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A wastewater testing project that is about to get under way will produce a clear picture of the extent of illegal drug use in Ashburton.

The testing regime is a New Zealand Police initiative and is about to be rolled out in 38 sites across 12 policing districts. It will capture drug use data across 80 per cent of the country’s population.

In Ashburton it is believed testing equipment will be installed on the inlet to the town’s wastewater processing plant and results are expected over the next few months.

At this stage the programme is likely to run for one year. Results will then be evaluated, but at this stage there is no plan to narrow the focus to specific areas of Ashburton.

The aim of the research is to measure consumption and patterns of use in the community to help inform police and partner agencies in delivering strategies

to minimise harm. The Environmental Science and Research (ESR) scheme has been trialled at three locations in Auckland, Christchurch and Whangarei since 2016 and analysis of samples showed extensive and diverse patterns of drug use.

Over the past 18 months, 1.5kg of methamphetamine is estimated to have been consumed on average each week across the 647,000 people sampled at the three test sites.

That use, police commissioner Mike Bush said, translates into an estimated $2 million each week in social harm.

“Expanding the number of sample locations will help us identify differences in drug use between geographic regions and will act as an early warning system for emerging risks,” he said.

Police minister Stuart Nash said the wastewater testing programme was a cost effective and non-intrusive way of obtaining an accurate measure of illegal drug consumption in both major cities and provincial areas.

“Some of our provincial areas are the most vulnerable to the scourge of methamphetamine and are being preyed upon by organised criminals who supply it,” he said.

Information from testing would ensure police and other agencies could make informed decisions on education, prevention and enforcement initiatives, Nash said.

“The expanded testing will also give agencies an early warning system of emerging drug risks.”

Drugs currently tested for are methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, MDMA and Fentanyl. As part of the nationwide roll out of the testing regime cannabis will be introduced in Northland and across Auckland and ephedrine/pseudoephedrine will be introduced at all sites.

Methamphetamine traces were the highest of the illicit drugs found in Auckland and Christchurch wastewater, police tests showed.

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■ HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

Firearm used in incident

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The offender or offenders wanted in relation to a homicide investigation are at large and potentially armed.

Detective Inspector Corrie Parnell said a firearm was used in the incident where a local 28-year-old man died following an incident on Grange Road near Charing Cross on Saturday afternoon.

“This incident has occurred in Grange Road. There is a number of vehicles involved which has resulted in the death of the young man,” Parnell said.

Parnell confirmed a firearm had been involved in the incident, but it wasn’t confirmed in what capacity.

No arrest had been made as of 5pm yesterday.

Parnell said police had strong lines of inquiry but had not yet identified the offender or offenders. He said they posed no risk to the public.

“I am confident it’s contained within the group we are focused on.”

He said they had a number of witnesses which were still be interviewed yesterday.

Parnell wouldn’t comment on whether it was a gang related in-

Scene examination as part of a homicide investigation following an 28-year-old man’s death on Grange Road.

PHOTO JONATHAN LEASK/SELWYNAPP cident but that there was a “backdrop of gang association”.

His reference was to the several King Cobra members that had been at the scene yesterday and

departed after the body had been removed just after 3pm.

On Saturday, emergency services were called to the scene on Grange Road at about 3.30pm.

The 28-year-old local man had died at the scene despite receiving medical attention.

“A number of members of the public have been part of the first

response team.”

When the emergency services arrived Parnell said the male was on the side of the road.

He described it as a “complex scene over about 3km at this stage”.

“A number of forensic scene examinations are under way in Grange Road and Telegraph Road, which are expected to extend into next week.

“There is a number of scenes and a number of vehicles seized, currently under guard, and we will work through those.

“We have a large team assisted by forensic specialists working on this investigation.”

There were 40 investigators along with members of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) working on the scene with Parnell expecting to expand those resources throughout the coming week.

Parnell said that anyone with information should come forward, and said those responsible should do the same “before we have to come and find you”.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call Christchurch Police on (03) 363 4700.

■ MAYORAL VEHICLES

Riding the road at ratepayers’ expense

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton has received a big tick from the local body watchdog the Taxpayers’ Union for its frugal approach to mayoral vehicles.

While Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt was given a brickbat for driving the most expensive ratepayer-funded mayoral vehicle in the country, the New Zealand Taxpayers Union gave bouquets to 14

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of the country’s councils, including Ashburton, for not providing their mayor with a ratepayerfunded car.

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union asked every council in the country for expenses associated with their mayoral vehicles.

The majority responded and Invercargill topped the chart, spending $72,323 on a Chrysler 300C for Shadbolt in November 2015.

On top of that the council’s budget for mayoral vehicle spending sits at $55,000.

Several councillors with smaller population basis than Ashburton did provide their mayor with a vehicle for both official and personal use, including Gore, Clutha, Hurunui and Central Otago.

Mayors of both Timaru and Selwyn have either leased or ratepayer purchased vehicles for their

own and official use.

Hyundai were the most common brand purchased but several mayors drove smaller vehicles.

Palmerston North splashed out and bought its mayor a Lexus.

Ratepayer-funded fuel for mayoral vehicles ranged from a capped monthly use, fuel for official functions only through to no limits on filling the tank.

Reasons given by the Inver-

cargill council for its largesse in providing Shadbolt with a luxury vehicle were that it best suited his needs, had better road handling and the long distances he had to travel to cover his patch.

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■ DEFENCE FORCE

Courtney top recruit

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Courtney McClintock before her graduation parade.

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It was the end of 13 weeks of tough, regulated training, the moment Courtney McClintock and 52 other defence force recruits had been working for.

The 5.30am reveilles, fatigues, inspections, lessons, lectures and gruelling personal training sessions were behind her - but what the Ashburtonian wasn’t expecting at her graduation in October, was to be named top recruit.

“I was honestly shocked,” she said.

“As the sergeant was announcing the award I was looking around the tables at our formal dinner trying to figure out who he was describing … and when he said my name I was dumbfounded.”

McClintock joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force earlier this year, has been presented the Lawson Cup and Warrant Officer of the Air Force Coin at her graduation, and says she is now excited to see where the amazing opportunities take her.

McClintock studied at Mt Hutt College until 2016 and said she was drawn to design and photography – quite a contrast to what she has ended up doing.

“In Year 13 I lost interest in the idea of university, and ending up with a student loan for a job that I wasn’t 100 per cent [keen] on working.”

“I wanted a change but I didn’t know what.”

A friend’s mother suggested the police force, and McClintock and her younger brother then found themselves researching the Defence Force.

Her parents had a few cousins in the Air Force, and McClintock would later meet her own cousin among fellow recruits.

Before long McClintock was packing a bag and heading to Base Woodbourne, Blenheim to undertake the taxing training course.

For the duration of the 13 weeks, each day started at 5.30am, when recruits would get up, iron their sheets, make their beds, clean their bed spaces and dress in their overalls.

After marching to breakfast, completing their daily cleaning of the toilets, laundries, showers, hall and surroundings, dressing and standing attention for up to 30 minutes during barrack inspections, the coursework would begin. Each day comprised of lectures and lessons as well as training in core military skills, weapons, drill, civil defence, navigation and history.

One of the biggest learning curves for McClintock was the four-day-a-week personal training (PT) sessions, she said, which she initially lacked confidence in.

“I think the defence force mindfulness training really helped me change my mindset and look at PT as a growth opportunity,” she said. “After that I enjoyed the sessions a lot more … which I have carried on to other aspects of my life and will continue to do so in the future.”

McClintock is grateful to those who have been right behind her throughout the course.

“My family and friends have been so amazing, so supportive, and encouraged me to go for everything and do my best at it. I couldn’t ask for more.”

She isn’t yet sure where she will go within the Air Force, but encourages anyone else aspiring to join to “go for it!”

“It’s a career with so many opportunities,” she said.

If like her, fitness is all that is holding her back, she suggested not to stress.

“Getting fit before joining is really helpful and will better your chances at passing, but it shouldn’t be the only thing stopping you from achieving such an amazing career and life within the RNZAF.”

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Driver sought Police are looking to locate a driver who hit a group of motorcyclists in Te Kuiti on Saturday night, seriously injuring one. Sergeant Warren Shaw of Waikato Police said police were called to the scene of a crash on Carroll Street, Te Kuiti, about 6pm on Saturday. He said it appeared a car had collided with a group of motorcycles, and as a result one person was flown to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition and another sustained minor injuries.

Stuff reported that around 10 Filthy Few gang members were travelling north along Carroll Street on their motorcycles at the time of the incident.

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Man drowns A man has drowned at Hot Water Beach yesterday afternoon after getting into difficulty while swimming. The man was pulled from the water but died at the scene. Emergency services were called shortly before 4pm, a police spokesperson said.

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Leg amputated A Kiwi schoolgirl mauled by a shark in the Whitsunday islands last month has had her left leg amputated. Hannah Papps, 12, is recuperating in Queensland Children’s Hospital where she remains in a stable condition after undergoing several surgeries since the September 20 attack in Cid Harbour off Whitsunday Island.

Hannah was mauled by a shark as she swam in shallow water, 24 hours after Tasmanian tourist Justine Barwick was mauled in the same spot.

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Quaint Peloponnese full of Greek history Former Ashburtonians Tony and Leanne Argyle have temporarily abandoned their Gold Coast home to trek lightly around Europe. Tony has been recording their travels.

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ver heard of the Peloponnese Peninsula? Chances are you’ll say no but if you’ve ever heard of the Spartans, follow the Olympic Games, or are religious enough to know about the Corinthians then you know more about this Greek peninsula than you think.

Much like most South Islanders think Auckland’s the soft underbelly that gets all the New Zealand attention, the Peloponnese used to tire of Athens being the big shots in the early Grecian times. If Athens were the Blues then Sparta were the Crusaders, more than capable of rolling their big city neighbours when the fighting broke out.

Jump forward a couple of millennials and the Peloponnese, a peninsula which has effectively been turned into an island by the Corinth Canal, starts only an hour from Athens but is light years away in pace of life and quaint appeal.

The canal itself is impressive to view.

Carved across a small part of the peninsula only 6km long it was first attempted almost 2000 years ago by an over-ambitious Roman governor with shares in a local construction company but not enough brains to realise that two donkeys and a cart weren’t going to be able to move that much dirt.

Step forward 18 centuries and work began in earnest on a way to shorten the trip from Italy to the Suez Canal by 400 miles.

What’s most impressive about the canal is that its width is only 24 metres but at a depth of 90 metres and an angle of 80 degrees it punches above its weight in the Most Dramatic Appearance category of the Annual Canal Travellers World Survey.

Sadly, it’s too small for most ships these days and has been cast a supporting role in small luxury yachts and ferries but it’s still well worth a look when crossing into the Peloponnese from Athens.

Corinth is the first town you visit when entering the Peloponnese.

Home to St Paul while he wrote this chapter of the Bible, he thoughtfully

named it after the town in an attempt to curry favour with the locals who showed their appreciation by putting him on trial.

If you want ruins, then Corinth and the surrounding areas of Mycenae and Epidavros will keep you happy for days.

The ancient theatre of Epidavros is still used for summer concerts and has acoustics that are said to let you hear a match lit from the top of the stadium.

How match lighting would keep an audience entertained is beyond me but obviously those Greeks were easily impressed. The Peloponnese is also home to Olympia, home of the ancient Olympics which continued successively for over 1000 years until an endorsement deal with Coca Cola fell through and the athletes had to buy their own loin cloths. The ruins are precisely that, but the museum at Olympia is impressive in its collection of artefacts that paid homage to the early God’s for whom the events were held.

It’s the other parts of the Peloponnese we love however. There you can get the chance to meet the real Greeks in their villages and enjoy some of the closer offshore islands that offer a different feel to their more celebrated Mediterranean cousins.

Hydra is accessible by ferry in only 20 minutes but it feels like a world away with foot or donkey being the only means to access the steep cobblestone streets of the main town.

Spetses has long been an appealing haven for those with money to burn, but it’s little Poros – but a stone’s throw from the mainland – that is one of the nicest to visit.

Accessible by small ferries that run the two-minute ride for one euro per passenger, the cuteness of the streets is only rivalled by the gorgeous view you get of the island from the mainland.

For those venturing further into the Peloponnese, the walled fortress island of Monemvasia is separated from the mainland only by a causeway that then winds its way up the western side of the island

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to the entrance of the village. There you’ll be greeted by gift shops and restaurants inside the city walls.

Despite this, and the relatively small size, the village doesn’t appear tacky and if you’re keen there is the chance to climb further up the hill to enjoy the view.

One of our most favourite places in the peninsula is Nafplion.

Situated in the Argolic Gulf its old town is quite large with an excellent harbour front, normally dotted with at least one luxury yacht.

You can catch a short ferry to the fortress in the harbour, climb the 999 steps to the ruins of the Palamidis fortress above the town to enjoy the breathtaking view, walk the 20 minute stroll from the back of the old towns hill to the harbourfront, or enjoy a swim in the small bay at the back of the old village.

The Corinth Canal starts only an hour from Athens and is carved across a small part of the peninsula only 6km long.

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Meet the team Over the next few weeks we will introduce a member of the Guardian team each day, from our family to yours.

Time at the Guardian I’ve boomeranged back several times since starting first in 1982, so a long time on and off.

Where are you from?

I grew up in Hinds, so I’m local to the core. I came back to Mid Canterbury in 1991 after a stint working in Tauranga and travelling.

What’s the most enjoyable part of your job?

Sharing people’s stories is always a privilege. I love chatting to someone about a big adventure they’ve just completed, or a milestone marked.

Mid Canterbury is full of people who are so modest about what they do!

Linda Clarke Reporter

What’s your back story, where do you hail from, your working career?

I fell into journalism really, having applied for a proofreader’s job to make some money before heading off to uni to study accounting (what was I thinking back then, I hate numbers!). When the time came to leave, the editor at the time Malcolm Hopwood offered me a cadetship in the reporting team and I stayed on. The ink gets in your blood. It’s an industry like no other and you have a front-row seat to what goes on in your community and further afield.

Away from work, what do you like to do in your spare time?

I love my Kindle and I’m also currently hooked on Netflix/Lightbox … absolutely loved the Hand Maid’s Tale and Line of Duty. This is the first year I haven’t had kids to care for or a school sports team to watch or manage (missing my basketball!) … it’s taken some time to adjust and enjoy. I might take up golf (LOL Perry).

Have there been any embarrassing moments in your working career?

The great thing about a daily news cycle is you get to have a do-over every 24 hours. I’m not disclosing anything!

If you weren’t in your current role, what do you think you’d like to be doing?

I would love to buy an old house and renovate it, be like those Texan flippers but in Ashburton.

You can learn a lot from Googling how to do stuff.

Best piece of advice ever given to you?

Don’t Assume. It makes an ASS out of U and ME. It always pays to ask, even if something appears obvious.

Name three people you’d love to invite to dinner At this point in time, it would be just close family (and there’d be more than three.

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■ ASHBURTON COLLEGE

Behind open doors, lies open arms Ashburton College. When we hear these two words, its three core values certainly come to mind; achieve quality, show pride, have respect.

These are the three undermining values that our school is based around. Ashburton College, behind open doors is a ladder of opportunity, led upon it by open arms.

Ashburton College, described by us in three words as welcoming, supportive and engaging.

At Ashburton College, there are plenty of various opportunities for students.

All students have equal chances to take part in these opportunities.

As an example, we are two completely different people in terms of our background, culture and interests.

My name is Matthew Clough, I am a very sporty and academic European male.

I am the Deputy Head Boy at Ashburton College this year.

I’m Uati Saofai, I am from Samoa.

My family and I migrated from Samoa almost seven years ago. I am an academic individual who is into performing arts and cultural activities. I am the Deputy Head Girl at Ashburton College this year.

As you can see, we are two completely different people from different backgrounds and cultures.

It certainly proves that no matter where you come from or how much knowledge you have, there is always an opportunity for you. We may be two different people, but we have both been granted with amazing opportunities at Ashburton College.

Through the open doors at Ashburton College lie an amazing group of supportive people who are dedicated to bring out the best in each student. There are equal chances for all students to walk through one of the many open doors of opportunities.

“Being a leader never really crossed my mind in the past, simply because I used to be someone that prefers to be in the background.

“As a student of Ashburton College since Year 9, I have gained personal growth and improvements as an individual. It has been possible not because of my effort alone, but the amazing support of my teachers and the college.

Support and encouragements at Ashburton College is incomparable.

“Almost five years ago, I didn’t think I was capable enough to become one of the leaders at Ashburton College, let alone represent the college at any events. I have certainly proved myself wrong.”

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“I have always loved leadership and have taken a lot of leadership opportunities in the past. Through sport and school activities, I have always put my hand up to be a leader.

“Ashburton College is very supportive of all of its students and offers many opportunities. These are made available by the college in allowance for students to try many different activities and to step up, including leadership opportunities.

“I believe that if I had not stepped up and taken opportunities in the sporting field, I would have not learnt the qualities of a great leader.

“Ashburton College offered me so many opportunities, but if it wasn’t for the support and encouragement that came with it, I don’t believe I would be in the place that I am now.”

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One dead in crash

Man dies after fleeing scene

One person has died after a car and a bus carrying 14 tourists crashed on State Highway 6 south of Queenstown.

Emergency services responded to reports of a car under a bus near the Devil’s Staircase at 7.45am yesterday.

Police originally estimated there were 40 tourists on the bus, but operator Southern Discoveries said there were 14.

One person in the car died in the crash. No one else has been injured.

Southern Discoveries said in a statement that details were “still coming to light”.

“We understand that the driver of the car passed away at the scene and our condolences go out to their family and friends,” the company said.

“The driver of our bus as well as all 14 passengers on board are uninjured.

We are currently taking all of the passengers back to their accommodation in Queenstown and providing them, as well as our staff, with any support they may require.

“We will co-operate fully with all authorities involved in this incident.”

Police said the Serious Crash Unit would investigate and the road would be closed for some time.

Three fire crews attended, a Fire and

A man has died and six people were injured in Wellington on Saturday night after the man had crashed his car into two vehicles earlier before fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle.

Police have confirmed they were called to the scene of a crash near the intersection of Cambridge Terrace and Naenae Road in Avalon, Lower Hutt, about 8pm on Saturday.

Senior Sergeant Mark Scott said, “a male driver in a car crashed into two other vehicles, the female passenger in his vehicle received minor injuries.

“As well as this, four people in one car received moderate injuries and one person in the third vehicle received minor injuries.”

Following the crash the offending driver got out of the vehicle and attempted to steal one car, before giving up and stealing another vehicle. He then drove away from the scene.

Police immediately began making inquiries to locate him.

At about 8.50pm police were alerted that the car had crashed into a barrier on Remutaka Hill Road.

“When emergency services arrived at the scene the man had left the car and run into the bush,” Scott said.

“Police located him in a critical condition in the bush at around 9.25pm. CPR was performed but he was pronounced dead a short time later.”

The man’s death is not suspicious and has been referred to the coroner. The Serious Crash Unit are investigating.

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The scene of the fatal crash.

Emergency New Zealand spokesman said.

Freelance photographer James Allan, who was at the scene, said the crash was about 10km south from Jack’s Point.

It appeared the two vehicles had crashed head-on near a corner, he said.

“The car has gone under the bus and bounced back out in the middle of the road.”

There were six police cars and fire trucks on the scene at 8.50am.

“There is a massive pile of taxis coming to pick up the tourists.”

The crash comes two days after a person was seriously injured in a head-on collision between two cars on State Highway 6 near Devil’s Staircase.

St John communications adviser Chrissy Hamilton said one person was flown to Dunedin Hospital with ‘’serious injuries’’ after that crash and two other patients were transported to Lakes District Hospital by ambulance with minor injuries.

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■ UNITED STATES

Fears toll will rise

Search and rescue personnel are continuing to comb through the ruins of a small Florida Panhandle community destroyed

by Hurricane Michael, which has left hundreds of thousands without power and without easy access to supplies.

So far, one body has been found in Mexico Beach, but authorities say there is little doubt the death toll will rise.

Crews with dogs went door-to-door at the weekend in Mexico Beach, pushing aside debris to get inside badly damaged structures in a second wave of searches following what they described as an initial, “hasty” search of the area. About 1700 search and rescue personnel have checked 25,000 homes, Florida Gov Rick Scott said.

Michael made landfall last week as a Category 4 hurricane with 249km/h winds and heavy storm surge. The tally of lives lost across the South stood at 15, including the victim found in the rubble of Mexico Beach, where about 1000 people live.

“Everything is time consuming,” said Captain Ignatius Carroll, of the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue task force. “You don’t want to put a rush on a thorough rescue.”

More roads were passable along the

storm-ravaged coast as crews cleared downed trees and power lines, but traffic lights remained out and there were long lines at the few open gas stations.

About 4000 members of Florida’s national guard have been called up to deal with the storm, including 500 added on Saturday. Nearly 2000 law-enforcement officials have been sent into the Panhandle.

Schools will stay closed indefinitely, a hospital halted operations and sent 200 patients to hospitals elsewhere in Florida and in Alabama, and more than 253,000 customers in the Panhandle remain without power.

“Everybody just needs to help each other right now,” Scott said after meeting with emergency responders in the Panama City area.

“You feel sorry for people,” Scott said.

“They might have lost their house. They worry about their kids getting into school.

You know, people don’t sit and have a whole bunch of extra money in the bank just waiting for a disaster.”

Some residents were packing up and getting as far away as they could.

Michael was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever make landfall in the

US. While most residents fled ahead of the storm’s arrival, others stayed to face the hurricane. Some barely escaped with their lives as homes were pushed off their foundations and whole neighbourhoods became submerged.

Hector Morales, a 57-year-old restaurant cook, never even thought of evacuating.

His mobile home wasn’t on the beach but when it suddenly began floating during the hurricane, he jumped out and swam to a fishing boat and clambered aboard.

“I lost everything,” Morales said. “But I made it.”

How many others were not so fortunate was still not clear. By one count, state officials said, 285 people in Mexico Beach defied mandatory evacuation orders and stayed behind. It’s unclear how many people stayed behind in nearby communities.

One who did, Albert Blackwell, was preparing to cover holes in the roof of his apartment and take a chainsaw to trees that fell and broke his windows just outside Panama City.

“I’m the idiot that rode it out here in this place,” said Blackwell, 65. He doesn’t plan to leave; he wants to protect his home from looters.

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Most popular album ever The Beatles’ ground-breaking release Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has been named the most popular British album of all time. Released in May 1967, the classic record has been crowned the favourite album in UK chart history with 5.34 million combined sales. The seminal LP contains songs such as Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, on what was an experimental album. Sgt Pepper has been crowned the UK’s favourite, and tops a chart ranking albums by physical sales, downloads and streams in the UK, compiled by the Official Charts Company.

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Twelve dead after cyclone, landslide Twelve people are feared dead in a cyclone shelter swamped by a landslide caused by heavy rains in eastern India, officials said.

Krishan Kumar, a spokesman for the National Disaster Response Force, said relief officials rushed to the remote area in Gajapati district in Orissa state.

The landslide hit at the weekend, a day after a severe cyclone that caused heavy rains in parts of eastern India.

Villagers had moved to the shelter to escape the fury of Cyclone Titli, which whipped up wind speeds of up to 95 miles per hour.

State Relief Commissioner BP Sethi said there were reports that 12 people at the shelter were killed and another four trapped in the debris, the Press Trust of India news agency said.

Mr Sethi said rescue workers were clearing roads blocked by uprooted trees to reach the remote site.

At least eight people were killed in Andhra Pradesh state and one in Orissa state on Thursday when the cyclone damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles.

Orissa state is prone to cyclones that develop in the Bay of Bengal.

In 1999, a devastating cyclone killed more than 15,000 people.

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Michael Buble

Buble to retire Michael Buble has announced plans to “retire” from the music industry after admitting he no longer has the desire for fame following his son’s battle with cancer. The Canadian singer, who has won four Grammys and sold 75 million records, put his career on hold after finding out the five-year-old was diagnosed with liver cancer two years ago. Noah, one of three children with wife of seven years, Argentinian model and actress Luisana Lopilato, is now in remission. The 43-year-old explained how the diagnosis made him realise he had become fixated on his own success and can no longer stomach “the celebrity narcissism”.

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Britain’s Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank embrace, in the Scottish State Coach, upon its return to Windsor Castle following the Carriage Procession after their Wedding, at St George’s Chapel.

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Official photos released Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank are pictured holding hands and kissing on their wedding day in official photographs released to mark the event.

One intimate black and white image shows the couple having a kiss inside the Scottish State Coach as they returned to Windsor Castle after the carriage procession.

The newlyweds are said to be “delighted” to share the four photographs, which were taken by British fashion and portrait photographer Alex Bramall.

A group photograph taken in the White Drawing Room at Windsor shows both the bride and groom’s families.

An image of the bridal party shows Theodora, daughter of pop star Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field, standing right next

to Brooksbank, who rests his hand on her shoulder.

Prince George is looking at the camera with a beaming smile next to sister Princess Charlotte, who is dangling her legs with her feet crossed.

In the fourth photograph, the newlyweds are pictured at the York family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, ahead of the private evening dinner.

Another photo shows Eugenie wearing a Zac Posen evening gown, inspired by the White Rose of York, which is embroidered on both the shoulder and back.

Eugenie set off her evening look with diamond and emerald drop earrings which were a wedding gift from the groom, and a hair slide belonging to the Queen.

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Gemma McCaw

McCaw makes TV debut Gemma McCaw has admitted to a few mistakes while reading the sports news in her latest foray into TV presenting on the AM Show. But Mediaworks has hinted she could be back, following her stint replacing Mark Richardson. And Mediaworks have left the door open to a small screen return by the former Black Stick, whose other big debut this year will be motherhood – she’s expecting her first child with husband, two-time Rugby World Cup-winning former All Black captain Richie McCaw. McCaw surprised viewers when she appeared in Richardson’s seat and read the sports news for the breakfast TV show. - NZME

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ARTS DIARY ■

October 20: Ashburton Sculpture Symposium in the Ashburton Domain.

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October 23: Ashburton Sculpture Symposium Meet the Sculptors evening at the Grace Gallery.

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October 26: Uniquely Ubana - Another Side of Paul Ubana Jones at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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October 27: A Murder Mystery with Big Little Theatre Company, David Elliot’s Snark: A Victorian Odyssey exhibition opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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October 28: St Andrew’s College Pipe Band present StAC attack at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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October 31: Entries close for the Zone Ashburton Female Art Award 2019, Big Little Theatre Company Fright Night at the Plains Museum.

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November 1: Seven Deadly Stunts and the Messy Magic Adventure at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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November 3: Julie Hawke School of Dance presents Dancing Through the Seasons at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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November 5: Social Climbers - A Roger Hall Comedy at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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November 6: Brent Holley – Perspective exhibition opening at the Grace Gallery.

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November 10: The Bubblemen live at the Tinwald Tavern, Armistice Day Remembrance Concerts at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre (until November 11).

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November 11: Mid Canterbury Choir presents Messiah with guest soloists at St Stephens Anglican Church.

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November 14: Muka Youth Prints at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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November 18: Clive Humphreys The Process of Place exhibition opening and floor talk at the Ashburton Art Gallery, Compliment and Contrast opening at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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November 23: Lee Child at St Andrew’s College, Christchurch.

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November 23 – 25: Yes. That’s What Music’s All About at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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A steady stream of young visitors have poured through the doors of the Ashburton Art Gallery over the school holidays to tackle two hands-on activities.

Kaleidoscope-making and card creating have been the crafts of choice for local and visiting children.

Exhibitions assistant Nicole Bourke said the former had been very popular, with dozens of children settling in to explore reflections, symmetry and colour by

attaching their own arrangement of beads to the bottom of a cardboard tube.

It cost $5 to cover materials and children were there from 20 minutes to two hours at a time.

The programme ran in conjunction with the exhibition Emergence by David Green, which used light and video to create an immersive experience within the Carr Family Gallery.

Bourke said it was good to see young people not only creating their own works, but drawing inspiration and responding to the

exhibition. The gallery also welcomed entries to the annual District Card Making Competition for 5 to 13-year-olds throughout the holidays.

They had received so many card designs by the second week that staff completely filled their designated display wall and had to start tacking them up around the corner.

This year’s card competition was themed Tapestry of the Domain, and creators were invited to draw inspiration from the current textiles exhibition by

Malcolm Harrison, as well as the spring colours and textures of the Ashburton Domain.

Trees, ducks and cherry blossom feature in the montage-style entries, which could be created at the gallery or at home.

The cards will be judged by Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel.

The People’s Choice Award winner and Ashburton District Council Award winner will be named at a presentation later this month, and the winning cards will be printed and distributed.

McCabe charming US audiences

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A regular Ashburton performer scheduled to play at the MSA on New Year’s Eve is rising to fame among US audiences.

Oamaru singer songwriter John McCabe has earned places on four major indie and gospel US charts, including number 1 on the Airplay Express Top 20.

In New Zealand, McCabe has earned the affectionate name of “the Kiwi with the Golden Voice”.

He has been performing around the country for three decades, and last year signed with Nashville’s Lamon Records, which is one of the largest independent record labels affiliated with Sony Music.

The first single he released was

called You Can Never Steal a Bible, and is his only Country Gospel song.

Manager Sue McCabe said he will soon be following it up with an environmentally-focused song called Aotearoa I Love You and a country rock song called What Baby Says Goes.

She said it was exciting news that John was charting so successfully and encouraged audiences to “watch this space”.

John performed at the MSA on October 13, and his next Ashburton appearance will be on November 24 before a New Year’s Eve show at the same venue.

The “true blue country cowboy” also performed in Ashburton last New Year’s Eve.

His voice has won over many Ashburton residents, and now John McCabe is charming US audiences.

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Connor Brosnahan returns a forehand against Aidan Mitchell.

Stretching to return a forehand was Erin Connelly-Whyte.

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A summer of cricket and tennis got under way in Mid Canterbury on Saturday, with A grade tennis hitting the courts at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre and the opening rounds of the Mid Canterbury Cricket open grade T20 competition playing out at the Ashburton Domain.

Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was there.

Richard Print prepares to send a ball down the pitch for his Coldstream side.

Jake Jackways awaits a serve from his doubles partner Bryn Looij.

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Returning a backhand was Michael Kerr.

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Speed machine Brian Matoramusha scored a hattrick for the Mid Canterbury Hammers at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday, although it wasn’t Coldstream bowler Andrew Bennett follows through enough to avoid a 31-29 loss to King Country.

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Plastic bags a hard habit to break S

o, it’s farewell to an old friend – the plastic bag.

As we move with the times and consider our environment more and more it would seem that the future of an old trusty pal is nearing the end of its time with us.

But just how hard is going to be to shake the habit?

As more and more stores remove single use plastic bags from their checkouts – more and more Kiwis are having to adjust to life without them. It’s a hard habit to shake though.

Ducking into the local shop and grabbing an armful of products comes as second nature, but if

you’re not armed with a pre-purchased, more environmentally friendly form of carrier, then you are in a bit of trouble.

Over time, one would imagine that taking your bags into the shop or supermarket will too become second nature, but we are in that tricky little holding pattern of uncertainty – the time

where the brain doesn’t quite register that we are required to self-provide.

Mark my word, this won’t be the end of the plastic bag though.

I know for a fact of a couple of local homes that have hundreds of them stashed away in a cupboard for all variance of uses – and I’m sure they’re not the only ones.

Plastic bags are something that can be hoarded without the fear of appearing on the next instalment of the television show of the same name. Their uses are endless. My great-grandmother, who lived to be 100, used to use them as protectors on her feet to help

keep them dry when trekking through the paddocks and long grass and I can solemnly stand, with my hand on my heart, and say I have seen them being used as checked in luggage on a flight one day at Christchurch Airport – they’re that good.

But surely there’s a bigger question that needs to be answered here.

Why are we just looking at the single use plastic bag? Why not the single use plastic wrap, or the single use plastic bottle?

One could argue that far more of those types of products make their way into circulation on a daily basis than the seven or eight

plastic bags you might use for a hefty grocery shop at the local supermarket.

Surely, they are of more damage to the environment than a plastic bag floating in the wind?

Or is this the next step?

We phase out plastic bags and then, over time, we gradually increase to removing all other forms of environment damaging products as well.

Seems the most likely situation doesn’t it?

So, continue to get used to the limited future of the single use plastic bag. In time, you will get there, probably just in time for the next big change.

Ten years ago: Republican John McCain repeatedly assailed Democrat Barack Obama’s character and campaign positions on taxes, abortion and more in a debate at Hofstra University; Obama parried each accusation, and levelled a few of his own, saying “100 per cent” of McCain’s campaign ads were negative. Pop star Madonna and movie director Guy Ritchie announced they were divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage.

Five years ago: Abu Anas al-Libi, an alleged al-Qaida member who was snatched off the streets in Libya, pleaded not guilty in New York to bombing-related charges. President Barack

Obama presented the Medal of Honor to William D. Swenson, a former Army captain whose heroic actions in a deadly Afghan battle were captured on video.

Hans Riegel, 90, who turned little gold bears into a global candy juggernaut — Haribo’s gummi bears — over a career that spanned seven decades, died in Bonn, Germany.

One year ago: Actress and activist Alyssa Milano tweeted that women who had been sexually harassed or assaulted should write “Me too” as a status; within hours, tens of thousands had taken up the #MeToo hashtag (using a phrase that had been introduced 10 years earlier by social activist Tarana Burke.)

Police in London investigated three new allegations of sexual assault against producer Harvey Weinstein, all made by the same woman.

Today’s birthdays: Former auto executive Lee Iacocca is 94.

Jazz musician Freddy Cole is 87. Singer Barry McGuire is 83.

Actress Linda Lavin is 81. Rock musician Don Stevenson (Moby Grape) is 76. Actress-director Penny Marshall is 75. Singermusician Richard Carpenter is 72. Actor Victor Banerjee is 72. Singer Tito Jackson is 65.

Actor-comedian Larry Miller is 65. Actor Jere Burns is 64. Movie director Mira Nair is 61. Britain’s Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is 59. Chef Emeril Lagasse is

59. Actress Tanya Roberts is 59.

Rock musician Mark Reznicek is 56. Singer Eric Benet is 52.

Actress Vanessa Marcil is 50.

Singer-actress-TV host Paige Davis is 49. Country singer Kimberly Schlapman (Little Big Town) is 49. Actor Dominic West is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ginuwine is 48. Actor Devon Gummersall is 40. Actor Chris Olivero is 39. Christian singeractress Jaci Velasquez is 39.

Actor Brandon Jay McLaren is 38.

Thought for today: “The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.” — John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born American economist (born this date in 1908, died in 2006). - AP

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, October 15, the 288th day of 2018. There are 77 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: In 1783, the first manned balloon flight took place in Paris as Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascended in a basket attached to a tethered Montgolfier hotair balloon, rising to about 25 metres.

On this date: In 1860, 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.

In 1917, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (Margaretha ZelleGeertruida MacLeod), 41, convicted by a French military court of spying for the Germans, was executed by a firing squad outside Paris.

(Maintaining her innocence to the end, Mata Hari refused a blindfold and blew a kiss to her executioners.)

In 1928, the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, completing its first commercial flight across the Atlantic.

In 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed for treason.

In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed.

In 1989, South African officials released eight prominent political prisoners, including Walter Sisulu.

In 1997, British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green twice drove a jet-powered car in the Nevada desert faster than the speed of sound, officially shattering the world’s land-speed record.

NASA’s plutonium-powered Cassini spacecraft rocketed flawlessly toward Saturn.

In 2003, eleven people were killed when a Staten Island ferry slammed into a maintenance pier. (The ferry’s pilot, who’d blacked out at the controls, later pleaded guilty to eleven counts of manslaughter.)

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The Grand Ole’ Opry, which is celebrating its 75th year, is an American institution, originally broadcast every Saturday night, but now broadcast and live-streamed five nights a week, in deference to its extraordinary popularity.

Far from a one-note town T

he Country Music Capital of the World isn’t called Music City for nothing.

But as much as chasing country stars brings visitors to Nashville in their droves, this is not a one note town.

Nashville loves a catchy tune across all genres, from jazz, blues and soul to bluegrass, rock and gospel, even if country is the transcendent king.

In a city spilling forth with nascent talent begging to be dis-

Southern charm in Nashville.

Nashville is awash in live music, around the clock. It’s the perfect destination for couples who don’t necessarily like talking to each other much, because you’d struggle to be heard over the noise anyway, writes Mike Yardley. covered, who knows how many Carrie Underwoods you might uncover?

For a deep dive into Nashville’s back catalogue, you should start your initiation at the revered Ryman Auditorium: the Mother

Church of Country Music. Its back-story is enthralling, named in honour of the riverboat captain and Nashville businessman who fundraised for the venue to be built in the late 1880s.

Nashville was a raucous and

debauched party town and Thomas Ryman was concerned that the rise of evangelism was a threat to the vitality of the bar and club owners.

However, when he met with the famed travelling evangelist Sam Jones, legend has it that he was converted on the spot by the preacher, and set about raising the money for the Union Gospel Tabernacle.

Opened in 1892, it was renamed the Ryman Auditorium upon his death in 1904.

Alongside religious revivalism, the venue evolved into the Carnegie Hall of the South, particularly under the management of Lula Naff.

It hosted a glittering parade of luminaries, from Rudolph Valentino to Mae West.

But its greatest legacy began in 1943, when Lula signed a contract to rent the Ryman out on Saturday nights for a popular live radio show. Yes, the Grand Ole Opry.

Over the decades, the building’s stature as the Mother Church of Country Music was secured.

In 1974, the Grand Ole Opry’s fame necessitated it finding a new and bigger venue, but after years of uncertainty, public affection secured the Ryman’s restoration and re-opening as a premier entertainment venue.

It’s a delight to visit and those old church pews that comprise its seating arrangement, are just as uncomfortable as they surely were when it first opened.

A short drive out of town in Music Valley, I attended an evening show at the Grand Ole Opry, which is celebrating its 75th year.

This live radio broadcast is an American institution, originally broadcast every Saturday night, but now broadcast and livestreamed five nights a week, in deference to its extraordinary popularity.

To be part of the grand ole gang, Opry members are invited performers who must agree to a certain number of Opry appearances.

Their stellar roster includes Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Loretta Lynn, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton and Randy Travis.

It’s classy and highly engaging encounter with Nashville music royalty, with each show showcasing half a dozen artists performing 30-minute sets.

Taking pride of place on centre-stage, is the venerated “unbroken circle,” transplanted from the floor of the Ryman stage to the Grand Ole’ Opry, and where a galaxy of music gods electrified their audiences, including Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.

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Nashville lights up at night with a multitude of bars and restaurants on offer.

Back in the heart of Nashville, the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum is a colossus befitting country music’s grand pantheon.

I perused the multitude of plaques lining the walls of the towering rotunda, which pay homage to all of the inductees in the Hall of Fame.

The permanent exhibition galleries span two floors, walking you through the history of country music from its humble roots in the rural south, with compelling multi-media displays.

The museum groans with over 2.5 million artifacts, one-of-akind recordings, instruments and costumes, including Hank Williams’s cherished Martin guitar and Elvis Presley’s solid gold Cadillac. (Decorated with crushed diamonds and iridescent fish scales with 24 carat gold accents.)

A revolving roster of temporary exhibitions adds to the experience, which currently play tribute to Loretta Lynn, Shania Twain and The Judds.

It’s worth paying extra to take the guided tour of the nearby RCA Studio B, where Elvis Presley recorded a 262 songs including his Christmas album. The red, green and blue lightbulbs, designed to help the King get into the festive spirit in July, are still hanging there.

He also recorded Are You Lonesome Tonight? here. Roy Orbison’s Only the Lonely and Dolly Parton’s Jolene are just some of the 1000 hits that were created in Nashville’s oldest surviving studio.

This humble building on Music Row finally closed in 1977, but the big four music labels, including Sony BMG and Universal Music still have swanky offices here, with a regular procession of glinting limos purring in and out.

Opened five years ago, the Johnny Cash Museum should definitely be on your short-list,

with a compelling collection of personal artifacts on display, ranging from his custom-made Gibson J200 guitar, gold records, and costumes. Interactive displays vividly bring to life the story of the legendary Man in Black and include stations where you can remix his songs and listen to other artists cover his music. The adjoining Patsy Cline Museum is also superb. Cline was tragically was killed in a plane crash while returning to Nashville.

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Just three blocks south of Broadway in trendy SoBro, I fell in love with Martin’s Barbeque Joint, which the locals fawn over.

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Their Redneck Taco with pulled pork and coleslaw served on cornbread hoe-cake is a party in your mouth.

There is a palpable spark permeating Nashville, with hordes of start-ups sprouting across the Tennessee capital, making it one of the USA’s fastest growing cities.

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Some venues have giant open windows, so that the artists totally ham it up for the impromptu crowds that gather outside on the footpath, dancing and singing along. It is absolutely electrifying. Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and Honky Tonk Central are two must-do stops.

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■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Kiwis turn up, crowd doesn’t

By Chris rattue

Aidan Mitchell returns a backhand during the opening day of the A grade tennis season at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Saturday.

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McCracken makes impression By erin tasker

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A newcomer made a winning start to his Mid Canterbury tennis career on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to lead his team to victory on the opening day of the 2018/19 A grade tennis competition.

North Canterbury’s Cameron McCracken elected to play his tennis in Mid Canterbury this season and took to the court on Saturday at number one in the Tinwald side for the first time.

He took on one of the district’s promising youngsters in Edwin Dargue and came away with a 6-0 6-1 victory.

But that was where the winning ended for Tinwald, with the match going the way of Methven 5-1.

The top doubles between McCracken and Jacob Pye and Methven’s Dargue and Pete Kirwan was the only other match that was even close.

Dargue and Kirwan took it out 7-5 7-5, while Kirwan downed

Pye in the number two singles by the same scoreline that McCracken defeated Dargue.

In the lower order Mary-Anne Martin and Dianna Leonard combined for Tinwald and were beaten 6-0 6-0 by Methven’s Lee Gilbert and Henry Ross.

Gilbert then finished the day without dropping a game by beating Martin 6-0 6-0 in the three singles, while Ross beat Leonard 6-1 6-2.

Southern also made a winning start to the season, downing Fairton 5-1.

Both sides were below strength on opening day with their number ones Rhys Cromie (Fairton) and Jason Feutz (Southern) both out, along with both sides’ twos.

So Phil Crozier (Fairton) and Mathieu Lucas (Southern) stepped up to the top roles for their sides and had a royal battle when they took to the court for their singles clash.

Lucas eventually took it out in a third set super-tiebreak, winning 6-3 1-6 1-0 (13-11).

Lucas combined with Christal Brosnahan in the top doubles to beat Crozier and Lydia Pye 6-0 6-4, and Brosnahan took on John Leslie in the number two singles and won 6-0 7-5.

Leslie combined with Felicity Pye to take Fairton’s only win of the day in the lower doubles, beating Jess Aldridge and Maia Liu 6-4 6-3, but both of the lower singles matches went the way of Southern.

Aldridge needed a third set super tiebreak to get past Felicity Pye while Liu dropped just two games on her way to beating Lydia Pye. The day’s other match between Allenton and Hampstead was a much closer affair, with Allenton just taking it out on a countback of sets 7-6.

That crucial set that won it for them came courtesy of Jake Jackways, who went down to Erin Connelly-Whyte in the number four singles 4-6 6-1 1-0 (10-7), but that set he won made all the difference.

The encounter was tight all the way through, with Sam Bubb and Andre van Rooyen proving too good for Aidan Mitchell and Connor Brosnahan in the top doubles, before Bubb made it two from two with a 6-4 6-4 win in the top singles.

Connor Brosnahan got one back for Hampstead with a 6-3 7-6 win over van Rooyen in the two singles.

Hampstead won the lower doubles with Michael Kerr and Connelly-Whyte beating Bryn Looij and Jackways 6-3 7-6 (8-6), but Looij then beat Kerr 6-1 6-4 and the match finished three-all on matches, which meant the countback on sets was required to find the victor.

In the opening round of A reserve a countback on games was needed to decide the winner of the Southern/Wakanui versus Allenton Wekas match, with the Allenton side narrowly winning 47-45, while Methven cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Methven Diamonds.

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The Kiwis deserved to have won by more, and there should have been more people at Mt Smart Stadium to witness it.

So where have test league crowds gone?

Saturday night was a victory and a defeat. The Kiwis turned around a dreadful few years with an emphatic victory over Australia, a new young team delivering the sort of performance we should come to expect.

But the crowd was put at a mere 12,763, an almighty embarrassment quite frankly and even more so when you consider how rarely the Kiwis play at home.

Compare that to the Warriors, who averaged around 11,700 during a troubled 2017 season, and played before an average home crowd of nearly 17,500 this year.

There was a lack of spark to the test build-up last week, with attention already focusing on the predicted Australia-Tonga sellout this Saturday.

And the reaction to Saturday night’s win is nothing compared to the surge of interest a young Kiwi team created with a shock victory over Australia in Melbourne in 1991. Something has definitely changed.

Where has it all gone so wrong for the Kiwis?

Thirty years ago, the New Zealand Rugby League nervously booked giant Eden Park for the World Cup final against Wally Lewis and the Australians and sold the ground out.

There was an unprecedented build-up to that game, and the Kiwis included some famous players even if a few were past their prime. That was a one-off occasion, but it does portray how bad the decline has been.

And it’s not just here. Check media coverage of Australia’s shock defeat on Saturday night — it is hardly a headline-grabbing moment across the Tasman either.

Australia talks State of Origin selections endlessly. In comparison, tests hardly rate.

Potential reasons for a lack of spectators: 1) The Kiwis constantly fail and are often well beaten by Australia. Their public image is dreadful.

2) They have lost a connection with the public because players emerge out of Australian clubs, even if they were brought up here.

3) Test football is seen as an NRL subplot, consciously or sub-consciously.

4) Players swapping teams dilutes international “tribalism”. (It’s still going on - Agnatius Paasi quit Mate Ma’a Tonga for the Kiwis recently).

5) Once the NRL grand final is played, the league season is considered finished by many.

6) Poor promotion.

7 The weather (poor excuse, but we’re struggling for ideas).

8) Stadium crowds are no longer a good barometer for actual support 9) Pass - it is not fully explainable.

10) Traffic (It’s an ingrained Auckland thing) 11) ...BUT NZ v Tonga will be a sellout next year. Thank you....Tonga.

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■ RUGBY

Fortuitous semi-final berth

By Erin TaskEr

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Mid Canterbury have made the Heartland Championship’s Lochore Cup semi-finals by the slimmest of margins, despite losing 31-29 to King Country in the final round on Saturday.

The result would have put Mid Canterbury into ninth spot on the competition leaderboard with 19 points, had it not been for a six-point deduction penalty imposed on West Coast last week for breaching player eligibility rules in the opening four rounds, which dropped the Coasters back to 16 points and out of the top eight.

Propelled from ninth to eighth thanks to that penalty, Mid Canterbury were now set to head to Levin for a Lochore Cup semi-final to play the Horowhenua-Kapiti side they beat in round one.

But to beat them again, the Hammers would need to produce a much more polished game than what they produced against King Country on Saturday.

King Country went into the match as favourites, eyeing up a top four finish, but with their season on the line Mid Canterbury were a team on a mission.

Too many dropped balls and missed opportunities ended up hurting the home side though, with two of King Country’s second half tries a direct result of Mid Canterbury mistakes.

King Country capitalised on the home side’s mistakes early on, too, scoring the opening try of the match to Alex Thrupp to lead 5-0 after 10 minutes, before Dan Fransen latched on to an intercept and ran away for his seventh try for Mid Canterbury this season to put Mid Canterbury ahead 7-5, with Nathan McCloy converting.

Not to be outdone in the spectacular try-scoring stakes, Mid Canterbury’s flying Zimbabwean winger Brian Matoramusha soon found himself in space after his team-mates nabbed a turnover and spread the ball wide, diving over for a try in the corner to put his side in front 12-5.

With half-time looming King Country went hard on attack, buffeting the Mid Canterbury line and earning a string of penalties which eventually saw Tom Blyth yellow carded, and with the home side down to 14 Chulainn Mabbett-Sowerby went in for a try to tie things up at half time 12-all.

McCloy landed a long-range penalty early in the second half to put his side out to 15-12, but then King Country scored a couple of quick tries to lead 26-15.

A McCloy break and a superb wide pass set up Matoramusha’s second try of the day with about 55 minutes gone and reduced the gap to 26-22, but King Country struck straight back after a Mid Canterbury pass went to ground and the loose ball ended up in the hands of Tana Tuhakaraina who scored to make it 31-22.

Matoramusha’s hat-trick try with 10 minutes to go gave Mid Canterbury a sniff and when the home side thwarted a ferocious King Country attack with only a couple of minutes to play and headed back down the other end of the field a last-minute win was on the cards.

But once again, Mid Canterbury’s finishing let the side down and the win was King Country’s.

Mid Canterbury did pick up two bonus points from the match but would head into the away semifinal knowing they’d have to improve to have a shot at defending

the Lochore Cup title they won in 2017.

The top four to contest the 2018 Meads Cup will be Wanganui, South Canterbury, King Country

and Thames Valley, while Horowhenua-Kapiti, Wairarapa Bush, North Otago and Mid Canterbury will contest the Lochore Cup semi-finals.

Seta Koroitamana attempts to break through the King Country defence during his side’s narrow loss on Saturday.

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Hammers’ roller-coaster ride continues for Carter

By Erin TaskEr

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For Mid Canterbury rugby coach Sean Carter the 2018 Heartland Championship has been a rollercoaster ride, and it’s one that’s not done yet.

On results and points, Mid Canterbury finished ninth on the points table, which meant they would have missed out on a spot in the finals had it not been for West Coast being docked six competition points for breaching player eligibility rules.

That dropped the Coasters out of the top eight, and moved Mid Canterbury from ninth to eighth and into the Lochore Cup (fifth to eighth) semi-finals.

Carter said Mid Canterbury had been thrown a lifeline, and his side needed to make the most of it.

Mid Canterbury were set to head to Horowhenua-Kapiti for a semi-final this weekend and while they’d do so with confidence thanks to an improved showing against King Country on Saturday, and the fact they’d already beaten

Coach Sean Carter Horowhenua-Kapiti once this season, Carter said it was going to be a tough ask.

“I don’t think they (Horowhenua-Kapiti) will be sort of underestimating us like they did in the very first game.

“Don’t get me wrong, the boys played really well, but we caught them napping a bit which was to our advantage,” Carter said.

That win in round one against the team that came runner up in the Meads Cup (top four) last year, was the perfect start to the season.

But the next week Mid Canter-

bury fell just short against North Otago, before beating West Coast and then losing to defending Meads Cup champions Wanganui.

In round five Mid Canterbury headed to Timaru and were well beaten by South Canterbury, and while they returned home and put 50 points on East Coast it wasn’t an overly convincing performance, and the next week they headed to Westport and became the first team to lose to Buller this season.

That left them with just King Country to play, and it was a mustwin if they were to stand a chance of making the Lochore Cup. They didn’t win, just going down 31-29, but picked up two bonus points and thanks to the West Coast’s penalty made the top eight, just.

Carter said it had been a season of highs and lows.

He said his side had plenty of potential, and it had been frustrating at times not being able to fully tap into that potential, but his players had held their heads high throughout.

“They have handled the ups and downs really well, which is a credit to them, and hopefully we are on that slight rise again now,” Carter said.

Carter said the way his side played against King Country would put them in a better mindset heading into the finals as although it was a loss, it was a big improvement on the performances the side had produced over the past few weeks.

It showed that when they stuck to their structures and systems they were capable of scoring some good tries, Carter said.

Zimbabwean speedster Brian Matoramusha scored a hat-trick on Saturday while Dan Fransen scored his seventh try of the season.

Carter said in recent weeks the side had struggled with players playing as individuals rather than focusing on the team, but the penny had started to drop and they had realised that playing collectively was better for the team as a whole.

“To be able to compete against King Country and get within two says that we are not a bad side, and in the greater scheme of things we have let ourselves down,” Carter said.

“At the end of the day we were our own worst enemy. We leached points against the teams that we beat and let them have bonus points. You have got to have the ability to shut the gate, and that’s really come back to bite us.”

Mid Canterbury would head to Levin without a couple of key forwards for the semi-final, with lock Matt Bentley having dislocated his elbow against King Country, and prop Tom Heywood dislocating his shoulder.

There was also a question mark hanging over Tyler Blackburn, who made his first start at halfback on Saturday but left the field with possible concussion in the second half. Andrew Letham was still out after being knocked out cold against South Canterbury in week five, while loan prop Sam Cottam was also still out with injury.

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Cruz Bromac sounds warning

By Matt MarkhaM

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It was supposed to be a challenge for the well-established names of this year’s New Zealand Trotting Cup, but no one thought to tell the Australian raider that prior to yesterday’s Methven Cup. But going forward now, any further conversations about the great race at Addington on the second Tuesday in November will most certainly include the Kiwi-cum-Aussie-cum-Kiwi again, Cruz Bromac, who delivered a seemingly effortless performance to jog away with the $30,000 feature at the Mt Harding Racecourse.

Trained by Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen, the stylish pacer sat off the speed with Rasmussen in the bike, and for 2650 metres of the 3000 metre trip, took no part.

But when Rasmussen angled him clear at the top of the Methven straight he ran past his rivals with consummate easy, announcing himself as a Cup contender next month in the process.

The win gave the All Stars their sixth winner of the race in the last 10 editions and Rasmussen her third winning drive after winning on Messini and Vi Et Animo previously.

Forgotten Highway was best of the beaten brigade in second placing while North Island

pacer Star Galleria was brave in third after leading.

The race wasn’t without its controversy with A G’s White Socks being scratched just minutes before the race after appearing sore in his warmup for home-town driver Ricky May. Meanwhile, locals played a part in two of the biggest upsets of the day.

New Ashburton trainer Brent White combined with local owners, Dave and Gaye Luke to produce Trick Star, who rocked punters with a tremendous effort to win at $34.

Well off the speed, he stormed home late to get up and win impressively.

Then a little later on, John Morrison grabbed his third Methven win for the season when he guided Abiento to success at $63 for the win and $15 for the place.

Morrison wasn’t finished for the day either.

He produced a perfectly timed drive in the last race of the day to get Leading The Way home for Rakaia trainer Warren Stapleton at a generous $24 quote.

Morrison is low-flying at the moment and with eight wins for the season next to his name he sits second on the national premiership for junior drivers, just one win behind the leader, Sheree Tomlinson.

Natalie Rasmussen and Cruz Bromac were easy winners of the Methven Cup yesterday.

Results from yesterday’s Methven harness racing The weather was overcast and the track dead for the Methven Harness (Grass) at Methven yesterday.

RACE 1 R & R HAULAGE TROT, $8000, 2400m 5-3 Gil Favor (12) P Nairn 1 10-9 Folly’s Trouble (11) G O’Reilly 2 13-13 Champagne Prince (15) M Smolens 3 Scratched: Shes So Right, Zeddie Marit.

Also (in finishing order): 4-7 Tonique De Feu, 11-11 Pastrana, 9-8 Sunrise Spur, 8-10 Milly An Eyre, 3-2 Dolly Jones, 1-1 Angustia, 15-14 Piper Moss, 12-12 Dr Cliff, 7-6 Superfast Ninja, 6-5 Dora Explorer, 2-4 Investigate, 14-15 Perseverance Road.

Lg nk, 3-1/4L, 2L. Time: 3:21.60. MR: 2:15.20.

Last 800m: 63.30. Win: $7.80. Places: $2.60, $5.20, $13.20. Quinella: $93.50. Trifecta: $3819.80 (12,11,15). First4: Not Struck.

Sub: Angustia (7).

Trainer: Paul Nairn, Leeston. Breeding: 3 g Waterloo Sunset-Gee Abby.

RACE 2 - SPEIGHTS MBL PACE, $8000, 2300m 2-2 Eureka (14) R Payne 1 7-7 Ideologist (11) M Williamson2 1-1 Portalegre (8) T Williams 3 Scratched: Mannering, Franco Hatton.

Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Katamach, 3-4 Tabitha Franco, 4-3 Where Ya Bin, 13-12 Morven Lass, 10-9 Santanna Lad, 8-8 Elegant Jewel, 14-14 Supreme Lincoln, 6-6 Mynanasgotnoteeth, 11-11 Minnelli Smile, 12-13 Baldoon, 9-10 Cabazon Victory.

3/4L, Hd, 2-1/2L. Time: 3:02.70. MR: 2:07.80.

Last 800m: 61.20. Win: $5.50. Places: $1.90, $4.00, $1.40. Quinella: $68.10. Trifecta: $348.50 (14,11,8). First4: $2755.00 (14,11,8,5).

Sub: Portalegre (8).

Trainer: Grant Payne, West Melton. Breeding: 3 c Washington VC-Bryleigh Jewel.

RACE 3 - THE BROWN PUB PUNTER OF THE YEAR/KPC PAC, $8000, 2400m 2-3 A Better Dancer (3) B Hope 1 6-6 Loissonya (12) J Young 2 7-7 Smirken (6) C D Thornley 3

Scratched: Ragnarr, Emma G, Mannering.

Also (in finishing order): 9-9 Lausanne Lass, 3-4 The Bandit Queen, 1-1 Shecandance, 8-8 Magicol Ideal, 5-5 Flyingmasterwilliams, 11-11 Don’t Tell Ange, 4-2 Days Of Redemption, 14-12 Franco Hatton, 13-14 Victor Tango, 12-13 Maurice, 10-10 Rebel With A Grin, 15-15 Iron Woman.

1-1/4L, Nk, 1-1/2L. Time: 3:14.00. MR: 2:10.10.

Last 800m: 60.20. Win: $5.90. Places: $2.30, $4.30, $4.80. Quinella: $46.70. Trifecta: $928.90 (3,12,6). First4: $1569.70 (3,12,6,11).

Double: $32.00 (14/3), $16.90 (14/12). Treble: $305.60 (12/14/3). Sub: Shecandance (1).

Trainer: G & N Hope, Woodend Beach.

Breeding: 6 g Bettor’s Delight-Cullen’s A Dancer.

RACE 4 STAPLES & KIDD JUNIOR DRIVERS MOBILE PACE, $9000, 2300m 3-3 Ready To Bloom (11) M Hurrell 1 1-1 Di Caprio (10) J Morrison 2 13-13 Extra Guinness (3) J Thomas 3 Scratched: Santanna Mach.

Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Daring Dash, 4-4 Delightful Tanner, 2-2 Christian Lady, 12-9 Goodlookin Chick, 11-10 Swap Over, 8-8 Mysistersastar, 10-11 Arden’s Winstar, 5-5 Turkish Trousers, 9-12 OK I’m Bad, 6-6 Huey Lewis.

3/4L, 4L, 3-3/4L. Time: 2:56.10. MR: 2:03.20.

Last 800m: 60.00. Win: $5.70. Places: $2.10, $1.80, $10.30. Quinella: $12.10. Trifecta: $579.10 (11,10,3). First4: $8447.20 (11,10,3,5).

Sub: Di Caprio (10).

Trainer: Regan Todd, Woodend Beach.

Breeding: 4 g Bettor’s Delight-Bendall Rose.

RACE 5 - TARA FAMILY TRUST HANDICAP TROT, $9000, 2400m 11-11 Trick Star (12) S McNally 1 3-3 Momentous (13) S Ottley 2 6-7 Young Stranger (1) C R Thornley 3 Scratched: Ideal Invasion, Valmagne, Justamollyarcher.

Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Red Hot Rocket, 12-12 Red Hot Poker, 1-1 Lotamuscle, 9-10 Bel-

mont’s Greatest, 13-14 Rusty I Am, 16-13 One Night Out, 7-8 One Over Dover, 15-15 Playboy’s Brother, 14-16 Don’t Rock The Boat, 8-6 Fireman, 17-17 Ed Wood, 4-4 Soney Beatt, 10-9 Gorilla Playboy, 5-5 The Rev. Hd, 1-1/4L, Lg hd. Time: 3:14.00. MR: 2:10.10.

Last 800m: 63.40. Win: $34.10. Places: $7.40, $3.00, $4.80. Quinella: $163.30. Trifecta: $6062.60 (12,13,1). First4: Not Struck. Quaddie: $11170.20 (14/3/11/12). Double: $159.10 (11/12), $13.90 (11/13). Sub: Lotamuscle (5).

Trainer: Brent White, Ashburton Raceway.

Breeding: 11 g Sundon-Star Of Pernod.

RACE 6 - JA & GD TRUDGEON MOBILE PACE, $8500, 2300m 1-1 The Kaik (14) K Butt 1 6-5 Corena Lea (15) G Smith 2 11-11 Lucy Diamond (7) L O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Chaaat, Every Option, Westar Sam, Bhakti.

Also (in finishing order): 8-8 Franco Sherborne, 10-10 Cullenmore, 3-3 Pine Cone, 5-6 Big Smoke, 2-2 Myboylolliepop, 12-12 Regal Suzy, 9-7 Mr Asia, 7-9 Eja Patron, 4-4 Doc Seelster.

1-1/2L, 1-1/2L, 1-3/4L. Time: 2:57.50. MR: 2:04.20. Last 800m: 61.20. Win: $4.50.

Places: $1.80, $2.90, $6.50. Quinella: $18.70.

Trifecta: $878.30 (14,15,7). First4: $12149.00 (14,15,7,2). Sub: The Kaik (14).

Trainer: John Bartlett, Ashworths Beach.

Breeding: 5 g Bettor’s Delight-Marie’s Legend.

RACE 7 - IN REMEMBRANCE OF VAL DICKSON PACE, $8500, 2400m 15-14 Abiento (4) J Morrison 1 4-4 Dundee Lady (2) T Williams 2 14-15 Tin Roof Blues (16) L O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Wainui Creek, Every Option, Chaaat.

Also (in finishing order): 2-1 Nearis Green, 7-6 Beau Vista, 6-7 Rosinupthebow, 11-11 Shining Frost, 10-9 Awaytocullect, 8-8 God Only Knows, 5-5 Flamboyant, 3-3 Eastwood Isabella, 9-10 Itsthefinalcountdown, 1-2 Blazin Creek, 13-13 Motoring Major, 12-12

Bound To Impress.

1-3/4L, Nse, 3/4L. Time: 3:10.80. MR: 2:07.90.

Last 800m: 59.50. Win: $63.50. Places: $15.20, $3.10, $16.50. Quinella: $319.10. Trifecta: $10853.00 (4,2,16). First4: Not Struck.

Double: $399.70 (14+/4), $8.90 (14+/2). Treble: $15772.50 (12/14+/4). Sub: Blazin Creek (7).

Trainer: David Thompson, Kaiapoi. Breeding: 4 m Big Jim(USA)-The Slipper.

RACE 8 - ALABAR METHVEN CUP HANDICAP PACE, $30,000, 3000m 4-4 Cruz Bromac (11) N Rasmussen1 3-1 Forgotten Highway (6) S Ottley 2 1-3 Star Galleria (12) T Herlihy 3 Scratched: A G’s White Socks.

Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Ultimate Machete, 5-5 Airpark Flyer, 11-10 Locharburn, 12-12 Zadaka, 8-9 Billy Badger, 6-6 Clasina Maria, 10-11 Johnny Eyre, 7-7 James Dean, 9-8 Baileys Knight.

2-1/4L, 1-1/4L, 1/2 nk. Time: 3:51.30. MR: 1:56.40. Last 800m: 58.90. Win: $9.60.

Places: $2.70, $1.60, $1.80. Quinella: $32.00.

Trifecta: $163.80 (11,6,12). First4: $542.90 (11,6,12,13). Sub: Star Galleria (12).

Tr: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston. Breeding: 7 g Falcon Seelster-Crown Defender.

RACE 9 METHVEN HIGH COUNTRY FETE HANDICAP PACE, $10,000, 2400m 12-13 Prestonpans (14) B Butt 1 8-10 Overarm (2) T Chmiel 2 3-3 Mossdale Rose (5) B Hope 3 Scratched: Officialdon, Go Kiwi.

Also (in finishing order): 2-1 Shadow Minister, 6-7 Smarter VC, 9-8 Mr Midnight, 14-14 Boomer Bailey, 4-5 Articulight, 1-2 Kingslayer, 15-15 Four Starzzz Shiraz, 7-6 Rocki Warrior, 16-16 Rainy River, 5-4 Acuto, 11-12 Pembrook Blue, 13-11 Igottastar, 10-9 Nurburgring.

2-1/4L, Hd, Nse. Time: 3:07.20. MR: 2:05.90.

Last 800m: 59.30. Win: $24.50. Places: $6.80, $5.30, $2.60. Quinella: $480.70. Trifecta: $6366.00 (14,2,5). First4: $2900.20 (14,2,5,6). Double: $253.00 (11/14), $65.00

(11/2). Sub: Kingslayer (13).

Tr: Bob Butt, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 4 g Somebeachsomewhere-Special Rose.

RACE 10 WHAT THE HILL TROTBREED COMBO HANDICAP T, $13,000, 2400m 6-5 We’ll Meet Again (18) J Smith 1 4-3 Zoey’s Gift (15) M Williamson 2 2-4 Missandei (19) S Ottley 3 Scratched: Future Queen, Sugar Cane, Agatha Tyron, Ruthless Kayla, Sundons Flyer.

Also (in finishing order): 5-7 I’ldoitmyway, 12-11 BK Dawn, 9-9 Stellar Success, 15-12 Diana Harbour, 13-14 Tehoro Tease, 7-6 Sunny Glenis, 8-10 Ali Lindenny, 16-16 Tehoro Dazzle, 3-2 Missie Castleton, 11-13 She’s Allthe Craze, 10-8 Lady Beatrix Bourbon, 1-1 Wilma’s Mate, 14-15 Splash Cola.

1-1/2L, 1L, Nk. Time: 3:13.60. MR: 2:09.90.

Last 800m: 61.60. Win: $13.80. Places: $3.70, $2.60, $2.70. Quinella: $51.30. Trifecta: $576.30 (18,15,19). First4: $7132.70 (18,15,19,3). Sub: Wilma’s Mate (21).

Trainer: L & J Smith, Te Pirita. Breeding: 9 m Dream Vacation-Beyond The Sunset.

RACE 11 - LIQUORLAND TINWALD MOBILE PACE, $8500, 2300m 9-7 Leading The Way (10) J Morrison 1 7-8 Johnny White (15) T Williams 2 2-2 Stompem (7) G O’Reilly 3 Scratched: Every Option, Abiento.

Also: 1-1 Quite Ideal, 4-4 Jonty James, 5-6 Doitson, 11-12 Pegasus Kommander, 13-13 Downtown Train, 8-9 Veneto, 3-3 Sir Fortune, 6-5 Sounds Lika Gem, 10-10 Mister Slick, 12-11 Arma Twospoons, 14-14 Dreamy Damien.

Nse, Sht hd, 3/4L. Time: 2:59.50. MR: 2:05.60.

Last 800m: 60.00. Win: $24.00. Places: $3.90, $4.10, $2.40. Quinella: $137.50. Trifecta: $2556.90 (10,15,7). First4: $10620.30 (10,15,7,5). Quaddie: $39231.50 (11/14/18/10).

Place6: $1082.90 (7,14+,15/2,4,16/6,11,12+/2,5 ,14/15,18,19/7,10,15). Double: $154.40 (18/10), $44.10 (18/15). Treble: $6121.50 (14/18/10).

Sub: Quite Ideal (5).

Trainer: Warren Stapleton, Rakaia. Breeding: 9 g Badlands Hanover-La Tondena.

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Nymphe Monte was too good for his rivals in the Egmont Cup, under a perfect ride from Shafiq Rusof, at Hawera on Saturday.

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Nymph conquers Egmont Malaysian-born rider Shafiq Rusof continued his red-hot run of form when he guided handy stayer Nymph Monte to victory in Saturday’s South Taranaki Club Egmont Cup (2100m) at Hawera.

Rusof returned to the Te Akau Racing team at Matamata earlier this year after riding for a number of seasons in Singapore for leading trainer Mark Walker.

He currently sits sixth on the Jockeys’ premiership with 15 wins, two of those at Group One

M3

level on Te Akau stable star Melody Belle who dominated the first two days of the recent Hawkes Bay spring carnival.

Having his first ride on the Grant Nicholson trained Nymph Monte, Rusof gave his mount a lovely run in transit as he sat midfield on the rail behind a hot speed set by the early pacemakers.

Asked to move into the race at around the 600m mark, Nymph Monte tracked race favourite Ladies First before dashing to the

front with 300m to run.

Rusof kept the Tavistock gelding up to the mark as he forged clear to win comfortably from Ladies First with Strolling Vagabond closing off the race well for third.

Nicholson was delighted with both the win and the ride after anticipating the event would be run at high speed.

“It was a really good win,” he said.

“We knew there would be a lot of pace in this race so, drawn

one, he jumped well and put him there before getting off the fence at just the right time.

“He (Nymph Monte) really has a turn of foot.

“We will play it by ear from here, although we have a few options for him.

“We could possibly go to the Feilding Cup.” The victory brought up career win number ten for Nymph Monte from 48 starts with two of those coming at Listed level.

- NZME

Caulfield calling for Jon Snow With less than a week until the gates open for this years A$5m Caulfield Cup (2400m), kiwi contender Jon Snow is ready to tackle the slew of international raiders set to contest the event.

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman prepared five-year-old has made steady improvement in his first three runs of this campaign and will strip in peak condition for Saturday’s contest.

A last start seventh behind wonder mare Winx in the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington was a better run than it appears on paper, with Forsman happy to put the performance behind him as the team apply the final touches to their charge.

“I guess we were a little disappointed last time, especially as he had put in such a super run for third over a mile in the start before that,” he said.

“When you analyse it though, it did turn into a bit of a sit sprint which just isn’t his go at all.

“He needs the speed on and a true staying contest to show his best.

“His work since then has been very good and he is ready to run a top race, particularly if we can get some give in the ground.”

Forsman has been studying the long-range weather forecasts for Melbourne in recent days as he knows some cut in the ground will be just what the doctor ordered for the Iffraaj gelding.

“I’m pretty sure we pulled the right rein in running him at Flemington as opposed to the Caulfield Stakes yesterday, like we did last year,” he said.

Jon Snow currently sits at $51 on the Fixed Odds market. - NZME

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 6 65433 Homebush Tulip nwtd ................J McInerney 7 17312 Bigtime Eve nwtd ...............................L Cole 9 72488 El Hefe 21.59 G & .................. S Fredrickson porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 15 7 75478 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 .......... K Gommans 8 35813 Smash Charger 21.97 ................... M Gowan 10 86588 Cawbourne Assist 21.65 ..............M Roberts Oct 2018 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 8 43874 Retail Mayhem nwtd....................... L Pearce Emergencies: 7 2.50pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C3, 375m 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 9 28666 White Comet 21.68 ....................... D Donlon 9 84433 Hypocritical 21.46 .......................A Turnwald 1 16765 Avedon Film 21.41 ............................M Flipp 6; 8, 9 and 10 10 13656 Choice Lass 21.83 ..........................C Morris 10 61477 Opawa Lyon 21.63 ............................. N Udy 2 71768 Feel The Force 21.61 ............... S Gommans 1 1.05pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 3 1.40pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C1 C1, 375m 5 2.15pm NANCY COBAIN (GROUP 2) HEATS C2dq, 3 43217 Running Freer nwtd.........................M Olden MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 1 62272 Zara Zara 21.67 ................................M Flipp 660m 4 44541 Three Amigos 21.96 J & .....................D Bell 1 15131 Don’t Knocka Gee 38.62 ....................L Cole 1 Bigtime Holly nwtd .............................L Cole 2 14855 Opawa Bucks 22.51 .........................R Waite 5 25213 Blackjack Man 21.65 ..................B Goldsack 2 44532 Gray Bale nwtd.............................M Roberts 2 23422 Manimal nwtd ...............................M Roberts 3 532F4 Take Action nwtd ..........................M Goodier 6 65137 Scotta Pie 21.54............................. L Pearce 3 Box Vacant 3 3 85364 Bigtime Clever nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 4 32211 Hands Of Steel nwtd .....................R Adcock 7 53464 Bigtime OnFire 21.68 .........................L Cole 4 13217 Perfect Result nwtd .......................R Adcock 4 83263 Sly John nwtd J & ...............................D Bell 5 86345 Skitzer nwtd ............................. K Gommans 8 41852 Cawbourne Brandy 21.58 J & .............D Bell 5 34876 Cawbourne Zulu nwtd ..................M Roberts 5 42224 Yee Coo Coo nwtd ....................J McInerney 6 86424 Zip Zap Zoe nwtd ......................J McInerney 9 57641 Bigtime Conrad nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 6 Box Vacant 6 6 22434 Cookie Biscuit nwtd...........................M Flipp 7 11 Bigtime Leads 21.61 ..........................L Cole 10 81458 Alamein Tiger nwtd .................. K Gommans 7 26287 Quistis Bale nwtd .........................M Roberts 8 3.07pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 457m 7 Heavenly Eyes nwtd..................... T Downey 8 55868 Cawbourne Rob nwtd .............. K Gommans 8 76247 Mija Sydney 39.00 ......................A Turnwald 8 Bigtime Pearl nwtd .............................L Cole 9 17468 Podium Phobia 21.74 .........................L Cole 1 17778 Little Juzzy nwtd..........................A Turnwald 9 68453 Flying Huey nwtd ..................... K Gommans 10 65373 Kellydean nwtd ................................C Morris 6 2.32pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 375m 2 54622 Bigtime Allgood 26.70 ................... M Gowan 10 F7454 Goldstar Wilson nwtd .......................S Stone 4 1.57 RED SNAPPER SEAFOODS, CHRISTCHURCH 1 86714 Cockney Rip Off nwtd .....................M Olden 3 44522 Tipperary Mel nwtd ............................L Cole 2 1.22 HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY COURTNEY TURN- C4/C5 C4/5, 375m 2 28222 Plan Stan 21.87 ............................. L Pearce 4 F3445 Wet Gambler nwtd ......................A Turnwald 5 36323 Miss Nina nwtd..............................R Adcock WALD C1 C1, 375m 1 73184 Hard Merch 21.45 G & ........... S Fredrickson 3 88116 Cawbourne Lyns 21.67 ....................... L Bell 6 77357 Ocean Gambler 26.09.................A Turnwald 1 22253 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 2 71241 Mila Mila 21.47 ............................A Turnwald 4 77113 Mitcham Moody 22.34...............J McInerney 7 63765 Cawbourne Owen nwtd............ K Gommans 2 12112 Bigtime Pete nwtd ..............................L Cole 3 33325 Benny Burrito 21.31 ....................A Turnwald 5 42565 Mikachu 21.84.............................A Turnwald 8 46424 Tiddy Cash nwtd .......................J McInerney 3 65452 Go Ash nwtd .....................................M Flipp 4 77157 Butterball 21.53 ............................. M Gowan 6 856x7 Little Scamp 21.80 ....................... D Denbee 9 73757 Bradam Begins nwtd ...................A Turnwald 4 51565 Ello Treacle nwtd ..........................M Goodier 5 71186 Bigtime Basher 21.25.........................L Cole 7 23114 Broken Wallet 22.16 ................. K Gommans 5 36173 Bigtime Jasmine nwtd ........................L Cole 6 41358 Bigtime Emjay 21.69 G & ....... S Fredrickson 8 14447 Oity Allen nwtd .............................M Roberts 10 35568 Spot On Hearty nwtd ...............E Duganzich

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Bigtime Kiss nwtd...............................L Cole 66376 Lizzy O’Shea nwtd ......................B Hodgson 5 Bigtime Paige nwtd ............................L Cole 44365 Arm Turner nwtd........................J McInerney 44453 Diamond Geezer nwtd .................M Goodier F3642 Three Of Hearts nwtd .................B Hodgson 63434 Slam It nwtd ..............................J McInerney 2F Thrilling Biff nwtd............................. K Walsh 87 Stormin’ Home nwtd S & ...........C Blackburn 10 3.44 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK CONSULTANT C2 C2, 457m 1 73878 Bigtime Brucie 26.16 ..........................L Cole 2 64111 Bigtime Kiowa 26.34 ..........................L Cole 3 12683 Tuna Speed 26.29 ....................E Duganzich 4 17115 Thrilling Watch nwtd ........................ K Walsh 5 85631 Cawbourne Ridge 26.47 J & ...............D Bell 6 73644 Tommy The Jett nwtd ..................A Turnwald 7 66314 Shareef 26.35 .............................A Turnwald 8 411F5 Thrilling Eddie nwtd J & ......................D Bell 9 58651 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 10 58667 Bigtime Chris 26.36 G & ........ S Fredrickson LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 8 25125 Trojan Hoarse 26.36...........................L Cole porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 15 9 17375 Bigtime Monty 26.10 ..........................L Cole Oct 2018 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 4 and 10 58651 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 5 Trebles: 3, 4 and 5 2 4.19pm STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C3/C4 1 4.04pm (NZT) KAMADA PARK C2/C3 C2/3, 457m C3/4, 457m 1 68784 Bigtime Kate 26.13.............................L Cole 1 77336 Cawbourne Symsy 26.53 J &..............D Bell 2 66223 Bigtime Mike 26.18 ............................L Cole 2 66354 Millie Prince 26.46..............................L Cole 3 21x86 Hot Platter nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 3 78452 All About Space 26.04 .............E Duganzich 4 44266 Bigtime Acacia 26.22 .........................L Cole 4 72171 All Black Star 26.16..................E Duganzich 5 6447x Caveman Sam 25.88 ..................B Hodgson 5 11164 Big League Diva 25.95 ................A Turnwald 6 7x785 Bigtime Mia 26.09 ..............................L Cole 6 77542 It’s A Threat nwtd ........................A Turnwald 7 33533 Bigtime Doug 25.82 ...........................L Cole 7 28185 Bigtime Owen 26.42 G & ....... S Fredrickson

8 67511 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 4 4.55pm NANCY COBAIN (GROUP 2) HEATS C2dq, 1 33442 Ask King Jeff 25.78 ............................L Cole 9 16674 Firefly Laffey 26.47......................A Turnwald 660m 2 21233 Bigtime Levi 25.75..............................L Cole 3 4.40 M & M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/C5 C4/5, 457m 1 62836 Cawbourne Taylor nwtd................M Roberts 3 64558 Bigtime Caleb 26.04...........................L Cole 4 51535 Bigtime Wendle 25.93 ........................L Cole 2 15622 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ......................M Goodier 1 25134 Thomas William 25.97.................. D Denbee 5 34417 Djay Dynamix 25.79 ...........................L Cole 3 75745 Bigtime Lonestar nwtd G & .... S Fredrickson 2 28377 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole 6 27164 Bigtime Vanessa 25.87 ......................L Cole 4 26314 Allen Mack 39.15 .........................M Roberts 3 56372 Lunch Special 26.14 ..........................L Cole 7 11721 Monster Fish 25.75 .....................A Turnwald Box Vacant 4 21126 Arden Emgrand 26.07 .................A Turnwald 5 8 11126 Blazin’ Carter nwtd .............................L Cole 6 Shooters Hill nwtd ............................S Lozell 5 65413 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole 9 27215 Cawbourne Liz nwtd ....................M Roberts 7 11116 Dusty Gambler nwtd ....................... K Walsh 6 46332 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 8 22377 Argus Filch nwtd .........................A Turnwald 10 46646 Viktoria Vikkers nwtd ....................M Roberts 7 12231 Miss Claude nwtd........................A Turnwald 8 62761 Fusion Cronulla 25.81 .................A Turnwald 5 5.14pm OUTBACK TRADING CO. MANAWATU CUP LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 9 16674 Firefly Laffey 26.47......................A Turnwald FINAL C5f, 457m - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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By Arno Wester Mick Schumacher, the son of record Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, has become the first German driver to win the Formula Three European Championship.

Schumacher, 19, finished second behind Estonian Juri Vips on Saturday on the Hockenheim circuit in the season’s penultimate race.

Before the finale overnight, Schumacher has moved 51 points clear of his nearest rival, Britain’s Daniel Ticktum, and can no longer be caught in the third-tier racing series to clinch the first title of his young career.

“To be honest I didn’t think it would feel so nice.

“I’m just flabbergasted,” Schumacher said.

The title gives Schumacher enough points to gain a super licence allowing him to compete in Formula One. However, a move into F1 racing next season has been ruled out.

Schumacher and his management aim to continue racing at junior level, although a move into Formula Two or the Japanese Super Formula series is thought to be a possibility.

“In the next few weeks we will think intensively about what to drive next year,” Schumacher told n-tv.

Schumacher joins the likes of four-time Formula One world champion Alain Prost of France and former F1 driver Riccardo Patrese of Italy to have taken out the F3 European Championship.

Current F1 drivers Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll are also F3 European champions.

Michael Schumacher won the F3 German title in 1990 before starting his Formula One career one year later.

The seven-time Formula One champion ended his career in 2012 and has not made a public appearance since suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in late 2013.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The concept of “closure” is a construct. So while there is no real ending, there also must be an ending, or life becomes too overwhelming to take in. The ritual of finalisation will be key today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Today is another chance at unfinished business. The thing you don’t want to do will be the thing to do first. Get it out of the way. Nothing will be harder than beginning.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Socialising will be tricky.

You don’t want to leave anyone out, but the bigger the group gets the more complicated the event becomes. How far to take your sense of social responsibility is the question.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Even if a person is suggesting something that is in your best interest, if their approach is off, you will resist. You’re not into being controlled. You’re the authority of you, now more than ever.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): If a belief is causing you stress, remember that you have many, many choices about what to believe. Also, there are ways to frame the truth to make it more appealing.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): It will be appropriate and wise to extend a little blind faith. Even if the other person doesn’t exactly deserve the trust, you might be surprised by how people rise to the occasion, and that’s a nice surprise to get.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): To say that people don’t always use logic to make decisions is to understate things severely. People will use logic to justify their very illogical choices though!

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): What used to seem like a big deal just isn’t anymore. You’ve grown bigger than the circumstances and therefore you’re now more able to give balanced attention to different parts of your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You don’t want to upset the apple cart. It’s not because you’re afraid. You’re receptive to change, though only if you can see the purpose. Strategy takes self-control. You’ve plenty of that today.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re the cheerleader, the encouraging friend, and the confidence and morale booster of your group. This kind of support will be invaluable and germane to today’s best outcomes.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): People can learn new skills all day every day and yet still be in stuck in the same work and life patterns if they don’t also know how to implement the learning. A coach will help. Get one or be one.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re not waiting around for someone to tell you what to do. You’ll see the big picture better than most will. The next move will seem rather obvious, though don’t be surprised if you have to politely point it out.

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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Previous solution: REFUGEES

Across: 1. Asking 8. Villa 9. Compete 11. Ending up 12. Glass 15. Nero 16. And 17. Arch 19. Adorn 21. Cucumber 24. Diverse 25. Trout 26. Demure 9 3 Down: 2. Spoil 3. Impostor 4.7Gate 5. Avail 6. Flag 7. Carp 10. Entangled 12. Gong 13. Daydream 2 414.7Shun 1 18. Smite 20. Riser 21. Cots 22. Cook 23. Rind 3

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Sudoku

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Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

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ACROSS 1. Distant (4) 8. Star watcher (10) 9. Guiding (8) 10. Melt (4) 12. Cupboard (6) 14. Older, or higher in rank (6) 15. High jinks (6) 17. Smaller in size or value (6) 18. Prison room (4) 19. Trio of success (3-5) 21. Using all methods (2,3,5) 22. Small children (4)

DOWN 2. Wind (10) 3. Tear down (4) 4. Stern (6) 5. Avoids (6) 6. Hurried notes (8) 7. Sketch (4) 11. Teenager (10) 13. Former imperial coin (8) 16. Elaborate plan of action (6) 17. Deadly (6) 18. Shape with six equal sides (4) 20. Repose (4)

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Across: 1. Gazebo 5. Spurns 9. Lifted 10. Boo-boo 3 16.8Orchid 19. Teutonic 2 11. Dire 12. Omission 14. System 21. Dupe 22. Larynx 23. Lonely 24. Rosary 25.6See1red.

Down: 2. Agility 3. Entreat 4. Odd-job man 6. Prods 5 7 7. Rubbish 8. Swooned 13. Isosceles 14. Settler 2 7 5 6 15. Squares 17. Cadence 18. Impulse 20. Owner.

Previous solution: ace, acer, acme, acre, arc, are, arm, cam, came, car, care, cram, cream, ear, era, mac, mace, macer, mar, marc, mare, race, ram, ream, rec, rem.

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ACROSS 1. Won’t come in for it: dither, in side shifting about (12) 8. Get the better of cove Rome put out (8) 9. Hill-dwellers could turn almost nasty (4) 11. Group of languages as met with in difficulties (5) 12. Piece that shifts northeast is common to him and her (7) 13. Catch a fish in Holland (4) 15. In France you are repeatedly to go round a ballerina (4) 19. Ship can provide sustenance for Popeye (7) 20. Last letter a pal got out of place in Spain (5) 22. Before midday it’s all right to go after run in a frenzy (4) 23. How might free-spending girl do Pa a turn? (8) 24. Gin, said paper, was wrong to be fading out (12) DOWN 2. It is still one to rent out (5) 3. Money received as opposed to outgoings (6) 4. Picnic fare in this might impede one (6) 5. Part of open car with a nut one can adjust (7) 6. Having a bad name but pride, sale being arranged for it (12) 7. He’s her man for home duties (5-7) 10. A fishy bit at the end of a French film (3) 14. Minus nothing? Nothing looks so threatening (7) 16. Go one better story-wise than the deerstalker (3) 17. Make one pay to advance an accusation (6) 18. An arachnid may come to rest on the billiard table (6) 21. Gas, or professional talk that hasn’t been begun (5)

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

THOMAS, Hazel Jean (nee Scott) – 17 January 1927 - 10 October 2018 Passed away peacefully in her 92nd year, with family by her side, at Radius Millstream, Ashburton. Dearly loved wife of the late Norman Thomas, loved mother and mother-in-law of John and Lettie, Graham and Jane, Elizabeth and John, and Grandma to her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Messages may be sent to the Thomas family, c/- 500 Swamp Road, RD 5, Ashburton 7775.

Special mention to Dr Katie Williamson and the staff at Radius Millstream for their care of Hazel. In keeping with Hazel’s wishes a private funeral was held on Saturday, October 13.

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NZ Situation

isolated snow thunder flurries

sleet thunder

60 plus

TODAY

FZL: Rising to 2100m

TOMORROW

Fine with high cloud. Southwesterlies, turning northwest later.

FZL: 2100m, lowering to 1500m

WEDNESDAY

High cloud with a few spots of rain.

Southwesterlies turning northwesterly.

THURSDAY

Cloud increasing. A period of showers in the morning with a southerly change.

THURSDAY

Cloud increasing, and a period of showers with a S change. S dying out later.

FRIDAY

Mainly fine, cloudy periods south of Ashburton. Light winds.

FRIDAY

Mainly fine. Light winds.

Frankfurt Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi

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Rise 6:42 am Set 7:57 pm

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fine

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Good fishing

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Full moon

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Rise 6:38 am Set 7:59 pm

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Set 1:09 am Rise 10:39 am

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Set 2:50 am Rise 12:18 pm

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Queenstown

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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 105.6 Nth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Sth Ashburton at 2:05 pm, yesterday

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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:10 pm, yesterday

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Waitaki Kurow at 2:18 pm, yesterday

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Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing Monday

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Mainly fine. Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h developing, rising to 60 km/h at night.

Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h, rising to gale 65 km/h in the evening.

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showers rain rain fine showers showers fine fine showers thunder thunder fine fine fine cloudy

hail

Fine apart from isolated afternoon showers.

Wind at 1000m: SW 35 km/h dying out by early afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: SW 40 km/h easing to 30 km/h in the evening, then dying out at night.

Fine with morning frosts, then clouding over during the evening. Northwesterlies developing during the afternoon or evening.

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TOMORROW

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Monday, 15 October 2018

A southwest flow over New Zealand eases as a ridge builds over the country from the west. The ridge dominates over the country through the forecast period, although a weak front affects the far south tomorrow and Wednesday, dying out as it moves over the South Island on Thursday.

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Clouding over in the evening. Southwest.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 11.7 11.9 Max to 4pm 7.2 Minimum 5.1 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm October to date 23.8 Avg Oct to date 27 2018 to date 717.0 540 Avg year to date Wind km/h S 13 At 4pm Strongest gust S 46 Time of gust 11:59am

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

9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guests are Jenna Fischer and Simon Cowell. 0 10am Tipping Point Quiz show in which players take on a machine, hoping to win its jackpot.

11am The Chase 0 Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street Catch-Up PGR 0 2pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3 0 3pm Tipping Point 4pm Te Karere 2 4:30 Funny You Should Ask 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Border Patrol PGR 0 8:30 Take Two PGR 0 9:30 Lucifer AO An alternate dimension is visited where Lucifer has never met Chloe, but is granted freedom of choice. 0 10:25 1 News Tonight 0 10:55 N APB AO 0 11:55 N American Crime AO Luis, a migrant worker from Mexico, finds a new life as a farmer; Coy, a drug addict, also finds work on a farm; social worker Kimara offers to help a recently rescued prostitute.

12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

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6am Before And After 7am Wild Britain With Ray Mears 7:30 Baby Animals And Friends 8:30 Nigellissima 9am Jamie’s Big Feastival 9:30 Inside Mandarin Oriental 10:30 My Dream Home 11:30 Money For Nothing 12:30 James Galea’s Best Trick Ever PGR 1:30 Peter Ackroyd’s Thames 2pm Luxury Uncovered 2:30 Treasures Decoded 3:30 Love Nature – A Year In The Wild 4:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 5pm Hemsley And Hemsley – Healthy And Delicious 5:30 Cold Water Cowboys 6:30 American Pickers

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers Mike’s love of everything automotive is explored through garage-related picks.

8:30 M The Mummy Returns AO 2001 Adventure. Ten years after the events of The Mummy, the evil of the mummy Imhotep is let loose once more. Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz. 0

7pm KaweKorero 7:30 F Real Pasifik 3 Chef Robert Oliver travels to six Pacific islands, meeting the locals and putting his twist on local cuisine.

8pm Native Affairs 8:30 Ever The Land PGR 3 10pm Whare Taonga 10:30 Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 3

7:30 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 8:30 Kolkata With Sue Perkins Comedian Sue Perkins explores the story of India through the life of the city of Kolkata.

9:30 Secret Cities 10:30 American Pickers

11:10 Youth Olympic Games (HLS) From Buenos Aires.

12:10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR The best of Stephen Colbert’s satire and comedy, discussing politics, entertainment, business, and more.

1:10 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 1:40 Closedown

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 Kawe Korero 3 We go inside the newsroom as the reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

Midnight Closedown

11:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals Midnight Hemsley And Hemsley – Healthy And Delicious 12:30 Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure 1am Cold Water Cowboys 2am Love Nature – A Year In The Wild 3am Peter Ackroyd’s Thames 3:30 Luxury Uncovered 4am Joanna Lumley’s Nile 5am Kolkata With Sue Perkins

6am Codename – Kids Next Door 3 0 6:25 Kung Fu Dino Posse 3 6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:15 The Fairly Odd Parents 3 7:40 Ben 10 3 8:05 Youth Olympic Games Highlights 3 9am Tiki Tour 3 0 9:25 Million Dollar Minute 3 9:55 The Crowd Goes Wild PGR 3 10:25 The Doctors PGR 3 11:15 Hot Bench 11:40 Escape To The Country 3 12:40 The Halcyon PGR 3 0 1:35 Mad About You PGR 3 2:05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 3pm Wheel Of Fortune 3:30 Jeopardy 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Frasier 3 0 5:30 Prime News 6pm Storage Wars 3 6:30 Pawn Stars 3

11:30 2 Broke Girls AO 3 0 Midnight Claws AO 0 12:55 How To Get Away With Murder AO 3 0 1:40 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 2:05 Infomercials 3:05 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:50 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:40 The Undriveables 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11pm The Hui 3 Mihingarangi Forbes presents a mix of currentaffairs investigations, human interest, and arts and culture stories. 0 11:35 Newshub Nation 3 Weekly current affairs show. 0 12:45 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

MOVIES PREMIERE 7:25 The Greatest Showman PG 2017 Drama.

Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron.

9:10 Logan 16VLC 2017 Scifi Action. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart.

11:25 The Big Sick MLS The Mummy Returns Kolkata with Sue Perkins 2017 Romantic Comedy.

Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan.

8:30pm on Prime 8:30pm on Choice 1:25 American Made 16VLSC 2017 Crime. Tom Cruise, BRAVO SKY 5 Domhnall Gleeson.

10am I Found The Gown 3 6am Jeopardy! PG 3:15 Backup Boyfriend 6:25 Wheel Of Fortune 10:28 The Dish 3 16VLSC 2015 Comedy.

PG 6:50 The Simpsons PG 10:30 Clean House James Pumphrey, 7:15 The Amazing Race PG 11:30 Snapped 3 8:05 Pawn Stars PG 8:30 The Rachel Melvin.

12:28 The Dish 3 4:35 Wakefield MLS 2016 12:30 The Real Housewives Flash M 9:20 Hardcore Pawn Drama. Bryan Cranston, PG 9:45 NCIS MV 10:40 CSI Of Potomac AO – Miami MV 11:35 Jeopardy! Jennifer Garner.

1:30 How To Look Good 6:20 Patriots’ Day 16VLC PG Noon Wheel Of Fortune Naked – USA PGR 2016 Drama. Mark Wahlberg, PG 12:30 NCIS – New 2:30 Body Fixers PGR 3 Orleans MV 1:25 NCIS – New Kevin Bacon.

8:30 The Circle ML 2017 3:30 Hoarders 3 Orleans MV Season 2 finale.

Drama. After a programmer 4:30 The Profit 2:15 NCIS MV 3:05 The gets her dream job at a 5:30 Million Dollar Listing Amazing Race PG 4pm The NY 3 Simpsons PG 4:30 Jeopardy! renowned technical company, she discovers an agenda that PG 5pm Wheel Of Fortune 6:30 Undercover Boss will affect all of humanity.

PG 5:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 Flipping Out PGR 6pm The Flash M 7pm Pawn Emma Watson, Tom Hanks.

8:30 Body Fixers PGR 10:20 The Wedding Stars PG 7:30 NCIS MV Cage fighter Ashley wants Guest MLS 2017 Drama.

8:30 The Cops MV a new look to scare his Cobie Smulders, Justin Long. opponents; Sam needs surgical 9:30 Trauma Rescue Squad M TUESDAY stitching to repair the large 10:30 CSI – Miami MV 12:05 Double Echo hole in her ear; Jodie wants to 11:25 The Flash M 16VSC 2017 Thriller. ditch her dreadlocks before she Brandon Auret, Amalia Uys. TUESDAY loses her hair.

1:35 Wakefield MLS 2016 12:20 Longmire 16V 9:30 60 Days In Drama. Bryan Cranston, 1:20 Pawn Stars PG A look back at memorable Jennifer Garner. 3:20 Patriots’ 1:50 Trauma Rescue moments from seasons one Day 16VLC 2016 Drama.

Squad M 2:40 The Cops and two.

Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon.

MV 3:30 CSI – Miami 10:30 Snapped 5:30 The Circle ML 2017 MV 4:20 Hardcore Pawn 11:30 My Crazy Ex AO 3 Drama. Emma Watson, PG 4:45 NCIS MV 5:35 The 12:20 Infomercials 3 Simpsons PG Tom Hanks.

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6:30 Takaro Tribe 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Kia Mau 3 7:20 Potae Pai 7:30 Pipi Ma 7:40 Pukana 2 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am F R&R 3 9:30 Best Of Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Kitchen Kura 3 10:30 Sidewalk Karaoke PGR 3 11am Matangi Rau 3 Noon Waka Warriors 3 12:30 F The Laughing Samoans – Fink About It PGR 3 1pm Moving Out 3 1:30 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Kia Mau 3 3:50 Potae Pai 3 4pm Pipi Ma 3 4:10 Pukana 3 2 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Hahana 3 5pm Swagger 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2

6am The AM Show News, interviews, and humour to start the day.

9am The Café A lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:30 DailyMailTV PGR News stories from around the globe.

Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm Married At First Sight NZ PGR 3 0 2:30 Wipeout 3 0 3:30 DailyMailTV PGR 4pm NewsHub Live At 4pm 4:30 Entertainment Tonight 5pm The Block Australia Sara is elated when her secret weapon arrives; Courtney and Hans cannot stay at The Block, so Scott sends all the couples for a night away in Bendigo.

6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Married At First Sight NZ 7:30 Project Runway New PGR 0 Zealand PGR 0 9pm 9-1-1 AO The first responders 8:40 Australian Survivor PGR continue to deal with In Champions v Contenders, the effects of a strong ordinary contestants compete earthquake; Maddie must with players who are help a pregnant couple champions in their field. 0 deliver their baby. 0 10:30 The Walking Dead 0 10pm Beach Cops AO 0 10:30 NewsHub Late 6:30 Kiddets 3 0 6:40 Darwin And Newts 0 6:50 Masha And The Bear 3 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am Monchhichi Tribe 3 0 7:25 Mysticons 3 0 7:50 Pokemon Sun And Moon Ultra Adventures 3 0 8:15 The Lion Guard 3 0 8:35 Doc McStuffins – Toy Hospital 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room PGR 3 Noon Jeremy Kyle AO 1pm Judge Rinder 2pm Home And Away 3 0 2:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:30 Chuggington – Little Trainees 3 0 3:35 N Girl Meets World 0 4pm Fanimals 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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MOVIES GREATS 6:25 Planet Of The Apes MV 2001 Action. Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter.

8:25 Man On Fire 16VC 2004 Crime. Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning. 10:50 This Means War MVLS 2012 Action Comedy. Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy.

12:25 The Recruit MVL 2003 Thriller. Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan.

2:20 Scream 16VL 1996 Horror. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, David Arquette. 4:10 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16VLS 2011 Crime Drama.

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer.

6:45 Darling Companion M 2012 Comedy Drama.

Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest. 8:30 Wild Wild West PGV 1999 Action. Two hired guns must save President Grant from a villainous 19th-century inventor.

Will Smith, Salma Hayek.

10:20 The Bank Job 16VLS 2008 Drama. Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows.

TUESDAY 12:10 The Girl Next Door 16LS 2004 Comedy.

Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant. 2am The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 16VLS 2011 Crime Drama.

Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer.

4:35 Darling Companion M 2012 Comedy Drama.

Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest.

SKY SPORT 1 8:30 Youth Olympics 9:30 Cricket – International India v West Indies.

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Hammers sneak into semi-finals

In his father’s footsteps

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STAGS ROAR

Tech’s Bevan Ravenscroft swings big during the opening round of the Mid Canterbury Cricket open grade T20 competition on Saturday.

BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

William McKee picked up the first century of the season as the Tech Stags produced two wins on the opening day of Mid Canterbury Cricket’s open grade T20 competition on Saturday.

And they were convincing wins, with the first being a 43-run win over Coldstream and the second being a massive 68-run win over last year’s top dogs Lauriston, set up by McKee’s unbeaten knock of 107.

The Stags batted first against Coldstream and made 123/8 off their 20 overs, with McKee top scoring with 69 before being bowled out by Andrew Bennett, and Jason Morrison and Hayden Sinclair the next best contributors with 15 runs each.

Richard Spicer was the pick of

Coldstream’s bowlers taking 3/34 off four, while Bennett and Richard Print picked up two wickets each.

Coldstream’s reply got off to a stuttering start, two down with just eight runs on the board, and it never really picked up. They scored runs, but just not fast enough and by the time 20 overs rolled around they were 80/7, well short of the target.

Only two Coldstream batsmen reached double figures – Print, who hit two sixes on his way to a top score of just 16, and Bennett who came in at number nine and found the boundary a couple of times for his 14 not out.

But the story was told in the bowling figures. Tech’s bowlers were extremely economical, with Des Kruger taking 3/12 off four overs and Bevan Ravenscroft’s

four over spell producing two maidens and two wickets for just two runs.

The Stags then backed that up against a Lauriston side which last year took home Mid Canterbury Cricket’s main three trophies – the Pritchard Shield, Muirhead Rosebowl and Studholme Shield.

Tech again batted first and made a whopping 164/8 off their 20 overs, with McKee picking up where he’d left off in the first game, opening the batting and smashing a massive 11 sixes on his way to 107 not out.

Only three of his team-mates even made it into double figures, with fellow opener Jason Morrison out for 10, Scott Punselie adding 12, and Alex Veint coming in at 10 and producing a late cameo of 14 not out.

It was largely a day to forget

for Lauriston’s bowlers, although Bevan Richan managed to pick up 3/19 off nine overs.

Lauriston had a huge mountain to climb to win that match and while Liam O’Connor hit a handy 45 at the top of the order and Scott Maher added 22 at four, time well and truly ran out on them, amassing just 96/5 in their 20 overs.

Harry Jones was the best of the Stags’ bowlers with 2/13 off his four overs.

Lauriston’s day had started much better though, picking up a three wicket win over defending T20 competition champions Methven.

Methven batted first and made 116/8 with Matt Winter top scoring with 52, but Lauriston chased the total down in the final over.

Lauriston’s reply got off to a good start, with Richan (13) and

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Scott Morgan (19) producing an opening stand of 40 before both fell in quick succession, but a knock of 35 from Tim Hanrahan steadied the ship and helped Lauriston home.

Matt Tait – a new acquisition for Methven following the withdrawal of Allenton from the competition last week – was Methven’s top bowler with 4/28.

It was better news for Methven in their second game against the Tech Old Dogs though. The Tech side, which is only taking part in the T20 part of the season, batted first and were all out for 78, with Isaac McDonald top scoring with 30 and Elliot Nicholson taking 3/12 for Methven.

In reply Methven made it look easy, with openers Mitch Sim (30 not out) and Matt Winter (37 not out) seeing them home.

McCracken makes instant impression on the courts

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