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Robert DeBoyer (left) proudly showed his English Cocker Spaniels, Freddie and Ingrid, at the Mid Canterbury Kennel Association’s championship show over the weekend. Geoff Pigou (right) helped out during the judging rounds. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 190217-RH-0090
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Lake Hood homeowners could be faced with a 25 per cent rate rise if their zoning is changed from rural to urban. The Ashburton District Council is likely to review the rating status of Lake Hood properties later this year with a view to rezoning the housing estate. The move would have a downside for property owners, however as rates for the average capital value property ($671,000) would rise from $1900 per year to $2388. When the first houses were built they had none of the amenities that were provided for urban properties and the council of the day believed a rural zoning was a fairer way to rate the area, said council business support manager Paul Brake. “There were very few houses out there and we weren’t responsible initially for
maintenance of the lake; there were no assets vested in council so there were no costs involved,” he said. From the outset houses at the lake were connected to the urban sewer but had their own water supply. They are now connected to the urban water supply. Over the years roads have been formed and the lake and large tracts of land vested in the council. Today Lake Hood residents have the same amenities and services available to people living in Ashburton. The council spends $113,000 a year on maintenance work at the lake. Currently residents do not have a refuse collection and on top of rates, they pay a residents’ fee of $316 plus GST to the Aquatic Park Trust to cover this service and maintenance of some areas of the park precinct. Yesterday in a workshop district councillors were told the time had come to
look at how they wanted Lake Hood rated in the future. “You have to ask yourselves should Lake Hood be treated as urban. It has an urban water supply and waste water, it will ultimately have 500 properties and eventually the boundary between Tinwald and Lake Hood will blur. “Its infrastructural assets are now similar to town,” Brake said. “There’s a really strong argument to say Lake Hood is urban, but if you change it to urban there will be a significant increase in Lake Hood rates.” The impact, however, would be reduced if they were no longer required to pay the residents’ fee, he said. Councillors will decide during their long term plan discussions later this year on the future zoning of Lake Hood. If a decision is made to rate the area as an urban settlement the change will go through a process of public consultation.
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■ CHARITY BIKE RIDE
Raising trafficking awareness By Jaime Pitt-macKay Jaime.p@theguardian.co.nz
For Naresh Kumar, giving people the opportunity to empathise with trafficking victims is driving him to cycle the length of New Zealand. Kumar is putting a twist on his trip however, he wants you to ride along with him. The bike he is riding, Kindness is its name, is a tandem bicycle. He is riding to raise funds for Tearfund’s anti-trafficking and exploitation projects, and the tandem bike is a key factor in that. “It shows people what it is like to not be in control,” he said. “What it is like to trust a complete stranger.” People who are being trafficked have no control, they are not able to say, “stop”, and for some there is no light at the end of the tunnel, he said. “People see on the news about the horrible things that happen, but have no way to use the anger that it generates,” he said. “It is easy to go online and donate $5, but to actually experience it makes a lot more difference.” Growing up in a poor part of South India, he experienced trafficking from families that would send away loved ones to work in factories just to try and survive. On Friday, Kumar was around 2200km into his trip, and expects to be finished in around another seven days. He has been stopping to talk at schools, libraries and other groups to spread the word. About $11,500 has been raised so far on his travels. It is not the first time Kumar has travelled
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the length of New Zealand, having previously ran the length in 87 days previously, for the same cause, raising $7000 on that trip. About 97 people have joined him on the bi-
cycle so far, some staying on for 70m, while others have stayed on for 70km. More information is available on his website freedomseat.org.nz
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It might come with a hefty price tag, but the price of failing to replace Ashburton’s under-river sewer pipe will be far higher, says Ashburton District councillor Russell Ellis. And that price would come accompanied by an environmental disaster that would see Ashburton hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, he told his fellow councillors at a recent workshop on its wastewater projects. Council operations and pro-
National down With seven months to go to the general election the race has tightened a bit, according to the latest political poll. National is down four points to 46 per cent in a Colmar Brunton poll for One News. Labour is up 2 points to 30 per cent, the Greens are unchanged on 11 per cent and NZ First is up a point to 11 per cent. National would fall short of power with its current partners based on the poll result. Prime Minister Bill English is on 31 per cent in the preferred prime minister measure, five points below the level John Key had in the previous poll in November when he was prime minister. - NZME
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jects manager Viv Eyberg told councillors they needed to hold off on planned work on the borough’s relief sewer and focus on the under-river line. “The river crossing is becoming urgent. The more pressure that’s put on it, the higher the risk of a catastrophic failure. A rupture of the pipe in the river is something we have to avoid at all costs,” he said. The council has replacement and extension work on the borough relief sewer on its short term work list, but this, along
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with work now completed on the borough sewer, means that larger pipes are feeding into the underriver pipe. This is at least 50 years old and its condition is unknown, Eyberg said. “We can’t test the pipes because it’s full all the time. If it’s the same age as the borough sewer, then it will be totally past its useful life. There’s no capacity left.” The work is likely to cost around $4 million but it would see a 1200mm pipe installed that would service Ashburton well into the future, he said.
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While the council was running out of options to upgrade the relief sewer because at times sewage bubbled up through manholes, increasing the capacity on this line would only add to the risk on the river line, Eyberg said. Given the age and size of the pipe it made sense that it should be replaced before work on the relief sewer was done, Ellis said. “We have no choice. If we know about this and we’ve done nothing and something happens, then as a council, we’re in trouble.”
A pilot is in a serious condition after his helicopter crashed in isolated terrain in the Waimarino Forest. The man was the only person on board the helicopter when it went down about 9.30am yesterday. Because of the isolated nature of the crash site a rescue helicopter was the first to arrive at the scene north west of Raetihi. The crash is believed to be near Makakahi Road, which runs part way between the Tongariro and Whanganui national parks. - NZME
Brief return home Around 120 residents were yesterday granted temporary access to homes behind the Port Hills fire cordon to retrieve essential items after firefighters made significant progress assessing containment lines. Six cordons remain in place blocking access to 150 homes evacuated as a result of the blaze. Residents allowed behind the cordons to properties via Kennedys Bush Road and Hoon Hay Road were given an hour to collect items because of the possible risk still posed by the fire, which has been burning since Monday. - NZME
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■ MOTORHOME EXTRAVAGANZA
Ashburton turns on a great show BY MEGAN GNAD
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Murray Meadows couldn’t have hoped for a better Motorhome Extravaganza to bow out on, with renewed hope the event will now be taken over by new organisers. The 14th event at the Ashburton Showgrounds, was held on Saturday and Sunday, featuring the owners of hundreds of caravans, campervans and stalls selling accessories. Meadows has decided it’s time to end his involvement as organiser, as he and wife Bev want to spend more time in their own motorhome travelling the country. “It’s a sad time for me, it’s definitely our last one, but several people are interested in taking it over,” he said. “Ashburton people are keen on it and it looks like it will go ahead (next year).” The event started out as a service to fellow campervanners and morphed into an event that over its life has attracted buyers and sellers from around Australasia.
Meadows said Ashburton had turned on a “brilliant, wonderful show” and they had been fortunate with the weather. “It’s all been positive,” he said. “There’s been great sales and one company ran out of application forms. “We’ve had plenty of people from Invercargill, Greymouth … people have come from all over, and locals. There’s been great feedback. It absolutely couldn’t have been better and the trade people say this is the nicest show to come to.” Close to 200 vans were camping at the weekend and 150-plus vehicles were for sale. Meadows said one company had sold five. The vans on sale ranged from top-of-the-line deluxe models at $250,000, down to the more affordable, available for under $8000.
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Judith Middleton offers a sneak-peek inside her luxurious motorhome, Utopia, at the weekend’s Motorhome Extravaganza. PHOTO ROBYN HOOD 190217-RH-0074
■ SPEAK UP KOREROTIA
Spotlight on New Voices, New Lives BY MEGAN GNAD
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The Ashburton Speak Up Korerotia panel was made up of speakers including (from left) Mubashir Mukhtar, Tanya Robinson, Cornelius Grobler, host Sally Carlton, Sophie-Claire Violette and Leen Braam. PHOTO JOHN HOBBS
Speak Up Korerotia hosted its second ever live radio broadcast in Ashburton on Saturday, providing a greater insight into what life is like for people moving into the region. Host Sally Carlton was thrilled they hit the maximum registration target, with 58 people turning up for the afternoon event at the Ashburton Museum. New Voices, New Lives follows the successful community exhibition, New Faces, New Lives. A live panel was made up of interviews with Sophie-Claire Violette, of the Ashburton/Mid Canterbury Newcomers’ Network, local teacher Cornelius Grobler, Mubashir Mukhtar, of the Ashburton District Council, and museum director Tanya Robinson. Ashburton District councillor Leen Braam stood in for Thelma Bell, who was unable to make the talk at the last minute. Carlton said Ashburton made a great destination for the broadcast, and it was only the second time they had gone live, the first one being held
at CoCA, Christchurch’s Centre of Contemporary Art. “This was so lovely, everyone has their own take,” she said. “It’s always interesting with this show because the topics are so varied.” She said it was also great to see local faces in the audience who came along to show their support for the migrant community and hear their stories. “Usually you’re preaching to the choir for this kind of thing so it was really important to see other members of the community here.” Carlton is originally from Australia and has been working in Christchurch for four years. As well as operating the Speak Up Korerotia programme, she works for the Human Rights Commission and Citizens Advice Bureau in Christchurch. She is well-known to Ashburton audiences through her programmes on Plains FM about diversity, disability and Treaty and other rights issues. The show will air on March 15 at 9pm and will be available thereafter as a podcast.
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Ashburton Guardian photographer Robyn Hood went along to the Ashburton Toy Library on Saturday to take these pictures at the annual open day. Each February they hold the event as a way of introducing families to the library and to obtain new memberships. It is open every Thursday and Saturday from 9.30am to 12.30pm at the Methodist Church Hall.
Jane Fowles, of the Ashburton Toy Library, said they currently have about 140 families as members (about 300 children) and are one of the largest toy libraries in the country. They have been established for 22 years and have about 900 toys in stock. She said they are very dependent on volunteers and fundraising to keep it going.
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The 14th Motorhome Extravaganza was held at the Ashburton Showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, attracting visitors from all over the South Island. Ashburton Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was there to capture the action.
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Dogs chase glory at show More than 350 dogs and their owners vied for victory at the weekend at the Mid Canterbury Kennel Association’s championship show. Held at the Allenton Rugby Club grounds on Melrose Road, dogs of all breeds and sizes took to the stage to show off their magnificence. Dennis McGreevy, from Queensland, judged gundogs, hounds and Best in Show; Chris McGreevy judged toys, terriers and working dogs and
Deirdre Crofts, from New South Wales, judged utility and non-sporting dogs. The weekend also included a puppy stakes event on Saturday, and those interested in welcoming a new dog to their family, also had the opportunity to meet with other owners and breeders. Ashburton Guardian photographer Robyn Hood was there to capture the action.
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■ MUSIC SCHOOL
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Christchurch musician Daniel Hitchens – who grew up in Ashburton – is returning to his home town two days a week to teach children how to play instruments. PHOTO MEGAN GNAD 160217-MG-005
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Daniel Hitchens knows all too well how important music is for the development of young people. The former Ashburton College student is now an in-demand session musician, but is also focusing on a new business venture teaching children through his music school. Now living in Christchurch, he will be dividing his time between tutoring drums, guitar, ukulele, and bass in Canterbury and Mid Canterbury schools. Operating under the Daniel Hitchens Music name, he now teaches a total of 70 students. “I did a stint teaching full-time and some of them got so good and are doing music for a career,” he said. “I just love getting them hooked on it. “I was one of those kids … if you don’t enjoy school, give them something else to work on and focus on.” Born and bred in Ashburton, Hitchens attended Ashburton Borough School, Fairton School and Intermediate and then Ashburton College.
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While he plans on focusing on the new business opportunities, he remains busy as a musician under his own steam, playing for a lot of singers around the country. He has returned from a trip last year that saw him visit Hollywood with musician, Stevie Tonks (now operating as Rubén Crown) where they performed on the Strip and met with producers in LA. Hitchens has also worked on Crown’s upcoming EP and his newly-released single, Closer. The EP was recorded at Parachute in Auckland, which he said was an amazing experience. He also plays with his own band, The Madras Jazz Quartet, played with The X Factor hope-
fuls, Moorhouse, writes with Christchurch musician Maya Payne, and plays in a wedding covers band, Sammy Jay & The Cucumbers. The variety of Hitchens’ farreaching passion for music is a far cry from his youth, when his sole interest was rock and metal genres. “I was two dimensional with what I liked,” he said. But a move from Ashburton to Christchurch in 2011, and enrolling at the famous Ara Music Arts – formerly the CPIT Jazz School – quickly broadened his interests. “It really opened my eyes to Jazz and the blues and my taste of music has developed so much,” he said. “It was a turning point for me.
I wanted to upskill myself and heard the Jazz School was the best place to go and the most challenging, because it’s mostly focused on improv.” Connections on the three-year course, led to a New York summer break where he got to watch some of his favourite musicians perform. His greatest love is playing guitar, initially inspired by solo American acoustic and electric guitarist, Phil Keaggy, after his dad told him he was one of the best in the world. Hitchens now owns 11 guitars, with his favourite being his prized, Vox. The 25-year-old is looking forward to making an impact on young people interested in learning music, and can’t wait to see them benefit through the rewarding progress. He will be teaching at the Christchurch juvenile prison, Christchurch schools and in Mid Canterbury, at the Christian School, Fairton School, Dorie School and Ashburton Borough School. “It’s a big project for me, as well as a passion,” he said.
■ February 25 – The Social, a group of artists which formed after the earthquakes, will undertake the Mayfield Project, involving the Overflow op shop at Mayfield and the Ashburton Art Gallery, to March 19. ■ To February 25 - James Robinson, Strange Attractor, exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery. ■ March 3 – Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award Awards exhibition opening function 7pm. ■ March 17 – Grumpy Old Women at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. ■ March 18 – Empowering Women talk series begins at Ashburton Art Gallery. ■ March 19 - David Strassman’s iTedE, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, March 19 6pm. International comedy star David Strassman’s brand new show, iTedE is an uproarious take on our technology-laden lives. ■ To March 26 - Michael Armstrong, The Blurred Fringes of the Hyperbolic, exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery. ■ April 2 - Anna Hawkins Bold, Brave & Beautiful NZ Tour, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, April 2, 7.30pm. New Zealand singer and recording artist Anna Hawkins will entertain audiences. The show will also feature a yet-to-be-announced local support act for an exciting evening of music! ■ To August 23 – Mark Braunias Assemble, Disassemble, Reassemble exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery.
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TPP, refugees slammed
After a turbulent first month in the White House wracked by firings, hostile words and court losses, US President Donald Trump ventured back to the fan-friendly territory of an election-style rally where he slammed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, refugees and the “fake news” media. Mr Trump was in his comfort zone surrounded by delirious, flag and placardwaving supporters in a hangar at Florida’s Orlando-Melbourne Airport at the weekend. He avoided mentioning Russia and the scandal that led to the firing of his national security adviser General Michael Flynn and while he did not name China, he said his administration was working on a plan to “crackdown on foreign cheating and currency manipulation”. “I’m here because I want to be among my friends and among the people,” Mr Trump told the crowd after his wife, Melania, began the rally with a prayer. “I also want to speak to you without the filter of the fake news.” Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is hopeful the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will survive with just 11 nations after Mr Trump withdrew the US from it just days into his presidency. Mr Trump told the rally the TPP was a job killer and said he would pursue his pre-election plan of striking “tremendous” one-on-one trade deals with countries so the US does not “get caught in quicksand”. “I followed through on my promise to withdraw from the job killing disaster known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership,” Mr Trump said to loud cheers. Mr Turnbull and Mr Trump infamously clashed in a January 28 phone call about the refugee deal the prime minister struck with President Barack Obama last year.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to speak at his Make America Great Again Rally at Orlando-Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Florida at the weekend. PHOTO AP Mr Trump has reluctantly said he will honour the deal despite calling it “dumb”, but the refugees currently held on Nauru and Manus Island will only be allowed into the US if they pass “extreme vetting”. The president did not hold back at the rally about his apprehension about allowing refugees into the US. He pointed to troubles Germany, Sweden, France and Belgium were having with the large flow of refugees that fled wartorn Syria. Echoing his Mexico will pay for a USMexico border wall pledge, Mr Trump told the crowd he wants safe zones built in Syria for the refugees but Persian Gulf states would pay for them because “they have nothing but money” and the US has a $US20 trillion debt. “We have allowed thousands and thou-
sands of people into our country and there was no way to vet those people,” Mr Trump said. “There was no documentation. “There was no nothing. “So we are going to keep our country safe.” Mr Trump also rejected reports his administration was in turmoil despite controversies including General Flynn’s firing for failing to disclose the truth to US Vice President Mike Pence about his phone call with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, misguided comments by counsellor Kellyanne Conway and the court losses blocking his seven-nation travel ban. “The White House is running so smoothly,” Mr Trump, who pointed to large gains in the stockmarket and polls he said showed optimism in the US. - NZME
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19 dead in Terror suspect dies in prison Argentina bus crash At least 19 people have been killed and a score of others injured in a bus crash in the western Argentine province of Mendoza. The Chilean-bound bus operated by Santiago-based company Turbus crashed in the Andes mountains near Aconcagua Park for reasons that are now under investigation. A total of 40 people, mostly Argentines and three of them minors, were riding in the vehicle. “Personnel from the company immediately travelled to the site to attend to the emergency and assist police and paramedics at the scene,” a statement from Turbus said. Police said around 20 people were injured, all of whom were transported to nearby medical facilities. Several passengers told local media that the bus was travelling at high speed at the time of the accident. - EFE
He was facing the possibility Omar Abdel-Rahman, the exof deportation when a truck tremist Muslim cleric convictbomb went off in the baseed of conspiracy in the 1993 ment parking garage of the World Trade Centre bombing World Trade Centre on Februhas died in a US prison. ary 26, 1993, killing six people His son Ammar said his and injuring more than 1000. family had received a phone Four months later Abdelcall from a US representative Rahman was arrested and saying his father had died. He went on trial, accused of plotwas 78. ting a day of terror for the The Egyptian-born AbdelUnited States. Rahman was the face of radiThe defendants were not cal Islam in the 1980s and directly charged with the 1993 1990s. World Trade Centre attack but He preached a fiery brand of Omar were convicted of conspiring Islam that called for the death Abdel-Rahman with those who did carry out of people and governments he the bombing. disapproved of and his followAbdel-Rahman’s convictions also including was tied to fundamentalist killings and ed plotting to kill Egyptian President Hosni bomb attacks around the world. He managed to get to New York after the Mubarak during a visit to the United States US Embassy in Sudan granted him a tour- in 1993, a Jewish New York state legislator ist visa in 1990 – despite the fact that he was and a Jewish New York State Supreme Court on the State Department’s list of people with justice. Much of the case against Abdel-Rahman ties to terror groups. While in the United States Abdel-Rahman and his followers was based on video and and his disciples would be linked to the 1990 audio recordings made with the help of a slaying in New York of militant Rabbi Meir bodyguard for the sheikh who became an Kahane, the 1992 killing of an anti-funda- FBI informant. A video also showed four defendants mixmentalist writer in Egypt and attacks on foring fertiliser and diesel fuel for bombs. eign tourists in Egypt. After a nine-month trial, the sheikh and US authorities took action in 1992 by revoking Abdel-Rahman’s green card on the nine followers were found guilty in October grounds that he had lied about a bad check 1995 on 48 of 50 charges. The news of his charge in Egypt and about having two wives death was later confirmed by a United States federal prison official. - AAP when he entered the country.
It’s been over 10 years since Steve Irwin passed away but now his son Robert has made his solo television debut. Robert, 13, delighted the New York City audience on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show as he introduced the nervous presenter to Beetlejuice the African dwarf crocodile, Micky the screaming armadillo, Lady the red-tailed boa constrictor and Valentino the baby sloth. “It’s in my blood,” said Robert. He spoke so passionately about his life at Australia Zoo that Jimmy said: “It’s so cool to see you like this – you’re your dad!” “It’s in my blood,” Robert replied, “I am the luckiest kid on the planet.” - PA
New film for Jolie Angelina Jolie hopes her new film about Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge will help educate the world about the brutality of the 1970s regime and shed a light on the plight of young Angelina Jolie people in war zones. First They Killed My Father, is based on author and human rights activist Loung Ung’s account of her survival as a child under the 1975-79 communist Khmer Rouge regime, believed to be responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians from starvation, disease and execution. She hopes the movie will “remind everybody that there are little Loung’s all around the world today” in various war zones and corners of the world. Jolie has had an affinity for Cambodia since she began goodwill work for the UN’s refugee agency in 2001. - AP
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Presley says she’s broke Lisa Marie Presley describes herself as deeply in debt and just out of a treatment facility in court papers that accuse her estranged fourth husband of having hundreds of inappropriate photographs of children on his computer. Their eight-year-old twin daughters are under the care of California child protective services, according to documents filed this month with California Superior Court in Los Angeles related to husband Michael Lockwood’s request for spousal support. Lockwood has not been charged with anything and his lawyer said the accusations are inaccurate. The court papers tell a tale of profligacy and alleged fraud that has made things messy for Presley. - AP
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he Speak Up Korerotia broadcast, held in Ashburton on Saturday, showcased a slice of the diversity on offer in Mid Canterbury. I went along to hear the panel discussion, and was fascinated at the various and diverse stories of what it’s like to up sticks and move your entire family to a small town, for the hope of a brighter – and often safer – future. While the audience was full of people who had lived through this exact experience, it was also wonderful to see born and bred Ashburtonians, who had taken time out from their afternoon to further their understanding and take a glimpse into what it’s like for those joining their community. I had prepared myself to hear stories of the challenges faced by newcomers, perhaps misunderstandings, intolerance and racism, as seems to be the case across the world. But it seems the migrants in Saturday’s panel only had positive things to say when talking about their integration and experience as a newcomer. As a community, we can be proud of this fact and keep working hard to make things even better and easier for people moving into the region. Councillor Leen Braam arrived some 35 years ago, and provided an interesting take on how far we’ve come, saying he opted to get amongst the community by making an effort to meet and interact with as many locals as possible. Mubashir Mukhtar spoke of recently bringing his wife and two daughters over from Pakistan, and of the kindness showed by the community – even strangers. He recalled waiting for a takeaway outside Indian Minar one night, when a stranger approached him, and spent 10 minutes just making sure he was settling in okay. When the order was ready, the man vanished, but Mukhtar has never forgotten the gesture. Teacher Cornelius Grobler, originally from South Africa, talked about his work with youth in boxing circles, and how he makes an effort to encourage understanding, tolerance and acceptance in all his students. Listening to the panellists talk, it makes us realise just how lucky we are to live in such a safe and beautiful part of the globe. We find ourselves in a world where these kinds of discussions are more important than ever and it was great to see Ashburton take the lead in such a topical discussion about what we can do to continue heading in the right direction. As one audience member said, when asked what we can do to help; “all people have to do is smile”.
YOUR VIEW Port Hills fires My heart goes out to the families who have lost homes and possessions in the Port Hills fires. Sadly, it is a familiar feeling, as 10 months ago, my father’s house burnt down near Darfield. I do admire the job of Civil Defence and firefighters, but something is seriously wrong with the system. In The Press 16/02/17 a headline reads “Huge frustration – Minister questions response” as Gerry Brownlee considers why a state of emergency wasn’t called earlier and there’s much confusion as to who is co-ordinating the response. I think Bill English summed it up on radio when he announced, “fighting fires is priority over bureaucracy”. But is it? I think not. Actually, I’ve had enough of bureaucracy and ‘health and safety’. My dad’s house should not have burnt down that day. Sure, the weather was extreme, but the response to it was nothing but a “bungled mess”. A rural fire unit sat 2km away waiting release from the Fire Communications Centre. Because of a computer glitch they were delayed in being released and when they were, another truck had taken their water up the road. So, they arrive at my Dad’s house with no water. Many locals offered to help, but, “oh no, there’s a
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Pour decisions aplenty The Margaret River Gourmet Escape festival, held every year for the past five years, attracts the best of the best in cooking to celebrate the region’s food and drinks.
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hat’s the first thing you think of when it comes to Margaret River? Chances are, it’s wine. A total of 220 wine producers call the Western Australian pocket home, and they turn out more than a quarter of Australia’s premium drops. The region is so renowned for its wines that viticulture – the science, production and study of grapes – is taught at the local high school. But away from the countless vineyards on the rolling green hills, something is brewing. And it tastes nothing like shiraz. Located a three-hour drive south of Perth, Margaret River has long been a bucket list destination for foodies and wine connoisseurs, but rarely one for those who prefer spirits or beer. The Margaret River Gourmet Escape festival, held every year for the past five years, attracts the best of the best in cooking across the globe to celebrate the region’s food and drinks. It was crowned the country’s Best Tourism Event at the Australian Event Awards in September. Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein and two of the world’s best female chefs – Dominique Crenn and Ana Ros – all turned up in 2016. Adam Liaw, Guy Grossi and Guillaume Brahimi pulled up a
seat too, while executive chefs Aaron Carr (Vasse Felix), Seth James (Wills Domain) and Dany Angove (Leeuwin Estate) waved the Margaret River flag. But much to my surprise as I wandered around the festival’s main attraction – the Gourmet Village, nestled in the grounds of Leeuwin Estate – I noticed revellers weren’t queuing for wine. I joined them, shoulder-toshoulder, outside Limeburners’ pop-up stall, as the Margaret River distillery sold countless bottles of its single malt whisky before completely running out of its official event gin. Billy Phillips, who manages Morries bar in the centre of town with executive chef Tony Howell, says the business jumped at the chance to fulfil this customer craving. “After a day of wine tasting, a lot of people are pretty ready for something else,” the 33-year-old says. “The wines definitely put Margaret River on the map but Limeburners is just making outstanding whisky, and I think it is one of the tightest areas for breweries in the country.” Phillips, crowned WA Barman of the Year in 2015 and a WA finalist in this year’s The Perfect Blend national contest, says Morries reopened early last year as a darker, smaller cocktail bar after four years as a dawn-till-dusk cafe.
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drive from Margaret River town and offers 24 luxury self-catering chalets with complimentary breakfast baskets and the option for gourmet platters, picnic baskets and warm croissants. For more, visit eightwillowsretreat.com.au PLAYING THERE: The sixth annual Margaret River Gourmet Escape will be held from November 17-19, 2017. Early bookings for transfers and accommodation are advised. For more, visit gourmetescape.com.au Morries is open from midday till late daily, located at 2/149 Bussell Hwy, Margaret River. Visit morries. com.au
“We went for breakfast, lunch, dinner, cocktails, wine bar, coffee shack,” Phillips says. “That was kind of what the town could’ve used back then, but a lot of other businesses opened up and places got more specialised. “It’s hard to sell cocktails at 8am. We’re all doing what we’re passionate about now.” The local institution is packed every night of the week, with tasty small plates of masterstock pork belly, twice-cooked Japanese chicken, “drunken” whitebait and venison carpaccio adorning the
menu. “It’s been going great. They added the two cocktail taps when we did the change,” Phillips says. “The plan was to really create an alternative to the wineries in town.” He says the idea of batching cocktails and producing drinks in bulk has made him think “more with a chef’s brain”. And it’s paying off. “That was kind of one of the biggest things that opened my eyes. What can we get finished in the drink before the customer even walks in the door?” he says. “I just kind of see what trends
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are going on everywhere and I’m always learning new techniques, using nitrogen, shrubs, making my own bitters. “I guess it’s also about having a local approach, trying to use what we have here wherever and whenever possible.” The cocktails at Morries range from old classics such as espresso martinis to seasonal specials, including this summer’s “Fat Coconut” – a combination of coconut fat-washed rum, lychee, homemade pomegranate syrup and kaffir lime leaf. But despite Phillips’ inventive concoctions, old habits die hard. “The Rum Boat Float has been on the list since day one,” Phillips says. It’s a combination of lemon, lime demerara sugar and passionfruit, shaken vigorously with Matusalem classico rum and a dash of maraschino liqueur then strained over ice into a jar. “There are people that don’t even look at the menu,” Phillips says. “They come in and say ‘Rum Boat Float’ and they stay on them all night.” He says he dreams of one day offering a completely local and organic cocktail menu. “It’d be pretty cool if we could do that,” Phillips says. “And I think Margaret River is the kind of place where you could.” - AAP
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Lincoln creates FA history On a dramatic day of late goals and upsets in the FA Cup, Lincoln became the first non-league team to reach the quarter-finals in more than a century and beleaguered English champion Leicester was eliminated by third-tier opposition yesterday. Lincoln, which plays in the fifth tier of English soccer, beat Premier League team Burnley 1-0 away thanks to an 89th-minute goal from Sean Raggett, with the goal-line technology needed to confirm that his close-range header at the far post crossed the line. The last non-league team to reach the last eight of the FA Cup was Queens Park Rangers in 1914. Lincoln was playing in the last 16 for the first time in 130 years, with 81 places separating them and Burnley in English soccer’s pyramid. “It’s unheard of in modern-day football,” Raggett said of Lincoln’s achievement. “It shows just what an achievement this is.” Hours later, Millwall provided the second shock of the day by beating Leicester 1-0 thanks to an even later goal. Shaun Cummings, a defender like Raggett, struck in the 90th minute on another day to forget for Leicester, who are fighting a relegation battle in the Premier League the season after winning it at odds of 5000-1. Millwall’s win was even more stunning considering it was reduced to 10 men in the 52nd minute following Jake Cooper’s sending-off. Millwall has also beaten Bournemouth and Watford on its run to the quarter-finals. Lincoln previously eliminated second-tier League Championship teams Ipswich and Brighton. “This sums up the FA Cup as
Gareth Bale marked his return to action after a long injury layoff by sealing a 2-0 victory for Real Madrid over Espanyol to extend Zinedine Zidane’s side’s lead over Barcelona to four points. Alvaro Morata headed home a floated cross from Isco to put Real ahead after 33 minutes against a stubborn Espanyol side and Bale steered another pass from the Spain midfielder in off the post in the 83rd minute shortly after coming off the bench. Bale was making his first appearance since damaging ankle ligaments against Sport-ing Lisbon in November. - PA
Celtic marches on Celtic extended their unbeaten domestic run since the start of the season to 31 games with a comfortable 2-0 win over Motherwell at Parkhead. After early huffing and puffing striker Moussa Dembele, who had scored hat-tricks in his previous two outings, opened the scoring from the spot in the 33rd minute with his 27th goal of the season. James Forrest added a second five minutes from the interval and Brendan Rodgers’ side moved 27 points clear of Aberdeen. - PA Happy days: The men from Lincoln celebrate Sean Raggert’s goal. a whole,” Millwall manager Neil Harris said. “These are special days.” There have been more shocks than normal in the FA Cup, with most Premier League teams – and even sides from the second-tier League Championship – fielding weakened lineups to focus on European competition or league play. The only Premier League team assured of being in the quarterfinals is Middlesbrough. It looked like there could be another major upset when Oxford recovered from 2-0 down to score two goals against Middlesborough within a minute and pull level. The home side just squeezed through, though, courtesy of an 86th-minute goal, scored by
substitute Cristhian Stuani. Grant Leadbitter’s penalty and recent signing Rudy Gestede’s first goal for the club gave Boro a commanding lead after 34 minutes. Oxford responded with goals in the 64th and 65th minutes. Manchester City was planning a warm-weather training camp in Abu Dhabi following its Champions League last-16 match against Monaco on Tuesday. Those plans might have to be revised now Pep Guardiola’s side have an FA Cup replay to fit into its schedule after this draw against Huddersfield, a team chasing promotion to the Premier League. Guardiola made eight changes, yet with Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and Claudio Bravo
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among those recalled, the visitors were hardly fielding fringe players. Chelsea booked their spots in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in Saturday night’s late game thanks to second half goals from Spanish forwards Pedro and Diego Costa against Championship side Wolverhampton. The Blues carried with them the ruthless form that has made them Premier League leaders into this match, with Wolves unable to carry on their giantkilling streak in the tournament, after having already sent Premier League sides Stoke City and Liverpool out of the cup. The win keeps the chance of a League-Cup double very much alive this season for Antonio Conte’s side. - PA
Phoenix fall to embarrassing defeat The Wellington Phoenix have seven games to save their season – and their co-coaches have seven games to save their jobs. The reign of Des Buckingham and Chris Greenacre night sank to a new, ignominious low, overseeing their side’s heaviest home defeat of the season, 5-1, against Melbourne City on Saturday night. Having taken over from Ernie Merrick in December, Buckingham and Greenacre have now
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nie Lia as his side’s worst performance of the season but it’s clear the midfielder spoke too soon. The opening half hour told the story of Wellington’s slide and, indeed, their season. The Phoenix on another night – or, perhaps more saliently, if they were another team – could have conceivably taken a commanding 3-0 lead. Instead, they fell 2-0 behind. Missing a clinical edge at one end and lacking both fortune
and concentration at the other, the opening stages exemplified all that has plagued Wellington throughout the campaign. Defending their goal, it was easy to say they were missing Andrew Durante, but he was part of the rearguards that shipped six goals in back-to-back losses to the Sydney sides. And there was nothing but ugliness to come as more shambolic defending saw the visitors complete a rout. - NZME
Brisbane Roar claimed a point in Perth despite heading west with a spate of injuries, playing in stifling conditions with a tired group and then having decisions not go their way. It’s enough to make coach John Aloisi proud. There were plenty of sources of frustration for Aloisi. The first was Glory’s goal to Nebojsa Marinkovic being allowed to stand despite Diego Castro’s cross clearly coming from out of bounds. The second was a potential penalty for handball not given against Dino Djulbic. “Some refs give it, some don’t,” he said. - AAP
Bayern leave it late Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich needed a last-gasp goal from striker Robert Lewandowski to rescue a 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin and increase their advantage to eight points. Hertha scored through Vedad Ibisevic and Bayern, who crushed Arsenal 5-1 in the Champions League midweek, lacked any game plan despite controlling possession. But Lewandowski was in the right place at the right time to fire in from the last kick of the game. - AAP
Ref gets it wrong Sydney derby referee Chris Beath has ostensibly admitted he was wrong to deny Sydney FC a late penalty that could have kept the A-League leaders’ Invincibles run going. Beath waved away three Sky Blues penalty shouts in Western Sydney’s controversial 1-0 win, the last of which was clear-cut. A source claims Beath apologised to coach Graham Arnold after watching a replay and realising his decision had been incorrect. - AAP
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Gatland sounds warning
Sanzaar gets it right
BY PATRICK MCKENDRY
BY GREGOR PAUL
Warren Gatland will warn his British and Irish Lions players to be on their best behaviour when they arrive in New Zealand this winter, including being wary about possible media “stings”. The head coach, a former All Black, will also base his campaign around a charm offensive, saying there are fences to be mended following the last disastrous Lions tour of 2005. It seems Gatland has already taken one for the team. In November the Herald portrayed him as a cartoon clown after his criticism of the newspaper for doing the same to Wallabies coach Michael Cheika, and in a recent press event in the United Kingdom Gatland said “it was a bit of a lesson for me”. “I was really disappointed with that. “I was really upset them turning me into a clown,” he said tongue in cheek before adding: “they could have at least made me a happy clown”. There was a serious side to his message, and Gatland will brief his players on the scrutiny they will be under when they arrive here in late May before their first match of an incredibly tough tour against a provincial NZ Barbarians team in Whangarei on June 3. Gatland’s side follow that with a game against the Blues at
Warren Gatland has a huge job in front of him as Lions coach. Eden Park, the first of their five matches against New Zealand’s Super Rugby teams, during a tour which includes a match against the NZ Maori and three tests, two of which will be held at the All Blacks’ Eden Park fortress and one in Wellington. Gatland appears to believe, rightly or wrongly, that the New Zealand public will be overwhelmingly on the side of the All Blacks and that the New Zealand media will too, an attitude that may have developed following the last tour here when controversial spin doctor Alastair
Campbell was included in the tour party by coach Clive Woodward. “Those are the challenges for the management,” Gatland said. “There is always that potential for someone to look for a negative story or a negative angle or there is a sting being done. “We have got to be prepared for those sorts of things.” The spear tackle by Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu on skipper Brian O’Driscoll in the opening minute of the first test in 2005 remained a sore point, but Gatland suggested the Lions
didn’t help themselves, either. “There were lots of things that made it easy for the journalists,” he said. “We are trying to go there and mend some stuff from 2005. “We want to engage with the community, to play some good rugby, we want to get the public on our side. We want to be great tourists.” He wants, in other words, to take the squad back to the traditions of Lions rugby, when the whole outfit toured the provinces, rather than being split into A and B teams as happened under Woodward in a tour which finished in a three-nil whitewash by the All Blacks and a fair bit of illfeeling besides. Gatland has several contenders for the captaincy, including Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones, England hooker Dylan Hartley, England first-five Owen Farrell and Ireland hooker Rory Best, but said he wouldn’t decide until he had selected his touring squad. In the meantime he will be enjoying the form of all four of the home unions in the Six Nations and took particularly delight in watching Ireland famously beat the All Blacks in Chicago in November. “Even though as coaches we say it, sometimes players don’t believe us,” he said. “They are human. “You put them under pressure and they will make mistakes.” - PA
The Gambler a vital part of ABs’ ritual When the All Blacks win a test match, only one song can be played as the team leaves the ground and arrives at the hotel. That song is The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. Word has it Sir Graham Henry first espoused the virtues of this classic to celebrate victory. In Ted’s words, he wanted a song for all generations, a true classic sing-along. What makes this part of modern All Black folklore all the more interesting is the boys in charge of the “bus music”, which includes
Damian McKenzie, must ensure the timing of the song and the arrival of the bus is bang on. So if they are approaching the team hotel and The Gambler has not reached its crescendo, the bus driver is instructed to slow down. There can be no mistakes. Compare that to the bus ride to the ground. Dead silence, no talking, game faces on. As one All Black described it to me, “it’s like heading to a funeral”. The bus ride is not like a school trip with
the race to the back seat. That has always remained the domain of the leadership group and management sits up front. But here’s where it gets really interesting. Seats are assigned to a player by the number of caps played. But what happens if you take a seat up front and a less-experienced All Black arrives on board and needs to sit in front of you? This can be really awkward for so called “inbetweeners” and a huge source of amusement to the elder statesman whose seats are assured and who must decide where the newbies are assigned. Musical chairs at its funniest. Onto the pre-match rituals of individual players. Always shy farmer from the deep south Liam Squire has his own must-do for music on game day. He has one heavy metal song only on which he pushes play as the bus starts and makes its journey to the venue. On to TJ Perenara. Not only is “Thomas”– yes TJ does have a first name – freakishly clean in his hotel room, he’s also a stickler for how he fronts up in All Black gear. You might be aware every player’s initials are sewn into their clothing, to make washing day bearable. But when it comes to his socks, TJ cannot play in two bearing the letter L, or two with Rs on them. Quite simply, TJ must have one left sock and one right, otherwise outright panic sets in. If Thomas could swap places with any All Black, past or present, his choice would be Beauden Barrett. - NZME
Sanzaar deserves a little gold star for hatching a plan to fix its troubled judicial process. The body that runs Super Rugby has made itself the easiest target in recent years by coming up with an unfathomable 18-team conference format that neither makes sense nor seems fair. On top of that, they have run an equally clunky and random judicial process that has left some players shaking their heads in dismay all the way to the airport and an overseas contract away from the madness. But fair’s fair, Sanzaar may have finally come up with a good idea, a couple actually, that could, for once, leave players and coaches satisfied they operate in a system that is consistent and sensible. The first big change this year will be seen on the field as referees have been encouraged, empowered even, to make decisions based on what they think they have seen and not automatically refer everything to the Television Match Official. What that means is that if the referees (or one of the assistant referees) on the field is not sure what may have happened and wants the TMO to review it, the referee will have to state what they think they saw and the TMO will only be able to overrule that if there is compelling evidence to do so. In theory, that should end the need for the TMO to trawl through endless replays trying to determine whether a try has been scored or not. Instead, the referee will say they think it was a try and the TMO will look only for an obvious reason to disagree. The intention is to speed up the game and cut back the length of time it takes for Super Rugby matches to play out. While the playing time is only 80 minutes, frequently games last year were taking two hours. The constant TMO reviews were the main driver of the added time with some incidents taking more than four minutes to sort out. The second change is the addition of what is effectively a full-time judicial committee to monitor and rule on foul play. A permanent three-man panel consisting of New Zealander Nigel Hampton QC, John Langford of Australia and Stefan Terblanche of South Africa will meet at the end of each round and review all incidents involving red cards and citing commissioner referrals. They will then inform players within 24 hours if there is a case to be answered or need for a sanction to be imposed. By having a permanent panel, Sanzaar hope they will have consistent outcomes to allow players and coaches certainty around future availability. As always, the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, but certainly the system makes good sense and a major improvement on the existing way of doing things. - NZME
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■ RUGBY LEAGUE
Foran ‘no quick fix’ By Michael Burgess Simon Mannering is delighted at Kieran Foran’s imminent return to the NRL, but is adamant he won’t be a “magic fix” for the Warriors. The NRL announced on Wednesday that they had registered Foran’s contract – after a prolonged wait – and he is cleared to play from round three. The news has provoked optimism among the Warriors fan base, with supporters delighted at the prospect of Foran joining an all-international spine at Mt Smart. The 26-year-old is seen by some as the silver bullet for the Auckland club, with the ability and attitude to take the Warriors from pretenders to contenders. But Mannering was quick to dismiss that notion. “One player doesn’t fix any team, no matter what position he is playing,” said Mannering. “It has to be a collective. You can’t expect good players to come in and make your team great all of a sudden. “It takes a while for players to get used to playing among new guys and you learn that along the way. “We won’t see Kieran until at least round three so we still have a job to do with the group that we have got.” There is no doubt that when Foran does eventually take the field, he should be a vital ingredient towards any Warriors revival. He brings a winner’s mentality from many successful years
Wayne Bennett has pulled no punches about Brisbane’s poor performance in their World Club Series defeat to Warrington but insists the game was perfect preparation the NRL round one clash with defending premiers Cronulla. An almost full-strength Broncos team went down 27-18 after the Super League side dominated the first half to lead 24-6 at halftime in Warrington. The tourists were much improved after the break but unable to claw back the deficit despite tries from James Roberts and David Mead. “I’ve no complaints they played very well Warrington,” Bennett said. “They played disciplined and put a lot of pressure on us and we fell apart a little bit and it took us a while to get back. “At 20-0 I didn’t know where it was going to go. “We stopped the flood of points and steadied the ship a bit and made a contest of it.”
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Green an asset for Manly Manly coach Trent Barrett has praised the kicking game and calming influence of recruit Blake Green, declaring his remodelled attack more stable heading into the 2017 NRL season. The Sea Eagles beat the Roosters 24-22 in a trial at Gosford on Saturday with new five-eighth Green providing the money ball for centre Dylan Walker to score the winning try in the 75th minute. It was an encouraging sign for Manly, who struggled to find the right halves last year as they missed the finals for the first time since 2005. - AAP Simon Mannering has no desire to return to the Warriors’ captaincy role. at Manly, will provide vital direction and organisation, and could bring out the best in halves partner Shaun Johnson. But Mannering is adamant the team can thrive in 2017, with or without Foran. Mannering has taken on the role of vice-captain, as the key lieutenant to Roger TuivasaSheck. He unofficially had the same position last year – covering for Ryan Hoffman once when he was injured – but has no desire to wear the armband again. “I definitely had no ambitions to go back into the captaincy role,” said Mannering. “I did a number of years there.
“I wanted to do what was best for the team. I want to support Roger as best I can and Mooks [Stephen Kearney] thought that would be in a vice-captain role. “It doesn’t change anything else for me.” Mannering took the field for the first time this year against the Titans in Palmerston North yesterday, and says he is refreshed and ready to go ahead in his 13th NRL season. The injury-enforced absence from the Kiwis’ Four Nations campaign meant an unusually long time at home, with the first family holiday with his young children (Zeke, 3 and Jack, 1). “We travelled around Kaikoura,
Hamner, Nelson and Christchurch,” said Mannering. “They were all places that my partner and I went to as kids. “[But] this was a different experience, more screaming at the kids and chasing them round than anything else.” He reports that his knee is “all good”, although conceding recovery and rehabilitation took longer than expected. Another huge year looms for Mannering in 2017 – the 30-yearold made 1040 tackles last year, the second highest across the NRL – although a lesser defensive workload would be welcome, as it would indicate signs of progress at the club. - NZME
WCS loss a timely reminder, says Bennett By ian Mccullough
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Warrington’s success was the first time since 2012 a Super League team has prevailed over an NRL side and there had been questions marks over the future of the competition. But Bennett insisted he was a fan and believed there was no way he side would have been able to receive a similar test of their mettle in a trial match back home. “I think we got reminded today what makes you a good team and what makes you an ordinary team,” Bennett said. “Dropping balls, giving away penalties. “They had a 100 per cent ball control in the first half which showed they were doing a lot of things right and we were doing a lot of things wrong. “But we are going to go into round one a lot more prepared. We know what we have to work on as we got exposed a bit tonight. “A trial match isn’t going to give you that, which is why I wanted to come out here.” The Wolves were inspired by
Wayne Bennett former NSW skipper Kurt Gidley and England five-eighth Kevin Brown and former NRL forwards Ashton Sims and Mike Cooper, who were outstanding. After only 70 seconds they opened the scoring when Ben Hunt’s kick was charged down by Joe Westerman who rumbled 70 metres down the field only to be hauled down 10 metres shy of the
line. However, Brown was right on hand to scamper over for the try. Brisbane struggled to make early inroads and after Dylan Patton’s penalty extended the hosts’ lead they crossed twice more through Ryan Atkins and Matty Russell. Two successful Patton kicks made it 20-0 in as many minutes before Corey Oates scored for Brisbane on the half-hour mark. However, on the stroke of halftime Warrington ran in their fourth try when Tom Lineham burrowed his way over. Brisbane started the second half in a more positive fashion and grabbed their second fourpointer through a brilliant solo effort from the jet-heeled Roberts. A Patton penalty stretched the lead to 26-12 and Gidley booted over a field goal to ice the result. Mead grabbed a consolation try four minutes from time but it was too little too late for the Broncos who open their season against reinging premiers Cronulla on March 2. - AAP
McKendry injured again Penrith coach Anthony Griffin has backed unlucky prop Sam McKendry to come back from what could be his second knee reconstruction in seven months. The Panthers will be sweating on McKendry’s scans after the former Kiwi international lasted just 20 minutes in Saturday’s NRL trial win over Parramatta before limping from the field. In what was McKendry first game back since tearing his ACL in July last year, Griffin confirmed his front-rower had reinjured his right knee against the Eels at Pepper Stadium. - AAP
Family first for Tohu Not many NRL players would choose to leave a successful club like Melbourne Storm but for Tohu Harris the chance to return home to New Zealand was too good to pass up. Just 25 and entering the prime of his career, Harris made the surprising call to exit the Storm at the end of this season to take up a four-year deal with the Warriors. A desire to raise his young family on home soil was the chief reason behind the move. “I never really thought of leaving the club but the opportunity came up and it was really beneficial for myself and my young family,” Harris said. - NZME
Knights hammer Raiders Newcastle have signalled their rebuild is heading in the right direction, thrashing an under-strength Canberra 44-0 in their NRL trial match. With the Raiders missing a slew of first-grade regulars including Jordan Rapana, Joey Leilua and injured skipper Jarrod Croker, a near full-strength Knights ran riot on Saturday in Queanbeyan. It is a welcome result for the young Newcastle side after two consecutive wooden spoons. - AAP
Arthur backs French Parramatta coach Brad Arthur is confident rising star Bevan French will be an immediate success at fullback in the upcoming NRL season. French continued his remarkable tryscoring run since breaking into first grade last year, getting on the scoresheet against in the Eels’ trial loss to Penrith on Saturday. - AAP
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In brief Wall in top form Ashburton 17-year-old Veronica Wall was in super form at the 2017 NZ Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha last week. She won both the senior women’s and under 20 single sculls. Wall became the first girl to win three single titles at under 16, 17 and 18 at last year’s Maadi Cup. Ashburton Olympian Emma Dyke stroked the Southern Regional Performance Centre eights to an upset win over the defending champions Central RPC.
Dan Vickerman dies World rugby is in shock after the sudden death of former Wallabies star Dan Vickerman. The 37-yearold passed away on Saturday. It’s believed there are no suspicious circumstances. He leaves behind a wife and two young children. Vickerman played 63 tests for Australia between 2002 to 2011, including that year’s World Cup. - AAP
Finding the positives
Ashburton Trust courts a busy place to be Mary-Anne Martin at full stretch to get a big serve in at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre on Saturday. Full story and results in Tuesday’s Guardian. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 180217-JP-0020
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Fulton turns on master-class The most destructive innings of Peter Fulton’s 16-year career came at a perfect time. In a rain-reduced 20-over Ford Trophy final, the 38-year-old blasted a match-winning 116 not out from 58 balls to steer Canterbury to their first one-day title in 11 years. It was simultaneously superb and surprising. Fulton came into the final averaging fewer than 25 in all formats this season, and hadn’t made a short-form century in over six years. All up, he wasn’t anyone’s most likely choice to smoke the fastest hundred in Ford Trophy history. That seemed an emphatic truth when Fulton started slowly, scratching his way around to 13 from 20 balls as Canterbury plodded their way to 59-2 from their first 10 overs. Incredibly, 141 runs were to come from their final 10 as Fulton went ballistic. He used his 1.98m frame to his advantage to loft spinners
over mid-wicket, and punished seamers through the legside. Three consecutive sixes were blasted amongst a 25-run over off Anarug Verma, with Wellington’s bowlers guilty of straying down leg too often; though Fulton also casually flicked deliveries on off stump over the square leg boundary. He added 117 from 65 balls for the third wicket with Henry Nicholls (31 from 25), and received a cameo from Tim Johnston as Fulton reached his ton from just 50 balls in his 180th one-day game. 11 fours and seven sixes later, Fulton had led Canterbury to 199-3 – a better total than they had managed in their entire Twenty20 campaign. As mist started to gather, you could have been forgiven to flashing back to 2005 when fellow 38-year-old Hamish Marshall came firing out of the gates for Wellington, who initially looked lively on the Mainpower Oval wicket. Marshall played some tech-
Peter Fulton nically excellent strokes as 23 runs were accumulated from one Kyle Jamieson over, with Wellington racing through to
50-1 in just four overs. Marshall’s half-century came from just 20 balls, and with support from Tom Blundell, Wellington were set for a challenge at the halfway stage, perched at 105-3. One over later their hopes lay in tatters. Todd Astle duped Marshall, luring him down the pitch with a wrong-un, beating the bat and having him stumped by keeper Cam Fletcher. Three balls later, the wrongun worked again as the powerful Matt Taylor was bowled. Michael Pollard gave some fight with a battling 25, but the Canterbury spin duo of Astle and Johnston once again proved their wares. The productive pair took four wickets in their combined eight overs, going at only eight an over as Wellington’s challenge took on even greater difficulty. In the end, they fell 28 runs short, and nobody could dampen the mood as Canterbury’s decade-long drought came to an end. - NZME
World No.1 golfer Lydia Ko is putting a positive spin on her middling Australian Open performance. Ko finished two over, completing just one round under par at Royal Adelaide in her first outing since changing coach, club-makers and caddie. The New Zealander says rather than dwelling on the negatives such as a plethora of near-misses with the putter, she’ll focus on the positives. “I hit my driver really well and that was the biggest thing that I was struggling with towards the end of my year last year,” Ko said after carding two over in yesterday’s final round. - AAP
Mitchell wearing goggles The Breakers’ star import whose eye popped out of its socket in an horrific on-court injury will hit the playing arena again in coming weeks – but this time with goggles. Akil Mitchell was poked in the left eye during a game against Cairns last month, leaving his eyeball outside of the socket. While the 24-year-old hopes to make a full recovery within three weeks he said he will wear goggles to protect his “big eyes”. - NZME
Costs blowing out The transformation of Western Springs into a test cricket oval and AFL venue will come at a significantly increased cost. The central Auckland venue is the probable future home of test cricket in the Queen City, eventually likely to supplant Eden Park. But it’s believ-ed that the cost of the upgrade has increased five or six fold from the initial $12 million. A figure of up to $70m has been proposed to various stakeholders by Regional Facilities Auckland, the organisation that manages Auckland’s stadiums. - NZME
Hawks force decider Illawarra Hawks kept their NBL championship hopes alive with a nail-biting 100-94 win over the Adelaide 36ers in game two of their semi-final series yesterday at WIN Entertainment Centre. Beaten 93-78 by the 36ers in game one on Thursday, the Hawks held their nerve in a high-pressure final quarter to force the series to a deciding third game next Thursday back on Adelaide’s home court.
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Change ahead for harness racing - Spicer
Parsons quinella big feature Residential left no doubt she is a filly on the rise when she comprehensively downed race favourite Starvoia to record her second stakes victory in the Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600) at Invercargill on Saturday. The Pins filly had narrowly defeated Starvoia in the Listed Dunedin Guineas a fortnight ago with many predicting the tables would be turned on the weekend. Nobody informed Residential of that scenario as she tracked a hot speed before dashing away in the closing stages to win untouched by just on four lengths from her stablemate. Dezzies Delight battled on gamely for third but the first two were in a class of their own and have co-trainer Karen Parsons excited about what lies ahead for the pair. “It was such a thrill to see them perform so well and back up their form over the past couple of months,” she said.
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Residential first, daylight second in the Southland Guineas. “They are chalk and cheese in a lot of ways as Residential is a filly who is so laidback and a great doer whereas Starvoia is
more the nervous type who we have battled to keep the condition on. “I’ve said all along you won’t
see the best from them until they have another year on them so to do what they are doing now is quite special.” Parsons was quick to praise the ride of stable apprentice Gosen Jogoo who followed instructions to the letter aboard Residential. “Gos is on fire at present and he did everything perfectly on the filly,” she explained. “I said to him that he would need to be ahead of Starvoia on the home turn like he was at Dunedin so when he lobbed into the trail I had the feeling that he would be hard to run down. “There’s not a lot between them so once he got that break on Chris (Johnson) and Starvoia it was the winning of the race.” Parsons, who prepares the pair with husband John, advised they would clash again in a fortnight in the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui with Starvoia likely to be sporting blinkers for the first time in the event. - NZME
Christchurch dogs Today at Addington raceway
Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington 3 3856x Katie Ate It 17.94 ...................... M Robinson 1 52433 Smash Lilly 17.44............................ M Grant Raceway Meeting Date: 20 Feb 2017 NZ Meeting num- 4 38114 Homebush Tulip 17.59 ...........J T McInerney 2 62424 My Hoki 17.58 M &............................Jopson ber: 3 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 5 38264 Terra Jago 17.41 C & ......................... Fagan 3 78565 Cosmoholic 17.53 ........................A Waretini 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 6 4568F No Biffo nwtd ...............................D Kingston 4 62348 Sparkling Terra 17.23 C & .................. Fagan 10, 11 and 12 5 12473 Cisco 17.28 S & ..............................B Evans 7 83245 Know Bias nwtd .............................G Cleeve 1 12.01pm THE FITZ SPORTS BAR DASH C1, 295m 8 62573 Tricky Action 17.48 S & ...................B Evans 6 62344 Jinno Gino 17.65 ......................... J McMillan 7 476x8 Lagoon Twist nwtd...........................J Tanner 9 35687 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 1 62858 Smash Demand 17.47 .................... M Grant 8 71653 Goldstar Phelps 17.71 S &..............B Evans 2 58756 Minor Brainwave 17.97 M & ................ Smith 10 757x7 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 9 67x67 Mississippi Girl nwtd ..............J T McInerney 3 12432 Half Silver Fern nwtd ..............J T McInerney 4 12.53 AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 295m 1 71668 Ngakawau 17.56 ...............................J Dunn 10 757x7 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 4 87548 Seaspray Cracker nwtd ...............B Freeman 2 1 Know Logic 17.74 ..........................G Cleeve 7 1.46 CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO STAKES C1, 520m 5 27857 Eug The Scrooge 17.69 M & .............Jopson 1 64627 Charlie Runkel nwtd ..........................J Dunn 3 54866 Poetik nwtd S & ...............................B Evans 6 17778 Slick Action 17.56 S &.....................B Evans 2 83238 Cawbourne Brandy nwtd..............C Roberts 4 34276 Coleridge Jim 17.60 M &..................... Smith 7 27448 Minnie Sprite 17.53 ...................... L Waretini 3 63575 Smash Rebel nwtd .......................... M Grant 5 558x6 Car Bootle 17.42 ....................... M Robinson 8 4x214 Pipes Of Peace 17.60 ...............R Blackburn 4 73212 Opawa Mine 31.62 L &....................... Wales 6 66184 Royal Descent 17.60 .................R Blackburn 9 757x7 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 5 24714 Bombs Falling 30.65 J & .................D Fahey 7 67735 Wunzee 17.21 ........................J T McInerney 10 86488 Super Stevie 17.45.......................C Roberts 2 12.18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG SCHULTZ SPRINT 8 83355 Another Jamie nwtd M & ...................Jopson 6 41656 Spring Sam 30.74 ..................J T McInerney 7 43514 Translator nwtd J & .........................D Fahey 9 86488 Super Stevie 17.45.......................C Roberts C1, 295m 8 82536 Goldstar Miley 30.64 S & ................B Evans 1 54745 Kelly’s Boy 17.60 .............................. S Whall 10 67x67 Mississippi Girl nwtd ..............J T McInerney 9 26565 Opawa Bucks Eye 30.78 ............H Anderton 2 83221 Settle Grettel 17.69 .........................J Tanner 5 1.11pm DOGZONE STAKES C1, 520m 10 53678 Another Message 30.42 M & ............Jopson 1 64464 Cawbourne Ridge nwtd................C Roberts 3 66366 Goldstar Tu Puc 17.77 S & ..............B Evans 2 31535 Sader Nation nwtd .........................G Cleeve 8 2.03 CHRISTCHURCHGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ SPRINT 4 68757 Ben Jamming 17.56 M &...................Jopson 3 24337 Ride Ain’t Over nwtd ....................C Roberts C1, 295m 5 28474 Cairo nwtd ....................................... M Grant 1 34273 Kelly’s My Name 17.74....................J Goode 4 2212 My Dad Den nwtd ..................... M Robinson 6 84833 Kalonga 17.47 S & ..........................B Evans 2 65335 Jinga Snag 17.85 .............................A Joyce 5 87164 Graeburn nwtd ..........................A Bradshaw 7 F5726 Jinja Billy 17.47 ............................ L Waretini 3 66253 Max Brainstrain 17.39 M &.................. Smith 6 12111 Vikings 30.37 J & ............................D Fahey 8 68667 Harden Faster 17.34 M & ..................Jopson 4 74342 Crazy Sunday nwtd ................J T McInerney 7 34158 Opawa Sophie 30.68 J & ................D Fahey 9 67x67 Mississippi Girl nwtd ..............J T McInerney 5 566x3 Thrilling Luke nwtd M &.....................Jopson 8 32863 Opawa Alex 30.79 L & ....................... Wales 10 35687 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 6 56x43 Kata 17.38..........................................C Weir 9 26565 Opawa Bucks Eye 30.78 ............H Anderton 3 12.36pm GOLDSTAR RACING DASH C1, 295m 7 18x55 Ohoka Tyler 17.47 ........................ L Waretini 1 74557 Big Catch 17.38 M & .........................Jopson 10 64766 Goldstar Dodge 30.88 S & ..............B Evans 8 38654 Blazin Action 17.86 S & ..................B Evans 2 65857 Unconscionable nwtd M & ................Jopson 6 1.28pm FAST ARCHER AT STUD DASH C1, 295m
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If Ken Spicer doesn’t have a good week selling horses he has nobody to blame but himself. Because not only is ex-pat Ashburtonian Spicer one of the leading vendors at the harness racing yearling sales which begin at Karaka today before heading to Canterbury tomorrow, he is also now in charge of the industry. Spicer, who will take a high quality draft to the Canterbury sale, is also the chairman of Harness Racing New Zealand so has more to lose than most from any dip in sales prices. But he says while the entire racing industry has faced its challenges lately, he sees huge changes ahead that should boost this week’s three days of action. “There are things of things in the industry which have to improve and the board want them improved quickly,” says Spicer. “The appetite for change is very real and I can see some big things happening in the next 6-12 months.” - NZME
9 757x7 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams 10 67x67 Mississippi Girl nwtd ..............J T McInerney 9 2.21pm ANGLER’S ARMS TAVERN DASH C1, 295m 1 47755 Sweet Marylou 17.36 ................R Blackburn 2 43381 Trixie Lee 17.20............................... M Grant 3 55426 Timely Reminder 17.17 M & .............Jopson 4 77F72 Ad’s Spice 18.06 .............................J Tanner 5 34557 Royal Action 17.29 S & ...................B Evans 6 38757 What’s Wong 17.84 M &....................Jopson 7 35156 Sophie’s Last 17.85 C &..................... Fagan 8 58685 Fear Marina 17.51..................J T McInerney 9 86488 Super Stevie 17.45.......................C Roberts 10 35687 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 10 2.41 SHIRLEY VET CLINIC STAKES FINAL C1f, 520m 1 12532 Opawa Plum 30.68 J & ...................D Fahey 2 53415 Avalanch City 31.00 ...............J T McInerney 3 74473 Mulberry Thunder nwtd ................ K Cassidy 4 18411 Fair Pippa 30.68 J &........................D Fahey 5 21242 Cawbourne Palmer nwtd ..............C Roberts 6 15222 Opawa Cheviot 30.20 J & ...............D Fahey 7 51741 Gentleman Tim 30.18 J & ...............D Fahey 8 42826 Trendy Blake nwtd ..................J T McInerney 9 82536 Goldstar Miley 30.64 S & ................B Evans 10 87164 Graeburn nwtd .......................... A Bradshaw 11 2.58pm DAVE ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DASH C1, 295m 1 78675 Goldstar Boomer nwtd ...........J T McInerney 2 45432 Ohoka Hunter 17.80..................... L Waretini 3 88485 Lagoon Allira nwtd M & ....................... Smith 4 43667 Hilton Cust 17.61 ......................A Bradshaw 5 67468 Wong Box 18.00 M & ........................Jopson
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13534 Falconhurst 17.73 ............................A Joyce 38656 Goldstar Bomber 17.33 S & ............B Evans 52117 My Bro Michael 17.54 ............... M Robinson 67x67 Mississippi Girl nwtd ..............J T McInerney 86488 Super Stevie 17.45.......................C Roberts 12 3.16pm PROTEXIN SPRINT C1, 295m 1 44225 Hatfield 17.53 ............................A Bradshaw 2 12761 Smash Attack 17.36 ........................ M Grant 3 77788 Dragon Queen 17.85 M & .................Jopson 4 22266 Opawa Pam nwtd L & ........................ Wales 5 85121 Botany Vikki 17.76 .................J T McInerney 6 75884 Dora Dufran 17.36 ............................J Dunn 7 47767 Ultra Action 17.24 S &.....................B Evans 8 1 Know Sweat 17.72 .........................G Cleeve 9 35687 Bigtime Tip 17.39 M & ......................... Smith 10 757x7 High On Vee 17.94 .......................A Williams SELECTIONS
9 4.47 OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C2/3, 375m
8 68481 Spring Allegro 26.20 ........................L Ahern 9 25123 Bernie’s Boy 26.24 ........................B Mitchell 10 55338 Bigtime Sweetie 26.81 .....................L Ahern 12 5.41pm PLASTERBOARD AUCKLAND CUP HEATS 26TH FEBRUARY C1 C1/2, 457m 1 33154 Bigtime Power nwtd .........................L Ahern 2 35123 Bigtime Rise 26.12 ...........................L Ahern 3 41337 Bigtime Coffee 26.44........................L Ahern 4 22565 Geordie Who 26.42 ..........................L Ahern 5 11252 Cawbourne Crowie 26.17 ............M Roberts 6 64627 Lady Zeena 26.52 ........................ T Downey 7 55357 Charlie Bo Bo 26.37 ....................B Hodgson 8 27678 Autumn Lights 26.04 ...................A Turnwald Emergencies: 9 48787 Dan Blue Blood nwtd .............J T McInerney 10 67788 Cawbourne Jazzy 26.12 ..............M Roberts SELECTIONS
Race 1: Half Silver Fern, Minnie Sprite, Smash Demand, Slick Action Race 2: Settle Grettel, Jinja Billy, Harden Faster, Mississippi Girl Race 3: Terra Jago, Know Bias, Homebush Tulip, Big Catch Race 4: Know Logic, Wunzee, Poetik, Another Jamie Race 5: Vikings, Sader Nation, My Dad Den, Opawa Sophie Race 6: Smash Lilly, Sparkling Terra, Jinno Gino, My Hoki Race 7: Translator, Spring Sam, Charlie Runkel, Cawbourne Brandy Race 8: Kata, Kelly’s My Name, Max Brainstrain, Crazy Sunday Race 9: Trixie Lee, Timely Reminder, Sophie’s Last, Fear Marina Race 10: Fair Pippa, Opawa Plum, Opawa Cheviot, Cawbourne Palmer Race 11: My Bro Michael, Falconhurst, Hilton Cust, Mississippi Girl Race 12: Smash Attack, Opawa Pam, Botany Vikki, Hatfield LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
Palmerston North dogs Today at Manawatu Raceway
Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club (2014) Incor- 3 63335 Map My Run 21.48...........................L Ahern porated Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 20 4 11146 Bear Inda Square 21.33 ...................L Ahern Feb 2017 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 5 53511 Cawbourne Nath 21.70 ................M Roberts 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 6 31267 Robins Zarr Hood 21.67..............A Turnwald 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 7 52424 Cawbourne Elpaso 21.53.............M Roberts 1 2.14pm FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY MON- 8 26437 Kennel Boy 21.89 ........................A Turnwald 9 43417 Air Express 21.83...................J T McInerney DAY C0 C0, 375m 1 88788 Homebush Gisele nwtd .........K A Gommans 10 42661 Cool Rythm 21.81 .......................B Hodgson 2 88425 Cawbourne Looks nwtd ...............M Roberts 4 3.09pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 375m 1 68632 Goodtime Lady 21.72....................... I Moore 3 8 Cawbourne Broady nwtd..............M Roberts 2 66153 Homebush Myra 22.28 ...........J T McInerney 4 82422 Walnut nwtd ......................................M Flipp 3 42422 Culvie Den 21.81 J & ..........................D Bell 5 2 Cawbourne Gonski nwtd ..............M Roberts 4 26624 Manu Rama 21.52 ..........................L Doody 6 1 Celtic Rover nwtd ..........................M Gowan 5 74563 Lil Diva nwtd ...........................J T McInerney 7 58766 Tomorrow Star nwtd ................. S Gommans 6 45124 Blackjack Man nwtd ...................B Goldsack 8 67 Double Blue nwtd ................................ L Bell 7 62441 Barn Door Billy nwtd .............K A Gommans 9 887 Goldstar Bambi nwtd.......................L Doody 8 54573 Cawbourne Owen 22.16 ..............M Roberts 10 47877 Cawbourne Mack nwtd ................M Roberts 2 2.34 AUCKLAND RAILWAY SPRINT HEATS 26TH 9 25467 Homebush Rocky nwtd ..........J T McInerney 10 17642 Act Naturally nwtd ............................S Stone FEBRUARY C0 C0, 375m 1 7 Cawbourne Spook nwtd ...............M Roberts 5 3.24pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 1 76336 Kentaro Baxter 21.68 .............J T McInerney 2 76786 Ate A Little nwtd ....................... S Gommans 2 1F554 Celestial Action nwtd J & ....................D Bell 3 57x8x Mahala Bay nwtd............................... I Howe 3 67263 Sergio Star nwtd ....................J T McInerney 4 22222 You Betcha Bonny nwtd ..............A Turnwald 4 35463 Cawbourne Loch 21.74 J &.................D Bell 5 24351 Cawbourne Kaz nwtd ...................M Roberts 5 824x1 Jack’s Up 21.69 ..........................B Goldsack 6 88834 Watch Your Back nwtd........................W Kite 6 78787 Cawbourne Ohio nwtd ....................L Doody 7 6F46 Cawbourne Gibbo nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 24516 Bigtime Light nwtd............................L Ahern 8 7523 Jandel Man nwtd ...................K A Gommans 8 41372 Don’t Mention It 22.20 .................A Turnwald 9 887 Goldstar Bambi nwtd.......................L Doody 9 68577 Asa Cash Queen 21.51................M Roberts 10 47877 Cawbourne Mack nwtd ................M Roberts 3 2.49pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 10 84545 Boyish Charms 22.07.............J T McInerney 1 13388 Cawbourne Jarrod 21.53 .............M Roberts 6 3.43 STEVE ‘THE AUCTIONEER’ DAVIS C2, 375m 1 21368 Bigtime OnFire 22.12 .......................L Ahern 2 45253 Cawbourne Mezza 21.85 .............M Roberts
2 38811 Thunder Storm nwtd ..............J T McInerney 3 13117 Stole Me Car 21.62 ...............K A Gommans 4 78127 Steel The Gold nwtd L & .................... Morris 5 52724 Nero 21.28 ..................................B Hodgson 6 44113 Bigtime Taylor 21.51 .........................L Ahern 7 58631 Homebush Lucifer 21.59 ........J T McInerney 8 31335 Cawbourne Stick 21.47 ................M Roberts Emergencies: 9 76341 Botany Win nwtd ....................J T McInerney 10 26437 Enhancer 21.51...........................B Hodgson 7 4.04pm ADRIAN CLARK - BLOODSTOCK CONSULTANT C0 C0, 457m 1 2 Chevy Devil nwtd .............................L Ahern 2 7527 Cawbourne Barcia nwtd ...............M Roberts 3 67877 Cawbourne Jeff nwtd ...................M Roberts 4 3568 Cawbourne Kai nwtd ....................M Roberts 5 5733 Cawbourne Bryce nwtd................M Roberts 6 27581 Cawbourne Angus nwtd ...............M Roberts 7 6 Cawbourne Bluey nwtd ................M Roberts 8 665 Bigtime Tomac nwtd .........................L Ahern 8 4.22pm ARCH LAWRENCE INVITATION 766M 31ST MARCH C2/3 C2/3, 375m 1 27616 Ace Bale nwtd ..............................M Roberts 2 45345 Big Boy Deno 21.55 J & ......................D Bell 3 33214 Cawbourne Danial 21.78 ......K A Gommans 4 28153 Allegro Power 21.72 .........................L Ahern 5 64137 Ear’s Boris 21.71 ...............................M Flipp 6 x2276 Cawbourne Gil 21.80 ...................M Roberts 7 42147 Bigtime Spirit 21.70 ..........................L Ahern 8 38284 Mousey Mousey 21.86 ................A Turnwald 9 88885 Feel The Force 21.61 ............... S Gommans 10 77715 Sasha McBell 21.68 ...............J T McInerney
1 17876 Americano 21.54 ..............................L Ahern 2 31341 Cawbourne Lyns 21.67 ................M Roberts 3 67225 Viva La Vixen 21.73 ....................A Turnwald 4 88888 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 5 x1113 Jugatui 21.74 ...................................L Ahern 6 11427 Cawbourne Gunna 21.66 .............M Roberts 7 25665 Doosh 21.82...........................J T McInerney 8 68133 Thrilling Mia nwtd J & ..........................D Bell Emergencies: 9 17836 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.71 ..............B Goldsack 10 57867 Midnight Enemy 22.05 ...................... I Howe 10 5.07pm PALMERSTON NORTH GOLD CUP 31ST MARCH C1 C1, 457m 1 P6441 Kylin 26.57 .......................................L Ahern 2 131 Chevy Thunder nwtd ........................L Ahern 3 71242 Bushman’s Smile nwtd .....................L Ahern 4 22211 Bigtime Dazzler 26.32 ......................L Ahern 5 66868 Thrilling Cassie nwtd .............K A Gommans 6 54411 Bigtime Monty nwtd..........................L Ahern 7 11124 See Eye Aye nwtd ............................L Ahern 8 66635 Knead You 26.33 .........................A Turnwald 9 57535 Consumate Ease nwtd ...............B Goldsack 10 55758 Cawbourne Jacko nwtd J &.................D Bell 11 5.24 PRESTON’S MASTER BUTCHERS C3/4 457m 1 14138 Cawbourne Trixy 26.17 ................M Roberts 2 11345 Mr. Maize 26.33...........................A Turnwald 3 36116 Cawbourne Toddy 26.03 ..............M Roberts 4 36553 Paul Dozer nwtd ..........................A Turnwald 5 43287 Bigtime Jason 26.00 ........................L Ahern 6 48452 Allegro Beaty 26.58..........................L Ahern 7 11286 Kirkham Coby 26.09 ....................M Roberts
Race 1: Celtic Rover, Cawbourne Gonski, Cawbourne Broady Race 2: You Betcha Bonny, Cawbourne Spook, Watch Your Back Race 3: Cawbourne Nath, Bear Inda Square, Cawbourne Mezza Race 4: Lil Diva, Cawbourne Owen, Culvie Den, Goodtime Lady Race 5: Jack’s Up, Kentaro Baxter, Celestial Action, Sergio Star Race 6: Stole Me Car, Bigtime Taylor, Nero, Thunder Storm Race 7: Chevy Devil, Cawbourne Angus, Cawbourne Bryce Race 8: Allegro Power, Big Boy Deno, Ace Bale, Bigtime Spirit Race 9: Americano, Viva La Vixen, Thrilling Mia, Cawbourne Lyns Race 10: Kylin, Bigtime Dazzler, Bigtime Monty, Chevy Thunder Race 11: Paul Dozer, Mr. Maize, Cawbourne Trixy, Spring Allegro Race 12: Bigtime Rise, Bigtime Power, Bigtime Coffee, Lady Zeena LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track
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Sandra Holdom in action during the champion of champions fours yesterday.
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Cryptic crossword
Monday, February 20, 2017
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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll be reminded that everything in life is a trade-off. Nothing comes from nothing. Each result has origins. Assuming you won’t be able to have it all, what will you trade for the result you want? TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Healthy habits help you find balance so you can be your best. When you’re establishing those habits, improvement may feel far away. A Pisces will help you have faith. GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Today life is a maintenance project. To invite future good fortune, get the oil change, buy a new air filter for the home or give some flowers to your beloved. CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You will be entranced by someone’s quirks today. Like Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, you’ll find that “intricate characters are the most amusing.” LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It’s the recurring theme of the week: Patience is power. You want it now, but it’s going to happen later – and only if you commit to doing something each day toward the goal (and then keep that commitment). VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Today’s happening is something akin to going to a party and after a long while finally stumbling upon the most interesting person in the room, the unassuming one standing in the corner. LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Living life in the moment can lead to being joyous. However, you’ll often find this much easier when the moment is something you projected, planned and endeavoured to make happen. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The thing you forgot about will soon catch up with you. Therefore, don’t worry about racking your brain to remember everything you’re supposed to do. When it’s really important, it will show itself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Move forward. Go with enthusiasm. If it feels fake, keep acting it out until you can wear it more comfortably. Today the excellent attitude is required. If you don’t bring it, you might as well stay home. CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Friction polishes the gem. Even so, you’ve had enough lately. You’re ready to step back for a moment; you’re ready to temper these character-building trials with a little perspective and self-care. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): In order to be totally effective, you need more facts and you need more truth. In other words, don’t let lies and misinformation keep you from achieving all the success you desire. PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): It’s too easy to pass the blame, and also it takes too long. It doesn’t matter that it’s not your fault. Soon after you take charge and fix it, miraculous good luck will befall you.
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Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.
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How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.
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Across 1. Homes 4. Abandon 8. Demur 9. Backlog 10. Oil 11. Cormorant 12. Loss 13. Lava 18. Celebrate 20. Sic 21. Rangers 22. Gloom 23. Cheated 24. Sedan Down 1. Hydro-electric 2. Mumbles 3. Strict 4. Auburn 4 9 14. Abscond 8 5. Anchor 6. Delta 7. Night-watchman 15. Abject 16. Passed 17. Merges 19.6Lance 3 2 5
TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 8 Excellent – 10 Amazing – 12
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ACROSS 1. As one (11) 8. Bystander (7) 9. Map (5) 10. Entice (4) 11. Substitute (5-2) 12. Possesses (3) 13. Request (4) 15. Tardy (4) 17. Opponent (3) 19. Opposite (7) 20. Just (4) 23. Oath (5) 24. Swollen (7) 25. Carved up (11)
2 Impulse 11. 4 Talon 12. Fear Across 6. Author 7. Hasten 10. 13. Scars 16. Knoll 17. Bike 20. Oddly 9 21.2Acrobat 3 4 22. Yelped 23. Agenda 1 Down 1. Satisfactory 2. Stopgap 3. Coyly 4. Lantern 5. Stale 8. Nonessential 9. Herculean114. Enzymes 15. Ribbing 18. Adult 19. Drugs 7 3 1 6 5
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ACROSS 1. An easy target, being a model like this (7) 5. Take risks and lose head – stroll on! (5) 8. Get rid of the French and sound amused to do so (7) 9. Picture the girl who will hurry back when at university (3-2) 10. Dwelling with rice, needs to make a pudding of it (9) 12. Ambassador has the right to belong to a woman (3) 13. High boot for a bird that gets feet wet (5) 17. Branch of service one will give means of fighting to (3) 19. Trio has its number, and gets a part (9) 21. There’s much to finish off, it being like bingo (5) 22. Instrument for holding Greek crab (7) 24. Enclosed spaces were spread with square sails (5) 25. Orange-coloured tin given back to a deserter (7) DOWN 1. It is fast, but one may get hold of it (6) 2. Prepared, like bird, to have faith in what one is told (7) 3. Distress one by removing top of highland dagger (3) 4. Ground for putting on the inexperienced (5) 5. Use peat and repel one in an orchard (5-4) 6. Assembly of magistrates, as marked by surveyors (5) 7. Boffin found previous partner to be cheeky (6) 11. To strike now, lots do it differently (4,5) 14. One getting provisions pops out with a woman (7) 15. Get real by misapplication of bearded growth (6) 16. Be sorry for the traveller who got ‘X’ brand wrong (6) 18. Limousine to tie up around end of crescent (5) 20. She appeared in Lear in amateur theatre gang-show (5) 23. Round part in music rarely given up (3)
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DOWN 1. Sickly (6) 2. Thespian (5) 3. Frozen (4) 4. Preoccupy (6) 5. Gregarious (8) 6. A long time ago (colloq) (4,3) 7. Surviving (6) 12. Bald (8) 14. Prised (7) 16. Agree (6) 17. Weak (6) 18. Worn down (6) 21. Change (5) 22. Crypt (4)
Previous solution: awn, ban, bar, barn, bawn, bra, bran, braw, brawn, nab, ran, raw, wan, war, warn.
Fill the grid so that every column, every row and 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.
1 3 5 4 2 6 2 1 3 2 6 9 1 2 4 3 7 5
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BEAUVAIS, Gwenyth (Gwen) – On February 17, 2017. Peacefully at Christchurch Hospital. Aged 85 years. Dearly loved wife and companion of the late Mervyn, and the late Noel Knox. Much loved mother and mother in law of Rosemary and John Webber (Christchurch). Loved sister of Doris Wakelin, the late Dave Moore, Bill Moore, Aileen Bailey, and Fred Moore. Messages to the Beauvais family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to the Red Cross would be much appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Gwen’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on Wednesday, February 22, commencing at 2pm followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.
BUSCH Derek (Buschy) – On March 18, 2017. Dearly loved husband of Barbara. Loved son of the late Allan and Bertha Busch. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Pat (deceased) and Wendy, John (deceased), William (deceased) and Mary, Alister and Christine and their extended families.
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BUSCH Derek (Buschy) – On March 18, 2017. Much loved and respected brotherin-law, and Uncle of Collin and Tracey, and Todd, Loren, and Jamie Hydes. “Sadly missed”
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MONK Bessie De Vere thunder flurries MID CANTERBURY (Betty) – FUNERAL SERVICES Peacefully on Saturday Canterbury Plains Canterbury High Country Galbraith’s provide choice! February 18, 2017. Aged We have a team of highly respected, professional funeral directors and Galbraith’s 90 years. Loved wife of the celebrants. We offer you complete funeral care including pre-arrangement, TODAY TODAY FZL: Above 3000m and your choice of venue, funeral celebrants and catering. provide choice! late Cliff. Much loved Mum Cloud breaking in the morning and We believe that every life is unique and every person’s funeral needs to and mother-in-law of Marilyn Low cloud breaking in the morning and reflect their individuality - ask us how we can be of assistance to you and Call us on becoming fine. your family. and Kelvin, Helen and Philip, becoming fine. Northeasterlies. us on 308 3980 Gordon and Linda, Ron andor call in Call Wind at 1000m: Rising to NW 40 km/h. 308 and visit 3980 our new premises at Jackie. Loved Nana Betty of 246 Havelock Street Wind at 2000m: Rising to NW 50 km/h. or call in and visit TOMORROW Delia and Cindy; Gareth, Ross and Casi; Ryan, Bryce and our new premises at TOMORROW FZL: Above 3000m Fine with northerlies. Eion McKinnon Rob Cope-Williams Stacey; Nick and Will. Loved Mainly fi ne. 246 Havelock great Nana Betty of Jon, Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 40 km/h. Jasmin, Dane-Luke, Curtis, WEDNESDAY Street Holly, Leah, Finn, Rosie, Wind at 2000m: NW rising to 50 km/h. Niamh, Eli, Charli, Alfie, Maja Cloudy periods, a few showers developing Official Opening 18 Feb - 9am til 4pm WEDNESDAY and Leni. Loved great-great with a change to southerlies. Nana Betty of Mia. A loved FUNERAL Cloudy periods and a few showers. Brisk sister, sister-in-law, aunty FURNISHERS northwesterlies dying out. THURSDAY and friend. Messages to 3 MASTER Bowen Street, Kokatahi 7881. THURSDAY A service to celebrate Betty’s MONUMENTAL MASON Cloudy periods, remaining showers clearing. Cloudy periods, remaining showers clearing. life will be held at St Andrews Southerlies dying out. E.B. CARTER LTD United Church, Fitzherbert Light winds. For all your memorial Street, Hokitika, on Thursday, FRIDAY February 23, commencing at FRIDAY requirements 1pm. Following the service New headstones and designs Cloudy periods. Light winds. Cloudy periods. Light winds. Betty will be laid to rest with Renovations, Cliff in the Lawn Section of Additional inscriptions, The Hokitika Cemetery. Forecasts for today World Weather Cleaning and Concrete work fine 8 3 drizzle 10 4 New York Adelaide cloudy 24 13 Frankfurt Thompson Funeral Directors Carried out by qualified drizzle 12 6 fine 9 -1 Paris Amsterdam drizzle 11 5 Geneva Ltd tradesmen. fine 27 18 showers 18 10 Perth Bangkok cloudy 34 22 Hobart FDANZ Hokitika 620 East Street Ashburton rain 30 26 fine 23 18 Rarotonga Berlin drizzle 10 5 Hong Kong Ph 03 755 7993 Rome fog 14 1 Honolulu showers 27 20 Brisbane showers 32 23 Ph/Fax 308 5369 17 12 rain 17 7 San Francisco rain Cairns thunder 32 25 Islamabad or 0274 357 974 rain 0 -4 rain 31 24 Seoul Cairo fine 20 9 Jakarta ebcarter@xtra.co.nz thunder 34 24 25 18 Singapore Calcutta fine 32 22 Johannesburg thunder NZMMMA Member rain 5 1 33 25 Stockholm Canberra fine 24 7 Kuala Lumpur thunder Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka & Surrounding Districts since 1905
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Auckland
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Full moon
13 Mar 3:55 am
Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa
For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com
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Nelson
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Blenheim
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Greymouth
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Christchurch
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Timaru
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Queenstown
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Dunedin
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Invercargill
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Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 2:05 pm, yesterday
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 162.8 Nth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday
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Sth Ashburton at 12:10 pm, yesterday
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Rangitata Klondyke at 2:05 pm, yesterday
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Waitaki Kurow at 12:07 pm, yesterday
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BUSCH, Derek (Buschy) – On March 18, 2017, aged 65 years. Peacefully passed away at home at Ashburton, surrounded by family. Dearly loved husband of Barbara. Much loved father to Ben, Tracey and Terry Stowell, Susan and Lyndon Yates, and Aaron Davidson. A loved Grandad to Jack, Poppie and Ruby Busch, Cloe Stowell, Blake Davidson, and Minique and Lincoln Davidson. Loved family member to the extended Hydes family. Messages to the Busch family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Derek (Buschy’s) life will be held at the Ashburton Club and MSA, Havelock Street, Ashburton on Wednesday February 22, commencing at 2pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.
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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather, and information. 9am The Ellen DeGeneres Show With special guests Tracy Morgan and Vanessa Hudgens. 0 10am Whanau Living 10:30 The Chase 0 11:30 Come Dine With Me Daytime Noon 1 News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR 0 1pm Location, Location, Location 30 2pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 2:55 Tipping Point 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 Millionaire Hot Seat 0 5pm The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0
6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Sesame Street 3 0 6:55 Littlest Pet Shop 3 0 7:25 Beware The Batman 3 0 7:45 Breadwinners 3 0 8:15 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 8:40 Miles From Tomorrowland 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon The Ellen DeGeneres Show 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Judge Rinder PGR 3pm My Wife And Kids 3 0 3:30 The Adam And Eve Show 0 4pm KC Undercover KC goes undercover with Ernie as a male cadet to rescue an agent’s son from a boys’ cadet academy. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0
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7pm The Project 7pm Shortland Street 0 An almost completely-true 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 0 story about two aspiring 8:45 Life In Pieces AO writer/actors and their quest When Matt and Colleen catch to get their television show Chad trying to kidnap her made. pup, Princess, Chad uses the opportunity to pitch them his 7:30 The Block Australia PGR 0 8:35 Married At First Sight new business venture. 0 Australia PGR 0 9:15 The Mick AO 0 10:10 NewsHub Late 9:45 The Walking Dead 0 10:45 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 10:40 How Safe Are Our Planes? PGR 3 0 0
11:15 American Crime AO Leyland High School mourns the loss of one of its staff; Leslie finds her job on the line. 12:10 The Following AO 3 0 1:05 Te Karere 3 2 1:30 Infomercials 5:05 Impact For Life 5:35 Te Karere 3 2
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Mind Over Money 8pm on TVNZ 1
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MOVIES GREATS 7am Limitless MVLS 2011 Thriller. Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro. 8:45 My Sister’s Keeper MC 2009 Drama. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin. 10:35 Easy A MS 2010 Comedy. Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes. 12:05 Untraceable 18V 2008 Crime. Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke. 1:45 Mystery Men PGV 1999 Comedy. Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo. 3:45 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy. Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler. 5:20 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks. 7pm Undercover Brother MVL 2002 Comedy. A black secret agent, stuck in the 1970s, goes undercover in white corporate America to help a black candidate’s presidential campaign. 8:30 Australia MVL 2008 Adventure. In Australia, on the brink of the Second World War, an English aristocrat meets a local, and reluctantly agrees to join him to save the land she inherited. 11:15 Wedding Daze MLS 2006 Comedy. TUESDAY 12:45 Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Romantic Comedy. 2:20 The Time Machine MV 2002 Sci-fi. 3:55 Close Up – Robin Williams PG 4:25 Blades Of Glory MS 2007 Comedy.
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6:20 Ghostbusters PGL 2016 Action. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon. 8:15 Southpaw 16VLC 2014 Drama. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams. 10:15 Friended To Death 16LS 2014 Comedy. Ryan Hansen, Zach McGowan. 11:55 A Year And Change MLSC 2015 Comedy Drama. Bryan Greenberg, Claire van der Boom. 1:25 Ghostbusters PGL 2016 Action. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon. 3:20 The Visit MVL 2015 Horror. Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie. 4:55 Freaks Of Nature 16VLSC 2015 Comedy. Nicholas Braun, Mackenzie Davis. 6:25 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime. Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 8:30 The Witch 16VC 2016 Horror Mystery. A family in 1630s New England is divided by witchcraft, black magic, and possession. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie. 10:05 Spectre MV 2015 Action. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz. 12:30 Unfriended 16VLSC 2015 Horror. Shelley Hennig, Renee Olstead. 1:55 Freaks Of Nature 16VLSC 2015 Comedy. 3:25 The Witch 16VC 2016 Horror Mystery. 4:55 A Most Violent Year MVLC 2015 Action Crime.
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Monday, February 20, 2017
Sport Patience key for Marsh Subdued aggression and soft hands are working wonders for Mitch Marsh, who is well placed to mark his test return in Pune on Thursday. Marsh posted a half-century in Australia’s recent intra-squad match in Dubai then backed it up with a knock of 75 against India A in Mumbai on Saturday. The 25-year-old has seemingly edged ahead of Glenn Maxwell in the battle to claim the vacant No.6 spot in the test side. “The biggest thing for me has just been softening my hands, in my defence and also in my attack. The later you hit the ball, the easier it is to hit gaps – especially in the subcontinent when it’s turning.”
New deal for Johnson Methven fell to an embarrassing 132-run defeat to Allenton at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday. PHOTO JAIME PITT-MACKAY 180217-JP-0015
Spectacular batting collapse BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY JAIME.P@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ
Saturday saw round four of the Muirhead Rosebowl wrapped up, throwing out some interesting results. Table-topping Methven made the trip to face fellow undefeated side Allenton. Allenton’s Jeff Naish won the toss and elected to bat first. Steady run-scoring and loss of wickets saw Allenton to a total of 157 all out off 38 overs. Matt Tait led the way with the bat, knocking on the door of a half-century with a total of 46 runs. Jordan Bird also made a solid contribution to the total, notching up 35 runs.
With a decent total to chase and 45 overs in the pocket, Methven set about their run chase in a calamitous fashion. Methven posted 25 runs all out, with Tom Suyker high scoring with 13 runs. Scott Punselie led the way in wicket taking, with three for five off three overs. Dylan and Ryan Stoddart both boasted extremely economic numbers, with two for seven off six and two for one off three respectively. Fresh-faced Josh Buchanan also proved handy with the ball, taking two wickets for 12 runs off five overs. In the match between Coldstream and Lauriston, only one
run separated the sides at the end of play. The away side, Lauriston, won the toss and elected to bowl first. Coldstream’s openers Ben Crequer and Brad Horrell set about their work quickly, combining for an opening partnership of 47 runs. Crequer high-scored with a total of 44, while quick-scoring Jay Houston scored 39 runs off 37 balls. Matt Pawsey was the most productive Lauriston bowler, taking five wickets for 22 runs of 4.4 overs. Coldstream finished on 208 runs, all out after 42.4 overs. Lauriston stumbled at the be-
ginning of their chase, losing the wicket of Scott Morgan for four runs. Bevan Richan joined Rob Hooper at the crease, and put on a strong partnership of 95. Runs steadily ticked over with second highest scorer Dan O’Brien at the crease, making a valuable 49. Rob Hooper high-scored for his side with 60 runs. In the end, it came down to the final ball, Lauriston requiring two runs for the victory or one run for a hard-fought draw. However, the only thing to come from the final delivery was the loss of another wicket, which secured a one-run victory for Coldstream.
Warriors impress in final pre-season hit-out Warriors vice-captain Simon Mannering crossed for the match-winning try as they outclassed the Gold Coast Titans 26-6 in their final NRL trial at Palmerston North yesterday.
The Warriors scored firsthalf tries through impressive 18-year-old lock Isaiah Papalii and right wing Tui Lolohea, before going on with the job after the break with David Fusitu’a
Bale returns to the fray for Real P15
and James Gavet crossing before Mannering’s late score sealed the win. The result was a positive first hit-out of the season for Mannering, and fellow forwards Is-
sac Luke and bench front-rower Jacob Lillyman, after the trio all missed the NRL Auckland Nines and last week’s 30-18 trial loss to Melbourne Storm on the Sunshine Coast. - NZME
A new deal for Shaun Johnson at the Warriors is imminent. The star halfback comes off contract at the end of this season, and negotiations on a new agreement have been prolonged. Talks started before the end of last season but were put on the back burner during the Kiwis Four Nations campaign. It’s unusual for a marquee player not to be tied up before entering the final year of his current deal, though uncertainty around the amount of the next salary cap has been a factor. It could increase to more than $10 million next season and may include a marquee player allowance.
Finishing on a high Mo Farah ended his indoor career with a new European record, winning the 5000 metres at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix yesterrday in a time of 13 minutes 09.16 seconds. Farah, Britain’s four-time Olympic champion, plans to focus on road racing after the outdoor world championships in London in August when he will say his final farewell to the track. “The crowds have been so good for me over the years. I will miss it,” he said. “I can’t quite believe it’s my last race.”
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