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It’s taken months of negotiations but finally a deal has been sealed between Ashburton’s Methodist Church and the Ashburton District Council that will set in motion two major building projects.

When it signed off on the sale of 1780 sq m of land to the council, the church kickstarted a project that has been in the wings since the September 2010 earthquake, when the doors to the Baring

Square church were locked and the future of the building was in doubt.

In the following years the church’s future was hotly debated by the community and by the congregation. Some wanted it strengthened and the earthquake damage repaired, others wanted the demolition crews to move in.

The church restoration and strengthening project was given a glimmer of hope when the council started looking at possible sites for a new civic centre

and library. That the church land adjoined the council’s Baring square property became its saviour.

And when the final agreement was given on a land sale by the church hierarchy this week, property committee chairman Ken Leadley heaved a sigh of relief.

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Green light for Methodist Church renovations From P1 “This means the difference between the church remaining a wreck and it being repaired,” he said.

The deal will see the church hall demolished and a new corridor and suite of meeting rooms and service facilities built on the southern side of the church.

“It’s taken two-and-a-half years and more than a ream of paper but we’ve finally got there,” Leadley said.

Taken together, insurance money and the sale proceeds should be sufficient to see the restoration and strengthening work largely completed, but there might be a community fundraising appeal needed further down the track, he said.

“This will be a hugely expensive repair job and under the terms of our contract with the council we now need to get this repair work under way.”

Preliminary plans for the project have been drawn up and these will now be finalised. Leadley is keeping his fingers crossed that work will start within the next three months and will be wrapped up by the end of next year.

One of the critical elements of the work will be ensuring the church organ, unused for more than eight years, is protected.

“As part of this process we’ve had it inspected and while there’s signs of moisture, rodents and dust, the overall picture is that it will need only a good service to be recommissioned,” he said.

The deal with the council has been a long time in the making but it ends years of uncertainty

An artist’s impression of the renovated Methodist Church. over the church’s future, Leadley said.

“The earthquake was on Saturday, we had a service in there on Sunday and then the hierarchy came down and locked the door the next day.”

Since then services have been held in the church hall while the future of the church remained unresolved.

“We knew if we didn’t do anything in 2023 it would have had to be pulled down. That’s the government requirement.”

Having the final piece of the council rebuild puzzle signed off has also seen Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel heave a sigh of relief.

“Now we can get moving. They can carry on with the work they need to do to restore their building and this gives clarity to the council too,” she said.

Finalising the deal to buy the church land had involved considerable work for both parties, Favel said.

“Like all good agreements, a meeting of minds was required.”

Super wasp nest closes river trail Part of the Ashburton River trail leading to Lake Hood has been closed while authorities deal with a massive wasp nest.

Environment Canterbury area supervisor Ryan Dynes called in expert exterminator Jaspur McDonald after complaints from us-

ers of the popular river track and on Wednesday the pair donned protective gear, located and fumigated a “super nest”.

McDonald said the nest was about a metre long, 50cm wide and 75cm deep.

It had four entrances for the

wasps, which he identified as common wasps.

“We didn’t realise how big it was until we dug into it.”

The pair were back at the nest yesterday checking on the success of the initial fumigation.

McDonald said it would take

several days before the nest was wiped out. “It’s definitely not a place for rubberneckers.”

ECan has closed the track, which is used by walkers and mountainbikers, until at least Monday.

McDonald said the nest was

one of a dozen he had attended this season. He said wasps fed on willow aphids, which were plentiful this year.

Signs have been erected at the river track near the State Highway 1 bridge advising that the track is closed for wasp control.

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User-pays rubbish collection hiccup

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A policy change and a software upgrade are standing between free-style use of wheelie bins and a user-pay system, says Ashburton District Council waste recovery manager Craig Goodwin.

When the council’s wheelie bin project was first discussed, the long-term goal was to have a system where users paid according to the amount of rubbish they dumped.

Goodwin did the groundwork on a proposal that would have seen this system trialled later this year, but this week discovered that the council systems were not geared to making this happen.

He’s furious and he’s disappointed.

“We did a lot of work around this over quite a long period of time.

I’ve talked to other council departments about what we wanted to achieve; there are emails going back to August on this,” he said.

Goodwin said his user-pays model required flexibility in the council’s finance and rating policy and it also needed the ability to charge users either in advance on a maximum number of bin loads of rubbish, with a rebate if they did not reach this level or in arrears for the number of bins emptied.

At the 11th hour, when all the reports had been written and the trial was good to go, Goodwin was

told the user-pays system would have to be put on hold “This was not just about user pays, it was also about putting in place a better customer service for bigger businesses,” he said.

Goodwin said he was disappointed councillors had not included the variable rubbish rating option in the draft policy and finance policy they have just signed off.

Ashburton Mayor Donna Favel said she recalled user-pays discussions had been around since 2015 and that it was well known they would be part of the wheelie bin project.

Councillor Neil Brown agreed. A lot of work had been done on this project and councillors should workshop it to see if there were any solutions, he said.

“This could be a groundbreaking project in New Zealand and that would be pretty exciting.”

The council also needed to find an interim solution for businesses that needed either additional bins or large bins and while they might have to use black plastic bags in the short term, long-term answers were needed, Brown said.

Creating a flexible collection service was about meeting customer needs, Russell Ellis said.

“It’s about us saying ‘yes’ rather than no. If they want an extra bin and pay for it, why the heck not.

Let’s be the ‘yes’ council,” he said.

Representatives of voluntary groups and other conservation-based organisations with an interest in birds nesting around the Ashburton River met earlier this week to discuss the latest nesting season.

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Bird nesting on the agenda

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Although there will always be concerns around the endangered black-billed gull that nests in the bed of the Ashburton River, it was important not to forget other birds that used the area, a meeting of people interested in birdlife around the river heard earlier this week.

Environment Canterbury biodiversity officer Donna Field said given the gull was the world’s rarest, it was rightly the focus of conservation efforts, however,

the riverbed around the Ashburton River mouth was an important habitat year-round for a range of birds, including the little spotted shag and others that rested there during flights between Auckland and Southland.

Field said those at the meeting, held in Ashburton on Tuesday night, discussed a range of subjects around the bird nesting season, including the number of fledglings produced this year, more effective use of fencing, and weed and pest control.

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was a good one for the blackbilled gull and the white-fronted tern, she said, thanks to rain resulting in a healthy river flow.

The higher flow led to an increased habitat area near the river mouth, which provided more places for the birds to nest.

Monthly bird number surveys showed that, among the blackbilled population, there was one bird for every pair fledged, while white-fronted terns averaged 1.25.

Those numbers were a very good result, Field said.

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Jump Jam creator boogies in to Lauriston

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The creator of Jump Jam dropped into Lauriston School for a boogie and a chat with the national title holders yesterday.

Brett Fairweather visited eight lucky schools around the region to deliver new and old dances from his iconic aerobic dance programme and answer questions from young fans.

One was Lauriston School, which currently holds the New Zealand Jump Jam title after a group of 11 girls named the Lauriston Looneys took out the national championships in Auckland last October.

While 10 of the Looneys now attend Mount Hutt College, they were granted permission to return to Lauriston and join in the fun yesterday.

Fairweather, who is also two times world aerobics champion, told students about his love of music and movement.

“I started Jump Jam because I just thought it would be so fun. The music makes it feel like a party!” he said.

Since founding Jump Jam in 2000, he said he has choreographed 140 dances, and 19 releases of the programme.

Nowadays, more than 90 per cent of New Zealand schools offer Jump Jam, as well as other schools in Singapore, Australia and beyond.

“The first dance I choreographed was the Witch Doctor,” he told students yesterday.

“And it would still have to be my favourite dance … that and You Can’t Stop the Beat.”

Fairweather led Lauriston School as they danced to Keep On Moving, the Coconut Song and a newly released song called Celebrate.

He told students the name of the last Jump Jam founder and aerobics champ Brett Fairweather leads the movers and shakers at song was “what you should have done Lauriston School through a performance of Keep on Moving yesterday.

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Letter urges sugar restrictions

By Katie todd

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Four proactive local Year 5 schoolchildren have contacted Health Minister David Clarke to voice their concerns about sugary drinks – and urge the government to impose stricter regulations.

After learning about healthy eating last year, Methven Primary School pupils Jamie, Holy, Emma, Harriet and Ella penned a letter to the Ministry of Health to ask that sugary drinks are banned during school times and during sports days, and earlier this month received an official response from Clarke.

The students, who had also been learning about persuasive writing, listed key reasons to impose the restrictions. They said sugar highs could make it difficult to work while sugar also made it easier for diseases to take hold of the body.

Furthermore, they explained how insulin messengers in our body “do not have eyes”.

“If you have to[sic] much sugar the insulin messengers dump all the sugar into your blood. This causes your heart to work harder pumping sticky blood around the body, which can lead to dead limbs and could need to be amputated.”

In Clarke’s response, the students were thanked for their letter.

He said the students had obviously been learning a lot about the importance of nutrition for the body.

“You may be interested to know that the Ministry of Education and Health are working together to promote healthy eating in schools, and wrote to all schools in March last year encouraging them to adopt a ‘water and milk only’ policy.”

However, one other point raised by students pointed to the issue of “high schoolers going to shops in school breaks”.

“If you banned fizzy drinks at school times, it would help make our country healthier because we are the 3rd most obese country in the world,” the students said.

“We think that is embarrassing and bad!”

Clarke also offered students a website link to check out more information about what the ministries are doing.

“We are excited that our letter was received and responded to officially,” Methven Primary School deputy principal Sue Furndorfler said.

“It confirms with our students that they do have a voice in social issues.”

House prices on the rise

By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton followed the national trend of rising house prices in February, with the median selling price for the month $370,000.

This was up 15 per cent on February last year, but REINZ figures show that it is taking much longer for homes to sell, about 50 days.

If prices were up for the month, so too were volumes, with 66 properties sold compared to 49 in the previous February and 42 in January.

For the first time in many months the Ashburton District was one of the better performers in Canterbury, with its 15 per cent rise in the median selling price beaten only by Kaikoura, 54.8 per cent and Mackenzie, up 46 per cent.

Timaru was the only area in Canterbury where median prices fell, down by 4.3 per cent year on year and 5.6 per

cent from January.

Regional director REINZ Jim Davis said that the market was coloured by the number of investors who were looking to sell lower end stock that would not meet new standards.

“More people appear to be selling rental investments when the tenants move out and therefore, the first home buyer section of the market is performing reasonably well.

With more to choose from they’re taking their time shopping around,” he said.

With a good quantity of new stock coming on the market, it meant that thing that was over priced, even slightly over priced was taking some time to sell, Davis said.

Compared to February 2017 the number of days it took to sell a home had increased by seven.

Across Canterbury the level of inventory available for sale currently sits at 18 weeks.

In brief Dog pound busy Dog control teams in the Ashburton District have been busy over the past four months, impounding 74 dogs and issuing 36 infringement notices for a range of dog related offences. Over those four months 13 dog attacks were reported and investigated, eight dogs were picked up by the dog control team and destroyed and 11 dogs were rehomed.

Consents steady For the first two months of the year, the number of building consents lodged with the Ashburton District Council are almost on a par with numbers for the same period last year, 92 compared to 99. The number of dwelling consents, however, were down, dipping below 50 per month for the first time over those months, since 2010

Desert Road closure The closure of the central North Island’s Desert Road at the Waihohonu Stream Bridge for repairs following a crash will now take place later in the month. The New Zealand Transport Agency says the road will be closed on Monday, March 26. A 36-hour closure scheduled for mid-to-late April will now go ahead, weather permitting. Traffic using the bridge will be restricted to one lane and a 30km/h speed limit in the meantime with delays also possible at other work sites along the Desert Road. Over-weight and over-sized vehicles wider than 3m will not be able to use the Desert Road until the bridge repairs are complete in April.

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Name change canned Hamilton mayor Andrew King has put aside plans to change the city council’s name to Kirikiriroa so councillors can focus on more pressing issues. Earlier this week, he suggested the name change would help Hamilton work in better partnership with its Maori people and said he wanted to discuss it at yesterday’s council meeting. The suggestion made media headlines and led some, such as fellow councillor Angela O’Leary, to take to Facebook to question whether it had been properly thought through. But at yesterdays council meeting, King appeared to bow to the backlash, by withdrawing a planned discussion on the name change because it was distracting attention from pressing issues.

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Penguin tracking starts Rare yellow-eyed penguin chicks are being tracked by satellite for the first time with one adventurous youngster already travelling 470 kilometres. Twenty-three chicks have been fitted with tiny satellite transmitters as they leave their nests in the far south and head into the wider ocean. At this stage, 15 of the 23 penguins had moved away from the areas in which they were hatched. Researcher Thomas Mattern said the data from satellite tracking would be used to help the team understand which waters were important foraging grounds for the penguins. This could help conservation efforts, he said.

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Gypsy Fair returns to Ashburton

By Katie todd

Left – Original Gypsy Fair field manager Gavin MacKenzie will be helping to deliver a festive array of entertainment in the Ashburton Domain this weekend.

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Two eye-catching house buses have heralded the exciting arrival of the Original Gypsy Fair this weekend and have already taken up residence on Walnut Avenue.

In one dwells Gavin MacKenzie, an ex-Air Force armourer who first hit the road with the group in 1995 and has never looked back.

He’s now field manager for the fair, and has been making preparations before the entourage descends on the domain this Saturday and Sunday.

It may have been 27 years since the group first began their big New Zealand circuit – and many a visit to Ashburton while they go north or south, MacKenzie said there is always plenty of fresh entertainment for crowds.

“We’ve got around 20 trucks in total, but it’s a bit like counting chickens because there’s a constant turnover.

“Some people come for a couple of circuits, but others stay for a long, long time,” he said.

“We don’t do double-ups, so no two stalls are ever the same.

And when one person leaves, say someone with a bead stall, we give that brief to a newcomer, and then they always give it

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a new look, a new flavour.”

Individuals in the group currently range from three to 68 years of age, and most are on the

road for nine months of the year.

Combined, they are the largest fleet of privately-owned heritage vehicles continuously

touring the country.

MacKenzie said this Saturday in Ashburton crowds can expect handicrafts including fork and

spoon benders, glassblowers and tie-dying.

There will be live music, hula hoops, a shooting gallery, bouncy castle and even Segway and hover board rides, he said, along with all the regular food and drink fixtures, clothing stalls, accessories, tarot readings and tattooing.

Despite Ashburton Domain being the single most expensive stop-off in the country – even behind Auckland, MacKenzie said the crew still enjoy stopping off.

Earlier in the week members were out exploring the district – some camped out by Wakanui Beach, others nestled in Staveley – and all were looking forward to coming together to begin setting up today.

The Original Gypsy Fair will run from 9am to 5pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

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Scale of mudslide revealed A massive underwater landslide caused by the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake moved more than 100 million dump trucks of mud and sand hundreds of kilometres, scientists say.

The landslide, known as canyon flushing, was one of the largest ever documented and took place just off the Canterbury coast in the Kaikoura Canyon.

Scientists, publishing a paper in the Science Advances journal yesterday, found at least 850 metric tonnes of sediment billowed down from the top of the canyon.

It wiped out all organisms living in the seabed before travelling along the deep sea Hikurangi Channel to distances up to 680km northeast of Kaikoura.

The canyon head had been smooth and draped in mud in 2013, but investigations two months after the 2016 earthquake revealed the mud had been stripped away from almost every part of the upper slope, lead author Joshu Mountjoy says.

“The event has completely changed much of the canyon floor, eroding into rock and moving dunes of gravel through the lower canyon,” he said.

“We knew that events like this could happen from telecommunication cable breaks during

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Part of the Kaikoura coastline seriously affected by the 2016 earthquake.

earthquakes ... however, we have never had data to show us what impact these events have on the canyons themselves.”

Scientists found parts of the canyon had deepened by up to 50m because of sediment cutting into the sea floor.

They said similar events triggered by large earthquakes were likely to occur in the Kaikoura

Canyon every 140 years on average.

The mass upheaval also released seven million tonnes of carbon that is now available to nourish deep sea communities.

It comes as a NIWA study last September found the canyon’s former biodiversity hotspot that was decimated by the earthquake is now showing signs of

recovery and recolonisation by animals.

Other studies since 2016 have also revealed the quake was the most complex one ever recorded, with more than 21 on-andoffshore faults rupturing across more than 100km.

This led to widespread “coastal uplift” and numerous landslides.

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Rapper Scribe has been found guilty of possessing methamphetamine a day before he was to enter rehab.

But the chart-topping hip-hop artist, whose real name is Malo Ioane Luafutu, has had five other charges dismissed by a judge after a trial at Christchurch District Court yesterday.

A charge of possessing an offensive weapon was thrown out by Judge Raoul Neave.

Possession of a P pipe was also dismissed, along with three allegations of bail breaches.

Luafutu turned up to court with a camera crew entourage.

Judge Neave said the prosecution hadn’t done enough to prove that a softball bat was being used as an offensive weapon. Nor had they proven a P pipe was Luafutu’s.

However, he said the rapper had to have known the bag found in his pocket contained drugs of some description.

He remanded Luafutu on bail to reside at a Christchurch address and not to take drugs ahead of sentencing on May 23.

Luafutu’s counsel indicated it was likely Luafutu would apply for a discharge without conviction.

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Russian diplomats expelled The UK will expel 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow refused to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used on a former spy in Salisbury, the PM says.

Theresa May said the diplomats, who have a week to leave, were identified as “undeclared intelligence officers”.

The UK later told the UN Security Council that Russia had used “a weapon so horrific that it is banned in war” in a “peaceful” British city.

Russia denies attempted murder and says it will respond appropriately.

May also revoked an invitation to Russia’s foreign minister, and said the Royal Family would not attend the Fifa World Cup in Russia later this year.

Addressing the UN Security Council, Britain’s deputy UN ambassador, Jonathan Allen, accused Russia of breaking its obligations under the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

He said he had heard the threats from Russia but that the UK would not be deterred.

“We will stand by the values which are shared by the overwhelming majority of those in

MAFS star blasted One Married At First Sight contestant has been demanding he be paid for radio interviews to promote the TV show, it’s been claimed. MAFS couple John and Melissa dropped in to chat to Kyle and Jackie O on KIIS FM and at the end of the chat John asked, “When are you getting Troy on?” The radio hosts then revealed they told Troy to get stuffed because he was asking for money for his time. “Troy won’t come on, he’s being so difficult,” Jackie O said. There’s typically an expectation when you sign onto a reality show that you do press interviews to help promote the programme.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has denied Moscow’s involvement in the attack and demanded “material proof” from Britain to support its charge. this council in this United Nations and we ask you today, to stand by us,” he added.

In response the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, denied Moscow’s involvement in the attack and

demanded “material proof” from Britain to support its charge.

He said: “We were given an ultimatum and requested in 24 hours to admit that we committed a crime. In other

words, confess.

“We do not speak the language of ultimatums. We do not use that language with anyone. And we will not allow to be spoken to in that language either.”

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Massive walkout to protest gun violence They bowed their heads in honour of the dead. They carried signs with messages like “Never again” and “Am I next?”

They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it.

And over and over, they repeated the message: Enough is enough.

In a wave of protests one historian called the largest of its kind in American history, tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms yesterday to demand action on gun violence and school safety.

The demonstrations extended from Maine to Hawaii as students joined the youth-led surge of activism set off by the February 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

“We’re sick of it,” said Maxwell Nardi, a senior at Douglas S. Freeman High School in

High school students in Astoria, Oregon, hold up signs during a walkout yesterday.

PHOTO AP Henrico, Virginia, just outside Richmond. “We’re going to keep fighting, and we’re not going to stop until Congress finally makes resolute changes.”

Students around the nation left class at 10am for at least

17 minutes – one minute for each of the dead in the Florida shooting. Some led marches or rallied on football fields, while others gathered in school gyms or took a knee in the hallway.

At some schools, hundreds of students poured out. At others, just one or two walked out in defiance of administrators.

They lamented that too many young people have died and that they’re tired of going to school afraid they will be killed.

“Enough is enough. People are done with being shot,” said Iris Fosse-Ober, 18, a senior at Washburn High School in Minneapolis.

Some issued specific demands for lawmakers, including mandatory background checks for all gun sales and a ban on assault weapons like the one used in the Florida bloodbath.

As the demonstrations unfolded, the NRA responded by posting a photo on Twitter of a black rifle emblazoned with an American flag. The caption: “I’ll control my own guns, thank you.”

- AP

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‘Best way to bond is through incest’ A husband and wife from Indiana have been charged with multiple counts of incest and molestation for allegedly having sex with the woman’s three children for years.

Keylin Johnson, 52, and Sheila Johnson, 44, were arrested on February 27 in Ladoga and were being held in the

Montgomery County Jail on $US50,000 bond each.

The Johnsons both have been charged with more than a dozen counts each of child molestation and incest.

Keylin also has been accused of possession of child pornography.

The case began unfolding on

February 25 when the woman’s 19-year-old son came forward about the abuse to a friend, who then went to the police.

The young man and his 17-year-old sister told investigators that the alleged sexual abuse began in 2012, a short time after Keylin Johnson came to live with Sheila and

her children, and continued for the next five years.

According to an affidavit, the man convinced the 19-yearold boy that incest “was a normal way of life” and “the best way to build a family bond was to have sex with your parents, particularly your mother”.

- NZME

Snapchat apology over ad Snapchat has apologised for allowing an advertisement on its platform that asked the question: “Would you rather slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown?” “We are sorry that this happened,” the social media site has said about the ad. The ad, for a game called Would You Rather?, reportedly appeared on Snapchat over the weekend, and soon got social media attention for its reference to a domestic abuse case between Rihanna and Chris Brown in 2009. Viewers took to Twitter to call it “tone deaf” and “awful”. Snapchat told the BBC the ad was a mistake and shouldn’t have been approved.

Kiss ‘uncomfortable’ The American Idol contestant who was kissed by judge Katy Perry without his consent, has spoken out about the “uncomfortable” encounter in which he was robbed of his first kiss. During the premiere of the newly-returned series, Perry kissed 19-year-old contestant Benjamin Glaze, after he had told the judges “I’ve never been in a relationship … I can’t kiss a girl without being in a relationship.” Glaze told the New York Times he was “a tad bit uncomfortable”, saying he wanted to save his first kiss for his first relationship, “I wanted it to be special”.

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Manderley Home & Garden Festival Little River 140 boutique stalls, food, wine, craft beer plus fantastic entertainment www.manderley.co.nz

Methven A&P Show Methven A&P Show Grounds Come along for a fun filled day! Arts & crafts, wine & food, animals, sideshows, machinery and much more.

March 18

Experience Rural at its best. $15 per adult, school-aged children free, an ATM is available onsite.

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March 17 & 18 The Original Gypsy Fair – Est’d 1990 Ashburton Domain For over quarter of a century The Original Gypsy Fair has been travelling NZ and we will be back in Ashburton, at the Awesome Ashburton Doman on Walnut Ave, for our twentySixth fair of the 2017–2018 season. As always we will be bringing an expansive range of handcrafted products that are sold exclusively at The Original Gypsy Fair, some of which will be made before your eyes.

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Plains Railway Combined Craft Group Plains Museum Spinning Weaving, Embroidery, Knitting, Card Making, Patchwork, Quilting, Crochet, Creative Fibre etc etc All craft people welcome to come along, bring your friends, make new friends, spend an enjoyable day with us. There is no charge, bring your lunch as tea and coffee provided.

For more information please call Jenny Cook 308 5911, or Pam Whiteford 307 2802.

11.00am–4.00pm Reducing Our Household Rubbish: The Zero Waste Approach The Resource Recovery Park Eco Educate is pleased to host an afternoon session on zero waste living at the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park.

Join Hannah Blumhardt and

Liam Prince, the No-Waste Nomads behind The Rubbish Trip for an introduction to the practicalities and philosophy of waste reduction. Drawing on their own research and over three years of experience living zero waste, Hannah and Liam will guide you through the whys and the hows of life without a rubbish bin.

2.00pm – 4.00pm

March 22

Kelvin Cruickshank Ashburton Trust Event Centre He astounded people with his incredible ability to communicate with spirit in the hit TV series Sensing Murder.

Acclaimed medium Kelvin Cruickshank passes on messages to as many people as possible from their loved ones in the afterlife - Spirit willing.

This is a rare opportunity to see Kelvin working with spirit and maybe even hear from someone you have loved and lost.

Come and experience his amazing gift for yourself.

All Tickets (fees apply) R16: $65.00 7.00pm

March 23

Light supper potluck with Newcomers and friends Ashburton Wastebusters With a guest speaker. Please register: email newcomers@ saferashburton.org.nz, text 027 220 8791 or go to tinyurl. com/NewcomersMeetup Cori Gonzalez-Macuer The Lodge 1 Methven Chertsey Rd, Methven What We Do In The Shadows star and 7Days regular, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer brings his unique, award winning comedy to Methven for the very first time.

After sold out shows all over NZ, the U.S, Australia and the UK, this is a show not to be missed.

Tickets $20 8.00pm – 10.00pm

distinctively New Zealand voice and, in dance, a powerful new means of expression.

Excerpts from Michael Nyman’s iconic film score are blended with evocative music by Debussy, Arensky, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Brahms and Shostakovich.

Patti ... and for him, a new experience working with the Mid Canterbury Choir! He has delighted festival audiences at the Dublin Blues Festival, Byron Bay Blues Festival, Vancouver Island Folk Festival, Blues at Bridgetown and many others in Europe.

March 25

7.30pm

Land Rover 70 year Anniversary Methven A&P show grounds This special event will be a public display of Land Rover models and has the potential to be the biggest gathering of anything Rover in New Zealand to date.

All Land Rovers are welcome; original, restored, projects, modified, used and abused!

Bring along your family and enjoy being part of this day.

10.00am-4.00pm

March 21 – 23

The Piano: The Ballet Christchurch Isaac Theatre Royal Originally conceived as a short work for Dortmund Ballet, The Piano: the ballet has been re-imagined and expanded for New Zealand’s national ballet, giving Ada’s story a new and

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Ride That Train with Paul Ubana Jones & MCC Ashburton Trust Event Centre Paul has shared the stage and toured with the best: BB King, Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Crowded House, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Tuck and

April 19 Olive Copperbottom Ashburton Trust Event Centre Open Hat Night!

Following the sold out global successes of Promise and Promiscuity, Penny Ashton (Radio NZ The Panel, Hot Pink Bits swaps Austen for Dickens and brings orphaned hero Olive, and a squalid gaggle of Victorian characters to poxridden London life.

Will Olive find a family amongst the brothels, toffs and gruel? Or will Mrs Sourtart break her heart as well as her teeth? One woman portrays 15 characters in an hilarious musical journey that will fulfil your greatest expectations and be the best of times and well … the best of times.

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METHVEN A&P SHOW March 17, 2018 at the Methven Showgrounds

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He astounded people with his incredible ability to communicate with spirit in the hit TV series Sensing Murder. Acclaimed medium Kelvin Cruickshank passes on messages to as many people as possible from their loved ones in the afterlife. – Spirit willing. This is a rare opportunity to see Kelvin working with spirit and maybe even hear from someone you have loved and lost. Come and experience his amazing gift for yourself.

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Following the sold out global successes of Promise and Promiscuity, Penny Ashton swaps Austen for Dickens and brings orphaned hero Olive, and a squalid gaggle of Victorian characters to pox-ridden London life. One woman portrays 15 characters in an hilarious musical journey that will fulfil your greatest expectations and be the best of times.

The Big Little Theatre Company Inc are proud to bring this award winning crazy comedy to our stage. From live music to riotous slapstick comedy to delight the young and young at heart. You will be entertained by the antics of the permanently ravenous Francis Henshall and his attempts to keep two jobs, protect a fugitive, unite two lovers, and win the girl. All this while being hampered by an old waiter with a dodgy ticker and a hapless band of helpers.

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New-look Commodore steps up

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hile emotion and internet chatter surrounded the closure of the Australian car manufacturing plants, the reality of the modern automotive world is that cars designed specifically for smaller regional markets are no longer viable.

It’s all about global platforms and economies of scale but scope remains for smart car makers to make significant regional adaptations.

The Holden Commodore’s transition from VF II to new ZB is a prime example.

The ZB Commodore just launched in New Zealand is built in Germany on the GM E2 global platform and shares its architecture with the latest Opel/Vauxhall Insignia.

That means a slightly smaller Commodore and a five-door liftback bodystyle to replace the sedan.

The versatile sportwagon line continues and there’s also a high-ride wagon badged as Tourer to widen Commodore’s lifestyle appeal – a spiritual successor to the Adventra.

All-new aspects of the ZB are the transverse engine location with a choice of front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive and a nine-speed automatic transmission on all petrol models.

The new entry level engine is a fourcylinder 2 litre direct injected and turbocharged petrol with modern high-torque characteristics.

Holden has had input into the ZB styl-

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Holden pushed the V6 argument and North America has also reaped the benefit by getting the V6 version badged as a Buick Regal GS. Exhaust tuning has given the 3.6 litre V6

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And Holden says the new exhaust has also improved engine response and 2016 indications of 230kW and 370Nm have been surpassed with 235kW and 381Nm being the official figures.

Suspension, steering tune and electronic chassis controls have been refined.

The new nine-speed transmission has had its shift timing and refinement polished.

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The measurement is 36mm closer in a car that is also narrower by 36mm to preserve clearance distances from the roofline and pillars.

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azda Motor Corporation has announced that the Mazda Vision Coupe has won Concept Car of the Year at the 11th Car Design Night in Geneva, Switzerland on March 6.

Car Design Night Geneva is held each year to coincide with the Geneva Motor Show and attracts car designers from all over the world.

The annual event is hosted by Car Design News, an online and print publication established in 1999 to serve the international automotive design community.

Concept Car of the Year is awarded to the concept model that attracts the most votes from a panel of 18 judges, many of whom are current design directors at global automakers.

Mazda’s Vision Coupe was also named Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year in Paris last month, making this the model’s second global design award.

“Following on from Paris last month, we are delighted once again to have Vision Coupe recognised with a global design award.

“And it’s truly an honour to have this model, which aims to express the absolute essence of Japanese aesthetics, applauded by some of the world’s top car designers,” said Ikuo Maeda, Mazda’s Managing Executive Officer in charge of Design and Brand Style.

“The essence of this design concept will be evident in the next generation of Mazda

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Landrovers on parade in Methven

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ant to see a whole lot of fabulous Landrovers and Rovers and have a chance to talk with their owners?

Well there’s an opportunity to do just that on Sunday, March 25 at the Methven Showgrounds between 10am and mid-afternoon.

The owners will be staging this public display during their Landrover 70th anniversary commemoration rally.

And of course those who live outside Methven can combine the visit with a drive there on the great scenic roads of the Mid Canterbury foothills.

The stunning Mazda Vision Coupe is presented to a rapt audience at the 11th Car Design Night Geneva this week. 18 judges decided which of the entries took top honours, and the Mazda took its second global design award after being named Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year in Paris last month.

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And of course includes the new, third generation, three model X3 range.

They, with their packages of turbo engines, eight-speed autos and excellent Xdrive all-wheel-drive system now closely mirror the X5 in looks, innovation, quality, and driving ability.

As well the X3s now have more passenger space (for five) than earlier X5s did.

The entry level X3 2.0d starts at $92,850 (+ORCs) and is powered by a 2 litre turbodiesel producing 140kW of power and 400Nm of torque. It’s capable of an 8-second 0-100km/h sprint and has a stated fuel use of 5.7L/100km.

It sets the equipment standard (which the other two models add to) with 19-inch alloys, electric tail-gate, sports seats with leather upholstery, active cruise contol, sat-nav, LED lighting and more.

Next in the line-up is the 30i as driven.

It has a 2 litre, four cylinder turbo-petrol delivering 185kW and 350Nm. It costs $99,850 (+ORCs) and adds 20-inch alloys, steering wheel paddles, heads-up display, park assist etc.

The test 30i however had $17,140 worth of various optional extra packages, including adaptive suspension, heated front seats, Harmon Kardon sound system, full glass roof, electrically folding tow-bar etc which brought the cost up to $117,140 (+ ORCs.)

That price is pretty close to the $119,850 (+ORCs) cost of the M40i, the wild child of the trio (0-100kmh in 4.8 seconds), with its 3 litre, twin-turbo straightsix petrol producing 265kw and 500Nm. It has the adaptive, suspension, heated front seats, Harmon Kardon sound system,as well as 21-inch alloys as standard fare.

While of course the 30i’s turbo-petrol four hasn’t the absolute grunt (or sound) of the M40i’s straight six, in concert with the eager responses and super smooth changes of the eight-speed ZF auto, it whooshes along in an absolutely quick, effortless manner.

That’s even when driving in the Eco Pro driving mode which keeps fuel use and emissions down, which was fine for cruising on the plains.

Comfort was chosen for round town driving. Then both Sport or Sport+ (when one really wants some spirited motoring and 0-100km/h 6.3 seconds) were especially good on the winding, hilly sections of the test route.

Sport + comes up with sharpest possible steering, engine and auto responses as well as a firmer, but still passengerfriendly ride.

This means, irrespective of one’s driving style or which driving mode you choose, that there’s a pretty an ideal set-up.

The obviously finely-tuned suspension and dynamics together with the comprehensive array of driver assist technology and eager engine mean its an effortless, comfortable cruiser, one that can, as conditions allow, very safely and very easily maintain impressive average speeds,

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but then just as easily slot in to day to day family duties.

Similarly the luxurious cabin proved a pleasant and very comfortable place to be.

Cream leather furnishings and the full glass roof exposed means it has an exceptionally light and airy ambiance, although of course seat covers will be advisable, especially when there’s work clothes, or infantry, involved.

The front sports seats initially felt on the firm side, but proved impressively long-distance comfortable, while they in the rear seats commented favourably on space as well as seat comfort, and as well how quiet and smooth the ride was.

As expected the dash and controls have a quality look and feel to them, plus they and the i Drive system proved easy to use, and see on the 26cm centre touch-screen.

There’s also a long list of equipment and driver aids including the excellent adaptive cruise-control and 360-degree camera.

Then there’s plenty of space to load in (and secure with sliding tie-downs) up to 550 litres of luggage via the large, high lifting, powered rear door.

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Quoted Overall Economy: 7.6L/100km.

Safety: 5 star NCAP. Lots of driver assistance/alert systems.

Turning Circle: 12.1 metres Tows: 2400kg braked (has trailer sway control) Warranty etc: 5 year warranty/road assist, 3 years servicing.

FINALE During 450km driven it was very obvious this new X3 is not just luxurious and stylishly executed, but matches this with very sophisticated,refined driving experience, both about town and especially so on the open road.

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New generation Corolla launched

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he next Corolla hatch, featuring a bolder, more dynamic exterior design and a more rewarding driving experience, has been launched at the Geneva Motor

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Badged as an Auris for the European market the next-generation Corolla hatch is built on a new platform that gave designers the freedom to create a visually distinctive and individual look.

“The new Corolla hatch will have a fresh and exciting makeover with a heavily European inspired design,” Neeraj Lala, Toyota New Zealand’s General Manager of

Product and New Vehicle Sales said.

“It’s going to be a brand-new groundup build, on Toyota’s new global platform, with a more gratifying driving experience.”

Longer, wider and featuring a longer wheelbase than the current car, the new Corolla hatch is imbued with a lower stance and more appealing proportions.

The TNGA platform features a lower centre of gravity, multi-link rear suspension and a more rigid body shell that contributes to better handling and stability without compromising ride and comfort.

A choice of hybrid electric and petrol powertrains are provided for the new

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Its fuel efficiency will rival the hybrid halo model, Prius, while fulfilling all the requirements customers have come to expect from a Toyota hybrid powertrain – silent, intuitive, responsive and selfsufficient.

Corolla hatch’s overall length has been increased by 40mm, all of which has been absorbed within the longer wheelbase. The roof’s peak has been lowered 25mm, while the cowl height is a significant 47mm lower than the current model.

The result is a sleeker shape with a more

attractive, lower bonnet, which in turn improves safety by giving the driver a clearer forward view.

The surround to the large, trapezoidal lower grille is less pointed and more vertical, resulting in a front overhang that is reduced by 20mm.

Rear design is more rounded, strengthening the visual relationship between the front and rear of the vehicle. An increase in rear windscreen rake of 14 degrees combines with the muscular hip adopted above the rear-wheel arch to make the overall appearance more compact, even with a 20mm increase in rear overhang.

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n Norway, of all places, we find this; a slightly modified 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

Like a lot of other lovely examples of the breed, it comes depicted in a beautiful deep red, it has a full leather interior, and it’s dripping with chrome and wooden decadence.

Speaking of the D word, there’s also a holster in the back for a champagne bottle (or, indeed, any other appropriately sized bottle) as well as a couple of flutes.

So fancy.

But, practically everything else about this build is violently against your traditional, typical, Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.

Under (and over) the bonnet is a supercharged 462 cubic-inch GM V8.

Inside is a full tube frame that cradles the driver and three passengers.

Drag-racing Hoosier rubber front and rear is the icing on this Roller’s cake.

This, even though power figures aren’t known, is a guaranteed straight-line beast.

We’re featuring this Rolls Royce because it’s currently for sale in Norway.

It’s priced at 890,000 Krone, which translates to just north of $NZ150,000.

Which, when you think about all the time and effort that’s gone into this build – not to mention the fantastic fit and finish, the cost of that engine, and the cost of a donor vehicle – isn’t the worst way to spend 150 grand.

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Supercar left in the dust A SUV is not meant to outperform a supercar, but that’s exactly what happened when the new Range Rover Sport SVR took on a fearsome mountain road in

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The standard production Range Rover Sport SVR set a new unofficial record of 9 minutes 51 seconds for the 11.3km ascent at an average speed of 68.8km/h, beating the previous best of 10 minutes 31 seconds – set by a Ferrari 458 Italia supercar in 2016.

With 423kW available from its enhanced V8 supercharged engine, the new Range Rover Sport SVR is the fastest ever Land Rover and can accelerate from 0-100km/h in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of 280km/h.

The new performance flagship features bold design revisions and increased use of lightweight materials to enhance performance, handling and agility.

Coupled with changes to the chassis, the new SVR delivers more dynamic responses without compromising traditional Range Rover comfort. The engineers at SVO focused on controlling pitch under heavy

acceleration and braking, and changes to the damping hardware have improved turnin, mid-corner grip and body control.

Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Ho-Pin Tung said: “I am used to the high speeds of racing but this was even more demanding.

Maintaining concentration was the biggest challenge as the road twists and turns constantly, with huge drop-offs to the side.

“The consequences of getting it wrong would have been really serious so I focused on establishing a rhythm and the Range Rover Sport SVR made this easy – it may be an SUV but it has the performance and agility of a supercar and can take you to places a supercar can only dream of.”

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A revised front bumper provides enhanced brake and engine cooling while the 5 litre V8 supercharged engine produces 700Nm of torque.

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Will we lose events because of cost?

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ver had your fortune read? I have and it freaked me out.

They knew too much and predicted too much that has come true that it’s hard not to be freaked out, but the lure of going back when the Original Gypsy Fair kicks into gear at the Ashburton Domain this weekend might prove to be an invitation I just can’t ignore.

Even more so for the fact that it will be the last time that the group is likely to visit Ashburton too.

The cost of hiring the space they use in the Ashburton Domain is, to the best of our knowledge, one of the highest fees they incur in the country – and when you’re running a short profit line

that makes it hard to make things worthwhile.

So, perhaps the Ashburton District Council should come to the party and have a look at things.

I suggest a sweetener that could benefit everybody.

Maybe those at the Original Gypsy Fair could, in lieu of a reduced fee to hire the domain, offer free fortune readings for our mayor and her councillors.

It would be a wonderful factfinding mission for the head table in terms of determining whether or not they should stand at the next election or not and give them an inside eye into what might be in store for the district in the coming months.

Or perhaps some might not like to find out at all?

Put the light-hearted stuff to one side for a moment though and take a look at the bigger picture.

Hot on the heels of a pretty fierce debate around an increase in costs when using councilowned land for various activities – is this from the Original Gypsy Fair a sign of what we can expect in the future?

More and more events giving Ashburton the snub?

We understand the cost isn’t huge and for bigger events like the circus that rolls around, it’s hardly crippling – but with bond payments and then daily rent fees, the costs can soon mount up to a point where it’s impossible to make ends meet on an event and the only option is to pull the pin.

There are other options around the district of course where events could be held – locations that don’t fall on council land where the organisation in control gets to see and negotiate their own fees, but the lure of the public eye from the main road through town is a valuable commodity and while there’s no

argument that they should pay for that privilege, perhaps it could be negotiated.

If you’re around town this weekend and looking for something to do for a couple of hours, make sure you do call into the gypsy fair and check out what they have to offer. You might be surprised at what is there and you are sure to walk away feeling entertained.

While you’re there though, try and mention to someone in passing that you appreciate them coming to Ashburton in an effort to ensure they do return.

It would be a shame to see something so popular fall through the cracks for the sake of the fee of hiring a space.

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In 1994, figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland, Oregon, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a $100,000 fine.

In 2003, American activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while trying to block demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip.

Ten years ago: Protests spread from Tibet into three neighbouring provinces as Tibetans defied a Chinese government crackdown; the Dalai Lama decried what he called the “cultural genocide” taking place in his homeland and called for an international investigation into China’s crackdown on demonstrators.

Five years ago: South Korea’s Yuna Kim, back at the World Figure Skating Championships after a two-year absence, won the women’s title in London, Ontario, Canada. British actor Frank Thornton, 92, best known as Captain Peacock in the long-running television comedy

Are You Being Served?, died in London.

One year ago: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, visiting Japan, called on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, saying the isolated nation “need not fear” the United States. Grammy Award-winning blues harmonica master James Cotton, 81, died in Austin, Texas.

Today’s birthdays: Country singer Ray Walker (The Jordanaires) is 84. Singersongwriter Jerry Jeff Walker is 76. Country singer Robin Williams is 71. Actor Erik Estrada is 69.

Actor Victor Garber is 69. Country singer Ray Benson (Asleep at the

Wheel) is 67. World Golf Hall of Famer Hollis Stacy is 64. Actor Clifton Powell is 62. Actress Lauren Graham is 51. Actor Judah Friedlander is 49. Actor Alan Tudyk is 47. Actor Tim Kang is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Blu Cantrell is 42. Actress Brooke Burns is 40. Actor Brett Davern is 35. Actress Alexandra Daddario is 32. Rhythm and blues singer Jhene Aiko is 30. Rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen is 27.

Thought for today: “Nearly all our disasters come from a few fools having the ‘courage of their convictions’.” — Coventry Patmore, English poet (18231896).

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Matt Markham

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Friday, March 16, the 75th day of 2018. There are 290 days left in the year.

Today’s highlights in history: On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam War as US Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathisers killed unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My village; estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

On this date: In AD 37, Roman emperor Tiberius died; he was succeeded by Caligula.

In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached the Philippines, where Magellan was killed during a battle with natives the following month.

In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed a measure authorising the establishment of the US Military Academy at West Point, New York.

In 1926, rocket science pioneer Robert H. Goddard successfully tested the first liquid-fuelled rocket at his Aunt Effie’s farm in Auburn, Massachusetts.

In 1945, during World War Two, American forces declared they had secured Iwo Jima, although pockets of Japanese resistance remained.

In 1966, Nasa launched Gemini 8 on a mission to rendezvous and dock with Agena, a target vehicle in orbit; although the docking was successful, the joined vehicles began spinning, forcing Gemini to disconnect and abort the flight.

In 1978, Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped by the leftwing Red Brigades, who later murdered him.

In 1988, a Protestant extremist launched a one-man gun-andgrenade attack on an Irish Republican Army funeral at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing three of the mourners.

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Phill Hooper has a few grumbles for the customer service complaints department this week.

Grumpy about customer service I

’m not sure why I did it this week. I normally don’t.

I flipped through the supermarket flyers from the letterbox.

It was very educational! I learned what beer goes with what pizza, but more importantly I saw it as a sign.

A sign to have a grumble about “crap service” again.

It was the first of two incidents of CS I received this week. The other CS was when we called our internet provider, with two simple enquiries.

After spending what seemed like 11 years on hold, we finally got to talk with a human.

We wanted to know our login details, so we could keep an eye on our usage online and wanted to know if the new Sky TV pricing options had kicked in yet. We have an internet and Sky package.

I was put on hold a total of five times during the call, while the answers were sourced. I am very happy to say we now know our login details, but did not get an answer about the new Sky TV pricing options. Frustrating!

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Hopefully our new provider will give better service.

Grumble number two. Saturday night while sampling some craft beers with my brother-inlaw and being the responsible citizens we are, we decided to order in some dinner.

The brother-in-law prefers the stuffed crust variety of the dinner we selected. I, being a finely-tuned athlete, prefer the thin crispy crust from the rival business.

But I was happy to go with our guest’s selection, so Manda being slightly younger and a lot more tech-savvy hopped on their app and proceeded to order dinner. Well it turns out (after a bit of cussing) they have a new app and it appears to have

a few bugs in it.

The app did somehow manage to remove some money from our credit card but didn’t accept our order.

After some more cussing Manda called the business to find out what was going on.

After repeating her name several times and explaining what had happened in full twice, she received a “Oh yeah we had a lot of people calling saying they are having trouble with the new app”.

She then got passed on to “someone who could help”. Cue more cussing! After more name repeating and a couple more story run-throughs, she received the following: “Can you come into the shop for a refund next week please?”

There was no I’m so sorry about this, can we please complete your order on the phone now. In fact there was no apology at all.

I know technology can sometimes let you down, especially when it’s new, but to shrug your shoulders and say come in for a

Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

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Thank goodness the rival company came to the rescue and delivered on time, although it took longer than normal, I’m guessing they were busier than usual for some reason. We could even track their driver on the way to our place. Great service!

I guess my grumble has morphed into a public service notice on behalf of the company, if you tried to order dinner in the weekend and had similar issues, it might pay to check your credit card transactions.

I hope the company lifts its game because competition is a good thing. I would hate to see them have to add a ‘S’ to the start of the second part of their name.

Till next week, hoo roo Phill Hooper Grumpy.

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■ NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY

‘Momentum appears to be lost’ Following the release of GDP figures showing slower-than-expected growth, economists estimate near-term growth will remain subdued.

Gross domestic product expanded 0.6 per cent in the three months to December 31, versus a 0.6 per cent expansion in the third quarter, and was 2.9 per cent higher on the year, Statistics New Zealand said. Economists expected GDP expanded 0.8 per cent in the quarter and 3.1 per cent on the year, according to the median in a Bloomberg poll.

The weaker result was largely because unfavourable weather weighed on agricultural output, offsetting strong services activity. Agricultural activity shrank 2.7 per cent in the period, having expanded 1 per cent in the September quarter. Activity in the services industries – which accounts for about 66 per cent of GDP – grew 1.1 per cent in the quarter versus a 0.6 per cent increase in the September quarter.

Westpac Bank senior economist Michael Gordon said the economy

“appears to have lost some momentum over the course of the last year (barring any future revisions to the GDP data),” and noted that annual growth peaked at 4 per cent in 2016 but slowed to 2.9 per cent in 2017.

Looking ahead, “we expect

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S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents

p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

8,467.33

+34.7

+0.41%

q S&P/NZX 20 index

5,652.88 –36.01 –0.63%

q S&P/NZX All Gross

9,170.43

–39.4

–0.43%

p Rises 56 q Falls 49

WORLD MARKETS

q S&P/ASX 200 index

5,920.8

–14.5

–0.24%

At close of trading on Mar 15, 2018

q Dow Jones Indust.

24,758.1 –248.9 –1.00% At close of trading on Mar 14, 2018

q FTSE 100 index

7,132.7

–6.1

–0.09%

At close of trading on Mar 14, 2018

q Nikkei 225 index

21,774.6

–2.7

–0.01%

At close of trading on Mar 15, 2018

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,323.55

London – $US/ounce

+0.8

+0.06%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

16.60

+0.09

+0.55%

7,015.0

+132.0

+1.92%

p Copper London – $US/tonne NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm March 15, 2018

Country

and New Zealand economist Kate Hickie also said the economy failed to regain any momentum at the end of last year and with net migration past its peak and business confidence remaining low, the recent strength of consumption and business investment

■ COMMENTARY

Compiled by

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

growth to remain at a more subdued pace this year, as the new government’s policies – particularly around cooling the housing market – are expected to be a drag on activity on balance, at least initially,” Gordon said.

Capital Economics Australia

won’t be sustained.

“We expect growth to stay close to 3.0 per cent in 2018, but the clear risk is that the slowdown to 2.5 per cent that we expect in 2019 happens this year,” she said.

ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley said he expects slower growth over the first quarter but is more upbeat about growth down the track.

“We expect that business confidence will gradually recover as more policy details are finalised.

The underlying fundamentals for growth remain supportive, and include low-interest rates, record high Terms of Trade and increased fiscal stimulus,” he said.

While ANZ senior macro strategist Phil Borkin agreed the economy has cooled, he said growth around trend of 3 per cent “is nothing to be scoffed at,” especially at a time when the economy has been grappling with a softer housing market, credit headwinds, late-cycle capacity pressures and increased political uncertainty.

ANZ expects the current pace of growth to continue.

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Volatility, trade woes front and centre

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olatility remains a key theme for the investing landscape at the moment with trade woes remaining front and centre while geo political issues have escalated as well. With a quiet week in terms of data releases, these issues have been driving sentiment for global markets.

Late last week, the US jobs report was released which saw a moderation of wage growth. Wage growth of 0.1 per cent for February was below expectations and well below the surprise figure from January’s jobs report that had ignited inflation fears.

The threat of inflation has seen expectations for rate hikes rise significantly. However, softer wage growth saw these fears ease significantly and worries diminished further after the release of the US Consumer Price Index.

The CPI reading of 1.8 per cent was in line with January’s figures and appeared to reaffirm the path for rate hikes this year from the US Federal Reserve. Market expectations are for three rate hikes to occur this year, back in line with the Fed’s expectations.

A key driver of market movements for the last couple of weeks has been the threat of trade wars stemming from the introduction of tariffs on imported steel and aluminium in the US. US President Donald Trump signed the order implementing trade tariffs, although there were some exemptions for nations with close trade ties. China appears to be in the firing line after Trump said he wanted to reduce the trade deficit between the US and China, causing markets to worry that a tit-for-tat retaliation could emerge.

Jeremy Flood ON THE MARKETS

Also causing concerns for the market has been the recent string of high profile changes in the White House. The latest casualty was Rex Tillerson, the secretary for state, who opposed the protectionist policies the Trump administration was implementing.

Mike Pompeo, who was the director of the CIA, has replaced Tillerson and many see this as a move against China. This came less than a week after Gary Cohn, Chief Economic Adviser to the White house, also opposed the protectionist policies, although he has been replaced by Lawrence Kudlow who is also thought to be against the tariffs.

In New Zealand, the market has been awaiting the release of fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data. Economic growth for the quarter was 0.6 per cent. On an annualised basis, growth for 2017 was 2.9 per cent, slightly below the 3 per cent growth seen in the year ended September 30. The NZ dollar fell in the lead up to the release, however recovered quickly.

Growth was driven by increases in the service sector however, falls in the primary sector impacted the figures negatively. The drought conditions in the second half of the quarter were the key driver of the declines, impacting milk production in the dairy sector.

Household spending was

the biggest contributor to GDP growth in the quarter as spending increased for food and fuel.

The REINZ data for February showed house prices increased for the year, with the median price rising 6.9 per cent for New Zealand. Excluding Auckland, the median house price increased 8.4 per cent with the Auckland region seeing just 3.7 per cent growth.

The number of days to sell a house also increased to 44 days from 40 days a year earlier. The Hawke’s Bay saw the biggest year on year increase, rising 18.4 per cent and achieving a record high for the second month in a row.

Across the Tasman, it has been a volatile week. Banks in particular have been in the firing line as the Royal commission into the industry’s alleged misconduct has gotten under way. Headlines have been less than favourable for the banks and this has translated into sector weakness.

At the halfway point for March, the NZX 50 is in positive territory, and is only one of the few around the globe that is. The local bourse is up 0.7 per cent for the month at the time of writing and set a fresh record high in the first half of the month.

The Aussie index is down more than 1 per cent as is the Nikkei in Japan and the FTSE 100 in the UK. In the US, the Dow Jones is down for the month while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are holding on to solid gains.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

This article should not be deemed as advice. Disclosure statement available free of charge and on request.

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PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

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6622 Hi Ho Tonto nwtd Okuku Maree nwtd 4523 Call Me Archie nwtd Kevron nwtd 28333 Holly Grace nwtd Dahteste nwtd 58545 Culvie Chairman nwtd 56243 Goldstar Tasman nwtd 6546 Shanly Star nwtd 68386 Feral Dove Love nwtd

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A Lee R Casey A Botherway C Roberts M Grant B Dann Hart & Taylor S & B Evans C Weir M A Butler

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANICE CLEEVE DASH $1,365, C0, 295m

1 33842 Mounga nwtd 3 2 386X4 Feral Steadfast nwtd 3 57225 Cosmic Britney nwtd 1 4 Knocka Rush nwtd 5 PX Uncas nwtd 6 623 Call Me Flo nwtd 2 7 Running Freer nwtd 4 8 Chitina Tin nwtd 9 6546 Shanly Star nwtd 10 76566 Pam Arising nwtd 12:41PM

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J McInerney M A Butler M Dempsey M Grant S & B Evans A Botherway C Weir A Lee C Weir J M Jopson

AMBER CLEANING SERVICES STAKES $2,390, C0, 520m

1 346 Sly Carl nwtd 2 Jinja Ellie nwtd 1 3 4571 Go Mark nwtd 4 8 Go Gunna nwtd 4 5 58226 Disobedience nwtd 6 64476 Parmigiano nwtd 2 7 72 Daring Affair nwtd 3 8 48X63 Pat Allie nwtd 9 77757 Dig Dig Dig nwtd 10 86767 Eyrewell Bentley nwtd

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R Wales A Joyce R Wales R Wales S & B Evans A Lee L Waretini R Wales J M Jopson H Cairns

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March 16, 2018 HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAHAM MCCORMICK DASH $1,450, C1, 295m

1 64126 Batty Who 17.73 3 2 2 35351 Jinja Cody 17.65 3 7588X Such Fun 17.74 4 46847 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.50 5 88466 Smokey Action 17.49 4 6 46511 Goldstar Diesel 17.72 1 7 23556 Lisa’s Boy 17.24 8 61423 Cosmic Jase nwtd 9 81578 Tilt 17.39 10 35245 Bula Roberts 17.60 1:16PM

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CHRIS & LISA EARL STAKES $2,390, C0, 520m

1 64466 Magic Brodie nwtd 1 2 33844 Lucky Blair nwtd 2 3 X5245 Zara Zoe nwtd 4 85 Cossie Cooper nwtd 4 5 6 Sefton Brew nwtd 3 6 Go Brat nwtd 7 Jinja Jake nwtd 8 Okuku Billy nwtd 9 55487 Go Show nwtd 10 887 Goldstar Wilson nwtd 1:33PM

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Mitchell & Smith J McInerney D Kingston S & B Evans S & B Evans S & B Evans R Casey J McInerney L Waretini C Roberts

N Wanhalla R Wales R Wales C Weir R Wales R Wales A R J Tregurtha R Casey R Wales S & B Evans

DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH 03 3796195 SPRINT

23431 Jitterbug Jewel 17.45 43232 Mitcham Faye nwtd 1124 Sunlit Johnny nwtd 87758 Jinno Gino 17.51 64244 Poetik 17.59 43126 Goldstar Jay Jay 17.62 33263 Snickerdoodle 17.48 45422 Distinctive Miss 17.60 81578 Tilt 17.39 84426 Feral Whanau 17.95

Te Aroha Races Today at Te Aroha

$1,450, C1, 295m

C Roberts J McInerney C Weir J McMillan S & B Evans S & B Evans B Dann A Joyce L Waretini M A Butler

March 16, 2018

17 Caramia SCRATCHED 0 18 08X60 Acre (11) 58.5 G Cameron $10,000, MDN, 2200m 0

19 577X9 Wishful (14) 56 J McKay PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 0 20 007 Wrinkle (12) 58.5 M Lupton 2 1 4X644 Learning To Fly (7) 58.5 Baker/Forsman D Johnson NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE MAIDEN 4 2 09F02 Duke Street (5) 58.5 J Pender J Nason (a2) 2:17PM 3 23476 Aigne (10) 58.5 C Isdale $12,000, MDN F&M, 1600m T Allan OPT 503 2 1 X5322 Don’t Lie To Me (12) 57.5 Richardson/Parker 4 95030 Bugs Moran (9) 58.5 S Ralph S Collett 5 60X50 Iskander (3) 58.5 J Ruddell A Collett T Thornton 2 80026 Jezibaba (10) 57.5 T Rogerson 6 805X7 Mr Nik (11) 58.5 B Foote O Bosson S Spratt 3 257X4 Raqisa (11) 57.5 J Waldron 1 7 08636 King Of The Dance (6) 58 O'Sullivan/Scott L Innes J Bayliss 4 38094 Over Torque (3) 57.5 K Fursdon 4 5 2 Lucetta (8) 57 Baker/Forsman 8 0 Eva Luna (4) 56.5 M Forbes M Cameron M McNab 3 6 34 Honfleur (9) 57 T Pike 9 X0770 Hoopla (2) 56.5 S Houston S Collett D Prastiyou 10 75660 Press My Buttons (12) 56.5 Moroney/Gerard J Grob (a2) 1 7 3 Secretaria (4) 57 R James J Waddell 11 X4070 She’s Ice Cold (1) 56.5 M Brosnan D Johnson S McKay (a) 8 0645 Chapoutier (15) 57 S Marsh 3 12 77745 Mamba (8) 56 Baker/Forsman M McNab M Cameron 9 65584. En Soie (7) 57 Richardson/Parker 10 030. Tenacious (13) 57 Moroney/Gerard J Bayliss 1:42PM JOYCE HAWTIN MEMORIAL MAIDEN 1600 11 03469 Swiss Maid (6) 57 Richardson/Parker R Elliot (a1) OPT 502 $10,000, MDN, 1600m 12 60786 La Mia Stella (1) 57 Richardson/Parker T Thornton 4 1 25720 Amen Corner (16) 58.5 K Coxon J Fawcett (a2) 13 Lady Zeraph SCRATCHED 2 375X5 Soldier Field (3) 58.5 F Leahy R Norvall 14 Pearleca (2) 57 T Rogerson S Spratt 3 8X0X4 Welletsdoit (13) 58.5 M Brooks J Waddell 0 15 09 Rusalka (14) 57.5 Moira & Kieran Murdoch C Lammas 4 5X475. Crimson Glory (6) 58.5 Richardson/Parker 0 16 7X00 Tearanita (5) 57 R Gussey 5 57400 Goldchi (15) 58.5 P Rodewald 1 R Elliot (a1) 17 Katie Perrie SCRATCHED 6 X80X0 I’m Murphy (1) 58.5 N Tanner M Vance SIR SLICK WINNERS CIRCLE 1600 7 Shotgun Willie (17) 58.5 S Wenn 1 T Thornton 2:52PM 3 8 202X2 Abacus (5) 58 Baker/Forsman $10,000, 3YO SW+P, 1600m M Cameron OPT 504 1 1 1344. Rock On Wood (4) 57.5 L Elliot 9 45225. Verses (4) 58 E Osborne R Elliot (a1) J Nason (a2) 1 10 32 Divine Elite (9) 58 Richardson/Parker S Spratt M McNab 2 X2516 Ironside (7) 57.5 K & L Rae 2 3 1 Sherrif (5) 57.5 R James 11 58438 Hoof Hefner (8) 58 C Wood L Innes M Hills 12 4 4 433 Ocean Ruler (8) 56 G Hennessy

Qian Gua SCRATCHED J Fawcett (a2) 13

Philosophical SCRATCHED 5 47084 Unnameable (2) 56 J Bell A Collett 2 14 5222 Katie Perrie (2) 56 J Collett 5 Go Go Goal (1) 56 M Da Cruz T Thornton S Collett 6 3 7 63312 Konstantina (3) 55.5 Baker/Forsman 0 15 M Cameron Savvy Player (10) 58.5 Moira & Kieran Murdoch C Lammas 0 16 0 Kipling (7) 58.5 Moroney/Gerard D Johnson J Bayliss 8 107 Matauri (6) 55.5 Baker/Forsman 1:07PM OPT 501

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33612 Cawbourne Hint 17.74 82673 Electric Dandy 17.68 32226 Watch Your Back 17.86 22453 Bigtime Emma 17.75 51186 Alamein Tane 17.86 44616 Bigtime Spark 17.76 68421 PikoPiko Connor 17.92 52127 Uno Eleven 17.75 76715 Making It Up 17.79 47525 Another Flag 17.68

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J & D Bell B Hunt W Kite L Cole Kettlewell & Phillips L Cole C Brider N Udy C Morris M Flipp

LIQUORLAND WANGANUI C1 FINAL

1 1X452 Gray Bale nwtd 4 2 2 52221 Ocean Gambler 30.41 3 44414 Thrilling Eddie 30.13 4 67261 Thrilling Stan 30.40 3 5 21513 Bigtime Wendle 31.02 1 6 82711 Cawbourne Taber 30.50 7 12231 Audacious Assin nwtd 8 43522 Thrilling Rocky 30.68 9 62131 Cawbourne Foxy 30.26 10 73311 All About Space 30.52 5:49PM

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ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C2

PX # REC Greyhound Fastest time

1 2 2 4 3 4 5 6 1 7 3 8 9 10

Wanganui Dogs

$2,605, C1f, 520m

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PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRITION C2

31871 Bigtime Kate 30.43 12783 Cawbourne Symsy 30.58 21654 Cawbourne Muzza 30.42 43716 Bigtime Clyde 30.66 32177 Bigtime Joshy 30.48 22341 Bigtime Zack 30.35 61213 Three Amigos nwtd 81544 Cawbourne Ridge 30.42 15644 Bigtime Welldone 29.88 82755 Bigtime Light 30.50

$2,860, C2, 520m

L Cole J & D Bell J & D Bell L Cole L Cole L Cole M Roberts J & D Bell L Cole G & S Fredrickson

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1 2 2 4 3 4 1 5 6 7 3 8 9 10

44118 Bear Inda Square 17.29 21463 Bigtime Blackie 17.48 83616 Bigtime Blue 17.36 61382 Who’s John Galt 17.49 13135 Bigtime Sugar 17.31 44185 Highland Laddie 17.43 83727 Opawa Crystal 17.57 76613 So Over It 17.49 15263 Rain And Tears 17.36 47261 Idol Hot 17.39

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56343 Mister Ebby nwtd 21116 Caveman Sam 30.46 44526 Bigtime Monty 30.28 33712 Idol Tom 30.38 46614 Bigtime Forest 30.28 13222 Bigtime Serena 30.58 37536 Rubbed Out 30.38 88772 Cawbourne Buckle 30.39 61243 Clover Bubba 30.00 22341 Bigtime Zack 30.35

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53565 Frisky Gambler 17.63 73443 Stole Me Car 17.71 72663 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd 13542 Tyson’s Quest 17.67 14374 Mahala Bay 17.75 12766 Oity Allen nwtd 48214 Cawbourne Dora 17.60 75416 Opawa Harry 17.69 46375 Butterball 17.59 75667 You’re The Best 17.81

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$2,505, C1, 520m

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G Cleeve C Roberts R Wales B Dann C Roberts R Wales J McInerney S & B Evans M Dempsey H Cairns

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$1,450, C1, 295m

C Roberts J McInerney G Cleeve S & B Evans S & B Evans M Grant B Dann L Waretini L Waretini S & B Evans

MURRAY @ RAY WHITE PH 021480250 STAKES $2,505, C1, 520m

41814 Classy Witch 30.49 36225 Allen Mack nwtd 42177 Little Krakatoa 30.86 77746 Ana Dior 30.77 56723 Goldstar Miley 30.25 487F6 Magma nwtd 41553 Go Belle 30.96 81662 Opawa Al 30.75 15614 Know Equal 31.03 77444 Homebush Ragna 30.47

G Cleeve C Roberts A Bradshaw C Roberts S & B Evans R Casey R Wales R Wales G Cleeve J McInerney

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Slow; Direction: Righthanded; Length: 1900m; Straight: 500m; Rail: Out 6m; Weather: Fine, few showers later.

3:27PM 505

5

4:04PM OPT 506

6

OPT

JAN REVELL MEMORIAL 1200

$11,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m

1 80X46. Pappa Ragazzo (1) 59 B Autridge 2 3 2 379X0 Playboy Prince (5) 58.5 K Taylor 4 3 90X26 Fortune Patch (7) 58 O'Sullivan/Scott 4 5160X Suggestive Heights (2) 57.5 S Rees 5 2X920. Cinematic (3) 56 R Collett 1 6 22122 Saignon (6) 56 T Rogerson 7 52666. Nothinglefttolose (8) 55.5 J Graham 8 33187 Wonder Woman (4) 54 Moroney/Gerard

M McNab R Jones T Yanagida (a4) L Satherley A Collett R Elliot (a1) S Collett J Grob (a2)

ECOLAB LTD 1200

$10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m

AON CPF C5 L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole H Mullane M Flipp C Morris M Roberts M Flipp

FIRST SECURITY C2 FINAL $2,960, C2f, 520m

A Turnwald B Hodgson L Cole M Flipp L Cole L Cole B Hodgson J & D Bell A Turnwald L Cole

LASER PLUMBING C3 HT1 $2,035, C3q, 305m

A Turnwald K Gommans J & D Bell B Marsh Howe & Woods M Roberts M Flipp M Flipp M Gowan N Udy

2:43PM

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12 DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH

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87467 Cannonball Bolt 17.49 42453 Homebush Sloan 17.53 53352 Goldstar Linkin 17.52 212 Native Scout 17.44 78677 Black Tori 17.49 12786 Pip Baxter 17.43 48468 Frosty Action 17.51 37875 Tubby Kevie nwtd 81578 Tilt 17.39 34373 Oliver Black 17.51

3:01PM

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12

$2,505, C1, 520m

B Pringle M Grant M Robinson C Roberts J McInerney C Roberts S & B Evans R Wales G Cleeve A Bradshaw

LIVAMOL SPRINT

1 888X6 Smash Prince 17.66 2 2 17242 Mr Black Magic nwtd 4 3 44252 Homebush Hundy nwtd 4 44665 Goldstar Scout 17.50 3 5 6523X Opawa Janet nwtd 6 23486 Goldstar Po nwtd 1 7 15342 Know Approval 17.32 8 75778 Mac Wagger 17.87 9 81578 Tilt 17.39 10 53853 Cosmic Ruben nwtd DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

R Casey J McInerney S & B Evans B Dann A Bradshaw J McInerney S & B Evans C Roberts L Waretini A Botherway

SPECTATOR’S BAR & BISTRO STAKES

1 44325 Replica Casino nwtd 4 3 2 F1438 Twizel Storm 31.17 3 848X8 Forza nwtd 1 4 26X14 Cerrone Bale nwtd 5 46233 Gotcha Rocky nwtd 2 6 51266 Dyna Bart 30.82 7 87X64 Goldstar Spotty 30.57 8 66431 Lucky Mick 31.22 9 15614 Know Equal 31.03 10 56671 Torpedo Tuck nwtd 3:18PM

$1,450, C1, 295m

$1,450, C1, 295m

D Kingston S & B Evans J McInerney S & B Evans R Wales S & B Evans G Cleeve M Dempsey L Waretini J McInerney

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 3-4-5-6-7-8

3 912 Supera (9) 59 K & B Kelso 4 4 14600 Princess Sapphire (4) 59 Baker/Forsman 5 P41 Perroquet (5) 58.5 O'Sullivan/Scott 1 6 451 Tia Celeste (8) 58.5 R & R Rogers 7 41973 Ivy’s Court (2) 58.5 J Bell 8 40X83 Serenity (1) 58 Baker/Forsman 9 65100. Bet She Is (7) 57.5 S McKee 10 62970 Demelza (6) 57 S Marsh 5:20PM 508

OPT

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COMAG LTD MAIDEN 1400

O Bosson G Saejorhor (a4)

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7:33PM

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2 1 54725 On Da Quest 17.72 2 1357X Cawbourne Nath 17.74 1 3 64121 Cawbourne Stick 17.54 4 68117 Opawa Lyon 17.83 4 5 52238 Bigtime Rapid 17.69 6 62286 Wait For Us 17.62 7 51758 Bigtime Champ 17.66 3 8 31427 Conquest Girl 17.54 9 2F864 King’s Call 17.48 10 17818 Mary Blue Blood 17.70 8:00PM

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1 48258 Bigtime Kylie 30.58 4 2 84356 Bigtime Brucie 30.08 3 33X73 Bigtime Talker 30.20 4 74177 Bigtime Buster 30.48 2 5 54435 Pat Patterson 30.38 3 6 43562 Rapper Tilly nwtd 7 23575 Cawbourne Toddy 30.42 1 8 32116 Bigtime Tears 30.07 9 15644 Bigtime Welldone 29.88 10 45774 Eye Kno 31.25 8:25PM

1 2 2 3 3 4 5 1 6 4 7 8 9 10

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83184 Scotta Pie 17.71 62461 Polly Cracker 17.67 42347 Daisy Lara 17.35 62165 Sozin’s Noir 17.96 65238 Thunderation 17.48 62125 Al’s Apprentice 17.59 18731 NippaOfSambucca 17.74 31862 Bigtime Bev 17.70 75824 Allegro Lass 17.50 88466 Bigtime Redfoo 17.52

WANGANUI DASH C3 HT2 $2,035, C3q, 305m

L Pearce J & D Bell M Flipp N Udy G & S Fredrickson A Turnwald L Cole M Flipp R Waite J McInerney

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 8:51PM

1 3 2 2 3 4 5 4 6 1 7 8

ADEPT ACCOUNTANTS C2/3 109 $3,325, C2/3, 520m

L Cole L Cole L Cole G & S Fredrickson M Flipp S Kite M Flipp L Cole L Cole Howe & Woods

J P PRINT PETONE C4 $2,390, C4, 305m

L Pearce L Pearce L Cole J McInerney G & S Fredrickson W Kite J McInerney L Cole L Cole G & S Fredrickson

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9:52PM

D Johnson

$4,030, C4, 520m

L Cole A Turnwald L Cole L Cole L Cole L Cole B Hodgson L Cole L Cole L Cole

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WANGANUI TOYOTA C2

12

BOOK YOUR FUNCTION @ HATRICK C2

1 71762 Set The Limit 17.72 2 44888 Just Like Ma 17.89 4 3 48335 Opawa Denise nwtd 3 4 57513 Another Vespa 17.84 1 5 76212 Bigtime Kalani 17.88 6 X7665 Stole Me Wallet 17.50 7 34177 Ivanhov 17.75 2 8 62118 Dark Syrah 17.77 9 11774 Secret Indy nwtd 10 25628 Bigtime Danger 17.85 1 3 2 4 3 4 5 6 2 7 1 8 9 10

L Innes M Vance J Bayliss M McNab S Collett J Waddell T Harris S McKay (a) SCRATCHED R Jones M Cameron S Spratt A Collett C Lammas SCRATCHED O Bosson J Fawcett (a2)

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12 THE ROCK 95.2FM C4

45215 Bigtime Bucko 30.14 42118 Arden Emgrand nwtd 61844 Bigtime Flyer 30.19 44626 Bigtime MacDaddy 30.09 18625 Bigtime Eve 30.19 57241 Bigtime Liam 30.11 43241 Nitehawk Rose 30.23 31168 Bigtime JayJay 30.55 82572 Bigtime Rise 30.11 58285 Bigtime Ottey 30.83

9:22PM

D Johnson S Collett M McNab M Hills L Innes M Cameron A Collett J Bayliss

$10,000, MDN, 1400m

1 44762. Prince Jabeel (13) 58.5 L Noble 2 0X74 Answer Back (1) 58.5 S Hewetson 3 86290 Flying Trapeze (11) 58.5 Richardson/Parker 4 934X0 Grand Duke (5) 58.5 Sanders/Sweeney Guess Who (6) 58.5 J Mason L Innes 5 J Grob (a2) 6 462 Executive Power (17) 58 L Brennan M Cameron 7 84525 Maduro (4) 58 J Mahoney S Collett 8 66236 The Swiss Maestro (14) 58 C Cameron 9 Obsessive A Collett 1 10 4 Pop ’n’ Rock (12) 58 K & G Opie 1 D Johnson 4 11 29430. Choulee (2) 56.5 B Hawtin S Spratt 3 12 00362 Who’s Queen (9) 56.5 M/Rogers V Gatu T Thornton 13 4X Mercy Hill (15) 56 R Collett 14 47 Ego Princess (10) 56 N Allen 15 Ostrava L Satherley 2 16 Artistry (18) 58 T Pike 4:45PM NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE $12,000, R65 0 17 Aftershock (8) 56 Moira & Kieran Murdoch Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m OPT 507 0 18 Cee Sharp (16) 56 C Wood 2 1 34313 Hot Saki (10) 59.5 S Ritchie 0 19 J Waddell Not Usual Talent (7) 58 S Marsh 3 2 24028 Tavis Star (3) 59.5 Autridge/Richards 0

20 08 Captain Risky (3) 58 Moroney/Gerard O Bosson 1 9X58X Chadsdale (13) 60 Autridge/Richards 4 2 0482X Poker Face (6) 60 R James 3 85430 Danger Dee (12) 59 J McKay 3 4 1744X Alvins Dream (4) 58.5 M Forbes 5 33187 Wonder Woman (10) 58 Moroney/Gerard 6 6720X Blackjack Man (11) 58 S Wenn 1 7 1759X Salted Caramel (9) 57.5 P Mirabelli 8 4X0X3. Artic Storm (5) 57.5 R Collett 1 9 3344X Don’t Think Twice (2) 57 S Marsh 10 0X550. Conjuring (7) 56.5 E Osborne 2 11 221X Imblaze (1) 56.5 J Dalley 12 1540X I’ma Shygirl (3) 55.5 J Pender 13 0X858. Lady Hass (14) 55 T Mitchell 14 X970X Indian Maid (8) 54.5 B Hawtin

March 16, 2018 $2,860, C5, 305m

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

1 2 2 4 3 1 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH DASH 10

1X7 Dyna Ulysses nwtd 61245 Homebush Scorpio nwtd 72668 Broken Penniless 17.49 76441 Auros Advantage 17.68 48568 Goldstar Renee nwtd 88151 Smash Ocean 17.58 15222 Dunk It 17.62 54413 Cold Affair 17.84 81578 Tilt 17.39 74264 Goldstar Bryton nwtd

2:26PM

1 4 2 2 3 4 3 5 6 7 1 8 9 10

GLENBYRE TAVERN STAKES

55532 Know Leave 30.90 75576 Jakalberry Jewel nwtd 88314 Sly Cath 31.14 28545 Andrea’s Magic 30.43 21172 Dyna Vernon 30.86 76162 Go Bliss nwtd 52231 Homebush Boden nwtd 34748 Goldstar Liberty 30.75 46344 Black Eye Bill nwtd 87516 Eyrewell Martin 30.81

2:08PM

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Compiled by

13475 Lucha 17.93 55613 Tiger Uppercut 17.89 62732 Opawa Bear 17.77 178F3 Bigtime Sienna 17.75 38158 Zara Daiken nwtd 17348 Accra 17.87 36334 Tynecastle Flyer 17.79 62131 Cawbourne Foxy nwtd 12385 Banshee Reel 18.05 37543 Dreamzone 17.52

$1,685, C2, 305m

S Maher J & D Bell N Udy M Flipp L Cole K Gommans Kettlewell & Phillips R Waite M Flipp L Cole

$1,685, C2, 305m

D Edlin L Bell N Udy L Cole M Flipp K B Benson Ross/Voyce P Morris R Waite Kettlewell & Phillips

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Barrier

Addington Harness

Today at Addington Raceway

March 16, 2018

3 One Apollo (3) B White S McNally Ethereal (4) K Townley D Dunn WINNERS 2YO+, 1950m 4

5 Flyin Mandy (5) T & G Chmiel

G Chmiel PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver 1

6 Enhance Your Calm (6) Purdon/Rasmussen

M Purdon 2 1 Turn It Up (1) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 7 Kaetwo (7) J Harrington J Harrington (J) 1 2 24X Ohanzee (2) Purdon/Rasmussen N Rasmussen 2 Running Free (8) K Townley K Townley 8 1 Barrier 3 45 Court On The Edge (3) C Dalgety D Dunn 4 45564 Machsgain (4) M Ward K Cox 9 547 Christmas Babe (21) A Clark A Clark 5 50538 Adieu Flirt (5) G Bond S McNally 6 0805 Lincoln Toy (6) B Zampese T Chmiel 6:54PM NEVELE R FILLIES SERIES No40 (HT 4) MOBILE PACE 7 34600 Hurrania Three (7) C McDowell R Holmes OPT 804 $20,000, 3YO Fillies MOB. PACE, 1950m 8 9755 With The Band (8) C McDowell L O'Reilly 1 31227 Shebang (1) G Smith G Smith

Dark Rage (9) B Hill R May 1 2 15114 Bettor Joy (2) C Dalgety D Dunn 9 0P Barrier

3 34914 Kensington Kate (3) R Dunn T Williams 10 7X Bettor Aim (21) K & T Barron B Orange 4 4 16258 Dizzy Miss Lizzy (4) N McGrath B Orange 3 11 246 Bettor Getta Lover (22) G Dunn G O'Reilly 3 5 52037 Bettor Trix (5) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 4 12 0503 Three Ply (u1) B Hill M Anderson (J) 6 12635 Feel The Money (6) R Dunn J Dunn R Holmes 6:04PM MEDIAWORKS CLASSIC PACE $10,000, 3YO+ 7 82879 Kotare Elite (7) G Payne M Williamson OPT 802 R57–R67, 1950m 8 20840 Sweet Mary (8) B Mowbray Double O Heaven (9) B Hill R May 1 11653 Born To Run (1) R Dunn M Purvis (J) 9 666X Barrier

2 561 Storm Prince (2) P Court J Curtin

10 52292 I’mallaboutthebase (21) S Baucke J W Cox 3 16215 Cindy Bromac (3) G & N Hope R May C Markham 4 56063 Pirate Bay (4) S Smolenski S Ottley 11 71824 Lilac Star (22) D Taylor 2

12 44121 Elle Mac (23) Purdon/Rasmussen N Rasmussen 5 Van Laddie SCRATCHED 6 23613 Kiwi On Show (5) R Holmes R Holmes 7:23PM THE LLOYD HUBBER MEMORIAL TROT $10,000, 3YO+ 7 22681 Bettor’s Heart (6) P Bagrie T Williams OPT 805 Up–& including R60, 1950m 4 8 X1332 Duplicated (7) Purdon/Rasmussen N Purdon (J) 1 620X4 Say Your Pres (1) M Jones S Ottley

9 24123 Diamonds N Cash (8) R Dunn

G Smith

4 2 07045 Sugar Cane (2) D McCormick

D D McCormick Barrier 3 6106X Theodosia (3) C Butt C Butt 3 10 1614X Anthem (21) Purdon/Rasmussen N Rasmussen 4 00034 Westar Maggie (4) G & N Hope R May 1 11 102X3 Times Stride (22) C Dalgety D Dunn 5 98X61 Galleons Glory (5) G Payne S Payne (J) 12 33027 Mac Almighty (23) Butt/Cox K Butt (J) 3 6 6X310 Borntobeastar (6) R Dunn J Dunn 2 13 58271 Henry Hubert (u1) R Dunn J Dunn 7 X9412 Tehoro Dazzle (7) R Holmes R Holmes 14 7X20P Malik (u2) P Court B Orange 8 1017X Diana Harbour (8) J Harrington G Smith 6:29PM EUROBLAST 2YO MOBILE TROT 9 15524 Justamollyarcher (9) R Jenkins A Lethaby

Barrier OPT 803 $10,000, 2YO MOB. TROT, 1950m 4 1 2 Tolkien (1) K Larsen M Edmonds K Larsen 10 15664 Chivasion (21) M Edmonds 2 11 XP812 Just Anything (22) D & C McGowan 3 2 2D Doff Your Cap (2) L Jones A Poutama C Jones (J) 5:38PM OPT 801

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO PACE $10,000, NON-

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11:30AM 711

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Wyndham Harness

Tomorrow at Young Quinn Raceway

DANNY CRENGLE SHEARING TROT $8,000, Up–&

including R59 DiscrHcp, 2400m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver OPT

1 X4347 Lynette The Vet (1) G & C Lee G Lee 1 2 96823 Moniburns (2) P Ellis M Hurrell (J) 3 00736 Daiquiri (3) B Williamson M Anderson (J) 4 4 3170X Dipendra (4) T Stevens S Walkinshaw 5 X990X Topnotch Eagle (5) L Veint K Larsen 6 P1X00 Kiwi Crusher (6) B Norman D Dunn 7 97036 Our Budd (7) A Wohlers S Tomlinson (J) 8 80700 Crusher Collins (u1) L Bond R May 9 00807 I’ve Got This (u2) D Reardon M Williamson 10 08259 Rydgemont Milly (u3) Mark & Debbie Shirley A Beck 2 11 75235 She’s Allthe Craze (1) N Williamson N Williamson 3 12 90101 Overcast (2) A Paisley E Barron (J) 13 20160 Grace O’Malley (3) C Thomas T Dewe (J) 12:03PM 712

OPT

2

ASTRA STU & JEAN FILLIES & MARES PACE $8,000,

NON-WINNERS 3YO+ F&M, 1609m

1 42222 High Line (1) B Gray 2 1 2 444X Semiramide (2) Purdon/Rasmussen 3 70028 Vintage Rose (3) R Gutsell 4 5 Gotta B Awinner (4) A Milne 5 470X Betstars Blue Jean (5) M Saunders 0 6 9 Gotta Be Downtown (6) K Barclay 7 750X0 Ideal Denario (7) S Matheson

Lady’s Lass (8) T Robertson 8 56887 Barrier

0 9 88X60 Articulate (21) R & E Drake 10 80770 Got Another Lover (22) H Hunter 11 Myrcella (23) G & C Lee 3 12 2336 Thisexcusebetterbeit (24) C Barron 4 13 36 Betterthanbrie (25) P Ellis 14 X3566 Firstjoy (26) W McEwan 15 07909 Sherwood Ashlyn (27) J Dillon 16 0909 Char Ellie (28) D McLachlan 12:33PM 713

OPT

3

B Rae M Williamson C Lee B Orange D Dunn R May N Williamson B Williamson

FARMER TURNS 60/S.M.D. SYNDICATE PACE $8,000,

NON-WINNERS 3YO+, 2400m

1 998 Harrydahorse (1) M G Brown 2 76 Bigandme (2) G & C Lee 3 Dangerous (3) Cox/McGrannachan 3 4 07X23 L J’s Jet (4) J Enright 5 8P Me And My Excuses (5) C Barron 6 90000 Dismara (6) C Laurenson 7 Kate’s Carrera (7) K Barclay 4 Matinee Idol (8) H Hunter 8 8972 Barrier

1 9 65742 Broadway Banner (21) H Hunter 0 10 07080 Iechyd Da (22) D Wilson 11 460X9 Rake (23) R Wilson 12 Speech Is Silver 0 13 00000 Fleur Galleon (24) S Lock

gM2

12:23PM 201

B Barclay M Neilson T Williams A Milne M Hurrell (J) T Dewe (J) S Tomlinson (J) T Robertson

C Ferguson C Lee N Williamson J Morrison (J) B Orange R McIlwrick K Barclay B Barclay

M Williamson B Williamson S Tomlinson (J) SCRATCHED S Lock

14 P09X0 Whata Razzle Dazzle (25) B Norman 15 892 Cruisin Reuben (26) T Stratford 2 16 7700 Theodora Hope (u1) A Paisley

G O'Reilly M Williamson K Butt (J)

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Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1498m; Weather: Fine

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March 17, 2018

6 9X59X Needlepoint (5) 56.5 T Pike 3 7 980. Monreith Moyra (8) 56.5 L Somervell 8 60 More Torque (7) 56.5 B Carsons 4 9 3X95. Sheeznoteasy (2) 56 J Pender 10 56386 Wild Child (10) 56 P McKay 11 Burlone (11) 56 C Isdale 12 0 Somethink (3) 56 K & G Opie

S Rusof M Vance C Dell H Marzuki (a3)

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 8-9-10 2-3-4-5, 7-8-9-10 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 5-6-7-8-9-10

HARAS DES TROTTEURS SIRES STKS PRELUDE MBL TROT

8

6

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

10 2010X Johnny White (21) R Dunn B Munro (J) 3 11 6070X Major Hippie (22) L Jones C Jones (J) A Fitzgerald (J) $17,500, 3YO MOB. TROT, 1950m 12 00709 Every Option (23) R Dunn B Hope (J) 1 0X105 Sundees Son (1) R Dunn G Smith 13 87364 Augusta (24) G & N Hope 2 14 1 All Our Mob (25) B Hill M Anderson (J) 2 52D10 BJ Lindenny (2) D Bennett R Close 2 3 41 Winterfell (3) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 9:14PM MAG & TURBO TROT $14,400, R60 & faster 1 4 3111 Valloria (4) R Dunn J Dunn OPT 809 DiscrHcp, 2600m 3 5 9X112 Stress Factor (5) Purdon/Rasmussen T Williams 1 62256 McLovin (1) R Jenkins A Lethaby 6 X061X Unique Rose (6) M Edmonds R May 3 2 91962 Bonnie Highlander (2) R Dunn J Dunn 4

7 X8822 Majestic Hurricane (u1) K & T Barron

B Orange 2 3 17842 Another Chapter (3) J Whittaker J Curtin

Barrier 1 4 02330 Jaw D Nancy (u1) C & A Edmonds T Williams G Smith 8:16PM ALLWOOD CLASSIC PACE $14,400, 3YO+ R69–R97, 5 41017 Lightworkofit (u2) D Burrows S Ottley 1950m 6 49200 Michelle (u3) M Jones OPT 807 B Orange 1 86559 Franco Texas (1) D Taylor M Williamson 7 35805 Alvira Hest (u1) A Faulks R Close 2 2636X Billy Badger (2) R Dunn D Dunn 8 71414 Monkey’s Way (u1) J Aarts 4 9 11104 BD Khaosan (1) T Bagrie J W Cox 3 21267 Royal Bengal (3) K & T Barron J W Cox 1 4 63611 Funatthebeach (4) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon 9:44PM NOVUS GLASS PACE $10,000, 3YO+ R50–R55, 4 5 11122 The Bus (5) M Jones S Ottley OPT 810 1950m 6 P1708 Mongolian Storm (6) P Court R May 1 86P60 Locked Out Of Heaven (1) C Butt C Butt 2 7 33311 Don Domingo (7) K & T Barron B Orange 2 16066 Hundie (2) C Dalgety D Dunn 3

8 P6323 Alta Orlando (u1) R Dunn

J Dunn

4 3 45152 Burning Rubber (3) B Hill M Anderson (J) Barrier 4 65532 Scotlynn Justis (4) D Taylor B Orange 8:41PM DOMINATOR CHRISTCHURCH JUNIOR DRIVERS PACE $10,000, 5 Aveross Rustler SCRATCHED 4YO+ Up–& including R55 JUN.D, 1950m 6 23217 Kiwis Are Flying (5) R Holmes OPT 808 R Holmes 1 02970 Vyndetta (1) P Burrows R May T Quate (J) 7 5803X Cullenburn (6) B Hill 8 2 03644 Classie Margaret (2) H Galway Cullens Joy SCRATCHED J Morrison (J) 3 55070 Sportscaster (3) A Stuart 3 Zion Bromac (7) Purdon/Rasmussen N Purdon (J) D Keast (J) 9 5120X Barrier

4 010P0 Jingles Bromac (4) B Hutton L Lester (J) 2 10 012 Son Of A Tiger (21) D & C Butt B Butt 5 01034 Ideal Rule (5) J Lethaby L McKay (J) 1 11 4628X Tennyson Bromac (22) Purdon/Rasmussen T Williams 4 6 37543 The Director (6) P Bagrie M Purvis (J) M Williamson 7 1934X Bubble Gum (7) B Hill S Tomlinson (J) 12 09455 For The Corz (23) B Mowbray S Ottley 1 8 02431 Governor’s Bay (8) T Bagrie M Hurrell (J) 13 63256 Joey Maguire (24) M Jones G O'Reilly Denstown (9) Butt/Cox K Butt (J) 14 70422 Miss You (25) G O'Reilly 9 36122 Barrier

15 193 Machitelli (26) B White S McNally 7:50PM OPT 806

4

Rotorua Races

1 FIBER FRESH NZ THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS STAKES DAY

T Williams D Dunn A Beck

12 53010 No Fears (u1) P O'Reilly 13 04150 Tijuana Taxi (u2) C Harrison 1 14 441X1 Rum In The Sun (u3) M Palermo

5 95706 Lorretta Franco (5) S Breen B Williamson 6 06L09 Tuherbs Two (6) S Matheson S Tomlinson (J) 3 7 60242 Canardly Remember (7) B Shirley N Williamson KYLEMORE PERENDALES/KILLARA CHEVIOTS GOLD NUGGET 8 22009 Cast A Shadow (8) B Nicol 1:08PM S Walkinshaw

$12,000, 3YO+ Up–& including R55, 2400m OPT 714 Barrier 1 0X0X8 Noble Gamble (1) S Lock S Lock 9 08100 Von Richthofen (21) R Gutsell T Williams 2 07809 Dream Of Pat (2) G Woodhouse R McIlwrick 10 X8056 Magnetic Watch (22) R Swain B Orange 3 00856 The Power Broker (3) A Paisley E Barron (J) 11 Likethelook SCRATCHED 4 95 South Park (4) C Thomas P Hunter 12 64900 Pegasus Merrily (23) B Shirley M Anderson (J) 5 42418 Nottingham K Two (5) G Orr G McEwan 13 39190 Honour Scroll (24) B Norman D Dunn 6 53605 Pegasus Hanover (6) O Lawrence M Williamson 14 45066 Misty Memory (25) H Hunter M Williamson 3 7 03221 Picketts Ridge (7) J Ryan N Williamson 15 X0600 Rahuri Badlands (26) W Bryant A Armour 4 8 66034 Makarewa Rum (u1) C Barron B Orange 3:15 PM NIP CROOKS MEMORIAL HANDICAP PACE 2 9 36230 Nathan D (u2) S Armour A Armour $10,000, R40 to R59 SpecHcp PACE, 2400m OPT 718 1 10 36425 Pres The Belle (u3) D Simpson D Dunn 1 07304 Martin McGuinness (1) L Bond N Williamson 4 2 00240 Groomsman (2) H Hunter M Williamson PGG WRIGHTSON REAL ESTATE CROMWELL PACE 1:43PM 0 3 00000 Likethelook (3) B Nicol M Hurrell (J) $8,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ PACE, 2400m OPT 715 T Williams 1 267 Tact Maggie (1) T Proctor B Barclay 4 08098 Got A Beauty (4) R Gutsell E Barron (J) 2 60 Edie Jaccka (2) B Gray T Williams 5 0X975 Dali Bread (5) C Barron B Orange 1 3 67522 Driftin Away (3) H Hunter M Williamson 6 45504 Jabali (1) R Hope 4

Blarney Babe SCRATCHED 7 07072 Cullens Avenue (2) Mark & Debbie Shirley S Walkinshaw B Barclay 2 5 09263 Razcal Alley (4) D McLachlan S Walkinshaw 8 71081 Bettor B Ready (3) B Gray M Anderson (J) 6 46626 Fun Sponge (5) K Barclay B Orange 9 64535 Santanna’s Rocket (4) S Breen D Dunn 7 44506 Bettor Rock Again (6) Ray & Tracee Faithful M Anderson (J) 10 73903 Thaboyz Toy (5) T Stratford 11 Arma Twospoons SCRATCHED 4 8 380X2 Dodgethebullet (7) T Stratford D Dunn B McLellan 0 9 07080 Iechyd Da (8) D Wilson R McIlwrick 12 29154 Vera’s Delight (6) B McLellan R May 10 03548 Matai Jetstar (9) A Milne A Milne 13 X0610 Ideal Breeze (7) D Baynes S Tomlinson (J) 11 Just Another Legend SCRATCHED 14 31198 Hurricane Banner (8) S Matheson 3 15 85873 Ossessione (9) A Black B Williamson 12 970X9 Allie (10) E Swain E Swain 1 16 12333 Shelby Bromac (10) A Beck J Morrison (J) 13 20878 The Doorman (11) B Williamson B Williamson 2 17 01794 Maidonthebeach (11) H Hunter H Hunter 14 274 Ideal For Sure (12) I Wilson A Beck 15 08009 Akris (13) S Lock S Lock 3:55PM MCDONALD EXCAVATING/THE ROADING COMPANY PACE 3 16 063 Armstrong (14) G & J Knight $10,000, 3YO+ R49–R52, R53 with cond., 2400m N Williamson OPT 719 1 38735 Bold Ruler (1) P Hunter P Hunter 2:13PM ALABAR NZ KINDERGARTEN STAKES (MOBILE PACE) 2 94170 Kagee VC (2) D McLachlan S Walkinshaw OPT 716 $25,000, 2YO MOB. PACE, 1609m 1 3 74531 Carlo Gambino (3) B McLellan B McLellan 1 Zinny Mach (1) M Kerr D Dunn 4 X1570 Triroyale Brigade (4) N Williamson N Williamson 1 2 1 War Dan Delight (2) Purdon/Rasmussen N Rasmussen 5 51398 Doc Seelster (5) D Reardon D Reardon 3 3 31 Another Masterpiece (3) Purdon/Rasmussen T Williams 2 6 03453 Dachy (6) I Goodman B Williamson 4 4 2 Eloquent Mach (4) C Barron B Orange 7 X10P6 Come Dance With Me (7) M Kerr D Dunn 5 Mighty George (5) A Milne A Milne 8 4P709 Navajo Art (8) W Adams T Williams

2 6 6 Jack Jones (6) Purdon/Rasmussen M Purdon Barrier 7 3 Bottle Rock (7) R Ferguson C Ferguson 9 02410 Ideal Conquest (21) B Gray B Barclay

Mighty Flying Art (8) M G Brown B Barclay 3 10 43310 Gotta Good Looker (22) A Paisley K Larsen 8 4 Barrier

11 78109 Iwanadancewitsumbody (23) H Hunter B Orange R May 2:40PM bMAC SHEETMETAL PACE $10,000, R40–R48, R49 12 0X000 Mach’s Back (24) P Ellis S Tomlinson (J) OPT 717 with cond., 2400m 13 41269 Annie Fitz (25) R Wilson 4 14 79224 Jacks N Jazz (u1) G & J Knight M Williamson 4 1 32260 Nightmarch (1) M Kerr B Barclay 2 8P070 Magnate Mara (2) G & C Lee G Lee 4:35PM MLT/THREE RIVERS HOTEL WYNDHAM CUP (HCP PACE) 2 3 79325 My Georgie Boy (3) P Hunter P Hunter OPT 720 $14,999, 3YO+ R60 & faster DiscrHcp, 3200m 1 4 20772 Ellnbac (4) B McLellan B McLellan 1 81467 Sagwitch (1) S Breen B Williamson

Tomorrow at Rotorua

$22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey OPT

March 17, 2018

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1193m; Weather: Few Showers

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1600m; Straight: 300m; Rail: Out 1.5m; Weather: Cloudy

7 X3507 Cochise (11) 57 F Leahy R Norvall 8 82795 Laddie Of Oakview (1) 57 Sanders/Sweeney T Thornton 1 9 X0240 Voler Pour Moi (10) 56.5 O'Sullivan/Scott C Lammas 10 59177 Donna Anne Billy (4) 56 B Pomare 1 J Fawcett (a2) 11 56956. Zapali (3) 55 S Wenn S McKay (a)

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

2 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 4 10 11 12 2 13 3 14

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 1-2-3, 4-5-6, 7-8-9, 10-11-12 2-3-4-5, 9-10-11-12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 7-8-9-10-11-12

14705 Gotta Minute (2) D Baynes 30615 Bettor Enforce (3) A Beck 53216 Fiery Ferret (4) G & J Knight 04008 Robs Ideal (5) R Wilson 56124 Acuto (6) B Hill 93542 Shortys Mate (7) A Beck 93506 It Ain’t The Money (u1) A McVicar 17654 Four Starzzz Shiraz (1) B Mowbray 28135 Pass The Speights (2) B McLellan 86736 Acolyte (3) H Hunter 87217 Young Conqueror (1) B Gray 22018 The Big Boss (u1) Ray & Tracee Faithful 61149 Tiger Thompson (u1) B Mowbray

5:05PM 721

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11 NEVILLE CRONIN MEMORIAL PACE

$10,000, 3YO+ R55–R60, 2400m

1 160X4 Melina Lowe (1) K Larsen 1 2 1 Bardot (2) B Hill 3 6407X Errol Finn (3) A Swain 4 Mach Up 5 X8904 Knockmanaugh (4) I Wilson 6 56533 Bontz (5) K Barclay 2 7 74322 Dibaba (6) T & G Chmiel

Some Excusesomewhere (7) C Barron 8 80500 Barrier

9 01960 Jeremy Jones (21) G & C Lee 3 10 19260 Lilac Flash (22) T Stratford 4 11 08115 Foo Fighter (23) N Williamson 12 01990 The Maroon Marauder (24) C Laurenson 13 41310 Tiziano (25) H Hunter 5:33PM 722

OPT

D Dunn A Beck R McIlwrick C Ferguson R May J Morrison (J) N Williamson S Tomlinson (J) B McLellan H Hunter B Barclay M Anderson (J) M Williamson

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G Lee D Dunn N Williamson B Williamson M Williamson

LAMB DRIVE/CATTLE GRAZIERS PACE $10,000, 3YO+ R53–R54, R55 with cond., 2400m

1 1 Smokin By (1) M Kerr 1 2 28618 Big Smoke (2) C Laurenson 4 3 22144 Two Ply (3) B Williamson 4 43L1 Glacier Coaster (4) A Paisley 2 5 39026 Rah De Rah (5) Butt/Cox 6 Power Surge 7 X1200 Vin Scully (6) H Hunter

One Direction (7) B McLellan 8 63406 Barrier

9 88533 Franco Huntington (21) D McLachlan 3 10 22802 Ansett Flight (22) P Hunter 11 02138 Please Shuddup (23) M G Brown 12 15047 Archman (24) G & J Knight 13 14937 Grace Burns (25) K Barclay 14 06988 Roxy Dale (26) M G Brown DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

K Larsen R May T Dewe (J) SCRATCHED A Beck K Barclay T Williams B Orange

M Anderson (J) A Milne B Williamson E Barron (J) N Williamson SCRATCHED M Williamson B McLellan S Walkinshaw D Dunn B Barclay R McIlwrick B Orange C Ferguson

1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 2-3-4, 6-7-8 1-2-3-4, 5-6-7-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 3-4-5-6-7-8

7 31113 Howbowdat (8) 57.5 J & B Vance M Vance 8 35438. Mr Knowitall (6) 57 T & M Carter A Sims (a3) 9 61140. Joy Anna (12) 55 M Blackie M Hills 10 41375 Vanilla Moon (11) 54 O'Sullivan/Scott C Lammas 2 11 47218 Rich Billie Marsh (4) 54 B Pomare 1 A Jones 3:20PM MACMILLAN ACCOUNTANTS 1400 HANDICAP 3 12 X8122 Memories Only (9) 54 L Laing R Norvall OPT 206 $35,000, OPN HCP, 1400m J Fawcett (a2) 3 1 62529 Scapolo (2) 61 K Myers Z Moki (a) 13 15217 Solomon (7) 54 K Fawcett 2 12X8X Seventh Up (6) 59 S Hale G Cooksley 4:40PM HAVE YOUR FUNCTION AT ARAWA PARK 1400 2 3 18050 Ocean Emperor (1) 57.5 G Hennessy S McKay (a) OPT 208 $25,000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 4 4 114X1 Cote D’Or (7) 55.5 K & B Kelso C Lammas 3 1 76145 Descendant (5) 59 T Mitchell S McKay (a) 1 5 3X153 Sultan Of Swing (5) 55 S Ritchie M Hills 2 2 53232 Pasabahce (9) 58.5 T Rogerson R Elliot (a1) 6 X8976. Battle Time (4) 54.5 T & M Carter L Satherley 3 18075 Ruby Bloom (3) 58.5 S Ritchie T Harris 7

Iwannadancelikehim SCRATCHED 4 3X561 Keely Be (10) 57 D Greene M Vance 8 01267 Elusive Meteor (3) 54 M Da Cruz T Thornton 4 5 14144 Maltese Ruby (8) 57 Ramsay/Ritchie J Fawcett (a2) C Dell 4:00PM DONELLEY NATURAL WOOD PRODUCTS 1215 6 1330X Animator (7) 57 B Hawtin $22,500, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1560m OPT 205

1:33PM LOWE SCHOLLUM AND JONES 1215 7 10005. Naughty Knuckles (2) 57 Sanders/Sweeney A Schwerin (a2) OPT 207 $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1215m 2

1 25931 Soroc (7) 60 L Somervell M Vance 1 1226X Admiral (2) 61 S Ralph H Marzuki (a3) 8 84165. Winmotion (1) 56 M Da Cruz T Thornton OPT 203 $10,000, MDN, 1215m 4 2 12435. Elusive Treasure (5) 60 M Da Cruz 1 8930 Its All Fake News (6) 58.5 L Hall 3 2 80X44 Sonorous (6) 59 Lucock/Gillespie 1 9 37271 Stacey Ann (6) 55.5 D Hollinshead T Thornton J Nason (a2) C Dell D Hain 1 2 32338 Matuzalem (12) 58.5 P McKay K Cowan (a3) 10 X6919 Lady Painton (11) 55 Autridge/Richards S McKay (a) 3 61946. Whipped (9) 58 K Myers S MacNab (a2) 3 5820X Galaxy Miss (13) 59.5 D Guy C Lammas 2 3 38732. Prawn Star (1) 58.5 K Myers 4 4 43576. Epae Road (2) 58 J Bell 1 4 52586 Go Nicholas (3) 59 S Hale S MacNab (a2) A Jones G Cooksley 11 46316 Unfazed (13) 55 Autridge/Richards S Rusof 4 8 Mr Linski (4) 58 D Hollinshead T Thornton 5 10X56 Brilliant Action (8) 57.5 Baker/Forsman A Sims (a3) 5 04311 Bisou Bisou (1) 57.5 K Myers Z Moki (a2) 12 85430 Danger Dee (4) 55 J McKay R Jones 5 X4800 Bucky (9) 58 Sanders/Sweeney C Lammas 6 00X50 Luen Yat Miracle (5) 57.5 S Crawford T Harris 6 2610X He’s Cavalier (10) 57.5 J Hatton R Scott (a3) 13 82448 Almarie (12) 54 C Isdale K Cowan (a3) 1 4X212 Nabiac (6) 59.5 T Rogerson 2 R Elliot (a1) 2 21525 Woodloveto (7) 59 S Logan T Harris K Cowan (a3) 4 3 06321 Gabriel (1) 58.5 G Tucker M Vance J Fawcett (a2) 3 4 58921 Smiling Assassin (4) 58.5 T Rogerson C Lammas 5 78520 Sovereign Prince (3) 57.5 Sanders/Sweeney T Thornton 2:08PM SWEYNESSE 1560 6 X1654 Carnaby (2) 57 K Myers Z Moki (a2) OPT 204 $30,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1560m 1 7 37441 Hello Sailor (5) 56.5 O'Sullivan/Scott T Yanagida (a4) 1 1 X4154 Iwannadancelikehim (2) 59 L Hall J Nason (a2) 4 2 X5130. Calligraphy (6) 55.5 R McCarroll J Fawcett (a2) 12:58PM CAMPBELL INFRASTRUCTURE 2 3 360X4 Third Time Lucky (7) 55.5 K Myers S MacNab (a2) OPT 202 $25,000, 3YO SW+P, 1215m T Thornton 1 1 130X7 Felton Road (1) 59.5 T Pike T Harris 4 21766 Keep Up (5) 54.5 C Henderson 3 5 55175 Santiago (3) 54 S Marsh C Lammas 2 2 2281 Beauden (4) 57.5 T Rogerson M Hills 3 3 64632 Caesour’s Dream (3) 56.5 Baker/Forsman J Fawcett (a2) 6 7111X Tallyho Twinkletoe (4) 54 K Myers S Rusof 4 21258 Short Fuse (5) 55.5 Richardson/Parker C Lammas 7 19153 Libretti (1) 54 Ramsay/Ritchie 4 5 2 Pop Star Princess (2) 54 F Cornege L Satherley 2:45PM RYDGES ROTORUA 1560

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Friday, March 16, 2018

The Dorcester loses battle Young trainer Mitchell Kerr has endured one of those weeks that no trainer ever wants to experience.

The strike-rate horseman, who is building a good reputation for himself, lost his star pacer The Dorchester yesterday after an intense battle with illness.

For Kerr, the death of his marquee horse – so early in both of their careers – was a tough pill to swallow.

“It’s been tough. Losing any horse is tough,” Kerr said.

“But he was a bit more like a part of the family, you know like a dog that you’ve had for 10 years – he meant a lot to us.”

Ear-marked a month ago for the Northern Derby, The Dorchester was kept in Canterbury to undergo a throat operation and was also gelded in the process.

After the operations he de-

In brief Mare eyes Sydney Group Two-winning and Group One-placed El Hermano mare Underthemoonlight will kick off her autumn campaign in the Gr.1 All-Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on April 21. Cobreeder and part-owner Hamish McQuade said the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) placegetter was thriving in the early stages of her preparation. “I’ve never seen her come up so well or so sound,” said McQuade, who bred Underthemoonlight with his wife Karyn, the mare’s trainer. The couple race her with Cliff Solomon.

A winner of five of her 25 starts, including the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa and Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera, Underthemoonlight has a terrific record fresh and handles all types of track conditions.

veloped some issues and was rushed to the vets where he was worked on for two-and-a-half days.

“I can’t say enough about Sam Taylor and his team at the Rangiora Vet Centre,” Kerr said.

“They worked around the clock to try and save his life – their effort was huge.

“But unfortunately, yesterday we had to make the call.”

Owned by a group of Kerr’s friends, The Dorchester had won five of his seven career starts including an impressive effort on Cup Day last year.

He also claimed a New Zealand record for allcomers when he paced 2:52.5 for 2400 metres at Ashburton last October.

“He was a pretty special horse with a huge amount of talent and it’s going to be bloody hard to replace him, that’s for sure.”

- Harness News

Runner-up resumes

Larsen liking young trotter a whole lot more now Kirk Larsen has never had much to do with trotters during 30 years of training and 12 months ago he was definitely regretting buying Tolkien at the yearling sales.

Larsen was breaking in the son of Majestic Son and “he put me in hospital actually”.

“I was long reining him when he gave me both barrels,” said Larsen.

“It was lucky I put my hands up, but he split them and they needed stitching back together. That hurt for quite a while.”

Larsen is obviously a lot happier with Tolkien nowadays however, the gelding having finished second on debut at Addington a few weeks ago to the speedy filly Running Free.

Tolkien races that filly again at Addington this week along with the All Stars’ recent big purchase

Enhance Your Calm and Doff Your Cap, who chased Carlton home in the first juvenile trot of the season at Addington.

Larsen’s previous experience with trotters has just been “bits and pieces” rather than having any intentions towards them.

“We used to get the odd one from Canterbury that wasn’t competitive up there, but my focus has always been the pacers because they were that much easier to get going along.

“But everything has changed nowadays and the trotters are much more natural, plus usually there’s at least three trotting races on a programme, so you have to figure you’re missing out on 30 per cent of the races.”

Larsen won a race with Prince George in November, but again

that was largely by default.

“Dave McCormick brought him down here last year but he was battling a bit so he asked me if I’d like to lease him.

“Dave wound up changing his mind and decided to pay the training fees for a few weeks, but we got him going okay and eventually got him sold.”

Before that one has to go back over eight years to Yaldy Boyz, who won his debut as a three-year-old for Larsen at Wyndham.

“We bought him cheaply as a foal at foot from Rodney Dickson’s clearing sale for a bit of fun. My mates Dave McHugh and Tank Ellis were involved.”

It was Larsen’s son Tristan that prompted the purchase of Tolkien from the Premier Sale for $17,000.

“He’s mad keen on the trotters

for some reason and had been at us for some time to get one.

“But when I saw Tolkien I liked him even more as a type and we paid a bit more for him than we’d hoped.”

Tolkien is the second foal from Armbro Starlet (2 wins), a halfsister to Enghien among others, including the dam of Carlton.

“Tolkien had that streak in him but he’s pretty good now and hasn’t put a foot wrong lately.

“He’s done a lot of work and a lot of that has been done by Tristan.”

Larsen didn’t pay up for the Sales Series – “that was $2500 for just one race” – so Tolkien will just head for the Trotting Stakes and then Larsen will reassess whether or not to carry on for the Sires Stakes and ultimately the Jewels at Cambridge.

- Harness News

Trifecta: $458.30 (7,3,9).

First4: $1565.40 (7,3,9,5).

Quaddie: $7037.10 (3/8/4/7).

Treble: $309.50 (8/4/7).

RACE 5 – ECOLAB 1200M, $10000, 1200m 4-5 Prince Oz (10) S Wynne 1 1-1 Moyrabella (7) A Collett 2 6-7 Sweet Chastity (3) B Murray 3 Scratched: Disruption, Suggestive Loox.

Also (in finishing order): 2-2 Vice Marshall, 11-12 Flash Suggestion, 8-9 Zayzay, 9-8 Acrylic, 12-11 Ellerstina, 5-4 Red Tiara, 10-10 Kenya, 7-6 Petite Midas, 3-3 Richie Rich.

Nk, Nk, 2-1/4L. Time: 1:10.22.

Win: $9.00. Places: $2.80, $1.80, $3.60.

Quinella: $19.30.

Trifecta: $458.90 (10,7,3).

First4: $1482.00 (10,7,3,2).

Double: $30.70 (7/10), $14.70 (7/7+).

RACE 6 – R D PETROLEUM MAIDEN 1200M, $10000, 1200m 1-1 Non Blonde (12) S Collett 1 4-5 Funny Face (10) S Wynne 2 2-2 Damanaka (1) C Barnes 3 Scratched: Mr Tool, Itstolate, Miss Brahmos.

Also (in finishing order): 5-3 Bon Showvi, 7-6 Three Shots, 3-4 To Love

You, 6-7 Warbird, 9-9 Mrs Gee Eye, 8-8 Hand Of Aces, 10-10 Take Silk.

2L, 1-3/4L, 1/2L. Time: 1:10.28.

Win: $2.00. Places: $1.20, $2.50, $1.80.

Quinella: $10.20.

Trifecta: $67.30 (12,10,1).

First4: $233.10 (12,10,1,4).

Sub: Non Blonde (12).

RACE 7 – NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE MAIDEN, $12000, 1400m 1-1 Respin (10) A Collett 1 2-3 Damselfly (5) C Johnson 2 7-7 Ataahuadreamsrfree (4) L Callaway 3 Scratched: Ready To Rock, Bobtail.

Also (in finishing order): 3-2 Cardrona, 10-10 Live In Hope, 8-8 Odalisque, 5-5 Lake Chalice, 4-4 Mahana, 11-11 Freight Train Jane, 6-6 Holyfield, 9-9 Sharp ‘N’ Silver, 13-13 Smart Garden, 12-12 Rubymoon, 14-14 Rockwithme.

3/4L, 1/2 nk, 2-3/4L. Time: 1:24.11.

Win: $2.90. Places: $1.50, $1.90, $4.70.

Quinella: $8.10.

Trifecta: $159.80 (10,5,4).

First4: $599.40 (10,5,4,9).

Quaddie: $547.20 (7/10/12+/10+).

Place6: $147.60 (3,8,11/4,6+/3,7,9/3,7+,1 0/1,10,12+/4,5,10+).

Double: $5.30 (12+/10+), $3.80 (12+/5).

Treble: $90.20 (10/12+/10+). - NZME

ASHBURTON GALLOPS RESULTS The weather was fine and the track good3 for the Ashburton Races at Ashburton yesterday.

RACE 1 – EMMILY HARMER PHOTOGRAPHY AND FRAMING HA, $11000, 1600m 4-4 Rideitlikeustoleit (3) T Comignag 1 9-8 She’s Payback (10) R Mudhoo 2 1-1 Joby (1) S Wynne 3 Scratched: Augustace.

Also (in finishing order): 7-7 Passamaquoddy, 3-3 Not Available, 5-5 Opihi Ranger, 2-2 Ruby Row, 6-6 Show Lover, 8-9 Feral Ice. 1/2L, 2L, 1/2 hd. Time: 1:36.29.

Win: $8.80. Places: $2.80, $9.40, $1.20.

Quinella: $232.60.

Trifecta: $1784.40 (3,10,1).

First4: $1254.10 (3,10,1,9).

RACE 2 – ECOLAB 1600M, $10000, 1600m 2-2 Longford (8) S Collett 1 6-6 Majic El (3) A Collett 2 9-11 Hover (11) R Firdhaus 3 Scratched: Desert Storm, Welcome, Quaintrelle.

Also (in finishing order): 8-8 Sharp Elle, 4-4 Hardcase, 3-3 Zah Wanted, 1-1 Prince Ransom, 7-7 Sitarist, 5-5 Sammi Lou, 11-9 Bravo Supremo, 10-10 Tenfold, 12-12 Sunset Girl.

1-1/2L, 1-1/2L, 1/2L. Time: 1:36.07.

Win: $5.80. Places: $2.10, $3.00, $5.90.

Quinella: $28.10.

Trifecta: $725.80 (8,3,11).

First4: $6256.30 (8,3,11,13).

RACE 3 – FASTTRACK INSURANCE 1400M, $11000, 1400m 5-2 He’s Gold (4) S Wynne 1 1-1 Zawhip (6) C Johnson 2 3-5 Tomm Jones (1) T Comignaghi 3 Scratched: Disturbance.

Also (in finishing order): 2-3 Whispering, 4-4 El Bee Darci.

1L, 3/4L, 1/2 hd. Time: 1:23.99.

Win: $6.40. Places: $2.00, $1.60.

Quinella: $5.60.

Trifecta: $47.50 (4,6,1).

First4: $81.60 (4,6,1,5).

Double: $25.20 (8/4), $5.20 (8/6+).

RACE 4 – KERRY ESTREICH - FARRIER 1200M, $11000, 1200m 4-4 Vendima (7) H Bennet 1 2-2 Pippi Rea (3) T Comignaghi 2 8-8 Vishnu (9) R Firdhaus 3 Scratched: Elusive Boxers.

Also (in finishing order): 1-1 Sacred Desire, 7-7 Hot Tempo, 6-6 Flytime, 5-5 Mia Mamma, 3-3 Bonaparte.

1L, Hd, 1/2L. Time: 1:09.59.

Win: $6.90. Places: $1.90, $1.60, $6.40.

Quinella: $12.80.

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Rising Red will return to racing after a long break in Saturday’s Listed March Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained son of Redwood hasn’t been seen since he finished runner-up to Gingernuts in last year’s Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m). “He did a suspensory in the lead-up to the Rosehill Guineas,” Busuttin said.

“That can mean anywhere between three and nine months out and he wasn’t going to be ready for the spring so we elected to give him a long time off. He’s come back nicely, but we’re not expecting much. He hasn’t had a lot of pressure put on him and as long as he gets around safely and pulls up well we’ll be happy.”

Bosson confident Leading rider Opie Bosson believes Swing Note can master the distance of Saturday’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham. The Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards-trained Encosta de Lago filly returned a solid trial when fourth behind Savvy Coup in the Gr.3 Lowland Stakes (2100m).

“We got caught wide with no cover and she did well to stick on like she did, she pretty much ran 2400m,” Bosson said. “If we can get some cover I think she can get some of it.”

Rides for Magorrian Former New Zealand apprentice Lee Magorrian will be in action at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Magorrian is now with Chris Waller and has ventured to the premier trainer’s Queensland stable for the week. The Irish-born apprentice, who has ridden 96 winners in New Zealand, joined Waller on a two-week scholarship last year, but that soon turned into a fulltime stay. Magorrian has since ridden 18 winners, including 11 in the metropolitan area, and will be aboard Exoteric, Lay Down the Law, Brotherly Secret and Mogador this weekend. Magorrian is on a flying visit to have a look at the Queensland operation.

“He is staying with me for the week. A couple of my staff are on holidays and he has been working and riding track work,” said Paul Shailer, Waller’s Gold Coast manager.

- NZ Racing Desk

This week’s draw

DATE 16 Mar 17 Mar 17 Mar 18 Mar 18 Mar 18 Mar 18 Mar

SUPER RUGBY

2018

Times may be subject to change.

GAME Chiefs v Bulls Highlanders v Crusaders Brumbies v Sharks Stormers v Blues Lions v Sunwolves Jaguares v Reds Waratahs v Rebels

VENUE Hamilton Dunedin Canberra Cape Town Johannesburg Buenos Aires Sydney

2018 rules

BONUS QUESTION

We decided it was time to mix things up. Here’s how points will be awarded this year: Correct winning team Correct winning margin All correct winning teams and margins Correctly picking a draw Correct bonus question

TIME(NZ) 7:35 pm 7:35 pm 9:45 pm 2:05 am 4:15 am 10:40 am 6:05 pm

NRL heavyweights the Broncos and the Cowboys clash early this season on Friday 16 March. How many tries will be scored in total in this match?

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Sport 34 Ashburton Guardian

Friday, March 16, 2018

www.guardianonline.co.nz

In brief

■ SWIMMING

Age group nationals a big test

Jones has to apologise

Two young Ashburton swimmers will go up against some of the best in the business this weekend at the Division 11 swimming competition in Rotorua.

Leigh Harrison, 16, (left) and Bailey Tait, 17, (right) will compete against 584 other swimmers from around New Zealand at the meet which is an annual age group competition held by Swimming New Zealand, with this year’s event being held at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre.

The Division 11 is a short course 25 metre event, but swimmers are able to qualify for the National Age Groups long course event that will be held in Auckland later in April.

Tait will be swimming in eight events, 50m, 200m, 400m, 800m freestyle 200m back, 100m fly and 200m individual medley while Harrison will be swimming in five events, 100m and 200m freestyle and the 100m, 200m and 400m individual medleys over the four days of competition.

The competition begins on Sunday and runs through until Wednesday next week.

Joseph Parker is the leanest he has been in two years as he digs in for the final week of his Las Vegas camp before flying to the United Kingdom to put the finishing touches on his preparation for his fight against Anthony Joshua in Cardiff. Parker will arrive in London on Sunday for two weeks of acclimatisation and light training ahead of the world heavyweight title unification bout at the Principality Stadium on April 1, and is aiming to tip the scales at about 108kg.

- NZME

England rugby coach Eddie Jones has had to apologise after video emerged of the Australian calling Wales a ‘little s*** place’ during a presentation on leadership. Jones was a guest speaker at an event last year on the topic of leadership and was referencing playing Wales while he was coaching in Japan.

Jones coached in Japan for six years before taking on the England head coaching job following a brief stint with the Stormers.

- NZME

Parker leanest yet

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■ CRICKET

SA to appeal Rabada’s two-match suspension South Africa have appealed Kagiso Rabada’s level-two charge that resulted from him making physical contact with Steve Smith during the second test.

Rabada was found guilty of “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with” Smith on day one of the game in Port Elizabeth, having brushed the Australian skipper’s shoulder during a screaming send-off.

Proteas captain Faf du Plessis publicly questioned the fairness of match referee Jeff Crowe’s ruling, which resulted in three demerit points and triggered a two- test ban for Rabada.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has now lodged a formal appeal, desperate for the topranked bowler in the world to play the rest of the four-test series.

The International Cricket Council will now appoint a judicial commissioner within 48 hours, with a hearing to take place within the next week.

The case will overshadow the hosts’ preparation for the third test, which starts in Cape Town on Thursday.

Rabada will remain banned from the third and fourth tests against Australia until Crowe’s verdict is ratified or rejigged.

However, CSA is expected to attempt to convince the commissioner this is unjust and that the fired-up paceman should be free to play at Newlands.

The deck is well and truly stacked against the Proteas, who lost when they took on the

Jimmy Spithill has described the new America’s Cup foiling yachts as beasts. The former Oracle Team USA skipper has re-joined the Luna Rossa challenge for the 2021 challenge in Auckland and is excited at the prospect. ‘’These boats are going to really push everyone from design, engineering, construction and of course sailing,’’ he said on Instagram. ‘’Looking forward to the challenge and fight on the water.’’

- NZME

RESULTS ■ Water skiing Clearwater Aquatic Club

Kagiso Rabada gives Steve Smith a screaming send-off during the second test in Port Elizabeth. game’s administrators while challenging du Plessis’ balltampering charge in 2016.

Rabada accepted a level-one charge resulting from his sendoff of David Warner in the second test, adding yet another demerit point to his rap sheet.

It means the spearhead will still be banned unless the Smith incident is thrown out altogether or deemed to be worth a single demerit point.

A contrite Rabada has already acknowledged he must learn to control his emotions.

“It’s going to have to stop. I can’t keep doing this because I’m letting the team down and I’m also letting myself down,”

he said after a haul of 11-150 was marred by his two-test ban.

“It’s bittersweet. I would’ve loved to have been playing the next game.

“I have to see it as a big learning curve and not repeat the same mistake.”

Du Plessis complained about the lack of consistency in cricket’s disciplinary process earlier this week, insisting Rabada did no wrong.

But even the captain had seemingly accepted an appeal would be pointless.

“Our strike rate is zero per cent at the moment with trying to challenge these cases, it will probably stay at zero,” du Ples-

sis said. Crowe declared earlier this week that Rabada “had the opportunity to avoid the contact”.

“I could not see any evidence to support the argument that the contact was accidental,” he said in a statement.

“I take no pleasure in seeing a player suspended, particularly a young player of Kagiso’s talent, but he has now breached the ICC code of conduct on a number of occasions.

“It is also disappointing that this has happened the day after the pre-match meeting I had with both teams, where the importance of respect for opponents was highlighted.” - AAP

2018 Club Champs Results Champion of Champions – Penny Coleman Slalom Senior Women’s - 1st Penny Coleman, 2nd Kellie Forester Senior Men’s - 1st Marty Green Women’s - 1st Saskia Lane Men’s - 1st Hamish Hunter – Letham, 2nd Robbie Harris, 3rd Harry Whitwell Girls - 1st Kristie Hunter - Letham Boys - 1st Kaden Forrester, 2nd Ben Schikker, 3rd Angus Donaldson, 4th Harrison Lane Junior Girls - 1st Alia Forrester Sub Junior - 1st Josh Bellew, 2nd Katrina Wallis , 3rd Genevieve Wallis Wake Crossing - 1st Stella Clyne, 2nd Luke Saunders, 3rd Isla Donaldson, 4th Oliver Bellew Tricks Senior Women’s - 1st Carrie Wallis, 2nd Penny Coleman, 3rd Sonia Etheridge Senior Men’s - 1st Marty Green Men’s - 1st Harry Whitwell , 2nd Robbie Harris Girls - 1st Kristie Hunter – Letham Boys - 1st Jayden Etheridge, 2nd Angus Donaldson, 3rd Bradley Shearer, 4th Kaden Forrester Junior Girls - 1st Alia Forrester Neophyte Tricks - 1st = Genevieve Wallis, 1st = Katrina Wallis, 3rd Josh Bellew, 4th Stella Clyne Wakeboard Senior - 1st Penny Coleman, 2nd Hamish Hunter – Letham, 3rd Christie Hunter – Letham, 4th Harrison Lane Junior - 1st Bradley Shearer, 2nd Kaden Forrester, 3rd Harvey Watson, 4th Josh Bellew Novice - 1st Alia Forrester, 2nd Oliver Bellew, 3rd Luka Hadler, 4th Stella Clyne.

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In brief Barca too good Lionel Messi scored his 99th and 100th goals in the Champions League to send Barcelona through to the quarter-finals for the 11th straight season with a 3-0 win over Chelsea. Barcelona advanced 4-1 on aggregate following a 1-1 firstleg draw in London. Messi beat Thibaut Courtois with two strikes between the Chelsea goalkeeper’s legs. He struck the opener three minutes into the match and took Barcelona’s third goal in the 63rd.

But the most dazzling moment came when he helped Ousmane Dembele score his first goal for Barcelona after he stole the ball from Cesc Fabregas and darted past two would-be tacklers in the 20th.

- NZME

‘We need to follow up’

Coach Mark Douglas is taking two teams to the national secondary schools’ 3x3 championships in Tauranga later this month.

PHOTO LAURA BAGRIE 150318-LB-001

■ BASKETBALL

College send two teams to 3x3

By Linda CLarke

Linda.c@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton College basketball will once again lead a contingent of South Island schools to the national secondary schools’ 3x3 championships in Tauranga this month.

AshColl will send a senior girls’ team and a junior boys’ team to the tournament, where organisers are under pressure to cater for an explosion of entries.

The tournament last year featured 63 teams from 31 schools; this year it will feature 105 teams from 47 schools.

Ashburton College has been

attending the tournament since 2015, the first South Island school to take part, and 3x3 coach Mark Douglas said players loved the street-styled version of the game.

“It rewards a different player, you have to be a little bit of everything. It’s competitive and physically harder and there are no positions so you have to move quickly from offence to defence and mark players both big and small. It’s not for nanas.”

Four South Island schools contributed 19 teams at last year’s 3x3 tournament, and that has grown to five schools sending

23 teams this year. The number of senior boys teams overall has jumped from 20 to 47 and junior boys from 15 to 27, while girls team numbers have remained on a par.

The senior girls will be well equipped for the tournament, most having attended as juniors, but it will be a first-time experience for members of the junior boys.

“They are one of 28 teams in their grade and they will come up against some big boys.”

The teams have a short window to train before the tournament on March 21-23 then they

will return to focus on the secondary school basketball season that begins in Term two.

Douglas said AshColl would field five teams in what would be a rebuilding year for the club.

Both senior girls and boys have lost half their players from last year and are setting new goals for the Whelan Trophy (girls) and the Thompson Trophy (boys).

The Tuesday night interschool competition is Canterbury Basketball’s premier school contest.

The junior teams and a senior boys’ B team will compete in other competitions, in either Timaru or Christchurch.

■ FOOTBALL

Schmid names new-look All Whites squad All Whites head coach Fritz Schmid has named a new-look squad for his first tour in charge of the national team.

Schmid has selected a 24man squad for the international friendly with World No. 89 Canada in Spain which includes six new players in goalkeeper Nik Tzanev, defenders Nikko Boxall and Adam Mitchell, attacking midfielders Niko Kirwan and Sarpreet Singh and forward Andre De Jong.

There are also three players – Tim Payne, Matt Ridenton and Cameron Howieson – who are recalled to the national squad after long absences.

Schmid, who became the 17th All Whites head coach earlier this month, is happy with the balance of his squad as he gets ready to face Canada at the Pinatar Arena on Sunday, March 25.

“The squad offers a good mix of experienced players, new players and some who are returning to the environment. It is confirming our intention to take a good look at all of the potential All Whites because that will be the task in the next months. Not only here in the Spain camp but throughout the next few windows,” he said.

Schmid said it has been a busy time since he was appointed All Whites head coach at the start of the month. He has had a lot of phone calls, meetings and discussions with the players to understand where they are at, their ambitions and where they stand in their career plans.

“I wanted to see their commitment to the national team. I have met some of them face to face, obviously not all of them, so this will be an important thing to do

sooner than later. At the end of it, it was an opportunity to get a good picture.”

Schmid has selected three uncapped goalkeepers in Max Crocombe, Michael Woud and Nik Tzanev, who are all based in England, as this tour presented an opportunity to look at their potential.

“We know that Canada will have a very strong squad and will present a tough challenge for us in Spain. That is the best thing to look forward to. To offer these players a real opportunity to show where we can go from here and start our World Cup cycle.”

There are a number of established players who have not been selected for this international window – the likes of Chris Wood, Stefan Marinovic, Bill Tuiloma, Kosta Barbarouses,

Deklan Wynne, Kip Colvey and Tommy Smith – and Schmid said that after sharing their career plans and ambitions in their respective clubs, he understood that they had other priorities to consider.

“We know what all of those players can offer the national team. They are not selected for this window, but they all know that they are on my watch-list and that they will be offered an opportunity to prove their value in due time.”

Schmid is looking forward to getting into camp this weekend in Spain and start his first tour as the head coach of the national team.

In the absence of Wood and Winston Reid (injury), Schmid said the captain for the All Whites on this tour was still to be determined.

- NZME

Injured forward Simon Mannering hopes to be back “in a couple of weeks” but says the Warriors need to follow up last week’s win over South Sydney with another strong showing at home against the Gold Coast on Saturday. Mannering remained in Auckland while his side claimed a historic 32-20 victory in Perth, as he continues to work his way back to full fitness after partially dislocating his shoulder in the Warriors trial victory over the Titans three weeks ago.

- NZME

Only two changes The Highlanders have made a pair of changes ahead of Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Crusaders. Speedy winger Tevita Li returns to the left flank in place of Tevita Nabura, while Aki Seiuli comes in for Daniel Lienert-Brown at loosehead prop. Otherwise, coach Aaron Mauger has opted for continuity, naming all of his All Blacks big guns. Stalwart Ben Smith will co-captain, while Lima Sopoaga and Aaron Smith will steer the ship from the halves. Luke Whitelock and Liam Squire will form a loose forward trio with openside Dillon Hunt, while Elliot Dixon will start from the bench. Prop Kalolo Tuiloma will make his Highlanders debut.

- NZME

Named after golf hole Firethorn, Flowering Crab Apple, Pink Dogwood ... Azalea. Golfer Sergio Garcia has named his daughter after a hole at Augusta where he claimed his first major title at last year’s Masters. Garcia overnight announced the birth of his first child with wife Angela Akins. “Beautiful Azalea Adele Garcia was born on March 14 at 1:54am. So proud and impressed with my wife. Love you both so much,” he tweeted.

- NZME

Mourinho defensive Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho will not question the attitude of his side after they were knocked out of the Champions League following a 2-1 defeat by Sevilla at Old Trafford. Former United stars Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scoles criticised the attitude of Mourinho’s team after their exit.

Mourinho defended his players.

“We tried since the first minute to be aggressive and intense. I wouldn’t say we had great control of the game but I couldn’t say my players had something wrong in terms of their attitude and their intention to play.”

- NZME

Sport 36 Ashburton Guardian

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Ryan Crotty has been ruled out for the clash against the Highlanders on Saturday.

■ RUGBY

Whitelock back in, Crotty ruled out “We love these derby games against our Coach Scott Robertson has made two neighbours in Dunedin. changes to his run-on team for the Cru“The boys have prepared well, they’re saders’ Super Rugby clash against the really clear and looking forward to what Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday. is going to be a great battle on Saturday Coming off last week’s 29-19 loss to the night,” he said.

Hurricanes, and with an injury-depleted The defending champions opened this squad, the Crusaders will field an unseason’s campaign with solid wins over changed forward pack, with Robertson the Chiefs and the Stormers before falling opting to tweak only his back line. to the Hurricanes in Wellington last week.

Mitchell Drummond and Bryn Hall will They sit second in the New Zealand conrotate this week, with Hall taking a spot on ference, on the same points as the Canes, the bench and Drummond to wear the No. with the Highlanders just a point back in 9 jersey in what will be his 50th game for third. the Crusaders.

Crusaders: David Havili, Seta TamaniThe only other change sees Tim Batevalu, Jack Goodhue, Tim Bateman, George man step in to the starting line up at secBridge, Mitchell Hunt, Mitchell Drumond five-eighth in place of Ryan Crotty, mond, Jordan Taufua, Matt Todd, Heiden out after suffering a head knock against Bedwell-Curtis, Sam Whitelock, Scott Barthe Hurricanes. Captain Sam Whitelock rett, Michael Alaalatoa, Codie Taylor, Wyalso came off the field last week after failatt Crockett. ing a concussion test, but has recovered to Reserves: Manasa Mataele, Mike Delabe named in the side. Level Level Level 2, 73St, Burnett Ashburton Members I.B.A.N.Z & & Brokernet Ltd. LevelSt, 2, 73 St,|Ashburton Members of NZBrokers I.B.A.N.Z & NZ Brokernet 2, 73 Burnett Ashburton | Members of|of I.B.A.N.Z 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton |Burnett Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. NZ Ltd. ny, Bryn Hall, Billy Harmon, Luke RomaRobertson said his squad were looking Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd. no, Oliver Jager, Chris King, Ben Funnell. forward to taking on the Highlanders at - NZN Forsyth Barr Stadium.

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Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

5pm - 7pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Kidz Club in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Local crafts, new stalls welcome. West Street Car park.

9.30am - 12.30pm THE ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open for toy exchange, 106 Victoria Street in the Triangle.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB.

Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON WALKERS AND RUNNERS. All welcome, meet at Domain oval club house on Philip Street.

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Friday, March 16, 2018

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It may seem radical to you to think about what’s in it for you first and then decide if giving makes sense. Many people operate like this every day. Anyway, it’s best for today.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Travelling takes planning.

It’s the plans you make long before you really must that will be the most economical. Do it now. It will help you ramp up the excitement over the months to come.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You never want someone you love to feel alone, especially not in your presence. Life gets busy today and there will be a lot competing for your attention, but nothing is more important than ones you love.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): When you and your partner are facing the problem together, it will seem very small against your joint effort. But if you approach it as separate individuals, the problem will seem insurmountable.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The small dog goes ballistic when a calm larger dog walks by. This is insecurity in action. Feeling vulnerable can cause a loss of grace. One has to be strong to be gentle.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Perhaps those who travel in a pack will be an intimidating group force, but each individual gives something up to have this kind of impact. Would it be worth it? You could be more effective as a lone wolf.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Lava flow, aurora borealis, glowing jellyfish are natural phenomenon that can seem somehow otherworldly. You’re providing such a phenomenon today. Be careful how you wield your power.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ll do your best for the people around you, and truly you can do no better than that. Don’t push too hard, and don’t relax either. Love and encourage yourself without getting too comfortable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You need colour and fun in your world. It’s energising. When you lose your sense of humour, you’ve passed the point of productive work. Take a break. It will give you the gumption to keep going.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Self-generated restraint is honourable. You’ll be credited for this sort of grace. They don’t have to know why you developed it – i.e., you’d rather limit yourself than be limited by others.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Avoid gambling or speculating with your money today, as the current astral lineup could have you feeling as though you can’t go wrong. Tomorrow will bring a more accurate picture of risk.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): The bottom line is you need to get to a top line. There’s a larger spiritual and creative picture that governs your life, and you’ll get a better vantage on this as you sail up through your imagination and intuition.

ACROSS 1. To be in cahoots with somebody, fingers should be warm (4,2,5) 8. Makes memoranda of what musician utters (5) 9. Essential part of fire, say, to the Greeks (7) 10. Loser is upset about it and hangs around (7) 11. Tied, like a picture in crayon (5) 12. One might be wrong to ignore this area (6) 14. Doesn’t go on with lawsuits the East is involved in (6) 18. Among them I’d gestured to it as a cause of irritation (5) 19. Engine stops working, so one prepares to go home (5,2) 21. Tea? Smile broadly that it should be cause of vexation (7) 23. Put up more to come in one’s wage-packet (5) 24. Study the order cards may take as a result (11)

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

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Guardian

Family Notices 38 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

PRENDERGAST, Mary Elizabeth (Betty) (nee Small) – On March 11, 2018, peacefully at Anthony Wilding Retirement Village, surrounded by her loving family, in her 92nd year.

Dearly loved wife of the late Tony. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Carmel and Murray Hyndman (Wanaka), Bede and Mary (Lincoln), Anthony and Joanne (Victoria, Australia), the late Stephen, Matthew and Louise (New Plymouth), and Timothy and Amber (Halswell). Dearly loved nana of Andrew and Nichola, Daniel and Anelise, Brendan and Stacy, and Charlotte; Kieran; Michael and Christopher; Emma and Noah; Matilda, Grace, and Samuel. Dearly loved greatnana of Chloe; Honor and Georgia; Claus. Special thanks to the staff at Anthony Wilding for their care and support. Messages may be addressed to the family of Betty Prendergast, c/- 19 London Street, Christchurch 8013. In lieu of flowers donations to St Vincent de Paul Society would be appreciated and may be made at the service. A Requiem Mass for Betty will be celebrated in Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nicholls Road, Halswell, TOMORROW Saturday, March 17, at 10.00am. A Rosary will be held at the church today Friday, March 16 at 7.00pm.

R.I.P.

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Waimate less than 30 fine

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Wind at 1000m: NW gale 70 km/h changing S 40 km/h from the S, then becoming light from afternoon. Wind at 2000m: W severe gale 95 km/h, easing to SW 60 km/h, then dying out from afternoon.

TOMORROW Cloudy then fine spells from afternoon.

Southerlies dying out in the morning, then northeasterlies developing.

TOMORROW

SUNDAY

FZL: Above 3000m

Mainly fine, occasional high cloud. Fresh northeasterlies, strong about the coast.

Cloud and isolated showers clearing, then fine spells increasing. Wind at 1000m: Light winds. Wind at 2000m: N 30 km/h.

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mainly fine

Nelson

mainly fine

Blenheim

mainly fine

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rain

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Invercargill

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Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Delhi Dubai Dublin Edinburgh

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Canterbury Readings

Sunday

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Mainly fine. Northeasterlies, fresh about the coast.

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Mainly fine, occasional high cloud. Fresh northeasterlies, strong about the coast.

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Canterbury High Country

Often cloudy and isolated showers.

Northwesterlies turn southerly from the south during morning and afternoon.

Friday, 16 March 2018

A front, preceded by strengthening northwesterlies, moves northward over the country during the day and is followed by cooler showery southwesterlies.

The front covers the top of the North Island tomorrow, while a ridge of high pressure builds over the South Island.

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Ashburton Forecast

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 21.0 21.1 Max to 4pm 9.7 Minimum 5.8 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm March to date 26.8 Avg Mar to date 29 2018 to date 329.4 137 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 19 At 4pm Strongest gust N 26 Time of gust 3:50pm

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6am The Living Room 7am Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 7:30 Love Nature – An Original Duckumentary 8:30 American Pickers 9:30 Gourmet Farmer 10am Valentine Warner’s Wild Table 10:30 Bondi Vet 11:25 Grand Tours Of The Scottish Islands 11:55 A Life Of Its Own PGR 1:30 Castles – Britain’s Fortified History 2:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3:30 Love Nature – America The Wild 4:30 James Martin’s French Adventure James visits Bresse, where he gets to meet one of his culinary heroes, restaurant owner Georges Blanc.

5:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Best Laid Plans Architectural designer Charlie Luxton and property developer Sophie Morgan join forces to help UK home improvers.

9:30 Gardeners’ World 10:30 The House That 100K Built – Tricks Of The Trade 11:30 James Martin’s French Adventure James visits Bresse, where he gets to meet one of his culinary heroes, restaurant owner Georges Blanc.

12:30 Hardcore Pawn PGR 1am The Living Room 2am Love Nature – America The Wild 3am Castles – Britain’s Fortified History 4am Best Laid Plans 5am Gardeners’ World

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6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG 9:10 Alaskan Bush People M A New Chapter.

10am Outback Opal Hunters PG 10:50 Moonshiners M 11:40 Murder Among Friends M Murder Pact.

12:30 Blood Relatives M Splitting Heirs. 1:20 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Spiderwebs.

2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Gold Rush PG Eclipsed.

5:40 MythBusters PG 6:35 Garage Rehab PG Grapevine Automotive.

7:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG The hunt for Australia’s most famous gemstone, the opal.

8:30 Railroad Australia PG 9:25 Blowing Up History PG Treasures of the Terracotta Army.

10:15 What On Earth? PG 11:05 Evil Lives Here PG SATURDAY 11:55 The Coroner – I Speak SATURDAY 12:15 Gladiator MV 2000 SATURDAY For The Dead M Spiderwebs.

12:30 Kiwi League Show Midnight Rugby – Super Action. Russell Crowe, SATURDAY 12:45 Blood 1am Cricket – Women’s Rugby (HLS) Chiefs v Bulls.

Joaquin Phoenix, Relatives M 1:35 How Do International (HLS) White Connie Nielsen. 2:45 Nothing 12:30 Rugby – World Sevens (HLS) Vancouver – Day Ferns v West Indies. 1:30 The They Do It? PG 2am How But Trailers MVLSC 3:15 Be Cricket Show 2am Cricket – Do They Do It? PG Two. Cool MVL 2005 Comedy.

ICC World Cup Qualifier (HLS) 2:25 Alaskan Bush People 2am Rugby – Super Rugby John Travolta, Uma Thurman, M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG Super Sixes – West Indies v (RPL) Chiefs v Bulls.

Vince Vaughn. 5:15 Gone 4am The World Rugby Show Afghanistan. 3am #SkySpeed 4:05 Treehouse Masters Baby Gone 16VL 2007 PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 4:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk 3:30 UFC Now 4:30 UFC Crime. Casey Affleck, 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG Fight Flashback 5am UFC 5am Football – UEFA Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris.

Champions League (HLS) 5:45 Bering Sea Gold PG Main Event 6:55 Superman Returns MV 2006 Action. Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth.

9:25 True Grit MV 2010 Western. Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld.

11:15 Chronicle MV 2012 Scifi. Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell.

12:40 Rushmore ML 1998 Romantic Comedy. Bill Murray, Brian Cox. 2:10 Superman Returns MV 2006 Action. Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth.

4:40 Be Cool MVL 2005 Comedy. John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn.

6:40 Gone Baby Gone 16VL 2007 Crime. Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris.

8:30 Leap Year PGV 2009 Romantic Comedy. A woman sets out to get married to the perfect man, despite what fate has in store for her.

Amy Adams, Matthew Goode.

10:15 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Defoe.

6am Super League Fulltime The latest matches in the Super League season.

6:30 Inside The PGA Tour Previewing and profiling the world of golf across America.

7am L Golf – PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational – Round One. From Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida.

11am L Golf – LPGA Tour Bank of Hope Founders Cup – Round One. 2pm Golf – PGA Tour Champions (HLS) Toshiba Classic.

3pm Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Huddersfield Giants v Hull KR. 5pm The Breakdown 6pm The World Rugby Show 6:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk 7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Chiefs v Bulls.

From FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton.

10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 Fox Sports News 11pm The World Rugby Show 11:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk

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6am Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 6:30 L Football – UEFA Europa League Bilbao v Marseille.

9am L Football – UEFA Europa League Arsenal v Milan.

11:30 Cricket – Women’s International (HLS) White Ferns v West Indies.

Noon Cricket – ICC World Cup Qualifier (HLS) Super Sixes – West Indies v Afghanistan.

1pm Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – Fifth ODI. 1:30 The Breakdown 2:30 Sky Rugby – Team Talk 3pm Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) 3:30 Football – UEFA Europa League (RPL) Arsenal v Milan.

5:30 Football – UEFA Europa League (RPL) Bilbao v Marseille.

7:30 L Rugby League – NRL Roosters v Bulldogs.

From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

10:05 L Rugby League – NRL Broncos v Cowboys.

11:35 L The Professor’s Farewell Tour

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Sport

In form apprentice jockey, Tina Comignaghi gets the best out of Rideitlikeustoleit at yesterday’s Ashburton Racing Club meeting.

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Girl power rules on race day

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Seven races, seven winners, seven female victories.

It was ladies’ day at the Ashburton gallops yesterday with all seven races on the card won by female jockeys.

Led by brace-winning Samantha’s, Wynne and Collett – the girls had a day to remember with three quinellas and one trifecta to complement the victories.

On fire South Island apprentice, Tina Comignaghi set the tone early in the day when she produced the royally-bred Rideitlikeustoleit to success for Timaru trainer Pat Collins in the opening race on the programme.

The Alamosa six-year-old mare, who is also part-owned

by Collins, is a half-sister to the brilliant galloper Gingernuts – so anything she does on the

track is a bonus for when she heads to the breeding paddock.

Samantha Collett, who is currently the leading jockey in the country, was successful onboard Longford early in the day for Les and Richard Didham and then teamed up with strike-rate trainer, Neil Ridley later in the day to win with Non Blonde.

Collett has 90 winners next to her name already this season which has her 19 wins clear of

Alysha Collett with the South Island’s Chris Johnson, who is out to defend his premiership crown, next with 69 wins for the season.

Ridley was in good form himself, picking up three winners in succession with Non Blonde the last of the trio.

Hayley Bennett gave him his first success with Sebring mare, Vendima before Samantha Wynne was successful on Prince

Oz in the next.

Wynne also picked up a victory on board He’s Gold for former Ashburton trainers, Danny Champion and Kezia Murphy who now operate out of Riccarton.

The last race of the day was an all-female affair with Alysha Collett and Terri Rae combining to win with Respin.

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‘A glaring lack of leadership’ – rugby league review A damning review into the Kiwis’ World Cup failure has found a glaring lack of leadership from the top down and is set to effectively end David Kidwell’s tenure as head coach.

The findings of the longawaited review, conducted by leading sports lawyer Tim Castle and former Bulldogs and Netball New Zealand boss Raelene Castle, will be released to the

public today with a press conference scheduled at Rugby League House.

The Herald understands the review’s findings highlight a lack of direction and poor decisionmaking by the front office, the Kiwis’ management team and the playing group - but are particularly critical of Kidwell and recently-departed chief executive Alex Hayton.

Hayton saved the board from taking action by resigning last week while there is no way the off-contract Kidwell will be reappointed as a result of these findings, the Herald has learned.

The appointments process for key roles will be criticised and those poor decisions allowed for a strategy that simply wasn’t up to the level needed for a major global tournament. Campaign

manager Shane Richardson won’t be spared either. He was allowed to return to Australia in between games despite being charged with running the side’s tournaments.

Over the past 12 months a number of long-standing board members, who presided over the appointment of Hayton and Kidwell, have moved on with the last remaining one - John Bishop

– set to exit in June.

The new-look board, led by chairman Reon Edwards, will appoint a new chief executive and help shape the way forward in the coming months.

A new process will be created to find the next Kiwis coach with former NSW State of Origin mentor Laurie Daley a possible target.

- NZME

Jones forced to apologise

Mourinho on the defensive

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