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Frustration is mounting over the continued closure of the Sharplin Falls walking track.

The Department of Conservation closed the popular track in February last year because of falling rocks, but progress to get it open again has been slow.

The Mt Somers Walkway Society, which helps DOC manage nearby Mt Somers track, wants to take over remediation work so the falls can be accessible again for locals and tourists. It is a short and pretty walk, popular with families.

Walkway society chairman Barry Austin said society members voiced their concerns over the continued closure to DOC at their annual meeting this week. “We

expressed our utter frustration with the lack of progress and the uncertainty of its future.”

He said DOC did not want walkway members to take over the falls track, which was up to “great walk” status and is considered suitable for people with little tramping experience. On such tracks, it was not an option simply to have a sign in the rock fall area advising that people not loiter there.

A warning sign has been in the area for 15 years, but DOC closed the track in 2015 after a rock fall destroyed part of the gantry structure.

DOC is awaiting the release of a full report from a geological engineer who scaled the face where the rocks were loose, before proceeding with repairs. The

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Austin said the Mt Somers community had written to Conservation Minister Maggie Barry in an attempt to get repairs moving, but had no joy. There are also concerns that people are still using the track, despite the closed signs.

Austin urged locals to keep out as DOC could remove the gantry altogether, which would create even more obstacles to the track being re-opened.

He said tourists looking for an easy and scenic walk, not far off the beaten highway, could be bypassing the area and the community missing a revenue opportunity. There had been tourists who had turned up to walk to the falls, but found the track closed and left disappointed.

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Playgroup celebrates first birthday

By Emma moody

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There was a cause for cake and celebration at the Ashburton Fa’aPasifika playgroup yesterday.

The group celebrated the birthdays of some of the children and parents who had their birthdays over the past week.

Before the cake was brought out, they were learning some new dance moves.

The Ashburton Fa’aPasifika playgroup meets once a week, on Wednesday, and runs from 1pm to 3pm in the Netherby Primary School Hall.

The playgroup was set up last year and is based on the values of love, respect, identity and connection.

Once the candles had been blown out, the playgroup sang ‘Happy Birthday’ in both English and Samoan.

Right - Some of the Ashburton Fa’aPasifika playgroup (from left) Roseta Jasmyne, 2, Sarah Stevens, Eva Stevens, 2, and Sienna Aldridge, 1, with the birthday cake from yesterday’s playgroup.

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Church standing for Health Board

College shortens lunch break

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By Linda CLarkE

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There will be just one candidate from the Ashburton District among those seeking a seat around the Canterbury District Health Board table in October’s local body elections.

Retired accountant Don Church, who has long been an anti-fluoride campaigner, is one of 22 candidates vying for seven board places. He is standing as an independent and was nominated

by Vaughan William Milner, CEO of Presbyterian Support (Upper South Island) and Trevor James Croy, chairman of Advance Ashburton Charitable Foundation.

Church said he decided to stand for the health board because of his long standing concerns over and support of the retention of Ashburton Hospital.

He is a long serving trustee of

Don Church the Mackenzie Charitable Foundation which funds the Mackenzie Chair of Cancer Medicine based at Christchurch Hospital and co-funds the Rural Health Academic Centre based at Ashburton Hospital.

He joins 38 people who have put their names forward as candidates for the Ashburton Dis-

trict Council, Ashburton Trust and Methven Community Board.

Ballot papers will be posted on September 16 and voting closes October 8, however, with electoral rolls closed, if your name is not on the electoral roll, then there won’t be an envelope sent to you when ballot papers are sent out.

People eligible to vote and who are not on the roll will now have to cast a special vote to have their say in the October 8 elections. To cast a special vote, you still need to enrol and you must contact the electoral officer by the day before polling day at the latest.

When rolls closed on August 12 there were thousands of people around New Zealand who were likely to miss out on casting a vote in this year’s election because they had not enrolled, chief electoral officer Robert Peden said.

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Ashburton College has cut students’ lunch break by 15 minutes to reduce the potential for trouble.

Acting principal Andrea Pearce said data analysis clearly identified the end of the lunch hour as a time for disruptive incidents so the school was shutting that window.

The data is being generated by the school’s new student management system and consistently pointed to the end of lunch as a time for incidents.

Pearce said incidents at that time affected students’ learning in Period 5, the last of the day. “So we made a decision following consultation with staff to cut out that window.

“On some days, and for some students, a one-hour break is too long, and compacting the school day is a more efficient use of teach-

ing and learning time.”

She said the move was in line with secondary schools around the country and had the support of other Mid Canterbury school principals. It was also in line with the college’s largest contributing school, Ashburton Intermediate.

There would be no reduction in teaching time and lunch-time events including house sports and activities would still take place.

The morning break at 11am was unchanged.

Pearce said the new lunch break time would begin on September 5.

Classes would end at 3.05pm with buses leaving the bus bay from 3.15pm. Pearson’s Coachlines, the school’s bus run contractors, had been able to accommodate the time change and students would therefore be arriving at their drop-off spots 10 minutes earlier.

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Hacker causes confusion A hacker caused mass confusion at Borough School yesterday by changing an answerphone message to say the school was closed because of an emergency.

Parents ringing the school before 9am heard the recorded message, which was also conveyed to local media, and reacted. Some worried parents were already heading to the school to pick up children when they were alerted to the hoax.

School secretary Virginia Gould said a feature of the school’s phone system allowing staff remote access had been hacked. “Somehow our remote message facility was accessed and activated, saying the school was closed due to an emergency. Our technical person has since closed the loophole.”

Gould said there was a lot of confusion, but it was quickly sorted out.

“Fortunately when we realised what had happened we got on our Facebook page to get the message out and we used our school-links system to email parents that the school was actually open.”

It was business as usual for the rest of the school day.

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If you’re already struggling to find a GP in Mid Canterbury in the future it could become even harder.

Initial findings in the 2016 workforce survey conducted by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners indicates nearly half of respondents plan to retire soon.

Within the next year 44 per cent of participants plan to retire in the next year.

This is up from 41 per cent in 2015 and 37 per cent in 2014.

The College said it remained dependant on a large cohort of older GPs to serve the community and help train younger doctors in the profession.

Doctor Mick Tarry, Mid Canterbury GP spokesperson, said the age of doctors for the local population wasn’t terrible, but he didn’t know

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In brief Medical emergency Just before midday yesterday St John was alerted to a medical incident in Methven. The Westpac Air Rescue Helicopter flew to the Methven Medical Centre to transfer a patient to Christchurch Hospital.

The female patient was in a serious condition.

Robbers hold up pubs Armed robbers held up two Christchurch pubs on Monday morning. Masked intruders with guns stormed into Embankment Tavern on Ferry Rd at 8.49am.

A short time later, at 10.25am, masked men also carrying firearms, entered O’Sheas bar on Marshland Rd. “Police cannot discount that these two incidents are linked,” police said.

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Ageing doctors concern Timaru to host

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what the national average was to compare.

However, he did know of some doctors who had delayed their retirements due to a lack of replacements.

Doctor Tarry said there are currently five working past 65, some who are locums, 12 are between 50 and 60 and three in the under 50 group.

Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation CEO Bill Eschenbach said it was a nationwide problem for rural communities.

However, Eschenbach said they were looking into a number or things including working with Ashburton Hospital to try work out a shared arrangement.

The full survey results will be released by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners within the coming weeks.

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Brain injury New Zealand are hosting a seminar at the Timaru Hospital to help educate people on brain injuries.

The seminar will be held on Wednesday, September 28 and will be split up over two sessions, the first will be for individuals who have suffered a brain injury, or their friends and family.

The second will be for professionals who are currently working with, or are interested in working with individuals who might have a brain injury.

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New Zealand has lost its last hippopotamus. Auckland Zoo has yesterday confirmed the death of 41-year-old Faith who was the last hippo in the country. Faith had fallen ill over the past few days, and staff euthanised her when her condition deteriorated Tuesday.

Faith’s son, Fudge, died in March.

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Police hunt rapist Police are hunting for a rapist and kidnapper who is on the run after breaching his parole conditions.

Canterbury Police are looking for Nigel Robert Gately, 48, who went missing from a Christchurch address on Tuesday. Detective Sergeant Chris Power said he was regarded as a high-risk offender.

Power said Gately was believed to be travelling in a purple Ford Falcon registration CKT152. He is described as solidly built, 1.8m tall, with blond/grey hair and blue eyes.

Anyone who sees Gately should call 111 immediately.

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Young woman dies A young mum has died following a crash in Christchurch on Tuesday night. Freedom Asha Moat, 23, died when the car she was driving collided with a truck at the intersection of Anzac Drive and Pages Rd about 12.30am.

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■ ST JOHN ASHBURTON

Learning the skills to stay safe on camp

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Year 7 and 8 students of Longbeach School now have the first aid skills to look after each other on their school camp thanks to St John.

The students took part in the Clued Up Camper programme, taught by Shayne Cockburn, Mid Canterbury educator for St John.

Kate Gallagher, teacher at Longbeach, said they get St John in each year, usually before their camp, so the children can learn some basic first aid.

The programme teaches them junior first aid like dealing with cuts and burns and broken bones, as well as coping with situations that could come up in a

camp situation. Some of the situations include how to deal with hypothermia.

The students were taught practical activities like using bandages and going through different scenarios and answering how they would approach them.

St John in Schools also provides other courses, which include disaster preparedness for tsunamis and earthquakes, accident prevention and responding in an emergency.

Longbeach School Year 7 and 8 students leave for their fourday camp to Aoraki Mt Cook next week, where they will get the chance to ski, build snow caves, go rock climbing and enjoy hot pools.

St John in Schools educator Shayne Cockburn shows Longbeach School students about circulations, using their arms.

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Strict rules tough on good operators

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Logbooks and strict rules around driving hours might have been in place for almost 30 years, but they’re continuing to take a heavy toll on the trucking industry’s bottom line, a local businessman says.

A Christchurch judge, in fining family business Freight Lines after one of its drivers fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his vehicle, reminded the industry it had to get to grips with the issue of driver workload and driver fatigue.

And while logbooks and strict driving hours were the tools that should keep trucking companies within the law, keeping within the rules came with a high financial cost, Rural Transport manager Jim Crouchley said.

“Back in the good old, bad old days the guys would drive all night; they’d start at 5am and still be going at 1am the next day, but the rules have changed and we

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have to comply with them,” he said.

Logbooks and driving hour limits had changed the industry and created a much better environment for drivers, but the flipside

was that they made the staffing side of trucking businesses much more difficult to manage, Crouchley said.

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rates and they shop around. Often they’ll go to companies with the lower rates, the ones who’re pushing their drivers beyond the limits.”

While most trucking companies played by the rules, there were always those who were happy to bend them to cut costs, he said.

“One might disappear, but another pops up.”

Driving hour limits also created animal welfare issues for businesses when drivers were forced to take breaks that could leave stock standing in trucks in the heat.

“That always becomes a bit of a moral dilemma if you’re taking stock say from Southland to Mid Canterbury they’ll be spending at least an hour in the truck while the driver pulls over and takes his break.”

Hour limits meant conditions were better for drivers, but finding young people who wanted to make a career in the industry con-

tinued to be a challenge, Crouchley said.

Drivers can be on duty (this includes fuelling or waiting for a load) for five-and-a-half hours before they have to take a 30-minute break and that can create problems for trucking companies on line-haul trips or if a driver is faced with any delays.

“We’ve had situations where we’ve had to send out other people to pick up a truck because the driver is out of hours and is due for his 10-hour stand-down,” Crouchley said.

“Or if we have someone taking bulk grain to Blenheim and they can’t load up till the afternoon they’ll have to stop somewhere overnight on the road and we have to factor all those costs in too.”

In the Freight Lines case the driver was found to have falsified records to keep up with his workload and heavy workloads, prosecutor Heather McKenzie said, were an industry-wide problem.

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Parenting certificate a winner Mid Canterbury people are among nearly 300 people to have graduated from the Ara Institute of Canterbury’s certificate in parenting and childcare over the past 10 years.

The 20-hour-a-week course has appealed to parents, grandparents and those interested in working in childcare. It is offered over 12 weeks through a mix of face-toface and online classes and has no fees – the next one is about to start on August 22.

Leanna Macartney had two young children when she enrolled in the programme around seven years ago.

She found the programme so interesting that she considered early childhood teaching as a career option and an alternative to the hospitality work she’d been doing.

“I really got into the development and psychology aspects of the programme so I enrolled in a Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) and completed that through correspondence. It was not easy, but it was worth it in the long run.”

Whilst studying, Macartney worked as a kindergarten relief teacher and after graduating got a one-year contract with a local kindergarten in Timaru.

While many of Macartney’s classmates were young mothers, Jonelle Fulton had a mixed class.

Also working in hospitality before enrolling and not long out of secondary school, Fulton had always been drawn to early childhood but was not ready to commit to a degree. The Certificate in Parenting and Care of Children was the perfect stepping stone.

She is now studying for a degree in early childhood teaching, while

Jonelle Fulton Elaine McLardy, advanced care planning facilitator at the Canterbury District Health Board, after her talk at Monday’s Grey Power meeting.

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working for a home-based company in Central Otago.

“I’ve always enjoyed being around young kids, there is so much learning that goes on at this age, they say the early years is where it all starts and I really see that.”

Tutor Alison Hughes said many students of the Ara programme don’t go on to further study, but benefit from upskilling their own parenting skills.

“A lot of it is not fancy things.

It’s basics like the importance of touch, love and caring. The first year of a baby’s life is so important to their development – some young mums don’t understand that initially.

“The programme is also not a walk in the park. It is a qualification and there are assessments that they need to pass. We touch on everything - life skills, parenting through divorce, first aid, pregnancy and labour, brain development, early years and child psychology.”

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If you’re worried about what will happen if you lose the ability to self-advocate, an advanced care plan can put you at ease.

Elaine McLardy, advanced care planning facilitator at the Canterbury District Health Board, spent part of Monday speaking to Grey Power Ashburton members about ways to plan.

An advanced care plan is

a comprehensive end-of-life preparation, it allows you to set out how you would like to be cared for, where you would like to be cared for and any other worries you may have.

McLardy said it’s more than just a will, as it allows people to make better decisions on treatment and care.

It also means that if someone becomes unable to care for themselves or speak about how they would like to be cared for,

there is something in place to make sure their wishes are met.

She said it’s also good for families, as it means when the time comes for a loved one to go into care, they have already set out what they want.

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Outbreak ‘preventable’ A leading water treatment engineer says the Havelock North water contamination was preventable and the Government must take some responsibility for the outbreak.

Iain Rabbitts is angry the Hasting District Council’s “uninformed” decision to not treat water for town supply and the Ministry of Health allowing it to happen has come at a grave cost.

Half of all households in the Hawke’s Bay town have fallen ill as about 3200 people suffer from the violent waterborne illness.

Rabbitts said the outbreak reflected an “ostrich-like” approach to water supply and the risks involved.

“The potential for contamination of one of our untreated water supplies was telegraphed in 2000 when an E.coli outbreak in Canada killed five people and made 2500 people sick. It was only a matter of time before it happened here and this time Havelock North drew the short straw.

It’s pure luck it hasn’t happened before.”

Rabbitts said one person getting sick from drinking water was

The New Zealand ploughing team is (from left): New Zealand world board member and world ploughing chairman Colin Millar, conventional contestant Ian Woolley, judge Lynda Guy, reversible contestant Malcolm Taylor and coach/manager Bruce Redmond.

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NZ plough team gears up Methven farmer Bruce Redmond is among members of the New Zealand ploughing team arriving in England for the world championships.

Redmond, a previous world and national titleholder, is this year coaching and managing the New Zealand team, who will have Ian Woolley in the conventional plough event and Malcolm Taylor in the reversible.

The championships are be-

ing held in York on September 10 and 11, and the Kiwis have picked up their tractors and unpacked their ploughs and are ready to start practising. Competitors use the practice plots to become familiar with local ground conditions.

Redmond said the world vintage ploughing champs are being held in the same area at the same time, so there was plenty of precision ploughing to see.

The Kiwis are being hosted on their practice days by Mandy and David Chapple, who have a farm an hour south of York. They run a large farm, with horse stables and a farm park, as well as a café and maize maze.

Woolley will be looking to gain valuable experience as he and Bob Mehrtens have already qualified to represent New Zealand at the next world contest at Kenya in 2017.

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unacceptable and that someone may have died was appalling. “I am so angry about this,” Rabbitts said.

“We knew an incident was coming; it was just a matter of when.”

Most shocking, he said, was the outbreak was preventable with relatively simple treatment.

“Whether the bacteria in question are E.coli or campylobacter doesn’t really matter. What matters is that the water supply got contaminated by bacteria which could have been treated by chlorine. This is a simple, effective and common treatment for the removal of bacteria and viruses.”

Rabbitts said the Ministry of Health must also take some responsibility.

“They wrote the Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand and they wrote the Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007.

They’ve allowed councillors to make uninformed decisions swayed by public opinion on the risks to a water supply. And they’ve allowed compliance with the Drinking Water Standards to be achieved by doing nothing.”

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Louisiana floods devastate Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank with bayou mud, as the floodwaters started to recede across parts of southern Louisiana.

Even as the water fell in some areas, it was rising in other places downstream, where people furiously filled sandbags and fled to shelters.

Officials painted a stark picture of the crisis so far: at least 40,000 homes damaged and 11 people killed in some of the worst flooding in Louisiana history, touched off by as much as 60 centimetres of rain in 48 hours. Over 30,000 people have been rescued, with more being brought to safety by the hour.

There were scattered reports of looting, and Governor John Bel Edwards said parishes with widespread damage would be placed under curfew.

The smell of muddy water hung heavy in the air as people donned surgical masks and began the back-breaking job of ripping out soggy carpet, drywall and insulation.

They cleaned out spiders and cockroaches that had bubbled up through the sewer grates.

Officials started going house to house to make sure everyone was accounted for and searched the countless cars that had been caught in the flooding.

“I don’t know we have a good handle on the number of people who are missing,” the governor said.

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A couple canoes away from their flooded home as waters begin to recede in parts of Louisiana, some residents struggled to return to flood-damaged homes on foot, in cars and by boat.

PHOTO AP More than 60,000 people had signed up for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and 16 parishes were added to the federal disaster declaration, bringing the total to 20.

And help was coming from quarters beyond the federal government.

Performer Taylor Swift told The Associated Press that she is donating $1 million to flood relief. She said the state’s residents graciously welcomed her when she kicked off the US dates of her 1989 World Tour in Louisiana last year.

“The fact that so many people in Louisiana have been forced out of their own homes this week is heartbreaking,”

the 26-year-old said in a statement.

In Livingston Parish, one of the hardest-hit areas with about 138,000 people, an official estimated that 75 percent of the homes were a total loss.

Rivers and creeks were still dangerously bloated in areas south of Baton Rouge as the water made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. In Ascension Parish, some small towns were already inundated. In St. James Parish, authorities called for volunteers to help fill sandbags.

Nearly 800 evacuees were gathered in a makeshift Red Cross shelter established in Gonzales at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center, a multipurpose

facility that has hosted rodeos, car and truck shows and concerts. Even more people escaping the flood were at an RV park on the site.

Tables were stacked with supplies, and a short line of people waited for medical assistance at the nursing station.

Music played outside, while children with hula hoops and other games appeared oblivious to the nearby flooding that threatened their homes.

Evacuated cows and horses were housed on the property, along with pets rescued.

The governor said he is worried about “battle fatigue” setting in as rescuers and residents deal with day upon day.

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Brunhilde Pomsel says working as secretary to Joseph Goebbels was “just another job”, and that those who say they would have stood up to the Nazis in her shoes are probably mistaken.

Ms Pomsel is, at 105, one of the few surviving people who regularly interacted with the Nazi inner circle during the Second World War. She was in the bunker where Goebbels and Adolf Hitler committed suicide at the end of the war, making sure there was sufficient alcohol on hand to “retain the numbness”.

In the three years prior, Ms Pomsel had sat just outside of Goebbels’s personal office each day, asking him questions when necessary and keeping track of his phone calls.

But she says she was unaware of the mass atrocities being carried out by the regime she served.

“I know no one ever believes us nowadays - everyone thinks we knew everything.

We knew nothing, it was all kept well secret,” she said in a new interview ahead of the release of a film about her life.

Ms Pomsel is unapologetic even as she recalls her work manipulating data about war time casualties and otherwise keeping the wheels spinning in the German propaganda machine.

“It is important for me, when I watch the film, to recognise that mirror image in which I can understand everything I’ve done wrong,” she says of A German Life, the upcoming documentary. “But really, I didn’t do anything other than type in Goebbels’ office.”

She was thrilled to take the job, she says, noting the generous salary and describing the beautiful surroundings at the propaganda ministry.

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Niagara Falls has become the latest natural wonder to add a zipline, offering honeymooners and everyone else the chance to take an adrenaline-pumping plunge toward churning mist at speeds topping 65kph.

The elevated cable rides have evolved from a novel way to explore jungle canopies to almost necessary additions to lure tourists in the 21st century to established destinations. It’s a trend that’s exposed a rift between those who approach nature like contemplative monks and others who require an extreme, Indiana Jones-style experience.

“We can’t make these into museums. We have to keep the general public, the folks that these places have been set aside for, we have to keep them motivated to get out there,” Tom Benson, cofounder and chief experience

officer at WildPlay Element Parks, which built the Niagara Falls zipline, said.

“How do you take a teenager and get them away from a game console to something that is going to capture their imagination?” he asked.

The booming popularity of commercial ziplines over the past five years, there are at least 200 in the United States alone, means more people are experiencing nature in a way that would make Thoreau dizzy.

They can ride above the tree line at New River Gorge in West Virginia, over California’s Catalina Island, above lush Hawaiian landscapes and in view of Denali in Alaska.

A zipline ride in Mexico’s Copper Canyon runs more than 2.4km, one in Nepal has a drop of 610 metres and another in Sun City, South Africa, boasts top speeds of 160kph.

-AP

In the 1970s, an angry rock star would throw his television out of his hotel window, but Justin Bieber has gone for the millennial-style option - deleting his Instagram account. Bieber committed online hara-kiri after becoming upset by a barrage of negative comments about his friendship with Sofia Richie. Reacting to insults posted by fans alongside pictures of the 17-year-old model/singer Lionel Richie’s daughter - Bieber told his followers: “I’m gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don’t stop the hate”.

The singer appears to have gone a step further, as clicking on links to his Instagram page now yields an error.

-NZME

Hefner staying put The deal is done and the Playboy Mansion has a new owner but Hugh Hefner is staying put. Daren Metropoulos, said that escrow has closed on the US$100 million (NZ$137m) purchase of Hugh Hefner’s man cave. But the 33-year-old principal in investment firm Metropoulos & Co won’t necessarily be moving in any time soon. Under terms of the deal, Playboy’s 90-year-old founder may stay there for the rest of his life.

After Hefner leaves, Metropoulos plans to connect the five-acre Playboy estate to his two-acre digs next door. The homes, were originally one estate.

-NZME

Caitlyn Jenner’s show axed E! network is cancelling I Am Cait after two seasons. The reality series chronicled the life of Caitlyn Jenner, who had formerly been Bruce Jenner, the TV personality and Olympics athlete. It debuted a year ago to huge fanfare as part of a publicity drive accompanying Jenner’s transition from a man into a woman. Jenner’s stepdaughter Kim Kardashian and husband Kanye West, as well as her ex-wife Kris Jenner made appearances. A second season aired this year but the audience had shrunk considerably. In a statement E! said Caitlyn and E! had mutually decided not to move forward with another season.

-NZME

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OUR VIEW

Let’s get Sharplin Falls back on the map Sue Newman

CHIEF REPORTER

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hen it comes to our back country we have dozens of secret places, places the rest of the world would love to share, but places we try to keep close to our Mid Cantabrian hearts.

However, when it comes to tourism, sharing’s the name of the game and it’s the part of the game that makes us money, serious money.

Experience Mid Canterbury has come up with a great package that will bring small numbers of big spending tourists into our district and they will see some very special, perhaps unique parts of the place we call home. The tourism body is to be commended for putting this package together and pulling it off.

The other side of the tourism picture is the independent traveller and the local. They’re the people who use the tracks, trails and byways to access to unique back country experiences. They do it by car, on foot or on bike.

For some that might mean several days in the wilderness, for others it could be as simple as a half day visit to a scenic spot.

And one of those that’s been a perennial favourite with locals in particular, is Sharplin Falls. It’s a picturesque drive to the falls car park where you have the option of tramping into Pinnacles or Woolshed Creek huts or taking a gentle walk into Sharplin Falls.

It’s an unfailingly charming spot, and for generations of Mid Cantabrians, has been on the must visit list each summer.

This year that might not happen – again.

A rockfall saw the track closed in February 2015 putting the scenic spot off limits. And it’s still off limits because the Department of Conservation hasn’t carried out clearance work.

The Mt Somers walkway volunteers offered to do the job themselves, but they’ve been told hands off.

And that all seems a waste of time, money and experience.

DOC is cash and time strapped.

The volunteer group is made up of people with back country experience, practical people, people who know how to get things done and done properly, therefore it’s common sense to hand over the project, let them do the job and get the track open for the summer.

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■ FLETCHER BUILDING

Fletcher profit climbs 71 per cent

BY JONATHAN UNDERHILL

tinued Pacific Steel, Rocla Quarry Products and Fletcher EQR businesses.

Adamson said the earnings gain would be reflected in the current six months, with first-half ebit expected to be up on the year-earlier result.

Fletcher sees residential building consents in New Zealand peaking in 2018, while non-residential activity is seen remaining “steady at elevated levels”. Infrastructure

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Kiwi Property plans 80m office tower planned expansion of the retail centre which will house international retailers H&M and Zara, with construction projected to start next year and staged completion between 2019 and 2021.

Kiwi Property said the total estimated cost of the retail expansion and office development is $280 million.

The shares were unchanged at $1.56, and have gained 16 per cent so far this year.

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■ NZ UNEMPLOYMENT

Jobless rate falls to 5.1 per cent New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell more than expected in the second quarter as Statistics New Zealand adopted a new way of measuring the labour market to bring the country in line with international practices, and while a growing economy continued to support jobs growth. The kiwi dollar jumped above 73 US cents after the release.

The jobless rate declined to a seasonally adjusted 5.1 per cent or 131,000 people, in the June quarter from a revised 5.2 per cent rate in March, the government department said in a statement.

Statistics NZ redeveloped the household labour force survey - its benchmark labour market series - to better identify self-employed people, improve questions about undertaking paid work, and including members of the armed forces. At the same time, a strong economy

has meant the labour market has been improving, and the government department expects to get a better sense of the nation’s employment picture in the next two or three quarters.

Statistics NZ delayed the release of today’s data for a fortnight to ensure it met quality assurance standards after the modification.

Employment data is often volatile, and a reported drop in the December unemployment rate raised eyebrows by economists when the jobless rate went in the opposite direction to participation.

Today’s figures show employment rose 2.4 per cent to 2.46 million people in the quarter, for an annual increase of 4.5 per cent, though that yearly figure was partly due to the changes in methodology. The working-age population rose 0.9 per cent to 3.72 million people in the quarter, and was 2.7 per cent higher in the

year as the country goes through a period of record inbound net migration.

Statistics NZ introduced a new under-utilisation measure in the survey to provide a measure of the potential labour supply, including workers who may want more hours, those who want a job but aren’t actively looking or available to take a job, as well as officially unemployed people.

The under-utilisation rate was 12.7 per cent, with 106,300 employed people wanting to take on more hours, and another 109,500 who aren’t officially unemployed but are either potential or unavailable job seekers.

The figures showed total hours worked rose a seasonally adjusted 2.5 per cent in the quarter to 82.9 million hours in an average week. The 5.7 per cent annual gain in hours worked was also influenced by the new methodology.

-AP

NEW ZEALAND SHARE MARKET

Source: NZX and Standard & Poors

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross constituents Company CODE

a2 Milk Companyy ATM Air NZ AIR ANZ Banking Grr ANZ Argosy Prop ARG Auckland Intl Airpt AIA Chorus CNU Comvita CVT Contact Energyy CEN Ebos Grr EBO F&P Healthcare FPH Fletcher Building FBU Fonterra Share Fund FSF Freightway FRE Freightways Genesis Energyy GNE Goodman Prop Tr Tr GMT Heartland Bankk HBL Infratil IFT Investore Propertyy IPL Kathmandu Hldgs KMD Kiwi Property Grr KPG Mainfreight MFT Mercury NZ MCY Meridian Energyy MEL Metlifecare MET Metro Perf Glass MPG Nuplex Ind NPX NZ Refining NZR NZX X NZX Orion Health Grr OHE Port Tauranga POT Precinct Properties PCT Prop For Industryy PFI Restaurant Brands RBD Ryman Healthcare RYM Skellerup SKL Sky Network TV SKT Sky Cityy SKC Sparkk SPK Steel & Tube STU Stride Prop & Invv SPG Summerset Gr Hldgs SUM Tegel Gr Holdings TGH Towerr TWR Trade Me Grr TME TrustPowerr TPW V Vecto r VCT Vital ital Hlth Prop TTrr VHP Warehouse Grr WHS Westpac Banking WBC Xero XRO

Buy price

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Sell price

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Last sale

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At close of trading on Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Daily Volume move ’000s

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1.7m 919.0 86.66 1.4m 1.4m 550.3 8.98 1.4m 20.71 766.2 4.8m 461.1 372.3 1.5m 784.1 539.1 485.9 132.3 606.1 982.9 12.61 508.8 1.1m 326.0 1.0m 1.2m 160.9 215.4 33.13 22.15 861.3 129.5 25.75 496.6 231.5 829.1 2.8m 2.6m 228.0 491.7 1.1m 248.8 117.8 754.9 20.89 59.73 187.5 58.45 126.2 99.83

S&P/NZX 50 Index Gross 7400 7350 7300 7250 7200 7150

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a 12-year lease amounting to 29 per cent of total office space, with the total building expected to deliver a net income yield of 6.7 per cent.

“We are delighted to have secured IAG as our first tenant and we are experiencing strong interest from other businesses attracted to a Sylvia Park location,” chief executive Chris Gudgeon said.

The office development is in addition to a $180 million

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Kiwi Property Group, the country’s biggest listed property investor, plans to build an $80 million office tower as part of a broader development of the Sylvia Park retail centre in Auckland.

The Auckland-based company has signed insurer IAG New Zealand as an anchor tenant for the office space, with early work starting next month and construction tipped to finish in June 2018, it said in a statement. IAG agreed to

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sult of our focus on improving the performance and capability of our businesses in that market,” chief executive Mark Adamson said in a statement.

The company gave guidance for 2017 of ebit in a range of $720 million to $760 million, helped by the contribution from Higgins Group, the rival construction group it gained antitrust approval to buy for $303 million. Higgins was likely to offset the impact of its discon-

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million, mainly reflecting impairments and closure costs against its Australian operations. Australian earnings climbed 29 percent to $154 million in the year ended June 30, even as revenue across the Tasman slipped 3 percent to $3.04 billion.

“While the macro-economic environment in Australia was mixed, we delivered strong earnings growth from our Australian business portfolio, which was the re-

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Fletcher Building posted a 71 per cent gain in full-year profit, and met its earnings guidance, driven by an improved performance in Australia and gains in its New Zealand distribution, residential and construction divisions.

Net profit rose to $462 million from $270 million, the Aucklandbased company said in a statement. Total revenue gained 4 per cent to $9 billion. Operating earnings before interest and tax and excluding one-time items were $682 million, within the company’s guidance range of $650 million to $690 million.

The latest results include onetime gains of $44 million including a $90 million gain on the sale of the operations of Rocla Quarry Products to Hanson Construction Materials, offset by an impairment against its Formica India manufacturing assets and charges for plant closures.

In the previous year it recognised one-time charges of $129

work is expected to grow. In Australia, residential construction is expected to gradually decline after a peak this year, with little growth forecast in non-residential activity.

For the rest of the world, Fletcher sees moderating growth in China and modest growth in its Taiwan and southeast Asian markets. It sees relatively low growth in North America and a mixed outlook for Europe, with modest UK growth.

Fletcher will pay a final dividend of 20 cents a share, fully tax paid, on October 12, for holders as of September 23. That brings total payments for the year to 39 cents and it will also offer a dividend reinvestment plan.

For New Zealand shareholders it expects to be able to fully impute dividends through to 2019 while in Australia it will fully frank final dividends “where possible”. That’s unlikely to include the final 2017 payment, it said.

Fletcher shares last traded at $9.69 and have gained 32 per cent this year.

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p S&P/NZX 50 Gross

7,355.02 +44.35 +0.61%

p S&P/NZX 20 index

5,255.55 +34.08 +0.65%

p S&P/NZX All Gross

7,935.18 +42.06 +0.53%

p Rises 48 q Falls 53

WORLD MARKETS

p S&P/ASX 200 index

5,535.0

+3.0

+0.05%

At close of trading on Aug 17, 2016

q Dow Jones Indust.

18,552.0

–84.0

–0.45%

At close of trading on Aug 16, 2016

FTSE 100 index q

6,893.9

–47.3

–0.68%

At close of trading on Aug 16, 2016

p Nikkei 225 index

16,745.6 +149.1 +0.90% At close of trading on Aug 17, 2016

METAL PRICES

Source: interest.co.nz

p Gold

1,344.0

London – $US/ounce

+4.6

+0.34%

+0.13

+0.65%

p Silver London – $US/ounce

20.03

p Copper London – $US/tonne

4,798.0

+52.0

+1.10%

NZ DOLLAR

Source: BNZ As at 4pm August 17, 2016

Country

Australia Canada China Euro Fiji Great Britain Japan Samoa South Africa Thailand United States

TT buy

0.9624 0.9532 5.1211 0.6599 1.5305 0.568 74.74 1.9003 9.9072 25.52 0.7418

TT sell

0.9308 0.9185 4.4973 0.6317 1.4144 0.5484 71.63 1.6667 9.5503 24.34 0.7156

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Dairy prices continue upward trajectory

By Michelle NelsoN aNd NZMe michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Dairy prices continue to lift, with the overall average up by 12.7 per cent at Fonterra’s fortnightly auction, bolstering confidence that the tide may at last be turning.

The GlobalDairyTrade average price rose to $US2731 per metric tonne on Wednesday morning, with the important whole milk powder price up 18.9 per cent to $US2695.

Some 37,766 tonnes of product was sold, up from 34,928 tonnes at the previous auction two weeks ago.

The news followed a 6.6 per cent rise at the previous auction.

While prices need to sit around $US3000 for the majority of the

co-operative’s farmers to break even, yesterday’s index is at its highest point since October last year.

Buttermilk powder lifted 18.1 per cent to $US1983 a tonne and butter increased 14.1 per cent to $US3274 a tonne.

Cheddar was up 8.9 per cent to $US3157 a tonne. Anhydrous milk fat gained 8.4 per cent to $US4148 a tonne.

Lactose rose 3.5 per cent to $US763 a tonne, skim milk powder 3.0 per cent to $US2028 a tonne, and rennet casein rose 2.5 per cent to $US6326 a tonne.

There were 119 winning bidders out of 177 participating bidders at the 17-round auction.

“It was a stunning result and it couldn’t have come at a better

time for our farmers,” AgriHQ dairy analyst Susan Kilsby said in a note. “I think it is now safe to say the market has turned a corner.

“This is an impressive result, given Fonterra offer volumes of whole milk powder are at their highest level for the season, at 21,500 tonnes,” Kilsby said, adding that whole milk powder prices are now 45 per cent above year-ago levels.

“Last year we saw a similar result with prices lifting at this time of the season only to fall away again in October,” Kilsby said. “This season I am more confident that prices will be able to hold up as global milk supply is now retracting rather than growing.”

Potential in Kellogg findings A Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme scholar thinks there is huge potential in industry bodies and the tourism industry uniting to form an audited farm assurance scheme and believes it will create value in the primary industry.

Emerging NZ Young Farmers leader and dairy consultant, Sam Williams studied how value could be created from compliance within the dairy industry, but his answers led to a much wider impact.

“While Synlait and Miraka have recently launched their assurance programmes in anticipation of demand from consumers as well as showcasing an opportunity to create extra value, this

could be expanded and rolled out across all primary industries and also the tourism sector,” he said.

“There is a large amount of harmony in what the primary industries and tourism are focused on and that is selling New Zealand products and experiences.”

Williams said there was no well co-ordinated New Zealand story which all farm businesses could capture value from.

“This is an opportunity for leaders within the primary sector to get on board and further improve market perception and value for New Zealand. The tourism sector should also be included under this umbrella as we are all in the same position of selling New Zealand and New Zealand

products to overseas markets.”

The six-month study showed there would be some farmer resistance to this opportunity by those who saw more compliance as a hassle.

“But the reality is that most of what is being reported and audited is legally required to operate a business in New Zealand anyway,” he said.

“We need to stand back, have a critical look and identify the opportunity from challenges which are placed in front of us. All New Zealanders should strive to improve our environment and be excited about an opportunity to increase the value of our products by meeting an auditable standard.”

TINWALD SALE

Lamb prices lift at this Prices firmed in value on a good line-up of close to 1700 heavy lambs going under the hammer at this week’s Tinwald sheep sale.

The best of the shorn lambs realised $127 with an average of $124 to $126 over the complete offering. Medium weight lambs achieved $105-$117 and lighter lambs, $86-$96. A lighter yarding of prime ewes held value on last

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Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz 1 – Netherby School is in which street? a. Brucefield Avenue b. Bridge street c. Kitchener street 2 – In what year did Charlie Chaplin die? a. 1957 b. 1967 c. 1977 3 – The island of Zanzibar joined what new country in 1964? a. Mozambique b. Tanzania c. Mauritania 4 – Annie Lennox was a part of which famous musical duo? a. Captain and Tennille b. Roxette c. The Eurythmics 5 – Where in the world would you find an armadillo? a. South America b. South East Asia c. East Africa 6 – Which river formed the Grand Canyon? a. Boulder b. Rio Grande c. Colorado 7 – What colour light on a boat indicates the port or left side? a. White b. Red c. Yellow 8 – Where did Peter Snell win two Olympic gold medals? a. Rome b. Tokyo c. Moscow

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www.guardianonline.co.nz Ashburton Electronic Organ & Keyboards Club

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Ashburton Musical Club concert Concert held August 14 – Music in Adversity arranged by Alister Argyle.

Phoenix Chorus opened the programme with three of their choral works performed at the Glee competition in Australia.

Hine e Hine arranged by Dorothy Buchanan, Just Haven’t Met you Yet, and the Glory from the Civil War, an American Musical. Vocal Quartet “Phoenix Ladies” – Lucy Clough, Annelise Diamond, Libby Clark-Higson, Gabrielle Stringer sung Home Fires Main Theme – Words and music by Samuel Sim. Vocal Solo – Lucy Clough - Dove Sono I Bei Momenti – Mozart. Alister spoke of the meaning of Music in Adversity and gave several examples.

The Finnish Connection – Piano Solo – Eliane Vinculado – Allegro Burlesco – Kulau. And the Band played on – reference to the orchestra’s continual playing as the Titanic Sank. Negro Spirituals – Vocal Solo – Olivia Brown – There’s a Man Goin’ Round and Lasciatemi – Monteverdi. Alison Argyle spoke about Paradise Road – the story of women held prisoners in a Japanese camp during WW Two. Alister – with audio examples – Compositions from a concentration camp – Messiaen, The deaf percussionist – Dame Evelyn Glennie, Notes in the Dark – Joaquin Rodrigo, Undercover composer – William Byrd, Political Pressure – Dimitri Shostakovich, A cry from the Heart – Smetana – My Homeland. String Trio of Paula Green, Ruth Hall and Hayley Wards played Sonata for Three Violins – J Hook, and Pepe”s Tango.

Accompanists: Jo Castlelow, Carolie Andrew.

Next concert is a Public Concert featuring Joy Sun and Caitlin Young (nee Andrew) both living in Wellington and Daniel Hitchins from Christchurch.

All former College students doing well in the music world.

Coronation Target Shooting Club A return to form by the senior members with Sandy Bennett 100.6 and 99.6, Steve McArthur 99.8, Mark Stewart 99.7, Hailey Beevor 99.5 leading the way. Megan Snowden 100.3 and 98.5 headed the juniors this week Lanelle McArthur 96.3, Emma Smith 96.6, Morgan Smith, Jayden Collett and Shania (without the extra a) Harrison-Lee all on 95 in contention.

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There is a final section that is completed with the assistance of a health professional; an electronic copy is recorded by the DHB; the service is free of charge apart from the doctor/nurse fee.

This was a very thought provoking exercise which made for much discussion among members.

Betty King passed a vote of thanks and presented Elaine with a fruit tray.

Bernard entertained while afternoon tea was served.

Next meeting Monday September 19; 1.30pm - Meet the Candidates.

Margaret Twamley on the organ played some lovely music to greet us this evening.

Janet Smith welcomed us and apologised for the number of members who have the cold of flu also greetings to those in hospital.

We were entertained by the keyboard group, Rose Stead played The Invercargill March then Pearl Fisher. Rose was accompanied by Janet Smith Iris Taylor Barbara Harris and Michael Kingsbury.

Each member chose their own music and the others played with them. Next up was Barbara Harris playing Wheels Games that Lovers Play and After all these Years Iris Taylor chose Build your Love and Maggie. Then Iris Taylor (Ukelele) Janet Smith Barbara Harris Rose Stead (Keyboards) John Harris and Lester Tarbotton all sang Singing the Blues, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Bouquet of Roses really lovely.

The raffles were drawn 1st Shirley Body 2nd Iris Walker 3rd Gavin Leathem 4th Helen Mills. Janet Smith read a poem The Philosophy of Life.

Next up was Michael Kingsbury on his Keyboard Lida Rose and A Bunch of Thyme. We have such a versatile group, as one of the members was unable to attend the others played her choice of music My Son Calls another Man Daddy, I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing. Well done. The Keyboarders then played Little Green Valley and Dominique Hello Mary Lou Carribean so bringing to a close another enjoyable night.

This Saturday we have round four of the club champs qualifying. It is our first year of trying out this new system and so far we have had a lot of players take part in the first three rounds.

Round 4 is the important round because this weekend sets your division for the rest of the championship, so whatever handicap you play off this Saturday will set your grading, be it senior or junior B. Remember it is your best two rounds that count, and we can fit the top 16 from all grades into the knockout rounds. After this weekend leader boards for all grades will be posted, leaving you one more round to make your final surge for a strong seeding.

Some players may not be able, or do not wish to be a part of the knockout rounds, if this is so please let Matt or myself know and we will take you out of the gradings.

The club champs are the major trophies for any golf club, just look at the honors board and see those wonderful names up there, legends all.

Please make every effort to be part of this year’s history making. Good golfing.

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Lions Club of Hinds & Districts Numbers were down, possibly due to calving, but the 38 members who attended on Tuesday evening enjoyed listening to Jan Finlayson, vice-president of Federated Mountain Clubs speak on New Zealand’s wilderness, conservation parks, the impact of tourism, working with DOC, Tenure Review and the proposed sale of Mt Cook Station.

Jan (above) answered questions from the floor before being thanked and presented with a Certificate of Appreciation by Lion Vern Whyte.

Longbeach Playcentre Committee ladies served a hearty meal and were thanked by Lion Willy Leferink.

A video on American Rivers was shown, Lion Peter Lowe spoke on the progress beThe main story of the week belongs to Dean Smith who, as president, is usually beavering away in the background making sure things are running smoothly. But this week Dean felt the pressure of a different kind, nine bulls in and one to go, all that effort to finish with a 9. How well do we all know the feeling. 99.3, Oh well! There’s still tomorrow night.

The last week of the Captain’s ladder and Mark Stewart edged out Andrew McKenzie on inners with 99.7 and zero handicap to Andrew’s 95.4 with 4 handicap, but lurking quietly in the background was Shania Harrison-Lee with a 5 point handicap.

Tuesday night numbers down a little this week with some of the regulars missing. Didn’t affect the scoring though, Jarrod Ward a personal best 97.5, Michaela Smith, Dean Smith and Savanna McArthur all with 98s and Shania Harrison-Lee 181.2 on her first attempt at a 20 shot match.

Congratulation to the “Plainsmen” NDC team for making the first division final. The final against the old foe Manawatu promises to be a cliff-hanger.

Clubs will now be getting their champions sorted for the Annual Champion of Club Champions match and Coronation shooters will be anticipating the drawn pairs Maw trophy.

Creative Fibre – Ashburton There were 27 at the August meeting and Margaret Williamson welcomed the members.

Past events. Only one member attended the “Have a go day” at Halswell, that was the Saturday of the snow here. Sue found it worthwhile.

We were well represented at the Timaru Open day with plenty of lovely work to see and speakers of interest. We liked the way they organised the raffles.

Next meeting will be a time to learn Kiwicraft knitting so bring size 4.5mm needles, some fleece, a hand carder and something to put on your knees when rolling the wool.

Bev Bennett is in charge of archives and is looking

ing achieved with the MAR Irrigation Scheme before monthly reports from Project, Social, Membership, Visits and Welfare Directors were presented.

Members signed up to help at a wood splitting day, Boulevard Day and the 10-10-10 sponsored walk.

Discounted tickets to the Beatlemania Concert were offered around and secretary Graeme Hathaway briefed members on having a Safety Plan and safety equipment at working bees and events.

General business discussed where the Boulevard Day Raffle proceeds should go.

Lion Tamer John Low handed out more dubious fines before acting president Alan thanked the guest speaker and members for another enjoyable Hinds Lions monthly meeting. for photos around 1980s.

Staveley Camp comes up in September and there will be a different way of organising meals for the five days.

Sixteen so far have said they will go for the week and others will go for the day, possibly Wednesday.

Groups will organise one day each and work in with other groups in order to get a good variety.

Show and Tell:Adult wear. A mohair knee rug, 5 balls of multicoloured wool and a scarf.

Baby wear:-a cardigan, 1 striped jersey, 2 crocheted singlets, 2 prs slippers, 3 knitted pink dresses and matching hats and 3 natural coloured hats.

A small number of things were on the tables for a silent auction.

The official meeting ended about 11.30.

Grey Power Ashburton Inc. On Monday, August 15 President Peter Thomas welcomed 40 plus members to the Monthly General Meeting at the Seniors Centre.

Apologies were accepted from Carol Price, Betty Lovatt, and Mr and Mrs Busby; moved by Greer Ricketts, seconded by Cath Carr, carried.

Peter advised members of a current promotion to update or make new wills, whereby a donation of $50 would be made to the local Hospice organisation.

As our speaker had been slightly delayed, the raffle was drawn and prizes distributed.

Peter then introduced our speaker for the afternoon; Elaine McLardy from Advanced Care Planning.

This organisation is run under the auspices of the Canterbury DHB and is designed to give people an opportunity to think about and share their preferences for end of life care based on personal views and values; and the treatment and care options available.

An advanced care plan is a legal document that

President Bernie Tutty opened the August meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club held recently. Two new members Anne and Irene were inducted. The Secretary, Marg Watson read the correspondence.

A new name for the club is needed, members were asked for suggestions.

Trips convenor Avis Kingsland told of forthcoming events, including a church service on 21 August.

The Mini Speaker was Ruth Clucas who spoke about a cruise around Alaska. Ruth experienced a smashed suitcase and was given a new one.

Ice was breaking off a glacier into the sea.

Altogether a memorable time.

After morning tea Val Farr introduced Alison Shearer who showed photos and spoke about her trip to Antarctica two years ago. Firstly to Argentina, then to the Falklands Island. The temperature varied between -3 degs and 3 degs, plenty of warm clothing was needed.

The boat had been a Russian car ferry and was comfortable, with 180 people on board. The Falklands were wild and windy and very British. They have old whaling stations.

One of the highlights of the trips was the many penguins, also the seals.

On board were guest lecturers, including relatives of Captain Scott and Captain Shackleton. Eventually they arrived at Half Moon Bay in the Antarctica. The cruise took 18 days. Alison showed a DVD of kayaking in the Southern Ocean. Back home through Chile, altogether it was a great trip.

Val Farr thanked Alison on behalf of the members.

Mid Canterbury Men’s Probus Our club secretary, Derek Prebble, read a letter from Fellowship NZ in which Probus South Pacific Ltd now requests clubs not affiliated to PSPL no longer use the name Probus. The meeting voted the alternative name of Opus be put forward to Fellowship NZ for consideration.

Don Hopwood reported on the popular July bus trip which included a visit to a lily bulb and potato processing plant at Rakaia followed by a tour to Barrhill, Lauriston and Lyndhurst.

Our mini speaker was Phil Kerr, who described his early life at Fairlie where he finished his schooling before a long career with Westpac Bank.

While branch manager in Ashburton Phil was also involved as a board member for Canterbury rugby union.

After morning tea our main speaker was Bruce Moffat, general manager of Experience Mid Canterbury.

Bruce had previously worked for travel agent Sabre Pacific and more recently was appointed to set up Virgin Airlines in New Zealand.

He is now promoting Mid Canterbury as a tourist stop where he sees early growth of 12 to 13 per cent in overnight stays, particularly from China and South East Asia.

Bill Doak gave a vote of thanks for our main speaker.

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

No seat, but still a gold medal

New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington smiles after winning gold in the women’s K1 200m final during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday.

PHOTO AP

■ OLYMPICS

Out to surpass her idol She’s matched her childhood inspiration Danyon Loader.

Now Lisa Carrington wants to go one better.

The New Zealand sprint canoeist completed the first, and most achievable, leg of a challenging Olympic double assault when she defended her K1 200m title in Rio. Next comes a crack at the K1 500m, where Carrington must combat a deeper field and the more gruelling nature of the event.

While delighted with her form in the shorter distance, she says

it provides no pointer how she might fare over 500m.

She must hold her form through heats and semi-finals to make the final today which would be Carrington’s fourth-straight day on the water.

“My training gives me more confidence than the (200m) race,” she said. “I’ll do my best but the 500m is a really tough event.

It kind of hurts a bit more and I’ve got really strong competition.

It is just a tough race.”

She won last year’s 500m world

championship title, although that regatta didn’t feature Hungarian Olympic champion Danuta Kozac, who beat Carrington in their only clash this year.

If successful, Carrington would become the first Kiwi woman to claim two Olympic golds at the same Games.

Five men have achieved that, including swimmer Loader at the 1996 Olympics.

Carrington remembers feeling spellbound at Loader’s Atlanta double, watching on television

alongside her father Pat. “My dad said ‘wouldn’t you like to be an Olympian?’ or something like that. Since then, watching Kiwi success is amazing for me.”

Carrington was delighted to be presented with her gold medal by New Zealand sailing great Barbara Kendall.

A medal of any colour in her second event this week would lift Carrington level with Kendall and shot putter Valerie Adams as the only Kiwi female three-time medallists.

- NZME

German cyclist Kristina Vogel (above) pedalled to a gold medal yesterday - despite losing her bike seat along the way.

She swept past Becky James of Britain to win the individual sprint, taking out both races in the best-of-three event.

Vogel had a problem with her saddle at the start of the second race, causing a brief delay. The speed that she ultimately carried into the finish line sent the saddle clattering across the track, forcing Vogel to sit on her top tube as she rolled around for a victory lap.

She stopped on the front stretch, laid down on the track and held back the tears.

“I lost it on the last metre, it was crazy,” the 25-year-old told Reuters.

“I was struggling not to crash.

I just tried not to fall because at that speed you can’t stand on the pedals you have to sit.”

Vogel spoiled Britain’s cycling party yesterday. Jason Kenny celebrated his third gold medal of the Rio Olympics with a kiss from his fiancee - or maybe Laura Trott was simply celebrating her second gold.

Kenny rode to victory in the keirin to cap his remarkable Olympics only an hour after Trott scored victory in the omnium.

The medals by British Cycling’s power couple gave their team six golds and 11 overall during the track programme at the velodro me.

-AP

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club August 8 Irwin Trophy N/S 1st Bruce Leighton & George Brown, 2nd Gordon McCormick & Paul Fergus, 3rd Mary Bruce & Jan McClelland E/W 1st David McCormick & Sheila Lyons, 2nd Pat Wise & Hilda Blee, 3rd Lynette Leadley & David Sewell August 9 A ladder N/S 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney, 2nd Martin de Jong & Jan de Jong, 3rd Mary Buckland & Trish Downward E/W 1st= Mike Holmes & Linda Baker, 1st= Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Anne Reid & Maurice Reid Wednesday Afternoon 10th August – 3rds diff ptnr each rd Howell 1st Edna Segers & Mary Buckland, 2nd Sue Rosevear & John Fechney,

3rd John Irwin & Arthur Maude August 11 3rds diff ptnr each rd N/S 1st Mary Buckland & Trish Downward, 2nd Bev Macaulay & Trevor Coulter, 3rd Lynette Leadley & John Fechney E/W 1st Pauline Fergus & Arthur Maude, 2nd Bill Kolkman & Betty Hawthorne, 3rd Mike Holdaway & Jan de Jong

■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club August 16 Ladies Division Woodlands semi-final result - Christine Ross and Judy Webb beat Glenys Carr and Judy Fielder 3/2; African Stableford - Lal Mulligan and Helen Rapsey 73, Johnny Wright and Helen Rapsey 61, Val Fleming and Alison Vessey 55, Sue Graham and Joan Johns 55; Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd shot 2 & 11 Lal Mulligan 0-29, Helen Rapsey 30+ ALT nearest Pin No 5 Ruth Keeley, No 14 Betty Wilson.

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78, Kevin Fews 77.

August 16 Women’s Division Pat Mc Lauchlan All Irons Kirsty McAuliffe nett 77 Linda McClea nett 80 c/b Joyce Van der Heide nett 80 Maree Moore nett 82 c/b Nearest The Pins Murray Young Property Brokers not struck No 6 Jon McAuliffe Baileys Pam McAndrew No12 Mac&Maggies Di Bell No 16 Outdoor Adventure 2nd Shot Barb Cochrane Nine Hole Competition Pauline Boon nett 43 c/b Isabel Ross nett 43

Ashburton Rifle Club

■ Shooting Mt Somers Rifle Club August 15 Nick Holgate 81, Nico Holgate 60, Jessie Heaven 72, Wayne Tubb 95.4, David Millichamp 98.7, Brent Frame 98.5, 96.4, Andy Oram 90, 96.1, Sidney Stewart 96.4, 96.4, Mark Smith 77, 90.2, Jacob Smith 87.2, 86, Evan Swan 73, Julian Evans 91.1, Eddie Millichamp 91.1, 82, Stephen Millichamp 93.3, 93.2, 97.3, Joe McAdam 97.7, Evan 77, Reece 72, Greg

Greg Menzies 99.8, Bruce Dellow 95.2, Garth Wright 84, Courtney Menzies 95.3, Allan Mitchell 94.2, Grant Glassey 96.5, Tony Houston 92.1.

Mayfield Rifle Club James Spencer 68, William Mackenzie 59, Robert Spencer Jnr, 77.1, 79, Kyle Hansen 84, Fernando Torres 95.4, 97.3, Thomas Corbett 86, Nicholas McDowell 68, Hamish Dalzell 88.1, Ben Nordqvist 71, Martin Fleming 95.4, 98.5, Alan Wakelin 97.4, John Fleming 99.5, Carl Nordqvist 98.4, Phillippa Fleming 97.3, Andrew Donaldson 95.2.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club August 20 Weekend Ladies. Rnd 2 Smallbone Tro-

phy. (Stableford) Report 8.30 am.

August 23 Mid-Week Ladies. Rnd 2 Smallbone Trophy (Stableford) Visit from Russley Ladies. Draw Steward: Kathryn Green 3085393. Morning tea at 9.15 am with a 10.00 am multiple start.

August 25 Nine Hole Men & Women. Rnd 5 Jean Drummond – putting. Report: 9.45 am.

Convenor: Joy Nicholas 3086464.

Club Captain: Leigh Wackrow 3083790

Tinwald Golf Club August 23 Women’s Division LGU 3rd Lloyd Trophy No1 10.00 J. Peacock C. Linney J. Smith 10.05 J vander Heide M. Kennedy D. Bell 10.10 J. Undy M. Colville B. Cochrane No 10 10.00 P. McAndrew J. Bruhns C. Shanks 10.05 M. Pawsey L. Bird M. Moore 10.10 S. Gutsell M. Oakley S. Lane No 13 10.00 D. Wellman I. Divers B. O’Neill 10.05 B. Harris B. Jackson V. Cartney 9 Holes 6th Judy Johns Trophy Stableford No 1 tee 10.20 Starters J. Undy M. Colville; Cards J. Bruhns P. McAndrew; Tea duty I. Divers.

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

■ OLYMPICS

Twin finish raises criticism For many watching the women’s marathon it was another highlight in an Olympic Games which has featured many uplifting moments.

Like the American and Kiwi 5000m runners who stopped to help each other after a mid-race fall and the Brazilian pole vaulter who thrilled his home crowd, these German twins warmed the hearts of viewers when they crossed the finish line at the end of the marathon holding hands.

Just not those in their homeland. The Hahner girls have been heavily criticised for not trying hard enough after finishing the 42km race in two hours and 45 minutes. If they were giving everything they had, the theory went, they wouldn’t have finished sideby-side with huge smiles on their faces.

“The Hahner twins Lisa and Anna ended their Olympic marathon race more than 21 minutes behind the winner (and) more than 15 minutes on their best performance, (in position) 81 and 82.

It looked as though they completed a fun run and not (an) Olympic (race),” German Athletics Federaton director Thomas Kurschilgen told reporters.

“Victory and medals are not the only goal,” he added in an email to the New York Times. “Still, every athlete in the Olympic competitions should be motivated to demonstrate his or her best performance and aim for the best possible result.

“Their main aim was to generate media attention. That is what we criticise.”

Lars Wallrodt, a columnist at daily national newspaper Die

The German Hahner twins may have warmed the hearts of viewers when they crossed the finish line in the marathon holding hands, but they have also raised the ire of German sports officials.

Welt, was similarly incensed. “The twins from Germany fell far short of their personal best. Is not being there and enjoying sports as important? Nonsense!” he wrote.

“The Olympics is the meeting of the best athletes, measuring the peak performance of each country’s best. If the Hahners jointly want to cross the finish line, beaming and holding hands, then they can – in the countryside home run in St. Pölten or the MissBraided run in Solingen.”

“At the Olympics all athletes should go to achieve maximum performance, not the most sympathetic photo opportunity.”

They were also scolded for stealing the spotlight from the other German in the race, 44th-placed finisher Anja Scherl.

“Why should you want to sell with all his might that one always laughing and everything is always great,” said Sabrina Mockenhaupt, another marathoner who missed Rio through injury.

“I’m sad that Anja Scherl completely perished in this production. It makes you wonder whether honesty and a fighting spirit in today’s society is at all worthwhile.”

But Lisa and Anna say they were just looking to share a once-in-alifetime moment. “Number 81 and 82. Definitely not what we had hoped for,” they wrote in a post on their Facebook page.

“Whether we are satisfied? No. Crossing the finish line? Nevertheless, one of our greatest sporting moments.”

Anna also emailed the New York

Times, arguing that she and her sister were not side-by-side for the entire race and only finished together after she produced a huge effort to catch Lisa with 2km to go.

“Lisa was always not far from me,” she wrote. “After 40km, there was a turning point, and I knew, ‘Okay Anna, 2km to go to close the gap to Lisa.’ I invested all I had and 300m before the finish line, I was next to Lisa. It was a magical moment that we could finish this marathon together. We did not think about what we were doing.”

The women’s marathon was very much a family affair as twins from North Korea and triplets from Estonia also took part.

You sense the Germans would have had something to say about these times too.

- NZME

Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 21 Company

NOC

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

United States

28

28

27

83

2

Great Britain

19

19

12

50

3

China

17

15

19

51

Russia

12

12

14

38

5

Germany

11

8

7

26

6

Italy

8

9

6

23

7

Netherlands

8

3

3

14

8

France

7

11

10

28

9

Australia

7

8

9

24

10

Japan

7

4

18

29

New Zealand

3

6

1

10

4

14

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Their glittering haul of Olympic medals makes them equals on the track. But off the track it is a very different story for British cycling’s golden couple Jason Kenny and Laura Trott, at least when it comes to money. Charismatic Trott seems to have sponsors falling over themselves to back her. In contrast her fiance – astonishingly for such a successful sportsman – does not have a sponsor and relies on his annual lottery funding as an elite athlete. But while money has caused a rift in many a relationship, it does not seem to worry the two brilliant athletes.

The couple will leave Rio with five gold medals between them to add to the five they won at the London Games.

- NZME

Gymnast meets crush Yes, the dreams of athletes come true when they win at the Olympic Games, but this is especially the case for 19-year-old American gymnast Simone Biles. Not only is Biles going home with some medals for her incredible athletic performance, she also met actor Zac Efron. Efron got in touch with Biles through social media and offered his congratulations on her success before making it to Rio to greet her in person. Photos on Twitter reveal the actor puckering up next to Biles. He also appeared on her Snapchat much to the glee of her team mates. Biles’ Efroncrush has been well documented following a public admission on Ellen in March.

- NZME

Lisa’s gran teary Watching her granddaughter win a second Olympic gold was enough to bring Doreen Carrington to tears. Lisa Carrington claimed her second consecutive gold in the women’s K1 200m, as the kayaker backed up her winning effort in London four years ago. Doreen, Lisa’s grandmother, was up in the middle of the night watching the race at home in Ohope and she found it hard to stay composed when her granddaughter’s black boat crossed the line first. - NZME

Alone and ‘stressed’ Darya Klishina says she is so stressed by the past week of her life that she can’t even talk about it. It’s not over yet, either. Klishina, the sole Russian track and field athlete allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics in the wake of the doping scandal that has rocked the Games, comfortably qualified for the final of the women’s long jump yesterday. Klishina went out to 6.64m on her first jump in qualifying, followed by two no-marks. It was enough to see her make the top 12 jumpers for the final at the Olympic Stadium.

Klishina won a last-minute verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to get into the Rio Games. Asked about being the only competitor representing Russia in the athletics programme, Klishina said she felt “alone” and “stressed” - NZME

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■ OLYMPICS

Golden moment beckons Never has an Olympic Games silver medal felt so heavy as that carried by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke for the last four years.

The world’s most complete Olympic class crew could scratch that itch at last in Rio, wrapping up gold with two races to spare following a comprehensive week on Guanabara Bay. The brilliant Kiwi pair described it as the highlight of their already accomplished careers.

Burling said that despite their dominance since the London Olympics, they had found it hard to extinguish the memory of finishing runners-up.

“We took the silver medal back to New Zealand and probably didn’t realise until then what it meant to the country,” he said.

“We had a few months off and from there the desire to give gold a crack was pretty much what drove us. We’re super-proud that

we’ve managed to achieve that although I don’t think we’ll really realise what we’ve done until we have the medals around our necks.”

The brilliant Kiwi pair can relax for two days heading into Friday morning’s medal race, having opened up an insurmountable lead of 34 points over secondplaced Germans Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel.

They will battle Australian de-

fending champions Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen for the minor medals.

Holding an 18-point lead at the start of the day yesterday, Burling and Tuke placed third, fifth and fourth overnight. They finished no worse than seventh throughout the 12 qualifying races.

The pair plan to enjoy the company of friends and family and reflect on four years of sacrifice.

Travelling relentlessly, they won

New Zealand’s Peter Burling (left), and Blair Tuke compete during the 49er men’s race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PHOTO AP

every major regatta entered, mixing it with their Team New Zealand America’s Cup commitments.

Burling said just about everything has clicked since the pair arrived in Rio and although conditions early in the regatta were fickle, they had prepared well enough to deal with it.

“We’ve put down a performance we knew we were capable of, it was exactly what we wanted to do,” he said.

“We were super-happy with how we started off. From there we were able to chip away and deal with whatever was thrown at us.”

The biggest drama came yesterday morning when they capsized twice in roaring wind and waves as they were being towed back ashore following the day’s racing.

Burling said they spent several hours that night repairing damage to a halyard line and their jib sail but their performance was unaffected. Outteridge said Burling and Tuke have set new standards in Olympic class sailing.

“They’re deserved winners so hats off to them. What they’ve done over the last four years hasn’t been done before. I don’t think anyone’s gone through a[n Olympic] cycle winning every event bar one.”

The trans-Tasman rivalry will resume at next year’s America’s Cup in Bermuda. Burling and Tuke are crewmen aboard Team New Zealand while Outteridge and Jensen are aligned with Swedish syndicate Artemis Racing.

Burling and Tuke are the New Zealand team’s co-captains in Rio. It is the fourth time athletes with that role have gone on to win gold at the same Games. The others were middle distance runners Jack Lovelock (1936) and Peter Snell (1964), and canoeist Ian Ferguson (1988).

- NZN

How the world reacted to golden moment New Zealand distance runner Nikki Hamblin was involved in a moment of true Olympic spirit overnight on Tuesday.

Now, she’s making headlines around the world in what can only be described as the “moment” of the Games.

The Daily Mail led with the story on their online site, asking: “The most inspirational moment of the Games so far? US and New Zealand runners HELP each other finish race after fall during women’s 5000m.”

USA Today also led with the story while other global news organisations featured the story prominently on their online sites.

Meanwhile, various athletes and journalists took to Twitter to share and praise Hamblin’s golden moment.

Nick Zaccardi tweeted: “What

sportsmanship from Abbey D’Agostino and New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin.” While Big Sport said on Twitter it was: “What the Olympics are all about!”

Hamblin, 28, competing in the women’s 5000m heats, tripped on the inside curb of the track with four laps to go, bringing her US competitor Abbey D’Agostino down to the ground with her.

Both athletes, clearly hurt and emotional, proceeded to take time to help each other to their feet to continue on with the race.

Hamblin and D’Agostino may have finished as the last two competitors in the field, but their embrace and shared tears at the finish line helped create a true illustration of the Olympic competitive spirit to the world.

D’Agostino was taken away in a wheelchair.

Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand assists Abbey D’Agostino of the United States after a collision during the Women’s 5000m Round 1 – Heat 2 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

PHOTO AP Speaking to Radio Sport’s Brenton Vannisselroy, Hamblin said she wasn’t sure how the fall

occurred and who was at fault. ”I’m disappointed for her. She seems pretty badly hurt. I’m

grateful I’ve come away pretty much unscathed. It was a lonely last four or five laps. But I was thinking ‘I have to finish. I have to keep going’.”

“I don’t exactly know what happened in the race I saw some movement ahead of me in the pack and I think it was a sort of chain reaction.

“I guess in a 5k in that standard everyone is going to be bunched.

Everyone is going to be jostling for their place. It’s the risk you take running at the back of that.

I felt it was the best move for me because I wanted to conserve energy.

“Not really the way I saw my Olympic Games going. But looking forward to another four years,” Hamblin said before knowing she had made the final.

“I’ll pick myself up and keep going forward.”

- NZME

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

In brief

■ OLYMPICS

McCartney into pole vault final

New Zealand’s Eliza Mccartney competes in a qualifying round of the pole vault during the athletics competitions.

PHOTO AP

Problematic poles haven’t stopped Eliza McCartney from soaring into the pole vault final at the Rio Olympics.

The 19-year-old raised her arms in celebration after soaring over 4.60m, the mark for direct entry into Friday’s final.

But she’d struggled early on in qualifying, needing three attempts to clear her first height at 4.45m and two attempts to make 4.55m.

McCartney made no mistakes at 4.60m, however, soaring over on her first attempt to become one of seven vaulters to reach the automatic qualifying height.

Afterwards, she said it had taken her a little longer than usual to sort out her pole selection.

“I think nerves were a little bit of it, but what really happened was that I was blowing through poles.

“I was making them too soft, so I kept hitting the bar when I was on the way up,” she told NZ Newswire.

“That just means I need to get on a bigger pole. I was still matching the pole to the height at that point.

“It’s not a bad thing, but you still want to clear the bar.”

McCartney isn’t putting

any limits on what she might achieve in the final, a wise move given her rapid improvement over the last two years.

She has a best of 4.80m set in March this year, and has improved 35cm in the last two years.

However, she also has limited international experience – her first major competition was only five months ago at the world indoor championships, where she cleared 4.70m to finish fifth.

With qualifying safely negotiated, McCartney is now looking forward to sitting down with coach Jeremy McColl to begin planning for the final.

“We know now what poles I need to be using, so that’s a bonus,” she said.

“The final is a very strategic event. People will be passing heights at all sorts of places so we’ll have to have our game plan ready.”

Among those expected to feature are defending Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr from the US, who has cleared 5.03m this season, and Greece’s Ekaterini Stefanidi, who cleared 4.60m with the only competition jump she made.

- NZME

‘Scary’ experience results in bronze medal Sam Meech had to survive ruthless tactics from his hardened opponents to cling on to an Olympic Laser bronze medal in Rio. The highly-regarded dinghy sailor held his nerve to cross fourth in the medal race on Guanabara Bay, maintaining his qualifying position of third.

It secured New Zealand’s first medal in the class since its Games inception in 1996.

The Tauranga 25-year-old, competing at his first Olympics, was near the front of the 10-boat fleet for the entire medal race at Guanabara Bay. However, the tactics of two boats in front of him made it a fraught experience.

Double Olympic champion Robert Scheidt of Brazil and French triple Olympian Jean Baptiste Bernaz both needed Meech to finish well down in the 10-boat final to have any chance of grabbing bronze themselves.

“I saw them slowing down and waiting for me, they were trying to slow me down to get me back in the fleet,” Meech said.

“So that was a little scary. But

New Zealand’s Sam Meech celebrates after winning the laser men bronze medal.

PHOTO AP eventually they had to worry about each other too so I managed to survive.”

The race was won by Scheidt, who finished four points behind

Meech in fourth.

Australian Tom Burton finished third to snatch gold from Croatian Tonci Stipanovic, who limped across the line second-

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last after a pre-start joust with Burton backfired.

Meech was focused on trying to stay out of trouble, reading the wind shifts well to establish a good early position.

It mirrored a campaign in which he was consistent before powering into contention with victory in the 10th and final fleet race.

The hardest part was sitting through still conditions on Monday, when the medal race was eventually postponed for a day.

“I really wished we could have raced yesterday, I was pretty nervous. It was hard to go home last night but that’s sailing, we wait around a lot. I’ve been doing it for the last 5-10 years.”

Meech’s sister Molly is competing in the 49erFX class and sits within one point of the lead heading into the medal race on Friday morning. Her crewmate is Alex Maloney.

Sam Meech says he will support his sister but won’t give her any advice, confident she can finish higher than him on the dais.

-NZN

Willis leaves it late Beijing Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis has stormed home over the final 50 metres of his heat in the 1500m to automatically qualify for the event’s semi-final. Despite sitting in ninth place with around 100 metres left to run, Willis showed great form in weaving his way through the pack to finish sixth in a time of 3:38.55 and qualify for the semi-finals which take place on Friday morning.

However, it wasn’t good news for fellow New Zealanders Hamish Carson and Julian Matthews who both failed to qualify out of their heats in the same event.

- NZME

Booing slammed Brazil’s boo boys have been slammed by IOC boss Thomas Bach. Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie was in tears yesterday as he was booed while being presented with the pole vault silver medal.

That was 24 hours after Lavillenie was booed by fans who wanted hometown hero Thiago Braz da Silva to win. Da Silva took gold after yesterday’s booing unsettled Lavillenie. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach described the booing as “shocking behaviour” that was “unacceptable at the Olympics”.

- NZME

Scary injury Kim Mickle’s calculated risk of rushing back from a shoulder reconstruction backfired horribly, with the Australian dislocating her shoulder competing in the javelin yesterday. The world championships silver medallist grimaced with pain after her third throw in the competition and instantly grabbed her right shoulder in a bid to keep her shoulder still. Clearly in agony, she was left wandering around the track for more than one minute looking for someone to give her medical assistance. Three Olympic medical officials eventually attended her and appeared to put the joint back in place.

- NZME

Poor medal haul The Australian Olympic team are desperate to avoid a national disaster – aware that they are perilously close to the worst medal haul in 28 years. Not for the first time at a games, the Australian sailing team have produced a lastditch rescue mission to prop-up the Australian medal tally, which is unlikely to surpass London’s total of 35 medals. And in a startling oversight, the AOC’s benchmark for Rio last December of 37 medals, including 13 gold, is almost certain to fall drastically short with just four days of competition remaining in Rio. - NZME

Boxer lets rip Irish boxer Michael Conlan has blown up in an extraordinary post-fight interview after his controversial exit from the Rio Olympics. Although he appeared to dominate his bout with Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin, the Irish amateur world champion lost on points, as all three judges gave two of the three rounds to his opponent.

Clearly disgusted, Conlan raised his middle finger at the judges, then used his ringside interview to accuse Olympic boxing of corruption - and he wasn’t diplomatic about it either. - NZME

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In brief In hot water again Brisbane centre James Roberts’ NRL career could be in jeopardy with reports emerging of an alleged drunken incident during a night out in Brisbane at the weekend. Roberts has a history of off-field problems, having been sacked from Penrith and South Sydney already in his career. AAP is seeking confirmation from the NRL that their integrity unit has been made aware of an incident.

- AAP

Respect from Cheika Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has taken a break from needling the All Blacks and surprisingly shown some grudging respect for New Zealand’s psychological resilience. He’s even gone as far to suggest, or at least imply, that the Wallabies are aspiring to build the same culture of mental toughness as their old foe.

- NZME

Victory ‘unlikely’

Leah Johnson, Sophie Braas, Chloe Braas, Ashlein Lyttle and Libby Haskett (absent: Esme Heffernan) were in top form at Nelson’s Top of the South Gymnastics Competition.

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■ GYMNASTICS

Gymnasts among medals

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

It has been a medal ladened spell for Ashburton Gymnastics Club with success at recent competitions in Marlborough, West Melton and Nelson.

At the Marlborough Championships, Leilani Davis took

out a gold medal at silver level, Leah Johnson collected a bronze medal at bronze level and Tsehai Davis earned a silver at iron level.

The club returned to Mid Canterbury with an even bigger haul from the West Melton competition.

Davis was again in fine form and won another gold at silver level while Johnson went one better than her previous outing with a silver medal at bronze level and Davis achieved silver at iron level.

Not to be outdone, Esme Heffernan was awarded a silver

medal in the bronze level and Sam Leete earned himself a bronze at fun level.

Heffernan was the only local medallist at Nelson’s Top of the South event with another top performance to take out a silver medal in the bronze section.

■ BASKETBALL

■ NETBALL

Thompson Trophy campaign falls short of top four spot

Grant to captain new-look Ferns

The Ashburton College senior boys’ basketball team’s Thompson Trophy campaign for 2016 is over after missing out on a top-four spot.

The semi-finalists are Burnside, Christchurch Boys’ High School, Christ’s College and Cashmere, who have mostly dominated round robin and divisional play this season.

Ashcoll ended its season this week with an 84-82 loss in overtime on Monday to St Bedes and a 75-51 loss to Burnside on Tuesday night. It is a big week for the school side with semi-finals last night in the Ashburton senior men’s competition and practice exams for senior students all week.

Coach Pip Johnston said they lacked cohesion against St Bedes, as well as having two players from the usual roster out with injury and illness. Twenty turnovers against 15 steals was ultimately costly.

Mitchel Prendergast (22) and Fletcher Arnold (20) were the top scorers, while the

Thomas O’Brien, Josh Lowe and Gareth Hunt cleaned up the rebounds.

Ashcoll was up 39-33 at halftime but trailed 60-58 going into the last quarter.

Nick Fechney converted an offensive rebound in the last five seconds to force the game into overtime, but they were two points short at the final whistle.

It was always going to be tough against Burnside, but the boys were a better unit, despite being outplayed by a well-drilled Burnside team.

Ashcoll has a couple of weeks to refocus on the South Island secondary schools’ tournament, which is being hosted by Basketball Mid Canterbury at the EA Networks Centre from August 31 to September 2.

They will be one of 22 sides looking to finish in the top six to advance to national finals.

In their pool Ashcoll has Christchurch Boys, Shirley Boys, Christs, St Thomas and Southland.

Katrina Grant has been confirmed as captain of a new-look Silver Ferns line-up yesterday.

Grant will succeed her close friend and former defensive partner Casey Kopua at the helm of the national team.

The Pulse defender will lead a vastly different Ferns side from last season, with new coach Janine Southby making a raft of changes to the team, including three new caps – Maia Wilson, Te Paea Selby-Rickit and Storm Purvis.

Purvis is the biggest surprise in the 12-strong line-up for this month’s Quad Series, earning the nod ahead of several young players, including her Steel teammate Jane Watson, who kept Purvis on the bench for most of the season.

The 23-year-old joins Grant, Phoenix Karaka and Anna Harrison, who makes her return to the national team following time away from the sport for the birth of her second child, in the defensive end, which is missing some big names from last season.

Kopua is on maternity leave, while veteran defender Leana de Bruin yesterday announced she is retiring from international netball.

- NZME

Australia will need to produce a record-breaking sub-continental run chase for an unlikely victory on the final day of the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Sri Lanka set an imposing victory target of 324 runs after Angelo Mathews declared at 8-347 in their second innings early after resuming on 8-312. Dhananjaya de Silva finished on 65 not out to go with his match-turning 129 in the first innings while Suranga Lakmal was unbeaten on four. The only time Australia have successfully chased 200 or more in Asia was against Bangladesh in 2006 when they made 7-307 in the first Test in Fatullah. Australia will have a minimum of 83 overs to reel in the target.

- AAP

Crunch match It’s the contest that could blow the NRL top four race wide open but Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett claims that hasn’t even been a topic of discussion. The Sixth-placed Broncos (28) host fourth-placed Canterbury (32) in a blockbuster start to round 24 at Suncorp Stadium tonight.

With the Bulldogs set to face fifth-placed North Queensland next week, a win for the Broncos will set up a thrilling chase for the top four in the final weeks of the season. Bennett however believes form, not ladder position, is what matters to his team heading into the finals.

- AAP

Holden pulls HRT funds Holden is to stop funding the most successful team in Supercars history but will continue to maintain a factory team in the championship for the next three seasons. Holden confirmed it will keep funding the Triple Eight Race Engineering entry of Red Bull Racing for the next three years but its backing of Walkinshaw Racing’s Holden Racing Team (HRT) will end. Holden says the decision to back Triple Eight over Walkinshaw was based on recent results. Since switching from Ford to Holden in 2010, Triple Eight have won four of the past five championships and consistently outperformed Walkinshaw’s team. HRT principal Ryan Walkinshaw said he was committed to running a two-car team in 2017.

- AAP

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M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 18 August 2016 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.19pm (NZT) KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 75325 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 2 F1715 Adjudicator 17.23 S & .....................B Evans 3 63884 Opawa Lean Meat 17.24 L & ............. Wales 4 61473 Tilt 17.48 ...................................... L Waretini 5 53323 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 C & .................. Fagan 6 43488 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 7 65438 Greet The Judge 17.27 H & ................Taylor 8 12262 Expect Delay 17.31 ......................... M Grant 9 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 10 18877 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 2 4.37pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C3, 295m 1 31112 Sarcasm 17.51 ...............................G Cleeve 2 85845 Grand Apache 17.09 S & ................B Evans 3 78178 Kingman 17.39 ................................ M Grant 4 83658 Camside Gold 17.13 .................... L Waretini 5 18857 Tip The Babe 17.46 C &..................... Fagan 6 12863 Human Instinct 17.33 .............J T McInerney 7 12147 Fancy Nomikai 17.22 ....................... B Dann 8 11352 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 9 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 10 18877 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 3 4.56pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C3, 295m 1 61886 Zircon 17.28 ...........................J T McInerney 2 53738 Thunder Storm 17.32 .............J T McInerney 3 51614 Barcia Express 17.27 ...................... M Grant 4 16562 Sparkling Terra 17.23 C & .................. Fagan 5 67x64 Solstice nwtd .................................... B Dann

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 6 7 8 9 10

46364 Gump’s The Name 17.31 ....................A Lee 21441 Magic Dozer 17.47 .................... G T Bennett 11254 Gossip Queen 17.18 .................A Bradshaw 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 18877 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 4 5.13pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY DASH C3, 295m 1 13281 Terra Mondo 17.30 C & ...................... Fagan 2 76216 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 3 31853 On The Level 17.35 ............ N C W Wanhalla 4 x8136 Voreda 17.39 ............................. M Robinson 5 75786 Opawa Crusade nwtd L & .................. Wales 6 26272 Barnicle Bullet 17.33 ....................... M Grant 7 23876 New Thang 17.01 ......................A Bradshaw 8 72477 Know Lapse nwtd...........................G Cleeve 9 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 10 18877 Briseur De Reves nwtd .............A Bradshaw 5 5.36pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C3, 520m 1 41643 Know Scholar 30.76 .......................G Cleeve 2 55652 Cawbourne Patty 30.25................C Roberts 3 72748 Super Bad nwtd ...........................M Roberts 4 21386 Max Stix 30.60 .............................C Roberts 5 28465 Opawa Minstrel 30.57 L & .................. Wales 6 37323 Jinja Jaffa 30.32 ........................R Blackburn 7 14311 Mischief Managed 30.73 ...........A Bradshaw 8 71112 Nozzno Fear 30.37....................A Bradshaw 9 77535 Another Message 30.42 .........J T McInerney 10 51876 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 6 6.04pm (NZT) HAMPDEN TAVERN SPRINT C5, 295m 1 83366 Get Ready Freddy 17.12 ...........A Bradshaw 2 27217 Rand 17.19 ............................J T McInerney 3 5724x Know Hero nwtd.............................G Cleeve 4 12152 Wheelchair Norm 16.95 .........J T McInerney 5 83335 Believe 17.10 ................................... B Dann

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61144 Fliberty Jiberty 17.32 ....................... B Dann 51111 You’re The Best 17.24 ........................C Weir 71251 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 51588 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 25168 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 7 6.27pm ACTIVE ELECTRICAL CHRISTCHURCH DASH C3/4, 295m 1 86187 Breaking Mad nwtd ......................... M Grant 2 22141 Magic Wizard 17.39 ...........................C Weir 3 18617 Clever Sage 17.24 ........................... B Dann 4 36233 Maudie’s Babe 17.18 C & .................. Fagan 5 22122 Cawbourne Craig 17.34 ...............C Roberts 6 14776 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney 7 75658 Air Express 17.30...................J T McInerney 8 63835 Opawa Val nwtd L & ........................... Wales 9 18787 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 10 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 8 6.42pm DREAM COLLECTOR AT STUD DASH C5, 295m 1 78841 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 2 11422 Jinja Brian 17.15 ..........................A Waretini 3 16277 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 4 25834 Harkonen Bale 17.08 ...................C Roberts 5 22186 Burn Early 17.27 J & .......................D Fahey 6 35171 Mickey Tee 16.95 ..........................R Adcock 7 32335 Miss Fanning 17.36 .......................... B Dann 8 32336 No Leaf Clover 17.01 M & .................Jopson 9 51588 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 10 25168 Culvie Godfather 17.20 H & ................Taylor 9 7.02pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 72382 Botany Alan 30.46..................J T McInerney 2 58174 Red Margin 30.62 ........................... M Grant 3 62416 With Pride 30.15 .............................. B Dann 4 76344 Albie Jay 30.20 L & ............................ Wales

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32663 Boston Billy 30.40 H & ........................Taylor 45155 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 76434 Dad’s Ambition 30.49 ...................... M Grant 61311 Jon Snow Lives 30.40 ..................C Roberts 77535 Another Message 30.42 .........J T McInerney 51876 Opawa Tracy 30.29 L & ...................... Wales 10 7.20pm FLAIR SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 73144 Jackpot Jake 17.27 .......................... B Dann 2 67567 Norman Jewel 17.13 ....................C Roberts 3 11486 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 4 58427 Roadworks 17.16 ............................ M Grant 5 13687 Homebush Riley 17.42 ...........J T McInerney 6 41644 Ultra Action 17.24 S &.....................B Evans 7 21732 Harsesis 17.42 ..........................R Blackburn 8 52421 Speedy Return 17.14 H & ...................Taylor 9 18787 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 10 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 11 7.37pm THE TURF BAR SPRINT C5, 295m 1 13143 Sally 17.18 ................................... L Waretini 2 14781 Rapaki Kath 17.21 H & .......................Taylor 3 31647 Backchat Harry 17.05 ...............A Bradshaw 4 77213 Cathy Maree 17.17.......................... M Grant 5 13427 Patchwork Alice 17.09...................... B Dann 6 51626 Magic Mike 17.29 .........................C Roberts 7 74413 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 8 11111 Swimming Goat 16.79........................C Weir 9 51588 Homebush Errol 17.32 ...........J T McInerney 10 72575 Another Belle 17.25 ...............J T McInerney 12 8.00pm FAREWELL PETER KNOWLES SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 77765 Southern Blue 17.17 ..........................C Weir 2 12311 Homebush Zippy 17.13 ..........J T McInerney 3 38185 Cawbourne Sarah 17.28 ..............C Roberts 4 11161 Wicked Winston 17.30...................... B Dann 5 68826 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant

6 75642 Ohoka Billy 17.22 ......................... L Waretini 7 18883 Chokehold 17.27 M & .......................Jopson 8 52174 Chicago Black 17.46 ..............J T McInerney 9 18787 Carnegie Hall 17.07 ........................ M Grant 10 88x67 Opawa Sam nwtd L & ........................ Wales LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Expect Delay, Rick’s Treasure, Opawa Lean Meat, Impersonator, Adjudicator Race 2: Sarcasm, Fancy Nomikai, Grand Apache, Camside Gold, Wunzee Race 3: Sparkling Terra, Barcia Express, Solstice, Zircon, Gossip Queen Race 4: Aiden Baxter, New Thang, Terra Mondo, Know Lapse, Barnicle Bullet Race 5: Nozzno Fear, Mischief Managed, Cawbourne Patty, Know Scholar, Jinja Jaffa Race 6: Wheelchair Norm, Smash That, Fliberty Jiberty, You’re The Best, Get Ready Freddy Race 7: Magic Wizard, Cawbourne Craig, Clever Sage, Breaking Mad, Maudie’s Babe Race 8: Mickey Tee, Jinja Brian, Burn Early, Miss Fanning, Collecting Money Race 9: Jon Snow Lives, Botany Alan, Albie Jay, Boston Billy, Trust Issues Race 10: Jackpot Jake, Speedy Return, Harsesis, Norman Jewel, Roadworks Race 11: Swimming Goat, Sally, Patchwork Alice, Backchat Harry, Puma Pants Race 12: Ohoka Billy, Homebush Zippy, Southern Blue, Wicked Winston, Smash Rumour

Waikato harness Today at Cambridge Raceway

Harness Racing Waikato Inc Venue: Cambridge Race- 3 5.54pm CHANGEOVER AT NEVELE R STUD MOway BILE PACE $6000, cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m Meeting Date: 18 August, 2016 NZ Meeting number: 5 1 2P60x Raschker (1) fr ..............................T Mitchell Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 2 Hezaluckygrinner (2) fr..................N Chilcott and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 3 634 Steady Reign (3) fr ................... M McKendry 4 The C E O (4) fr ............................P Butcher 1 5.03pm (NZT) FAIRVIEW MOTORS JUNIOR DRIV- 5 00x93 Art Of Gold (5) fr .............................H Cullen ERS HANDICAP TROT $7000, 4yo+ r55 & faster dis- 6 030Px Flight Officer (6) fr ....................G Wolfenden crhcp trot jun.d, stand, 2700m 7 9064x Kilkenny Turk (7) fr ........................S Butcher 1 96627 Danke (1) fr ........................M Blakemore (J) 8 Ring The Till (8) fr..........................S Lawson 2 5x084 Donna May (2) fr ................... T Cameron (J) 4 6.19pm GOLD ACE & NEVELE R STUD MOBILE 3 7P7x3 Opawa Speed (3) fr ....................R Argue (J) PACE $6000, cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 4 08764 Creamee (4) fr............................ A Drake (J) 1 9230x Genociate (1) fr ..........................R Argue (J) 5 9760x Yaldy Boyz (1) 10 .................... B Butcher (J) 2 x0572 Elle Classique (2) fr.....................A Poutama 6 98107 The Scruff (U1) 10 ............... D Ferguson (J) 3 Change The Talk (3) fr...................Z Butcher 7 75010 Franco Nadal (U1) 20......... J MacKinnon (J) 4 You’reluckytohaveme (4) fr ............P Butcher 8 x6314 Monseigneur (1) 30 ................ S Grayling (J) 5 8x662 Stars Delight (5) fr ........................ D Butcher 9 01x00 Silver Stream (1) 40 ................ T Lethaby (J) 6 73 Twinklingofaneye (6) fr ..................S Lawson 2 5.28pm NTH ISLAND HARNESS AWARDS AM 7 835 Brookes Rose (7) fr ........................S Phelan DRIVERS MBL PACE $6000, 5yo+ up to & including 8 97900 Ninotchka (8) fr ..............................J I Dickie r63 +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 9 77 Love American Style (21) fr...... M McKendry 1 75757 Jack Bates (1) fr .............................G Cronin 5 6.49pm HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY PATSY LEEK MO2 x0049 Speak Up (2) fr..................................S Wigg BILE PACE $6000, up to & including r49, r50 to r53 3 93413 Concorde (3) fr ..................................C Wigg with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 4 03278 A Chance To Dream (4) fr ..............P Clabby 1 73x24 Turnbulls (1) fr A Drake (J, .......................Cl) 5 9490x Brydon Delight (5) fr ...................M Northcott 2 67465 Aces N Eights (2) fr ..................... K Marshall 6 56792 Zakspatrol (6) fr........................D Blakemore 3 880x7 Flyin Impact (3) fr ................. D Ferguson (J) 7 59639 Easy For Cullen (7) fr ........................W Rich 4 64456 Here’s Shifty (4) fr B Butcher (J,...............Cl) 8 05127 Elliot Daniel (8) fr ........................... T Thorby 5 56586 Flanyattice (5) fr .............................S Phelan

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 18 August, 2016 NZ Meeting number: 3. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.10pm (NZT) PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT C0, 375m 1 36x66 Mid Collison nwtd ............................ T Green 2 One Anna Half nwtd W & ................T Steele 3 8583 Cawbourne Nath nwtd .................M Roberts 4 632 Girl Cina nwtd .............................. M J Lozell 5 75864 Highway Hound nwtd ................... M J Lozell 6 Thrilling Ryder nwtd ........................ K Walsh 7 48583 Our Mystro nwtd P & ..................... J Cleaver 8 Off The Grid nwtd W & ....................T Steele 9 25455 My Friend Mike nwtd .................. W Toomath 10 46655 Ziggy Attack nwtd......................... M J Lozell 2 12.28pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SPRINT C1, 375m 1 37867 Opawa Uno 21.28 W & ...................T Steele 2 36473 Idol Butcher nwtd B & ........................ Steele 3 68572 Electric Dee Eye 21.72 ...................P Green 4 43647 Atomic Rush 21.65........................K Herbert 5 55555 Thrilling Carter 21.24 U & .................Cottam 6 22516 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 7 88486 Preoccupied 21.78 R & ...............N O’Regan 8 4742x Coruba Rage 21.61........................ G Farrell 9 85788 Boris 21.16 R & ...........................N O’Regan 10 75687 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 3 12.46pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 61313 Allegro Class 21.08 ..........................L Ahern 2 12131 Von Trapp 21.02 ................................B Craik 3 22121 Pay Da Trail 20.80 ........................... K Walsh 4 11385 Yeboah 21.21 ................................... S Clark

6 83563 Bennyandthejets (6) fr A Grant (J, ...........Cl) 7 x9736 Soldier (7) fr ............................. M McKendry 8 84327 Van Eva fr..................................... Scratched 9 57564 Sifty Tuesday (21) fr ................ T Macfarlane 10 55089 Cut The Cards (22) fr ..................A Poutama 11 678x8 Supershakes (23) fr T Lethaby (J, ............Cl) 12 29798 Count Landeck (24) fr ...................P Butcher 6 7.14pm DUNSTAN FEEDS OWNER/TRAINER PROMOTION MBL PACE $6500, 4yo+ up to & including r55, r56 to r58 with cond. +clai..., mobile, 2200m 1 73748 Rangi Rangdu (1) fr ....................A Poutama 2 2x822 Chrissie Jet (2) fr.......................... D Butcher 3 7299x Master Of Escape (3) fr.................T Mitchell 4 13435 Boundary Row (4) fr ...............M Johnson (J) 5 1352x Gotta Go Jet Away (5) fr.......... B Butcher (J) 6 2015x This Excuse Is Fine (6) fr ...............J I Dickie 7 x6842 Gotta Go Electobet (7) fr ............. K Marshall 8 x8149 Armabluechipboy (8) fr ............. M McKendry 9 740x4 Will Desire (21) fr ..........................S Butcher 10 08083 Awesome Dude (22) fr ..................Z Butcher 11 300x5 He’s Novak (23) fr ..........................S Phelan 12 40586 Shantahlia Knight (24) fr ........... J Abernethy 13 070x5 Spare Change (25) fr ....................P Butcher 7 7.44pm NEW LIVES ANIMAL RESCUE MOBILE PACE $7000, 5yo+ r70 to r85, r86 to r90 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 12P83 God’s Delight (1) fr .................. T Macfarlane 2 36464 Major Change (2) fr .......................Z Butcher 3 35755 Major Classic (3) fr ........................P Butcher

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27645 Princess Kate (4) fr ...................S Abernethy 81613 A Damn Good Excuse (5) fr ...........J I Dickie 93224 On The Razzle (6) fr D Ferguson (J, ........Cl) 12675 Vibhuti (7) fr B Butcher (J, ........................Cl) 18954 Prince Of Pops (8) fr J MacKinnon (J,......Cl) 8 8.08pm FOSTER TRANSPORT MOBILE TROT $6500, 4yo+ up to & including r55, r56 to r60 with cond. mob. ..., mobile, 2200m 1 96627 Danke (1) fr .................................... G Martin 2 34P0x Circus Boy (2) fr ....................... M McKendry 3 16335 Mr Natural (3) fr....................... T Macfarlane 4 22059 Cool Son (4) fr...............................P Butcher 5 78216 Lindy’s Dream (5) fr................... J Abernethy 6 13767 Southland Reflector (6) fr R Argue (J, ......Cl) 7 51640 Laugh And Cry (7) fr S Grayling (J, ..........Cl) 8 P1538 Speedy Earl (8) fr T Lethaby (J, ...............Cl) 9 6833x Thanks Shane (21) fr ....................T Mitchell 10 5690x Rarangi Jewel (22) fr ...................A Poutama 11 88414 Larch (23) fr B Butcher (J, ........................Cl) 9 8.28pm CONNECT NZ KYOCERA COPIER MOBILE PACE $7000, 4yo+ r56 to r69, r70 to r72 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 6381x Tiger Tamer (1) fr ....................... A Drake (J) 2 3x2x1 Thephantomtollbooth (2) fr........... D Butcher 3 72866 Norvic Ruby (3) fr ..................... M McKendry 4 90037 Shardon’s Pearl (4) fr ....................T Mitchell 5 80671 Lincolns Keepsake (5) fr ...............Z Butcher 6 01805 Franco Exeter (6) fr ................. T Macfarlane 7 23537 Uandmebabe (7) fr ................ T Cameron (J)

8 64621 Fizzi Lizzi (8) fr D Ferguson (J, ................Cl) 9 0P711 Chevrons Easy (21) fr ............... J Abernethy Pacifiers on : Yaldy Boyz (R1) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Monseigneur, Opawa Speed, Silver Stream, Franco Nadal Race 2: Elliot Daniel, Zakspatrol, Concorde, Brydon Delight Race 3: Ring The Till, Hezaluckygrinner, The C E O, Steady Reign Race 4: Change The Talk, Elle Classique, Stars Delight, Twinklingofaneye Race 5: Turnbulls, Bennyandthejets, Soldier, Flanyattice Race 6: Awesome Dude, Chrissie Jet, This Excuse Is Fine, Gotta Go Electobet Race 7: God’s Delight, A Damn Good Excuse, Prince Of Pops, On The Razzle Race 8: Cool Son, Thanks Shane, Larch, Rarangi Jewel Race 9: Thephantomtollbooth, Lincolns Keepsake, Uandmebabe, Fizzi Lizzi

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76461 Country Gun 20.87.......................... K Walsh 51453 Skuzi nwtd........................................L Ahern 72511 Jump Up 21.22............................. H Mullane 38247 Macjam 21.07 ............................D Schofield 76631 It’s The Lovely 21.52 .............K A Gommans 36161 Cawbourne Danial nwtd ........K A Gommans 4 1.04pm TE AWAMUTU SELF STORAGE SPRINT C1, 375m 1 52645 Opawa Libby nwtd B & ....................... Steele 2 48467 Mary’s Bad Boy 21.85 R & ..........N O’Regan 3 58478 Deceptive Lad 21.73 .................... M J Lozell 4 64842 Le Roi nwtd B & ................................. Steele 5 76855 Mighty Twist nwtd D P &........... K Gommans 6 37454 Sacred Can You 21.28 R & .........N O’Regan 7 88873 Jelly Gem 21.50 U & .........................Cottam 8 22343 Jinja Mia 21.65 W & ........................T Steele 9 85668 Bloo Bloomers nwtd ......................K Herbert 10 85788 Boris 21.16 R & ...........................N O’Regan 5 1.22pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C3, 375m 1 63715 Our Sambo 21.48......................... M J Lozell 2 55335 Pat Not Plait 21.76 .........................P Henley 3 14555 Rocky Boy 21.15 ...............................B Craik 4 58426 Atoonga Air 21.17 ........................... T Green 5 13274 Jinja Luca 21.24 W & ......................T Steele 6 51272 Saved By Love nwtd.....................R K Roper 7 31321 Fantastic Lucy 21.40 ..................D Schofield 8 83211 Myrniong Girl 21.25 ........................ T Green 9 66576 Cawbourne Clay nwtd ..................M Roberts 10 546x8 Jesse Pinkman 21.34........................B Craik 6 1.40pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE STENT STAKES C2, 457m 1 11741 Olivia 25.79 ............................... A Lawrence 2 82743 Crying In Vegas nwtd ....................... S Clark 3 F2545 Cawbourne Steps nwtd ................M Roberts 4 7x741 Zipping Kasey nwtd....................D Schofield

5 76377 Cawbourne Panic nwtd ................M Roberts 6 27525 Electric Impulse nwtd W & ..............T Steele 7 21116 Frappucino nwtd...............................L Ahern 8 41732 Golden Ivy 25.59 W & .....................T Steele 9 65666 Spud Missile 25.43........................... S Clark 10 18815 Teefonic 25.99 ........................... A Lawrence 7 2.00pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C3, 375m 1 64347 Fresco Star 21.43........................B Littlejohn 2 F3337 Kinloch Osti 21.75 .............................C Hore 3 32411 Locha Knocka 21.03 ....................... T Green 4 32833 Rockin’ Fancy 21.26 ...................D Schofield 5 88237 Simply Sam 21.27 ......................D Schofield 6 46733 Sharella nwtd ....................................B Craik 7 85612 Who Rocks 21.39......................... H Mullane 8 77848 Sonic Attack 21.25 ....................... M J Lozell 9 66576 Cawbourne Clay nwtd ..................M Roberts 10 546x8 Jesse Pinkman 21.34........................B Craik 8 2.20pm COUPLANDS DOG BISCUITS SPRINT C1, 375m 1 54676 Podium Bonus nwtd W &.................T Steele 2 45547 Opawa Leanna nwtd B & ................... Steele 3 41787 Here Without You 21.78 R &........N O’Regan 4 36884 Mr. Fuss Pot 21.71 ......................B Littlejohn 5 78563 Golfing Buddy nwtd R & ..............N O’Regan 6 73454 Uno Nathan 21.75 B & ....................... Steele 7 23251 Coruba Cate 21.68......................... G Farrell 8 34852 Snigglepuss 21.38 ....................... H Mullane 9 75687 Rocky McAwesome nwtd U & ...........Cottam 10 85668 Bloo Bloomers nwtd ......................K Herbert 9 2.40pm BOX1 GOLD SPRINT C2, 375m 1 27F62 Umaga Rama 21.34 B & .................... Steele 2 F2611 Unileven 21.65 ...........................D Schofield 3 23314 Cawbourne Brae nwtd ..........K A Gommans 4 41661 Gee Thunder nwtd .......................R K Roper

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24233 Tee Kay Yapper 21.26 ...................... S Clark 24481 Dipsy Lala 21.31 U & ........................Cottam 27864 Opawa Poppy nwtd B & ..................... Steele 22213 Go Andwyn 21.31 ............................ S Clark 73664 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 67877 Eva Kaneva 21.51 ............................ S Clark 10 2.57pm GROUP 2 ANGUS WRIGHT MEMORIAL INV, 457m 1 343x1 Fantastic Sid 25.35 ....................D Schofield 2 11x12 Mi Tensile 25.45 .............................. K Walsh 3 46133 Teegambo 25.55 ....................... A Lawrence 4 11124 Timmy Trumpet 25.31 ..................... K Walsh 5 13151 Opawa Shackley 25.65 J & .............D Fahey 6 16712 Flying Merkel nwtd ...........................L Ahern 7 15342 Cawbourne Brick 25.66................M Roberts 8 31631 Kava Blu 25.55 J &..........................D Fahey 9 37713 Opawa Kevin 25.57 J & ...................D Fahey 10 51453 Skuzi 25.43 ......................................L Ahern 11 3.17pm FOND FOODS LTD STAKES C1, 457m 1 66253 Nangar Gem 25.98 ....................D Schofield 2 712 Estee nwtd ................................ A Lawrence 3 12627 Moochi nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 4 22611 Opawa Harry nwtd B & ...................... Steele 5 64742 April’s My Mum nwtd ....................... T Green 6 56753 Cawbourne Jazzy nwtd ................M Roberts 7 63787 Cawbourne Dallas nwtd D P &. K Gommans 8 73221 Augello nwtd.............................. A Lawrence 9 61564 Zanato nwtd .............................. A Lawrence 10 33555 Scott The Looks nwtd U &.................Cottam 12 3.37pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 11282 Opawa Norris nwtd J & ...................D Fahey 2 24531 Diva Pose 26.02 M & ....................... J Smith 3 73326 Kevin In Bangkok 25.65 ....................C Hore 4 74441 Stinger 25.57................................... K Walsh

5 35312 Kirkham Webby nwtd ...................M Roberts 6 12228 Thrilling Boris 25.37 ........................ K Walsh 7 2F135 Thrilling Cassie nwtd .............K A Gommans 8 68347 Santa Sangre 25.63 ...................D Schofield 9 F1186 Cawbourne Eski nwtd ..................M Roberts 10 66374 Buster Bluth 25.49 ..........................P Green LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track SELECTIONS: Race 1: Thrilling Ryder, Girl Cina, Mid Collison, Our Mystro, One Anna Half Race 2: Electric Dee Eye, Shot Gun Harry, Idol Butcher, Coruba Rage, Opawa Uno Race 3: Pay Da Trail, Von Trapp, Yeboah, Skuzi, Allegro Class Race 4: Le Roi, Jinja Mia, Jelly Gem, Sacred Can You, Opawa Libby Race 5: Fantastic Lucy, Myrniong Girl, Saved By Love, Rocky Boy, Atoonga Air Race 6: Golden Ivy, Frappucino, Olivia, Crying In Vegas, Zipping Kasey Race 7: Locha Knocka, Sharella, Rockin’ Fancy, Fresco Star, Who Rocks Race 8: Snigglepuss, Coruba Cate, Here Without You, Mr. Fuss Pot, Uno Nathan Race 9: Unileven, Umaga Rama, Go Andwyn, Tee Kay Yapper, Gee Thunder Race 10: Fantastic Sid, Mi Tensile, Timmy Trumpet, Opawa Shackley, Kava Blu Race 11: Opawa Harry, Augello, Nangar Gem, Estee, Moochi Race 12: Thrilling Boris, Opawa Norris, Santa Sangre, Stinger, Diva Pose

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Thursday, August 18, 2016 MEETINGS, EVENTS

ENTERTAINMENT

Annual General Meeting Wednesday, August 31 5.30pm - 6.30pm

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Braided Rivers upstairs (with refreshments provided from 5.00pm)

Ultimate Bowie Tonight - 7.30pm

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UK’s No. 1 tribute show transports you across the 40 years of the legacy’s classic, supported by a seven-piece band.

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CERAMIC tiles - tile quality guaranteed - Tile Warehouse selection available at Redmonds Furnishing and Flooring, Burnett Street.

COMPUTER PROBLEMS ??

For prompt reliable service contact Kelvin Boult, KJB Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot Place, Ashburton. Phone 308 8989.

30 years local service. Same day service if possible.

SUPERGOLD discount card welcomed.

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Door Sales

Scared Scriptless Fri 19 Aug – 8.30pm A fun night of theatre sports and comedy with the Court Jesters. Support The Big Little Theatre Company raising funds and have a laugh as well!

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Georgie Sivier and the Big Little Theatre Company present a double bill with 2 award winning plays.

Open Hat night; watch the show first and then pay what you think it’s worth.

La Bayadere - Fri, 2 Sep – 7pm The Aotearoa National Youth Ballet, brings this timeless ballet set in India.

It’s colourful and full of action with one of the most wondrous musical scores ever composed.

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Daily Events Thursday 9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINE DANCERS. Fun exercise during term time.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. New players welcome. Enquiries to Clark Gillies 021-146-3619. EA Networks Centre Stadium.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open for toy hire Thursday and Saturday, Methodist Baring Square Church hall.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre-loved second hand clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. OP shop second time around used clothing. Ashburton Baptist

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

8.30am - 12.30pm SAVE THE CHILDREN NZ ASHBURTON.

Church, Cnr Havelock and Cass Street, entry Havelock Street.

9.30am - 4pm ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Open day for all members. 182 Methven Highway (Old Allenton Nurseries Packing Shed).

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

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

10.15am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning of Tai Chi for Arthritis. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Stretching exercises for all abilities. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock Street.

Pop Up Stall selling baby singlet’s and children’s hand knitted clothing, baking, souvenirs and much more.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Pre loved clothing sale, bargains and cuppa. St Andrew’s Church

Live on the big screen!

All Blacks v Australia Saturday, August 20, 9.30pm Come and watch it with us!

1pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - no counting, beginners welcome. Waireka Club rooms, Philip Street.

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

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social day, come and try it yourself. 115 Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

1.30pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Enjoy a trip to Canada through Ruth’s eyes. Jill’s Home, 8 Hight Place, Tinwald.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome.

Heritage Centre, West Street.

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ACROSS 1. A sort of judge issuing flute-like notes (8) 4. Take a pace back, like Mutt and Moggy (4) 8. What to do to the line in order to conform (3) 9. River mouth has a letter for a Greek (5) 10. On the other hand, almost strike one with your head (3) 11. Alternatively, tonal variation may be given to a bird (7) 12. One of those mistakes that gave rise to comedy (5) 13. Is in favour of one’s calling giving grounds for quarrel (11) 17. A musician may be the one to decorate the cake (5) 18. Hot and so passionate, being marked for the hunt (7) 20. One could ban such collected sayings as being fruity (3) 21. Is unsuited to appearing like this (5) 22. It isn’t true that Weill put it back in (3) 23. Those opposing motion will, we are told, be inquisitive (4) 24. Gets pier built with a certain cachet (8)

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Sometimes you think things through, and other times the thoughts are thinking through you. A series of rapid-fire thoughts will lead to a profound revelation to change everything.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The people from your past are important to you, even if they don’t have a lot to do with where you’re headed. You’ll make efforts to keep in touch, not because you should, but because these contacts are part of who you are.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The task at hand is an awkward one. So, you’re not the best at this. You don’t have to be the best; all you have to be is your best. You’ll use this day to its full potential.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You’ll act on the best idea in the moment. If you want better ideas to occur to you, don’t worry; they will. It’s a natural function of exposing yourself to such moments repeatedly.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Cheerlead and coach yourself. Tell yourself you’re a champion. There’s no time to agonise over the situation, or even time to try and get it right. Just get it done.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Someone has wronged you in the past. If only it were enough this person has apologised and wants your forgiveness. It still seems a little too easy, doesn’t it? There’s more that will occur before you’ll be ready to let this one go.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Not everything in the relationship will add up neatly. It’s a bit confusing, but so what? If you understood there would be nothing to wonder at.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You can’t do A without tending to B, which relies on A being solidly in place.

This conundrum could go on forever unless you break out and find about 10 other options to try on.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Life leads you to do contradictory things, and then laugh as though you were merely a witness. You have to deal with consequences a witness wouldn’t have to worry about.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): The situation has the potential to leave you in a state not unlike that of a disgruntled teen, sighing and full of argument. The adult answers are the only ones that will work.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Objectively, you feel the situation won’t bring out your best and the crowd won’t be a good fit for you – and yet, inexplicably, you want to be included. The reasons are primal and hard to argue with.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Follow your curiosity and ask the meaningful questions. When you know a little about a person’s past, this person’s present status will delight you all the more.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian

HUTTON, Dennis Gilbert (Reg. No 275980) – On August 17, 2016.

Peacefully at Methven House.

Aged 94 years. Loved brother of Ruth (Wanganui), Ronald (New Plymouth), and Nina (Ashburton) (all deceased) and loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

Messages to PO Box 15395, Dinsdale, Hamilton 3243. A graveside service for Dennis will be held at the Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery on TUESDAY, August 23, commencing at 2.00pm.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Ph 307 7433

OLSEN, Ngaire (nee Ellingham) – Peacefully at Mt Herbert House, Waipukurau on August 16, 2016, aged 85 years. Loved wife of the late John (KJ). Beloved mother and mother in law of Marie and Murray, Tina and Nigel, and Wendy and Terry, and their families. A service for Ngaire will be held at St. Mark’s Church, Sydney Street, Takapau on SATURDAY, August 20 at 1:30pm followed by private cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to CHB St John would be appreciated. These and any messages may be left at the service or posted to C/- PO Box 200, Waipukurau.

C. H. B. Funeral Services Ltd FDANZ Waipukurau

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information.

9am Tipping Point Quiz show in which four players take on an extraordinary machine, hoping to win its jackpot.

10am The Chase A quiz show where contestants must stay one step ahead. 0 11am Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Coronation Street PGR 3 0 2pm Cold Feet AO 3 0 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Thomas And Friends 6:40 Sheriff Callie’s Wild West 3 7am Tashi 0 7:25 Pokemon XY 3 7:50 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 8:15 Doc McStuffins 3 0 8:35 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Mystery Girls PGR 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon Jeremy Kyle PGR 0 1pm Judge Rinder PGR 2pm Devious Maids AO 3 0 3pm Hot In Cleveland 3 0 3:30 The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 0 3:40 The Barefoot Bandits 0 4:05 Jessie The Ross family faces an unexpected dilemma. 0 4:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 The Simpsons 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

6am Paul Henry Paul Henry hosts a news show.

9am The Café Mike Puru and Mel Homer present a lifestyle and entertainment show.

10am Infomercials 11:25 Family Feud 3 0 Noon Dr Phil AO 1pm M Gracie’s Choice PGR 2004 Drama. Kristen Bell, Diane Ladd, Shedrack Anderson. 0 2:55 Entertainment Tonight PGR 3:20 Sticky TV 4:25 Minute To Win It Hosted by chef Guy Fieri, competitors take on a series of seemingly simple tasks, which they must complete in under a minute.

5:25 Family Feud 0 6pm NewsHub Live At 6pm

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 0 8:30 Offspring AO As Nina gets to know St Francis’s alleged ‘pantsman’ Dr Angus Freeman better, his behaviour leads her to do something out of character. 0 9:30 Beauty And The Beach AO 0 10:30 One News 0 11pm N Born To Kill AO Known as the Vampire of Sacramento, Richard Trenton Chase killed men, women, and children in the Californian state capital. 0 Midnight The Island With Bear Grylls AO 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

7pm Shortland Street 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm Street Hospital 0 8:30 Seven Year Switch Australia 0 9:35 Never Seen A Doctor 0 10:35 Two And A Half Men PGR 0

7pm Story 7:30 N Rescue Dog To Super Dog PGR Series in which six rescuecentre dogs are paired with six people with disabilities. 0 8:35 Lost And Found PGR 0 9:35 Frat Boys – Inside America’s Fraternities AO 0 10:45 NewsHub Late

11:05 Police Ten 7 3 0 11:35 The Originals AO 3 12:25 Highway Patrol 3 0 12:50 Shortland Street 3 0 1:20 Infomercials 2:20 The Real 3 3:05 The Fosters PGR 3 3:50 Full House 3 0 4:40 The Adam And Eve Show 3 0 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:15 CSI AO 3 The CSIs look into the world of rubber dolls when they investigate the murder of a man stabbed in an alley. 0 12:10 Infomercials

Offspring

8:30pm on One

BRAVO 9am Million Dollar Listing 3 9:55 Million Dollar Listing 3 10:50 Million Dollar Listing 3 11:45 Million Dollar Listing 3 12:40 Million Dollar Listing 3 1:35 Below Deck Mediterranean 3 2:30 Apres Ski 3 3:30 Hoarders 4:30 Dance Moms 5:30 Flipping Out 6:30 Million Dollar Listing Josh Altman’s temper flares, causing him a professional loss.

7:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County PGR Vicki is upset with Meghan, and leaves Heather’s luncheon; Shannon visits a doctor to face her pent-up resentment.

8:30 The Real Housewives Of Orange County 9:30 The Real Housewives Of New Jersey 10:45 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11:15 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 11:45 Snapped PGR 12:20 Infomercials 3

Never Seen a Doctor 9:35pm on TV2

THE BOX 6am CSI – New York MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 Call Of The Wildman PG 8:05 The Amazing Race PG 8:55 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 9:45 CSI MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:05 The Force MC 1:30 SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 2:20 CSI – New York MV 3:10 The Amazing Race PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 Call Of The Wildman PG 5pm SVU – Special Victims Unit MV 6pm The Simpsons PG 6:30 The Force MC 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 Into The Badlands 18VLS 9:30 Longmire 16V 10:30 CSI MV 11:30 NCIS PGV FRIDAY 12:30 The Amazing Race PG 1:20 Call Of The Wildman PG 1:45 CSI – New York MV 2:35 CSI MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Into The Badlands 18VLS 4:45 Longmire 16V 5:35 The Force MC

MAORI

6am Ready For Rio A look forward to the day’s key events. 0 6:05 Rio Olympics – BMX From the Olympic BMX Centre, the women’s and men’s seeding runs.

7:30 Rio – Women’s Golf Round one of the women’s competition, featuring Lydia Ko. 9:30 Rio On Prime Daytime coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games continues.

9:35 Rio Olympics Noon Rio Olympics – Women’s Hockey 1:30 Rio Olympics – Athletics 3pm Back Benches PGR 3 4pm The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4:30 Rio Olympics (HLS) 5:30 Prime News 6pm Rio Olympics 0 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Mythbusters PGR Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman put The A-Team under the MythBusters microscope.

8:30 M Die Hard AO 1988 Action. Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia.

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11:15 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

11:45 Rio Olympics (HLS) Midnight Ready For Rio 12:30 Rio Olympics – Canoe Sprint 2:30 Rio Olympics – Athletics 3:30 Rio Olympics – Men’s Triathalon

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

6:10 Mississippi Grind MLS 2015 Drama. Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn. 8am TwoBit Waltz MLS 2014 Drama.

Clara Mamet, William H Macy.

9:20 Superfast MVL 2015 Comedy. Alex Ashbaugh, Dale Pavinski. 11am The Gambler 16VL 2015 Drama.

Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson.

12:50 The Hunger Games – Mockingjay: Part 1 MV 2014 Adventure. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson.

2:55 Mississippi Grind MLS 2015 Drama. Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn.

4:45 Mortdecai MVLS 2014 Crime Comedy. Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor.

6:30 War Room PGC 2015 Drama. Priscilla Shirer, TC Stallings.

8:30 Bridge Of Spies MVL 2015 Thriller. Tom Hanks, Alan Alda.

10:55 Vice 16VLSC 2015 Sci-fi.

Bruce Willis, Ambyr Childers.

FRIDAY 12:30 Mom’s Day Away M 2014 Drama.

Bonnie Somerville, James Tupper.

1:50 Mortdecai MVLS 2014 Crime Comedy. Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor. 3:35 Bridge Of Spies MVL 2015 Thriller.

Tom Hanks, Alan Alda.

5:55 War Room PGC 2015 Drama. Priscilla Shirer, TC Stallings.

6:15 Superbad 16LS 2007 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Seth Rogan, Emma Stone.

8:10 Jarhead 16VLS 2005 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard.

10:10 The Blind Side PGL 2009 Drama. Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock.

12:15 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002 Comedy.

Nia Vardalos, John Corbett.

1:50 Scary Movie 2 16LS 2001 Comedy Horror. Tori Spelling, Marlon Wayans. 3:10 Sex And The City 2 MLS 2010 Comedy. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon. 5:35 The Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers MV 2002 Fantasy.

Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen.

8:30 Untraceable 18V 2008 Crime. An FBI agent must find a serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet. Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke.

10:10 Salt MVL 2010 Action.

Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

11:50 Insomnia MVL 2002 Crime. Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Robin Williams.

FRIDAY 1:45 Scary Movie 2 16LS 2001 Comedy Horror. Tori Spelling, Marlon Wayans. 3:05 Sex And The City 2 MLS 2010 Comedy. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon. 5:30 Insomnia MVL 2002 Crime. Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Robin Williams.

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6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Pukana 2 7:30 The Zoo 3 8am Miharo 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Kawe Korero – Reporters 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 2 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 2 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 2:30 Ako 3 2 3pm Iwi Anthems 3 3:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 4pm Whanau Living PGR 4:30 2Kaha PGR 5pm Te Mana Kuratahi The National Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka Competition, hosted by Horowhenua Rohe, celebrates its 15th anniversary.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukoro 2 6:30 Avatar Animated series based on the film, and dubbed in te reo Maori.

7pm Hahana 7:30 Whanau Bake-Off 8pm This Is Piki PGR 8:30 Finding Aroha PGR 9pm The Stage – Haka Fusion AO 9:30 Super City AO 3 10pm Waka Huia 10:30 Te Kaea 2

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Big Fish Man 7:30 Wildest Australia 8:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 9:30 Jamie’s Chef 10:30 The French Collection 11:30 American Restoration Noon Cold Water Cowboys 1pm Big Fish Man 2pm Fish Of The Day 2:30 Wild Australia With Ray Mears 3pm The Jonathan Ross Show 4pm Baby Animals In The Wild 5pm The Flying Winemaker Hong Kong-based master winemaker Eddie McDougall sets out to discover the best wines being produced throughout Asia.

5:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand Sophie Grigson continues her culinary adventure as she travels to Thailand.

6pm Fantasy Homes By The Sea 7pm Toy Hunter 7:30 Tiny House Hunting Realtors help two people looking for a tiny home to find the perfect mini-space.

8pm Planet Home 8:30 Trust Me I’m A Doctor 9:30 Pill Poppers Over a person’s lifetime, they are likely to be prescribed more than 14,000 pills.

10:30 Toy Hunter

11pm Kawe Korero – Reporters News reporters dissect and discuss the day’s news and events.

11:30 Closedown

11pm The Flying Winemaker 11:30 Sophie Grigson In Thailand Midnight Roar Of The Wild 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am The Jonathan Ross Show 2am Baby Animals In The Wild 3am Fantasy Homes By The Sea 4am Pill Poppers 5am Trust Me I’m A Doctor

SKY SPORT 1 6am The Crowd Goes Wild 6:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 7am Ultimate Insider 7:30 European Tour Weekly 8am Fox Sports News 8:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 9am Rugby – First XV Revision 10am Rugby League – Super League (RPL) Super 8s – St Helens v Catalans Dragons.

Noon The Breakdown 12:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 1:30 InCycle 2pm Motorsport – WRC Germany Preview.

2:30 NRL 360 3:30 InCycle 4pm Motorsport – WRC Germany Preview.

4:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 5:30 Rugby – The Breakdown 6pm Grassroots Rugby 7pm L Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

From QBE Stadium, Albany.

9:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 10:30 European Tour Weekly 11pm Golf – PGA European Tour Czech Masters – Round One.

FRIDAY

1am L Golf – PGA European Tour Czech Masters – Round One. 4am Rugby League – NRL (RPL) Broncos v Bulldogs.

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SKY SPORT 2 6am The Crowd Goes Wild An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

6:40 L Football – UEFA Champions League Villarreal v Monaco.

9am The Hunters Club 10am Sterlo – On The Couch Exclusive interviews and access to the inner sanctum of NRL Clubs.

11am InCycle 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Motorsport – WRC Germany Preview.

1pm European Tour Weekly 1:30 Ultimate Insider 2pm Football – UEFA Champions League (RPL) Villarreal v Monaco.

5pm European Tour Weekly 5:30 Inside The PGA Tour 6pm Golf Central 6:30 UFC 202 Countdown 7:30 Fox Sports News 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 NRL 360 9:30 L Rugby League – NRL Broncos v Bulldogs.

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Midnight Fox Sports News 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 12:55 L Cricket – Royal London Cup Quarter-final – First Innings.

4:35 Rugby – Mitre 10 Cup (HLS) North Harbour v Counties Manukau.

5:05 L Cricket – Royal London Cup Quarter-final – Second Innings.

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DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Off the Deep End. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 8:30 MythBusters PG The Busters of the Lost Myths.

9:25 River Monsters PG 10:20 Deadliest Catch PG Cold War. 11:15 Cry Wolfe M Private Eyes Wide Shut.

11:40 Cry Wolfe M The Evil One. 12:10 Scorned – Love Kills M Shot for Teacher.

1:05 I (Almost) Got Away With It M 2pm How It’s Made PG 2:25 How It’s Made PG 2:55 How Do They Do It? PG 3:20 Auction Hunters PG The Chicago Grand Slam. 3:50 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 4:45 Deadliest Catch PG Cold War. 5:40 MythBusters PG Accidental Ammo.

6:35 Bering Sea Gold PG Breaking Point. 7:30 Bering Sea Gold PG Teamwork.

8:30 Moonshiners M Still Regretting.

9:30 River Monsters PG Invisible Killers.

10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M FRIDAY 12:30 Disappeared M 1:25 Momsters – When Moms Go Bad M 1:50 Momsters – When Moms Go Bad M 2:20 Auction Hunters PG 2:45 Auction Hunters PG 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:10 Treehouse Masters PG 5:05 Dirty Jobs PG

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Sport Barrett to start The compelling form of Beauden Barrett has won him the All Blacks No10 jersey against Australia with Aaron Cruden reverting to the bench.

Cruden or Barrett has been the question all week with Wallabies coach Michael Cheika even chipping in with his thoughts that the choice would be problematic. Barrett forced through with his performances against Wales and then with the mastery of his work in the closing stages of Super Rugby. His form was impossible to ignore and the coaches couldn’t justify putting him on the bench when he has been so effective starting.

Captain Sarah Paton (right) will play a crucial role for Methven on court this evening, while Celtic skipper Rachel MacGregor will be encouraging the Greens from the sideline due to an Achilles injury.

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Do or die time in finals

BY JAMES FORD

JAMES.F@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Methven and Celtic have been the season’s pacesetters and the premier netball grade’s two most entertaining teams, and they will now clash in this evening’s final for the right to call themselves the district’s best.

Methven are the reigning champions who waltzed through the competition’s opening round undefeated.

Celtic put up the most resistance when the two teams met for the first time in May, but Methven added another win to their growing haul following a tightly contested 27-24 encounter.

Round two got off to a less convincing start for both sides.

Methven saw off a defiant Ashburton College in a replay of last year’s final 35-33,

while Celtic were held to a 18-18 stalemate by eventual fifth place finishers United.

Normal service was quickly resumed, though, as the two teams returned to winning form - until they met for a second time on June 9.

It was another nail biter as Celtic dealt Greta Currie’s ladies their first loss of the campaign in a 31-29 thriller.

The two sides would meet for the third and final time in round-robin play on the opening night of the trophy round, and Methven sent a clear message with a 37-27 victory over their closest rivals.

From there it was a race to the finish, as both teams looked to record as many wins as possible for a more favorable semi-final fixture – and Methven looked to have secured top-seeding before Southern threw a

spanner in the works.

Southern downed last year’s winners 2818 on the last night of the trophy round, allowing Celtic to finish top of the ladder following their victory over College.

But in the end, it mattered little.

The division’s best teams deservedly reached the final, and in convincing fashion, too.

Celtic blew College away 32-19 before Methven dumped a plucky Hampstead out 33-20 in their respective semi-finals.

So now two teams remain, as the 2014 winners lock horns with 2015’s champions to find this year’s finest.

There have been three fourth placings – to gutsy omnium rider Lauren Ellis, and the two pursuit teams, who were well beaten in their bronze medal rides.

No sport other than rowing has received more Government money in the last four years. Elliott won’t get into money talk while the Games are still on.

“It’s early days and we need to work through that,” Elliott said.

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Penrith could receive a huge boost ahead of Friday’s all-important NRL match against the Wests Tigers, with forward Chris Grevsmuhl a chance of returning from an elbow injury. Grevsmuhl missed Sunday’s win over Newcastle after hurting his elbow against the Sydney Roosters the previous week, but trained on Wednesday afternoon with the team.

His possible return would inject more starch to a Panthers side.

ACL Premier Netball final: Celtic Auric Energy A v Methven Wareings A, tonight at 7pm, ACL Court.

Fourth placings ‘pretty hard to stomach’ Cycling high performance boss Mark Elliott won’t dwell on the elephant in the velodrome – New Zealand’s poor return at the Rio Olympics and how it may affect future funding.

BikeNZ were expecting a solid medal return out of Rio, but instead, with the BMX and mountain biking to come, it has only a silver to the world champion men’s team sprint to show for their efforts.

Grevsmuhl a chance

He admitted fourth placings are “pretty hard to stomach”.

“None of us are happy with fourths. We came to get medals,” he added.

“The thing we have been outdone by is that a lot of medals have been won here by athletes who have been to three or four Olympics. For a lot of our guys this is their first Olympics and they’ll be here in the future. We have to look long-term.”

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Skaife’s emotions mixed Supercars champion Mark Skaife couldn’t be happier Holden have found a way to stay in the championship but admits sadness over the decline of Holden Racing Team. The manufacturer has announced it would provide factory support for Triple Eight Race Engineering for the next three years.

Under the new agreement the Red Bull Racing team will become the Red Bull Holden Racing Team from 2017.

McCartney makes final P17 www.guardianonline.co.nz