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Truancy problem Snapped spine not keeping Terry down plagues Allenton

Liam narrowly misses out on top 12

By Sam Morton

Ashburton country singer Liam Kennedy-Clark has bowed out of the X Factor New Zealand, narrowly missing out on a place in the show’s top 12.

In a shock exit, Kennedy-Clark was overlooked by judge Ruby Frost in favour of the soulful

By Myles Hume A worrying number of truant pupils has left Allenton School principal Graham Smith no choice but to get tough with parents who don’t see education as a priority for their children.

Mr Smith said there is “a hard core group” of pupils who continue not to show at school, with some attendance rates as low as 65 per cent.

It has forced Mr Smith and the school to review their truancy policy, with the school considering asking truancy agencies to intervene earlier.

“I put attendance figures on reports, mention in the newsletters how important attendance is and even home visits seem to have made no difference, so we are starting to think about attendance protocol,” Mr Smith said.

“What they (parents) are saying is ‘I don’t mind if my kid’s failing in education, it’s not a priority’.”

Mr Smith believed Allenton School would not be the only Mid Canterbury school which had a problem with truancy, which had become more evident in his school since a new electronic attendance system was introduced.

“My concern is that some parents think schooling is optional, it seems beyond belief that it’s parent-condoned at primary school ...

we get complaints saying children are making no progress but if you look at attendance you can see why.”

Ashburton College conducted research last year which showed year 11 pupils whose attendance slipped below 83 per cent were more likely to fail NCEA. He said there appeared to be a shift in parenting, and children “could offer the easiest excuse” to get off school for the day.

He had even been abused on the doorstep by some parents.

And one pupil had not been back to school since the last day of term one. The school cannot contact the family, despite calls to a work number, emergency contact and home.

“Some kids say they have a sniff and they can stay home, we try to be careful and caring as parents but you are also taking the opportunity away from children, some parents say their child is struggling but you look over a term and they have a 25 to 30 per cent nonattendance (rate).”

Other culprits also included single parents who “wanted company”, parents who did not take their children to the doctor and families who organised holidays during the school term, Mr Smith said.

It was about parents and the school working as a team to better the education of each child, he said.

House prices still rising House prices in Ashburton continue to inch their way up at a faster rate than in most parts of New Zealand.

Over the past 12 months, the average price of a house sold in the Ashburton District has risen 9.4 per cent to hit $297,445. The rate of increase is the third fastest in the South Island, sitting just behind three areas of Christchurch where growth exceeded 10 per cent and Selwyn at 13.2 per cent.

Canterbury and a dozen suburbs in Auckland were New Zealand’s top growth areas over the past year. Over the past three months house values in Ashburton have risen by 1.3 per cent.

Valuer Daryl Taggart that in an area like Ashburton where sales volumes were not as high as a city,

the 12 month measure was a more accurate gauge of market change.

“The good thing in Ashburton is that it is still affordable, homes are still good value for money,” he said.

In talking with Ashburton sales agents, Mr Taggart said he believed the outlook in the property market was positive for the coming months. In common with most parts of New Zealand, Ashburton’s market was marked by a lack of listings, he said.

Since the market peak in 2007, property values have risen 6.2 per cent in the Ashburton District.

Nationally values have shown an upward movement of 4 per cent.

The 12 month change in values averaged 7.1 per cent across New Zealand, with 1.3 per cent change over the past three months.

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By Sue Newman One minute Terry O’Neill was pruning a tree; the next he was lying on the ground, his spine snapped in half.

In a split second the life he knew was over and Terry was on his way to hospital on the first leg of a journey that would see him return home 98 days later, in a wheelchair, and incredibly, still smiling.

The immediate aftermath is a blur, but there are moments of clarity – lying on the ground surrounded by concerned faces, being enclosed in bean bag wrapping as he was loaded into a helicopter. There was no panic, little pain.

“The last thing I really remember is reaching up to grab a branch when I slipped. Then I was aware my legs were not working,” he said.

An X-ray of his spine showed Terry the seriousness of his inju-

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told Kennedy-Clark she doubted his versatility in the competition, before delivering a gut-wrenching ‘no’.

“It’s tough sitting down there and being told no, it’s a bit gutting,” the 15-year-old Ashburton College student said.

“Playing the waiting game is harder than the performance itself.”

However, Frost made it clear her decision was extremely difficult, describing Kennedy-Clark as “so likeable” and “bringing smiles to everyone’s faces”, when he performs.

In another disappointing blow, Kennedy-Clark missed out on a wildcard placing - as it was revealed one further act would make it through to the live shows.

Four months after he snapped his spine, forester Terry O’Neill is back home, back at work and back getting on with life.

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In his performance at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Kennedy-Clark clearly won the heart of international popstar Guy Sebastien, who described him as a special talent, but Frost clearly thought otherwise.

In making her decision, Frost

ry. “I looked at the X-ray and thought, there go my legs. It was pretty black and white. I remember my surgeon coming in pretty early in the piece saying you’re not going to walk. He said he’s only seen one or two breaks like mine every two years.”

With his spine fused with rods and screws, Terry was moved to Burwood Hospital to begin his life in a wheelchair. He took with him a determination to make the best of his changed life.

“There was no point in looking back; it had to be ‘where to from here’? I knew from the start there was no hope of walking again.”

Yes, there were black, bleak times and plenty of them, but Terry knew that getting home and back to work relied as much on his attitude and determination as it did on his Burwood team – his physio and occupational therapists, doctors and psychologists.

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Those early days in Burwood were marked by exhaustion.

Physical therapy and learning to live life from a wheelchair required every ounce of energy Terry had. He battled pain, broken ribs, muscle spasms and a crippling bout of pancreatitis but he refused to give up on his goal of rebuilding his life.

“And as time wore on and things got better I started to think about going home. You have goal setting meetings with all your team and the end goal is always discharge.”

Ninety-eight days later he achieved that goal. He’s home, driving again and is easing back into work.

“Initially it was hard after having that network of people supporting you, but for the last four weeks I moved into a transition unit where I looked after myself.

It was like living at home but

with staff in the background as a backstop.”

Day by day he’s working out what he can and can’t do, the shortcuts he can make. And he’s accepting what his body and energy will and will not allow him to do. Day-to-day life means problem solving and planning.

Yes, he still lives with pain, particularly when he’s been in his chair for several hours, but he’s learning to manage that and work around it. And while it’s unlikely he’ll ever walk again, Terry knows that ongoing research may create opportunities for him to stand upright again.

Through it all, he says he is determined to look ahead and to grab the new opportunities that will open up. Being in a wheelchair, Terry says, doesn’t mean he’ll be giving up sport.

He’s about to start working with a physio, intends to join a gym and start swimming and he’s rapt to have access to a specially adapted boat so he can row again.

But it wasn’t to be for the talented country singer and his X Factor journey has come to an end - finishing up in the top 24 acts - a remarkable achievement considering more than 6000 people auditioned for the competition earlier this year.

The first live show will be staged at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Sunday.

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“I try to keep a positive state of mind. I remember a guy in Burwood telling me I looked too happy, but I’m not bitter and I’m not angry. I saw so many young people in Burwood and I think, at least I had almost 50 years walking around. Some of these are kids whose lives are just starting.”

Terry’s been back home for two weeks. He’s regaining the 12 kilograms he lost and he’s focused on building up his upper body strength to make the transition to and from his wheelchair a little easier.

“You have to take advantage of every opportunity you can get hold of. It’s a matter of trying to push yourself, trying to do as many new things as you can. In hospital it was great, your team was pushing you, now the motivation has to come from me.

“I’m not looking back, I’m looking at what I can do and what I can enjoy. This is not going to stop me living.”

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Library members reject hub

By Sue Newman Methven library members are adamant they do not want to be part of a one-stop community hub.

While the idea of relocating the Methven library and museum into the Methven Heritage Centre might have its supporters, library members are not among those, library committee chair Eleanor Marr says.

Ashburton District councillor Martin Nordqvist and heritage centre management board chair

Graeme Robertson are both keen supporters of the idea of a community hub for community facilities in Methven, saying they would look at all options to achieve that.

Mrs Marr, however, says that the centre is not a suitable place for a library. “Initially the heritage centre made it clear they didn’t want us and then they asked us to a meeting and showed us a space they thought the library could go into.�

That space was little more than a short strip of shelving that was

hopelessly inadequate, Mrs Marr said.

The library committee is planning to rebuild on the site of its earthquake damaged building and will work with the town’s historical society to develop a complex that will meet the needs of both organisations. An archaeological assessment has been completed on the earthquake damaged library and there are just four days to run in the objection process.

If the recommendation to demolish is not challenged, demoli-

tion will be scheduled, but this is unlikely to occur before July as an archaeologist must be on site during the work.

There were many reasons why rebuilding away from the heritage centre made sense, including the ability to choose their own opening hours and to have a space that was designed specifically for user needs, she said. “In terms of the heritage centre, no one has been offered the right kind of space that’s appropriate and that would meet our needs.

This might be councillor Nordqvist’s vision but it’s not our vision.�

While library use might be declining nationally, Mrs Marr said there was still good demand for books from the Methven library, which now operates out of the adjoining pottery society rooms. Membership of the Methven library might have declined but book issue numbers were up, she said.

The library is unlikely to be demolished until mid-July and plans have still to be drawn up for the new complex.

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An overhaul of the Department of Conservation’s staffing structure will mean some Raukapuke office staff will have to reapply for their jobs.

The Geraldine-based office, which oversees conservancy between the Rakaia and Waitaki Rivers and to the main divide, learned last week it would maintain its current 14 staff members.

However, the restructuring will mean the nature of jobs within the office will change, and manager George Hadler said some of his staff would have to reapply for their jobs or look elsewhere. “All job titles change except for rangers in the field,� Mr Hadler said. “People affected by this will get letters and that’s happening nationally, if your role is affected, in other words is different, and you work within the organisation, then they may need to reapply for their job or look at other places.�

He did not know how many Raukapuke staff would be affected, and although he felt for those who would be affected by the overhaul, Mr Hadler said he was excited about the opportunity the “significant changes� would provide. “I see opportunities for the community and the general public to get to understand what we do and get involved.�

He said those aspects were important when it came to conserving the precious plants and wildlife in the Raukapuke office’s area, which included the Ashburton Lakes District.

He said most of the Raukapuke staff entered submissions in relation to the restructuring, and the process had been “disruptive�.

When the changes are introduced in September, Mr Hadler said rangers would have to report to a conservation services manager, and staff based in Oamaru would have to report to fellow staff in Geraldine, among other changes.

Nationally, 72 full-time roles will go, while 60 additional frontline roles will be created.

The new structure will streamline the department’s current 11 conservancy districts into six new conservation delivery regions.

By Sue Newman The option of premium level aged care is already a reality in Ashburton, rest home managers say.

While none of the district’s rest homes bill themselves as offering five star accommodation and none is pitched at the premium end of the market only, at least two offer room options that are a cut above standard.

And, say rest home managers, that two-tier system has worked well for people coming into care; the ability to pay to have a premium room is about giving residents choice, says Rosebank manager Sue Prowse. “Generally these are rooms with extra quality, such as an en-suite, an outlook or loca-

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• Minor injuries An Ashburton man walked away with minor injuries after crashing his car into a concrete culvert on Saturday night. His car was a write-off and police attended the incident on Hepburns Road, just after 6pm. It is not yet known if charges will be laid.

A 51-year-old man was arrested following a string of incidents after crashing his vehicle near Ashburton, on Saturday night. The man was stopped by police and charged with careless use of a motor vehicle, threatening to kill, assaulting police, resisting arrest and refusing a blood sample. He will appear in the Ashburton District Court next month.

• Arrest for assault A 34-year-old man was arrested for assault early Saturday morning.

• Medical assist The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade attended a medical call-out after reports of a broken leg in the Pendarves community. The firefighters provided first aid assistance before St John paramedics took over.

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Matthew Bell will represent the Aorangi region at the Young Farmer Contest finals in Auckland this week.

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Young farmer hits books ahead of final

By Michelle Nelson Hinds Young Farmers’ Club member Matthew Bell will represent the Aorangi region at the Young Farmer Contest in Auckland this week.

At 26, the Mayfield farm manager is the youngest of the seven regional finalists, and a first-time contender for the national title. But that’s not fazing him at this point.

Mr Bell, and his partner Samantha Porter, will head to Auckland early on Thursday morning with countless hours of preparation under his belt. “I’ve been studying flat out all weekend,� he told the Guardian yesterday. “While everyone else was enjoying the beautiful weather I was inside studying.�

The weekend’s last minute revision was the culmination of months

of effort, during which preparation for the contest has taken all of Mr Bell’s spare time. “I won’t say it’s been hard but you have to dedicate yourself to it – I really want to do well – it’s been a big, big commitment. “I’ve heard other finalists say it was a lot of work, but you don’t realise how much until you actually do it.

However, he’s not complaining. “There has been a humungous amount of personal growth in the experience – some of it comes from realising I’m reasonably capable of doing a lot of this stuff,� he said. “It’s a great way of reinforcing what I can do – irrespective of where I come it’s already been an incredibly valuable experience.�

Mr Bell ranks the Agri-growth component as one of his strong points, and is “reasonably confident� about the quiz night at the

Premium level aged care a reality tion.� The government has signalled it could allow some rest homes to offer premium-only rooms under what has been dubbed a ‘five star’ rest home proposal that has drawn sharp criticism from many in the aged care industry.

Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew who is also associate health minister, has been quick to defend the option saying it would give both better choice in facilities and would encourage much-needed private investment in the residential care market.

And in practice, rest home managers in Ashburton say, the two-tier room option is operating and operating well.

People assessed as needing rest home care and who qualify for government assistance, are provided with a

Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently.

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standard room for which the government pays an average of $118 a day. If a premium room is available the resident will pay extra for this.

Under the present regulations, if there are no standard rooms available, rest homes cannot turn away a client even if they cannot afford to pay the extra to be accommodated in a vacant premium room until a standard room becomes available.

The proposal to allow rest homes where all accommodation was premium and where all residents would have to pay is attracting a barrage of criticism. Its opponents say there is a risk the new proposal would see more facilities built in affluent areas with a subsequent bed shortage in poorer areas.

Its supporters, however,

televised evening show. “I’m slightly more concerned about the agri-bus section, but the practical competitions have never really worried me – I’m aiming to be in the top three there.�

With family in Hamilton and Auckland and a contingent from the Hinds Young Farmers Club set to head north for the weekend, Mr Bell is expecting a crew of about 28 people to support him through the event.

The grand final events begin Thursday at 4pm with the official opening at Aotea Square. On Friday the practical day will be held at Kumeu Showgrounds, and in the evening the black-tie Grand Final Dinner will be held at the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron. The competition continues on Saturday with a closed door exam in the morning and the evening show at TVNZ studio 3 and a live-feed broadcast, seated dinner

and celebration ball for audiences at Skycity.

Tickets for all these events are still available at www.youngfarmers. co.nz The other six regional finalists are; From the Northern region is Ian Douglas, 30, a dairy farmer from Whangarei.

The Waikato/Bay of Plenty grand finalist is Tim Van de Molen, 30, from the Hamilton City Young Farmers Club. From the Taranaki/Manawatu region is 30-year-old Cam Brown a member of the Fitzherbert Young Farmers Club. Dairy farmer, Aaron Passey, 31, is the East Coast grand finalist.

Twenty-nine year old Reuben Carter is representing the Tasman Region.

Representing Otago/ Southland is Dean Rabbidge, 27.

He is the current chairman of the Wyndham Young Farmers’ Club.

Lesson comes to crashing end

A 40-year-old female learnsay that having a premium er driver finished a driving facility was about choice. lesson with her husband People who had always flown on Sunday by parking the business class and stayed car “sideways� in the drivein five star accommodation way of a repeatedly unlucky earlier in life were the people Dunedin resident, police say. who would want to continue Senior Sergeant Bruce Ross, with a premium lifestyle as of Dunedin, said a woman, they aged. being given a driving lesAll residents in premium son by her husband crashed only rest homes would have about noon on Sunday. to pay and they would not The woman “over accelhave to immediately accept erated� when negotiating residents who could not afford a room. Those homes would still receive government subsidies.

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a “steep sharp right� from Adderley Tce to Junction Rd, in Ravensbourne, and hit the kerb, he said.

The hatchback “flopped� down a bank and hit a parked red Holden sedan in a driveway below, he said.

The sedan stopped the hatchback from rolling on its roof.

Dominique Aitcheson said she had lived at the house for four years and the sedan

with minor damage was her husband’s.

Her husband had heard two loud bangs and looked out his window to see a neighbour running to help people from the car on its side in the driveway.

The car was positioned in the “exactly the same spot� to another crash about two years ago when a drunk driver had “cornered too fast�, she said.

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• Heke to be reburied The remains of warrior chief Hone Heke will be reburied near Kaikohe next month, Ngapuhi leader and descendant David Rankin says. Two years ago, Mr Rankin removed the mid-19th Century chief’s bones from a cave near Pakaraka in Northland where they had lain since 1850 when he died. The time was now right for the remains to be buried in a new and final resting place, Mr Rankin said.

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• Truck off bridge A man is in hospital after his light truck crashed through a bridge barrier and tumbled four metres onto a stream bank in the Hawkes Bay. A 25-year-old man was airlifted to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in Hastings following yesterday morning’s accident, and was being assessed for multiple injuries.

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• Seafood destroyed Around 1300 tonnes of seafood may have to be destroyed after a fire at a cold store in Timaru. The fire broke out at Sanford Ltd’s cold store at North Mole at 4pm on Sunday.

No employees were on site and the alarm was raised by a watchman.

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Alarm bells are ringing for some Mid Canterbury school boards as the deadline looms for nominaElected Board of Trustee tions. members meet between However, a Canterbury educaeight and 12 times a year tion services officer is predicting with the principal. schools will see a flood of nominaResponsible for: tions 48 hours before the noon • Governance and manageThursday deadline. ment of schools The district’s school Board of • Employing staff Trustees (BOT) are holding their • Setting strategic direction triennial elections at the end of • Personnel this month and have reported an • Curriculum underwhelming response from • Property parents putting themselves for• Disciplinary ward for the role, with one board • Finance chairman saying it is “the worst • Administration it’s ever been”.

Nominations close at noon The deadline for parent nomion Thursday. nations for BOT elections is on Elections take place on Thursday, and schools are calling May 30. on unsure parents to put their Votes are counted on June hands up.

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Mike Farrell is the chairman of New boards take office on the Ashburton Intermediate board June 6. and vice-chairman for the Tinwald If parents wish to nominate School board. themselves for the role they He said both schools had a should contact the school. “poor” number of nominations, blaming the common perception that the role is all-consuming.

“A lot of people have the perception that there’s a hell of a lot of success of children, and knowlwork to be done, but you only have edge in aspects such as propone or two meetings a month, one erty, finance and education was for the board and probably one for a bonus.

A s h b u r t o n the committee, it isn’t Borough School’s a huge onus,” he said. latest newsletter He said Ashburton issued last week Intermediate was said the school “had searching for at least A lot of not received a sinanother two nominees nomination” while Tinwald School people have the gle yet, with a number only had one nominee which “could be a perception that of current elected looking to potential problem”. there’s a hell of members stand down.

“This year is the a lot of work Mount Hutt worst it’s ever been, and I have been talk- to be done, but College had enough restanding members ing to a few others (BOT) and they have you only have and nominations to make a board and got the same problem one or two Ashburton College is too.” “urging” parents to If schools did not meetings come forward. have enough elected a month Netherby School members, which must BOT chairman Paul make up at least half Skinner said the of the board, then school would prefer they could introduce to see another three co-opted members nominations, and for parents who with specialist skills.

Canterbury Education Services still had not made their mind up returning officer Wayne Jamieson there was plenty of support, mainsaid traditionally 20 to 30 per cent ly from the New Zealand School of nominees emerged two days Trustees Association (NZSTA).

NZSTA Canterbury branch chairbefore the deadline.

“Schools reflect their communi- man Tony Deavoll said the trainties and if schools are doing a good ing sessions were “well-received” job then some people will take the by many board members.

He said the association covered attitude that they have nothing to all aspects of an elected members’ contribute,” he said.

In the previous stories, BOT role, and boards could choose to members said they looked for train as a team or individually for members who cared about the specific aspects of the role.

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Brent Pope is on course for a prestigious book award.

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Pope shortlisted for Brit book award

By Michelle Nelson Former Ashburton College student and top honours rugby player turned author is on the shortlist for the prestigious British Sports Book Awards.

Brent Pope was tipped as a future All Black great, but devastating injuries robbed him of his opportunity to wear the silver fern.

Intent on building a new life, Mr Pope hit out for England in 1991, before moving to Ireland where he played and coached.

Along the way he became one of the most recognisable faces in Ireland as one of the country’s foremost rugby analysts.

In what is being described as the awards’ strongest-ever shortlist, Ireland’s celebrity rugby analyst has been selected for his bestselling autobiography, Brent Pope: If You Really Knew Me. Mr Pope, who grew up in Fairton, recounts his early school and teenage years in Ashburton in great humour and detail.

The book also recounts his lifelong battle to overcome a depressive condition known as

dysthymia and its impact on his rugby career and personal life.

Now, the popular adopted Irish Kiwi is set to go toe-totoe against a ‘who’s who’ of the sporting and literary worlds, among them famed athlete Lord Sebastian Coe, Tour de France winner, Bradley Wiggins, and fellow English sports broadcaster, Clare Balding.

The shortlisted authors will contest categories representing the most high-profile sports in Europe, with Brent Pope’s book competing for the illustrious title of Rugby Book of the Year.

If You Really Knew Me was recently voted as the rugby book of the month in Rugby World magazine.

“I’m thrilled just to be included in such a prestigious competition especially given that the book is published in Ireland, and not the United Kingdom,” Mr Pope said.

“To even be mentioned in the same breath as some of the other competitors is a huge compliment.”

The awards will be held at the prestigious Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on May 21.

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Fire victim just got engaged The farm worker who died in a house fire on Saturday night had just got engaged.

Hamish Allan, 28, died at a Mickleson’s Rd property at Utiku near Taihape around 10.30pm on Saturday.

A fire safety investigator was yesterday still at the scene of the fire, as was the farmer who owns the cottage and was Mr Allan’s employer. He said the tragedy was too devastating to talk about.

“My young farm worker is dead, his partner is distraught ... I simply can’t talk about this.”

Local people said Mr Allan’s partner, aged in her mid-20s, was from Taihape and had family there.

“The couple had just got engaged,” one woman said.

Mr Allan and his partner were both in the house when the fire broke out.

Taihape Constable Tony Lomas said a “good Samaritan was passing” and noticed smoke and flames coming from the house.

“He entered the house and woke Mr Allan’s partner.”

Mr Lomas said the woman managed to exit the house with her cat, and the man went back in for Mr Allan.

“The house was soon engulfed in flames and he was unable to get to him safely.”

Mr Allan, a former student of Gisborne Boys’ High School, worked at Poverty Bay Golf Club and was a Poverty Bay-East Coast junior golf representative.

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id Canterbury agencies have their wish-lists drawn up in time for the Government’s Budget announcement on Thursday.

The major community sectors - health, education, emergency services, business and local Government all rely on strong budget allocations to plan their own business targets going forward.

The education sector, in particular, has faced some challenging times this year,

OUR VIEW putting up with one saga after another – be it the flawed Novopay system, charter schools or bigger class sizes.

It’s been a constant battle and Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons is hoping his fellow leaders will be recognised for their committed efforts.

He points out school principals haven’t received a pay increase

in 32 months – despite rising inflation and tougher job expectations.

Mr Simons is also hoping for increased funding around special needs education – a facet of school life he says is presently funded unrealistically.

Meanwhile, the Ashburton District Council’s departing chief executive believes it is the perfect time for the Government to

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Brian Lester, who is leaving the council this year, suggested the Government could assist the process by ensuring competitive

tax incentives for companies to invest and by investing in research and development – particularly in the primary sector.

The emergency services remain humble and say they will be grateful for anything they get.

Mid-South police area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin is leaving his options wide open, pointing out he didn’t want to tempt fate when it comes to allocating funds.

In the health sector, the

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Independence Games 2013 Over the weekend of the 26th, 27th and 28th of April five young Mid Canterbury athletes with special needs and their carer supports attended the Anuual Independence games in Timaru.

These games give all children with a disability the chance to be able to participate, compete and socialise with other peers of similar abililties.

These young people from our district dressed in their green and gold exceeded their own expectations, were friendly, courteous

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and a joy to be with.

The financial side of getting to the games is huge and without the support of local businesses, families and friends it would have been an impossibilty so a big thank-you to all these people.

To Ashburton college - Helen and the wonderful 6 girls from year 13 for your support -it was appreciated.

To all our supporters, friends and families who travelled to Timaru - we loved seeing you all.

Kevin, Raymond, Dom, Cameron and Jacob - you guys were awesome and a privilege to be part of the Mid Canterbury Movers.

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Art gallery, museum Once again our council has shown its ineptitude surrounding the planning and funding of the white elephant art gallery.

You would think that the mayor, museum curator and art gallery curator would not look so smug in the photo given that the project is what amounts to what is reported in this article as being $1.75 million underfunded.

What on earth posessed this council to go ahead with the building of this extravagant pro-

ject without having enough capital to complete a fit-out, especially a major capital expenditure as a climate control system.

Obviously this council was relying, lucky for the ratepayers of this district this time, on getting this funding from an outside source or they would be fleecing the ratepayers for more money to complete this project that the majority of the ratepayers didn’t want the Council to go ahead to start with.

Councillors have convieniently forgotten who actually pays their wages. Once again, roll on election time.

Craig Fraser

Armed police storm Albany house A man carrying what was believed to be a rifle was seen running across the grounds of a school on Auckland’s North Shore yesterday as officers searched for him, police say.

The man caused two schools to go into lockdown about midday as at least 50 officers, including the Armed Offenders Squad, surrounded a home on Albany Highway.

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tion could have played a part but the main cause may never be understood.

The Guardian also wants to clarify that the comment piece looked at safety in the entire adventure industry and certainly did not want to suggest that there was a specific issue in the skydiving industry, or with operators in Mid Canterbury.

In fact, the introduction of new Civil Aviation Authority regulations in May last year have even further strengthened the New Zealand skydiving industry which already had one of the best safety records in the world.

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In summary, Thursday’s Budget will confirm the Government remains on track to reach its surplus target, as well as address the serious issue of housing affordability.

Sunday afternoon and had been looking for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at his partner and threatened to harm himself.

“Just after lunch [yesterday] a call was received from a local school reporting that a man had run across the school grounds carrying what looked like a rifle,” Inspector Les Paterson said.

“Police didn’t know if it was linked to their search, but the sighting was very close by.”

Officers closed streets around the Albany Highway home, and

both Albany Junior High School, directly opposite the house, and Kristin School, further down the highway, were put in lockdown.

Members of the Armed Officers Squad (AOS) detonated five blank explosions above the house and called for the occupants to leave.

“Your house is surrounded by armed police ... Exit the house immediately,” police were heard saying over a loud speaker.

Mr Raynes said the man was not found at the home but a tip-off sent armed officers to a beach in the

neighbouring suburb of Torbay.

The Police Eagle helicopter helped officers on the ground trace the man to where he was hiding in bushes on the beach, Mr Raynes said.

He was arrested and is expected to face charges.

Mr Raynes said “there were no shots discharged by police or the person that’s in custody” despite contrary reports by some media.

“No further people are being sought in relation to the operation,” he said.

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Outgoing National MP Aaron Gilmore has apparently sent threatening text messages to a number of people after he decided to resign from Parliament.

The MP, who will make his valedictory speech today, is believed to have sent messages to lawyer Andrew Riches and others, telling them to look up the meaning of “utu”.

Mr Gilmore announced his intention to retire from Parliament last night after a series of allegations including that he abused a waiter

and sent inappropriate emails while on a government contract.

Mr Riches wrote a note to a Hanmer Springs hotel to apologise for Mr Gilmore’s behaviour, and claimed that the MP had threatened to use the Prime Minister’s office to get a waiter sacked.

Blogger Cameron Slater posted a picture of a text apparently sent by Mr Gilmore, which said: “Utu - you should learn what it means”.

Slater has written a series of posts urging Mr Gilmore to resign. - APNZ

Millions still missing

By Edward Gay Just what happened to the $3.7 million that Leo Gao transferred to overseas bank accounts is still not known, despite enquiries from three justices in the Court of Appeal.

Hui “Leo” Gao admitted seven charges relating to the theft of $6.7m and was sentenced to four years and seven months in jail.

Now he has appealed his sentence at the Court of Appeal in Auckland.

During the hearing yesterday, his lawyer Ron Mansfield was grilled over what his client did with the missing millions.

Gao became rich after applying for a $100,000 loan to keep the doors open at his struggling petrol station in Rotorua. Instead, Westpac transferred $10m after a clerk put the decimal point in the wrong place.

Gao transferred the money over-

seas to 23 bank accounts before fleeing from New Zealand. Despite the best efforts by Westpac and authorities to recover the money, $3.7m is still missing.

Mr Mansfield said the bank had liquidated Gao’s property.

“They’ve left him with no assets or livelihood,” he said, referring to Gao’s bankruptcy earlier this year.

Justice Anthony Randerson responded: “Well, have they? We don’t know what he’s done with the $3.7 million. For all we know, he’s still got it and the funds are available.”

Mr Mansfield suggested that another conclusion could be that Gao had spent the money.

Justice Rodney Hansen said that was for Gao to establish.

Justice Graham Lang was also curious. “$3.7 million is a lot of money to spend over a short period of time.”

The Justices have reserved their decision.

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Upcoming Budget 2013 On May 16, the Minister of Finance, Hon Bill English, will deliver his fifth Budget to the nation.

What businesses need most from Government in this budget is clear and stable economic and fiscal (government spending) direction, so they can get on with planning and running their businesses successfully. The worst thing the budget could deliver to business is unexpected costs, constraints or changes of direction. That would simply make it harder for businesses to operate.

Businesses and individuals don’t need higher taxes. Higher taxes are counter-productive, they lead businesses and individuals to make decisions that reduce their tax commitments rather than grow the economy and create more, higher paying jobs.

The second thing businesses need is a responsible budget that leads to government surplus and not ongoing borrowing. Ongoing borrowing will eventually cost businesses, individuals and families as the international cost of borrowing

the growing world population.

Rob Brawley CEO GMC

increases, leading to higher mortgage rates, higher business borrowing costs and inevitably higher prices.

Agri-business Mid Canterbury’s economy is dominated by agri-business and GMC would like to see continued commitment from Government to support well-conceived, well managed, sustainable irrigation infrastructure developments.

We would also like to see an increased commitment to education in the agri-business sector.

New Zealand simply isn’t training enough people to be able to capitalise on the huge opportunities this country, and district, has to feed

Small business GMC would like to see more attention given to the 95 per cent of smaller New Zealand businesses that employ 20 staff or less. In particular through: • Changing the timing of tax payments. o The Government made a good start by moving the challenging third and final Provisional Tax payment date from a few weeks before the end of the financial year to a month and a bit after, giving smaller business a chance to get a reasonable idea of their year’s profit or loss, before it was actually due. For a number this meant they could get their tax paid without penalties for the first time ever. o GMC would like to see GST payment dates (particularly where businesses pay two monthly) on alternative months to provisional and terminal tax payments.

Currently a number of times throughout the tax year businesses have to pay PAYE on the

20th, GST on the 28th, then Provisional or Terminal Tax on the 7th of the very next month.

A large amount of cash to come up with over 17 days. This would free up a great deal of cashflow, so businesses could get their bills paid on time every month without using their creditors as a bank. o GMC would also like to see employment law for smaller businesses simplified. Employment law is not attuned to middle tier (or smaller) businesses but rather to larger employers. Many small businesses don’t have access to experienced employment consultants.

GMC would like to see the requirements for those businesses made simpler and clearer and, where the business has acted in good faith and its mistake was procedural rather than malicious, a lower regime of penalties applied. On the other hand GMC fully supports the principle of fair and equitable treatment for all employees and where employers have not acted

in good faith, appropriate penalties should be imposed. o GMC would also like to see the 50 per cent R&D tax break incentive reinstated for small businesses.

While the tax break wasn’t huge, so it didn’t take that much pressure off small business, it did give enough encouragement to make many small New Zealand businesses try some of the outstanding ideas they had been sitting on for years. If only 1 in 100 gets through to export level it would pay New Zealand back handsomely.

Christchurch rebuild The rebuild of Christchurch is important to New Zealand and to the Mid Canterbury building industry. GMC would like to see: • Further teeth given to the Construction Contracts Act to better protect subcontractors from Mainzeal type collapses.

• Greater resources available to process consents for rebuild projects.

• More simplified and streamlined

policy and processes for employing skilled immigrants to meet skill shortages.

• Further implementation of the Licensed Building Practitioners scheme. This is currently only implemented for residential contracts and should be extended to commercial contracts.

• Further development of a compulsory guarantee scheme for residential construction.

• Increased oversight of key infrastructure such as electricity & communication, to ensure the market is functioning efficiently and users are not being charged monopolistic prices There are a number of other areas GMC would like to see addressed in this budget, such as youth employment, but there is not enough space in this article to cover them.

Thanks to board members; Neil Pluck – A member of the government appointed, MBIE Small Business Development Group and Mark Wilson - President of Ashburton Association of the Masterbuilders for their assistance with this article.

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‘Time to invest in technology’ I think we have an unprecedented time to invest in technology to enable us to work smarter.

For years we have been told we lag behind Australia and other OECD countries in productivity.

With the current high New Zealand dollar and relatively low interest rates, it is the ideal time to focus on increasing investment to improve productivity and develop more higher skilled jobs.

The Government can assist this in two ways through the budget, firstly to ensure we have competitive tax incentives for companies to invest, and secondly by investing themselves in research and development, particularly in our primary sector through our tertiary institutions and Government agencies.

Transport is a major concern with increased productivity in our

rural sector and the wear and tear on our rural roads.

While the operators make a substantial contribution through taxes on petrol and road-user charges, not all this money is reinvested in the network for maintenance / renewals and capital upgrades.

The amount of the National Land Transport Fund for maintenance and renewals needs to be increased from the current 33 per cent closer to the 50 per cent that is contributed by users.

Training young people needs to be an on-going focus, including structured programmes such as the Limited Service Volunteer programme run through the army that provides our young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity of a fresh start. It does work.

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Housing affordability is my other area of concern. While not specifically a Budget issue, central government focus needs to be on the Productivity Commission recommendations, particularly around building material costs, sector productivity, and tax treatment.

The other area that would alleviate demand particularly in Auckland, is to ensure skilled migrants are directed to where the jobs are in the regions, rather than have them stay in Auckland because that is where the plane lands.

This district has shown how to accommodate diversity and add to the social and economic growth of New Zealand, while retaining relative affordability.

Brian Lester, chief executive, Ashburton District Council

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The district’s top cop is not tempting fate and will take whatever the Government offers on Budget Day. Looking ahead to Budget 2013, Inspector Dave Gaskin said it was too easy to compile a wish-list – but chose to gratefully accept whatever was deemed necessary.

“We’ll be happy and take whatever the Government deem is needed for the police force.

“For a wish-list, you would want anything and everything you can get your hands on, but of course that’s just not the way it works.

I won’t be forecasting any hopes this year and we’ll all be grateful for whatever funding we get allocated.”

Of course, the typical wants are sure to be circling in his mind – more staff, more pay and more resources – surely the same for most Governmental agencies.

The police force is in the process

of going digital, with all frontline officers receiving i-Pads and i-Phones in a bid to save time daily.

Will there be any surprises this Thursday? – time will tell.

Fire service For the amount of work the fire service does, it’s difficult to fathom why they are not directly funded by the Government.

The service, although still under the banner of the Government, is funded through insurance levies – paid by property owners throughout New Zealand.

A well publicised review has recently been held looking at the realistic mandate of the fire service and the findings are due out later this year.

Chief fire officer Alan Burgess, of Ashburton, said the local brigades were well resourced and believes few would grumble about their

situation. The budget announcements did not affect the fire service – with funding being allocated through headquarters, Mr Burgess said.

“While there is the odd thing we want, we have all the basics and are well equipped to do our job effectively.

“We’re certainly not unhappy with what we’ve got and I feel the funding we’ve received in Mid Canterbury over the years has managed to maintain a level of activity to a high standard,” Mr Burgess said.

Under current legislation, the NZ Fire Service attends road accidents, fires, flooding, chemical spills, traffic control and medical assists – to name a few.

The review is expected to establish a firm view of expectations for the fire service and Mr Burgess is hopeful the funding will reflect the level of work carried out.

The Canterbury Rollers showed some local identities the way to the hoop on Saturday, taking out an exhibition wheelchair basketball game in con-

junction with Wheels Week.

Event spokesperson Pauline Paterson said the game was enjoyed by all and was a fun way to publicise the game.

“I think it was a bit one-sided, but we did get some points on the board,” she laughed.

Players to take to the chairs for Ashburton included mayor

Angus McKay, radio personality Phill Hooper (pictured shooting), Adam Martin, of BNZ and Giles Beal, to name just a few of the star performers.

Neil Simons’ Budget 2013 wish-list Special needs funding is one of the biggest barriers schools face and should be a top priority when the Government decides where the money will go in education.

That, and a pay rise for principals who have not had a pay increase for about 32 months.

That’s what Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons is hoping for when the Government announces its budget on Thursday.

Education Minister Hekia Parata already made a pre-budget announcement this week, saying $80.5 million more will be spent on education, including $63.6m on a behavioural programme, along with $14.5m on Board of Trustees and $2.4 to help families connect with childhood services and schools.

He said support for pupils with learning needs was partially funded and schools often dipped into their own pockets to make up the short-

fall. He pointed to examples he had seen when a boy was funded by the Ministry of Education for only 15 hours, but he needed 30 hours of support a week.

He said having pupils with special needs in a mainstream classroom could bring a lot out of fellow pupils, including empathy and understanding.

Teachers are in the middle of pay negotiations with the ministry, but Mr Simons said principals had not

seen a pay increase despite the rate of inflation.

He said principals’ pay rates were already settled but it was not appropriate considering the increasing cost to live.

He did not see a problem with school bus transport but said it was always under review.

He said the Government should stop putting money into charter schools and too much was already spent on Novopay.

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19 hurt during US parade shooting Nineteen people have been hurt in a Mother’s Day parade shooting in New Orleans, prompting the mayor to call for an end to “relentless” violence on the streets of the south-eastern US city.

Those wounded by the eruption of gunfire yesterday (NZ time) included 17 adults and two 10-year-olds, police say.

“Many of the victims were grazed (some by bullets that ricocheted),” it said. “At this point, there are no fatalities, and most of the wounds are not life-threatening.”

The injured children – a boy and a girl – suffered graze wounds and are in good condition while a man and a woman were still in surgery.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said the shooting was unrelated to terrorism, calling it “street violence”.

“From all of our intelligence, we have no reason to believe it was an act of terror, just street violence,” Mary Beth Romig, a spokeswoman for the FBI in New Orleans, told AFP. But “certainly today was not a normal day in New Orleans”.

The incident comes less than a month after twin bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 260. In December, a gunman opened fire at a primary school in Connecticut, killing 20 children and six staff members.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas told reporters earlier that shots from

Mourning relatives cry during the burial for one of the 46 victims killed in weekend explosions in Reyhanli, near Turkey’s border with Syria.

Turkey won’t retaliate Turkey’s prime minister vowed yesterday his country wouldn’t be drawn into Syria’s civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria.

The bombings left 46 people dead and marked the biggest incident of violence across the border since the start of Syria’s bloody civil war, raising fears of Turkey being pulled deeper into a conflict that threatens to destabilise the region.

Syria has rejected allegations it was behind the attacks. But

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Bystanders comfort a shooting victim while awaiting emergency services at the intersection of Frenchmen and N. Villere Streets after authorities say gunfire injured at least a dozen people, including a child, at a Mother’s Day second-line parade in New Orleans. “maybe two different types of weapons” rang out and that police saw three people running away immediately after the shooting.

Police are searching for a motive for the shooting and have appealed

to the public to come forward with any clues. A $US2500 ($A2508) reward has been offered to information leading to the arrest and indictment of those responsible.

“It’s just a very tragic day for

us,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told reporters after visiting some of the wounded in hospital. He called for a reduction of crime on the streets of the city known as the Big Easy. – AFP

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A proposal to make Bob Dylan a member of France’s Legion d’Honneur has run into further opposition amid controversy over whether the singer is a suitable recipient for the award.

Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti, an avowed Dylan fan, still hopes to pin the celebrated medal on one of the veteran singer’s narrow lapels, despite

opposition from the committee that oversees the allocation of the award.xSatirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine revealed last week that the committee had concluded that Dylan’s pacifist politics and his use of marijuana made him an unsuitable candidate, a view endorsed yesterday

by Front National leader Marine Le Pen. – AFP

• Prince joins pyramid He has raced against Usain Bolt, played volleyball on a Rio beach and cooked doughnuts for the press, but now Prince Harry completed his most unusual feat – joining a human pyramid. On day four of his US tour the prince, 28, joined cadets at a US Air Force academy in Colorado Springs for an American Football training session, during which he also watched a display of gymnastics by the cheerleaders.

The third in line to the throne gamely got down on all fours to help form a three-tier pyramid with a man dressed as a bird at the top.

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• Boy arrested US police have arrested a 12-year-old boy for the murder of his eight-year-old sister, in a case that has attracted widespread media attention and prompted an intense manhunt.

Police were initially searching for an armed intruder for the April 27 murder of Leila Fowler, based on testimony from her brother, who was the only other person home when she was stabbed. But the sheriff’s office said they had instead settled on the brother, himself, as their suspect. The girl died in the hospital, according to local newspaper the Sacramento Bee. – AFP

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Harsh accusations have flown between Turkey and Syria, signalling a sharp escalation of already high tensions between the two former allies. But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested that Turkey would not be drawn militarily in retaliation.

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SkyCity will get 230 extra pokie machines and 40 more gaming tables in its casino in return for building a $402 million convention centre for the Government.

The controversial deal, announced

by Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce yesterday, has been slammed by opposition parties but lauded as necessary for Auckland’s economic development by others.

Under the deal, SkyCity will be allowed to have 230 extra pokie machines and at least 40 extra gaming tables, with its exclusive licence extended until 2048.

“An international convention centre in Auckland will be a major asset for New Zealand and will generate significant spin-off benefits including a projected $90 million annual injection into the economy; an estimated 1000 jobs during construction; and 800 jobs once it is up and running,” Mr Joyce said.

A KordaMentha report on the deal

shows that in the event regulatory concessions are changed by the Crown before the deal ends in 2048, compensation will be paid to SkyCity.

Its assessment of the value of licence renewal is between $65 million and $115 million.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown welcomed the deal, but Auckland council said it wanted to look closely at the proposed harm reduction measures to ensure risks to problem gamblers were minimised. “(There are) potential benefits of $90 to $100 million per annum into the regional economy and then, of course on the job front, very, very big: potentially 1000 jobs in the construction period of three to four years and then 800 jobs permanently in the convention centre.”

BusinessNZ chief executive Phil O’Reilly said New Zealand lacked large convention infrastructure and the SkyCity development would result in new business, growth and

jobs that would not otherwise have occurred.

“The partnership model that the Government and private sector are working together on for this facility is a good example of creativity and sound planning,” he said.

Mr Joyce moved to reassure concerned Aucklanders about the potential impacts of more pokie machines in their city, pointing to the harm reduction measures that would be implemented to mitigate the risk they posed.

These included a predictive modelling tool to identify players at risk of problem gambling, and a voluntary pre-commitment system where players can elect to restrict the amount of time they play or amount they spend.

This did not satisfy Labour Party leader David Shearer.

“A 35-year licence to print money off the backs of problem gamblers – that is reckless, outrageous that Government hands in the future will

be tied to this deal,” he said.

SkyCity had “hit the jackpot” and he called it the “mother-of-all-deals”.

Greens co-leader Metiria Turei said the deal was “disastrous” and said her party would want the legislation repealed should they be elected to government.

“We consider this to be unconstitutional and it is a breach of parliamentary sovereignty to lock a government into a commercial deal for 35 years.”

Shares in SkyCity Entertainment rallied by 3.4 per cent yesterday after the deal was announced, trading at $4.55 – up 15c from its close on Friday. At current levels, the stock is not far off its 52-week high of $4.58.

Around this time last year, SkyCity shares were trading at $3.36.

According to its website, SkyCity Casino already has 1600 pokie machines and over 100 table games which operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

– APNZ

THE DEAL – An extension of SkyCity’s Auckland casino licence, due to expire in 2021, to June 30, 2048 and and an amendment to cover all SkyCity’s properties in Federal Street.

– An additional 230 pokie machines on the casino floor.

– An additional 40 gaming tables.

– A further 12 gaming tables that can be substituted for automated table game player stations.

– Up to 17 per cent of pokie machines and automatic table games (in restricted areas only) being able to accept banknotes of denominations greater than $20.

– Introducing TITO (ticket-in, ticket-out) and card-based cashless gaming technology on all pokie machines and automatic table games at Auckland casino.

NZ house sales come off highs in April NZ food prices

By Paul McBeth The number of New Zealand house sales slipped from a sixyear high last month, with prices deflating a little, though the national market is still being driven by the country’s two biggest cities, Auckland and Christchurch.

Agents sold 7104 houses in April, down 13 per cent from March, though up by 25 per cent from the same month last year, according to the Real Estate Institute. The national median sale price slipped 2.4 per cent to $390,500 in April, though were up 7 per cent from 2012. Of the annual gains in the median sale price, about 92 per cent has come from Auckland and Christchurch.

“Auckland and Canterbury remain the two regions driving the national median price, a point recognised by the Reserve Bank,” chief executive Helen O’Sullivan said in a statement. “We also note that the remaining 10 regions accounted for only 8 per cent of the increase in the national median, with four of those regions recording falls.”

The Reserve Bank said in its financial stability report that it is considering limits on high loan-

to-value home mortgages, which could pose a significant risk to country’s financial stability.

Last week state valuer Quotable Value said Auckland property values have climbed 12 per cent to $628,205 in the latest 12 months.

At the time, QV operations manager Kerry Stewart said demand in parts of Auckland was “so high that there is little opportunity to delay making offers”.

REINZ figures show Auckland’s median sale price slipped to $555,000 in April from $562,000 a month earlier, up from $490,000 a year ago. The number of house sales fell 16 per cent to 2805 from a month earlier, and were up by 30 per cent from April 2012.

C a n t e r b u r y / We s t l a n d ’ s median sale price fell to $353,000 in April from $359,000 in March, and was up from $321,000 a year earlier. The number of house sales fell 5.8 per cent to 934 from a month earlier, and were up 17 per cent from April 2012.

The REINZ stratified median housing price index, which smoothes out peaks and troughs, rose 0.8 per cent from March, and was up an annual 9.8 per cent.

Auckland’s stratified housing price

rise 0.2% last month

was up an annual 14 per cent and Christchurch’s climbed 13 per cent.

The number of days to sell rose 3 days to 34 days in April from March.

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New Zealand food prices rose for the first time in three months, led by fruit and vegetables as tomato prices soared 67 per cent.

Prices rose 0.2 per cent in April from March, to be 0.1 per cent lower than in the same month of 2012, according to Statistics New Zealand Food prices make up about 19 per cent of the consumer price index, which rose 0.4 per cent in the first quarter, for a relatively tame annual gain of 0.9 per cent. That’s short of the Reserve Bank’s target of 1 per cent to 3 per cent on average, over time.

The jump in prices of tomatoes made up for weaker prices of lettuce and broccoli, both down about 14 per cent in the latest month, and a 24 per cent decline for kiwifruit. Cabbage prices dropped 16 per cent. Vegetable prices rose 2 per cent compared with April 2012.

Prices for meat, poultry and fish were broadly unchanged in the month, to be 1.1 per cent lower in the year.

Grocery food prices rose 0.2 per cent in the month and fell 1.8 per cent in the year, while non-alcoholic drinks rose 0.3 per cent in April from March, gained 2.5 per cent from April 2012.

Restaurant and takeaway food prices were unchanged in the latest month and rose 1.2 per cent from a year earlier.

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New tankers depict the journey of milk Fonterra drivers are hitting the roads in 14 brand new Fonterra Milk for Schools themed tankers this week.

Fonterra tanker driver Jess Drewet said drivers couldn’t wait to show them off.

“Not only are these completely new vehicles, they are displaying something of which our team is really proud. When you drive as much as we do, you get quite attached to your tanker.”

Fonterra maintains its tankers by regularly servicing and upgrading them, ensuring they are as safe, and environmentally and economically efficient as possible.

Each year, the co-operative evaluates its fleet and milk collection operations to see if any tankers need to be retired and any new ones built.

Fonterra general manager of national transport and logistics Barry McColl said safety was important and the new graphics were high visibile.

LAMB The number of lambs being processed in the North Island continues to decline each week.

The latest week’s figures show throughput has dropped to levels normal not seen until mid-winter.

It’s apparent that farmers who are still carrying lambs are now keen to hold onto them if they can, especially considering that farmgate prices are now improving every week.

The slowing kill in the South Island has meant that farmers there are also starting to see improved prices for the first time in a number of months.

News from export markets generally remains positive.

This largely revolves around the fact that China has absorbed so much of New Zealand’s production of certain cuts, reducing available supplies for other markets.

BEEF

Mid Canterbury’s Fonterra dairy farmers are being encouraged to attend a one-day session on sustainability organised by their shareholders’ council.

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council is holding several Grow Your Minds seminars this month, the closest one to Ashburton is at the Lincoln Events Centre on May 23, 11am.

Guest speakers will widely respected authorities on sustainability and business, Paul Gilding and Rod Oram.

Methven dairy farmer and council member Charles Whitehead said the seminars would be a real eye-opener for many farmers.

“Paul Gilding is one of the world’s most experienced and respected business advisors and public speakers on sustainability, and Rod Oram, is a respected business journalist and commentator.

“We want our supplier shareholders to gain a greater understanding of current sustainability and commercial issues, both nationally and globally, and how these relate to them – Paul and Rod will provide that insight.

He said Paul’s mix of environmental and business wisdom and Rod’s focus on economics was a good balance and farmers would come away with some insights.”

Mr Whitehead said the presentations would cut to the heart of the matter and provide farmers Photo supplied with clear, balanced advice into their changing Fonterra tanker drivers (from left) Mike Courtney, Ian McKavanagh and Jess Drewet with one of the new Fonterra Milk for Schools tankers. business environment.

Gearing up for Methven herbage seed workshop Methven will host a four-day international herbage seed workshop in September.

The workshop, which starts September 23, is being hosted by the International Herbage Seed Group and is expected to attract people from all over the world.

Methven was chosen as it is the heart of New Zealand’s seed growing

area. The herbage group was formed in 1978 and its main objective is to encourage co-operation and communication between workers engaged in herbage seed production research.

As part of the workshop, FAR is running a one-day farmer focus day which will include talks from FAR and international research staff, and visits to local farms to view trials.

Selling, buying or investing in rural properties?

Beef schedules have been on the rise recently.

Prices for bulls and steers have lifted by around 40c/kg in the North Island since late March as drought pressure has eased and cattle supply has tightened.

Farmgate prices in South Island have started to lift too, but it’s likely that the bigger increases there won’t come until cow supply slows in another week or two.

In contrast to schedules, the weaker trend in the US beef market has continued, with prices slumping to an 18 month low.

Memorial Day, which typically signals the peak in US beef demand, is coming up at the end of May. It now appears US buyers will refrain from further major purchases until demand levels have been reassessed following the holiday.

Although farmgate prices have been lifting, the weakening overseas returns mean schedules will likely plateau at lower levels than previously expected.

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Global markets for dairy commodities have eased over the past week following the lead of the Oceanic market.

Fonterra has increased the volume of product it will be offering in the coming GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auctions. Fonterra has advised that “recent climatic conditions in New Zealand have improved the volume outlook for May, June and July for some products sold on GDT”.

The NZX Pasture Growth Index indicates pasture growth in the past 12 days has generally been better than the long-term average and this trend is expected to continue into the next week.

In the May – July period temperatures are expected to be warmer than normal across New Zealand, whilst rainfall and available soil moisture levels are expected to be normal, according to NIWA. Soil moisture levels have improved significantly in recent weeks.

Now only Southland, the North Island’s east coast, and parts of the Rangitikei and South Taranaki regions are still drier than normal.

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13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI

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31.32 50.18 67.32 70.22 57.35 77.81 83.73 89.39 91.61 98.85 91.40 31.32

30.10 48.81 65.83 69.46 56.36 76.13 81.93 88.42 89.66 97.78 89.30 31.32

29.55 48.24 65.20 64.05 54.40 75.39 81.13 81.57 88.78 90.21 97.02 31.32

32.27 51.55 68.65 66.80 58.15 79.40 85.47 84.75 93.57 93.73 95.36 31.32

47.19 67.07 83.51 80.65 68.98 96.93 104.47 102.30 114.21 113.12 124.83 31.32

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361 387 376 242 271 281

356 387 371 237 271 286

351 372 364 232 255 287

366 367 377 265 277 309

351 363 408 252 253 330

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

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366 371 390

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1500 1075 870 740 445 385 375 375 510

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473 443

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3490 3360 3420 4510 10220

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Quota market sales and contracts are excluded. The prices are then converted to $NZ/t FOB at current exchange rates.

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UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)

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350 219 198 6.40

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0.863 0.561 0.659 2.89

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345 215 198 6.60

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380 * 225 212 6.80

405 210 198 6.72

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“In addition to the safety aspects, Fonterra tankers are Kiwi icons. We receive a lot of great tanker drawings and feedback from kids around the country, so we wanted to make sure the new design would live up to their expectations,” Mr McColl said.

Mr Drewet says that while safety comes first, getting across a message the drivers are proud of is important as well.

“We wanted to remind Kiwis about the journey of milk and the many people involved in making Fonterra Milk for Schools happen. It all starts with our farmers who get up each morning to supply the milk that makes everything we do possible.

“From there, we transport that milk to our sites around the country, testing for quality at every step of the way. Our team of tanker drivers are world-class and we’re honoured to be part of Fonterra Milk for Schools and excited to see the new tankers on roads around New Zealand.”

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Punawai Tramway went through Mt Somers

By Michael Hanrahan

A

tramway, in railway terms, is not the type of railed transport system still seen in the streets of some large cities.

Rather, it is a lightly-built railway, often narrow gauge, usually built to move a specific product to a factory or railhead. Motive power was seldom supplied by conventional locomotives. Instead a variety of home-built contraptions were used, or sometimes horses.

Ashburton District had a wellknown tramway in the Mount Somers area, bringing coal, limestone and other products out of the lower Ashburton Gorge to the railhead at Mount Somers.

There were plans in many other parts of the Ashburton District for tramways, including one to bring sawn timber from the Staveley area to the growing town of Ashburton. None of these eventuated.

But, recently, a plan arrived at the Ashburton Museum showing a tramway on railway land at Punawai.

Punawai was a station on the Mount Somers branch railway that ran from Tinwald, through Mount Somers village, to Springburn. When the line was built in 1878 it was decided this mid-point would be the place to site the water tanks necessary for the steam locomotives that operated that line. In fact, it is very likely these water tanks were responsible for the name Punawai, as it can be translated to mean flowing water. Water was pumped to the tanks from a county water race with a hydraulic ram that operated automatically.

Photos of the rail yard at Punawai show a large, square, water tank, a tiny railway station, stock yards and sidings, all surrounded by pine plantations, but no sign of a tramway to bring materials in for transhipment to rail.

This map, contained in a document giving Mr E Wright the right to lay a tramway on railway land at Punawai, gives the impression a tramway was built there, but was it?

However, on August 18, 1933, Mr E. Wright was granted by New Zealand Railways the right to lay a tramway on railway land at Punawai.

The map accompanying the grant gives no indication of the amount of the tramway that was to be on private land, but the amount on railway land was very small, just four chain, or about 80 metres, sufficient to get the tramway to a point where it was parallel to a railway siding so freight could be transhipped into railway wagons.

Was this tramway ever built?

At this time we don’t know, but it seems unlikely. Mr Wright’s grant to use railway land was terminated in May, 1936, less than three years after he received it.

We do know that in the late 1920s sawmillers E. and J. Wright moved to Punawai from the Catlins where they had interests in several sawmills. They established a mill at Punawai to mill timber from the surrounding

pine plantations and built houses from timber they had milled. It would make sense for them to have a tramway from their mill to the railway, but the double handling of the load at each end of the journey may have counted against that system.

A large fire on January 28, 1932, that severely damaged a large part of the county council’s plantations at Punawai may also have limited the supply of timber the Wrights were working with.

It is on record that they owned two trucks and took two truckloads of boxwood to the Christrchurch firm of John Edmonds each day. Mrs Wright would drive a loaded truck to Rakaia where she would meet the other truck returning empty from Christchurch. They would exchange trucks and she would return the empty truck to Punawai for another load.

The mill closed in the early 1940s and the trucks were commandeered for the war effort.

An L wagon sits on the siding at Punawai, either waiting to be unloaded or waiting to be picked up by the next train heading to Tinwald. The little railway station, and the water vat that is likely to be the source of the place’s name, are in the background. The single telephone line is hanging on the ground, adding to the forlorn air of a typical branch line station of the 1960s.

Do you recognise this photo?

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W

e know this photo is not from the Ashburton area but it has ended up in the Ashburton Museum’s collection.

We would like to send it to a museum in the area where it was taken. Can anyone positively identify it for us please?

It appears to be a brickworks or something similar, perhaps in the process of being demolished. We have been assured it is not from the Glentunnel area.

If anyone recognises this scene, please contact the Ashburton Museum.

An early example of recycling

By Kathleen Stringer

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ecycling has become ‘popular’, but often our idea of recycling is putting stuff in a bin for others to reuse.

In the Great Depression, people learnt to reuse their own rubbish, often in ingenious ways.

Here a sugar bag has been transformed into a peg apron. Most people nowadays don’t have such aprons in their laundry. Indeed,

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) This may be a good time to harness your money for special purposes. Don’t let a tendency to fritter it away become rooted. Take stock of your goals and the finances you need to put them into action. Work out a plan and you’ll soon find yourself steaming ahead. You might also want to make a decision that brings more cash your way over the long term.

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) You’re all get-up-andgo today. Bear in mind that it helps to give considerable thought to any decisions made now. At home, entertainment sessions may conjure up excitement and guests seem sure to have a really good time, especially with your standard of cooking.

Yet don’t let a romantic tiff or disagreement get out of hand. Make up quickly.

as people use driers more, even pegs have become a rarity.

Not content to simply reuse a sack the crafty lady has decorated it with a suitable design. I enjoyed the little socks hanging up.

As tight budgets did not allow for the purchase of pretty things, many women in the 1930s took to decorating household items.

Doing this not only ensured that not even scraps were wasted, but that their homes were cheerful and welcoming. Such examples of ‘naive art’ are now very collectable.

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) It’s not too likely you’ll want to show your feelings now. Try not to give in to sudden impulses if you can help it. If you’re going through issues you may get the urge to splash your cash. Resist this if possible and do something more constructive instead. The Moon in Aries highlights social considerations.

Someone may have a desire to get to know you better.

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) There may be a spirit of optimism in the air as social plans are realized. It may be lovely to schedule a dinner party or take your partner or friend out for a meal.

You might also feel strongly about getting involved in community projects. You could find one highly individualistic person quite intriguing. Perhaps a friend’s appeal is growing stronger.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Hard work and kind gestures go hand in hand today. The more you put out, the more you get back.

Some financial news may please you too.

A decisive aspect between Mercury and Pluto suggests news about a new contract, job or even a promotion. Get motivated with regards to your career aspirations as you can make good progress now.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) If a proposal sounds like fun, just sign up for it. A major focus on travel and exploration suggests that it’s time to expand your horizons. Whether you do this by learning something new, upgrading your skills or travelling for pleasure or business, you seem to benefit. Move out of your comfort zone and you may get lucky.

Romantic options are also possible.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) There is an upbeat energy stirring in your zone of shared assets which encourages a discussion of mutual goals or benefits. Use this opportunity to pay off debt and perhaps finance projects around the home that could be expensive. An upbeat aspect suggests this may be the time to plan for an extension or any redecoration to spruce things up.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) Don’t be deceived into seeing a situation in the wrong light. There may be surprises and situations that can initially appear negative. Bide your time, particularly where a romantic situation is concerned. The truth will out later on and you won’t be disappointed when it does.

Tap into your sporty side, rediscover your talents and also get fitter.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Perhaps you’ll be in the mood to splash out on a gym subscription or some exercise equipment for the home. Health and wellness may be on your mind, along with job satisfaction and general happiness. Routines may need tweaking in order to achieve more over the day with less hassle. Work goals can also get a healthy shot of adrenaline.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Romance, as well as your social life, may be emphasized. Whether it’s a day of unexpected encounters or chance meetings, try to appreciate anyone you meet for their unique qualities. There are delightful opportunities to meet new people, enjoy good conversation or deepen certain bonds. You may find a bright idea isn’t immediately appreciated be persistent!

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) If you want to take it easy, try to do so. It’s a great day to relax and smell the coffee, provided you don’t go to extremes with self-indulgence. Your social life can be fun but you need to keep your expectations realistic. Fortunate trends benefit you romance-wise and are also helpful if you have entrepreneurial tendencies. Exploring can open doors.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) There’s a happy accent on contact with enthusiastic people who seem to be on your wavelength. It’s a day for fun and games but also for making fresh connections that could show benefits in the future. A spontaneous meeting or tip that you receive could work to your advantage.

Today, it will help you to project confidence and lay the groundwork for future plans.

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9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Stretching exercise for all abilities. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Rd. 1.30pm. R.S.A. Cards “500� R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.00pm. HEART FOUNDATION. Heart health seminar, no charge, all welcome. Cardiovascular disease and heart healthy living. Sinclair Centre. Park Street.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON KIDNEY SOCIETY INC. Speaker Brian Leadley, St John Rooms, Tancred Street.

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10.00am - 7.00pm. ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM Open, Baring Square East.

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Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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7.30pm. ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Kimberley Wallace, experiences in Antarctica, all welcome. St David’s Church Lounge, Allens Road. Allenton.

7.30pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

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New Zealand’s Tim Mikkelson makes a break during his two try performance in the final win against Australia at the London Sevens.

Sevens finish season in style

By Jonathan Leask

The All Black Sevens were in superb form claiming the London Sevens title by thrashing Australia 47-12 in the final at Twickenham yesterday morning.

Having secured the World Series title the weekend before in Glasgow, New Zealand ended the season on a high winning just their second tournament of the series, despite featuring in seven of the nine finals.

In winning their second Cup title of the season, their first in London since 2007, New Zealand capped off their 11th World Series title in 14 years.

Stand-in captain Tim Mikkelson ended an impressive season, which saw him named in the inaugural series “dream team� with team-mate Gillies Kaka, with two tries and set up Warwick Lahmert with the final win secured.

New Zealand had earlier edged past Kenya 7-0 in a tight and tense semi-final following the 52-7 demolition of Argentina in the quarter-finals.

At the end of the series, New Zealand finished well in front in the overall standings with 173 points ahead of South Africa (132), Fiji (121) and Samoa (104).

In the qualifying tournament, Scotland, Spain and Portugal all re-qualified to ensure they play on all nine rounds of the 2013/14 Series.

However, the next focus for the sides is the Sevens Rugby World Cup in Moscow at the end of June, where New Zealand will look to regain the World Cup which is currently held by Wales.

The New Zealand World Cup squad will be named on June 7 following a trial at Mt Maunganui June 4-6.

Mid Canterbury’s Mark Jackman is hoping to make his comeback from injury in time to attend the trail.

Jackman is rehabbing from a second broken thumb and has a key date with his specialist on May 28 where he’ll get the verdict on whether his thumb has healed in time.

Pearce ninth in Muriwai

By Jonathan Leask New Zealand number 1 Michael Hendry became the second man to claim four victories on the Charles Tour after winning the Muriwai Open, while Ashburton’s rookie pro Daniel Pearce finished tied for ninth on Sunday.

Hendry carded a three-under-par 69 in the final round to finish on a tournament-record 18 under par total, winning by two shots from Auckland professional Richard Lee. Pearce also finished the tournament with a 69 but his one over 73 in the fourth round proved costly after making up ground with a 69 in the second round.

It looked like Hendry was on track for a comfortable win Daniel Pearce before Lee kicked into gear to stir memories of the battle the pair shared for the 2010 Muriwai Open.

Hendry had opened with a first round seven under 65 and followed up with rounds of 69, 67 and then 69 to complete the two shot win despite a late charge from Lee. Staring the final round six shots back Lee rallied with five birdies in a row after the turn with his one seven under round to put the heat on Hendry but the two-time NZ PGA Champion was good enough to hold on. In the process of securing his fourth tournament title on the tour, Hendry broke a pair of other records.

His 18 under par total beat his own 17-under-par, while he became the first player to win the Muriwai Open twice and the first player to win two Charles Tour events in wire-to-wire fashion.

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Ashburton College’s Nathan McCloy looks for support after breaking through the Nayland College defence.

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1st XV turns on the style

By Jonathan Leask The Ashburton College 1st XV claimed their first win in comfortable fashion, beating Nayland College 41-9 at the Allenton rugby grounds on Saturday.

In the second round of the Crusaders secondary school competition the Shane Enright-coached side put on seven tries and a strong defensive effort to keep their line intact.

After a slow start in the first game Enright got his wish in week two as College came out of the blocks firing

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12.00 The Mentalist. (AO, R, T) 1.00 RBT. (Final, G, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Shameless.

(AO, R, T) 3.25 The Amazing Race.

(G, R, T) 4.15 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show.

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Hooker Sean McCormack was given the nod as goal kicker and landed two of the four for a 24-0 lead before the wheels came off and Nayland was able to get on the board via two penalties.

College got back on track in the second half with tries to Jason Street, Romeo Touli scored a second and Mathew Iakopo also dotted down with McCormack adding another conversion while Nayland could only add another penalty for the 41-9 final score.

It was a pleasing enough effort for coach Enright ahead of the side’s first away game, up against Roncalli

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(G) Te Karere. (T) Ellen. Emmy Awardwinning comedienne and best selling author, Ellen DeGeneres brings her unique brand of hilarity to daytime talk, with guests Cher and Georgia Pelham.

Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T) Six contestants go head-to-head to win the cash in a game of strategy and skill.

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“We got a bit greedy and white-line fever set in.

“We blew probably three tries and could have been up by 40 points at halftime.

“To Nayland’s credit they came back at us and never gave up, but we produced a solid defensive front to hold them out.”

Fijian flanker Seta Koroitaman backed up his first game hat-trick with a double to go along with tries to Romeo Touli and Toafa Touli.

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Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R) 3 News.

Home And Away. (G, R) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show.

(PGR) The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR) The ladies’ vacation continues, yet Ramona frets that it’s turning into a couple’s retreat.

Rachael Ray. (G) Entertainment Tonight.

(G) Home And Away. (G) Roo warns Indi that Chris might think their casual fling is serious, Dex and April realise they feel the same way about each other.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

(G) 2.00 Mythbusters. (PGR, R) Adam and Jamie both become lab rats in an episode all about pain, while Kari, Grant and Tori take on a backyard disaster.

3.05 Better Homes And Gardens. (G, R) Ideas and practical guides to improvement projects for your home and garden, plus recipes and entertaining solutions.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

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Campbell Live.

Modern Family. (PGR) Go On. (PGR) Ryan woos an attractive group member, but Janie’s ghost materialises as he feels great guilt for dating again.

NCIS. (AO) The wife of a marine, who specialised in K-9 bomb detection, urges the NCIS team to investigate her husband’s recent death in Afghanistan.

NCIS: LA. (AO) Nightline.

The Good Wife.

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(G) 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

7.30 60 Minutes. (PGR, R) 8.30 FILM: Black Hawk Down. (2001, 16, R) Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett.

A group of U.S. soldiers drops into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and finds themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.

11.30 The Late Show With David Letterman.

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1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Beyblade. (G) 7.55 George Of The Jungle. (G, R) 8.20 Care Bears. (G, R) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 9.45 Tickety Toc. (G) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R)

6.30 Futurama. (G, R) After overdosing on electricity, Bender repents and joins Robotology, only to succumb to temptation and wind up in Robot Hell.

7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) When Abe faces kidney trouble, it’s up to Homer to save him.

7.30 Face Off. (PGR) The artists create original superheroes for the season’s first individual Spotlight

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FILM: American Pie. (1999, AO, R) Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan. Four teenage boys vow to lose their virginity by the night of the high school prom.

The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR, R) The conclusion of the reunion special featuring Season 2 reflections.

Entertainment Tonight. (G) Infomercials. (G)

College in Timaru this weekend.

Elsewhere in the Northern conference Roncalli went down to Marlborough Boys’ 41-20 in Blenheim, Nelson beat Waimea 32-3 and Timaru Boys’ were too good for Lincoln 36-10.

In the Southern conference St Bede’s College sent out a strong message smashing St Andrews College 49-0, while defending champions Christchurch Boys’ also had a convincing 52-3 victory over Rangiora.

Burnside got up over Shirley Boys’ 23-13 and Christ’s College proved too good for St Thomas’ with a 25-12 scoreline.

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Black Hawk Down

Prime, 8.30pm (2001, 16) An exhausting display of pyrotechnics and palpable heroism is at the heart of this acclaimed military saga from Ridley Scott. The factual story tells of the bloody events involving elite US soldiers who were trapped in a hellish stand-off in the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993. The very macho cast includes Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett (below), Tom Sizemore and local boy Eric Bana, who gets all the juicy lines. It impresses most as an exercise in technical craftsmanship.

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10.00 Football. AFL. St Kilda v Carlton.

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2.00 40/20. (R) 3.00 Rugby League. Holden Cup. Warriors U20 v Bulldogs U20. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. Replay.

5.00 Netball. College Series. Upper North Island Playoffs Two. From The Trusts Stadium, Auckland. Replay.

6.00 Netball. ANZ Championship. WBOP Magic v Central Pulse. From Claudelands Arena, Hamilton. Replay.

7.30 The Netball Zone.

8.00 The Code: Life With The Mariners.

8.30 Re: Union.

9.30 SKY Sport Facebook Fanzone.

11.30 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Panthers v Storm. From Centrebet Stadium, Penrith. Replay.

1.30 Motorsport. FIA Formula One Championship. Spain Grand Prix.

3.00 Motorsport. Superbike World Championship. Monza. Highlights.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, May 14, 2013

SPORT SCOREBOARD Results

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Cycling

Mid Canterbury Mountain Bike Club The Trust Ashburton Six Hour Challenge May 12 Men’s Solo: 1st Rodney Sutton (15 laps) 2nd Mike Hansen 3rd Simon Hitchcock. Women’s Solo: (12 laps) 1st Sarah Meadows. Children’s: (under16) (12 laps) 1st Wii Hot Fit Bikers 2nd Laurie Lads Corporate: 1st Where’s Wally (15 laps) Family: 1st Happy Mothers Day (15 laps) 2nd Kershaws. Mixed: 1st Woo Haa, Southern Hemisphere Squad (15 laps) 2nd The Roadies Women’s: 1st Outrageous Misfortunes (14 laps) 2nd SAS. Men’s: 1st Southland X (16 laps) 2nd SuperDrive

Golf Mayfield Golf Club May 11 1st Round Calcutta 4 ball Winners: D. Lake and A. Sim; T. Hoban and G. Watson; T. Kingsbury and B. Allan; J. Low and A. Dixon; P. Gardener and S. King; R. Spicer and A. Lake on the 21st hole. Others: Ted Ralston nett 71 Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance Brokers No 2: T. Kingsbury; Bayleys Real Estate No 11: R. Spicer; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5: D. Lake; National Bank No 14: I. Beach; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 and No 18: G. Watson.

Two’s: S. Cross, G. Duthie, G. Watson. Ash Vegas Player of the Day: Ted Ralston. Nett Eagle No 18: Not struck.

Next week: 2nd round 4 ball

Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole Division May 9 Handicap and Putting Ladies 1st Tessa Gallagher 51:19:32, 2nd Barbara Inglis 63:26:37 Men 1st Ray Thompson 51:15:36, 2nd Edddie Graham 55:15:40 Putting 1st Tessa Gallagher with 11, 2nd Ray Thompson with 13. Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 – Sheryl Harrison, Mayfield Transport No. 5 – Bernie Morrison Correction from 2nd May: Nett - Ladies 1st Barbara Inglis 60:26:34

Mayfield Golf Club Mid Week Stableford Competition May 8: John Low 40 Stableford Points; Allister McLeod 38; Steve King 38; Alan Dixon 38; Arnold Rushton 38; Richard Spicer 36; Mark Greenslade 36; Wayne Blair 36. Nearest the Pin: Alan Dixon; Two’s: Mark Greenslade & Alan Dixon.

Methven Golf May 11 Bisque Bogey Jim Rooney 11 up Senior: Marty Hickman 76-7-69; Intermediate: Phil Elliott 83-14-69; Junior A: Mick Hodgson 92-20-72 by lot; Junior B: Jim Rooney 99-31-68 Other Good scores, 69 Phil Lalor 70 Keith Middleton Mark Gazzard Russell Currie 72 C J Middleton Mark Scrivenor Doug Hamilton Bruce Dickson 73 Doug Sheldon Dayle Lucas Geoge Mee David Gorman Petye Wood Mike Harris 74 John Robinson Robbie Watson.

Twos, Marty Hickman Dayle Lucas (2) Keith Middleton Pete Harper (2) Phil Elliott Mick Hodgson Mike Gray Piers Rolton Andy Gorman Paul Dixey Nearest the Pins #4 Arabica: Phil Elliott; #6 Terrace Downs: Piers Rolton; #13 Ski Time: Eric Meaclem; # 17 Hunters Wines: Pete Harper The Blue & Brown Pubs 2nd shot # 14: Bob Ilton Top Notch 4 Square Supermarket best nett Jim Rooney 68; Second nett Phil Lalor 69 by lot Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross: Marty Hickman 76 Next Saturday Duff Trophy semi final, 3rd Middleton, 1st Harry Maw, 3rd round Callaghan.

Sunday 12th May, Dickson Trophy, winners Tania & Stuart Wilson 63 nett.

Methven Ladies Golf May 8 Eclectic Putting Putting Teams Winner Eclectic Jane Helmore 66 c/b from Jenny Senior and Sally Jones Putting Team Flora Lowe Pam Watson Sandra Ilton Jan Lane 124 Putts Best Putts Bev Isherwood 28 Gayle O’Duffy 30 Pam Watson 30 Flora Lowe 30 Best Netts Sally Jones 96-27-69 Jan Lane 72 Pam Watson 72 Flora Lowe 73 Heather Santy 73 Arabica Best Nett Sally Jones 69 Nearest Pin Silver No 4 Methven Foursquare Jenny Senior Bronze A No 6 Methven SuperValue Gail Limbrick Bronze B 2nd shot No 17 Methven Resort Dorothy Gray Sat No13 Blue Pub Sally Jones Twos and Nett Eagles E. Kemp G. Limbrick x3 N. Fairfull J. Senior D. Dixey P. Watson x2 C.

May 1 18 hole LGU, Bryant Cup Best Nett scores of the day Diane Vanderweg 72, Bronwyn Oakley & Alison Doig 73, Jill Burrowes & Annthea Copland 74 Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3: Rose Johnson, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot No. 6: Val Bell; Nearest Pin No. 8: Teresa Booker, Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15: Not Struck, B & S Quinn 2nd Shot No. 17: Annthea Copland 9 hole Stroke & Putting: Pat Hickman 17 putts May 8 Connelly Cup & Extra Medal Best Nett scores of the day Sally Smith 75, Wendy Watson & Roe Johnson 77; Marion Wederell, Jane Pangborn & Annthea Copland 78 Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3: Freda Bierema, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot No. 6: Lorraine Stagg; Nearest Pin No. 8: Wendy Watson; Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15: Not Struck; B & S Quinn 2nd Shot No. 17: Rose Johnson 9 Hole Stableford Marg Lloyd 19 Approach & Putt Silver: Marion Wederell; Bronze A: Rose Johnson; Bronze B: Diane Vanderweg; Bronze C: Annthea Copland; 9 hole: Marg Lloyd.

Tinwald Golf Club Stableford Findlay Cup May 11 Senior: Michael Thomas 41, Paul Gray 38, Steve Kennedy 38. Intermediate: Tony Sheppard 43, Gavin Smith 37, Steve Kircher 35 b/l. Junior: Bryan Shanks 38, John Harris 37, Roger Bruce 36, Allen Moore 35 Women: (Medal) Barb MacGregor 76, Wendy Stevenson 78. Winning pairs in the Findlay Cup 4BBB match play were Dave and Jason King, Shane Webster and Paul Boon. Plate winners were John Smitheram and Kerry Whiting, Andrew Barrie and Graham McCall.

Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Josh Smith . Gluyas Ford # 6; Gavin Smith. Stirling Sports # 12; Adam Marshall. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Jeff Hewitt. Two’s: Josh Smith (2), Adam Marshall, Bill Mason. Net Eagle; # 9 Tony Sheppard, Brock Peddie.

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies Stroke Round May 9 Joyce VanderHeide net 74, Judy Smith on C/b 74, Di Bell 76, Valmai Prendergast 77, Anne Dwan on C/B 77, Colleen Linney on C/B 77 Nearest The Pins: Sponsored by No. 6 – Stables Family Restaurant: Madeline Smith: No12. - Hair by Mac & Maggie – Joyce VanderHeide: No. 2: 2nd Shot – Colleen Linney No. 16: 2nd Shot Outdoor Adventure – Not Struck Two’s – Madeline Smith 9 Hole Ladies Stroke Round: June Cartwright net 42, Nellie Burrows 43, Gwen Whipp on C/B 43 & Deb Ellery 43.

Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Heartland Senior Netball May 11 Senior College A 17 Rakaia Blue 14; College A 7 Methven A 19 Rakaia Blue 13 Hampstead A 23; Methven A 18 Collegiate A 7; Hampstead A 21 College B 10; Collegiate A 11 Hampstead B 12; College B 6 Celtic A 20; Hampstead B 9 United A 17; Celtic A 28 Methven B 5; United A 15 Celtic B 12; Methven B 10 Celtic B 12.

Senior B United B 20 Methven Black 16; United B 12 Celtic D 14; Methven Black 21 Hampstead Gold 11; Celtic D 11 College U18 14; Celtic C 17 Hampstead Gold 15; College U18 16 College Y9A 9; Rakaia White 8 Celtic C 18; College Y10A 20 Methven U18A 12; College Y9A 10 Allenton A 8; College Y10B 15 Rakaia White 14; Methven U18A 17 College Y10B 17; Allenton A 5 College Y10A 14.

Senior Reserve A Allenton B 7 Celtic U18 18; Allenton B 12 Celtic E 16; Celtic U18 19 Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 9; Celtic E 17 Tinwald South Black 8; Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 7 Collegiate B 12; Tinwald South Black 13 Methven U15A 12; Collegiate B 4 Hampstead C 9; Methven U15A 7 Methven White 18; Methven White 15 Hampstead C 12.

Senior Reserve C Mt Somers Social 47 Celtic Social Green 13; Allenton Social 32 Hampstead Hotties 22.

2nd-5th Grade United C 10 Methven U18B 17; United C 12 Methven U18C 10; College B 19 College U15 3;

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Methven U18B 9 College Y9B 17; Hampstead Blue 1 College B 20; Methven U18C 4 Hampstead U17 19; Methven U15B 4 Hampstead Blue 2; College U15 4 College U16 12; College Y9B 12 College B 3; Hampstead U17 19 College U16 1; Allenton C 10 Methven U15B 6; Celtic F 11 Hampstead U18 12; College A 12 Hampstead U15 7; Hampstead U18 13 Allenton C 1; Hampstead U15 9 Celtic F 9.

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May 11 Senior A Allenton A 10 Allenton B 11; Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd A 7 Tinwald A 11; Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd A 11 Hampstead B 6; Hampstead A 14 Tinwald South A 4; Hampstead A 18 Methven A 1; Allenton B 6 St Josephs Gold 13; Hampstead B 5 St Josephs Gold 12; Methven A 6 Allenton A 10.

Senior B Allenton C 4 Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd B 12; Allenton Hurricanes 7 Allenton C 10; Allenton Hurricanes 1 Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd B 21; Ashburton Borough A 15 Methven B 2; St Josephs Blue 2 Ashburton Borough A 6; St Josephs Blue 8 Methven B 2.

Senior C Allenton Crusaders 7 Allenton Mystics 1; Southern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd C 6 Hampstead School A 13; Southern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd C 6 Hampstead Blue 8; Hampstead School A 6 Allenton Mystics 1; Hampstead Blue 5 Methven Black 4; Allenton Crusaders 10 Methven Black 2.

Intermediate A St Josephs Red 7 Netherby Magic 2; St Josephs Green 1 Tinwald School A 8; St Josephs Green 0 Netherby Magic 8; St Josephs Red 2 Tinwald School A 0; Southern HBS 12 Methven Trucking 6; Allenton Magic 13 Methven Trucking 1; Rakaia A 7 Borough B 1; Borough B 0 Longbeach A 5; Allenton Magic 8 Longbeach A 3; Rakaia A 7 Southern HBS 8.

Junior A Tinwald School B 5 Allenton Tactix 3; Rakaia B 0 Ashburton Borough C 12; Tinwald School B 13 Ashburton Borough C 5; Hampstead School B 3 Methven Silver 0; Methven Silver 2 Allenton Tactix 1; Rakaia B 10 Hampstead School B 5.

Junior B Longbeach B 7 Wakanui Future Ferns 0; Southern Mayfield Services Centre 2 Netherby Diamonds 1; Longbeach B 6 Netherby Diamonds 0; Southern Mayfield Services Centre 3 St Josephs Purple 1; St Josephs Purple 0 Wakanui Future Ferns 2.

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St Josephs Orange 16 Tinwald School C 0; Laser Electrical Allenton 7 Ashburton Borough 0; St Josephs Orange 0 Southern Agspread 0; Laser Electrical Allenton 5 Rakaia C 0; Tinwald School C 8 Ashburton Borough 1; Southern Agspread 14 Rakaia C 0.

Rugby

Jackson Painting 59, Celtic W 12 Allenton 19, Southern Hinds Cartage 52 Southern Cant Feed Assessment 29, Tinwald MSA 37 Methven B 39, Bye: Methven W Under 11 1/2 (John Smitheram Shield) Rakaia Synlait Farms 51 vs. Celtic Blacklows 33, Collegiate Drummond & Etheridge 5 vs. Hampstead 47, Southern All Farm Engineering 29 vs. Methven 14, Tinwald Smitheram/Frew 27 vs. Allenton 34, Under 10 Southern Cowcare Hooftrimming 50vs. Methven W 40, Rakaia Synlait Farms U10 40 vs. Methven B 35, Southern HCT 55 vs. Celtic 30, Tinwald B Whittaker Contracting 62 vs. Allenton 20, Bye: Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes Under 9 Southern Riverlea 30 vs. Methven W 20, Southern Hyde Bros 35 vs. Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators 77, Rakaia Synlait Farms U9 15 vs. Methven B 57, Tinwald Lizzies Dairy 30 vs.

Allenton U9 50, Collegiate Cranfield Glass 60 vs.

Hampstead U9 55, Under 8 – Tackle Starts Collegiate Ash Paint & Decorators 3 Allenton G 45, Southern BR Jones Contracting 25 Hampstead W J Kellett Builder 0, Southern Agspread 25 Celtic U8 65, Tinwald H&L Jones Contracting 35 Allenton M 65, Bye: Methven Under 7 Rakaia Synlait Farms U7 70 Celtic Summerfield Builders 85, Southern Coleman Ag 80 vs.

Hampstead Netherby 4 Square 55, Southern CRT 88 vs. Collegiate Countdown Foodmarkets 55, Tinwald RD1 35 Methven W 50, Tinwald Skip-2-It Flooring 55 Methven B 50, Bye: Allenton Under 6 Collegiate Regent Cinema 70 Celtic G U6 70, Rakaia Synlait Farms B 45 Allenton M 35, Rakaia Synlait Farms 55 Hampstead Metalcorp 55, Southern Progressive Livestock 50 Celtic Summerfield Builders 50, Southern H Mackenzie Contracting 40 Collegiate McDonalds 40, Allenton G 45 Methven W 45, Tinwald Ian Howden Spraying 45 Methven B 85.

Shooting Canterbury Fullbore Rifle Champion of Champions at Tai Tapu May 11 A Grade: Chris Kershaw, Malvern 50.3 50.5 50.6 150.14; John Miller, Ashburton 50.5 50.5 49.5 149.15; John Snowden, Ashburton 48.2 50.4 50.7 148.13; Bevan Mehrtens, Malvern 48.4 49.4 49.5 146.13; Tim Webb, Christchurch 49.4 49.1 48.4 146.9 B Grade: Kevin Harper, Malvern 44.1 49.6 49.6 142.13; Brian Hawksby, Ashburton 47.6 49.4 46.2 142.12; Darren Swaney, Malvern 45.0 48.2 47.3 140.5; John Fleming, Ashburton 45.2 49.2 45.1 139.5; Rob Lilley, Christchurch 46.4 50.5 42.1 138.10.

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Mid Canterbury Rugby May 11 Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition Section A: Duns/Irwell 10 v Southbridge 20, REL Rakaia 27 v Oxford 21, West Melton 20 v PWL Methven 22, Saracens 28 v Kaiapoi 21, Bye: Burnham Section B: Waihora 18 v Lincoln 9, Ashley 38 v Devon Tavern Hampstead 24, Darfield 21 v Ohoka 5, Claas Harvest Centre Southern 43 v Prebbleton 7, Glenmark 5 v Darryl Phillips Celtic 12, Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Mt Somers 30 v Hampstead 22, Rakaia Murray Hood Baling 29 v Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café 15, Southern Tinwald Tavern 31 v Allenton 15,Tinwald Liquorland 20 v Collegiate Eclipse Services 0, Bye: Methven Press Cup Ashburton 41 v Nayland College 9, Colts – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Rolleston 14 v Kirwee 10, Waihora 22 v West Melton 15, Springston 15 v Banks Peninsula 3, Southern Ross Bros Transport 43 v Prebbleton 7, Under 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) MDI 48 v Darfield 17, Methven/Rakaia 12 v Celtic Harnett Contracting 67, Oxford 0 v Hurunui 55, Saracens 47 v Kaiapoi 22, Waihora/Springston 3 v Prebbleton 36.

Under 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Ashley 7 v Ohoka 31, Oxford 11 v Allenton/Celtic Euroagri 66, Waihora 34 v Malvern Combined 0, West Melton 57 v Kaiapoi 7, Methven/Rakaia 55 v Prebbleton/Rolleston 0, Tinwald 10 v Springston 67, Under 14.5 (Jock Ross Centurion Shield) Allenton M 43 v Methven 5, Celtic Lysaght Glass 39 v Allenton G 31, Under 13 (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Celtic Argyle Welsh Finnigan 17 Hampstead D

National District Championships May 2 Ashburton team The Plainsmen, achieved maximum points from their match against Canterbury Snipers in the first round of the NDC. Open team win five, Composite team four, and Junior team three for total thirteen points.

Open team Bruce Sheate 98.6, 198.13, total 296.19, Steve McArthur 98.5, 198.12, 296.17, Greg Menzies 99.4, 195.12, 294.16, John Fleming 98.3, 195.6, 293.9, Tony Thomson 97.4, 195.6, 292.10, Carl Nordqvist 100.9, 191.8, 291.17, Rex Gardiner 98.5, 193.4, 291.9, Mark Stewart 96.5, 194.10, 290.15, Dave Kingsbury 92.2, 198.10.

Ashburton The Plainsmen 2927.140, Canterbury Snipers 2923.134.

Composite Squad Sandy Collett 98.5, 197.10, 295.15, Elizabeth Gardiner 99.5, 194.10, 293.15, T J Stewart 93.3, 193.8, 286.11, Bill Rankin 93.1, 193.8, 286.9, Robbie Hewitt 96.2, 190.2, 286.4.

The Plainsmen 1446.54, Snipers 1430.42.

Junior Squad Joe McAdam 99.4, 99.6, 198.10, Hailey Beaver 96.1, 95.3, 192.3, Savanna McArthur 95.1, 95.3, 190.4.

The Plainsmen 580.17, Snipers 375.9.

Total: Plainsmen 4953.211, Snipers 4728.185.

Ashburton Association rep trial

May 8 Possibles 1335.49 Greg Menzies 197.14, John Fleming 196.11, Coby Snowden 193.6, Sandy Collett 190.5, Roger Harris 189.6, Savannah McArthur 187.4, Alan Wakelin 186.4.

Probables 1334.45 Steve McArthur 196.14, Shane Bartlett 193.10, Nina McKenzie 191.5, T J Stewart 190.4, Sara Clifford 190.4, Dave Millichamp 188.2, Hailey Beaver 186.6.

Emergency, Wayne Tubb 182.45.

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May 4-5 Marlborough Autumn Champs and Quad teams event for the Tui Black Shield Kaituna Blenheim range.

An amazing record for local champion John Snowden, didn’t drop a point over the weekend with six possibles.

Ashburton scores Saturday, over 300 600 and 900 yards, 30 entries John Snowden 50.10, 50.6, 75.8, 175.24 winner, John Miller 49.6, 49.4, 73.6, 171.16 4th, Peter Newman 49.4, 47.4, 73.3, 169.11 10th, Darian Miller 48.3, 48.4, 69.4, 165.11 3rd B grade, John Fleming 48.5, 44.4, 63.2, 155.11 6th B, Sandy Collett 45.6, 41.0, 66.3, 152.9 7th C grade, Brian Hawksby 40.1, 40.0, 65.2, 145.3 8th C, Coby Snowden 46.1, 40.2, 58.2, 144.5 9th C.

Tui Black Shield Canterbury: 1042.160 John Snowden 50.6, 50.9, 50.4, 150.19, Peter Newman 49.8, 50.6, 50.5, 149.19, Kevin Harper 50.6, 50.7, 49.3, 149.16, Bevan Mehrtens 50.5, 50.5, 49.4, 149.14, Chris Kershaw 49.7, 49.6, 50.6, 148.19, Tim Web 50.7, 48.7, 50.3, 148.17, John Miller 50.6, 48.2, 50.4, 148.12.

Reserves: Murray Steele 50.6, 50.6, 47.6, 147.18, Darian Miller 49.6, 49.4, 49.5, 147.15, Darren Swaney 47.3, 49.3, 48.5, 144.11, Wellington: 1014.95 Ross Mason 49.5, 50.8, 50.7, 149.20, Andre Doyle 50.7, 49.5, 50.6, 149.18, Jon Phillips 46.4, 50.9, 50.4, 146.17, Barry Scott 46.3, 50.5, 48.4, 144.12, Casey Goldsmith 49.1, 49.6, 46.4, 144.11, Helen Freiman 49.6, 49.2, 44.3, 142.11, Anita Benbrook 47.1, 47.4, 46.1, 140.6.

Reserve: Kevin Win 45.1, 45.3, 46.4, 136.8 Marlborough: 1008.86 Amy Hatcher 49.7, 49.4, 50.6, 148.17, Malcolm Dodson 50.7, 49.4, 49.6, 148.17, David Dick 50.4, 48.2, 48.6, 146.12, John Dodson 50.5, 45.2, 49.3, 144.10, Alan Gibbs 47.3, 45.2, 49.4, 141.9, Hans Van Vuuren48.2, 46.4, 48.3, 142.9, C White 46.4, 45.2, 48.6, 139.12.

Reserve: W Van Ash 48.2, 44.1, 45.1, 137.4, Supporters: Sandy Collett 46.4, 50.6, 48.5, 144.15, Allan White 48.3, 45.0, 49.4, 142.7, Brian Hawksby 47.2, 49.2, 46.2, 142.6, John Fleming 46.2, 50.4, 45.4, 141.10.

Squash Ashburton Squash Club Winter League Results May 9 C: Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra v H: Murray Smith Aluminium 1. Greg Feutz Beat Darrin Dudson 3-0 (15/12; 15/13; 20/18), 2. Linton Muir Lost to Matt Stoddart 1-3 (16/14; 8/15; 6/15; 6/15), 3. Skip Muir Lost to Steve Foxcroft 0-3 (12/15; 7/15; 9/15), 4. Ian McBride Beat Nick Swift 3-2 (6/15; 15/10; 15/11; 13/15; 15/10), 5. Stephen Blain Beat Phill Hooper 3-2 (12/15; 15/10; 7/15; 17/15; 15/10), 6. Vanessa Loe Beat Chris Nicolson 3-1 (No game scores), 7.

Mitchell Dellow Beat Leoni Swift 3-1 (15/13; 11/15; 15/6; 15/4), 8. Leonie Brown Beat Heath Fulton 3-0 (15/4; 15/5; 15/13) B: Quaid Construction v A: BNZ 1. Steve Leckie Beat Pete Summerfield 3-1 (13/15; 15/10; 15/1; 15/5), 2. Daryl Prebble Lost to Brad Going 1-3 (11/15; 11/15; 16/14; 10/15), 3. Mark Kennedy Lost to Devin Francis 1-3 (15/10; 14/16; 15/13; 15/9), 4. Ian Dolden Lost to Simon Woolley 1-3 (15/12; 9/15; 8/15; 9/15), 5. Chris Redmond Lost to Alastair White 1-3 (6/15; 15/9; 12/15; 8/15), 6.

Michael Burton Beat Tim O’Sullivan 3-1 (No game scores), 7. Hamish Tait Beat Bradley Johnson 3-0 (15/13; 15/10; 15/4), 8. Jarod Hopwood Beat Lisa Clarke 3-0 (15/6; 15/6; 15/4) D: Precision Cutting & Processing v F: PGGW Irrigation 1. Josh O’Malley lost to Tim Stoddart 0-3 (15/17; 12/15; 10/15), 2. Nick Marshall Beat Simon Fleetwood 3-1 (12/15; 16/14; 15/10; 15/7), 3. Philippa Westwood Lost to Mike Redwood 0-3 (12/15; 10/15; 7/15), 4. Peter Blain Beat Julie Smith 3-1 (9/15; 17/15; 15/11; 18/16), 5. Tim Lowe Lost to Jono Simpson 1-3 (10/15; 15/9; 11/15; 14/16), 6.

Paulette Petelo Lost to Tony Clarke 1-3 (15/13; 3/15; 8/15; 6/15), 7. Campbell Bedward v Laura Gilmour ? (), 8. Kathryn Gray Lost to Daniel Clarke 0-3 (8/15; 9/15; 9/15) J: Canterbury Long Run Roofing v E: 100% Stewart & Holland 1. Sam Shearer Lost to Elliot Jones 2-3 (15/8; 10/15; 16/14; 9/15; 6/15), 2. Andrew Watt Beat Garry Mayne 3-1 (15/9; 10/15; 16/14; 15/7), 3.

Niki-Lee Francis Lost to Armand van der Eik 1-3 (15/17; 15/12; 11/15; 14/16), 4. Dave McDonnell Beat Allain Smith 3-0 (15/10; 15/9; 15/10), 5. Adam Marshall Lost to Ben Shearer 0-3 (10/15; 9/15; 9/15), 6. Stefan Maw Beat Jake Bremner 3-1 (15/9; 15/8; 13/15; 15/13), 7. Andrew Jopson Beat Lucas Hooper By Default, 8. Jordan Francis Beat Wyatt Burrows 3-0 (15/4; 15/9; 15/2).

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Mid Canterbury Basketball May 17 Intermediate Grade Any queries please call Tania Rule 307 2461 or Sandra Hurley 308 8438 Stadium – Oxford Street Opening duty – Asteroids 3.45pm Asteroids v Inter Celts (Kody Suthridge, Scott Kelland); 4.30pm St Joseph’s Titans v Taste The Thunder (Kody Suthridge, Mindy Morrison); 5.15pm Longbeach Bouncers v Longbeach Lakers (William Hollings, Jayden Reid); 6.00pm Ball Bashers v Herricanes (Allie Henderson, Sandra Hurley); 6.45pm St Joseph’s Jazz v 7 Up (Allie Henderson, Tania Rule); 7.30pm CPT Survivors v St Joseph’s Diamonds (Fletcher Arnold,Paula Gilbert) Closing Duty – St Joseph’s Diamonds – Sports Hall – Tancred Street Opening Duty – The Lepricorns 3.45pm Borough Bulls v The Lepricorns (Emily Hickman, Justus Frank); 4.30pm Borough Bullets v The Saints (Emily Hickman, Nic Ross); 5.15pm St Joseph’s Storm v Thunder (Hayden Adams, Nic Thomassen) Closing Duty – Thunder Bye Girls – Robillard Rebels; Bye Boys – George & Co.

Golf Tinwald Golf Club Par Findlay Cup Finals May 18 Starters; am, B Collins. pm, P Marshall. L Jackson Cards; A Marshall. House Duty: House Committee No 1 Tee. 12.30, J King, D King, v, S Webster, P Boon. 12.36, J Smitheram, K Whiting, v, A Barrie, G McCall. 12.42, B Jary, D Gill, M Thomas, T Clarke.

12.48, P Marshall, P Hefford, L Jackson. No 10 Tee. 12.30, A Marshall, Josh Smith, R Feutz, S Kennedy.

12.36, B Collins, N Rayner, A Pierce, W Eddington.

12.42, A Lilley, O Everest, D Green, M Fechney. No 13 Tee. 12.30, S Newman, W Stevenson, H Spicer.

12.36, S Lane, E Collins, J VanderHeide, M Moore.

12.42, B Shanks, T Mcandrew, R Shearer, A Moore.

No 7 Tee. 12.36, W Mason, R Wards, R Bruce.

Hockey Mid Canterbury Hockey May 17-21 May 17 2nd Grade Girls 4.00 PM: Wakanui/Collegians v Boys Primary Training Squad (Umpires: Joanne Wakelin & TBA); 5.00 PM: Methven White v Methven Black (Umpires: Rachel Law & Rakaia 1GW) 1st Grade Women 6.00 PM: Methven v Rakaia (Umpires: Hampstead Gold 1GW & Collegians 1GW); 7.10 PM: Collegiate v Collegians (Umpires: Hampstead Blue 1GW & Methven 1GW); 8.20 PM: Hampstead Blue v Hampstead Gold (Umpires: Collegiate 1GW & Stephen Laird) Saturday 18 May Small Sticks Hockey - Duty Club: Allenton Kiwi Sticks (4th Grade) Coaches to Umpire 9.30 AM: Collegians v Wakanui Black; Methven v Allenton; Bye: Wakanui Blue Mini Sticks (5th Grade) Coaches to Umpire 10.30 AM: Hampstead v Collegians D&E; Methven v Allenton Hawkes; Rakaia v Allenton Tigers; Wakanui Black v Wakanui Blue; Bye: Collegians S2I Fun Sticks (6th Grade) 11.30 AM: Hampstead v Methven; Allenton Gold v Wakanui Wasps; Wakanui Wildcats v Wakanui Whackers; Collegians Turfinators v Rakaia Senior Men Ashburton 2.00 PM: Wakanui Black v TBHS 1st XI (Umpires: Rex Turnbull & Rasek Ganda); 3.30 PM: Wakanui Blue v Cambridge (Umpires: Peter Edwards & Wakanui Black SM) Senior Men Timaru 4.00 PM: Tinwald v Excelsior (Umpires: B Finlayson & S Hardacre) Senior Women Timaru 2.00 PM: Hampstead v Craighead A (Umpires: R Milburn & J Amalfitano) May 19 1st Grade Men 4.00 PM: Methven v Wakanui (Umpires: Collegians 1GM x 2); Collegians v Ashburton College (Umpires: Wakanui 1GM x 2); Bye: Tinwald May 20 3rd Grade Boys 4.00 PM: Wakanui v Hampstead (Umpires: Rachel Law & Caitlin Johnstone); 5.00 PM: Allenton v Methven (Umpires: Ashburton College 1GM x 2) 2nd Grade Boys 6.00 PM: Methven v Hampstead (Umpires: Wakanui Blue SM x 2); 7.10 PM: Wakanui v Allenton (Umpires Methven 1GM x 2) May 21 3rd Grade Girls 4.30 PM: Collegians v Hampstead Blue (Umpires: Hampstead SW & Scott Marshall); 5.30 PM: Wakanui/Allenton v Hampstead Gold (Umpires: Hampstead SW & Ashley Kelland); Bye: Methven.

May 18 Heartland Court: 12.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A v College B, E Robertson, C Corbett; 1.30: Celtic VetEnt A v Methven Wareings A, W Hopwood, J Lee; 2.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton B v College A, S Hopwood, TBA; 3.30: Rakaia Blue v United KFC A, L Kennedy, A Bell.

Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd Court: 12.30: Celtic B v Methven EuroAgri B, V McArthur, I Anderson; 1.30: College Y10 A v College U18, K Bush, D McNab; 2.30: Smith and Church Collegiate A v Celtic C, B Williams, R MacGregor; 3.30: United KFC B v Wilson Bulk Allenton A, A Chudleigh, TBA. Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 12.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Gold v Methven The Brown Pub White, E Scott, K Graham; 1.30: Celtic D v College Y10 B, C Wylie, T Wylie; 2.30: Methven R&R Haulage U18A v College Y9 A, J Baillee, B Marrett; 3.30: Methven The Blue Pub Black v Rakaia White, K Nepe, N Spicer.

Ashburton Guardian Red Court: 12.30: Celtic E v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton C, S Tait, C Adlam; 1.30: Allenton B v Methven South Pacific Seeds U15 A, L Forbes, A Rush; 2.30: Tinwald South Black v Smith and Church Collegiate B, J MacDonald, A Cooksley.

AMI Insurance Court: 12.30: College Y9 B v United KFC C, S Hart, A Ede; 2.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18 v College Combined A, L Lyttle, H Paul.

Port FM Local Court: 1.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17 v Celtic F, N Cavill, M Gallagher; 3.30: Methven The Lodge Restaurant and Bar U18 B v Methven The Mountain Gym U18 C, M Allan, T Hill.

Stirling Sports Court: 12.30: Allenton C v College U15, T Barry, E Hydes; 2.30: College Combined B v College U16, D Philip, A Bradley.

Colourplus Court: 1.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Blue v Methven Panel and Paint U15 B, J Cavill, J McGuire.

Ashburton Guardian White Court: 1.30: Hampstead Hotties v Mt Somers Social, M Chivers, S Colquhoun; 2.30: Allenton Social v United Colonels Chicks, R Robinson, A McDonald.

Southern Country Day at Hinds: 12.30: Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 ltd v Celtic U18, TBA. Byes: Celtic Social, Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U15.

Duty Club: Methven/ Jacqui Anderson; MB Duty: Claire Corbett; Umpire Duty: Vicki McArthur; Canteen Duty: Donalda Mitchell/ Methven.

Mid Canterbury Paper Plus Junior Netball May 18 Heartland Court: 10.00: New World Allenton A v Hampstead A, N Johnson, L Muckle; 11.00: New World Allenton B v St Josephs Gold, A Osbourne, E Riordan.

Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd Court: 10.00: St Josephs Orange v Ashburton Borough Future Ferns, Coaches; 11.00: Laser Electrical Allenton v Rakaia C, Coaches.

Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 10.00: Methven Professionals Real Estate C v Allenton Crusaders, B Digby, N Johnson (TS), 11.00: Allenton Tactix v Rakaia B, C Griffith, A Burrows.

Ashburton Guardian Red Court: 10.00: Longbeach B v Netherby Diamonds, B Rayner, P Taere; AMI Insurance Court: 10.00: Ashburton Borough C v Methven Hammer Hardware Silver, R Wi, L Alves; 11.00: Hampstead School B v Tinwald School B, M Read, C Griffith.

Port FM Local Court: 10.00: Hampstead Blue v Hampstead School A, J Tupe, C Olds; 11.00: St Josephs Blue v Methven Winslow B, K Johansen, I Roberts.

Stirling Sports Court: 10.00: Longbeach A v Rakaia A, T Watson, E Anderson; 11.00: Methven Trucking D v Allenton Magic, T Johnson, K Hunter Letham.

Colourplus Court: 10.00: St Josephs Green v St Josephs Red, C Waddell, C Moore; 11.00: Tinwald School A v Netherby Magic, V Pluck, G Bracewell.

Ashburton Guardian White Court: 10.00: Methven Shermac A v Hampstead B, J Tupe, M Maslin; 11.00: Allenton Hurricanes v Ashburton Borough A, E Ahearn, M Gilbert.

Southern Country Day: Court One: 9.00: Southern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd v Allenton Mystics, Olivia Cunneen, Sally Cunneen; 10.00: Southern Harrison Spraying Services Contracting Ltd B v Allenton C, B McLoy, H Clucas; 11.00: Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd A v Tinwald South A, S McLauchlan, E Brown.

Court Two: 9.00: Southern Mayfield Service Centre v St Josephs Purple, S Wilson, M Edwards; 10.00: Southern Hyde Brothers Spraying v Ashburton Borough C, L Morrow, L Wilson; 11.00: Southern Agspread Future Ferns v Tinwald School C, M Cameron, S Anderson.

Bye: Wakanui School Duty Club: Methven/Lynley Pluck; Junior Committee Duty: Deanna Bell; Umpire Duty: Lyn Hart/ Wendy Hopwood; Canteen Duty: Jenny Wells/ - More draws, results Page 12 Methven.

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By Wynne Gray Experienced hooker Keven Mealamu will return to the Blues as they head into their repeat clash with the test-cap heavy Crusaders.

Mealamu had calf trouble in his comeback start against the Stormers and was spelled last week but is set to go on Saturday against the competition benchmarks.

His appearance should help some of the scrum difficulties though the lineouts may be a tougher assignment.

The Blues battled in both areas against the Rebels.

“If you look at all our games they are areas we need to continue to improve on,” coach John Kirwan said.

“The Crusaders are the best at it, they have the best lineout and the best scrum so we have to be on our game.

“How we deal with their forwards will be a huge part of the game.

“They have an All Black pack and we are the underdogs.”

Test captain-in-waiting Kieran Read is expected to return from his foot injury to lead a Crusaders pack

Keven Mealamu: His presence will help the Blues’ scrum stay solid who have only Matt Todd without test experience.

Tack on a quartet of backs with All Black credentials and the breadth of the Blues’ task grows.

It is the start of a crucial little stretch before the break in Super

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• Hannant to miss Origin Brisbane captain Sam Thaiday believes Queensland have enough front-row options to cover for teammate Ben Hannant, who has been ruled out of next month’s Sydney State of Origin clash with a torn calf. Hannant hobbled off the field late in Brisbane’s 19-18 NRL loss to Parramatta on Friday night and faces up to four weeks on the sidelines. Scans yesterday confirmed a grade-two calf tear.

Thaiday, one of Queensland’s front-row options along with Nate Myles, tossed up South Sydney’s Ben Lowe as a possible Origin - AAP bolter.

rugby for the June test series.

The Crusaders are coming off a bye, just as they were when they were beaten by the Blues 34-15 at the start of the competition.

Suggest the repeat bye gives the Blues a slight edge and Kirwan delivers a disdainful look.

“At the beginning of the season they had more All Blacks than us who came in late and the bye probably hurt them but now we are deeper into the series,” he said.

The Blues had improved to six wins and four defeats but the stretch of three matches up to the June break would be defining.

The Crusaders, Brumbies and Highlanders’ schedule would have a great bearing on the Blues’ push to qualify for the playoffs.

The Blues had avoided any injuries at the weekend while hooker James Parsons and midfield back Jackson Willison were back on duty after their recent worries.

In matches between the New Zealand franchises, the Highlanders have lost all five of their games so far, the Blues have won four of five, the Hurricanes have won two of four, the Chiefs all three and the Crusaders two of three.

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• Burnout a big issue Super Rugby might have to kick off a month later and play through the June international window without marquee Test stars for the code to solve major burnout issues. New Zealand’s players and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen have shone a spotlight on the 10-month length of the season - in which some can play up to 34 matches - ahead of a major players’ union conference on the Gold Coast next month. Kiwi players are pushing to extend their off-season from eight to 16 weeks, which would delay Super Rugby’s kick-off from mid-February. The New Zealand Players’ Association says strike action could be taken as a last resort to press claims for an integrated international season due to a rise in injuries and some players opting out of the grind to play overseas. - AAP

Cruden out to spark backline

By Patrick McKendry His body could do with a rest but Aaron Cruden is more worried about how to gel a constantly changing Chiefs’ midfield for what will be a series of brutal matches against their New Zealand rivals.

The Chiefs play the Hurricanes in Wellington on Friday night and host the Crusaders in Hamilton a week later.

A bye and the break for the June tests is followed by matches against the Hurricanes, Crusaders and Blues before the play-offs.

It is a schedule which will clearly have ramifications for all New Zealand teams and Dave Rennie’s men have been in strange form recently.

Their stumbling performance against the fast-finishing Force in Pukekohe followed a similar

pattern against the Rebels and Sharks - and Cruden isn’t quite sure what the problem is.

The defending champions are without their top midfielders Richard Kahui (shoulder) and Tim Nanai-Williams (stomach ulcer), and have been missing the promising Charlie Ngatai, who has had a hamstring strain.

To add to the problems in the backline, regular fullback Gareth Anscombe has been ruled out until July with a broken foot.

The Chiefs’ latest in a long series of midfield combinations featured Bundee Aki at second-five and Save Tokula at centre.

“Everyone knows the systems and structures we’re trying to play but due to the injuries and new combinations coming in it can be quite hard to gel straight away,” Cruden said.

“We’re obviously trying our hard-

est and trying to play our natural games but at times it hasn’t been as sharp as we would have liked.

“That’s something we’re going to have to focus on this weekend because we know the Hurricanes will be keen for a big one in their first home game for a while after their South African trip.”

Criticised for their leaky defence two weeks ago against the Rebels when giving away five tries, against the Force their strangely misfiring attack was more of an issue. Either way, it seems the last quarter of matches brings out the worst in the Chiefs.

“I can’t really put my finger on it,” said Cruden of the late-game malaise. “The final quarter it’s almost like we shut down and really battle to get our hands on the ball and apply pressure to the opposition. It is something we’re aware of.”

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Archie Glanville competes on the rings at the Ashburton Gymnastics Club’s third annual competition at the Ashburton College gymnasium on Sunday. The Ashburton club was joined by Olympia, Christchurch School of Gymnastics, West Melton and Blenheim with more than 70 young gymnasts competing across the grades. In the bronze Ashburton’s Samantha Holden came in first with Jaime-Lee Gilmour third while in the boys’ Brendan Fleming was also first.

Georgia Blundell won the girls’ iron, Marlese Schoonderbeek was second and Jorja Gordon third. Toby Lee was first in the boys’ iron and Ben Hooley second. Archie Glanville won the boys’ grade two with Martin Stimola-Varela second while Leilani Davis was third in girls’ grade two and Catelyn Henderson came second in grade one. In Gymfun Ashburton filled the podium in the girls with Jorja Abernethy coming in first, Maddy Halket-Young and Amelia Grieve third. In the boys’ Wynter Copland was first and Gareth Peel second.

Alonso dominates in Spanish GP win Two-time champion Fernando Alonso paid a warm tribute to his Ferrari team and the massive Spanish crowd yesterday after he drove to a superbly controlled victory at the Spanish Grand Prix.

His win thrilled his compatriots in a 95,000-strong flag-waving home crowd that roared in delight after he had crossed the line to grab his second win at his home race, and third on Spanish soil in recent years.

“It was fantastically emotional and the fans really helped because you feel the support from everyone,” said Alonso.

“The whole team took care of every single detail because we want the success here but we don’t want it to stop there.

“We have only had five races and there have been some ups and downs but we know we have the car to fight with the top cars and if

SCOREBOARD Results Basketball NBA playoffs Results from the National Basketball Association second-round playoffs yesterday (all series bestof-seven): Western Conference at Oakland Golden State Warriors 97 San Antonio Spurs 87(OT) (Golden State Warriors 2 San Antonio Spurs 2)

Motor racing Superbike World Championship Results from the Superbike World Championship in Monza yesterday: Race 2: 1. Eugene Laverty (IRL/Aprilia) 30:90:653 2. Marco Melandri (ITA/BMW) +0.143 3. Tom Sykes (GBR/Kawasaki) 0.725 4. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA/Aprilia) 1.619 5. Michel Fabrizio (ITA/Aprilia) 9.965

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Race 1: 1. Marco Melandri (ITA/BMW) 30min 54.925sec 2. Tom Sykes (GBR/Kawasaki) 0.085 3. Eugene Laverty (IRL/Aprilia) 0.107 4. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA/Aprilia) 1.844 5. Chaz Davies (GBR/BMW) 7.629 Overall Standings 1. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) 137 2. Eugene Laverty (IRL) 124 3. Tom Sykes (GBR) 119 4. Marco Melandri (ITA) 96 5. Chaz Davies (GBR) 94

Results from Madrid Masters yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Men, Final 5-Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt 15-Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-2 6-4.

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Results from the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday (66 laps): 1. Fernando Alonso (ESP/FER) 1hr 39m 16.596s 2. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/LOT) +9.338 3. Felipe Massa (BRA/FER) 26.049 4. Sebastian Vettel (GER/RBR) 38.273 5. Mark Webber (AUS/RBR) 47.963 6. Nico Rosberg (GER/MER) 1min 8.020 7. Paul Di Resta (SCO/FOR) 1min 8.988 8. Jenson Button (ENG/MLA) 1min 19.506 9. Sergio Perez (MEX/MLA) 1min 21.738 10. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/TOR) 1 lap

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Draws Mid Canterbury Rugby May 18 Club Day - Collegiate Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition Section A: West Melton v Burnham , WM 1, 2.45pm, A McGirr (M.C.), Counties Ref, M Hanson; Kaiapoi v REL Rakaia, Kai Oval, 2.45pm, G Inch, C Rowe, S Norton; Oxford v Duns/Irwell , Oxf Oval, 2.45pm, G Shaw (M.C.), TBA, R Cunningham; Saracens v

World No 1 amateur Lydia Ko made four birdies in the final nine holes of the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup in Japan to add another top-five finish to her incredible record in professional events. The 16-yearold carded a four-under-par 68 in the final round of the event to climb six places and finish in a share of fourth place on her debut on the Japan LPGA Tour.

Ko had rounds of 72, 70, 73 and 68 for a five-under-par total. Ko easily finished as the leading amateur, ahead of Japan’s Yumi Matsubara, and continued a phenomenal start to her career in professional events. - APNZ

Left: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso roars past the checkered flag to record his second victory on home ground.

we do well we can compete for the championship.”

It was his second win of the season, in five races, and the 32nd win of his career - a triumph that endorsed his challenge for a third drivers’ title on an afternoon of Spanish supremacy at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Driving with great aplomb, Alonso delivered a beautifully-judged performance to win a tactical contest dominated by tyre-wear management, finishing 9.338 seconds ahead of second placed Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus.

Alonso’s Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa started from ninth, but finished third ahead of defending triple world champion Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber.

Massa said: “I was a little disappointed after qualifying yesterday, but the race was very good for us and we were very aggressive.

“We struggled a bit on the tyres to survive in a good way - and the race was very good for us.”

Raikkonen said: “I don’t mind

finishing second. I’m here only to do as good a race as I can and, despite finishing second, we have to take what we can from every race.

“We just have to keep working as a team to achieve the biggest goal we can.”

Alonso’s win bucked a trend at the Catalan circuit where 18 of the previous 22 events were won the driver who started from pole position.

This time the pole-sitting German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes finished sixth ahead of Paul Di Resta of Force India.

In the drivers’ championship, Alonso jumped to third with 72 points behind leader Vettel on 89 and Raikkonen on 85.

Apart from an unscheduled early pit stop with a puncture on lap 10 it was all plain sailing for Alonso in the Spanish sunshine.

There were two retirements, Frenchman Romain Grosjean of lotus, and Giedo van der Garde who nursed his Caterham back to the pits missing two tyres. - AFP

PWL Methven, Southbrook 1, 2.45pm, J Fletcher, K Hancox, R Brine; Bye: Southbridge Section B: Lincoln v Prebbleton, Linc 1, 2.45pm, R Nixon (Nth Harbour), A Hotop, J Lamers; Ohoka v Claas Harvest Centre Southern, Man 1, 2.45pm, S Laird, L Silcock, B Egerton; Darryl Phillips Celtic v Ashley, Celt 1, 2.45pm J Grubb (Otago), B Adie (Otago), P Hunt; Devon Tavern Hampstead v Waihora, Hamp 1, 2.45pm J Mee (Sth Canty), C Kelland, P Everest; Darfield v Glenmark, Dar 1, 2.45pm, S Marshall (NB), Q Gately (NB), G Peddie Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Cafe v Allenton, Celt 1, 1.15pm B Adie (Otago); Collegiate Eclipse Services v Southern Tinwald Tavern, Coll 1, 2.30pm P McKnight; Hampstead v Tinwald Liquorland, Hamp 1, 1.05pm C Kelland; Mt Somers v Methven, Mt Som 1, 2.30pm A Chapman; Bye: Rakaia Murray Hood Baling Colts – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Kirwee v Waihora, Kirw 1, 1.15pm, S Prendergast; Prebbleton v Rolleston, Preb Oval, 2.45pm, J Rogers Banks Peninsula v Southern Ross Bros Transport , Lit Riv, 1pm, B Ward; West Melton v Springston, WM 2, 2.45pm, P Hudson Under 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Elles-

mere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Celtic Harnett Contracting v Darfield, Celt 2, 2.30pm, T Pearce; Kaiapoi v Methven/Rakaia, Kai 1, 2.30pm, TBA MDI v Oxford, Selwyn 1, 1pm, D Sullivan; Prebbleton v Hurunui, Preb Oval, 1pm, C Parker; Waihora/Springston v Saracens, Springston 1, 2.45pm, M Quinlivan Under 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Kaiapoi v Tinwald, Kai 2, 2pm, P Bigwood; Ohoka v Methven/Rakaia, Mand 2, 2.30pm, G Dunseath; Malvern Combined v Prebbleton/Rolleston, Darf 2, 1pm, Q Gately (NB); Waihora v Oxford, TT 1, 1pm, P Turnball; West Melton v Ashley, WM 3, 2.30pm, H Cook; Allenton/Celtic Euroagri v Springston, Celt 2, 1.15pm G Brown Under 14.5 (Jock Ross Centurion Shield) Allenton G v Allenton M, Allen 1, 1.00pm, P Everest; Celtic Lysaght Glass v Methven, Celt 1, 12.05pm, P Hunt Under 13 (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Club Referee or Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Methven B, Allen 2, 1pm; Celtic Argyle Welsh Finnigan vs. Southern Cant Feed Assessment, Celt 2, 12.05pm; Celtic W vs.

Hampstead D Jackson Painting, Celt 2, 11.00am;

Tinwald MSA vs. Methven W, Tin 1, 1pm; Southern Hinds Cartage vs. Bye Under 11 1/2 (John Smitheram Shield) Club Referee or Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Rakaia Synlait Farms, Allen 3, 1pm; Celtic Blacklows vs. Methven , Celt 1, 11.00am; Collegiate Drummond & Etheridge vs. Southern All Farm Engineering, Coll 1, 1.15pm; Hampstead vs.

Tinwald Smitheram/Frew, Hamp 1, 12pm Under 10 Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Rakaia Synlait Farms U10, Allen 5, 1.15pm; Celtic vs. Methven B, Celt 3, 1.30pm; Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes vs. Methven W, Hamp 2, 1.30pm; Tinwald B Whittaker Contracting vs. Southern Cowcare Hooftrimming, Tin 3, 1.15pm; Southern HCT vs. Bye Under 9 Associate Referee Required Allenton U9 vs. Rakaia Synlait Farms U9, Allen 6, 1.15pm; Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators vs. Methven B, Celt 3, 12.30pm; Hampstead U9 vs. Methven W, Hamp 2, 12.30pm; Tinwald Lizzies Dairy vs. Southern Riverlea, Tin 4, 1.15pm; Collegiate Cranfield Glass vs. Southern Hyde Bros, Coll 2, 1.15pm Under 8

The NSW Waratahs say they can’t get distracted by the looming Lions series as they strive to keep their Super Rugby title hopes alive against the tabletopping Brumbies on Saturday night. Wallabies coach Robbie Deans will name a 25-man squad to tackle the touring British and Irish Lions the day after the big derby and, with key individual match-ups across the park, the result at ANZ Stadium could prove decisive at the national selection table. But with the Waratahs walking the finals tightrope in eighth place on the ladder - and 11 points adrift of the Brumbies - NSW’s incumbent tighthead prop Sekope Kepu said it would be dangerous to put personal goals ahead of team interests. “No doubt, the Lions series is in the back of guys’ heads,” Kepu said. “But more importantly, it’s about getting our season back on the road. We’re in control of our own destiny now.”

- AAP

• Bogut on the charge Andrew Bogut earned a rave review from coach Mark Jackson after helping Golden State Warriors to a 97-87 overtime victory to level their NBA playoff series against San Antonio. The Australian centre was a key figure in the come-from-behind win, pulling in 18 rebounds as the Warriors knotted the Western Conference semi-final series at two games apiece on Sunday before heading back to San Antonio for game five later today.

“He (Bogut) is a game-changer because of his presence in the paint and his high IQ for the game of basketball,” Jackson said. “He’s a great defender, he’s a great rebounder, he’s a great rim protector ... He’s played lights out and he certainly has elevated his game in the post- AFP season.”

Associate Referee Required Allenton G v Tinwald H&L Jones Contracting, Allen 4, 1pm; Allenton M v Southern BR Jones Contracting, Allen 4, 1pm; Collegiate Ash Paint & Decorators v Celtic U8, Coll 2, 12.30pm; Hampstead W J Kellett Builder v Methven, Hamp 3, 1.45pm; Southern Agspread Bye Under 7 - Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Tinwald RD1, Allen 5, 12.30pm; Celtic Summerfield Builders v Southern Coleman Ag, Celt 4, 12.15pm; Collegiate Countdown Foodmarkets v Methven B, Coll 3, 12.15pm; Hampstead Netherby 4 Square vs. Methven W, Hamp 3, 1pm; Tinwald Skip-2-It Flooring v Southern CRT, Tin 3, 12.30pm; Rakaia Synlait Farms U7 Bye Under 6 Associate Referee Required Allenton G vs. Allenton M, Allen 6, 12.30pm; Celtic Champion Murphy Racing vs. Methven B, Celt 4, 1.45pm; Celtic Summerfield Builders vs.

Rakaia Synlait Farms B, Celt 4, 1pm; Collegiate McDonalds vs. Southern Progressive Livestock, Coll 3, 1pm; Collegiate Regent Cinema vs.

Southern H Mackenzie Contracting, Coll 3, 1.45pm; Hampstead Metalcorp vs. Methven W, Hamp 3, 12.15pm; Tinwald Ian Howden Spraying vs. Rakaia Synlait Farms, Tin 4, 12.30pm.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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Pipped at the post in Classic

By Jonathan Leask Hinds cyclist Lauren Ellis was pipped on the line in the Hanmer to Kaikoura Ocean Ridge Classic third round of the Benchmark Cycling Series on Saturday.

Ellis was denied back-to-back wins when Sophie Williamson edged her out in the line in a tight uphill sprint finish to the 99km race, but maintained the overall lead in the series.

Ellis (Benchmark Homes) and Williamson (H & J Smiths) were part of a breakaway group of six riders that contested the final climb to the finish line that included round one winner Sharlotte Lucas (Benchmark Homes) who is lying second in the series, Kerri-Anne Torkler (Soul Star Racing), Hayley Mercer (Benchmark Homes) and Laura Fairweather (Altherm Window Systems).

Ellis had the luxury of attacking with her two team-mates, but Williamson dug deep to grab the win which acted as a winning send off, as she is leaving next week to head to San Francisco to start a contract with women’s pro team Vanderkitten.

Ellis now sits four points ahead of team-mate Lucas, who claimed third.

In the men’s 123km race Andy van der Hayden was the best of the Mid Canterbury-based Team Calder Stewart, coming in eighth 19 seconds behind winner Tom Hubbard.

Finishing second in the previous round last month in Nelson,

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Hubbard (Homestyle) had ‘sleepless nights’ thinking about the mistakes he had made, but made amends on the challenging Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura course.

Hubbard dropped James Early (Benchmark Homes), series leader Joe Chapman (L&M Group Racing) and round one winner Brad Evans (Fitlab) in the steep final 100 metres leading to the finish line to claim the win in two hours and 51 minutes.

New recruit Alex McGregor was in 30th 10 minutes back with Nick Clark in 31st with Dean Fulton 34th.

Patrick Jones, Brendan Whalley and Kyle Wood rode in with the back group.

New Zealand junior track representative Alex Hooper (Breads of Europe All About Plumbing) came in 36th.

In the masters Glen Rewi (Kiwi Style Bike Tours) had the best climbing legs on the final hill to grab the win.

Team Calder Stewart’s Reon Park, the World Masters record holder on the track for the individual pursuit, had a brave solo breakaway attempt only to be caught in the last 3km by a chasing bunch of 18 riders that hit the final climb together.

Park then had the misfortune of suffering a slow puncture over the closing kilometres and was reeled in eventually finishing 23rd.

Glen Gould was the best of the team’s rider in 16th with Nigel Douglas 53rd.

The series takes a break over the winter until resuming in Photo Bruce Wilson Photography Hokitika on the West Coast on 10 August.

Lauren Ellis (left) digs deep at the finish but is edged out on the line by Sophie Williamson in the third round of the Benchmark Cycling Series.

Andy van der Hayden was the best of the Mid Canterburybased Team Calder Stewart, coming in eighth

• Erakovic up rankings Kiwi tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic has been rewarded for an impressive performance in the doubles at the Madrid Masters with a significant rankings boost.

After teaming up with Zimbabwe’s Cara Black to make the final of the tournament, Erakovic has moved up more than 20 places to a career-high No 39. Erakovic sits 79th in singles, down from her career-best of 39 last year.

Rubin Statham was another to enjoy a notable rise in the rankings, sitting at a career-high No 152 in the doubles and No 309 - APNZ in the singles.

• Laulala not a Chief The player the Chiefs wanted to sign as cover for Richard Kahui has been confirmed as former All Blacks centre Casey Laulala.

Laulala, the former Crusaders player, has been with Munster in Ireland for the past three seasons. It is understood that Munster coach Rob Penney, a former Canterbury player and coach, had given the okay for the 31-year-old to move back to New Zealand on a short-term loan, but it was knocked back by the New Zealand Rugby Union. Chiefs coach Dave Rennie said he had looked overseas for a player to replace Kahui, out for the rest of the season with another shoulder injury, but was told no as it was outside the April 1 cut-off. -APNZ

• Nicholson runs hot New Zealand equestrian Andrew Nicholson has made it a clean sweep at the Chatsworth International Horse Trials, winning all three divisions, including two of the CIC 3-star sections.

Nicholson and Viscount George notched 44.9 penalty points in the CIC 3-star (section two), notching the highest score in the CIC 3-star classes, and finishing a comfortable seven penalty points ahead of Aiofe Clarke of Ireland on Fenyas Elegance.

Nicholson also won the CIC 3-star (section one) aboard Mr Cruise Control with 48.1. - APNZ

First starters add to puzzle for the punters

By Greg Jones The Ashburton Racing Club conducts an industry day meeting today catering for the middle to lower class horses.

Nevertheless some promising types have accepted, including a few first starters.

With periods of rain over the last month track conditions have been variable - heavy loose and heavy puggy to soft - and form from Timaru and both Riccarton meetings have resulted in form reversals which is characterbuilding for the punters to say the least.

The track looks in tremendous order and on Saturday was rated a soft 7. This is likely to improve further by the time of the first race today, 12.24pm.

Some of the main chances are listed below.

Race 1. The top four in the book look the main chances with Wedgie holding most appeal after a fine run at Riccarton and with Chris Johnson aboard. Captorg and I’m Maveric will be handy throughout and both should suit the track. Terelle is the one for odds after over-racing last time in its campaign opener.

Race 2. In this maiden 1200m event there are a number of winning chances. The local Sparks Fly will be stronger this time in and photo tetsuro mitomo 310812-tm-228 should perform well. Da Best Coup hasn’t Rewa, trained locally by Jan Hay, has to be a leading chance in the Barneswood Farm Rating 85 today. Rewa, a Traditionally five-year-old bay mare out lived up to the breeding yet but has shown of Tralae, has won four races so far, and has banked prizemoney of around $30,000. promise all the same. Mary La Belle has a top

Otago greyhound fields, form Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 14 May 2013 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 14, 15 and 16 1 12.14pm (NZT) OTAGO MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 78527 Master At Arms nwtd......................J Guthrie 2 46477 Chase The Stars nwtd M &.................. Smith 3 4586 Flirt With Me nwtd C &..................D Roberts 4 23563 Bee Ostee nwtd................................B Shaw 5 8327 Mustang Magz nwtd.......................... M Flipp 6 24324 Rob’s Mate nwtd M &............................ J Hill 7 42534 Uno Nosey nwtd J &...............................May 8 2 Know Wisdom nwtd....................... G Cleeve 9 Ronrose Hill nwtd M &.......................... J Hill 10 85 Cawbourne Beau nwtd.................... M Grant 2 12.33pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE SPRINT C1, 310m 1 42236 Cawbourne Chief nwtd.................... M Grant 2 2x848 Galba John nwtd W &........................ Nissen 3 44864 Liquorice Whip nwtd..................J McInerney 4 717 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd.....................J McInerney 5 18454 Dyna Brownlow 18.92 C &............D Roberts 6 53465 Bizarro nwtd S &..............................B Evans 7 23217 Jack’s A Jewel nwtd C &...............D Roberts 8 42151 Know Pride nwtd............................ G Cleeve 9 17461 Cawbourne Queen (c2) nwtd C &.D Roberts 10 73665 Botany Pete nwtd.......................J McInerney 3 12.51pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1, 545m 1 71414 Chill Out Ralph nwtd L &.................... Wales 2 74418 Quiet Snort 34.26.............................. J Allen 3 57173 Pukeko Express 34.14...................... B Eade 4 46863 Jinja Jam 33.33 L &............................ Wales 5 27243 Mr. Dozer nwtd...................................J Dunn 6 68342 Noggin 33.03..................................... J Allen 7 86465 Bake Bean Betty 32.86...................... J Allen 8 11112 Gogo Rioli nwtd J &.........................D Fahey 9 35646 Secret Sarah nwtd L &........................ Wales 10 43855 Parole To Excel nwtd.................J McInerney 4 1.08pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C1, 545m 1 31334 Jinja Pop nwtd J &...........................D Fahey 2 5771P Paw No More nwtd...........................B Shaw 3 54422 Moon And Sea 34.08......................... J Allen 4 57654 Autumn Spirit 33.63........................... J Allen 5 62777 Shadow Wolf 33.17.........................J Guthrie 6 76334 Opawa Bro nwtd L &........................... Wales 7 1 Shalana Star nwtd.............................J Dunn 8 36163 Phil Wart nwtd.................................. M Grant 9 41456 Goldstar Bella nwtd S &...................B Evans 10 266x6 Law To Excel nwtd W &..................... Nissen

5 1.26pm PRYDE ENGINEERING SPRINT C1, 310m

1 85577 Harper Mehl nwtd S &.....................B Evans 2 68668 Black Ozark 18.95..........................J Guthrie 3 6788x Fancy Spice 18.66 P &..................B Conner 4 74353 Opawa Rufus 19.04 L &..................... Wales 5 86863 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 6 87738 Cawbourne Barb nwtd...............J McInerney 7 32462 Jet To Mars nwtd M &.......................... Smith 8 51 Flirtation Walk nwtd C &...............D Roberts 9 64447 Canvas Rider nwtd S &....................B Evans 10 72781 Upsala Jewel nwtd S &....................B Evans 6 1.43pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS C2, 310m 1 78781 Make Your Point nwtd W &................. Nissen 2 84364 Wandy Feather 18.64...................... M Grant 3 7x124 Wandy Jewel nwtd.......................D Kingston 4 43455 Winston Who 18.83............................J Dunn 5 85623 Ray Dosh nwtd................................. B Eade 6 81282 Lady In Shades nwtd M &................... Smith 7 46684 Smash Dora 18.69........................... M Grant 8 68877 Genista Outlaw 18.59 J &.......................May 9 87458 Vitalize 18.72 J &....................................May 10 27378 Okotoks nwtd M &................................ Smith 7 2.01pm KEYOSK SERVICE BAR STAKES C2/3, 545m 1 83578 Homebush Iris 33.01..................J McInerney 2 68377 Opawa Midnight 32.99 S &..............B Evans 3 63142 Opawa Bomb 32.88 L &..................... Wales 4 48444 Opawa Style 32.98 L &....................... Wales 5 13834 Take A Trick nwtd.............................. M Flipp 6 51116 Opawa Legs nwtd L &........................ Wales 7 83847 Another Star 33.14.....................J McInerney 8 26536 Molly Paisley nwtd.............................J Dunn 9 75687 Dittman nwtd......................................J Dunn 10 58566 Wonnie Wonder (c2) nwtd C &.....D Roberts 8 2.21pm NZ RACING SERIES NZRSq, 545m 1 25562 Rodriguez (c4) nwtd.............................A Lee 2 43165 Stolen Money (c5) 32.92................ G Cleeve 3 Box Vacant 3................................. Scratched 4 32431 Know Class (c5) 32.39................... G Cleeve 5 27144 Opawa Casper (c4) 32.96 L &............ Wales 6 Box Vacant 6................................. Scratched 7 44411 Unshaken (c4) 33.50 J &.................D Fahey 8 48315 Another Jewel (c4) nwtd............J McInerney 9 2.37pm NZ RACING SERIES NZRSq, 545m 1 53857 Homebush Chopper(c5) nwtd....J McInerney 2 24457 Know Attempt (c4) 33.14............... G Cleeve 3 Box Vacant 3................................. Scratched 4 17183 Black Emily (c5) 33.28 L &................. Wales 5 27251 Not A Know (c5) nwtd...................A Waretini 6 Box Vacant 6................................. Scratched 7 32346 Know Chaos (c5) 33.23................. G Cleeve

8 34x53 Admire (c5) nwtd A &..........................Seque 10 2.56pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP SPRINT C3, 310m 1 67783 Another Blend 19.11..................J McInerney 2 46662 Sosan 18.76 C &..........................D Roberts 3 73485 Turbo Tundra 18.63.......................... M Grant 4 7x766 Genista Lightnin 18.74 J &.....................May 5 11F11 Sting Me (c4) 18.39......................... M Grant 6 67842 Jed Norton 19.01........................... G Cleeve 7 73432 Cawbourne Reeah 18.47...........J McInerney 8 37x65 Where’s Robyn 18.56...................... M Grant 9 87444 As Far As 18.78........................... M Roberts 10 62674 Homebush Coco 19.25..............J McInerney 11 3.12pm NZ RACING SERIES NZRSq, 545m 1 28141 Finn McMissile (c5) 32.69................L Philips 2 11464 Opawa Webby (c4) nwtd L &.............. Wales 3 35255 Bob’s Eye (c4) 33.20..................J McInerney 4 21313 Know Which (c5) 32.35.................. G Cleeve 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 37736 Geoff The Ref (c5) 32.25 H &..............Taylor 7 46621 Jinjarango (c5) 32.41 J &.................D Fahey 8 26753 Flying Moe (c4) nwtd........................B Shaw 12 3.30pm FEATURE SPRINT FINAL C1f, 310m 1 62113 Cawbourne Burn (c2) 18.69........ M Roberts 2 15548 Cawbourne Clock nwtd W &.............. Nissen 3 36342 Wellywood nwtd W &......................... Nissen 4 34643 Foggy Storm 19.01 J &...........................May 5 15725 New Ingilltab nwtd P &...................B Conner 6 28424 Kenny’s Comet nwtd M &..................... Smith 7 18122 Starburst Blanch 18.52.................... M Grant 8 46535 Yapster Jewel nwtd M &....................... Smith Emergencies: 9 748x5 Sea Spray Doris nwtd..................B Freeman 10 44565 Zed Kay Man nwtd...................... G Kingston 13 3.47pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING STKS C2, 545m 1 62234 Mick and Paddy nwtd W &................. Nissen 2 37883 Opulent nwtd A &................................Seque 3 11445 Red Typhoon nwtd........................... M Grant 4 74823 Thrilling Jonah 32.75....................... M Grant 5 73617 Spicy Bling nwtd C &....................D Roberts 6 84876 Starburst Clemmy 33.36.................. M Grant 7 27252 Calm Spirit 33.00............................... J Allen 8 26465 Cawbourne Kesha nwtd.............J McInerney 9 63577 Opawa Marg 33.24 L &....................... Wales 10 58566 Wonnie Wonder nwtd C &.............D Roberts 14 4.05pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C4, 310m 1 35587 Heza Sensation 18.70 P &............B Conner 2 16326 Wandy Chick 18.68........................ G Cleeve 3 x5863 Fizzle Bale nwtd C &....................D Roberts

draw for a front runner and the debut effort hinted a victory was close. Michael Pitman has two entered and both have reasons to be supported. After a strong debut, Keltic Kitty was tried in a 50k race to no avail and then put aside. Ladybird Blue ran a cracker in its only start and should only improve. Dhaulagirl would be worth putting in the multibets.

Race 3. This rating 85 event has some classy types but none more so than the locally owned and trained Rewa. A winner of four at the distance and twice on the course Rewa is fresh but from all accounts is forward enough to handle the opposition here. Stablemate Bowling Boy should also give a good account despite the widish draw and Moirai is in grand form and will be hard to beat with the 4kg allowance. Georgies Girl looked sharp at the recent trials and is good enough to be thereabouts.

Race 4. This 1400m event should provide another competitive contest. Fragrant has the form but in wetter footing and stablemate Prince Ransom has not come on in this grade after being tried in good 3yo company. The wide draw may allow him the galloping room to reverse the recent form. Ashburn Lane should appreciate the course and conditions and expect a forward showing. Make It Happen and Mikabella are both winning chances if the track gets to easy footing.

Race 5. The consistent Truth is most

deserving of a win and it may come here even from the wide draw. Mon Roi began its career with a strong performance and has the ace draw to aid its chances. Rockahoy has improved this time in and appeals as a strong eachway bet. Hidden Identity and Chapelle D’Or look the best of the rest.

Race 6. Miss Maximuss is the class horse of the fields and should deliver despite the 59.5kg impost. Johnson should be able to position her just in behind and expect her to be too determined in the last 100m. Flying Alibi once looked top class but hasn’t come back to that form. This is a step down all the same and a place looks likely. Big Energy and King Prawn look best of the others.

Race 7. The Jan Hay trained Esquina hasn’t won since her debut on the course last year although she has frequently had little luck in the running. The excuses may be running out she but looks to have too much class for the others here. Sir Daniel is another local, in the McKay barn, with fine course statistics and a bold showing is likely. Gervasio will appreciate the better going and if there is an upsetter look to La Musique to provide it. A win in a 20k maiden at Cup time came just after a trial win and this Coats Choice mare looked in the same form at the Rangiora trials last week.

Keep safe.

BEST BET: Rewa (R3) LONGSHOT: D’Chaparral (R2)

Ashburton fields, form, riders 4 46634 Austin Wana nwtd W &...................... Nissen 5 11136 Primitive 18.48...................................J Dunn 6 43718 Another Coffee 18.72.................J McInerney 7 77862 Dyna Groll nwtd C &.....................D Roberts 8 26473 Know Attention nwtd...................... G Cleeve 9 27365 Wise Wonder 18.83 C &..................... Fagan 10 53586 Adulterous nwtd C &.....................D Roberts 15 4.21pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C5, 310m 1 56x58 Deanne’s Magic nwtd........................B Shaw 2 36516 Cawbourne Dusty 18.49.................. M Grant 3 73526 Jumpin’ Julia nwtd......................J McInerney 4 5F411 Princely Dollar nwtd...................J McInerney 5 18818 Matti Oah nwtd...........................J McInerney 6 26122 Know Jealousy 18.33..................... G Cleeve 7 16212 Gitcha Easy nwtd W &....................... Nissen 8 11111 Kid Kahn nwtd P &.........................B Conner 9 43135 Nova’s Fortune nwtd..................J McInerney 10 64613 Rosca 18.15...............................J McInerney 16 4.40pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY MAY 21 C4, 310m 1 37827 Know Trust 19.09........................... G Cleeve 2 64562 Fireman’s Escort nwtd................... G Cleeve 3 67668 Dyna Frier 18.62 C &....................D Roberts 4 22333 Dillmanstown 18.92............................J Dunn 5 5F412 Blickling Bridge 18.62 J &.......................May 6 66631 Homebush Edith (c5) nwtd........J McInerney 7 46833 Cool Jordie 19.12..............................S Whall 8 33572 Wandy Pam nwtd.........................D Kingston Emergencies: 9 33187 Miss Sweet 18.81 P &...................B Conner 10 67287 Benny’s Angel nwtd...................J McInerney SELECTIONS Race 1: Know Wisdom, Rob’s Mate, Bee Ostee, Uno Nosey Race 2: Know Pride, Cawbourne Chief, Jack’s A Jewel Race 3: Gogo Rioli, Noggin, Chill Out Ralph, Jinja Jam Race 4: Jinja Pop, Shalana Star, Moon And Sea, Phil Wart Race 5: Opawa Rufus, Jet To Mars, Flirtation Walk, Fancy Spice Race 6: Make Your Point, Wandy Feather, Ray Dosh, Winston Who Race 7: Opawa Bomb, Opawa Legs, Opawa Style, Take A Trick Race 8: Know Class (c5), Unshaken (c4), Stolen Money (c5) Race 9: Not A Know (c5), Know Chaos (c5), Admire (c5), Know Attempt (c4), Homebush Chopper(c5) Race 10: Sting Me (c4), Cawbourne Reeah, Another Blend Race 11: Jinjarango (c5), Finn McMissile (c5), Know Which Race 12: Cawbourne Burn (c2), Starburst Blanch, Wellywood Race 13: Red Typhoon, Thrilling Jonah, Mick and Paddy Race 14: Wandy Chick, Dyna Groll, Fizzle Bale, Know Attention Race 15: Know Jealousy, Gitcha Easy, Kid Kahn, Rosca Race 16: Blickling Bridge, Fireman’s Escort, Dillmanstown LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Ashburton CRC Venue: Ashburton Meeting Date: 14 May 2013 NZ Meeting number: 6 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.24pm (NZT) BARNESWOOD FARM RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 0x955 Captorg tdm (9) 59................. S Wynne (a3) 2 12552 I’m Maveric db (12) 59 3 980x0 Terelle (7) 57.5...................... R Doherty (a1) 4 10x74 Wedgie dm (10) 57......................C Johnson 5 6218x Katriffic db (2) 56..............................P Taylor 6 0x404 Fine Line (11) 55........................ A Frye (a3) 7 x5250 On Yer Feet d (6) 55.....................K Williams 8 6x084 Castel Benito d (5) 55..............L McKay (a3) 9 7056x Bokkie Bokkie dm (1) 54..............R Hannam 10 07560 Mary Burke h (8) 54.................T Direen (a2) 11 00000 Fine Silver (4) 54......................... G Coetzee 12 44068 La Vie Onze d (3) 54....................T Moseley 2 12.59pm BARNESWOOD FARM MAIDEN $7000, 1200m 1 62x2 Warlock 58.5................................. Scratched 2 0x269 Dhaulagiri (7) 58.5........................T Moseley 3 40x6. Gold ‘N Cash h (12) 58.5....K C Walters (a1) 4 508x Alfie River (5) 58.5............................P Taylor 5 Fair Spoken 58.5........................... Scratched 6 20x Keltic Kitty (15) 56.5 7 2. Mary La Belle (2) 56.5..................... J Morris 8 3 Ladybird Blue (1) 56.5.................C Johnson 9 935x Sparks Fly h (8) 56.5....................K Williams 10 6x37 Da Best Coup b (6) 56.5................. J Bullard 11 468x D’Chaparral (10) 56.5..................R Hannam 12 40x0x Itswotido (13) 56.5..................... S Muniandy 13 Anabianca (9) 56.5....................J Wong (a4) 14 0 Peggy Sue (11) 56.5................L McKay (a3) 15 0 Kinky Lola h (4) 56.5 16 69x Strawberry Rose (14) 56.5 17 Kings Pal (3) 58.5 Emergencies: Kinky Lola, Strawberry Rose, Kings Pal 3 1.34pm BARNESWOOD FARM RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1200m 1 75872 So Elusive d (8) 61......................... J Bullard 2 62161 Moirai d (6) 58.......................... K Wong (a4) 3 3550x Rewa tdh (2) 57............................K Williams 4 43295 Bowling Boy tdh (9) 57................ A Frye (a3) 5 93500 Cangowest dm (3) 54.5...............R Hannam 6 1165x Georgies Girl td (5) 54.5.................R Bishop 7 03796 Redfern d (1) 54.5.................. B Pitman (a1) 8 37451 Miss El Bee Dee dmh (4) 54.. A McKay (a3) 9 7x373 Golden Globe d (7) 54.................C Johnson 4 2.09pm BARNESWOOD FARM RATING 75 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m

1 31038 Groover td (1) 59.................... S Wynne (a3) 2 92213 Black Berry Punch 58.5................ Scratched 3 0x422 Fragrant d (5) 58..........................C Johnson 4 34464 Ashburn Lane (7) 58............. R Doherty (a1) 5 71270 Prince Ransom (11) 58........... B Pitman (a1) 6 06113 Our Jackman db (10) 57.5.......A Denby (a2) 7 31312 Make It Happen (8) 57.................... J Bullard 8 0x510 Sorley Boy td (4) 57......................T Moseley 9 42274 Mikabella (6) 56.5.........................K Williams 10 0x240 Tricatchme (2) 55.5..................... A Frye (a3) 11 500x8 Margarets Own dm (9) 54............R Hannam 12 1008x Camo (3) 54......................................P Taylor 5 2.44pm BARNESWOOD FARM MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 87332 Truth (14) 58.5............................ A Frye (a3) 2 x6263 Mr Grizz b (11) 58.5........................ J Bullard 3 4 Mon Roi b (1) 58.5.......................C Johnson 4 6x44 Rockahoy (6) 58.5................... S Wynne (a3) 5 60x The Bird Of Prey 58.5................... Scratched

Robert Hannam is down to ride Bokkie Bokkie in the Barneswood Farm, first on the card at the Ashburton meeting today.

6 796x Ironworker (2) 58.5.............K C Walters (a1) 7 Kings Pal (3) 58.5.............................P Taylor 8 0 0x7. Lone Wolf (13) 58.5........................R Bishop 9 90x Tandala (4) 58.5............................T Moseley 10 98682 Hidden Identity h (10) 56.5..... A McKay (a3) 11 x7506 Chapelle D’Or (5) 56.5.......... R Doherty (a1) 12 5x0x Sailing By (12) 56.5.................T Direen (a2) 13 00x67 I’lltelluwhatiwant (8) 56.5................. J Morris 14 8x096 Pforperfect (9) 56.5...................... G Coetzee 15 000 Spinalin (7) 56.5...........................R Hannam 6 3.19pm BARNESWOOD FARM RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1600m 1 65355 Miss Maximuss tm (4) 59.5..........C Johnson 2 59271 Stormy Rain (1) 59.................C Barnes (a3) 3 40747 Flying Alibi tdm (7) 57.5.............. A Frye (a3) 4 14405 King Prawn d (5) 57.5.......................P Taylor 5 467x6 Peyow Peyow dm (3) 56.5...... B Pitman (a1) 6 52214 Big Energy dm (6) 54....................K Williams 7 8207x Danish Ruler tdm (2) 54..............R Hannam 7 3.54pm BARNESWOOD FARM RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 3350x Flying Storm d (13) 59.............. K Wong (a4) 2 00837 Sir Daniel tdh (2) 58.5........... R Doherty (a1) 3 90x17 Hydraulic d (9) 58........................... J Bullard 4 2818x Jayar (11) 58.................................T Moseley 5 36425 Esquina tbh (3) 57.5.....................K Williams 6 170x Chasuble dm (12) 57.5............T Direen (a2) 7 71689 Gervasio d (10) 57.5............... B Pitman (a1) 8 081x0 Saint Ryan dh (4) 57.5................ A Frye (a3) 9 63050 Umshini Wami (1) 56.5...................R Bishop 10 64510 Lincoln’s Girl (6) 56......................R Hannam 11 19x00 La Musique d (5) 54..........................P Taylor 12 68362 Ms Courtenay Place d (8) 54........... J Morris 13 26978 Lezani (7) 54................................C Johnson Blinkers on : Fine Line, La Vie Onze (R1), Dhaulagiri, Sparks Fly, Da Best Coup (R2), Chapelle D’Or (R5) Blinkers off : Keltic Kitty, Strawberry Rose (R2), Flying Alibi (R6), La Musique (R7) Winkers on : Gold ‘N Cash, Strawberry Rose (R2), Flying Alibi (R6) Winkers off : Da Best Coup (R2) APNZ SELECTIONS Race 1: Captorg, I’m Maveric, Wedgie, Katriffic, Mary Burke Race 2: Dhaulagiri, Keltic Kitty, Mary La Belle, Sparks Fly Race 3: Rewa, Georgies Girl, Golden Globe, Bowling Boy Race 4: Fragrant, Sorley Boy, Make It Happen, Prince Ransom Race 5: Rockahoy, Truth, Mr Grizz, Mon Roi, Hidden Identity Race 6: Miss Maximuss, Flying Alibi, Stormy Rain, Peyow Peyow Race 7: Esquina, Sir Daniel, Flying Storm, Ms Courtenay Place

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For all the talk of how New Zealand’s seamers will fare with the Duke ball, a more salient aspect of the test series against England could be how the batsmen cope with spin.

The Blacks Caps’ fast-bowling stocks have attracted attention in the build-up to the first test, starting at Lord’s on Thursday, with the problem of fitting four men into three spots matched by the adaptation to the unfamiliar cherry.

But it’s one of England’s bowlers who could hold the key to this series, one whom the touring batsmen have never faced while wearing the white clothing.

It is merely a quirk that the 34-year-old Graeme Swann is yet to face New Zealand in his 50-test career, but the aberration has played to the Black Caps’ advantage.

After enduring a wretched 2012 against spinners, New Zealand’s batsmen enjoyed a reprieve in the home series against England when Swann was ruled out with an elbow injury which subsequently required surgery.

Swann’s replacement, Monty Panesar, was ineffective in taking only five wickets in 130 overs as England hung on for a drawn series.

But a fully-recovered Swann has declared his elbow has never felt better and has been recalled to take Panesar’s place in the hosts’ squad for the opening test.

With the two teams unable to be separated across 15 days of cricket in March, the approach New Zealand’s batsmen take with Swann at the crease could prove the difference.

And, according to Ross Taylor, he and his team-mates are not about to shy away from the confrontation.

Quite the opposite, in fact.

“He is a world-class spinner,” Taylor told the Guardian.

“But, as a batting unit, we have to be aggressive against him.

“If we can be aggressive and not let him settle hopefully we can keep the scoreboard ticking over.”

Taylor conceded that his side played poorly against spin on the sub-continent last year,

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Ashburton’s Sullivan Leonard surges forward with the right hand during a sparring session on Sunday.

Warming up for Golden Gloves

By Jonathan Leask With the South Island Golden Gloves two weeks away the Ashburton Boxing Club brought the fight to them on Sunday.

The club hosted boxers from Burnham and Timaru for the sparring session as the young sluggers gear up for the Golden Gloves on May 25-26 in Kaiapoi.

“We had Burnham bring half a dozen and Timaru had eight as well as our four and it was great.

“It’s something we’ll look to

do more often in the future,” Ashburton Boxing Club’s Colin Sheehan said.

With a small club there is a tendency for in-club sparring to become too familiar, so the resurgent Ashburton club extended the offer to the neighbouring clubs for a collaborative training session.

“People talk about having quality over quantity but we did it a little differently. getting the quantity to work towards quality.

“When you only have four or five guys the training gets a bit too repetitive so sometimes you

need to bring in some outside guys to mix it up, and that’s what the weekend was about.

“Adding experience and a bit of time in the ring.”

Time in the ring was the major focus with the golden gloves just around the corner.

Last year Sheehan had four boxers down to fight, but only one stepped in the ring in Timaru.

Megan Woolley was withdrawn due to illness, Christian Tikao and Declan O’Neill were reduced to spectators with no opposition in their grades leaving only Sullivan

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By Kieran Canning Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams have firmed up their credentials as French Open favourites by sweeping to victory in Madrid.

Nadal eased to his fifth title in seven tournaments since returning from a seven-month injury layoff due to tendinitis in his left knee as he beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2 6-4 in little over an hour to claim his third title in the Spanish capital.

He has 55 career titles with 40 coming on clay, an astonishing record that prompted Wawrinka to describe the Spaniard as a “killer” on claycourts.

His win yesterday was also a 23rd Masters Series title.

Having also won on the clay in Sao Paulo, Acapulco and Barcelona this season, the 11-time

grand slam champion looks well set for a tilt at an eighth French Open crown at Roland Garros.

“It’s true these last matches I have been able to reach that goal, that line, that place where I want to be playing, the kind of play that I’m aiming for,” he said.

“Since we started playing on clay in Europe, these last two matches are the best I have played.

I’ve realised that my forehand is working again at its highest level and I’m able to open the angles and play a lot of winners.

“I couldn’t do that in Barcelona or Monte Carlo; over here, I could.

I was playing with a lot of aggression.”

However, the world No.5 still refused to accept that he is the clear favourite for Roland Garros, which starts in two weeks, and insisted his mind is solely set on retaining his title in Rome this week.

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Patchy drizzle clearing during the morning, and becoming fine. Northeasterlies, dying out in the afternoon.

Fine apart from cloud about the Divide from evening.

Wind at 1000m: NW, gusting 40 km/h, easing in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 50 km/h, easing in the evening.

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Williams has a second Roland Garros crown firmly in her sights as she claimed a title on the red clay for the first time since that triumph 11 years ago with a 6-1 6-4 win over Maria Sharapova.

The world No.1 ranking was also on the line as the two met for the third time this year, but it was a familiar story for Sharapova as Williams extended her winning streak over the Russian to 12 matches.

And the 15-time major champion is determined to make up for the disappointment of losing in the first round in Paris last year.

“It is the ultimate challenge.

Whether I reach it, I don’t know.

I’m not going to put that pressure on myself. I wanted to last year and I didn’t get it. So this year, I’m just looking forward to Rome and then, after that, Roland Garros and see what happens.” - AFP Serena Williams: World no. 1 again

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Leonard to climb in the ring.

Leonard went straight into the final where he lost by four points.

Sheehan is hoping for a better outcome, and more bouts this year.

“I’ve taken a look at the initial list and although it’s a bit thin on the ground now a few clubs are still yet to put their entries in.

Ashburton is sending Leonard, O’Neill, Tikao and Connor Perriton.

“All four should get at least one bout but that will depend on how they weigh in what grade they are in.”

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something of an understatement when assessing where the damage was done.

In four tests away to India and Sri Lanka, 57 of 79 New Zealand batsmen were dismissed by spin.

Having lost 72 per cent of their wickets to tweakers, the carnage wrought by South Africa’s pace attack in the Black Caps’ next test series must have almost felt like a welcome relief.

Although there is no suggestion the wickets at Lord’s and Leeds will play like the spinners’ paradise often encountered in the subcontinent, the tourists’ batting unit, as Taylor alluded to, must amend their approach.

Too many batsmen played far too tentatively as the wickets tumbled against India and Sri Lanka but Taylor’s tactics, which often involved taking the attack to the bowler, separated him from his peers.

In New Zealand’s two best results of those tours - the second test victory over Sri Lanka and the battling loss to India in Bangalore - Taylor stroked brilliant centuries, with the latter in particular providing a clinic in controlled aggression.

Now, with Taylor calling on his team-mates to adopt a similar method against Swann, the success of such a strategy could be the making of the series.

Meanwhile, New Zealand’s fourday warm-up game against the England Lions petered out to a damp draw in Leicester yesterday.

Joe Root was finally removed for 179 by Doug Bracewell, who also claimed the wicket of Chris Woakes to demonstrate his readiness to step into the fray should Tim Southee fail to recover from the foot injury he suffered on day three.

The Lions had reached 444-7, a lead of 159 over New Zealand’s first innings effort, when the rain arrived and prematurely ended the match.

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