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Student info on tap

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Ashburton College is exploring a parent portal which gives parents live data about attendance, student notices and NCEA credits achieved.

Acting principal Andrea Pearce said the portal linked to the school’s student management system and be part of a better communication system keeping parents up-to-date with their child’s learning.

The college, which has a roll of around 1200, had an attendance rate of 80.7 per cent in July.

Pearce said the attendance data was in line with national figures and the college had a number of initiatives in place targeting attendance.

“These involve working with Deans, family form teachers and parents, who are sent texts if a student is absent. We are currently logging in students that

are ‘late to the gate’ and students will have consequences for being late.”

She said college values of achieving quality, showing pride and having respect were being re-canvassed at senior leader assemblies.

The number of overall stand-down and suspension rates at Ashburton College has also declined since 2011, in line with a national reduction.

The 2015 student engagement and participation information shows that since 2008 the number of suspensions in state and state-integrated schools had fallen by 40.1 per cent to 2618.

Pearce said there had been a gradual decline in the stand-down and suspension rates since 2011 though there was a small increase last year.

“The overall decline we would attribute to our restorative approach to discipline which we have had in place for a number of years.”

Pearce said NCEA levels were improving steadily, which was also good news.

Level 2 NCEA data was in line with national data and Level 1 NCEA achievement was above the national rate.

For the first time, student engagement and participation data also included information on school leavers. For Ashburton College, it showed around 50 per cent of all leavers were getting jobs, while 25 per cent were enrolled in university study and 25 per cent in polytech or other study.

Pearce said Ashburton was a community that valued education and parents were more relaxed about coming to the school to discuss their child’s learning.

“We are also fully involved in the Hakatere Community of Learning with local schools to work on improving all of our students’ achievement in reading, writing and maths. This is really positive for our community.”

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■ GASTRO BUG

■ AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON

Two critical in gastro outbreak Two people are in a critical condition in hospital after falling ill with a gastro bug which has affected people across the Havelock North area.

The water became contaminated with E.coli and it is still being investigated whether the death of an elderly woman in a rest home is linked to the water.

Accident and medical centres, pharmacies and St John have reported large numbers of people with the gastro bug.

Forty people have sought help from the Hastings Health Centre, the Hawke’s Bay DHB said.

Hawke’s Bay Hospital has two older people in its Intensive Care Unit in a critical condition, both with a gastro illness and both from Havelock North.

Two schools will be closed today due to the bug.

Havelock North’s Iona College said it had 85 students with the bug and eight teachers.

Principal Shannon Warren said the boarding house and the day school would be closed from 7pm

last night. The boarding school will re-open tomorrow night for boarders and the day school will re-open Wednesday morning.

Ms Warren said the school was in a “unique situation” as the school was a residential facility with more than half of the students boarding.

“We understand that some families will be inconvenienced by this decision and we apologise for that but we do not apologise for prioritising the health and wellbeing of our staff and students,” the school said in the statement.

Woodford House was also closed until 4pm Tuesday, when boarders would be able to return, and Wednesday morning for the other students.

A few students who were unable to go home would remain at the school.

In a statement, the school said “the health issues in Havelock North surrounding contaminated water have unfortunately affected a large number of girls and some staff”.

- NZME

■ ASHBURTON AIRPORT

Emergency landing Ashburton firefighters were preparing for the worst when they were alerted to an emergency at the Ashburton Airport on Saturday.

Two fire rescue appliances and police were dispatched to the airport about 4pm after reports of a forced landing by an aircraft.

They found a small plane used by a skydiving company that had made an emergency landing in a paddock near the airport shortly after take-off. The plane, passengers and pilot were all ok. Emergency responders said the plane was taxiing and preparing to take off again when they arrived.

Sonja Mee and other Age Concern volunteers at their lunch on Friday.

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A special thanks to volunteers

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

Age Concern Ashburton treated their many volunteers to a lunch on Friday as a way to say thanks for all their work.

Trish Small, president of Age Concern Ashburton, said the an-

nual event is put on by the executive committee.

“Without our volunteers we wouldn’t be able to do the things we do,” she said.

There were about 48 volunteers expected to turn out to the lunch and a great number were involved with the 206 club, but

there were also courtesy drivers, catering people and entertainers.

Diners had a selection of fruit and various cakes, as well as hot soup and savouries.

“Our volunteers are such an essential and wonderful part of our organisation and we are ever, ever grateful,” Small said.

■ METHVEN MEDICAL CENTRE

Successful week of donations

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

It has been a successful week for Methven Medical Centre, which has been taking donations of women’s hygiene products.

The medical centre began collecting the items on Monday, with the intention to donate them to The Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul, who are running a hygiene bank alongside their food bank services.

Mt Hutt and Ashburton colleges are also receiving donations.

Jane Lavery, receptionist at the centre, said they have received lots of positive comments from people and were happy to be able to send away a supermarket bag full of supplies.

She said they will continue to collect hygiene products for the time being, and people can come to reception to drop them off.

The collection came about as calls grew for a hygiene bank ser-

vice to be run alongside the food bank as some girls were missing out on school or work due to the high cost of sanitary products.

There are also calls for central government to ditch the tax on sanitary items like pads and tampons.

In recent weeks Labour MP Louise Wall stated women across the country have reportedly been forced to resort to using rags or newspaper while menstruating, putting their health at risk.

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■ RAIL SAFETY WEEK

■ ARTHRITIS

Level crossings in spotlight

Technology to help with arthritis

By Michelle NelsoN

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A new campaign aimed at reminding drivers to focus and take care at railway level crossings will be launched today.

Four people have died on Mid Canterbury railway crossings and a further seven vehicles involved in non-fatal collisions in recent years. Canterbury wide 165 people have either died, been involved in collisions or had near misses on crossings, second only to Auckland. The campaign will run as part of Rail Safety Week, a national week aimed at raising awareness of safe behaviour around railway tracks.

“People forget that when they approach a crossing they’re taking a risk. They get used to signage and become overly familiar with the area,” TrackSAFE manage Megan Drayton said.

“Complacency and distractions like cellphones and headphones mean that people often don’t consciously check for trains.”

KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy said this year’s campaign was developed as a result of an increasing trend in incidents involving pedestrians, particularly at urban level crossings.

“What we are seeing, from data from collisions and near collisions as well as reports from our train drivers and CCTV footage, is that people are failing to take due care when crossing at level crossings,” Reidy said.

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TrackSAFE has launched mobile billboards to remind motorists to take care on crossings.

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“Sometimes people cross the tracks after a train has passed but while the alarms are still operating. What they don’t seem to realise is that there is often a train coming from the other direction.”

There has also been a number of incidents involving people wearing headphones and using mobile technology around crossings.

“We are urging people this year to stay focused and alert at level crossings, and to put their devices in their pockets at any time they are around the rail network,” Reidy said.

KiwiRail are releasing a video

clip on Monday on TrackSAFE’s social media platforms encouraging people to change their approach at level crossings.

“The more familiar we are with an environment, the less attention we tend to give it, Reidy said.

“Collisions and near misses cause severe and lasting trauma for everyone involved including victims, their families, emergency services personnel and witnesses, and our train drivers and rail staff.

“An alert mind is a safe mind.

We encourage everyone to change their approach to crossings and avoid distractions.”

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■ TVNZ BREAKFAST SHOW

Henry says TVNZ ‘backed into a corner’ Broadcaster Paul Henry says TVNZ has been “backed into a corner” by trying to rush in new Breakfast show hosts Hilary Barry and Jack Tame to combat his show’s high ratings.

It is believed Barry and Tame will take over Breakfast next month.

“What they’re doing now is

what you do when you’re backed into a corner,” Paul Henry told Fairfax Media.

“We have given them a run for their money haven’t we?”

Despite initial reports the new hosts would not take over until January, it’s understood their debut has been brought forward to combat rival Paul Henry’s

growing audience on TV3, which leaves no time to build new sets or change the look.

It has been a turbulent past two months at TVNZ’s early morning news show.

In July, the Herald revealed veteran broadcaster Peter Williams is the latest presenter to be dumped from Breakfast.

It is believed Williams will continue to read the news at weekends.

The Weekend Herald revealed two weeks earlier that Rawdon Christie and Nadine ChalmersRoss had been told their time hosting the flagship morning news programme was up.

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Ashburton and Rakaia will host a number of workshops aimed at giving those suffering from arthritis means to cope with day to day activities.

There are over 620,000 New Zealanders with a diagnosis of arthritis, meaning one in six people, or if you’re over 75, one in two, will be affected by the genetic disease.

Workshops, put on by Arthritis New Zealand, will be held in Presbyterian Support on Tancred Street in Ashburton from 10am on Thursday August 18.

In Rakaia they well be held in the St Andrews Presbyterian Church on Monday August 22, starting from 10am as well.

There are three workshops planned over the day in Ashburton and two in Rakaia.

Between 10am and noon the first is about managing symptoms, then the 1pm to 2pm workshop will be about Fibromyalgia and Polymyalgia Rheumatica and finally between 2.15pm and 3.15pm there is a seminar on other types of arthritis.

In Rakaia the first workshop starts at 10am and finishes at 12pm and is about pain and fatigue management, from 1pm to 3pm there will be a seminar presented by Shannon Morris of Aspire Canterbury and Suzanna Croft of Arthritis New Zealand.

The seminar will talk about gadgets and gizmos that can make everyday tasks, like putting on socks and unlocking a door, easier.

Things like nail clippers with bigger handles, thick tubes that can slide over utensils and stationary and tooth and hair brushes with special handles are some of these gadgets.

For more information or to register for any of the workshops, please call Arthritis New Zealand on 0800 663 463.

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■ AUCKLAND CRASH

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Truck crashes into home A truck driver has died after his truck clipped the roof of a home and crashed into another at Papatoetoe in Auckland.

The man became trapped in the cab of his truck when the balcony of the second home, which is also a homeopathic clinic, collapsed on it during the accident on Great Southern Road at around 5.30am yesterday.

“The truck driver was in a critical condition and emergency services were working to free him but he died at the scene,” a police spokeswoman said.

Raghubir Ruhan and his family were asleep upstairs above the clinic and thought the shaking and noise that woke them was an earthquake.

“Then I saw from upstairs, by

the window, a truck was inside the clinic,” he said.

“It was a huge shock. We are very shocked, emotional. We have done lots of hard work on the house and the clinic,” Ruhan said.

Emergency services were still at the scene late yesterday working to remove the truck and stabilise the building.

“The truck is still in the house, they are trying to move it but the house is double-storey and the balcony has collapsed on the truck,” Ruhan said.

Traffic was diverted around the scene at Great Southern Road and Central Avenue.

It’s believed no one was home in the other house.

- NZME

■ COLDSTREAM OLYMPICS

Gold, silver and bronze for rest home residents

By Colin EngElBrECht Colin.E@thEguardian.Co.nz

Residents of an Ashburton rest home have been awarded medals after being given the opportunity to prove their athletic prowess last week.

Coldstream Rest Home, Hospital and Retirement Village held an Olympic Games for all their residents.

Bernice Laird, activities coordinator at Coldstream, said 14 residents participated in versions of rowing, hockey and netball.

Each sport had prize categories for first, second and third, awarding gold, silver and bronze medals.

Runners-up were awarded with participation certificates for their efforts.

There were a total of nine medals awarded to four recipients, with 96-year-old Hilda Murdoch winning two silvers and a gold.

Other medal winners were Heather Smith with two golds, Shirley Smith with a silver and a bronze and Betty Gear with two bronze medals.

Laird said all of the sports were altered to be done while sitting, so all residents could be included.

Rowing required residents to sit in a chair and do a rowing motion with their arms for six minutes, and hockey and netball were goal shooting challenges.

Lotto draw Lotto players might have noticed something out of the ordinary on Saturday night – when five of the eight numbers were nearly in a row. The balls were drawn as 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 and followed by 40, with the bonus number 28 and powerball 2. The draw saw seven lotto first division winners take home $142,857 each. The tickets were sold in Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru and Dunedin.

- NZME

Big drug seizures Customs seized 143 kilograms of methamphetamine and 575 kilograms of its precursor ephedrine in the first six months of the year, Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says. She says the statistics for the first six months of 2016 indicate it’ll be a record year of seizures. From January to June, Customs made 1634 seizures at the border of numerous types of class A, B and C drugs. Among them was the already reported record 200kg of ephedrine hidden in a consignment of paper and 35kg of cocaine found stuffed in a diamante-encrusted horse head statue.

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Call for third trial

Medal winners and participants were treated to the national anthem in the awards ceremony, sung by 88-year-old Joan Archer.

There were also two Coldstream Olympic veterans participating, with Mary Ward and triple medal winner Murdoch participating in the 2012 games at the home.

Games participants (front, from left) Francis McLeague, Betty Gear, Heather Smith, Hilda Murdoch, Mary Ward, (back, from left) Esme Smith, Ngaire Horsburgh, Ralph Morris, Joan Archer, Shirley Smith, Michele Collace and Josie Rickson receive their prizes at the awards ceremony after the Coldstream Olympics.

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Victims of serial rapist Malcolm Rewa are lobbying to have him tried for a third time for the alleged murder of Susan Burdett in 1992. Teina Pora spent more than 21 years in prison for the rape and murder of Ms Burdett, before his conviction was quashed by the Privy Council in March 2015.

Malcolm Rewa was convicted of the rape of Ms Burdett but there were two hung juries over the murder charge. After his second trial in 1998, the solicitor-general imposed a stay of proceedings against further prosecution. The police say they can’t re-prosecute Rewa because of the stay of proceedings, but also because there’s no new evidence. - NZME

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Classic Days in Classic Cars –

1973 Triumph Spitfire MkIV Every week, the Guardian will be talking to Ashburton locals about the stories behind their classic, vintage, unique or interesting cars, in a series called Classic Days in Classic Cars. If you or anyone you know owns something that fits the bill, call Emma on 307-7969 or 021-797-736 or send through an email.

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In 1973, Greg Reed was a mechanic and the 1973 Triumph Spitfire was the bane of his working life.

When he was fixing a Spitfire in 1973, his hand slipped on part of the car and he cut his pinkie finger and needed stitches, which, he said, gave him good reason to form an aversion to the car.

Eighteen months ago, Greg bought the very car that had plagued him back then, to help a young man attend university.

Greg said the car was being stored in his garage and he was being asked daily if he wanted to buy the Spitfire.

“I said to my wife we really don’t need another car.

“But he was very persistent, kept coming back every day, asking me if I wanted to buy it. He is a friend and it was going to help him pay for his university study so I eventually said yes,” he said.

Greg said the Spitfire can comfortably drive at 100km/h and said the car can either have a soft top or a hard top, adding that the hard top is probably better

for this time of year, but he keeps the soft top in the boot, just in case.

The Spitfire’s bonnet opens the opposite way to most bonnets, which Greg said makes them easier to work on.

The car also has an open space under the motor and Greg said that although the car is really low, he has access to mechanic car lifts, which make it easy to work on the entirety of the motor.

Greg said that Spitfire parts are extremely easy to come across in New Zealand, and this, with the addition of his background in mechanics, helped make fixing the Spitfire easier.

Most 1973 Spitfires were originally painted emerald green but at some point during the history of Greg’s Spitfire, it was painted red and Greg said he definitely prefers it.

“Some of the paint is chipping off under the bonnet and you can see the green, it’s just so dull so I like the red better, definitely.”

Greg has the original ownership papers for the Spitfire and said the papers show the first 15 owners, but the list doesn’t include himself and the previous owner.

Greg said he wouldn’t mind selling the car, but he would prefer to sell it to somebody who is able to fix the paint job.

And as for his next purchase, Greg said “it won’t be another classic car”.

Greg Reed with his 1973 Triumph Spitfire, a car that he originally wasn’t a big fan of.

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BY EMMA MOODY

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Monday, August 15, 2016

ARTS DIARY ■

August 1-September 11 — Six Artists respond to the poetry of Joanna Margaret Paul exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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August 18 — Ultimate Bowie at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

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August 24-28 — The WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival.

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September 2 - Mid Canterbury Choir Lunchtime Concert at the St Andrews Church, 12pm.

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September 2 - Aotearoa National Youth Ballet performance at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7pm.

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September 5 — Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

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September 7 — Menopause the Musical at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

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September 9 – Ruby Ruin’s Burlesque show at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8.30pm.

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September 28 – Under the Same Moon at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

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October 6 – Beyond the Barricade at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 7.30pm.

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October 7 – Beatlemania On Tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 8pm.

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November 8 - The Gruffalo at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, 11.30am and 1.30pm.

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November 17- Alpaca Social Club open hat night at Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm.

If you have any entries for the arts diary, please email emma.m@ theguardian.co.nz

Celebrating the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Oh What a Night will be at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on September 5.

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Oh What a Night!

Oh What a Night! awaits all music fans. During the ’60s and ’70s, the No. 1 hits Sherry, December, 1963 (Oh What A Night), Walk Like A Man, Silence Is Golden, Dawn (Go Away), Rag Doll and Big Girls Don’t Cry saw the Four Seasons and lead singer Frankie Valli propelled to super stardom.

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The internationally acclaimed American cast perform one classic hit after another including solo hits.

Showcasing Frankie’s incredible falsettos, and featuring

solo hits from the exuberant rock’n’roll nostalgia of Grease to the spine-tingling show-stealing numbers including My Eyes Adored You. Go on a sentimental journey at Oh What a Night! with the American cast performing for the entire two hour show, one hit after another including: Sherry, Grease, Ronnie, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Candy Girl,

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Big Man In Town, Stay, Working My Way Back To You, My Eyes Adored You, Who Loves You, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Let’s Hang On, ‘Bye, Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) and more This is a special production which will have you toe-tapping, singing along and wanting more.

Oh What a Night! will be at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on September 5.

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Let us know what’s happening in the world of art and we’ll make sure your information goes into our Arts Diary Send your information to:

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Rey Valera will be in Ashburton next month, performing at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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Rey Valera is considered one of the Legends of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) in the Philippines.

He is a well-known singersongwriter and musician in the Philippines as well as an arranger, musical director, and record producer since the late ’70s.

He has written songs for famous singers like Rico Puno and Sharon Cuneta which continue to be played and revived by various artists. He has also created numerous albums that made gold and platinum in the Philippines.

In 2009, he was inducted to the Philippine Eastwood City Walk of Fame and recently won the MYX Magna Award 2015 in the MYX Music Awards.

MAD Productions Ltd is bringing one of the great musical artists from the Philippines to New Zealand, whose songs have never faded throughout the years and whose songs remind Filipinos in New Zealand of their childhood and native land.

Rey Valera Pangako Sa yo will be at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on September 3.

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Trump becoming unhinged Michelle Nelson

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any of us have come to view the current state of US politics as a source of dark entertainment – except it’s not funny.

The race for the White House is not reality television. While it has provided an endless source of fuel for comedians and lampoonists, the outcome will impact on us all.

And the longer it goes on the more unhinged presidential hopeful Donald Trump becomes.

It beggars belief that anyone can find him credible, but although some of his supporters have fallen away those who remain have become increasingly malevolent and less capable of critical thought.

And still Trump continues to shoot from the lip. While some of his rhetoric is downright creepy – “if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her” – other statements are offensive and dangerous.

Last week both President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton repeatedly came under fire, accused by Trump of being co-founders of Islamic State.

His Twitter legions wasted no time putting their thumbs to work “Barack Hussein Obama is the Founder of ISIS! America’s Islamist-in-Chief . . .” tweeted one. Another doctored a photo of Obama in the Oval office, dressed in Islamic clerical garb, accusing the president of directly and indirectly funding ISIS. The Republican hopeful has gone so far as to sanction the assassination of Clinton.

Trump continues to fan the racist flames within his ranks with promises to build a wall along the border with Mexico, accusing black people of being inherently lazy and slurring those of Islamic faith.

Why? Because he can!

He doesn’t care about winning over Republican skeptics or undecided voters – he is appealing to the mentality of his mob and sating his incessant need for attention.

Trump is a control freak with a monumental ego. Right now he is losing the race, losing control and losing his marbles.

He has no concern for the consequences of his odious actions.

Trump has all the hallmarks of a dictator in the making.

We can only hope he never gets his finger on that red button.

YOUR VIEW Bung the bore During our opposition to the gifting of 40 billion litres of our purest groundwater to the highest bidder for Lot 9, we have been accused of ‘stirring up the community’.

If this ‘stirring’ has been a catalyst for change, well done us!

We have been accused of being ‘uneducated and running on emotion’.

This is, and remains to be, far from the truth.

We have at all times been well researched and have endeavoured to give the Ashburton public factual information to enable them to make their own decision about the Lot 9 deal. In doing so, we exposed a deceitful process from its inception. For almost six years, while our groundwater was being continually depleted, a ‘select few’ continued to negotiate, and market our water. Then, finally, Bill Bayfield (CEO ECan) came out with the truth. Canterbury groundwater is in big trouble. How would everyone feel if billions of litres were leaving our district in bladders or bottles while our community, including farmers, went onto water restrictions?

There were people who questioned the authenticity of our council submission. It was a product of my own pen after group collaboration to ensure all of our concerns were ad-

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dressed. Some councillors have been seen to support us, voting to abandon the Lot 9 deal.

Their decision was drawn from their own conscience and research. We are a ‘stand alone’ organisation, and have no affiliation with any sitting councillor or current candidate.

This year’s local body election has drawn

out some amazing community leaders. We encourage everybody to take part in this important democratic process. We implore you to vote for those you can trust, the people that will listen and serve our community with transparency and integrity, without feathering their own nests.

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bout 12 to 18 months ago I was approached by a constituent who wanted to encourage the Government to encourage the courts to impose more alcohol interlock device use sentences.

I passed on this encouragement to some of my Ministerial colleagues and the changes that have been made have been widely welcomed.

Each year in New Zealand drink driving is causing around 77 deaths, over 400 serious crashes and more than 1250 minor injuries.

Our road toll is still far too high. The cost of deaths and injuries in terms of distress to families and loved ones is incalculable The Government is committed to making New Zealand roads safer and will continue to focus on reducing harm through safer

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vehicles, safer speeds, safer road users, safer roads and roadsides.

Another way to help with road safety is to make it much more difficult for those with repeat drink driving convictions to offend again.

That is why alcohol interlock sentences will soon become mandatory for serious and repeat drink-driving offenders.

Anyone convicted of two or more drink-driving offences within five years and any firsttime offenders caught driving more than 3.2 times the legal alcohol limit will be subject to an

alcohol interlock sentence.

An alcohol interlock is a breathalyser wired into a vehicle’s starting system. To start the vehicle, the driver must pass a breath test.

The interlock device physically prevents an offender from drink-driving, ensuring their own safety but also the safety of their passengers and other road users.

Mandatory interlock sentences are a targeted and effective way to help spare families, friends and communities the pain and suffering that inevitably follows each and every one of these crashes.

Research shows interlocks reduce re-offending rates by about 60 per cent.

It is a measure squarely aimed at those who choose to get behind the wheel with illegal and incredibly dangerous levels of alcohol in their system.

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Once an offender has received the mandatory alcohol interlock sentence, they will need to apply to the NZ Transport Agency for an alcohol interlock licence.

Once they have an alcohol interlock licence, they will need to use a vehicle fitted with an interlock for at least 12 months.

The interlock can only be removed if the offender has had six months free of violations.

After the interlock is removed, an offender will need to apply for a zero-alcohol licence. The zeroalcohol licence must be held for three years. This means that the licence holder cannot drive with any alcohol in their breath or blood.

Alcohol interlocks are very effective as a public safety measure and provide another tool to help reduce the numbers of people killed on New Zealand roads each year.

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Muslim cleric killed A Muslim cleric and a second man have been fatally shot by a lone gunman while walking together following afternoon prayers at a mosque in the New York City borough of Queens.

The gunman approached the pair from behind and shot both in the head at close range yesterday on a blistering hot afternoon in the Ozone Park neighbourhood, police said, adding that no arrests had been made.

The motive for the shooting was not immediately known and no evidence has been uncovered that the two men were targeted because of their faith, said Tiffany Phillips, a spokeswoman for the New York City Police Department. Even so, police were not ruling out any possibility, she added.

The victims, identified as Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Tharam Uddin, 64, were both wearing religious garb at the time of shooting, police said.

The NYPD declined to describe the connection between the victims but the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Uddin was an “associate” of the imam.

“The perpetrator of these senseless killings must be swiftly apprehended and face the full force of the law,” Afaf Nasher, executive director of the Muslim advocacy group’s New York chapter, said in a statement.

The suspect was described by police as having a medium complexion and dressed in shorts and dark polo shirt. He was seen by witnesses fleeing the scene with a gun in his hand, police said.

Trump is ‘totally nuts’

People gather for a demonstration yesterday near a crime scene after a Muslim cleric and his friend were fatally shot while walking home from a mosque.

US actor and producer Robert De Niro says US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump should not run for president because he is “totally nuts”.

Trump has courted controversy with a string of inflammatory statements about his main opponent Hillary Clinton, guns, Mexicans, Muslims and war veterans, among others. De Niro made the comments to a Sarajevo audience as he presented a digital version of Martin Scorsese’s film Taxi Driver, in which he starred, to mark its 40th anniversary. “I don’t know, it’s crazy that people like Donald Trump ... he shouldn’t even be where he is, so God help us.”

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Akonjee was described as a peaceful man who was beloved within Ozone Park’s large Muslim community.

“He would not hurt a fly,” his nephew Rahi Majid, 26, told the New York Daily News. “You would watch him come down the street and watch the peace he brings.”

Video footage posted on YouTube showed dozens of men gathered near the

site of the shooting, with one of them telling the crowd that it appeared to be a hate crime.

Meanwhile, in Joplin, Missouri, on Saturday five people - including three Lutheran church members in a van - were wounded in what police describe as a random shooting at two vehicles.

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R2D2 actor dies

Germany marks 55 years since Berlin Wall Germany has honoured those who died while trying to cross the Berlin Wall, which was built 55 years ago.

Berlin’s mayor Michael Mueller laid a wreath at the central memorial on Bernauer Street and attended a prayer service at the Protestant Chapel of Reconciliation, which was erected on the former border strip.

The building of the wall began on August 13, 1961, and was spearheaded by Walter Ulbricht, communist leader of Soviet-influenced East Germany, the socalled German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Berlin was a special case, as the capital city was divided into four zones of influence between the occupying powers after World War Two. The Berlin Wall physically divided the city’s three western zones - with troops from the United States, Britain and France still stationed there - from the eastern zone, and created an enclave within the larger Soviet sector.

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Kenny Baker, the actor who played R2D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 81, his agent says. Baker, who was 112cm tall, found fame in 1977 playing the robot in the first Star Wars film and reprised the role in subsequent films in the hit franchise. He also appeared in Flash Gordon, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa. Baker’s agent Johnny Mans said: “He will be sadly missed.”

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Man injures six in attack Six people have been injured in an attack aboard a Swiss train by a man armed with a knife and flammable fluid, police say.

Three adults, two teenagers and a child aged six were hurt, according to a St Gallen cantonal police statement.

Five were stabbed or burnt. A sixth suffered smoke inhalation as he came to the aid of the others. The assailant, a Swiss citizen, was also injured.

“According to current information, a 27-year-old Swiss man poured out a flammable liquid. He was also armed with at least one knife. The liquid caught fire,” the statement said.

Authorities did not yet know the motive for the attacks but a crime of passion was one possibility, Bruno Metzger of the St Gal-

len cantonal police said in an interview with welt.de.

“A terrorism background still seems very, very far-fetched,” Metzger said.

The assailant was in police custody, he said, but none of those injured - including the assailant - was responsive, so they could not be questioned.

Both a woman and the attacker were in critical condition, according to Swiss broadcaster SRF, citing the St Gallen police.

The attack occurred at 2.20pm local time as the train neared the Salez station on a trip between Buchs and Sennwald in St. Gallen, a canton in the northeast of the Alpine republic, the police statement said.

It was the first attack of its kind in Switzerland in recent memory.

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Veteran Gibson fired Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from long-running CBS drama Criminal Minds.

ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios, which produce the series, made the announcement at the weekend. Gibson’s exit followed a physical altercation last month between him and another member of the Criminal Minds company on the series’ Los Angeles set. It occurred as the series filmed an episode for the upcoming season, its twelfth, according to a person with knowledge of the incident who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorised to discuss it. The altercation reportedly led to an internal review. The firing was preceded by an apology from Gibson.

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Upstate NY fort with a long history

Fort Ticonderoga changed hands six times in less than 20 years during the two 18th century wars.

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ort Ticonderoga has educated and entertained visitors for decades with exhibits, fife-and-drum performances and cannon and musket demonstrations.

Now the historic site overlooking Lake Champlain in New York’s eastern Adirondack Mountains has two more attractions: a trail along America’s bloodiest preCivil War battleground and cruises on a boat called the Carillon.

The cruises provide a soldier’s-eye view of the fort that was once key to controlling the region.

The cruises were offered on a limited schedule last summer but now they’re running three times a day, Tuesday-Sunday, plus Wednesday evenings in August.

As a narrator on board provides local history, the Carillon gives passengers a perspective of the fort that scouts for the British would have seen while conducting forays by canoe around lakeside French positions during the French and Indian War (175463). And they can get a feel for what Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys faced as they rowed across the lake from the Vermont side to seize the fortification from the

Two new attractions have been added to the historic Fort Ticonderoga.

Chris Carola went along to check out the attractions. redcoats in the opening weeks of the American Revolution (177583).

Up on land, the Carillon Battlefield Trail, opened in 2013, winds 4.4km through the forest northwest of the fort’s walls. The trail follows the now-reforested area where the fort’s vastly outnumbered French defenders beat back a British-led attack on July 8, 1758. Grass-covered, tree-shaded earthen embankments trace the location of zig-zagging log-andearthen barricades the French built just in time to repulse waves of redcoats, including the famed Scottish Black Watch, which suffered hundreds of casualties.

The British and Colonial American troops suffered nearly 2000 casualties, including 550 killed, while the number of French killed and wounded was around 440.

It remained the bloodiest battle fought on American soil until the Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.

The fort’s exit road cuts through the battlefield, with historical

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markers and other signage along the route telling visitors what happened on this blood-soaked ground on a hot summer day 258 years ago.

During the Revolutionary War, American troops defending the fort rebuilt the outer defences, following what was known as the “old French lines”. It’s the nation’s largest surviving intact system of fortifications built during the American Revolution, according to Matthew Keagle, the fort’s curator.

The French started building the fort they called Carillon in 1755 on a peninsula jutting from the lake’s western shore 569km north of New York and 414km west of Boston. Commanding a high bluff along Lake Champlain’s southern end, the fort guarded the 3km portage between Lake Champlain and the northern end of Lake George.

The fort was the lynchpin in a chain of military outposts stretching from the upper Hudson River

to Quebec, all built as the French and British empires, along with their Colonial and American Indian allies, fought for control of North America.

Fort Ticonderoga changed hands six times in less than 20 years during the two 18th century wars. Abandoned in the 19th century and left to ruin, the property was bought by the Pell family, who reconstructed the fort and opened it as a tourist destination in 1909.

Today, the fort and surrounding landscape looks much like it did to the troops who waged war from stone ramparts and woodland trails.

“That’s what I like about Lake Champlain: You can really envision the 18th century history because it hasn’t been overdeveloped,” said Russell Bellico, a retired professor who has written several books about the region’s nautical history.

While the fort also serves as a museum for one of the larg-

est collections of Colonial-era military artefacts, its emphasis has shifted from static exhibits to interpretations of daily life for soldiers in this 18th century wilderness outpost.

Employees in period uniforms still conduct daily musket firing demonstrations, but this season they’re showing visitors how soldiers lived at the fort in 1777, a pivotal year in the American Revolution that saw the British defeated at Saratoga, 155km away.

Also on display through the 2017 season: an exhibit called The Last Argument of Kings: The Art and Science of 18th-century Artillery showcasing 180 big guns from the fort’s extensive collection.

Admission to the fort includes access to the top of Mount Defiance, looming over the lake’s western shore just south of the fort. In July 1777, the British hauled cannons up the unguarded mountain. The threat of bombardment prompted the Americans to abandon the fort and retreat to Vermont. Today, a mountain-top pavilion with picnic tables offers spectacular views of the Champlain Valley, Adirondacks and Green Mountains. - AP

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In brief Coach still confident Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan is confident his team can turn around their late-season slide despite their winless NRL run now stretching to a worrying third week. After storming to premiership favouritism off the back of their 15-game winning streak, the Sharks now haven’t won a game in almost a month after being stunned by St George 32-18 on Saturday night. They were overrun by a Dragons side that threw caution into the wind in an epic local derby at UOW Jubilee Oval. “We’ll turn it around for the semi finals,” Flanagan said. - AAP

Hayne inspires Eels Jarryd Hayne is back and he’s got that 2009 feeling all over again.

Hayne erased any doubts about how long it will take him to warm to the task as he kicked a brilliant field goal to seal a nail-biting 19-18 win over Wests Tigers on Saturday.

The victory means the Titans are shaping as a real dark horse of the premiership. Hayne knows all about helping a side coming from the clouds. Seven years ago he guided the Eels from third last with eight rounds remaining all the way to the grand final.

- AAP

Milford sparks Broncos Annabel Askin found the back of the net in Hampstead’s semi-final clash against Cambridge in Ashburton on Saturday.

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■ HOCKEY

Hampstead march into final

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian

Hampstead have booked a place in the women’s Mid-South Canterbury division one hockey final for the third successive year after seeing off Cambridge 2-1 on Saturday.

Hampstead led 2-0 at halftime thanks to goals from Annabel Askin and Helen France before the visitors struck back in the second stanza.

Hampstead’s Michelle Knight produced a solid performance in

defence along with Jess McCloy while France was at her menacing best in attack to secure the semi-final win and preserve their team’s unbeaten record.

Coach Rex Turnbull said Hampstead’s performance was pleasing in a tightly contest clash.

“The game itself was as even as the score suggests and probably a game fitting of a final,” he said.

“Both teams played some good hockey and both attacks

put pressure on the defence and made them make mistakes.”

Hampstead will now have to wait until Wednesday to find out who their opponents will be next Saturday.

Cambridge will get another crack at a final berth when the play Timaru Girls’ High School’s 1st XI. TGHS put themselves in the finals contention after seeing off Ashburton side HampsteadCollegians 4-2 in their last round robin tie of the season.

Meanwhile, Wakanui Blue kept their slender aspirations of lifting the Walker and Hall Shield alive with a playoff victory over Tainui in Timaru.

After an evenly matched first half at 1-1, Wakanui’s Jimmy McAndrew fired the Mid Canterbury side ahead with 30 seconds left to play.

Sam Moore’s men will now take on Northern Hearts on Tuesday night for the right to face Cambridge in the senior men’s final.

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Warriors crash to embarrassing defeat

By Kris shannon It would have surprised few fans to discover but the sudden consistency of the Warriors disappeared like a mirage on Saturday.

Unbeaten in 80 minutes since being thrashed by the Raiders in May, the Warriors produced a

performance reminiscent of that rout as they slumped to defeat against the lowly Rabbitohs.

Expecting a victory that would have solidified their spot in the top eight, the Mt Smart crowd watched in horror as the Warriors shipped five first-half tries to leave their finals hopes hanging

by a thread. With three rounds remaining, Andrew McFadden’s men next week visit the lofty Cowboys and Saturday’s defeat was damaging to the Warriors’ points differential.

The Warriors defended as though they cared little about their finals fate, showcasing all

the tendencies that left their season on the verge of ruin after their humbling against the Raiders.

It was exemplified by a forgettable outing from Tui Lolohea. By the time the fullback was dragged from the field, the exemplary way the Warriors began the game was a distant memory.

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It’s been a long time coming but Brisbane fans finally got to see a return to form by Anthony Milford.

The young five-eighth turned in a display of the highest quality to spark the Broncos’ 38-16 win at Suncorp over the Eels. Milford scored one try and set up two more as the Broncos claimed back-to-back Milford’s personal form slump has coincided with Brisbane’s collapse from first to sixth on the ladder but he feels confidence is returning just in time for finals.

- AAP

No excuses - Mannering Warriors stalwart Simon Mannering says there’s “no reasonable excuse” for his side’s lethargic display in their 41-22 NRL loss to South Sydney. Mannering, 29, labelled the loss a reality check for the Warriors in their push for finals football. “I thought we’d been playing a very good system for a while and this is a few steps backwards,” Mannering said.

“There’s no reasonable excuse for it.”

- AAP

Kings of golden point Canterbury’s reign as golden point kings of the NRL proves the team’s ability to rise for the big games, according to star Josh Reynolds.

The Bulldogs’ extra-time win over Manly was their ninth win in 12 games since golden point’s inception in 2003, the best record in the competition. And it was Reynolds who once again proved the hero, scoring the match-winning play for the third time in their past three matches that have gone past the 80th minute.

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■ RUGBY

All Blacks bracing for backlash

By Angelo Risso

Breakers centre Alex Pledger in action during a skills session with young Mid Canterbury basketballers yesterday.

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■ BASKETBALL

Top tips for young ballers

By JAmes FoRd

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury’s young basketballers were given top tips from Breakers and Tall Blacks stars Alex Pledger and Shea Ili at the Oxford St Stadium yesterday.

The duo took part in a skills coaching day hosted by Mid Canterbury Basketball for players throughout the age groups.

Mid Canterbury Basketball president Wayne Rodgers said the day, which eventuated from an off-the-cuff email to Breakers general manager Dillon Boucher, proved a resounding success.

“I just dropped an email to the Breakers and asked what the chances were,” he said.

“It’s about celebrating basketball in Mid Canterbury and it gives exposure to the top level.”

Rodgers estimated that more than 300 young players between the ages of eight and 17 years old took part in the skills sessions throughout the day, which he felt served as a fine prelude for the upcoming mini-ball season.

“The kids have been awestruck, they’ve all got signatures and photographs – they’ve loved it,” he said.

“We’ve just finished out intermediate grade and our mini-ball season, which has 62 teams playing over four nights, starts in a week’s time – so it’s a nice thing in between.”

At 215cm, the budding local players will have had to aim high when passing to Pledger, but Ashburton wasn’t too unfamiliar for 29-year-old, with grandmother Colleen having previously lived in the area.

The towering centre, who played in all four Breakers championship winning teams, said he was pleased with the youngsters’

enthusiasm and passion for the game.

“The kids are always asking questions and are keen to learn as much as possible,” he said.

“Whenever we come out of the city and do things like this, it’s always good to see how many basketball fans there are all over the country.”

Twenty-three-year-old guard Ili echoed his team-mate’s sentiments. “I’ve enjoyed it, they’re a great bunch of kids that are passionate about the sport and it’s great to coach in a different area besides Auckland,” he said.

All Blacks flanker Jerome Kaino says he expects to grapple with a vengeful Australian outfit in next week’s Rugby Championship opener.

The two sides will meet in Sydney for the first time since last year’s World Cup final at Twickenham, which New Zealand claimed 34-17.

New Zealand have since claimed a clean-sweep Test series win over Wales in June, while Australia were on the reverse of an English clean sweep on their home patch.

Kaino, 33, expected the Wallabies’ line-up to mirror that which ran out at Twickenham last October.

They would be seeking revenge for their defeat.

“You look at their team, a lot of them played in that final, so I think they’ll use a bit of that as motivation,” Kaino said.

“They’ll be firing to get into us.

“All across the park they’ve got good players and a lot of experience.”

The All Blacks will attempt to acclimatise to Australian conditions ahead of Saturday’s kick-off.

The world champions suffered a surprise 27-19 loss to the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship decider in Sydney 12 months ago.

Kaino said the extra time on Australian soil would be beneficial.

“There’s a big gap between Super Rugby and Test level and that extra week with the team gives us time to prepare well and get our mindset and attitude right,” he said. “It’s a harder place to play for us because they’ve got a lot more support.”

Halfback Aaron Smith said the time spent together was positive.

He had been refreshed by the new challenge after his Highlanders side was bundled out of the Super Rugby semi-finals by the Lions in South Africa.

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■ INTERSCHOOL SPORTS

Interschool honours shared

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

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shburton College and Lincoln High School could not be separated in their annual sports interschool on Thursday at Lincoln with a 7-7 overall draw.

College were in fine form on the hardwood with victories in the senior (78-51) and junior (53-40) boys’ basketball, while the girls also recorded a 53-40 victory over their Lincoln counterparts.

College’s boys’ hockey 1st XI edged out a highly competitive tie for a 4-3 win, but the girls’ XI were held to a 3-3 stalemate by Lincoln.

Lincoln took the spoils in golf, football and under-15 rugby, but College got the better of the action on the netball court.

The year-10 A team posted a 33-21 win while the year-9 A side were even more convincing for a 42-18 victory.

Lincoln did steal a win in senior B netball in a tightly contested 33-31 match, while honours were shared on the squash courts with the boys taking a 4-0 victory while the College girls lost out 2-1.

Double ton for Younis Younus Khan’s superb 218 put Pakistan in a strong position before they picked up four England wickets to take complete control on the third day of the fourth and final test at The Oval yesterday. Younus batted for more than seven hours to lift the touring side to 542 all out in their first innings, a lead of 214 runs, and they then removed Alastair Cook, Alex Hales, James Vince and Joe Root to leave England in deep trouble on 88 for four.

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Indians thump Windies India crushed West Indies at the third Test in St Lucia yesterday, clinching the series and prompting captain Virat Kohli to say his team were going from “strength to strength”. The touring side won by 237 runs on the final day after bowling out West Indies for 108, the second lowest score by the hosts against India in the Caribbean.

The victory gave Kohli’s men an unassailable 2-0 lead.

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Kiwi down in crash A spectacular crash in the second heat of the women’s keirin caused a delay in the track cycling programme so officials could repair a gouge in the wooden surface of the velodrome. The crash occurred on the final lap when the French rider pushed Dutch rider Laurine van Riessen on to the outer wall.

That caused New Zealand’s Olivia Podmore and Tania Calvo Barbero of Spain to crash behind them. All the riders eventually walked off the track under their own power. - AP

Gold number 23 Right - Ashburton College’s Year 10 A and Year 9 A teams took wins over Lincoln High School on the netball courts on Thursday.

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■ RUGBY

Hammers too good for the Coasters

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury will take plenty positives for their performance after downing West Coast 40-20 in Saturday’s pre-season clash at Lincoln University.

The Hammers were without loose forward Jon Dampney and wing Seta Koroitamana, who pulled out through illness, but the gaps were quickly filled.

Co-coaches Craig Dunlea and James Jowsey headed into the

tie with the intention of fielding as many of their new-look squad as possible over three 30-minute thirds.

Hooker Jackson Donlan was first to touch down for Mid Canterbury in little more than 10 minutes and Andrew Letham collected the extras before nudging a penalty goal as the Hammers led 10-6 after the opening third.

Ollie Sapsford was next to cross over for Mid Canterbury with his first of an eventual two tries to

mark a debut to remember for the young wing.

Fellow debutant Maleli Sau also dotted down as well as stalwart loose forward Tevita Ula while loan first five Jared Percival converted all three on a fine day from the boot.

Dunlea said the performance was pleasing throughout, which will make the selection process even more difficult for Mid Canterbury’s next pre-season clash against South Canterbury.

“Everyone fronted well. There was no-one that didn’t put their best foot forward,” said Dunlea.

“Selection is going to be really tough, especially around that forward pack – but that’s what we want, to put pressure on each other.”

The Hammers will face the old enemy in Timaru on Saturday before kicking off their Heartland Campaign with a Hanan Shield defence against North Otago at the Showground’s on August 27.

Short build-up for new Canterbury coach

By CampBell Burnes Canterbury will get their full Mitre 10 Cup squad together for only the first time today as outgoing coach Scott Robertson plots the defence of their Premiership title and a possible eighth crown in nine seasons.

The short five-day lead-in to

their home opener against 2015 finalists Auckland will be challenging enough, but Canterbury must also get up to speed with the new breakdown laws.

Robertson, who swaps his Canterbury clipboard for a Crusaders one after this campaign, his ninth with the province and fourth as head coach, has named an ex-

tended squad. This includes injured lock Mitch Dunshea, who is out for the season, and his eight current All Blacks.

“It’s the mental side of it, more than the physical, for some of the Super Rugby guys coming back in,” Robertson said.

“We’ve got Crusaders, but also Chiefs and Highlanders boys like

Dominic Bird, Tom Sanders, Siate Tokolahi, Rob Thompson and Luke Whitelock.

“There’s a bit of excitement around having Auckland first up at home. We need to be sharp around our preparation because we basically start on Monday.

You will see some new, young guys.”

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Michael Phelps closed out the Rio Olympics in the only way imaginable. Gold. Phelps put the United States ahead to stay on the butterfly leg of the 4x100 medley relay and Nathan Adrian finished it off, giving the most decorated athlete in Olympic history his 23rd career gold medal. If that was the end, what a way to go out. He would finish his career with 28 medals overall, having won five golds and a silver at these games.

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Black Sticks v Australia New Zealand have drawn, of all the possible options, old rivals Australia in their women’s hockey quarter-final at the Rio Olympics.

Their 3-0 win over China yesterday assures the fourth-ranked women’s Black Sticks of second place, and with the world No 3 Aussies possibly disappointed at their pool form, third in their group, the trans-Tasman rivals are set to go at it again tomorrow morning (NZT).

Goals by Olivia Merry after 21 minutes, then two in two minutes from Gemma Flynn and Anita McLaren just before the end of the third quarter, made the game safe against a Chinese team who had to win to make the last eight. - NZME

Fall can’t stop Farah Not even a tumble could stop Mo Farah from defending his Olympic 10,000-metre title in a dramatic final where he worked his way back through the field, then lost and regained the lead on the last lap. Just like he did four years ago in London, the Somali-born Farah draped the British flag over his shoulders for his victory lap. - AP

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■ OLYMPICS

Record haul still possible Despite murmurings over a rowing regatta and track cycling campaign that failed to deliver as many medals as anticipated, New Zealand’s Olympic team is still on track for a record haul at these Games.

But it will require everything to go right for the Kiwi medal contenders leading us into the second week of competition in Rio. Our record mark of 13 medals – achieved in Seoul in 1988 and again in London four years ago – is still within the New Zealand team’s reach.

Even though more was expected in terms of rowing and track cycling, we are currently sitting at eight medals – two gold and six silver – after eight days of competition.

With sailing potentially capable of delivering up to five medals over the next week, there are hopes the yachties will lead the charge.

America’s Cup duo and world 49ers champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are leading the way at the halfway stage of their regatta but Sam Meech (third place in the Laser), his sister Molly Meech and her racing partner Alex Maloney are third in the 49er women, Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders hold down the same position in the Nacra mixed class and London gold medallists Jo Aleh and Polly

Lisa Carrington is a definite contender for gold at Rio. Powrie remain handily placed in the women’s 470.

Sam Meech’s medal race is on tomorrow.

That is the same day Lisa Car-

rington makes her Rio debut in the kayak sprint races where she is a gold medal contender in both the K1 200 and 500 metre events.

Lydia Ko’s task is probably tougher on a demanding Rio golf course but few will count the world No. 1 out when she tees off on Wednesday night NZ time.

Despite the disappointment of Valerie Adams being narrowly beaten for gold in the women’s shot put, New Zealand’s track and field programme could still deliver another medal.

Tom Walsh is rated a chance of a minor medal when the men’s shot put starts overnight on Friday night while Nick Willis can’t be ruled out as contender to do something of note the men’s 1500 metres.

A medal is probably beyond rising pole vault star Eliza McCartney in her first Olympics but she could yet surprise with an inspiring effort.

Eddie Dawkins is also considered a prospect in the men’s cycling Keirin overnight on Wednesday evening.

But it will Burling and Tuke, Carrington and Ko that Kiwi fans will be most looking towards to add to our gold medal tally of two from rowers Eric Murray and Hamish Bond and single sculls victor Mahe Drysdale.

That would give New Zewaland three more gold medals to take us to five – still three short of our record haul in London in 2012.

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Olympic Games Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 21 Rank

Company

NOC

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

United States

21

15

18

54

2

China

13

11

17

41

3

Great Britain

10

11

6

27

4

Japan

7

3

14

24

5

Russia

6

9

8

23

6

Australia

6

6

8

20

7

South Korea

6

3

4

13

8

France

5

8

5

18

9

Italy

5

7

4

16

Hungary

5

3

3

11

New Zealand

2

6

0

8

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In brief End of the line for Twigg A crushed Emma Twigg is to retire from rowing, shattered at falling short of an Olympic medal for the third time. Former world champion Twigg isn’t prepared to commit to another single sculls campaign after finishing fourth in the final in Rio, matching her result from 2012.

It made the result in Rio difficult to stomach. “Another fourth, it’s almost my worst nightmare but that’s sport and there’s other things in life. I’m looking forward to the next chapter,” she said.

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‘Top guys are dirty’ New Zealand runner Zane Robertson has repeated his claims that doping is being covered up in Kenya after breaking a 39-year-old national record in the 10,000m final at the Rio Olympics won by Britain’s Mo Farah. Robertson finished 12th in the race and bettered Dick Quax’s record by more than eight seconds to clock 27 minutes 33.67 seconds as Farah recovered from a fall to retain his title from London.

“A lot of top guys are dirty,” he said. “Names are hidden, positive tests are hidden for bribe money.

It’s a big problem,” he said. - NZME

Historic tennis gold Monica Puig isn’t the first Puerto Rican women’s tennis player to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

She’s just the first to win one for Puerto Rico. Puig, who was unseeded, knocked off secondseeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4 4-6 6-1. At No.34 in the world she was the lowest ranked player to ever win the singles at the Olympics. Afterward, she wrapped herself in a Puerto Rican flag and wiped away plenty of joyous tears.

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Nadal upset by del Potro Rafael Nadal’s bid for a second Olympic singles gold medal ended with a thrill-a-minute semi-final loss to the resurgent Juan Martin del Potro. Del Potro, who earned a bronze for Argentina four years ago, will add a silver or gold to that after advancing to the Rio de Janeiro Games final by coming back to stun the third-seeded Nadal 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7-5) yesterday. Del Potro meets defending champion Andy Murray in the best-of-five-set final.

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Choker in the pool Cate Campbell reckons her gold and silver relay medals were punctuated by “possibly the greatest choke in Olympic history”. Australia ended the pool programme with silver and bronze in the medley relays, lifting its swimming total to 10. But Campbell is still kicking herself for the one that got away – the 100m freestyle. “The world got to witness possibly the greatest choke in Olympic history a couple of nights ago,” Cate said.

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US clocks 1000 golds When Simone Manuel touched the wall to clinch a gold medal, it was a moment 120 years in the making.

The US women’s 4x100-metre medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Manuel – winners at the Rio Games on Saturday night – is being recognised by the US Olympic Committee as delivering the nation’s 1000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history.

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■ RICCARTON

Oulaghan does it again Mark Oulaghan landed the biggest Grand National Steeplechase uppercut of all when he claimed his fifth victory in Riccarton’s prestigious jumping feature.

The Awapuni trainer’s conditioning skills were perfectly showcased when he produced Upper Cut for an impressive survival of the fittest performance to claim top honours in the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodgesponsored event.

Now the most successful trainer in the history of the race following earlier wins with Deecee Seven (1997, 1998) and Counter Punch (2010, 2011), he has been patient with Upper Cut who required a year off following a tendon injury in 2012.

“He won his first two ‘chases and then had a sequence of problems so full credit to the horse for the way he has bounced back,” Oulaghan said.

Upper Cut has been sparingly raced due to his injuries, but there was confidence in his camp ahead of the National following a brave effort to finish runner-up in the Koral Steeplechase seven days ago.

“We were very happy with his run on the first day and he had done well since,” Oulaghan said.

Spirits were furthered buoyed after a solid final work-out from the 10-year-old on Thursday morning.

Upper Cut was in touch with the pace throughout and the son of Yamanin Vital stayed on strongly after jumping the final

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A familiar face returned to the harness racing scene last week and expect to see a lot more of it this season. Todd Woodward drove Parramatta to win the first at Rangiora yesterday. The North Canterbury based horseman, currently working in the agricultural sector, hadn’t driven at the races for more than two years and other than driving the odd young horse from time to time he had hardly been in a sulky. “It had been a wee while in between drinks,” Woodward said.

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Milestone for Gerard A well deserved reward for consistency when promising mare Keep On Coming scored at Te Rapa on Saturday also brought up a personal milestone for co-trainer Pam Gerard who notched her 100th training success with the victory.

For Gerard, who started her training career at Ashburton, it was also a continuation of the success enjoyed at her new Ballymore Stable base where she commenced a partnership with Mike Moroney in May this year. “I’m really enjoying it at Ballymore so it’s nice to reach a milestone like this,” she said.

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Paul Hamblin and Upper Cup on their way to victory in the Grand National on Saturday.

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fence in front under leading Australian jockey Paul Hamblin.

“It’s been a good year for me and this tops it off,” he said.

“He was a bit keen like he was the other day, but he kept finding.

“It’s not about me though – it’s

the trainer and I’ve always had respect for him.”

Upper Cut beat Mr Mor, who also finished runner-up 12 months ago, by half a length and they were clear of Gargamel, who nosed last year’s winner High Forty out of third money.

The favourite The Big Opal made the running before he slipped on landing after clearing the fence 1000 metres and rider Matt Gillies lost an iron.

He tried to stay balanced, but they came to grief at the final flight.

Breslin aiming to raise the stakes with Heni Mike Breslin believes Heni can make the next and most important step of her career in the wake of her latest South Island success.

The Awapuni trainer produced the mare to win for the fourth time at Riccarton when she

Todd back on track

claimed the Millennium Hotels & Resorts Premier Open on Saturday and complete a double for the meeting following her success on the middle day of the carnival.

“She always backs up well and

it was a really classy effort,” said Breslin. “I think she’s ready to step into black type company now. I’ll give serious thought to the Group Three race at Hawera and then back here for the Breeders’ Stakes in November.”

He was firstly referring to the Rich Hill Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes in early October and then the Gr.3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes on the second day of the New Zealand Cup festival.

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Trainer Liam Birchley will continue to aim O’Reilly Cyrus at the Group One Golden Rose despite her Eagle Farm defeat. O’Reilly Cyrus came from last in the middle stages to be a close up third in a 1200m-race on Saturday, one of four thirds Birchley had on the Eagle Farm programme. The filly took her prize money to $33,540 which will put her on the border of a start in the Golden Rose (1400m) on September 10.

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Seal ready for spring John Thompson will take a stepby-step approach with Group One winner First Seal who is ready for a barrier trial ahead of her spring campaign as a five-year-old. He said First Seal would run in a barrier trial on Friday ahead of her first-up run in the $400,000 Golden Pendant at Rosehill on September 24. “At this stage we’re starting off in the mares’ races,” Thompson said. “We’re coming into the spring so there’s plenty of options depending on what she’s doing at the time.” - AAP

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

5 5x887 Tennessee Smile nwtd .................. R Maisey 4 52417 Feel The Force 21.79 ............... S Gommans 6 52756 Homebush Lucifer 21.59 ........J T McInerney 5 21243 Cawbourne Foxy 21.82 ................M Roberts 7 38218 Ghostface 22.16 .................................. L Bell 6 35517 Goodtime Lady 21.72....................... I Moore 8 28618 Dora Dufran nwtd ..............................J Dunn 7 1P466 Kentaro Baxter 21.68 .............J T McInerney 9 46834 Opawa Spice nwtd J & ........................D Bell 8 75475 Allegro Runnings 21.72....................L Ahern 10 63667 Belfast Barry 21.74 J & .......................D Bell 9 78717 Takeaway 21.82 L & ........................... Morris 10 36775 Manu Rama 21.52 ..........................L Doody 4 1.57pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 375m 1 6F215 Allegro Power 21.72 .........................L Ahern 7 2.57pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C3 C3, 375m 1 11476 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 .............M Roberts 2 4x858 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.71 ..............B Goldsack 2 81471 Johnnybruce 21.59 ................J T McInerney 3 14324 Kirkham Jack 22.05.........................L Doody 3 73724 Totes 21.56 ............................J T McInerney 4 23123 Adrenalin Kick 21.77 ..............J T McInerney 4 31888 Cawbourne Doust 21.84 .................L Doody 5 87678 Homebush Flyte 21.95 ...........J T McInerney 5 124F8 Robins Zarr Hood 21.74..............A Turnwald 6 11411 Stormy Days 21.64 ..........................L Ahern 6 26445 Fall From Grace 21.55 ................A Turnwald 7 22512 Cawbourne Serina nwtd...............M Roberts 7 43578 Lady Zeena 21.71 ........................ T Downey 8 74263 Grand Allegro 21.51 J &......................D Bell 8 43441 Kennel Boy nwtd .........................A Turnwald 9 18537 Odd Fellow nwtd ...................... S Gommans 9 25842 Spirit Run 21.31 ..........................B Hodgson 10 46772 Venga Guapa nwtd..........................M Olden 10 11874 Homebush Tiare 21.55...........J T McInerney 5 2.17pm BUCK FEVER AT STUD C0 C0, 457m 1 52246 Gunnar Blueblood nwtd .........J T McInerney 8 3.17pm BROOKS TIMING C3/4 C3/4, 375m 1 F7747 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 2 52325 Knead You nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 2 15844 Sheer Miss nwtd ..............................L Ahern 3 Untouchable nwtd .......................A Turnwald 3 75468 Cawbourne Matty 21.41 ...............M Roberts 4 Wong Full Arrest nwtd .................A Turnwald 4 25636 Knuckle Bump 21.68 J & .....................D Bell 5 Unbeknown nwtd ........................A Turnwald 5 88652 Lone Star Lad nwtd .....................A Turnwald 6 44343 Classy Delta nwtd L & ........................ Morris 6 56217 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 7 87557 Fashion’s Fancy nwtd .......................S Stone 7 14576 Cawbourne Midget 21.48 .............M Roberts 8 88 Run Tiny Run nwtd...........................P Taylor 8 11311 Americano 21.54 ..............................L Ahern 9 57566 Chill More nwtd ................................ I Moore 9 17775 Two Up 21.47 ..............................A Turnwald 10 6x68F Magic Maria nwtd ..........................G Atwood 10 67184 Tracey 21.77.................................. R Maisey 6 2.37pm GO TO THE MELBOURNE CUP WITH BOYS 9 3.37pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m TRIP.CO.NZ C2 C2, 375m 1 67231 Arcane Rampage 26.14 L &............... Morris 1 23227 Ear’s Boris 21.97 ...............................M Flipp 2 63463 Cawbourne Merl nwtd ..................M Roberts 2 33762 Pacific Vibe 21.86...................J T McInerney 3 46446 Worboys 26.45 G R & ..................... S Voyce 3 16355 Homebush Slinky nwtd ..........J T McInerney

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58325 Chase Me Apatche nwtd ...............G Atwood 2575F Red Express 26.02 ..........................L Ahern 66378 Cawbourne Dallas nwtd D P &. K Gommans 35472 To The Bank 26.32 ....................... P Denbee 85773 Kirkham Harvey 26.63 ....................L Doody 76767 Kirkham Jasper nwtd ...................M Roberts 67587 Roman Action nwtd J &.......................D Bell 10 3.52pm SHAKEY JAKEY @ STUD C2 C1/2, 457m 1 34675 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ..............B Hodgson 2 56288 Fox In Box 26.57 ...................... T Mischefski 3 61425 Allegro Beaty 26.63..........................L Ahern 4 32534 Swiftly Chloe 25.86 .....................B Hodgson 5 17581 Trendy Mind nwtd .............................L Ahern 6 12172 Map My Run 26.04...........................L Ahern 7 47637 Cawbourne Panic 26.33 ...............M Roberts 8 12567 Cawbourne Jazzy nwtd ................M Roberts 9 76767 Kirkham Jasper nwtd ...................M Roberts 10 67587 Roman Action nwtd J &.......................D Bell 11 4.17 PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C3, 457m 1 13531 Kirkham Webby nwtd ...................M Roberts 2 87665 Cawbourne Clay 25.93.................M Roberts 3 34364 Country Crossing nwtd......................J Dunn 4 x1111 Timma Turtle 26.02 ..........................L Ahern 5 74435 Boston Lightning 25.95 ...............A Turnwald 6 34716 Charlie Bo Bo 26.37 ....................B Hodgson 7 85614 Bernie’s Boy 26.24 ........................B Mitchell 8 22185 Cawbourne Loch 26.47 ................M Roberts 9 61578 Blackie Chan 26.12 .......................B Mitchell 10 66545 Scodelario 25.90 ..............................L Ahern 12 4.37pm WHEELDEAL.CO.NZ C4/5 C4/5, 457m 1 15145 Skuzi 25.89 ......................................L Ahern 2 71671 Dirk The Jerk 26.14 ...........................J Dunn 3 251x8 Born To Boom 26.00 .........................J Dunn

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7F118 Cawbourne Eski 26.15 .................M Roberts 22F13 Thrilling Cassie nwtd .............K A Gommans 72573 Cawbourne Spree 26.18 ..............M Roberts 24167 Flying Merkel 25.85..........................L Ahern 51268 Docker 26.03 ...............................A Turnwald 13 4.52 MANAWATU HARNESS RACING C1, 375m 1 46566 Lure Me In nwtd ....................... S Gommans 2 13611 Lauren The Leech nwtd ....................J Dunn 3 48141 Cawbourne Frost 22.23................M Roberts 4 23343 Kirkham Kylie nwtd.......................M Roberts 5 45836 So Over It nwtd L & ............................ Morris 6 45576 Cawbourne Paws 22.48 ........... S Gommans 7 63667 Belfast Barry 21.74 J & .......................D Bell 8 15764 Catlin Blueblood nwtd ............J T McInerney Emergencies: 9 24884 Doosh 21.98...........................J T McInerney 10 76558 Cawbourne Bird nwtd.............. T McCracken SELECTIONS

Race 1: Lover, Cyndi Action, Cawbourne Jacko, Banshee Reel Race 2: Cawbourne Morris, Opawa Spice, Business Review Race 3: Culvie Den, Allegro Cody, Dora Dufran, Ghostface Race 4: Stormy Days, Allegro Power, Adrenalin Kick, Kirkham Jack Race 5: Gunnar Blueblood, Untouchable, Wong Full Arrest Race 6: Ear’s Boris, Allegro Runnings, Pacific Vibe, Feel The Force Race 7: Robins Zarr Hood, Cawbourne Jarrod, Johnnybruce Race 8: Sheer Miss, Lone Star Lad, Knuckle Bump, Enhancer Race 9: Arcane Rampage, Chase Me Apatche, Kirkham Harvey Race 10: Cawbourne Jazzy, Map My Run, Allegro Beaty Race 11: Timma Turtle, Country Crossing, Charlie Bo Bo Race 12: Skuzi, Born To Boom, Flying Merkel Race 13: Lauren The Leech, Kirkham Kylie, Lure Me In LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Eights just miss a medal The women’s eight of Ashburton’s Emma Dyke, Genevieve Behrent, Kerri Gowler, Grace Prendergast, Kelsey Bevan, Ruby Tew, Rebecca Scown, Kayla Pratt and coxswain Francie Turner finished fourth in New Zealand’s maiden appearance in the discipline at a Games. The United States won with Britain second and Romania third. The Kiwi men’s eight of Stephen Jones, Brook Robertson, Alex Kennedy, Jonathan Wright, Isaac Grainger, Shaun Kirkham, Michael Brake, Tom Murray and coxswain Caleb Shepherd finished sixth in a final won by Britain.

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Everything is legit, says Val The contrast couldn’t be greater for Valerie Adams when she climbs onto the silver medal dais for the second time at successive Olympic Games.

Kiwi shot put great Adams says finishing runner-up in Rio is a result she can feel proud of.

It’s as far removed from her bitter memories of four years ago in London, when Olympic silver represented all that was wrong in sport in her mind.

On that occasion, suspicions surrounding winner Nadzeya Ostapchuk proved correct when the Belarusian subsequently failed a drug test and was stripped of gold.

Adams was awarded her winner’s medal in Auckland a month later but was always angry at being denied her moment of glory at the Games.

Not so this time.

Adams says she would still enjoy the ceremony in the Olympic Stadium, a day after being beaten at the death by American Michelle Carter, who stole victory with a whopping final throw.

“London was a different story with a whole bunch of different people.

Interesting-looking people,” Adams said. “It’s fantastic to go on the podium tomorrow knowing that everything is legit.

“To get a medal is still awesome and I want New Zealand to know that I left my heart out there.”

Unlike the disgraced Ostapchuk, 30-year-old Carter is a positive role model for the sport.

She champions the cause of “biggerbodied” athletes and runs a website encouraging young women to play sport Valerie Adams contemplates having to setand have confidence doing so. - NZME tle for silver at the Rio Olympics. PHOTO AP

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Daily Events Monday 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road.

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

10am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF. Members will play a team Stableford. Mayfield Golf Club.

12noon - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Free lunch every Monday.

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9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre loved second hand clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Main Road and Jane Street.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around good clean used clothing. Ashburton Baptist Church. Corner Havelock Street and Cass Street.

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1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting. Waireka Clubrooms, Philip Street.

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

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, visitors welcome. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

2pm GREY POWER ASHBURTON. MID CANTERBURY MENS PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting with mini and main speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10am M.S.A.TAI CHI. Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

10am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter.

11am WESTPARK W.I. General meeting, 10 Catherwood Close.

12noon- 3pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SIGNING CENTRE. New Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION

Monthly meeting with speaker Elaine McLardy- Advanced Care Planning. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.30pm CATHOLIC PARISH CENTRE. Euchre, all welcome. (not public holidays). Cnr Burnett and Winter Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert. Visitors very welcome. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club day, non-members welcome. 115 Racecourse .

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome, enquiries to - Clark Gillies 021-146-3619.

EA Network Centre Stadium.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, M.S.A. Havelock Street.

7.30pm FOREST AND BIRD. Water quality and long term prospects for lakes and wetlands. Sinclair Centre, Park Street.

Puzzles Monday, August 15, 2016

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. He’s a good fellow, the man taking guard – but he may get thrown (8) 7. Dutch capital is left in a whirl where they’re making their china (5) 8. Aries, a bit of which is used for fortification (7) 9. It’s ironic about first second tooth (7) 10. Eagle will construct some higher nest (4) 12. It may be a koala’s habitat, but up in this one’s in difficulties (3-4) 14. It is as devilish as it can possibly be (7) 17. The wind up? Force 9, perhaps (4) 18. Italian opera composer put ringing instrument in one finale (7) 21. He holds court for nothing when there’s a free shot around (7) 22. This has its gap, and extra dental work shows it (5) 23. Big shop, though in the red, can be put back on its feet (8)

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QUICK ACROSS 6. Unclear (7) 7. An impressive display (5) 9. Fire residue (3) 10. Seclusion (9) 12. Represented (11) 15. Bearing one’s initials (11) 17. For no result or gain (9) 19. Timid (3) 21. Severe (5) 22. Mythical creature (7)

DOWN 1. Overweight (5) 2. Play a part (3) 3. Weapons (4) 4. Made happy (9) 5. Coaxed (7) 8. Ski race (6) 11. Remove dead skin (9) 13. Sculptor’s stone (6) 14. Proper (7) 16. Map (5) 18. Descended (4) 20. Star performer (3)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Wanting isn’t an entirely uncomfortable emotion, although it certainly has its agitating qualities. Those are the aspects that motivate and focus you. Embrace your hunger as a unifying and energising internal force.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You put yourself in a good mood because you’re drawn to high-minded activities. You’ll dwell on inspiring text, contemplate spiritual concepts and revel in the beauty around you.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’re more interested than you were, less than you will be. This is the sweet spot of attraction. Retrospect will bring a lot of attention and love on this day.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You don’t need a miracle to make this relationship work. All you need is a clear understanding of what you want and what the other person wants, and a sincere desire to learn how to bring those things together.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): A person who is willing to put the best of their effort toward creating with you is about as amazing a gift as you could wish for at this point in a project. Devote yourself to the collaboration.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You have easier access to the heart of your love than you have in a long time. What gives you this open door? Trust. You’ve earned it by doing as you say you will or better.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Motive – that’s what you’re in tune with. It’s why no one can get away with anything seedy or sketchy around you. They’ll act right, if only because they’re scared of you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You won’t have to talk about your work, defend your actions or explain yourself. You’ve already proven yourself and now they’ll step back and watch you fly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): If the efforts are strong but the plan is weak, the results will fail.

Check the foundation. Ask the old-timers for advice.

Your hard work won’t go wasted.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Who’s going to play for Team You if you don’t? Pick yourself and do it early in the draft. Vote for yourself loud and proud.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People are generally on their best behaviour for the first week on the job, or in the new relationship or residence. It doesn’t take too long for old habits to set in, though. Heed all early warning signs as prophecies.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You can’t help but have a kind of admiration for the one who breaks the rules. But the one who doesn’t even realise there are rules to begin with will astonish you, and likely follow that up by getting on your last nerve.

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Ashburton Forecast

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Canterbury High Country

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Southerlies developing in the afternoon, and dying out later.

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NZ Today

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fine

Showers clearing in the morning and becoming fine. Showers falling as snow down to 1200 metres at first. Wind at 1000m: W 30 km/h changing S 15 km/h in the morning. Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h changing S 30 km/h in the morning.

Hamilton

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Napier

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Wellington

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Nelson

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Blenheim

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Greymouth

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Christchurch

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Timaru

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Queenstown

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Dunedin

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WEDNESDAY Fine with high cloud developing. Westerlies.

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Patchy drizzle clearing then fine spells.

Northeasterlies developing.

A few showers developing with a southwest change. Snow flurries to 1200 metres.

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Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:00 pm, yesterday 117.3 6.0

Nth Ashburton at 12:40 pm, yesterday

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22 21 32 22 23 26 34 34 16 30 33 33 45 20 20

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Palmerston North fine

A few showers developing with a southerly change.

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Auckland

FZL: Rising to 2000m

Fine apart from cloudy periods in the west.

Wind at 1000m: W 20 km/h Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h

Fine with morning frosts. Northerly breezes.

Monday, 15 August 2016

A ridge spreads onto the North Island today, while a trough moves onto the lower South Island. The trough weakens as it moves northwards on Monday while a ridge builds over central New Zealand. The ridge spreads onto the rest of the North Island Wednesday while a front briefly effects the South Island for a time Wednesday and Thursday.

Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 12.9 14.6 Max to 4pm -1.8 Minimum -6.0 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.2 16hr to 4pm August to date 55.4 Avg Aug to date 27 2016 to date 390.0 428 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 20 At 4pm Strongest gust NE 30 Time of gust 2:50pm

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am Tipping Point 10am The Chase 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Four Weddings USA 1:55 Cold Feet AO (Starting Today) 3 British comedy-drama centred on the intertwining friendships of three couples in their 30s. 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Thomas And Friends 6:40 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 7am Tashi 0 7:25 Pokemon XY 3 7:50 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:35 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am N Mystery Girls PGR 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 0 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm Devious Maids AO 3 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland PGR 3 0 3:30 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 0 3:40 The Barefoot Bandits 0 4:05 Jessie 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am The Café Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M The Seven Year Hitch PGR 2012 Romantic Comedy. Natalie Hall, Darin Brooks, Frances Fisher.

2:55 Entertainment Tonight PGR 3:20 Sticky TV 4:25 Minute To Win It Hosted by chef Guy Fieri, competitors take on a series of seemingly simple tasks, which they must complete in under a minute.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

6am Good Morning Rio The latest updates from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. 0 6:05 Rio Olympics 7am Rio Olympics – Artistic Gymnastics 9am Rio Olympics – Men’s Golf (HLS) 9:30 Rio On Prime 10am Rio Olympics – Men’s Tennis 10:30 Rio Olympics – Track Cycling 12:45 Rio Olympics – Athletics 3pm Tigers About The House 4pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4:30 Rio Olympics (HLS) Key highlights from recent events.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Rio Olympics – Kiwi Highlights 0

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Border Patrol PGR 0 8pm Code – 1 PGR 0 8:30 Criminal Minds – Beyond Borders AO 0 9:30 Lucifer AO 0 10:30 One News 0

7pm Shortland Street 0 8pm Renters PGR 0 8:30 Wentworth AO 0 9:30 What Really Happens In Thailand AO 0 10:25 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 10:55 The Originals AO 3

7pm Story 7:30 N Married At First Sight USA PGR Special introducing the experiment, the experts, and the candidates willing to marry a stranger. 0 8:30 M The Internship AO 3 2013 Comedy. Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson. 0 10:50 NewsHub Late

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Antiques Roadshow 0 8:30 60 Minutes PGR 9:30 Mayday PGR 3 When a Marine Corps jet fighter crashes into a civilian DC-9, investigators discover a dangerous flaw in the American air-transportation system.

10:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

11pm Wicked City AO Jack investigates a woman from the killer’s past; Betty and Kent go to a club in search of a victim; a former flame tries to reconnect with Betty.

11:55 F The Mentalist AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11:50 Desperate Housewives AO 30 12:50 Shortland Street 3 0 1:40 Infomercials 2:40 The Real AO 3 3:30 The Fosters PGR 3 4:15 My Wife And Kids 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show. 0 12:30 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11pm Rio Olympics (HLS) Midnight Ready For Rio A look forward to the day’s key events.

12:30 Rio Olympics – Canoe Sprint From Lagoa Stadium.

2:30 Rio Olympics – Track Cycling From the Rio Olympic Velodrome.

4am Rio Olympics – Athletics

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BRAVO 9am The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 9:55 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 10:50 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 11:45 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 12:40 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 3 1:35 Dance Moms 3 2:30 Botched 3 3:30 Hoarders 4:30 Dance Moms 5:30 Flipping Out 6:30 N Million Dollar Listing Josh Altman must sell an eccentric inventor’s expensive home.

7:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR 8:30 Million Dollar Listing NY PGR 9:30 Flipping Out PGR 10:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11pm Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11:30 Snapped PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

6:45 American Sniper 16VLC 2014 Action. Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller.

8:55 A Walk Among The Tombstones 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens.

Mayday 10:50 Close Up – Bruce Willis PG 9:30pm on Prime 11:20 Poltergeist MC 2015 Horror. Sam Rockwell, THE BOX Rosemarie DeWitt.

6am CSI – New York 12:55 Bridge Of Spies MVL MV 6:50 The Simpsons 2015 Thriller. Tom Hanks, PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG Alan Alda.

7:40 Call Of The Wildman 3:15 American Sniper 16VLC PG 8:05 The Amazing Race 2014 Action. Bradley Cooper, PG 8:55 SVU – Special Victims Sienna Miller.

Unit MV 9:45 American 5:25 Swipe MV 2016 Grit PG 10:35 Graceland Thriller. Anna Hutchison, MVLC 11:25 Criminal Minds Karissa Staples.

16VS 12:15 Criminal Minds 6:55 The Forger MVL 2014 16VS 1:05 The Force MC Drama. John Travolta, 1:30 SVU – Special Victims Christopher Plummer.

Unit MV 2:20 CSI – New York 8:30 Demonic 16VC 2015 MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG Horror. The deaths of college 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Call students lead police to an Of The Wildman PG 5pm SVU abandoned house where – Special Victims Unit MV the devil may be at work.

6pm The Simpsons PG 6:30 The Frank Grillo, Maria Bello.

Force MC 7pm Pawn Stars PG 9:55 Interstellar ML 2014 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 Helicopter Sci-fi. Matthew McConaughey, Heroes – Down Under PG Anne Hathaway.

9pm Border Security M 9:30 Ice TUESDAY Road Truckers PG 10:30 CSI MV 12:40 Guns MVL (Mini11:30 NCIS PGV TUESDAY series) 2:10 Swipe MV 2016 12:30 The Amazing Race Thriller. Anna Hutchison, PG 1:20 Call Of The Wildman Karissa Staples. 3:40 The PG 1:45 CSI – New York MV Forger MVL 2014 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons Drama. John Travolta, PG 3:50 Helicopter Heroes – Christopher Plummer.

Down Under PG 4:20 Border 5:15 Interstellar ML 2014 Security M 4:45 Ice Road Sci-fi. Matthew McConaughey, Truckers PG 5:35 The Force MC Anne Hathaway.

MOVIES GREATS 6:25 2012 MC 2009 Action. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet.

9am Directors – Jay Roach PG 9:30 Poseidon MV 2006 Drama. Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss.

11:05 Eastern Promises 18VS 2007 Drama. Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen. 12:45 The Horse Whisperer M 1998 Drama. Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas.

3:30 Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 Horror. Robert Eglund, Ken Kirzinger. 5:05 Fantastic Four – Rise Of The Silver Surfer PG 2007 Action.

Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis.

6:35 Terminator Salvation MV 2009 Action. Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Helena Bonham Carter.

8:30 Atonement MVLS 2007 Drama. Kiera Knightley, James McAvoy.

10:35 Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron Burgundy MS 2004 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate.

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12:10 Something To Talk About ML 1995 Comedy Drama. Julia Roberts, Dennis Quaid, Robert Duvall.

1:55 Freddy v Jason 16VLS 2003 Horror. Robert Eglund, Ken Kirzinger. 3:30 Fantastic Four – Rise Of The Silver Surfer PG 2007 Action.

Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis.

5am Terminator Salvation MV 2009 Action.

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6:30 Pukoro 2 7:30 The Zoo 3 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Tagata Pasifika 3:30 Rugby League – NRL 5pm Te Mana Kuratahi The National Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka Competition, hosted by Horowhenua Rohe, celebrates its 15th anniversary.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:30 Pukana 2 7pm Ahorangi Next Generation 7:30 The Game Chef 8pm The Big Hit 8:30 Play PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Whawhai 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2

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

11:30 Closedown

SKY SPORT 1 6am L Golf – US Senior Open Round Four.

10am Motorcycling – AMA Motocross Unadilla National.

2pm Motorsport – Tour Car Championship TCR Asia Series – Malaysia Round Five.

2:30 Motorsport – Tour Car Championship TCR Asia Series – Malaysia Round Six. 3pm Motorcycling – Road Racing Series 4pm Motorsport – British Touring Car Championship 5pm InCycle 5:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Pakistan v England – Fourth Test, Day Four.

6:30 Motorsport – Tour Car Championship TCR Asia Series – Malaysia Round Five.

7pm Motorsport – Tour Car Championship TCR Asia Series – Malaysia Round Six. 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Golf – PGA US Tour (HLS) John Deere Classic.

From Silvis, Illinois.

9:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Pakistan v England – Fourth Test, Day Four.

From Kia Oval, London.

9:55 L Cricket – International England v Pakistan – Fourth Test, Day Five.

TUESDAY

12:05 Fox Sports News 12:35 L Cricket – England v Pakistan England v Pakistan – Fourth Test, Day Five. 5:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Raiders v Storm.

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand 8am The Liquidator 8:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 9:30 Jamie’s American Road Trip 10:30 Tiny House Nation 11:30 Heritage Rescue 12:30 Ben And James Versus The Arabian Desert PGR 1:30 Getaway 2pm The Living Room 3pm The Jonathan Ross Show 4pm Wildlife SOS Series about the work of volunteers treating sick, injured, and orphaned animals at a wildlife sanctuary.

5pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Melbourne 5:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple 6pm Junk Gypsies 6:30 Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 7pm Baggage Battles 7:30 Travel Man – 48 Hours In 8pm Luxury Uncovered 8:30 The World’s Most Famous Train Examination of the relevance of the Venice SimplonOrient Express in a time when conventional travel is dwindling.

9:30 Art Of Scandinavia 10:30 Baggage Battles 11pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Melbourne 11:30 Donna Hay – Fast, Fresh, Simple Midnight Dig Wars 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Jonathan Ross Show 2am Wildlife SOS 3am Junk Gypsies 3:30 Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 4am The World’s Most Famous Train 5am Art Of Scandinavia

SKY SPORT 2 6am Motorsport – British Touring Car Championship 7am L Golf – US PGA Tour John Deere Classic – Round Four. 10am Fox Sports News 10:30 Rugby League – NRL Sunday Highlights. 11am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Rabbitohs. 11:30 Cricket – International (HLS) Pakistan v England – Fourth Test, Day Four. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Bulldogs v Sea Eagles. 1pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Broncos v Eels. 1:30 Rugby League – NRL Saturday Highlights. 2pm Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Warriors v Rabbitohs. 2:30 Rugby League – NRL Sunday Highlights. 3pm Cricket – International (HLS) Pakistan v England – Fourth Test, Day Four. 3:30 Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Knights v Panthers.

5:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series Mid-Ohio 200.

6:30 Cricket – International Pakistan v England – Fourth Test, Day Four. 7pm The Hunters Club 8pm Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Rabbitohs. 8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Raiders v Storm.

10:50 Monday Night With Matty Johns TUESDAY Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL Richmond v Geelong Cats. 3am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Raiders v Storm.

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Win Lose or Joust. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:25 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG Is There A Superior Race? 10:20 Mighty Cruise Ships PG 11:15 Unravelled M 12:10 Deadly Affairs M Deadly Obsession.

1:05 Obsession – Dark Desires M Final Fantasy.

2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG Labour of Love.

3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG Is There A Superior Race? 5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Treehouse Masters PG View from Above III. 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8pm Auction Hunters PG 8:30 Nasa’s Unexplained Files PG Red Storm Rising.

9:30 You Have Been Warned M 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M

TUESDAY

12:30 Forbidden – Dying For Love M 1:25 Nightmare Next Door M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Taiwan Revealed – Medical Elite PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

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Sport Court confirms ban Athletics world body, the IAAF, has banned long jumper Darya Klishina, Russia’s only athlete allowed to take part in the Rio Olympics, the Court of Arbitration has confirmed. Klishina made an immediate appeal to the court against the order, the tribunal said. The International Association of Athletics Federations banned Russia because of an investigation which said there had been “statesponsored” doping in Russia. Klishina was originally allowed to compete in Rio because she was based in the United States and had regular testing outside Russia.

Cane not able

Mahe Drysdale holds his daughter, Bronte, after winning gold in the men’s rowing single sculls final during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro yesterday.

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The All Blacks have left for Sydney in preparation for Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup clash with a question mark over the fitness of loose forward Sam Cane. Cane has been on light training duties recently due to his recovery from concussion suffered in the Super Rugby semi-final, and as a result Matt Todd has travelled as cover. Prop Kane Hames has been included in the squad of 32 as cover for Joe Moody, who is still getting over a neck issue which has kept him out of the game since before the June internationals.

‘Today I felt the pain’

BY ANDREW ALDERSON Single sculler Mahe Drysdale has triumphed in the closest rowing final in Olympic history.

Drysdale won by less than the width of a bow ball over Croatian Damir Martin. Both posted identical times of six minutes 41.34s on Rio’s Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.

The pair suffered an interminable wait for the confirmed result as officials pored over the photo finish.

The result reduces the previous closest Olympic margin of 0.01s, set by Kiwi double scullers Caroline Meyer and Georgina Earl over Germany at Beijing in 2008.

Drysdale becomes New Zealand’s oldest Olympic champion at 37 years, eight months and 25 days, taking over from sailor Chris Timms who won in the Tornado at Los Angeles in 1984 aged 37 years four months and 15 days.

He was met at the finish by his wife and 2012 Olympic pair bronze medallist Juliette, mum Robin and daughter Bronte, the latter sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with “Row, Row Daddy”.

His victory has given Rowing New Zealand’s medal haul a welcome boost on the sport’s final day of competition.

The country’s other three finalists missed the podium.

Drysdale has fashioned a

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crème de la crème Olympic career, regardless of his pursuit for gold medals at consecutive Games. He becomes the 12th New Zealander to achieve that feat.

“I must’ve have just got in front with a couple of strokes left when I threw in a couple of short ones,” Drysdale said.

“I spent a lot of energy getting into the lead and I thought that was enough.

“But I knew I had to stack it in close to the line.

“Usually after I win I don’t feel the pain, but today ... I felt the pain.”

Drysdale says he’ll never forget the uncertainty felt while floating next to Martin in the

finish area at Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.

“We were looking at each other, looking at the board, just waiting, waiting, waiting,” he said.

“I’d come here to win and my whole four years were resting on this one final bit. It’s not the way you want to do it but I’ll take a gold medal any day.”

“It was a super human effort from Damir, he just closed me down so quickly,” Drysdale said.

“I looked across and I thought he might have even got ahead of me at one point.”

“It’s something I haven’t really tried but I just thought ‘whack in as many as you can on the surge’ and that’s what it came down to.”

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Doping suspicions It took less than five minutes after Almaz Ayana had crossed the line in the 10,000m final for it to start.

The shock of what the Ethiopian had just done to the world record was still registering when Swedish runner Sarah Lahti came out and said exactly what everyone was thinking.

“I do not really believe that she is 100 per cent (clean). It is too easy for her,” Lahti said. “We see no facial expression – while the rest of us are struggling for life at the back. I cannot say that she is not clean, but there is little doubt.”

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