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All eyes have been fixed on the steady clouds of smoke rising from the hills on the outskirts of Nelson over past two weeks, but Ashburton firefighters Glenn Sowman, Scott Donaldson and Dean Carr have been part of the hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze on the ground. For Sowman, the task of keeping the blaze contained to the 2300 hectares it had burned carried extra emphasis, having a connection to the small town of Wakefield that was evacuated due to the threat of the blaze. “I grew up in Wakefield so it was pretty
surreal to go back and help out,” he said. “It had an eerie feeling after the evacuation but it was good to see when all the people were let back in.” The trio travelled north on Monday with firefighters from Alford Forest and Timaru for a four-day stint assisting other firefighters fighting the fire last week. “There was a lot of grunt work, spotting fires and dampening down, we had a good idea what it would be like,” Sowman said. “We were starting at 6am and would be home by 9pm. “We would wake up, go to Brighton and get a feed from the army, have
a briefing, go to our sector for the day, come back and have a feed and go to bed.” Based in tents for the four days, the hot and dirty work was tiring, and made the relief of a shower a simple luxury for those on the front lines. “It was filthy, it was hot 27 degree days and the ground was still very hot and there was soot and dirt everywhere,” he said. “You certainly appreciated the shower at the end of the day.”
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■ MID CANTERBURY RUGBY CLUBS
Tackling drinking culture By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
The task of tackling rugby’s drinking culture is something that rugby clubs around the district are starting to tackle thanks to a new project that is beginning to gain traction. The Game On project, which is being championed by Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (Acads) health promoter Tania Scott, has been successfully piloted by both the Rakaia and Southern rugby clubs. “It is something that has been picked up from Australia and first came to New Zealand in Dunedin,” she said. “We reached out to the clubs and Rakaia volunteered straight away to be involved.” The programme is centred on changing how alcohol is treated by rugby clubs, and to try and curb dangerous drinking cultures that might be associated with that. “It is not rule driven, it is about putting things in place to allow people to make healthy choices,” she said. Through a mixture of education and change in practices, the hope is to create friendlier environments that can be enjoyed by everybody, not just those who are choosing to drink. Scott said a number of workshops have been run with those involved in the clubs, including players and parents of junior players. “It is little things like giving the player of the day the option of winning an alcoholic drink, or
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Rakaia Rugby Club past president Mark Boag (from left), Acads health promoter Tania Scott and current Southern Rugby Club president Phil Cushnie. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 180219-JPM-0168 a non-alcoholic drink or even a food item,” she said. The change moves away from speed drinking traditions like the player of the day from either team sculling their complimentary drinks at the post-match function. “Boat races are finished,”
Southern Rugby Club president Phil Cushnie said. “No one really likes change but we have had lots of fun interaction in the workshops with the senior players and also some of the younger players around the club.”
Rakaia is currently certified to level two under the project, while Southern are certified to level one with their sights set on leapfrogging to level three by the end of the season and Hampstead Rugby Club are the latest club to come on board.
Fatal crash necessitates repairs made to bridge Ashburton District Council roading staff have inspected the Maronan Road bridge that was the scene of a fatal crash on Friday and ordered repairs. Service delivery group manager Neil McCann said the damage was confined to the guard rail
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ing a closer look at the bridge. “As with all fatal and serious crashes in the district, council staff will perform an inspection of the site and peruse existing crash data (crash reduction study). “We use information gathered
from these investigations to determine if there are any improvements that can be made to the approaches and the crash site.” Police have not yet named the driver of the fertiliser truck that crashed through the bridge barrier and died on Friday evening.
A new award for outstanding achievement could be finding its way onto the Ashburton District Council’s list of awards. The international relations sub-committee is keen to see a keys to the district award created that could be given to people the council wanted to recognise for their contribution to improving the district’s public relations. While the criteria for the award have yet to be set, council strategy and policy manager Toni Durham said an example could be a person who achieved at a very high level at an international event. When the award was discussed at Thursday’s finance and policy council committee meeting, councillor Lynette Lovett gave the idea her support. “We’ve got some really good sports people in the district. If they won something, it would be great to be able to give them something like this,” she said. Stuart Wilson didn’t agree. “We already have a citizens’ award. Just because someone wins a medal overseas, what have they achieved for the district compared to a person who has given a huge amount behind the scenes doing a lot of good for the district?” he said. Councillors decided the idea was worth taking a second look at and will develop the idea further before making a decision.
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Local firefighters do their bit in Nelson fire From P1 While our firefighters are used to the relatively flat conditions on the Canterbury Plains, the hilly forestry blocks made a change for the firefighters. “It is definitely different terrain, it is nice and flat here,” he said. “It is good though you get to fall back on all the skills you have and all the training you have done. “Also getting to work with all the different agencies was interesting, you had guys like us, the rural guys the professional guys and the forestry workers as well.” Sowman said it is the biggest fire he has fought, both in regards to the damage it has caused, the area it has covered and the amount of resources involved. The Tasman fires started nearly two weeks ago after a spark from a tractor ignited tinder-dry grass and scrub on Pigeon Valley Hill, about 30km south of Nelson. The fire, which has covered more than 2000 hectares, has claimed one cottage and has seen up to 3000 residents evacuated. Up to 150 firefighters and dozens of helicopters have been battling the blaze. While the flames are large-
The future of some of some of the Ashburton District’s reserve boards could be in doubt if district councillor Lynette Lovett has her way. At an Ashburton District Council finance and business services meeting Lovett called for reserve boards to be overhauled. She wants public meetings called to gauge public interest
In brief Lost property Ashburton Police currently hold a large amount of property, and are looking to get the items back to their owners. There are common items like bikes, cellphones, iPads, prescription glasses, sunglasses, handbags and jewellery, while there are also uncommon items like a horse cover, large strops, a small safe, a bag containing craft material, a leaf blower, a wheel clamp and plumbing equipment. If you believe any of those items may be yours, call in to the Ashburton Police Station between 8am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
A new political poll has brought more bad news for National leader Simon Bridges, showing the party down four points to 42 per cent and his personal polling also down a point to just 6 per cent. That means National, while still in the 40s, is trailing Labour which is up two points to 45 per cent, according to the latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has jumped five points to 44 per cent support as preferred prime minister in the poll. - NZME Volunteer firefighters, including some from Mid Canterbury have been on the front line of the Nelson fires. PHOTO SUPPLIED ly out now, there are still lots of hotspots underground which can flare up quickly.
Forecast high winds made it too dangerous to allow restricted access for residents in Eves, Red-
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■ RESERVE BOARDS
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in the boards and the areas they maintain. “Some of those boards are now defunct and it’s time to put a stake in the ground, time to tidy up reserve boards,” she said. While he might not have been calling for a board overhaul, councillor Stuart Wilson also wanted those boards brought into line. They should be reporting regularly to council and there should be tighter controls over
their accounts, he said. The council owns 17 reserves that are administered on behalf of the community by domain boards. This is done to ensure a more direct local input and management and operation. The council provides assistance to the boards through provision of: accounting, administration and property advisory services; insurance; funding for election advertising; general operational funding.
The reserves are mostly in rural areas and provide opportunities for activities ranging from passive use for picnics to sports fields; tennis courts; sports clubs and playcentres. Those reserves are at Alford Forest, Mayfield, Chertsey, Methven, Dorie, Mt. Somers, a Ealing, Pendarves, Ashburton Forks / Greenstreet, Rakaia, Highbank, Ruapuna, Hinds, Seafield, Lynnford, Tinwald, Maronan.
Chlorine spillage Ambulance workers treated 18 people following a chlorine spillage at a Thames school. Fire and Emergency NZ said five crews attended the spill and cordoned off an area to make it safe. A spokesman said the school caretaker inhaled some gas and took himself off to hospital before fire crews arrived. “This came as a result of mixing two chemicals together,” he said. “It wasn’t a large spillage. Crews are still there cleaning it all up.” - NZME
Woman shot A Masterton woman is recovering after being shot as she was out walking in the early hours of the morning on Sunday. The 35-yearold was walking on Clyde St about 2.50am when she was shot, police said. She was driven to Masterton hospital by a local resident and is in a stable condition after having surgery. Detective Sergeant Bill Van Woerkom said police have spoken to the victim and a number of residents in the area. - NZME
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Records tumbled at last week’s Mount Hutt College swimming sports with one of the school’s Year 7 swimmers now having her name in the record book for five events. Lucy Hood now holds the college’s record for Year 7 girls’ 180m freestyle, 30m butterfly, 30m breaststroke, 90m tredley and 30m freestyle. The longest standing record that fell to Hood was the 30m butterfly, set in 2007 by Grace Sommerville. Bree Middleton set three new records for Year 10 and 11 girls, 180m freestyle, tredley and 60m freestyle. She had set the three standing records at the previous year’s sports. Mitch Veix broke two records for Year 8 and 9 boys, 30m butterfly and 30m backstroke. Both of those records had been standing since 2003 when they were set by Stephen Canham. This year’s swim champions are: Year 7 male, Finn Veix, Year 7 female, Lucie Hood, Year 8/9 male, Mitch Veix, Year 8/9 female, Lucy Reeve, Year 10 and 11 male, Olly Maw, Year 10 and 11 female, Bree Middleton, Year 12 and 13 male, Samuel Ree, Year 12 and 13 female, Brea Roderick. Lachlan cup winner: Bree Middleton.
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■ ASHBURTON TRUST EVENT CENTRE
Event centre business booming By Sue NewmaN
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Over the last six months of 2018, manager Roger Farr said the Ashburton Trust Event Centre’s auditorium had been exceptionally busy, with one occasion when the changeover between two shows had come down to just six hours. The growth in touring events meant he was now juggling demand between these and the growth in community events, he said. Add conferences into the mix and this area of the complex was working exceptionally well, he said. In his six monthly report to the Ashburton District Council, Farr said the Bradford Room had also gained greater use over the past six months and the Woodham foyer was very well used. Income for the auditorium and Bradford Room was up by 18 per cent in the second half of last year and income from hiring equipment and services to events away from the centre was up 55 per cent. With is 10th year of business wrapped up, it was important the centre’s trust started planning for the day when equipment would need replacing and additional maintenance would be needed, however no major capital expenditure over the next few years is likely apart from possibly the air conditioning units, he said. Lighting and sound equipment were updated regularly, he said, through grants and through the proceeds of an annual fundraising show. “As we commence another decade of providing entertainment and resources for community organisations to produce their performing art works, it is essential that an evaluation of our current position is carried out that looks at where we have come from and where we see ourselves in the next 10 years,” he said.
The Ashburton Trust Event Centre has been very busy over the past six months.
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■ ASHBURTON ART GALLERY
Work continues on locating, cataloguing civic art collection By Sue NewmaN
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More than 90 per cent of a community owned collection of art and art works has been located from a variety of storage places around the Ashburton District. The Ashburton Art Gallery has become the keeper of what is known as the civic collection, art and art works that have been bought by or gifted to the Ashburton District Council and its predecessors the Ashburton borough and county councils. Many pieces were hung or displayed in council-owned buildings and public spac-
es, but are being catalogued, checked for damage and if necessary repaired or restored. The location of about five per cent is still unknown and gallery staff are working with council staff to try and find these. Some may have been damaged and disposed of and others may never have been recorded on the council register. Last year the council funded an additional staff member for the gallery and this has allowed significant progress to be made on the council collection, curator Shirin Khosrovani said.
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Have wheels, will travel … a selection of some of the motorhomes on display and sale.
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Extravaganza draws crowd The annual South Island Motorhome Show and Extravaganza has once again drawn large crowds of people interested in homes away from home. The show has been held in Ashburton at the Ashburton Showgrounds for more than 10 years, and has been organised by the Lions Club of Ashburton since last year after it was handed over by original organisers Murray and Bev Meadows. The event turned out to be highly successful with a great range of well-known caravan and motorhome brands being displayed. The Lions club said accessory sites doubled in number this year and e-bikes seemed particularly
popular with those visiting the event. “A strong feature of this year’s event was the great support provided by local businesses including all the major utility and four-wheel-drive motor vehicle franchises, recreational caravan and motorhome companies and the supporting businesses of accessory items for those who enjoy life, living the dream in their mobile homes,” they said. The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association was in attendance offering services that included renewing self-containment certificates for members, as well electrical warrants of fitness for a fee. Above – Crowds descended on the Ashburton Showgrounds for the annual South Island Motorhome Show and Extravaganza at the weekend. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 160219-RH-017
Left – Lois Allred relaxes in her luxurious motorhome, which was for sale at the weekend. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 160219-RH-025
Left – Averil and Morton McDonald were parting with their 18-year-old Winnebago Strata. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 160219-RH-026
The Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club had its new club shed at the showgrounds open to visitors too. Inside, members had parked 22 vintage tractors, two whares and an old plough. Around 300 people took a peek inside. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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China wants more babies Facing a future demographic crisis and ageing society, China’s leaders are desperately seeking to persuade couples to have more children. But bureaucrats don’t seem to have gotten the message, fining a couple in a recent widely publicised case for having a third child against the strict letter of the law. The move has sparked public outrage as people vent their anger at population control officials who are hungry for revenue and have long persecuted couples for violating the nowscrapped one-child policy. The Wangs, the couple at the heart of the recent controversy, were ordered by local authorities in Shandong province to pay a fine known as a social maintenance fee of 64,626 yuan ($NZ13,933)) immediately after the birth of their third child in January 2017. After various deadlines came and went, the family’s entire bank savings were frozen last month, with the balance still due. The situation the couple faces has its roots in decades-old fears that China’s population would outstrip its resources, along with the ruling Communist Party’s all-consuming fervour to control people’s most personal decisions. Family planning regulations emerged in the 1970s, and in 1980 the notorious one-child policy came into effect. Fast-forward 35 years, and a radical change of course was ordered after leaders realised an ageing population and de-
A Chinese couple spend time with their children at a park in Beijing. clining workforce threatened to hamstring the country’s future development. In 2016, the one-child policy was officially replaced with a two-child policy and Chinese couples were urged to go forth and multiply. But the bump in the birthrate was fleeting. Last month, the National Bureau of Statistics said the number of new births in 2018 fell to 15.23 million in a total population of 1.395 billion – a growth rate of .381 per cent and the lowest increase since 1961, resulting in fully 2 million fewer births than in 2017. China’s population is estimated to peak at 1.442 billion in 2029 and then gradually decline, potentially fulfilling the conventional wisdom that China will grow old before it grows rich. Cases such as the Wangs’ remain common, despite a growing recognition of the seriousness of the population crisis,
said Yi Fuxian, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison and a leading critic of Chinese population policies. Bureaucratic inertia and the desire of local officials to chase revenue contribute to the problem, Yi said. Yet the one-child policy has weighed down China with the additional burden of distorted attitudes toward the family, society and childbearing, where one or no children have become the norm, Yi said. With economic growth the primary guarantor of continued Communist Party rule, the leadership is concerned. The sputtering economy grew at 6.6 per cent last year fuelling fears over the long-term trend of a shrinking pool of workers paying the pensions and health care costs for a ballooning population of retirees. Despite that, there remains considerable resistance to lift-
ing controls entirely, something that might give people greater autonomy. Local bureaucrats in the Wang case said they were just following the law, citing the exact articles and passages. They also have a strong stake in maintaining the rules that justify their jobs and authority. State media reports say fees meant to compensate for the resources extra children consume actually constitute a large percentage of local governments’ discretionary funding and can be used for a range of purposes from salaries to travel expenses. Thus far, the National Health Commission has rejected calls to eliminate legal references to family planning, citing among other reasons article 25 of China’s Constitution, which says, “The state promotes family planning so that population growth may fit the plans for economic and social development”. Even if legal changes do go through, experience in recent years shows that’s no guarantee of more children. Families complain of the soaring costs of housing, education, health care and safe food. And many young Chinese who are enjoying activities such as foreign travel are simply putting off marriage and childbirth indefinitely. Boosting fertility will also require reforms to the economy, society and educational system, Yi said in an email. – AP
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North Korean aviation improvement blocked The United States has blocked a UN agency’s efforts to improve civil aviation in North Korea at a time when Pyongyang is trying to reopen part of its airspace to foreign flights, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The US move is part of a negotiating tactic to maintain sanctions pressure on North Korea ahead of a second summit between President Donald Trump and leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in February. Washington is seeking concrete commitments from Pyongyang at the summit to abandon its nuclear and mis-
sile programmes. The United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has been working with Pyongyang to open a new air route that would pass through North and South Korean airspace. Airlines currently take indirect routings to avoid North Korea due to the threat of unannounced missile launches. If the space was deemed safe, international airlines could save fuel and time on some routes between Asia and Europe and North America, and North Korea could begin reviving its commercial avia-
tion industry. The Montreal-based ICAO was prepared to help improve North Korea’s aviation system by leading training sessions between its military and civil aviation staff, sources told Reuters, and North Korea asked for access to US-produced aeronautical charts. But the United States discouraged the UN agency from helping North Korea with its air programme as Washington wanted to “pool all the leverages and incentives” until Pyongyang makes substantial progress on denuclearisation. ICAO cannot impose bind-
ing rules on governments, but wields clout through its safety and security standards which are approved by its member states. Asked for comment, a US State Department official said it does not publicly discuss details of diplomatic conversations. An ICAO spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The biggest beneficiaries of lifting air restrictions over North Korea would be South Korean carriers including Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines Inc. – AAP
Another Brazil dam at risk as 200 evacuated Around 200 residents have been evacuated from an area near a tailings dam in Brazil operated by Vale SA amid fears that it is structurally weak and could burst like a similar barrier failure last month that killed 300 people. Vale said in a statement that it had evacuated people living near the inactive B3/B4 dam of the Mar Azul mine about 25
kilometres south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, after revising security data on the structure. Those forced to flee late on Saturday were taken to a community centre and would then be put in hotels, the company said. The evacuation comes little more than a week after two communities located close to
nearby dams were forced to leave their homes on similar fears of dam failures. The collapse last month of a separate Vale dam in the same area unleashed an avalanche of mud that engulfed nearby buildings and farms, killing an estimated 300 people in Brazil’s deadliest mining disaster. As evidence mounted that Vale missed warnings of trou-
ble at the dam in the town of Brumadinho, pressure has risen on the firm and other mining companies to bolster safety measures to avoid a recurrence. Another dam, also used to store the muddy mining detritus known as tailings and coowned by Vale and BHP Group, had collapsed in 2015, killing 19 people and wreaking massive environmental damage. – AAP
Midler to sing at Oscars Bette Midler will be gracing the stage at this year’s Oscars ceremony to perform The Place Where Lost Things Go from Mary Poppins Returns. The legendary singer and actress made the announcement on Twitter at the weekend. “So, (drum roll) Ladies and Gentlemen, I will be chanteusing (that’s singing) on the Oscars on Feb 24...the nominated song from Mary Poppins ... The Place Where Lost Things Go ... so excited!!” Midler wrote. In late January, the Academy announced that The Place Where Lost Things Go, written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, “will be performed by a surprise special guest”.
Criss/Swier marry The Glee fam is serious about supporting one another when it comes to weddings. When Becca Tobin walked down the aisle in 2016, it was her co-star Jane Lynch who did the officiating honours. And last week, Lea Michele announced she’s asked Ryan Murphy to officiate her upcoming wedding and Jonathan Groff to serve as her maid of honour. So when Darren Criss and Fox Networks producer Mia Swier said I do in New Orleans over the weekend, it was no surprise that Lea and their Glee co-star, Chord Overstreet were on hand to support the groom and his new bride.
Honour for Julia Roberts Actress Julia Roberts will be this year’s recipient of the George Eastman Award, given to honour contributions to the art of cinema. The George Eastman Museum in Rochester says it will honour the Pretty Woman and Steel Magnolias actress on May 2. Past recipients include Lauren Bacall, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper and Meryl Streep. Museum director Bruce Barnes cites the breadth of Roberts’ career and roles over the past 30 years. She has earned a best actress Academy Award and three Golden Globes, along with more than a dozen other nominations. The George Eastman Award was established in 1955.
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History is a relative, unique thing A
s a cadet reporter at the Guardian, more than 30 years ago, I vividly remember being dispatched to the upstairs library onsite to sift through newspapers of the past for items in our daily Looking Back. The old editions were beautifully bound, very heavy and dusty and we would haul them off the shelves onto tables and leaf through them – often while eating lunch or drinking coffee from the little plastic cups that we used at the time. If you were smart, you could do a week’s worth of Looking Backs at a time – each Looking Back took a snippet of news 25 years, 50 and 100 years previously. As a youngster I failed to ap-
preciate the precious resources at my fingertips. Or realise what would be lost if a certain sports reporter failed to property extinguish his cigarette and set his rubbish bin alight (true story!). I would give anything for that job now, but our past editions are now microfiched and filed for safe keeping elsewhere. Flicking through the old papers
was very much like surfing the internet. You could go looking for a news snippet but find yourself chortling over the advertisements (which once used to run on the front page) or at the stilted news reports of early Ashburton Borough Council meetings. You recognised street names given because they were named after someone important back in the day. You pondered the language in use at the time, and what constituted news. In short, you could spend more time than the editor of the day believed necessary to complete the Looking Backs. By the end of this year, we will all be able to do our own Looking Back – old editions of the
Guardian from 1879 right up to 1950 will be available online at Papers Past. This is good news for the casual history surfer like me, but also for the many people interested in searching their family history. Good news and bad news for the family history people, good news because they can now search for a mention of their family name and go instantly to it, bad news because they will miss out noticing all the news alongside it. The National Library Service, responding kindly to a request from former Ashburton Museum curator Rita Wight, will put up the old editions from 1922-1950 in batches throughout the year. Watch out for a story about this
later in the week. For now, I will content myself by Looking Back in our digital archives – not the same, but the older I get the more interesting even these become. Back in 2004, Tinwald School was organising its 125th anniversary celebrations, constable Jeff McGrath chased down an offender who escaped from the Ashburton District Court and the Department of Conservation was holding a debrief in the wake of a huge fire at Mt Somers, one that had a 12km front visible from Ashburton and needed 150 personnel and 10 helicopters to extinguish. If you can remember any of these, welcome to the history club!
In 2006, Israel halted the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax money to the Palestinians after Hamas took control of the Palestinian parliament. In 2008, an ailing Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency after nearly a half-century in power; his brother Raul was later named to succeed him. Ten years ago: President Barack Obama made a quick visit to Canada, his first trip outside the US since taking office; he reassured Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the US was not cultivating a protectionist streak despite its economic difficulties. A jury in Moscow voted
unanimously to acquit three men in the killing of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya. Five years ago: President Barack Obama urged Ukraine to avoid violence against peaceful protesters or face consequences; shortly after Obama’s remarks, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s office said he and opposition leaders had agreed on a truce. One year ago: Syrian government forces began a bombing campaign in the northeastern suburbs of Damascus, the last major stronghold for rebels in the area of the capital; the campaign left hundreds dead.
Today’s birthdays: Singer Smokey Robinson is 79. Actress Carlin Glynn is 79. Former Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer is 77. Singer Lou Christie is 76. Actor Michael Nader is 74. Rock musician Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell) is 71. Actor Stephen Nichols is 68. Author Amy Tan is 67. Actor Jeff Daniels is 64. Rock singermusician Dave Wakeling is 63. Actor Ray Winstone is 62. Actor Leslie David Baker is 61. Britain’s Prince Andrew is 59. Singer Seal is 56. Actress Jessica Tuck is 56. Country musician Ralph McCauley (Wild Horses) is 55. Rock musician Jon Fishman
(Phish) is 54. Actress Justine Bateman is 53. Actor Benicio Del Toro is 52. Actress Bellamy Young is 49. Rock musician Daniel Adair is 44. Pop singer-actress Haylie Duff is 34. Actress Arielle Kebbel is 34. Christian rock musician Seth Morrison (Skillet) is 31. Actor Luke Pasqualino is 29. Actress Victoria Justice is 26. Actor David Mazouz is 18. Actress Millie Bobby Brown is 15. Thought for today: “Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” — Betty Smith, American author (18961972). - AP
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, February 19, the 50th day of 2019. There are 315 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On February 19, 1942, Imperial Japanese warplanes raided the Australian city of Darwin; at least 243 people were killed. On this date: In 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr, accused of treason, was arrested in the Mississippi Territory, in present-day Alabama. (Burr was acquitted at trial.) In 1881, Kansas prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. In 1934, a blizzard began inundating the northeastern United States, with the heaviest snowfall occurring in Connecticut and Massachusetts. In 1938, Twenty men and one woman drowned when a cloudburst sent a wall of water surging through a public works camp in the Kopuawhara Valley, near Māhia. In 1942, during World War Two, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the relocation and internment of people of Japanese ancestry, including US-born citizens. In 1945, Operation Detachment began during World War Two as some 30,000 US Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful monthlong battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces. In 1986, the US Senate approved, 83-11, the Genocide Convention, an international treaty outlawing “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,” nearly 37 years after the pact was first submitted for ratification. In 1997, Deng Xiaoping, the last of China’s major Communist revolutionaries, died at age 92.
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Delegates on the World Farming Organisation tour, including farmers from Africa and Indonesia, stop for lunch. Wairarapa Feds President William Beetham is third from the left. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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arlier this month I was lucky enough to tour the lower North Island with farmer colleagues from Africa and Indonesia. They were here on a study tour with the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases and the World Farming Organisation. What I discovered is that farmers are leading the way on combatting climate change. The Global Research Alliance (GRA) is an alliance of 55 countries coming together to drive research and field trials on ways to reduce greenhouse gases, focusing only on emissions from soil, plants and animals. New Zealand is seen as an international leader in this space and co-chairs the GRA’s Livestock Research Group with Ireland. As well as our well-regarded science research programmes, we’re investing in the work of the GRA, with the New Zealand government committing $45 million to its programmes in 2010, and recently announcing another $20 million out to June 2020 for research and development, and capability building. The GRA has partnerships with the likes of the World Bank, the World Soil Information Council
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and the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. This led me to ask what other industries were doing in this space – for example heavy emitters such as transport and processing. Surely there was a similar international alliance with those industries working on this globally significant issue. There was silence. It seems no other sector is fronting the climate change challenge in an internationally co-ordinated effort except farmers. After a tour of the NZ Greenhouse Gas Research Centre in Palmerston North, we moved on to look at farms on the east coast of the North Island. I found that we had farming royalty with us in the form of Dr Theo de Jager, president of the WFO. Theo is a fantastic man, full of useful insights. He often spoke of the vital task of farmers to lift
production in the face of rapidly growing populations, and the plight of the world’s poor. He firmly believed that addressing food production efficiency in the world’s poorest farming communities would also go a long way to addressing the challenges of climate change. He noted that farming was never in harmony with nature “because nature doesn’t provide surpluses”. Reducing and eliminating surpluses that become wastage in our systems, whether nutrients or food wastage, creates harmony with our natural environment. This will also go a long way to reducing the number of people who go to bed hungry. Theo said all farmers need to ask themselves two questions: What can we do to tread a little lighter across our fields and pastures? And what will it take to do that? Answers to those two questions are a preoccupation with the World Farming Organisation. I learned on the WFO tour that New Zealand is indeed a lucky country. We have challenges for sure, but I realised they are not as harsh and seemingly insurmountable as those faced in
regions such as Africa. I learned that the current drive in Maori farming for enabling people and creating efficiency and sustainability is world-leading, certainly for indigenous communities. It was brought home to me that New Zealand is an international leader in developing sustainable food production. Above all I learned that farmers internationally are leading the way collaboratively on addressing the challenges of climate change – to an extent no other industry is matching. It makes me immensely proud to be a farmer in New Zealand, and part of that international fraternity confronting issues and working to create a sustainable future. And that’s a story and a mission that I think all New Zealanders can embrace and promote with Kiwi pride. William Beetham is president Wairarapa Federated Farmers The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof
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State owned enterprise Pamu formerly known as Landcorp has posted a six month profit after taxes of $29 million which is up from a year ago. Pamu’s result in the six months to December compares with the net profit of $21m made for the half year ending 2017. Chief executive Steven Carden said that the increased half year profit was a pleasing result, reflecting good weather conditions and good trade terms for the company’s main products. “On an EBITDAR (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and revaluations) basis, which we use as a key measure of performance, the half year represented a loss of $3m compared with a loss of $6m in the prior period. The loss is largely due to the seasonality of Pamu’s operations since the bulk of livestock revenue is earned in the second half of the year.”
“We also had higher calf rearing, animal health, and breeding costs in response to the threat posed by mycoplasma bovis. This is a tribute to our on farm teams, who work hard to farm in a cost effective manner.” He said a fair value gain on biological assets of $51m was mainly from firm lamb prices, which was partially offset by an increased tax expense of $7m after a review of the tax treatment of Pamu’s long lived buildings. “For the 2018/19 financial year, we expect to report EBITDAR of between $37m and $42m. However, as always, commodity prices and weather conditions can fluctuate and this will impact our final result, as would any unexpected currency fluctuations.’’
He said the improvement reflected an increase in revenue of $5m offset by increased expenses of $3m and a lower loss from equity accounted investments of $1m. The revenue increase was mainly from an increase in milk revenue of $4m and small increases in
livestock and forestry. “Total operating expenses were up by $3m overall, which included costs relating to the massive Rural Connect broadband rollout across all farms, along with the impact of increased fuel costs and rent on the Wairakei Pastoral
lease in the half year.’’ Carden said he was pleased Pamu kept farm work and maintenance costs flat despite price rises in fertiliser, and increased harvesting costs as farms took advantage of good pasture growing conditions.
Retiring Young Farmers contest board members leave legacy Young Farmer of the Year champions Cole Groves and Dean Rabbidge are standing aside to let someone else take their seats on a board overseeing the competition. The long serving duo are set to retire in July after first joining the committee in 2014. Groves, 32, is an Ashburton dairy farmer, who won the Tasman regional final in 2011, and Rabbidge, 33, is a sheep, beef and dairy farmer in Wyndham. Rabbidge won the Otago/Southland regional final in 2013 and 2014 and after sitting on the committee became its chairman from 2016 to last year.
Cole Groves (left) and Dean Rabbidge. “The two achievements I’m most proud of are getting the new board structure over the line and developing a formal strategy for the contest,” he said.
“I got a lot out of competing and this role has been a way for me to give back to the contest.” Groves started serving on the committee during his time as chairman of NZ Young Farmers and was appointed for a second term in 2017. He said the strategy launched last year had given the contest direction and would ensure the event showcasesd the primary industries. “I’ve made some really good friends through my involvement with the contest and grown my own skills at the same time.” The contest board is made up
of eight people, including four appointed members. Applications are being taken for the vacancies, opening on March 1 and closing on April 15. Groves said candidates did not need a lot of contest experience, but needed to understand the event and be passionate about helping it grow. “It’s hugely rewarding, but it is a big commitment. We have four face-to-face meetings a year, attend two regional finals and then spend a week at the grand final,” said Rabbidge. Applicants are not required to be NZ Young Farmers members.
NZYF contest board chairwoman Rebecca Brown said the contribution of Groves and Rabbidge to the board had been immense, driven by their desire to give back to the primary industries. “They have helped overhaul the contest to ensure it will continue to innovate, thrive and remain relevant,” she said. She said their departure was an opportunity for young people to broaden their governance skills and help drive involvement in the agri-food sector. Two successful candidates will be appointed following the grand final in July.
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MARKET REPORT In an increasingly complex world where the tastes of the consumer could be said to be fickle at best it seems increasingly that innovation is one of the keys to be a successful food and beverage company. Chinese tastes often don’t follow the same pattern as the western palate and purchasing patterns also follow a different rhythm with internet driven occasions having a large influence over buying decisions. A dairy example of this is Chicecream. Chicecream is made and owned in China and they developed a novel tile shaped ice block which became an instant success with subtle flavours. During last year’s Double 11 shopping event its daily sales exceeded $US682,000 with individual prices up to $10 per ice block. Leading to it becoming the best-selling ice cream brand. Its CEO Frank Lin recognises that for overnight sensations to remain popular strength has to be built around the brand and while the internet is a great launching pad the brand and product needs to enter the mainstream as well. A useful message coming from Lin was the four steps required to evolve a brand from an internet viral to an established one. • Find the factors that attract customers most, and strengthen them
• Find the aspects consumers are not happy with and work with these • Consolidate consumers trust • Craft new narratives with new products to keep the product fresh. It seems these are steps many New Zealand exporters could learn from. Our production history has not prepared us particularly well for innovative foods with ships leaving our shores filled with lamb and mutton carcasses, great slabs of butter, latterly milk powder and whole ships stacked high with timber. We have made some steps forward with more chilled and added value products but the success of our primary industries has been largely built around being able to produce bulk products relatively cheaply and with good food and product safety attributes. But which we still largely sell with the majority of the value still to be captured. If doing what we are doing now is considered satisfactory we may be able to maintain that with the status quo if we’re lucky. However, other countries, including China are not going to sit around watching opportunities go by and New Zealand’s supply of raw product to other firms allows them to maximise opportunities at our expense.
Markets All schedules have taken a hit this week from both co-ops, the private companies have treated farmers a little more kindly, for now. Sheep The saleyards continue to soften with prices dropping due to both the schedule and the increasing feed pressure from the dry. However, prime lambs are still selling well with the works actively competing. Ewes have taken less of a hit over the last month or so and prices for prime and store ewes are ahead of last year’s prices. Wool Prices had a minor lift but nothing to get excited about with lesser quality lines selling at heavily discounted prices. Prices as low as $1.0 per kg greasy in the shed are reported as being offered and shearers are starting to call themselves “animal health managers”. If it weren’t for fly control coarse wool
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farmers wouldn’t have much incentive to shear at current prices. Cattle A similar story to saleyard sheep prices with the dry pushing more cattle out to a reduced buying bench except for prime stock. Venison After writing about the unabated rises in the venison schedule this time last year the total reverse is true now. Given the dollar is back 4-5 cents against the USD to what it was last year makes you wonder what has changed so much so dramatically to crash the prices. Dairy Dairy is holding onto the rises experienced at the last GDT auction and with most of New Zealand now under some feed pressure it is likely the earlier growth projections may be coming back. This should at least help hold international prices up.
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for the latest prices, visit www.interest.co.nz/rural 18-Feb-19 current price range Saleyard prices … u LAMB ($/head) weighted average Store 86 - 108 Prime 120 -175 u HEIFER (c/kg) 250-350 kgs Lwt Store 237 - 265 u STEER (c/kg) 481-580 Lwt Prime 267 - 283 This week
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954 372 295 2,239
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Processor prices … u LAMB ($) including 1kg woolly pelt 15.5 kg YM SI 101.37 17.5 kg YX SI 114.45 19.0 kg YX SI 124.26 21.0 kg YX SI 137.34 Local trade (c/kg) SI 740 (16-22kg) u MUTTON ($) including 0.5kg pelt 21.0 kg MX1 SI 103.37 u BEEF (c/kg) P2 steer SI 476.0 (270-295kg) P Cow SI 359 (170-195kg) M2 Bull SI 448 (296-320kg) Local trade P2 SI 530 (180-280kg) u VENISON ($/hd) gross AP Hind 50kg SI 474 AP Stag 60kg SI 575 AP Stag 80kg SI 766
Local market prices … u GRAINS ($/tonne, delivered Canterbury) free price Wheat, milling,12.5%p 422 420 Wheat, feed 422 420 Barley, feed 409 412
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and the West Coast declined from the year before; Canterbury and Southland posted the biggest percentage gains. For 2018, Canterbury and Otago posted the biggest gains at 8.8 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectively. Northland, Bay of
move had taken them by surprise. One said while he was blindsided, it was understandable Inland Revenue would prefer to keep its plans under wraps to avoid multinational companies restructuring their affairs in advance to avoid such a new tax. The issue – of multinational companies selling goods or services online, and booking revenues in low-tax jurisdictions or charging local subsidiaries high licence or service fees – has been bubbling away in New Zealand for several years. Nash said the Government would receive $30-$80 million a year in revenue, depending how it is designed, if the tax goes ahead. She said the Government was sure that the introduction of this tax would not impact New Zealand companies. “New Zealand is currently working at the OECD to find an international agreed solution for including the digital economy within tax frame works,” Nash said. Ardern said she was not concerned that the bigger companies would decide to leave New Zealand, as a result of such a tax. “International tax rules have not kept up with modern business development,” Ardern said. “In the longer term, this threatens the sustainability of our revenue base and the fairness of the tax system.” At the moment, the value of cross-border digital services in New Zealand is estimated to be roughly $2.7 billion. “We are determined to ensure that multinational companies involved in this sector of the economy pay their fair share of tax,” Ardern said. Asked if tax experts and compa-
nies in the industry were consulted, Ardern said no. That was what the upcoming discussion document was all about, she said. A tax gap investigation into corporate tax avoidance in 2016 found 20 of the most aggressive multinational companies recorded $10b in annual revenues but collectively paid less than $1.8m in corporate income taxes. The series also found Facebook and Google had structured their affairs to avoid a taxable local presence, instead using New Zealand subsidiaries to offer only marketing services with sales to Kiwi businesses for advertising – amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars a year – routed to other subsidiaries in low-tax countries like Ireland or Singapore. According to the company’s most-recent financial results, Google paid just $392,917 in tax a year, while Facebook paid only $43,261. Partly in response to global public and political pressure, both these companies announced last year they would no longer book locally-sourced revenue offshore. The Tax Working Group – whose final report is due to be made public on Thursday – in their interim report in September described such a move as an “equalisation tax”. “An equalisation tax would be a way to collect some tax from some digital companies that have been paying little tax in New Zealand or overseas. It would also help to signal the increasing urgency of the problem, and New Zealand’s determination to find a solution,” the report said, citing the risk the measure could cut against existing trade obligations. – NZME
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Internet giants like Google and Facebook are in Government sights, with Cabinet agreeing to investigate a new tax on multinational companies targeting digital revenues. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the move was about “fairness and balance in the tax system”. Ardern announced that New Zealand will consult on the design of changes to tax rules which currently allow multinational companies in the digital services field to do business here, without paying income tax. “Highly digitalised companies, such as those offering social media networks, trading platforms, and online advertising, currently earn a significant income from New Zealand consumers without being liable for income tax. She said the current tax system was not sustainable and it’s a gap this government thinks should close. She said a number of other countries are looking at similar taxes. International tax rules have not kept up with modern business, Revenue Minister Stuart Nash said. Although they said they didn’t want to name any companies, Nash said it would be reasonably obvious as to what companies would be targeted. Nash said the interim measures would be in place by 2020. Ardern said cabinet had been discussing this for some months. Ardern said the tax would be 2-3 per cent – in line with that of other countries that have looked into a similar tax. Several tax advisors spoken to yesterday, who declined to speak on-the-record due to the imminent announcement, said the
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year before. January and February are typically the biggest months for international travellers. Some regions also show signs of plateauing. December guest nights in the Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay and the East Coast,
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in 2018 increased to 40.4 million, up 2.3 per cent, with about 44 per cent of those down to international visitors. But the pace of that growth may be slowing, with international visitor nights in June, July and December falling from the
Plenty and the West Coast were flat; Hawkes Bay and Tasman/ Marlborough posted modest declines. While growth may be slowing, hotel occupancy remains high, Stats NZ said. Almost 1600 more hotel rooms were available in December than a year earlier. Despite that, occupancy fell only slightly from 69.8 per cent in 2017, to 69.2 per cent in 2018. Accommodation and construction statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said annual occupancy rates hovered around 55 per cent throughout the 2000s, but rose steadily from 2012 to almost 70 per cent in recent years. “The number of hotel rooms available in New Zealand fell after the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011,” McKenzie said. “Hotel capacity is now around pre-earthquake levels, supported by recovery in Canterbury, as well as more rooms opening up in other parts of the country.” – NZME
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Growth in tourist accommodation slowed in December as international guests spent fewer nights in the North Island, according to Stats NZ. Total guest nights rose to almost 4.2 million that month, 1.4 per cent more than a year earlier. But that was less than half the increase posted in October and November and about a third of the increase seen in the final quarter of 2017. Domestic travellers spent 2.29 million nights in hotels, motels, backpackers and holiday parks in December, 3.4 per cent more than a year earlier. But international guest nights fell 0.9 per cent to almost 1.91 million, led by a 2.8 per cent decline in their time in North Island accommodation. They spent 1.01 million nights in the South Island, up 0.9 per cent from December the year before. December and January are typically the busiest months for the country’s accommodation providers, who have benefited from strong ongoing tourism growth in recent years. Total guest nights
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Getting creative with cultural heritage BY CONNOR LYSAGHT
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orking in the role of museum assistant at Ashburton Museum this past summer has been an extremely valuable and rewarding experience. Having returned for my third stint of museum work, it has once again been an absolute pleasure working alongside my talented museum family in presenting, preserving, and displaying the social history and cultural heritage of Ashburton. Two thousand and nineteen will be the third year of my bachelor of arts at Otago, majoring in history and minoring in anthropology, and so being able to gain so much experience in the museum sector as an undergrad student has felt less like work and more like a dream come true! Time well spent Looking back, after just over half a year of total experience at Ashburton Museum, including mid-year break and last summer too, I can’t believe I had the chance to do so much in one role. On the very first day I started at the museum, back in November 2017, I was put to task proofing and editing information panels for our MindPlus Kids Curate exhibition. Much later, I was delighted to hear that all our hard work had been recognised nationally, as we ended up being highly commended for Most Innovative Public Programme at the 2018 NZ Museum Awards. Following MindPlus, I helped with the installation of Sounds Like Us exhibition from Radio New Zealand, which we set up in both the Kate and Hank Murney Room and the changing exhibition area. Aside from various daily tasks, I spent most of January and part of February 2018 working on Hakatere Hack – our very first digital interactive game. Hakatere Hack was a blast to
make, and when I came back to work in the middle of the year, I got to see people playing and enjoying the game. During my two week stint between semesters, I helped proofread for, arrange, and set up our winter exhibition – Tekau: Don’t be Dull! As well as these major projects, smaller jobs have comprised a lot of my time at work. I have written over 20 articles for this Heritage page, spent hours drilling, sawing, and painting in the workshop, covered front desk customer service whenever required, and have otherwise helped out in pretty much every area you could at the museum. Fairies? In my museum? This past summer has been my favourite so far, as both my fellow intern Rosie Twamley and I stepped into Kathleen’s shoes as archivists for a month and a half, and had the chance to better familiarise ourselves with our own archives and archival work in general. While Kathleen was away, we answered research requests, oversaw enquiries through the museum research email account, and hosted and directed visitors wanting to access material in the research room. I always relish the opportunity to learn more about our local history, as well as being able to share in the stories that people come to discover about their families’ pasts, and the past of Ashburton. Rosie and I also worked closely with Apryl in the collections store, where we catalogued, examined, organised, and cleaned collection objects. I also learned how to fill out condition reports on objects, which I put into practice with an old stock saddle that we had been evaluating. Following the Great Santa Hunt, we decided to put together another activity trial that was to tie-in with our very popular
summer exhibition, Dig In Mahi Mara. One of our first ideas for this was to somehow incorporate fairy doors. As a team, we decided to get crafty and make about a dozen fairy doors for this activity, of which I made three, and then I spent some time putting together a colourful, cartoony map of the museum for the trail. The end product has been thoroughly enjoyable for kids, and was especially popular through the last weeks of the summer holidays. I did find myself wishing at times though, that kids would stop trying to open the door of my Fairy Borough Council building, since I’d keep finding it broken off and lying in front of the door frame! (Maybe the fairies were curious about what happens in a council meeting, we can’t know for sure …). Digital and beyond I am a firm believer in digital archives preservation. While nothing can replace original copies of archival material, we need to preserve these as much as possible. As per every museum’s modus-operandi, it is also important that we digitise material for indefinite archiving. In my eyes this process should be pushed one step further whenever possible – to make digital collections accessible to the public in easy, user-friendly,
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and even fun ways. This was part of the philosophy behind using collection photos in Hakatere Hack, which stressed the fun aspect especially, but this is also what I have been trying to do with a collection of Halma studio glass plate negatives. Using a very simple website interface, I have started to arrange these glass negative photographs in groups of 10 per screen, with a search function and index. Once this project is complete, the glass negative index will be available to the public here at the museum, so that anybody can explore the collection on a computer and perhaps even recognise some of the people and places in the photographs. This would definitely speed up and perhaps be a crucial aspect of the end-goal of the glass negatives project – to have all the glass negatives’ subjects identified. Overall, my time at Ashburton Museum has been an absolute blast and I am extremely grateful to the Ashburton District Council and Ashburton Museum for affording me the opportunity to work here for the third time. Let’s see if I get lucky a fourth? Hakatere Hack is available to download for android phones and tablets from the Google Play store.
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1. A screenshot from our game Hakatere Hack, which centres around my version of Ashburton as a 3D cartoon caricature. 2. My favourite photo from the Halma negative collection. Not only is he cute, but this photo also shows how the pug breed has changed over a hundred years. 3. Probably my number one object in our collection is this badger head sporran with particularly ‘munted’ features. We still love him regardless. 4. Connor working in the museum archive.
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RESULTS ■ Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club February 11 2 rds, duplicate N/S 1st Pauline Scott & Fiona Williamson , 2nd Marjorie Hoar & Ruth Logan, 3rd Elizabeth Hutten & Maryke Blignault E/W 1st Sheila Lyons & Debbie Seddon-Sewell, 2nd Colin Clemens & Wendy Parr, 3rd Heather Sim & Jackie Chisnall February 12 2 rds, duplicate N/S 1st Trish & Peter Downward, 2nd Kay Robb & Rosemary McLaughlin, 3rd Paul & Pauline Fergus E/W 1st Sue Rosevear & John Fechney , 2nd Kate White & Mary Buckland, 3rd Carolyn King & Edna Segers February 13 2 rds, diff ptnr 1st Val Palmer & Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd = Peter & Trish Downward and David Sewell & John McDonald, 3rd Kay Robb & Judith Edmond February 14 Mary Mulligan Trophy N/S 1st Lois Rose & Audrey Rooney, 2nd David Sewell & John McDonald, 3rd Peter Downward & Mike Holmes E/W 1st Val Palmer & Pat Jordan, 2nd Carolyn King & Jan McClelland, 3rd David Wilkinson & John Irwin
■ Croquet Silver Badge Final Played at Ashbury club February 16 Winner -6 to 2, S Cleveland Geraldine 3 wins. Winner 3-5, D Bown West End 5 wins. Winner 6-8, L Fox Waimate on a count back from M Kingan Awamoa/Gardens both on 4 wins. Winner 9-16, R Webb Waireka on a count back from S Harris Ashbury both on 5 wins.
■ Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers February 13 Wednesday Night McGee & Social Wheelers Cup & Trophies Series 1st Tim Craig CT. 33.25. HT.4.40m. RT. 28m 45s. 2nd Oliver Davidson CT. 33.25. HT. 10.40m. RT. 22m 45s. F/T. 3rd Brad Hudson CT. 33.25.HT. 10.40m. RT. 22m 45s. 2f/t. 4th Tony Ward. CT. 33.26. HT. 10.40m. RT.22m 46s. 3f/t. 5th Emma Hudson CT.33.36. HT. 4.40m RT. 28m 56s. 6th Brent Hudson CT.33.37. HT. 4.40m. RT. 28m 57s. 7th Nick
DRAWS ■ Bowls Subcentre Lowry Cup February 23 Post section draw for the Lowry Cup at the Hampstead Green Round one 9am start B Mayson, J Drayton, G Eder, J Nowell, R Gutberlet, G Bishop. Byes to report at 10 20am M Bassett, B Donaldson, A Hill, R McGarry, R Kane. R Fensom. Match Convenor 302-9281.
■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 23 The draw for the Harvey Norman 2 day Tournament will be published during the week and on the Ashburton Golf Club website.
■ Softball Hampstead Slow Pitch February 22 Semi- Finals will Play Five Innings. Section. 1 Semi-Final: 6.30pm: Devon Tavern D1: Marines & Angels vs Demolition Section. 2 Semi-Final: 6.30pm: Laser Electrical D2: Hawkies Hawks vs Laser Attack Section. 1 Semi-Final: 6.30pm: First National Real Estate D3: S & Giggles vs As Good As It Gets Section. 2 Semi-Final: 6.30pm: Dell Phillips Landscaping D4: Social As As vs Pitch Slappers Super Sluggers Bye
Grijns CT. 33.38. HT.6.20m. RT. 27m 18s. 8th. Nigel Chatterton CT.33.44. HT.6.20m. RT. 27m 24s. 9th. Paul Macfie CT.33.48. HT. 8.30m. RT.25m 18s. 4f/t. 10th. Gerard Morrison CT.33.49. HT. 8.30m. RT. 25m 19s. 11th. Bruce McClelland CT.34.17. HT. 6.20m. RT. 27m 57s. 12th. Debbie Skinner CT. 34.47. HT. Go. RT. 34m 47s. 13th. Rachel Reid CT.35.14. HT.4.40m. RT.30m 34s. 14th. Paul Summerfield CT.36.17. HT. 8.30m.RT. 27m 47s. 15th. Andy Skinner CT.36.44. HT. 4.40m RT.32m 04s.
■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club February 15 Midlands Seed Social Teams Top Team: Occasionally Available 95 – Brian Nuttall, Charlie Alexander, Neil Macdonald, Royce Jamieson; Men: Read Rebels 92, Cunning Studs 90, Busck Blockheads 88; Women: Blondinis 89, Whack & Watch 87; Mixed: Tee Partee 91, Gabites 88.5; Top Lady: Megan Ness 33; Top Man: Alistar Read 36 Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Jordan Bird, Gabites Ltd – Joshua Cochrane, Mac & Maggies – Charlie Alexander, Gabites Lucky Player – Don McLeod, Twos: Harley Shearer, James Hunn, Charlie Alexander February 16 Pro Shop “Trainwreck Stableford was Winner: Josh Cochrane with 45pts (9027=63nett). Other winning scores: Don McQuarters 44; Terry O’Reilly and Maxine Carter 42; Brent Clarke 41; Hamish Niles, Charlie Alexander, Chris Robertson and Blair Franklin 40; Greig Sparrow, John Dudley, Brayden Wood, Jason Overend and Craig Bain 39. Twos: John Power, Bryan Donaldson, Christine Ross, Jeff Williamson, Blair Franklin and Paul May. Nearest The Pins: #4 Greig Sparrow, #8 Hamish Niles, #14 Blair Franklin, #12 Allenton Meat Centre: Paul May. Longest Drives: Women Catherine Knight; Men Craig Bain. Nine Hole Winners: Dick Hansen & Peter Woods 38 on c/b from Gavin Johnston & Gordon Clinton 38, third Tonee Hurley & Laurence Hanrahan.
Mayfield Golf Club February 13 Twilight 9 Hole Stableford Competition Ian Beach 24 Stableford points, Frazer Hutchison 21, Allan Dixon 20, Ben Woodhouse 20, Gordon Duthie 18, Ian Tait 18. Nearest the Pin: Ian Tait Two’s: Ian Beach February 14 9 Holes Opening Day: Wendy Sim Trophy - Best Nett 1st Jacinta Schmack 53-22-31, 2nd John Greenslade 52-18-34 Greg Sim Building & Excavating 2nd Shot No 2: Jacinta Schmack Mayfield Transport No 5: Jacinta Schmack February 16 1st Stablefood Ist kerr Winners Trophy Wayne Vessey 41 stb, Mark Greenslade, John Sim 37; Brian Fielder, Ali McLeod 36 Nearest Pins: No 2 Aon Insurance: not struck, No 11 Jon McAuliffe Bayleys: Wayne Blair, No 5 Marilyn Cross Property Brokers: John Sim, No 14 ANZ Bank: John Low 9&18 second shot: Bill Allan Twos: Wayne Blair Steve King John Low Bill Allan John Sim Rosehope Rommey Player of the Day: Wayne Vessey 85/17/68
Methven Golf Club February 13 Ladies Division - Harrison Trays Foursome Winners: Lynn Worsfold and Wendy Wareing 69.5, Sara Gallagher and Ruth Smith 72.5, Denise Dixey and Heather Santy 73 Nearest the Pins: 4 Arabica Ruth Smith, 6 Methven Pharmacy Denise Dixey13 Methven Foursquare Heather Santy, 17 Methven Travel Heather Santy Two’s: Sara Gallagher and Ruth Smith February 16 Men’s Division 1st Round Roger Harris Memorial Trophy Senior: Piers Rolton 77-9-68b39 pts. Intermediate: James Anderson 79-14-65 42pts. Junior A: Peter Harper 84-19-65 42pts. Junior B: John Robinson 91-25-66 41pts. Other Good Scores: 40 Dave Puckett. 39 Geoff Rhodes, Simon Wareing, Phil Johnson. Two’s: Jim Lattimore, Barry Wackwitz, John Robinson, Dave Puckett, James Anderson, Craig Middleton, Graham Gunn. Dubliner Best Nett: James Anderson 65 by lot. Methven Foursquare Second Best Nett: Peter Harper 65. Methven Travel Best Gross:
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Alister Maxwell. Closest to the Pin-Aqua Japanese Restaurant No 4: Graham Gunn. Hunters Wine No 6: Piers Rolton. Ski Time No 13: Dave Puckett. Green Parrot No 17: Peter Harper. Cinema Paradiso 2nd shot No 14: Mick Hodgson. Next Week February 23, 2nd Round Roger Harris Memorial Trophy.
Rakaia Golf Club February 13 Ladies Division Stableford Round Sally Smith 31, Teresa Booker 31, Val Sisson 29, Bronwyn Oakley 29 9 Hole Stableford Round Val Bell by lot Railway Hotel 2nd Shot No 3 Jo Johnson, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd Shot No 6 Sally Smith, Val Bell Nearest the Pin No 8 Sally Smith, Chertsey Spraying 2nd shot No 15 Bronwyn Oakley, S. Quinn 2nd Shot No 17 Val Sisson
Tinwald Golf Club February 14 Twilight Par Leading scores in Thursday’s twilight stableford round: -6; Alton Fletcher 22, Steve McCloy, Steve Anderson 21. 7-10; Mitch VanderKrogt 24, Brent Green 23, Ben Busch 22, Adam Lowe, Ben King 21 b/l. 11 plus; Murray Beach 26, Les Hunter 23, Alex Bec, Jonny Gray 22. Women: 0-14; Kirsty McAuliffe 21. 15 plus; Karen Young 20. Nearest the pin: # 2 Gordy Kenton. # 12 Kevin Bishop. Two’s; Brent Kirdy, Gordy Kenton, Brent Green, Kevin Bishop. Radio Hokonui hacker of the night was Dave Allan with 9 points. February 16 Par Leading scores in the stroke round played on Saturday. -12; Poko Paraia 67 c/b Randall Feutz 67. 13-18; Raua Tare 64, Cameron Miller 67, Kevin Bishop 68, Adam Wilson 69 b/l.19 plus; Nick Wilson 62, Lindsay Jackson 63, Pete Nolan 65, Alec Millar 68. Women; Christine Kinita 72, Barb MacGregor 74 b/l. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Dean Higgins. Gluyas Ford # 6; Jeff Naish. House of Travel # 12; Neil Connelly. Ace Auto Electrical # 16; Leen Bell. G & R Seeds 2nd shot # 11; Ryan Ford. Two’s; Lindsay Jackson, Neil Connelly, Ray Wards, Randall Feutz, Sally Lane, Kevin Bishop, Clarry Whiting.Net Eagle; # 10 not struck.
■ Softball Hampstead Slow Pitch February 15 S & Giggles 13 – 11 Marines & Angels, Demolition 16 - 9 As Good As It Gets, Laser Attack 19 - 8 Pitch Slappers, Hawkies Hawks 10 - 10 Social As As
■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis February 16 A Grade Hampstead lost to Southern 6 matches to 0 C. Brosnahan & M. Kerr lost to J. Feutz & G. Evans 3-6, 5-7, H. Dargue & J. Pye lost to M. Lucas & T. Parsons 7-6, (7-2), 6-7 (5-7), 0-1 (9-11), C. Brosnahan lost to J. Feutz 3-6, 5-7, M. Kerr lost to G. Evans 1-6, 3-6, H. Dargue lost to J. Parsons 7-6 (11-9), 4-6, 0-1 (9-11), J. Pye lost to M. Lucas 4-6, 0-1 (retired injured). Tinwald beat Fairton 5 matches to 1 C. McCracken & P. Leonard beat R. Cromie & T. Leonard 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4), D. Leonard & T. Groves beat P. Crozier & J. Leslie 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5), C. McCracken beat R. Cromie 6-4, 7-5, P. Leonard beat T. Leonard 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6), D. Leonard lost to P. Crozier 3-6, 2-6, T Groves beat J. Leslie 6-2, 6-0. Allenton beat Methven 5 matches to 1 S. Bubb & B. Looij lost to L. Gilbert & P. Kirwan 5-7, 4-6, M. Bubb & O. McKeown lost to E. Dargue & J. Jones 3-6, 3-6, S. Bubb beat E. Dargue 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9), B. Looij lost to L. Gilbert 2-6, 3-6, M. Bubb lost to P. Kirwan 1-6, 5-7, O. McKeown lost to J. Jones 3-6, 4-6. A Reserve Southern/Wakanui beat Methven Diamonds 4 matches to 2 R. Watt & O. Bubb beat J. Ermio & N. Alombro 6-4, 6-1, G. Austin & M. Veix lost to J. Sheridan & V. Talbot 2-6, 6-7 (5-7), R. Watt beat N. Alombro 6-2, 7-5, L. Adam lost to J. Ermio 1-6, 1-6, G. Austin beat V. Talbot 6-2, 6-2, M. Veix beat J. Sheridan 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8). Hampstead beat Allenton Wekas 4 matches to 2 Riley Breen & A. Spicer lost to M. Hopkins
Big payday for Fox New Zealands Ryan Fox has won his maiden European Tour event in dominant fashion by beating Spain’s Adrian Otaegui 3&2 in the championship final of the World Super 6 Perth. After 79 starts on tour, Fox earns a year exemption on the European Tour for 2020 along with a handsome paycheque of $245,413. It was a well-deserved victory for the 32-year-old who didn’t lose a single hole or record a bogey all day. This result will excite Kiwis ahead of the 100th New Zealand Open in under two weeks’ time. “I’ve been close a couple of times and its certainly nice to get one over the line today and in a place I hold pretty special. “I’ve played a lot of golf here and have always enjoyed myself,” said Fox. “I’m happy, I played great this afternoon.” & A. Spooner 5-7, 6-4, 0-1 (7-10), R. Wall & Robert Breen beat J. Barry & I. Cabalse 6-4 6-4, J. Parsons beat M. Hopkins 6-1 6-0, Riley Breen beat J. Barry 7-5, 6-2, R. Wall beat I. Cabalse 6-1, 7-5, A. Spicer lost to A. Spooner 0-6, 4-6. Junior A Allenton Hawkes lost to Allenton Eagles 5 matches to 1 S. Holland & R. Gray beat J. Gilbert & D. Gilbert 6-1, A. McGrath & R. Blundell lost to A. Cromie & A. Parsons 3-6, S. Holland lost to J. Gilbert 2-9, R. Gray lost to D. Gilbert 5-9, A. McGrath lost to A. Parsons 7-9, R. Blundell lost to A. Cromie 2-9. Hampstead beat Methven 5 matches to 1 R. Breen & L. Feutz beat J. King & L. Farrell 6-1, H. Feutz & A. Spooner beat A. Ermio & C. Wareing 7-5, R. Breen beat J. King 9-0, H. Feutz beat A. Ermio 9-7, A. Spooner beat C. Wareing 9-2, L. Feutz lost to L. Farrell 3-9. Dorie lost to Southern Sharps 37 games to 33 S. Kingsbury & S. Pye lost to C. O’Connell & I. Brook 3-6, O. Jackways & L. Williams beat I. Adam & A. Whittaker 6-1, S. Kingsbury beat C. O’Connell 9-4, O. Jackways beat I. Adam 9-8 (7-5), S. Pye lost to I. Brooke 2-9, L. Williams lost to A. Whittaker 4-9. Junior B Dorie lost to Allenton Keas 6 matches to 0 J. Bruce & M. Keller lost to J. Kilworth & L. Taylor 3-6, L. Sloper & R. Kingsbury lost to H. Sparks & C. Gorton 2-6, J. Bruce lost to J. Kilworth 4-6, M. Keller lost to L. Taylor 3-6, L. Sloper lost to H. Sparks 0-6, R. Kingsbury lost to C. Gorton 4-6. Southern Steel beat Southern Slammers 5 matches to 1 J. Ellis & T. Ellis beat L. Jones & S. Wilson 6-1, J. Johnson & L. O’Connell lost to E. Wilson & R. Kidd 1-6, J. Ellis beat S. Wilson 6-4, T. Ellis beat L. Jones 6-1, J. Johnson beat E. Wilson 6-5, L. O’Connell beat R. Kidd 6-2. Allenton Falcons lost to Dorie 6 matches to 0 N. Robins & O. Prince lost to H. Bradford & D. McBain 1-6, J. Reed & T. Amos lost to C. Heneghan & D. Dolan 5-6, N. Robins lost to H. Bradford 1-6, O. Prince lost to D. McBain 3-6, T. Amos lost to C. Heneghan 3-6, J. Reed lost to D. Dolan 3-6. Methven White lost to Methven Black 6 matches to 0 G. Oates & C. Robinson lost to T King & H. Redfern 4-6, P. Humm & E. Armour lost to C. McSweeney & H. Judd 5-6, G. Oates lost to T. King 4-6, C. Robinson lost to H. Redfern 2-6, P. Humm lost to C. McSweeney 1-6, E.
Armour lost to H. Judd 1-6. Junior C Hampstead lost to Allenton Kiwis 28 games to 24 B. McCrea & I. Felton lost to C. Molina & M. Scarlett 3-6, L. Watson & I. Wall beat A. Mitchell & L. Kilworth 6-3, B. McCrea lost to C. Molina 3-6, I. Felton lost to M. Scarlett 0-6, L. Watson beat A. Mitchell 6-2, I. Wall beat L. Kilworth 6-5. Methven Blue lost to Allenton Tuis 26 games to 25 F. McGrath & R. Humm lost to C. van Rooyen & M. Gormly 1-6, I. Geira & K. Furndorfler beat A. Ciora & H. Gormly 6-1, F. McGrath lost to C. van Rooyen 2-6, R. Humm beat M. Gormly 6-5, I. Geira lost to H. Gormly 5-6, K. Furndorfler beat A. Ciora 6-1. Southern Stars beat Methven Yellow 5 matches to 1 H. Shearer & G. Bell beat O. Glass & K. Oates 6-2, G. Greenslade & I. Carr beat A. Glass & J. Oates 6-3, H. Shearer lost to O. Glass 5-6, G. Bell beat K. Oates 6-5, G. Greenslade beat A. Glass 6-2, I. Carr beat J. Oates 6-1. Tinwald beat Methven Red 4 matches to 2 K. Taylor & B. Hyde lost to N. Cavanagh & A. King 3-6, M. Trounson & L. Hyde beat P. Redfern & J. Ensor 6-2, K. Taylor beat N. Cavanagh 6-0, B. Hyde lost to A. King 3-6, M. Trounson beat P. Redfern 6-3, L. Hyde beat J. Ensor 6-2.
■ Squash Celtic Squash Club Results from last week’s round of the Celtic Squash Club’s summer league competition: Harry Stanway beat James McCloy 3-0, Julie Smith lost to Ron Carlson 1-3, Neil Keenan beat Tim Kuipers 3-0, Charlotte Smith lost to Amy Muckle 0-3. Paul Cousins beat Scott Broker 2-1, Jordan Hooper drew with Chris Thompson 1-1, James Bowker beat Chris Lima 2-1, Jan Lee beat Sian Hurley 3-1. Billy Nolan lost to John McDonnell 1-2, Craig Campbell beat Rob Giles 3-1, Hamish Trott lost to Kirsty Clay 1-2, Charlotte Smith drew with Sam Kuipers 2-2. Chris O’Reilly beat Mick Hooper 2-1, Chris Thompson beat Ian Dolden 3-1, Chris Lima lost to Steve Devereux 1-2, Michelle Boleyn lost to Chrissie Stratford 0-2. Ben Kruger beat Harry Stanway 3-2, James Bowker lost to Pete Blacklow 1-2, Brendan Clark lost to Reece Wallington 1-3, Robbie Kok beat Guy Stanway 3-0.
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In brief Cummins best bowler Newly crowned Allan Border medallist Pat Cummins has become the first Australian bowler to top the ICC test bowling rankings in 13 years. Cummins’ rating of 878 in the latest rankings put him ahead of veteran Englishman James Anderson, who slightly improved his rating from 860 to 862. Kasigo Rabada dropped 33 ratings points to 849 to slide from first to third after he collected 3-145 in South Africa’s loss to Sri Lanka in the first test in Durban. - AAP
Nelson takes Hawke Cup Nelson is the new Hawke Cup holder after an exciting 36-run win over Southland in the Hawke Cup three day match in Invercargill. Southland was well placed to take victory, needing a further 65 runs to reach the first innings target of 297 with five wickets in hand. But an inspired spell of action from Nelson bowlers Sam Baxendine and Felix Murray had Southland lose its five wickets for 28 runs and trail on the first innings by 36 runs. There was no time or point to start the second innings, and thus Nelson won the Hawke Cup. - ODT
Master blaster to retire
Ashburton College Combined XI’s Hamish O’Reilly sends a bowl down to a Selwyn Lions batsman during his side’s loss to the Selwyn Lions on Sunday. PHOTO DOUG BOVETT
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Opportunities lost for 1st XI Ashburton College’s first XI cricketers headed to Christchurch for the second and final day of their two-day match against Shirley Boys’ High School (SHBS) on Sunday with high hopes. The match – which was played on Sunday due to the Black Caps v Bangladesh game in Christchurch on Saturday – was evenly poised, with Ashburton College declaring at 182/9, following SBHS’s first innings effort of 166 all out in their first innings. But the home side came out
firing in their second innings, and after taking first innings points, Ashburton College ended up losing outright. SBHS eventually declared their second innings closed at 254/7, with the highlight being a knock of 99 by Quinn Bungard before he was caught by Devon Flannery off the bowling of Will Copland, after being dropped twice. Copland finished with figures of 5/33, while the catch was one of five Flannery took in the second innings. Well and truly on the back foot,
Ashburton College’s batsmen struggled to get going in their second innings and were eventually dismissed for just 89 off 37.1 overs, with Tom Middleton scoring 17, Sullivan scoring 16 and Ben Middleton 15, both occupying the crease for a long time. Ashburton College’s best bowlers in the first innings were Angus Jemmett with 4/35 and Liam Sullivan with 3/26, while their top batsmen in the first innings were Jemmett who top scored with 33, Will Jemmett put on 26 and Aidan Bennett added 24.
Meanwhile, in the Canterbury youth second grade one day competition at the Ashburton Domain on Sunday Ashburton College Combined went down to the Selwyn Districts Lions. Selwyn won the toss and batted first, reaching 177/6 off their 40 overs, with Hamish O’Reilly’s 2/12 off four overs Ashburton College Combined’s best bowling effort. In reply, the combined side was bowled out for 105, with Millar Newlands the top runs scorer on 18.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has confirmed he will retire from one-day internationals after this summer’s World Cup but is willing to lend his star power to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new 100-ball competition. The 39-yearold Jamaican has racked up 284 ODIs since his debut almost 20 years ago and yesterday announced he will quit the 50-over format after one final tilt at silverware. “In 50-over cricket, definitely the World Cup (is the end). I’m looking to draw the line there, let the youngsters have some fun,” he said. - AAP
No rest for Finch The champagne corks will still be popping following the Melbourne Renegades’ maiden BBL title when Aaron Finch flies out with the Australian ODI squad for the tour of India. The Australian skipper will have little time to celebrate Sunday’s big win, departing for the two Twenty20 and five-game ODI series today. Dropped from the test team and out of form in the white-ball game, a candid Finch has described recent months as one of the most challenging periods of his career. - AAP
‘Unbelievable’ choke by the Stars in Big Bash final The Melbourne Stars have reaffirmed their status as the Big Bash League’s biggest chokers snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory to hand the Melbourne Renegades its first Big Bash championship. The Stars made the finals in all but the one tournament and were runners-up once when they lost to the Sydney Thunder in BBL05. The side seemed set to claim a maiden title at 0/93 off 12.5 overs with the atmosphere quieting down as the Stars played a chanceless innings. But then an unbelievable choke emerged which saw the Stars lose
7/15 and completely capitulate. Five wickets down, Fox Cricket commentator Shane Warne couldn’t fathom the Stars losing. “If the Stars lose from here, I don’t think they’ll ever win it,” he said. “It was the unlosable game.” Young Renegades wicketkeeper Sam Harper was stunned on the field. “The atmosphere out here is incredible now – unbelieveable,” Harper said. “I can’t believe what’s happen here in the last 20 minutes,” Warne said. After the match, Warne said the
Stars would be shattered. “For those men in red, they’ll sit there and giggle and say ‘I can’t believe we won the Big Bash Final’,” Warne said. “For the men in green, they’ve got some serious questions they’ve got to ask themselves. “They lost the game through reckless cricket, maybe a bit complacent and some pretty ordinary shots and they’ll be a shattered group.” The Stars were easing towards a win before the match turned on a dime and the Renegades defended a modest total of 5/145. Renegades had never made a
final and have now tasted a stunning victory. The Renegades had struggled to a competitive score thanks to Dan Christian and Tom Cooper combining for a stunning 80-run fifth wicket partnership to save the Melbourne Renegades. The home side was 5/65 after tight bowling early and a bit of luck with Adam Zampa taking 2/21 and Jackson Bird nabbing 2/25. The run out of Aaron Finch was the big wicket with a glance of Bird’s boot ricocheting onto the stumps. Finch stayed calm as he walked off the field, but as he got
to the tunnel took out his frustrations on a chair, demolishing it with his bat. The Renegades were 3/47 at the end of the power play and then 5/65 after Adam Zampa struck. With hope nearly gone, Cooper and Christian resurrected the innings with some late order hitting. Cooper smoked two sixes to get to 43 from 35 balls, while Christian again hit an important 38 off 30 balls to get the Renegades to 5/145 from its 20 overs. Christian also took 2/33 from four overs to give him seven tournament wins around the world to win man of the match. - AAP
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■ ROWING
Full-on week for rowers By Erin TaskEr
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After a summer bathed in sunshine out on the water at Lake Karapiro, Emma Dyke has been preparing herself for something a lot different at Lake Ruataniwha this week. The New Zealand Rowing Championships were set to get under way at the Twizel lake today and after a hot few weeks around the country, the weather looked set to turn, with rain forecast for later in the week. But, as long as wind didn’t come with it, the hundreds of rowers converging on the southern lake for a full on few days on the water would be happy. Rain, they could deal with, wind was the thing that resulted in spending hours off the water. Rowers from around the country had made their way to Twizel for what they hoped would be a successful regatta, and among them was a fair number of Mid Cantabrians. The Ashburton Rowing Club had a number of crews set to feature, and one of the club’s most successful rowers in recent years Veronica Wall would also be in action in her Ashburton club colours, although she will be rowing out of the Southern Rowing Performance Centre RPC. Also rowing out of the Southern RPC was Dyke, but with Wall being a sculler, they wouldn’t be featuring in the same boat at all. Dyke had made a name for herself in recent years as a core member of the New Zealand women’s rowing eight, but at the nationals she’d experienced much success in smaller boats, too. Dyke combined with Grace Prendergast, who rows in the pairs for New Zealand, in the pairs for nationals and for the past three years they’d won it. “She’s actually won it for the past six years, and I have won it with her for the past three years,” Dyke said. They’d also formed part of a winning fours crew for the past three years.
Emma Dyke will be one of Mid Canterbury’s leading contenders at this week’s national rowing championships. In fact, the last time the nationals were at Ruataniwha, Dyke and Prendergast took out all three of their races – the pair, the fours and the eights – and it was the first time it had been done. But with Prendergast coming back from a wrist injury, she would focus solely on the pairs. Having spent the summer training with the New Zealand summer squad – effectively the national team from last year – Dyke knew where some of her fellow rowers were at and knew there were some boats to watch. For months, she’d been train-
ing alongside people who this week, would effectively be the enemy. That was because for the nationals, rowers returned to their RPC where they rowed in their club colours. So this week, Dyke – who grew up in Mayfield but attended boarding school in Timaru – will be rowing in her Timaru Rowing Club colours, and Wall will also row in her Ashburton Rowing Club colours, but under the umbrella of the Southern RPC. For both Dyke and Wall, the nationals were a big deal, but they were also a stepping stone to what they hoped would be
bigger and better things this year. National trials usually took place a couple of weeks after nationals, but Dyke said they’d moved them back a month to give crews a longer training block in the lead in. At the recent South Island Club Rowing Championships Wall won the premier singles, doubles and quad titles which also earned her what is known as a New Zealand Selector’s Trial. After years as a successful junior, she is now eyeing up national under-23 and elite selection in years to come. For all of New Zealand’s top rowers, Tokyo 2020 was now in sight. Dyke, who competed at the Rio Olympics as part of the women’s eight, would love to get to the Olympics again, but for now she was focusing on the coming season. What boats would be given priority when it came to world cups and the world champs this year, Dyke didn’t know. If she was given a chance, she’d love to give the four a go, but whatever happened she was just hopeful she’d get a chance to make amends for a disappointing end to 2018. After winning world cup three in Lucerne, the Kiwi women’s eight missed out on the A final at the world championships. They instead raced, and won, the B final. “Our nerves and that sort of thing got the better of us,” Dyke said. “It was very disappointing and very hard to take, but it’s how it goes.” Dyke and her fellow crew members had put the season behind them and were now focused on the 2019 season, and Dyke – like all of the rowers at Lake Ruataniwha this week – was hoping a successful nationals would form part of that. The New Zealand Rowing Championships are due to start today and run through until February 23.
■ BASKETBALL
Simmons inspires Team LeBron Ben Simmons has made an impressive NBA All-Star debut playing a key role in turning around an 18-point deficit to steer his team to victory. Simmons’ Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis 178-164 in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday despite trailing for most of the annual showcase of the NBA’s best players. The top All-Star vote getters from the Western and Eastern Conferences, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, selected and captained their squads.
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Simmons had 10 points on five-from-five shooting, six rebounds and seven assists from just 16 minutes on the court. “Being around so many great players, it makes you want to get better,” Simmons said. The Melbourne-born 22-yearold and star of the Philadelphia 76ers was instrumental in two major runs, including a third-quarter 33-14 spurt with captain James and other starters on the bench, to set up the win. Team Giannis jumped to an early lead with Antetokounmpo
repeatedly rattling the rim with dunks, including a spectacular alley-oop off one extraordinary bounce pass from superstar Steph Curry. Curry bounced the pass from one side of the key over his 206cm tall Golden State Warriors team-mate, but All-Star opponent, Kevin Durant to Antetokounmpo. Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 38 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and Curry pulled off circus-like plays on his way to 17 points and seven assists.
Team LeBron’s top scorer was Durant who posted 31 points and claimed the All-Star MVP award. It was when Durant, James and other starters James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Kyrie Irving were on the bench that reserves Simmons, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson, LaMarcus Aldridge and Bradley Beal went on their game-winning run. “Bradley Beal, Klay Thompson; that second group got us going and we took off from there,” Durant said. - AAP
Cronk’s shoulder OK The NRL’s most talked about shoulder has passed it’s first serious test with Cooper Cronk coming through the World Club Challenge win over Wigan unscathed. Cronk, who famously helped the Roosters beat his former club Melbourne to win last year’s NRL grand final despite playing with a broken shoulder blade, showed no ill-effects from surgery in his comeback in yesterday’s clash at the DW Stadium. The ex-Queensland and Kangaroos star, alongside halves partner Luke Keary, was outstanding in the 20-8 win over the Super League champions. - AAP
Morris a happy Rooster Hat-trick hero Brett Morris says his NRL career has been rejuvenated by joining reigning premiers Sydney Roosters. The former test and Origin winger showed finishing power and pace as he scored three tries in the first half to help the Roosters to a 20-8 World Club Challenge win over Wigan. Released by cap-strapped strugglers Canterbury, an offseason move to the English Super League was mooted until a phone call from Roosters coach Trent Robinson changed everything. “I said to my manager ‘do what ever you have to do, I want to go to the Roosters.” - AAP
Farah hits back Robbie Farah has issued a riposts to Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire’s detractors, denying he’s a merciless task master who pushes his NRL players too far. Maguire has, at times, battled unflattering suggestions about his coaching style throughout his NRL career despite his track record for success. He helped break South Sydney’s 43-year title drought and took New Zealand to a shock test win over Australia last year, but has been painted as too demanding. - AAP
Hasler making his mark Des Hasler’s impact at Manly is already being felt at the Sea Eagles before their first NRL trial game under the returned coach against Cronulla. Hasler has implemented longer pre-season training sessions, more cameras and a stronger defensive resolve in his bid to get them back to the finals after a 15th-place finish last year. “He certainly brings a lot of history from his time here ... He hasn’t missed us, it’s certainly been a tough pre-season,” captain Daly Cherry-Evans said. - AAP
Equal pay on the menu Australia’s major sporting codes have signed up to overhaul the way they pay professional athletes in a bid to bring about gender pay equality in sport. The Male Champions of Change Pathway to Pay Equality report outlines a systemic approach to achieve equal pay for male and female sports stars involving codes, sponsors and governments. News Corp Australia reports that NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg, Football Federation Australia CEO David Gallop, Rugby Australia CEO Raelene Castle and the chiefs of the AFL’s Collingwood, Geelong, St Kilda, Richmond, and Carlton clubs and nine other CEOs have all agreed to achieve equal pay. - AAP
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Giving it a go on the netball courts With the winter sports season just around the corner, some of the district’s youngest netballers came together for a have-a-go day at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre on Saturday. Run by Mid Canterbury Netball, the day was full of fun skill-based activities to give the kids a taste of netball, and it was split into sections – one for Year 7 and 8 players, and others for Year 3 and 4, and Year 5 and 6 players. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 160219-RH-006
■ RUGBY
Foster the front-runner BY PATRICK MCKENDRY Scott Robertson’s re-commitment to the Crusaders for two more years after this one has probably made another thing a little clearer: Ian Foster must now be the hot favourite to take over as the new All Blacks coach. Robertson always hinted that it would be too early in his coaching career to put his hat in the ring to be Steve Hansen’s replacement after this year’s World Cup but such has been his record during his two seasons at the Crusaders – two titles with only three defeats in total (and an escape act against the Blues at Eden Park at the weekend), he would have presented a compelling case to take the national team in a new direction. There is still the possibility that Robertson, 44, will apply for the All Blacks job even despite re-signing with the Crusaders until the end of 2021 because it’s a New Zealand Rugby contract and the All
Black job would take precedence. But that would leave the current defending champions looking for a new coach at the end of the year – just before the 2020 pre-season starts – which would put them in a very compromising position and the man known as Razor clearly loves his team and they love him right back. What his re - c o m mitment has done is ringfence Robertson from
an overseas club or nation for a further two years but in reality there probably wasn’t a great danger of him moving offshore because he still has unfinished business in Christchurch. Should the Crusaders win another Super Rugby title this year he will be well on his way to building a legacy there which will compare to Robbie Deans’. Under Deans the Crusaders won three in a row from 1998-2000, something which hasn’t been done since. But while he will almost definitely coach the All Blacks at some stage in his career,
should Hansen’s men fail to win their third World Cup in succession then there will be those asking for a completely new voice. It probably won’t be Robertson and it won’t be Joe Schmidt, the Kiwi who has taken Ireland to the No.2 team in the world. It might be Vern Cotter or Jamie Joseph, but it will more likely be something approaching the status quo in Foster, the current All Blacks assistant, a man who has served his time at the top and whose loyalty to New Zealand rugby is unquestionable. Foster, an assistant since 2012, is a good man and a good coach and only time will tell whether he could cut it in such a high-pressure and high-profile role. He had his challenges in charge of the Chiefs in the midto-late-00s but has developed enormously since and will be the beneficiary of a quality support act. He hasn’t coached overseas and while that might count against him, it shouldn’t. The overseas experience line has always felt like a justifying act. It’s about appointing the right person at the right time and at this stage it appears to be Foster. - NZME
In brief Tough break for Perry Crusaders coach Scott Robertson might have thought the Super Rugby powers that be were out to even up the competition this year after he caught a glimpse of the fixture list. Of the first nine games, the Crusaders play New Zealand teams six times and don’t have their first bye until round 10. Next Saturday the Crusaders host the Hurricanes in Christchurch and will have to do so without All Blacks prop Tim Perry, who broke an arm in his team’s 24-22 victory. Perry’s injury, which is likely to keep him out for a couple of months at least, was the most obvious collateral damage of the Crusaders’ 16th successive victory in this competition, a recordequalling streak they first did back in 2005-06. - NZME
Carter back in France All Blacks great Dan Carter is returning to France’s Top 14. Carter, who was named MVP of the Japanese Championship in December after leading the Kobe Kobelco Steelers to a title, will re-join Racing 92 in March. Carter joined the Paris-based club following the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Racing won the Top 14 title the following year. - NZME
Mitchell slams Boudjellal Retired Wallabies back Drew Mitchell has slammed his former French club’s president for his public rebuke of Julian Savea, fearing the spray will do longterm damage to Toulon’s pulling power. Savea was singled out by Mourad Boudjellal on French radio after his Top 14 side’s loss to Agen. The president sensationally demanded the former New Zealand winger apologise for his performance and “go back to his home country”. Mitchell said Boudjellal, a comic book magnate with a reputation for lashing out at players in the press, needed to realise there were other ways to make headlines. - AAP
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■ BREEDERS’ STAKES
Marsh targets black type Stephen Marsh is preparing to stage a two-pronged attack on Saturday’s Gr.2 J. Swap Contractors Matamata Breeders’ Stakes, while breathing a sigh of relief over Derby prospect Vernanme. The Cambridge trainer is aiming Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) placegetter Appellant and the promising Glinda Goodwitch at the Matamata feature, while stablemate Scotch will be nominated for the other juvenile feature, the Gr.3 Waikato Stud Slipper. Pleased to have runners in both two-year-old features, Marsh is even more thrilled with the recovery of Vernanme after a prerace scare going into last Saturday’s Avondale Guineas (2100m). Vernanme pulled a front plate on transit to Ellerslie and a
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Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 19 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 1 12.01pm (NZT) WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C3, 390m 1 78618 Cosmic Jase 22.90 ...................J McInerney 2 57633 Botany Alan 22.42.....................J McInerney 3 17736 Nippa Martino 22.66 .................J McInerney 4 38764 Eyrewell Tango nwtd ...................... H Cairns 5 31122 Go Gunna 22.70 .............................R Wales 6 78565 Sergess 22.57 ...........................J McInerney 7 35527 Homebush Comet nwtd ............J McInerney 8 43786 Black Dan 22.68........................J McInerney 9 58877 Homebush Tasha 23.09 ............J McInerney 10 86888 Homebush Fued 22.57 .............J McInerney 2 12.18pm ADDED ENERGY DASH C3, 390m 1 33855 Cosmic Marty 22.96 ..................J McInerney 2 26888 Cosmic Richie 22.60 .................J McInerney 3 83567 Joe Bonanza 22.89 ...................J McInerney 4 64533 Opawa Waihemo 22.66 ...................R Wales 5 81664 Princely Gold 22.49...................J McInerney 6 56685 Lightning Crash 22.33 ...................R Adcock 7 36734 Broken Penniless 22.94 .................G Cleeve 8 41318 Homebush Maycee 22.64 .........J McInerney 9 58877 Homebush Tasha 23.09 ............J McInerney 10 86888 Homebush Fued 22.57 .............J McInerney 3 12.34pm FIND US ON TWITTER@SCRCINFO C4/5, 457m 1 44167 Zefside nwtd..............................J McInerney 2 42436 Eyrewell Turbo 26.16 ...................... H Cairns 3 22236 Opawa Viking 26.28 J & ..................D Fahey 4 53234 Sarcasm 26.13 ...............................G Cleeve 5 24128 Know Equal 26.59 ..........................G Cleeve 6 14736 Bashful Buffy 26.40 ...................J McInerney
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Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 19 Feb 2019 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 1 2.06pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR STAKES C1, 520m 1 66122 Our Rick 30.20 ................................R Wales 2 84557 Dyna Elliot 30.80 ..........................C Roberts 3 67236 Blue Sky 30.62 H & .............................Taylor 4 74456 Zara Petal 30.52..............................R Wales 5 35647 Canya Sniper nwtd J &....................D Fahey 6 71776 Stompin’ Ground 30.65 S & ............B Evans 7 67443 Bossy Affair 30.29 ........................ L Waretini 8 5343x Opawa Hilary 30.32 ........................R Wales 9 46568 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 10 56777 Go Mufasa 30.84.............................R Wales 2 2.23pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER SPRINT C1, 295m 1 1 Athenais 17.89 ..........................R Blackburn 2 622F8 Epic Boom 17.47............................J Jopson 3 36x64 Say Cheese 17.45...............................A Lee 4 52574 Mitcham Becky 17.89 ....................... B Dann 5 53686 Camside Rose 17.84 M & ................... Smith 6 75525 Homebush Ellie 17.39 ...............J McInerney 7 47235 Goldstar Auburn nwtd S &............... B Evans 8 22533 Taieri Terra 17.34 ............................R Casey 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 65668 Call Me Joe 17.44 .................... A Botherway 3 2.43pm I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C1, 520m 1 34727 Goldstar Chief 30.85 S & ................B Evans 2 74544 Coming Of Love 30.73 .................... M Grant 3 43771 Opawa Kong 30.81 ......................... R Wales 4 21456 High Sparrow nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 5 77633 Mamma Rose 30.97........................R Casey 6 55224 Our Jolene 30.68 ............................R Wales 7 63152 Opawa Light 30.32 J & ....................D Fahey 8 14415 Heated Threat 30.73 .................... L Waretini 9 46568 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 10 78687 Sly Rose 30.96................................R Wales
nail went into the sole, causing concern he would have to be withdrawn from the Avondale Guineas and put in jeopardy his preparation for his main goal, the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby at Ellerslie next month. Vernanme was re-plated and followed-up his second placing behind Madison County in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) with a strong-finishing run for third to Surely Sacred, but there was still concern how he would come through the race. But Marsh is happy to report he is on track for the Derby. “There’s a bit of bruising there, but he’s nearly back to 100 per cent,’’ he said. “We’ll put him on the treadmill to keep him going. He’s not going
Stephen Marsh to miss any work. But it was still a scare and not something you want to happen an hour and a half before he races.’’ Marsh was thrilled with Vernanme’s performance and so was rider Jason Waddell, who is booked to ride him again in the New Zealand Derby. Stablemate Crown Prosecutor
Pizzuto’s strong hand Australasia’s champion pacer Tiger Tara will headline a trio of Miracle Mile hopefuls Kevin Pizzuto will run at Menangle on Saturday. Pizzuto confirmed star speedster Majordan and his Chariots of Fire fifth placegetter Picard would also tackle one of the Miracle Mile qualifiers this week. “Picard’s come through the Chariots and he’ll be fitter for the run as well. He’s going around this week again for sure,” Pizzuto said. “Tiger Tara’s got all the form on the board, but over a mile at Menangle, Majordan is right at home.” - HRNZ
is still on track for the New Zealand Derby despite the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m) winner finishing ninth to Sponge Bob in the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas. “Craig Grylls is confirmed to ride him and he’ll be going forward on him in the Derby,’’ Marsh said. “He got back in the Waikato Guineas and it was too hard making ground from the back that day. Besides, he’s better ridden forward.’’ Marsh also has a black-type mission in store for Rocanto, who fought well for third behind Ever Loyal after leading in the open sprint at Ellerslie last Saturday. “He just had to work a bit, but he went well,’’ Marsh said. ‘’He’ll go to the Waikato Stud Plate on Derby day at Ellerslie.” - NZME
Wondering retired Triple Group One winning sprinter Start Wondering has been retired after suffering a minor tendon strain. Prepared in Wanganui by Evan and JJ Rayner, the eightyear-old won 11 of 29 starts, including back to back editions of the Waikato Sprint (1400m) and the 2017 Gr.1 Railway (1200m). - NZME
Southland dogs Today at Ascot Park Raceway 7 71621 Too The Nail 26.07 J & ....................D Fahey 8 25162 Must Be Rusty 25.87.................J McInerney 9 46787 Know Hassle 26.00 ........................G Cleeve 4 12.50 CONGRATULATIONS SCARY CANARY C4/5, 390m 1 58775 Shanly Star 22.72 .....................J McInerney 2 44414 Nozzno Fear nwtd ..................... A Bradshaw 3 47265 Ming Ming nwtd ......................... A Bradshaw 4 28614 Tee An’ Cee 22.50......................... B Conner 5 16136 Chasing Fame 22.40 .........................S Keen 6 13537 Opawa Jumper 22.36 ......................R Wales 7 6117F Hankenstein nwtd ..................... A Bradshaw 8 24412 Torpedo Tuck nwtd .................... A Bradshaw 9 46787 Know Hassle nwtd .........................G Cleeve 10 37858 Mitcham Faye 23.02 ..................J McInerney 5 1.07pm ORETI BEACH RUN C1, 457m 1 46615 M’Lady Sadie nwtd.................... A Bradshaw 2 73265 Koputai nwtd ..................................J Guthrie 3 78236 Dream Stone Jade nwtd ...................S Keen 4 48213 Southern Ranger nwtd ................R Hamilton 5 44145 Melting World nwtd.........................J Guthrie 6 58223 Punch On Jessie nwtd ..............J McInerney 7 15543 Jinja Cody nwtd.........................J McInerney 8 73414 Cry Lonely nwtd J & ........................D Fahey 9 78754 Chasing Great nwtd ..........................S Keen 10 68678 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 6 1.24pm ASCOT PARK DISTANCE C2d, 630m 1 7678x Opawa Hope nwtd...........................R Wales 2 34226 Dave’s Dot nwtd ........................J McInerney 3 23631 Perfect Result nwtd .......................R Adcock 4 26423 Know Pudding nwtd .......................G Cleeve 5 Box Vacant 6 22572 Classy Witch nwtd ..........................G Cleeve 7 64644 Know Anxiety nwtd.........................G Cleeve 8 35385 Opawa Abbie Joy nwtd ...................R Wales 7 1.41pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C0,
457m 1 52546 Guilty Rogue nwtd..........................J Guthrie 2 33882 Know Charisma nwtd .....................G Cleeve 3 478 Opawa Roy nwtd .............................R Wales 4 F21 Opawa June nwtd ...........................R Wales 5 76437 Opawa Hypo nwtd ...........................R Wales 6 52 Opawa Magic nwtd..........................R Wales 7 22 Grunt nwtd J & ................................D Fahey 8 44233 Black Bobby nwtd.......................... B Conner 9 36667 Opawa Pauline nwtd .......................R Wales 8 1.58pm HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY DANNY JORDAN C1, 457m 1 813x7 Eyrewell Ebony nwtd ...................... H Cairns 2 44354 Homebush Izzy 26.84 ...............J McInerney 3 11135 Know State 26.42...........................G Cleeve 4 65386 Bruiser’s Day 26.37 ....................... B Conner 5 21122 Know Betrayal 26.51 ......................G Cleeve 6 42654 Sozin’s Emperor 26.35 ..............J McInerney 7 25213 Ben Vane King nwtd ..................J McInerney 8 78754 Chasing Great nwtd ..........................S Keen 9 68678 Tartan Watch nwtd .........................J Guthrie 10 88678 Springheel Jack nwtd .....................J Guthrie 9 2.15pm BODYAUDITSOUTH@GMAIL.COM C4, 390m 1 16356 Debbie Baxter 22.57 .................J McInerney 2 55771 Go All Lin 22.55 ........................ A Bradshaw 3 37621 It’s A Joke 22.60........................J McInerney 4 32465 Homebush Boden 22.51 ...........J McInerney 5 15157 Sozin’s Blue 22.68 ....................J McInerney 6 63328 Cosmic Ruben 22.55 ................J McInerney 7 188x8 Crotty nwtd ................................ A Bradshaw 8 82148 Little Krakatoa nwtd .................. A Bradshaw 9 46787 Know Hassle nwtd .........................G Cleeve 10 37858 Mitcham Faye 23.02 ..................J McInerney 10 2.35pm MR WHIPPY SOUTHLAND C2, 390m 1 63131 Mitcham Doug nwtd ..................J McInerney 2 73156 Zipping Jen 22.65 ......................... B Conner
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81168 Tricode Boy 22.84 ......................... B Conner 13377 Homebush Finn nwtd ................J McInerney 28322 Homebush Skip 22.76 ...............J McInerney 42726 Nippa Eel nwtd ..........................J McInerney 85461 Nikko Baxter nwtd .....................J McInerney 15441 Boston Powers nwtd ................. A Bradshaw 67841 Homebush Indi 22.60 ................J McInerney 11847 Avalanch City 22.66 ..................J McInerney 11 2.55pm MARK TURNER PAINTER PH 021737111 C2, 457m 1 13672 Eyrewell Bentley nwtd .................... H Cairns 2 4576F Eyrewell Martin 26.39 .................... H Cairns 3 66335 Cosmic Stu nwtd .......................J McInerney 4 13161 Blazing Banjo nwtd ...................J McInerney 5 71612 Shift The Blame 25.94...............J McInerney 6 11725 Happy Days nwtd ..........................R Adcock 7 66157 Elland Road 27.27 ....................J McInerney 8 26373 Mick The Mower 26.60 ..............J McInerney 9 16387 Raylene nwtd ................................R Adcock 12 3.13pm HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY BEK EADE C1, 390m 1 52123 C’Mon Benny Boy 23.32 ................J Guthrie 2 32667 Southern Honey nwtd .................R Hamilton 3 85847 Darlek Ian nwtd .........................J McInerney 4 43428 Homebush Carl 23.32 ...............J McInerney 5 85377 Homebush Banker 22.67 ..........J McInerney 6 37476 Sefton Jay 23.13 .......................J McInerney 7 37675 Punch On Woody nwtd .............J McInerney 8 77736 Homebush Austin 22.87 ............J McInerney 9 28876 Dream Hard nwtd .......................... B Conner 10 88678 Springheel Jack 23.26....................J Guthrie 13 3.32pm TONI@BODYAUDITSOUTH PH021657001 C1, 390m 1 36847 Storming Mack 22.85 .................... B Conner 2 61262 Trajan 23.09 ..............................J McInerney 3 65548 Homebush Scorpio 22.79 .........J McInerney
68x46 Gotcha Aussie nwtd ..................J McInerney 52238 Pretty Keen nwtd ...............................S Keen 78885 Cosmic Ryder 22.97 .................J McInerney 78625 Homebush Mikey 23.13 ............J McInerney 26344 Homebush Sloan 22.50 ............J McInerney 28876 Dream Hard nwtd .......................... B Conner 38878 Luciastar nwtd ...........................J McInerney 14 3.49pm SOUTHERN LIGHTS AT STUD C1, 390m 1 88677 Always Dizzy nwtd ....................J McInerney 2 53355 Norton Baxter nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 84576 Chunk 22.86..............................J McInerney 4 62678 Forbury Flyer nwtd ....................J McInerney 5 24314 Punch On Scooby nwtd ............J McInerney 6 87857 Awesome Annie nwtd.................... B Conner 7 188x6 Poppy Rocket nwtd .......................R Adcock 8 65626 Astro Tipple 22.97 ..................D J MacMillan Emergencies: 9 68678 Tartan Watch 23.51 ........................J Guthrie 10 88678 Springheel Jack 23.26....................J Guthrie SELECTIONS
11 5.04pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH 0272719588 DASH C1, 295m 1 37226 Right On Time 17.54 ..................H Anderton 2 65338 Goldstar Galaxie 17.66 S & ............B Evans 3 12778 Homebush Tesan 17.28 ............J McInerney 4 1 My Girl Sofia 17.56 .......................R Adcock 5 68732 Memphis Jewel 17.41 ..................C Roberts 6 63423 Okuku Billy 17.48 ............................R Casey 7 36x57 Paringi Pam 17.43 M & ....................... Smith 8 3321 Chanyaka 17.49 ............................... B Dann 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 46648 Epic Fantasy 17.41 ........................J Jopson 12 5.21pm THE TURF BAR STAKES C1, 520m 1 22111 Opawa May 30.21 ...........................R Wales 2 7x313 Opawa Lara 30.52...........................R Wales 3 75446 Jealous Affair 30.61 ..................... L Waretini 4 86468 Dig Dig Dig 30.63 ...........................J Jopson 5 68267 Goldstar Scooby 30.97 S & .............B Evans 6 25127 Zara Fab 30.96................................R Wales 7 37318 Our Brad 30.12 J & .........................D Fahey 8 53435 Nuclear Jewel nwtd ......................C Roberts Emergencies: 9 46568 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 10 56777 Go Mufasa 30.84.............................R Wales 13 5.39pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 1 77324 Extroverted nwtd ............................J Jopson 2 37635 Bombinate 17.88 .............................. B Dann 3 74476 Know Dollars 17.51 ........................G Cleeve 4 62121 Goldstar Major 17.50 S &................B Evans 5 73752 Abacus Magic 17.39 .................... L Waretini 6 47182 Smash Grenade 17.59 .................... M Grant 7 53468 Little Lozza 17.93 ......................J McInerney 8 44826 Dime Diva 17.55..............................J Tanner 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 88657 Just James 17.43 .......................H Anderton 14 5.56pm CLARKSON’S SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C1, 295m 1 16347 Goldstar Montana 17.47 S &...........B Evans
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Race 1: Botany Alan, Nippa Martino, Sergess, Black Dan Race 2: Joe Bonanza, Lightning Crash, Homebush Maycee Race 3: Too The Nail, Must Be Rusty, Eyrewell Turbo, Sarcasm Race 4: Nozzno Fear, Torpedo Tuck, Opawa Jumper, Hankenstein Race 5: Cry Lonely, M’Lady Sadie, Southern Ranger, Jinja Cody Race 6: Perfect Result, Classy Witch, Dave’s Dot, Know Anxiety Race 7: Opawa June, Grunt, Know Charisma, Opawa Hypo Race 8: Eyrewell Ebony, Ben Vane King, Sozin’s Emperor Race 9: Go All Lin, It’s A Joke, Cosmic Ruben, Little Krakatoa Race 10: Boston Powers, Zipping Jen, Homebush Skip, Nippa Eel Race 11: Eyrewell Martin, Eyrewell Bentley, Blazing Banjo Race 12: Darlek Ian, Sefton Jay, Dream Hard, Homebush Austin Race 13: Storming Mack, Trajan, Homebush Sloan Race 14: Chunk, Punch On Scooby, Forbury Flyer, Norton Baxter
LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway 4 3.04 ADDINGTON EVENTS CENTRE DASH C1, 295m
1 83628 Goldstar Whitey nwtd S & ...............B Evans 2 x4575 Jinja Jake nwtd.................... A R J Tregurtha 3 53321 Goldstar Avalon 17.64 S & ..............B Evans 4 812 Ma Chere 17.57 ........................ A Bradshaw 5 88848 Homebush Flynn 17.30 .............J McInerney 6 67735 Opawa Pam nwtd ............................R Wales 7 88248 Smash Rebel 17.59 ........................ M Grant 8 78578 Batty Who 17.73 M & .......................... Smith 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 46648 Epic Fantasy 17.41 ........................J Jopson 5 3.24pm COALGATE TAVERN STAKES C1, 520m 1 176x6 Opawa Hunter 30.98 .......................R Wales 2 14854 Chat Ya Later 31.41 S & .................. B Evans 3 84322 Cawbourne Taber 30.49 ...............C Roberts 4 22256 Jinja Shake 30.42 J & .....................D Fahey 5 37176 Shaw Winner 30.86 ........................J Jopson 6 34213 Know Denying 30.48 ......................G Cleeve 7 24154 Opawa Lyn 30.31 ............................R Wales 8 5364x Token Pick 31.15 .............................R Wales 9 46568 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 10 56777 Go Mufasa 30.84.............................R Wales 6 3.39 A2C ASPHALT 2 CONCRETE PH 0800222583 DASH C1, 295m 1 75226 Homebush Hazel 17.52.............J McInerney 2 73566 Ohoka Tess nwtd.......................... L Waretini 3 16152 Little Ess Jay 17.47 ......................D Roberts 4 61134 Mitcham Quinn 17.22 ....................... B Dann 5 65878 Goldstar Bindi 17.57 S &.................B Evans 6 82F36 Mr Black Magic nwtd S & ................B Evans 7 63376 Koroibete 17.92 H & ............................Taylor 8 15262 Sly Bet nwtd ...................................J Jopson 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 86567 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 7 3.56pm MY BRO FABIO DISTANCE C1d, 645m 1 35254 Goldstar Ashton 38.93 S & .............B Evans 2 35147 Panel Beater 38.48 S &................... B Evans 3 76448 Goldstar Miley 38.41 S & ................B Evans 4 88855 Midnight Maggie nwtd S & ..............B Evans
5 11417 Goldstar Sydney 38.36 S & .............B Evans 6 42548 Goldstar Alaska nwtd S & ...............B Evans 7 33163 Tradition nwtd J &............................D Fahey 8 62763 Galway Gal nwtd S & ......................B Evans 8 4.13pm ISLINGTON TAVERN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 1572 Kiwi Gunn nwtd .............................R Adcock 2 66575 Goldstar Charger nwtd S & .............B Evans 3 81845 Goldstar Spotty 17.52 S & ..............B Evans 4 78x45 Homebush Nesbo nwtd .............J McInerney 5 83546 Tubby Kevie 17.37 ..........................J Jopson 6 167F7 Clausen Jewel 17.49 ....................C Roberts 7 14245 Raptor Attack 17.58 .................. A Bradshaw 8 42564 Rion King 17.45 .............................. M Grant 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 74777 Every Minute 17.51 .............................A Lee 9 4.29pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES DASH C1, 295m 1 73818 Homebush Pierce 17.83 ...........J McInerney 2 88861 Go Stopper 17.42............................R Wales 3 68x54 Jingili Jill 17.55 M & ............................ Smith 4 66545 Goldstar Diesel 17.46 S &...............B Evans 5 64864 Ohoka Magic 17.45 ...................... L Waretini 6 75518 Thornado 17.47......................... A Bradshaw 7 43647 Black Rounder 17.23 ........................J Dunn 8 22217 Smash Achiever 17.46 .................... M Grant 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 46648 Epic Fantasy 17.41 ........................J Jopson 10 4.47 GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND STAKES C1, 520m 1 18853 Our Simba 30.85 .............................R Wales 2 46435 Ohoka Carsen 30.88 .................... L Waretini 3 4F873 Opawa Hop 30.40 ...........................R Wales 4 31 Ester 30.66 J & ...............................D Fahey 5 58443 Pam Arising 30.88 ..........................J Jopson 6 73355 Culvie Chairman nwtd H & ..................Taylor 7 41181 Opawa Nemo 30.51 ........................R Wales 8 55575 Tikao Jackie nwtd M & ........................ Smith 9 46568 Know Leave 30.73 .........................G Cleeve 10 78687 Sly Rose 30.96................................R Wales
52185 Crushington 17.77.............................J Dunn 88685 Venetia 17.46 ............................... K Cassidy 27x87 Tui Style 17.54 M & ............................. Smith 38145 King Kali 17.30 ...............................J Jopson 16 Randy Raccoon 17.08 .......................C Weir 71725 Okuku Mistress 17.85 .....................R Casey 67634 Lonely Baxter 17.32 ..................J McInerney 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 86567 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan 15 6.13pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C1, 295m 1 64233 Goldstar Tasman 17.74 S & ............B Evans 2 385F3 Snickerdoodle 17.42 ........................ B Dann 3 66354 Call Me Dolly 17.63 .................. A Botherway 4 15588 Double Change 17.58 H & ..................Taylor 5 24552 Okuku Terra 17.59...........................R Casey 6 6426x Butterface 17.51 ..............................J Tanner 7 43467 Midnight Bolt 17.36 ...................J McInerney 8 72231 Heidi Hates Rap 18.06 .................S Hindson Emergencies: 9 78638 Goldstar Power 17.51 S &...............B Evans 10 86567 Dapper Danny 17.56 ................... J McMillan SELECTIONS
Race 1: Our Rick, Opawa Hilary, Bossy Affair, Zara Petal Race 2: Athenais, Taieri Terra, Homebush Ellie, Say Cheese Race 3: Opawa Light, Our Jolene, Opawa Kong, Heated Threat Race 4: Ma Chere, Jinja Jake, Goldstar Whitey, Smash Rebel Race 5: Know Denying, Cawbourne Taber, Chat Ya Later Race 6: Mitcham Quinn, Homebush Hazel, Ohoka Tess Race 7: Tradition, Goldstar Sydney, Panel Beater, Goldstar Miley Race 8: Kiwi Gunn, Tubby Kevie, Goldstar Charger, Rion King Race 9: Go Stopper, Smash Achiever, Black Rounder, Jingili Jill Race 10: Ester, Opawa Nemo, Opawa Hop, Ohoka Carsen Race 11: Chanyaka, My Girl Sofia, Okuku Billy, Right On Time Race 12: Opawa May, Our Brad, Jealous Affair, Nuclear Jewel Race 13: Goldstar Major, Abacus Magic, Smash Grenade Race 14: Randy Raccoon, Lonely Baxter, Crushington Race 15: Snickerdoodle, Heidi Hates Rap, Call Me Dolly LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
■ RACING
In brief
Important win for Winx The Apollo Stakes may only be a group two race worth A$250,000 but for Chris Waller it held significant importance for the career of his astonishing mare Winx. For us on the outside peering in, the equation looks simple. She’s the equal-highest-rated horse in the world and light years ahead of anything that Australian racing can serve up to her. She would just turn up and easily account for the challengers, as she had done for her previous 29 starts. And that she did, powering straight past Happy Clapper and Egg Tart, who filled the placings. Why then would Waller be so emotional? This wasn’t the Cox Plate or another Queen Elizabeth. But for Waller, he knows the world is watching. This was the race that would either vindicate the decision by Waller and the owners to race on after the Cox Plate or suggest that they may have pressed for too much. - AAP
TRADES, SERVICES
Holmes wins Genesis JB Holmes has won the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open in Los Angeles by a shot from Justin Thomas as Australia’s Marc Leishman shared fourth and countryman Adam Scott faded to tied seventh. Holmes (70) was the only player in the final group to shoot under par during a windy final round and he won at 14-under 270 as thirdround leader Thomas (75) and Scott (76, eight under) fell back.
Clarification
Winx scored her 30th win on end on Saturday.
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8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join fellow sheddies for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road. 9.30am - 11am WALKING NETBALL. GOLD COIN DONATION. EA Networks Centre, River Terrace. (not school holidays). 9.40am MID CANTERBURY CENTRAL FRIENDSHIP CLUB. Monthly Meeting, Mini and Main Speaker Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am MSA TAI CHI.
WEDNESDAY 6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Sweaty Bettys circuit training in hall. 48 Allens Road. Allenton. 8.30am - 1pm ASHBURTON MENZSHED. Come and join “fellow sheddies” for some fun and fellowship make/fix something in our new workshops. 8 William Street. 9.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. St David’s Church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Steady as you go exercise group, 48 Allens Road. 10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven. 10am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
SHELLY, Open Chinese Phone
health massage. 9am 9pm. lady, Ashburton. 022 684 1692.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
ANNA and Lucy. Two Asian ladies available. Professional massage. Good service. In/out calls 021 046 4314.
A caption in yesterday’s Guardian incorrectly attributed a horseriding event to the wrong venue and organisation. Ashburton’s Emma Brockhurst was among those taking part in a side saddle competition being held at the RDA grounds in Ashburton. She won best senior rider.
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Feb 19 & 20, 2019 Weekly exercises and Tai Chi for arthritis. Meet MSA Social Hall, Havelock Street. (excludes school holidays). 10am - 3pm 206 CLUB AGE CONCERN. Join us for a fun day filled with activities for the over 60 years. For more information ring Age Concern 308 6817. Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. 10am - 4pm TROTTS GARDEN. Internationally recognised, open daily, weekends by arrangement, entry fee applies. info@trotts.co.nz or phone 027 640 4094. Racecourse Road. 10am - 4pm HOSPICE MID CANTERBURY OP SHOP. Quality clothing and homewares. Donations welcome. 71 Tancred Street. 10.30am AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO. Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. All Saints Church. Methven. 1pm AGE CONCERN STEADY AS YOU GO.
Supportive fall prevention group, all abilities welcome. Phone Age Concern 308 6817. Presbyterian Church, Rakaia. 1pm - 3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft from the past to the future, Seafield Road. 1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social day. Come and join us. 115 Racecourse Road. 6pm RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Summer Park Series, 1.3 or 5km. Adults $2, children free. Check our facebook page, weekly, all welcome. Meet Ashburton Domain, Walnut Avenue Pavilion. 7.30am ASHBURTON TABLE TENNIS. Everyone welcome, every Tuesday, tennis bats available. MSA. Havelock Street. 7.30pm ASHBURTON MUSICAL CLUB. AGM . All members welcome. Seniors Centre Lounge Cameron Street.
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Cryptic crossword
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker
Your Stars ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s a planning day. Not a week that goes by without a surprise challenge, you’d be wise to work that into the plan. Leave room for error and/or irresistible delight. TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You won’t be able to weed out the problems and keep what’s good, because what’s good is the problems. The end product will be magnificent because of the challenging way you had to get it. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Every cycle has a winter – a period where the environment drives the being further inside to do the work that must be done in order to grow after the thaw. This work often looks a lot like sleeping. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): What’s unseen will be more critical to the action than the action itself. The invisible things don’t care whether or not anyone believes. Their cycle is the same either way. LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): If nothing is inherently good or bad, then how effective is it to think in these terms? It’s second nature. But if you can question that nature, new answers and easier ways of managing will arise. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What if you knew that your mentors considered you, in some ways, to be their teacher? Well, it’s true. So you don’t have to feel less than or indebted just because you ask for help. It goes both ways. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Are they picking up what you’re throwing down? The number of people tracking with you at this point may be small, but it will grow. Don’t change the message; just share it with more people. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): What does an evolved spiritual outlook have to do with phone use? Technology isn’t inherently evil or in conflict with spiritual principles, as long as you’re the master of it and not a slave to it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You appreciate confident people all the while realising that a social persona may be but the tip of the iceberg of personality. Your respect and social savvy will earn you a friend. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your response will be requested or something like it, maybe your presence, opinion, vote or support. Anyway, part of you is what they’ll ask for, and your job is to give the right amount. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Much will be solved by recognising the difference between gratification and contentment, and by playing the long game. Instead of going for a quick lift, work to bring up your overall level of vitality. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You put people first, before the agenda, before the results are counted, definitely before the money is divvied up. Because of your “people first” approach, you’ll take a little longer to get things done, and you’ll enjoy it more, too.
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DOWN 2. Unfinished (10) 3. Dismiss (4) 4. Pursues relentlessly (6) 5. Soldiers (6) 6. Untouched, immaculate (8) 7. Scheme (4) 11. Insufficient (10) 13. Cheat (8) 16. Give in (6) 17. Carrier (6) 18. Pout (4) 20. Throw (4)
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Watters Cup winners from 2018, Celtic, will be the sole Mid Canterbury team in pool C when a new-look Combined Country Cup kicks off on March 1. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 040718-RH-070
Big changes for Combined Cup BY ERIN TASKER
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Rugby’s Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup competition has been given a makeover for 2019. The format of the 22-team competition – which takes in senior rugby teams from Mid Canterbury, Ellesmere and North Canterbury – has been changed from two sections to three pools, with pool play to be a shorter seven-week round robin which will lead to a standalone final on June 1. The new competition is four weeks shorter and avoids midweek matches. Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive Ian Patterson said the changes are the result of feed-
back from clubs that the season has simply been too long and having mid-week games takes a toll when it comes to player attrition. He said everyone acknowledges that it’s a compromise for the 22team competition. “The ideal is everyone plays everyone once, but that’s simply not possible,” Patterson said. The pools have been split, based on 2018 rankings and geographical balance, with pool A consisting of eight teams and pools B and C both consisting of seven teams. Each team will play seven round robin matches over a period of seven weeks. Teams in pool A will play the seven other teams in their pool,
while teams in pools B and C will play the six other teams in their pool plus a crossover match to balance the total number of games. The competition then heads into the three-week playoffs. The top two teams in each pool will progress to the quarter-finals and the remaining two places are wildcard entries which will go to the next best ranked teams on the overall 22 team points table. The other teams will then be divided into trophy, plate, and plaque sections for semi-finals and finals, leaving the Combined Country Cup final to be a standalone fixture on June 1. The unions will then go their
separate ways to complete their own competitions, including the Watters Cup for Mid Canterbury’s five sides. Patterson said how exactly the Watters Cup will run this year is yet to be decided. The combined competition kicks off on March 30 and will see Southern and Hampstead in pool A, Rakaia and Methven in pool B, and Celtic the sole Mid Canterbury side in pool C. That means Celtic, the defending champions of Mid Canterbury Rugby’s Watters Cup, will not face another Mid Canterbury side until the combined competition finals, or potentially until the local Watters Cup rounds begin.
POOLS Luisetti Seeds Combined Country Cup Pools: Pool A: Waihora, Southern, Kaiapoi, Darfield, Hampstead, Ashley, BDI (Burnham-DunsandelIrwell), Hornby. Pool B: Rakaia, Glenmark, Springston, Methven, Ohoka, Southbridge, Rolleston. Pool C: Saracens, Prebbleton, Celtic, Oxford, Lincoln, Hurunui, West Melton.
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