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The team at Tinwald Aubrey Mason Kindergarten have been getting right in behind Maori Language Week. Head teacher, Donna Cullimore, along with teacher Suzy Arnold registered them for Maori Language Moment to add something extra special to the normal day and yesterday they were proudly displaying their pois. “It was wonderful and I hope they continue to do it every year,” Arnold said. Cullimore and her team understand the importance of providing an environment that is rich in culture and spoken Te Reo. “Language is a way to honour whanau. If they hear us speaking their language they know we honour and care about them.” Cullimore proudly pointed out the woven wall hanging created, she said, by one of the parents. Attached to it are seven Tikanga Maori, which are the centre’s guiding principles. “These principles may be in Maori, but they are relevant to all cultures.

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$36m investment in district’s roads

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

With $30 million at stake, the protocols involved in letting a major roading contract are very strict and the process followed extremely rigorous, says Ashburton District councillor Stuart Wilson.

The council has awarded its five-year road maintenance and operations contract to national contractor HEB Construction, a move that sees control of the work move out of local hands.

That contract, however, includes a number of local contractors and that will ensure much of the money involved stays local, Wilson said.

The company will also establish a base in Ashburton for the duration of the contract.

HEB will be responsible for all aspects of maintaining both sealed and unsealed roads across the district’s 2600 kilometre network. this includes signage, road markings, drainage and bridges.

The new contract starts on December 1 and was let after all three contracts lodged were assessed by a panel that involved council roading staff, a representative from the NZ Transport Agency and a referee who ensured all assessment protocols were followed. A recommendation on the successful tender was made to councillors to sign off.

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The roading contract is the largest the council awards and while the new contract has been awarded to a new company for the next five years, HEB has vast experience in the rural roading sector, with contracts in Selwyn, Marlborough and the Waikato as well as Christchurch and Auckland, Wilson said.

HEB also won the council’s contract for roadworks in the North East Business Park.

“They made a compelling bid for the maintenance contract.

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Our rural roading networks is one of the largest in the country and this infrastructure is critically important for keeping our residents and our economy moving.”

Incumbent contractor Fulton Hogan had served the district for several of the five year contracts, and they needed to be acknowledged and thanked for their long standing service to the district, he said.

The council also awarded its two year operations contract for road resurfacing and this was won by incumbent Ashburton Contracting, (ACL). This contract is worth $6 million.

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“Our team have established ourselves as a reliable provider of civil construction services to the Ashburton community and it’s an honour to have the opportunity to continue delivering quality roading infrastructure for the district.

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WORD ON THE STREET The question ... Should the rest of New Zealand (outside Auckland) still be at Alert Level 2?

LEAH THOMSON “I agree with still being in Level 2. I think they’re taking good precautions.”

NEVILLE AND STEPHANIE CHARLAND “Definitely should be in Level 1. It’s ridiculous, it’s not working.”

BRIAN AND SANDRA HOLLAWAY “Personally, I think we should be at Level 1. But keep Auckland at the current level.”

JUDY TEW “I think we should be at Level 1 now. We haven’t had any outbreaks since April.

We’re not that restricted now but less restrictions would be better.”

SHELLEY THOMSON “I think it’s the right thing being in Level 2. The last thing we want to do is go back to Level 3 or 4, as hard as it is for businesses.”

LYNETTE KARTON “I think we should be at Level 1. We’ve behaved ourselves. The Aucklanders should stay put and not travel to Queenstown. That grates me.”

Ashburton low on sections

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

For the first time in decades, Ashburton is facing a dire shortage of residential sections.

With several major subdivisions now almost full, builders have clients on waiting lists and real estate agents are looking at slim pickings to offer potential buyers. That situation is unlikely to change in the short term, Property Brokers Murray Young said.

“There’s no question we’re short on sections, there are limited numbers left in Ashburton now and you’re looking at the tail-end of most subdivisions and that means there’s little to pick and choose from,” he said.

He’s aware of one or two possible subdivisions that are in the wind, but they’re one or two years away from hitting the market.

“And this is going to create an issue with no short-term answers.”

At best a subdivision would still be 18 months to two years from when the first peg goes in the ground until titles are available, Young said.

Several years ago a number of subdivisions opened up and while sales were slow initially,

tion stocks in Methven, Trident Homes owner Shaun Hurley said Ashburton itself is running out of sections.

The time was right for anyone sitting on an urban block to start the subdivision process.

Low interest rates were

come on stream.

“It’s pretty chokka in Allenton now and there’s not much left in Braebrook.

“The second stage of Cawton Grove is opening up but there seem to be a lot of people wanting to build, so they’ll soon disap-

I can’t remember the last time we were talking section shortages. Subdivisions will still come up, but that won’t rescue the builders right now they’d been quietly chipped away at over the years, he said.

“I can’t remember the last time we were talking section shortages. Subdivisions will still come up, but that won’t rescue the builders right now.”

While there are plenty of lifestyle blocks and good sec-

prompting a surge in house build demand, but the lack of section options was seeing that stifled, he said.

“Inquiries for new homes skyrocketed after lockdown and things are still pretty positive at the moment.

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Craig Ingold has clients on his books who are ready to build but whose plans are being held up by the lack of sections.

“They’re looking in Allenton and there’s not much left up there.

“Sections are in pretty short

supply across town and within the next six to eight months this will be an issue,” he said.

Ingold said he wasn’t aware of any blocks of land that were in the subdivision pipeline and while there were sections on the outskirts of Ashburton, larger blocks weren’t for everyone.

The current building environment wasn’t a record breaker, he said, but his company has plenty of work ahead on the books and that was constantly changing as new build opportunities came up.

Competition for jobs was possibly a bit keener than pre-Covid, he said, and that meant if you wanted the job you had to put your best foot forward up front.

Council economic development manager Bevan Rickerby told last week’s Ashburton District Council activities briefing that his survey of building companies indicated they were taking a positive, but cautious approach to the future.

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Warbird a welcome sight

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

A Russian Yak 3 fighter plane made an overdue guest appearance at the Ashburton Airport Fly-in on Saturday.

Blenheim-based Graeme Frew and his V12 powered World War Two plane flew in on Saturday, giving local plane spotters an opportunity to see the rare aircraft, and a handful of people willing to pay got to go for a ride.

Ashburton Aviation Museum president Warren Janett said Frew was supposed to be part of the Southern Cross Barnstormers tour in August with other aircraft, but the second wave of Covid-19 had stopped it.

“Then he rang up a week ago and said he might come down for a weekend and it suited us,” Janett said.

The Yak stretched its wings and treated a few lucky people to a back seat flight over Ashburton.

Russell Brodie from Rangitata Island also had his Tiger Moth, making for an interesting contrast.

“It’s hard to believe they are both World War Two aircraft when they are side by side.”

The Yak visit drew a crowd as it was a rare visit from a warbird.

Janett said he knows of only one other Yak in the country – “but it was damaged in Wanaka a few years ago,” and so it

In brief Fraud accused named Two former employees of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority facing fraud charges can now be named. Simon Nikoloff and Gerard Gallagher, the latter a former general manager of the Ashburton Guardian, were charged with corrupt use of official information in August last year, following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. It came after a 2017 report by the State Services Commission, alleging that the two had a clear conflict of interest when arranging property deals through their own company while still employed

by CERA. Nikoloff and Gallagher appeared at the High Court in Christchurch last week, where name suppression was lifted. Both deny any wrong-doing. Nikoloff is facing two charges of corrupt use of official information and Gallagher faces three charges. They have been remanded on bail until their next appearance at the court in October.

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Pilot Graeme Frew in his V12-powered Yak 3 fighter Full Noise at the Ashburton Aerodrome on Saturday.

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was a coup to have the plane touch down. “There was a guy who used to bring his Mustang down, but it’s in Auckland now and another guy with a Spitfire in Auckland as well, and the cost for them to come down, unless they are already on their

way somewhere, is prohibitive.”

However, Janett said he had discussed with Frew about making the trip down an annual thing.

The next special fly-in is the biggest one on the calendar, the biennial Sport Aviation Associ-

ation Fly-in at Waitangi weekend. “We actually get about 80 or 90 aircraft from all over the country and they are here for about three days.”

In the meantime, Janett said the museum is open every day all-year round.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie described winds which have ravaged the skifield as “vicious”. Gusts up to 120 kilometres per hour in the base area and 190 kilometres hour at the ridgeline have been measured. However, all was forgiven from Monday, when there was seven millimetres of rain.

Since then five centimetres of snow had fallen. McKenzie said the storm cycle was not looking to end until Thursday night, and as such, the ski area may not open again until Friday, after being closed yesterday and Monday. It was just “wind, wind, wind” in the forecast, with maybe a little bit more snow on Thursday night, he said.

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Locals climb to top of competition

By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Sami Baker of Methven left fellow arborists in her wake when it came to speed climbing at the South Island Regional Tree Climbing Competition.

She ambled up and down the tree in an impressive 19.32 seconds, almost three seconds ahead of second-placed Nicala Ward-Allen (22.11) and thirdplaced Ruby Mcnab (22.48) in the belayed speed climb event.

Baker and her partner Sam James of Methven were among a small contingent of Mid Cantabrians at the competition held in the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

Both Baker and James have qualified for the nationals, Baker having emerged the South Island champion at the weekend, and James having qualified previously.

Baker and James both work at Mt Hutt in winter, in the snowmaking and ski patrol departments respectively.

“I think that’s from skiing, I think it’s skiing legs,” said Baker as to how she managed to get up the tree so fast at the weekend.

While she works making snow each winter until early September, she spends her time each spring and summer as an arborist at Four Seasons Treecare.

James also has the advantage of winter-time skiing to build up his leg muscles, as he works as a ski patroller through to the end of the season. He then works as an arborist during the summer months.

Baker is ranked second among New Zealand women, while James is ranked fourth among New Zealand men.

Both have the same goal going into the nationals at Queenstown on November 7 and 8, and that is to win and ultimately reach a number one ranking.

“New Zealand puts out a lot of climbers, we have had world champs in the last seven years male and female, there’s definitely some big competition,” Baker said.

James also performed well in the weekend event, placing second in the belayed speed climb and second in the ascent event.

Fellow Mid Cantabrian Seth Mischeski of Ashburton won the throwline event.

South Island co-ordinator Ben Fentiman said the competition was a huge success. There were 40 competitors and 30 volunteers.

“We couldn’t have asked for better weather conditions. Everyone was in high spirits and cheering each other on,” Fentiman said.

There was a kids’ climb which was a big hit with locals.

Sami Baker and Seth Mischeski of Four Seasons Treecare won events at the South Island Regional Tree Climbing Competition in the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

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Automotive course a winner

By Sue Newman sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

For a group of Ashburton College students, school is as much about getting your hands dirty as it is sitting behind a desk.

Those Year 12 students are part of the college’s ground-breaking automotive course that sees them stripping down motors, panel beating bodies and coming up with ways to fix broken and worn out engines.

The course is the brainchild of technology teachers Mike Pearce and Karl Backhouse-Smith. They wanted to build on the success of the college’s trades academy by creating opportunities for students with a strong automotive interest. And with the third school term running down, Pearce said the course is being voted a success on every level.

Online resources from the Motor Industry Training Organisation are used, but the programme itself has been designed by the school. At its heart is the focus on practical, hands-on work and that’s been a winner with students, Pearce said.

“They’re incredibly keen and they’re now doing all sorts of things. We’re doing this in a way that hasn’t been done before and they’re absolutely blooming in there.”

The automotive workshop comes complete with a hoist, a new spray booth and a range of tools. And on the floor at any given time are a number of vehicles in various stages of being stripped down, rebuilt or repaired. The school funded the initial set-up and the students have raised additional funds by buying vehicles, doing them up and on-selling them.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity, they’ve learned so much in a very short space of time. The students are so enthusiastic about this and so are the staff,”

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By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton College students Riley Molloy, Todd White, Sophie McMahon-Woods and Blake Farr, members of the school’s ground breaking automotive training course PHOTO KYLE BACKHOUSE-SMITH

Pearce said. While students spend just four hours each week in the automotive workshop, it has provided an incentive for them to achieve in core subject areas as they’re well aware that for life in the workforce will require more than just practical skills, he said.

Next year Pearce hopes to run the course over Years 12 and 13, but numbers will be limited by the number of teachers and tutors available. He also hopes to start involving industry to make employers aware of the skills students will be able to take into the workplace.

College principal Ross Preece is hailing the course as one of the school’s big success stories and he’s counting the

school as fortunate to have three very large workshop spaces on campus.

While the college course does not follow the MITO model, it has received high praise from the industry organisation.

After a site visit the school received an email from MITO praising it for the diverse range of skills and excellent life skills that every student was learning.

The calibre of training and expertise the tutors were providing was outstanding, MITO said.

The report said the college was to be congratulated on its “innovative, forward-thinking, supportive and trend setting programme that had excellent outcomes”.

Mid Canterbury’s median property values have risen up to seven per cent in the last year, with the suburbs of Tinwald and Ashburton leading the field.

This is according to the new CoreLogic internet mapping tool.

It shows Methven is the highest-priced urban area in the district, with the median value of homes at $436,600, 3.5 per cent higher than last year.

This compares to $356,800 for Ashburton homes, up by 6.9 per cent, and $387,450 for Tinwald homes, up by 7.4 per cent.

The jump in median value of more than six per cent puts the suburbs of both Tinwald and Ashburton ahead of even Christchurch when it comes to increases.

While the vast majority of Christchurch’s suburbs have seen median values rise in the past year, Hoon Hay has had the largest percentage increase, at 6.4 per cent.

The median value for Hampstead is $312,500, up by 6.2 per cent, for Netherby $337,900, up by 5.5 per cent, and for Allenton $418,200, up 4.9 per cent in the last year.

The median value of homes at Rakaia is $337,750, which has increased by 3.4 per cent in the last year.

Urban areas closer to Christchurch are pricier, with $441,900 the median value at Darfield, up by 3.5 per cent, and $448,400 at Leeston, up by 2.2 per cent. At Rolleston the median value is $570,300, up by just 1.5 per cent compared to last year.

Christchurch has three $1 million-plus suburbs, being Scarborough on top at $1.16 million, while the cheapest part of the city is Phillipstown, at $303,550.

CoreLogic economist Kelvin Davidson said the updated visualisation tool confirmed the rebound in Auckland’s property market, while most suburbs around the other main centres also saw median values increase.

“We all know that the world has changed since March and suburb-level data will become even more interesting as the months tick by,” Davidson said.

“A tight supply-demand balance and low mortgage rates have been key factors behind the general resilience of property values to date.”

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LITTER-FREE

2.8 tonnes of rubbish in two years

By Heather Mackenzie heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

They’ve collected more than 2.8 tonnes worth of rubbish in just over two years, but there’s no slowing down for a passionate group of locals better known as Litter-Free Ashburton.

And while they might have kept their participation in the annual New Zealand Clean Up Week on the down-low, due to Covid-19, there were still plenty of helpers on hand on Saturday.

Co-ordinator Bev Skates said the group normally meet on the second Thursday of the month, but added an extra day on Saturday to show their support for the national clean up New Zealand cause.

“Between our regular members and the extra volunteers we totalled around 20 people,” she said.

Alongside the regular litter-free volunteers were councillor John Falloon and his wife Shirley, representatives from the Ashburton Youth Council, members of the public, including parents and children, and rounding off the list was Anthea Moore from EcoEducate.

Skates said it was great to see parents with children turning up to help.

“We all want to make Ashburton a clean, tidy and litter-free town and passing this message on to the next generation at events like this is invaluable.”

Meeting at 10am in the West Street car park, they divided into

Taking part in Saturday’s litter pick-up were Bev Skates from Litter-Free Ashburton, Anthea Moore from Eco Educate, Lorraine Robinson and Judy Brown. groups and quickly set about cleaning up the messy streets of Ashburton.

In an area stretching between Trevors Road, Racecourse Road and River Terrace, the collectors gathered up over 30 large bags of rubbish in just three hours.

Skates said they found some particular hotspots that will need to be gone over again.

“Judy Brown and Lorraine Robinson were clearing amongst the

trees along River Terrace and said it was particularly bad, so we plan to revisit that area during our monthly clean-up meeting in October.”

Infrastructure services group manager Neil McCann said Ashburton District Council proudly supports Litter-Free Ashburton’s efforts by providing all the gear they need to perform their cleanup activities where possible.

Their support is something

Skates appreciates and wants to thank them for.

“They lent us their event trailer to put all the rubbish in, supplied the bags, gloves, high-vis vests and litter pickers. They also organise Envirowaste to take the rubbish away.”

Organising rubbish collection for the Litter-Free Ashburton volunteers has become a familiar thing for McCann and his team as they have retrieved a whopping

2.8 tonnes of rubbish over the last two years.

“Much of what was collected was rubbish hidden in trees in the reserve along State Highway 1, as one comes into town from the North Park turn-off.”

“They have retrieved mattresses, broken glass, old electrical [or] electronic appliances, and loads of ordinary household rubbish,” he said.

Skates agreed that the North Park tree area was always a bad spot, but thanks to the work carried out in the area it’s entirely different now.

“The council limbing the trees along there has made a huge difference. People are always telling me how nice and welcoming it looks along there now.”

As well as supplying rubbish collection apparel and bags, McCann said they try to help out in other ways too, like linking them up with the council’s waste educator, Lesley Ottey from EcoEducate, and allowing use of the council’s recycling events trailer for events like New Zealand Clean Up Week.

McCann speaks very highly of Bev and the rest of the group. He said they are pleased to be working with Bev and her associates as they take the lead in promoting a litter-free environment for Ashburton.

“Litter-Free Ashburton is a grassroots initiative of which the council fully supports, and is a group the community of Ashburton can be proud of.”

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Gulls heed not wanted message Mid Town Mardi Gras all go

By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Gulls congregating in Ashburton have made themselves scarce in recent weeks as they have finally got the message they are not wanted in the CBD. Large menacing hawk kites erected on top of tall buildings appear to have done the trick, and stopped the black-billed gulls congregating and fouling the buildings and surrounding cars and pavements.

About 3000 of the rare birds are instead congregating on a large irrigation pond on a Lagmhor farm, much to the bemusement of the farmer.

He did not want to be named, but told the Guardian he was happy for the gulls to stay – for now.

“They are not doing us any harm at the present,” he said.

However, he did not want the birds to settle long-term, and he hoped they would not decide to nest there over summer.

“We don’t want to be in a position where if they are nesting there we can’t use that pond,” he said.

It is illegal to disturb the rare gulls while they are nesting.

Forest and Bird Ashburton branch chairwoman Edith Smith said it appeared the large hawk kites erected on a number of buildings had worked in deterring them from town.

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

Thousands of endangered black-billed gulls, congregating on a Lagmhor farmer’s irrigation pond, have finally realised green pastures and blue skies are more accommodating for their needs than buildings in Ashburton’s CBD. PHOTO SUPPLIED

She noticed them at the Lagmhor pond over two weeks ago, and believed the group included the same individuals which had been congregating in the town.

She did not think they would decide to nest at the location, although such a situation was not unheard of. A colony of about

4000 black-billed gulls had nested on a farm in North Canterbury in a previous season. The farmer in that case had been accepting of the situation and had even put up an electric fence to protect the chicks and their parents from predators.

“And carried on grazing cattle

around them,” Smith said.

She believed the birds would soon move out to the shingle braids of the Ashburton River, where they typically nest each year from late September onwards, at sites including the State Highway One bridge and Ashburton River mouth.

Safer Mid Canterbury general manager Kevin Clifford explains the organisation’s various services to Barbara Kuriger (left), and Megan Hands of the National Party.

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Rural MPs visit Ashburton

By Susan Sandys susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Megan Hands is this week focusing on Mid Canterbury’s rural community as she campaigns in the lead-up to the election.

The Rangitata National Party candidate is hosting the party’s rural MPs in the electorate.

On Monday, Hands and party senior whip Barbara Kuriger, who is also the Spokesperson for Rural Communities, visited Safer Mid Canterbury, where

general manager Kevin Clifford informed the two politicians of the many services under the organisation’s umbrella.

These included supporting newcomers, youth health, youth justice, youth support, adolescent training, suicide prevention, families without violence and a rural driver programme.

Kuriger was suitably impressed.

“If you look at all the things you do, there’s not many places here people can fall through the cracks,” Kuriger said.

“You guys are the glue between all of these things.”

Rural Driver Licensing Scheme co-ordinator Wendy Hewitt told the politicians about the scheme and its success at helping newcomers beat isolation and gain independence.

“I’m one of these people that believe the really good ideas start in our communities, they don’t actually come out of Wellington,” Kuriger said.

Kuriger was also here in her capacity as Spokesperson for Women, and she and Hands planned

to visit Dairy Women’s Network and local business leaders.

Later in the week Hands would be hosting Spokesperson for Agriculture David Bennett, former Minister of Agriculture David Carter and Spokesperson for Biosecurity and Spokesperson for Building and Construction Tim van de Molen. They would be visiting agribusinesses and farms.

“I think it’s about showing we have a strong voice for rural communities within the National Party,” Hands said.

East Street will come alive on September 28 afterall with the Mid Town Mardi Gras given the green light.

With the country outside of Auckland set to go to Covid-19 Alert Level 1 at midnight on Monday, the planned mardi gras will go ahead, organiser Carol Johns said.

“It sounded all good to me. “[Jacinda] didn’t say no.”

The mardi gras was planned to fill the void after Boulevard Day was cancelled earlier this year and Johns got the go-ahead she needed from the government decision on Monday.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the government has “agreed in principle” to the country outside of Auckland moving back to Level 1 on Tuesday.

“I had everything crossed and now we are fine.

“Unless something major happens [before Monday] we’ll be all-go.”

Had the decision been different, a decision to cancel the Boulevard Day replacement event would have been disappointing for the 70 stallholders, Johns said.

We are full to the brim with sites and it would be such a shame to cancel it.

“So many of the stallholders have said that every time an event gets cancelled it’s a real kick in the guts to them because this is their living.

“That’s probably why I have had so many wanting to come.

Johns said the high level of continued interest from stallholders had made her considering expanding the event further, but had opted not to due to the uncertainty.

The stallholders will offer a range of foods, hand-made goods and other items.

Community groups will also have stalls while it is hoped Ashburton retailers will also benefit from the crowds – with an expected boost from it being South Canterbury Anniversary Day. The annual Bookarama is also set to open on September 28.

Carol Johns

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OUR VIEW

Covid-19 makes it tough going for election

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

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e’re now just over one month out from heading to the voting booths and had Covid-19 not happened, we’d be preparing to go to them this weekend.

So, you’d like to think that the majority of people in your electorate, should you be standing, would be able to identify you from a photo, surely?

Last week reporter Susan Sandys hit the streets with some neutral-looking photos of politicians just to see how well schooled up the locals were on who was who in the local political realm.

The images featured both Labour’s Jo Luxton and National’s Megan Hands.

It was an interesting option before she even walked out the door to hit the streets, but it became even more interesting when she returned to the office.

Now, it should be pointed out here that things are a little different in the lead-up to this election, granted.

The opportunities to get out in front of the public have been limited but when one is coming in at 50 per cent recognition and another at less than that surely you’d be taking a step back and wondering what you need to do to get those numbers up.

It’s not a dig at either individual either, they’ve both been reasonably proactive it would seem in recent weeks, but perhaps – for various reasons, not as proactive in our neck of the electorate as say others – a fair indication taking into account the results from Susan’s mini survey.

What it does do is create an opportunity for both Jo and Megan to try and up that percentage in the final weeks, perhaps we could hit the streets again in a fortnight and see if things have changed.

It’ll be interesting to see if there is a change in the numbers.

Of course, if you’re a candidate in one of the other minor parties, it doesn’t bode that well for you either.

If under half of the people can’t identify a List MP seeking a second term in Parliament who hails from this region, nor a candidate who claimed the candidacy off the back of one of the most scandalous political stories in our region’s history – then there’s even an even tougher road ahead.

We have a very interesting few weeks coming, that’s for sure.

YOUR VIEW Ashburton Art Gallery There has been much to respond to in the last fortnight – but I will start with the Ashburton Guardian cartoon of seagulls atop the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre. While I acknowledge an apology from the editor, one can not unsee the image.

It appeared that the cartoon was intended to support an accompanying letter to the editor on the matter of leaky buildings. It also seems that the image was continuing to exacerbate a perceived ongoing community frustration with the Ashburton Art Gallery (AAG).

I am perplexed by the unrelenting, unwarranted and misdirected frustration toward AAG – so let’s recap.

After concluding that there was merit in requests to review the housing of the Ashburton District’s historical and artistic collections, Ashburton District Council started on the journey of constructing a “purposebuilt” building.

During that journey, the AAG raised a number of concerns, both around the build itself and operationally. The relocation to a new premises, in a residential zone, resulted in a more prohibitive resource consent, greater restrictions and a reduction of the number events.

While the increased size and capacity, required an increased operating budget.

AAG commissioned two peer reviews of the project prior to the build, both rang alarm bells and these concerns were raised with council, the reviews foretold many of the issues that are now a reality.

Having been at the table during the debates, it was not useful, that what should have been a focused debate on the suitability of the proposed premises – instead became a battle of priorities between sports (EA Networks Centre) and arts and heritage.

I heard suggestions, that if you supported the building, you were for the arts and heritage, if you opposed you were for sports. Personally, I was and remain supportive of arts, heritage and sports – however, I was sufficiently concerned to record my vote against

proceeding to build.

To date, the subsequent decisions of council, have cost the ratepayers approximately $11.2m ($12.2m less a Government grant $1m). Fingers crossed – that the latest round of remedial work, will be sufficient to get the building to the required industry standard.

I am incredulous that when a tenant of the building paid for peer reviews, raised their concerns, have diligently and professionally managed their way around shortcomings in a premises that is less than “purpose-built” and less than promised – that it is they who have been repeatedly vilified.

We are now approaching a decade, since many of these discussions were initially had, but it seems that one tenant has unjustly worn the brunt of the community criticism.

May I respectfully suggest, that any frustrations with the building itself should be directed to the landlord, not the tenant.

However, as they say – “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story”.

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Russell Anstiss The Ashburton Hearing Association is saddened by the passing of Russell Anstiss QSM Patron, Life Member and Past President of our Association.

Soon after being diagnosed with a hearing impairment over 30 years ago Russell Anstiss began thinking about how he could help others experiencing hearing loss.

Russell joined the Ashburton Hearing Association and immediately became actively involved, he served as president for 22 years.

He was instrumental in the branch establishing our own premises as a partner in the Seniors Centre.

Believing those with a hearing impairment should never be marginalised Russell set about helping Ashburton Hearing Association grow our resources to enable us to provide assistance including a scholarship to provide support in perpetuity for those with hearing impairment in the Ashburton District.

Russell has made a huge contribution to

the Hearing Association both in Ashburton and nationally.

In 2019 Russell received a Hearing New Zealand National Achievement Award.

Our branch is richer in every sense because Russell shared his wonderful personality, great sense of fun and business acumen with us.

We will miss, but never forget our great friend Russell Anstiss.

Yours sincerely, Aine Whiting, President Ashburton Hearing Association

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FROM OUR MAYOR

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very so often, we get a chance to pause and reflect on the people that we are truly thankful for: the ones who bring us enjoyment or help us when we most need it, whether it be through our sports clubs, delivering meals, transport to appointments or programmes to help us reach our goals.

Right now, we as a community have an opportunity to thank these selfless volunteers through the Community Honours Awards and I am encouraging everyone to nominate an organisation or person they know who deserves to be recognised.

By Neil Brown Ashburton’s Mayor

The awards are designed to celebrate individuals and organisations who have carried out meritorious voluntary community service.

Essentially, they recognise local volunteers who make our district the welcoming, cohesive and great place that it is.

Nominations are being accepted until Friday, September 25, and there are four award categories available: Mayor’s Award for Public Service, Ashburton Medal, Civic Awards and

Honorary Citizens.

In my role as mayor, I often have the privilege of meeting volunteers in the course of their work and I get to see the good that they do for our people.

As you will know, they don’t do it for monetary gain, the limelight or fanfare.

It comes from a place of caring and wanting to make a difference for their community, which is incredibly inspiring.

We all know people who give up their time and energy to deliver for others right across our district, whether you are a direct recipient of this effort or you see it happening.

They may be relatively new to volunteering and are making a tremendous difference to people and organisations in need.

Others may have been volunteering for most of their life and their contribution to our community is simply immeasurable.

We don’t always get the chance to truly thank them for what they do, but now is the perfect opportunity to do so.

Show our local volunteers how important they are to us by putting their name forward for a Community Honours Award before nominations close.

Download a nomination form from the council website at

ashburtondc.govt.nz/communityhonoursawards. There, you will also find information about the award categories.

I’m looking forward to reading these nominations and learning even more about the good being done in our community, thanks to our dedicated and outstanding local volunteers.

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2020 ELECTION

‘Bugger the pollsters!’–Jim Bolger, Nov, 1993

By Josh Van Veen RNZ

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s the 2020 election result really the foregone conclusion that the polls and commentators are suggesting?

I would suggest otherwise, pointing to some of the shortcomings of opinion polling, which could have some politicians saying “bugger the pollsters” on election night.

In November, 1993, opinion polls foretold a comfortable victory for the incumbent National Party. But there was no clear outcome on election night.

For a brief moment, it appeared that the Labour Party of Mike Moore could reclaim power with support from the new left-wing Alliance.

The upset led then-prime minister Jim Bolger to exclaim, “Bugger the pollsters!” To his relief the final count gave National a one-seat majority.

Twenty-seven years later, polling suggests that Jacinda Ardern is on the cusp of forming her own single party majority government.

Bolger was the last prime minister to enjoy such a mandate.

The 1993 general election ushered in a new era of multiparty politics.

A succession of coalition and minority governments would follow – right up to the present.

But this era could soon be over.

At the time of writing, Labour is projected to win more than the 61 seats needed to govern alone.

Statistician Peter Ellis calculates a 0.1 per cent chance that National can form the next government.

These numbers may sound fanciful, whatever your politics, but they are based on highly credible data from the country’s two most successful polling companies.

In the past nine months, 1News/Colmar Brunton and Newshub/Reid Research have released a total of seven polls between them.

They have told more or less the same story.

In the aftermath of the first lockdown, support for Labour reached historic levels, while National collapsed to under 30 per cent.

For a brief moment, it appeared that the Labour Party of Mike Moore (right) could reclaim power with support from the new left-wing Alliance.

The upset led then-prime minister Jim Bolger (left) to exclaim, “Bugger the pollsters!” To his relief the final count gave National a one-seat majority.

Act has surged, the Greens are perilously close to the threshold and NZ First languishes around 3 per cent.

With Labour ahead by such a wide margin, it appears that the election is more or less a foregone conclusion.

But is it really? In 2017, the final Reid Research poll had an average discrepancy of just 0.7 percentage points when it came to estimating support for the main parties, compared to the final result.

Colmar Brunton and Roy Morgan were out by an average 1.4 and 2.7 points respectively.

While these differences are usually within the reported margins of sampling error, a percentage point or two can be crucial.

If, for example, National had maintained its election night support of 46 per cent in the final count it is quite possible that Bill English would still be the prime minister.

That is why polls are more useful for reading trends than making predictions.

In 2020, commentators and journalists have dismissed the possibility of a National victory.

The perceived wisdom is that most voters have now made up their minds and the next month is unlikely to see much change in public opinion. But this overlooks the number of undecided and wavering voters.

In the 2017 NZ Election Study, for example, around 20 per cent reported making up their minds during the final week (including

election day itself ).

In the last Colmar Brunton poll, 10 per cent of the respondents said they were undecided and 4 per cent refused to answer.

The headline results (eg, Labour 53 per cent) are calculated by excluding those respondents who either “don’t know” or refuse to say.

If we did include the undecideds in the base of the calculation for party support then Labour would be on 47 per cent. Those undecided voters could at least determine whether or not Labour governs alone.

Furthermore, it is impossible to know how committed individual respondents are to voting a particular way – or even voting at all.

Although respondents are asked “how likely” they are to vote, neither Colmar Brunton nor Reid Research take into account the effect of non-voting.

In other words, no assumption is made about the probability someone will vote based on their demographic profile.

This means that while their samples are representative of the general population, it is difficult to know how representative they are of the voting public.

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DAIRY WORKERS

Border relaxations ‘too late’

Filipino Ryan Baricuatro, who has worked on David McFarlane’s dairy farm for seven years, but was caught overseas during the Covid-19 border lockdown, is desperate to return to his job in New Zealand.

By Heather Chalmers heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

A relaxation of border restrictions to allow some experienced farm workers back into New Zealand has come too late for Mid Canterbury dairy farmer David McFarlane.

Before calving McFarlane was desperate to get his only staff member, Ryan Baricuatro, who was stranded in the Philippines because of Covid-19 border restrictions, back in New Zealand.

Baricuatro had worked on the McFarlane family’s 500-cow farm at Carew for seven years.

Instead, McFarlane had to recruit two backpackers to help out during calving and had hired a new permanent staff member two weeks ago.

Calving without an experienced worker was tough.

“It was a lot of stress.”

His wife Liz had their first baby on August 12 and he also had a spell in hospital.

“It’s certainly been eventful.

“Thanks to good strong family networks that helped out, we got through it.”

McFarlane said that while he was keen to assist Baricuatro, visa holders must have retained their job in New Zealand to apply for the new border exception category which becomes available in early October.

As space would need to be booked in managed isolation facilities and returning Kiwis would likely get priority, McFarlane estimated that returning workers would be “lucky to be in the country by Christmas”.

He would try his best to get Baricuatro back, who had got caught up in Covid-19 lockdown rules after taking annual leave to visit his family in the Philippines.

“He’s desperate to get back.

“The situation is pretty dire over there.

“That 30 per cent of Filipinos normally work overseas tells you something about the job situation in the Philippines. Returning Filipinos because of Covid-19 have made finding a job there almost impossible and there is no unemployment benefit.

“If we can accommodate him we will try our best. There are plenty of dairy jobs available,” McFarlane said.

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The Regions was holding a seminar at the Hotel Ashburton on Monday, October 5 at 7pm to provide advice to dairy farmers on how to retain staff and requirements for visa holders.

Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi said many of these visa holders and their families had lived in New Zealand for years and had built lives here with the hope and expectation that they would be able to stay longerterm.

“It is only fair to let these visa holders return given their long-standing and ongoing connections to this country.”

Government has also changed its visa settings, granting a fivemonth extension to current onshore visitor visas that are due to expire before the end of October.

DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle said skilled migrant dairy farm employees contributed to the dairy sector’s success.

“They are invaluable for their experience and skills and are important for training incoming Kiwi staff.”

Mackle advised migrants and their employers to understand the rules and confirm if they met the exemption criteria before submitting applications.

“We don’t want to see additional stress, costs and disappointment for this group of patient people.”

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FIELD DAY

Focus on managing wetlands

By Heather Chalmers heather.m@theguardian.co.nz

Two coastal Mid Canterbury farms managing wetlands on their properties will be the focus of a field day next Tuesday.

The field day is part of a New Zealand Landcare Trust-led project focused on managing wetlands as farm assets.

Next week’s field day will visit Ian and Sue Thornton’s farm, Ealing Dairies, and Angus and Gemma McKenzie’s Wairuna Farm.

Angela Cushnie, who is managing the wetlands as farm assets project said the field day, which runs from 10am to 3.30pm, was an opportunity to share information about restoring and managing wetlands with local farmers and the wider farming sector.

“These demonstration sites represent two very different wetland types and farm systems and cover a significant variety of wetland characteristics.”

The Thorntons had a QEII covenant on their braided river wetland alongside the Rangitata River.

They had gained a great deal of knowledge since 2016 when they first embarked on restoring the site, ranging from weed control, ecosystems and hydrology to mahinga kai, predator control and native plantings.

The McKenzie wetland was a living example of Canterbury Plains dongas/dry gullies, with an eroded headland and a hapua/river mouth lagoon butting up against beach gravels.

Fenced off several years ago, this wetland showed the impact of coastal squeeze on wetlands along the Canterbury Bight.

A Mid Canterbury coastal wetland is one of two being visited as part of a NZ Landcare Trust-led field day next Tuesday.

PHOTO SUPPLIED The McKenzies were working on a wetland management plan to help address challenges around willow control, native planting and protecting coastal habitat.

The three-year project involves 15 diverse properties across Canterbury.

The aim of the project is to work with farmers to provide advice and share knowledge about the range of benefits wetlands offer the farming system and wider community.

“One of the main objectives is to bring a group around the farmer so we can use that wetland as an example to teach others.

“It’s very farmer-led,” Cushnie said.

With funding from Sustainable Farm-

ing Fund and co-funding from Environment Canterbury, NZ Landcare Trust, NZ Merino, DairyNZ, Fonterra and Overseer, 15 practical wetland demonstration sites were being set up, including three constructed wetlands.

The demonstration sites were chosen to show a range of wetlands, across the different farming systems and varying ecologi-

cal zones of Canterbury.

About 90 per cent of wetlands throughout the country have been lost through drainage, land development and land use change.

In Canterbury, natural wetlands on the plains were now very rare as remaining wetlands tended to be coastal or in the foothills, high country, or margins of rivers.

While most farmers want to farm sustainably, some had concerns about having a wetland area identified on the farm, Cushnie said.

“It can be hard to know how to protect and manage it.

“This project will showcase how farmers can lead and undertake such projects, with support from others when required.”

The project also allows co-funders to work closely with farmers. DairyNZ has information to share on how wetlands filter nutrients whilst Overseer will work with farmers to gain information to include in the model.

Constructed wetlands were included so farmers can learn how these are established and maintained. Monitoring will identify costs and benefits that can be shared with the wider community.

To attend the Mid Canterbury field day on September 22 RSVP Angela Cushnie, phone 027 603 3457 or angelacushnie@ outlook.com.

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METHVEN

Locals save best for last

By Matt Markham matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Brent White captured all the emotions of horse racing in the space of about three minutes on Sunday.

The Ashburton horseman went from frustration, to hope, then despair and finally elation and shock as his promising pacer Midfrew Luisianabeau, with Stephen McNally in the sulky, produced a remarkable effort to win the final race of the day at the Methven Trotting Club meeting.

The frustration came before the race had even started, with the big pacer going into a gallop and putting himself lengths behind the field when the race properly began.

Hope came when he joined the rest of the field about a third of a way through the race, before despair kicked in when he copped a check at the 1000 metre mark which looked to put an end to any chance of success and then elation and shock both arrived when he stormed down the outside to win easily.

“I didn’t expect that,” White

said in the immediate aftermath of the race.

“If he’d run past a few up the Jason Ford and Test The Boundaries return after winning the opening race of the day.

Midfrew Luisianabeau was an impressive winner of the last race of the day on Sunday. straight I probably would have been happy with the effort considering everything else, but to come from last and run past them like that was some effort.”

It was a performance to behold, especially on a track which had shown a heavy favouring to horses on the speed throughout the 11 races prior to the last event of the day.

The effort put a solid final touch on a much-anticipated return to grass track racing for the new season, with big and even fields throughout the day causing plenty of headaches for punters and form analysts.

White wasn’t the only local to find himself in the winners’ circle either.

The Rakaia father-and-son duo of Allan and Jason Ford combined in the first race of the day to win with the clearly talented Test The Boundaries, who backed up some heavy support following a strong trial win the weekend prior.

Nestled up three back on the fence, the gelding found room

at the top of the straight and did enough to get past a valiant Queen Of Strathfield in the run to the line to win by a small margin.

The Ford combination almost made it two wins for the day later on in the programme when Call This Fun turned in a tidy performance to claim second.

John Morrison was the other local name to feature prominently in the day’s proceedings, winning two races.

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He caused the first major upset of the day when he stormed home with Archaic Lustre to take the win for Ladbrooks trainer Ivan Court at a price of 36-toone, and then delivered his second double-figure win later in the day when he won the junior drivers’ event with a cagey drive on Champagneandwine for Malcolm Shinn.

The double took Morrison to nine driving wins for the season.

John Morrison had a good day at the office, claiming two wins.

SUSPENSION LOOMING

Johnson stood down after positive breath test NZ Racing Desk Champion jockey Chris Johnson is adamant he wasn’t drunk when stood down from riding for failing a breathalyser test at Riccarton on Saturday.

But the 56-year-old, on the verge of setting a new record for domestic wins by a New Zealand jockey, says he won’t argue with the results of the test that will almost certainly see him suspended for at least a month.

Johnson was breathalysed after finishing third in the first race at Riccarton and says his level was 145mcg, falling to 130mcg for his next test 10 minutes later.

While the Racing Integrity Unit steward in charge of the meeting John Oatham would not confirm Johnson’s exact readings, he said Johnson’s claims were close enough to accurate.

While a driver of a motor vehicle over 20 is considered under the limit up until 250mcg, for jockeys riding in races or trials that limit is 100mcg so the stewards had no option but to stand Johnson down.

Johnson isn’t arguing with their actions or the readings, but the one-time flawed genius of New Zealand racing says he had not been drinking heavily the night before and definitely hadn’t

drunk on the day of the races.

“I had a few on Friday night, a couple of beers and some bourbons, but nothing serious. I was in bed by 11pm,” says Johnson, who has battled alcoholism in the past.

“The problem was I didn’t eat.

“I was wasting (trying to quickly drop weight) so I could ride a couple of horses at 54kgs so I didn’t have dinner on Friday night and no breakfast on Saturday.

“And I spent an hour in the spa to get some weight off in the morning, so when I got to the races I must have had the alcohol still in my system, but I definitely

wasn’t drunk or impaired.

“I actually drove the truck to the races because I was fine.”

Johnson now needs just 11 more wins to pass ex-pat Ashburtonian David Walsh for the most wins ever by a New Zealand jockey, with Walsh’s record standing at 2451 victories.

Having battled the demon before Johnson says he has put his wild nights behind him.

“I know what it is like to go on those benders and get messed up and I don’t do that any more.

“Those days are gone.

“I still enjoy a drink, but I don’t hit it hard and this definitely wasn’t a case of that.

“I am not saying the machine (breathalyser) was wrong so I will probably plead guilty and get a suspension.

“But I am not going anywhere.

“I am going to keep riding and break that record.”

Respected trainer John Parsons, who Johnson works for part-time and rides a lot for in races, said that he had travelled to the races with Johnson, and saw no indications he was intoxicated.

“He was fine to look at and speak to and had it been a roadside driving alcohol test it wouldn’t even be a factor,” said Parsons.

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RUGBY

Hammering in Hanmer

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

The Hammers have sprung into life after a first-half blitz sank Buller at the weekend.

Mid Canterbury’s 41-19 win at Hanmer came off the back of a dominant display in the first 40 which had the visitors up 29-5 by halftime.

In what was somewhat of a reversal of the previous week, Mid Canterbury piled on the points in the first spell, crossing the chalk five times. It allowed coach Jason Rickard to blood some more fresh faces from the bench after getting the early jump on Buller.

“The second half was a bit patchy,” he said. “We rolled out the reserves and gave them (Buller) plenty of points.

“Sometimes the combinations take a while to click into gear.”

However wing Raitube Vasurakuta’s 79th minute try – the seventh and final try for the visitors – indicated the team were still operating with plenty of purpose until the final whistle, Rickard said.

“That was pleasing, they kept on trying.”

It was contrasting fortunes for Mid Canterbury compared to the side’s previous hit-out in Timaru, where a promising start went largely unrewarded.

This time round, it was the Hammers who had to absorb early pressure before taking their

Mid Canterbury wing Raitube Vasurakuta scored the last of the Hammers’ seven tries against Buller in Hamner on Saturday.

PHOTO GRAHAM SHAW opportunities as they punished the home team. “”We talked about that,” Rickard said. “If you start well it makes

it easier. In the first 15 minutes it was about absorbing that early Buller pressure, they defended really well.”

Although the side remains unbeaten after two weeks, their hopes of contesting the Hanan Shield were dashed at the week-

end when South Canterbury ran out 24-7 winners over North Otago in Oamaru. With no return game against South Canterbury for the Hammers or North Otago, the silverware will remain in Timaru for the summer.

“They obviously picked up everything against North Otago,” Rickard said.

Although Rickard said it was a shame there was no follow-up encounter, he explained that the timing of each union’s senior club competitions and representative programmes, alongside the backdrop of Covid, had already made things very challenging.

Mid Canterbury return to home turf this weekend for the first of two consecutive clashes with North Otago. This weekend’s match at Hinds is set to be played in front of no spectators, after the Government announced a weeklong extension to the Covid Alert Level 2 for most of the country on Monday.

“We’re going to be based down in Hinds for the week for training.

“It would’ve been nice to have a crowd down there because it’s really our only home game and I know there’s a lot of support out there. I guess we’re just grateful that we’re able to get out there and play.”

SCOREBOARD Mid Canterbury 41: Paovale Sofai (2), Luke Gilbert, Seta Koroitamana, Tait Chisman, Tyler Blackburn, Raitube Vasurakuta tries, Nathan McCloy 3 conv. Buller 19.

FOOTBALL

United fail to find back of the net

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

St Albans Shirley proved too good for Mid Canterbury United in Christchurch at the weekend.

United were beaten 2-0 by the Christchurch club at St Albans Park, as the Canterbury Championship League was split in half.

Two goals separated the two clubs at Reserves level, with United going down 3-1.

The visitors did manage to get on the board in the earlier game, with 16-year-old striker Parker Bradford netting one for Mid Canterbury off the back of an assist from Ben Sutton.

Despite an improved performance on the park, Mid Canterbury United were soundly beaten in division 4 by Cashmere 4-0 in Christchurch.

The outcome was virtually cemented by

halftime following three first half goals by the home team. United limited the damage in the second half, keeping Cashmere to one second half strike.

It was all action at the Methven Domain, as the home team banked the three points following a 12-goal thriller in senior men’s division 2.

In what was a field day for the forwards, Methven prevailed 8-6 over the FC Twenty 11 Bombers in a seesawing epic.

“Not one for the defenders, but the strikers thoroughly enjoyed it,” a Methven FC spokesperson said.

It was a tougher day at the office for the club in division 7 across on the side of the Domain.

After securing a long awaited victory the previous week, the side were humbled 6-0 by competition leaders Ferrymead Bays, on a day where the ball found the back of the net a total of 18 times at the Methven Domain.

Right – Methven’s Matt Galbraith delivers a pass during the side’s 8-6 victory over the FC Twenty 11 Bombers during an action-packed double header at the Methven Domain on Saturday.

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GOLF

THRILLERS ON THE GREENS A string of competitive and thrilling match-ups were the order of the day during Sunday’s Methven Golf Club’s championship finals.

It came down to the final putt in the intermediate final, as Matt Duncan edged Paddy Helmore for the win.

It was a similar case in the junior A event, as Sam Clark held off a gallant Geoff Rhodes.

Played in glorious conditions, there were other thrilling duels across the 36 holes.

In the silver final, Angela Mowbray retained her title, but was taken right to the last hole by a plucky Robyn Maw. Steve Schwass became the new senior champion as he overcame Craig J. Middleton, while Peter Harper won the battle of the Peters to take out Junior B from Peter Kemp.

Ellen Kemp put in a consistent performance across the day to beat Ruth Smith in Bronze A playoff.

Bev Isherwood channelled her good form in recent times into the final to win the Bronze B showdown over Gail Limbrick.

In the senior knockout playoff, John McGettigan beat Alister Maxwell and Mike Gray took out the junior knockout.

Winners in the plate finals were Dayle Lucas (senior), Phil Johnson (intermediate), Eric Grimwade (junior A) and Bruce Dickson (junior B).

Sam Clark looks to chip onto the green on finals day at Methven on the weekend.

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BOWLS

Rolling into a new season Dave Muir send a bowl up the green on opening day for the Ashburton MSA Bowling Club at their Racecourse Road venue on Saturday.

The club officially began the summer season on the weekend, with many players around the Mid Canterbury area excited to get back into action after having their season cut short earlier in the year, right around the time of some important matches and tournaments, due to Covid-19.

Mid Canterbury Bowls are yet to release the full schedule for the season, but a bumper few months on the green is expected as other clubs around the district also prepare to open their doors.

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DARTS

RUGBY LEAGUE

Vince Carr lines up a throw during local darts action in Ashburton on Sunday.

Barbarians snatch last gasp win

By Jonathan Leask jonathan.l@theguardian.co.nz

DIGGERS ON TARGET

Ashburton’s band of dart players continued their solid form at the weekend.

The TSCC Diggers (Ashburton) eight clinched wins over Waimate and Geraldine outfits at the Ashburton RSA on Sunday.

The match-ups were part of

the eighth round of the Central Regions’ Darts Association league.

The Diggers began proceedings with a 19-13 win over Waimate Town & Country Club, before backing it up with a 29-3 victory over Geraldine.

With two rounds to go, it

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leaves the Ashburton side well placed for a top four finish.

“We’ve only lost two all season,” team member Vince Carr said.

“The boys played well on Sunday.

“I didn’t play so well, but the boys pulled me through.”

Matt Pawsey was highlighted as a top performer on Sunday as the only local player to shoot a 180.

Rob Coyle was also in superb touch on Sunday, Carr said.

The next round is set to take place early next month in Waimate.

The Ashburton Barbarians made a winning start to the Aoraki Rugby League competition at Ashbury Park in Timaru on Saturday.

The Barbarians fought back to beat the Timaru Outlaws 32-26 with a try in the final minute, while the Chertsey Oilers were annihilated 4-116 by the defending champion Country Cowboys.

In a game of two halves, the Barbarians came from behind and scored with six seconds on the clock to snatch the win over the Outlaws.

The Outlaws held a 16-8 lead at halftime, and then were up 26-14 midway through the second half.

The Barbarians came home strong, scoring 18 unanswered points including two tries in the final five minutes.

After tying the scores at 26-all moments earlier, George Hufanga scored the match-winner under the posts with six second on the clock.

“It was all a bit of a blur,” Barbarians manager Matt Milne said.

After taking their opponents too lightly early on Milne said the Barbarians’ fitness levels allowed them to finish stronger as the Outlaws faded.

In the other match it was all oneway traffic as the Oilers were completely outclassed by the defending champions. The Cowboys had beaten the Oilers 48-6 in last year’s grand final.

Gordon Hausia scored the Oilers’ lone try.

The junior sides, from U13 down to U7, also kicked off in Timaru on Saturday.

Round two will take place in Ashburton with the Barbarians going up against the Cowboys while the Oilers will look to bounce back against the Outlaws at Hampstead.

In round three the local derby has the Barbarians and Oilers clash in Rakaia on September 26, then it’s a straight final between the top two teams on October 3.

RUGBY

Plenty to be proud of despite final loss

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A tough road trip to Marlborough Boys’ College ended in another heavy defeat, however Mid Canterbury Combined’s coach believes there are plenty of positives heading into next year.

The Spartans were eventually overwhelmed 60-7 in Blenheim with the majority of the points coming in the second half of their final UC Championship encounter.

It was the 12th defeat from 13 starts, however the young side avoided the wooden spoon after Lincoln Combined were thumped by Rangiora High School.

“Compared to last season, we made some goals to stick to, which included to have a full squad for selection in the final game,” head coach Shane Enright said in his match wrap.

Winning their first game in three years was a high point of the season, and the culture was starting to build within the programme, Enright said.

“If we add those together we are on the right track to start 2021 in the right frame of mind.”

There was never going to be a shortage of intent from Marlborough Boys’ College.

Their captain, Monu Moli, who is the younger brother of injured All Blacks and Makos frontrower Atu Moli, was playing his 50th 1st XV game.

“They were always going to be up for this game,” Enright said.

“We had all watched the previous week’s game when they had played Roncalli and we really believed we were in for a chance to come away with the W in this one.”

After some goosebump-inducing hakas were exchanged, the home team charged early to race out to a 12-0 lead.

However Combined responded when first five Thomas Patterson utilised some silky footwork to dive over after lock Pasi Hala’s surging run led the visitors deep into Marlborough territory.

The home team crossed the chalk again before Combined loose forward Millar Newlands

was stopped half a metre short of the line, only for an ensuing turnover to result in a try up the other end, which knocked the stuffing out of MCC. Enright said the moment was a real turning point in the game.

“They were a big strong team, and that cost us in the end.

“But we never gave up, with some huge hits and great runs in the second half.”

Marlborough proceeded to put the pedal to the floor in the second half, adding a further 34 unanswered points following the break.

“Back when Covid-19 hit we had no idea if we would even get a chance to be part of the UC Championship this year.

Mid Canterbury Combined went down 60-7 in their final “But we did.”

UC Championship game against Marlborough Boys’.

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OPINION

‘Losing’ the Rugby Championship

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

B

efore getting buried in the politics and finger-pointing around the issue, my question is, do we actually care about The Rugby Championship being played in Australia?

Is the net outcome of not having the event on these shores really worth getting up in arms about?

Is it really about the rugby?

I guess it depends on what hat you’re wearing.

Trying to plan a multi-national

SPORTS RESULTS

■■ Bridge

Ashburton Bridge Club

Monday Evening – 7th September, Flaxmere & King Trophies: N/S 1st Hilda Blee & Colin Clemens, 2nd Anne Gilbert & Mary Bruce, 3rd Bruce Leighton & George Brown. E/W 1st Mervyn Jones & Joyce Johnson, 2nd Janine Havis & Debbie Seddon-Sewell, 3rd Pauline Scott & Ruth Logan.

Tuesday Evening – September 8, Ron Sutherland Trophy N/S 1ST Maryke Blignault & Paul Fergus, 2nd Audrey Rooney & Pat Jordan, 3rd Mary Buckland & Judith Edmond, E/W 1st Kay Robb & Mike Holdaway, 2nd Rewa Kyle & John Fechney, 3rd Sue Rosevear & David Sewell.

Wednesday Afternoon- September 9, Valetta Trophy N/S 1st Trish Downward & Rewa Kyle, 2nd Mary Buckland & Peter Downward, 3rd Rosemary McLaughlin & Judith Edmond Maree Moore & Beth McIlraith.

Thursday Evening –September 10, Party Night N/S 1st Shirley Harris & Sue Rosevear, 2nd Roger Baxter & Maryke Blignault, 3rd Graham Gilbert & Audrey Rooney.E/W 1st Debbie Seddon-Sewell & Pauline Fergus, 2nd David Fisher & John Shearer, 3rd Trish Small & Paul Leadley.

■■ Cycling

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Training Ride No. 12: 23 riders, 12th September 20: Home first Liz Wylie 30m 38s. 2nd. Andy Skinner 30m 38s. 3rd. Ross Proctor 30m 39s. 4th. Brent Hudson 30m 39s. 5th.

Monique Brake 25m 09s. 6th. Mike Hansen 25m 09s. 7th. Ross Templeton 25m 11s.

8th. John Uden 25m 22s. 9th. Mark Summerfield 23m 56s. F/T. 10th Rob Hooper 23m 57s. 2f/t. 11th. Larry Neal 23m 58s.

3f/t. 12th. Nick Grijns 24m 59.53s 4f/t.

13th. Matt Marshall 24m 59.93s 5f/t. 14th.

Paul Brake 28m 15s. 15th. Doug Coley 25m 15s. 16th. Pam Harcourt 30m 16s. 17th. Ra-

SPORTS DRAWS

■■ Bowls

MSA Bowling Club

Skips entered MSA Bowling Club Half Day Triples sponsored by Skip2It Flooring Xtra Friday September 18 12.30 start.

D. Muir, R. Mitchell, D. Kinvig, P. Collins, B. Williams, T. Inwood, G. Taylor, N. Atkinson, B. Harrison, E. Maw, B. Hopwood, H. Goodall, A. MacKenzie, M. Anderson, G. Clarke, J. Argyle.

Whites or Club Shirts to be worn. $21 team entry 12.30 start.

If unavailable please phone J. Argyle 308-5871.

Skips entered MSA Bowling Club Peters Cup kindly sponsored by Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton U Hire.

Sunday 20th September 9.30 start.

J. Moore, C. Carter, M. Skilling, T. Inwood, G. Clarke, M. Behrns, L. Luke, B. Mason,

professional sporting event with the Covid backdrop was always going to be a logistical nightmare, especially for the country with one of the more conservative approaches in tackling the pandemic.

Adding greater challenges is the contrasting agendas of each party.

The governing bodies; to keep financially afloat.

The Government; public health and securing an election.

The players; to not compromise their non-playing lives beyond unreasonable means.

And so on.

The Government has inev-

itably come in for flak due to its quarantine policies which prompted Sanzaar to favour a move to Australia.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pinpointed “Sanzaar politics” as a factor for New Zealand losing the staging of The Rugby Championship, sentiments which the rugby board room boys’ clubs refuted.

However you cannot dismiss the notion that there has been some alpha executive posturing as each union looks to secure a viable future, another issue which appears to have reached a cul-de-sac.

Particularly from NZ Rugby,

who have made noises of going it alone long term.

Both NZR and Rugby Australia are still at a standoff around the scheduling of Bledisloe Cup tests, with RA offering three alternative proposals, one of which includes hosting all four tests in Australia, and the gate takings and commercial profits being split between the two countries.

We haven’t even mentioned Argentina or the Springboks yet, with Covid rearing its head among the Pumas squad including coach Mario Ledesma.

An undercooked Springboks squad bereft of preparation due

to the Covid situation in the republic have also been urged not to participate in The Rugby Championship.

The PM hinted at a potential adjustment of quarantine protocols for the Wallabies if an agreement could not be reached, citing the profile of an Australian team as less perilous than the other two Southern nations.

With such question marks still hanging over both the Bledisloe Cup and the Rugby Championship, the question remains what exactly has New Zealand lost?

Regardless of where and when and who is kitting up for the ABs, I will be tuning in.

chel Reid 29m 20s. 18th. Kerry Clough 30m 20s. 19th Debbie Skinner 30m 20s.

20th. Ron Kennedy 30m 21s. 21st Don Morrison 28m 08s. 22nd Colin Teahan 31m 41s. 23rd. Brian Ellis 33m 05s.

ball +4; Jacobus van der Westhuizen, Dylan Stoddart and Jeff Hurst +2; Royce Jamieson, Al Jopson, and Brent Clarke square; Thomas Bird, James McFarlane, Brian Nuttall and Terry Molloy -1; Bruce Ferriman, David Robertson, Brayden Wood and Peter Wright -2.

Twos: Royce Jamieson, David Morrison, Ross Chatterton, Chris Ralston, Kevin Smith and Blair Snowball.

Nearest The Pins: Driving Range: Paul Warren; Docks Bar and Seafood Grill: Logan Tasker; Value Plus Processing: Ross Chatterton; South Island Seeds: Hamish Niles; Property Brokers #6: David Morrison; Ton’s Thai Longest Putt #9: Peter Wright; Tinwald Tavern Spot Prize: tbc.

Net Eagles Jackpot Hole: #17 Birdie Jackpot Hole # 7 Nine Hole Results: The Harvey Bakehouse winner was: Terry McMillan 31 nett.

Other winning scores were: Wendy Hopwood 34; Laurence Hanrahan 35; Sam Prince and Kevin Hurley 36; Gordon Clinton, Hughie Murchie, Alison Glossop and Elaine King 37. Sam Prince had a 2 at #8.

No 13: Ben Rutter. Green Parrot No 17: Alister Maxwell. Hunters Wines No 14: Craig Middleton.

Next Week 19th September: Bush Cup Champ Winners Senior Knockout: John McGttigan. Junior Knockout: Mike Gray.

Junior B: Peter Harper. Junior A: Sam Clark. Intermediate: Matt Duncan. Senior: Steve Schwass. Bronze B: Bev Isherwood.

Bronze A: Ellen Kemp. Silver: Angela Mowbray.

Tinwald Ladies Golf

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Ashburton 9 Hole

We were rained out on Thursday 10th, but we were able to play as usual on Saturday.

It was a medal round, all playing off the red tees (nett scores).

The Harvey Bakehouse winner was Terry McMillian (31).

Other winners: Wendy Hopwood 34), Laurence Hanrahan Jr (35), Sam Prince (36) and on 37, Gordon Clinton, Hughie Murchie, Allison Glossop and Elaine King.

Two’s: Sam Prince.

Coming up: Thursday 17th September, Medal Round sponsored by Netherby Pharmacy and Thursday 24th, Putting sponsored by Sega Golf.

Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday 12 September Results from the quarter final match play of the Club Championships were: Senior – O Miller beat R O’Neil, D Morrison beat B Franklin, R Bell beat H Niles, J Hewitt beat C Alexander.

Intermediate –S McCloy beat V Carr, B Day beat N MacDonald, C Lovelock beat R Stoddart, S Strange beat R Chatterton.

Junior A – S Beavan beat D Hewitt, K Clucas beat R Pawsey, A White beat D Peace, J Power beat R Lambert. Junior B – E Parr beat P Turton (20th), I Snowball beat M Holmes, G Brown beat S Dunlop, M Wackrow beat W Hetrick.

Plate results: Senior- P Walker beat J Overend, B Davidson beat A Hopwood, T Kingsbury beat T Sa, G Sparrow beat Peter Morrison.

Intermediate: P Bradford beat M Tait, C Ralston beat I Rive, G Jansen beat R Carlson, G Smith beat Paul Morrison.

Junior A: T Molloy beat D Snowball, G Fleming beat J Richards, P Hunt (bye), G Douglas (bye).

The Radius Care Player of the Day was Paul Baird +5 in the Par Round.

Other winning scores were: Blair Snow-

G. Bishop, R. McCarry, A. Sutherland, G. Eddington, R. Bennett, B. Harrison, R. Kane, G. Eder. Reserve T Blain.

Whites or Club Shirts to be worn. $32 team entry 9.30 start.

If unavailable please phone J. Argyle 308-5871.

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Ashburton Golf Club

Saturday September 19: The semi-finals of the Club Championships and Plates will be played, for those not in these a Stroke round will be played.

The draw for the matchplay will be posted on the Club website.

Starting Times: Morning 8.00 (frost dependent) and afternoon report at 11.30 for a 12.00pm start. Nine hole golfers from 12.30.

Sunday September 20: The annual Canterbury v Aorangi matches for the Tem-

Ashburton Women’s Golf

Saturday 12 September & Tuesday 15 September 2020 Irish Stableford: Lynn Small 72, Hilary Ward 71 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Gabites: Not struck, No 8 House of Travel: Sue Letham No 12 Lynn’s small Salon: Not struck, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Shirley Elliot, No 18 2nd Shot: Erin Porter.

Methven Golf Club

12th September Finals Day Senior: Steve Schwass 78-5-73. Intermediate: Phil Johnson 83-10-73. Junior A: Andrew McNeur 94-21-73. Junior B: Bruce Dickson 95-22-73 by lot Other Good Scores: 73 John Robinson. 74 Rod Carson. 75 Keith Middleton Twos: James Anderson, Alister Maxwell.

Dubliner best nett: Steve Schwass 73 by lot. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Andrew McNeur 73 by lot. Bar Voucher Best Gross : Steve Schwass 78 Closest to the Pins: Aqua Japanese No 4: James Anderson.

Bar Voucher No 6: Peter Harper. Ski Time

pler Trophy will be played. The course will be closed to other players.

Ashburton Country Ladies Vets Golf

Ashburton Country Ladies Vets Golf, Friday 18 September.

Mystery Bus Trip. Meet 8am at Tinwald Golf Club carpark. Your $25 will be collected by Sue before boarding the bus.

Morning tea and lunch will be provided.

Under Covid-19 rules, a mask or face covering to be worn on the bus.

■■ Hockey

Mid Canterbury Hockey

Mid Canterbury Hockey NBS Turf is currently operating under Level 2 Covid-19 restrictions - please ensure you are familiar with & comply with the guidelines as currently advertised on the Mid Canterbury Hockey website: www.mchockey.co.nz/Covid-19

Rakaia Golf Club

Rakaia Golf Club Championship Results held Saturday 12 September Men: Senior Cameron Grant, Senior Plate Paul Whittaker, Intermediate Ross Moore, Intermediate Plate James Kirkwood, Junior A John Cockburn, Junior A Plate Tony Tarbotton, Junior B Phil Vanderweg, Junior B Plate Brian Brown.

Ladies: Bronze A Marion Wederell, Bronze B Vall Sisson, Plate Bronze B Freda Bierema 9 Hole Judy Moore.

Tinwald Golf Club

Saturday September 12 - Stableford Leading scores in the stableford round played on Saturday; - 18 Brian Rouse 40, Kevin Bishop 38, Tetua Tuakeu 36. 19 Plus; Trevor Emery 35, John Harris 34.

Women; (stroke) Leen Bell 73, Jacqui Beardsley 76. Nearest the pin; Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Alex Roa. Gluyas Ford # 6; Regan Stills. The Fine Lion # 12; Nigel Heney. Ace Automotive # 16; Kevin Bishop. G & R Seeds 2nd shot #11; Keith Bonnington.

Twos; Lawrence McCormick, Regan Stills, Nigel Heney, Nick Wilson, Craig Meyrick, Pete Marshall, Murray Beach (2), Jacqui Beardsley. Net Eagle; # 11 Not struck.

Semi-finalists have been found for the championships with Nigel Heney and Regan Stills, John Smitheram and Dave King contesting the senior, Steve Anderson and Jason King, Randall Feutz and Andrew Barrie in the intermediate.

In the Junior A Kieron Gray takes on Michael Thomas, Lyndon Moore plays Wayne Mellish. Junior B Neil Connelly and Lawrence McCormick, John Moses and Roger Bruce face off.

Small Sticks Duty Club: Rakaia Friday 18 September Kiwi Sticks [Yr 5] 3.45 pm Rakaia Yr 5 v Wakanui Blue [Turf a] S Greeson, L Marshall Tinwald v Tinwald Foothills [Turf b] G Muir, M Marshall 4.30 pm Allenton Yr 5 v Wakanui Black [Turf b] S Greeson, M Marshall Methven [BYE] Kiwi Sticks [Yr 6] 4.30 pm Allenton Yr 6 v Rakaia Yr 6 [Turf a] G Muir, L Marshall 5.15 pm Collegians D & E v Wakanui [Turf a] D Law, L Ellis Methven White v Tinwald Foothills [Turf b] J Ellis, L Lansdown 6.00 pm Tinwald v Methven Black [Turf a] J Ellis, L Lansdown 1st Grade Women 6.50 pm LSF1 v LSF2 [A Mitchell, S Moore] 8.00 pm WSF1 v WSF2 [C Hastie, C Watson] Just Hockey SSL Div 1 Boys Marist Park @ St Bedes 7.10 pm Ashburton College 1st XI v Lincoln High School 1st XI [Umpires supplied] Small Sticks Saturday 19 September Fun Sticks 11.00

15 September Val Scammell Trophy Di Lowe 73, Sue Gutsell 77, Di Bell 78, Val Prendergast 79, Marion Oakley 79.

9 Hole - Stableford Denise Wells 23, Denise Morgan 19, Nearest the Pins: No. 2 Murray Young Property: Val Prendergast, No. 6 Sims Bakery: Sue Gutsell, No.12 Mac & Maggie Jeanette Early, No.16: Outdoor Adventure: Di Bell, Memory Funerals Longest Putt: Sue Gutsell.

■■ Shooting A.T.S.A.

Champion of Champions, Seafield Rifle Club range, 12 September.

Martin Fleming 199.13, 194.13, 393.26, Greg Menzies 193.8, 197.11, 390.19, Carl Nordqvist 191.6, 197.12, 388.18, Dave Kingsbury 196.8, 192.9, 388.17, Robbie Hewitt 184.5, 192.9, 376.14, Leo Wildey 192.5, 180.1, 372.6, S Bland 176.3, Peter Wilson 183.1.

Club Pairs, Mayfield 390.19, Ashburton 385.13, Hinds 372.11, Seafield 367.6.

Ashburton District Rifle Club

13 September, at 500 yards.

TR, John Snowden 50.4, 50.5, 100.9, John Fleming 49.5, 49.3, 98.8, Martin Fleming 48.7, 49.6, 97.13, John Miller 48.5, 48.3, 96.8, Megan Snowden 47.4, 48.5, 95.9, Mike Chui 48.3, 47.5, 95.8, Gareth Miller 47.3, 48.4, 95.7, Brian Hawksby 48.4, 45.4, 93.8.

FTR, Coby Snowden 58.4, 57.2. 115.6, Mark Alexander 56.2, 57.7, 113.9, Brian Graystone 59.2, 50.0, 109.2, Murray Cook 57.4.

FPR, David Smith 58.2, 55.2, 113.4.

FO, Murray Cook 58.2, 58.7, 116.9, Kaydis Hona 52.0.

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Senior Women Tim Wakanui v Cambridge [Final] Umpires supplied Senior Men Tim Wakanui v Temuka [Final] Umpires supplied Sunday 20 September 2nd Grade Girls Tba Cambridge v Wakanui [Plate Final] Tba Roncalli 1st XI v Tinwald [Final] 1st Grade Men 4.00 pm Tinwald Black v Wakanui [Allenton, Hampstead Lowcliffe] 5.25 pm Tinwald Orange v Hampstead Wakanui [Tinwald Black, Wakanui] 6.50 pm Allenton v Hampstead Lowcliffe [Tinwald Orange, Hampstead Wakanui] Monday 21 September 2nd Grade Boys Draw unknown.

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Mid Canterbury Rugby

September 19 Heartland: Mid Canterbury v North Otago – Hinds: 2:30pm

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Ashburton Guardian CLUB NEWS

Allenton Bowling Club

On Saturday September 5 our club opened with a full green of members playing Triples, everyone enjoying the lovely sunshine and the pleasure of seeing each other after the winter break.

President Richard Kane welcomed everyone including five new members and wished members good bowling for the season ahead.

The prize giving, which had been held over because of Covid 19 restrictions earlier in the year was held, with Wayne Lloyd being awarded the Player of the Year Trophy and Colleen McFarlane the Most Improved Player.

Congratulations to you both, you certainly deserved this honour.

A lovely Afternoon tea was served by the Croquet ladies, a pleasant day on the green.

The summer season got off to an interrupted start with the First Friday Triples having to be cancelled due to the heavy rain rendering the grass green too soft to play on.

It is looking in great shape and we are all keen to get the bowls rolling on it.

Good work Graeme and team.

On Saturday and Sunday an Invitation Tournament was held, with sixteen teams participating, coming from as far away as Southland’s Riversdale and teams north of Christchurch, with local teams enjoying the strong competition as well.

Lots of raffles, lovely food and good company washed down well with some hot or cold bevvies made for a Great Social and Bowling weekend..

Winners on the Day were a team from Dunsandel but the “All Girl” team from Allenton took out fifth prize, well done Rosemary B, Wendy, Annette and Sandra H. An In-house tournament is scheduled for next Saturday 19th Sept. entries to be put on the board in the club house.

Start time is 12.30 and cost is $10.00.

Funds for club.

A small afternoon tea plate would be appreciated.

This is the start of a busy time with the Campbell Trophy on Wednesday 23rd, club drawn triples [names to be put up on board] an open tournament on Saturday 26th, Anama Tray 12.30 start 2x4x2 pairs, also open Women’s Pairs on Monday September 28.

One player 8yrs or under with a Senior.

10am. start.

We all enjoy being part of a busy and forward thinking club, a little help from everyone goes a long way in making a great club.

Ashburton Combined Friendship Club

Alister’s seemed easy enough till we got the answers and saw how many we got wrong!!

Our guest speaker was retired Beekeep-

er John Syme, who grew up in a foothills family that had both farms and beehives.

John chose beekeeping as it gave him the best opportunity to develop his own business.

He liked working on inventions and improvements for honey production.

He built a new honey shed which streamlined honey processing and increased the number of hives.

He had the idea of placing beehives on pallets so they could be lifted on and off a truck using a Hiab crane and introduced two honey crops per season, the first from the plains and the second from the bush in the foothills, made possible by the Hiab truck.

His patented honey extractor, much more efficient than existing machines, was manufactured in Christchurch and sold to other beekeepers.

He had a Japanese employee and this contact led to supplying machinery and expertise for the first modern honey plant in Japan.

He told us anecdotes from other oversea experiences including introducing two queening hives to Israel, setting up plant and teaching young people beekeeping in Fiji, and helping develop harvesting bee propolis from stingless bees in Kuala Lumpur.

Supplying hives for pollinating crops gave a second income stream.

Later he sold his beekeeping business to Midland Seeds who moved honey processing to a new factory in Ashburton.

John noted that this year honey prices paid to the beekeeper were very low at around $3.50 per lg compared to $13 a year or two back, but this drop is not reflected in the retail price.

Meetings second Tuesday of month, Senior’s Centre 206 Cameron St, 9.30 am.

Visitors welcome.

Phone Andrew 308-5972. ashcomboclub@gmail.com

Ashburton Golf Club

The Brandon was bursting at the seams last Saturday, we had Club champs quarter finals, men’s and ladies regular games, the 9 holers and chuck in a few visitors.

The course certainly was well used, and it played beautiful, as always.

We had some cracking games in the champs, which leave us with great semi-finals this Saturday.

In the seniors we have three previous champs and one new kid on the block.

Reigning Champ Jeff Hewitt will take on the Legend that is Robbie Bell, and dtop seed Owen Miller will try to snuff out the rising star Dave Morrison. Two intriguing games that could go either way.

The intermediates see Mr Consistency Bruce Day play Steve McCloy and reigning champ Sean Strange take on the 2018 champ Chris Lovelock.

In Junior A Shane Beaven will take on Ken Clucas and Alan White locks horns with John Power, and the Junior B finds Eric Parr tussling with Ian Snowball and George Brown sizing up Dr Wackrow.

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The Allenton bowlers were out in force on Saturday when the club opened for the new season.

The plate semi-finals are also being played and a stroke round for everyone else.

Good luck to everyone, may your balls fly true and find the hole.

On Sunday the course is closed for the annual Templar Trophy, where the cream of Aorangi men, ladies, masters and juniors take on their Canterbury counterparts over 36 holes.

You can, of course, pop along and see how easy the game should be.

Well done to Jeff, Josh, Blair, Hamish, Owen, Robbie, Pauline, Sharon, Vicki and Hiro for making the Aorangi teams.

Saturday week we will have the Club Champs finals day, and celebration time afterwards, and our usual organised golf will be on Sunday with the Captain v President matchplay games, which is also an RMF Silva Cup counting game.

More details next week.

Then further afield on October 17, we have a “visit our friends” day, with the South Island ladies inter provincials on our course, we will not have any organised golf so Terry is sorting out a trip to play at a different club where we can

join in with their club day and have a bit of fun.

If anyone is interested please let Terry know or put your name on the list in the club rooms so he can work out travel logistics and let our hosts know the numbers coming along.

Till next time good golfing.

Ashburton MSA Golf

Members of the MSA golf section travelled over to Ellesmere on Sunday to take on the Kaipoi Club and the Ashburton RSA. Weather conditions were ideal and it proved to be a very successful day bringing home the 3 trophies that were on offer.

MSA had a score of 32.7 against Kaipoi who could only manage 30.9.

The scores were alot closer in the other trophy match with the Ashburton RSA scoring 31.4 with the MSA just coming out on top with 31.7.

The 4-point prizes were shared between Lindsay Jackson and Steve Ryder. The nearest to the pin prizes were awarded to Brent Smith and Marilyn Bennett.

The top scores for the MSA were Richard Thompson on 36 stablefords, Steve Stratford 35, Lindsay Jackson 34 and Brent Smith 34.

Trish Cates was awarded the Chump of the day which could of been for alot of reasons but lets just say she didn’t finish her round, AGAIN. Our next game is at the beautiful Temuka course on 11th October.

Cavendish Club

Rakaia Golf Club Championship winners were: Ross Moore, Cameron Grant, Phil Vanderweg, John Cockburn, Val Sisson, Marion Wederell and Judy Moore.

Owing to the Covid-19 virus we have been able to have regular meetings.

On August 7, we had a games afternoon for members. A lot of fun and great to catch up with members again.

Music Circle On July 25 the Music Circle treated members to an afternoon of song.

Our guest was Lorraine Bowd who is a well-known pianist.

Lorraine entertained us with all the old favourite tunes which we were able to sing along to, as we were also given song sheets.

Many of these well-known tunes bought back happy memories of past times.

Some of our members asked for their special song and we all enjoyed hearing these requests that were so skillfully played.

Many a toe could be seen tapping away to the music. Our guest was thanked by the President and presented with a small gift in appreciation of giving us such an enjoyable afternoon.

Garden Circle On Friday, July 3 – owing to our speaking being unable to come because of sick-

ness, our ladies watched a DVD Burkes Backyard Version of Famous Gardens of the World.

This proved to be a lovely programme and we were reluctant to turn it off so we continued to watch while we had our afternoon tea.

Most enjoyable.

Wakanui WI

President Juliana Protheroe welcomed members to the meeting including Wendy Hewitt a member of the Rural Support Trust and Rural Driver Licensing Scheme.

Wendy addressed the meeting prior to our business meeting and spoke about the Rural Support Trust which gives free and confidential support and advise, this is run by local people to help farming families and rural communities.

They work with government, industry and support agencies helping with information and recovery measures.

The Rural Support Trusts have facilitators trained in mental health and can put people in touch with services including planning management advise and mentoring, health information, Work and Income and financial support.

The Rural Driver Licensing Scheme aims to reduce isolation for newcomers and migrant workers in the rural communities by providing assistance to obtain their drivers license.

Driving lessons are one-on-one with a qualified driving instructor from a beginner driver right through to the driving test.

This programme offers free support and tuition and a subsidised driving test.

Wendy was thanked for her informative talk and given baking that members had provided for the Rural Support Trust.

After reciting the Aspirations members continued with the general meeting.

Motto for the month was – The most special memories were not made with money.

Members were thanked for delivering Meals on Wheels earlier in the month.

The Roll Call of – My first job – was very interesting with members covering many different jobs both paid and unpaid.

The display of a coffee mug contained many souvenirs from travels overseas.

A team of three members will contest the Mid-Canterbury Federation Indoor Bowls competition.

Discussion then centred on the Remits to be discussed at the NZWI Annual meeting in Wellington on 21-22nd September.

Diane Carter will be the Wakanui WI delegate at this meeting.

Members then discussed our meeting for 23rd September which will include a Mini Flower Show which will be held at the Wakanui Hall commencing at 7pm.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): The general public may not be your best audience. Niche down. Once you aim your talent where people are likely to be responsive, you’ll find many to play along.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s a fine day to, as Ralph Waldo Emerson suggested, “Chant the beauty of the good.” Other discourse, like complaint sessions and venting, have unusually high levels of toxic potential. Steer clear.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The flower doesn’t worry about whether it is free to bloom. When the weather is right, it just does. If you’re worried about opening up, maybe it’s time to move to a different emotional climate.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Mistakes will be made. The way of progress is to admit to them, deal with the problem, learn from the sequence and either build on that or move along to the next thing.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): To keep from falling behind, look ahead. Figure out what you might need up there. Grab it and keep walking. Soon, you’ll be looking back and offering advice to the people who stand where you are now.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): You don’t like to feel as though other people know the plan and you don’t.

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Your guide will be a strong inner will that has always been there, though not always as assertive as it is today. If you’re not acting in your own best interest, it will pipe up with loud complaints.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Virtue is best delivered with humility, talent with vulnerability, might with mercy. The cosmic packaging doesn’t always team the right qualities together so you’ll do some intentional pairing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Boats that beat against the current may expend great effort only to be borne back. Distance will only be achieved in accordance with the wind and tides.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You’re relentlessly positive. You don’t want anyone to feel bad because then you’ll feel bad. But not everything can be done in cheery tones.

When serious, be brief.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Discretion is linked to honesty and acceptance. If it’s normal to you, then it will be normal to everyone.

Trying to hide a thing often makes it more conspicuous. Plain sight can be invisible.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Worry helps no one, least of all you. Think about how you want things to go, and then prepare for that. Direct your positive thoughts and energy to the situation and all will be well.

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ACL has established itself as a leading company in the local civil contracting field with a workforce in excess of 130 staff and has proven itself in a dynamic and challenging market through performance and quality. We have recently opened our state-of-the-art Workshop at Range St and a retirement in the team has led to this vacancy.

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BRAVO 10am Judge Jerry 3 10:30 How Do I Look? 3 11:30 Snapped M 3 12:25 The Kelly Clarkson Show 1:30 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills M 3 2:30 Below Deck – Mediterranean PG 3 3:30 Southern Charm PG 3 4:30 Millionaire Matchmaker PG 3 5:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians PG 3 6:30 Million Dollar Listing LA 3 7:30 The Bachelor Australia PG 8:30 One Born Every Minute UK M Jody and Chris arrive at the Women’s Hospital to give birth for the first time after they had given up hope of having a child themselves, and adopted a son.

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10:30 Snapped M 3 11:25 Buried In The Backyard 16 3 12:15 Infomercials

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6:26 Annabelle Comes Home 16C 2019 Horror.

8:11 Crawl 16VLC 2019 Action. 9:41 Late Night MLS 2019 Comedy. 11:24 On The Basis Of Sex ML 2018 Drama. 1:26 Annabelle Comes Home 16C 2019 Horror. 3:14 You Might Be The Killer 16VL 2018 Horror.

4:45 The Con Is On 16VLSC 2018 Comedy. 6:20 SpiderMan – Far From Home MV 2019 Action. Tom Holland, Samuel L Jackson.

8:30 Fisherman’s Friends MLSC 2019 Comedy. A cynical music executive goes to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he tries to sign up a group of singing fishermen.

Daniel Mays, James Purefoy.

10:25 The Wave 16VLSC 2019 Sci-fi. A man on the verge of a promotion takes a hallucinogenic drug that destroys his reality and exposes his life for what it really is.

Justin Long, Donald Faison.

11:50 Encounter MVLSC 2018 Sci-fi. Thursday 1:24 The Fanatic 18VLC 2019 Thriller. 2:54 You Might Be The Killer 16VL 2018 Horror.

4:25 Spider-Man – Far From Home MV 2019 Action.

7:15 Speed Racer PGV 2008 Action. 9:25 Changing Lanes MVL 2002 Thriller.

11:05 Salmon Fishing In The Yemen ML 2011 Comedy Drama. 12:55 Rings MVC 2017 Horror. 2:40 The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants PG 2005 Drama.

4:40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles MV 2014 Action. 6:20 The Fault In Our Stars ML 2014 Drama.

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff. 8:30 Forces Of Nature ML 1999 Romantic Comedy. A man who has two days to get from New York to Savannah for his wedding has his plans ruined by an eccentric woman. Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock, Maura Tierney.

10:20 Edge Of Tomorrow MVL 2014 Action. In a near future where an alien race has made an unrelenting assault on Earth, only one man has the power to stop them.

Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt.

Thursday 12:10 The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants PG 2005 Drama.

2:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles MV 2014 Action.

3:45 The Fault In Our Stars ML 2014 Drama. 5:50 Forces Of Nature ML 1999 Romantic Comedy.

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6am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Saracens v Exeter Chiefs. 8am Mitre 10 Cup (RPL) Southland v Hawke’s Bay. 10am Skipper Cup (HLS) 10:30 The Breakdown 11:30 Super Rugby Australia (HLS) Reds v Rebels. Noon Rugby Nation 1pm The Breakdown 2pm French Top 14 Highlights Show 2:30 Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) 3pm Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) 3:30 All Blacks v Tonga 2019 (RPL) 5:30 Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Northland v Manawatu.

6pm The Breakdown 7pm First XV Rugby Revision 7:30 Farah Palmer Cup Highlights Show Coverage from the second week of the Farah Palmer Cup. 8pm Black Ferns v Australia 2019 (RPL) Te Reo Version.

10pm Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) Waikato v Wellington.

10:30 The Breakdown 11:30 Guinness Pro14 (RPL) Final – Leinster v Ulster.

Thursday 1:30 Farah Palmer Cup (HLS) 2am The Breakdown 3am Farah Palmer Cup Highlights Show 3:30 First XV Rugby Revision 4am Gallagher Premiership (RPL) Wasps v Bristol Bears.

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Ashburton Weather

Wednesday: Mainly fine with some high cloud. Winds turning northerly in the morning and strengthening.

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Wednesday: Becoming fine. Winds turning northerly in the morning, strong in exposed places for a time.

Thursday: Fine to start with strong and gusty northwesterlies, then scattered rain from midday.

Showers developing in the evening with a southerly change. Snow lowering to 500m at night.

Friday: Early morning rain clearing and becoming fine.

Southwesterlies dying out.

A strong, cold, west to southwest flow covers Aotearoa Wednesday. A front moves east across the far south this afternoon. A front moves north over the South Island Thursday and through the North Island by Friday evening. The front is followed by a high building over the country on Saturday and Sunday.

Late on Sunday another front moves onto the far south of the South Island.

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Friday

Thursday: Fine with gusty NW, then some rain from midday. Showers developing in the evening with a S change.

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8pm Would I Lie To You? PG 8:30 Call The Midwife PG 9:35 Holby City MC 10:40 Keeping Up Appearances PG 11:15 Midsomer Murders PG Thursday 12:45 Qi M 1:15 Qi MS 1:45 Would I Lie To You? PG 2:20 Who Do You Think You Are? PG 3:20 Call The Midwife PG 4:20 Holby City MC 5:20 Keeping Up Appearances PG 5:50 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown ML 16Sep20

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Wednesday: Showers about the divide, becoming persistent from afternoon. Snow at first to 600m, then rising to 1500m. Fine with high cloud in the east.

Wind at 1000m: Northwest gale 65 km/h, rising to severe gale 120 km/h in the morning then easing to gale 70 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Severe gale westerly 130 km/h. Freezing level: 1000m at first, rising to 2000m.

Thursday: Rain about the divide, heavy at times. Rain spreading to the east by afternoon. Snow lowering to 1000m. Wind at 1000m: Severe gale northwesterly 120 km/h, easing to 40 km/h in the evening. Wind at 2000m: Severe gale westerly 140 km/h, easing to gale 65 km/h late. Freezing level: 2000m, lowering to 1500m south of Mt Cook in the evening.

18 8 20 3 15 2 17 8 19 3 13 4 14 8 15 1 10 1 17 7 17 3 13 3 Friday: Remaining rain with snow to 600m, easing 16 9 16 3 12 2 to isolated showers about the divide, becoming fine 21 4 22 1 17 1 elsewhere. Southwesterlies, strong at times.

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6:30 Pipi Ma 6:35 Takaro Tribe 3 6:50 Kia Mau 3 7am Te Ao Tapatahi 8am Takoha 3 8:10 Te Nutube 8:20 ZooMoo 8:30 Cube 8:40 Huritua 8:50 Paia 9am Whanau Bake-Off 3 9:30 Opaki 3 10am Whakatauki 3 10:30 Whanau Living 3 11am Huia Rau 3 Noon #whiuatepatai ML 3 12:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 1:30 Ako 3 2 2pm Toku Reo 2 3pm Korero Mai 3 3:30 Pukuhohe 3 4pm Te Mana Kuratahi 3 4:30 Pukana 3 2 5pm Pipi Ma 5:05 Takaro Tribe 3 5:20 Kia Mau 3 5:30 Takoha 3 5:40 Te Nutube 5:50 ZooMoo 6pm Kai Safari 6:30 Te Ao Marama 7:30 The Outliers PG Luke Moss, founder of Kultured Clothing; Jessie Smith, world junior BMX champion; and Talei Bryant from Waimana, who helps young people follow their dreams.

8pm Ahikaroa M 3 8:30 Kawea Te Reo – Take Our Voices 3 9:30 Rediscovering Aotearoa PG Nga Hinepukorero, a group of champion slam poets fluent in te reo, meet fellow poet Takunda Muzondiwa, who moved to Aotearoa from Zimbabwe as a child.

9:45 Taringa A weekly bilingual podcast to invigorate, inspire, and normalise the use of te reo Maori.

10:30 Senior Kapa Haka Regionals 11pm Whakatauki 3 11:30 Closedown

6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG Shelby Rent-A-Racer Resto 1/2.

7:30 Strange Evidence PG Curse of the Monster Spider. 8:20 What On Earth? PG Armageddon USA. 9:10 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! PG The Defiant Ones.

10am How Do They Do It? PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 How It’s Made PG 11:15 How It’s Made PG 11:40 Railroad Australia PG 12:30 Web Of Lies MVLSC High on Love. 1:20 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M Killer’s Imprint. 2:10 Top Gear 3pm Gold Rush PG Crisis in the Klondike. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG Shelby Rent-A-Racer Resto 2/2. 5:40 Railroad Australia PG 6:35 Aussie Lobster Men PG 7:30 Deadliest Catch PG Bering Sea Wrecking Ball.

8:30 Aussie Lobster Men PG 9:25 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 10:15 Moonshiners – Master Distiller MLC American Whiskey. 11:05 Naked And Afraid MC 11:55 How It’s Made PG Thursday 12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 Car Crash Global Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Gold Rush PG 3:15 Gold Rush – Parker’s Trail PG 4:05 Strange Evidence PG 4:55 Gold Rush PG

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Friday: Early morning rain then fine.

Southwesterlies dying out.

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Readings to 4pm Tuesday

Ashburton Airport Temp °C Maximum 14.2 Minimum 8.2 Grass min 3.5 24hr Rain mm 0.2 39.8 Month to date NW 67 Wind km/h Strongest gust 10:12am Sun hrs on Mon 8.8 96.5 Month to date

Methven

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 16.5 14.8 9.9 4.4 6.8 – 0.0 0.0 32.2 25.0 NW 72 NW 63 2:58pm 9:47am 10.2 – 95.8 –

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DEATHS

ANSTISS, William RUSSELL - QSM – Peacefully at home surrounded by family on Sunday, September 6, 2020.

Loved husband and best friend of Olive. Dearly loved father and father-in-law of Suzanne and George Malouf (NSW), Tracey and Stuart Neill (Culverden), and Philip and Tracy (Auckland).

Adored Grandad of Caitlin, and Jonty; Erica and Tom, Sinead and Tom, Danielle and Logan; Hayley, and Daniel. Respected friend of Rebecca, and Sara Farr and their families. Loved brother and uncle of the late Graeme, Maureen, and Marilyn and their families.

Special thanks to the Palliative Care nurses and the Acute Admitting Unit at Ashburton Hospital for their wonderful care of Russell.

Messages to: The Anstiss family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. In lieu of flowers donations to the Cancer Society of Ashburton would be appreciated and may be made at the service for those attending. A Memorial service to celebrate Russell’s life will be held on SATURDAY, September 19, at 11am and is by invitation only. The service will be live streamed for those unable to attend and a link to the service will be found at www.memoryfunerals.nz (obituaries tab) / on Memory Funerals Facebook page / by typing

LESLIE, Barbara Jean – Passed away peacefully in the presence of family on 11 September, 2020 aged 77 years. Beloved daughter of Ted and Florence Goulding, Ashburton (Deceased).

Dearly loved wife of Brian for 56 years. Much loved mum of Peter, Warick and Jason (Brisbane). Loved mother inlaw of Sandra and Linda.

Cherished Nana of Courtney, Angus and Cameron. A service will be held in Feilding today. Donations in memory of Barbara to the Arohanui Hospice, Palmerston North.

All messages to the Leslie family c/o 112 West Street, Feilding 4702.

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SPICER, Phyllis Lorraine – On September 10, 2020.

Peacefully at her home, Terrace View, 102 years young. Dearly loved wife of the late Raymond. Much loved mother and mother-inlaw of Marlene and the late Trevor Burling (Wellington), Barry and Stella (West Melton), Diane and the late Des Parkes, Barbara and Barrie Medlock (Christchurch), Kath and Murray Gallagher, and Bill and Julie. Treasured Nan, Nana, and great Nana.

Messages to the Spicer https://youtu.be/oygpCJS3--w family c/- PO Box 472, into your browser or scan the Ashburton 7740. We are QR code below with your truly grateful to Donna and camera app. the amazing staff at Terrace View for the most incredible care provided. We know how special Phyllis was to you all. A special thank you to Dr Avnit for her care and support given to Phyllis and the family, and thank you to Paterson’s Funeral Services for their professionalism and understanding. A private family service for Phyllis has been held.

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2020 rackets available. E A Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street.

10am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz for pre-schoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY.

Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street, Methven.

11am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Holy Spirit Church, Thomson Street, Tinwald.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL

PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Peters Church, Harrison Street, Allenton.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive

environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Just turn up and have a go, everybody is welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. 50+ Social gathering, morning tea provided.

Senior Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY.

Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.30am COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Meet and walk from the Hockey Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

10.30am

ST STEPHEN’S PARISH CENTRE. Seniors’ Coffee Club, held 2nd and 4th Friday of each month, all welcome. Park Street.

12pm - 2pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing Service, no appointments necessary

and no charge, available Tuesday and Fridays. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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Ashburton Guardian Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Twin wins

Hammers hit their straps P17

MIDWEEK SPORT

P18

PREMIER FINAL

PREMIER FINALS

Premier 3: Hampstead U18A v Ashburton College 10A, 6.05pm Premier 2: Mt Somers v Southern A, 7.10pm Premier 1: Hampstead A v Methven A, 8.15pm

HAMPSTEAD TIPPED TO END DROUGHT

By Adam Burns adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

The culmination of more than 10 weeks of premier netball comes to a head tomorrow night at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre.

And after a sporting winter like no other, the eerie oddity of an empty arena for finals night almost feels emblematic as it does unfortunate for local netball followers.

However the show must go on

with silverware to be handed out.

Hampstead’s top team claim the favouritism tag for the top two final showdown with Methven as they look to claim their first premier 1 crown in 11 years.

The team have been nothing short of commanding this season after running through their 10 regular season meetings unbeaten, at an average winning margin of more than 17 goals.

This has been due to the fact that they have all areas of the court covered with members of Mid Canterbury’s Hanan

Shield-winning squad guarding all thirds of the playing area.

Elsewhere, Hannah Spence has been one of the competition’s staunchest defenders, and Nicole Hands and captain Jemma Stoddart add experience to the mix.

While they head in as underdogs, Methven bring finals knowhow to the table.

Coach Greta Currie and captain Leanne Clemens were part of the Methven setup when the club last won the ACL title in 2016.

Methven’s previous premier triumph was the last of a five

year golden run where the club clinched three titles (2012, 2015, 2016).

Although Methven were soundly beaten in the competition’s first round, the out-of-towners managed to rattle Hampstead in their return meeting in the championship round as Hampstead escaped with a 45-41 win.

A solitary goal off gaining a bonus point, Methven’s stubborn defence stifled Hampstead for large periods of the game last month.

The match-up could get inter-

esting tomorrow night if Methven can hustle their way to some defensive ascendancy in the key areas of the court.

Fresh off rep duty, Anita Watson will be crucial for Methven’s prospects if she is able to hold any influence in mid court.

Cutting off the scope that Hampstead goal shoot Alice Eddington is left in the circle will be another matter to consider for Methven’s markers.

It could be a long night out if she is left to do what she has done all season in front of goal.