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The addition of a hydroslide to Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre pool complex will come back on the public’s radar next year.

When the stadium was built, the hydroslide project was shelved because the cost was too high. The stadium and pool came with a $32 million-plus price tag and its owners, the Ashburton District Council decided adding a hydroslide into the mix would make it unaffordable.

It had been on the community’s wish list for years and was listed as a likely add-on as the project moved through the planning and fundraising stages. The Ashburton Stadium Complex Trust raised more than $5 million as the community’s contribution to the project; the council paid the rest.

Wide-ranging community con-

sultation in 2014 attracted 1500 responses with 74 per cent of respondents wanting the hydroslide included when the complex was built.

The council however, decided adding about $2 million more to the project was not in the ratepayers’ best interests and in May, 2015, councillors voted to take it off the agenda, pushing it out in its long-term plan to be reconsidered in 2018.

In less than a year, councillors will have an option to revisit the hydroslide when the long-term plan comes up for review and if they give the water feature the nod, the stadium trust could be back in business.

At yesterday’s council finance and business support meeting, councillor Neil Brown said that long-term plan time could see the hydroslide project kicked back into life and the community would have the oppor-

tunity to say yes or no.

If it was canned or pushed further out in the long-term plan, the stadium trust could find itself out of business.

It was established by the council and during its life raised about $6 million for the stadium project.

It has progressively paid this money to the council, with remaining payments to be made in June this year, $354,547; June, 2018, $171,917; and June 2019, $10,000.

Once all community money has been handed over, if the hydroslide is taken out of the equation, the council could wind the trust up, Brown said.

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Demolition work progresses quickly

By Megan gnad

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Major progress is being made on the demolition of Ashburton’s former Unichem and Life Pharmacy building on the corner of East and Burnett streets.

By yesterday afternoon, work continued on the site, with the roof all but removed.

The building belongs to the Murney Family Trust.

While preliminary sketches have been drawn up for the new building, it is still uncertain what the design will look like, or exactly who will go in there.

However, the basic plan is to construct a two or three-level building which will complement the adjacent Holmes Building and the Somerset Building across the road.

It will also be in keeping with the planned Eastfields precinct further east on the same block.

The site will be cleared over the coming weeks and tidied up in preparation for construction to begin later this year.

Prior to rebranding as the Unichem and Life Pharmacy, the business was a Unichem pharmacy, formerly owned by former Ashburton mayor and pharmacist Bede O’Malley.

Unichem and Life Pharmacy vacated the premises last year to take up residence in the Redmond’s building further down East Street.

Demolition work continued at the former Unichem and Life Pharmacy building on the corner of East and Burnett streets, yesterday afternoon.

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Ashburton Trust as a landlord is working well The Ashburton Trust’s new trading environment where it trades as a landlord rather than a hospitality business owner, is paying dividends.

Last year it sold several businesses – Somerset Grocer, Speights Alehouse, Braided Rivers and the Hotel Ashburton. It also closed its nightclub The Shed.

The result has been a much stronger balance sheet with earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and retained profit significantly up on last year.

Revenue for January was $447,000 from trading, which includes the Tinwald Tavern complex and motels (still on the market) and the Devon Tavern. The trust plans to retain this business.

In his monthly board report, manager Robert Reid said as part of its landlord role, the trust was preparing budgets and long-term maintenance plans for its properties.

This would start with the Hotel Ashburton’s roof, starting with the area of most urgent need, around the main entrance. This work will continue in stages.

Burn-offs strategic tools – FAR

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Two factors specific to New Zealand cropping would make banning stubble burn-offs a hindrance, says the Foundation for Arable Research.

Chief executive Nick Pyke said banning the practice in some countries had led to farmers adopting alternative management options. However, in this country the quantity of crop residue per

hectare was large, mainly due to the high yields achieved.

“This is particularly significant in cereal crops. The greater the quantity of crop residue, the bigger the challenge of establishing the following crop in its presence.”

Secondly, production of smallseeded, high-value crops, which were generally next in the rotation, made a much more significant contribution to the economic sustainability of arable farming

in New Zealand than in countries where stubble burning was not practised, Pyke said.

Stubble burning also contributed to improvements in soil quality, as its strategic use resulted in a reduced need for intense cultivation such as ploughing after cereal crops. This reduced cultivation conferred a wide range of benefits including improved soil structure, healthier soil ecosystems and reduced risk of erosion.

Pyke was commenting following controversy over comments this week that the smoke nuisance created from stubble burning could be having an adverse affect on tourism.

Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie called for an investigation into whether smoke from burn-offs was having an affect on the multi-billion dollar industry.

Under Environment Canterbury’s proposed air plan, farmers

within a certain range of Ashburton and Timaru will have to get a resource consent in order to stubble burn. The plan sets out two crop residue burning buffer areas around the clean air zones of the two townships.

However, the air-plan rules which cover stubble burning are currently under appeal, and in the meantime ECan is not requiring farmers to get consent to stubble burn.

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A fast car ... a very, very fast car

By Jaime Pitt-macKay jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Alex Miller (left) lines up his future office, with John McIntyre, behind the wheel of John’s Reiter Camaro GT3 in Ashburton on Wednesday.

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Motorhome park at lake?

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Lake Hood could be the site of a new, private camping ground that would be an overnight home for to up to 50, self-contained motorhomes.

The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association has been working with the Lake Hood Extension Trust and the Ashburton District Council on a project that would see an area of land at the northern end of the lake, fenced and set aside for motorhome use.

The project, however, was still in its early stages, say NZMCA national policy manager, James Imlach said.

“We’ve identified roughly an area where we feel the park could

go. It’s away from the properties and we’ve had preliminary discussions with council to get a sense of the approvals we’d need. We’re now waiting for council to see how a lease would work,” he said.

Ideally an area of at least 5000 square metres, sufficient for up to 50 motorhomes, would be needed.

The area would be restricted to the organisation’s members, would not be open to freedom campers and all users would have to have fully self-contained vehicles. Access would be by a number coded lock, Imlach said.

This model was well tested around New Zealand with 35 sites and another half dozen on the drawing board, he said.

While the Lake Hood extension

project team supported the idea of a motorhome park, it did so with reservations, extension project chairman Graham Kennedy said.

“There’s a site that would work with land at the top end and access around the shingle road. If there’s a dozen campervans, it’s not an issue, it’s the scale really. It’s a very well-run association, very responsible and with the right rules in place it could work,” he said.

The trust talked to the association about two years ago about the project and its future would depend on the deal that came back, Kennedy said.

Imlach said he would be putting the Lake Hood proposal to his board next month and the site could be ready for use by summer.

If you were strolling past Neumanns Tyres on Wednesday afternoon, you might have thought a grand prix was on.

John McIntyre Racing was in town making a stop on the way to the three-hour endurance championship at Ruapuna Raceway.

The car will be facing off against Ferraris, Porsches and Audis, some of which are worth up to $1 million.

Driver/owner John McIntyre was on hand to talk the public through the finer details of the 700hp Reiter Camaro GT3.

The car, powered by an 8.0L V8 engine, is worth $500,000, and is one of only six in existence.

“It is the quickest car I’ve driven,” said McIntyre. “It shares a lot of technology with single seat racecars and you can just drive it 100 per cent for the full three hours.”

Many families came along to see the top-of-the-line racecar, with McIntyre entertaining the kids with questions, such as “how fast do you think the car can go?”

“I wish it could go that fast,” was the response after one boy’s guess of a very quick 500km/h.

Open-air fires permitted Open-air fires are now permitted on the Ashburton plains, however the restricted fire season status remains in Mid Canterbury’s high country.

The Mid-South Canterbury Rural Fire Authority reassessed the fire status for the region and lifted the fire restriction for the Ashburton plains at midnight on Wednesday, leaving the high country under the restriction until further notice.

“The downpour of rain we’ve recently had, coupled with the cool weather, has greatly reduced the fire risks for most of the district,” Ashburton District Council environmental services group manager Jane Donaldson said.

“The likelihood of fires get-

ting away in these conditions is a lot lower, but not all areas of the district are safe for an open season just yet. Residents in the high country areas must continue to abide by the restricted fire season conditions.”

Under the open fire season status, permits are not required for open-air fires, however, farmers are encouraged to continue taking care with crop stubble burning and should follow the guidelines set out in the Crop Residue Burning Code of Practice available on the council website.

More information on the fire season status’ and a map of the areas still under the restriction is available on the council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Puzzle over fish in drain Ashburton District Council operations and projects manager Viv Eyberg is puzzled by reports of a dead fish in the former Harrison Street storm water channel.

A resident near the corner of Allison and Harrison streets contacted the Guardian at the weekend to say the channel was cut off suddenly and a trout was left stranded in water underneath stormwater grates at the corner.

The man, who did not want to be named, said he understood that fish lived in the gutter area and even eels had lived there from time to time.

He suspected the dead fish could have been one of many stranded under grates along Harrison Street, and he believed that council contractor ACL should have had a wildlife rescue plan before switching off the water.

Eyberg confirmed the channel, which had been for a permanent flow of storm and stock water from upstream of Ashburton into the domain duck pond, had now been closed down as part of underground piping work.

However, as the water had bubbled up from a manhole at Allison Street and then flowed back down a manhole at Oak Grove, it was a mystery as to how fish could get in there.

“I find it a bit bizarre. I’m sure ACL would not have even thought of having trout in there,” Eyberg said.

The water flow has gone underground as part of a $1 million sewer line replacement project, which will also include replacing the storm water canal on the south side of Harrison Street with kerb and channel.

In brief Correction An error was made in regards to a photograph in yesterday’s Ashburton Guardian. In the photograph relating to the Binders (Down Under) NZ meeting in Rakaia, Les Bennett was incorrectly identified as being on the left of the image and Trevor Love on the right. In fact, Trevor Love was on the left and Les Bennett on the right. The Guardian wishes to apologise for this error.

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Ashburton’s Senior Hip-Hop Group have started up practising their moves at the Balmoral Hall.

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Seniors give hip-hop a run for its money

By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton seniors are leaving their grandchildren in awe as they prepare to take on the hiphop world.

The Ashburton Seniors HipHop group is taking inspiration from the famous Hip Op-eration Crew that started on Waiheke Island and has now travelled overseas to compete, most notably at the World Hip-Hop Championships in Las Vegas.

Member of the local group, Jeanette Tarbotton, said a small group of locals travelled to Wellington to view a performance by the group and thought it would be a fantastic thing to

start in Ashburton.

“There was some real enthusiasm for the idea last year, so we had a few open days before getting started this year,” she said.

A group of about 15 attended the first session on Wednesday morning, learning the very basics of hip-hop from tutor, Jessie Thomson.

Held in the Balmoral Hall with a gold coin entry, things get started at 10am. To help cover costs, the group is looking to secure some form of funding or grant to support the group.

“It is important for things like this to be affordable for seniors,” said Tarbotton.

One member of the group, Ju-

dith Davis, was one of the group who travelled to Wellington.

“We got up on stage with them and gave it a go and it was great fun,” she said.

“I wanted to keep going down here to help with my health but it also just a really fun time.”

It is something that Davis really recommends for people to get involved in, not just seniors and not just women.

Having never thought a year ago that she would be taking part in something like a hip-hop group, it is a big shift.

“It is a bit different, and now all the grandkids want me to go and see them and show them some hip-hop,” she said.

Council chases slice of tourism fund

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■ ST PATRICK’S DAY

Preparing for St Patrick’s Day Kellys Café and Bar staff member Nardia Leath is ready for St Patrick’s Day revellers today. Across the country those of Irish heritage, and many without, will celebrate St Patrick’s Day on the anniversary of the death of the patron saint, thought to have been in 493AD. The event is traditionally celebrated by wearing green garb, drinking Guinness and partaking of green food and beverages.

A slice of the latest government funding pool, established to help build tourism infrastructure in small communities could find its way into the Ashburton District.

Last year $3 million was made available as part of a regional mid-sized tourism facilities grant to help boost facilities that would be used by both locals and tourists. Fourteen projects were approved but the Ashburton District Council’s Lake Camp toilets were not on the list.

This time round, the same project is likely to be on the council’s list when it makes an application for a share of the new $5.5 million funding pool, said open spaces manager David Askin.

The fund is designed to help councils with lower ratepayer bases fund facilities that are under pressure from growing tourist numbers.

The projects have to have already been identified in a council’s work plan and needed to be at a ‘shovel ready’ stage, Askin said.

Only toilet facilities are likely to make it onto the council’s application and with the Lake Camp toilets under increasing pressure from tourists, they’ll be number one priority, he said.

The upgrade is on the council’s to do list as part of its overall management plan for the inland lakes area.

Applications for the tourism infrastructure fund close on April 12.

Farmer and former All Black Richard Loe will be the special guest of a men’s dinner organised by the Winchmore branch of Rural Women on April 12. The Men’s After 5s Dinner will be at the Winchmore Hall at 6pm and is billed as a time for men of the district to enjoy a relaxed social time together. Cost is $20.

Wellington wastewater Thousands of litres of untreated wastewater, including sewage, has been released on Wellington’s south coast. An equipment failure at Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant on Wednesday night led to around 5,000m3 of wastewater being discharged.

It happened at the short outfall pipe near the dog pound. Health warning signs have been put up.

Wellington Water said that the beach at Lyall Bay is not affected.

Water quality testing of coastal waters is currently underway at the discharge site, and will continue for three days. Regional Public Health has been informed.

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Forestry death An inquiry has begun into the death of a man this morning in a forestry block in rugged terrain inland from Gisborne. The ECT rescue helicopter flew a St John paramedic team to the area. “The man, aged in his 40s, was working in the forest with a group of others and was found by one of his workmates,” St John territory manager Shance Clapperton said.

“They tried unsuccessfully to revive him.”The rescue helicopter could not land near the accident scene and the paramedics were driven by vehicle over the very rugged terrain to the site.

The man, who had sustained some injuries, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police have an inquiry under way to establish the circumstances around his death.

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Overboard false alarm A reported man overboard in Sutherland Sound has turned out to be a false alarm. Maritime NZ said a muster was carried out on the Queen Victoria cruise ship and all passengers and crew were accounted for. “The ship has an electronic alarm system which indicated a person had fallen overboard,” said Maritime NZ spokesman Vince Cholewa.

“The system radar and thermal imaging did show an object going overboard but it was something like a piece of clothing but not a person.” The Queen Victoria can carry 3000 passengers and crew.

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Workshop to strengthen local actors

BY MEGAN GNAD

Left – Four New Zealand actors, taking part in the Anzac Eve play, will be involved in a workshop with writer Dave Armstrong, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on April 21.

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A New Zealand playwright has praised the theatrical talent in Ashburton and hopes to see budding actors take part in a workshop he is running about the Anzac spirit.

The play, Anzac Eve, written

by Dave Armstrong, will be performed at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on April 21.

Earlier in the day, he will host a two-hour drama workshop, based on tutoring work he has been involved in at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, along with the four cast members.

A contemporary coming-of-age play, it tells the story of a group of 20-somethings on their big OE, who meet on the night before the Dawn commemoration, at Gallipoli.

A discussion ensues, touching on broad issues such as, war, trans-Tasman relations, interpreting history, relationships and friendships.

At times, shocking and provocative, Armstrong said the play poses discussion about the past and war.

“I think we’ve grown up a bit after the Gallipoli celebrations and it’s okay to ask questions,” he said.

“With war, we tend to be a bit insecure and don’t debate it, and I think 100 years later, we can.

“It’s good demystifying it.”

Prior to writing the play, Armstrong worked on King and Country, which gave a very respectful look at World War One, through a soldier’s eyes.

He then worked on the Gallipoli Scale of our War exhibition at Te Papa and began hearing stories of young, modern people heading

to party at Gallipoli.

Writing from a different perspective was a challenge for the experienced columnist and playwright.

“I tend to write characters over an age group and I did say to them (the actors), ‘anything that sounds like a dad joke, change it’,” he said.

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When he tours to Ashburton next month, he said he’s looking forward to meet people in the twohour workshop before they view it later in the evening.

“I greatly look forward to it in Ashburton, there’s so much talent,” he said.

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“Hopefully they will get an appreciation for how it’s written and performed.”

His next goal is to try and have the play performed in Australia and see if it provokes a similar, or very different, reaction from the audience.

“I would really love to tour to Australia,” he said. “I think they would find it really interesting.

“It’s quite funny, it’s one hour long and gets very serious, but it’s also a lot of fun.”

The Anzac Eve Drama Workshop, with Dave Armstrong and cast, will be held on Friday, April 21, from 2-4pm.

There will be no separate charge for the workshop, as long as the student pre-purchases a ticket ($23 – fees apply) to view the show that will be performed later the same day at 7.30pm.

Students will need to bring their ticket to the workshop as entry.

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Carrfields teams conquer Taupo What began with a plan to bring staff together and encourage fitness saw 54 Carrfields staff compete in the epic 155km Great Lake Relay around Lake Taupo last month.

Three Carrfields teams participated in the race, which is one of the most social and scenic teambuilding events in the country.

Teams of between eight and 18 members must run and/or walk the entire distance around the lake.

The Carrfields, CP Wool and Carrfields Livestock teams all successfully completed the race, with CP Wool winning the composite race, which included compulsory walking and running legs.

Carrfields managing director Craig Carr said the company brought together team members from around the country, as well as a large support crew consisting of family members, who all descended on Taupo for the weekend.

“Supporting our people to train for and compete in an event like this is an important part of how we look after our teams around the country. We’re aiming to be a highly valued commercial partner through our people, expertise and relationships, and we know that our people are a crucial part

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All the Carrfields team members competed well, with many surprising themselves with their times. Carrfields placed 33rd overall in the main running re-

lay race – just 11 minutes behind the more experienced Carrfields Livestock team.

“Most of our competitors have said they can’t wait to participate again – if only to beat the Livestock team next year,” Carr said.

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OUR VIEW

Is there still an appetite for a hydroslide?

Sue Newman

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or years the prospect of a hydroslide in Ashburton’s pool complex fired imaginations.

It had been on the wishlist of teenagers for decades, but it was never going to fly while the old community pool was in business. With the prospect of a new pool and sports stadium on the radar, the call for a hydroslide to be added into the mix gained momentum.

Kids, mums and dads, grandmas and grandads (whether they were potential users or not) could see the benefit of building a pool complex that was the best it could possibly be, that offered the widest possible range of user options. And in most minds, that included a water feature.

At the end of the day, as it always does, it came down to money.

The community fundraising arm, the Ashburton Stadium Complex Trust put in a massive effort to ensure it met its commitment to raise the $5 million that would trigger the Ashburton District Council signing off on its share of the deal.

All up the project was set to cost about $32 million, but adding another $2 million or so for a hydroslide was seen as one step too far – by the council of the day.

Collectively the community was far from happy. Surveys attracted large numbers of respondents with the vast majority saying ‘do it’. The council didn’t.

The hydroslide is now set to come out of hibernation as part of next year’s review of the council’s long-term plan. We’ll get another chance to tell the council what we think.

The EA Networks pool complex is an outstanding facility. At peak times it is almost overused, but there will still be many people who have never entered its doors, never swum in its waters. Many of those will be people who like their aquatic exercise to be challenging.

With foresight, the stadium was designed to ensure a hydroslide bolt-on could occur at some stage in the future. Perhaps that future has arrived, far sooner than many may have thought.

If the community says yes, and the council has the vision, a hydroslide with its own drop pool could be up and running within a year or two.

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hanks to everyone who got involved with our online debate about the issue of controlling unsecured dogs in the Ashburton area.

It was certainly a topic that created some impassioned views, making cases for the need for tighter restrictions. But we also need to acknowledge all dogs are different and perhaps a one-case-fitsall approach isn’t the right way to go about it either.

You also raised education as something that is required and may go a long way to helping remedy the issue.

The results of our online poll, ‘Is enough being done to control unsecured dogs in Ashburton?’, also came in at a whopping 84.88 per cent ‘no’ and 15.12 per cent saying ‘yes’.

Tomorrow the Guardian launches a new debate for you to sink your teeth into – look out for it on Saturday’s opinion page.

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ROLLING POLL This week’s question Q: Is enough being done to control unsecured dogs in Ashburton?

TOP FACEBOOK COMMENTS Graeme More responsibility put on the owners, and fines. We’re to P.C. we have to have big fences and registration. Most dogs wandering have neither. Also the dog that causes injury to anyone or thing should be out down straight away.

Aleisha Educate, communicate, investigate, support and follow through. Educate people how to handle these situations - If there’s a fire we all know to get down get low and get out. If there’s a loose dog we need to educate people how to approach this potentially dangerous situation. Kids to not pat stray dogs. Do we run? Do we stay still? Is there a number to call? Do we take it to our house or leave it? Educate!! Create a support system and take complaints seriously. Communicate and investigate, it can’t be that hard to figure out if the owners are bad or if the dogs are dangerous. If they don’t comply take the dog off them until they pay/build fence/buy muzzle. Get support of the police and create a good team of people to be doing this all day everyday if it’s becoming a big problem- I’ve been chased into my home by a stray dog, avoided walking my dog past properties of some that are aggressive, made complaints that have been ignored. Today I had a stray dog up my driveway disrupting my dogs.

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How to guarantee your eggs are free range I

remember having chooks down the back of the yard while I was growing up.

They were in a chook house, a large handmade house, not the small ones you buy these days.

Not that there’s anything wrong with those. We have one of those, but the chooks have a run to hang out in during the day, well that is when they don’t escape and rearrange my linseed straw.

I don’t remember the old man’s chooks ever roaming around the backyard.

Ours seem very content, their run and exercise yard is right behind our outdoor patio area and it’s kinda cool having them cluck clucking (getting very descriptive this week) away beside you when you’re having a beer in the sun.

They appear to get along very well, until some newbies are introduced.

The new ones get a bit of a tong up for a week or so, until the pecking order is established and then it’s all back to happy families again.

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We are about to introduce two newbies soon. They are rhode island reds and they come from Rotorua.

I purchased them on Trade Me as eggs as I had a clucky chook determined to be a mother.

They are currently in a smaller run with mum as they grow.

This smaller run, let’s call it Cell Block B, doesn’t have a very high wall around its exercise yard.

The two juvenile birds (let’s call them Andy and Red) regularly escape and spend time in the largest exercise area called The Back Yard.

Andy and Red are not the most intelligent of jailbirds.

Instead of making a complete

break for it through the gate with railings wide enough for them to walk through, they prefer to stay in The Back Yard and work on their hamstrings by back flicking the afore-mentioned linseed straw from the garden on to my lawn.

When captain Phill Hadley or warden Amanda Norton go out to the yard to lock them up again, instead of making a break for freedom, they run towards us full tit.

A chook running full noise directly at you is hilarious.

Big chest and little head swinging rapidly from side to side, similar to a handcuffed prisoner making a run for it.

It cracks me up every time they do it.

They will run right up to us and let us pick them up and place them back in Cell Block B for the evening lock-down.

Their mother is a different story though, she will also run towards us, but never get close enough to apprehend, not until she has had at least 10 minutes

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She could be heading for the Green Mile shortly if she’s not careful.

So where I was going with this column before that wee trip to Shawshank Redemption was, I reckon having chooks in the backyard is getting a bit trendy again.

You can’t beat it.

We have super tasty eggs and no food scraps.

Plus you don’t have to worry about buying cage eggs falsely advertised as free range, like the ones in the news this week from a supermarket chain in New Zealand.

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Rutte victor in Dutch election Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday claimed a dominating parliamentary election victory over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, who failed the year’s first litmus test for populism in Europe.

Provisional results with over half the votes counted suggested Rutte’s party won 32 seats in the 150-member legislature, 13 more than Wilders’ party, which took only third place with 19 seats. The surging CDA Christian Democrats claimed 20.

Wilders, who campaigned on radical pledges to close borders to migrants from Muslim nations, close mosques, ban the Quran and take the Netherlands out of the EU, had insisted that whatever the result of the election, the kind of populist politics he and others in Europe represent aren’t going away.

“Rutte has not seen the back of me,” Wilders said after the results had sunk in.

Under brilliant skies, the Dutch went to vote in huge numbers, with turnout esti-

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Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the free-market VVD party celebrates after exit poll results of the parliamentary elections were announced in The Hague.PHOTO AP mated to have reached at 82 percent.

In a subplot of the elections, the Green Left party registered a historic victory, turning it into the largest party on the left wing of Dutch politics, together with the Socialist Party.

The Labour Party of Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem appeared to have been punished by voters in

the election, plunging from 38 seats at the last election to just nine.

Rutte had framed the election as a choice between continuity and chaos.

The main political parties, had ruled out forming a coalition government with the Party for Freedom.

The left-leaning Dutch Labour Party appeared to be

hammered by its supporters for its role over the last four years.

Rutte has been resolute about not wanting to share power with Wilders, so that tightens the market in which he can acquire the necessary 75-seat threshold.

Weeks, if not months of coalition-building talks may be required before a new government is installed.

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Hilary Duff thinks being divorced “sucks”.

The ‘Younger’ star split from ex-husband Mike Comrie - with whom she shares four-year-old son Luca - last year and admits it was tough at first. She said: “Some of my friends tell me, ‘God, it must be so nice, you get a break from your kid because you share him.’ I’m divorced, and it sucks. “Well, it did suck for a while; now it’s just normal. And the 29-year-old actress and singer isn’t too enamoured by the Los Angeles dating scene. She added: “I never think being single sucks until I go out in Los Angeles with my girlfriends and the options are terrible.”

Judge blocks Trump’s latest immigration ban For the second time, a federal court blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations, putting the president’s revised travel ban on hold just hours before it was to take effect.

This time, the ruling came from a judge in Hawaii who rejected the government’s claims that the travel ban is about national security, not

discrimination. US District Judge Derrick Watson also said Hawaii would suffer financially if the executive order constricted the flow of students and tourists to the state.

Watson criticised what he called the “illogic” of the government’s arguments. He also noted that while courts should not examine the “veiled psyche” and “secret motives” of government decision-makers,

“the remarkable facts at issue here require no such impermissible inquiry.”

“For instance, there is nothing ‘veiled’ about this press release: ‘Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,’” Watson wrote, referring to a statement Trump issued as a candidate.

The judge issued his 43page ruling less than two

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hours after hearing Hawaii’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop the ban from being put into practice.

In all, more than half a dozen states are trying to stop the ban.

Trump’s initial travel ban, issued on a Friday in late January, brought chaos and protests to airports as travellers from seven nations were barred from entering even if they had prior permission.- AP

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People smuggler to be sentenced Brexit bill to royal assent An Indonesian people smuggler is set to be sentenced for organising the boat at the centre of Australia’s cash for turnback scandal.

A self-described “entrepreneur”, authorities say Captain Bram’s history of smuggling people to Australia dates back to 1999.

Since then he is alleged to have helped organise the passage of more than 1500 asylum seekers to Australia.

But Thursday will be the first time he will be sentenced for people smuggling, thanks to laws introduced in Indonesia in 2011.

The 56-year-old, who was arrested in Jakarta in September last year, has been on trial at Rote Ndao District Court - east of Bali - for organising a boat bound for New Zealand in 2015, which had 65 asylum seekers on board.

Australian officials are said to have handed the crew and captain onboard $US32,000 ($NZ45,600) to turn back.

Prosecutors have called for Captain Bram - whose real name is Abraham Louhenapessy - to be jailed for nine years and fined 500 million rupiah ($NZ53,439) over the attempted smuggling.

But in a defence statement handed to court last week, Bram’s lawyer urged the court to be lenient.

The “main perpetrator”, they said was Vishvanathan Thineskumar alias Kugan - who was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in March 2016 over the failed venture.

Bram, they also argued, never had direct contact with the crew or the captain of the boat.

They said the 56-year-old had been honest and polite during his trial and was also had responsibility for his wife and his children who are still studying.

“The defendant is admitting and regretting what he did,” they submitted.

Bram was fined 25 million rupiah ($NZ2671) in 2010 over a failed attempt to bring 254 Sri Lankan asylum seekers into Australia the previous year.

But due to a lack of people smuggling laws in Indonesia at the time, he was charged with maritime offences and avoided jail.

The people smuggling charge Bram faces carries a maximum penalty of 15 years.

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London Legislation empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger formal negotiations on Britain leaving the European Union is expected to receive royal assent on Thursday, Brexit Secretary David Davis says.

Davis did not say when May planned to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which allows a nation to leave the EU after up to two years of negotiations.

Since Britain voted to leave the EU in a referendum in June, the government has not assessed the potential impact of failing to agree a deal on Brexit, Davis told members of a parliamentary committee on Brexit.

Leaving the EU without a deal is “not as frightening as some people think, but it’s not as simple as some people think,” he said.

The Article 50 bill passed both houses of parliament late Monday following six weeks of debate.

Royal assent is a formality of approval

by Queen Elizabeth II for all legislation before it is enacted.

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Prince never got over death Prince’s ex-wife doesn’t think he ever got over their son’s death. The late singer who died of an accidental overdose last April - and Mayte Garcia were devastated when son Amiir passed away just six days after his birth in 1996 as he had rare genetic disorder Pfeiffer syndrome type 2. Mayte told People magazine: “I don’t think he ever got over it. I don’t know how anybody can get over it.

I know I haven’t.” The brunette had been having a smooth pregnancy but a doctor recommended she underwent an amniocentesis test. Because there was a risk of miscarriage with the test Prince was against it.

Photos stolen in hack Emma Watson is taking legal action after private photos of the star were allegedly stolen and leaked online. “Photos from a clothes fitting Emma had with a stylist a couple of years ago have been stolen,” her publicist said. “They are not nude photographs. Lawyers have been instructed and we are not commenting further.” Reports suggest that the pictures have been shared on the socalled “dark web” by the average user.

Watson has been threatened with the leak of nude pictures as retaliation for her speech about gender equality as a UN ambassador for women.

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Fourth quarter growth slower than expected

Jeremy Flood

ON THE MARKETS

announced a second Scottish referendum will be held, blaming the UK Government’s lack of compromise over Brexit. And it appears that this time, the country may get its independence from Britain with an academic study showing that support for Scottish Independence is at its highest ever level.

The vote will occur between autumn 2018 and spring 2019.

Meanwhile in England, Prime Minister Theresa May is now free to invoke Article 50, which will trigger Brexit after a five week long battle with Parliament.

The House of Lords tried to add in two conditions, allowing EU citizens to have full rights to live and work in the UK after Brexit, which were quashed by the House of Commons. May is now free to trigger Brexit, and is expected to do so by the end of March.

The big event on the local calendar was the fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product reading.

Leading up to the announcement the market was torn on what the result would be as it included the Kaikoura and Wellington earthquakes. Average forecasts were for growth of 0.7 per cent however, the actual reading disappointed, with only 0.4 per cent growth.

There was also a downward revision for the third quarter going

from 1.1 per cent to 0.8 per cent.

Annual GDP growth for the year ended 31 December 2016 was 3.1 per cent, also slightly below consensus estimates of 3.2 per cent.

The transport sector was hardest hit by the earthquakes with road, rail and port damaged, causing a major disruption.

The dairy industry also dragged with lower milk production, while forestry and mining also saw declines in their contributions.

The declines were offset by growth in the services industry as strong tourism demand, strong construction activity and robust business confidence supports the economy.

Across the Tasman, the Australian Labour Force survey was released and showed an increase in the jobless rate.

Unemployment jumped to 5.9 per cent, its highest level in just over a year with the economy shedding 6400 jobs. Expectations were for the unemployment rate to remain at 5.7 per cent in February. In positive news, there was a change of trend with 27,100 full time jobs being created, while 33,500 part time jobs went away.

The participation rate remained at 64.6 per cent.

Jeremy Flood works for Craigs Investment Partners.

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he most important event on our economic calendars this week was the US Federal Reserve March meeting.

Although the resulting 25 basis point increase to the Fed Funds rate was a foregone conclusion, the accompanying commentary was closely watched.

In the lead up to the meeting, some analysts were expecting the Fed to ramp up its project rate path for the year, however it remained the same, expecting a further two to occur this year.

This was the third rate hike since the global financial crisis and the accompanying commentary from Fed Chair Janet Yellen has been labelled a goldilocks view with the Fed not wanting to seem to eager, although acknowledged that the economy is in good shape.

Politics have been in focus this week in the UK and Europe with Dutch elections as well further progress for the Brexit process dominating headlines.

The election was won by the incumbent Mark Rutte, with far right candidate Geert Wilders losing, although gaining seats.

Had Wilders been elected as Prime Minister, the Netherlands would have left the EU and it could have set a precedent for upcoming elections in France and Germany.

The voter turnout was the highest in 30 years at 81% with analysts believing that the higher than usual turnout may have been beneficial to Rutte.

It was an interesting week in the UK with Scotland announcing that it would in fact have its oncein-a life-time vote for the second time in a year.

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uct manufacturing, the statistics agency said. Meat manufacturing and dairy product manufacturing also fell.

Construction activity, however, continued to increase, rising 1.8 percent in the December quarter.

Residential and non-residential building were both up.

Services, however, was the main driver of growth in the quarter, with business services activity rising 1.7 per cent and arts, recreation and other services lifting 3.8 per cent.

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said ANZ Bank New Zealand senior economist Philip Borkin.

“Growth in service industries was partly offset by weaker activity in primary industries also flowing through into manufacturing,” Statistics New Zealand national accounts senior manager Gary Dunnet said. Agricultural activity fell 0.6 per cent, due to lower milk production while forestry and logging activity decreased 5.1 per cent and mining activity fell 2.3 per cent in the December quarter.

Activity in goods producing industries fell 0.3 per cent on the quarter, with manufacturing down 1.6 per cent due to decreased food, beverage and tobacco prod-

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until late 2018.

In February the central bank kept the official cash rate at 1.75 per cent and signalled increases from mid-2019.

Today’s data “means a softer starting point for activity and less pressure on capacity (and thereby domestic-led inflation pressure) than assumed in the February monetary policy statement.

However, while growth was softer-than-expected “some temporary weather-related influences had a clear impact so we need to be cautious about extrapolating trends.

The underlying pace of growth is better than these figures suggest,”

duction. Given that, he is expecting a “reasonable bounce” in first quarter growth.

Kate Hickie, Australia and New Zealand economist for Capital Economics, also said “the slowdown appears to have been driven by temporary factors and so should prove short-lived.”.

Meanwhile, tailwinds from record high net migration and a booming construction and tourism sector are likely to persist.

“This is why we expect GDP growth to accelerate from 3.1 per cent last year to around 3.5 per cent this year,” she said.

Per capita GDP growth remained anaemic, falling 0.2 per cent in the December quarter after a revised 0.3 per cent increase in September.

It was up 0.9 per cent in the year ended December 31.

Real gross national disposable income per capita, which measures the purchasing power of New Zealand’s disposable income, was up 2.3 per cent in the December quarter. Over the year, it rose 2 per cent.

On an expenditure measure, GDP rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, following a revised 0.9 per cent increase in the September quarter.

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New Zealand’s economy expanded less than expected in the fourth quarter, firming up the view that the central bank is likely to keep interest rates on hold for some time to come.

Gross domestic product expanded 0.4 per cent in the three months ended December 31, following a revised 0.8 per cent increase in the September quarter, Statistics New Zealand said. Economists had tipped growth quarterly growth of 0.75 per cent in a Business Desk poll and the central bank had forecast growth of 1 percent on quarter. The economy grew 2.7 per cent from the same period a year earlier.

The New Zealand dollar fell to 70 US cents from 70.37 cents immediately before the data release and recently traded at 70.08 cents.

For the Reserve Bank the data will come “as a low blow heading into next week’s OCR review,” said Kiwibank chief economist Zoe Wallis. “Following today’s data we remain comfortable with our view that there is no rush to raise the OCR anytime soon,” she said.

Economists are widely expecting the central bank to keep rates on hold next week with most not expecting any rate increases

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■ Preheat the oven to 180°C. ■ Place the saffron threads and stock in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and set aside for the saffron to infuse into the stock.

■ Heat a little oil in a large frying pan or saucepan. Add the Tegel Mixed Chicken Portions 2kg in batches and cook over high heat

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until they are golden brown. Remove from the pan and place into a large casserole dish.

■ Add the onion and garlic to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes over medium heat or until golden. Add the coriander, cumin, paprika, ginger, and cinnamon and cook, stirring, for a further minute. Add the stock with saffron and bring to the boil.

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ture over the chicken in the casserole dish. Add the dried apricots. Cover and bake in the oven for 1 hour or until the chicken is tender.

■ Garnish with the coriander.

Serve with couscous flavoured with lemon and coriander and seasonal green vegetables.

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The intuitive SYNC®3 system is smart and simple. With enhanced voice control and updated commands, even your kids can talk to it.

Say goodbye to the stress of parallel and perpendicular parking.

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Throughout the car’s development, Lexus made it a top priority to preserve the essence of the original LF-LC concept’s styling, delivering a flagship coupe that displays radical, brand-defining Lexus design.

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Designed under the watchful eye of renowned stylist Peter Schreyer, it’s functional but interesting lines complete with body dressings that include roof rails and 17-inch wheels ensure it is noticed.

While the cabin isn’t as stylish as the exterior it’s well equipped and in typical Hyundai manner, built to last.

It may be compact, but in terms of space, is four-adult friendly.

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for the front passenger’s seat would make this even better.

There’s a traditional look about the neatly laid out dash and durable feel to the plastics and finishings on and about it.

The dials are easy to read and the controls also easy to use. Equipment includes rain sensing wipers, front and rear parking sensors, reversing camera, LED daytime running lights, keyless entry and Bluetooth.

The back seat seats offer good leg, shoulder and head space for two standard size adults, without having to encroach on the driver’s or front passengers space.

Luggage space, seats up, is a useful 326 litres, but much more of course with the 60:40 rear seats folded.

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and wide opening hatch. The boot floor is double layered and a full size spare below, plus there’s the usual safety vest and fitted fire-extinguisher.

Expectedly, it’s straight-forward and easy to drive, particularly around town, where parking is a breeze, thanks to the combination of the compact size, those front and rear parking sensors and the reversing camera.

The latter’s display appears on the left side of the rear view mirror. Smallish it may be, but it is clear, complete with guidelines and easy to focus on, and for some it’s in exactly the right place to be looking when reversing.

The engine is a variable valve timed, multi-point fuel injected 1.4-litre petrol.

It produces 74kW of power at 6000 rpm and 134Nm of torque at 3500 rpm.

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While the auto remains a four-speed (unusual in these times) there’s a still a suitably responsive, robust performance in most driving conditions.

Indeed when driving about town, and then for trips on flattish terrain, you hardly notice that the auto has just four gears, for at cruise the Cross is quiet and relaxed, but then with hill driving, where the sequential shift is useful, this does show.

I found the suspension to be nicely set up to deliver a suitably comfortable, settled ride on all the typically changeable road surfaces driven.

This, together with the nicely weighted, electric power steering, even means it can very happily be hustled through corners in a reassuring manner!

Safety-wise there’s six air bags, stability/ traction control, lane departure warning, hill start assist, dusk-sensing lights, static cornering lights, tyre pressure sensors and strong, but nicely progressive brakes.

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L Innes M Du Plessis 2 060X2 Saint Finn (16) 58.5 Moroney/Gerard M Du Plessis 2 52556 Le Pe tite Rouge (14) 57.5 C Cole V C olgan D Danis (a4) 12 0X Adve nt (13) 56 R James 3 46402 Sne akysid (17) 58.5 S Wright V C olgan G C ooksley 3 043. Vale ntine Se cre t (17) 57.5 S Ritchie 13 Taihiki Pride SC RATC HED 1 5X624. Twinkle s (8) 59.5 R James 4 28 De e jay Mac (9) 58.5 S Manning T Thornton 4 3X009. Khe pe ra (9) 57.5 L Campbell 1 2 9X015 De me lza (6) 59 S Marsh M C ameron M McNab 14 06X Che e x (11) 56 K & D Bussey 5 X26X8 It’s Complicate d (3) 58.5 S Marsh D Johnson 3 3 618 Hot Saki (1) 58 S Ritchie 0 15 S C ollett Bizzwinkle (16) 58 G Old C Lammas 4 5 245X4 Gata (13) 57 Baker/Forsman M C ameron 6 50. Chiron (6) 58.5 A Oliveira D Prastiyou 0 16 Sie nna Grace (17) 56 B Ropiha 4 4 X2697 Saffron Lady (2) 58 Moroney/Gerard 1 6 2. Moccasin (6) 57 R McCarroll C Lammas S Weatherley (a2) 2 7 72983 Attire (8) 58 D Walker A C ollett 0

17 Marjole t (7) 56 G Old

3 7 933 Top Actre ss (15) 57 S McKee C Grylls 2 5 30320. Ekarosa (9) 57.5 P Mirabelli B Hutton (a) 8 3. Fore cast (1) 58 M Falconer E Farr (a2) 8 492 Vinorule s (7) 57 Moira & Kieran Murdoch 0 18 8 Zayzay (2) 56 S Marsh L Innes 6 32507. High Class (5) 57.5 J Mahoney M McNab 9 X4X73 Marque ss Of (2) 58 Logan/Gibbs V C olgan 0 19 X7706 Swiss Dre am (4) 56 J Mahoney 2 9 68354 The lma (5) 57 G & D Rogerson C Lammas 7 10805 Lady Shabe e l (10) 56.5 I Kennedy 10 36 Flip The Coin (11) 58 D Guy L Innes 10 358 Smart Garde n (10) 57 G & D Rogerson V C olgan E Farr (a2) PIAKO RURAL SERVICES 1200 R65 8 0X0X0 Bountiful (4) 55.5 T Shepherd 11 4 Stanton (14) 58 C Wood M Hills 11 6X477 Saronic Miss (8) 57 T Pike J Nason (a2) 4:04pm $10,000, Rating 65 Be nchmark*, 1200m 9 07877. Gangste rs Lass (3) 55 J Revell 1 T Thornton 4 12 20302. All Razzle Dazzle (7) 56.5 G Richardson M C oleman 12 00 Lady Fe nuala (2) 57 Sanders/Sweeney T Thornton A C ollett 13 89726 Dainty Rose (4) 56.5 L Somervell S McKay (a) 13 M Hills 10 0X890 Sne aky Darci (7) 54 M Sheely Que e n El Jay (1) 57 Baker/Forsman A C ollett 1 8050X She rpa (13) 59 A Tait

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VIDCOM NZ LTD AM DRIVERS PACE $6,000, 4YO+

Up–& including R65 +Claime r, 2200m PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver opt

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0686P Prime Lustre (1) C Sharpe 12233 Franco Hamilton (2) T Vince Sunhaven Boss 50701 Romanite (3) T Vince 01554 Extre me Gue st (4) J Stevens 54122 Spare Change (5) R Villiger 62007 Zakspatrol (6) A Donnelly

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D11 Paramount King (1) J & J Dickie 13 Stre ss Factor (2) B Purdon 32 More Shade s Of Gold (3) D & C McGowan 1 One Muscle Hill (4) N Molander 44 Se quoia (5) D & C McGowan Barrier

6:02pm 503

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K Marshall J Abernethy T Lethaby (J) S Abernethy B Mangos J I Dickie J MacKinnon (J) R Argue (J,C l) A Harrison (J) N C hilcott

ROOMMATE CABINS FILLIES & MARES PACE $6,000, NON-WINNERS othe rs with cond., 2200m

1 6X0PX Pay Me Ove rs (1) S Reid 4 2 Miss Kitty (2) B Purdon 3 88473 Zara Brown (3) C Webber 4 Burn A Debt

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FAIRVIEW MOTORS CAMBRIDGE TROT $6,000, 3YO+ Up–& incl. R58, R59–R62 with cond. ..., 2200m

1 70582 Danke (1) G Martin 2 70794 My Sky (2) A Matthews 3 157X5 This Sky Rox (3) I Brownlee 4 31943 Spe e dy Earl (4) D Iremonger 3 5 65320 Saint Miche l (5) B Mangos 1 6 10083 Se rtorius (6) J & J Dickie 2 7 23432 Primus Inte r Pare s (7) R Paynter 4 8 540X3 Royal Willie (8) R Paynter 9 0X880 Saffron Castle ton (u1) W Taylor

Harry H (u2) D Gale 10 P087P Barrier

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March 17, 2017

5 55X7 Gotta Ke e pase cre t (4) S Argue 6 44595 Bubble s O’Le ary (5) R Villiger 7 0X757 Ste phanie St Clair (6) J Coppins

Shape shifte r (7) A Bublitz 8

Barrier 3 9 2 Bouton (21) B Mangos 2 10 9032 Janie s Got A Gun (22) S Reid 11 0 Lucy’s Arie l (23) W Rich 1 12 2 Alta Mach (24) Cooney/Hopkins 13 32324 McLe od’s Daughte r (25) R & S Lawson

R Argue (J) S Butcher S Phelan D Ferguson (J) K Marshall T Mitchell B Butcher (J) M McKendry S Lawson

Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1000m; Weather: Mainly Fine

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2839 Johnny Podre s (23) B Purdon 644 Strawbe rry Moose (24) G Small

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7 WAIKARI SPORTS CLUB MATAPIHI PACE

$6,000, 3YO+ Up–& including R52, 2200m

1 77207 Lucky John (1) M Berger J C rawford (J) 2 301X9 Four Starzzz Spe cial (2) S Argue R Argue (J) 3 1X7X0 Dre amy Nights (3) T Macfarlane T Macfarlane K Marshall 6:57pm ST PATRICKS DAY TROT $6,000, 3YO+, Up–R48 & R47 & 4 86244 Cut The Cards (4) F Mitchell 4 5 06208 R Ge e Thre e (5) M Berger T Mitchell opt 505 othe rs with cond. +Claime r Spe c..., 2200m 1 1 X3202 BK Supe rstar (1) Craig & Tony Jamieson 1 6 90483 Livadia (6) J Stevens C Jamieson P Ferguson 2 7 Amabe de (2) M Berger D Butcher 3 The Dali Expre ss (7) T Herlihy T Herlihy 7 1X509 Barrier 4 3 71X63 Our Rosa (3) Wallis/Hackett T Mitchell 4 All Over The Stars SC RATC HED 8 Youbetteryoubet SC RATC HED 5 Stallbackskungen SC RATC HED 9 67866 Rangi Rangdu (21) W Fleming S Phelan 6 96 Phoe be Ge m (4) D & C McGowan N Delany (J) 10 77717 Fathe r Frank (22) K Kearns M Johnson (J) 3 7 67X84 Maje stic One (u1) J Abernethy S Abernethy D Ferguson (J) 8 375X9 De moise lle (u2) A Kiddie Z Butcher 11 39506 Be ttor Be Smooth (23) J Stevens 2 12 21382 Stars De light (24) D Butcher B Butcher (J) 9 72735 Me ye r Lansky (1) J Coppins J I Dickie 10 85759 Awa Cathrine (2) D Moore J Abernethy D Moore 13 37305 Kate Jackson (u1) J Abernethy 11 80998 Jimmys Girl (3) B Espin K Marshall 2 12 55433 Donna May (4) Wallis/Hackett M McKendry 8:19pm HAMILTON WHOLESALE MEATS PACE $7,000, 3YO+ 13 06008 De se rt Storm (u1) D Iremonger P Ferguson opt 508 R57–R66 +Claime r, 2200m 7:22pm EPIC SYSTEMS LTD PACE $6,000, NON-WINNERS 1 05749 Ace s N Eights (1) F Mitchell K Marshall opt 506 C,G&E, 2200m 2 43290 Rory McIlroy (2) W Fleming S Phelan 1 60068 Mossdale Nige l (1) R Paynter R Argue (J) 1 3 7X652 Max Phactor (3) M Berger P Butcher 2 X3676 R Ge e Be e (2) A Matthews J Abernethy 4 65161 Twe ntynine Twe lve (4) K Shaw T Herlihy 3 5 My Ge ne ration (3) D Balle K Marshall 2

5 715 Vampiro (5) B Mangos B Mangos 2 4 245X4 Cowboys N Alie ns (4) G Small D Butcher 6 55363 The Tracke r (6) J Peary T Mitchell 5 75633 Admiral’s Flight (5) S Phelan S Phelan Ralph Elliott (7) S Dickson M McKendry 6 X92X7 Sky Diamond (6) R Green A Drake (J) 7 77332 Barrier 1 7 42P02 Positano (7) Cooney/Hopkins T Herlihy 8 Zakspatrol SC RATC HED

Mahe e r Miste r (8) B Purdon Z Butcher 8 3 9 32156 Ste p Up (21) Telfer/Garlick

T Macfarlane Barrier D Butcher 3 9 2 Alta Roule tte (21) B Mangos B Mangos 10 46243 Jonah Jone s (22) S Dickson 4 11 159X9 Be t Out Of Ell (23) A Donnelly Z Butcher 10 Tropicana Chip (22) J & M Teaz A Poutama

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Invercargill Harness

Tomorrow at Ascot Park Raceway

March 18, 2017

7 Miss Bamboocha (6) C Laurenson B McLellan 12:10pm R McIlwrick (J) WINNERS Up–MR43, 2200m 8 70500 Pe gasus Hanove r (7) O Lawrence 3 9 King Cassidy (8) C Gerken D Dunn PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer Driver B Morris 1 7499X Mandolin (1) H Hunter H Hunter 10 742X7 Loxi Clairborne (9) L Veint Ambro Ame igo (10) K O'Connor R Swain 4 2 98808 Just Wish (2) M G Brown S Tomlinson (J) 11 7 Spe cial Pat (u1) G Woodhouse C Ferguson 3 00006 Evange line Franco (3) D McLachlan D Dunn 12 4 13 5 Dre am Of Pat (u2) G Woodhouse B Williamson 4 6900X Finge r In The Till (4) S Lock R McIlwrick (J) G McEwan 5 05200 Ide al De nario (5) S Matheson M Parker (J) 14 5650 Nottingham K Two (u3) G Orr 3 6 X5979 Dixie Pe ach (6) W Adams S Walkinshaw SPEIGHTS ALE HOUSE MOBILE PACE 7 00900 Lady’s Lass (7) T Robertson T Robertson 1:55pm $8,000, 3YO+ R46 to R50 MOB. PACE, 2200m 2 8 90855 Ve ra Mac (8) B McLellan

B McLellan 1 1 41043 Hunte r Bromac (1) M House M Purvis (J)

Barrier 2 2 00502 Mile high Magic (2) W Adams S Walkinshaw 9 897X5 Ne wmans Je t (21) S Lock A Suddaby 3 19864 Don’t Pass I’m Fast (3) K Barclay A Suddaby 1 10 96P66 Canardly Re me mbe r (22) B Shirley N Williamson 4 00X05 Anothe r Winde rme re (4) N Williamson N Williamson A Beck LONE STAR CAFE & BAR PACE $8,000, NON- 5 X2090 Rahuri Badlands (5) W Bryant 12:45pm WINNERS MR44–MR48 & MR49, 2200m 3 6 55906 Rocking Robyn (6) R Wilson B Orange 4 1 9X969 Ame rican Magic (1) M G Brown D Dunn 7 18675 Justasip (7) P Hunter B Williamson 2 80 I’m A Bro (2) P Hunter B Williamson 4 8 77667 El Dine ro (8) R Wilson C Ferguson

Barrier 3 790X5 Rake (3) R Wilson C Ferguson D Dunn 3 4 66 Champagne Bromac (4) A Stack N Williamson 9 027P8 Anse tt Flight (21) P Hunter 5 55574 RnR Winde rme re (5) J Tither M Williamson WAIKIWI TAVERN PACE $8,000, NON-WINNERS 6 52367 Blaze r S (6) O Lawrence R McIlwrick (J) 2:20pm MR49–MR55, 2200m 7 26488 Tiziano (7) H Hunter H Hunter 2 1 2982 Patanjali (1) T & G Chmiel C Ferguson 2 Lausanne Lass (8) B McIntyre B Barclay 1 2 32832 Lilac Flash (2) T Stratford D Dunn 8 4207 Barrier

3 3 Ze aland Star (3) B Gray B Barclay 9 23860 Maidonthe be ach (21) H Hunter C Faithful (J) 4 44 Ask Me Major (4) K Barclay A Suddaby 1 10 55922 Miss Fandango (22) W McEwan B Orange 5 72423 Manuka Valle y (5) C Barron B Orange 4 6 25433 Rakarove r (6) P Hunter M Williamson CENTREPOINT & SOUTH CITY LIQUORLAND TROT 1:20pm $8,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ TROT, 2700m 7 Mason Buoy (7) L Veint A Beck 1 88004 Zsa Ziva (1) K Ford S Tomlinson (J) 8 0 L J’s Je t (8) W Adams S Walkinshaw 2 2 23 Jaccka Josh (2) B Gray B Barclay 9 0 Lite Pe rcussion (u1) K Barclay K Barclay

Barrier 3 Bet’s C ommando SC RATC HED 1 4 2 Ove r The Love (3) K & T Barron B Orange ELMWOOD CATERING FILLIES & MARES PACE $8,000, 5 85 Jato (4) A Milne A Milne 2:50pm 3YO+ F&M Up–& including R62, 1700m 6 70870 Pure Emotion (5) S Lock A Suddaby 1 84000 Soapbox (1) M G Brown S Tomlinson (J) HOMESTEAD COBB & CO PACE $7,000, NON-

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Track Information Type: All weather; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1029m; Weather: Mainly Fine

2 56646 Art Exhibit (2) G & C Lee 1 4 3 91655 Cindy Bromac (3) G & N Hope 4 0P782 Caballo Blanco (4) P Ellis 3 5 20795 Le Vado (5) N Le Lievre 6 My Rona Gold 7 70X10 Envious (6) J Baynes 2 She zza GNP (7) K & T Barron 8 41432 Barrier 9 18X67 Ide al Rule (21) J Lethaby

G Lee N Williamson K Barclay B Barclay SC RATC HED D Dunn B Orange

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 8:52pm opt 509

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2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11 THE HANLEY FORMULA PACE $7,500, R60 & faste r

+Claime rs DiscrHcp, 2700m

1 71641 Drove r’s Eyre (1) T Vince 4 2 43267 Stunin Banne r (1) T Mitchell 3 12452 Imajollywally (2) A Donnelly 3 4 13522 Fle e ting Grin (3) C Webber 2 5 14141 Marshal Star (4) S Dickson 6 2465X On The Razzle (5) J Stevens 1 7 73489 Be ttor Spirits (1) M Berger 9:22pm 510

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P & M QUALITY PAINTERS PACE $6,500, 3YO+

1 75415 Jack Bate s (1) F Mitchell 1 2 38957 Che ck In (2) Telfer/Garlick 2 3 8X002 Robe rt The Bruce (3) A Bublitz 4 48217 Hold All Be ts (4) F Mitchell 5 71799 Spyda (5) R Paynter 3 6 15766 Maste r Ge orge (6) J & J Dickie 7 00045 Re d Magic (7) R Hughes

Stand Sure (8) M Berger 8 61077 Barrier

9 3158P Jude ’s Ge m (21) A Matthews 10 33174 Che roke e Warrior (22) T Mitchell 4 11 03318 He zaluckygrinne r (23) L White 12 Tact Ollie 13 22690 Raschke r (u1) T Mitchell 9:44pm 511

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R53–R57, 2200m

S Abernethy J MacKinnon (J) P Ferguson K Marshall S Phelan J I Dickie B Butcher (J) P Butcher J Abernethy M McKendry N C hilcott SC RATC HED T Mitchell

11 ROTORUA EAST CLUB JUNIOR DRIVERS MARES PACE

$7,000, 4YO+ Mare s Up–& incl. R66, R67–R69 with cond...., 2200m

1 Real C yclone 2 42702 Wynbe rg Sally (1) M Berger 1 3 25056 Rocknroll Prince ss (2) Telfer/Garlick 4 69257 Kilke e l Lady (3) C Butler 3 5 08902 Are You Re ady Girl (4) M Berger 6 26357 Shardon’s Pe arl (5) T Mitchell 4 7 72X30 She za Springfie ld (6) N Chilcott 2 Lola Jone s (7) Telfer/Garlick 8 54384 Barrier

DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6 4:19pm

S Phelan T Mitchell A Donnelly P Ferguson D Butcher D Ferguson (J) P Butcher

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SC RATC HED J C rawford (J) J MacKinnon (J) M Johnson (J) B Butcher (J) A Drake (J) D Ferguson (J) J Wallace (J)

2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 1-2-3, 5-6-7, 9-10-11 2-3-4-5, 8-9-10-11 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 6-7-8-9-10-11 ILT FOUNDATION AUTUMN CUP (HANDICAP PACE) $9,000, R60 & faste r DiscrHcp PACE, 2700m

1 7X102 Shortys Mate (1) A Beck 4 A Beck 2 44008 Bonnie ’s Khale e si (2) B McIntyre M Williamson 3 80081 Like the look (3) B Nicol N Williamson 1 4 13374 Be ttor Ops (1) K Larsen B Barclay C Ferguson 5 31106 Be tta Go Fe rnco (u1) A Swain B Orange 2 6 41332 Lamborne Road (u2) W Adams S Walkinshaw THE FOUNDRY JUNIOR DRIVERS PACE $7,000, 4YO+ Up–& 3:15pm B McLellan including R60 Spe cHcp JUN.D, 2200m 7 71254 Luciano (1) B McLellan 3 8 57745 Robs Ide al (2) R Wilson C Ferguson 3 1 X2102 Thaboyz Toy (1) T Stratford M Anderson (J) 2 0X871 Tangle d Up In Blue (2) B McIntyre G C rawford (J) INVERCARGILL LICENSING TRUST PACE $8,000, 4:49pm 2 3 X0925 Pass The Spe ights (3) B McLellan 3YO+ R52–R60, 2200m M Hurrell (J)

1 X1000 Erin Jaccka (1) M G Brown

C Ferguson 4 22894 No More Change (4) C Ferguson S Tomlinson (J) N Williamson 5 105 El Capitan (5) B Gray T Quate (J) 2 90883 Our Quinn (2) J Lethaby 3 X7000 Ronnoco (3) K O'Connor M Hurrell (J) 4 6 50928 Tact Rouse y (6) T Proctor C Faithful (J) 1 4 21X61 Be tte r B Che vron (4) K & T Barron B Orange 7 04178 Machjagge r (7) B Gray M Parker (J) 5 51556 Simple Ple asure (5) G Hunter A Suddaby 1 8 24237 Be ttor Enforce (1) A Beck R McIlwrick (J) 3 6 19552 Sportzstar (6) W Adams S Walkinshaw 9 86678 Jabali (2) R Hope M Purvis (J) 2 7 01224 Santanna’s Rocke t (7) S Breen B Williamson

Southe rn Lights (8) P Hunter B Barclay 8 0001 Barrier

WAXY O’SHEA’S HANDICAP TROT 3:50pm $8,000, R55 & faste r DiscrHcp TROT, 2700m 4 9 33120 She e zus (21) T Stratford D Dunn 1 55733 Eagle Galle on (1) R Wilson B Orange ASCOT PARK HOTEL PACE $8,000, Up–& 2 5P874 Anothe r De light (2) R Wilson D Dunn 5:21pm including R45, 2200m 3 06970 Our Budd (3) G McEwan G McEwan 1 34008 Balius (1) S Matheson S Tomlinson (J) 4 64909 Che e ky Pat (4) G Woodhouse C Ferguson 2 48847 Two Ply (2) C Laurenson B McLellan 5 58197 Be lmont Invasion (u1) O Lawrence A Suddaby 1 3 90264 Swap Ove r (3) B Shirley N Williamson 3 4 X2566 Mach Of The Man (4) T Stratford 6 6X460 Mokosun (u2) S Matheson D Dunn M Parker (J) 4 5 89639 Me lina Lowe (5) K Larsen B Orange 7 43410 Ove rcast (u3) A Paisley B Barclay B Barclay 3 8 22174 Rydge mont Milly (1) Mark & Debbie Shirley S Walkinshaw 6 53037 Bold Rule r (6) P Hunter 7 Pat’s Legacy SC RATC HED 9 1819 Sundons Wish (2) N Williamson N Williamson

Franco Huntington (7) D McLachlan K Barclay 10 52448 Mass Invasion (3) C Barron C Barron 8 49007 Barrier 2 11 14342 Brads Ke nny (1) P Williamson B Williamson 9 7807X Comic Book He ro (21) H Hunter C Faithful (J) 1 12 574X1 Blazing Unde r Fire (u1) P Williamson M Williamson 10 00589 Nightmarch (22) M Kerr A Milne 4 13 70702 Golde n Gate (u1) J Ryan R McIlwrick (J) 2 11 98046 First Son (23) S Matheson M Parker (J)

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Te Rapa Races

Tomorrow at Te Rapa

March 18, 2017

4 17 High Distinction (3) 57.5 C Cole $25,000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1400m 5 X1028 Tardy Chardy (7) 57.5 G & D Rogerson C Grylls PX # REC Horse (Barrier) kg Trainer Jockey 4 6 51225 O’Rachael (8) 56.5 S McKee 2 1 13110. Ruud Not Too (1) 60 S Marsh H Marzuki (a4) 7 15X Exhibit (2) 55.5 D Goldsbury M Hills 4 2 6104X Cheeky Boy (4) 59.5 Wallace/Peard 8 175X Indecision (1) 55.5 T Pike V C olgan 3 21407 Lasarla (6) 57.5 Moira & Kieran Murdoch 9 17 Love Affair (5) 55.5 Baker/Forsman S Weatherley (a2) 4 24321 Go Nicholas (5) 57.5 S Hale ALLIED SECURITY 1200 5 53695. Silhouette Noire (3) 57 L Somervell S McKay (a) 2:25pm opt 204 $30,000, OPN HCP, 1200m 1 6 1X1X5 Royal Success (7) 56.5 Autridge/Richards C Grylls 1 1 27160 Irish Moon (2) 60 K & B Kelso C Grylls 7 9X515 Astrid (2) 54 Autridge/Richards 4 2 80020 Passing Shot (5) 58.5 S McKee 3 8 00741 Massofdash (8) 54 J Collett 3 0775X Southern Icon (1) 58.5 A Tait M Hills

4 6159X Ohope Prince (7) 57 J Pender

D Prastiyou 1:10pm THORNBURN BUILDERS 1200 MAIDEN 2 5 7X242. Cartell (3) 55.5 R Collett $10,000, MDN, 1200m opt 202 V C olgan 1 Park Lane (1) 58.5 K Fawcett D Turner 3 6 11222 Morse Code (4) 54 T Perry 1 2 X8452. Olympic (6) 58 S McKee 7 77582. First Class (6) 54 J Mahoney S Weatherley (a) 4 3 6X735 Melbourne Born (11) 58 J Bell M Vance 3:03pm JOE BLACK MUNNS THE MANS STORE 2100 R65 4 58356. Imran (9) 58 G Brick S McKay (a) opt 205 $20,000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2100m 5 98875 Culzean (10) 58 G & D Rogerson 1 85134 Call Me Irish (13) 59.5 G Sharrock S Weatherley (a2) 2 6 72 Quintos (7) 58 C Wood 1 2 X5426 Sheridan (5) 59.5 T Pike V C olgan 7 6 Silver Sasanof (3) 58 F Mullineaux R Hutchings 3 36412 Splendido (6) 59.5 Wallace/Peard 3 8 3252X Sarabande (8) 56.5 J Collett 4 02240 Bear (8) 59 Sanders/Sweeney R Hutchings 9 33377. My Giddy Aunt (2) 56.5 Thomas/Smith V C olgan 5 22928 The Chief (14) 59 S McKee 10 59X4 Lady Roseanne (5) 56 G & D Rogerson 3 6 1665 Desert Storm (12) 58.5 Baker/Forsman C Grylls 11 67. Aileen Grace (4) 56 R McCarroll 7 92331 Master Of Speed (3) 58.5 L Brennan 12 Lovers Lane (12) 56 D Guy 4 8 82150 Lustrous (7) 58 G & D Rogerson E Farr (a2) 2 9 05132 Thailand (10) 58 J Collett 1:45pm SEAFOOD BAZAAR 3YO 1200 J Nason (a2) opt 203 $20,000, 3YO SW+P, 1200m 10 40418. Mystery Man (11) 58 F Leahy 2 1 0X166 Honey Rider (4) 57.5 Baker/Forsman J Nason (a2) 11 00X06 Dezignator (1) 57 W Hillis R Jones 3 2 X3346 Memories Only (9) 57.5 L Laing R Norvall 12 X4569 Lady Pimpernel (9) 56.5 S McKee 1 3 43X21 Don Blanco (6) 57.5 K Zimmerman S McKay (a) 13 X9200 Feroz (2) 56 C Wood 12:35pm opt 201

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WAIMATE WORKOUTS/WAIMATE T&C CLUB PACE $6,000,

PX # REC Horse (Start pos) Trainer

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00500 Gerald (1) S Blake 35700 Real South (2) M House 9090P Alexy (3) S Blake 59805 Bettor Backim (4) S Blake 03700 Loose Cannon (5) W Low 04003 Jackalack Sue (6) M Fuller 85680 Redmaro (7) G Cook 40434 Elusive Flight (8) P Williamson 07700 Pat Campbell (9) B Negus

S Blake C Negus P C ook W Low B Wilmott G C ook

March 19, 2017

35097 Myboylolliepop (8) M Edmonds 90850 The Jandel Machine (u1) M Nyhan

2:24pm

M Edmonds P Davis

Barrier

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1 00580 Extreme Spark (1) M Heenan 4 3 2 66776 The Persuader (2) E Latimer 1 3 27588 Booming Jet (3) P Court 4 93030 Chief Kapai (4) E Latimer 5 89X98 Pegasus Kommander (5) C & J Kennett 6 P7390 Fiery Ferret (6) G & J Knight 2 7 55P02 Bontz (7) T & G Chmiel 8 45471 Oliver Queen (8) G Ward

9 00647 Canndew (9) M Nyhan

L O'Reilly D Dunn B Orange I Lee (J) J Kennett (J) M Williamson T C hmiel G Ward

Track Information Type: Grass; Expected: Dead; Direction: Left-handed; Length: 1800m; Straight: 420m; Rail: Rail out 4m; Weather: Fine

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D Turner

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

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990P0 Paleface Sioux (21) M Nyhan Come Dance With Me (22) P Kerr Glen Torran (23) G Telfer

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DOUBLES TREBLES QUADDIES FIRST 4 PLACE 6

7 8 M Anderson (J) 9 D Dunn 10 3 11 PGG WRIGHTSON AON PACE $7,500, 3YO+ Up–& 1 12 including R64 DiscrHcp, 2000m

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1 09030 Mickey Jay (1) E Latimer I Lee (J) 2 08090 The Edge Of Reason (2) E Latimer 3 X0000 Fastroundtown (3) R Beale J Ovens S Murtha Barrier 4 L0089 Top Brass (4) W Stevenson L O'Reilly 1 10 05629 Living Legend (21) B Negus M Stratford 4 5 87X00 Thats Bettor (5) D McKenzie R Holmes Barrier 11 02706 Franco Caliph (22) D Taylor T Sissons 6 26000 Hestia Franco (6) L Smart T Williams 12 P0750 Caesar’s Quest (23) J McDermott J McDermott 10 03008 Game Changer (21) M Nyhan 3 7 81002 Zulu Courage (7) B Negus J Young 11 70553 Leading The Way (22) W Stapleton J Morrison (J) 2 13 05770 As Kiwi As (24) R Holmes 8 5530X Culler Coded (1) D Heffernan T Lethaby (J) J C urtin 14 92507 Tufflittlerooster (25) M Hallett M Hallett 12 0X000 Lauragrace (23) B Kerr 9 PX637 Scotty’s Image (2) D Hari R May NZ CUP WEEK GOLF HAREWOOD PACE 1 10 2716X Order Online (3) K & T Barron B Orange KIRK IRRIGATION TROT 2:59 pm 1:14pm $7,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ PACE, 2000m $7,000, NON-WINNERS 3YO+ TROT, 2000m 2 11 22114 Titanium (4) T & G Chmiel T C hmiel A Lowe 1 45300 Princess Harbour (1) K James C DeFilippi 1 8900X Sandra Keith (1) A Lowe 12 14031 Hidden Desire (5) D Flint K C ox (J) M Prendergast 2 90846 Madaboy (2) C Buchan C Buchan 2 00006 Benz Buy (2) M Prendergast MCMILLAN FEEDS MOBILE PACE 4 3 6X009 Karanga Sweet P (3) D Jones C Markham 4:33pm 4 3 36706 Here We Are (3) W Stapleton J Morrison (J) $7,500, 3YO+ R49 to R54 MOB. PACE, 2000m 3 4 65660 Limoso (4) G Telfer G Telfer 4 76340 Spurred By Success (4) M Edmonds 2 1 73227 Seduce Me (1) G & J Knight M Williamson K C ox (J) 1 5 Jerry Garcia (5) L O'Reilly L O'Reilly 5 68583 Magic Blaze (5) D Flint 2 4X032 She’sa Tricky Bridge (2) J McDermott J C urtin

6 63444 Corena Lea (6) G McStay R Holmes 6 06902 Paradise Spur (6) W Stevenson B Orange 1 3 19604 Glenferrie Duster (3) T & G Chmiel T C hmiel J Patterson 7 The Dominator (7) D Williamson S McNally 7 X0880 Sledgehammer (7) J Patterson 4 4X177 Classie Margaret (4) H Galway K C ox (J) C DeFilippi 3 8 88X2X Jana’s Wishes (8) G O'Reilly G O'Reilly 8 00496 Ellmers Hoofing It (8) K James 5 09787 Likely Jereme (5) J Hay J Hay M Williamson 9 05506 Cuddly Trouble (u1) M Heenan M Heenan 9 740 Skylla (9) G & J Knight 3 6 25200 Ice Crusher (6) M Jones S Ottley 1 10 42663 Dying To See You (10) N Taylor D Dunn 2 10 00893 Whatasista (u2) C McLeod M Williamson 7 4P577 Booster (7) J Wederell J W C ox 2 11 546 Enchantee (11) N Le Lievre G O'Reilly 11 00728 Jedi Josh (u3) K Adams S Ottley 4 8 05855 Veneto (8) C & J Kennett J Kennett (J) A Milne 12 64276 Greenanwhite (u4) B Kerr J C urtin 12 84904 Matai Valour (12) A Milne Aymar (9) M Jones M Jones 9 50560 Barrier R May 13 03207 Castleton Tui (u5) J Patterson J Patterson 13 0X90X Days Of Passion (13) M Watene 14 10 41978 Passion Flower (21) R Wilson Gear Change (14) N Taylor

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55562 Clasina Maria (u2) P Young 17213 Franco Tristan (1) S McRae 70321 Johnny Eyre (2) M Brown 40774 Karanga Red Fantasy (3) D Jones 14150 Boomer Bailey (4) G Telfer 45211 Motu Premier (1) Purdon/Rasmussen

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1 26021 Buckeye (1) J & J Geddes 4 2 33110 Zimfandel (2) B Negus 3 08918 Waihemo Art (3) M House 4 68018 JJ’s Delight (4) C Kennedy STALLIONS AUSTRALASIA PACE $7,000, NON 5 0X403 Motu Speedy Star (5) E Latimer 1:49pm WINNERS 2YO+, 2000m NEVELE R STUD WAIMATE CUP (HANDICAP PACE) THE TYRE GENERAL FILLIES & MARES PACE $7,000, NON 6 17100 Outta Sight (6) R Bennett 5:03pm 1 1 27 John The Plumber (1) B Negus C DeFilippi 3:33pm $14,000, R65 & faster DiscrHcp, 3000m WINNERS 2YO+ & others with cond., 2000m 1 7 03015 Canderdel (7) R Todd 2 44842 Lets Rock N Roll (2) J Hay 4 1 56227 Forgot To Remember (1) A Stuart J Hay H Hunter S Golding 1 92278 Acolyte (1) H Hunter 8 840X0 Nic Mac Willy (8) S Hale 2 3 696X3 Flyingmasterwilliams (3) B White 4 2 37444 Crackabella (2) D Taylor S McNally 2 00 Lulu Rose (2) M Nyhan 2 9 498X7 Rock N Roll Delight (9) P Burrows

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8 7547L Sin Bin (u1) Cox/McGrannachan A Suddaby 1 2 98046 First Son (2) S Matheson M Parker (J) D Dunn 9 69400 I’ldoitmyway (u2) A Hoffman T Quate (J) 2 3 34008 Balius (3) S Matheson S Tomlinson (J) B Williamson

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Friday, March 17, 2017

In brief

■ CHRISTEN ME

Christen Me sold to US

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Vicki Purdon is keeping realistic about the sale of the horse who shot her back into the harness racing limelight.

News has filtered through this week of the sale to North America of outstanding pacer Christen Me who has struggled to recapture his best form in the past 12 months.

And for Purdon, who coowned by the 11-time Group One winner with Charlie Roberts, it’s bringing mixed emotions.

“Obviously there is a bit of sadness there that he’s going,” she said.

“But at the same time he has given myself, Paul and Mary Kenny and Charlie Roberts a wonderful ride for such a long time too. So I’m also excited about the next chapter for him and hope that he goes over there and does a great job.”

The news was a bit of a bolt from the blue for the industry with Dalgety suggesting that next month’s Easter Cup could potentially be the pacer’s last start.

But the wheels have obviously gained motion quickly and the sale is now official.

Despite some word about that they would retain a share in the gelding, Purdon confirmed that wasn’t going to be the case.

“We have decided not to keep a share in him, so he’s completely sold.”

That also negates the opportunity for Christen Me to return to New Zealand following the completion of his racing days in North America with the decision on what happens post-career ultimately up to his new owners.

Christen Me leaves New Zealand as one of the greats of the past decade.

After beginning his career with Mark Purdon and Grant Payne he found his way into the Cran Dalgety stable and would win his first eight starts in Kentuckiana Lodge colours.

Champion jockey Leith Innes (right) pulled off a masterclass on the hallowed turf of Ellerslie Racecourse last night to claim the Auckland Cup with outstanding mare, Chenille.

The Tony Pike-trained mare and Innes carried the weight of the punters on their shoulders as race favourite but delivered in fine fashion, coming from off the speed to range up on the home corner and defy everyone as they strode to glory in the $500,000 event.

“She was bolting on the corner, she almost got her there too ear-

Thee Auld Floozie’s outstanding five-year-old season got even better at Ellerslie yesterday with further feature race success. The Group One winner of the Thorndon Mile at her previous appearance, the game grey produced a determined performance to add the Gr.2 Westbury Classic to her record for part-owner and trainer Stephen Marsh. “There wasn’t much in it, she was brave,” the Cambridge horseman said. “She knocked up the last bit and she will be perfect for the Breeders’ Stakes at Te Aroha now, that’s the logical race for her.”

- NZME

Richard Collett has two chances to ace tomorrow’s Gr.2 Grant Plumbing Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham. The Pukekohe trainer will produce Top Prospect and Swissta, both by Westbury Stud stallion Swiss Ace, in the three-year-old sprint, confident he has two horses capable of winning the race.

“They should be two competitive chances,” Collett said. “Saracino is bringing Group One form from Te Rapa and you have to rate him, but there looks to be genuine tempo and that will help my horses. It will be the last 100m that my pair will be at their most dominant.” - NZME

The ride continues

Vicki Purdon and Christen Me, who was this week sold to North America.

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As a four-year-old, he raced 15 times for 13 wins and two seconds as well as two Australian victories.

He won the Taylor Mile, The Messenger and the Jewels – the latter arguably one of his best performances on Kiwi soil after drawing badly on the second row and working hard the entire trip three wide in a 1:51.5 mile.

But it was his five-year-old career that will go down as his

greatest. He won the Hunter Cup, sitting parked, over a distance that many said he couldn’t handle and then returned to the following year to add the Miracle Mile, sitting outside Beautide, and the Victoria Cup to the mantle.

“That would have to be the highlight for me,” Purdon said.

“Winning those big races over there, especially the Hunter Cup after everyone kept telling me he

couldn’t go the distance.

“Just having him at the races was great though, we had some wonderful times.”

In 68 starts down under, Christen Me won 32 races, placed 21 times and won close to $2.5 million in earnings.

Now he gets the chance to revitalise himself in America and hopefully recapture some of that form that made his almost invincible here.

Innes gets Auckland Cup favourite home matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Floozie takes feature

Collett camp confident

■ AUCKLAND CUP

By Matt MarkhaM

Ashburton Guardian 23

ly,” Pike said after the race.

“She strode herself into the race and looked like a good thing on the home turn but probably did get there too soon but she is a very, very good staying mare.”

Pike said the Sydney Cup was a possible target for the mare in the immediate future.

An exhausted Innes, who had to really push to get down to 53.5kg to ride the mare was full of praise for his mount.

“I’m pretty happy, I had so much faith in the horse and had so much faith in her on this track.”

El Pistola emerged from the pack to run a valiant second while Jacksstar was third.

Another chapter will be added to a remarkable story when 2017 New Zealand Derby winner Gingernuts tackles the Rosehill Guineas in Sydney this weekend. One of the lingering images from that Derby victory earlier this month was the massive support team invading the Ellerslie birdcage, resplendent in their orange “G Nuts” caps, as their pride and joy returned to the winners enclosure. With their caps proudly bearing the moniker ‘he’s got the bickies’, another Derby victory could well ignite a birdcage invasion to match the greatest celebrations of all time.

- NZME

History to repeat Craig Williams enjoyed a successful association with Criterion and now Melbourne’s premier jockey is eyeing a Group One win on the former star horse’s younger sibling Comin’ Through. Williams rode Criterion six times with the highlight their win in Sydney’s richest race, the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes two years ago.

Williams rides Comin’ Through in Saturday’s Rosehill Guineas (2000m) in which the colt will try to emulate Criterion who won the Guineas three years ago when ridden by Hugh Bowman.

- AAP

Mair eyes a big prize Mick Mair has long been one of the dominant trainers on the Sunshine Coast but lately has made his mark at the other end of the south east Queensland tourist strip. Mair was a successful trainer when based at Warwick Farm in Sydney but moved to Caloundra 30 years ago and has had hundreds of winners since. He will saddle up Fast Arrow, a last-start winnerat the track and distance, in the $100,000 Gold Coast Stakes tomorrow. The six-year-old has won eight races and banked more than $150,000 in stakes-money. “He has been honest and tries all the time,” Mair said.

- AAP

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26-18

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9:45 pm

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18 Mar

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20-22

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9:45 pm

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10-41

19 Mar

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4:15 am

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6:30 am

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■ SQUASH

In brief

Long service to local squash club rewarded

By Matt MarkhaM

Matt.M@theguardian.co.nz

Celtic Squash Club stalwart, Steve Devereux, was given the ultimate compliment this week.

After 38 years of dedication to the sport of squash, and in particular to the Celtic club, Devereux was awarded a Life Membership at a surprise gathering on Wednesday night on the final night of the club’s summer league.

Club president Ed Harrison said the life membership award was a recognition of the hours and hours of work and effort put into the club by Devereux, stretching over almost four decades.

“Steve’s contribution to the Celtic Squash Club has been immense,” Harrison said.

“He would have probably received life membership a lot sooner, but he’d been president for 13 years because no one else wanted to step up and do the role.

“So, I made it one of my first jobs when I got into the role to see that his effort was recognised.”

Devereux’s roles for the club haven’t just stopped at the presi-

dency reign however. He’s been a long-standing representative to Mid Canterbury Squash and a recent realignment with Squash New Zealand after a hiatus has seen him actively involved in that process as well.

“He initially joined on the committee in 1978 and has been around the club in one way or another pretty much ever since,” Harrison said.

The club managed to keep the pending announcement quiet from its recipient until it was announced on Wednesday night with a large number of club members in attendance to celebrate the achievement.

“We had to pull a few strings and find the right night to do it.

“Then we had to ensure we told the right people to spread to the word to others to make sure people were there without Steve knowing it.

“I think he was surprised by the whole thing, but at the end of the day there aren’t many more deserving of it than him.”

Footnote: Steve Devereux is a subeditor for the Ashburton Guardian.

The injury-ravaged Highlanders can finally breathe a sigh of relief after skipper Ben Smith was cleared to play the Hurricanes in their Super Rugby clash tomorrow. The All Blacks vice-captain was briefly knocked out in his side’s roundone loss to the Chiefs and has missed their subsequent matches against the Crusaders and Blues with concussion. He’ll now be reinjected by boss Tony Brown into the Highlanders’ XV as they look to nab their second win of 2017.

Lima Sopoaga’s hamstring injury in the side’s 16-12 win over the Blues last week has opened up a spot for young gun Fletcher Smith. - NZME

Paia’aua right at home

Steve Devereux has been around the Celtic Squash Club for nearly four decades.

PHOTO KIRSTY CLAY

Duncan Paia’aua believes he has finally found his feet at Super Rugby level and has carved out his own niche in a star-studded Queensland Reds backline. The 22-year-old has been one of the success stories of the Reds’ stuttering start to the season, which continues in Johannesburg on Sunday morning against the Lions. A former Brisbane Broncos under-20s player whose output over the last two years has been curtailed by concussion and injury problems, inside centre Paia’aua is emerging as the ideal foil for fiveeighth Quade Cooper.

- AAP

A poisoned chalice

■ RUGBY

Big clash may yet happen England’s cash-rich national rugby union is poised to offer the All Blacks a huge cash carrot to agree to a grudge match at Twickenham in London in November.

And the sweetener, which could be anywhere between $7 million and $10m, may be enough to tempt New Zealand rugby bosses to agree to the showdown with Eddie Jones and his rampant Englishmen despite previous misgivings.

The All Blacks are due to play Scotland, France and Wales on their traditional end-of-season northern hemisphere tour with a fourth match still to be agreed against undetermined rivals.

New Zealand Rugby has been negotiating with England’s RFU, the owners of Twickenham, to rent the 80,000-seat stadium for a match against an invitational Barbarians team.

The match sits outside World Rugby’s official international calendar, which allows NZR to bank revenue it normally would not get.

The All Blacks have played Ireland in Chicago and matches in Europe against the likes of Italy and others to earn additional cash for NZR. English media have reported that NZR was expecting to pocket about $4.4m from a Barbarians game.

But with England, completely rejuvenated under former Wallaby coach Jones, securing backto-back Six Nations titles last weekend and equalling the All Blacks’ record of 18 successive test victories, the call for a showdown with No 1 ranked New Zea-

Smith welcomed back

land has reached fever pitch.

The Daily Mail reported yesterday that the RFU had launched a dramatic bid to engineer a fixture between the world’s top two rugby sides at Twickenham on November 4.

Jones’ team will surpass the All Blacks’ record if they beat Ireland on Sunday morning but are not officially scheduled to take on Steve Hansen’s world champions until November next year.

However, the Daily Mail has reported that RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie is pursuing the possibility of arranging the game that Hansen admitted people are “desperate” to see.

The All Blacks have won their past five meetings with England.

But their last loss to the men in white came in 2012 when they agreed to play England on their last match of the northern tour that year in exchange for a fee.

The experience of banking good money but losing the game did not sit well with the All Blacks coaching staff of the time who felt the match was a bridge too far for an exhausted squad at the end of a long season.

Avoiding a repeat scenario – and offering England a psychological edge ahead of 2018 and the 2019 Rugby World Cup – was not worth the risk of taking them on this year given the high demands players will face from the touring British and Irish Lions and the annual Rugby Championship involving South Africa, Australia and Argentina.

But emboldened by England’s epic run of success, Ritchie now wants a match outside the offi-

Steve Hansen cial autumn window this year.

The Daily Mail reported that the RFU had given approval for an All Blacks-Barbarians match to take place and agreed a fee of £500,000 for the stadium hire.

NZR was to be paid in the region of £2m for putting the All Blacks up.

The newspaper said final confirmation of that game has been delayed due to the RFU’s desire to engineer an England versus New Zealand clash instead.

The proposed offer gives NZR, who have consistently complained they should gain a 50-50 cut of away games because of the back-to-back world champions’ status in the game, a golden chance to leverage their wealthy counterparts and gain an even split which would reap them substantially more income than a BaaBaas match.

A full house at Twickenham

brings in about £3m in gate receipts alone.

Then there is worldwide broadcasting revenue and sponsorship from a match that would stop the rugby world.

That could result in NZR banking anywhere between $5m and $10m, making the prospect too good to turn down.

NZR could also mitigate the risk of the All Blacks being legweary by ensuring the match is played the first weekend of the northern tour, which is when the Barbarians fixture has been penned in for anyway.

Asked about the prospect of coming up against England this year, Hansen told the BBC this week that he recognised the fan interest and even hinted the RFU should make it worth New Zealand’s while.

“People are desperate for England and the All Blacks to play,” he said.

“It will happen and hopefully it will live up to the hype when it does. You want excitement around the games and you can only have that if teams are performing well.

“We’re not scared to play them.

If we are to play them, I guess they are going to have to find a way to do that and give us half the stadium [revenue] or something.

“That would be good, wouldn’t it?”

Dan Carter says a game between England and New Zealand this year would be ‘up there with the classics’ and has urged the rugby authorities to make it happen.

- NZME

It’s a rotten old business that the Blues, no matter how many different people they try at first-five, can’t find the player they want or need. It’s reached the point where it’s not ridiculous to wonder whether Carlos Spencer cursed the No 10 jersey when he vacated it, against his will, in 2005. For 12 years now the Blues have been left aghast at how little poise and class they have had from their chief playmaker.

Good 10s seem to be everywhere except the Blues.

- NZME

Barrett at fullback Test apprentice Jordie Barrett will step in for the injured Nehe MilnerSkudder at fullback in the Hurricanes’ all-Kiwi Super Rugby derby against the Highlanders in Wellington tomorrow. Barrett has already pulled on the No.15 jumper once for the Wellington-based side in their crushing round-one win over the Sunwolves in Tokyo. The 20-yearold utility has since come off the bench twice in the Canes’ demolition of the Rebels and tempestuous loss to the Chiefs. Ardie Savea will play in the unfamiliar position of No.8 in Wellington.

- NZME

A big ‘No comment’ Australian rugby bosses have gone to ground over the prospect of one of the country’s Super Rugby teams being cut from the competition. A day after whispers of the Brumbies being in the firing line emerged, the chief executives of the the NSW Waratahs, Queensland Reds, Brumbies, Melbourne Rebels and Western Force announced they will make no further comment around the looming decision for the competition’s future. “Given that so many people’s livelihoods could potentially be at stake, the CEOs are respecting the ongoing process that Sanzaar are going through and that speculation of a future format does not help any team,” they said yesterday.

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■ RUGBY

In brief

Crusaders favoured over Blues Super Rugby preview panel for round four.

Tonight: Crusaders v Blues at AMI Stadium Christchurch, 17.35pm Head to head: Played 29, Crusaders 18, Blues 11 Crusaders at home: Played 14, Crusaders 11, Blues 3. Last clash: Round 14, 2016, Crusaders 26 bt Blues 21 in Auckland Tab Sportsbet: Crusaders $1.40, Blues $2.95 Tip: Crusaders by 12 points Rebels v Chiefs at AAMI Park, Melbourne, 19.45 Head to head: Played 5, Rebels 1, Chiefs 4. Rebels at home: Played 2, Rebels 1, Chiefs 1 Last clash: Round 13, 2016, Chiefs 36 bt Rebels 15 in Hamilton After leaking 127 points in their opening two games, the Rebels will be desperate to make a statement against one of the title favourites. However with lock Lopeti Timani joining fellow injured Wallabies Sean McMahon and Toby Smith on the sidelines, the going will be tough. Expect the home side to deliver an improved performance but they just aren’t in the same class as the Kiwi side.

Tab Sportsbet: Rebels $8, Chiefs $1.08 Tip: Chiefs by 18 points Saturday, March 18 Bulls v Sunwolves at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, 04.00am Head to head: Played 2, Bulls

The Crusaders should be too powerful for the Blues tonight.

2, Sunwolves 0. Bulls at home: Played 1, Bulls 1, Sunwolves 0.

Last clash: Round 16, 2016, Bulls 50 bt Sunwolves 3 in Pretoria Tab Sportsbet: Bulls $1.01, Sunwolves $17 Tip: Bulls by 44 points Hurricanes V Highlanders at Wellington Stadium, Wellington, 17.35pm Head to head: Played 28, Hurricanes 15, Highlanders 13 Hurricanes at home: Played 14, Hurricanes 8, Highlanders 6 Last clash: Round 14, 2016, Hurricanes 27 bt Highlanders 20 in Wellington Tab Sportsbet: Hurricanes $1.35, Highlanders $3.20 Tip: Hurricanes by 7 points Waratahs v Brumbies at Allianz Stadium, Sydney, 19.45am Head to head: Played 29, Waratahs 16, Brumbies 13

Waratahs at home: Played 16, Waratahs 13, Brumbies 3 Last clash: Round 8, 2016, Brumbies 26 bt Waratahs 20 Waratahs coach ex-Crusader Daryl Gibson is giving Bernard Foley until game day to prove he’s overcome post-concussion symptoms that have sidelined the Wallabies’ five-eighth from the opening three rounds. The Tahs are pumped to mark the 100game milestones for star trio Nick Phipps, Michael Hooper and Sekope Kepu in style after a fruitless two-game tour of South Africa.

Tab Sportsbet: Waratahs $1.53, Brumbies $2.50 Tip: Waratahs by 6 points Sunday, March 19 Lions v Reds at Emirates Park, Johannesburg, 2.15am Head to head: Played 17, Lions 5, Reds 11, drawn 1

Lions at home: Played 9, Lions 2, Reds 6, drawn 1 Last clash: Round 7, 2015, Lions 18 bt Reds 17 in Brisbane The Reds were on the cusp of what would have been a statement victory over the Crusaders last weekend but let it slip with a post-siren penalty, proving sometimes it takes more than 80 minutes to put away a high-level opponent. It’ll be much the same against last year’s runners-up, the Lions.

Tab Sportsbet: Lions $1.25, Reds $3.95 Tip: Lions Sharks v Kings at Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban, 4.30am Head to head: Played 4, Sharks 4, Kings 0. Sharks at home: Played 2, Sharks 2, Kings 0. Last clash: Round 13, 2016, Sharks 53 bt Kings 0 in Durban Tab Sportsbet: Sharks $1.01, Kings $17 Tip: Sharks by 35 points Jaguares v Cheetahs at Estadio Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, 6.40am Head to head: Played 1, Jaguares 1, Cheetahs 0. Jaguares at home: never played. Last clash: Round 1, 2016, Jaguares 34 bt Cheetahs 33 in Bloemfontein Tab Sportsbet: Jaguares $1.33, Cheetahs $3.35 Tip: Jaguares by 10 points Bye: Force, Stormers - NZME The Crusaders’ match report will be on guardianonline.co.nz about 9.30pm tonight.

■ RUGBY LEAGUE

Foran will be back ‘when he’s ready’ Warriors playmaker Shaun Johnson has given an insight to the mind games that face runningmate Kieran Foran in his battle to take the field for his new club.

Foran was expected to make his Warriors debut against Canterbury Bulldogs tonight, but has been held out at least another week, as he continues to rehabilitate his shoulder from off-season surgery.

Speculation last week suggested he might be another month on the side-lines, although noises from within the Warriors camp insist his return to action is more imminent.

“Foz will be back when he’s ready,” Johnson said.

“I’m not too sure when the exact date is, but I know he’s working really hard on that shoulder.

“I think it’s a bit of a gap there.

It’s not like you’re rehabbing shoulder and it’s got full range of movement, and then you’re good to play.

“You’ve got to know it can take contact and a lot of the time, it’s not so much the contact, it’s the way you do the injury.

“For Foz, he can put his shoulder into a tackle and its’ fine, but it’s landing and making sure that he can take the contact on his elbow when he hits the ground.

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Kieran Foran isn’t quite ready for Warriors duty.

“So there’s ‘fit and ready to go’, but there’s also upstairs as well, where you need to be mentally ready and not doubt it.”

Johnson speaks from experience gleaned the hard way.

His 2015 season was curtailed, when his ankle was shattered in a tackle and he admits it took a while before he felt confident that it wouldn’t happen again, even when he was back to full fitness.

“I’m speaking from my history of injury and I’ve spoken to Foz about his. It’s not so much the

contact, it’s the way you do the injury.

“For me, I know my ankle is strong, but it’s the thought of someone coming down on it that same way ...”

Johnson insisted the Warriors were putting no pressure on Foran to come back before he was absolutely ready.

“We’re not saying ‘we need you back’. We want him to be right, we want him to be ‘confident Foz’, when he comes back.”

In the meantime, Johnson’s growing comfort with rookie Ata

Hingano has been one of the biggest positives to come out of the Warriors this young NRL season.

“We’re learning, we’re growing as a combo every week and we’re putting a lot of work into that at trainings.

“If we’re on the run, he needs to feel comfortable enough to step up, call a play and then I can react to that. It’s real cool to see him grow and feel comfortable in that role.”

The Warriors – and Johnson in particular – are looking forward to playing within the sheltered confines of Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium tonight, especially after last week’s horrific downpour at Mt Smart Stadium.

“I’ve played down there a couple of times now,” said Johnson.

“It’s obviously good knowing the conditions will be dry.

“I know sometimes the wind can actually swoop in from one end and create a bit of a breeze, but apart from that, when you’ve got it ready for you to just turn up and play, without having to think about conditions too much, it is a lot easier.

“We’ll definitely be letting the ball go a lot more than we did this week and hopefully we can express ourselves a bit better that way.”

- NZME

Kyrgios to face Federer Nick Kyrgios is buzzing after upstaging Novak Djokovic for the second time in a fortnight to set up a quarter-final blockbuster with Roger Federer in Indian Wells. Continuing his rich vein of form, Kyrgios defeated Djokovic 6-4 7-6 (7-3) yesterday to power into the last eight of the Masters 1000 event for the first time. Federer was just as impressive in dispatching great rival Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3. In a rematch of the Australian Open final, Federer broke Nadal four times to record a third-straight win over the Spaniard for the first time in a decade.

- PA

Foxes not finished yet Leicester midfielder Marc Albrighton has warned Europe’s elite that the Foxes will continue to upset the establishment. Albrighton scored the Foxes’ second in their 2-0 round of 16 second leg win over Sevilla on Wednesday to send them into the Champions League quarter finals, 3-2 on aggregate.

Leicester go in to Friday’s Champions League draw along with Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Monaco and Real Madrid.

- PA

Pep defends tactics Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola refused to blame his tactics or the defence after his side crashed out of the Champions League in Monaco. Guardiola’s decision to field an attacking side to build on their 5-3 first-leg advantage did not pay off as City lost 3-1 to go out on away goals. City were overrun and sloppy at the back as they conceded twice in the first half.

Guardiola had said he felt attack would be the best form of defence but, having left Yaya Toure on the bench, City could not create a midfield platform for their forwards to operate effectively.

- PA

Taylor ready to rumble Junior Paulo has backed fellow giant prop Dave Taylor to intimidate Wests Tigers in Canberra’s desperate bid for their first NRL win of the season. Taylor, who is on a one-year deal to resurrect his troubled NRL career with the Raiders, is set to make his debut in Sunday’s game at GIO Stadium after serving a two-game suspension for his part in the Gold Coast cocaine scandal. Paulo said Taylor would bring his size and power off Canberra’s bench as they try to make amends for losses to North Queensland and Cronulla in the first two rounds.

- AAP

New start for Farah It’s time to move on from Robbie Farah’s drama-filled end to his career at the Wests Tigers, South Sydney coach Michael Maguire says. Farah will bring up his 250th NRL game when he runs out for the Rabbitohs in Newcastle, and declared he already felt like part of the Bunnies’ family. Farah played 247 of those matches at the Tigers, and his feelings towards his former club have again been mentioned in the lead-up to the match. But Maguire said it was time to look solely at what the NSW State of Origin No.9 had achieved on the field, and not off it in recent years.

“Let’s look at his footy and let his footy do the talking.”

- AAP

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■ MOTOR RACING

McLaren not happy with Honda power McLaren have aimed another swipe at their beleaguered engine supplier Honda by declaring they would be winning in Formula One if they were powered by Mercedes.

The British team’s relationship with Honda is in crisis ahead of the new campaign after a dour eight days of preseason testing in which they were struck down by a number of reliability issues.

McLaren completed the least mileage of all F1’s 10 teams in Barcelona, while the Honda engine is also down on speed.

Double world champion Fernando Alonso was heavily critical of Honda at last week’s final test, and racing director Eric Boullier has added fuel to the fire with his comments that McLaren would be fighting at the sharp end of the grid if Mercedes supplied their engines.

McLaren were powered by Mercedes for nearly two decades but ended their relationship in 2015 to team up with Honda – the Japanese car manufacturer with whom they enjoyed great success in the late 1980s.

“I think we would be winning again,” said Boullier when asked how McLaren may fare with a Mercedes engine.

“The truth is we’re having more problems than we expected. We knew we’d encounter some things, but truly not as many as we’re seeing.

“The only solution is to keep working hard. The problem is the timing. We should be fixing these issues in January, not in March.”

McLaren, who have won a combined 20 drivers’ and constructors’ championships, have endured a miserable time of it in recent years.

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Brit Marshall was announced this week as Paddon’s longterm co-driver and will take over from Kiwi John Kennard at this year’s Rally Germany.

The next world championship event is a week later on the tarmac of Corsica – Paddon’s least favourite surface so a trial run a week earlier on similar roads helps on two fronts.

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“Hyundai Motorsport is trying to help us improve on tarmac,” Paddon said.

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New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): There are so many reasons to spend time with people who make you laugh.

First of all, it’s more fun. Secondly, you’ll get the added benefit of sharpening your sense of humour, which helps many areas of your life.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve been given the raw goods but not much in the way of instruction.

That’s fine. It’s actually better this way. You’ll build it into something that’s all yours and utterly different from what others expected.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Parents fully appreciate what it takes to get other (sometimes unwilling) people dressed, ready and where they need to be at the expected time. You’ll have a similar responsibility today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Everyone gets lost. This is especially easy today regarding seemingly minor matters of good taste. If you’re attracted to something and you love it, it can’t be all bad. And maybe it’s right. Start there.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Life is complicated enough without any help from an overactive mind and imagination. When you feel yourself edging toward unnecessary “what if” scenarios, stop before you start.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): It is important to obey your thirst. Scientists suggest that by the time you realise you’re thirsty and go looking for water you are already dehydrated. The same goes for your thirst for some kinds of attention.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The others may believe that a mystical and elusive force is at your command, but the reality is that you have purposefully trained to increase your capacity to produce brilliant results.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Solitude is not necessarily isolation. Just because you want to be alone doesn’t mean you are alone. Your favourite people will understand and honour your need for peace and quiet, which is intensified now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): In musical terms, when two unharmonious notes are played together and cause tension, it’s called “dissonance.”

Today it happens in nonmusical areas, too, intensifying a craving for resolution.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Don’t take your senses for granted, as exploring the textures and processes of life will amplify your joy. And if there’s a part of your everyday world that’s an eyesore, this is the day to handle it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): To accomplish a lofty aim, you’ll need to solve a problem not just once but perpetually. There are a few habits and structures in your life that could be fine-tuned to accommodate the goal.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Matters of scale will affect the social swirl. What seems to be a small effort could be large in the mind of another. Measure not with rulers but with social awareness.

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Family Notices 30 Ashburton Guardian

BUSCH, Derek (Buschy) – Barbara, Ben, Tracey, Susan and Aaron and their families would like to thank everyone for the flowers, cards, food and support and visits from friends over the last few months of Derek’s life.

Special thanks to the District Nurses and Dr Penny Holdaway. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement of our appreciation.

DEATHS Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to:

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5:15 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002 Comedy.

Nia Vardalos, John Corbett.

6:50 Flightplan MV 2005 Thriller. Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard.

8:30 Confessions Of A Shopaholic PGL 2009 Romantic Comedy. A college graduate gets a job as a financial journalist in New York, where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.

10:15 Red MVL 2010 Action.

SATURDAY

12:05 Phenomenon PG 1996 Romantic Fantasy. 2:05 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride PGC 2005 Animated. 3:20 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002 Comedy. 4:55 Confessions Of A Shopaholic PGL 2009 Romantic Comedy.

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6am Rugby League – NRL Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos. 8am L Rugby League – Super League Leigh Centurions v Warrington Wolves. 11:30 Rugby League – NRL Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos.

Noon Ping Pong – World Championships 1pm Football – UEFA Champions League Second Leg. 2pm Football – UEFA Europa League Teams TBC. 4pm Darts – Premier League Rotterdam.

7pm Rugby League – NRL Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos. 7:30 L Rugby League – NRL Canterbury Bulldogs v New Zealand Warriors. 9:50 The After Match 10:30 Fox Sports News 11pm Cricket – International Blackcaps v South Africa – Second Test, Day One.

6am Auction Hunters PG Drumming Up Cash.

6:30 The Unexplained Files PG 7:30 How Do They Do It? PG 8am Auction Hunters PG Space Cowboys.

8:30 MythBusters PG Fright Night. 9:25 Alaskan Bush People – Bushcraft Chronicles M Chopper Rescue. 10:20 Alaskan Bush People M Browntown Boom. 11:15 Web Of Lies M 12:10 Blood Relatives M No Rest for the Wicked.

1:05 I’d Kill For You M Badge of Blood. 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG Ramped Up. 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG The Ultimatum. 4:45 Gold Rush Special PG Monster Machines. 5:40 MythBusters PG Motorcycle Water Ski. 6:35 MythBusters PG The Simpsons Special.

SATURDAY 7:30 Alaskan Bush People 1am Rugby – Super M 8:30 People Magazine Rugby Crusaders v Blues.

Investigates M Stranger Than 2am Ping Pong – World Championships 3am Cricket Fiction. 9:30 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M – International India v Clash of Wills. 10:30 The Australia – Third Test, Day Vanishing Women M Two. 3:30 Rugby League Dumping Ground. 11:30 The – NRL Canterbury Bulldogs SATURDAY Unexplained Files M v New Zealand Warriors.

1am Rugby – Super 4am Rugby League – Super SATURDAY Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v League Leigh Centurions v Blues. 3am Rugby – Super 12:30 I’d Kill For You Warrington Wolves. 4:30 The M 1:25 Blood Relatives Rugby (RPL) Rebels v Chiefs.

5am Golf – US PGA Tour (HLS) Cricket Show 5am Cricket M 2:20 Auction Hunters – International Blackcaps Arnold Palmer Invitational – PG 2:45 Auction Hunters Round One. 5:30 #SkySpeed v South Africa – Second PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG Test, Day Two. 5:30 Rugby 5:55 L Rugby – Super 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG Rugby Bulls v Sunwolves.

5:05 Yukon Men M League – NRL 6am Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) March 15.

6:30 Football – UEFA Champions League (HLS) March 16.

7am Cycling – TirrenoAdriatico Event (HLS) 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 Cricket – International Blackcaps v South Africa – Second Test, Day One. 10:30 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v South Africa – Second Test Day Two. 1:05 Cricket – International (HLS) India v Australia – Third Test, Day One. 1:35 L Cricket – International Blackcaps v South Africa – Second Test, Day Two. 6:30 The Cricket Show 7pm L Rugby – Super Rugby Crusaders v Blues.

From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

9:40 L Rugby – Super Rugby Rebels v Chiefs.

10:30 Fox Sports News 11pm Cricket – International Blackcaps v South Africa – Second Test, Day Two.

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Sport Adams backs All Blacks Kiwi NBA star Steven Adams has thrown his support behind the All Blacks, as England take aim at the world record for consecutive tier-one victories this weekend. In an on-line interview recorded after an Oklahoma City Thunder game, the sevenfoot centre was informed of the impending milestone, but seemed incredulous of England’s sudden emergence as a rugby superpower.

Interviewer: “They’re one away from doing you guys” Adams: “F###!

B####! Hopefully they lose.”

Mount Hutt College’s Richard Turpie (left) and Ashburton College’s Aidan Campbell go to war at the Aoraki Secondary Schools Athletics this week.

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College records tumble

BY MATT MARKHAM

MATT.M@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Mid Canterbury athletes produced some solid results at the Aoraki Secondary Schools Athletics in Timaru on Wednesday with records falling and a number of victories coming from students of Ashburton and Mt Hutt colleges.

A large group of students from both schools made the trek down to Timaru after having to wait an extra 24 hours following the postponement due to the weather on Tuesday.

Ashburton College grabbed 25 wins throughout the day with some impressive results by a number of individuals.

They shone particularly in the under 16 girls’ category in the

running events, clean sweeping the five running events with Emily Armstrong and Natasha Waddell winning the lot between them.

Waddell grabbed herself an Aoraki record in the process running her 1500 metres in 5.05.23, bettering the previous record, set in 2001 by four hundredths of a second.

The under-16 girls carried their running form through to the relay where they also set a record in the 4x100 metre relay.

Taonga Mbambo claimed himself a record in the Under-16 Boys’ 3000 metre record too.

The long-distance runner not only broke the record, he smashed it with his time of nine minutes and 33.13 seconds, bet-

tering the previous record by 48 seconds which was set in 2012.

Ashburton College’s fourth record came from Anthony Van Aspern in the 400-metre event for athletes with a disability.

Van Aspern was in particularly good form winning the 100 metre and 200 metre events as well.

Mia Pearson was the other college student to taste multiple successes as she won both the high jump and the 80-metre hurdles event.

For Mount Hutt College, Aimee Elliott, competing in the under 19 girls’ category, was one of the star performers with a win and two seconds in the 3000 metres, 1500 metres and 800 metres respectively, breaking school re-

cords in all three events in the process.

Younger sister Courtney Elliott won the 3000 metres in the under-14 girls’ age group while the school’s other victory came from Blynz Monsanto in the under-16 girls’ javelin.

Mount Hutt College had new records set by Monique Johnson in the under-14 girls’ high jump with a leap of 1.43 metres and from Brea Roderick in the under 15 girls’ 3000 metres with her time when finishing second also under the previous best Aoraki record time.

A number of students from both schools will now go on to compete at the South Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships.

Nicholls ton rescues Black Caps from disaster South Africa were in charge after day one of the second test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve yesterday – but the hosts bit back in the closing minutes.

Sent in, New Zealand made 268, with six of the wickets falling, on a green, seamer friendly

pitch, to spinners. Amiable offspinner JP Duminy took careerbest figures of four for 47 while left armer Keshav Maharaj picked up two.

At stumps, South Africa were in early difficulties, at 20 for two.

Tim Southee had hapless Stephen Cook caught at second slip

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for three. Colin de Grandhomme added a second wicket five balls later when he had first test centurymaker Dean Elgar also caught at second slip, also by Jimmy Neesham. Nightwatchman Kagiso Rabada was on eight with Hashim Amla yet to score.

New Zealand would have been

in a sorrier state had it not been for Henry Nicholls’ maiden test century, which put some muchneeded substance into New Zealand’s innings.

The lefthander made a fine 118 off 161 balls, having arrived with New Zealand a parlous 21 for three.

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Green a Kiwi coach?

Queensland NRL greats have urged Cowboys boss Paul Green to join New Zealand’s coaching staff for the Rugby League World Cup. Green confirmed to The Courier Mail newspaper that he has been approached by the New Zealand Rugby League for an assistant role, pitting him against his star club playmaker Johnathan Thurston.

Kangaroos boss Mal Meninga, whose side is likely to provide the firmest challenge to the Kiwis in November, believed Green should take on the role.

Meares praises England Australia’s two-time Olympic champion Anna Meares has hailed British Cycling’s “phenomenal” programme for delivering medal success. British Cycling admitted its World Class Program leadership had “focused on medal delivery without sufficient care and attention to the overall staff and athlete culture and environment” in response to a leaked draft report of an independent review. Meares retired in October with a haul of 11 World and five Commonwealth titles as well as her two Olympic golds.

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