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On the eve of Scotland’s big vote, where the people will vote on whether to remain a part of the United Kingdom, Mid Canterbury’s Scottish community have their say.

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The rules around sales of synthetic cannabis in Mid Canterbury are likely to be signed off by the Ashburton District Council today – drawing the ire of a man whose business it has been to sell R18 products.

Councillors will today be asked to adopt the Local Approved Products Policy (LAPP).

It limits sales to an area of Ashburton bounded by East and Cass streets between Moore and Havelock streets.

Outlets cannot be closer together than 50 metres and must have a significant degree of separation from schools and public reserves.

LAPP working party member, councillor Ken Cutforth, said the policy “effectively prohibits”

sales in smaller areas such as Rakaia and Methven.

“One of those places would stand out like a sore thumb in a smaller town. We didn’t ban it from those towns, but we came up with a concept and it worked out that way.”

Rakaia-based retailer Gary Davies said he was disappointed he had no input into the policy and that the restrictions made it almost impossible for more than two retailers to set up shops in the district.

When he opened a legal high shop last year, the community was outraged, but he did brisk business until the Government stepped in and withdrew all products from the market until they were tested and proven harmless by the Ministry of Health.

Since then, Mr Davies said he and other retailers had been cooling their heels, playing a waiting game that seemed to be without end.

The testing process appeared to have faltered, but local authorities had pressed on, developing their LAPP to regulate sales once products were cleared.

Mr Davies has taken exception to the way Ashburton’s policy was developed and to its content. The council walked a fine legal line when it accepted a late submission and acted on it, and when it effectively shut the door on sales in Methven and Rakaia, he said.

Because of the way the LAPP was worded, synthetic cannabis sales were permitted in just a narrow band of Ashburton’s commercial heart, east of the

railway line. That clearly excluded Methven and Rakaia, but the law made it clear a local authority couldn’t regulate a retailer completely out of an area, Mr Davies said.

He’s meeting with council staff later this month to discuss the policy, but if it is signed off today, he believes his chance of having any input will have gone.

He’s not discounting a legal challenge.

By withdrawing legal highs from the market the Government had simply driven sales underground and on to social media, Mr Davies said.

“This is a total slap in the face for us as retailers and we can’t do anything.”

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Actor Liam Neeson is convinced that his sons have planted a virus in his mobile phone. Neeson says that his phone plays up not long after the boys tell him that he should get an upgrade. And he’s suspicious. “I’m fine with this stuff but every month (my sons) are telling me to change to the latest version, and (I say), ‘Oh, shut up.’ But now it’s playing up and I know they’ve put some gremlin in there, saying: ‘Oh, he’s had that phone for two years. It’s time.’ I swear that’s what they do.”

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Fancy quitting the Auckland rat race for something more picturesque? This could be just the ticket. A Central Otago paradise that has played host to some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters is on the market for $10 million. The 46ha block of Arcadia Station in Paradise Valley near Glenorchy has been relisted for sale. A well-heeled purchaser could build their dream home, up to nine individual houses or a visitor resort.

The undeveloped land is part of a sprawling family-owned sheep station. It is on the shores of Diamond Lake – renowned for its trout fishing – and in the foothills of the Mt Aspiring National Park, near the start of the Routeburn Track. Owner Jim Veint, whose parents bought the station in 1951, said about 14 films had been shot at Arcadia Station over the years, including the two The Chronicles of Narnia movies, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian; and Sir Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

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Back in time On September 18, 1921, the Guardian reported this gem, leaving readers to ponder how one accidently discovers they can hypnotise a lobster: Quite accidently, Mr F. Martin Duncan, librarian to the Zoological Society discovered that he could hypnotise lobsters.

Has Shrek’s record been broken?

A monster fleece shorn from an Australian sheep looks set to claim New Zealand sheep Shrek’s decade-old 27kg world record. Samson (below), the Monaro ram, had been roaming remote hills in southern New South Wales for years before his owner finally caught up with him.

His wool was “extremely matted” according to the farmer, who wants to remain anonymous. He decided to take Samson to the shearing shed after concerns for its welfare, reports FarmOnline. “The reason we wanted to catch him in the first place was we were concerned about fly-strike,” he told the farming news website. “With summer approaching, and with him carrying all that wool, we always had the animal’s interest at heart.”

A top Tasmanian shearer was flown in for the job. Samson was sedated and the shearer had no problem taking the wool off in a “big solid lump, like an armadillo’s shell”.

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Content Kiwis A global survey has found New Zealanders relatively content with our lives as the world emerges from the financial crisis. A Gallup global wellbeing index, based on questioning 133,000 people in 135 countries, ranks New Zealand 19th in the world and seventh-highest in the 33-member richnation OECD, just ahead of Australia. Thirty per cent of New Zealanders were judged to be “thriving” on at least three out of five elements of wellbeing, compared with 28 per cent in Australia and 17 per cent in the world as a whole. Our relative contentment appears to be related to pulling through the global financial crisis relatively well, clawing our way up the OECD ladder past Greece, Spain and Italy in gross domestic product per person since 2008, lifting us from 21st place to 18th in the income stakes.

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■ HEALTH SERVICE

■ ASHBURTON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE

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Ashburton dad Justin Bennett has clocked up 25 rewarding years of fighting fires with the town’s volunteer brigade.

And on Saturday night Mr Bennett will receive a New Zealand Fire Service gold star recognising his quarter century of service.

He said while he is proud of the achievement, he had never thought it would be a milestone he would reach.

He began with the brigade when he worked at Burnett Transport as an engineer with members Chris and Brendan Price.

His first callout was to a burning gorse hedge.

“That’s how it all sort of started. I didn’t think I would be here 25 years later. I just thought it would be a shortterm thing. But it’s actually good, it’s rewarding, because you are helping people,” Mr Bennett said.

And he appreciated the wide range of skills members learned, although an increasing number of required courses was making the role more demanding.

Mr Bennett is husband to Philippa and dad of 12-yearold Anna and three-year-old George.

He not only fits firefighting in with family, but also his job as a self-employed hydraulic engineer.

With about 450 calls per year, up from the 180 when he first started, he finds he can not get to all of them, particu-

larly those in the daytime.

Days of firefighting can be long, particularly during a summer nor’west, and can sometimes stretch into overnight and a second day. One day there was 17 calls in a row.

His most memorable fires have been some of Ashburton’s largest, including a twostorey building at Electricity Ashburton’s Dobson Street yard about 20 years ago.

Mr Bennett and fellow firefighters had to get onto the roof and lift it, but Mr Bennett recalls seeing melted lead head nails in the spouting, a sign of what was to happen next - the roof beginning to collapse.

“We ran back to the other end,” he said.

Others have included the West Street flour mill in 2011 and the town’s recycling centre about four years ago.

His least favourite calls have been to car crashes.

“There’s a lot of things you don’t want to see again,” he said.

And after the 2011 February 22 earthquake, Mr Bennett and fellow brigade members Graeme Baker, Paul Lane and Dave Rattray were first response to Christchurch.

They were tasked to assist urban search and rescue personnel at the PGC building.

“That was a pretty sobering moment to see that big building collapsed.”

Firefighters found talking amongst themselves about the more grueling jobs helped cope with such tragedy, and the fire service were good at offering support.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade member Justin Bennett will receive his gold star on Saturday.

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The three-hour, morning service started in May but it was postponed last week until further notice.

Efforts continued to find a way to make it sustainable and to resume its work, Dr Charlotte Cox said.

“The Friday clinics at the marae are on hold until we are able to provide something more sustainable,” Dr Cox explained yesterday.

“My idea was always to provide a sustainable service from the outset.

“It is an initiative and a philosophy that I feel very strongly about. Now, the feeling is even stronger.”

Dr Cox started the service to help fill the health gap for people who were unable, or could not afford, to register with or to visit a GP. Patients paid a koha, in cash or kind, for the drop-in service.

This week, marae spokeswoman Janet Benfell praised the work of Dr Cox and said her efforts demonstrated a clear need for the service.

Mrs Benfell said the service had closed and that she was unsure when it would resume. Yesterday, Dr Cox further clarified that clinics had been postponed.

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■ ASHBURTON POLICE

Surge in family violence

By Erin TaskEr

but some caused us concern,” Ashburton police senior sergeant Scott Banfield said.

Where necessary, people were taken in to custody and would appear in court in the near future, he said.

Just why the weekend’s number was so high though, was not known.

“Is it because people are feeling confident enough to report them?” Mr Banfield said.

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Police attended an unusually high number of domestic incidents in Ashburton last weekend, but say it’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Ashburton police were called to 10 reported incidents of family violence at the weekend – two more than what they would generally see in an average seven-day period.

“Some of them were minor

ple are saying it’s not acceptable and reporting it.”

It could also be that there was simply more family violence happening.

But family violence co-ordinator for Mid Canterbury sergeant Jim Sole said he hoped it was due to a growing intolerance to the issue and people acting on it earlier.

He said Ashburton usually averaged about eight incidents of family violence a week, so 10 in

a weekend was a lot.

“It’s an issue that people are becoming more comfortable talking about I think. This is the first election that I’m aware of that both major parties have had family violence policy launches,” Mr Sole said.

That showed just how serious the issue was, and how seriously it was being taken.

“It’s very hard to determine, should we be upset by this or not.

Because an increase in report-

ing is what we actually want, because we know it’s hugely under-reported,” Mr Sole said.

“What we do know is that statistics are gradually increasing, but as we say, we see that as a success measure rather than a failure because it is so under reported,” he said.

Mr Sole said the number of reported family violence incidents had been down since the town was rocked by the recent Winz shooting tragedy.

■ SCOTTISH VOTE

Scots set to go to the polls By andrEw king One day before Scotland goes to the polls to decide whether it will become independent or remain part of the United Kingdom, ex-pat Scots in New Zealand can’t vote on it, however they sure have plenty to say.

History could be made on September 18 as Scotland may end the 307-year relationship, not the first time it has been attempted as a referendum for the same issue was held in 1979.

Ashburton local Kirsten Jardine would vote yes if she was still living in the country.

“We (Scots) want to be in control and make our own decisions without interference.”

Miss Jardine has been living in Rakaia for six years and feels there is too much outside influence on her beloved homeland as a result of being in the UK. “We are the guinea pig for

things like the Poll tax, they didn’t want it in England so they tried it out on us.”

Brian McFarlane has lived in Ashburton since 2007 and will be heading back to Scotland for his son’s 21st birthday and would also vote yes.

“Scotland should belong to Scotland. Don’t get me wrong I like being part of the UK, but we should be our own country and make our own decisions.”

Mr McFarlane has spoken to a number of fellow Scots and he said most of them would vote for an independent Scotland, despite English celebrities and politicians urging them to stay and economic analysts predicting an unstable time for the nation.

Shelley Martin and Stacey McMillan both work in early-childcare and would cast their votes for an independent Scotland, however Miss McMillan said she would probably be voting for the

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Kirsten Jardine says a yes vote is yes for a better future and would be voting for independece if she still lived in Scotland.

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wrong reasons.

“I’ve been over here for eight years now (in Ashburton) and haven’t really read up to much on it, but from what I’ve heard it would be better to say yes.”

Miss Martin would rather try independence than regret not giving it a go later on.

“Saying yes means it would take a few years to get better but saying no could leave us with less than what we have now.

“I was undecided for a long time but seeing the way social media has shown the issue I would lean towards yes.”

However not everyone in Ashburton is sold on the independence idea. Fiona Tait would vote against the move if she still resided in Scotland.

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Threatening behaviour, which included shooting up his home with an air rifle, and drink driving earned a Carew man his day in court.

Troy Larson, 25, appeared in the Ashburton District Court this week, where he admitted charges of threatening to injure, assaulting a woman, discharging a firearm, threatening to damage property and a separate drink driving matter.

The court was told Larson had been drinking heavily when he got into an argument with his former partner on July 4. He got an air rifle and fired four shots into a chair, before a visitor to the house calmed him down. When the complain-

ant asked another guest not to sit on a coffee table, out of concern it would collapse, Larson said he would sit on it as well. The complainant lunged at him; he retaliated by pushing her against a kitchen cupboard and threatening her.

Again a visitor intervened. Larson then entered a bedroom, where the complainant was packing up her property and slapped her across the face.

The visitors then took her to the Ashburton Police Station to report the incident.

While there, Larson called her cell phone, and on speaker was heard threatening to set her car alight.

The drink driving charges were laid on June 14. Larson was driving north on State Highway 1. Between the Rakaia Bridge and Dunsandel, he overtook an ambulance at speed and was seen to be veering across the road, crossing the centre line. In Burnham he ran off the road and collided with a lamp post.

An evidential breath test indicated a breath alcohol level of 593 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.

Judge Joanna Maze ordered sentencing reports to include assessments for electronically monitored options.

Larson will be sentenced on October 20.

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■ DAIRY PRICES

Stabilising dairy prices welcomed

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

Dairy prices appear to be stabilising, and with the peak milk season about four weeks off, that is welcome news for farmers, says Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury vice chairman Willy Leferink.

Prices were flat at GlobalDairyTrade’s auction on Tuesday night, just ahead of Fonterra’s

payout update next week.

The average winning milk price at the auction was $US2795 ($NZ3408), up marginally on $US2787 achieved at the previous auction two weeks ago. Before this, prices had fallen at 10 of the 11 previous auctions, and have plummeted 45 per cent since February.

The volume offered was down 11 per cent on the previous auc-

tion, to 50,800 tonnes, but was still the second largest volume sold this year.

“In cow terms, we’ve turned around the corner,” Mr Leferink said. “Today we are losing less money than we were yesterday.”

The Russian situation and the dislocation of European milk was still playing out, however Mr Leferink said Ukraine was “starting to see reason”.

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“The important thing to realise is that the prices are reflecting last season,” he said.

“The new season started in June, so we have to look ahead.

“We’ve got a long way to go before the end of this season, but it’s good to see the price stabilising – another drop would have rocked confidence.”

Mr Leferink was not overly concerned the price fluctuations

would be reflected in Fonterra’s payout update next week.

“Fonterra directors have been saying the market is going to be volatile and it finally hit, we’ve just got to ride it out.”

He said this week’s rain was another positive for Mid Canterbury dairy farmers.

“The cows are producing really well, but feed supplies have been tight.”

■ MID CANTERBURY WATER

Water experts to shed light on local concerns

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Searchers were called to the Mt Somers Walkway yesterday morning to search for an overdue tramper.

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A woman who missed a flight sparked a search and rescue mission on the Mt Somers Walkway early yesterday morning.

The woman’s mother raised the alarm when she failed to catch a flight from Christchurch to Wellington on Tuesday night, after going on what was meant to be an overnight tramp on Monday.

But as it turned out, the woman had got the day of her flight wrong and was found in a hut unaware she was “missing” early in the search, Methven Land Search and Rescue (SAR) spokesperson Don Geddes said.

The alarm was raised at 2.30am and the search, by land and air, began at first light. The woman was found in Pinnacles Hut at about 8am.

“She looked out the window as the helicopter came in and waved out, never really thinking it was her they were

looking for,” Mr Geddes said.

The woman was choppered out of the hut by Mt Hutt Helicopters.

It was a happy ending, but Mr Geddes said it again highlighted the importance of leaving detailed intentions and signing log books in huts while tramping.

The woman stayed at Woolshed Creek hut on Monday night and it was not believed she signed the log book, although other trampers were able to confirm she’d been there and shed some light on her intentions.

Searchers didn’t know what to expect when they received the call for help.

“If you look at the scenario, she was on her own, she missed a flight which… people don’t just deliberately miss flights, and it had been snowing up there so the situation was urgent,” Mr Geddes said.

Fortunately, in this case the outcome was good and although reported overdue, the woman had simply mixed up her days.

Wastebusters Ashburton have gotten together some of New Zealand’s leading water experts to hold a forum on the growing water problem facing Mid Canterbury residents.

The Sinclair Community Centre on Park Street will be a hotbed of discussion when Lan Pham, Dr Mike Joy, John Aitken and John Waugh tackle the questions asked by residents frustrated that they cannot swim in their own river.

Sharon Breakwell and Katie Esler from Wastebusters and keen water advocate Caroline Hitchcock have asked the community on their Facebook page Wastebusters Canterbury what they believe are the issues and what needs to be addressed.

Most of the discussion online centered on the un-swimmable Ashburton River,

the Hinds catchment and its record levels of nitrate and the local drinking water quality which lead Wastebusters to set up the event.

Giving weight to the discussion will be the water experts including Dr Mike Joy, a senior lecturer at Massey University on ecology and zoology.

He has been tutoring post-graduates for many years and has a wealth of experience.

“I have heard there are record levels of nitrate in Hinds and I will be looking into it,” said Dr Joy. Also speaking are director at Working Waters Lan Pham, microbiologist John Aitken and John Waugh, a hydrologist with over 40 years of experience.

The event will be held on October 2 from 7-9pm with a chance for a coffee and a chat afterwards with the whole community invited.

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■ PROPOSED WATER TAX

Water tax sparks concern Concern is mounting over the impact a proposed water tax would have on the Canterbury economy.

Both Labour and the Greens have proposed taxing farmers for the water they use, however Mid Canterbury farmer and Federated Farmers environmental spokesperson Ian Mackenzie says it could well end up becoming a regional tax.

He said a report commissioned by Federated Farmers and undertaken by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) backs up concerns that Canterbury and Otago would bear the brunt of any water tax, as the two regions most dependant on irrigation.

The NZIER have calculated

that a water tax of one cent on every cubic metre of water used for farming purposes means $39 million would need to be paid by farmers. While Labour and the Green Party won’t confirm what they are considering, in 2011, the Greens campaigned on 10 cents a cubic metre.

At that rate Canterbury’s farmers would foot 62 per cent of the cost ($248 million) while 21 per cent of the cost would fall on Otago’s farmers ($82 million).

“This represents something like a 13 per cent bite out of agricultural GDP in Canterbury and 12.5 per cent out of Otago’s agricultural GDP – that’s one heck of a wallop and for what?” Mr Mackenzie said.

“These taxes have little to do

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with the political rhetoric of tackling water quality. There are plenty of regions with little or no irrigation, which have water quality challenges due to agriculture, industry and municipal influences.

“There’s no mention that these same businesses already pay thousands of dollars each year in taxes to regional and district councils for the privilege of accessing water.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that water taxes will only drive up the cost of food production, especially locally grown fresh vegetables and fruit.”

Labour and the Greens claim the tax will drive more efficient use of water, but Mr Mackenzie said both parties were behind

the eight ball, because over the last decade, farmers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upgrading on and off-farm irrigation infrastructure to more efficiently use water.

“This is plainly obvious for all to see in Canterbury with the proliferation of centre pivot irrigators,” he said.

“With each one costing some $250,000, they allow the farmer to use substantially less water than traditional border dyke systems.”

The NZIER report found large gaps in the water tax proposals, and noted countries which went ahead with taxing competitive agricultural sectors without strong justification have performed poorly.

■ ROTARY SPEECH COMPETITION

Councillor says policy ‘not the right package’

By Sue NewmaN

The final LAPP did impose tougher restrictions on where While he might not support synthetic cannabis could be the sale of synthetic cannabis, sold than the draft, said counAshburton District councillor cillor Ken Cutforth, a member Rod Beavan believes the dis- of the LAPP working party. trict’s local approved products The draft was drawn up uspolicy (LAPP) is not the right ing policies from a number package for Ashburton. of other local authorities as a He was the sole council- guide and it was written in a lor to vote against way that ensured the policy at last it would stand up month’s environto any challenge in mental services the Environment committee meeting Court, Mr Cutand he’s likely to forth said. speak against it toHowever, when day when the counthe policy was cil opts whether or workshopped by not to accept the the full council afdocument as counter submissions cil policy. were heard, it was “I don’t think “a bit emasculated”, Rod Beaven we’ve got it right he said.

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“It was tighter I’m not happy with what we’ve than it was originally, but, in ended up with,” he said. saying that, I wasn’t unhappy Mr Beavan said the policy with the outcome.” ended up with sales restricted The policy limits sales in the to a smaller area than in the district to an area of Ashburdraft and it also had a reduced ton bounded by East and Cass distance between outlets. streets between Moore and “The way this has ended Havelock streets. up we could have up to seven Outlets cannot be closer shops where as if it had been together than 50 metres and 100 metres as it was original- must have a significant degree ly it would have been two or of separation from schools and three.” public reserves. sue.n@theguardian.co.nz

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Finalists battle it out Samuel Kuipers from the Ashburton Christian School (above) was among the seven Mid Canterbury pupils competing in the Year 7/8 Ashburton Plains Rotary Speech Competition last night. The Year 5/6 pupils competed last week.

The older pupils in last night’s competition were from

Mount Hutt College, St Joseph’s, Mayfield, Ashburton Christian, Borough, Ashburton Intermediate and Dorie schools.

Ashburton Plains Rotary Speech Competition co-ordinator Ray King said hundreds of pupils had taken part in the speech competition to be whittled down to the seven finalists.

Late-night disorder Police are reminding Ashburton’s late night revellers they have a zero tolerance towards disorder.

The reminder, from the town’s top cop Scott Banfield, followed an incident of what he called “minor disorder” in the McDonald’s carpark at the weekend. “It’s just anti-social behaviour and we are focusing on it. It might seem minor but we are not going to take a backward step,” Mr Banfield said.

The McDonald’s carpark was the scene of a large brawl which hit the headlines in November last year.

Domestic incident Police were called to a domestic incident in Ashburton at 11.15pm on Tuesday.

Alarm activation The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to an alarm activation at the Salvation Army building on Cass Street yesterday at 3.30pm.

Fashion fundraiser Age Concern Ashburton will host Spring Fashion at Aeroview fundraiser next month. The fashion parade is at Ashburton’s Aeroview function centre and open for anyone to attend. It will feature clothing from The Merino Story, of Hinds. The company has New Zealand-made merino clothing, and other ladies fashion. Age Concern Ashburton committee member Barbara Kingsbury said six local women would take to the stage to parade a selection of spring clothing range. She hoped for a big turnout. Mrs Kingsbury said tickets were $20 each, and included complimentary refreshments. There were also bar facilities available on site. The fashion parade ticket proceeds would go toward keeping costs down on future Age Concern Ashburton programmes such as Steady As You Go and Life Without A Car. Tickets for the event were available from Age Concern Ashburton at the senior centre on Cameron Street or from any Age Concern Ashburton member. It will be on October 15, at 2pm.

Cancer returns Cricketing great Martin Crowe has announced on twitter his cancer has returned. The former New Zealand cricket captain had suffered from lymphoma, which he recovered from in June last year.

However, yesterday he wrote to say the disease had returned.

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Community service A Hastings man will serve the community as punishment for carrying a concealed knife into a Work and Income office just hours after the fatal Ashburton shootings. Lucky Eriha was arrested on September 1, after an employee at the Hastings Work and Income office, on Eastbourne St West, overheard an indirect threat from him. The 38-year-old told a friend after leaving the office he would “get [his] sub-auto and shoot them” if his application for a grant was not accepted. Eriha was sentenced to 100 hours of community work.

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■ ASHBURTON PARENTS’ CENTRE

Help for parents with unsettled babies Mid Canterbury parents and caregivers needing help settling babies or toddlers look no further; a celebrated baby whisper is coming to town.

Internationally renowned Karitane nurse/baby sleep specialist Dorothy Waide will be in

Ashburton on September 28.

She is being brought to town by the Ashburton Parents’ Centre, who recognised the need to help parents/caregivers of babies learn good settling habits.

Ms Waide’s experience has seen her as celebrity nanny with

Hollywood stars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones and Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer as clients.

She was described as one of the most knowledgeable authorities in the field of infant and toddler care. She had a nur-

turing and holistic approach to sleep, settling and eating habits.

The visit was part of a nationwide Parents’ Centre offer.

During her time in Ashburton she will hold two workshop sessions; one for babies zero to three months (9.30am to

11.30am), and another for babies four months plus (1pm to 3pm).

The cost is $20, but discounted for Parents’ Centre members.

Anyone interested in attending can contact Jane Kingan on 0278444053 or via ashparentscentre@gmail.com

■ MISS UNIVERSE NZ

“Our plans will ensure a strong, open economy that delivers more for New Zealanders and their families.”

Monique Cooley

Finalists eye pageant prize When Monique Cooley steps out on stage in the Sky City Event Centre tonight she’ll be carrying the hopes and good wishes of Ashburton with her.

For Monique, and fellow contestants in this year’s Miss Universe New Zealand final, tonight will wrap up months of hard work and dozens of public appearances when one of their number will be given the winner’s tiara and sash for 2014.

To make the final line-up Monique had to make her way through two rounds of eliminations that whittled numbers down to 25. The finalists’ photos and profiles have been on the competition’s Facebook page for several weeks and members of the public have been able to cast votes for the woman they believe should carry the title.

Public voting accounts for 50 per cent of the points, with contestants judged in interviews and during fashion parades by judges. A bikini shoot in Thailand last month also counts towards the points tally.

Before heading to Auckland on Sunday for rehearsals ahead of tonight’s final, Monique said she was feeling relaxed and was looking forward to whatever the week would bring.

Her preparations had really been an extension of the way she lived – exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet.

While every contestant would be hoping their name would be the one called, Monique said any one of the candidates would be a worthy winner, Monique said.

KEEP NEW ZEALAND WORKING MMP elections are always close even with the Opposition in disarray.

Any vote for a minor party risks political turmoil and our economy stalling.

Only a strong PARTY VOTE for National will keep New Zealand heading in the right direction.

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Snow may descend upon voters making their way to Mid Canterbury foothills polling booths on election day.

The MetService is advising Mid Canterbury voters to take their scarves, beanies and jackets with them as a blustery southerly with plummeting temperatures makes its way through the district on Saturday afternoon. Precipitation throughout the district is forecast to fall as snow above 400 metres.

So while the polling booth in Methven, at 320 metres above sea level, may get sleet, the one at the Alford Forest Hall, at over 420 metres, should see snow.

Alford Forest farmer Dan Symons said he had made up his mind who he was going to vote for, and a bit of snow would not deter him from getting to the hall on Saturday.

“Out here on the farms and that we are pretty organised, heaters in cabs, four-wheeldrive trucks. Snow isn’t the excuse it used to be,” Mr Symons said.

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foothills locations of Mt Somers and Mayfield, and eight in Ashburton alone. All booths will be open from 9am to 7pm.

An electoral commission spokesperson said any voters concerned about the cold weather on election day could vote earlier, at advanced voting booths throughout Mid Canterbury.

Ashburton’s advanced booth is at the Sinclair Community Centre on Park Street, and is open 10am to 8pm today and 10am to 5pm tomorrow.

There is a second advanced polling booth in the district, at the Methven Heritage Centre, and it is open today and tomorrow from 10am to 4pm.

The booths have seen a steady trade since opening this month.

As of yesterday 349,135 advanced votes had been cast nationwide, a figure which has pleased the electoral commission, as it is over twice as many as the 151,639 people who had cast an advanced vote by the same time in the lead-up to the 2011 general election.

“Anyone who wants to vote in advance can vote in advance, you don’t need a reason.

As long as people vote we are happy,” the spokesperson said.

POLITICAL PULSE At Ashburton’s Helmack ITM, customer Glen Smitheram and workers Mark Thomson and Sharon King share their election thoughts with Guardian reporter Susan Sandys, before voting on Saturday.

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I’m determined to vote, mainly because Labour are talking capital gains tax, which I am completely against. We have enough taxes and capital gains isn’t really capital gains, it’s inflation. Sometimes I wonder if we should let the silly Greens get in and they will make such a cock up of it they won’t come back.

Nationwide, I don’t think there’s no-one really to compete with National.

If you want to talk about old spy games, we have to have some sort of security.

Those behind the Dirty Politics agenda have damaged themselves, and Kim Dotcom should not have anything to do with any political party. He should be extradited, why should we look after a criminal.

I don’t know who I am going to vote for, as I don’t really agree with any of the political parties’ policies. I have always voted Labour, but nobody has actually got any policies that would suit me. I am disappointed with the behaviour of the political parties at this election, I don’t think any of them actually deserve to be in there. They do not appear to be focussed on policy and are behaving like a bunch of school kids.

Winston Peters’ popularity reaches three-year high New Zealand First leader Winston Peters’ personal popularity has reached a three-year high, according to a new poll.

The veteran politician was preferred prime minister for 9.1

per cent of respondents in the 3News/Reid Research poll.

His popularity had increased from a week ago, where he was sitting at 7.9 per cent, just behind Labour leader David Cun-

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The same survey taken just before the 2011 election had Mr Peters on 3.8 per cent.

3News political editor Patrick Gower said Mr Peters’ personal popularity was “simply powering away”, and was reflective of some serious movement in the party vote polling.

“Considering he obviously doesn’t have a realistic chance of becoming prime minister it’s quite a result. Almost one in every 10 Kiwis want Winston to run the country.”

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OUR VIEW

Does spying bother you?

Erin Tasker

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o you care if you’re being spied on by the Government? I don’t.

I’ve got nothing to hide.

But in a day and age where people put their most personal details on the internet for all to see through social media, Kim Dotcom thinks we should be very concerned about being spied on.

It’s just the latest in a string of dramas that are looking like making this election one to remember for all the wrong reasons.

It’s always a time when mud starts slinging; the smug looks and silly grins are brought out as politicians try to gain the upper hand and win the vote of the country.

For someone like me who generally switches off when someone mentions politics, it’s a time of much eye-rolling.

A book full of allegations is launched right before the election. Will I read it or pay it any attention? No. Dotcom tells us our Government’s spying on us – shouldn’t we only be worried if we’ve got something to hide? Like if we’re planning a terror attack?

A leader is interviewed on television with a handful of candidates behind, smiling smugly and nodding along in agreement – now that’s just plain annoying.

John Key is certainly under fire this election. Are people listening to what they’re being told? Will it affect the way they vote? Only time will tell.

One thing the ongoing sagas have done, is get even the least interested people in the election – like me – thinking; not that any of it has changed my mind on who I’m voting for. I’ve made my mind up on the issues, not the sideshow.

A post on social media this week asked how three individuals on a stage, presenting New Zealand’s Moment of Truth, could cause so much drama in the lead-up to an election. At the end of the day, Dotcom has a personal issue with Key and he’s trying to get the rest of the country involved.

But this election should not be about spying, leaked emails and who said what to whom.

It should be about the important things like education, health, welfare and law and order. Isn’t that what really matters?

YOUR VIEW Parking bylaw I refer to the letter to the editor of September 15 from Mr Leadley regarding the side agreement on private parking restrictions in Wills and Cameron streets.

Mr McKay was correct in his response to Mr Leadley’s letter.

Council is required to discharge its duties in relation to public road in accordance with the relevant legislation and cannot contract out of, or be persuaded to contract out of, those statutory obligations.

Those obligations are paramount for the simple reason that that was how Parliament wanted these things to be dealt with.

However, as a lawyer what I find perplexing about this situ-

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ation is that apparently neither the council nor the owners who entered into the side agreement were aware of this at the time they signed the side agreement.

Anyone who advises councils, or private clients entering into agreements with councils where obligations are placed on that council, will generally be keenly aware that there are limits to what that council can agree to do.

A good example of this is that a council cannot enter into a contractual agreement to grant a resource consent.

The procedure in the Resource Management Act for consideration of an application for a resource consent has to be followed, without exception.

If the requirements of the Resource Management Act are

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not met, a resource consent cannot be granted.

Agreements with councils therefore invariable, and properly, include an acknowledgement that the terms of the agreement will be subject to the overriding statutory obligations of the council.

Where there is a conflict between contractual and statutory obligations, the statutory obligations will prevail.

In my experience this is a standard basis for any contract with a council and is always expressed. However, this kind of acknowledgement was apparently not included in the side agreement and appears not to have been considered at the time.

It seems unfair therefore that the ratepayers of Ashburton

should now have to pay to defend an expensive legal challenge from the owners in Wills and Cameron streets, as has been threatened.

It is equally unfair that the owners in Wills and Cameron streets should have to commence this litigation. From what I have seen, this situation was entirely avoidable.

Questions should be asked about why this issue was not apparently brought to the attention of both sides by their legal counsel at the time the side agreement was entered into.

And if legal advice on this was provided, the question then becomes: Why was that advice not followed?

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Should vandals be made to clean up the mess they create?

Yes 100%

No 0% Today’s online poll question Q: Will you wait until Saturday to vote in the general elections?

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hat a complete and utter waste of public and private money this election build-up has been.

The end result has been decided without any table thumping debates about the critical issues facing young New Zealanders.

So I have a suggestion for your weekend to put some inspiration back into what has been a dismal circus of “show me the money” moments. I’ll come back to you about that suggestion.

The education policies written by the two major parties are like a cottage pie, smell ok, look ok, fill you up but you wouldn’t go out to a restaurant to eat one.

Quite simply they get on with the job of continuing the status quo with a little bit of sauce thrown in.

The Greens actually have one of the few policies worth reading and it is very obvious that someone in that party knows how to put together an aligned policy that takes education seriously.

The other minor party policies are long on popular statements with no real thought given to how they will

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be implemented or carried on long after their three minutes of fame has faded.

The Mana party should be commended for writing the interests of Maori children directly into their plans. They should be taking the Conservatives to task every day for their vile plans to permanently squash the voice of Maori forever.

The only other mention to note is United Future who actually make sense in their policies, more than their tired leader who still thinks it’s funny to wear a different bow tie every day.

So that’s the election done and dusted, I have already asked our local MP to open our new classrooms later this year, so certain am I that this result is a done deal.

Now here’s that suggestion for the weekend. Attention undecided voters! Get yourself a ticket to Flour Babies this

Friday night. Be absolutely drawn in by the work of people too young to vote and then think about their future when casting yours.

To the decided voters, get yourself a ticket for the Saturday show. That way after spending two minutes to confirm what the polls say, look forward to what has to be one of the most “I got so caught up in the performance” experiences you will ever see.

This play is going to be a stand out for the simple reason that young minds are being asked to grapple with the most challenging responsibility we can ever face – parenthood.

What makes this play stand out is the decision to place the audience as close to the actors as possible.

Jackie Heffernan, the director, has brought together children and teenagers from almost all of our schools, and asked them to perform without the safety of back stage, or distance from the audience.

It is exhilarating and captivating to watch.

As an audience you would almost be able to reach out and touch them and the decision to have the play performed in the “round” is bold. If you don’t

know what that means, then simply trust me, get there to see it.

The work of the young actors simply confirms to me that our schools do great things.

You can’t tell which school these thespians come from, because they are all articulate, confident, cohesive and brave.

Their moments of realisation communicate dawning reality with vulnerability.

I actually thought the decision to have this performance on the same weekend as a general election was a clanger.

Now I realise what a masterstroke it is. You could not ask for a better reversal of roles, adults behaving like children (the election) and children behaving like adults (the play).

In Flour Babies is a message of responsibility to the generations that will come after us. I wish it was life lesson that our “wannabe” leaders of today would give some serious voice to.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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■ UNITED STATES As many as 6000 firefighters are battling a wave of wildfires raging across California, which is gripped by a historic drought and near-record temperatures.

Thousands of residents have been evacuated and buildings ravaged in at least one of the fires in northern California, while southern California has been hit by power blackouts as people turn their air conditioning up to full blast.

There are currently 12 major fires across the vast western US state, including near the town of Weed, where flames damaged or destroyed over 100 buildings including the local church. The inferno that swirled through Weed moved so quickly all people could do was flee.

In just a few hours, winddriven flames destroyed or damaged 150 structures, a saw mill and a church. At times, the fire moved so fast that residents had only a few minutes to get out of the way.

On Tuesday, the “Weed Like To Welcome You” town sign still stood, but nothing else was normal as stunned residents assessed the damage, took stock of what they lost and gave thanks for what was saved.

“At the peak, essentially the entire town was evacuated,” state fire spokesman Robert Foxworthy said.

Disastrous as the fire was for the community of 3000 people, daybreak brought gratitude and relief that there were no reports of death or even serious injuries.

The intense blaze erupted Monday south of Weed. Elsewhere in the state, hundreds of firefighters battled about a dozen other persistent blazes.

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6.7 quake near Guam A major earthquake struck off the coast of Guam yesterday, though there were no reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not in effect. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.7 quake was about 30 miles north-northwest of Guam and 80 miles deep. The Pacific Daily News reported that power outages have been reported from Talofofo to Malojloj and to Bear Rock in Inarajan. Some residents with Docomo Pacific reported losing phone service after the quake.

Killer landslides Landslides triggered by heavy rains from a tropical storm have killed at least seven people in northern Vietnam. The chief administrator of Lang Son province’s Cao Loc district, Hua Anh Tuan, says six people were killed and five others were injured when a landslide buried the hut they were sleeping in early Wednesday. A 5-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured when another landslide struck their house. Tropical Storm Kalmaegi was downgraded from a typhoon when it struck northern coastal Vietnam on Tuesday night. About 55,000 people in four northern coastal provinces were evacuated ahead of the storm.

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Schoolchildren are evacuated from a Weed school as the fire looms large.

pushed the flames into town, where they quickly chewed through a hillside neighborhood. Officials said a significant number of the structures burned were houses; three firefighters lost their homes in the blaze. The cause is still under investigation.

“It went through here so fast it was unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like this,” Jim Taylor, a retired butcher who has lived in the town for 30 years said Tuesday. “I’m not a real religious person, but somebody was looking out for me.”

Taylor said fire bombers

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dropped retardant over his house. As his home and his deck furniture turned pink from the retardant, another house nearby erupted into flames. Across the street, pine and oak trees were burned to a crisp, and small flames and smoke drifted up from chunky embers. - AP

Lava is cascading down the Philippines’ most active volcano as authorities rush to evacuate thousands ahead of a possible deadly eruption. Mostly women, children and the elderly carrying bags of clothes were hauled out of farming villages near Mayon volcano’s slopes on board army trucks and minibuses. Soldiers went from house to house asking residents to evacuate, after authorities raised the third highest alert in a five-step scale, meaning a full-scale eruption is possible “within weeks”.

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■ AUSTRALIA

Hairy dispute costs marks A high school student in Sydney’s west has had the razor taken to his exam results over a new haircut.

Dominic Kiehn, 17, has been penalised 20 per cent on his chemistry exam after showing up to All Saints Catholic Senior College in Casula with a haircut that breached the school’s uniform policy.

The Year 11 student was stopped before entering the chemistry exam on Tuesday for sporting stubble and having an undercut hair style.

“I felt like (the teacher) was trying to make an example out of me,” he said.

“Some people have worse haircuts than I do.

“It felt like the school has got the priority wrong, that it was more about the image

than the education.”

After struggling with chemistry throughout the year, Dominic put in hours of study to lift his grades and impress his parents.

The family spent hundreds of dollars on tutoring.

“I wanted to show my parents and prove to myself I’ve improved,” he said.

Although the new style raised some eyebrows, his mother says the school should have let Dominic sit the exam and reprimanded him later.

The 17-year-old, instead, returned to school yesterday to sit the exam, but with a penalty.

“This is not acceptable from a school that has a Christian ethos,” Mrs Kiehn said.

“I don’t think they should

bend the rules because he’s my son, but I don’t agree with the way they handled it.

“That’s going to impact his self esteem and academics.”

School principal David Fetterplace said the uniform policy has always been made clear to students and the penalty was applied because Dominic was sitting the exam a day late.

“We didn’t say you’re banned from doing the exam, we said pop off and go down the road fix your hair and sit the exam when you come back,” Mr Fetterplace said.

“We even rang his mum.”

Dominic, however, said the school’s best offer was to return after a haircut and sit the remainder of the exam.

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IS video warns US The militant Islamic State group has released a video warning the United States that fighters await it in Iraq if President Barack Obama sends troops there, as he and his top general said may happen.

The 52-second video entitled “Flames of War” shows militants blowing up tanks, wounded US soldiers and others about to killed. It then shows a clip of Obama saying that combat troops will not return to Iraq, ending with a text overlay that reads “fighting has just begun.”

The video’s timing, released yesterday, suggests it was a response to General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said that if the current Iraq strategy doesn’t prevail, he may recommend the use of ground troops.

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A building has been hit by rocket fire in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk, killing at least one person and adding to the growing number of civilian casualties in the region despite a nearly two-week-old ceasefire. An AP reporter saw the remains of what appeared to be a Grad rocket that had hit the building in the north of the city, where fighting centered on the government-controlled airport has caught many residential neighborhoods in the crossfire.

Fijians vote There was excitement among thousands of voters and relief from the international community yesterday as Fijians cast ballots in a landmark election they hope will end more than a quarter-century of political turmoil and eight years of autocratic rule. But democracy may not have much of a new look to it. Military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama, who has ruled this sunny South Pacific nation since he seized control in a 2006 coup, is the front-runner. He’s popular in Fiji thanks in part to his focus on social programs, increased infrastructure spending and a crackdown on the media.

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a local earthquake and pushed through a cage-wire join. Louie camped up in surrounding trees for a couple of weeks, watching Mrs Thompson and his owner calling him, before finally relenting and deciding to come back.

Mr and Mrs Thompson are going to miss the foothills community they have come to love, but believe it is time to go home to live near their children and grandchildren, particularly as Mr Thompson continues to recover from Guillain-Barre syndrome which he contracted last year.

Their two pet cats Tuppence and Lucy have gone to loving homes, something Mrs Thompson feels happy about.

“I couldn’t leave this home and have the cats here but not come back,” she said with tears in her eyes.

The couple have sold the cattery to Mid Cantabrian Michelle Nelson.

Silly errors costing Kiwis dream jobs Recruiters spend an average of six seconds looking at each resume that crosses their desk and New Zealanders are making silly errors that are costing them their dream jobs.

US recruitment firm The Ladders uncovered the surprising statistic in a study using eye-tracking technology to find out about recruiters’ techniques when looking at resumes.

Emily Wheeldon, who has

15 years’ experience in recruitment agencies in New Zealand and overseas, said she had seen hopeful job candidates ruin their six-second shot at a job with poor spelling and inappropriate information.

“Your resume is your first shot at really expressing your capabilities to a potential employer.

If you don’t get it right, you’re going to miss that opportunity.”

Including a photo of a bunch

of friends drinking on a Saturday isn’t going to help, she said.

“Personally, I like to see a photo of a person on a resume because when I’m reading about that person it brings them to life.”

Ms Wheeldon said a common mistake on resumes was listing irrelevant and unhelpful hobbies and interests. A resume over two or three pages was too long, she said.

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Mt Somers residents Andrea and Allan Thompson will leave behind friends both feline and human when they head back to England this month.

Mrs Thompson became known as “the cat lady” among Mid Cantabrians after she and Allan moved to the village and established Whare Iti Cattery eight years ago.

Ignoring those who said it would never work, they established the 20-cat facility, with 16 rooms, which Mrs Thompson refers to as “suites”, never “cages”.

The former RSPCA animal shelter manager from England had moved to New Zealand to marry Mr Thompson. She met the Englishman as he was visiting family back home, after he had already been in New Zealand for over 40 years, working in the tourism industry.

The cattery went on to be-

come a successful business, with 60 per cent average occupancy and customers coming from throughout Canterbury.

It has cared for hundreds of cats over the years, and Mrs Thompson has added to her responsibilities by taking in many a stray through her work with Mid Canterbury Animal Shelter.

She does not mind her cat lady nickname, and said every single moggy which had come through her front gate managed to find a place in her heart.

“You can’t have a favourite,” Mrs Thompson said.

Not every feline has been of the same inclination however, and Mrs Thompson has the scratch and bite marks to prove it.

“After 24 to 48 hours they are fine, you just go in there and treat them with kid gloves,” she said.

She had one escapee in the eight years, Louie the grey Maine Coon, who was rattled by

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lo-based SGM will form the regional hub of Tait’s Latin American operations.

Tait Americas president Victor Agnellini said the purchase would provide the company with knowledge and expertise as well as understanding of the market through SGM, which would be rebranded as Tait Communications.

“Strengthening Tait in Brazil by acquiring the expertise and market know-how of SGM moves us closer to our clients and gives us the strategic advantage of a local presence in the burgeoning Brazilian market,” said Agnellini. “We’re now better positioned to strengthen relationships with current clients and partners and embrace a wider range of future opportunities across Latin America.”

Tait Communications is a digital wireless business that designs and develops communications networks for its customers.

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Cat lady Andrea Thompson and her husband Allan will miss Mt Somers.

Christchurch-based Tait Communications has bought Brazilian company SGM Telecomunicacoes, in a bid to expand its presence in Latin America.

SGM Telecomunicacoes, with multimillion-dollar annual revenue and 30 staff, has been a partner of Tait Communications for 20 years.

Chief executive David Wade said the purchase was a major part of Tait’s long-term plans.

“We’re increasing our focus on building complementary solutions, growing our professional services business and driving a greater return on our significant investment in digital technologies,” Wade said. “That means delivering innovative communication solutions that help our clients save lives, protect people and property.”

The company said the transaction amount was confidential, however the deal would be funded through existing cash reserves as well as working capital facilities. Sao Pau-

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 NZX 50 index

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 NZX 20 index

3,947.79 –46.29 –1.16%

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 Dow Jones Indust.

17,131.97 +100.83 +0.59% At close of trading on Sep 16, 2014

 FTSE 100 index

6,792.24 –11.97 –0.18% At close of trading on Sep 16, 2014

 Nikkei 225 index

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Source: interest.co.nz

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■ MINT LAMB COMPETITION

On the lookout for NZ’s top lamb The search is on for New Zealand’s top lamb, with entries now open for the Canterbury A&P Show Mint Lamb Competition.

The competition, now in its eighth year, is open to all breeds and celebrates the quality and variety of lamb available in New Zealand with a focus on increasing consumption of one of the country’s largest export earners.

Hobby farmer Mike Ryan blew his commercial farming counterparts away when he

took out the top spot in last year with a coopdale lamb, bred on a 16-hectare block in West Melton.

Now retired, the former furniture factory manager believed the secret to beating the commercial farmers was the amount of time he was able to spend on his 150 ewes, which are feed on clover-based pasture with some lucerne baleage.

Competition convenor and general manager of the New Zealand Sheepbreeders’ Association Greg Burgess, said the competition is a chance for farmers to prove that their lambs are the best of the best.

“The Mint Lamb Competition is one of the highlights of the Show on Wednesday afternoon at the sheep exhibitors club,” he said.

“With the spotlight now shining on sheep, this competition is a tremendous opportunity to highlight your farming operation by entering your lambs.

“I would also encourage all stud breeders to have your clients enter this prestigious competition as it is a fantastic promotion for your particular breed.”

Lambs must be current new season, born after July 1. They will be judged on the hook at an Alliance plant for best over-

all yield. The top four lambs in each of the four classes (dual purpose/wool breed, dual purpose/cross terminal, composite/crossbred cross terminal and terminal) will be selected as semi-finalists and sent to be tender tested at Lincoln University.

Based on the result of the tender test, the top three lambs in each of the classes will be selected as finalists and taste tested at the 2014 Canterbury A&P Show where the overall winner will be announced.

Along with bragging rights, the 2014 overall winner will receive a trophy, show ribbon, cash prize of $1000, 2.5 litres of Zolvix, Novartis Back Pack and Spray Gun Applicator.

Winners in each class will receive $300 cash and a Novartis Back Pack and Spray Gun, second place will receive $150 cash and third place $100 cash.

There is no entry fee for the competition; proceeds from the gift lambs will be credited to the Canterbury A&P Association to support the development of the Canterbury A&P Show.

To receive an entry form or for more information on the Mint Lamb Competition, contact the Show Office on 03 3432136 or email bindy@theshow. co.nz.

Entries close Wednesday, October 22, 2014.

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TINWALD SALE

Prices drop for overweight lambs A large yarding and a drop in demand for overweight lambs pushed prices back $4-$6 at the Tinwald saleyards this week.

Prices for heavier lambs ranged between $135 and $146.

The market for medium and lightweight lambs remained firm. Mediums fetched $115$132, and lighter lambs realised $95-$110.

There was a smaller yarding of prime ewes this week.

Heavy primes made $110$130, mediums $75-$90 and lighter sheep, $60-$67.

Prices on a very small yarding of store lambs ranged from $55-$70.

Left – PGG Wrightson stock agents Richard Ashworth (left) and Greg Cook at Tuesday’s sheep sale.

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Top rural salesperson Robin Ford in the PGG Wrightson Real Estate 2013/14 national awards.

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Another award for top salesperson

By Andrew King Mid Canterbury property stalwart Robin Ford has been awarded the top rural salesperson in the PGG Wrightson Real Estate 2013/14 national awards.

With his fifth award now tucked under his belt and numerous finishes within the top five salespeople in the country, it goes to show the boom that the region is currently experiencing, PGG Wrightson Real Estate general manager Peter Newbold.

He had huge praise for Mr Ford’s ability and the experience that he brings to the job, especially in the fast-paced environment Mid Canterbury has become.

“There are few professionals, whether working in real

estate or beyond, who can match Robin’s skill, dedication or understanding of the industry and networking.

“This year’s list of the most successful salespeople underlines that the strength of the rural property market is currently weighted towards the South Island’s irrigated dairying regions.

“It is also evident that effective, professional salespeople outside those localities are also able to achieve positive outcomes by bringing motivated buyers and sellers together.”

Mr Ford sold in excess of $90 million worth of rural property in the year to June 30, and for these efforts has been awarded the use of a Santa Fe lease vehicle for 12 months from Hyundai New Zealand.

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Work is progressing on the Central Plains Water scheme, CEO Derek Crombie reports.

Excavation and embankment work on the canal has progressed some 5km out of the total length of 17km, and has reached a depth of eight metres.

The base slab for the large intake gate structure has been completed and work on the walls is under way. The control gate structure has been excavated, and work on the base slab is set to get under way.

Work on the first and second off-take structures is in progress.

Beams are in place at the site of three farm bridges on the scheme and work on the deck is in progress. Abutments have been completed at another three bridges and abutment work is under way at another bridge site. Excavation work has commenced for the bridge off Rakaia Terrace.

About 1.2 million cubic metres of soil, from a total of 2.8 million cubic metres, has been moved.

Mr Crombie said lining work was due to get under way soon, with 5550,000m2 of high density polythene (HDPE) lined up for the project.

The polythene will be delivered in rolls eight metres wide and about 140 metres long. Lining the canals involves laying a polyester geotextile underlay, then the HDPE liner, followed by an overlay of geotextile in areas where ballast is required.

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takes skill and experience, juggling the logistics around the multitude of different activities on the very narrow canal crest roads, which are only four to five metres wide, adds another dimension,” Mr Crombie said.

“Another factor is the weather – the liner can only be placed in light wind conditions.

“It would be too dangerous to handle a large sail, of eight by 40 metres – we

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know how hard the nor’wester can blow across the Canterbury Plains.

“Temperature and moisture will also impact on the capability to weld the material.”

Meanwhile, final tests have been carried out at the Downer/Aquaduct popup factory and the first run of HDPE pipe has been manufactured for stage 1 of the pipe distribution network.

The plant will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from now until February to produce the required 132km of pipe.

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Good times with Nan

Test yourself with the Guardian’s weekday quiz

1 – What is the name of the large park near central Christchurch? a. Ragley Park b. Hagley Park c. Bagley Park 2 – When was frozen meat first exported from New Zealand? a. 1794 b. 1882 c. 1917 3 - In Formula 1 motor racing, what does a yellow and red striped flag signify? a. Slippery track b. Slow moving vehicle ahead c. Danger ahead 4 – What is the raising agent in a cheese soufflé? a. Baking powder b. Yeast c. Eggs 5 – What is the astronomical name of the North Star? a. Australis b. Polaris c. Stellaris 6 – In which cartoon film does a crab sing Under The Sea? a. Finding Nemo b. The Little Mermaid c. Ratatouille 7 – Who had a hit with It’s Now or Never? a. Frank Sinatra b. Tom Jones c. Elvis Presley 8 – What are you afraid of if you suffer from agoraphobia? a. Open spaces b. Confined spaces c. Heights

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QUICK MEAL Serve the shanks as they come, straight out of the slow cooker, or jazz up this family favourite by serving the shank meat under an easy savoury bread and cheese crumble.

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■ If wishing to brown the lamb: Heat a dash of oil in a frying-pan and, when hot, brown the shanks well.

■ Put the lamb, onions and carrots into the pre-warmed cooker.

Pour over the beef stock mixture and scatter over the rosemary. Season well with pepper and cover with the lid. Cook on low for 6–7 hours or on high for 4–5 hours, or until the meat is meltingly tender and falling off the bone. Serve with plenty of mashed potato and seasonal vegetables.

■ Oven-cooking option: Cook, covered in an ovenproof casserole dish, in a pre-heated 160°C oven for two hours till the meat is tender.

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2C fresh breadcrumbs 50g butter, melted 1C grated Parmesan or cheddar cheese 1T finely chopped fresh rosemary ■ Preheat the oven to 200°C. Pull the meat from the lamb shanks and discard the bones. Pull or cut the meat into bite-sized pieces and return to the sauce.

Transfer the lamb mixture to an 8-9 cup capacity casserole dish.

■ Mix together the breadcrumbs, butter, cheese and rosemary and scatter over the lamb mixture. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until the casserole is hot and the crumble lightly golden.

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■ SAD LOSS FOR MOTORING

Eoin set the standard M

otoring enthusiasts, and many others who enjoyed reading or hearing a good yarn, are mourning the recent passing of Eoin Young, or ESY as he was known, who was a prolific, influential, highly regarded and widely read international motoring writer.

Eoin Young spent his early days in Cave, South Canterbury, before going to work for a bank in Timaru.

In the late 1950s he began submitting motor sports stories to the Timaru Herald newspaper, and then in a huge leap of faith he gave away the prospects of a guaranteed salary and a pension to begin following Grand Prix racing, in particular with famous Kiwi drivers Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren.

By 1967 he had graduated to a weekly page in the prestigious Autocar magazine – an assignment which continued for 32 years.

Around that time many Grand Prix drivers were hiring PR people, and Eoin became the first employee of the McLaren Racing team as Bruce McLaren’s press secretary.

He declined the offer of an editorial job to go with the fledgling McLaren organisation, and he quickly used his

abilities to enhance the image and reputation of his new employee.

It has been said that neither Bruce McLaren or Eoin Young were quite sure what the role of press secretary involved, but they had a lot of fun working it out.

Eoin soon realised that the sport of Grand Prix racing generated huge interest, and he honed his skills to become a writer whose reports and opinions were both valued and widely syndicated.

His delightful personality endeared Eoin to others and he knew and mixed with the elite of the Formula One world but he never lost the common touch, which meant he always made others who met him feel comfortable.

A renowned raconteur, Eoin was famous for the long leisurely lunches at which he held court and during which he willingly shared his incredible experiences, much to the delight of those present.

Paying tribute in an obituary, Press motoring writer Dave Moore said it is commonly agreed that Eoin Young set the standard for Formula One public rela-

Above: Eoin Young was an expert on all things motoring.

Left: Pictured with Jackie Stewart.

tions to this day.

He also described Eoin Young as a warm and generous man, whose writing style was unique because he always wrote as he spoke and his ability as a storyteller meant he could tell the same story several times without ever manag-

ing to be boring.

He was certainly far from that!

Eoin and Terry Marshall drove a little Smart car on a four-day economy run which Roger Hart and I were on, and during lunch breaks and at dinners we and others greatly

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enjoyed their repartee.

Roger still recalls that it took a lot to keep up with the pair as they hurtled down the Wanganui River Road, using every bit of performance they could cleverly coax from the tiny car which they had somehow managed to squeeze themselves into.

Sometime during the rally a part of the vehicle – maybe the front bumper - fell off the Smart car; I don’t think the cause was ever divulged but it just seemed to add to the image we had come to expect from this humorous pair.

I’m not sure what economy Eoin and Terry achieved, but I’m sure it was good.

No doubt the consumption rate of laughs per kilometre inside that car would have been high.

Storyteller till the end, Eoin Young filed his last story just shortly before he left us.

His huge volume of work in the form of both magazine articles and books will not only live on as important historical records but also as a reminder that Eoin Young was one of life’s great characters who made our world better and brighter.

Eoin is survived by his wife Sandra and grandson Alfie to whom we offer our sincere condolences.

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■ A BIRTHDAY SHARED

In brief

Countdown to 135th anniversary I

n just nine days’ time this newspaper will celebrate its 135th anniversary.

Leading up to this special occasion the daily Back in Time articles looking at papers past have been fascinating.

Some of things reported over the last 135 years have a common theme right up to the present, even if the writing style has changed quite a lot.

But at least one thing we write about today never appeared in this paper 135 years ago.

Motoring didn’t feature back then because the paper was first published before a horseless carriage had been made. Probably early readers compared their horses or maybe the latest model gigs and carriages, but it wouldn’t be for around another 20 years until cars came along.

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and for passengers. Their racing cars were fast, their passenger cars were refined.

Because Duesenberg passenger cars were the epitome of style, performance and comfort, they are still regarded as being amongst the most truly fast and luxurious cars ever produced.

The name became synonyThe Duesenberg factory produced some truly stunning vehicles. mous with the finer things in life and was ultimately abbrevifamous car manufacturers were And at that time early ated to create a new word or alive then. thoughts about automobiles term “deusey’ which is often People who would go on to were going through his mind. used to refer to some really produce vehicles bearing their Someone who was destined to good, as in the description “a names like Austin, Dodge, become famous in the annals of real deusey”.

Chrysler, Citroen, Chevrolet, motoring - August Duesenberg While Augie Duesenberg and Marmon, Morris and Porsche (known as Augie) - was born in our newspaper were both born are among those who were born the same year as our newspaper. in 1879, the cars he and his before this newspaper.

He and his older brother Fred brother created came along a Some were quite young in were both born in Germany few decades after the Guardian.

1879. Henry Ford, who perhaps but the family emigrated to the But the Duesenbergs and the had one the greatest impacts on United States when they were first publishers of our newsmotoring and manufacturing, quite young. paper had at least one thing in was about 20 years old when the Early last century they began common – they both produced paper first appeared. building cars, both for racing real deuseys!

Counting down to the Guardian’s 135th birthday we are looking back at papers from the past

Back in time Ponder this riddle, published in the Guardian in September, 1888:

A woman took eggs to market. At house No.1 she left half the number she had, and half an egg besides; at No.2 she left half the remainder and half an egg besides; at house No.3 she sold half her present remainder and half an egg besides; at No.4 she sold half of what she had left and half and egg besides. She then had none left.

How many eggs had she at first.

SOLVING THE RIDDLE

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ur motoring writer Bernard has been fascinated with the Back in Time items which we’ve been featuring on page 2 during the 135-day lead up to our paper’s special anniversary next week.

In particular a riddle from 1888 which we reproduced a fortnight ago on day 23 of our countdown has re-

ally fascinated Bernard.

We’re repeating it here.

Presumably the answer was divulged in a later edition of the paper way back in 1888, but we haven’t found it.

After losing a lot of sleep and pondering on the riddle Bernard reckons he knows the answer, and he has told us what he thinks it is. But

he’s wondering if anyone else has come up with an answer, and so are we.

So if you think you have solved the riddle please let us know by either emailing steve.d@theguardian or phoning our friendly receptionists on 307-7900 and we’ll find out if Bernard is as clever as he would like to be.

Ambrose returns Two-time V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose will return to the Australian championship after eight years racing in the United States. Ambrose, the 2003 and 2004 V8 champion, will team up with Dick Johnson Racing for 2015 after the iconic team confirmed on Monday it will partner with American motorsport great Roger Penske. The Tasmanian announced last week he was returning home, bringing an end to his career in the American NASCAR series. Penske runs the IndyCar team which won this year’s IndyCar championship with Australian Will Power. Known as “the Captain”, Penske has also won the iconic Indianapolis 500 15 times. He says partnering with Dick Johnson Racing for next season’s V8 Supercars championship was one of the biggest challenges of his career.

Rossi bid on track Italian great Valentino Rossi led a Yamaha one-two to claim his maiden win of the season at the San Marino Moto GP and launch his bid for a 10th world title.

Rossi, a nine-time world champion in all categories, finished the 28-lap race on Sunday ahead of Spanish teammate Jorge Lorenzo with Dani Pedrosa, on a Honda, in third. Championship leader Marquez finished 16th after crashing his Honda on the early laps and trailing at the back of the field for most of the contest.

Lorenzo on Saturday had earned the 30th pole position of his career, but first of the season, to top the grid just ahead of Andrea Iannone on a Ducati and Rossi.

But the Spaniard’s bid for a fourth successive win in San Marino was kept in check by a rampant Rossi. The Italian eclipsed his mercurial form so far this season with a composed and determined performance was helped by Marquez’s misfortune.

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Cup contenders show early form

BY MATT MARKHAM

HARNESS RACING NEW ZEALAND

It’s not a bad time of the year, this spring.

The good horses are starting to roll their way out onto the tracks as the prospect of Cup Week at Addington draws even closer, and the racing starts to get a little more exciting as big fields and even racing becomes the order of the day.

Next week we will see Terror To Love strut his stuff for the first time at races when he contests the Avon City Ford Cup at Addington. His return to racing is always a high point of any season as his pulling power is incredible.

People love going to the races to see the good horses do battle.

And we are going to get plen-

ty of that in the coming weeks – especially when Labour Day Monday rolls around at Ashburton for the time-honoured Ashburton Flying Stakes and the Ashburton Trotters Flying Mile.

But before all the real serious stuff happens here in Mid Canterbury – another club kicks off its season this month when Methven hold their first meet-

ing on Sunday.

Yes, I know - a shameless plug for the club of which I am a committee member.

The grass track surface at the Mt Harding Racecourse in Methven is regarded as one of the best in New Zealand and a reflection of that is the number of horses who have been recently trialling on the track and the number of horses who will com-

pete there on Sunday.

More than 500 people will make their way onto the course as part of the Clubs of Canterbury Race Day and a bumper crowd is again expected for the first grass track race meeting of the new season in New Zealand.

As for a winner, look to the locals and especially Golden Desire in race four.

CLASSIC FINAL R/Af, 520m 1 53163 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 2 56522 Opawa Kendal 30.46 L & ................... Wales 3 32612 Botany Richie 30.53 ..................J McInerney 4 54311 Homebush Kelso 30.42 .............J McInerney 5 13221 Jewel Eagle 30.67 J &.....................D Fahey 6 43123 Botany Blake nwtd ....................J McInerney 7 42212 Shines Bright 30.73........................ H Cairns 8 34313 Opawa Rosie 30.49.......................... B Dann 9 33123 Boostin’ 30.44 ................................ H Cairns 10 45334 Goldstar Bomber 30.92 S & ............B Evans 9 8.25pm ROBBIE’S BAR & BISTRO STAKES C5, 520m 1 12211 Know Certainty 30.69.....................G Cleeve 2 53327 Opawa Zara 30.37 L & ....................... Wales 3 21613 Opawa Stretch 30.33 L & ................... Wales 4 67641 Cawbourne Axe 30.52........................C Weir 5 11384 Know Danger 30.02 .......................G Cleeve 6 71117 Robbie 30.20.................................R Adcock 7 52644 Cracking Chain 30.43 J & ...............D Fahey 8 32172 Cawbourne Abbi 30.34 ................C Roberts 9 14683 Idol Girl 30.51 L & .............................. Wales 10 15735 Botany Kevin 30.49 ...................J McInerney 10 8.55pm KINGSTON CUP FINAL C2df, 732m 1 54433 Blushing Belle nwtd L & ..................... Wales 2 22443 Thrilling Logic 43.61 ........................ K Walsh 3 44324 Cawbourne Miami nwtd ...............C Roberts 4 13831 Know Ambition 43.72 .....................G Cleeve 5 66412 Opawa Tania nwtd L & ....................... Wales

6 7 8 9 10

81235 Cool Pursuit nwtd ............................ K Walsh 43251 Jinja Power 43.71 J & .....................D Fahey 51124 Little Teegan 43.36 .................... A Lawrence 67445 Cawbourne War nwtd...................C Roberts 13846 Deanne’s Fantasy 43.94 J & ...........D Fahey 11 9.25pm RACINGDOGS.CO.NZ DASH C5, 295m 1 33572 Popstar Rocket nwtd .........................M Flipp 2 18215 Cawbourne Queen 17.03 .............C Roberts 3 38522 Angelic Star 17.33.............................J Dunn 4 72716 Sozin’s Comet 16.94 .................J McInerney 5 11121 Mr. Whippy 17.12 ...............................C Weir 6 3147x Life’s A Laugh 17.17..................R Blackburn 7 12414 Time Slayer 17.26 M &........................ Smith 8 277x6 Attack Wide 17.23 ..........................G Cleeve 9 82684 Terra Annie 17.22............................. B Dann 10 27348 Ohoka Coby 17.26 ....................... L Waretini 12 9.55pm LIVAMOL DASH C4, 295m 1 67672 On The Level 17.46 ......................C Roberts 2 14724 Black Crow nwtd .......................A Bradshaw 3 72564 Jinja Turtle nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 4 71446 John Dory 17.45........................J McInerney 5 8118x Zoe Brand 17.21 .............................. B Dann 6 76623 Know Jealousy 17.29 .....................G Cleeve 7 78248 Fantastic Four 17.60 ....................... M Grant 8 x5788 Starburst Josh 17.04 ........................S Stone 9 56462 Abound 17.23................................R Adcock 10 35772 Maker’s Label 17.37 H & .....................Taylor

Emergency: Beauty Glow

8 1107x Honor And Cherish t (5) 54 ....C Barnes (a1) 9 69414 Resplendent dm (8) 54 ............... C Johnson 10 43448 Sandy’s Star m (6) 54 ........ D Prastiyou (a3) 7 4.13pm DAVIS SHEARING HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1335m 1 57x60 Fintorro m (9) 59 .............................. J Bates 2 4526x Our Santana t (2) 59 ................D Bothamley 3 2412x The Bubbly One (10) 58 .......... T Direen (a1) 4 55507 Golden Castle (7) 57 ................J Chong (a3) 5 49147 Howlongdowewait th (12) 57 ........K Williams 6 53376 Lucky Nemo mh (4) 57 ................. D Skerrett 7 32207 Contador m (15) 56.5 ..............S Wynne (a1) 8 38630 Keep A Fortune m (6) 56.................D Walsh 9 4748x Thyme Zone (13) 56.....................T Moseley 10 6350x Richard Trimbole m (3) 56 .......P Shaikh (a3) 11 36x56 Matoaka td (11) 55 .......................... J Morris 12 34439 Polly’s Sister tdh (8) 54.5 ............ C Johnson 13 67x05 Universal (5) 54.5 ........................L Callaway 14 48508 Mion Jay (14) 54 .......................R Black (a2) 15 02069 Sir Jack Remington m (1) 55........R Doherty

M10 Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club’s meeting at Addington Raceway on September 18. NZ Meeting number: 10. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 4.43pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C5, 295m 1 57213 Spud Gun 16.95 .............................. M Grant 2 81365 Ketut 17.40 ...................................C Roberts 3 22786 Trans Tasman 17.23 ..................R Blackburn 4 61774 Blonde Tori 17.47 ......................A Bradshaw 5 88243 Quedrago 17.22 C & .......................... Fagan 6 22273 Angel Noir 17.15 .............................. B Dann 7 53117 Laredo 17.12 .....................................M Flipp 8 64123 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 9 56365 Roqette 17.09 ..............................C Roberts 10 77817 Opawa Casper nwtd L & .................... Wales 2 5.03pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL CHAPMAN STAKES C3, 520m 1 48F28 Punch On Jaime nwtd ...............J McInerney 2 17541 Opawa Tom nwtd J & ......................D Fahey 3 44167 Stich Up 30.80 S &..........................B Evans 4 73643 Waimak Dave 30.88 ..................J McInerney 5 45334 Goldstar Bomber 30.92 S & ............B Evans 6 45535 His Lordship 30.45 ........................R Adcock 7 2x781 Dream Academy 30.41 S & ............B Evans 8 26513 Sheeza Flower 30.16 ................A Bradshaw 9 84772 Opawa Stella 30.33 L & ..................... Wales 10 62777 Mulberry Brook 30.80................... K Cassidy 3 5.22pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C4,

M6

6 43743 Will Excite 17.33 .......................... L Waretini 7 17588 Fireman’s Legacy 17.34 ....................J Dunn 8 5854F Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 9 56462 Abound 17.23................................R Adcock 10 42846 Know Pride 17.26...........................G Cleeve 6 6.49pm (NZT) RACING GREYHOUND BREEDERS (NZ) LTD STAKES C4, 520m 1 47x41 Gee Cee Bee 30.43 ...................H Anderton 2 13846 Deanne’s Fantasy 30.42 J & ...........D Fahey 3 52134 Doleuze 30.36 ...................................J Dunn 4 45482 Harlem Haka 30.51 ...................J McInerney 5 12415 Opawa Michelle 30.44 J & ..............D Fahey 6 63264 Ambilight 30.30 J & .........................D Fahey 7 63653 Opawa Andrea 30.53 L & ................... Wales 8 67445 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 9 14276 Harper Rose 30.20 J & ...................D Fahey 10 x5473 Unshaken 30.48 J &........................D Fahey 7 7.25pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC SPRINT C5, 295m 1 1438F Star Dreamer 17.32 C & .................... Fagan 2 11514 Irish Blue 17.01 J & .........................D Fahey 3 63168 Broken Pedro 17.25 S & .................B Evans 4 63547 Know Advantage 17.04 ..................G Cleeve 5 13425 Zebidiah 17.02 ..........................A Bradshaw 6 46831 Hetfield 17.21 ...............................C Roberts 7 35432 Rodriguez 17.19..................................A Lee 8 7F517 Adroit 17.18 H &..................................Taylor 9 82684 Terra Annie 17.22............................. B Dann 10 88177 Captain’s Choice 17.27 ................C Roberts 8 7.55pm I PAVE CONCRETE CHRISTCHURCH

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Gore gallops Today at Gore

Gore Racing Club’s meting at Gore on September 18.

NZ Meeting number: 6. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7.

1 12.43pm (NZT) CLEARWATER CRUTCHING/ CROYDON CONTRACTING MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1000m 1 495x Bee Hapi 58.5 .............................. Scratched 2 Coat Tales (9) 58.5 .......................R Doherty 3 Doctor Eden (11) 58.5.................L Callaway 4 4002x Libetto (5) 56.5 .............................K Williams 5 2469x Alessio (2) 56.5 .................. D Prastiyou (a3) 6 7478x Ellies Choice h (3) 56.5 ...........S Wynne (a1) 7 0x Xcapable (10) 56.5................R Cuneen (a3) 8 Hayley Maree (1) 56.5...............R Black (a2) 9 600x6 Thorn Majic (7) 56.5 ................ T Direen (a1) 10 25x4x Princess Brook (8) 54 ............C Barnes (a1) 11 37. Miss Fortune (6) 54 .........................D Walsh 12 Commix (4) 54 ............................ C Johnson 2 1.18pm LIVESTOCK SUPPLIES / GORE SEPTIC TANK CLEANERS $7000, MDN, 1200m

M8

295m 1 15566 Goldstar Chumlee 17.27 S & ..........B Evans 2 35686 Starburst Terry 17.24....................... M Grant 3 43635 Wunzee 17.39 ...........................J McInerney 4 11561 Know Knowing 17.40 .....................G Cleeve 5 56217 Blue Gale Rise 17.28 ....................... B Dann 6 22356 Tepirita Charger 17.10 ......................J Dunn 7 53422 Team Dream 17.44 C & ..................... Fagan 8 65788 Isabelle Domain 17.21 ..............J McInerney 9 56462 Abound 17.23................................R Adcock 10 16753 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 4 5.39pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C5, 295m 1 34651 Impersonator 17.27 ...................A Bradshaw 2 28627 Mary Marlow 17.17 ......................... M Grant 3 36148 Iona Haka 17.33........................J McInerney 4 41211 Little Regus 17.04 J & .....................D Fahey 5 74641 Plagiarism 17.02 .......................R Blackburn 6 81633 Go Housie 17.03 ............................G Cleeve 7 61782 Noble Fantasy 17.30 S & ................B Evans 8 26352 Cawbourne Jelly 17.19 ......................C Weir 9 56365 Roqette 17.09 ..............................C Roberts 10 568x5 Wandy Gaylene 17.30....................G Cleeve 5 6.13pm CAROL’S T.A.B. DASH C4, 295m 1 63118 Homebush Bruno 17.34 ............J McInerney 2 2F361 Bo’s Business 17.31........................ M Grant 3 73768 Opawa Jed nwtd L & .......................... Wales 4 32235 Red Hot Fury 17.42 M & ...................Jopson 5 65256 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan

1 x647x Pickpocket (1) 58.5 .....................L Callaway 2 9x60x Macan (2) 58.5 .......................... S Muniandy 3 My Plan (9) 58.5.......................D Bothamley 4 78x Peterbilt (5) 58.5...........................T Moseley 5 Special Duke 58.5 ........................ Scratched 6 5500x I’m A Taart (7) 56.5 ......................R Doherty 7 5826. Mary Magdalene (6) 56.5 ............ C Johnson 8 4x0x0 Oh So Famous (4) 56.5.................... J Bates 9 7x Borntobeirish (10) 56.5 ...................D Walsh 10 37x7 Silvia 54 ....................................... Scratched 11 0 Edelweiss (11) 54 ........................K Williams 12 Satin Jitterbug (3) 54.............R Cuneen (a3) 13 Zarina (8) 54 ................................... J Morris 3 1.53pm GORE TOWN & COUNTRY CLUB RESTAURANT/CLOVER EXPOR $7000, MDN, 1335m 1 42044 Catalan King (2) 58.5 ...............D Bothamley 2 750x Storm Uru (5) 58.5 ......................L Callaway 3 9x70 D’Rupee (7) 58.5.............................. J Bates 4 00 Mr Tripster (10) 58.5 ..............R Cuneen (a3) 5 Standout (3) 58.5 .........................R Doherty 6 00335 All In Touch (1) 56.5 ...............C Barnes (a1)

7 8 9 10 11

028x0 Barter (8) 56.5........................... S Muniandy 7054x Jenuwin (6) 56.5 .....................S Wynne (a1) 5x06x Spic N Span (4) 56.5............... T Direen (a1) 4x0x0 Oh So Famous 56.5 ..................... Scratched 00 Saigon Prince (9) 56 ....................T Moseley 4 2.28pm HOKONUI CONTRACTING LTD HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1100m 1 3221x Gallant Dan (5) 59..................C Barnes (a1) 2 19. Switzer mh (7) 58 ......................... D Skerrett 3 0x058 Jacksanfives m (9) 57 ................. C Johnson 4 91560 Dom Benedictine dm (1) 57 .....D Bothamley 5 91780 Nutinear m (6) 56.5 ................... S Muniandy 6 4958x A Beautiful Knight (8) 56 ...........R Black (a2) 7 84077 Miss Perfecto m (13) 55.5 ...........L Callaway 8 41030 Crafty Love m (4) 55 ...............S Wynne (a1) 9 75107 Skeet mh (3) 55 ...........................K Williams 10 x3860 Conquering Kenny m (11) 55 ........... J Bates 11 9810x Ima Geegee dm (10) 54.5 .....R Cuneen (a3) 12 8439x Gunna Fly (2) 54.5 .......................T Moseley 13 x090x Beauty Glow m (12) 54 ...................D Walsh

5 3.03pm AON INSURANCE BROKERS HANDICAP $12,000, OPN HCP, 1335m 1 93242 Absolut Excelencia td (1) 59 ............ J Bates 2 21327 The Gordonian m (9) 57...............R Doherty 3 3020x Esprit D’Or t (5) 56.5 ...............S Wynne (a1) 4 08483 Fiddler’s Green tm (2) 56 ........ T Direen (a1) 5 x8980 Comanche Gold m (3) 55.5.........L Callaway 6 024x9 Terelle (8) 55.5 ......................R Cuneen (a3) 7 97x43 Recording (4) 54 ......................... C Johnson 8 89x94 Ima Dude tdm (7) 54 ....................T Moseley 9 71154 Irish Excuse mh (6) 54 .................K Williams 6 3.38pm ABERNETHY CONTRACTING HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 2335x Valiant d (2) 64 ......................... J Lowry (a4) 2 1623x Hermione td (1) 60 ................R Cuneen (a3) 3 74746 Prime Hit dm (3) 58 ...................R Black (a2) 4 8575x Mr Trimbole tm (10) 57.5 ................. J Morris 5 01952 Snow Line dm (4) 56.5 .................K Williams 6 12567 Cheeky Tart dm (9) 55 ................L Callaway 7 41229 Rorippa dm (7) 54.5 ................S Wynne (a1)

Rangiora harness Today at Addington Raceway

Rangiora Harness Racing Club’s meeting Addington Raceway on September 18. NZ Meeting number: 8.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 5.57pm (NZT) BISHOPDALE/BUSH INN TABSTAVERN HAREWOOD MBL PCE $6500, 4yo+ c0 to c2, others with cond. +claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 x3464 Earthshaker (1) fr ..................... S Manawatu 2 130x0 Special Delight (2) fr ...................M Stratford 3 0x800 Izshebad (3) fr ..................................A White 4 89509 Thatshowie Roll (4) fr ................. D Paterson 5 50957 Alexy (5) fr .......................................B Negus 6 41472 Franco Tyrone (6) fr .....................D Reardon 7 40730 Machs A Flyin (7) fr ....................P Anderson 8 88728 Valhalla (8) fr .................................... G Cook 9 45057 Here’s Shifty (9) fr ........................ P Wallace 10 22713 Billy Jack (21) fr.................................A Edge 11 0x807 Stylish Babe (22) fr ..................J McDermott 12 59041 That’s Hunting Pink (23) fr ........... R Sissons 2 6.32pm RENNELL GRANDKIDS MOBILE TROT $7,558, 4yo+ c1 to c2 mob. trot, mobile, 1950m

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

94000 Cheeky Charlie (1) fr ...........................J Law 14069 Sungait Sally (2) fr ...........................S Ottley 05870 Danke (3) fr ...........................J Anderson (J) 0008x Xmas Joy Belle (4) fr ............... C D Thornley 58494 Donsmedad (5) fr ............................... R May 64719 James Castleton (6) fr ...................B Orange 40870 Pammys Boy (7) fr........................ S McNally 06700 Trip’s On Me (8) fr ..........................T Chmiel 33180 Shell Seeker (9) fr .........................R Holmes 78985 Paint The Moon (21) fr .....................J Curtin 4P49x Rocky Six (U1) fr .............................. D Dunn 3 7.07pm KEITH USSHER ARCHITECTURE PACE $7,558, c1 with cond. pace, stand, 2000m 1 07685 Shards Assassin (1) fr............. C D Thornley 2 16963 No Way Else (2) fr ..........................T Chmiel 3 50700 Glenferrie Ann (3) fr .................. C McDowell 4 099x0 Countess Vale (4) fr .........................J Curtin 5 x70x6 Smoke N Grin (5) fr .........................M Jones 6 74069 Franco Hepburn (6) fr................... A Lethaby 7 06655 Shantahlia Knight (7) fr ...................... R May 8 15825 Can’t Get Enough (8) fr ...............C DeFilippi 9 63837 Sounds Like Us (9) fr .......................P Davis

10 7247x Goshawk (10) fr ...................... L McCormick 11 38802 She’s Got It (11) fr .....................M Purvis (J) 12 9080x Nic Mac Willy (U1) fr ...........................A Butt 4 7.40pm ALLWOOD TREES FILLIES & MARES MOBILE PACE $7,058, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 05437 Live At Speed (1) fr .......................R Holmes 2 30829 Smart Alex (2) fr ............................... D Dunn 3 2347 Idolise (3) fr ........................................ R May 4 4 A Better Lover (4) fr................... R Anderson 5 48077 Pacific Rose (5) fr................................J Law 6 0 Dubonnay Twist (6) fr ....................B Orange 7 099 Madam X (7) fr .................................S Ottley 8 32845 Sicilian Secret (8) fr........................T Chmiel 9 Cakewalk (9) fr ................................ G Smith 10 x4978 Pacific Jean (21) fr ................... C Bourke (J) 11 Van Dales Delight (22) fr .............C DeFilippi 5 8.10pm PETER RENNELL MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $8,058, 3yo+ c2 to c3 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 14441 Eva Sophnally (1) fr................. S Golding (J) 2 10519 Abbey Cullen (2) fr ....................... S McNally

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24112 Art Union (3) fr ................................. D Dunn 90x65 Flyover (4) fr ............................ C D Thornley 18x15 New Deal (5) fr ............................C DeFilippi 06578 Givethejobtobarnsy (6) fr .............J Versteeg 085x4 All Cash (7) fr ................................B Orange 655x0 Classiebee (8) fr..................................A Butt 1114x Instead Of (9) fr .................................. R May 6 8.40pm GARRY THOMPSON BIRTHDAY HANDICAP TROT $10,058, 6yo+ c7 to oc spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 7205x Lotalov (1) fr ........................................B Butt 2 76x27 The Fiery Ginga (2) fr....................... A Clark 3 06x16 Uncas (U1) fr...................................... R May 4 7x324 King Of Strathfield (1) 10 G O’ .............Reilly 5 1125x Stent (2) 10 .................................C DeFilippi 7 9.10pm HSW ACCOUNTANTS MOBILE PACE $7,058, 4yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 250x2 Lovemetwotimes (1) fr......................S Ottley 2 03333 Midnight Prowler (2) fr.............. S Thompson 3 Firedup (3) fr .......................................B Butt 4 9 Sorpresa (4) fr ...............................R Holmes 5 98x7 Gracey Lacey (5) fr ...............J Anderson (J)

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92303 Caesar’s Empire (6) fr ...................B Orange 28555 Four Starzzz Shiraz (7) fr ................. D Dunn 0 Kachina (8) fr ............................ R Anderson Rightaround (9) fr .............................J Curtin 58403 Jimmy Hoffa (21) fr............................. R May 80835 Rainy River (22) fr ..................... C McDowell 8 9.40pm ‘FAREWELL TO ROBIN WILSON AS PRESIDENT’ MBL PACE $7,558, 4yo+ c1 mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 22232 Betty Golightly (1) fr ....................C DeFilippi 2 44985 Betabcool (2) fr ..............................T Chmiel 3 0x080 Dreamy McSteamy (3) fr .............. A Lethaby 4 0x807 Stylish Babe (4) fr ................... C D Thornley 5 327x0 Her Worship (5) fr.............................S Ottley 6 87836 Natural Courage (6) fr .................. S McNally 7 37712 Exceptional Man fr ....................... Scratched 8 35514 Eastburn Mara (7) fr ........................M Jones 9 4P8x0 Tuxedo Max (8) fr ..........................B Orange 10 56504 Canndew (21) fr ...............................P Davis 11 61783 Cracklin Rosie (22) fr G O’ ...................Reilly 12 2952x Born In The USA (23) fr ................... D Dunn 13 08x85 Highview Highlander (24) fr...............J Dunn

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■ ASHBURTON TROTTING CLUB TRIALS

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In brief Blues sign Cowan

Making a dash for home

Jimmy Cowan has signed with the Blues for next season, a move coach John Kirwan says will help make up for Piri Weepu’s departure. Bryn Hall will remain the Blues’ No1 halfback after his strong season this year, but the addition of Cowan strengthens the position considerably. With Simon Hickey and Ihaia West two inexperienced first-fives, 32-year-old Cowan’s experience will be invaluable. “Jimmy brings competitiveness, plenty of experience and great game awareness which is something we were really looking for,” Kirwan said.

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Peterson banned

Making a dash for home, two Patrick O’Reilly trained runners Never Fear and Tyron’s Aphrodite came from back in the field to take line honours in the last of the day at yesterday’s Ashburton’s Trotting Club trials.

For most of the 2400 metres Wendy Stevenson’s Paradise Spur looked to have the race tied up. The Pegasus Spur-Gal-

leon’s Paradise five-year-old made the race her own. First time past the post she led the field, stretching that to more than three lengths with 800m to run.

As they turned for home Ben Waldron and Moa Bones mounted a challenge, moving up onto Paradise Spur’s shoulder. The O’Reilly pair were quick to shut down Waldron’s chances, however, mov-

ing into top gear and bolting for the line.

The pressure proved too much for Terry McMillan and Paradise Spur and the mare broke, drifting well off the pace.

Never Fear (Pegasus Spur-Without Fear) came home in 3.14.3 11/2L clear of Tyron’s Aphrodite (Love You-Sunloch) with the Jim and James Geddes trained Insignifcant five lengths back.

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ABs in good mental shape Exactly one year out from the start of their World Cup defence in England and Wales, a tournament which, if the last is any indication, will test them to the absolute fullest, the All Blacks are in excellent mental shape.

Selector Grant Fox, launching the milestone at Eden Park yesterday from a spot adjacent to where prop Tony Woodcock scored the only All Blacks’ try of the unbearably tight 2011 final victory over France, believes Steve Hansen’s men are heading in the right direction.

However, he is wary of ap-

pearing too satisfied, despite the team’s skill at winning (or, at least not losing) tight tests, seen most recently in the 14-10 victory over the Springboks in Wellington, but a knack notable since November last year.

Of the All Blacks’ past 10 tests, only three have been straightforward wins - the big one over England in Hamilton in June which was set up by a big first half, the thrashing of Australia at Eden Park last month, and the fairly comprehensive victory over Argentina in Napier a week later.

The All Blacks drew in Syd-

ney a week before the demolition in Auckland, but had to hold out an Australian team who had a one-player advantage for 20 minutes after the sinbinnings of Wyatt Crockett and Beauden Barrett.

In the world of test rugby, where the margins between teams are smaller than ever, the closeness of the contests must be considered the norm, rather than any failure on the All Blacks’ part. To more often than not finish on the right side of the ledger, seen most dramatically against Ireland in Dublin last year when Ryan

Crotty scored a converted try after the final siren, is a valuable gift with a World Cup rapidly approaching.

Former All Blacks first-five Fox believes the improvements in the team’s mental strength stemmed from the 2007 World Cup quarter-final defeat to France in Cardiff.

“We’ve been tracking that way for a little while,” he said. “You don’t have to go too far back where we were on the wrong end of those tight games. We weren’t finding ways to win.

This group is.”

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Big break for Piutau in Argentina?

The All Blacks’ already strong outside back division is about to get stronger with the possible addition in the next few weeks of Charles Piutau.

Piutau’s season with the Blues was badly disrupted by a knee injury but after forcing his way into Steve Hansen’s Rugby Championship squad, the 22-year-old’s fitness and form have caught the coach’s eye.

Piutau has not been involved in any of the All Blacks’ four Championship tests so far this season but, as they prepare to

travel to Buenos Aires and the return test against Argentina, that could be about to change.

“We’ve noticed in the last week or so he’s really sharpening up again,” Hansen said on Radio LiveSport yesterday.

“With that knee, I think that’s held him back a bit and he’s lost a bit of confidence, but he’s starting to really train well with us and he’s probably not far away from getting a game shortly.”

Hansen will be wary about changing things too much

against the Pumas at La Plata a week on Sunday as he is already without Ma’a Nonu, an absence that will likely result in Malakai Fekitoa starting in the unfamiliar position of second-five.

However, Hansen could opt to rest either Julian Savea or Ben Smith, both of whom have played every minute of the past four tests against Australia (twice), Argentina, and the Boks, leaving the way clear for Piutau to return via the reserves bench.

Israel Dagg, back at fullback

after missing the Wallabies tests, has played every minute of his team’s last two outings.

Cory Jane, not required against the Pumas in Napier, but who played the whole of the second half in Wellington after Nonu broke his left forearm, has amassed 165 minutes over three tests.

Hansen will want to field his strongest line-up for the following week against the Boks in Johannesburg, which suggests Piutau’s big opportunity could come soon.

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The Minnesota Vikings have banned running back Adrian Peterson from team activities while he addresses child abuse charges.

The Vikings made the announcement yesterday after initially deciding that Peterson could play with the team while the legal process played out. Peterson is charged with a felony for using a wooden stick to spank his 4-yearold son.

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Hogg’s back He’s the wily old man of the squad, but spinner Brad Hogg could hold the key to the Perth Scorchers’ chances of producing a T20 Champions League fairytale.

Hogg was the star of the show during the Scorchers’ title-winning Big Bash League campaign last summer, with the 43-yearold snaring nine wickets and conceding just 6.19 runs per over.

The Scorchers begin their Champions League campaign this Saturday when they take on South African outfit the Dolphins in Mohali.

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Tutaia out injured The Silver Ferns will be without star shooter Maria Tutaia for the rest of the year. Team management confirmed Tutaia would take no part in the upcoming test series against Australia and England after succumbing to a foot injury. The 27-year-old ruptured her plantar fascia ligament in her left foot ahead of the July Commonwealth Games, but played through the painful injury at the tournament.

Makos thrash Stags Tasman continue to impress during their maiden season in the ITM Cup’s Premiership division.

The Makos made light work of Southland 38-14 in Invercargill last night as they erased the horrors of their last-ditch loss to Taranaki last Thursday. The bonus-point was wrapped up with more than 30 minutes to play as Tasman’s entertaining brand of running rugby was too much for the Stags to handle.

50 for Whitelock Adam Whitelock will play his 50th game for the red and blacks when Canterbury take on Counties Manukau tomorrow night. Coach Scott Robertson has made three changes to the starting fifteen that beat Wellington last week - with Siate Tokolahi, Ben Funnell and Johnny McNicholl all set to go.

Dominic Bird is back from injury.

Club news 22 Ashburton Guardian Allenton Croquet Club The club met for its meeting this month in order to finalise arrangements for the new seasons opening day on the 15th September. Invitations have been sent to Methven and Waireka clubs to join us. The last of the season’s wood raffles have been sold with pleasing results.

Thanks to everyone.

An Easter raffle is to be organised nearer the time. Aorangi, South Canterbury is to have a lunch to celebrate its centennial year. Two of our members have been invited and will attend. The interprovincial tournament between Canterbury and South Canterbury will be held at Allenton and Waireka greens on Sunday 21st September.

A “Have A Go Day” for both croquet and golf croquet will be held at our greens at the Allenton Sports club on Cavendish St on Sunday, 28th September from 1-30—to 3-30pm. Mallets are available and flat shoes are to be worn. Afternoon ted after wards. These games are often perceived to be more for the older person but some of the New Zealand champions are still students in their teens. So they are really games for any age. Come and have a go, males and females. Barbara Field has recently been appointed an Examiner’s Referee.

Thursday, September 18, 2014 was played for Eight Clubs took part, Willowby, Wakanui, Rakaia, Tinwald, Carew, MSA, Allenton, Lagmhor/Westerfield.

Singles, Pairs and Fours were played over three rounds.

Three Clubs ended up with 13 points, Rakaia, Willowby and MSA after a count back Willowby and Rakaia ended up with 96 points each and MSA 88 then it came down to ends with Rakaia taking out the Shield with a close win on 49 ½ ends to Willowby on 49

Creative Fibre Ashburton

www.guardianonline.co.nz Ashburton Bridge Club To bid and make game contract the usual expectation is 26 points between the partnership hands. However, in this deal from a recent club night, North/South did well to bid to game (contracting to make 10 tricks) with only 23 points in high cards. Playing 5 card majors, North opens 1H, and South’s hand, with a solid heart fit, plus in singleton D, is suddenly worth 12 points. North/South bid to 4H and East is on lead. Not wanting to lead from the spade A,Q, nor the club K, the only other option is a D. But look at what happens!

The opening lead is won in hand with the diamond A, the 2 outstanding trumps are drawn and declarer needs to play East for the club K. To do this successfully he must be in his own hand to lead the club 10 towards AQJ2 in dummy. Whether East covers with his club K or not makes no difference.

If he covers the club 10 with his K, South’s A will win – both the club Q&J are now winners and the spade J will be discarded on one of them. If East declines to cover, the club 10 will hold the trick and the 2 is played from dummy. Now the club 4 is led. If the K does not appear this time, declarer will play either the Q or J from dummy and

The September meeting was held on Monday 15th up at the Allenton Rugby Club with about 27 ladies attending. On a personal note Dorothie and Ray Stapley celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and Dorothie showed us a lovely card from the queen.

It was moved that our subs which are due at the AGM next month will be $45.

Prompt payment would be appreciated.

Members had the opportunity since last month of attending two camps. The first was at Glen Tui and the other was at Stavely. Both provided a friendly atmosphere, good food, happy spinning, dyeing and bead work and perfect weather quite different from last year’s atrocious gales and lack of power.

Ashburton Bowls One more week and it’s all go. There The Canterbury Area AGM will be held on Saturday 29th November at the Tanwill be a working bee next Monday Sepnery. Woolston. All are very welcome to tember 22 at 9 am for the men to clean attend. Suggestions were made about the outside areas, the walls etc, and on Tuesday 23 at 9am for the ladies having a banner which we would use at to clean the inside areas. Please bring special meeting occasions. Design sugyour cloths and enthusiasm to make the gestions welcomed.

Entries for the A and P Show have to be building shipshape and sparkling.

Council sponsored strategy workshop.

Opening day is Sat 27 wet or fine. in by 1st October. Late entries not ac- Ruth asked for a show of hands of those cepted.

Please wear your uniform or whites. who would be interested in buying an 1pm for discs to be in prior to the offi- SHOW AND TELL 2 crocheted small Anzac commemorative calendar which rugs.

1 larger rug,6 mohair rugs made cial opening. A plate of afternoon tea is will be available at the next meeting. As by one lady which will be sent to Ron- our speaker was a little late, Rose enterrequested for all members and the committee is on kitchen duty. The garden ald McDonald House, 2 child’s jerseys, tained for a short while. fine wool skeins, Baby wear matching Ruth then introduced our speaker for helpers have been busy tidying up and we are most grateful for their help. Any bootees, hat and crocheted jacket, hat the afternoon, Sharon Breakwell from ,jacket and singlet, all in one jacket, Wastebusters. Wastebusters has been offers of assistance would be gratefully cream jacket and hat, a hug—me-tight, accepted. I know we can’t control the active in Ashburton for 20 years and weather but maybe we will be lucky. a neck scarf and matching long scarf, started by being active in educating 2 finger knitted scarves, 3 woven mats, Thanks to Graham and his helpers for a children on the benefits of composting great job in producing the booklet, it is Adult wear:-a fine wool scarf, woven and worm farms. They work in schools well done and very easy to follow. Jo handbag,6 pairs of socks, spun wool throughout Mid Canterbury and the has the tournament book organised and and some dyed wool which was done a Selwyn area. Currently they survive on Stavely Camp and a miniature hat on a ready for all your entries. the sale of recycled materials from the To those older past members who would hair band. Then before lunch a Silent community. They are hopeful of regainlike to visit on opening day, please con- auction was held. Goods included balls ing the Council contract when it comes of fancy wool fleece wool, books, jam up for renewal next year. Recently they tact a committee member so we can arand pickles and plants. Lunch and genrange transport should you be requiring have started to introduce re-cycling eral talk and handcraft followed. it. bins on farms, as this discourages the To those not well, we wish you a speedy use of pits to dispose of rural rubbish.

Grey Power Ashburton recovery and hope to see you all very Also there is a lot of plastic wrap from On Monday 15th September Grey Power soon. Till then good luck and good bowlsilage etc that can be recycled. There Ashburton held their monthly general ing to all. were several interesting questions and meeting at the Seniors Centre. Presian animated discussion on the proposed dent Ruth Thomas welcomed approx 40 Ashburton Golf Club introduction of wheelie bins. Sharon members.

There were apologies from A great day at the Brandon on Sunday, closed by inviting those present to an Mr & Mrs McClimont; Mr & Mrs Gamblin; our wonderful men’s team picked up Ashburton Community Water Forum to the Holmes Cup, massive well done to Carol Price and Sheila Graham, these be held at the Sinclair Centre on October Robbie, Owen, Rodney and Bo, the final were accepted. Ruth announced that 2nd at 7pm. There will be several interVice President Sheila was attending a went down to the last green, where Robesting speakers and it is important that bie sunk a monster to kill the game off.

Everyone of the team played his part in a long campaign, also thanks to other players who played in the earlier rounds.

Shame the other pennants teams didn’t even manage to make the finals, you know who you all are. We may have to enforce a serious training regime for next year’s pennants, a full on program of spiritual, physical and mental conditioning, or maybe, just stop filling up at Couplands before our matches.

This Saturday we have the Watson Cup qualifier, top 16 pairs to go through, it would be great to see a big field turn up for our major pairs tournament. Then on Sunday we have a fund raising tournament to raise funds to help send Nicole Hamilton Cross to Arizona for the North American Junior Amateur. Nicole qualified for this on an earlier holiday in the States, now herself and her parents are working very hard to raise funds to get back there to take her place in the comp.

We have a shotgun start, 11.30 report for 12.00 tee off, lots of great prizes, stroke, stableford and non-handicap scores, longest drives, nearest pins and a sausage sizzle all for $20. Get down to the course and help this lovely young kiwi girl to go and kick some yankee butt.

Good golfing

North

West K8543 Q5 Q83 865

Dir: W Vul: None

East AQ107 J10762 K973

962 K8762 4 AQJ2 South pitch the spade J on the club A. The 4th club from dummy goes away on the diamond K and the 3 losing spades are ruffed in hand, while the 2 losing diamonds from North are ruffed in dummy. 13 tricks

we improve the quality of our water. Peter Thomas passed a vote of thanks and presented Sharon with a fruit tray.

The raffle was drawn and prizes distributed. The meeting closed at 3.10pm.

Next meeting Monday 20th October, the speakers will be representatives from the Citizens Association and the Bridge Action Group.

Hakatere Ashburton U3A Ongoing learning for people who have reached retirement years.

The August meeting of Hakatere Ashburton U3A speaker was Frieda Looser a former Senior Tutor in the History Department at Canterbury University. She contributed to the University’s Community Education programme and when this was disestablished she founded her own business teaching history and leading study tours to Europe.

Frieda explained that a pilgrimage is a journey with a spiritual purpose. Journeying to sacred sites has fulfilled a human need since ancient times, and continues to motivate millions of people to this day.

In Medieval Europe, there were three main Christian destinations: Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago de Compostela and many people make these journeys still.

Hindus and Moslems expect to make

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Croquet action from the weekend featuring Joy Thompson (left) and Vincent Rouse.

in the bag! The defenders are helpless and East will rue his choice of opening lead. Had he chosen to lead the spade A, declarer will make only 12 tricks, still a better than expected result.

pilgrimages today as a requirement of their faith.

The discussion focus was on pilgrimage within the British Isles including the Canterbury pilgrims of Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th century Canterbury Tales. She outlined motivation and expectations and experiences of pilgrims and their journeys. Pilgrims followed the journeys of monks from Saint David’s in Wales to Ireland and Iona in Scotland. Saint Cuthbert’s at beautiful Lindisfarne in North east England attracts many modern day pilgrims as do the others places. These include Walsingham where in 1061 a Saxon noble woman had a vision of the Virgin Mary and the most well-known pilgrimage site in England, Canterbury Cathedral where Thomas a Beckett is remembered.

An enthusiastic and knowledgeable speaker, Frieda is keen to return to Ashburton and we will certainly be anticipating another interesting journey with her in U3A programmes in the future.

Hinds & Districts Lions Club The Hinds & Districts Lions Club held their monthly meeting at the Hinds Hall on Tuesday night with 42 members and guests present. Members enjoyed an excellent meal prepared by the Hinds Plunket Group, then an informative talk from Howard, the Lolly-Man who described being born and raised in Zimbabwe and the pressures that the country was put under by the dictatorship. He spoke of his business experience in Zimbabwe and New Zealand and his plans for the future. He reminded members of the power of the mind and the potential that everyone has. Members also heard from Jaidyn Busch, whom the club had part sponsored to attend a national sporting event and the successes she had enjoyed.

During general business Project Leader Lion Willy Leferink outlined plans for Boulevard Day and spoke of the outstanding success of Odd Shoe Day last Friday when $1,000 was raised for Camp Quality after fantastic support from Longbeach, Hinds and Carew Peel Forest schools and club members. He thanked club members who had assisted at the recent tree planting day at Harris Reserve.

Social Leader Lion David Keeley reminded members of the farm visit arranged for this Friday and Membership Director Lion Alan Harrison welcomed four prospective new members to the meeting.

President Robert Ellis outlined the club’s support for the Hinds Domain upgrade and proposed new playground and confirmed the club would donate $10,000 towards initial costs. Lions John Shearer

Club news www.guardianonline.co.nz and Peter George spoke on the new walkway around Lake Hood and the new playground being installed and asked for club support for these and future developments in the area. Lion Tamer Stuart Wilson extracted fines from unfortunate members before another very enjoyable and informative meeting closed.

One the same evening 30 members’ wives and partners held their own social gathering at the Bedrock Bar and Stone Grill where they enjoyed an excellent meal and friendship; all arranged by President’s wife Jane Ellis.

Methven Golf Club Methven defeated Gleniti A in dramatic close final 10 -7.

The win was secured on the last hole.

Playing the last hole 1 up in the fourball, Methven’s No 6 Mike Harris played a magnificent 2nd on to the green. With the rest of the team, along with playing partner Peter Kemp, watching on he putted and halved the hole to the delight of his team mates. Harris was unaware of the importance of his putts.

The team had won its semifinal against Gleniti B at Fairlie two weeks ago by the same score and in a similar last hole putt.

It has been 22 years since Methven last won the Moyes Trophy.

Individual results if you need them Eric Meaclem lost, Mark Gorman won, pair won fourball, Phil Lalor halved, Phil Trail halved, pair

lost fourball Peter Kemp lost, Mike Harris won, pair won fourball Points allocated – win singles 2 points, halved match 1 point, fourball win 1 point, fourball halved ½ point, 2 points for winning match, match points total 17

Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club President Val Farr welcomed members to the September meeting of the Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club held recently. After singing the National Anthem members stood in silence to remember the victims of the WINZ tragedy. Birthdays and Anniversaries were celebrated, and the Secretary, Marg Watson read out the correspondence. Members were reminded of the Probus 30th Birthday Buffet at Hornby Working Men’s Club on 12 September, the Probus Annual Walk at Wigram on 10 October and the outing to Aeroview on 22 October. Almoner Val Johnson gave her report. The Mini Speaker was Jean Smith who told us more of her childhood in London during the Second World War. They would hear the planes with the bombs coming, which was a frightening experience. Down in the shelters there would usually be a singalong. Posters “Loose Lips, Sink Ships” were prevalent. Winston Churchill was an inspiration, with his messages, especially telling everyone that England

Thursday, September 18, 2014 would not give in. They had lots to eat because of the allotments.

Janice Finch introduced the main speaker, Andrew Dalziel, Chief Executive Officer from the District Council. Andrew told of his background, he was originally from Dunedin. He went to University and qualified in economics. He had worked in Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland, then Wellington again. His job before coming to Ashburton last September was for the Hurunui Council.

The Ashburton District Council has 130 staff and is growing, now have EA Networks and the Museum. There are 78 local authorities in New Zealand. Andrew believes in the values of trust and honesty. There are many projects the Council is working on – crisis management, Thompsons Track, the main office and others. Ashburton is growing quickly and is the third best performing economy in the country. The Resident Survey showed satisfactory results. Members asked Andrew some questions, particularly about parking meters and the Art Gallery/Museum. Gwen Clucas thanked Andrew for his presentation.

President Val closed the meeting with the thought for the day “Start small – Everything big starts with something small.”

Tinwald Red Cross Meeting held on Tuesday 2nd September at 1pm. A short business meeting was

held prior to the arrival of our friends from the Blind Foundation. Members were reminded of the Forum to be held on 4th October from 10.30am-2.30pm to be held at the Tinwald Memorial Hall.

Peter Scott will run the Forum. John Hobbs will attend the Youth Forum in November at Wellington. Members discussed the pros and cons of keeping the Red Cross Rooms in Ashburton. Ashburton Red Cross Branch members have been invited to our 7th October meeting. The speaker will be Mrs A Donald from St John. At the conclusion of our meeting we welcomed the members of the Blind Foundation to our meeting. We were pleased to welcome Mrs Yvonne Cherry and Mr Jim Burgess to entertain us. Yvonne accompanied Jim as he sang a great selection of songs which he encouraged us to sing along with him. Yvonne played several pieces of music on her organ. Yvonne and Jim were thanked and presented with fruit trays. Raffles were drawn. A lovely afternoon tea was served by members. A most enjoyable afternoon.

Waireka Croquet Club News August/September Once again all go on the Croquet Scene with the weather behaving impeccably for our opening on the 6th September.

Beautiful Spring weather with an attendance of 35 made this a happy time to regroup and test our skills on the greens.

Ashburton Guardian 23 May be rusty but still fun.

The following day on the 7th September a “Have A Go’ Day was held with plenty of interest being shown in the game of Golf Croquet. Hopefully some new players will be converted to the game and join us in the tranquil setting of the Ashburton Domain, learn new skills and make new friends. Waireka is happy to see anyone interested at any time– our playing days are listed in the Daily Diary weekly.

Mahjong and Euchre were closed in style –sumptious afternoon teas and prizes supplied at both events and our winter friends went away happy and already looking forward to these activities next May. It is always good to have something to look forward to in pleasant surroundings through the winter.

The Committee are busy organising a Business House Golf Croquet Competition to be held for 6 weeks on Tuesday evenings commencing on 7th October.

This is a new concept in the Croquet world in Ashburton although successfully held further afield. We hope very much we get a good response to this venture – we are lucky enough to have obtained a sponsor and good prizes can only add to the fun to be had.

As you can see croquet is alive and well at Waireka and we look forward to some great days on the greens and a lovely summer.

May see you there.

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women September 23 Winifred Tucker Memorial Brooch: Report 9.00 a.m. for a Multiple Start at 9.30 a.m. Bring and Buy in the Clubhouse after play.

Draw Steward: Janice Dunlop 308 3910 Tuesday Starters: D. Hinton and W. Carter No. 1 Tee W. Parr, T. Cates, J. Leferink 2nd off V. Moore, R. Bennett, M. Bean No. 2 Tee B. Turton, D. Engelbrecht, No. 7 Tee C. Trott, H. Ward, B. Gregory 2nd off S. Simpson, C. Emery, J. Dunlop No. 9 Tee J. Guilford, A. Hunt, J. Ackerley No 10 Tee J. Williams, K. Read, K. Green 2nd off D. Hinton, L. Wackrow, W. Carter No 11 Tee H. Lovett, M. Watson, L. Small No 16 Tee J. Welch, E. Porter, J. Early No 18 Tee S. Elliott, D. Simmons, F. Matsinger Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Thursday September 25 Mayfield Wooden Spoon Challenge at Mayfield Nine Hole Convenors – Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 and Wendy Smith 308 9201 Saturday September 20 – Winifred Tucker Memorial Brooch - report 8.15 a.m. for 8.30 a.m. start All women players welcome to join weekend ladies Club Captain – Jenny Williams 308 2081

Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Section September 23 Championship Round No1 Tee 9am C Linney v J Van der Heide L Bell v Mc Auliffe 9 07 B Kirdy v J Bruhns J Beardsley v M Kennedy 9 14 V Prendergast v B Harris D Wellman v P Ellis 9 Holes 9 21 M Sherriff v R O ‘Brien S Gutsell v N Costin Non Championship Players Report 9 15 Starters L Bird J Undy Cards Committee

RESULTS ■■ Golf

Mid Canterbury Football’s 15th grade representative team (in green) shakes hands with their Selwyn opponents after a friendly match at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday. The match was part of the district’s rep teams’ build-up for South Island age-group tournaments over the next month.

Ashburton County Veterans Golf Association Mayfield Golf Course Gross Competition in Grades Grade 0-19: 1st Stuart Wilson with 85; 2nd= Don Houghton and Peter McLauchlan with 89.

Grade 20-25: 1st Riki Shearer with 89; 2nd Malcolm Fechney with 97.

Grade 26+: 1st Guildford Lane with 96; 2nd= Des Green and Eddie Tulip with 100 Twos Ian Beach, Murray Mellish and Peter McLauchlan.

Ashburton Golf Club Women’s Section

September 16 Nearest the Pins: No 4 Pauline Bell, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Sally Lemon, No 12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Pauline Bell, No 14 Todds of Ashburton: Hilary Ward, 2nd Shot to Green: Lynn Small Twos: Sally Lemon – No 8, Hilary Ward – No 14.

Nine Hole Section Thursday 11th September 2014 Rnd 5 Medal – Stroke.

Hazel Benke – 30, Anne Fleming – 32, Annette King, Peter Wright – 33 by lot.

Mayfield Golf Club Ladies Section 16-09-14 LGU, 4th Skibo, 6th Stableford0-20 Jan Clucas 94-16-78, 21-32 Anne-Marie Blair 103-30-73, Adri-

enne Hopping 100-24-76,33-40+ Juliet McLeod 115-41-74, Helen Rapsey 109-33-76;Stablefords - Anne-Marie Blair 36, Juliet McLeod 34, Pam Morrison 33;ALT nearest pin No. 5 Anne-Marie Blair, No. 14 Alison Vessey;Hastings McLeod Property Brokers Marilyn Cross 2nd shot 0-29 Judy Webb, 30+ Alison Vessey;Twos - Anne-Marie Blair;Player of the day - Anne-Marie Blair.

Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole Division September 11 Nett and Stableford Ladies 1st W Sim 49:18:31 and 23 stbf, 2nd B Morrison 64:24:40 and 12 stbf Men 1st G Jacobson 61:29:32 and 22 stbf, 2nd J Greenslade 54:21:33 and 19 stbf

Nearest the Pins:Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No.2 – E Graham, Mayfield Transport No. 5 – W Sim

Tinwald Golf Club Women’s Section September 16 Championships B1 J Van der Heide beat A Dwan L Bell beat S Lane K Mc Auliffe beat J Smith B2 J Bruhns beat B Cochrane by default M Kennedy beat M Moore B3 B Harris beat M Whiting P Ellis beat P Boon 9 Hole R O’Brien beat J Cartwight N Costin beat I Ross Stableford Competion C Linney 38 by lot K King 38 D Wellman 9 Hole S Gutsell 12

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Arthur sets sights on rugby glory Former Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur wants at least 30 per cent of players inducted into the Western Force’s new junior academy to go on to play Super Rugby.

And talented athletes from rival sports will also be targeted as the Perth-based franchise attempts to build the best development programme in the world.

The newly-launched Future Force programme welcomed its first batch of youngsters on Wednesday, with Namibian-born Richard Hardwick, flanker Kane Koteka and hooker Harry Scoble the guinea pigs.

The full-time programme will be headed by Arthur, who achieved success as coach of South Africa’s national cricket side, before spending two years as coach of Australia.

Arthur will fulfil a mentoring and organising role, with the Force to cast their net far and wide in a bid to attract the best young talent between the ages of 17-22.

At an estimated cost of between $20,000-$30,000 per player per year, the programme doesn’t come cheap.

But Arthur is confident it will pay handsome dividends.

“We’re very ambitious about this program. We want it to be the best in the world,” Arthur said.

“We’ve set ourselves a 30 per cent strike rate ... of players going on to make an impact for the Force.

“We’ve got our recruiting net in South Africa. We’ve also set up a recruiting network in New Zealand. And there are a lot of young Tongan boys we are having a look at.

“We want people clamouring to get into our programme. This is the future of Western Australia rugby.”

The programme will fast-track the

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development of promising youngsters by giving them fulltime access to a professional rugby environment, including coaches, nutritionists and medical staff.

Players will also receive planning and support for their educational and vocational aspirations.

Expert coaching will be provided by RugbyWA Junior Elite Coach Dwayne Nestor, who says the programme will also target players from rival sports.

“It’s certainly not a closed book,” Nestor said.

“Obviously players who have had a rugby tradition will find it easier to transition into the programme and play rugby.

“But there’s nothing to say that an Aussie Rules player couldn’t come across and perform really well.

“They are running machines. If you can get one that has height and a bit of weight, it makes for a perfect lock.

“And basketballers are fantastic as well, but it could be any sport.

“We would like to think that this programme, being world class, would produce the type of player that could excel within two years.”

Although only three players have been inducted into the programme to date, Arthur hopes that number will swell to between 10-15 once the Force secures more funding.

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Skelton axed for Wallabies tour Rising cult hero Will Skelton has been axed from the Wallabies squad for their tour of South Africa and Argentina.

Three weeks after opposing the All Blacks, giant lock Skelton was left out of an injuryhit 28-man squad which will complete the Rugby Championship with Tests against the Springboks on September 27 and the Pumas on October 4.

Coach Ewen McKenzie has opted to take a bare minimum of three second-rowers in his tour party with starting pair Rob Simmons and Sam Carter, plus James Horwill.

Former captain Horwill was preferred ahead of Skelton for a reserves spot in the narrow home wins over South Africa and Argentina, while

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the 135kg Waratahs lock failed to impress in the NRC for the Sydney Stars.

McKenzie, who has selected 16 forwards and 12 backs for the tour, has named stalwart NSW prop Benn Robinson in his top squad for the first time this season as well as halfback Will Genia.

With hooker Tatafu PolotaNau among the long list of 13 tour contenders unavailable, the fairytale story of 33-year-old coal miner Josh Mann-Rea remains alive.

Ninth-string rake MannRea, who sat on the bench for the full 80 minutes against the Boks in Perth, will compete with Saia Fainga’a for a bench spot behind James Hanson.

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Daily Events Thursday 9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners and maintenance class.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome.

Racquets can be hired. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Large variety of toys for hire.

Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

Friday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.00am HAKATERE MARAE. Marae Health Clinic - Postponed until further notice.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Goodwill shop, sale of pre-loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church. Cnr Archibald and Jane Streets, Tinwald.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop.

Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

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

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, St Andrews Church, Bridge Street, Rakaia.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm HINDS GARDEN CIRCLE. Visit garden at Wakanui, 560 Beach

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1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road.

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

7.30pm - 9.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Evening stitch and chat, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH TINWALD, Cuppa, activities and laughter. St Andrews hall, Cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

10.00am 50+.

An interesting speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, all welcome.

Upstairs in the Old Polytech building, 254 Cameron Street.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARD SECTION. Euchre, Ashburton R.S.A. Cox Street.

2.00pm CAVENDISH CLUB. Travel circle with guest speaker Mrs J Marshall, 31 Tancred Street.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Sometimes the best way to know what you want is to know what you don’t want, with a need to pay attention to the things that frustrate or annoy you.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) In a year where the pace on the work front may slow at times but never quite go off the boil, seize any opportunity to make matters of the heart a priority.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Having a nose for money makes it easier to work smarter, giving you a better sense of where the money is and how to protect your own needs.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) With the doors still open to second chances on the relationship front, there is a chance to today to give the past a voice.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Venus, now in her final days in your income sector, is experiencing some financial tension, the kind that can easily be turned into motivation.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) While relationship tensions once more come to a head, with the planets of love and healing involved this could be cathartic.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) In the closing days of your old solar year you don’t have the inclination, nor is there the need to make things more complicated than they need to be.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) With serendipitous forces in play this is a day for following your heart and hunches, with the best moments happening spontaneously.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) The key to succeeding professionally is having an authentic home life. It’s crucial the two are able to work together.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) All round this is a day where, with a little bit of effort a communication and/or relationship breakthrough is possible, clearing the air.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) A better sense of where the money is and sharp instincts when it comes to work matters will allow you to work smarter.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 21) While your personal and relationship needs might butt heads today, this comes with one last chance to find an authentic balance between the two.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian SAMPSON, Mervyn Ross (Merv) – Unexpectedly, on September 14, 2014 at Double Hill Station. In his 55th year.

Dearly loved son of the late Ted and Isabel. Much loved brother and brother in law of Ron and Vicki Sampson, and Alison and the late Ian Kermode, and all of his extended family. Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to Methven Search and Rescue would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Merv’s life will be held at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on SATURDAY, September 20, commencing at 2.00pm.

Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:55 Stitch! 3 0 7:20 Teen Titans Go! 3 0 7:45 The League Of Super Evil 0 8:15 Fishtronaut 3 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 1:30 Jeremy Kyle USA AO 2:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 3:28 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 4pm N Dog With A Blog 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm N Renters PGR A reality series about problem tenants and landlords. 0 8:30 M Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance AO 2011 Action Fantasy.

The Devil’s bounty hunter, Johnny Blaze, is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a boy from the Devil.

Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds. 0 10:30 Hell’s Kitchen AO 0

6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 11:25 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage PGR Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO (Part 2) A family deals with allegations of rape and molestation.

2pm The Block NZ 3 0 3pm The Biggest Loser 4pm Rachael Ray Sunny Anderson, Emeril Lagasse, and Guy Fieri join Rachael; recipes for chicken pot pie, fried chicken, chicken-noodle soup, and chocolate-chip cookies.

4:55 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals Jamie shows how to make Asianstyle salmon, noodle broth, beansprout salad, and lychee dessert. 0 5:25 Million Dollar Minute 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block NZ PGR While completing the week’s room, the women from each team also compete for the title of Stack ’Em champion. 0 8:40 Motive AO An investigation into the death of a limousine driver leads the detectives to a femme fatale who murders her lovers. 0 9:35 Botched Up Bodies AO 0 10:40 The Paul Henry Show

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 The Winx Club 8am The Wild Thornberrys 3 8:30 Chuggington Badge Quest 3 8:40 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 8:50 Peppa Pig 3 9am The Moe Show 0 9:10 Bob The Builder 3 9:20 Thomas And Friends 3 9:30 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:40 Barney And Friends 3 10:10 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Smash!

6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Just Shoot Me! 3 0 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm American Dad PGR 3 8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 9pm Family Guy AO 3 0 9:30 South Park AO 3 10pm Nitro Circus PGR The Nitro Circus drives around New Zealand’s North Island seeing the sights, including a private beach, and enjoying jumping out of planes.

10:30 Awake AO

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Test PGR Celebrities and viewers answer moral questions.

2pm Back Benches PGR 3 3pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?

UK PGR 3 3:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country British couples and families, fed up with city life, search for the perfect country home while exploring the surroundings of each location.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Millers PGR 8pm Modern Family PGR 8:30 Extant AO 9:30 M Anaconda AO 3 1997 Action Thriller.

A film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest and deadliest snake.

Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz.

6am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Southland v Tasman. 8am Golf – Asian Tour (Highlights) Yeangder TPC. 9am Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) The Evian Championship – Round Four. 9:30 Golf – European Tour (Highlights) KLM Open – Round Four. 10am Golf Central 10:30 Golf World 11am Sky Sport – What’s On 11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Noon Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) 1pm Motorsport – Nascar Nationwide Series (Highlights) Dollar General 300.

2pm The Ultimate Fighter 3pm UFC Now 4pm Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final One. 5pm Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final Two. 6pm Mainfreight Rugby

11:25 Police Ten 7 3 0 11:55 Rizzoli And Isles AO 3 0 12:50 Airline US – On The Fly 3 1:20 Infomercials 2:25 Desperate Housewives AO 3 0 3:10 The Carrie Diaries PGR 3 0 3:55 Bethenny 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:10 Golf World 11:40 F Crisis AO Gibson goes on a mission planned

by Beth Ann’s kidnapper; a cryptic message sends Ian and Amber on a dangerous journey. 0 12:40 Infomercials

11:25 Entertainment Tonight 11:50 Infomercials

11:30 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

11pm Fox Sports News 11:30 Rugby – International Midnight L Sailing – ISAF World Championships 2am #SkyRugby – Engage 2:30 Rugby – ITM Cup 3am Total Rugby 3:30 Mainfreight Rugby 4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup 5am Rugby – ITM Cup 5:30 #SkyRugby – Engage

MAORI TV 6:30 Dora Matatoa 3 2 7am SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 7:30 Pukana 3 2 8am Toi Whakaari 3 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Korero Mai 3 3pm Kai Time On The Road 3 3:30 Dora Matatoa 2 4pm SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 3 2 4:30 Waka Ama 2013 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 2

THE BOX 6am Law And Order MV 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Parking Wars PGL 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 Survivor – Amazon PG 8:55 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 9:45 SVU MV 10:35 NCIS PGV 11:25 NCIS LA MV 12:15 Hawaii Five-0 MV 1:05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:30 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 2:20 Law And Order MV 3:10 Survivor – Amazon PG 4pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Parking Wars PGL 5:30 Criminal Minds 16VS 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Parking Wars PGL 7:30 NCIS PGV 8:30 N Musketeers MVLS 9:35 Crossing Lines MV 10:35 SVU MV 11:30 NCIS PGV

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12:25 Survivor – Amazon PG 1:15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 1:40 Law And Order MV 2:30 SVU MV 3:15 Musketeers MVLS 4:15 Crossing Lines MV 5:10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

7pm Total Rugby 7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Northland v Taranaki. From Toll Stadium, Whangarei.

9:15 #SkyRugby – Engage Scotty Stevenson hosts the weekly rugby panel show with media personalities and journalists as they answer the burning questions of the week, test their rugby knowledge and preview upcoming matches.

10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 #SkySpeed

SKY SPORT 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #Hakanation 8pm Henderson To Hollywood PGR 8:30 Greatest Sports’ Stories Of Our Time – June 17th 1994 3 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm The Big Hit PGR 10:30 Media Take 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Auction Hunters PG Beantown Bidders. 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG A Frozen Finish. 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 MythBusters PG 9:30 Deadliest Catch – The Bait PG The Comeback Kid. 10:30 Alaskan Bush People M Raised Wild.

11:30 Nightmare Next Door M Nightmare Over the Rainbow.

12:30 I (Almost) Got Away With It M Got to Make it in the Big Easy.

1:30 Scorned – Love Kills M Roommates with Benefits.

2:30 Ice Cold Gold PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Gold Rush PG 5:30 MythBusters PG 6:30 Naked And Afraid M 7:30 Naked And Afraid M 8:30 Dual Survival PG 9:30 Clash Of The Ozarks M 10:30 Auction Hunters 11pm House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M 11:30 House Of Horrors – Kidnapped M

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Midnight Disappeared M 1am Blood Relatives M 2am Dirty Jobs PG 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Bering Sea Gold PG 5am Dirty Jobs PG

George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, 7:30pm on TV One

MOVIES PREMIERE

Anaconda

9:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS

7:10 Grown Ups 2 PGVLS 2013 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Kevin James.

8:50 Bafta: A Life In Pictures – Joss Whedon PG 2013 Documentary.

9:15 Freshman Father PG 2010 Drama. Andrew Seeley, Brittney Irvin, Ryan McDonald.

10:45 The Pact 16VL 2012 Horror.

Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien.

12:15 Fatal Call MVS 2012 Thriller.

Kevin Sorbo, Jason London.

1:50 Warm Bodies MV 2013 Comedy.

3:25 The Counsellor 16VLS 2013 Crime.

5:25 Teenage Bank Heist MC 2012 Thriller.

6:50 House At The End Of The Street MV 2012 Horror.

8:30 The Family 16VLS 2013 Crime.

10:25 The Lone Ranger MV 2013 Western.

7:10 Ladies In Lavender ML 2004 Drama. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl.

8:55 Nights In Rodanthe PGL 2008 Drama. Richard Gere, Diane Lane.

10:35 O Brother, Where Art Thou? MV 2000 Comedy.

John Turturro, George Clooney.

12:25 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin MV 2001 War. Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz.

2:35 Ginostra 16VLS 2002 Crime.

Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell.

4:55 Shanghai Knights MV 2003 Action. Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson.

6:50 After The Sunset MVLS 2004 Crime. Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek.

8:30 Sex And The City 16LS 2008 Comedy. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon.

10:55 I Am Legend MV 2007 Drama. Will Smith, Alice Braga.

12:55 Pawn Shop Chronicles 18VLC 2013 Comedy.

2:50 Biography – Scarlett Johansson PG 2011 Documentary.

3:45 Teenage Bank Heist MC 2012 Thriller. 5:10 House At The End Of The Street MV 2012 Horror.

12:35 Indecent Proposal ML 1993 Drama. Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Robert Redford.

2:30 Ginostra 16VLS 2002 Crime.

Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell.

4:45 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin MV 2001 War.

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6am Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final One. 7am Tennis – Davis Cup (Highlights) Semi-final Two. 8am #SkySpeed 8:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Southland v Tasman. From Rugby Park, Invercargill.

9am Rugby – International (Replay) All Blacks v South Africa.

11am Rugby – International (Replay) Australia v Argentina.

1pm Golf World 1:30 Golf Central 2pm Golf – European Golfing World 2:30 Golf – Feherty Lee Westwood.

3:30 The Golf Fix Host Michael Breed tackles viewer questions, demonstrates useful drills and takes a look at some of the most exciting shots from the weekend’s professional tour.

4:30 Golf – Playing Lessons Jonas Blixt.

5:30 Inside The PGA Tour 6pm Golf – LPGA Tour (Highlights) The Evian Championship – Round Four.

6:30 Golf – European Golfing World 7pm Golf Central 7:30 Legends Of F1 Eddie Irvine.

8:30 NRL 360 9:30 Sterlo An in-depth look at each of the NRL games from the weekend.

10:30 Athletics – Australian Series 11:40 L NRL Footy Show 2:20 L Cricket – Champions League Twenty20 Kings XI Punjab v Hobart Hurricanes. From Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Sport

Lauren Ellis has put Glasgow behind her and is now focusing on the road to Rio. PHOTO GUY SWARBRICK

Ellis turns attention to Rio

BY ERIN TASKER

ERIN.T@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Lauren Ellis’ road to Rio starts today.

The New Zealand track cycling star, who hails from Hinds, will today join her New Zealand track cycling team mates for the first qualifying event for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the BikeNZ Classic.

The event is being held in Cambridge and it starts today, with Ellis riding in the six-event omnium over the first two days of competition, and the points race and scratch race, making it

a busy few days for her.

It’s a three-day meet comprising mainly sprint competitions over individual sprint and keirin with an omnium contest on the first two days. There is also endurance racing throughout with points, scratch and Madison competition.

It’s a competition which will also feature another up and coming Mid Canterbury cyclist, with Alex Hooper down as a starter in the scratch and points races, and the Madison, for the elite men.

But in the elite men’s field, the

focus will likely fall on members of the world and Commonwealth champion team sprint - Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins – who compete against Glasgow time trial medallists Matt Archibald and Simon van Velthooven.

The international challenge will come from double world champion and Olympic medallist Shane Perkins who heads the Australian sprint team that includes double junior world champion Jacob Schmid and emerging star Emerson Harwood.

New Zealand’s Common-

wealth Games medallists Aaron Gate, Dylan Kennett, Marc Ryan and Pieter Bulling will compete in endurance events.

Another Olympic medallist back in action is Westley Gough, returning to the track after an injury-hit few months.

He will compete against Glasgow medallists as well as his teenage cousin Regan Gough, who is a current double junior world champion.

Among the female Commonwealth Games riders competing are Ellis, Stephanie McKenzie, Jaime Nielsen and

Wily Hogg is back

Big break for Piutau

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Georgia Williams, along with London Olympian Natasha Hansen (Southland) and Otago’s Katie Schofield.

The Australian endurance squad is led by former world champion Ashlee Ankudinoff, who will be vying for their team’s omnium spot for Rio. The morning sessions will run from 10am to 2pm, and finals sessions from 7pm to 10pm.

The next big challenge following this week’s Cambridge meet will be next month’s Oceania Championships, followed by World Cup events.

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