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Resthomes on high alert

By Sue Newman

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Managers of aged-care facilities in the Ashburton District are leaving nothing to chance when it comes to protecting their residents from Covid-19 infection.

One has closed its doors to all visitors and the remainder, while stopping one step short of going into what is effectively lockdown, have put measures in place that limit visitor access and they are carefully monitoring who can enter their buildings. A total visitor ban will be their next step.

At Radius Millstream only staff can enter the complex. A stop sign is placed in the foyer with a message making it clear wholesale access is banned.

A letter sent to families and friends of Radius Care residents is displayed on the door of Radius Millstream. In this, Radius Care managing director Brien

Cree states the decision to go beyond Ministry of Health recommendations was made in the belief that it was in the best interests of the people in its care.

“Radius Care will limit visits from anyone who is not a staff member or resident from Tuesday ... this will include visits from families and friends for non-urgent matters ... we humbly ask that you do not visit your loved ones except in the most urgent of situations ...”

All facilities were following ministry guidelines and that meant visiting was limited to family members.

Terrace View manager Donna Coxshall described their situation as almost in lockdown for the resthome, hospital and apartments.

“We’re allowing family members only to visit but this could change shortly. It’s a very difficult time and a hard decision to make, but at the end of the day we

have to put our residents first,” she said.

Residents and their families were being kept up-to-date with the restrictions, Coxshall said.

Princes Court manager Lorraine Bryan said she was discouraging people from visiting residents unless absolutely necessary. All entertainment has been cancelled and volunteers are no longer coming in to spend time with residents.

Bryan said she was planning ahead with staff, compiling lists of those without child care commitments who could work extra hours to provide cover if needed.

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Don’t panic, but be prepared NZME Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is asking every Kiwi who has returned to New Zealand in the last fortnight to self-isolate, even if they arrived before strict travel restrictions came into force.

She has also issued a stern caution about a possible outbreak of Covid-19, saying New Zealanders need to plan for scenarios such as working from home and self-isolating, and to cancel all non-essential travel.

“This is not a time for panic.

It is a time for preparation. I ask everyone that they think about that for them and their family,” Ardern told reporters yesterday.

Her comments come as eight new coronavirus cases, all believed to be New Zealanders returning from overseas travel, were announced yesterday, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 20.

Ardern said this underscored the importance of people arriving in New Zealand to self-isolate.

But she added that anyone arriving in the past fortnight should also self-isolate, even though the requirement to do so only came into force at the weekend.

“Many came in after those border restrictions. Many came in before there was an escalation in cases overseas. They may not have known or believed themselves to be susceptible until they have tested positive.

“This is about looking after those individuals’ interests, but also of their community.

“If you arrived before those border restrictions [came into force], seeing out the balance of your 14 days in self-isolation is the sensible, safest and best thing you can do for the community around you.”

The Government’s plan to contain the spread of the virus seemed to be working so far, but Ardern said there will be more cases and New Zealanders needed to be prepared for a wider outbreak.

“Think about Covid-19 in the same way you do for Civil Defence emergencies. Prepare a plan for you and your family.”

That included thinking about how to work from home, or how to get through a period of self-isolation, including how to access all the resources you might need.

Ardern welcomed Australia adding New Zealanders to its “do

Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern issued a stern caution about the Covid-19 outbreak.

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not travel” list, noting the travel advice for Kiwis was similar.

“We have simply given the advice for Kiwis not to travel. Get rid of all non-essential travel.

“There’s very few reasons I would have thought anyone would consider travelling at this point.”

Ardern has already banned all social gatherings – indoor or outdoor – of more than 500 people, except for school events, and would be giving more guidelines for smaller gatherings within 24 hours.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told media earlier that there were eight new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand – one in Christchurch, two in Waikato, one in Invercargill, and four in Auckland.

That brings the total of confirmed cases to 20 since the coronavirus outbreak began.

All those he had details on had been in self-isolation.

All eight, as well as a Logan Park student from Dunedin who tested positive, had their infections detected yesterday – 620 tests were processed yesterday.

Asked if the increase in cases proved NZ should have been testing more people, he said in-

stead it was the case that more people coming from overseas were coming from Covid-19 hotspots. Some had come from Europe, some from Australia and some from the United States.

Information was being sought on how many Kiwis were returning from those areas, but Bloomfield said the numbers were dropping quickly as travel dropped off.

He was not aware of any new cases of travellers being placed in forced self-isolation, following the two tourists who had arrived from South-East Asia previously reported.

There is still no evidence of community outbreak, he said.

The risk still appears to be low due to border restrictions.

“These restrictions are not retrospective but I urge others who have arrived earlier from overseas to voluntarily self-isolate,” he said.

Healthline will also have the seat numbers and can advise anyone on the flight whether they are considered a close contact.

There are 30,000 swabs for Covid-19 being distributed around the country, and community testing is expected to start soon to gauge how widespread Cov-

id-19 has become.

Bloomfield did not know the number of ventilators in the country but that information is being collected.

In addition to those in intensive care units, there are ventilators in operating theatres and sometimes in post-operative areas which can potentially be used.

However, ventilators are only useful if someone has the right training to use them.

DHBs are working with the Ministry of Health to collate that type of information which is not held centrally.

Stopping elective surgery was one option to make sure there was flexibility in the system. Private hospitals are also being contacted to see what capacity they have if necessary.

The important thing was to make sure the peak of the disease did not exceed the health system’s capacity, Bloomfield said.

Regarding the WHO’s advice that paracetamol is preferable to ibuprofen, he said he did not have specific concerns but said the WHO was probably referring to the side effects of ibuprofen which could be damaging for some older people, unlike paracetamol.

Aged-care facilities on high alert From P1 Sue Prowse, Rosebank manager, said a one door policy was in place, where everyone entering is monitored by a staff member.

“We’re not in lock down at this stage,” she said.

Heritage Healthcare owns both Princes Court and Coldstream House and chief execu-

tive Norah Barlow said Ministry of Health guidelines were being followed closely at both facilities.

“We have limited entrance ways into both venues and we’re thinking today whether we also look at having limited visitor times,” she said.

In deciding how much access should be restricted, Barlow said it was a balancing act between

protecting residents and ensuring they had the family support they were accustomed to.

“But they are a very vulnerable group so we absolutely have to make sure we protect them on one hand but not cause them grief on the other, when they’re without visitors.”

Methven House is the district’s smallest resthome, with just 13 residents.

There is restricted access, but its size makes it easy to keep in regular contact with families, manager Sue Bell said.

Staff have upped their cleaning rosters and people are being advised to visit residents only if absolutely necessary.

“Our residents are the ones most at risk and we haven’t locked our doors because people are being very good.“

Health collective formed to combat Covid-19 Ashburton District general practioners and health providers have come together as the country braces for the ever-changing face of Covid-19 and are pulling out all the stops to keep locals informed of the news that is important to them.

The group, which includes representatives from medical locations across the district, have formed a collective communications team to share information and ensure consistent and high quality care for the people of the region.

Looking to lead the action to control Covid-19 spread within the community the group is being guided by the Ministry of Health and is looking to provide the best, and safest, care possible based on the most up-to-date information available to them.

The group yesterday made public their first advisory which touched on the situation around any medical centres in the district and the processes for visiting a clinic, how suspected cases of Covid-19 might be handled and also touched on flu vaccinations.

The Ministry of Health is allowing flu vaccinations earlier this year for a high risk group, but the vaccinations are yet to arrive. Those who qualify for the early vaccination will be contacted by their GP as soon as it is available.

The group are asking the community to not phone to ask questions about flu vaccines or eligibility as phone lines will be extremely busy due to Covid-19. Vaccinating vulnerable people is the priority and those who do not meet the Ministry of Health requirements for vaccination won’t be allowed to be vaccinated.

Information will be provided when the vaccine is made available for the general public.

The group wished to also advise that anyone who was believed to have symptoms which could be due to Covid-19 will be assessed by a member of staff from the medical centre, in full protective equipment, in the car park.

Local prescriptions are ideally going to be faxed directly to pharmacies for pick up – many of which offer delivery for those who require it. Medical certificates can be emailed directly and both video and phone consultations may be offered.

Anyone wishing to visit a medical centre is advised to phone ahead as those who arrive without an appointment will likely be asked to go back to their vehicle and phone in to book.

This is being done to ensure every person is triaged and the best treatment can be offered without exposing people unnecessarily to one another in clinics and waiting rooms.

Walk-in services are suspended and no one will be seen without an appointment.

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Big numbers carved out of tourism

By Sue Newman

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Tour operators across the Ashburton District are counting the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic in cancelled bookings and in thousands of dollars of lost income.

While it was difficult to put accurate numbers around the cost of lost business, Experience Mid Canterbury chief executive Bruce Moffat said lost forward bookings were currently sitting at more than $400,000, but that figure was growing daily.

“This is a lot of money for operators and it’s having a dramatic impact. It’s a very difficult time for them and while we do have

some real resilience in the market because they’ve been through things like the earthquakes and SARS, there’ll definitely be a downturn,” he said On top of lost accommodation dollars, cancelled bookings also impacted on cafes, restaurants and retail generally. If the current ban on gatherings of 500 people or more was dropped to 100, as has been done in Australia, there would be a huge impact across, not just the tourism sector, but the whole community, Moffat said.

Quality Suites owner Sally Rhodes said she was dealing with booking cancellations every day.

Many of those bookings were for groups attending events such as dragon boat races or netball tournaments and bookings were for two or three months out, she said.

“It’s been a good summer for us, but this has certainly put a different light on our forward bookings. It’s a matter of hunkering down and hoping it’s a short, sharp pain, really, but in the interim, the hospitality industry is really going to suffer. Those who think outside the square will be the survivors.”

The Government’s support package for businesses and employees would certainly help staff

and it was good to know they’d be compensated if things got really tough, Rhodes said.

Across Ashburton there were eight motels, but there were also 240 Airbnb operators and they would also be hard hit, she said.

“And this will affect the town too, because all of our people eat out or do activities.”

Looking further out, there would be a clear impact on tourist numbers because two big industry events – TRENZ and an inbound tour operators forum – had been cancelled and these were critical when it came to securing bookings by overseas tour groups, Moffat said.

“The immediate effect on Canterbury from this is $1.6 million to $1.7 million, but the whole thing is changing every day because so many groups that have booked months out are now cancelling.”

Experience Mid Canterbury and other tourism organisations were in a holding pattern in terms of their marketing strategy, he said.

To help alleviate the loss of revenue from in-bound tourists, Experience Mid Canterbury had a significant campaign for the domestic market ready to run, but it was holding off on this in case there were more conditions imposed on travel and gatherings.

Firefighters prepared for Covid-19 disruption Firefighters are preparing, just like any large organisation, should the Covid-19 situation worsen, Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Alan Burgess said.

All international travel on Fire and Emergency New Zealand business has been cancelled and domestic travel has been curtailed to the bare minimum.

Training will continue for firefighters, Burgess said, but the situation was constantly being re-assessed.

The brigade currently has one member overseas with family who would have to enter a 14day isolation when he returns, leaving them one firefighter short for that time.

“The potential for face-to-face contact at vehicle accidents with tourists is reduced now with the tourist numbers certainly buttoning off,” he said.

Burgess said there were contin-

gencies in place if any crew members had to go in to isolation and any impact that might have on their ability to crew appliances at the time of emergencies.

“It is being discussed how we would deal with that,” he said.

“In tight situations there could be paid staff brought in out of the city stations but they are just as likely to be impacted as we are.

“The same applies in Timaru, if you take a crew out from the station there they are down 25 per cent of their staff, so it is a bit of a challenge.

“We have contingencies in place and would still be responding, just maybe with minimal crewing on trucks and sending less of a response, and keeping people away from the station as much as possible.”

Police prepared for pandemic Police say they are prepared to be able to provide policing services as normal should the Cov-

A large number of Mid Canterbury’s fire brigades need more firefighters that are able to attend call-outs during the day.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN id-19 crisis worsen, and to help the Ministry of Health manage those in self-isolation.

“NZ Police has a National Pandemic Plan which has been updated this month,” a police spokesperson said.

“Police are working with our partners to ensure the system is well-prepared and able to continue to provide policing

services as normal.”

They are also working to assist the Ministry of Health and other agencies to keep individuals, families and our communities safe, healthy and supported.

Police do have powers under the Health Act 1956 to assist a medical officer of health in relation to infectious diseases.

“These powers would be en-

forced, when required, at the request of a medical officer of health, in order to ensure the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders,” they said.

“They include the power to compel, enforce or ensure compliance with a requirement made by a medical officer of health, such as the requirement to self-isolate.”

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Dedication pays off for Ocean

In brief ANZ slashes rates ANZ Bank has slashed its fixed home loan rates in what it says are the lowest ever offered by a major Kiwi bank. Its home loan one-year fixed rate special would now drop to 3.05 per cent from today and its two-year fixed rate to 3.35 per cent. “These new rates will provide some relief and support for customers during a difficult and uncertain time,” said Ben Kelleher, managing director retail and business banking for ANZ NZ.

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By Susan Sandys

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There is no stopping country music singer Ocean Waitokia, who has returned with a haul of trophies from the Muddy River Country Music Awards.

Her outstanding success at Whanganui is hot on the heels of a stellar performance and national title at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January.

The 17-year-old Ashburton College pupil sang Smoky Dawson’s Homestead of My Dreams at Tamworth, gaining the Australian heritage national title.

“It was very, very overwhelming,” Ocean said.

Ocean had been sponsored to attend the event, after winning New Zealand’s renowned Gold Guitar awards in Gore last year.

At Whanganui, she entered in six sections and made the finals in five. She took out the overall award, meaning she will compete at the New Zealand Entertainer of the Year in Taupo in October.

Ocean said it was particularly satisfying to have done so well at Muddy River, after being disheartened when she entered it the first time a couple of years ago and not making any finals.

She had since worked hard and developed in her music.

“It just shows, if you dedicate yourself to something, you can make it real,” Ocean said.

Ocean has been singing since she was just three, when her grandmother Linda took her to a fundraising event for the Ashburton Trust Event Centre held on the East Street chessboard.

Police officer guilty A police officer accused of raping a colleague has been found guilty but in a courtroom outburst has continued to profess his innocence.

The cop had been on trial for the past two weeks charged with indecently assaulting and sexual violating his female workmate at a Kerikeri motel during the early hours of February 5 last year. The officer, who has interim name suppression, was part of a group of police deployed to help police the 2019 Waitangi Day events at the Treaty Grounds last year. As the unanimous guilty verdicts were read to the court by the foreman the officer’s family broke down in tears in the back of the courtroom.

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Missing teen

Ronald McDonald was there, where he held a Fifteen Seconds of Fame event.

Ocean sang Tutira Mai, and won a bicycle.

Her talent has since seen her hit the high notes at country music festivals and almost fill a trophy cabinet with her achievements.

Ocean Waitokia has returned from the Tamworth and Muddy River events with a haul of trophies.

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Strong support for bowls staying in domain

By Sue Newman

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If Ashburton Bowling Club president Joe Ryk has his way, there will be a packed gallery listening to submissions on the Ashburton District Council’s draft development plan for Ashburton Domain.

The club’s headquarters in the domain have been tagged for demolition to make way for a new domain information hub and cafe but that plan has failed to win any supporters from the bowling and wider community.

With submissions on the draft plan now flowing in, the over-riding request from sub-

mitters is for the council to take a ‘hands-off’ approach to the bowling greens.

And that’s music to Ryk’s ears.

“I want all club members to put submissions in and our campaign with the petition forms is getting a good response,” he said.

The club responded quickly when the plan was released, holding an open day and preparing petition forms which have now found their way across Canterbury. The petition is also running on Facebook.

When bowlers from other parts of Canterbury visit the greens, they’re keen to sign the petition

Waitematā Police are still looking for missing French man Eloi Jean Rolland. The 18-year-old was reported missing to police a week ago. Detective senior sergeant Marcia Murray said the last confirmed sighting of Eloi was 7.26am on Saturday, March 7 at the Fruitvale Rd railway station in New Lynn. Inquiries on Eloi’s mobile phone indicate he was in the area of Piha Road at 9.18am that day.

A Search and Rescue team began conducting a search around the Piha Road area Tuesday afternoon, Murray said. Eloi speaks limited English and is described as 170cm tall and of thin build. He was last seen wearing a blue and white jacket, jeans, and dark sneakers.

Anyone with information can contact Waitematā Crime Squad on 09 839-0697 and quote file number 200310/8987. You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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The Ashburton Bowling Club is vowing to fight to see its greens remain in the Ashburton Domain.

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and add their support, he said.

“And we’ve had great support from all the local clubs.”

The petition will be presented to the council.

Ryk has met with individual district councillors and said he’d been heartened by their support for the hub to be built elsewhere in the domain.

The bowling club has been based in the domain, on land leased from the council, for more than 125 years.

Submissions on the plan close on April 5 and hearings will then be held, Ryk is hoping for a full turnout of club members to listen to the club’s executive make a bid to have the greens remain at the heart of the domain.

“I’m very positive about this, there seems to be a groundswell of support,” he said.

To date about 40 submissions on the plan have been received from groups and individuals.

The man who fatally attacked teenager Eli Holtz in Auckland’s CBD has had an appeal against his prison sentence rejected. Myron Robert Alf Felise, 30, admitted assaulting 18-year-old Eli Francis Holtz at the intersection of Wellesley and Queen streets in January 2018. Eli, from Northland, was the passenger in a vehicle that had stopped at a red light.

Moments before the assault he had pointed a water gun out of the window and fired a jellylike liquid pellet at Felise. Felise then approached the car when it stopped, opened the door and assaulted Eli. He punched the teen repeatedly in the head, while he was still strapped into his seat and unable to properly defend himself.

In November 2018 Felise was jailed for seven years. It was not the first time Felise had been involved in a violent killing.

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Christmas in the Park taking a break

By Sue Newman

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Ashburton’s hugely popular Christmas in the Park event will not be held this year.

The decision by organisers to take a break is not related to the current Covid-19 pandemic, rather it’s a decision made to give both the event’s community funders and its organisers a break, organiser Carmen Lye said.

Lye, and friend Lisa Taylor, staged the first Christmas in the Park in 2013 and since then they’ve built up a solid organising team.

And over those years, Christmas in the Park had grown to become a signature event that attracted huge numbers each year.

Each year the organising team gathers around $25,000 in sponsorship from the community and that’s a huge amount that businesses willingly give, Lye said.

“It’s hard to keep taking that from local business, it’s a big deal for a community event and you can only keep asking for so much. Some of those businesses have been giving thousands of dollars since the event started,” she said.

Because the event and its organisers were not a registered charity, they were limited in where they could apply for funds and that meant they went back to the same

willing supporters each year, Lye said.

“We made this decision not to hold the event this year well in advance because by now we’d already be planning and looking at headline acts.”

A one year break would allow the

organising committee time to refresh, give its supporters a breather and it would ensure they’d be back on board with a major event in 2021, she said.

“It’s such a good event, it just keeps getting better and better each year. I don’t think people

realise it’s just a small group of people putting in on and we do it off our own bat, it’s not a council funded event.”

On the radar was the use of a big screen during the event, but that would mean an additional $10,000 in sponsorship would be needed.

Christmas in the Park will take a break for 2020, but not because of Covid-19.

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Call for calm as frontline staff abused at supermarkets

By Luke Kirkness NZME

Supermarket staff are being abused by frustrated members of the public as stores struggle to keep up with the impact of coronavirus.

As of yesterday afternoon, New Zealand had 20 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Meanwhile, at supermarkets, products like hand sanitiser and toilet paper had been flying off the shelves since New Zealand had its first case confirmed.

A woman who attended New World Kumeu recently said customers were being revolting to its

checkout operators.

Queuing for the checkout, the woman witnessed customers give staff a “really hard time” about products being out of stock or having limits on them.

“The checkout operator said that they’re getting abused frequently at the moment by frustrated customers,” the woman posted.

“This is pretty shabby behaviour. How about we all leave our entitlement and self-importance at the door and show a little patience and understanding?”

Shoppers were asked to be kind to Foodstuffs’ (New World and

Pakn’Save) staff on the front line who were trying to do their jobs.

“We may all need to take a deep breath from time to time, everyone is doing their best,” head of corporate affairs Antoinette Laird said.

“The arrival of Covid-19 has absolutely put pressure on our supply chain, but it’s robust and we’re coping well under the circumstances.

“The best thing people can do to help us get through this is to shop normally and resist the temptation to stock up, this is where the pressure comes.”

Elsewhere, Countdown super-

market reminded Kiwis there was no need to panic-buy.

New Zealand’s first confirmed case of Covid-19 was announced on Friday, February 28, and the next day spending at chemists and supermarkets skyrocketed.

Paymark data showed spending up 75.5 per cent in Auckland compared to the equivalent day last year – the city’s supermarket spend shot up 40.2 per cent.

People would miss out on products if others bought more than they needed, Countdown general manager of health and safety Kiri Hannifin said.

“We’d strongly encourage cus-

tomers to shop as they normally would, this includes shopping instore if you don’t need to shop online, as well as being thoughtful of others to ensure that all New Zealanders have access to the food and products they need,” she said.

“This is a constantly changing situation, which we’ll of course continue to monitor, but the main message to New Zealanders is that there is no need to panic about food and groceries.

“We hope that our customers and all Kiwis are taking heed of our Prime Minister’s words about being kind and taking care of each other.”

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India restricts virus testing AP A British citizen appeared at a public hospital in India’s capital with a cough, difficulty breathing and a private clinic’s referral for a coronavirus test.

She was turned away.

Indian authorities said they would not widen testing for the virus, as most affected nations are doing, despite criticism that limited testing could mask Covid-19 cases in the world’s second most populous country.

The World Health Organization has urged countries to test as many people as possible to curb the pandemic, but India has only been testing those who have travelled from affected countries or come in contact with a confirmed case and shown symptoms after two weeks of quarantine. It added health care workers with symptoms who are treating patients with severe respiratory illnesses.

But officials said the WHO guidance didn’t apply in India because the spread of the disease has been less severe than elsewhere. Balaram Bharghava, who heads the Indian Council of Medical Research, India’s top medical research body, said the guidance was “premature” for India, where community transmission hadn’t yet been detected.

“Therefore it creates more fear, more paranoia and more hype,” he said.

The British patient sent home from the hospital last week in New Delhi didn’t fulfill India’s testing criteria.

The woman, who requested anonymity fearing business consequences for her employ-

An Indian worker disinfects a train coach as a precaution against Covid-19.

PHOTO AP er, said she told hospital officials that she may have had contact with a coronavirus patient in her hospitality sector job, but couldn’t be sure.

After trying and failing to be tested a second time, she left India this week for France, where her family lives, and which President Emmanuel Macron said Monday was “at war” with the virus, announcing extreme measures to curb it.

Indian authorities have justified their restrictions as a way to keep a deluge of people from demanding tests that would cost the government money it needs to combat other diseases such as tuberculosis, malnutrition and HIV/Aids.

ICMR said there was no need to offer such testing more widely. However, authorities said they’re preparing for community spread by bolstering their lab testing infrastructure.

As a result of the stringent criteria, sick people with potential exposure to the new

virus are being sent home, and some experts fear that India’s caseload could be much higher than government statistics indicate.

Bharghava said virus infections in India can still be traced back to people who travelled into the country from affected locales. He said if community transmission is detected, then testing protocols would be revised.

Authorities have confirmed 126 cases, most of which have been “imported” – linked to foreign travel or direct contact with someone who caught the disease abroad.

India is conducting only about 90 tests per day, despite having the capacity for as many as 8000. So far, 11,500 people have been tested.

But concerns of so-far undetected communal spread are growing.

More than 400 million of India’s 1.3 billion people live in crowded cities, including many without regular access

to clean water, conditions that could allow the disease to spread rapidly.

India has been reluctant to expand testing, not wanting to trigger panic and overwhelm hospitals, but also because of the cost: While the tests are free for patients, each one costs the government about 5000 rupees.

In an already stretched and underfunded public health care system, money spent on the coronavirus leaves less for other public health problems.

The coronavirus may also be spreading in India because health officials have struggled to maintain quarantines, with people fleeing from isolation wards, complaining of filthy conditions.

India has implemented a 19th century epidemic law that empowers public officials to enforce more rigorous containment measures and impose penalties and punishments for escapes.

Aditya Bhatnagar, an Indian university student who was studying in Spain, described unsanitary conditions at an isolation ward where he and 50 other passengers on a Barcelona flight have been kept since landing in New Delhi on Monday.

Bhatnagar said the rooms, shared by around eight people each, lacked basic hygiene features such as clean bed sheets and bathrooms. He said the group, awaiting their Covid-19 test results, was not provided with masks or sanitiser.

Some passengers had opted to move from the wards and into private hotels, paying 4000 rupees a night to self-isolate for at least 14 days.

Chinese study suggests blood group more at risk of virus NZME A new study out of China has suggested people with a certain blood type may be more susceptible to the coronavirus.

People who have blood type A are more vulnerable to infection from the coronavirus, according to the report from the South China Morning Post.

Conversely, people with blood type O have shown signs of being more resistant.

The preliminary study out of Wuhan University was pub-

lished on March 11 on Medrxiv.org, and was conducted on 2000 patients who contracted the coronavirus in Wuhan and Shenzhen in China.

The researchers found type A patients presented a higher rate of infection, and tended to show more severe symptoms.

The research is in its preliminary stages and more work is needed, however the group reportedly urged governments and medical facilities to start taking people’s blood types

into account when treating patients diagnosed with Covid-19.

“People of blood group A might need particularly strengthened personal protection to reduce the chance of infection,” the researchers, from Wang Xinghuan with the Centre for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, wrote.

“SARS-CoV-2-infected patients with blood group A might need to receive more

vigilant surveillance and aggressive treatment.”

The study said their research suggested people with blood type O may have a “significantly lower risk” of infection than other blood types.

According to the study, of 206 patients who had been killed by the virus in Wuhan, 85 had type A blood, which is 63 per cent more than those with type O blood.

The team observed the blood type pattern across genders and different age groups.

Iraqi suffering ongoing rocket attacks NZME Iraqi security officials say at least three rockets struck Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the American Embassy.

The strike came Monday, a day after an attack on a training base south of Baghdad where US-led coalition troops and NATO trainers were present. It was the fourth such at-

tack in the span of a week.

The Green Zone is the seat of Iraq’s government and home to several foreign embassies.

Myles Caggins, spokesman for the coalition, said the rockets fell at least two kilometres from the embassy.

The previous evening, rockets hit the Basmaya base near the Iraqi capital, an Iraqi army statement said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The projectiles landed in an area that includes agricultural land and a factory, according to the statement. No more details were provided.

Last Tuesday, a barrage of over two dozen rockets struck Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, killing three coalition servicemen, including two Ameri-

cans. A British serviceman was also killed.

Tuesday’s barrage was followed by another attack, on Friday at the same site, which wounded five soldiers.

Iran-backed Shiite militia groups vowed to exact revenge, signalling another cycle of titfor-tat violence between Washington and Tehran that could play out in Iraq.

Online concerts With tours and performances facing cancellations and postponement due to Covid-19, musicians are performing in online livestreams so fans can enjoy live music from the comfort of self-isolation.

The artists and bands taking to online platforms to play their music include US metalcore band Code Orange, who told Newsweek that they had plans to livestream their show from an empty venue. “We . . . try to give everyone the show we’ve been working so hard on, and turn this negative to at least a little bit of a positive or something enjoyable for people who like heavy music,” drummer and vocalist Jami Morgan said.

Home streaming Some major movies still playing in cinemas will be released to stream at home in an unprecedented move in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In the US, Universal will release The Invisible Man, Emma and The Hunt – all still in theatrical release – to video-on-demand platforms such as iTunes and Google Play for rent. It will also release Trolls: World Tour for digital at-home rental at the same time as its cinema release. It will cost more than a usual digital rental at $US19.99 for a 48-hour period, but it is cheaper than two cinema tickets. So far, this is only happening in the US and some select international markets.

Gold Guitars cancelled On Tuesday night the New Zealand Country Music Festival Trust made the decision to cancel Tussock Country 2020, which included the MLT New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards, the Top Paddock concert and the New Zealand Country Music Awards, due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The organising committee of another of Gore’s big events, the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards, have not yet met to discuss whether this year’s event would be held at the end of July. It would be the first time in the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards 46 year history that it had been cancelled. About 200 entries had already been received for the awards.

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n uncertain times you can generally always count on there being a bit of news about the place. There’s always stories to be told, information to be given and notices to be announced.

But, there also comes a point where it gets a little too much.

A time where you need to start thinking about normal life properly again and let things run their course, while still of course, giving due diligence to the important information that’s required.

I’d imagine there’s a few people out there who don’t really want to read anything else about the pandemic and that’s understandable. But we do need to keep it current and

fresh each day as things unfold.

In the same breath, we’re conscious that we don’t want to overstate or even more so over-saturate you with news on Covid-19, but the truth of the matter is that things look set to only get bigger here locally in the coming days and weeks, so there’s most likely always going to be an element of it to our daily news coverage.

We’re working with local med-

ical professionals on ensuring the right information goes out to the public and, using the power of our online presence, through social media, our website and the Ashburton App as well as the daily newspaper, to get that information in front of as many people as we possibly can.

But we don’t want to neglect all the other things happening in the world either.

With almost all community sport on the back burner for at least the next month and a number of big ticket events within our community also under threat, or already gone courtesy of the swinging Covid-19 axe, there’s a good opportunity.

We want to break new ground with our coverage and, while remaining safe and keeping the best possible hygiene standards we can, we want to get out in the community and talk about things that aren’t related to this outbreak.

And we’re going to need your help to do it.

If you know of someone out there in life who’s doing good things and is worthy of a story or a profile, let us know.

If you know a budding young sports star who’s excelling in their chosen field, or even an older performer who’s still going strong, let us know.

We don’t want to let this pandemic control us and be in everything we do. Yes, we

probably have over the past couple of days, but that’s largely been through necessity than anything else.

So, we’re on the hunt to keep the pages full with the weird, the whacky, the wonderful, and the important.

We’re on the hunt for such tales, but the more we get from our community and our readers, the better.

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks ahead and with so much up the air, something a little bit different and perhaps new, will be really welcomed.

We’ll do our bit, but we’d like you to do yours, if you can, too.

We can’t promise the world, but we’ll take each case on its own merits and go from there.

In 1987, televangelist Jim Bakker resigned as chairman of his PTL ministry organisation amid a sex and money scandal involving Jessica Hahn, a former church secretary.

In 2003, President George W. Bush ordered the start of war against Iraq. Because of the time difference, it was early March 20 in Iraq.

In 2013, Pope Francis officially began his ministry as the 266th pope, receiving the ring symbolising the papacy and a wool stole exemplifying his role as shepherd of his 1.2-billion strong flock during a Mass at the Vatican.

In 2014, Toyota agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle an investigation

by the US government, admitting that it had hidden information about defects that caused Toyota and Lexus vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly, resulting in injuries and deaths.

Ten years ago: The White House released an online video of President Barack Obama making a fresh appeal directly to the people of Iran, saying a US offer of diplomatic dialogue still stood, but that the Tehran government had chosen isolation.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade. Days after winning re-election, Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked from hardline campaign statements against the establishment of a Palestinian state in the face of a diplomatic backlash.

One year ago: Aid workers rushed to rescue victims clinging to trees and crammed on rooftops after a cyclone unleashed devastating floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi; more than 350 people were confirmed dead.

In a major advance against the Islamic State group, US-backed Syrian forces seized control of an encampment held by the group in eastern Syria after hundreds of militants surrendered overnight.

Today’s birthdays: Actress

Renee Taylor is 87. Actress Ursula Andress is 84. Singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry is 83. Singer Ruth Pointer is 74. Actress Glenn Close is 73. Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is 68. Actor Bruce Willis is 65.

Actress-comedian Mary Scheer is 57. Playwright Neil LaBute is 57. Actor Connor Trinneer is 51.

Rock musician Gert Bettens is 50. Rapper Bun B is 47. Rock musician Zach Lind is 44. Actress Virginia Williams is 42. Actress Abby Brammell is 41. Actor Craig Lamar Traylor is 31. Actor Philip Bolden is 25.

Thought for today: “The heaviest baggage for a traveller is an empty purse.” – German proverb.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, March 19, the 79th day of 2020. There are 287 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On March 19, 1966, the Texas Western Miners defeated the heavily favoured Kentucky Wildcats to win the NCAA Championship played in Maryland; making the contest especially noteworthy was that Texas Western became the first basketball team to start five black players in a national title game as it faced an all-white Kentucky squad.

On this date: In 1687, French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the first European to navigate the length of the Mississippi River, was murdered by mutineers in presentday Texas.

In 1839, Mary Bumby, the sister of a Methodist missionary, was probably the person who introduced honey bees to New Zealand. She brought two hives ashore when she landed at the Mangungu Mission Station at Hokianga in March 1839. While New Zealand had two native species of bees, neither was suitable for producing honey.

In 1917, a divided US Supreme Court, in Wilson v New, upheld, 5-4, the eight-hour work day for interstate railroad workers.

In 1931, Nevada Gov Fred B Balzar signed a measure legalising casino gambling.

In 1945, during World War Two, 724 people were killed when a Japanese dive bomber attacked the carrier USS Franklin off Japan. Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands in his so-called “Nero Decree,” which was largely disregarded.

In 1946, Main body of Jayforce lands in Japan. After Japan’s surrender in August 1945, the New Zealand government had agreed to participate in the US-led occupation as part of a Commonwealth force.

In 1953, the Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time.

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nevitably – and at once – Trump called it a “hoax”, his automatic default position when facing anything he would rather not recognise. Now, wiser heads than his – and there are many millions of those to choose from – have made him come to what are laughingly know as his “senses”.

Emergency action has, belatedly, been taken and, for the moment at least, the President has stopped blaming incomers from other, “grubby“ countries for contaminating his. Immediate financial assistance on a huge scale has been promised for all those likely to lose their jobs and even to some who won’t.

Such a move is, despite the delay in getting round to it, to be admired but the cynics among us – and even those with less suspicious minds – might wonder whether such generous concern for the populace at large could not have something to do with the up-coming Presidential election.

How many of Trump’s “fellow Americans” will have lost their lives thanks to Trump’s initial inertia will, sadly, never be known.

That the leader of the free world was eventually prevailed upon to allow himself to be tested for the virus – although he emerged as negative – was almost an admission he doesn’t actually think of himself as immortal.

One really does have to wonder what we have done to deserve coronavirus and Trump.

So it’s a pandemic.

Coronavirus has taken over the globe and we must do our best to outsmart and outlive this latest plague, the most recent in a long line of such threats.

In the past few years, MERS (Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome-related coronavirus), SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Ebola virus, originally from the old Zaire and responsible for over 11,000 deaths in West Africa, 2013-16, bird and swine flu, HIV/Aids – over the last 20 years and affecting millions – among other such contagious diseases, have all come and, mostly, gone.

Each time, the planet’s medical gurus, researchers and health professionals world-wide have risen to the challenge, and found – or created – a vaccine to stop the scourge in its tracks.

The initially “incurable” has

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Researchers are back in their labs desperately searching for an antidote for the new Covid-19 menace. been tamed, its sting drawn.

Now, these gifted life-savers are back in their labs searching for an antidote for the new menace. No doubt they will find one, though it’s unlikely to be tomorrow or, anytime soon.

Sadly, the contagion will kill indiscriminately before that relief is available to sufferers.

And then there are all the other downsides which have a significant effect on the day-to-day quality of life, jobs lost, sports cancellations of all sorts – and a host of other events world-wide.

Places of entertainment, particularly, are shutting doors indefinitely. The Tokyo Olympics seem similarly doomed, though the Japanese authorities are insisting – bravely, or otherwise – they will still go ahead.

In fact, life in general is very much on the back foot.

Those of us old enough will have to adopt the same sort of bloody-mindedness we did in the war, though that’s a bit of a long bow for me as I was only seven years old when it ended.

I should have added above, our very own, Judith “Crusher” Collins, the well-known National ideologue, believes Trump’s decision to ban all but UK born-andbred, would-be entrants into the United States for the next 30 days, will have assured him of re-election to the Presidency in November.

Her reasoning behind that opinion remains obscure.

(No doubt an old-fashioned, stamped, addressed envelope

to the lady in question, would produce the answer you may be looking for.) Good luck!

However, as DT has now, modestly awarded himself 10 out of 10 for his handling of the crisis, perhaps Collins really does know something we don’t.

Later developments, which even the obstinate Trump has not been able to ignore, have forced him to accept Covid-19 is on the prowl, seeking whom it may devour in the United States, as everywhere else.

Thus the large amount of money now made available to bring up-to-date the testing procedures which the President’s vain-gloriousness had hitherto thought unnecessary and were, thus, very much delayed.

Back here, leaving the country for any purpose, will inevitably lead to enforced self-isolation for two weeks on return, and much the same welcome would now be in place for any non-resident entering just about any country in the world.

Though Covid-19 is not known to be an observer of immigration rules and regs, efforts, such as Jacinda’s latest harsh restrictions, can but be applauded and, if reluctantly, accepted, though coronavirus, sadly, may turn a blind eye to them.

All codes of rugby have been thrown into an uncontrollable spin and players who left our shores supposedly for one game are now finding themselves banned from returning home.

When announcing her latest

round of Covid-19 restrictions, Jacinda was very obviously in her “Winstontonian” mode, not, I hasten to add a la Peters, but, of course, Churchillian.

“We shall fight this virus on the beaches, in the hedgerows, the paddocks, the forests and the mountains, and if this scourge were to last a thousand years, we shall never surrender”.

That’s the stuff to give the troops, Jacinda. We are one.

Finally, if frustratingly, don’t forget; no kisses – whatever the hidden passion that will oblige you to suppress – no handshakes, hugs or any other sign of meaningful friendliness.

Elbow bumps at 10 paces are advised and shouted greetings from a suitably secure distance.

Also acceptable, apparently, a friendly kick on the shins, for which shin guards are rapidly being made available.

Who knows where it will all end . . . but it will, sooner or later?

Thus, we shall overcome, and the sun will come up over the white cliffs of Kaikoura “tomorrow, just you wait see”.

(With apologies to Dame Vera Lynn – still alive, and 103 years old today, born March 19.1917!)

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Wright announces BCI intentions A key driver in the development and expansion of the Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation scheme, general manager John Wright, has signalled he plans to leave the role later this year.

BCI chairman Malcolm Cairns said it was hard to overstate the contribution of

Wright to the initiation, development and expansion of the scheme.

The scheme had grown significantly from its initial 6500 hectares in 2010 to now cover 24,000ha of the Mid Canterbury plains.

Cairns said that BCI was in a tenuous

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state when Wright became involved in 2005.

“Following an unsuccessful capital raise, John spearheaded the reconfiguration of the scheme design, renegotiation of the necessary commercial arrangements and an ultimately successful capital raise which allowed water to flow in 2010.

“Significant scheme expansion occurred in the years following, which has been achieved in conjunction with the implementation and oversight of a new suite of environmental obligations which have been introduced over this period.

“John’s vision, acumen, problem solving capacity and work ethic have been the driving force behind these accomplishments, all of which seemed so distant back in 2005,” Cairns said.

An arable farmer at Barrhill, Cairns said that the scheme’s importance and Wright’s efforts were evident when he was harvesting a paddock of ryegrass. “I watched the combine’s yield monitor drop drastically as I passed from the irrigated area of the paddock into the unirrigated corner area our pivot does not reach.”

Without irrigation, he would still have a

farm that was effectively one large dryland corner, leaving his business without resilience and an improved consistency of income.

The BCI board would work closely to ensure a smooth transition when Wright left in mid-October, Cairns said.

BCI sources water from the Rakaia River at two intakes, at the Highbank power station and a lower intake at Barrhill, which also includes a small hydro-electricity generation plant. Piped infrastructure from the Barrhill intake almost reaches Ashburton.

Water swap arrangements with RDR management have also facilitated the delivery of water to BCI buffer ponds in the upper plains. Piped distribution networks installed by BCI from these buffer ponds delivered pressurised water to farmers.

In 2018, BCI completed its 1.5 million cubic metre Akarana storage pond near Methven, enabling it to meet peak demand in the upper plains.

Initially a joint venture with Electricity Ashburton, farmers secured 100 per cent ownership of BCI’s irrigation scheme infrastructure in 2017.

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Covid-19 hits rural events

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The FMG Young Farmer of the Year Aorangi regional final planned for Methven this weekend has been postponed, one of several Canterbury farming events whose plans have been disrupted following Government moves to restrict large events to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

This follows the cancellation of this Saturday’s Methven A&P Show for the first time in 78 years, which was hosting the Aorangi regional final’s practical events.

Government has asked that events of more than 500 people, both out and indoors, be cancelled.

NZ Young Farmers chief executive Lynda Coppersmith said it had postponed the next two FMG Young Farmer of the Year regional finals, with Aorangi and Tasman now to be held at a later date. No decision had yet been made regarding the Otago/Southland regional final.

The AgriKids and FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year competitions had been moved to a closed contest online for the remaining three regional finals.

Teams who had entered would now take part in an online quiz.

“For the safety of our competitors, staff and spectators it is imperative that we don’t put anyone at risk and do what we can to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.

“Like other organisations across the country, we are waiting on further direction from the Government on hosting events.

This will help provide us with the clarity we need to reorganise plans,” Coppersmith said.

DAIRY INDUSTRY AWARDS CANCELLED The Canterbury Dairy Industry Awards presentation dinner, planned to be held this evening in Christchurch, has been cancelled.

Organisers said that all four remaining regional awards dinners were cancelled, along with all regional dairy industry award winner field days.

The national awards dinner, to

The FMG Young Farmer of the Year Aorangi regional final planned for Methven this weekend has been postponed.

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be held in Auckland in May was postponed until further notice.

“We ask for your patience as we work through the logistics of ensuring winners in those regions receive their prizes and well-deserved recognition,” organisers said.

WATER FOR LIFE CONFERENCE POSTPONED Irrigation NZ said that it was with great disappointment that it had decided to postpone its Water for Life Conference planned for April 7 to 9 in Christchurch.

The biennial IrrigationNZ conference attracted more than 500 attendees, the threshold set by Government.

The organisation said it would send detailed information to exhibitors, delegates and speakers shortly.

“We will aim to postpone the event to a later appropriate date.

Details will be released once there is a clearer picture of options.”

FIELD DAY POTENTIALLY THE LAST FOR A WHILE A Beef + Lamb NZ field day held at Mount Somers on Tuesday may be the last for some time after the organisation decided to suspend all of its events for at least the next two weeks.

Beef + Lamb chief executive Sam McIvor said it was paramount that food producers and the rest of the red meat supply chain were protected to keep this important part of the New Zealand economy going.

“Export dollars are absolutely critical right now.

“That’s why we are taking a cautious approach and made the

difficult, but sensible decision to suspend our events.

“The health of our farmers and our people is our top priority and we have a responsibility to New Zealand’s economy to take steps to mitigate the risk of infection.

‘We are one of the industries that has so far been able to continue and it is vital for our farmers and all New Zealanders that we take all measures to protect our second largest export sector and largest manufacturing employer.

“We are conscious, for example, that if a farmer gets infected, they have few options for getting assistance on their farm,” McIvor said.

ARABLE RESEARCH EVENTS ON HOLD All Foundation for Arable Research events have been put on

hold for at least 90 days until midJune.

FAR said it was working on an alternative information delivery schedule, which will be based on increased videos, video conferences and other electronic means.

The Nuffield New Zealand Conference and agri-business summit planned to be held in Christchurch has been postponed.

New Zealand’s National Fieldays, billed as the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere also won’t be going ahead in June.

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Analysis: Only way is down for petrol

By Liam Dann NZME

Crude oil prices have plunged again, adding to global economic concerns but offering business and consumers some short-term relief – with pump prices set to fall further.

Benchmark West Texas Crude and Brent Crude prices plunged overnight Tuesday as further coronavirus lockdowns hit the demand outlook.

Meanwhile, supply concerns grew as Saudi Arabia reiterated its commitment to boost production to record levels as it faces off in a price war with Russia.

West Texas and Brent Crude are now both down about 56 per cent since recent peaks in early January.

Yesterday morning they were trading at $US26 ($43.61) and $US30 respectively.

Industry analysts believe it could fall further, making it the biggest shock to the oil market in history.

“The last time that there was a global surplus of this magnitude was never,” Jim Burkhard, head of oil markets at IHS Markit, told Bloomberg News.

“Prior to this the largest six-

month global surplus this century was 360 million barrels. What is coming will be twice that or more.”

In New Zealand, pump prices have fallen in recent days. Outside of the Auckland regional fuel-tax area, 91 octane is selling for under $2 a litre for the first time in three years.

The fall in the New Zealand dollar to around US59c will undercut some of the potential gain for motorists.

But further local falls are now inevitable.

Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts has said previously that every $US1 in crude oil price typically translates to about one cent a litre at the pump in New Zealand.

The crunch point for global supply is coming in April, when previously agreed production limits expire.

Saudi Arabia says it will pump more than 12 million barrels a day, compared to around 9 million in February.

That has industry analysts predicting the barrel price will fall below $US20.

“Oil could easily be in the teens at the bottom. Could even be low

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shale-oil production climbing to record levels in recent months.

It could cost thousands of US energy industry jobs.

On balance, as a net importer, New Zealand’s economy should see more upside from the price relief.

However, it may add to a deflationary shock facing the economy, and greater global geopolitical insecurity will not reassure those watching closely in Treasury and at the Reserve Bank.

Background: The oil price war started less than two weeks ago at a meeting of Opec+, when Russia refused to cut oil production in defiance of its partners.

Opec+ was a grouping of the tra-

ditional 14 Opec nations, led by Saudi Arabia, and 10 non-Opec countries, including Russia.

It was a loose alliance formed in 2017 in response to the supply shocks through 2014 and 2016.

The Saudis responded by slashing prices and threatening to boost production – effectively blowing the industry group out of the water.

Analysts say Russia is better placed to weather the price shock than the Saudis and other Arab producers, like Iraq and the UAE. What is actually going on in the secretive Saudi kingdom is anyone’s guess.

Saudi Arabia’s sudden hardline approach has surprised political analysts but came just days after a reported coup attempt and arrest of senior officials – including members of the royal family.

Although there has been no official explanation, Bloomberg News (quoting unnamed sources) has reported that Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz (the last surviving full brother of King Salman bin Abdulaziz) and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (a former heir apparent to the Saudi throne with strong ties to the US security establishment) had been plotting a coup.

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By Jamie Gray NZME

Jaded Fonterra shareholders were given cause for optimism yesterday when the co-op reported a big lift in its interim earnings.

But for chief executive, Miles Hurrell, the co-op is only halfway there.

Fonterra earlier reported a big lift in first-half profit but opted not to declare an interim dividend given the possible impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the rest of the year’s earnings.

The co-op posted a normalised net profit after tax of $293 million in the six months to January 31, up from $72m in the prior year.

Normalised earnings, which exclude one-off costs and minority interests, before interest and tax were $584m from $312m.

Despite weak Global Dairy Trade auction prices, Fonterra kept its current farmgate milk price forecast in a $7.00 to $7.60/kg range and maintained its full-year earnings forecast of 15 to 25 cents a share.

A milk price in that range is enough to keep most dairy farmers solvent.

Fonterra, which last year reported a record loss of $605m, has been selling assets, reorganising its operations and reducing debt as it adopts a back-to-basics approach.

Hurrell told the Herald he was pleased with the outcome but that there was more to be done.

“I think if you look overall at the strategic reset that has been under way, maybe this is a stake in the ground,” he said. “Maybe we are halfway through that in terms of where we need to go as an organisation.”

As it stands, the co-op is selling down its minority stake in Chi-

Miles Hurrell na’s Beingmate and has its China Farms and its share of a Brazilian joint venture on the block.

Hurrell said Fonterra has in the past been accused of not being dynamic enough in managing its investment portfolio.

“We need to get to a mindset that if we buy an asset or develop something new, to keep continually reviewing it and asking if this is the right time to harvest it and move out.

“Over time, we may see more businesses come and go as we maintain a more dynamic approach.

“The half-year results paint a picture that we are starting to build some credibility,” he said.

While Fonterra has some South American assets under review, Hurrell said its Chilean unit, Soprole, was not for sale.

But Hurrell conceded Soprole was the odd man out, as it takes very little product from Fonterra itself.

“Yes, it uses very little New Zealand milk – we acknowledge that – but it is still a very good earner for our business,” Hurrell said.

“If we were going to make any decisions we would have to think through that very carefully, but at this point no decision has been made,” he said.

Hurrell, commenting on the impact that the coronavirus had on Fonterra’s ability to get product into China, said the co-op’s long-standing strategic partnership with shipping giant, Maersk, had helped its position.

Dairy is regarded as a stable food in the PRC, ranking up there with medical supplies. While there had been some delays, there was nothing of concern in terms of landing product there, he said.

Hurrell said the half-year result was a fair reflection of the extent of change in the organisation in recent times.

Commenting on the oil price slump and the historical correlation between oil and dairy, Hurrell said it was not yet having an impact.

Harbour Asset Management senior research analyst Oyvinn Rimer said Fonterra’s result was strong, under the circumstances.

He noted Fonterra’s guidance remained strong for the full year.

The operating performance was largely driven by a significantly lower operating expense.

“The balance sheet also looks better with net debt and gearing reduced, but still above long-term targets,” Rimer said.

ASB Bank’s Nathan Penny said the New Zealand dairy sector looked to be in a better place than most as corporates here and around the world struggle to adapt to the outbreak.

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■■ Turn over and roll in one direction to make an elongated oval 8” by 4”.

■■ Transfer to sheet pan lined with paper and cover with plastic wrap.

■■ Refrigerate 30 minutes to allow elasticity to relax so dough won’t shrink when grilled.

■■ Grill dough on either side to mark.

■■ Transfer to sheet pan lined with paper, cover and refrigerate once cooled.

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■■ Reduce heat; add soy and vinegar; cover and simmer until syrupy and onions are soft.

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■■ Season with pepper and stir well, then cool.

■■ Transfer to clean container, cover and refrigerate.

■■ Walnut and mustard vinaigrette: Place vinegar, sugar, mustard and shallots into a blender and puree until smooth.

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■■ Add butter and cook until foaming and turning gold.

■■ Add mussels and toss to coat about 30 seconds – the butter should be nutty brown – if you overcook it will have black spots.

■■ Remove from heat.

■■ Season with sea salt and lemon juice.

■■ Note: Mussels should be cooked immediately before serving each pizzetta.

■■ To serve: Heat grilled flatbread in 200°C oven for 2 minutes and lay on cutting board.

■■ Brush surface with cipolini onion confit.

■■ Transfer flatbread to plate.

■■ Place rocket in bowl and add walnut and mustard vinaigrette.

Season with black pepper and toss.

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Club news 14 Ashburton Guardian Altrusa International of Ashburton March 2020 This month we had a visit at our regular Business Meeting from the Altrusa District Fifteen (New Zealand) Governor, Maria MacKay, and the District Fifteen Foundation Chairman, Jeanette Halcrow.

We were informed we are the largest club in New Zealand, with 44 members currently, and one Emeritus member.

These numbers are also growing.

Preparations for our Magic Mums day at the end of this month are progressing well, with a number of donations from local businesses wanting be involved greatly appreciated. There has been an excellent article recently published in local newspapers.

The Stillborn Memorial in the Ashburton Cemetery has been given a welcome facelift, with help from members, husbands and expert assistance from Dell Philips. This is a fine focal point for parents wishing to remember their loved and lost babies.

In conjunction with our Ashburton Library, Altrusa delivers books to people who are no longer able to visit the library. Books are chosen by the librarians, and are picked up and delivered by an Altrusan on a fortnightly basis.

The number of books varies, depending on the recipient’s needs. If you are interested in this free service, do phone the Ashburton Library (308 7192) to be added to the list.

Ashburton Bowling Club At Ashburton Bowling Club this week, with an autumnal feel in the morning air, and sport, as we know it, shutting down around the world, we were able to carry on, but are now heading towards the end of the season.

Here are the results:On the evening of Tuesday March 10 at Hinds, our men’s championship fours continued their Champion of Champions match against Allenton. They unfortunately lost on an extra end, but nevertheless, well done to them all.

At the Friday Triples, played at Ashburton and sponsored by Toyota and Skipto-It, the results were as follows: 1st with 3 wins, 17 ends, 30 pts, are T Caldwell, J Moffat, N Stuthridge; 2nd with 3 wins, 16 ends, 44 pts J Smart, Jo Ryk, A McKenzie; 3rd with 3 wins, 16 ends, 29 pts G Eder, W Lee, Judie Ryk; 4th with 3 wins, 14 ends, 30 pts W Suttie, S Taylor, J Spargo; 5th with 3 wins, 13 ends, 33 pts L Luke, M Quinn, R Johnson; 6th with 2 wins, 16 ends, 34 pts B White, R Tonks, N Woods.

At the club’s Rollover Triples on Saturday March 14, 1st with 2 wins, 1 draw, 11 ends, 16 pts T Watson, A Gibbs, C Rooke; 2nd with 1 draw, 5 ends, 11 pts were G Taylor, M Campbell, B Wilson.

However, it was a disappointing turnout.

On Monday, we staged the Ashburton Women’s Triples – sponsored by Ashburton Trust – we had a good attendance, and it was a lovely early autumn day. The results were thus:1st 3 wins, 22 ends, 36 pts – R Bennett, S Holdom, J Suttie.

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Thursday, March 19, 2020 2nd 3 wins, 19 ends, 37 pts – H Goodall, J Ryk, S Maw 3rd 3 wins, 18 ends, 33 pts – S Taylor, M Watson, W Suttie 4th 2 wins, 17 ends, 31 pts – J Harrison, P Johnston, P Crombie 5th 2 wins, 17 ends, 28 pts – G Body, R Prendergast, A Gibson.

Congratulations to 3 of our Ashburton Ladies teams who came 2nd, 3rd and 5th.

Ditch to ditch on Green 1 J Kingsbury and on Green 2 Stephanie (Rangiora).

On Tuesday, March 17, the Ashburton Ladies Intermediate singles were played. Results are ongoing.

Good bowling everyone, stay vigilant and follow official advice!

Ashburton Electronic Organ and Keyboard There was a nice turnout for March club night. Barbara played some lovely tunes from one of our keyboard books.

John welcomed all and apologised for forgetting all about the raffle, so had to hand out the cash. No time spent mulling over the super raffle prizes that are usually on display.

Elizabeth McCormick arranged the programme, and apart from our favourite pair up at the piano with their 20 digits rattling out some amazing pieces, the stage was filled with keyboards.

The choices of songs were so many and varied from these five keyboards that I am just going to list the titles of every song they presented, as they were so enjoyable. Except one of mine that I managed to murder. Could have cried.

Audrey and Rose: (piano) Village King, Trepak, China doll parade. (I could just see those dolls coming alive at midnight) Janet: I’ll walk alone, Suddenly there’s a valley. (I love that song) Nice fast medley, Ten guitars, and I’ll walk alone. (doesn’t need her Tyros I love her sounds) Iris: Magic moments, Scatter brain, Sweet Aderline, Hoop-de-do, You light up my life, and I’m just lucky I guess.

Shirley: Blond sailor, In my Merry Oldsmobile, I dreamed of an old love affair. (haven’t heard that one) One dozen roses, I walk the line, and climb every mountain. (love that) Karen: (Never know what Karen will find) Vienna ball, (the keyboards have a nice Vienna waltz) and as it was St Patrick’s Day the following day, out came: Whiskey in the jar (that was a goodie) Black velvet band, and Green Glens of Antrim.

Michael concluded the evening with a variety of new sounds he has found on the keyboard, every song suited.

The bare necessities, Brown eyed girl, Once in a while, I get a kick outa you, Feed the birds, (now that was soooo nice) Zip-a-de-doo-dah, Love for sale, and a piece that was absolutely impossible to pronounce. A Russian song, Kolokoltchik.

In parts it sounded very much like lace covered window.

Well done all the performers your choice of music was really super.

Congrats to those who got the ‘dosh’ from the raffle.

And thank you supper crew.

Well done Elizabeth.

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President Russell Small presided over the March meeting which was attended by about 60 members.

One new member, Allan Smith, was inducted into the club.

President Russell opened the Annual General Meeting and read his report of last year.

Treasurer, Bruce Welch presented the balance sheet.

President Russell then presented the new Incoming president, Carl Ruddenklau with his chain of office and wished him well for the proceeding year.

Incoming President Carl then introduced his team of officers for the next year.

Russell Small, Ken Borland, Bruce Welch, Ian Dent, Merv Green, Roger Lake, Ian Smith, Philip Kerr, Ross Todd & Clayton Howard.

A presentation was made to retiring secretary Derrick Prebble, for his services of 16 years in that office.

Barry Quantock then introduced our main speakers, Karen Burrowes and Tanya Sandry from the BNZ who spoke about scamming.

They said that about 72 per cent of people are affected by scammers and in 2018, $33,000,000 was lost to scamming.

Many times an account would be hit and small amounts would be withdrawn to see if it is noticed by the account holder, then if not the account would be cleaned out.

Other times the scammer would pose as a friend and build up a relationship over 12 to 18 months then say they have a crisis that requires a large amount of money and would you help them. It is important to tell people, and not be embarrassed if you have been caught out so they can be aware of the tricks they play. These people are very clever.

The two ladies then took questions from the floor and also listened to some of the members who have had experiences with these people.

They urged the members to always do the upgrades on their phones and computers to minimise the risks of scammers.

President Julie Fechney welcomed members to the March meeting of the Ashburton Writers’ Group.

The quotation was “We worry less what others thought of us as we realise how seldom they do.”

Progressive Story: Heather Sylvawood read the chapter she had written for the story, Therese Heffernan is to write the next chapter.

The Assignment for the meeting was to write a poem about “Dirty! Covered in mud”. Members wrote of having fun, Mother Nature, grubby time, like it, nude gardening, squelch between the toes and glorious mud.

The instant exercise was to begin with “If only”. Members wrote of wrong turn, Russian Royal Family, in mess, bike riding, money, a warning and Dad’s advice. A grammar exercise was given out and caused some discussion.

The April meeting assignment is “Letter to my younger self”.

Visitors are welcome, contact Rae on 3088927.

Cavendish Club Arts & Crafts President Lynne Curd welcomed a large number of members at the February 21 meeting and made special mention of our two new life members Jennifer Hunt and June Thomas and also acknowledged Betty Roberts who has served 50 years with the club.

This being Arts and Crafts day, Norma was the speaker and displayed her large and small decorated paper bags she covers using wrapping paper, wallpaper and decorated with various bits and bobs which made these bags look delightful.

She also showed an assortment of boxes, flowers and notepads she had made from cardboard in all shapes, sizes and colours. These bags and boxes made lively gifts and this was recycling at its best.

Norma was thanked by June Wallace for her very interesting presentation.

Garden Circle Garden Circle took a bus trip to visit four lovely gardens in the Northwood area of Christchurch. The first one was a prize winner with such a lot of colour, next was a lesson on how you can grow grasses, succulents with mosaic.

Lunch was at the Country Club with two more gardens on smaller sections.

A great day well organised.

Library The Library Circle began the New Year with a display of ten recently purchased books.

This together with reviews of five of the new books created considerable interest and some new borrowers.

Convenor Brenda thanked those responsible for choosing and reviewing the new books which covered a wide interest range including Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner, The Butterfly Room by Lucinda Riley, The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris and The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes.

President Carl then thanked the ladies for their informative talk and presented them with fruit trays.

MSA Outdoor Bowling Club The bowling season is rapidly coming to an end with our club hosting one more Skip2ItFlooringXtra sponsored Friday Triples Tournament on April 3.

We are very grateful to our generous sponsor for our seven tournaments throughout the season which saw a full green every week we ran this event, with winners being well spread.

All club championships have been completed with winners being Fours Tony Inwood Terry Caldwell John Moffatt Robin Petrie, Triples Robin Petrie John Withell, Hamish Nash.

Pairs Tony Inwood, John Moffatt Singles Shane Calder. Colts Gary Brown Well done to you all.

During the season three of our members represented Mid Canterbury in various representative games, Linton Muir and Tony Inwood in the open with Shane Calder our junior representative.

Our annual inter-club fixture with Richmond Working Men’s Club will be completed this Sunday with Ashburton leading after round one, we travel to Christchurch to try and retain the Loftus Cup which Richmond has held for the last five years.

Last Sunday saw our popular Getaway Tournament played with a full green participating in showery weather.

This was won by the youthful team from Hampstead, D. Hopkins, R. Broker, S. Gamble L. Ford; well done.

The club wish to thank the following sponsors for this popular tournament: Tara Partnership, IDL Transport, Murray Young, Heartland Bank.

At the start of next season Ashburton Club & MSA will be hosting the South Island Ladies Chartered Clubs Fours Tournament, which will run from October 12 through till October 16.

Entry forms Clubs NZ webpage.

Finally a huge thank you to our green keeper Tony Inwood for his outstanding efforts throughout the season, presenting a great green for our members and visitors to enjoy their games.

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Durant tests positive for coronavirus NZME NBA star Kevin Durant is one of four Brooklyn Nets players who have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. The team announced yesterday that one player is exhibiting symptoms, while the other three are asymptomatic. All four players have been isolated and are under the care of team physicians.

The Athletic’s Shams Chara-

nia first reported that Durant had tested positive.

The Nets added that all players and members of their travel party are being asked to remain isolated and closely monitor their health.

“The health of our players and staff is of the highest priority to the organisation and the team is doing everything within its power to ensure that those affected receive the best care possible,” the Nets added in a statement.

Brooklyn last played on

March 10 in Los Angeles, beating the Lakers. The Nets were then to face the Golden State Warriors two nights later in San Francisco – a game that was to be played without fans – before the NBA season was suspended after Utah’s Rudy Gobert tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.

Jazz teammate Donovan Mitchell and Detroit’s Christian Wood are the other players who have tested positive.

The Nets said they are currently notifying anyone who

has had known contact with the players, including recent opponents, and working closely with state and local health authorities on reporting.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus.

Kevin Durant

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Latest plan slammed by athletes NZME A defending Olympic champion has accused the International Olympic Committee of potentially endangering athletes following the ongoing insistence that Tokyo 2020 can still take place as planned this summer.

On a day when a vice-president of the Japanese Olympic Committee tested positive for coronavirus, the International Olympic Committee released a statement in which it said that it was still “fully committed” to this summer’s Tokyo games.

It followed a conference call with summer sports federations in which the IOC outlined a willingness to adapt “qualification systems” amid the current chaos of mass cancellations.

Only 57 per cent of more than 11,000 athletes expected to compete in Tokyo are currently officially qualified and the IOC have now promised that they will publish updated qualifying guidance by the beginning of April.

“For the remaining 43 per cent of places, the IOC will work with the international federations to make any necessary and practical adaptations to their respective qualification systems for Tokyo 2020,” said the IOC. The statement added that, with more than four months to go before the Olympics are due to start in July, that there was “no need for any drastic decisions” and that “any speculation at this moment would be counter-productive”.

The IOC also said that it “encourages all athletes to continue to prepare for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 as best they can”.

The statement prompted a backlash. “This is not about how things will be in four months – this is about how things are now,” said Katerina Stefanidi, Greece’s Olympic, World and European pole vault champion.

“The IOC wants us to keep risking our health, our family’s health and public health to train every day? You are putting us in danger right now, today, not in four months. It’s unbelievable. What

with its suspension.

The British national swimming championships and the first three Diamond League athletics meetings were among further sports events postponed on Tuesday.

“How on earth are we meant to carry on preparing best we can?” said Jess Judd, a middle-distance runner. “Will someone share with me what races we can do to get times and whether trials will go ahead and when training can return to normal.”

Although plans for international training and competition have been placed on hold, UK Sport and the English Institute for Sport are working with individual sports in an attempt to help athletes continue with adapted training programmes.

In athletics, the decision to suspend all organised activity until the end of April is not being applied to those athletes on the world-class programme.

Swimmer Adam Peaty, who is one of Team GB’s best chances for a gold medal, said that “staying positive in these times is more important than ever”.

Organisers of Tokyo 2020 have so far remained adamant that their event can take place on time and in front of fans. Abe Shinzo, the Japanese prime minister, said that he wanted to hold the Olympics and Paralympics as “proof that the human race will conquer the new coronavirus”.

Although Japan appears to have stabilised the pandemic’s growth within their national border, cases have continued to surge throughout much of the world. Kozo Tashima, who sits on the Japan Olympic Committee and is also president of the Japanese Football Federation, confirmed his coronavirus diagnosis on Tuesday and said that he had travelled to Northern Ireland, Holland and the United States between the end of February and early March.

“I have a mild fever,” said Tashima. “Examinations showed a symptom of pneumonia, but I’m fine. I will concentrate on treatment following doctors’ advice.”

World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson. about team sports that have to train together? What about swimming? What about gymnastics that . . . touch the same objects?

There is zero consideration of the risk they are putting us in right now.”

World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson has returned to the UK after finding herself unable to train in France and said that the IOC’s information was not compatible with the reality for athletes.

“The IOC advice encourages athletes to continue to prepare for the Olympic games as best they can ... but the government legislation is enforcing isolation at home with tracks, gyms and

public spaces closed,” she said.

“I feel under pressure to train and keep the same routine which is impossible.”

Hayley Wickenheiser, a member of the IOC’s athlete commission and six-times an Olympian joined the condemnation.

“I think the IOC insisting this will move ahead, with such conviction, is insensitive and irresponsible given the state of humanity,” she said. “Athletes can’t train. Attendees can’t travel plan.

Sponsors and marketers can’t market with any degree of sensitivity.”

The IOC also said that it would continue to monitor the situation and stressed that decisions

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■■ Golf Mayfield Golf Club March 17 - Ladies Division National Teams (Best Nett) Katrina Mensen 110-3575, Anne Maree Blair 104-27-77, Judy Webb 9718-79, Mr Manns Bakery & Café second shot 2 or 11 Jillian Lake, Sims Bakery No 5 or 14 Nearest the Pin, Marg Read. Twos: Marg Read No 5

Tinwald Golf Club March 17 - Medal Silver: Leen Bell 71, Bronze 1: Jacqui Beardsley 70, Bronze 2: Marion Oakley 74.

Stroke: Marion Oakey 74, Barb Cochrane 75, Colleen Linney 75 9 Hole Stableford: Jeannette Early 17, Diana Wellman 15 Nearest the Pin: Murray Young Property Broker (2nd Shot) #2 Barb Cochrane, Sims Bakery (2nd Shot) #6 Kirsty McAuliffe, Mac & Maggie #12 Marion Oakley,

Outdoor Adventure (2nd Shot) #16 Judith Smith.

Longest Putt: Memory Funerals – Di Bell

DRAWS ■■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club March 21 – Weekend Ladies Rnd 2 Bonnington Frostbite Cup (N) Report 8.15am for 8.45am Convenors S Bradford 0211590983/B Fechney 0211305366 March 24 – Mid-Week Ladies Rnd 2 Longbeach Cup (N) qual for Matchplay Report 8.30am for 9.00am Starters M Watson/D Hinton March 26 Nine Hole Men and Women Rnd 2 Heather Smith Trophy - Stableford Report 9.15am for 9.30am Convenor M Morgan 0279645380 Club Captain V Moore 0272437724

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Brady calls time on Patriots tenure New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has called time on his 20 year tenure with the team.

■■AMERICAN FOOTBALL AP Over the past two decades, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick built the most successful player-coach partnership in NFL history, establishing the core of the Patriots’ championship culture.

Following Brady’s announcement yesterday that he will leave New England in free agency, Belichick is left with replacing the most successful quarterback pro football has seen while also retooling a roster that already had several needs.

“I don’t know what my football future holds, but it is time for me to open a new stage for my life and my career,” Brady wrote in his Instagram post.

The team he leaves behind must plot a new course into an unknown future, too. It’s been pretty much two decades since that was true.

The Patriots dominated the AFC East during Brady’s tenure, winning the division 17 times, including a record 11 straight seasons, to go along with their six Lombardi Trophies.

But Brady was frustrated throughout 2019 as he tried to lead an offence that lacked consistency and a deep threat at receiver. He also struggled to get dependable production from the tight end position following the retirement of Rob Gronkowski.

A formidable pairing – New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.

“Nothing about the end of Tom’s Patriots career changes how unfathomably spectacular it was,” Belichick said in a statement. “With his relentless competitiveness and longevity, he earned everyone’s adoration and will be celebrated forever.

It has been a privilege to coach Tom Brady for 20 years.”

What’s next for Belichick as he prepares for the official start of free agency today with 2019 fourth-round pick Jarrett Stidham as his starting quarterback? That’s hardly an ideal scenario.

Stidham impressed the coaching staff during the pre-season but played only one series and threw just four passes during the regular season.

Brady was in his second season when he took over as starter in 2001 after Drew Bledsoe was injured. They won the Super Bowl that season.

The chances of the Patriots catching lightning in a bottle twice seem unlikely.

Stidham is one of several players New England has brought in as possible Brady successors.

The list also has included Jacoby

Brissett, now with the Colts, and 49ers starter Jimmy Garoppolo.

Drafted in 2014, Garoppolo seemed like Brady’s heir apparent until he was abruptly dealt to San Francisco in October 2017 for only a second-round draft pick. His departure came just a month after Brissett was traded.

At the time Belichick seemed to lament making the deal, saying he felt having Brady, Garoppolo and Brissett on the roster gave them “the best quarterback situation in the league”.

Three years later, Brissett is one of a handful of available veterans Belichick could target as Brady’s replacement.

Indianapolis will be adding free agent Philip Rivers. That increases the likelihood of the Colts dealing Brissett, who is about to enter the final season of the two-year deal he signed in 2019.

Another option is Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton, who earlier in his nine NFL seasons led the Bengals to the playoffs five times.

The Bengals hold the top pick in the draft and almost certainly will use it on LSU’s Joe Burrow.

There are also two former Super Bowl MVPs who could be available.

Nick Foles had a forgettable first season in Jacksonville that included him getting benched late in the year for rookie Gardner Minshew. But Foles, who led

the Eagles to the title in 2017, beating Brady and the Patriots in the Super Bowl, would be very costly under his four-year, $88 million deal.

The 2013 Super Bowl MVP with Baltimore, Joe Flacco, was 2-6 for the Broncos last season before having his season cut short by a neck injury. The Broncos are going with Drew Lock, meaning Flacco could welcome the chance for a fresh start.

But all veteran scenarios will require some salary cap creativity by the Patriots.

After franchising Joe Thuney, coming to terms on new deals with Matt Slater, Devin and Jason McCourty, and absorbing a $13.5 million cap hit from the signing bonus money Brady received in 2019, the Patriots will have only about $9 million in available cap space.

Meanwhile, Brady will reportedly play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport were among those to report Brady will join the Bucs. Rapoport reported Brady had agreed, in principle, to a deal worth $US30 million ($NZ50m) a year.

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht told ESPN.com that the two sides spoke earlier in the week, but they were “waiting to see what Tom decides just like everybody else”.

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■■ COMMUNITY SPORT

Local sports shutting up shop

By Adam Burns

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The whistle is being blown on several community-level sporting codes as the response to the Covid-19 crisis spreads to the grassroots.

Various sporting clubs and organisations in Mid Canterbury have made announcements over the past two days following directives handed down from respective governing bodies.

Cricket, football, rugby league, hockey, swimming and softball governing bodies and associations all made announcements to suspend all community-level activities yesterday.

It follows corresponding moves made by netball and rugby administrators on Tuesday.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) announced that all club and community rugby would be postponed until April 18.

Mid Canterbury Rugby Union (MCRU) chief executive Ian Patterson said the union was yesterday advising all local clubs to cancel scheduled muster days as the union considered it a “non-essential” gathering in relation to Ministry of Health guidelines.

“While muster events are unlikely to fall under the requirement to cancel events attended by 500 or more people, the reality is online registration of participants is available.”

Scheduled Rugby Smart & Small Blacks coaching courses which were scheduled to begin last night have also been postponed.

However Patterson confirmed non-contact training groups would continue.

New Zealand Football issued a statement advising the postponement of all community football until May 2.

Community football is one of several sporting codes which have been postponed amid several announcements made by administrators yesterday.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN The Mid Canterbury United Football Club (MCUFC) committee were expected to meet last night with discussions to be had on local leagues due to start on May 2.

“This affects our travelling teams CCL, CCL Reserves, Men’s Div 4, Women’s Div 2, Youth 19th and 15th grades,” chairman Neil Simons said, in a post on the MCUFC Facebook page.

“We are disappointed as we

love footy too. However, we understand we are in unprecedented times and this situation is changing rapidly.”

New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) announced all community rugby league competitions, tournaments and trainings run by NZRL zones, districts and clubs had been postponed until May 2.

Hockey New Zealand also announced that all club, school and community hockey would be

postponed until May 2 with restrictions kicking in today.

Men’s summer hockey in Ashburton was expected to go ahead last night as scheduled.

Swimming Canterbury West Coast (SCWC) recommended the cancellation of all scheduled swimming events in the SCWC region through to and including the SCWC Tier 3 meet on May 3.

Softball NZ followed suit, announcing the cancellation of all

remaining competition games including senior, junior and secondary school events immediately.

Although club softball in Mid Canterbury wrapped at the weekend, some locals were expected to front at tournaments next month including the Rookie Sox under-13 tournament in Dunedin and the Aoraki Womens Tournament in Timaru which had both been cancelled.

No announcements have been made by Basketball Mid Canterbury, however president Wayne Rodgers said discussions were to take place last night.

Yesterday, Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) announced community basketball was to continue for now.

“Our associations are running small community competitions, these do not attract large crowds, so the continuation of community basketball is well within current government expectations,” BBNZ chief executive Iain Potter said.

Mid Canterbury Tennis were continuing with its season and events including this weekend’s prizegiving and the Mid Canterbury Seniors Championships on March 28-29.

However, head coach Jack Tiller said the situation was “ever changing” and they were monitoring the situation closely.

The Ashburton Squash Club were continuing on “business as usual” in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Squash New Zealand said as of Monday it had no plans to cancel or postpone any upcoming events.

“We also currently have no plans in limiting supporters from attending the events,” a spokesperson said.

Bowls set to continue, for now

By Matt Markham

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Bowlers enjoyed the sunshine and a sea of colours yesterday at the Ashburton Bowling Club.

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While many sports across the country continue to announce that they’re putting a stop on all community events in the near future, one sport is, at this stage, all systems go.

The sport of bowls has no intention, at this stage, to pull the pin early on their season with Bowls Canterbury confirming yesterday that other than some selected events in the next few weeks they won’t alter the remaining calendar for the season.

However, the sport’s governing body, Bowls New Zealand, were expected to make an announcement late on Wednesday night which could potentially see tournaments reduced to no more than 50 players at a time which could spell the end of some competitions.

Locally, there’s not much of the season remaining anyway with the Champion of Champion singles this weekend and then three consecutive weekends of sub- centre events before the season wraps up.

Players in action at the Ashburton Bowling Club yesterday, where a pairs tournament was being held, were in a buoyant spirit about their sport and were largely happy to be out enjoying the sunshine with both greens at the do-

main-based club full to the brim with players.

In a statement yesterday, Bowls Canterbury advised that the Champion of Champion Finals weekend to be held next weekend has been postponed to a later date but, as of yesterday afternoon, they intended to continue as normal.

“I realise this may upset some people – especially our Champion of Champion players who have been playing for this event over many months; some since as early as October,” Bowls Canterbury boss, Mel Tukapua said.

“We had taken into consideration all avenues of continuing these events, however, after taking advice from Sport Canterbury and Bowls New Zealand, we believe this is the right decision for our sport.

“We also have to take into account the reality of our member demographic and the ever changing and evolving situation we, as a nation, are currently in.”

The South Island Clubs New Zealand Men’s Fours event, which a number of local players were attending, was cancelled on Tuesday after Clubs New Zealand advised that all sports tournaments have been cancelled up until August 31.

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■■CORONAVIRUS

Racing goes into lockdown

By Michael Guerin New Zealand racing is set to continue behind closed doors but with the most extreme measures in its history to combat the spread of coronavirus.

And that will include jockeys being forbidden to ride at meetings in the island they don’t live in but with an unheard of 2kgs raising of all weights in all thoroughbred races to enable them to be healthier and less at risk of illness.

The heads of all three racing codes — thoroughbred, harness and greyhounds — are hopeful the expected moves announced yesterday will enable racing to continue so the industry can survive financially and not face stable or business closures which could force participants out of racing permanently.

At this stage no race meetings have been cancelled because of coronavirus restrictions and none is planned unless there is an increase in the threat or change in Government regulations.

But from yesterday no members of the public are allowed to attend race or trials meetings and there will even be severe restrictions on racing industry participants doing so, with only those working at that meeting allowed to attend.

That will mean trainers, jockeys or drivers, handlers and stable hands who usually attend meetings will not be able to unless they have specific duties that race day.

That will definitely stay in place until April 13 and probably significantly longer.

“We will require trainers to tell us who will be coming to the races with their horses and then nobody else will be allowed,” said Harness Racing New Zealand boss Peter Jensen.

There will still be restricted numbers of race day administration staff but increased security to ensure the new protocols are not breached.

Some of the restrictions will

The racing industry has gone into lockdown mode, operating closed gate race meetings with public excluded. PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN

be harder to implement at the harness racing code’s two major tracks, Addington in Christchurch and Alexandra Park in Auckland, as both have restaurants on their tracks which cater for non-racing crowds seven days a week.

Alexandra Park bosses are still working through the specifics of how that will work with the Grand Park Restaurant, which is among the busiest restaurants in Auckland but could remain open as long as no racing industry participants were allowed in so it was treated as separate from the actual racetrack.

Decisions on what measures are put in place for it and other eateries at racetracks around the country during race meetings are expected today.

But the restaurants will be able to operate as normal, like any other eatery, outside when race meetings are being conducted at those tracks.

For racing bosses the main focus though is on maintaining horse and dog racing in this country. With all racing in New Zealand telecast live on Trackside and able to be shown online at the TAB website, industry bosses will be hoping punters will still engage with it and bet.

There is even potential for increased engagement as many other live sports are cancelled but even if that happens the overall impact on racing’s bottom line is going to be brutal.

The three codes, who have at times been at odds in the last

year over the industry’s direction and market share distribution, have shown commendable unity with how they have approached the coronavirus restrictions and protecting their participants and racegoers.

Thoroughbred racing has implemented two new rules, both of which make sense, but one will be popular with jockeys and the other not so much.

Some jockeys are peeved by a new regulation meaning jockeys cannot move between the two main islands: so only South Island-based jockeys can ride at meetings there and North Island jockeys can ride at meetings north of Cook Strait.

They can still travel between islands for personal reasons but

they cannot accept rides at meetings held there.

But a move to raise all weights in all races by 2kgs from Friday has been roundly applauded.

Jockeys maintain their weights at often unhealthy levels so they can be available to ride as many horses as possible, some undergoing dramatic 1-2kgs weight loss in the day before a race meeting, called wasting.

That can lead to extreme dehydration and the regular depletion is unhealthy, obviously making jockeys more vulnerable to illness and making any infections, viral or otherwise, more dangerous.

So, put simply, the raising of the weights scale by 2kgs for every horse in every race will allow jockeys to remain healthier.

M7 Waikato BOP harness Today at Cambridge Raceway

Waikato Bay Of Plenty Harness Inc Venue: Cambridge Meeting Date: 19 March 2020 NZ Meeting number: 7 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 5.36pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAX HANDICAP TROT $8000, 3yo+, non-winners & r41-r43 & r55 w/c spechcp..., stand, 2200m 1 Devereaux (1) fr............................A Poutama 2 7223x Demolition Man (2) fr.................... K Marshall 3 Kelvinz Luck (3) fr.........................J Stormont 4 Horace Horse (4) fr..........................S Phelan 5 28228 Strength Of Heart (5) fr.................. D Butcher 6 30645 Isaac H (U1) fr................................Z Butcher 7 45843 Rave Nation (1) 30M..........F Schumacher (J) 8 25657 Littlebitoflove (U1) 30M...............J Abernethy 9 7x515 Griffins Hall (U2) 30M............ D Ferguson (J) 2 6.02pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 x7068 Lucy’s Badboy (1) fr........................T Mitchell 2 25762 New York Minute (2) fr......................S Phelan 3 0x08x Cassis (3) fr...................................R Fensom 4 6 We Have A Mach Two (4) fr..........J Stormont 5 7 Ideal Tomado (5) fr................. D Ferguson (J) 6 05x5 Miss Taken (6) fr.............................Z Butcher 7 Hezashadowplaya (7) fr...............P Ferguson 8 99304 Patagonian Princess (U1) fr..........A Poutama 3 6.29pm BLACK DOG FURNITURE MOBILE PACE

$8000, r55., mobile, 2200m 1 88689 Mr Incredible (1) fr................J Kriechbaumer 2 26200 The Batmobile (2) fr.........................F Phelan 3 70753 Unfinished Business (3) fr............ J Brownlee 4 76658 Vanhalem (4) fr...............................C Sharpe 5 x1722 Marianna Bromac (5) fr.......................S Wigg 6 x4568 Count Landeck (6) fr................... M Northcott 7 51497 Clifton Flutter (7) fr............................. A Temu 8 12156 A Better Dancer (8) fr..........................C Wigg 9 90827 Edamfast (21) fr...............................B Hadley 10 09229 J Bee (22) fr..........................................K Hall 4 6.56pm DUNSTAN HORSE FEEDS MOBILE PACE $8000, non-winners 3yo+., mobile, 2200m 1 9x Pialligo (1) fr...................................R Fensom 2 87 Sheza Honey (2) fr......................... D Butcher 3 92050 Prop Rock (3) fr..............................T Mitchell 4 0 The Banker (4) fr..............................S Phelan 5 06654 Sampan (5) fr............................. T Hanara (J) 6 8 Sly Terror (6) fr..............................J Stormont 7 28309 Blake (7) fr........................................G Gillies 8 67x23 Alexia Rose (8) fr................... D Ferguson (J) 9 7307 Sumatime Kiwi (21) fr..................P Ferguson 5 7.21pm WOODLANDS STUD MOBILE TROT $8000, 4yo+ r44-r59. jun.d, mobile, 2200m 1 x700x This Sky Rox (1) fr..................... N Delany (J) 2 70922 The Last Gamble (2) fr................K Bublitz (J) 3 90767 Lady Be Good (3) fr................L Whittaker (J)

4 52833 Great Fantasy (4) fr..................Z Meredith (J) 5 87086 Tears Of Joy (5) fr........................ A Drake (J) 6 21400 Battle Commander (6) fr............ T Hanara (J) 7 6x417 Mi Anna (7) fr............................. S Rapley (J) 8 32130 Presidential Jewel (8) fr............... C Smith (J) 9 31369 Mums Star (21) fr...............F Schumacher (J) 10 00129 Monkey Selfie (U1) fr............. D Ferguson (J) 6 7.46pm AMBER GARDEN CENTRE MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r40-r51,r53 w/c., mobile, 2200m 1 50P43 Allonblack (1) fr.............................. D Butcher 2 51944 Emmber (2) fr.................................... M White 3 40550 Itsthefinalcountdown (3) fr..........K Bublitz (J) 4 x14x0 Wildestdreams (4) fr........................S Phelan 5 02198 Panda Girl (5) fr.............................. P Jeffries 6 64172 Comedy Act (6) fr...............F Schumacher (J) 7 83078 Sarabi (7) fr...................................A Poutama 8 441x0 Cotton Socks (8) fr..........................Z Butcher 9 73373 Toro Delago (21) fr.......................P Ferguson 7 8.11pm MITRE 10 MEGA CAMBRIDGE HANDICAP PACE $8500, r56+ discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 06096 Racketeers Boy (1) fr..................... D Butcher 2 48323 Bugalugs (2) fr.............................P Ferguson 3 78800 Imajollywally (3) fr.......................J Abernethy 4 64144 Mac’s Tomado (4) fr............... D Ferguson (J) 5 19568 Mach Little Soaky (U1) fr........L Whittaker (J) 6 13705 The Lone Ranger 10M................... Scratched 7 46646 Parker (1) 20M............................... B Butcher

8 64173 Shillelagh (2) 20M...................... M McKendry 9 50x43 Red Reactor (3) 20M................. S McCaffrey 8 8.36pm BARRETT HOMES - MAKING THINGS HAPPEN MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ r52-r55., mobile, 2200m 1 04791 Quick As Fire (1) fr..................... M McKendry 2 8388x Prime Silver (2) fr........................K Bublitz (J) 3 25326 The Blue Beat (3) fr....................J Abernethy 4 09229 J Bee fr.......................................... Scratched 5 1 Cashlodo Flybye (4) fr.................... B Butcher 6 8x8P7 Anam Nunu (5) fr..........................A Poutama 7 06473 Fleeting Grin (6) fr........................P Ferguson 8 16977 Pembrook Charlie (7) fr...........L Whittaker (J) 9 1 Dress Sense (21) fr.........................T Mitchell 10 0x64x Ohoka Achilles (22) fr.....................Z Butcher 11 6155 Viva Las Vegas (23) fr............ D Ferguson (J) 9 9.01pm GREYHOUND & HARNESS ACTION JUNE 9 HANDICAP PACE $8500, r45+ discrhcp, stand, 2700m 1 95872 Majestic Stride (1) fr........................ P Jeffries 2 78675 Danke (2) fr...................................... G Martin 3 74238 Superfast Ninja (1) 15M................A Poutama 4 x7891 Sunny Pegasus (2) 15M...............J Stormont 5 35293 Fira (3) 15M.....................................S Phelan 6 21452 Still Eyre (4) 15M.........................P Ferguson 7 P8DD7 Grey Stoke (U1) 15M.........Z Butcher 8 23669 Lukyanova (1) 25M....................... K Marshall 9 82032 The Hulk (U1) 40M.....................J Abernethy

10 x0813 Delson (U2) 40M.................... D Ferguson (J) LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS: Race 1: Demolition Man, Strength Of Heart, Horace Horse, Kelvinz Luck, Griffins Hall Race 2: New York Minute, Patagonian Princess, Hezashadowplaya, We Have A Mach Two, Miss Taken Race 3: Marianna Bromac, A Better Dancer, Edamfast, J Bee, Clifton Flutter Race 4: Alexia Rose, The Banker, Pialligo, Sumatime Kiwi, Sampan Race 5: Monkey Selfie, Lady Be Good, Presidential Jewel, Mi Anna, Mums Star Race 6: Emmber, Wildestdreams, Comedy Act, Toro Delago, Allonblack Race 7: Mach Little Soaky, Red Reactor, Bugalugs, Shillelagh, Parker Race 8: Cashlodo Flybye, Viva Las Vegas, The Blue Beat, Ohoka Achilles, Quick As Fire Race 9: Delson, The Hulk, Still Eyre, Fira, Sunny Pegasus

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The Mitigator to sign off at Tauranga NZ Racing Desk Group One winning miler The Mitigator will be back in action at Tauranga this weekend where he contests the Gr.2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m) in what will likely be his final run for the season.

The honest five-year-old has been a model of consistency throughout the majority of the season and trainer Peter McKay said punters should read little into his last start eighth at Otaki in the Gr.1 Haunui Farm WFA Classic (1600m) last month.

“We are pretty happy with him,”

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McKay said. “We gave him a week off after his last run where he was unsuited by the inconsistent ground down there.

“Hopefully all going well this week it will be a track to suit. He has raced well at Tauranga a few times.”

McKay has voiced his concerns about the standard of the Otaki track and does not believe it is fit for Group One racing.

“One man can’t do much about it, so I’d rather just bar the place and not go back.”

The Mitigator will carry the new 60kg top-weight.

Rated 103, The Mitigator will not

the recipe for success this term for the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) winner, who failed to meet his reserve as a Ready To Run twoyear-old.

“Trevor Luke tried to Ready to Run him. He wanted about $100,000 for him and didn’t get that so he said to a mate of his, Tim Davis, to try and get a syndicate together to purchase the horse.

“He sent him to me and we thought a bit of him from the start.

He won a trial early on and just took a while to win a race. I kept saying this horse is going to be alright, just give him a bit of time. I think he had

about nine starts as a three-yearold and it wasn’t until he was four that he developed.”

McKay, who is working only a small team at present, was philosophical about the spread of the coronavirus and the impact it might have on racing.

“It has come in pretty quick and no one has had time to think about it too much. While it is disappointing for the owners not being able to go to the races, at least they are trying to run the race meetings.

“Let’s just hope it goes as quick as it came.”

3 647x1 Wild West (3) 58.5.........................J Parkes 4 31034 Streak Of Power d (7) 58................. L Hemi 5 16 Tavattack h (1) 58..........................J Riddell 6 190x8 Willy Away m (8) 57.5..................L Allpress 7 1x2 Vent m (4) 57........................ J Fawcett (a1) 8 7x6x5 Miss The Mess (6) 55.5................. R Myers 9 19070 Capelyn t (9) 54............................. S Collett 7 3.48pm REMEMBERING HAROLD TUSON MAIDEN $10,000, MDN, 1400m 1 73055 Goldchi (1) 58.5.................... J Fawcett (a1) 2 Wocket Woy (7) 58.5.....................J Parkes 3 66833 Laureate (9) 58.............................. S Collett 4 Husk (8) 58 5 x000x Parka’s Lady (3) 56.5................... H Andrew 6 224 Jaxx Be Nimble bh (6) 56............L Allpress 7 280x Rose Of Delgatie (5) 56................... L Hemi 8 48 Gallardo (4) 56.............................. R Myers 9 Mary Schik h (2) 56........................C Grylls Blinkers on : Curious George (R2), Lota Hooha, Seafolly (R3), Sorry I’m Late, Southern Vogue (R4), Peerless Warrior (R5), Tavattack (R6)

Blinkers off : Dawn Jessie, Wonder Lass (R1), Border Leicester (R2), Beaudz Well (R5) Winkers off : Southern Vogue (R4), Capelyn (R6) Pacifiers off : Lota Hooha (R3)

progress to the Gr.2 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) at Ellerslie next month.

“This will have to be his last run this season because he will be handicapped out of it (Easter Handicap).

“He has come up really well this year and all his runs have been good bar a couple on mediocre tracks.

“What we do next year I am not sure. He has proven to me he doesn’t really like a rain-affected track. I’ll just have to assess what we bring him up for.”

McKay said maturity had been

Taranaki gallops Today at New Plymouth

Taranaki Racing Club Venue: New Plymouth Meeting Date: 19 March, 2020 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.16pm (NZT) STABLE BOOKS PIKE RACING 1800 HIGHWEIGHT $10,000, Rating 65 Benchmark HWT*, 1800m 1 032x1 Password (9) 69............................ S Phelan 2 1x947 Beau Geste t (10) 68.5....... M Roustoby (3) 3 8266x Bullitt m (4) 68......................... S Fannin (1) 4 1x064 Fratello (7) 68................................M Gillies 5 508x8 Battle Royal t (6) 67.5.................B Lammas 6 27205 Remarx tdh (11) 67.5....................M Cropp 7 90880 Regal Rock tdh (3) 66.5......... L Douglas (3) 8 05655 Dawn Jessie t (5) 65....................T Moki (3) 9 5238x Go Go Gonzo m (8) 65 10 9500x Wonder Lass (1) 65.............. S O’Malley (1) 11 129Px Cashel m (2) 65..........................T Johnson 2 12.51pm STABLE BOOKS BROOKS RACING MAIDEN HIGHWEIGHT $10,000, MDN HWT, 2000m 1 25922 Blizzing Away (9) 68..........................E Farr 2 354x2 Master Courtsman h (2) 68........B Lammas

M9 Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 19 March 2020 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.14pm (NZT) THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 1 C4q, 295m 1 74371 Smash Rebel 17.44.............................M Grant 2 83477 Opawa Lacy 17.04..............................R Wales 3 53316 Just Izzy 17.35.....................................B Dann 4 45716 Elodea 17.37................................ R Blackburn 5 64767 Frizzled nwtd................................... M Roberts 6 12132 Homebush Boots 17.20................ J McInerney 7 37265 Know Majority 17.20.......................... G Cleeve 8 81766 Forehand Raid 17.19.............................J Dunn 9 77784 Pita Ramos 17.14..................................J Dunn 2 4.34pm HART FAMILY GREYHOUND RACING SPRINT C3, 295m 1 53777 Sozin’s Azure 17.44..................... J McInerney 2 75366 Goldstar Spotty 17.25 S &...................B Evans 3 6771F Homebush George 17.29............. J McInerney 4 45132 Cisco Reign 17.21............................D Roberts 5 86535 Opawa Lawsey 17.29..........................R Wales 6 67355 Jaded Affair 17.33............................ L Waretini 7 14211 Tricky 17.03.......................................... D Lane 8 44471 Smash Over 17.32..............................M Grant 9 5x685 Black Rounder 17.22.............................J Dunn 10 78774 Nippa Martino 17.22..................... J McInerney

M3 Waikato Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 19 March, 2020 NZ Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.07pm (NZT) WELCOME TO CAMBRIDGE RACEWAY SPRINT C0, 375m 1 64685 Xena Poppy nwtd R &.............................L Udy 2 5367F Loudred nwtd.................................M Prangley 3 7488x Chong Lai nwtd............................... R McPhee 4 773 Fernando Charm nwtd........................T Green 5 Vacant Box Five n & a 6 888 Clever Ester nwtd W &........................T Steele 7 76442 Thea Who nwtd..............................M Prangley 8 Electric Shock nwtd................A J Christiansen 2 12.25pm YVETTE BODIAM PHOTOGRAPHY SPRINT C1, 375m 1 616 Marked Man nwtd W &........................T Steele 2 84256 Smash Burton nwtd R &..........................L Udy 3 23347 Jinja Lad 21.72................................ R McPhee 4 56656 In Focus 21.66.................................. P Cleaver 5 55876 Talkabout Sophie 21.54....................... M Black 6 54637 Black Bridge 21.72..............................R Roper 7 45846 Nexus 21.86....................................... G Farrell 8 35582 Fancy 21.71....................................M Prangley 9 88488 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &...............................L Udy 10 55578 Shambi’s Girl nwtd........................ K T Herbert 3 12.42pm FARMLANDS COPRICE SERIES FINAL C0f,

3 72 Nowanagen (6) 68 4 226x8 Wicklow h (11) 68......................... S Phelan 5 48964 Border Leicester (4) 68............ S Fannin (1) 6 079x0 Curious George (10) 68...........N Downs (3) 7 8006 Opal Crusher (3) 68.. M Gibbs-Manssen (3) 8 43572 Savezar (5) 66 9 6x884 Natty Pagger h (1) 66....................M Cropp 10 5066 Danz I Am (7) 66........................T Johnson 11 86 Money Shot (8) 66................ S O’Malley (1) 3 1.26pm STABLE BOOKS BAKER RACING MAIDEN $10,000, MDN 2YO&UP, 1200m 1 458x Boston Strong Boy (3) 58..............J Parkes 2 55 Lota Hooha (8) 58......................... D Turner 3 52x20 Piriwai (5) 56.5.................... S Macnab (a2) 4 x3536 Excuse My Hotness h (2) 56.5....L Allpress 5 588 Seafolly (9) 56.5 6 345x Palm Springs b (1) 56.....................C Grylls 7 64 Drop The Beat h (7) 56................ H Andrew 8 Uber Roca (4) 56........................... R Myers 9 Blaze Seven h (6) 53..................... S Collett 4 2.04pm STABLE BOOKS KINGSCLERE STABLES

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Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway 3 4.53pm STEVE ANNGOW DRAPES & BLINDS PH0272719588 DASH C3, 295m 1 12465 Amuri Liv 17.16............................ J McInerney 2 25265 Two Be Frank 17.24.............................B Dann 3 78647 Homebush Tesan 17.28............... J McInerney 4 1216F Mitcham Usain 17.32................... J McInerney 5 23Fx5 No Kissy Missy 17.58....................A Bradshaw 6 53558 Fidgety Feet 17.21 J M........................McCook 7 35482 Smash Grenade 17.38........................M Grant 8 75854 Jax Jewel 17.37................................D Roberts 9 78728 Starr Blueblood 17.34.................. J McInerney 10 47x78 Goldstar Diesel 17.37 S &...................B Evans 4 5.11pm KOLORFUL KANVAS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 52343 Ring Clown 17.19................................M Grant 2 44427 Man Of Letters 17.19..............................A Lee 3 x1111 Zipping Houdini 16.97........................... C Weir 4 61767 Homebush Zack 17.99................. J McInerney 5 68215 Punters Kirsty 17.27............................R Wales 6 75651 Citizen Aguero 17.25.................... J McInerney 7 31385 Jealous Affair 17.47.......................... L Waretini 8 45645 Nikko Baxter 17.32....................... J McInerney 9 78728 Starr Blueblood 17.34.................. J McInerney 10 47x78 Goldstar Diesel 17.37 S &...................B Evans 5 5.28pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m 1 35614 Jinja Liv 17.52 J M..............................McCook 2 12122 Mitcham Becky 17.28......................... C Steele 3 26157 Smash Achiever 17.15........................M Grant 4 33433 Neelix 17.29................................. R Blackburn

5 66258 Homebush Aimee 17.31............... J McInerney 6 68266 Maffra Daisy 17.22....................... J McInerney 7 13565 Alexia 17.40.......................................... D Lane 8 13248 Dyna Frankie nwtd.......................... M Roberts 9 5x685 Black Rounder 17.22.............................J Dunn 10 78774 Nippa Martino 17.22..................... J McInerney 6 5.46pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 2 C4q, 295m 1 41757 Goldstar Major 17.24 S &....................B Evans 2 61253 Black Tori 17.35.............................A Bradshaw 3 37864 Lisa’s Boy 17.24................................. R Casey 4 43624 Souffle Sue 17.19......................... J McInerney 5 21131 Vegan Express 17.22............................ C Weir 6 12241 Calm Inferno 17.22...............................B Dann 7 12738 Know Baby 17.27.............................. G Cleeve 8 67324 Special As 17.30 J M..........................McCook 9 77784 Pita Ramos 17.14..................................J Dunn 7 6.11pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C5, 295m 1 14313 Beck Eleven 17.04........................... L Waretini 2 51116 Select Trick 16.95.................................. C Weir 3 11451 Archie John Hill 17.08 J &...................D Fahey 4 51375 Smash Wild 17.07...............................M Grant 5 65261 Chanyaka 17.20...................................B Dann 6 72752 Hankenstein 17.19........................A Bradshaw 7 42238 Platinum Paisley 17.08..........................J Dunn 8 88287 Golden Bay 17.13 J M.........................McCook 9 75282 Super Over Drama 17.12 S &.............B Evans 10 36471 Culvie Ness 17.22 H &........................... Taylor

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7 77285 Thrilling Watch 30.60........................D Roberts 8 31257 Opawa Sweet 30.23............................R Wales 11 7.56pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPRINT C5, 295m 1 32121 Mustang Tully 17.08.............................. C Weir 2 13167 It’s A Joke 17.26........................... J McInerney 3 21652 Little Krakatoa 17.24.....................A Bradshaw 4 44113 Memoir 17.30......................................D Voyce 5 12312 High Dreamer 17.11............................M Grant 6 68414 Martha Magic 17.33......................... L Waretini 7 44243 Jinja Dylan 17.18................................. A Joyce 8 12714 Hilton Forabet 17.06.............................B Dann 9 24571 Opawa Oscar 17.10............................R Wales 10 37415 Shaw Lee 17.10 J M...........................McCook 12 8.22pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR SPRINT HEAT 3 C4q, 295m 1 4F325 Amuri Magic 17.28....................... J McInerney 2 25326 Treville 17.27.........................................J Dunn 3 41136 Opawa Di 17.10...................................R Wales 4 71443 Know Charisma 17.19....................... G Cleeve 5 42348 King Toliman 17.32...........................D Roberts 6 33158 Goldstar Tawny 17.12 S &...................B Evans 7 78188 Tearaway Tara 17.39 J M.....................McCook 8 78576 Taieri Terra 17.31................................ R Casey 9 77784 Pita Ramos 17.14..................................J Dunn LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

7 35243 Enjoy The Perks 26.13...........A J Christiansen 8 74727 Bigtime Benji nwtd..................................L Cole 9 36433 Bigtime Puma 25.87...............................L Cole 11 3.04pm AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES STAKES C1, 457m 1 77436 Smoochie 25.85............................A Lawrence 2 57726 Opawa Lola nwtd................................ G Farrell 3 1131 Thrilling Razor 25.75...........................K Walsh 4 46214 Little Teegs 25.80..........................A Lawrence 5 47547 Bigtime Ava nwtd.................................. P Clark 6 85444 Zipping Monty nwtd........................... C Henley 7 22556 Cointreau Time 26.09.................... A Lawrence 8 8x86F Sue Zooki 25.70..................................T Green 12 3.22pm MIKE STENT DECORATORS LTD STAKES C4, 457m 1 53352 Keysile 25.56................................. P Ferguson 2 63883 Odnoc Ankie 25.69........................ P Ferguson 3 87527 Tuff’s My Mum 25.93............................ S Ross 4 72573 Bigtime Leads 25.97..............................L Cole 5 25247 Cheeseball 25.91...................................L Cole 6 21611 Big Time Harley 25.66............................L Cole 7 14262 Spring Queen 25.61..............................E Potts 8 87272 Zoro 25.81.....................................A Lawrence 9 41475 Grunt nwtd W &...................................T Steele 10 56486 Bigtime Bruno nwtd................................L Cole LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

1 83335 Dyna Xarvel 30.35............................C Roberts 2 31346 Alotta Talk 30.46 S &...........................B Evans 3 67847 Creme Brulee 30.26......................... L Waretini 4 22116 Punch On Buzz 30.27.................. J McInerney 5 F2427 Goldstar Sydney 30.14 S &.................B Evans 6 52274 Opawa Slick 30.23 J &........................D Fahey 7 45512 Punters A Hero 30.40 J &...................D Fahey 8 46276 Goldstar Spook 30.48 S &...................B Evans 9 16785 Rivalries 30.16 J &..............................D Fahey 9 7.06pm NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED STAKES HEAT 1 NZRSq, 520m 1 51872 Goldstar Mauney 30.20 S &................B Evans 2 25284 Opawa Nat 30.01 J &..........................D Fahey 3 Vacant Box Three n & a 4 16266 Opawa Toddy 30.18 J &......................D Fahey 5 31764 Know State 30.01.............................. G Cleeve 6 Vacant Box Six n & a 7 22121 Ozzie 30.01.......................................... D Lane 8 14356 Gem 30.15 J &....................................D Fahey 10 7.31pm NZ RACING SERIES ADVANCED STAKES HEAT 2 NZRSq, 520m 1 47x17 Translation 30.33 J &...........................D Fahey 2 45357 Know Refusal 30.35.......................... G Cleeve 3 Vacant Box Three n & a 4 57153 Go Vegas 30.03 J &............................D Fahey 5 56441 Double Speed 30.11.........................R Adcock 6 Vacant Box Six n & a

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway 375m 1 63565 Clever Harper nwtd W &......................T Steele 2 55721 Amaro 21.47..................................A Lawrence 3 43226 Derry Blues nwtd.................................. P Clark 4 8 Wild Kiwi nwtd U &............................... Cottam 5 63F47 Forego nwtd................................... G Pomeroy 6 4 Nana Molly nwtd U &............................ Cottam 7 52787 Alfie Daman nwtd................................. P Clark 8 2237 Thrilling Rupert nwtd...........................K Walsh 9 78562 Indi Shae nwtd...................................S O’Neill 10 773 Fernando Charm nwtd........................T Green 4 1.00pm COOKIES KITCHEN SPRINT C1, 375m 1 57725 Fall Gracefully nwtd........................M Prangley 2 47264 Always Dreaming 21.40..................... G Farrell 3 86356 Ford Man nwtd R &.................................L Udy 4 23377 Agbeze nwtd....................................... M Black 5 67653 Medusa Who nwtd..........................M Prangley 6 38687 Seven Sharp 21.56.........................W Toomath 7 68658 Rion King nwtd R &.................................L Udy 8 86678 Opawa Queen nwtd W &.....................T Steele 9 55578 Shambi’s Girl nwtd........................ K T Herbert 10 88488 Tilly’s Silly 21.55 R &...............................L Udy 5 1.17pm FOND FOODS LTD SPRINT C4, 375m 1 32253 Harpoon Harry nwtd..........................M Gowan 2 56682 Suspicious Minds 20.89....................... B Craik 3 68166 Big Time Clare 21.38..............................L Cole 4 57347 Bigtime Banjo nwtd................................L Cole 5 18826 Bigtime Sheer nwtd................................L Cole

6 55424 Our Hemi 21.15 U &............................. Cottam 7 66237 Native Scout 21.34..............................P Green 8 78713 See Eye Be 21.04..........................M Prangley 9 23154 Stay Rich 21.46 M &.............................J Smith 10 12256 Sophia Noir 21.18.........................A Lawrence 6 1.36pm MAYHOUNDS RACING RETIREMENT PROJECT SERIES FINAL C1f, 375m 1 74145 Our Hotrod nwtd U &............................ Cottam 2 58342 Stellar Babe 22.10............................ P Cleaver 3 71434 Bugsy Brown nwtd W &.......................T Steele 4 44673 Winbourn Freddy nwtd....................... S Codlin 5 42124 Get Me Home nwtd U &....................... Cottam 6 83583 Little Mermaid nwtd W &.....................T Steele 7 58113 Big Time Harper 21.45......................... P Clark 8 33271 Baileys Nice 21.38........................ A Lawrence 9 84256 Smash Burton nwtd R &..........................L Udy 10 72475 Magic Eight Ball nwtd R &.............. N O’Regan 7 1.56pm GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND SPRINT C2, 375m 1 36444 Tommy The Jett nwtd.......................... M Black 2 44574 Bigtime Jacob 21.24............................. B Craik 3 75318 Big Time Abbi 21.49............................. P Clark 4 67824 Giraffe Club nwtd....................................L Cole 5 14677 Flying Huey 21.37............................... M Black 6 64574 Eddie Hemi nwtd W &.........................T Steele 7 47217 Paddy Fast 21.35 M &..........................J Smith 8 78556 Snoopy’s Hero 21.31.............................. D Ray 8 2.12pm VETORA CAMBRIDGE SPRINT C3, 375m

1 11313 Talkabout Izzy 21.33.............................. D Ray 2 87322 Spring Fox nwtd................................M Gowan 3 13278 Go Falcon 21.39 W &..........................T Steele 4 33284 Botany Wayne 21.22...........................P Green 5 21231 Thrilling Hudson 21.13........................K Walsh 6 77753 Big Time Dynasty nwtd...........................L Cole 7 61522 Night Ace nwtd............................... G Pomeroy 8 x8864 Quara’s Yoshi nwtd........................... P Cleaver 9 81768 Noah Who 21.03............................M Prangley 9 2.31pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 56354 Big Time Gwyn 21.13.............................L Cole 2 74581 Typical 21.25........................................ S Ross 3 11515 Trojan Hoarse 20.75...............................L Cole 4 46661 Zipping Buddy 21.30............................ B Craik 5 16344 Gao Gao 21.50................................... G Farrell 6 14124 Kiwi Boy nwtd U &................................ Cottam 7 82737 Big Time Tina nwtd.................................L Cole 8 11817 Highland Vintage nwtd.................. P Ferguson 9 81456 Prerogative 21.14 U &.......................... Cottam 10 12681 Big Time Vegas 21.24............................L Cole 10 2.47pm FARMLANDS VIRKON STAKES C2/3, 457m 1 67476 Bigtime Levi 25.87..................................L Cole 2 11332 Looby’s Story 26.21.......................A Lawrence 3 11185 Allegro Curtis nwtd.................................L Cole 4 12212 Thrilling Morris 25.55...........................K Walsh 5 11141 Thrilling Brax 26.30.............................K Walsh 6 1621F Thrilling Murphy 25.60.........................K Walsh

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s not so much what you do, but who you are while you’re doing it that matters. Who you feel like you are is not the same thing, but for today’s purposes, it’s close enough.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Suffering is caused by arguing with reality. It’s optional, but if you’re going to struggle, it may as well be a fight for something beautiful, like art or poetry.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): The empirical evidence you gather is neutral and devoid of answers; however, your synthesis of it will be the solution to tough problems. It’s not what things are but what they mean that matters.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You will be involved in a slow build. This thing is happening moment by moment, day by day, person by person. In time, you’ll have the thrill of momentum.

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LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): You will do your best work once you get out of your own way. It may help you not to think of yourself as the creator of this.

Divest yourself of judgment and allow the generative process to fulfil itself.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Your skilful command of words will serve your dazzling logic, resulting in feats of leadership that more conventionally powerful people will envy.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Clean your input. Television, news feeds, email, direct mail – it’s a barrage. There’s so much to ignore, you’re still being subtly influenced in that fraction of a second before you must decide to ignore it.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): You live to amuse today, and you’ll do so masterfully, mostly because you observe the first rule of entertainment, which is to “read the room.” When your message fits the appetites of the group, you’re golden.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re creative and analytical. You’ll envision possible glorious outcomes and then back up and ask “what if?” so that you might also anticipate the possible obstacles.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Ralph Waldo Emerson suggested that one sign of success is when you’ve won “the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children.” You’ll nail that today.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Any role you take on will require you to communicate your ideas, listen well and organise your life so that you are where you need to be when you need to be there and with everything necessary to do the job.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Put in place systems to help you get around a weakness and maximise a strength. Any practice that allays your worries and keeps you organised and confident will free up the time and energy you need to succeed.

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Wind at 2000m: NW 50 km/h, rising to gale 70 km/h from afternoon, and to severe gale 90 km/h at night.

Clouding over in the morning with a southwest change, including scattered rain towards the foothills. Rain clearing by late afternoon with winds dying out.

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Fine to start. Cloud and the chance of showers later in the day with a southwest change.

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FZL: Lowering to 2400m

About the divide, isolated morning showers clearing to fine spells. Elsewhere, clouding over from morning with the SW change, including a few spots of rain about the foothills. Wind at 1000m: NW gale 65 km/h, changing light SW in the morning. Wind at 2000m: W severe gale 90 km/h, changing SW 35 km/h, then becoming light.

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6am Coastal Railways With Julie Walters 7am Gino’s Italian Escape 7:30 Nigellissima 8am The Kitten Rescuers 9am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 9:30 Escape To The Chateau 10:30 Mysteries At The Museum 11:30 Gem Hunt 1 2:30 Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 1:30 Running Wild With Bear Grylls 2:30 Alone – The Arctic PGR 3:30 Wildlife Icons 4:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 5:30 Mysteries At The Museum 6:30 American Pickers American Pickers follows childhood friends Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, antiques collectors who travel the US looking for rare artefacts and national treasures.

7:30 Yukon Gold PGR 8:30 Discovering… Black Sabbath PGR 9pm Discovering… The Who PGR 9:30 Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 10:30 American Pickers

11:30 Mysteries At The Museum 12:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 1:30 Carver Kings 2am Cash Cowboys 3am Discovering… Black Sabbath PGR 3:30 Discovering… The Who PGR 4am Ozzy And Jack’s World Detour PGR 5am Mysteries At The Museum

SKY SPORT 2 7:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v India.

8am Australia v Blackcaps – 2017 (HLS) Second ODI. 8:30 Chats – The Ewen Chatfield Story 9am Pakistan Super League (RPL) Semi-final Two – Australia v South Africa. 12:30 India v South Africa (HLS) Third ODI. 1:30 Chats – The Ewen Chatfield Story 2pm Blackcaps v India – 2014 (HLS) Second Test.

3:30 Blackcaps v England – 2008 (HLS) Fourth ODI. 4:30 Blackcaps v Australia – 2010 (HLS) First ODI. 5:30 Blackcaps v India – 2014 (HLS) Second Test.

7pm Blackcaps v Australia – 2007 (HLS) Second ODI. From Eden Park, Auckland.

8:30 Blackcaps v Australia – 2007 (HLS) Third ODI. From Seddon Park.

10pm Chats – The Ewen Chatfield Story 10:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) India v White Ferns.

11pm Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Second Semi-final – Australia v South Africa.

11:30 Women’s T20 World Cup (HLS) Final – Australia v India.

Friday

Midnight Blackcaps v India (HLS) Second Test Wrap.

2am Pakistan Super League (HLS) Semi-final One – Multan v Peshawar. 2:30 Pakistan Super League (RPL) Semi-final One – Multan v Peshawar.

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DISCOVERY 6:35 Fast N’ Loud PG 7:30 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 8:20 Alaska – The Last Frontier PG Kilchers on the Move. 9:10 Alaskan Bush People PG Wind and Water.

10am How It’s Made PG 10:25 How Do They Do It? PG 10:50 Aussie Gold Hunters PG 11:40 Evil Lives Here PG My Son’s Prisoner.

12:30 Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen M Deadly Compulsive. 1:20 The Coroner – I Speak For The Dead M Wedding Day. 2:10 Top Gear 3pm Gold Rush – White Water PG Dredge Down.

3:50 Deadliest Catch PG Turf Wars. 4:45 Fast N’ Loud PG 5:40 Gold Rush PG 6:35 Gold Rush PG 8pm Gold Rush – The Dirt PG 8:30 Outback Opal Hunters PG 9:25 Undercover Billionaire PG Trial by Fire.

10:15 Alaskan Bush People PG Wind and Water.

11:05 Naked And Afraid MLC Don’t Let the Jungle Bugs Bite.

11:55 How It’s Made PG

Friday

12:20 How Do They Do It? PG 12:45 World’s Deadliest Weather Caught On Camera PG 1:35 Deadliest Catch PG 2:25 Bering Sea Gold PG 3:15 Gold Rush – White Water PG 4:05 What On Earth? PG 4:55 Naked And Afraid MLC 5:45 Deadliest Catch PG

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Brady on the move

More sports canned

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All community cricket has been called off for the remainder of the season.

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Local cricket abandoned

By Adam Burns

adam.b@theguardian.co.nz

Local cricket has joined a burgeoning list of sporting codes forced to pull the pin as community sport shuts down.

New Zealand Cricket announced yesterday that all community cricket, including clubs, schools, programmes and training, would

be cancelled for the rest of the season.

“Based on expert advice from New Zealand Cricket’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Martin Swan and recent government information we want to ensure that cricket is acting to pre-emptively supress the spread of coronavirus.”

Mid Canterbury Cricket Associa-

tion (MCCA) advised all local competition matches, representative matches, practices for teams have been called off.

The Canterbury Country Combined senior final was to be played at the Southbrook Domain this weekend between Ohoka and Technical Stags.

Canterbury Country Cricket As-

sociation executive director Peter Devlin confirmed the title would be shared between the two clubs.

A MCCA spokesperson confirmed in a Facebook post yesterday that coaching or school visits

by Mid Canterbury Cricket staff had also been cancelled until further notice.

The MCCA prizegiving which

The Mitigator set to sign off at Tauranga

was scheduled for March 27 will no longer be held with the award winners to be confirmed on the MCCA website and through social media.

“Mid Canterbury Cricket understands that we all love the game of cricket but the safety of our players, supporters and the public is of the utmost importance in these current times.”

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