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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon has been accused of blatant politicking and misleading the public.

Falloon said yesterday that confirmation from Transport Minister Phil Twyford that the Government was seeking to change transport funding was deeply worrying for Mid Canterbury.

“Following sustained questioning by the media on Tuesday, Phil Twyford has finally admitted that the Government is ‘exploring how rail investment is incor-

porated within the Government Policy Statement and the National Land Transport Fund’,” Falloon said.

“The National Land Transport Fund is paid for out of our petrol taxes and road user charges. The vast bulk of it is spent on road improvements and maintenance.

“Phil Twyford has made no secret of his desire to throw billions of dollars at rail projects in Auckland. But the fact that he’s looking to siphon money away from roading funds is a real concern for Mid Canterbury.

“NZTA and the (Ashburton District) Council depend on that money to improve our regional roading network and undertake routine maintenance, particularly after big events like flooding.

“Robbing money from the regions for Auckland rail projects would leave Mid Canterbury starved of investment and important infrastructure.

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New active areas planned for stadium

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A climbing wall, new learn-toswim pool and an interactive splash deck could all shortly be built at the EA Networks Centre.

Those projects won the hearts of Ashburton District councillors during yesterday’s day two, long term plan discussions and if they survive the public consultation process, will see an additional $5.3 million invested in the sports facility.

When councillors looked at several business cases that were pitched by centre manager Steve Prescott for inclusion in the 10 year spending plan, they threw out two, gave two a tick and left one lying on the table.

Gone are any hopes of building a hydroslide at the pool complex and gone also are plans to extend the covered court area in the stadium. The other option, an ice rink has not been discounted, but it has not been built into the long term plan either. Councillors indicated they’d be keen to run with the idea if a private investor wanted to pick it up.

If the climbing wall makes it through the plan’s public consultation phase it will be ready for use in 2020. It’s likely to cost $300,000. The pool extension and interactive wet deck are not likely to be built until 2021 and will come with a $5 million price tag.

When he was asked what his priorities were from the five options, Prescott said number one had to be the learn-to-swim pool and interactive play deck.

The programme was already at capacity, he said.

“And I don’t think a hydroslide is worth the money; the interactive play area will give you bet-

ter bang for your buck.”

Prescott supported the option of an ice rink and said he’d already had an approach from a developer.

The climbing wall would add a new dimension to the court area and would provide a good source of revenue, he said.

“It’s a multi-age facility from little kids to teens and older people. It’ll generate more traffic into the stadium and I believe it will make money.”

Prescott suggested the wall could be installed in a corner of the stadium. When in use it would mean one playing court could not be used. He had spoken with several schools and was told they’d be keen to use the facility during school visits to the pool.

Councillors were unanimously keen on the idea.

The new pool and splash deck area would be built on the western side of the existing pool complex and accessed through doors.

“That means we can control who goes into the area by wrist bands and we can have a charging regime,” he said.

“This new area will be very different to the wet area we have now, that ones for little kids.”

On day one of long term plan discussions, councillors also focused on the EA Networks Centre and agreed to move it onto a new funding basis where users paid 50 per cent of costs. That would see fees for the stadium rise 40 per cent and those for the pool complex by 9 per cent.

Yesterday Prescott reminded them that in his budgets for the coming years he had not factored in the loss of income he believes will come if the new charging regime is approved.

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Harvest under way despite wet days

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This season’s harvest kicked off a couple of weeks ago around parts of inland Mid Canterbury and it’s set to really get under way across the rest of the district in the next week.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury arable chairperson Joanne Burke says in the area around where she is near Rakaia the first headers are just starting to be seen out in paddocks.

She said dryland grain crops that were lucky enough to make it through the hot, dry start to summer are looking good and will likely see headers out next week.

However all eyes were on the sky yesterday with forecast rain arriving.

Arable farmers were hoping it would not hang around too long, she said, although most also welcomed the rain that fell last week, as crops were very dry up until then.

Some autumn-sown cereals did not manage the dry conditions early in the summer and ended up as whole crop silage, Burke said, although the outlook was probably better for the spring sown crop.

There would also be some grass seed producers who would not have welcomed the rain over the last few weeks but that would not be across the board.

In the meantime Burke said she was “expecting Mid Canterbury to burst into life next week”.

MP ‘misleading the public’ From P2 “Under Twyford’s plan there’s no chance we’d see the improvements we need, like a second bridge over the Ashburton River or a four-lane highway between Ashburton and Christchurch.

“Mid Cantabrians pay a significant amount every year in petrol taxes and road user charges. We deserve our fair share of that money back,” Falloon said.

However Twyford described Falloon’s comments as “pure opposi-

tion politicking”, adding that there have been no changes to existing roading projects, except Auckland’s East West Link.

“Andrew Falloon is either misleading the public or misunderstands how transport funding works,” Twyford said.

“It is not possible for the government to take money from current roading projects in the Land Transport Fund.”

Twyford said the government was bound by legislation to operate

within existing funding settings.

“However, the government is going to signal a new approach to transport spending to allow the Land Transport Fund to be used to deliver a modern and sustainable transport system: more emphasis on safety, more investment in regional roads and modern rapid transit for our cities.

“Any fundamental changes to the scope of the GPS is still to be determined and won’t form part of GPS that will be released this year.”

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Tough water regulations come at cost

By Sue NewMaN

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The fallout from the contamination of Havelock North’s drinking water is likely to cost Ashburton District ratepayers more than $700,000 over the next four years.

As inquiries continue to identify reasons the town’s water supply became contaminated, signals are being sent to local authorities around New Zealand that new requirements will be developed around the security of drinking water supplies.

And while Ashburton’s supplies are well above current standards, council assets manager Andrew Guthrie says the new rules will come with extra costs. In his budgets for the council’s long term plan, currently under review, he has made provision for changes to several supplies to meet those new rules.

Both Ashburton and Rakaia supplies will need to have pump bore heads raised to ensure ground water cannot filter into the supply. This work is budgeted for the next financial year and comes with a $192,500 price tag for Ashburton and $27,500 for Rakaia.

Ashburton will also have $292,600 spent on its supply next year to install equipment capable of treating protozoa.

Over the following years similar treatment facilities will be installed on the Chertsey, Dromore, Fairton, Hakatere, Hinds, Mayfield and Rakaia supplies.

While that expenditure was not included in the council’s current long term plan, as councillors start debating inclusions in the revised plan that will span the years from 2018 to 2028, those safety measures must now be included.

While the inquiry was still con-

tinuing, Guthrie said the Ministry of Health had made it very clear that councils needed to act now rather than wait until they were directed to make safety improvements.

“We’re flagging this over three years, but it’s likely that this won’t be fast enough. There will be massive changes in the water industry going forward,” he said.

In the past there had been a government pool of funds that councils could access to upgrade water supplies, chief executive Andrew Dalziel said, but this was no longer there and councillors had to get their heads around the new costs of meeting new standards.

“It’s where you want to position Ashburton in terms of providing pristine drinking water,” he said.

The project was something the council couldn’t mess around with providing good drinking water was its core business and it just needed to get on and get the changes made, Russell Ellis said.

The $700,000 worth of upgrades will be built into the council’s draft long term plan.

A massive beehive found at a Wakanui property this week.

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Apiarist called in to move wild hive

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A massive beehive found on a Wakanui property is the biggest a local apiarist has seen in more than 50 years in the business.

Russell Smith was called to the property earlier this week to help with the removal of a large nest that had formed in a tree on the rural property. Callouts like it aren’t uncommon, but Smith couldn’t help but be shocked when he first saw it.

“It was massive, I reckon about nine feet long,” he said.

“It’s easily the biggest I have dealt with in my time working in the industry for sure.”

Smith removed the hive by shifting everything into a threetier beehive, but quickly discovered that wasn’t going to be big enough to handle the job at hand.

“I ended up using four boxes, but got everything into them, it was a colossal job.”

Smith said the current conditions and decent rainfall had seen things like clover prosper much longer than normal and

that was resulting in an increase in callouts for him to deal with unwanted nests on properties.

“At the moment I’m getting a call a day to come and remove something.

“The climatic conditions have a lot to do with it. Usually things are pretty quiet by the end of December but with all the rain we have had the bees are really going along great at the moment.

“It’s been pretty busy.”

Smith said this week’s big find had settled in well to their new surroundings.

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Radio exhibition inspires creative children

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Timaru crash One person died and another was in a moderate condition after a truck and car collided on the Timaru-Pareora Highway yesterday. The southbound lane of the Timaru-Pareora highway was blocked for some time.

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Around 200 model radios have been created by children as part of a school holiday programme at the Ashburton Museum.

Inspired by models provided by Weta Workshop for the Sounds Like Us exhibition, about 400 children have so far used their imaginations to decorate boxes so they look like radios.

The museum provides all the materials necessary to take part, and the models can be either taken home straight away or entered in a competition, which will be judged by Ashburton radio personality Phill ‘Hoops’ Hooper.

Museum director Tanya Robinson said she has been impressed with the imagination of those taking part.

“They are very clever people.

Hoops will have his work cut out when he judges the competition.”

She said museum staff expect to see a few talented locals working for Weta Workshop in the future.

The competition ends on January 31, and those taking part will have until February 7 to pick up their models, which are currently on display in the museum.

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Spill at Nelson School Fire crews attended a chemical spill at a school near Nelson yesterday. Crews were called to Brightwater School when two chemicals mixed together and began letting off gas, a Fire and Emergency spokesman said.

Crews are unsure of what type of chemicals were involved, but were investigating.

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Charlotte Carr, 3, Anton Lilley, 10, Lucas Carr, 9, Leala Jacobs, 7, and Mea Jacobs, 9, put their craft skills to the test creating model radios at the Ashburton Museum on Wednesday afternoon.

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Auckland airport alert The discovery of a suspicious item near Auckland Airport prompted a brief evacuation and a bomb squad callout yesterday. The airport’s International Mail Centre was evacuated yesterday morning and the area locked down after the item was discovered in an x-ray machine, police said. It was later cleared by Defence Force staff.

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Wetland Day 2018 Kiwis will be able to explore the Rakatu Wetlands as the area is named as the site for Fiordland’s 2018 World’s Wetland Day. With only 10 per cent of New Zealand’s wetlands intact, the annual event on January 27 is a chance to educate and increase awareness of the importance of wetland environments. The Rakatu Wetlands, on the floodplain of the Waiau River, has had a helping hand from the Waiau Trust since 1997 to help protect and restore the area’s waterways.

“There is a dire need to look after those remaining (wetlands),” a Department of Conservation ranger Lindsay Wilson said.

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“Those numbers are really good because in a lot of areas we have to work really hard to get new donors,” said donor recruiter Atawhai Te Hau. “The more common groups, A and O are always needed, but donors of AB and B groups are called as required.

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The appointment system had been introduced to reduce waiting time for donors but people could still turn up and they’d be slotted in as time allowed, she said.

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Industry wants videos kept private The fishing industry says its desire to prevent the public accessing video footage from onboard its boats is about protecting workers privacy, rather than trying to hide information.

Fishing bosses last July wrote to the Ministry for Primary Industries expressing concern at aspects of the proposed new surveillance regime, being introduced to monitor what the industry catches.

The letter was released by Forest & Bird, which obtained it under the Official Information Act. The conservation group’s chief executive Kevin Hague says the fishing industry is seeking to prevent the public from seeing images of workers discarding by-kill and fish.

“In plain English, what they are saying is catching endangered penguins, dumping entire hauls of fish overboard and killing Hector’s dolphins looks really bad on TV,” he said on Tuesday.

But Fisheries Inshore New Zealand chief executive Dr Jeremy Helson says the industry is “not necessarily” trying to stop the public using the Official Information Act to access the footage.

“This is workplace data collection on a scale never before seen in New Zealand and, if it is used

for anything other than to inform better fisheries management, (it) should sound a loud alarm to wider New Zealand,” he said.

“We want to get the balance right

and make sure that information is released in an appropriate way and with the appropriate context.”

The July letter was sent by the heads of the Deepwater Group,

Tertiary trainer manipulated data A now-defunct Auckland education facility manipulated data about how many students had completed courses so it could gain greater funding, a Tertiary Education Commission investigation has found.

Best Pacific Institute of Education went into liquidation in December, leaving 1200 students stranded and looking for a new place to study.

It first came under the eye of TEC in 2015 when the government agency launched an investigation.

The investigation found Best submitted information to TEC that incorrectly extended course end dates to make it look like more students were completing their courses than was actually the case, according to a report released yesterday.

“This enabled Best to continue getting funding while avoiding having to produce data showing fewer than 70 per cent of students were successfully completing courses,” TEC manager of

monitoring Dean Winter said.

Under TEC’s benchmarks, tertiary training institutes risk losing future funding from the government if less than 70 per cent of their students complete their courses.

Winter said even when it filed inaccurate data in 2013, Best’s students still only achieved a course completion rate of 70.1 per cent.

“Without the inaccuracies, it would have dipped below our benchmark and the TEC would have considered not funding Best in subsequent years,” he said.

Best’s actions breached both the Education Act and its agreed funding conditions, he said.

The investigation also concluded Best had provided fewer teaching hours to students than it had been funded to do.

Best had campuses in New Lynn and Manukau and could teach courses ranging from Level 1 foundation-training through to degree level qualifications.

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Moon not linked to quakes Devastating earthquakes cannot be blamed on the position of the moon or the time of year, according to a new scientific report.

There is an enduring belief that the influence of the moon or sun may help trigger large tremors.

But a new study, which matched dates and lunar phases to 204 quakes of magnitude eight or larger, claims the position of the Earth relative to the moon or sun had no bearing on the timing of earthquakes.

Lead researcher Dr Susan Hough, from the US Geological Survey, said patterns reported to link big earthquakes with specific stages of the lunar cycle were “no different from the kinds of patterns you would get if the data are completely random”.

However, she admitted that the moon and sun’s gravity do cause ripple-like tidal stresses through the body of the Earth.

This may contribute “in a small way” to

early earthquake processes, said Dr Hough, whose findings have been published in the journal Seismological Research Letters.

But she added that the effect was too insignificant to be useful for predicting tremors.

While the analysis turned up some clusters of earthquakes on certain days, a closer look found no evidence that they had appeared non-randomly.

Dr Hough, who said belief in a link between the sun and moon’s position in the sky and earthquakes had a “long history”, added: “Sooner or later there is going to be another big earthquake on a full moon, and the lore will pop back up.

“The hope is that this will give people a solid study to point to, to show that over time, there isn’t a track record of big earthquakes happening on a full moon.”

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A stage event that we should not lose Matt Markham

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t is one of the biggest cultural events on the annual school calendar but it would appear not even its nationwide popularity was enough to save the Stage Challenge competition.

It was announced on Tuesday that the event would not go ahead this year after the organisers e-mailed schools and sponsors to say they could not keep up with the financial demands of the annual competition.

Hours and hours of practice and effort go in by students and teachers each year to compete in the coveted competition but dollars and cents talk louder than school spirit and entertainment, or at least so it would seem.

The Education Minister said there was $270,000 put aside to assist with the running of the competition each year but one can only imagine that would cover the tip of the iceberg.

Students around the country were yesterday voicing their concern at the news with petitions organised and plenty of public support flowing through for the competition to be reinstalled.

But unless the magical, undisclosed amount of money is found, from a back pocket somewhere, it would seem the competition as it is known, is over for good.

Costs incurred by the event including venue hire, ticketing and lighting and organisers said in the current economic climate it was hard for sponsors to justify the spending.

But here is an opportunity for our new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, to make her mark.

She needs to step in and offer some form of monetary relief for an event that has been a rite of passage for so many students throughout New Zealand over the years, including many, I presume, who call the Beehive their place of work.

If Ardern can pull out her calculator and extend that $270,000 that is already set aside then the competition could be back on track and running again before we know it.

Talks are already being held for individual competitions of a similar nature to be held around New Zealand, but Stage Challenge is a successful and proud tradition and one that should continue for many years to come.

YOUR VIEWS ON FACEBOOK Question of the day: How do we feel about the proposed increase in charges at the EA Networks Centre?

Tania Keep swimming cost down but i see no reason Gym and courts can’t increase. They are a business arent they?

So they should be making money. Rates for an 84yr old are the same as everyone else but their income is not. So unfair to expect them to be subsidising this system Amanda We were just recently in hokitika and kids swim for free during school holidays absolutely amazing but even if we did this on a Sunday or half price Sunday let’s encourage going there not discourage it Michael If they want to put prices up that mean its a sinking ship and a waist of tax rate payers money just like the Art Gallery Marie Sometimes the only pool you can go in is the tiny one and the Lazy river (which isn’t on!) I i feel like the cost is already too high when u can only access one part of the pool!!

Shirley Could be biting the mouths that feed it. Its not just the every day Jo Bloggs but to loose Netball and poss other organisations would set the place back big time. People only have so much money after essentials and thats it. This should all have been costed out and done before the place was even started. No use having all these wants etc if they cant be paid for

Doug I have always believed in user pays. 85 years old existing on National Super and already paying rates of $2400.

Jim Let us see what all the overheads/ costs/ different revenue streams per facility are ? Don’t tell us half a story . We don’t want to see another I-site?

Teesha We would no longer travel to Ashburton to use the centre. It cost us $15 as a family just to use the pool, with no option to purchase a family concession card. We would be better of purchasing a key for our closest pool. I believe by increasing the charges they will loose customers and make no extra money at all.

Melissa Put prices up and will loose people, even for the gym memberships people can only afford so much, the pool is average and half the time the sauna or spa isn’t able to be used.

Christine How do I feel? Very annoyed personally. If the ADC intends to increase the prices at EA Networks I would hope they do the same at the Art Gallery and Museum. Come on ADC don’t do it Karen Ashburton district is one of the most growth wealthy districts and as a district we need to provide the best available services to our people and the more we keep providing heathy social

interaction the healthier our community will strive and grow into the strongest community we can be I’d personally like much better social systems to help community support our generations all ages starting with our young people to show them how to carry on in the world we wish to promote Kirsty How can price go up when a high percentage off time one or more pools sauna or steam room are not going .Is the increase going to pay for a sigh to tell people please rinse your sweaty body after Sauna before entering spa or pools ?.!!!.

Shirley I’m with Steve Prescott, put the prices up and you will have another white elephant. Try adding more activities to the stadium and spread the load. This council is so out of touch with the public.

Bring on the next elections can’t wait to get rid of them Tania Leave the pool admission down but up the gym and courts. Why should rates go up so that can stay down.

Jane No way I’d pay more to use the swimming pool! And as for the courts they’ve been so hot the last couple of days while my kid has been at Sport Canterbury programme! And they want people to pay more?

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Let’s get on the same page A

shburton has some wonderful heritage-themed organisations and assets.

For the best part of 50 years, organisations like the Railway and Preservation Society, Aviation Museum, Fire Museum, Vintage Farm Machinery Club and Vintage Car Club have been quietly working away building some significant ventures forged out of a love of preserving and presenting our shared history.

Volunteers, literally hundreds of them, if not thousands, have toiled away on specific projects, sold raffles tickets, benefited from generous Trust and lottery funding and enjoyed the support of countless individuals and charitable service clubs.

Some struggle, others do a little better but one thing is missing from the mix.

Cohesion. A big vision. A master plan. A structure for the future.

At the moment, it appears the vintage machinery enthusiasts are poised to put a stake in the ground for their own museum . . . at the showgrounds.

This after a failed negotiation to secure a site adjacent to the Plains at Tinwald, a location, I would have thought, using the measure of common sense, been entirely ideal.

It is also my understanding that after protracted talks, a big enough suitable space within the Tinwald Domain environs could not be obtained. Enter the showgrounds scenario.

I’m sorry, but that to me is entirely the wrong location.

Aside from when the annual

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show is on, who will go there?

My guess, hardly anyone, except the die-hards.

Another men’s shed. Nothing wrong with men’s sheds but there’s an opportunity to make it so much more.

The problem we have in Ashburton, and I’ve seen it having been around several of these organisations since the fledgling early seventies, is no one is acknowledging that the sum is greater than the parts.

It would seem to me to be entirely reasonable to expect co-operation and a strong basic plan to be a good idea.

So being a solutions bloke, rather than a problems bloke, I got all pro-active before Christmas and fashioned a plan.

I took a drive up Frasers Road to where the old Mt Somers Railway, now the Plains Railway, stops just short of the road.

I identified a perfect parcel of land which, just a mere 3km from the Tinwald Tavern by road, could host a wonderful Vintage Machinery Museum on around seven acres.

Hell, even enough room to work a bit of the land with the old-time gear, and get an annual return to counter the lease.

I made enquiries, I identified the landowner. I outlined my thoughts.

“Yes” was the response, “I’d be more than happy to talk to them about it.”

Look, it’s not rocket science, I don’t possess any special super powers, it’s a matter of standing back from the picture a bit, looking at the assets we have and maximising their potential to return a decent attraction to maximise what amounts to millions of dollars invested by the community over that 50 years.

Imagine the train at Tinwald actually delivering passengers to a destination.

Something to get off and see at the end of the line.

Maybe on special days, a farm experience for kids and parents who get on at the Plains Station and 10 minutes later are delivered for a heritage/rural experience in heartland Mid Canterbury.

Hey you vintage machinery blokes, I really think this should be seriously considered before any ground is broken.

A year or two back, I was involved in another group investigating another of my dreams for this town.

An extension of the Plains Railway line along the Melcombe Street reserve to a station about opposite Z Tinwald, just short of the Lagmhor Road crossing.

Can you just for a minute stop and imagine what sort of an impact that would have on visitor numbers to The Plains with the train in full view of State Highway 1 traffic?

The idea is on the shelf at the moment, but could be revisited at any time.

Yes it would be costly and involved. Resource Consents and all, but man, what a game changer that could be.

We even looked at the possibility of securing the mothballed Kingston Flyer assets as well.

There are issues for sure. One of my main concerns was the increased strain on the already hard-working volunteers over at The Plains.

But there are a few really great young people coming through, and with a visionary forwardlooking plan, others might well come out of the woodwork.

What will the future of volunteer heritage organisations look like in 10, 15 or 20 years?

Are we in it for the long haul?

Have we got what it takes to get our heritage attractions to the next level?

Or are we digging a deeper hole if we take things that far?

I don’t have all the answers, but I have a few ideas and I’d like to get people considering them.

There are some wonderful opportunities to be had, just by putting things in the right place.

And working together for a great result.

Can we all get on the same page please?

Can it be that difficult?

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Innocuous home of torture From the outside, the brownand-beige four-bedroom home looked orderly. The couple who owned it purchased the house new in 2014 and soon arrived with their 12 children.

They lived there quietly for at least three years and had another baby. Then one of the children jumped out of a window, called 911 and led authorities to what they described as a torture chamber.

Sheriff’s deputies said they found 13 children ranging from 2 to 29 years old, some of them chained to furniture, all of them thin and malnourished.

The 17-year-old girl who escaped was so tiny that deputies initially mistook her for a 10-year-old.

When authorities confronted the girl’s mother, Louise Anna Turpin, sheriff’s Captain Greg Fellows said she appeared “perplexed” about why officers had come to the home.

Turpin, 49, and her husband, David Allen Turpin, 57, were jailed on $US9 million bail.

They were scheduled for an initial court appearance later

The home where a couple are accused of holding their 13 children, aged 2 to 29, captive.

PHOTO AP this week, and authorities say the pair could face charges of torture and child endangerment.

“If you can imagine being 17 years old and appearing to be a 10-year-old, being chained to a bed, being malnourished and injuries associated with that, I would call that torture,” Fallows said.

He said there was no indication any of the children were sexually abused, although that

was still being investigated.

Neither sheriff’s deputies nor child welfare officials received a single call over the years about the Turpin home, he said.

The investigation, still in its early stages, has already begun to unravel a bizarre tale of a couple married 32 years who dressed their children alike and kept them away from outsiders.

Videos posted on YouTube

show the couple renewed their vows at the Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas at least three times in recent years, most recently on Halloween 2015.

An Elvis impersonator performed the ceremony between songs. Most of the children, dressed in matching outfits, took part.

Numerous photos on the couple’s Facebook page show the children dancing at the ceremony, visiting an amusement park that appears to be Disneyland and going on other outings, looking thin but often smiling.

Although their home appeared nondescript from the outside, it was a stinking mess inside, Fellows said.

Deputies reported that the home was very dirty and reeked – a condition that Fallows called “horrific”.

Neighbour Kimberly Milligan described the family as “standoffish” hoarders who had their garage filled with books and who often let the grass in their front yard grow out of control.

– AP

Rick Springfield on suicide Add ‘80s rocker Rick Springfield to the list of celebrities who have spoken out about battling depression in hopes of helping others. “I’m an example of the moment passing,” Springfield revealed during an appearance on Good Morning America. “I’ve been there a couple of times, and haven’t . . . for want of better phrase, pulled the trigger.”

The 68-year-old Jessie’s Girl singer attempted suicide at age 16. “I put the noose around the thing and stood on a chair and kicked it away and hung there for a while until I started to lose consciousness,” he recalled. “The rope broke or came undone. I still don’t know what happened.”

Pope meets with Chilean abuse survivors Pope Francis met with survivors of priests who sexually abused them, wept with them and apologised for the “irreparable damage” they suffered, his spokesman said.

The pontiff also acknowledged the “pain” of priests who have been held collectively responsible for the crimes of a few, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke told reporters.

Francis dove head-first into Chile’s sex abuse scandal on his first full day in Santiago that came amid unprecedented opposition to his visit: Three more churches were torched overnight, including one burned to the ground in the southern Araucania region where Francis is to celebrate mass. Police used tear gas and

water cannons to break up an anti-pope protest outside Francis’ big open-air mass in the capital, Santiago.

Despite the incidents, huge numbers of Chileans turned out to see the pope, including an estimated 400,000 for his mass, and he brought some inmates to tears with an emotional visit to a women’s prison.

But his meeting with abuse survivors and comments in his first speech of the day were what many Chileans, incensed by years of abuse scandal and cover-up, were waiting for.

Burke said Francis met with a small group of abuse victims after lunch, listening to their stories and praying with them.

Earlier in the day, Francis told Chilean President Mi-

chelle Bachelet, lawmakers, judges and other authorities that he felt “bound to express my pain and shame” that some of Chile’s clergy had sexually abused children in their care.

Francis did not refer by name to Chile’s most notorious paedophile priest, the Rev. Fernando Karadima, who in 2011 was barred from all pastoral duties and sanctioned by the Vatican to a lifetime of “penance and prayer” for sexually molesting minors. Nor did he refer to the fact that the emeritus archbishop of Santiago, a top papal adviser, has acknowledged he knew of complaints against Karadima but didn’t remove him from ministry.

While the cover-up continued to roil the church, many

Chileans are still furious over Francis’ subsequent decision in 2015 to appoint a Karadima protégé as bishop of the southern city of Osorno.

Francis referred again to the scandal later in the day, but this time his words were directed at the hundreds of priests gathered in Santiago’s cathedral who have seen their influence and moral authority plummet as a result of the Karadima case and cover-up.

Francis told them that the scandal had not only caused pain in the victims, but in the broader church community and among anyone who wears a clerical collar.

The pope will try to inject new energy into the church during his visit.

– AP

Kournikova has twins Enrique Iglesias and longtime partner Anna Kournikova shared the first photos of their infant twins to Instagram, confirming the news that they are now parents. Iglesias, 42, and Kournikova, 36, reportedly welcomed the twins – a boy and a girl – in December. The babies’ names are Nicholas and Lucy, and that they were born in Miami. The newborn babies are the first children for the couple, who have been together for over a decade and a half. A source said late last year that they saw Kournikova’s “cute belly,” adding, “a friend told me like five months ago [that] they were pregnant, but keeping it very, very undercover.”

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New way to protect crops A novel system for protecting plants from pests, infection and adverse weather has been awarded one of the top prizes in the University of Canterbury’s (UC) Tech Jumpstart competition.

Biotechnology expert associate professor David Leung, of UC’s School of Biological Sciences, entered the annual competition and won $20,000 towards his research. His project also won the WNT Ventures prize, garnering a further $35,000 of practical services with the technology-based incubator.

Leung’s system is designed to protect agricultural crops during critical stages of the plant lifecycle by way of a biodegradable coating for the plant. It has the potential to protect much of New Zealand’s horticultural exports, including kiwifruit, apples, citrus and grapes.

Once fully-developed, the proposed project would provide new tools or management options to growers.

“Good plant growth in orchards and other horticultural industries contribute heavily to economic well-being,” Leung said.

“This is important in terms of export earnings as well as job opportunities.”

The potential to have more control over the impact of weather and pests on plants would have a substantial bearing on growers’

University of Canterbury associate professor David Leung has won financial backing for his research into a system that is designed to protect agricultural crops during critical stages of the plant lifecycle.

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NZ Dairy Industry Awards activity heats up While many people have had a rest from the stresses of work over the Christmas and New Year break, the reality can be different for farmers.

Summer is a busy time in the farming calendar and general manager of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Chris Keeping says it is just as important for farmers to take a break as any other person.

“Farming is a 24/7 commitment and it is vital that farmers find time to rest and relax with family and friends,” she said.

However, Keeping said entrants in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards who used their summer holiday to prepare for the 2018 competitions will be one step ahead of their competitors, as awards activity heats up.

The awards, which oversee the Share Farmer of the Year, Dairy Manager of the Year and Dairy Trainee of the Year competitions, received 374 entries prior to Christmas.

Keeping said some information events for entrants and sponsors have already been held in some of the awards’ 11 regions and the rest will take place over the next few weeks. “These events provide an opportunity for entrants to meet, and to learn more about the awards and what to expect, as well as connecting people within the industry.”

Along with the national Dairy Industry Awards Facebook page, each region has its own page where local events are promoted, as well as on the website.

Key dates for the Canterbury/North Otago regional competition include: ■ Dairy Trainee of the Year preliminary round judging, February 13-15 ■ Finals round, March 5 ■ Share Farmer of the Year and Dairy Manager of the Year preliminary round, February 20-22 ■ Finals round, March 6-8 ■ Regional awards dinner, March 24 ■ Regional winners field day, April 17.

■ All regional winners will progress to a national final in Invercargill, May 12.

There is no on-farm judging component in the dairy trainee competition. Instead entrants participate in a short practical session covering everyday farming tasks and an interview.

The time allowed for on-farm judging is two hours in the Share Farmer of the Year competition and one-and-a-half hours in the Dairy Manager of the Year competition.

It is up to each entrant to determine how best to cover off the judging criteria, so it is important that entrants make the most of that time and plan well, Keeping said.

“This is where time spent planning over the summer will really pay off.”

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End of the line for Gypsy Day Colin Williscroft

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s those involved in the dairy and beef industries try to come to grips with the knowledge that mycoplasma bovis is present in the region, one thing they can be sure of is past practices will have to change.

Given the close eye being kept on cattle movements, Gypsy Day (or for the more politically correct among you, moving day) is finished in its traditional form.

I can remember a few years ago I was sent out to get a photo or two of stock being driven down back roads, past other farms, to their new home.

It wasn’t the first time I’ve been asked to do that but it will be the last, as that sort of thing won’t happen again in New Zealand, even if MPI achieves its goal of eradicating the disease.

Although, as we heard last week at public meetings in Methven and Ashburton, M.

Gypsy Day will soon be a thing of the past. bovis is more likely to be passed on through stock intermingling rather than being passed across fencelines, any nose-to-nose contact can spread the disease, so officials will, quite rightly, do everything they can stop that happening between herds.

You might think that’s going to be a boon for stock transport companies and for sure they may pick up some extra work, but those businesses face their own challenges and extra costs.

The biggest of those will be cleaning their trucks.

Cleaning times alone are going to be measured in hours and more often than not that will likely have to be done back at base rather than clients’ farms, all of which spells trucks off-road and staff tied up spending far more time on tasks that have not been built into quotes for jobs in the past.

Of course one of the other questions is how clean is clean enough? How safe is safe when we’re talking about the prospect of spreading disease?

There are no clear answers to

Dairy product prices climb

BY MARGREET DIETZ Dairy product prices rose at the Global Dairy Trade auction amid concern about a decline in New Zealand’s supply following dry weather conditions.

The GDT price index rose 4.9 per cent from the previous auction two weeks ago.

The average price was $US3310 a tonne.

Some 23,319 tonnes of product was sold, down from 25,400 tonnes two weeks ago.

Whole milk powder climbed 5.1 per cent to $US3010 a tonne.

“This result follows Fonterra’s release [on Tuesday] that its December milk collections were down 6 per cent year-onyear due to dry, hot conditions on-farm in New Zealand,” Amy Castleton, AgriHQ dairy analyst, said in a note, adding that Fonterra is now forecasting milk collec-

tions 3 per cent behind those of last season.

“Buyers have not been paying much attention to New Zealand’s dry conditions to date, as the effects of poor pasture production had not yet flowed through to milk production statistics,” Castleton noted.

“But this appears to have turned around at this week’s GDT event.”

At the latest GDT auction, butter jumped 8.8 per cent to $US4897 a tonne, while skim milk powder rallied 6.5 per cent to $US1818 a tonne.

Rennet casein gained 5.5 per cent to $US4709 a tonne, while cheddar increased 5.2 per cent to $US3486 a tonne.

Anhydrous milk fat rose 2.2 per cent to $US6547 a tonne, while lactose traded at $US397 a tonne.

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those questions, although I’m sure they will be agonised over by many in the days, weeks and months to come.

One thing I will say is that farmers cannot expect stock transport companies to bear those costs alone.

Those companies will have been running their businesses with specific financial margins in mind, and those are now going to change.

Farmers will have to accept that and work with their transport suppliers to come up with

plans and prices that work for them both. Not everyone will be the same, so I expect a fair bit of negotiation.

The spotlight on cattle movements will also mean there’s likely to be increased scrutiny around stock sales.

In recent days I’ve been putting out a few feelers among agents as to what, if any, changes M. bovis is going to have in this area.

That information is still coming in, and for those who receive it, check out the next Ashburton Guardian Dairy Focus for a full report.

But in the meantime, what I can tell you is stock agents are working closely with MPI on measures to combat the spread of the disease but at the time of writing no specific new protocols had been introduced.

There has also been no noted decrease in saleyard tallies at this stage, although we need to remember that the most significant period for dairy livestock sales is the month of May, so as with most things associated with M. bovis, time will tell.

Colin Williscroft is the Ashburton Guardian’s rural reporter

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$700m in credit card interest last year

By Tamsyn Parker Falling to pay off the credit card balance in full is likely to have cost Kiwis $700 million last year, according to figures from Canstar.

The consumer research firm estimates New Zealanders whacked over $43 billion on the plastic in 2017 – a rise of nearly 50 per cent since 2009.

Jose George, Canstar’s New Zealand general manager, said credit card spending had sky-rocketed since the global financial crisis and poor financial habits was costing people millions of dollars in interest payments.

“Based on the last 12 months, we’ve paid around $700 million in interest payments.”

“In the post-GFC

years, we’ve increased our appetite for spending, but unfortunately, not for paying it back.”

George said typically Kiwis carried over around 63 per cent

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remain the most popular option for Kiwis.”

Its research suggests reward cards only start to offer value to those who spend at least $8000 a year on the plastic and pay off their balance in full every month.

Those who don’t face losing more money on fees and interest than they gain in rewards.

“Credit cards can be beneficial financial tools if used well, but discipline around spending, as well as paying off outstanding balances is paramount in order to steer clear of debt,” George said.

He urged those carrying debt on an existing card to consider a balance transfer to a lower interest rate card or to consolidate debt with a personal loan or lower interest credit facility.

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By Paul mcBeTh A2 Milk Co plans to roll out its US business to nine states on the eastern seaboard, which it expects will expand its retail footprint by more than a third.

Auckland-based, Sydney-headquartered a2 is targeting 60 million Americans who account for about a fifth of milk consumption in the world’s biggest economy, adding New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine

to the states it services in the US, it said in a statement.

The milk marketer’s a2 branded milk has been accepted by a number of retailers in the region, which will this month expand its presence to about 5000 retail stores across the US from the previous 3600 stores.

“Since entry into the US market, the business has been focused on achieving sales-based targets prior to expanding its footprint on a region-by-region basis,” managing director Geoff Babidge said. “Sales velocities

are now achieving sustainable levels in California, the South East region and select natural retail chains, which supports the expansion into an additional region.”

A2 has been successful in breaking into the Chinese market with its branded infant formula and has been slowly building its US business in recent years. The company has projected investing $US25 million in growing that division before generating positive earnings from the 2020 financial year.

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Trade Me bans 3 dog breeds Trade Me has announced that it is banning the sale of pugs, british bulldogs and french bulldogs from March.

The ban extends to crossbreeds as well as purebreds, but they can still be listed for adoption on Trade Me. Trade Me policy and compliance team leader James Ryan said that the breeds are being banned due to a medical condition they share.

“These breeds suffer acutely from brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) which dramatically impacts the quality of their life. Even when the dog is not severely affected, BOAS will cause noisy breathing, snorting and snoring,” he said.

Many dogs suffer so severely from BOAS that they have trouble exercising for longer than three minutes.

In some cases dogs find it difficult to moderate their body tem-

peratures through panting and overheat – sometimes fatally.

It was the extent and severity of the BOAS symptoms which caused Trade Me to act.

“Research we’ve seen shows that 90 to 95 per cent of these dogs have BOAS to varying degrees.

“We didn’t take this decision lightly,” Ryan said, adding that they sought help from the SPCA and the New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA).

SPCA chief executive Andrea Midgen says that these types of dogs deserve better.

“Pugs, british bulldogs and french bulldogs are lovely little dogs, but their exaggerated physical features cause them considerable welfare issues.”

NZVA chief executive Mark Ward said they had long held concerns for many breeds of cats and dogs whose welfare is compromised from being bred in a certain way. The rise in popularity

of these dogs has seen those with exaggerated features cause serious health issues for the animals.

“Without correctional surgery, large numbers of these dogs live with chronic pain and distress, with many owners and breeders unaware that their dog is suffering,” Ward said.

These dogs have increased in popularity over the years which has seen an increase in dogs taken to the vet with numerous serious health issues.

Ward said that high numbers of these dogs live with chronic pain and distress with many unaware of their pain, he also says that some are unable to reproduce naturally.

“In addition, almost all of these dogs are no longer capable of mating or giving birth naturally.

“This means each litter requires the mother undertake a risky Caesarean section to produce puppies for sale,” Ward said. – NZME

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In brief Two changes in 7s The All Blacks Sevens have named Auckland young gun Caleb Clarke amongst their squad for next weekend’s year-opening Sydney Sevens event. The son of former All Blacks star Eroni Clarke, the 18-year-old Clarke will make his international sevens debut in Australia. Forward Luke Masirewa also joins the squad for the first time since 2013, with the injured Trael Joass and Dylan Collier making way. Sevens boss Clark Laidlaw said he was confident for the first Sevens event of 2018, and impressed by his troops’ fitness levels after their Christmas break.

All Blacks Sevens: Kurt Baker, Caleb Clarke, Scott Curry, Sam Dickson, Andrew Knewstubb, Vilimoni Koroi, Luke Masirewa, Tim Mikkelson, Sione Molia, Joe Ravouvou, Teddy Stanaway, Regan Ware, Joe Webber.

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■ GOLF

Shootout ends in putt-off victorious – but not without a bit of drama first.

MacGregor had to endure a putt-off with eventual runner-up, Paul Greer after the pair could not be split at the end of normal play.

Brendon Davidson produced a consistent effort to finish third

Shane Beaven keeps a close eye on the ball during the Property Brokers Shootout at the weekend at the Ashburton Golf Club.

The popular annual event drew a big field of competitors onto the fairways, rough and greens before Brent MacGregor emerged

while fourth was Mike Holmes with Ron Carlson fifth.

On Saturday, the Ashburton club held its AC Browne Cup for mixed pairs on the opening day of 2018.

With a 60.5 nett, Heather Robertson and Neil MacDonald were

crowned the winners. Other winners in the mixed grade were; Wendy Bruce and Greig Sparrow 64.5; Paul May and Kay Fox 65; Sharon and Paddy Bradford 65.5.

The winners of the Smith Salver for men’s pairs were Paul MacFie and Jamie Stone with a 64.5 nett.

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What a great opening weekend we have just had, talk about “fun in the sun”. On Saturday our most recent life member Jeff Williamson, welcomed everyone and opened the season to a bumper crowd. The course was in wonderful condition, lovely and green after the recent rain. In the mixed pairs Heather Robertson weaved her magic with a new partner and carried Neil Macdonald around the course shooting a nett 60.5 to pick up the AC Browne Cup. Then in the men’s Jamie Stone and Paul MacFie combined well for a 64.5 picking up the Smith Salver.

On Sunday morning the big race kicked off for the Property Brokers Shootout, a large crowd enjoyed some wonderful golf, which consisted of, great shots, indifferent bounces, bad decisions, nervous jabs and pure dumb luck.

When the dust settled and the wheat was separated from the chaff, we had Mike Holmes, Brent MacGregor, Brendon Davidson and Paul Greer in the final four, playing the 16th hole.

The 16th proved too tough for Mike and he fell there, an errant shot by Brendy found the 17th bunker, ending with a bogey and after surviving 7 previous chip offs he fell on his sword.

Brent finished 18 with a tap in par leaving Paul a tricky downhill 4 footer to tie which he duly converted, to

go into a sudden death putt-off. Hoppy and Hamish picked a tricky putt to test them, and they faced a 15 metre swinging downhiller. Paul went first with Brent turned away, so he couldn’t get a read.

Paul hit a superb line but a wee bit strong and it ran about 2 metres past, Brent then stood up and knocked it to about a metre to win the day and a club sub.

A great day had by all. Big thanks to Hamish and Karen from Property Brokers. Gaby, Hoppy and Perry for keeping the game moving, and of course the green staff for such a wonderful track.

This Saturday is Men’s Opening Day a fourball best ball game for the Jim McKenzie Trophy, come on down and join the fun.

Good Golfing.

Creative Fibre Ashburton Our January meeting was largely about our venue shift to the Tinwald Plains museum site. For those not familiar with where it will be, the flag will be out.

The challenge bags will be handed out with the cost to be $200 for guild members, this will be an interesting project to think about.

The learn to spin evening will be on February 12, any spare spinning wheels in working order to lend or sell will be appreciated.

The area meeting at the Tannery is on February 19.

Tim Paine and Josh Hazlewood are in danger of missing Australia’s second one-day international against England due to illness.

Wicketkeeper Paine is battling a bout of gastro and is yet to join the squad in Brisbane, while Hazlewood woke on Wednesday with a virus. While Paine is likely to be fit to play, fast bowler Hazlewood’s illness is considered more serious, leaving the door open for West Australian quick Jhye Richardson to debut. - AAP

Roar back to strength Brisbane Roar’s casualty ward is nearly empty with former Socceroo Brett Holman heading the list of inclusions for tonight’s crunch A-League clash against fellow strugglers Perth Glory.

Holman, Mitch Oxborrow, Corey Gamiero and Corey Brown have all been included in the Roar’s squad to face the Glory at Suncorp Stadium as their personnel problems finally begin to subside.

It leaves goalkeeper Michael Theo (finger), veteran Jade North (groin), forward Nick D’Agostino (ankle) and midfielder Joey Caletti (ankle) as the only injured players left on the sidelines – and all bar Caletti could be back within a week or two.

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Australia cruise to win Australia have beaten the rain to cruise to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in their must-win under-19 cricket World Cup group match in New Zealand. After quick Xavier Bartlett (3-20) ran through Zimbabwe’s top order to have them all out for 134, Australia chased the runs down in 18.2 overs to move up to second in Group B. - AAP

Svitolina in third round Ukrainian title favourite Elina Svitolina celebrated like she’d won the Australian Open after surviving a stern test against rising Czech Katerina Siniakova to reach the third round. Fourthseeded Svitolina exploded with an animated double fist pump after battling back from a set down to progress with a 4-6 6-2 6-1 triumph yesterday. Siniakova needed treatment for a leg complaint midway through the second set. It was the setback Svitolina needed, with the Czech winning just one more game after the medical time-out.

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Credited with bringing miniball to NZ Dave Rout, teacher, basketball stalwart, miniball promoter

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asketball Mid Canterbury has acknowledged the passing of Dave Rout, a former teacher and great supporter of the game in Ashburton.

Rout’s death on New Year’s Day was a sad one for the country’s entire basketball community – he was a life member of Basketball New Zealand and credited for bringing miniball to New Zealand.

He devoted himself to coaching the game, particularly at secondary school and junior level in Mid Canterbury, Lower Hutt and Otago.

In 2016 he was inducted into the Basketball New Zealand Hall of Fame. He and his wife Beckie were also great supporters of the Tall Blacks and travelled around the world to watch New Zealand compete.

He was 86 at the time of his death.

Rout was introduced to the game at high school and played the sport in Otago in the early 1950s when he attended Dunedin Teachers’ College.

After a stint teaching in

Lower Hutt, he came to teach at Ashburton Technical College in 1959. He joined the Mid Canterbury Basketball Association and played club basketball for the Gannets team.

He was a player and coach of the Mid Canterbury senior men’s team and also coached secondary school teams that played in local competitions and regional tournaments.

Rout was also the association delegate on the Ashburton Sports Hall Management Committee, where he became interested and involved in refereeing.

He returned to Dunedin in 1968 and spent another seven decades giving to the sport he loved, as a coach and administrator. He served the New Zealand Basketball Federation from 1986 to 1990, most of the tenure as president.

It was during this time, along with his friend Cedric Cudby, he introduced miniball to New Zealand – a form of basketball adapted to suit junior players, which continues to be loved by young Kiwis today.

Rout was a fitting guest speaker when Basketball Mid Canterbury celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 and is remembered to this day by fellow ballers in Ashburton and students he taught.

Dave Rout and his wife Beckie at Ashburton College’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2015.

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ABs beware, the north is on the rise – Pivac Table topping Scarlets coach Wayne Pivac has warned the gap is closing between New Zealand and European rugby.

The former Auckland and North Harbour coach says the influx of Super Rugby players and New Zealand coaches is fuelling a rise in European standards.

Pivac told Radio Sport’s Martin Devlin that South Africa’s battles in the Pro 14 competition were a rough indication of where world standards were at.

Scarlets have a massive game against Toulon this weekend, hav-

ing claimed top spot in pool five of the European Champions Cup after a big win over English club Bath.

Scarlets won the Pro 12 last year, before the competition morphed into the Pro 14 when the Cheetahs and Kings — the South African Super Rugby rejects — joined the cross-border competition.

“The South African teams have won one game in the UK out of 25,” said Pivac.

“The Cheetahs win at home at altitude, but the Kings haven’t won a game all season.

“You can’t judge it too much from that. But there are so many ex All Blacks and Super Rugby players from Australia and South Africa.

“There are a lot of New Zealand coaches who bring the New Zealand traditions, techniques and tactics with them. There are New Zealand coaches scattered throughout the three (professional) competitions.”

Pivac said it was difficult to make a complete judgement when there was no contact between provincial sides from Europe and New Zealand.

“But I think it is a strong level of rugby here,” he said.

“We saw what a lot of these players did with the Lions in New Zealand, they weren’t a walkover.

“In the November autumn series, the All Blacks had a couple of really good games against Scotland and even Wales for most of the game. I think the gap has closed a little bit, which is great for rugby.

“It’s quality rugby – the northern hemisphere rugby is improving and it is going to be very interesting later in the year when the All Blacks come back up.”

Pivac described Llanelli as a “community club” with a small budget by European standards.

Yet it was still a big money operation which included a heated main field and indoor/outdoor training venues.

“Llanelli is about the size of Whangarei and (the club) has a few hundred sponsors rather than a few big ones,” he said.

“They’re fanatical ... people stop you in the supermarket and tell you who should be playing, who shouldn’t, what you are doing wrong and right.”

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In brief Nominated for award Emirates Team New Zealand have been nominated for team of the year at the prestigious Laureus Sports Awards. The America’s Cup winners join the French Davis Cup team, Golden State Warriors, Real Madrid, the Mercedes Formula One team and the New England Patriots. The All Blacks won the award in 2015 following their third Rugby World Cup triumph.

“Emirates Team New Zealand are truly honoured to be nominated for this prestigious award alongside some other remarkable teams,” CEO Grant Dalton said.

The awards take place in Monaco on February 28.

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Cooper’s daughter ill

Colin de Grandhomme plundered an unbeaten 74 off only 40 balls, with five sixes and seven fours to turn a potentially tricky chase on Tuesday night into a doddle.

■ CRICKET

Allrounder blasts NZ to record New Zealand won their recordsetting 11th international in succession at Seddon Park on Tuesday night on the back of a blistering innings from allrounder Colin de Grandhomme.

In his first game back since taking bereavement leave after the death of his father in Zimbabwe, de Grandhomme plundered an unbeaten 74 off only 40 balls, with five sixes and seven fours to make a potentially tricky chase into a doddle.

He put on 109 with Henry Nicholls to rip the match away from Pakistan, enable New Zealand to make 263 for five, to win by five wickets, take a 4-0 lead in the five-game series, and ensure the Black Caps would have their best run of victories across all forms in its history.

New Zealand began their chase for 263 well with an 88-run stand between openers Colin

Munro and Martin Guptill.

But legspinner Shadab Khan sliced through the innings as New Zealand lost their way, and four for 11 in 35 balls.

Captain Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls steadied the innings before de Grandhomme ripped into his work.

When he arrived New Zealand needed 109 off the last 15 overs.

Victory was achieved with 4.1 overs to spare.

De Grandhomme’s first ODI half century came off 25 balls and no Pakistan bowler was spared.

He showed superb timing and what shaped as a testing late chase turned into a far easier proposition.

At one point he needed 10 off two balls to pip Martin Guptill’s 17-ball effort against Sri Lanka at Christchurch in 2015 as New Zealand’s fastest.

Two partnerships of substance ensured Pakistan’s bowlers would have something to work with at the halfway point.

Add in 22 clubbed off the 50th over from Trent Boult by veteran Mohammed Hafeez and Pakistan fought their way to 262 for eight, having won the toss.

Hafeez was run out by Boult off the final ball of the innings, having got to 81 off 79 balls, taking three sixes off that last over.

Pakistan had to dig their way out of a hole, not for the first time in the series. But they had stands of 86 and 98 for the third and sixth wickets.

Even allowing for Hafeez’s late hitting, the total was still on the low side for the ground, and in this form.

Captain Kane Williamson took two for 32 off 10 overs and seamer Tim Southee took three wickets.

Meanwhile, Pakistan allrounder Shoaib Malik was being monitored for showing signs of concussion after being struck by a return.

Malik was hit by a sidearm throw from Munro when the batsman returned to his crease after attempting a quick single.

The ball struck Malik’s uncovered head and he was treated on the ground by the Pakistan team physio Vib Singh and the match doctor.

He did not return to field in New Zealand’s innings.

“He did not have any symptoms of a concussion and was able to carry on playing,’’ Singh said.

“After getting out he was reassessed and was showing delayed concussion signs. He is doing well and is resting.’’

Malik didn’t take any further part in the match.

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NZ Under-19 set records, make 436 in ODI The New Zealand Under-19 side have set records at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The hosts have smashed a phenomenal 436-4 against Kenya in their round robin clash – the second largest total in Under-19 World Cup history yesterday.

The star was opener Jakob Bhula, who blasted 180 to set the highest individual score

in competition history. Bhula crushed 10 fours and five sixes in 144 balls at the crease, eclipsing the previous record, held by the West Indies’ Donovan Pagon, who made 176 in 2002.

Bhula was aided by fellow promising opener Rachin Ravindra, who made 117 from 101 balls as the pair added a competition record 245 for the first wicket.

When Ravindra fell, the pace remarkably increased, with powerful Aucklander Finn Allen pulverising 90 from 40 balls.

He took just 19 balls to reach his fifty and hit eight fours and six sixes as 450 briefly looked on the cards.

However, New Zealand capitulated, losing three wickets in three balls, including two runouts, as they fell from 401-

1 to 401-4. Somehow they recovered from such a significant blow, with their total coming short of only Australia’s 480/6 (also against Kenya) in the overall record books.

New Zealand have already beaten West Indies in pool play, and finish their round robin fixtures against South Africa on Saturday.

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Stade Francais head coach Greg Cooper will leave the rugby club later this month to be with his ill daughter in New Zealand. The former All Black was contracted until June 2019, but has left the Paris based club by mutual agreement to return home to his family. Cooper will return home after Stade Francais’ match against Pau on January 27. Cooper’s youngest daughter was in hospital last December. French website, Rugbyrama, reported that he’d found it too difficult to be away from his family and wanted to be by his daughter’s bedside. - NZME

Ryall takes time out Long-time Sydney FC defender Seb Ryall has left the A-League club with immediate effect, citing the need for a break to rediscover his desire to play football. Ryall, who still had another season remaining on his contract, was granted a release yesterday, a touch under nine years after joining the Sky Blues from Melbourne Victory in 2009. The 28-year-old had been a consistent starter for a number of seasons but has spent much of this campaign and the last on the bench, with Alex Wilkinson, Matt Jurman and then Jordy Buijs filling the central defensive roles.

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Upsets continue The upsets contest at the Australian Open, with Thai qualifier Luksika Kumkhum sending Swiss star Belinda Bencic crashing out in the second round. Two days after her shock opening-round triumph over seven-time major winner Venus Williams, Bencic bowed out 6-1 6-3. Kumkhum will play Petra Martic in the round of 32 after the Coatian saw off the challenge of Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu to win 6-4 7-6 (7-3) yesterday. - AAP

Davis dominates Anthony Davis had 45 points and 16 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 116-113 overtime victory over Boston, ending the Celtics’ seven-game NBA winning streak. Davis, who scored 48 on Sunday in an overtime win in New York, had four points in overtime and blocked two shots for the Pelicans, who overcame a sluggish start to the fourth quarter and erased a five-point deficit in the final few minutes of regulation. The Pelicans size inside prevailed in overtime when Boston’s barrage from beyond the arc stopped falling.

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■ BOXING

Round one to Joshua?

Anthony Joshua shot down the “glass chin” claims aimed his way as Joseph Parker’s camp battled to maintained their bravado before the heavyweight unification fight in Cardiff.

WBA/IBF champion Joshua was composed and convincing at the London press conference, where the respective managers sparred over pre-fight noise from the Parker camp which has included claims Joshua has a weak chin.

Joshua’s manager Eddie Hearn accused Parker’s manager David Higgins of backing down over those claims, while Joshua accused Higgins of indulging in “publicity stunts”.

The 28-year-old Joshua recalled the three times he had suffered knockdowns, telling the Parker camp: “A lot of people who have spoke about me getting dropped have used it as a publicity stunt, used it as a PR stunt ... you are using it as well.

It’s a marketability strategy.”

Joshua said he had been recalled late to the Great Britain team and was “very unfit” when he was dropped in the European championships – “I didn’t get dropped, I was stopped.”

He said a lack of experience had led to him being dropped by David Price, who he described as “a puncher”.

The third occasion was against Wladimir Klitschko, when Joshua rose to win the title fight at Wembley.

“It will take more than a human to stop me from where I’m destined to be,” Joshua proclaimed.

Hearn also weighed in, challenging Higgins to repeat claims about Joshua “face to face”. “... when you’re five feet away from him ... don’t let your bum deceive you”.

Hearn rubbished the claims

In brief Teen stuns Open Not since Martina Hingis has a young female star gone this far at such a young age. Ukrainian 15-year-old Marta Kostyuk became the youngest player to make it into the third round at the Australian Open since the former Swiss world No. 1 by defeating Australia’s Olivia Rogowska 6-3 7-5 yesterday.

“Are you joking?” a Channel 7 commentator said. “This is an incredible story.” Kostyuk earned a place in qualifying after winning the junior title last year, before becoming the youngest grand slam entrant since 2005. She upset Chinese 25th seed Peng Shuai 6-2 6-2 in the opening round to become the youngest non-wildcard to a win slam match since 1997.

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World heavyweight boxers Anthony Joshua of Britain (left), and New Zealand’s Joseph Parker look at each other after a press conference in London. Their unification title bout will take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on April 1.

PHOTO AP that Joshua was mentally weaker than Parker, pointing to his Olympic gold medal, and “getting up off the floor” to stop Klitschko in front of a massive audience.

The British promoter said Higgins had watered down his initial claims, saying now that Joshua “might” have some mental weaknesses.

Hearn said: “I appreciate you trying to build the fight ... but do you truly believe you are going to win?

“You can’t say one thing and get here and say another. You don’t really believe. I heard you all saying someone is getting knocked out in this fight, either me or him. It’s not the same feeling on this side of the table. We win this fight.”

Higgins claimed the Parker camp was “shocked” at the claims they have made against Joshua having caused such a commotion.

“I have immense respect for Joshua as does our team from his beginnings, to turn your life around to achieve was he has is a great role model.” said Higgins. “(but) in most countries it is customary in sport to analyse strengths and weaknesses of opponents – it’s not personal. What shocked us is that in English boxing apparently that is not customary to do that.”

Higgins said he had “killed a few birds with one stone” by promoting the fight and Parker by pointing out Joshua’s frailties.

“Boxing people will go hang on a minute, Joseph has a bit quick-

er hand speed, definitely has a better chin, and I would add is mentally tougher,” Higgins said.

“Both fighters come forward ... one has never been dropped and the other has. I’m not saying it is a glass jaw but is questionable.”

He said Joshua was “rattled a touch” but added: “Maybe I’m wrong but that’s the beauty of boxing.”

WBO champion Parker told the conference: “We’re a team, I back my promoter. I feel I have better speed, better movement. I wasn’t able to display it in my last few fights. It’s time to show what I can do in a ring.

“I feel he (Joshua) is a good fighter, has a lot of support, does a lot of good things – some not that good when he’s fighting.”

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Incredible comebacks at Australian Open Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki has pulled off the unlikeliest of comeback wins to beat unknown Jana Fett in the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday.

Down 5-1 in the third set and facing a 0-30 hole, Wozniacki dug deep and rattled off 6 straight games – winning a remarkable 23 of the final 30 points of the match – to defeat her opponent 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Fett held match points but after looking almost certain of victory, her serve abandoned her and Wozniacki continued to fight.

Fett is ranked 119th and was making her first appearance in the main singles draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

Wozniacki twice broke Fett’s service while the Croatian player was serving for the match, including the two match points in the seventh game.

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Caroline Wozniacki has pulled off the unlikeliest of comeback wins.

Wozniacki then broke Fett’s service in the 11th game, helped by a Fett double-fault on break point and an unforced error

by the Croatian which ended a 26-point rally.

She then held serve, clinching it on her first match point when

Fett netted a backhand, giving her a six-game winning streak to end the match.

Wozniacki, who lost in the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland earlier this month, will now face the winner of the Kiki Bertens and Nicole Gibbs game that was set to take place late yesterday.

The Danish star wasn’t the only big name requiring a stunning comeback to advance, with men’s 15th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga just edging past promising Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov in a five-set epic.

Tsonga was down two sets to one against the talented teenager, but battled back to win a fourth set tiebreaker to send it to a deciding set.

There, Shapovalov led 5-3, and was serving for the set, but Tsonga stormed back, breaking Shapovalov twice to seal the hard-fought win, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7, 7-5.

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New Australian sprint ace Caleb Ewan has stunned the Tour Down Under with an outstanding win at Stirling. After mistiming his sprint in stage one and finishing second, Ewan has taken out Wednesday’s uphill finish to win the 148.6km second stage. Ewan came off the wheel of world champion Peter Sagan in the last few hundred metres and was by himself as he crossed the line, raising his fists in triumph.

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Aussies lose Jenkins Australia’s men’s rugby sevens coach Andy Friend admits Ed Jenkins’ sudden retirement is a major setback for a side still struggling to compete with the world’s best. The former captain was forced to pull the pin this week on the advice of doctors thanks to an ongoing shoulder injury. It means the country’s most experienced sevens player will miss next weekend’s Sydney Sevens, as well as Gold Coast’s Commonwealth Games and San Francisco’s World Cup later this year.

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Grunting ‘irritating’ Knocked-out Aussie Olivia Rogowska has waded into a renewed debate on grunting after countrywoman Ashleigh Barty and fans were driven to distraction by the on-court antics of Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka. Rogowska, who watched the first set of the match on Rod Laver Arena, said Sabalenka’s screeching was “up there (with the) highest I have seen”. Despite encountering opponent noise in her 11-year professional career, the 26-year-old wasn’t aware there was a rule that covered excessive grunting.

“I don’t know what the rules are,” Rogowska said “I have never really heard an umpire say, ‘hey, you have to tone it down’.

- AAP

Bennell faces battle Fremantle’s troubled Harley Bennell faces an uphill battle to salvage his AFL career, Dockers captain Nat Fyfe says. But Fyfe says he will continue to support Bennell after the Dockers had sanctioned the midfielder over a nightclub brawl. Fremantle last week sent Bennell to train at their WAFL-aligned club for at least eight weeks, and fined him $15,000 – a third of which was suspended. The sanctions came after Bennell was involved in a scuffle at a Perth nightclub, and for drinking excessively the day before a training session.

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In brief Bonneval off to Sydney Reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Bonneval won’t race in New Zealand before an autumn campaign in Australia. “She had a good break after the Melbourne spring, it didn’t end as well as we would have liked but the hard racing on hard tracks got to her a bit,” said Andrew Forsman, who trains in partnership with Murray Baker. “Hopefully, the tracks in Sydney will be more forgiving, they usually are.” Bonneval won the Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield and the Gr.2 Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at the beginning of her Melbourne spring campaign.

Break beneficial

Top notch eight-year-old sprinter Sacred Star will resume in Saturday’s Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m).

Sacred Star set for Telegraph Top notch sprinter Sacred Star will be out to make up for lost time at Trentham.

The eight-year-old will resume in Saturday’s Gr.1 JR & N Berkett Telegraph (1200m) after Tony Pike was forced to take the Flying Spur gelding out of the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) on New Year’s Day due to the wet ground.

“It was unfortunate, the rain seems to follow him wherever he goes and there’s not that many races to suit him,” the Cambridge conditioner said.

“Hopefully, he gets a good track this time.”

Sacred Star has an excellent record when fresh and Pike is confident of a bold showing at the weekend.

“He hasn’t run for a long time, but he’s had three barrier trials and he’s ready to run a race,” he said.

Sacred Star won the Telegraph three years ago and subsequently added the Gr.1 NRM Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa to earn him the champion New Zealand

sprinter title for the 2014-15 season.

Pike will have a strong team at the Wellington meeting with Magic Chai in the Gr.3 Wallaceville Estate Wellington Cup (3200m) and the exciting Jasd, Morweka and Poppy Star in supporting events.

“The query with Magic Chai may be the two miles, but his last three runs over 2200m have all been super,” he said.

“He was a bit tripped up by the track at Ellerslie last time so it was

a brave effort to run third.

“He’s trained on well and drops to the minimum on Saturday and it doesn’t look the strongest field.”

Jasd was an impressive debut winner at Taupo last month and Pike expects him to take some beating in the Harrisons Carpets & Curtains Premier (1400m).

“He’s bred to get over a bit of ground and if he won really well on Saturday we’ll probably look for a mile for him and then maybe one of the Guineas races,” he said.

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Neals open season account with a double A very quiet start to the season was soon forgotten about for trainers Andrew and Lyn Neal when they prepared a pair of winners at Cambridge Raceway on Friday night.

After 28 runners to the races without a victory to start the season, the husband-and-wife duo scored with maiden trotter Credit Master and two-win pacer Makers Mark.

The former Auckland Cup winning trainers have long been a ‘strike-rate’ stable with a small but select team that have had a high level of success.

But, as Andrew points out, the numbers, nor horsepower are there at the moment, nor might they be again.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a quiet phase, more a winding-down phase.”

Neal didn’t go as far to say that the couple, who have successful businesses outside of the racing industry, would be quitting the game all together.

Andrew Neal “It’s just hard to go to owners and think of a good reason to tell them to buy a yearling, pay up for all the races and training to then go out and race Mark Purdon.

“We are still breeding a few ourselves, but we’ve had mostly fillies recently and they haven’t done what we’d liked them to have.

“We’ve got a few nice colts

coming through and we are looking forward to racing them.”

In Credit Master they also have a promising type, the horse finally delivering on his potential with a faultless display on Friday night.

They think a lot of him, but he had been misbehaving, though trips to Auckland and Palmerston North helped him mentally, Neal reckons.

“It’s just been a trotter’s thing with him; he’s just starting to do everything right now.

“He’s had a few little niggly problems – like last time at Cambridge he was losing ground on all the corners.

“So, we made a few shoeing adjustments that have sorted that out.

“The trip to Manawatu helped a lot – he came back a better horse for it and now when he lines up I feel confident in him that when he trots away I’m not going to ‘lose’ him.

“And that’s a big part of racing,

being able to step well and settle handy.” Makers Mark is a handy Christian Cullen entire raced by former horseman and amateur driver, Kevin Judson.

He was purchased by him, through the Neals, in the middle out of last year out of the Canterbury stable of Nigel McGrath, with whom the Neals have a close association.

He’s no world-beater, but it was his second win from the stable.

“Kevin is back selling cars in Morrinsville,” said Neal.

“We’re training it for him and we’ve only really seen him a couple of times at the stables in the morning.

“He did say recently that if we wanted to put him in an amateur drivers’ race, he would be keen for the drive, so we’ll see what happens.”

Peter Ferguson drove Makers Mark to victory while Andrew Neal drove Credit Master.

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Smart mare Sleeping Beauty has returned from a spell in grand order. “She’s certainly benefited from a break, she’s a lot stronger,” said Andrew Scott, who trains the Sir Peter Vela-raced five-yearold with Lance O’Sullivan. “She’s doing really well and she’ll be ready to go when the tracks ease.

She’s got a real will to win and she should be in for a good autumn.”

Sleeping Beauty has won five of her 10 starts, the last four in a row, and was turned out after an easy Rating 85 victory at Matamata in October.

Sprint trips for 3YO Stakes winner Haussmann is taking it easy after his unplaced run in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m). “He just doesn’t stay a mile so we’re freshening him up for sprint races,” Cambridge trainer Tony Pike said. Haussmann has won two of his nine starts, including last season’s Listed Great Northern Foal Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie.

Saracino gelded Multiple Group Two-winning sprinter Saracino has been gelded since a disappointing spring campaign. The New Zealandbred and owned four-year-old, who was well beaten in both of his Melbourne runs, will resume for trainer Michael Moroney in Saturday’s Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

“We decided we’d go straight into this race and just see where we’re at, but he’s been a bit of a mystery since we’ve had him,” he said. “I wouldn’t say he was colty or anything. The only thing is we thought he might have been pinching himself or something like that. We’re hoping that was the reason because he certainly wasn’t racing up to his right form.”

Mark Two’s options A group one classic features in future plans for Mark Two with options either side of the Tasman for the promising three-year-old.

The daughter of Pins finished runner-up on debut over 1600m last month and then acquitted herself admirably when fourth in the group two Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. “It’s her first preparation and it would be nice to get her to the Oaks,” trainer Stephen Marsh said.

“It’s a bit of an ask, but it doesn’t have to be in New Zealand if she needs a bit more time. There’s Sydney or Queensland options, she’s very smart.” - NZ Racing Desk

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Wyndham harness Today at Young Quinn Raceway

Wyndham Harness Racing Club Inc Venue: Young Quinn Raceway Meeting Date: 18 January 2018 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 1 2.52pm (NZT) LEE’S DAIRY & CAFE TROT $8000, non-winners 3yo+ trot, stand, 2400m 1 74404 Nottingham K Two (1) fr ..............G McEwan 2 39959 Cuddly Trouble (2) fr ........................R Swain 3 Robbie Royale (3) fr ......................... D Dunn 4 42 Springbank Ella (4) fr ................ C Purvis (J) 5 426x3 Ash (5) fr ................................. N Williamson 6 6262 Make My Day (6) fr........................ B Barclay 7 98470 Pegasus Hanover (7) fr ............B Williamson 8 P70 Bonny Reece (8) fr ....................E Barron (J) 9 03 Picketts Ridge (9) fr....................R McIlwrick 10 09800 Miss Bamboocha (10) fr ................... A Milne 11 67460 Pat The Monarch (11) fr ............M Hurrell (J) 12 x5000 Thunder Buddy (U1) fr ................. B Wallace 13 959 Be Bee Lass (U2) fr ......................C Buchan 14 0780P Spur Me On Gently (U3) fr ....... T Robertson 15 700x0 Pegasus Sunrise (U4) fr ................ K Barclay Emergency: Spur Me On Gently 2 3.24pm ALABAR (NZ) LTD FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ f&m mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 03563 Lis Amore (1) fr ..........................R McIlwrick 2 3422 High Line (2) fr .............................. B Barclay 3 0 Char Ellie (3) fr ........................ M Williamson 4 88 Queen Of The Nite (4) fr ................C Barron 5 0 Raksbet (5) fr ................................B Orange 6 48997 Iwanadancewitsumbody (6) fr ........K Larsen 7 69800 Hans Ideal (7) fr .........................C Ferguson 8 5 Alfie Romeo (8) fr ..............................A Beck 9 00x Sportage Denario (21) fr ......... N Williamson 10 30080 Iechyd Da (22) fr ......................B Williamson 11 08 Got Another Lover (23) fr ...............H Hunter 12 98x Ideal Legs (U1) fr ............................. D Dunn 3 4.03pm BIG AL SINCLAIR PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ pace, stand, 2400m

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 18 January 2018 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 12.03pm (NZT) WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY SPRINT C0, 375m 1 53665 Fancy Chap nwtd .......................D Schofield 2 66352 Hot Mayhem nwtd U & ......................Cottam 3 225 Feed The Need nwtd P & .............. J Cleaver 4 Suspicious Minds nwtd .....................B Craik 5 83544 Don Morocco nwtd P & ................. J Cleaver 6 24423 Fancy Fox nwtd ..........................D Schofield 7 Billy Bright nwtd ..........................B Littlejohn 8 536F6 Just Jiggle nwtd U & .........................Cottam 9 48746 Phuket Paul nwtd ............................S Codlin 10 86x8 Barwon Opal nwtd......................D Schofield 2 12.21pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C1, 375m 1 13688 Finkle Foot Fred nwtd R & ....................Hunt 2 56454 Fancy Gas nwtd M & ........................ J Smith 3 2x181 Reality Check nwtd ........................G J Hore 4 37644 Princess Alea 21.69 .......................C Henley 5 67657 Microphone 21.85 .......................... G Farrell 6 32474 Agistri 21.37 ................................... G Farrell 7 74833 Kinetic Shadow nwtd........................... L Bell 8 65646 Brotastic 21.46 ..................................B Craik 9 888x6 Gee Thunder 21.69 .........................R Roper 10 85857 Cawbourne Lyns nwtd J & ..................D Bell 3 12.39pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 42311 Danny Dee 20.94 ............................ K Walsh 2 13884 Mad Harry 21.25 .............................. S Clark 3 61867 Hallo Star 21.08 R & ...........................L Udy 4 32828 Bear Inda Square nwtd ......................L Cole 5 58176 Lochinvar Brogue 21.11 .............D Schofield

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1 354 Walk Like A Man (1) fr............. N Williamson 2 0 Loma Jaccka (2) fr ........................ B Barclay 3 7x970 Ohoka Waz (3) fr ........................... D Larkins 4 6 Driftin Away (4) fr ...........................H Hunter 5 0 Franco June (5) fr............................. D Dunn 6 0 Night School (6) fr ...........................R Swain 7 30725 Hunterton (7) fr ....................... M Williamson 8 60x86 Rev Me Up (8) fr 9 84809 Ripsnorter (9) fr.............................B Orange 10 98x82 Matai Jetstar (10) fr .......................... A Milne 11 69944 Razcal Alley (11) fr ...................B Williamson 12 09x Cee Joy (12) fr ..........................M Hurrell (J) 13 358 Yankee Miss (13) fr ....................C Ferguson 14 60360 Afro Dizzy Yak (U1) fr ........................A Beck 15 64x Duff McKagan (U2) fr .................R McIlwrick 16 58745 Particular (U3) fr.......................C Faithful (J) Emergencies: Rev Me Up, Ripsnorter 4 4.38pm HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY GARY PRESTON TROT $9000, 3yo+ r40 to r53, r54 with cond. trot, stand, 2400m 1 318x Majestic Connies (1) fr ............ M Williamson 2 07780 Eyre’s A Rag Doll (2) fr ...............G McEwan 3 60889 Larch (3) fr .................................C Ferguson 4 02405 Grace O’Malley (4) fr ...................... P Hunter 5 69343 Scarlett Lane (5) fr .................... M Purvis (J) 6 92069 Cocktail Waiter (6) fr......................C Buchan 7 219x6 Ace Commander (7) fr ..................... D Dunn 8 20790 Belmont Invasion (8) fr ...............R McIlwrick 9 0077x Bet’s Commando (9) fr .............P Williamson 10 2296x Another Delight (10) fr................... B Barclay 11 P5900 Rydgemont Milly (U1) fr .................D Shirley 12 x0250 Makarewa Rum (U2) fr ..................B Orange 13 43243 Takenoprisoners (U3) fr .......... N Williamson 14 10906 Davey Mac (U4) fr ....................B Williamson 5 5.14pm WYNDHAM WORKOUTS COMMITTEE MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r50 to r56 mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 61806 RnR Windermere (1) fr.........S Tomlinson (J) 2 61900 Big Smoke (2) fr ............................... A Milne

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9x693 Son Of Brahma (3) fr..................... B Barclay 61x80 Jeremy Jones (4) fr .............................G Lee 49557 Bold Ruler (5) fr.............................. P Hunter 30140 The Maroon Marauder (6) fr.... N Williamson 48016 Maidonthebeach (7) fr ....................H Hunter 100x Mach’s Back (8) fr ............................ D Dunn 37169 Lorretta Franco (21) fr ..............B Williamson 06x13 Samskara (22) fr ...........................B Orange 82190 Rocking Robyn (23) fr ................C Ferguson 25591 Franco Rebel (24) fr ................ M Williamson 91980 Two Ply (25) fr .............................B McLellan 6 5.49pm CLARK BARRON RACING STABLES HANDICAP TROT $10,000, 3yo+ r54 to r91 discrhcp trot, stand, 2400m 1 50162 Imran Khan fr ............................... Scratched 2 02P18 Crusher Collins (U1) fr ....................R Swain 3 1x493 Pres The Belle fr .......................... Scratched 4 125x Springbank Lachie (1) 10 .........B Williamson 5 1x100 Too Cool (U1) 10 ........................... B Barclay 6 19x80 Delestic (U2) 10 ........................ M Purvis (J) 7 76106 I’ve Got This (U3) 10 ............... M Williamson 8 06787 Spotlight The Valley (1) 20 ............B Orange 9 31114 King Cassidy (2) 20....................... A Armour 10 14310 Mass Invasion (1) 30 .................E Barron (J) 11 52250 Grey Power (2) 30 ................... N Williamson 12 64604 Golden Gate (U1) 30..................R McIlwrick 13 01475 Jen Jaccka (1) 40 ..............................A Beck 14 11101 War Machine (U1) 40 ....................... D Dunn 7 6.20pm CLASSIC CARS @ WYNDHAM RACES 4TH FEB MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+ mob. pace, mobile, 2400m 1 70P08 Vincenzo Denario (1) fr ...............B McLellan 2 89234 Bettors Atom (2) fr......................C Ferguson 3 4x535 I’mallaboutthebase (3) fr ........... M Purvis (J) 4 Bigandme (4) fr ...................................C Lee 5 7Px Vin Scully (5) fr.........................B Williamson 6 252 Poldark (6) fr ........................... M Williamson 7 0 It’s A Laugh (7) fr.............................. A Milne 8 Tasha Jaccka (8) fr ........................B Orange

9 40683 Captain Thunderbolt (21) fr ..... N Williamson 10 P265 Broadway Banner (22) fr ................H Hunter 11 0x382 Elva Jaccka (23) fr ........................ B Barclay 12 56937 Lady’s Lass (24) fr.................... T Robertson 13 48000 Von Richthofen (25) fr 14 9x06 Raffy Roo (26) fr ...............................A Beck 15 00x88 Honour Scroll (27) fr......................... D Dunn 16 005 Archman fr ................................... Scratched Emergencies: Von Richthofen, Archman 8 6.57pm KINDERGARTEN STAKES DAY 17TH MARCH PACE $9000, r40 to r55 pace, stand, 2400m 1 74224 Groomsman (1) fr...........................H Hunter 2 14054 Martin McGuinness (2) fr ........ N Williamson 3 72177 It’s All Over Now (3) fr ................C Ferguson 4 03750 Rakarover (4) fr ....................... M Williamson 5 15360 Delight My Soul (5) fr ....................... D Dunn 6 63325 Grace Burns (6) fr .........................B Orange 7 75609 Man I’m Good (7) fr ............................ A Kyle 8 x9009 Mr Handleman (8) fr ...................... B Barclay 9 76075 Vera’s Delight (9) fr......................B McLellan 10 09x08 Power Surge (10) fr .........................R Swain 11 07467 Tubby Jim (U1) fr ...............................A Beck 9 7.34pm BRUCE SINCLAIR PACE $9000, r56 to r64 pace, stand, 2400m 1 04817 Fiery Ferret (1) fr ........................R McIlwrick 2 07x11 Gotta Minute (2) fr .............................A Beck 3 482x8 Knockmanaugh (3) fr .................... B Barclay 4 40911 Smooth Mara (4) fr ........................... D Dunn 5 90658 Sagwitch (5) fr ..........................B Williamson 6 3249x Pass The Speights (6) fr..............B McLellan 7 x7005 Thaboyz Toy (7) fr ................... M Williamson 8 43416 Idealistic Lass (8) fr ................. N Williamson 9 44645 Bontz (U1) fr.................................. K Barclay 10 82005 Gotta Del (U2) fr............................B Orange 10 7.59pm MATAURA LICENSING TRUST MOBILE PACE $10,000, 3yo+ r57 to r73 mob. pace, mobile, 1609m 1 45417 Franco Huntington (1) fr ...........B Williamson 2 27192 Lilac Flash (2) fr ...................S Tomlinson (J)

3 2246x Duplicated (3) fr ...................... M Williamson 4 50811 Foo Fighter (4) fr ..................... N Williamson 5 21616 Funatthebeach (5) fr ..................... B Barclay 6 90711 Some Excusesomewhere (6) fr .....B Orange 7 31x60 American Spirit fr ......................... Scratched 8 14444 Bevan’s Cullen fr .......................... Scratched 9 x3116 Sheriff (21) fr 10 0x361 Master Moonlite (22) fr ..................... D Dunn 11 51393 Shortys Mate (23) fr ..........................A Beck 12 81477 Bettor Buy It (24) fr......................B McLellan Pacifiers off : Cuddly Trouble, Bonny Reece (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

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4 51111 Thrilling Billy 25.48 .....................P Ferguson 5 61527 Pat Tama 25.74 ................................ S Clark 6 27674 Letron James nwtd..........................C Steele 7 48811 Zipping Arnold 25.60 ..................D Schofield 8 71275 Oscar Tron 25.47........................D Schofield 9 12366 Bigtime Phantom nwtd .......................L Cole 10 15147 Zipping Ringo 25.89 R & .......................Hunt 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: Ash, Make My Day, Picketts Ridge, Springbank Ella Race 2: High Line, Alfie Romeo, Raksbet, Lis Amore Race 3: Walk Like A Man, Hunterton, Loma Jaccka, Franco June Race 4: Davey Mac, Ace Commander, Makarewa Rum, Takenoprisoners Race 5: Samskara, Jeremy Jones, Son Of Brahma, The Maroon Marauder Race 6: Springbank Lachie, War Machine, Jen Jaccka, Grey Power Race 7: Vin Scully, Poldark, Broadway Banner, Captain Thunderbolt Race 8: Rakarover, Groomsman, Grace Burns, Power Surge Race 9: Smooth Mara, Gotta Del, Sagwitch, Pass The Speights Race 10: Funatthebeach, Master Moonlite, Sheriff, Duplicated

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 6 26137 Fantastic Zoe 21.37 ...................D Schofield 7 62211 Nitrology 20.86 ................................. S Clark 8 17356 Bruce Banner 21.12 ..................... H Mullane 9 F3775 Classy Impact 21.19 ....................... T Green 10 34617 Americano nwtd G & .............. S Fredrickson 4 12.57pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SPRINT C3, 375m 1 46156 Electric Dee Eye 21.36 ...................P Green 2 21564 Good Job 21.05 ..............................P Green 3 44427 Bigtime Tomac nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 4 42431 Leroy Spirit nwtd .............................S Codlin 5 14617 Alyeska 21.40 ...................................B Craik 6 44252 Shot Gun Harry 21.40 .................. H Mullane 7 71272 Elouera Mist 21.68 .....................P Ferguson 8 54733 Tumbalaioo 21.20.......................P Ferguson 9 51268 Opawa Loyal 21.34 .......................... S Clark 10 33345 Opawa Libby 21.33 W &..................T Steele 5 1.15pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SERIES HEAT 1 C1q, 457m 1 53257 Out Of Paper nwtd .......................... T Green 2 11212 Token Jasper nwtd ........................... S Clark 3 15x1 Thrilling Cruise 25.87 ...................... K Walsh 4 67686 Cawbourne Bluey nwtd J & .................D Bell 5 62285 Wairoa Angel nwtd ....................... H Mullane 6 72364 Barwon Babe nwtd .....................D Schofield 7 43187 Stensness 26.17 .......................... H Mullane 8 41525 Hitch A Ride 26.09 .......................... T Green 9 85448 Jack No Lag nwtd........................... Y Castro 10 6x677 Cawbourne Cool nwtd J & ..................D Bell 6 1.35pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 457m 1 2213 Thrilling Major 26.02 ....................... K Walsh 2 47378 Elaborate nwtd ...........................P Ferguson 3 512 Talkabout Ziggy nwtd R & .....................Hunt 4 25674 Home Bound 26.28 ......................... T Green

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22588 Atomic Missile nwtd ..................... H Mullane 18336 Smarty Marty nwtd ....................... H Mullane 32522 Nangar Dream nwtd ...................D Schofield 22453 Swift Order 26.27 ...........................C Henley 6x677 Cawbourne Cool nwtd J & ..................D Bell 85448 Jack No Lag nwtd........................... Y Castro 7 1.52pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C4, 375m 1 13858 Kirkham Coby 21.07 J & .....................D Bell 2 76342 On Fleek 21.62 .................................B Craik 3 85883 See Eye Be 21.40 ........................ H Mullane 4 65552 Raging Demon 21.26 R & ...................L Udy 5 37352 Sun Is Shining 21.08 .........................B Craik 6 8x271 Sonic Attack 21.04 .....................M Mathews 7 22246 Ekali 21.28 ..................................... G Farrell 8 12175 Bigtime George nwtd .........................L Cole 9 64417 Bigtime Flyer nwtd .............................L Cole 10 34617 Americano nwtd G & .............. S Fredrickson 8 2.10pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C1, 375m 1 32245 It’s Electric nwtd .............................C Henley 2 21747 Ali Ali Ali 21.42 ............................... G Farrell 3 81685 Rolling 21.56 .................................... S Clark 4 64665 Cawbourne Johno nwtd J & ................D Bell 5 28552 Thrilling Riot nwtd U & ......................Cottam 6 26434 Emoji nwtd ........................................B Craik 7 5387F Cosmic Rover 21.73........................ T Green 8 52333 Coruba Cate 21.34......................... G Farrell 9 74F46 Cosmic Barwon 21.39 ................D Schofield 10 78867 Zarzuella nwtd.................................S Codlin 9 2.27pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C3, 457m 1 82425 Jinja Roman 25.85 W & ..................T Steele 2 51634 Effectual 25.65 ..................................E Potts 3 15582 Bigtime Caleb 25.60...........................L Cole

15681 Salvarotti 26.11 ..........................D Schofield 11743 Bigtime Redo 26.03 G & ........ S Fredrickson 36715 San Tan Samson nwtd .................... T Green 24865 Little Moo nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 68536 Bigtime Power nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 38556 Jimmy’s Rocket 25.47 ...................... S Clark 36477 Yooldome 25.87 .........................D Schofield 10 2.44pm FARMLANDS HAUTAPU STAKES C2, 457m 1 68733 See Eye Aye nwtd ........................ H Mullane 2 233x7 Magic Latte nwtd G &............. S Fredrickson 3 18668 Bigtime Ranson nwtd G & ...... S Fredrickson 4 42134 Bigtime Bakagain 25.77 ............... H Mullane 5 71525 Sovereign Jody 25.77 .......................S Ross 6 22426 Hey Khali nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 7 76635 Barwon Storm 25.86 ..................D Schofield 8 83422 Sue Zooki 25.82 .............................. T Green 9 44444 King Shaq nwtd ............................... T Green 10 56647 Bigtime Brucie nwtd ...........................L Cole 11 3.04pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION FINAL NZRSf, 457m 1 21551 Bigtime JayJay 25.73 .........................L Cole 2 74271 Kia Tere 25.76 J & ...........................D Fahey 3 63722 Dream Kay nwtd..............................R Wales 4 45263 Noah Who nwtd............................ H Mullane 5 55F12 Hezaman nwtd U & ...........................Cottam 6 37761 Bigtime Liam 26.01 ............................L Cole 7 77652 Opawa Brad 25.94 J & ....................D Fahey 8 11235 Bigtime Blast nwtd .............................L Cole 9 68536 Bigtime Power nwtd G & ........ S Fredrickson 10 11743 Bigtime Redo 26.03 G & ........ S Fredrickson 12 3.19pm PHIL WELLS STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 13434 Beautiful Boy 25.51 ...........................B Craik 2 56332 Timmy Trumpet 25.31 ..................... K Walsh 3 38216 Zipping Vito 25.68 ......................D Schofield

SELECTIONS: Race 1: Fancy Fox, Suspicious Minds, Fancy Chap, Hot Mayhem, Billy Bright Race 2: Reality Check, Brotastic, Finkle Foot Fred, Agistri, Princess Alea Race 3: Danny Dee, Nitrology, Lochinvar Brogue, Bear Inda Square, Bruce Banner Race 4: Shot Gun Harry, Leroy Spirit, Tumbalaioo, Elouera Mist, Electric Dee Eye Race 5: Thrilling Cruise, Token Jasper, Hitch A Ride, Out Of Paper, Barwon Babe Race 6: Thrilling Major, Nangar Dream, Talkabout Ziggy, Smarty Marty, Atomic Missile Race 7: Sun Is Shining, Raging Demon, Sonic Attack, On Fleek, Ekali Race 8: It’s Electric, Ali Ali Ali, Coruba Cate, Rolling, Thrilling Riot Race 9: Bigtime Caleb, Jinja Roman, Effectual, Bigtime Redo, Salvarotti Race 10: Sue Zooki, See Eye Aye, Bigtime Bakagain, King Shaq, Magic Latte Race 11: Bigtime JayJay, Kia Tere, Dream Kay, Opawa Brad, Bigtime Blast

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 5 17312 Mertz nwtd................................... J McInerney Raceway Meeting Date: 18 January 2018 NZ Meeting num- 6 51216 Oskitz 17.29 ....................................C Roberts ber: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 7 54381 Tilt 17.39 ......................................... L Waretini 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 8 75318 Poetik 17.59 S &.................................B Evans 10, 11 and 12 9 78155 Goldstar Linkin 17.52 S & ..................B Evans 1 4.12pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT C2, 10 76845 Roadworks 17.16 ...............................M Grant 4 5.05pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES C2, 520m 295m 1 31431 Goldstar Ashton 30.45 S &.................B Evans 1 44117 Mitcham Reado nwtd................... J McInerney 2 13254 Spring Sam 30.74 ....................... J McInerney 2 53653 Makers Mark 17.37 S & ......................B Evans 3 44412 Goldstar Jagger 30.80 S & .................B Evans 3 46334 Ohoka Angel 17.41 .........................A Waretini 4 11865 Opawa Rooster 30.08 J & ..................D Fahey 4 11254 Miss Dupre 17.39 ................................B Dann 5 75F53 Tamara May 30.26..............................M Grant 5 52123 Homebush Austin 17.48 .............. J McInerney 6 35634 Ana Dior 30.77 ................................C Roberts 6 16651 Epic Boom 17.69 M & ......................... Jopson 7 57277 Swirling Pearls nwtd ............................. C Weir 7 78371 Runnin’ Cloggs 17.24 ........................ J Tanner 8 x7832 Frosty Action 30.26 S &......................B Evans 8 45652 Sparkling Terra 17.23 ........................ R Casey 9 58777 Know Scholar 30.53 ......................... G Cleeve 9 78155 Goldstar Linkin 17.52 S & ..................B Evans 10 64683 Culvie Jay Dee 17.53 H & ..................... Taylor 5 5.22pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C4, 295m 2 4.30pm A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH.0800222583 1 74588 Culvie Lass 17.45 H &........................... Taylor DASH C3, 295m 2 52225 Odin Slayer 17.41.........................A Bradshaw 1 74527 Justin Ryan nwtd S & .........................B Evans 3 51862 Star Bucking 17.34 ...................... J McInerney 2 11646 Dissident nwtd .................................C Roberts 4 11311 Sheza Rippa 17.15 J & ......................D Fahey 3 88431 Midnight Bolt 17.47 .............................. C Weir 5 24577 Talk Talk 17.19 ........................................A Lee 4 83167 Flaming Sambuca 17.44 ............. J McInerney 6 76117 Timely Affair 17.33 ...............................J Dunn 5 22714 Black Tori 17.49 ............................A Bradshaw 7 87276 Sweet Abby Lee 17.33 ................ R Blackburn 6 28367 Fabre’s Lass 17.44 ...................... R Blackburn 8 22142 Hilton Open 17.22 ........................A Bradshaw 7 52286 Jinja Rules nwtd .......................... J McInerney 9 25264 Speedy Return 17.07 H & ..................... Taylor 8 44156 Red Margin 17.43...............................M Grant 10 25275 Smash Attack 17.22 ...........................M Grant 9 7823x Miss Harper 17.34 ...............................B Dann 6 5.39pm (NZT) FOX & FERRET @ THE PALMS SPRINT 10 66186 Martha Magic 17.33 H & ....................... Taylor C3, 295m 3 4.47pm MY BRO FABIO SPRINT C2, 295m 1 66828 Captain Chilly 17.34 ............................. C Weir 1 62157 We Rocking 17.52 H & .......................... Taylor 2 35154 Giancana 17.36 .............................. S Hindson 2 61763 Opawa Poppy 17.47 ...........................R Wales 3 F3133 Koputara 17.37 M & ............................ Jopson 3 41146 Sozin’s Fortune 17.35 ................. J McInerney 4 71386 Homebush Banker 17.41............. J McInerney 4 36228 Chop Shop 17.32 ........................ J McInerney 5 21518 Fired Up Jed 17.44..............................B Dann

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72443 Ice Princess 17.39........................A Bradshaw 61534 Smash Wild 17.32 ..............................M Grant 26451 Settle Grettel 17.41 ........................... J Tanner 65436 Magic Mike 17.16 ............................C Roberts 47836 High Return 17.32 ..............................M Grant 7 5.57pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH.0272719588 DASH C3, 295m 1 47281 Know Salute 17.29 ........................... G Cleeve 2 12476 Homebush Rufus 17.34............... J McInerney 3 85741 Rick’s Treasure 17.24 ........................ R Casey 4 82718 Gotcha Majenta 17.41 .......................... C Weir 5 33635 Valyrian Steel 17.49 .................... J McInerney 6 71618 Treville 17.48 ............................... R Blackburn 7 15853 Genetic Marlow 17.42 ........................M Grant 8 35172 Goldstar Scout 17.50 S &...................B Evans 9 7823x Miss Harper 17.34 ...............................B Dann 10 41x77 Replay 17.26 ..................................... J Tanner 8 6.14pm HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY RILEY GREER SPRINT C5, 295m 1 76132 Opawa Sheldon 17.07 ........................R Wales 2 43533 Seriously Grand 17.23 ......................... C Weir 3 42531 Ohoka Clare 17.21 .......................... L Waretini 4 73123 High Dreamer 17.24 ...........................M Grant 5 62375 Express Gunn 17.30 ........................R Adcock 6 15218 Swimming Goat 16.79 .......................... C Weir 7 43178 Sergess 17.28 ............................. J McInerney 8 36624 Wow Madonna 17.19 M & ..................P Binnie 9 14825 Cawbourne Britty 17.36...................C Roberts 10 33558 Princely Gold 17.39 ..................... J McInerney 9 6.32pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C2, 520m 1 32442 Allen Hadrian 30.29.........................C Roberts 2 82337 Majestic Action 30.00 S & ..................B Evans 3 87845 Viktoria Vikkers 30.46......................C Roberts 4 75817 Opawa Richie nwtd ............................R Wales

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15452 Goldstar Marvely 30.17 S & ...............B Evans 72233 Draxler 30.32 J &................................D Fahey 66287 Botany Alan 30.46 ....................... J McInerney 64312 Goldstar Dodge 30.72 S & .................B Evans 58777 Know Scholar 30.53 ......................... G Cleeve 10 6.50pm DURASTEEL STRUCTURES PH.033796195 DASH C5, 295m 1 58112 Peaky Boy 17.33 ............................... J Tanner 2 72151 Danziger 17.34 ............................ R Blackburn 3 42446 Opawa Waihemo 17.33 ......................R Wales 4 31436 Fired Up Jasper 17.21 .........................B Dann 5 118x5 Know Respect 17.28 ........................ G Cleeve 6 86651 Saraya Jayde 17.25......................... L Waretini 7 17227 NippaOfSambucca 17.30 ............ J McInerney 8 13111 Custom Paint 17.06 .............................. C Weir 9 83274 Cosmic Richie 17.43 ................... J McInerney 10 8827x Smash That 17.21 ..............................M Grant 11 7.09pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C4, 520m 1 68142 Helski Bale 30.37 ............................C Roberts 2 42716 Opawa Cheviot 30.20 S & ..................B Evans 3 12736 Boston Billy 30.40 H & .......................... Taylor 4 15433 Penalty Bale 30.41 ..........................C Roberts 5 51356 Replica Yella 30.48 .............................M Grant 6 67512 Must Be Rusty 30.24 ................... J McInerney 7 36827 Crotty 30.41..................................A Bradshaw 8 18486 Cosmic Odette 30.48 .................. J McInerney 9 47138 Mina Allen 30.08 .............................C Roberts 10 16563 David’s Legacy 30.15 ...................M Robinson 12 7.29pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 22211 Botany Cold 17.32 ....................... J McInerney 2 71774 Opawa Binge 17.31 ............................R Wales 3 23685 Inside Affair 17.41 ....................... R Blackburn 4 31758 Flower Bomb 17.23 ......................A Bradshaw

5 14331 Nicey Spicey 17.36.......................A Bradshaw 6 18415 Platinum Marshal 17.15...................C Roberts 7 51564 Detective Dash 17.54 .................. J McInerney 8 25524 Technic 17.21 H & ................................. Taylor 9 14338 Know Scrutiny 17.29 ........................ G Cleeve 10 35663 Amino Trouble 17.25.....................A Bradshaw 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: Makers Mark, Miss Dupre, Runnin’ Cloggs, Sparkling Terra, Mitcham Reado Race 2: Dissident, Midnight Bolt, Justin Ryan, Black Tori, Miss Harper Race 3: Oskitz, Sozin’s Fortune, Mertz, Chop Shop, We Rocking Race 4: Opawa Rooster, Swirling Pearls, Goldstar Ashton, Spring Sam, Frosty Action Race 5: Sheza Rippa, Hilton Open, Talk Talk, Odin Slayer, Sweet Abby Lee Race 6: Captain Chilly, Ice Princess, Fired Up Jed, Smash Wild, Koputara Race 7: Homebush Rufus, Gotcha Majenta, Goldstar Scout, Valyrian Steel, Miss Harper Race 8: Swimming Goat, Ohoka Clare, Seriously Grand, Opawa Sheldon, Wow Madonna Race 9: Allen Hadrian, Majestic Action, Draxler, Viktoria Vikkers, Goldstar Marvely Race 10: Custom Paint, Peaky Boy, Danziger, Fired Up Jasper, Opawa Waihemo Race 11: Helski Bale, Boston Billy, Must Be Rusty, Cosmic Odette, Crotty Race 12: Platinum Marshal, Inside Affair, Flower Bomb,

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9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON FARMERS MARKET. Local fresh produce, hot and cold food and drinks. North End West Street car park, Ashburton.

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Kelvin Cruickshank Live

Rado and Raybon Save The World

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1.30pm ASHBURTON M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Social games, everyone welcome. 115 Racecourse Road.

Local crafts, new stalls welcome.

West Street Car park.

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

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

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10am - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Aesthetic choices are never really correct or incorrect. There’s not one right way things should appear. Work on such matters using the sensibility that best represents your attractions, preferences and delight.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): If you demand a little more of your conversations, you’ll get insight and creative inspiration out of them. But you have to be willing to focus on the other person, staying alert to the openings that lead deeper.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Ambition can be energising, but it can also be the thief of contentment.

There’s a balance to be struck today so you may swing into the future while holding firmly to the handles of satisfaction with the present.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You are emotionally invested in something that would otherwise be a very clinical process. Rather ordinary daily happenings will present a magic opportunity for you to feel and make other people feel.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The subject line is the trickiest part of email. Your point may not be juicy enough to get someone to open and read on.

That sums up all communication today. To get heard will require thought and pizzazz.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Your version of a good result may not match up with another person’s.

Chances are, your standards are higher or very different. Therefore it will be important to make your expectations known up front.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You can’t assume people know what you’re all about. This is true even for people who, by now, really should. You’ll have to fill in the blanks today by giving lots of context, a chance for fun and self-discovery.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You’ve seen it time and again. Frustration and anger at others is really anger with the self. It’s easier to see when you’re not the one who is mad. Either way, you’ll grow from today’s realisation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Start the story from the beginning, and take your time in the telling. People will be really interested in you today and will want the chance to be fully entertained by you.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Practice your charm with strangers. It will be easier than using it with people you know, because there’s no buildup of expectation and you won’t be worried about forgetting a name or information.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): “Well, actually,” they say when they are about to point out how wrong the other person is. This is annoying, at best, and can be downright combative, so try to ignore it when you hear it.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Keep trying new things, introducing unlikely elements and taking an experimental approach to life. You might feel childish and foolish before you feel victorious.

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7am Cricket – Super Smash (HLS) Elimination Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags.

7:30 Cricket – U19 World Cup (HLS) West Indies v South Africa.

8:30 Cricket – Big Bash (RPL) Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes.

Noon Cricket – Super Smash (RPL) Elimination Final – Auckland Aces v Central Stags.

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9:45 L Football – A-League Brisbane Roar FC v Perth Glory.

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Sticking with Tonga?

Kiwis fans shouldn’t expect Jason Taumalolo to feature in the black and white jersey again after the North Queensland wrecking ball backed the idea of Tonga playing a test in Hawaii. Taumalolo returned to Cowboys training this week for the first time after shunning New Zealand to lead Tonga’s charge through to the semi-finals of the World Cup. Under international rules, the Auckland-born 24-year-old can change his allegiance back to New Zealand, after previously playing 10 tests for the Kiwis. But the 2016 Dally M Medallist is expected to stick with the island nation.

De Vries signs with Gifu

John Snowden has been selected in the New Zealand team for this year’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

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Ashburton sharpshooter, John Snowden, is packing his bags for the Gold Coast and the Commonwealth Games.

The local farmer was one of an 11-strong squad named for the Games, which are held from April 8 to April 14, by Shooting New Zealand yesterday.

After a lengthy selection process and trials, getting the nod that he would be heading to his fourth Commonwealth Games was a big result for the former gold medallist as a couple of years ago he wondered if his top-level shooting days were numbered.

“It’s satisfying because of the amount of time and effort that has gone in to getting there,” Snowden said yesterday.

Snowden has been chosen to compete in the individual fullbore and also the fullbore pairs in which he will turn back the clock 12 years.

The 49-year-old’s pairs partner is Brian Carter from Whakatane who he competed in the same event with at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006.

The squad includes shooting superstar Natalie Rooney and also comprises of an experienced line up of shooters.

“It’s a good squad, there’s a lot of shooters in there who have been around and know what it’s all about and obviously having someone like Natalie there is great too – she’s going really well.”

While rigorous and time intensive, Snowden said the process to get selected was something he actually enjoyed as it gave him a strong indication of where he was at with his form.

“We’ve been able to put ourselves in a whole lot of different scenarios and get a measure on where we are shooting.

“There’s been training camps in Australia where we have been training next to the Aus-

tralian shooters so it’s good to be able to compare.”

Not only has the training intensified but Snowden’s had to also deal with himself changing as well.

Shooting at the elite level isn’t as easy as lining up and shooting and in his own words, age is starting to provide a few more challenges.

“The eyesight is constantly changing as I get older it seems, which means using new lenses.

“The insidious part about that though is it’s not something you can actually see change, the only way you know is through your scores.

“If your scores are improving, you know you are using the right lens – it’s not much of a difference, but it can be all the difference.”

Between now and heading to Australia to compete, not much will change for Snowden.

There’s harvest to worry about and then next week he’s off, along with a number of

other Ashburton shooters, to the National Championships in Wellington at the same venue where the World Championships will be held in 2019.

“I’ve been pretty busy with the farm that I have really only just started to think about taking some ammo out.

“Nationals is always a big week, but I’m taking it this year as an opportunity to train and try and fine tune things a bit.

“It is still a competition but a few of us are planning to get together on a couple of the days and train together.

“Brian and I have a day blocked out to get together which will be good because obviously there’s not a lot of opportunities in between normal life and everything else.”

Snowden’s appearance on the Gold Coast will be his fourth consecutive games where he will be out to at least equal his best effort of the gold medal he achieved in the pairs in 2010 at the Delhi games.

Former All White Ryan De Vries has scored a professional deal in Japan.

De Vries has signed for FC Gifu, who currently play in the second tier of Japanese football.The 26-year-old has been tracked by Gifu for some time. He first came onto their radar after the 2014 Club World Cup in Morocco, when he was one of the standouts for Auckland City during their surprise run to third place. De Vries also impressed during Auckland City’s close match with J League champions Kashima Steelers in last year’s tournament.

China stint ‘a holiday’ Carlos Tevez was the highest paid player in the world on £650,000 a week at Shanghai Shenua but labelled his time in China a ‘holiday’.

The former Manchester United and City striker was roundly criticised for being overweight and disinterested during his time in the Far East. And it seems those criticisms were well founded, with Tevez admitting he didn’t take his time in the Chinese Super League seriously. He told Argentine TV: “It’s fine because I was on holiday for seven months.”

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