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Hundreds of people attended the SprayMarks Wheels Week Street Parade to celebrate the end of Wheels Week.

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Ashburton’s Wheels Week, an event like no other in the country, has drawn to a close after two weeks of wheels-related fun. The 26th annual event was bigger and better than previous years, bringing more than 20,000 people into the district.

The extravaganza has grown over the years to incorporate two weeks rather than one and had more than 20 activities this year including racing, a swap meet, mountain biking and the Ashburton Speedway New Zealand Title.

One of the organisers, Tony Dawson, said he was pleased with how it went with numbers for most events being up on previous years.

“We’re delighted with it actually, we really are. All the work that’s been put into it by everyone, it’s certainly been worthwhile.”

The affair culminated in a variety of different events at the weekend including the AutoSparks Street Sprint, the Patersons Funeral Services Wheelchair Basketball and the SprayMarks Wheels Week Street Parade.

“The weekend has gone extremely well. The crowd at the street sprint was great and the wheelchair basketball was a real hit.”

The committee members were blown away with the enthusiasm at the basketball, he said.

There were also hundreds who attended the annual parade on Sunday morning to watch millions of dollars worth of vehicles pass through town, he said.

“The parade was huge, we were pretty rapt with it.”

Most of the large vehicles went from the parade to the Big Toys for Big Boys Show at the Ashburton Airport where people could view them up close.

The entire Wheels Week, which spanned three weekends and two weeks, brought people from all over the South Island and even some from the North Island, into the district, he said.

“An event like this brings a huge amount of people into town.

“Over the whole event there’s been a huge influx of people, especially last weekend with the swap meet.”

Every year they tend to get bigger crowds and have such a range of wheelsrelated events that there is something for everyone, he said.

“It’s a bit of an iconic event, there’s nothing like it in New Zealand.”

Organisers of the event are already looking forward to planning next year and hope to add some new activities.

Money raised from Wheels Week will be going towards scouting in Ashburton and will be presented in the next few weeks once the total has been tallied.

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■ TEACHER AIDE FUNDING

Doubt over funding impact

By RuBy HaRfield

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A boost in special education funding might not have much impact in Mid Canterbury, a local principal says.

Last week the Ministry of Education announced an extra $15.3 million from this year’s budget would be put into in-class support over the next four years.

This would mean an extra 1250 students nationally benefitting from teacher aides.

Education Minister Hekia Parata said students who qualify will receive five hours of teacher aide assistance a week.

However, a Ministry of Education spokesperson said the funding allocations for each region will not be released until later this year so it was too early to know how it will affect Mid Canterbury.

“How the teacher aide funding is distributed will be finalised in term three, after applications are considered.”

Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone said while it was good that more funding would be going into in-class support, he was not sure if many Mid Canterbury children would benefit from it.

An additional 1250 students was not a lot compared to more than

2500 schools across the country.

Last year the funding allocation was also increased and the number of teacher aides funded through the ministry’s in-class support in the Mid Canterbury and Selwyn area went up from 22 to 27.

Tinwald School missed out on funding despite having several students who would have benefitted from five hours of teacher aide assistance a week, he said.

The allocations are likely to go to students with the greatest needs, but this does not mean that the need isn’t there for other students.

Mr Livingstone said he would apply again for several students and hoped the funding would be approved.

“We have some students who would really benefit from teacher aide help.”

Having the funding spread out over four years will also dilute the benefits because with growing roll numbers in the district, there will be an increase in children with learning difficulties starting school, Mr Livingstone said.

Longbeach School principal Neil Simons said it was great that more funding was being allocated for special education but it was

not enough to cover all students with learning difficulties.

“Something is better than nothing, but it’s definitely not enough.”

When $15.3 million helping 1250 students is broken down into regions and the number of students there are, nationally it does not seem as much, he said.

Last week’s announcement is the second phase of honouring the Government’s commitment to provide teacher aide support to an extra 4000 students with special learning needs. Together with last year’s budget increase it means an extra 2750 students will now benefit from extra in-class support.

■ WHEELS WEEK

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Hundreds of people gathered along East Street for the SprayMarks Wheels Week Street Parade yesterday morning.

All sorts of vehicles were involved from traction engines and sports cars to big rigs.

One of the organisers for Wheels Week, Tony Dawson, said he did not know the number of vehicles involved because anyone could participate but it surpassed previous years.

People from all over the district participated in the annual event and some even came down from Christchurch to be in the street parade.

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■ ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Ashburton’s public library should not be scrapped, it still has years of useful life, says Ashburton District councillor Neil Brown.

As the council considers options for a new civic centre and library, his is the lone voice supporting the retention of the town library on its current site. A feasibility study carried out by Opus came up with a short list of sites for the new complex, from a long list supplied by the council. Keeping the library was not one of those.

At Thursday’s finance and business support meeting, Mr Brown said he wanted to see a report prepared on the library so councillors could see whether it was more cost effective to retain and strengthen it or to build elsewhere.

“We need to see the costs of doing up the library so we can have robust discussion with the community and then take it out if it’s clear it’s not going to work. There hasn’t been enough consultation to say whether the library should be in or out,” he said.

The feasibility study, however, came out in favour of having the library and civic centre on the same site.

Opus recommended four sites for a combined complex and one that could see a library built near Ashburton College with a civic centre elsewhere. During its community consultation a fifth option was added for a combined build, the Ashburton Methodist Church site. This site would not be large enough without including the ex-

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■ BIG TOYS FOR BIG BOYS SHOW

Plea for library to stay

BY SUE NEWMAN

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art gallery and museum building that is beside it in Baring Square East.

Councillors also asked whether there was an option to buy the Ashburton Court House, the existing building’s neighbour, to create a larger space for redevelopment.

Staff will investigate this option.

At Thursday’s meeting attempts were made to drop the split site option. A combined development was clearly the way to go, councillor Don McLeod said.

“The library needs to be central so I struggle to see why we continue to persevere with number four (college site),” he said.

Councillors were undecided whether the split site option should be included in the final mix and will make this decision at this month’s council meeting.

Current short listed options are: ■ An extension to the existing administration building to accommodate a combined complex with a refurbishment of this building ■ A combined complex on the council’s exisiting site ■ A combined complex on the Eastfields site ■ A combined complex on the polytech site bounded by Cass and Cameron streets ■ A combined complex on the Methodist Church site.

Phase two of the project will see Opus undertake an indepth analysis of the short listed options to arrive at a preferred site and building configuration. Once this stage is completed a second report will be made to the council and there will be another round of community consultation.

Up close and personal with big vehicles Ashburton residents were able to get up close and personal with massive vehicles at the Big Toys for Big Boys Show which was part of Wheels Week yesterday. There were all sorts of large vehicles on display including an earthmover as well as some speedway and skydiving demonstrations which kept everyone entertained.

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Police are investigating an armed robbery at Mobil Ashburton on Friday night.

At 8.30pm a man walked into Mobil Ashburton, produced a knife and demanded cash from a staff member.

He then fled the scene with a small amount of money.

Tyrone Burrowes, who leases the Ashburton Mobil and owns the Rakaia Mobil, said the female staff member who was on duty at the time was shocked but doing fine and was back at work yesterday afternoon.

“It’s frightening any time you’re confronted by something like this.”

This had not happened before at either of the petrol stations Mr Burrowes is associated with and he hoped the offender would be caught soon.

There is always a risk with petrol stations and there are strict security measures at both the Rakaia and Ashburton Mobils including not keeping large sums of cash in the tills, he said.

The offender has been described as being aged in his late 20s to early 30s, having olive skin, with a small amount of facial hair and of lean build.

He is up to 6ft tall and was wearing a grey vest with a dark longsleeved top underneath and long black pants.

He has been described as very agitated.

CCTV footage of the offender were obtained and the scene was forensically examined on Saturday.

Police are continuing their investigation and several leads are being followed.

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■ REAL ESTATE

Local house prices rising Ashburton house prices are slowly creeping up despite a drop in the last three months.

The latest Trade Me Property Index shows that the total house price in the district has risen 6.5 per cent to $391,800 since April 2015 but has dropped 1.59 per cent in the last three months.

Nationally, things are also heating up with the for sale market set for a warm winter.

In April, average asking prices climbed to a record high of $585,000, rising 2.1 per cent since last month, and up 8.4 per cent on a year ago.

Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries said house hunters should expect to pay a “significant chunk more” when compared to this time last year.

“It’s not good news for those looking to get into their first home with average asking prices up more than $45,000 over the

past 12 months. “On the other hand, sellers are in good stead as the reignited market continues to burn up.”

The average asking price of a typical New Zealand property has leapt 46 per cent over the last five years, from $402,150 in 2011 to $585,000 – an increase of more than $36,000 per annum.

“Since April 2011 the average asking price is up almost 50 per cent and the increase of $36,000 is pretty close to the median annual wage after tax in New Zealand.

“That shows properties are now earning more than the median amount earned by a Kiwi employee.”

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) has also released its figures showing that the median house price reached record highs across more regions than ever before in April.

Record median prices were reached in Waikato/Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Canterbury/Westland and Otago.

This shows the growing ‘Halo Effect’ of rising prices around New Zealand is strengthening in the regions where it is already present, and moving on to new regions, driven by a chronic lack of supply.

REINZ regional director Jim Davis said strong demand and a limited number of new listings are keeping an upward pressure on Canterbury’s prices, even though the listings situation in Canterbury/Westland is less severe than in other parts of the country.

“There has been a noticeable increase in interest in West Coast properties from Christchurch buyers and investors are active in Timaru and South Canterbury more generally.”

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The medium house price has gone up 4.2 per cent to $409,150 in the last year but dropped 0.59 per cent in the last three months.

The small house price has gone up 10.6 per cent to $280,000 in the last year.

The total house price has gone up 3.8 per cent to $397,850 in the last year but dropped 2.45 per cent in the last three months.

The Ashburton total has gone up 6.5 per cent to $391,800 in the last year but dropped 1.59 per cent in the last three months.

Rakaia Playcentre celebrates 50 years young

By RuBy HaRfield

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Rakaia Playcentre celebrated its 50th anniversary with a weekend of festivities.

On Friday, guest speaker Nathan Mikaere Wallis from the Brainwave Trust talked to a crowd of 70 about baby brain development and how children learn.

On Saturday, an open day was held with pony rides, face painting, sausage sizzle and a dinner in the evening finished off the celebrations.

Jubilee committee chairwoman Rebecca Wiseman said the whole event was a complete success with more than 40 people attending the open day and 52 at the dinner.

One highlight was supervisor Karen Harcourt being awarded a life membership at the dinner for more than 16 years of service to the playcentre, she said. “It was a wee surprise, she didn’t know it was coming.”

The open day was enjoyed by everyone, especially families with school-aged children who had been to the playcentre in the past, Mrs Wiseman said.

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■ LOTTO WINNER

Ashburton strikes again Ashburton has done it again with another lucky resident nabbing a winning Lotto ticket.

The winner, who has not been identified, bought the ticket from Ashburton New World and will be taking home $119,611 from Strike Four on Saturday night.

The last big win in Ashburton only happened a month ago when an Ashburton couple scored a whopping $22.2 million after winning Powerball First Division on April 16.

This was the largest Powerball prize ever won in the South Is-

land and completely surpassed Ashburton’s last big win of $14.4 million in 2014.

Two Lotto players from Palmerston North and Dunedin were also lucky on Saturday night winning $500,000 each with the Lotto First Division.

The winning tickets were sold at Melody’s New World in Palmerston North and Newtone Drycleaners in Dunedin.

Powerball was not struck on Saturday and has rolled over to Wednesday night, where the jackpot will be $9 million.

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All sorts of goodies at church fair Lois Ranson and Shona Parsons, with her dog Bow, catch up over boxes of books at the St Stephen’s Fair on Saturday morning. All sorts of goodies were on display at stalls inside and outside the church including produce, plants and cakes. Face painting was also set up for the children.

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A third person has been arrested in relation to an alleged serious assault of a female found on the side of a road in Dome Valley last week.

The woman was found bound and gagged on the roadside last Monday.

Police said a 42-year-old woman was arrested yesterday and will appear in the North Shore District Court tomorrow.

She is the third person to be arrested in relation to the in-

cident. A 28-year-old woman appeared in the North Shore District Court on Saturday facing three charges – two counts of kidnapping and one charge of threatening to kill.

She was granted interim name suppression and was remanded in custody until Tuesday when she will reappear alongside her alleged co-offender, a 38-year-old Auckland man. He also has name suppression.

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■ LAND FOR HOUSING

Bid to unlock land for housing The Government is set to confirm plans next month to force councils to unlock more land for housing.

Housing Minister Nick Smith told TVNZ’s Q+A yesterday that he would be “upping the ante” on increasing housing supply, in particular in Auckland.

“Next month I will be producing a national policy directive under the [Resource Management Act] that will put far tougher requirements on growing councils to

ensure they are freeing up longterm the land that is required so that we don’t get into the sort of juggernaut that has been at the core of the unaffordable housing problems in Auckland,” Mr Smith said.

The Government was “pulling every lever it had” to increase supply, he said, and progress had been made on plans to build houses on surplus Crown land in Auckland.

Several contracts with develop-

ers would be announced in the next few weeks, and he expected the first house to be built on this land before the end of the year.

Around $52 million in funding for the scheme had been exhausted, and further funding was expected to be confirmed in this month’s Budget.

Dr Smith also told Q+A that Auckland’s Unitary Plan was “hugely important” for ramping up housing supply in the city.

“If we’re going to solve the

problem in Auckland, it can’t be the sort of binary choice - is it up or is it out? It’s actually both.”

He would not say whether the Government would intervene if the council failed to approve a plan which allowed more intensified development.

The Reserve Bank said last week that Auckland needs 13,000 houses a year to keep up with demand. It is currently building 9500 houses a year.

Dr Smith said he was “always

interested” in ideas for dampening housing demand. But he ruled out toughening up the Government’s “bright line test” to require capital gains to be paid if a house was re-sold within five years, rather than the existing threshold of two years.

He said a new requirement to provide tax details for every house purchase would make it “damn difficult” for investors to avoid tax on any capital gains.

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■ AGE CONCERN

Living alone no need to become isolated

By SuSan SandyS

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Living alone does not mean you need to become isolated, says a group of Age Concern 206 Club members.

Growing numbers are living alone in New Zealand, most often because they are divorced, separated or widowed.

Most Age Concern Club 206 members fit that description perfectly, living alone not by choice, but by circumstance.

A group spoken to by the Guardian had all been widowed, but were not succumbing to an isolated existence, rather they were getting out and connecting with their families and their communities through all sorts of activities from skydiving to playing housie.

Margaret Veenings, 85, said she had skydived in Ashburton with her daughter from Timaru earlier this year. It was the first time she had jumped from a plane, and it was something she had always wanted to do.

Noel Brooker, 77, said he was busy most weekdays, including on Mondays when he took a computer course, Tuesdays when he played bowls, and Wednesday when he came to the 206 Club.

Club members Heather Mellish, Dulcie Lyttle and Gill Lawson, all from Methven, said they loved the activities there which included cards and other games, as well as sing-alongs.

“You wouldn’t be doing that on your own at home would you, singing away,” Mrs Mellish said.

Mrs Lawson, 75, said even gardening could be social, as there was always someone walking down the street to talk to. Additionally she worked as a cleaner at two farms, just to stay active and connect with other people.

Statistics New Zealand data released recently showed in 2013 the number of people living alone who were divorced, separated or widowed was 204,000, up from 133,000 in 1986.

Age Concern Ashburton director of day services Mary Harrison said loneliness was a growing issue in Mid Canterbury just as it was throughout New Zealand. It was something she had noticed in other community roles she held including delivering for Meals on Wheels.

“One of the biggest things is coming to a new thing on your own, that challenge of walking in and taking that first step,” Mrs Harrison said.

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Wheels Week has something for everyone

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or a town of less than 20,000 Ashburton continually excels itself in what is available for its residents.

There’s something here for everyone and every weekend there is a new event to attract people from outside the district in Mid Canterbury.

One such event that does this is the annual Wheels Week.

What started off as a week’s worth of wheels-related events 26 years ago has now turned into three weekends and two weeks of more than 20 activities for anyone interested in wheels.

The organisers of this event, which has everything from mobility scooter racing, swap meets, model shows, autocross, wheelchair basketball and a parade, should be very proud.

Year after year the event continues to grow and draws bigger crowds.

It is estimated to bring more than 20,000 people into the district for the various events and not only do they support the week they also boost the economy by spending money on accommodation, food and leisure activities.

Some of the events like the Ashburton Vintage Car Club’s annual swap meet is marked on the calendar by every motoring enthusiast in the South Island who come to Ashburton to spend the day perusing millions of vehicle parts on offer.

There is no such extravaganza like Wheels Week in the country and while it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, there is always at least one event that people will enjoy.

Where else can you see car racing, a wheels-themed church service, people racing on mobility scooters, a sixhour mountain bike relay and streets sprints all within a few weeks?

This event would not have been possible without the tireless effort of volunteers on the organising committee and the clubs who run each event.

They deserve a pat on the back and probably a muchneeded holiday away from any sort of vehicle.

To top it off all the proceeds go to a good cause each year with this year’s money being given to scouts.

YOUR VIEW RSA The Ashburton RSA would like to thank the Public of Ashburton for their generosity shown on Poppy Day. We would also like to thank all of the businesses and our Poppy Day collectors throughout the Ashburton District for their marvellous support.

Thank you to those that attended the Anzac Day services and also to the many volunteers that helped make our Anzac Day so successful.

Once again, many thanks.

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One report has put the cost to New Zealand at $257 million last year alone – though I suspect the real cost may be higher still.

The frequency of these attacks is growing alarmingly.

In 2015, Netsafe reported an average of 25 attacks per day and reported $13 million in damage – an increase of 68 per cent on the year before.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Suspects face extradition Five terror suspects who allegedly planned to go by boat to Indonesia to join Islamic State in Syria are facing extradition from Cairns to Melbourne.

The five men, including Islamic preacher Musa Cerantonio, have been charged with terror offences after being arrested near Cairns on Tuesday towing a sevenmetre fishing boat en route to Cape York in far North Queensland.

Attorney-General George Brandis says the five men, who are in custody, will face Cairns magistrates court today when an application will be made to extradite them to Victoria.

The men, aged between 21 and 31, were charged overnight with one count each of making preparations for incursions into foreign countries to engage in hostile activities.

If found guilty, they face a maximum

penalty of life in jail. Senator Brandis confirmed that each of the men had had their passports cancelled several months ago by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

“These people had been under surveillance for quite some time - that’s the reason their passports were cancelled because they had been under surveillance and their intentions to travel to the Middle East to engage in terrorist war fighting were known to the authorities,” he told reporters yesterday.

“When it became clear to them that they wouldn’t be able to leave the country in an orthodox way, they remained under surveillance so that if they attempted to leave the country in this very unusual way they would be able to be stopped and they were.”

Senator Brandis said police had executed 10 search warrants in Melbourne and

far north Queensland as part of their investigations.

He stressed that there was no current or impending threat of a terrorist act in Australia and the alert level remained at “probable”, where it has been since September 2014.

However, a number of people remain under police surveillance and will be arrested if they attempt a terrorist crime or try to leave Australia to take part in terrorist attacks overseas, Senator Brandis added.

“Obviously, at one level, there was an unusual character to the plot. I know it has been ridiculed,” he said.

“But these are serious crimes because they involve preparation to engage in terrorist war fighting overseas, and that is against Australian law.”

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■ SYRIA

Islamic State storm Syrian hospital Islamic State has attacked a hospital in Deir al-Zor and seized territory on the edge of the besieged eastern Syrian city still partly controlled by the government, the militant group says.

Islamic State’s Amaq news agency said its fighters stormed the Assad Hospital on Saturday and also took control of a check point, a fire station and university accommodation in the city close to Syria’s eastern border with Iraq.

The agency also said the militants had taken territory near the al-Tayyam oil fields, in the vicinity of the state-held military airport on the city’s southern edge.

Islamic State controls most of Deir alZor province and has laid siege since

March last year to the remaining government-held areas in the city of the same name.

Deir al-Zor province links Islamic State’s de facto capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa with territory controlled by the militant group in neighbouring Iraq.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were reports Islamic State had detained medical staff and taken some government soldiers prisoner in Deir al-Zor. It said there were ongoing fierce clashes between government forces and Islamic State in the area after the militants attacked the southwestern edge of the city at dawn.

The fighting killed at least 20 members of the Syrian government forces and at least six Islamic State fighters, the Observatory said.

Islamic State said it killed 25 government troops and took three prisoner.

Russia’s RIA state news agency at the weekend reported a source within the airbase on the southern edge of the city as saying an Islamic State attack had been repelled.

The Syrian government and its Russian allies make regular aid drops into the encircled city and there are frequent air strikes on Islamic State targets in and around Deir al-Zor. - Reuters

■ UNITED STATES

Trump’s behaviour with women questioned Interviews with dozens of women who have worked for Donald Trump or interacted with him socially reveal a pattern of often unsettling personal behaviour by the Republican presidential candidate, The New York Times reports.

The Times, which said it based the article on more than 50 interviews, quoted women who recounted episodes in which he treated women as sexual objects and made comments about their bodies.

But some women said Trump had encouraged them in their careers and promoted them within his businesses, often in positions in which women tended to be excluded. When asked about the unflattering incidents described in the article,

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Trump either denied that they took place or disputed the details, the newspaper said.

“A lot of things get made up over the years,” Trump told the Times. “I have always treated women with great respect.”

A Trump representative did not immediately respond to a request by Reuters for comment.

Barbara Res, who oversaw construction of Trump’s Manhattan business headquarters, said he would sometimes interrupt meetings with comments about women’s figures.

Trump also earned a reputation for being seen with beautiful women dating back to his days at a New York military-style boarding school where he was named “ladies’ man” in the yearbook, the Times reported. Barbara Fife, a deputy New York mayor in the 1990s, recalls Trump telling her at her City Hall office that he was in a hurry because he had “a great date tonight with a model for Victoria’s Secret,” she told the Times.

“I saw it as immature, quite honestly,” Fife was quoted as saying.

As a candidate, Trump has made frequent references to his record in business as evidence of how American women would benefit if he is elected. He has often said that no one “cherishes” or “respects” women more than him.

Some of those interviewed praised Trump for giving women positions of power.

“I think there are mischaracterisations about him,” Jill Martin, assistant counsel at the Trump Organisation, said. “For me, he’s made it a situation where I can really excel at my job and still devote the time necessary for my family.”- Reuters

Fifth child for Ramsay Gordon Ramsay has revealed his wife is pregnant with their fifth child, 14 years after their last baby. The celebrity chef surprised host Gordon Ramsay James Corden with the news on his American chat show The Late Late Show when asked about his family. “I have three girls and a boy and one more on the way!” Corden leapt to his feet to congratulate Ramsay, exclaiming: “No!” Ramsay replied, “I know, I’m a little bit nervous,” before revealing the baby is due in September. The chef also admitted he is hoping for a boy. “Obviously, I’m happy with another girl, but four girls, four weddings, four sweet 16s, four boyfriends.” Ramsay, 49, and his wife Tana, 41, are already parents to 18-yearold Megan, twins Holly and Jack, 16, and Matilda, 14. They have been married since 1996.

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Ukraine wins Eurovision Australian singer Dami Im says she gave 150 per cent at Eurovision and has no regrets after just missing out on winning the song contest in Stockholm. The 27-year-old Brisbane-based singer came second at the weekend after scoring the most jury votes but falling short on the public vote which gave the contest to Ukraine’s Jamala and her song 1944.

Russia’s Sergey Lazarev, who had been favoured to win, came in third. Im told reporters after the show, that was seen by an estimated television audience of 200 million, that her second placing may give her more opportunities to release music and tour in Europe, with her song already charting in some countries. - AAP

Guitar to be auctioned A bright yellow, uniquely shaped guitar used by Prince to perform such tunes as Cream and Gett Off is going up for auction. Heritage Auctions is selling one of the late artist’s “yellow cloud” electric guitars beginning June 24 with an opening bid of $US30,000 ($NZ44,300). The guitar was one of several custom guitars Prince used in the 1980s and 1990s. The instrument features a serial number and comes with a letter of authenticity from Prince guitar technician Zeke Clark, who noted that the guitar’s neck was broken in France in 1994 and later repaired.

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Luring tourists with a nuclear bunker

This photo shows an old bunker in Tirana. A formerly top-secret installation meant to keep Albania running after a nuclear attack is the latest relic of the country’s dark Communist past being reinvented as a modern tourist attraction.

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A facility that was designed to keep Albania running after a nuclear attack is the latest relic of the country’s dark Communist past that is being reinvented as a modern tourist attraction.

In its swords-to-ploughshares drive, the socialist government has already announced plans to open an island fortress to tourists and auction off the country’s decrepit Soviet and Chinese fighter jets.

The small Balkan nation has no end of useless military installations and weaponry, a legacy of the paranoid, isolationist regime that ruled it with an iron fist for about 50 years after the end of World War Two. Fearing invasion by a host of imaginary enemies – imperialists, social-imperialists (as other Communist countries deemed ideologically unsound were termed) or restless, land-hungry neighbors – Albania’s regime had about 700,000 concrete bunkers of all sizes built across the

Llazar Semini checks out Albania’s latest tourist lure – a product of its dark Communist past – a nuclear bunker. country.

A quarter-century after the Communists’ fall, most are still there, the bigger ones serving as sheep barns, bars, restaurants, public toilets, love nests for furtive couples or even as homes.

The queen of them all – a secret five-storey underground extravaganza on the outskirts of the capital Tirana to protect Albania’s army command from nuclear attack – opened to the public two years ago. It has since closed due to funding shortages.

Authorities are planning to reopen it this (northern) summer.

Now, its smaller sibling in downtown Tirana is tapped to become a museum of the Communist era, sparking complaints from Albania’s conservative opposition party that the governing socialists are trying to glorify the

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country’s dark past.

Located under the Interior Ministry, the secret nuclear bunker was built in the early 1980s to shelter ministry staff.

Auron Tare, who heads a government tourism agency, says opening the former bunker as a museum will help preserve the country’s history.

“Twenty-five years after the fall of communism, the younger generations have no idea of what that regime was (like),” he said.

“The collective memories of the communist regime, which had so much impact on the country’s life, are being wiped out fast.”

The 1000-square-metre bunker has thick reinforced concrete walls to withstand nuclear attack.

Machinery kept the air fresh from radioactive pollution, generators

Albanian Besim Ndregjoni, a former political prisoner, walks outside an old bunker in Tirana.

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Staff offices doubled as dormitories and were equipped with iron tables and beds. The minister had a small, wood-panelled suite to himself, which included a small room for his secretary, a bedroom and bathroom, and a hotline to the party’s leadership.

Authorities hope to open it to the public later this year.

The structure has already triggered controversy. An anti-gov-

ernment rally by the conservative Democratic Party late last year ended with a riot at the Interior Ministry, with protesters trying to destroy a small replica bunker that will provide access to the shelter.

Architect Artan Shkreli, who is involved in the bunker project, says the criticism is “absurd,” but was pleased that the new entrance weathered the attack.

“Hundreds of thousands of bunkers built by the communist regime were never tested,” he said. “That fake bunker ... passed the test!”

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In brief Tactix pipped by Magic The Magic are finally on the board in 2016, breaking through for their first win of the season just as trans-Tasman league hits the halfway point. The Waikato-Bay of Plenty side overcame an eight-goal deficit early on in the third quarter to pull off a tense 58-57 victory over the Mainland Tactix in Nelson yesterday. The homeside were chasing their third win of the year but could not hold on this time against a Magic side desperate for some points following a miserable start to the year.

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Swifts do it hard A hard-fought 59-51 win against Melbourne Vixens at Hisense Arena yesterday will stand NSW Swifts in good stead for a run towards the trans-Tasman netball league finals, according to Swifts coach Rob Wright. After a record-breaking 38-goal win against the Pulse last week and a string of recent comfortable victories, Wright said having to fight for the points was a valuable experience. “You need some tough ones like this to make sure you’re ready when you get some heat on you as well.” - AAP

Serena in top form Harriet Cameron, Nikita Kruger and Jess McCloy celebrate Hampstead’s first goal against Geraldine on Saturday.

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Wakanui Black were in action in Timaru in the Mid-South Canterbury senior men’s hockey division while local ladies’ teams Hampstead and HampsteadCollegians entertained Geraldine and Timaru Girls’ 1st XI in Ashburton on Saturday.

It’s been a disappointing season so far for Wakanui Black af-

ter last year’s title-winning campaign, and it didn’t get any better for Mitch Moore’s men in a 4-1 loss to Cambridge.

The defeat is Wakanui’s fifth from six outings this term, with their solitary victory coming over local rivals Wakanui Blue last month.

Some solace can be taken from an improved performance against Cambridge – the divi-

sion’s dominant team – after receiving a 9-1 hiding the last time the two sides met.

In contrast, Hampstead and Hampstead-Collegians took wins in the respective women’s division one fixtures at the Ashburton Hockey Turf.

League leaders Hampstead kept their unbeaten record intact with a 3-0 win over Geraldine in the 1.30pm fixture, before Hamp-

stead-Collegians dealt Timaru Girls’ High School’s 1st XI their first loss of the season in an exciting 3-1 clash.

On Thursday, Wakanui Black will face Wakanui Blue in a Mid Canterbury derby at 7.30pm, while Hampstead and Hampstead-Collegians will be back in action on Saturday against Timaru Girls’ and Craighead respectively.

■ TENNIS

Djokovic and Murray in Italian final Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will face off in a second claycourt final within eight days at the Italian Open after the two in-form players proved yesterday they will be the ones to beat at the season’s second grand slam in Roland Garros.

Murray made it through to his first Rome final with a clinical 6-2 6-1 win over unseeded Frenchman Lucas Pouille while world No.1 Djokovic showed his staying power in a 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) victory over Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori.

“Any time you get the chance to play the best players, especially right before a slam, is great preparation,” Murray, who has won just one of his past 13 matches against Djokovic, said.

Murray, who lost to Djokovic in the Madrid final, continued his

fine form by keeping his concentration through two rain delays and taking just shy of an hour to dispose of qualifier Pouille.

The 22-year-old Frenchman has an exciting future but the gap with Murray was painfully evident.

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Serena Williams has advanced to the Italian Open final with a 6-4 6-1 win over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu and will try to clinch her first title of the season when she squares off against Madison Keys in an all-American final. The world No.1 and top seed, who lost the Australian Open and Indian Wells finals to Angelique Kerber and Victoria Azarenka respectively, needed just an hour and 27 minutes to eliminate Begu. - EFE

Warming up for Rio American Justin Gatlin has stepped up his preparations for the Rio Olympics with an impressive victory in the 100 metres at the Diamond League in Shanghai.

Gatlin, who has twice served bans for doping, was unbeaten at 100m and 200m in 2015 until he faced an out-of-form Usain Bolt in the world championships in Beijing last August. Gatlin led from the start and won in 9.94 seconds with Qatar’s Femi Ogunode finishing second in 10.07.

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IPL records tumble Powerhouses AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli joined forces and led the romp with a century apiece as the Royal Challengers Bangalore demolished the Brendon McCullum-led Gujarat Lions by 144 runs to set one of many Indian Premier League records yesterday.

McCullum won the coin toss and opted to bowl, only to endure masterclass performances from the South African and Indian superstars.

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In brief Jaguares cited Two citings, including a biting allegation, rubbed salt into the wounds for Super Rugby newcomers the Jaguares after losing in a 25-22 thriller to the Sharks. Back-rower Leonardo Senatore is facing a lengthy ban if found guilty of biting Sharks counterpart Keegan Daniel on the arm in a ruck. And captain Agustin Creevy could join him on the sideline after being charged with a dangerous tackle for an incident which forced Sharks hardman Jean Deysel from Velez Sarsfield on a stretcher.

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Blues get a beating Blues coach Tana Umaga says his team are ‘distraught’ after their 43-5 meltdown against the Lions in Johannesburg yesterday. His side hardly fired a shot in conceding seven tries to their one in pouring rain at Ellis Park. The Lions scored three tries in the first 10 minutes - with centre Lionel Mapoe scoring a second-half hat-trick.

It was a bumbling, and at times embarrassing, performance from the visitors, and while they are understandably upset at the way they played, Umaga suggested afterwards that there could be casualties.

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Competition perfectly poised

BY JAMES FORD

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The penultimate Saturday of the Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition’s round robin stage set the tone for what has all the makings of a thrilling final weekend as the teams battle for top four placings.

Celtic and Rakaia were the only Mid Canterbury sides to pick up wins with Methven, Southern and Hampstead all falling to losses.

Rakaia’s bonus point 31-6 win over Ohoka has them in fourth place on the section two ladder with one game to go.

Section two is currently led by

Waihora after they took a 14-13 win over fellow top four-elect side Ashley on Saturday, in what could be one of the season’s most important results so far.

Waihora sit on 32 points ahead of Darfield on 30, after their 3621 win over Hornby, while Ashley’s narrow loss puts them on 29 points followed by Rakaia on 28 to round out the top four.

Celtic are in fifth place on 26 points and their 62-14 demolition job of Prebbleton will put them in good stead for when they face Darfield in a make-or-break clash next Saturday.

Rakaia will also have their work cut out in next weekend’s

round when they lock horns with Ashley as both sides look to cement top four playoff berths.

Southern have now slumped to seventh on the section two ladder following a 42-25 loss Oxford.

Michael Ellis’ side’s slim top four aspirations were briefly reignited after downing Rakaia in Hinds 12 days ago, but the Watters Cup will now be their focus.

Meanwhile, in section one, neither Methven nor Hampstead will make the quarter-finals.

Defending champions Methven fell to their eighth loss of the season in a 31-17 defeat to Lincoln and remain at the bottom of the ladder, while Hampstead

put up a valiant effort against unbeaten leaders Southbridge.

Regan Broker’s side eventually fell to 48-24 defeat, but outscored Southbridge 14-10 in the second half in a loss to be proud of.

Southbridge’s place among the top four has long been confirmed and are currently on 39 points, followed by Burn/Duns/Irwell, Glenmark and Lincoln.

Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition: Section one: Methven 17 Lincoln 31, B/D/I 41 Rolleston 0, Kaiapoi 24 Glenmark 27, Hampstead 24 Southbridge 48, Saracens 52 West Melton 10.

Ashley 13 Waihora 14, Oxford 42 Southern 25, Ohoka 6 Rakaia 31, Darfield 36 Hornby 21, Celtic 62 Prebbleton 14.

Saracens champions England five-eighth Owen Farrell upstaged All Blacks great Dan Carter by kicking seven penalties as Saracens won the European Champions Cup for the first time with a 21-9 victory over Racing 92 in Lyon yesterday.

Farrell inspired a Saracens team that was unexpectedly superior in all aspects and became the first side to win the tournament unbeaten.

In difficult conditions, both teams struggled to put consistent phases together early on but Saracens gradually took control of a physical encounter during which their French opponents were made to pay for their indiscipline.

“There was a belief coming into this game that this was our year,” Saracens captain Brad Barritt said.

Carter, who was hampered by a calf injury, was replaced early in the second half.

Johan Goosen scored all of Racing 92’s points by kicking three penalties at the Lyon stadium.

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Stormers held to draw South Africa’s Stormers had to scrape a draw against Japanese newcomers the Sunwolves in one of the surprises of the season. The Stormers needed a last-minute try by prop Vincent Koch to avoid a huge shock in Singapore. The Sunwolves, with just one win all season, scored the first try through wing Akihito Yamada.

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Canes a conundrum It’s hard to know what to make of these Hurricanes, who continue to look like beaten finalists one moment and just plain beaten the next.

The latter appearance was more prevalent in Saturday night’s 29-14 win over the Reds in Wellington, when the home side made hard work of a team who have troubled few this season. While enjoying a couple of moments of real quality, the Hurricanes were far more often deficient when they had the chance to unleash an attack absent of some big names but still brimming with game-breakers. - NZME

Cheetahs down Kings The Cheetahs ran in four tries to register a 34-20 Super Rugby victory over the Kings in Bloemfontein. The South African franchises had managed only three wins between them before their clash at Free State Stadium, but it was the Cheetahs who emerged as the dominant force even if they missed out on the bonus point.

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Kiwi teams frontrunners There’s more than a reasonable chance that the four teams who finish with the most competition points will be from New Zealand and yet only one will host a quarter-final. It is an unusual if not flawed scenario, yet it is the structure which has been imposed in Super Rugby and no amount of campaigning is going to change it. Winning the NZ Conference means everything. The value will be enormous, putting the top team firmly in control.

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In brief Sharks savage Knights Cronulla have crushed a hopelessly out-classed Newcastle with a record 62-0 NRL rout at Hunter Stadium, stretching their winning streak to seven on a black day for the Knights. The Sharks led 28-0 at half-time and ran in 11 tries to nil, handing the Knights their worstever loss on home soil, surpassing a 50-0 shut-out by Parramatta in 2005 amid Newcastle’s clubrecord 13-game losing streak.- AAP

No place for diving St George Illawarra welcome moves to eliminate “diving” from the NRL, says star utility Josh Dugan. The Dragons were accused of the controversial tactic of staying down in the hope of drawing penalties by an irate Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson in the wake of the sides’ dramatic Anzac Day clash.

Following Robinson’s comments, which earned a $40,000 fine, and also a discussion on the topic at last week’s coaches meeting, the NRL has moved to subtly curtail the powers of the bunker in regards to possible foul play. - AAP

Broncos hit the front

Milsy Stephens-Tahuri played a key role in Ashburton College’s second try of the afternoon against Nelson College at the showgrounds on Saturday.

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Brave College effort falls short

By James Ford

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Ashburton College fell to a third successive defeat in their Crusaders region UC Championship secondary school clash against Nelson College at the showgrounds on Saturday.

College’s habit of starting slowly cost them against a Nelson outfit that boasts plenty of firepower.

Within 20 minutes Dave McCrea’s men found themselves trailing 24-0 as Nelson secured the four-try bonus point early on.

In the second quarter, College

managed to impose themselves but could not breach the welldrilled Nelson defence as the two sides headed to the sheds with a 24-0 score line at the interval.

College came out firing in the second stanza as centre Ali Prescott drew first blood with a fine unconverted try after five minutes.

Nelson struck back soon after, but College remained competitive and continued to offer stern resistance with the wind on their side.

The home side’s determination was then rewarded with a

second try after, this time from skipper Max Stapleton off the exemplary work of wing Milsy Stephens-Tahuri.

Western Bartlett then slotted a well-taken conversion for the last points of the day for College.

The final quarter of an hour proved tough viewing for the animated Ashburton faithful, who offered plenty of support throughout.

Nelson piled on two more tries as College’s draining schedule of three matches in just over a week appeared to have taken its toll for a 41-12 defeat.

Although a Nelson win was never in doubt, it was a brave performance from College against one of the competition’s teams to watch.

Waimea are next up for College on Saturday at the Showgrounds.

Crusaders region UC Championship week three results: Burnside High School 17 v St Thomas 10, Ashburton College 12 v Nelson College 41, Rangiora High School 14 v Christ’s College 46,Waimea Combined 10 v St Bede’s College 12, Lincoln High School v 5 St. Andrews 38, Shirley Boys’ 76 v Roncalli College 3.

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Warriors coach Andrew McFadden says his players need to demonstrate a fighting spirit that reflects the qualities of the club’s emblem or face being cut from the club.

In the wake of Saturday’s 3018 NRL defeat to Penrith in Christchurch, McFadden lamented the lack of fight in his players during the second-half in which they let slip an 18-14 lead and failed to add to their tally while conceding three tries.

In the high pressure moments when the game was in the bal-

Smith wins the battle Several times during Saturday’s NRL match between Melbourne and North Queensland Cameron Smith left Johnathan Thurston sprawled on the Suncorp Stadium turf. Each time the Queensland State of Origin skipper then helped his Maroons team-mate back to his feet. The two great mates found themselves on opposite sides at the home of Queensland rugby league for the first time and it was clear Smith was giving nothing away to another of league’s current greats. The Storm won a thriller 15-14.

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Hurrell on way out?

McFadden bemoans lack of fighting spirit By david skipwith

There’s no place like home for the Broncos. Even when they are playing “away” to Manly. The Sea Eagles rolled the dice in their gamble to take their NRL home clash to a sold-out Suncorp and came up short, thrashed 30-6

by Brisbane on Saturday in front of 52,347 fans. The Sea Eagles agreed to a lucrative deal offered by the Queensland government, surrendering home-ground advantage to a Broncos outfit undefeated this season at Suncorp.

But it was Brisbane who hit the jackpot, running in five tries to one to go top of the ladder.

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ance, the Warriors were unable to sustain moments of effort and desperation on defence, allowing the patient Panthers to capitalise and secure their biggest win of the season.

Particularly galling for McFadden, and symptomatic of the side’s problems, was the ease in which Penrith’s Tyrone Peachey ran in his third four-pointer in the 76th minute, just two plays after Tui Lolohea and Shaun Johnson had arrived in cover to cut down a flying Dallin WateneZelezniak.

“For those guys to make those efforts and chase him down,

we’ve got to make that count and worth something, and that’s probably what disappointed me most,” McFadden said yesterday.

“We just need to learn to be a little tougher and just take our medicine sometimes and defend our line.

“It’s not like we haven’t put any attention on it. I’ve just got to find people that are willing to do it when it gets tough.”

Down in 12th spot on the premiership ladder with a four and six win-loss record and 262 points in the against column - the most of any side in the competition - McFadden is fast running

out of patience with players that continue to wilt under pressure.

With the club looking to redefine itself and set new standards following the recent prescription pills and energy drinks saga, McFadden and managing director Jim Doyle are determined to cull any players that cannot fulfill their criteria around what it means to be a true Warrior.

“We need to learn and fast otherwise if you don’t learn then changes need to be made,” he said.

“We’ll keep making decisions until we get that across the squad.”

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Konrad Hurrell’s days at the Warriors appear numbered but the clock is ticking if he is to leave this season, with the June 30 NRL player transfer deadline fast approaching. The strained relations between Hurrell and the Warriors have almost completely broken down in the wake of the pills and energy drinks saga that engulfed the club recently. Hurrell is contracted to the Warriors until the end of 2018 and wants to stay in Auckland despite languishing in reserve grade most of the season.

But time is running out if a deal is to be stitched up, with Hurrell needing to secure a new contract before the transfer deadline.

Several rival NRL and rugby clubs here and abroad have expressed interest in him but it’s not believed an offer is on the table.

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In brief Penney pulls the plug A huge challenge awaits the Tall Blacks, and they will be going into battle without their giant-slaying weapon. Kirk Penney, arguably the greatest ever Tall Black, has called time on a career in the black singlet that spanned 15 years. In doing so, he ruled himself out of contention for New Zealand’s last-gasp chance at qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Debuting at 18, Penney shone throughout four world championships and two Olympic campaigns.

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History in the making Either Toronto or Miami will become the 15th NBA team to win two Game 7s in the same postseason.

The Raptors could go to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time. The Heat have a shot at being the first team ever to erase 3-2 deficits in consecutive playoff series. The stakes are super-high.

The final second-round game of this year’s playoffs is today in Toronto, where the Raptors and Heat will finally decide their backand-forth series. The winner will join Golden State, Oklahoma City and Cleveland as the four teams left standing in the chase for the NBA championship.

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Hat-trick for Suarez Chris Zinzan Harris was the guest speaker for the 2016 Mid Canterbury Sports Awards on Friday evening at Hotel Ashburton.

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Praise for sports achievers

By James Ford

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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Harris entertained the audience as guest speaker at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards on Friday evening at Hotel Ashburton.

Harris shared anecdotes from the 1992 World Cup, in which the

Black Caps fell to a four wicket loss to eventual tournament winners Pakistan in a frustrating semi-final.

Harris credited the evening’s nominees for their ‘remarkable’ achievements over the last 12 months.

“I just love coming to the smaller communities, to come here and

read through the list of nominations and the different sports represented is incredible,” he said.

“There’s so many talented people and it’s really a shame in some ways that you’ve got to single them out because all of them deserve to be winners at the end of the day – it must be so hard for the judges.”

The 46-year-old cricketing folk hero said he was pleasantly surprised by the wide variety of sports represented by the nominees, on what he described as a ‘special night.’

“Water skiing, karate, basketball, all the sports are covered and at such a high level, Mid Canterbury should be really proud.”

Tenacious Masters battle to a draw James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury United Masters and Waimak Villa could not be separated in a top-of-the-table battle in their masters division two clash on Saturday.

It is as you were on the points table after the 3-3 stalemate, with United still one point adrift at the top of the ladder.

United could only muster 11 players due to injury and unavailability, and got off to the worst possible start with Waimak taking the lead after ten minutes.

Things then went from bad to worse for United five minutes later when midfielder Gene Shurrock pulled up with a calf strain.

With a lack of personnel, Shur-

Vardy named EPL’s best Leicester City’s striker Jamie Vardy has been named Premier League Player of the Season after his pivotal role in the club’s remarkable title-winning campaign. The East Midlands club, which announced the award in a tweet, defied the odds to lift their first top-flight crown having begun the season 5000-1 outsiders. Vardy is also in the race for the golden boot awarded to the league’s top scorer, having netted 24 goals so far, with one round remaining overnight.

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Scala quits Fifa

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By James Ford

A ravenous Luis Suarez bagged a third hat-trick in five games as defending champions Barcelona won 3-0 at Granada to clinch their 24th La Liga title yesterday. Suarez finished the season as La Liga’s top scorer with 40 goals, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s grip since 2009. - Reuters

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United showed plenty of grit, and their determination was rewarded in the final ten minutes

rock was forced to swap positions with goalkeeper Phil Townsend, and conceded the second with 20 minutes played.

Under consistent pressure, Mid Canterbury made their own luck when forward Paul Bradford latched on to a wayward defensive clearance.

Bradford held his nerve to beat the goalkeeper one-on-one to half the deficit at 2-1.

Both sides enjoyed possession in the opening 20 minutes of the second half in an end-to-end affair, but it was United that drew first blood.

In a counter attack on the right flank, the stretched Waimak defence made a poor clearance which fell to arriving midfielder Steve Carr on the edge of the 18-year-box.

Carr took a touch before firing

in to the bottom left hand corner to level proceedings at two each.

With the match on a knife edge, a long-ball clearance from Waimak’s defence was taken by the wind in to the path of the home side’s centre forward who netted Waimak’s third and what appeared to be the match-winner with 15-minutes to play.

But United showed plenty of grit, and their determination was rewarded in the final ten minutes when Bradford completed his brace with a well-taken volley just inside the penalty area.

The draw leaves United level on points in second with next weekend’s opponents Western, for what has all the makings of a thrilling encounter at Elmwood Park.

Domenico Scala, a Swiss businessman who led reforms to clean up scandal-plagued Fifa, quit his post at the global soccer body yesterday, saying its watchdog committees had lost their independence and members would be under threat of dismissal. Scala, head of the audit and compliance committee, said the reform of Fifa, which is attempting to recover from the worst graft scandal in its history, had been undermined following a resolution by the Fifa Congress.

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All Whites career over It was notable, when explaining his decision to effectively end the international career of Tommy Smith, that All Whites coach Anthony Hudson arrived at acceptance rather than annoyance when summing up his over-riding emotion. “I understand it and respect it,” Hudson said about Smith choosing club over country. “He has his career that he’s very focused on and I totally understand it. His career is a priority, and that’s fine.”

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Dream result for Purdon

By Matt MarkhaM Mark Purdon got the inkling during the later stages of this week that Dream About Me wasn’t far away from something special.

So when the outstanding filly waltzed away from the other two best three-year-old fillies in the country at the top of the straight in the Group One Nevele R Fillies Final at Addington on Saturday afternoon, Purdon was pleasantly surprised.

Winning was never out of the question, even with a strong push from the stable for Golden Goddess, but the manner in which she did hold off the challenges of her and also Piccadilly Princess was what was really pleasing.

“In her last two fast works before this race she gave me a wee feeling that she might not have been too far away from her best,” Purdon said.

“And we know that her best is very good, but even still I thought Golden Goddess would be quite hard to beat.

“But at the top of the straight when I asked her for some effort she just kept finding and went to the line very strongly.

“It’s a great result.”

The result was indeed great, and for two reasons.

Firstly, and probably most importantly, June Roberts – who is a co-owner of Dream About Me and also the wife of Charlie Roberts, has been in very poor

health in recent weeks.

“Mary is up home with her Mum,” co-owner Paul Kenny said.

“Unfortunately the outlook isn’t great so this is a very emotional moment for the whole family.

“But that win was certainly for her. Dream About Me is the first horse that she’s had her name on as an owner so it’s fitting that she was able to win at what is a pretty tough time.”

The second reason the victory was so great is purely a selfish one from an industry viewpoint.

Not only now do we get the prospect of these three exceptional fillies locking horns at full fitness again next week, but there’s also the Harness Jewels.

And what is more exciting than watching the best going to war on one of the greatest stages.

Incredibly beaten fresh up by Golden Goddess a fortnight ago, Dream About Me looked a shadow of that version of herself this time round and gave all the signs that she was closing in on the form that saw her 12 wins without defeat.

“She should improve again too,” Purdon said. “That run will probably bring her right to her peak.”

Golden Goddess will lose few admirers with her performance for second although the punters who smashed her into favourite might be rethinking a few things as they lick their wounds.

Trainer-driver Mark Purdon The run of the race was undoubtedly Piccadilly Princess.

Fresh up since her grand victory in Australia and without a workout or trial under her belt she was trapped wide earlier before finding the spot outside the leader with 900 metres left to run.

Despite the arduous task, she never shirked and ran a meritorious third.

And with that the stage has now been set for next week.

Another battle royale between three exceptional young ladies.

Meanwhile, Christen Me will be nominated for next week’s Winter Cup at Addington, but whether he starts remains to be seen.

The superstar’s trainer, Cran Dalgety will wait and see how many nominations Addington receive for the race and also monitor the horse’s recovery after his tradesman like victory in

Diamond sparkles Lightly raced mare Diamond Cut threw her bridle in the ring for some major spring assignments when she cruised to victory for part-owner and trainer David Haworth on the weekend. Haworth, who prepares the five-year-old mare with daughter Emma, was keen on her chances at New Plymouth despite the mare making her first appearance over the 1600 metre journey of the Landmark Homes sponsored contest. “She is a mare I have a lot of time for as she has a touch of class about her in everything she does,” he remarked.

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at Addington on Saturday.

“I’m going to leave it out in the open for now and see what transpires,” Dalgety said.

“He’s blown up over the back again today, so he’s still not at 100 per cent yet, but we are getting there.

“I’m just conscious of them running 4:01 or something off the front next week and from 30 metres he will have to run a ridiculously good time just to be competitive.

“So we will weigh things up early next week.”

Taken back off the arm by Dexter Dunn on Saturday, Christen Me moved forward inside the final lap and was travelled strongly to the line to win narrowly, but impressively.

He ran his last half in better than 55.6 seconds in doing so and Dunn gave him the big tick of approval.

“He did what he usually does when he gets to the front, but he did it really well.

“He’s getting close to being fully back I think.

“Those races can be a bit cat and mouse so I decided to go to make sure we didn’t get outsprinted off the front.”

Titan Banner, having his first start for the All Stars stable, closed strongly late to finish second – a performance which is likely to see him shorten in support for the 4YO Emerald at the Harness Jewels.

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He Kin Fly steps up Progressive three-year-old He Kin Fly showed he could become one of the stars of next season when he made it two wins from two starts at Rotorua on the weekend.

The son of Darci Brahma and stakes winning mare Shi Kin Fly had created a huge impression when breaking maiden status at Te Aroha last month which saw him installed a warm favourite to repeat the dose in rating 65 company on Saturday.

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Inquiry into ride Stewards have grilled leading apprentice Tom Sadler over his Caulfield ride on Lonrockstar, a horse trained by his father. Lonrockstar was backed from $7.50 into $6 and after settling at the tail of the field finished 11th in the Brett And Mark Wilson Sprint on Saturday. John Sadler told stewards via telephone he was unhappy with his son’s ride, prompting the young jockey to say he was not surprised by his father’s reaction. “I was told to ride for luck or go to the outside but not go busting out,” Tom said. “I was riding to instructions and I’ve made the wrong decision.” - AAP

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Salamanca returns

Turncoat makes amends at New Plymouth Punters who had their fingers burnt when hot favourite Turncoat flopped on debut at Trentham last month may have been feeling a little better after the strapping Swiss Ace gelding comfortably made amends on his home track on Saturday.

Sent out at cramped odds on

debut, the Allan Sharrock-trained gelding never raised supporters’ hopes when he dwelt at the start and finished well back that day.

This time the three-year-old gelding bounced straight to the front from the barriers and travelled easily throughout the 1200 metre contest.

Slipped some rein by rider Jonathan Riddell approaching the home bend, Turncoat lengthened stride impressively and dashed away in the straight to win untouched by nearly five lengths at the post.

“To be fair we did expect him to do something similar on debut

Underrated sprinter Salamanca made light of a near six month absence from the racetrack when he kicked off a new winter campaign with a demolition job at New Plymouth on the weekend.

The hardy five-year-old gelding made it win number seven from just 23 starts when he accounted for a handy rating 85 field over 1200 metres in the hands of promising apprentice Danielle Hirini.

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but he missed the jump and a few things went wrong for him that day,” explained Sharrock.

“I’ve made no secret of the high regard I hold him in so I was pretty happy he proved me right this time as he’s only going to get better as he matures and learns what it’s all about.”

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M3 Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway

Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incorporated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 16 May 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.40pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 1 54653 Mattie Blueblood nwtd ............J T McInerney 2 52363 Belfast Barry nwtd ........................... J W Bell 3 x3286 Charrina Hill nwtd I C &..................J Lenden 4 45 Stay Groovy nwtd .............................S Stone 5 53754 Black Roadstar nwtd .....................B Mitchell 6 56 Bigtime Sam nwtd ............................L Ahern 7 Growler Jet nwtd .......................... H Mullane 8 86527 Eve Ning Hill nwtd I C & .................J Lenden 9 67 Trendy Blaster nwtd .........................L Ahern 10 6 Gunnar Blueblood nwtd .........J T McInerney 2 1.00 GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C0 FINAL C0f, 375m 1 62533 Billy Marlow nwtd ..............................M Flipp 2 12 Shot Gun Harry nwtd ................... H Mullane 3 11 Spare Some Time 21.74 ..................L Ahern 4 87143 If It Fitz nwtd......................................M Flipp 5 43325 Scott Tied Up nwtd ...........................T Agent 6 46311 Kirkham Webby 21.49 ..................M Roberts 7 7724 Mr. Maize nwtd ............................A Turnwald 8 35752 Cawbourne Jarrod nwtd ...............M Roberts 9 56 Bigtime Sam nwtd ............................L Ahern 10 67 Trendy Blaster nwtd .........................L Ahern 3 1.20 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C1, 375m 1 22352 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 .................... J W Bell 2 23442 Cawbourne Elpaso nwtd ..............M Roberts

3 71375 Chase Me Apatche 21.96 .............G Atwood 4 32136 Ear’s Boris 21.97 ...............................M Flipp 5 64525 Filante nwtd........................................ N Udy 6 24561 Opawa Tommo nwtd........................... N Udy 7 77242 Homebush Tiare 21.64...........J T McInerney 8 24575 Opawa Jay 21.74 ............................. A Clark Emergencies: 9 34564 Cawbourne George 21.71......J T McInerney 10 57852 Clearly Magic 21.99 L & ..................... Morris 4 1.40 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES C1, 375m 1 55542 Premier Prince 22.41 ......................L Doody 2 25255 Culvie Den nwtd .............................. J W Bell 3 44224 Repeat Visit 21.97 ............................... L Bell 4 122 Let’s Go Sprite 21.85 .......................L Ahern 5 31353 Opawa Maf nwtd ................................ N Udy 6 51576 Alcudia 21.77 ....................................M Flipp 7 34614 Chair Up 21.97 .......................J T McInerney 8 21562 Cawbourne Foxy 21.87 ................M Roberts 9 34768 King Hit Mike 21.88 .................. S Gommans 10 53762 Panda Ring nwtd ................................ N Udy 5 1.57pm J P PRINT, PETONE C2 C2, 375m 1 12585 Miss Mowhawk 21.60 ................... P Denbee 2 41135 Uno Nigel 21.91 ................................M Flipp 3 43677 Fast Rigby nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 4 53651 Homebush Bounce 21.90 ......J T McInerney 5 43854 Kentaro Baxter 21.68 .............J T McInerney 6 43233 Peacock Princess 21.82...................T Agent 7 7x481 Uno Brent nwtd .................................. N Udy 8 3Fx34 Avedon Jeeter 21.54 .........................M Flipp 9 18823 Takeaway 21.82 L & ........................... Morris 10 77526 Mangamahu Jack 21.91 ................G Atwood

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7 51138 Briseur De Reves nwtd ................M Roberts 8 65633 Shinzigzag 21.56 .......................B Goldsack SORSHIP C2 C2, 375m 9 62737 Opawa Jackie nwtd ............................ N Udy 1 51148 Pistols Princess 21.74.......................M Flipp 2 41372 Homebush Justine 21.73 .......J T McInerney 10 18664 Cawbourne Gil 21.80 ...................M Roberts 3 8x344 Asa Cash Queen nwtd .................M Roberts 9 3.17pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2, 457m 4 64456 Manu Rama 21.52 ..........................L Doody 1 77214 Cawbourne Web nwtd ..................M Roberts 5 65116 Doosh 21.98...........................J T McInerney 2 31172 Cawbourne Spree 26.18 ..............M Roberts 6 52216 That’s A Wrap nwtd ......................... J W Bell 3 16817 Goodtime Lady nwtd ........................ I Moore 7 45513 Bill Rush nwtd .............................. H Mullane 4 71757 Kirkham Harvey 26.63 .................M Roberts 8 53514 Homebush Slinky nwtd ..........J T McInerney 5 54222 Cosmic Scramble 26.10 ..............B Hodgson Emergencies: 6 73433 Cawbourne Gracie nwtd ..............M Roberts 9 15865 Viva La Vixen 22.05 ....................A Turnwald 7 14136 Blackie Chan nwtd ........................B Mitchell 10 16563 To The Bank 21.63 ....................... P Denbee 8 77888 Homebush Spook 26.39 ........J T McInerney 7 2.37pm PLASTERBOARD SILVER COLLAR HEATS 10 3.37pm THE WRIGHT DECORATORS C4 C4, 375m 5TH JUNE C5 C5, 457m 1 47252 Cawbourne Steve 21.61...............M Roberts 1 412x4 Flying Merkel nwtd ...........................L Ahern 2 58612 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 2 64234 Boston Heart nwtd ......................A Turnwald 3 54171 Cawbourne Matty 21.44 ...............M Roberts 3 11121 Timmy Trumpet nwtd ....................... K Walsh 4 64528 Dr. Robbie nwtd................................T Agent 4 13188 Angie Zarr nwtd...........................A Turnwald 5 36883 Wheelie Chillie 21.52 ..................A Turnwald 5 35125 Takamori 25.71 ..........................B Goldsack 6 42323 Big Boy Deno 21.55 .....................M Roberts 6 14336 Sherlock Izmir nwtd.....................A Turnwald 7 x1247 Dr. Brm 21.78 ..............................A Turnwald 7 11111 Vegas Danny 25.84 .....................A Turnwald 8 35465 Smash Allegro nwtd .........................L Ahern 8 41353 Angvella 25.93 .................................L Ahern 9 81687 Homebush Flyte 21.95 ...........J T McInerney 9 17726 Allmendinger 26.16 .....................A Turnwald 10 58772 Lagoon Mac 21.35 .......................M Roberts 8 2.57pm MANAWATU HARNESS RACING C3, 375m 11 3.52 PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C1, 457m 1 13383 Apollo Baxter 21.75................J T McInerney 1 11414 Allegro Beaty 26.63..........................L Ahern 2 51223 Who Rocks nwtd .......................... H Mullane 2 55731 Private Action nwtd ..........................S Stone 3 11211 Cawbourne Mezza 21.85 .............M Roberts 3 12375 Cawbourne Panic nwtd ................M Roberts 4 22244 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 4 51841 Cawbourne Eski nwtd ..................M Roberts 5 14454 Cawbourne Midget 21.48 .............M Roberts 5 85818 Homebush Ginger 26.43 ........J T McInerney 6 87421 Spirit Run 21.58 ..........................B Hodgson 6 121 Thrilling Flo 26.06 ........................... K Walsh

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1187 Map My Run 26.04...........................L Ahern 25625 Wall Age 26.54 ................................L Doody 26248 Ollie Baxter nwtd ....................J T McInerney 48466 Lektra Spider nwtd .......................... J W Bell 12 4.19pm WHEELDEAL.CO.NZ C3/4 C3/4, 457m 1 42114 Bernie’s Boy 26.24 ........................B Mitchell 2 63342 Stinger nwtd .................................... K Walsh 3 47128 Scodelario 25.90 ..............................L Ahern 4 41213 Charlie Bo Bo 26.37 ....................B Hodgson 5 24225 Knuckle Bump 25.74 ........................L Ahern 6 47613 Zipping Jock 25.68 ...........................L Ahern 7 36568 Cawbourne Clay 25.93.................M Roberts 8 55533 Boston Lightning 25.95 ...............A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 35127 Cawbourne Loch 26.47 ................M Roberts 10 26544 Red Express 26.02 ..........................L Ahern SELECTIONS Race 1: Belfast Barry, Growler Jet, Bigtime Sam, Black Roadstar Race 2: Kirkham Webby, Shot Gun Harry, Cawbourne Jarrod Race 3: Cawbourne Elpaso, Cawbourne Hint, Ear’s Boris Race 4: Cawbourne Foxy, Premier Prince, Repeat Visit Race 5: Fast Rigby, Uno Brent, Miss Mowhawk, Uno Nigel Race 6: Asa Cash Queen, Homebush Justine, Viva La Vixen Race 7: Flying Merkel, Vegas Danny, Takamori, Boston Heart Race 8: Cawbourne Mezza, Cawbourne Midget, Briseur De Reves Race 9: Kirkham Harvey, Cawbourne Web, Cawbourne Spree Race 10: Cawbourne Matty, Cawbourne Steve, Big Boy Deno Race 11: Cawbourne Eski, Allegro Beaty, Private Action Race 12: Stinger, Scodelario, Cawbourne Clay, Boston Lightning LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Day in charge

By Ben everill Jason Day’s quest to be a dominant world No.1 remains on track after he demoralised Jordan Spieth at the Players Championship.

Day set a tournament 36-hole scoring record of 15 under at TPC Sawgrass while world No.2 Spieth lagged 14 shots behind, missing the cut by a stroke in his first appearance since his Masters meltdown.

Playing in the same group proved tough for Spieth as the American had no answer for Day’s firepower and touch on the greens, contributing to a poor attitude.

“I just think that I’m beating myself up a little bit too much on the golf course and it’s affecting me and I realise that now,” Spieth said.

“I just need to be a little bit more positive with myself on the course and maybe kind of lower expectations a little bit and just kind of free myself up.

“It just seems I’m so tense and I just need to get back to the way I enjoy playing golf and I’m not far off.”

When pressed on whether Day’s ruthless play was a factor Spieth admitted as much.

“It’s tough when you’re getting shellacked by 15 shots in the same group,” he said.

“When someone’s birdieing almost every single hole, every other hole, you start to wonder why in the world you aren’t making any of them.

“A lot of times it’s good to play with, if you can feed off of it. But for me it was tough this week, without my putting being on, it just led to a lack of patience for me seeing every hole being birdied and not being able to do much about it.”

The quotes were music to Day’s ears.

The 28-year-old Australian is trying to create an aura akin to the one Tiger Woods

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

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MOTORING Jason Day: Has Spieth’s number. dominated with for some time.

Should he turn his four-stroke 54-hole lead into a win on Sunday (Monday AEST) it will be the seventh in his last 17 starts, and fifth straight when leading into the final round.

He will also open up a lead of almost 2.5 average points over Spieth at the top of the world rankings, a significant gap.

“I hope he talks like that for the rest of his life; it would be nice,” Day said.

“It just goes to show what he thinks about my game, and gives me a lot of confidence going forward knowing that he thinks about that, in that way, and that I’m doing the right things on the golf course to make him feel that way.

“Obviously we’re all out there trying to beat each other up, but after the round we’re happy for each other whether we win or lose.”

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Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets, entry off Cass Street.

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

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

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

Monthly meeting with a mini and main speaker. Senior Centre, 9.30am Cameron Street.

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. 10am Walking group meets outside METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. church. 48 Allens Road.

New Zealand and Agriculture 9.30am - 12.30pm Encounter.

ASHBURTON METHODIST 10am GOODWILL SHOP. M.S.A. TAI CHI. Sell pre loved second hand Exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Main Road and Jane M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

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The key attributes for this position include: • Sales and office experience, whilst marketing experience is an advantage • Hunting, building and maintaining valuable customer relationships • Confident in making outbound sales calls and closing a sale • Able to interact easily with people and comfortable speaking with strangers • Business acumen - Have the means to tailor your communication to different people and understand the hierarchy of a business • Understanding your clients’ needs, willing to help them with their marketing plans and contributing to their success • Exploring alternatives angles, thinking outside the box when organising your clients’ campaigns • Having a mature mind-set with a high level of common sense • Very friendly, approachable, reliable and professional • Enjoy working as part of a team • Good planning and organising abilities • Have an excellent command of the English language In return we will provide: • Full time position • Attractive base salary ($45K) + uncapped OTES’s • Great and enthusiastic business culture • Social Club The sky is the limit. There are endless opportunities.

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Puzzles Monday, May 16, 2016

www.guardianonline.co.nz CRYPTIC ACROSS 1. Greeting the groom, nod and upset 6 (4,7) 8. Went out as a twosome, which is no longer fashionable (5) 9. Those in a corner are there to support the fighters (7) 10. Leading Tory lacked the ability to have brought one down (7) 11. Sawbones loses on a sudden boost of energy (5) 12. Burning half the loaf, make meal of the rest (6) 14. It is wrong to set garnet in silver (6) 18. Pity, being nursed by sisters of it (5) 19. Car and boat put at disposal of an aerialist (7) 21. Rage can bring about wholesale slaughter (7) 23. Give oneself the courage for audacity (5) 24. Croft, penury for which is shown for form’s sake (11)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You may think you’re alone in a struggle, but this isn’t true. Let others know what you’re going through and you’ll quickly understand the life-changing effect of mutual support.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): People have fought over you before and they’ll do it again. It’s not that you like being the rope in the tug-of-war game, but you’d be foolish not to play its advantages.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): If walking takes average strength, climbing takes extraordinary strength, as it pushes further against gravity. As much as you’d like to walk, climbing is what’s needed.

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VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): It seems logical to put your effort into taking the next step. But right now, your effort is best spent drumming up the confidence – convincing everything inside of you that you’re worthy. Do this and the next step just happens.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Most things you can fall into (including luck, love, a rhythm, a rut, depression and more) require surrender. Today, hold on until you really understand what you’re surrendering to.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): If you compare yourself to the master and you don’t fall short, it’s time to get a new guru. Outgrowing your teachers is a natural progression of life. It is possible to have a smooth, resistance-free transition in this matter.

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PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Change doesn’t always comes about as a result of large-scale efforts or dramatic battles. Gentle, gradual changes are often the most radical. This is what’s happening now.

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MARSHALL, Murray Flint (Muzza) – Passed away peacefully on May 11, 2016, aged 80 years. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Vivienne, cherished dad and father-inlaw of David and Jo, Anne and John, Jane and Jason, and Susan. Much loved “Muzza” of Emilee and Sam, Max and Jesse, Olivia, Lucy and Felicity, Xavier and Xanthe.

“We are so proud of the strength and courage you have shown during the challenges you faced in recent years.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Always had time Ph 307 7433 to share your jokes.

You will be sadly Please note all late death missed Muzza.” notices or notices sent Messages may be addressed outside ordinary office hours to: The Family of the late must be emailed to: deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz Murray Marshall, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. to ensure publication.

In lieu of flowers, donations During office hours notices to Dialysis Services, may also be sent to: Christchurch Hospital, would classifieds@theguardian.co.nz be appreciated, and may Any queries be made at the service. A please contact celebration of Muzza’s life will be held in our Westpark 0800 ASHBURTON Chapel, 467 Wairakei Road, Christchurch (0800-274-287). Burnside, on Tuesday, May 17, at 2pm, followed by a private cremation.

GORDON, Herbert John, (Herbie) – On May 10, 2016. Passed away suddenly. Dearly loved husband of Leithen. Loved dad of the late Rowan, Darrell and Jane, Kerren, Brad and Sandra and Shelley and Jason.

Farm grandad of Teesha, and Shania; Chelsea, and Heath; Candice, and Matthew; Brooke, and Jade; and Avalin. Great grandad of Avi. Messages to 341 Wakanui Road, RD 7, Ashburton 7777.

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SEED, William (Ross) – On May 14, 2016, at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton. Dearly loved and loving husband of the late Joy. Much loved father and father-in-law of the late David, and Lynn, the late Nigel, and Denise, and Nicholas and Maureen.

Loved and special grandfather of Charlotte, Georgina, and Jeremy, and his eight great grandchildren. Special thanks to Dr Murray Wackrow and the staff at Ashburton Hospital and Rosebank Resthome for their loving care of Ross.

Messages to the Seed family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Ross’ life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on Wednesday, May 18, commencing at 1pm. Followed by a private family interment.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show Mother’s Day special featuring Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis. 0 10am The Chase 0 11am Who’s Doing The Dishes?

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Marlon is unimpressed; Tracy worries about David; Megan’s fundraiser gets underway. 0 1pm Come Date With Me Australia PGR 2pm Hello Campers 3pm Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 N Four In A Bed Guesthouse owners compete for the title of best B&B. 0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Border Security When traces of cocaine are found on the belongings of a family returning from South America, one of them makes a startling confession. 0 8pm Rapid Response PGR 0 8:30 Criminal Minds 0 9:30 Castle AO 0 10:30 One News 0

11pm Murder In The First AO The city reacts to the school-bus tragedy as the newly appointed district attorney promises justice for the victims. 0 11:55 The Mentalist AO 3 0 12:50 Te Karere 3 2 1:15 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 The Living Room 7:30 Natural World – Monkey Thieves 8am Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 My France With Manu – Brittany 10:30 Backroad Bounty 11:30 The Kindness Diaries Noon American Pickers 1pm Explore 2pm The Living Room 3pm Wild Catch 4pm Roar Of The Wild 4:30 Undersea Edens 5pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6pm Selling New York 6:30 Home By Novogratz 7pm Baggage Battles 7:30 The Spice Trail With Kate Humble Kate Humble travels around the world to find some of the most coveted spices, to discover how spices shaped the modern world.

8:35 The Story Of Egypt At the Colossi of Memnon and the Valley of the Kings, Joann explores the heights Egypt reached under Amenhotep III, and the lives of workers caught up in Egypt’s ambitious building projects.

9:45 Coast 11pm Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook – Cosmopolitan Cook 11:30 Poh’s Kitchen

TUESDAY

Midnight Natural World – Monkey Thieves 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Wild Catch 2am Roar Of The Wild 2:30 Undersea Edens 3am Selling New York 3:30 Home By Novogratz 4am The Story Of Egypt 5am Coast

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Little Monstar 3 0 6:35 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 6:55 Grizzly Tales 3 0 7:20 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 7:50 Looped 3 0 8:15 Henry Hugglemonster 3 0 8:40 Sofia The First 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Malibu Country 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle PGR 1:30 Judge Rinder PGR 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:30 Leon 0 3:35 Miraculous – Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 0 4pm I Didn’t Do It 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Middle 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 0 8:45 First Dates Australia AO A PA returns to give love another chance; an Australian Magic Mike leaves a lasting impression on his date. 0 9:50 Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce AO 0 10:45 Mike And Molly PGR 0

6am Paul Henry 6am Sesame Street 3 9am The Café 6:55 Emma! 3 7am Sticky TV 10am Infomercials 3 7:30 Max Steel 3 7:50 Power 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Rangers – Super Megaforce 3 Noon NewsHub Midday 8:15 Chuggington 3 12:30 Dr Phil PGR A woman’s family 8:25 Hi-5 House 3 fears she is addicted to anti-anxiety 8:50 Emma! 3 medication, but she claims she is not 8:55 Peppa Pig 3 addicted, and uses the medicine to 9am Fireman Sam 3 0 relax and function in life.

9:10 Thomas And Friends 3 1:30 M Dark Desire PGR 2012 9:20 Bob The Builder 3 Crime Thriller. A young man 9:30 Barney And Friends 3 wanting to be connected to the 9:55 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 people close to him resorts to 10:05 Infomercials devious measures to achieve his 2pm Sesame Street 3 desire. Kelly Lynch, Nic Robuck, 2:55 Pingu 3 Michael Nouri. 0 3pm Sticky TV 3:25 Rachael Ray 4:35 Tuff Puppy 3 4:25 Survivor – Kaoh Rong 5pm The Legend Of Korra 3 5:25 Family Feud 0 5:30 Drake And Josh 3 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm 6pm Entertainment Tonight 6:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 7pm Story 7pm About A Boy PGR 0 7:30 N All Star Family Feud 7:30 New Girl PGR PGR 0 8pm F New Girl PGR 8:30 M Pitch Perfect 8:30 The Goldbergs PGR 0 PGR 3 2012 Comedy.

9pm M The East A rebellious student becomes AO 3 2011 Thriller. the unexpected secret Brit Marling, Alexander weapon in her college’s Skarsgard, Ellen Page. all-female a capella group.

Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson. 0 10:45 NewsHub Late

11:15 Hotel Hell AO 0 12:10 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 1:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 1:35 Infomercials 2:40 The Real PGR 3 3:30 Army Wives PGR 3 0 4:15 Good Luck Charlie 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 The Nation 3 An in-depth weekly local current affairs show. 0 12:25 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:15 Flipping Out 3 Jenni is on maternity leave, but Jeff’s design jobs continue, with Megan stepping in as his executive assistant. 0 12:10 Entertainment Tonight 12:35 Infomercials

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8:30 Hot Bench 3 9am The Crowd Goes Wild 3 9:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm Jane The Virgin PGR 3 After having false labour, Jane insists that Xo and Rogelio go to Las Vegas to perform their show.

2pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 3pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm University Challenge 3 Canterbury v Otago.

5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country

8:30 Motorsport – Formula One (Highlights) Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli.

9am Cricket – IPL (Replay) Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad.

From Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.

12:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Panthers v Warriors.

From AMI Stadium.

1pm Football – Arsenal TV Arsenal v Aston Villa. From Emirates Stadium.

4pm Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Sea Eagles v Broncos.

6pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils.

From Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

6:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad. From Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Escape To The Continent 0 8:30 60 Minutes PGR 9:30 Revenge Porn AO Anna Richardson meets victims, confronts perpetrators, and discovers a community of men who take pleasure from, and profit from, threatening and shaming women. 0 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

7pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Tactix v Magic. From Trafalgar Centre, Nelson.

7:30 L Netball – ANZ Championship Mystics v Pulse. From Trusts Arena, Auckland.

9:15 Netball Zone 10pm Tennis – French Open Preview Show.

10:30 Fox Sports News

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

11pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Replay) 12:30 Netball Zone 1am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) 1:30 Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) 2am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay) 4am Rugby – Super Rugby (Replay)

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7:30 Kia Mau! 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Ako 3 2 3pm Tagata Pasifika 3:30 Rugby League – NRL Warriors v Panthers.

5pm Kapa Haka Regionals

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Storage Wars – New York PG 7:40 Call Of The Wildman PG 8:05 Survivor – South Pacific PG 8:55 Criminal Minds – Suspect Behaviour 16VS 9:45 Crossing Lines MV 10:35 Amazing Race 11:25 CSI – New York MV 12:15 CSI – New York MV 1:05 Shipping Wars PG 1:30 Criminal Minds – Suspect Behaviour 16VS 2:20 CSI – New York MV 3:10 Survivor – South Pacific PG 4pm Storage Wars – New York PG 4:30 Call Of The Wildman PG 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 Criminal Minds – Suspect Behaviour 16VS 6:30 Shipping Wars PG 7pm Storage Wars – New York PG 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 RBT MC 9pm Border Security PG 9:30 Badlands, Texas MV 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 NCIS PGV

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12:30 Survivor – South Pacific PG 1:20 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:45 CSI – NY MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 RBT MC 4:20 Border Security PG 4:45 Badlands, Texas MV 5:35 Shipping Wars PG

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SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Dora Matatoa 2 6:20 Huhu 6:30 Pukana 2 7pm Swagger 7:30 Cam’s Kai 8pm The Big Hit 8:30 Play PGR 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10pm Kapa Haka Regionals 3 10:30 Te Kaea 3 2 11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Kings PG 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:25 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG 10:20 Close Encounters PG 11:15 Evil Lives Here M 12:10 Fatal Encounters M 1:05 Web Of Lies M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman PG 5:40 Mythbusters PG 6:35 Treehouse Masters PG 7:30 Auction Hunters PG 8:30 Mythbusters PG 9:30 You Have Been Warned PG 10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Deadliest Catch PG

TUESDAY

12:30 Murder Comes To Town M 1:25 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 1:50 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Kings PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 American River Renegades M 5:05 River Monsters PG

First Dates Australia 8:45pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 7am The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part One MV 2014 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 9am Fury 16VL 2014 Action War. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf. 11:15 Close Up – Tom Cruise PG 11:45 The Night Before 16LS 2015 Comedy.

Colin Egglesfield, Drew Fuller.

1:30 Focus MVLS 2015 Crime.

Will Smith, Margot Robbie.

3:15 The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part One MV 2014 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson. 5:15 Plus One 16VLS 2013 Thriller. Rhys Wakefield, Logan Miller. 6:50 The Mule 16VLC 2014 Comedy. Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson. 8:30 The Pyramid 16VLC 2014 Horror.

Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare.

10:05 The Walk PGL 2015 Drama.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley.

Pitch Perfect

8:30pm on TV3

MOVIES GREATS 7:25 The Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers MV 2002 Fantasy.

Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen. 10:20 Jarhead 16VLS 2005 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard.

12:20 Jerry Maguire MLS 1996 Drama. Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger, Cuba Gooding jr.

2:35 Underworld 16VC 2003 Action Thriller. Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen.

4:35 Defiance MVL 2008 Drama.

Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell. 6:50 Alien v Predator MV 2004 Horror.

Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan.

8:30 The International 16VL 2009 Crime. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts.

10:30 Die Hard 2 MVL 1990 Action.

Bruce Willis, Dennis Franz.

TUESDAY

12:35 Dead Presidents 18VL 1995 Crime. Chris Tucker, TUESDAY 12:05 Last Call 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Larenz Tate. 1995. 2:35 Making Of The Mummy – Tomb Of Travis Van Winkle, Tara Reid.

The Dragon Emperor PG 2008 1:35 Plus One 16VLS 2013 Thriller.

3am Defiance MVL 2008 Drama.

3:10 The Directors – Dennis Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Dugan PG 3:40 The Mule 16VLC 2014 Comedy. 5:20 The Pyramid Jamie Bell. 5:15 Alien v Predator MV 2004 Horror.

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6am Triathlon – ITU World Series (Replay) Yokohama – Women’s Race.

From Yokohama, Japan.

8:15 Triathlon – ITU World Series (Replay) Yokohama – Men’s Race.

10:30 Rugby – World Sevens (Highlights) Paris – Day Three.

Noon Motorsport - IndyCar Series (Highlights) Grand Prix Of Indianapolis.

12:30 Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils.

1pm Cricket – IPL (Highlights) Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad.

1:30 Netball – Beko League (Replay) Mainland v Northern.

3pm Netball – ANZ Championship (Highlights) Tactix v Magic.

3:30 Small Blacks TV 3:45 Random Rugby TV 4pm Cycling – Tour Of California (Replay) Stage One. 6pm Motorsport - Nascar Xfinity 300 (Highlights) Dover.

7pm Motorsport - Nascar Xfinity 300 (Highlights) Dover.

8pm Motorsport – Formula One (Highlights) Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli. From Spain.

8:30 L Rugby League – NRL Titans v Roosters. From Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast.

10:50 Monday Night With Matty Johns

TUESDAY

Midnight Aussie Rules – AFL (Delayed) West Coast Eagles v St Kilda.

3am Athletics – IAAF Diamond League (Highlights) Shanghai.

4am Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity 300 (Highlights) Dover.

5am Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity 300 (Highlights) Dover.

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Bryan Hunter became this year’s recipient of the Robilliard Trophy at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards on Friday evening.

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Illustrious career recognised After 30 years of service across multiple disciplines, Bryan Hunter was the recipient of the Robilliard Trophy for services to sport at the Mid Canterbury Sports Awards on Friday evening.

Hunter’s participation in contact sports came to an abrupt end as a teenager, when a rugby injury severely damaged his shoulder, but, undeterred, he took up target shooting after being introduced to the sport by a friend.

His passion for the target shooting led to a long, distinguished and continuing association with both disciplines of full-bore and small-bore target shooting.

A career move to Ashburton saw Hunter become co-coach of the Tinwald Senior Reserve Rugby team.

This was to be the first of many

rugby and football teams that received the benefit of his knowledge at the Tinwald club.

Hunter became a foundation member of the Ashburton Junior Football Association and also on the committee that planned and organised football at Argyle Park.

He also qualified as a Football NZ official referee, and set up the Ashburton Referees Association and sat on the National Panel of Football Referees.

A long career of football refereeing, that spanned all grades from Chatham Cup to juniors followed before being compulsorily retired at the age of 45 due to the rules of Football NZ of the time.

Hunter was also a member of the local Ashburton Fullbore Target Shooting Club – a sport in which Hunter went on to

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achieve national honours.

In 1983, he became coach of the Ashburton College Fullbore Target Shooting Team, a position he held for 18 years.

During his tenure as coach, College won the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ title every year.

The highlight of the many achievements came in 1984, when the Ashburton College Fullbore Rifle Team won the Commonwealth Secondary Schools’ Championships over 114 high schools from more than 60 different countries.

It was also 1984 when Bryan began attending shooting nights at the Coronation Smallbore Rifle range on West Street.

He began informally coaching students, and the club were quick to recognise his talent and ap-

point him as head coach – a position he still holds.

The Ashburton College InterHouse Shooting Competition was incepted in the same year, which introduced 400 high school aged students eto the sport of smallbore target shooting.

It is hard to imagine where he found the time, but it was also during 1984 that he took on the management and coaching of the Ashburton College Smallbore Rifle Team, with support from the Coronation Smallbore Rifle Club and the College Board of Trustees.

The team became a dominant force in NZ Secondary Schools’ shooting and won the Whitcoulls Trophy for seven out of eight years.

In 1992 Hunter became NZQA

accredited for conducting and assessing Senior PE Shooting and helped Ashburton College become accredited to operate smallbore target shooting as part of their Year 12 PE course.

In the late 1990s, he made Coronation, the home of the local National District Championship Team – The Plainsmen.

The Plainsmen are one of few teams that have managed to hold their position in Division One and Hunter was co-ordinator, coach and a member of the team in 2013 when they won the Casey Cup for being National District Champions, Division One. The recognition for an illustrious career throughout a number of sporting codes was humbly accepted by Hunter at Hotel Ashburton on Friday evening.

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