.

Mr Ellis said the school’s Board of Trustees had decided against an appeal, choosing to look at the change as a positive sign for the community.

According to the ministry, schools will have another opportunity to appeal their decile ratings later this year.

Crash victim named

A 4-year-old girl killed in a car crash on Friday has been named by police.

Auckland girl Cloey Mikayla Faber-Thomas died in the smash near St Andrews shortly after 2.45pm.

The death has been referred to the coroner.

“The next of kin are understandably extremely upset and the services of Victim Support have been offered to them,” a police statement said yesterday.

The young girl’s distraught family has asked for privacy.

She was a rear seat passenger in a northbound Nissan Tida with her parents and sibling at the time of the crash.

Witnesses have told police that the Faber-Thomas’ car crossed the centre line as it left a bend south of St Andrews.

Her parents are being treated at Christchurch Hospital. Police investigations into the crash are ongoing.

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Red Hat donations The New Zealand Red Hat Society annual conference, hosted in Ashburton last year by the town’s Red Hat group called Plains Dames, raised over $9000.

Yesterday, Plains Dames members presented donations from the proceeds to local groups. The Ashburton Cancer Society received $5410, the Plains Museum $2000 and the Base Youth Centre $2000.

About 225 women from throughout the country donned their red and purple gear and enjoyed the biggest girls’ weekend ever when the conference was held in October. Spokesperson Nettie Collins said yesterday it was thanks to huge support from businesses and other organisations in the town that it had been so successful. “They were amazing,” she said.

Prince’s itineray Prince Harry will make six stopoffs during his week-long visit to New Zealand next month. The fourth in line to the throne arrives in Wellington on May 9. Before jetting out on May 16, Prince Harry will also visit Auckland, Christchurch, Stewart Island, Linton and Wanganui. “An interesting programme is being planned for Prince Harry to try and meet a wide range of New Zealanders in different communities,” Prime Minister John Key said as he released further details of the royal visit. “I’m confident Prince Harry will have a fantastic time while he is here and I hope many New Zealanders enjoy the chance to see him,” Mr Key said.

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■ ASHBURTON PARENTS’ CENTRE

Annual fire station visit a highlight The Ashburton Parents’ Centre’s annual visit to the Ashburton Fire Station took place yesterday, where young children and their parents got to explore the station and the fire appliances. April Bishop, 7, (left) and Lucy Boldy, 6, (right) had a great time, learning all about how to use the fire hose with station officer Murray Cairns.

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■ ST DAVID’S CHURCH

Nut harvest to boost church’s coffers By sue newman

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From page one When it comes to walnuts, for a team of men from St David’s Church, those fallen nuts mean fellowship, friendship and best of all cold, hard cash.

Each autumn for the past five years the men have donned their jackets, braved the early morning chill and tackled the task of collecting fallen nuts from two Ashburton properties. Those nuts are sorted, dried and will later be shelled and sold as a church fundraiser.

Collecting the nuts is the easy part, said fundraising organiser Alan Reith.

“We have 40 trees in total and once they’re picked we put them on drying trays and

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Bill Hetrick, one of a team of walnut gatherers who were reaping the benefit of a nut harvest that will become a fundraiser for St David’s Church.

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that’s important to get the air through them, then they’re put in onion bags and stored,” he said.

And in June the hard work starts. With the nuts perfectly dry the collection team spends hours cracking each, then sort-

ing and bagging them for sale.

“It takes hours to open them all but our labour costs are low and people take bags home and do them in front of the TV.” The fundraiser is a community effort, right from the landowners who donate trees to the big team of parishioners called in to crack the hundreds of bags of nuts, Mr Reith said.

The collection runs two mornings a week for five weeks and collectors use specially designed nut rollers.

When it comes to nut cracking, however, there are a variety of techniques employed, from pliers and hammers to official nut crackers.

The bagged nuts will be available at St David’s from June.

A former top bodybuilder has died suddenly while on holiday with her family. Priscilla Freeman, 44, was at Hanmer Springs when she became unconscious in her room on Friday. Emergency services were called but she could not be revived. Her death has been referred to the coroner. Motherof-four Mrs Freeman is the wife of Christchurch property developer Richard Freeman, director of Onyx Homes. Mr Freeman has been devastated by her sudden death.

“Priscilla touched everyone’s lives and was such a giving person always putting herself last. She leaves an unfillable hole in several lives,” he wrote on Facebook in tribute to his “soulmate”. - NZME

Fight for the flag New Zealand First is supporting a campaign for the referendum on changing the flag to first ask whether people want it changed at all. Winston Peters said his party was backing a “fight for the flag” campaign by the Returned and Services’ Association (RSA). “New Zealand First backs the RSA’s call for the first referendum to simply ask, ‘Do you want to change the flag?’ If the majority say ‘no’ then that should be it,” Mr Peters said.

“We challenge all other Members of Parliament to publicly declare if they will back the RSA’s call.

“Kiwis fought, died and were buried under this flag. That has to count for something.” The Flag Referendums Bill sets out the process and questions for the two referendums, which are expected to cost $26 million.

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■ ASHBURTON CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION

Social housing solutions sought

BY SUE NEWMAN

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Ashburton’s Citizens’ Association wants to put the power of the community behind finding social housing solutions for the Ashburton District.

While the organisation knows it can’t single-handedly solve the issue of finding affordable housing for the district’s most needy individuals and families, its secretary Diane Rawlinson said it’s keen to be part of a multi-party approach to finding answers.

“We’ve asked ourselves what we can do to raise awareness.

Yes, we have a caring community but we do have people living

in poor conditions or who are homeless. We need social housing and we need it desperately,” Ms Rawlinson said.

While the Ashburton District Council could fill the role as lead agency in a social housing project, the community couldn’t put the responsibility for fixing everything in the community on its shoulders, she said.

And while mayor Angus McKay agrees that social housing doesn’t belong in the council’s corner, he’s sufficiently concerned about the plight of homeless people in the district he’s gone to the top seeking solutions.

Last year he wrote to MP

Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Housing, outlining his concerns over the shortfall in social housing locally and in the increasing demand for emergency housing.

“I told her that we don’t mind helping out but we see this as the government’s responsibility,” he said.

Most of the people who contact him desperate for housing were able to access accommodation allowances through Work and Income New Zealand. The problem came in accessing social housing, Mr McKay said.

“The catch is we, as a district, look after things from inside the district where Winz looks

after things inside New Zealand; there’s accommodation available in the system, but the system is New Zealand wide.

That’s different to our over 55s units, they’re owned locally and administered locally.”

He’s giving cautious support to a government proposal to move the ownership of some of its social housing stocks into community hands. “If there was a trust and the service was seen to be better – yes.”

The Ashburton Trust has already signalled an interest as an investor in social housing but not as an administrator of waiting lists, said chief executive Giles Beal. “The way it would

probably play out would be that people like us would probably partner with agencies who would do that.”

The Masterton Licensing Trust owned a large stock of social housing and that had been a successful investment, he said.

“Somewhere there’s a solution to this. We’ve got a watching brief, we remain interested but we don’t really know when or how this will pan out.”

In response to Mr McKay’s letter, Ms Bennett did not offer solutions but said a review of emergency housing options was under way and a report with findings and recommendations was due by the end of July.

We asked people on the streets of Ashburton what they thought about the Australian government’s policy which would see welfare payments to parents who refuse to vaccinate their children stopped.

Connie Davidson “It depends, I think it’s a parent’s choice.”

Marion Chambers “Yes, I think so.”

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Brrr, no wonder it’s cold out there Michelle Davidson “I don’t know, it’s a personal choice, a personal informed choice.”

Maggie Clark “No, I’d hate to think we’d go down that track.”

Snow-covered mountains provided a perfect backdrop to a cold day in Mid Canterbury yesterday, as temperatures reached a maximum of 10 in Ashburton, and remained in single digits in Methven, reaching only nine degrees.

A severe weather watch warned of the possibility of

more snow, down to 300 metres overnight and through to this morning.

Mt Hutt Ski Area management were expecting up to 15 centimetres. General manager operations James Urquhart said if it arrived, the snow would be on top of about seven centimetres which fell

overnight on Sunday. The ski area planned to switch its snowmakers on in two weeks, and expected natural snow arriving from mid-May onwards would stick around for opening on June 12.

The ski area could open one week earlier in the event of some big snowfalls.

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Jewels back, bigger than ever

Fire devastates former Mt Somers family’s new home

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The big ticket Harness Jewels race day, held in Ashburton every second year, injects several million dollars into the district’s economy.

And early indications are that this year the big spend on course, off-course, on accommodation and around town will be the biggest yet, says Ashburton Trotting Club president Chris Morrison.

Sales of hospitality packages for the May 30 event are well ahead of the same time in 2013 when Ashburton last hosted the race day and the raft of tweaks, changes and additions to this year’s big day out will make it even more attractive to racegoers, Mr Morrison said.

“We’re delighted to have the event’s sponsorship confirmed by the Ashburton Trust and we’ve already got our sponsors signed up for every race,” he said.

For the trust, there was no question that it would reconfirm its sponsorship of the event for the third time, said chief executive Giles Beal.

“It makes sense to do this. It’s

a community event and we’re well positioned to do the VIP and corporate catering. The Hotel Ashburton gets very busy over that weekend as do other businesses in town.

“The jewels has a significant impact generally on Ashburton,” Mr Beal said.

The first year the trust picked up the sponsorship deal, a huge amount of planning went into the catering side but it now had a good handle on what was required and how to deliver it, he said.

“For us, it’s a great event to be involved with, it’s one of the things the board likes to get behind and it’s a really good showcase for what we can do.”

While the trust’s hard work comes on the day, event organiser Phill Hooper and his team are already well down the planning track.

“We’re doing a lot of tweaks this year to keep everything fresh and to add excitement and interest,” he said.

A new feature will be a 117 ticket raffle, one for every horse in the jewels fields.

Tickets will sell for $50, each is drawn against a horse and

A Mt Somers family who recently moved to Gore for a fresh start have been left devastated after their new home went up in flames.

The Gore Fire Brigade was called to the blaze at a property on Coutts Road in Gore at about 8.55pm on Saturday.

A strong wind blew smoke around the area, setting off smoke alarms at neighbouring properties.

Queenstown based fire risk manager Stu Ide said while the cause of the blaze was still under investigation, there was no indication that it was suspicious.

Mr Ide said the family lost everything in the fire.

“The whole house is burnt out, there’s nothing salvageable in that house,” he said.

“It’s just a blessing that there was no one home at the

winners of each race will double their money.

The ticket holder whose horse records the fastest pacing time over the mile will win $2000 and the fastest trot time, $1000.

“This adds a bit of fun and it gives people a chance to watch a horse with a bit of extra interest to spur it on.”

The best dressed male and female patron on the day will be back, this year with a new twist.

Gone are the birdcage parades, instead the on-course judge will simply tap the well dressed on the shoulder, giving each a voucher for a bottle of champagne.

In keeping with the yellow theme that is the event’s signature colour, the person wearing the best yellow outfit – fun or fashion – on course will receive $500 to invest on the last race of the day.

The jewels starts the night before race day at the Hotel Ashburton, with a lineup of racing experts entertaining and providing tips for the next day.

It wraps up on Sunday with the Ashburton Trotting Club’s traditional Queen’s Birthday race meeting.

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time.” Mr Ide believed there was only one smoke alarm in the house, but it was unclear if it was working at the time of the fire.

He said a three-bedroom house needed five smoke alarms – one in each bedroom, one in the hall, and one in the lounge.

Mr Ide believed five appliances attended the fire, which was “well involved” by the time they arrived at the scene.

A fundraising page has been set up on the website GiveaLittle to help the family, who lost most of their possessions in the fire.

The Guardian understands the family of six has accommodation, but very few possessions.

The owners of the house declined to comment.

A family member said they were “very shocked and upset”.

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Teen bailed after admitting a raft of charges

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Expo focus on body and soul Wendy Ager and Cortney Watkins check out one of the stalls at Saturday’s Body and Soul Expo. The expo, which is organised by the Ashburton Spiritual Group and has been running since 1990, was held at the Tinwald Memorial Hall. People were able to have psychic readings and healings performed, and there was also a large variety of items for sale.

Lloyd Haze Roper, 19, of Ashburton, admitted a raft of charges ranging from theft to threatening to injure.

In October an intoxicated Roper threatened to injure two police officers after he was arrested on the street in Waimate. En route to Timaru Roper told both officers he would hunt down their home addresses and slit their throats.

In February he was charged with theft of a DVD. The following day Roper and two associates were found at an address he was forbidden to be at.

He was granted bail in the Timaru District Court, but returned to the same address, where he was found attempting to gain access by police.

He ran off, resulting in a charge of escaping police custody.

Roper then took a car without its owner’s permission, and returned to the address – and incurred two more charges.

When arrested he made off again, adding another charge of escaping police custody.

Judge Maze called for presentence reports to include options for electronically monitored sentences, before convicting Roper and remanding him on bail for sentencing on May 25.

Warren Rex Doig, 53, of Ashburton, was convicted and fined $250 on a charge of domestic assault.

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A 31-year-old Ashburton man was granted name suppression before he was sentenced to six months imprisonment on two charges of breaching a protection order or threatening to kill.

Most of the offences were committed in October last year.

Cody Nathan John Tihema, 24, of Ashburton was sentenced to complete 40 hours of community work and ordered to make reparations of $600 on two charges of fraud.

John Franklin Davies, of Ashburton, was convicted of disorderly behaviour, ordered to pay reparations of $200 and ordered to come up if called within three months.

Joshua John Leath, 19, Ashburton, was sentenced to undertake six months supervision for assaulting a woman.

Leath must also take the victim out for dinner at a “decent restaurant” as a condition of his restorative justice conference.

Junior Donald Sadlier, of Ashburton, was ordered by the court to obtain a driver’s licence after appearing for sentencing on his third count of driving while disqualified.

“Although he frequently drives without a licence, he is not a bad driver,” Judge Maze said.

Sadlier was convicted, ordered to come up if called within eight months and to complete a driver’s licence test.

Cole Josef Allnutt, 22, of Ashburton, was sentenced to 90 hours of community work and 60 hours of supervision on a charges of assaulting a woman and assault.

Geoffrey David Mills, 55, of Methven was sentenced on this third count of drink driving, with an excess blood level of 213 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg/L. He was disqualified from driving for 15 months, fined $800 and ordered to undertake nine months’ supervision, to include alcohol assessment and treatment as directed.

The court was told Mills rode a motorbike at speeds well in excess on the 50km/h limit in Methven, when he skidded through an intersection, hit the kerb and collided with a tree. He sustained multiple injuries.

Michael Laurence Wyatt, 56, of Ashburton was caught drink driving with almost five times the legal limit – 380 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg/L. He was disqualified from driving indefinitely, sentenced to 70 hours of community work and 12 months’ supervision – to include alcohol assessment and treatment as directed. Wyatt will also be subject to judicial monitoring.

Drayton John Sinclair, 29, of Allenton, appeared for sentencing on his fourth count of drink driving (EBA 684mcg/l), and on a sustained loss of traction charge. He received a fourmonth home detention sentence, was disqualified from driving for 12 months, and ordered to undertake 12 months’ supervision.

Sinclair must also obtain and use a zero-alcohol licence for three years when his licence is returned. An order was made for the confiscation of his vehicle.

The court was told Sinclair spun his vehicle’s wheels for 40 or 50 metres before losing control and hitting a fence.

He then performed another wheel spin, lost control again before hitting a tree and another fence.

Ronald Pasion Martinez, of Ashburton, was disqualified from driving for six months and fined $200 on charges of drink driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 942 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath (EBA 942mcg/l).

Warrants were issued for the arrest of Shane Allen Shanahan, James Robert McLay, and Tyron Jayhan Chapman.

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In brief Boy, 3, kills baby Police in Cleveland, Ohio, say a 3-year-old boy picked up an unattended gun inside a home and it went off, shooting a 1-year-old boy in the head and killing him.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters gathered outside the home after the shooting Sunday investigators are trying to determine where the gun came from. Cleveland.com reports the 1-year-old was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Full details about the shooting on the city’s east side weren’t released, but Williams said at least one adult was home when it happened. “It’s a sad day for Cleveland,” he told reporters. “This fascination that we have with handguns, not just in this city but in this country, has to stop. This is a senseless loss of life.”

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Gallipoli safe Australian authorities insist the Gallipoli peninsula will be one of the safest places to be in Turkey despite reports the Anzac commemorations could be a highvalue target for terrorists. Gallipoli services director Tim Evans says the 8200 Australians attending the dawn service at North Beach and the later memorial at Lone Pine should be “alert but not alarmed”.

“I think attending the services will probably be one of the safest places you can be in Turkey on April 24 and 25,” Mr Evans told AAP. “There is no expectation that Australians themselves, and particularly Australians attending the commemorative event, represent a target.” News Corp last week quoted an intelligence source saying Anzac Day at Gallipoli would be a “high-value target” for Islamic State terrorists who have seized large parts of neighbouring Syria and Iraq.

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Bomb blast A bomb has exploded outside the Moroccan embassy in Libya’s capital, a security official says, just hours after a gun attack on the building housing South Korea’s mission to the country. “A bomb inside a bag went off near the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Bin Ashour area” in central Tripoli, the official said, adding “there were no casualties”. There was visible damage to a “few cars in the area”, he said. “The sound of the explosion was very strong, and the house was shaking for a few seconds,” an unnamed witness said.

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Ore prices fall As the iron ore price falls faster than Joe Hockey’s popularity, a new analysis offers little optimism on the direction of Australia’s biggest export-earner. After a tough year selling his first budget, the treasurer’s next effort on May 12 will be challenged by a steep fall in the iron ore price, a commodity he says has no apparent floor in sight. Four months ago, Mr Hockey was trying to balance the budget with revenue based on iron ore at around $US60-a-tonne, itself a downgrade from $US95 in last year’s budget. But now he is factoring in a price of just $US35a-tonne, a potential $A25 billion revenue loss over four years.

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■ UNITED STATES

Clinton’s presidential push Hillary Rodham Clinton has jumped back into presidential politics, making a much-awaited announcement she will again seek the White House in 2016 with a promise to serve as the “champion” of everyday Americans in a country with growing income inequality.

Unlike eight years ago, when she ran and lost to Barack Obama, Clinton and her personal history weren’t the focus of the first message of her campaign.

She made no mention of her time in the Senate and her four years as secretary of state, or her potential to make history as the first US female president.

Instead, the video is a collection of voters talking about their lives, their plans and aspirations for the future. “Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times.

But the deck is still stacked in favour of those at the top.

Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion,” Clinton said near the end.

Clinton’s video and new web-

help and hurt her candidacy.

Republicans were already pushing a message that seeks to attach her to the scandalous upheavals of her husband Bill Clinton’s two-term presidency in the 1990s.

Understanding that, her staff has said she intends to cast herself as a “tenacious fighter” determined to block the growing power of an increasingly rightwing Republican Party that has sought to block Obama’s agenda and now controls both chambers of Congress.

Obama said he thinks Clinton “would be an excellent president”. As Obama’s secretary of state, Clinton used her four years as America’s top diplomat in an attempt to rebuild US relations with countries around the world that were critical of the American war in Iraq.

Clinton enters the race with polls showing her in a strong position to succeed Obama.

However, in the last half-century, the same political party has held the White House for three consecutive terms only once.

Hillary Clinton

site are scant on policy specifics. But the message made an immediate play to win the support of liberal Democrats for whom economic inequality has become a defining issue.

Clinton now plans to head to the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, looking to connect with voters. Clinton hopes to avoid the same stumbles in 2008, when she entered the race as a heavy favourite only to be upset by Obama in

Iowa. Clinton left Sunday in a van on a roughly 1600km road trip to Iowa from her New York home. She will tour a community college there and visit a produce distribution company.

Her campaign said she would not hold her first rally and deliver a campaign kickoff speech until May. The 67-year-old Clinton brings a long public record to her second bid for the White House, a history that will both

■ AUSTRALIA

Post-mortem planned for slain teacher The body of Stephanie Scott is expected to undergo a post-mortem, potentially leading police closer to uncovering how the teacher died.

Ms Scott’s burned body was found dumped in an isolated national park in the NSW Riverina region on Friday afternoon.

It came five days after the 26-year-old was last seen at her workplace, Leeton High School, near Griffith.

Ms Scott’s remains were taken to the Glebe morgue in Sydney over the weekend and are expected to undergo a post-mortem in the next few days.

It is hoped it will shed light on how the bride-to-be, who was meant to get married on Saturday, was killed.

School cleaner Vincent Stanford, 24, has been charged with her murder.

Police tape was removed from his Leeton home on Sunday after being a crime scene since his arrest.

Ms Scott’s body was found dumped five metres off a dirt road in Cocoparra National Park after it had been set alight.

Tributes for the English and drama teacher continued on Sunday, with dozens of hot air balloons in the sky over the town she grew up in, Canowindra.

Her parents also returned to Leeton High School on Sunday, where a shrine of messages, balloons and flowers has been building.

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OUR VIEW

Rule to vaccinate a step too far?

Sue Newman

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he vaccination debate is likely to hot up in New Zealand on the back of a decision by the Australian government to strip cash from parents who fail to immunise their children.

A “no jab no pay” policy would see parents lose a slice of their childcare and welfare benefits for each child they fail to immunise. In New Zealand that would translate to losing a slice of Working for Families income.

It’s a big call, but the Aussies have never backed off making big decisions that may not be popular. Taking a broad brush approach rather than a populist one mightn’t win them votes come the next election but it will take Australia one giant leap closer to stamping out a raft of preventable childhood illnesses.

The question now is, should New Zealand follow suit.

Whether it should or not, it’s most unlikely we’ll go down such a controversial path.

That’s not the Kiwi way.

Immunisation is an emotional topic, there’s no middle ground. While the majority accept the benefits of a preventive jab, those in opposition are unshakeable in their belief and are prepared to defend their position.

Sometimes a decision has to be made for the public good.

Imagine a world where the polio vaccine had not been compulsorily foisted on generations of youngsters, imagine a world where tuberculosis vaccination was once automatic for early teens. Imagine a world where whooping cough, rubella, measles and mumps were off the childhood infection list.

While there’s freedom of choice, New Zealand is fighting a losing battle when it comes to eradication.

Who wants their kids to get sick if that sickness can be prevented? You mightn’t like the idea of pumping a virus into your child’s body, but the idea of watching them struggle with a serious childhood illness is surely far less palatable.

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hose people who attended one of the recent rural fieldays, at Dargaville, Feilding or Kirwee would have seen the Police Tractor.

This police initiative, supported by C. B. Norwood, is to create a focal point for police to engage with the community on rural security.

This tractor, decorated in full police livery, has also attracted urban dwellers attending these days. It has brought the whole community together to encourage dialogue on preventing thefts on farm.

The tractor’s presence highlights the police’s focus on rural security. Many rural people may have doubted their real commitment. But I can assure readers this police initiative is a serious piece to fill in the puzzle of how to reduce all elements of rural crime.

It is vitally important that rural communities also play their part in this initiative.

Tackling the high rates of rural crime will need a collaborative approach.

Rural communities need to adopt all the tools they can use, making them suitable for a practical application on individual properties. There are numerous security tools available.

Some are simple, like locking sheds and gates, and closing road gates. More technological items, such as cameras, buzzers and sensor pads, may well have roles to play for some properties.

Like Neighbourhood Watch groups in urban areas, rural support groups in country areas have proven to be highly successful, as shown by lower crime statistics. These groups have neighbours talking to neighbours, discussing issues that apply to them all, and devising systems to combat the threats.

There are added spin-offs from these groups through the social interaction, sharing of problems and the ability to solve issues as a collective rather than individually. With

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The new police tractor put the focus on rural crime.

security equipment, a community shared approach may well cover a number of properties with costs being shared across the group.

Recently I revisited a meat and fibre group who had been experiencing numerous crimes in the district, to follow up on how their initiatives were progressing.

One member spoke on how she had been sceptical around the rural support group idea.

But she was then converted after burglars were apprehended because of the actions of a neighbouring family.

Reporting all crime and suspicious activity is also a key element to reduce rural crime.

Police can only fund and resource initiatives based on the statistical facts provided.

Police do want to know as much as possible about crime in each area. It enables them to target resources where they are most required and use all the resources at their disposal to maximum efficiency.

We, rural communities and police, can reduce rural crime.

But until we work in collabora-

tion, regularly communicating with each other, it will be a challenge.

The police tractor is a positive focal point to start. Well done to the boys and girls in

blue and C.B. Norwood.

Now we must reciprocate and play our part.

Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre Chairman

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■ NEW GAMING COMPANY

South Island figures down

Dunedin venture a big winner

Fonterra says its milk collection in New Zealand for the 10 months to March 31 reached 1431 million kg of milk solids, 1 per cent higher than the same period last season.

However, collection in March was 3 per cent behind March last season. North Island collection in March reached 80 million kg, which was in line with March last season, and compared with a 5.7 per cent decline in February.

South Island collection in March reached 60 million kg, 7 per cent lower than March last season. Rain in March, consistent with longterm averages, provided support for milk volumes, Fonterra said.

However, dry conditions across most dairying regions meant follow-up rain was needed to hold milk production in line with last season over the coming months, the co-operative said.

- NZME

BY VAUGHAN ELDER A Dunedin gaming company is proving a runaway success with staff numbers doubling in the last year and more growth on the way.

Runaway director Tim Nixon said the gaming studio - which is a division of NHNZ - was carving out a successful niche publishing free to play games based on natural environments.

After having more than two million people download its Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary on Android and iOS it had just

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A key change was that instead of keeping their animals, users would now release their sea creatures into the wild once they were fully grown, helping to repopulate the virtual world in which the game was set.

This was the “riskiest” change, but he felt it would help keep the game fresh.

Since Friday, 150,000 people had downloaded the app and it was already up with Flutter when it came to how many people played it per day - about 70,000.

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having to move out of the NHNZ offices into another Dunedin location.

“We don’t know exactly when, but it’s absolutely on the cards.”

Much like Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, the new game was based on the model of raising and collecting animals, but this time it was sea creatures instead of butterflies.

“We have definitely taken everything we have learnt from Flutter over the last two years and used all that learning to refine some of the fundamental

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released Splash: Underwater Sanctuary, Mr Nixon said.

Early feedback had been positive and 10 new positions were being advertised for the division, which now had 14 staff, 12 of whom were based in Dunedin.

“We have doubled the team size in the last year and our ambition is to do the same over the next year as well.”

“The success of Flutter gave us the flexibility to reinvest in expanding that portfolio.”

The amount of expansion would also likely result in it

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Delays in approving consent for the installation of ultrafast broadband cables up shared driveways and in some apartment buildings are hindering the roll-out of the programme.

The report from a select committee review of Crown Fibre Holdings released last week noted that the main obstacle the Crown-owned company had faced in building the network related to consents for and access to infrastructure.

The company is responsible for accelerating the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband (UFB), which is currently running ahead of schedule, to 75 per cent of New Zealanders by 2019.

Currently, the network companies doing the work for Crown Fibre must get permission from all owners of properties with shared driveways or right-ofways to lay cable to their buildings.

Crown Fibre told the committee that around 25 to 30 per cent of premises faced consenting issues to allow connection and solutions relied on Government policy and law changes.

Telecommunications Users’ Association chief executive Craig Young said they had raised the issue with different stakeholders, including central government, over the past two years.

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When Telecom was deregulated, access rights onto private property were lost too, Young said.

Although some rights to access copper networks remained, rolling out the UFB network onto private property required the consent of all private landowners, which delayed the network’s rollout when the ownership of shared driveways and apartment building access was unclear, he said.

“Chorus can’t enter private property of any type until they’ve got all the relevant consents,” he said. “It’s a common issue across the programme.”

Young said he was aware of an example where there were a number of properties down a long driveway and the ownership of the driveway was unclear to the point that no one was prepared to give consent for the fibre provider to install the UFB. “It took quite a while to sort that one out,” he said.

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“People are saying it just takes a long time to get these services installed because of this issue.

“We’ve been talking to the Government for several years and saying, ‘look, this is not an issue that Chorus can resolve because they’re just following the law’.

“There needs to be some change of the relevant laws that enable there to be an easier way.”

One solution was Australia’s model, which implied “deemed consent” if property owners did not respond to consent requests within a set time-frame, Young said. The model was supported

by Chorus.

Communications Minister Amy Adams said in a statement yesterday she was aware of the issue, which she had been “taking a close look at for some time now”.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment had been working with industry to better understand the size and nature of the issue and Adams said she had asked officials to look into whether it required a regulatory response.

Figures from Adams’ office show the UFB roll-out is 43 per cent complete - ahead of schedule and within budget.

National uptake figures as of last December were more than double where they were at in December 2013 and now 69,301 end users were connected. - NZME

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Kiwi cows look healthy, happy New Zealand is possibly one of the best places in the world to be a dairy cow.

International non-profit organisation World Animal Protection sent Martin Cooke to New Zealand for a week to assess the quality of care provided to cows on farms supplying milk to Fonterra.

He found Kiwi cows to be among the happiest and healthiest in the world.

Mr Cooke said the organisation would be reporting back to global food giant Nestle as part of a global programme run by the company.

“My impression of New Zealand dairying is very good actually, it’s really nice to see cows on pasture based systems that look very healthy and happy,” he told Radio New Zealand.

He said the climate in New Zealand allowed cows to stay out in paddocks yearround, in contrast to many countries where cows were never out on pasture.

Ireland also compared favourably.

Mr Cooke visited a cross section of 15 large and small North Island dairy farms to prepare his report.

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MARKET REPORT Dairy At last significant rain for the drought areas, but it is accompanied with snow and hail that could herald lower temperatures and less chance of a feed recovery before winter sets in.

North Canterbury has been the worst affected by the drought as they missed earlier rains, and they will be hoping NIWA’s April/June forecast of warmer temperatures will come to fruition.

All eyes this week will be glued to the globaldairytrade auction, as the market looks for direction to finalise this year’s payout, and set the scene for next.

With Fonterra shares reaching an all-time low at $5.38, and the dividend predicted to be down, all shareholders will be looking hard at the returns on their large capital holdings.

Goat milk production has received publicity this week, with interest in both the North Island and reports a Chinese company is planning to build a goat milk powder factory in Ashburton.

There have been calls for a change to “Gypsy Day”, that creates chaos on the roads, farms, and lawyers offices every year, and suggestions that

the system be planned well ahead to allow more flexibility in the changeover period.

Lamb At last some small indications that the lamb markets may have hit the bottom, with small schedule increases by one processor, and reports suggest Easter sales were ahead of expectations.

The European markets are still soft and are exasperated by the euro currency, which last week fell to a yearly low against the kiwi, and will eat away at any market improvement.

The Chinese market is also weak, reverting to its traditional low value purchases, and the recent interest in lamb forequarters and mutton carcasses has not been maintained.

Silver Fern Farms have announced they are part of a joint primary industry initiative in opening a marketing office in China to enable the potential of this huge market to be achieved.

Wool This week’s South Island wool auction saw prices firm, despite the currency rising, and was once again led by crossbred

and lambs wool pricing.

David Fagan came within a few blows of winning another NZ Open title at Te Kuiti on the weekend, but still finished third in his last competitive event and is revered for his skill and services to the wool industry.

Beef Good weekly beef schedule lifts reflects firmer prospects from the US for manufacturing beef, and slowing supply to the plants after the earlier harvest.

Calf sales in the dry Canterbury region start, and while live weights of animals are back, they have been well compensated by higher prices than last year.

The drought has seen rabbit numbers explode in many dry areas and the Otago Regional Council reports record numbers of this pest have been recorded.

Deer Processors report frozen contracts have now been concluded as the production slows in a quiet time of year, and while demand and price are steady, returns at the farm gate are falling when the low value of the euro is factored in.

■ TINWALD SALE Prices remained steady at last week’s sheep sale at Tinwald.

Heavy, woolly lambs made $115-$127, medium weights $100-$110 and lighter lambs $78-$90.

Heavy, woolly ewes fetched $95-$105, mediums $85-$95, and lighter weight sheep $72-$80.

Prime cattle will be offered again at today’s sale.

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A native herb believed extinct for more than 50 years, has been discovered in the Mid Canterbury high country.

Pygmy goosefoot (Dysphania pusilla) was found in the Heron

Basin by Department of Conservation botanist Nicholas Head late last month.

It was one of eight native plant species listed as extinct until its surprise rediscovery.

By coincidence, pygmy goosefoot was found at two other widely-separated sites over the summer – the

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The charges arose after a member of the public reported severely lame dairy cows to MPI in May last year.

Animal welfare inspectors visited the farm and another block of land leased by the defendant, and found severely lame dairy cows on both properties.

MPI district compliance manager Peter Hyde said some of the cows were in too much pain to stand or walk to water troughs.

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Mackenzie Basin and Molesworth Station.

“The last record of pygmy goosefoot was from 56 years ago and amazingly when rediscovered this year a few thousand plants were seen at both locations,” DOC director general Lou Sanson said.

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foot may lie dormant for many years as seed when conditions aren’t suitable for it to grow. It was fortunate rangers were in the right places at the right time when it had germinated in abundance enabling its rediscovery.

Nelson rangers Shannel Courtney and Simon Walls came across pygmy goosefoot in the Clarence River valley during a flora and fauna survey.

Twizel ranger Aalbert Rebergen discovered pygmy goosefoot growing in the Ruataniwha wetlands a few weeks.

Another native herb – slender button daisy (Leptinella filiformis), also found at Molesworth, hadn’t been found in the wild since the late 1990s, though it was being cultivated at some protected sites.

The rediscovery of wild slender button daisy was recently confirmed after plants rangers collected in summer were grown on till they flowered, enabling the species to be verified.

“Both herb species grow in dry, open areas and finding them highlights how much is still being learnt about the unique species that inhabit such dryland ecosystems and what is needed to preserve them,” Mr Head said.

ill-treating cows “In one cow maggots were found in an infected hoof,” Mr Hyde said.

A veterinary inspection determined the affected cows were suffering from laminitis with secondary infections. Sixteen cows were assessed as being untreatable and were euthanised.

A further 122 mixed age dairy cows were found to be suffering various degrees of lameness requiring veterinary treatment.

Mr Hyde said the defendant had

co-operated with the inspectors and engaged his own vet to treat the affected animals.

Mr McIntosh said he had been walking the cows from the grazing paddocks to the milking shed twice a day, involving distances of up to 12 kilometres.

He said heavy rain had caused flooding in the paddocks and races, and believed the significant walking distance and the wet paddocks to have caused the lameness.

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■ RURAL WOMEN Lynnford Our March meeting was held in the Tinwald Hall supper room, a good attendance of members, and it was good to be able to combine our monthly meeting with the Provincial Link Meeting.

Our guest speaker Sue Baird from the Rural Support Trust Mid Canterbury addressed our meeting on the topic of drought, drought assistance, and the need to be very mindful of our neighbours. Farmers are very resilient, and do not like to ask for help, but our women folk at a time like this are often also over-loaded.

Many women play a big part in the day-to-day procedures, and when they know that their partner is not handling things like he would have done some months ago, this puts a huge burden on the rest of the family.

Our farm advisers, accountants, bank managers, Federated Farmers are only a telephone call away, and if members know of a situation, do not hesitate to advise one of the above.

Confidentially is paramount, our team on the local Rural Support Trust in Ashburton, have the expertise in dealing with these agencies in time of need.

Marion reported the Life Education, Charity Ride for Life Education was well supported, as was the Relay for Life fundraiser.

Seafield Six members of the Seafield Rural Women met at the lounge of the St Paul’s Church where we started our meeting with the speaker Marilyn Cross. She spoke to us about her life as a child in Winchmore and how her teacher Ossie Hooper, who taught at Lauriston, encouraged her to write poetry.

She read us her first poem

about her dad along with others written more recently.

Marilyn then told us about writing her first book of poems for children called Nana’s Red Ferrari, then two years later she wrote Tractor Fred and other Poems – both books are dedicated to grandsons.

Both books were illustrated

by David Healy from Hokitika who has done a wonderful job for her. Afterwards Marilyn sold a few books to members and she was thanked for her time coming to speak to us.

We then carried on with our meeting with this month’s Motto which was: For everything you missed you have gained something else.

Went through all our business especially the correspondence as there was a few things to be dealt with then made up a roster for Meals on Wheels and we should be able to cover enough people at the moment. We discussed next month’s speaker before closing the meeting and having a social time.

Winchmore Our March meeting was a social occasion in the form of a progressive dinner.

Thank you to Alison and Donald Shearer, Anne and Clive Watson and Barbara and Bernie Davidson, who hosted the very enjoyable progressive dinner on Friday night.

Lots of chatter and fellowship, great food and a reasonably late night. Thanks Alison for or-

ganising the night.

We look forward to our next meeting on April 15.

Mid Canterbury Provincial initiatives: Safe Houses. Pattern is available for this project. Hoping to get 90 houses to highlight the 90 years of the organisation, so let’s get knitting.

The next Provincial Meeting is on April 17.

Provincial President’s Message: Members supported the recent Relay for Life at the Ashburton Showgrounds. A vibrant stall on East Street was well received, with proceeds and generous donations destined for the Cancer Society.

To the many members who took time to walk the many laps over the 18 hours – your persistence to ensure someone was on the track at all times, even in the early hours of the morning is a credit to all. Special thanks to team Captain Marion who kept everyone’s needs well catered for.

A busy stall at the South Island Field Days provided an opportunity to promote Rural Women and for our provincial to involve Latitude magazine. Jo and Gilly from Latitude kindly provided three free memberships to those successful with a lucky draw.

Our handcrafted safe houses were on display at the field says and the Relay for Life event.

They drew much interest when we indicate our intention to make 90 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Rural Women.

These houses will be provided to a charitable organisation on the completion of this project at our annual general meeting in August.

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■ ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Can anyone identify this bridge?

This image was brought in to us recently.

It shows Andrew McDowell driving sheep from Clent Hills Station.

While an interesting shot, it would be more useful if we knew where it was taken.

Andrew was born in 1848 and died in 1915.

His family lived in Highbank until after his death, when they moved to Tinwald.

Judging by his appearance the image was possibly taken at the turn of last century.

Any information would be gratefully received.

Let us look before you dump it

By Kathleen Stringer

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t’s amazing what people tell you ‘in passing’. Either at meetings or over a cup of tea during the past few weeks I have been told some rather disturbing tales.

People have been telling me how they have thrown out or burnt items that would have been of great value and interest to our collection.

The most common reasons were that the people believed that we would not be interested in the items because they weren’t old, not that interesting

or they were in a tatty condition.

Photographs were especially prone to the ‘they weren’t named’ threat. We have also had people who have material but saved us time by ‘sorting it’ for us – giving us the minute books or ‘good stuff ’, and destroying the rest. Such news is both frustrating and extremely disappointing.

Anyone who has any material – photographs, documents, even published books that they don’t know what to do with are strongly encouraged to offer it to the museum in its entirety.

The staff can then make a decision on what they would like to retain for the archives. What we find of great interest will probably surprise you. Sometimes what the public consider to be of no real value are the very things that we would really appreciate obtaining.

Unnamed photographs for example may be useful for highlighting clothing, locations or activities.

While minute books tell the story of the group involved, things like correspondence add extra information. Even ‘boring’ financial material may hold

treasures such as local letterheads.

Before Oamaru’s Museum became professionally staffed, the director of the (then) Pioneer Gallery ran advertisements in the local newspaper stating ‘before you go to the dump, visit us’.

While I’m not suggesting all material should be offered to us before you visit the recyclers, it would be appreciated that if you had anything you even suspected might be of use or interest to us that we are given the opportunity to look at it.

To remind you of what we

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collect, just think of our name, Ashburton Museum. Anything that has a connection to the people, places or activities of the district is of interest and value.

It may be named, old or of ‘importance’, but we also collect the unidentified, recent and the common and everyday.

Once something has been destroyed it is lost forever; so surely if you or someone else has bothered to keep it, it’s worth a telephone call to see if it should be retained and housed in your community treasure house.

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RESULTS ■■ Bowls MSA Outdoor Bowling Club Results of Skip2It Flooring Xtra Friday Triples at MSA April 10: 1st J. Ryk, M. Anderson, D. Kinvig 3 wins 12 ends 27points 2nd B. Williams, C. Dennis, J. Smart 2w 15e 32p 3rd M. Smallridge, P. Whinham, M. Reid 3w, 14e, 36p Raffle Result A. Johnston, A. Smith, J. Lattimore.

■■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club April 10 Tuesday Evening – A Ladder N/S 1 B Smith and J Knight, 2 J Edmond and M Holdaway, 3 B McIlraith and B Macaulay E/W 1 T and M Small, 2 A Rooney and M Kolkman, 3 M de Jong and M de Jong Jun. Wednesday Afternoon – 3 round Duplicate N/S 1 M Stowell and R Brownlie, 2 T Downward and J Browne, 3 R Kyle and S Rosevear.

E/W 1 E Lattimore and B Macaulay, 2 B McIlraith and J Irwin, 3 D Wilkinson and P Wise Thursday Evening – All Grades N/S 1 M Buckland and B Smith, 2 J Browne and J Lovett, 3= M and J de Jong and Pauline and Paul Fergus and D Wilkinson and Leadley E/W 1 R McLaughlin and K Robb, 2 M Moore and A Maude, 3 G McCormick and D Small

■■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers April 11 2015 Winter Series - 14 riders 16km Handicap 1st Ethan Titheridge CT. 31m 15.55s. HT. Go. RT. 31m 15.55s. 2nd Andy Skinner CT. 31m 16.16s.

HT. Go. RT. 31m 16.16s. 3rd. Rob Hooper CT. 32m 25.42s. HT. 7.20m. RT. 25m 05.42s. Course Record & F/T. 4th. Kristine Marriott CT.32m 25.82s. HT. 7.20m. RT. 25m 05.82s 2f/t. 5th Jamie Smitheram CT. 32m 26.22s. HT. 4.10m.

RT. 28m 16.22s. 6th Bruce McClelland CT. 32m 26.67s. HT. 7.20m. RT. 25m 06.67s. 3f/t.

7th Robert Grice CT. 32m 27.01s. HT. 4.10m.

RT.28m 17.01s. 8th Mark Smitheram CT.32m 38.98s. HT. 7.20m. RT.25m 18.98s 4f/t. 9th Caitlin Titheridge CT. 32m 39.26s HT. 4.10m.

RT. 28m 29.26s. 10th James Skinner CT. 32m 39.26s. HT. 4.10m. RT. 28m 29.26 11th.Janette Hooper CT.32m 50.59s. HT. 3.10m. RT. 29m 40.26s. 12th Drew Titheridge CT. 32m 50.59s.

HT. 3.10m. RT. 29m 40.59s. 13th Brent Hudson CT. 33m 03.68s. HT. 3.10m. RT. 30m 03.68s.

14th Luke Skinner CT. 33m 11.88s. HT. 3.10m.

RT. 30m 11.88s.

Course Record: Rob Hooper 25m.05.42s.

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April 12 Wakanui Winter Training Series - 16km Handicap 1st Maddie Lowry (Go) Riding Time 37min 46.26sec. 2nd Shona McGrath-Proctor (Go) Riding Time 37min 46.57. 3rd Sam Leathan (15.00m) Riding Time 23min 05.52. Fastest Time. 4th Josh Connor (15.00m) Riding Time 23min 05.69. Second Fastest Time. 5th Bailey O’Donnell (13.00m) Riding Time 25min 16.13. 6th Nigel Douglas (15.00m) Riding Time 23min 24.10. Third Fastest Time. 7th Abe O’Donnell (9.00m) Riding Time 29min 59.6.

8th Myles O’Donnell (13.00m) Riding Time 26min 24.67. 9th Connor Loev (8.00m) Riding Time 31min 25.80. 10th Janis Crawford (9.00m.) Riding Time 30min 29.15sec. 11th Alex Crawford (9.00m.) Riding Time 31min 10.62. 12th Doug Lowry (13.00m) Riding Time 27min 26.13. 13th Roger Wilson (9.00m) Riding Time 31min 34.87. 14th Michael Gallagher Mechanical.

■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club April 9 Women’s Open sponsored by Tavendale and Partners Best Gross over the field Catherine Trott on c/b 83 Grade 1 Nett Jan Clucas (Mayfield) 69; Nett Runner Up Heather McKimmie (Ellesmere) 71; Nett 2nd Runner Up Sisi Silcock (Geraldine) 73; Stableford Helen Hawksby 33; Stableford Runner Up Ali Romeril (Geraldine) 31 on c/b; Stableford 2nd Runner Up Denise Kenny (Geraldine) 31 on c/b Grade 2 Nett Marion Wederell (Rakaia) 70; Nett Runner Up Debbie Lovett (Gleniti) 72 on c/b; Nett 2nd Runner Up Sandra Quinn (Rakaia) 72; Stableford Mary Lou Watson 35 on c/b; Stableford Runner Up Trish Cates 35; Stableford 2nd Runner Up Sue Simpson 33 on c/b

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Grade 3 Nett Jan McArthur 71, Nett Runner Up Janice Dunlop 73, Nett 2nd Runner Up Madeleine Stoddart 75, Stableford Lynette Tapp (Mt Nessing) 33, Stableford Runner Up Jean Evans (Rakaia) 32, Stableford 2nd Runner Up Allison Hunt 31 on c/b Nearest to PinsGrade 1 No 4 Sisi Silcock (Geraldine), Grade 2 No 14 Mary Lou Watson, Grade 3 No 8 Jean Evans (Rakaia) Longest Drive Grade 1 No 13 Denise Kenny (Geraldine), Grade 2 No 16 Linda McClea (Tinwald) 2nd Shot Grade 3 No 18 Fiona Rushton (Rakaia) Twos: No 8 Jan Clucas, Sisi Silcock, No 14 Mary Lou Watson April 11 Winners - Senior Robbie Bell, Rodney O’Neil, Brian Nuttall and Daniel Green. Intermediate Vince Carr, Grant Smith, David Fisher and Gordon Crawford. Junior A Ken Clucas, Phillip Kerr, Gavin Douglas and Dave Hewitt.

Junior B Chris Robertson, Evan Waters, Peter Pratt and Mike Holmes. Stableford winner was Terry Molloy with 42pts.

Other winning scores were Gavin Johnston 41, Hugh McLenaghen 40, Ryan Cockburn 39 and Guildford Lane 38.

Nearest Pins: Robbies: Hugh McLenaghen, Braided Rivers: Ryan Cockburn, Rothburys Insurance: Daniel Green, Netherby Meats: Geoff Kean, Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt #9) Paddy Bradford. Twos: Hamish Niles, Hugh McLenaghen, Geoff Kean and Gordon Crawford. Nett Eagles: # 10; Birdies # 4 April12 White Trophy and Plate Final White Trophy match Paddy Bradford and Heather Robertson defeated Geoff and Jenni Kean; Plate match Jeff and Fiona Williamson defeated Mike Holmes and Jan Guildford. The best nett score was 72 nett scored by Geoff and Jenni Kean.

Mayfield Golf Club April 7 Mid-Week Stableford Competition John Low 41 Stableford Points, Steve King 41, Brian Feilder 37, Ian Beach 35, Chris Bell 35 Nearest Pin John Low; Two’s Steve Cross & Steve King.

April 9, 9 Hole division Stableford Ladies 1st T Gallagher 57:18:39 - 16, 2nd B Inglis 67:28:39 - 15. Men 1st J Greenslade 52:17:35 - 19, E Graham 51:13:38 - 17 Nearest Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 – J Greenslade, Mayfield Transport Ltd No. 5 – T Gallagher April 11, Men’s Division District Teams Stableford Winners: D Morrow 42 Terry Kingsbury 40 S King 39 J Allen W Vessey 37 Ruapuna D Morrow Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance No. 2: G Duthie; John Mc Auliffe Bayleys No 11; A Dixon; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5; R Lake; ANZ Bank No 14; T Kingsbury; ATS No 9 & 18: A Lake Nett Eagle: not struck Twos: T Kingsbury Ashvegas player of the day: D Morrow 42 Stablefords

Methven Golf Club April 8, Ladies Division Gwen Cook Trophy Sara Gallagher 83-15-68, Barbara Duffy 10133-68, Bev Isherwood 101-31-70, Nola Hydes 96-24-72, Pam Watson 91-19-72 Cinema Paradiso Best Nett Barbara Duffy 72 on c/b from Sara Gallagher 72 Nearest Pin: Silver No 4 Arabica Sara Gallagher, Bronze A No 6 Methven Supervalue Sandra Ilton, Bronze B 2nd Shot No 17 Methven Foursquare Sandra Marr, Open No 13 Methven Travel Gayle O’Duffy, Saturday Ladies No 13 Methven Pharmacy Ellen Kemp Twos & Nett Eagles: Sara Gallagher. Tania Wilson, Naomi Fairfull, Sandra Marr, Nola Hydes, Lynn Worsfold, Ellen Kemp & Bev Isherwood April 10, Methven 9 Hole 2nd Mary Fahey 2nd Putting; Mike Markillie 52-19-33,18 Putts; Alister Goodwin 56-20-36, 18; Adrianne Goodwin 73-28-45, 19; BNZ 2nd shot Alister Goodwin Men’s Division, April 11 1st Round Duff Trophy Senior Martin Hickman 76-8-68; Intermediate: Athol Mcalpine 87-16-71 by lot; Mike Gray 89-18-71 by lot; Junior B: Mike Harris 102-24-78 Other Good Scores: 71 Richard Leith, Jeremy Johnson, Frank Sandys, Gavin Santy, John O’Duffy, 73 Keith Middleton, Dave Gorman, Simon Wareing.

Twos: Allan Smith Aqua Japanese – Best Nett: Martin Hickman 68; Topnotch Four Square Supermarket- 2nd Nett: Gavin Santy 71; Methven Travel - Best Gross: Martin Hickman 76.

Closest to the Pins: Arabica Cafe No 4: Philip

www.guardianonline.co.nz Lalor; Hunters Wines No 6: Phil Elliott; Ski Time No 13: Allan Smith; The Green Parrot No 17: Ben Rutter; Dubliner 2nd Shot – No 14: Jeremy Johnson Next Week: 2nd Round Duff Trophy, 1st Round Harry Maw.

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April 8, Ladies Division Connelly Cup, Extra Medal: Sandra Quinn 84-20-64, Robyn Copland 95-29-66, Mandy Hurst 100-29-71, Jean Evans 97-26-71 Homelinks Competition: Coronation Medal Marion Wederell 77 nett, Aotearoa Cup Sandra Quinn 64 nett, Veteran’s Cup Jean Evans 71 nett, Best Gross Cup Sandra Quinn 84 gross.

9 Holers: Best Gross Trophy Judy Moore 53 gross Railway Tavern 2nd shot no 3: Robyn Copland; Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot no 6: Sally Smith; V Bell Nearest Pin no 8: Bev Sutherland; Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin no 15: Lillian O’Hanlon, S. Quinn 2nd shot no 17: Bev Sutherland

April 17: At Ashburton - June Withel Trophy 9.30am for 10am start.

Tinwald Golf Club April 11 Medal and Findlay Cup qualifying.

Leading scores in the medal round played on Saturday were: Senior; Dave King 67, Randall Feutz 68, Robin Simms 68, Terry Reynolds 68. Intermediate; Phil Keir 64, Mark Banks 65, Justin Smith 67, Mata Kamate 69, Steve Kircher 70, Bruce Collins 70 b/l. Junior; Lindsay Jackson 71 c/b Dave Allan 71, Wayne Ross 72. Women; Barb MacGregor 71, Linda McClea 72. Leading scores in the Findlay Cup 4BBB qualifying round were Mata Kamate and Terry Reynolds 59 c/b Mark Banks and Graham McCormick 59, Tony Clarke and Robin Simms 60. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liqourland # 2; Bruce Collins. Gluyas Ford # 6; Robin Simms. Bedrock Bar and Stonegrill # 12; Trevor Taylor. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; John Schofield. Twos: Adam Marshall, Paul Boon, Tony Sheppard, Lindsay Jackson, Bruce Collins, Terry Reynolds, Mata Kamate, Pete Marshall, Mark Banks, Robin Simms.

Net Eagle; # 16 not struck.

■■ Petanque Petanque April 11, Autumn Invitation Triples Championship: 4th Jonathan Crum, Marion Harrison and partner Plate: 1st Rewa Kyle and partners Bowl: Runners-up Mick Little, Betty King and partner; 4th Stephen Kyle, Rosemary McLaughlin and partner

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 11 Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Section One REL Rakaia 43 v Lincoln 27, Prebbleton 51 v Kaiapoi 31, Darryl Phillips Motors Celtic 68 v West Melton 5, Oxford 15 v Glenmark 25, Southbridge 76 v Hornby 7, Section Two PWA Methven 52 v Ohoka 10, Devon Tavern Hampstead 18 v Burn/Duns/Irw 20, Darfield 24 v Claas Harvest Centre Southern 27, Waihora 27 v Saracens 12, Ashley 25 v Rolleston 12, Senior B: Michael Duff Memorial Trophy – Round 3 Allenton 15 v Rakaia Murray Hood Baling 40, Collegiate Eclipse Services 0 v Tinwald 13, Hampstead KFC 10 v Celtic Kelly’s Cafe & Bar 20, Methven R&R Haulage 17 v Mt Somers 15, Bye: Southern Tinwald Tavern, Combined Competition - Under 18 Rangiora High School v Hurunui – Deferred, Kaiapoi 31 v Ashley/Oxford 10, West Melton/Rolleston v Lincoln – Deferred Malvern Comb 24 v Waihora 0, Celtic 22 v Methven/ Rakaia 7, MCRU JAB Seven A Side - Cancelled due to the weather

■■ Shooting Canterbury Autumn Meeting April 11 and 12 A grade, Bevan Mehrtens, Malvern, 338.28, Malcolm Dodson, Blenheim, 335.28, Ken Chittock, Gore, 332.24, John Miller 330.25, Chris Kershaw, Malvern, 328.25.

B grade, John Fleming 333.18, Coby Snowden 330.27, Robbie Gilchrist, Invercargill, 329.21.

C grade, Kathryn Lange, Invercargill, 332.22, Brian Hawksby 319.12, David Taylor, Gore, 301.14, Bruce Plant, Oamaru, 296.20.

FO, Joey Meldrum, Christchurch, 389.17, Harvey Westland 375.10, Chris Brown, Malvern, 374.13.

FTR, Darren Swaney, Malvern, 397.22, Simon Percy, Malvern, 384.7, Daniel Alexander, Christchurch, 374.9.

DRAWS

Ashburton Golf Club April 18 The semi-finals of the Club Championships and Plates will be played off the Blue Tees.

For those not involved in the Match play a Par round will be played.

The draw for the match play from #1 tee is 11.45 C Robertson vs E Waters; P Pratt vs M Holmes 11.52 D Shaw vs L Thomas; B Ferriman vs G O’Sullivan 12.00 K Clucas vs P Kerr; G Douglas vs D Hewitt 12.07 K Smith vs W Hetrick; + 2 others 12.15 G Crawford vs D Fisher; G Smith vs V Carr 12.22 C Lovelock vs B Day; A Hopwood vs C Aleaxander12.30 R O’Neil vs R Bell; G Sparrow vs P May. Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.15 for an 11.45am start.

Saturday Starters: Morning tba; Afternoon G Sparrow and D Houghton Results Match Committee

Tinwald Golf Club April 18 1st round of the Findlay Cup 4 BBB to be played on Saturday. Morning players and those not competing in the Findlay Cup will have a clubhouse draw for an 8am and 12.30 pm start. This includes the women. Players are asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off times.

No 1 Tee. 12.30, M Kamate, T Reynolds, v, Bye, 12.36, C Hart, P Roulston, v, B Smith, W Smith 12.42, L Jackson, S Kennedy, v, A Millar, S Kircher. 12.48, B Peddie, A Anderson, v, S Anderson, L McGee. No 10 Tee. 12.30, T Clarke, R Simms, v, W Mason, O Everest.

12.36, L Moore, R Bruce, v, P Marshall, A Pierce. 12.42, P Hefford, N Rayner, v, A Marshall, M Thomas. 12.48, B MacGregor, W Mellish, v, M Banks, B MacGregor Starters; am P Roulston, pm S Newman, S Lane. Cards. C Hart

■■ Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey Played at NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf April 17 1st Grade Women 6.40pm Collegiate v Hampstead (Methven 1st gr W, B. Gray) 7.50pm Methven v Collegians (Collegiate 1st gr W, Hampstead 1st gr W) Bye: Hampstead/ Methven April 18 Senior Women at Ashburton 1.30pm Hampstead v Hampstead/Collegians (P. Edwards, S. Mealings) Senior Men at Ashburton 3.30pm Wakanui Black v Wakanui Blue (R. Turnbull, C. Watson) April 19 1st Grade Men 5.00pm Wakanui v Allenton (Tinwald 1st gr M, Collegians 1st gr M ) 6.15pm Tinwald v Collegians (Wakanui 1st gr M, Allenton 1st gr M) April 20 2nd Grade Boys 5.30pm Hampstead v Wakanui (R. Law, Wakanui Black Sn M) 6.30pm Methven Meercats v Allenton (A. Kelland, Waknui Blue Sn M) Bye: Methven Madmen April 21 KWICK Sticks (3rd Grade Mixed) 4.00pm Hampstead v Allenton Vipers (C. Cannon, K. OReilly) 5.00pm Methven White v Wakanui (E. Connelly-White, Simon Reid) 6.00pm Methven Black v Collegians ( Kate Donald, Daniel Bennett) Bye: Allenton Hornets No Club Competition Anzac Weekend - All Grades

■■ Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 18 Club Day - Methven Senior Division 1 – Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition Section One: Lincoln v West Melton, Lincoln 1, 2.45pm, K Opele, TBC, B Moir, Glenmark v Southbridge, Omihi 1, 2.45pm, S Laird, G Welch, P Bigwood, Max Gilbert Trophy - Darryl Phillips Motors Celtic v REL Rakaia, Celt 1, 2.45pm, G Peedie, A McGirr, P Hunt, Hornby v Prebbleton, Denton Oval, 2.45pm, R Goodman, R Amyes, P Hudson, Kaiapoi v Oxford, Kai Oval, 2.45pm, K Fitzgerald, K Hancox, G Matthews Section Two Saracens v Burn/Duns/Irw, Southbrook 1, 2.45pm, M Gallagher, S Marshall, L Brine, Ashley v Ohoka, Lob Lwr 1, 2.45pm, A Stokes, A Stead, B Egerton, PWA Methven v Darfield, Meth 1, 2.45pm, M Gameson, G Clement, D Gray, Claas Harvest Centre Southern

v Waihora, Hinds 1, 2.45pm, K Pottinger, M Bell, J Greenslade, Rolleston v Devon Tavern Hampstead, Roll 1, J Shalfoon, R Busch, G White Senior B- Michael Duff Memorial Trophy – Round 4 Celtic Kelly’s Cafe & Bar vs. Rakaia Murray Hood Baling, Celt 1, 1pm: A McGirr, Methven R&R Haulage vs., Collegiate Eclipse Services, Meth 1, 1pm: G Clement, Southern Tinwald Tavern vs. Hampstead KFC, Hinds 1, 1pm: M Bell, Tinwald Senior B vs. Allenton, Tin 1, 2.30pm: D McKibbin, Bye: Mt Somers Combined Competition – Colts Banks Peninsula v Springston, Lit Rive 1, 1pm, S McLean, Lincoln Black v Celtic, Linc 2, 2.45pm, G Robinson, West Melton v Waihora, West Melt 1, 2.45pm, S Lamont, Lincoln Red v Kirwee, Lin 3, 2.30pm, TBC, Prebbleton v Darfield, Preb Oval, 1pm, M Hanson, Bye: Burn/Duns/Irw Combined Competition - Under 18 Methven*/Rakaia v Rangiora High School, Meth 2, 2pm, G Shaw, Lincoln* v Malvern Comb, Linc 4, 1pm, M Talbot, Kaiapoi v West Melton/Rolleston, Kai 1, 1.15pm, G Dunseth, Hurunui v Waihora, Cul 1, 2.15pm, J Le Gross, Celtic Hanham Concrete v Ashley/Oxford, Celt 2, 2.15pm, P McKnight Combined Competition - Under 16 Section One Hampstead v Prebbleton, Hamp 1, 1.30pm, P Hunt, Kaiapoi v Celtic, Kaiapoi 1, 2.30pm, R Lane, Rolleston v Oxford, Roll 1, 1pm, R Busch, Bye: West Melton/Southbridge Section Two Hurunui v Saracens, TBC, Lincoln* v Waihora, Linc 3, 1pm, C Love, Methven* v Malvern, Meth 3, 2pm, P Hill, Bye: Ashley/Amberley MCRU Competition – Under 14.5 – Venue: Methven (Mini Tournament (3 x 20 minute games)) Allenton v Southern/Tinwald, Meth 3, 11am, P Hill, Hampstead Lemacon v Methven Seed Cleaning, Meth 2, 11am, G Shaw, Southern/ Tinwald v Hampstead Lemacon, Meth 3, 11.30am, P Hill, Methven Seed Cleaning v Allenton, Meth 2, 11.30am, G Shaw, Allenton v Hampstead Lemacon, Meth 3, 12pm, P Hill, Southern/Tinwald v Methven Seed Cleaning, Meth 2, 12pm, G Shaw MCRU Competition – Under 13 – (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Lysaght Glass v Rakaia Synlait, Celt 2, 1.05pm, Methven Snowfed Builders v Allenton, Meth 2, 12.45pm, Tinwald RDI Petroleum v Southern Allfarm Engineering, Tin 1, 1.15pm, Bye: Hampstead Lifestyle Homes MCRU Competition – Under 11.5 – (John Smitheram Shield) Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Ashburton Online v Rakaia Synlait, Celtic 2, 12pm, Methven Purple Pear v Collegiate Cranfield Glass, Methven 3, 12.45pm, Southern Hyde Bros Spraying v Allenton, Hinds 2, 1.15pm, Tinwald Geoff Frew v Hampstead Subway, Tin 2, 1.15pm MCRU Non-Competition – Under 10 - Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Blacklows v Allenton G, Celt 3, 1pm, Methven Mt Hutt Station v Allenton M, Meth 4, 1.30pm, Southern Latitude v Southern/ Tinwald Moore Mechanical, Hinds 3, 1.30pm, Bye: Collegiate/Hampstead MCRU Non-Competition – Under 9 - Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators v Hampstead, Celt 4, 1pm, Methven Black v Celtic Blacklows, Meth 4, 12.30pm, Methven Mt Hutt Station v Collegiate Ashburton Painters & Decorators, Meth 5, 2pm, Southern, Riverlea v Rakaia Synlait, Hinds 3, 12.30pm, Tinwald Skip 2 It Flooring v Allenton, Tin 3, 1.30pm MCRU Non-Competition – Under 8 - Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Summerfield Builders v Rakaia Synlait, Celt 3, 12pm, Methven Professionals v Celtic The Finishing Company, Meth 5, 1pm, Southern Agspread v Collegiate Drummond & Etheridge, Hinds 4, 1.30pm, Hampstead v Allenton, Hamp 1, 12.30pm MCRU Non-Competition – Under 7- Associate/Club Referees Required Allenton M v Collegiate Regent Cinema, Allen 2, 1pm, Celtic Summerfield Builders v Rakaia Synlait Farms, Celt 4, 12.15pm, Methven The Laundry v Collegiate Countdown, Meth 5, 12.15pm, Southern Coleman Ag v Allenton G, Hinds 4, 12.30pm, Tinwald Canvas v Hampstead Spark, Tin 4, 1.15pm MCRU Non-Competition – Under 6 - Associate/Club Referees Required Celtic Anderson Joinery G v Rakaia Synlait, Celt 1, 12.15pm, Celtic Anderson Joinery W v Collegiate Redpaths, Celt 1, 12.15pm, Methven Black & White v Methven MC Freight, Meth 1, 12pm, Methven The Laundry v Collegiate Cates Grain & Seed, Meth 1, 12pm, Southern H Mackenzie Contracting v Allenton G, Hinds 2, 12.30pm, Southern Progressive Livestock v Allenton M, Hinds 2, 12.30pm, Tinwald AIS v Hampstead, Tin 4, 12.30pm

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Local bowlers had a big weekend on foreign greens. In Wellington Allenton’s Caitlin Bassett played singles for Canterbury in the 8s and Under Intercentre Championship, which was won by Wellington. In the Canterbury Champion of Champions at Papanui Bowling Club the Methven men’s triples made it as far as the semi-finals - losing to eventual champions Hornby.

NZ upset Aussies Devon Manchester’s heroics between the posts helped New Zealand upset world champions Australia to take the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup title in Malaysia yesterday.

After both teams were tied 2-2 in regulation time, the Black Sticks prevailed 3-1 in the shootout to regain the men’s hockey title they last won beating Argentina in 2012. New Zealand should have won the game in regulation time but conceded a contested penalty stroke in the dying seconds. In the shootout, Blair Hilton and Ryan Archibald converted the Kiwis’ first three attempts.

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Serious action returns to the hockey turf Poetry in motion as Wakanui’s Matt Marshall pushes the ball past Cambridge’s Blake Nicholson as Mid Canterbury Hockey opened for business at the NBS Ashburton Hockey Turf at the weekend. The first rounds of the local first grade men’s and women’s competitions were played with the women getting things going on Friday night with their five-team competition and the four men’s teams played on Sunday. The four local premier sides all get on their home turf in the opening round of the Mid-South Canterbury competition on Saturday. Defending women’s champions Hampstead meet Hampstead Collegians before the Wakanui derby has defending men’s champions Wakanui Black up against Wakanui Blue. The second grade boys competition then starts on Monday and the Kwik Sticks (third grade) begins on Tuesday. The other junior grades begin in May. PHOTO DONNA WYLIE 120415-DW-250

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You could argue the Hurricanes’ season starts again this week.

They’re at the top of the Super Rugby standings with seven wins from as many games but the tough side of the draw is all in front them.

They’re fresh off their second, and final, bye and will meet Kiwi opposition in six of their final nine games.

This Saturday’s home outing against the Waratahs at Westpac Stadium will mark the halfway point of the Hurricanes’ campaign.

As is commonplace for teams these days, they’re not publicly talking about their playoff ambitions.

“We are doing a week at a time,” Hurricanes technical coach Richard Watt said.

“We are finding that’s working for us at the moment.”

Watt said the Waratahs were a dangerous prospect given they were upset 32-18 by the Stormers on Saturday.

“They’re a team that’s a bit wounded at the moment.

For Richie McCaw, the bitter pill of the Crusaders’ loss to the Highlanders at the weekend may have been somewhat sweetened in Hastings on Sunday. The All Black test captain cheered his girlfriend, Black Sticks women’s striker Gemma Flynn, and her teammates to a 3-2 victory against Argentina at the Regional Sports Park. The crowd was rapt with Sunday night’s win against Argentina, who are ranked third internationally. - NZME

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“That loss on the weekend’s probably stung them,” Watt said.

“So they’re going to be quite desperate for some competition points.

“If you look at where they’re sitting on the table, I think they’re about 10th at the moment, so they’re going to come here pretty fired up.”

The Hurricanes will be without All Blacks Dane Coles (elbow) and Victor Vito (calf).

Coles is likely to be back against the Sharks in a month, while Vito is more of a fluid prospect and could return in the next few weeks.

The 4-3 Waratahs have a talented forward pack that is full of Australian internationals, which should pose problems for the Hurricanes, while they also boast the dangerous Israel Folau at fullback.

They’re the defending champions for a reason but have been inconsistent in 2015, which in some respects could make them hard to scout but Watt said they would prepare for them at their best.

Meanwhile, Hurricanes flank-

Callum Gibbins: The Manawatu skipper has been a good find for the Hurricanes.

er Callum Gibbins has signed a one-year contract extension with the Hurricanes that will take him through to the end of the 2016 campaign.

The 26-year-old spent two seasons in the side’s wider training group before getting

upped to a full deal this year and has kicked on to show what he is capable of.

The Manawatu skipper was handed the No 7 jersey against the Bulls in Pretoria in round two and didn’t let the team down.

“He got a start and he stepped up in that game and he showed that he was ready for Super Rugby,” Watt said.

Despite a handful of Kiwi players announcing they were moving offshore recently, Gibbins said he never explored his overseas options.

“I’ve always wanted to be here so when they asked me, there was no hesitation,” he said of the new contract.

“I want to hang around here for a while and see what happens.”

The Hurricanes have always boasted a strong battery of loose forwards and this year is no different with young gun Ardie Savea also in the ranks.

But with Savea (finger) out injured, Gibbins scored a try and performed well in the round eight win over the Stormers recently.

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Chelsea increased their lead at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at QPR yesterday as Manchester United added to Manchester City’s woes with a come-frombehind 4-2 derby victory at Old Trafford. Cesc Jose Mourinho’s side went seven points clear of secondplaced Arsenal with seven games to play. But there was no shortage of goals in Manchester, where Sergio Aguero gave defending champions City the lead only for United to hit back through Ashley Young, Marouane Fellaini, Juan Mata and Chris Smalling.

- AFP

Season over for Idris Penrith centre Jamal Idris will miss the rest of the NRL season after being diagnosed with a ruptured ACL. Idris sustained the knee injury in Sunday’s 22-12 win over Manly and scans confirmed yesterday the 24-year-old faces reconstruction surgery. The news deepens the Panthers’ injury woes, with halfback Peter Wallace set to have surgery on a knee problem and fears that Elijah Taylor may have suffered a longterm cartilage injury during Sunday’s match. Meanwhile, Queensland coach Mal Meninga says he’s not too concerned

by Daly Cherry-Evans’ current poor NRL form and the Manly playmaker is still very much in his thoughts for next month’s State of Origin opener.

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■ ELLERSLIE

High praise for Criterion New Zealand-bred and owned galloper Criterion has been compared to a former stable great. David Hayes, who trains the four-year-old with Tom Dabernig for Sir Owen Glenn, said the entire rekindled memories of his Gr.1 Melbourne Cup winner Jeune. “He is a chestnut like Jeune and he reminds me of him,” Hayes said. Criterion demolished a high class field in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick.

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Family fun at Trentham Floscee’s Gold has continued her family’s impressive Trentham strike rate for breeder, owner and trainer Margaret Loveday. The Fully Fledged filly opened her account on her home track on Saturday to emulate the deeds of her dam Cee Cee’s Gold and two half-siblings. Cee Cee’s Gold broke her maiden at Wellington as did her first two foals.- NZME

Emperor rules at Kranji Elusive Emperor has pressed his Singapore Guineas claims with his latest success. The Patrick Shawtrained Kiwi-bred son of Elusive City won for the second time in three starts when he claimed Sunday’s Penang Turf Club Trophy at Kranji.

“Patrick is probably looking at running him in the Singapore Guineas on May 15,” Shaw’s assistant trainer Richard Le Grange said.

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Sharrock on weather watch Allan Sharrock is keeping a wary eye on the weather as he puts the finishing touches on Kawi for the final time this preparation.

The New Plymouth trainer has been thrilled with the fouryear-old’s progress toward Saturday’s Gr.1 Manco Easter Handicap, but he is keeping his fingers crossed for good footing at Ellerslie.

“He galloped brilliantly over 1200 metres on Saturday morning,” Sharrock said.

“I’m tightening the bolts slowly on him, but he does need a good track.”

Kawi won the Listed Anniversary Handicap at Trentham in January before claiming the Gr.3 Taranaki Cup on his home track the following month.

The son of Savabeel then went north for the Gr.2 JapanNZ Trophy at Tauranga where he didn’t help his cause with a tardy start.

He had to be used early to race handy and went down in a driving finish to Julinsky Prince.

Kawi and Jonathan Riddell: Manco Easter Handicap will be the last run for this season.

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on hand for at least the opening two legs of the Hawke’s Bay Triple Crown series and his form at Hastings could then earn him a trip to the Melbourne spring carnival.

Johnathon Parkes will again

ride Kawi in the Easter while other notable Ellerslie riding engagements include Opie Bosson’s booking for Julinsky Prince while Jonathan Riddell will be aboard Mighty Solomon.

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2 22131 Princess Kate (2) fr .......................N Chilcott 3 13323 Stormy Breeze fr .......................... Scratched 4 11909 Starry Delight (3) fr.................... J Abernethy 5 32002 Styx It To Em (4) fr .........................S Phelan 6 89793 Lofty Brogden (U1) fr .............. B Butcher (J) 7 07408 Mach Cullen (U2) fr ...................... D Butcher 8 35844 Lively Nights (1) 10 ........................J I Dickie 9 3P074 Mach Cruiser (2) 10 ...................P Ferguson 10 11000 Dashing Dane (3) 10 ..................... F Cossey 11 46052 Lucia Bromac (4) 10......................B Weaver 12 88078 Machie Mach (U1) 10....................P Butcher 13 45217 Beckinsale (1) 20 ................. D Ferguson (J) 14 01480 Shestherealdeal (U1) 20 ...........S Abernethy Pacifiers on : Bim Bom Bay (R1) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS Race 1: The Prince, Rarangi Jewel, Miss Middleton Race 2: Eye Wish, Elsu Attack, Special Flight, Innes Boyz Race 3: Pure Opulence, American Flybye, Taylahs Girl Race 4: Jericho Road, Ralph’s Legacy, Tenacious Bromac Race 5: Max Phactor, Chevron Excites, C A Penny Race 6: Santanna Jewel, Everlasting Grace, Hvar Race 7: Zencara, Soul Hanover, P Tomado, Portia Race 8: Styx It To Em, Sea MC, Stormy Breeze Race 9: Thats Bettor, Bettors Card, Bankcard Race 10: Styx It To Em, Sea MC, Lucia Bromac

37364 Opawa Stella nwtd L & ....................... Wales 10 81387 Another Groom 18.57 ...............J McInerney 38862 Lagoon Twist nwtd........................C Roberts 8 3.08pm RACING SERIES NOVICE FINAL NZRSf, 56428 Homebush Howard nwtd ...........J McInerney 545m 17675 Rob’s Mate 32.55 M &...........................J Hill 1 74821 Holivia Lass nwtd M &.......................Jopson 73263 Know Smiggle 33.33 ......................G Cleeve 2 23571 Know Laughing 32.77 ....................G Cleeve 32563 Subterfuge 33.54 ...............................J Allen 3 27511 Calinda Girl 32.56 ..................... A Bradshaw 6 2.30pm BLASTING COATING SERVICES SPRINT 4 55112 Know Worth 32.92..........................G Cleeve C2, 310m 5 66341 Goldstar Junior 32.76 S & ............... B Evans 6 51661 Homebush Slinky 33.24 ............J McInerney 1 57551 Eyrewell Hawke nwtd ..................... H Cairns 7 15152 Briseur De Reves nwtd ............. A Bradshaw 2 544x1 Shadow Apache nwtd J & ...............D Fahey 8 31511 Opawa Shackley 32.63 J & .............D Fahey 3 84514 Know Salute nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 9 32224 Boston Billy nwtd H &..........................Taylor 4 58721 Goldstar Chyna nwtd S & ................ B Evans 5 31611 Get Ready Freddy 18.51 ........... A Bradshaw 10 26762 Wairio Dee Jay 33.59 .................. B I Conner 6 36451 Eye Adam nwtd .........................J McInerney 9 3.28pm DUNEDIN CUP HEATS C5q, 545m 7 32134 Cec Divine nwtd .............................G Cleeve 1 51275 Jinja Turtle 32.80 ....................... A Bradshaw 8 73434 Goldstar Mario nwtd S & ................. B Evans 2 32576 Homebush Chopper 32.18 ........J McInerney 9 85638 Car Bootle 18.49 ....................... M Robinson 3 27367 Izzey Bale nwtd ............................C Roberts 10 21845 Premier Prince nwtd.....................C Roberts 4 24564 Botany Kevin 32.33 ...................J McInerney 7 2.51pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE SPRINT 5 25453 Soumillon 32.61 ................................J Dunn 6 11211 Robbie 32.43.................................R Adcock C3, 310m 7 68418 Culvie Magic 32.16 .......................R Adcock 1 27224 Matty Hooky 18.81 ....................J McInerney 8 25156 Cawbourne Witch 32.75 ...............C Roberts 2 27111 Another Fortune 18.43 ............. P Hammond 3 85312 Homebush Riley nwtd ...............J McInerney 10 3.46pm DUNEDIN CUP HEATS C5q, 545m 4 56735 Sprinkles 18.58 .........................J McInerney 1 23474 Botany Blake 32.40 ...................J McInerney 5 34211 Eckles 18.51 .....................................J Dunn 2 17634 Trust Issues 32.41 J &.....................D Fahey 6 87338 Cracking Chain nwtd S & ................ B Evans 3 78362 Cawbourne Philip 32.41 ............J McInerney 7 18262 Gold Vipa 18.58 S &........................B Evans 4 11513 Know Mention nwtd........................G Cleeve 8 48144 Stich Up nwtd S & ........................... B Evans 5 72656 Thrilling Marty 32.93 ................... B I Conner 9 87825 No More Beersies 18.58 ............. B I Conner 6 75726 Jessie Surfs nwtd .........................C Roberts

7 44375 Elephant Gunn nwtd .....................R Adcock 8 115x8 Fantastic Pete nwtd ......................C Roberts 11 4.05pm COLIN KEEN MEMORIAL TROPHY C4, 310m 1 43434 Abound 18.60................................R Adcock 2 45611 Business Affair nwtd..........................J Dunn 3 61213 Wheelchair Norm 18.55 ............J McInerney 4 41334 Quedrago 18.53 C & .......................... Fagan 5 32533 Homebush Zane 18.98 .............J McInerney 6 43611 Mickey Tee 18.27 ..........................R Adcock 7 48763 Rick’s Terra 18.49 C & ........................ Fagan 8 42227 Wunzee 18.54 ...........................J McInerney Emergencies: 9 53641 Rambunctious nwtd .................. A Bradshaw 10 86645 Botany Win 18.52 ......................J McInerney 12 4.24pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 28TH APRIL C5, 310m 1 11736 Question Bale nwtd ...................J McInerney 2 71175 Goldstar Chumlee 18.48 S & .......... B Evans 3 73422 Tee Time 18.64 .............................R Adcock 4 61431 No Leaf Clover nwtd...........................C Weir 5 73254 Bump 18.43..................................C Roberts 6 85111 Inspector Spot 18.33 ................. A Bradshaw 7 53377 Homebush Paige nwtd ..............J McInerney 8 28372 Stirling Dann 18.63 C & ..................... Fagan 9 21464 Opawa Idol nwtd L & .......................... Wales 10 11583 Plagiarism 18.56 ...............................J Dunn

“He’s won a trial since and he will be as well as I can get him,” Sharrock said.

“This will be his last run for the season – there’s bigger fish to fry next time around.”

Sharrock is keen to have Kawi

M5 Manawatu harness Today at Manawatu Raceway

Manawatu HRC Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 14 Apr 2015 NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 2.15pm KEITH CHITTENDEN RACING STABLES HANDICAP TROT $6000, 5yo+ c2 & faster discrhcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 18871 The Prince (1) fr .................... A Poutama (J) 2 10440 See Ya (2) fr ................................. S Dickson 3 0x590 Gogirl Bromac (3) fr ......................N Chilcott 4 12000 Bim Bom Bay (4) fr ............................K More 5 23552 Rarangi Jewel (5) fr .......................B Weaver 6 09029 Miss Middleton (1) 10......................S Doody 7 21x52 Thanks Charlie 20 ........................ Scratched 8 00087 Palais Royal (1) 20 ...................K Chittenden 2 2.44pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL HANDICAP TROT $6000, 4yo+ c0 to c1 spechcp trot, stand, 2500m 1 06890 Tui Spur (1) fr ............................ J Abernethy 2 57665 Chiltons Vocation (2) fr ......... D Ferguson (J) 3 00087 Continental Lover (U1) fr ....... A Poutama (J) 4 56604 Two Wishes (1) 30..........................S Phelan 5 72221 Special Flight (2) 30 ..................S Abernethy 6 03988 Earls Buller Girl (3) 30.................. B Dickens 7 70893 Imnotquitesure (4) 30 ......................S Doody 8 07054 Mistress Castleton (5) 30 ....... K Marshall (J) 9 518x0 Eye Wish (6) 30............................ S Dickson 10 3P9P7 Innes Boyz (U1) 30 ........................M Hickey 11 0031 Elsu Attack (U2) 30 .................A Shutkowski 12 04509 Consentual (U3) 30 ..................K Chittenden 3 3.21pm MEMBERS F&M MOBILE PACE $6000,

2yo+ f&m c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 70555 Tiger Tamer (1) fr .......................P Ferguson 2 Hanover Alert (2) fr ...........................K More 3 03 Pure Opulence (3) fr ................. J Abernethy 4 American Flybye (4) fr ....................S Phelan 5 95 Givethejobtojoyce (5) fr .......... K Marshall (J) 6 87457 Rowan Sapphire (6) fr ...................N Chilcott 7 36236 Lady Maria (7) fr...............................A Pyers 8 94483 Taylahs Girl (21) fr .....................S Abernethy 9 53444 Cherry Evans (22) fr............. D Ferguson (J) 10 90 Bank Girl (23) fr..................... A Poutama (J) 11 69794 Cuffs McRae (24) fr.................... A Drake (J) 12 20770 Boomchickawowwow (25) fr .... B Butcher (J) 4 3.58pm THE SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MBL PACE $6000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2500m 1 38863 Maldini (1) fr ................................... G Martin 2 903 Ralph’s Legacy (2) fr ...................D Morrison 3 32259 Jericho Road (3) fr ................. K Marshall (J) 4 788 Chevron Quality (4) fr ....................P Butcher 5 5855x Caesar’s Prince (5) fr ....................N Chilcott 6 4790 Brave Stranger (6) fr ................. J Abernethy 7 70080 Hey Knowitall (7) fr ....................S Abernethy 8 35734 Cherokee Red (21) fr ............ A Poutama (J) 9 78560 Black Santana (22) fr .....................S Phelan 10 45946 Christian Knight (23) fr ....................S Doody 11 308x0 Tenacious Bromac (24) fr ...........P Ferguson 5 4.36pm MANAWATU RACEWAY MOBILE PACE $6000, 2yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 74731 C A Penny (1) fr ......................A Shutkowski 2 64882 Lady Molly (2) fr ............................B Weaver 3 19796 Living By Chance (3) fr .......... K Marshall (J)

4 64241 God’s Delight (4) fr ............... D Ferguson (J) 5 51080 Ohoka Bud (5) fr ................... A Poutama (J) 6 12P44 Chevron Excites (6) fr ............... J Abernethy 7 62385 Max Phactor (7) fr .........................P Butcher 8 46355 Classic Bet (21) fr ......................P Ferguson 9 90500 Tafadhali (22) fr .........................S Abernethy 10 11427 Major Classic (23) fr ..................... D Butcher 6 5.01pm SILVESTER CLARK MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 64477 Millwood Roxy (1) fr ......................N Chilcott 2 62736 Brainstormer (2) fr ..................... J Abernethy 3 45366 Megatron (3) fr ..............................P Butcher 4 82777 Rimutoto Prince (4) fr ............. K Marshall (J) 5 43510 Hvar (5) fr ................................ B Butcher (J) 6 85135 Santanna Jewel (6) fr .....................S Phelan 7 54322 Everlasting Grace (7) fr ................ D Butcher 8 57623 Cut The Cards (21) fr .................P Ferguson 9 70x90 Energizer (22) fr ............................B Weaver 10 33008 Nicole Vaidisova (U1) fr .............S Abernethy 7 5.34pm WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 348D9 P Tomado (1) fr .............................N Chilcott 2 61000 Washington Diva (2) fr ..................P Butcher 3 51444 Zencara (3) fr .......................... B Butcher (J) 4 97602 Soul Hanover (4) fr ................. K Marshall (J) 5 51790 Portia (5) fr ............................ A Poutama (J) 6 70300 Pilot Officer (6) fr ...........................B Weaver 7 96745 Jack Bates (7) fr .........................P Ferguson 8 36677 Balius (21) fr................................. D Butcher 9 67750 Outa The Fridge (22) fr....................S Doody 10 16040 Golden Billion (U1) fr......................S Phelan

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Today at Forbury Park Raceway

1 77 Opawa Larry nwtd L & ....................... Wales 2 Brindee’s Bro nwtd .........................C Healey 3 Goldstar Po nwtd S & ...................... B Evans 4 54353 Know Luck nwtd .............................G Cleeve 5 4 Pukeko Bolt nwtd ...........................B Healey 1 12.48pm (NZT) GREEN ISLAND BARBER MAIDEN 6 643 Terra Mondo nwtd C & ....................... Fagan SPRINT C0, 310m 7 25221 All About Echo nwtd ..........................J Dunn 1 87846 Eug The Scrooge nwtd.................C Roberts 8 433 General Action nwtd S & ................. B Evans 2 88765 El Movin nwtd............................J McInerney 9 3F8 Cloudy Noir nwtd................................J Allen 3 8878 Fair trading nwtd .......................J McInerney 4 8433 Bella Grace nwtd C &......................... Fagan 10 88354 Kirkham Harvey nwtd ...................C Roberts 5 66523 Smash Who nwtd ........................R Hamilton 4 1.48pm ST KILDA VETERINARY CENTRE STAKES 6 83F44 Cawbourne Roman nwtd ...................C Weir C1, 545m 7 4 Apollo King nwtd ................................J Allen 1 64833 Thrilling Shrimp nwtd .................. B I Conner 8 42622 Jamaican Archie nwtd M & ...............Jopson 2 26762 Wairio Dee Jay 33.59 .................. B I Conner 9 Air Express nwtd .......................J McInerney 3 77582 Memory Lapse 33.38 ................J McInerney 10 5 Terra Way nwtd M & ..........................Jopson 4 56323 Bruiser Bale nwtd ......................J McInerney 2 1.08pm BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C1, 5 87332 Jewel Apache nwtd S & .................. B Evans 6 17858 Calm Spirit 33.00 ...............................J Allen 310m 7 82151 Ugo Flash nwtd J & .........................D Fahey 1 866x5 Thrilling Henry nwtd .................... B I Conner 8 28852 Hyperparadise 33.00 S & ................ B Evans 2 61342 May May Last nwtd ...........................J Dunn 3 81122 Wooly Whatsit nwtd S & .................. B Evans Emergencies: 9 73343 Lagoon Victory nwtd ....................C Roberts 4 82312 Kyla Rose 19.02 ........................J McInerney 5 11622 Gorilla On Drums 18.86 ...................A Joyce 10 78437 Chill Out Ralph 32.31 L & .................. Wales 6 87361 Lil Danny Rascal nwtd M & ...............Jopson 5 2.08pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES 7 44281 Gossip Queen nwtd .................. A Bradshaw C1/2, 545m 8 55111 Ilabb nwtd M & ..................................Jopson 1 27724 Jinja Loch nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw 9 58462 No Bro 18.71 ............................... B I Conner 2 17544 Lagoon Mytye nwtd ......................C Roberts 10 21772 Rick’s Treasure nwtd C & ................... Fagan 3 23464 Pukeko Prowler 32.86 ....................B Healey 3 1.28pm KEYOSK SERVICE BAR STAKES C0, 545m 4 53x62 Flying Amelia nwtd .............................C Weir Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 14 Apr 2015 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

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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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Future stars on the field Mitchell Prendergast breaks into open space in what was a friendly hit-out for the Allenton under 14.5 side at the Allenton Rugby Grounds after the JAB seven-aside was cancelled due to the weather.

JAB rugby gets under way this Saturday and the under 14.5 grade kicks off with a mini tournament in Methven with each side playing three 20 minute games.

Under 13s begin playing for the Murray Roulston Centurion Shield while the under 11.5s also start the John Smitheram Shield competition. The other grades – U10, U9, U8, U7 and U6 - all have non-competition rounds.

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New rivalry of golf begins

By Ben everill Record-breaking Masters champion Jordan Spieth is eager to challenge Rory McIlroy for world No.1 as golf celebrates its youthful new superstar and an emerging rivalry.

It once seemed unlikely that golf ’s No.1 and No.2 players would present a much more youthful face for the sport than the top duo in tennis.

But that’s the case now with McIlroy (25) and Spieth (21) a combined 14 years younger than Novak Djokovic (27) and Roger Federer (33).

Spieth climbed to No.2 after dominating the Masters in a manner reminiscent of Tiger Woods in his pomp to win by four strokes from major champions Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose yesterday.

Showing staggering composure and maturity, Spieth smashed a handful of Masters records en route to winning at 18-under-270 with a closing 70 when never really threatened.

He reached 19-under late in the final round, the first time the score has been reached in Masters history.

He tied Woods’ tournament record and set new marks for 54-hole (200) and 36-hole (130) scoring, had more birdies (28) than anyone previously and became the youngest first round leader in Masters history.

He’s now had two wins and

Jordan Spieth walks past the lake at the 15th on his way to capturing the 2015 Masters title at Augusta National yesterday.

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two seconds in his last four tournaments - a run of success he attributes to learning how to handle final rounds in contention when he blitzed the Australian Open last November with a closing eight-under 63 to win by six.

That win prompted McIlroy, who was in the field, to tweet: “You could give me another 100 rounds today at The Australian and I wouldn’t sniff 63.”

After finishing fourth in the

Masters - six shots behind Spieth - with a closing 66, McIlroy offered further praise.

“It’s awfully impressive,” he said.

“It’s nice to get your major tally up and running at an early stage in your career. It’s great for the game, and I’m sure there will be many more.”

Now the two appear set to slug it out for years.

Spieth made it clear he’s bent on becoming No.1, though he’s

a big fan of the Northern Irishman.

“It’s going to be very difficult, but to be a large step closer is huge,” he said.

“He (McIlroy) has got four majors. That’s something I can still only dream about.

“I’ll never hit it as far as he does and I have to make up for that somewhere else.

“He’s an unbelievably nice guy, carries that world No.1 with class.

“As far as a rivalry right now, I look forward to getting in the heat of the moment with him a couple times in the near future and see if we can battle it out and test our games.

“We’re all looking forward to that.”

Spieth had threatened to be the next big thing for a few years, having been a successful junior and then won on the US tour at age 19, following up with a raft of top finishes including a runner-up on debut at the Masters last year.

He offered a telling insight into the reasons why he was able to tame Augusta National.

“I grew up playing a lot more than I did hitting balls on the range and just hitting the same thing over and over again,” Spieth said.

“Like Bubba (Watson), I like to see lines.

“I like to see shapes, and especially on the greens, I like putts that break.”

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In brief Celts go top of table Celtic came away with a 20-10 win away to Hampstead to move to the top of Mid Canterbury senior B rugby after three rounds.

Defending Michael Duff Memorial holders Southern had the bye and with the win Celtic leapfrogged Southern and the previously unbeaten Hampstead to move to the top spot. Methven secured a narrow 17-15 win over Mt Somers to remain in fourth spot. Tinwald took down Collegiate in a tight encounter 13-0 and Rakaia ran over Allenton 40-15 to record their first win. This week’s draw page 16.

Teams croquet on show The Waireka Croquet Club hosted the South Island Teams Event at the weekend. After five rounds of play the Canterbury Red Team narrowly claimed the trophy from the Aorangi South Canterbury team of Ethel Johnston, Lois Alexander, Graeme Simpson and Carolyn Fordyce by one game - 11 to 10. Each team consisted of an A grader, an intermediate B grader and a C grader, covering the spectrum of association croquet.

Wall makes U18 team Ashburton’s Veronica Wall had a successful trial for the South Island under 18 team at Lake Ruataniwha at the weekend. The 15-yearold Maadi Cup gold medallist was named to row in the South Island under 18 girls’ coxed quad when the southerners take on the North Island Under 18 teams at Lake Karapiro from Thursday to Saturday this week. Wall has already had a stellar season, winning a silver in the open women’s singles at the National Championships in February. Wall then won Ashburton College’s first gold medal at the Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro in the under 16 singles and also collected a silver medal with Grace Wilson in the under 16 double.

Tweeters attack Tiger Tiger Woods has been mocked on Twitter and labelled a “dramatic chump” for claiming he re-inserted a bone in his wrist that “popped out” while playing the Masters.

Woods screamed in pain and shook his hand after catching a tree root with his club during his second shot off some pine straw on Augusta’s ninth hole yesterday. “A bone kind of popped out, and a joint kind of went out of place. But I put it back in,” the 14-time major champion explained afterwards. The comment sent Twitter into a frenzy, as viewers insisted Woods’ gruesome selfdiagnosis was implausible.

- AAP

Hat-trick for Marquez World champion Marc Marquez of Spain won the Grand Prix of the Americas for the third straight year yesterday to get his 2015 MotoGP campaign on track. After a disappointing fifth in the seasonopening race in Qatar, Marquez rebounded at the Texas track where he won for the first time in the elite MotoGP class. A day after capturing pole position with dramatic latesession heroics, the 22-year-old Honda rider was in dominant form.

He finished more than 2.3 seconds ahead of Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso, with nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi third. - AFP

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9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Main Road and Jane Street, Tinwald.

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9.45am “GOLF CROQUET” WAIREKA. Golf Croquet singles. Philip Street.

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CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

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Much loved granddaughter of the late May and Frank Richards.

Treasured niece of Paul and Christine Richards, and cousin of Murray, Philip and Steven Richards, Kelly Neale, Caroline and Craig Allen.

“In our hearts she will always stay Loved and remembered in every way.”

JENKINS, Joyce (Joy) – Peacefully on April 11, 2015 aged 88 years. Much loved wife and princess of Graham, dearly loved mother of Paul (Australia), the late Lynda, Neil (Auckland), Robyn and Kevin (Auckland), (Australia) and a loved grandmother. Special loved friend of Jean and the Ashburton congregation.

Messages to 73 McMurdo Street Ashburton 7700. A service for Joy will be held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness, Cameron Ashburton on Street THURSDAY, April 16 commencing at 11.00am followed by a private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

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KERR, Mona (King) – Dearly loved daughter of the late Cis and Gordon Alexander and loved sister and sister-in-law of the late Chris and Lawrence Free, late June and Laurie Church, Lois and the late Jim Alexander, Doris and the late Merv Dickinson, Alan and the late Faye Hawkins and loved aunty and great aunty of all her nieces and nephews.

“Fondest Memories.”

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KERR, Mona – Please note all late death On April 11, 2015 surrounded by her family at Rosebank notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours Resthome, Ashburton. Aged must be emailed to: 90 years. Much loved wife of the late Bill King and the late deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Jim Kerr. Loving mother, mother-in-law and friend of During office hours notices Jeffrey (Jeff) King may also be sent to: (Christchurch), Esme and classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Grant Palliser (Nelson), and Any queries Gary and Lynette King. please contact Adored nan of Andrew, and 0800 Michael; Mason, and Larna; ASHBURTON Danny, Jason, David and (0800-274-287). families. Loved nana Mo of her 9 great grandchildren.

Loved friend, sister, sister-in- FUNERAL law of their extended families.

Mona was a loved and FURNISHERS respected friend of the Kerr MASTER family.

MONUMENTAL MASON “To become a mother is not E.B. CARTER LTD hard, to be a mother is.”

For all your memorial Our special thanks for the requirements love and care of Mona by the New headstones and designs Rosebank Staff. Messages to Renovations, 8 Walshs Road, Ashburton Additional inscriptions, 7700. Mona’s service will be Cleaning and Concrete work held at St Stephen’s Parish Carried out by qualified Centre, Park Street, tradesmen.

Ashburton on TODAY TUESDAY, April 14 620 East Street Ashburton commencing at 2.00pm, Ph/Fax 308 5369 or 0274 357 974 followed by private cremation.

KEDZLIE, Mary Elizabeth – On April 10, 2015, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Dearly loved and loving wife of Ian. Loved by her family Helen and Craig, Logan, and Brooke; Hayden and Hayley, Jackson, and the one on the way. Messages to 18 Beauvais Place, Ashburton 7700. At Mary’s SWORD, Jocelyn Patricia request a private service has (Jo) – On April 9, 2015. Suddenly been held. but peacefully at Christchurch Paterson’s Funeral Services Hospital. Aged 66 Years.

FDANZ Ashburton Treasured and adored loving Ph 307 7433 wife of the late Kevin. Much loved and special mummy and mother in law of Kim, Gina and Greg Zink, and Anna and Aaron Stewart.

Loving fun nana of Brody, and Lydia; Bode, and Tyler.

Messages to the Sword Canterbury owned, family, P O Box 472, locally operated Ashburton 7740. A service for Jo will be held at St David’s Patersons Union Church, Allens Road, Funeral Services Ashburton on FRIDAY, April commencing at 10.00am and Ashburton 17 followed by interment at the Crematorium Ltd Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 30 11am Brendan’s Magical Mystery Tour 3 Tour guide Brendan Sheerin takes eight strangers on a mystery trip where the guests must compete for luxury perks or risk being downgraded. 0 11:30 Come Dine With Me UK PGR 3 Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Four Weddings USA 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 0 6:52 Piggy Tales 3 0 6:55 Pokemon – Black And White 3 0 7:20 Monsters v Aliens 3 0 7:45 Rated A For Awesome 3 0 8:10 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:35 Jane And The Dragon 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder 2:35 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Kung Fu Panda 3 0 4pm Mighty Med 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The New Adventures Of Old Christine 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 F Our First Home 7:30 F Motorway Patrol It is auction night for the PGR 0 Wardlaw family as their home 8pm F RBT PGR 0 goes to auction. They are 8:30 How To Get Away With joined by the Gourley and Murder AO 0 Schreuder families to find 9:30 Grey’s Anatomy AO 0 out who has won the prize of 10:30 Revenge AO 0 $100,000. 0 8:30 Person Of Interest AO 0 9:25 Unforgettable AO 0 10:20 One News Tonight 0 10:50 Major Crimes AO 11:50 Beyond The Darklands AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Faith In Action 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Beverly Hills Pawn 7:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 8:30 The Flying Winemaker 9am Rachel Allen’s Everyday Kitchen 9:30 House Wreck Rescue 10:30 Auction Room 11am Buying Alaska 11:30 Beverly Hills Pawn Noon Travels With The Bondi Vet 12:30 Destination Flavour Down Under 1pm Lost Kingdoms Of Central America 3pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 4pm NZ Food Culture 4:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6:30 Buying The Bayou 7pm American Restoration 7:30 Brand New House On A Budget 8:30 How Did You Do That?

Office Reno 9pm Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home 9:30 My Dream Home Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott help couples find, buy and transform extreme fixer-uppers into the ultimate dream home.

10:30 American Restoration 11pm Better Homes And Gardens

WEDNESDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 2am NZ Food Culture 2:30 Trish’s Paris Kitchen 3am Buying The Bayou 4am Brand New House On A Budget 5am How Did You Do That? Office Reno 5:30 Sarah Beeny’s How To Sell Your Home

11:30 Scandal AO 12:25 Embarrassing Fat Bodies AO 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:30 Scandal AO 3 0 3:15 Hart Of Dixie 3 0 4:05 Regular Show 3 0 4:15 Zeke And Luther 3 0 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am Infomercials 10:30 The Bold And The Beautiful PGR Katie must come to terms with the sacrifice she is making in the name of family and honour.

11am Rachael Ray Co-host Curtis Stone makes his family’s favourite foods.

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

1pm Dr Phil PGR 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 2:55 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey PGR 3:55 Entertainment Tonight 4:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 4:55 The Block – Fans v Favourites 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Bachelor NZ PGR Arthur organises a change of scene for the remaining Bachelorettes; one Bachelorette takes a tumble on the group date, threatening her future with The Bachelor. 0 8:30 NCIS AO 0 9:30 NCIS – LA AO 0 10:30 3 News

6am Sesame Street 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Turbo Fast 3 7:55 As Told By Ginger 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 0 8:30 Care Bears 3 8:55 Peppa Pig 3 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 3 9:35 Barney And Friends 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Punk’d PGR 3 0 5pm Life’s Funniest Moments 3 5:30 It Only Hurts When I Laugh 3 6pm Futurama 3 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR Peter becomes a town hero for accidentally finding a missing boy; Joe decides to live life to the full.

8pm Family Guy PGR 3 0 8:30 M The Pink Panther AO 2006 Comedy.

Steve Martin, Beyoncé Knowles, Kevin Kline. 0 10:25 Witches Of East End PGR 3

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 A celebrity chat show.

2pm The Jeff Probst Show Jeff Probst hosts a daytime talk show.

3pm Gordon Ramsay – Ultimate Cookery Course 3 Gordon looks at simple suppers, with recipes including spicy tuna fishcakes and a griddled pineapple with spiced caramel.

3:30 The Late Show With David Letterman 4:30 Hot Bench 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 3

11pm The Good Wife AO Alicia faces a crisis of conscience when she is encouraged to be negative in her campaign for State’s Attorney.

Midnight Infomercials

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

11:20 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR A celebrity chat show.

12:20 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 12:50 Home Shopping 2:20 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 2:50 Home Shopping

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 N A Year In The Wild Snowdonia is Wales’s wildest place where, in a land of extinct volcanoes surrounded by the Irish Sea, a farmer, a National Park warden, a climber, and a poet spend a year in the wild.

8:30 M True Lies AO 1994 Adventure.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis.

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 3 2 7am Dora Matatoa 3 2 7:30 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 2 8am Pukana 3 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am It’s In The Bag 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Korero Mai 3 2 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Pukoro 3 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 3 2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowhaa 3 2

THE BOX

6am The Hunters Club 6:30 Aussie Rules – AFL (Replay) North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions. 9:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Pulse v Mystics. 10am Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) Thunderbirds v Swifts. 11:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) Pulse v Mystics. 1pm Motorsport – Formula One (Highlights) Chinese Grand Prix. 1:30 Motorsport – IndyCar (Highlights) 2pm Motorsport – MotoGP (Highlights) 2:30 Squash – El Gouna International (Highlights) 3:30 Golf Central 4pm Football – A-League Highlights Show (Highlights) 4:30 Football League Show 5pm The Hunters Club 5:30 Golf Focus 6:30 Golf Central 7pm UFC Fight Flashback St Pierre v Hendricks.

7:30 UFC Now Experts discuss the most important fights and controversial topics in the UFC. 8:30 Fight Night Boxing action.

10:30 UFC Fight Night (Replay) Heavyweights – Gonzaga v Cro Cop II. From Krakow, Poland.

12:30 King In The Ring (Highlights) 2:30 Fox Sports News The latest sports news and previews of sporting action still to come.

3am Fight Night 5am UFC Now

SKY SPORT 2 5pm Pukana 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 The Big Hit 8pm Kaitiaki Wars PGR 8:30 Hot Air AO 3 10:15 Media Take 10:45 Tagata Pasifika 0 11:15 Te Kaea 3 2 11:45 Closedown

DISCOVERY

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6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Parking Wars PGL 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 CSI MV 9:45 The Glades MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 CSI MV 12:15 Pawn Stars PG 12:40 CSI MV 1:30 Covert Affairs MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm The Simpsons PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm Pawn Stars PG 5:30 CSI MV 6:30 Pawn Stars PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 9:30 Cleaners MVLS 10:30 The Glades MV 11:25 CSI – New York MV

6am Game Of Pawns M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Siberian Cut M 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 MythBusters PG 10:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M Boiling Bus; Lethal Landslide; Risky Rescue.

11am Chaos Caught On Camera M 11:30 Blood Relatives M 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1:30 Sinister Ministers – Collared M 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Auction Hunters PG 4pm Auction Hunters PG 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 7:30 Supersized Earth PG 8:30 Dual Survival M 9:30 Man v Expert PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 A Crime To Remember M

7:35 The Legend Of Hercules MV 2014 Action Fantasy. Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss. 9:10 2 Guns 16VL 2013 Action. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg. 11am Roadside 16VL 2013 Horror. Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman. 12:30 Conduct Unbecoming PGLS 2011 Drama.

Corey Sevier, Bridget Wareham.

2:10 Disorientation 16VLSC 2012 Comedy. Eric Toms, Todd Gaebe.

3:35 The Legend Of Hercules MV 2014 Action Fantasy. Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss. 5:15 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller. Bow Wow, Seth Gabel.

6:45 Paranoia MVL 2013 Thriller.

Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford.

8:30 Knights Of Badassdom 16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror. Peter Dinklage, Ryan Kwanten. 10pm Now You See Me MVLS 2013 Thriller.

Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo.

11:55 Freeloaders 16LS 2012 Comedy. Olivia Munn, Nat Faxton.

12:20 The Amazing Race 1:10 Parking Wars PGL 1:35 Covert Affairs MV 3:05 The Glades MV 3:55 Transporter – The Series 16VLSC 4:45 Cleaners MVLS 5:35 Pawn Stars PG

12:30 Redrum M 1:30 True Crime With Aphrodite Jones M 2:30 Game Of Pawns M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

1:15 Allegiance MVL 2012 Thriller.

2:45 Paranoia MVL 2013 Thriller.

4:30 Knights Of Badassdom 16VLC 2013 Comedy Horror.

5:55 Biography – Brad Pitt PG 2010 Documentary.

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The Bachelor NZ 7:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 6:50 Old School MLS 2003 Comedy.

Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell. 8:20 Harrison’s Flowers 16VL 2002 Drama.

Adrien Brody, Andie MacDowell.

10:20 Jumper MVL 2008 Adventure. Samuel L Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson.

11:50 Paul Blart – Mall Cop PGV 2009 Comedy. Kevin James.

1:20 Fantastic Four PGV 2005 Action. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon. 3:05 Old School MLS 2003 Comedy.

Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell. 4:35 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding jr.

6:50 School For Scoundrels MLS 2006 Comedy. Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder. 8:30 In The Line Of Fire MVL 1993 Suspense.

Clint Eastwood, Rene Russo, John Malkovich. 10:40 The Dilemma MLS 2011 Comedy.

Vince Vaughn, Kevin James.

WEDNESDAY

12:30 School For Scoundrels MLS 2006 Comedy. 2:10 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. 4:25 The Dilemma MLS 2011 Comedy.

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6am Netball – College (Replay) Wellington East Girls v Newlands College.

7am Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Pulse v Mystics. From TSB Bank Arena, Wellington.

7:30 Netball Zone 8am Monday Night With Matty Johns 9am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round Six Friday.

9:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Warriors v Tigers.

From Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.

10am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Panthers v Sea Eagles.

From Pepper Stadium, Penrith.

Noon Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Rabbitohs v Cowboys.

12:30 Rugby Nation 1:30 Football – Chelsea TV Queens Park Rangers v Chelsea.

4:30 Sport TBC 6:30 AFL Weekly (Highlights) Round Two. 7:30 Super League Fulltime 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Back Page With hosts Tony Squires and Kelli Underwood.

10:30 Inside Supercars 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Fulltime

WEDNESDAY

Midnight Squash – El Gouna International (Highlights) PSA World Tour – Semi-finals.

1am Rugby League – Super League (Replay) Hull FC v Widnes Vikings.

3am Rugby League – Super League (Replay) Castleford Tigers v Hull Kingstone Rovers.

5am Football League Show 5:30 Football – A-League Highlights Show

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Sport

Callum’s green machine flies high Ashburton’s Callum Stocker (Kawasaki), on his way to finishing 19th overall in the 14-16 years’ 250cc class at the annual New Zealand Junior Motocross

Championships near Te Kuiti at the weekend.

His younger brother Mitchell (Kawasaki) finished 27th overall in the 13-16 years’ 85cc class.

The racing was reduced from seven to five races for each class over the weekend after torrential rain drowned the track and forced organisers to abandon

racing early on day one on Friday.

Sunshine and the hard work of the host North King Country Motorcycle Club’s team of

dedicated volunteers restored the track to its pristine best for two further days of intense racing.

PHOTO ANDY MCGECHAN BIKESPORTNZ.COM

Tuivasa-Sheck not quite signed, sealed and delivered The Warriors are unconcerned that 2016 signing Roger Tuivasa-Sheck could yet be persuaded to change his mind and decide to stay with the Sydney Roosters.

Tuivasa-Sheck last week agreed to a three-year deal believed to be worth around $850,000 per season, which will see him replace a homesick Sam

Tomkins at fullback for the Warriors, after the England international was granted an early release from the final year of his contract.

However, the Tuivasa-Sheck deal is far from sealed, with the NRL refusing to register a contract with a new club until after round 13 in the final year of that

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player’s existing contract with his current club.

The Roosters have made their displeasure known and although they still have eight weeks to try to convince him to renege on the deal, Warriors chief executive Jim Doyle is confident the 21-year-old will stay good to his word.

“I’m not worried,” said Doyle.

“I’m not overly concerned about it. I know the Roosters don’t want to lose him but I think he took that into account.

“It is a rule [the round 13 deadline] in the NRL and it has happened on occasion. There’s probably 40 or 50 people that transfer each year from club to

club and maybe you get a couple [changing their mind] over a four or five year period.

“So it does happen, but I know Roger pretty well and I don’t think he is the type of person that would take his time, consider options, make a decision and then a few weeks later change his decision.”

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