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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, October 17, 2020

Sam’s musical coffers boosted

INSIDE TODAY Fire risk rising P3 Gearing for exhibition P4 Winter air cleanest so far P5 Repeat offenders lose bins P8 Schools’ page P9 Getting Wiggy with it P12

CONTACTS Editor Matt Markham 03 307-7969 Journalists Jonathan Leask 03 307-7971

Sam Kuipers has $700 to put towards his studies after winning an Ashburton Musical Club scholarship at the weekend. The 18-year-old performed at the club’s last concert for the year on Saturday, where he was announced as the scholarship winner. “I’m very thankful to the musical club for giving me the opportunity to perform for them over the years,” said Sam, who has been one of the artists entertaining audiences at the club over the last five years. At Saturday’s concert he challenged himself by playing Grieg’s four-movement Piano Sonata Op. 7. “It’s one of my favourite pieces I have ever played,” Sam said. He is in Year 13 at Ashburton College, and next year he is off to the University of Canterbury to study biology. He is aiming to be a science teacher, with music as a secondary career, perhaps in the domain of school or private tuition. Pictured is Sam, seated at the paino, accompanied by fellow musical club performers.

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Council reluctantly makes up Chinese village restoration shortfall

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

A funding shortfall will see ratepayers forced to pick up a $15,000 tab to complete building restoration work on the historic Ng King Bros Chinese Market Garden project.

Earlier this year the Ashburton District Council committed $40,000 towards restoration work on the settlement’s buildings, but this was conditional on the project receiving a $65,000 grant from Heritage New Zealand. Together with a $25,000 Chinese Poll Tax grant that would have provided a pool of $130,000 to complete the work.

The category one Heritage

New Zealand listed building, however, did not secure the full grant sought from the government’s national Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund and the project now has a $15,000 shortfall.

That left the council with two options – grant the money to ensure the project is completed in one go or refuse to spend the extra $15,000. This would mean the restoration work would be staged and completed as funds came to hand.

Eight Canterbury projects applied for grant funding with four being successful. None received the full amount applied for.

When the pitch for extra funding was made at the council’s audit, risk and finance

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committee meeting on Thursday, some councillors were concerned that there could be ongoing requests for the council to provide funds for the project.

“Will this be the gift that keeps on giving, will we be asked for more and more money?” Diane Rawlinson said.

She was also concerned that there was a risk the council was putting money into the project and that the family would sell the land in the future, taking the council’s investment with it.

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan was also concerned and wanted to be assured the $15,000 would be the last council money going into the project.

Business support general manager Paul Brake said that

the $15,000 would be the last money the council would contribute towards the restoration of the buildings, but more might need to be spent on landscaping and creating information plaques and direction boards.

In terms of the site being sold, Brake said the family could make that decision, but there were no indications this would happen.

Regardless of the ownership of the land, the site now had a heritage listing, council chief executive Hamish Riach said and this remained with the property regardless of who owned the land.

Councillors agreed to spend the extra $15,000 on the project to ensure its completion.

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Clothing exchange booming

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

Matching kids and clothing might not be its core business, but it’s a business Ashburton Plunket is happy to be part of.

Motivated by the desire to ensure all families had access to affordable clothing, the Plunket team went one step further and decided to set up a clothing exchange, and it’s doing brisk business.

Mum Georgie Gregg is a regular exchange shopper and said it’s a practical way to provide her children with good quality clothing. She’s a strong supporter of recycling clothing and is a regular in both donating and taking garments from the Plunket bins.

The turnover of clothing

is rapid and there’s always a need for more donations, community co-ordinator Sue-ann Carr said.

“We’re desperately in need of clothing for one to five year olds and we’re open to everything, but we are restricted to natural fibres, to wool and cotton,” she said.

The clothing exchange is open to all families, not just Plunket members and ‘shoppers’ can simply sort through the size-coded bins and select whatever they need, Carr said.

“We want people to feel comfortable coming in and it’s about giving children clothing that’s appropriate for the season.”

Winter saw big demand for woollen jerseys, and summer stock is now in the bins, with good stocks of most items, including sun hats.

While the service is called an exchange, families are able to take the clothing they need without having clothing to exchange, she said.

As well as running its own clothing exchange, Plunket works with other social agencies to meet their clients’ needs.

“We all work in together because we’re all motivated by the same thing, making sure kids are well clothed. It’s about working in together as a community.”

The exchange is based around donations of what is generally good, used clothing, however, new clothing is also accepted.

Donations can be left at Plunket on weekdays. To ensure clothing is not left at the door, after hours drop-offs can be made by calling Carr on 021 679348.

Right – Georgie Gregg and one-year-old son Bruce Sawers, shopping for summer clothing at Ashburton Plunket’s clothing exchange.

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‘Green drought’ increasing fire risks

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

A mild winter is causing a green drought across Canterbury which has a high risk fire season looming.

Things look green due to the spring growth, but soil moisture is low, meaning it will brown off quickly.

Heading into summer that could mean fire restrictions are introduced sooner, and for longer.

“It’s probably too early to call it, but it’s dry across the Canterbury plains,” principal rural fire officer Don Geddes said.

“We are in a period of spring growth at the moment so things are looking green, but the soil moisture isn’t there like it should be.

“That will have an impact later on, probably speeding up the curing process in the grasses and drying out a bit earlier.

“Chances are we’ll certainly have restrictions because it’s the norm for sum-

mers. But we are just sitting, waiting and watching – hoping someone sends us some rain.”

Forecasters are keeping an eye on a developing La Nina weather pattern that could bring much needed rain relief to the north island, but could mean Canterbury is in for a hot, dry summer.

“We don’t have a lot of control over rain so we are monitoring things, and if necessary we will apply the appropriate control measures as and when we deem them necessary.

“We have the ability, if it gets too dry and the risk is too high, that we can impose total fire bans if need be, but we don’t like doing that.”

The recent fire at Ohau, which was attended by several local brigades, demonstrated just what can happen in dry conditions and should serve as a warning of what could be in store this summer.

Locally, Geddes said it’s been a relatively normal fire season so far.

“We have had one or two fires that have taken quite a bit of resources to deal with, but nothing hugely dramatic.

“But that could easily change, so we ask people to be vigilant, especially as we head into summer and the fuels dry out.”

Geddes said one of the regular issues in Mid Canterbury is unattended fires.

“Where people have had a rubbish burn or burn pile and they have left them not completely extinguished and then days or even weeks later they reignite in strong winds.

It happens time after time and it’s avoidable. It’s just carelessness.”

It’s also the time of year that machine operators needed to be wary of birds nesting, he said, while it’s also a good opportunity to mow roadsides and other areas to reduce fuel loads The increase in camping activities as part of the Covid-19 domestic travel boom is also a concern with people needing to check where and if they can light fires.

“It’s a matter of being aware of the risks and taking the necessary precautions. It’s not rocket science this stuff, it’s common sense,” Geddes said.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, October 17, 2020

Community spirit keeps longtime exhibition ticking community.

“It is the biggest event on the calendar of the Ashburton Art Gallery.”

The exhibition was originally slated to be held in July, however the date was pushed back due to Covid-19.

About 200 were expected for Monday night’s expo which will be hosted by Lynda Topp.

Timing has meant the annual exhibition will share the space with the Hakatere Ceramics and Pottery display.

“We’ve got a slightly reduced number of paintings compared to usual, but the quality is up,” Dearborn said.

“People have put their best work in.”

There will be contributions from such lauded figures as last year’s premier award winner Maree Peate and her 2018 predecessor Vashti Johnstone.

Other guest artists include painters Christine King and Debbie McCaw alongside Tony Manuel (wood sculpture/carving) and Robert Wyber (jewellery).

Peate, who is a long time entrant of the annual event, secured the $2000 Russell, Moon and Fail premier award for her Many Points work, an abstract acrylic water landscape with a series of headlands.

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

The open door policy of Ashburton’s longtime annual arts showcase is a feature which organisers believe has ensured its popularity in the district.

The Ashburton Society of Arts’ annual exhibition opens its doors on Monday after its mid-winter plans were scrapped.

It is the 56th year of the popular annual exhibition which serves as the pinnacle event of the local arts community with 4000 onlookers passing through the doors across the month.

Event convener Jen Dearborn said after more than half a century, the event had evolved from its modest beginnings.

She said the scope of the “un-juried” exhibition had contributed to generous support over the years for the expo.

“It’s an interesting crossover because often it will be the first place that people will exhibit because they can.

“They can just join our society and then exhibit their paintings, and so their friends will come along to see their painting and support them.

“We have professional artists from around Canterbury who

Christchurch artist Ruth Killoran (left) hands over her artwork to Kay Begg last weekend for the delayed Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition.

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sell well here and are well known, but because so many local people exhibit, that brings the support up.”

It was originally held at the Short Street Studio before it outgrew the site and shifted to the Ashburton Art Gallery in Baring

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Saturday, October 17, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

Cleanest winter air in years

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

Ashburton had the cleanest air over winter since Environment Canterbury (ECan) monitoring began in 1999.

Air quality monitoring sites around Canterbury measure the concentrations of particles that can be inhaled – PM10 (particulate matter measuring 10 microns or less in diameter).

Most of these particles in Canterbury come from the combustion of wood from home heating.

This winter Ashburton recorded no days when PM10 concentrations were above 50 micrograms per cubic metre of air, the first time this has occurred.

In fact, the highest daily PM10 concentration – 49 µg/m3 on July 10 – was the lowest in any year of monitoring.

The winter average PM10 concentration was 20 µg/m3 which was the second lowest on record.

The air quality rules are determined by the National Environmental Standard for Air Quality (NESAQ) but ECan is responsible for monitoring air pollution under the Resource Management Act.

Ashburton did not exceed its high pollution allowances over the last year in what was its best year of air quality since monitoring began.

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ECan’s Timaru operations manager Judith Earl-Goulet, said the air quality in Ashburton has been improving for many years.

“It does vary from year-toyear depending on the winter weather, but overall the air quality is improving because of the community’s efforts,” she said.

The results were also aided by a relatively mild winter.

Ashburton’s worst year for air quality was 2006, when both the highest PM10 concentrations and the highest winter average occurred.

Earl-Goulet said that in Canterbury the town with the worst air quality changes from year-toyear, but generally air quality has been the worst in Christchurch, Timaru, and Kaiapoi.

Timaru had the highest num-

ber of high pollution days this year, with its 10 days well above its target of three exceedances of the standards.

The total exceedances for the entire Christchurch airshed in 2020 was eight, which is well above the current NESAQ target of only three high PM10 days a year.

Kaiapoi had three days of high PM10 concentrations, which met its current target, while Rangiora had four, which is more than last year and above the NESAQ target of only one exceedance.

Earl-Goulet said the air quality in Ashburton during winter is now similar to that in Waimate and Geraldine.

In Geraldine, the standard for PM10 has now been met for the last five years, which means it can be classified as an unpolluted airshed for PM10.

Waimate also did not record a single day with PM10 concentrations above 50 micrograms per cubic metre.

ECan chair Jenny Hughey, said air quality is improving across the region and the 2020 figures reflected a pleasing trend.

“We still have work to do, but we’ve come a long way as a community over a relatively short time,” Hughey said.

Baring Square church on road to recovery

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

When the Baring Square Methodist Church opens its doors again it will look almost exactly the same, but hidden within its walls and under its floor will be high-tech materials that will ensure it will remain a safe haven during an earthquake.

The church closed its doors shortly after the September 2010 earthquake and for several years its future was in doubt. Church members were determined the church would be strengthened and would reopen, but they knew this would be a costly exercise.

Help came in the form of a land sale to the Ashburton District Council.

The church hall was demolished and its site sold to the

council to become part of the district’s new civic centre and library.

This cleared the way for restoration work to begin and in mid September work crews from the McIntosh Group moved on site. The church floor has been removed, and foundations strengthened and the brick buttresses on each of the side walls have been core drilled and 25mm steel rods inserted. These have been concreted in place and tightened.

“It’s all about ensuring the building is strong and a lot of this work you won’t ever see,” project foreman Mike McHaffie said.

An extension will be added to the southern wall of the church and foundations for this are now being laid. Thermo wall panels are being created in the McIntosh yard and these will be lifted

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In brief Choir open night The Mid Canterbury Choir is inviting anyone who would like to join the choir that they are holding an open night on Monday, October 19. The night will give anyone willing to come along a chance to get to learn more about the choir and meet and mingle with existing members. Beginning at 7.15pm, the event will be held in the Bradford Room at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Two bodies found A man has described hearing “horrific” screams on the Taupō lakefront on Thursday night, at the same spot a member of the public found two bodies yesterday morning. The bodies were located a short distance from the town centre near Mere Road, with police yet to confirm the people’s identities, or the cause of death. The local man – who did not want to be named – had been at the very same spot for a swim on Thursday evening with his wife and a friend, until about 7.30pm. He remembered three other people being there, by the time he wandered across to a nearby motel for a spa.

Defence Force fined The New Zealand Defence Force has been fined nearly $300,000 over the death of a navy diver during a training exercise in March last year. Zachary Christopher Yarwood, 23, was diving at night when he was found unresponsive on the sea floor by his colleague.

He died the following day in hospital. The Defence Force pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to ensure the safety of its employees, however its actions did not amount to causing his death.

Yesterday in the Auckland District Court, the Judge was critical of the Defence Force’s “lax” actions.

Suppression denied

Work crews on site and taking the first steps in the long process of strengthening the Baring Square Methodist Church. into place in about two weeks.

The project is currently running ahead of schedule and

that’s the way McHaffie wants it to stay. The church is planned to reopen in September next year.

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A high-profile sportsman’s bid for name suppression has been turned down by the Court of Appeal - but his name still remains secret. He was named in the trial of three men Tevita Fangupo, Tevita Kulu and Toni Finau, who were found guilty of importing methamphetamine in the High Court at Auckland last year. Although the sportsman was the subject of police interest, authorities did not speak to him, and have never charged him.

Yesterday’s decision means the sportsman can apply to the Supreme Court to continue the bid to keep his name secret.

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Saturday, October 17, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

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Simply the bee’s knees

By Bernard Egan FROM THE BACK SEAT

Bernard Egan is a well known man around these parts. Through Tales from the back seat he endeavours to put a light-hearted spin on tales from yesteryear.

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ast week’s tale from the back seat contained an error.

It was mentioned a friend has a welcoming sign at the front door of her lovely home.

That much is true.

The error relates to the wording, which was said to be “the cat’s whiskers”.

That idiom – meaning something special – would be quite appropriate, but it’s not what the sign says.

The sign at Carolyn Nelson’s front entrance in fact refers to “the bee’s knees” a saying which denotes someone or something excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.

And come to think of it the sign is very fitting at Carolyn’s home because it most definitely defines both her and her home.

“The bee’s knees” was originally an 18th century fanciful phrase which referred to something that didn’t exist.

It was used as the kind of spoof item apprentices would be sent to fetch – like tartan paint or a left-handed hammer.

Bees, like all insects, have six sections to their legs.

Each is connected by a joint and the one most like a knee is between the femur and tibia.

Of all of these, the only one actually found in nature is the bee’s knees, so that’s what makes the saying special.

Now of course an explanation needs to be given for last week’s error.

Put simply this writer got a bit caught up in the category of feline idioms and didn’t paws to

think about it.

Nothing’s purrfect!

Well that’s not absolutely true either, because Carolyn’s “bee’s knees” sign is.

And what’s really perfect is how it came about.

Moving house can be a daunting experience and, like others, Carolyn approached her move with a degree of nervousness.

Carolyn was moving to a house which was different in

size and design.

It was also a move from the country into town.

When she mentioned her trepidation to her children and their families they unanimously said “don’t worry Mum, it will be just the bee’s knees”.

And they were right!

Knowing Carolyn had found their thoughts reassuring, her daughter-in-law Karina decided to make the “bee’s knees” sign

A sign which as well as adorning Carolyn’s home and welcoming visitors, is also a lovely reminder of the very special sentiments expressed by her family.

Last week’s error has in fact turned out to be the “cat’s whiskers” because it’s led to Carolyn sharing the heart-warming story behind her special sign.

A story, which, like the sign, really is “the bee’s knees”.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, October 17, 2020

Repeat offenders lose bins

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

One household is now without a recycling bin.

The Ashburton District Council has introduced a new three strike rule as part of its compliance monitoring following the changes to recycling that came into effect on August 1.

Since August 1, grades 1, 2, and 5 are the only plastic items allowed in recycling, but some residents have failed to comply.

The three strikes rule will see these repeat offenders lose their recycling bins.

“Council has begun to enforce a three strike rule which will result in the removal of the recycle bin if recycling behaviour is not improved,” council infrastructure services group manager, Neil McCann, said.

“At each auditing instance where a recycling bin is not being properly used, a notification letter will be left in the resident’s mailbox informing them of the auditing results.

“After a third negative audit, the council may remove the recycling bin from the property.”

To date one property has received four strikes and had its bins removed.

A further eight properties have three strikes and will have their yellow bin removed if their next audit does not meet the new recycling standards, Mc-

Cann said.

There are 152 properties on two strikes.

Since August 12, there have been 1558 rejected bins and 4038 partially rejected bins.

“The enforcement and education has certainly improved the district’s recycling activities.

“Two recent loads to Christchurch have passed, indicating residents are adapting to the change,” McCann said.

The changes came into effect post Covid-19 and the monitoring measures were put into place after loads were being rejected by the recycling facility in

with waste.

As only 58 per cent of all of the recycling truckloads have actually been recycled, the Christchurch City Council has spent more than $1.3 million on redirecting the contaminated recycling to landfill.

In Ashburton, the council has taken the path of auditing bins at the point of collection to avoid wasting ratepayer money on rejected loads, and minimising the waste going to landfill.

Now it needs the residents’ compliance.

Council has begun to enforce a three strike rule which will result in the removal of the recycle bin if recycling behaviour is not improved Christchurch for high levels of contamination.

A rejected load of recycling costs ratepayers an additional $1064 to be redirected to landfill.

Comparatively, nearly half of Christchurch’s recycling is going to landfill because it is contaminated

“Plastics 1, 2, and 5, and no lids of any description or size is now the standard most councils across the country are looking to achieve, including ADC. “These rules will continue to apply and audits will ensure adherence to the change,” McCann said.

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Bathurst day or not, Jayden Williams is still going ahead with his third car cruise tomorrow.

“When I found out it was the same day, it was too late to change, so I decided to go ahead anyway. It is what it is,” he said.

Williams has altered the meeting place and route this time round and has again opened it up to all makes and models of cars, old and new.

Everybody is welcome as long as their

vehicles are road worthy with a licensed driver, he said.

“We are meeting at Argyle Park at eleven in the morning and heading off at 11.30 to Staveley for a short break, then Mt Somers for another short stop, ending up at Panthers Rock Tavern in Mayfield.”

“Panthers Rock have kindly let us use their carpark and have also set aside some bar leaners for those wishing to stay on.”

To date his event page, accessed through Williams Photography Facebook, has over 40 people registered, with many more expressing their interest in coming along.

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Six step up for head shave ASHBURTON COLLEGE

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

Four students and two staff at Ashburton College are gearing up to go bald this summer following a Shave for a Cure fundraiser.

Teachers Kyle Henderson and Jason Vannini, along with deputy head boy Kyle Cabangun, Jacob Gray, Jonty Small and Kotiti Patea have put their hair up for auction and all the proceeds will go to Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.

Patea said Henderson grows his hair out each year for the head shave and this year approached the student executive to organise a fundraising event.

On October 22, the six will put their locks in the hands of the

highest bidders, giving the donors an added incentive to support the cause.

“So whoever donates the most money will get to shave one of our heads.”

They have also organised local hair stylist Katie Danielson to be on site “to do any fix-ups” Patea said.

Henderson, who has a year’s worth of growth, will be the biggest job with Patea having the most to be shorn out of the students.

“I hope it grows back once it’s all shaved, but it’s for a good cause.

“We don’t really have a target in mind as we are just trying to make as much money as we can to donate.”

Donations can be made through the Shave for a Cure website by searching for Ashburton College Student Executive.

Ashburton College students Kyle Cabangun, Jonty Small and Kotiti Patea will lose their locks for a good cause next week.

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For a new council team, the first term is traditionally one of shaping and settling in, but with one year under their belts, Ashburton’s nine district councillors and mayor Neil Brown managed to get the settling done and dusted in five minutes so they could get on with the job they’d been elected to do. Journalist Sue Newman takes a look at a far-from-normal local government year.

A council year without a road map I

t will go down in history as a year like no other for Ashburton’s team of district councillors.

They’ve had a new mayor, a reduction in their numbers, a new committee structure, big decisions to make, more individual responsibility and the unchartered territory that came with Covid-19.

And they not only survived, but in many ways have ended their first year together stronger than many of their peer council teams.

If there’s one word that best sums up the current council team it’s united, to the observer at least.

They’re a team of 10 where leadership ebbs and flows between mayor, committee chair and rank

and file. They might disagree, and often quite strongly, around their meeting table, but it’s clear when a decision is made, they glue themselves back together and get on with doing what needs to be done.

No grudges held.

They won their seats in an election that was not without its drama. One sitting councillor who would have been a shoo-in for a seat, was disqualified because of an administrative error, and a mayor who was anticipating a second term in the job, was defeated.

Add to that two sitting councillors who were tipped out by voters and a mayor defeated in a previous election winning a seat as a councillor. The first few months could

have been rocky indeed.

Credit for rocky becoming smooth has to go to the successful team of 10.

We’re on our sixth mayor this century and each has had their own style, ranging from the drivers, encouragers and mayors who were clearly in charge of what was said and done, to those who run a collaborative ship. And this term it’s all about collaboration.

Mayor Neil Brown has a pretty relaxed approach to the job. He’s far from precious about the mayoral title. He doesn’t hold official jobs close and is happy to let the public limelight shine on any one of his councillors when it comes to the official stuff. It’s an approach

that’s paying dividends.

Under his watch there’s no such thing as a bad idea and it’s clear everyone feels happy to speak their mind, to make suggestions and that’s meant second-term councillors have grown in confidence and the newbies have been quick to settle into the job.

Full marks for creating an inclusive and open environment around the council table.

That sharing of jobs has allowed Liz McMillan to be a true deputy to Brown. Between them they seem to be divvying up the public jobs according to who’s best suited for the occasion and that makes a tonne of sense. And it’s allowed McMillan to grow in both confi-

dence and experience.

While she might have been one of the more seasoned campaigners as, firstly, a Methven Community Board member and then its chair, and a first-time councillor last term, the step up to deputy was a big one. And with an eye to the future, it’s a sensible one – when Brown’s ready to step down it might be her chance to step up?

Stuart Wilson is the council’s elder statesman and his knowledge on many issues is encyclopaedic.

He’s old school and can always be counted on to take a poke at anything that he doesn’t think is council’s core business, such as social issues and tourism. He remains the council’s wise head and

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ANGUS MCKAY

LEEN BRAAM

can be guaranteed to add colour and spark to any debate.

Two councillors who last term flew very much under the radar are this term well and truly in the mix. Diane Rawlinson and Lynette Lovett have found their feet, probably in no small part due to Brown’s guiding hand and open forum approach to meetings. They confidently step up when required to lead committees and working groups and with a term’s worth of knowledge behind them, they’re solid contributors to debate.

Leen Braam is also in his second term and first time around he found himself more than once in the odd spot of conflict. Maybe he’s mellowed, or maybe it’s a

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change of personalities around the table, but he’s a different man this time as part of the new crew. He’s still happy to have his say, even if he’s a lone voice, but that said, he seems happy to work with the majority.

Carolyn Cameron, Rodger Letham and John Falloon might be new to the debating chamber, but they’re far from daunted by the environment. All three are comfortable questioning and challenging fellow councillors and staff as they strive to find the answers they need. And when it comes to voting, on more than one occasion, they’ve been lone wolves and happy to be so.

All three do their homework and

come to meetings well prepared and often provide a different perspective on issues. Cameron’s a staunch advocate for the town’s retailers, Falloon uses his accounting experience to keep a close eye on council finances and Letham is happy to spark up and speak out in pursuit of commonsense.

The third new councillor is Angus McKay, but it’s hard to decide whether to call him a new chum or not. He’s done the rounds at Environment Canterbury and he’s served two terms as our mayor. If he felt odd now being a rank-and-file councillor it doesn’t show. If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t know – except for his chairman-like insistence on proto-

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col and process. With some pretty major works on the agenda and a local government environment that is light years away from normal, Ashburton’s team has plenty of hard work ahead of it.

Dealing with the spin-off from Covid-19 has brought new issues, particularly social issues, into play and it has involved the council team in projects that have gained new funding sources as part of the Government’s Covid recovery response. They’ve had to walk and work in unchartered territory where the rules are being written along the way.

Often they’ve had to think on their feet and make decisions without precedent, but they’ve

rolled up their sleeves and done what’s been required.

There also appears to be a change in the relationship between councillors and staff. That change is subtle and difficult to pinpoint, hard to explain. It just feels different, in a positive way.

The reduction in councillor numbers has been an absolute positive. Yes, there are fewer people doing more work, but the reduced number also means everyone is accountable, everyone has responsibilities. With nine, there’s nowhere to hide, but one year down the track there’s no-one on the team who’s hiding or needs to hide. They’re a team of equals in every way.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, October 17, 2020

With the Methven Rodeo just around the corner, journalist Heather Mackenzie caught up with one of the most recognisable voices on the New Zealand rodeo circuit, Craig Wiggins, to talk all things rodeo and what the renowned farming commentator has been up to.

M

ention Labour weekend to Craig Wiggins and the smile on his face tells you all you need to

know.

The long weekend means rodeo time and for the long-standing commentator, that means getting to work and diving head-first into something he loves with both the Winchester and Methven rodeos.

And fresh off the back of a period of six months where everything seems to have been cancelled, Wiggins said seeing the iconic Methven Rodeo back on the calendar was simply awesome.

“The Methven Rodeo is a community event with a strong history that has always been well supported,” Wiggins said.

“It’s a great day out for young and old, sitting on the grass, watching the action and listening to great music.”

As well as providing a much-needed day out, the rodeo has generated thousands of dollars for local charities over the years.

“The likes of local schools, Methven Care Trust and Opuke Wellbeing have all received funding from the rodeo.”

Wiggins

Craig Wiggins has been the voice of the Methven Rodeo for the past 10 years. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN should know a thing or two about the Methven Rodeo, given that this is his 10th year commentating there and his 30th overall when his national and international gigs are totted up.

“I am sure I should be due for a gold watch or something similar, but maybe not,” he said.

Rodeo is not the only place to see Wiggins looking at ease on a horse, him and his red jacket are a familiar sight at horse racing events too where he works as a clerk of the course.

Wiggins’ ability to entertain the crowd has seen him follow the rodeo circuit throughout Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Not limited to calling saddle bronc and bull riding action in the dusty arena, Wiggins has also explained the finer points of jet sprint action to fans, plus he has been known to swap his Wrangler jeans and cowboy boots for a suit and tie at the Young Farmer of the Year awards.

“I have always done a lot of travelling; in fact I think I have only had three birthdays at home since I was 21.”

Wiggins’ love of rodeo is legendary,

so it is no surprise that he was heavily involved in the New Zealand Rodeo School.

He said the school was particularly good for teenagers who lived in the back blocks of New Zealand where there weren’t really any team sports on offer, so riding broncs filled that gap.

“We would take 12 of the top young rodeo riders, aged between 13 and 17, over to Australia and they in turn would send 12 of their best here.”

“Watching them grow in confidence as riders and as people was a highlight.”

Not content with being in front of large crowds, Wiggins has lately turned his hand to rural internet-based activities as well.

Every Thursday night at 7.30 between 40 to 100 farmers tune in to watch his Facebook video Whatever with Wiggy.

Making use of his journalism talents gleaned from writing for Farmers Weekly, Wiggins has had Federated Farmers and Damien O’Connor on, he also covers a wide-range of topics relevant to rural New Zealand.

“Whatever with Wiggy also works as a support network for farmers,” he said.

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Traction engines lined up for the 1958 rally, photographed by Charles Tindall.

The rally is just one of several events showcased in Otley’s films.

Through the doctor’s eyes

By Connor Lysaght

B

ack in April, we explored the interesting life of Dr James Trevor as told by the prolific Dr Maurice Otley in his book ‘The History of Medicine in Ashburton County.’

Otley’s medical history of the county is an incredible research tool, but it is hardly the only contribution that he made to our knowledge of the Ashburton District’s past, and Canterbury’s past as a whole.

In 2008, Maurice Otley donated a DVD copy of part of his old film collection, labelled ‘Scenes around Canterbury between 1947 and 1972,’ which contains a great selection of video clips from across the greater Canterbury area including Ashburton.

The videos were once on 8mm film, and since had been recorded onto video tape, and then onto DVD.

Down memory lane The quality of the films is not the best – according to Otley, their quality had deteriorated during the transfer to video tape, and the projector used to run the 8mm film lacked efficiency and had some focusing issues.

As you can see on this page, the videos are fuzzy but they are a lot better in motion.

No sound accompanies the films aside from the repeated clicking of Otley’s 8mm film projector.

Nevertheless, these films from Otley’s video library provide us with a good look at some significant events in our past, as well

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as some more usual places and events.

Some of the significant events shown in Otley’s films include the 1950 Canterbury centennial parade, the Ashburton parade, and the 1958 traction engine rally in Ashburton.

Other footage, such as videos of air freight leaving Ashburton airport, the Domain in the springtime, irrigation, Highbank power station, the Rakaia Gorge, and of other places and events around Ashburton District and Canterbury paint a very real picture of life here in the mid-to-late twentieth century.

The action pauses between clips, and you can see vague shadows dart about the screen as Otley himself switches over the film, only adding to the charm – to edit this out would ruin some of the charm.

At the museum At Ashburton Museum, our spring exhibition Reel Life of Ashburton and kids activities that went with it were hugely popular over the school holidays, and the exhibition will run through to the 25th of November.

Starting this Monday, the 19th of October, we will be exhibiting Otley’s film collection down the end of our exhibition space, replacing the videos of the old Regent Theatre’s last shows and demolition which have been playing.

If you want to catch the films of the old Regent before they go, pop into Ashburton Museum this weekend – otherwise, watch out for Otley’s films starting on Monday.

Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum. Articles from other organisations are welcomed.

Email museum@adc.govt.nz, mail to PO Box 94 Ashburton 7700 or phone 307-7890

Above – Stills from Otley’s films, showing sports at the domain, Ashburton’s record flood of 1951, the 1958 traction engine rally, and air freight just leaving Ashburton airport.

Left – Highbank power station, which appears briefly in the film collection.

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OUR VIEW

It’s the most hectic time of the year

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

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s the silly season fast approaches, and the days get longer and the weather warmer does anyone else feel like their calendar begins to fill up, way too fast?

I sat down yesterday looking at the next six weeks, trying to find a spare day or two to fit in a visit that I’ve been meaning to make for months, and I honestly could just not find a spot anywhere.

It’s the same every year too.

Get to October after cruising through the first 10 months of the year, and then it’s like bang, it’s the end of December and you’re getting ready to do it all over again.

I should apologise for referencing the festive season too, I know a few people out there aren’t that keen on entertaining the idea of the man in the red suit and all the bells and whistles that come with him just yet, but it’s a harsh reality unfortunately, that it’s rapidly approaching.

The whole thing is marketed as a point in time where it’s OK to relax, do as little as possible and just generally put the feet up for a day. And I now understand why.

It’s that busy and hectic in the lead up to it that come the final week of the year all you are ready to do is sit down and chill out for a bit.

But after the year we’ve had this year, how good is it to be able to look forward to doing things again.

Sure, we’ve lost the odd thing here and there in recent months, but plans are well and truly in place to try and put behind us the frustrations of the year that was 2020, end on a high note and to look forward to a much more enjoyable and friendly 2021.

So, while I might be feeling tired by just looking at the calendar for the next couple of months, there’s also a huge amount of excitement there about being able to return to somewhat of a normal life for the last few months of one of the most bizarre years on record.

YOUR VIEW Communication lost in translation Ashburton District Council chief executive Hamish Riach responds to the story Communication lost in translation (Friday, October 16, 2020): It’s true that good communication is about the flow of information from one person to another. The council has been actively implementing resources and efficiencies to grow this flow of information with our community, and the results from this past year illustrate this perfectly.

Throughout this year, we have issued 129 media releases

– an average of 2.5 every week and an increase from 119 the previous year.

In addition, we publish frequent online news stories, a weekly newspaper column, social media posts, our free monthly e-newsletter and monthly District Diary publications. Our Facebook page reach for example has grown from 4203 followers to 6070 in one year.

Increased access and transparency for residents has also been facilitated through our free live-streamed council meetings, hearings and other short project videos. Many will also recall the frequent video updates from the mayor and

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myself during the Covid-19 lockdowns to pass on credible information at a time of great disruption and uncertainty. A total of 196 videos were posted this past year, which were viewed 193,622 times, totalling 210,860 minutes.

All of this growth in communication, transparency and engagement would not be possible without the efficiencies we have created in our communications team, supported by our Communications Policy.

While flow of information from one person to another is one aspect of good communication, so too is accurate information that is delivered in a timely manner.

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Eat your way to a pain-free period and easy menopause

By Vera Prazak HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING

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reading your period every month? Feeling bloated, puffy, tired, moody and out of sorts?

Is your menopause taking the best of you?

What you should do right now to ease your body and mind and feel yourself again.

Despite if you are still ovulating or you have passed your fertile years, your body is still going through a hormonal cycle each month.

Knowing how to support your body throughout your women’s cycle and past menopause will be life changing.

Your cycle is influenced by many factors, including what we eat. In particular, the balance of progesterone and estrogen is imperative not only for hormone health but overall physical mental and emotional well-being.

After menopause your body doesn’t ovulate anymore but still goes through a hormonal cycle each month. Mark your physical and mental wellbeing in your calendar and you will see patterns in that.

There are certain nutrients that help support hormone detoxification, influence hormone activity or promote their production.

Foods such as kale and broccoli can help support detoxification processes including removal of excess oestrogen.

Vitamin C, found in foods such as dark leafy greens, citrus and parsley, is a key to help the production of cortisol, which influences our stress response, while magnesium-rich foods such as tofu, dark greens and nuts may help to support PMS-associated water retention and menstrual pain.

Adjusting your diet to include specific foods and nutrients during each phase of your menstrual cycle simply takes some planning and self-awareness of your body as it moves from each stage to the next.

Here are some examples of foods that will help you balance your hormonal health, ease period pain, PMS or bloating and water retention in menopause.

Avocados Help maintain estrogen and progesterone in your body.

Flaxseed Flaxseed is terrific for its estrogen balancing effect.

Brazil nuts Brazil nuts are one of the highest sources of selenium, a hormone that plays a significant role in supporting your thyroid function.

Broccoli sprouts Great for balancing estrogen levels. Other cruciferous vegetables that help with estrogen production include brussel sprouts, cauliflower, kale, and bok choy.

Spinach Spinach helps your liver metabolise estrogen, which helps

keep your levels balanced.

Brown rice Brown rice contains phytoestrogens that can help balance estrogen levels. Additionally, it’s rich in B vitamins, which are essential for the liver’s ability to metabolise hormones. When hormones are not metabolised properly, the ratio of progesterone to estrogen can swing out of balance.

Apples Apples have high levels of vitamin C, which helps aid in raising progesterone levels, the hormone responsible for reducing anxiety and depression.

Blueberries Assist in the production and balancing of the progesterone hormone.

Strawberries Strawberries are high in phytoestrogens, which can help keep hormone levels balanced.

Garlic Garlic is rich in B vitamins, which are necessary to regulate hormone levels within the body.

It also has phytoestrogens, which help aid in retaining and balancing estrogen levels.

Turmeric Curcumin helps aid in balancing hormones as it is excellent for improving blood flow to ensure that all parts of your body are performing at optimal levels.

Kimchi or sauerkraut Kimchi is packed full of good bacteria and probiotics that aid in establishing a healthy gut flora so you can absorb and retain the vitamins and nutrients that you eat.

Your ‘gut’ is an integral part of keeping you healthy as it is a large producer of serotonin, one of your happiness hormones Free range chicken, turkey, and lean cuts of beef

These meats contain less saturated fats and can be less likely to cause an overload of estrogen.

If you want to know more about How to eat for your cycleand How to flow through menopause with ease, join my Free Facebook Group The Radiant Woman to find more information and guidance.

Link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theradiantwomanwellbeing.

Vera Prazak is a holistic nutritionist and runs the growing Food Freedom for Women group on Facebook.

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Read the owner’s manual

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grew up driving V8s. I liked my small-block Chevy 350, my 7.3 litre Power Stroke, and even the 6.0 litre Power Stroke didn’t give me any problems.

Now I have a Honda Logo. 1.3 litre 4 cylinder! Oh for a V8 . . .

So I bought some nice chrome V8 badges and put them on my Logo.

It gets a few laughs and even looks pretty good on the side of the car, but it’s still a 4 cylinder!

I could even change the Honda badge to a “Ford” one, but it wouldn’t change anything would it?

By Mike Grove

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The truth is, I own a Honda Logo with a 1.3 litre, 4 cylinder engine. (And I enjoy driving it past the fuel stations!).

Trying to change my little Honda by changing a badge, or labelling it differently is much like what we see happening in

our world today.

You can ignore how you are made, try to be someone or something you are not, but you can’t change one simple truth – you are a human being, created

by God, put here by Him for a specific purpose, and you will be accountable to Him when this life is over!

If you have a problem with your Honda Logo, you can get an owner’s manual for it. You wouldn’t buy an owner’s manual for a Ford Falcon. You wouldn’t take your car to a cobbler to have it repaired.

So why wouldn’t you go back to the owner for help in repairing life’s problems?

God, our Creator, gave us an “Owner’s Manual”. It is called the Bible, it is His Word to us. If you were able to speak directly to God and ask Him for advice, He would say, “You have what you need to know right there in your Bible!”

In Romans chapter 1 you see clear evidence that God put a knowledge of Him in our hearts.

(Romans 1:19-21). If you read on through chapter 1 from that point, you will see rejecting the

Owner turns out just as ugly as trying to repair my Honda Logo with the manual for a Ford Falcon!

Having problems in life? Read the “Owner’s Manual”! Get in a good church that is teaching from that old Book! You’ll be surprised how applicable it really is!

There is no problem in your life today that can’t be fixed by going back to the One Who Made You! Mike Grove is the pastor of Victory Baptist Church, Ashburton

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■■ To make the Cajun spice mix: Mix all ingredients using a mortar and pestle. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.

■■ Make a rub by combining spices and zest.

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2 t cumin seeds 1 t garam masala 1 t Cajun spice mix (see recipe below) zest of 1 lemon 2 whole seasonal fish (500–700g each), gutted & scaled, fins trimmed 3 T extra virgin olive oil 1⁄2 lemon, sliced salt & freshly ground pepper handful of fresh parsley, coriander & bay leaf Cajun spice mix ¼ C salt ¼ C cayenne pepper ¼ C paprika ¼ C garlic granules ¼ C ground black pepper 2 T onion granules 2 T dried oregano 2 T dried thyme

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■■ Drizzle with a little of the oil. Place lemon, salt, pepper and herbs into the cavity of each fish and stand for 20 minutes before cooking.

■■ Heat up the barbecue, and when hot sprinkle with a little more of the oil.

■■ Place fish on the hot plate. Put the hood down and grill for 5–7 minutes.

■■ Turn fish and add a little more oil. Grill for a further 5–7 minutes, depending on the size of the fish.

Check if cooked (the eyes should be white).

■■ Serve fish on a platter with a splash of olive oil, and grilled lemon halves and potato mash on the side.

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YOU AND YOUR LIFESTYLE | Saturday, October 17, 2020

Give your breasts some How do I check my own breasts?

It’s as simple as TLC – touch, look, check.

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In the shower or bath

t helps to have your hands slippery when checking your breasts. Shower gel or soap will make it easier to slide your hand over your breasts.

1. Raise one arm behind your head. Hold your fingers together.

2. With the flat of your fingers press into your breast, feeling for any changes in the breast tissue at both superficial and deep levels.

3. Follow a pattern to make sure you cover the entire area of your breast. This might be circular, up and down or in segments like the spokes of a wheel. Remember that breast tissue also extends up to the collarbone and in a tail leading from the side of your breast up towards your armpit.

4. Feel around and underneath your nipple and areola.

5. Continue until you have covered the entire breast and then repeat on the other side.

Lying down This is usually the best method for larger-breasted women.

1. Place a pillow or cushion underneath one shoulder and place your hand under your head. (eg. right shoulder, right hand) This helps to spread the breast tissue against your chest. Position yourself so that your nipple is central and the breast is spread more evenly across your chest.

2. Using your left hand, with fingers together and flat, check your right breast in a pattern which covers the entire breast area, as described above, including the nipple, areola, and armpit. Swap the pillow to the opposite shoulder and repeat.

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tender loving care LOOK

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his is a very important part of selfchecking your breasts as some breast cancers are detected by visual signs such as skin changes, distortion of the breast, new nipple inversion or deviation, dimpling on the skin or crusting on the nipple.

Be aware of any discharge coming from the nipple (without squeezing).

It helps to have your hands slippery when checking your breasts.

Shower gel or soap will make it easier to slide your hand over your breasts.

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f you do find something unusual it’s important to see your GP for a proper assessment even if you’ve had a recent mammogram which was reported as normal.

Most breast changes are not caused by cancer but any new change should be checked out to make sure.

Your GP will do a clinical breast examination and, if any further investigation is needed, she/he will refer you to the appropriate place.

You can be referred to a public hospital for this or you might choose to go to a private clinic.

If you have been reassured that a breast change is normal but it continues to grow or change, it’s important to go back and have it checked again or seek a second opinion.

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Dear Pink Ribbon heroes

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reast Cancer Foundation NZ is urgently looking for local volunteers to help out with its Pink Ribbon Street Appeal on October 30 and 31.

Around 60 collectors will be at sites across the Canterbury region, but area co-ordinators are still needed in Ashburton to manage a small team of volunteers at local collection sites. Area co-ordinators will be supplied with a detailed briefing, a roster of volunteer collectors, street permits, and all the materials necessary to run a successful appeal. Anyone interested in being either a volunteer co-ordinator or collector is encouraged to email pinkribbon@bcf.org.nz or phone 0508 105 105 for more information.

The Pink Ribbon Street Appeal raises vital funds to support women going through breast cancer, search for ground-breaking scientific discoveries and spread the message about the importance of early detection and going for regular mammograms. Across Aotearoa 10,000 volunteers will raise money at 1400 collection points.

Each year, around 400 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the Canterbury District Health Board area, and sadly every year we still lose around 77 women there to breast cancer.

“We couldn’t run the Pink Ribbon Street Appeal without the support of our amazing volunteers. By giving a little time, people in Ashburton can make a huge difference,” Evangelia Henderson, chief executive of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ, said.

“The money raised will help us to make zero deaths from breast cancer a reality, funding breast cancer research, education and patient support.

“It’s been a tough year for

Alison Esler (left) and Liz McMillan collecting for the Pink Ribbon Street Appeal last year.

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everyone and we never imagined we’d be launching this year’s appeal in the middle of a global pandemic. But this year has shown how great New Zealanders are at banding together, and we hope Ashburton will show some love for Kiwis affected by breast cancer by supporting our appeal.”

Visit www.breastcancerfoundation.org.nz for more information.

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• Research projects aimed at understanding the disease and developing more

effective treatments – right here in NZ. • An Australasian Clinical Trials Database so anyone can view the latest breast cancer drug trials under way. n Canterbury your donations help fund: • The Breast Cancer Foundation National Register, which tracks breast cancer rates, treatments and outcomes providing

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• Bio-impedence machine for Christchurch to assist in the early detection of lymphoedema.

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What is lymphoedema?

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ymphoedema is swelling caused by a build-up of lymph fluid in the body tissues, especially in the layer of fat underneath the skin.

The lymphatic system’s job is to take fluid (lymph) from body tissues back into the bloodstream, all the while helping the immune system destroy pathogens and remove waste product.

Normally lymph flows through lymph vessels, but if the lymphatic system is damaged or inadequate, it cannot handle the usual amount of lymph and a build-up occurs in the tissues.

When this failure occurs it usually affects the limbs although it may also involve the trunk, breast, head and neck, or genital area.

Primary lymphoedema may arise because the lymphatic vessels or nodes have been damaged or were not formed correctly.

Secondary lymphoedema is the most common type, developing after damage to the lymphatic system during treatments such as cancer treatments involving the removal of lymph nodes, radiotherapy to lymph node groups, or with the progression of malignant disease.

The onset of lymphoedema may be at any time, it can occur within months of the damage, or it may appear years later.

While it cannot be cured, it can be reduced and managed with the right intervention. In New Zealand, the current treatment for lymphoedema is based on five “cornerstones” of care: Light touch massage, compression bandages or garments, extra special care of the limb/area, paced

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exercise and, more recently, medical taping.

A trained lymphoedema

specialist will work with you to create the right treatment that fits with your circumstance and

symptoms.

Information in this article sourced from the Australian Lym-

phology Association, Lymphoedema New Zealand and Motus Health Ashburton.

Identifying lymphoedema

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n the early stages you may notice changes in sensation, feelings of tightness, heaviness or swelling on the side the lymph nodes have been removed on.

You may notice a change in skin colour or the feel of the skin. Rings, bracelets, watches, clothing, or shoes may feel tighter.

It is important to confirm this diagnosis with your medical team prior to seeking treatment.

A lymphoedema-trained clinician can help to design a customised management plan which involves education about

lymphoedema, gentle massage while teaching you to do this independently, utilising exercise and assessing whether compression garments can be of use.

Funding is available for those with secondary lymphoedema as a result of breast cancer and its treatment.

For more information visit the Breast Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s website and click the support tab, you will find lymphoedema treatment listed here.

If you are ineligible for funding, or want to seek treatment quickly it is available privately.

Statistics ***The Australian National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) review of research evidence on secondary lymphoedema states “conservative estimates suggest that 20 per cent of breast, genitourinary, gynaecological, or melanoma survivors will experience secondary lymphoedema”.

More specifically the incidence of secondary lymphoedema associated with vulval cancer is estimated at 36-47 per cent, breast cancer 20 per cent, cervical cancer 24 per cent and melanoma 9-29 per cent.

The incidence of lymphoedema following sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is reported to range from 4-8 per cent.

At birth, about one person in every 6000 will develop primary lymphoedema. ***

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Ways to combat fatigue

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ost people arrive at this stage of the year struggling with fatigue, tiredness and exhaustion.

For those who haven’t yet managed to have a holiday, life may be a bit of a struggle and coping with tiredness and fatigue can feel a bit overwhelming.

Covid-19 has managed to affect many people in a number of different ways. It could be the isolation, fatigue and exhaustion may have set in due to the repetition of going in and out of lockdowns, and constantly viewing it in the media.

For many, it feels like it has been a really long year.

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Go to bed earlier than you usually would, even if you are just resting not actually sleeping.

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would if possible, as rest is really beneficial.

Rest up as much as you can, take time out and have a few moments to yourself where possible.

Try to add in a little exercise as this can be uplifting to help fight fatigue. At this time of year, most of our healthy regime and activities can get a bit forgotten, or put to the side, to just get through our daily tasks. But it is still important to keep up with a little exercise.

Even getting out in the sunlight, fresh air helps you feel better, when you are not feeling your best, and helps to eliminate those feelings of fatigue.

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snack foods. Healthy foods help to replenish your body with the correct nutrition to feel energised.

Water can help fight fatigue, so use it as your main source of fluid.

Stop and read if you can – reading can be really relaxing to the brain, which can help it to think better and more efficiently. Even though you think your brain is doing a lot of work reading, it actually has a relaxing effect and forces you to sit down for a while and rest up.

Try to incorporate a few things you enjoy into your everyday life that you may have stopped doing.

Socialise a little more. Social interaction can actually be uplifting when you are feeling tired and rundown, even though it may feel like the last thing you are wanting to do.

Include foods rich in iron – prunes, bananas, beef steak, lamb, mussels,

spinach – to increase energy.

Increase your fruit consumption to increase those antioxidant rich foods that mop up those free radicals which can help you feel more energised and healthier.

It is important to look after yourself as much as you can and do those things that make you feel good and look forward to enjoying those summer days ahead.

Now that the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer with the extended daylight hours.

It will be easier to get in a little light exercise and, by pushing yourself to make the effort, you will reap the rewards. It will help with feeling more energised, less fatigued and more relaxed.

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– In a kitchen whizz, place in order, with the kitchen whizz on, through the top of the kitchen whizz, the dates, prunes, apricots, cranberries, making sure the fruit is chopped to a pulp.

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Eat more tasty veges FROM JAPAN with Miya Komatsu

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he weather is getting warmer and the vegetable prices are slowly coming down.

Now is the time to try some new and tasty vegetables.

My mother always said ‘one part meat, three part veges’ on your plate and it’s nice to eat salad, especially in warmer weather.

I have some tasty recipes for you to try.

All of these recipes you can make and then keep in the chiller for up to four days. Enjoy cooking!

Miya Komatsu is a Japanese-trained chef and nutritionist who has made Ashburton her home.

She has been living here for 14 years.

Colourful veges in nanban sauce 2-4 servings

Nanban sauce 1/3 C vinegar, I use apple cider vinegar 1/4 C soy sauce 3T sugar 1/4 C mirin (sweet cooking wine)

Veges 1/8 pumpkin, peeled and sliced 5mm thick 1 courgette, sliced 5mm thick 1 eggplant, cut into big bite size 1 capsicum, sliced half inch wide 200g green beans, trim both ends off

– In a medium heat-proof bowl, combine all nanban sauce ingredients and microwave for one minute. Set aside.

– In a large frypan, heat 2T of oil over a medium heat.

– Pan-fry the veges, starting with the hard veges like pumpkin.

– Don’t overcook. Veges don’t need to be too soft.

– Once all veges are cooked, transfer to a big food container.

– Pour the nanban sauce over while veges are still hot.

– Serve straight away while warm or keep for later to serve cold.

Miya’s hint – Nanban sauce is good for grilled meat or fish as well.

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Shio kinpira (salted saute) potato

1 small carrot, peeled and julienned 3 medium-sized potatoes, peeled and julienned, then soaked in cold water to rinse off starch 1 capsicum, thinly sliced 2T sesame oil

Seasoning 1-2t salt 1T mirin (sweet cooking wine) 1t dried chilli flakes 2t sesame seeds, for garnish

– Drain the potatoes and wipe off excess water with a paper towel.

Set aside.

– In a frypan, heat the sesame oil over medium heat and stir-fry the carrot for a couple of minutes.

– Add the potatoes and cook until they begin to become transparent.

– Add the capsicum and cook for a couple minutes.

– Add all seasoning ingredients and cook until most of the liquid evaporates.

– Serve with sesame seeds sprinkled on top.

Miya’s hint – Originally, kinpira is made with gobo (burdock roots) and seasoned with soy sauce and mirin or sugar.

I can’t get gobo in New Zealand so I use potatoes. I seasoned with salt and mirin because I want to keep a nice green colour for capsicum.

Karashi shouyu ae (mustard, soy sauce marinade)

1 head broccoli, cut into bite-sized pieces, then boil and cool down 1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half

Sauce 2T soy sauce 2t mustard paste (use wholegrain mustard if you like)

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In a big bowl, combine soy sauce and mustard well.

Add the broccoli and cherry tomatoes then mix well.

Ta da! That’s it. So easy isn’t it?

Serve cold.

Miya’s hint – You can try wasabi paste instead of mustard.

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Why your ankle is weak PHYSIO LAID BARE with SHAUN CLARK

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s a physiotherapist, I’ve lost count of the amount of times patients have claimed they have a “bad ankle”, that they have sprained the same ankle numerous times before or that they always sprain that ankle ... like it’s a normal thing.

Sprained ankles are one of the most common injuries, and not just on the sporting field, that’s for sure.

They are so common that they almost get written off as a “normal” occurrence and they are brushed off as “oh, it’s just a sprain”.

Almost half of those that sprain their ankle are back to their normal activity or sport within a week, even though we know ligament healing time can take up to 12 weeks.

But do you know what? A sprain, in most cases, is a partial tear to the lateral ankle ligaments and just brushing them off and resting them for a short time can cause real long-term issues.

After a sprained ankle, over 50 per cent of people still don’t have full recovery after a year and 25 per cent of people resprain their ankle within a year.

That isn’t just something to brush off and rest, it’s a serious injury.

To help figure out how to reduce the risk of long-term pain and instability, there is a lot of research looking into the factors that make you more at risk of pain and injury.

What’s one of the main risk factors for an ankle sprain? Past ankle injury.

Now some of you may think that’s because the ankle ligaments were “damaged” and yes, in a small percentage of people there are high-grade tears that

don’t heal well, but in the majority of people, your ligaments do heal, just like the rest of our body – we have a great capacity for healing.

So, what makes you

almost four times more likely to sprain your ankle after you have done it once?

One of the main causes is not your ligaments, it’s the secondary weakness and loss of control that occurred after the injury.

The great thing is that you can improve these things, but only if you challenge them and force change.

Rather than blaming an injured ligament, you can do something about it.

Doing exercise rehab after an ankle sprain can massively reduce your risk of re-injury and will also reduce your risk of ankle sprain even if you haven’t had a sprain before because it simply creates a stronger ankle with improved capacity.

A large systematic review, which included 3500 people, found that the risk

of ankle injury was decreased by 46 per cent when balance and strength training was done!

If you want to go the whole hog though, there is solid research that shows that using a good lace-up ankle brace, particularly in the 12 weeks when your ligament is healing, reduces risk of ankle sprain by 64 per cent (Bellows, Wong 2018).

So remember, ankle sprains often don’t need to be a long-term thing, particularly if you rehab them well and protect the ligaments while healing – you can hugely decrease your risk of injury and ensure your ankle heals stronger, faster, with less pain and long-term instability.

See your physio to get individualised, guided rehab, advice and a brace (if needed), to give your ankle the best shot at recovery.

Shaun Clark is principal physio and director at PhysioSteps Ashburton and Selwyn and has experience at the Commonwealth Games and World Rugby 7s. The team are experts in musculoskeletal pain and injury rehab.

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I may have been able to trick most of my city friends that I know everything on the farm, but a sister really does know when the other one is bluffing.

may well have gotten away with my latest farming faux pas had it not been for my big sister.

She was visiting from the big city and I’d been giving her the farm tour explaining what was what, who was who and how things worked around here.

Was she impressed? Oh yes! Never did she think her younger sister (by two years and three months) would ever know anything rural.

It was all going so, so well as we sailed down the shingle in a cloud of blinding spring dust.

This also helped as she couldn’t really see the things I was talking about and therefore couldn’t question any of my vague explanations.

Then we passed the actual farmer loading a big blue thing on the back of his ute and my farming façade was about to unravel as my sister uttered three simple

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words – ‘what is that?’

Oh. I took a good look, it was big, a blue cylinder with a twisty thing, a trailer attachment, and what looked like splashes of white paint on it.

“Oh that is a paint mixer,” I proudly stated.

The farmer had been doing some painting so that seemed to make sense.

She looked confused. I looked confused. “Actually, I think it’s a calf feeder – one of the new model ones,” I corrected myself.

It did actually look more like the little feeding machines the calves used when they were eating their morning muesli mix.

Curiosity got the better of me. What on earth was that thing?

I leaned out the window to ask the farmer. “It’s just a mini spreader,” the farmer said. Ok, so I was WAY off.

I turned to my sister who was already crying with laughter.

I may have been able to trick most of my city friends that I know everything on the farm, but a sister really does know when the other one is bluffing.

I was thankful for small mercies when the conversation quickly turned back to a new Calvin Klein store that had opened in Auckland and I was off the hook, before having to explain what a mini spreader was used for.

So for me it’s back to Google when she is back in the city!

TV reporter, journalist, mum and born and bred Aucklander Donna-Marie Lever talks about life after marrying a farmer and moving to rural Mid Canterbury

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It’s planting season

ossibly the most exciting month in the home garden with plenty to plant both outdoors and indoors!

Houseplants It’s changeover time for cyclamen that have finished flowering, either plant them in the garden or pop them in the compost bin.

Time to purchase and plant up new seasons flowering houseplants like spathiphyllums (peace lily), anthuriums, kalanchoes (flaming katies) and moth orchids.

Check if existing houseplants need repotting.

Use a houseplant potting mix and move them up to a slightly larger pot.

Resist planting them into much larger pots as this can cause problems with watering.

You can now start applying houseplant fertiliser.

The change of season means some areas will become too hot for some houseplants.

North and east-facing rooms provide the best light and filtered is best.

Avoid placing plants up against windows in direct sunlight as their foliage will burn quickly.

Vegetable garden All summer vegetables can now be planted, including courgettes, cucumbers, beans, beetroot, carrots, celery, corn, leeks, lettuce, melons, onions, radish, pumpkin, tomato, and zucchini.

Consider expanding your existing vegetable gardens, remembering the experience of Covid-19 this year.

Prepare the vegetable plot thoroughly before planting with new compost, the better the preparation, invariably a more bountiful harvest!

Stagger planting (every two weeks or so) to ensure continuous harvesting and avoiding vegetables maturing at the same time.

Water young seedlings as required and apply a side dressing of vegetable fertiliser as the plants mature.

Flowering annuals It’s time to plant flower beds and containers with summer flowering annuals.

As with the vegetable garden, prepare sites with new compost and use new container mix when planting into tubs and containers.

Summer flowering annuals to plant this month include alyssum, asters, corn flowers, californian poppy, cosmos, delphiniums, hollyhock, livingston daisy, lobelia, marigolds, nemesia, petunias, portulacas, phlox, salvias, statice, sunflowers, sweet peas, verbena and zinnias.

Fruit trees Start applying fruit tree fertiliser, this is especially important around young specimens as the fertiliser encourages the development of a strong, sturdy root system.

As soils warm towards the end of the month, mulch around trees to prevent weed growth and improve water retention over the hot, dry summer months.

Berry fruit Boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries and loganberries are

all growing rapidly.

Remove any surplus canes where growth is excessive.

Keep training new canes on supports or wire.

Fertilise with berry fertiliser every 5-6 weeks and add a layer of much around plants.

Stop ‘pinching out’ strawberry flowers and allow fruit to form towards the end of October.

Regularly inspect for any sights of botrytis (gray mould) and remove any infected leaves.

Keep maintaining a mulch of pea straw and/or crushed bark around plants.

Herbs It’s warm enough to plant most new season’s herbs in the garden or pots – chives, mint, parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme.

Herbs grow best in welldrained, light soil, in a position that receives full sun all day.

It’s still a little early for planting basil, a herb that thrives in the heat of summer.

Roses In most parts of New Zealand, roses will be flowering freely and will be disease free.

Apply the first side-dressing of rose fertiliser towards the end of the month and repeat every 5-6 weeks until mid-December.

Deadhead finished flowers to promote new continuous flowering. Tie up climbing roses as new growth appears.

Lawns With grass growth under way it’s time to start regularly mowing again.

Apply lawn fertiliser and repeat applications every 4-6 weeks until mid-December.

Fresh grass seed can be sown in problem areas of the lawn, spread new topsoil evenly before

sowing seed. Keep the area moist until the grass seed has germinated. Grass cuttings can be added to the compost bin in a ‘little but often’ manner. Don’t put too much in at once and ensure you mix the clippings well with other organic materials.

Container gardens It’s the perfect time to replant containers with flowering annuals, herbs, or summer salad vegetables. Fill containers with fresh, new container mix that is free draining and includes the necessary nutrients for healthy plant growth.

Containers are especially important in smaller properties and apartments and is probably the best way to grow many herbs.

Keep them well watered.

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Back on court

WEEKEND SPORT

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

A downsized rugby season has not stopped the accolades being shelled out.

The annual Mid Canterbury Rugby Awards were held on Thursday at Ashburton’s Phat Duck, with numerous distinctions celebrated by the local rugby fraternity.

Hammers captain Tyler Blackburn clinched the big award of the night, winning the Morgan Trophy for Heartland Player of the Year.

The Methven halfback led Mid Canterbury from the front during a fourgame representative programme during September, where the Hammers secured three wins and a draw over some of their Heartland neighbours.

Hammers coach Jason Rickard was awarded the Neville Goodwin Memorial Trophy for Mid Canterbury Coach of the Year.

Celtic’s Darion Gray was again among the premier awards this year.

After winning the Dianne McGirr Memorial Trophy for Women in Rugby in 2019, Gray won the volunteer services

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TOP GONGS award, the Philip McDonald Cup. The aforementioned Women in Rugby gong went to Liz Bell, while Methven were again awarded the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union Club of the Year.

Referee Kalifa Faalogo clinched a second consecutive Ant McGirr Trophy for Mid Canterbury Referee of the Year.

Peter McKnight was acknowledged with a 30 year long service honour to round out the premier awards.

Elsewhere, Hammers and Rakaia flyer Raitube Vasurakuta picked up two representative awards on the night.

After winning Heartland Back of the Year, he was jointly awarded the Dave Thomas Cup alongside Mid Canterbury first five Nathan McCloy for Heartland Players’ player(s) of the Year.

The Heartland Best Team Man went to wing Tait Chisman, while flanker

Adam Williamson secured Forward of the Year honours.

Watters Cup-winning coaches Grant Breach and Simon Fleetwood were named Open Grade Coach of the Year after leading Methven seniors to the silverware.

Other highlights of the night included special awards for open grade club rugby.

Celtic senior B’s Neil Thompson was awarded the Body Cup for Best Open Grade Captain, Methven seniors won the Heartland Bank Positive Play Award, Mt Somers picked up the Roy Smith Memorial for best conduct and dress and Rakaia fullback Andrew Letham clinched the MB Roulston Cup for most points in senior rugby.

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HONOURS LIST Mid Canterbury Rugby Awards 2020: MCRU Cup – U14.5 Grade Champions: Plains Stirling Sports Fair Play Award (Selected by Refs): Celtic under-13s Len Sandrey Trophy (Best conduct, dress etc. in JAB rugby): Tinwald Junior Club Coach: Johnny Galbraith, Geoffrey Chapman, Plains 14.5 Under-16 HN Edge Cup & Russell Kelly Memorial Cup (Winner Mid Canterbury under 16 Championship): Alps Colts: MCRU Cup Rakaia/Methven Teenage Coach of the Year: Warren Donald, Tony Kerr, Colin Baker, Alps Under 18 Bruce Beckley Cup (Challenge Shield): Celtic senior B Michael Duff Memorial Trophy (Top team from Round One): Methven senior B 2nd Grade Cup (Mid Canterbury Championship) Methven senior B Dave White Memorial Cup (Top two teams in Combined Round Robin 2019): Methven Max Gilbert Challenge Trophy: Methven Luisetti Watters Cup: Methven Body Cup (Best Open Grade Captain) (Selected by Mid Canterbury Referees Assn): Neil Thompson, Celtic Senior B Heartland Bank Positive Play Award Selected by Mid Canterbury Referees Assn): Methven seniors Roy Smith Memorial (Best conduct, dress in open grade rugby): Mt Somers MB Roulston Cup (Most points in Senior Rugby) Andrew Letham (Rakaia) Open Grade Coach of the Year: Simon Fleetwood, Grant Breach, Methven seniors Heartland Best Team Man: Tait Chisman Heartland Back of the Year: Raitube Vasurakuta Heartland Forward of the Year: Adam Williamson Heartland Players’ Player of the Year (Dave Thomas Cup): Nathan McCloy and Raitube Vasurakuta 30 Year Long Service Award: Peter McKnight Mid Canterbury Referee of the Year – Ant McGirr Trophy: Kalifa Faalogo Women in Rugby – Dianne McGirr Memorial Trophy: Liz Bell MCRU Club of the Year – Methven Volunteer Services Award – Philip McDonald Cup: Darion Gray Mid Canterbury Coach of the Year – Neville Goodwin Memorial Trophy: Jason Rickard Heartland Player of the Year – Morgan Trophy: Tyler Blackburn

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CRICKET

Stags face another big test

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

It gets no easier for Technical today in senior cricket, as the club continues a tough entry in the South Canterbury one-day competition.

Smarting off an opening round defeat to defending champions Celtic in Timaru last week, the Mid Cantabrians are again on the road where they face Temuka at the Temuka Oval.

However the Stags are now in tune with the level they need to rise to after a dominant run in the Canterbury Country Combined competition the previous year, and will be steeled for battle.

One thing which will be giving the team confidence heading into today’s game was their display with the ball last weekend, where they restricted the Tweedy Cup holders to 148.

Opening quick Richard Print shapes as a danger man for the visitors, after notching an im-

MOUNTAIN BIKING

Richard Print will again be a key figure at the bowling crease for Technical today. pressive four-for at Celtic.

With chilly conditions and the

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threat of showers in the south, it again shapes as a day where the

bowlers can potentially profit.

It is likely the batting was a ma-

Big air A number of riders got the chance to entertain this week as Mountain Bike Ashburton hosted an opening night to kickstart the season.

About 70 were in attendance for the event which included a free barbecue.

The evening began with the 5km Poker Ride, where participants headed out to the River Trail and selected cards at each checkpoint, with the highest score winning.

MTB Ashburton president James Reid said the season usually kicked off each year with a more relaxed, family-friendly gathering.

Riley Blundell (left) gets some serious elevation on the pump track during opening night.

jor focal point at training during the week, after the Celts knocked over Technical for 119.

The side will be striving for more significant contributions with the bat this afternoon.

Temuka head into the clash fresh off a comfortable 64-run win over Timaru.

Allenton is also away today, and will be particularly keen to erase the memory of a crashing defeat to Cheviot, specifically their batting effort, where they were skittled for 59 in search of 72.

Thankfully for the Ashburton club, it has an opportunity to put it right today against Sefton.

The bowling department need not worry; reducing a side to a double digits total is nothing to sniff at. Manpreet Hakkla led the way for Allentlon against Cheviot with 3-8, however the side have plenty of other strike weapons in their attack.

Their opponents meanwhile are coming off a dramatic fourrun win over Greendale as the side returns home today.

SPORTS RESULTS

■■ Golf

Mayfield Golf Club

9-Hole Results 15th October Best Nett Ladies 1st Jill Ludemann 49-19-30 2nd Jo Cook 53-21-32 Men: Robert Schikker 49-18-31 2nd John Greenslade 56-19-37 Greg Sim Builders No 2: Jill Ludemann Mayfield Transport No 5: Cate HoganWright

■■ Tennis

Sunset Doubles

Division 1 Double Faults 0-6 Deuce Bags, Croziers Turkeys 4-2 Cates Grain & Seed, Heineken Openers 6-0 Lakers, AFC 2.53.5 Team Wilson.

Division 2 Geraldine 5-1 Faultless, Ball Wackers 6-0 New Boys, Miss Hits 3.5-2.5 Rough Enough, Court Nite 4.5-1.5 Backspin, Ruapuna 4.5-1.5 B Team, Agitated Panda 4.5-1.5 I’d Hit That, Hit & Run 3.5-2.5 Cream of the Crop.

Division 3 4 Aces 6-0 Read Revellers Racket - Tears 5-1 RMF Silva Great Sets The Ladies 5-1 The Young & the Rest of Us Wanna Bees 4-2 In with a Shot Finished by Nine 3.5-2.5 The Late Starters.

■■ Squash

Celtic Squash Club

Results from this week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s spring league: Wouter Myburgh lost to Ben Kruger 1-2, Rob Giles beat Riley Broker 3-0, Trudy Dalton lost to Hamish O’Reilly 0-3, Tate Dryland lost to Rebecca McCloy 0-3.

Chris Lima beat Mike Keen 2-1, Amy Muckle lost to Kirsty Clay 1-3, Craig Henshilwood beat Jane King 2-1.

Matt Speedy beat Nathan Forbes 3-0, Craig Donaldson beat Hamish Trott 2-1, Rebecca Abernethy beat Guy Stanway 3-1, Kate Williams lost to Sian Hurley 0-3.

Chris Thompson beat Blair Horrell 3-1, Neil Keenan beat Chris Lima 3-0, Stacey Smith beat Chrissie Stratford 3-0, Andre De Beer lost to Matt Cassineri 0-3.

Mick Hooper lost to Chris O’Reilly 0-3, Hamish Trott lost to Phil Andrew 1-3, Nicky Dryland drew with Amy Muckle 2-2, Tate Dryland beat Jacinda Ryan 3-0.

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Saturday, October 17, 2020 Ashburton Guardian TENNIS

This weekend’s interclub draw Open Grade Yonex v Babolat Head v Wilson Junior A Allenton Kiwis v Dorie Hampstead, Allenton, 9am Allenton Moas v Dorie A, Dorie, 9am Methven Silver v Southern Shakers, Mayfield, 9am Methven Gold v Southern Stars, ATTC, 9am Hampstead Yellow (Bye) Junior B Allenton Fantails v Methven White, ATTC, 9am Southern Stormers v Allenton Wekas, Hinds, 9am Allenton Kokakos v Methven Black, ATTC, 9am Junior C Allenton Keas v Southern Strikers, ATTC, 9am Southern Skyrockets v Allenton Rurus, ATTC, 9am Methven Red v Methven Blue, Methven, 9am

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Opportunity knocks

Peter Kirwan serves during last season’s interclub campaign.

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

Quantity over quality is the thinking behind a shortening of interclub tennis.

Both the junior and open grade seasons spring into life in Ashburton today, with plenty of up-and-coming talent in contention for their respective club outfits.

And with a certain dominant figure having departed the region, it opens the stage for the next local stars.

While the junior grades are sticking to the status quo with another 20 teams set to line up, the open grade has been reduced from six teams to four.

“For the juniors we have the same amount of teams as last year, which is really good be-

cause other regions are losing teams,” Mid Canterbury Tennis head coach Jack Tiller said.

“We’re pretty happy to hold the amount of teams and we’ve got a bit of an opportunity to get another couple of extra teams in after the break, which will be great.”

The open grade competition will run for a total of 11 weeks, with three legs of round robin matchups followed by semi-finals and finals.

Tiller said it made for a more competitive format of tennis.

“The way that we’ve done it this year is that any team is in it to win it right up until the semi-final time,” Tiller said.

“So it gives everybody in that grade a little extra to play for, and will hopefully even out all of the teams.

“We thought we would have some more meaningful matches, and it also gives players an opportunity to play some extra tournaments and really fire up for the likes of Gala Cup and Browning Shield.”

With Diego Quispe-Kim no longer in the region, it provides a chance for other hotshots to leave their mark.

Rhys Cromie, Connor Brosnahan, Tyler Leonard and Jason Feutz will be key players all striving to gain the upper hand for their clubs.

“Tyler is probably our top player in terms of age and ability at the moment; he’s probably the next one coming through who is starting to hit a decent ball,” Tiller said.

Riley Breen, Ashton Cromie, Josh Gilbert are expected to lead the way for the junior brigade.

SUMMER NETBALL

TENNIS

Mid Canterbury Tennis Open Grade Interclub Squads 2020-21 Yonex: Rhys Cromie, Peter Kirwan (captain), Aidan Watt, Bryn Looji, Ryan Watt, Josh Jones, Matt Hopkins, Drew Gilbert, Jim Barry, Pete Conlan.

Babolat: Tyler Leonard, Lee Gilbert (captain), Ollie Bubb, Jayden Cromie, Brendon Adam, Phil Crozier, Jacob Adam, John Leslie, Holly-Jane Feutz, Angela Ciora.

Head: Connor Brosnahan, Jake Parsons, Michael Kerr, Riley Breen, Matt Bubb (captain), Jess Aldridge, Dallas Scott, Amelia McKeown, Lachlan Adam, Angel Spooner.

Wilson: Jason Feutz, Peter Leonard (captain), Gareth Evans, Nishthra Maarka, Maia Liu, Josh Gilbert, Mathieu Lucas, Ashton Cromie, Isobel Brook.

Commitment-plus on the court It was all action at the EA Networks Centre on Wednesday as the Netball Summer League competition got under way. A total of 32 teams took to the court, with the competition split across three categories including Social Competitive, Social and Business House. Despite the netball action taking on a more communal form, it did not deter the commitment of some. Making a pass in spectacular fashion is Pete Lee (above), of the McIntosh Group business house team.

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GOLF

Hoping for hometown heroics

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

Knowledge of the Brandon course conditions may be advantageous for the locals as the South Island Interprovincials tee off today.

While the men’s event is set to be held at Dunedin’s St Clair course, the Ashburton Golf Club plays host to the women’s edition.

The two-day tournament will see an Aorangi selection take on Canterbury, Otago and defending champions Tasman.

Six of the eight in the Aorangi women’s squad hail from the Mid Canterbury district, five of whom are members of the Ashburton club.

Aorangi Golf urged members of the community to come out and show their support.

“Particularly in Ashburton, the wom-

en would not say no to caddies.”

Ashburton’s Vicki Moore and Methven’s Angela Mowbray are first up from the tee this morning from 8am at the Ashburton Golf Club as Aorangi take on Canterbury during the morning session.

Later the side takes on Otago in the afternoon before a showdown with Tasman on Sunday morning.

Jeff Hewitt (Tinwald), Cameron Grant (Rakaia), David Morrison (Ashburton) and Ryan Cockburn (Rakaia) will meanwhile line up for the men’s Aorangi squad down in Dunedin.

Aorangi Women’s Team: Lynda Brown (Timaru), Ginny Bolderston (Geraldine), Rachel Eder (Ashburton), Catherine Knight (Ashburton), Sharon Bradford (Ashburton), Pauline Bell (Ashburton), Angela Mowbray (Methven), Vicky Moore (Ashburton).

Manager: Anne Seed

Catherine Knight will line up for the Aorangi women’s team in Ashburton this weekend.

OPINION

On-field bloopers – anyone can produce them

By Steve Devereux steve.d@theguardian.co.nz

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t’s not an uncommon event, the major blooper on the sports field, but unfortunately for the bloopee, it’s often a very public spectacle.

Rieko Ioane joined a large and rather esteemed club when he produced his little effort at the Cake Tin on Sunday, and I’m sure it was fairly high on the agenda at Monday morning’s test debrief.

The phrase ‘coach-killer’ comes to mind; hopefully it has been impressed upon the young man that it’s quite important to actually plant the ball when you’re in the act of scoring a try; it’s a bit more important than scoring nine out of ten for a lovely swan dive.

There is form among his illustrious forebears in black though; even the likes of Mehrts and Zinny were renowned for making some silly basic error early in matches, before shaking off the nerves and turning on their regular stellar performances.

And while it’s very early days, Richie Mo’unga appears prone to making that one serious miscalculation; usually trying to gain just that little bit of extra distance with the big punt, and paying the price as his forwards trudge all the way back for a scrum, when they should be making plans for an attacking lineout.

History is littered with terrible slip-ups, in all sports.

Sticking with rugby for just a moment, you might recall England producing frenzied celebrations after a test match against the All Blacks at Twickers in 1997, doing the full lap of honour in front of their adoring fans – but a glance at the scoreboard revealed a 26-all draw!

The All Blacks were looking on, extremely puzzled as to why their rivals were busy doing their festive best, in fact some of them looked suitably embarrassed for the men in white.

Golfers don’t really have bloopers as such, they’re more filed away as chokes, or meltdowns (a la our own Danny Lee at the US Open); and there’s been a few in the NRL comp as well.

And so often it’s the best players.

James Tedesco is a genuine hero for the Roosters, but when a regulation George Williams kick came his way on the line in a finals game a week ago, he bent down to scoop it up, horribly misjudged the bounce, and sprawled to the ground, leaving Raider Jack Wighton the easiest try he’ll ever score, putting the defending champs out of the contest just to rub it in.

There’s some good ones come out of football, but

when you’re taking home as much dosh as Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, it might be fair to expect zero bloopers, but no.

Sterling is paid (obviously not ‘earns’) 300,000 pounds. No, not a year, that’s a WEEK. £1780 an hour.

But when City played Lyon in a Champions League quarter-final (yes, that’s a very big game) this year, Sterling had an open goal in front of him, just had to tap it in, and somehow managed to botch it.

That debrief would have been interesting too.

Cricket has plenty of scope for the bigger bungles.

And we won’t even go near Richard Hadlee’s absolute plumb lbw (denied) to win that series against the Aussies – that wasn’t a blooper, that was sheer home-team advantage/ cheating.

I was watching

an old Ashes test this week, and while Thommo and Geoff Lawson shared all the Pommy wickets in the second innings, they had to watch as their fielders shelled seven catches.

Seven!

That’s your basic How To Enrage A Demon Fast Bowler 1.01 right there.

Does that count as some sort of team blooper?

It corresponded to some dreadful umpiring though, a couple of caught-behinds given purely on the strength of some super acting from Rod Marsh behind the stumps, with replays showing bat about six inches away from ball, easily seen in real-time. No wonder the use of technology was so widely embraced when it came in.

Mistakes on the motor racing track usually end up in broken cars and unfortunately sometimes broken drivers as well, but sometimes the mistake is just plain embarrassing.

Even the best can do it too.

Supercars champion Jamie Whincup, at Bathurst in 2014, had his Red Bull Holden in front going into lap 161 (that’s the last one, for the uninitiated), with a tenuous-but-manageable three-second lead over Ford driver Chaz Mostert, but, with the finish line actually in sight, just a hefty stone’s throw away, he ran out of gas.

That’s after listening on race-radio to his team leaders frantically urging him to conserve fuel over the last couple of laps, stressing the imminent

danger – but Whincup went for it anyway, and suffered the ignomy of not only missing top spot on the podium, but being passed by several other cars as he rolled quietly toward the line, missing the podium altogether.

There’s a nice segue towards tomorrow’s action on the mountain.

Scott McLaughlin has already wrapped up the championship, but there’s still so many permutations possible, after all, this is Bathurst, the jewel in the crown, the one that every Supercars driver really wants to win.

And having that little luxury in the bank, there’s no calculations necessary, no poring over who could do what to alter the balance of power, just a race to go out there and win – quite possibly the last one ever for the popular USA-bound Kiwi champion.

Even if he does return sometime, the game will have changed a great deal – remember Marcus Ambrose?

Left as a Supercars champ to take on the world, but when he came back he just couldn’t get to grips with how the racing landscape had altered dramatically, and made no impression whatsoever.

Anyway, the best result tomorrow would actually be a mirror image of last year – New Zealand’s finest coming home first and second, but preferably without the safety car in the way, leaving Scotty and Shane to fight out what could be their last Bathurst battle.

Saturday, October 17, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

In brief Open day on track The Ashburton Athletics Club will host an open day this weekend as the season gets set to take off.

Sunday’s open day will be held at the Ashburton Domain and will be about introducing patrons to the sport, sourcing club information and meeting fellow club members. Attendees can also purchase club merchandise during the afternoon. Trainings for the upcoming season which runs through to March commences next week. The event starts at 3pm.

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HAVING A BALL

Rakaia Squash Open The Rakaia Squash Open heats up today after proceedings began last night. All players entered into the tournament are guaranteed three games. The mixed tournament had its first round of games last night with the finals set to be played tonight from about 7.30pm. More than 50 players are in action over the two-day event. including a flurry of local stars alongside visiting players from Christchurch.

Agustin Maunier, who is in action this evening, is seeded number one and is expected to be in contention following a victorious display at the Hoon Hay Open last weekend.

Record futsal entries A record number of team entries has forced some tweaks to a big futsal day tomorrow.

A free futsal ‘Have a Go Day’ kicks off proceedings tomorrow afternoon where primary and intermediate aged pupils can try their hand (or feet) at the footballing offshoot. Years 1 to 5 can participate from 4pm and Years 6-8 and youth players from 4.45pm. The sessions were previously to be an hour in duration however they have been reduced to 45 minute blocks.

Free futsal is followed by the start of social and premier league competitions from 5.30pm.

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

The Hampstead All Sports Club have certainly made winning a habit this year.

The blue and gold planets have aligned in some ways for the Ashburton sporting club in Covid-affected 2020 as some of the major sporting codes have added to the trophy cabinet regularly.

Club insiders have taken stock of a fruitful year which has seen success harnessed by softball, netball and hockey club sides.

Bowls have also secured some silverware, and Hampstead’s Watters Cup team also punched above its weight.

Hampstead Rugby and All Sports club president Jim Henderson believed it was simply a continuation of the high standards the codes had been setting over recent years.

“It was bloody awesome to be honest,” he said.

‘That’s what you kind of dream of and I’d like to say it’s all because of their esteemed president, but I can guarantee you it’s not.

“A lot of hard work goes on from a huge number of volunteers.”

The club president did point out it was one of the few clubs which competed across several different codes.

“There would be other clubs who have had this, but there’s not that many all sports clubs across the district so we can probably claim it.”

It began with the Hampstead Heat taking out the Mid Canterbury Softball Association’s senior mixed title in March.

The club’s polished premier netball outfit then dominated netball’s top grade, winning its first premier 1 title in more than a decade following an unbeaten season, alongside its under-18 team taking out the premier 3 spoils.

Less than 24 hours after clinching the netball silverware, Hampstead Blue won the 1st grade women’s hockey final to cap bragging rights after two wins over Methven in club deciders.

Hampstead’s senior rugby side who were considered Watters Cup outsiders before the season kicked off, began its campaign in emphatic fashion with its first win of the Mid Canterbury provincial competition in about a decade after it upset Celtic in the season opener.

The victory also cemented the Travis Durham Cup for the team.

The team also produced a stunning first half display over Methven in a Watters Cup semi-final blockbuster only to be denied by seven points following a second half revival from the eventual Cup winners.

“We’ve always had the talent, but we just haven’t had them going in the right direction,” Henderson said.

“They were a bit fitter and had a bit more belief.”

The hard graft and camaraderie evident within the organisation had made for a strong foundation and culture, Henderson said.

“We’re all friends and know each other well,” he said.

“You call a working bee and people for Africa show up.”

Despite already having a magnetic pull, an increase in its members continued to be an objective for the sporting cornerstone.

An upgrade of some of the facilities including the flood lights was also on the agenda.

In the interim, its club sides will look to continue their good fortune on the field and courts heading into 2021.

OPINION

The racing wheel is turning again

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

T

here was a time, not all that long ago in fact that the crystal ball-gazers were predicting dire things for the horse racing industry in this country.

Fresh off the revelation that far too many high-paying salaries and investment on dud advancements in technology had bled the game all but dry, Covid-19 struck and almost all revenue streams dried right up.

We were told, there might be no coming back.

A few weeks longer of lockdown and it would have been a case of last one to leave was to turn out the lights.

We were told things were pretty grim.

But what a difference a few months can make.

All of a sudden there’s some light at the end of the tunnel, it would seem with strong betting turnovers in recent weeks, a real

The Methven Trotting Club recorded a remarkable turnover of more than $1.5 million last weekend. enthusiasm for the racing product around the country and – by the laws of averages – some of the best stuff still to come in the next few weeks.

Last weekend’s Methven Cup meeting netted a total turnover

of close to $1.6 million for the day.

Staggering stuff in such a time of economic instability and uncertainty.

But almost all turnovers are looking solid, whether it be the

green, green grass of Methven or the bright lights of Ellerslie in the north, their comeback is well and truly on and all of a sudden there’s a faint glimmer of hope coming from those charged with leading the game through such a dangerous time.

So, what’s the secret to success?

Or more to the point, is there one or are we just dealing with an element of luck through some people having a little more in the back pocket than they normally would due to restrictions?

The answer is actually quite simple.

The return of positivity to the industry has coupled well with two things.

The first being that the racing product has been considerably greater for the time of year than it has ever been, and secondly because we’ve broken the early shackles and are returning to the grassroots of the industry.

Places like Timaru, Oamaru, Methven and up in the north meetings at Tauranga and Cam-

bridge. The best investment and buy-in into a race day comes at those places that don’t always see that many meetings.

People enjoy loading up the chilly bin and heading out for a day in the sunshine watching horse racing and having a bit of an investment.

It’s a tried and true method that never, ever should be in doubt.

It works, it’s always worked and while there’s moves to close down some places, these recent results from places like Methven, Timaru and Banks Peninsula here in Canterbury should serve as a harsh reminder that there’s still plenty of need, desire and demand for the country tracks.

Sure, their buildings might be a little outdated and they can’t offer the services of somewhere like Addington – but their reputation is what makes them successful and lose those sorts of meetings and a whole lot of people who go for the unique experience will likely never come back.

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ASHBURTON

Busy time for the Pitmans It’s been a whirlwind week for Matthew Pitman.

The Riccarton trainer welcomed his second child on Tuesday, and he has also been in the process of moving into his family’s new home.

“It’s exciting times,” he said.

“We bought a house on Friday, moved in on the weekend and our baby came earlier in the week.

“I stayed in here (hospital) with Trish and baby when she arrived on Tuesday, and just finished moving in to the new house in the last couple of days.

“When it rains it pours.

“It’s been a busy time, but the family is all really excited.”

Pitman may be a bit sleep deprived when he heads to Ashburton on Sunday to line-up a 10-strong team with his father and training partner Michael, but he is excited about the prospects of a number of runners.

“We have got a good team in,” he said.

“The team is racing well at the moment and I think we can be pretty competitive all day long.”

His team will be headlined by

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Enzo’s Lad last-start winner Watchmaker who will jump from barrier seven in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes 3YO (1400m).

“It’s exciting to see if Watchmaker can go on from what he did the other day where he was pretty impressive,” Pitman said.

“He has been screaming out for 1400m and even a mile.”

Pitman senior echoed his son’s sentiments, but believes the Pins gelding will benefit from better tracks.

“They went a really quick time,” Michael Pitman said. “He has always been a really nice horse, he just needs a decent track.”

Watchmaker is part-owned by New Zealand Bloodstock Insur-

ance Advisor Jim Bruford, who has had a great association with the Pitmans, headlined by Group One winner Savvy Coup.

“He’s been really good to us and I guess we are good to him too,” Pitman quipped.

“He is closing in on 100 winners with us in just on 10 years.”

Earlier on the card, dual Group

Ashburton gallops Tomorrow at Ashburton Raceway

R1 Hinds Ridge Farming Mdn $10,000 1600m Type: MDN 12:15 1 0x320 Laphroaig J D Laking (2) 58.5 2 2 Southern Ocean Ms K Williams (16) 58.5 3 4270x Bahhgoofy Y Y Chew (12) (A4) 58.5 4 6240 Nons The Name A Comignaghi (5) 58.5 5 3744 Jack The Ripper B M Murray (10) 58.5 6 42x77 Zakunda K Chowdhoory (7) (A1) 58.5 7 6967x Roullette C K Kwo (3) (A2) 58.5 58.5 8 6x650 Point Break 9 8422 Tantalee Rohan Mudhoo (6) (A2) 56.5 10 x9230 Super Tap K Mudhoo (18) 56.5 11 82460 Youneverknow C R Barnes (13) 56.5 12 35x00 Qiji Olympia R Cuneen (9) 56.5 13 50x08 Chitter Chat G A Jogoo (15) 56.5 14 80 Santissima S L Wynne (1) 56.5 15 9x098 Miss Penvose 54 16 909 Battlinaway 58.5 17 0 Magie Noire 58.5 18 46454 Blackjakk 56.5 19 388x0 Ifithappensagain 58.5 20 70x00 Sweet Dreams 56.5 R2 Paul Brand Pendene Farm Hcp $32,500 1600m Type: OPEN 12:50 1 x3844 Who Dares Wins J D Laking (5) 62 2 11132 Major Tom T D Thornton (7) 59.5 3 24x00 Killarney A Comignaghi (6) 57 4 50070 Kaharau C J Grylls (8) 55.5 5 1x900 Neeson S L Wynne (3) 55 6 232x0 Monza Circuito R Mudhoo (1) (A2) 54 7 17x51 The Growler D S Johnson (11) 54 8 113x0 Lightning Jack Ms K Williams (2) 54

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One winner Enzo’s Lad will kickoff his spring preparation in the McCrea Painters & Decorators Ashburton Cup (1200m).

“Enzo’s Lad is a dual Group One winner and we think he trialled up super the other day,” Matthew Pitman said.

“Last year we were probably slightly behind the eight ball due to his overseas travels.

“He has come back cherry ripe and is bigger and bolder than ever. We think he is due to have a good season.”

Stablemates Son Of Maher and Saber will join Enzo’s Lad in the Cup and Pitman believes the former is one of the stable’s better chances of the day.

“A horse that is not without a chance is Son Of Maher,” he said.

“He is better off to 1400m or a mile, but he did finish third in a Lightning Handicap at Trentham over 1200m.

“He carries a luxury weight of 50kg with the four kilos off with Meghann’s (Gestain, jockey) claim. She rode him at the trials the other day when he won impressively, so I think is a really good eachway chance.”

9 6x020 El Bee Jack K Chowdhoory (9) (A1) 54 10 49824 Upperhand K Asano (10) (A1) 54 11 x7084 Jewel Of Patch C R Barnes (4) 54 R3 Fast Track Insurance (Bm65) $22,500 2200m Type: BM65 13:25 1 182 Vee Twelve M E Gestain (1) (A4) 59.5 2 5610 Grab The Bar K Chowdhoory (9) (A1) 58 3 183x8 Take The Deel J D Laking (3) 58 4 7x964 Red River Rock R Cuneen (8) 57 5 17049 The Saintly One K Mudhoo (10) 57 B M Murray (5) 56.5 6 9x900 Trumpet G A Jogoo (7) 56 7 30403 Hot Tap 8 38310 Miss Oaks K Asano (14) (A1) 56 9 64510 Rockwithme S L Wynne (2) 56 10 x0855 Zareeba C J Grylls (11) 56 11 60007 Pickup Ms K Williams (6) 56 12 7x475 Madam De Soir A Comignaghi (4) 55.5 13 84070 Takeitlikeaman C R Barnes (12) 55 14 x90x0 Rumour Has It T D Thornton (13) 54 R4 R D Petroleum (Bm74) $27,500 2200m Type: BM 74 14:00 1 40x00 King Of The Dance C J Grylls (2) 59 2 10x00 Cinto Bay J D Laking (7) 57.5 3 55501 Transcendent K Chowdhoory (6) (A1) 57.5 4 0x0x1 Baby Menaka A Comignaghi (9) 56 5 92810 Jingo C R Barnes (5) 55.5 6 80617 Queen Sweep S Toolooa (10) (A3) 55.5 7 90205 Are You Cereal T Jonker (8) 55.5 8 x5971 Our Boy Ritchie R Mudhoo (1) (A2) 55.5 9 60007 Pickup 54 10 x5080 Friday Knight T D Thornton (3) 54 R5 Sims Bakery/Gary McCormick Mdn $10,000 1200m

Type:MDN 14:35 1 3353x Grand Express J R Lowry (13) 58.5 2 0x Gogo Mr Joe 58.5 3 He’s Ready K Chowdhoory (7) (A1) 58.5 4 0x Our Echo A Comignaghi (11) 58.5 5 5348x Recommended Flight S L Wynne (4) 56.5 6 x4585 Anjarden C R Barnes (5) 56.5 7 0x07x Glory Chance K Mudhoo (9) 56.5 8 6x Ceddy Smith K Asano (12) (A1) 56 9 Mister Reliable C J Grylls (8) 56 10 800 One More Chance B M Murray (2) 56 11 x0773 Queen Of The Prom T D Thornton (1) 54 12 4x0x9 Popcorn Kate G A Jogoo (15) 54 13 6 Kitty Cugat Ms K Williams (6) 54 14 Da Vinci Girl D S Johnson (10) 54 15 0x90x Awesome Babe 56.5 R6 McCrea Painters & Deco Asb Cup $32,500 1200m Type: OPEN 15:10 1 2471x Enzo’s Lad K Chowdhoory (8) (A1) 62.5 2 5x0x6 Prince Oz R Cuneen (6) 57.5 3 1867x Don Carlo S Toolooa (11) (A3) 57 4 4x657 Johnny Jones A Comignaghi (2) 55 5 7x05x Morweka Ms K Williams (3) 54 6 19570 El Bee Darci S L Wynne (10) 54 7 0826x Son Of Maher M E Gestain (5) (A4) 54 8 24025 Saber T Jonker (9) 54 9 x821x Miss Federer K Asano (4) (A1) 54 10 5560x Xcuses Xcuses C R Barnes (7) 54 11 61261 Scarfi D S Johnson (1) 54 R7 Barneswood Farm Stakes 3yo $70,000 1400m Type:OPEN 15:45 1 61251 Zoltan J D Laking (5) 56.5

2 84451 Watchmaker K Chowdhoory (7) 56.5 3 121 Matchmaker A Comignaghi (4) 54.5 4 9x419 Showemhowitsdone B M Murray (8) 54.5 5 32120 Eva James T D Thornton (3) 54.5 6 x5272 Laced With Gold C J Grylls (6) 54.5 7 2x14 Cornflower Blue D S Johnson (1) 54.5 8 3x41 Embers K Asano (10) 54.5 9 177 Walkthisswey C R Barnes (9) 54.5 10 5 Florentia Ms K Williams (2) 54.5 R8 Valachi Downs (Bm65) $22,500 1400m Type: BM 65 16:20 1 278lx Hunter Villain J R Lowry (8) 60 2 23x0x Fire Show S D Khetoo (4) (A4) 59.5 3 12052 Paint Me Red D S Johnson (12) 59.5 58.5 4 x739x Smokin’ Oak 5 28x81 Glorious Ocean S L Wynne (10) 58 6 5x0x0 Jessie Janet Rohan Mudhoo (6) (A2) 58 7 x48x0 Sorceress C J Grylls (16) 58 8 21x00 Redford G A Jogoo (7) 58 9 x12x7 Our Frankie K Chowdhoory (11) (A1) 57 10 7x120 Prosperous A Comignaghi (9) 57 11 428x1 Atomic Kitten 56.5 12 5513 Boyslightup Ms K Williams (2) 56.5 13 1x85 Caitlyn Jay K Asano (13) (A1) 56.5 14 4491 Pearl Davone C R Barnes (18) 56.5 15 50x50 All Or Nothing R Cuneen (3) 58 16 82106 Hey Mickey K Mudhoo (14) 57.5 17 x8002 Our Prom King 57.5 18 9704x Lady Byron 55.5 R9 Norm & Leanne Cup Week (Bm65) $10,000 1400m Type:BM65 16:55 1 50x50 All Or Nothing 59

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R9 WILLIAMSON RACING STABLES TROT $8,000 2600m 15:58 1 46018 Alvira Hest B N Orange 2 2061x Bj Lindenny K G Cameron 3 69050 She’s Allthe Craze J J A Young 4 97031 Chief Of Staff J R Dunn 5 9229 Easy Pickings Ben Hope 6 28135 Escargo S J Ottley 7 9090x Missie Castleton C J Markham 8 80968 Playboy’s Brother R T Mcilwrick 9 2280x No Fears John Morrison 10 20326 Jerry Garcia L F O’reilly 11 80x00 Crazy N Love 12 43x04 Beyond The Horizon J W Smith 13 32628 Count Eyre R D Close 14 900 Time In A Bottle M J Williamson 15 76710 American Viking C A Butt

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Hey Mickey 58.5 Our Prom King J D Laking (2) 58.5 Lady Byron K Mudhoo (9) 56.5 Rocket Ship S Toolooa (6) (A3) 56.5 Noah Rohan Mudhoo (1) (A2) 56.5 Miss Curious A Balloo (12) 56 Major Ish Choux Ms K Williams (7) 55.5 Quality Prevails T D Thornton (5) 55 Tarabeebee A Comignaghi (8) 55 Miss Tilly Winks C R Barnes (10) 54.5 Iffida G A Jogoo (11) 54 Miss Diorella C A Campbell (13) (A1) 54

R10 Rainers Irrigation Inv’l.-Bm74 $27,500 1400m Type:BM74 17:30 1 9x822 Summer Monsoon R Mudhoo (4) (A2) 60 2 68x60 Air Max C A Campbell (13) (A1) 59 3 345x0 Sharp ‘N’ Silver Ms K Williams (10) 58.5 4 397x7 Hee’s Our Secret R Cuneen (16) 58.5 5 x4562 Meara Mary M E Gestain (15) (A4) 58 6 33x00 I Am A Rock J D Laking (3) 58 7 x20x0 Whale Song K Chowdhoory (1) (A1) 57.5 8 361x0 Express Rip S L Wynne (2) 57 9 23310 Jin Lu B M Murray (14) 57 10 16444 Linedanceking A Balloo (11) 57 11 x582x O’guy D Prastiyou (12) 57 12 x9238 Zelenski C J Grylls (9) 56.5 K Asano (8) (A1) 55.5 13 755x1 Severine T D Thornton (7) 54.5 14 6x711 Irish Girl 56.5 15 26x66 Clooney 16 49824 Upperhand 60.5 17 x7084 Jewel Of Patch 56.5

Oamaru harness Tomorrow at Oamaru Raceway

R1 FAT SALLY’S PUB & RESTAURANT TROT $8,000 2600m 12:05 1 965 Prince Ranier J R Dunn 2 76424 Random Jude John Morrison 3 x9088 Halfway There L F O’reilly 4 8x450 Dem Bones Dem Bones K Tomlinson 5 833x8 Line A Love J B Patterson 6 7 Aditi 7 6 Pearlspur Craig D Thornley 8 90070 Break Free K V Hadfield 9 0x0x9 Random Spur S J Ottley 10 26959 Pastrana J W Cox 11 550 Rosie’s Son K M Cox 12 7 Emdeegee M J Williamson 13 46x00 Shandon Bells R D Holmes 14 73404 Aristocrat B N Orange R2 MORRISONS SADDLERY & FEED MOBILE PACE $8,000 2000m 12:30 1 22566 Le Tissier R D Holmes 2 60267 Westburn Bliss B N Orange 3 79408 Hot N Gold R D Holmes 4 020x2 Manon The Run R N Needham 5 8406 Silent Shadow L F O’reilly 6 70563 The West Wing M J Williamson 7 479 Mach O’melley R T Mcilwrick 8 4084 Itz The Con Artist S J Ottley 9 0x800 Bono Brown John Morrison 10 62774 Play By Ear J J A Young 11 x0880 Franco Hatton R D Close 12 x5060 Jeremy Wells J R Dunn 13 28302 Petrea Bromac Mike Love 14 52940 Leconte Sheree Tomlinson 15 94x02 I Miss Mum K M Cox

1 67x33 Daggy Lamb L F O’reilly 2 2 Change At The Top Sheree Tomlinson 3 Crimson Rain John Morrison 4 Captain Confetti S J Ottley 5 3x8x0 Iron Woman Kerryn Tomlinson 6 665 Penelope Bromac M J Williamson 7 0x Helluva 8 x0040 Boulton Home Mark Hurrell 9 x8728 Mark Dunnett J J A Young 10 7 Morrissey Craig D Thornley 11 73886 Santeria R T Mcilwrick 12 Lion King 13 55783 Mongolian Marshal B N Orange 14 Black Lace J P Versteeg 15 68389 Art Collector J W Cox 16 49443 Social Media 17 776 Feelin Bettor R D Close 18 Brother John 19 70534 Tyke G D O’reilly R4 WAITAKI REFRIGERATION LTD MOBILE PACE $8,000 2600m 13:20 1 50098 Pine Cone K G Cameron 2 780 Cheddar Made Beta B N Orange 3 0x80x American Flyer M J Williamson 4 7700 My Nikayla Kerryn Tomlinson 5 0x070 Star Reactor Gemma Thornley 6 3467x Geoff’s Legacy R D Close 7 4x080 Ohoka Chopper S J Ottley 8 0x004 Dalness Arizona G D O’reilly 9 009x0 Pocket Call Lionel Dobbs 10 070x7 Betstars Blue Jean L F O’reilly 11 58573 Dreaminsover J J A Young 12 69612 For Today J R Dunn 13 47947 Crosso’s Cullect J W Cox R3 VETERINARY CENTRE OAMARU BY THE BIG 14 57760 Playboy Prince Mike Love BLUE CROSS PACE $8000 2000m 12:55 15 45800 Galleons Connoisseur Ben Hope

16 20608 Paul’s Verdict John Morrison R5 PICK & SHOVEL MBL PACE $8000 2000m 13:45 1 875 Valynda J W Cox 2 6x734 Booraa K M Cox 3 Lifechangingevent G D O’reilly 4 0x89 Charlie’s Ace Gemma Thornley 5 85x09 Deceptive Lee S J Ottley 6 55x56 Red Envy R D Close 7 0 Vintage Gold J P Versteeg 8 85 Perfect Cut J J A Young 9 5 Atomic Traveller John Morrison 10 0 Nicky’s Express Ben Hope 11 52940 Leconte Sheree Tomlinson 12 27520 Shards Fury Kerryn Tomlinson 13 8 Life Of Art M J Williamson 14 52032 Endless Dreams B N Orange 15 Jimmy Paul J R Dunn 16 25444 Major Mac Craig D Thornley R6 ONE SMART COFFEE JUNIOR DRIVERS TROT $8,000 2600m 14:18 1 58x30 Black Jacket Simon Smith 2 9x500 DD’s Super Stuart 3 x4170 Sonoma Tyron Sarah O’reilly 4 1320 Ardee Trouble Rebecca Heads 5 30401 The Artful Dodger Josh Kennett 6 60840 Don’t Look Back Mark Hurrell 7 x7772 Grand Princess John Morrison 8 07x48 Deborahs Gem Kerryn Tomlinson 9 x4407 One Over Dover Jordan Simpson 10 90x05 Bev K’s One 11 87450 Tehoro Dazzle Scott Iremonger 12 048x9 Barham Belle Gemma Thornley 13 34447 Rachmaninov Gemma Thornley 14 x008x Mega Pixels Ben Hope 15 05x20 Franco Josiah Sheree Tomlinson 16 25x99 Orlando Magic Ellie Barron

R10 RACING HERE 21ST NOVEMBER 2020 PACE $8,500 2000m 16:33 1 6x007 Secret Bet T S Chmiel 2 x7558 Makasar Boy S J Ottley 3 51x0x She’s Tough M J Williamson 4 x1366 The Conqueror Craig D Thornley 5 009x0 Pocket Call Lionel Dobbs 6 70x00 Victor Tango C J Markham 7 x8x30 Iknow J C Hay 8 7x014 Barkley L F O’reilly 9 8x920 Kiwi X Factor 10 60043 Terror The Christian Sheree Tomlinson 11 15709 Fynn Frost K G Cameron 12 18067 Standout John Morrison 13 34481 Mongolian Conqueror B N Orange 14 34430 Miss Impression G D O’reilly 15 0860x Southerly Change Ben Hope 16 91645 Terrier R D Close

Puzzles and horoscopes

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

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Your mind will pose questions all day and this continues into the night. Your dreams have answers, but you’ll have to remember them first. Put a pen by your bed to write them down when you first wake up.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): People do tend to feel entitled to what they are used to. It will make you think twice as you are setting things up in a relationship. Openings set the expectation and the tone for everything.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Thinking differently is like moving your body differently. New dances and sports can be learned and so can new thought processes. Work on it piece by piece. Eventually, you’ll pull it together.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The same task can be energising or draining, depending on your approach. If you do it because you want to (not because you have to) then you’ll find a lot of energy inside of it indeed.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Winning isn’t everything. In fact, to bring home the top prize today would not even bring good fortune. Better to look for the real benefits of what you’re doing, which can’t be encompassed in one outcome.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Oscar Wilde said, “I can resist anything but temptation.” Small temptations are apt to chip away at your powers of selfcontrol. Great temptations are best overcome by being nowhere around them.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You have something in common with the stranger next to you, and if you strike up a conversation, you’ll quickly find out what it is. If you don’t, you’ll still feel an unspoken kinship.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’re in the mood to make a change. It may be unnecessary, and that’s fine. Many of the best things in life are.

Keeping things interesting is important, too.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Busy people often feel important but busyness does not make someone important. You desire to be there for people who need and count on you more than you desire to be busy.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Parts of your life are good, though you may not think about just how good until you spend time in someone else’s world. Say “yes” to invitations that will give you a chance to get to know how others live.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Your motives are pure.

You want the best for your loved ones. There are a couple of ways to go about it now. The long way is the best one. Think it through and you’ll see why.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You benefit from breaking drastically from your usual routine. When you are uncertain of your environment, you rely on the thing you are certain about – your purpose.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, October 17, 2020

SITUATIONS VACANT

CAREERS STMS LEVEL 1

CREW LEADERS

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Level 1 STMS to join the newly formed Ashburton road maintenance contract team here at HEB Construction in Ashburton.

We are growing a capable Temporary Traffic Management team nationally with a great focus on upskilling our traffic team.

This is a permanent, fulltime position working a minimum of 40 hours per week. The work is Monday to Friday between the hours of 6am to 6pm and Saturday work will be required from time to time.

OPERATOR/LABOURERS

We have fantastic opportunities for reliable, motivated and physically fit Crew Leaders to join the newly formed Ashburton road maintenance contract team here at HEB Construction in Ashburton.

Two positions will be leading our Cyclic crew and two will be supervising our Heavy Maintenance teams. These are permanent, full time positions working a minimum of 40 hours per week. The work is Monday to Friday between the hours of 6am to 6pm and Saturday work will be required from time to time.

We have fantastic opportunities for 2 Cyclic and 3 Heavy Maintenance Operator Labourers as part of our newly formed Ashburton road maintenance contract team here at HEB Construction in Ashburton.

This is a permanent full-time position. The work is Monday to Friday between the hours of 6.00am to 6.00pm and Saturday work will be required from time to time.

ABOUT YOU: • Demonstrated experience in Road and Drainage Construction and Maintenance • Class 2 licence, preferably Class 4 or 5 with WTR endorsement • Experienced excavator operator • Traffic Controllers Qualifications preferred • Demonstrated ability, willingness and commitment to be multi-skilled and up-skilled • A reasonable level of physical fitness, due to the physical nature of the position • Be a reliable and flexible team-player

ABOUT YOU: • Class 2 licence, preferably Class 4 or 5 with WTR endorsement • Experienced excavator operator • Be physically fit and able to keep up with the physical demands of the role • Have experience leading teams is essential • Have a strong work ethic, a “can do” attitude and be customer centric • Demonstrated experience in Road and Drainage Construction and Maintenance

ABOUT YOU: • STMS L1 Practicing • Practical working experience in the civils/ infrastructure industry • Full clean Class 2 driver’s licence, with Class 4 and WTR endorsements being advantageous.

• Be physically fit and able to keep up with the physical demands of the role • Be prepared to work outdoors • Have a strong work ethic and a “can do” attitude

To apply go to careers.heb.co.nz and complete your online application If you have any queries about the roles phone 027 382 9114

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STUNNING mature lady, available Friday, Saturday and Wednesday. Please phone 021 0275 9055.

STYLISH, mid 60’s lady in Ashburton Monday (definitely this time), on October 19 and every fortnight thereafter.

No texts, 0274 378 345.

Weekend Services MEDICAL SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care.

If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS

GARAGE SALES

EVERYTHING must go, Saturday 17 October 9am3pm. Bullock Street. Garden tools, pots, fabric, craft, materials, household items.

Christmas decorations, books, shelving. Timber and tools. All must go, CHEAP!

Guardian Situations Vacant

DIAL 111 in the event of a Medical or Accident Emergency

nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential. outside of these hours leave a message.

Pharmacies

Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday.

Countdown Pharmacy Ashburton South, 2 East Street, open from 9am - 8am daily.

Ashburton Rest Homes

Alcohol Drug Help Line

Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

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ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm Residential Area: Mon - Fri 5pm

Information Centre

Lifeline

Methven - Saturday and public holidays 10am until 2.30pm. Phone 302 8955 or isite@midcanterburynz.com

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Toll-free: 0800 353 353.

All Ashburton Rest Homes open with Covid-19 restrictions. Art Gallery 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Emergency Dentist Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, Ashburton Museum please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered 327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890. weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Three Rivers Health, Allens Road, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. To make an ELPLINE ERVICES appointment call your regular GP. Alcoholics Anonymous Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

New Zealanders should bring some form of ID. Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955.

Methven & Rakaia Area Ask for the Crisis Team.

For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the Support. Phone 03 364 8791 after-hours service each weekend.

Victims Support Group Healthline is a free health advice service. It operates 24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

24 hours a day, seven days a week. The toll-free number Direct dials to a volunteer. to call is 0800 611 116. Healthline is staffed by registered

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Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

Ashburton Operations Centre ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 5pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES Allenton & Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Methven & Rakaia: Mon - Fri 2pm

ANIMAL SERVICES Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 0276 838 000, 149 Cameron Street, Ashburton: Duty vet: Ben Hallenstein.

Full emergency service all weekend.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Ph 03 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Ph 03 307 5195, Cnr East Street and Seafield Road, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend 24-hour emergencies.

CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, West Street Clinic, West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: 9am - 12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve Williams.

Vet Ent and Vet Life operate a joint after-hours SMALL animal emergency service. To use this service please phone your vet as usual.

The Department of Conservation, Raukapuka/Geraldine Office advises the start of its aerial and ground herbicide spraying programme for the purposes of weed control as per Resource Consent CRC110419.

SITUATIONS VACANT

Location

SITUATIONS VACANT

Spraying will take place on landRearer Calf administered by the Department and require LINZ within the AshburtonWe Lakes and anRakaia additional Upper Rangitata and Upper experienced Calf Rivers between 21 September 2015 Rearer to join our and 30 June 2017 as required. This team to complete the We are looking for a Sales Consultant – covers weed notice also control on calf rearing season.

Customer Services for our Ashburton Branch land managed conservation by the Approx 8 weeks and Raukapuka/Geraldine Office outside approx 3 hours daily. the areas mentioned above.

A bit about the role: You will have access You’ll support customers with term deposits and on call to good facilities and Method accounts, and look after our customers with general and will Aerial spraying will be equipment only of banking queries. be paid a competitive proprietary formulations containing based on Is this you? the herbicides Glyphosaterate or Triclopyr experience. We are You’ll have a passion for customer service, are resilientamine (TEA) triethylene as the active based 5 minutes out and adaptable. Great at building relationshipsingredient. with yourThe only additives to of Ashburton. clients and internal teams, you’ll thrive in our growing and these herbicide formulations will evolving organization.

Please be surfactants and dyes added in email: n.l.stewart@ accordance with the manufacturer’s Apply now via the Heartland Careers website farmside.co.nz and or instructions. www.heartland.co.nz/about-us/careers phone: 0273092608 For further information regarding this programme please contact:

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Want to join the Heartland team?

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Liz Gunning Department of Conservation www.heartland.co.nz/about-us/careers Raukapuka/Geraldine Office Geraldine Phone 03 693 1010

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Checkout Positions Full time, Part time & Supervisor roles available Applications are invited from exceptional people to join the team at our Checkout.

Key responsibilities include:

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If you believe you have the passion and energy to join our team please complete an application form and leave it at customer services or email your application to donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz.

Experienced Auto Glazier

We are looking for an experienced Auto Glazier to work within our small team at locally owned and independent business.

We work on a large range of vehicles, from cars, trucks, agriculture, earthmoving, caravans and classics.

We also have a house glass division.

We are looking for an experienced Glazier who is a team player, makes good decisions, has good work ethic and has a high quality of workmanship. MUST be able to work overtime as and when required.

With the latest recalibration equipment on-site, a willingness to learn is a must!

Applicants will need to email CV and references.

Email office@wilsonwindscreens.co.nz 152 Wills Street, Ashburton 7700

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street.

Open Monday-Friday 7am - 6pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

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MEETINGS, EVENTS Ashburton County Scottish Society Annual General Meeting Thursday 29th October at 6:30 pm Pipe Band Hall, Creek Rd All are welcome

Geraldine District Office, Aerial and Ground Herbicide Spraying Programme The Department of Conservation, Raukapuka/Geraldine District Office wishes to advise the start of its 2020/2021 aerial and ground herbicide spraying programme for weed control as per Resource Consent CRC110419.

Location Spraying will take place on land administered by the Department of Conservation’s Raukapuka/Geraldine District Office between the Rakaia and Waitaki rivers and east of the Two Thumbs Range and the Hunter Hills between 21 October 2020 and 30 June 2021. Most spraying will occur within the Hakatere Conservation Park and Ashburton Lakes area (O Tu Wharekai).

Method Spraying will be only of proprietary formulations containing the herbicides Glyphosate or Triclopyr Triethylene Amine (TEA) as the active ingredient.

Information regarding the properties of the herbicides and surfactants to be used is available from the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.govt. nz). Any additives to these herbicide formulations will only be surfactants and dyes added in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Methods that may be utilised (e.g. aerial spraying, truck and gun, knapsack) are listed in the consent which is available on the Environment Canterbury website (www.ecan.govt.nz).

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Daily Diary SATURDAY , OCTOBER 17 9am - 12pm ASHBURTON CRAFT MARKET. Lovely gifts, plants, woodwork and much more. West Street Car Park.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Locally grown fresh produce, hot drinks, well worth a visit. North end of West Street carpark.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook - Ashburton toy library.

9am - 3pm

SUNDAY , OCTOBER 18 8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST CHURCH. Morning worship with Rev Heather Kennedy, Paterson’s Chapel, corner East and Cox streets.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning Worship led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome, Sinclair

MONDAY , OCTOBER 19 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9am (10am start).

ASHBURTON VETERANS GOLF. Mayfield Two Tees, facebook Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association. Mayfield Golf Club.

9.45am PLAINS LADIES FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly meeting at our new venue, the garden room, Hotel Ashburton. Racecourse Road.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years.

For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

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

TUESDAY , OCTOBER 20

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am MID CANTERBURY NETBALL. Walking netball is back, $2. E A Networks Centre, River Terrace.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. For men of all ages and abilities, For further information regarding this join us for a cuppa. 8 William Street. programme please contact 9.40am Department of Conservation MID CANTERBURY CENTRAL Geraldine District Office FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Geraldine Monthly meeting, mini and Phone 03 693 1077 main speaker, Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

Email geraldine@doc.govt.nz 9.45am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. WANTED Golf Croquet handicap singles, HORSE Racing memorabilia new players welcome. Waireka wanted. Especially after old Situations Vacant Croquet Club. Philip Street. race books, tickets, badges, 10am - 3pm cups etc. Please phone 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Steve on (03)324 2064.

Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years.

For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

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MOTORING

Saturday, October 17, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

2020 ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays with collections of up to 30 aircraft and memorabilia. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

9.30am - 3pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, singles or doubles - new players welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

10am - 12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open.

86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICUL-

TURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.15am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles, 30 minute games - new players welcome.

Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

Centre, Park Street.

10am ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Morning worship, all welcome, 67 Cass Street, Ashburton.

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, please note services are only being held at Tinwald on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Thomson Street, Tinwald.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship at Oxford

Street led by Rev Johanna Warren, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, doubles, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

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

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

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

1pm - 4.30pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 1pm - 2pm. Beginners learn to Line Dance, following on to easy Intermediate 2.30pm - 3.30pm and Intermediate level from 3.30pm - 4.30pm. Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813131. Tinwald Hall, Grahams Street.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

2pm

GREY POWER ASHBURTON. Speaker Carolyn Cameron from the Ashburton District Council plus our Annual General Meeting. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

4pm - 7pm GIRL BRIGADE. For meeting enquiries please ring 308 5409.

Ashburton Baptist Church, Cass Street.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm - 9.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Upper Improver/Intermediate weekly line dance class. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ELECTRONIC ORGAN AND KEYBOARD CLUB. Club night concert, all visitors welcome. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street.

TURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

12pm - 2pm JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION. Signing service, no appointments necessary and no charge, available Tuesday and Fridays.

Community House, 44 Cass Street.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Main Road, Rakaia.

1pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Everybody welcome, Boules provided. 115 Racecourse Road.

1pm - 2.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly beginner line dance class. M S A Social Hall, Havelock Street.

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

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf croquet handicap range, 6 to 8 and 9 to 16 singles. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

3pm - 4.30pm R AND R LINE DANCING ASHBURTON. Weekly intermediate line dance class. M S A Social Hall, Havelock Street.

3.30pm - 5pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Toys to hire, the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street, look us up on facebook - Ashburton toy library.

7pm - 9pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. New players welcome, rackets available. E A Networks Stadium, River Terrace.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. All ages and abilities welcome each Tuesday, some bats available. M S A Havelock Street.

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Saturday, October 17, 2020 Ashburton Guardian

BIRTHS

DEATHS

DEATHS COOPER, Peter Kingsford Passed away suddenly at Christchurch Hospital on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 with family by his side.

Loved husband of Jeanne, brother of Pam Dolan, brother-in-law of Helene and Paul Youngman, loved uncle of Christopher, Brendon, Timothy, Nicholas, and Anthony, beloved friend and mentor of Alireza Badiei. In lieu of flowers donations to Brain Injury NZ would be appreciated and may be made online at bit.ly/pkcooper1410.

Messages for the Cooper family may be sent to 19 London Street, Richmond, Christchurch, 8013.

A Requiem Mass for Peter will be celebrated at St Mary's Pro Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, Christchurch on TUESDAY, October 20 at 1.30pm.

Daily Diary

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

DEATHS

WALSH – Dean and Divina welcome with love Liv Anne, on October 12, 2020, 6lb 2oz, Perth, Western Australia. A wee sister for Darcy. All well.

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COOPER, Peter Patersons Kingsford – Passed away suddenly at Funeral Services Christchurch Hospital on and Ashburton Wednesday, October 14, Crematorium Ltd 2020. Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Pam Office and Chapel and Phil Dolan (Rakaia), loved uncle of Christopher Corner East & Cox and Jo, Brendon and Streets, Ashburton Catrina, Timothy and Linda, Nicholas and Monique, Anthony and Jenny, and their families.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rest in Peace CRANSHAW, Thomas (Tom) – 17-4-27 – 3-8-20 DEATHS Anne, Kate and families wish to thank you all for the love DUNCAN, Patricia and support shown to us Kathleen (Pat) QSM – (Late of Rakaia), on October when our Dad passed away.

14, 2020 peacefully at We are very grateful to you Radius Millstream, all for your sympathy and Ashburton.

A beloved kindness. Tom lived a very daughter, sister, sister-in- long and useful life. Please law, aunt, great aunt, great accept this as a personal great aunt, cousin, niece and acknowledgement. friend to many. In lieu of flowers donations to the HUNT, David Order of St John would be (Honey, Dave) – appreciated and may be left The Hunt family would like to at the service. A Requiem sincerely thank relatives, Mass to celebrate Pat’s life friends and neighbours for will held at St Ita’s Church, the many cards, flowers and West Town Belt, Rakaia on messages of sympathy and Tuesday, October 20 emotional support for the commencing at 2.30pm, loss of our brother Dave. We followed by interment at the also wish to acknowledge Rakaia Cemetery. Recitation those who spoke and Dave’s of the Rosary will be at Our many biker friends who Chapel, cnr East & Cox attended, but also respected Streets on MONDAY, the Covid restrictions at this time. Our family also October 19, at 5pm. appreciated the help given to Honey while he was at home, even if he was a little grumpy at times.

Please accept this as our personal thank you.

R.I.P Dave

Ph 307 7433

THOMAS, Fay Maureen – Sharyn and Robert, Kyrina and Tom, Phillip (Blue) and Michelle and extended family wish to sincerley thank everyone for their love and support in so many ways at the passing of our dear mum Fay. Thank you to the staff at Ashburton Hospital in A.A.U. and Ward One for their loving care of mum in her final hours. Also a big thank you to Paterson's Funeral Services for their professionalism and compassion. A big thank you to Hubert Hanara for your cheerful service and lightening the mood. Please accept this as our personal thank you to you all. As Mum would say, Laugh and Be Happy.

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Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: deathnotices@ theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication. To place a notice during office hours please contact us on 03 307 7900 for more information.

Any queries please contact 0800 ASHBURTON (0800-274-287)

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Betty’s circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

8.30am ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Patiti Point, all welcome. Phone Jenny 308 6862. Meet Ashburton Courthouse, Baring Square West.

9am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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

10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10am - 3pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For information phone Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

10am - 4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE

ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street Methven.

10.15am ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

10.30am STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

11.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Midweek service and lunch with Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

1.15pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet, Allenton Sports Club, Cavendish Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet doubles (30 minute games), new players welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, Philip Street.

1.30pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALL PREVENTION. Otago Medical School gentle exercises designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance in a supportive environment. Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

6.30pm - 9pm THE MID CANTERBURY LINEDANCERS. 6.30pm - 7.30pm Beginners learn to line dance following onto easy intermediate level, 7.30pm - 9pm.

Instructor Annette Fyfe 0274 813 131.

Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7pm - 9pm ASHBURTON UKELELE CLUB. Weekly club night, Savage Club Hall, Cnr Cox streets and William Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Monthly speaker L Dewhirst, Holy Land. St David’s Union Church lounge, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Patchy rain, gradually clearing in the afternoon or evening as southerlies change northerly.

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Canterbury Plains

A narrow ridge over central New Zealand is moving slowly northeastwards and should be off to the east of the North Island tonight. A front over the southern Tasman Sea moves up onto the South Island and becomes slow moving near Westland this morning, while in the east weakens and comes to a halt near the Kaikoura Coast this afternoon. A low crosses the country on Sunday, bringing warm air with it across the North Island. On Monday, another low crosses the upper South Island.

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Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with patchy rain, gradually clearing in the afternoon or evening as southerlies change northerly.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, but fine breaks for a time late morning. Isolated afternoon showers about the foothills, and drizzle possible elsewhere in the evening. Light winds.

Monday: Cloudy, with a few spots of rain from early afternoon. Northwesterlies turning southerly.

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Sunday: Mostly cloudy, but fine breaks for a time late morning. Drizzle possible in the evening. Light winds.

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Saturday: Rain about the divide. Scattered falls further east, clearing but remaining cloudy. Snow to 700m, possibly affecting the summits of Arthur’s Pass, Porters Pass and Lindis Pass before dawn. Wind at 1000m: SE 30 km/h, turning NE 30 km/h by afternoon, changing to NW 40 km/h evening. Wind at 2000m: NW 30 km/h rising to 40 km/h in the afternoon, and to 60 km/h at night. Freezing level: Rising to 1700m about the divide by evening, and to 1900m elsewhere at night.

Sunday: Cloudy about the divide, with occasional rain, falling as snow to 1500m at first. Fine spells elsewhere.

Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: NW 60, lowering to 40 km/h by afternoon. Freezing level: Rising to 2200m about the divide by afternoon, then lowering to 1700m at night. Elsewhere, 2000m, rising to 2400m for a time in the afternoon and evening.

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Monday: Cloudy. A few spots of rain as northwesterly winds turn southerly in the afternoon.

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Readings to 4pm Friday

Ashburton Airport Temp °C Maximum 18.3 Minimum 1.4 Grass min -1.9 24hr Rain mm 0.0 19.8 Month to date NE 50 Wind km/h Strongest gust 10:40am Sun hrs on Thu 6.6 108.6 Month to date

Methven 14.6 -0.9 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 16.0 15.3 0.3 -4.5 -3.1 – 0.0 0.0 7.4 13.2 NE 57 NE 24 12:17pm 11:06am 5.6 – 100.7 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Saturday

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Ashburton H 4:24am 4:51pm 5:17am 5:43pm 6:12am 6:37pm Mouth L 10:37am 11:01pm 11:32am 11:55pm 12:28pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H 4:23am L 10:40am H 4:08am L 10:21am

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